On the bright side, they save a lot of money on their Coast Guard.

Facts, duh.

“Darling he meant nothing to me! He was just a one-hit wonder!”

The English Bed - by Guillermo Lorca García Huidobro (2020)

Jimmy: “Mane n’ Tail.” Is this horse shampoo?

Chazz: Yes, it is.

Jimmy: Do you use this stuff on your hair?

Chazz: Uh-huh.

Jimmy: “For a lustrous coat.” Does this actually work?

Chazz: You bet your ass it does. It makes my hair shine like Orion’s belt…

–== B L A D E S / O F / G L O R Y ==–

“Crom, I have never prayed to you before. I have no tongue for it. No one, not even you, will remember if we were good men or bad, Why we fought or why we died. No, all that matters is that two stood against many. That’s what’s important. Valor pleases you, Crom, so grant me one request - Grant me revenge! And if you do not listen, then the Hell with you!”

I’m pretty sure it’s the last line that won Crom over.

Thanks for the info, it looks like a bug/feature in Boost when dealing with movie files from archive.org, a situation that probably doesn’t happen that often. On the bright side, the movie stopped playing when I scrolled past it, so it isn’t too bad. It looks like video ads work the same way, so it would only be particularly noticeable when ads aren’t showing in Boost. It was an interesting experience, seeing all my favorite communities in another interface, I’ll have to check out a couple others!

The crazy thing is, the person who made that decision isn’t there for you to be mad at them. It’s a perfect example of turning us against one another.

Important to talk to people we know, and make sure they actually vote.

“Don’t use a five-dollar word when a fifty-cent word will do.” - Mark Twain (attributed?)

Let’s be real… he’s exhibiting this in an art museum in NYC. And he’s still working as a TV and film composer.

Also the whole idea of taking one of the finest, rarest specimens of something the universe produces naturally and making it ugly for the sake of these billionaires seems incredibly dumb.

You suggest the real reason for doing it. So a billionaire can own it and say “see, I’m not one of the bad billionaires, because I’m in on the joke.”

ikr this belongs on !atbge@lemmy.world (awful taste but great execution)

Hey, I’m just a lurker on this discussion, but I’m going to assume you’re asking an honest question here and not sealioning. If you really want to take action, I’d recommend looking at changing policy at the local level. I believe California has recently passed a couple laws that do things like disallow mandatory gratuities for large groups, and increase minimum wage for service workers. So if you want action items:

• easy: look up the specifics of those California laws, and look up similar laws across the country, and see if any of them could fly in your municipality or state. next time the politicians come calling, say: “what are you doing to implement [policy]?”
• medium: if you don’t think any existing policies would solve the problem, then try to think of what policy would.
• hard: instead of tipping, save up that cash, keep track of it. figure out what organizations in your region could help implement those policies, contact them directly, and tell those organizations that you’ve saved up money that you’re willing to donate to help implement better policies.

The way they sneaked up on us was: during the pandemic, I started tipping a dollar or two for take-out because “we’re all in this together” and “these are extraordinary times.” Then those Clover bastards came through and turned that dollar or two into a baseline 15%.

Kinda sneaky of the youtube channel people to put an AI render of franchise Predators on the thumbnails when they have nothing to do with the movie.

I didn’t watch this movie but here’s a great review that breaks down exactly how things go wrong with it: https://www.avclub.com/meet-the-dawnseeker-the-dumbest-alien-you-ll-meet-in-2-1829019300

There’s an interesting comment in the discussion there:

Man, I recognize that molasses-slow editing. I once made a few zero-budget horror shorts that were actually screened in front of audiences and, let me tell ya, the pacing that feels right when you’ve been cutting and editing for days or weeks is excruciatingly slow when viewed with an audience. Every fucking time I thought I’d made a tight ten or fifteen minute movie, when really they were all four minute movies with a shit-load of filler and shots that go on way . . . too . . . long. It’s not just me, it seems to happen with every amateur-made anything. Those fan-made Star Trek TOS episodes spring to mind. They could get everything else right, props, costumes, effects, writing, even get Walter Koenig to guest-star, but they’re still nearly unwatchable due to that dog-slow editing.

It’s a great reminder that filmmaking is hard work that depends on many, many people doing their job right.

Hey, do you mind saying what client you’re using to read this? I mostly use a web browser and that didn’t happen for me, so I’m interested in trying out another client to see what things look like.

Communities like these need more people posting in them. But if you don’t feel comfortable doing so, no problem.

Just another thing to contemplate on the Tree of Woe!

!bmoviebonanza@lemmy.world is the community y’all should follow!

Greatest B-movie ever? My vote goes for Bloodsport.

can potentially spot hazards in a home like broken glass on the floor.

There you have it! The killer app for home robotics! This is exactly what everybody’s been calling for. _/s