camping is the worst, and somehow i go multiple times a year
it's like "hey who wants to downgrade basically every quality of life metric that we can so that we can, idk, connect with nature or something? these mosquitos sure wnat to connect with me"
I grew up in a religious household and I always pictured myself camping amongst my ancestors and all of us going “well this was stupid” at the same time and shrugging while our marshmallows burn into ash
My concern is getting into brewing and woodwork and metallurgy and these three silly Australian blokes dropping things from a tower into a kiddie pool full of non-Newtonian fluid.
I’ve managed to convince myself I could rebuild a crumbling Chateau in France because of YouTube, despite not speaking French, being rubbish at DIY & having multiple chronic autoimmune illnesses that limit my mobility!
I have mine set up so it doesn't remember what I watch...it still remembers. I was hoping to have a chaotic feed. Now it just shows me the same stuff I normally watch. GIMME CHAOS!
A tongue in cheek 'tweet'. But you're absolutely right. The unregulated aggressive algorithm could turn anyone into anything. One click. Boom. Your down the rabbit hole.
What shocks me the most about the YouTube algorithm is how quickly it'll turn on a dime. I can watch just a few videos on a topic and suddenly it decides that that's my entire feed now and I no longer have any other interests.
Ha, same for Decathlon (UK sports shops). It doesn't take me 3 hours. 5 minutes in there and I really want to buy a tent and all the clever little gadgets. Let me be clear: I HATE CAMPING! Shouldn't be allowed. 😂
That one guy keeps making different flavors of fire starters for camping and I keep thinking I should make one because they look useful, but I haven't even camped once!!!
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it's like "hey who wants to downgrade basically every quality of life metric that we can so that we can, idk, connect with nature or something? these mosquitos sure wnat to connect with me"
this is perhaps just as dangerous as if I couldn't.
the next best skill is knowing when to pack up and leave