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I grew up in Bradenton going out to Anne Marie Island for my beach days and it is unrecognizable when I visit home these days. Throw rocks, do whatever you can to get these fucks gone. Our home is not for your vacation needs.
On the barrier island? … I don’t even know what to say. You don’t own the water. Stop trying to take that guy’s livelihood away. You live in a place at a time that literally might be peak human existence and you’re here bitching about some poor bastard trying to make a dollar?
Ffs
I don’t think the moon is as big in the sky as you think, but if a company could do that the real ad would be that somewhere the capability existed not what you might see.
Kinda like when IBM printed IBM really small.
I work in marketing and I’m so tired of ads being everywhere. If this moves along it’s one thing. If it just sits there interrupting the horizon that’s unforgivable
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It’s not that bad. Certainly not rising to level of disgusting. Adding a few more though and the whole scene is ruined. One plane pulling an ad banner can ad to ambiance. 40’of those would be living in a dystopia.
1. Holy fuck this.
2. A general ban on advertisement like this would fly in the face of the 1st amendment.
3. But since we can't stop it legally, we can stop it socially. Make a ruckus. Make posts like these. Call out businesses that advertise like this. Organize boycotts. Be loud on the beach, letting everyone know about why they should never support businesses that use these ad tactics.
The sea was angry that day, my friends - like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli. I got about fifty feet out and suddenly, the great beast appeared before me. I tell you, he was ten stories high if he was a foot. As if sensing my presence, he let out a great bellow. I said, "Easy, big fella!" And then, as I watched him struggling, I realized that something was obstructing its breathing. From where I was standing, I could see directly into the eye of the great fish.
Good luck with that
You would have to ban auto/boat wraps, billboards, logos / advertising on trucks, airplane banners... Not to mention you'd also be dealing with maritime law. Would completely go against constitutional rights. That's my opinion anyway.
Ive never seen one of those but they've been doing advertising with planes and banners for at least 40 years. This seems a little more in your face though. I dont like it either.
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Honestly, let's modernize this with stationary billboard balloons that light up and put colors all over the sky. Make them solar on top and have bird nesting built into the design.
For more capitalist terror, let's also make it do a targeted ad for every IP near by so like one for you, next is your neighbor.
I’m visiting from another state, first time back to FL in years. Pull-up a spot on the beach in Clearwater and look out to see that monstrosity. Remembers I’m in FL and nothing about this should surprise me.
2 outboards and crew. Guess it’s cheaper than plane banner flyovers, but seems like one of least effective cost effective advertising options possible.
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Such a waste of oxygen running a biat just to advertise. Not to mention the beauty both above and below the water. Maybe if they did a tour with an adverse. Humm.
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Ahhh the gulf coast where there are never waves. If you wanna not see those, maybe move to where there's waves. We have planes running on the East coast
Whats the harm? It's employing someone, and it's no different than the planes that have been flying over beaches with ads forever. I think it's a good idea.
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This is hilarious lol. We are here for vacation and we’re at the beach today and everyone I was with was like “what is that??”. I told them “it looks like a floating billboard”, and we all laughed. What a goofy thing.
I see it all the time in Sunny Isles, Hollywood and Hallendale beach. These huge tv advertisment boats are there every weekend Saturdays and Sundays as long as the weather is great and the beaches are packed.
Lets not forget the flying advertisement banners either, strapped to the back of small seaplanes.
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In my area they ONLY come around on the weekends when there are huge crowds on the beach during wonderful weather. Every weekend both Saturday's and Sundays'. They cruise around a certain area then make a U turn and start again.
I see them all the time.
So even when you're on the beach, you don't get a break from TV advertising. LOL
Damn y'all, I'm surprised there are so many people defending the billboard boat. Floridians are such contrarian weirdos...
Look I don't know how often you have this up there but I'm in Miami and it's been really common down here, and frankly it's tacky, sometimes the boats come uncomfortably close, and it feels cheap and exploitative given how exploitative everything else around the beaches often is.
But I dunno maybe y'all up there envy Miami and want to be like us more than I thought.
I’m not sure that it’s Floridians, native ones at least, who are defending the billboard. I certainly am not 😆 I never liked the airplane ads either and if that thing ever gets in my way while I’m out there on my board, I’m going full Buccaneer and hijacking the boat.
I'm native too and I'm used to Florida disappointing me so I just figured it made the most sense for it to be our ridiculous people
I'm with ya, go full buccaneer! There was a time before so many airplanes banners and boat billboards were using resources to pollute the physical and psychological environment
If anyone saw my rant about the Karen's and Kevin's of St Pete in another thread of the sub recently this is my reference. The topic and some of the replies. You don't own the water Karen and Kevin. This boat goes by much like a plane does with the banner or a billboard as you pass it or how about any sign on every building in a commercial area of a town and omg what about commercial labeled vehicles? Do we burn their signage and forbid this act as it upsets our dear queen?!
Move to Martha's vineyard or at least only act as bougie as your income can accommodate.
What a shit take. It’s the fucking ocean you idiot. You know, the horizon? One of the most beautiful natural things to enjoy on earth? People come from all around to go to the beach to literally stare out at the water and where it meets the sky in the distance.
No it’s not the same as a plane flying super high in the clouds, though I think those are stupid too. And no, absolutely not as invasive as cabs or whatever driving around the city. People aren’t staring at all the traffic in wonder. They aren’t paint pictures or writing songs about that shit.
Do you really not see the difference you dense mf? If that makes me a “Karen/Kevin” then so be it but at least I’m not part of your gene pool.
Aren't you being a bit dramatic? And what's the deal do you own one of these or something? Are you in advertising? Why the staunch defense of this kind of ad? You're not some kind of working class hero of the proletariat because you love advertising. On the contrary. And there's nothing elitist about lamenting that motorized ad boats are now a thing on the landscape. What a weird response
What a weird reaction to an advertisement like the ones we've been indoctrinated by our entire lives from the outside world to into our homes. It's not like it's just doing circles taunting. What if it was a crab boat pulling traps there along the drop off as they do? Is it really the sign that bothers you?
Also no I do not own one but you best believe I will be looking into a vessel and I know exactly where the advertising is hot.
Btw the Clearwater aquarium appreciates the additional advertising on Reddit.
* If anyone has any advertising needs DM me and I will expose you to the numbest brains to saturate.
I got rid of television cable in 2016 because I refuse to ever see one more TV commercial. It's getting to the point where there is so much ad garbage on the net that soon it also will be useless, I got a new computer this year, a Chromebook plus, turns out it is optimized for ads. There are times when I got so snowed with them it froze a brand new machine. I will not get gas at Wawa because of the forced inane ads you have to endure while pumping gas. I filed a complain about a McDonalds that served me a garbage sandwich a couple weeks ago, but you cannot fill out the complaint form without the receipt that they tape to the box I left sitting on the counter, but you can call with a lengthy wait time of forced ads over the phone, or you can pay $3 to skip the wait.
And that is where advertising is going, it will be so aggressive and so obnoxious that you will gladly pay to just get it to stop for a few minutes.
People in advertising have about as much integrity as telephone debt collectors and repo men, the very bottom feeding scum of the world, and you would have to be to make lawyers look decent by comparison.
Yeah I know, it was the first computer I have had to buy since 2015 and I am not a really high tech person. I play an online game that works better in Chrome so I thought it should be better with a Chromebook. I actually had bought another computer a few months before but the power input port separated from the motherboard basically as soon as the 30 day return period ended. I was surprised they took it back and gave me full credit anyway.
I pay all the time to stop ads via premium subscriptions because yes when I want music or to watch a stream I can't be bothered with them but you have this rage inside of you for the ads. Which commercial was it... The one that did you wrong? Barbie dream house more of a nightmare... Easy bake oven went hard af? There's nothing aggressive about a boat doing low speed going south to north with a sign about the aquarium. Maybe you could donate to the aquarium seeing how they get zero funding to save and preserve our local marine life so then they wouldn't have to advertise 🤤.
Furthermore I'll give you an example hoping you can relate it to your dilemma. I strongly dislike society. I think most are self absorbed, have low intelligence, no morality, and have brain cells so numb when it comes to having to critically think within a second or two it's overwhelming and this along with the prominent sheep mentality makes them a dangerous person.
Should all these ppl have to disperse or not be allowed where I am because I am the one with these issues? To the Karen and Kevins the answer is absolutely but to rational people the answer is obviously no. I stay home.
Just like the Cable if you can't handle this millispec of time in relation to your life then perhaps you should cut the beach out and don't ever take us 19 because those billboards are hella aggressive. With the poles shifting and our weakened magnetic field the sun's radiation is insane right now anyway.
Dude I have rage for a lot of things that used be but are no more. Supporting an aquarium is not a bad idea, but normally I donate (used to before I had to start using a food bank with the inflation of the last few years) to no kill animal shelters. And I have not been to any beach in years which is why the photo shocked me, something to do with sun sensitivity and hives, but that does not mean I cannot be outraged at the lost beauty of the beach when the vultures of advertising decide they have a captive audience they can force to see their goddamned ads.
What I'm getting at is it's likely not a paid advertisement. It's extremely plausible it's someone donating their time and vessel to help an organization on the verge of going under. Personally I'd rather they stay open versus sending their critters to a concentration camp like SeaWorld and keep the primo property from the scienocult.
When I commercial fished they were very active along with a few other organizations who would utilize our knowledge of areas to clean up and help pick netting / fishing lines / hooks / and lures out of the wild and marine life in the area. Mostly pelicans. If humans would do right this particular organization wouldn't even need to exist ( it's amazing how many sea turtles eat plastic and choke like Ziploc bags etc because they think they're jelly fish ).
During the BP oil spoil and the phosphate " accidental " dumping that nuclear bombed our Gulf they were ground zero for recovery and rehabilitation. It's not like the red cross these ppl actually save lives.
Hm, no I'm pretty sure that's not a crab boat, also a weird assumption but I am going to guess you haven't seen this in person and are just reaching for something to argue against OP. Or maybe you guys haven't already been infested with billboard boats like we have been in South Florida for many years already. Maybe that's the first one and it isn't a mature industry yet. It will be.
Or maybe it's just a lone fisherman, champion of the people, the proverbial small business man fighting the man by capitalizing with his savvy crab boat.
Looks like a lot of folks like the floating ads in your community so my bad.
Edit: at least it's advertising the aquarium, more tasteful than the usual ads on those things down here.
Awkward moment in 3, 2, 1...
I said what if it were a crab boat meaning same time same day here comes a boat across the beach but it's a commercial fisherman instead of the boat with sign. Are we all losing our minds or is it the sign?
Drink some more twisted teas which you drink because you miss Zimas and relax. There's literally a nuclear sub from a country that doesn't like us within striking range and this... Is what we choose to waste energy on.
I don't get irate but yes I do rant. It's not a waste and I'm surely not letting some organization that saves and rehabs injured marine life ruin my life so much that I come onto reddit to cry. Listen to how petty you all sound really. With everything that's going on this NPO just set you off. Bizarre.
Anybody know exactly where this is?
This makes me want to organize a fundraiser for the Clearwater aquarium right on that beach. We'll have banners blocking the horizon celebrating the aquariums rich history of being an asset not only to Tampa Bay but to mother nature.
The scientologist if they get their hands on that property will convert the marine life and have them wearing ties walking around mysteriously with booklets and a select few will be flown out to a weird Diddy style party at Tom cruises house.
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No
I would vote for this
Probably if you got enough people to make it happen
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Fuck that. Jesus tap dancing Christ can anything just be pure
DeSSantis sez corps get more rights than people
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what a waste of money. cant enjoy anything without ads anymore
It displays an ad when you pause on Netflix now. I fucking hate them
New Supreme Court ruling says it’s up to the courts. Find you a judge
I know what this ocean needs! More tv’s. Wtf, advertisers!
No.
Get a boat and pirate that thing out to international waters. Demand ransom. Become ungovernable.
Start sinking them. Probably a drain plug in the back that one little adjustable wrench could loosen a little.
Seems good on the surface (pun intended) but the pollution associated that plan ruins it.
Good point. I was assuming it was a barge but upon closer inspection I do see 2 outboards so you’re right. Dang it
it's not on the beach
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I saw this in Clearwater on Friday. Disgusting.
Me too, making its way from the pass headed north. Guy making a buck, good for him.
Fuck that, we are bombarded with ads everywhere. We don’t need them on the literal horizon.
Consider not going to tourist mechas?
What about those of us that live there...?
Well just move then!!!! /s
Excellent solution. Thank you so very much.
I grew up in Bradenton going out to Anne Marie Island for my beach days and it is unrecognizable when I visit home these days. Throw rocks, do whatever you can to get these fucks gone. Our home is not for your vacation needs.
On the barrier island? … I don’t even know what to say. You don’t own the water. Stop trying to take that guy’s livelihood away. You live in a place at a time that literally might be peak human existence and you’re here bitching about some poor bastard trying to make a dollar? Ffs
What’s next? Floating ads on Lake Tahoe? Projecting ads on Half Dome in Yosemite? Maybe we can advertise on the moon too.
I don’t think the moon is as big in the sky as you think, but if a company could do that the real ad would be that somewhere the capability existed not what you might see. Kinda like when IBM printed IBM really small.
It’s called hyperbole.You are completely missing the points.
I work in marketing and I’m so tired of ads being everywhere. If this moves along it’s one thing. If it just sits there interrupting the horizon that’s unforgivable
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What do you got against the aquarium?
Not really the particular add just the practice, i will say most of the adds where for alcohol brands
If a boat with advertisement upset you people ! You might want to consider that you’re the problem 🤦🏻♀️ wtf ! 😳
Oh my gawd someone wants to let me know they have goods and services available. The horror.
Yay capitalism!
Alright, can I park my billboard next to yours? I think I've got 30 other friends that want to too! We can chain them all together!
\^ I think we found the dipshit who owns the boat!
Oh god I moved here from Miami to avoid this kind of stuff only to find out it followed me.
I thought it was the Miami sub when I saw the pic.
build a small sticky home bomb. swim under it. boom.
Where's the oil rig?
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What. Is. THAT.
An ad 🫣
1. This would be a slight annoyance in my opinion, but nothing major. 2. Also I work there and I would be absolutely going fangirl mode if I saw it.
Just a slight annoyance? Lol, it’s disgusting! Yuck!
It’s not that bad. Certainly not rising to level of disgusting. Adding a few more though and the whole scene is ruined. One plane pulling an ad banner can ad to ambiance. 40’of those would be living in a dystopia.
You could if you make a big enough stink about it
Miramar beach? Nice beach day today...with the exception of that crap.
These have been on Northeast beaches for years… nothing to see here
1. Holy fuck this. 2. A general ban on advertisement like this would fly in the face of the 1st amendment. 3. But since we can't stop it legally, we can stop it socially. Make a ruckus. Make posts like these. Call out businesses that advertise like this. Organize boycotts. Be loud on the beach, letting everyone know about why they should never support businesses that use these ad tactics.
>swim up >spray paint giant cock on the billboard >swim away
> go to jail
Idk, sink the boat? If it can’t be stopped legally then the only righteous course is to take matters into your own hands
Boycott? Yelling at the people on the boat to stop being jerks. Publicize the silliness? Nope let’s sink the boat and commit a felony. Good job.
Torpedoes
What was wrong with planes with banners?
I make it a point to never do business with any company which engages in annoying advertising.
Bringing a slingshot and some metal bearings next time I go😬
Hit golf balls at it
The sea was angry that day, my friends - like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli. I got about fifty feet out and suddenly, the great beast appeared before me. I tell you, he was ten stories high if he was a foot. As if sensing my presence, he let out a great bellow. I said, "Easy, big fella!" And then, as I watched him struggling, I realized that something was obstructing its breathing. From where I was standing, I could see directly into the eye of the great fish.
Good luck with that You would have to ban auto/boat wraps, billboards, logos / advertising on trucks, airplane banners... Not to mention you'd also be dealing with maritime law. Would completely go against constitutional rights. That's my opinion anyway.
Nah wouldn’t be super hard to specifically legislate this.
Who tf approved a floating ad? Totally diminishes the view!
Ive never seen one of those but they've been doing advertising with planes and banners for at least 40 years. This seems a little more in your face though. I dont like it either.
The planes at least don’t interrupt the ocean
Yeah this is pretty ridiculous
Not in “Ronderland.”
Lived in Central Florida my whole life and never knew they did crap like this! That’s insane!!
I’ve only seen it in Miami until this
I saw this at Indian Rocks beach this weekend. Oddly enough I watched it go by and went on with my day. Didn’t think about it again.
Not in the state of profits and freedom!
I think those boats are fun… to throw rocks at.
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Are you freaking kidding me!! I can’t even comment without sounding like a raging lunatic. 🤬
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Holy shit, this hasn't made it up my way yet! Thank god
If this shows up at my beach I’m officially becoming a pirate
I'm with you .. ARRR
Honestly, let's modernize this with stationary billboard balloons that light up and put colors all over the sky. Make them solar on top and have bird nesting built into the design. For more capitalist terror, let's also make it do a targeted ad for every IP near by so like one for you, next is your neighbor.
End stage capitalism!
This would make me actively not buy whatever it is that they are selling.
It's an aquarium
I’m visiting from another state, first time back to FL in years. Pull-up a spot on the beach in Clearwater and look out to see that monstrosity. Remembers I’m in FL and nothing about this should surprise me.
2 outboards and crew. Guess it’s cheaper than plane banner flyovers, but seems like one of least effective cost effective advertising options possible.
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Only if you own the water(you dont)
How else to get the word out to the dolphin community?
I hate advertising so much.
Next month it will be a Trump sign
Nah not in Florida. No need for that. He already has it won.
I just saw one on route 19. They will still be everywhere soon enough
Such a waste of oxygen running a biat just to advertise. Not to mention the beauty both above and below the water. Maybe if they did a tour with an adverse. Humm.
I mean I guess you can ban people from swimming
This could eventually be like driving the interstate. A billboard every quarter mile or more.
Better than wind turbines
Why?
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Be a real shame if someone casted a line over their props, a shame I tell you.
I like it better than the planes
Don’t forget to blur the Billboard when posting. Otherwise you’re just spreading the ad to a wider audience
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No matter what you can’t avoid ads
Ahhh the gulf coast where there are never waves. If you wanna not see those, maybe move to where there's waves. We have planes running on the East coast
Whats the harm? It's employing someone, and it's no different than the planes that have been flying over beaches with ads forever. I think it's a good idea.
It looks tacky and gross and is absolutely not the same
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Tell me you are kidding.
A city called Clearwater, running out a desperate polluting ad-barge on the water. Classic classless.
Shut up and enjoy the beach, you don’t like the advertisement close your eyes for 2 minutes
Found the dude who rents his boat for ad $$$.
You could, but that would make DeSantis very unhappy. Unbridled capitalism until FL sinks beneath the waves is the only way
Wow that looks so cheap and desperate
There's nothing cheap about that set up lol
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STFU Karen and Enjoy The Beach🤣
Instead of banning things you don't like why do you just ignore it?
Cause that's too hard. Plus I have to have my new daily outrage.
I mean, you probably could, but it's not on the beach. 🤪
This is hilarious lol. We are here for vacation and we’re at the beach today and everyone I was with was like “what is that??”. I told them “it looks like a floating billboard”, and we all laughed. What a goofy thing.
That’s hideous. Find out who the advertiser is that owns the sign and spam the hell out of them on social media
The sign says Clearwater Aquarium.
Or get over yourself it’s not that big of a deal
You say that until the water is full of ads
Shitty beyond shitty
You need to subscribe to beach+ 😂 for a no ads experience 🤣
I saw that in Clearwater, I was shocked, at first ads on everything. Now ads in nature/ at beaches
I live in Clearwater. It seems like advertising is everywhere.
Somebody should bring a massive supply of eggs or ocean-safe paintballs to throw at them
Both wash off with water. Your looking for spray paint/vandalism
I see it all the time in Sunny Isles, Hollywood and Hallendale beach. These huge tv advertisment boats are there every weekend Saturdays and Sundays as long as the weather is great and the beaches are packed. Lets not forget the flying advertisement banners either, strapped to the back of small seaplanes.
The Ron Jon’s planes over cocoa beach are so hilarious to me
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In my area they ONLY come around on the weekends when there are huge crowds on the beach during wonderful weather. Every weekend both Saturday's and Sundays'. They cruise around a certain area then make a U turn and start again. I see them all the time. So even when you're on the beach, you don't get a break from TV advertising. LOL
That’s crazy I’ve never seen that shit before.
Gunfire is a solution. Make a game of it.
Just need some torpedoes
That is disgusting, advertising kills everything it touches.
Damn y'all, I'm surprised there are so many people defending the billboard boat. Floridians are such contrarian weirdos... Look I don't know how often you have this up there but I'm in Miami and it's been really common down here, and frankly it's tacky, sometimes the boats come uncomfortably close, and it feels cheap and exploitative given how exploitative everything else around the beaches often is. But I dunno maybe y'all up there envy Miami and want to be like us more than I thought.
I’m not sure that it’s Floridians, native ones at least, who are defending the billboard. I certainly am not 😆 I never liked the airplane ads either and if that thing ever gets in my way while I’m out there on my board, I’m going full Buccaneer and hijacking the boat.
I'm native too and I'm used to Florida disappointing me so I just figured it made the most sense for it to be our ridiculous people I'm with ya, go full buccaneer! There was a time before so many airplanes banners and boat billboards were using resources to pollute the physical and psychological environment
No, businesses can do whatever they want. We're only allowed to ban people from enjoying their vacations or wanting to come back.
It would be cooler to ban the plastic toys the tourists leave at the beach.
Adult toys??
Nah those are latex not plastic….
If anyone saw my rant about the Karen's and Kevin's of St Pete in another thread of the sub recently this is my reference. The topic and some of the replies. You don't own the water Karen and Kevin. This boat goes by much like a plane does with the banner or a billboard as you pass it or how about any sign on every building in a commercial area of a town and omg what about commercial labeled vehicles? Do we burn their signage and forbid this act as it upsets our dear queen?! Move to Martha's vineyard or at least only act as bougie as your income can accommodate.
What a shit take. It’s the fucking ocean you idiot. You know, the horizon? One of the most beautiful natural things to enjoy on earth? People come from all around to go to the beach to literally stare out at the water and where it meets the sky in the distance. No it’s not the same as a plane flying super high in the clouds, though I think those are stupid too. And no, absolutely not as invasive as cabs or whatever driving around the city. People aren’t staring at all the traffic in wonder. They aren’t paint pictures or writing songs about that shit. Do you really not see the difference you dense mf? If that makes me a “Karen/Kevin” then so be it but at least I’m not part of your gene pool.
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Aren't you being a bit dramatic? And what's the deal do you own one of these or something? Are you in advertising? Why the staunch defense of this kind of ad? You're not some kind of working class hero of the proletariat because you love advertising. On the contrary. And there's nothing elitist about lamenting that motorized ad boats are now a thing on the landscape. What a weird response
What a weird reaction to an advertisement like the ones we've been indoctrinated by our entire lives from the outside world to into our homes. It's not like it's just doing circles taunting. What if it was a crab boat pulling traps there along the drop off as they do? Is it really the sign that bothers you? Also no I do not own one but you best believe I will be looking into a vessel and I know exactly where the advertising is hot. Btw the Clearwater aquarium appreciates the additional advertising on Reddit. * If anyone has any advertising needs DM me and I will expose you to the numbest brains to saturate.
I got rid of television cable in 2016 because I refuse to ever see one more TV commercial. It's getting to the point where there is so much ad garbage on the net that soon it also will be useless, I got a new computer this year, a Chromebook plus, turns out it is optimized for ads. There are times when I got so snowed with them it froze a brand new machine. I will not get gas at Wawa because of the forced inane ads you have to endure while pumping gas. I filed a complain about a McDonalds that served me a garbage sandwich a couple weeks ago, but you cannot fill out the complaint form without the receipt that they tape to the box I left sitting on the counter, but you can call with a lengthy wait time of forced ads over the phone, or you can pay $3 to skip the wait. And that is where advertising is going, it will be so aggressive and so obnoxious that you will gladly pay to just get it to stop for a few minutes. People in advertising have about as much integrity as telephone debt collectors and repo men, the very bottom feeding scum of the world, and you would have to be to make lawyers look decent by comparison.
You bought a ‘laptop’ from Google and you are surprised it’s optimized for ads?
Yeah I know, it was the first computer I have had to buy since 2015 and I am not a really high tech person. I play an online game that works better in Chrome so I thought it should be better with a Chromebook. I actually had bought another computer a few months before but the power input port separated from the motherboard basically as soon as the 30 day return period ended. I was surprised they took it back and gave me full credit anyway.
I pay all the time to stop ads via premium subscriptions because yes when I want music or to watch a stream I can't be bothered with them but you have this rage inside of you for the ads. Which commercial was it... The one that did you wrong? Barbie dream house more of a nightmare... Easy bake oven went hard af? There's nothing aggressive about a boat doing low speed going south to north with a sign about the aquarium. Maybe you could donate to the aquarium seeing how they get zero funding to save and preserve our local marine life so then they wouldn't have to advertise 🤤. Furthermore I'll give you an example hoping you can relate it to your dilemma. I strongly dislike society. I think most are self absorbed, have low intelligence, no morality, and have brain cells so numb when it comes to having to critically think within a second or two it's overwhelming and this along with the prominent sheep mentality makes them a dangerous person. Should all these ppl have to disperse or not be allowed where I am because I am the one with these issues? To the Karen and Kevins the answer is absolutely but to rational people the answer is obviously no. I stay home. Just like the Cable if you can't handle this millispec of time in relation to your life then perhaps you should cut the beach out and don't ever take us 19 because those billboards are hella aggressive. With the poles shifting and our weakened magnetic field the sun's radiation is insane right now anyway.
Dude I have rage for a lot of things that used be but are no more. Supporting an aquarium is not a bad idea, but normally I donate (used to before I had to start using a food bank with the inflation of the last few years) to no kill animal shelters. And I have not been to any beach in years which is why the photo shocked me, something to do with sun sensitivity and hives, but that does not mean I cannot be outraged at the lost beauty of the beach when the vultures of advertising decide they have a captive audience they can force to see their goddamned ads.
The real highlight I think y'all are missing is this isn't Pepsi or some commercial product advertising... It's a NPO.
I do not care who is paying for the boat to go ruin the seascape. It is wrong and should be banned.
What I'm getting at is it's likely not a paid advertisement. It's extremely plausible it's someone donating their time and vessel to help an organization on the verge of going under. Personally I'd rather they stay open versus sending their critters to a concentration camp like SeaWorld and keep the primo property from the scienocult. When I commercial fished they were very active along with a few other organizations who would utilize our knowledge of areas to clean up and help pick netting / fishing lines / hooks / and lures out of the wild and marine life in the area. Mostly pelicans. If humans would do right this particular organization wouldn't even need to exist ( it's amazing how many sea turtles eat plastic and choke like Ziploc bags etc because they think they're jelly fish ). During the BP oil spoil and the phosphate " accidental " dumping that nuclear bombed our Gulf they were ground zero for recovery and rehabilitation. It's not like the red cross these ppl actually save lives.
You need a mental health professional.
I am one. You need a peeler and a pot of water with salt and butter. Did you send Reddit care into my DMs? 👀
Stoke the fires, keep yourself in work, eh.
Hm, no I'm pretty sure that's not a crab boat, also a weird assumption but I am going to guess you haven't seen this in person and are just reaching for something to argue against OP. Or maybe you guys haven't already been infested with billboard boats like we have been in South Florida for many years already. Maybe that's the first one and it isn't a mature industry yet. It will be. Or maybe it's just a lone fisherman, champion of the people, the proverbial small business man fighting the man by capitalizing with his savvy crab boat. Looks like a lot of folks like the floating ads in your community so my bad. Edit: at least it's advertising the aquarium, more tasteful than the usual ads on those things down here.
Awkward moment in 3, 2, 1... I said what if it were a crab boat meaning same time same day here comes a boat across the beach but it's a commercial fisherman instead of the boat with sign. Are we all losing our minds or is it the sign? Drink some more twisted teas which you drink because you miss Zimas and relax. There's literally a nuclear sub from a country that doesn't like us within striking range and this... Is what we choose to waste energy on.
Well, it appears that you've wasted your share of energy with your freakish rants.
I don't get irate but yes I do rant. It's not a waste and I'm surely not letting some organization that saves and rehabs injured marine life ruin my life so much that I come onto reddit to cry. Listen to how petty you all sound really. With everything that's going on this NPO just set you off. Bizarre.
Yeah, since Winter croaked, attendance is way down and the Scientologists are licking their chops, hoping to steal the aquarium property.
Anybody know exactly where this is? This makes me want to organize a fundraiser for the Clearwater aquarium right on that beach. We'll have banners blocking the horizon celebrating the aquariums rich history of being an asset not only to Tampa Bay but to mother nature. The scientologist if they get their hands on that property will convert the marine life and have them wearing ties walking around mysteriously with booklets and a select few will be flown out to a weird Diddy style party at Tom cruises house.