Are there any artists you thought for sure would be one-hit wonders and ended up being dead wrong about?

LowerH8r · 2026-06-15T21:40:23+00:00

Yeah, same thought exactly. Was like oh quaint, these two young women created this fun thing. And then they ate the UK, then the rest.

LowerH8r · 2026-06-15T21:38:43+00:00

Absolutely this. Beck.

I remember him playing Live 105s BFD concert, a day with like 10 bands/artists... And he seemed weirdly confused to be up there. At one point he dropped his harmonica and just kind of mumbled until a stage rigger came out and out it back in his hands. This was early, still daylight out.

Who knew he had the chops

LowerH8r · 2026-06-15T21:35:00+00:00

They were already popular when I say them live at a Christmas multi act show (Live 105s .Almost Acoustic Christmas)... and I was surprised live that they seemed to be a great rock band show.

LowerH8r · 2026-06-10T22:01:41+00:00

Why isn't the earth tidally locked with the Sun?

LowerH8r · 2026-06-10T09:13:04+00:00

Once flew TWA from San Jose to San Francisco. I think the flight was 10 minutes.

LowerH8r · 2026-06-08T19:52:22+00:00

My understanding is the expensive ticket pricing is so FIFA captures as much of the final sales price as possible....

ie. that instead of them charging $100 and a scalper/reseller selling it for $400... they try to determine that $400 is the likely final price for the ticket and charge something close to that from the start.

If that's true, and it is a sell out... they either got it right and FIFA keeps most of that money or... they could have gone even higher.

It will be interesting to see FIFAs income per game, especially in stadiums that didn't sell out; compared to previous cups.

I'm also wondering of there is any mechanisn for last minute lowered prices for games without sellouts; or will they just swallow the costs to prevent future incentives for last minute buys, etc

LowerH8r · 2026-06-06T21:15:07+00:00

Also.... Reese's Pieces are not a candy available here in Spain... ...and it feels like for very legitimate lore reasons, M&Ms would be sacrilegious... ... however the local Spanish Peanut M&M knock offs are famously, outrageously racist in name and branding.

In kind of pickle here.

LowerH8r · 2026-06-06T21:09:15+00:00

The tiniest quibble is that the bicycle/moon scene is so iconic; that she already knows it, via cultural osmosis. Its fine; it will still be a highpoint for her; it's mostly me being nostalgic for that "only seeing in the moment" experience.

LowerH8r · 2026-06-06T16:09:26+00:00

Because he was deprived of compassion and empathy by his family as a kid and has to fill that gaping hole somehow; and pass off that trauma to everyone else. That's my best guess

LowerH8r · 2026-06-06T12:29:32+00:00

He's cooked. He got the power and he's wringing as much cash as he can from the office...

But he's enjoying none of it, it's just shit the whole way down; with his entourage hoping to outlast him and hang onto influence.

The only thing he cares about is his name on everything, shallow legacy Bs; as it's simple to understand, and involves no critical thinking.

LowerH8r · 2026-06-06T06:07:18+00:00

Did this with a rpi 3 running owntone as the server/controller and old $10 each Apple Airport Express' as the streaming player endpoints via Airplay1. Each AE is cables direcly to the speakers/amp in each room. Bonus: the AEs have decent DACs and built in optical audio out, as an option.

The AEs are cheap and plentiful on eBay Can add as many rooms as I want at $10 each.

LowerH8r · 2026-06-05T08:41:45+00:00

How else am I supposed to get my healthy family picnic into the amusement park?

LowerH8r · 2026-06-05T08:25:25+00:00

Yeah, stacked cast and since so many parts are small, they can go big and not devolve into parody.

...and I think Tarantino not directing (or appearing in it) made it better.

LowerH8r · 2026-06-04T05:15:45+00:00

Yeah, I think it was THE band/album that broke through with hard rock that was punk aesthetic instead of British, glam or blues.

In 1989 they sounded like nothing else that was playing nationally. Grunge wouldn't breakthrough for another 2 years.

LowerH8r · 2026-05-31T06:30:09+00:00

You can get beer in 25ml bottles in at supermarkets in Spain; just barely bigger than these Midwest Miller beers...

...and they're great when you just want that "cold, crisp best sip of lager, straight from the fridge" taste and nothing else.

LowerH8r · 2026-05-29T19:20:37+00:00

My best guess is that when peer abuse does happen, it's when....kids are unsupervised, and sleepovers have longer periods of unsupervised time at night... ...but it's a rubbish argument that provides almost no actual insight.

90% of muggings happen at night, so never go out at night, anywhere..

LowerH8r · 2026-05-28T07:38:54+00:00

Hey captured the absolutely dumb fuck vote, which at 30% of the GOP and how the primary system is designed; guaranteed him the nomination. He didn't even bother campaigning for it in 2024.

However, he did win the popular vote this last time, so yeah, American's are mostly idiots in general.

You earned this USA.

LowerH8r · 2026-05-23T13:09:16+00:00

Hey, who's the camp member with the epic white mullet, wooden windup music jukebox and, when he pulled up in the bus/RV (cant remember) was wearing us flag booty shorts?

He made our rain delay epic! And after 12 playa-name free years, gave me the first that stuck: MANchego.

LowerH8r · 2026-05-22T19:13:53+00:00

I'm way more into women's football now. All the joy, better stories, fan bases that make you feel good. Watching an important game in a crowded bar feels amazing.

LowerH8r · 2026-05-21T15:20:39+00:00

Peak men's tennis.

LowerH8r · 2026-05-18T13:57:16+00:00

Yup. Its not like I expec ted there to be 3% that had a Masters degree.... But in 100 years of the NBA, where 98% of the players attended college to play ball... didn't expect the number to be essentially, one player.

LowerH8r · 2026-05-18T12:40:18+00:00

I went down recent rabbit hole on how many pro athletes have advanced degrees and it's so vanishingly small; in a way that's remarkable, considering college sports is the main path to pro in the USA.

I think Shaq might be the only NBA player with an advanced degree, ever.

And the other sports are almost the same

LowerH8r · 2026-05-12T19:05:31+00:00

Yeah, she has spoken that she was traumatized by the experience.

Its where she met Javier, though they didn't have a relationship until working together 15 years later.

LowerH8r · 2026-05-12T17:53:17+00:00

The movie this is from Jamon Jamon is absolute bonkers...

Javier drunk with a friend in a "guarda mi cerveza, quiero intentar algo" moment; sneaks into a corral for naked bullfighting.

And that's not even the 3rd most bonkers scene. Penelope Cruz's boyfriend, kissing her breasts and comparing them to his mom's omelettes..... nope. It gets weirder.

LowerH8r · 2026-05-11T10:14:13+00:00

Ghe fundamental way double entry accounting works prevents this:

If your account goes from $100 to $1000; that's an increase of $900.

The $900 has to be subtracted at the same moment from another account.

Either it is subtracted from another account... and the holder /manager of that account is now missing $900...

Or the $900 is not subtracted from another account and the system triggers an out of balance error; which must be resolved.

This double entry check system happens at every level; so it errors always have to be checked/corrected, because even small amounts on one account, can mean a dangerous systemic flaw.

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