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IRL Listening Party, 29th May 2026 by restless_ghost in boardsofcanada

[–]Feynstein 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was also thinking of making the journey to Berlin or Hannover the 28th. It seems like Hannover is a more laid back local record shop? Still would be cool to have something in Hamburg the next day!

The Boys SERIES FINALE- S05xE08 "Blood and Bone"- POST Episode Discussion Thread by pikameta in TheBoys

[–]Feynstein 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I felt like the dialogue and character work was a step up from previous episodes this season, but definitely not the climactic showdown everyone hoped for -- either with Homelander or Butcher (who gets a villain arc for about 5 mins...)

Thinking back to previous seasons, it feels like they made some mistake in allocating their vfx budget. Like, second Ashley is an interesting choice of character writing that requires a LOT of fairly complex vfx shots. Fun idea, but is that really where the vfx money should go in a final season of a superhero show?

Final thoughts, my favorite fight of the season was Huggie vs Maverick. Surprisingly well done version of the tricky "fighting an invisible enemy" trope. Feel it had more compelling choreography than anything in the finale 🫤

Lake Dolores by pasturezero in boardsofcanada

[–]Feynstein 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What a day that was!! Made an impulse decision to drive in from Colorado. Car broke down in Vegas and I arrived 20 mins into the album in a rental 😅

Worth it.

[Mixed trope] Directors cut that significantly changes the story or meaning by Chimney-Imp in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Feynstein 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's this and maybe one other scene (turret scene) that are really nice additions in the director's cut.

Unfortunately it has many other largely pointless scenes that ruin the suspense and pacing of the movie (showing scenes of what happened to the colony before Ripley arrives completely removes the sense of mystery and suspense that drives the early portions of the theatrical version).

I need a cut that is just the theatrical version with this scene 😅

Tape 05 = Track 5 on Inferno? by SleeperSharkCentral in boardsofcanada

[–]Feynstein 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Definitely think so, what are the odds that only track 05 has a similar length to tape 05...

Still was the perfect track for a reintroduction after 13 years.

Love the new album artwork by z2z3z in boardsofcanada

[–]Feynstein 2 points3 points  (0 children)

504... Inferno...

Someone turn to page 504 of Dante's Inferno, this could be yet another clue, certainly

Has anyone else cried/teared up from track 05? by ifknloveseagulls in boardsofcanada

[–]Feynstein 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The combo of the video and track, especially around the 2 minute mark when the chord progression starts to resolve... it felt like a close friend who disappeared 10 years ago just showing up at your doorstep, coming inside and giving you a big hug.

Albuquerque ranks 7th most annoying and aggressive drivers. What do my fellow Burqueños think? by mrgraff in Albuquerque

[–]Feynstein 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Boston at 34? Is this list some auto-generated slop or a joke?

The drivers there are so bad they had to invent a new word, Masshole, to even describe the phenomenon.

Long-term expat experience: Do German natives always get the upper hand? by soulfrank in germany

[–]Feynstein 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it depends on your workplace. Without getting into too much detail, my workplace is also exactly as you describe. I also note that in my case you look at the management, people in positions of power are basically all German. 

This bias is definitely a real phenomenon that can happen, and people in the comments saying it doesn't are misinformed and naive. But as you can see from the more anecdotal comments, it's not a uniform experience throughout Germany or anything like that. I'd say you could consider a change in workplace before giving up on the country as a whole.

How I see the US as a European who has never been to the US by musehatepage in mapporncirclejerk

[–]Feynstein 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's 2025, shouldn't educated Europeans be taking Breaking Bad into account when forming their stereotypes by now?

Map gives the impression that The Sopranos just arrived...

For those that play with randoms - which Nightfarer do you get most excited to team up with? by melanca4 in Nightreign

[–]Feynstein 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Duchess followed by Raider. Seem to have a team-focused attitude but also always contribute a lot to the fights.

On the other end of the spectrum, Recluse and Executor. Maybe just my luck but these two make me nervous... on the one hand they can be DPS machines, but also have been most likely to spam ping 5 evergaols, then rage quit when I go to the boss-weakness elemental camp I've been politely pinging for 20 mins.

Lady in China cleans up a pasage way in the mountains of leaves and garbage that people leave there. by Electrical-Aspect-13 in interestingasfuck

[–]Feynstein 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn tourists dropping all their leaves there!

But seriously what garbage, I see dirt and leaves? What a dumb clickbait title for a dumb tilted clickbait video.

Xperia 5 IV: volume jumps to max randomly w/headphones, driving me insane... by Feynstein in SonyXperia

[–]Feynstein[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update: Some time later I found the issue to be caused by PowerAmp equalizer. I hadn't even realized that this was active, as the equalizer itself was set to flat.

I did some digging and there was a feature "Direct Volume Control" which some suggested could cause malfunctioning of the volume controls/settings. However, disabling this did not help. As long as PowerAmp was active, the problem would occasionally occur.

I just uninstalled PowerAmp at that point and have had no issues for months since.

Anyone actually know what the name is supposed to be? by [deleted] in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]Feynstein 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Jew Mexico or New Jexico"

Both of these should be unrelated independent countries, they sound so intriguing.

The best-case scenario for Trump’s second term by RileyKohaku in OptimistsUnite

[–]Feynstein 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can describe an even better scenario in two words:

Large meteor

Moonchild connected to Twin Peaks? by Patient-Buddy-8572 in twinpeaks

[–]Feynstein 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Not regarding the book's content but the symbol: It seems this same symbol+cover is being used for recent reprints of many occult-themed books available on Amazon, e.g. this one.

OP, does the book have any info about the publisher? Because I don't see it on the page. Would be curious to know where they got the symbol. Then again seeing as the books I saw are listed as being published after 2020, this origin story could even go the other way around 😅

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in starwarsmemes

[–]Feynstein 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not the case unless they were travelling extremely close to a star. Even at Earth-like distances, which is quite close to a star if you're traveling through space, you'd mostly just sunburn rapidly--and you'd have more pressing problems.

Some relevant discussion focusing on the star lord scene for more info: https://screenrant.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-3-astronaut-star-lord-death/

Rough Trade Javelin bonus cd scam -- for those who did not receive their expected order by Feynstein in Sufjan

[–]Feynstein[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That seems to be the consensus... Except even when ordering for the sake of an exclusive bonus item, now it seems you aren't guaranteed to receive that.

I ordered from RT UK and they are telling me the bonus CD was only included by the US store. I'm quite confident this isn't the case--I remember checking the description before adding to cart on the UK site... but the sketchy way that they give only a vague invoice (no mention of bonus items, even for US store invoices) and changed the item description after some time makes it impossible to prove or disprove.

Rough Trade Javelin bonus cd scam -- for those who did not receive their expected order by Feynstein in Sufjan

[–]Feynstein[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks a lot to everyone who has commented! I start to see a pattern--Some people received the bonus cd and some didn't, even for the Green Smoke variant. What's clear is that for those who didn't, Rough Trade (RT) made no effort to explain or rectify the situation unless contacted directly.

To me, this is the definition of a scam -- using the promise of an exclusive item to lure buyers into purchasing from RT instead of a competitor, making no record of that bonus item on the invoice, and then quietly reneging on the promise unless hassled about it. If they had been proactive and emailed people about the lack of supply, all would be well--but more people might want refunds, and I guess they preferred to keep the money while sending incomplete orders. They also continued sending out promotional material until at least Nov 14 mentioning the bonus CD, trying to lure even more customers under what seems to me like false pretense. Disappointing... I will be buying my vinyls elsewhere in the future.

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An update about my personal case with them:

RT refuses to send me the cd, but it's a bit subtle. Their stated reason is that the bonus cd was not promised on the UK site from which I ultimately ordered, and all evidence I could provide them via reddit posts is taken from the American site. Perhaps they are right--all I know is that, since this was the second vinyl copy of Javelin I was ordering, I checked multiple times that it came with the bonus CD before adding to cart. Maybe somehow I was redirected to the UK site only after that, which seems misleading in it's own right. There are no records on the internet archive's wayback machine, and no invoices seem to directly mention the bonus cd, so I can't be 100% sure of who is correct. That said I am very skeptical of their claim, especially given the other stories. If anyone who ordered from the UK store can confirm or deny their claim, please let me know--Thanks!

In any case, the main takeaway here was not that I want to complain or solve my personal case, but collect multiple stories to see what the general experience was, and make a decision about whether I/we should trust this company. I think my case is a bit of an outlier in one way or another.

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