Comment Re:Centerville? (Score 1) 125
Oddly enough, Dave Chappelle is a current resident of Yellow Springs.
The wealthy aren't the problem with inflation. Giving money to them (or not taxing it away from them, same thing)
Wow. Just wow. Giving someone money or not taking earned money away from them are the same thing? Karl Marx would be proud of you. I think you mean, the economic effect is the same. Calling them equivalent is the moral argument that the socialists have been pushing forever where "rich" is anyone with more money that the socialist.
Cutting checks to people on the street, that's inflationary because they spend the money on goods. Improving people's standard of living has little to do with giving them money. You need more goods, which then become relatively cheaper within the existing money supply because of the lack of scarcity. That means producing said goods, whether we're talking about consumer stuff or housing.
Tolerating scarcity is the main issue with standard of living, at least in the US.
This we can agree on. This is why I fully support the government assistance class being required to make a work effort. This increases productivity and means more goods and services. Too many liberals think that free government handouts work like a kid's allowance with no economic or social downside. This is how we end up with perpetual generational poverty and eternal government dependence.
Sounds like you live in a place with arseholes. But still it doesn't matter how you sit, pretending your home system can match what you get as good cinema is just laughable. Maybe your problem is your local cinema is shit, in which case ads aren't the reason why you would instead pirate a film.
I never claimed I "matched" it nor do I try. My claim it that it is a far better experience for me. Much cheaper. No distractions. No inconsiderate assholes. Can pause and rewind. No driving and looking for parking. No planning my evening around theater schedules. No ads. Same movie. Good enough.
You're still trying to push the old vinyl vs mp3 type argument again. Enjoy your vinyl if it makes you feel special. I'm happy with my convenient mp3s.
Not sure when that was, but I'll match that. I just couldn't resist wanting to see the Blade Runner sequel
Saw that at the theater. I was disappointed. Saw Solo next. It was so bad, I haven't seen anything Star Wars since. My last trip to the theater was for Joker. The first one, not the musical sequel. I enjoyed it. Not what I expected, but good anyway. But then COVID happened and I beefed up my home theater setup. I have no interest in going back.
Silly comment. Piracy doesn't compare to going to a theatre. You don't have a 90ft wide screen at home
And I'm not sitting 50 feet away from it. I have a 75 inch 4K HDR TV and a Sony sound system. I can sit as close as I want. Or I can fire up my projector on the 120 inch screen.
in a perfectly dark room
Last time I went some idiot kept checking his phone down in front of me. During dark scenes, I would have a big spot my night vision and take time to recover. Still not as bad as the time some asshole was taking pictures of his family during the start of the movie. Flash photography blindness takes much longer to overcome.
real Atmos (as opposed to the gimped consumer version) sound system.
Something I do not care if I miss, just like the teen behind me talking during the whole movie and his girlfriend telling him to shut up. I also don't miss the guy ripping farts for the whole two hours. Can't move because my seat is assigned now.
You weren't going to the theatre in the first place.
Ads just make the experience worse. On my last trip, I took my son and it cost way more than buying the BluRay. A single bucket of popcorn, two drinks and tickets for two cost me $75 bucks. Atmos and a 90 foot screen aren't worth $75 to me especially when you throw in all the other problems.
The problem you miss is that some of us would rather not even pay for the addled video. Prime didn't change its fee when they added video, so give me a video-free alternative at a lower price. I resent paying for something I don't use.
They raised my fee. And kept raising it. That's why I cancelled. I have no desire to pay extra for video I don't watch, Music I don't listen to or whatever else "free" media they want to bundle into my price.
If you haven’t heard, the voice actor for John Redcorn was murdered last week by a homophobe. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/a...
Informative? +4? Jesus. Misinformation, maybe...
I'll see your NBC News link and raise you one NBC News link. You can't hate the mainstream media enough for jumping to publish this kind of uncorroborated hearsay gossip posing as news. Do you see why we don't trust the MSM anymore?
Matt Walsh has a more in-depth and researched report if you are interested in the real story behind the story.
Was written by some of the best sci-fi writers and script writers out there.
When was this? In the shows I remember, the only thing worse than the "special effects" was the plots.
That's what I remember too. I recall thinking they would have to work hard just to be on par with Lost in Space. The Sci part of their Sci-Fi seemed to be in short supply. I never could summon enough interest to try later attempts.
And the whole "private jets" and Bill Gates is a bad faith distraction used as a punching bag excuse as to why we can't do anything about the issue until we deal with those "dirty liberal elites" first, an argument straight from the playbook of other end of the "wealthy, powerful" interests. You can claim climate science is a distraction but this a bad faith distraction with malicious intent. And we know they are malicious liars because they stand in the way of any regulations that would curb that behavior like a carbon tax or restrictions on small plane use or fucking anything.
The priests and the prophets shall not be held accountable for their sins for they are The Anointed and the True Believers. Yea, though the salt of the Earth shall all bow before the Carbon God and give sacrifice to receive redemption and salvation for everlasting virtue.
Gravity brings me down.