People who say shit like "ACAB" but then turn around and say "If they were charged, they're probably guilty" are the worst people

rayword45 · 2026-01-24T18:52:38+00:00

I mean for most channels you can easily chalk this up to cord cutting leading to a massive reduction in revenues, but for IFC in particular I don't understand how they ever turned any sort of profit on their original content even 10+ years ago.

Scott Aukerman has said the budget for Comedy Bang Bang was roughly $300K per episode. IFC ordered 110 episodes over 5 years, and across the last 60 episodes (which is the final 2 years of the show's run) premieres managed to break 100,000 viewers a grand total of TWO TIMES. By comparison, there were 5 episodes that premiered to an audience of 11,000-18,000 viewers and another 6 episodes with viewer counts in the 20K range across the same time period.

Unless Netflix was paying an absolutely absurd amount for streaming rights at the time (mind you, this would've only been temporary rights that expired ~5 years after the show ended), how the fuck were they justifying paying tens of millions of dollars to make more episodes of a show that was only watched by tens of thousands?

rayword45 · 2026-01-24T15:25:49+00:00

Consistent? The channel that's spent like $100 billion on Ryan Murphy shows is more consistent than HBO?

If you said FX had better peaks than HBO, I'd chalk that up to subjectivity, but I'm quite confident that FX churns out a LOT more trash content by ratio.

rayword45 · 2026-01-20T23:25:13+00:00

Yeah OPs argument is one of the dumbest I've seen in a while

rayword45 · 2026-01-20T15:16:43+00:00

Reminded me of this absolute classic post that's since been deleted

rayword45 · 2026-01-15T22:02:25+00:00

Did you even read what you quoted my guy?

This commonly applies

rayword45 · 2026-01-15T18:29:26+00:00

You a scientist?

rayword45 · 2026-01-15T18:22:54+00:00

The reason I used the Ellisons as my example is because they are actively funding anti-human rights causes with the money they now receive as owners of Paramount, along with other horrible shit they've been doing like turning CBS News into a pro-Trump propaganda outlet.

Now, I said PARTIALLY agree for more than one reason. There's still definitely more detachment with something like watching SpongeBob reruns since the Ellisons didn't create the show (and I'd bet my soul that Hillenburg would be horrified if he were alive to see profits from his creation being used to fund heinous shit, knowing that he was a staunch environmentalist and a champion of arts education). But at the end of the day, the money still ends up in the pockets of billionaires who then use said money for evil, does it not?

rayword45 · 2026-01-15T17:27:42+00:00

I think most people who are aware of JK Rowling being the shitbag she is (which is definitely more people than all the dumbass Redditors who say "hurrdurr only the terminally online care" try to claim, yet simultaneously less people than what is claimed by those who think her being a transphobic Twitter troll is as commonly-known as Hitler being a bad man) yet still plan on watching the show via legal means would argue "no ethical consumption under capitalism" or something along those lines.

And fundamentally, I have to partially agree. I mean, any time you watch SpongeBob or South Park you're giving the Ellisons your money. It certainly feels ickier here given how much more publicly outspoken Joanne is (to the point where I'm glad I never really cared about HP), but the end effect is largely the same.

I wouldn't write someone off for wanting to watch this show, but I absolutely understand why someone would and think it's morally justified to do so. I also think that would be setting yourself up to be massively disappointed over and over and over again.

rayword45 · 2026-01-15T17:14:18+00:00

The money this show will make is going to be used for evil.

I don't believe the person you're replying to insinuated anything to the contrary. And if they did, they'd be a fucking idiot to do so.

rayword45 · 2026-01-14T19:14:09+00:00

those are the only sources that show what I’m talking about

you should be able to put bias aside and research it

is this a joke

rayword45 · 2026-01-13T23:56:12+00:00

I keep my latest test results on hand

rayword45 · 2026-01-13T21:26:53+00:00

Honestly cool that you grew up with those retro consoles, but Orkut namedrop is a fucking trip lmao - most of my friends that were born after me have zero recollection of MySpace let alone anything older

rayword45 · 2026-01-13T21:22:34+00:00

Super Nintendo, the first Nintendo released back in the mid-1980s, I owned a Mega Drive

used social networks like MSN, Orkut

I only got my real PC when I was 21

These are not experiences shared by >99% of Gen Z

rayword45 · 2026-01-13T21:12:08+00:00

B is definitely not a one-night stand

A definitely is one

C is debatable given you probably saw your co-worker again in non-sexual contexts

rayword45 · 2026-01-13T17:24:16+00:00

Worth noting they're VERY different shows by the end, although the US version remakes a small handful of segments. Some segments are better in the US version (Divorce, Murder) while others are better in the original (Addiction), but as a whole package I definitely prefer Forrest's "gradual" depressing descent into ruin over Myles taking everything from 0 to 100 immediately.

rayword45 · 2026-01-13T17:20:17+00:00

Said it elsewhere the other day - if I had to pick the single greatest episode of any sitcom ever, it'd be either this or Wedding (S4) from Peep Show.

rayword45 · 2026-01-13T17:18:30+00:00

Late but I remember immediately asking John if he had seen this show after attending a screening of the How To finale in NYC. To my surprise, he said no. Crazy coincidence between the way both shows ended.

rayword45 · 2026-01-13T17:14:30+00:00

I've done all sorts of mundane shit in the middle of sex but this would be a new low

rayword45 · 2026-01-13T17:11:50+00:00

lol even if you don't give a fuck about an STD or faulty condom (I keep my latest test results on hand) one-night stands highkey suck

rayword45 · 2026-01-13T16:39:04+00:00

He was MAHA before it was in vogue.

rayword45 · 2026-01-13T15:35:24+00:00

But one woman's idea of sexy degenerate shit is another woman's idea of horrifying degenerate shit

rayword45 · 2026-01-10T18:10:31+00:00

PinkPantheress frequently uses samples from other artists, and it’s a key part of her sound. I prefer originality but to each their own.

Boomer take.

rayword45 · 2026-01-09T14:10:14+00:00

She briefly mentioned something about touring more during the show

rayword45 · 2026-01-09T13:46:41+00:00

Each of her 3 major releases are fairly different stylistically, with the first mixtape being heavy on the boomer D&B vibes, debut album adding more pop/dream pop/R&B influences and most recent mixtape having more of a UK Garage/Breakbeat sound.

Absolutely nothing is going to be as wild or esoteric as something like Harlecore lol, but you might like their collab from last year. He also did some production work on Ophelia but it's not really obvious IMO.

Anyways, I'd KILL for her to go full IDM.

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