u/JuanitaMerkin

No doubt used by the same idiots who use insults like “cockwomble” or whatever. Piss off.

Surely people weren’t like this before the internet?

It’s happened three times to me in the last week on Reddit. You make a mild (and in no way offensive) joke or lighthearted comment about a podcast or a TV programme or a pop song and people respond as if you have personally insulted their first born and all four grandparents.

How do people go through life being completely and utterly humourless and uncritical of something they consume? Do they think they are doing the people they like so much a favour by being so defensive on the internet? They don’t know you exist!

I will say that it is a much more intense phenomena on American-heavy subreddits. People aren’t like this as much on British or Australian spaces, where the humour is usually much more sardonic and piss-taking.

It’s gone from a sub that explains online memes and references that might go over people’s heads to one that caters to dumb people.

People are literally posting screenshots of entire news stories and asking for context. Do 90 seconds of research!

Maybe somebody more in the know with this area could explain this as it truly baffles me.

YouTube is massive. It is second to the BBC in terms of online streams. I used to have YT Premium but got rid of it to save a bit of money and hopefully discourage me from watching so many videos.

Every other advert is some AI con about weight loss or (randomly) tai chi. One popped up earlier and it was an AI version of This Morning with two presenters sat on the TM set and talking into the camera trying to flog some scam.

Occasionally, I will get Jet2 or some other mainstream brand, but I really don’t understand how these AI “companies” and scammers can afford to advertise on Britain’s second biggest streaming platform. Is there officially no money left in advertising? And why is this legal?