FurtiveFugitive

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[–] FurtiveFugitive@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I am familiar with the phrase. And I was correct assuming you were referring to chromium as the culprit.

In case anyone didn't know, you actually can polish a turd.

https://youtu.be/yiJ9fy1qSFI

[–] FurtiveFugitive@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I've only ever bought one car new and that's exactly how it happened for me. Shopping in December, dealer had just one of that model year left. It was very well loaded but I had come to them saying I was only looking for something mid range. I'm the end I paid the mid range price I was hoping for but with a lot of extra bells and whistles. There's a lot to be said for timing and patience in the car world.

Of course that was pre pandemic and everything now is getting squeezed. I'm not sure the same rules apply.

[–] FurtiveFugitive@lemm.ee 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I can't speak for the NFL situation because I don't care about football, but years ago I was into baseball and was following the local team. I thought about subscribing to the MLB app since I had cut the cable cord years before that. Of course then I found out, due to ridiculous blackout rules, there was no amount of money I could pay MLB to let me watch local games in realtime.

The first year I was able to use my VPN to get around the blackout but when they closed the loophole the next year, I threw my hands up and cancelled my account. I'm done giving money to companies that only use that money to find new ways to restrict and lockdown their content.

[–] FurtiveFugitive@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

How would you say it's a turd? I assume because it's still chromium based, but I don't want to put words in your mouth.

It's my browser of choice for my work computer but I do run Firefox at home and on mobile.

[–] FurtiveFugitive@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

Nice. I did listen to some of the albums that came out after I fell off the wagon. Nothing quite as good as those first few joker cards though.

[–] FurtiveFugitive@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Came here for this. I can still recite a crazy number of those songs 20+ years after I stopped listening to them.

[–] FurtiveFugitive@lemm.ee 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Counterpoint: sucking blows.

[–] FurtiveFugitive@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago

Arizona company is NOT reducing emissions. It's attempting to capture emissions already in the environment. Of course building and running this equipment also produces emissions.

[–] FurtiveFugitive@lemm.ee 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Well this is why they closed the restaurant first and only sent a few of his fanatics through the drive through line.

[–] FurtiveFugitive@lemm.ee 12 points 3 weeks ago

Ignoring the fact that's he is already an elected official in his home state.

[–] FurtiveFugitive@lemm.ee 27 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

That article, which does highlight a valid criticism of society and Hollywood, doesn't really apply to this scenario. The fan edit isn't about sexing up the characters. The edit is doing a more effective job of recreating the original poster than the movie studio did.

I don't fault the actors or even the studio for wanting to feature their high paid actors on the movie poster but by trying to recreate the original but failing to capture the mood, of course fans are going to want to put their spin on it. There is probably even a middle ground that could have been struck to make her face mysterious but still mostly visible.

Is it rude and offensive when fans edit the Lord of the Rings films to better reflect the original story as told in the books?

In the end, I'm pretty sure this whole thing is a PR stunt to stir up word of mouth. Which of course is working because we all like to argue.

[–] FurtiveFugitive@lemm.ee 1 points 4 weeks ago

Came here to post this. Watch this for 50th time. Up vote it. Watch it again.

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