Phil Nelson

Heck Gunderson Hater Account

[africanaquarian]

I thought I needed a new laptop but nope, youtube is slowing down your PC if you have adblock on on any open tab...

[astraltrickster]

To be very clear about this: CPUs aren't magical devices that can operate forever. They generate heat. They wear out over time. This happens faster when they're operating near capacity. This is not just an attempt to inconvenience you; this is an attempt to damage your property.

For the "crime" of not wanting to be tracked/have ads pissed into your eyeballs 24/7.

Even if you've paid for the "privilege" of the latter.

Fuck Google, and I hope they get sued into oblivion over this.

[fernwah-funzone]

i see everyone in the notes talking about newpipe but nobody's talking about youtube alternatives for desktop

IF YOU USE A DESKTOP PC OR LAPTOP, TRY INVIDIOUS

https://invidious.io/

it is a free, open-source alternative YouTube front-end. in addition to not having ads, it has other great QoL features like a download button. try one of the several instances on that link up there ^^^^

[3liza]

this is good info and I want to add i still have seen zero YouTube adblock meddling. my setup is win10, two monitors, Firefox, privacy possum, sponsor block, ublock Origin, and ad nauseum. I have no idea which extension or combination of extensions is saving me but I have not had any YouTube popups, slowdowns, or other intrusions since I installed all this. I wish I could explain why but idk

[depsidase]

[ripempezardexerox]

[afloweroutofstone]

Are you a Gold Star Bi? (Has never slept with a DJ)

[sexhaver]

did anyone else catch this cold that feels like the flu and does the usual feel-like-you're-dying thing for a day or two but then after you get "better" you still have a wad of phlegm the size and viscosity of a bowling ball in your skull for the next week and alternately choke on post-nasal drip that tastes + feels like Silly Putty or prolapse your nostil while blowing your nose loud enough to signal to Gabriel that the Rapture has begun? asking for a friend

[3liza]

rapid tests are borderline useless with this current variant so everyone should just assume this is COVID. if you get sick right now it is statistically more likely to be COVID than anything else (1 in 46 people statistically is infected with COVID right now, according to wastewater tracking). negative tests just don't mean shit anymore and they were never very reliable in the first place, but the omicron strain is ESPECIALLY good at evading tests, particularly if you don't swab your cheeks and throat but even then

everyone has to wear a good mask everywhere, I'm sorry

[3liza]

I also caught this at an outdoor wedding in August, where no one else had a single positive rapid test before or after the event, where I didn't go inside the entire day, and it felt like bad allergies/a cold. so the symptoms are different, outdoor events are no longer safe to attend unmasked (and until recently almost every reliable data was saying they were), and even though I was sick for a month, my partner whom I live with never tested positive the entire time even though he did have symptoms. for many rounds of different brands of tests. I DID test positive but only a couple times out of a half dozen tests.

1. negative tests don't mean anything anymore

2. outdoor events are no longer safe to attend unmasked. omicron is too contagious

3. 20% chance of getting long covid every single time you get infected, chances increase the more times you are infected

4. the new booster is good. get the booster if you can. but it does not prevent infection or contagion. it just makes infection and contagion a certain percentage safer for a few months after the shot. we don't have exact numbers on this. get the shot if you can. the shot will not prevent infection or illness, it will increase your chances of surviving them and lower your chances of spreading them.

5. this will continue to happen unless (lmao) people start taking contagion more seriously. they won't, so decide now if you're cool with getting permanently disabled by long covid and make your decisions accordingly, keeping in mind that you can spread the disease to people who will die from it without knowing you have it, without having symptoms, and without testing positive.

6. it's actually incredibly easy for almost everyone to wear a good mask (cloth ones are bullshit, surgical are less bullshit, but please just get n95 or kn95 or a respirator) to events, stores, and errands. I do it all the time.

[fruitsoftheweb]

Damage prediction on pears during transportation.

[hollowtones]

bad and naughty children get put in The Pear Wiggler to atone for their crimes

[philnelson]

This did insane numbers on LinkedIn btw

[boykeats]

what's your opinion on like being too pretentious?

you think oscar wilde’s gucci floral suit wearing angel ass spent his last gay breath making a witty remark about the wallpaper so that we could all live like a bunch of repressed 16th century puritans? are those glisteningly fresh rose petals going to throw themselves all over your scarlet chaise lounge and fake fur duvet? is that first edition of albert camus you bought at a thrift shop in paris going to lovingly read itself? y'all are really out there saying god gave us the ability to order cinnamon cappuccinos and buy herringbone tweed blazers and recite ovid to our friends only so we could not do those things? as it is with all paths in life, so long as you’re self-aware and not bothering or hurting anyone, you go ahead and be as pretentious as you want! it’s so much fun!!

[3liza]

it’s only pretention if you don’t actually know what you’re talking about :)

[philnelson]

louder

[kabutoraiger]

FATALITY

[atomic-raunch]

The Flesh and the Fiends, 1960

[3liza]

every single time I install some indie software like for vtubing or any other specialized use I have to join another fucking discord because no one is putting their documentation online anymore. it's a serious problem. and discord is impossible to navigate. search doesn't work, threads are invisible if they haven't been bumped recently, no one keeps up with listing where things are or even maintaining a basic FAQ. this situation is really really bad and no one is going to understand exactly how bad it is until discord collapses and deletes all this shit off their servers

[philnelson]

seconded, complete clown behavior by these projects

[organicmatter]

had an autism moment at the computer part store today

[philnelson]

Coming soon to my old school pro wrestling YouTube channel: Fresh VHS captures featuring: Bruno Sammartino! Wrestling’s Greatest Blood Baths! The Bammer in New Japan!

Old School Heel

Vintage pro wrestling cassette tapes. The good stuff from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and beyond.

[possession]

TWIGGY & WOODY ALLEN My Generation (2017) dir. David Batty

[matratzengruft-1]

"His first question was: 'Who's your favourite philosopher?' My heart sank. I wanted to run off and burst into tears. I didn't know any philosophers. And he probably knew I didn't. When I said so, he replied, 'Oh come on, everyone has a favourite philosopher.' It was such a cruel thing to do to a young girl."

"I was desperate and trying not to cry but I turned the tables on him and asked him to come up with some names - but he couldn't think of any either! Then he said to me, 'I suppose you've read Dickens,' thinking I hadn't. So I said, 'Yeah, I read him at school.' In the end he said, 'Oh, I can't interview her,' and left the stage." 

-Twiggy

[thatdoodlebug]

the intensity of their looks at each other in this scene <3

[3liza]

I think the people we meme from the 60s and 70s, and also ancient people, would be so pleased we also thought their silly inside jokes or on-television pranks were funny too, and kept them going. I really think it's a way to honor our ancestors

[ethan8bit]

We're so fucking back

[3liza]

I hate bodybuilding so much but you have to admit their forums have contributed almost as much to our culture as something awful

[philnelson]

fuck