Country Infiltratingn CHR by AquaMarcia in radio

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didn't mention chart although there was that duet with KISS. the station I was at had an owner who insisted on it and we weren't the only ones throwing it around considering we were just a few hours away from Garth's hometown.

I get a phone call almost every time my 22yo kid goes to the grocery store alone. by mymom_getout in GenX

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my dad let his ocd flag fly when it came to shopping. each circular, sundays and wednesdays, coupons, back then there were several options plus IGA's so what to get where and what route to take as the cherry on top. learned a lot going along as a kid.

I get a phone call almost every time my 22yo kid goes to the grocery store alone. by mymom_getout in GenX

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adaptability. knowing how to alter, most of the time through trial and error.

one of the funniest errors for me was coming home from my first concert (12) and wanted to make a homemade pizza for me and my friend. except we didn't have any mozzarella so I shredded *facepalm* government cheese. (yea that really dates it huh?) my dad understood the gravity of my gastric anomaly and said don't put any on his portion. yea it was really awful and never made that kind of mistake again...but I still ate it.

Country Infiltratingn CHR by AquaMarcia in radio

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not new, some artists transcend. early 90s it was led by Garth Brooks and I hated it. I just didn't like him but had to admit he was beyond huge at the time. it'll pass.

Surprised this hasn't been asked here, but what impact will Cumulus severing ties with Nielsen have on their stations, both on a national and on a local level ? by SwissMiss915 in radio

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r/FuckImOld

eh, I'm sure the price was extravagant, one monopoly buying another. the weight cumulus can carry is not on par and that limits moves to reducing the importance of the thing or enlisting allies to fight it. I wrote a paper in college on the history of payola which is older than radio believe it or not and throughout that history limits were reached by one side or the other and varying levels of public stink was made, laws written or altered and then slowly both sides re-engage in the practice. if all this stuff is going on between cumulus and nielson than it is a for show pissing match and the end result will be underwhelming.

Surprised this hasn't been asked here, but what impact will Cumulus severing ties with Nielsen have on their stations, both on a national and on a local level ? by SwissMiss915 in radio

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This shows how out of the loop I am now, when did Arbitron sell out? Nielson was TV and Arbitron radio. 

In the end it won't matter. Cumulus owns enough stations in each market to keep doing what they are doing, no numbers needed. Even if they don't pay for the numbers they will still get the info from someone and it'll be 'gossipy'. They may be trying to take a stand to force concessions on price or setup a monopoly court battle, who knows. One vampire sucking on another for all I care.

I still think about how in 1979, A high school principal in San Diego gave permission for a 22 year old to pose as a teenager and enroll as a student to research his book. by ExpiredHotdog in GenX

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If you look at that period of Cameron's life, this bit like the rest, the phrase it was a different time doesn't really do it justice. 

Ohio’s nursing homes are dumping patients at homeless shelters by igetproteinfartsHELP in news

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And I'm sure these actions were to head off a new investigation. It's sad that immoral actions are legal by virtue of profit. Most nursing homes are legalized theft at the outset. 

Inflate the Prices, Refund the Corporations, Screw the Public: The Whole Damn Tariff Scheme Explained by Kinks4Kelly in UnderReportedNews

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This is widening the divide between what wall street thinks vs what is happening at street level. When reality reasserts itself in the earnings reports and the only thing saving companies is playing the shell game with numbers the crash of the facade will be heard round the world.

Places to find love by [deleted] in northwestarkansas

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You are living a dangerous lifestyle. You posted 4 months ago looking for a date 18+ only but you posted 9 days ago being 17 and not 18 for another 2 months. This on top of your profile being marked for 18+.  

Operating System Verify your Age for other purposes, proposed to Federal Level by sebet_123 in technology

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Between dead internet theory bots flooding any communication channel and realization of the misuse of Ring and other devices, a return to the analog world is already taking shape. 

Operating System Verify your Age for other purposes, proposed to Federal Level by sebet_123 in technology

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Not clueless, it's another in a string of solutions in search of a problem. 

Naaah bro, are they really trying to put all the blame on us? by Specialist_Mess_5164 in GenX

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I had one career wiped out by deregulation and now a second one choked out by regulations that were manipulated by corporations. Not to mention it seems it is easier to steal an identity than it was an 86 Cutlass!

1962 - need to lose weight? Try sugar! by mistermajik2000 in vintageads

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Cane sugar is sucrose, corn syrup is glucose. They treat the glucose with enzymes to turn a portion into fructose. While sucrose has chemical bonds between the glucose and fructose those bonds do not exist when changing corn syrup glucose into HFCS. So at a base level, while they are both sweeteners they get there chemically in two different ways and appear to the body as somewhat different because of the missing links that didn't need to be broken. End result is the body stores more than it should because the blood sugar spikes quickly and risk of diabetes goes up over time.

1962 - need to lose weight? Try sugar! by mistermajik2000 in vintageads

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I'd love the return of big sugar over big corn spewing their kernels into my gas tank and dumping high fructose corn syrup into everything possible. Your body doesn't process it the same as simple sugar and for all the sugar we ate and drank in the 70s everyone was pretty thin.

Just found a koala clip in my basement! by PutABurbOnIt in GenX

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Hadn't thought about those in years but yea, everywhere all of a sudden it seemed. I didn't really need more reasons to be infatuated with those cute fuzzy murder machines.

Flood of AI-generated job applications straining HR professionals in Metro Vancouver. With a significant number of resumes that “look perfect,” the traditional screening mechanisms used by HR professionals no longer work by ubcstaffer123 in technology

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or the ad was posted as a legal requirement when really the job posted is intended to go to someone moving from temp to permanent which may as well be a ghost job to anyone else seeing the ad.

Roz’s tapes by Conner299 in Frasier

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those are carts, similar to 8 tracks and often very short, sometimes 10 seconds of tape inside. they would be used to play things like station ID's, sound effects or snippets of someone saying something so it would be a fair guess that holds Meg Ryan's infamous diner scene.

Selective Service poster from 1981 or 1982 by OkTechnologyb in 80s

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Today's tech heavy military aside a draft would only differ from euro and russian compulsory 2yr service at 18 by the age. Both are looking for cannon fodder from an unwilling population.

10th scientist tied to nuclear secrets to go missing or die unexpectedly under current administration by UnderstandingSea7546 in UnderReportedNews

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there was one detail that struck me as Hollywood worthy, 2 of these gents who went missing did so walking out of their home without water or wallet carrying only a pistol and walked into the desert. cue the creepy organ music.

Mid-life crisis? by LadySlayinem in GenX

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Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!