#Channel Blocking

[iamafanofcartoons]

The Problem ↑ The Solution ↓

If youtube won't give us a block button, then we'll have to install it on our browsers ourselves as Browser extensions.

And every internet browser has an installable youtube channel blocker.

[pumpumdemsugah]

That James Somerton guy making videos about LGBT history, people and media based on vibes as facts ( and plagiarism but this post isn't about that ) is literally how social media treats LGBT history and has been for the last decade +. There's certain things that are objectively not fucking true but people have meltdowns whenever anyone points it out and then the baseless accusations fly. There's so much LGBT and feminist history + ideas online that's so far from the truth because people have been stretching the truth or embellishing for years unchallenged because someone feels validated and it feels true. Intellectual dishonesty is fine if it makes you feel good

The more people treat information and ideas like entertainment and validation, the easier it is for people like James Somerton to pop up over and over again because that environment makes it very difficult for criticisms to stick so they get to grow to a point it protects them and gives them more credibility which attracts more unsuspecting people that have no real reason to think they're consuming misinformation and stolen work.

[magz]

Am at limit with Youtube ads messing with Ublock Origin shenanigans. They doing too much.

Am use FreeTube app now (for watch stuff), with sponsorblock on in settings and the download options. (basically is like NewPipe app, but for PC)

Even if it mean following Freetube's instructions for export Youtube subscriptions and history and everything, later.

Main Website:

FreeTube Github

(Is still in beta)

[bisonaari]

Oh btw since eurovision is soon, a little reminder

While I strongly encourage everyone to boycott

IF YOU HARRASS THE ARTISTS, BLOGGERS AND YOUTUBERS, YOU'RE A PIECE OF SHIT

Block and move on, for fuck's sake. Harrassing and sending hate and death treats make you a fucking terrible person

[roadside-oddity]

There is a Rampant and Vicious Cycle in the Online Left That Needs to Be Addressed

Every leftist needs to understand that not every proclaimed leftist is a safe person or one that is acting in good faith. Many people in this sphere --even if they are minorities themselves-- are Abusers. Let me be clear: they are Abusers REGARDLESS of --NOT because of-- them being a minority. Despite this, many of them have weaponized their standing as a minority in order to get away with their behavior and achieve what they see as some form of power and control over others. Let me be clear. I am referring to those that:

Manipulate and lie about pressing situations (especially when it's to harm another person or demographic)

Excessively use idpol to either elevate themselves to holier than thou levels ("listen to ___ people but only when it's something I agree with, which just so happens to devolve from constructive change to making others grovel and plead forgiveness endlessly before me") or belittle others (ie their skin color, gender, queerness, disability, neurodivergence, religion, age, etc.) in order to discount their point or not treat them as equal human beings; yes, even if their skin tone is white or if they are men, abuse does not have to be backed up by systemic issues in order to be abusive or at the very least harmful (sidenote: this does not apply to people talking about their experiences as a minority that is otherwise not experienced or understood by others, the issue I'm pointing out is when it's twisted to cover everything not directly tied to their identity and proclaim themselves as the only ones allowed to be the voice of reason, therefore shutting up everyone else and to avoid any constructive criticism or discussion)

Act on rage and at times even trauma to bring forth harmful ideals (ex: truly hating every person of a demographic, wishing for a genocide, making actual death or rape threats towards someone or a group, conversion, etc)(sidenote: I'm not discounting those that have trauma and even have harmful thoughts, just please seek help and understand that it is not healthy nor sustainable to paint or alter reality to be in line with what trauma makes you believe)

Actively try to get others they don't agree with to either permanently leave the internet or commit suicide and even celebrate when either happens

Excessively test others on their "purity" on unachievable standards to the detriment of everyone and Leftism as a whole (purity culture is fueled by christian culture in order to disguise doomerism, accepting defeat when change is not possible, of which is the very thing that will kill leftism)

Infight over weird made up issues (remember how divide and conquer is a war strategy? To split hairs and discount others for non-issues is to do the work of conservatives and nazis for them)

Shut down people or discussions over minor slights such as using an incorrect word/phrasing or any numerous perceived mistakes (example I've seen here: berating a person with schizophrenia (or a trans person or any other minority) for using a derogatory term for themselves when they're talking about how everyone else is speaking over them and not listening), ignoring the hypocrisy or not taking into account any number of mundane causes such as non-native english speakers, generational gaps, being in the process of learning (either recovering from harmful beliefs or simple ignorance), using those terms to prove a point (such as that example I mentioned above), neurodivergence, etc.

Not letting others talk about their experiences of oppression when those experiences don't match theirs, instead opting to call those people bigoted for contrived reasons

A rejection of nuance, intersectionalism, and even reality to better suit their goals (ex: claiming that every trans man benefits from the patriarchy and can never experience misogyny)

Misuse of therapy speak and terminology in order to water down those terms and render them near meaningless so they can weaponize them under the pretense of their original use (ex: gaslighting), or to cut off any need to connect or sympathize with other human beings and instead speak to them like a PR message (refer to this video by Zena and Poppy for reference)

They never speak on true leftist/progressive ideals or positive change, they only engage in destructive discourse or any behavior listed above

Making baseless dangerous accusations towards someone they don't like. Before you go harr harr you're doing that, I'm not calling out any specific person and am merely listing dangerous behaviors I've seen people here act out. What I am referring to are when someone casually calls someone specific a predator (or whatever else) with absolutely zero proof and expecting everyone to believe them no questions asked. This has been shown to ruin people's lives

Any other similar behaviors not included in this list (as well as classic logical fallacies), but what I've mentioned above should paint you a good picture

Every example I've pointed out were REAL EVENTS I've seen from people that proclaim themselves as leftists or even just progressive, and sometimes are even minorities themselves (some even infight against their own communities using the behaviors listed above, often out of internalized bigotry)(an example of a real event that happened here recently were when several people were making rape threats towards a trans man by the username of @a-faggot-with-opinions). To be blunt, I'm pointing out exclusionism in practically every form, asexual discourse, transandrophobia, TERFs/radfems, TEHMs, tankies, "cornbreadtube", nationalists and ethnonationalists, and all else I don't have the terminology for For many of the people that fall under that bullet list I would hesitate to even refer to them as leftist or progressive, as they never seem to actually show they act on it or even believe in it, only making an appearance in those communities for their own destructive personal gain; hell, often times they have ideals that directly go against what those communities stand for! Examples include TERFs with white supremacist beliefs, transandrophobes that are misogynistic, ethnonationalists that are antisemitic, puritans that are ableist, the list goes on forever. Once you know what to look for, you can see the hidden or overt bigotry behind their false "progressive" statements

No one is infallible No one is better than everyone else You are not immune to propaganda No one is immune from behaving abusively

These people are dangerous, whether they actually qualify as abusers --as I've been referring to them as such for brevity and impact-- or are people that are engaging in hurtful or fully abusive behavior (use this paragraph as a disclaimer, I of course can't know if someone is an abuser in real life unless there is documented evidence of such). Regardless, they are hurting the left and are letting the right win

If you see any of these behaviors either 1) take caution if you're unsure, 2) block them, or 3) if you have the fortitude, call them out. Either way, use your best judgement and think for yourself (or discuss with good faith leftists if you're uncertain). And remember, often times (albeit not always) they are actually fully aware of their disgusting behavior and are choosing to act maliciously, not ignorantly.

Stay safe, log off, do what you can to support your local community and leftism as a whole, don't let these people distract from the real issues at hand. Have empathy, if you don't have empathy then act in compassion, if you don't or refuse to do either please do not engage in politics. Misanthropy has no place in matters concerning humanity.

And remember: we have to stand together in unity so we can create a better future for all

[mueritos]

hope hope hope. hope is a practice we don't just live it we choose it. choosing it every damn day. living normal as usual during a genocide isn't natural. forced to survive. but seeing so much hope in practice in the lives of the Palestians I have met, in the words and embraces of my BIPOC peers, in the encampments at universities right now, in the de-arrests and locked arms of our comrades, in the Palestinians who fight to live every day. hope hope hope. hope is an action it is a practice it is a feeling and we must choose it every day.

[danandfuckingjonlmao]

dan and phil are like jesus in that they’re dramatic ass fruity men in their 30s always going like “i am making this SACRIFICE for THE PEOPLE” and everyone is like “no one asked you to do this in fact we’d all rather you just did not do this” and they’re like “IT IS TOO LATE NOW YOU HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE CONSEQUENCES THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED” and we’re like “no no we didn’t want this actually and you made this decision with your whole ass adult brain you truly could have just not done this and we’d all be better off for it but now we all have to suffer because YOU refuse to say no to shit” and i think that’s ridiculous stupid annoying awful beautiful

[quamaii]

Max when the contraption he built specifically for Jimmy to throw knives at Duncan is used by Jimmy to throw knives at Duncan:

[infiniteglitterfall]

pretty please, my fellow progressives

Could we please all keep in mind that the concept of "The Jews In General, or A Specific Type Of Jew, Controls Education, Government, Media, and/or Banking", is a longstanding antisemitic trope?

And most of all, that it is false??

No, a marginalized group does not also control education, the government, the media, and/or banking?

No, Jews do not secretly control these things and just pretend to be marginalized? No, Jews have not secretly been accumulating power since the Holocaust, granted by too-generous gentiles, out of pity?

No, it isn't better if you just mean a specific subgroup or kind of Jews. It's still specifically Jews.

It's like when people who hate trans/queer people are fine with rich white cis gay men. So they think it's not bigoted to blame "people with blue hair and pronouns" for the downfall of society.

We all know this means, "I only see some of you as human like me. You have to speak and act a certain way to count. Everyone in your group has to pass a test to get into the Good group."

Doesn't work.

Sure, it gives them plausible deniability to the people who matter to them. But everyone else can see exactly how they feel.

We've all known for years that it's bad to think of a marginalized group as having some "good ones." Rein it the heck in, please.

Because YES, all of those examples are ones I've seen implied, or stated outright, over and over, within the progressive community. This month alone.

[iamafanofcartoons]

Tools for blocking Youtube Channels

Problem with youtube is that you click anything related to what you like, youtube will spam hate videos, spoilers, and the the opposite of what you want in the recommended. Same with youtube search. Clicking Dislike, not interested, or don't recommend won't fix that. I am a fan of shows like star wars and RWBY, and Enjoy movies like Captain Marvel or the like. You watch one video, the hate comes in. Same with politics or religion. I did find tools that may be useful, and so I want to make the knowledge of these tools accessible to others.

Blocktube Chrome - www.chromewebstore.google.com/detail/blocktube/bbeaicapbccfllodepmimpkgecanonai

Blocktube Firefox- www.addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/blocktube/

Channel blocker/youtube cleaner- www.addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-cleaner/

uTube Downloader-www.youtubedownload.minitool.com/youtube/how-to-block-youtube-channels.html

Channel Blocker for Opera-www.addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/channel-blocker/

[lulu2992]

As someone who’s played the entire BioShock series, “Oh?!”

[thedukeside]

Five bucks the finale won't break a million views.

[batfamscreaming]

"this is impossible!" "oda just broke his lore!" stupid? idiot babies? getting paid for making exaggerated statements?

oda is saying EVERYONE can be free

luffy wants everyone to be free

you, too, can be free.

[moghedien]

Honestly really glad they doubled down on Nynaeve’s block tbh because they did that in the same episode where they were like “here’s this little freak of a Forsaken that even Lanfear is scared of”

And then they’re gonna have Nynaeve who can’t channel be thrust into a homoerotic rivalry for the ages with one of the most terrifying and powerful evil people around, and she can’t even fucking channel against her

It’s gonna make next season TENSE for my girl

[icemankazansky]

There is nothing you can do about it. It's either part of you, or it's not. And if you can't come to terms with that, it's going to eat you alive.

Channel Zero: Butcher's Block for @pscentral event 27: scenery

[skumhuu]

Gentle reminder

Before I go back to mermay festivities, here is a reminder for why I will block someone:

-You are a minor interacting with my nsfw. If I find a minor interacting with my nsfw I will block them on all platforms, the warnings and 18+ signs are all there, it is NOT my responsibility to hold your hand.

(It is also not my responsibility to witch hunt minors and demand their private info, do you realize how dangerous that is? I might be safe, but once people think it's okay to demand info like that from minors, you know who else will ask for that info? Actually dangerous adults. I don't care if a minor is hidden (but not directly interacting with me or my nsfw because holy shit no thank you), because I am constantly actively trying to keep people safe. I don't feel comfortable demanding private info from strangers, that is NOT my right to do so.)

-You're inciting riots/harassment/violence towards others, basically you're an anti (meaning pro censorship and pro harassment over fiction). Yes, callouts count. No matter how large or small an account is, telling everyone that this one person is a pedophile without proof is incredibly damaging.

-Misgendering people, calling derogatory names, slurs, just being an overall asshole

I have nearly 3k accounts blocked on twt, and tons on here, I can and will block more. I don't know how to make myself anymore clear??? When they said that reading comprehension is piss poor nowadays they meant it