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I have received word that YouTube is desperately trying to advertise YouTube Premium, and that they have even started advertising on other platforms. The boycott is working. Keep it up, don’t stop until victory is secured.

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I’m curious, so please reblog for reach! Also be honest, there is complete anonymity in polls so, there really is no shame. I just want to know where we stand just about a week into the boycott

Again, please reblog for larger sample size! And remember, any contribution is contribution! It all adds up to a bigger picture

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possession horror where the thing possessing the autistic character causes them to behave in a more neurotypical way. autistic possession horror where the thing inside you is easier to communicate with than you are, the thing inside you doesn’t have a flat affect, the thing inside you doesn’t let your body stim, the thing inside you is how you were told to behave and you can only do it when you are no longer you. autistic possession horror where you will never forget that everyone liked it better than you before they found out something was controlling you. autistic possession horror where they know what’s inside you isn’t you and debate whether it would be easier for everyone to leave you like this anyway. you agree. reblog.

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Unlearning How White People Ask Personal Questions

http://www.samefacts.com/2014/05/culture-and-civil-society/unlearning-how-white-people-ask-personal-questions/

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Like to charge reblog to cast

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The YouTube boycott, addiction, sprints and marathons

In this essay I will...

No I won't. Instead I'm going to start off with what I ended up reading on reddit a few days before the boycott started, when a doing a blackout was suggested. "What use does it have to participate? We won't make a big enough impact to change youtube and google's mind." (I'm paraphrasing here)

My first thought to this was of course "this is a really shitty mentality to have. Giving up before even attempting to start."

Then, on the day the boycott started, I've deactivated my youtube related apps and closed my open youtube tabs. Like most probably already have, I noticed that I ended up clicking out of habit and muscle memory on the place where the youtube app icon used to be.

So often in fact that it annoyed me and made me also at the same time aware of how often I've been using youtube previously.

How addicted I had actually become to that corporate video service that kept on showing me stuff I really didn't want to see or interact with, just because it was outrageous enough for people to click and engage with that.

Then it hit me: that reddit comment from before wasn't a Contrarian doomer might as well just give up mentality thing. It was an excuse an addict would make for not quitting their addiction. To keep on justifying the addiction.

This was followed by another thought: just quitting youtube until they change their policy and stance on their age detection AI and id verification won't be enough. Most people won't even join because a full quit without an established reliable replacement is already a tall order to ask. Keeping on doing it indefinitely an even higher one.

So, my next thought was "What if instead of an outright full quit, we start off by finding ways to help people lessen and minimising their use first? And help them build up habits and strategies to keep on going indefinitely in the long run, so they don't fall back on old habits again?"

Hence why I'm currently doing my best to try and map out a masterpost on basically a no youtube (or maybe just a "Nopetube") challenge that could go on for a long time. One that helps more people ease in, build up the mental stamina to go over to a full quit later on should they choose to, etc. And then there is also that thing about wanting to support one's favourite creator's still, so they won't suffer as much as a result of the boycott and so on, but that's something I'm still working on.

This boycott here, if we want it to truly be successful, it has to become a marathon with millions of people and not just a intense sprint for a few hundred to pat yourself on the back at the end of it. Not that sprints aren't important as well and can't do anything, but most people just aren't built or trained to be sprinters. And we need everyone we can get for this.

Cause personally I think it's the best if we help everyone who wants to, do as much as they can and getting as independent and as away from youtube as possible. Be it indefinitely, until youtube changes for the better or until an actual better alternative emerges and stays around.

Now that I have my improvised mini essay finished here, I would like to get off my soap box, thank you very much..

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For those who don't know, YouTube will be adding AI age verification for US-based users starting August 13th. This will attempt to use "the types of videos a user is searching for, the categories of videos they have watched, or the longevity of the account," to determine their age, regardless of what birthdate they have entered. If an adult is incorrectly determined to be a child, they will need to give YouTube a government-issued ID or a credit card to verify their age. As with many such things, YouTube claims it is for the children's safety. Obviously, I am all for protecting children, and I don't want them to be exposed to things they shouldn't see, but this is most likely more about data collection. Even if it was about children's safety, this was the logic used for creating YouTube Kids, and we can all see how "safe" that is.

If you don't want to directly send your driver's license to Google, you'll need to deal with "age appropriate product experiences and protections," such as "digital wellbeing tools" and disabling personalized ads. The second part is because in the US, it is illegal to collect certain information about people under the age of 13. Now, the people at Google (which owns YouTube) love collecting information about their users, but they don't want to get in trouble, and they believe AI moderation is the answer. Not only can the AI work around the clock, but if anything goes wrong, they can say it was the machine that made the mistake, not them. And, as with any moderation, there will be mistakes (again, look at YouTube Kids).

Because of this, creators and viewers alike are planning to stop using the site starting on August 13th. I personally doubt YouTube will care much, at least at first, but if they lose enough ad revenue, they might reconsider their decision. YouTube says they'll be rolling this out to a small test group first, so it might not affect you right away, but if nothing is done, it will soon. If you're an American who uses YouTube regularly, I encourage you to join, whether just for a day, or as long as it takes. And if you have kids, please teach them internet safety and monitor their internet access so that companies can't make this garbage excuse anymore.

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I wanna write so badly but my brain fog is making that impossible

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white ppl will steal every aesthetic from black culture and then call it something so stupid like bo derek braids instead of box braids or hasbin hotel core instead of black southern dandism. yall will bend over backwards to call my culture barbaric/scary just to drool over the aesthetic the moment no actual black people are involved (21 pilots vs actual reggae). And if ur white/nonblack reading this just reblog. I dont need any comments talking about how not racist you are + speaking up over actual black people.

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I would be kicking my feet and twirling my hair but unfortunately my legs hurt like a bitch

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IMPORTANT NEWS FOR ALL THE MONKIE KID FANS

We got information from a reliable source about the show.

Apparently, while we all thought that s6 was taking their time to give us a better quality, Lego hasn't worked at all on it.

We've been quiet about it for far to long. If we want this show to survive we need to make our voices heard! Let them know that the fans WANT for this show to keep going. And we have ways to do it!

1) Start using #RenewMonkieKid

Let them know that we want a new season!!

2) Contact LEGO.

Go to Lego customer service > send a message > I need help with something else > My topic isn't listed And let them know how much you love the show, your concerns, and maybe about the struggles we have with acessibility! But remember, no spamming and no harassing. Being mean about it will get us nowhere.

3) Start creating!

Fanart, fanfics, animatics, and whatever you like!! Show them how much Monkie Kid has inspired us all!! And don't forget to use the #

4) Get the show known!

There are tons of content creators out there! We can get their attention (I repeat without harassing or spamming them) to the show, show them what they're missing out!!

if we want our favourite monkeys to succeed, we need to start being loud!!

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Would disabling destructive mob actions fix this? Or something to that effect?

So my very old minecraft worls is one i play on survival or creative given my mood, and the big goal of the world is to build an entire kingdom by myself. This has and will take many years.

So far there is quite a large area of town houses, shops, corn mazes, farms, flea markets, ect. That is manicured down to the last details including where grass flowers and dirt blocks are.

There have been lots of instances of terraforming, like covering caves, holes, making hills perfect, ect.

The only problem is FUCKING ENDERMEN keep picking up random grass blocks and ruining the whole landscape!! One removed a grass block in a village, which exposed a cave, which 5 VILLAGERS FELL DOWN IN AMD TURNED TO ZOMBIES.

They ruin my meticulous creations, and the only way to stop it is to turn off mod griefing. But i feel like that takes away the fun in the game! I wish i could just disable endermen picking up grass and dirt blocks

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i feel like a lot of discourse around identities could just be boiled down to “you could not pay me to care about this”

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Just walked up and down the sidewalk with my new rollator!!!

Didn't realize how much pain I was in when I walked until I walked without pain

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MY ROLLATOR CAME TODAY!!!!!

[idk what I needed to black out]

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* me, trying desperately to find better pain meds *: hey girl what pai-

* me, trying to flirt *: hey girl what pain meds do you use?

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* me, trying to flirt *: hey girl what pain meds do you use?