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[–] 159 points 3 years ago (6 children)

I’ve been “striking” for a long time now, against junk TV in general. There’s an occasional awesome show that delivers but 95% of it is low-effort junk TV like dating, survival, cooking and other shows like it.

I haven’t had live TV in years and it’s quite shocking to see what the average user deals with. Junk TV + ads that play 30% of the time is absolutely insane.

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  • [–] 110 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    low-effort junk TV like dating, survival, cooking and other shows like it.

    ... in other words, exactly the shows that don't use actors or writers

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Dont they also have writers on these? With most of it being scripted and dramatized, sbd. gotta make all this stuff up. Also the whole set-up the catch etc. I thought these were done by writers too.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago

    I don't know how other companies work, but I work at a company that produces a lot of reality TV shows. They definitely have writers that will lead the direction that the shows take (for example challenge ideas for a dating show or maybe bow they deliver hints to a blind customer cooking show) and they'll have some leading questions in interviews (or even asking to phrase things for more drama if the contestants want to and they usually say yes) but you'd be surprised at how unscripted the ones we produce are.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago

    I actually think the movies they star in and write are shit too.

    Just looking at the list of movies held up by the strike makes me weep with joy.

    Glad greedy shitbags who make nothing but garbage are fighting each other.

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  • [–] 43 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    I haven’t had live TV in years and it’s quite shocking to see what the average user deals with. Junk TV + ads that play 30% of the time is absolutely insane.

    Yeah, I’ve had the same experience. We don’t have live TV, and when we occasionally hang out with friends or family who do I’m always flabbergasted at the frequency and length of ad breaks nowadays, and similarly amazed that despite a nearly endless list of channels there never seems to be anything I actively want to watch.

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  • [–] 41 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I can't believe the people that allow commercials to blare in their living rooms without diving for the remote control like the house is on fire. Is it just me? and they just continue normal conversation like it's somehow possible to hear them.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago

    diving for the remote control like the house is on fire

    lol this is me, it's not just you 😂

    Our house is generally on the quieter side. Partly because some of us are on the spectrum, and partly because we like to actually hear each other when we converse. Haven't paid for TV in years, don't miss it.

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  • [–] 24 points 3 years ago

    My parents still have cable TV (I just got them a Roku not long ago, so fingers crossed...), and at this point I can't stand to watch it for more than about one and a half commercial breaks. It's hard to believe anybody willingly subjects themselves to that trash when ad-free alternatives are available.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I had one of them first TiVos, then upgraded to them expanded versions modes online for 1TB of shows. The 30-second skip button pressed six(6) times would effectively (skip) the ads. Never looked back. When I see or hear a commercial at someone’s house it rocks me like I’m in a different dimension and time.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Personally I rarely watch TV in real time, so the only time of year I ever really see commercials is during the NFL season.

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  • [–] 21 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    lol only 30%?

    jokes but i agree.. i remember going to visit some relatives and sat and watched tv with them.. i too was so shocked at how they'd sit idly thru commercials jarring into their show, slapping them in the face..

    i can't stand it. just about anything i watch, when i watch, is commercial free

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  • [–] 18 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Hey now! Some of us like the cooking shows lol

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah. I’ll watch an occasional Gordon Ramsay here and there. I’m more referring to the baking shows, kids cooking shows and similar. But you know what I mean, replace all variants of cooking with the many variants of home improvement, how many do we need?

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