If there was a dark pattern competition...
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When you disable saving cookies in your browser, you'll get this all the time. YouTube is the worst offender, because it takes ages to load (not because of internet).
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... Are you aware that 'loli', pronounced the same as 'lollie'... is art (usually drawn) that depicts sexualized or nude children, and ... fans of, or viewers of loli... are called lolis?
I am reasonably confident this is widespread internet terminology across the entire English speaking internet at this point, but you being Australian and... possibly not being aware of this... makes me question that assumption somewhat.
That or perhaps you're older than me?
... Uh, anyway, in America we have 'fries' or 'french fries', but seemingly every other English speaking country calls them 'chips'.
Which is confusing to the hungry, overweight, American brain, because what we call chips, ya'll tend to call 'crisps'.
But at the same time, we can't even agree on whether or not a sugary, carbonated beverage is called soda, pop, or just coke, used to refer to all soft drinks, not just coca cola.
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This is bizarrely off-topic.
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That is not how "loli" is pronounced--it's short for "Lolita", with a long "O" sound.
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Cookies are not inherently bad. How do you think identity and access management (logging into websites, etc) work?
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Yes, ours are all limp.
Tell me what you’re gonna do now.
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I think they are closest to a scone. There's a YouTube series I can't recall the name of that has British teens try American foods. One of the ones they did was biscuits and gravy. The Brits were mostly in shock at how good it was.
We’re pretty obsessed with gravy tbh. Never had a savoury scone but expect it must be a similar vibe to dumplings in a stew.
In Australia KFC automatically comes with a crappy little bread bun called a dinner roll and I don’t see the appeal.
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Blame the EU. There, cookies used to bother a tiny number of "privacy advocates" who were already perfectly capable of blocking the cookies in their own browsers but they weren't happy because no one else cared about cookies so they got the GDPR passed to bother everyone in the world.
Any chance you are English, Polish or Hungarian?
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In America cookies are called cookies but all other biscuits are also called cookies.
In Australia lollipops are called lollies but all other kinds of sweets are also called lollies.
I don’t really know where I’m going with this.English as a language was seen as too easy. So we decided to mix it up.
Why would you ever be the global language of trade and commerce and the go between for multiple nations, whose entire structure is a hodgepodge of latin, Germanic, and mistranslated root structures and made up rules, if you didn't decide to mix it up from time to time and region to region?
Embrace the bastard language standard. This is the way.
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Cookies are not inherently bad. How do you think identity and access management (logging into websites, etc) work?
Sure. But why does a website want to place a cookie when there is no IAM involved like news sites, blogs? For ad Tracking!
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... Are you aware that 'loli', pronounced the same as 'lollie'... is art (usually drawn) that depicts sexualized or nude children, and ... fans of, or viewers of loli... are called lolis?
I am reasonably confident this is widespread internet terminology across the entire English speaking internet at this point, but you being Australian and... possibly not being aware of this... makes me question that assumption somewhat.
That or perhaps you're older than me?
... Uh, anyway, in America we have 'fries' or 'french fries', but seemingly every other English speaking country calls them 'chips'.
Which is confusing to the hungry, overweight, American brain, because what we call chips, ya'll tend to call 'crisps'.
But at the same time, we can't even agree on whether or not a sugary, carbonated beverage is called soda, pop, or just coke, used to refer to all soft drinks, not just coca cola.
in America we have […] 'french fries'
And they aren't even french, they're belgian.
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They need to get better biscuits then!
What British people call biscuits are called cookies in America. American biscuits are more like what British people call scones
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We’re pretty obsessed with gravy tbh. Never had a savoury scone but expect it must be a similar vibe to dumplings in a stew.
In Australia KFC automatically comes with a crappy little bread bun called a dinner roll and I don’t see the appeal.
I've never met someone that actually wanted that little roll and I'm not sure I'd trust someone that did. Begrudgingly eat with apathy? Sure that's fine. But actively want it? Nah.
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What British people call biscuits are called cookies in America. American biscuits are more like what British people call scones
But a cookie is still a cookie - e.g. the one in the meme. That bit is universal.
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uBlock origin > config > enable all annoyances list
Alternatively, there's this: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/consent-o-matic/ (works on android)
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GDPR says you shouldn't get a single cookie until you click the consent button. Try this: clear all cookies for a web site that has one of these banners, refresh the page and let it finish loading, and then see how many cookies you have for it before you consent to any.
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I built my own blog that way. All static generated, no JavaScript, no cookies, just enough CSS to get a nice dark mode look. Loads in 0.3 seconds on a modern connection, or around 10 seconds if you're on a shitty 2G connection. 370KB load, and about 270KB of that is a picture on a post that could be slimmed down if it used something more modern than jpeg compression.
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Reject all.
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in America we have […] 'french fries'
And they aren't even french, they're belgian.
Yep.
The contentious but somewhat agreed upon story of how this happened is roughly: US troops discover 'fries' in restaurants in Belgium, after WW1, but in an area of Belgium with mostly French speakers.
Americans appreciate alliteration, and don't care so much for actual accuracy, so... 'French Fries'.
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Easy fix: Don't. I'll open KeepAssXC and manage my own access tyvm.
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This is bizarrely off-topic.
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That is not how "loli" is pronounced--it's short for "Lolita", with a long "O" sound.
1: How is talking about weird quirks of English vocabulary that differ regionally and among different groups of people... off topic?
2: Many people online pronounce 'loli' with all kinds of different pronounciations of the 'o'... at least in part because there is much regional variation in the US as to how all vowels are pronounced in just all words.
Some pronounce it with the same sound as 'low', the long o. Other pronounce it as 'lawl', others pronounce it as 'lahl', the way uh... Data's sort of android adopted daughter's name is pronounced in TNG.
I have heard Brits, Aussies and Kiwis pronounce 'loli' with all kinds of vowel sound variations as well.
Pronouncing it the same as in 'lolipop' is a very common pronounciation, amongst many different regional English dialects.
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I do be wondering what a British person would call a Southern style US biscuit... Which is sweet (they're usually glazed with honey), but still not like a cookie.
Not usually glazed with honey, but sometimes (and it's good too). Most are buttery flaky goodness you cover with sausage gravy or cut in half to sandwich a slice of cheddar.
The key when making them is not to crush your butter too much with your fork.
