Random Thoughts...or...What's on Your Mind?

[Avro Arrow]

I've never had one. I guess I'm missing out.

Yes, you are. Sorry. But then again, we don't have:

... so it all evens out.

But wait! What seasonally-themed confection recently hit store shelves?

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I'll give you one more "advantage Canada": In Canadian restaurants they bring the credit card reader to your table. Your card never leaves your hands the whole time you're paying.

Why the fresh hell don't more places down HERE do that?

 

[Aragorn]

I'll give you one more "advantage Canada": In Canadian restaurants they bring the credit card reader to your table. Your card never leaves your hands the whole time you're paying.

Why the fresh hell don't more places down HERE do that?

I went to an Azteca that does that. But I don't know if it's all Azetcas or just that one.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ Only time I recall seeing it in the US is Olive Garden.

 

[fireproof78]

I'll give you one more "advantage Canada": In Canadian restaurants they bring the credit card reader to your table. Your card never leaves your hands the whole time you're paying.

Why the fresh hell don't more places down HERE do that?

Multiple places in my area are, including Texas Roadhouse, Olive Garden, among others.

 

[HIjol]

There are people on Earth that are literal trillionaires .... That is just an insane amount of wealth that no human can possibly use in a lifetime.

I'd sure as hell give it a whirl!

 

[HIjol]

This popped into my warpcore brain this (too early) morning;

There is a difference between doing the right thing for the wrong reason, and doing the wrong thing for the right reason.

(hmmm...seems to be a problem with the matter/antimatter mix...)

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

I'd sure as hell give it a whirl!

Wouldn't we all?

But once you're dead, well you don't need money.

 

[fireproof78]

The only way out is through.

 

[bdub76]

Gotta love recipes with weird, hard to find ingredients.

 

[HIjol]

Gotta love recipes with weird, hard to find ingredients.

My Dad was a Chef, and he had some pretty esoteric dishes...nothing like some of the foods in our beloved Star Trek, but...

 

[bdub76]

What happened to nudity in movies? Watch most 80s films, and you’ll have your random nude scene with bad music. The scenes were almost random. Now, they’re gone. I don’t get it.

 

[bdub76]

And no TV dinners, plastic blenders, or plastic cutting boards after watching this.

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[wayoung]

What happened to nudity in movies? Watch most 80s films, and you’ll have your random nude scene with bad music. The scenes were almost random. Now, they’re gone. I don’t get it.

There are some good articles about it, and some less good social media discourse. In the States audiences are becoming more and more prudish and more plot focused - plot is now the priority over everything else, and nudity is atmospheric and character development and titillating - but it doesn't further the plot, so it's being deemed "unnecessary" and exploitative by a bigger fraction of the audience. Movies with nudity are being crticized for it more and more if they can't "prove" it's integral to the plot. Violence is acceptable because it is important for the plot. And parents are happier to show their kids Rated movies rates due to violence but with no nudity.

 

[bdub76]

There are some good articles about it, and some less good social media discourse. In the States audiences are becoming more and more prudish and more plot focused - plot is now the priority over everything else, and nudity is atmospheric and character development and titillating - but it doesn't further the plot, so it's being deemed "unnecessary" and exploitative by a bigger fraction of the audience. Movies with nudity are being crticized for it more and more if they can't "prove" it's integral to the plot. Violence is acceptable because it is important for the plot. And parents are happier to show their kids Rated movies rates due to violence but with no nudity.

So sad. Basic Instinct wouldn’t be made today.

But it fits with gun violence up and birth rates down.

 

[fireproof78]

Plot necessity over nudity.

The 90s tried to do this too and rarely did it feel like it flowed naturally to the plot.

 

[bdub76]

Plot necessity over nudity.

The 90s tried to do this too and rarely did it feel like it flowed naturally to the plot.

I always thought that was intermission when you made out with your date without missing out on the movie. Different times. So sad.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

There are some good articles about it, and some less good social media discourse. In the States audiences are becoming more and more prudish and more plot focused - plot is now the priority over everything else, and nudity is atmospheric and character development and titillating - but it doesn't further the plot, so it's being deemed "unnecessary" and exploitative by a bigger fraction of the audience. Movies with nudity are being crticized for it more and more if they can't "prove" it's integral to the plot. Violence is acceptable because it is important for the plot. And parents are happier to show their kids Rated movies rates due to violence but with no nudity.

Seems like a really weird Hill to die on. But it's true like @bdub76 said, movies like Basic Instinct which had a definite tone and visual look would not be made today and directors would be very sqeamish to make one.

So glad I still have a small collection of 80s movies like that.

 

[bdub76]

Seems like a really weird Hill to die on. But it's true like @bdub76 said, movies like Basic Instinct which had a definite tone and visual look would not be made today and directors would be very sqeamish to make one.

So glad I still have a small collection of 80s movies like that.

Seven would definitely not have the same costume today.

 

[fireproof78]

Seven would definitely not have the same costume today.

I don't see that as a bad thing.