So I think Catholics use a particular brand of Jeez-it that is the wafer that you’re thinking of. Everyone else just uses whatever (like in this post).

The same is also true for the wine. Growing up we had grape juice instead of wine and honestly the bread and grape juice combo was pretty good. Like bread is bread, which is almost always a great choice, but I’ve never been a big fan of grape juice. But a little dip of grape juice in bread… Not bad.

I also don’t know how strict any of this really is. Like would a grape jelly sandwich made with Wonder Bread count as long as you gave it the proper blessing? I feel like it would.

So I had trouble finding a breakdown of those 19 states and what the specifics of those laws are. In general what you have are 19 states who want to do it. However some of those 19 explicitly call out waiting to enact the law until A, the federal government first passes a similar law and/or B, neighboring states also pass similar laws.

Basically no one wants to go first, but they’re ready once everyone else is. While switching twice a year is painful, being the only one not to switch is also painful, possibly more than just switching.

I disagree, they’re about an hour off.

For Batman specifically I think it starts as a way to clean up Gotham. He’ll quit just as soon as Gotham is cleaned up. But of course it’s a neverending task. Plus even if he cleaned up Gotham, how can he stop there? How can he stop when there is so much left to do.

But! That’s why I like Batman working with the Justice League and Superman specifically. He can never go back to being Bruce Wayne, he’ll always be Batman, but at least with Superman he gets his moments of comfort, however brief they may be.

Batman is cursed to be Batman and not Bruce Wayne. That’s his character.

I’m not against changing some aspects of his character. And as you noted other characters strike a balance. But those are other characters. If we’re changing too much of a character, maybe we just tell that different character’s story instead.

As for Spider-Man, that is a character who, depending on the story and timeline of that story, does try to strike a balance. In terms of being poor I think it’s a matter of being independent. Whenever he works for someone, they tend to want to do things their way. Even if he agrees or he’s doing what he wanted to do, there is still that layer of dependence.

I always have to pop up in these threads because I’m out there, and I’m not alone. I’ve been watching The Simpsons, more or less, non-stop since it first started airing.

When I was younger it played twice a day during the week with a new episode every Sunday. So when it comes to the earlier seasons, the ten or so seasons often viewed as the golden era, I’ve seen those dozens of times.

In the 2000s watching TV at a regularly scheduled time wasn’t as much of a priority and the availability of videos on the Internet began to increase, so I usually watched The Simpsons that way. When the film came out in 2007 I was there opening day.

As streaming services became popular in the 2010s I started to watch The Simpsons there instead. Although these streaming services rarely had a backlog, just the current season, but I had them all collected over the years.

In the late 2010s my roommates and I decided to watch every episode of The Simpsons but not in release order. We would just pick a random season and episode and watch a few episodes a week over the course of two years.

Now in the 2020s we sometimes get together to watch, sometimes watch solo. I’m personally much more strict about watching every week, they usually watch in short bursts and I don’t mind rewatching recent episodes.

But… Is it good? Yeah mostly. Not every episode is great.

The episode that aired this past Sunday isn’t anything special, a few funny moments but Albert Brooks who voiced Hank Scorpio and Russ Cargill (from the movie) voiced a new character and that was fun.

The Treehouse of Horror from two Sunday’s ago was much better, so if you want a recent episode then watch that.

No it isn’t ever going to be as great as the golden age of The Simpsons, but it’s still fun to watch and I still laugh, so that’s a win to me.

The problem is that reality TV is inevitable. People, generally speaking, like to know what other people are doing. Or like to see other people react to things.

The first “reality TV” program was Candid Camera, which technically got its start as “Candid Microphone”, all in the late 1940s. Of course things evolved from there into our current “reality TV” situation.

The real problem is that the line between “entertainment” and “reality” has gotten blurrier and blurrier. When we watch Godzilla we know that’s just entertainment, we know a giant lizard creature isn’t walking down the street.

It’s also funny that you mention MTV because realistically MTV should have died out years ago. In the same way that video killed the radio star, the Internet killed the video star. Why would I turn on the TV and hope the video I wanted to watch was on, when I could just go on the Internet and see it now. Of course MTV the television station wants to keep making money, so they pivoted hard into reality TV.

The psychological scarring is an interesting point, but that only works if you know why the snap happened.

By the end of Infinity War most of Thanos’s army and underlings have been defeated. Thanos then (within a few days/weeks) goes into retirement. So he’s not spreading word of his accomplishments or reasoning.

Carol mentions at the start of Endgame that a lot of other worlds need her help. So she could spread some information on what happened, but I’m not sure it’s going to really stick. You need the trauma of Thanos actually showing up (or his underlings and then the Avengers filling in the gaps).

I’ve read a lot of comments in this thread, but this one feels the most accurate to me.

Companies can do many things. If a company actively saved the lives of 100 people, but also actively killed 1 person, would you work there? Is there a number (either) where you would? Companies can be grey, many are.

It’s not a “free pass”, but look at the overall ethical footprint. If you’re ok with it, it’s fine. It doesn’t need to be pure, you just have to be ok with it.

It’s not “real cheese” it’s “Real Cheese™”, it really tastes like cheese.

Paul took the clips in stride, initially putting on a grave voice and decrying that “this AI is getting out of hand,” only to buy into the trend by acting camp in a response video posted to TikTok on Monday.

Proof? That video response sounds like AI.

But his girlfriend, Dutch professional speed skater Jutta Leerdam, wasn’t impressed. “I don’t like it, it’s not funny!” she told him in a video. “People believe it.”

Proof? That video sounds fake. Maybe this is all a ruse by the girlfriend to slander Jake Paul.

I don’t actually believe that, but this article is written based on videos uploaded to TikTok, there is no proof any of the events described took place.

Things are about to get much worse.

I would suggest whatever you pick, it should be a similar base to what you run or are most familiar with.

If you run something Debian based, you should recommend something Debian based. Fedora, Arch, etc.

The same is also true for desktop environments, if you use KDE, recommend KDE. If you run something not necessarily beginner friendly, recommend what you’re familiar with.

At some point you’re going to be asked questions, so the more familiar you are, the better for both of you.

Honestly that’s fine. Not every game is for everyone.

I bought Hollow Knight because everyone said it was amazing and it seemed exactly like the kind of game I would like. I bought it, played for several hours, but ultimately stopped because I wasn’t having fun.

As a result I didn’t buy Silksong. But… Silksong seems to be doing just fine.

For me Baldur’s Gate I & II were the best games I played growing up. Divinity Original Sin I & II were the best games I’d played in recent years. I had high expectations for Baldur’s Gate III and the game exceeded them.

Of course even I would be wary of a Baldur’s Gate IV. I don’t trust Hasbro to be able to make a quality game.

Due to this post I just found mine.

For the longest time I’ve been trying to find a video that featured someone copying a VHS recording over and over again, each time loosing a little bit of quality.

The specific video featured a catchy song, but I couldn’t remember the song or any of the words. I’ve found a few different videos over the years but every time I found a video the song was wrong.

Every few years it’s jumped into my head and I’ve gone off looking for it, but could never quite figure it out.

This time I either put in just the right terms or the magic algorithm has moved it around,

https://youtu.be/mES3CHEnVyI

So I’ve always felt this way about video games.

Can you imagine a kids first Mario game being Mario Wonder? That’s a twist on Mario games, it’s not the base Mario!? They won’t understand what makes it an interesting new game!

But the thing is, it’s fine. Everything new is old. Plus it’s the Internet, it’s impossible to actually sort out everything.

Like, what is Roblox? I know it’s some online game. Then I saw John Green play Roblox with his daughter. It was a dress up simulator. That’s Roblox?

Or how about the song Gangnam Style? I remember when that reached 1 billion views on YouTube. That was a moment. But then remember Despacito? When I first heard that song it was already at 1.2 billion views. How could I clearly remember the first billion views video, but completely miss it happening again?

Think about the entirety of history that happened before you. How did you sort that out?

I’ve watched every episode of The Simpsons and every Star Wars film and TV show.

Which kind of fan am I?

But us in the middle who pretend we’re smart

The trick you’ll learn is that everyone is just pretending. The more your learn the more you realize you don’t know.

I don’t think it has any apps by default, or if it did I removed them. I just plugged in an Android TV and that seems to be working just fine.

But the TV itself isn’t connected to the Internet and it doesn’t bug me to connect and the default is just a nice background image without pestering me.

I bought an LG in 2014 and it lasted ~10 years before the backlight died. I bought a new LG that has a bunch of smart features but I’ve never connected it to the Internet, and it’s largely stayed out of my way and not been annoying.

So I guess LG has been good for me.

Generally speaking I agree with you, especially when it comes to the cynicism. However, while I like the spirit of the musical cover example, I don’t think it quite works in this argument. Artistically it fits , but not practically.

Creating a (good) song cover does require musical talent, but generally speaking anyone can create a song cover. The acoustic cover is a popular genre and the Internet is full of them.

However creating a “cover” of a television program or film, that’s a complex task no one person can do it. You need actors, many of them unless one-man shows are more popular than I think. You need sets, directors, editors, etc. No matter how you slice it it’s a complicated process.

So when people say, “I wish Hollywood would have original ideas”, if I’m generous with that interpretation, it’s because people are concerned that if only reboots/remakes exist, it takes away from original idea projects that could exist.

Of course we are living in the era of “content”. We have more films and television shows now than we’ve ever had. Not to mention alternatives like YouTube, Twitch, etc. although those don’t typically compete in reboot/remake category, they do share a similar entertainment bucket.

We’ll just deflect it with another ball of garbage.