The fact that a bit of hyperbole, said to a ref while trying to illustrate the size difference between two players, has been made into a scandal gives another reason for people to think the WNBA is a joke.

How did they bill customers before computers?

This post paints a really bad picture without full understanding of how IT infrastructure works. When the good folks down in IT see an activity spike and files start becoming encrypted, they shut everything off in order to isolate the threat. It’s kind of like closing fire doors. Unfortunately this sometimes means…

I really wonder if there’s still bad blood between Joel and the other original cast members. I might have missed it but I didn’t see any of them plugging the kickstarter on twitter or anything.

I love MST3K and eagerly backed the last Kickstarter.

... and could not bring myself to back this. One is financial: I’m not as employed as I was the last time. Second is finding the concept kinda... skeevy is too strong a word, but I already object to the increasing number of streaming services gating more and more…

This is exactly what I’m doing. I was able to build up a much more robust emergency savings, because Covid made me realize the $3,000 I had already saved would not last long in an actual emergency.

I’m using the buckets in Ally to organize my savings. I filled my emergency fund to $10k, started a bucket for a used…

Tesla service stations arent that rare anymore. Id 100% trust Tesla servicing my Tesla more than Chevy servicing my Bolt.

Simple rules for spoilers:

So, seasons? For me it’s 2>1>>>>>3>4. 2 by a smidge over 1 and 3 by a smidge over 4. A wide gap between the first two and the second two, though.

The big thing I like about Fi is that I travel quite a bit and getting free data while roaming internationally is a big plus. Calls aren’t too overly priced, but I can usually do ok with this problem with using Skype/Duo instead of my phone dialer.

Yeah I’m not happy about it. It kinda removes the power that these characters are supposed to have. It took a LOT of hits to take each of the standard goons down. Why Can’t it just be a sprawling Arkham/Spider-Man like with interchangeable characters and a strong story? Why does seemingly EVERY new big game have to…

And the nominees for “Most Pointless AV club Article of The Year” are....

People are arguing over masks because for four months, we’ve been receiving conflicting information about them from the CDC, the media, and you.

For me, I think it’s because the new run (and the new touring casts) have doubled down on nerdy references and jokes, often to the exclusion of all other kinds of jokes. In the original seasons, they threw in some highbrow references about art, music, and classic films, a bunch of middlebrow punchlines about politics…

I’ll give you Mac and Me.  That’s a solid riff.  

The riff pacing significantly improved by the second season.

I thought the new seasons were 80% as good as the old ones. Not bad considering it was an all new cast. My only complaint is the jokes seemed a bit rushed, almost like they were being timed to get as many jokes in as possible. In the old series, you could easily go a minute or 2 without a joke. I was really upset when…

I wouldn’t go so far as to say trash, but I found them pretty disappointing. The riffing, as you point out, has a poor rhythm, often coming too quickly and drowning out the movie itself. It gets better as they episodes progress, but it never quite finds a groove.

Unpopular opinion: the Netflix MST3K is traaaaaaaaash. They try way too hard to fill all of the time with jokes, including talking over the dialogue in the movies, which the original show very rarely did. It’s like they don’t trust their material and feel like they need to pack as many jokes in as possible. The…

Okay, I may touch off World War III, but risk be damned: I think MST3K was improved when Joel left and Mike replaced him. Maybe it's just my own sensibilities, but I related much more to Mike's snarky smartassery, than Joel's laid back, stoner vibe. Not to mention, I liked how Mike was more of a pal to the…