Businesses get on board and start the horrible ad infestation
There were a couple years where businesses were “entering cyberspace” and still trying to figure it out. Mostly this involved static webpages, since they saw the web as a kind of yellow pages. i.e. a business’ web page was their ad.
people are apparently fine with ads
It amazes me how accepting most people are of ads. I suspect Google’s going to win, and their ultimate contribution to humanity will be forcing ads into everything.
Relevant Key & Peele: That One Friend Who Makes Everything Awkward.
Hmmm… “A Passage to India” takes place during the Raj (which is when the Crown took over from the East India Company) but a lot of the attitudes and issues are the same
Similarly, “Conduct Unbecoming” takes place right after the Crown takeover. But hey, it’s free on youtube:
Finally, you could look here:
I mean this respectfully. The character Everett True is known as someone who tells the truth even when it’s not popular.
All cognition has an emotional component, so you have to be more specific. Once you get more specific, then you’ll see that music and art communities are different.
Words to live by! /sincere
I was just extending the bait, didn’t realize people would take it seriously. I’ve added an “/s”.
In reality, the Amazon driver’s pay has been cut, so they ask for a tip. You don’t tip enough so they beat you up. If you could afford to order from Amazon, why didn’t you tip enough? Obviously you’re not supporting essential workers in these trying times. They’re just working hard, feeding you, keeping you clothed, protecting you. But they have families of their own to take care of too. You’re not even ordering enough so they can afford to take a bathroom break.
Note: this was meant to be: /s
Partying EVERY day gets kind of boring… You appreciate it more if you spend time just hanging out, like the guy in the meme.
BTW the movie Constantine is free on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2zDRzNN_xg
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David Brent - Lady Gypsy.
republicans have nobody to blame
They will always find someone to blame.
His fans are like cats.
Hey, no need to disparage cats…
Line dance during take-off: “now sliiiiide to the back!”
“Why tip someone for a job I’m capable of doing myself? I can deliver food, I can drive a taxi, I can and do cut my own hair. I did, however, tip my urologist. Because I am unable to pulverize my own kidney stones.” -Dwight Schrute, “The Office”
This is my first time seeing any of this, but the party arc starts here: https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5404
That’s an excellent point. Hundreds of years ago, if you wanted to recomment the product of a particularly skilled soapmaker or farmer, you’d say “Jo made that”, and maybe you could point to Jo’s logo on the product so your friends knew how to recognize it. So the signifier of quality (the brand) pointed to the signified of a quality product. But now the signifier has become disentangled from the signified: the advertisements and marketing campaigns promote brand loyalty even if the product becomes worse through inferior ingredients or shrinkflation. Because of this, the signifier is presented to us when we do not want to see it.