The military spent funding researching astral projection. That doesn’t mean it’s a thing.

If you think people playing pretend has that strong of an effect on them you might want to avoid the Internet all together. So much stuff on here is significantly worse than Mario jumping on a turtle.

Is it? Looks like it’s getting a lot of pushback

You could argue that adults should be allowed to commit fake sexual abuse but its still likely not a positive for those who consume it.

Should they be allowed to commit fake physical abuse? There are a lot of “violent” video games out there as well.

I asked that people be as passionate for things I’ve mentioned.

No, you didn’t. You’ve bombarded them with a long list of “whatabouts” that is only going to exhaust them, not move them to action.

It’s odd how so many are quick to add their personal interpretations.

Right, it’s not like that’s what you immediately did in your first comment.

You also didn’t answer the question as to how many of those causes you called your representatives about.

First they came for the porn…

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The person who made the image had a cause they cared about and did something about it. If you care about those causes you should absolutely do the same.

Otherwise you just sound like you’re lashing out at people who are doing something about something, while you are doing nothing about anything.

By the way, how many of those causes have you called your representative about?

Others too

Oh no! All the real issues would hang been solved if only I hadn’t taken 5 whole minutes to sign a petition for SKG!

I personally feel no need to get sponser block because:

1. The sponsership is not annoying as fuck.
2. I can fast forward through it.

Everything the ads do to force you to pay attention it to (like not being able to fast forward) makes it easier for ad blockers to detect and block.
Everything the ads do to demand your attention (by being annoying as fuck) drives people to block them.

The turning point for me is when banner ads added sounds. I would tolerate and ignore the flashing lights and the fake “games”, but then I encountered one that any time my mouse went over top of it an emoji screamed “HELOOOOOOOOO!!!” at me and I couldn’t download an ad blocker fast enough.

It’s never enough for these assholes unless they have all of your attention all of the time.

This is easily solved by not using 3rd parties and tracking data for ads. If the ad was just part of the page (similar to an ad in the newspaper) then ad blockers would not be able to detect them at all. A YouTuber saying “before we get started, this video is sponsored by [relevant related company]” does not get blocked by ad blockers.

However, in order to do that websites would be responsible for the ads they display. If they don’t do their due diligence they won’t be able to pass it off as “we’re not responsible for it, it’s our ad company that put it there.” They don’t want to be responsible for the ads they show, but they want you to be responsible for the ads you don’t watch.

Advertisers will always keep pushing things trying to find the limit where people will just barely tolerate it. Then when they push it too far they cry “no fair!” When people stop putting up with it.