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I think I spent ~20 hours on the goody bags when including the time it took to make the designs and to actually print, cut out, and assemble each piece; so I was very pleased with how well the goody bags turned out.

I was a little bummed out to realize "The Wash" was too obscure a reference for even the most SpongeBob savvy of my guests; but I thought it was funny, and I guess that's what counts.

Yeah, I agree. You never know when you'll need the money for an emergency, so I think it makes sense to hold onto the funds for unexpected expenses in the future.

It seems like being xenophobic is a deliberate part of his character (look at how he treats Cardassians too); but I am always taken aback when he says something awful, because it feels so out of place in the optimistic future.

Plus, it seems like even the other in-universe characters are bothered by it (Keiko and Dr. Bashir have raised issues with it by the episode I am up to), so it is extra strange that he is "allowed" to just go around being casually xenophobic and hasn't been sent to Federation sensitivity training or something.

My interpretation was that ketracel-white was both chemically addictive AND needed for the specific amino acid (or whatever it was that their body could not produce).

This, to me, meant that any Jem'Hadar that wanted to drop ketracel-white would go through withdrawal and then die painfully. For most Jem'Hadar the two different aspects would be indistinguishable from each other and viewed as one effect.

To be honest, I'm not sure why the BBC wouldn't offer amnesty for anyone who comes forward in this situation. At this point what do they have to gain by not offering that? Would they really want to prosecute a bunch of 80 year olds who effectively preserved episodes they wish they had preserved themselves?

Having watched the trailer, I'm sure Chris Pratt will deliver a similarly passable performance to The Super Mario Bros. Movie, but I have to wonder what kind of dirt he must have on studio executives to keep booking roles he is definitely not the best choice to play.

I know a large part of it is studio insistence on using A-listers for voice acting roles, but on some level you have to ask how many kids will actually beg their parents to let them see Garfield just because Star Lord is in it.

Looking at the total cast, it is pretty stacked with known actors, but they were not featured in the trailer (except for Chris Pratt and Samuel L Jackson) so it's hard to know if they did a good job or not. Even though I like most of them, I still really wish studios would start bringing trained voice actors back to animated movies.

From an animation standpoint, it's about what you would expect for a generic kids movie. It reminds me a lot of the Illumination aesthetic, though I don't think it is Illumination.

I'm glad to hear that strike was resolved. I'm not sure how many AI protections were added yet, since the terms haven't been announced yet; but I am relatively confident SAG wouldn't agree without significant protections.

It will certainly be interesting to see how this film turns out given the oft-cited point that Link does not traditionally speak during the games (though I think he did in the CD-i games).

It's also worth noting that video game based movies rarely do well. I'm not sure what the general consensus was on the Illumination Mario movie, so maybe people are more optimistic for this movie if they liked that one. Personally, I didn't love the Mario movie, so I'm still a little uncertain of the potential quality of this movie.

I certainly hope this movie does well, though. Then we can finally get the Chibi-Robo movie we've all been waiting for.

Something that struck me as odd a couple of weeks ago was how much more unified the WGA had seemed against the AMPTP than SAG seemed. It was pointed out to me that there is probably a lot less stratification in the WGA than in SAG, since there are much fewer (if any) A-list writers compared to A-list actors.

I hope that the AMPTP's bad faith and dangerous claims to the use of AI will help fuel SAG solidarity when everyone acknowledges clauses like this will hurt everyone regardless of stature.

I've never been one to play competitive online games since I have the hand/ eye coordination of a house plant, so I can't weigh in on the advantages of blocking controllers that are "unfair"; but as someone who hated button mashing "A" in Animal Crossing, I can say that custom controllers can definitely have a place with a console.

In my opinion, this feels like Microsoft simply wanted more licensing money and is doing it under the guise of fair online play. It reminds me of Apple locking faster charging and data transfer on USB-C to their own proprietary USB cables.

Hopefully this does not negatively affect too many people.

The first time I heard about the New Yorker article was when I heard that Hasan Minhaj would not be getting the anchor spot at The Daily Show because of the article.

Before that, I had only seen a few episodes of The Patriot Act, had not seen his specials, and had not read the article.

After hearing the gist of the article I read genuinely confused why anyone would care. Comedians make things up for jokes all the time (I have yet to see anyone actually take Henny Youngman's wife). I could understand if this happened in The Patriot Act, but in a stand-up special, it just seemed weird to drill down on.

After watching this video, it really sounds like the article made Hasan out to be some sort of sociopath or something; and I really don't know why they would. I suppose it could've been for extra attention on the article, but it almost feels pointed the way the reporter misused quotes.

When COVID started, I started tipping everywhere including fast food restaurants, coffee shops, take out counters, etc. At the time I considered it to be a sort of "hazard pay" almost, since I felt bad for the workers having to be on the front line against their will.

These days with most people (including the employees) disregarding COVID as a whole, I no longer feel the need to tip everywhere, but I find it very hard to know where to tip.

I used to (before COVID) use the rule of thumb that if there was a cash tip jar, then the tip was not expected; but with the POS machines always asking for tips I honestly get pretty confused about what's expected of me.

Even when I'm confident a tip is not necessary (a merch booth, for example), I feel incredibly guilty searching the POS screen for the "no tip" button.

In most grey area situations I usually just take the L and add a tip because I'm fairly certain I'm getting paid more than whichever worker would be receiving the tip and it's a nice easy minor method of wealth distribution. I usually just consider it part of the cost of the good/ service.

In terms of the main portion of the question (percentages tipped): if it's something I think I would have tipped on pre-COVID my starting point is 20%, if it's a grey area situation where I'm pretty sure I'm not actually "supposed" to tip my starting point is usually 15%.

I'm putting together a Spot costume (from Across the Spider-verse).

Originally I wasn't going to put anything together because I've just been generally pretty tired; but all the costumes I have are either not work-appropriate or are likely too niche to be understood.

It's actually been pretty fun, though it's also been my first experience with fabric paint and I'm not sure it set properly, so I'm just not going to wash it until after Halloween.

Local office positions are incredibly important, and I think a lot of people overlook that importance.

Just this morning, I saw a post about how some Texas county was going to implement an abortion "travel ban" but Amarillo's city council was not going to (https://beehaw.org/post/9016863).

They are both in Texas, they are both governed by the same state laws, but just having a different city council made a significant difference.

This is why every time there's an election, I never skip the local election portion, it might make an even bigger difference in my day to day than my district representative (this is doubly so for school board positions if you have kids).

All this to say that if you have the mental bandwidth, energy, and time, to hold a local office position, you can absolutely make a huge difference.

It really does feel like costumes are something most people age out of. I often wonder if people really grow out of it or if it's exhaustion from work/ the general state of the world...

I remember hearing about "Pebble" for the first time about a month ago when it showed up in an article in my "all" feed (https://pawb.social/post/2688668).

Its name before its rebrand was already questionable as I think T2 already has strong associations with the Terminator franchise; and its new name was not any better. "Pebble" is too generic a term to get people to understand the platform's concept and in the tech space, I think everyone would think of the wearables first.

All this to say I am zero percent surprised they went out of business. I'm only surprised it happened so shortly after their rebrand (though at this point I'm starting to think that must have been some sort of Hail Mary).

Speaking as someone who joined during the "Reddit Exodus," when I left Reddit I was not anticipating (or actively searching out) a direct Reddit replacement. I was happy to look for forums that worked for me, but wound up stumbling on Lemmy first.

All this to say that I was already ready to face accounts on different sites (or at least browse different sites) and I don't think not being federated would be a dealbreaker for me.

I would certainly be concerned about the level of discussion without federation, though. To me, as an individual who has not had to deal with the struggles of Lemmy mod tools (or lack thereof), the contributions from other instances definitely help get a conversation going. And with troublemaker instances blacklisted I find more often than not they are adding and not detracting.

Obviously that's all with the added benefit of me not having to be a mod. I guess at the end of the day, my hope is that PenguinCoder's developing platform will play nice with ActivityPub, so we can still work with other instances. I suppose if it worked really well, other instances may want to even migrate to it (assuming it was robust enough).

I do think it's interesting that in two seasons of addressing "hot-button" issues, Apple had no concerns; but drew the line at AI and China. I really wonder what it was he was going to say that made Apple take such a hard stance.

Jon Stewart hosted The Daily Show for so long, I'd honestly be surprised if he ever needed to work again. To me, this means he only started the show because he really wanted to; and as such he can walk away pretty easily. I'm sure Apple knew that as well, so this must've been VERY important to them...

I'm honestly pretty tired of the live-action reboot trend. It feels like Hollywood has never got over the notion that anything animated must be for kids, and adults will only watch live-action productions.

Having said that, it sounds like Dauberman has had a number of productions by Atomic Monster, so I wouldn't expect much friction between the two parties, which probably means a pretty low drama production cycle. On top of that it sounds like they are a team who is very comfortable working with the horror genre, so hopefully this bodes well for Gargoyles fans.

After reading the article, I'm not surprised First Class was my favorite of the X-Men franchise; it really seems like Matthew Vaughn understands what was needed. Putting DoFP right after instead of letting the younger cast stand on their own for a while always felt like a mistake to me, and I missed the lighter tone from First Class as well.

I also found it interesting he was thinking of Tom Hardy for a young Wolverine, since I've seen that thrown around as a fan-casting for a while.