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It’s been about a year ago that I canceled our HBO and Showtime and Disney channels. No one was watching them and I figured it was just a waste of money. I really don’t care much for TV.
The problem is that when I do watch TV, I don’t want to spend more time than I need in order to see a show. Commercials, while helping to pay for the cost of the show, drive me crazy! It’s just such a waste of time to sit through the same advertisements over and over again. I could be loading the dishwasher or throwing a load of clothes in the wash. So I do that, and then forget to come back to the TV until the show I was watching is over. That’s why I never see the end of most shows.
Sigh.
I realize that some ads are very entertaining like Geico gecko. Love that little guy! Others serve to inform and help, like those dealing with mesothelioma or other serious injuries or disease related announcements. Most of the ads, though, are simply annoying.
Just another reason to love the internet. No one can force me to read ads online.
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Can you say “Attention Deficit Disorder”?
Have you tried watching them online? Depending on the show, most stations show different tv shows on their websites now, full episodes. They still have commercials but it’s only like 4 or 5 (not 20 or 30) and they are only 10 to 30 seconds long (instead of 10 seconds to 1 minute).
I feel it actually saves me time to watch the shows online than it does watching tv unless you have DVR or Tivo.
Haha! You know me so well.
I’ve done that a few times. My DSL is so flaky sometimes, though, that there’s no guarantee that I’ll get to see a show straight through.