xp I have seen an increase in this (sponsored Insta and Facebook posts) in the past month or so. Part of it, I suspect, is "the algorithm" and its continued repression of artists, venues, and promoters using their platforms for free advertising. ... I do feel like there is a difference in terms of "embarrassment" when I see someone post about their shows or their music vs. buying ads. Like, the latter is a bit embarrassing to me. ... To me, it gives off the vibe of "lol you have money and no friends" which, in the context of band aesthetics is the least cool thing.
― sarahell, Tuesday, 25 June 2019 18:39 (four years ago) link
patriotic british celebrities are fucking mortifying
Sorry to tweet about politics - I’m trying not to - but I look at the news in the morning and I’m sickened by what has happened to our country. It’s a great place, about to be ruined by absolute charlatans.— Brian Cox (@ProfBrianCox) June 25, 2019
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 18:40 (four years ago) link
I’ve def spammed the world with my undercooked music. No shame!
you should not be ashamed at all! Only if you pay for sponsored content
― sarahell, Tuesday, 25 June 2019 18:40 (four years ago) link
yeah it's the "sponsored" part that makes me IE here, tbc
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 16:42 (four years ago) link
Like basically thinking about the fact that this shitty band has a "social media marketing strategy" that they actively thought about and then spent money on.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 16:43 (four years ago) link
Any mystifying promoted tweet with 2 likes makes me cringe. Though I would feel worse if they were successful.
― And according to some websites, there were “sexcapades.” (James Morrison), Thursday, 27 June 2019 03:30 (four years ago) link
when a performer with a stage name becomes a serious actor but still uses their stage name, e.g. the critically acclaimed drama "the farewell" starring awkwafina
― na (NA), Monday, 15 July 2019 15:36 (four years ago) link
Just like...absolutely everything about this.
― Amply Drizzled with Pure Luxury (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 20 August 2019 11:44 (four years ago) link
my work building now has greeters
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 20 August 2019 14:19 (four years ago) link
Uuuuuugh
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 20 August 2019 14:28 (four years ago) link
I hope they're like the friendly folks at Moe's, collectively shouting out 'Welcome to (mookieproof's place of business)!!!' every time someone walks through the door. I just love that whole concept, so so much.
― Amply Drizzled with Pure Luxury (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 20 August 2019 14:45 (four years ago) link
I am embarrassed for musicians who have been unwittingly immortalized by name in somebody else's song--e.g. "Moves Like Jagger" or "Cool as Kim Deal."
"Alex Chilton" gets a pass because the song is so good, although I imagine Alex Chilton himself was probably embarrassed by it.
― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 21 August 2019 05:43 (four years ago) link
Just like...absolutely everything about this.🕸
― lefal junglist platton (wtev), Monday, 26 August 2019 20:50 (four years ago) link
any show of emotion from me at all
― FUCK YOUR POTATO (Neanderthal), Monday, 26 August 2019 20:51 (four years ago) link
when people clap at the end of a movie in the theater. not like at a premiere, just a regular viewing at the multiplex
― na (NA), Monday, 26 August 2019 21:07 (four years ago) link
a very american thing
― Seany's too Dyche to mention (jim in vancouver), Monday, 26 August 2019 21:07 (four years ago) link
(although i experienced it once in britain, opening night of snakes on a plane at the UGC in glasgow)
― Seany's too Dyche to mention (jim in vancouver), Monday, 26 August 2019 21:08 (four years ago) link
people in other countries save their claps for when a plane lands
― na (NA), Monday, 26 August 2019 21:09 (four years ago) link
i hadn't experienced the clapping for a movie in a long time but it happened at the showing of once upon a time in hollywood i went to last night. same guy was SHRIEKING with laughter anytime anything remotely humorous happened. and when brad pitt insulted bruce lee he went OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH. so maybe i'm more just embarrassed about that dude.
― na (NA), Monday, 26 August 2019 21:12 (four years ago) link
i went to see there's something about mary in l.a. when it came out and the applause was thunderous (i mean i definitely joined in, i was 13 at the time and thought it was a cinematic masterpiece)
― Seany's too Dyche to mention (jim in vancouver), Monday, 26 August 2019 21:13 (four years ago) link
conversely, I heard some redneck yell "PIECE O' SHEEEEEEEEEEEIT" at the end of No Country for Old Men
― FUCK YOUR POTATO (Neanderthal), Monday, 26 August 2019 21:18 (four years ago) link
haha
― Seany's too Dyche to mention (jim in vancouver), Monday, 26 August 2019 22:09 (four years ago) link
"...and then I woke up."
beat, beat
"PIECE O' SHEEEEEEEEEEEIT!"
I'm lmao over here
― world's #1 piece of shit (rip van wanko), Monday, 26 August 2019 22:32 (four years ago) link
He thought it was hilarious too.
― FUCK YOUR POTATO (Neanderthal), Monday, 26 August 2019 22:33 (four years ago) link
xp my experience seeing films in theaters in LA is that people treat every film as a masterpiece. I used to be a little embarrassed by it but now I really like it
― Dan S, Monday, 26 August 2019 22:49 (four years ago) link
the more i think about it i don't know if i have anything against that whole thing
― Seany's too Dyche to mention (jim in vancouver), Monday, 26 August 2019 22:51 (four years ago) link
So far the only thing to register as genuinely embarrassing is the songs named after people. I remember being lightly embarrassed for Mick Jagger after he appeared in that Kesha song but that was also possibly bc I was super stressed out and the song was painfully stuck in my head. I think maybe I don’t feel truly irrationally embarrassed unless I’m eating a Chobani.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 26 August 2019 23:17 (four years ago) link
Performative driving-your-car-out-of-the-way when there's an ambulance or police car coming and you weren't even slightly in the way in the first place.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 2 September 2019 08:13 (four years ago) link
Isn’t that a law, though?
― just1n3, Tuesday, 3 September 2019 01:08 (four years ago) link
See. that's why when I hear sirens, I flick on the hazards, speed up to about 60 and lean on the horn, screaming out the window EVERYONE OUT OF THE WAY, AMBULANCE COMING THROUGH.
And if it turns out there really was no ambulance, well, I'm too far down the road to really feel embarrassed about anything.
― pplains, Tuesday, 3 September 2019 01:52 (four years ago) link
I can't for the life of me see why this would embarrass you, so it clearly is the kind of highly irrational response this thread solicits. I can't even figure out if its you or another driver who is pulling over, so even your description has a whiff of irrationality to it.
I think this post may set a new standard for the rest of us to aim at.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 3 September 2019 03:20 (four years ago) link
When i am sitting on the toilet and the dog follows me in and looks at me
― FUCK YOUR POTATO (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 3 September 2019 03:48 (four years ago) link
One of my cats is obsessed with going into the bathroom with me. I don't exactly find it embarrassing, but it certainly is weird.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 3 September 2019 03:59 (four years ago) link
If you live in a city, your dog will never crap unobserved by you, so when they find you enthroned on the can it is merely fair-play turnabout.
― coup de twat (suzy), Tuesday, 3 September 2019 05:32 (four years ago) link
Just to be clear, moving out of the way of ambulances is fine and good, obviously. Driving your car across the cycle lane and onto the verge when there is already loads of room for it to get through, as if this is some sort of competition as to who can get most out of the way, this is embarrassing.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 3 September 2019 06:17 (four years ago) link
I doubt they’re thinking about how they look to other drivers
― brimstead, Wednesday, 4 September 2019 19:55 (four years ago) link
deep state, deepfakes, deep web. I feel like an edgelord referencing these things
― fremmes with neppavenettes (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 4 September 2019 20:03 (four years ago) link
a local theater is running the original Matrix, and I'm remembering just how into this movie a certain time of person was in the early 2000s
― fremmes with neppavenettes (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 4 September 2019 20:04 (four years ago) link
*type
When I was sitting down on the toilet, our old cat used to wander in and curl up in my lowered underpants, which was unhelpful.
― And according to some websites, there were “sexcapades.” (James Morrison), Thursday, 5 September 2019 01:47 (four years ago) link
loool
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 5 September 2019 01:57 (four years ago) link
It was probably so warm and snuggly for your cat though
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 5 September 2019 01:58 (four years ago) link
my best beloved and dearly departed lyle
https://i.imgur.com/aD2nNDO.jpg
― mookieproof, Thursday, 5 September 2019 02:05 (four years ago) link
sorry for your loss, but lol
― Dan S, Thursday, 5 September 2019 02:07 (four years ago) link
Have had the orange cat, have had the blue and white tiles, even have had a few pairs of the Hanes.
― pplains, Thursday, 5 September 2019 02:21 (four years ago) link
lyle looks cozy as hell down there
― I am also Harl (Karl Malone), Thursday, 5 September 2019 02:22 (four years ago) link
Somebody's asking for a teabagging...
― Hideous Lump, Thursday, 5 September 2019 02:28 (four years ago) link
will never unsee
― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 5 September 2019 03:24 (four years ago) link
<3 Lyle (and also sorry for your loss), but those must have been some itchy boxers with all the cat hair.
There's a new café near my work; it seemed nice and I know it's hard to get business in the spot they're in so I said I'd bring some flyers into work. The flyers say "Formally <previous name of business or business in same location>" rather than "formerly" and I feel weirdly like if I'd seen that before I talked to the café lady I'd never have volunteered to bring them round.
Which is weird because it doesn't really matter, and it's not like I have anything to do with the café or its advertising.
(For max irony value I am not 100% sure whether "flyer" or "flier" is correct, so it will also be embarrassing if that's wrong! I did check the OED, which prefers "flyer", but also talks like it's some obscure American word that nobody ever said outside US crime novels of the 1960s, so, eh.)
― a passing spacecadet, Wednesday, 11 September 2019 11:19 (four years ago) link
my orange cat does that same thing fairly frequently. he also usually accompanies me into the bathroom in the morning and sits on the bathmat while i shower
― Seany's too Dyche to mention (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 18:34 (four years ago) link