I’ve never had a problem with ads made in this way. My only complaint would be it looks like an actual post. Even though OP is just sharing it, a filterable tag, like we have for nsfw, would be nice.

This form of “passive marketing” (I’m making up terms), I.e a random picture in the feed that you can easily scroll past is fine (assuming its marked appropriately and there are not too many). If the post catches attention enough that people start sharing it because they liked it, the marketer has done a good job. I also consider banner ads “passive”. If they actually filter out the scams and malware, and if someone wants to sponsor Rod’s Radical Recipes with a banner ad, who cares.

I do take issue with I’ll call active marketing. This is an ad you’re forced to engage with, like an unmutable gas pumps that’s playing audio, a commercial break or a pre-roll add. If I’m getting something for free, then sure an add or two seems reasonable (well, 15 years ago it did), but I’m already paying for the gas, shut the fuck up and let me enjoy my 3 minutes of stress watching the numbers go up without some guy screaming about beef jerky.

Edit: reworded the second paragraph, definitely didn’t look at the background too quick and think it was a real poster somewhere and talk about random posters on a wall…nope defiantly not.

And the school who handed them out will suspend kids for having drug paraphernalia.

Sigh another alchemy experiment gone wrong

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Sure its easy cash, but now he is deprived of his fun.

Yeah, I wish there was a way to delete a post with out deleting it to preserve comments.

Maybe an “abandon” feature. It removes your user name from public view and does a simple find and replace to remove your name in the comments. The post can live on, but now you have nothing to do with it. The user would have a “abandoned post” counter, this so we know if a user is constantly abandoning posts and can block them. Or put a hard cap, more than 2 a month = banned from posting until mod appeal. Posts with 0 comments face no penalty and are deleted.

Someone still needs to be able reference to the original poster for modding and blocking purposes.

You mind leaving it plugged in mid January and through Feb? Maybe cycle it a bit so we still get snow, but not below freezing temps.

Now the ads are 60sec? instead of 2.5min. Right now the time pressure to do your business is the hardest its ever been. Until they increase the ads again.

I was gonna tell you that it used to have it. But I guess it never did.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fruit-of-the-loom-cornucopia/

“No time to duck, but I did think this whole sentence. I could have dodged if I thought faster! Wait it still didn’t hit me? Is that thing in slow motion? I think its slower than a bullet. Thats funny, and what kinda name is Batpoon, its so silly. Should I call my strength “super strength”…oh wait, I d- OW I forgot to move!”

Congratulations, you remembered.

I knew the paper was about something else, I was applying the philosophy to the picture of imitation crab.

At one point that was a fish…I don’t think its intended purpose was to get mutilated, processes to look vaguely like crab meat and eaten. But I’m not a fish, so I could be wrong.

You’re holding it wrong

File converter in the context menu. Handles a lot of common formats, batch converting, nondestructive, and the presets are all customizable. https://file-converter.io/

Ear Trumpet - Replace window audio button with one that gives you per app, and device control. https://github.com/File-New-Project/EarTrumpet

Internet advice can only get you so far.

Being the best for that guy will be different for others.

But in general, communicate, never expect him to read your mind. Dropping hints and mind games generally end badly, guys are pretty much oblivious to that stuff. Men can begin to loath anniversary and birthdays because of shit like “I left the picture of the model wearing this sunhat on the fridge hopping you get me one, I didn’t want the ugly sundress!!!” just ask for the hat.

Appreciate him, and make sure he knows it. Seriously, saying thank you goes a long way. Even if something’s not exactly how you’d planned, if an effort was made, acknowledge it without the “but you should have…” or fixing it right after. Either show them the first time or the the next time, but never right after. Imagine struggling to fold sheets for an hour and immediately getting told they’re too bunched up or they don’t fit perfectly in the closet - you’ll never want to do them again.

Never go to bed angry at each other. Disagreements are natural, the key is both of you should feel like winners at the end of it. Sometimes you’ll get your way, and sometimes he’ll get his way, and that’s okay.

You’re two individuals, presumably attracted to each other as you are now, if you become “one person” that’s boring. Adapting to each others life style is expected, but you shouldn’t fundamentally change. Never lose who you are.

A lot of games like that end up min/maxed like that, it sucks even more when developers start exclusively catering to the min/maxers forcing everyone min/max or gtfo.

“To preform chest compression place both hand in the center of the subjects chest. Apply a rthymic steady pumping action until the subject wakes up. If the subject does not wake continue chest compressions until the subject wakes up. If the subject does not wake continue chest compressions until the subject wakes up. If the subject does not wake up seek medical advice, or call 911.”

“To apply a large bandage, peel back the red pull tab to expose the badage-aid, place wound over the white pad and wrap the wrap firmly around the skin. Finally adiminister 50mg of Goprelto to ease the pain.”

I suggest you look it up in detail, my memory on the details are not only hazzy, I never looked that deep into it, beyond “well thats shitty, rip Anker”.

but the TDLR; A few years back Eufy (owned by Anker), they didn’t tell anyone video was stored on the cloud, and then it turned out the live video stream was exposed to the open web. Initial response was lack-luster and Anker didn’t own up to anything.

Its been a few years, possible things are different. Also possible initial issues were blown out of proportion, and I never heard any of the “corrections” no one ever makes.

It’s in its early days, but consumerrights.wiki has potential to become a very valuable place to check before buying anything. The summery there is much better.

I’ve been very happy with UGreen as a replacement to Anker, after the Eufy thing. Have not tried a power bank yet, but the charger and cables have held up so far.