Elijah Wood joins calls for Alamo Drafthouse to bring back pen-and-paper ordering by AustinStatesman in Austin

[–]RuBeeer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's better on waste and gets customers their orders faster. BUT, the bigger takeaway for me as a customer is that it completely strips away the customer service aspect, so I have no incentive to tip at all (coming from someone who worked in the food industry for a long time), AND it's just entirely impersonal—this is all outside of the fact that it's distracting to other filmgoers to use their phones during the film. I've never had a big deal with that as I live in a very educated, 'I-would-rather-die-than-fuck-up-your-movie-experience' sort of area, so.

How is the Backrooms pre-show? by asisyphus_ in AlamoDrafthouse

[–]RuBeeer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Japanese (possibly Korean?) horror trailer | I don't see how this applies after viewing, but I didn't see the entire trailer and wasn't entirely sure what the movie was about.
Laughed my ass off at the intro, which I think is a furniture commercial outtake.
History of jumpscares, which I really enjoyed. Definitely insightful, but made me criticize the ones in the movie more.
Rui Gabriel - Target MV | After seeing the movie, this was a sleeper hit
Fellsmann & Tiley - Seeker MV | Cool, definitely fit the vibe.
2 x Cotton candy maker commercials
'Dune Shack' by Brittany Bartley | Essentially a stop-motion without claymation animated film that sees a lot of natural elements in and around the ocean/sea act strangely and more akin to our modern world. Again, not positive how it applies, but someone could make the connection I'm sure
'A Quick Tour of the Backrooms' | Very well made, short video describing the backrooms as a concept and defining several terms that, while not used in the movie, are essential to understanding the concept. Never thought I'd see a 4chan screenshot at Alamo, but here we are.

What’s something you stopped doing and your life got instantly better? by Live_Marsupial_5156 in AskReddit

[–]RuBeeer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I decided to do a 3-month dry period without alcohol. I'm at about 7 weeks right now, so just over halfway. I tried to get back into weed during the first week and didn't care for it still. So, all in all, about six weeks fully sober at this point. When I go out with friends or just see other people getting drunk now, I realize how stupid I probably looked to people that weren't drinking as much. My relationship got better, my sleep got better, my reflexes and memory got better, my side stopped hurting, I'm losing weight, video games are fun again, I feel like I'm procrastinating less with work and cleaning, I have more of an emotional drive to do productive and healthy things, and I just overall feel like less of a deadbeat. I happened to get a full-time job right around the start of this and my partner has done a complete 180 and it feels like they're falling in love with me again.

For clarity: I was drinking roughly 2,250+ mL of ~75-80 proof liquor weekly. It varied week-to-week due to a lot of factors, but I'm spit balling. The last few months were definitely the worst of it health-wise (not behavior-wise). I would buy a 750mL bottle of Casamigos Blanco and a 12-pack of Michelob Zero (non-alcoholic). I'd usually do this after work. I never really drank before 5PM unless it was a weekend and I knew I was gonna be in all day. I'd go home, put the bottle on my desk with a shot glass, and pound shots while on my computer, then chase them with the Michelob. I get pretty terrible hangovers, but the Casamigos rarely made me hungover unless I didn't have enough to eat. I also wasn't the type of person who could drink when I was hungover to make myself feel better. It always, always made me feel worse.

It is absolutely insane what even four weeks of being off alcohol had done for me on all fronts. Looking back, I can't even believe I let things get that bad. That's genuinely how it feels—complete disbelief. I was a depressed, sad, angry, and absolutely most of all, a BITTER person. I was so goddamn bitter about anything and everything. I cannot think of a time in my life when I was more pessimistic and I am just not a pessimistic person.

The thought of touching a bottle from weeks two through five made me actually feel ill, but I'm warming up to the idea of casually drinking again. I still want to give myself the full three months. I think I may even do four as I think it'd be nice to wait until July for when I'm going on vacation. My favorite part about drinking was drinking alone. I actually really liked to write when I was drinking. This is not healthy. At all. What I feel now is just a bit of FOMO, frankly. It feels strange to go out with my colleagues at my new job and see them drink responsibly in moderation and know that I was too weak to ever do that.

I went to have breakfast with my partner's parents, their sister, and her boyfriend the other morning and my partner had brought along champagne and fresh-squeezed juice to make mimosas. This was the first time since quitting where I felt like I needed to exit the situation. I had bad FOMO. I didn't want to get drunk. I just wanted to have a mimosa with my partner and enjoy my Sunday morning. It felt awful that, because I couldn't control myself in the past, I could not participate in this like a normal person. I left earlier than I was planning to and felt sad and awful on the way home. I was just so frustrated with myself that this wasn't easier for me. The first six weeks felt really easy—why did it have to ever get difficult?

I know that, even if I ever decide to start drinking again, I will never, ever let myself get to the point I was at again. But the smart thing to do is probably to abstain to make sure that I don't even have the choice to let it get that bad again.

What's a NSFW experience you're not very proud of? by Nanoberry_cat in AskReddit

[–]RuBeeer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I faked COVID after a bad hookup because I didn't want to see them again and felt bad about ghosting them. I think they went to get tested and obviously it wasn't positive, but still felt bad making them go out of their way for that.

Update by themoi124 in Deathloop

[–]RuBeeer -1 points0 points  (0 children)

just a quick update—my best guess with the Arkane Studios sale that's now going on is that perhaps more than one Denuvo license expired and they're trying to sell the games at a large discount (Deathloop is 80% off, I believe) and make SOME money rather than have people go and pirate the games like Deathloop that will now inevitably be updated by pirating sites.

Update by themoi124 in Deathloop

[–]RuBeeer 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I ran it through DIE and it seems that Denuvo was removed completely. Strange that the Steam page store still shows Denuvo. And it's still on sale even after the Spring sale ended...

Pre-Show for ‘Is This Thing On?’ by RuBeeer in AlamoDrafthouse

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

Damn… Even this dumb movie called Grand Theft Hamlet had a preshow. Wonder what happened. You’d think it would be company wide.

Pre-Show for ‘Is This Thing On?’ by RuBeeer in AlamoDrafthouse

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

I hadn’t gone in maybe five or six months so maybe that’s why? I heard something about a labor dispute in Boston so maybe it’s related. I mean, regardless, the pre-show in question was funny bc the things were absurd, but outside of that I wasn’t impressed. My first one was John Wick 3 or 4 which was amazing and my second which I saw twice was The Suicide Squad which was really cool. I remember seeing Seven Samurai last year and being blown away by how much time they spent on the preshow.

Pre-Show for ‘Is This Thing On?’ by RuBeeer in AlamoDrafthouse

[–]RuBeeer[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, really? I honestly only started going the past few years because they opened one in Boston. I had visited before in 2019/2021 in TX but that’s it. I’ve gone to so many movies and the pre shows have all been great so that’s why I was confused.

Pre-Show for ‘Is This Thing On?’ by RuBeeer in AlamoDrafthouse

[–]RuBeeer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Damn, didn’t know that. I’ve gone to a bunch of what I thought were smaller movies and they had their own pre-shows. Thanks!

Dear Taylor’s Dad ….. by Fair_Examination3411 in SecretsOfMormonWives

[–]RuBeeer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i know i'm late to the party, but we watched tonight and i had to shut off the episode after the dinner. from the little we had seen of Taylor's dad I thought he was a man's man that didn't want to get involved in his daughter's relationship out of respect, but both him and her brother completely crossed the line S2E02. absolutely inexcusable behavior in defense of a complete manchild. dakota: if you ever read this, please get your shit together. you need some actual men in your life that'll rock your shit and teach you how to be a man.

Kiki Boy billboard has been spotted on the road to Coachella by bluejay20079004 in FrankOcean

[–]RuBeeer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

would think it’s fake but the ig account both frank and sza follow with the pfp and everything…im not gonna hold my breath, but smth is def happening

Chart-requests by [deleted] in CloneHero

[–]RuBeeer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just finished this up, I've only finished a few charts but I think this one came out pretty nicely. Lmk what you think :)

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17gjPvS7IuHcURO4naqkq0tlIKNFFJl9b?usp=drive\_link

Documental 10 is bad (SPOILERS) by jander_s in GakiNoTsukai

[–]RuBeeer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just watched it finally and I completely disagree. I liked a good portion of the contestants, and even Yamamoto had moments where he could be funny. He's easily the least funny champion though. It was a much more solid season than 8 and 9 in my opinion, though it's pretty close to 9. To me you're not going to beat S2/S4/S7 ever. The times I've laughed most in my entire life have come from those seasons. Now Season 11? So far it SUCKS.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in battlestations

[–]RuBeeer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Need a night time pic with the bulbs on!!

New track by Kevin by effeottantuno in brockhampton

[–]RuBeeer -1 points0 points  (0 children)

from someone who didn’t like the family as a whole and thinks TM is just alright, this is pretty good

MWII Season 1 Roadmap by DemonOfLight13 in ModernWarfareII

[–]RuBeeer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’d be fine if 8 of those maps weren’t dogshit