# Banner ads? You're kidding, right? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 28, 2007, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-youre-kidding-right/428090 "2007-11-28T21:43:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-youre-kidding-right/428090/41 "2007-11-28T22:26:34Z")
For those of you who can’t see them, [here is a screen shot](http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d4/diosabellissima/Dope.jpg) . The damn thing flashes and stuff, too. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-youre-kidding-right/428090/42 "2007-11-28T22:28:13Z")
Color me confused, until I realized I’m not seeing them either. Anywhere. Sorry about those of you who are. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-youre-kidding-right/428090/43 "2007-11-28T22:28:34Z")
> [@](#): > > “If you choose to take offense over it that’s unfortunate but that’s always your option.” Excuse me? ---
**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-youre-kidding-right/428090/44 "2007-11-28T22:29:00Z")
[QUOTE=DiosaBellissima] Anyway, call my a cynic, but I suspect that somehow these banner ads will go from short term to fix a problem, to longer term because the problem hasn’t been fixed, to “Oops! Sorry, they’re permanent, ya suckers! Get back to your BBQ Pits and MSPSIMS, bitches!” Hopefully, I am wrong. [/QUOTE] They announced switching to paid accounts and adding Google ads up front, I don’t see why they would try to start sneaking stuff in now. And yea, it takes 30 seconds to block them on FF. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-youre-kidding-right/428090/45 "2007-11-28T22:29:03Z")
I don’t see them. IE 7, XP. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-youre-kidding-right/428090/46 "2007-11-28T22:32:17Z")
[QUOTE=DiosaBellissima] For those of you who can’t see them, [here is a screen shot](http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d4/diosabellissima/Dope.jpg) . The damn thing flashes and stuff, too. [/QUOTE] Dude. That is seriously obnoxious. Firefox with AdBlock, so I don’t see them (or any other ads). Thank God. ---
**Author:** ![Marathon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Marathon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marathon)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-youre-kidding-right/428090/47 "2007-11-28T22:33:48Z")
[QUOTE=DiosaBellissima] For those of you who can’t see them, [here is a screen shot](http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d4/diosabellissima/Dope.jpg) . The damn thing flashes and stuff, too. [/QUOTE] Son of a bitch, that is _comically_ ugly. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-youre-kidding-right/428090/48 "2007-11-28T22:35:04Z")
[QUOTE=Lamar Mundane] I don’t see them. IE 7, XP. [/QUOTE] Don’t see them either- same system ETA: I just looked at the screen shot- man, I couldn’t put up with that, that’s terrible! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-youre-kidding-right/428090/49 "2007-11-28T22:35:50Z")
Firefox Adblock…click the adblock link on the bottom right of the browser to bring up the blockable links window. Go down to the one that starts “[http://media.chicagoreader.com/phpAdsNewer/](http://media.chicagoreader.com/phpAdsNewer/)…” Left-click on this. Go down to the filter box at the bottom of that window. Highlight and delete everything after the “phpAdsNewer/”, add a “\*” to the end of that, then click “OK”. Voila! No banner ads. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-youre-kidding-right/428090/50 "2007-11-28T22:35:52Z")
I don’t have banners, because clearly the admins like me better than you. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-youre-kidding-right/428090/51 "2007-11-28T22:36:15Z")
Dear Admins, Be honest now. How long before pop-ups? How long after that before we have to disable pop-up blockers in order to access the Dope? TIA ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-youre-kidding-right/428090/52 "2007-11-28T22:36:24Z")
[QUOTE=Marathon] Son of a bitch, that is _comically_ ugly. [/QUOTE] I dunno if you’re right and really, I don’t have any time to consider it because I am suddenly overcome with the urge to BUY GIFT CARDS!!! ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-youre-kidding-right/428090/53 "2007-11-28T22:36:41Z")
[QUOTE=Marathon] Son of a bitch, that is _comically_ ugly. [/QUOTE] I can has chezburgr banner ad? ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-youre-kidding-right/428090/54 "2007-11-28T22:40:45Z")
I don’t see any and I haven’t put any effort into blocking any ad-related content. Of course as soon as I post this, I’ll see them all over. ---
**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-youre-kidding-right/428090/55 "2007-11-28T22:42:28Z")
[QUOTE=DiosaBellissima] I just got on the Board and spent a good three minutes trying to figure out how it said I was signed in, but I clearly wasn’t because, duh, I’m seeing banner ads. I’m an idiot. [/QUOTE] I did the same thing. D’oh. My banner ads are all for Taos Ski resort. They’re still annoying and flashy, but at least they are a calming blue and white. Oh, and they’re on the preview page too. Lovely. Now I’m off to block the fucking things. Chalk me up as another user who generally doesn’t complain about the boards, but thinks this (if it’s permanent) is bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-youre-kidding-right/428090/56 "2007-11-28T22:47:14Z")
Alright, now I’m getting irritated. I just opened this thread again to find another banner ad (that’s irony, Alanis). Apparently they’re coming from different sources, because when I clicked it to block it, its source was not the one I blocked an hour ago. Are we going to have to block new sources every day, or every hour? ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-youre-kidding-right/428090/57 "2007-11-28T22:52:13Z")
In fairness **WhyNot** if i was setting this shite up that’s the way I’d do it. Not much point in having them if everyone can block them easily. Just another instance of the PTB not giving a flying fuck about its paying members. Nothing new here. Just another straw added to my already strained back. ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-youre-kidding-right/428090/58 "2007-11-28T22:53:33Z")
I’m using Safari 3.0, and I can’t see the ads whether I’m logged in or not. Cool. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-youre-kidding-right/428090/59 "2007-11-28T22:53:45Z")
Wow. I’m not seeing them, but that screenshot makes me shudder for those who are. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-youre-kidding-right/428090/60 "2007-11-28T22:56:44Z")
[QUOTE=percypercy] I’m using Safari 3.0, and I can’t see the ads whether I’m logged in or not. Cool. [/QUOTE] Shhh, it might be a Mac thing. Don’t give Jerry any help. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-youre-kidding-right/428090.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-youre-kidding-right/428090.md?page=4)