| A law regulating the sound level of television commercials needs to be passed. It needs to be passed quickly, before the covert plan to wipe out radio industry suceeds. Personally, I don't like television unless Toonami is on, but my roommate is addicted to the flickering pixels she likes to call entertainment. Her habit of laying in bed with the television on, the entire time we're both in the room doesn't really bother me. I will, however, refrain from listing the things that actually do bother me, perhaps saving it for a later time. More than likely, I won't go into it. I never mind people watching television while I try to sleep or study. I can tune out the sound and ignore the picture with almost no effort. |
| Until a commercial comes on. Commercials play a pivotal role in the attempt to eradicate the radio. That's right, broadcasting companies are running an underground operation to deafen all American citizens. If we are all deaf, then the radio becomes obsolete, and the visual stimuli delivered by a television becomes the mainstream way, and eventually the only way to communicate. After all, TV did kill the radio star. Hungry for air waves, television will not stop there. |
| Their devious and underhanded ploy relies on the average TV viewer's impulse to catch every small detail in a television program. Dialogue in most movies and shows is fairly low, covered with background noises. In order to hear every word said, and not miss out on an ounce of plot, a viewer will increase the volume. Once settled in, prepared for an evening of weight gain and lethargy, the viewer becomes absorbed in the show. Their eyes and ears follow every important move and sound, right until one of the minor climaxes or miniature cliffhangers before "the commercial break." |
| One can hardly be an intelligent American and not realize that the majority of television commercials are at least 50% louder than the average television program. They lure you in with low toned voices leading you into the plot, and then blast away your eears with the often hyperactive and attention starved car salesman shouting his deals. I'm all for enterprise, but do you have to yell? It's an audible difference to the point of scaring the wits out of me. Every commercial break startles me out of my complacent studying. Whoever is watching the television is blasted back from their attentive reverie to grabbing for the remote. |
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| Save Radio! Turn down the TV. |
| Going through this every day, during every television program has got to have sort of lasting negative effect on a person's hearing. I seriously believe that research should be done to discover how devastating of an effect commercial volume has on the average American. At the very least, it's annoying as hell and we should all thank Nikola Tesla for placing the mute button within arm's reach with the remote. And that lovely television station in Arkansas that airs silent commercials. |
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