Discord. I had my own mumble server before but everyone I know moved over to discord. I'm not happy about it, but it's pretty low on the list of things I'm not happy about.
It's probably even more than 14% of your bandwidth honestly. Those requests that it is blocking are generally some of the largest and least optimized parts of the page.
I think it's partially that once subreddits reach a certain number of subscribers the average quality of submissions goes down. It seems to happen everywhere.
Capitalism has a lot of problems, sure. But I think it provides a valve for letting off steam, for sublimating the impulses that drive groups of people to make war with other groups of people.
oh, honey...
Edit: also:
I get into lizard-brain shopping loops myself. I’ll think about buying something, a new camera, say. I’ll read reviews of the camera online. I’ll look at YouTube videos about the camera. I’ll compare prices for the camera.
I’ll know I don’t need that camera — $1,000? Are you kidding me? — but all that idle shopping will have caused a change in my hypothalamus. The prospect of not possessing that camera will make me feel physically ill...
rutabaga wrote
Reply to Could you be in a relationship with a right wing person? by theblackcat
Absolutely not.