Nice try, boss

Should’ve mentioned he’s from Morelos. Mexico is quite a large, diverse country.

Either way, he doesn’t really seem to care whether someone calls Chipotle “Mexican food” or not.

I asked my husband who’s from Mexico, and he said, “Kinda? Not really.”

He added, and I quote, “Flour tortillas are not Mexican.”

There ya go!

Westley (not sci-fi, but Princess Bride name I like)

I also like that it can be shortened to Wes

Same in Canada, unfortunately. And in parts of the US.

It’s sad how we’re conditioned to punch down and see the homeless people as the problem, rather than the systems that create homelessness.

By installing a dictator…every time it’s attempted…

Not entirely accurate. The collectivist movement in Spain did not involve installing a dictator, though it was vulnerable to being dissolved by outside forces, and this unfortunately did happen.

Also look up MST in Brazil, which afaik involves no dictator and is not an authoritarian movement.

There’s also the Sandinista (FSLN) party in Nicaragua, which still exists but would have probably been more successfully without the US trying to derail it every step of the way.

I mean now that I think of it – the Zapatistas in Mexico.

Not sure all these groups would use the term “communism,” but they all aim for a stateless, classless society, so I fail to see how that’s not a fundamentally communist goal.

I agree. There are far too many people with the “if I’m not doing anything wrong, then what have I to hide?” mindset. I’ve seen people unironically say that all Tor users must be engaging in illegal activity, and I don’t think it occurs to them that in many parts of the world, freely accessing information is an illegal activity, and by adopting this mindset we’re empowering that type of state.

It’s their choice, and I would simply not use YouTube. Access to YouTube specifically is not very concerning to me.

But if they try to normalize this or even attempt to influence legislators that adblockers should be restricted in any way by law, then I would be concerned, and for this reason I think it’s important to articulate right now that there is nothing inherently wrong or unethical about using an adblocker.

This makes me sad. My brother and his wife always tracked my niece and nephew, and I feel like it did more harm than good. I remember agreeing to drive my nephew to buy fireworks, and on the way home I swung by Target to pick up my best friend a gift for his wedding, and my sister in law called my nephew and threatened to take his phone away because he wasn’t where he said he was going. Granted, I could have called, but it was a quick stop, and I didn’t know at the time they were watching him 24/7.

This is actually actor Jerry Messing, who played Pugsley Addams in the movie “Addams Family Values.”

The famous shot is from a photoshoot he did in an attempt to revitalize his acting career, inspired by Blues Brothers.

Iirc he doesn’t care for the meme, but he’s chill about it.

Iirc he’s a pretty down-to-earth dude and probably not an incel.

Things like that are my way of coping with the traumas of life

I have to go through the pain

What? I don’t remember that. I just re-watched the first two, and now I have to re-watch part three

I use one called “Dark Background and Light Text” and only apply it to sites where I really need it.

If you want to try insulting someone because you are misunderstanding yourself, go somewhere else.

The irony of you throwing shade at me and then saying this is palpable. You really need to chill, bro. Here’s the main idea of my comment, reduced to its essence: “There are different ways of looking at it.” Unless you argue that such is not the case (which would be absurd, considering there are in fact different ways of looking at it), then I suggest you go find somewhere else to be an insufferable pedant and leave me alone. I’m not looking for an argument or debate.

So do you disagree that there are different ways of looking at it? That your perspective is the One Truth above all others?

Go take a xanax or something.

Go back and read what I wrote again, slowly. Which part leads you to believe that “all [I’m] thinking about is how everything is an ad”? Because that’s not what I said.

I sort by new and all, and I’ve seen a lot of them, most of them coming from kbin. If you don’t frequently sort by new, they might get reported before you see them, and if you don’t subscribe to communities on kbin, you probably don’t see them at all.

There are different ways of looking at it. I used to be on r/hailcorporate in my reddit days, and one of the things we tried to highlight is how we sometimes passively advertise on behalf of corporations. For instance, I know people who will insist that blue Dawn™ is the best, even though its active ingredients are exactly the same in chemistry and amounts as some off brands. They’re de facto advertising on behalf of P&G.

There’s obviously a vast difference between this and a deliberate ad placed by a company, but I think it’s still important to point out when this happens. We are so immersed in corporate advertising that we become almost numb to it.

I sure hope not because the last thing I need is to spend all my money on a pair for each day of the week

There’s definitely some information that I’ve shared that is probably not in my best interest, so I understand being the type of person who tells people almost anything. I’m pretty much an open book with close friends and family. It’s one reason I like to avoid sites like Facebook and use sites that emphasize anonymity more. Sometimes I have to keep myself safe from myself lol