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- Comment on 4 hours ago:
I agree with the other guy here. I don’t go to the movies often so have no reason to keep up with what is showing. While I know how to look it up, why would I?
Yes, I am an example where advertising what is showing some place I can see it with no friction could make a difference in whether I go
- Comment on 4 hours ago:
Yes?
- Comment on How come people have so called "sex addiction"? So much they have rehab places for it. Why not just masturbate and be done with it? 1 day ago:
I suppose it depends on your definition but you start calling it as an addiction, treating it as a problem, when it interferes with your life.
By all means, have all the sex you want in whatever variety you want, but it’s an addiction, a problem, when you decide it to the detriment of something else. It’s a problem if it interferes with work or home life or social life or hobbies, or if it causes harm to yourself or others.
- Comment on 1 day ago:
There’s usually a signat the ticket booth. Maybe it’s alone, maybe title only,maybe it’s only visible from being at the window …. It’s generally not useful to pick an unexpected/unknown movie.
A good movie poster shows a snapshot of the genre, the basic plot, the main characters, all of which I might use to pick a movie
- Comment on 1 day ago:
This may also be why they overly focus on blockbusters. Without traditional means of seeing what’s playing, I’m only aware of a movie if it’s been heavily advertised. You’d think trying the cheap route would be … cheaper
- Comment on 1 day ago:
I guess I’m not the target demographic either then. I don’t think I ever was really, but as a parent of teens, if I do go in, it’s likely to be a family’s worth of tickets.
Maybe you think the rest of us are a minority that doesn’t matter but it seems short sighted to disregard potential customers
- Comment on 1 day ago:
I usually goto the theater for a specific show, usually buy the ticket online ….
BUT, there are times, such as when I didn’t get a ticket ahead of time and my show is sold out, where I’m in front of the theater deciding whether to go in. It I see an interesting looking movie, I might see that. If the food advertising worked, it would have the opposite of the intended effect “why don’t we goto a restaurant instead ?”
- Comment on 1 day ago:
That may be so, but the popcorn with chemical “pee” has never been what pulls in customers. The movies were always the draw, even if food was the profit. Advertising that food seems short-sighted: who cares if you sell popcorn to a higher percentage of customers but you’re pulling in fewer customers
- Comment on 1 day ago:
I just discovered a new function on my car - when I listen to music, a small rectangle appears with audio controls …… apparently it a tile that can be scrolled left and right to see other data. I never would have thought to try that if I didn’t read it somewhere, no visual cues
- Comment on 1 day ago:
It’s ruled by clicks, rather than usefulness or friendliness
- Comment on 1 day ago:
Even worse when the streaming site publishes it under multiple covers. So freaking annoying.
Way too often I see a cover I don’t recognize and think it might be something I’d like, but get a couple minutes in before realizing I’ve seen it before.
I imagine it’s marketing trying to see what cover gets the most clicks but at the cost of annoying its customers
- Comment on We hate him no matter who he represents. 2 days ago:
as long as he paid his taxes and would be held accountable for any fraud he commits.
When he was campaigning the first time he bragged that the irs did not have the ability to untangle his businesses enough to prove anything …… somehow people thought that was a good thing?
- Comment on We hate him no matter who he represents. 2 days ago:
I never watched The Apprentice, but I saw ads for it and I figured he was just playing an exaggerated asshole clown of a boss.
Believe it or not, I always took it as the opposite. The first time Trump wanted to run he was laughed out of the primary. He had a long history as a narcissistic con man to anyone in the northeast and there’s no way he’d be elected. The entire point of “The Apprentice” was to rebuild his image.
Maybe some people took it as gospel laying an exaggerated asshole clown of a boss, but he was toned down from reality. His narcissism was toned down, he acted mostly morally, he appeared to know something about business. His entire image was much more palatable than the previous two decades of headlines
Unfortunately it succeeded
- Comment on We hate him no matter who he represents. 2 days ago:
If the democrats party worshipped a corrupt fascist narcissist, I would be out on the street with my jammer and sickle dancing around the maypole
- Comment on Just got arrested for a supposed DWI even though I blew a 0.0000000. Don't cops need to read your Miranda rights to you? I asked for a blood or hair follicle test and I was denied. WTH is happening? 5 days ago:
Did they actually charge you? I’ve read that it’s a tactic to break up protests and stifle dissent. Arrest someone with no real intent to press charges. Then keep them in jail for however many days they legally can to scare the shit out of you and ruin your life
Then, “oh you didn’t get your Miranda rights read? I guess you’re free to go”
- Comment on Could heating oil subsidies be reduced or replaced with subsidies for installing electric heating and houses.? 1 week ago:
Yes, my state has incentives for heat pump installs and a special electric rate for heat pump users (for those who heat with electric only)
I got a smaller incentive for installing a heat pump in my family room but still keeping my gas furnace. Electricity is pretty expensive here so the tradeoff is about 45°F. Above that the efficiency of the heat pump wins out, but colder than that the furnace is cheaper.
I did try the heat pump when it was cold, and it still produced a respectable amount of heat at 20°F
- Comment on Is it just me or are we having a rehash of the Reagan years? Mental Health are going under funded, we are screw with Iran again, got an "actor" in the White House, and the poor on their own? 1 week ago:
I lived through Reagan and it turned a lot of things in directions wrong for the citizens but it was nowhere near this. There was still “shame” preventing anything blatant, there was still at least a nod toward helping people, there was still some competence, there was still some function in Congress.
You could even argue that Reagan did “make America great” by commanding respect in the world and getting at least something’s done.
Trump is an 8 year old in a tantrums version of Reagan
- Comment on What happened to "Sanctuary Cities" where they bussed so called "immigrants" there? Was there a long term effect or anything? Or did cities may had a hiccup or two and that's about it? 1 week ago:
In one of the more extreme cases where Duh Santis rented a jet to abandon a bunch of immigrants on Martha’s Vineyard without notice - we brought them to the mainland where there were already facilities. It was all just a game for headlines at the immigrants expense
- Comment on What is the hate against Pit Bulls? Everyone I've met are super friendly like my BC. Or are they the new Doberman for this cycle? 2 weeks ago:
Wow, I can’t believe how many women in Joshua Tree were attacked by four pit bulls on that one day in January
- Comment on What is the hate against Pit Bulls? Everyone I've met are super friendly like my BC. Or are they the new Doberman for this cycle? 2 weeks ago:
It’s sort of a plus … obviously not in your scenario …. I believe pitbull breeds tend to be one of the protective and loyal breeds, and they do have a very strong bite. I have no worries about my pit bull with my kids but if you frighten her around them you’ll see her instantly change from a cuddle bug to on guard against hell and its minions
Unfortunately they’re sometimes loyal and protective to people who don’t deserve them
- Comment on What is the hate against Pit Bulls? Everyone I've met are super friendly like my BC. Or are they the new Doberman for this cycle? 2 weeks ago:
Same experience here, dogs of all sizes, shapes, breeds. The only dogs that ever bit me for real were mini poodles, two of them.
Well technically I suppose my pitbull - I stuck my fingers in her mouth to pull out whatever she had picked up off the street to eat, but one time she didn’t see and accidentally bit down a bit. She immediately released and was mortified she may have hurt me
- Comment on What is the hate against Pit Bulls? Everyone I've met are super friendly like my BC. Or are they the new Doberman for this cycle? 2 weeks ago:
Yea. I’ve been tempted to this many times over the years. I’ve always had one dog at a time because that works for me, but I know they’ve suffered from lack of companionship when I’m not around. Getting a buddy would likely make my dog’s life better.
In particular my last dog never really adjusted to our family. Way too high energy level, way more need for attention than we were able to give. I specifically considered getting him a buddy but couldn’t risk one buddy’s life as the last ditch effort to save another. We did end up having to rehome that dog but at least didn’t affect another
- Comment on What is the hate against Pit Bulls? Everyone I've met are super friendly like my BC. Or are they the new Doberman for this cycle? 2 weeks ago:
Pit bull breeds are commonly available as rescues and they tend to become very attached to their family, very affectionate. They can be extremely smart and loyal. Also they look cool, somewhat distinct from the everyday golden retriever ilk. I trust my pitbull with my kids more than any other dog I’ve owned.
Personally I find them the right size: big enough to play rough or to cuddle without worrying about squishing them, small enough to be easy to feed and clean up after
They also seem like a great physical level for family life. They can have intense play but endurance is not their strong point. It’s not like they need to run all day
- Comment on Is it even possible to drop 20 lbs in a month? Are there any diets for people who want to go to the extreme? Kind of like celebs do for roles? 2 weeks ago:
Nope. Just small. There is no single threshold that fits everyone: it varies by age, weight, gender
- Comment on what's the deal with Data centers and why do we all of a sudden need massive ones built all over everywhere? 2 weeks ago:
FOMO. In addition to the below, AI is a huge bubble and the only way to win is to have the biggest and the most datacenters. So companies are in a rush to grow the fastest.
When the bubble pops, most of those companies will lose. Most of those datacenters will shut down. It will be “dead malls” all over again
Meanwhile a huge part of the problems they cause is we are way behind in infrastructure spending. We already weren’t able to get sufficient power everywhere needed. We already couldn’t easily support new power generation or large power users. Now we’re suddenly tripling projected power growth?
- Comment on Is it even possible to drop 20 lbs in a month? Are there any diets for people who want to go to the extreme? Kind of like celebs do for roles? 2 weeks ago:
The first month, yes. In general that is not healthy to aim for.
At one point i used weight watchers to successfully lose a lot of weight - I lost 109 pounds over a couple years as planning for being better able to care for kids. This is a regular program, very much not extreme. However a key part of their program was weekly weigh-ins.
The programs goal was to lose about 2 pounds/week - keeps you healthy with regular weight loss. However everyone had much bigger losses the first couple of weeks. I’m sure I lost more than 20 pounds my first month on the program, but it was water weight, not repeatable. Certainly not a healthy goal
- Comment on Why in America is .08 the legal limit for drunk driving? How come it's not an even 0.10? Who decided at what level being drunk starts? Then 4 beers of 12oz's is 0.08 why is it that small? 2 weeks ago:
As a bigger guy with much higher volume of blood than most of you, no way would I drive after four beers, plus I think that’s wrong
- Comment on "it only takes one slow walking person in the grocery store to destroy the illusion that you're a nice person." 2 weeks ago:
I used to intentionally go off peak but my current grocery is only stocked during peak hours
- Comment on "it only takes one slow walking person in the grocery store to destroy the illusion that you're a nice person." 2 weeks ago:
I’m fine with them going their own speed and I’m fine with being stuck behind them when there’s a legitimate blockage. However when they can’t afford me the same courtesy of going my own speed, when they unnecessarily block the aisle, they’re the assholes.
- Comment on "it only takes one slow walking person in the grocery store to destroy the illusion that you're a nice person." 2 weeks ago:
The crazy part is they even manage to get in the way at Costco, where the aisles are so much wider