I literally yelled out when I scrolled down and that thing lurched from the bottom of my screen.
It feels like the battery drain is a combo of the bajillion pop ups, auto play videos, and gifs all running at the same time. I’ve seen a marked improvement since blocking the pop ups though.
I switched from Chrome to Safari and added AdGuard. The site is actually usable now and doesn’t burn 5% of my battery reading one article. But seeing as the company is run by a hedge fund manager, I’m sure they’ll figure out a way to make it unusable again.
Yah, I love Jeeps but the mpg trade off for going wheeling once every few months wasn’t worth it. This is very tempting.
I had a summer job working for a county parks and rec department. We had to rotate coming in in the evening to drive around and lock up all the bathrooms. Our ride was a tattered ex-cop Crown Vic. All gas and all brake!
Don’t even respond to him. It’s some dude that makes fake Lizardo accounts just to troll. He’s super active on the root. Supposedly they ban his accounts but he keeps making more. Pretty sad existence if your hobby is identity theft trolling on kinja.
*Little Sneezers
Well this made my day. As a 2002 high school grad I really appreciate this. BTW, did you hear “girl you workin with some ass hair” instead of the correct lyrics?
Between crashing and the ads/autoplay videos, I’ve pretty much given up using the site on my mobile. That and reading one article makes my battery deplete by at least 5%.
Did you return the walnuts to the squirrels?
Stove fuel eh? I’ve never considered that before.
Can we talk about #3 on the list? You know your product is unappealing when the marketing firm runs an ad where the driver is so ashamed of his Buick that he calls it an Alexa and gaslights his girlfriend over it.
My friend’s hooptie with a busted fuel gauge ran out while she was grocery shopping. 1 bottle of cooking oil and she was on her way to the gas station.
NOTHING. There’s absolutely NOTHING in my garage, move along sir. Are you a cop? You have to tell me if you are.