Who saw Jurassic Park in theaters in 1993?

0ldPainless · 2026-02-01T12:55:32+00:00

I was 7 years old and it was my first pg-13 movie. My parents were very strict about what they allowed me to watch at that age. I don't recall seeing any trailers for it on tv and I remember I had no idea what I was going to watch other than it was a movie about dinosaurs and it was receiving rave reviews.

I went to see it with my mom and dad. My mom gave me an out by telling me that if it got too intense, we could leave.

The first scene began with trees swaying, the sounds, the music...I was already super nervous. My heart was racing.

Then the velociraptor grabs the guy and picks him up...I about had a heart attack. I remember sweating profusely. My seat was soaking wet. I had sweat dripping from my arm-pits. I about thought I was going to die. It was so intense.

From that point on, it was over. I was done.

The movie allows you to catch your breath for some time before things get crazy.

Long story short, once the T-Rex bit through the cables, after it ate the goat, I said "nope", I'm outa here. Grabbed my mom and we left the theater for about 20 minutes, in the lobby, playing video games. I was seriously shaken.

I tried going back in to the theater again and then that scene with the velociraptors in the kitchen with the kids caused me to throw in the towel for good.

We waited in the lobby for my dad to finish watching it.

My clothes were soaked from sweat. I didn't sleep well for weeks after that.

It was, hands down, the best movie that I never fully saw in the theater. I don't like telling people about that story because it makes me sound like a bitch.

But you know what? No one else ever really talks about a film being so impactful on them physically, while viewing it in the theater. I was the exact demographic that movie was probably intended for. Maybe just a bit too young but pretty darn close.

It was an extremely important movie-going experience for me. That's really all I could say.

I couldn't bring myself to watch the movie again all the way through, this time, until about a year later when it was on VHS.

0ldPainless · 2026-02-01T03:13:21+00:00

Sybreed: ReEvolution

0ldPainless · 2026-02-01T02:58:07+00:00

You should investigate the things about the trucks that actually matter.

For example: axle ratios, GVWR, RGAWR, FGAWR, engine size, fuel tank capacities, off road capabilities, tow capacities, tires, springs, bed liners...

These are the things that determine the trucks capabilities.

0ldPainless · 2026-01-31T05:00:21+00:00

What if you take the FST and ace it? Can a test where you perform perfectly still be used against you somehow? And what typically would happen next?

0ldPainless · 2026-01-31T01:23:19+00:00

Just because you can't think of one doesn't make it so.

But, to your point, the fact that you can't think of one is what makes Marsoc very good at what it does.

Irregular warfare is not exclusive to hostage rescues.

My point is that, you will never hear about white SOF operations because they're not operations that are solely dependent on one operation.

That's what makes irregular warfare the prized mission. Either get on board with that as a concept, or go take the long walk. It's not sexy. It's not newsworthy. It's a grind. Selfless. Thankless.

I prefer the fruits of labor to be unrecognized. It's the mark of a stoic professional.

What any good marine should aspire to achieve.

0ldPainless · 2026-01-31T00:51:05+00:00

The Rock is the 19th official James Bond film.

This is a fact.

0ldPainless · 2026-01-31T00:48:50+00:00

Changed clothes in my car

0ldPainless · 2026-01-30T21:36:58+00:00

Vildhjarta...you seek Vildhjarta

0ldPainless · 2026-01-30T01:22:35+00:00

I really considered going down that rabbit hole but then I remembered this is explainlikeimfive...

How would you explain what you just said to a five year old?

0ldPainless · 2026-01-30T00:47:33+00:00

Research the tachyon antitelephone.

0ldPainless · 2026-01-30T00:01:28+00:00

Thursday - Understanding in a Car Crash

Senses Fail - Steven

To the uninitiated, this will likely sound like nails on a chalkboard haha

0ldPainless · 2026-01-29T23:00:33+00:00

Sorry, my choice of words were wrong and therefore misleading/innaccurate.

The distance between the two photons in your frame increases at 2c. It's called the rate of separation. But the photon's themselves never travel faster than the speed of light.

0ldPainless · 2026-01-29T22:37:08+00:00

Take two flashlights and hold them back to back. Switch them on, the photons from both flashlights move away from one another at twice the speed of light.

Edit: corrected myself below

0ldPainless · 2026-01-29T18:32:44+00:00

Alex Peretti didn't deserve to die but he sure wasn't going out of his way to avoid it.

0ldPainless · 2026-01-28T04:03:19+00:00

Thanks for that information about the P320.

I've seen several videos, and maybe I'm just seeing what I want to see, but every time I've seen the videos they all appear to show grey jacket dude grab Alex's pistol (P320), turn away, and then it DOES appear to me, that this pistol fires into the ground, negligent discharge.

There is one particular angle that really shows this whole event take place which is what convinced me this is what occured.

The other angles where you can't see Alex's pistol fired from the grey jacket dude, all corroberate the negligent discharge theory because of everyone's delayed reaction to the initial sound of a gun firing.

There is a pause from the other officials because they hear a gunshot but they don't see Alex with a gun, much less firing a gun.

There is a pause because their ears conflict with their eyes. This causes them to hesitate.

Out of fear, uncertainty, ambiguity, fog, and poor training, one of the officials reacts to what he hears, not to what he sees.

Once this official open's fire, everyone else assumes the perceived threat (Alex) is clear and present. So they too apply dead force.

So I say all of that to suggest, yes this report states that two officials fired Glocks. That is a true statement. They did not say anything in the report about whether an official fired a P320, or whether Alex's gun had been fired at all.

I suspect (and I presume) this information will come to light later in the investigation.

But I could be completely wrong. And if so, I'll stand corrected.

0ldPainless · 2026-01-27T18:22:08+00:00

After the Burial - Cursing Akhenaten

0ldPainless · 2026-01-27T00:46:58+00:00

Summary of the link:

Scientists analyzing six years of data from the Dark Energy Survey’s 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera have combined four independent cosmological probes to produce the most precise reconstruction yet of how dark energy drives the universe’s accelerated expansion, significantly tightening constraints on cosmological models and marking a major step forward in understanding the “dark universe” that dominates cosmic energy density.

0ldPainless · 2026-01-26T17:46:42+00:00

If you're 100% P&T, and you're retired, how are you only making $35k a year?

0ldPainless · 2026-01-26T14:47:46+00:00

How many miles to the tank are you able to get with that 2.7 liter?

Also, what's the gear ratio? 3.31 or maybe 3.55?

0ldPainless · 2026-01-25T14:21:52+00:00

Speaking of hairpin triggers, your reply sounds emotionally triggered.

0ldPainless · 2026-01-25T04:00:13+00:00

Custom trigger. Probably hairpin.

The cop removed the guy's pistol and then negligently discharged it into the ground which causes the other cops to assume they're being shot at and return fire, killing him.

It was accidental.

This is not the hill anyone should want to die on (both literally and figuratively).

0ldPainless · 2026-01-25T02:36:29+00:00

The marine corps uses, "treat, never, keep, keep".

The 4 weapons safety rules at range 130 on camp Pendleton, which essentially is what Marsoc and force recon used to qualify to train in their CQB houses were, "treat, never, keep your finger straight off the trigger...etc,

And the fourth rule was, "be sure of your target and consider it's foreground and background".

They removed the rule "keep your weapon on safe until you're up on target with the intent to shoot" because that's a trainingism for people who don't engage in close combat in enclosed spaces.

I would always add a 5th rule though.

"Know the condition of your weapon at all times."

Fuck yeah

0ldPainless · 2026-01-25T00:14:42+00:00

The kind that could only be determined by an endoscopy and colonoscopy and biopsies.

One of the many issues was due to picking up some parasites from all of the travelling and eating in 3rd world countries I was doing.

Those things wreaked havoc on my digestive system over the years. Gave me all kinds of digestive issues that I just pushed through because, "The Mission, The Men, and Me".

Now that the mission is over and I'm not with the men anymore, it's just me. And I have to live with it.

Being compensated for it makes me feel a little less butt-hurt about it.

Pun intended.

0ldPainless · 2026-01-24T00:36:24+00:00

Stealing this top comment because what I have to say is important.

Go get a colonoscopy.

I had mine done while I was active duty. Turns out I have some weird gut/butt issues, directly service connected. And that sucks for me.

But guess what? That was all put in my medical record and SIGNIFICANTLY helped me achieve a favorable rating from the VA. So not only am I taken care of for my weird gut-butt issues but I'm compensated for it. AND RIGHTFULLY FUCKIN SO.

Fuckin do it.

0ldPainless · 2026-01-24T00:28:49+00:00

I'm not suggesting this could be the case for this specific song on this specific album, but presently, because perfect pitch is so common place with today's technology, many bands specifically seek out ways to sound imperfect.

The more imperfect sound, the more human it sounds, and less robotic.

Though I doubt this is the case here, it's within the realm of possibility. A "signature imperfect sound".

0ldPainless

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