Sergio

Maybe they will take us along as servants? Oh, no, they will build robots for that…

Let me know when the first colony is formed, then I can get excited.

It will only be open to billionaires. Or to people there to make money for billionaires. That’s why I’m not excited.

I don’t really like manga, but one of the best stories I’ve ever read in any format is the 7-volume Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. It’s post-apocalyptic fantasy about the nature of evil, the corruption of humanity, the extent to which individuals can fight against historical forces, and the fragility of civilization, for a start. Plus there’s a lot of action and world-building. There’s an anime movie which covers about one tenth of the story, if you want to get a feel for it.

Recently I’ve been thinking one of the best things Alan Moore has written is the original 12-issue series Top 10. It just has certain characters and events that stuck in my mind.

a problem entirely fabricated by YT

I agree with your basic point, tho to be fair, server costs are a thing, so it’s more like a problem fabricated by… capitalism? the commercialization of the internet? The centralization of resources? I guess it depends on what you think the long-term solution is.

brand recognition. IOW, when you are at the grocery store, you think of Coke in general rather than any specific ads.

Agreed. More specifically, I think brand association plays a part. Even if you never drink cola of any type, the ads make you think “Coke is the kind of drink for people who (whatever)”. Then when you see your friend drinking one you say “Oh you drink coke? I guess you’re the kind of person who (whatever the ad campaign says).” It’s really insiduous.

Some of those old books had ads for cigarettes in them! Mostly the cheaper paperbacks. For some reason it wasn’t as annoying, it was more of a historical artifact, an indication of the context in which the book was originally read.

I will sit on my floor with nothing, for hours, before i watch ads.

I notice that I don’t pay attention to videos as much any more. It’s just stuff playing in the background while I game or edit an image or browse piefed or something. So if it “hangs” for a couple seconds while ublock fights the ads, it doesn’t really bother me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification

ikr whenever I visit my elderly aunt, she has cable TV on. I timed it once and there’s like 10 minutes of ads for every 20 minutes of content.

Turkiye: https://shepastawayofficial.bandcamp.com/album/belirdi-gece-2

Belarus: https://domamolchat.bandcamp.com/album/etazhi-2018

Bienvenido!

uh… thanks…? Yeah. Thanks.

Yeah fam. That’s exactly the point of Insane Clown Posse’s song Miracles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GyVx28R9-s

There’s a couple of us who post daily or near-daily to !gothindustrial@lemmy.world. Also people who post to comic strip communities like !garfield@lemmy.world.

If you’re in the US:

• search for “co-op housing rental”. Sometimes these are suburban, but other times they’re rooms in a building
• if there’s a “food co-op” near you, then check out the bulletin board. also most food co-ops have some way to join, you can ask “by the way, do you know of any housing co-ops around here?” many/most people who work at a food co-op will be happy to point you in the right direction.

ask them meaningful questions about them.

This is absolutely right. To add to this, find a level at which they’re comfortable talking about themselves (i.e. don’t get TOO personal right off the start). It’ Ok to start off on some trivial small-talk, then moving up to their opinion about something, then more in-depth about why they have that opinion. Keep an eye on whether they’re starting to feel uncomfortable and back off if needed.

I had a friend who was excellent at this. I’m a loner by nature but I learned a lot by watching them just talking to people. They weren’t talking to them to get anything, they just enjoyed talking to people. That’s a great attitude to have.

I use feeds, instead of just looking at “all”:

• non-tech, low-political non-memes: https://piefed.social/f/highsignal
• non-tech, low-political memes: https://piefed.social/f/highmemecontent

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