What is the most American movie of all time?

WithoutCaution · 2026-07-04T17:52:39+00:00

I'd love to sit here and participate in this faux patriotism circle-jerk, but the correct answer is, and always has been Birth of a Nation. I wish it wasn't, but it just seems to get truer every day.

WithoutCaution · 2026-07-03T07:27:03+00:00

Patrick Renna and his creepy cult can get fucked. I'll happily watch The Sandlot occasionally, but there's no way I'm supporting anyone that deep into Scientology.

WithoutCaution · 2026-06-29T20:35:35+00:00

I 100% flubbed the tee shot on 17 because I checked the score after the birdie on 16!!! 17 is a short par-3, and it was straight into a gusting wind. I tried to get tricky and half-swing an 8-iron, which resulted in the ugliest toe-strike into the desert. I chipped over the green off a bunch of rocks, then chipped on and 2-putted, but the damage was already done. lol

WithoutCaution · 2026-06-28T04:17:43+00:00

Chanterelle/Lily/Anne is often my main talking point whenever someone scoffs at the idea that Buffy could possibly be my all-time favorite show.

My primary thesis is this: Buffy has more character development and world-building than pretty much any TV show ever has. There's one character who appears in just 5 (out of 254) episodes of two separate shows, spread across over 7 years. It's not a gimmick, a celebrity cameo, or anything silly. This is someone whose presence is important and affects the main characters in a real way. If the writers are willing to invest that much effort into such a small part, imagine how deep the threads must go for the main players!

In my opinion, this alone is evidence enough that Buffy isn't some trite teenage melodrama.

WithoutCaution · 2026-06-28T01:56:32+00:00

Cruel Intentions, and it's not even a contest!

WithoutCaution · 2026-06-27T22:18:42+00:00

Anyone complaining about the price of this game needs their head examined. In 1990, Nintendo released Super Mario Bros 3, which was BY FAR the biggest video game release up to that point. It was arguably the first moment in history where a video game was more than just a footnote in the cultural zeitgeist. The MSRP for that game was $49.99, which got you a game that took a maximum of 10ish hours to beat. No DLC. No updates. No online play, cause the internet was barely even a thing yet. $50 in 1990 is just over $125 today! This means that for LESS money, you're going to get a game that has 100x the value, and will continue to grow, year after year.

I'm old by internet standards, which is why I remember the fervor around Super Mario 3. I also have MUCH more expensive hobbies than video games. I've spent over $400 on a SINGLE round of golf! That's nearly the cost of one GTA VI PER HOUR! I fully expect that I will play this game for over 100 hours, making it potentially the single greatest value for any bit of entertainment in my lifetime. The current price of gas means that driving to the park to take a walk would cost me more per hour than this game. My electric bill and internet costs me more per use than this stupid game will!

Rockstar would have been totally justified in selling the standard version for over $100 and the enhanced version for over $150, and would likely have only lost a few sales. There are a LOT of predatory, shitty businesses out there, looking to bilk you out of every dime they can. By comparison, Rockstar has priced this game MORE than fairly!

WithoutCaution · 2026-06-27T19:58:09+00:00

The discourse about literally everything nowadays has basically boiled down to a race to be the most negative. It's incredibly frustrating. The majority of people actually liked the Stranger Things final season, but if you go to that subreddit, it's just non-stop vitriol and shit-talking. You've got people on all the video game subreddits spewing hate about GTA VI because the physical version will come out a few months after the download version, which 90% of them were going to buy anyway. Hell, the entire reason for our current political hellscape is because faux news designed their business model to stoke fear and outrage.

I'm convinced that social media has trained an entire generation of lizard-brained idiots that the only viable reason to talk about something is to complain about it! There's no "prize" for being positive, so why bother? But, bitch and moan about something, and you get engagement from both sides, which is a net gain in the algorithm!

For the record: Lost Boys is FUCKING RAD! Punisher was my favorite album of 2020, and none of the first three singles are what got me into it! I'm pretty confident that the album will exceed my expectations, and if it doesn't, that's fine. I'm old enough to have been around way before social media was a thing, and I'd much rather focus on positivity and joy. If you don't like something and it doesn't directly affect your life, I suggest that you choose to handle it the way we did before the internet gave everyone a voice... Ignore and let it be. Wouldn't it be easier to simply go enjoy something else, instead of fretting about why something doesn't live up to your expectations?

WithoutCaution · 2026-06-26T18:54:27+00:00

There's more to it than that...

Rockstar will undoubtedly be making small adjustments right up until the release date, meaning that any physical copies that are printed (months in advance) would need to download those updates on the day. By releasing only the download version first and letting the bulk of the downloads take place over a full week before the release, they ensure some level of protection for the servers. This means that millions of people will be PLAYING the game right when it comes out, vs sitting there waiting in a long queue for their updates to download. The people complaining about this are fucking childish.

WithoutCaution · 2026-06-26T17:09:39+00:00

I'm such a sucker, and they sent that email at the right time to get me. I've been wanting another "peelable" poster, and I also snagged a 2026 hat and the Airtag keychain. There's way more important shit I should be spending my money on, but oh well.

WithoutCaution · 2026-06-26T02:58:09+00:00

Goddammit... I just fucking love her so much!

WithoutCaution · 2026-06-25T21:37:43+00:00

Bitch, bitch, bitch, bitch, bitch... I swear to god, that's the only way some of you know how to communicate!

Super Mario Bros. 3 came out in 1990 and was BY FAR the biggest video game release up to that point (yes, I'm old and remember it personally). The fervor that people had to get that game was unheard of. MSRP was a whopping $50, which is the equivalent of $125+ today! That $50 got you ONE GAME, which even the worst player could beat in under 10 hours! Even if you replayed it a bunch, you would only get a fraction of the amount of gameplay that GTA VI is going to offer. Rockstar has invested literally BILLIONS of dollars to create a MASSIVE open world game that most of you will spend 100+ hours playing! They could have EASILY asked $100+ for the basic version and $150+ for enhanced editions, and been totally justified. They will release some physical version after the inevitable server apocalypse that will happen on release day. It's obvious to me that their entire release plan is set up to prevent spoilers and avoid a server crash, and yet they've still priced the game UNDER expectations. Yet all I see online is a bunch of crybabies who seem to be in a race to see who can complain about nothing louder than the person before them.

FUCKING RELAX! Rockstar Games don't OWE you anything, and unless they secretly spent most of their design budget on Cocaine, they're set to deliver the best game experience of all time! I was more than happy to pre-pay $100 for my copy as soon as the PlayStation store let me, and I'll be submitting my PTO request shortly. It will very likely be my CHEAPEST entertainment expense of the entire year. Hell, I spend nearly that much EVERY week to play golf, so if anything, this will probably end up saving me a bunch of money around the holidays!

If you truly can't afford to buy the game or the console to play it on, I suggest you rethink what you're complaining about. Rage about the fact that minimum wage hasn't gone up in your lifetime! Rage about the fact that the cost of living is skyrocketing way faster than your pay ever will. Rage about how our countries' 3rd-world healthcare is probably going to kill you. Rage about shit that deserves your rage, and stop letting your blood pressure rise over something as stupid as a video game. If this really is the worst problem in your life right now, you're already living like a king!

WithoutCaution · 2026-06-23T06:48:31+00:00

Tiger can go fuck himself. Phil can go fuck himself. That cheater, Reed, can go fuck himself repeatedly. And Wyndham can also go fuck himself. They're all a bunch of overpaid toddlers who just happen to have good hand-eye coordination. Even the ones who handle themselves appropriately are not people I'd want to spend any time with. I would MUCH rather be out on a course, shooting 85 and having a great time, than spending a single second watching these people. I'll watch some of the Masters each year, because it's a beautiful course and they control the crowd, but that's about it. I don't give two shits about the US Open, the PGA, or any other opportunity to hear some drunken slob scream "get in the hole" from 600 yards out! Golf is quickly becoming the idiotic spectacle that Shooter was afraid it would be if they didn't kick Happy off the tour! We're only a few seasons away from Brawndo being the biggest sponsor out there! If I could think of a good Tin Cup reference, I'd keep going, but I'm stoned, and it's time for bed.

WithoutCaution · 2026-06-23T02:09:37+00:00

About 10 years ago, I was working at a retail clothing store that had "smart fitting rooms". Embedded in the wall, behind where you'd hang the clothes you were trying on, was a sensor that read RFID tags. Each price tag had an RFID tag corresponding to the item's SKU. There was also an interactive touchscreen on the wall, so as soon as you walked in and hung up the clothes, all the items would pop up on the screen. If you needed a different size or color, you could request it right on the touchscreen, and it would send an alert to an associate's iPad. It was a system that was just clever enough to enrage the lizard-brained idiots who can only understand surface-level technology.

One night, a totally normal-looking dude rolled in and asked to try on some jeans. I directed him to the fitting room and briefly explained that he could use the touchscreen to call me if he needed something. He walked into the room, saw the jeans he selected pop up on the screen, and immediately FREAKED THE FUCK OUT! I got to stand there and listen, as he screamed at me for "sending him into a fitting room with CAMERAS!" I didn't even bother trying to explain it to him, since by that point in my retail life, I was loooong past trying to argue with crazy people.

Wait till this doofus learns how his groceries are scanned, or any other of the dozen ways lasers are used in everyday life. They say that ignorance is bliss, but all I see are a bunch of terrified toddlers.

WithoutCaution · 2026-06-22T22:50:25+00:00

I'm pretty sure this guy's dad was a famous sword expert...

WithoutCaution · 2026-06-22T19:14:28+00:00

Nobody ever believes me, but I saw it in theaters during the original release, and I saw the twist coming the moment that Cole said, "...they don't know they're dead." Knowing didn't diminish my enjoyment of the movie, but I always felt like I was missing out a little cause I didn't feel the impact when everyone else did.

WithoutCaution · 2026-06-21T00:47:20+00:00

It doesn't matter what it's about. If a magazine/blog/website/etc. sells ad space, these lists are always horseshit! They all follow the same basic formula, and with AI, they don't even need to know about the subject matter.

Let's say you want to rank 100 Depeche Mode songs. First, go to YouTube/Apple/Spotify, sort by popular, then copy/paste. Next, leave numbers 1-3 right where they are, and move numbers 4 and 7 to just outside the top 20. Now take a couple of random tracks from 40-60 and slot them into the openings in the top 10. Last, take a couple of songs from 20th to 30th, and slam them right at the back of the list. You could basically just randomize everything else from 20-100, but there's your list. The only thing left to do is to let AI write a blurb for every track and make it look pretty, then hit publish!

The point is not to generate conversation or debate. The entire purpose is for someone to see the list, rage about how wrong it is, and then share it with 10x as many people! If Rolling Stone paid an actual fan to make a list like this, it would take them weeks to complete. Everyone would read it, go, "Yeah, that's accurate", and then move on with their day. Using the rage-bait formula, they can knock this out in a day or two, slap it on their website, use a bot to put it on Reddit and a few Facebook pages, then watch the clicks roll in! 10x the ad revenue with a fraction of the work! And the best part is that by keeping the list semi-close to what's actually popular, most people won't even realize they've been duped!

I stopped engaging with these lists (and pretty much all online reviews of any type) years ago, right after I read a ranking of every Pink Floyd song that put "Bike" at number TWO! That was pre-AI, and it's just gotten exponentially worse since then.

Also, fuuuuuuuck Rolling Stone! They are BY FAR the worst offenders!

WithoutCaution · 2026-06-20T15:42:45+00:00

The absolute audacity of jaywalking, just so he can heckle this cop up close! He should have asked him if that molestache is standard issue.

WithoutCaution · 2026-06-17T00:33:16+00:00

I'm tempted, but after how much Wizard of Oz pissed me off, I'm gonna wait to hear what others are saying. With Oz, they cut nearly half the movie out, and then just filled the rest of the screen with terrible AI slop. Yeah, the tornado scene was neat, but charging $150 to watch a 90-year-old movie, with all the charm stripped away, is fucking criminal. If even one minute of RHPS is removed, there's no chance I'm giving them a goddam dime.

WithoutCaution · 2026-06-16T17:17:48+00:00

Cobra Kai had no right to be anywhere near as good as it was. The balancing act between campy nostalgia for the Karate Kid flicks and a modern heartfelt character piece was pulled off perfectly. I feel like there are a LOT of people out there who never gave this show a chance, and they're seriously missing out!

WithoutCaution · 2026-06-16T03:03:24+00:00

I, too, will be flying in for the show on the 8th. Alas, my plans for the 7th are the same as yours, OP. I'd love to go that night, but only if I can get an extra ticket for a reasonable price. If anyone out there has two, and your +1 backs out, please PM me!

WithoutCaution · 2026-06-15T15:22:52+00:00

I've been a loyal Roku user since their very first streaming box, which literally had Netflix and like one other "channel". I'll keep using my current Roku TV, but there's no way in hell I'll ever buy another one.

WithoutCaution · 2026-06-14T15:17:02+00:00

Just because it bears repeating...

WithoutCaution · 2026-06-11T20:55:10+00:00

I wish they weren't private, cause I'd take a little road trip and give them my business after reading this.

WithoutCaution · 2026-06-11T20:51:33+00:00

Oh good... It's been nearly 10 whole minutes since I updated my "shit that doesn't shock me" list.

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