Thordros [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 9 months agoAmerican football and baseball are an Anheuser-Busch InBev psyop to normalize getting regularly drunk because those sports are otherwise unwatchablehexbear.netimagemessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1103arrow-down1imageAmerican football and baseball are an Anheuser-Busch InBev psyop to normalize getting regularly drunk because those sports are otherwise unwatchablehexbear.netThordros [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square81fedilinkfile-text
minus-square420blazeit69 [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 months ago that time saved has been filled by more ads Surprisingly, no. Games are shorter end-to-end now, with the reduction coming during the actual broadcast. They’re jamming more adds on jerseys, superimposed behind pitcher’s mounds, etc., but the whole game has been significantly condensed.
minus-squareFishLake@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoOh shit you’re right! I don’t know how I didn’t even realize the broadcasts were shorter. Maybe they still seem long to me because baseball is one of my only interactions with ads in general.
Surprisingly, no. Games are shorter end-to-end now, with the reduction coming during the actual broadcast.
They’re jamming more adds on jerseys, superimposed behind pitcher’s mounds, etc., but the whole game has been significantly condensed.
Oh shit you’re right!
I don’t know how I didn’t even realize the broadcasts were shorter. Maybe they still seem long to me because baseball is one of my only interactions with ads in general.