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If this post reaches your dash after Jan 1st- YOU'RE NOT LATE to the party!!!

It's never too late to practice selective consumerism, and when companies try to pull bullshit it's up to us to say we won't stand for it by not continuing to use their product until they roll back the change. If we don't push back that's seen as consent, and more sites will follow in YouTube's (and Spotify's) footsteps.

And if this post reaches you before Jan 1st- GREAT! Please reblog (or even repost this on other socials- no need to credit!) to help get the word out as quick and as far as possible!

And if you have more questions on the hows and why's they're under the cut:

shanie

Can anyone give advice on how to boycott YouTube? At all?

Note: I watch yt on a laptop computer and do not own a television.

gallifreyriver

Here's a post that goes into that which might help, but to sum up:

Step one: Stop using YouTube (if you're required for school or work, do so with an adblocker, but aside from that avoid giving YouTube any traffic at all) Also, if you have YouTube Premium, cancel it.

Step two: Complain. Leave 1 star reviews in the app store and on google. Tell them why you're upset with this policy.

Step three: Spread the word! Make your own posts and/or memes. Just be sure to let people know the boycott is ongoing and that we won't be returning until we are heard.

Step five: Remember that we're boycotting YouTube/Spotify- NOT the creators on those platforms. Find other ways to support them. (i.e: do they have Patreon/Kofi? Something else? A different platform perhaps?)

This ties into Step Six, which is to find an alternative to fill the void. Personally, I've switched to podcasts and Internet Archive for the time being. Others have suggested Public Library sites (Libby, Hoopla, Overdrive, etc- PBS has lots of free shows); Bandcamp & SoundCloud for music; Twitch for streams; as well as Newgrounds, Bitview, and Glomble which are YouTube alternatives. And I'm sure there's plenty of other alternatives out there! (I have also seen some recommending NewPipe- but be aware that this still gives YouTube traffic)

And finally, Step seven: Encourage, don't shame. (This goes especially for those of us who have been already boycotting since August.) Shaming those who started boycotting later than you, or for boycotting 'imperfectly' will only hurt the cause by pushing people away. We need numbers for this to work, so encourage people to fight back- don't shame them for not getting there 'soon enough.'

That's all I got for now, just remember the important thing is that we don't stay silent and we fight back.

were--ralph

U 34 and a furry

ill be 60 and one too

furry-fey

zealouswitchwerewolf

Dpxdc prompt/idea

Most people in Amity know Danny is Phantom, especially the teenagers. More importantly, they've realized that everyone in Amity is liminal enough to be summoned with the correct runes. And so a system has been devised so when they want to hang out somewhere, one person goes in, draws a big summoning circle, and just summons everyone else. It saves a lot on transportation and it's just practical.

Now that they're all old enough to go to college, most have spread all around the country. Staying in contact is not a problem, however, they can just summon each other, get together for a while, then break the circle and send them back to wherever they were before. Perfect solution. It doesn't even register as weird, they've been doing it for years and no one even bats an eye anymore. No one in Amity that is.

It'd be fine except they've caught the attention of the Justice League. On the heroes perspective, they have just discovered a cult that formed seemingly out of nowhere and keeps leaving neon green summoning circles with ominous runes traced along the edges in random places all over the country. They have not found any sign that people are getting hurt but that only means the cult is thorough at covering their tracks. Where did so many well-organized, clearly trained people come from? What are their bigger plans? Who are they targeting? They're clearly a big threat and they need to be a priority in investigating.

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

every child should have a specific stuffed animal/toy that they develop an antagonistic relationship with

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

some of my most significant core memories involved getting into heated arguments with the furby who lived in my closet. essential component of my pre-teen character development. necessary anguish

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

sometimes small children will inflict years of torment & waterboarding on their victims before burying them in an unmarked concrete grave, that's just part of growing up

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

the post that keeps on giving (via @zenyeetaa):

#okay we weren’t children when we did this but me and some old roommates kept a baby doll in the freezer #at first it was to jump scare the next person who opened the freezer #but he was in there for a few months and then when we decided it was time to pull it out a bunch of fires broke out across our county #so we put him back in the freezer. we named him chippy and drew a mustache on his face #we tried pulling him out of the freezer a few times after that but some horrible event would happen every time without fail #when we moved apartments we had a special cooler to bring chippy with us #as far as i know chippy is still in a freezer somewhere

sizzlingsandwichperfection-blog

good.store just passed $13,000,000 raised for charity, which is both a lot and an amount that sometimes comes out when billionaires cough really hard.

anyway, why buy your household cleaning supplies, socks, soap, coffee, tea, and more at a regular store that enriches the few when you could buy it at good store and support vulnerable people and ecosystems?

aromantic-goldfishdeactivated202

Instead of a stoic hero and a chatty villain or a chatty hero and a stoic villian imagine if they’re both chatty. Just, the villian trying their best to kill the hero while the two of them have a in-depth discussion about their opinion of pumpkin spice

aromantic-goldfishdeactivated202

Villian: *shoots laser* No but seriously orange is a really fun color

Hero, dodging: but your entire room? I’m not painting my entire room orange

Villain: *stabs at the hero and misses* well then why did you ask my opinion on paint colors if you’re not going to listen

anastasia1marie

The Princess Bride

aromantic-goldfishdeactivated202

Holy shit

heroofthreefaces

coolnerdyrn

Megamind

gallusrostromegalus

Video, No Audio

I finally caught my Gold Neons and Threadfin Rainbows shoaling together!! They only do this sometimes, usually right before their dinnertime, and it's really cute because it's kind of unusual for two species to shoal together, especially ones that are such different colors and sizes <3

gallusrostromegalus

ENJOY MY FISH BEING FRIENDS

truuskn

the trial of ahsoka tano, the true version

jail for ahsoka! jail for ahsoka for bringing her father and brother to a heart attack!

shrodingersbox

well my little toe dip back into vending didn't go super well, but i have applied for a market in the fall and have my eyes on a couple more...unfortunately everything in summer is basically booked up which is a bummer but it also means i will have plenty of time to get skulls cleaned and ready while it's warm.

if you were waiting to see what pelts i have available though, i will be updating the shop again soon! and hopefully figure out the shipping situation that has been plaugeing me :')

shrodingersbox

i haven't put up the new stuff yet, but i just wanted to let everyone know that the store is back open AND i think i figured the shipping problem out (basically: i tried to save myself some headache and let the shop platform figure out shipping rates on its own but that uh. did not go well)! hopefully it will not charge you exorbitant amounts of money for shipping and require me to refund you for the difference. not that it was a problem on my end, but i know that number was scary and i am just some guy on the internet so why trust me to do what i say i will do. y'know.

anyway, i will be adding a couple more pelts and some SKULLS (ooh) to the shop this week, but in the meantime, the shop is back open with everything i already had available if you happen to want to peruse~

jabberding0

Ancient technology

theshadowrealmitself

Prideful human working alongside supernatural creatures after figuring out they’re not humans and thinking they can maintain the upper hand even tho the other ones are literal demons and vampires and shit is too fun to not think about, so I’ve been ruminating on that for a bit

My current thoughts are that the human lives offsite while the others, human and nonhuman coworkers alike, live at the worksite (like how everyone besides Benson lives at the park in Regular Show) and one of the nonhumans, the boss, wants the human to come live on-site but the human keeps turning it down, liking having a separate place from everyone

Until all this creepy stuff starts happening when they’re not at work, making him aware that they seem to have a dangerous stalker after them who keeps escalating things

(It’s the boss, trying to manipulate them into moving on-site)

(The boss still doesn’t really seem themself as evil or anything because nonhuman morality is different and in their pov the human getting a dangerous stalker is something that could happen, so they should move to a protected area before a situation like that happens and escalates into violence before anyone can intervene)