Richard Howard2 said:But that’s not quite what Blackadder means by spam; true spam comes "for free," meaning it just shows up trying to get in your way, but you can easily just tune it out.
Well, if that's the case, then feel free to just ignore those commercials that are bothering you so much! It's honestly the exact same thing. When you're downloading emails to your computer, you end up pulling in spam too, or at the very least, you have to spend time deleting it before you can even look at your actual messages. Either way, you're wasting precious time and energy that you could be using for something much more productive or fun!
The one nice perk about going to the movie theater is that you can casually show up 10 or 15 minutes late to skip the ads, though that isn't exactly a blast either if the theater is packed and you have to squeeze through a crowd to find your seat.
It's the same deal with all that junk mail cluttering up your mailbox—you never asked for it, yet they force it on everyone. I often get this sudden urge to just grab the whole stack and toss it straight into the trash, but I can't because there might be an important utility bill hidden in there somewhere!