Both are true
― flappy bird, Monday, 18 June 2018 23:24 (five years ago) link
i find saying something mildly flippant or shitty about a person who was objectively monstrous who has just died a lot less unpalatable than people RIPing him but ymmv
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Monday, June 18, 2018 6:51 PM (twenty-seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
x2. Obviously this is a tragedy--a talented (or so I am told) person cut down so young and so senselessly will always be that--but the tone of this thread basically going from "fuck this scumbag forever" to "let's commission a mural" just because someone did what a lot of people he's hurt probably (and justifiably) wanted to do and murdered the guy is eh a little weird
― Paul Ponzi, Monday, 18 June 2018 23:25 (five years ago) link
Lol who is commissioning a mural itt
― flappy bird, Monday, 18 June 2018 23:26 (five years ago) link
i did. i commissioned one.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 18 June 2018 23:29 (five years ago) link
We'll all have to look at him now.
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Monday, 18 June 2018 23:31 (five years ago) link
http://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/the-real-story-of-rapper-xxxtentacion-10410980
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 18 June 2018 23:33 (five years ago) link
Obviously I was exaggerating but if you don't think some enterprising ghoul is designing a memorial t-shirt RIGHT THIS SECOND you are a far less cynical a person than me
and yeah actually I would not be surprised at all to see a mural. Dunno if you've noticed, but it's candle in the fucking wind on Twitter about this guy right now
― Paul Ponzi, Monday, 18 June 2018 23:33 (five years ago) link
RIP XXX98.3K Tweets
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Monday, 18 June 2018 23:35 (five years ago) link
can't wait to see the reactions when "sad!" hits number 1 in two weeks
― J0rdan S., Monday, 18 June 2018 23:38 (five years ago) link
So that's how it's pronounced https://t.co/ip9DfBCDkf— Mike F (@mikefossey) June 18, 2018
― flopson, Monday, 18 June 2018 23:43 (five years ago) link
Ppl
Obviously I was exaggerating but if you don't think some enterprising ghoul is designing a memorial t-shirt RIGHT THIS SECOND you are a far less cynical a person than meand yeah actually I would not be surprised at all to see a mural. Dunno if you've noticed, but it's candle in the fucking wind on Twitter about this guy right now
― flappy bird, Monday, 18 June 2018 23:50 (five years ago) link
Twitter is a fucking nightmare now
― flappy bird, Monday, 18 June 2018 23:51 (five years ago) link
"now"
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Monday, 18 June 2018 23:51 (five years ago) link
Lol @ pretending there were people here painting a mural
What U really mean is the most woke pov is dancing on his grave
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 00:45 (five years ago) link
Simon H otm
Time to walk away from the keyboard, sucks in here
― sunburst N snowblind (Ross), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 01:16 (five years ago) link
It’s not like I’m parading his death, it’s that I refuse to feel sympathetic towards a guy who brutally beat his pregnant gf to the point of almost killing her. I’m not happy he got murdered but honestly, I just shrugged when I read it. Maybe I’m an asshole too and my previous opiniom of him wont suddenly change just because he got murdered. Oh well, you can shrug for me too.
I don’t have my opinion about this and maybe it’s better to not say anything but this board doesn’t allow edits or deletion of posts so it’s too late.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 01:54 (five years ago) link
But ok I’m probably off to happier threads before I continue to offend more people in here.
Thoughts and prayers.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 01:56 (five years ago) link
https://twitter.com/i/events/1008852757883674625
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 03:34 (five years ago) link
this is nuts though
.@Spotify Pretty gross 180 you've done on this guy. Transparent and spineless through and through. At least the message is clear to your users than any social stance you take is tied directly to how much it'll increase plays. pic.twitter.com/9WcGWxwWft— Bobby Ditta (@bobbyditta) June 19, 2018
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 04:15 (five years ago) link
Hey I’m back! Yeah that Spotify thing is spineless af, if they’re going to play politics they need to stand for something and not change their mind for money. Or just be a business and stop taking social stances that don’t really mean shit to you for good PR.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 04:34 (five years ago) link
At least they were smart enough not to link to the playlist on twitter, they would have eaten them alive for it.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 04:36 (five years ago) link
Seriously how much are they going to make from putting his music back up? Peanuts right, in the grand scheme of things? Just take the L
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 04:44 (five years ago) link
His music was never removed from Spotify, right? That policy only affected his inclusion on playlists like Rap Caviar.
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 04:47 (five years ago) link
ah gotcha
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 04:53 (five years ago) link
R Kelly is the only person whose music they've pulled or is the same situation?
Same situation, but XXXtencion was the one whose plays were hurt the most by it, whereas R Kelly actually had an increase.
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 04:57 (five years ago) link
Wtf
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 05:03 (five years ago) link
man thumper would not survive 2018
― sunburst N snowblind (Ross), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 05:21 (five years ago) link
i know certain articles made it sound like his streaming numbers were consistently falling following the implementation of that policy -- i saw some saying -17% in daily streams for "sad!" -- but examined over a longer-term period (i.e. several days) the reported fluctuations were well within the normal range of daily fluctuations that pretty much all songs on the service experience whether they're prominently playlisted or not. as far as i was able to tell all of his songs were pretty stable in positional ranking for the entire period that he was blacklisted from spotify's playlists.
the playlists spotify creates/promotes in reaction to (tragic) news stories are frequently cringe-inducing, i'm amazed they haven't decided to stop already
― dyl, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 05:35 (five years ago) link
There's no limit pic.twitter.com/YxhhX6tuKi— Crowsa Luxemburg (@quendergeer) June 19, 2018
― calzino, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 08:06 (five years ago) link
His life was nasty, brutish and short, and there's always something heartbreaking about that. Even if it may be preferable to nasty, brutish and long, I don't know.
― Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 08:13 (five years ago) link
🐦[So that’s how it’s pronounced https://t.co/ip9DfBCDkf🕸— Mike F (@mikefossey) June 18, 2018🕸]🐦
― U. K. Le Garage (wins), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 08:34 (five years ago) link
I agree, it is a tragedy that wins has not get proper credit for this joke.
― We can be herpes (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 09:16 (five years ago) link
That's what you get for falling over in a forest..
― Mark G, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 11:22 (five years ago) link
Every time I saw his name I would get Heaven 17 stuck in my head.
― how's life, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 11:28 (five years ago) link
The local reporters this morning read his moniker indistinctly Spanish accents.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 11:41 (five years ago) link
― ✖✖✖ (Moka)
i thought it was motivated by kendrick threatening to pull his music from spotify if they followed through with it?
― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 11:43 (five years ago) link
Yes, it was exactly that.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 11:47 (five years ago) link
http://www.byroncrawford.com/2018/06/pregnant-runaways-breathe-collective-sigh-of-relief.html
― JB, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 14:14 (five years ago) link
Hey guys whats up
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 14:28 (five years ago) link
There’s no need for hot takes all the time, simon still otm - you could just say nothing. Basically I don’t care
― ya done (Ross), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 14:34 (five years ago) link
Wow I do not need to know Byron Crawford’s take on this or anything.
― JoeStork, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 15:33 (five years ago) link
bol is scum too
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 19 June 2018 16:00 (five years ago) link
"scum"? Does that mean if he died it would be expected to shit on him too
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 17:29 (five years ago) link
did I say that?
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 19 June 2018 17:31 (five years ago) link
im not sure where youre drawing the line between dehumanizing people enough that its ok to celebrate when they die or not
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 17:37 (five years ago) link
His life was nasty, brutish and short
Seems he was too.
― We can be herpes (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 17:47 (five years ago) link
I really really don't understand why you're so intent on carrying water for this guy, like surely you understand why people have a less than charitable response to his death
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 18:04 (five years ago) link
Damon Young isn't pulling punches.
https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/stop-pretending-you-actually-gave-a-shit-about-xxxtenta-1826952372
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 18:19 (five years ago) link
Interesting how "performative mourning" is used in that piece and "performative glee" was used earlier in this thread, almost like the word "performative" is meaningless and people should stop using that fucking word to bolster their own reaction's Authenticity
otherwise that piece is otm
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 18:29 (five years ago) link