There are too many damn ads in the world. Everytime I enter a website, there’s a bundle of distracting, random ads that have nothing to do with what I’m reading. If I want to watch a quick clip on YouTube, I have to watch three ads first. On TV, and especially during award season, I must endure 10 commercials before I can watch three minutes of my program. They’re so repetitive, too! The same annoying songs play like a broken record in hopes of attracting audiences, but all it does is slowly drive me mental.
Granted, I understand that’s how business works. You want people to invest in your product? You have to promote it. But the least they can do is switch it up from time to time or allow us more skip buttons. Now, I can’t knock YouTube because they have given viewers the luxury of the skip button, but it’s not consistent. I suppose there’s no point in complaining because the internet will always plague the world. The upside to ads? It might deter us from staring at our phones more often. For that, my sanity thanks them.
Veronica is a Staff Writer at The Cascade. She loves to travel and explore new places, no matter how big or small. She is in her second year at UFV, pursuing the study of Creative
Writing.