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- Comment on AT&T ad congratulating itself for its ethics violated an ad-industry rule 8 hours ago:
Since the title is hard to parse. The self-regulating group that monitors ads says that you can’t use a decision by the group in marketing.
AT&T is bragging about how T-Mobile has been flagged by the group more than AT&T which you’re not allowed to do.
- Comment on Black widow life 1 day ago:
All loves have to die, of that there’s no help My favourite way to end ’em Is the orb-weaver spider’s, whose pedipalp Enters the female pudendum
Then dies on the spot, his corpse there still stuck Left for his rivals to curse it He would rather die than not get to fuck Personally, I reckon it’s worth it
- Comment on This man is suffering 3 days ago:
But it is certainly regrettable like any other career.
Ok. So we’ve confirmed that it’s a career. I think taking on the concept of whether or not porn should be stored in a permanent medium is outside the scope of this conversation. It’s currently a valid career for men and women, and (assuming it’s all produced above board), there are plenty of systems in place to protect the people involved.
Hooters operates in a grey area. They obviously drive customers to their locations with sex appeal (though I actually like their wings personally), but there’s a fuzzy line around what is and is not okay in that scenario. Their own employee agreement has this to say:
- My job duties require I wear the designated Hooters Girl uniform.
- My job duties require that I interact with and entertain the customers.
- The Hooters concept is based on female sex appeal and the work environment is one in which joking and entertaining conversations are commonplace.
Even the company won’t delineate what “joking” means. If a patron makes a “joke” that makes a server super uncomfortable what are her options? Confront the customer and lose her tip? Quit her job? That’s a lot of financial strain just to feel comfortable at your job. I don’t think Hooters as an establishment should be shut down, but I think bragging about ogling the women should be a little frowned upon.
The language in the post indicates that he’s clearly ashamed of what he’s doing. He’s misleading his wife and speaks in euphemism. So whatever he actually does there, he at least thinks other people will think it’s creepy.
I think leaving a review like this just demonstrates a lack of problem solving skills or some sexual repression which is kind of sad. There are other, better ways to get your rocks off than Hooters if that’s really all you’re there for.
- Comment on "A computer can never be held accountable. Therefore computers are a valuable tool for law enforcement and the ruling class." 3 days ago:
Oh yeah! I forgot about that!
- Comment on "A computer can never be held accountable. Therefore computers are a valuable tool for law enforcement and the ruling class." 3 days ago:
Outside of law enforcement, this is certainly how shitty customer service policies get enforced. In other words, “Computer says no”.
- Comment on snail lyfe 3 days ago:
They’re not women’s clothes. They’re my clothes. I bought them.
~Eddie Izzard
- Comment on This man is suffering 3 days ago:
A customer of hooters can’t force the server to continue to be sexualized
Ask a victim of sexual assault how they feel about that statement.
And the point is if your goal of going to hooters is to bend the rules as far as you can, just get your fix some other way.
- Comment on This man is suffering 3 days ago:
The power dynamic between the porn actress and customer is different than between restaurant server and patron. The porn is filmed in a controlled environment, and even the live streams can be quit at any time. At a restaurant, the women are operating in a live environment, and their income is dependent on the patrons’ whims. The rules are fuzzy and you don’t know if your patron is going to understand the difference between friendly flirting and sexual attraction.
I got dragged to a strip club for a friend’s birthday. They were especially gross at the time in WA because you couldn’t drink at them. We were already drunk enough though.
Anyway, got a lap dance for $20. The first 30 seconds were the stripper explaining to me what I’m allowed to do. I.e. apparently you can rub your face on her boobs, but hands stay put. I’m sure if I broke that rule, a bouncer would beat the shit out of me. To maintain the “family friendly atmosphere,” restaurants like Hooters operate more on nuance that some patrons (like the person this post is about) may not understand.
- Comment on This man is suffering 4 days ago:
I always figured that the game was being a creep because it’s the easiest way to get a woman to interact with your or at least acknowledge your existence. Porn has solutions for that too.
Or maybe they do indeed just want to make women uncomfortable. Harder to do that with porn since porn actors tend to not be great non-porn actors.
- Comment on "I used to be with it" 4 days ago:
You like tapes and CDs?
How 'bout I tape my dick to your head so you can CDs nuts!?
- Comment on This man is suffering 4 days ago:
Porn is cheap. Don’t be a creep.
- Comment on Meet Mico, Microsoft’s AI version of Clippy 4 days ago:
other capitalists
- Comment on What are some good things to purchase to add a new distraction to my life? 5 days ago:
Gameboy Advance
- Comment on the TB lion 5 days ago:
I’m told broken glass tastes like blood.
- Comment on Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it 1 week ago:
I got enough keys on my keyboard
- Comment on Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it 1 week ago:
Stop trying to make þorn happen.
- Comment on In bizarre move, Framework embraces deeply extremist views 2 weeks ago:
Huh? They make computers. What are you talking about?
- Comment on slur 2 weeks ago:
I don’t care for Gob.
- Comment on ??? Profit!!! 2 weeks ago:
a few milllion years
Yeah, your ass is getting subducted.
- Comment on Girls 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on "I’m Canceling My Subscription": Xbox Players Call to "Boycott" Game Pass "Hard" Over 50% Price Increase As Microsoft’s Website Crashes from Mass Cancellations 3 weeks ago:
But what if you can’t get it? Go try to watch the Willow TV show on Disney+. There is no longer a legal way to watch it. They removed it from the service. You can’t buy it. It’s gone. Disney has also been editing its classic movies like Lilo and Stitch and Splash to remove parts that I guess they found objectionable.
The trend that entertainment and culture are increasingly held hostage behind a paywall and subject to edits is dystopian as hell. What’s to stop Spotify or Netflix from moving all of your favorite media to Spotify Pro or Netflix Premium? What if there’s no other way to acquire that media? How much would you pay per month to experience it again? In what way is this a service that benefits the consumer?
I like my collection of movies, shows, and music, and as long as I’m careful not to lose the files, I can experience them, unchanged, for as long as I like.
it’s not like it was physical and became digital only
And that is happening. Many movies are out of print. DVDs don’t always last forever. There has never been a legal way to obtain a movie in a DRM-free digital format. Ripping backups from discs is the only way to guarantee they are preserved and available forever.
- Comment on "I’m Canceling My Subscription": Xbox Players Call to "Boycott" Game Pass "Hard" Over 50% Price Increase As Microsoft’s Website Crashes from Mass Cancellations 3 weeks ago:
I have a digital projector that we take camping. It runs androidOS and you can install apps on it. There is no wifi when camping.
Movies ripped to a thumb drive saves the day.
In 1996, I watched Back to the Future on VHS on a portable CRT TV.
Also the ability to pull a clip from any film you own to create the perfect reaction gif is super nice.
- Comment on "I’m Canceling My Subscription": Xbox Players Call to "Boycott" Game Pass "Hard" Over 50% Price Increase As Microsoft’s Website Crashes from Mass Cancellations 3 weeks ago:
We’re moving into a space where the only way to access certain types of content that was previously ownable is now through subscription.
There is absolutely no technical reason why Klaus is only available on streaming. It doesn’t require special live-servers to run. There is no staff maintaining it. There are no monthly updates. It’s just 20 gigs of data on someone else’s hard drive that you aren’t allowed to have.
- Comment on "I’m Canceling My Subscription": Xbox Players Call to "Boycott" Game Pass "Hard" Over 50% Price Increase As Microsoft’s Website Crashes from Mass Cancellations 3 weeks ago:
My wife loves bandcamp. Especially the sales where they give 100% of the revenue to the artist.
- Comment on "I’m Canceling My Subscription": Xbox Players Call to "Boycott" Game Pass "Hard" Over 50% Price Increase As Microsoft’s Website Crashes from Mass Cancellations 3 weeks ago:
Pirated enough games in my childhood. It’s the last I could do.
- Comment on "I’m Canceling My Subscription": Xbox Players Call to "Boycott" Game Pass "Hard" Over 50% Price Increase As Microsoft’s Website Crashes from Mass Cancellations 3 weeks ago:
Won’t give them the satisfaction. There are plenty of other Christmas movies (we actually have like 4 days worth).
- Comment on "I’m Canceling My Subscription": Xbox Players Call to "Boycott" Game Pass "Hard" Over 50% Price Increase As Microsoft’s Website Crashes from Mass Cancellations 3 weeks ago:
My wife is the music person, so I set it up for her. She seems to like it. I had funkwhale originally, but it doesn’t have nearly the features (though it does support multiple users’ libraries).
The plan is to generate playlists in navidrome and match the filesystems so she can just drag them to her iPod. I haven’t looked into it all too much, but one annoying thing is that some things are kept in the database that I wish were plaintext. Like, I think you can rename files and whatever in the web interface, but it doesn’t modify the original files. I guess that’s okay if you’re nervous about busting your files, but I wish you had a little more control over it.
- Comment on "I’m Canceling My Subscription": Xbox Players Call to "Boycott" Game Pass "Hard" Over 50% Price Increase As Microsoft’s Website Crashes from Mass Cancellations 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, I’d say my collection is maybe 5% 4k (over 1000 titles in total). Some discs are reeeeal finnicky. I actually thought my drive was toast at one point, but I was able to take it apart and clean the lens with some IPA to get it working again. Wasn’t looking forward to replacing it.
- Comment on "I’m Canceling My Subscription": Xbox Players Call to "Boycott" Game Pass "Hard" Over 50% Price Increase As Microsoft’s Website Crashes from Mass Cancellations 3 weeks ago:
Go ahead and try to buy a copy of Klaus on DVD.
- Comment on "I’m Canceling My Subscription": Xbox Players Call to "Boycott" Game Pass "Hard" Over 50% Price Increase As Microsoft’s Website Crashes from Mass Cancellations 3 weeks ago:
You can get bluray drives used for like $30. The real issue is the 4k drives because only certain older models let you rip those. They’re harder to replace.