I mean I hear you but the top three posts talk to a depressing dystopian present. Even this one reminds us of our past and current oppression.

I trust many find comfort in these memes but all I see is reminders of a world I don’t like.

Fwiw they’re just collecting a paycheck. Sure it’s scummy for them to not reject the businesses offering them the money but tbh I really don’t blame them - I’d probably take the cash too.

Depending on the channel size sponsored ad reads can deliver upwards of multiple thousand per video for the creator. If you see multiple channels with the same ads, it’s bc the company advertising got a big budget approved, that’s it.

Imo just skip the ad reads (or get sponsorblock) and forget they exist. Usually the creator doesn’t even give a fuck who’s paying them or why. They are victims of the system too, not maliciously peddling garbage. I do wish they didn’t have to peddle anything, but here we are.

Pretty sure folks are referring to streaming sites meaning like Netflix. The person you are responding to said “click and go” referring to services like YouTube and Hulu not sketchy “streaming” sites like what you are describing that require some hoops to go through to make sure.you don’t download a virus.

Fastmail supports aliases as well. I’m not sure how they are from a privacy side overall tho

The feline investigation bureau?

I think you are misinterpreting the arrows. Pixel dungeon is the original game with SPD being the preferred fork

The arrows aren’t PD > (greater than) SPD

But rather PD -> (turned into) SPD

That’s kind of hilarious since 20 years ago, western gamers were rejecting games for being “too anime.”

Today too! I’m still not really interested in the anime art style. I’m glad the enjoyers do have lots to choose from though.

Fastmail also offers this.

Curious to know how many others do as well.

But this is true for literally anything that requires email verification to login with?

I think msft is scummy here but let’s not pretend it’s unusual that a company isn’t going to help you if you can’t access your email to verify your ownership.

If I lose access to my Gmail account and am unable to login to Amazon bc of that Amazon ain’t going to help me.

I think battle.net did this for a long time. I am probably misremembering but gosh whatever service I experienced it with was annoying

only see them half the year is a normal reaction

Being pedantic here, but most custody arrangements are like this anyway.

Obviously, half the parents being overseas makes that significantly harder and probably untenable for most.

Today I learned! Thanks for the info :)

Yep, it’s got both visits recorded. Idk why my ip on mobile networks was geolocated so far away.

Visited on my mobile this morning while commuting and no VPN and it geo located me 1000 miles away.

Visited again connected to a WiFi network and it got me right. Fun stuff

Stop reading the news and spend some time in your local community. It’s the best way I’ve found to shake that feeling of dread and exhaustion

Taking the blame for capitalists, huh. We didn’t export shit, it was the greedy companies chasing profit.

The character is facepalming. With that context it looks pretty normal to me

I’m glad running has worked for you, but the perspective that depression is a caused by a lack of movement seems dangerous. It implies fit and active people can’t be depressed because they are active. That’s just not true.

Activity can help lift someone out of depression, but it’s not a cure all barrier between you and the world of mental health.