r/mildlyinfuriating • u/slick7studios • Jul 16 '26

I just wanted a hot dog Apperantly A24 suddenly thinks they own all of the backrooms.

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Many people have been reporting copyright strikes for backrooms fan games, textures, and other references on Google play, Twitter and other spaces. Apparently the company thinks if they make a movie that suddenly they own the source material that existed years before the movie was even conceptualized. For an idea of how ridiculous this is, it's like saying James Cameron owns the Titanic and every survivor's story because of the movie he made.

With how shitty the world is becoming at what point is it enough, it's literally 1984, can't have shit anymore, even decades old community internet creepypastas apparently.

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u/OHrangutan Jul 16 '26

Enshitification was only a matter of time.

Besides making hit movies with unknown actors and bisexual lighting would only lead to profitable hit movies for... The foreseeable future.

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u/a_rex0001 Jul 16 '26

Bisexual lighting?

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u/cody_mf Jul 16 '26

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisexual_lighting

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u/froggole Jul 16 '26

I thought he was joking about bisexual lighting LMFAO

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u/raaaaaaze Jul 17 '26

In my head-cannon, I had it filed under 'A24 Lighting'

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u/SenorSlurp1995 Jul 17 '26

You can just call it purple if you want.

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u/darsynia Jul 17 '26

No it's so freaking obvious when you notice it, so now you've got that in the back of your brain to ping when you see it the next time!

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u/PoultryTechGuy Jul 17 '26

Here I was reading it as "bisexual lightning"

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u/saalsa_shark Jul 17 '26

Wait, half the gigs I play have this lighting set up...

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u/cody_mf Jul 17 '26

alex jones tried to warn us when he talked about the gay frogs

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u/stumblinghunter Jul 17 '26

I hate to break it to you, but you're bisexual now

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u/MeasureDoEventThing Jul 17 '26

So that's why everyone ignores me!

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u/Adventurous-Photo539 Jul 17 '26

I can attest that this is exactly how it works.

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u/PneumaticFizz Jul 17 '26

Finally! I kept kissing dudes in college hoping my dating pool would expand, never liked it!

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u/Mr_Blinky Jul 17 '26

Well, I've got news for you (or maybe not?).

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u/i_sell_you_lies Jul 17 '26

Fyi, we all knew the whole time but didn't say anything because it was so painfully obvious 

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u/juniorjaw Jul 17 '26

your gig was... bisexual

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u/ChillAndSane Jul 17 '26

So synthwave/vaporwave is bisexual? The more you know, then.

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u/kadzooks Jul 17 '26

Always have been

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u/Alarming_Orchid Jul 17 '26

Isn’t that just neon?

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u/Visti Jul 17 '26

Neon can be whatever colors, most commonly green.

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u/jackies_laboratory Jul 17 '26

it’s lighting that resembles the colors of the bisexual flag

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u/Alarming_Orchid Jul 17 '26

yeah but also, that’s what the entire 80s retro-futuristic neon aesthetic looks like

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u/TangibleSausage Jul 17 '26

Neon? Why do you have to make it sound so gay.

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u/ZestyData Jul 17 '26

This short chain of comments is genuine comedy gold

  1. Bisexual Lighting is, in isolation, hilarious

  2. Why the fuck is the example a skeleton T posing 😭😭

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u/Cocked_Otter Jul 17 '26

  1. Hell yeah!

  2. The skeleton is meant to represent a person, not a gender.

So anyone can be bisexual. You just have to work hard and believe in yourself.

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u/jmanly3 Mildly infuriated Jul 17 '26

Whelp, i guess I’m bi, since I’ve used this palette on the lights in my bedroom for years

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u/cody_mf Jul 17 '26

You still can, it just has to be just for your closet

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u/Either-Technician594 bitching fee Jul 17 '26

WAIT THATS A REAL THING??? I THOUGHT THE GUY WHINING ABOUT THE PURPLE SUN ON THE NEW HALO MADE IT UP

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u/Cocked_Otter Jul 17 '26

The flag is made up.

The meaning of that specific color combination is made up.

We can give whatever meaning we want to symbols like that.

I don't know about the chud complaining about the sun color in Halo, but I'm sure he was making it up too, because i wouldn't be surprised if the devs just made it purple because it looks cool and that's it.

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u/TangibleSausage Jul 17 '26

"Baby, I can't tell what you used to be, and I don't mind."

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u/MostExperts Jul 17 '26

lmao I absolutely love that the skeleton picture is on the official wikipedia page

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u/PretzelMeepus Im going too you're house Jul 22 '26

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u/whitedolphinn Jul 17 '26

Stupidest thing I've ever read. Well other than anything that has to do with this shit movie made by an evil company

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u/moonieshine Jul 17 '26

Girlie is mad about colors. Someone call Lois Lowry.

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u/whitedolphinn Jul 17 '26

Nah I love colors I just hate scumbaggery.

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u/cody_mf Jul 17 '26

somebody get this guy some heteronormative lighting

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u/whitedolphinn Jul 17 '26

Have fun in your cult.

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u/LivingGeologist6101 Jul 17 '26

Specific lighting commonly associated with bi flag has its own wikipedia page and people joke how it makes you bisexual. You: “sounds like a cult”. you sound fun at parties. Maybe watch black and white movies if colors are scary.

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u/p0jinx Jul 17 '26

Completely normal reaction to colors

"YOURE ALL EVIL!!!! HAVE FUN IN YOUR CULT!!!1!1!1"

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u/whitedolphinn Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 17 '26

They doth protest much.

Disclaimer: none of my comments thusfar in any capacity have been any reactions to *simply "colors", (or LGBT individuals either for that matter) as they're put forward by opposing parties.

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u/whitedolphinn Jul 17 '26

I guess cults make reading comprehension more difficult, and insertion of irrelevant information more easy. I sincerely feel sorry for you and hope for a brighter future for you. Have a nice day.

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u/cody_mf Jul 17 '26

bisexual lighting can make it brighter

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u/whitedolphinn Jul 19 '26

Again, there is no such thing. There is lighting, and there is bisexuality. The two have nothing to do with each other. At all. Regardless of what biased and unreliable Wikipedia says.

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u/p0jinx Jul 17 '26

Redditor mentioned reading comprehension, here we go 🙄

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u/whitedolphinn Jul 17 '26

Not a fan huh?

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u/Zepp_BR Jul 16 '26

Yeqh, wtf is bisexual lighting and how do I get one and how much it costs?

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u/Lich_Apologist Jul 17 '26

Pink and blue neon lights. Honestly its not that bad with modern led tech 

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u/Agerak Jul 17 '26

Definitely! Everyone should consider trying it at least once in their life and see how they feel about it!

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u/Blazured Jul 17 '26

I've just got the flag as an armband.

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u/Skullcrusher Jul 16 '26

"It's all that woke lighting these days. Movies should look gray not gay" -probably OP

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u/COGspartaN7 Jul 17 '26

They used that lighting in creep show 

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u/Whymetho55 Jul 17 '26

people legitimately think GTA 6 is LGBT propaganda with 'bisexual lighting'.

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u/CoralBooty Jul 17 '26

I would blind the shit out of my gf and one of her hot friends with that

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u/ConsequenceLive2442 Jul 16 '26

I wouldn't call it that their movies have still been good this year. They're just showing their more corporate side.

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u/SFWBryon Jul 17 '26

Yeah I was gonna say, recently from A24 I’ve seen:
The drama, backrooms, Marty supreme, and the invite and none of them have bisexual lighting, and all of them have big name actors

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u/FinancialElephant Jul 17 '26

A24 still produces (?) good movies, but I've noticed the percentage of stinkers they're making every year is slowly increasing

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u/colony-ship-for-sale Jul 17 '26

Feels like they're speed running it.

Went from darling of the movie industry in a few years, producing hit after hit. Now, bad take after bad take.

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u/Avalonians Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 17 '26

This usn't what enshittification means

Enshittification is when companies, trying to maximise profit, assess that their revenue is going to be stable enough to lower the spendings drastically, so much so that the content quality takes a dive.

Striking something they have no claim to is a shitty move but enshittification doesn't encompasses everything that's bad.

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u/Due-Boss-4354 Jul 17 '26

Disagree. It's a shitty move perfectly in line with corporate companies.

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u/Avalonians Jul 17 '26

So, everything that's a shitty move made by companies is enshittification? Covering harassers is enshittification? Promoting bullshit studies in line with their interests is enshittification?

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u/Due-Boss-4354 Jul 17 '26

Yeah, kinda. Don't forget the "corporate" buzzword. It's about vibes and the culture these companies promote.

To your examples, covering harassment is no, promoting studies yes. Can't really tell you why right off the bat but it is surprisingly clear cut.

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u/Avalonians Jul 17 '26

Okay well the expression you're looking for exists, it's called "shitty things corporations do". The advantage, it's that this very generic expression is appropriate to talk about he very generic things you have in mind

Enshittification is a more specific term and wow, what a surprise, more specific terms are appropriate to talk about more specific things. Language is wonderful.

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u/Due-Boss-4354 Jul 17 '26

Well, no, but ok.

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u/SylveonGirlie52 Jul 16 '26

What are you on about with bisexual lighting? We don’t own colours

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u/Lich_Apologist Jul 17 '26

We actually do and I believe we've claimed sitting weird as well.

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u/GHOSTLYGUNK Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 17 '26

well yeah obvi, just a joke about how the color of the lighting happens to look like the bi flag colors lol. sometimes intentional sometimes not

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u/circlesofhelvetica Jul 17 '26

Not with that attitude!

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u/OHrangutan Jul 16 '26

No but I can use two at the same time...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisexual_lighting

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u/DrFigSecret Jul 17 '26

It's an actual term, don't be dumb

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u/Mbrennt Jul 17 '26

You've got the trans flag. Do you know Contrapoints? Kinda controversial now days but her lighting style for videos is bisexual lighting. I don’t think she created it but she was one of the big people who popularized it.