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PaperclipPerfector  5d ago (text post)   1826 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for November 29, 2024

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Man, Twitter really is crazy now. I created an account to bypass Musk’s paywall when looking people up there, followed nobody, never used it. Today I clicked a link on the UK subreddit which linked to a British political page with a reel/tiktok of some excerpts from the parliamentary debate on legalizing euthanasia that happened here yesterday.

I mindlessly scrolled down from that clip. The very next video was Japanese porn, hardcore, posted by a Japanese account with all the replies also in Japanese. I couldn’t believe it, this was the next reel after a political video posted by a random centrist, widely followed UK political news page. I’ve never used this account on X before, am not following anyone, and definitely don’t look up porn on X (or in general, really). This is the kind of thing that could get someone accidentally fired or at least called into a serious HR meeting at work, just because they scrolled down on an X reel! Crazy.

I’ve been enjoying Twitter recently but the algorithm incentivizes quantity and “fun but stupid takes” way too much. Not very efficient for finding good ideas and information.

Link?

https://x.com/gbpolitcs/status/1862554820567048550?s=46&t=0RSpQEWd71gFfa-U_NmvkA

Well played. (I was curious because Twitter has never shown me irl hardcore porn. Don't know if there's a setting or the algorithm knows not to show it to me)

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