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[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 points 16 minutes ago

Steal as much creamer from work as I can carry

[–] Aeao@lemmy.world 1 points 26 minutes ago* (last edited 14 minutes ago)

This a more “a man” than “the man” but I had a boss I hated who was really into horoscopes.

So I learned all about them so I could memorize every one else’s sign and continue to forget his.

Good luck writing me up for that Rob. Oh wait you couldn’t anyway because I outlasted you!

He also insisted I write “inspirational quotes” on the weekly sales paper for my team to feal inspired . nietzsche it is.

[–] wooffersyt@lemmings.world 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I never pay for digital media.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 1 points 16 minutes ago

If buying isn't owning, pirating isn't stealing.

[–] Sektor@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

Smoke some pot before sleep

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

When I pump gas, I don't end on an even dollar amount or anything. I just...stop.

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

I will intentionally avoid asking for 5 star reviews.

I hate those things!

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 13 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (3 children)

When watching over-the-air television, I mute the TV and look away when ads come on.
You can show me all the ads in the world but you sure as fuck can't force me to engage.

Tap for spoilerGod help those fuckers when I finally fall down the TV Tuner + Jellyfin + TVHeadend rabbithole. I'm gonna "Live Pause" that shit or I'm gonna straight up DVR everything I wanna watch and skip the ads.
And my parents watch much more OTA TV than me so you bet your ass I'm setting up every TV in their house with a cheap trustable Android TV stick and teaching them how to Pause, Rewind and Fast Forward. Fuck ads foreverrrrrr.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 points 14 minutes ago* (last edited 13 minutes ago)

Start saving for a small pc and some large hard drives. It's worth it. Or pay for a VPN and use stremio and just stream torrents.

You can also buy access to other people's Plex servers, watch anything

Fuck advertisements. I've got pihole setup as my local DNS, ublock origin on all computers. Being bombarded every minute of every day to buy shit is getting real old really fast.

[–] planish@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 hours ago

Perceiving advertisements is unethical. Good job!

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

I get this and I also don't engage with ads but at the end of the day they are what pays for the stuff you want to watch.

It's a shitty system and it's become amazingly predatory. Needless to say I used revanced on my phone.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 1 points 11 minutes ago

It would be ok if we didn't have 5 ads on a 4 min video. They fucked their system and treated us like the bad guy. Fuck them for shooting themselves in the foot. There is a reason Google makes all their money from selling your personal data and advertising. Of course we're going to work around it.

[–] planish@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

Ads can't be permitted to pay for things, though. One has a moral obligation to make sure that that strategy does not work, because it degrades both whatever the advertisements are inserted around (which becomes optimized to get attention at the expense of anything actually useful, like entertaining or conveying information) and the people who perceive it (because it creates capital inside their minds, in the form of brands, artificially alters their culture, and deliberately creates fear, mistrust of loved ones, and feelings of inadequacy).

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 11 hours ago

Linux and piracy.

[–] p000l@lemmy.world 10 points 10 hours ago

By not participating in work's non-work activities.

[–] amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 10 hours ago

i refuse to apply for jobs

[–] IronpigsWizard@lemmy.world 0 points 5 hours ago

I read their names to owls.

[–] nfamwap@feddit.uk 14 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Me too. Sometimes I hold it in through the weekend.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Get yourself food poisoning for maximum bang for the buck.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 14 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Run every reasonable possible method of ad-blocking. From whole-house PiHole with uBlock, Privacy Badger, anti-tracking, VPN, and more. F/OSS software when possible.

[–] wooffersyt@lemmings.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Firefox has an addon called AdNauseam that's based on uBlock Origin but clicks on ads in addition to blocking them.

Chrome had it, but google removed it because they can.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Hm. Not sure how I feel about giving them clicks for pay even if it muddies my profile. I’d rather they not know at all.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 14 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (2 children)

“A trans person peed here” stickers in gas station bathrooms/other public bathrooms.

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