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someone tell OP i did it, i spent about 3 hours on it

[antigonesiropdefruit]

Also, as a reminder, Anakin killed children just after losing his mother, so this idea that the Jedi forced him to hide his emotions and that this is the reason for his attitude is false. Anakin became a mass murderer before discussing the loss of his mother with the Jedi. And no, Padme and his mother weren't the only presents for him. Just because Padme is Anakin's enabler doesn't mean that those ready to judge him if necessary weren't there for him. The Jedi cared about him before he had them slaughtered. Obi Wan did not fail Anakin. The Jedi didn't fail Anakin. Anakin is just a piece of shit.

[fastjack2056]

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy. Not because it ends in disaster and misery. What makes it a tragedy is that the disaster could have been avoided, if only the people involved had been different. The thing that destroyed them is what makes them who they are. It couldn't have ended any other way.

Saying "Anakin is just a piece of shit" makes the story cleaner, but it also gets rid of the good stuff. If he was always Darth Vader, then there's no tragedy to the story. It becomes one person who ruins everything, instead of a thousand people trying to do the right thing who create a monster.

The Jedi are heroes. They still failed badly enough they lost the entire Republic. Obi-Wan loved Anakin. He had to watch his best friend lose hope and, in desperation, lose himself. Anakin was a hero. When he had to chose between letting his loved ones suffer or reaching for the power to destroy his enemies...love won. It destroyed him.

[antigonesiropdefruit]

“It becomes one person who ruins everything”, But that's what it is.

Anakin, in the end, is the only one responsible for his informed choices. And in Romeo and Juliet, the two lovers are separated because of their families, something totally beyond their control. Yet Anakin could have married Padme publicly and left the Order without causing anyone the slightest problem. The only reason he didn't is because he was greedy. He absolutely wanted to remain a Jedi and keep the benefits, but without living like one. Anakin was in total control. Also, some analysts still debate the true message of Romeo and Juliet and the responsibility and the sincerity of the boy in his relationship with an under-age girl (13). Also, the comparison is a little odd given the thousand times darker themes of Star Wars. As far as I know, Romeo didn't join a fascist regime.

The other thousand people didn't create a monster. The Jedi didn't create a monster. All their actions were logical (I'm a bit lazy to explain them all again here, since I've already done a post on them). The Jedi would have won had it not been for Anakin's betrayal. And I find it odd to say that "the Jedi failed" when talking about what will lead to their genocide. It sounds too much like victim blaming.

Anakin certainly wasn't a hero, at least not since the second movie. He was a manipulator. He lied to the Jedi for three years, hiding his mass murder even though he knew he was wrong. Palpatine was also a manipulator, but after discovering the truth about him and all his lies, Anakin still chose to help him. Palpatine gave him an opportunity, and Anakin seized it. Not because Palpatine was still manipulating him at the time (he literally tells Padme he wants to overthrow him so they can rule the empire together), but because he's wanted power for a long time.

Anakin chose to make his loved ones suffer. He chose to commit genocide. He chose to kill the children of his community. He chose to potentially fatally strangle his pregnant wife. He chose to try to kill his brother. He continued to work for the Empire for years after Padme's death. And he didn't choose Luke until the very end (when the author gave a last-ditch redemption to his franchise's most famous character).

The fact that he chose love at the last moment, when there was supposedly still "some good in him", only makes his collaboration with the empire even more horrible. At any moment he could have stopped. How many sons has he killed during 20 years ? He only changed when HIS son was concerned. He's a selfish piece of shit. Just because he was an innocent 9-year-old for a while doesn't take that away. All the worst assholes in our reality were once innocent 9-year-olds before choosing to become monsters.

[fastjack2056]

The Jedi would have won had it not been for Anakin's betrayal.

They would have...won?

The Jedi lost when they accepted the premise of the Clone Wars. Somebody buys them millions of Clones anonymously, and they just ... never examine that? Rather than trying to uncover the conspiracy they let the Galaxy be ravaged by years of warfare.

The Jedi lost when they trusted the Clones provided by their enemy and opened themselves up to Order 66. The greatest heroes of the Jedi Order were all gunned down by their own men. Anakin wasn't even involved, he was off cementing his loyalty to the Sith by killing children.

As much as I'd like to discuss the nuance of Vader vs Anakin and the story of his fall from hero to villain... You actually think that Anakin alone was responsible for the rise of the Empire? That's wild. You're not even giving a little credit to Palpatine for an objectively perfect master plan?

[antigonesiropdefruit]

Yes, they would have won. Obi-Wan stopped Grievous. Mace Windu and Anakin could have stopped Palpatine together.

And the Jedi were suspicious of the clones and the circumstances of their creation. Obi-Wan, Yoda, and Mace Windu talk about it. The end of Episode II shows that these three suspect something fishy and decide to investigate. And Episode III is almost entirely devoted to their investigation. They all suspect Palpatine.

The Jedi weren’t soldiers before the war, but they had to fight to protect the Republic. They fought alongside the clones because they didn’t have the strength to fight alone. When Mace Windu and the others went to rescue Obi-Wan from Dooku, they were slaughtered. Without the arrival of Yoda and the clones, they would all have died. And while the separatists were waging war, they weren't going to just stand by and leave innocent people defenseless. When someone starts a war and begins killing, you can't just wait for the situation to become clear and let them carry on—you have to stop them as quickly as possible.

And Anakin let Palpatine issue Order 66 when Palpatine brought it up. He agreed with the plan.

So yes, he’s also responsible. And no, I never said that Anakin is the only one responsible (Palpatine and the Senate, which gave him power, are also responsible); I’m just saying that when you say—and imply—that the Jedi are also responsible, you’re wrong. And yes, it was his final decision that doomed everyone, even after the mistakes made by others.

And Palpatine's plan was far from perfect. The Senate could have decided to blow him up along with Dooku and Grievous after his kidnapping (Sacrificing his life to stop the war, would have been an understanding decision). The Jedi suspected him. Dooku could have betrayed him (How could Palpatine have predicted that he would let Anakin kill him without even saying a word?)....

[fastjack2056]

That's speculation, though - it's just as reasonable to say that the Republic would have collapsed during the Clone Wars without Anakin's repeated intervention thwarting the Separatists. That's the genius to Palpatine's plan - no matter who won the war, he was the guy at the top of the winning side ready to take power.

Obi-Wan's line about dealing in absolutes was mostly a joke…but there's a grain of truth to it. Which is, again and again, the point: Luke found the good remaining in Darth Vader - a small light in a sea of pitch-black, but it was there. The Jedi sacrificed immensely in the pursuit of peace and balance, but their good intentions didn't always have ideal outcomes. Some good in the bad, some bad in the good. Yin-Yang.

Star Wars is about the battle between Good and Evil, of course. But ever since Empire Strikes Back, we've been learning that it's never quite that simple. Luke has to confront his Dark Side in the cave, Darth Vader is his father, Obi-Wan lied about it… The heroes aren't perfect, and the villains aren't without complexity. That's the whole point of the Dark Side being a corrupting influence - nobody's above fear and anger, but you can't be a powerful person and a good person without learning to let go.

When you argue that the Jedi would have won without Anakin falling, you're letting your hate for the character blind you to the complexity of the story: They failed to protect the Republic, they failed to protect each other, they let the Sith take control and kill uncountable numbers of people. No matter how good you think they were, if their choices got billions killed then they weren't good enough.

That's not a condemnation. It's a tragedy.

[antigonesiropdefruit]

Also, as a reminder, Anakin killed children just after losing his mother, so this idea that the Jedi forced him to hide his emotions and that this is the reason for his attitude is false. Anakin became a mass murderer before discussing the loss of his mother with the Jedi. And no, Padme and his mother weren't the only presents for him. Just because Padme is Anakin's enabler doesn't mean that those ready to judge him if necessary weren't there for him. The Jedi cared about him before he had them slaughtered. Obi Wan did not fail Anakin. The Jedi didn't fail Anakin. Anakin is just a piece of shit.

[fastjack2056]

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy. Not because it ends in disaster and misery. What makes it a tragedy is that the disaster could have been avoided, if only the people involved had been different. The thing that destroyed them is what makes them who they are. It couldn't have ended any other way.

Saying "Anakin is just a piece of shit" makes the story cleaner, but it also gets rid of the good stuff. If he was always Darth Vader, then there's no tragedy to the story. It becomes one person who ruins everything, instead of a thousand people trying to do the right thing who create a monster.

The Jedi are heroes. They still failed badly enough they lost the entire Republic. Obi-Wan loved Anakin. He had to watch his best friend lose hope and, in desperation, lose himself. Anakin was a hero. When he had to chose between letting his loved ones suffer or reaching for the power to destroy his enemies...love won. It destroyed him.

[antigonesiropdefruit]

“It becomes one person who ruins everything”, But that's what it is.

Anakin, in the end, is the only one responsible for his informed choices. And in Romeo and Juliet, the two lovers are separated because of their families, something totally beyond their control. Yet Anakin could have married Padme publicly and left the Order without causing anyone the slightest problem. The only reason he didn't is because he was greedy. He absolutely wanted to remain a Jedi and keep the benefits, but without living like one. Anakin was in total control. Also, some analysts still debate the true message of Romeo and Juliet and the responsibility and the sincerity of the boy in his relationship with an under-age girl (13). Also, the comparison is a little odd given the thousand times darker themes of Star Wars. As far as I know, Romeo didn't join a fascist regime.

The other thousand people didn't create a monster. The Jedi didn't create a monster. All their actions were logical (I'm a bit lazy to explain them all again here, since I've already done a post on them). The Jedi would have won had it not been for Anakin's betrayal. And I find it odd to say that "the Jedi failed" when talking about what will lead to their genocide. It sounds too much like victim blaming.

Anakin certainly wasn't a hero, at least not since the second movie. He was a manipulator. He lied to the Jedi for three years, hiding his mass murder even though he knew he was wrong. Palpatine was also a manipulator, but after discovering the truth about him and all his lies, Anakin still chose to help him. Palpatine gave him an opportunity, and Anakin seized it. Not because Palpatine was still manipulating him at the time (he literally tells Padme he wants to overthrow him so they can rule the empire together), but because he's wanted power for a long time.

Anakin chose to make his loved ones suffer. He chose to commit genocide. He chose to kill the children of his community. He chose to potentially fatally strangle his pregnant wife. He chose to try to kill his brother. He continued to work for the Empire for years after Padme's death. And he didn't choose Luke until the very end (when the author gave a last-ditch redemption to his franchise's most famous character).

The fact that he chose love at the last moment, when there was supposedly still "some good in him", only makes his collaboration with the empire even more horrible. At any moment he could have stopped. How many sons has he killed during 20 years ? He only changed when HIS son was concerned. He's a selfish piece of shit. Just because he was an innocent 9-year-old for a while doesn't take that away. All the worst assholes in our reality were once innocent 9-year-olds before choosing to become monsters.

[fastjack2056]

The Jedi would have won had it not been for Anakin's betrayal.

They would have...won?

The Jedi lost when they accepted the premise of the Clone Wars. Somebody buys them millions of Clones anonymously, and they just ... never examine that? Rather than trying to uncover the conspiracy they let the Galaxy be ravaged by years of warfare.

The Jedi lost when they trusted the Clones provided by their enemy and opened themselves up to Order 66. The greatest heroes of the Jedi Order were all gunned down by their own men. Anakin wasn't even involved, he was off cementing his loyalty to the Sith by killing children.

As much as I'd like to discuss the nuance of Vader vs Anakin and the story of his fall from hero to villain... You actually think that Anakin alone was responsible for the rise of the Empire? That's wild. You're not even giving a little credit to Palpatine for an objectively perfect master plan?

[antigonesiropdefruit]

Also, as a reminder, Anakin killed children just after losing his mother, so this idea that the Jedi forced him to hide his emotions and that this is the reason for his attitude is false. Anakin became a mass murderer before discussing the loss of his mother with the Jedi. And no, Padme and his mother weren't the only presents for him. Just because Padme is Anakin's enabler doesn't mean that those ready to judge him if necessary weren't there for him. The Jedi cared about him before he had them slaughtered. Obi Wan did not fail Anakin. The Jedi didn't fail Anakin. Anakin is just a piece of shit.

[fastjack2056]

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy. Not because it ends in disaster and misery. What makes it a tragedy is that the disaster could have been avoided, if only the people involved had been different. The thing that destroyed them is what makes them who they are. It couldn't have ended any other way.

Saying "Anakin is just a piece of shit" makes the story cleaner, but it also gets rid of the good stuff. If he was always Darth Vader, then there's no tragedy to the story. It becomes one person who ruins everything, instead of a thousand people trying to do the right thing who create a monster.

The Jedi are heroes. They still failed badly enough they lost the entire Republic. Obi-Wan loved Anakin. He had to watch his best friend lose hope and, in desperation, lose himself. Anakin was a hero. When he had to chose between letting his loved ones suffer or reaching for the power to destroy his enemies...love won. It destroyed him.

[minotauri]

all of this is the fault of marvel cinematic universe. and i can prove it

[fastjack2056]

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[dragon-in-a-fez]

genuinely wild to me when I go to someone's house and we watch TV or listen to music or something and there are ads. I haven't seen an ad in my home since 2005. what do you mean you haven't set up multiple layers of digital infrastructure to banish corporate messaging to oblivion before it manifests? listen, this is important. this is the 21st century version of carving sigils on the wall to deny entry to demons or wearing bells to ward off the Unseelie. come on give me your router admin password and I'll show you how to cast a protective spell of Get Thee Tae Fuck, Capital

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[dragon-in-a-fez]

Okay, here we go! I'm gonna try and put this in order from least to most technical knowledge required. I'm not responsible if you accidentally create SkyNet etc.

Level 1: browser extensions

This one is basically impossible to get wrong, or at least to get wrong badly enough that it causes any problems.

Get Firefox, or a Firefox fork like Waterfox. If you use a fork, make sure it's one that will let you use add-ons. On a PC, pretty much any Firefox fork will take add-ons, but on mobile devices, many don't. Iceraven is one that does.

Get the add-ons uBlock Origin, YouTube Sponsorblock (if you use YouTube), and FBCleaner (if you use Facebook).

uBlock Origin comes with a built-in list of filters to block ads and trackers, but you can add your own filters to block any specific element of a website you don't like. You know those goddamn floating frames on fandom.com sites that block half the screen? Now you can zap 'em.

Sponsorblock uses crowdsourced timestamps to automatically skip sponsor spots and self-promotion in YouTube videos. Never listen to anyone say "hit like and subscribe" or "Raid Shadow Legends" again.

FBCleaner hides all content from your feed except posts from people, groups, and pages you've actually chosen to follow.

Level 2: leaving enshittified services

The software that's become standard over the years in a lot of fields is steadily selling more of your data, showing you more ads, and pushing you to buy more expensive subscriptions. Time to tell them to get fucked.

Dump Adobe apps for Affinity or Krita. Drop Microsoft for LibreOffice. Change your default search engine from Google to DuckDuckGo or Qwant. Use OpenStreetMaps instead of Google or Apple Maps.

Level 3: network-level DNS fuckery

DNS, or Domain Name Service, is the thing that tells your computer where www.website.com is actually located. By hacking your network's DNS you can force it to tell your devices that ad-hosting domains don't exist at all. Some of the steps on this one can get pretty technical, but because you're doing all the difficult stuff on a dedicated device, you can't really fuck up anything that seriously.

Get yourself a Raspberry Pi (a cheap older one like a model 3B will work just fine for this purpose), and follow a guide like this one to get it set up running AdGuard Home. AdGuard, like uBlock, has built-in filter lists, but you can also add your own if there are specific domains you want to block.

Once it's up and running, you'll need to change the DNS settings on your router to point to your AdGuard service. This is different for every router but will always start with logging into the admin panel with a password printed on a little sticker somewhere on the router.

With that done, every time a device on your home network looks for ads.website.com, it'll get back a message that says "sorry, can't find it", so it won't be able to load any ads.

Level 4: Android-specific DNS fuckery

Because AdGuard runs on your home network, it can't block ads on your phone when you're away from home - and what's worse, your phone will sometimes remember the addresses it got when you were out and about, and ads will get past your AdGuard wall even when you're home.

To avoid this, get AdAway for DNS-based ad-blocking directly on your phone. The easy, but less seamless, way of using AdAway is the "local VPN mode", which doesn't require you to do any mucking about with your phone's operating system.

Level 5: automated media piracy

The best way to stop seeing ads on all your streaming services is to stop using streaming services. There are loads of ways to do this, but the best ones involve setting up what's called an "arr stack" (Google that for setup guides) along with nzbget and a usenet account. Most of the time you'll want to set this stuff up on a dedicated device - an old laptop gathering dust in the closet is a great option, or you can grab something used from a charity shop or a local electronics recycler.

The great thing about usenet is that unlike with torrents, you don't have to do any sharing from your computer, so you're in a lot less legal jeopardy - legally speaking, distributing pirated content is waaayyy more serious than accessing it. I pay about £3 a month for a secure, high-bandwidth usenet service.

Once you start getting your own collection of media on your own computer, use the open-source media library manager Jellyfin to browse and play things from basically any device.

Oh, and don't be a dick. Pirate all you want from big corporations, but please pay independent small-time creators for their work.

Level 6: fucking with Android

Android phones are a lot more locked-down than they used to be, but depending on the device you own you can still do a lot of messing around under the hood. Note that if you get something wrong while doing this, there is always the possibility that it will turn your device into a paperweight.

Before you buy a device, check where it sits on the Bootloader Unlock Wall of Shame. Once you've bought it, check the xda-developer forums for guides on how to unlock it and "root" it (gain admin access) with Magisk.

Once Magisk is installed, you can add modules to do all sorts of cool stuff, including using AdAway in "root mode" which makes it basically invisible.

You can also install YouTube ReVanced, which will do all the ad- and sponsor blocking stuff we took care of in your Windows browser a few paragraphs ago. Be careful: there are a lot of fake sites out there pretending they're associated with the ReVanced project which might be injecting malware into their downloads. This Reddit post has the official instructions and links.

Also, try out the modded version of Facebook from APKmoddone, which will block most of the same shit as the FBcleaner add-on from earlier. There's always a possibility that modified apps like this are doing something dodgy, but I've never had any issues with this one personally.

Level 7: fucking with Windows

This one is scary because it can seriously fuck up your shit if something goes wrong, but some really cool people have actually made it very simple to strip all the bloat, ads, and spyware out of Windows. The tool I use is ReviOS. Start reading at https://www.revi.cc/docs. Basically, you'll need to download a tool called AME Wizard and the ReviOS "playbook" that tells AME what to do. Read the documentation before you do any of this.

Level 8: switching to Linux

I'm not going to pretend this is an option for everyone. Half the software I use on a weekly basis isn't available on Linux. But if you can switch? Do it. These days, Ubuntu - one of the most popular flavours of Linux - is built with people switching from Windows in mind, and a lot of things will be pretty intuitive. It also has great documentation and a huge community you can go to for help if you're confused about stuff.

And that, friends, is a comprehensive approach to banishing the demons of capitalism from your home!

[klymilark]

Something I want to add:

You don't even need a pihole for it anymore. You can throw "dns.adguard-dns.com" into your android phone under Network (or Connections) > Private DNS > Private DNS Provider Hostname in your Settings app. You can also set your router up to use it via the IPs:

94.140.14.14

94.140.14.15

Link to to source for that:

AdGuard DNS — ad-blocking DNS server

Create your ad-blocking DNS server that will protect your personal data, prevent tracking and allow you to control access to specific conten

That will depend on your router, just search "How to set up custom DNS for (router name & model)". You can usually find that info on a sticker on the router itself. The model name is often nonsense like CM1000.

For switching to Linux:

If you're worried about software not working, and the software isn't something with work-related requirements attached, you can usually find alternatives. Alternativeto.net is a good place to start with that.

AlternativeTo - Crowdsourced software recommendations

AlternativeTo lets you find apps and software for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android, Android Tablets, Web Apps, Online, Windows Tab

If you're a gamer, protondb.com will let you see how well your specific game runs on Linux. Ranks are from:

Borked - Does Not Work At All, or works so poorly that you cannot play the game at all

Bronze - Sort of works, but with glitches that don't exist on Windows that affect gameplay

Silver - Works, but requires tinkering, and has glitches that don't affect gameplay, or requires heavy tinkering to get running

Gold - Works, requires mild tinkering (usually just selecting another proton version from the drop down)

Platinum - Works out of the box

Native - Is made for Linux

Other common alternatives:

Spotify: I've heard good things about Tidal, but haven't personally used it (I use a cloud storage service and local files for music)

Google drive: Nextcloud. You can find free servers on their website

Google office: OnlyOffice has a desktop/mobile app, and most of the features

Gmail: Free providers aren't common, but disroot is one of them. They also offer quite a few services. Personally I use mailbox.org, but they do cost $36 a year minimum

Google search: Disroot has a searx instance, startpage.com exists, and you'd be surprised at how far you can get by setting your default search engine to Wikipedia. Marginalia's also good, but selective about what they index (mostly indieweb stuff)

I, admittedly, run almost everything through Emacs nowadays, so there may be better alternatives now.

(Directed generally) Also remember that in most cases the problems are Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft. If you find a small project that isn't perfect, remember that those five companies are probably worse in every way imaginable. Look for an alternative, but for the love of whatever you hold dear, Google is *not* a better alternative.

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[boringkate]

When I was a kid watching tv was idiot coded and nerds read books, but now scrolling shortform videos is considered braindead behavior and watching tv means you're some kinda intellectual. You might think this shifting assessment of media's consumers might make readers into absolute super geniuses, but no. Only perverts read now.