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Well yeah… That’s America for you

From OR onto?

I’m just imagining someone making a left from a one-way onto a two-way, and it seems like it would be a very bad idea in that situation?

Depends where you are, but I think a lot of times they’re happy just to get anything.

Yeah I’m sure minimum wage clerks are going to totally feel comfortable asking the armed person (someone who believes they need to arm themselves to enter a shopping center) to please leave.

Never seen this where I live. Not every state is a complete shit hole thankfully

How old and badly maintained many of the roads and bridges are (I am from Africa, so that says something)

The US is very large, and this varies wildly by state. Some states actually care about funding/repairing infrastructure. Others, not so much.

It’s awful

Sounds like someone was just being hyperbolic?

We had 1% as well where I grew up.

I like that you snuck an em dash in there 😉

Hurr durr they get off two months, they’re fine

Some of us remember the days of RF-adapters and old school A/B switches that definitely were not as straightforward as turning it on and switching the input.

I guess that’s what I think of when I think of those days.

I hate when manufacturers put those settings on by default. I’m already someone who, when they get a new TV, will go through every settings menu it has to tune it to how I like it before I even start watching anything, so I catch those weird settings before they affect me.

I guess I do this with all hardware (and even software, including video games), that is, fiddle with every possible setting until it’s exactly how I want it (or as close as the thing will let me get).

Which is why I don’t own anything Apple.

I have fond memories of the days of just plugging something in, and pressing the input button. Instant gratification. It was a simpler time.

Dunno what kind of TVs you’re using, but my Sony OLED pretty much behaves exactly like this. The Smart TV features are laggy and shit as usual, but those are still features that didn’t exist in the old days so it’s not a 1 to 1 comparison.

But with regards to just plugging in a blu ray or PS5 and hitting the input button, that’s exactly how my modern TV works.

In fact, I don’t even need to turn it on or hit the input button… Since they’re both Sony, all I need to do is press the button on my PS5 controller and it turns on my TV and PS5 and switches to the correct input, without having to touch the remote. And vice versa (can turn on/off and control PS5 menus with the TV remote).

Thanks, I’ve saved your comment and I’ll add them to the list.

I’ve only ever seen Short Cuts (loved it), the Player (liked it a lot), and McCabe and Mrs Miller (ehh…). How do you think I’d feel about his other films?

I’ve recently come to terms with the fact that I guess I’ve just grown out of Star Wars. When you strip away all of the nostalgia, I don’t think any of the originals (or prequels) hold up at all. And the newer ones have just been trash.

Damn, Jackie Brown is great

Seriously, it’s always been the dumbest fucking premise of all time.

Short Cuts is amazing. Altman changed the game in many ways. I believe he changed the entire way we record dialogue because the way we did it before just didn’t work for him.