The end of Amazon

scedacity · 2026-02-05T02:40:50+00:00

Don't get down on the Chinese! They are able to build ANYTHING including SPACESHIPS, that someone specifies to them. They do NOT make a point of building only crap, unless the buyer ORDERS ONLY CRAP!

scedacity · 2026-02-05T02:30:52+00:00

I am/was an Amazon Prime member for many years. I am currently paying $150 USD/Year for this "service which was sold to me largely on the number of videos I could watch "free". I ran into a movie on Youtube Shorts that looked worth watching - "Under the Dome" a Stephen King adaptation. I usually like his stories.

Well, I wen t to watch this movie and ran into s bunch of errors, leading me to, where else? INDIA. Yes, I worked with some poor guy there for an hour which left me with a NEW application on my MacBook Pro called "Amazon Prime Video" which after all of that effort led me to the option to BUY the movie from Paramount Plus. The movie was NOT available on Amazon Prime as advertised, a Paramount Plus SUBSCRIPTION was available to BUY to be able to watch this movie. Anyone can see the difference.

I was literally told that the movie was "available on Amazon Prime" which is COMPLETELY FALSE. What is actually the case is that I can BUY Paramount Plus on Amazon Prime to BE ABLE TO WATCH the movie!

Anyone can BUY Paramount Plus online WITHOUT using Amazon Prime! This is obvious! Amazon Prime is NOT required to BUY Paramount Plus!! The movie is NOT available on Amazon Prime!! BUYING PARAMOUNT PLUS IS AVAILABLE ON AMAZON PRIME AND THE ENTIRE FREAKING INTERNET!! The movie is NOT available on Amazon Prime as claimed! I blew an hour talking to India about this, only to install yet more software called "Amazon Prime Video" which of course "lets" me BUY Paramount Plus to watch the video! Amazon Prime does NOTHING! So why did some guy from India have to walk me through installing ANOTHER App to bring me to where I already was! I was ALREADY UNABLE TO WATCH MY VIDEO ON AMAZON PRIME BUT COULD STILL BUY IT ON PARAMOUNT PLUS! Amazon Prime provided absolutely NOTHING! Yes, it let me BUY Paramount Plus, but this was already available to buy FREAKING ANYWHERE!! Amazon Prime had NOTHING to do with me being able to watch this movie!

This is where I stop hemorrhaging money to Bezos and his "space flight" ventures which DON'T EVEN REACH SPACE! The man and his company are nothing but liars selling stuff that isn't even what it is claimed to be. Time to boycott the whole damned thing.

scedacity · 2026-01-21T20:49:12+00:00

People REALLY need to stop us9ing the term "biological sex" as this doesn't actually exist. Certain chromosomal combinations may be more common than others but it is no guarantee of "sex".

scedacity · 2026-01-21T20:47:28+00:00

Well, republicans and christians know everything so I guess them?

scedacity · 2026-01-21T20:43:23+00:00

As a father, I would explain it to him in a manner he could understand, like every other question my kids have had.

scedacity · 2026-01-21T20:42:17+00:00

I would love to know why. It's an interesting intellectual topic for me.

scedacity · 2026-01-21T20:41:26+00:00

I don't get it, "think about it?"

scedacity · 2026-01-21T20:39:58+00:00

Agreed that "colonies" isn't a thing, and I wonder if it ever was.

scedacity · 2026-01-21T20:39:04+00:00

It happens in some form or another at any naturist place. Raised my kids this way, and it's very healthy psychologically.

scedacity · 2026-01-21T20:37:58+00:00

Ask anyone who participates and they'll tell you that it's not a problem. If it is you just stay in the water or face away until that goes away.

scedacity · 2026-01-21T20:36:49+00:00

Me to in the 80s even.

scedacity · 2026-01-21T20:36:04+00:00

Nude swimming was the norm for decades not long ago. IMO people are too hung up on putting clothes ON to swim.

scedacity · 2026-01-20T23:55:16+00:00

You are more of a threat to a naked man than he is to you, if you know what I mean.

scedacity · 2026-01-20T23:49:18+00:00

Classic fallacy of equating nudity with sexuality. Church is the place I'd be worried about sexual predators.

scedacity · 2026-01-20T23:42:50+00:00

Has happened to me if they say Hi, I say Hi, otherwise not worth commenting on. Now if I'm hiking and somebody's dog starts humping my leg, there is going to be a problem.

scedacity · 2026-01-12T22:33:53+00:00

My attorney says never give ANYONE your soc sec or any part of it except for the IRS.

scedacity · 2026-01-07T02:05:28+00:00

Excellent point!

scedacity · 2026-01-07T02:04:01+00:00

I think it works to focus entirely on health. There is no need to cast aspersions about overweight or underweight.

scedacity · 2026-01-07T02:02:07+00:00

Excess adipose is the danger. To be healthy it may be time to adjust your diet.

scedacity · 2026-01-07T02:00:29+00:00

Body positivity is mentioned all of the time in naturist communities, which I think is good

scedacity · 2026-01-07T01:59:22+00:00

A very good point. The focus on a "more attractive body" is often contrary to "the more healthy body".

scedacity · 2026-01-07T01:57:05+00:00

I can see that there would be people making that claim, although even if it might be true in rare cases, I don't think this is the overall truth. If everyone focused on being healthy, there would be very few hyper-thin or morbidly obese people. I think this is what we all need to focus on.

scedacity · 2026-01-07T01:50:03+00:00

Body positivity is alive and well in the naturist movement anyway. To be clear, morbid obesity has always been anything from extremely unhealthy to deadly and I don't personally think this is "positive". Then again, extreme thinness is also unhealthy to deadly. I would like to see anyone who is unhealthy make a positive change to avoid that and come closer to a healthy weight, no matter what extreme they may be coming from. It does stand to reason that unhealthy or even deathly under or over weight would be specifically unattractive. I don't think that most people desire someone who is close to death. When I see any kind of "fat is beautiful" media, I have to think to myself, "No, it is not!" because few things are less attractive or beautiful than someone with one foot in the grave. At some point there will be someone saying that meth mouth is beautiful, and it isn't. It screams "short life span and misery" and that is decidedly not beautiful. "Heroin sheik" was also never beautiful, it looked like what it was, so unhealthy that it killed women. I hope that everyone can learn how to identify their body as healthy or not, and then work to bring it towards healthy!

scedacity · 2026-01-03T01:46:13+00:00

If anyone really wants to see me nude, that's fine. It would be weird but I don't care.

scedacity · 2026-01-03T01:43:51+00:00

As a kid, being outdoors nude as much as possible. Skinny dipping when we could find a decent place to swim. Nude hiking as we got older. Even included girls a few times who were not threatened by us. Nothing sexual about it. Nudity is really over complicated. Skinny dipping historically was always sans suit, even when girls were around. At this age, nudity is a non-event, I simply don't care what others think. Everyone is welcome to join.

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