Contrary to popular opinion, I'm not dead. Sorry to disappoint.
Where was I? I decided to do an experiment. For the past year, I have used a different account, on another instance, under a different name. There I had a policy of not following anyone unless they followed me first, and following back anyone that followed me, no matter what. I wanted to see what's the worst that can happen, how toxic Fedi can become. I wanted to see Fedi unfiltered. I guess y'all didn't disappoint.
Some of you, I've stumbled upon again. Some I got the pleasure or displeasure of following again (because you followed me first). Some of you I barely got to talk to, and some not at all.
The experience started decent enough, the first half of the year was ok, but later on, the experience became unpleasant enough that I started opening Fedi rarer and used it less. In a way, that is a positive in itself, but there are better ways to quit social media. Turns out, if you just follow everybody on Fedi, your timeline has the potential of becoming useless trash very fast.
If you're curious about my alt identity, I'm sure you can find it. There are enough clues out there and I'm not planning on deleting that account or erasing any of my posts. But I will not name the account myself, and don't expect a confirmation from me if you confront me with it. Personally, I'm amazed no one made the connection already.
What will I do going forward? I don't really plan on coming back here, nor on continuing with my alt identity either. I might be here for a day or two, but I'm moving on. Where? Who knows. I'm not planning on telling anyone anyway.
I've met interesting people on Fedi, and I don't expect to forget them anytime soon. But, I don't see much usefulness in Fedi anymore. It was an exciting platform because I met people with views different (mostly more extreme) than what I've seen before. But this has grown stale. And since I prefer anonymity and fading away in a crowd, let's say that too many people for my tastes, on either account/identity, have come to know me.
So I'm gonna start from scratch somewhere else. I haven't even decided where yet, so don't ask.
I laughed with some of you, and I fought with others. I bear no ill will to anyone. I've seen plenty of you burdened with too much hate, so I hope you guys find enough happiness in your lives, so that you forget about hating. I hope all of you get to be happy.
Thank you Igel, @Awoo and BigCums for introducing me to this world. I shall continue to awoo, drool over Asian waifus, and make big cums for as long as I live.
Goodbye for now. Have a good 2024!
Your friendly neighborhood, Half-Life loving Hinata waifu, signing out.
The ultimate video/documentary on the original PS3 failures.
If you own one, or know someone who owns one, this might be important to watch.
A PS3 Story: The Yellow Light Of Death
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0UMG3iVYZI
I'm in utter disbelief... A Romanian grandma apparently read and reviewed Attack on Titans. The channel's name is literally "Grandma's reviews". It seems she's been reading all kinds of books. GRR Martin, Tolkien, Frank Herbert... some of the biggest names.
Yeah... so besides not using shitty TTS for auto-dubbing, something else I would do is add a button to manually request auto-dubbing for an older video.
With how much content gets uploaded to YT constantly, I get the feeling auto-dubbing will be a thing for new videos, and older videos will stay as they are. Or if they do get the feature, they'll be at the bottom of the work queue.
So instead, have an option accessible somewhere, to request a video you're watching be put at the top of the queue. And then you get a timer for how long it will take for it to get translated. It would probably be a matter of minutes, so you'll be able to restart the video with dubbed audio afterwards.
Man, was I ever wrong....
I assumed they would be using AI voices for these, cause that's all the rage now. I didn't try to open the video, cause who wants to watch some German thing. But no. They're voiced with Google's shitty TTS.
The one time I thought YouTube would be doing something somewhat cool, and they blow it.
Weirdest Kiwifarms reference ever. It's all the way at the last minute of the interview, if you want to skip to it. The interview itself is pretty interesting too.
なんでこれを読むかよ
Just another random person passing by.
The Alyx Vance must go this way anyway.
Gordon Freeman dies in All Dogs Go To Heaven 2.
I wasn't designed to be carried.
En Taro Igel!
Lift me up, let me go...