Marketing is in large part what necessitates marketing to begin with.
A few genuine signals quickly become noise as everyone tries to be heard, demanding more and louder signals to stand out.
The idiom of "doesn't grow on trees" as a metaphor for scarcity falls apart when you realize that food does grow on trees yet is still very scarce.
Extremely not-fun fact: collectively, humanity currently produces more than enough food for every person. But a huge part of it is either wasted or inaccessible by people that need them, which usually results in them not going to anyone and being wasted, which is why we still have food scarcity.
The prevalence of touchscreens has probably resulted in a decrease in average fingernail length
I feel like I used to see a lot of women with super long nails struggling to use their touchscreen phones. I’m sure at least some of them have chosen slightly shorter nails to make it easier.
The next time you are trying to get one more thing into your suitcase, remember that the entire universe once fit into a pinpoint. So, it'll fit.
There is no limit to what can fit in your suitcase if you are ok with creating a singularity.
We probably have more interesting thoughts on the toilet than in the shower.
Honking at someone when the light turns green is no longer rude because he is probably on his phone
The world you were born into no longer exists.
Ever since you were born the world is constantly changing, not just through big events but in smaller ways too.
We should stop saying "The customer is always right" because it's not true
In the grand scheme of things, the customer may have slightly more pull than the cashier ringing up their order, but it’s the CEO and the board of directors that control the narrative. That’s why we’re getting bigger and less fuel efficient vehicles, bigger and more fattening meal portions in restaurants, and bigger less...
In the future, the artists of retro-looking videos will artificially add compression artifacts instead of film grain.
You could have a natural talent for something you will never attempt
The U.S. Constitution is like a legacy piece of software written by hand and published in 1787.
The Bill of Rights was the first patch deployed in 1791 with an Overwhelmingly Positive reception....
When you first see what image-generating AIs can do, you feel bad for real artists; after playing around with it, you envy them.
If Lemmy code is written by people who love to code, Lemmy marketing can be made by people who love to market
If you ask someone "why?" enough about a subject you don't agree on, eventually both of you will come to a conclusion
Many hold strong beliefs and opinions, however not many know the roots of their belief. If a person agrees to explore it, both of you will learn something new and fascinating. The problem is finding someone who wants to think and ask the questions. This goes for both. Many want to “convince” someone, but how much do you...
I ate 6 donuts today. I wonder if this is how it feels to be a cop.
Lying on your resume is like writing fan-fiction about yourself
"Don't judge a book by its cover." is a bad idiom, because bookcovers are desinged to represent the content of the book.
Compared to fountain pens and ballpoints, "Sharpies" are actually the least sharp pen type.
Why don't planes have a switch beside the call button that you can choose between "wake me up for meal service" or "leave me alone?"
If subway calls their workers "sandwich artist", does that mean when I order something, I'm commissioning it?
We've transitioned from celebrating scientific pioneers in the 19th-20th century to venerating capitalist CEOs in the 20th century who amassed wealth through market domination and reduced wages.
Today I realized bees don't get the weekend off 😔 (lemmy.ca)
We need to fight for beequality!
"A Boy Named Sue" is the greatest song about accepting your struggles, while also refusing to pass that trauma onto your children.
The greatest song about accepting your struggles as key to making you who you are, while also refusing to pass that generational trauma on to your own children, is Johnny Cash / Shel Silverstein’s “A Boy Named Sue”...
Parents used to warn their kids that literature would rot their brains. Then it was the radio, TV, and video games. Now it's TikTok.
Socrates bemoaned those young’ns who had the audacity to read their Homer, instead of memorizing it....