cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/35800407
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Once again, Neil Young reminds us that he has a gargantuan penis.
Neil Young and Dolly Parton
Role models we need but don’t deserve
he distributes himself.
What is up with these CAPS? Are we copying the typographic INCONTINENCE of Trump?
typographic incontinence
This term tickled my linguizzle gland.
I mean he’s literally a boomer.
I have noticed people have changed the way they type since around 2016, when trump became president. The amount of people putting “Sad.” Behind a sentence is mindblowing. He gave so many people severe brainworms.
Using caps for emphasis in places where formatting options don’t exist is a practice as old as the internet. I remember doing it in the usenet days.
No. Trump. Or maybe Russia.
I think a lot of that started ironically and then bled over to normal conversations.
I think it’s still mostly used ironically. Though, it’s hard to know anymore. I know it is among my social circles, at least.
He gave so many people severe brainworms.
Luckily not you though. That Ivermectin helped!
With a single word in caps like that, I read it as yelling the word loudly.
The way it’s used here, by a PR conscious intermediary, it comes across more like bitter sarcasm. Like he would not let them release the statement on his behalf unless they yelled Facebook’s name when calling them out. It is similar to when a child tells their sibling they aren’t allowed to do something, but they say it loudly enough so that everybody understands the parent in the next room hears it too.
Edit to clarify: It is an awesome move to call them out, especially to people who blindly just use Meta’s stuff. I read my own comment and worried it would sound like I was calling the Facebook call-out childish itself. It is not. It is a very good thing to fight for a better world, especially when you have the fame or resources that give you a louder voice.
To me, it might signal unwillingness to work with Facebook, but still willingness to work with Meta.
Honestly, good on him.
More people should do the same.
The way people turned up their nose at the Fediverse when the Muskening happened to Twitter was heartbreaking. I knew social media was an addiction but when you find out your dealer is an absolute monster how do you not go looking for a new supplier?
But they all discarded Mastodon et al as cringe and teduoust. Like, the way even trans women influencers stayed on Twitter blew my mind. When bluesky got off the ground there was finally some migration, but not enough.
It really showed me how many of the “anti-capitalist” and the “anarchism” and “mutual aid” people were all just talk. The mutual-aid volunteer-based platform exists and you stuck with the fascist because it was easy and you’re too cool for the nerd shit.
He took a principled stance when he left Spotify too, after they paid hundreds of millions for Joe Rogan’s podcast.
Edit: Disappointingly, it turns out he went back to Spotify after a couple of years.
I’m pretty sure his label put his stuff back on there, despite his wishes. I seen to remember a need article at the time describing his reaction as “disappointed”. Not all of his stuff is back on there, but I guess the stuff he didn’t have full control over is.
Personally, I don’t listen to Joe Rogan, but I do listen to Neil Young. And Spotify is the way I typically listen to anything since they killed the SD Card on most mobile phones. So it hurt me, and I assume it hurts anyone who would want to listen to both and only gets the option of Joe Rogan. So I think having access to media is better, but I’m not the artist and I get taking a moral stance.
Yo fyi I recently dropped spotify for Tidal & loving it
I tried tidal about two years ago and they had even less of what I listen to than Spotify. But maybe I should check in again and see what’s different, because nothing stays the same for long.
Yeah check again. It’s pretty comprehensive now and it has not yet been littered with AI songs. Only issue I have is sometimes songs in my Playlist will no longer be licensed with them and can’t play anymore which is frustrating but rare. Aufio quality is better than Spotify.
I think the aim is to get people to switch to a more ethical streaming service, if they want to stream music. Spotify isn’t the only option.
If you’re into self hosting (or have a friend who is), I’ve found Navidrome (music hosting) and Substeamer app to be great open source alternatives.
Substreamer appears to be free but not open source
Tempo I believe is free and open source
Money > all.
I quit 10yrs ago. I am almost 70. If this old fart can do it. So can you.
Didn’t have to look far for that heart of gold, seems he already had it.
I almost didn’t get your joke there, good one.
Also, if you’re into low/no budget films, Hooker With a Heart of Gold is a great one, but it’s like 15-20 years old and it shows.
This looks like the exact garbage I love, I’ll definitely have to watch it.
Well I hope Neil Young will remember: Zuckerberg don’t want him around, anyhow.
ted nugent decided to use facebook even more for the same reason
Oh, is Ted having trouble finding jailbait these days?
Well, it’s not like Ted Nugent is writing any new music. He probably doesn’t have anything better to do anyway.
I’m sure he is still capable of shitting his pants and not showering.
On the one hand, that’s good, but on the other hand, Meta crossed my line over eight years ago, and I’m woefully disappointed that he was using it until this point.
I guess, but you will lead a lonely life if you can’t find common struggle with people in different scenarios than our own. We can easily lose our soul with these endless purity tests — for some reason, Leftists, progressives, and liberals seem to be constantly on the lookout for the next Jesus Christ, who will just simply energize voters by consequence of, I dunno, magic or some shit.
Neil Young is still a working musician who needs to get his face and music in front of as wide and as general of an audience as possible — why wouldn’t they be where people are? That’s what makes this stand so important. Homie needs Facebook and Insta and still said no.
I think that attitude is a trap, and what got us into this mess in the first place. If more people did what Young did, these platforms wouldn’t have the power (which we give them) to unleash as much harm on the world. Your suggestion implies that we should all wait for others to move first. That’s the definition of paralysis.
And with a net worth the size of Young’s, it’s simply not true to say he “needs” to use those platforms, except in the more privileged misuse of the word. They’re luxury items for him.
Good on him. I’m going to make it a point to listen to more Neil Young.
A musician/celebrity with high moral standards and personal integrity, imagine that, huh?
Neil young is a real one.
People over platforms.
next, all mainstream social media
I prefer „corporate social media“ or „legacy social media“ as a differentiator from the Fediverse. If anything in the Fediverse ever becomes truly mainstream, that’s completely fine
I call it corpocrap
What the background on AI chatbots with kids?
