You’re totally right.

What I mean is that there are many, many, guys on there that do not even attempt to have a normal conversation. There is no “hey” or “how’s it going?” Just 1-4 unsolicited pics of their junk followed by some creepy message like “show daddy your…”

Jokes on him! >50% of guys on there do not bother to read the profile. Instead, their first message is of their junk…followed by three more pics of aforementioned junk and an aggressive opening message. It’s a great time!

I know I’m in the minority here, but I liked the sequel trilogy. I understand why people hate on the sequels, I just don’t feel that way. I liked the characters in it. The only thing I didn’t like was that they made a CGI Carrie Fisher; I thought it was in poor taste. But the rest of it? Liked it quite a bit. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I thought we all had agreed that we would not discuss the Star Wars Holiday Special ever again.

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Super interested to find out what you mean by that.

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Interesting! I did not realize they use bit.ly and such. That would make the solution even more difficult, as Apple and Google would then need to make some sort of deal with every major URL shortening service to somehow be able find out what the URL links to, and then check it against a blocklist. That would require quite a bit of cooperation, to the point of being a non-starter I’d think. Why use a short URL service for a QR code?

That seems quite difficult to combat. Especially if there is a 0 day exploit based in the web browser for iOS or Android devices that attackers could use for their nefarious purposes.

Not sure about Android, but on iOS, when one scans a QR code it shows the web address on the screen that the user then taps on. For the average user, I doubt that they are going to question what the URL is before following through to the website.

Perhaps Apple and Google could implement a sort of verification that a link is suspect or not, and prompt the user to either proceed or not. Anti-phishing blocklists are a thing, so it would seem that it wouldn’t be too difficult. Though that would not stop domains that have not been added to the blocklists from passing the verification attempts.

Aron continues, “And second — those moviegoers are also seeking value on concessions. While moviegoers are not required to purchase any food or drink to take advantage of the ticket price discounts, there is an opportunity to add incremental snack purchase revenues for AMC on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.”

We have NCG and Celebration Studios where I live. They continue to raise the cost of concessions, to where it costs at minimum $50 for my son and I to go to the movies, get a large popcorn and 2 drinks. It’s getting ridiculous, so much so that we rarely go. When we do go, we choose NCG, and usually choose the Extreme 2D. When we saw Wakanda Forever, the sound dropped out twice, and then the picture dropped out as well. As in, the audio/video just stopped until I went out to get help, 3 times. After the third time, I asked for some sort of refund. They gave us 2 tickets to a regular showing, not an Extreme one like we had paid for.

$50 for 2 people to go to the movies is insane. Hell, they removed the flavored salts for the popcorn a couple of years ago, and now sell mini bottles of them at the concession stand. I understand that they make their money off of concessions, but something has got to give. Hell, they’ve raised prices and also shrank the actual sizes of the drinks and popcorn buckets.

We used to go to the movies often, but now maybe twice a year; the cost is just too high. If they brought their prices down to a more reasonable level, I bet folks like us who used to go once a month or more would be more apt to return. As it is, I just wait for movies to come out on streaming services. They are shooting themselves in the foot. But I get it, if there isn’t unlimited growth year over year, then they must extract more, while providing less service and inflating prices of everything they offer. 🙄

Capitalism is definitely a major issue. I just don’t see how someone should not be compensated for work they perform, this includes art. Art can be free, but it shouldn’t have to be free. I think we may be saying similar things here.

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