*chefkiss*
@molly0xfff not even AI could write these jokes - they write themselves :D
@molly0xfff another one from a few days ago: https://fosstodon.org/@garritfra/110048979314674535
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🎶 “It’s like ra-yee-aiiiin, on your wedding day…”
@molly0xfff I'm not a fan of the great man theories either.
@molly0xfff I bought a retail today and when they asked for my email I just noped right out. Sick of companies wanting to email me bullshit too.
@molly0xfff I actually cackled so loud several people on the train thought iI was insane.
(They're not wrong tho...)
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I believe this puts the mail in the coffin for anyone who still thinks the NYT isn't a conservative paper now.
Only US conservatives seem to have this absolute block from acknowledging that yes, things *also* apply to you.
@molly0xfff https://12ft.io/ 👀 👀 👀
For getting around paywalls, in case anyone in this thread needed it.
@molly0xfff I'm donating to environmental charities for each of the subscription services I've cancelled.
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We should unsubscribe from WSJ's existence, begone with that conservative, propagandic phony of a news outlet!
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(French chef accent): "Le Irony, she is dead!"
@molly0xfff This is so terrible it almost circles around to being beautiful.
@molly0xfff Is there a 'method acting' for writing?
@molly0xfff Amazing. I'd love to see this on mobile, if you could even see the page.
@molly0xfff on the bright side, in 2 years we should be able to see the free ai written version of this type of article. With a few good hallucinations for entertainment.
@molly0xfff Maybe that's because all they're reading at the WSJNYTETC are lies, and they figure 'why pay for this'?
Besides... removepaywall.com 😎 12ft.io and other sites
@molly0xfff aka people are sick of tracking with ever transaction. I'm going to start going back to cash only & no rewards programs for all in person transaction.
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@molly0xfff so…you need a subscription to read the article on subscriptions? 🤔😬
@molly0xfff That's why companies like SetApp have a business. They replace multiple subscriptions and purchases with one.
@molly0xfff people may say it's hypocrisy.
but can easily be a writer and editor - heck, the whoe team even - who know and acknowledge it's a problem, but are unable to change the company rules by themselves.
The headlight still brings attention to the problem.
On the other hand, 'companies rethinking' does not mean anything will change in any significant way; specially given that I've seen articles as such years and years ago; but pay/subscription walls are still all around
@molly0xfff Now it’s literally ‘this subscription is not part of your subscription’.
@molly0xfff As an aside, you know that you can get a free sub there thanks to your employer, right?
(I assume you already know other ways to bypass, of course)
@molly0xfff i’m super strict on signing up for subscriptions these days. I don’t look at it like “oh it’s only $12!” but rather “Do I really want to spend $144/year on this?”
rarely is the answer yes.
@molly0xfff interesting - I just told hubs two nights ago, “I’m all subscription’d out” as I decided to forgo a service that had switched to subscription-only.
@molly0xfff all that's missing is a Google account sign in popup and another "please think of our ad revenue" popup covering everything, followed by a java alert demanding to know my location or accept push "notifications".
It isn't a NYT/WSJ article if it doesn't commit the same sin it is concerned about.
**eyeing every article describing concern about transgender hate rhetoric
@jackf723 @molly0xfff I just love a healthy dose of sweet irony!
@molly0xfff Congratulations, this is the first post I have seen with more than 1 K boosts. Solid ivory.
@molly0xfff Gawd, isn't it just?
(Every subscription becomes an exercise in frustration, I've found.)
@molly0xfff especially love the headline right over a WSJ postural asking you to... wait for it...
SUBSCRIBE!
@molly0xfff if you really don't want to pay, just be GoogleBot in your chrome settings.
