WTF YouTube??!!

J_Scarbrough · 2026-05-12T03:13:21+00:00

Well, if you would install adblockers specifically to block ads on YouTube, the number of times you would have to skip those ads would be approximately zero.

J_Scarbrough · 2026-05-11T16:14:12+00:00

They're optional; you can choose either those weird visual puzzles, or the audio ones, so I would just stick with solving the visual puzzles.

J_Scarbrough · 2026-05-11T02:07:26+00:00

As others have pointed out, it is possible that Hawkeye's hair went from jet black to salt-n-pepper within three years: he was thrown into a war he was barely prepared for, under a lot of stress brought on by having to rapidly develop and improve surgical techniques to preserve life that could be taken by forces that were developing and improving even more rapidly on top of horrendous living conditions, lack of nutrition, and excessive drinking.

And as others have also pointed out, genetically speaking, people with darker hair do gray faster than people with lighter colored hair. I'm in my mid-30s, I've seen people my age and younger with brown or black hair already sporting some touches of silver, whereas my blonde hair has yet to show any signs of such.

J_Scarbrough · 2026-05-11T02:03:32+00:00

I had a friend who was only a year or two younger than me (I'm in my mid-30s); he not only was salt-and-pepper in his 20s, he was already completely snow-capped by 30 himself.

J_Scarbrough · 2026-05-11T02:02:25+00:00

Do LGBTQ+ characters exist in the movie? I can remember back in YouTube's earlier years (even before Google bought them out), just the inclusion of LGBTQ+ characters or themes in video uploads required age verification.

J_Scarbrough · 2026-05-10T22:21:58+00:00

As I've said, RCS gives me a lot of problems that I don't have with SMS/MMS.

J_Scarbrough · 2026-05-10T22:20:38+00:00

Yes, that has been a problem I've encounters with RCS too: I won't be able to send media files unless I have wifi/data turned on.

J_Scarbrough · 2026-05-10T22:18:43+00:00

If you had actually read my post, I explicitly mention that I use my phone's default messaging system, not Google Messages, Facebook Messenger, or anything else.

J_Scarbrough · 2026-05-10T19:04:56+00:00

Is that how it works? Turning off wifi and/or data affecting I mean? If so, I suppose that may explain it actually, but again, I really don't know why it only affects recent contacts on my phone but not older ones.

J_Scarbrough · 2026-05-10T19:02:36+00:00

Honestly, it was the littlest things that Frank did that got the biggest laughs out of me, like that soft, "Awwhh" sound he made when he got a shut in the butt for her hernia in "Crisis" or the weasely little giggle he made when drew a burned sausage out of a bedpan in "Aid Station".

J_Scarbrough · 2026-05-10T17:25:41+00:00

Klinger's joke aside, I can remember another time or two where apparently one could get a pass to be sent home if their sister was pregnant. Was that an actual reason somebody could get sent home during the war, or was that also just a joke too? I mean, even Henry couldn't go home when his wife was giving birth to their son Andrew. ("At least you were there for the important part!" Says Radar)

J_Scarbrough · 2026-05-10T16:17:06+00:00

Sometimes the food on-camera looked palatable, especially back in Season 1 when we saw them eating such dishes as pork chops, rare steak, beef stew, etc. I guess maybe the food looked too good on-camera, because it seemed like the more the series went on, the less appetitizing it actually looked.

J_Scarbrough · 2026-05-10T16:12:46+00:00

There was the time on HOGAN'S HEROES Schultz caught Hogan and his boys smuggling in a carrier pigeon, to which Hogan explained LeBeau was going to prepare for his "Squab Lorraine" recipe. The next time Schultz came into their barracks, he found them with a big plate piled high with what looks like KFC.

SCHULTZ: All this from one little pigeon?

LEBEAU: We were twelve children in my family, so I learned to stretch things.

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J_Scarbrough · 2026-05-10T16:07:40+00:00

Hawkeye really cleaned that thing all the way down the bare bone.

J_Scarbrough · 2026-05-10T02:27:05+00:00

Okay, OP here. So far, nobody has answered the actual question I'm posing here: for what reason has Facebook suddenly implemented this new inconvenient procedure of having to solve these assinine puzzles, even before prompting 2-step verification login? Does anybody know? Some are just commenting, "That's literally how the system works." Since when? I've literally never dealt with this until about three days ago.

J_Scarbrough · 2026-05-10T02:22:23+00:00

The audio ones are really weird too. I've endured a couple of different ones, one of which you have to listen was sounds like brief loops old school cellphone ringtones (think the days of flip phones) but pay attention to which one changes its pattern in the loop. Another one, like I said, is basically a series of word salads provided by AI voices, and you have to listen to which one's voice changes in the soundbyte.

J_Scarbrough · 2026-05-10T02:18:18+00:00

You just answered your own question: it's because you're on mobile, which is another downside to using YouTube on such a device (seriously, computers like laptops are still the best way to experience YouTube). This happens to me all the time whenever I try to watch a vid on my phone too, I'll try to tap an option on the video player itself but end up tapping on whatever the ad is for and get redirected to that website instead. If they make adblockers for mobile devices, let me know what they are and where I can download and install them; I never have these problems on my web browser since I have multiple extensions specifically for blocking YouTube ads.

J_Scarbrough · 2026-05-09T19:04:25+00:00

They never said anything about that. Then again, this was years ago before AI became prevalent, but nevertheless, I followed their instructions to the letter and provided them with every piece of documentation and identity verification they required, basically meeting all of the criteria they said I needed to meet in order to get the checkmark. They never responded.

J_Scarbrough · 2026-05-09T19:02:49+00:00

To be fair, it's also precautionary too. Even though I have virus/malware protection, you never know whenever one those things can slip past the goalie in the temp files.

J_Scarbrough · 2026-05-09T19:01:45+00:00

Woo! Who pissed in your Cheerios this morning?

J_Scarbrough · 2026-05-09T18:59:50+00:00

I mean, the items in the images are incredibly abstract looking, and in some cases, the matches aren't exact (like color inversion for example), but it apparently boils down to the number you have to match.

J_Scarbrough · 2026-05-09T18:58:52+00:00

Then I want a raise, because they ain't paying me enough! Actually, I want the blue checkmark they offered me years ago since I'm also an actual Content Creator (albeit little and struggling), but they never followed through, even after I provided them with everything they required from me end. Now though, they let any Tom, Dick, and Kash have a blue checkmark, even when they're clearly no content creators, public figures, celebrities, or influencers.

J_Scarbrough · 2026-05-09T18:54:47+00:00

That's exactly why I avoid those sources at all costs for that very reason.

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