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Several years ago I changed my preferences across all my google accounts to diminish the effects of anything being recommended to me by algorithms. I thought it would be good for me, I’d have to search things out instead of having them force fed. I was wrong, I forgot how to do all of that and now I just wind up on the trending page several times a day. It’s really depressing but I also find it interesting. I know a lot about Mr Beast now. It’s not exactly news, or even generally useful most of the time, but it’s something. I watch drama videos about “creators” I have never heard of before, tons of “we’re having a baby” videos and “we broke up” videos. It’s horrible and I hate it, but I also feel closer to what humans are like nowadays.
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is it annoying that they’re pushing this new feature? yes. however, when i just keep on scrolling, i guess the algorithm just craps out and gives me a video of a guy doing sketch comedy that he filmed on an old android phone that has 2 likes. it makes me miss that era of the internet where monetization was never a concern and people felt they could share themselves unapologetically
Jan 24, 2024
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I loathe short-form videos (tik-tok, IG reels, etc.). Every time I'm lured into watching one, I feel like I'm stuck in an episode of black mirror or starring in a clockwork orange. I can feel my attention span getting chiseled away with every vacuous second - and don't even get me started on the endless echo of copies and references.
Okay, I'm done with my old person rant now.
Feb 13, 2024
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why did i ever stop watching them, idk. but i deleted tiktok off my phone and have been trying to find different ways to fill my time. so now i put youtube on and watch music videos. i recommend you do the same
Feb 5, 2025
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I’ve been eating wonton soup all my life, why was it only last month that I had it with noodles? What the fuck? It rocks.
Jan 19, 2023
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Estadao is a small restaurant in the downtown of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Estadao is open twenty four hours a day and is home to the greatest sandwich on the planet earth. It’s called a “Pernil”. It’s roasted pork on a kaiser bun, it’s got cheese and if you ask they’ll lay it all down on a ring of pineapple. The place is mega cute too, everybody’s got a nice uniform, there’s fruit hanging from the roof, nice tile. There’s these jars of hot peppers suspended in oil along all the counters, it will give you diarrhea, but it tastes amazing. Now when you are in Brazil, you know where to go.
Jan 19, 2023
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Recently I have tried to become more healthy than I was before. I don’t know if it’s working, but I enjoy spending time at my local YMCA. My mom had to work when I was a kid so I grew up at a YMCA. I’d be there before and after school every day until I was about 9. It felt like prison and I absolutely hated it. For some reason now though, I enjoy reminiscing at these places. I like how dirty the floor is in the locker room. I like brushing my teeth naked with men twice or thrice my age. Somebody stole my airpods out of the locker room a while ago. I tracked them and stood outside of his apartment building for a while. I’m not getting them back, he can have them. I wonder sometimes though, which of the nude men in the locker room he is.
Jan 19, 2023