Thanks for this

Thanks for this. Yeah I’m trying out a few apps. Do you have a favourite?

Yeah I was hoping there was a way to do so automatically, like with feedly

Sorry, yes. For example with Feedly you can set your feed to never show the same post twice

For $1 MorePurpleMoreBetter gives you an incredible PDF that creates D&D character sheets in moments. Priceless.

Drawfee consistently churn out a lot of videos and streams each week so I have no issue tipping them

HBomberGuy donating the proceeds from his latest video exposing plagiarism, with +20M views and took months to research and create, to the people who were stolen from earns him a tip too

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You know what, I should’ve checked your profile before responding to you and that’s on me

Of course they are

Even supporters of these businesses admit that their foundations are entirely dependent upon stolen art, work, labour, time, training, practice etc. Not only would they not function without it, they wouldn’t exist without it.

Clearly you’re not open to facts. You may not like their tone but is any of it untrue?

I get that it must feel uncomfortable to be faced with the concept of consequences when you’re having fun, but for someone who’s into art you sure seem to hate artists

Stop screwing over artists?

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I used to think orange juice and milk etc should be kept in a jug in the fridge for some reason.

I didn’t know it was because they couldn’t show packaging on TV.

But then what

Agreed. But then what?

This is how I’ve been shopping for years, but not to be woe is me, I’m a wheelchair user with a variety of medical nonsense that keeps me in the house. Trying to shop ethically online used to be feasible, but it’s increasingly impossible

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And once you’ve stopped, listen out for the voice that says “just this once, as a treat, I’ve been good” because that voice lies

Basically we all need to learn how to hack ourselves.

Whatever that may look like for you is fine, so long as the hacks don’t cause secondary problems then whatever works works.

Your Ritual = sit, watch, snack on crap, repeat until ??

So maybe try and replace each bit, one at a time, and see what you can bear to white knuckle long enough for it to transform into an enjoyable habit:

• Sit -> walk on treadmill / exercise bike / whatever while you watch, or go outside for a walk while you listen to podcasts etc

• Watch -> listening to podcasts and music or video audio frees up your eyes to be doing a crazy or hobby while you listen. This also means your hands will be occupied and not snacking.

• Snack -> swap in fresh sweet crunchy veg (carrots, sweet bell pepper etc) or popcorn (no butter ya sneaky bugger) etc

• Repeat until ??? -> Portion control. You don’t take the whole bag of chips out of the kitchen, you take out a small bowl full and that’s your limit

Pick whichever one you want.

Change is hard. We kinda hate it. But it’s worth it.

I’m the latter. Currently I’m having to use an inflatable bath in my wet room which can only be emptied via a powerdrill-powered water pump into a hose pipe and into the toilet. It’s not ideal, ha

I wish you other kinds of human interaction today