I don't normally watch TV, so it's easy to forget, but it's frankly horrifying just how heavily propagandized the average American is.

  • Sen_Jen [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    . I almost never even see advertisements any more (in media, anyway), aside from when Mike Duncan is hawking razor blades or mattresses at me for the first minute of his podcast.

    :data-laughing:

    • star_wraith [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      To be fair to Mike, someone on Twitter pointed out that all of his ads end at exactly like 90 seconds into his podcasts (so it's easy to set it up so it just skips the ads automatically every time). I remember Mike actually responded with a wink emoji or something like that

      • Sen_Jen [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        Yeah I just spam the >15 s button until I hear the music start