It's not as stupid as it seems, pouring clean water over your eyes can help. Normally you'd do it after swimming in ocean/sea... But I don't know what they add to swimming pools.
I feel we've been through this several times already...
Jobs become obsolete. It sucks. But that's the reality. AI is not a mistake, but it will kill a lot of livelihoods we care about in the creative scene. But just like coal mining, life will move on.
I haven't seen a bigger nation of virtual signaling government being completely at odds with their population. It's a glorified tax heaven and I no longer wish to call it my home. I have voted with my wallet and moved out.
Irish history is messy and very few even bother to look deeper into it.
The reason for the hate is... You offer no alternative.
I'm coeliac, I don't get to eat outside at fast food places. But people got to eat and they might need something quick on the go... What's your alternative? What cheap healthy meal do you offer?
I don't get to have stuff, I can't even buy a sandwich from a shop if I wanted to. But I can see how people rely on it.
Speaking of ads, here in UK shops have this "priced matched with Aldi" stickers showing they lowered prices to match aldi... Best advertisement ever! Anything without that sticker? Is cheaper at Aldi.. which is other 90% of the shop.
They don't do any gluten free stuff so I don't really shop there. But their hams are good and well priced vs the other shops.
But I feel like I'm a rare breed of someone experiencing it and having years with "both" types. There's a lot of curiosity from both camps because realistically, there's little chance of anyone ever finding out which one is "better". Honestly, both have pros and cons. I hope my comment puts people a bit at ease for having it forced upon them when they couldn't say no and those who still can choose, don't feel pressured into it or mislead by misinformation.
But it's not life altering and I do prefer it in a way, I'm not having issues finishing or anything like that. I had it done at a private hospital so it was done esthetically well. Very little scar tissue etc. But I wouldn't make my son have one, that's crazy. It happened and I had little choice in the matter. But it was conscious, body autonomy is important.
I had medical mutilation. I lost a lot of sensitivity down there. But it allows it to work and wife has been supportive in a country where it's a rare thing.
Word of mouth is how you find such businesses or local boards people advertising their services. That's 90% of it or google search taking me to their FB page.
But yeah, if it means I can support local businesses? It's a price worth paying by having a fb account with no activity or info.
At the end of the day, i care about the local guy running butchers out of a truck going to spots when they have meat more than giving money to tesco who under cuts farmers. Fb allows people to have automaty. While it's not black and white. I do admit it's way more on the dark side.
I mean I do. But there are two businesses I use twice a month where it is straight up impossible to interact with. A small business won't see the investment into a website.
And no. There are no alternative businesses I could deal with in +80 mile range.
Could one live without fb? Yeah obviously. But it's not all redundant with alternatives.
Call me a pessimist... But no it won't. The world will not see another Vietnam.