pete_the_cat @ pete_the_cat @lemmy.world

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Ah, I misread the last part. Of course if it's a small Indie band they're not going to charge out of the ass for stuff, that'd be dumb on their part.

For point c, it’s actually cheaper depending on how they do it. One of my favorite artists, mc chris, has done USB discog sales for over a decade. He charges like 100 for it last I saw, but it’s also a custom USB along with having like 10-20 albums and Eps.

That's pretty cool, but at what quality? MP3? AAC? M4A? FLAC? You don't know until you buy it and plug it in, you know that a CD is going to be WAV files which is uncompressed audio mastered at the best quality possible, which you can then rip to your desired format. If whats on the USB drive isn't FLAC, you're limited to what they gave you.

It would be much more expensive to press, bundle and package/ship that many CDs in comparison to a single USB drive

It all depends on if you're doing it yourself or if you have someone that's already setup to do it as a business. After a quick search, I found a site that will do 100 CDs with inserts and jewel cases for $255, I'm sure the price goes down with the more you order. The same site offers custom USB drives with silkscreen printing (how else are you going to know what's on it amongst all your other flash drives assuming you intend to keep it?) is $330 for 100, so if the artist is actually putting multiple CDs onto a single USB drive than it definitely is cheaper for them, but I'm not sure how many bands would actually do that.

And since it’s also merch, point 4 is unlikely. He’s never cared about his music being pirated (and even has lyrics about his music being ‘forever free for the poor kids’, so B isn’t an issue either.

That's one artist, lots of artists care about their music being pirated because it cuts into their revenue, which they get very little of in the first place (referring to CDs, not streaming which is a lot better for them in terms of revenue). IDK how old you are, but I'm guessing you don't remember Napster/Limewire/Kazaa. Also, a lot of the time it's the companies that own the rights to the music that care the most because they're the ones that get like 70% of the profits.

Option a is basically do you trust the artist, which one would hope they’re trustworthy, but they could also Sony you if they weren’t…

Ah, yes, the good old Sony rootkit.

Haha nope, I gotta look that one up now. I need a good laugh, my computer is pissing me off at the moment.

Edit: wow the projection is so strong in that video

I see what you're saying, but if you randomly come out and say "Here, I got you an Amazon gift card out of the blue, buy whatever you want" after they did something like this they're going to know whats up. Also, I'm pretty sure most dads would rather not have that thought in their mind when they see an Amazon box addressed to their daughter and she runs to her room to open it up. I'm 38 and my dad is your typical "Dirty Old Man" that started making sexual comments about women around me when I was like 13, but I don't think I ever felt comfortable talking about anything like this around him until I was like 19 or 20.

I see what you're saying, but if you randomly come out and say "Here, I got you an Amazon gift card out of the blue, buy whatever you want" they're going to know whats up. Also, I'm pretty sure most dads would rather not have that thought in their mind when they see an Amazon box addressed to their daughter and she runs to her room to open it up.

don't come texting me about none I said

She sounds like a smart one>

or coconuts

"I slipped and fell on it..."

Yeah, back in 2022 I was doing teletherapy and the therapist worked from home and had a baby and one a few years old. Half the time I could hear them screaming in the background (granted you can't really tell a baby to be quiet, but you can a little kid) and it was annoying as hell to listen to.

Nah, that just fucks your kid up when you do it too often. Sometimes little kids need a good smack because they absolutely refuse to listen to anything you say, but I'm largely against hitting kids. My dad spanked me once as a kid and it worked.

Money fucks up everything, doesn't it?

Nope! He essentially just changed the name to something more wholesome sounding. It's apparently been a thing for decades.

This is why I love the FOSS community.

Any plane internet I've used has been spotty and terribly slow, but then again, I haven't bought it in years because of previous experiences. I can stand to be without it for 2.5 hours.

We don't fuck fruits if that's what you're asking. Other things are fair game though. A horny (pre) teenage boy will fuck damn near anything he can fit his dick in.

https://youtu.be/mdeo7Q2E5cE?si=xAt8xeWhOfSmJ9RL

In what is best described as her 'scientific experiment,' Westbrook harvested healthy vaginal fluid using a wooden spoon.

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I did not need to know that, thanks.

The only thing I can assume is that these recipes are created by vampires for vampires that don't want to bite people.

Or totally creep out your kids. "OMG dad knows what I'm doing! And he wants me to keep doing it apparently, I'm going to fucking die."

It would probably be a lot less awkward coming from the mom. I feel like it would be like a father having the "period talk" with his daughter (obviously this happens in the case of single dads but that's not the point I'm making), it's super awkward for both parties involved.

Eggplant, obviously

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