Who TF watches commercials?
Haven't seen one in decades
this post was submitted on 13 Oct 2025
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We all have those agonizing moments where an adblocker fails us or we suffer through a friend's device!
Exactly, there was a social contract where we would exchange watching ads for consuming the following product without additional charges. Those days are mostly gone and you have to pay to get in the door, watch and ad and the product has enshitifies to the point of usually not being worth it. Ad block and cable cutting has been a method to claw that back to a fairer exchangr, or atleast give the consumer some negotiation power in that dynamic. However its just created a game of cat and mosue between those who wish to consume your attention and people who dont want sponsored shit beamed into their brain space.
I'm guessing this is an American problem? Cause commercials in Norway is more about what chocolate to bring on a hike, what chocolate brand is made both for enjoyment and to repell trolls, and that you won't be able to enjoy your weekend without Kim's chips.
American TV is mostly prescription drug and car advertisements these days.
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it sorta of does, and its also propaganda in a way too, makes you think a certain way to buy something, and get distracted at more important things. thats why commercials for sports, Shows(especial -AGANDA) shows.
Work-life balance is super subjective (what works well for one person may be debilitating for another) - and using it to make weird jokes like this is probably alienating for many in their audience. Poor choice all around.
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That one commercial about "earning your sunday" by working hard on saturday rubs me wrong as well
They also try to promote a positive image of "work-life blend" in order to try and spark people's enthusiasm for working pretty much 24/7.
As in, "work-life balance is a bad concept because it makes work look evil. Let's put work into all aspects of life, make you live and breathe work, then you won't think about it"
Can't have infinite growth without infinite toil.
I have thought this very thing with the progressive one.