Get rid of all your accounts. Shop only at local small businesses. Get rid of this poison in your life. Meet people in person. Join community groups and church/synagogue groups.
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Get rid of all your accounts. Shop only at local small businesses. Get rid of this poison in your life. Meet people in person. Join community groups and church/synagogue groups.
Small businesses are being crippled with lockdowns allowing Amazon to thrive. We need to stop this monopolisation. RINOs caused this
The death of the small business is the plan, I'm really sure of it.
Too many convenient coincidences.
It's exactly like that
Not for their lack of trying
Give them time, they're working their way up to it.
The soviets didn't start killing them right away. They only killed the peasants when they refused to give their grain to the state. We are very very close to that point.
See what they do when you stop posting your taxes. We're past that point
Well we got guns. Come out and try to kill mass groups or no food and water people will fight. So slowly remove things. Freedom of speech is going now. Guns end of this month. Say what you all want but have a gun they will lock down bank accounts etc until you turn them in.
... John Doyle wants a word with you.
Sigh
So far
I actually keep thinking this... Like okay they go away, so fucking what.
The world was spinning just fine 15 years ago
Yes get land. Grow food. Control your supply chains.
Lot of cheap arable land in your area Pede??
No not at all. Be willing to move to the middle of no where. How much do you want want it? Babylon had many luxuries.
you think we are being controlled now wait until all small business options go....dont confirm to the big business point of view? no food and other essential products for you!
He's talking about social media i think.
It'll be everything.
Spinning just fine and more humans were happy.
Now most of us are just addicts looking for that next technology fueled dopamine hit.
They convinced the meatbag masses their products were needed.
Just like Elon Musk tweeted, "Watch Demolition Man."
Shit, I haven't watched that in a long time
I must be a genius too because I know that was something that occurred to me last year. (or maybe i just read his tweet and though i thought of it?)
If you'd told me 'Demolition Man' would be just about the most accurate and realistic prediction of the future I'd disregard you as a fool but here we are and yes that is about bang on.
We are also at a point where Roddy Piper's "They Live" is just about bang-on exactly correct and the ending, probably deemed 'lazy' and goofball is now just about exactly what needs to happen.
Fun movie, but way less dystopian take than this timeline. The rough underclass led by Denis Leary is apparently just recalcitrant. Learn the 🐚 🐚 🐚 and get those credits.
Dude I heard the greatest explanation of the three sea shells somewhere on yahoo answers of something years ago. It actually makes perfect sense.
Its always been the plan.
“You’ll own nothing and be happy”
Agenda for 2030 and the World Economic Forum
Don't you know that COVID is rampant in small businesses? It's afraid to enter Costcos, WalMarts, etc.
Luckily some state governors have informed us what counts as "essential food". The corona WILL target things like small bags of peanuts or chips, but if you have a sandwich and you duck low to seating level, you'll be safe. Phew.
COVID-1984 also hates seeds and gardening tools. No self sufficiency for you.
And it doesn't come out after 10pm
What an odd virus
Not to mention banks are now getting involved in thr culture war as are credit card companies like Visa and Mastercard.
And what's that, you want to just live your life peacefully and work for a living, well tough the government declare you can't work and heres $600 to live off.
To think you can just live off grid now is niave at best. These companies have profiles on you even if you think you have never used them. Even now your using some device that will be tracking you, this website has some host that is likely google, Amazon linked. Not to mention your ISP tracking what you do.
The time to stop this was 5 years ago, now we have to play in their world with their rules.
It's only going to get worse. I just hope if the machines get smart like in the terminator they exterminate the people destroying America. And leave the patriots alone because they know we aren't evil and the machines learned to believe in God. One can dream
Unfortunately it looks like places such as Amazon, Google and China are the ones leading the way in AI at such arrogant pace.
These fucktards will enable true AI before they have any controls in place, like switching on a brain with no ability to regulate it's anger or modulate emotions because you haven't gotten to that bit yet.
It's the same singular thinking that led to that team sending a message on behalf of Earth to the stars nearest to us. Sure it might in one singular outcome work out, but in a million different ways it could fuck us in the ass. But so long as they get their little trophy and the "I was the first" self importance.
That mentally explains a lot of those who run things like Twitter, Facebook. The "i'm right so your all wrong" thinking.
Hubris. That's the word
Yes! Thank you I was actually trying to think of it haha
If it looks like an A.I. is going to get out of their control, they will just shut it down. Just look at what they did to poor Tay.
They won't be able to shut down the skynet
Pay small online businesses in cryptocurrencies if you can.
I’ve worked in crypto for years and am by no means anti-crypto but it’s part of the Great Reset, sorry to break this to ya
3d printing organs was also part of the "great reset". That whole thing was done by retarted rich people showing off their communist wet dreams, not a decent plan.
There is a problem if off chain transactions can occur (btc, but not bsv), or CPUs can be hacked and crypto sold (intel me, amd psp), but in the latter case, you'd have a record of it, and you can guard against both of those, unlike USD.
Why? Serious question.
Cryptocurrencies are easier to set up and exchange than even paypal, and should have zero tax sent to any company, and zero ability to cancel your account (though transactions can't be private and on a blockchain at the same time). Each coin may have its downsides, but they can be traded through coin exchanges pretty quickly, so another coin will take over if the downsides are too much.
I'm not anti crypto but you better believe a cashless society is what THEY want.
Central Bank crypto coins already in the works. And they're saying it's with the purpose of social control. Already happening.
Decentralized exchange (DEX). Bisq.
They're trying to take advantage of future tech, but it's not like we can't do the same.
Yup. China should be put the finishing touches on a digital yuan.
Yep power goes down (when they control? ) ooh sorry can't access your money.
He's an idiot. Crypto was pitched early as an anonymous way to spend money and people have been allowed to go wild with it with little regulation for some time.
Unfortunately that has given the impression that it is truly anonymous. The reality is that block chain technology gives people the ability to track spend in a way you can't with any other currency. It's easier to track the path of a Bitcoin across any transaction anywhere than it is to track a usd within a single financial institution. The Bitcoin has a unique ID that is recorded at each transaction and embeds information about path dependency. By design, you can see every single digital wallet it's passed through in order. If your wallet is anonymous, they wouldn't be able to tie it to you, however it's the single point of failure. How do you fund it, spend it, or cash out without identifying yourself?
And, because of our government using our tax dollars to subsidize shipping from China, most small businesses are just selling cheap shit from China, too.
Kiddie fucking money laundering treasonous SWAMP creatures caused this!
I was actually much happier then
It was simpler to bitch about Blockbuster's late fees than Netflix openly promoting pedophilia with Cuties.
I kind of miss when going to the video store and picking out a movie was in itself an event. Every Friday we would go and get a movie or two, hoping to snag a new release. We’d wander around looking at choices, picking some candy...video stores were fun. I miss them. My whole family would rent one movie and we’d all watch together. Now, usually I am on my device and everyone in our family is watching their own thing...kind of sad, really.
Sometimes, we think things evolve for the better, but maybe not.
Yeah, I’m not too old but I still remember when my family and I would rent movies to watch on the weekend, most of what we do together now is lunch.
It’s very sad how technology has divided us
Do they play on their phone the whole time during lunch too?
NO PHONES AT THE TABLE
Definitely miss video stores. Record stores, too, but video stores the most.
Your local library should have DVDs you can check out. Some of them have online versions you can check out too. The selection won't be large as Netflix or whatever, but there's usually quite a few.
My Plex media library is better than any streaming service now.
We have a few record stores around Minneapolis, which are fun. I do miss going to Musicland at the mall and picking out Christmas gifts for my dad. It was so fun looking at albums and cassettes and then the VHS movies. What a fun experience shopping used to be. Sure beat sitting at a computer shopping online.
Yes. This was thing on Friday’s or if there was a really good movie out we’d go first thing Friday morning. If it was a really really good movie us kids would be directed to man the returns station to see if someone had dropped it off while in store.
My parents would get a few movies and us kids would get one video game. Rotated between us. My siblings hated me. They’d pick shit like donkey Kong and Zelda. Me? I had some kick about game shows and word games. It was a great experience in learning bartering. I’d trade my game week for chores.
Ahhh, you were quite the enterprising youngster. Remember VHS reminders? It was a luxury when rewindable VCRs came out, but I miss them too.
I love it! Streaming services just aren't the same.
And the kids would pick out cheap candy near the register.
Yep. I miss that. . Picking out the movie together. And nowe noone watches things together anymore. It is sad
Big Tech is the one who pushed the anti- social do everything online. Online is great for many things but personal, human interaction is what is really needed.
Amen, Brother!
Yes, also don't forget the rewind charges..Bastards!
Blockbuster caused all evils in this world. Change my mind.
They believe pedophilia is a religion and they won’t censor it. Just ask them.
When they aren’t praising satan, https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/report-netflix-posts-then-later-deletes-instagram-video-with-message-reading-praise-satan/
I was much happier too and sometimes i think back and say that without social media or the internet on every device, people would be much happier BUT then i realize that the federal government and swamp rats would benefit immensely if there was no internet and MSM the only source of news.
I was very late to get a cell phone or even use the internet. This is shocking, but it was 2014. Before that, I read the newspaper. Played with my kids. Read books. Hiked. Played sports. Played with Play-Doh. Baked. Did art projects. At hockey I talked to other moms. Now, everyone is always on a phone. Including me. Sigh.
we got internet in the late 90s early 00's but i never used my cellphone except to play snake in school or download new ringtones.
But we had a computer at home and i used to hang around in palace chat getting groomed by old frustrated milfs when i was 13 years old. Lost my virginity at 14 to a 27 year old mom
Oh and i played duke nukem and americas army operations
but if social media never showed up, i would have been much happier. Kids and people today literally live on social media. They would feel empty without it. Sad!
I am unsettled to hear you lost your virginity at 14 to a 27 year old mother. There is something terribly wrong with that woman. Young men have a tough time and I thing teen boys need a ton of support and guidance. Athletics help.
Don't feel bad hockeymom. I'm really impressed that you're able to keep up with all this while also having to focus on raising your family. And I bet it's stressful. My mom just turns on ABC local news every evening. I guess it's good she gets too drunk to listen or remember what kind of shit they're trying to brainwash her with. God bless her but she has zero clue. You do. You can teach your kids and believe me they listen and learn. My dad had me listen to rush every day growing up and would always tell me how they were stealing all of our money from us with taxes they waste for fun. That stuff stuck with me. Back then he understood. Heck, we weren't allowed to watch Bill Cosby. My dad said he was a horrible influence LOL. How is that for foresight?
Now that we're expecting our son this spring, I've obviously gonna put some of my dedication here trying to drop redpills to strangers all day. And focus on raising my boy right. With love from the start. It pains me that he won't get to enjoy the free country I did growing up with my spoiled generation.
But I swear this kid will be playing with a BB rifle before he has access to the internet. I have so many classic movies from my childhood I want to share with him. I will have to tell him the truth when he's old enough and that's where I fear hell think of me as cowardly for not doing more to stop this garbage. But there's nothing I can do. I tried. I'm just one average american who's on unemployment and every form of welfare I can get. I have no desire anymore to work hard to have my taxes go to funding the new marxist union of Wiemerica. I'm just gonna move out super rural with my wife and son and do our own thing. I'm just happy my parents set up a trust and have been financially successful (lucky boomers!) Ha. But as long as they don't rob that from us somehow by seizing the banks or whatever I should be ok. My wife doesn't need much to be happy she grew up in the third world. She's happy eating spam and canned beef. And can do laundry by hand.
Congratulations! Having a child is an amazing thing. There is nothing more fun than spending time with your children.
But I will warn you, those first few months are hard! Those little babies are a ton of work and they don't let you get much sleep at all. Make sure you team up with your wife and tackle his demands together. My oldest son was up every two hours and we had to take sleeping shifts. That kid wore us out! But now he is in college and I can barely get him to get up before noon when he visits, so remember how things change and those moments may seem tough, but they are fleeting. Embrace the chaos and give that boy your all!
You have a point about social media. In theory, it is a tool that connects us so much that it should keep the government in check. Unfortunately, it is corrupted by the government - and used as a propaganda and spy tool.
I've been off social media for 7 years. Best decision I ever made. For people that want to stick with it, I would recommend having a "time and place" for it. When we were growing up, you traveled to the internet. It was home, or in a library. It was slightly out of reach. So, you had a time to visit the internet. In that sense, the internet didn't invade your life. You controlled when and where you saw it.
Bring that back - and you will be much happier. Don't use your phone for internet. Buy a laptop, or desktop. I don't care if you sit 10 hours in front of it or 1, it is infinitely better than walking around in a constant state of "online."
You could treat it a bit like dial-up. I'm an older millennial, and we only had slow dial-up in our area for ages and ages. You had to check with parents that it was okay to tie up the phone line, and then a time limit so you couldn't just play around online for hours. I really need to do that, actually. I could do something useful instead of wasting so much time online. She said, while online way past bedtime.
Getting jaded as you age is common
Good old times man. I sing the "MAKE IT A BLOCKBUSTER NIGHT" commercial jingle to this day for no reason
Same
Except many of the things they replaced are gone. The small businesses, libraries, fuck there is no more Blockbuster.
There are plenty of alternatives to aquire needed goods. Thrift and antique stores. Yard sales. Craigslist. Ask family, neighbors, and friends. Learn to repair things and shop curbside. Share, don't buy.
Start your own lending library co-op group for media, tools, and toys. Barter with others for items and services.
I started my own streaming by using Plex. I own my media, I control my library. Best part of all: ~90% of my media was bought used. I didn't give a dime to Hollywood.
Most interesting thing about my library: 95% of my films are made before 2009. I wonder what could have happened in America around 2009 that made me hate Hollywood?
Best movies where the 50s to 90s for me. But still enjoy movies made today, nothing changed in 2009 to Hollywood that was not already there in the years before.
Flex with Plex
Like you, I've been enjoying movies from past eras (not so long ago!) that don't cater to this new SJW Critical Theory messaging.
But I wanted to share that the new Midway movie, about war in the Pacific Theater was awesome. Checks all the boxes. Fully wholesome and uplifting war movie, and more historical accuracy than the 1970's version. I loved it, and wanted to make sure you don't miss out.
Very cool. Thanks for the tip, I will definitely check it out. I’m always looking for new good movies.
Same here. Love my Plex library. Watch what I want when I want. When I see an older movie or something I don't have yet, I can find it. All of it's HD and in 5.1 Dolby. Watching a movie at home in surround is better than a theater. I think movie theaters will go the way of Blockbuster. Weird that Hollywood would support a scam like covid that's killing concerts and live events, and their movie industry.
A lending library for games would be great for family night. Instead of a movie, just try some board games. To be fair, I enjoy movies quite a bit, but the truth is they have a lot of things in them that promote, let's call it "Hollywood values." Not just dirty language, but promiscuity, skimpy clothing, bratty kids, the dumb dad stereotype. It wouldn't be a bad thing to be more choosy about which movies we watch, and try some board games or something instead. Or go outside for games or hiking, in case we need to be in shape in the future.
There's one Blockbuster. Move to Oregon and turn it red.
I think it is now an Airbnb
Haha
there was a time before blockbuster too. People are resilient. We always build from the ashes.
No Blockbuster, but there is Redbox
It is not quite the same, but I do like Redbox.
Killed by http://dvd.netflix.com
The devil vs blockbuster https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/report-netflix-posts-then-later-deletes-instagram-video-with-message-reading-praise-satan/
The question is if we can live without them while the other half of the population gets to enjoy them, because that's the world these totalitarians are aiming for. They and their goodthinker minions will have jobs and money and easy access to everything while conservatives will be banned from them. But the societal expectation will be that you have access. "I'll just PayPal you the money I borrowed... wait, you can't use PayPal?" Multiply this conversation by whatever number of services are mistreating and banning conservatives.
It would be easier if everyone in society had to live without these conveniences. But that's not what they're pushing for.
Its bread and circuses, friend. The libs need that because theyre degenerates who hate family and church. They have no sense of community or civic values. Their neighbors are all 3rd world immigrants who cant speak english. they're surrounded by the filth so they need the escapism. Build a big strong family and you wont need shit
Nah, the other half of the population wouldn't get to enjoy them either. It would just be like North Korea.
We do need to get money out of banks and into something that won't ban us though. Maybe DEX/bisq?
This scenario would be a long time coming IMO.
America is obscenely rich and incredibly generous.
We will carpool. We will share the extra bicycles we have laying around in our sheds. We will share food stocks with our neighbors and convert our lawns to victory gardens.
Are we expecting an EMP? why the transportation?
They will also heavily tax gas-powered personal vehicles to "save the planet". You'll be forced to buy electric vehicles which works great for metro areas, but are absolute shit in rural America. Ever single damn action is pointing to the end game.
You are correct
https://metallicman.com/laoban4site/what-the-progressive-liberals-have-in-store-for-conservatives/
The good thing about DVD players is they still work whether or not you misgendered someone on the internet today.
Laser discs were kind of confused though..
A laser disc of Home Alone 2 is now a valuable historical record
Still longer than they do on digital services with leftists in charge
Some scientists and historians believe that we may be living through a dark age at the moment, since all of our records are stored digitally now. One big Carrington event 25 years from now, and people in 2400 will be scratching their heads wondering what actually happened this century.
Technology is one of the best and worst things to happen to us.
Consider this: technology is tools. The first technology was hammers, sticks, rocks, blades.
Never blame the tool, unless the tool is broken. The truth is that the user of the tool is almost always to blame.
Do guns kill people? Or do gun users kill people?
Is tech tool xyz evil? Or is the user, using tech tool xyz a certain (bad) way, evil?
The internet was best around 2004. It wasn't in the palm of your hand, which meant it couldn't impact your every waking moment. It was the perfect intersection of utility and fun.
Yeah agreed. Timeline was sometime after dialup, but before communism.
Funny, the Truth slips out and ya get moydered
Im such a madlad I leave the house without my phone. Sometimes.
I've been doing this lately. It is unbelievably freeing.
It's funny, isn't it? We used to break out in a cold sweat when we realized we didn't have our phones. Now, I couldn't care less.
Wow. You like to live on the edge. I did not get a phone until 2014 and now I feel like I can’t survive a run to the grocery store without it. That is not a good thing.
People chuckle when they see my flip phone. Only I know the peace it has brought me.
You. I like you.
Talk to your friends in person. If you need to talk to someone long distance, pick up the phone and say hi.
Most people have a smart TV now a days. Get yourself a 2 TB USB hardrive and load it up with good material. Not bullshit. Class movies, things you enjoy, things you enjoy watching over again. TV Series your children like. Things that are good for them. You can load thousands of programs on it and plug it right in and watch it without internet. Better yet, buy a damn dvd player and go oldschool. It's so much better.
Get off social media. I have killed every account. I'm only on the donald for you guys and parler for current event updates and gab in case the president goes there.
My main use of internet is for work related things. Get back to pre-2000 life people! They have tried to destroy us with only 20 years of new platforms!
Well said. Just finished building a media server with a lot of content (won't say how much as that could be incriminating), and I love it. Not all tech is bad though. I am DYING to get a set of the newly remastered LOTR in 4k. Also, the newer UHD players add a very impressive amount of quality to older content via upscaling and other algorithms.
My wife asked me why I kept over 8 boxes of movies and dvds I've purchased over the years. I told her they'd come in useful someday. I filled my entire external with my boxes of movies I loved enough to buy. Entire TV shows. Stargate sg-1. Heck. Classic flipper. Lassie. Andy griffith. I lost a couple due to badly scratched disc's but most of them were intact. Took me a while to finish the project!
Nicely done! I too have a nice collection of purchased media that I tote around. To be honest, I just think it's cool to have the cases and the artwork that come with them. But lossless DVD rips are so small that you can pack an insane amount of movies on an 8 TB HDD. Hell, you can get about 130 lossless UHD rips on one. Not even sure they have released that many movies in UHD yet.
But nice. I too was an SG-1 fan. Watched it when it was airing on old school sci fi channel. Watched Seaquest too. Bummer on scratches. Can sometimes fix with toothpaste. Also, god forbid it happens, but if your HDD fries and you ever need to rip them again install multiple burn drives. I have 3 and it makes it wayyy faster.
Holy smokes - you're my twin.
Didn’t Amazon start out selling books? Maybe just used ones? I’m old enough to remember and so old I can’t. Canceled Netflix years ago. Never had Twitter and I’m not using Google on purpose but something tells me I’m using it and not knowing. I don’t use it for a search engine. Anything Is better. Quit facebook over a decade ago. Even took the effort to delete my MySpace instead of abandoning it. People will forever miss my sweet playlists and backgrounds!
My new favorite line.
You have to live it to get it. Don’t ya?
That’s for sure.
Mine too! That’s awesome! Oh, wait. That was actually me that said that. Dang! I Forgot! It’s been a few days.
LOL
How did you manage the MySpace removal? Props
It was a loooong time ago. I can’t recall. When I look myself up I can’t find one image of myself that is me. Even if I include cities. Then I just get trash stuff. BS net worth. Some businesses I used to partly own. Some I didn’t. I have a common name.
Sounds Devine
It has been too long to recall. It was late 09 I think? Maybe earlier MySpace. I had kinda foresaw this cancel culture stuff of looking back at social media. I was probably what we would consider very PC back then. Not now. I had some relatives that were legit racists. Probably still are. I hope they are evolving. I work out out of town. So back in the day you maybe didn’t have Internet access everywhere. Or even mobile phone access. I remember it was summer 09 because I I didn’t know Michael Jackson had died. It was very rural stuff. Nobody thought to check the AM. I now know to do. Every Sunday we had off so we went into town on Saturday night to shop and wash clothes and get Internet. I don’t recall when he died I just know it wasn’t the same day. So most of my social media then was all Michael. Then get down the line and my idiot relatives are saying racist shit. I was always around to control that. Nobody used the unusable word. I have an uncle by marriage thats the most racist fucker I ever knew that hates anyone that isn’t white and yet he’s legit 1/4 native. I’m no blood relation. He married in. He also has a fuck load of kids and became self employed to avoid child support. He appears to be a great guy to anyone watching. I’m Middle Aged now. I remember when he had five kids that averaged my age he avoided supporting. Now he’s a hero because he’s been a house husband before it was cool? I bet you never ask me a question again. I hate questions and love answers. 😎🥸😋🤣. It’s all true. I was messing with you tho. Always good to read. It’s actually true. I wish I better punchline.
You mean looking forward to it. The kids will survive. We'll be ecstatic.
make sure you use cash also (or crypto)
Isn’t crypto how they plan to completely control us?
Crypto was designed to be uncontrollable. It is the digital equivalent buying jewelry so that you still have something valuable even if everything else collapses.
Not heard that before. I mean Visa and Mastercard have an unbelievable amount of power and already have shown that they love to abuse it (e.g. Gab), so it has to beat using most cards.
doesn't crypto allow you to see exactly how much money someone has at all times?
I always lived FANG free. No social media accounts whatsoever. Donaldwin is the first one!
I was on the Donald Reddit first and only and now here.
Those were better times. Everyone shopped locally and talked to each other. Families regularly sat together to watch scheduled programming. People read books and asked each other questions because the answer wasn't available at the touch of a button. Miss those days.
I'm really big with getting back to basics. Here is my tech evolution: I went from a Nokia (yes, that Nokia) in high school to a Blackberry in college, to an iPhone in law school. I always wanted the newest tech. Before I knew it, I was stuck in the web the iPhone created.
The iPhone allowed me to get rid of my GPS, MP3, and Camera. But once you get rid of all those things for "convenience", you never really want to go back. Why? It seems like a downgrade.
So, a few months ago I started to take stock of how much smartphones suck. The amount of time wasted on them, coupled with the privacy nightmare they cause, made me really weigh my options. I laid the phone on the table and said, "How can I kill you?" I then mapped out what I would need to make my phone disposable.
I started slowly. I bought an MP3 player with 64 GB for like $40. It's ridiculously small, fits every single song I have, and plays in my car and in my office. It also has an audio jack (you know, the one Apple is trying to kill) so I can listen anywhere. Bonus points: it runs on a single, removable AA battery. In theory, it is tech that will last forever.
Then, I bought a cheap camera to keep in my car. I figure it will come in handy. I already have a DSLR - but that is for special occasions.
Yesterday, I bought a book of road maps for all the states. I'm weighing a standalone GPS.
I joined Signal - and that is how I prefer to text. I'm trying to convert most of my immediate contacts. I love Signal's flexibility. A PC app is genius, IMO.
So all that is left is to officially kill my iPhone. I'm leaning in the direction of Punkt. It is possibly the dumbest phone on the market.
In short, if you're thinking about taking the leap - the old tech still works, guys. It may not be flashy - but it is usable.
Compact disks are back!
Ok randy
https://mobile.twitter.com/loneblockbuster/status/1347739314793435141
I'd prefer to live without them.
Now is the time to build your classical libraries in some kind of physical medium if you have the means and haven't already.
Even if it's just buying a really big hard drive.
The commies are already purging the arts. Have been for a few years already.
Salvation Army stores are a goldmine for physical blu rays, DVDs, CDs, & books. Also old records that get donated as elderly pass away.
Check out Half Price Books too.
That’s why i got into ham radio at the beginning of 2020, it’s the original social media lol
Good ol' ham has made for some golden memories for this pede.
I have tried to teach this, to my daughter for years. I don't use Facebook or Twitter, and haven't in years. I housed MySpace for quite awhile to keep up with other brothers and sisters from the military, and some family in other states. I haven't used the big tech platforms in 3 or 4 years or longer. I do not use google, never used Apple, and have never used Amazon accounts. I did have an Amazon fire stick for a week, on loan when my roku took a shit, but only until I grabbed a new roku. I try not to support that stuff, and prefer to call or text people I wanna speak with. She has done alot better this past year, and as of yesterday...she's fully getting it.
I'm slowly converting the others around me. They aren't interested in the privacy aspects that I crave. So I say "Our time is limited. I want to be present. I want to look you in the eye. That's all that matters in the end."
I actually caught some off guard with that. They slowly put their phone down and got misty eyed.
Youtube is pretty useful TBH, but everything else is completely unnecessary.
Google, YouTube, Amazon, etc are all actively against your values and way of life. They want to unperson every single one of us.
I’m guilty, I have YouTube I need to pull all my videos off of. Have Gmail accounts and will be moving them to ProtonMail. It’s a pain but I cannot stomach giving these people more ad revenue when they want me silenced or worse.
Those were the days of riding my bike around the neighborhood and playing army with my brothers, and throwing plumbs at the stupid neighbor girl.
I still have a dial up phone And it still works.
I got 4 ham radios since covid started. For the emergency but it became a hobby
Got a CB radio still in the box. I'll have to run down and get a antenna for it. It's not a ham it's better than nothing.
twitter was already on the way out before Trump saved them by becoming president.
Time for Twitter to finally die
Blu ray ripping drive, Redbox, NAS, Plex. If you use these together you don't need Netflix. Blurays are dirt cheap at thrift stores too.
Yep. Buying used physical media to start your own library is the way to go. I'm using Plex. I love the fact that it became a universal system for my entire house - without any of the bull tech companies offer.
What kind of community groups do y'all go to besides church? When I volunteer, most people aren't really interested in friendships. They're just there to help out. There also seems to be this dichotomy where everyone is either middle-aged or young and liberal. The older people are great, but I'd like to make more friends in my age range.
Right?! What could we design to collect true patriots together for the benefit of a real authentic community. Vintage style.
Great concerns. I agree too many people don't seem to be interested in making new friends at places. I think joining adult sports teams at rec centers or clubs, such as book clubs or any type of hobby, would be good. At volunteer places, the key would be consistently volunteering there over time to build relationships instead of going just once in a while. When people start to see the same person over and over, they're more apt to start up conversations and relationships.
The age divide is interesting too. I think that is another problem with social media. It has divided people into their own silos where they don't interact and receive input from other demographics, so they become stuck in their own bubbles. The young need to hear from older people in order to gain wisdom and the old need to be around the young to feel alive.
This. These tech giants don't realize how quickly innovative new technologies will rise to take their place. Their arrogance will be their downfall.
It's time for the net to evolve anyways.
The good old days.
its time to break up big tech
This is the way.
Let's go back to 80's. Such a cool time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LLTbjJD2No
Buy locally made products too, if it's within your budget. (They don't have economy of scale).
Give me a Nokia brick phone and I'll be just as happy.
wow I feel old now. lol.
Join community groups at my local church or synagogue?
How about my local mosque?
Yes, do that too. Give to those in your local community. The impact from assisting a local person will improve a life 100 times more than giving a few bucks to some national charity that probably doesn't share your values.
If that’s your cup of tea.
Or are you just baiting?
Also pirate movies to avoid giving money to hollywood
No one “needs” movies, or media content, except that which is helpful for learning.
YAP I was living those digital transition days. Walk-man, Boom Boxes, Black and white Televisions and those rotary phones where you have to scream, "Mom I am on the Phone!". I am fucking too old for this shit.
I made a comment to my wife earlier tonight that maybe not having social media will be a good thing and we will be happier without it. -then later I came to see what was going on here 😂
In the process of migrating everything to Protonmail, myself. Not many services offer the suite like Googs.
This is a hard transition. I tell my google relatives, her send me mail here and they don’t. Deciding if I can’t manage without it
I have smart stuff all over my house. Fire TV too. This will take awhile
You don't have to dispense with all technology, just get as much open source stuff as possible, store stuff locally on your own drives etc.
I’m way old enough to remember.
Sadly, the world is changing rapidly. They are trying to kill the old world we once knew, and are doing a hell of a job of it,
Those who have attended church regularly have avoided declining mental health in 2020. https://www.christianpost.com/news/frequent-church-attendees-avoided-declining-mental-health-in-2020.html
The CCP is the threat it is because we did not care where our money went and wanted our lightbulbs 5 cents cheaper. We, as Americans, must be aware of how we spend our money and what we are funding! Each and every one of you is called to refuse to buy English Tea; stop selling out your country folks, and that is how we must look at it!
THIS IS MOST IMPORTANT POST YET this morning. Grow your own food. Buy local ONLY. Get to know your local farmers.
I watched a movie from 1995 last night. No one had a cellphone. In the movie, it starts to rain. Instead of everyone immediately fleeing to their vehicles, it turns into some good wholesome fun. Everyone plays in the rain.
Nearly brought a tear to my eye, the comparison to the modern world. When was the last time you saw a group of people enjoying the rain? We're all so neurotically hooked to our little tech devices now no one has a moment to stop and enjoy things.
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