I use Firefox with ad blockers to watch YouTube. Chrome seems to be allowing them to block my ad blocker

Yup, few people remember how few and far between big budget fantasy films used to be. Computer graphics have gotten cheap enough now that we see big fantasy sets all the time. Back when LOTR hit it was really rare for someone to cater to the fantasy crowd on the big screen, especially for a whole trilogy.

Much like the original Tolkien novels are a hard read but still seen as classics because they laid groundwork for the genre, the movies are seen as classics because they came first. They are probably Peter Jackson’s best movies but that’s only because he got even worse at editing as he went on.

guys really do think about women laughing at them as much as we think about them trying to murder us

Except the casino can refuse to pay out for any reason at all

Britain did brexit and a bunch of other countries elected right wing nut jobs in response to globalization, not just the us

spoken like someone who has never had religious nutjobs take over their government.

Seriously, the news prints the headline as if the rest of the article doesn’t make it really clear this is a claim from nowhere.

Its the same with drawing.

Its funny how no one gets confused about lawyers having to practice law, etc. We need better PR.

And yet everyone I know who has used it pre-2010s ish says ‘sequel’

This one fits me best

New one I just became aware of:

How does everyone say SQL?

really good points. Thanks for the thoughtful response. I find the forum format the most comfy, but I’m the techy one so I think you’re right that others would probably prefer chats

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They don’t care about the quality of television. Writing a story that goes on and on and offers the possibility of several spinoffs is the equivalent of micro-transactions in video games : they make more money that way.

Capitalism only maximizes money, it doesn’t maximize quality. It eats quality to make more money.

I also got into disc golf over the pandemic. I hope the sport sees a lot of growth. I like that courses don’t require much upkeep or forest clearing

zulip could work I think. Hadn’t heard of it / considered it before now.

What I’m envisioning is smaller communities that aren’t open to everyone like school / family / friends based communities.

After making the above comment I started reading about self hosting a lemmy instance with the idea that I might run one for my relatives and I to share photos, plan vacations, help w homework etc

because conservatives believe everyone thinks like them and are just scared to admit it

just need to preserve this line because its so spot on

May the next iteration of the internet include more people journeying to smaller communities that fit them, and less scooping everyone up and exposing them to as much outrage as possible to addict them.

Ideally all social media use goes to near zero

same, I assume you have heard of / watched the train wreck that was Action Park?