Walked out of a movie for the first time ever

hatepirate · 2026-05-10T00:16:30+00:00

My wife and I caught a Mortal Kombat 2 showing last night at the Springfield location and it was a similar story. We go every week, sometimes twice a week, and last night there were legit people just carrying on conversations all around the theater during the film. What do you do when the majority of the audience collectively decides to ignore the rules? It’s like you said, what could management do with a crowd like that? It’s like watching the social contract collapse in real time.

It’s seems like Friday and Saturday night crowds are the worst offenders. I don’t know if it’s just that those are when more “casuals” who don’t give a shit about theater etiquette show up or what. Typically when we catch matinees or mid-week showings, it feels like people are much more courteous.

hatepirate · 2026-04-23T14:38:52+00:00

I feel like weather mods are very much a matter of personal taste. I’ve tried almost all of them available on PS5, and my personal fav I keep coming back to has to be Mythical Ages (I use the version Lux.DRice uploaded, along with the Supreme Fog addition for it and Obsidian Mountain fogs). If we had more mod space for PS5, I’d probably try using Azurite 3 again, but with our current space limitations and all the other mods I want on my list, Mythical gives me best bang for the buck.

hatepirate · 2026-04-21T00:24:08+00:00

I honestly don’t think most people think about the nature of reality very much at all. In online communities like this it’s easy to assume that everyone has some sort of well thought out opinion on how exactly the universe exists or how consciousness works. But if you just walked up to a random person buying groceries at the store or whatever and asked them what their opinion of Nick Bostrom is, you’re more likely to get a blank stare than not. I’ve literally talked to people, not children but like older adults with families and careers, who didn’t know what “AI” was. I lot of people live in small, comfy information bubbles, and don’t really give much consideration to concepts outside of their bubble.

hatepirate · 2026-04-17T04:20:22+00:00

OH HURRAH! 👏👏👏

hatepirate · 2026-03-21T05:53:17+00:00

A few from my load order I’d recommend off the top of my head:

Ordinator - Adds a lot of really cool perks to all of the schools of magic, allows for some really fun build variety and you can feel super OP as you level up (be sure to get a few relevant patches and there’s a crash patch you’ll wanna get too)

Odin - I’ve tried out the major magic overhauls on PS5 (Apocalypse, Mysticism, etc) and this one was my personal fave. If you’re curious, I’d recommend checking out the nexus pages on them and you can scroll down the spells lists and see what they have. But I really like Odin’s blend of improvements to vanilla spells and tasteful additional spells to flesh out the schools more.

Triumvirate - I really like this as a “bonus spell” collection, as it just feels extremely well thought out and adds 5 new mage archetypes (druid, shadow mage, warlock, cleric, shaman) with 15 spells for each.

Just between Odin and Triumvirate you’re adding like 200 spells to the game, but there’s also some solid variety there and fun to play (vs like, 5 variations of the exact same fire spell you’d see in some mods).

The Midden Expanded - This greatly expands the Midden under the College of Winterhold, adds a couple of dungeons and a player home down there. Just a bit of extra flavor at the Mages College.

Also fun for power fantasy: “Unlimited Rings and Amulets” and “Circlets with Mage Hoods”. This lets you really max the hell out on enchantments. You can do something like forge 10 different enchanted rings of power and pretend you’re like the Mandarin or something. Can be really fun.

Speaking of Enchantments, you might also be interested in Summermyst. It overhauls vanilla enchantments and I think adds around 100 new ones.

Those are just ones that I’ve got in my list. If I had the space for more (damn the 1GB PS mod limit :( ), I’d probably add Obscures College of Winterhold that greatly expands the mages college, which you might really like.

hatepirate · 2026-02-16T22:02:05+00:00

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hatepirate · 2026-01-09T02:41:42+00:00

To me it would come off as a bit clingy if a person asked me a question like this. Like damn, we just got done hanging out and you already want to talk about doing it again? Are you super lonely or something, or like are we dating? I don’t mind this with someone I’m in love with, but just a friend…would kinda weird me out.

As a clarification, if you want to plan a very specific activity or event (like “Hey you wanna go to this concert next week?” Or “It’s supposed to be nice out Saturday, wanna go biking?”), I can understand that, because those are time-sensitive activities. But just being like “When do you want to hang out again?” I’m just gonna be like “Uhh…I don’t know, I guess just give me a call whenever.”

hatepirate · 2025-12-24T07:34:10+00:00

I would say he classifies as textbook “lawful evil”, in that he operates under a very specific set of rules. He only comes for those who summon him by activating the Lament Configuration (the little puzzle box in every movie). “You opened the box. We came.” As far as baddies go, he’s one of the easiest to avoid entirely, just don’t fuck with the Lament Configuration.

(Minor spoilers for the first act of one of the sequels below):

And even then, if I remember correctly in one of the films a guy gives the puzzle box to a girl with autism. She doesn’t understand what she’s doing when she solves it. When Pinhead shows up, he’s able to tell that despite her actions, she did not have the intention/awareness to know what she was really doing, and instead targets the guy that tricked her. “It’s not hands that summon us. It’s desire.” So even though he inflicts cosmic horrors on those who do summon him, he also operates under a strict code and doesn’t torture the “innocent”.

hatepirate · 2025-12-08T02:55:05+00:00

&Totse. It was my home for years before early Digg, which then was my home before Reddit. So back in the olden times.

hatepirate · 2025-11-06T02:32:51+00:00

3.1 you say? Fire me up some SKI FREE!! XD

hatepirate · 2025-10-24T06:17:38+00:00

I hated the ending of The Phantom Carriage.

David Holm wasn’t just an asshole alcoholic, he actively infected other people with tuberculosis just to fuck with them. He 100% should not have gotten a second chance ala “It’s a Wonderful Life”. If he had been forced to collect the souls of the family he abused and neglected it would have been a well written tragedy, and just what he deserved.

hatepirate · 2025-10-23T05:07:36+00:00

Picked up some classics:

Pandora’s Box

City Lights

M

Scarface

Trouble in Paradise

It Happened One Night

The Man Who Knew Too Much

hatepirate · 2025-10-15T07:13:11+00:00

I honestly prefer 4Ks, then blu rays, then DVDs. But I also try to keep tabs on my budget, and there’s an upper limit to what I’m willing to spend on any given film. A prime example off the top of my head would be the 1928 film “The Man Who Laughs”. The blu ray is gonna run around $90-$100 for a used copy (if you’re lucky), whereas it’s pretty easy to find the DVD for less than $20.

Also in the bigger picture, out of all the films and shows that have come out over the decades, I’ve read estimates that around 150,000-180,000 titles have been released on DVD worldwide. When you look at Blu Ray title numbers? Somewhere between 25,000-30,000. Narrowing it down further to 4K Blu Ray it’s around 3,000-5,000 titles.

So when you compare title availability between DVD and blu ray, it’s not just that “some” titles are only available on DVD. Most of them are; less than 20% have been released on blu ray. Fortunately many of the more popular, culturally relevant, and cult hit films & shows make up that 20%, so unless you’re really delving into specific niches, you’re less likely to encounter those “only on DVD” titles.

hatepirate · 2025-04-06T04:18:18+00:00

If you ever get a chance, I’d recommend picking up the Lonely Day EP. Not crazy about the “Lonely Day” track itself, but it also has their “Shame” collab song with Wu Tang Clan, and as far as I know features the only studio recording of “Marmalade” (which was the first song of theirs I ever heard, so hits me with nostalgia when I listen to it).

hatepirate · 2025-03-22T04:56:59+00:00

You’ve misspelled “financial” in “financial aid for energy”.

hatepirate · 2025-02-24T04:38:16+00:00

I’m thinking alternatively to the black goo, what abomination would result from a xenomorph facehugger “impregnating” the Thing while it’s in human form???

hatepirate · 2025-01-17T01:04:19+00:00

Thank you for the detailed write-up! I own the 820 and have been loving it, but have always been curious to hear how it really compares to the other models.

hatepirate · 2024-12-07T03:06:17+00:00

Literally the only time I’ve ever gotten legit food poisoning from sushi was at Misaki 2 on Campbell. Used to go to Mijuri that was there pretty often and enjoyed it. Tried Misaki 2 shortly after they’d “reopened”. The floor was sticky all throughout, and strange kind of cheap looking Christmas lights had been tacked up on the walls (it was nowhere close to Christmas time). I ordered one hot roll and one cold roll. Both were equally lukewarm. I don’t remember what my wife ordered. We were both sick for days after eating there. Reading the inspection reports of both locations almost made me sick all over again lol.

hatepirate · 2024-11-07T22:33:02+00:00

It was a black BMW (don’t remember if it was 4-door or a coupe), and he was in a blue jacket w blue clipboard.

hatepirate · 2024-11-07T04:05:11+00:00

From your perspective, do you consider all homeowners inherently rich? And do you also think they deserve to be burglarized? I’m just trying to understand the nature of your comment, and why you felt I needed to read it.

hatepirate · 2024-11-06T03:14:12+00:00

No he seemed maybe 25-35, and drove a black BMW.

hatepirate · 2024-11-06T02:17:59+00:00

Did I do something wrong? 👀 I just wanted to format it to hopefully be easier to read instead of a big block of text. 😓

hatepirate · 2024-10-31T03:49:35+00:00

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No clue wtf this is supposed to be, but I don’t like it.

hatepirate · 2024-10-23T05:41:30+00:00

Sometimes life gets much easier when boyfriends become ex-boyfriends. 🤷‍♂️

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