A slow car in the fast lane actually moved over with three cars behind him the other day. I couldn't believe it.

Keep up the great work.

It's sometimes called face blindness but is also known by Prosopagnosia.

I watch two ads in the morning...

I watch two ads at night...

I watch two ads before I watch two ads, because YouTube thinks it's right.

...FUUUUCK YOUTUBE...

Harder to do if you use Prime for other things. I've never watched a single Amazon video but I'm trying to source other purchase options locally so I can finally cancel the Prime shipping, which was saving our household money over the years. That said, if we can avoid it in the future we'll stay off Amazon.

I'm glad it's on the books at least. Have to start somewhere and set precedents otherwise nothing ever changes.

Thank you, someone finally looking big picture. I see a lot of folks talking about things like "it won't harm Threads" or "the federation is all about inclusiveness and joining together" and those people, while correct on paper, are missing the point.

Put simply, many instances would prefer not to deal with that unnatural influx, and that is their choice. In fact, the best part of the fediverse is not only that they CAN make that choice it's that they can UNDO it later if need be. I can't fault some of these smaller instances for being proactive in protecting themselves when few here really know what goes into running and moderating.

I used to use the narrator's voice from old "How It's Made" episodes to put me to sleep at night.

Exactly. This case likely will never make it past discovery given how much there is to lose.

Mr. Delusional Downplay Puppet of the Year awards goes to this guy.

Even if that were true, they should STILL try it. You do it to put the pressure on, to slowly move forward, put the idea in the news, on people's minds, etc. It may seem futile but we have to start somewhere.

You do it for the out of touch, under-informed moderates... not those who vote R down the line.