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[-] philthi@lemmy.world 166 points 6 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I would watch this. Especially if it was an angry Brit, rather than a dramatic American. And even more if it didn't keep replaying the same 5 minutes of telly before and after each ad break. And even more if it didn't have an ad break every 10 minutes that lasted 5 minutes.

[-] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 65 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

right? I don't watch TV because of all this crap. I don't understand how some people have the patience, honestly.

[-] roofuskit@lemmy.world 40 points 6 days ago

Frog in pot is my guess. I haven't watched ad supported television for like 20 years now and it is so jarring when I'm in someone's house and an ad comes on.

[-] abbadon420@lemm.ee 17 points 6 days ago
[-] roofuskit@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Yeah give me Ublock or give me death.

[-] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 4 days ago

Our public TV has no midroll ads, only between programs, and I'm so happy I can use a guide and usually find something to watch when eating and get no ads. But I'm also watching the endless reruns of a series I like, so that's also not difficult to get.

[-] AtariDump@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago
[-] PacMan@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

This gave me major Dragon Ball Z vibes. Find out on next weeks episode of Dragon Ball Z

[-] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 4 points 6 days ago

I once watched bake off on ITV and I swear it was 10 minutes of ads to 3 minutes of show, 50min episode took like 2.5 hrs to watch, it was nuts.

[-] mcv@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

Can we get Ludic to do this? Not a Brit, but he does have a way with words.

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