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GT40FIED · 02-03-2004, 01:29 PM

I certainly hope I'm not alone in this. I'm a night owl so I'm usually up to around 3am...later if I don't have class the next day and I swear...75% of my glorious 70 cable channels have infomercials. WTF? The only ones that don't on a regular basis (that I know of) are TNT, Cartoon Network, and TBS and of course the music channels like VH1 and MTV, but all they show is shitty videos. So what the hell are the point of these things? There's only so much I can know about the Ronco Rotisserie or the Roomba. If you can't sell me on your shit in 30 seconds or less you don't need to rant on and on with fake ass endorsements for another 29:30. Then there's the "if you call within the next 10 minutes" thing. How can they track that? At any given time that infomercial is probably on somewhere in the country 24 hours a day. Sorry...I'm just soooooo sick of changing the channel to a station I usually like only to see "paid programming" in the guide margin.

02-03-2004, 01:43 PM

I hear ya. I have sattelite and most of the 400 some odd channels after 12am turn into informercials. Just garbage.

ebpda9 · 02-03-2004, 05:13 PM

heh, i hear you. the one that cracks me up the most is the tornado fuel saver one. the gains are real tho on the dyno, but they are using the typhoon intake on the impala

94_AcCoRd_EX · 02-03-2004, 05:21 PM

Yeah no kidding. I stay up pretty late every night and there isn't anything to watch. I end up flipping channels for 3 hours until I fall asleep

*ChrisCantSkate* · 02-04-2004, 02:58 AM

4am... whast on? tempurpedic pillow infomercial, how to get rich is on at least 5 channels... some food thing, ok not looking any more.

this is why i have 100+ dvds

02-03-2004, 01:29 PM	#1
GT40FIED Best...mod...ever Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: At the end of the longest line Age: 42 Posts: 7,451	Why infomercials should be illegal I certainly hope I'm not alone in this. I'm a night owl so I'm usually up to around 3am...later if I don't have class the next day and I swear...75% of my glorious 70 cable channels have infomercials. WTF? The only ones that don't on a regular basis (that I know of) are TNT, Cartoon Network, and TBS and of course the music channels like VH1 and MTV, but all they show is shitty videos. So what the hell are the point of these things? There's only so much I can know about the Ronco Rotisserie or the Roomba. If you can't sell me on your shit in 30 seconds or less you don't need to rant on and on with fake ass endorsements for another 29:30. Then there's the "if you call within the next 10 minutes" thing. How can they track that? At any given time that infomercial is probably on somewhere in the country 24 hours a day. Sorry...I'm just soooooo sick of changing the channel to a station I usually like only to see "paid programming" in the guide margin. __________________ 1984 1/2 Mustang GT350 #842, Faster than you...nuff said Anna Fan Club President/Dictator Someday, in the event that mankind actually figures out what it is that this world actually revoles around, thousands of people are going to be shocked and perplexed that it was not them. Sometimes this includes me. "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." - George Orwell Welcome to the new Amerika

02-03-2004, 05:13 PM	#3
ebpda9 Repost Wagon Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: over here Age: 43 Posts: 17,266	heh, i hear you. the one that cracks me up the most is the tornado fuel saver one. the gains are real tho on the dyno, but they are using the typhoon intake on the impala __________________

02-03-2004, 05:21 PM	#4
94_AcCoRd_EX Insomniac Moderator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: OR Age: 43 Posts: 11,142	Yeah no kidding. I stay up pretty late every night and there isn't anything to watch. I end up flipping channels for 3 hours until I fall asleep __________________ 1994 Accord EX coupe --Need hosting for your pics on HST? PM me...--

02-04-2004, 02:58 AM	#5
ChrisCantSkate Thought Police Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: orlando florida Age: 40 Posts: 9,662	4am... whast on? tempurpedic pillow infomercial, how to get rich is on at least 5 channels... some food thing, ok not looking any more. this is why i have 100+ dvds __________________ Black Vtec Prelude-h22a power'd Many dreams come true, and some have silver linings. I live for my dreams and a pocket full of gold.

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02-03-2004, 01:43 PM	#2
juvenile Posts: n/a	I hear ya. I have sattelite and most of the 400 some odd channels after 12am turn into informercials. Just garbage.