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Commercials where they shout... I'd like to stomp on the foot of the ad person who thought this was a good iidea. n/t (Original Post) Peregrine Took Feb 16 OP
My most hated thing is the sound of people eating/drinking AZJonnie Feb 16 #1
Ditto. We may have misophonia, but can't imagine why any ad exec spooky3 Feb 16 #3
I hate those... 2naSalit Feb 16 #6
Haven't looked in a while but thinking add on TV sound systems that keep volume level even and dampen ads dutch777 Feb 16 #2
Exactly coprolite Feb 16 #4
Any chance of a mute button on your remote? PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 16 #5
Yelling is... 2naSalit Feb 16 #7
Even a term policy? JoseBalow Feb 16 #8
LOL! Nt spooky3 Feb 16 #9

AZJonnie

(658 posts)
1. My most hated thing is the sound of people eating/drinking
Sun Feb 16, 2025, 12:21 PM
Feb 16

Commercials with, for instance, the close-mic sound of someone crunching a potato chip, or the slurping a straw at the bottom of an empty beverage. Annoys the hell out of me.

spooky3

(37,311 posts)
3. Ditto. We may have misophonia, but can't imagine why any ad exec
Sun Feb 16, 2025, 12:32 PM
Feb 16

Would think closeups of eating would appeal to anyone.

2naSalit

(96,345 posts)
6. I hate those...
Sun Feb 16, 2025, 03:21 PM
Feb 16

Especially because it's most often a female with very red lips putting things in their mouths in the most sexually suggestive manner. It's really disgusting.

dutch777

(4,209 posts)
2. Haven't looked in a while but thinking add on TV sound systems that keep volume level even and dampen ads
Sun Feb 16, 2025, 12:31 PM
Feb 16

should not be that hard to make. We have paid the price to almost exclusively stream our content and eliminate ads entirely but hard to do 100%

2naSalit

(96,345 posts)
7. Yelling is...
Sun Feb 16, 2025, 03:24 PM
Feb 16

A trigger for me so I don't listen to commercial radio nor do I watch teevee, they yell in at least 50% of them. I usually listen to NPR. I avoid people who yell.

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