the entire reason I switched to Linux – back in January I asked myself “if I have to fight my operating system to make it work right for me anyways, why pay for the privilege?”

like sure updates break things on Linux too occasionally but at least they don’t reinstall spyware I had to spend a day ripping out after the last update.

Well, I mean, you could grind it down smooth with said angle grinder + bring a rattlecan of rustoleum for after. Though I suppose that does increase your chances of getting caught in the act, I doubt it’d add that much time.

So what I’m hearing is someone needs to go around with a battery powered angle grinder and just buzz those right off, as a public service.

Be the change you want to see in the world.

Speaking of France, the last use of the guillotine for an execution was in 1977. There are probably people reading this who were alive when it happened – it’s not too late to bring it back.

Make Tyrants Fear Guillotines Again!

Honestly, I’d say this depends more on the narration than the content. A good narrator can make any topic interesting, a great narrator can do that and make it soothing enough to fall asleep to.

Just start swearing at it and it will usually connect you, the nastier the better.

When you dance down the street like you’ve had too much wFEET you’re in loooooove

Are you able to walk?

If so, I have bad news for you, Gary.

I raise you a pre-2010 meme supercut. That was originally delivered in a flash game, the most 2010 form of content.

Sir this is a Wendy’s

Mint is the distro of choice for people who want to work on their computer, not work on their computer.

Like I’m glad for all the nerds who change distros as often as they change pairs of pants and enjoy fiddle-fucking around with their setup, but some of us only want a computer that just works and doesn’t give us shit.

Because as we all know, being a gamer means you can’t also be a fucking moron.

… Wait.

One experience with other people on Xbox Live voice chat can disprove that.

you can essentially already do this with TrackMeNot and AdNauseam

Why do you assume that’s the end goal? Pretty sure their goal is to get paid.

… and they get paid by…

people using their website. More specifically viewing ads while using their website. The kicker is (and I thought I explained this), the more obtrusive they make their ads, the more people use an ad blocker, and the less people will see their ads. I thought I covered that well enough, but apparently not for you.

But since they have to have a website they need to figure out a way to make some money or they’re going to get laid off.

If they can’t figure out how to make money without their website being obnoxious and nigh-unusable, then indeed perhaps it’s time they found a new line of work, methinks.

Well if we’re all having this attitude, then why should anyone care about your preferences for no ads?

Did I ever claim that anyone cared about my preferences? It’s pretty obvious from the fact I said “most sites seem to double down”, that I acknowledge most websites already don’t give a shit and would rather squeeze as much as possible from the few people not running ad blockers than make the web a better and more usable place for everyone. They very clearly do not care about that, which is very amusing to me, as it means ad-blocking software will continue to improve and outpace shit web developers, as it’s so popular and needed. Which sucks for them, that they’re shooting themselves in the foot.

Ya followin’ me, sport?

This is exactly why I choose to persevere with ad-blocking addons and make their website work the way I want it to without dumb bullshit getting in my way. :D

If you want people to use your website, make your website usable with unobtrusive ads or I’ll make it usable for me, and you won’t see a dime of ad revenue. Unfortunately, most sites seem to just double down (which doesn’t work because it just makes ad-blocking even more necessary and popular). Sucks for them.

NoScript tends to break more things on the page than is desired, in my experience, I used to use it but eventually I got rid of it because of the hassle of “is this the one I should add an exception for to make it work? No. How about this one?” repeat until you figure it out, and then repeat the whole process for every website you ever use

Using AdNauseam’s built-in uBlock, I can use its element picker if something is particularly stubborn

Don’t get me wrong, I like NoScript as a concept and think it should exist for the subset of users who want that functionality, but it’s not for me.

I got up to about 120 once and that was enough for me, do not recommend unless you’re very confident you won’t die or get pulled over

It was Christmas morning, the roads were dry, I’d just gotten off working third shift, and you couldn’t see a car (or more importantly a cop) for miles, it was dead quiet. I’d just gotten the car during the summer and never had a chance to really push it. Even still, at 120, the car was starting to feel “twitchy” and I decided “… Nah, let’s not peg this, I’m good.”

That said, at 100, it felt good. Fast, but good. I wish more states in the US had higher speed limits. I get why they are what they are where I live (Pennsylvania has the best winding backroads for a drive and I’ll die on this hill), but I’ve also been out to the Midwest where it’s practically nothing but flat, straight highway through flyover states. They need a 90 or 100mph speed limit, because driving through at 60 with nothing to see but billboards and farmland takes too damn long.

Get PopUpOFF and AdNauseam. Don’t just back down without a fight. If I need to read an article to find some information I am going to read it, dumb bullshit be damned, even if I have to break half your site to do so. I’ve even been spiteful enough to hack away at the page with inspect element if it still manages to get past those add-ons.

Something about being allergic to cats makes cats really, really like you for some reason. No bullshit, literally 10-15 minutes ago I was carrying groceries inside and a neighborhood cat randomly walked right up to my front step and started rubbing itself on me while my dogs barked like mad out the glass door.

and yes I sat down and pet the cat for a bit. I dunno how true this is for other people with cat allergies, but I only really have trouble with them in enclosed spaces, homes with indoor cats just suuuuuck to breathe in.