throwaway-7743
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COVID-19 and streaming services training people to stay home and wait for a streaming release instead of going to the theater. Folks tightening their belts due to the economy and inflation and spending less on entertainment in general. Competition with Youtube, Twitch, TikTok, Steam, Playstation, Xbox, Nintendo, Spotify, etc. Crowded release schedule. Particular IPs and/or franchises overstaying their welcome (DCEU, Indiana Jones, Disney Remakes). Certain diversity castings not going over well (The Little Mermaid possibly). People tired of mediocre films.
throwaway-7743
10mo ago
I read it back in high school during the mid-aughts. I remember liking The Navidson Record, but not particularly caring for the Zampanò and Johnny Truant elements of the story. I was too impatient at the time to fully investigate the footnotes.
I found the story structure more interesting in theory than in execution. It felt like a critique or deconstruction of something I was unfamiliar with.
It was okay. Kinda gimmicky. I think The Navidson Record is a nice little horror story.
I like Justice but it might be on the heavier side at times for small children.
Yellow Magic Orchestra might be good but I haven't listened to any of their albums all the way through.
throwaway-7743
10mo ago
This too shall pass. Eat healthy, hydrate, prioritize sleep, walk or exercise, meditate, etc. Treat yourself well. You'll get through it.
throwaway-7743
9mo ago
I'm curious if listening to an audiobook while silently reading/following along with the physical book would lead to subvocalizing incorrect pronunciation.
I don't think you can screw things up too badly doing a 16:8 diet. The alternating days diet seems more sketchy to me, but maybe I'm wrong. Cut sugar out of your diet as well as processed grains. Drink enough water each day. Make sure you get all your electrolytes. Get high quality sleep. Don't eat or drink 2-3 hours before going bed. Don't look at screens or artificial light 1-2 hours before bed. Get a sleep study done. Get an oral appliance and/or CPAP if needed. Exercise and not too intensely before bed. Blah blah blah.
throwaway-7743
11mo ago
I like Mourning Doves because their call reminds me of home. They're clumsy dum-dums.
throwaway-7743
9mo ago
Input before output. Listening before speaking. Reading before writing. Quality immersion is important. I would get an audiobook and a physical book of a non-fiction book you're interested in narrated by a speaker you wish to emulate. If you're male, pick a male, etc. Folks tend to sound like their parents, so pick a quality parent. And then just hammer it. Rinse and repeat. Do Anki. Maybe check out Refold.
throwaway-7743
8mo ago
Just look at the United Methodist Church.
throwaway-7743
8mo ago
I added it to my wishlist on Steam when I saw a friend had added it to his. Looked very Chrono Trigger-esque, which I liked. I'll get around to playing it at some point.
Blue jays are radiant, territorial dickheads. They're characters. I like 'em.
throwaway-7743
10mo ago
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Depends on how many players. If only two, there's probably more.
throwaway-7743
10mo ago
Hard to say. Depends on the situation and the people involved. Some people want the truth no matter how painful. Others would rather live a lie and/or shoot the messenger.
Have a specific situation?
throwaway-7743
10mo ago
Listening before speaking. Reading before writing. Best way to learn a language is by listening, but there needs to be some context to what you're hearing, similar to how we learned language as infants. Audiobook + physical book + translation dictionary is your best bet. Lots of illiterate people can speak a language. Lots of jazz musicians couldn't read sheet music.
throwaway-7743
11mo ago
If you're monogamous, look for a hetero-/bi-/pan- romantic asexual woman.
https://www.asexualcupid.com/ might work.
throwaway-7743
11mo ago
Darn. I think I used to think it was "toeing the line," as in not crossing a red line or a line in the sand, and then erroneously changed it to "towing the line," like carrying the water for [blank]. Thanks for the correction.
throwaway-7743
9mo ago
I'm curious about trends in crop yields, food loss, and food waste.
throwaway-7743
1yr ago
I currently am not because my new license-plate doesn't fit my old license-plate frame for some odd reason, and I'm too cheap and/or lazy to purchase a replacement.
But I echo @MollieTheMare's sentiments.
When ads get that distracting, I'd rather not consume either product (NBA or Ruffles). Strangely, I'm okay with product placement when entertainment leans into it like Wayne's World or Idiocracy, or like the KFC dating sim.
He's not unlike Jordan Peterson. Both likely have Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Low empathy. Emotionally dysregulated at times. Delusions of grandeur. Paranoid. Both think "they" are out to get them, to silence them. Peterson thinks he's a prophet of sorts and has a politically conservative, Christian-ish agenda. Tate's more of a hedonistic grifter who plays the "top g" character. Both are very theatrical. Very performative. Clownish at times. Not unlike Trump.
And yet, at times, they've delivered far more truthful statements than the vast majority of adults in my life personally.
Would I want to hang out with Tate or have my sister date him? Hell no. But I view him like gore websites. Not particularly healthy to view, but offers a closer depiction of reality than MSNBC, CNN, or Fox News. And even gore videos can have agendas (America bad! Ukraine bad! Russia bad! China bad!). But the bias is out in the open. And you can take what's truthful (human nature) and discard the agendas (political or religious or financial or whatever).
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