Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evolving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
Well most of the pod casts I watch are now unwatchable, either I have to listen to a five minute pitch selling me a light saber flashlight or I hit the “skip” button and the playback stops completely. I hope they are making millions off flash lights and crack lighters because I’m done.
BTW, these ads are based on what the video uploader sets. I found many videos with only one or two ads in the beginning, and then a lot of videos lately with an ad every 7 mins.
If you are a little tech savvy, its very easy to access the video file directly and ditch all the ads.
While annoying, my problem is the video no longer plays afterwards so you have to restart it. Now it’s every time so there’s no reason even to mess with it anymore. My tech level is “monkey bangs on keyboard”.
That doesn't happen to me (yet), and I can also scroll to whatever part of the video I want to check out. I'm glad I don't have to listen to ads because some of them (that money grubber Gundry) I just can't stand. Hey Bubble, can you give us a hint how to "access the video file directly"?