“You will always fail when you measure your personal life by the idealized personal lives that are constantly shoved in our faces, mainly by television commercials. » - Dan Savage Relaxing after a stressful day at work or school seems to go hand in hand with turning on the TV and eating popcorn. But television has become more and more saddening, in particular because of the advertisements that bombard us daily. Not only do these ads show us that our lifestyle isn't good enough, but they compete with each other to offer more offensive or explicit content in order to get us to notice their product. Instead of relaxing, we end up being very impatient and bothered by these horrible thirty-second clips. Many television commercials are disturbing because they are annoying, insulting or dangerous. Some television commercials become boring because of their frequency and banality. Some advertisements such as McDonald's, Coca Cola and TD Canada Trust appear up to three times in a thirty-minute broadcast. During a large event that attracts a large audience like the Olympics, there is little to no variety in advertisements, especially those from large companies. They make it impossible to miss their advertisement by filling every potential slot for their product to be registered by you. Not only is the repetition boring, but the message used in these ads is often stated in cliché form. For example, in many clothing advertisements, we often find stereotypical shots of high school students who instantly have a large group of friends when they wear that brand. Some of the same ads that have become so annoying are also insulting because of their blatantly illogical claims. We are asked to believe that "middle of paper" product testimonials......the problem of distracting TV commercials significantly robs us of our enjoyment of watching CTV News or The Bachelorette, there are solutions that can We can turn to public television; Nonprofit television is the best type of broadcasting because it helps communities represent honesty without having to be bombarded with advertisements. , we, as innocent consumers, still have the option of watching pay TV, with the advantage of not having to watch such horrible advertisements and simply enjoying the TV programs. However, to completely free ourselves from the horrible advertisements we see on television, we can search. entertainment in other media such as books, radio and CDs. Continued abuse of viewers' intelligence will hopefully lead to buyer boycotts..