This user has a vendetta against ads, which to them includes artist signatures / websites / social handles.

William Gibson (author of Neuromancer among other things, not all of them good) published an article about Singapore 30 years ago. It's titled Disneyland with the Death Penalty.

33 years later and much of this is still very relevant. It has dated somewhat, but accurately reflects what I experienced in Singapore during work travel over the past few years.

At the least, if you're interested in what dystopian science fiction writers think about Singapore it certainly dropped some puzzles pieces into place for me.

LET'S GET BACK TO SMOKING THESE MEATS.

It's very hard to live in the system without somehow taking part. I work in marketing adjacent industries. My job is fully bullshit. But I love my team, I love problem solving, and I love working with research data. So I'm definitely part of the problem, but where I live there's not much else my skills work for. And as the sole income earner, renting, I'm insecure enough financially that I don't really have a choice. Almost like the system was designed that way...

My experience is totally different. Growing up in Australia in a single-sex school, men cooking or cleaning were laughed at by teenagers, unless it was the barbeque since it's manly. "Get back in the kitchen" jokes and "make me a sandwich" jokes were everywhere and amplified once our classes became co-ed.

The invisibility of toxic masculinity at that age was the most damaging thing. Nobody wanted to be seen as weak, so there was never a chance to understand what being strong truly meant. I think single-sex schools are unfortunately breeding grounds for the manosphere.

I always hated crying , hated feeling emotions, never wanted to be seen as weak emotionally. I'm still suffering the consequences of that environment, as suppressing sadness impacted everything else.

Edit: apologies, did not realise what community this post was in. Did not mean to ignore the rules.

Do you remove covers from books that you read? Scratch out the name on bottles or cans of drink? Does your car or bicycle or skateboard have a logo on it?

What you are doing is removing an individual artists ability to make a living. They'll probably have to go work for a corporation that does advertising.

Human to human attribution "made this meal? It's so delicious!" Isn't advertising, it's community. It's connection. As soon as you put a stakeholder or faceless business entity in the way, it's an ad.

What you are doing just feels like actively defacing art, and depriving their creators or authors of recognition and credit. Which, to be clear, MOST USERS HERE WANT TO GIVE. You're also depriving THIS community of its ability to show appreciation.

Sort your shit out and either go to the effort of putting the artist in the post title, link in the sub heading, stop cropping, or stop posting.

Most normal contributors don't comment nearly as much as you. I've left probably 30 comments and 3 posts in 3 years across my (same username, different instance) accounts.

Marketplace is very alive and kicking, it's shocking how much more active it is since COVID.

I will also say that FB has sucked a lot of attention away from traditional forum spaces - Australia's Netrider for example. It's much better to seek answers and ask questions in the motorcycle Facebook page for your model. Sadly. The introduction of anonymous group posting is a good thing though.

As much as GW has fucked the community over the years, I do feel at least their "artistic vision" has been relatively consistent, barring early days of Age of Sigmar.

Recently I have started having to ask hours before a plan is meant to execute, whether the other parties are still attending. Three times out of four I've been cancelled on - forgot, too busy, whatever the reasons were.

When was I meant to find out? When I called you asking how far away you are, only to find you're not coming at all?

Can confirm, lil bro can indeed hear sounds (and since his eyes are pretty bad, it is sometimes like ESP)

C*O is basically a slur these days anwyays

It's only the Gulf of Mexico when there's been a disaster.

That's just confirming with extra steps

I grew up skateboarding and taking the trams to get around my city. Many of my friends did not, and were driven everywhere. For them, once they were able to get a car and their license, being an adult and synonymous with driving yourself places - because that's what they always experienced.

There are so many benefits to public transit and green spaces, but most people have never experienced them and can't fathom why anyone would want to let go of their individual mobility and sense of adulthood. Which sucks.

Reverse Newtonian metal sheet. I think that's doable in my lifetime.

I wish I could eat like shit but take a single nutritionslop pill and be healthy

Very real concern, at least in older and heavier cars. Hot brakes don't work well, engine braking is harmless and makes it much easier to control pace.

The best way I can describe is going down a big hill with just brakes feels like you're on a slippery steel slide, trying to use your hands to stop. Engine braking feels like you're on an escalator, where if you just stay where you are, you'll get to the bottom at a consistent speed.

As a certified aerospace engineer with 12 decades of experience, this is clearly speed tape which is obviously different to gaffer tape

I'm so mentally disordered that I'm not even pictured on the graph...

Prime_E and Southpaw Candybar 4 lyf. I'm not even that deep in the water compared to some.