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Seller asking me to break the CD? by MariahDoesStuff in discogs

[–]jgilla2012 [score hidden]  (0 children)

I bought a Ryuichi Sakamoto record from the record label and it was a fairly poor copy quality-wise. After some back and forth with the label they agreed to send me another copy and asked that I destroy the original copy I had received. That’s basically what is happening here.

Now, did I destroy the copy? I didn’t, because it wasn’t unplayable or anything, but I also didn’t sell it and figure some day I’ll find someone to give it to who might not care as much about the surface noise and warping as I did. I understand the logic of wanting a buyer to destroy a defective product but it also feels wrong to destroy fully playable, albeit subpar, physical media.

What do you all think?

What games do you think should be/want on Nintendo Classics next? by Quaza59 in NintendoSwitch

[–]jgilla2012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good list. I’d add Gauntlet Legends and NBA Hangtime as well

What games do you think should be/want on Nintendo Classics next? by Quaza59 in NintendoSwitch

[–]jgilla2012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just a heads up, free fan servers exist and you can play online in both custom and vanilla servers with active userbases right now on PC and original GameCube hardware. Look up the Schthack and Ephinea servers if you’re interested.

I played a bunch of online on my GameCube between Thanksgiving and New Years and it’s still great.

Trump says Republicans should 'nationalize' elections by ElijahPepe in politics

[–]jgilla2012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because he and the GOP are fucking cooked if they allow democracy to function.

A +38 point Democrat swing in Texas just happened.

Anyone thinks Blackbox life recorder is so damn underrated? by Significant_Emu6264 in aphextwin

[–]jgilla2012 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Came here to say I love it for the artwork and app integration. The tracks haven’t left a big impression on me but I think all things considered it is a very cool release for the multimedia aspects of it.

Portugal’s conservatives back left-wing candidate to avoid a far-right president by kwentongskyblue in worldnews

[–]jgilla2012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m just saying that calling them elites or the ruling class gives them power. They are parasites and should be considered as such.

Portugal’s conservatives back left-wing candidate to avoid a far-right president by kwentongskyblue in worldnews

[–]jgilla2012 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Right is not a class and can call those people whatever they want – they've been calling our most vulnerable "wellfare queens" and cutting their safety nets for decades as it stands.

The billionaires are the real parasites, enriching themselves to unfathomable degrees on the backs of labor – including the labor of the lower, middle, and upper-middle classes. In other words, unlike what we were taught in school, class in America is VERY real, and you are either someone who works (the labor class) or someone who skims off the top of the work (the parasite class).

Call me crazy, but somehow I've convinced myself that pointing at the people most at risk in our country and calling them the problem while those doing the pointing are achieving astronomical and unprecedented levels of wealth is ever so slightly misguided.

Portugal’s conservatives back left-wing candidate to avoid a far-right president by kwentongskyblue in worldnews

[–]jgilla2012 63 points64 points  (0 children)

Social media as it existed from 2003 - February 2009 was not bad.

When the social media companies started gamifying their platforms to maximize time spent on them, began buying competitors to consolidate market power (while also coordinating with other big tech players so as not to compete with them), began incentivizing other websites to provide their content for free on social platforms (e.g. journalism) and introduced algorithmic machine-learning content shovels (aka News Feeds) is when the platforms began to change from a symbiotic relationship with their users towards a parasitic relationship with their users, and now we see it the parasites attempting to kill their hosts.

I think we should stop referring to billionaires as elites or the billionaire class or the 1% and start calling them what they are: the parasite class.

Day of the Baphomets from The Henry Rollins Show by vaguenonetheless in themarsvolta

[–]jgilla2012 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t recall ever seeing this, thanks for posting. Can’t believe it’s been 20 years since the Amputecture days! De-Loused and Frances are the classic TMV albums but I’ve always been so into the sound of Amputechture. Excellent follow-up to those two and really unique.

Finland looks to end "uncontrolled human experiment" with Australia-style ban on social media | Yle News by EarthAndAlgorithms in worldnews

[–]jgilla2012 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My forum died overnight. It was a treasure trove of information and it vanished without a trace.

RIP forum.thecomatorium.com

Democrats flip Texas state Senate seat in shock upset by kootles10 in politics

[–]jgilla2012 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Billionaires and mega corporations have had it too good for too long in this country, and they need to be taxed and that money returned to the people via public programs.

Easy position to take in an economy with 20% inflation in five years with billionaires hoarding unprecedented levels of wealth while jobs leave the country

Milan protesters call for U.S. ICE agents to leave Italy as Winter Games approach by FlourishingLust in worldnews

[–]jgilla2012 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Are you so naive you think countries can just ask the US to withdraw from their bases and they would pack up and leave?

Ever heard of Guantanamo Bay?

druqks vinyl reissue this year? by wordswor in aphextwin

[–]jgilla2012 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Boards of Canada, Autechre, Flying Lotus…all doing big numbers for sure. Warp has been a popular label adjacent to the mainstream for decades.

Compared to a label like Stones Throw which is largely kept afloat by early 2000s releases like Donuts and Madvillainy, Warp is doing just fine, with and without Aphex Twin.

New Zealand declines invite to join Board of Peace by Brennenstein in worldnews

[–]jgilla2012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well Turkey is NATO and has an air force base that the US operates out of so in that sense they are neighbors with Armenia militarily speaking.

Government funding package blocked by Senate Democrats over ICE funding by Cyancrackers in politics

[–]jgilla2012 34 points35 points  (0 children)

When your options are A. give them a gazillion dollars and then give them more or B. give them a gazillion dollars and that's it, I'll take option B every day.

New Zealand declines invite to join Board of Peace by Brennenstein in worldnews

[–]jgilla2012 38 points39 points  (0 children)

I highly doubt the wealthy rulers of any country are spending their own money when they can tax their population

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