The "What's on your mind?" thread

[WhySoBlu?]

I'm still not sure why people who no longer have any interest in BD would spend large amounts of their free time reading and posting on a site dedicated to the discussion of BD, let alone go to that site to "spread the good word" about streaming. Surely there are other sites out there if you want to chat about streaming or even just general everyday stuff.

I mean, this is a site where mods will correct you if you even slightly misspell "Blu-ray Disc" - does this really seem like the most appropriate place to espouse the benefits of abandoning Blu-ray?

[Member-275053]

Originally Posted by segagamer12

First, I don't own a single video game that REQUIRES internet, not if I don't want to game online. If a game does require internet chances are I am not interested in that game.

Second, while I do live in town where I can get good reliable cable internet, I have as recently as December lived out in the country where not only was internet sparse, what I could get was not an option at all for streaming, period. I could get 3G on my cell phone with a data cap of 5 GB a month, yeah try streaming Netflix on that.

Third, power goes out all the time, but I have a LAPTOP with a Blu Ray player so even if my Netflix is out due to no power, I can still watch a movie until the power comes back on. If the power is going to be out so long that my battery dies, well I will probably go to my sisters house or sit at the park and read a book no worries there. Just saying there are cases where the internet is not an option for everyone, there are instances where the internet might be out but watching a movie is still an option, and believe it or not MOST Americans in rural areas do not have access to streaming even still.



Streaming I understand movies rotate, I equate Netflix/Hulu with HBO or TBS shows, movies come and go I am okay with that, iTunes, Amazon, VUDU, no if I BUY a movie I had better well have access to it no matter what. With amazon and iTunes if the power goes out, or if the internet goes out, I can still watch my movies on my Laptop I don't need to authenticate anything that was done when I downloaded the title, with VUDU no internet means no movies, there is an offline option but you have to have authenticated BEFORE the internet went out and who can predict when that will happen and the download process is a pain in the ASS with UV movies.

Also I spent three hours on the phone with Apple over the weekend trying to recover SONGS that I owned that went missing from my account, this happens at least once a year, most often whenever they do an update or try to push Apple Music, I always get it straightened out but albums have been removed from the store and sometimes songs get lost in the transition and you have to have Apple re authenticate them and it shouldn't be that way, that is a glitch but it happens and I can assure you I never inserted a CD and found it blank and had to call customer service to get it back.

Not sure why you went into that long diatribe about internet connection and streaming services, especially since I said I was done talking about it (and not trying to "convert" anyone), but I live in a medium-size city...my internet connection is fine.

[Mighty Max]

My internet connection is crap.
118.9 kbps download
92.1 kbps upload

[segagamer12]

Originally Posted by JWFORD

Not sure why you went into that long diatribe about internet connection and streaming services, especially since I said I was done talking about it (and not trying to "convert" anyone), but I live in a medium-size city...my internet connection is fine.

I wasn't directing at you in particular so no need to take offense, there were others before you who brought it up, I was just pointing out my situation/experiences. You have ever right to ignore or skip over my posts.

[Member-275053]

Originally Posted by segagamer12

I wasn't directing at you in particular so no need to take offense, there were others before you who brought it up, I was just pointing out my situation/experiences. You have ever right to ignore or skip over my posts.

Hahaha...

I don't take offense to anything said by a bunch of faceless strangers.

Yes, I know how a forum works, but apparently you don't. If you quote my post, then you are in fact directing your comments at me. But, don't worry, I will be sure to ignore all future posts from you on this subject.

[Youre My Boy Blu!]

The Mandela Effect, also known as Quantum Effect

At first had me like....



Then, like....



Here's a general top 5 list.
I don't necessarily make a connection with each observation featured in this list, but it's a good introduction to the phenomenon.

Top 5 Mandela Effects | Is SOMETHING editing HISTORY? #MandelaEffect - YouTube

Many observations of the Mandela Effect pertain to movies, with Star Wars perhaps being the biggest one.

The discovery of this book title changing resonated with my family because we grew up on this book. None of us recall them as the book is now known, The BerenstAin Bears, we all knew them as the Berenstein Bears.
Without a doubt.

Proof Of The Mandela Effect In Action, Berenstein / Berenstain Bears - YouTube

Then there's this one, which in addition to the main observation of the actress who I always recall as Sally Fields, now being known as Sally Field (no s at the end now?), her famous award acceptance speech was also altered. But it isn't without video documentation via spoofs and spinoffs that reveal what was really said, well, what was said in one reality.

Sally Fields Mandela Effect "You Like Me, You Really Like Me" Not Anymore!!!! - YouTube

Anybody else have any thoughts on this?
Even if you just wanna be dismissive of it all and call the people out as crazy for alleging our reality has been altered and that you're reality, or recollection of it is consistent with what's presented that's fine.
But the rest of us remember something different, and in some cases even have documented evidence of something different.

So yeah, that's what's been on my mind.

[Mighty Max]

Just found out one of my fav voice actresses died.
:'(

[Mighty Max]

All your spoilered are nothing more than ####

[Member-275053]

Wondering where my Boyz n the Hood 25th Anniversary thread disappeared to? Would a moderator like to shine some light on the matter?

[Mighty Max]

Originally Posted by JWFORD

Wondering where my Boyz n the Hood 25th Anniversary thread disappeared to? Would a moderator like to shine some light on the matter?

Wish list area?

[baheidstu]

Originally Posted by JWFORD

Wondering where my Boyz n the Hood 25th Anniversary thread disappeared to? Would a moderator like to shine some light on the matter?

Originally Posted by Mighty Max

Wish list area?

No, I think it's been deleted. I had posted in that thread too and when I went to my history of forum posts, what I had posted isn't there anymore.

Did somebody start making comments on race in that thread? I can see them deleting it if that was the case.

[Mighty Max]

Originally Posted by baheidstu

No, I think it's been deleted. I had posted in that thread too and when I went to my history of forum posts, what I had posted isn't there anymore.

Did somebody start making comments on race in that thread? I can see them deleting it if that was the case.

Why delete the whole thread? Why not just the comments?

[WhySoBlu?]

Originally Posted by segagamer12

I wasn't able to actually go to Dallas but watch the live stream and was able to write a story for my newspaper.


Here is the text of what I wrote if anyone is interested:

Do you not have an editor, or at least someone who proofreads the articles before they go to press?

I guess it's a good thing no one reads newspapers anymore...

[segagamer12]

Originally Posted by JWFORD

Hahaha...

I don't take offense to anything said by a bunch of faceless strangers.

Yes, I know how a forum works, but apparently you don't. If you quote my post, then you are in fact directing your comments at me. But, don't worry, I will be sure to ignore all future posts from you on this subject.

no I do understand how it works, YOU quoted the guy I was responding to and I quoted YOUr reply because it kind of applied to the both of you.

[segagamer12]

Originally Posted by WhySoBlu?

Do you not have an editor, or at least someone who proofreads the articles before they go to press?

I guess it's a good thing no one reads newspapers anymore...

what do you mean? There was one typo in the whole thing that I only caught after it went to press, yeah three people proof read it but dude if you knew how it worked whatever it's no big deal one minor typo nothing wrong with that.

[Mighty Max]

Originally Posted by segagamer12

uh that was intentional, I blocked out names of locations and people that are local to my market.

That makes no sense.
Its a public paper.

[segagamer12]

Originally Posted by Mighty Max

That makes no sense.
Its a public paper.

We don't have an online edition, I didn't have permission to share the story online, I wasn't going to share info that well I wasn't sure about. But whatever I was just being overly cautious better safe than sorry just in case. It's a very local paper. but sure maybe I was just being paranoid.

[WhySoBlu?]

Originally Posted by segagamer12

what do you mean? There was one typo in the whole thing that I only caught after it went to press, yeah three people proof read it but dude if you knew how it worked whatever it's no big deal one minor typo nothing wrong with that.

What's the one "typo" that you caught? I noticed three grammatical/spelling errors during the brief glance I gave your article. I also noticed what appears to be a typo/mistake in one of the quotes - I'm guessing that's the one you noticed.

But beyond the basic errors, it was written in a very clunky manner, with words and phrases repeated multiple times (giving the impression that you have a very limited vocabulary.) Look - I'm not trying to beat you up over this, but that article's not exactly screaming "professional writer." And if three people proofread your article, those three people should be shit-canned. What's the point of having multiple proofreaders if none of them are competent?

Originally Posted by Mighty Max

That makes no sense.
Its a public paper.

He's taking steps to help maintain his anonymity. Makes perfect sense to me.

[segagamer12]

Originally Posted by WhySoBlu?

What's the one "typo" that you caught? I noticed three grammatical/spelling errors during the brief glance I gave your article. I also noticed what appears to be a typo/mistake in one of the quotes - I'm guessing that's the one you noticed.

But beyond the basic errors, it was written in a very clunky manner, with words and phrases repeated multiple times (giving the impression that you have a very limited vocabulary.) Look - I'm not trying to beat you up over this, but that article's not exactly screaming "professional writer." If three people proofread your article, those three people should be shit-canned. What's the point of having multiple proofreaders if none of them are competent?

He's taking steps to help maintain his anonymity. Makes perfect sense to me.

1, we are a weekly paper with a very local audience, 2, it was written in a hurry rushed in well less than half an hour while I was quickly struggling to finish other things, 3, I only been writing since September so I am still fairly new, 4, the guy who proof reads my stuff is a 77 year old pro with decades of experience, he had no issues with what I wrote he event commented he thought it was well written, if there are typos or grammatical errors please point them out I could use the criticism to help me as a writer.

The quotes, well if there are grammar errors in the quotes you honestly cannot blame ME for quoting someone else, the blame would fall on the person making the statement these were all direct quotes I even double checked the transcripts and copy/pasted from The New York Times on the presidential quotes. I know you are not attacking me but I am not sure you understand AP style or if you saw something I should fix I could use the knowledge to improve. As far as limited vocabulary, well I had limited space, limited time and it was rushed so yeah no defense there, but we are a weekly paper with less than 2000 readers, most are over the age of 65 and 2/3rd of them didn't even graduate high school or if they did that is as high as they went, our style is to write for a reader with an eight grade education. The one typo I caught was good should have been food, but it was also proofed in a rush so I blame myself because the proof reader probably skimmed it and wasn't sure about the quote, again he is 77 and well human we miss things. I bet if you read an article on line even from a daily newspaper or blog you would see errors too, minor errors in a rushed article most readers won't catch we can dismiss, but if there is something major yeah I want to work on it. Keep in mind news writing is not English class, essay writing, grammar rules are somewhat different in AP style.

[Moviefan1203]

Prayers to France.