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@paulg "Oh, you mean an interstitial!"

@paulg That thing you skip over four seconds into the youtube video.

@paulg "that thing we skip at the start of each video"

@paulg I had a co-worker describe them as the shows between the show.

@paulg I want into that streaming, mine still has commercials

@paulg well, they do see a shit-ton of pre-roll advertising on YouTube et al.

@paulg @sonia it's that bit of video that can now be impossible to skip

@paulg My 2-year-old presses the "Skip Ad" button on YouTube *every* time.

@paulg "An inconvenience."

@paulg "An experiment in delaying viewer gratification."