Brother, have I got a solution for you!

I’m subbed to r/horrorlit and keep wondering if I’m taking crazy pills because it feels like 30% of the posts are some variation of “What’s the scariest/best horror book you’ve read?” They reword it or give it a slightly different spin but it’s essentially the same question over and over. And then of course the responses are always the same 40 books being mentioned repeatedly. I don’t understand why anyone who’s been on the sub for more than a month would keep upvoting the same question.

You bring up a good point about the stability of Windows. I’ve been using Linux Mint for the past few months and am quite happy with it. However I’ve experienced at least four different times when the OS has become completely locked; I couldn’t do anything and had to hard reset. Not a deal breaker for me but it made me think about how that never happens to me in Windows any more.

If you like feature rich apps then I recommend Podcast Addict.

“I see you’re drinking 1%. Is that 'cause you think you’re fat? 'Cause you’re not. You could be drinking whole if you wanted to.” -Napoleon Dynamite

It blows my mind that the 28 year old DVD format (720x480 resolution) is still being sold and consumed. I can walk into my local Walmart today and at least 40% of disks including brand new movies are on DVD. They look noticeably worse on even HD TVs (1920x1080) and no amount of fancy upscaling is going to make them look good on modern 4K UHD TVs (3840x2160).

I could get on board with this. Both were amazing at their best and pretty mediocre at their worst. I’d love to see what Carpenter could have done with some bigger budgets. Although maybe the results wouldn’t have been as good. He seems like the sort of director where necessity breeds invention.

Yeah, I’ve experienced this one. It was huge and flew right at my head.

If it’s the end of the evening and you’re 47 with no costume and driving a beatup Civic, I’ll happily dump candy in your backpack so that I don’t have it sitting at home tempting me to eat it.

It’d be funny if you cross posted this question.

Masters of Doom by David Kushner

Legs in particular get a lot less attention from me in the winter as mine tend to dry out and become itchy even with moisturization.

A lot of expensive business consulting (think PwC or Deloitte) exists just to tell organizations things the orgs already know.

It’s reductive but not untrue.

Ah yes, the famous quote “nazi.”

I suspect that this one comes from a time when society was much more agrarian.

It’s bad but also quite boring. I’d say it’s as much bad art film as bad horror.

Which The Blob? I think the 1988 one is pretty good.

It’s cheap AND all your friends in China can easily keep tabs on your life. I call that a win!

Just contract leprosy.

Dang it! And I just rigged my alternator to stop charging my car battery at 80%.

Compared to most of the movies being upvoted it’s very obscure.

It’s a great movie but I don’t know about “uncommon.”

What? I’ve never heard of adding simple syrup to fruit salad.

This is one that I liked as a kid but doesn’t hold up as an adult.

I was an older teen when it came out and didn’t see it until just a few months ago. I don’t think it’s great but I was more entertained watching it than the new animated movie. It’s totally bonkers.

Yeah I was disappointed with powerline. I’ve found using MOCA with my coax much more effective.

I don’t have a seed box but I constantly seed a few hundred torrents on my 1 Gbps connection. Many of them I’ve been seeding for over ten years. I couldn’t care less about people like OP. Everyone should just do the best they can. If the best you can do is leech, that’s okay with me.

If this website ever disappears from the internet it will herald the end of the world.

Most? I do see them often but you definitely live in a different place than I do.

In my US state you have to make sure you ask at the pharmacy counter for the good stuff. The OTC product from the regular shelf is junk.

It’s definitely sex work. Don’t do it.

Moraff’s Revenge

So far so good. It’s Tmo so if that coverage works for you then you’re good to go. Where I live has crappy coverage for every provider so cost was my main concern. The price is fairly inexpensive if you’re willing to prepay far in advance. They let you prepay for 3, 6, or 12 months with healthy discounts each time you go up a commitment level.

Mint

Google Fi - you get a different person every time you respond to an email about your ticket. I had one issue with seven people involved and it was like starting fresh each time. I gave up and signed with a different MVNO.

Any hot tips for the rest of us?

I sometimes carry cash. I’ll say one thing, paying with cash makes it easier to avoid the tipping creep problem we’re seeing at U.S. businesses that have traditionally not had tipping.

I still use Digg.