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[–] snekmuffin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 101 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)
[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There was a subreddit called HailCorporate for when people accidentally post ads that they made themselves. Like we hear so much advertising that we start internalizing it and end up basically thinking and talking in ads.

Of course it kind of typically devolved into accusations of intent, but I always thought it was a neat idea. Does life imitate art or the other way around type of thing?

Thanks for listening.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

I always thought it was for calling out guerilla marketing, but I guess there is a sort of Poe's Law to marketing lol.

[–] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

SUBSCRIBE to your propoganda notifications

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I watch the Superbowl for the ads! 🤪🤪🤪

[–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I'd be slightly less pissed off about constantly being advertised to if all ads had the same level of effort put into them that superbowl ads do

[–] nforminvasion@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Analog Nowhere!! So good

[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Did you mean @pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org?

[–] snekmuffin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

oh yep thank you, got mixed up there

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Their comics are really growing on me.

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[–] Naja_Kaouthia@lemmy.world 87 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I didn’t realize Siri and the cats were conspiring. Yesterday I went into the living room to investigate a ruckus and found one of my cats sitting on the couch while the home pod in the window sill was playing Mumford and Sons.

[–] cheddar@programming.dev 56 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This started in 2011, when cats killed Jobs. Tim Cook is not a real person but a mere avatar operated by cats.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Cats are responsible for the ligma outbreak?

[–] kikutwo@lemmy.world 68 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Better check your order history lol

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Palette of tuna? One gross order of feathers on a stick? Premium, Extra Fancy catnip?

-- Oh good, nothing amiss here!"

[–] Retrograde@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

10lb of Scottish salmon? I must've been drunk..

[–] captainWhatsHisName@lemm.ee 65 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This seems to be an advertisement

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My brain somehow didn't grasp that I had never heard of a Homepod before, then when I saw your comment I had to think back and was like "wait a second, Siri? That's not google or Alexa" and I had to reread to understand.

Anyway all to say, I'm tired and not reading well but their advertising must be pretty shit if this is the first ad I've ever seen for it.

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I’ve got one, syncs up easily with other Apple devices but the sound isn’t great. If I hadn’t had a gift card to knock down the price it would not be worth $100, I’ve had cheaper Bluetooth speakers with better sound and hardiness.

[–] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 65 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So for all of apple's design faults, I genuinely think this might have been intentional because it feels like the venn diagram of Apple software engineers and cat owners is more like a circle.

[–] scarilog@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I wish owning a cat got me employment as an apple SWE :/

[–] Asetru@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah, the difference between subsets and equality seems to be lost for them.

That said, I'm not sure if you'd really want to work for Apple.

[–] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Does the cat wear a turtle-neck sweater/jumper?

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 53 points 1 month ago

I once activated Siri, and before I could say anything my dog started barking -- and Siri replied "Good boy!"

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 26 points 1 month ago

I mean, "I'm only happy when it rains" should be the national anthem for Catland.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Playlist

  • "What's New Pussycat?" – Tom Jones
  • "Cool for Cats" – Squeeze
  • "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" – The Tokens
  • "Three Cool Cats" – The Coasters
[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Or if your cat hates you:

  • “What’s New Pussycat?” – Tom Jones
  • “What’s New Pussycat?” – Tom Jones
  • “What’s New Pussycat?” – Tom Jones
  • “What’s New Pussycat?” – Tom Jones
  • “What’s New Pussycat?” – Tom Jones
[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 6 points 1 month ago

Glad someone gets the reference. Also did that at my store once, it is way worse then you would think.

[–] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Just keep repeating that for like half a dozen times, until interrupting it with:

  • "It's Not Unusual" - Tom Jones

Before repeating What's New Pussycat again.

[–] emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 month ago

"Too many puppies" - Primus

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Missing 'the cats in the cradle'

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Alenalda@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Stray cat strut

  • The Cure - Lovecats
  • The Ink Spots - That Cat Is High
  • Shaggs - My Pal Foot Foot
  • Lords Of Acid - Pussy
[–] bitwolf@lemmy.one 6 points 1 month ago
  • Stray cat strut - the stray cats
[–] theTarrasque@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

„Tommy the cat“ - Primus

[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago
  • Stray Cat Strut - Stray Cats
[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

"Lions Also Cry" - Gato Barbieri

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[–] freebread@lemm.ee 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I mean, "Son of Sam" was about a man who became a serial killer after being told to by a dog so I can see why cats would like it.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You’d think it would be a cat telling people to kill. Or at least knock shit off the table. Son of Sam could have just been some guy who went into peoples houses and broke stuff.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Dogs are too dumb to conspire. Smart enough to sit and recognize smells, but too dumb for complex thought.

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 month ago

David Berkowitz. He claimed that in court, and later retracted the statement. Sonny from the Venture Bros parody of the Scooby Gang is also a reference to him.

[–] senkora@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 month ago

My poodle knows how to tap the homepad with his nose to play music. He gets up to it, taps it, and then curls down beneath it to listen. It’s very cute and definitely intentional on his part.

[–] norimee@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They are listening to f*cking everything.

I find this more scary than wholesome.

[–] shutz@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago

"Siri, how long has this been going on?"

Siri: https://youtu.be/UGP9uz4s8hQ?si=jhoEOFKHBPhIPszs

[–] Mobiledecay@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

The day we understand ourstand what our cats say is the day they go back into the streets. Hopefully Google doesn't add meow to Google Translate. 😢

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