I went and saw Iron Lung at the weekend.
Was very good and I recommend it and it’s even better if you have played the game for some context behind it.
Was interesting to learn after the film that it was all financed, published and distributed by Markiplier himself and had no Hollywood involvement at all.
I went to see Shelter at the cinema on Saturday. Was meh.
I saw the new 28 years later film the other day. Was much better than I expected.
Right let’s keep all the drama out of Carlos poor attempt of a copy of my superior general chitchat thread that I had deleted before I left. 
Film I am looking forward to is “Devil Wears Prada 2” on May 1st!
My workplace is surrounded by trees so I often see Deer, squirrel and rabbits kicking about. However there is also a woodpecker that rattles the trees all day and weirdly I find it quite relaxing considering I normally like to be sitting in complete silence
Surprising set of results from Ancestry.
72% Welsh I’m not surprised about, the Nordic and German intrigues me.
Anyone recently fully decided to remove yourself from meta?
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp?
The rumours of a paid WhatsApp sub for ads and better privacy will probably be the point I get rid of it all.
I do use iMessage frequently with my friend and find the interface much more visually pleasing.
I use Facebook in a browser, no ads whatsoever (I block ads aggressively at browser and DNS level).
I deleted Instagram account 6 years ago.
I will see how it goes. If ads are aggressive or intrusive, I will leave. I went about 6 months without it last year and also in 2024.
I like instagram for the most part, I’m guessing there’s no way to beat the privacy stuff on iOS?
I’d live without WhatsApp and Facebook, messenger is only really used for my sisters.
This one is a pain in the browser, I think it is intentional.
Even without adblocking it is not interesting at all in the browser. You may have to give in to personalised ads.
Like which ones?
To block ads etc while using the above apps?
None that I know off. DNS blocking used to work well in the past but they woke up and started serving ads from the same core domain as the site.
It is that very reason I removed the Facebook app too. I was seeing irrelevant ads I couldn’t do anything for.
Imagine being in Uk being shown ads for USA, then Australia, then a Safari in Kenya 
WhatsApp, pre Meta, used to charge a small annual fee then it was free. Rarely use FB as it gets too confrontational. Never used Instagram.
I only use WhatsApp rarely for a family group chat (and reluctantly).
We had a Facebook group that was handy in work, but I gave up FB as soon as I gave up work.
I’ve never used Instagram and have no reason to start.
Facebook is full of drama, instagram is the preferred place as it’s just pics/videos and reels, no depressing statuses or rants.
I have a Facebook account with zero (0) friends. I am in a few groups for cars that are surprisingly decent, stuff kept civil and I haven’t seen confrontational stuff in there. People mind their business.
I am also in the neighbourhood group, that one is full of drama and rants. I go there for a laugh.
I resisted WhatsApp until 2020 - it still annoys me as an app but its strength is that’s everyone’s on it so hard to ditch it and go elsewhere. There is someone in a groupchat who occasionally tries to convince us to move it to Signal, but the main objection is that we’d lose the archive and the ability to make ancient callbacks.
I do miss social media of old where it was full of people posting what they’re up to and your friends actually got to see it. I still log in to Facebook but it mostly shows me posts from Dull Men’s Club or pages which have ripped off its content, and I just can’t be bothered posting on it anymore.
We at least have something in common, I also see Dull Women’s posts.
I at least do not see what someone ate for dinner yesterday, what new shirt they bought, whose relationship is on the rocks, etc.
Hate social media.
Only have Facebook to sell crap and I’m part of a page with others that have the same rare health condition I have.
Instagram I close and open every now and then as I do like the motorbike pages I follow. Don’t care about what others are up to.
WhatsApp does my nut in. I’d happily go back to sending text messages via 02 on the browser if I had to.
Forgot about LinkedIn. My god what a big pile of kissarsery that place is.
