{"id":7341,"date":"2015-12-16T07:21:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T15:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/?p=7341"},"modified":"2021-08-26T18:38:17","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T01:38:17","slug":"yes-i-use-an-ad-blocker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/2015\/12\/16\/yes-i-use-an-ad-blocker\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes I use an Ad blocker"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve been seeing more and more little notices on web pages telling me that I use an Ad blocker.<\/p>\n

Often these sites will try to shame me, pointing out that they are supported by Ads.<\/p>\n

Lately the tenor of some advertisers has been more like the bitchiness of an ex girlfriend complaining that I\u2019m not buying her a drink when we run into each other at a bar.<\/p>\n

Let me explain, breaking up with you wasn\u2019t all that hard to do.<\/p>\n

While you\u2019re telling everyone in earshot, my dick is too small, or I make funny noises when I cum.<\/p>\n

You should probably know honey, all my friends and their friends, know your hole ain\u2019t quite as golden as you think it is.<\/p>\n

A little advice\u2026 Ya might consider some Kegels, and some soap & water occasionally.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sometimes a site is a bit more direct, simply asking me to support them with a donation. This approach is a lot more honest and typically causes me to consider, \u201cHow often do I actually go to this site?<\/em>\u201d If I go to a site less than once a month, I dismiss the notice, if I\u2019m on the site often, I\u2019ll think about donating.<\/p>\n

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Ad Blockers have become a necessity, like virus protection. \u00a0Since I don’t buy a newer, faster computer every year I’m susceptible to ad inundation.<\/p>\n

The condition that occurs when you can’t get your task done because you’re unable to dismiss ads fast enough. I call it ad rape, or ad fucking, or ad pounding.<\/em><\/p>\n

My little netbook for example doesn\u2019t have the horsepower to handle the barrage of messages telling me I don\u2019t have Flash installed, all the popups for health aids, creams unguents, and God only knows what else. The CPU pegs at 100%, memory utilization shoots through the roof and then the browser folds.<\/p>\n

I’ve wondered about people whose only access is with an older computer or a netbook or Chromebook. Does ad pounding place them at a societal disadvantage?<\/p>\n

What about the poor? They can’t afford the latest $2000.00 computer and their internet may be provided via cell phone or public access at a McDonalds, doesn’t ad pounding increase the\u00a0unfair disadvantage the poor are already laboring under?<\/p>\n

Have I been reading too much SJW propaganda?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My tablet has the same problem but not to the same extent. I commonly see the message, \u201cDue to a problem, this page is being reloaded.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

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Usually I\u2019ll see this message after the page blanks while I\u2019m reading an article.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure it\u2019s some POS Ad that\u2019s trying to commandeer all the system resources to show me something really important about unknown Insurance loopholes.<\/p>\n

\"\"Brietbart.com is among the worst offenders. The New York Times, and LA Times are right up there too.<\/p>\n

So I use an Ad blocker.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

It helps, but doesn\u2019t completely alleviate the problem.<\/p>\n

Because I don\u2019t run Flash, I see a fair number of messages telling me I don\u2019t have Flash loaded and that I should have it loaded so that I have a better browsing experience.<\/p>\n

\"\"Yeah, right, that \u201cbetter<\/em>\u201d browsing experience is someone at the web site deciding to download, then play a video on my machine without my permission at a volume only slightly lower than the flight deck of a carrier during a scramble of fighter jets.<\/p>\n

\u201cDO YOU WANT BETTER SEX? THEN LISTEN TO THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Speaker blown, computer screen cracks and then the ad says\u00a0for only $29.95 they\u2019ll tell me the secrets to having a bigger dick and more fulfilling sex life. RIIIIGGGHHHHT!<\/p>\n

The secret to having a more fulfilling sex life, is having more sex.<\/p>\n

Being unafraid, unashamed, and open to the variety of experiences that we are presented with daily goes a long way towards having a better life in general and definitely a better sex life. Bend your partner over the arm of the chair, put on a cowboy hat and yell \u201cHigh Ho Silver!\u201d Okay, so that\u2019s not for everyone\u2026 Try new things is all I\u2019m saying.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There, I just saved you $29.95. You can send donations of $9.95 to me.<\/p>\n

Yes, for a limited time you only pay 1\/3 for the secret to a happier life. But act now, this is a limited time offer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The question that the web sites and advertisers should be asking themselves isn\u2019t, \u201cHow do we get around Ad blockers.\u201d They should be asking, \u201cWHY so many people are using Ad Blockers?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"They should be asking why ads have become such rich fodder for episodes of South Park.<\/p>\n

The answer is simple<\/u>. Ads have become abusive<\/strong>. They\u2019ve gone from being something we\u2019d notice in the margin, to offending and annoying us all, by blocking the content we wanted to see and demanding that we figure out how the fuck to close them.<\/p>\n

\"\"We go to an article, or a site to look at something specific. Not necessarily to see which celebrity had botoxed themselves to the level of a mummy in the Cairo museum.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t even try to close full screen pop-up ads anymore. I close the page. If the article, goods, or services, has to display a full page pop up ad covering their shit, then they can\u2019t be very good articles, goods or services.<\/p>\n

So Advertisers, instead of getting all bitchy because most of us are using ad blockers, how about you check your abusiveness and stop sounding like whiney little pussies.<\/p>\n

That advice is my Christmas present to the advertising industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve been seeing more and more little notices on web pages telling me that I use an Ad blocker. Often these sites will try to shame me, pointing out that they are supported by Ads. Lately the tenor of some advertisers has been more like the bitchiness of an ex girlfriend complaining that I\u2019m not … <\/p>\n

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