Lemonheep (Medicine user) Mar 20, 2024
@adiz Wild to me that watching OVER 10 MINUTES of advertisements used to be normal back when people still cared abt broadcast TV. Having to watch the video equivalent of noise, maybe over and over, isn't the mark of a healthy society, yet here we are just beginning to stop doing whatever this was.

I hope the societal effects of lead exposure wear off... ​​
Show thread Mima-sama
@radmin It's still normal for millions of people here in the #Philippines where #television is still relevant, especially in primetime where shows like #BatangQuiapo in #ABSCBN consistently get high ratings and therefore can get away with very long portions of advertising time in breaks.

But back then it's probably not as unusually more normal than today as you might think, especially when recording to tape was still a thing. Pretty sure plenty of people would use their VHS to skip the ads. I think I remember some products too being sold back in the day that let you turn off the ads too (and the ad industry didn't really like it)

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Mar 20, 2024 at 5:47amWeb
Show threadLisPiMar 20, 2024
@mima @radmin @adiz > Pretty sure plenty of people would use their VHS to skip the ads.

Can confirm. That was the usual thing to do.

Also. No one seriously paid the ads any attention. Ad break was "restroom and whatever else" break.

Keeping a book or other thing to read during ad break is a thing that was done.