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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-17T12:24:40.000Z",
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  "textContent": "submitted by comfy to asklemmy\n51 points | 20 comments\n\nYes, this instance is definitely the wrong place to ask, but maybe I’ll be surprised.\n\nI hate commercial ads. I consider them intolerable and violating. I’m far from alone in this perspective (see: famous Banksy quote, and subvertising + related cultures). It’s one of the rawest forms of exploitative manipulation.\n\nSo surely you can understand my confusion whenever I see people just watching ads on their phone until they finish, or even watching ads on television until their show starts again. Come on, just do something else for 4 minutes (most channels run two 4 minute segments per half hour, that why your downloaded TV episodes are 22 minutes each instead of 30)\n\nIs there a more meaningful answer than “laziness”?",
  "title": "To people who look at commercial ads; why do you look at ads?"
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