I don't want to be on the blockchain. I don't want to mint NFTs, I don't want to vibe code. I don't want to beg you to hit the 'subscribe' button and ring the bell. I don't want to game the algorithm for your likes or your views or your shares or to be on the first page of results or to get recommended. I don't want you to gift Nitro to my server. I don't want the thumbnails of my videos to have a red circle and question mark next to a faked expression of surprise, I don't want to pay for items that give me an advantage over other players. I don't want you to take a moment to hear about today's sponsor. I don't want to pump a meme coin, I don't want to craft prompts, I don't want to influence. I don't want you to watch me react to watching a video.

I'm seriously sick of this shit. All of it.

@keirFox I would take all that and add "I hate how everyone just wants to run a hustle on me these days"

@arcturax I don't understand how this continues, I guess, nor how we continue to accept all of this as it creeps more and more into our lives in a way that seems to insist that we *have* to do these things or else we're going to miss out, fall behind, or be rendered obsolete.

It's fucking disgusting how so much of it is a grift.

@keirFox Yeah, I'm dealing with it at work with the whole FOMO about ai.
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