JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoTIL Ecuador doesn't have its own currency and uses US dollars, but maybe not the same US dollars you are used to seeing.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down10
arrow-up113arrow-down1imageTIL Ecuador doesn't have its own currency and uses US dollars, but maybe not the same US dollars you are used to seeing.lemmy.worldJimVanDeventer@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square65fedilink
minus-squarejonwyattphillips@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoI lived in Ecuador for a bit and it’s pretty terrible when you pay for a $5 item with a twenty dollar bill and the cashier hands you back fifteen of these coins, which has happened to me on multiple occasions.
minus-squaremightyfoolish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoJust put those coins into your adorable coin purse.
minus-squareCosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-210 months agoNothing like clicking on the large X to close an ad video on the web page, but it doesn’t close, even after pressing the X multiple times. :/
minus-squaremightyfoolish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoThey are few alternatives to fandom but nothing that comes close to fandom’s popularity. Unfortunately the web has become a place where you need to download ublock origin and learn to block specific elements.
minus-squareCosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-210 months ago Unfortunately the web has become a place where you need to download ublock origin The irony is that I do have it installed/using it. It’s just the video player puts an X there but ignores when you click on the X.
minus-squarealcoholicorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·10 months agoTry noscript (firefox only)
I lived in Ecuador for a bit and it’s pretty terrible when you pay for a $5 item with a twenty dollar bill and the cashier hands you back fifteen of these coins, which has happened to me on multiple occasions.
Just put those coins into your adorable coin purse.
Nothing like clicking on the large X to close an ad video on the web page, but it doesn’t close, even after pressing the X multiple times. :/
They are few alternatives to fandom but nothing that comes close to fandom’s popularity.
Unfortunately the web has become a place where you need to download ublock origin and learn to block specific elements.
The irony is that I do have it installed/using it. It’s just the video player puts an X there but ignores when you click on the X.
Try noscript (firefox only)