ApollosArrow

@ApollosArrow@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Am I going crazy, or has people's spelling gotten awful lately?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This was going to my answer as well. While spelling on the internet is pretty bad, English isn’t the primary language of many people on Lemmy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some lesser-known obscure TV series that went under the radar, that you would recommend?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like the end of season 2 got wonky because they found out they were getting cancelled. They did make it work with the little time they had left.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jonathan Majors has addressed the rumors he'll return as Kang in the MCU and revealed that Kevin Feige didn't respond to the letter he sent him shortly after his trial⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  He was abusive to woman. It’s what ended his career. He was sentenced to some anger management thing for a year. Just recently someone leaked him confessing he did abuse the person.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meet the Parents 4 is moving forward and taps John Hamburg to direct⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Can’t really think of what the movie would be called since the last one broke the name convention. Big Fockers?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone else found Mickey 17 embarrassingly bad? (Just watched it)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They are definitely different movies. I find Starship Trooper and Fifth Element’s humor to be a bit more of their time. The best thing I can compare it to quality wise would be like some of the Netflix movies that have come out in the last few years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone else found Mickey 17 embarrassingly bad? (Just watched it)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Echoing others that this isn’t a horrible movie. I enjoyed the ride. If you want to watch a better version of this movie, maybe try Moon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Mickey 17" releases digitally on March 25 — only 18 days after its theatrical debut⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I definitely enjoyed watching it in theaters

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paramount Posts $286M Fourth Quarter Streaming Loss, Gains 5.6M Subs⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Even sharing playlists would be great. I wanted to catch up on Clone Wars when The Mandalorian started, but that show is long and full of fillers. So I had to track down lists that told me which ones focused on Madalore and later Ahsoka.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paramount Posts $286M Fourth Quarter Streaming Loss, Gains 5.6M Subs⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it’s slowly moving backwards again. For example, I am starting to see some parmount+ content popping up on Netflix, though it’s about 6 months behind of when it’s released.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paramount Posts $286M Fourth Quarter Streaming Loss, Gains 5.6M Subs⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess the issue is what would they be competing on and what would these premium features be? The more features you add, the less it becomes a place to watch things. That’s why you have Netflix offering games with your sub as well now. You can add multi-viewing parties and more experiences like bander snatch again, but at a certain point it just becomes a platform for general content versus shows and movies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paramount Posts $286M Fourth Quarter Streaming Loss, Gains 5.6M Subs⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  While I do agree competition is healthy. I don’t think every company should have their own streaming service, it’s not sustainable and means that each company needs to be churning out consistent content. It would make more sense if they just let their content be accessible through the platforms that would dedicate themselves to streaming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When making a post that fits multiple communities, should I just pick the most relevant/popular one or repost to the other ones as well?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Correct. It does not funnel all the conversation into the same post, which is probably most people’s preference.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New poster for "A Minecraft Movie"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Wasn’t expecting Jason Mamoa to get top billing since I assumed Jack Black was the main character.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨James Cameron will reportedly open Avatar 3 with a title card saying no generative AI was used to make the movie⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I think those semantics are really important during this time when creatives are at war with ai, so the public is aware of what is what, everything is lumped in together. There is a very big leap between blurry images on CSI TV shows figuring out license plates and taking something from let’s say 1080p and making it 4k. I use upscaling quite often in my line of work and we really do draw a line between something like Topaz and something like Adobe Firefly. Upscalers have also been around since maybe 2015, but they weren’t as advanced or popular to use back then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Disney+ Lost 700,000 Subscribers in Final 3 Months of 2024⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  At this point I only have disney, because in exchange I get access other people’s accounts like Max and Peacock. Once everyone goes the Netflix route and blocks sharing, all those subs are going out the window.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people indoors at public places always listen to their phone at full volume?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t know that, could be the case. I just assumed it was the same people that drive around with their windows down blasting music. It’s likely the same crowd that is being described by OP.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people indoors at public places always listen to their phone at full volume?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have one that bothers me more. There are people who park their cars in front of random houses at night, I assume it’s delivery people or ubers taking a break. They will have their phones connected to their cars; speakers at max. I can hear their whole conversations while I am trying to fall asleep. Happens about once a month where I live.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo Switch 2 finally officially revealed⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Then you add in the 2DS which came out after the 3DS.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo 3DS Game Finally Cancelled After Being On Pre-order For Almost a Decade⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The 3D was what really threw me off. I was a day one backer and was loving all the artwork. Once the 3D hit, it kind of soured me on the project. I still ended up backing it, but I never finished the game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Because THOSE schools are expensive.

  IN STATE VS OUT OF STATE

  I went to a state school about 18 yrs ago and it was $3,000/semester. Today it’s $3,500/semester, so it didn’t go up by much. I stayed in state so it was lower for me. If you are not from the state it’s $10,000/ semester (still on the lower end). For the US, staying in state helps a lot. Unfortunately I think the grand idea of moving away and dorming is pushed onto kids by the media. Another comparison, my wife, who also went to school in the same state as me, went to at a CUNY and it was $1,800/semester. It was a pretty great school and campus, but not a school you’d see in the movies or tv shows. We both chose to stay within our means and not put a burden on ourselves or our families. Today we are very successful with no debt.

  SCHOOLS AS BRAND

  One more thing that drives price, is that schools are also brands now, and you are paying for that. There is peer pressure to get into schools with better awareness. Same reason a kid would rather wear apparel from nike vs walmart. My niece just started college this year and was brainwashed into picking a school she couldn’t afford. They took out a loan and the school end up being horrible for her. She dropped out during the last semester and I was told all the money spent this year was a wash. She’s now going to end up going to the school her family originally recommended to her.

  CLASS FLUFF For the sake of keeping kids in school they pack in so many additional unneeded electives. I think I had to take 11 within my first 2yrs and each of my classes was 3hrs long. Some days I would have 9hrs of class. That is not including the down time in between those clases, so I could be there around 11-12hrs on a single day. If you want to keep a part time job to help pay for college, then that may mean you have to take additional winter and summer classes. In a lot of places this isn’t covered during the regular months so you have to pay for more. This fluff is one of the ways they keep bachelors and masters programs to run for as long as they do and at the prices they do. Some of these schools do run expedited programs where if you have previous electives that transfer over, you can do your degree in half of the time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Official poster for "Superman" (2025)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s better than floating heads.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nine Sols - Console Launch Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  40hrs seems like a good chunk of time. I think I collected everything in Hollow Knight in 60hrs, so this sounds encouraging in terms of money’s worth. From the comments it does sound enjoyable. A game from long ago that I played for the art was Muramasa on the wii, but I remember never finishing the game and selling it. I will give this one a shot!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nine Sols - Console Launch Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The artwork looks great to me, but I can’t really see anything amazing game mechanics wise from the trailer. What do you think makes it GOTY for you? (I’d genuinely want to give this game a try)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In the era of remakes and remasters, what niche game would you like to see receive the treatment?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Megaman Legends Megaman Battle Network Jetforce Gemini

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In the era of remakes and remasters, what niche game would you like to see receive the treatment?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Given that they remade Chain of Memories entirely, I am really surprised they never did it for 358/2.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nostalgia and remake culture⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a very good example. I am going to steal this in the future.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where does a man get a proper shoe horn that will not break⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Some higher end brands come with shoe horns. I have a few now. I will say in all my years I have never broken or deformed one though, and I have some cheap ones from amazon too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Game Freak has been allegedly hacked, with source codes for Pokemon games reportedly leaked⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I know you’re being downvoted, but I had the same thought. I see more outcry over nintendo than other companies. Yes, Nintendo has done bad things, but if I were to go back and browse Reddit I feel like the level of hate on Lemmy is much higher. I have to assume it’s due to the open source nature of Lemmy and it’s ideals.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a subsect of the minimalist community that's focused on portable living?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think this is why the “15min City/Neighborhood” is a popular idea. Small clusters of group where you can walk and get all your basic needs within a 15min walk. I don’t really think this is feasible in the US though, unless someone decided to build an entirely new city.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a subsect of the minimalist community that's focused on portable living?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn phone! Thank you for letting me know. I’ve updated my post.