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I don't know about you guys, but my blocking fingers have been getting a hell of a workout here lately. Substack seems intent upon flooding my feed with all manner of TERF garbage and Nazi flotsam. It's been bad for a while, but the intensity and regularity of these cringe ass motherfuckers has only increased right alongside the continued descent into literal pants-shitting senility of their favorite Fanta fascist fuhrer.

I mean, dayum, my right-hand side index and middle finger (not to brag, but I am multi-blocktual) are starting to look straight up SWOLE, like two sweaty little gym bros right in the middle of my hand. They're starting to call the other fingers pussies and recommending lifting routines and protein shakes, practicing not so subtle displays of dominance in the general direction of my other digits. My pinky finger is downright terrified by the whole affair.

Also, I have by necessity, begun branching out and reaching into new and exciting types of blocking. It used to be reserved for the aforementioned TERF/Nazi cohort along with the He-Man Woman Hater Club types, but the longer we are forced to live in this twisted reality, the more finely honed and hair triggered my reflexes become. There are now new and diverse categories on my radar, providing my eager little hand sausages ample opportunity to continue on their fitness journey. Here are a few:

Any Substack primarily dedicated to reviewing and discussing reality TV

No hate here, really. We all like what we like. Fine, that's true. And in the normal times, I was more than willing to live and let live, content to simply keep scrolling. I mean, it was always a clue that you and I most likely had nothing in common and would have absolutely nothing of interest to give one another in conversation. I'm ok with that. We can't please everyone, right?

But now, even getting a glimpse of an article about the Real Housewives of Fuckitall snuggled into my feed between all the horror show genocide pictures and articles about how this country is tick tick ticking it's way towards utter destruction, theocratic feudalism and Holocaust level fuckery, well it lands with just that much more of a hollow thud in the center of my chest and the pit of my stomach. Vapid. That's a good word. Slop. That's a great word too. Together, they describe how I feel about this type of “content”. BLOCK-A-ROONEY!!!

Substacks devoted to discussing celebrities and their gossipy lives

Gah!!! Why are we still worshipping celebrities like this??? We have AMPLE evidence of how evil the entire ecosystem of Hollywood and it's attendant industries are at this point. With all the issues and concerns that regular people have right now, I want to know even less about who in Hollywood is sucking whose toes, who got butt fat injected into their lips, who bought/sold their ridiculously offensively overpriced third mansion and to whom they sold it. And people who delude themselves into believing that these actors are the characters they play onscreen, geez, at this point you just fucking annoy me. BLOCKA-LOCKA-DINGDONG!!!

Substacks pimping the next generation of blue corporate behemoth establishment Dems who have the exact same platforms and lies as the old tired generation of blue corporate behemoth establishment Dems.

Look, I don't make a habit of ripping people apart for their political crushes. I've had them too. I've also been utterly fucking disappointed in every single damn one of them. No hate for anyone here, but for me personally, every post I see sucking Gavin Newsom’s slick handsome dick just makes me gag. Yes yes yes, his team trolls the fuck out of Trump. Sometimes I even get a little chuckle reading those. But that's his team, folks. Not him. More pointedly, it's a woman on his team who gets little to no recognition for her brilliance, which ngl, kinda grinds my gears just a tad.

Another point: even if it were him personally delivering that brilliant trolling action, is that enough of a qualification to elect him president? Government by troll? Aren't we doing that in Red right now? You wanna see it in a nice shade of Blue instead? I mean, he's already gone literally out of his way to cuddle up to a knuckle dragging baby toothed freak like Charlie Kirk for absolutely no good reason other than to try and appeal to the anti trans assholes in our coalition. He is ready to bend whichever way the winds happen to blow, which is the status quo that got us where we are today. Count me out, brothers and sisters.

I realize people have to evolve at their own pace. I certainly did. I had to come to the harsh realization that wealthy corporately owned politicians of either side aren't gonna do jack shit for me on my own. It was a whole process of personal evolution. I'm sure others will arrive there eventually, but things being what they are, I would rather just not have to personally witness that glacial progression as it tends to raise my blood pressure to unhealthy levels. BLOCKADOO!!!!

Substacks pitching AI to an extreme

Do I even need to say why I find it offensive on a platform that purports to be dedicated to human creativity, writing and art? I honestly don't think I should, but it seems like some of our fellow humans cannot wait to be replaced by an LLM. This being said, I don't see any problems with using it to help edit, or as in the case of at least one person I'm aware of, using it to help translate your articles to another language. That's legit. But tutorials on how to use it to write entire articles or to create art? Nah, I can't be down with that. I once worked at a job where they made me train the new guy that they had promoted to a position above me and this feels a lot like that. Ick. COUNT BLOCKULA!!!

Anti Vax Quackery

We get it. You don't trust big pharma. Or doctors. Or medical associations. Or experts. Or science. Or teachers. Or objective reality. Whole lotta trust issues. Some dude with a high school degree selling healing vibes and horse dewormer on the internet though? Fuuuuuck yeah, you trust THAT guy. I mean, why would he lie to you? For the low, low price of $600 a month for his personal branded supplements and a copy of his clean living manifesto (*this is not medical advice disclaimer included), he will tell you everything these so called “experts” won't tell you because they are in the business of keeping you sick. Sure guy. GTFO of here with your whole snake oil bullshit my dudes. YOU are a plague for which I wish they would invent an inoculation posthaste! BLOCK BLOCK BLOCKITY BLOCK!!!

Crypto Substacks

Yeah, no. Fuck off with that fake digital shit. You might as well be selling fairy dust or magic beans, motherfuckers. YA BLOCKED!!!

So you can see, my fingers are gonna be absolutely JACKED by the time I'm through with them! I'm sure that there are far far more categories that will make their way to this list, given enough time. I'll be sure to update this list as needed. Until then, I'll be over here, looking for the perfect winter gloves to showcase and accentuate my impressive finger gains.

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