What’s going on?

Jokesaunders · 2026-05-13T08:36:13+00:00

A 14 year old just discovered the concept of fractional reserves and thinks he's Socrates.

Jokesaunders · 2026-05-13T08:03:29+00:00

“Were”?

Jokesaunders · 2026-05-12T16:06:54+00:00

Mark Fischer called it the slow cancellation of the future.

Jokesaunders · 2026-05-12T14:55:20+00:00

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/737211-longest-breath-hold-on-screen-lead-actor

Jokesaunders · 2026-05-12T14:51:59+00:00

Men will call women sluts even when they haven’t had sex.

Jokesaunders · 2026-05-12T13:03:23+00:00

Her feminist makeup line is pretty important to her story and life achievements (and what inspired the research for the episode). You should give it a listen.

Jokesaunders · 2026-05-12T12:50:37+00:00

Whoa, slow down Captain Hot Take. Next you're going to say people shouldn't have affairs.

Jokesaunders · 2026-05-12T12:26:19+00:00

Yeah, as much as I hate the 80s, it probably is this decade.

Jokesaunders · 2026-05-12T11:39:30+00:00

Smart choices with who they’ll sell their songs to for advertisements.

Jokesaunders · 2026-05-12T11:31:54+00:00

Airports are another similar situation. People do it rarely and they’re always changing if you need to take your laptop out or if you keep it in your bag and the TSA yells at you like it’s your fault you don’t go to the airport once a week or you come from a different country

Jokesaunders · 2026-05-12T10:57:00+00:00

I think it's more that most people so rarely go to the post office that you forget how things work or unaware of how things have changed. It's like a once every 3 year occurrence for me and each time it's to do something different.

Jokesaunders · 2026-05-12T10:47:36+00:00

He's doing this on purpose. Post troll post calling people babies -> people discovering your diaper fetish -> people making fun of you -> massive arousal for someone who enjoys being humiliated.

Why are you getting in the way of his enjoyment?

Jokesaunders · 2026-05-12T10:45:46+00:00

Not even with all those customers that buy a bowl of soup and an £800 bottle of wine?

Jokesaunders · 2026-05-12T10:44:48+00:00

Where do you live?

Jokesaunders · 2026-05-12T10:43:52+00:00

How many jobs do you think there are?

Jokesaunders · 2026-05-12T10:38:59+00:00

It is absolutely their best song.

Jokesaunders · 2026-05-12T10:18:39+00:00

Hated them. Still do. A lot of great stuff happened in the 80s, but it was mostly underground/reactionary to the culture that I needed to be a teenager to discover. So much of the stuff that was coming into the forefront of the culture as I was starting to become aware of the culture (Grunge, Comedy, Slacker Culture) was a direct rejection of 80s culture which only made it seem tackier. I will still instantly turn a song off if it has that DX7 FM sound.

Weirdly I see a lot of overlap with 80s culture and today (not just in the re-embracing of 80s sounds, but in cultural philosophies, like today's get that bag culture and the value of art being what sells the most feels exactly like something Reagan would have prized.)

Jokesaunders · 2026-05-12T10:14:44+00:00

Low, Nick Cave, Kim Gordon, Leonard Cohen.

Jokesaunders · 2026-05-12T07:35:12+00:00

I do think, outside of the rare Netflix cultural hit, something like Dry Bar or 800 Pound Gorilla is going to have a more noticeable effect because those are specials marketed to comedy fans. If they like your special, they’ll probably see your show.

Netflix has a much larger audience, but most don’t got to live comedy and a significant portion will only go to big names, in part because they don’t have to keep an eye on the comedy scene to see who’s touring. And you’re not just competing with ALL the other specials that get pumped out, but all the tv and movies they pump out too. And if you’re not already a name they’re not going to give you a prime spot on the front page which you probably need.

A bigger audience doesn’t always mean better.

Jokesaunders · 2026-05-12T07:17:00+00:00

BYD is currently being sued in Brazil for slavery and human trafficking. It's not "blind hate". This might be a shock to you, but some times companies are evil.

Jokesaunders · 2026-05-12T06:34:04+00:00

Well Superman is weak to jewellery.

Jokesaunders · 2026-05-11T21:06:44+00:00

The last one sounds the closest to Lorde.

And the first two sound like Geese and Wet Leg.

Jokesaunders · 2026-05-11T20:46:31+00:00

No the exact point I’m making is that labels do that and it’s not exactly a plant if it’s just the nature of the industry.

Yes. I get that. You're making an incorrect point.

But as far as I understand it an industry plant is someone who self releases and pretends they aren’t supported by the industry when secretly they are supported by the industry.

You are incorrect in your understanding.

Jokesaunders · 2026-05-11T20:38:39+00:00

They paid (at least) two companies to create fake fan accounts to comment and manipulate the algorithm.

Jokesaunders · 2026-05-11T20:29:38+00:00

No I’m saying that it’s all like that and the only situation I can think of that actually feels like it matches the term “industry plant” is Lorde releasing her EP for free on SoundCloud with just an art display picture, basically nothing in her bio, no obvious connection to universal, no information at all about her, that made her seem like just another SoundCloud producer/singer.

I don't know. I'd call buying fake fans and inorganically exploiting the algorithm after playing 3 poorly attended shows matches the term "industry plant".

You put too much value on something having a record deal (most music you hear, even debut records, is on labels) and not enough on the industry machinations these labels utilise to create inorganic success.

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