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Cake day: May 25th, 2025
  • Wolf@lemmy.todaytomemes@lemmy.world•We're learnding.
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    8 hours ago

    Yeah, the problem with Idiocracy is that it over plays the role of genetics and doesn’t differentiate between ignorance and stupidity.

    Sure, genetics plays some role, but I’ve seen some very smart people that came from average parents and some very dumb people who came from smart parents.

    Education plays a much bigger role than people give it credit for.

    I feel like there are probably some very smart people out there who we don’t know about because of their lack of educational opportunities.

    Pretty much my whole life (I’m 51) Americans have been talking about how bad our education system is compared to much of the world, yet nothing substantial was done about it. I think the current state of affairs is a reflection of that fact.

  • Wolf@lemmy.todaytomemes@lemmy.world•Soon
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    5 days ago

    I appreciate the recommendation, I’ll look into it thanks.

    There are a few channels like that I watch, one is “History to fall asleep to” or something like that.

    I just downloaded NewPipe, and on there you can turn off the screen and just have the audio playing, so that’s awesome.

    It’s tricky for me, because if the show is too boring, my mind will wander and I’ll start to get anxious, thinking about things I shouldn’t. Conversely if it’s too exciting, I’ll get too into it and it’ll wake me back up lol

    I know, I’m kind of a mess.

    To make matters worse most sleeping medicine doesn’t work at all for me, and the only one I’ve found that does gives me dry mouth to the point it gags me.

  • Wolf@lemmy.todaytomemes@lemmy.world•Soon
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    5 days ago

    I tried flagging it as such when I asked them to stop showing me the ad. Either they are fine with it or the advertiser found some loophole to get around the TOS. It’s possible they edited the ad copy so that the SA is only implied now, I don’t really pay attention anymore.

    I also didn’t even mention the bullies SA the protagonist as well, at least they heavily imply it and mention the blood in his underwear. Gross.

  • Wolf@lemmy.todaytomemes@lemmy.world•Soon
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    5 days ago

    I swear, YouTube uses the camera on my phone/tablet to detect if I am facing the screen or not. It doesn’t have ‘permission’ to access the camera, but the behavior is too consistent to be a coincidence.

    I can’t fall asleep to silence. I have to have something playing to keep me from being alone with my thoughts, or I will literally never sleep. So I watch YouTube videos while Im tying to fall asleep. I skip every ad as soon as it will let me when facing the screen. Every time, and I mean literally every time I turn over so my back is to the screen, YouTube will start playing one of those long ass ads, ones that will go on for 1/2 hr or more if I don’t turn back over and hit ‘skip’. It’s just too consistent to be random.

    The best is when it’s the ad for the stupid ass ‘superhero’ audiobook where the main character is the only person who doesn’t have a superpower and gets picked on, and by picked on I mean they force him to watch as they SA his girlfriend. I have done the thing where you can request they don’t show you that particular ad at least a dozen times now and it never helps.

    I already know that guy will get his superpower eventually. I already know that he will get his revenge on his bullies. Its about the most obvious, 5th grade level writing you could imagine. Nothing about it appeals to me, I hate that fucking ad with a passion.