I just put people’s names in my phone as their actual first and last name; if I call them something else I put that name in the nickname field.

Super basic “skill” to do this. 😒

If the content needs ads to pay for it did it really have any value at all to begin with? If I can’t access content ad-free (with an ad blocker) I’ll just give up and find something better.

Even as a web developer I’ll pay to host my content. Should it become too costly then I’ll need to monetize it as a business or ask for donations but I’d never stoop so low as to start spying on my users and selling their browsing habits; fuck that. And I’ll never start trying to brainwash them into buying some shit that’s probably unnecessary and bad for the environment anyway.

I’m so tired of being expected to give up my privacy even for paid services. I can’t use my VPN? Then get fucked, I’ll find someone better to business with.

Mr. Robot is one of my all-time favorites and my most recent favorite was Mr. Corman.

Personally I’d really like to see more servers physically located in privacy and free-speech friendly places like Switzerland and Iceland (for example). I’m not sure why you’d want to have your social media hosted anywhere else.

I don’t want to say it’s as bad or worse but the capitalization of every word in the question is kind of gross too.

I’m divided on this. I happily pay streaming services for ad-free plans but I’ve never been so into YouTube that I’ve wanted to pay for it. I have it blocked outright anyway (part of my “fuck Google” blocklist collection).

Same here! I started sprinkling in JavaScript from copy and paste snippets you’d find all over the web and eventually I moved on to PHP (for a small while) then Ruby on Rails.

I’m a web developer and whenever I see my (awesome) mechanic I always wonder what it’s like on the “other side.”My dad was a mechanic when I was a child and I always regret never picking up those skills.

A lot of times when they run me through their problem-solving I’m like “damn, that’s just like reproducing a bug to find its root cause.”

I feel like here in California we should just act like the federal government doesn’t exist: they’re unreliable as fuck. It seems like a waste of time to pretend funds will be there.

Fuck I hate being male sometimes. What swamp do these skeezy sexist MAGA guys crawl out of?

I’m in the US and have only ever had Huel. It’s an amazing product so I’d recommend that if it’s available there (the company started in the UK so it’s not US-centric at least).

Ugh, cling wrap makes me feel like I’m completely fucking up the planet. I hate using it.

Honestly it looks like the sidewalk snow was cleared after they parked but it still should’ve been obvious right?

Having moved from the shoes off Midwest to Los Angeles I’ve found that basically anyone non-Asian is wearing shoes indoors.

…and that’s why I don’t host my email in the US or on US-owned servers. Fuck that!

I mean people using @gmail.com for their business. They should at least buy a domain.

It really gets me that they were just doing this with fuckin’ Gmail. While I’m at it, buy your own domain.

Who wants this again? Why are we polluting the atmosphere even more again?

I only ever had Facebook, Twitter and Reddit and just couldn’t get into Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, etc. so this is really perplexing to me. It just can’t be true can it?

I also can’t stand using a phone while watching a TV show (paid streaming, no ads) or a movie. It’s sad to me that people are unwilling to immerse themselves in something for just a while.

God damn these people just can’t get over it can they? This “debate” has been going on for like, 10+ years no?