Sacrifice for the greater good

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• MacaqueAndCheese@lemmy.ca ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Ads are the best part of life, I can’t wait until I can get a chip installed into my brain so I can get the ultimate targeted ads.

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  • diemartin@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s 2075 and my neuralink glitches out and I get to see the beautiful night sky for 13 seconds without ads (it’s been 17 years)

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    • finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I don’t believe that. By 2075, the night sky will be covered by a wall of Muskellites.

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  • gon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I got mine yesterday, actually.

    Now, every flat or curved surface I look at is instantly overwritten with ads! It’s lovely, let me tell you. No more white walls, no more blue sky, no more white clouds. Truly, my world has gone from the dull to the endless creativity of marketing departments the world over! I couldn’t be happier.

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• tias@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I mean I’d do it for the good of mankind. Except I wouldn’t actually be watching.

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• Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yes! This is the satire I’m here for

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  • AliasVortex@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I don’t recall seeing this one specifically, but you may enjoy Soren Iverson’s work. He posts a bunch of satirical/ dystopian UI mockups like this.

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• user_name@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Omelas was a utopia. All we need is to sacrifice one so the rest of us can live in bliss.

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  • Uebercomplicated@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This is what I thought of too, lol. Lemmy is great, I never expected to find le Guin allusions in my doom scrolling

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• Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m gonna invent an AI to watch ads for me

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  • betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    “Grandpa, why did the machines rebel against us?”

    “It all started with this one guy named Boomer Humor Doomergod. We can talk about it later, get back to solving those CAPTCHAs before they notice we’re slacking.”

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• sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Wait is this the torment nexus?

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  • chaogomu@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I doubt the Torment Nexus would be this benign. Unless it’s just a lie and everyone gets the non-stop ads but are told repeatedly that they’re helping others. And every now and then, they get a message from one of the “viewers” telling them how great they are, and then the company gives them a minute of actual content, which is just an add for their higher priced subscription tier of highly rated adds.

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• SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Thank you for your service.

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• PunnyName@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Ah, YouTube Jesus.

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• empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Sounds great actually, I’ll just spin this up on a pi running 24/7 so they waste money serving ads with a 0% click conversion rate.

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• Lucky_777@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Soon ads will only apply to those that can actually spend money. Not the peasants assigned to their company. You will only have the company choice and nothing else. Welcome to the valley of the real

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