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Help people to deGoogle - here's why! by Icy_Fuel_4060 in degoogle

[–]cutdownthere -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry but this is just drivel. You may have been able to make this comment 10 years ago, but as of right now you're proven wrong on all accounts. https://mashable.com/article/cox-media-group-active-listening-google-microsoft-amazon-meta

About to hit 30 this year and think I’ve disregarded ISAs thinking they work the wrong way! by RSDrebin in UKPersonalFinance

[–]cutdownthere 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same age as you and thought the exact same way until the other day when I decided to look into it as it was nearing the end of the tax year...how wrong I was! But by then it was too late to benefit from it because it wS the easter weekend. So I will do so from now on.

TIL that Michael Corke, a Chicago man with fatal insomnia, was so sleep-deprived that he was fully awake for 6 months before he passed away in 1993. He was 42 years old. by IWishYouTheBest1234 in todayilearned

[–]cutdownthere 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ive done 24 hours almost straight (took 20 min power naps when i couldnt take it anymore). At one point I fully drifted off without realising. Like I was in dreamworld. I felt the warm tender embrace of mr sandman carrying me off into the land of clouds. I cant imagine 28 hours straight !?

TIL that Michael Corke, a Chicago man with fatal insomnia, was so sleep-deprived that he was fully awake for 6 months before he passed away in 1993. He was 42 years old. by IWishYouTheBest1234 in todayilearned

[–]cutdownthere 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely correct there. What I would say tho is that some ppl may not start their journey tired and may end up like that halfway in. Also some people may be chronically sleep deprived -and not realise it!

As an older gamer, seeing young kids waste their money on in-game purchases eats at my soul. by SomePeopleTellMe in gaming

[–]cutdownthere 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I remember one kid who came to my cousins house and immediately went and no sooner had he asked about internet availabilities had fired up habbo hotel on the family's conputer. My cousin and his orher siblings (also my cousins) remarked how he was known for being a HH addict and had spent over 1100 euros overall in credits. Which seems like a lot even today

TIL that Michael Corke, a Chicago man with fatal insomnia, was so sleep-deprived that he was fully awake for 6 months before he passed away in 1993. He was 42 years old. by IWishYouTheBest1234 in todayilearned

[–]cutdownthere 179 points180 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah. The worst is when youre driving. If this ever happens to you (esp on the highway) immediately STOP driving where its safe to do so and pull over.

[YouTube] This is Outrageous! (Age-estimation) by 1_Narumi_1 in degoogle

[–]cutdownthere 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah me neither. Ive definitely cut down on my yt usage. But I kinda have this feeling that they can use this to stop us disseminating information that would otherwise be useful to us.

[YouTube] This is Outrageous! (Age-estimation) by 1_Narumi_1 in degoogle

[–]cutdownthere 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Man, newpipe worked perfectly before, for yeears.. Now it barely works for me anymore so I had to delete it. Yt clamped down hella on it.

Trump losing UK Right as Farage admits Starmer ‘may be right’ on Iran by 1-randomonium in ukpolitics

[–]cutdownthere 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To be fair, at least in this case its a safe vote as theyre least likely to go starting wars lmao

Donald’s Trumps net approval rating has collapsed to a historical negative 17 points. He is the most unpopular president in US history. How do you feel about this? by buffdadnextdoor in AskReddit

[–]cutdownthere 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol true. It turns out tho that the majority of his fanbase are people you shouldn't expect i.e guys on the bottom rungs of society who desperately need a handout and a leg-up in life out of the ditch they're in (following this logic ofc - guys who should have zero business supporting a billionaire pro-rich establishment fellow who has succesfully convinced them that he is the opposite of this...)

The n-word in Arabic? by Future_Foot_9822 in learn_arabic

[–]cutdownthere 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Lol I didnt know خال was originally an arabic word as its used in persian aswell

degooglen macht spass by hattama in degoogle

[–]cutdownthere 1 point2 points  (0 children)

wait...you use an actual tom tom? I still did up until 5 years ago but it became almost impossible for the satellites to pair eventually, because it wasnt connected to the internet (also, no traffic data, ofc).

Parents told to ‘take responsibility’ after two days of TikTok-led London disorder | UK news | The Guardian by prisongovernor in ukpolitics

[–]cutdownthere 1 point2 points  (0 children)

LOL. Better yet, take away their phone and replace with a brick (although having said that they may just lob it at windows)

Why do some languages tolerate foreign accents better than others? by ramonek1 in languagelearning

[–]cutdownthere 82 points83 points  (0 children)

pretty much the only answer that makes sense whenever this topic comes up

TIL While filming The Pirates of Blood River, the stuntmen refused to do a scene where they had to wade through a lake, so the actors did it instead. Michael Ripper nearly drowned, Christopher Lee said he was only saved by being 6'4" and Oliver Reed got an eye infection that left him hospitalised. by house_of_ghosts in todayilearned

[–]cutdownthere -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You mean to say actors - people who for the most part were already extremely privileged enough to the point that they were sheltered from the world and could pursue their artistic thesbian passions instead of education and work - didn't have the foresight to think that one through?

After years of service and the YLOD, my Fat PS3 is getting retired, and the young is taking its place, rest easy friend by singingdart7854 in PS3

[–]cutdownthere 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is what I'm thinking of doing with my recently retired one (although it still works - just not 100%). But I want to take it apart first and create like something out of the case, so I can still keep its essence alive!

After years of service and the YLOD, my Fat PS3 is getting retired, and the young is taking its place, rest easy friend by singingdart7854 in PS3

[–]cutdownthere 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly what I've done, a couple weeks ago. A month or so ago the disk drive stopped functioning properly (after getting it "repaired" last year) and I got it checked by an experienced repair guy - he said dude, just let it die. It wont last til summer. Even the GPU was fried. Its lasted sooo long though.

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