Can't get you out of my head

[venta]

I've heard lots of people grumbling about the online game Evony's rather suspicious adverts, in which scantily clad women encourage you to "Play Now, my Lord".

I've not yet heard anyone making my complaint, which is that the bloody ubiquitous things leave me nearly every day singing to myself.

"Evony and Ibory, live together in perfect harmony..."

The last thing I near is an earworm with a speech impediment :(

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[venta.livejournal.com]

I've never run adblocking software, because in general I'm very good at Just Not Seeing adverts (to the extent that the other day I failed to see the navigation sidebar on a website because its colour scheme made it look like a banner ad).

I don't really see the Evony ones, I just find myself humming...

I also fear that some sites I use (like, I dunno, Yahoo! groups) possibly rely on ads for funding. If everyone blocks ads, no one clicks, and the site closes due to lack of funding.

OK, so I doubt me running AdBlock will bring Yahoo! down, but I feel I ought to click occasionally on principal if I'm using a free service.

[neilh.livejournal.com]

I failed to see the navigation sidebar on a website because its colour scheme made it look like a banner ad
I made the same mistake once and decried the website of a law firm as being completely unnavagable until it was pointed out that the 'advert' I had dismissed in the middle of the page was actually the thing I was after.