I mean, it's pretty simple for me in that I won't pay for a streaming service that has ads. Others might, but I don't care what others pay for. I left cable for this reason and I'll leave its next incarnation if that is to be.

Yup, it's so easy now to buy direct. Same price, same shipping, no counterfeits. One of the things that was really annoying me about Amazon was how often my "new" item was so obviously already opened and returned, often with parts missing. I cancelled and haven't looked back.

I shall include this similarly to Stanislav Petrov Day.

Yeah, but the longer you have to wait to find someone who gets it the sweeter that moment is. I'll go a good decade not working with anyone who knows a damn thing about Starship Troopers, but when I do... That's a good, knee-slapping lunch we'll have before one of us quits to never be seen again.

100F in Houston is a completely different beast than 100F in San Diego. Shade will actually help you San Diego. Nothing will help you in Houston.

Same here. I feel Reddit changed for the worse so slowly that I had completely forgotten what the glory days were like until I came to Lemmy. I forgot that there was actual discussion in the comments rather than the same ten lazy comments ad naseum.

I'm kinda surprised Lemmy is losing users since it feels like there is more engagement since I joined earlier this year.

My schools had a zero tolerance policy for anyone involved in a fight for any reason. I saw a few kids suspended for clearly defending themselves. My father gave me regular talks to let me know that so long as the other person attacked first he'd fully support me defending myself however I needed.

I answered a doorbell last night and there was the tiniest little girl I'd ever seen walking. When I opened the door she responded like she just won a million dollars. Couldn't even form words over the happiness exploding from her glee as she jumped up and down, fists shaking in the air. It was indeed the cutest thing I've ever seen.

I looked up at the father and he was just glowing.

He's also, most importantly, really good at voice work. Brock Samson has a ton of character that has to be communicated through very few lines. Stellar work.

It's all subjective. The only way a critic can be helpful is if you become accustomed to their tastes and how they communicate them. It's why Rotten Tomatoes CAN be a helpful tool but is so misunderstood as to be useless.

If a movie gets 10% on RT, but you're in the 10% that fucking love that thing then that score means nothing.

I just finished it and was a bit underwhelmed. There is an amazing game there ruined by a lot of tangents with subpar game design. It was like they were not confident enough in their core gameplay and just kept adding mediocre noise instead of streamlining the main appeal. I just wanted to dive and run a restaurant and the game kept forcing me to do other things. Very frustrating.

Do not try to deceive or scare the Post Op nurse. They have powers you'd happily avoid.