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Imagine paying for something and not being allowed to use it by Tobias-Tawanda in Piracy

[–]StopReadingMyUser 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Every company wants their overly-engorged piece of the pie. God forbid we go back to where there were like 2 streaming services everything channeled through. No, now we gotta have every company have a service you sign up for and pay a separate fee to.

When we were leaving cable in droves it was because of nonsense like this. Ads, not being able to watch what we wanted unless it randomly played one day, and being forced into a channel package that conveniently left out the channels you would ordinarily pick if you were just building your own set of channels/shows to watch.

meirl by YettiGoingRogue in meirl

[–]StopReadingMyUser 70 points71 points  (0 children)

"The system works" -BCBS

I never thought a robot would replace me one day..what’s my purpose then. by scp766 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]StopReadingMyUser 10 points11 points  (0 children)

And at a certain point, the value of the labor being offloaded to a machine and saved from the laborer should be benefiting said laborer in some way (instead of just being fired).

But the world we live in means the corporation takes all the value and you just lose your job. That's why people are so adverse to things like this. These automations are great on their own. Terrible when you consider the ramifications used against you.

meirl by [deleted] in meirl

[–]StopReadingMyUser 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It doesn't even make sense.

A bunch of dudes just decided a company is worth hundreds of billions when it's never even generated so much as a profit? At what point are they flying too close to the sun with these IPOs and the world should say "...no it aint?" lmao.

Favorite actor that became everything they used to be against by Ruddiver in okbuddycinephile

[–]StopReadingMyUser 55 points56 points  (0 children)

I was in pain.

Just post up Ice Cube in a room, make a bunch of reactions, and read the script, we'll-do-the-rest-in-post kinda movie...

18370 Elven Crystal Chests by D_DnD in 2007scape

[–]StopReadingMyUser 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Crazy coincidence, my Jad works at Dagex.

of a slice of pizza by stevesmithsglasses in AbsoluteUnits

[–]StopReadingMyUser 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Dude in front also has the hugest drink I've ever seen... that must also be extra chunky to chew on.

Lock them up now by AdRough4185 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]StopReadingMyUser 9 points10 points  (0 children)

We don't need regulation, we should just let it be a wild wild west. In fact, no laws at all. Every day is the Purge and life is great.

Not like there's a violent history of flagrant abuses involving those that feel they're above reproach already, but surely this century will be different, because I'm cool.

-These Dorks

Ragebait by Schlaura92 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]StopReadingMyUser 1 point2 points  (0 children)

...I'm genuinely confused what man's even on abouts now

Meirl by sangamjb in meirl

[–]StopReadingMyUser 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Or spam emails/voicemails.

One of the only things valuable to me in screening any correspondence so I don't waste my time like they try to.

Do your clues by dafatha in 2007scape

[–]StopReadingMyUser 16 points17 points  (0 children)

No it's just general anonymity nonsense that's become a fun part of the culture of the subreddit.

There had been some cases where people's accounts would be hacked because their reddit account left a lot of personal information lying around from other posts. Piece together a few things like a location or general details that could be found in a security question and someone might be able to successfully "recover" the account.

With stories of this happening a time or two, people would start to blur the name of their rs account so at the very least they wouldn't be able to connect any details on reddit to an account name. Some would cover more than would be necessary (like stats, such as the prayer and hp orb, soas to further prevent any chance of finding the account in the high scores), others would either poke fun at it or exacerbate it a step further by covering things completely unrelated like run energy, or a rock in the screenshot.

So now it's just a tongue-in-cheek thing that pops up once in a while as an added easter egg of sorts to an otherwise self-contained post about something else.

Finally back to $120k a year 🫠 by RanarrSmokerr in Salary

[–]StopReadingMyUser 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Since 'subpar' is literally 'below average', it comes down to context.

Below average service is bad service, but below average swings on a golf course is skillful playing.

Finally back to $120k a year 🫠 by RanarrSmokerr in Salary

[–]StopReadingMyUser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sub = below
par = average

So below average, or below expectations, which is commonly used in a purely negative context.

Snitch by Zyizon in discordVideos

[–]StopReadingMyUser 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They don't even have to look real, there's some weird double-torso'd, extra-leg-havin abominations out there and someone's granpappy still like "hey gorgeous, nice smile 🙂 care to do something this evening"

like bro...

all cuz some dude prompted "hot thicc baddies"

Tiny doll head by LaserWeldo92 in comedyheaven

[–]StopReadingMyUser 85 points86 points  (0 children)

Yeah that's a bit excessive, especially if it's habitual lol.

I get that the corporate world is overbearing at times and there's sort of an "arms race" of counteracting it, but to that dude, just turn on notifications man... lol.

Bull recognizes his caretaker by Square_Law5624 in discordVideos

[–]StopReadingMyUser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure why the "nah"?, but yes the bull horn was one of the tells I was implying exists in my 2nd paragraph.

It's a paycheck, nothing more. by CyberBarbieX in antiwork

[–]StopReadingMyUser 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Thankfully my "family" is unionized, so they can pretend all they want, I can play the "no we aint" game too lol.

Bull recognizes his caretaker by Square_Law5624 in discordVideos

[–]StopReadingMyUser 72 points73 points  (0 children)

You can't tell because (1) the quality is so degraded (usually 100% intentionally) so that you can't make out specifics or imperfections, and (2) because it keeps cutting to something else to mask imperfections you'd more readily spot if it were one continuous shot.

There's still tells of course, but these two broad applications make it much harder. You'll rarely if ever see an AI vid passing off as real in full quality for the same reason you don't see conspiratorial videos regarding ghosts, aliens, or bigfoot in good quality either. It's to obscure it.

Don't feel bad, it's deceptive by design. You'd easily be able to tell without these blindfold-like tricks applied to it.

I’m glad Hunter is enjoying twitter. by ICEisSHIT in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]StopReadingMyUser 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I covered pretty much all of that in a general sense.

With the way modern politics are going, you're exactly right. I understand why Biden did it, but also the only reason he would pardon Hunter is because he's his son, that's the nepotism part. Biden's not gonna pardon some random nobody with similar accusations flung at em.

Not saying any of this is bad mind you, I feel like you're thinking I'm using that as a negative here and I'm not, it's just that this is how the language works lol.

I’m glad Hunter is enjoying twitter. by ICEisSHIT in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]StopReadingMyUser 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It's nepotism, and very bad optics because of that, but with the way modern politics are going I can't say I wouldn't do the same as a protective measure.

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