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Don't be a loser

Whatever your views on him as an actor or his political affiliation, you should watch the original speech in its entirety, rather than keep this soundbite in and of itself and hijack its meaning. It's also worth noting this was recorded in early 2023, so a lot of things have changed since then.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsETTn7DehI

I think it's a powerful message and well delivered. Something the hardline MAGA crowd definitely needed to heed. And all around the world, as more of these populist movements rise or have risen.

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What piece of media thoroughly disappointed you?

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Man, Phantom Menace being the worst Star Wars movie when it came out is like George W. Bush being the dumbest US president: those were simpler times, somehow.

I'll say the prequels aged better than I'd remembered them, though. And they get a lot better with the existing fanedits, especially HAL9000's take on Episode I, which trims a lot of the dumb humour, dials down the Jar Jar antics significantly and tightens the plot a nice bit, to make it more of a classic Star Wars adventure.

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Audiophiles

Audiophiles get a lot of shit outside their little online dens and it's always the same cable memes everywhere (that's not even the gear most people sell their kidneys for, afaik), but if you're one and you have a shred of self-awareness, this kinda makes ya laugh out loud.

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Monnett, a European Instagram alternative, will introduce memberships.

Yup, that's how you turn your app completely irrelevant against a gargantuan adversary already well established and with much more freedom of use for free (with the exception of that sweet sweet data of yours). Why would anyone switch from a well-established network to a ghost town with severely limited features in their free-tier? Imo, our best bet for an IG alternative is still PixelFed.