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use the annoyances filter on your ublock origin extension. it filters away all the "muh disable adblocks" and the "accept the cookies" popups. its pretty great.
i'm happy to open the pod doors myself if chatgpt doesnt want to though, and i'm happy to ween myself off this shitty internet lately.
Yesterday my plan - I think I actually meant it - was to be off the net all day today. No cheating so no internet until 00:01 Thursday at the earliest. The problem was I woke up from a fitful sleep at 4 am. I lay in bed another 30 minutes trying in vain to get back to sleep. Then I gave up. So - great - it's 4:30 am and I'm awake and very grumpy. I think I held out for all of five minutes. I got on the net "just to check my email". Which I did. But then I had a peek at Hexbear too. I decided I I'd try again and this time have more resolve.
I left my house to make a donation in a little food pantry and I saw a couple rabbits along the way. I always like to see them. Before sunrise when night is ending tends to be their busiest time to be in my neighborhood. I saw four a couple weeks ago. I left my donation and came home. And within minutes I said "Fuck it" and I was back on the net. And I've had postingmania not just here but at Bluesky too. At least here it makes sense - I get replies. Over there is a lot less fun because it's so hard to get replies. I think people actually check who you are and if you're just a rando with hardly any followers - they don't bother.
Ninja edit. It's probably a waste of time but maybe to get more feedback - I could make a novelty account where I— Never mind. Dumb idea. I'll do anything to not not get off the net.
to be fair, lemmy is much better than regular social media. it feels a bit like the older, fairer internet, where its possible to have actual conversation with other humans.
baby steps, one platform at a time. quitting it cold turkey can be overwhelming. its like a drug addiction, all relapse is part of the journey.
planning an internet-free day its easier when i have something fullfiling to do instead for the day, but i recognize real life is shitty rn and we will naturally want to escape for a bit to be able to properly cope and i don't kick myself too hard for it.