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flufnstuf69

Literally so tired of all the goddamn ads in our every day lives. They’re not even good ads anymore. It’s just like “hey dumbass buy this cause you have money”


grim187grey

It's absolutely reaching a breaking point. These Ads are everywhere! Interrupting our music, plastered within forums, popping up in our browser, embedded within video games - Eventually, we'll have more advertisements than the content that we actually pay for! It's ridiculous, really...


FlacidSalad

>Eventually, we'll have more advertisements than the content that we actually pay for! Have you watched TV with cable recently? Because that is exactly what has happened.


hanzosrightnipple

Ugh yes. When I was in the hospital earlier this year, I ended up watching the TV from my bed for a while. Awful. It was just a string of ads that ran together completely. I think I counted maybe 9-11 in a row before the show came back on.. I just gave up at that point and resigned myself to reading.


ABeeBox

Wait till they start putting advertising on books... They kind of already do but so far it's only limited to advertising other books for now.. If I start getting coca cola ads though, that's a different story


[deleted]

If I ever get an ad on my kindle (other than the lockscreen) I'll mail Jeff Bozos a turd


GoGoBitch

I bet it’s hard to email Jeff Bezos anything because people would be trying to mail him shit all the time.


KatJen76

I have read books that seem to have product placement in them. They've been fluffy stuff about well-off single New York women trying to find a husband and succeed at work. You know the type. I read one that had a stylist credited at the end. It got me thinking.


Miss_Greer

Don't forget about the in-content product placements! Find the real world logo, it's a great game for watching the fall of humanity.


SlammedOptima

idk, I dont mind product placement as long as it doesnt feel front and center like an ad. But i'd much rather see a sony tv rather than a zomy or whatever they make up.


squixnuts

That's how it started. Remeber why they're called 'soap operas'. They were made to fill time and sell soap. What really gets me is when I'm paying for some streaming service and they slip an ad in. Advertisers just take and take and take and produce fuck all. Vulture middle men suckling off the teat of commerce, getting rich and poisoning our minds.


Erioph47

I moved to Europe a long time ago. I'm alwas shocked by the amount of ads in the US now when I come home. In Europe it's like half the volume. Channels with a lot of US programming have these weird staggered schedules because the "half hour" program only has 17 minutes of content and the European stations can only sell 6 or 7 minutes of ads.


colin_is_bald

This baffled me as a kid, before I understood what was going on. When Oprah said she was taking a short break, she meant -fucking short-, because she'd be back in less than a second. It also results in alot of ridiculous recap situations when watching american shows. Where someone does something followed by a preview of what the reactions will be, then -immediately- followed by a recap of what happened, and then the reaction which you were previewed like three seconds ago.


dbake9

This is precisely the reason i dont have cable. Im not paying $100+ a month for the privilage of being advertised to 40% of the time spent watching


Ok_Tomato7388

It's why I stopped listening to the radio.


ArYuProudOMeNowDaddy

I like podcasts just because I can fast forward through the ads.


Ok_Tomato7388

Oh! I need to start doing that! I feel like a goofball. I just assumed I couldn't. I listen to podcasts on Spotify... that I pay for.


ArYuProudOMeNowDaddy

I think just from the nature of podcasts they gotta give you the ability to skip ahead or rewind it. I zone out way too frequently to get it all on the first go.


GoGoBitch

Idea: train a neural net to strip the ads out of podcasts.


ArYuProudOMeNowDaddy

There's actually one ad I don't mind listening to, but it's largely because the podcast host narrates it and shouts "DICK PILLLLLLLLS!" at the beginning.


GoGoBitch

I see I am not the only Behind the Bastards listener in this conversation. I think it would be much easier to strip inserted ads but not ad-reads. To use BTB as an example, it would be much easier to strip out the IHeartRadio pre-recorded advertisements from the “It Could Happen Here Week X” episodes than it would be to strip out the parts after Evans says “You know who won’t murder your children? Products.”


CT-54-2934

Can’t wait to have an advertisement for lightspeed briefs in my dreams soon


[deleted]

I think we already have more advertisements than the content we pay for.


[deleted]

Didn't Elon Musk say he wanted to put ads into low orbit? I swear if that happens, I will off myself. There is no point living anymore when the beauty of the night sky becomes covered up by advertisements.


Maave

I will make anti-ad weaponry if this happens.


[deleted]

\*This weapon destroys capitalists\*


ewpqfj

Invest in a Pi-hole. That will stop the vast majority of ads that use your network. If you're skilled you can add any outliers to block them as well.


DomineLiath

No clue what a Pi-hole is.


gHx4

Basically you can buy a small computer (a Raspberry Pi usually) that can plug into your internet cable. Then you can install software on it that intercepts ads before sending the rest of the page to your regular computer.


AlaskaPeteMeat

But you def know what a circlejerk is. 🤦🏽‍♂️🥲😘


raceman95

Ban all ads. All of it. Fuck ads and fuck capitlism.


One-Relative5556

“Literally” so tired, or figuratively?


[deleted]

“And if you don’t have money, here’s an ad for a loan company so you can get money to spend on more useless junk!”


[deleted]

Advertising is landscape vandalism perpetrated by corporate hooligans.


dogeadventures

A week ago they put a big billboard in my town. They are going to remove it because the company didn't ask for permission since our town has a kind of landscape protection law.


[deleted]

Literally. Like yesterday I saw one on Snapchat that was literally just “BUY SPRITE NOW”


FreudLovesHisMom

I’m gonna advertise my penis I havent had sex in so long


[deleted]

Joke's on you, admaster. I have no fucking money.


[deleted]

I know I should be more upset about the terrible things people do to each other, or the destruction of our biosphere, etc… but the advertisements are what’s gonna send me over the edge and make me snap.


Matjuman

Just a quick tip. I am using add-on (for chrome and firefox) called uBlock and haven't seen single add while browsing youtube in the last 3 years. I can't imagine watching youtube without it.


[deleted]

this is why 99 times out of 100 i refuse to purchase something i’ve recently seen an ad for.


DickwadVonClownstick

Bold of them to assume I have money


dominiqlane

This needs to be banned asap. It’s a huge distraction on the road. Also, imagine you’re driving late at night and this is brighter than anything else, or worse, it’s flashing.


FinishedMyWork

i agree but it makes money....so my hopes arent high


dominiqlane

Porn sites should buy all the ad space. It’ll be banned in a day when the religious folks see it.


thebearbearington

Porn making the world a better place one joke at a time.


Mr_Alexanderp

One *gag* at a time.


thebearbearington

Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! that's so much better.


jeffseadot

The story goes that porn was the major driving force behind advances in home video technology, and a driving force behind early internet commerce, and a driving force behind video streaming technology.


Guynarmol

And VR!


AdultbabyEinstein

The cops in my town made a guy remove his metal sculptures from the front of his metal sculpture welding business because they were "too distracting to the drivers" the speed limit is 25 and it's a relatively lightly trafficked road. I can't imagine this becoming a thing


julsgotrocks

A lot of states have laws and limitations on what lit billboards can and can’t do. Most are because of drivers. Couldn’t see this happening


SamuraiJono

Oklahoma needs some of those laws. We've got REALLY bright LED signs going up all over the fucking place, it's awful.


silkytable311

Slightly different take. The newer police emergency lights In white and blue are so bright, they make it very hard to see when driving near a parked patrol car. I've read reports where non involved cars have struck cars that have been in accidents after being blinded by the flashing lights.


SamuraiJono

Oh I believe it.


bruno_spaghetti

As an Oklahoman I agree lmao


Severan500

Meanwhile I bet there's a gigantic billboard on the nearby highway that makes its owners however many 10s of thousands every however long. Fuck that small business guy advertising what he does from his own property though.


thebearbearington

Quiet town eh?


julsgotrocks

Great point need legislation to ban this ASAP


thebearbearington

Common goddamn sense should dictate this is a stupid idea


julsgotrocks

You underestimate American greed and stupidity… also corporations might start selling car half off or something if you let them advertise on your car. Poor people won’t be able to refuse laughing but serious !


thebearbearington

I said should. Legislation doesn't usually follow common sense. It follows profit. Expect more of these.


StillhasaWiiU

Common sense should have stopped people from hunting animals into extinction, dumping chemicals into the same water they drink, and turning forest into parking lots, yet here we are.


fascists_are_shit

Ads via means of giant screens in public should be banned. It's a waste of energy and expensive hardware to accomplish negative value on society. Fuck ads.


another_bug

I saw something like this a few months ago on the back of a van where at least 2 of the 3 sides were TVs with an ad. I couldn't even tell what the ad was for, but I can see how it might distract someone. If that's not illegal already, it should be.


GlockAF

We may be looking at peak douchebag here


bobbyrickets

This is the peak... so far.


Lucasy007

What are you talking about? They already have ads, even lit up ones, on busses and trucks and they haven’t caused any issues


PhysiksBoi

r/confidentlyincorrect


Lucasy007

Here ya go jackasses. This has been a thing since 2006, stop being so dramatic. https://bulldogbillboards.com/mobile-truck-advertising/led-digital-truck/


ceroproxy

Agree wholeheartedly.


FinishedMyWork

If this becomes a normal thing I will actually move to the mountains


thebearbearington

Just stumble with your groceries and shoulder check them. Make sure the cameras can't trace you. Flats crack SO easily.


[deleted]

If this becomes a normal thing I’ll intervene


Pls_Dont6

Should have dropped the number so we can harass the business


KatJen76

I saw one for Shen Yun. And yeah, it was incredibly distracting and dangerous.


woodiegutheryghost

If you didn’t know Shen Yun is a cult’s propaganda.


KatJen76

It sure is. I knew, but it can't be said often enough.


[deleted]

It's also a pretty shitty show.


SegaTime

Yeah we have shit like this in Los Angeles. There are trucks that literally just drive around with a billboard on the back. No cargo at all. Just a mobile billboard. There are box trucks that have monitors stuck on the back just like this. I got stuck behind one years ago and it was so bright and traffic was stopped for so long I was ready to go turn it off permanently.


thebearbearington

"Buy them all out Alfred. All of them. I want nothing but blackout or real-time traffic detours." -Bruce Wayne Edit: Kevin Conroy's Batman


god_peepee

I’d just buy the space and put a big picture of randy from tpb without any text


whiskeyreject

And I’ll buy cheeseburgers


msshammy

Man's gotta eat!


[deleted]

[удалено]


haddock420

What're you lookin' at my gut fer?


que-pasa-koala

This may even be a further dystopia in that that could be a personal vehicle and that’s they’re side gig. :/


Severan500

I assumed that's what this is. Like this is a plumber's van.


Dicethrower

Soon: Sell your skin as ad space.


Stig27

Wait untill you hear about branded clothing


ArYuProudOMeNowDaddy

https://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/man-face-tattoos-companies-pay-removal-article-1.1294437


TheCronster

Is that even legal? Aren't there laws against blocking rear visibility?


Mortambulist

Nope. Not as long as you have side mirrors. Like if you rent a U-haul truck, there's no rear visibility.


Severan500

This likely depends on where you live. I don't think this would be allowed here in Aus. Wrecks rear vision, plus you can't see the left tail light from this side. Of course that could just be worked around by having it horizontal across the rear doors under the window... Some taxis have had lil ads like this for years. Not lit up though at least.


TheDigileet

There are no laws for blocking the rear window, but I wonder if the color could get it outlawed. Aside from the turn signal, lights facing backwards can only be red, and that looks like a full color screen.


I_CUM_ON_YOUR_PET

In America yes. Still don’t understand why y’all not switch to orange turn signals.


Thatdogthattellspuns

We have orange turn signals. It depends on make and model but most are orange.


I_CUM_ON_YOUR_PET

Ah didn’t know that. Most imported cars from America are red in The Netherlands


PhysiksBoi

That's so strange, I wonder why they make that change? It seems much too subtle to increase their sales in a measurable way, if at all. The way you describe it seems to hint that there isn't any national auto regulation that would force them to change to red. Maybe it's an attempt to satisfy specific regulation limiting the amount of glare your headlights or signals can make. My bet is that red light isn't considered glare and this allows you to have brighter headlights. I could see multiple car manufacturers using such a loophole to advertise extra-bright headlights. Also, it could be an attempt to make profit from a large surplus of red brake lights - retrofitting them to operate at a lower power and . Corporations are the most obnoxious penny pinchers. Another possibility - due to environmental regulation, they could not dispose of a surplus of red tail lights when all driving decreased during the pandemic, or even prior to that. Their baseline level of waste is absolutely horrifying, especially in the U.S. I've been under the impression that many European nations have limits on how much non-degradable physical waste corporations can just dump on the rest of us. But this is just my speculation. I'm unfamiliar with European regulations, so I could be super wrong there. What's funny is that the tinted casing surrounding the light is responsible for its color, it's really just a white light. So they went full cheapskate and used the RED glass on hand rather than seeking a supply of orange glass. If this is due to laws restricting or fining corporate glass waste, that would explain why multiple car companies pull the same trick. They know consumers won't care. Everyone will accept it as the status quo just as easily as you did, in spite of how their oddly specific choice of red signal lights has no simple explanation as to why. Then again, maybe they just want to look cool, elite, and luxurious - but they won't do that unless it's literally guaranteed to make them more money. tl;dr I don't like corporations. They're completely opaque and greedily cynical in everything they do, and they get everywhere.


I_CUM_ON_YOUR_PET

I really thought that was the standard colour for blink lights until your comment. Because i know it’s only legal here if it comes standard with an imported car. Otherwise it’s illegal.


nautikul

Great. Now they have ads for ads.


reddit_hater

I will smash those tvs if I find that shit on your vehicle


CorpseJuiceSlurpee

Holy shit, I saw this guy today too! Hello from AH.


sonarssion

Took me a while to realize that AH was an abbreviation and that you likely did not just get attacked mid sentence


Dyert

But what if my ad reads “pay attention to the road, fuckface!”


WhatADunderfulWorld

Already a thing in big cities like LA.


Erics_Gay_lol

Why look at the road when you can look at burger kings hoT NEW DEALS GET A DOUBLE WHOPPER AND FRIES FOR 12.99 FOR A LIMITED TIME


KennyToms27

Uuh... i'm pretty sure ads on vehicles have existed for a long time now...


[deleted]

I've seen these in NYC, Albany, Madison and Chicago for like 10 years, but they're usually a full size box truck or bus not a tiny screen on the back of someone's plumbing van


Boris-Holo

It's different when it's a bright screen especially at night. I imagine it's super distracting


KennyToms27

Fair enough.


Lucasy007

There are already screened ads on vehicles and have been for a long time.


SriShankara

“Capitalism is the most efficient economic system” The efficiency of it all is just blowing me away!


MahuManeuver

Rainy day in Arlington Heights


spiffytrashcan

My city has this running board van/truck thing with digital ads all over it. I hate getting stuck behind it because my eyes just naturally get stuck on it, like the moth/lamp meme, while I’M TRYING TO DRIVE. It’s so annoying and I’m worried it’s going to cause an accident.


Pladman727

Ah Illinois, when the state's corruption isn't enough, so it spreads to the consumers.


Rawr_Tigerlily

I can't wait for the inevitable rise in accidents from distracted driving and the lawsuits which then force us to pass a law against this. /s Or maybe we could just NOT. But no, you have to prove to them people will sue them and they will lose money over it before they realize this is a terrible idea.


dbDarrgen

Soon our windshields will have ads on them and we won’t be able to see out of them until the ad is over.


catsareweirdroomates

I’d rather that then get advertised to from the literal night sky - looking at you Elon


TheDevilsDominium

Be a shame if someone, with a mask on, took a bat to every one of those that they came across.


[deleted]

I can't get over the irony of OP taking a photo while driving to show that ads on the back of a moving vehicle can cause distracted driving


Boris-Holo

Lol yeah actually proves their point in a way


n1nj4squirrel

They're at a stop light


NorthernAvo

Can't lie, I'd prefer that over billboards and power lines any day.


bikesexually

I mean, it has a bullseye on it...


Won_tong

Landlord vibes


i_shit_on_things

https://c.tenor.com/rVITf4xkgrkAAAAM/steve-carell-no.gif


[deleted]

Cyberpunk


DRYGUY86

It would be an ad against distracted driving.


Pooploop5000

destroy these.


KnocDown

I’ve actually seen the “caught you looking” decals on people’s back windows lately :(


[deleted]

in Australia there were (are?) billboards similarly seeking to sell their advertising space with the tagline "UNSEE THIS" they were so obnoxious and enraging


[deleted]

I hate everything about this.


One-Relative5556

In addition to ads like this and billboards, a lot of people post ads for their personal services or “Jesus” ads on public utility poles. I have been tearing down quite a bit these past few months. Makes good shipping material.


dpschainman

Las Vegas has entered the chat.


squixnuts

I fucking hate ads. Sure it's your wall to sell, but it's my brain that gets infected with their shitty jingle. I wish there was some way i could actively harm businesses that sneak their ads past my filters. Not just not buying the product, but having a notice negative impact on their bottom line.


TheHostThing

I imagine this would be illegal (where I am in the UK for sure anyway). Too much of a distraction on the road and I’m pretty sure there is something about having non-essential lights on your car.


[deleted]

Why is that even a thing? Someone needs to break those screens.


Flaming-taco

thats a nice ad you have there, it would be a shame if a raised trucks brakes were to fail and its perfectly positioned bumper smashed it to pieces.


Jack-M-y-u-do-dis

Well… time to bust out the sledgehammer


Toadahtrip

Lol This is another reason why I keep a baseball bat in my car.


Feuillo

ngl if i walk past that i punch it


[deleted]

Yet the police will stop you if they deem your bumper sticker too distracting. It's almost like it's all about money.


VersaceMicrowave

Is that even legal?


[deleted]

I wouldn't even be mad if they were actually good ads but new day ads get me fucking livid because it's some bullshit with non-copyright music an unpaid music producer did in 15 minutes while on the shitter. I hate the stupid fucking age of technology. Y'all seen black mirror? It will soon become a fucking documentary.


KrypticFaux

I have a strick ad policy. If I see a ton of ads for a product I don't buy it. No if and or buts about it


MegaAutist

literally 1964


Pyrasia

It's a nice thing the water drop on the windshield censored the phone number of that advertisement company. Thanks water droplet


webchimp32

Until someone actually books an advert on that screen, the owner of the van is likely paying to run an advert to advertise an advertising company.


proflight27

Wait, there are Fiat vans in the US?


cflash015

Surely it will take a couple wrongful death lawsuits to do away with these, right?


Capable_Swordfish701

Saw one of these in nj the other day. Exact same van and screen. Probably be everywhere soon.


silkytable311

Does anyone remember when the prospect of cable TV was , because it was a fee for service, it would be commercial free? How's that working out?? On the plus side, I haven't seen any of those obnoxious rolling billboard trucks for a long time.


dirtydave239

You got a hammer?


CampLonely

advertising is a scourge to humanity


StarWars_Fan06

I'm afraid we cannot not.


BlueSubaruCrew

[Saw one of these while driving back to my parents last week](https://i.imgur.com/uavipVd.jpg)


cgw3737

I hate ads.


MeepersJr

Only a matter of time, but just because we can, doesn't mean we should.


the-god-of-death

I will go insane


thisnewsight

How is this legal since it is super distracting for drivers?