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Good work, man. How are you doing now?

Aw, that's really lovely. Goes to show how much support can mean to a person. Especially when everything else seems to be going against you for no seeming reason.

You're allowed your story, always. To me it doesn't sound like "nothing", you were basically isolated for years, that is difficult for anyone to deal with and you can't always just switch jobs for various reasons. I'm glad you ultimately chose yourself.

I mean, that's fair. I grew up with subtitles, because my country decided to use subtitles to translate pieces from other countries instead of dubbing, which seems to be the standard in many other countries. Subtitles really aided my English skills.

I don't need them, but they can be helpful if I'm watching movies in languages I don't understand or if someone has a heavy accent.

Remember when Big Sugar(TM) did that study on how sugar is beneficial? Is this that again?

Yep, I'm using wefwef.app now, which is also very nice. Still have Jerboa installed for when it'll be compatible with beehaw again.

I don't mind the sponsor segments as much, I usually just skip to the end of them, but that's only because it's how my creators make actual money, and it's not every video, and when you have adblock on, then it's not as annoying.

But yes, you're right, couple ads with sponsorships and product placements and soon the actual meat of the video is one tenth of the length. So what are we really watching here?

This sounds exactly like me. I go on a few subreddits still on my laptop, but only because there is no place else for some of my very niche hobbies. I don't engage anymore though, I'm not logged in, I just lurk (though that's been made increasingly difficult to do).

My sleep has improved a lot by not having Reddit on my phone. Better sleep = better mental health.

Stay strong!

I would be okay with it if the amount of ads and their length were reasonable, like one in the beginning and one at the end or something. For a longer video, I wouldn't even mind one at the midway point.

I didn't start using adblockers until I was literally inundated and bombarded and sometimes with ads running the length of a movie (no, literally).

It completely ruins the experience. I'm happy to support my creators directly though and I do.

A thing I also don't understand is why they are scrubbing the service from some of the cancelled shows (you can't view the previous seasons either). Why?

A show I was going to watch, but now can't, was Queens of the Universe, a song/talent competition for/by queer people. We already don't have that many queer shows, let me at least watch the first season of it.

Yeah, this exactly. Use it as an opportunity to realise you're not on the same page as this person and that's fine. Better to be picky, imo. Live your best single life, only choose a partner who chooses all of you too.

I mean, I like doing both lol, but I actually think gaming is more productive as you're at least either engaging in something social, a good narrative, or just fucking having a good time, whereas watching things is more passive (and completely okay to do as well).