[-] mPony@kbin.social 16 points 5 months ago

they seemed to be leaking in from one particular instance I was subbed to. I unsubbed from that instance before coffee this morning and now I can't even remember which one it was, so I'm seeing fewer of them, at least.

[-] mPony@kbin.social 15 points 5 months ago

what's this? an anti-corporate message that sneers at cable TV companies??? CANCEL THAT SHOW!!!

that show was so amazingly prescient: the theme of the first episode was how advertising literally kills its viewers and the news covers things up. No wonder they didn't get renewed. ;)

[-] mPony@kbin.social 17 points 5 months ago

I wish I'd read this article before Social Media destroyed my soul. Oh well.

and hey, seeing as the soulless need music now more than ever: go listen to my band's second album! https://songwhip.com/thethreeleonards Even if your soul has also been lost to Social Media I'm sure there will be something you enjoy.

See? Only a soulless artist would plug their art this shamelessly. :)

[-] mPony@kbin.social 14 points 6 months ago

about as inspiring as Canadians that WANT to be ruled by American laws.

[-] mPony@kbin.social 22 points 8 months ago

"That'll be one billion quid, please."

[-] mPony@kbin.social 25 points 8 months ago

Bingo! If accountability hurts the bottom line, then The Big Money will argue against accountability in any form.

Big Money got a mighty voice.
Big Money make no sound.

[-] mPony@kbin.social 31 points 8 months ago

I'd love to go a goddamn day without hearing about this man. The media's bizarre fascination with him is entirely unhealthy.

[-] mPony@kbin.social 18 points 9 months ago

In Canada in the 1980's there was a short TV commercial about media literacy portrayed as a nature documentary, about the endangered Canadian House Hippo. After 15 seconds the commercial pauses and a voice asks if you actually believed what you were seeing, encouraging viewers to think critically about what they saw on TV.

These days the closest thing to that is snopes.com , and people have to actively seek that out. Without the House Hippo it is us who are endangered.

[-] mPony@kbin.social 21 points 9 months ago

yeah they should at least mention how allowing America to easily get Online caused a dramatic downturn in the quality of online discussion at the time.

[-] mPony@kbin.social 20 points 10 months ago

Between this and the CMU soda machine, The Internet used to be so geeky
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/early-internet-of-things-the-world-s-first-iot-device

[-] mPony@kbin.social 30 points 10 months ago

every time they say it's to "protect the children" or "protect freedom" it is invariably neither.

[-] mPony@kbin.social 19 points 11 months ago

When asked which flavour of potato chips they enjoyed, they replied that they enjoyed damaging peoples' lives the most. When informed that wasn't actually a flavour of potato chip, they screamed and started punching the camera.
Now here's Dave with the sports.

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