I'm unsubbing from my PR and all his friends on YouTube so I don't have to be reminded of them anymore. Ditching my phone case too
I may still want to watch his or his friend's videos from time to time, but I want to control when that happens. From now on, I'll be marking any recommended videos from any of them under "Not interested" until the YouTube algorithm finally gets the message that I'm done with them. Maybe when I do choose to watch them, I'll make a separate google account for it, so it doesn't contaminate my algorithm again.
Also, a couple of years ago I ordered a custom iPhone case off Esty with little cartoons of my PR and his friends at the time. Mom finally got me to take it off. My new case is coming in the mail now. Even if I wanted to be reminded of my PR by my phone case... It was awkward, because out of the 4 men depicted on the case, since I bought it one of them was outed as being abusive to his girlfriend, and another literally died.
I'm not ready to say goodbye to him forever, though. I just want more control over triggering content on my YouTube home page