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Hadriscus, (edited ) in How long would you live if electricity for the whole world went out permanently?

The world becoming anarchic (=no individual holding power/authority over any other) would be amazing. Electricity turning off might actually help challenge established power structures. I like your thinking !

I also think we tend to underestimate just how good we are, when rid of our oppressions. We’re set against one another, day after day, and we end up thinking it’s our nature. It’s not ! If electricity were to be cut suddenly and everywhere, I’m certain we would help out one another and manage well.

RBWells, in How long would you live if electricity for the whole world went out permanently?

If given enough notice to store water and fill 3 good coolers with ice, longer than 2 weeks - we lost power for 2 weeks with a hurricane once and had an electric well pump so no water either. Had set up a system with one cooler allowed to be opened, the others not often. By 2 weeks the water that we’d filled the tub with (for washing not drinking - water with a little bit of bleach) was getting questionable.

Like you, I think the biggest issue would be people.

Modern_medicine_isnt, in greatest movie turnaround

After reading many of these, one popped into my head. Iron Eagle.

surewhynotlem,

That’s ridiculous. There was absolutely no chance he was going to fail with that soundtrack.

pdxfed, in What's the most unique role model you've heard that was a green flag?

You wanted unique, so, Marilyn Manson.

I always hated his music, the style and those of his listeners…then I heard the dude talk in Bowling for Columbine and he is so eloquent, logical and reasonable and informed on issues where people constantly try to misframe him I immediately gained enormous respect for him (still dislike his music and style) and everything I’ve ever heard him say since has been the same.

BodePlotHole,

Didn’t he abuse the shit out of a bunch of his girlfriends? One of the actors from that show “True Blood” was one of them… I think.

pdxfed,

Damn, just read the rolling stone investigation…well wow if even some of those things are true that’s gross.

killeronthecorner,
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Sadly, he’s had a lot of allegations of abuse from former partners and other women made against him, including rape

Regardless, you’re right about BFC. Everything he said was spot on.

ch00f, in greatest movie turnaround

Alita Battle Angel

Fight when she’s like 100% gonna die, but she pulls it off.

CatZoomies,
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I really enjoyed this movie very much. I walked into it without knowing anything about it, and it was much better than I thought it’d be.

ch00f,

Same here! It was during the MoviePass heyday, so basically once a week we’d eat dinner near the theater and go see whatever was playing. We were definitely pleasantly surprised.

WUED, (edited ) in What's a button you hate tapping or clicking accidentally?

I cant remember if it’s Facebook messenger or WhatsApp as I don’t use either that often, but one of them has a button on the keyboard to send like animated images or something and it’s so easy to hit that button and then select an image but the problem is that it doesn’t add it to a message which you then have to send, it just sends it straight away. I’ve sent some really inappropriate things to people I hardly know as a result, and I don’t feel like the attempt at an explanation helps.

Life_Inst_Bad, in Do you interact more in Lemmy?

I feel like you are more encouraged to interact here. Like you’re helping the fediverse grow. The other thing for me is that people seem to be much more civil then in other places. So yeah I feel the same.

e_mc2,

Exactly this. I never bothered to do much interacting on Reddit. Either comments were trolled or downvoted “just for shits and giggles” or they were buried in no time under all the snarky oh-so hilarious comments that instantly killed all real discussion.

BoiLudens,

Yea I’m pretty much of the same mind, anything that can encourage content on here the better

sbv,

Like you’re helping the fediverse grow.

It feels like a civic duty.

From what I see, Lemmy is just at the edge of “not enough content”. So many communities have one or two committed posters. So I comment as much as I can and post when I see something interesting.

canihasaccount,

This is how I see it, and it seems like comments are better received here, too, which encourages me further.

some_guy,

I’m doing my part. soldiers laugh

7u5k3n,

For me it’s the gonewild subs… Once you start getting regular content there and they expand out to gonewildcurvy or bdsmgw or 30sgonewild etc you’ll really see lemmy take off.

TWeaK,

They’ve had some issues with that though. lemmynsfw was heavily defederated from others over concerns about CSAM being federated, and after that lemmynsfw had much more mild porn.

Personally, I think that as long as porn is still freely available via old reddit without logging in, then it won’t take off much. Also, we’re in the post-Only Fans age, so it’s unlikely lemmy will ever get that “pure” gonewild feel that reddit had, as almost every user that posts their own porn is now doing it for money.

BigPapaE,

If you build it (the porn) they will come

sbv,

That’s the thing I find so surprising. There are so few NSFW posters. Porn pushed a lot of technical and economic innovation online. If Lemmy can’t get traction on adult content, we’re in bad shape.

/s (mostly)

redimk, in What do you use to backup all your photos and documents, cloud or external drive or both?
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I use: 1 copy in my primary SSD on my laptop 1 copy in my secondary SSD on same laptop, which autosyncs to: 1 copy in OneDrive family plan 1 copy on an external SSD

Kind of based on the 3-2-1 method.

Zathras, in What is a good scary/horror movie to watch this month?
krayj,

On the surface this comes across as SciFi, but it’s a true classic horror with a scifi backdrop. It’s essential watching for any horror genre fan, IMO.

bakachu,

This movie for me cemented Sam Neill’s acting range. From Dr. Grant with the dinosaurs…to this. This is also one of my favorite, if not THE favorite, sci-fi horror films of all time - which is kind of a tough genre to sell.

EcksrayYangkeyZooloo,

I love Event Horizon. I also love the theory that it takes place in the Warhammer 40k universe.

PP_BOY_, in What is a good scary/horror movie to watch this month?
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If you haven’t already, check out the V/H/S/ series if you’re a fan of anthology films and/or found footage. It’s easily my favorite FF series. The newest film, V/H/S/ 1985 came out last week and is awesome, but you can’t go wrong with any of them (except maybe the third one).

I’d personally recommend VHS 1994 to start with because I think it’s the most accessible and least offensive entry in the franchise

datavoid,

Just looked up 1999, looks like it was co-written and directed by Flying Lotus.

Will definitely have to check the series out!

CorrodedCranium,
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There’s a few similar mini series like the ABCs of Death and Holidays. I think both feature a different team for each short which is an interesting premise

AceSLS, in Do you interact more in Lemmy?

I certainly do. Most social media algorithms feed you content that it thinks will generate interactions. Lemmy does not do that which results in whatever you decide to post having more meaning because there’s no stupid and/or manipulative machine deciding wheter your post is or isn’t worth seeing

all-knight-party, in What is a good scary/horror movie to watch this month?
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Midsommar is one of my favorites, or you could try It Follows if you haven't seen either of those. Midsommar is a slow burn intrigue sort of thing, but quite realistic, most of the most horrifying things about it could happen to you for real.

It Follows is a very creative movie, very much about the fear of being chased by an entity that never stops, extremely interesting premise

PP_BOY_,
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Midsommar is great but I rank it a lot lower on my tier list after watching the original 70s Wicker Man

Welt,

Check out Kill List

CorrodedCranium,
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I feel like Hereditary and Midsommer have similar vibes for some reason even though the plots are not at all similar

all-knight-party,
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Same director, probably what you're feeling there is a sum of little touches. I liked the first half of Hereditary quite a bit, didn't really like where it ended up, got too fantastical for my tastes, I like pulp horror too, but I really really like horror that's plausible

CorrodedCranium,
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I did not know they shared a director that’s interesting

meco03211, in Do you interact more in Lemmy?

With reddit having way more people and being only a casual browser, I would never make it early enough to a post to contribute in a meaningful way. Whatever I would have said would be commented dozens of times before I got to the thread. At best my comment wasn’t made yet, but I’d be sure someone with more knowledge on the subject would’ve contributed in greater depth soon.

Here I see plenty of posts hours old with no comments. There’s a greater chance whatever I might say won’t get buried or overshadowed.

CorrodedCranium,
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Because a lot of stuff is fresh you get a lot less of “This was asked last week, next time use the search bar” kind of stuff too

willya,
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Funny enough, this question is asked every few days it seems.

CorrodedCranium,
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Oh yeah but I would rather have this versus condescending Redditers jerking each other off

CrypticCoffee,

Agreed. What you say matters here. Your post won’t be buried with only you for an upvote.

SpezCanLigmaBalls, in Do you interact more in Lemmy?
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I was pretty active on reddit also

Cockmaster6000, in What is a good scary/horror movie to watch this month?

The Void is great if you like campy lovecraftian stuff

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