Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[overgeeked]

It's been hit and miss for me -- about every four or five times I get on it is a huge wall of ads. The rest of the time it is bearable.

When it is the huge wall I go through and click get rid of on about 20 of them and then log off and try to be productive.

I mean…it’s 2025…you must have heard of ad blockers before.

Social media still sucks, but if you use it in limited, targeted ways it can still be useful.

 

[TiQuinn]

I mean…it’s 2025…you must have heard of ad blockers before.

Social media still sucks, but if you use it in limited, targeted ways it can still be useful.

I assume it’s the Facebook app. Do they have ad blockers that work against phone apps?

 

[Ryujin]

I mean…it’s 2025…you must have heard of ad blockers before.

Social media still sucks, but if you use it in limited, targeted ways it can still be useful.

Ad blockers are all but useless in Facebook, because the ads are presented as posts.

 

[payn]

Ad blockers are all but useless in Facebook, because the ads are presented as posts.

The reasons keep piling up to justify saying bye bye to FB.

 

[Velderan]

Self-care in increasingly terrible times:

• Walking
• Gardening (including indoor plant care)
• Cooking (especially recipes you've never cooked before, but enjoy elsewhere)

Walking, especially if you work from home. I have a routine where at the end of my workday, I go for at least a 15 minute walk. If the weather doesn't permit it, I go for a drive instead. It basically serves as a mental reset so when I return home where I've spent the day working I don't feel like I am returning to work. It took me about 6 months of working from home before I figured out I needed that badly.

 

[payn]

Walking, especially if you work from home. I have a routine where at the end of my workday, I go for at least a 15 minute walk. If the weather doesn't permit it, I go for a drive instead. It basically serves as a mental reset so when I return home where I've spent the day working I don't feel like I am returning to work. It took me about 6 months of working from home before I figured out I needed that badly.

Same. Walk in winter, bike in spring, summer, fall.

 

[prabe]

Unrelated to the above: Well, that didn't take long.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Walking, especially if you work from home. I have a routine where at the end of my workday, I go for at least a 15 minute walk. If the weather doesn't permit it, I go for a drive instead. It basically serves as a mental reset so when I return home where I've spent the day working I don't feel like I am returning to work. It took me about 6 months of working from home before I figured out I needed that badly.

Marking the end of the workday like that is very smart. I will be working that into my routine.

 

[Mannahnin]

That is way too good of an idea for Disney to actually do it.

Alternate take: it's called The Dark Crystal.

And as a reminder for any fans of the movie who didn't watch the show yet- it's great. Really, a worthy successor and expansion of the world and story.

Self-care in increasingly terrible times:

• Walking
• Gardening (including indoor plant care)
• Cooking (especially recipes you've never cooked before, but enjoy elsewhere)

Really looking forward to the end of Winter so I get back to enjoying walking and hiking.

Caring for my miniature roses and philodendron in the dining room has been really nice this winter, though. Really nice to have those vibrant greens (and occasional flowers on the roses) in the house.

Cooking is mostly utilitarian, but it is satisfying.

The gym has been huge for me. I still have a tendency to succumb to the siren song of social media in rest breaks between sets, but exercise has been enormously helpful for mood and mental health, as well as happiness with my physical condition.

Walking, especially if you work from home. I have a routine where at the end of my workday, I go for at least a 15 minute walk. If the weather doesn't permit it, I go for a drive instead. It basically serves as a mental reset so when I return home where I've spent the day working I don't feel like I am returning to work. It took me about 6 months of working from home before I figured out I needed that badly.

This is a great idea; thanks for reminding me of it. I'm hoping to transition to at least partially WFH this year.

 

[payn]

Huh, looks like P+ series Halo is heading to netflix. I'm surprised they think its worth saving.