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Facebook (when that was still a platform young people used). I would obsessively scroll through it for hours each day, basically trying to look at and comment on EVERYTHING. On a whim, I decided to take a break from it for a month. By the time the month was up, I realized I didn’t miss it at all, and that was that. One of the big takeaways was that I thought that I was forming relationships with the people I’d comment back and forth with, but in reality these were people who I would never hang out with outside of school and barely even talk with in school (if at all); it was all just superficial, and I was better off spending time talking to my actual friends.

It wasn’t that bad, but in high school I mindlessly got into the habit of drinking a few cups of Coke each day (I think it started because I would get a 2 liter whenever I’d order pizza). I quit it pretty much cold turkey, and not only did I stop drinking it at home, I no longer order it at restaurants either, which is something I did ever since I was a little kid. The idea of just buying a bottle of soda and drinking it is straight honestly grosses me out now even though getting a can or bottle from a vending machine was something I’d do without thinking. The one exception is when I’m pigging out at the movies with a bucket of popcorn, but that’s pretty rare.

If you’re watching consecutive episodes of a series you can always just download them to your phone before you head to work. Not really viable if you hop around a lot, though.

Seconded, that beast (well, one of its predecessors) got me through college on the included toner cartridge alone and it’s still kicking

“Owning a car = freedom”

“You need a big truck/SUV to haul things” (it’s just a coincidence that people drove much smaller cars before a multibillion dollar deluge of advertising)

“It’s consumers’ responsibility to reduce plastic pollution by recycling, and recycling is effective” (whoever came up with this one belongs in the PR scumfuck hall of fame)

I remember being wowed by Beowulf (which I think was the first high profile 3D movie in the most recent wave), and I also enjoyed Avatar in 3D. Other than those two movies I found that 3D detected detracted from the overall experience and I quickly stopped attending 3D showings.

edit: realized I made a typo three days later…embarrassing

MartSnack - okay, this one is kind of cheating because there’s only one video so far, but if you like obscure and highly technical video game challenges like the SM64 A Button Challenge, it’s one of the best damn videos on the internet right up there with pannenkoek’s classic Watch for Rolling Rocks - 0.5x A Presses. It’s satisfying, interesting, and also surprisingly funny and relaxing. I’ve watched it like 7 or 8 times by this point, and I’m gonna watch it again after I submit this comment. Also if you like it def subscribe and hit the bell, he’s been working on a new video for months and has been giving updates in the comments as recently as a few days ago, so hopefully it’ll come out eventually!

Church of Kondo - Repository for remastered video game OSTs (primarily the cartridge era). These aren’t just any old remastered, but the result of countless hours of painstaking research to identify the exact samples used in games, track them down in the highest possible quality, and recreate a “perfect quality” mix. They’ve got reams of spreadsheets detailing all the samples they’ve cataloged.

mklachu - Dope Otamatone covers with extremely cute Otamatone costumes

Retro Game Mechanics Explained - Probably the highest production value you’ll ever see for videos on this topic–combines a deep knowledge of retro game hardware and programming with beautiful visualizations and demos. His video on Pac-Man ghost behavior is pretty representative of how he takes a subject and drills down to the assembly to show you exactly what’s happening with some really cool graphics that show what the code does step by step.