That is essentially the existence of marketers in general.
I can’t remember the last time I’ve bought a product because a commercial was successful in getting me to. Every commercial anymore is just to annoy. Annoy you with things you obviously wouldn’t want to buy. Annoy you with the knowledge that instead of paying the people running the company fairer wages, they invest millions into making said stupid commercial. As well as not improving the product or service in any conceivable way. That’s all it is.
The Afghanistani Government was overtaken by the Taliban in less than a week after the US left. So, that was a success for their own gain. The United States looked at that and thought ‘hold my beer’.
One of mine is Commit This to Memory by Motion City Soundtrack. I basically took the title verbatim and know the album word for word. And while I would love if it did, the rest of MCS’s stuff just doesn’t hit the same way....
Dark Matter is sounding in the okay field. I don’t understand why some people in the comment sections of every track are like going “Yeah! Pearl Jam is back to their angry roots!” when the album, 7 tracks in for me, is sounding pretty mellow. Some good rock flare but it’s overstating the matter about how ‘angry’ it is.
Megadeth is just one of those bands where you’ll only like select tracks per album. But there’s almost no album of theirs that’s perfect from beginning to end.
Especially true. Their latest album released like two or so years ago was really just an ear-in-ear-out experience. Not a damn memorable track from that album. They’re releasing a new one this year and it’s probably going to be the same.
Between the two brothers (vocalist of Powerman 5000 is related to Rob Zombie), Rob Zombie has the better end of the deal.
Alice in Chains - Dirt. Like, you can’t get any better than that and their quality after Dirt was wildly fluctuating and it didn’t help that the band was dealing with a struggling Layne Staley until his death.
Sabaton - The Art of War. A handful of my favorite tracks is coming off from this album (Ghost Division, Firestorm .etc). A lot of this band’s discography, I like a max amount of like 4 songs per album while the rest is forgettable. But Art of War has just a little more to it.
Disturbed - Believe. This is easily one of my favorite albums of all time and definitely my favorite album of all of the Disturbed discography. Their sound matured off from The Sickness and it was only their sophomore album. Their quality of sound gradually decreased every album release since to where I’ll only find a favorite track or two from them.
Many more people are jumping from one streaming subscription to another, a behavior that could have big implications for the entertainment industry....
Agreed. I have that shit for free because of where I work and have yet to watch a single thing on it. I mean there’s things I would’ve watched ideally, but my tastes have changed where I don’t want to revisit some things. Ah yes, they have the fucking Golf Masters on there. Paramount Plus’ selection looks like the home of all of those mundane shows you’d commonly find on cable TV. The ones you skip a lot of the time. They’re all here in one package that almost nobody wants unless they want to tap into nostalgia for some of the other ones, like the Nick shows.
Diablo III opens up a limited event where you got to go back to Tristram and do classic Diablo things. But they only leave it open a month and it only happens once a year.
I’m looking for a cheap plan for two unlocked phones that I already have. I’d like a plan that has 5-10 gigs per line, works with T-Mobile or Verizon, and available in Ohio....
Well yeah, that’s what you get when you don’t pay your rent.
Seriously, society needs to stop cherry picking who’s more deserving than whom. There are 653,000 homeless Americans in this country. All living on lower than low standards, barely squeeking by another day and everything. They’re now on the podium for the right to even sleep on the streets and parks.
Yet, they suddenly don’t matter because oh, this one single 93 year old person is evicted and now will be on the streets. I again ask - what makes her the exception? What makes her special? Stop treating everything like a damn off-on switch and continue focusing on the bigger picture that would prevent and resolve problems like these.
As someone who grew up with the internet and 28 years clocking in. I want to go back to the internet where the only news we got, was when it was in a category and it didn’t get all in your face wherever you went.
Nowadays, everyone cannot shut up to you about what’s going on, news is 24/7. Even when you think you’ve avoided it, you’ll run into places and people that make the news their identity that have to remind you, everytime, what’s going on. It’s annoying.
The internet back then wasn’t perfect, but it was a hell of a lot more quieter than it is now.
Yeah, I’d like to see how many people that would love to go back to the times where if you weren’t a worshiper of God, you’d be branded a heathen and potentially killed at any given day in however they see fit.
Elon Musk is a pigeon CEO, 'he comes, sh*ts all over us, and goes', says former Tesla manager (electrek.co)
Demand ad companies take security seriously first and maybe we'll talk. (tesseract.dubvee.org)
AI Is Poisoning Reddit to Promote Products and Game Google With 'Parasite SEO' (www.404media.co)
*Cough Cough...* Chrome... *Chough*... (slrpnk.net)
Jan. 6 rioter with 'I heart TRUMP' hat and a Confederate flag gets prison for assaults on officers (www.nbcnews.com)
What's a band that has one album that is just about perfect in your opinion, but rest of their discography misses the mark with you?
One of mine is Commit This to Memory by Motion City Soundtrack. I basically took the title verbatim and know the album word for word. And while I would love if it did, the rest of MCS’s stuff just doesn’t hit the same way....
Americans’ new TV habit: Subscribe. Watch. Cancel. Repeat. (www.nytimes.com)
Many more people are jumping from one streaming subscription to another, a behavior that could have big implications for the entertainment industry....
Which game series had the worst anniversary celebration?
Rockstar didn’t even acknowledge GTA IV’s tenth anniversary. Only by removing several songs from its radio stations....
High Court In India Rules That Viewing, Downloading Child Porn Is Not A Crime - The Publica (www.thepublica.com)
Phone plan research help?
I’m looking for a cheap plan for two unlocked phones that I already have. I’d like a plan that has 5-10 gigs per line, works with T-Mobile or Verizon, and available in Ohio....
93 Year Old Woman Arrested for Resisting Eviction (lemmy.world)
This is actually an older news story, and it does appear as though she recovered from this before her death....
ps6 expected to be released around 2026 (www.ign.com)
DuckDuckGo AI Chat (duckduckgo.com)
DDG is now offering free/private AI chat using several models.
Are things just shittier or are we more aware of shittiness?
What's the worst thing that's ever happened to you after being caught lying?
Who was is the worst reddit moderator encountered?