DarrinBrunner
@DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world
- Comment on unfathomable 1 hour ago:
Can we please not advertise cigarettes on Lemmy?
- Comment on We can all agree on this 2 hours ago:
Doesn’t matter, the worm is in your brain, and you know or are reminded the product exists. That’s all they’re aiming for.
Also, a lot of people think they’re immune to advertising. No one is. The only protection is never seeing them.
On the very rare occasion I choose to watch some media with an ad I can’t skip, I mute the volume and put my hand over my eyes, so I can just see a corner of the screen and know when it’s over.
- Comment on Wildfire phone alert was 'entirely appropriate', government says 3 hours ago:
The damn things should be opt in. It’s my choice to take the risk of not getting an alert.
Considering most of us are surrounded by people with phones, many of them will go off, and we’ll learn about it that way, anyway.
- Comment on Never Gonna Give You Up 15 hours ago:
You’re right, the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s all had distinct styles. That started fading in the 90s, and unless you look closely, the nearly three decades since are all very similar.
I think we can rightly blame capitalism for homogenizing our culture, and spreading it around the world. And, even if we can’t, I still will, and also fuck Mark Zuckerberg just because I haven’t said it yet today.
- Comment on Bet your car doesn't have a special lip balm holder 15 hours ago:
I’m wondering about the penis holders.
- Comment on Finally we have the protection we need 15 hours ago:
New! For that special gooner on your Christmas list!
- Comment on Remember to seal the envelope 15 hours ago:
I’m wondering how the salad fares.
- Comment on Always bring an Emma 18 hours ago:
Classic.
- Comment on YUM 1 day ago:
MOIST!
- Comment on People who piss on the toilet seat in a men's restroom. 1 day ago:
How about when there’s that bit of filth at the back, center you know came from their ass crack?
- Comment on 1 day ago:
Yeah, YouTube sucks, he’s fine.
- Comment on YUM 1 day ago:
Rudy’s menu near me:
- Comment on An impossible choice 1 day ago:
I don’t think I’d want to be a billionaire. A hundred million? Yeah. But, any more than that I think fucks too hard with the head. It’s an impossible amount to understand, and the power that comes with it corrupts.
You might say, “then, just give most of it away”, and yeah, that makes sense, but I don’t know how fast it happens. I don’t know if I’d be able to. I think once I realized it was really mine, it might be hard to “just give it away”. I don’t know what that corruption feels like.
And, I’m not sure I want to.
- Comment on 1 day ago:
The most recent video, though, really is fucked up.
YouTube gave him a copyright strike for literal silence. For NOT playing the Sound of Silence. Then, the claimant refused his appeal, and he’s left needing to leave the video up which is demonetized for him, because of his sponsor on the video.
I’ve been checking out Peertube instances recently and finding some cool stuff. But, there are a couple of channels on YT I’d miss, and I know they won’t go anywhere else.
- Comment on This Avocado Oil that claims to be “0 Calories” 🙄 1 day ago:
Yep, they’ve turned what was intended to be informative into a selling vehicle.
They push calories as the only thing we need to consider or track then they pull shit like this.
I weep for our future. Kids in grade school right now are graduating barely able to read anything past the poorly spelled texts on their phones, let alone parse something so “complicated” as a nutritional label. Of course plenty of adults can’t manage it either, but it’s getting worse, is the point.
- Comment on This Avocado Oil that claims to be “0 Calories” 🙄 1 day ago:
Is it advertised on the front, as well. In big letters, “0 Calories!”?
- Comment on All aboard the Pythagorean Express 2 days ago:
- Comment on culture 2 days ago:
I read a lot of SciFi when I was a teen. I learned not to bother seeing the movie if one was made. They always got so much wrong, and by “wrong” I mean it didn’t match my imagination.
- Comment on California just passed a law forcing mandatory DRM in 3D printers 2 days ago:
They’re using weapon printing as the wedge, but this is really about protecting all manufacturers.
- Comment on California just passed a law forcing mandatory DRM in 3D printers 2 days ago:
Even more pointless than DRM on movies.
- Comment on Royal estates rent out homes that fail to meet legal energy efficiency standards 2 days ago:
Because no one will hold them accountable, I assume.
- Comment on They really hate artists 2 days ago:
As a former graphic department manager, artists can be difficult to work with… for non-artists.
I got to see how frustrated the boss/owner got dealing with us. We’re not a neat, blackbox they can shove instructions into and get out a perfectly formed product on the first round--which is what they think AI will give them soon. If they think AI will be better at dealing with client demands, I’ll be happy to watch them fail with that.
- Comment on You Used To Be Cool. Pfft, Sell Out 3 days ago:
Lemmy is better than Reddit.
For now.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
And, you left it there long enough to retrieve another camera of some sort to take a picture, rather than snatching it back out as quickly as possible?
Sus.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
They cornered Luigi into a plea deal because they know no jury will convict him.
We’ll see what happens with the state charges.
- Comment on Narf narf narf 3 days ago:
My mom used to put margarine on both slices before the mustard on one side and the Miracle Whip on the other. The margarine keeps the mustard and Miracle Whip from soaking through the bread, while it sits in the bag on the shelf for four hours.
Maybe it also helps to keep the bread from sticking somehow, because I only had that happen when I ate at a friend’s house.
- Comment on Hard work is no longer a guarantee of making a living in America. 3 days ago:
“We’re a family! We’re a team! We’re all working together toward the same goal!”
“Making me richer.”
- Comment on Cursed Headset 3 days ago:
This better not awaken anything in me.
- Comment on How to deal with people who obtusely miss your point on Lemmy? 3 days ago:
This is one reason I don’t read DMs.
I stopped trying to have conversations on Reddit years ago, I don’t think it would go any better here.
Shit post, have a laugh, don’t take anything people say to you seriously, they don’t know you, and you can’t change their mind.
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