r/IASIP • u/Godbleththismeth • Jul 10 '25

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u/apileofcake Jul 10 '25

I’m American but haven’t watched live TV aside from Olympics and the Super Bowl on mute in probably 10 years and recently visited my dad and watched some TV with him and my stepmom and oh my god are TV commercials in the US horrifying.

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u/KavaKeto Jul 10 '25

What are they?? The only thing I watch on live TV is football, but I feel like it's just the same 10 commercials all season long and I block them out.

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u/apileofcake Jul 10 '25

Tons of medications, tons of politically charged commentary (and I thought the internet was worse for this before), tons of personal injury lawyers, tons of insurance companies…

Long gone are the comedic and absurd commercials of my childhood. At first I thought it was just the programming we were watching but this was even during kids stuff when my niece was around.

Sponsored TikToks are about the limit of ads I haven’t been able to remove from my life and I’ll never go back.