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by qzx_pierri 926 days ago
I suspect you didn't cancel your subscription because of Joe Rogan being given a deal at Spotify.

I think you cancelled your subscription so you could TELL people you cancelled your subscription as a result of Joe Rogan being given a deal at Spotify.
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CDRdude 926 days ago
Is that a useful distinction? In both cases, the event that eventually resulted in a canceled subscription was giving Joe Rogan a Spotify deal.
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qzx_pierri 926 days ago
The second option is mildly insufferable, and a very transparent way to grift upvotes from other like minded contrarians addicted to trendy knee-jerk alarmism.

Me, pointing this out, might also be a bit insufferable, but I guess I just enjoy pointing these things out, because everyone who uses this site is so intelligent (on average).

It sucks seeing such intelligent people get caught up in these pits of cognitive dissonance.

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ziddoap 926 days ago
What's the difference, and who does that difference matter to?

To Spotify, it's still a cancelled subscription and the root cause is still Joe.

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phpisthebest 926 days ago
No the second is the person was going to cancel anyway and Joe provides a rather weak and pathetic way to virtue signal to a very minor political in group they are "with them" while doing something they were going to do anyway
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niceice 926 days ago
What people say vs what they do:

https://www.reddit.com/r/modernwarfare2/comments/1733bhk/im_...

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teg4n_ 926 days ago
I haven’t told anyone in person I did, but the fact you think I did it to virtue signal says more about you than me.

And if I was doing it to “grift internet points” nothing stops me from just lying.

Some people do things because they genuinely believe it’s the right (or at least less bad) thing to do.

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