Iha and Wretzky didn’t get along with Corgan.

Apparently, Corgan wouldn’t let them play their own parts when recording the album. He did all guitar and bass parts himself.

Personally, I prefer not to be Nintendo because of Nintendo’s behavior, but the price is why they still struggle to sell these.

They sold a ton right out of the gate. Everyone that really wanted one already got one. After that, they need parents and grandparents to get them for the kids and that isn’t going to happen as much.

Nintendo was basically a “toy”. You could, for the most part, safely buy a Nintendo console for your kids at a somewhat reasonable price. (I know the OG consoles were a bit pricey).

You could buy your kid a handheld console for ~$200 or less. The Switch 1 was $300, but you could still get your kid a Lite for $200.

Now, the only option is a $450 Switch 2.

Which 3 SP albums do I like? Gish, Siamese Dreams, and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.

Siamese Dream is my favorite of the 3 and “Geek USA” is probably my favorite song of all time.

The 4th album Adore has a couple good songs but that’s when their style started to change and they started breaking up. Chamberlain left prior to this album for personal reasons then Wretzky and Iha left bc Corgan is a dick.

Chamberlain and Iha have come back recently, I think but Wretzky HATES Corgan and will never work with him again.

So why do I like those albums so much? Mainly Jimmy Chamberlain. He doesn’t get enough credit for his talent. He’s the reason I fell in love with those albums to begin with.

Police do not have the right to pass judgement.

I know I’m preaching to the choir here but I wish they’d stop saying this shit. They shouldn’t be commenting on any investigation in public so a fair trial can happen.

ACAB

I agree with this completely. But for me, those 3 albums are better than almost everything else.

Mayonnaise is fantastic, but for me, the song right before Mayo is better. Geek USA is my favorite song of all time.

But, honestly, that whole album pretty damn good. You really can’t go wrong.

My favorite band too. Corgan just makes me embarrassed to say it out loud.

Ah Billy Corgan. He is so cringe.

I LOVED Smashing Pumpkins. They were my favorite band (pre-2000 albums), but saying that with the way Corgan acts makes me embarrassed.

Still. “Geek USA” (from Siamese Dream) is one of the best songs of all time. Jimmy Chamberlain’s drumming is severely underrated. He deserves much more recognition than he gets.

I receive password resets from nearly every app and service at this point. 🙃

I mean he ruined Reddit and took their IPO from like $30 to $250. Investors don’t give two shits about the user, if they can make more money.

Yeah I have a bad habit of never finishing games despite playing the first 1/4 of the game several times.

I need a refresher like TV shows do when they come back for a new season.

I think they blocked them from withholding child care funds so MAGA is trying food stamps.

Guessing it was made before she had fully been identified?

I am so disappointed in Jeffries. When Pelosi stepped back, I thought we might get some change but that was dumb of me to think a Democrat would have a spine. They are so floppy.

If a cop hurts my dog, they better have already put a bullet in me because I will kill them.

Yeah. I just looked it up. That video was dumb and bad. Shouldn’t have made it up, but the article is still on their site. They did issue a retraction and update the story to correct the inaccuracies.

I don’t know if it warrants the Lemmy hate but I also know that Lemmy hates anything corporate so it is what it is. I’ll still read The Verge as long as they follow their own ethics policy.

Found it. Yeah that video was bad.

To their credit, they did issue a retraction and repost the story with correct steps.

The copyright strikes were definitely a dumb way to handle it.

Idk if true or not but in an Arstechnica story, The Verge’s editor in chief apparently asked the Vox lawyers to rescind the copyright strikes.

I don’t mean to sound like I’m defending them. The video should never have made it up in the first place, but people make mistakes. If you own it and apologize, I’ll give you a second chance.

I don’t always agree with their take on a topic, but for the most part I have found them to be factual.

I do also agree with many Ed Zitron takes about them tho. They could be doing a better job on AI, but over the last few weeks I’ve seen an improvement there.

TLDR: that PC build from 8 years ago was dumb and extra embarrassing, they should feel bad for it, but I still think some if the hate they get is unjustified.

So, that guy is just stupid. I assumed but thanks for verifying.

I see a lot of people hate The Verge and I don’t understand why. Is it perfect? No. But, I think they have a pretty solid ethics policy and they call out bullshit.

I like 404 better but Verge is by no means bad.

Maybe there was an issue with them that I don’t know about? Idk!

I hate to say it, but the same rules don’t apply to his kids or other kids with parents in similar roles. They are going to be given jobs without much effort.