jordanlund

@jordanlund@lemmy.one

Hey, he’s like, just this guy, you know?

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jordanlund,

Roe got overturned, changes the formula.

jordanlund,

Yup. I, personally, want 100% vote by mail. We’ve been doing it in my state since 2000, it’s safe, effective, results in high turnout and engagement, really nothing to hate.

Oh, except Republicans lose when more people vote. ;)

jordanlund,

“over-50 demographic”

Hey, hey, hey, don’t group all of us in with those assholes…

jordanlund,

I could see a purpose for it:

“This is ‘propaganda’ kids. It’s designed to teach you things that aren’t true. Here’s how to learn it isn’t true, and here’s how to learn who is behind it and why they want you to be taught things that aren’t true.”

jordanlund,

Hilarious that it even embedded the tweet so you can see it’s not an accurate quote.

Bad enough when humans do it, adding nothing.

jordanlund,

Calm Rick sounds spot on, angry Rick not so much.

Morty sounds pretty good generally but there was one line that sounded off…

Still, given the circumstances, I don’t know what else they were supposed to do…

“Hey, it’s us, Rick and Morty! From a dimension where our voice actor wasn’t caught grooming children!”

jordanlund,

He’s forgetting movie history…

Back when television got big, cinema had to evolve to survive. The aspect ratio went wide.

This Is Cinerama was more of a tech demo than anything else in 1952, but it was followed by widescreen movie, movies in 1953 with “The Robe” being shot and shown in Cinemascope.

Technicolor too gave a more vibrant color scheme even than previous color film processing that actually came a generation prior, in 1932.

But the widescreen/Technicolor combination provided a must see experience that were the event films of the era and they couldn’t be duplicated at home.

Roll forward 50 years… home theater technology has evolved to a point where theater has to compete with 65" 4K television displays and 7.1 Dolby Atmos surround sound. People need a reason to leave their homes and deal with noisy, disease infected, crowds, high concession prices, expensive tickets, and annoyances like having to pre-pick your own seats instead of just walking in and sitting down.

Streaming is keeping people at home, being able to binge long form content, pausing when necessary. Cinema can’t provide that experirnce.

So it’s going the other way, the “theme park ride experience”. It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that the first Pirates of the Carribean movie hit in 2003, pre-dating the wave of comic book movies by, what? 5 or 6 years? 50 years after the first Cinerama movies?

But even that has roots going back to Jurassic Park (1993), Star Wars (1977), and Jaws (1975).

Now, don’t get me wrong, I dearly love “small” films like Scorsese’s After Hours, or even modern stuff like Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City, but there is ZERO compelling reason to see them in a theater. I can get the same experience viewing them on my home theater setup without, you know, blowing $50 to sit in a noisy, uncomfortable theater.

To do THAT, I NEED a spectacle. I need to see something that demands I see it right away, in a theatrical environment. It needs to be a theme park ride.

If your end goal is to make a tight knit drama full of people in rooms talking to each other, well, Downton Abbey and Bridgerton are over there ->

jordanlund,

Glutenous Maximus

jordanlund,

Gosar is such a tool.

You know it’s bad when his own family said “Yeah, don’t vote for this guy.”

youtu.be/j1W7lx6IsnY

Sea of Theives is getting private servers with a big catch (i.imgur.com)

It was inevitable really and after 5 years Sea of Thieves is getting private servers. So if you would rather play without without having to worry about other players you finally can. The new game mode will be called Safer Seas and will have some restrictions while in a private server....

jordanlund,

I was in the beta, got my first little boat and realized it was not a single player game when there were suddenly four things I had to do simultaneously to keep the ship from sinking.

Here’s the thing… my job is talking to people and collaborating to solve problems for eight hours. As an introvert, it’s exhausting. At the end of my day the LAST thing I want to do is talk to other people. I just want to play a game.

jordanlund,

For quick turns, reduce the speed. I know, I know, counter intuitive.

jordanlund,

It’s a common theme:

“We want state’s rights!”

“Great, my state wants legal marijuana, gay marriage, safe and legal abortions, and physician assisted suicide.”

“No, not like that!”

What Happens if a Nominee Dies, Gets Too Sick, or Winds up in Prison? (washingtonmonthly.com)

Joe Biden is 80 and not very popular. Donald Trump is 77, not very popular, and facing four indictments. The possibility that one or both parties might replace either man before they secured their respective presidential nomination—or afterward—because of health, death, or legal conviction is worth considering if only...

jordanlund,

A lot of it depends on when they die. There’s actually a very good novel exploring this situation, it’s called “The People’s Choice” and it’s written by noted journalist Jeff Greenfield.

en.m.wikipedia.org/…/The_People's_Choice_(novel)

Here’s the scenario:

An election is held and a winner is chosen, however the winner dies before the electoral college votes can be certified which generally happens in December.

The party promotes the VP nominee, but the electors aren’t sure they actually want him, and the count is 305 to 233. It would take 37 “faithless” electors to change their vote to throw the election to the 2nd place candidate.

Now, I could see a similar nightmare scenario if the top candidate were to die after certification, but before the votes can be counted by the VP on Jan. 6th. Or after 1/6 but before the swearing in on 1/20.

After everyone is sworn in, it’s clear the VP takes over, before that it’s a little bit squishy.

jordanlund,

Weird choice of graphic. Why flip the US and place it on the left?

The Chinese map isn’t flipped, so it’s not a case of the entire graphic being mirrored…

jordanlund, (edited )

“Characters: Fixed an issue that could cause some characters to not be in their proper location.”

Ooh, I wonder if I can finally pick up that guy in the medbay…

Edit No, no they did not. :(

A new Supreme Court case could trigger a second Great Depression (www.vox.com)

The plaintiffs’ arguments in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association, which the justices will hear on October 3, are simultaneously some of the silliest and some of the most dangerous ideas ever presented to the Supreme Court of the United States....

jordanlund,

If they try to shut down Social Security that’s going to result in lawsuits from a) all the seniors who currenttly rely on it and b) people like me who have been paying into it for 38 years.

jordanlund,

“Gaming”

“Sub $1,000”

My gut reaction is “choose one”.

You might be able to get a gaming laptop under $1K but get ready to replace it in 2 years.

jordanlund,

Somewhere there’s a joke about “of course he wants an Austrian gun…”

jordanlund,

I would not describe any movement in the US as “leftist”. :(

jordanlund,

A lot of what’s being attributed to cognitive decline is a lifelong struggle with stuttering.

p.s. Trump is way worse with the word salad than Biden is:

youtu.be/rEP3z5xStE4

jordanlund,

“Additionally, Mr Biden’s age remains a problem for many who believe at 80 years old, he is too old to run again.”

Trump will be the same age Biden is now in 2026.

jordanlund,

Pointless survey since we don’t have national elections.

We won’t have a real understanding until we can count Trump primary votes and compare that to the state by state results in the 2016 primary and general.

Then it’s matter of following state by state polling until election day.

jordanlund,

LOL - Or, now hear me out… OR he could have been about to leave the stage when someone off stage waved him off because they weren’t done yet.

Don’t believe the right wing echo chamber:

moneycontrol.com/…/viral-video-joe-biden-looks-lo…

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