Check out "User You're Being Used" by Black Sheep Riot, an intense rock song that draws from hardcore punk, punk rock, and stoner influences. This powerful anthem critiques the deceptive maneuvers of companies that claim to be social but operate under a shady business model designed to manipulate and exploit users. With techniques akin to those used by casinos and con artists, these organizations engage in intermittent reinforcement and gamification, creating a cycle of addiction that harms society. This song serves as a call to awareness about the dark industry that profits from our attention.

LYRICS

Did you hear the news
User you're being used
By a bunch of sick dudes
Who just see you as food

Do you like to live in a cage
A grid the size that they say
A running rat in their hell of badges?

Peanuts for the things you love most
They're parasites you're the host
How social's having a serial number?

Can't ignore bits and screws
'cause they're all made for you
Such a set of constraints
That will drive you insane

Designers paint it like a game
Can't really communicate
It's like the wall of a public bathroom

Bank's the only one who gets paid
They fondle your heart and head
Then count to 3 and erase the sandbox

Ask and you will have
A bunch of lies
A mafia smile
Detergent

You are not the client
A close-knit gang
Eyedrops you ads
Aberrant flies
On festering facts
You're in their lab
And they don't mind your suicide

A psychopath
With money trunks
Mad scientist bulbs
Go hit them hard

Did you hear the news
User you're being used
By a bunch of sick dudes
Who just see you as food

User you're being used
User you're being used
User you're being used

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