Already sick of political ads

[Kara Spengler]

After growing up in the first-primary-in-the-nation state then moving to a purple state you would think I should be immune but .... nope. In DC nobody wastes their money campaigning, it is a foregone conclusion the D nominee will win and since our primary is last it is usually pretty obvious who will get the nod by the time it is our turn. The problem is lots of northern VA and southern MD watch our news so we get TV ads anyway.

Currently a certain Johny-come-lately (I refuse to say his name) has been doing a major ad push. He has no chance of winning but whatever. Anyway, on youtube I have finally found out I can just mark each of his ads as a repeat and hopefully that banished them. Until I saw him on a normal TV ad this morning and realized I did not have that option.

WTH do people even do that? The normal reason for ads all the time for a person or product is to get you thinking about them. However when you overdo it the opposite is true. The Daily Show mentioned this phenomena last night, and for the same candidate. If I see one more ad from him I would campaign for someone else ... ANYONE else .... just to get him off my screens in a year.

 

[Ailsa Muliaina]

You might be able to avoid those ads using Youtube through a VPN like the free one in Opera, set it so you're not in the US. I know the reverse works when I want to watch some US videos that are area locked.

The Republicans probably think their followers are so stupid that they need to repeat their message constantly or they'll forget and vote Democrat by mistake. Maybe not far wrong in some cases

I totally sympathise with your situation though, even our tiny local radio was incessently telling me to "get ready for Brexit" to the point it got unplugged. I'm avoiding all radio and TV until after the election and I'm not even sure about watching it afterwards. Glad we have on-demand box sets and podcasts.

 

[Kara Spengler]

You might be able to avoid those ads using Youtube through a VPN like the free one in Opera, set it so you're not in the US. I know the reverse works when I want to watch some US videos that are area locked.

The Republicans probably think their followers are so stupid that they need to repeat their message constantly or they'll forget and vote Democrat by mistake. Maybe not far wrong in some cases

I totally sympathise with your situation though, even our tiny local radio was incessently telling me to "get ready for Brexit" to the point it got unplugged. I'm avoiding all radio and TV until after the election and I'm not even sure about watching it afterwards. Glad we have on-demand box sets and podcasts.

The youtube ones I do not mind now that I found how to (hopefully) banish them. No need to waste a VPN connection, just tell YT it is a repeat. It is the ones on cable that are the bane of my existence, specifically the ones by someone who did a massive ad buy here recently and does not have a chance anyway (US people will know who I mean).

 

[Essence Lumin]

Thankfully I haven't seen one political ad since I don't watch tv or listen to commercial radio.

 

[Free]

Thankfully I haven't seen one political ad since I don't watch tv or listen to commercial radio.

I see them all the time on Youtube (tv app) and Hulu. I've gotten quite adept at hitting mute near unconsciously whenever Steyer's face appears.

 

[Cristalle]

The two billionaires were killing CBS with ads on Sunday. I am in Florida. It's disgusting, but this is the only way they buy opinion in the states for super Tuesday and beyond.

 

[Kara Spengler]

The two billionaires were killing CBS with ads on Sunday. I am in Florida. It's disgusting, but this is the only way they buy opinion in the states for super Tuesday and beyond.

Yeah, it is really obnoxious when only one or two people can do it, especially when they are the only ones who can afford a buy like that. I just placate myself with the knowledge that idiots like this are guaranteeing even their supporters will come to hate them by the time they vote.

 

[Clara D.]

You might be able to avoid those ads using Youtube through a VPN like the free one in Opera, set it so you're not in the US. I know the reverse works when I want to watch some US videos that are area locked.

I just use uBlock Origin. No YouTube ads at all \o/

 

[Cristalle]

I'm Premium on YouTube so I don't see ads at all. It came with my music subscription.

 

[Ailsa Muliaina]

I just use uBlock Origin. No YouTube ads at all \o/

Yep, same here. I saw one the other day when I was setting up a new PC for my folks, it didn't survive long.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

Here's a political ad I can't get tired of:

Anti-Nunes ad turns heads on Highway 198: 'Fake Farmer, Real Manure'

Central Valley voters have consistently handed the eight-term incumbent Devin Nunes the congressional seat.

www.visaliatimesdelta.com

 

[Kara Spengler]

Yep, same here. I saw one the other day when I was setting up a new PC for my folks, it didn't survive long.

I usually use YT on a tv (smart TV, alexa, apple tv,) so no adblocking. Well, at least none that would not be painful to set up.

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

The one thing my old siamese did before dying that I'm almost thankful for; the goof liked to sleep on 'narrow' and managed to break the TV I'd gotten from my gramma's when she passed away. So, still no tv [we'd gotten it to watch movies and netflix shows on together]...