I appreciate trying to save resources here, but Americans are way too fucking stupid for that to work, amid a myriad of other issues I see with this

How long it lasts as a usable token of trade

So it’s still worthless. Genuinely, what can a penny purchase? A nickel? A dime? None of these coins can buy something individually, and a large chunk of the population doesn’t carry them because the utility they gain for having exact change is less than the coins are worth

To be clear, I understand the coins vs. bills argument, but I’m personally in favor of cutting all coins up to the quarter. Or cutting all coins except dimes and half dollars, but dimes are annoying coins

I think you’re just beginning to identify what The Hero’s Journey is

Well you see one device is made by Microsoft which has been the defacto way to watch videos for a large chunk of its lifespan and the other gave us UMDs and camcorders with cables that could only connect to Vaio laptops, which were the only devices that supported writing to mini-disc

Predator: Badlands 3.5/5: Man, I was really excited for this. I love the new Predator movies (Prey/Killer of Killers) but this is a pretty different direction, it’s a buddy comedy. I like Predators being terrifying monsters, I didn’t like this one kind of bumbling around, even if it did end up being particularly effective by the end. It’s very clearly influenced by modern Star Wars which is not a compliment

Falling Down 2.5/5: I thought this was going to be more about a guy’s day getting progressively shittier until he cracks. Instead it’s about a guy progressively losing his shit which is way less fun today than I assume it was back in the early 90s, considering how that is just a daily news story

Good Fortune 2.5/5: This feels like its written by dudes who have been successful comedy writers for too long who have lost touch with current struggles, presumably because it is. There’s some good jokes, a few funny bits, and one of the most obvious Chekov’s Guns I’ve ever seen in a movie

The Big Lebowski 4.5/5: Hit shuffle on Sunday and we’ll Dude… tomorrow was already the 10th. Great movie

Eternity 4/5: Mystery movie Monday. This was really cool. The premise is interesting, there’s some funny gags, and these are some of the most dynamic characters I’ve seen in a movie in a while. Almost every main character goes through a journey where your opinion changes on them and for being just under 2 hours the run time is effectively used

The Mask 3/5: Wow, this is so much hornier than I remembered from my youth. It’s Who Framed Roger Rabit but hornier, less funny, better dance numbers, and worse written. Mixed bag, but not as offensive as I expected

I would not recommend PS5+Plex. I went through the whole set-up and the PS5 couldn’t encode over half my videos. When playback did work it was often choppy. I dislike that it has ads all over the place but the ONN Streaming Pro does a way better job as Plex streaming device at $45 than my PS5. Plus the controller will be much easier for simple tech users, you can rebind one of the buttons to go directly to Plex

Badlands isn’t as good as I wanted. Here’s my thoughts:

https://lemmy.world/comment/20376754

As a huge Predator fan who was specifically looking forward to this movie, I’m not super happy with it. I like the idea of seeing a Predator earn their place in the clan but turning it into a buddy comedy isn’t what I want. I want them to have to fight against aliens, kill humans, and try to manage hunting multiple species simultaneously. I’m disappointed this is what Dan put on the big screen over Killer of Killers and Prey

The Ring (2002) 3.5/5: I liked the scares, the art house movie in the middle was weird, but overall worth a watch

Back to the Future 5/5: Watched it in IMAX and loved every moment of it. This has to be one of the single best screenplays ever written

The Predator 1/5: Finally watched the last movie I hadn’t seen in the franchise and with good reason. This movie is wildly offensive to the autistic community, insults the movies we like, and has stupid MCU humor. This sucks all around

The Rock 4/5: It’s easy to forget how star studded this is. Plus it’s also a Micheal Bay movie. It’s a little long and gets stuck in the weeds a few times but overall is a very solid film

Prey and Killer of Killers are streaming on Hulu and are 100% worth watching if you like Predator. I’ll post my thoughts after I see it tomorrow

Depends on how you define interesting ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

At some point during 2020 Republicans did one of their latest shitty thing to trans people so the Wachowskis went to their production studio and cleared out a whole bunch of memorabilia for auction with proceeds going to a fund to help

From my memory some of the standouts included a used on screen electric cannon from The Matrix, Speeder from Cloud Atlas, and the binder that detailed all of the plans for the highway fight from Reloaded

My lot included this, a technical sound award from The Matrix, and a judge’s choice award from a queer movie fest for Bound

I’d have hope for that. Between Alien: Earth digging in on the corporations/synthetics, Badlands fully going in on Weyland:Yutani, and that Tractenberg said Killer of Killers/Badlands are building up to a crazier third thing, we might have a chance

I’m so pumped for this. Predator has gotten leagues better since Dan Tractenberg got ahold of it. Prey and Predator: Killer of Killers are the best in the series. Prey earns it a little unfairly because it’s such a love letter to the first one but it just works so well. I’m going to a fan screening tomorrow

Just going to use this post to brag that I own the actual certified fresh trophy that V for Vendetta won:

People always remark how /r/relationshipadvice tells everyone to break up without considering 2 self selection biases:

1. People in happy healthy relationships don’t ask for a lot of advice. “I love my wife, we go on weekly dates, have couples therapy, are helping each other in our careers and our sex has never been better. Wat do?” is not something people will post
2. If you go to a drama discussion, shockingly, more dramatic content gets more attention. More drama in relationships almost always leads to" just stop dealing with it and break up" as advice

A connection to young people

You’re correct on fundamentals and technicals, it’s been a while since I took a Financial Mathematics class and I don’t remember doing very well in it regardless

I’m sure there’s multiple versions, that’d be good too. It’s mostly just getting people to talk about things they like in their life

Typical advice for this is talk about FORD:

• Family
• Occupation
• Relationships
• Dreams

and avoid RAPE:

• Religon
• Abortion
• Politics
• Economics

FORD is talking about the people they love, where they spend most of their time, and what they’re excited about. RAPE is a list of topics that are frequently contentious and that people are bad at having productive conversations about (also don’t talk about rape)

The entire for profit Healthcare system is setting up problems for later