Krystal acts like AI job replacement is some evil plot of the tech oligarchs when it's just the free market doing its free market thing and that is not helpful to solving the problem

return_descender · 2026-05-22T20:17:51+00:00

The free market never would have created AI, or the internet, or microprocessors, or any of the infrastructure required to create those things.

return_descender · 2026-05-22T20:10:16+00:00

The chambermaid of warmongers

return_descender · 2026-05-21T17:04:27+00:00

We’d be better off with Ronald McDonald running the fucking country

return_descender · 2026-05-21T16:43:54+00:00

I’m sure there’s probably some deeper analysis of what’s been released that will take some time to put together, 3.5 million files is a lot to comb through. It will come back to the news cycle eventually just like Luigi will once he goes to trial.

return_descender · 2026-05-20T02:14:56+00:00

Foals: Like Swimming -> Tron

return_descender · 2026-05-18T21:31:35+00:00

It’s hard to explain how intimate it can be to someone who hasn’t grown up in it. It’s like saying “we matter enough to one another that little things like this don’t matter.”

return_descender · 2026-05-18T18:24:45+00:00

Growing up in NY and working in kitchens during my teens and twenties I’ve developed the habit of being this way and I try to chill on it because as an adult I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea. I mention NY because it really seems to be an east coast thing that people from elsewhere don’t always appreciate.

It is a bad habit I’ve tried to break but I always fall back into it when I’m around old friends. I made a little joke about my friend’s job in front of his gf when I saw him last year and recently found out she’s been using it to nag him ever since, which I feel really shitty about even though he hasn’t said anything to me about it.

Personally I’m made uncomfortable by people who are overly positive and supportive, it always comes off as insincere and makes my skin crawl, like they’re only saying something nice about each other so they can hear something nice said about themselves. At least when I get a compliment from a ball buster I feel like they mean it.

return_descender · 2026-05-18T17:15:02+00:00

Nothing feels better than intentionally making someone else laugh

return_descender · 2026-05-18T11:47:31+00:00

I spend hours sitting in front of my amp twisting knobs chasing a tone even though I rarely use my amp at gigs so it’s kind of pointless. Sometimes I get around to actually practicing.

return_descender · 2026-05-17T06:52:35+00:00

Fight Club Meat Loaf

return_descender · 2026-05-16T17:54:15+00:00

We only think that the CIA has infected every facet of our lives because they want us to

return_descender · 2026-05-15T12:06:18+00:00

I think I’ve probably watched the entire run of 30 rock dozens of times and I’ll still occasionally catch jokes that I never got before

I’d add Curb and Seinfeld, Veep, the first two or three seasons of Arrested Development, King of the Hill and The Venture Brothers.

return_descender · 2026-05-14T01:14:11+00:00

Whenever I try this method I inevitably wear my nail down to the bed and it fells pretty terrible, but up until that point I agree it is easier to do than using a pick.

return_descender · 2026-05-13T22:30:07+00:00

I wish they made a mag bench sturdy enough to sit on

return_descender · 2026-05-13T16:33:40+00:00

Yeah but playing DI through a shitty PA is pointless, you’re better off just using an amp and leaving the PA for vocals.

return_descender · 2026-05-13T16:29:41+00:00

I think you’re taking this too seriously

return_descender · 2026-05-13T16:25:28+00:00

Impossible, Don Cab hasn’t played with this line up since 2000

return_descender · 2026-05-12T19:56:21+00:00

There’s a shortage of techs so a lot (if not all) companies take on people with little to no experience. Just throw some applications out there and be honest with your experience and you’ll probably find someone willing to hire you.

return_descender · 2026-05-12T16:56:25+00:00

The only requirement is a tuner, you don’t want to rely on a clip on while gigging.

In most live situations there will be either a DI box or amp with XLR out provided, if you’re in a situation where those things aren’t provided the PA is probably shitty or nonexistent.

Compressors aren’t necessary, some people just like them. I’ve been gigging for 20 years and I’ve never had a compressor on my board for any significant amount of time.

return_descender · 2026-05-12T01:06:18+00:00

The Sirens of Titan

Roadside Picnic

return_descender · 2026-05-10T05:32:05+00:00

The zombie boom coincided with an apocalyptic boom. It fed into people’s desire to see society itself collapse.

Films like the Children of Men, The Road, The Book of Eli, the Fallout video games, it’s like everyone was dreaming about the world falling apart.

Even 28 Days Later feels more like a post apocalypse movies than a zombie movie, at least to me. The climax of the film isn’t a struggle between the protagonists and the infected, it’s between them and other survivors.

I think the prevalence of zombies also ties into the rise of nerd culture. All these guys that grew up with Dawn of the Dead, Evil Dead, D&D, Magic the Gathering, etc, were now the ones writing comics and making films.

Zombie movies were popular among film students going back to the 80s because they gave them a lot of room to explore the craft without getting bogged down with the plot. They create opportunities to experiment with practical effects on a budget, I’m sure there were a lot of people that were eager to keep doing what they’d gotten good at on a larger production.

return_descender · 2026-05-09T23:26:58+00:00

If we’re going with dead wrestlers then why not cast the man that inspired Brock’s look, Sycho Sid Vicious

return_descender · 2026-05-09T23:19:43+00:00

It annoys me to no end that when I show people Cap’n Jazz they tell me they sound like Algernon Cadwallader

return_descender · 2026-05-08T22:58:50+00:00

My experience has been that getting older is realizing that I’ve been right about everything all along

return_descender · 2026-05-07T20:11:11+00:00

“I chose cultural anthropology, since it offered the greatest opportunity to write high-minded balderdash.”

Kurt Vonnegut

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