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Cake day: August 8th, 2023

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  • It wasn’t about video length, it was about the Twitter leadership at that time being categorically incapable of monetizing any of their products.

    Combine that with the orders-of-magnitude higher cost of running Vine compared to the bird, and it was always either going to be sold off or shut down.

    It’s easy to forget that this was back in the time when these companies thought they were changing the planet for the better and drinking their own Kool aid by the gallon.






  • That album is absolutely killer and I’ve loved BN since I heard Try Honesty many moons ago.

    That said … They have been singing about how young people need to fight the system while having one of the most clean, corporate images I can think of for bands in their category.

    Watching a 40 year old man dance around an arena in VANs and Atticus hoodies while telling contemporary youth that their generation is a “fucking joke” is peak cringe to me.

    Still love the music though. Wish he’d do more heartbreak songs, they’re his forte.