And ruin the tension and drive of a show? Foolish.

Besides what does a DVR costs from your provider- $10-20/a month? You spend as much on coffee (or tea) in that time. If one really can't justify a DVR, simply torrent the show. An occasional show once a week is 1 1/2 hours of DL time while one is off at work.

For example, I watch...

House MD - 45min (15 saved)
Doctor Who - 45min (15 saved) [torrented]
BSG - 45min (15 saved)
Gossip Girl - 45min (15 saved)
Top Chef - 45min (15 saved)
Lost - 45min (15 saved) [torrented]

That would be between an 1 1/2 to 2 hours a week to play GTA4 or Crysis. Valuable.

Also there is TV on DVD, Netflix, Hulu, VOD and iTunes as viable options. There is no reason to watch commercials these days.

Well, I don't drink coffee, I make my own tea, and the only video game I play is an occasional online poker tournament. So yeah.

I simply don't care that much about TV, Damo. However, I do often watch Lost online to avoid the commercials and I am watching The Wire via DVD per Raj's suggestion. Nothing else I watch matters that much to me. I didn't even have TV for a few years in the early aughts. Well we had a TV, but no reception/cable. We only watched DVDs on occasion.

Nonetheless, for the average person who watches more than a couple hours of TV per week your argument makes perfect sense.

Well, you completely missed the point but okay.

One could find a more rewarding use for that time than watching an advertisement.

No, I got it. I just like to be difficult.

Now if you could just help me figure out how to waste less time on the internet, I'd be happy to take your advice.

I don't understand. Why wouldn't one want to board more often?

One could use the time saved to board an hour and a half more a week. Extra boarding time is nothing to scoff at.

this new miller lite commercial with the blind jagbag identifying things by sound. it makes me not want to watch playoff basketball at all.

"idk my bff jill"


haven't seen that one in a while.

my girlfriend and i can't stand the quizno's commercial where the lady in the laundry eats the 5 dollar bill off the wall.

the "it's my money, and I need it now!" is probably my least favorite commercial these days.

All of them. Damo is on the money.

Except to make threads on message boards where we can all bitch about how bad they are.

the mikes hard lemonade commercial, with the slightly slow guy talking about his new flavor, soy latte something or other.

I bet that would sell like crazy too, but they had to try to be "manly".

"hey retarded guy, you suck, we drink carbonated lemonade with a 1% alc. level. FUCK YOU" - good job guys

these leona's commercials have gotta go

the Pringles commercial where extras from the hipster Miracle Whip ads wander into some honest farmer's field and start destroying his crops for fun.

There needs to be an moratorium on any so-called entertainment or commercial that uses talking babies.

I fucking HATE the Geico commercials with the overly-dramatic voiceover intro guy, with the follow-up lame-ass joke about Too Tall Jones or Elmer Fudd or Charlie Daniels. I want to see that guy dead.

moratorium?! shit needs to go away forever. talking babies and talking animals became annoying soon after their popularization over a decade ago

and the commercial with the dude who won't talk to people 'cause he hasn't had his morning coffee just played. keep hoping he falls through a trap door to his death

I agree about talking babies. But talking animals?



I dig talking animals.

dominos commercial w/ the lesbian
granola bar commercial w/ the horrendous white stripes ripoff. makes me irate
GM commercials w/ the phony customer testimonials at a phony press conference