yeah anyone who judges a group by its redditors is simply too online. most atheists are just minding their own business and not posting on r/atheism lol
besides if the worst thing atheists do is be cringe online, that still pales in comparison to the worst things religious people have done (untold amounts of war, imperialism and genocide) plus they're also cringe - at least Christians sure are
oh yeah I meant to ask if there was a good service for streaming my local library. haven't heard of navidrome, thanks I'll look into it
yeah the free version just kept getting worse. I knew it was over when the app tried to force me to listen to Jack Harlow, instead of just letting me continue the last playlist I was listening to
besides Spotify still makes money from the ads even if I'm muting them, and I don't want to contribute another penny to that corporation
deleted Spotify and retvrned to Soundcloud
best decision of 2025 so far, I'm already hearing way more interesting and experimental music from lesser-known/independent artists
haven't paid for a Spotify subscription for about two years, but I still used the free version (with an app that mutes the ads) but it's so fucking awful - every time I open that garbage app it tries to queue up some mainstream track they're promoting and I can't even access my play queue with the free version - nor can I listen to albums or playlists in order, making it mostly useless
I started building up my local .flac library (thanks to soulseek and bandcamp fridays) but that's just on my PC and I still missed being able to easily stream full albums on my phone. then I remembered Soundcloud has a Spotify-like subscription, which everyone scoffed at when it was first announced but I'm using the free trial and it's not too bad, not any worse than Spotify anyway. plus I get exposed to relatively unknown artists who can't necessarily afford to get their
looks like Colbert
also just noticed the air force guy doing the
lolthe horizon line isn't level. rotate it and you'll see Trump is the only one standing weird
admittedly I don't know any of the details and could be wrong. but are the kinds of people who listen to Talk Tuah really buying into these crypto grifts? seems like too much effort for your average normie. I just assumed most people who bought in are already into crypto trading and just throw money at whatever seems like it might take off
essentially yeah but I think the difference is that a rugpull involves selling off immediately, rather than playing the long game. if the creators of bitcoin had rugpulled early on it wouldn't be worth so much today. the smarter move is to sell off small amounts over time to avoid mass panic and keep the line going up. but a memecoin was never going to have that kind of longevity
yeah I think this is it. she went viral and immediately became surrounded by the worst types of grifters (her podcast is on Jake Paul's network and Mark Cuban was a guest) so probably someone like that convinced her that crypto was a "legitimate" way to bank off her fame. but yeah it's a scam either way
the conspiratorial part of me thinks that a pump-and-dump was coordinated by a group totally unconnected to her, with the intention of tarnishing her name. anyone with enough capital could have done that
cold take but I'm not convinced the hawk tuah girl did a "rugpull" or whatever
that was an accusation leveled by bitter crypto dipshits, and everyone just took them at their word? maybe the price just tanked because it's a fucking memecoin and crypto is inherently unstable
not saying this to defend her - I despise anyone who would launch a cryptocurrency for any reason and I curse her and her family to ill fortune for 1000 years - but it would actually be way cooler if she did scam these losers (which is why I don't think it happened)
anyway this is the least consequential thing ever and I'm sorry for posting about it but it kind of bothers me that most people just went along with the crypto-bro narrative