We’re trapped on a burning planet with superstitious dictators committing holocausts in broad daylight and there are forum mods/admins who find it within themselves to stop you from advocating online to ixnay a few fascists or billionaires

Arceus is a capital G god. Any “one-of-a-kind” Pokémon representing an in-universe element or force could pass as a lowercase g god.

Given how hypercommercialized and devoid of personal artistry the throwaway modern music industry is, if something is known as a hit then I don’t see it being something good to my tastes. Even the couple of former megastars which have returned to the scene with hits seem to have been forgotten about shortly after their release (ex. The Beatles’ “Now and Then”, Billy Joel’s “Turn the Lights Back On”). There will be some pop songs that may stick around for a while out of novelty rather than quality, whether they’re simply quirky (ex. “Gangnam Style”, “Turn Down For What”, “I Glued My Balls to My Butthole Again”), they became associated with a huge fad (ex. “Friday”, “Harlem Shake”), or they prominently featured in a musical or movie (ex. The Hamilton Soundtrack, songs from a Disney movie). “Somebody I Used to Know” is the closest thing to an exception that I can think of, but that’s also a bit quirky. Does anything by Greta van Fleet count as a hit with a chance for longevity?

Given Taylor Swift’s relatively unique situation of having a massive cult of personality and now having control over her own catalog and releases, she has potential to output exceptions to the hypercommercialized rule but I’m not familiar with her discography beyond the hits that I hear played in public spaces.

It indicates he has less money for, and less need for, security

So would an oppressive government be able to simply set up their own instance and identify the IPs of lurker dissidents based on what they up/downvote?

SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT

AI suckers’ go-to response is very consistently a strawman argument because if they were in touch with reality then they wouldn’t be AI suckers

Omg me

A man has fallen into the river in Lego City

Image looks gross

They get elected?

Joke’s on them, I already stole all of the fire extinguishers in the courthouse

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I have enmity for that first COVID-19 virion that found its way to where it shouldn’t be

What if I’m in my Job era and I think that God hates me more than everyone else?

I fed a hundred 5 star chefs’ dinners to a dog and then the dog shit them out but I still made the dogshit

Counterpoint: I am tired of this earth. These people. I am tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives.

Vine, Tiktok, etc are all just finally sinking into the swamp that is the internet.

They’re already on the internet. Well, except for Vine since that site has been toast for a while now.

you just never participated in the real internet

What does that even mean?

Nope. I’ve deleted Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit each about 3 years ago. I will give you that Vine and TikTok have historically ticked those boxes, which is why I never had any reason to use them. Companies found that more engagement means more ad money and more sellable user data, and content that is problematic or superficial tends to provide more engagement, or bad actors intentionally poison the well of content for their own agenda. People also bring that profit-motivated content onto other sites, including sites without a profit motive. Yes, there definitely were these problems everywhere online since the beginning, but the way they breakdown our language, ways of communicating, and understanding has been manufactured to become more severe.

My parents sacrificed the world economy, rule of law, and a breathable environment for me #blessed