• BeMoreCareful@lemmy.worldEnglish
      252·
      2 years ago

      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.devEnglish
        4·
        2 years 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.

        • Omgpwnies@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          2 years 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

  • Naja Kaouthia@lemmy.world
    79·
    2 years ago

    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.

    • Sundray@lemmus.orgEnglish
      201·
      2 years ago

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

      – Oh good, nothing amiss here!"

  • ThePyroPython@lemmy.world
    58·
    2 years ago

    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
      8·
      2 years ago

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

      • Asetru@feddit.org
        4·
        2 years 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.

    • garbagebagel@lemmy.world
      17·
      2 years ago

      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
        71·
        2 years 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.

  • Sundray@lemmus.orgEnglish
    482·
    2 years ago

    I once activated Siri, and before I could say anything my dog started barking – and Siri replied “Good boy!”

  • PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk
    24·
    2 years ago

    I mean, “I’m only happy when it rains” should be the national anthem for Catland.

  • freebread@lemm.eeEnglish
    22·
    2 years ago

    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·
      2 years ago

      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.worldEnglish
        31·
        2 years ago

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

    • Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      5·
      2 years 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.

  • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
    21·
    2 years ago

    Playlist

    • “What’s New Pussycat?” – Tom Jones
    • “Cool for Cats” – Squeeze
    • “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” – The Tokens
    • “Three Cool Cats” – The Coasters
  • senkora@lemmy.zip
    10·
    2 years 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
    9·
    2 years ago

    They are listening to f*cking everything.

    I find this more scary than wholesome.

  • MobileDecay@lemmy.world
    5·
    2 years 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. 😢