I think there is a lot of new stuff on streaming services where I think, “Maybe I would like that, but I’m not sure” or “I would watch that but I’m really not in the mood for something depressing/long/factual right now.” In those cases, I’d rather stick with the tried and true or something that doesn’t require me to…

If exercise is the point a stationary bike is way more convenient

I think you’re only saying that because you (presumably) didn’t live through 1955-1985, but did live through 1985-2015. People were still listening to Elvis in ‘85, and old TV shows were rerun ad nauseum. Reagan was bringing back the 50's morality trying to roll back all the hippie progress. Nothing ended then either.…

Fun fact: more time has now passed between Tim Burton’s first Batman movie and now than between the Adam West TV show and Batman ‘89. To your point about time blurriness, it sure doesn’t feel like it.

On the one hand, the statement that the changes between 1985-2015 aren’t drastic is ludicrous.

The idea that in 1985, I’d carry in my pocket a device 100,000 times more powerful than my TRS-80 computer with my cassette tape games, was unfathomable. And that, by 2020, almost every book, song, play or word ever…

The other aspect of it is that being a die-hard insane sports fan is SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE and even encouraged, wheras being a die-hard fan of some nerd thing ... isn’t.

Also, Kraft Dinner gussies up really well. Throw in some seasonings, chopped broccoli, fish, and buddy, you got yourself a casserole going!

Counterpoint: have you tried rereading those books in adulthood? There’s plenty of childhood media I return to regularly, but rereading Potter I quickly realized they’re very much for kids and best left in the past. I wouldn’t publicly censure adults for still being in the pocket for Potter, but I’d be keeping some…

Eh, I’d say that appreciation of variety is a good thing to have. The way some people talk about entertainment, it’s like “Okay, you’re 30 now! Time to eat steak or seafood for every meal, and NO CANDY.”

She’s not a bitch for this.

Yes. The way this article characterizes the ending is ridiculous.

I don’t think he’s going to tone it down. Villaneuve’s main theme seems to be the danger of Messiahs, even more than Herbert, so a whole bunch of people have to die because of Paul. But I agree that making it less depressing than The Zone of Interest or All Quiet on the Western Front may prove to be a challenge.

Hmmm. At least Regal had the decency to stop showing that dumb promo with Danny Trejo and others just reciting various movie quotes.

I have no particular feelings about Sara as a person, I’m just here to note proper pronoun usage.

nonbinary people are allowed to have “gendered” sounding names!

I like how you say nothing over and over!

…who’s choice? The choice to hold a phone the most comfortable way it fits in one hand? The design and software development choices that make it so I can pull my phone out, swipe to the camera, and take a vertical video, all with one hand; it’s designed for that ease of use. I’m not not being willfully obtuse in…

It’s called Portrait Mode for a reason: it works better for portrait-type things. Humans are vertical objects, so someone talking is generally better filmed vertically.

this only emphasizes how weird it is to be upset about vertical video.

Unless phones change, there will be a reason to film certain things vertically.