Hylactor

joined 2 years ago
[–] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 days ago

Depends. If you're streaming Dire Staits on a $250,000 stereo. You've probably missallocated funds approaching a moronic level from a functionality perspective. However, if you've got half a billion in the bank, I'd say it's a far more wholesome idiocy than for example, real estate. Money inherently means less to rich people. The difference of a few thousand to tens of thousands are, bewilderingly, fairly inconsequential to many people. I'd just assume they put that money into listening to music rather than super pacs or something. Hell, maybe they'll actually hear what the musicians are saying and they'll actually grow a little.

The issue with audio is the same issue with all hobbies. Spending a lot doesn't make you an automatic expert, let alone even know what you're doing. An expensive bat doesn't make a bad player good, an expensive stove doesn't make a bad cook good, expensive clothes doesn't make an ugly person beautiful, an expensive running shoes don't make an out of shape person healthier.

I find shitting on audiophiles particularly annoying because it's smugness on both sides of the equation. The people who buy in think they're better than everyone just like the people who see the con think they're better than the rubes. If I had to pick a side though, I'd honestly pick the audiophiles, because at least they're having fun.

[–] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 days ago

I propose changing the last recommendation to "vandalize police (infrastructure)" or something. One on one combat serves to support their narrative of us being violent, it puts the most motivated of us in immediate peril, and it helps feed the "thin blue line" fantasy.

[–] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I understand that it isn't fair and that we don't "deserve" help, but Trump is a cancer on the earth itself.

[–] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The end of your comment was quite the ride for me:

There were two openly gay performers at the Superbowl

They're probably talking about Brandi Carlile

(Billy Joe, and Ricky Martin),

Oh, I didn't know Billy...

and one openly bisexual

Oh now they're talking abou...

(Gaga).

Hmm

[–] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 24 points 6 days ago (10 children)

Sales down 1.2%? Still profitable on the order of billions? Better cut 7% of the workforce.

[–] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Isn't this that I Think You Should Leave sketch?

[–] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't know why I thought of this, but they make telescoping poles for wasp spray. I wonder if any other type of aerosol can would fit in them, or why you would even want to do that?

[–] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 week ago (12 children)

I will say, at least in the early episodes, they used a ton of human remains. Call me old fashioned, but I'm not sure it was a respectful to punch actual human skulls until they crumble for pure entertainment and the sale of ad time.

[–] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I'm over it. They have absolutely no respect for my time as the audience. This show is like a minimum of 30% just people walking around. And they keep introducing new details and characters and complications. It's way too sprawling and convoluted to have any satisfying resolution and they clearly plan to just milk ot for as long as they can command attention. I just can't care anymore what's going on.

[–] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

This thumbnail is giving me a real hankering to play settlers of catan.

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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Hylactor@sopuli.xyz to c/memes@lemmy.ml
 

Edit: Release the unredacted Epstein files.

 

After searching around for answers to which server I should join, I came to the conclusion it didn't matter much. It seems I was incorrect, however, as pixelfed.social, the server I eventually chose, currently has IG imports disabled. This is an issue, as that was basically my while reason for joining, to migrate from IG.

So my question is, where should I go now?

 

Black mode is just all luck and all suck. It just feels like I'm playing an early beta, worse version of Balatro.

It's just really not fun. No hands remaining means no money, no money means no boosters/consumables/jokers, no boosters/ jokers/consumables means no enhancement, which leads to more antes with no remaining hands and the cycle continues until you get a frustrating boss and lose by 50 chips for the 50th time. It's like anti-balatro. With no fun cards, or money, or anything exciting at all, it just becomes a lame video poker game. I feel punished for playing. It's like Video Poker with Bennett Foddy. It's completely thrown a wet blanket on all the enthusiasm I've built up to this point.

Edit:

Tldr: it takes the deck building out of the deck building game, leaving only poker.

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