#i hate advertisements

[i-hate-ads]

I wish every time I got an ad about AI and I press not interested, the person who made it has excruciating indescribable pain throughout their whole body that cannot be satiated.

[juniorranger]

[transgwender616]

THE VIDEO EXAMPLES ON TV TROPES HAVE ADS NOW! WHAT THE FUCK!?

[hellhoundacy]

the next person I meet who claims to hate advertisements but wears obviously brand labelled clothing is getting crucified.

[fandomsfordays21]

This is actually so fucking dystopian what the hell

I didn't turn my adblocker off btw. I just closed the warning and they didn't do shit to me. Establishing dominance.

[solstacoded]

reporting every ad i see as malicious because as far as i'm concerned all ads are malicious

[the-lazarator]

Uuh I'm still like 70% confused how this site works but I thought I'd post some of my MH memes? Honestly it's mostly so my first original post isn't one of the deluge of passionate, long-winded discussions/rants on a niche aspect of something I enjoy that I shall soon be flooding this page with oops sorry 'bout that. But enjoy or something!

[flipocrite]

Here's an idea:

This smbc comic describes a scenario where consumers are able to purchase ad skips. For a small fee, you can pay the company to not show you that ad again. It quickly descends into madness as companies become incentivized to air deliberately upsetting commercials to generate profit.

Let's try that again, with some minor adjustments.

Every time you encounter a digital advertisement, you have the option to spend five cents (or a comparable sum) to never see that advertisement again. This money wouldn't go to the company; it would go to some third party (e.g. state or federal government). Meanwhile, the company that put out the advertisement would be fined an identical amount for every ad blacklisted. If the company actually has something useful to say (e.g. "The McRib is back"), it's still in their best interest to advertise digitally even if the ad gets blacklisted. If they have nothing to say (e.g. "Walmart exists"), they hemorrhage money while getting nothing in return. If you actually like the company and want to stay updated... well, that's what subscribing to a company's email newsletter is for.

Every time you receive a piece of junk mail, you can mail it by post (support the USPS) to a specialized ad-control agency. This blacklists the company from advertising to you by mail entirely, and subsequent offenses (sent in to the agency by the recipient) incur heavy fines until you're removed from their mailing list.

Advertising on trains and bus stops should be kept to a minimum and be permitted only if the company in question helps subsidize some percentage of the municipal operating costs.

Billboards and other advertisements in any other public spaces should be banned.