HOW YOUR TECH IS LYING TO YOU: the volume control is logarithmic so it feels perceptually linear
real weird way to start a video with this
i saw this thumbnail and i thought "bro is not gonna make a whole video essay about how logarithms exist right" but that's what he did (well, at least a minute of it. i am not watching the rest)
did the algorithm wake up today and decide that it was going to serve me its strongest potions
is this a threat
it's really funny that our work VPN alternates termination between the UK, Ireland, Romania and Kenya, which fucks the ad bidding algorithm up severely
not entirely sure why the ad algorithm is this convinced that I am in the UK and dying
oh no this is kind of actually a thing I would want to buy
what the Fuck are you trying to tell me, advertising algorithm
ONE job
a bit meta, innit
I suppose it is true that the target audience for people who might want to install an ad blocker is the people who are currently seeing ads
buy eggs on ebay
if you want to buy very large eggs, maybe you could try amazon instead
"micro-weddings"
buddy. bro. like. people of marriageable age just don't have money or if they have money, don't feel like they can spend large amounts of it rather than putting it aside to save for potential future catastrophes or old age
his hold up WHAT
hey kid, psst,
we're getting closer! but I care mostly about speech production!
old: blockchain spam
bold: actual chain spam
shit! fuck! the ad algorithm has figured me out! fuck!
me when I have to kill this guy because he didn't say Schuko is best
you really want to avoid going into this type thing unprepared and potentially making an ass of yourself

this isn't really *that* funny, it's just haha ebay selling me optocouplers for some reason

but I always thought DIP packages looked like cute lil guys and this one especially so

his name is Big Dipper and I love him #blender #b3d
pairs well with some exciting music, like https://soundcloud.com/javiniceday/two-feet-and-a-heartbeat
Two Feet and a Heartbeat

Your servers were empty but your soundtrack was a bop Rest In Peace, Runbow

SoundCloud

the 3D scene for this looks pretty funny

idk what is a grease pencil, I just scrawled the face and eyes on a bunch of planes that I hide and show

anyways learn 3D it's really fun and extremely rewarding
I am once again asking what The Algorithm is trying to tell me
??????
so how much is it. how much do i need

uhhh

that's a wee bit ominous

it's just GOING right now

is this because I keep looking at (though not clicking lol) the cursed ads only so it gives me more of those

I've been wondering about this
i don't know much estonian but I know enough estonian to find this at least slightly funny
I wonder, if you know a ton of languages, do you just walk the world constantly amused at a word in language A meaning a funny thing in language B

???

?????

Insulting Noodle Reference
apparently, the Insulting Noodle Reference is specifically a banner put up by the power company headquarters (in response to criticism of some kind from residents? I guess?), reading "You enjoyed the free noodles provided by the Wolsong Headquarters during the cherry blossom marathon, didn’t you!", which yeah actually that is pretty insulting
nice try trisolaris
if I was in the UK and anywhere near The Donkey Sanctuary, this ad might get me
yeah they don't drive without one and driving is sort of the whole point of them
there's so many things here
* Who the hell buys lobsters on ebay
* This isnt even the right ebay for my region
* The text just cuts off
* The illustration shows a gopro and some camera drone?
* Also two weird emblems? coins??
* And everything is weirdly off center, there's just nothing to the left, as if someone randomly cut this from a larger image???
o-okay?
I don't want that? I in fact want the opposite of that? can I pay you to close down your office?
labubu bubble is popping

I finally clicked through (they got me! they finally got me!) and the four fruits are apples, plums, kiwi, and pear which like

Peeling plums for any reason feels like extremely out there behaviour for me, apples and pears, well, you might for cooking or baking but if you're just eating them probably not, kiwis keeping the skin on feels like the deranged option but I guess I'm willing to try?

YOU TAKE THAT BACK
saitama man strikes again

I can't even focus on whatever the headline is beyond this incredible illustration image

save Ryan ;_;

can someone from korea explain to me what the hell this illustration is supposed to mean
@halcy Snorples and Gargle snoot after XJHRPG wonder in latest AI handwaving
@halcy in absolute bits over this article image
@colon_three @halcy Österreichische Post-looking ass
@colon_three @halcy It all goes straight to your can.
@halcy are you like, contractually obligated to use the msn start page?
@halcy 🥺 How dare they!?
@halcy My mature, nuanced opinion is that there are no ugly aircraft.
@halcy noo not the labubble
@halcy the labububble
@halcy be the controversial egg woman you want to see in the world
@gsuberland man it‘s so funny to get like. the news from whatever outlets MSN is able to license for free (usually, well, either public broadcaster or absolute bottom shelf) but from wherever the VPN terminates today. Petty boomer ragebait bullshit from south korea. It‘s so irrelevant to me that it’s basically just pure comedy

@halcy I temporarily worked in this space; tracking footfall at shop windows and conversion rates: how many people enter the shop.

Turns out that more people enter than leave almost all of their sites every year.

Makes you think.

@faux @halcy every time one of my small children spins around the turnstyle at a subway station for fun I think about the MTA's figures for fare evasion
@halcy yeah jesus was a bit of a resurrectionista
@halcy I mean the story of Lazarus is not exactly an obscure one....
@halcy are you even legally allowed to sell what is effectively livestock on ebay?
@colon_three I have no idea! Ask the people selling Maine Lobsters on eBay! Apparently they have Fantastic Prices!
@halcy uhh duh. how else are you planning to find maine lobsters if not with a camera drone
@halcy I just now discovered this thread, I don't know what is going on, but I am here for it.
@crypticcelery it is Every Funny Ad I See On The Microsoft Edge New Tab Page
@halcy hmmm, now I have to see if I can navigate to that one the customer machine with windows, and if it also has weird things…
@halcy took some doing shoving the award down the tank but we're driving on prize fuel now!
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@mia in the same way that for a few years, in every gaming presentation you WERE the controller,
@halcy idk, mine only has motors! :trole:
@halcy but she's sweet and fluffy! How could you let distance dull your love?
@electrocutie I can if I choose to do so support local donkeys! Or support the donkeys in my hometown! did that for a while! I think I will leave the UK donkeys to people there!

@halcy oh no.

would you like The Lore™ on The Donkey Sanctuary? because there sure is some lore.

@gsuberland Oh No

What is the lore. Am I about to find out Zena is not real

@halcy He wants to hold our hand?
@halcy yeah
@halcy it gets funnier when people start naming their pets a funny thing in another language
@halcy "akshually, 'funny' means 'fascist dogwhistle' in bruabahelian"
@halcy

Cover it in marshmallows?