Subj : Re: Old Geek Thoughts...
To   : McDoob
From : GeekWisdom
Date : Wed Jan 05 2022 09:09:36

-=> McDoob wrote to GeekWisdom <=-

 Mc> The day I got my first 'high speed' connection (ie >56k), I basically
 Mc> stopped watching TV. One show title still stands out to me, and says it
 Mc> all: "This Hour Has 22 Minutes". Granted, it was actually a half-hour
 Mc> show, but it really was less than 22 minutes of actual show. Hour-long
 Mc> shows are down to 41 minutes these days. That's one-third adverts!

Loved that show esp. Rick Mercer.  I never lost my interest in TV. pretty
much a couch potato. I also really enjoyed 'Four on the Floor' with Mr.
Canoehead :-)

 Mc> Forget the War on Drugs, or the War on Terror! I'm stuck fighting the
 Mc> War on Adverts! (v_v)

I'm 100% with you on ads. It's interesting that initially ads were pretty
low quality too, annoying banners and stuff. Now they are the exactly same
ads you see on TV, and sometimes even public service announcements, I'm 
assuming because most people don't even watch TV, so the big ad companies
had to start adversting on the 'net.

And don't get me started on the ads now in movie theatre's too! Once time
it was just the coming attractions, now I have to sit through 10 minutes
of car ads, just to watch the movie. I didn't shell out a fortune to 
sit in a movie cinema to sit and watch ads! /rant
 
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