Ever since I was younger, like before I was even radicalized, I’ve hated ads so much. There’s something very off-putting (and often insulting) about businesses constantly blasting you with their product or service.

I used to really enjoy watching the NBA but now every time I try it’s just “Here are the Lexus™ Keys to the Game,” “Welcome to the half time show brought to you by Subway™,” ad breaks every two minutes of game time (and even more frequently towards the end of a close game), giant company logos on the court, or more recently logos on their god damned jerseys. It’s like you can’t watch any live event any more without having ads shoved in your face.

Even when I’m watching/listening to something on my phone and an ad interrupts I will straight up mute the volume and physically look away just so I don’t see the ad. I agree with Yogthos that it feels like a “constant psychological assault.” I fucking hate it. Bless whoever invented ad block extensions on browsers because without them I would go insane.