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  • They don’t control my tivo recordings.

    Which is why everyone should oppose ATSC 3.0.

    With ATSC 3.0, TV stations can literally insert ads overlayed on screen at any point.

    They can use your tv’s smart functions to literally track your behavior.

    They can refuse to allow you to record tv stations entirely, or just kndividual shows.

    They can delete shows without your consent. They can block you from watching shows. They can make OTA tv programing pay per view.

    I’m not saying they ARE doing this, or are planning it, but they CAN. And if capitalism has taught me anything it’s “fuck you, pay us, and then pay us again, and fuck you again”.

    See…humans are stupid. We could all be living in lush rich forests, having sex in bright sunny fields, with no cares in the world.

    Instead, we all have jobs, and make ourselves slaves to them. We hand over control of all aspects of our lives to corporations.

    Instead of utopia, we live in a parking lot jungle. Where the profits for paid parking are more important than affordable housing, and rent control.

    And it all rolls downhill. Even television is trying its hand at enshitification. Don’t buy a smart tv. Don’t buy ATSC 3.0 anything. Tell these fuckers to fuck off!











  • Kind of. As long as you understand that people like me exist.

    I ordered a big mac from McDonalds one time. I got a chicken sandwich instead.

    I was sitting inside. I could easily have went back to the counter and said something.

    Instead, I just went with it. Guess I’m having a chicken sandwich today!

    Now, that being said, I also don’t use AI. So, I would have never noticed it being down. But hypothetically, if I tried to use AI, and it didn’t work, I’d just do something else instead.

    So it won’t be the number of complaints = the number of users affected. But it does give you somewhat of a scale.






  • I always thought there should have been a sitcom called “Hi my name is James Earl Jones”.

    It stars James Earl Jones as a megawealthy celebrity who goes around poor towns and tries to use his celebrity status to help the local poor population. Never realizing that people don’t recognize his face, and they’re only nice to him because they’re nice and welcoming of everybody. In reality his celebrity status has no bearing, because they don’t know who he is. They just know him as big tall black guy named James.

    I’d watch that show.


  • Out of all the artists/bands, your image has Tessa Violet. Which is insane to me, because I can remember watching her like 15 years ago on a show called =3 with Ray William Johnson. Which was essentially a comedy show that brought you 3 viral videos, and then RWJ would try to be funny over them. Nobody watched =3 for RWJ, and nobody watched Americas Funniest Home Videos for Bob Sagat. We watched both shows for the same reason. To watch idiots get hit in the nuts.

    Then one episode, a 15 year old Tessa Violet, then known as Meekakitty, shows up and starts the episode by saying “Betcha didn’t think you’d see ME here!”

    And I’m like “BITCH I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHO YOU ARE!!!”

    But then RWJ tried making music, and she was in his videos. Then she started making music. And I never heard from either of them again because both of their music is terrible.

    Tessa is like accoustic guitars, and whiney crying lyrics. And RWJ, despite being close to 25 at the time wrote novelty comedy songs all based around the idea of having sex with your mom. As if written for an exclusively 14 year old boy audience.

    Now I see this, and I’m like “eh? She’s STILL making music???”