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am_Unition  ·  3392 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Apple Music is a nightmare and I’m done with it

All my settings are toggled to manual control. My iPhone's library is built of 500 tracks manually selected out of 2000 in my library.

I refused to update my iTunes and iOS versions, because I have had this exact same problem after doing so previously, on my old phone. But I wasn't given a choice. At some point, my computer snuck in an iTunes update, with Apple claiming that no further OSX updates could be administered without iTunes "upgrading" to the latest version either. And generally, every iTunes update is bad news.

There's been too much of my time spent managing music when it should have been simple. Even having a library of 500 songs that I update weekly with ~15 new songs is now too much to ask.

Ugh, I'm bitching about Apple products on Hubski, I'm going to sleep soon.

But most importantly, good to hear from you, 8bit. Keep hanging in there. I hope things are well, but judging from how fucked Boulder's YikYak scene was... well, I lost more faith in our generation, and then deleted that app.





user-inactivated  ·  3392 days ago  ·  link  ·  

My friend. You have NO IDEA.

arguewithatree  ·  3392 days ago  ·  link  ·  

we had a massive outpouring of disgusting yaks like this around the same time. in DC. on a "progressive" college campus. ugly stuff.

am_Unition  ·  3392 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It was the racism combined with a constant onslaught of desperate appeals from males to females for sex that killed it for me. It seemed anti-intellectual, in general, apart from some witty remarks getting popular.

"Fuqbois" is the relevant term, thank you for introducing it to me.

arguewithatree  ·  3392 days ago  ·  link  ·  

ay u a girl? kik???

it's mostly recycled shit from tumblr and celebrity twitters. my "favorite" interaction to date was a guy who said i was a nazi because i was socialist because national socialism = socialism??? then i hit him with the "you just called a jew a nazi" and that was the end of my sadomasochistic yik yaking for the night.

am_Unition  ·  3392 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    sadomasochistic yik yaking

Niiice.

I've really been struggling with a superiority complex lately. I guess that's what it is. Just been feeling like people are unfathomably stoopid, in general. YikYak was an obvious contributer to this mentality, so it had to go. Hubski, on the other hand, needs more of my attention, because this community is remarkably uplifting.

am_Unition  ·  3392 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The first time I was in Boulder, it was spring break, I hit the CU weight room, and I was like "hey, there's a good mix of ethnic groups represented." Then I remembered it was spring break, and all the locals go home. And Colorado is still incredibly white. The next time I was in town, it was white bro city. I showed up at the gym with my coworker and ex-coworker, we're each of totally different races, and we all lifted together. As you may have guessed, my interactions with CU students are 99% limited to the rec. center :(. Spent all my time on East Campus, away from most everyone.

Beautiful campus, scenery and facilities are A++, but the homeless problem, cost of living, and general ignorance of the majority is a serious issue. Sadly, the YikYak scene reflects the populace relatively well, especially in that age demographic. So beyond a shadow of a doubt, I can confirm that you've never bullshitted anyone about how bad it can be there.

Oh P.S. there's 'roids all up in that gym, Jesus.