FlashMobOfOne

It feels that way because your social media feed is programmed to reinforce what you’re already thinking and keep your emotions engaged, regardless of whether you’re correct or not.

Correct. There’s a reason why Strom Thurmond switched parties.

I find it funny that Democrats are the ones who invented superdelegates so that their candidates can’t actually be selected democratically.

Yes. Our political system is crap.

I wouldn’t say I’m happy, necessarily. But I’m content.

I have everything I need in terms of basic needs but I suffer from depression, and I have two eighty year-old parents who have borrowed my car for nearly a year driving for DoorDash. My anhedonia keeps me leveled out 99% of the time, so when I’m happy or sad it generally manifests as a manic episode.

Even though my country is generally functional and safe, it’s really only that way if you have money. That DoorDash job is the only the standing between my parents and homelessness because no one will employ them, the government doesn’t care if they become homeless or starved, and my dad is too old too roof houses.

This is great advice.

When I was a kid my house burned down, and we had several families take us in for short stretches, and I remember clothing and toy drives for all of us. It was pretty neat.

In hindsight, absolutely.

He ended up getting caught because he put the original tape instead of the edited one in the church library by mistake. It was supposed to be an inspirational video of our church youth group going out and help people after a flood in the area.

Years later I ended up running into him at a shopping mall, and by this point I was about six inches taller than him and had a good physique. I got in his face and said “Where’s your camcorder now, motherfucker?” It was pretty satisfying.

Yup, sadly when it comes to religion, there’s a lot of pedophilia that just gets ignored or swept under the rug.

I was on a church work camp trip at age 14 and while changing, one of the adults was filming me with a camera and the other kids in the room were laughing. I even went behind a door to cover myself and the pervert peeked the camera around it.

That was pretty horrific.

I converted my MP3 collection to files on my PC last summer, after getting sick of Spotify’s price increases. If you manage to find a DRM-Free music app I’d love to hear about it, but I’m confident none exist.

When I want to try something new I log on to Spotify’s web player using Brave browser (because it blocks ads and tracking), sample the stuff the app curated for me, and then use a Youtube-to-MP3 converter to download the files.

Sorry, I know that’s not the kind of info you’re looking for. I’m just pretty sure what you’re asking for isn’t a thing.

DIY music libraries are you only option.

All of them.

They’re all stupid.

This ‘you’re with us or you’re with the terrorists’ mentality is very Dubya. Kudos.

TBH, you’re only really hurting the owner, and you don’t know their situation necessarily unless you’re in close contact with them all the time.

Plus Teslas have security cameras.

It’s generally a bad idea.

Probably Disney Dreamlight Valley or Zelda:BotW.

Definitely not Dragon Age or Game of Thrones.

I found out many years after high school that a douche I had to stop from bullying my little brother died in a car wreck at age 20.

That was fun to hear.

Withdraw all of my investment money, hop on a cruise ship, and live in the lap of luxury til I’m ready to die.

Then I jump off the ship.

This one’s always been my favorite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmghvPQHDuM

(The Bud Light Mini-Fridge commercial)

Making scary choices and taking some risk.

I left a job of twelve years in 2017 and ended up in a place where I love working and my efforts are well-rewarded both culturally and monetarily, but it was scary as hell at the time.

You can turn it off, at least.

I don’t use FB, Twitter, TikTok, etc. I use federated social media but federated social media is moderated, has no algorithm, and no ads, so it’s a very different experience.