Things that make you way too angry (venting thread)

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Okay, here's one that makes my nose hairs curl up in anger.
TV channels on my cable provider persist in pasting ads and/or previews across the screen during a show. That obstructs both opening titles and subtitles, and frequently critical details of an opening scene. At the end of a show, they also shrink the credits and speed them up, both to a degree that makes them unreadable. That surely must be a violation of the union regulations that demand the credits in the first place. I happen to watch credits as an important part of the show. The only reason that I'm not fuming even more is that IMDb provides the information for most TV shows and movies. Still, I'd like to be able to just read it off of the TV.
 
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ImATrackMan said:
You're just milking it at this point, aren't you?

No, I'm wining, again... (hic!)

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OmCheeto said:
shields self with pung badge

I sincerely hope that "pung" means something different where you live than it does here... :bugeye:
 
Danger said:
I sincerely hope that "pung" means something different where you live than it does here... :bugeye:


Oh, Swedes.
 
ImATrackMan said:
Oh, Swedes.

:confused:
 
collinsmark said:
how about when the volume of the commercials are way louder than in the program

That was illegal back in the 70's, at least in North America, but they seem to be doing it again. Back then, they cheated by using some sort of compression technology that made them appear to be louder even though the decibel level wasn't any higher. Now it sounds like both are being done.
 
Danger said:
That was illegal back in the 70's, at least in North America, but they seem to be doing it again. Back then, they cheated by using some sort of compression technology that made them appear to be louder even though the decibel level wasn't any higher. Now it sounds like both are being done.

They can move the audio into a range where human ear has more sensitivity so it's perceived as loud, but a decibel meter will truthfully report it as same energy content. .
That's those high-voiced "screamers" like Billy Mays (RIP) ...
 
jim hardy said:
They can move the audio into a range where human ear has more sensitivity so it's perceived as loud

That sounds about right, but it's hard to remember. I was, after all, a mere child in the 70's... :rolleyes:

It seems to me that they also slightly sped up the soundtrack so as to cram more crap into their allotted minute. (Ads then were either 30 or 60 seconds.)