Sorry for the down votes, you’re 100% valid. YouTube Premium benefits me and the content creators I watch. Sure, it’s more complicated than that, but everything is, and sometimes you just have to make choices that make your life a little easier.

My car got stolen this morning. I feel this in my soul.

Who is downvoting you? I wouldn’t think that Lemmy would be into athletics or patriotism.

One can consent (implicitly or explicitly) to sex before one is fully aroused. This is exactly analogous to a woman not yet being wet.

I would guess 80% of the people who watch these aren’t actually watching them. Hell, background play is the real reason I pay for YouTube Premium. Not having to worry about ads is a nice bonus.

Yeah, I know this artist has gotten a lot of shit in the past for little reason, but this is truly an absurd take.

People don’t see every post every time they’re posted. Reposts suck for very active users, but for new and infrequent ones, they serve a purpose.

Who’s downvoting this truth?

I refuse to worry about microplastics until I actively have cancer. Otherwise, meh.

And what is, O Wise One?

tfw Marx was just a shitty millennial, apparently

There’s nothing wrong with the phrase “speaks for itself”. It’s a very common expression.

Are these people even Leftist? Christ.