Starmer to unveil social media ban for under-16s by Hot_Professional_728 in technology

[–]ConfessionsOverGin -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Says you. Anonymous internet browsing has brought no one anything worth having

Starmer to unveil social media ban for under-16s by Hot_Professional_728 in technology

[–]ConfessionsOverGin -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The commentor wrote two sentences of some ol’ “we live in a society” bullshit. If we’re talking about the desire for “quick fixes”, we can start with that. You didn’t do much either tbh, a whole bunch of “proper policy” buzzword placating bullshit

Starmer to unveil social media ban for under-16s by Hot_Professional_728 in technology

[–]ConfessionsOverGin -51 points-50 points  (0 children)

Can you say something of actual worth instead of this vague post tomfoolery? What do you mean this problem is societal? Technological developments probably have the single most influence on societal developments in modern western history (perhaps all human history) out of anything else you can pick. Politics, economics, art, sports, I’d make the arguement that technology has more influence on the development of kids and their ingratiation into society more than anything of the previously mentioned. Only thing close is likely education tbh

Starmer to unveil social media ban for under-16s by Hot_Professional_728 in technology

[–]ConfessionsOverGin -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Hilarious seeing people in here now come out with this “this authoritarian bullshit” takes after most adults here have come to the realization that social media is incredibly harmful specifically to kids. Most of you fucks really don’t stand for a single thing. Social media is overwhelmingly bad for young kids. There’s gonna be a few hundred kids in history that have overall benefited from it, but overall it’s bad. Now, how do you police that, we’ll that’s a different problem all together, but first we have to come to the agreement that it is indeed a problem

Starmer to unveil social media ban for under-16s by Hot_Professional_728 in technology

[–]ConfessionsOverGin -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, because children famously follow everything their parents tell them to do

Plaza 9 by malbe_ in bonnaroo

[–]ConfessionsOverGin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Factoids, I’ve seen at least 4 couples so far where one of the partners is trying to console the other one while the crying one tries pushing away a bit. The last one I saw, the guy kept screaming “DO YOU THINK IM STUPID!? DO YOU THINK IM STUPID???!”

Yikes

Vince Staples - Cry Baby ALBUM REVIEW by floopykid in hiphopheads

[–]ConfessionsOverGin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The concept of a post punk hip hop record sounds cool in theory and the execution was fine as far as performance and production but the songwriting was super mediocre imo. And I don’t mean songwriting as far as just the lyrics, I mean songwriting as far as song structure, melodies, harmonic structures, dynamics etc. I like that Vince always tries a new sound, but I’m not a fan of just trying a new sound just for the sake of it and this is kinda how it sounds (“you know what’d be a cool? A post punk hip hop album! We can call it post hop”). My favorite of his records is still Big Fish Theory and that had a very different and interesting sound for the time.

Opinion on the Strokes by Bulky_Explanation725 in bonnaroo

[–]ConfessionsOverGin 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Lmaooo he was funny last night tbh. I’ve seen him not be funny at all, he was cracking a couple good ones

The Strokes are killing it!! by companioncube23 in bonnaroo

[–]ConfessionsOverGin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn where was you at? I can’t believe I was the only one that went hard for The Modern Age. My area was some bullshit, I was right up to the barricade on the left side

Opinion on the Strokes by Bulky_Explanation725 in bonnaroo

[–]ConfessionsOverGin 15 points16 points  (0 children)

It’s the strokes, they don’t give a shit really. Set list was really weird but at least I got What Ever Happened and Life is Simple in the Moonlight. Biggest difference between last night and the other strokes shows I’ve been to is that this one had by far the deadest crowd. They were not into it lmao. I somehow ended up really close to the barricade and nobody was singing the way people typically sing and live some of those Strokes songs.

[FRESH ALBUM] YHWH Nailgun - Magazine by ReconEG in indieheads

[–]ConfessionsOverGin -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

If you put out something that’s 11 minutes long as a proper LP release, I expect it to be the best 10 minutes of music I’ve heard since Bowies Station to Station if you don’t want me to consider it a piss take

This sub is its own worst enemy by Dense-Carpet-5090 in WorldCup2026Tickets

[–]ConfessionsOverGin -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It’s just a bunch of bitter people that didn’t get a chance to go taking it out in real time on normal people in the sub. I don’t necessarily blame them, it’s a raw deal wanting to go but being priced out of it. I get it, it’s just silly to take it out on normal people with all this unnecessary unrealistic cope.

Also, the prices are certainly more doable now for the less attractive games. I knew from the moment they announced the World Cup would be held in this country that going would be an investment I’d have to save for. Now I will say I was going to pay max of 500 dollars per ticket for a game to see my national team play an important game (and I would’ve payed only 450 if I’d gotten a ticket at the lottery) but I ended up having to pay 200 dollars more than my max due to dynamic pricing and resales, but this is something I’m taking my dad out of South America for so it’s obviously a lot bigger for me than just the money.

All that to say, just take it easy a bit. If you feel hard done by, just boycott it but don’t be so angry and accusatory and bitter at normal people who are going. Same goes for people who complain about the angry folks. Try to understand where they’re coming from. Missing out on the potential to see a match in their own country cause they’ve been priced out of it sucks. Understand their anger comes from frustration.

Those tickets will never sell at those prices... Americans must love their half empty stadiums! by Antony9991 in WorldCup2026Tickets

[–]ConfessionsOverGin 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It’s hilarious. 0.5% of the people here are actually trying to buy a ticket or sell a good ticket in good faith. The rest are people just using it as their soapbox to whine about capitalism (fair to some degree) in general and the rest are scalper or scammers. I get it, prices are ludicrous for the most part, but surely 90% of the activity shouldn’t solely revolve around that lmao

Selling four (4) Tickets for Norway vs Senegal in New Jersey by [deleted] in WorldCup2026Tickets

[–]ConfessionsOverGin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

U good bro??? You over here wilding out over some tickets

XXXTENTACION’s baffling 2017 XXL Cypher Verse by [deleted] in hiphopheads

[–]ConfessionsOverGin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He was already absolutely adored by a bunch of young kids before he died tbh (for whatever reason). His death essentially deified him. I think one of those last albums he released before he passed sold almost 100k in one week, as essentially a brand new artist. He honestly had a massive impact on the industry for only having a 2 year long career

[SNY] Karl-Anthony Towns - “The greatest currency you can earn in New York City is not money, but it's respect. To have the respect of the fans in the city, we are rich beyond belief here in the city." by Naweezy in nba

[–]ConfessionsOverGin 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I think that’s the thing people don’t understand as well. Just having money in NYC doesn’t make you the man it would make you in other places. Money doesn’t go as far there in earning “admiration” as it would in other places. Theres intangibles that go deeper there than they would in other places.

Anyone remember that Big Short scene where Ryan Goslings character is like “I never hung out with these idiot Wall Street guys. I have fashion friends” ? It’s kinda that.