The Normal Stuff of Legends

when your friends are talking about stuff you don’t understand but you still want to be part of the conversation

james acaster: repertoire

I love James Acaster so much oh my god

LMFAOOOOOOOO

november is the thursday of months

november is like if you took october and december but instead of adding them together you subtracted them from each other

I have no idea what this means but I know it’s true on a gut level

The Handmaid’s Tale 3x12, “Sacrifice”

If there was a way to run SUPER MEGA AD BLOCKER on this website I fucking would

“Please oh please open up your computer to a porn virus! If you don’t you’re evil!”

Freeloader Comin’ through!

We didn’t start this war internet users have with ads - We might have moaned about banner ads, but it was only when they started making noises when we might be listening to music or a podcast or whatever, causing two sound sorces at once, that we started trying to block ads universally rather than just a specific type of ad (pop ups).

And since then ads have gotten worse - Actual malware rather than merely breaking one of the fundamental sins of web design - though shalt not autoplay anything with sound. And the more aggressive a website is with ‘please turn off adblock’ the less I trust it to bother to vet ads and advertisers to make sure they’re not installing malware.

Not to mention that the idea that avoiding ads is “freeloading” is hilariously backward. Advertisement is a transaction between the platform and the advertiser, the user has no obligation to provide the views/clicks the platform has promised. Using an adblocker isn’t freeloading in the same way that leaving the room to get a snack during a commercial break isn’t cheating the tv network.

Ok y’all, I work as a web developer and I’m here to tell you that you are 100% right and that it’s shit. SO I’m going to tell you how to get around websites that block you from using their website if you’re using an adblocker. 

Every website uses a language called JavaScript; long story short it’s a website language that allows developers to do the crazy shit you see on websites. Now the easiest thing to do is to disable JavaScript to stop them from knowing you have an adblocker:

Oh no! I’m blocked from viewing the website. It would be a terrible shame if I were able to right click and select the “inspect” feature

Click the three dots in the top right and open the “Settings” Menu

And then scrolled down to “Debugger” and checked the “Disable Javascript Option”

And then just refreshed the page

Reblogging to save my life

my secret talent is getting tired without doing anything

The Handmaid’s Tale, 3x10: Bear Witness

an adult man: *is nice* peter parker:

Carl Bloch -  In a Roman Osteria, 1866 (detail), oil on canvas

I LOVE the whole painting here it is:

Please remember that nearly all of the kids dialogue was unscripted.

not giving your money to a business that’s currently striking is an essential part of a strike.

Amazon normally brings in over 34 BILLION dollars every day. The loss of even one day’s profits could mean massive leverage for the strikers – especially when the boycott coincides with what is usually one of Amazon’s busiest days of the year, their Prime deals day.

Do not visit Amazon.com until they agree to the demands of their striking workers.

I wrote this post for the 2018 transnational strike but it still applies for the 2019 Prime Day walkouts in the US and the UK! Do not buy anything from Amazon and try to avoid using their sites at all on 15 July 2019 and 16 July 2019!