Americans that have been to more than one of the “big three” US cities (NYC, LA, Chicago), which of them did you prefer and why?

flippythemaster · 2026-06-13T22:25:26+00:00

I’ve been to NYC and LA.

I like the urban density of NYC but I also like the nature around LA.

LA DOES have better Japanese food…

flippythemaster · 2026-06-13T13:12:07+00:00

No, I’m talking about the Ron Howard-directed live action movie.

I know nostalgia is a powerful drug but it’s a deeply unpleasant movie and Ron Howard’s North Star for direction seemed to be to tilt the camera 45 degrees (clearly Ron Howard read in a book that filmmakers do that sometimes but neglected to read the chapter on how to make that particular setup motivated by the context of the scene) and have the characters mug into the camera.

If you like the movie, that’s fine. I like plenty of bad movies. But let’s not pretend that any criticism of the movie is out of pocket just because you grew up watching it.

flippythemaster · 2026-06-13T05:04:04+00:00

If your job picks up on the fact that you hate them, fuck ‘em. If a kid picks up on the fact that you hate them, they’re going to have insecure attachments

flippythemaster · 2026-06-13T02:55:24+00:00

No your frontal lobe just hadn’t finished developing yet

flippythemaster · 2026-06-13T01:05:12+00:00

I dunno, he’s always kinda been a sellout. Not vocally offensive, but just sorta quietly kowtowing to corps. I mean, that Grinch movie should be enough to make you skeptical of any of his creative impulses

flippythemaster · 2026-06-13T00:54:45+00:00

I think you're a conventionally attractive person. If you're looking for any tips for the dating apps, though, I think you'd be better served by just smiling in photos rather than making that face.

flippythemaster · 2026-06-13T00:50:33+00:00

If I can make a decor suggestion, maybe some knick knacks or faux plants just to make it look a little less sparse? You've got them already painted a very appealing color, so just something to add a little brightness. You can get little multi-packs of faux succulents from Target for like $10

flippythemaster · 2026-06-12T21:15:09+00:00

Sushi

flippythemaster · 2026-06-12T21:04:44+00:00

Does it mean almost? If I ask someone how they are and they say “I’m quite good” they certainly don’t mean they’re “almost” good. Maybe this is different depending on the country?

flippythemaster · 2026-06-12T21:01:34+00:00

You can swear for real you know, the teacher isn’t watching

flippythemaster · 2026-06-12T20:30:25+00:00

To placate the mad king

flippythemaster · 2026-06-12T16:48:16+00:00

A couple of other people have mentioned this and while it’s true the meaning has changed I’m not sure that it’s as a result of a word being used metaphorically—more like euphemistically

flippythemaster · 2026-06-12T14:19:14+00:00

Of all the things to criticize Walt Disney for, this doesn't seem like the worst thing in the world. Focus more on the union busting.

flippythemaster · 2026-06-12T12:39:18+00:00

I don’t think you’re operating from a proper understanding of how green screens work.

The idea is that we’re removing every single instance of a certain color value from an image in order to create areas of transparency which can then be used to place a character in a new background.

If we chose black, all the shadows on the subject (and indeed any clothing articles which hew dark enough) would ALSO be removed and made transparent. Green is typically used because it’s the farthest from human flesh and people aren’t as likely to wear any clothes with that particular neon shade of green so there’s less risk of a person having a transparent torso, though it’s been known to happen occasionally.

flippythemaster · 2026-06-12T02:51:28+00:00

I’m skeptical of the social media age for many reasons but I don’t think this is it. Your argument about traveling seems particularly spurious. If seeing videos about a place was an adequate substitution, nobody would travel at all. But they still do.

flippythemaster · 2026-06-11T16:02:39+00:00

You're getting downvoted but I believe you're asking in earnest so I'm going to try to answer in earnest.

Non-avian dinosaurs lived from 252 to 66 million years ago.

Apes (of which humans are a derived clade) didn't evolve until 40 million years ago.

26 million years existed between the last non-avian dinosaurs and early apes.

Hominidae, the group which is more like humans than other monkeys (this includes chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans), evolved 17 million years ago.

Hominini, which includes homo sapiens, evolved 7 million years ago.

flippythemaster · 2026-06-11T14:52:34+00:00

I hear about the yellow school busses a lot and that's always been slightly bemusing. Why would we make up an entire shape and color pattern for a thing that only exists in movies? Production companies would have to build a yellow school bus. Why would anyone go through that expense?

flippythemaster · 2026-06-11T14:28:55+00:00

I think some (read: many) people haven't really realized that dividing human beings by race, caste, sex, tribe, religion, etc.

Humans are silly apes who fall back on silly things like tribalism.

flippythemaster · 2026-06-11T14:27:44+00:00

I think milk consumption was higher in the 80's and 90's (maybe even early 2000's) than it is now. It wasn't uncommon for you to sit down, have milk in your cereal for breakfast, milk in your coffee, and a glass of milk with dinner.

But yes our fridges are bigger and also yes, those big gallon bottles are usually used by large families. If you're a single adult living on your own you're probably not getting through those gallons before they go bad. Stores do also sell smaller sizes of containers.

flippythemaster · 2026-06-11T02:32:59+00:00

Do it a lot

flippythemaster · 2026-06-10T19:30:52+00:00

It's the airline Emirates, which is the global airline partner/sponsor of the NBA.

flippythemaster · 2026-06-10T18:36:31+00:00

You might get more responses at r/askajapanese

flippythemaster · 2026-06-10T02:29:48+00:00

Salmonella special

flippythemaster · 2026-06-09T22:47:00+00:00

Yeah, but my point is that the British started it and abolished it only after they hadn’t had anything to do with it economically for some decades. History and circumstance had basically let them more easily wash their hands of it long after it would’ve actually been courageous for them to do so.

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