Sarsaparilla

Exactly. I think the bigger question here is whether hand-soap is sufficient to use as body wash? 🤔

It’s a heat/cold powered cycle … once the temp regulates the same everywhere, there is no more cycle.

If you haven’t done so yet, I would recommend watching a documentary called “The Social Dilemma” if you are able to find a copy (it’s on Netflix).

I used to watch a lot of controversial/conspiracy/right-wing stuff because I wanted to keep tabs on their crazy. Eventually it all became way too toxic and bad for my mental health but I needed to fix my Youtube feed. There was lots of unsubscribing and channel blocking, but mostly watching of lots of trivial videos was what helped to clean it up.

I don’t think downvoting helps, but upvoting does. The algorithm knows people will engage more with content that makes them angry/afraid … don’t let it know when you feel that way.

Maybe scroll through a lot of shorts and then like and subscribe to videos & channels that are less innocuous, or completely trivial (like cooking tips, makeup & fashion for older women, celebrity gossip entertainment, comedy, feel good compilations etc). If you haven’t already, definitely subscribe to Daily Dose of Internet. Youtube also seems to like pushing Lo-fi, meditation, and binaural beats (especially at night) … sub a few of those.

Block those channels who have Rogan or Tate or similar in their video titles. Unsub from the likes of Dr John Campbell & Russell Brand. If she likes news and current affairs, try to find world news channels that are more highly regarded but less likely to be “ultra left” channels that she would recognise from her anti-browsing. Channels like Reuters, AFP, or maybe news stations from other countries (like ABC news in Australia, or CBC and Global News in Canada). Block “Rebel News” and unsub from “News Nation”, or anyone else that pushes clickbait headlines. Swap her subscription from “Sky News Australia” (block) to simply “Sky News” - The Australian one is made by NewsCorp (Murdoch) and targets the American right-wing audience, while the other is a legitimate UK news channel which is not owned by Murdoch - she wont notice the subtle difference in the logos, but the content will be dramatically different.

Also, I would recommend a channel called The Why Files … he does videos on conspiracies, lays out all the conspiracy evidence, and then also lays out any debunking facts. He treats the subjects seriously, so watchers don’t feel stupid for believing something, but then does a great job of presenting the debunking facts as well, so viewers get a really balanced presentation about controversial topics.

I hope this is helpful. Good luck.

P.S. If you haven’t done so yet, I would recommend watching a documentary called “The Social Dilemma” if you are able to find a copy (it’s on Netflix).

I thought the algorithm responds to downvotes with more of the same content because negativity drives engagement. I very rarely downvote because I don’t want YT to know what I don’t like. I do however tell it to completely block rage-bait channels. This works for my home feed but not in trending.

Amazon Prime (because it comes with the service), and Netflix (until anyone on my account gets a “shared password” block, then I’m cancelling it).

Yeh, it’s my first time linking on here so I’m still learning how to do it. And I think it’s different too, for Lemmy, kbin, and mastodon. Often I just copy the name or link and paste it to search in kbin to find the location.

I’m also finding the links I posted above send me to 404 if I click directly, but will open correctly if I right click/open in new tab. But here are two links that might work for kbin, however I dunno if they would work for Lemmy users lol.

https://kbin.social/m/Laqueristas
https://kbin.social/m/lemmylaqueristas@lemmy.world

edit: oh, and thanks! I’ve subbed to “Nails”

This is true for me as well. I became very considered with all my posts, and scared to post a quick off-hand remark on reddit. Often I would get half-way through a comment, and just delete it because I had become paranoid about how it would be received - even the most mundane thoughts and opinions. It was just too mentally exhausting to deal with. And also, I 'd just like to say: the “fancy pants” editor is shit.

The success of reddit is balancing on whether you open up that incredibly defiant group of nail artists! 🙃

Well, I’m glad you’ve found your way here. There are a couple of groups that might be of interest to you …

@Laqueristas
@lemmylaqueristas

Welcome! 🤗

I felt exactly the same way when I blocked the NSFW instance! I haven’t blocked anyone, let alone a whole “community”, for many years! Odd thing to think/consider when we just tryna block some pornbots lol.