I actively look to ads on purpose to remember what NOT to buy anytime anywhere for all my life. I only follow ads from small creators when they are clearly not invasive or disruptive and only if they are supporting the creator clearly.
this post was submitted on 21 Jun 2026
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I don't use adblock just so I don't have to see ads, I use adblock so that every time I view a news article I don't have 50 different domains grabbing my browser fingerprint to build a profile on me that can be used to bypass my 4th amendment right to privacy.
Actually it’s the opposite. It pisses me off so much when I see an ad now.
Yeah, getting away from ads after a lifetime's exposure just highlights how disruptive they are when you see them again. Especially since most have negative value to the consumer.
How is that the opposite? Is that not like the whole point of the meme? That you can't tune it out and that sucks?
You’re right, I completely misread the meme.
I assumed they meant it would work better on me since I’m not used to it.
But actually it mean that it would be more annoying than before.
I can't even stand that "corporate enthusiasm" tone anymore. It's just fake.
Ad Block already exists on TV:
Yeah it's just annoying to have to keep paying attention anyway so you know when to unmute. So you end up watching a little bit of silent ads anyway.
Depends. On some Smart TVs, if you try to mute advertisements on certain streaming platforms, it won't let you. It will only go to half volume.
Life is hell
What kind of dumb fucking oh you are worse off cause you are avoiding ads bullshit. That's dumber than saying you are missing out on pop culture. You spent time on this meme and now im commenting on it. SAD
I don't think that was the message at all. Where does it imply that you're worse off? It's just a (in my experience) true statement about how ads are even more annoying when you're not so accustomed to tuning them out (like we were in the cable TV days)
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Nah, I have decades of practice filtering out ads and the old habits come right back when I have to endure them.
I'm so thankful my parent's rule was that we muted TV commercials. Crazy how many people don't think to just mute youtube ads and pay attention to something else for 30 seconds.
Every ad I block is one fewer ad I have to see, so it’s a win either way
Use adnauseum to burn advertisers cash
What kind of stupid take is this? I avoid ads because I find them annoying. It doesn’t supercharge the ones I can’t avoid.
It just seemed like an observation to me. One that personally rings true.
I didn't read it as being pro-ad or anti-adblock. Just more of like, "have you noticed this?" type thing.
Was honestly surprised when I saw that so many people here are taking this to be some kind of anti ad blocker message. I just don't see it.
Ads succeed when you "tune them out" so that they enter your unconscious mind, and then when you're thinking, "I'm hungry, what's for dinner," the product comes to mind.
The best defence against this kind of inception is to consciously think about the ad that's playing, and think, "I don't want <X>"
By using adblock, you reduce your exposure to ads, and reduce the number of times you need to consciously resist them.
Q's take is just wrong.
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I find it pretty easy actually, it's alien now but in a way that can be classified and instantly dismissed.
My reaction is instant annoyance and avoidance. I don't remember anything about the ad either, so it doesn't make it any more memorable either.
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I don't run ad block because they're showing me ads, I run it because creepy fuckers are trying to collect everything I've ever done online and store it forever.
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"By not drinking antifreeze, you've just re-sensitized yourself so any antifreeze you drink will be impossible to metabolize."
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At a certain point it becomes cult-like and you reel in disgust.
At this point, I have difficulty following a conversation in the same room where a TV is playing.
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Ads are supposed to target our cognitive unconscious.
Think about a car advertisement. Its not supposed to make you buy the car, it's supposed to make you aware of the car and what it represents. Its mass imposition of a dezired emotional connection to the producers and that which they promote.
They are conditioning us through imposition.
And you know that the masses are bombarded with it, so you know the overton window is shifted towards corporations. Anyone could challenge such an imposition, but it is not a single one, but thousand upon thousand.
Society are conditioned by capital through imposition.
When we see an imposition, we can either let it condition us or react to it.
By reacting, we entertain their framing which can make the imposition more effective.
There's always someone saying something like this in any "I hate ads" kind of thread but I gotta say that it sounds like the sort of shit marketers want everyone to believe because they want to drive demand for them.
I'm calling bullshit and don't believe that marketers have unlocked any kind of mind control powers that work on everyone including those hostile to what they are trying to say and that our subconscious are so easy to manipulate once we've become aware of those manipulations.
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Bullshit.
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