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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsAnnoying Ads: I'm ready to strangle that kid with the Roomba
One of the downsides of streaming: can't skip ads like on DVR.
That kid making an intentional mess needs a major beatdown.
No, not really. I don't actually endorse violence against children.
But it sure doesn't make me want to buy a Roomba.
Anybody else have a current ad that's driving them crazy?
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,593 posts)And there's other benefits: posting polls, as well as supporting the site.
If you can afford it, of course.
Coventina
(27,104 posts)I actually wasn't referring to DU ads, but to ads on streaming services.
I'm watching a lot of Animal Planet on their streaming channel and this annoying Roomba ad is really wearing on me!
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,593 posts)I'm sorry--I misunderstood!
I assumed that because you don't have a star, that that was the problem!
Coventina
(27,104 posts)Completely understandable.
I used to be a star member. I was for years.
Then, I decided, as much as I love DU, I felt my money was better spent supporting candidates.
Every time I'm tempted to buy a star, I give our wonderful Dem candidates money instead.
It's a little reminder to myself to donate.
Chipper Chat
(9,678 posts)GIMME YOUR HAND..(loud siren blaring).I CAN SAVE YOU.
ugh
Stallion
(6,474 posts)...make them stop
lastlib
(23,220 posts)ABSOLUTELY SICK of 'em! That futhermucker and his damnable bird! Almost as bad as a tRump presser.
Fla Dem
(23,654 posts)MH1
(17,600 posts)I agree, that one is a channel changer for me.
wcmagumba
(2,886 posts)kind of a pain to have to use it every time but once I got used to punching it...it has become easy...also lets me take a bit of aggression out on the Liberty Mutual people and others...
Coventina
(27,104 posts)Collimator
(1,639 posts)that child making a mess to amuse herself by challenging a Roomba. It is especially aggravating to see her waste food. She needs to be met in a dark hallway by a group of children from a hungry area.
Coventina
(27,104 posts)What were the ad guys and Roomba thinking?
Collimator
(1,639 posts)stopped getting daily reports on where the starving children are.
(And I don't mean to make light of that reality.) I read a book as a kid and it touched on the idea that moms get regular updates so that they can mention the children in "fill-in-the-blank" who would appreciate the sandwich crusts, spinach or whatever it is that their children would be turning up their noses over.
I know that I sound like a child-hating meany, (I'm really only that second thing), but commercials nowadays seem to regularly show parents capitulating to their children's food-refusal dramas and feeding them whatever crap said commercial is trying to sell.
A parent I knew made a good point about "choosing your battles", and I agree that everyone--including kids--should have some rights to refuse some foods that they find intolerable, but no kid will willingly starve themselves to death if they have to eat salmon instead of pizza or whatever.
Sorry for the rant. I am very open-minded and progressive about a lot of things, but kind of old-fashioned about others.
a kennedy
(29,655 posts)LAS14
(13,783 posts)3catwoman3
(23,973 posts)..the super annoying Flo and her equally irritating side kicks.
The Charmin bears waxing rhapsodic about their clean butts.
Collimator
(1,639 posts)When they note how clean the underwear on the floor is--because they never wear clothes of any kind.
zanana1
(6,112 posts)I guess it's supposed to be cute because kids are "playing" musical instruments, but it drives me up a wall!