<![CDATA[England Bans Loud Ads; "Don't You Touch That Volume," Says Government - Gawker Comments]]> <![CDATA[England Bans Loud Ads; "Don't You Touch That Volume," Says Government - Gawker Comments]]> <![CDATA[England Bans Loud Ads; "Don't You Touch That Volume," Says Government]]> This is genius. We NEED this here. If I hear 'In The Heights' one more fucking time explode in top volume while watching channel 4 in the morning, I'm going to kill myself.

zaky

]]> <![CDATA[England Bans Loud Ads; "Don't You Touch That Volume," Says Government]]> This is why I love silent ads. That gimmick will always be a bold choice -- or at least I'll keep saying that til there are more of them.

Nick Douglas

]]> <![CDATA[England Bans Loud Ads; "Don't You Touch That Volume," Says Government]]> @In Other News...: Hear, hear. It's freakin' obnoxious. Hate, hate, hate TV commercials and all they stand for.

SeeingI

]]> <![CDATA[England Bans Loud Ads; "Don't You Touch That Volume," Says Government]]> Does this mean summary execution for which ever Adult Swim exec came up with the 'Loud Airhorns' ad campaign?

Hiphopopotamus

]]> <![CDATA[England Bans Loud Ads; "Don't You Touch That Volume," Says Government]]> Well it's not a bad idea.

Saxon 212

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IHateNewYork

]]> <![CDATA[England Bans Loud Ads; "Don't You Touch That Volume," Says Government]]> I say, i rather think my ears are bleeding then?

malvones

]]> <![CDATA[England Bans Loud Ads; "Don't You Touch That Volume," Says Government]]> I love the grandiose vocabulary of the Brits. For instance, where an American football announcer would say "Bam!," a British one would say "That was an indubitably propitious manoeuvre!"

AuntPeniston

]]> <![CDATA[England Bans Loud Ads; "Don't You Touch That Volume," Says Government]]> @In Other News...: I laughed, I cried and it became a part of me.

blix

]]> <![CDATA[England Bans Loud Ads; "Don't You Touch That Volume," Says Government]]> The British need to invest in a handy decibel meter.

annieuro

]]> <![CDATA[England Bans Loud Ads; "Don't You Touch That Volume," Says Government]]> @TheHonJudgeSmails:

Imagine a pitch meeting.

INVENTOR
Hello.

BILLY MAYS
I'M BILLY MAYS!

INVENTOR
Wow, you're loud in person too.

BILLY (relative whisper)
It's all an act. I don't want my throat to bleed out like that Jordin Sparks, know what I'm saying?

INVENTOR
Actually, no.

BILLY
So whatcha got?

INVENTOR
I call it "Pragmatic Putty." In short, you can use it to hang 40-pound sculptures from the wall, seal broken bongs, and pull locomotives.

BILLY
Wow.

INVENTOR
...with your pinky finger.

BILLY
You don't say.

INVENTOR
So what do you think?

BILLY
Sorry, won't work. Next!

(INVENTOR dejected. He leaves. Enter SUZANNE SOMERS.)

BILLY (stopping SUZANNE in her tracks)
Not interested.

SUZANNE
But -

BILLY
I'M BILLY MAYS... AND I'M NOT INTERESTED!

SUZANNE (whimpers)
Okay.

BILLY
Next!

(NAKED BRAZILIAN WOMAN enters, bottle in hand.)

BRAZILIAN
Can I interest you in some Cabana Cachaça?

(BILLY is speechless. Gulps.)

BRAZILIAN (to camera, seductively)
Thank you, Mike Jahn.

Fin.

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]]> <![CDATA[England Bans Loud Ads; "Don't You Touch That Volume," Says Government]]> I'm not sure if they are louder. Say you're watching some morose drama, then it's interrupted by dancing-singing tampon boxes. It may seem like it's louder, but that is an effect of the quieter sound levels of the programs they interrupt.

(I read this somewhere)

grrad

]]> <![CDATA[England Bans Loud Ads; "Don't You Touch That Volume," Says Government]]> @TheHonJudgeSmails: He can usually be toned down a bit, if you own a .38, broom and dustpan.

KarenUhOh

]]> <![CDATA[England Bans Loud Ads; "Don't You Touch That Volume," Says Government]]> Fact: commercials are aired at higher audio levels than the programming they air around. Why? Well, to make sure you're paying attention, and in my view, to ensure that you at least hear the audio during your bathroom break or your snack run.

Some offending commercials - specifically, locally-produced ads on local cable systems - are often twice as loud as the programming. It's kind of obnoxious, and I wish it would stop.

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]]> <![CDATA[England Bans Loud Ads; "Don't You Touch That Volume," Says Government]]> Many a night I've fallen asleep while watching TV, only to be roused by the insanely loud sales pitch of:

[members.cox.net]

TheHonJudgeSmails

]]> <![CDATA[England Bans Loud Ads; "Don't You Touch That Volume," Says Government]]> @Nic Fit:
The FCC is supposed to regulate that so that ads aren't louder. But I assume, like most other government regulations, they were completely gutted during the Bush reign o' terror.

Botswana Meat Commission FC

]]> <![CDATA[England Bans Loud Ads; "Don't You Touch That Volume," Says Government]]> commercials are supposed to be the same loudness as your programming but they often use different sound patterns that make them louder and that needs to stop. I shouldn't have to turn the tv down when an add comes on and then when the program comes back on, it's like a silent film. annoying for everyone, not just the neighbors!

hypocriteoath

]]> <![CDATA[England Bans Loud Ads; "Don't You Touch That Volume," Says Government]]> Funny, with the shitty exchange rate, US commercials are getting quieter every day.

Clarence Rosario

]]> <![CDATA[England Bans Loud Ads; "Don't You Touch That Volume," Says Government]]> Yeah, in UK most ads are markedly louder than most tv shows.

Miss-Pringle

]]> <![CDATA[England Bans Loud Ads; "Don't You Touch That Volume," Says Government]]> We need this law in the US. Or a standard volume limiter on TVs. The fucking ads are like 3 times as loud as the programs now.

Nic Fit

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