Submitted by 2SticksPureRage t3_yqj73a in Maine
Thankfully this is all over now. Can’t wait for the political signs to come down now too.
Anyone else feel like the ads just got to them a little more than usual this year? It sucks that politics has become so anxiety ridden and hateful (at least for me).
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Grrrrr
I love your optimism that people will take their political signs down now. Ive got one guy up the street who has only been adding to his collection since 2020
Haha, I just meant mostly the signs in the medians and the schmucks that line up 50 signs all 10’ apart down strips of road. The extremists are gonna extreme no matter what 🤷♀️
I love the duct tape over the 2020 people are doing lol I’ve even seen some over Spence’s name.
We’re back to Skyrizi ads, folks!
Nothing is everythiiiiinng!
Side effects may include: hair loss, headaches, anal leaking, sleeplessness, spontaneous combustion and instant death.
Outlaw prescription drug ads.
Those drug ads run a very close second to political ads. They are fingernails down a chalkboard for me too
“Things are getting clearer, I feel free..”
Oh god I just read that in song form lmao 😂
IDK, maybe I'm just watching less TV, but I thought this year was way better than 2020 with the Gideon/Collins ads everywhere 24/7.
You’re watching less TV
It's possible, but I think there was a lot less out-of-state money pouring in for the governor's race than there was for a potentially senate-deciding seat in the Gideon/Collins race.
Like, in 2020, that was every single ad I saw on Youtube starting from about June. This year, I've seen a few YT ads for LePage and Mills but they're mixed in with the other regular stuff.
You’re lucky. I watch virtually no live tv but it was unbearable this year. The worst ever for me.
Every website, every YouTube video, so many Reddit ads - all political garbage.
I wish someone would do a study and see how many people have EVER changed their mind due to a political ad. Maybe it’s been done and I am too lazy to find it.
> I wish someone would do a study and see how many people have EVER changed their mind due to a political ad. Maybe it’s been done and I am too lazy to find it.
I think they're mostly meant for undecided voters. I don't know about TV ads specifically, but I know that in general, the candidate who spends more usually does win.
That said, I know what you mean. In 2020 I voted for Gideon but by the time the election came around I kind of hated BOTH of them because I'd been subjected to 500 billion dumb attack ads. I bet that the ad deluge turns some people off enough that they end up not voting. I don't know if there are studies on that though, just my hunch.
I'm just glad I don't have to hear anymore ads on the radio during my drive to work. Like most millennials I don't have cable and recently was able to afford the ad free versions of all my streaming services so the last bastion of unbearable political ads was the radio. Once I heard that garbage ad Paul lepage ran on the radio 3 times on my 20 minute commute.
Podcasts my friend. (I too do not have cable, but I see ads on Youtube when I watch it on our TV, because there's no way that I know of to install an ad-blocker on a Playstation. Someday!)
You may be watching less TV, or you might be blocking it all out? I do a lot more DVR than I used to, and I use ad blockers on my phone. Political ads aren’t really an issue for me anymore.
I'm grateful I don't have to hear "I was homeless when I was younger so I grew up to be a heartless, lying, racist piece of tax-fraud shit" for another few years... unless, of course, someone decides to fuck off to Florida for good this time.
Although I agree with a lot of what Lepage was wanting to change, his attitude is obnoxious. Him attacking Mills when he knew he lost was unprofessional. You would think a person running for any office would be classy enough to accept defeat and congratulate their opponent. But you sir, and many like you on both sides, have the same shitty mud slinging attitude. It would be nice to not hear any of it since this is all wrapping up. But it will never go away. People must find it easier to hate.
You’re really criticizing us for being shitty to a dude who threatened to punch a journalist? Fuck off with your sanctimonious “high road” bs. Your vote indicates you want a hand in other people’s love lives and bodily autonomy, so you don’t get to pretend we’re the real assholes.
My vote doesn’t mean that at all. I am very pro choice and don’t believe anyone has the right to outlaw what a person does with their own body. It’s the attitude that everyone has towards someone else on the other side. I was simple pointing out his attitude seems to be the same as the one he was criticizing.
The people you voted for aren’t pro-choice. Therefore, what you personally believe does not matter. The Maine GOP’s official position this year on abortion was that it should be banned, and they directly stated in their platform statement that they believe marriage is between a man and a woman. Regardless of what you believe, the people you voted for do believe that, and you tried to put them in a position where they can act on those beliefs because your priorities lie elsewhere. You may as well just be pro-life; for the purposes of an election, the result is the same.
My words don't do nearly as much damage as your vote.
Tell that to poor Georgia.
What’s going on in Georgia?
I'm one of them. Just came in to whine about this! Haha
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Again.
So sick of the ads, man.
It's gotten more and more ridiculous the last few years it seems. I think all the non-Maine money just goes to commercials and mail fliers. The last few weeks I'd watch a video and at least half of the commercials would be political, often times more. I've also had at least two political fliers in my mailbox the last few weeks, often times more. Such a waste.
Now we can focus on the extremely enlightening medicare ads
I'm back to all the overly sexual, not real game play, zombie survival games.
They put like 800 million into this midterm, 24 going to be snowing in ads and flyers...
I am still getting text messages for lepage this morning. Like bro even if this text somehow swayed my opinion I can’t do anything about it at this point
I still got an ad for the candidate that lost my local State House race this morning on Youtube. lol
I sure will miss those 2am texts telling me Mills wants kids to watch porn and do meth /s
Thank God we're not in Georgia! Another 4 weeks for them.
I just threw away what will hopefully be the last political flyer in my mailbox for a while
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There's nothing like the blissful peace of mind I had when the Sara Gideon ads stopped.
Thank you and amen
I saw many gleeful Mainers taking down their signs this morning.
Not a single effing text from anyone today! Sweet bliss!
We definitely need laws to restrict the constant barrage I went months not watching local stations.
I have been getting so many damn flyers in the mail. I have had mail every single day for the past month and a half and maybe twice a week I would get something that isn’t political junk mail.
I pay extra to Hulu and use uBlock Origin on my computer to avoid as much advertising as I can. It's not perfect, but political season has been much easier since I started.
I know it's not an option for everyone, but it made my life a lot less stressful.
Finally. Leave my damn mail box alone while you're at it.
I left maine last November after a glorious 5 years i. The western woods. (I miss it everyday) we moved back to Texas and i got political ads texted to my phone from Maine! Boy were they fear mongering hard.
Get ready for the Medicare Advantage ads to start populating the airwaves. If I hear Jimmy Walker say "m o n e y back into your check each month" I will scream. Thank God for the mute button.
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The phone finally stopped ringing.
I'm shocked.... people still watch TV??? I haven't had that for almost a decade now haha.
Aww man...I can't laugh at the name "Citizens for Sanity" anymore. That's a pity. I'll have to keep that name in mind if I ever get called a crackpot in r/Maine. "No, no, you got me all wrong, I'm a citizen of sanity!"
Still, at least I can stop hearing "[We/Maine] can't go back to Paul LePage" ten million times a day.
why do you still have cable you nerd
😝 I don’t. I stream but I still had commercials. Is this not normal??
Unfortunately it's become normalized as streaming slowly becomes Cable 2. You should look into a Raspberry Pi Pihole
I'd say it is. I also stream. YouTube is particularly obnoxious with the ads.
YouTube premium is totally worth it. We have the family plan, 6 accounts total, just went from $18 to $25 and I still think it's worth it. YouTube Music is the best music streaming platform I've found, the algorithms are on point, and NO ADS on YouTube.
My Youtube Premium is called uBlock Origin and it doesn't cost me a dime.
Do you get the music streaming service though? That's why I pay. The no ads on YouTube is just a bonus.
uBlock doesn't work on mobile last I checked. I can't fall asleep unless I autoplay videos of a nice Chinese lady talking about tea on a loop all night on my phone, so I need Youtube premium.
Youtube Vanced works for me. And I know how you feel, I fall asleep listening to Moth Light Media videos about prehistoric animals.
No, no, it's normal. We watch Pluto TV and we've seen a ton of campaign ads, since they pull mobile ads and...well, ads you see on YouTube on your phone and air them on TV.
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Enjoy the three months of peace before the electioneering for 2024 begins its ramp-up.