This is the pcgamer website without adblock!
I discovered this this morning as I was trying out a Lemmy app (thunder) instead of my ad blocked Firefox and followed an article link.
In less than 800 words there were:
- 3 full page ads to dismiss
- an auto playing video taking up 1/4 of the screen that follows as you scroll
- a sticky animated footer banner
- and a half page animated ad between each paragraph.
Fuck that. Fuck any organizational that does that to it’s product or has that level of contempt for it’s users.
I support content creators but ad block is necessary for safety, privacy, and the overall usability of the Internet.
Talent is mostly a myth. You have to push though the part where you suck to get good at anything. Pick a thing and stick with it. Even 10-20min a day of practice and you’ll see results. With music the hard part is getting to the point where you can just ‘play’ but you’re young and you have more time now than you ever will again. Pick a thing and suck at it. Keep doing it anyway until you suck less. One day you’ll find even though you still think you suck someone else compares themselves to you and is jealous of your ‘talent’