Have you seen the new “the more the better” Gain detergent ad?
When the delivery woman tries her best not to puke from the Gain fumes,
the Gain user shrugs and the voice-over says:
“Hey, you can’t float everyone’s boat. Love it or hate it, it’s intense.”
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In other words, Gain implies they’re fine with sinking us
(More on what we all think about that later)
The ad starts off with a scene that already promotes an IAQ nightmare:
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I do! I do!
Almost a year ago I paid extra to keep this blog free of ads (ads which I have no control over). The year is about to expire, but I can’t afford to pay now, so if anyone would like to help keep this blog ad-free, please head over to the DANA page, scroll down to the bottom (with or without reading the whole page), and click on “donate”.
The decision rests with you!
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Someone clicked on a link here alerting me to the fact that WordPress has now decided to show advertisements here. I guess that’s what happens when someone posts enough content that other people find useful or interesting on a site that is free to use.
About These Ads
The site you just visited is part of WordPress.com. There are two reasons why you might see ads on a WordPress.com site:
- The site is part of the WordAds program and has elected to show ads to earn money from their site.
- The site is one of the sites hosted on WordPress.com that has not purchased the No Ads upgrade, and we are running ads to cover the costs of operating the site for the user. We run these types of ads sparingly in an attempt to interfere as little as possible with the experience of reading a site and for logged in users we don’t show ads at all. There’s more info about our approach to ad serving in this blog post.
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Since I’m not part of WordAds (they’ve never contacted me and it’s unlikely I’d have enough control over the ads to want to inflict them on you) it looks like the only way to get rid of the ads is by paying WordPress $30 a year. As I live off a very limited income, I’m unable to pay. If any of my readers find the ads bothersome enough to donate that fee (via paypal), I will gladly confer the benefits to all of you.
Otherwise, if you see an inappropriate ad, please report it to support@wordpress.com. I’d think any ad that is for anything that harms the environment or health in any way during it’s life cycle would be inappropriate here…
UPDATE: On April 4th, 2013 I paid to have no ads for 1 year.
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Seriously "Sensitive" to Pollution