[-] RaymondLuxuryYacht@lemmy.world 2 points 35 minutes ago

Look, ads are how they pay the bills. We wouldn't have ads if they'd set their prices in a way that allowed them to make a profit, which is how businesses function. They are businesses, after all, not charities.

They underpriced their services, and lost money for as long as they could, hoping they'd somehow "win" the Steaming Wars. I absolutely detest having commercials on something I already pay for, but it's how it's going to be because they lost money for so long.

So a commercial is one thing, but a commercial that quizzes me to see if I paid attention is a completely different entity altogether. That's the part of the whole equation that would be too much.

[-] RaymondLuxuryYacht@lemmy.world 1 points 45 minutes ago

I'm, that's how over the air broadcasting is funded. You watch commercials. It's been this way since television started.

[-] RaymondLuxuryYacht@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

Can you continue to watch your show without answering? Or are you forced to watch the commercial and answenthe question to continue?

I mean, it's fine if they're doing research on the commercials themselves, and the answers show how much or little people actually pay attention. But if you can't continue your show without the right answer, that's a problem.

[-] RaymondLuxuryYacht@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

I've always enjoyed it for what it was; A campy, goofy movie based on a video game. It never took itself too seriously, and it just kind of accepted itself. Just watched Borderlands, for example, and it was horrible and flat. The characters were there, but they weren't the characters, just 2D imaginings of them. Anyway, looking up reviews, I found a great one that compared it to the '93 SMB. They said that we needed another SMB, and we didn't get it, Borderlands wasn't "interestingly stupid". That's a great term. Interestingly Stupid is definitely what SMB was, simultaneously a blast, while also being the dumbest thing you ever saw, and you can never quite put your finger on the reason it(kinda) worked.

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So, I'm joining to say Hi. Just got permabanned from Reddit, and my appeal denied.

They're really big on punishing the victim there. You make a post, someone attacks you in one way or another, and if you respond YOU get the penalty.

My case was that I posted pictures on an LED lighting sub, asking advice on under-cabinet lighting. Well, some people, instead of answering the question started shit with me about the clutter on my countertops. I called one user out on that, pointing out that that was NOT what I was asking about, and he apologized. Cool...

Some other busybody wanders in to the conversation to tell him that he had no need to apologize. I called THAT guy out, pointing out that his "input" wasn't asked for, nor wanted. I don't even think I called him names, but I DID tell him to basically mind his own fucking business.

I get banned, for "threatening or glorifying violence". I've been through the conversation a dozen times at least, trying to find the whole "violence glorifying" part, can't find anything at all, and my single appeal that I was allowed got denied.

I just want a site where I can browse communities like Reddit (I used it a lot for tips on home maintenance, LED projects, lockpicking as a hobby, etc.), but where there is an ACTUAL appeal process and not a lot of HOA Presidents in training with the keys to the castle.

I hope I found the right place. It seems cool so far. :-)

RaymondLuxuryYacht

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