https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/subscribers-are-paying-more-for-streaming-content-that-they-are-enjoying-less/

Netflix’s content has gotten so much worse too. I don’t think there are many people left that have a subscription for more than one or two shows. And this seems to be a trend across all the different apps. Makes me glad I set up automatic torrenting for everything I’m interested in, and all it costs me is $5/month for Proton VPN

hunger is “fundamental to the working of the world’s economy”

I mean, he’s probably right, but that means we should work to change the system, not throw more orphans into the crushing machine

That’s one of my favorite traits in my partner. She’s great at keeping the conversation going, which is important, because I’m terrible at it lol

When we get high together, there’s usually about an hour period, that I call her Wikipedia time, where she finds a random topic, and has to talk about it at length

Lansing MI has one

It would be pretty funny if airplane manufacturers trademarked their con-trails, so each type of plain left a different trail behind

I would be surprised if this isn’t already a thing

Right, but I don’t think anything would enrage them more than pity, so that’s what I choose to feel

Any time I hear a loud bike or car, I just assume the owner is really poor, and can’t afford anything that isn’t falling apart. It’s really sad, honestly. I hope, one day, they get a good deal on something that doesn’t so obviously showcase the things they’re insecure about 😉

When I was a kid, we had a neighbor that would sit on the beach with a shotgun in his lap, to watch kids playing in the lake

Israel continues decades long campaign to occupy Palestine, exterminate populous

Yeah, Trucks Munched, and it gives the number this year, and since the bridge was built next to it. Last I saw, we’re up to 19, but that was last week lol

I have the original of that top one

You can always tell when someone’s pickup is just for show. This one definitely isn’t

Here in Lansing, Big Penny has been eating so well, someone put up a scoreboard (sorry I don’t have a better picture)

Weak bait

Businesses keeping bankers hours, especially banks, should stop immediately. How could it possibly be a good idea to only be open during the main times that no one has free time to run errands? Why do I have to use PTO to go to the mechanic, or the doctor? Why can’t these places, which require you to visit them in person, be open during the days and hours during the week that people actually have time to visit them in person?

I didn’t know you were on Lemmy, dad!

You can blame Star Trek for this one. They’re constantly having to deal with Dampening fields. And the only time it was actually a field that keeps things wet, Tom got in trouble for fixing it 😞

If Shakespeare can change the meaning of words, so can I

Used to work at a local resort. One time, Kid Rock rented out the whole top floor of the hotel, and requested no staff go up there during his stay. Of course, it’s a hotel full of minimum wage teenagers, so intra-staff communication is abysmal. A maid ended up running into a naked Kid Rock holding a bag of cocaine lol