MrPoopyButthole

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[–] MrPoopyButthole@lemm.ee 13 points 5 months ago

My girlfriend and I saw Fall Guys and it's a great movie!

We originally stumbled upon the Parmount Plus series "Action" about the modern history of Hollywood stunts and loved it. It follows the company that made the John Wick movies, same people made Fall Guy.

The show actually had behind the scenes for Fall Guy stunts pre-release and it was wicked cool. I think part of the flop is from bad marketing. I'd wager nobody knows that show exists and their trailers DO NOT make it clear that all the stunts are practical.

The whole movie is meant to be an homage to classic stunts and they actually broke the record for a car roll. I think if they'd found a clever way to showcase all that intention with the marketing a lot more people would have seen it.

[–] MrPoopyButthole@lemm.ee 84 points 6 months ago (12 children)

OK but why is my state mandated minimum insurance nearly $90 a month for a Toyota Prius that I only drive like 30 miles per week?

My liability only plan was $55 in 2018.

I'm over 30 years old with no tickets or accidents on my record.

Maybe the whole data farming thing is being used as an excuse also, but this is bullshit all up and down.

[–] MrPoopyButthole@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

Depends on length. Fun fact: in most Spanish-speaking countries, only the first letter of the first word is capitalized for things like movie titles and posters. Learning that really made me think twice about how trigger-happy I get with capitalization.

[–] MrPoopyButthole@lemm.ee 9 points 8 months ago

Robin Williams had a degenerative neurological disorder and didn't want to live through the decline. Common misconception as media speculation was "funny man sad" long before the family shared any details.

[–] MrPoopyButthole@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'd have to agree that anger isn't usually it's own emotion, it's a specific expression of fear or sadness. There are always exceptions I think, but usually there's more to it.

My favorite thing is to express those things through humor. It's not for everybody. If you're not funny enough you can just sound like an idiot or an asshole, as I can. Other times it enables you to attack the root of the problem in a digestible way that doesn't make a person feel attacked.

[–] MrPoopyButthole@lemm.ee 30 points 9 months ago (6 children)

I keep thinking how great it would be if the federal government made a central server system to access digital content for free via taxes.

All public domain and publicly funded research and content, all in one place. Could also host owned content for people/entities and pay out royalties automatically based on consumption.

There are ways to make this fairly affordable to everyone via taxes, but maybe the big opportunity is it could also allow companies to train AI on all the data for a fat, but fair subscription. The value of that could easily pay for enough to shrink any tax costs for the public.

[–] MrPoopyButthole@lemm.ee 14 points 9 months ago

I hope they both go down when Team Rocket hears about this

[–] MrPoopyButthole@lemm.ee 27 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I think accessibility options in games are fantastic and as long as they're optional you can do no wrong.

I think the best thing, that's still not as common yet, is the ability to custom map game controls within its settings. Steam's own software can do this pretty well, but there should be support for that in every game up front.

Not only does it make it easier for people missing limbs or dexterity to play games, but it makes it easier for any person to tweak the controls for their play style.

I really hope we see more support for features like this because they can be so useful to everybody.

[–] MrPoopyButthole@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't think he was trying to make literal statements with things like that. Yes, he used sociopolitical commentary as his medium, but he was still a comedian.

He's not trying to convince his audience that everybody is stupid, he's speaking to a feeling most of us have had when looking at what others are doing. Everyone sometimes feels like like everybody around them must be stupid, just like we all sometimes feel like we're the only one missing something.

He's beloved because most really talented comedians can derive humor from relatable or absurd situations and stories, but Carlin could make a rhythm linking broad abstract concepts of human experience to really specific examples.

He's not a god, he was just a really talented comedian that had a unique style and medium.

[–] MrPoopyButthole@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

CLR is a cleaning product most popular as a spray. Yellow bottle. It's really effective, and significantly safer than most harsh cleaning products.

Wet & Forget can be great for a lot of tile or glass showers, but it does seem overpriced.

You can also get little cleaning pods that hang into the toilet bowl to prevent build-up from happening.

Avoid the tablets that go in the toilet tank. They can do real damage to your plumbing and it's not worth it.

Last advice is only helpful if you own your home, but upgrade your exhaust fan. The humidity can cause dust and such to buildup faster.

[–] MrPoopyButthole@lemm.ee 37 points 10 months ago (6 children)

While it isn't magic, there is a newfound pressure on the Democratic party to finally break some meaningful ground.

Unfortunately one of the biggest obstacles had been the radically conservative Supreme Court.

Simple arithmetic tells us that if just two Supreme Court Justices were to suddenly disappear from our reality, and re-emerge in another, the court would lean more progressive to allow debt relief, bodily autonomy, and hopefully more.

While there are many ways to suddenly remove people from our plane of existence, there's no proven way to have them re-emerge in another. Obviously it would be illegal and deeply unethical to suggest such removal without the safe relocation to another plane.

So I guess just learn to kiss fascist ass 🤷‍♂️

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