TIL Pornhub is a Canadian-owned…What if you blocked traffic from the USA (yes, I know about VPN)

  • @[email protected]
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    255 hours ago

    I’m pretty sure half the red states already block it.

    Instead I’d suggest a more technically involved approach of blocking the middle fifth (a 25% tariff) of the screen of videos with a large black bar that has a Canadian flag and a beaver (not that kind) on it.

    If you want to send a message it’s better to avoid a full blackout since most regular folks will just assume it’s a server outage. Make it clear it’s intentional.

    • @nshibj
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      33 hours ago

      A fifth would be 20%, if you want to block 25% then you block one fourth of the screen.

      • @[email protected]
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        53 hours ago

        Aha, but a 25% tariff ends up taxing a fifth of the total value. I’ve been hit in the nads by enough fence posts in my day to dodge that trap.

        • @nshibj
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          12 hours ago

          Oh, I know nothing about tariffs taxing… so I guess you’re right. I was just thinking arithmetics (25%=1/4) but it seems I overstepped here 😅

          • @[email protected]
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            357 minutes ago

            No worries at all, the mistake you made is extremely common. The best way to think about it is that the tariff is 1/4, and the existing value is 4/4 so that’s 5/4 total which means that you can consider the tariff to be 1/4th the original cost or 1/5th of the new cost - both answers are correct if you’re careful in your wording.

            In my initial answer I also referenced fence posts. If you’re thinking about building a fence with ten segments how many posts do you need? Well, to the right of each segment there’s one fence post - but you’ve also got one that’s not to the right of any segment so you can either describe your fence as ten segments long or eleven posts long.

            This shit trips up people all the time so no worries.

    • Victor Villas
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      4 hours ago

      Not sure about the idea of having the Canadian flag layered on top of the weird shit diverse kinks available on PornHub.

      Maybe just add a picture of Trump and Musk? The importer is the one paying the tariff anyway, so it should be an US image.

      • @[email protected]
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        53 hours ago

        We’re a country with extremely liberal views on speech and sexuality. I support superimposing a Canadian flag over a little person in full bondage gear humping the leg of a pregnant woman while shouting “I want to go back inside mommy”. That’s the Canada I became a citizen of.

        • Victor Villas
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          13 hours ago

          Sure, but might also get layered onto a video of a dude cosplaying Uncle Sam whipping the floor.

          I don’t care about the flag’s reputation, it’s just that using our flag isn’t really beneficial in any way and they should eat the risk.

      • @[email protected]
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        33 hours ago

        Nah, not fair to kink shame Canadians into stuff. Who decides what is “weird” and what isn’t?

    • @redlemaceOP
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      44 hours ago

      Spoken as a true master of evil justice let’s follow your track !!

    • @redlemaceOP
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      65 hours ago

      Those usually are the worst. I still remember the 90’s a (very) religious guy brings in his VCR… “Yesterday after church I was going to watch a bit of TV but the tape got stuck” We fixed it and watched a bit. I wasn’t that blue, but it was some serious porn. Around the same time a friend worked at mail distribution, Most copies of playboy went to the bible belt.

    • @[email protected]
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      45 hours ago

      I believe Florida has to use a VPN but that was because you had to give PH your ID. Pornhub said yeah no we are not tagging people at the door.

      • @SpaceNoodle
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        45 hours ago

        There will be plenty of kids for them to rape now that they’re halting abortions as well.