I hate christmas!!!

[Niall W]

If the adverts bother you turn the tv off and go for a walk or go make some food or maybe even play paintball :O

True dat.

 

[snax]

If the adverts bother you turn the tv off and go for a walk or go make some food or maybe even play paintball :O

He aint scared

 

[Missy-Q]

there isnt any more adverts.

there its just more selction of adverts,

the time between the gap in a program will still be the same. i think where before you would see lets just say 10 diffrent adverst over and over we now have 25.


if they were to add more then the show times would get to like 2:05 3:15 4:25 and thats just weird

I'm afraid to say that you're wrong here. They actually started making the shows longer, so that more ads fit into them.
In the US, many shows that were 30 mins, if popular, will now stretch out to 1 hour. For a one hour show there is 42 mins of actual show, 18 mins of ads.

Watch out for it, it's moving east...

 

[3L1TE hax]

Generation kill is at 11 35 or something along those lines. its 1 hour and 30mins with 30 mins of adverts. thank God for recording and fast forwarding

 

[Buddha 3]

No, thank God for boxed sets!

 

[DJForbes]

at least in the uk we have a few advert free channels. however it costs us and they tend to be rather poor.

but yeah if i was getting extra adverts id be pist of so am going to back down here for those in america and say you all need to switch off and let the channels no why.

sucks they now show less programs costing less and show more ads making more. thats just crazy

 

[Mactoshdog]

all this talk of adverts!
one of my friends moms was the head of advertising at a tv station, and she has just been made redundant!
apparently they think they dont need adverts :/

 

[chrizwheatley]

at least in the uk we have a few advert free channels. however it costs us and they tend to be rather poor.

but yeah if i was getting extra adverts id be pist of so am going to back down here for those in america and say you all need to switch off and let the channels no why.

sucks they now show less programs costing less and show more ads making more. thats just crazy

I would rather have adverts then pay for a tv licence, its all a scam, you can un-tune your tv or never watch these chanels or even watch tv at all however you still have to pay because of them. I say scrap them they are crap anyways!

Jeremy Kyle and The Bill is on ITV which is a free channel anyways. BBC will only air what the government want you to see otherwise they throw a ban on it. Who is some dick in a suit running expense scams to tell me what i can and cannot watch? They are all jobs worths. Do nothing for people however they dictate to you. I think thats why i like the internet because it allows true freedom of speech soon as its pulled down from a site it will pop up somewhere else true power to the people not dictatorship!

Someone said above that Robbo was correct, personally i think he was wrong, some people like the comersialism or whatever its called thats their own choice if you break it down to the raw facts;

Its cold and dark in winter where not to many people want to be outside, they want to be indoors with their familys and enjoy hype in whichever shape or form, they get comfort from it. Same with the likes of Halloween etc, if its all yankyised with the streets all decorated and pumpkins with games for kids and knocking on the neighbours doors trick or treating for fun then fine, if you fancy looking back at the history of it and what it stands for then once again fine. I guess its whatever floats your boat really.

I always look forward to what this time of year brings. For me the winter and cold dark nights is about death (sorry for sounding morbid but its true). Far larger old folk and people in general die or commit suicide or whatever in winter also the plants and animals die or face harsh challenges to survive, they face hard times and suffering but they can also look forward to knowing that come spring new life begins, the flowers pop up the trees blossom this is what makes the world go round its nature and nature is harsh but fair.

People need 'things' to help them cope with the harshness of winter, if thats a fat bloke with a mince pie then go for it, if its the belief that a bloke hundreds of years who became the saviour of man kind was born then once again fine, if its that you like to see plants and animals return to the ground in 1 way or another to be reborn or make way for the next generation then once again fine.

Even look at it this way; in the Christmas period most shops make far more profit and line many pockets once again making the economy (the world in some peoples eyes) go round. So if a company wants to spend a small fortune on advertising at this time of the year then once again fine.

Everyone has their own take on it from greed to pity to suffering so i guess its a case of live and let live

 

[Robbo]

^^^^ one of the most idiotic and ignorant posts I have ever read.

Chriz, I think you really need to begin thinking clearly and look at the facts rather than coming out with the absolute bollocks you have done in this post.

I find it incredulous you [or anybody else for that matter] could write such hogwash.

 

[Buddha 3]

You should get down on your naked knees and thank all the gods in the universe that you have the BBC. At least you live in a country that has (a) channel(s) willing to produce things that don't have to make money. BBC has some great educational stuff. Commercialised television is what makes people stupid and ignorant. Your post being a very good example of this.
If you think the BBC only shows what the government wants them to, think again. Do you think the BNP would have been on?

Internet is one of the worst places to get knowledge from.

Edit: meant in reply to Chriz, not Pete.