[-] ColonelSanders@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

I literally just had a friend tell me he joined Threads and how neat it was, etc etc and when I explained why I wouldn't be joining him, he basically just gave me the old "Well I already know they have all my information so it doesn't matter"

...like wtf? So you just...give up having any privacy whatsoever? I just couldn't respond to him after that, I don't really know how to respond to that. There's a disease spreading in the world unfortunately and it isn't just COVID. It's one called Apathy and too many people are coming down with it.

[-] ColonelSanders@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Ok, but only if I get to make the next post that complains about people complaining about people who complain about Reddit. Or...something.

[-] ColonelSanders@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

*Donaghy, and at least Jack had Liz to act as a moral compass/course correction. David is just another asshat CEO with no moral or ethical scruples.

[-] ColonelSanders@kbin.social 26 points 1 year ago

I know Reddit would have a field day if I said this over there, and maybe here would too, but...

Should be more like "Fascists go kill yourselves" because fuck fascists.

[-] ColonelSanders@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

I posted a similar comment elsewhere but along the same line of thought: The sad thing is that the masses that are still on Reddit at this point dgaf and will likely stay on Reddit forever. There's a real problem of Apathy in today's culture when people are just jonesing for their fix of daily content/memes, or at the very least nothing that disrupts the status quo. They don't give a fuck about "ideals" or what corporations do or farm from them so long as their instant gratification and daily intake of said content remains unchanged.

[-] ColonelSanders@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Companies are going out of their way to ignore the fact that "the easiest way to stop piracy is not by putting antipiracy technology to work. It's by giving those people a service that's better than what they're receiving from the pirates." - Gabe Newell

I consider adblocking to be in the same boat. Piracy/Adblocking only exists because it's not a pricing issue. It's a service issue. By making the free version even more intrusive ON PURPOSE, they're not pushing as many people to buy a subscription as they are pushing people to install adblockers. If YouTube only ever showed a quick 10-15 sec ad at the very beginning of a video, I'd be less inclined to go out of my way to find and install an adblocker (and maybe even eventually just buy a subscription) than if they force feed me back to back, 30-second, unskippable ads.

It's the same with those stupid fucking commercials that run ALL the time and try and be as annoying as possible. If I find your ad to be annoying and frequent and shoved down my throat all the time, I will vehemently and actively go out of my way to AVOID that product, not be more inclined to buy it.

[-] ColonelSanders@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

The sad thing is that the masses that are still on Reddit at this point dgaf and will likely stay on Reddit forever. There's a real problem of Apathy in today's culture when people are just jonesing for their fix of daily content/memes, or at the very least nothing that disrupts the status quo. They don't give a fuck about "ideals" or what corporations do or farm from them so long as their instant gratification and daily intake of said content remains unchanged.

[-] ColonelSanders@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

NTA. For one thing, if she left "suddenly" with no explanation, your kids are old enough to see right through that. Telling them "things broke down" wouldn't explain why it would have been a very swift exit on her part unless something crazy happened. Second, allowing her to tell them herself was the smart thing to do because not only does it allow her to be the one to break it to them (and take responsibility), but it can't be said then that you were trying to pit them against her or anything by telling lies because the truth came straight from the horse's mouth. If she wishes that you hadn't made her tell them, then it's only because of sheer guilt that she has decided to try and project onto you as a form of defense. If she can't understand that her actions have consequences for others around her and not just herself (by saying that it's none of their business), then she probably wasn't a very fit person to be parenting them anyway. Parents are people, too. They can make mistakes. But not owning up to those mistakes or being able to have the empathy needed to see how it impacts others is not something you want to pass down to your children.

ColonelSanders

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