What would you ban if you could?

I would ban fidget spinners from one specific obnoxious person whose fidget spinner I can't stand.

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Illumination Entertainment.

I would ban ads that auto-play video and/or audio when there's already a video you intended to watch playing.

I would ban the unwritten rule that says people have to compare dinosaurs with chickens. There are other birds, you know. >.>

Right! Like PARROTS. Those dudes are scary. Also, cassowaries. They even look like dinosaurs!

I would ban fireworks from residential areas in a way that's actually effective. I don't mind fireworks, I'd gladly go play with them if I got the chance...but not in neighborhoods where people are sleeping and dogs could run away.

I would ban all people who annoy me from existence.

Now now you do know that if you ban those people from ever existing you would disrupt their businesses and that would cause a cascade for more problems for you and humanity as a whole FYI

So do herons.

Those really white pop stations that will cut the rap verses out of songs.

True story, I was once in a convenience store where "Shake It Off" was playing and I realized they cut out the rap-ish breakdown. Meaning apparently someone considered Taylor Swift too urban.

Semi-related: Radio stations would only be allowed to play the same song three times in one day at most.

-high fives MikeK

This one is just a temporary ban. I'd ban satire and parodies for a year or two.

You're too generous. Frankly I think they should not be permitted to play the same song more than once in every 48 hours, which should hopefully add to the variety of what actually gets played considerably. Then there will always be knock-on effects.

Why for a year or two? I can see forcing people to take a class before being allowed to write one, but I'm not sure what you hope to accomplish just by a blanket ban for a time period.

Radio is slowly going the way of the newspaper, and for pretty much the same reasons. They're going to do whatever gets them more ad revenue so they can wheeze on for as long as possible. If that means playing whatever the current hits are four or five times a day, then that's what they're going to do. eta: I guess my point is that by banning this you're effectively banning radio as a whole. Which may not be a bad thing, Iunno.

edited 25th Jul '17 3:00:51 PM by razorrozar7

Cancer. T-T

I'd ban ads that redirect from the page you were previously on to download a virus force you to see commercials for a product you don't care about.

I would ban advertisements for prescription drugs from TV and print. All they do is drive up the cost and scarcity of the meds, because they're new and cool and every hypochondriac who hears about it wants to try them.

If you really think you need prescription meds, talk to your doctor about what's available and what they recommend for you. Don't insist on having some new drug just because you've seen some flashy ads for it. The pharmaceutical companies are rich enough as it is.

edited 6th Aug '17 11:23:55 AM by pwiegle

Speaking of commercials, I'd ban the new one for TCF Bank.

Swear words. People overuse them too much nowadays.

Some theaters have a rule banning children under 6 from R-rated films after 6:00 p.m. I'd be OK with that becoming an all-day ban.

edited 9th Aug '17 5:37:35 PM by Spinosegnosaurus77

I never heard of that rule.

PG-13 horror movies.

I'd ban those trashy tabloids in supermarkets. They make me wanna puke whenever I glance at the checkout in my local Safeway.

I'd ban people from walking slower than me. But I also don't want to be the one in the way! So everyone must walk at a uniform pace.

I would make it law that, if you stop walking, you must move to the side, out of the flow of foot traffic. Just stopping and standing there like some oblivious human roadblock should be a punishable offense.