I LOVE LOVE LOVE the assigned seating. I can understand why it may be upsetting when you first come upon it, now that you know you can enjoy the benefits. No more scrambling to get to the theater early (like 40 minutes) in order to get seats. No more having to get there and save seats for friends. It’s so relaxing.

you’re mad because you didn’t plan ahead. you anger is misplaced. the theater, movie industry, et al are not to blame for your ignorance. you obviously know how to go online and buy tickets but failed

I saw The Last Jedi yesterday, and this was definitely one of the best scenes in the whole movie.

Ugh, people. Without spoiling what happens when this lack of sound occurs, all I can say is it is EXTREMELY noticeable that it is deliberate. It also isn’t that long.

That was a very cool, dramatic moment that elicited gasps and all kinds of vocal reactions from the audience I saw this with.

Rosa Parks only stayed on the bus so she could get kicked off of it. /s. In this case I don’t think the reason for the purchase of a ticket matters much.

I would say it’s generous to get a refund if you buy a ticket to an event you knew you were not allowed into, and expected to not be allowed into.

Marla has testicular cancer.

It’s not that men are banned, it’s just hard finding men who are good enough for the showcase. At the end of the day, men just aren’t that funny.

I’m selfishly waiting on CRISPR to cure Cystic Fibrosis. ANY DAY NOW, PEOPLE.

Jalopnik has always asked a single question about the Toyota Camry.

My 10yo daughter occasionally asks me to explain marketing BS. She’s very lawyerly in how she parses words for meaning and exactness, and she often comes away dumbfounded as to whether there’s any meaning actually communicated in a marketing name or copy.

However gamer handles and gamer marketing is just...…

You keep track of models, not brands. You go after a GTX 1070, not “Extreme Gazillion Gaming Blaster GPU”.

Names like this are part of the reason I cut out the middle man when I build my own machines.
Most recently I’ve had TheSlipperySlope, TheBadIdea, and ThePoorChoice.

ikr? shits ridiculous these days. how is a casual builder supposed to react when approached by someone spouting weird names like this? how do you mentally keep track of it all?

Semi related: One of my friends once described to me the best description of the Razer logo.

I remember an early comic book, probably written before Empire Strikes Back came out, taking place around Yavin where after the destruction of the Death Star the rebels suddenly started to get attacked by tie fighters coming from nowhere. Turned out a rich empire leader had built a base hidden in the clouds of the gas…

Jesus. At the risk of becoming that guy, need I point out that General Grievous was not force sensitive, while wielding multiple lightsabers, and that was well before Disney got it’s hands on the franchise.

“In the original canon, until Disney decided to say fuck all to just about everything”

The implication being that you need to use the Force to control the blade? If that were the case and it’s Disnesy’s fault, how’d Han slice open the taun with Luke’s saber?