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  1. Comment on How To Train Your Dragon | Official teaser trailer in ~movies

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    Has it slowed to a crawl? DreamWorks alone has four animated movies coming out within a year and only one is a sequel.

    Has it slowed to a crawl? DreamWorks alone has four animated movies coming out within a year and only one is a sequel.

  2. Comment on How To Train Your Dragon | Official teaser trailer in ~movies

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    Except they are releasing four animated movies within a year. They still have a full schedule.

    Except they are releasing four animated movies within a year. They still have a full schedule.

    1 vote

  3. Comment on How To Train Your Dragon | Official teaser trailer in ~movies

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    The point is clearly for DreamWorks to make money. But, like, okay? How does that affect you or me? DreamWorks has four animated movies releasing within a year, so it's not like this is preventing...

    The point is clearly for DreamWorks to make money. But, like, okay? How does that affect you or me? DreamWorks has four animated movies releasing within a year, so it's not like this is preventing other movies from being produced.

    2 votes

  4. Comment on How To Train Your Dragon | Official teaser trailer in ~movies

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    What does that have to do with this? I didn't say animation can't be for adults.

    What does that have to do with this? I didn't say animation can't be for adults.

  5. Comment on How To Train Your Dragon | Official teaser trailer in ~movies

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    As always, one thing existing does not preclude another from existing. This does not mean there cannot be another animated movie. It's a remake of a kids movie. It's really not that big of a deal.

    As always, one thing existing does not preclude another from existing. This does not mean there cannot be another animated movie. It's a remake of a kids movie. It's really not that big of a deal.

    1 vote

  6. Comment on How To Train Your Dragon | Official teaser trailer in ~movies

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    People here are acting like this is the end of the world. It's a live action remake of How to Train Your Dragon. Who cares about all that crap? I'm just happy to see more of Toothless (even if it...

    People here are acting like this is the end of the world. It's a live action remake of How to Train Your Dragon. Who cares about all that crap? I'm just happy to see more of Toothless (even if it seems to be the exact same animations and almost the same textures).

    5 votes

  7. Comment on How To Train Your Dragon | Official teaser trailer in ~movies

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    It's almost exactly the same (pretty sure it's only the last bit that really gets more epic) and it's a first teaser. I wouldn't even assume this is what the actual music will sound like in the move.

    It's almost exactly the same (pretty sure it's only the last bit that really gets more epic) and it's a first teaser. I wouldn't even assume this is what the actual music will sound like in the move.

    2 votes

  8. Comment on United States Department of Justice will push Google to sell Chrome to break search monopoly in ~tech

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    Yeah, largely syncing and it helps with access to Google sites on my work computer, which often signs out of sites randomly due to some sort of policy thing or something that locks it down in some...

    Yeah, largely syncing and it helps with access to Google sites on my work computer, which often signs out of sites randomly due to some sort of policy thing or something that locks it down in some way, but it's basically impossible to sign you out of the browser because the entire instance of the browser is tied to your account.

    3 votes

  9. Comment on Maybe Bluesky has "won" in ~tech

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    Unitarian Universalism would probably fit the bill.

    Unitarian Universalism would probably fit the bill.

    8 votes

  10. Comment on Maybe Bluesky has "won" in ~tech

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    I started running last year and I recently got a membership at a rock climbing gym and I would say I've never had this much of a social life since I was a kid and would go to my best friend's...

    I started running last year and I recently got a membership at a rock climbing gym and I would say I've never had this much of a social life since I was a kid and would go to my best friend's house every day.

    6 votes

  11. Comment on United States Department of Justice will push Google to sell Chrome to break search monopoly in ~tech

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    Fuck that's actually kind of realistic.

    Fuck that's actually kind of realistic.

    6 votes

  12. Comment on United States Department of Justice will push Google to sell Chrome to break search monopoly in ~tech

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    Non-Google browsers don't integrate as well with my Google account ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    Non-Google browsers don't integrate as well with my Google account ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    3 votes

  13. Comment on Conformity and contrarianism at the same time in ~talk

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    I mean, it says it "is for identifying comments which have veered away from the main subject of discussion in a thread." That sounds like a lot of nitpicking would meet that criterion.

    I mean, it says it "is for identifying comments which have veered away from the main subject of discussion in a thread." That sounds like a lot of nitpicking would meet that criterion.

    1 vote

  14. Comment on Conformity and contrarianism at the same time in ~talk

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    It's the difference between "you always have to be right" and "you always want to be right." The latter implies that you want to learn.

    It's the difference between "you always have to be right" and "you always want to be right." The latter implies that you want to learn.

    2 votes

  15. Comment on Conformity and contrarianism at the same time in ~talk

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    Kind of. It's more that people are so eager to push back in their responses that they push back where they shouldn't.

    Kind of. It's more that people are so eager to push back in their responses that they push back where they shouldn't.

    3 votes

  16. Comment on Conformity and contrarianism at the same time in ~talk

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    This reminds me of all the times that I have (in real life) said something that apparently others don't realize is true, someone corrects me, I explain why what I said initially was true, and then...

    Finally, to be frank, I’m not always sure what constitutes being contrarian. I’ve often been accused of it by disagreeing with someone who feels that they’re clearly correct. Or when asking someone for more reasoning, since interrogating a feeling or opinion can feel like an attack when framed incorrectly.

    This reminds me of all the times that I have (in real life) said something that apparently others don't realize is true, someone corrects me, I explain why what I said initially was true, and then they tell me I always have to be right. Like, nah, I just was right and you incorrectly tried to correct me. How else do you want me to respond to that??

    7 votes

  17. Comment on Conformity and contrarianism at the same time in ~talk

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    It's fucking everybody (not literally). Every time I make a longish comment on a contentious issue, I get a bunch of responses nitpicking something that wasn't even relevant to the point I was...

    It's fucking everybody (not literally). Every time I make a longish comment on a contentious issue, I get a bunch of responses nitpicking something that wasn't even relevant to the point I was making. I suppose I should label those comments as off topic?

    It frankly goes beyond being frustrating into being maddening to get a stream of people basically circle jerking about something you weren't really even talking about.

    7 votes

  18. Comment on Joe Biden allows Ukraine to strike Russia with US long-range missiles in ~society

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    You mean like the ones that they gave Russia as a peace offering?

    You mean like the ones that they gave Russia as a peace offering?

    6 votes

  19. Comment on Follow up on the username thread: What Tildes users do you recognize when browsing and, without being rude or inflammatory, what is your impression of them? in ~tildes

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    Man, I thought "forvirrad" meant bicycle because it's Fahrrad in German. Now I'm going to be mycket forvirrad.

    Man, I thought "forvirrad" meant bicycle because it's Fahrrad in German. Now I'm going to be mycket forvirrad.

    2 votes

  20. Comment on Where does your username come from? (Following up on last year's thread) in ~tildes

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    According to my email records, it's basically just here and Mastodon, which I don't even use. I was going to get a vanity license plate with it, but I drive an electric car so I had to get a...

    According to my email records, it's basically just here and Mastodon, which I don't even use. I was going to get a vanity license plate with it, but I drive an electric car so I had to get a special plate.

    It's basically a reaction to my reddit username being too similar to my real name.

    1 vote