JWBananas

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

~~While we're talking about that episode,~~ I don't think Pulaski gets enough credit ~~for pulling off that Victorian look~~ like a boss.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

That's okay. It's good to live in a world where very different people enjoy very different things. I'm glad we can all be part of a social federation and still get along despite our infinite combinations of infinite diversity.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (5 children)

Unfortunately, outside of the meme zone (i.e. [email protected]) there isn't a whole lot of engagement anymore. Once the blackout was over, the reddit communities opened back up.

I mean, look at r/DaystromInstitute versus [email protected] – it's not pretty.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Interesting. I'm across the pond.

I wonder if it's only specific podcasts?

Almost everything I listen to is from NPR or APM or PRX. There are plenty of ads, but they're burned into the podcasts just like on every other platform.

Maybe Spotify is inserting ads into the podcasts that they paid high amounts for? They spent, what, a billion dollars on exclusivity deals?

[–] [email protected] 34 points 11 months ago (6 children)

In an interview during the 90's, William Shatner told of a story of him being recognized in mid-perfomance by a sword dancer in a small Iranian village. The man stopped dead in his tracks and looked straight at him uttering with utter amazement; "Captain Kirk?!?" That should give us perspective as to how deep and far Star Trek reached people for the last 51 years.

Source: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-approximate-number-of-Star-Trek-fans-worldwide

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

What country are you in? I listen to hours of podcasts every day and have never seen Spotify insert ads into them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (6 children)

They can't really control the fact that podcast producers put ads in their podcasts, no?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

I sorry what you did there

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (5 children)

The switcheroo has sadly already begun

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