Ok. Is that Steve Buschemi?

Honestly, I expected rapid enshittification when Scopely bought Pokemon Go, but it’s been better than when Niantic owned it

The James Cameron Avatar movies.

Ugh, don’t refer to someone from Monroe a Cajun. They’re basically from Arkansas.

When I had an abdominal surgery, I watched the full extended cut versions of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy

As someone from Louisiana, anything that keeps Landry from doing anything else in Louisiana is a win for the state. Sorry, Greenland

They’re publicly traded but still have a high stock ownership by private equity. Arby’s is directly owned by private equity.

I still go back to Reddit for answers because even when you have to search through often contradictory comments, it’s better than Google’s AI slop and sponsored results.

And is Lemmy searchable yet? That’s a huge factor. People can search for old Reddit posts, but it’s nigh impossible to find something specific on Lemmy unless you know what community it’s in.

Where do you get a gift card for donating blood?

I spoke to some crafters this morning after your comment and they strongly disagreed. They said that crafters that use fabric like cosplayers, quilters, sewers, and knitters use in-person retail for crafting supplies because ordering online is a gamble on quality and feel and online retailers don’t do returns because fabric is cut to order.

Their “business model” seemed so shitty because it was after they were obtained by private equity who loaded up the business with debt and stripped them down to bare bones to look better on paper and do an IPO (2021).

This is textbook private equity vulture capitalism. They even gave the CEO a half million dollar bonus the day before they filed for bankruptcy 😂

Memes

Another bankruptcy driven by private equity.

People are fish and shrimp is bugs

Louisiana is raising sales taxes as a result, so this effectively is just more switching the tax burden to lower income people.

Usher II by Ray Bradbury!

V. E. Schwab - the Invisible Life of Adie LaRue would be amazing. Classic cursed immortal living through the ages, but without vampires!

Sometimes you have to start building before people will come

Back in 2007, I had just finished college and was traveling cross country to start a new job. I had to stop and get emergency surgery on the way there and ended up in the hospital for a few days. I ended up paying around $70,000 over the next few years and the hospital finally forgave the rest of the bill.