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I'm SO out of the chart that my gender isn't even in the US

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I discovered something REALLY messed up about YT's algorithm. Maybe y'all already know abt this sh*t, but perhaps you don't really understand how F*CKED UP this is.

Start with a normal homepage feed, with a normal watched history. You can use your current, normal account for this.

Go delete your history. It's just a few clicks away. Literally.

If you go back to your homepage, all your recommendations will disappear and be replaced with a screen telling you to watch a video "to get you a feed you'll love"

Go search for a video. I really suggest to watch at least 5 minutes of a video about a topic you DON'T usually consume content about on YouTube. For example [*Rolls a d100*] [*Checks random table*] Vampire the Masquerade lore (I wanted to use that punchline for a some time lol).

Go back to your homepage. You'll see Vampire content, that's to be expected. But you'll also see your usual content, the one you used to consume before deleting the history.

How they could get back your content, if you explicitly deleted it? Did it actually get deleted?

But the REALLY f*cked up thing comes when you consider this fact: For most people, YouTube's homepage's feed is their main (and maybe only) source of dopamine and serotonin, AND IN TOP OF THAT, there's sadly a dopamine and serotonin addiction epidemic worldwide.

If that doesn't sound dystopian for you, the fact they're literally forcing tons of people to give away their data and privacy for that "juicy" dopamine their brains crave for, then you're not paying enough attention...

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.png, tho...

what is the most tasty file format?

.txt for example doesn't taste like anything

.xml though is like a little treat, but you can't have too much

.pdf is an acquired taste

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Here in Argentina, militia literally thought that SET THEORY, an (extremely) abstract mathematical field which its VERY basic was often taught in middle schools back in the day, was "COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA", and then they banned it from schools. That's crazy

always great to hear my boss say "we're living through the collapse of the american library system" while I'm at my american library system job

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I wonder about hobbit/halfling's weed

one elf cigarette, husbanded carefully, can burn for 3 or 4 human generations. my boy your great grandpappy bummed this ciggie from the leaf-crowned prince of the splendid dales and it has burned on the mantle of our house ever since. on your 14th nameday, my son, you will puff it at last, and become a man

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Undertale and ITSV.

I can't imagine Miguel O'Hara fighting Sans, but it'd be fucking fire

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I love the tags here, because most people I see online talking about Linux fall into one of two categories:

Literal N4z1s, whether they are open abt it or not (when they are not open they leave "clues" like subtle or almost subliminal N4z1 imagenery or "I'll donate USD$1.488" to this project")

Trans people, usually Arch or Gentoo users, and also usually waiting for or being currently on HRT

I know there are middle points out there. It's not always about you, Greg

I'm now on a waiting list for a therapist appointment for hrt :)

Expected to wait 3-4 months. Let's see how long it'll take.

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Like, he was playing Skyrim till 3AM and pretending he had a ferret. I doubt he was really looking for somewhere else to move

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Something worse is when it happens on in-person conversation (for some reason people think overexplaining irl is "making an excuse").

But something EVEN FUCKING WORSE is...

WHEN THEY FUCKING MISUNDERSTAND YOU ON PURPOSE

I fucking hate when it happens... And I KNOW when it happens

I LOVE being autistic and trying to communicate because every time it’s

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Yog-sothoth cultist have the unnatural ability to speak in emojis

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What 'bout a non-binary pope?

so if the smoke coming out of the vatican is blue then it's a boy pope, and if it's pink it's a girl pope?

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I've been both the loser and the one accusing people of being losers. And both times it ended as romantic relationships

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I'm fucking gay. Like, the gayest dudette out there.

it’s so funny that u can just color text on this website boom bitch im green now. youre hearing me talk greenly. in a green fashion. green green green

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(This is a long post, but worth reading)

I'll ask something to those "taxation is theft" people.

Imagine taxes are completly abolished. All kind of taxes.

What are you gonna do with the money you save with no paying taxes?

It's okay if you complain about taxes if you're economically strugling; it makes sense, it's the most natural reaction.

But, if you've already met your basic needs and also have some extra money for little treats, savings in case of emergency and what not... What's the point of having more money than that?

If you didn't read my intro post (which would be normal), I'll tell you something abt myself.

Despite being one of those "evil and hell-bound" leftists, I'm a believer of higher powers.

I don't care if you don't believe in those things. I'll talk in practical term, not that "love and light only" bllsht.

One simple way to sum up Buddhism is "nothing is everything", and what they mean by this is: the simpler your life is, the better.

You don't need a big house, a fast car and a lot of hot girls begging you to be your wife.

You don't need to have several degrees and be cited in billons of papers worldwide.

You don't even need to be in the news.

You'll eventually die. All your material possesions will be either sold or abandonned.

All the people currently alive will also eventually die, including myself. And even when they live but you don't, they are gonna... continue their lives.

Yeah, you might pass to history... Might. But even so, our Sun will probably destroy Earth into some billons of years. Our galaxy will crash with Andromeda.

And even if humanity survives at that point, eventually all the mass of the universe will turn into black holes (google "Thermal Death of the Universe"), and those black holes will eventually fade out (google "Hawking Radiation").

And all that prestige, fame, glory, material possesions, money... Will fade out.

So here we come back again to Buddhism. Buddha obviously didn't know about Hawking Radition and stuff. But this "nothing is everything" becomes even more potent with that knowledge. EVERYTHING WILL TURN INTO NOTHING.

What's my point here? The money you save by not paying taxes will not matter at the end. Here comes another Buddhist principle: "Be now and here".

What matter the most is what you do NOW. But not with your assets, that's failing with the "nothing is everything" principle. What you do with the people around you.

Do you care about your partner? Your friends? Your family? But also, your neighbor? The homeless person?

Everyone have feelings, needs, their histories, dramas, etc. Not only you. Be here and now and enjoy with them. With 'em all.

(DISCLAIMER: I'm not an expert on Buddhism. I'm talking based on what I know on the topic, and doing some personal interpretations. Don't bash on me nor say I'm "appropating" Buddhism)

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I reblog since I know how hard is for Americans to get their meds, and how essential is for peopleFeel completly free

Dudes healthcare is so fake. My ADHD meds are $940 without insurance. But they gave me a website of "coupons" which straight up looks like a scam website, and I got it today for $60! Just a coupon from a random website and it was $900 cheaper. America, I am confusion!! America explain!!

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I genuinely tried to enter the Kingdom Hearts fandom because my ex-gf was OBSESSED with the franchise.

My ex-gf genuinely tried to enter the World of Darkness fandom because I liked it.

I felt loved by her for doing so. And I hope she felt loved for my attempt, too

ppl who don’t make an effort to listen to their partner(s) abt their interests bc they “don’t like it” scare me

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[TW: implicit s3xu4l activity, implications of r4p3]

You're playing D&D with your stereotypical asexual Paladin. The DM puts a succubi in front of you... No, it doesn't offer you "arcane power", nor "fame and glory", nor "all the money that your heart desires", not even being the unquestioned ruler of the entire world... Heck, it doesn't give af about your dead parents or lost colleague.

It whisper into your ears "Do you wanna do nasty stuff with me?". And then, all of the sudden, you start to feel something SO FUCKING WRONG with this "lady". You realize it's a succubi, but it's already too late... You start to feel

S3XU4L ATTRACTION

Your Paladin wants to scream in horror, but his mouth is too busy kissing this "lady". "She"'s too powerful, and have you under "her" total control. It's just... mesmerizing to watch "her"

"Aro/Ace person gets given a love potion" story but instead of them being immune or whatever, it DOES work, and they realize IMMEDIATELY that they've been fed a love potion because this feeling is so wrong and foreign but everyone keeps laughing off the idea of it being a love potion because "they were probably just a late bloomer" or "no, you just finally found the right person!" and it's just a horror story about how no one believes them even though they know, they KNOW this isn't right and they can't stand it.