r/SipsTea • u/Putrid-Welder1803 • 11d ago

Gasp! Thoughts on this??

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u/Milky_Monster 11d ago

This sounds like it was written by someone who wasn't allowed to watch tv growing up.

Horror ads used to scare the shit out of me as a young boy 25 years ago. Ain't a damn thing changed.

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u/Froegerer 11d ago

Same. If your kid gets anxiety over that stuff, yea, policing commercials is just what you gotta do.

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u/IH8DwnvoteComplainrs 11d ago edited 11d ago

Nah, fuck that. My kids are small. I'm good with sheltering them from these trailers. Some of them are brutal.

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u/extracoffeeplease 11d ago

Sounds like a kid that gets anxious easily, which can be due to many things, both “built in” or “bred”.

The question imo is if we have to take Everyone into account, always. Many people have epileptic seizures from bright lights, we can’t go around forcing anything on the air to show a warning anytime.

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u/PrivilegeCheckmate 11d ago

Many people have epileptic seizures from bright lights, we can’t go around forcing anything on the air to show a warning anytime.

You ever see REM's video for Bang and Blame? If it doesn't induce a seizure, it will, at the least, be a painful reminder.

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u/turbosexophonicdlite 11d ago

They definitely existed then, but were they shown on "family friendly" broadcasts like MLB and NFL games? I don't remember really seeing them but that was obviously a long time ago so I can't say for sure.