Mine is August Rush, it's so cheesy and I know it's terrible but I've watched it a bunch of times.

I'm very scared, it feels like the world is about to fall apart. I will also remember a passage that I heard, and which does not seem to be a joke: you will own nothing, and will be happy! And it seems that this is gradually becoming a reality.

What scares you?

I am talking about, if I need a shampoo, or a vacuum cleaner, or an office chair, how do I find out what to buy without reading articles or watching videos which might be paid ads hidden as reviews?

Do you guys know any website or community where you can find reviews / rankings of common products?

I want fact-based choices not just preferences.

And the linked post reminded me of a question that arose while riding the train. At the time, I tried to communicate my question to some nice Tajik people (is that the right term for people from Tajikistan?) by literally drawing shapes in the dust on the Siberian prairie, since we didn't have a common language.

Traveling from Vladivostok to Moscow takes you in the same direction as the sun from our perspective. Does that mean that there is a theoretical speed at which the train could've moved and at which the perceived time of day doesn't pass*? If so, what constants and variables do I need to learn about in order to make the calculations? Earth's rotation? The trains speed?

*while time of course passes on it's own, in the sense that I am still approach my impending death in some decades.

Just something I was thinking about today, and I'm curious if I'm an outlier, or if I'm on the same page as everybody else.

It's a big time of the year for graduations and weddings and it got me thinking about all the ceremonies. They are often long and drawn out and VERY expensive for whoever's paying the bill, and I can't stand them.

Just the idea of sitting for hours while somebody I don't know talks and talks and talks until we finally get to the "I do" or the passing of the diplomas/awards that we came to see.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for the celebration. I'm more than happy to come out and congratulate you on your achievement and make some good memories with friends and family, but why can't we just skip to that part instead of sitting through a series of lectures?

I even skipped my own college graduation because I didn't see any point in making me and my family sit through the ceremony. They know I graduated, and I don't need some big expensive to-do and a spotlight to validate that.

But, we keep doing them, and keep making them bigger and more elaborate than before, so it makes me wonder if people actually appreciate these ceremonies or if it's just something we do because that's how it's been done.

I haven't been watching much in terms of actual shows for a good while, then while listening to a podcast a host casually mentioned they had rewatched Chernobyl, how it still holds up, that there's a reason it got as much acclaim as it did, etc. So I thought I'd give it a go and wow, loved it (still one episode left to watch).

Had me thinking, what else have I missed out on? What are some "absolute cinema" TV shows that still hold up and and are considered must watch?

Is this the right place to ask?

Shifted here from Reddit, looking for advice on how to navigate the platform

I mean, from the CJK languages: they begin with family name then end it with the legal first name while that's reverse in let's say English, Spanish, Russian where the first name starts then ends with the family name. As in, 近藤浩治 becomes Koji Kondo in ENG when it's actually read as "Kondo Koji" upon referring back to its mother tongue (other languages that follow a similar format are: Mandarin, Korean or Hungarian for example).

Just toying with the idea here. I am thinking about proposing in the next year and I never expected I would be in this position.

My sister was just proposed to and dude must have spent like 10 grand on the ring. I think she feels like he spent too much. It looks like the friggin thing weighs her whole hand down.

Also do you think it is misogynist to ask the lady's dad for permission?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/71277481

I once pirated a book because I didn't want to get it from another room.

Sad to see Reddit-style automods creeping in. I got so sick of jumping through their arbitrary rules on that God-awful platform. Lemmy had been a breath of fresh air for the year or so I've been here. However, nothing lasts, it seems.

If you want engagement, then get the bots to chill, or maybe just don't use them.

I have been very fortunate to receive a union construction job through a relative, and I am very excited about the position. I have no debt of any kind and currently live at home with my parents. The job is 7 days a week, with double shifts during the summer, which gives me a lot of overtime pay. I’m in shape, down 120 lbs, and muscular. I’m also stress-free because my diet is already planned out on a spreadsheet, and I have no college debt (didn't go) and no credit card debt.

According to my calculations, the job should provide take-home pay of $3,778/week, or $16,400/month during the summer. During the winter, it goes down to $1,430/week, or $6,200/month. The year-round average take-home pay is $8,800/month, which works out to about $2,020/week.

I currently have no money saved except for investments in XMR, and I want to invest around $10k–$12k into it. I also plan to contribute as much as possible to a 401(k). I do not plan on buying anything unnecessary, such as a new car, RV, computer, guitars, or anything else I do not really need.

My expenses are:

• $370/month for car insurance
• $50/month for my phone bill
• $150/week for groceries
• $15/month for Planet Fitness

Total: $1,085/month

I do not pay rent. My parents would not ask me to pay rent and are okay with me staying until I am able to move out and buy a house.

My plan is to build an emergency fund first, then set up automatic transfers into separate accounts for index funds, a house fund, a personal fund, a buffer fund, and a crypto fund so I can invest passively. I do not really want a credit card, but I need to start using one because my credit score dropped to 550 after not making a payment for a while.

Any advice is appreciated. Currently looking into HYSA and IRA, and will adjust this post later to show the amounts I want to transfer over to each account.

I've had to deal with huge swarms of these things every summer for the few years I've lived a mile away from a lake. I assumed they were mosquitoes until recently.

Is it some kind of midge fly? How can you tell? If I were to make an uneducated guess, I'd say it's not a mosquito because there's not a straight proboscis.

Please go easy on the downvotes—the point here is to try to understand a perspective that many of you probably won't share.

Can anywhere here please suggest me where I can find free help to start my own Marketing Agency? Sadly I don't have any money with me right now such that I can pay, but when I get this off the ground I would absolutely pay up.

I get hella stoned and watch Foodfight! at least once a year. It’s my “favorite” movie.

Everything about it, from the implied beastiality between Charlie Sheen and Hillary Duff, to the weird gay bat, to the shitweasel is a masterclass in what not to do in a movie. It transcends badness and becomes something sublime. The entire plot is about how store brands/generics are Nazis, and one of the Nazis absolutely chews the scenery in a way that makes Brian Blessed look reserved.

Would you read it daily?

Would you send it to all your friends urging them to read it?

So I've started getting into fan cam footage from live band shows posted by some dude in Japan (Tokyo I think) which has exposed me to music/bands I dig that otherwise would have never, EVER crossed my radar (shoutout to q23 on Youtube)

This got me thinking: what other music could I discover by putting in 'Live at [x]', in the appropriate language, in Youtube (bonus points if someone can point me to another service or someone on Peertube or something)?

Will share my own venue list for Ottawa, ON Canada in the comments later today/tomorrow.

We all now the meme of "I am not Gay but" and then you list a celebrity(or character) you find out. What about the opposite team?

Mine is Shego from Kim possible and Karlach from bg3

I've noticed that there seems to be an emphasis on being extremely serious at all times, as if every single comment is a PhD dissertation being evaluated or something. There's like this weird, subtle one upmanship about every little thing and a lot of people are very nitpicky and judgmental. It kind of takes the fun out of being on here, TBH. Or am I the only one experiencing this?

I feel like I'm a really good judge of character; I can tell if I'm not going to get along with someone or how they will treat me in the future. When it comes to high profile celebrity figures, i can get a sense of their character through very minimal data. This is why I predict Andrew Tate (toxic manosphere influencer) will pivot into becoming an alien conspiracy influence. But I have no evidence for it, thus the prediction is baseless.

Anyone have any similar beliefs/predictions?