1. I have a Tivo, I fast forward through commercials. 2. I listen to podcasts, I don't listen to 5 minute commercial breaks between music sets. 3. I have Adblock installed in Firefox, I don't need to see the ads that most of the time don't interest me.
As soon as a podcast has 5 minute breaks, it's out of the aggregator and if/when Tivo starts inline ads, MythTV. Time's to precious to waste it on advertisements.
I wouldn't go so far as to say the other kids were right or that Sean was a "wuss". But to some extent you're right.
When I was in high school, just over ten years ago, if someone got in your face, teased or harrassed you too much, you popped the guy in the nose. Maybe you got your ass kicked, maybe not. But at least you did something about it. And there was the great chance that was going to be the end of it. The thing about bullies is, they usually only pick on the kids that don't fight back. You bloody one guy's nose and don't get picked on.
Of course that was 10 years ago. This assumes nobody has a knife, gun, explosive,...
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1. I have a Tivo, I fast forward through commercials.
2. I listen to podcasts, I don't listen to 5 minute commercial breaks between music sets.
3. I have Adblock installed in Firefox, I don't need to see the ads that most of the time don't interest me.
As soon as a podcast has 5 minute breaks, it's out of the aggregator and if/when Tivo starts inline ads, MythTV. Time's to precious to waste it on advertisements.
Peace!
I wouldn't go so far as to say the other kids were right or that Sean was a "wuss". But to some extent you're right.
When I was in high school, just over ten years ago, if someone got in your face, teased or harrassed you too much, you popped the guy in the nose. Maybe you got your ass kicked, maybe not. But at least you did something about it. And there was the great chance that was going to be the end of it. The thing about bullies is, they usually only pick on the kids that don't fight back. You bloody one guy's nose and don't get picked on.
Of course that was 10 years ago. This assumes nobody has a knife, gun, explosive,...