DashboTreeFrog

Truth. I was genuinely angry seeing how Spotify kept trying to buy up everything podcast related. Felt like I was screaming into the void about how platform exclusive podcasts are antithetical to the free and open nature of podcasts. I hope their billions of dollars invested into podcasts continue to bite them in the butts.

Somehow I think Podcasts will survive enshittification. The basis is just RSS and file hosting, so at its core, it's possible to create and distribute podcasts without huge capital investment. There's always gonna be some people trying to get their voices out and Podcasts still seems to be the easiest way to do that so until some better method comes out, podcasts will live on.

If you're talking about Podcast networks, streaming services, ad networks, then yeah, those might face some kind of enshittification and destruction, but no matter what, I'm pretty confident some good podcasts, and some good ways to listen to them, will stick around.

The egg, but it was laid by something that was not quite a chicken.

I used to sail the seas like freakin Luffy, but Netflix and Steam (plus becoming a wage earning adult) got me on the straight and narrow for a good long while. Then when all the different services started to compete I started dipping my toes in the water again with some sense of guilt. But after various struggles getting Netflix running in different locations I frequent and my parents not being able to use my account anymore, I have no shame flying the Jolly Roger.

Finding closure of some kind I think. Keeping in mind why you broke up, why it didn't work out, why there wasn't a future in the relationship, etc.

The relationship before my current partner of over ten years was really intense, I thought she was really the one, she was what I had imagined my ideal type was for practically my whole adolescence. But a spot of long distance and her parents disapproval had us in a bit of on again off again, where during one drunk call to me, she admitted to kissing other guys (at the very least), and that was enough for me to just go, "oh, I think our expectations are too different", and I was able to put a hard end to that. Yeah, I occasionally think of her, but more in the curious way you wonder about an old acquaintance.

I had a friend with a sort of similar situation to yours, he and his girlfriend mutually broke up when we were all graduating high school because her friends convinced her that long distance wouldn't work out. It really messed both of them up, especially since they kind of stayed in contact. A lot of weird stories there, but not really mine to tell. But he talked a few times about all the "what-ifs" and it feels like that's the hardest part in letting go of a relationship.

On the other hand, if you can convince yourself that the answer to "what if?" is basically "nothing good", I think that can help. Though, easier said than done, it's kinda like brainwashing yourself by focusing on all the negatives about them. Easy for me because of the cheating, but not so easy for my friend.

Well now I can't upvote you without ruining it...

Also had no idea about the live action but how even? They already did that FFXIV dad show which was line action, I forget the name but I know people watched that

It also kind of kicked off the war on terror, and we know that had all kinds of ripple effects for the world at large

Makes me think of how every MTG headline the past few years had me wondering what Wizards of the Coast messed up this time.

Can I know the name of this headband thing you're using? Sounds like something that would help me out. Been using low profile ear buds when I nap but they're still uncomfortable.

That's exactly where I feel I'm at. I'm no tech expert but I'm the guy family calls to help with computer stuff and I know enough to realize I don't like the direction Windows is going. I've gone as far as to install Linux on a single device I use but now I just use that device less cause I can't be bothered to figure it out when I've already got other machines that I've got working just the way I like.

Feel like I've come to a wall that yeah, I could overcome and climb, but this side of the wall is still livable and I'm not even sure the other side will be much better.

The compulsion to commit to a bit battling with the likely screaming, rational part of your brain/programming makes this one of the most relatably human things I've seen an LLM do 😆😆🤣👍🤯✨

There's a saying I've heard often, think it's Chinese in origin, "Wealth lasts three generations".

A friend's explanation was the first generation makes the wealth, the second generation, seeing their parent's hard work, maintains the wealth, but the third generation, only knowing privilege, wastes it.

But I've realized above a certain financial bracket this seems to not apply.