wow (send)
you’re definitely not my coworker (send)
who’s unable to complete (send)
a single sentence (send)
in our group chat (send)
without breaking it into ten to twenty (send)
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I used to have an app installed that let me set up rules for notifications, so that whenever a notification with their name in the header would arrive, it would mute the conversation for the next 5 minutes, because otherwise my watch would vibrate for a minute or two straight.
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that’s a fascinating typo.
It might shock you, but content on YouTube gets paid
similar fraction of pennies as in Spotify’s case, and often the people who receive the money aren’t the people behind the content, especially when it comes to older or less popular music, because it’s been uploaded by some random guy 14 years ago.
you are basically saying what? Listen for free, middle finger to authors, and buy merchandise? As opposite to listen legally, authors get something and buy merchandise?
no, my good guy, I say middle finger to Spotify and their warmongering, slop-embracing, Joe-Rogan-loving business, and spend money in a way that skips at least one middle man which hopefully results in the artist getting a bigger cut, and in you actually owning something even when the company you’ve bought from goes down, rather than renting it.
But hey, I’m glad that you speak for authors.
right back atcha!
okay so this next bit might shock you, but there’s already a HUGE amount of music available on Youtube for everyone to search through and listen to with just a few click. and in addition to that, there’s the Soulseek network, countless torrent trackers – both public and private – that let you download entire discographies, as well as Youtube download tools, websites and tools that let you rip music from streaming services. and all of those are free! more than that, they have been around for years! and before that, people would download songs from Limewire or Kazaa or Napster, tape songs from radio, or buy bootleg albums. and somehow, there’s still people buying music and T-shirts from their favourite bands, and paying to attend their concerts. absolutely bonkers.
a few years ago, back when I was still using Spotify, I checked my Wrapped and apparently I was using Spotify more than 99.5% of users in my country, and when it came to my most listened artist, I was in top 0.05% listeners worldwide. doing some back-of-the-napkin math with the data I got online about Spotify’s payouts, it turned out the money the artist got during that year from me amounted to less than just a bit over a dollar.
if you’re really concerned about supporting artists, use the money you’d pay for your music streaming subscription and buy their album or a piece of merch every two months.
I’m eating extremely cronchy granola while watching so I turned on the auto-generated closed captions. I’m a big fan of how at 1:55, the blender noises were interpreted by the clanker as [Applause].
I chose to make use of the algorithm without it using me. there’s this lovely website called https://everynoise.com/ that uses data from Spotify and, other than letting you browse through every genre listed out there and listen to examples, has got a search box that gets you to an artist’s page with their chronological discography (or at least parts of it that are on Spotify), and shows a "fans also like’ list of artists, which serves as a nice starting point for exploration.
I also like how it shows which other album every song is featured on, so you can tell whether you’re missing out on something or not when you’re obtaining an artist’s discography and skipping the singles or EPs.
probably a TV standing upside down.
don’t forget that one verse of Leviticus that forbids men to sleep with men. just don’t look too far in either direction or you’re going to read the parts about shellfish or mixed cloth!
you’ve been going to the wrong locker rooms.
yeah, just make sure you’ve got a heat gun, a suction cup, a pry tool, and three different kinds of screwdrivers.
I’m sure Google is very upset about it
you get to assess what damage to expect. having it inserted slowly yourself vs someone else forcibly jamming it in without regard for the person’s safety, for example.
I too hate it when people are trying to cover complex stuff properly instead of giving an almost-but-not-really correct digest
looks like it’s this one https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/14/private-chat-among-young-gop-club-members-00592146
it’s Polish for “tweet tweet” and “caw caw”.
and at the same time makes bank from kids gambling with Counter Strike skins, so a bit of a mixed bag there