have you ever tried to watch a show with someone who has recorded it on DVR?
the commercial break starts, they grab the remote and tap a button. for the next 30-60 seconds that are completely locked into the visual screen while images flash of cars, burgers, corporate logos, “SALES”, sexy models, etc, and they are actively engaged watching for some cue of what they want.
it’s like some shit out of Clockwork Orange except completely voluntary. it feels like a step below shouting “i love mcdonalds” or drinking a verification can.
i hate ads as much as anybody, and have dropped services for them being too intrusive, but at least on streaming they give you a timer that says you have 40 seconds or whatever, so you can go refill your mayonaise bowl or grab a jug of Archer Daniels Midland Homestyle Corn Syrup and not have to actively engage in the ultradense subliminal flashcard imprinting parapsychology experiment.
yeah, speaking to the annoyance of manually ff’ing thru commercials…if we had the tech to skip songs in the days of cassete tapes we have the tech now to auto-skip commercials but of course its not implemented into dvrs. i know people would pay for the ability (shit, i would pay double) but somehow we’re still stoneagin it manually
have you ever tried to watch a show with someone who has recorded it on DVR?
the commercial break starts, they grab the remote and tap a button. for the next 30-60 seconds that are completely locked into the visual screen while images flash of cars, burgers, corporate logos, “SALES”, sexy models, etc, and they are actively engaged watching for some cue of what they want.
it’s like some shit out of Clockwork Orange except completely voluntary. it feels like a step below shouting “i love mcdonalds” or drinking a verification can.
i hate ads as much as anybody, and have dropped services for them being too intrusive, but at least on streaming they give you a timer that says you have 40 seconds or whatever, so you can go refill your mayonaise bowl or grab a jug of Archer Daniels Midland Homestyle Corn Syrup and not have to actively engage in the ultradense subliminal flashcard imprinting parapsychology experiment.
Yeah, I’ve watched shows on DVR before and always thought that was preferable to watching several minutes of ads, but that’s also definitely true.
I bet that’s why so many TV ads end with a full screen shot of the logo, even if you’re fast forwarding you’re still gonna see that logo.
yeah, speaking to the annoyance of manually ff’ing thru commercials…if we had the tech to skip songs in the days of cassete tapes we have the tech now to auto-skip commercials but of course its not implemented into dvrs. i know people would pay for the ability (shit, i would pay double) but somehow we’re still stoneagin it manually