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Microsoft programs run department of homeland (in)security computers.

Let that sink in.

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Ben, get ublock if you don't already have it and add these filters:

www.youtube.com##ytd-video-renderer.style-scope:has(span:has-text(/New/i))

www.youtube.com##ytd-shelf-renderer.style-scope:has(span:has-text(/Related to your search/i))

www.youtube.com##ytd-shelf-renderer.style-scope:has(span:has-text(/For you/i))

www.youtube.com##ytd-shelf-renderer.style-scope:has(span:has-text(/People also watched/i))

www.youtube.com##ytd-horizontal-card-list-renderer.ytd-item-section-renderer.style-scope:has(span:has-text(/Searches related to/i))

www.youtube.com##ytd-shelf-renderer.style-scope:has(span:has-text(/Previously watched/i))

www.youtube.com##ytd-shelf-renderer.style-scope:has(span:has-text(/Learn while you're at home/i))

www.youtube.com##ytd-horizontal-card-list-renderer.ytd-item-section-renderer.style-scope:has(span:has-text(/Searches related to/i))

www.youtube.com##ytd-horizontal-card-list-renderer.ytd-item-section-renderer.style-scope:has(span:has-text(/Learn while you're at home/i))

That will get rid of most of this nonsense, and will also make the deliberately broken youtube search work again.

Also, if using windows, copy and paste the following at the END of your c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file (be careful not to overwrite any existing entries):

https://someonewhocares.org/hosts/

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thanks for the tip

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Anyone following that last bit of advice needs to ensure they don't already have a modified hosts file, if they do they need to merge it, not simply dump that file on top of it, or they may cause an unexpected issue. For most people with modified host files this is an unnecessary warning, as they already are aware, but it's possible that your hostfile may have been created by someone else who was helping you resolve an issue, or you may have forgotten you edited it some years ago.

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Crucial point to make, thank you hoppah. I've updated the comment to reflect this.

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Ben,

Sometimes i think we may be the same person. My journey down this road began in 2008 when i read Empire of Debt by Mr. Bonner and Wiggan i believe his name was. Anyway your article made me think of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jeUHqRgbzw

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Maybe we are the same person in some metaphysical sense

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"internet whores with their tits hanging out, ostensibly “playing guitar” for the camera.."

I didn't know. No link clicking for me, Ben - I am also averse to anything Google, and refuse to be on or watch YouTurd. Thanks for keeping an eye on the tits for me.

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somebody has to stand on the watchtower

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I am a SCUBA diver. I do like to watch some underwater videos, and guess what YouRube decided to emphasize for MY "feed". There are several "free diver" type girls who post many, many videos of themselves in micro bikinis, thongs & etc. with their abundant ASSets barely contained, their camera person will follow a camel toe like a sidewinder follows a heat signature...

No, I won't post links. Easy enough to find if that is your kink.

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yes, no links, please. i don't need any more half-naked internet whores on my algorithm

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Yup. I'm busy searching on "fluffy kittens" and such to try and skew the algorithm elsewhere right now...

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It's a lot easier to see down into that sweet cleavage when you're above it like that.

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That's a harsh way to speak about James Taylor.

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Sadly I so agree. I watch what they are brainwashing these beautiful innocent kids with now aimed at elementary kids.

Try explaining to a 7 year old why she can’t be “twerking” like her other friends 👿👿.

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I’m pissed because my guitar playing is infinitely more alluring than my tits. If I wasn’t an old hag perhaps I could be a wealthy musician.

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See, this is where AI comes in ...

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"[S]imply makes me hate whatever company is doing it and whatever bullshit it’s peddling that I’ll never buy out of spite." Amen, hallelujah and pass the ammo!

I have sent the YouBoob app into paroxysms by turning off "HISTORY" and using a VPN. Actually, the VPN makes is a bit more interesting, because I see ads from all over the world.

One is reminded of the brilliant film "Amadeus," where Salieri christens himself the patron saint of mediocrity. If I ever have the opportunity to start a steaming, er...streaming service, I will call it SALIERI in honor of the monetized milk glands. As Ron White says, "Once you've seen one tit, you want to see them all."

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One thing I've noticed about foreign ads is that they are not nearly as cynical or ironic as Western ones. American ads will sometimes make jokes about being ads because they know their base is so cynical after being advertised to for decades whereas it's kind of a novel thing in developing countries. I explore this a little bit more in-depth in my book. I always found it interesting.

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It is true the ads in Indonesia are always bright and perky, and that appears to be true with Thailand and Vietnam, though I don't understand the languages, just the voice sounds and overall tone. European ads are generally very serious, especially Germany. I don't generally see US ads, because the nodes are too slow, but having made a bunch of them back in the day, cynicism certainly infested my work, and that of my colleagues. Media malaise.

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We (sparks of the ) each share in the sorrow and joy of the

This is my deepest realization thus far

a moment of goodness

one clean spot

the eyes of a dog will show you

that's all you get

but to give your gift is everything

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Oh no, you're not going to be tricking me into clicking those links and poisoning my algorithm with those vapid twats and their idiotic "guitar playing". I am always shocked when my peers send me such links (thank God the people making the "content" use thumbnails that accurately depict the wretched nature within) and expect me to coo and drool. I find that sort of thing gross and repulsive, the type of exploitative thing one might use to sell to adolescents. There's no greater turn-off for me than such obviousness. I recoil from it as I would from an unexpected rotting raccoon carcass on a hike in mid-summer. My peers find this as puzzling as I find their interest in it. Thank you for the intro to Ms. Fiorentino. Your example is wonderful.

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You right about Jen. Dam, warrior goddess kills darkness with light. Incredible stoic beauty holding back oceans of evil for the unknowing unthinking , buying them a moment clear light in the hope that one might awake.

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Well done Ben. A single drop of real gratitude does more to repair humanity than all the activists on the planet. Its the spirit of humanity needs fixin. Fix that and everything else will fix itself.

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Excellent and very timely piece. I've noticed this on Facebook Reels, as well. I haven't thought about it deeply but I have wondered occasionally about what is driving the scantily clad, marginally talented female guitar player-thing.

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What can I say Sex sells always has always will the bigger the titties the better tip the harder the silicone the...in a world where the "Massenmensch" is reduced to his bare instincts, he needs to cum more than ever but maybe AI will take care of it...a catharsis is coming

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November 27, 2023
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As Gibbon said about late Roman "culture": freakishness masquerading as originality

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November 28, 2023
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Milo was lit back in the 2016 pre trump era

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It was a shame that he wasn't strong enough to withstand a concerted effort to destroy him. I really miss that Milo.

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Groan can we please stop saying "lit" like teenage hood rats? I can barely stand "based," talk about "lit." MIlo was trenchant before anti-feminism was cool, how about that?

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Feminists can't even decide if they are women.

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