Annoying adverts

orithil · 07-31-2008, 01:18 AM

There's so many annoying adverts on t.v, whats the one you hate the most

The Sasquatch of Fangorn · 07-31-2008, 08:03 PM

I.O digital cable. This one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGGrQix9VsY

**Nurvingiel** · 08-04-2008, 02:08 PM

I hate Crazy Frog with the fire of a thousand white-hot suns. I found a video about him (but that wouldn't cause murders or mass hysteria) to illustrate my point.

The actual ads with that @%&*$! frog are so profoundly irritating that I simply stopped watching TV when they came on. Now I don't watch TV and it seems that the whole Crazy Frog thing seems over.

(The video I linked is actually pretty cool. It has enough Crazy Frog in it to remind us why we despise that little horror, but not enough to drive us completely crackers within ten seconds.)

***Earniel*** · 08-04-2008, 04:16 PM

What gets my goat is that it isn't even a frog at all. It doesn't even look like one! Just... No! They should have called it Crazy Badly-designed-blob-thing instead.

Lief Erikson · 08-04-2008, 04:19 PM

I really dislike advertisements, except funny ones.

But we gotta remember, of course, if there were no advertisements there'd be no TV . . .

***Earniel*** · 08-04-2008, 04:35 PM

Now that, I doubt.

Lief Erikson · 08-04-2008, 04:53 PM

None of the programs that have commercials could afford to be on the air without them. That's where their money comes from. No money, no show.

BeardofPants · 08-04-2008, 04:58 PM

You know about the beeb, right?

Lief Erikson · 08-04-2008, 05:05 PM

What's a beeb?

***Earniel*** · 08-04-2008, 05:46 PM

Somewhat simplistically put, I think. For strictly commercial broadcasts, maybe, but there are many non-commercial broadcasts, often the national ones. But that's not really related to the topic.

The beeb's a nickname for the BBC, if I'm not mistaken.

Lief Erikson · 08-04-2008, 07:52 PM

Oh, well then yes, I have heard of the beeb

. I've been getting most of my news from it every day for years.

I know I put it simplistically. Rather rare for me, that- you should be telling me I was putting it that way as a compliment

! After all, normally I go about 8 or 9 paragraphs in response to something like that!

Non-commercial broadcasts also rely on advertisements for funding. The news agencies, for instance, tend to be owned by larger companies or corporations which need money to support them. They do that by offering the space for advertisements. The news agencies suffer for lack of advertisements, which is part of the reason why the increase of people getting news from blogs is hurting those companies financially and causing them to lay people off (my journalism class heard from one of these who gave us a presentation just last week).

Not only news stations do this, though. That's why you find commercials all the time as you switch channels, no matter what program is on. Almost zero shows lack them. And big online sites use commercial advertisements a huge amount of the time nowadays. That's how they support themselves too. It's key. There are private donors too, but advertisements are where almost all the money comes from.

Now you've dragged a somewhat longer answer out of me

. Meanie

. Alas for the departure of my short lived brevity . . .

***Earniel*** · 08-05-2008, 05:04 AM

Lief, long answers come naturally to you...

*lives in a country that has several state-sponsered broadcasts that don't need to rely on advertising*

Lief Erikson · 08-05-2008, 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eärniel

Lief, long answers come naturally to you...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eärniel

*lives in a country that has several state-sponsered broadcasts that don't need to rely on advertising*

Huh, that's news to me! *Stops watching for the commercial break.*

***Varnafindë*** · 08-05-2008, 03:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eärniel

Lief, long answers come naturally to you...

*lives in a country that has several state-sponsered broadcasts that don't need to rely on advertising*

*lives in a country that has one state-sponsered broadcast that doesn't need to rely on advertising*

Instead, if you buy a TV, you have to pay a yearly fee to said state-sponsered broadcast, as part of the state sponsoring. Even if you never watch it, but prefer to watch the other broadcasts that rely on advertising.

They are suggesting to do away with that fee, though ...

BeardofPants · 08-05-2008, 05:10 PM

Yes, Britain does the same thing (some tv licence or summit). And we have state-sponsored tv as well (which DOES use advertising), but it used to be similar to britain in that we paid a tv fee & had no advertisements.

sisterandcousinandaunt · 08-07-2008, 04:40 PM

Well, we have state sponsored TV WITH commercials.

08-12-2008, 04:09 PM

I hate Billy Mays. Anybody know who that is?

07-31-2008, 01:18 AM	#1
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07-31-2008, 08:03 PM	#2
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08-04-2008, 04:16 PM	#4
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	What gets my goat is that it isn't even a frog at all. It doesn't even look like one! Just... No! They should have called it Crazy Badly-designed-blob-thing instead. __________________ We are not things.

08-04-2008, 04:19 PM	#5
Lief Erikson Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fountain Valley, CA Posts: 6,343	I really dislike advertisements, except funny ones. But we gotta remember, of course, if there were no advertisements there'd be no TV . . . __________________ If the world has indeed, as I have said, been built of sorrow, it has been built by the hands of love, because in no other way could the soul of man, for whom the world was made, reach the full stature of its perfection. ~Oscar Wilde, written from prison Oscar Wilde's last words: "Either the wallpaper goes, or I do."

08-04-2008, 04:35 PM	#6
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Now that, I doubt. __________________ We are not things.

08-04-2008, 04:53 PM	#7
Lief Erikson Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fountain Valley, CA Posts: 6,343	None of the programs that have commercials could afford to be on the air without them. That's where their money comes from. No money, no show. __________________ If the world has indeed, as I have said, been built of sorrow, it has been built by the hands of love, because in no other way could the soul of man, for whom the world was made, reach the full stature of its perfection. ~Oscar Wilde, written from prison Oscar Wilde's last words: "Either the wallpaper goes, or I do."

08-04-2008, 04:58 PM	#8
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	You know about the beeb, right? __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

08-04-2008, 05:05 PM	#9
Lief Erikson Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fountain Valley, CA Posts: 6,343	What's a beeb? __________________ If the world has indeed, as I have said, been built of sorrow, it has been built by the hands of love, because in no other way could the soul of man, for whom the world was made, reach the full stature of its perfection. ~Oscar Wilde, written from prison Oscar Wilde's last words: "Either the wallpaper goes, or I do."

08-04-2008, 05:46 PM	#10
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Somewhat simplistically put, I think. For strictly commercial broadcasts, maybe, but there are many non-commercial broadcasts, often the national ones. But that's not really related to the topic. The beeb's a nickname for the BBC, if I'm not mistaken. __________________ We are not things.

08-04-2008, 07:52 PM	#11
Lief Erikson Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fountain Valley, CA Posts: 6,343	Oh, well then yes, I have heard of the beeb . I've been getting most of my news from it every day for years. I know I put it simplistically. Rather rare for me, that- you should be telling me I was putting it that way as a compliment ! After all, normally I go about 8 or 9 paragraphs in response to something like that! Non-commercial broadcasts also rely on advertisements for funding. The news agencies, for instance, tend to be owned by larger companies or corporations which need money to support them. They do that by offering the space for advertisements. The news agencies suffer for lack of advertisements, which is part of the reason why the increase of people getting news from blogs is hurting those companies financially and causing them to lay people off (my journalism class heard from one of these who gave us a presentation just last week). Not only news stations do this, though. That's why you find commercials all the time as you switch channels, no matter what program is on. Almost zero shows lack them. And big online sites use commercial advertisements a huge amount of the time nowadays. That's how they support themselves too. It's key. There are private donors too, but advertisements are where almost all the money comes from. Now you've dragged a somewhat longer answer out of me . Meanie . Alas for the departure of my short lived brevity . . . __________________ If the world has indeed, as I have said, been built of sorrow, it has been built by the hands of love, because in no other way could the soul of man, for whom the world was made, reach the full stature of its perfection. ~Oscar Wilde, written from prison Oscar Wilde's last words: "Either the wallpaper goes, or I do." Last edited by Lief Erikson : 08-04-2008 at 07:57 PM.

08-05-2008, 05:04 AM	#12
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Lief, long answers come naturally to you... lives in a country that has several state-sponsered broadcasts that don't need to rely on advertising __________________ We are not things.

08-05-2008, 05:10 PM	#15
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Yes, Britain does the same thing (some tv licence or summit). And we have state-sponsored tv as well (which DOES use advertising), but it used to be similar to britain in that we paid a tv fee & had no advertisements. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

08-07-2008, 04:40 PM	#16
sisterandcousinandaunt Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4,535	Well, we have state sponsored TV WITH commercials. __________________ That would be the swirling vortex to another world. Cool. I want one. TMNT No, I'm not emo. I just have a really poor sense of direction. (Thanks to katya for this quote) This is the best news story EVER! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26087293/ “Often my haste is a mistake, but I live with the consequences without complaint.”...John McCain "I shall go back. And I shall find that therapist. And I shall whack her upside her head with my blanket full of rocks." ...Louisa May

08-12-2008, 04:09 PM	#17
Maxwell Edison Guest Posts: n/a	I hate Billy Mays. Anybody know who that is?

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