And even if it is, will a company with 39 billion in net income last year even care?

You finally get it.

There is no Act III.

Mankind is doomed.

It has been a very long wait. The few singles they’ve released are bangers, though. I’m holding out hope.

I was at the Pax East show the year they debuted Hold Back the Night and holy cow, the hype in that room was off the charts. The Gambler has a great voice and you can really see the passion on her face when she sings.

Really hope they do that for Act 3. Also I hope they sell DVDs. Not that I don’t enjoy the Queen covers, but I go to those shows to get hyped up pumping my fist in the air and chanting ‘We Are The Dead!’.

Also disclaimer, I do think if you’re American the vibe there is very different,

I’m American, so that might be part of it. Maybe I should move to Europe.

I think you do think your taste is very special and unique and no one can understand you.

I don’t think it’s special or unique; I know plenty of people who listen to the same things I do, and I didn’t mean to imply that hardstyle or metal or whatever are unique tastes; I’m a very introverted person and I don’t enjoy conversation for the sake of conversation. If someone is genuinely interested in a topic I’m passionate about, I enjoy discussing it, but smalltalk is just tiring and “What kind of music do you listen to?” isn’t a question with a simple answer, it’s a question that leads into other questions. I can’t just say “The Protomen” or whatever else without the followup question, “What type of music do they play?”, and that leads to an awkward conversation that I don’t enjoy having, with a stranger at least.

You were probably referencing this, but just in case…

There was a poll a few weeks back that showed Michelle Obama being the most popular pick; take that with a grain of salt because we all know how biased and skewed those poll results are based on a number of factors which we can’t know.

That said, I think she did a lot of great work as First Lady and I’d happily vote for her. I think she’s got the potential to get people fired up and excited about the possibilities, much like Obama did, and everything else aside, that’s what we really need - excitement, enthusiasm, and for people to want to get out there and vote. I think she could provide that moreso than anyone else on the list.

I’m quite happy to talk about music with people whose tastes I understand and share; I quite enjoy music, but I feel like the chances of any random person I meet being familiar with or interested in the same things I’m currently listening to are slim to none. Not that I think I’m some music hipster or anything, but I tend to get really attached to very not-mainstream stuff.

I’d happily discuss The Protomen with you at length. Oh, you don’t know who they are? Well, I certainly am not going to explain to some random semi-stranger that I very much enjoy a band whose major work is a Megaman-themed rock opera, that’s just not a conversation I want to have. I can usually feel them judging me the whole time.

I hate the “What kind of music do you listen to?” question. My playlists are all over the place, they have no cohesion, it’s just whatever I happened to be in the mood for at the time a song was added. Everything from Scandinavian metal to Irish folk music to classical to rock to electronica to hardstyle, and I really don’t know how to answer that.

I used to just pick a genre and claim it was that, but then people tend to want to discuss that and what I really want to say is, “I like a broad range of music, but I do not want to discuss my musical tastes with you, nor do I want you to recommend me songs from whatever you’re currently listening to. Please desist.” What’s the proper answer to that question that doesn’t leave me sounding like an asshole, but also doesn’t invite further critique?

Edit: I guess what I’m saying is, I’m the 4th one.

Cutting spending by 20% while not reducing output will definitely accomplish that, too!

This whole thing seems so weird. Why is Meta using the courts to enforce their ToS, anyway? Theoretically, the penalty for a user violating Meta’s terms would be Meta closing that user’s account. Unless the lawsuits are just frivolous scare tactics intended to drain the defendant’s resources…