Jaycifer

I reject the assumption that there’ll never be such a thing.

Wait, is that what astroturfing refers to?! That makes so much sense now.

What do you think idealism and materialism mean when you use them?

https://youtu.be/OG6HZMMDEYA

“Sometimes a hypocrite is nothing more than a man in the process of changing.” -Stormlight Archives

No, I think it’s unfortunately much more normal for American men at least to be exposed to something espousing toxic masculinity and get into it for a time.

For me it was 2015 reddit in r/kotakuinaction and r/theredpill, for my buddy it was Atlas Shrugged, and there have been more since.

By unsubscribing from r/kotakuinaction, Ayn Rand, or whatever manosphere-equivalent thing you flirted with as a naive teen or young adult.

“Waltuh, we gotta take down-“

We’re getting pretty close to an effectively popular vote-based system: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact

I’ve been a fan of Fountains of Wayne for most of my life, I like the way he writes lyrics about ultimately mundane, everyday experiences. Mexican Wine, Someone to Love, and Action Hero are pretty good examples.

I hadn’t heard of this show, but I just watched the video for “Antidepressants are so not a Big Deal” and it had a similar thing going on, I may give it a try.

Always happy to find something Adam Schlesinger had a part in!

“Stroke it, stare at it, destiny comes all the same.”
-big, bald, purple-headed fella

Read the article in this thread. It is insane. https://lemmy.world/post/45596499?sort=Top

I agree with everything else you said, but oftentimes the reason an item is cheaper on Amazon is they have a clause that in order to sell on Amazon the item cannot be cheaper on another platform. Amazon controls enough of the market that sellers still need to sell through them for volume, but it’s just a way to lock customers into the platform by exploiting sellers.

Nah, screw those demons. I’m gonna murder those demons!

Thanks for putting that “monkey” back in my head for the next week.

They are making a new series. I don’t know how it is going to work, but Yoko Taro (the moon-headed Nier Automata guy) is going to be in charge of it, and he is about the only person I can see pulling it off.

Why would you respond to a stranger whose thoughts you don’t give a fuck about?

Not a salesman personally but I was raised by one. I think he tried to get as good a deal for customers as he reasonably could, but the thing that’s always stuck with me is when he told me: “People don’t buy from me because I have the best deals. People buy from me to buy from me.”

Some salesmen may offer good or bad deals, but ultimately what they’re selling is themselves, their personality, their companionship to some degree. My dad could talk to anyone and build a relationship within an hour. It’s who he was, and he leveraged it to make a lot of money because his customers liked talking to him.

Buying through a commissioned salesman will likely always be at least a few percentage points more expensive than using an online portal, but there are a lot of people who will feel like it’s worth it if the salesman is doing their job right.

Don’t worry, your neighbor across the street has one!