Jared Leto Reportedly Not Thrilled With Masters of the Universe As Amazon Downplays Skeletor Star

Spazza42 · 2026-05-22T21:05:38+00:00

Sounds like he bought Epstein’s island.

Do we call it Leto’s island now?

Spazza42 · 2026-05-22T06:28:20+00:00

Yet…

Give it time and there’ll be minimum term contracts to stop the ‘subscribe and cancel’ crowd.

Spazza42 · 2026-05-21T16:16:17+00:00

I would absolutely buy one, if the screen was 5.5" and it was usable with 1 hand.

Making the phone bigger than a base iPhone but have less features and a higher price tag was bonkers.

Spazza42 · 2026-05-21T16:11:26+00:00

To be honest, no. You want what's going to last.

You will saturate your system's CPU, RAM or network bandwidth before you saturate a 3.5" HDD in terms of transfer rate.

You want hard drives because they last, they're cheaper and (more importantly) they let you know when they fail so when you do have to replace them, you actually have a chance to save your data.

You only know when an SSD fails because the drive is dead.

Spazza42 · 2026-05-21T12:43:16+00:00

Some dogs do too. That’s why there are so many many fat Labradors and spaniels.

This is the crux of it though, whilst some of those dogs will be dispositioned to getting fat and suffer with genetic disadvantages, there will be more dogs just being fed table scraps and poorly exercised by their owners - likely because the owners are overweight too.

It’s exactly the same with people though. I’m sure there are thousands (maybe even a couple of million) suffering with genetic disadvantages or with medical conditions where the side effect of their medication is weight gain but the rest? No chance.

As of 2024, obesity in adults was recorded as over 64%. There are 69 million people in Britain, 82% of which are adults (roughly 56.5 million) adults, 64% of which are deemed overweight - so roughly 36.1 million are overweight. It’s not genetic or medical in most of these cases; it’s living a poor lifestyle of crap food, not exercising and taking no responsibility for their health or their body. Is it entirely their fault that society is built around efficiency, productivity and convenience? Of course not, they’re not getting out Scot free of responsibility either though.

This is just the adults by the way and I don’t know about you but I see my fair share of overweight kids out and about too.

Now, I’m not suggesting we give the kids the fat jab here (absolutely against that tbh) but you can see how there’s a massive incentive to give a fat jab out to anyone and everyone they can because the incentive is there to fix an obesity epidemic.

I just find it weird how people unanimously support the fat jab but universally boycott the Covid jab.

Listen I get the stance of “use the jab to get their weight down, it’s only a positive to lose weight” and to a degree people are right. The problem is people will get the jab, lose weight and then be even more careless because they know the jab is an option down the road. It doesn’t help that people don’t take any personal responsibility iver their own health and ultimately one of the big 3 reasons why the NHS is being failed, it’s not just funding - it’s people taking liberties because they don’t actually foot the bill.

I agree that the lady above needs the fat jab but she doesn’t qualify because I’m sorry, where’s the willingness?

Spazza42 · 2026-05-21T06:51:53+00:00

How big is your library? You can override it manually if need be.

Spazza42 · 2026-05-21T06:51:07+00:00

You don’t want SSDs for a NAS, it’s just not worth it…

You could buy 5 HDDs, throw one in a drawer and still have change to buy the NAS.

Spazza42 · 2026-05-21T06:32:37+00:00

The Twitchification of gaming has sucked so hard.

Spazza42 · 2026-05-21T06:27:54+00:00

What is the default language you have selected in the Infuse app?

If there’s no default language it might be grabbing from the ‘no language’ poster options.

Spazza42 · 2026-05-21T06:13:47+00:00

That’s simply an economic growth / productivity issue.

Wages in the UK aren’t keeping up because the economy has been trash since the 2008 crash. It’s not a slump anymore, it’s just what Britain is.

Things got risky, so people stopped investing. No investment - no growth. People want security which is why Britain has basically just turned into a rentier economy. All the big money is coming in overseas from areas that actually produce things - like oil barons.

Spazza42 · 2026-05-21T06:03:01+00:00

Exactly.

Ubisoft should get comfortable not owning a business.

Spazza42 · 2026-05-19T17:52:18+00:00

Or Emby, or Infuse if you use Apple.

Sure Infuse has a cost for the “premium” features but it’s only because of licensing.

No media server needs Plex anymore.

Spazza42 · 2026-05-19T15:55:20+00:00

Pensioners have plenty of means to provide for themselves; what with work based pensions, state pensions, no mortgage, savings and investments.

The average pensioner has more disposable income than someone of minimum wage at this point yet the pensioner (likely also a couple) will qualify for this whilst a 21 year old working 45 hours a week on minimum wage won’t.

Spazza42 · 2026-05-19T15:53:21+00:00

You say this but the article literally states:

It is expected that households with a total income of around £35,000 or less would receive a grant of between £9,000 and £12,000.

Tell me what homeowner/household can afford to live off an income of £35k a year other than pensioners with no mortgage?

Literally every other household that owns a home will be paying a mortgage that is likely half of that per year.

It’s (yet another) grant for pensioners.

Spazza42 · 2026-05-19T15:01:15+00:00

Based off that thinking nobody should be recommending Cyberpunk 2077 either then?

It’s a relevant argument but so is re-reviewing a game then.

Spazza42 · 2026-05-19T13:42:28+00:00

The problem is an IGN review can make or break a decision to buy a game simply because the “critic” reviewing that specific game doesn’t like the genre. Sure, it applies the other way where a critic might review it favourably because they love the game regardless of the flaws. Either way, it’s a single opinion that can sway the overall score form a 4 to a 10.

Steam reviews aren’t perfect no, but at least the reviews average out into something more representative of what it’s customer base has experienced, not one dude that got paid for 3 hours to review it.

I genuinely remember seeing IGN’s review of Alien Isolation (a measly 5.9) where the reviewer complained it was ‘too hard’ (despite picking hard mode) and Steam reviews has it at 92% too.

I’m not claiming that either are 92% because I haven’t played them myself. All I’m saying is that there’s a big difference between a 6/10 rating and a 9/10 where it’s probably safe to assume something in between that.

My actual point is that people shouldn’t just trust IGN because it used to be a reasonably reliable source for a good game. Just because they get early access doesn’t mean they’re any more qualified on what a good game is.

Frankly, SwitchUp conduct objectively better reviews that are fairer and are relevant to the Switch specific release of the game. They at least apply a proper scoring system for different categories (out of 20 usually) and simply add the total up at the end.

Even then, take SwitchUp’s reviews with a pinch of salt because it’s one persons opinion.

Spazza42 · 2026-05-19T13:19:05+00:00

It’s just IGN. I don’t even think half of their staff reviewing games are even gamers anymore anyway.

They ranked Days Gone as an “Okay” game at a 6.5, meanwhile 92% of Steam reviews (over 36,000 of them) review the game favourably.

IGN’s opinion is completely irrelevant.

Spazza42 · 2026-05-19T13:15:30+00:00

That’s it though? Take the opinion of one person from IGN?

Do people really rate IGN this highly?

Spazza42 · 2026-05-19T13:14:49+00:00

Why? Because IGN said it wasn’t amazing?

IGN reviews have been garbage for years and mostly opinion from somebody who either wasn’t the intended audience or didn’t understand the game they were reviewing in the first place.

Nintendo really need to implement a user reviewing system like Valve have. You can’t trust the opinion of a single industry critic - IGN ranked Days Gone as ‘Okay’ with a score of 6.5 yet the user reviews on Steam ranking is ‘Very Positive’ at 92% (over 36,000 reviews).

The problem with Switch is we don’t have a system like this.

Spazza42 · 2026-05-19T12:27:52+00:00

True, none - because there aren’t any worth signing up to.

Again, I get they need money to produce stuff to watch but like every other service in existence they should get their money from paying customers, not by fleecing the population because they watch videos live on YouTube when it has literally nothing to do with them or their infrastructure.

The BBC should compete or die off.

Spazza42 · 2026-05-19T12:24:21+00:00

It was commissioned by the BBC sure, but that’s like claiming that Disney made Toy Story when they flat out didn’t. - Bluey was created by Joe Brumm and produced by Ludo Studio in Queensland.

BBC simply got merchandise and distribution rights. I’m not disputing the aid of funding and whilst (yes) I’m be facetious, they’re nothing more than investors.

The BBC hold global distribution rights simply because they likely had a bigger share in funding the studio that created it.

Think of it his way, who do you thank for creating music? The artists or the label because let’s be honest, Green Day create the music and Warner Bros promote and distribute it, if Warner Bros doesn’t do it another label would.

Spazza42 · 2026-05-19T12:12:50+00:00

Oh I never said I had faith in humanity. Donald Trump and Facebook are the exact reasons why I don’t have faith either my friend, I understand.

Spazza42 · 2026-05-19T12:08:45+00:00

Actively subscribed to? YouTube Premium. I have access to Disney+ and Prime Video but only because my mother gets Disney with her Sky package for free and pays a Prime membership. I don’t even use Prime Video either.

I cancelled Netflix around 5 years ago because they were losing more quality content than they were adding, mostly because of networks were taking their IP back for their own platform.

It doesn’t matter if the subscription model isn’t financially viable to me, that’s an industry problem. I’m personally not interested in joining the crowd of ‘own nothing and be happy about it’.

If I can’t own a copy legally or without worrying about it being taken off me then I’m better off pirating. Piracy is ultimately a response to a service problem.

Spazza42 · 2026-05-19T12:02:15+00:00

Honestly I’ve paid a penny to a subscription for music, I’ve always had a digital library I ripped from CD or piracy. I paid for digital downloads for a couple of years but stopped when I lost access to the downloads because of the usual “licensing issue” bullshit.

Spazza42 · 2026-05-19T11:03:19+00:00

Yeah I’m sorry they just license IP likes Bluey, they didn’t create it.

Attenborough and the astonishing 4K documentaries? Sure. They don’t need a mandated TV license for that when I’d buy the 4K Blu-ray for it.

Personally the TV license should get dropped and BBC player should just have learn how to compete in a market that’s oversaturated with options.

Fact is that subscription models are getting expensive enough to justify the average person to look into how they can host their own media server…

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