Rocketpoweredgorilla
@Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca
Reddit Refugee that moved to lemmy.world
- Comment on Did it really used to be common for guys to go to a bar every night like in Cheers or The Simpsons? 2 days ago:
Sorry If I didn’t explain that right… the guy was drinking non-stop every single day, to the point you could physically see his liver was shutting down because of his yellowish color. So the bar didn’t have much choice and had to cut him off. He was an awesome old guy so no-one wanted to boot him, but if he drinks himself to death the bar would be potentially liable for still serving him.
- Comment on Did it really used to be common for guys to go to a bar every night like in Cheers or The Simpsons? 4 days ago:
Yes, my dad was one of them. I haven’t gone to a bar for years but it used to be most smaller bars had at least a few regulars that basically lived there. I remember one old vet that used to show up every day as soon as the bar would open for his daily fix… It got to the point the bar refused to serve him, so he would try and get unsuspecting customers to buy them for him. (This was in the 70’s and 80’s, there were (or at least seemed to be) a lot more alcoholics back then.
- Comment on AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright 1 week ago:
Accidentally spill water in your bed and the next thing you know you’re getting adult diaper ads on every device you own for the rest of your life.
- Comment on My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined 4 weeks ago:
When you’re around a bunch of kids sometimes you get to experience both at the same time.
- Comment on Can you think of any now? 5 weeks ago:
Ah sorry, I totally misread that lol!
I think a lot of those are highly dependent on where a person went to school and who their teacher was, because some of them are pretty far out there.
- Comment on Can you think of any now? 5 weeks ago:
Where did you go to school? I’ve never heard of either of those before.
- Comment on Marketing Doesn't Work on Nerds 5 weeks ago:
Ya I get what you mean, it doesn’t always work out for everyone without getting the word out traditionally, but it does happen.
Personally I think advertising only goes so far before a company just starts looking desperate by saturating the landscape with ads.
- Comment on Marketing Doesn't Work on Nerds 5 weeks ago:
While some now invest in some level of traditional advertising, it’s not what made them big. As you said with Tesla, they only started advertising when people started realizing they were crap, and even then compared to other vehicle manufacturers they spend little. Go Pro uses influencers and content marketing by their customers, the Dollar Shave Club made it to fame through viral videos.
- Comment on Marketing Doesn't Work on Nerds 5 weeks ago:
I don’t know about that. Tiktok, Lamborghini, Tesla, Krispy Kreme, The Dollar Shave Club, Tupperware, Rolls Royce, Costco, Trader Joe’s, Go Pro etc all do little to no traditional advertising and do just fine.
Not that there’s anything wrong with some advertising to get the word out, but when you’re getting spammed with ads from every angle, that company starts feeling a little scummy to me.
- Comment on Marketing Doesn't Work on Nerds 5 weeks ago:
The way I’ve always looked at it, a good product/service can typically stand on it’s reputation. If a company needs to spend millions on advertising to move their stuff, they’re probably not all that good or are overpriced. Someone is paying for all that advertising and it always ends up being the consumer.
- Comment on Aged like milk 1 month ago:
I saved it, not sure where to post without it getting taken down tho…
- Comment on Aged like milk 1 month ago:
Saw the video and ya… he won’t be walking that one off. Medical science has come a long way but that’s testing the limits.
- Comment on Imgur's Community Is In Full Revolt Against Its Owner 1 month ago:
I edited my other comment to include a site more like imgur, cdn.imgpile.com
- Comment on Imgur's Community Is In Full Revolt Against Its Owner 1 month ago:
It’s more similar to old reddit than how imgur is set up, but it’s more community driven, and everyone is very friendly and quite helpful in my experience so far. I can’t say much beyond that as I’m still learning more about it myself.
- Comment on Imgur's Community Is In Full Revolt Against Its Owner 1 month ago:
I know a bunch have gone over to discuit.org
- Comment on US | Trump moves to ban flag burning despite Supreme Court ruling that Constitution allows it 2 months ago:
Lock the door and set up a perimeter first so the cockroaches don’t get out.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Even then wildlife, poor road conditions, or mechanical issues can happen. Having a front tire blow out because of a pothole on a curve isn’t fun.
- Comment on Age Verification Is Coming for the Whole Internet 2 months ago:
And they will know what you look like. And with some data extrapolation where you are, where you go, your searches, what you’re into, your payment methods, where you live, your schedule, who you interact with, and the list goes on.
This is one more data point for big brother to collect and share with the highest bidder, or to get leaked to people who do not have your best interests in mind.
- Comment on Are you so young that you have never been in a car with one of these? 2 months ago:
Yup, had two of them. A 74 with the 455 and an 83 with the 307. Oddly, they both got about the same mileage, but the 455 was way more fun.
- Comment on Right-Wingers Cope With ‘South Park’s Scorching Trump Parody By Pretending No One Watches the Show 2 months ago:
I downloaded it a couple hours ago. Normally I hardly ever watch any shows.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
Sadly I did. Bought the first 5 far cry games and some expansions because I wanted to show my support. Far Cry 6 didn’t work on my old assed PC because of the DRM so I pirated it instead (TY Empress and Fitgirl) and it worked like a charm.
- Comment on Almost Cain'd my brothers several times by age 12, and yet still wondered why my mom was depressed 3 months ago:
And when Cain buggered off and got married, who did he marry? (insert banjo music here)
- Comment on Behold, a better mousetrap! 3 months ago:
The last meal you’ll ever need. Big Grocery doesn’t want you to know this one simple trick!
- Comment on Trump says US will resume weapon shipments to Ukraine days after pause 3 months ago:
Says… I guess we will see what really happens.
- Comment on Which Lemmy instances use Photon? 4 months ago:
- Comment on Thousands to evacuate as Canada's Manitoba province declares wildfire emergency 4 months ago:
We’ve (Manitoba) had 102 wildfires already this year. Shits been crazy lately.
- Comment on The 5 stages of Charles Manson 5 months ago:
It appears she chooses quantity over quality.
- Comment on Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry 5 months ago:
OK, but are there any downsides? I see nothing wrong with that.
- Comment on It turns out that it's not that my memory is bad, quite the contrary. It's just that I can't distinguish between memories and daydreams. 5 months ago:
Along the same lines, A lot of times I’ll think of saying/doing something but then end up second guessing myself so much that I have to look it up just to confirm I’m not wrong. Then I feel even more stupid for not believing myself the first time.
- Comment on Merz says Kyiv's key allies no longer limit range of weapons 5 months ago:
That’s really good news. Can you imagine having to fight someone who’s breaking into your house to kill your family with one arm tied behind your back? That’s basically what Ukraine had to do for the last THREE FUCKING YEARS!!! And they still stood their ground!
We should all strive to be as brave and strong as those men and women protecting their loved ones from that cancerous bullshit putin is spreading across the globe.