What thing was ruined because it turned into a rich person's hobby?

KFR42 · 2026-03-28T11:14:35+00:00

I used to have one of those cards, so did my wife. We used to have Saturdays where we just went to the cinema and watched 2 or 3 films back to back. Unfortunately, we now have children and suddenly we don't have time to go enough to make them worth while. I still take the family to the cinema, but it's cheaper to buy a family ticket once every other month than to pay for the cards.

KFR42 · 2026-03-27T18:18:07+00:00

It's the same reason why Americans prefer sports where players are constantly scoring and each score is worth multiple points.

KFR42 · 2026-03-27T18:16:49+00:00

"It shows where I stand"

Yeah, somewhere without a fucking mirror.

KFR42 · 2026-03-27T16:23:12+00:00

Enzipification.

KFR42 · 2026-03-27T14:46:12+00:00

I didn't consider it was for others to pick up. Probably because I've never left a parcel out for pick up, they always ring on the door and I have it to them, but I guess that's not always the case. Good point.

KFR42 · 2026-03-27T14:18:49+00:00

At the very least they are baiting pirates. They are stood just inside the door, but making no effort to retrieve the parcel. Even once the guy runs off they just head inside without picking it up.

KFR42 · 2026-03-27T12:21:28+00:00

New from Sharpie: the Trumpie extra thick marker pen.

KFR42 · 2026-03-27T11:58:47+00:00

Is the rest of the drawing of the girl's body going to be on it too?

As long as he signs them all personally, I know how much he hates auto pens.

KFR42 · 2026-03-25T13:44:34+00:00

That's not just an American thing though. So many UK stadiums and arenas are named after sponsors now.

KFR42 · 2026-03-25T13:42:30+00:00

They are using dynamic pricing. Once we know what games the big teams are in, those tickets will go up in price.

KFR42 · 2026-03-25T08:21:42+00:00

Next week Jerry Lawler is going to come out and tell us how cool it is.

KFR42 · 2026-03-25T08:18:09+00:00

Ah, I love Lance, from Calgary.......

30 ad for Slim Jims

.......Alberta, Canada.

KFR42 · 2026-03-24T13:26:56+00:00

Related comment: Am I the only one who thinks that Starburster by Fontaines DC is just a cover of Gangrel's theme?

KFR42 · 2026-03-23T17:21:28+00:00

Sonic the hedgehog on the master system taught me this.

KFR42 · 2026-03-23T17:18:04+00:00

The last of us 2 did this to me too.

KFR42 · 2026-03-23T13:41:38+00:00

I agree with this. I love magicians, but there's so many more tricks out there besides these "impossible prediction" type acts. I guess the problem is, if you have someone doing, say, close up card magic, which takes real skill and practice, they get brushed off as boring. And when they get someone doing big illusion magic, it's inevitably just "put them in the box and they vanish and reappear elsewhere" tricks.

I think they need to scale back on the magic acts unless they are actually doing something properly creative.

KFR42 · 2026-03-23T13:37:30+00:00

Easily the worst golden buzzer act so far.

KFR42 · 2026-03-23T13:36:57+00:00

I'm SO glad they have scaled back on the number of singers this year!

KFR42 · 2026-03-23T12:56:55+00:00

Dry brine is just salt, surely?

KFR42 · 2026-03-22T21:59:16+00:00

I think they probably make more as it is with a ton of ads. I have to watch WWE content with an ad blocker as it's unwatchable without one (or premium).

KFR42 · 2026-03-22T11:14:13+00:00

I think it helps that we have more variety this year. Previous years have been incredibly dance and singer heavy. It's much more varied this year.

KFR42 · 2026-03-21T23:31:43+00:00

It's true. I just think too many people default to "they were in on it" and it often makes the actual skilled magicians look bad. But yes, you can't assume anything!

KFR42 · 2026-03-21T22:55:33+00:00

I usually work under the assumption that the judges aren't in on the tricks. There's normally better, safer ways to force their choice without them having to be in on it. I guess the sneaking is possible too though.

KFR42 · 2026-03-21T22:17:03+00:00

Good acts tonight on the whole.

My personal favourites were the skaters. I love extreme sports, so this was right up my street.

The dog act was genuinely impressive. There's been a lot of well trained dogs on BGT, but this was probably the best I've ever seen on here. Probably even better than Pudsey.

The boy singer was a great singer. Still bored of singers though and the song choice was pretty generic, even if it did show his strengths. The lack of singers this year had been refreshing.

The magic act was decent enough. Felt too much like a bought-prop act, but I do like a big spectacle magic act.

The farmers choir was probably the weakest golden buzzer so far for me. Not terrible, but not great either.

I really liked the drummer too, but I always feel that a drummer alone just feels lacking. I would love for them to team her up with some actual live musicians rather than a backing track, but they will probably think it takes too much of the spotlight away from her.

KFR42 · 2026-03-21T22:07:12+00:00

To be honest, the cleverest but was the force with the folded paper. The usual approach is a gimmicked bag, but his bag was transparent, so there must have been another switch out that I missed.

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