how do you deal with TV commercials?

[bat1]

I'm so sick of Stupid TV commercials playing over and over
the drug ones are really bad and all the side effects I want to throw my TV out the window! and go postal:frustrated:frustrated:frustrated:pissed::pi ssed::pissed:

[GroobyKrissy]

You have to make watching TV commercials fun. Try whacking off to them and over time your brain will start to associate them with pleasure... assuming you're good at whacking off.

[Stavros]

I don't watch much tv but if I do, when the commercials come on I flip to another channel. Simple reallly.

[ImpulZ]

I don't watch much tv but if I do, when the commercials come on I flip to another channel. Simple reallly.

and iv'e you flip to another channel the tv commercials starts there :mad:

[Dino Velvet]

I watch most things on the DVR and fast-forward commercials.

I do enjoy a good commercial that entertains and ties back into the product though.

I fall prey most often to commercials about cheeseburgers. Burger King and Carl's Jr/Hardees always get me to grab my keys and run out the door in complete cooperation with the advertisement.

[Prospero]

Like Dino a lot of what i watch is recorded so can be fast forwarded. Blissfully a lot of the best stuff on UK TV is on the BBC which doesn't have commercials.

[dderek123]

I don't watch much TV anymore. I mostly rely on netflix and other sites. So ads aren't a problem.

When I do occasionally watch TV not only are the commercials annoying but most of the shows on now are crap. Like how the history channel shows pawns stars marathons.

[ImpulZ]

Don't forget Storage Wars on history!

YUUUUUPPP!!!

[robertlouis]

I find it impossible to watch tv in the US because of the frequency of ads - every five or six minutes FFS. Totally destroys narrative continuity which could in part be one of the reasons for all the dumb shows.

As Prospero has said, here in the UK the BBC has no commercials at all, and if you're watching commercial TV the ads arrive every 15 to 20 minutes which is quite civilised.

So when I'm in the states I'll find a couple of music stations on the radio that suit my taste rather than endure the utter frustration of tv.

[dderek123]

I find it impossible to watch tv in the US because of the frequency of ads - every five or six minutes FFS. Totally destroys narrative continuity which could in part be one of the reasons for all the dumb shows.

As Prospero has said, here in the UK the BBC has no commercials at all, and if you're watching commercial TV the ads arrive every 15 to 20 minutes which is quite civilised.

So when I'm in the states I'll find a couple of music stations on the radio that suit my taste rather than endure the utter frustration of tv.

I enjoyed watching BBC lifestyle when I was back in Thailand. I really got hooked into watching MasterChef.

[bluesoul]

I'm so sick of Stupid TV commercials playing over and over
the drug ones are really bad and all the side effects I want to throw my TV out the window! and go postal:frustrated:frustrated:frustrated:pissed::pi ssed::pissed:

pretend you're on hung angels and put the commercial on ignore. if you can't find the button, msg the admin or a moderator and tell them to ban the commercial for you

very simple really

[GroobyKrissy]

So has anyone read up on the new XBox One? Supposedly it can track your actual eyeballs and tell whether you are watching / paying attention to commercials or not. It will actually reward you somehow the more you watch the commercials / ads.

Forget where I read that or else I would link to it. Talk about CREEPY!

[robertlouis]

So has anyone read up on the new XBox One? Supposedly it can track your actual eyeballs and tell whether you are watching / paying attention to commercials or not. It will actually reward you somehow the more you watch the commercials / ads.

Forget where I read that or else I would link to it. Talk about CREEPY!

If that's the case I'm going to get ads pasted on my eyeballs and get sponsorship. Two can play at that game!

[MacShreach]

I enjoyed watching BBC lifestyle when I was back in Thailand. I really got hooked into watching MasterChef.
You should have been in the RP: Pinoy Masterchef! Brilliant.

[GroobyKrissy]

If that's the case I'm going to get ads pasted on my eyeballs and get sponsorship. Two can play at that game!

Lol... great idea but not sure that is the way it works :)

Here is one link to an article about it. Not the one I read originally but the same basic premise:

http://in.news.yahoo.com/xbox-one-eye-tracking-technology-check-users-watch-082218768.html

[Dino Velvet]

So has anyone read up on the new XBox One? Supposedly it can track your actual eyeballs and tell whether you are watching / paying attention to commercials or not. It will actually reward you somehow the more you watch the commercials / ads.

Forget where I read that or else I would link to it. Talk about CREEPY!

Hang a buncha other people's eyeballs like pest strips and confuse the government. Reverse Retinal Hacking of your own machine to boomerang the big machine.

[GroobyKrissy]

Hang a buncha other people's eyeballs like pest strips and confuse the government. Reverse Retinal Hacking of your own machine to boomerang the big machine.

I bet if you did that, an NSA agent would actually walk through your TV and arrest you. There is no escape.

[dderek123]

So has anyone read up on the new XBox One? Supposedly it can track your actual eyeballs and tell whether you are watching / paying attention to commercials or not. It will actually reward you somehow the more you watch the commercials / ads.

Forget where I read that or else I would link to it. Talk about CREEPY!

http://artofthewicked.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/big_brother_is_watching_you_by_tea_bladez.jpg

I think I'll just start reading more books.

[Dino Velvet]

I bet if you did that, an NSA agent would actually walk through your TV and arrest you. There is no escape.

I knew she worked for the gov't.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lttgw6YT7y1qbpdcto1_500.gif

http://tcoco.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/ringu.jpg

[Dino Velvet]

The only NSA I like are Nice Submissive Asians.

[whiteitalianchocolate36]

I usually ignore them.

[bluesoul]

pretend you're on hung angels and put the commercial on ignore. if you can't find the button, msg the admin or a moderator and tell them to ban the commercial for you

very simple really

this should not only make it easier for the government to spy on us, but maybe they can pause the commercials when we're not looking, and as soon as we look at the monitor, unleash the kraken!!!

[GroobyKrissy]

The only NSA I like are Nice Submissive Asians.

No Such Asians.

[dderek123]

Here's a strategy for dealing with this nonsense.

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/ba0cc80eec/nsa-wiretapping-public-service-announcement?playlist=featured_videos

[youngblood61]

Commercials SUCK!!!!:mad:

[whiteitalianchocolate36]

No Such Asians.

Most Asians I have come across in general are submissive. Guys and girls.

[BeardedOne]

You just have to watch between the commercials, as it were, and find the ones worth watching. Two most recent examples are the Spock vs Spock Audi ad and the one that Cheerios is running that's made all the racist assholes come out of the woodwork to rag about the most adorable kid on television.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UengULt6t7Q

Just Checking - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYofm5d5Xdw)

[GroobyKrissy]

Most Asians I have come across in general are submissive. Guys and girls.

You have a great sense of humor... I can tell.

[whiteitalianchocolate36]

You have a great sense of humor... I can tell.

I actually do. I'm probably more sarcastic than you are as well LOL

[GroobyKrissy]

I actually do. I'm probably more sarcastic than you are as well LOL

Seeing as I wasn't being sarcastic... you're probably right. Just an observation on your serious reply to a non-serious post on the NSA acronym.

Either that or you just suck at telling jokes... so don't post in that thread. LOL [more sarcasm](Whatever the heck that means.)[/more sarcasm]

[whiteitalianchocolate36]

Seeing as I wasn't being sarcastic... you're probably right. Just an observation on your serious reply to a non-serious post on the NSA acronym.

Either that or you just suck at telling jokes... so don't post in that thread. LOL [more sarcasm](Whatever the heck that means.)[/more sarcasm]

SMH what a mess LOL

[Amy Gray]

No Such Asians.

Wait, you mean you aren't sweet and docile?! You're ruining all my fantasies! :(

[GroobyKrissy]

SMH what a mess LOL

LOL. That is so funny. LOL. I <3 TXTr's who try 2 write. LOL.

Anyway, not trying to start anything. I just find it funny when people take a quote and post a serious reply to it without realizing the joke. Then make it worse when they don't just fess up to not getting it at first. That was all I was pointing out.

Everyone else, consider these last few posts a commercial and look away. Now, back to your regular programming.

[GroobyKrissy]

Wait, you mean you aren't sweet and docile?! You're ruining all my fantasies! :(

Now see... this is how it is done.

[Amy Gray]

Now see... this is how it is done.

What? I was serious. :(

[GroobyKrissy]

What? I was serious. :(

Btw, on a only slightly related note, why the hell do japanese girls scream during sex in pornos like they're being gut punched by a battering ram? It's like the most unsexy thing in existence.

Slightly related is right.

Well, Hon... I suppose you would have to ask them. I am Korean and contrary to popular belief although we all look totally alike, all Asians do not share one hive mind like the Borg. If we did, all the problems in the Universe would no doubt have been solved long ago.

And, since it is only, "like" the most unsexy thing in existence, I am curious as to what exactly IS the most unsexy thing in existence? Don't you hate that? I had a grammar teacher who always corrected us every damn time we used the word "like".

[bassman2546]

People have to realize today that TV is commercials with a television show weaved throughout them. Sitcomes are 22 minutes of the half hour and expect this to drop as the years pass. Reality television is worse because they can edit and imput whatever they want and get away with it. I watched an episode of Hell's Kitchen and not only was the footage 42 minutes of the hour, but when they returned from commericals they would take a minute each time to summarize what I already watched. Do they think people are just tuning in after a commercial? I don't need the summary. Take away eight more minutes from this and the actual footage of the show is a pathetic 34 minutes. Absolutely ridiculous. The consumer is being screwed over worse than ever by the entertainment business.

[GroobyKrissy]

What? I was serious. :(

Ha Ha... I caught your edit!

[GroobyKrissy]

People have to realize today that TV is commercials with a television show weaved throughout them. Sitcomes are 22 minutes of the half hour and expect this to drop as the years pass. Reality television is worse because they can edit and imput whatever they want and get away with it. I watched an episode of Hell's Kitchen and not only was the footage 42 minutes of the hour, but when they returned from commericals they would take a minute each time to summarize what I already watched. Do they think people are just tuning in after a commercial? I don't need the summary. Take away eight more minutes from this and the actual footage of the show is a pathetic 34 minutes. Absolutely ridiculous. The consumer is being screwed over worse than ever by the entertainment business.

I TOTALLY agree with the point about summaries. I hate the recaps that have become commonplace on shows now... "previously on..." Well, there goes a good 2-5 minutes that you could have spent on the actual show.

[Amy Gray]

Ha Ha... I caught your edit!

I edited it because I suspected you were going to make the comment about not being japenese. My comment was more to the whole "docile Asian" thing. Guys seem to go for the whole docile japenese girl stereotype in porn and I'm trying to figure out if gutwrenching screams is part of the whole "cute look".

And yes, it IS like the most unsexy thing on earth thank you very much! Damn spelling bee Asians

The most unsexy thing on earth would be this
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[GroobyKrissy]

I edited it because I suspected you were going to make the comment about not being japenese. My comment was more to the whole "docile Asian" thing. Guys seem to go for the whole docile japenese girl stereotype in porn and I'm trying to figure out if gutwrenching screams is part of the whole "cute look".

And yes, it IS like the most unsexy thing on earth thank you very much! Damn spelling bee Asians

The most unsexy thing on earth would be this
http://cache1.asset-cache.net/gc/50377633-portrait-of-fitness-guru-richard-simmons-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=OCUJ5gVf7YdJQI2Xhkc2QA3D%2FNHgzIrRCASE9LZlmKvhTQ KzoYXnd6i0EwT1OOjhYtLPsntQSCHtz2J62dSWoLMZ4cK4a17S bvL1M3EqOQE%3D

Ahhh crap. I have become predictable.

I think it is mostly related to that being how the girls in XXX Hentai films sound. Guys who watch that stuff like the real girls that sound / act like that too. That is just my theory though. It does seem that Japanese girls have the market on that high pitched moaning and groaning though, mixed with that "cute", wide-eyed look. Some guys eat it up though because sites like Shemale Japan and Shemale Japan Hardcore have some pretty good followings!

[Amy Gray]

I am Korean and contrary to popular belief although we all look totally alike

Actually, I have to be the only white person who has never thought that. I can almost always tell Koreans apart from Chinese or Philippines, etc. The only two I can't tell apart are Thai and Vietnamese.

[Amy Gray]

Ahhh crap. I have become predictable.

I think it is mostly related to that being how the girls in XXX Hentai films sound. Guys who watch that stuff like the real girls that sound / act like that too. That is just my theory though. It does seem that Japanese girls have the market on that high pitched moaning and groaning though, mixed with that "cute", wide-eyed look. Some guys eat it up though because sites like Shemale Japan and Shemale Japan Hardcore have some pretty good followings!

Oh god, or the double lid surgery. I've never gotten that.

I don't know, that whole cute thing is a instant turnoff. I'd rather a girl who is going to slam my head into the wall during sex than one who cries but that's just me.

[GroobyKrissy]

Oh god, or the double lid surgery. I've never gotten that.

I don't know, that whole cute thing is a instant turnoff. I'd rather a girl who is going to slam my head into the wall during sex than one who cries but that's just me.

Which head? One is fun. One is painful.

I've thought about the surgery actually. I used to get teased about it all the time when I was young. Plus, evidently it is pretty common for Asian eyelashes (yes, they do exist) to curl in and scratch the cornea. Mine do that but I wear contacts so it doesn't really impact me as much.

[GroobyKrissy]

Actually, I have to be the only white person who has never thought that. I can almost always tell Koreans apart from Chinese or Philippines, etc. The only two I can't tell apart are Thai and Vietnamese.

It is hard because they both smell like peanuts.

[Amy Gray]

It is hard because they both smell like peanuts.

As apposed to smelling like fermented cabbage?


Which head? One is fun. One is painful.

The head on my shoulders! :p

Though... considering Wendy pistol whipped my cock with a handgun in a scene so I might enjoy either. Either way, I've got head trauma. :confused:

I'd actually never heard of the eyelash thing. I mean, I guess it makes sense. You can't curl the eyelashes away from the eye with a curler?

[GroobyKrissy]

As opposed to smelling like fermented cabbage?



The head on my shoulders! :p

Though... considering Wendy pistol whipped my cock with a handgun in a scene so I might enjoy either. Either way, I've got head trauma. :confused:

I'd actually never heard of the eyelash thing. I mean, I guess it makes sense. You can't curl the eyelashes away from the eye with a curler?

Touche. :)

Holy crap Girl... you want me to burn my tiny little eyes out? They are small enough and I can barely see as it is, thank you very much.

[Amy Gray]

Touche. :)

Holy crap Girl... you want me to burn my tiny little eyes out? They are small enough and I can barely see as it is, thank you very much.
You mean this isn't you?!
http://www.funis2cool.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/very-long-eyelashes-02s.jpg

I meant an eyelash curler you dork.

[GroobyKrissy]

You mean this isn't you?!
http://www.funis2cool.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/very-long-eyelashes-02s.jpg

I meant an eyelash curler you dork.

OMG... freaky.

OOOHHHH... Asian girls are stoopid (.00001% of the time).

[Dino Velvet]

No Such Asians.

Krissy swallows it all and Never Spills Any.

[danthepoetman]

NSA? Is she listening to everything or swallowing everything? :whistle:

[robertlouis]

Actually, I have to be the only white person who has never thought that. I can almost always tell Koreans apart from Chinese or Philippines, etc. The only two I can't tell apart are Thai and Vietnamese.

Uncle Sam had that problem back in the 60s and 70s..... :whistle:

Well ladies, congratulations. Your last three pages have proved beyond any reasonable doubt Wendy's hypothesis from a week or so back that "Fuckin' Asians" is indeed the new "Am I Gay?"

Well done. :Bowdown::Bowdown::Bowdown:

[rjshemalelover]

I only watch porn and there are no comercials. lol

[danthepoetman]

I'm so sick of Stupid TV commercials playing over and over
the drug ones are really bad and all the side effects I want to throw my TV out the window! and go postal:frustrated:frustrated:frustrated:pissed::pi ssed::pissed:
My favourite part in the drug ads is, when they list these side effects, the very end where they say very fast: "... and may include death"...

I suscribe to a few movie channels. There's no ads on them. I can no longer watch movies on regular tv. Same with the only sport I enjoy, boxing: no ad on HBO. In general, public tv is always better than private, PBS is the best in the US, and I suppose BBC is in the UK. But tv in general is moving towards specialized channels. It's a market that will probably keep on growing until they link once and for all tv and the net, which should come pretty soon... Then, it will be a whole new ballgame for publicity, probably much worse than what we have on the tube nowadays...

[robertlouis]

My favourite part in the drug ads is, when they list these side effects, the very end where they say very fast: "... and may include death"...

I suscribe to a few movie channels. There's no ads on them. I can no longer watch movies on regular tv. Same with the only sport I enjoy, boxing: no ad on HBO. In general, public tv is always better than private, PBS is the best in the US, and I suppose BBC is in the UK. But tv in general is moving towards specialized channels. It's a market that will probably keep on growing until they link once and for all tv and the net, which should come pretty soon... Then, it will be a whole new ballgame for publicity, probably much worse than what we have on the tube nowadays...

No "suppose" about it, Dan. Wherever I go in the world, I come back thanking providence and my lucky stars for the good old Beeb. Of course it isn't perfect, and we pay an annual licence fee, but just a few hours of David Attenborough and it's paid up in full. Quality television, best in the world.

[danthepoetman]

No "suppose" about it, Dan. Wherever I go in the world, I come back thanking providence and my lucky stars for the good old Beeb. Of course it isn't perfect, and we pay an annual licence fee, but just a few hours of David Attenborough and it's paid up in full. Quality television, best in the world.
Here we have BBC Canada, but they're forced by the Canadian Radio and Television Comity to fill it with Canadian content (at lest 40%, I think), which is usually bad leftover productions from other networks. But I watch the BBC news bulletin almost every day on PBS and I love it.

[danthepoetman]

Anyone knows about this, btw?

[robertlouis]

Anyone knows about this, btw?

Advertises on Craigslist. Shit wig though.

[danthepoetman]

????

[Willie Escalade]

...UK TV is on the BBC...
Something else popped into my mind when I read this...:ignore:

[robertlouis]

Something else popped into my mind when I read this...:ignore:

LMAO. You 'Merkins, Willie!