"jr" <cre### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> hi,
>
> "Samuel B." <stb### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> > "jr" <cre### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> > > [...] personally, I tend to visit a new URL in an "incognito" window [...]
> >
> > [...] it keeps my searches from being curated. [...]
>
> yes, "curated".  these impersonal "personalisations" have crept in to, it seems,
> every aspect of web access.  thoroughly dislike (mildest :-)) the trend.

It's the internet, you can say "hate" here ;P

> > I'm done with ads. I hate them. I grew up watching them on TV and seeing them in
> > magazines, and I have had my fill.
>
> agree, and here Google really is the major offender, afaict.  I mean, what
> soulless cretin puts advertisements in the middle of (tracks of) an album ?!
> (as happens on YT)

FF with UBlock Origin prevents any such incursions for the time being. And if
you want to listen to the music you like, there are a number of online YouTube
downloaders out there that still work... Plus, I think there's still a way to
support your favorite artists monetarily, apart from YT views :)

> > Here's a great Banksy quote about
> > advertising:
>
> yes, commerce vs ethics.. thanks.  (one of my "firm favourite" artists)

I was on a fence about the guy for a while, but that quote made me realize that
other people have the same feelings about these issues as me.

>
> you replied to Thomas:
>
> > But worst of all are the wars my country wages abroad ... Well, I try
> > not to get too worked up about it but I still feel somewhat responsible,
> > being a US citizen and all.
>
> guess I must be older than you, I think the "not quite wars" the US of A
> conducted in Central-America, more often than not via its Central Intelligence
> Agency, were worse perhaps because undeclared.

I'm in my mid-forties, so not /too/ young. But yes, I know a bit about my
country's undeclared wars. I said "wars" in my previous comment because I refuse
to see them as anything else. When was the last time the US declared war? WWII?
Declarations are meaningless when actions speak otherwise -_-

> but look on the bright side, at least y'all can get cheap cocaine now, by the
> ton :-).

I heard there are killer square groupers on the east coast. Not that I've ever
had any... I'm on the west coast. (I did get a chance to have some once, but I
didn't want my face going all numb in mixed company. Plus, it seems like it's
not all that great anyway...)

> and you do not have to be a US (of A) citizen to feel the responsibility(-ies),
> truly, we all ought to.
>
> regards, jr.

True, but it seems like my country of the US is the biggest exporter of
"democracah." Pax Americana, it's sometimes called :/

Sam

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