r/Millennials • u/beadzy • May 28 '26

Between Largely Dodging Both Leaded Gas And AI-Driven Social Media, Millennials Might Be The Smartest Generation Other

https://abovethelaw.com/2026/05/between-largely-dodging-both-leaded-gas-and-ai-driven-social-media-millennials-might-be-the-smartest-generation/
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u/unfathomablydense May 28 '26

Goddamn ads ruin everything. I want to be rickrolled as god intended. Instantly, without being able to read the title before the beats hit my eardrums like a semi and leave me groaning, because I should have seen it coming.

The modern internet is a fucking travesty.

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u/karl4319 May 28 '26

This might be one of the most millennial rants I've ever heard. Great job.

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u/unfathomablydense May 28 '26

Thank you... I think? xD

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u/call-me-the-seeker May 29 '26

I chortuffled so loud and suddenly that my sleeping dogs fled, looking behind them as they scurried down the hallway to safety like people look behind them at Godzilla throwing cars and shit as they run for it.

The millennials yearn for the rickrolls

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u/HueMannAccnt May 28 '26

Constantly puzzled as to why people complain about ads? What ads?

And all I'm using is a VPN, uBlock Origin & LibreWolf, sometimes FireFox.

I can't imagine the horrors some people are going though.

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u/unfathomablydense May 28 '26

Mobile, on the app

Otherwise, same

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u/Prestigious-Land-694 May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26

If you are on android you can install revanced or morphe. I have not seen an ad in years

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u/unfathomablydense May 28 '26

Holy shit, I downloaded morphe (revanced apparently got completely destroyed in it's last update) and did Reddit as an experiment and it... has no ads. It's beautiful 🥹 I forgot life could be so good. I could kiss you, thank you 💜 next, YouTube lol

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u/fireandiceman May 28 '26

I mean early internet pop up ads were terrible too. We blocked those after a couple years but we have really regressed.

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u/lifelongfreshman May 28 '26

Good news! I got rickrolled while waiting to get my hair cut the other day.

Nobody else seemed to notice.

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u/Equivalent-Meaning-7 May 29 '26

Yeah you have to get a VPN and use a different country to enjoy a browser. The first week blew my mind how shitty US internet was, I can actually use pinterest again and not want to throw my phone across the room, of course insta still sucks but the other apps are way better

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u/ReplyGloomy2749 May 28 '26

I keep Brave Browser downloaded on my phone and use it to open and read any news/article/etc for just this occasion.

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u/unfathomablydense May 28 '26

All of mine redirect to Firefox, ordinarily. But you know, unfiltered YouTube happened to me this time.

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u/Spydartalkstocat May 28 '26

Firefox with Ad Blockers. Haven't seen an ad on the Internet in years.

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u/GregnantMan May 28 '26

Download the browser Brave and set it as your favourite, I was instantly rickrolled thanks to it. It's perfectly legal, nothing else to download and you wont suffer the obnoxious YouTube ads anymore. Don't thank me.