HOW YOUR TECH IS LYING TO YOU: the volume control is logarithmic so it feels perceptually linear

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I am once again asking what The Algorithm is trying to tell me

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so how much is it. how much do i need

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uhhh

that's a wee bit ominous

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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

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I've been wondering about this

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i don't know much estonian but I know enough estonian to find this at least slightly funny

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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

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???

?????

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Insulting Noodle Reference

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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

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nice try trisolaris

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if I was in the UK and anywhere near The Donkey Sanctuary, this ad might get me

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yeah they don't drive without one and driving is sort of the whole point of them

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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???

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I don't want that? I in fact want the opposite of that? can I pay you to close down your office?

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labubu bubble is popping

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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?

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YOU TAKE THAT BACK

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saitama man strikes again