I keep bringing up how much I deeply hate ads and the people I've talked to about it have been weirdly apathetic.

"IF YOU DON'T LIKE ADS JUST DONT BUY PRODUCT, SIMPLE" is itself an internalized sort of surrender to advertising itself.

Completely agree, I find it oppressive and a constant psychological assault.

My thoughts exactly when it comes to people who don't seem to mind advertising in general. They come in a couple varieties. On the one hand you have all the "i just tune out the ads" or the "im too smart to be influenced by marketing" types. The cope involved in these cases is sad more than anything else. On the other hand, you have the truly deranged who find advertisements useful. The kind of people who somehow appreciate trackers and spyware because it means they get advertisements "more relevant to their interests" as if that's a good thing. Those types fucking scare the shit out of me.

I have ads so thoroughly purged out of my life that it is legitimately fucking mind blowing to me whenever I visit someone who watches tv. Every single time I'm just repeatedly blindsided by the fact that this atrocity is the norm. They are bombarded with the same annoying-ass commercials every five to ten minutes continuously, 24/7. It's as if they have an IV setup pushing pure corporate propaganda straight into their veins. They can't watch a single episode of a tv show without incessantly being interrupted by a dozen car insurance ads per hour. Worse yet are the fucking prescription drug advertisements.

In a just world this type of shit would be thoroughly outlawed. Anyone involved in creating ads should be charged with crimes against humanity. They are doing actual mass brainwashing. There is no way sitting through this day in and day out doesn't cause significant psychological damage.

Ever since I was younger, like before I was even radicalized, I've hated ads so much. There's something very off-putting (and often insulting) about businesses constantly blasting you with their product or service.

I used to really enjoy watching the NBA but now every time I try it's just "Here are the Lexus™ Keys to the Game," "Welcome to the half time show brought to you by Subway™," ad breaks every two minutes of game time (and even more frequently towards the end of a close game), giant company logos on the court, or more recently logos on their god damned jerseys. It's like you can't watch any live event any more without having ads shoved in your face.

Even when I'm watching/listening to something on my phone and an ad interrupts I will straight up mute the volume and physically look away just so I don't see the ad. I agree with Yogthos that it feels like a "constant psychological assault." I fucking hate it. Bless whoever invented ad block extensions on browsers because without them I would go insane.

They've only gotten worse too. I never liked them, but they definitely felt easier to ignore when I was younger.

Now there is so much data-collection and targeted adverts. With effort it is avoidable but the average person is subjected to way more inisidious advertising than ever, and it very often works. Gods help you if you ever express interest in any hobby that is easily commodifiable.