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Have you noticed how movies are getting longer?
  • I disagree. The same argument can be made that digital allows for a multiplying of films being made at shorter run times because it allows people to work faster, which is what we saw happen with rhetoric rise of digital until the writer's strike and then Avatar's success was truly when the switch over happened.

    Companies no longer want to make $40 million off a film that cost $14m to make. Not if they can spend $140 million to make half a billion, or only $60m more to possibly make a full billion.

  • Ocasio-Cortez endorses Biden's reelection campaign, sending a strong signal of Democratic unity
  • Except we know Biden will beat Trump.

    We don't know that a Newsom campaign could beat Trump and I think we would be foolish to assume so.

    Generally, if the VP doesn't win the nomination, the party doesn't stand a very good chance of winning the election. I think if Biden didn't run and Harris did not get the nomination (I think Newsom would slaughter her), Trump takes 2024 fairly decisively.

    I think the democratic party's best path forward is an uncontested Biden/Harris reelection, and then instead of running in 2028, Harris decides to retire.

  • Why are there no "adults only" places anymore?
  • Generally barber shops that serve alcohol are in very upscale parts of town and a haircut and beard trim after tip and tax is probably to be close to about $70 bucks. Generally.

    I am also very confused why people would take their kids to one of these places.

  • Why are conversations on Reddit often so hostile and toxic now days?
  • @Maxcoffee

    Here is what I honestly think happened: a lot of older gen x and boomers saw their reputations destroyed on Facebook during the Trump Era.

    The people who didn't leave Facebook because of them just put them on mute. They only had other old people to communicate with. This didn't satisfy them though, because really their entire ideology is wrapped around triggering other people.

    So they went to reddit and discovered that anonymous shit posting was safer and their Facebook went back to livelaughlove largely.

  • Global temperatures briefly spike above key climate threshold, scientists warn of more extremes
  • Except not eating dead animals doesn't lessen a person's quality of life.

    This idea that you are suffering because you ate a piece of tofu is absolute nonsense and I suspect somebody who figured out how to use the fediverse isn't this daft.

  • One thing that's surprised me about the Reddit shitshow
  • Is steams mod team part of the corporate hierarchy as many brand subreddits are?

    If so, we might not be getting the full picture because I can't imagine they are behaving this way with companies who are otherwise considered brand partners.

  • Why did people used to hate Fortnite so much?
  • I disagree. I find the art style to be the best thing about it, plus the controls are a world above Overwatch's.

    I do wish there was an age filter option however, and that is the main reason I no longer play. 8 year old kids trying to be the next famous streamer is pretty much hell for a 33 year old man living his best child-free life.

    An adults only section would make that a perfect game.

  • Did the reddit hivemind do a 180 or are the people left behind just the people who don't care.
  • It's an unfair situation the charities and organizations are put into. They have to spread awareness using the platforms that give them access to people. They can't control what the platform does.

    Do you think it feels good for them to get that email from you and knowing they have no response to give to somebody telling them the ethical thing to do is to not spread their message to the most people.

  • Did the reddit hivemind do a 180 or are the people left behind just the people who don't care.
  • I discovered reddit on desktop, switched over to RIF and one day I created a burner account on desk top (2021 ish) and was shocked at what I saw.

    The actual content was in like 10 point font with ads and an instant messenger function taking up a quarter of the screen.

    If people only ever used the desk top or official app, they have no idea the experience other people were getting. Essentially only the all page had ads, they were the same size as posts, they were more clearly delineated as ads, there was less of them.

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