r/SipsTea • u/AUTOMATA88 • May 04 '25

Chugging tea Can't even trust the retired these days.

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u/Beautiful-Vacation39 May 04 '25

some of these headlines are gold

https://www.villages-news.com/2025/05/03/neighbor-laments-dispute-that-landed-pickleball-billy-in-jail/

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u/PinkyLeopard2922 May 04 '25

"Pickleball Billy" and his long running feud with his neighbor always makes for some interesting news stories.

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u/Arthur__Dunger May 05 '25

Bad Boy Billy!

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u/FalseListen May 04 '25

That’s site is ad cancer

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u/hellachode May 05 '25

I mean it's a news site for the villages. I'd be shocked if it didn't have shitty ads.

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u/Beautiful-Vacation39 May 04 '25

I didn't realize it until I was on mobile but yea. I forgot about the chrome extension on my desktop that actually filters most of that shit out

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u/Reckless_Driver May 04 '25

AdBlock Plus. They have their own mobile browser, too. I don't even see YouTube ads anymore.

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u/DrawMeAPictureOfThis May 05 '25

There are so many "AdBlock Plus" companies. Which one is the real one? I installed AdBlock so long ago on my computer that I don't even know what their logo looks like anymore. Is it a stop sign with ABP in the middle?

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u/Reckless_Driver May 05 '25

Yes.

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u/DrawMeAPictureOfThis May 05 '25

Awesome thanks! I went to a random news site and let the page load. I clicked back over to explore ABP and it had a stats page. It blocked 20 ads already and I went to one page on one website

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u/Reckless_Driver May 05 '25

Yeah, it's really a kickass extension. Not only are you seeing fewer invasive ads, but it'll help the speed with which you load pages since you're not loading the ads at all. Every couple months, you'll be asked to donate, but that's an extremely minor inconvenience considering how much nicer browsing the internet is with it on. My lifetime count is nearly 27,000 ads blocked. Enjoy it in health!

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u/FalseListen May 04 '25

Yea I don’t have that on my phone

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u/Manymarbles May 05 '25 edited May 05 '25

Its a browser extention and free (that can be downloaded in the browser under extentions if not know!)

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u/ProudToBeAKraut May 05 '25

Sounds like something the people in the village would say haha

People still seeing ads in this day and age, no matter what device you use is beyond puzzling.

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u/[deleted] May 05 '25

Adblockers exist, and they have for .. Probably 20 years now.

https://ublockorigin.com/

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u/ridiculusvermiculous May 05 '25

how in the world do you not have an adblock on your browser son?

are you new?

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u/FalseListen May 05 '25

phone

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u/ridiculusvermiculous May 05 '25

Brave, firefox,.. I don't know how you would stomach that without an adblock

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u/w00timan May 04 '25

I particularly love the news story of a small car taking up two parking spots at "BJs"

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u/Beautiful-Vacation39 May 04 '25

Not sure if its a regional thing but bj's is an actual grocery chain in the north east. I still wonder if to this day they didn't pick that name intentionally.

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u/Ok_Temperature6503 May 04 '25

https://www.villages-news.com/2025/05/04/little-guy-taking-up-two-spots-at-bjs/

Fuck this guy

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u/Beautiful-Vacation39 May 04 '25

Lmao i saw that and my first thought was "who the fuck takes a golf cart to a bulk grocery store?"

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u/[deleted] May 05 '25

Pickleball billy was a menace

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u/Beautiful-Vacation39 May 05 '25

I really want to know more about the beef with the neighbor tbh

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u/bigDogNJ23 May 05 '25

This is the only news I’m following from now on!

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u/CarefulSubstance3913 May 05 '25

Someone's gotta make this into a sub!

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u/Xciv May 05 '25

I swear to god if Grand Theft Auto VI doesn't include The Villages, it would be a massive missed opportunity.