My childhood right here

Damn man. I live in the Chicago area and I’ve never needed a fork for deep dish. Just pick it up like a normal slice and eat.

What pizza-like dish are you eating that requires a fork?

What you’re describing is exactly how most ads work. It’s to inundate you with a brand so you want to search it up and likely purchase it. You never bought directly from an ad, but an ad sure as fuck worked on you.

I’m a former digital marketer. Many ads are meant for brand reach. They’re basically there to ear (mind?) worm you so you’re thinking about the brand. Digital ads can be cheap in niche markets when bidding isn’t forcing up prices due to competition for market share.

That mite be a great argument for them!

Did you just watch “Plaything” on Black Mirror?

I have definitely run into men’s sizes that are the same size, brand, and style but fit different. Sometimes the cuts are off. And different brands cut differently, so while there may be more consistency than women’s sizes it definitely has a lot of inconsistencies as well.

That’s my anecdotal experience though.

Oh! I lent you some money ten years ago. I hope you’re doing better!

I would like to learn more about this. Wiki says:

In the 5th century AD, Chinese mathematicians approximated π to seven digits, while Indian mathematicians made a five-digit approximation, both using techniques.

So it looks like they were all approximations, but it actually is much longer like I was always taught.

I love Statler and Waldorf!

Probably with their pie cutter.

Pick me up

They are really good at convincing their companies that if they stop marketing, everything will collapse.

I hate that I’m going to defend marketing here, but if they do stop marketing then things will collapse (for many businesses). Do I like marketing, personally? No. That’s why I got out of marketing and am becoming an elementary school teacher to help others rather than spit propaganda but I digress…

Marketing isn’t always about generating a sale. Many times its reach and brand recall. We’re a global and digital economy now, so reach is massively important for survival. Stopping marketing limits who is exposed to your brand and the repetition makes your company synonymous with a product.

Why do we call tissues Kleenex? Why do we call cotton swabs a Qtip? Why do we call small sticky notepads Post-Its? Why do we call searching “Googling”? Why do we gravitate toward those brands even when cheaper and more generic options exist that are perfectly on par?

Making those brands the prime thing you think of when you use a specific thing so that no one thinks of using something else even when they have money. You want people to mention your product or think about it even if they aren’t buying it.

You’re drowning out the potential of your competition. That’s marketing, and if you stop then your competitor takes over or a small business won’t grow.

Yeah, but the wampa never acted again, so I think justice was done. Their career is over.

And the two shows are connected in the same universe!

Yeah, seeing later seasons of B5 and going back to S1 would be jarring! The acting and set up would be weird after seeing all that comes after it and how they up the ante each season.

Weird. I’ve had Voyager since being on Lemmy and I think it always showed the total as default. I didn’t even know one could separate them. 🤣

I feel like it works exactly as it does if they were separated. More positive number is a positive reaction/comment and more negative gets others piling on.

Been singing that for years. My wife can’t unhear it.

In Jingle Bell Rock, I always hear “giddy up, jingle whores, pick up your feet!”

[We’re the redneck kings of funk!](https://youtu.be/sHF7lD2fnho)

I always heard, “We’re the renegades who fuck! Fuck!”

Corsets were awful: only when you tight laced, and the majority of women didn’t. Corsets and stays were designed to support the boobs and smooth out clothing. That’s it.

So they are just a semi prototype Spanx?