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[Worldmaster27]

Well, bank robber is technically a profession. The issue, though, is that most banks are very rich, and don't take kindly to having their money stolen. And when rich people get upset, they bring ten thousand lawyers down on your butt.

HFS confirmed for bank

[nenjin]

As much as dislike Youtube personality culture, I can't really knock it. I'd like to get paid sitting around playing video games, but I'm anti-social and hate people so I'm not interested in wooing anyone to subscribe, follow, like, retweet or any other flavor of social media advertising. And at the end of the day, the whole thing is basically still reliant on Youtube, Amazon and Advertising to exist. I'd kinda rather support the person that does it purely for the love of it, instead of trying to "be someone."

[Frumple]

There is only an incentive for varied ads when there is a market worth marketing to. By shrinking that pool you are only continuing to create the situation you describe.

But... by not shrinking that pool I'm outright lying -- making signs I'm an existent market, when I'm not and won't be -- and creating false market signals for the advertising companies, which is pretty scummy from an economic point of view and probably impacts a considerably larger amount of people. It's certainly creating a situation where the advertisers are sending good money after bad, marketing to a market that doesn't actually exist -- because people like me, who don't block ads but also will not watch/be effected by them, are giving false impressions that they're a potential market.

I'd almost certainly state that, from an ethical standpoint, if you're absolutely sure there's nothing that can be advertised to you that will cause you to purchase the advertised good, you should turn on adblock. Because regardless as to if you do or don't, someone is going to be robbed that ten cent -- either the youtuber, or the advertising company paying them when they drop a dime for a false signal.

And there's marginal other efficiencies gained (bandwidth, electricity being used for activities that might actually generate market) involved for the person using adblock, which... further tilts things in their direction. Better to just turn it off if you're certain the ads aren't going to do anythign for you -- let the advertising companies spend that $0.10 on something that's going to actually make them money and be able to support more youtubers.

[Mr. Strange]

I'd almost certainly state that, from an ethical standpoint, if you're absolutely sure there's nothing that can be advertised to you that will cause you to purchase the advertised good, you should turn on adblock. Because regardless as to if you do or don't, someone is going to be robbed that ten cent -- either the youtuber, or the advertising company paying them when they drop a dime for a false signal.

As someone who hates what modern marketing has become with the fury of thousand white hot suns, that gives me an idea...

[Xantalos]

Have you ever bussed for 3 hours, packed shoulder to shoulder with people, only to find out you're too late for the thing you're going to because one bus was late by half an hour?
Because I just did. Did not enjoy.
Also I have to move for the second time in two or three weeks because the day I moved into this new house it got sold. So I could either move in a year or just do it now.
Yaaaaaaaay moving.

[KingofstarrySkies]

6 hours. Multiple bus-switches. I've only been on-time once.

Going from NB to PEI is hell.

[Orange Wizard]

I have a car.

I never have to wait for buses.

[Tawa]

EDIT: Personal rage: So. I'm on the bus. I talk over the seats to some friend of mine, and some idiot seventh grader interjects when I start speaking.

Spoiler: WARNING: SANE HUMANS SHOULD NOT READ THIS TRANSCRIPT (click to show/hide)

* Tawarochir notes a friend of his in the back seat, [REDACTED], and goes to talk to him as he sits down a couple seats forward

Me: "So, [REDACTED], I wanted to tell you--"

* Dickish Seventh Grader looks up from the seat in between Tawarochir and his friend

Dickish Seventh Grader: "OH LOOK HE'S ADMITTING IT HE'S GAY"
Me: "I didn't say that. Anyway, [REDACTED]--"
Dickish Seventh Grader: "NAAAH YOU'RE TOTALLY GAY"
Me: "I told you, I'm not homosexual."
Dickish Seventh Grader: "HAAA SEE HE'S GAY"
Me: "Did you hear me, you retard? I told you, I'm not gay."
Dickish Seventh Grader: "THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID"
Me: "Shut up, dammit. Your meme doesn't even make sen--"
Dickish Seventh Grader: "YOU'RE GAY"
Me: "Fuck you, man."

* Tawarochir flips the finger and immediately denies the moron the enjoyment of being the most obnoxious fucktard he's met to date and nopes out of the conversation

It irks me that people think it's cool to be such absolute fucking dicks.

[KingofstarrySkies]

I have a car.

I never have to wait for buses.

I am under legal car-age. I am also terrified of the concept of driving a metal deathtrap with an explosion roughly 2 feet or so away from my penis.

[blazing glory]

EDIT: Personal rage: So. I'm on the bus. I talk over the seats to some friend of mine, and some idiot seventh grader interjects when I start speaking.

Spoiler: WARNING: SANE HUMANS SHOULD NOT READ THIS TRANSCRIPT (click to show/hide)

* Tawarochir notes a friend of his in the back seat, [REDACTED], and goes to talk to him as he sits down a couple seats forward

Me: "So, [REDACTED], I wanted to tell you--"

* Dickish Seventh Grader looks up from the seat in between Tawarochir and his friend

Dickish Seventh Grader: "OH LOOK HE'S ADMITTING IT HE'S GAY"
Me: "I didn't say that. Anyway, [REDACTED]--"
Dickish Seventh Grader: "NAAAH YOU'RE TOTALLY GAY"
Me: "I told you, I'm not homosexual."
Dickish Seventh Grader: "HAAA SEE HE'S GAY"
Me: "Did you hear me, you retard? I told you, I'm not gay."
Dickish Seventh Grader: "THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID"
Me: "Shut up, dammit. Your meme doesn't even make sen--"
Dickish Seventh Grader: "YOU'RE GAY"
Me: "Fuck you, man."

* Tawarochir flips the finger and immediately denies the moron the enjoyment of being the most obnoxious fucktard he's met to date and nopes out of the conversation

It irks me that people think it's cool to be such absolute fucking dicks.

Huh, thought those people just stayed indoors until they died, I guess some go out into the real world and can't adapt outside their native environment.

[KingofstarrySkies]

Oh, trust me. They exist.

They are the driving force behind my hatred of Public Relations.

[Tiruin]

Oh, trust me. They exist.

They are the driving force behind my hatred of Public Relations.

You could try staying away from those kinds of people before they become the generalizing force of you and relations to others.
Said attitudes are usually borne out of immaturity, coping with troubles or a defensive mechanism.

[KingofstarrySkies]

I try to keep away from said people. However, the universe is an arbitrary harlot who enjoys stacking the deck against me.

[Tiruin]

I try to keep away from said people. However, the universe is an arbitrary harlot who enjoys stacking the deck against me.

Just because it appears universal doesn't mean you should be like that (or be totally apathetic) because of it.
Just saying, despite that being obviously not in that post there.
Because argh :/ That's my (non-rage but disappointing) note.

[Xantalos]

HHHHHRRRRGK
I'm never moving again if I can help it.