I think it’s because Apple has a “fandom”, whereas when’s the last time you heard someone being a weird fan of Microsoft outside of Xbox? It just doesn’t really exist. The people with Apple devices are often “fans” of Apple, not simply people who bought a product. I think it’s that simple.

America is an incredibly evil country that has done considerable harm to the world in its brief existence.

because they gave me a license anyways

I think the people who already really like Apple would be okay with it and find a million reasons to justify it. I don’t think that’s a good thing.

The new album rules. My favorite of the year so far.

LOUD BARK DEEP BITE

Create and contribute to open source projects.

Write music.

Make little video games.

Write short stories.

Learn a new language.

Basically, a lot of stuff I already do as a hobby, but I would have more time/energy to devote

Probably Contact. I cried at the line:

Andre 3000 making a flute album was unexpected and I wasn’t even in a coma for 20 years. It’s good

that’s right

I agree with you. People are gleeful and smug about the firing. I’m proud of the people who stood up against a contract that will only bring death and destruction to the world and I am ashamed of those that smugly revel in their firing.

I don’t know about favorite of all time, but I recently watched “The Wind That Shakes the Barley” and it was incredible. An instant classic in my mind and I’d somehow never heard of it. It’s about Ireland in the 1920s and stars Cillian Murphy and Liam Cunningham (most people will know him as Davos from Game of Thrones). Beautifully shot and acted.

A few years off from your criteria, but Ursula K. Le Guin released A Wizard of Earthsea in 1968. However, she had been pretty prominent in science fiction for the decade.

Important enough to inspire Pratchett and Miyazaki (of Studio Ghibli).

She’s a hugely influential writer.

Sorry, I hadn’t heard of your instance or seen any of your posts so I don’t think I can answer.

How often my patience is tested by corporate platitudes and meaningless work.

• Generation Loss - its a podcast about movies that doesn’t take itself too seriously
• The Jeff Gerstmann Show - games
• Blowback - American imperialism is horrifying

Pointless? Yeah, it’s a luxury.

Inconvenient? I’m not sure I understand that part. You just queue something up as you’re getting ready to shower.

Showering long enough to benefit from it? I mean, yeah? For the 10 or so minutes I’m in the shower, I hear some music and that’s nice.

I think you might be getting some really bad bluetooth speakers if they sound so bad and are so hard to operate that you find the process frustrating.

Flux = Red by Pavement

They’re both good instances. People have been heavily propagandized to hate communists. You could make the kindest most welcoming space on the internet and if you put the label “communist” on it, it will be hated.

I remember this being really fun.

I haven’t watched it, but I think the 2007 movie is just a re-airing of the miniseries (which was two parts) as a single part. At least that’s what it seems like looking around the internet.

I’m definitely watching it this holiday. I love Pratchett.