I’ve seen this come up a couple different ways and it’s almost always a scam. Social engineering to get victims buy-in with plausible tech buzzwords and investing their time as a hook.

But then again, maybe they really are soulless pricks.

as a pre-schooler non-social media parent, this is fucking hilarious.

Whenever I have to brave the Google abyss, I usually use Startpage. Obviously uBlock Origin but if I can avoid being bombarded by devious and distracting ads altogether, I’d rather that.

True but I see this more as a critical thinking problem - which is pervasive in our society and worsened by the tech bubbles. People should want to seek out information that both argues for and against a topic.

The way our education systems work now, at least in the US, that method of thinking only begins around college and varies widely by academic pedigree.

The few people on ours are local real estate agents and severe weather alerts lol

Yup. I quit everything but Reddit several years back without a second thought in all that time because I lived in a big metropolitan city.

Now I live in a small suburb where all the towns and businesses post to FB, neighbors have tradeposts and active interest groups on there, the schools and Police post info there too. My wife has connected to “friends” we otherwise wouldn’t exchange info with.

All that has had me wanting to create a new account - just to connect. I was completely ignorant to the role it plays outside of big cities beforehand. Nextdoor is a really crappy alternative.

Speaking of. On an off chance, I went to BK a few days ago and got a Whopper. Like $12 for the meal, and just like the other fast food chains, the patty was so thin I couldn’t taste anything besides the bun, ketchup and mayo.

Pretty much cured me of any further fast food spending. What a scam!

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I had to block keywords. Have to keep Lemmy my safe space.

“It’s the circle of liiiife”

I recently started playing Diablo 4. I’ve never bought DLC or cosmetics but I recall the horse armor uproar. My shock when some of these cosmetics are $20 for mount or town portal…what?!

Hmm…this sounds like something that better fits on a site with R in its name. I find Lemmy pretty tolerant and diverse, in my experience.

But go to the ER if it lasts more than 4 hours

Damn. I agree with the message but everyone dislikes the meme.

please let this be the dawn of a new meme era! I want to say I was here to witness it.

Happily married but from what I’ve encountered in the wild, I wouldn’t/couldn’t do anything under 28 or so. It’s a completely different worldview.

Right up there with “I’m going to bed early tonight.”

Damn it, Stamets!!

OP: The hero we don’t deserve.

I don’t think this is Gerald’s work…