!fuckcars@lemmy.world is getting a bit intense…

So a little bit of investment in stadiums here, a new TV deal there, some exciting QB play, and a sprinkling of Canadian exceptionalism… Sorry, wrong CFL.

Some people think that failing ballasts will trigger their thermal protection, so it could be as simple as cooler weather or components that are failing but haven’t yet, and a little variability in temperature or the intial jolt of electricity may make it work for a while. I generally found CFLs to be finicky and annoying after a while, though i don’t recall ever having one that seemed to die completely and then come back.

https://www.edn.com/teardown-what-caused-these-cfl-bulbs-to-fail/

• Punishing mild workplace infractions with literal torture?
• Punishing poor performance with limb removal, as well as sapient beings being sold involuntarily. Also more walling up.
• Lives every day hoping that management continues to find him useful so he won’t be scrapped.

I like Rogue One a lot, but I can’t quite love it. To me, it’s a 6/10 war movie in lovely Star Wars cosplay and with ample fan service that runs maybe 2:1 on the side of the fun versus the cringey. In its favor, I am an absolute sucker for a well-storyboarded space battle, a weakness in almost every other SW media since ROTJ.

TLJ hit me in the exact right spot with what I felt like it was trying to set up, and once you make the initial mistake of resetting the galaxy ala TFA, I thought it was a reasonable, compelling, and occasionally touching set of next steps.

So this is fantasy, but we’re all friends here right? I honestly don’t recall if I watched two or three, but I admit I kind of enjoyed the first entries in the “Mythica” series. Imagine LOTR ambitions on a Clerks budget, with a commitment to a very soft PG-13. IIRC, the production company is based out of Utah. The supposed “highlight” is that each one features a perfunctory cameo from a very bored Kevin Sorbo. Don’t worry though, Mister Jeebus Creep always leaves after one or two scenes. They’re quite awful by almost any measure, but I dunno. Something about the sheer balls to do a full-on high-fantasy franchise with absolutely zero money was compelling. It was also an early mover in the trend of unashamedly setting your D&D gang to film.

For better known (and actually sci-fi) guilty pleasures, I thought Jupiter Ascending was kinda stupid fun. Also, apparently I’m supposed to be ashamed of liking The Last Jedi, but with the possible exception of Andor it’s my favorite SW of the Disney era; perhaps a different shade of meaning on “guilty” there. Finally, as a kid I was also into The Adventures of Briscoe County, Jr, which does count once you watch a few episodes, and I never quite forgave the X-Files for being more successful.

Well… that’s a thing… that people made… with an Oscar-winning lead. Maybe the trailer is not doing it justice.

I hope. Because the trailer looks too depressing to be funny, too adult-themed to be family friendly, too half-assed to be horror, and too hokey to work as magical realism.

It’s also worth pointing out that rhyming is not the only way to get those pattern-recognition neurons firing. Meter in poetry/lyrics is all about this, and the Ancient Greeks knew all about it. They also knew all about mnemonic tropes (wine-dark sea) and other devices. Old English in particular built most of its poetry and songs around alliteration rather than rhyming.

It was always, shall we say, polarizing, but the production version managed to nudge every iffy design note in the concept car in the wrong direction. It ends up looking less Mass Effect and more like a Pontiac Aztek in DeLorean cosplay.

I don’t even know who Katy is.

What did shedo?

There’s no particular reason a 1.5-3 hour self-contained video narrative that rewards your undivided attention needs to go away, but “two people talking in a room” doesn’t need to be larger than life. The people with big TVs who are still going to Wolverine and Deadpool are doing so because making action choregraphy and explosions and shit as loud as possible makes it more appealing to them.

Marriage Story benefits from something more than a phone screen, sure, but how much more than a 55" TV and a soundbar is worth the other inconveniences of going to a movie theater?

(not just the verysmart, young, white, male, liberal a la Reddit)

Nope, we’ve also got the verysmart middle-aged white male liberals here, and some Communists too!

Neal Stephenson in shambles…

This particular one is in Texas, but I remember similar ones from growing up in Florida in the 80s and 90s. I also remember the brightest green katydids you ever saw.

Go to your HOME! Don’t you wanna go to your HOME?!

So while it’s unlikely based on those box office numbers, has anybody actually seen this thing?

Reading the text in some of the other pics, it feels like some curator was fighting the good fight and trying to undo some lost cause nonsense without pissing off the Daughters of the Confederacy too much.

There are two main differences at this point: MBin (KBin itself is dying as the dev had some combination of burnout and undisclosed personal shit) has better Mastodon integration (if slightly confusing), but worse app support. For “Reddit like” functionality, they’re pretty much completely comparable and compatible. If you’re happy with your setup, no need for two accounts.

I am a man with medium sized hands. I’ve been comfortable wearing my band for almost twenty years, though I don’t feel like my knuckles are particularly prominent. Mine seems to be 6mm width and 1.5mm height and feels neither delicate nor chunky. If you’re specifically going for an extra rounded look and feel, maybe just stay away from the 1mm.

Really though, if this is going to be for daily wear, buy it from a brick and mortar store that can do a proper fitting, or from someplace that will send you some brass testers or something, if that is even a thing. I know you can do it for eyeglasses.