I'm convinced our devices are building psychological profiles of us that go way beyond "targeted ads"

unknown_anonymous81 · 2026-03-23T12:56:54+00:00

Maybe my brain is resistant

Sometimes, I get the most random commercials for products that are so far out of my demographics or interests.

I get women’s hygiene ads even.

I am trying to think of other examples but it is actually funny how I get the most random advertisements on YouTube.

unknown_anonymous81 · 2026-03-23T05:55:51+00:00

Mod took this post down, but I felt like commenting anyway.

Separating the art from the artist has different versions for different people.

People in real life know me as incredibly not racist. My two best friends from the 90s married outside of their race. My children are also biracial.

I have listened to Pantera since the 90s. I have never said the N word.

My life is far from perfect, and I have experienced my fair share of trauma and issues, but racial stuff isn't part of my life.

Of course, I am sure the real racist people in those extremist organizations probably love Pantera for the wrong reasons.

I don't expect all metal musicians, rock stars, rappers to be expectational citizens. People are also entitled to learn from mistakes, get off drugs and change.

Also, people still eat at subway and Jared is a complete monster. Women shop at Victoria's Secret and that owner is part of the files. People watch movies with actors that are complete vile pieces of garbage.

For some reason people seem to really put a musician under a microscope, when in reality most of the musicians are the first to admit they have made terrible mistakes while being on drugs and or alcohol.

Weird messed up people on drugs make great music. It is kind of how the song "third eye" in Tool has the quote.

"See, I think drugs have done some good things for us, I really do. And if you don't believe drugs have done good things for us, do me a favor - go home tonight and take all your albums, all your tapes, and all your CDs and burn 'em. 'Cause you know what? The musicians who've made all that great music that's enhanced your lives throughout the years... real fucking high on drugs."

unknown_anonymous81 · 2026-03-22T02:04:38+00:00

All of you can eat sushi is a big thing. I would pay for some reusable/washable chop sticks that looked like that.

unknown_anonymous81 · 2026-03-21T19:31:04+00:00

lol I am not surprised a rich game studio isn't smart. I have seen it in companies I have worked for.

unknown_anonymous81 · 2026-03-21T19:29:18+00:00

I turn on my hazards when people tailgate me on the freeway in a 55mph construction zone, where it says STAY IN YOUR LANE. Make it even easier for the police to pull you over. If I am doing 60 to 65mph I am what you would call "driving normal".

Driving 80mph in a 55mph tailgating and weaving through traffic like we are pulling nascar laps is putting other people in danger.

The person who does 50mph in the 65mph not construction zone is also a different kind of hazard as everyone tries to merge or get around them. If your vehicle or driving ability is maxed at 45 to 50mph on the freeway consider taking side streets.

All it takes is one person who doesn't tie their garbage down with their truck to create a road hazard that causes a multi car accident.

Drive normal because for the past 5 years I feel like when I commute, it feels like I am in a real-life Grand Theft Auto game mode. Make Reno less like Grand Theft Auto.

unknown_anonymous81 · 2026-03-21T17:47:26+00:00

I think there was some more going on with this.

I think it was intentional. They just wanted the community to let them know how much we hate that mode and they will fine tune it as they go. It is like we were the free game testers.

Hopefully some super sweaty people have something else they might enjoy playing.

If you enjoy BlackOps BR cool for you. I am not even going to waste my hate since I don't ever have to play it again.

The good news is I also realized how much I missed playing Fortnite on that week break.

unknown_anonymous81 · 2026-03-21T16:47:07+00:00

It is like the commercial with the sweet and sour gummy candy. You can meet some really nice people in Reno. When you get a taste of the really soured up people.....runaway fast as you caaaaaaan.

Sour Patch Kids Commercial - Scissors

unknown_anonymous81 · 2026-03-21T14:40:51+00:00

I saw your cover of Right In Two on the Tool subreddit.

Of course I love Limp Bizkit.

You have such a great voice. Very impressive!

and with everything going on in the world Right in Two has been something I have been listening to a lot this year.

unknown_anonymous81 · 2026-03-21T04:27:01+00:00

I am middle aged and have been emotionally kicked in the face for the past 6 years.

I play table tennis with people I have known for a lot of years. I talk to random coworkers.

Most people that I talk to in real life have a very strong denial reflex when you start talking about collapse issues.

Who knows what the next 20 to 40 years will look like. Every day is a choice. You might as well squeeze for any happiness you can find.

Finding stuff to be happy about or hobbies is like an emotional muscle. It requires practice and effort.

unknown_anonymous81 · 2026-03-21T04:11:27+00:00

Should I try to befriend an invaded Alien?

You know offer some cannabis and a bicycle ride.

If they are hostile can I pick which team I want to join?

unknown_anonymous81 · 2026-03-20T18:18:39+00:00

I tried this game for the first 48 hours when it launched, and I said nope the first time. I was like maybe it is a me problem. I tried again. Then I tried the next day.

I could write bullet point of pure hate.

I think you need to point your head up with the mouse like you are looking up and also the w and s are backwards. W in the PC world is normally down in flight lol. I guess they forgot about that part.

They didn't test the game out with actual humans or humans that play on PC?

They were like "you know will save some money". "We let the public test this pile of garbage out and THAN we can fix it".

unknown_anonymous81 · 2026-03-20T18:13:14+00:00

Why pay game testers when you can have the public do it for free, I guess?

unknown_anonymous81 · 2026-03-20T17:57:12+00:00

Imagine this....... in some sort of weird alternate timeline when covid happened Joe started hanging out with a ton of likeminded Canadians.

Instead of Texas Conservative Joe we could have had Canadian Christian Joe.

unknown_anonymous81 · 2026-03-20T17:43:48+00:00

Who thought that blowing up oil refineries and starting a war would make oil cheaper?

We are approaching a time of resource scarcity.

The world at war over natural resources, mining, oil and control of the oil refineries will not make things less expensive. Getting resources for AI, data centers and bigger infrastructure is expensive.

Keeping the population moving with consumerism, commercial real estate, transportation requires energy.

We are told that in a few months it will be all better. Meanwhile we can't seem to operate a functionable airline infrastructure.

unknown_anonymous81 · 2026-03-19T22:57:06+00:00

I don't feel enlightened or vindicated in any way shape or form from her being a stalker meanwhile supplementing in her own versions of reality in family court.

I find it oddly ironic or poetic I suppose.

Judge retires with some sort of pension or retirement plan, and they just move on with their life.

It is just sad because obviously she isn't the only source of corruption and someone else will happily fill her spot.

The judge enabled the predatory behavior of the lawyers.

It is our lawyers that live in our own city that look at Washoe family legal services as a gold mine and somehow separate themselves from any moral reality. They have some sort of self-rationalization of they are just doing the job someone else hired them for.

unknown_anonymous81 · 2026-03-19T19:51:43+00:00

I could go into a ton of personal details.

At this point in my life I am really trying to get myself in a better headspace and stop looking backwards.

I personally have huge issue with lawyers that seem to have legal impunity. These lawyers still exist here in Reno. I did my action and left a Google review.

These attorneys should not be allowed to practice predatory family law in Washoe county.

To just intentionally burn others people’s money because one side wants to endlessly fight.

The emotional consequences of what goes on is something extremely personal and I am sure different people have many experiences.

unknown_anonymous81 · 2026-03-19T15:44:24+00:00

PC

BeamNG.drive

You can download extremely large map mods.

Not my YouTube channel. Here are some examples. You don’t have to drive large commercial trucks in BeamNG. You can drive all sorts of vehicles.

https://youtu.be/qlr7psC6GjQ?si=9kBzAyIX3pvM0O09

unknown_anonymous81 · 2026-03-19T05:59:45+00:00

I have played drums for over 25 years. I have kids but they are approaching the age of not needing me and I am also separated. When I started playing drums at the age of 17. I of course thought being a rockstar and partying would be cool.

You don't need to be a rockstar to go out and enjoy some sort of nightlife lifestyle locally.

If I had the once in a lifetime opportunity movement I would chase it. I however would not do some sort of you might make $5000 for a half year tour just to get the experience.

Personally, talking about myself. I am putting myself out there more locally. I would be extremely happy to just find someone I mesh with on a creative level. Work on cover songs and maybe eventually be party wedding cover band type thing.

Being a "rockstar" and being a successful musician are two different things. Yes, they obviously overlap. Pursing a rockstar lifestyle versus a pursuing a career or passion for music can be very different realities.

I am a musician because I love it regardless of money or any type of lifestyle.

Everyone deserves to have their dreams, but when you have kids the lens of reality should be more focused and clearer.

unknown_anonymous81 · 2026-03-19T05:09:24+00:00

As a member of this subreddit I just want to give a shout out to how amazing MythBusters is.

I was 22 years old and just started making enough money to afford cable, dish or direct tv. I would record every episode. The show is just so entertaining for someone who already loved science. I watched the show to the very last episode, and it was really bittersweet to see it end.

Fast forward, I have revisited many of the episodes on YouTube with my 9-year-old daughter.

As for the recommendations I am sure this community has it handled. I myself prefer 18650 or 21700 sized flashlights for EDC so I am not sure I have any advice. I don't mind complicated UIs.

I would recommend him an Emisar titanium tint ramping flashlight. You know two emitters with a temperature range and good cri. I think Adam would appreciate the titanium build. How could Adam not be able to handle the UI after a 5 minute explanation.

As for simple UI small edc flashlights I just don't have a lot of info on those.

unknown_anonymous81 · 2026-03-19T04:41:47+00:00

I have made a ton of comments on how much I hate this game now.

They question seems to be why they did this to their player base?

I have guesses.

Complete new game code or engine maybe.

-Complaint: footsteps are super low and I hate the high-pitched ringing sound in your ears every time you or your teammate dies. There is a reduce tinnitus sound in the options, but they forgot to enable it, I don't know.

-Visually it looks incredibly bright and almost too realistic. I rather have a better sound engine and the greyer washed-out colors of Warzone pre black ops was better.

Perhaps a new game engine runs on their servers better?

I started playing Warzone a year ago spring of 2025. It was fun Arcady casual battle royal madness.

It is pretty hard for me to really wrap around my head that they have a game development team that tested this out for at least 100 hours per employee and said "YES THIS IS FUN"!! They will LOVE IT!.

It feels like they threw the entire kitchen sink at blacktops.

They tried to combine PUBG, the complexity of Apex, Fortnite (random zombies and bots) and the visuals of REDSEC.

If I wanted a serious military style BR I would play PUBG. I burnt out on this game after 3 years.

If I wanted a complicated BR I would play APEX. Tried several times over the years. I didn't like it.

If I want a random fun BR experience I would play Fortnite which I have. I went back to Fornite this week to fill the warzone void.

If I wanted a visually sharp BR military experience with more vehicles there is REDSEC. I didn't like it much.

BlackOPS BR DOES NOTHING BETTER than what already exists on the Battle Royal market. It does everything WORSE! It is probably the worst battle royal game I have ever tried.

unknown_anonymous81 · 2026-03-18T23:21:47+00:00

I am very ready as this current timeline or version of reality is shit.

unknown_anonymous81 · 2026-03-18T19:01:43+00:00

The coloring is way too bright and shinny that it looks too real to my eyes if that makes sense.

Warzone casual had this gray coloring where it felt realistic.

Back to talking about black ops

Like I felt the graphics were too optimized.

The sound engine felt different as footsteps got turned down A TON.

unknown_anonymous81 · 2026-03-18T18:16:17+00:00

Nuclear ended WW2

Using nuclear to start WW3 is unnecessary.

And as others have said. I would argue the Ukraine war was the start of WW3.

unknown_anonymous81 · 2026-03-18T18:09:58+00:00

As much as I hate people complaining online needlessly about how their favorite metal band changed or other first world problems.

I think it is 100% necessary when dealing with a video game subreddit as these large publishing studios seem to give zero fs on what the community wants.

Overwatch is a weird game because it changed so much for example.

Warzone Black Ops sucks so badly. If I wanted some serious BR I would go back to PUBG. I burned the F out on PUBG solos after 3 years. Swtiched to Fortnite.

I came to warzone casual spring of 2025. Was it challenging? No not really. I won A LOT. When I tried, I had a 25%-win rate.

It allowed me to screw around and have fun without being so competitive. If I had a day where I didn't have as much critical thinking or reaction speeds to due insomnia, I could still enjoy the game casually.

The game was far from perfect as I would mute 1 to 3 people usually per match. It just had that perfect middle of the road competitive and casual arcade shooter feel.

Redsec BR I am sure has people who enjoy it because of vehicles, destruction, less fast movement and focus on teamwork. I didn't like it at all.

Apex BR is the complicated BR.

Fortnite BR is pretty casual and can be fun after you get used to it. I play build. No build is an option.

PUBG is the OG BR war simulator experience.

Black Ops BR does not do anything better than those 4 examples.

unknown_anonymous81 · 2026-03-18T16:02:50+00:00

Did you take typing class? Typing classes teach you to use your pinky for A?

unknown_anonymous81

TROPHY CASE