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Dark didn’t in the beginning either. It’s following grew over time.

1899 had decent viewership, just not in the “format” that Netflix now demands (insane amount of views immediately).

I’ve had a fastmail account for many years and never had any issues. Fairly solid and reliable.

He’ll probably invest his remaining billions in developing a way to thwart adblockers next. It will be as successful as everything else he has done in relation to twitter.

Yep, I came here to point this out but you beat me to it.

Our humour is often referred to as “dark”, but in reality we have simply internalised it like the rest of our emotions and have replaced it with pure unadulterated sarcasm and incredulity.

For shits and giggles I’m going to list the countries I’ve travelled to:

France, Spain, Greece, Austria, Italy, Finland, UAE, Dubai, Qatar, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Philippines, Palau, Malaysia, Indonesia - then Australia, US and Canada which don’t count for this I guess. I’m possibly missing one or two, I’m tired.

So, I’m supposed to have learned the language, and respective writing systems, of each of these places before going there?

I guess I should just quit my job and take up learning language full time…. Either that or just stay at home so that I don’t get ridiculed for being an ignorant tourist.

Funnily enough…

If you use Chinese pronunciation for X it is pretty damn close to Sh.

And they’ve probably never travelled outside of English speaking counties.

I’d have to be a genius to speak the language of every country I’ve travelled to, and that’s ignoring the countries that have several distinct and active languages (looking at you, Austria…)

Eh… it’s probably not so much that they are demanding their language be spoken…

More a case of the tourists are probably being dickheads in general and the locals have had enough of their shit. That and the locals would like to be able to enjoy their own beach without having to wade through masses of tourists.

1899 suffered from this too, although in really it never really stood a chance against Netflix’s “fuck you” approach to shows.

They KNEW exactly what they were getting with 1899 due to it’s predecessor Dark. Dark was a slow burn that became immensely popular over time, and 1899 followed the same formula. But no. Netflix demands that shows be binged by half of their viewer base in the first week or it’s history.

1899 was written as a trilogy, the same as Dark. A complex story that would unravel over 3 seasons. Now 1899 sits on a shelf as one season with a fuck ton of unanswered questions. The poor writers were heartbroken (as was the fan base)

Yes I’m bitter, fuck Netflix.

Funnily enough, I tried using the phrase “right-wing media” in a reply to a tweet today and it wouldn’t go through.

No error, nothing, just refused to submit. Tried a couple of times, no go.

Rephrased it and it magically went through.