The visionary at work

DON DRAPER (pitching to Budweiser in 1986): Men are simple. Men like beer. But why do they want beer? It's a yearning. A yearning for something more. To be wanted. To be cared for. Mr. Budweiser, here's your next campaign:

Confused as to why this whole shindig isn't sponsored by Mastodon, the band... there should be some sort of a deal there

I said it a long timeago and each day that passes it becomes more true.

Streaming services will destroy cable then become so fractured between networks (cbs all access. Amazon prime, bbc, ect ect ect) that eventually a service will come along and sell you streaming service *packages*.

Cable will return

Jack the Ripper and Winnie the Pooh have the same middle name. Is this a coincidence? I think not

Thinking about how intimidating Mastodon can seem because you have to scroll through a huge list of instances and pick one and try your luck, rather than just going to "the bird website" or "the facebook" and signing up.

But then, like - that's how it always used to be? That's what forums were like, you found one randomly, you took your chances, and it worked out or it didn't.

How quickly big tech conditioned us to fear choice and mistrust the unknown, I guess. Anyway uhhh piss piss ass piss ass