I block any ads i come across on the net. if i cant block the ads i dont visit.
The ads i dont bothe with however are text based ads. firefox and the adblocking extensions work wonders for this.
I block ads because i find them offensive. I find them offensive in the same manner that a 70 year old puritan prude religeous grandmother would find explicit examples of child pornography offensive.
They also (especially on the net) dont apply to me as there is yet no easy fast and cheep(free) way of sending cash to them for a product even if i am interested in it.
I also do the best i can to avoid ads in other areas of life and media.
I watch very little tv and when ido i turn down the volume and pay more attention to my computer instead. I do not subscribe to paper or magazines because of ads and that im not willing to pay to be insulted. Same with cable tv. I dont listen to radio and only listen to mp3's because of ads.
The main reason i support the movement to end corporate personhood is so that it would be easier to remove free speech from corporations and reduce the amount of trash they try to shove down our throats in the form of advertisments.
Thanks to a/. article i recently got into the game Project Entropia. while i fit in to the domographic of males playing female characters, in my short time of playing i have ran across several women who are *very* insistant that they are women in IRL.
This is the first MMORG i have played aside from the games found on BBSes and i have noticed advantages and disadvantages of a female character. One of hte disadvantages is being hit on by guys and because of that i can see how women players who want to get down to playing and not mess with the hassles of being hit on might play male characters. my theory is that there might be an equivelent ratio of women who play as males as males who play as females.
As far as the way women are portrayed in games. I wish that they were more realistic.. I for one am not attracted at all to the model type, i prefer the average looking girl or even "tomboys" and even a lil plump as opposed to the super skinny callista flockhart, or big breasted bay watch type. In PE though, the women look MUCh more sexy in full armor than in thongs and skimpy outfits.
there ar several women in there that either worked very hard to get where they are or have payed alot of money and they have the weapons, armor and even houses to show for it.
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I block any ads i come across on the net. if i cant block the ads i dont visit. The ads i dont bothe with however are text based ads. firefox and the adblocking extensions work wonders for this. I block ads because i find them offensive. I find them offensive in the same manner that a 70 year old puritan prude religeous grandmother would find explicit examples of child pornography offensive. They also (especially on the net) dont apply to me as there is yet no easy fast and cheep(free) way of sending cash to them for a product even if i am interested in it. I also do the best i can to avoid ads in other areas of life and media. I watch very little tv and when ido i turn down the volume and pay more attention to my computer instead. I do not subscribe to paper or magazines because of ads and that im not willing to pay to be insulted. Same with cable tv. I dont listen to radio and only listen to mp3's because of ads. The main reason i support the movement to end corporate personhood is so that it would be easier to remove free speech from corporations and reduce the amount of trash they try to shove down our throats in the form of advertisments.
Thanks to a /. article i recently got into the game Project Entropia. while i fit in to the domographic of males playing female characters, in my short time of playing i have ran across several women who are *very* insistant that they are women in IRL.
This is the first MMORG i have played aside from the games found on BBSes and i have noticed advantages and disadvantages of a female character. One of hte disadvantages is being hit on by guys and because of that i can see how women players who want to get down to playing and not mess with the hassles of being hit on might play male characters. my theory is that there might be an equivelent ratio of women who play as males as males who play as females.
As far as the way women are portrayed in games. I wish that they were more realistic.. I for one am not attracted at all to the model type, i prefer the average looking girl or even "tomboys" and even a lil plump as opposed to the super skinny callista flockhart, or big breasted bay watch type. In PE though, the women look MUCh more sexy in full armor than in thongs and skimpy outfits.
there ar several women in there that either worked very hard to get where they are or have payed alot of money and they have the weapons, armor and even houses to show for it.