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[-] whaleross@lemmy.world 118 points 11 months ago

Because december is consumerism celebration burn all the money month and January is poor af.

[-] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 12 points 11 months ago

Except for the gyms. They do pretty good in January.

[-] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 50 points 11 months ago

The same reason Game of the Year awards are in December, because capitalism.

[-] schmidtster@lemmy.world 27 points 11 months ago

So it’s not filled with holiday music.

[-] Fish@midwest.social 7 points 11 months ago

But don't you listen to the same amount of holiday music every year, regardless of when the Wrapped comes out?

[-] schmidtster@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

So everyone gets Mariah Carey as their #1 artist for their year? How fun!

[-] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 11 points 11 months ago

For comparison Last.FM usually has its own "wrapped" in January.

[-] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 11 months ago

Probably the same reason that a.m. becomes p.m. at 12:00

[-] monk@lemmy.unboiled.info 4 points 11 months ago

Ah, so, pure unadulterated bullshit.

[-] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago

Actually, on second thought, I can argue that it makes sense, but only if you rename 12 to 0, I.e. midnight is 0 o'clock. Similarly, recapping the year at the beginning of December makes sense if you rename December to Zerouary and make sure the year starts on Zerouary zeroth.

[-] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Because that's when the timezone passes through the sun's zenith?

Classic meridian bullshit

[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago

Am and pm means before midday and after midday in Latin.

After 11:59 you are after midday.

Before 12:00 you are before midday.

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That explanation doesn't make the concept any less ridiculous.

[-] Dkarma@lemmy.world -4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Wrap is the end of filming so they do it at the end of the year. Why would they move it to the beginning of the year? Also ppl wrap presents in December. Jan not so much.

[-] Neato@kbin.social 33 points 11 months ago

Because wrapped summarizes your calendar year. It happens is early December and ignores a whole month.

The game awards does this too which creates a lame duck season. But they at least are trying to sell games for Christmas.

[-] DeepFriedDresden@kbin.social 8 points 11 months ago

December can skew the wrap though. People will listen to more holiday music in December, they might use their spotify for Xmas parties, while wrapping presents, or just listen to it because 'tis the season. Suddenly Mariah Carey is contending for a top 10 artist and holiday music could be one of your top genres.

[-] snooggums@kbin.social 10 points 11 months ago

So they just ignore December altogether, not even rolling it into the next year?

So it isn't really about the year, just 11 months.

[-] DeepFriedDresden@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

That's pretty much the year. Like they will have to cut off the data collection at some point. Because, well, when the wrapped Playlist comes out, you're probably going to listen to that Playlist a few times, to recap your year, which would drive more data for those songs.

I dunno, just seems like a silly thing to worry about. "Oh my gosh they only captured 11 months of my listening! How will I know that I went from Taylor Swift non-stop for 11 months and then nothing but Mayhem for all of December!!" It's a personal record of what you listened to throughout the year, and its kind of fun to see, but it has no actual bearing on your music taste. You still like what you like.

[-] snooggums@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

Pointing out that a name is misleading is not worrying about it.

[-] atocci@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

Wait, the Game Awards goes purely by the calendar year? A game that releases after the show at the very end of 2023 wouldn't be eligible to appear in 2024's show?

[-] Neato@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

I was wrong. If they are released after mid November, they fall to the following year.

Though the farther your release is from the award show the less buzz it might get due to people forgetting. Especially in a jam packed year and some of the voting done by the masses.

[-] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

How fucking dare you

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