Fuck advertisements...

[The-Evil-Daed]

Everywhere I go I always see ads.

Magazines, TV, Movies, Video Games (yeah, now the Xbox dashboardwill have fucking ads...), video-streaming websites-which especially piss me off because you have to wait for them to finish, just to view a 35 second video about cats, and not to mention every fucking billboard is a giant ad.

Most of them I'm fine with. I've gotten so used to them that I can just subconsciously ignore them. It's not like I give a shit anyway, most ads will just give me spam or viruses.

Now, it's the distracting ones that piss me off. Why, right now I see a 'Mini Fighter' advertisement that keeps flashing and it gets very distracting. Do I give a shit about what the fuck Mini Fighter is about? Will I ever visit the website? No. And I'm sure that's the same with 97% of you guys.

YouTube is the biggest cash cow I've ever seen. As if Google doesn't have enough fucking money. I'm sick of those ads that keep popping up during a video. I've gotten so used to them that I've memorized the exact point where I can click the 'X' and exit the damn thing. Now there are short commercials that I have to sit through.

Fuck, that's bullshit.

And it's only gonna get worse. As long as there are people on this earth, we will always have to put up with ads. Where are they gonna go with ads next? Everytime we want to use an elevator, we'll have to sit through an ad. Everytime you turn on a video game, you'll have to sit through an ad.

Fuck ADS. FUCK.

[CrucifiedEmperor]

Well, at least it's not a pop-up.

[Newgrundling]

Advertisements are the only reason the entertainment industry exists beyond pay-per-view venues, so bow before them.

[DrClay]

Ads pay companies money to advertise on their sites or such. Money is well needed in today's times.
IE: we're screwed

[ZenOfAnger]

Wait the dashboard has adverts now? Howcome I still have to pay my yearly fee?

[Ptcfast]

firefox has a lot of useful addons for blocking unwanted advertisements

moo

[HandsomePete]

Quit your bitching. Advertising is the patron of all modern cultural arts. In the past, you needed to wait until the king commissioned something, and then you didn't have options. Advertising has made all modern media possible, and it's very, very, very rarely more than a minor inconvenience. Pop-Up ads can suck a fat veiny ballsack, but for the most part, deal with it. It's just a little trade-off to make things work out better for everyone.

[SupraAddict]

You know, that does piss me off. I payed $400+ for my 360 system, and now they're being bigger assholes and adding ads to their product. I should have gone with a Playstation3, I doubt sony will go the same way as Microsoft for a while. It is true that there are many ads placed everywhere, and that it's just annoying seeing them every single time you watch telivision, go for a jog, or even play your Xbox 360. Sorry man, I feel for you.

[Jamoke]

Go to a store and "download" this IRL add blocker. It will fuck yo' shit up.

[Bukowskie]

Google is actually losing money off of YouTube because of the tremendous space it takes up. Now, Google still makes millions, but YouTube alone loses more money than it makes.

[yurgenburgen]

The best statement I've ever read about advertising is the following, from artist Banksy:

"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."

[HandsomePete]

At 7/21/09 12:40 AM, yurgenburgen wrote: The best statement I've ever read about advertising is the following, from artist Banksy:

"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."

And yet, there'd be no art without patrons - without some way to pay for the supplies - and these days, those patrons are advertisers. If you don't want to deal with advertisers, I sure as hell hope you don't watch TV or movies, or videos on a computer, or listen to music, or read a magazine or a newspaper. Because they're the dicks who make it possible.

[The-Evil-Daed]

At 7/21/09 12:35 AM, Newgrundling wrote: Advertisements are the only reason the entertainment industry exists beyond pay-per-view venues, so bow before them.

Sure, that's the spirit.

We can't control something, so let's just BOW DOWN and let it suck the souls out of our lives.

[metalsmith32]

i'm with you on that bro.
ads suck!

[SpartanBunny]

At 7/21/09 12:20 PM, metalsmith32 wrote: i'm with you on that bro.
ads suck!

You know, if you're blocking ads on Newgrounds you're just fucking this site over.

[RobbyPaulLul]

ads cost too much money D;>

[SupraAddict]

At 7/21/09 12:35 PM, SpartanBunny wrote:

At 7/21/09 12:20 PM, metalsmith32 wrote: i'm with you on that bro.
ads suck!

You know, if you're blocking ads on Newgrounds you're just fucking this site over.

Blocking ads on Newgrounds has just about nothing to do with his topic. People who don't read the OP's post fuck this site over.

[Ultor]

Well ads need to be put in so the service can be more profitable thats what AOL did after they knew nobody was with them anymore.

[SpartanBunny]

At 7/21/09 12:38 PM, SupraAddict wrote: Blocking ads on Newgrounds has just about nothing to do with his topic. People who don't read the OP's post fuck this site over.

I was replying to someone else who said 'ads suck!' which is a general statement and therefore includes Newgrounds.

[xXShortEmoKidXx]

The ads I can't FUCKING STAND are the MMORPG games. World of Warcraft, Maple Story, and about 84,000 OTHER GAMES ALL WITH THE SAME IDEA!!!!!!! Go on a magical quest to find some shit and stop the evil wizard whose cumming all over the land. Oh, and you can level up, too. Isn't that great!? You know what I just love? when I'm watching a flash, or playing a game, and my finger SLIPS!!! Yup! So then I am redirected to a different page (that's right, no new window, they fuck up whatever you were in the middle of doing) to have people tell me how awesome this game is, and that they play it 13 of the 15 hours a day in their basement playing it.

[xXShortEmoKidXx]

I also hate the ads that MAKE FUCKING NOISE!!! AND to top it all off, THERE'S NO WAY TO TURN IT OFF!!! You have to sit there and listen to "Hello. You've just been selected for our free virus installment. Please click on our site to ensure that your computer will never safely be used again. Also, you won an Xbox!" SO you HAVE to refresh the page to stop the noise. Otherwise it just keeps going!! And you know what else!? those ads on video pages. You click play, and move your mouse out of the little video square, and then by accident put it on an ad. You don't click the ad and get pissed off. NO. You don't need to. Because the advertizement gets bigger and rolls out blocked EVERYTHING ON THE SCREEN!! So all you can see, is three whores, and you have to identify which one is Jessica Simpson. But look on the bright side, you get a free I-Pod. Oh, wait, computer-virus-pod? Oh well. That's just as good I suppose.

[bgraybr]

My cable TV menu has ads on it now.

[esko-man]

Paint a small room one shade of white and lock yourself inside. It's the only escape.

[SK8ninja]

I think the people who made Mirror's Edge were right!

[SK8ninja]

At 7/21/09 12:33 AM, The-Evil-Daed wrote:

I've gotten so used to them that I've memorized the exact point where I can click the 'X' and exit the damn thing.

Yeah, ffs what has gotten into youtube with their extremely annoying ads that pop up during a video just to piss you off!

And then when you exit them, and click full screen, there's a little button called "ad" down in the corner just incase you want to see some piece of shit.

It sucks

[Gateau]

You're stupid. Sorry about that immature statement but I honestly can't think of anything else to use to describe you. Have fun getting advertisements removed, and then you'll have to pay a monthly subscription to use websites and the cost of television will go up a hundred fold (Wait, TV shows stay on the air because of advertisements? REALLY?!? you mean I don't pay the salaries of all of those actors when I pay my TV bill?)

Advertisements are brilliant, it's a passive way of getting money that requires nothing more than you viewing the service (which you do anyway)

[SK8ninja]

At 7/21/09 01:05 PM, esko-man wrote: Paint a small room one shade of white and lock yourself inside. It's the only escape.

Hahahaha there only IS one shade of white you dumbass LOL

[Imaku]

I'm fine with ads, except for that one 'Runes of Magic' one that's in Flash games and movies. When that one, and only that one, comes up, it slows the Flash down like shit and makes the loading take forever.

[Imaku]

At 7/21/09 01:16 PM, SK8ninja wrote:

At 7/21/09 01:05 PM, esko-man wrote: Paint a small room one shade of white and lock yourself inside. It's the only escape.

Hahahaha there only IS one shade of white you dumbass LOL

Off-white, pure white, chalk, ivory...

[SK8ninja]

At 7/21/09 01:22 PM, Imaku wrote:

At 7/21/09 01:16 PM, SK8ninja wrote:

At 7/21/09 01:05 PM, esko-man wrote: Paint a small room one shade of white and lock yourself inside. It's the only escape.

Hahahaha there only IS one shade of white you dumbass LOL

Off-white, pure white, chalk, ivory...

Those aren't white, this is white: