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DW_a_mom
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03 Nov 2010, 6:38 pm

I am under the impression that to a limited degree Alex may be able to ask the ad service to withhold certain ads from the rotation. Not being aware if he's seen this thread or not, or if that is actually an option or not, I'm basically bumping.


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07 Nov 2010, 9:50 pm

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Count your blessings. Here about 2 commercials in EVERY COMMERCIAL BREAK on TV are for prescription medication. "Ask your doctor about blah-blah-blah."

They make me angry when I see them. They'd rather treat symptoms in perpetuity (and cause side-effects in the process) instead of encouraging people to make lifestyle changes and eliminate the root cause such as obesity or high blood sugar level.

But no, the message is: keep eating junk food and pop these pills here. Or go ahead and have all the unprotected sex you want: when you get herpes we'll just give you this other pill. Etc....

Despicable.

If they really wanted to educate people, they could start with the fact that a viral infection is usually quite a bit more difficult to treat than a bacterial infection. And that vitamin pills don't make up for a diet that is too high in saturated fat, etc. (I am however open-minded toward medication for the treatment of depression.)



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07 Nov 2010, 9:51 pm

go out of WrongPlanet

disable Flash

come back into WrongPlanet



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07 Nov 2010, 9:54 pm

DW_a_mom wrote:
I am under the impression that to a limited degree Alex may be able to ask the ad service to withhold certain ads from the rotation. . .
That's kind of the problem with a centralized set-up, we end up putting more and more work on one individual. We stand on the sidelines and make suggestions, and even if they're very good suggestions . . .



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08 Nov 2010, 3:56 am

I put this in my /etc/hosts file (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_%28f ... ile_system) and it cuts out the parts that annoy me:

hosts file wrote:
# WrongPlanet
0.0.0.0 b.scorecardresearch.com
0.0.0.0 tags.bluekai.com
0.0.0.0 spe.atdmt.com
0.0.0.0 view.atdmt.com
0.0.0.0 xcdn.xgraph.net
0.0.0.0 ak1.abmr.net
0.0.0.0 www.burstnet.com
0.0.0.0 a.tribalfusion.com
0.0.0.0 googleads.g.doubleclick.net
0.0.0.0 pagead2.googlesyndication.com
0.0.0.0 www.google-analytics.com
0.0.0.0 b.static.ak.fbcdn.net
0.0.0.0 clients4.google.com