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goji, 6 months ago

I don’t even watch sports and I get buried in gambling ads.

Only started after moving to a somewhat struggling blue collar town, but it was immediate, and the pure volume of it was shocking. Really hit me wrong.

Adblock and VPN everywhere possible now. Degoogling, containerized browsing, hardened settings, like damn basic privacy shouldn’t have to be so much work.

goji, 7 months ago

You know… I’m not sure I’d recognize my own voice if I heard it

goji, 8 months ago

Ok. I find beauty pageants in general to be reductive and gross… but yeah. You can smell the stink on that decision from Canada.

I mean just look at Yamikani.

In no universe are they on the same level.

goji, 8 months ago

Nacho Libre

lol I know, it’s a silly ridiculous fuckaround, but it’s sweet and stupid and wholesome and sometimes that’s what I need.

I can and do appreciate artistry in cinema, but you didn’t ask about that. Nacho is one film I’ll just always be happy to watch.

It also got me through half of a stay in a hyperbaric chamber when I got the bends, and I’m very claustrophobic, so big credit to it there. Panic attack didn’t start until the speakers malfunctioned five minutes into Amelie, and I was suddenly too hot and 1000% certain the chamber was going to catch on fire and kill me.

Nacho soothes.

goji, 8 months ago

The irony in this statement, talking about a known depressant lol

Drinking for me is increasingly borrowing happiness from tomorrow, and the older I get, the higher the interest rate climbs.

I’ll still enjoy a drink, but have definitely become more choosy about when and whether it’s worth it.

goji, 8 months ago

The regex redirect feature is another massive pro. I hope they bring it into Orion as well.

I already use Stop the Madness for this, and probably will continue to as it’s a more global solution, but having it built right into the search engine at least shows they’re taking real steps to hand control back to the user.

goji, 8 months ago

Even if they did (they won’t), they can pry my mini out of my hot, irradiated hands.

I think the best we could hope for is a simple firmware update, assuming enough of the right people make noise about it. I’m sure Apple would much rather we all just bought new phones though, so they won’t do anything unless they have to.

goji, 8 months ago

Oh I didn’t mean to imply otherwise - Overcast is awesome.

I guess I worded my question poorly. I’m more asking if there’s any way to block trackers without blocking the entire podcast.

The stream/download just hangs, or errors out because it “cannot connect to creep.noteventhehost.fm” or whatever - just won’t load at all until I unblock and it’s able to do its dirty work.

Not sure if this is even within the capabilities of a client… I’m starting to think not, and that I’ve asked a stupid question lol

goji, 9 months ago

Honestly insurance is such a scammy nightmare.

We used squareone.ca for like ten years (in Ontario) and they actually turned out to be pretty great when I ended up filing a claim on a damaged computer.

Chose them principally based on the fact you could build your own policy and instantly sign up online, without any phone calls or the other typical “request a quote so we (and all the companies we sell your info to) can harass you forever” bullshit.

Since we finally bought last year we’re with CAA now, but only because sq1 didn’t offer homeowners.

Worth looking into anyway.

goji, 9 months ago

Ok this actually got a laugh out of me.

You’re not wrong.

goji, 9 months ago

I love this.

It’s one of my passing hobbies to look up word lists like this - some of them are beautiful, and there’s something really satisfying about knowing this obscure and weird thing you’re experiencing is at least “normal” enough to have its own name.

Then I promptly forget, which is annoying, bit also means I get to discover them all over again a few months later.

On this list I can easily identify with 7/8 too

Other words you might appreciate:

Routineer: one that adheres to or insists on routine

Fika: a moment to slow down and appreciate the little things in life

Philocalist: lover of beauty; someone who finds beauty in all things

Querencia: a sanctuary where you feel safe …or even better, Snuggery: a cozy room

Fleshment: excitement associated with a successful beginning (we won’t talk about finishing the project)

Acatalepsy: the idea that it is impossible to truly comprehend anything

goji, 8 months ago

If you live near water, kayaking can be an incredibly immersive pursuit in nature that doesn’t really tax the body (unless you want it to)

Trail running is another one of my favourite things to do, but while much safer than MTB still can have some risks… minimal though, comparatively speaking

goji, 10 months ago

You can filter out instances with Memmy now, via Settings > Filters

goji, 10 months ago

Evolutionary psychology is behind one of the primary theories, in the simple way that it’s prudent for us to be wary of things that might hurt us. Bugs can sting, bite, invade, cause sickness/death, or poison us.

There’s also the disgust aversion angle, which is tied to the relationship between a lot of bugs and indirect environmental threats (also ties into evolutionary reasoning) like rotting things, or corpses specifically.

In the broadest strokes, we associate bugs with pain, disease, death, and decay.

goji, 10 months ago

If you like google’s engine without all the trackers and other garbage, check out startpage.com

goji, 10 months ago

Oh damn, good to know. I’m still kind of newly figuring out better privacy-minded options for myself. Thank you!

goji, 10 months ago

Ungoogled Chromium is my current favourite

Previously was using Firefox Developer’s edition which is also decent. But I like a minimalist browser that acts more like a framework to which I can just add what I want, and doesn’t come with a lot of bullshit I don’t need.

goji, 10 months ago

I used to think of “blocking” as an extreme measure, but for us individuals, it’s really not. You get to decide what your feed looks like. Especially here.

BAMO -> block and move on

What flipped the mental switch for me was facebook, of all places.

I hate it and was off it for years, then we moved to a small town with no subreddit, only a damn fb group. Man I went on a blocking spree with all the proudly terrible people, and now I have both an actually useful local town group AND a separate handy list of people I don’t need to bother meeting.

goji, 10 months ago

I can’t say why Peterborough specifically, but it would not be surprising if small towns in general were being targeted for this sort of recruitment effort.

The bigots are easier to target in a smaller pool. They come right out, group up and make themselves known.

Also a lot of small town Canada is a cross section of people who are (a) mostly from a singular culture with little exposure to others and (b) see any prospect of change as a threat to their way of life. These are easy vulnerabilities to exploit, unfortunately.

I don’t really think there are more bigots in small town, they’re just so much more obvious about it. And the majority decent folk have to live here, so you really have to be careful about choosing your battles when you know you’re going to have to see these people all the time, and if you challenge them they will remember you, and go out of their way to make your life difficult.

goji, 10 months ago

I love a good gezpacho in the summer. Super refreshing

This one’s new to me and it sounds delicious. I love everything that’s in it. The colour is gonna be a challenge for westerners though… Pepto Bismol trauma giving me an unpleasant Pavolvian response to that shade of pink haha

Feel like it might be worth trying anyway

goji, 10 months ago

Oh man I absolutely feel this.

I’ve been self employed WFH for almost 20yrs now and the lunch-alone struggle has not gotten easier.

When I do make the effort though, it’s usually worth it.

Lately I’ve been in a rut where, if I get up from my desk at all, it’s to forage, not prepare a meal. Like, I’ll call a fistful of peanuts or a banana lunch, or some cold fridge meat with mustard and no plate. It’s depressing.

When I make something colourful and intentional, though, I always feel better. It forces me to get my head out of work mode and take a break, and it’s satisfying to make something that looks and tastes nice. I feel more like a person too, if that makes sense. Not to mention my brain works better when I actually feed it real food, heh

Like anything, it’s just starting that’s the hard part.

goji, 10 months ago

Sure can :)
Neon Rainbow

goji, 10 months ago

I made a set with a white background for you :)

Light Mode

goji, 10 months ago

I will never not laugh at this.

I mean at some point it’s got to burn itself clean …right?