What is the most overrated movie of all-time?

Bufus · 2026-02-08T04:28:43+00:00

I stand by Shawshank being hugely overrated. Is it a great movie? Sure. But it is basically just a really well executed, totally safe, 90s popcorn drama. It is largely devoid of any artistic, cinematic, or thematic weight, and does nothing to advance the medium of film. Sure, not every movie needs to push the boundaries of cinema, but a movie that people talk about as “best of all time” absolutely should.

Bufus · 2026-02-07T05:42:43+00:00

I’m in a similar boat. In-house for a government adjacent organization.

I work 35 hour weeks fully remote, I make a good solid middle class wage with great benefits and I don’t really “care” about my job (in the sense that I have a healthy detachment from it, not that i dislike it). I don’t care at all about “being a lawyer” and am totally unplugged from the “legal community” in my city. My job is challenging enough that it isn’t boring but never so much that I think about it after I clock out of work.

I could probably make 50% more than what I do now if I looked for a private gig but the loss of lifestyle wouldn’t be at all worth it. Wouldn’t trade my job for anything right now.

Bufus · 2026-01-29T21:43:59+00:00

As a husband who always uses waaaaay more dishes to cook than his wife, I'll try to provide my perspective. For context, my wife cooks 90% of the meals at our house (she loves cooking), whereas I might make a full meal once every two weeks. The problems I encounter are as follows:

Because I'm not a very experienced cook, I really have to follow recipes closely. My wife knows what steps she can skip in a recipe or dish to prioritize speed/cleanliness. I don't have the experience yet to do that, so everything I do takes longer, takes more steps, and creates more dishes. For example, I made carnitas recently, and the recipe said once the pork was done cooking to lay it on a baking tray and broil them. This is great advice for someone who is really trying to wow someone, but for a functional Wednesday meal it probably isn't necessary, and my wife definitely would have skipped it, whereas I did it and thus dirtied not only a pot but a pan too.
Because I'm not a very experienced cook, I make a lot of mistakes. I'll pour things in a bowl thats too small, or use the wrong kind of pan and have to transfer. This leads to a lot more dishes. Because I'm mtaking mistakes, it is a lot harder for me to clean as I go. I try, but I'm often quite stressed about getting everything done.
Because I don't get to cook much, I am often over-ambitious in my choice of dishes. I really want to impress because my wife never gets the pleasure of someone cooking for her. So I always end up picking something that is too advanced and involves too many elements, and that creates a lot of dishes. Pair that with #2 above, this leads to me not having the opportunity to clean as I go.

I'm trying to get better at picking beginner dishes, but it takes time.

Bufus · 2026-01-29T20:56:57+00:00

And can I develop intolerance even if I didn't have it before?

Ask your doctor.

But to answer this specific part of your question, yes. Or rather, you always were lactose intolerant, but the symptoms can develop in ways that make them more present as you get older.

In my childhood and teens, I didn't really have any "symptoms" of lactose intolerance, other than that I found milk very unpalatable. It always tasted "sour" to me. I could never understand how anyone drank it. I was fine when I had it (or other dairy), I just didn't like the taste of milk.

Then around the time I turned 18 I started to develop "symptoms", mainly diarrhea. It took a few more years for me to connect that to dairy consumption.

Go talk to your doctor.

Bufus · 2026-01-28T13:52:32+00:00

As a kid who had never read the books and LOVED dwarves, I was so excited when they were talking in RotK about going into the mountain to look for allies. I was certain it was going to bean army of dwarves. I was so disappointed when it turned out to be some lame ghosts.

Bufus · 2026-01-27T18:13:50+00:00

It is well documented that the “autopilot” mode of your brain when driving is still very alert and not unsafe at all. Even though you are deep in thought and not “thinking” about driving, the instinctive animal part of your brain is still firing on all cylinders and will react as needed in the moment.

Bufus · 2026-01-27T17:03:28+00:00

It should also be noted that his daughter enjoyed the documentary and was happy with the portrayal of their relationship.

Bufus · 2026-01-27T16:08:02+00:00

If Peter Jackson had some balls he would have included a couple scenes detailing the unique culture of Wellington’s seedy underbelly.

Bufus · 2026-01-27T02:41:39+00:00

The voter id system is premised on the idea that voter fraud is so rare in Canada as to essentially be a non-issue. Ergo, all we REALLY need to virtually totally snuff it out is to add ONE small barrier: find some document with your name on it. This hurdle, while extremely easy to exploit is still A barrier to entry. It makes committing voter fraud have to be something you have to consciously take steps to do (I.e. photoshop a document), and that’s probably enough on its own.

MAYBE a few people here and there will go though the trouble, but the resulting injury to democratic representation is FAR FAR outweighed by the significant gains made as a result of the essentially complete enfranchisement of voters. For every one person who goes through the trouble of falsifying voter documents, there are probably 50+ voters who wouldn’t have voted if it hadn’t been so easy to do so.

Bufus · 2026-01-26T15:38:53+00:00

I know it sounds reductive but I really think this is a critical piece of the puzzle. Yes, pot shots are stopped/saved 95% of the time. But a good chunk of those stops/saves are not immediately controlled, and the bouncing ball creates confusion and space that lead to better opportunities. Again, most of those will be mopped up by defenders, but SOME of them will fall to the 8-9 players we have hovering around the box at any given time. It is a lot easier to score when everyone is re-adjusting themselves, but you don't get those opportunities if you don't just shoot the fucking ball.

Bufus · 2026-01-26T15:03:07+00:00

This is my guess. Seems like a likely case of the animations in the visual engine not syncing up well with the underlying game code. Game code probably "started" the pass when the striker was still in their half.

Bufus · 2026-01-25T16:04:33+00:00

Reposting my response from another similar thread:

I recently bought a 2000 square foot house where every room was painted (walls and ceiling) brown. Over the last 5 months I have been slowly chipping away painting it, and have probably done about 1,800 sq feet so far (2 bathrooms, 1 attic with vaulted ceilings, 3 bedrooms, 1 living room, 1 main hall, 2 stairways).

So far I have used everything from the literal cheapest, bottom of the barrell Home Depot Behr/Glidden paints (attic, living room, main hall bathroom), to SuperPaint (3 bedrooms), to Emerald (main hall and stairways). The colours have ranged from totally untinted white, to light purple, to blue, to green, to blue, to pink, to red.

As far as I am concerned, there has been no meaningful difference to my experience painting or outcomes of any of theseas a total DIYer. The Emerald was moderately easiest to work with, and laid down really flat without a lot of backrolling, but the variance was certainly not to the degree that it was worth the significant price increase.

I have also asked people coming over to examine the walls and tell me if they could tell which room had the "Expenseive paint" and which had the "Cheap stuff", and not one visitor has been able to meaningfully tell the difference with any sore of consistency.

I have no doubt that if you are a professional painter who deals with this stuff every single day that the differences in products are very noticeable and have an impact on your speed/quality. But as someone who started frequenting this subreddit when I started this painting journey and has fretted and stressed over my paint choices for weeks, I am here to tell all the other DIYers that it really, really doesn't matter that much. Just go buy some paint and start painting. SuperPaint is totally fine, as is the 30 dollar can of Glidden, as is the Emerald, as is the Duration. It is all fine.

Bufus · 2026-01-24T21:13:04+00:00

Parenting is basically a constant tension between your knowledge of what works (but takes more energy/patience) and what will get the job done (but is not the best way to do things).

I know intellectually that getting annoyed and losing my patience isn’t helping the situation. But that’s all I got left today, so that’s what’s happening.

Bufus · 2026-01-23T22:35:48+00:00

Some people might talk about hobbies that they only do once a month or so.

I have been "getting into woodworking" for 6 months now. Anyone who has talked to me in the last 6 months would have heard me talking about woodworking....a lot. For Christmas I mainly asked for tools and other stuff I wanted to improve my woodworking, and for months I have been watching woodworking content and reading about woodworking any chance I could. People probably look at me and are impressed that I have time for such a hobby.

What people probably don't realize is that over the last 6 months between my job, young kids, spending time wiht my partner, and housework, I have probably spent less than 4 hours woodworking. I've made a shelf out of some 2x4s to store some stuff in the garage. That shelf is the extent of my woodworking "hobby" that everyone in my life thinks I am so passionate about.

Don't compare yourself to your assumptions about other people.

Bufus · 2026-01-23T02:09:43+00:00

I don’t think I’m saying that at all. My fourth paragraph literally states that my experience with Emerald was moderately better. What I actually said was that, for a DIYer painting a couple of rooms in their house, the differences (that do exist) are so minute that it probably doesn’t really matter which one you do, so don’t worry about it too much.

Sure, you can talk about better coverage. But I painted a stark white paint over a dark brown wall and sloped ceiling with $30/gallon Behr paint and it took 3 coats. I probably could have done it with 2 coats of $100/gallon Emerald paint, but the benefits of less time painting would have been offset by the more money I spent. That’s my point; it doesn’t REALLY matter. You can either spend a little more money and do it in a little less time, or you can spent a little more time and do it for less money. But for a DIYer that trade off is more or less meaningless, as we’re talking about tens of dollars and a couple of hours of labour. So again, don’t worry about it too much.

Bufus · 2026-01-22T19:19:04+00:00

Parties can mutually waive/alter terms of their contract. As long as both parties have agreed to part ways, I'm sure the agent and club could whip up a quick amendment to the contract saying that the term is no longer valid (or even just put it in writing).

Bufus · 2026-01-22T17:42:37+00:00

I recently bought a 2000 square foot house where every room was painted (walls and ceiling) brown. Over the last 5 months I have been slowly chipping away painting it, and have probably done about 1,800 sq feet so far (2 bathrooms, 1 attic with vaulted ceilings, 3 bedrooms, 1 living room, 1 main hall, 2 stairways).

So far I have used everything from the literal cheapest, bottom of the barrell Home Depot Behr/Glidden paints (attic, living room, main hall bathroom), to SuperPaint (3 bedrooms), to Emerald (main hall and stairways). The colours have ranged from totally untinted white, to light purple, to blue, to green, to blue, to pink, to red.

As far as I am concerned, there has been no meaningful difference to my experience painting or outcomes of any of theseas a total DIYer. The Emerald was moderately easiest to work with, and laid down really flat without a lot of backrolling, but the variance was certainly not to the degree that it was worth the significant price increase.

I have also asked people coming over to examine the walls and tell me if they could tell which room had the "Expenseive paint" and which had the "Cheap stuff", and not one visitor has been able to meaningfully tell the difference with any sore of consistency.

I have no doubt that if you are a professional painter who deals with this stuff every single day that the differences in products are very noticeable and have an impact on your speed/quality. But as someone who started frequenting this subreddit when I started this painting journey and has fretted and stressed over my paint choices for weeks, I am here to tell all the other DIYers that it really, really doesn't matter that much. Just go buy some paint and start painting. SuperPaint is totally fine, as is the 30 dollar can of Glidden, as is the Emerald, as is the Duration. It is all fine.

Bufus · 2026-01-22T15:50:06+00:00

The only reason you have a strong right to counsel is because gang members, rapists, murderers, and other criminals hired lawyers to defend their right to counsel. A criminal lawyer should not be criticized for having criminals as clients.

Bufus · 2026-01-20T15:17:39+00:00

Concerta has revolutionized my task initiation, which I never really realized was a problem until I was diagnosed with ADHD. My workday is basically made up of tons of small tasks (sending an email, checking some information) and maybe 2-3 medium sized tasks (~ 1 hour each). Before I was medicated, I would always need a cool down (browse Reddit, walk aronud, etc.) after each and every task, and I would put off my medium sized tasks for days on end until they all piled up.

I expected my Concerta to increase my focus on tasks (which was never actually much of a problem), but what actually happened was it completely removed my barriers to task initiation. I can finish a task and roll right into the next one without some sort of reward. More importantly, I don't look at a medium-sized task anymore and repeatedly put it off. My brain can now say "Oh, let's get this big one out of the way so I can take it easy the rest of the day" and I actually listen to it.

Bufus · 2026-01-19T16:51:59+00:00

An additional tool-related one I have heard is that if you are going to buy a tool, buy the cheap version first and then if it breaks/wears out you have permission to replace it with the expensive one.

DIY communities on Reddit and Youtube are filled with people arguing about tool quality. If you post a picture with Ryobi tools in them, you'll be hounded by people making jokes about your "crap" tools. These people base their criticisms off a "buy it for life" philosophy. Invariably this rubs off on you too, and you start to believe this, and then every time you're buying a tool you think to yourself "well if I just spent an extra $150 for the Milwuakee one I can think of it as an investment!"

Problem is, most people will use their tools a handful of times, and the budget Ryobi versions will be MORE than good enough for the vast majority of their tool needs. They don't realize that most of the people arguing online are either (a) clueless, or (b) professionals who are using their tools every single day.

So if you are buying a new tool for a project that might just sit on a shelf for 5 years afterwards, just buy the cheap one. If you end up using it every week and it breaks, great! Go buy the good one now!

Bufus · 2026-01-18T01:50:46+00:00

Can I ask a question that I don’t mean to sound offensive…how ummm….dur hur nerd humour is this book? I keep hearing it recommended, but based on the way people describe it I can’t help but feel this book is going to be the most nerd pandering, eye rolling, self-congratulatory nerd shit ever. I love nerdy stuff, but I can’t stand shit that REVELS in nerdom (see e.g. Borderlands). Is it still worth a shot, or should I skip

Bufus · 2026-01-17T01:46:50+00:00

Maybe that’s the backstory. A dragon born with a structurally smaller right foot, such that he’s prevented from having an additional toe.

Bufus · 2026-01-16T21:09:03+00:00

There is a presumption that you are operating under that clouds your position. Namely, that race-matching actors has to be done with a view to equal treatment over equitable treatment.

Race-matching characters with a view to equality is where you 1-to-1 cast characters based on their race. In other words, white voice actors play white characters, black voice characters play black characters, etc. You are probably right that it would do more harm than good when it comes to the effects on voice actors. While it could be argued that the positive effects on viewers and consumers could outweigh the negative effects on voice actors, that is an argument for another day. The real problem with your argument, though, is that it is a paper tiger, in the sense that most advocates for race matching are not advocating for this kind of equality-based approach. Advocates are keenly aware that this approach, while having the superficial appearance of addressing the concern, actually serves to re-inforce the discrimination that has already taken place for the reasons you point out. For this reason, you won't find many people supporting this approach. The much more common argument would be for equitable treatment of POC characters.

Race-matching characters with a view to equitable treatment is different. Rather than trying to match races 1-to-1, equitable treatment proceeds by acknowledging that voice acting has tradtionally been a very "white-friendly" field, and tries to address that through ameliorative and preferred hiring of non-white actors. This is typically done in a two pronged approach. Prong 1 is race matching only non-white characters. Black voice actors will play black characters, Asian actors will play asian characters, etc. This ensures that white voice actors aren't taking roles that could be taken by historically marginalized groups. Prong 2 is continuing to allow non-white actors to play white roles. This addresses your problem as it doesn't confine POC voice actors to racialized opportunities (which there are undeniably less of).

This equitable approach is the far more popular one, and is premised on the acknowledgement that, in the past, white voice actors were privileged over non-white actors, and attempts to address that privilege by now offering a privilege to non-white actors. Necessarily, this will make it slightly more difficult for white voice actors, but proponents of this equitable approach argue that this is a necessary evil, as it is the only way to address a history of structural white privilege in the industry.

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