He’s passed EVERY test. He’s more Aussie than anyone I know!

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    8 months ago

    Voluntarily posting ads for Uber? Are we that far gone?

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      8 months ago

      Sure, I’ll give a funny ad a plug.

      I have nfi if ubershare is available in Australia, and have no reason to ever use it.

      It’s all in good fun, bro

      Where can I buy the thong rack?

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        8 months ago

        It’s not in good fun, it literally exists to sell shit.

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          it literally exists to sell shit

          Doesn’t everything and everyone in one form or another?

          Why eo angry at Uber? Were you a taxi owner/driver?

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            8 months ago

            What does Lemmy exist to sell?

            Not everything is some capitalist bullshit.

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              8 months ago

              Oh, so you’re saying Lemmy is selling freedom from capitalism, and nothing remotely related to ‘capitalism’’ should ever be posted on Lemmy?

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                8 months ago

                No I’m saying Lemmy is a free service and that not everything has to be about buying shit.

                We get bombarded by advertisement in every cm of our lives, there’s no need for us to willing spread such evils.

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                  8 months ago

                  But did you think it was funny? That’s why I posted it.

                  There is heaps of advertising etc around and I’d recommend you train yourself to ignore it. You won’t be able to go outside or use 90% of the internet otherwise.

                  The fact this is an ad doesn’t stop me from laughing at it. It’s certainly not going to make me rush out and buy anything or do anything different from what I’m doing.

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                    8 months ago

                    As soon as I saw it was an Uber ad I turned it off, I don’t care if it was funny or whatever other tactic they used to increase viewer engagement, it’s advertisement and I’m not going to waste my free time watching an ad.

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                  Lemmy is not free. The user community funds the developers of Lemmy by direct donations. As for us, aussie.zone costs a little over $100/month to run. Our own generous users fund us.

                  While we don’t need to advertise to fund lemmy, be assured that someone somewhere is paying for it.

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                    8 months ago

                    Lemmy is free, you can download it and host it yourself. Server costs are irrelevant to the software being free.

                    What’s next FOSS isn’t FOSS because I have to pay electricity to power my computer?