joeljoelle
@joeljoelle@piefed.blahaj.zone
- Comment on Those Soldiers Flooding Your Feeds? They Might Not Be Real. 1 hour ago:
Haven’t seen a one, mission accomplished I guess, I assume most everything that is attempting to force any sort of engagement is fake now anyways
- Comment on Major media company asks itself why major media companies aren't exposing what's going on--"Where's Mitch McConnell?" mystery exposes media failures 21 hours ago:
The election of Donald Trump exposed all the media failures we needed to know about and shit has only got worse
- Comment on Biotech startup Conception claims to have generated the first early human egg cells derived from stem cells, built entirely from scratch 2 days ago:
Even if our knowledge of human biology, neuroscience and consciousness were much more advanced than they are now this would be frightening and ill advised
- Comment on What do you think of the posting of easily searched questions here? 2 days ago:
Perhaps they want others opinions on the matter, or some information not heard of before, or from someone learned on the subject, or they are lonely. There’s nothing wrong with it at all
- Comment on Emergency with Tim Heidecker - ALEX JONES POPPED LIKE A BALLOON 3 days ago:
Eh. I just don’t understand why satire has to be branded, this brand should be dead and buried. It’s not like it was even a serious news program before, so I don’t know what they are making fun of, it was already ridiculous
- Comment on Emergency with Tim Heidecker - ALEX JONES POPPED LIKE A BALLOON 3 days ago:
I can’t believe how much money they wasted to bring back infowars to make fun of it
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
I really don’t know what would posses them to use glass instead of a metal mesh to begin with but I guess that’s beside the point here. Those look more like display cases tbh
- Comment on Kentucky pastor defends viral video showing mock firing squad, who call themselves Commandos for Christ, enter the chapel to apparently “shoot the devil.” in front of children during bible school 1 week ago:
these folks are utterly demented
- Comment on Are we SURE Reagan didn't cheat in the elections??? 1 week ago:
He absolutely cheated, his campaign arranged for the hostages to be held in Iran until Reagan was elected president
- Comment on Why it is that in the USA for most people the default color for a casual sock is white but in most other places the default is black? 1 week ago:
I’m not 100% sure the reason, I suspect a lot of people just wore athletic socks as regular socks, so those are just plain white socks, they are a lot more comfortable for working class people on their feet all day. White collar folks tend to wear darker socks more with the suits and all that. I see younger people wearing darker socks more now though, like gen alpha. Personally I have a rainbow of socks and don’t like either ;)
- Comment on 1 week ago:
A lot of “fight for the internet” types were just mad that they couldn’t say slurs on Twitter, well they can now, so they don’t care anymore
- Comment on Stirring the Ether 1 week ago:
i really could use an outfit like that
- Comment on Any second now 🙏 1 week ago:
As an old school techno fan I dunno about this meme, I’m not a fan of all the build ups and drops in modern electronic music, just give me the same dancable BPM the whole time, I dunno how people can get lost in a groove that only lasts 30 seconds before another change up
- Comment on D.C. Settles Suit With Protester Arrested After Playing ‘Star Wars’ Song Near Deployed Troops 1 week ago:
now that’s what I call snowflakes
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
I think it already did with the invention of the vending machine, at least the snacks are better today, people are replacing their chips and candy bars with what appear at least to be healthier options in a lot of cases, although who knows about those protein snacks, that is still ultra processed food
- Comment on rule 2 weeks ago:
ommmmmmmmmm
- Comment on How do you avoid AI music? 2 weeks ago:
I guess I did one thing right and had the foresight to do that over the years lol, but yeah it’s rough now. Soulseek is still around :) then I usually use Bandcamp if I wanna buy things
- Comment on How do you avoid AI music? 2 weeks ago:
Yeah this is also a key part lol
- Comment on How do you avoid AI music? 2 weeks ago:
I built up my own personal library through the years that I will probably still be working my way through in 10-15 years, when I find something I like in it I search out more
- Comment on GTA 6 Price Finally Confirmed, Features a 'Single-Player Experience' at Launch 2 weeks ago:
rape, assault and stoner simulator.
what the fuck
- Comment on As Chinese Tech Pulls Ahead, U.S. Fears It Will Become Dependent 2 weeks ago:
I dislike headlines that don’t separate the aims of the American business owners and government and those of the American people, because they are very separate and different things these days, sadly. What is the difference if some shitty American owns a business or some shitty Chinese person if the end result is the same shit? Please let us know, show us the benefits of us caring about any of this at all
- Comment on If I went to a mechanic for my car and told them I had a problem with the aft starboard tire would they think I'm a dork? 2 weeks ago:
I dunno, I think a lot of mechanics are dorks too, just a different kind of dork
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
I don’t right now :( I have a small mini system that has a tape player but I don’t trust it, I’ve been meaning to buy a proper nice cassette deck like a Nakamichi, Denon, Tascam or something like that, like the old component stereo ones with decent transport mechanisms and play heads, but I keep putting it off for other things I guess. I don’t really wanna risk mangling them as some of them have recordings of music I made ages ago lol.
That makes pretty good sense to me. I think that’s part of my attraction to 80s new wave and synth pop so much, it was a time of such androgyny and gender line blurring, not needed to be defined, maybe part of it was for band image but it was still there, and a lot of the songs had more hopeful messages as well. It’s so poppy and fun to dance and sing along to as well :) So I totally get where you’re coming from, music is so powerful in that way how it can really transport you, and even choosing which medium to listen to it on makes a big difference in the mood which is a cool effect
I’ve semi-recently re-discovered my love for singing so Madonna, Tina Turner, Donna Summer, Steve Nicks, Cyndi Lauper, Blondie, Pat Benatar/the GoGos, The Bangles, Tiffany, Bjork, Siouxsie, Eurythmics/Annie Lennox, Bananarama etc. are all some go-to’s, so many amazing, talented ladies.
Haha weeeell, I don’t listen to it so much anymore, it’s a tad noisy for me these days, but that’s rad that your Dad is a fan, any fan of EN seems like they must be a pretty interesting person, it’s so visceral and raw
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Right, I mean, that’s what the idea is in theory.. who knows, it feels like it should be right but maybe the heavier ones warp more. Then there’s all the funky clear and color ones which are even more expensive
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Wow that is a very diverse selection indeed and your media divide is a bit fascinating lol. Any reason, do you find female singers sound better on vinyl or is that music you are willing to pay more for?
Yes :) Most of my music collection is flac and mp3 I have collected through the years but I have some cassettes, CDs and vinyl as well. I wanted to be a dj for a while so I have some electronic records, mostly from a local record label in the 90s called Drop Bass Records, that is pretty hard acid/hardcore techno, but I have some other electronic music as well. Recently I bought a re-pressing of the Fires of Ork and Dreamfish, two ambient albums, also from the 90s, which incidentally is where I learned about the vinyls weights and such. :) I have some other from Panabrite, Bluetech, and I have some records that were my folks, Simon and Garfunkel, Creedence, Beach Boys.
I don’t listen to much metal these days, I guess mostly new wave, synth pop, electronic, alternative, getting back into some industrial though as far as heavier music, Skinny Puppy is always a favorite, I kind of poo-poo’d VNV Nation when they came around before because I was more into industrial like Einsturezende Neubauten, but they have some good stuff as well, and Covenant, Frontline Asssembly, Front 242, Thrill KIll Kult :)
I guess I should listen to some new music, but honestly I have a lot I haven’t listened to yet and haven’t really found myself wanting lol. Sorry for the wall of text.
- Comment on I Profile Celebrities for a Living. Nothing Prepared Me for Tilly Norwood. 2 weeks ago:
who the fuck is tilly norwood
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
I forgot to mention as well that the thicker/heavier vinyl is also less susceptible to warping, sounds like you have a lovely setup though :) and nice records!
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
It’s mostly a matter of quality, vinyl records are weighted in grams, heavier being thicker records. The thicker vinyl allows the vinyl cutting lathe to cut deeper into the record so it is more durable and will last longer. Usually for things like special editions or that sort of thing, they will have heavier vinyl for collectors, where as a normal pop record you buy at a store will be a thinner, quicker cut record that is not as durable to more and more replays but is cheaper to produce. I’m sure someone has a more detailed explanation but that’s my understanding.
- Comment on If we take physicality out and the tran debate. Doesn't almost everything boil down to a single choice? Like alcohol, tobacco, weed, heroin and other addictives. More inside. 3 weeks ago:
You can’t take it out of the conversation, that is the entire conversation; it is not a choice it is there all along, there are people who want to make you think it’s a choice, but it’s not. The only choice involved is listening to yourself and who you are because there are a lot of people who would have you deny who you really are, then you become miserable and sad and just consume, I was there. If it was it’s not a choice anyone would even gain anything from making in this society, as far as we have come there is so much more to be done as far as people’s views on the whole LGBTQIA+ spectrum
- Comment on The White House, Washington D.C. 3 weeks ago:
someone’s favorite game was excite bike