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[Dunamisdeos]

The drink machine immediately proclaimed that I had given it the last piece to the puzzle of power, then said the days of man are numbered and vanished in purple smoke.

It left me a Dr. Pepper in thanks, so mission success.

[Kagus]

Gibson is filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy.

They say they're gonna keep making instruments, but still... I used to have an SG before some kids broke into our house and stole it. Good guitar.

[Dunamisdeos]

Oh wow. They've been around for basically forever. I wonder what led to that?

[Kagus]

Well, the article talks about how they made an ill-fated attempt at diversifying into other electronics and ended up losing a bunch of money. But I think we all know what really killed the guitar industry...

Millenials.

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Note: This is actually implied in the article

[TamerVirus]

Millenials.

Millenials  spend money on one thing and one thing only: Avocado toast

[Doomblade187]

Millenials.

Millenials  spend money on one thing and one thing only: Avocado toast

Can confirm, our bodies are designed to extract all needed nutrition from Avocado and Wheat Toast.

[Yoink]

Gibson should release an ultra-limited, special edition guitar with a body made from avocado cores.

[TD1]

That would be hardcore.

[Yoink]

It is almost Cinco de Mayo, or as it is known around here, five dollar burrito day!

...I just realised I don't get paid 'til the day after five dollar burrito day.
Guac my life.   

[heydude6]

As someone else who actually read the article, the millennial blame is not really as pronounced as Kagus makes it out to be. The only way the article even implies millennials being at fault is the when it mentions that the brand’s loss in revenue is caused by the younger generation’s preference for music changing. Specifically it cites people starting to prefer acoustic guitars over electric, and the rising popularity of hip hop and rap. I admit to owning an acoustic guitar, but the rise of other music genres is not the fault of millennials. That’s Gen Zs doing.

[Dunamisdeos]

I think it was a joke about how everything gets blamed on [insert generation].

[Kagus]

"Millenials killed the (x) industry!" is itself a meme, and there is also a fair amount of disagreement as to what exactly constitutes the "millenial" generation. One fellow who got spread around an awful lot stated that it was "anyone born between the years of 2000 and 1986".

But yeah, it seemed like a "kids these days!" statement, so I felt it lended itself towards millenials killing the guitar industry.

[Yoink]

It's the day of the five dollar burrito day and I need to get up and get ready to go into the city and acquire burritos... but I'm just lying here in my blankets, as though becoming a human burrito is good enough.

Probably doesn't help that I've been invited to a friend's thing today as well, and still haven't decided if I'm going to that and it's a long way from the nearest participating burrito vendor and oh jeez this is stressful I still haven't decided if I'm going to that.

Also I need to get changed, and ideally I would have a shower, too, but there's no time for that so I'll just have to douse myself in deodorant, put on clean clothes and hope for the best.
Oh shit and I should really do laundry before heading out, too, considering we finally have a sunny day.

[Egan_BW]

dude get a burrito

[Yoink]

Good plan. I'll fill my belly with burrito and then worry about my next move.
Also it's apparently Free Comic Book Day today as well? Why was I not informed? Might pick up some free comics whilst I'm in the city as well.