I think you already know the reason is money. Exploiting others isn’t demonized, it’s celebrated as “innovative” and “clever” and “entrepreneurial spirit.” That is the system, held up, and propagandized by, the exploiters. We’re taught that violent protest is “uncivil” or “barbaric,” because it’s the only thing that truly threatens the system, which otherwise holds a monopoly on violence, to prop up that system.
Comment on NBC to use AI-generated version of Al Michaels' voice during Summer Olympics
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Can the world just STOP with it’s bullshit already??? Stop with everyday needing to obsess over trump in the news. Stop with finding new, and bizzare uses for AI when it offers no benefit, stop with companies scheming together to collectively cause inflation, stop with corporations buying houses to artificially increase rent, stop with 48% of the nation actively supporting political facism.
JUST STOP WITH THE BULLSHIT!!! WHY ARE WE DOING ANY OF THIS???
Verito@lemm.ee 2 months ago
simplejack@lemmy.world 3 months ago
WHY ARE WE DOING ANY OF THIS???
So people share and promote their coverage, so NBC can sell ad spots.
If you’re commenting on the story, you’re boosting the story, and that’s exactly what NBC wants.
PythagreousTitties@lemm.ee 3 months ago
It’s the new toy everyone is playing with.
That’s the only way I can rationalize it. It’s not money, cuz everything being done with in a product blows.givesomefucks@lemmy.world 3 months ago
It’s not money, cuz everything being done with in a product blows.
It’s about money, because the people making the shit products want to make money, not good products.
Capitalism always leads to “how shitty of a product will people still buy”
PythagreousTitties@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I agreed until you ranted on capitalism. That’s such a a tires old thing on Lemmy it just looks like you’re using catch phrases. It’s money, not capitalism. Every type of society that uses money will lead to wanting more money.
afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Were you going to even watch the Olympics on NBC anyhow? Last time it played I tried to watch a few events and it was nothing but ads and profiles of people I don’t care about.
Like I get you are upset but I don’t know why. For me it’s like hearing some Austrian version of Ticketmaster are being assholes. Ok, I don’t live in Austria and if I did I still probably wouldn’t use whatever version of Ticketmaster they might have there.
Why is it so important to hear Al Micheals tell you about what you just saw? Do you even have a cable TV subscription?
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 months ago
You don’t need a cable subscription to watch NBC. Just a regular old bunny ears antenna. You could even use one from the 1940s if you want!
I know not many do, but I even have a lifetime paid subscription to TIVO. So I can just record things whenever, and watch them whenever, without the ads. I never watch live tv…but I watch tv that was recorded as it was live.
ch00f@lemmy.world 3 months ago
You could even use one from the 1940s if you want!
Assuming your tuner was manufactured later than around 2005 and supports ATSC digital broadcasts. Also makes me wonder when you got your TiVo. I thought they were dead long before everything went digital.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 months ago
The antenna type doesn’t matter. If you don’t have a 1940s antenna, technically you can use a paperclip. It may not be strong enough to recieve the channel depending on local interference, but it might pick up the station with a strong enough signal. And anyone still using a tv with a tuner made before 2005 already has a tunerbox. Back in 2010 my dad even got one for free from the government.
Tivo never died. They’re still alive. I got mine in 2012. I estimated it takes 3 1/3rd years for it to become worth it to do lifetime service.
That was 12 years ago. Although I did have to spend $100 on a new hard drive.
SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
[deleted]simplejack@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Who is they and who is us?
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I’m in! What do you have in mind?
PythagreousTitties@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Sounds like he just wants to walk up to a general, and strike him. It’s bold. But I’m not sure how it would change anything.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 3 months ago
Stop with everyday needing to obsess over trump in the news.
We will as soon as he stops making news.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I read a headline a few weeks ago that he fell asleep in court, and farted. Literally all he did was take a mid day nap, and fart in his sleep. Just like any person of that age does on a daily basis. The only reason it’s news, is because people click the stories, and read the articles, and drive ad revenue for the media companies.
An old man sleeping and farting in court is now news…but anything is news if you MAKE it news.
All news is, is a business to sell ad dollars. Just like any entertainment show on traditional TV. The difference is, if you watch Seinfeld, the media doesn’t stalk Jerry in real life, and try to sell “news” stories that Jerry ate at a certain resteraunt, and ordered a certain sandwich. The tabloids and papparazi may do that, but you won’t find out that Jerry Seinfeld ate a ruben sandwich at Joe’s Deli on the 11pm news. Because it’s not news…but if you try to MAKE it news, you could try to sell some controversy that Joes Deli supports neonazis, and Jerry is supposed to be Jewish. Nevermind the fact that the media behind the scenes is basically creating a false narrative by tying Joes Deli to a wholesale meats distributor that also distributes meat to the Neo Nazis. But if they spin the other way, they can make news out of anything.
And just for the record, that was a hypothetical example. Completely fictional for the sake of explaining the concept.
Most of what Trump says/does is NOT news…but if you MAKE it news, now the news can make money off of it, and will continue to shovel this crap down your throat. The media did the same thing in the 90s with Clinton. Yes, he got a blowjob. No it wasn’t his wife. That should have been like a quick news story on a slow day. Instead that went on for like 4 years. Clinton should have just said “Yeah, I got laid! You wanna get laid too? Get on up here, Janet Reno! You like doggy style? Because I don’t want to see your face…”
I assume EVERY president, basically since Washington, has gotten laid in the oval/oral office. But it’s not news. Hell, Obama was a good looking man. I assume he basically used the white house as the new playboy mansion. What woman would have turned that down? And if they DID turn him down, that’s fine. There’s a line, honey. NEXT! Unlike Trump, who I ALSO assume got laid in the white house many times…usually with the exchange of money.
When did The Onion go from being an absurdist insider joke about ACTUAL fake news, to making news gags that would be considered on the sensible side of lifes absurditys?
helenslunch@feddit.nl 3 months ago
He’s not “any person”. He is the former President, who is up for re-election. People of his age do not routinely fall asleep in court while being tried of a federal crime. His sleeping is clearly indicative of the fact that he is not concerned in the least about actually spending time in prison.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I think its more indictive of his age.
I can’t foresee a plausible set of events Biden would be in court, but if he were, I could imagine him falling asleep, and farting. Thats just called being old. It’s the reason I don’t think people 80+ should be allowed to drive.
GladiusB@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Username checks out
Crackhappy@lemmy.world 3 months ago
That might be the most appropriate username possible for this rant.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 months ago
When I saw this in my notifications, without context I thought you were replying to my comment about 18 foot tall ants in the Jurassic period building stonehedge.
Crackhappy@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Well that also would be appropriate.
Crackhappy@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Aha. Found it. This is amazing. You fucking animal. lemmy.world/comment/10848070