▲ 842 ▼ Maybe I've lost patience over the years (startrek.website) submitted 2 years ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website [M] to c/memes@lemmy.world 82 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Plibbert@lemmy.ml 93 points 2 years ago (6 children) Honestly. I used to watch my dad have like 4 channels he could switch between so he didn't have to do commercials. I used to think that was weird, and indicative of some poor character traits. I was a judgemental little shit. Now this meme is me. I have become my father. permalink fedilink source hideshow 12 child comments replies: [–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 46 points 2 years ago Turns out nobody wants to watch commercials. The cycle repeats itself. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago (1 child) And you can't do this anymore, at least with broadcast TV. My local diner as a bunch of TV's on about the place, all tuned to the local Fox, CBS, NBC, etc. affiliates so you have the rare opportunity to see them all at once. They're all timed so their commercial breaks coincide with one another. It's down to the split second -- every channel goes to commercial at the same time, for the same length of time. It has to be intentional. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Wrench@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) That was mostly the case in the 90s as well. On the 30m mark, everything was wrapping up / starting at the same time. In the middle, you might have 30-90 seconds of a show on another channel that was throwing to commercial at a slightly different time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago This is why TBS always started programs at five past the half hour. When the program was finished you would have missed the first five minutes of any program on another network thus encouraging you to stay tuned to TBS . permalink fedilink source parent [–] ManosTheHandsOfFate@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago I had a TV with picture-in-picture. That was a great feature for avoiding commercials. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kandoh@reddthat.com 5 points 2 years ago Used to have it down to a science. 03 Global > 25 YTV > 28 Fox > 32 Spike TV > 44 Comedy Network > 45 Teletoon > 47 TBS > 50 Space I never had to see a commercial permalink fedilink source parent [–] lugal@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago I did the same thing and I thought it's pretty normal. You can tell your 90s self that if it makes them feel good permalink fedilink source parent [–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago I sometimes attempt to do that with Pluto TV, but they really enforce putting ads at the same time in almost all the channels. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 46 points 2 years ago Turns out nobody wants to watch commercials. The cycle repeats itself. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago (1 child) And you can't do this anymore, at least with broadcast TV. My local diner as a bunch of TV's on about the place, all tuned to the local Fox, CBS, NBC, etc. affiliates so you have the rare opportunity to see them all at once. They're all timed so their commercial breaks coincide with one another. It's down to the split second -- every channel goes to commercial at the same time, for the same length of time. It has to be intentional. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Wrench@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) That was mostly the case in the 90s as well. On the 30m mark, everything was wrapping up / starting at the same time. In the middle, you might have 30-90 seconds of a show on another channel that was throwing to commercial at a slightly different time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago This is why TBS always started programs at five past the half hour. When the program was finished you would have missed the first five minutes of any program on another network thus encouraging you to stay tuned to TBS . permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Wrench@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) That was mostly the case in the 90s as well. On the 30m mark, everything was wrapping up / starting at the same time. In the middle, you might have 30-90 seconds of a show on another channel that was throwing to commercial at a slightly different time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago This is why TBS always started programs at five past the half hour. When the program was finished you would have missed the first five minutes of any program on another network thus encouraging you to stay tuned to TBS . permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago This is why TBS always started programs at five past the half hour. When the program was finished you would have missed the first five minutes of any program on another network thus encouraging you to stay tuned to TBS . permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ManosTheHandsOfFate@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago I had a TV with picture-in-picture. That was a great feature for avoiding commercials. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 5 points 2 years ago Used to have it down to a science. 03 Global > 25 YTV > 28 Fox > 32 Spike TV > 44 Comedy Network > 45 Teletoon > 47 TBS > 50 Space I never had to see a commercial permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lugal@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago I did the same thing and I thought it's pretty normal. You can tell your 90s self that if it makes them feel good permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago I sometimes attempt to do that with Pluto TV, but they really enforce putting ads at the same time in almost all the channels. permalink fedilink source parent
