pwnicholson

@pwnicholson@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where are all the successful "red cities"?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Eh, you’re probably right, but I also know a lot of people from various Houston burbs and they all lean right/MAGA, so I’ve got some observational bias going on too

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where are all the successful "red cities"?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Houston is as well considering it’s massive but full of mostly sprawled suburbs and tons of oil people or friends/relatives of oil people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do we humans love music so?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It is in the context of a guy singing. The next line is something like “if it was a dog that had howled thus, he’d have shot him”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do we humans love music so?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  “Is it not strange that sheep’s guts should hail souls from mens’ bodies?” – Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing

  (Guitar/lute strings used to be made from sheep gut, for anyone confused)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon loves The Lord of the Rings⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Half-life.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I just saw that Mick Jagger is attending Jeff Bezos's wedding when did he sell out?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The guys who came along years later and were (more) openly about drugs and sex (instead of semi-covertly about it)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I just saw that Mick Jagger is attending Jeff Bezos's wedding when did he sell out?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The Rolling Stones were always the spoiled rich kids pretending to be tough. The Beatles were poor kids pretending to be posh. There are whole books written about that dynamic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Knight Rider (4K) - 22nd July.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll really be curious to see what this is like. So many shows with modest budgets did NOT do makeup and set design with anything like 4k or HD in mind. Or even VHS. They were made for lo-res 80s broadcast TV. I know some of the Star Trek remasters are pretty awful about that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Producers Have A Genius Plan To Keep The Show Alive (Kind Of)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That would be hilarious. Wolf Hall but technically in the Star Trek universe. 10 normal episodes per season, but once it twice a time traveler randomly shows up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s an argument against an executive branch of government, not an argument against a constitutional monarchy.

  You could have (and many countries do) a parliamentary system like you describe without having a monarch figurehead.

  The question I think OP is asking is: why have the monarch figurehead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which actor did not have a single bad film?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Titanic was a hit, but in retrospect, horribly overrated and IMHO absolutely cliche, disrespectful, sacrilegious garbage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which actor did not have a single bad film?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, I’ve even seen that one! Good call

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which actor did not have a single bad film?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Agree he had a very high hit rate, and personal life aside, I enjoy most of his movies.

  But MI:2 and MI:3 are mediocre at best, and Knight and Day and Rock of Ages were massive flops (I haven’t seen either, but i they look horrible). Cocktail earned him a razzie nomination.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which actor did not have a single bad film?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Saving Private Ryan is at least “very good” if not one of the greatest war movies of all time.

  And The Burbs is classic 80s screwball comedy simmered to perfection (even if it isn’t a 'high art ’ genre)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does not the constitution say something one should not be charged or something to vote? If so then why does my home state charge 50$ to get a regular id to vote? Is that no illegal?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah yes. “If you’re rich, nothing is illegal, there’s just a fee”

  That’s definitely a thing, but something different.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does not the constitution say something one should not be charged or something to vote? If so then why does my home state charge 50$ to get a regular id to vote? Is that no illegal?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think you get what I was saying. I’m not debating the definition of the word “fee.”

  I’m saying that in most states in the USA, there’s often a fee for many things that can get gotten completely for free if you prove your income is low enough.

  So I guess you could say you “pay a fee” of the extra time and hassle to prove your low income. But for something like a state ID, for instance, you can get one absolutely free (no money paid) if your income is low enough.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why did/do sites such as the pyramids in Egypt or the Roman colosseum end up in an abandoned state, only to be "rediscovered" later?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  One small point to correct/adjust is the idea that these sites were “ignored.”

  The pyramids have been a tourist attraction for thousands of years. The Romans talked about visiting them. I’m guessing there was never a time when they weren’t of interest to people in the area. Same for something like the Colosseum, Parthenon, or Pantheon. They might not have always prioritized preservation, but they certainly didn’t forget they existed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does not the constitution say something one should not be charged or something to vote? If so then why does my home state charge 50$ to get a regular id to vote? Is that no illegal?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Reverse. It’s only a fee if you can afford it. If you can’t afford it, it’s free.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Speaking honestly, what has to happen for you personally to take to the street in protest of the current administration.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A viable protest of decent size in my city that I can join. Even a few hundred people would be enough. Organized enough that I hear about it a week out and can shift my plans to be there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NASA Just Found the Sun’s Secret Warning Before Massive Solar Flares⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sweet. Now all we have to do is find the Stargate and we can time travel.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there anything my girlfriend and I have to consider when traveling to America based on our skin differences?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I live in Nashville (and my sister lives in Germany). You should be fine. It’s a great place to visit.

  Any place in the world has the small chance of a drunken idiot making a fool of themselves by revealing themselves to be racist. We’re no different. But you’re not going to be harassed by police officers or anything like that (unless you’re doing something worthy of their attention anyway).

  The only places where I’d be the slightest bit concerned would be in the small town rural areas between Nashville and the national park. Even then you should be fine, but the odds of running into a racist idiot will go up from like 1% to 3%. And even if you do, it’s not like you’ll be in danger. They’ll just do their best to make you uncomfortable by saying something nasty. They won’t refuse you service or anything crazy like that.

  Honestly, even in those areas you’re likely to be looked at suspiciously because of your foreign accent more than the color of your skin.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  One you’ve seen before and enjoy.

  Probably better if it is dialog-heavy vs one that’s mostly visual and action

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Fans Saved Star Wars - Laserdisc Bootlegs (Part I)⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are definitely people who care about those differences. There are even a few actually changes in footage, making some 1.1

  Go look at some of the sites that cover all the changes

  When articles like this talk about people who are worried about preserving the original they mean original. There are a bazillion copies of the VHS version out there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Fans Saved Star Wars - Laserdisc Bootlegs (Part I)⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  By “the original” you mean the non-special edition.

  But interesting to note that the true theatrical versions were never released on VHS. By the time it was released on home video, small changes had already started to be made. Pretty common for a lot of movies.

  For example, the opening crawl was changed for A New Hope after 1981 to refer to it as “Episode IV”. The original theatrical version didn’t say that. There were also changes to accommodate the poor technology that would be used to play them back in homes, like brightening certain scenes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What positive things do you expect from Trumps upcoming four years?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s a chance that Musk has bought himself enough influence to turn conservatives on climate change. I don’t know if I expect it, exactly, but there’s a chance at a scenario where there is at least some progress there.

  Granted Musk will mostly use it to enrich himself, but if he at least stops then from repealing green subsidies and the like, that’s movement in the right direction.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The NeverEnding Story 40th Anniversary 4K Blu-ray⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  1. I’m sorry your parents never took you to art museums

  It’ll probably more like plaster. 4k isn’t always better. There are some low-budget effects things that aren’t improved.

  I bet even comparing your old VHS that awoke your youth compared to the 2k Blu-ray, the new copy would be a lot less ‘interesting’ to look at.

  I just hope the 4k is transferred well but also doesn’t let us see every seam in the costume and flake in the makeup

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The NeverEnding Story 40th Anniversary 4K Blu-ray⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nudity? You mean the statues?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I Worked For MrBeast, He's A Sociopath⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Destin at Smarter Every Day and Steven Mould seem like solid guys, and content similar to Tom Scott if you haven’t seen them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Universal basic income is 'straight out of the Karl Marx playbook,' financial guru Dave Ramsey says⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  He was always a grifter. When I was in college in the late 90s he had a financial responsibility program for college students to help them learn how to get out from college debt they were in the process of racking up. It was something like $40-50 a session for a 6-8 week course. That would be roughly $75-90 today.

  I watched way too many of my friends give away money to that guy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mike Flanagan Says Netflix Was "Actively Hostile" Towards the Idea of Releasing Physical Media: "It Became Clear Very Fast That Their Only Priority Was Subs"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting because they’ve published things on home media in Europe fairly quickly and consistently. You just have to import them. At least most of the shows I’ve been interested in (Marvel Defenders, etc)