I can always tell when my wife is on some ad cuz it's just the idea out of no where with no context. The more distant from social media you get the more you see it influencing others.
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Yeah same. My gf just out of nowhere comes and is like look at this cool thing I saw on Instagram.
Sorry darling that ia clearly a sponsored post aka an ad.
My wife actually buys a bunch of this shit. We've got packages arriving from China almost weekly and I hate it.
There's only been one of her influenced buys that has been any good, but I'd trade it for not having a Chinese garbage dump for a house.
My SO comes to me and literally plays the reel then says "WE NEED THIS" or "WE HAVE TO DO THIS".
It's also so weird how different people react to it. I roll my eyes the whole time and skip past it, I figured that is what everyone did (except for mbmbam sometimes if they have good jokes during it. I have never even considered trying out one of the products. I always figure those who have to rely on advertising extremely heavily are shit, like Raycons and BetterHelp.
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Hahaha both my spouse and I are instantly dubious on anything advertised in a podcast or on YouTube. The only exception was I snagged NORB a few years back cuz I got letters from my ISP about the Linux distro I had been torrenting. I haven’t got a letter since, so I have no complaints.
FUCK ADS!
Podcast ads can be some of the most acceptable, when it’s the hosts reading about products they might’ve used / didn’t mind using.
If a quick “sub to Audible” is the difference between a Patreon paywall / content unavailable & free listening, well, make it quick pls 😉
sidebar - shoutout styropyro for some ad for a science desk where he lit the one he got free on fire. Sponsorblockers missed a fun segment there (arguably making up for it with less dubious supplement spam of course)
Edit: that might not be the exact video but it’s awesome
Top comment on that video was "happy to see your okay", and the person who replied to your comment here shared a similar sentiment. Is there reason for this guy's viewers to worry he might not be okay, or is it just a case of someone not posting for a long time between videos?
Edit: in the first three minutes of that linked video, he says "it's actually kinda funny that I'm even allowed to own this". I think I get why people worry now
Edit 2: I also just saw that his previous video outlines illness stuff. I haven't watched that video, but the top comment was roughly "a scan costing twice as much if you have insurance is criminal", so I think I get the gist on the shape of illness stress he's been facing
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I've said this since being a kid in the 90s.
There should be a huge collection (I called it a book or catalog at the time because the Internet wasn't widely available yet) that does all the different companies that do X things or provide Y service (kinda like yellow pages, but with more information than just a phone number) that is filterable in tons of ways (by default, region) and if you need or want anything you just look up who provides it and make your decision by the information available there.
But it should stay contained in that book (or whatever form it takes) and legally not be allowed outside of it. Every other piece of "free" content (podcasts, and people you find interesting) should actually be free.
But capitalism.
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"Hey, you should install this app, Honey, it literally gives you free money! ignore all the requests to porn sites its making, and the weird and convuloted blockchain features!.
While you're at it, get nordvpn, so we can use the internet while encrypted and stop facebook tracking us!
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"Raid, Shadow Legends"
Since you mention nord vpn… it’s also annoying that content creators seem to think a vpn I’d something that keeps your passwords safe.
They’re almost definitely shilling something they don’t even know what it does.
I think nord offers a password manager alongside the vpn now, which is where that comes from. But yea, I hate the way vpns are always presented in those ads. I think most people now know the word "vpn" but most still don't know what it actually means, but think they do.
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NordVPN (and every other vpn, honestly) is good for torrents, they even have dedicated torrent nodes. I got a multi-year thing, for under 3 euros a month.
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Sooo, are people not mashing that forward button until they hit podcast again?
I'm almost always listening to podcasts while doing things like driving, exercising, or biking, so no I can't really dick around with my phone to skip stuff easily most of the time.
I will actually pull my bike onto the sidewalk and stop to skip ads lol
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I recently discovered, the "next track" button on my steering wheel is not actually "next track" but "skip 30sec" in the podcast app (AntennaPod). Absolute game changer. I skip all sponsors now! YMMW depending on the app.
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I had the same problem until I got a PineTime watch. Now I can use the navigation buttons on the watch face to skip ads (safely and responsibly, of course).
Lol I can't help but notice this reads like an ad and I can't tell if it was intentional.
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Vibes from Truman show when his wife starts her mococa product placement during his distress. God the pervasiveness of listening to humans chat about a product really has proven to sell.. AI podcast tailored to your preferences that puts their product placement in the best spot after leading you towards a huge need for it... Ye it's best to start pruning your media right away
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U guys have ads? Isn't that what adblockers are for?
Which adblockers work on Podcasts?
Fast forward.
behind the bastards is 12 presses of the skip button
no such thing as a fish is 4
12 presses for which timeframe? My forward is 15secs
12 skips of 30s each. They really do have some 6 minute long ad breaks.
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Audible is ok, but you have to have restraint. Get you 12 or 24 credits, Make sure none of the books you're buying are available through overdrive with your library, spend your points, cancel, go through all those books, Read a few on dead trees, or even a few from LibGen, then when it's all done wait until you can't wait anymore and sign up for another 12 or 24 credits.
Save your audio books for when you're driving or cooking or cleaning, Don't just sit on the couch and listen to them.
And use the tools to rip them immediately. Until you extract mp3 data out of your books they're not you are books.
instead of giving money to a Bezos/Amazon owned service, you can support services like libro.fm that let you download/own the audiobook mp3 outright.
I spot checked a few things I'm reading, they're about 20-50% more expensive. It kind of looks like they're just a new front end for Barnes & Noble, but with worse curation
You can also go directly to the publishers and save a couple of bucks.
I'm down for paying a bit more at a local retail store, or maybe even a few percent on an online store. But I have to pay $47.24 for Dune, I'm probably just going to pirate it.
Understandable. FWIW members (15 USD/month at this time) get a discount and the option to use one of the credits you get each month. So Dune can be had for 14.99. I get the pricey books with credits, others I use the discount for. It's a bit odd and I don't love memberships, but I do want to support ownership models where they still exist.
If you share access with friends and family using a self-hosted audiobook server then the value really sky-rockets.
they're not you are books
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Sorry I was driving at the time and Google AI is slowly ruining voice dictation. They're not your books.
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I remember hearing Burr's ad the same morning he released the podcast, I was commuting an hour to work thanks to a blizzard the previous day and that dude lifted my spirits that day with this gem and his genuine improvised Monday Morning podcast feeling like he was sitting in my truck next to me complaining the whole time
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on spotify i just hit the skip 15 button like 6 times anytime i hear their outro music. then if i hear ads still i hit again until i don't hear ads.
Antennapod let's you program the skip buttons up to 60 seconds, which is a delight.
If you're hearing the outro, why not just go to the next thing?
And if that's limited because Spotify sucks (I have never used it), then get a podcast app that's not cancer. You don't even need a subscription for those (unless they're exclusive or something, in which case your taste is objectively bad, so have fun dealing with that).
I meant outro as the "going into commercial" bit. Sorry for the confusion, not sure what that's supposed to be called. When it gets to the end I do move on to the next one.
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The only product I've ever first heard of via an Internet ad that I tried and was exactly as advertised is my Groove Life belt. This thing is fuckin' nice and has a lifetime guarantee. I can send it back for a different color if I wanted to, and I've had it for a few years now.
Everything else I've tried after finding it from ads online has sucked major balls or been basically no better than a cheaper brand.
Yes! My wife was going to leave me and run off with my conventionally attractive neighbour, but then I discovered Groove Life™! I immediately called their toll-free number and ordered a pair of Groove Life™ socks. My life has never been the same since! Once he saw me walking down the street with new-found confidence thanks to my Groove Life™ socks, my neighbour dumped my wife and moved in with me.
My entire family had been skinned alive and I was made to watch it all. I was depressed and about to kill myself. But then I discovered Groove Life™. The first time I put them on, I felt a spiritual presence enter my heart. This presence whispered “Make sure you tell your friends and family that Groove Life™ are now 15% off when purchased with Kohl’s Cash” and I have never felt the same since.
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Bruh literally lmfaoooo
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