How am I being tracked by Youtube?
https://lemmy.world/post/35796014
How am I being tracked by Youtube? - Lemmy.World
I have been finding more and more videos being recommended on my homepage which
I search about even though my privacy paths I follow seem good enough. So this
is how it goes: - I come across a term I don’t know on a Lemmy post. - I open my
browser, Cromite which has been set to priv.au [http://priv.au], a searx
instance, as the default search engine. - Search the word and don’t even open
any links to know, just reading the meaning of this term out from the subtexts
present on search results. - And then I open YouTube and scroll a bit on
homepage to find a video on that term. This has happened to me twice in past few
days and I am not understanding which service of mine is giving it away. To add
more about my setup, I’m on mobile btw, using FUTO keyboard and using Duckduckgo
VPN which blocks cross-app tracking. My mobile lemmy client is Voyager. I don’t
even interact with the post containing that term. I just open it up, read the
post and the comments. No upvoting no commenting. Who’s the culprit here?
The longer you live, the harder it becomes.
https://lemmy.world/post/35222695
The longer you live, the harder it becomes. - Lemmy.World
Your body is slowing breaking down. Your responsibilities only go keep going up
as you age. Overall, things get harder.
Is worth being all different from normal audience?
https://lemmy.world/post/32833077
Is worth being all different from normal audience? - Lemmy.World
I have constantly avoided using popular social media like Instagram, Tiktok,
Snapchat etc when I was on reddit. I thought I had best of all worlds being on
reddit as it has cumulated posts from all social media. I was feeling that I’m
being much more ahead of all the people around me by consuming qualify stuff and
not algorithm driven stuff. But since I have left reddit, I have been closed to
all the stuff I used to follow and stuff which aren’t there on lemmy yet. I
don’t usually follow mainstream news either, feeling if something is big enough
iit will reach me some way or the other. After my exit from reddit, I have been
closed from the news about my interests too. Currently my only source of any
news is one small discord server where people share stuff from twitter and thats
it. Recently I have been starting to think if it’s all worth it to live like a
perfect outcast who has 0 relatable things to share with people irl. All people
around me talk about that funny meme that’s been trending, that news which got
viral and that trendy song which got hype recently and I don’t have any idea
what they’re talking about. I have been feeling very confused on what I’ve been
doing till now. Idk if it’s all worth it being the way I am. Also since I have
become a privacy freak too, it adds more repulsive feelings to use mainstream
social media. And this also got me thinking maybe privacy thing is not something
I should even fight for. Just blend into the public and just enjoy stuff. Idk, I
have constructed this “superior” all different character of mine only to find I
just don’t have the personality irl to back up the character I’ve created and
was longing to have something to be relatable to people. ( I know lemmy has
majority population who are older who would feel easy to say I’m doing great
being way from normie media but I’d like to be more open and hear some thoughts
from gen z people or a perspective from gen z a bit more. All views are welcome
tho <3) Tldr: Having mixed feelings about staying away from mainstream social
media, being a privacy freak and feeling if it is all worth doing this all
anymore.
What are some good discussion communities on lemmy?
https://lemmy.world/post/31972901
What are some good discussion communities on lemmy? - Lemmy.World
I just realized I don’t have many discussion communities on my feed. My feed is
filled with all news articles and I rarely find any posts written by people to
discuss stuff. The communities where they discuss normal life stuff or anything
in particular, majorly with texts, is what I want, idk what you actually call
them. Thanks.
I just felt crazy feelings for this one woman at my office
https://lemmy.world/post/30499050
I just felt crazy feelings for this one woman at my office - Lemmy.World
(I hope this is the right place to vent out my thoughts and feelings, idk who
will read this though, but pls be kind (: ) I never had any huge crushes in my
student days. I had one towards the end but I usually just observe from a
distance and admire their beauty. Never felt I should talk to them or make them
close. Cometh my first job. I saw this woman, she was not amazing at first but
caught my eyes. Everyday I would look at her as usual with my “crush protocol”.
Day after day, I felt she was becoming more amazing. This continued for months.
Feelings only got thicker, so much so that I started to associate every love
song with her. This is something I have never connected to in my whole life.
Love songs never clicked to me, never felt attached to them. But this woman
changed it all somehow with no word spoken between us. But on some particular
day, heavens have blessed me with an opportunity. She sat beside me during lunch
out of sheer luck. Time for more context on my personality. I just don’t talk to
people. Idk if it’s introversion or lack of social skills. Even with my
colleagues I just talk when necessary. I just don’t initiate any conversation
irl until they do. Talking to strangers? Forget about it. Let’s come back to our
glorious day. She sat beside me and all the time she was eating I battled within
myself that I have to talk to her somehow. And after battling for some hard
10-15min, I went for it. I said “excuse me…” and fumbled my words towards some
random question about her work. The conversation was quick and I couldn’t carry
it longer than a minute probably but much lesser ig. But this was a huge
achievement for a someone like me - an introvert talking to their crush. Days
passed but we haven’t talked a single conversation again. Here comes the
villain. There came a shift in our work that we had to be in different places.
Boom. I won’t be seeing her ever again. I don’t even know her name. Now I am
regretting not knowing her name ever again. Fcuk man. Bye my unknown queen.
Why can't I do a single thing? - Lemmy.World
I cannot do a damn thing. Be it easy, be it hard, be it rewarding, be it just
pure pleasure. I cannot enjoy a thing thinking it is just waste of time. I
cannot carry myself to do a hard task thinking about the high effort it
requires. Even if I break it into small parts, I would only do the bare minimum
for a day or two and stop it. My entire life is being passed away coming back
tired, hungry and yearning for sleep, from a job I dislike to the core. I am not
moving towards my goals. I cannot quit this job. Time is passing. I’m stuck.
Weekends cometh, I use them all trying to catch up on sleep. Every week I’m
doing just the bare minimum to survive thinking I might do something on the
weekend and I don’t. How do I break out this cycle? There’s a lot more I could
unwind upon but this post is already long enough. Argh
Is it wrong to put your career first and push getting into a relationship further later?
https://lemmy.world/post/26726763
Is it wrong to put your career first and push getting into a relationship further later? - Lemmy.World
I don’t get it. Everywhere I look there is this discussion about getting into a
relationship, getting gfs/bfs and constantly chasing after it. And I’m not doing
anything of it. I never paid attention to such stuff. During my teenage years, I
thought it was normal attraction which people cave into and pursued such things.
But now in my 20s, the same thing I observe, if not a little bit more than I
used it. People getting sad because they are not finding someone. People being
happy because they have one for themselves. I’m not that career focused either.
I just mind my own business. If it’s studying or working, I just mind that. I do
nothing like checking out girls in my school/workplace like my peers do. Maybe
I’m just scared to pursue such things. I also think having a relationship is a
huge headache too. Meeting them, making them happy, going out with them
regularly. (I don’t go out myself where will I take her to?). All of this while
doing your daily stuff. Am I wrong thinking to put career first before I get
into relationships and stuff?
How do stay up to date with clothing fashion?
https://lemmy.world/post/25304662
How do stay up to date with clothing fashion? - Lemmy.World
I am not a guy who used to pay attention to clothing fashion because I felt it
was expensive and hard to follow those ever changing trends. But I am seeing lot
and lot people keeping up well with trend. I feel like I am falling behind and I
need to stay up with the trend too. So how do I stay up with the clothing trends
with not spending too much time on it? How do you stay up to date with it?
What fun stuff can I do outside outside gaming and sports-watching?
https://lemmy.world/post/23844294
What fun stuff can I do outside gaming and sports-watching? - Lemmy.World
Last year, out of nowhere I got this impulsion to deal with my addictions,
gaming and watching sports. Quitting gaming was hard but I was able to do it.
Quitting watching sports was way easier. Now with two big time killers out of my
way, everything in my life has become boring. Entire New Year day was boring.
Now I’m literally dreading getting free time. I dread my time at work and now
dreading it in my free time too. Makes me think I got myself into an awful
situation. I don’t use Instagram or tiktok, never did. In this time period where
I have quit these both addictions, people have asked what the heck do I do in my
free time and I don’t have any answer besides “I watch YouTube haha”. I really
need something fun to do that I enjoy. I mostly stay home and don’t go outside
home except for work, so please recommend something inside my comfort zone. I
know, I should go outside to places for fun but that’s for another time when I
feel motivated to try something out of comfort zone. Thanks.
Does anybody else don't like to stick to obligatory celebrations for yearly holidays/anniversaries?
https://lemmy.world/post/23739548
Does anybody else don't like to stick to obligatory celebrations for yearly holidays/anniversaries? - Lemmy.World
I prefer to have same things all the days of the year. This extra pressure to
celebrate on occasions feels so forced. I like the extra time I have for myself
on holidays and don’t have it waste on things on obligatory celebrations. Just
let me be with me and my PC. This is the vibe I’m feeling on this new year’s
eve. Does anybody else feel this way?
