I used to do those until I realized the credits expire then I decided "fuck it, don't care then." I had racked up something like $35 in Google play credit, but I noticed my balance was like $12 one day because apparently I didn't spend it fast enough. Get fucked Google. Just keep taking my data instead of asking me for it then.
I've had similar exchanges with people where they'll start with "have you seen the ad where..." and before I've even heard the details I say "I don't watch ads," but they'll follow up with "No you've definitely seen this one, it's unavoidable," and then they proceed to describe something I've never seen because I don't watch ads. Not only do I have ad blocking on every device that I use, I actively choose my entertainment based on what doesn't have ads or can be adblocked. If the only way for me to use a given platform is to tolerate ads, I just don't use it.
Block everyone! Block every instance! Block me! Block yourself!
Or maybe... just spend some time using the platform until you start to get a feel for the vibe. If you can bear to listen to opinions that don't already align with your own, you'll probably find that most people are pretty chill and discussions are mostly pretty civil. Disagreement is not the same thing as hostility or trolling. I've never blocked anything on this platform and I still find it to be miles better than reddit in terms of vibes. Rather than preemptively curating your feed based on whatever someone else's idea of bad content is, you can form your own opinions. Block if you want, but you can also just... not engage.
Excuse me for a moment while I take this obviously serious post very seriously.
I've seen a lot of hysteria around "tankies" since I started using Lemmy and I gotta say I really don't get it. Yes, there are people here who are to the left of Democrats. No, that doesn't make them the enemy, or secretly MAGA or Russian or whatever. They just... disagree with liberals. I see opinions attributed to "everyone from a .ml community" that I've never seen from any of the actual users. People gleefully brag about blocking swaths of other users, yet I've almost never seen any .ml user actually being as toxic as they get branded. I'm pretty sure I've even heard people say that you are a particularly bad one, but I haven't witnessed it.
Also, lemmy was created by ml's right? It's one thing to have very little tolerance for different political opinions, but it's another thing entirely to literally just be the gray characters from this meme and still somehow think you're in the right.
My roommate once got home as I was watching a Technology Connections video on the living room TV, and after listening to the dude explain the detailed mechanics of some common home appliance for 5 minutes, they finally uttered "what the hell are you watching?" But as we sat there for another 15-20 minutes longer, they eventually said "okay I get it now, this is pretty interesting."
I don't have kids, but I am so grateful for Ms. Rachel. 🥹
"Look for the helpers."
There's a reason for that. He's literally a 4chan brony. If you really want to, you could Google Palmer Luckey brony pic and see for yourself. Yes, the picture is real and has been around much longer than AI has existed.
"Wow so the Bible is actually a trilogy? And the Book of Mormon is Return of the Jedi? I'm interested."
It absolutely does. I always try to leave a warning comment when I see this movie mentioned. The trailer is literally just a condensed version of everything but the final act. This movie is fun and it's worth your time, but if anyone reading this comment feels like checking it out, DON'T WATCH THE TRAILER! Or if you prefer, watch it after seeing the movie so you can see what I'm talking about.
I heard that if you're reasonably informed on Elon's bullshit spanning the last few years, DOGE, how he's clearly a Nazi, etc., then there's nothing particularly revelatory in the doc. I'll probably skim through it at some point, but it's nearly 4 fucking hours long and god knows I've watched enough Some More News on YouTube through the years to have a pretty detailed mental account of all the ratfucking he's been up to.
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