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themeatbridge , to lemmyshitpost in It's important to get a good interest rate

This might actually be a good way to teach kids about credit and interest. Let them borrow a small amount at a high interest rate and walk them through paying it off.

It’s one thing to tell them about financial responsibility. But watching a bad choice drain their piggy bank is the sort of trauma that leaves a scar.

Sam_Bass ,

If that was the reason for it then great idea. Having to buy icecream on a payment plan is just sad and more than a little crazy

themeatbridge ,

Oh I don’t know if that was the reason for the one in the image. I agree with you that needing to finance ice cream is sad. I’m just thinking it could be a good intro to predatory finance for kids.

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  • SpaceNoodle ,

    A couple dollars is a cheap price for such a valuable lesson.

    Legend ,

    But its just literally feeding McDonald’s for no reason . Maybe the parents could rent money to kids in this way if you really wanna teach them that " lesson" for whatever reason .

    SpaceNoodle ,

    Fine, do it at In-N-Out

    norbert ,
    @norbert@kbin.social avatar

    I finally got to try In-N-Out last week and can finally say for certain that it's really nothing special. Might as well get a loan from Burger King.

    SpaceNoodle ,

    It’s a very decent burger at a very reasonable price.

    ultranaut ,

    It used to be better, and the family that own the company are far right Christian extremists.

    SpaceNoodle ,

    The owners are Christian, but I think it’s disingenuous to call them far-right or extremists. Compare their activities to Chick-Fil-A, for example; they’re open Sunday and don’t donate to hate groups.

    ultranaut ,

    Maybe I misremember but I thought they went crazy during covid and got into the whole antimask nonsense and refusing to comply with health and safety rules.

    SpaceNoodle ,

    That I don’t know.

    frunch ,
    SpaceNoodle ,

    I still don’t, because of the paywall.

    AeroLemming ,

    I think this may not be a bad way to teach kids the dangers of compound interest, but only if you refund the excess interest afterwards because actually tricking your kid into draining their bank account in interest is a dick move.

    MacNCheezus ,
    @MacNCheezus@lemmy.today avatar

    Eh, valuable lessons generally are valuable because they cost you something to learn.

    Anything that’s free we tend to not appreciate very much.

    Almrond ,

    You could just ask easily be the bank yourself and save the “interest” for a birthday gift or something later on. This really isn’t a difficult concept to use as a teaching opportunity without just screwing over a kid. Do you teach your kids to not walk into traffic by letting them get hit by a car too?

    MacNCheezus ,
    @MacNCheezus@lemmy.today avatar

    I mean, we’re talking about borrowing 10 bucks for buying McDonald’s here, I think they’ll probably be able to recover from that just a little faster than they would from getting hit by a car.

    AeroLemming ,

    That’s why you let them think they lost a bunch of money for a few moments before giving it all back and telling them you love them, but that not everyone loves them in the same way and that real bankers won’t be so kind.

    MacNCheezus ,
    @MacNCheezus@lemmy.today avatar

    As long as you make sure your kids know that you have their back and you’ll support them through recovering from a setback like that, I think they’ll be fine. Paying them back to erase all the pain of the loss might set an unrealistic expectation because at some point, you won’t be there to bail them out anymore. Just don’t add insult to injury by making fun of them or blaming them for their mistakes.

    uranibaba ,

    Why even use credit at all? What is wrong with debit?

    Graphy ,

    I use my credit cards for everything I purchase because I get some cash back or other incentives along with fraud protections.

    My brother’s a psychopath who plays his credit score like it’s a game so he has like ten cards and a 800+ score he’s proud of.

    I make nearly three times as much as him and it took me forever to get an 800 so maybe he’s onto something but fuck that game.

    HootinNHollerin ,

    I believe when you get serious about the tactics it’s called churning and manufactured spending

    dodgy_bagel ,

    While you were at parties, I studied the FICO.

    Under my tutalage, I have elevated my husband into the ranks of the >800.

    Dozzi92 ,
    @Dozzi92@lemmy.world avatar

    I just use credit for everything and hover in the 820s. Unless there’s some substantial discount for paying cash I just don’t see the point these days.

    That being said, my wonderful credit score ain’t doing shit for me. It’s not like I get some magical super low interest rate. Maybe when things calm down it’ll be worth it, but then there will be some other reason not to borrow money.

    Almrond ,

    There are some nice perks to good credit outside of interest. It can qualify you for better housing, better perks on certain rentals, not having to worry about emergency situations killing your savings outright, and let’s you take advantage of stuff like cash back and bulk purchasing discounts. An example is staple foods, being able to hit the once-a-year bulk deals on stuff like rice or Lawreys garlic salt can cut the price of those items in half or better (personal examples, but the thought should hold). Ancillary perks, but they do add up.

    Blackmist ,

    “Credit Score” exists purely to sell you more credit score. It’s only there because they were forced to let you see your own credit history, and they figured “why not monetise that somehow”, so now you’ll be bombarded with ads for more credit and loans, which boosts your “score” while giving them a sliver in affiliate fees.

    Actual lenders will examine your credit history, and apply their own score. The criteria for a phone contract, am unsecured bank loan, a mortgage, etc, will all have wildly different requirements. I have one credit card that I pay off each month, and that was enough to get a house.

    Paying what you owe reliably is all they’re really looking for.

    Liz ,

    Credit cards come with fraud protection and help you build a credit score, which will get you a lower interest rate on a loan, if you need one. So long as you only spend money you have on hand, and pay off your card every month in full, there’s no down side.

    Swedneck ,
    @Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

    is this a universal thing or are you just assuming that the entire world works like the US? Here in sweden i have never heard of anyone actually using a credit card.

    Liz ,

    Yeah great point, the US has a very high emphasis on debt, for horrible reasons.

    RGB3x3 ,

    The debt industry makes so much god damned money for the companies involved in it, it’s not even funny.

    Between student loans and credit cards, US citizens have a collective $1.73 trillion in debt. And let’s just assume 15% interest on average (probably a low-ball to be honest): that’s $173 billion going to these companies in interest payments per year.

    Shit won’t change here because too many people with too much power are making too much money.

    Iceblade02 ,

    Hi!

    I’m the Swede with a CC, right here :)

    Now you’ve heard of someone using one (mwahahaha)

    In all fairness, it’s not exactly something people talk about - and for the record, I’ve never ended up paying any interest on the card. It’s just convenient, offering a layer of protection for charges, makes it easier for me to track spendings, and allows me to be earning interest on my paycheck by keeping it in a savings account until I need to balance the CC.

    TIMMAY ,

    Why even use debit at all? What is wrong with bank notes?

    AeonFelis ,

    Why even use bank notes at all? What is wrong with precious metals?

    Dendrologist ,

    Why even use precious metals at all? What is wrong with big stick?

    Blackmist ,

    It’s for people who don’t have enough in their bank account.

    Although if you don’t have $8, maybe rethink that shitty fast food.

    HikingVet , to mildlyinfuriating in I was handed this lovely flyer while grocery shopping

    Did they just photocopy a flyer that was photocopied by someone else? Because this looks like it was about 15 steps from the original printing. Also, why hand these out now?

    herrcaptain ,

    Sounds about right for these folks. Anytime you see an email like this it’s always FW: FW: FW: FW: FW: FW: the Illuminati KILLED MY DOG with COVID masks!

    HikingVet ,

    The Bavarian Illuminati?

    manucode ,
    @manucode@infosec.pub avatar

    Hubsi personally mistook the dog for a wild boar and stabbed it

    Tolookah ,

    mmm Bavarian cream illuminati

    disguy_ovahea ,

    Bavarian cream inmabody

    nilloc ,

    So I grew up in the Midwes, then move to New England and there, everyone called Bavarian cream donuts, Boston cream donuts.

    After looking it up, turns out the first Bavarian cream recipes in the US were found in the Boston School cookbooks.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavarian_cream#History

    bionicjoey ,

    Reminds me of a line in Futurama:

    Fry: Over there a crazy guy used to hand out a socialist newsletter

    Bender: Was it poorly Xeroxed?

    Fry: Oh, you better believe it!

    I_Fart_Glitter ,

    I once got a full color, too many graphics, tiny writing to fit it all on one full page flyer about how doritos is made with human stem cells. I’ve got it in a file somewhere because it was so weird I couldn’t throw it out. And yes, some of the graphics were of the flavoring fetuses.

    vaultdweller013 ,

    Added fetus for flavor

    FlyingSquid ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    For many years, I had what was very definitely an expensive printed tract (full color in the early 1990s) called “Is the Russian Bear Ready to Strike?” It predicted that Russia would launch a nuclear strike on the United States based on Biblical prophecy. My favorite part was where they tied it into the Biblical tribes of Gog and Magog by saying that Gorbachev’s name was actually Gogrbachev. Since this was in 1990 or 1991 and the Soviet Union collapsed in 1992 and Gorbachev (Gogrbachev?) died two years ago, I think their prophecy might have been a little off.

    Rubanski ,

    “Needs more jpg” - retro edition

    FlyingSquid ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    Did they just photocopy a flyer that was photocopied by someone else? Because this looks like it was about 15 steps from the original printing.

    Some nutcases do things old school. Respect.

    jaykay ,
    @jaykay@lemmy.zip avatar

    They photocopied a wet copy lmao it has spills . Unless that’s OP

    meowMix2525 ,

    looks like OP cause its all the way to the edge of the paper

    Honytawk ,

    OP was just laughing with tears, that is why it is stained

    korny OP ,

    Rookie mistake of not drying the counter off after doing the dishes.

    confusedbytheBasics , to memes in Scraping scraping scraping.

    First of all a properly seasoned cast iron pan can and should be washed with modern dishwashing liquid. If the seasoning comes off with 'hand friendly ’ soap it was garbage seasoning anyway.

    Second, this looks perfectly ready for seasoning. Nothing wrong with that. Just get the outdoor grill going grab some short chain oil and get to work.

    lolrightythen ,

    Short chain oil!? At first I thought you were bs’ing about seasoning a pan with gear oil.

    That sent me down a novel rabbit hole. Thanks for your input!

    Entertainmeonly ,

    I don’t get the joke. I just tried Google and it had nothing for seasoning cast iron with chain or gear oil. Is this a thing?

    Garfield100 ,

    The chains being referred to here are molecular chains, not mechanical ones.

    Entertainmeonly ,

    Thank you. That joke/wordplay went straight over my head.

    Buttons ,
    @Buttons@programming.dev avatar

    Are you sure, I thought if a single molecule of soap touches my pan it would instantly look like this?

    bluewing ,

    Nope. I often use dish soap and a soft scrub pad on my cast iron just like my Grandmother and mother did with those same cast iron pans and dutch oven. A decent seasoning on cast iron is probably more durable than non-stick coatings. Just keep it out of the dishwasher. The high temp hot water and caustic dishwasher detergents WILL damage your seasoning. But, then you just need to re-season to fix it all better again.

    My lazy way to keep my cast iron and plain high carbon steel wok properly seasoned is to clean with hot water and mild dish soap then return to the stove top heat on high until hot, then shut the burner off and hit the insides with a light quick spray of cooking oil. Or I just use some plain vegetable oil and wipe on a thin coating with a paper towel. and leave it cool.

    barsoap ,

    Nah this is more reduce a tomato sauce territory.

    Modern dish soap is not acidic or a base so it’s quite harmless to the patina, but it’s also superfluous because you generally don’t want to degrease the thing which is the only thing that soap is good for. Boiling some plain water in it cleans off anything that you want to get rid off. If you’re terrified of bugs when not using soap for some reason get yourself a bonfire and heat your pan as hot as you want for as long as you want nothing will survive that. Just make sure to not melt it.

    kippinitreal , to programmer_humor in When everyone became paranoid

    I think a lot of memes are missing the main point of how it was caught, the exploit caused a spike in CPU usage for a network call. That made no sense to the guy Messiah who found/reported it. FOSS software’s strength is the number of critical eyes looking over each line of code you put out!

    GBU_28 ,

    Right but the joke is that most developers aren’t of that quality, and are now going to put leredditor super sleuth eyes on every application they build

    XEAL ,

    What was the full story again? I’m googling but I can’t find it.

    kryllic ,
    @kryllic@programming.dev avatar

    In a nutshell, a backdoor was intentionally planted by a malicious actor in xz Utils, an open-source data compression utility widely used in Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. This discovery was made by Andres Freund, a developer and engineer working on Microsoft’s PostgreSQL offerings. He was troubleshooting performance problems on a Debian system. Specifically, SSH logins were consuming excessive CPU cycles and generating errors with Valgrind, a memory debugging tool. Through sheer luck and Freund’s careful eye, he eventually discovered that these issues were the result of updates made to xz Utils. Upon closer inspection, he found that updates to xz Utils were the result of a maliciously inserted backdoor. The backdoor, present in xz Utils versions 5.6.0 and 5.6.1, manipulated the sshd executable, allowing anyone with a predetermined encryption key to upload and execute arbitrary code on affected devices.

    XEAL ,

    I expected a link to a source, but this is even better (matches with the little I remember)

    Thanks!

    kryllic ,
    @kryllic@programming.dev avatar

    No prob! I think Ars Technica had the best writeup imo: arstechnica.com/…/what-we-know-about-the-xz-utils…

    1boiledpotato , to programmer_humor in Three monitors, and i feel insulted

    That’s a gamer, not a software engineer

    ZeroCool ,

    I mean, I do have RGB lights but it’s not because I’m a software engineer. I’m just a dork.

    Gork ,

    I specifically built my computer to have as much RGB as possible. Also because I’m a dork.

    kryptonianCodeMonkey ,

    I am a software engineer and I also have a PC with RGB vomit. But not because I’m a software engineer. Because I’m also a dork, and the icy blue color keeps my cpu cold.

    BassTurd ,

    I switch to red when I’m gaming for the extra power.

    Shareni ,

    FOUND EM ORKY BOYZ!!!

    Kedly ,

    Dey sed POWAH, naht SPEED

    Shareni ,

    KOMPUTER POWA IZ TO GO FASTA! ZOGGIN GROTZ TRYIN TO TINK…

    Restaldt ,

    My computer is lit up orange except for the cpu cooler. Those lights are set to blue for better cooling

    BassTurd ,

    It makes sense to target your colors for granular performance increases in different areas.

    JohnEdwa ,
    ZeroCool ,

    Lol thank you for making that, I had that meme in mind while I was writing that reply.

    spongebue ,

    Yeah, as a software engineer I have 3 monitors if you include the one built into my laptop

    SpaceNoodle ,

    I have 4 if you count the TV in my lounge I can connect to via AirPlay.

    EliasChao ,

    What about my phone’s display, does that count as well?

    jadero ,

    Why not? The last decade before semi-retirement I had all the different ways to get in touch with me restricted to my phone. My work computer had no email client, no messengers, nothing. I even helped lead the charge to eliminate desk phones.

    That little display may have been the single greatest priductivity booster ever. It stayed on a shelf across the room on do not disturb. The only people allowed past the DnD were my wife and my son. If there really was a work emergency, a manager or coworker knew where to find me to tap me on the shoulder.

    BorgDrone ,

    I’m a software engineer and while I do have 2 monitors I have absolutely no RGB anything. Just a nice clean setup. My main monitor is on a wall-mounted arm so it appears to just float above my desk. My MacBook is hidden behind the other monitor, which is in portrait and on an arm so it floats just above my desk. Wireless mouse and keyboard (magic mouse and magic keyboard with numeric, both in black/aluminium), no visible wires. One single thunderbolt cable to connect my MacBook to a dock that’s hidden below my desk, which hooks up to my monitors, ethernet, amplifier, etc.

    zephr_c , to linuxmemes in Arch with XZ

    OpenSUSE Tumbleweed has it. The Fedora 40 beta has it. Its just a result of being bleeding edge. Arch doesn’t have exclusive rights to that.

    Hovenko ,
    @Hovenko@iusearchlinux.fyi avatar

    I use arch btw

    zephr_c ,

    Uhh? Good for you?

    Hovenko ,
    @Hovenko@iusearchlinux.fyi avatar

    Thank you

    NightAuthor ,

    It’s a double edged sword, fastest patches and fastest exploits.

    neptune , to memes in They had some good ideas, but they also had some really bad ideas.

    Even Jefferson surmised it should be radically updated every few decades. I think he’d and many others would be pissed to realized we’re all held hostage by compromises that barely made sense at the time.

    Stupidmanager ,

    When a book of fiction is considered perfect and the word of god by more than half the population that supports this model… well, your answer is obvious. This works, for the “right” people, even though it’s very wrong. And half the voting population want to make it worse.

    TheAnonymouseJoker ,
    @TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml avatar

    The other half want to genocide Muslims in the name of protecting white privilege. Turns out, both sides are right wing, one simply more right than the other.

    vzq ,

    The fuq did I just read?

    Melody ,

    Not only did they guess it should be updated; they even left plenty of mechanisms directly in the constitution that allowed for it to be updated radically whenever situations changed so drastically that a supermajority agrees that it should be changed.

    Unfortunately that too is the downfall; as those who want to exploit the status quo are also empowered to leverage their money and power to prevent such a majority from taking place. The constitution is far from perfect, and it absolutely should’ve been amended many hundreds of times over, not just the paltry less than 30 times we’ve managed to do so already.

    samus12345 ,
    @samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

    George Washington was against political parties for the exact reason our country is being torn apart by partisan politics today.

    mipadaitu ,

    Sounds like he should have put stronger protections in place, and definitely shouldn’t have tied us to a FPTP voting style. Even the electoral college and the 270 vote requirements force us into a two party system.

    samus12345 ,
    @samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

    Yup, as was said earlier, it was known that the system would have to be overthrown over time as it became bloated and corrupt.

    “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”

    • Thomas Jefferson
    KingThrillgore ,
    @KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml avatar

    I think its interesting how the grifting right has moved away from the “Founding Fathers” to the “Constitution” because they know the fathers would see how shit’s being run and be outright mortified!

    “We never should have left the monarchy…”

    danc4498 ,

    It certainly feels radically different than a few decades ago…

    SupraMario ,

    Thinking our gov hasn’t been updated means you’re not paying attention. There has been a ton of changes since the founding of the country.

    Wootz , (edited )

    But how many in the last few decades? When was the last amendment?

    SupraMario ,

    Amendments don’t really matter when laws are created constantly that circumvent them.

    DragonTypeWyvern ,

    You can’t circumvent the Constitution with a law. That’s the point.

    Only with judicial capture.

    SupraMario ,

    Lol the fuck you can’t, tons of amendments are constantly being circumvented. This is just plainly false.

    DragonTypeWyvern ,

    You should look up what judicial capture means.

    SupraMario ,

    You’re point was to say no you can’t…then at the very end say well you can but.

    I was commenting on the first part. And no it doesn’t always require judicial capture for bad laws to be passed. Plenty of bipartisan shit gets sent through. It’s not like the patriot act was just allowed through by on the red team.

    neptune ,

    Yes I’m aware we have had some amendments. Ending slavery. Allowing women to vote. Direct election of Senators.

    What about gerrymandering? Cap in the house leading to bad representation? The senate? I mean the senate still exists. States aren’t people like people pretended they were. So much has not changed.

    SupraMario ,

    There are tons of laws that circumvent amendments already, why do you think we need straight up amendments to the constitution to get things done?

    prograhammingdev , to technology in The DMA already having an impact. Brave Browser installs surge after introduction of browser choice splash screen on iOS.

    Chart is a little misleading starting at 7% instead of zero, but still a nice surge nevertheless.

    matticusrex ,

    Is that 7% or 7,000 installs total? The axis isn’t labeled!!

    Pirky ,
    @Pirky@lemmy.world avatar

    I see a k following the numbers, so I’m assuming that’s total number of downloads.

    matticusrex ,

    Article states installs per day

    FatCat OP ,
    @FatCat@lemmy.world avatar

    True. Other people asked so they posted another one.

    https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/bde8014c-5953-4c7c-bab5-696e6179a0ab.png

    IzzyScissor ,

    IMO, this makes it look even worse.

    Cqrd ,

    That’s why they started with the one they did

    anarchy79 ,
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  • Pirky ,
    @Pirky@lemmy.world avatar

    Even then, this is still a solid 30-40% increase in downloads. That’s statistically significant right there.

    pHr34kY ,

    Worse, or… “better”?

    steersman2484 ,

    Does not look as nice, but is way less misleading

    scarabic ,

    The total numbers are so small that the shape of the line barely matters. 7-10k installs daily? In the mobile browser market? There are plant identification apps with better numbers.

    Kinglink ,

    Not even seven percent. Lol. Seven thousand which is probably like .0001 percent.

    the_kung_fu_emu ,
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    That’s new daily installs though, so cumulative number. I don’t think they’re trying to draw a comparison, just show the increase.

    Cagi , (edited ) to lemmyshitpost in We need more eco-friendly memes

    Without providing an alternative, this infographic (not a meme) is useless to me. For all I know, every other kind of trouser is worse. Without a source for the data, it could all just be lies.

    pennomi ,

    Anything but nudism is unethical!

    getoffthedrugsdude ,

    What about the nevernudes??

    pennomi ,

    Straight to jail

    thanks_shakey_snake ,

    There are dozens of us!

    FartsWithAnAccent ,
    @FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world avatar

    In jail.

    HuntressHimbo ,

    Anarcho😏primativ😏ism

    AA5B ,

    The biggest problem is that artificial fabrics are better if you only use these measures. Nylon doesn’t require arable land, or fertilizers, nor take the place of food production. Nylon is much lighter so far more efficient to ship. I don’t know about manufacturing water or co2, but I wouldn’t be surprised if nylon wins.

    This is why it’s not that easy. This is why “plastics” will be impossible to stop using. Do we really think it’s beneficial to continue down the path of fewer natural fabrics, even if common metrics say it is?

    As you said , we need alternatives, including why. Some of that may be additional metrics (anyone concerned about micro plastics in wastewater?). Otherwise this just creates stress and hopelessness.

    zephr_c ,

    I mean, I’m pretty sure I couldn’t hide 2,600 gallons of water in my jeans.

    WhiteOakBayou ,

    The dad jeans the young women are wearing have wider legs to hide all the extra water

    FartsWithAnAccent ,
    @FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world avatar

    Have you even tried???

    rob_t_firefly ,
    @rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world avatar

    Not with that attitude.

    Narauko ,

    May I introduce you to JNCO?

    7u5k3n , to piracy in Even in this poorly made comparison shot I made you can tell the difference between streaming and "self hosting"

    Man… Im watching Stargate sg1 with my kiddo. My Plex server is down for a bit… so I switched over to prime for an episode or two…

    It’s dark, it’s audio is horrible, it’s 4:3 formatted it’s horribly compressed and it has commercials.

    Talk about a poor viewing experience.

    Not watching is better than watching…

    plz1 ,

    SG1 was shot in 4:3 until like season 8 or so.

    aeronmelon ,

    SG-1 was shot in widescreen from day one, on cameras that had framing marks for 4:3 and 16:9. A 4:3 cut was sent to TV networks and a 16:9 cut was canned until the show was released on DVD.

    mindbleach ,

    Unless they were shooting with anamorphic lenses, that’s still cropping 4:3 to 16:9.

    The real issue is that AFAIK the show’s never been remastered from film. All we have are DVD transfers - and filters on top of that.

    Couldbealeotard , (edited )
    @Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world avatar

    SG1 was shot in film and mastered in 16:9. 16mm in the first 3 seasons, 35mm 3-7, and then they moved to digital HD cameras season 8 onwards.

    Many shows from the 90s were [edit: shot on film]. That’s why you can get a widescreen HD release of Seinfeld, among others.

    Steve ,

    That’s not always a good thing. If it was meant to be 4:3 the extra space on the frame can have set rigging, lights, microphone booms, and in case of stunts even crash pads.

    It’s one of the reasons the HD rescan of Buffy:TVS sucks. That still needs a proper 4:3 HD remaster.

    Couldbealeotard ,
    @Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world avatar

    SG-1 was meant to be seen in 16:9

    dangblingus ,

    Right, but the general public only ever saw the broadcast versions, which were predominantly in 4:3. Also, Seinfeld was only shot in 4:3 as it’s a multi cam sitcom. The widescreen version you’ve seen is a crop of the original 4:3 picture.

    Couldbealeotard ,
    @Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world avatar

    Depends on how you watched it. The DVDs that were being released were in 16:9. Depending on what country you were in, the DVDs sometimes came out before the later seasons were aired on a channel you could access, if at all.

    The fact that other series can be re-released in HD is due the fact they are filmed on actual film, which was the point I was making clear.

    plz1 ,

    Wow, TIL.

    Whirlybird ,

    Stargate was 4:3, so there’s that…

    Khrux ,

    Yeah I really doubt streaming would change anything to 4:3.

    Disney+ famously changed classic Simpsons to 16:9 and in the process, cropped enough to make some visual gags not work, but I can’t imagine them preferring 4:3 over 16:9.

    ares35 ,
    @ares35@kbin.social avatar

    i've watched more than a few shows that have been brutally hacked into wide format from the original 4:3. the practice is horrible. they need to stop pulling that shit and let the viewer decide whether to crop the frame or not--or put a proper pan & scan up instead of a blind hack job and leave the original format available, too.

    Zahille7 ,

    “it’s a strange game. The only way to win is not to play.”

    kumatomic ,

    That’s what I’m watching right now too! I rewatch every year or two.

    7u5k3n ,

    Such a great universe! :)

    WallEx ,

    You shoukd consider cancelling prime, bezos doesn’t need more moneys ^^

    7u5k3n ,

    That’s super tempting honestly. Idk that it benefits is at this point.

    baconman1945 ,

    I canceled Prime a year ago, just before their announced price increase, and it’s been great. I sign up for free, month-long trials of Prime on their website a few times a year, and I just accept slower, free shipping the rest of the time.

    7u5k3n ,

    Honestly… We spend $35 or so if we order from them… so idk that it’s saving us anything.

    Thanks!

    crossover ,

    The worst part is that even buying SG1 on Bluray gives a bad experience, because they fucked up the 5.1 audio.

    So what did the pirates do? Combined the Bluray video with the better DVD 5.1 audio! Best of both worlds.

    7u5k3n ,

    Huh I wondered. That makes a lot of sense.

    The version I have looks and sounds so much better than the blurays I have… Tho like you said better audio, widescreen and I’m fairly certain it’s been ai upscaled as well. I’d have to go back and look but my physical disks don’t hold a candle…

    Flixich , to selfhosted in Does anyone else harvest the magnets and platters from old drives as a monument to selfhosting history?

    I use the platters like this as my primary long term storage solution. It just saves so much space without the large enclosures. /s

    BCsven ,

    You joke but early 90s we had exactly this with magneto optical drives

    nis ,

    Ah yes. The famous write-only backup solution :D

    JoShmoe , to lemmyshitpost in are you sure?

    technically its confidence and hygiene.

    DragonTypeWyvern ,

    Hygiene, manners, fitness, generally not being a creep.

    sincle354 ,

    Younger generations also need appropriate internet socialization for the social medias. Need to not live under a rock but also not go off the deep end of Insta or 4chan, respectively.

    The finer details of making friends on a discord server befuddles me.

    peopleproblems ,

    Isn’t a discord like a curated list of people who you at least share an interest with?

    Kecessa , (edited )

    “fitness”

    Highly exaggerated by the masculinist movement, I know many people who aren’t in good shape and never were that have a relationship/family life that most would envy

    LemmyKnowsBest ,

    People who aren’t in good shape attract other people who aren’t in good shape. There is someone for everyone. Well not really, but those people are content with each other.

    Strawberry ,

    People who aren’t in good shape attract other people who aren’t in good shape

    Have you ever met a lesbian

    LemmyKnowsBest ,

    Huh? What does that have to do with anything we’re discussing here?

    fkn ,

    Clearly the answer is no.

    NOSin ,

    You keep telling yourself that while we stay more open Skipper

    accideath ,

    I wouldn’t phrase it like that. More like, your standards for your partner shouldn’t be higher than your standards for yourself.

    LemmyKnowsBest ,

    Tomato, tom-ah-to

    Kecessa ,

    Not really true and you realize that you can just not do exercise without being 400lbs right? Even in the periods where I wasn’t into exercising my weight was stable around ~145lbs at 5’8", I just looked like a regular guy and dated plenty of beautiful women during that time.

    Kusimulkku ,

    It doesn’t hurt to be fit. You’ll likely look better and it helps with your confidence.

    Kecessa , (edited )

    When did I say it hurts to be fit?

    The vast majority of the population doesn’t go to the gym and their exercise consists of doing random physical activities around the house, going on walks or having a physically demanding job but a bunch of people with low self esteem got convinced by the internet that they’re hopeless if they don’t go to the gym… Oh and here, buy their product and treat women like shit while you’re at it because it all goes together! That’s what self esteem feels like bitches!

    Kusimulkku ,

    “It doesn’t hurt to” is an idiom meaning it can be beneficial. It doesn’t mean you were arguing that it hurts to be fit. I’m saying it’s not necessary to be fit but it might still be worthwhile.

    c0mbatbag3l ,
    @c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world avatar

    Seems like you’re looking at these people as a monolith. Most of us treat the gym like a horticulturist treats their garden, it’s therapeutic while also being beneficial. Sure there’s the guys that follow all of the social media “gurus” but you can usually tell who they are by their gear and what they spend most of their time talking about.

    9/10 times the guys with the most experience and general level of fitness are the ones that just wear old cut offs and go home to go drink a protein shake. The ones railing pre workout and listening to Andrew Tate aren’t there for the right reasons so they generally never get anywhere with it.

    SomethingBurger ,

    You’ll likely look better

    True.

    it helps with your confidence.

    False.

    Kusimulkku ,

    I think it definitely anecdotally helps with confidence, but went searching and seems like at least some studies corroborate this common view, at least for self-esteem

    www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5068479/

    Katana314 ,

    I definitely agree the attempt at directly correlating gym plans to dating is often mis-played. But, there’s solid advice out there about using basic fitness and exercise to combat depression and mood problems. Even if lifting iron won’t do a whole lot for you, occasionally going out for a walk or riding on a bike/kayak/etc will often improve your attitude. And yeah, in the end being less depressed is probably good for dating - just not good to form the direct expectation.

    snek OP ,
    @snek@lemmy.world avatar

    I’ve seen lots of people get obsessed over their “fit” looks, and sometimes them going to the gym is both caused and made worse by more obsession with fitness.

    Personally, it helped my confidence a lot and made me happier in my body to hit the gym. Seeing progress in something where you have to have grit and dedication usually does help people boost their confidence though, like learning an instrument or a new language, especially in children. Nothing as rewarding as meeting one’s own goals, if you ask me.

    MissJinx ,
    @MissJinx@lemmy.world avatar

    As a woman I would like to add that the Fitness part is not true. Of course if you want to ask out a gym girl she will care about fitness, but also if you want to ask a “fashion” girl out she will care about fashion and so on. Know your target before putting effort in the wrong thing. I’m the type that cares zero about fitness.

    Hygiene, manners and not being a creep is default tho. Please do that.

    RBWells ,

    I am a lady and do care about fitness, not so much for looks but as a sign guys take reasonable care of their health. When younger, didn’t care much. But now I am older and guys who are inactive fall apart, and become a lot of work. I know that there’s no guarantee of health but much better odds of more healthy years if a guy takes care of his physical body.

    covert_czar ,
    @covert_czar@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

    The sketch with squigly lines here doesn’t just represent hygiene. It shows how doomed he is

    JoShmoe ,

    You see doom, I see a montage worthy makeover.

    arken ,

    What song is playing in the montage?

    Obi ,
    @Obi@sopuli.xyz avatar

    Obviously the final countdown.

    JoShmoe ,

    By default I was in fact thinking of “The Final Countdown”, but for this I’ll go for a slightly more wholesome approach. “Carry on Wayward Son”

    marshadow , to aboringdystopia in A literal child taking orders in a fast food restaurant in the US

    This kid is way too young to be taking verbal abuse from customers. I remember being 19-but-looked-15 and grown-ass adult customers calling me stupid and useless, and generally speaking to and looking at me like I was a piece of dung stuck to the bottom of their shoe. People who thought I was a literal child behaved this way. Not to mention all the perverts. Kids shouldn’t be working customer service, not in a world where adults have such disgusting behavior.

    inb4_FoundTheVegan ,
    @inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world avatar

    I’m sorry that this all happened to you. I know this happened in the past, but you deserve a little hug. I hope things are better for you on a day to day basis. ♥

    marshadow ,

    Thanks, that’s sweet of you. <3 Things are much better for me now that I’m out of that line of work, so I do my best to stand up to trashy customers on behalf of the people who can’t.

    Thcdenton ,

    Fuckin same. Honestly no age is old enough to take shit working at fuckin Office Depot.

    grue , to aboringdystopia in Chick-Fil-A staff in the rain.

    The real boring dystopia is the radical car-centrism of having a drive-thru at all to begin with.

    Followupquestion ,

    Try having small children; drive through a can be a lifesaver because you don’t need to unbuckle them, get their winter clothes on, get them into the restaurant, wait in line, order the food to go, then wait for the food, and then reverse the steps to get back into the car. It’s a giant PITA to just get some French fries, chicken tenders, and carrot sticks, let alone the drastically increased exposure to germs associated with a crowded restaurant. You may have heard, there’s a pretty bad wave of Covid, influenza, and RSV right now. Not sharing air with other people is a big part of staying healthy right now.

    franklin ,
    @franklin@lemmy.world avatar

    Maybe but if I had a choice between the two drive thrus would be out of here

    Followupquestion ,

    I respect your perspective but as a parent, trust me, life is really freaking hard as it is. Making it harder is unconscionable.

    franklin ,
    @franklin@lemmy.world avatar

    Not trying to downplay the right to your opinion but I feel like there has to be a better way to allow parents to enjoy options while also not making restaurants hostile to pedestrians

    Followupquestion ,

    I absolutely agree with making more places pedestrian friendly, I just think a drive through makes too much sense to dismiss out of hand. Heck, I’m in favor of walk-up windows to better serve those of us who don’t want to go inside a restaurant even without kids.

    franklin ,
    @franklin@lemmy.world avatar

    I just don’t see how a pedestrian friendly place of business and a drive through can co-exist. Open to being proven wrong but as I see it, anywhere that incorporates a drive thru adds at least 3 areas where traffic intersects with customers in a dangerous manner: at the beginning, around the store and the unavoidable blind spot when leaving.

    Not trying to take away from your ability to enjoy these things I just don’t think they are a good solution to a public place, as with anything car centric.

    Followupquestion ,

    I don’t have images readily available, but there are little shopping centers surrounding parking lots where pedestrians go right from the sidewalks into the various restaurants/shops, if you can imagine a U shape for the shops and the parking lot and vehicular entrances inside the U. It just takes some planning and extra space, and you know, capitalism isn’t a huge fan of “wasted” space that isn’t generating revenue.

    ethman42 ,

    Sonic works well without the drive through needed.

    Drusas ,

    You may have noticed already that I disagree with your reasoning for using a drive-thru, but you are not wrong that they make life easier, and I'm not even saying that you shouldn't use them. I'm just saying that kids can handle a brief bit of cold.

    As a person who became disabled a few years back, I wish many, many more places would have drive through or order and pick-up without having to get out of your car. It's a valuable service. I just think it's over utilized by people who don't need it, which is bad for the environment and not great for how little exercise people already get (walking from the back of the parking lot is not the end of the world, people).

    The pandemic was kind of a lifesaver for a lot of us. Suddenly delivery options and order for pickup options have become available where we used to have to struggle to go into these places. It's great. It's not great for the environment or for most people's health, but it's great for those who really need it.

    Drusas ,

    They don't need to be super bundled up just going from the car to the restaurant and back.

    Followupquestion ,

    Tell me you live somewhere temperate without telling me where you live. Have you been to much of the US in the winter?

    Drusas ,

    I spent 5 years living in Alaska.

    Followupquestion ,

    You’ve lived in Alaska for multiple winters and you aren’t worried about the problem with exposing small children to extreme cold?

    Drusas ,

    You should see how the Finnish treat their babies. Things like frostbite and frostnip don't happen in the few seconds it takes to get from a car to a door. Yes, with small children, those 10 or 20 seconds might turn into 60, but they will be fine.

    Vampiric_Luma ,
    @Vampiric_Luma@lemmy.ca avatar

    A low temperature in Alaska will affect you MUCH differently than low temperatures in say, BC which is much more humid and cuts into my bones at -1 where in Alaska/Yukon I’ve handled -34 and I’m mostly struggling to breath.

    As long as it’s a quick jaunt into a heated facility, it should be fine with some moderate layers.

    Drusas ,

    These days I live in Washington, not quite as cold as BC but mostly similar. Previously, I have lived in the Northeast of the US and the Northeast of Japan, which are both humid and quite cold and windy in the winter.

    I know winter.

    Vampiric_Luma ,
    @Vampiric_Luma@lemmy.ca avatar

    That’s pretty cool :p

    IronicDeadPan ,

    I agree with you and I live in Florida. I’d rather deal with the drive thru for the same reasons you listed.

    Also, I won’t have to deal with trying to buckle a 2 & 4 year-old out of and back into their car seats, especially when it’s raining and 95*F. The 4 year old has ASD and refuses to be helped into the car so they throw a tantrum in the rain, and the 2 year old loses their mind just because.

    There are things that people who don’t have/want kids can’t understand, and it’s an argument not worth having.

    lightnsfw ,

    Understanding those things is why I don’t want kids.

    uis ,
    @uis@lemmy.world avatar

    Not in US, but it’s -18 outside right now, and I had no problem walking to my grandma’s home in -25 for 1km. This is not even Yakutia, but US is definetly not Oymyakon.

    uis ,
    @uis@lemmy.world avatar

    Temperature is in °C for you imperialists here

    WallsToTheBalls ,

    I’m happy for you? You’re very tough. I wouldn’t do that shit if you paid me ten million and I definitely wouldn’t make a ten year old do it.

    uis ,
    @uis@lemmy.world avatar

    People do it for living. Just wear warm clothes. Well, that warm clothes might be an overkill, just wear regular warm clothes. As I said it’s not even Yakutia.

    I definitely wouldn’t make a ten year old do it

    10 years olds, you know, need to go to school. And they do*. I did when I was 10. Everyone did.

    *unless it’s below -25 outside

    my_hat_stinks ,

    You’re assuming to get to a location you need a car, that’s still car-centric design. If your primary argument for drive-throughs relies on the fact that you needed a car to reach the location in the first place then you’re missing the problem.

    Mamertine ,

    The person’s point stands if they were on a bicycle. You can’t just leave a child in a bike carrier at the bike rack.

    Empricorn ,

    Not after that chewing-out by the police department, I can’t.

    uis ,
    @uis@lemmy.world avatar

    Can you imagine doing such scary thing as WALKING?

    AeonFelis ,

    Like a peasant?

    uis ,
    @uis@lemmy.world avatar

    New american aristoracy I guess?

    Boxtifer ,

    Putting a child in and out of a bike carrier is a ton easier compared to a car seat. It’s not really an issue.

    daltotron ,

    I mean their only point is really if the kids didn’t have their “winter clothes on”, which would be pretty unlikely on a bike, and I would think in a car, for the most part. I guess it depends where you’re going, but that still seems like it would be a good idea, just before you leave the house, generally. I don’t think walking into a restaurant, for maybe the minute from the parking space to the door, is going to be a more substantial amount of time, that you would have to have your “winter clothes” on for, compared to if you were entering any other building. I dunno, the tradeoff might be easier in terms of like, without winter clothes, it’s easier to get your kids to go potty or change them, but that’s kind of a moot point anyways, because most honda odysseys don’t have toilets in them, and restaurants do.

    Waiting in lines is going to be a problem regardless of whether or not you’re in a car. It might be easier in a car, since you have more direct control of your children, but if you’re walking, a stroller would be the best analogue for that, and you should probably have that anyways, if you’re taking your toddlers for a walk.

    It’s also not as though walkable restaurants can’t necessarily have outdoor ordering windows, hole-in-the-wall style, maybe helping to prevent the flu or what have you. If that’s a major concern, though, I think a mask would be a bigger help. Maybe not for kids, they’re kinda too gross for that. You could probably leave a kid inside of your little kid bike trailer, or kid’s seat on the back or whatever, while you walk up to the hole in the wall and order your food, since they’re in view the whole time, and that wouldn’t be very inconvenient. I would think the only problem would be if you were going inside. There are some cool options for bike trailer strollers, if you wanted to just detach your kids from your bike, and then just like, go straight inside, but that’s kind of a hassle, I haven’t seen a good one since they all have to be overbuilt bike trailers first, and strollers second. Someone might make a good amount of schmoney if they could really nail that concept.

    In any case, all their points are moot and bad and cars are bad and dumb.

    uis ,
    @uis@lemmy.world avatar

    Why do you need children to wait in line with you? Are you in Soviet Union during deficit where there was a limit how much one person can buy?

    Not sharing air

    Give me another globe!

    FlyingSquid ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    Why do you need children to wait in line with you?

    Because letting toddlers run free around restaurants is asshole behavior.

    WallsToTheBalls ,

    Shhhh we’re hating on cars now, it doesn’t matter that they’re a massive utility the improves the day to day life of millions upon millions of people. Also, we don’t do kids here. Something something capitalism.

    Followupquestion ,

    Bring on the people movers and the monorails; I’m here for it, but I don’t want to get Covid again and as much as I despair of humanity, I have kids and so do millions of others so we should be working together to make a better world for current and future generations.

    Kolanaki ,
    @Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

    I was going to a local place until they shut down out of nowhere that had basically the same thing as a drive thru, but for foot traffic (you could go inside, or you could go to the side of the building and order from a window at the sidewalk). I could imagine even in a fully walkable city that you can’t drive in would have “walk thrus.”

    Drusas ,

    There's a small local burger chain by me which does this. They have a small hut for their restaurant, no inside seating. Drive-thru is on the right and walk-thru is on the left.

    Vampiric_Luma ,
    @Vampiric_Luma@lemmy.ca avatar

    One of my favorite fast-food joints when I visited the states was Checkers. It was only walk-through and looked horrible to work in (Shed-sized building but one kitchen), but I liked the concept. It was easy to wander up, order food, chill, then maybe wander off somewhere else.

    Without any cars to access or even reliably park (??), it was relaxing. A small slice of walker’s paradise where all of the scenery catered to our eyes instead of condensed seating areas surrounded by idling cars.

    FlyingSquid ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    Weird. Checkers is usually a tiny building which is entirely geared toward drive-through orders and is rather pedestrian unfriendly in colder weather because it is all outside ordering and dining if you don’t want to use the drive-through.

    https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/06615cf0-d40d-4b02-a507-b3fe01e4cdb0.png

    dejected_warp_core ,

    This is the part I don’t get. I watched Chick-Fil-A build a new restaurant. Required all kinds of crazy drainage engineering to get into the corner of a larger parking lot. But throw in a covered drive-through on top of that? Absolutely not. They did build a kiosk for the drive-through, but could have just as easily built a second drive-through window and called it a day.

    PopMyCop ,

    Even weirder, because where I am every checkers is in a gas station, with a drive through on the side of the building. If that isn’t as car-centric as it gets, just shoot me.

    AngryCommieKender ,

    It was more military focus than car focus. While in uniform the military isn’t/wasn’t supposed to run errands essentially, so they couldn’t get out of their cars. McDonald’s introduced the drive thru so that soldiers could grab a bite to eat without exiting their vehicles. Not that that is any better, just the reason that the first ones were even a thing.

    Everyone else installing the things is definitely car-centric.

    grue ,

    Damn, that’s the worst unintended consequence since employer-provided healthcare.

    AngryCommieKender ,

    Employer provided healthcare happened under the Nixon administration, so this happened before that in the 50s

    grue ,

    Employer provided healthcare started as a benefit during WWII because it was a loophole around wage controls.

    aei.org/…/why-is-health-care-expensive-wwii-wage-…

    AngryCommieKender ,

    I worded it badly. While it’s true that is when the process started, Nixon changed healthcare so that it could be for profit, which it wasn’t prior to that, thereby ensuring that healthcare and employment would permanently be tied together

    grue , to lemmyshitpost in And this is why I no longer have cable.

    Apparently, folks don’t realize that even The Weather Channel has already dabbled in trash reality TV.

    Some famous enough to have their own Wiki pages:

    Big list (pay attention to the ones marked “long form”): en.wikipedia.org/…/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_…

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    I certainly wasn’t. I guess the enshittification is complete.

    db2 ,

    Nope, you neglected the worst offender… SciFi, that they renamed to SyFy (and I pronounce “siffy” or “siffylis” now) that used to have good science fiction but decided WWE and ghost hunting was the way to go.

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    I still haven’t forgiven them for cancelling MST3K after only 3 seasons.

    zod000 ,

    Or Dark Matter!

    The full list of good shows they cancelled or cut off early is long and painful to read.

    fossilesque ,
    @fossilesque@mander.xyz avatar

    They went steaming: www.twitch.tv/mst3k?sr=a

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    I know, but the rest of the history of the show is kind of bleak. They had two Netflix seasons before Netflix shitcanned them, then crowdfunded a successful (and terrific IMO) 13th season. This year, they had another crowdfunder, but they did it outside of Kickstarter and put minimal effort in, so it failed. I have no idea if the show will continue at this point. There is Rifftrax and The Mads, but they aren’t really the same. I need my puppets at the bottom of the screen!

    creditCrazy ,
    @creditCrazy@lemmy.world avatar

    Man last I recall checking up on them is when they were just replaying star wars between random episodes of star Trek

    AA5B ,

    NOw it’s Disney+ for Star Wars and Paramount+ for Star Trek. I was excited to find the trove of new Star Trek series the Pat for various reasons I didn’t watch in several years

    I’m kind of afraid to know the answer about whether I was fooled by marketing …… when CBS tried to kick off their own personal streaming service with the new Star Treks, I refused to play that game. You’re not getting a subscription for every tv network. Now that the service is Paramount+, I’ll pay (for a while) to also get a studio’s worth of new and old movies. Please tell me there’s a real difference, and I wasn’t just fooled by re-marketing the same old shit

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