Videos may by actual humans that you haven't seen in a while but still enjoy watching periodically. I'll start us off:

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11/1/2025 6:08:33 PM

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"VIDEOS MAY BY"

11/1/2025 6:12:30 PM

OP, can you embed every YouTube video there is in this thread? I get tired of watching ads on their site.

11/1/2025 7:45:32 PM

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1CMdtX1gLq/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Receive death exposed, ayyyyyy

11/1/2025 7:55:40 PM

^^No, but you can install a competent ad blocker and then watch YouTube videos from a browser instead of the YouTube app and never see another YouTube ad.

I can watch a 2-hour YouTube video with zero ads for free.

You can also cast to your Smart TV or streaming device and avoid ads that way.

Join me in the terms of service violations!

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11/9/2025 10:10:26 AM

Haha! Been a while since I'd seen that, but LOL at Chinese Control Room with English sign and Japanese flag.

11/9/2025 10:54:41 AM

Papa Bless!

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12/7/2025 7:05:03 PM

bro so one of the guys I'm following.. I feel like it might be thoughty2? he has some interesting videos. I think it was his anyway, but he (they) said that

ok well I can't seem to get my thoughts together

but it was something like the vast majority of the computer data that's ever been created was within like the last 2 years. and it's been a good bit of time since I saw that, so I can't remember the estimated amount

but it was absolutely staggering. I know AI has produced a massive shitload of useless data, but I didn't realize that it was to that extent. and I'm thinking it's not just AI either. probably just more people using the internet worldwide, faster speeds, better technology

I don't get surprised very often but I was semi-surprised by that. after thinking about it, it's not so surprising but hopefully it will be some kind of wake-up call that we need to fucking slow down on artificial intelligence. unless AI itself can figure out a way to make energy that's beyond any of our current energy-making methods

12/7/2025 8:16:12 PM

I think the surprising part was that it was something less than 2 years, like maybe 1.5 years

12/7/2025 8:16:53 PM

I'm in favor of solving difficult problems that will help humanity.

I'm against a mountain of terrible and useless content drowning out everything good.

12/7/2025 8:22:41 PM

when you walk into a grocery store, you can buy fresh vegetables, or you can buy junk food

choose wisely

12/7/2025 8:36:58 PM

How about a grocery store with 10 items you want hidden among 10 million you don't?

12/7/2025 8:50:02 PM

the 10 items are still there, and there are people who know where they are

12/7/2025 8:54:58 PM

Well, that's part of the point of this thread, isn't it?

(It is!)

12/7/2025 10:23:32 PM

oh for sure. i'm mostly banging the drum about the people who see the rise of AI generated slop and think (or more accurately are convinced to believe) all AI is bad, but have spent their entire lives swimming in a world of slop books, music, tv, movies, and people and managed to avoid reaching the conclusion that all books, music, tv, movies and people are bad and should therefore be banned or at least slowed down.

let the sifting of bad and good continue

12/8/2025 12:14:13 AM

I understand your point, but I also feel it's a bit different with physical items you select and may then own as compared to digital items promoted by algorithms. It will get more difficult to sort and find as the volume of slop content continues to ramp up. Just browsing the YouTube thumbnails on "recommended videos" demonstrates that. But are real people watching and enjoying this at appreciable levels, or is it just botnets popularizing their own content?

12/8/2025 12:33:02 AM

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"It will get more difficult to sort and find as the volume of slop content continues to ramp up"

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"the 10 items are still there, and there are people who know where they are"

[Edited on December 8, 2025 at 1:14 AM. Reason : junk food is bad but not all food is junk. YT has plenty of junk food but not all YT is junk]

[Edited on December 8, 2025 at 1:14 AM. Reason : we don't need to ban or slow down YT just bc there's a lot of slop. people just need to learn to recognize slop and stop shoving it down their gullets.]

12/8/2025 1:13:10 AM