Yup. If you really need to check something on there, there is an extension for your browser (Chrome and Firefox) that will redirect you to an alternative privacy-friendly frontend. https://libredirect.github.io/

Accidentally spill water in your bed and the next thing you know you’re getting adult diaper ads on every device you own for the rest of your life.

It’s already far deeper than him… he’s just what bubbled to the surface in that pot.

When you’re around a bunch of kids sometimes you get to experience both at the same time.

If they actually believe that bullshit, chances are pretty good they’re already harming their kids psychologically at the very least.

Ah sorry, I totally misread that lol!

I think a lot of those are highly dependent on where a person went to school and who their teacher was, because some of them are pretty far out there.

Where did you go to school? I’ve never heard of either of those before.

Ya I get what you mean, it doesn’t always work out for everyone without getting the word out traditionally, but it does happen.

Personally I think advertising only goes so far before a company just starts looking desperate by saturating the landscape with ads. Maybe that’s just me tho lol

While some now invest in some level of traditional advertising, it’s not what made them big. As you said with Tesla, they only started advertising when people started realizing they were crap, and even then compared to other vehicle manufacturers they spend little. Go Pro used influencers and content marketing by their customers, the Dollar Shave Club made it to fame through viral videos.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/viral-branding-10-brands-got-big-without-advertising-kent-lewis/

I don’t know about that. Tiktok, Lamborghini, Tesla, Krispy Kreme, The Dollar Shave Club, Tupperware, Rolls Royce, Costco, Trader Joe’s, Go Pro etc all do little to no traditional advertising and do just fine.

Not that there’s anything wrong with some advertising to get the word out, but when you’re getting spammed with ads from every angle, that company starts feeling a little scummy to me.

The way I’ve always looked at it, a good product/service can typically stand on it’s reputation. If a company needs to spend millions on advertising to move their stuff, they’re probably not all that good or are overpriced. Someone is paying for all that advertising and it always ends up being the consumer.

I kinda wish all the stray/feral cats I’ve befriended would start coughing up some cash once in awhile instead of dead mice and hairballs for me.

Not sure if I am but thank you, I always try to help anyone who needs it. My buddy is terrible at fixing things, so I’ve been doing a lot of work for him and his mom.

If it was planned out and some beer was involved it would have been a lot better IMO… I had already spent the entire morning mowing my buddy’s yard and trimming trees for him, so my batteries were already low before all that happened.

Last Sunday. A friend asked me to go with him to town, normally I say no but I figured I would just because I usually don’t.

We went to town and went to a store. As we were about to leave, his truck wouldn’t start. (The starter was fried.) Ended up having to walk a mile and a half to his nephew’s place, then got a ride back to my friend’s truck, towed it to his brother’s shop, and after borrowing some tools I ended up pulling the starter off a car in the middle of a field, and installing it in his truck so we could finally head back home.

What was supposed to be an enjoyable hour or so ended up taking most of the afternoon and I ended up covered in oil and mud and sore as hell by the time I finally got back to my house.

BREAKING NEWS " Sanders calls genocide a “genocide”

I think that’s precisely why… they’re not going to follow a guy that looks or sounds like someone they’ve been programmed to hate.

It’s crazy what they’ll do to avoid the truth.

From 2024 "we are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.” Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/04/leader-of-the-pro-trump-project-2025-suggests-there-will-be-a-new-american-revolution-00166583

Spoiler alert: He chickens out and won’t answer it.