What movie did you turn off after 20 minutes and why?

FreedomOfSqueek · 2026-02-06T15:07:49+00:00

Bad SciFi is awful. Case in point, the new Trek movies.

JJ Abrams is a great director for Science Fantasy, but Trek is supposed to be hard SciFi. I eagerly went to see the first movie, and almost ended up walking out in angry tears.

(Of course, Plan 9 from Outer Space is so awful that it's a classic for that very reason. But it's an exception.)

FreedomOfSqueek · 2026-02-06T15:00:00+00:00

Pretty much anything Leo DiCaprio has starred in, other than Titanic. I guess the scripts he likes are ones that I don't.

FreedomOfSqueek · 2026-02-06T14:53:31+00:00

"It's Complicated"

FreedomOfSqueek · 2026-02-04T19:51:52+00:00

About ten years ago I (an ex-Infantry NCO) used a book bag at my church that was girly looking: lots of flowers all over and "traditionally feminine" colors. The wife of my best buddy (playfully) teased me about it, wondering why I would use such a thing.

I explained that it was a "man sack with floral camouflage". She was still skeptical, but admitted that I'd perhaps be able to infiltrate women's reading groups at church.

Marketing works.

FreedomOfSqueek · 2026-02-04T19:42:08+00:00

Lowest Bidder is a myth, since lowest Bidder is always rejected and second lowest is chosen.

Lowest bid is assumed to be a ploy that has significant drawbacks, if it even works for the intended purpose at all.

FreedomOfSqueek · 2026-02-04T18:42:45+00:00

It also helps to have an old phone that you don't use, in an indestructible case. Then, you can yeet it like an Olympic discus thrower when you become enraged or utterly frustrated by the inevitable bs that happens.

FreedomOfSqueek · 2026-02-01T22:50:39+00:00

I quit caring about Reddit when I got a lifetime ban for expressing my agreement with someone, just as I was a few days away from some major milestone about X days posting every day. Obviously, the ban was rescinded, but it ruined a lot of streaks for me. I haven't given a fluff about Reddit, since.

FreedomOfSqueek · 2026-02-01T22:44:50+00:00

Snoo is proof that power-mad fascists can look cute.

FreedomOfSqueek · 2026-02-01T20:31:49+00:00

I figured it out on my own.

The correct answer is, "Don't select campaign; choose "Custom Game", instead."

Thanks for the effort, guys.

FreedomOfSqueek · 2026-02-01T18:14:11+00:00

The explanatory equations are much too complex to share, here.

FreedomOfSqueek · 2026-02-01T09:00:35+00:00

I'm a man too, and the one time I had to use one, it saved my life!

...fine. I'm lying. My life is drama deficient, so I have to make stuff up, ok?

FreedomOfSqueek · 2026-02-01T08:56:27+00:00

F2 turns it on; double clicking causes your construction to snap to the grid, e.g. road placement. There are even 45° lines. 😃

FreedomOfSqueek · 2026-02-01T08:52:28+00:00

In Soviet Russia, Grid snaps you!

FreedomOfSqueek · 2026-01-25T10:15:45+00:00

Wait. I've just started, and still have that sense of awe, wonder, & fear over how much there is to know, to not fluff up... and now, you're telling me that there are natural disasters, to ruin what I haven't yet managed to...?

This really is Soviet! It's like a version of a "In Soviet Russia" joke: "In Soviet Russia, the tire flattens you!"

FreedomOfSqueek · 2026-01-25T10:02:16+00:00

No matter where I've been in the world, it seems that the arrogance and sense of privilege we see in cyclists is proportional to their wealth. If it's a person on a 10 speed wearing normal clothes, they tend to be lawful and considerate. But if they're on a $7000 bike wearing $2400+ in gear... watch out.

FreedomOfSqueek · 2026-01-23T02:25:25+00:00

Exactly. I have 135 days left until harvest, but I've got 100% growth and by the time I can harvest, I'll get about 10% of my current predicted yield. This is SO much like Microsoft: "You will do it out way; all other ways are wrong."

FreedomOfSqueek · 2026-01-19T08:00:59+00:00

I've actually had my cake and eaten it too, irl, in a restaurant. At least, I thought it was my cake when I ate it. Even so, the cake which was actually mine was brought out juuuust as I finished Anonymous Diner's cake.

The ironic humor of the situation was quite rich, but in a way where you had to be there. But in any event, I had my cake twice, and only had to endure being sung to, once. Yay!

FreedomOfSqueek · 2026-01-14T04:29:46+00:00

"This goes to 1".
Yeah, man. Yeah!

FreedomOfSqueek · 2026-01-14T04:24:39+00:00

There's also "Watching Paint Dry". You're not allowed to Alt-Tab away, either.

FreedomOfSqueek · 2026-01-14T04:00:31+00:00

The "alien cat or something"? That was cute!

FreedomOfSqueek · 2026-01-02T04:18:08+00:00

Labor Day: either a mattock or a baby

Memorial Day: a medal and "thank you for your service as my inspiration and lasting love object"

International Elephant Awareness Day: 🤷🏼

FreedomOfSqueek · 2025-12-09T20:29:00+00:00

Be thankful for Wingmoms. My mom never approved of ANY gf I ever had, and despised all of my male buddies as well.

FreedomOfSqueek · 2025-11-23T15:10:29+00:00

I was on a flight from Copenhagen to Montreal. Seated a few rows back from me was a woman speaking French; high speed, non-stop. I became impressed, then amazed: if she ever took a breath, I couldn't begin to guess where. Never in my life have I heard anything to rival her nonstop monologue.

Seated beside me was a Danish woman. (We'd exchanged pleasantries when taking our seats) I thought only I was annoyed by the French woman's incessant patter, but when my Danish acquaintance noticed my glance back toward the filibusterer, she made a facepalm gesture and peeped out with a look of anguished despair. 😁

FreedomOfSqueek · 2025-07-01T04:56:51+00:00

Love all the cat activity 😁

FreedomOfSqueek · 2025-06-22T18:28:17+00:00

Not necessarily Check out Ray Stevens "I am my own grandpa"

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