Dagwood222
@Dagwood222@lemm.ee
- Comment on What they are referring to is in the lower left corner. Bet you intially missed it and had evil thoughts 5 hours ago:
People need to feel justified.
“I’m not eating this candy bar because I love sweets; I’m only doing it because my blood sugar is low. It’s not candy, it’s medicine.”
- Comment on James Bond films stall after Barbara Broccoli clashes with Amazon Studios, report claims 5 hours ago:
Broccoli’s father produced the original Sean Connery classics, and she grew up with the franchise.
The bosses at Amazon only got control because of a deal they made where the franchise was part of a much bigger package.
Of course they aren’t going to listen to the woman.
This is why “enshitification” is the word of the decade.
- Comment on "You can't have our trash because we don't have a way to charge you for it" 3 days ago:
Same thing applies to cardboard boxes at the liquor store. Most retailers have plenty of strong boxes and the clerks hate having to break them down for the trashman.
- Comment on National Film Registry Adds Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 5 days ago:
I think that you could show it to someone who was completely unfamiliar with the series and they’d enjoy it.
Maybe that’s because the director was completely unfamiliar with the series before he got the job?
- Comment on Why did people in the 90s/early 00s say that the internet "couldn't be taken down"? 5 days ago:
It’s a truism in writing; villains act and heroes react. If someone looks at the internet and sees a way to exploit it they will. They don’t care that it’s working fine for everyone else; they want the money.
- Comment on I don't know where I'm going to keep them all 5 days ago:
Guttenberg never put a Frank Frazetta heroine on a book cover!
- Comment on I don't know where I'm going to keep them all 6 days ago:
This is the invention I’ve been dreaming of.
It looks like a blank book. Pages look, feel, and smell like regular paper. I download a new book and text appears on the pages. I read it like a regular book, and when I’m done I can erase the text and start over.
I know it’s a luxury item for a limited market, but that’s what I want.
- Comment on I don't know where I'm going to keep them all 6 days ago:
My favorite story is that I was on my way to one store to buy a new bookshelf. On the way, I stopped at a different place and brought three new books.
- Comment on Which were the worst movies of 2024? 6 days ago:
Merry Festivus
- Comment on Which were the worst movies of 2024? 6 days ago:
- Comment on Which were the worst movies of 2024? 6 days ago:
It’s a different revenue stream. “Highlander” wasn’t a box office success, but it got a second life thanks to VHS/DVD sales.
- Comment on Which were the worst movies of 2024? 6 days ago:
Another great double standard. The GOP will tie FDR to Stalin in a heart beat, but cheerfully throw away the man who created the modern Republican Party.
- Comment on Which were the worst movies of 2024? 6 days ago:
[off topic?]
Matt Damon gave an interview and made this point. Back when he started producing in the 1990s the DVD release gave a movie a second life. That gave the creators a little leeway to play around. Now a movie is tie to a big opening weekend, so the makers have to stick closer to the formula.
- Comment on Which were the worst movies of 2024? 6 days ago:
Well, I never played the game so I went in knowing nothing. I got it for free.
From that stand point, I’d gibe it a 7.5/10. It was no worse than Guardians/Galaxy 3. It had some funny moments and some good action. I watched it to the end, which puts it ahead of a lot of other movies that way less hate.
- Comment on Torrent of Hate for Health Insurance Industry Follows C.E.O.’s Killing 2 weeks ago:
Which is why people need to vote in every election.
AOC and Omar didn’t magically appear. They did old fashioned political work.
- Comment on Torrent of Hate for Health Insurance Industry Follows C.E.O.’s Killing 2 weeks ago:
I have another comment in this thread. I said that 9/11 gave us the Patriot Act and that this attack will probably lead to something worse.
- Comment on Torrent of Hate for Health Insurance Industry Follows C.E.O.’s Killing 2 weeks ago:
No.
This is a blip on the radar. Gamestop didn’t destroy the stock markets and this isn’t going to do anything but get people riled up.
9/11/2001 gave us the Patriot Act. You can bet that Trump will push through a law letting any CEOs body guards shoot at will.
- Comment on Torrent of Hate for Health Insurance Industry Follows C.E.O.’s Killing 2 weeks ago:
Here’s the thing. The French and Russian governments were unprepared for massive civil unrest.
Here in America we have companies like Blackwater [or whatever they are calling themselves this week] Staffed by ex-CIA hotshots with access to a massive data base and lots and lots of money.
I’d bet anything that they are already planning to capitalize onthis attack.
- Comment on What was going on in England in the 1970s to give Monty Python so much comedy fodder that is still relevant today? 2 weeks ago:
Sometimes I wonder about how many songs the average person would know throughout history. An ancient Roman would be exposed to songs from the entire Empire, while a 1000 AD English farmer might only hear a few dozen in their whole life time.
- Comment on What was going on in England in the 1970s to give Monty Python so much comedy fodder that is still relevant today? 2 weeks ago:
Since this is a comedy thread, I’ll paraphrase John Cleese.
The great thing about anger is that it really works. It makes you physically stronger and less likely to feel pain. If you’re angry all the time you aren’t worrying about things because you’ve got a target to go after.
I’ll throw in another comedy classic.
The musical “The Music Man” is about a conman who gets the whole town in an uproar over a pool table.
- Comment on Torrent of Hate for Health Insurance Industry Follows C.E.O.’s Killing 2 weeks ago:
Which is very elastic.
Think of it this way; no one is threatened by the sight of Al Yankovic coming down the street in a tank. People run for cover when Joe Pesci walks into a store and asks how much for a chainsaw.
- Comment on What was going on in England in the 1970s to give Monty Python so much comedy fodder that is still relevant today? 2 weeks ago:
Check the history of comedy.
Mel Brooks ‘The Producers’ movie had two gay men. Bugs Bunny was in drag in the 1940’s. “Some Like It Hot” came out in the 1950s. Heck, pretty much any Hollywood movie made before the Hays Code would have had gay gags.
Milton Berle was the King of Comedy and he did drag for years.
The Pythons didn’t invent anything
- Comment on Torrent of Hate for Health Insurance Industry Follows C.E.O.’s Killing 2 weeks ago:
That’s not true.
I hated the insurance companies yesterday, but I wasn’t posting about actually killing anyone.
People have been talking about guillotines in the abstract. Now they are talking about it in concrete terms.
- Comment on conditional probability 2 weeks ago:
It came up this time. It’s a good post and I’m glad I waited.
- Comment on conditional probability 2 weeks ago:
Getting an error message and a tiny thumbnail.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Go in and demand to be fired.
If you’re fired you get unemployment benefits.
Also, say something like “I know you need to cut back. I can get another job in a couple of days, but [insert enemy’s name] could never get another job.”
- Comment on how do you workout when you don't have much time? 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on How am I supposed to obtain income? 3 weeks ago:
Have you applied for civil service jobs?
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
It’s genetics.
Go back to caveman days. The people who had strong family bonds were more likely to work together and get through the bad times. The people who struck out on their own weren’t going to survive long enough to reproduce.
Thousands of generations later we still have the same desire to keep in touch with the people who raised us, even if it’s no longer a relevant survival strategy.
- Comment on what's a good present for some friendly nurses who taught me little tricks to work better before I leave the hospital I'm working at? 3 weeks ago:
In my area I’ve noticed that some stores are starting to charge more for using a credit card. I predict that cash is going to make a comeback.