Unpopular opinion: I wasted 2 years skipping the first 5 seconds of every ad and that was the whole reason I had no clue what was going on

Nina Ross · 2026-10-18T23:35:04.041151+00:00

Sitting on my couch in Baltimore on a Sunday, my roommate asked me what the new insurance spot was even about and I had nothing. I always tap skip the second the button shows up, so I mostly caught the last 10 seconds of every commercial and never got the setup. Then my sister sent me a 15 second cut of that dancing mascot ad and I watched the WHOLE thing, and the joke was in the first 4 seconds. I felt so dumb. I went back through 6 ads I had skipped and every single one made sense once I saw the start. So now I sit through the first few seconds even when it hurts. Does anyone else do this or am I just too twitchy with the remote?

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Unpopular opinion: I wasted 2 years skipping the first 5 seconds of every ad and that was the whole reason I had no clue what was going on | Ad Watch Party - SMM Buzz