Don;t forget most of these government officials have had THEIR data exposed by the breach, otherwise they wouldn't give two sharts about the rest of us....
Thankfully she grew out of Dora, she doesn't care for Spongebob anymore (and we're glad because really, they are all kinda horrible people there in Bikini Bottom). She does love Mythbusters interestingly enough, even though she's only 8....
YouTube has become more preference except for Pokemon for Video these days....
But how will they advance their "I don't have a TV" snobbery agenda without made up numbers? Tyey need to feel "superior" because they are "different"
However, I can see the bill going that high easily, especially with all the nickle-and-diming the cable companies do. You want another box to watch cable on another TV somewhere in your house? That's another $10/month. Want to get the DVR on that extra box? That's another 5-10/month. Want HD? That's an extra $10/month. Oh, why is the bill so much more than the advertised price? Well, there's the taxes, the sports channel fee, all these regulatory fees we don't mention up front, etc etc etc. I can easily see someone with multiple TVs and/or several movie channels hitting and breaking 200/mo. for cable and internet (more if you want a "landline" phone)...
What's that? You want to "cut the cord"? OK, getting internet-only the price is jacked up unless you get the right cable TV add-on bundle... Oh, and the popular channels you actually want? Those are only available in the highest package tier....
And now the studios are starting to pull their stuff from Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon and all start their own? Sure, you can have 10 different service subscriptions with 10 different companies with monthly fees and different clients and software for each one.....
The biggest problem is the big content companies are starting to pull their shows from existing streaming services and plan to start their own.
Sorry, but by the time you subscribe to multiple streaming services just to get all the varied content you want, you're better off with cable and the big bite vs. being nibbled to death by all the little ones combined....
My wife complained about our cable bill and wanted other options after hearing some of her co-workers talk about cord-cutting and streaming. So I had her make a list of the shows/channels she wanted and that we'd need for our daughter. Then we started a research quest to fond out where we could get them. It would have taken 4 different streaming services to get most of what we wanted...
It the SJWs want to change it, they need to change the consumers spending habits. Will Hollywood make more money if they use attractive (to most people), healthy-looking folks, or will they make more putting ordinary or fat people into the same roles?
If people contiinue to spend their money to see the "beautiful people" and less on ordinary or below actors/actresses, guess which way Hollywood is going to go.
There's nothing deep or difficult here. A business (and that's what Hollywood is) will do what makes them the most money....
The anti-cell phone commercials are new and multiplying annoyingly.
The others are about the same, but the stagnating economy and the mostly laziness of recent movies have increased the "weight" of those factors when considering where to spend your limited entertainment dollar...
A : overpriced food and drinks, not letting you bring in your own, B : crowds of sometimes ignorant morons. C : Sound effects and background music so loud you can;t hear the dialog and no CC options
A and C are the biggest issues, the past 5-10 movies my wife and I, or my daughter and I have gone to see, even the kids movies, the crowds haven't been a problem, they were well-behaved...
Altho the "Turn off your cell phones" ads are getting more annoying than any person I've encountered in the theater....
Limiting people to a bland, tasteless nutrient-rich food paste of exactly the right quantity and monitoring them 24/7 so they don't take risks or do anything "wrong" would also help prolong life, but it would also be a living-hell not worth living in....
Rush tactics, pretty shady way to do business, there's your first clue something is up...
" and frankly we shouldn't be in a constant state of trying to make sure companies aren't ripping us off." HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, Used car salesmen love folks like you. What color is the sky in your world?
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And we know their Social Security numbers, etc?
I could, but sharts is a more fun picture than shits.
Known what I fucken' mean?
(No, I'm not one of those squeamish-about-swearing babies)
Don;t forget most of these government officials have had THEIR data exposed by the breach, otherwise they wouldn't give two sharts about the rest of us....
So what if they were....
Because to marketers and corporations, it is....
The smell? I think you need to consult a urologist....
Never any mod points when they are worthy of being used....
Oh yeah, they were often laugh out loud funny, just not "role-models" (but not every character needs to be one either :) )
Thankfully she grew out of Dora, she doesn't care for Spongebob anymore (and we're glad because really, they are all kinda horrible people there in Bikini Bottom). She does love Mythbusters interestingly enough, even though she's only 8....
YouTube has become more preference except for Pokemon for Video these days....
But how will they advance their "I don't have a TV" snobbery agenda without made up numbers? Tyey need to feel "superior" because they are "different"
However, I can see the bill going that high easily, especially with all the nickle-and-diming the cable companies do. You want another box to watch cable on another TV somewhere in your house? That's another $10/month. Want to get the DVR on that extra box? That's another 5-10/month. Want HD? That's an extra $10/month. Oh, why is the bill so much more than the advertised price? Well, there's the taxes, the sports channel fee, all these regulatory fees we don't mention up front, etc etc etc. I can easily see someone with multiple TVs and/or several movie channels hitting and breaking 200/mo. for cable and internet (more if you want a "landline" phone)...
What's that? You want to "cut the cord"? OK, getting internet-only the price is jacked up unless you get the right cable TV add-on bundle... Oh, and the popular channels you actually want? Those are only available in the highest package tier....
And now the studios are starting to pull their stuff from Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon and all start their own? Sure, you can have 10 different service subscriptions with 10 different companies with monthly fees and different clients and software for each one.....
The biggest problem is the big content companies are starting to pull their shows from existing streaming services and plan to start their own.
Sorry, but by the time you subscribe to multiple streaming services just to get all the varied content you want, you're better off with cable and the big bite vs. being nibbled to death by all the little ones combined....
My wife complained about our cable bill and wanted other options after hearing some of her co-workers talk about cord-cutting and streaming. So I had her make a list of the shows/channels she wanted and that we'd need for our daughter. Then we started a research quest to fond out where we could get them. It would have taken 4 different streaming services to get most of what we wanted...
It the SJWs want to change it, they need to change the consumers spending habits. Will Hollywood make more money if they use attractive (to most people), healthy-looking folks, or will they make more putting ordinary or fat people into the same roles?
If people contiinue to spend their money to see the "beautiful people" and less on ordinary or below actors/actresses, guess which way Hollywood is going to go.
There's nothing deep or difficult here. A business (and that's what Hollywood is) will do what makes them the most money....
The anti-cell phone commercials are new and multiplying annoyingly.
The others are about the same, but the stagnating economy and the mostly laziness of recent movies have increased the "weight" of those factors when considering where to spend your limited entertainment dollar...
More the issue of
A : overpriced food and drinks, not letting you bring in your own,
B : crowds of sometimes ignorant morons.
C : Sound effects and background music so loud you can;t hear the dialog and no CC options
A and C are the biggest issues, the past 5-10 movies my wife and I, or my daughter and I have gone to see, even the kids movies, the crowds haven't been a problem, they were well-behaved...
Altho the "Turn off your cell phones" ads are getting more annoying than any person I've encountered in the theater....
"cheap data plans"
So not Americans.....
iTunes is the worst part of the iPod experience....
I miss my old Nomad Jukebox and later the Nomad Zen...
You're first post really had the "meat" of the point. :)
The "difference" is more semantics/weasling than anything
side note:
Fish are living creatures (as are shrimp, lobsters, and other seafood). Why is their flesh not considered "meat"?
No kidding.
Limiting people to a bland, tasteless nutrient-rich food paste of exactly the right quantity and monitoring them 24/7 so they don't take risks or do anything "wrong" would also help prolong life, but it would also be a living-hell not worth living in....
Why do they keep calling it "Star Trek returns to TV" when it's an internet streaming show, rather than on the actual broadcast network?
Rush tactics, pretty shady way to do business, there's your first clue something is up...
" and frankly we shouldn't be in a constant state of trying to make sure companies aren't ripping us off."
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, Used car salesmen love folks like you. What color is the sky in your world?
See Kohl's and just about any other brick and mortar retailer too...
Diligence folks...
"We get it, you're "special"."
FTFY
With no job and no income, unless "cheaper" = Zero, then it won't make any difference....
You can always find out who makes it and make a donation.... :)