What Is a Life of Nonstop Ads Doing to Our Minds? by 6ixStringJack

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What Is a Life of Nonstop Ads Doing to Our Minds?

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UPDATED: Friday, February 6, 2026 21:07
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Friday, February 6, 2026 4:55 PM

Every once in a while, Inside Hook has an article worth reading...

https://www.insidehook.com/mental-health/life-nonstop-ads-minds-attent
ion-economy

I had no idea that ads were getting this pervasive. I don't have a smartphone. I don't live near or even visit Chicago. I don't watch TV. And I own tech that is old enough that I have all the power over it. Despite years of them trying to get me to pay for a YouTube membership through trying to destroy adblockers or putting up minor annoyance hurdles that we figure out how to combat nearly as quick as they can come up with them, I can watch YT all day long without ever watching a single ad.

I don't know how ya'll do it. You should say no.

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Friday, February 6, 2026 5:09 PM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

We don't watch ads either.

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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."- Henry Kissinger

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Friday, February 6, 2026 5:11 PM

THG

Keep it real please

Trump and Andrew named on 'prominent' FBI list

Former Prince Andrew and President Donald Trump were reportedly named in a 2025 FBI PowerPoint of 11 “prominent names” accused of sexual abuse during its investigation into late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-and-andrew-named-on-prom
inent-fbi-list/ar-AA1VPVvx

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Friday, February 6, 2026 6:20 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK

Shut up, faggot.

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Be Nice. Don't be a dick.

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Friday, February 6, 2026 7:52 PM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

Just to give you an idea of how biased the headline and article are ...

Why didn't they lead with Bill Clinton, also on the list?

And it ends with

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Trump has consistently denied any wrongdoing, stating he severed ties with Epstein decades ago and recently insisting he was never “friendly” with the child abuser despite proof suggesting otherwise.

"proof suggesting" is an oxymoron. "Proof" doesn't "suggest", it proves. "evidence suggesting" or "hearsay suggesting" would make more sense.

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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."- Henry Kissinger

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Friday, February 6, 2026 9:07 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Just to give you an idea of how biased the headline and article are ...

Why didn't they lead with Bill Clinton, also on the list?

And it ends with

Quote:
Trump has consistently denied any wrongdoing, stating he severed ties with Epstein decades ago and recently insisting he was never “friendly” with the child abuser despite proof suggesting otherwise.

"proof suggesting" is an oxymoron. "Proof" doesn't "suggest", it proves. "evidence suggesting" or "hearsay suggesting" would make more sense.

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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."- Henry Kissinger

It's one of the reasons why I don't even bother looking at or arguing over any points in Ted's articles. It's very clear he never reads any of them. Even the video he posts, I think he's probably just got them on in the background and doesn't even pay any attention to those either.

Second will at least pretend to be an intellectual, and even though it's lazy and morally bankrupt, he will go out of his way to plagiarize other people constantly when he realizes he has zero chance of ever writing his thoughts on an issue down in a cohesive manner.

Ted can't even do any of that. He just throws out articles with zero-thought insults, constantly asks you to back up your own assertions when you call out all of his as garbage, run away from the threads when somebody bothers to take the time to explain something to him in detail, and then 2 months later say that you never back up any of your own assertions.

We are dealing with two extremely retarded individuals here, and I just didn't recognize it because we don't see them in person and I think I just give people on an individual level far more credit than they deserve by default.

And it kind of makes me sad, because I need to be just a little less proud about the fact that I kick both of their asses around all over the place here every day and the fact that they are much stupider than I ever realized means that maybe I'm not as smart as I give myself credit for by comparison.

Oh... and good for you for not watching ads too.

How do you and your family avoid them? I'd be interested to know.

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