sramder

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And suddenly I feel like watching pro wrestling 😇

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago (8 children)

I’m not a huge fan of the Bible but isn’t this the bit where Jebus gets pissed at the money changers for charging fees?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Nice!

Just FYI CELs (Check Engine Lights) are (almost) always emissions related… not that that matters much anymore, they can still trigger “limp mode” in some cases, causing your car to run poorly… but most of the time, it’s something you can safely push out a month or two.

And depending on your state/counties particular laws, possibly indefinitely. Not that you should, but mechanics are expensive and most folks don’t have a few K just stuffed under the mattress these days 😌

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Lived with this guy in college 😂

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Would not have paid fifty-cents for that at GoodWill™ 😅

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago

High and tight gentlemen… high and tight.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Does the city own the water company? It seems pretty petty and weird and kind of a resource management issue. I doubt the cop was thrilled about it either… most of them do like to think of themselves as crime fighters not debt collectors.

I’d call the police station or the water company and ask. I might even call the local paper and mention that you’re being harassed. I can’t count how many times I paid a water bill late in my 20’s… actually had them come out and pull the whole valve out and cap the supply line. 😅

Never got a visit from the police.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

K-9 from the new Dr. Who 😂

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Well that’s dystopian as fuck… unless it’s like a really small town and like one dude is the mayor, sheriff, town treasurer and champion hotdog eater. Then it becomes a simple matter of necessity.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

I also love cheese! Hard cheeses for a hard journey!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Did you happen to watch “BMW Films”? A bunch of cool shorts they did as a promotion… the one starring Clive Owen is basically the template for all of the Jason Statham Transporter movies. 

 

Fine work you’re doing here… really hope I can hand a lend someday.

 

Anyone notice siri no longer recognizes common foreign idoms anymore? Either in TTS or Ask Siri… The only concrete example I have is recognizing “Croque Monsieur” since my love for hot ham sandwiches has spanned the ages… but I feel like there’s something more nefarious at work here.

It feels like used to be able to ask for a info about random foreign words and it would at least trigger a web search for something phonetically similar, which would often get me the translation I was after. But lately* the TTS engine is militantly transforming everything into English. Obviously this is more subtle and open to other interpretations, but for example I just asked her what “hikikomori” were which got interpreted as “Hickam Morty,” with top hits for the show Rick and Morty.

 

Not sure if I just haven’t noticed the standard disclaimer before or if it’s a new “feature” 😬

 

Okay, it probably doesn’t really qualify because it’s; new, high-budget, directed by Zac Snyder, etc. But hear me out. This hot mess starts with space-nazis vs space-vikings, takes a turn through Star Wars, Oceans Eleven, space-Rome, and a few tropes that defy easy space-hyphenation.

To say the plot makes almost no sense would be generous. I’m loathed to spoil the greater arc here, but the plot does hinge on a village on the edge of space being forced to harvest grain in order to feed a passing army… there’s probably a Kurosawa reference here somewhere, but good movies just aren’t my jamb so I wouldn’t know ;-)

As I stare at the frozen credits at the end of part two and contemplate my life I have to note that there must actually have been footage cut from this movie (you’ll understand if you watch it) because they credit a Snake Wrangler!

So, if you have 4-5 hours of free time this weekend, a Netflix account you haven’t already cancelled, and are allergic to nice weather, I humbly submit, for your consideration: Rebel Moon parts I & II.

………. (All the periods I probably should have used)

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