I haven't seen any Special K ads. I've seen a lot of Slim Jim ads though, and those are actually kind of comical. I don't see why you can't wait 30 seconds so the guys at The Escapist can eat though.
Boycott speacial K!!
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It's an advertisement, what do you expect? The escapist has to make it's money somehow, as do its contributors.
Also, don't use words you don't understand, a Boycott is a sacrifice. It's willingly giving up a product in protest of something, a practice, an action etc. If you never wanted Special K (Learn how to spell the product you're decrying at least) then it isn't a boycott. A boycott is like a Hunger Strike, Not a Fun Activity.
If I say, do what Shamus Young, one of the contributors for this site did, and refuse to buy BioShock because of its terrible use of SecuRom DRM, then I give up a good game and experience in order to deny a company that has earned my ire, my custom. If I get sick of Tampon ads as a male, then I don't Boycott tampons, I never used them.
I just go on not buying them.
And actually advertising a product has to be the single stupidest reason I've seen for a boycott. It's not as if its dangerous, exploitative, or even vaguely wrong, in fact, it earns money for the people making the videos you're trying to watch after the ads. If you aren't willing for them to earn money off their work, then they may not be able to do it (Kathleen from LRR did a video on this). So, if you don't understand advertising, or boycotts, then shut the F*** up!
Also, don't use words you don't understand, a Boycott is a sacrifice. It's willingly giving up a product in protest of something, a practice, an action etc. If you never wanted Special K (Learn how to spell the product you're decrying at least) then it isn't a boycott. A boycott is like a Hunger Strike, Not a Fun Activity.
If I say, do what Shamus Young, one of the contributors for this site did, and refuse to buy BioShock because of its terrible use of SecuRom DRM, then I give up a good game and experience in order to deny a company that has earned my ire, my custom. If I get sick of Tampon ads as a male, then I don't Boycott tampons, I never used them.
I just go on not buying them.
And actually advertising a product has to be the single stupidest reason I've seen for a boycott. It's not as if its dangerous, exploitative, or even vaguely wrong, in fact, it earns money for the people making the videos you're trying to watch after the ads. If you aren't willing for them to earn money off their work, then they may not be able to do it (Kathleen from LRR did a video on this). So, if you don't understand advertising, or boycotts, then shut the F*** up!
Not going to lie, your post made me laugh.Twilight_guy said:
OT: It's advertising. If it bothers you that much, mute the device that's playing the annoying audio and read a book or something.
Not needed? Oh my.. Without the rules of language there would be no language to communicate with.enzilewulf said:
If you really felt it was unnecessary simply take it as a friendly reminder that language does have rules by which it works.
Personally, I thought fixing the grammatical errors gave your argument even more legitimacy.
...At the very least you've got to admit changing "add" to "ad" was pretty important. What if someone thought you were talking about Special K suddenly making unnecessary appearances in the mathematical world of addition?!?!
o____oDannyJBeckett said:
I'm watching you, Wazowski. Always watching. Always....
(But really, you may wanna edit your posts.)
Edit: OT this thread doesn't really have much discussion value, Mr OP.