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13 hours ago, Kay said:

I'm sorry I was upset for missing out on merch and disliked the assumption that I should be camped out online every single day on the off chance that they'd drop something. I'm clearly a complete asshole. 

no, it's just your complaint is a broader one about late capitalism and has nothing to do with blink.

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3 hours ago, _Bagel said:

I was just put off by the format I think. It gave us the Mark Zoom, therefore - it's worth its weight in gold. Davey, can you vouch for me again - I'm a cool guy. I'm trying to remember how I started getting involved here...

yea i haven't seen you on the disco since like feb?

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17 minutes ago, Depf said:

Because under socialism only her party member father would have gotten one? 

cute.

in all seriousness, i was referring to the concept of artificial scarcity as it relates to the attention economy. scarcity has always been what makes capitalism work, especially when it's manufactured scarcity (which is, in fact, anti-market). the attention economy means that the owners of society are very focused on socials and their numbers... the likes, the subscribes...

limited edition merchandise has existed probably since fan-based product has existed (think of all the pieces of the "true cross" sold on the pilgrimage trail). so what you have now is people who want to drive followings on their twitters or tiktoks or instagrams or facebooks or youtubes or whatever. so they only announce their limited edition wares there, and the people that follow the socials get rewarded.

so when @Kay complains that she has to be "camped out online every single day" to not miss out on limited edition blink merch, what she's really saying is i don't want to pay attention to the attention economy. which i fully respect, it's a principled choice. and the result (or consequence) of that choice is that you don't get the rewards it offers then.

broadly, this is about

a.) i want to live in a world in which my choices carry no consequences

and / or 

b.) i am an obstinate person who derives security, identity—and possibly even pleasure—from grievance.

both positions of which i relate to and actually empathize with.

@Patient #48273does that about cover it?

thank you for listening to my TED talk

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3 hours ago, Ghent said:

Travis instagram pic making out with Kardashian while MGK is casually recording vocals in the background.

Dude is in his prime. Get Tom back in the band and do blink stat

Is he smoking weed again? I saw he posted some pics in a Mickey Mouse hat, and my Eskimo Brother commented “Mickey mouse after burning those backwoods” or something like that. To which Travis replied with a smoke/cloud emoji. I thought he couldn’t smoke anymore because of some throat cancer threat ?

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9 hours ago, Ghent said:

Travis instagram pic making out with Kardashian while MGK is casually recording vocals in the background.

Dude is in his prime. Get Tom back in the band and do blink stat

I mean, don't they still have Matt in the band or is he still AWOL? Sorry everyone, been busy moving. I'm out of the blink loop.

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3 minutes ago, vic vinegar said:

I mean, don't they still have Matt in the band or is he still AWOL? Sorry everyone, been busy moving. I'm out of the blink loop.

He’s still in the band but kinda MIA, wasn’t part of their Quarantine song but I think he’s helping record the new album? 

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1 hour ago, vic vinegar said:

I mean, don't they still have Matt in the band or is he still AWOL? Sorry everyone, been busy moving. I'm out of the blink loop.

Either way, Tom should join up. Skiba can stay if he wants, they would sound way better live with two guitarists and another singer. Skiba also brings a unique sound that has worked well in places. Mix it with Tom and see where it goes.

AVA is a waste of time. 

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