I think it’s a combo of the two. I watch a lot of panel shows and the first thing that comes to mind is pandemic filming. It actually was a bit awkward at first not to have the studio laugh because it was traditionally filmed with a live audience. That’s still half an argument as certain shows will have cues for the audience.

At the end of the day we are very social animals and appreciate feeling emotion together so if we find something funny/scary/exciting we get positive feedback when others around us (at least sound like) they feel the same. It’s the main reason a decent amount of people enjoy going to the movies.

This will fall flat when laugh tracks are added over frequently; but when used properly (and with actually good jokes) they encourage the audience to fully engage.

Imagine the embarrassment of being the only person to clap/laugh/scream at a performance; thats the intended buffer for ‘canned’ responses.

Edit; when I started this comment there was only one response. What I cover was also brought up by other commenters, but I’m slow at typing while I’m sleepy (RIP)

To put into context; Microsoft bought Activision/Blizzard for 69 Billion dollars. A huge portion of that was actually King.

Around 2014, over 93 million people were playing Candy Crush Saga, while revenue over a three-month period as reported by King was over $493 million. Five years after its release on mobile, the Candy Crush Saga series has received over 2.7 billion downloads, and the game has been one of the highest-grossing and most-played mobile apps in that time frame. As of September 2023, it had reached over $20 billion in revenue.

Safe to say mobile market makes a lot more money we’d be comfortable with.

I shared my arcade membership with my mom a while ago (I had gotten it included) and it put her purchases on my card. This bio-chemist (very smart lady in some specific subjects) spent over $25 on ‘micro’ transactions in a week or so. They prey on the group that just want to get things done.

That’s not what I got from the article. It’s a culture piece, and as a Westerner I appreciated the look into how other societies treat their young.

I was in the same boat for ages and was happy paying as I kept the original rate. Then they bumped it by almost 50% end of December. Quit before the change took effect and have been using ad block ever since. The ONLY thing I miss is YouTube music as I’ve gotten too lazy to rip the remixes/soundtracks that aren’t on other streaming services.

Federal Reserve System, often shorted to ‘the Fed’

Yeah, some youtube videos that cover basics and hiring a firm after a breech is pretty standard it feels.

Yeah, there’s this weird agism I’ve seen. Maybe they think the ‘young people’ (30 years in this case) are bragging? I just view it as someone adding their context, nothing abhorrent ¯\(ツ)/¯

Only as strong as your least paid worker.

Oh cool, rampancy is contagious

I work at a gaming themed brewery and I now desperately wish I had @gameale(.)com as my domain

I’ll paste what @iso@lemy.lol (looks to be an admin) commented after you posted;

"Not just spam, it is also using system resources as high as big instances. I just defederated from it.

I wish someone made this integration in an app, that shows both Lemmy and Reddit feed, without an instance."

So seems like you were right

Thank you so much for sharing!! My German is shit so I ran it through translate haha. Seems to be a turn of the century publics use building from the get go, and a possible renovation project these last few years.

Step tape in a private mansion? Do we know where this is? I have a feeling it was turned into a public space (even if just tours) and then left. I’d love to know more

Edit; I went down a slight rabbit hole trying to figure out where this was taken. Looking up the artist shows quite a few articles on his pictures. They all just boil down to the same pictures, Christian grew up in East Germany before the walls fell (so plenty of abandonporn there), and mainly SEO dump for a few paragraphs. All the links sourced are broken/unclaimed as it looks like he deleted his Instagram. In the hard quoted sections they list Germany, France, Belgium, Italy, and Poland.

I don’t know if I’m bored enough yet to try and look up archives haha

I’m unsure if I’d say ‘focus on’, but I feel The Good Place is a good fit. Honestly funny scenes, but still hits on some heavier points. The cast is lovable, often relatable, and who can say no to Dancin’ Ted Danson‽

Just a click to initiate, no need to have an account or anything. I’d suggest grabbing the url of any recent article and give it a spin.

To add; if it hasn’t been saved yet you’ll be given an option to archive the entry itself. It takes a bit of time, but well worth it!

Regarding should have and should ‘of’; I’ve always understood it to be should’ve, which when spoken tends to keep a short vowel sound in the middle of the contraction that makes it phonetically sound like ‘of’. Bit of a bone-apple-tea.

A lot of people have brought up the point that money can buy safety and security. I just wanted to refence Maslow’s heirarchy of needs as that solidified my understanding some time ago.

Happiness is a constant struggle, and if your foundation is weak and crumbling the whole pyramid will suffer for it.

That and I don’t watch soap operas other than S.O.A.P. It’s a very different genre, but it has been called an opera in space before, so you’ve got that haha

Edit; I also has said ‘one of the first’ so non definitive. I just meant in terms of ‘prime-time television’. It seems like people didn’t like that.