God as my witness… I thought turkeys had nipples.

I’ve been a paying member for almost a decade. I’ve been training it that entire time with what I do and don’t like. I’ve also been using their suggested playlists for years and further refining what they recommend. So their algorithm is a huge part of it for me. I am constantly finding songs and artists I wouldn’t have been exposed to otherwise.

That said, I’ve been holding my nose while I renewed the service for the past couple of years. I’m willing to part ways for Tidal if it’s a comparable service with better benefits to the artists.

You could say it was their Vietnam.

Elmore Leonard. Dude was a massive influence on popular culture. He was instrumental in teaching Tarantino how to be Tarantino. He wrote the books that SO MANY great movies and television shows were based on.

Hunter Thompson. His gonzo style is often imitated but rarely duplicated. And it’s such a goddamn simple concept, but no one else managed to do it with his flair.

Disney released an animated movie a couple years ago called Strange World. It was a wildly mediocre movie with a plot that had a very obvious pro-environment, message that was subtle as a brick.

But what really ruffled the conservative feathers was son character who had a gay crush. For as preachy ad the rest of the movie was, the gay crush subplot was amazingly well done. They treated it like any other hetero love interest subplot. It wasn’t preachy or hamfisted or campy… it was just a family being happy for the kid.

Sure thing, chief.

You are a monolith to us, the people you colonized, fucked, killed and used as pawns. I don’t give a fuck about your minority of good people

First of all, I’m being pedantic here, but America never colonized a middle eastern or Arab country. I get your point, but calling America colonizers is just putting a hat on a hat.

Second, you sound just like the ignorant assholes in America who were harassing Sihks after 9/11. Stupid and full of hate.

There are tons of posts and articles critical of Biden on Lemmy that aren’t being downvoted into oblivion. The difference is that they are actually critical whereas you’re just parroting stuff my drunk uncle posts on Facebook.

Yeah. That’s why Biden lost Florida.

Can you please explain your comment further? What do you mean by “fair”. Can you provide examples of how the GOP was trying to make elections “fair”, and contrast with what the democrats are attempting to do?

Also, James Carville should eat his goddamn peas, he looks like a fucking zombie. Like if the Crypt Keeper’s dad died and was dug up 70 years from now and then offered some peas.

Did someone open the Arc of The Covenant?

Josta. Pepsi’s first “energy drink” that they released in the mid 90’s, made with guarana AND caffeine.

This was back in the days when Pepsi could “sponser” a middle school by putting a branded soda machine in a common area. It’s how I ended up drinking grape Fuitopia every day at lunch, and every day I’d get a bottle of Josta for the walk home.

It wasn’t immediately palatable. Reminiscent of Moxie but without the waxy aftertaste. It was like drinking carbonated cough syrup. But just like the other energy drinks that would follow a few years later, I really came to appreciate the taste.

It recently popped up in the background of a scene of the first season of Loki which had me hopeful for a revival, but no such luck.

Huh. Thank you for my lesson of the day!

*braying

Or maybe the mods are actually moderating by cutting out the off-topic arguments and BS threads that don’t contribute anything to the overall discourse of the discussion.

Also the very heavy and intentional use of pronouns.

How many spins?

Deep Thoughts… by Jack Handy.

Talking Heads: Born Under Punches.

Sick-ass bass riff, searing guitar intro… like Primus meets Tool… All combined with one of their best tracks.

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