Is it normal advertisements are really pissing me off?

There are adverts EVERYWHERE nowadays.
There are five minute adverts on the TV. On the radio. On DVDs. Leaflets inside the DVD case. In books. In magazines. In newspapers. When I walk down the street, adverts everywhere I look. People shoving advert leaflets into my hand. Whenever I go to a club, I get more leaflets shoved in my hand upon entry. People posting adverts through my door. Adverts with all the packages I receive. I have to watch ad advert before watching a youtube video. Watch an advert before I play an online game. Adverts on 99% of sites I visit down the sides.
I want to be left alone in peace without having to look at or sit there waiting for a damn advert. They have gone too far. Is it normal they are really pissing me off?

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96% Normal
Based on 74 votes (71 yes)
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Comments ( 11 )
  • Holzman67

    People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you’re not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it. They are The Advertisers and they are laughing at you.

    You, however, are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property rights and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like with total impunity.

    Fuck that. Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It’s yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.

    You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs.

    - Banksy

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    • disthing

      Good quote from Banksy :)

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  • NotStrangeBird

    Thank you advertising, I now change my car insurance 27 times a day.

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  • Terence_the_viking

    Tell me about it what is the point of paying £40 for my gold sub on xbox if you are gonna fill it with adverts.

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  • dinz

    I completely understand your hatred for advertising but there are good reasoning behind most advertising.

    Advertising acts as a form of subsiding/eliminating cost of a service or product that a company makes. For example you mentioned Youtube, well alot of the material are now made by full time you tubers who not only need the means to produce their videos but also the means to earn income.

    Most sites don't run for free and hence the need for advertising is needed to fund the running and upkeep of such sites.

    Would you prefer if we move to a user pay system? So would you rather pay for a "subscription service" to view youtube videos or watch a short advert?

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  • Swan_Theif9854

    They are constantly underestimating the viewers intelligence, telling us what to like, telling us what's good and bad, do's and don't's, misrepresentation of their products. Advertisements make some services "free" like webpages. But there is so much need for improvement.

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  • TheAnarkyOfLife

    Societys rotten distribution is a cause.

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  • elenamish

    ads insult my intelligence, I stopped watching tv for years because of this

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  • hairyfairy

    I`m so sick of ads every five minutes on tv. I don`t know why they bother because most people aren`t taking much notice anyway. I always mute the tv when theyr`e on, or fast froward if it`s a recording.

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  • sega31098

    Well it's either this or lower quality sites.

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  • Erik963

    I wouldn't mind the advertising if they didn't try to force it down my neck.

    Example: YouTube. I cant watch a fucking video without a 30 second advertisement (Adblock fixes that) but that doesn't change anything. Telemarketing too, they keep calling me and bringing up the same old questions despite I said thousands of times I am not interested.

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