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Why Do You Block Ads?
flyingember asks: "With ad blocking becoming ever more popular among users, why do you block ads? And with what? Do you view internet ads as different from say, TV ads? What about in a magazine? Do you not buy a magazine because it has too many? I'm specifically talking about the ads in a webpage, but even popup blockers can cause problems with me using a site."
Recently in Barnes & Noble, I remarked to my friends, "I won't buy magazines because they're all full of ads. Why can't they make a magazine with no ads?", to which one friend responded, "What you want is a book."
...dogs lick their balls?
Twelve-and-three-quarter inches. Unyielding. This wand belonged to Bellatrix Lestrange.
That would just be plain unfair.
The Mothership
You may not understand fashionistas, but they aren't simply idiotic. They are simply playing an entirely different game than you are - one that has its own rewards and advantages.
I block google ads. They're less annoying, but thats like saying someone who punches you in the face is less of an asshole than someone who kicks you in the nuts.
I still have more fans than freaks. WTF is wrong with you people?
Also just as annoying or amusing is when I do searches and get google ads to find bessel functions on ebay, quarks at pricegrabber or other irrelevant nonsense.
Some people will laugh with you, but the rest of us are laughing at you while we get bargain prices on quarks and bessel functions.
https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
...or cover some part of the house while you're painting :) Try that with Flash ads.
Actually, the Flash ads worked fine, but removing the paint from my laptop afterwards was a bitch.
https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
If you were american, you'd send a bill to accounts payable for consulting hours.
Democrats and Republicans only disagree about how to enslave you
Now I shop at eBay.
I propose the following punishment for all internet advertisers who use invasive ads:
1) Strip advertiser naked.
2) Nail his (odds are he's male) penis to a tree.
3) Hand him a butter knife.
4) Set the tree on fire.
"Fight for lost causes. You may discover they weren't."
A little while ago, my Mum was having trouble convincing one of our older family members to eat properly. I had recently stumbled across a new type of food in the supermarket that my cats really enjoyed, and so I thought that the old cat might enjoy it too..
Typical geeks. Your mum has to eat cat food, and your concern is the HTML vs Flash conflict.
What's the matter with you, what do you have against trees ?
May contain traces of nut.
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There is one reason, and one reason only to watch ordinary TV in America.
You and your flatmate take turns flipping channels. First one to hit a car ad makes the coffee. You never wait more than 90 secs.
Justin.
(With thanks to Mark Williment)
You're only jealous cos the little penguins are talking to me.
15 Naked advertisers. You?