the internet 2x18
1. click link
2. URL shortener on separate server expands URL
3. source site's analytics engine redirects you to a shortened URL
4. second URL shortener on another server expands URL
5. analytics javascript on destination site throws errors, leading to slow load time
6. view disappointing meme
7. goto 1.
@walruslifestyle not letting anything run javascript by default shortcuts this to:
1. click link
2. nothing fucking works ever, ctrl-w
@brennen
Step 1 turn on noscript
Step 2 the whole internet is now broken
@walruslifestyle
@catdad @brennen @walruslifestyle I experienced this recently and ended up just uninstalling it again
@sonya
IMO umatrix is easier to use
@brennen @walruslifestyle
@catdad @brennen @walruslifestyle
But the parts that work are really fast! (Who said you needed JavaScript and AJAX to make things fast.)
@brennen @walruslifestyle
actually productive sites tend to work tho, so you spend less time looking at pointless memes 😛
@grainloom @walruslifestyle i just wish this were the case for all the ones i have to use for work.
@brennen @walruslifestyle literary my life. I always think "well, that was not going to be worth seeing anyway"
On the plus side, I don't waste that much time visiting random shit on the web.
@brennen @walruslifestyle I have a """happy""" medium of JavaScript disabled on HTTP by default, but allowed on HTTPS.
It's not better.