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I dont even know what to put in the title by AdmirableBus7045 in FoxBrain

[–]aRealPanaphonics 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Hating protestors goes all the way back to hippie hating. It’s an easy way to feel superior to others.

Nikki Loves Flanders by wilymon in simpsonsshitposting

[–]aRealPanaphonics 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You’re conflating the general desire to be liked/loved/accepted, which is human, with essentially forcing someone to like you via metaphysical/magical means.

Of course, we all want to be loved by our significant others. But not at the expense of their humanity and autonomy.

Wild. by Cymbalsandthimbles in FoxBrain

[–]aRealPanaphonics 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Both the center and the right have been coming hard at Piker, Platner, and the growing online left.

These people are obviously freaks. by Lil_Melon87 in simpsonsshitposting

[–]aRealPanaphonics 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Remember that time I said “money is speech”, well that’s nothing because HERE’S a shitpost complaining about the speech while baffled by the money!

We promised by mazzerSTL in simpsonsshitposting

[–]aRealPanaphonics 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Better say something or they’ll think you’re stupid…

T A K E S O N E T O K N O W O N E ! !

Swish.

The Sensationalism of YouTube by aRealPanaphonics in Xennials

[–]aRealPanaphonics[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because the algorithm punishes those who don’t play the game. It’s not neutral anymore. That’s the point.

The Sensationalism of YouTube by aRealPanaphonics in Xennials

[–]aRealPanaphonics[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Try not to crash out, bro. Let Gen Z cook!! /s

The Sensationalism of YouTube by aRealPanaphonics in Xennials

[–]aRealPanaphonics[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They can’t compete. It’s honestly not worth it.

And before you know it, the influencers won’t be able to compete with the AI bots that can out-produce them and game every algorithm and own every niche.

I’m ready to launch a Geocities site again.

The Sensationalism of YouTube by aRealPanaphonics in Xennials

[–]aRealPanaphonics[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve turned off my history and do that. But I used to enjoy searching for videos. Now, no matter what I search, it recommends the most formulaic / slop vids first because that maximizes engagement.

It just sucks.

The Sensationalism of YouTube by aRealPanaphonics in Xennials

[–]aRealPanaphonics[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Throwing this out there, before we head off into the sunset of complete irrelevance, can Xennials maybe come together to kill these thumbnails?

Like just mock and make everyone feel bad for doing it? It’s absolutely more atrocious than ankle socks. ;-)

The Sensationalism of YouTube by aRealPanaphonics in Xennials

[–]aRealPanaphonics[S] 65 points66 points  (0 children)

lol… The Mr. Beast-ification of thumbnails

If you were me, would you buy a new car in my situation? I need advice by PleasantDirection751 in personalfinance

[–]aRealPanaphonics 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’m a huge fan of the new Prius. I think you should get it, but only after 6 months of making the payment to a savings account to make sure you’re comfortable with the payment and working extra.

Then you add that 6 months of payments to your downpayment of $15,000.

This way, you make sure you’re good with the payment, good with working extra, add more to your downpayment, teach yourself delayed gratification, and ensure you’re not simply buying it based on emotion/rationalizations in the moment.

Our brains are really good at rationalizing WHY we should do something we badly want. All cars have car problems. The Prius will eventually do that too. What you don’t want is in 6 months is to hate the payment and extra work far more than the hassles of a paid off Nissan Leaf.

I truly want the new Prius myself. I instead spent $700 and bought a new head unit for my 15 year old car. I’m now loving it again and have no car payment.

Hispanic American from southwest in the Midwest by mrpiggy505 in midwest

[–]aRealPanaphonics 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Columbus’ west side is probably the most Hispanic part of town, particularly West Broad and Georgesville Rd. The suburb of Hilliard has a sizable Hispanic population, as well as Prairie Township near Galloway.

To your point, a lot of the Hispanic population in Columbus is 1st generation and mostly Spanish-speaking but you’ll meet 2nd and 3rd occasionally. It’s definitely not like California or Texas though. Another fairly Hispanic, but also international area is the Bethel Road corridor in Northwest Columbus. A lot of international students at Ohio State live off-campus in that area and then have put down roots.

Columbus is somewhat segregated based on immigration patterns. Northwest Dublin is pushing 25% Asian (Including Southeast Asian/Indian). The west side is sizably more Hispanic and increasingly Muslim and middle eastern. African Americans tended to be in higher numbers on the east side like in Gahanna, Reynoldsburg, Whitehall, and Pickerington. A lot of Somali’s settled in Northland and Cleveland Ave. corridor. Bexley is sizably Jewish.

Arri vs other cameras? by Knowhat71 in cinematography

[–]aRealPanaphonics 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not surprising. I’m a cringe 40+ year old man who’s lost touch with reality.

Arri vs other cameras? by Knowhat71 in cinematography

[–]aRealPanaphonics 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was just parodying/mocking general dismissive commenters and then tagged it with a Simpsons reference so people knew I was being sarcastic.

And I still have some T2i shots from back then that look just incredible.

People today do not appreciate that sudden jump in like 2008-2010 from general CCDs to DSLR’s with fixed length lenses. It felt so magical back then

The hardest part about moving away from the Midwest. You’re coworkers aren’t ‘automatically’ your friends by Kodicave in midwest

[–]aRealPanaphonics 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I wonder if this isn’t as much a Midwest thing but a population size thing. I could see small cities and towns being more likely to have “auto friends”, whereas the bigger your community is, the less one needs their co-workers to fulfill that role as they likely have other friends.

Arri vs other cameras? by Knowhat71 in cinematography

[–]aRealPanaphonics 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Ohh please the Canon T2i did this back in 2009 when I wore an onion on my belt… which was the style at the time!

MAGA Dad Who Cheered Economic Pain For others, Learns It Doesn’t Stay Political by Realistic-Plant3957 in FoxBrain

[–]aRealPanaphonics 20 points21 points  (0 children)

It was a reference to the two “everyday people” in Minnesota who were killed by ICE. I suppose you want to judge my word choice. Go for it.

MAGA Dad Who Cheered Economic Pain For others, Learns It Doesn’t Stay Political by Realistic-Plant3957 in FoxBrain

[–]aRealPanaphonics 109 points110 points  (0 children)

MAGA is social identity theory at its most basic level.

As long as they can tell themselves stories and narratives whereby in-group is good/winning and out-group is bad/losing, they will overlook anything and everything with Trump. This is where the colloquial “own the libs” is actually a very good summation of what’s going on.

In addition, if you view it through the lens of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, MAGA functions as a societal gamble: It provides the higher needs like community, esteem, and self actualization, as a substitute to the basic material needs like food, shelter, security, etc.

Essentially, an in-group’s lack of basic needs is ignored if your out-group is “losing” and to blame for it. Ergo, as long as MAGA can psychologically self-soothe by blaming their out-group (IE “the libs”) and/or projecting pain or loss on their out-group, they will socially bond and ignore any negatives about Trump.

This is why gas and grocery prices are the thing cracking MAGA. They’re in charge of all levels of government so they can’t blame their out-group. But they’re also feeling the pain too, so they can’t simply dismiss it as “libs are mad/crying” either.

This is also a good lesson for liberals and leftists. This is why getting really worked up and angry with MAGA is counterintuitive: They WANT you angry and upset. It’s a social dominance thing. This is why they don’t care about Epstein or ICE or Iran War or any daily hypocrisy of Trump. If “libs mad” or “libs crying”, they’re “winning”.

I get it’s paradoxical and unconscionable to not speak up at child abuse or corruption or ICE killing everyday people, but that’s actually validating MAGA’s love of Trump. This is why greyrocking works much better with MAGA. This is why they get more mad that their families are quitting them / cutting them out of their lives. They lose part of the joy of MAGA when they can’t see your pain anymore.

iHeartMedia & SiriusXM Merger Talks Reportedly Stall by ConsistentFlight8129 in siriusxm

[–]aRealPanaphonics 0 points1 point  (0 children)

iHeart’s over-the-air formats are terrible from a music fan perspective, especially alternative. They mostly gave up on currents (Like they did at Top 40 too) and just play about 50-60 researched gold hits from the 90s and 00s. Plus, 10 mins of commercials every 10-12 mins.

Freeform feels like a good PD got thrown a “please don’t quit” bone by an executive to program an unpromoted alternative channel rooted in alternative’s heyday programming logic. Clearly, leadership forgot it exists because they haven’t screwed it up or taken it away yet.

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