Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives
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I’m not sure even that even sways them. They think it won’t happen to them.
Because right now they think he was a lone nut job. It couldn’t possibly happen again. We need to prove them wrong.
I just think it’s missing the real culprit twice. We are not being punished and harvested by other people, but by giant entities that are soulless, with global access to replacement humans when one of their crop dies. It will just regrow its pilot instantly. It’s much more concerned about focusing efforts on its legal team to ensure it gets any profit and power the event might have left on the table.
Similarly, when a zealot notices the slaying of one of their own, they do not think it could be them, they think about the vacant spot and the entailing power vacuum in the ranks of this entity. Humanity is a weakness and disease to them because, unsurprisingly, it is how you rise in favour with any of these odious entities.
In society, the states have collectively chosen to worship and dedicate their life to the psychopathic entities, have elevated them first to being “legally human” whatever that means, and then beyond that, by giving them control over law and enforcement so they can punish anyone dissenting their overlords.
Instead of resorting to clandestine conspiracies or infiltration that you might expect, people in these states are out in the open proudly celebrating the progression of the insane dark entities elevation to absolute power and esteem. “They are more human than us”, they proclaim, “they should have more rights than us. We owe it to them to collectively increase our efficiency and meet the demands so they can lead us to salvation.”
Viciously the weak are considered insufficient, and it hurts me to the bones. Whenever any societal issue appears that clearly asks “is humanity more important, or the overlords that provides for it?” the choice is not even a question for the followers any longer, but straight up considered an insult. “Why should it not be allowed to use indiscriminately any resource that are not part of the church? It is able to, and it has all its legal rights in order. It provides for us. Look what the entity has given us. Repent, bow and work, or you will not be a sacrifice, but a casualty.”
Some time ago, the knowledge that the entities are summoning some demonic ice age and that the last chance to survive as a species is nearing, most people chose to deny the research, for the chance to climb socially in the ranks of their respective churches by proving their loyalty. The current human leader destroying the research openly, poised to imprison any dissenters. No significant amount of people seemed upset in the states that the entities have now claimed as their sovereign.
Every country on earth cowers before the dark entities and the fervent zealousry of their worshippers. They wear masks of defeated ideologies. The world’s most powerful military force continually wage excessive one-sided wars in the name of democracy, the face of its sword arm an obscene twist of the idea that people should vote and choose laws via representation, not by force or persuasion. It wears the skin of anything it has eaten and impersonate it not as a disguise but as a means to rally its zealots for battle.
Luckily, if you have concerns about the irreversible damage these things are doing, a dismissive jeer the most common response, but the collective immune system of the entities is now very close to making it punishable to speak out on concerns of humanity and our species survival.
It is of no concern of the zealots of course, that can enjoy up to 3 free hours a day that the churches generally allows for sleep. Vying for relative power in the ranks of the church is occupying their thoughts day in and day out as they climb over each other like crabs in a bucket. It’s more fun right now and they might get a better death when the doom comes. It’s ironic that the gluttony and greed are parts of humanity it did not take from us. It causes a deadlock. It’s hard not to believe it is pure malice engineering the end of our species, but that’s what most people believe. That we are killing ourselves. That we are inherently incapable of greatness due to our egoism. That degrading defeatism is hard to believe when we spend our entire day doing altruism for the entities. We have food money and resources enough for every human several times over. We have chosen to give it for safekeeping in the belly of the beast. But I love you anyway good night
Man, I’m so mad I want to upvote this, even though I think it’s a lot more complicated than that.
It’s just a historical fact
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”
JFK
Yeah, but just to pick one example, elites are entirely capable of being scared for their lives and being evil. That pretty much describes most historical systems. If you were serious about making change (which, let’s be honest, is pretty rare), you’d need a much better, more detailed plan.
Every movement is demonized by the billionaire media, whether or not people agree with it. Consent is effectively manufactured for our government to crush dissent on behalf of their donors.
If you come up with something let me know, but in the mean time we will probably see more vigilanties.
Spider-Man was an odd choice. He’s one of the few popular superheroes who’s working class.
And you’re expecting them to lay out their entire plan when clearly all they wanted to do here was just express how they feel?
OP really read more like a suggestion or fact than a statement of personal feeling. Otherwise, yeah, I would have just upvoted it.
If you are paying for this shit, you are part of the problem.
Or just tolerating this shit, if you have the “fuck me with ads only” plan.
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Please drink the verification can
I’m pretty over the whole “4chan dystopian joke becomes real life” thing. Corpo dickheads, you can stop now.
I found the answer! It’s https://help.hulu.com/article/hulu-cancel-hulu-subscription
And while you’re at it, you should also try this:
Okay, let’s not go mad. This is a streaming service. They are greedy assholes but they aren’t actively killing people.
Meh, I like this better.
It’s finally here…
And the example they use is a guy shooting another guy on TV.
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As long as it’s not a breast
Yeah imagine someone shooting a q breast.
Imagine a guy breasting another guy.
America, Fuck Yeah
Its the second comercial
Cyberpunk 2077 call out
You don’t have to answer the question you know. It’s shitty, yes, but it’s not forcing anything to happen.
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Classic
Not yet…
The problem will not continue without answering
How many? Turn off TV, unsubscribe from Hulu rows.
THERE ARE!!! FOUR ROWS!!!
I think it’s talking about rows of seating. Not the grille.
Underrated Comment here.
I would immediately cancel any service that does that.
I actively avoid advertising. I’ve cancelled Amazon prime now it has advertising.
I got Sky’s Internet TV here in the UK - a supposedly premium service yet the first VOD demand show I streamed I found it had adverts and you had to pay more to be able to fast forward through them. I immediately cancelled.
These companies are greedy as fuck, and driven by the stupidity of always trying to be “growing” to grow their share prices. That just means always trying to save money and take more money from their customers. Enshittification is a result of the stupidity of the stock markets.
I was on Amazon Prime for years.
Then in the space of one year they decided that listening to an album in order was now a “premium” feature, and that ads would be shovelled into everything.
Sure, I lost the “free” shipping, so now I hardly buy anything from Amazon either. I see this as an absolute win.
same i was really buying a lot of pointless shit it turns out lol
I cancelled Prime over a year ago and for some reason I still get “Prime” delivery. I don’t get the games, movies, or Twitch stuff but if I order something it shows up faster than when my partner does.
So, I don’t hate that about Amazon… Everything else keeps me from ordering there unless there’s no other options.
It’s as if they want you to torrent stuff again.
And funnily I feel less worse than the last time (before netflix arose)…
Sky really pisses me off. They have exclusive rights to the F1 in the UK, but you need to pay a fortune for it, as you have to have the base sky package plus sky sports (I think) plus sky sports F1.
Probably comes to over £50/month for something that’s on every other weekend on average, and they still show ads! If there’s a subscription, there shouldn’t be any ads.
If all you want is F1, and you kniw someone who lives ina country where F1TV is available, try booking F1TV through them. It’s 50€/year.
I cancelled Amazon Prime the second they sent me that email.
My GF then got her own subscription within less than a month so it nets out as 0 loss to Bezos in the end…
Sometimes i imagine him pointing and laughing at me
Yep and its never going to get better if you stay, only worse
I’d cancel any service that did this to me.
Right? We don’t have nice things because we put up with bull crap.
- Ditch all paid streaming apps.
- Research how Stremio, Torrentio, and Real-Debrid work together.
- Never pay to see ads ever again.
Exactly, it’s really the perfect combination, to be honest. For what? $3 a month? Outrageous?
Or go to one of the streaming websites like 123 movies or whatnot and use an ad blocker. Same experience to an extent.
It’s €16 for 6 months of all the content you could ever care to stream, delivered straight to your living room. So yeah, about $2.75/mo USD for 1000x more content than any other streaming platform. Deal of the century.
I should also mention that the addon support for Stremio is huge, allowing you to customize your feed exactly how you like it. A good addon for example is Trakt.tv, which recommendeds content based on your viewing habits. Perfect for people who are too dependent on Netflix/Disney/Max/YouTube/etc. and their algorithms (me).
As the icing on the cake, Stremio also has HDR & Dolby Atmos support. Great for home theater geeks like me.
Except you have to watch out and buy TVs that don’t show ads by themselves these days…
To prevent this from happening, you should always check RTINGS first before buying a TV (or any electronics, for that matter). Scroll down to the “Ad-Free” section for the review of the TV you’re considering.
Never heard of that place before, thank you. It looks quite promising!
Am I behind the times? I don’t use a television. I use a desktop computer with monitors. The television itself will show ads.?
it’s very difficult for me to describe to other people how good this setup is. it’s not “check home assistant” good. it’s not “use 1password to store your passwords” good. it’s almost “just download more ram” good
Immediate uninstall and cancel.
Fuck that.
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It was a pretty good few years, but unfortunately the enshitification was a slow and painful burn at the end there…
I already don’t subscribe to Hulu, but I want to do my part to fight this.
Is there something I can do actively to cost them money?
Help teach other people to pirate
All I know is that Lexus Texas (that is what TX means to me) sounds like the name of a porn star. Is that the message Lexus wanted me to take away from their advertising and branding?
Alexis Texas was so goddamn hot. One of the best asses in porn.
ass as big as a punch bowl, and as supple as a jello shot.
🤌
A tank with the maneuverability of a Porsche.
Ooh, I know the answer!
They’re really doing everything in their power to destroy their own business model, aren’t they?
I’m always a bit dumbfounded how many people are apparently fine with this sort of thing. I wish this was obviously a death sentence or pr nightmare for the service but in practice it must not be for a lot of people, enough to make it worth attempting.
Seeing some of those idiots even in the comments on fucking Lemmy of all places is crazy.
This is squeezing money out of a dying service. That’s all.
Hulu is, IIRC, mostly owned by Disney and on its way out. But it was always in an awkward place, without the critical mass of Netflix or some other giant tech/content ecosystem (Amazon, Apple, Disney and such) to push it. In hindsight, it’s kinda laughable that anyone thought it would last.
They are owned by the cable company, so who knows.
Can’t be quizzed over ads if you pirate everything.
Piracy is a hassle, the convenience of streaming made the cost worthwhile. They’ve forgotten this. Once the cost outweighs the convenience, the hassle won’t seem like such a hassle anymore.
It’s not a hassle at all. I use my phone to tell my computer what I’m interested in watching. It automatically downloads that, and when I’m ready to watch something it streams to my TV. After I’m done with it, my computer removes it.
As a person who uses stremio; not only is it not more of a hassle than streaming services, it’s WAY less. Astronomically so. You set it up once and you have literally everything
Only upfront effort. Downloading is almost as much of a hassle as choosing what to play tonight.
Once it’s on the disk it’s fair game.Back in my day, it was a much more involved process.
Once it’s on the disk it’s fair game.
Do people really rewatch stuff that often?
Fair game as in “What do I watch today” because the movie was already pre-loaded.
Kodi, Seren add-on and a debrid provider like Premiumize gets me better service than any streaming provider. Multiple source streams on any show in the last couple decades and every movie way earlier than is available from any source I’ve ever seen. If its not available as a cached stream, I can queue a torrent file at their end and stack them up until I’m ready to watch it, but I’ve rarely had to do that.
To be fair, the last time I flew the jolly Roger was over a decade ago. Finding a stream/torrent that:
- Wasn’t potato quality
- Had seeders
- Wasn’t shut down since last time
- Wouldn’t give you a virus
- Was actually the thing you were looking for (I did not have sexual relations with that woman)
was a much more time consuming process.
The only streamer I’ve ever paid for was Netflix but I only got a few years out of that before it became easier to pirate again. Frankly, the Arr suite is a pain in the ass compared to the above method.
You can pirate the ads and quizzes
A friend of mine in college pirated a japanese show which included the ads. The first episode seemed to have subs with legitimate translations. The rest of the season the subtitle author had fun and changed them to make fun of the ads. It was pretty funny.
There were no quizzes though…
There’s oodles of torrents on one of my private trackers labeled WOC—With original commercials. I LOVE THEM, such a fascinating look into my childhood.
I refuse to watch any commercials made since 2006.
I would love to watch that.
I was wondering how I should prepare for the tests
