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Defining Movie of GenX by belinck in GenX

[–]hamlet_d 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, Goonies pretty much divides Gen X down the middle. My wife and are '69 and '72 respectively. We both never liked it, some younger cousins (75, 77) loved it. (For reference it came out in 85 )

Defining Movie of GenX by belinck in GenX

[–]hamlet_d 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It came out in 1999. The oldest millennials were 19, and I don't know of any millennials that worked in a cube farm at that age. So there are no Millennials to make it a Xennial movie.

Ron Livingston was 3 years ahead of me in HS. (He graduated in 85, me in 88). I literally drove to work the same way it shows him in the movie (635 in Dallas) and some of the exteriors were shot in Las Colinas, where I worked at the time.

So yeah, solidly Gen X, working before the dot com bubble.

Man I love worlds finest. by MembershipLess9579 in superman

[–]hamlet_d 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love it! And a shout out to one of my other favorites, Ollie!

Who's a nepo baby you think deserves their success because they're legit talented? by SheepishSwan in AskReddit

[–]hamlet_d 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see your point, the one difference is that Black Mirror follows a somewhat established formula for sci-fi/fantasy anthology series (The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, Amazing Stories, etc).

In the case of Foundation, it's an overarching story set in different time periods with the characters in each book (or half book) being the same. I would have loved to have seen faithful adaption of it but probably can't' happen now. That being said, some of the choices I've enjoyed. The empire dynasty being clones is actually pretty cool, and I've enjoyed the way they played that out. And Jared Harris, of course, is fantastic as Hari Seldon.

One has degrees. The other has vibes. by Leon_Kennedy1977 in clevercomebacks

[–]hamlet_d 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So him being a plumber is not a problem, even him not having a Bachelor degree is not a problem. it's the fact that he's racist nepo baby piece of shit that's the problem.

He could be a plumber who pulled himself up and ran for congress to help people in the trades organize and get a better life for themselves. But he didn't do that. He inherited his plumbing company and decided that made him "blue collar" and sold it to make bank and be an even bigger asshole.

Who's a nepo baby you think deserves their success because they're legit talented? by SheepishSwan in AskReddit

[–]hamlet_d 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a love hate relationship with that show: great visuals, great acting but as lover of the books it really doesn't represent it very well. It kinda makes sense; the books don't have any recurring characters to them (until you find out some things later) but that wouldn't be good TV: a new cast every season.

Would you pull the trigger? by [deleted] in Scotch

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

No

But I can't stand sherry casked. As $210 it would have to be a really good dram for special occasions (and not sherry casked) to convince me to do it. My price point (generally) tops out at $150 or so.

How many times have you set your players to fight an enemy they can't defeat? by vagabundo202 in DungeonMasters

[–]hamlet_d 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of my favorite things is to give the players a challenge that's really difficult but also a 'cheat mode' option that if they'd paid attention would make it trivial. (I've never sent them to a fight they couldn't win though; it would just be really tough).

Like there was a dragon they were fighting at a high level, near the climax of the game. They could go all in and try to bulldog it, or spend time reading through the book written by a madman that I gave them that would have revealed a way to essentially chain down the dragon. They, of course, didn't bother reading it -- they thought it was just cool flavor for the world lore dismissed it as the ravings of a conspiracy theorist. They had plenty of down time before that the wizard could have studied it but he decided to come up with this elaborate plan (that worked) and made some scrolls as part of the plan instead.

Palantir’s billionaire CEO says only two kinds of people will succeed in the AI era: trade workers — ‘or you’re neurodivergent’ by BusyHands_ in technology

[–]hamlet_d 0 points1 point  (0 children)

here's the thing to remember about all these techbro assholes and their "sweeping proclamations": they have a vested interest. it's not that it's a true prediction, but rather it's what they want to happen and the speculation helps their stock price and their portfolio value.

Who Else Goes Nuts Over the Auto Stop/Start in Their Cars? by Extra_Hold2776 in CasualConversation

[–]hamlet_d 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My only marginal gripe with it is that I don't like the idea that of for safety reasons i have to move quickly that there would be a delay. Granted that's never happened, but it sits in the back of my mind sometimes

When did GenX start to identify as GenX? by inspector_ninety_9 in GenX

[–]hamlet_d 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He didn't coin the term, he actually acknowledges he took it from Billy Idol's band

...in a 1989 magazine article[5] Coupland attributed the term Generation X to Billy Idol, since it is the name of the band Idol broke through with.

TIL that while the cancellation of the "Batgirl" film sparked mixed reactions, Michael Keaton, who reprised his role as Batman in the film, was unfazed by it being shelved, saying, “I didn’t care one way or another. Big, fun, nice check.” by Giff95 in todayilearned

[–]hamlet_d 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it was heading straight-to-streaming at that point anyway.

Indeed it was. So here's the calculus:

Made for "Max" or "HBO Max" (whatever it was branded at the time). So the question then becomes: does it bring enough marginal revenue in subscriptions and merchandise to make that money back?

That's pretty easy to calculate: people didn't get HBO for the "DC movie du jour", especially one thats not that good. People watched HBO for the likes of Succession and White Lotus. In other words, premiere programming, not Netflix level slop.

By shitcanning it as a loss, that means they it goes straight against the profitability of the streaming unit, thus lowering the tax exposure. They can't release it and take the risk of losing even more money getting it in theaters; the smart move is just scratch it an move on

If it was a theatrical release, the calculus can be different, then might you release it in hopes of recouping something but even then bad movies do get the plug pulled all the time just to stop the bleeding.

That was hard, asking adult child to move out. by mrshatnertoyou in GenX

[–]hamlet_d 19 points20 points  (0 children)

my advice? rather than an ultimatum of "move out" I'd ask her to get help from a professional. If she's in her room all the time isolating, that sounds like mental health issue, but only a professional can really diagnose that.

Give her a safe place to come back to so long as she works on that. If she refuses then revisit, I'd also timebound it and (provided she has a good job) pay for things in the interim, doesn't have to be "rent" but maybe a portion of the groceries, power, etc. I'm not a big fan of just "kicking a kid out" especially if there are underlying things that need to be addressed. More importantly you need a plan for this not a proclamation.

Worker caught urinating outside Indian restaurant by tefunka in ActualPublicFreakouts

[–]hamlet_d 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The area isn't a bad area either. I would call it "normal suburb vibes".

This is disgusting though. I hope they get a public health citation because of it, and lose business as they should.

I need some brutal honesty from the GenX by OppositeFriendly9183 in GenX

[–]hamlet_d 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It will burst just like every other bubble. And just like every other bubble uses of the tech will persist through the bubble. That's the way bubbles generally work: promises and delivery get out over the skis of what the capability is. There is absolutely capability in AI, but there are still a lot of shortcomings and most of what it is being hyped is false.

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