THE MORNING RANT: Post-Millenials Abandoning Television, and other Random TV Thoughts

This kid is now blind because he sat too close to the TV.

Sincerely,

Every 70s Mom pic.twitter.com/3avYoF7Z5a
— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) July 26, 2023

At my day job, I recently participated in a gathering of 10 employees for the purpose of introducing a new company initiative. As an icebreaker, the moderator asked each person when introducing themselves to name a television series they are currently watching. Four of the ten individuals stated that they don’t watch any TV at all. Of those four, three of them were clearly under-35, possibly in their mid to late 20s (it’s hard for me to guess ages these days) and the other was a lady probably over 55. The moderator gently pressed a little and asked if they watch any shows on their tablets or devices, and all four of them said “no.”

I thought about old memories of how TV was demonized when I was a child in the ‘70s, yet today’s younger generation has somewhat abandoned television.

I also thought about what this portends for Hollywood. I knew that people had generally stopped going to theaters to watch movies like they used to, but I kind of assumed that meant more time was spent in front of the TV, and that there was still strong demand for all the streaming TV shows. Maybe not.

Since I’m talking television today, rather than my normal focus on the climate hoax, woke capital, or burning EVs, here are a few more television-related things that are on my mind…

*****

Missing the Red Netflix Envelope

Does anyone else miss getting movies and TV shoes on a DVD from Netflix? It was great. I would still prefer to watch a movie or TV series this way, rather than streaming.

For one thing, there was never any question about what to watch. There were always two DVDs to choose from representing shows we had previously made a decision to watch.

More importantly, there were no commercials and no buffering. How did we get to the point that I am paying a premium to stream TV shows and movies, but unlike the HBO of my youth, I’m also still having to sit through commercials?

Back to Netflix, my wife and I were “red envelopers” right until the end. That is how we watched the entire Justified series.

Also, there was an abundance of movie titles that could be rented on DVD that were not available for streaming. I believe this was due to licensing reasons, but since Netflix had actually bought the physical DVDs in my queue, those could then be rented out to me. After we had returned our last red envelopes, my wife found out that Netflix wasn’t even requiring them to be returned, since they were just going to be discarded. Had I known that, I would have made sure my last two disks were something special to me, perhaps Jaws, or Animal House, or Live and Let Die.

++ What would your last two Netflix DVDs be if you knew you didn’t have to return them?

*****

Why I Hated Star Trek and MTV

I hate Star Trek. Actually, I don’t have any actual malice toward the TV show, although I never got into it. But I hate how it ruined outdoor fun and play when I was a kid.

After school, I wanted to play catch, shoot hoops, ride bicycles, maybe get a pickup game of touch football going in the street, whatever. But at 4:30 every afternoon, reruns of Star Trek came on, and my two closest friends would go inside to watch it. They had already seen every episode numerous times, and for the life of me I did not understand why they wanted to re-re-re-re-watch a show for which they knew every line, rather than engage in some outdoor fun and play.

In retrospect, as my circle of closest friends changed around the high school years, I think Star Trek may have been a factor in me moving on from TV-rerun-addicted friends to new friends.

Related, MTV annoyed me the same way in college. Trying to pry some of my friends away from MTV to go out and actually engage in college fun could be exasperating. (“Hang on Buck, just a few more songs.”) As cool as Tom Petty’s “Don’t Come Around Here No More” video might have been, I could not understand watching it for yet another time rather than going to out to a college bar and chatting up some coeds.

If you’re too young to remember, here’s the video I’m referencing.

*****

Do not misunderstand, I watched plenty of TV as a kid. When my wife and I moved for my job about a decade ago, I relocated six weeks before she did, temporarily living in a furnished apartment. The TV was over-the-air, but it included a channel that exclusively showed TV shows from the ‘60s and ‘70s, so I had sit-coms from that era keeping me company in the evening. Having not seen those shows in decades, it was fascinating to realize that the “erudite” shows were not as good as their reputations, but the sit-coms dismissed as trashy at the time were brilliant.

Maude and MASH are unbearably pretentious. Even Barney Miller was not as good as I recalled (although Dietrich made it much better.) The laugh tracks in all of those shows are horribly distracting too.

But Sanford and Son, Three’s Company and The Jeffersons were masterpieces of writing and comedic timing. Redd Foxx, John Ritter and Sherman Hemsley were comic geniuses.

*****

Throckmorton’s First Law of Live Music, If There’s an Upright Bass in the Band, It’s Probably Going to be Good

As corny as “The Ballad of Jed Clampett” might have been, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs were amazing musicians. I’m probably not the only kid who started dabbling in bluegrass at a young age thanks to watching Beverly Hillbillies reruns.

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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1 st!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 10, 2025 11:00 AM (bFu5X)

2
ESPONJA!!1!!111!

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 10, 2025 11:01 AM (tljrc)

3 The Others have been summoned.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 10, 2025 11:01 AM (bFu5X)

4 Close

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 10, 2025 11:01 AM (NwnyJ)

5 But Sanford and Son, Three’s Company and The Jeffersons were masterpieces of writing and comedic timing. Redd Foxx, John Ritter and Sherman Hemsley were comic geniuses.

Yeah, no.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 10, 2025 11:02 AM (Riz8t)

6 I hate Star Trek.

Uh oh...

Posted by: Bulg at November 10, 2025 11:02 AM (77rzZ)

7 I often find that I've spent an hour or two just scanning through YT videos. I hate myself for it because I hate YT and Google.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 10, 2025 11:04 AM (Riz8t)

8 Morning.

Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus at November 10, 2025 11:04 AM (pNNfr)

9 Because ST:TOS was awesome, you philistine.

I cannot really say that I am watching any show right now. As far as 'series' I have watched recently, that is a tough one. Reacher (although not a huge fan as the show has gone on.) Cobra Kai (but it became impossible to watch if you don't have netflix.)

I have tried watching a few BAD shows. Like Mr and Mrs Smith on amazon. Just miserable people. That is the problem with pretty much every show these days, miserable people.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 10, 2025 11:04 AM (bss/y)

10 Only thing I watch regularly is “the bearded mechanic” he’s a Pennsylvania Dutch motorcycle mechanic who repairs/restores old bikes. Posts a new video every Saturday.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at November 10, 2025 11:04 AM (hlNLQ)

11 "I hate Star Trek."

All the opinions you've ever had are now invalid.

Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus at November 10, 2025 11:05 AM (pNNfr)

12 I was commenting on the superiority of the old Netflix model the other day.

You could access to almost anything through Netflix but you'd have to wait for it to be mailed to you.

Now you can instantly watch anything a streaming service has but...most of what they have is crap.

20 years ago there would be a movie I watched to watch every few weeks. Now? Maybe a few a year.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 10, 2025 11:05 AM (sKqQm)

13 TV >>> computer screen /phone

Posted by: the way I see it at November 10, 2025 11:05 AM (EYmYM)

14 Median age of cable news viewers is around 70 years old. It’s why 75% of their ad revenue is from Pharma.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 10, 2025 11:05 AM (lO7EU)

15 After school, I wanted to play catch, shoot hoops, ride bicycles, maybe get a pickup game of touch football going in the street, whatever. But at 4:30 every afternoon, reruns of Star Trek came on, and my two closest friends would go inside to watch it. They had already seen every episode numerous times, and for the life of me I did not understand why they wanted to re-re-re-re-watch a show for which they knew every line, rather than engage in some outdoor fun and play."

damn, I could have been one of your two friends.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 10, 2025 11:05 AM (uWKK8)

16 The irony is the phone and computer screens are more harmful than the TV was.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 10, 2025 11:06 AM (EYmYM)

17 A large fraction of the shows I watch now are Korean. Wokeness is almost nonexistent, and they don't treat straight men like a disease.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 10, 2025 11:06 AM (Riz8t)

18 I hate Star Trek.

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This calls for a photon torpedo.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 10, 2025 11:06 AM (L/fGl)

19 I often find that I've spent an hour or two just scanning through YT videos. I hate myself for it because I hate YT and Google.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 10, 2025 11:04 AM

Same. I find myself skimming some of my favorite EweToob channels but hating the platform.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 10, 2025 11:06 AM (bFu5X)

20 But Sanford and Son, Three’s Company and The Jeffersons were masterpieces of writing and comedic timing. Redd Foxx, John Ritter and Sherman Hemsley were comic geniuses.

Yeah, no.
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He's 1 for 3. The Jeffersons and Sanford and Son aged horribly. Three's Company is still very, very funny. Green Acres is awesome. The Andy Griffith Show and both versions of Bob Newhart's shows are really good. WKRP and The Mary Tyler Moore Show are awesome. Conversely, The Dick Van Dyke Show is ONLY good when it is a "office" episode, where they focus on Robert Petrie's work--its TERRIBLE when its a "home" episode because the only thing Mary Tyler Moore's character does is whine and screw stuff up. All of the Lucy shows suffer the same afliction, and are unwatchable.

Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2025 11:06 AM (TN0g+)

21 Buck, about the only TV I watch anymore is Svengoolie (and maybe one of the other shows Super Sci-Fi Saturday Night on ME TV and Noir Alley on Sunday.

I'll usually check to see what's on TCM at 8 PM, but it's seldom something I care to watch.

Posted by: Bulg at November 10, 2025 11:07 AM (77rzZ)

22 Now you can instantly watch anything a streaming service has but...most of what they have is crap.

20 years ago there would be a movie I watched to watch every few weeks. Now? Maybe a few a year.

Is there less good stuff now, or is it just lost in the enormous sea of crap required to fill up the schedules of the streaming services?

Posted by: Archimedes at November 10, 2025 11:07 AM (Riz8t)

23 >>>Post-Millenials Abandoning Television, and other Random TV Thoughts

Out of the frying pan and into the fire.

I was at a HS Veteran's Day assembly, and pre-assembly, I observed nearby teens not engaged in assembly prep. 10/10 had their heads in their phones, sitting right next to each other, orderly arrayed like cattle in a box car. Not a word was shared between them. Not even "Moo."

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 10, 2025 11:07 AM (i24o9)

24 oh, yes, indeed, thx for the Flatt & Scruggs!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 10, 2025 11:07 AM (kHop/)

25 Posted by: Tom Servo at November 10, 2025 11:05 AM (uWKK

Saturday evenings it was popcorn covered with sugar and Houston Wrestling at my friend’s house.

The popcorn was courtesy of the jiffy pop ‘frying pan’. Good Times.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 10, 2025 11:07 AM (EYmYM)

26 A large fraction of the shows I watch now are Korean. Wokeness is almost nonexistent, and they don't treat straight men like a disease.

I've noticed a significant fraction of western shows that start off ok end up having surprise homo-sex in them.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 10, 2025 11:07 AM (sKqQm)

27 “Hello Larry” was the pinnacle of situation comedy on TV.

Posted by: Zombie McLean Stevenson at November 10, 2025 11:08 AM (VE6nQ)

28 Star Trek was an hour long.
Didn't ruin my life.

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at November 10, 2025 11:08 AM (WQDw6)

29 "I also thought about what this portends for Hollywood. I knew that people had generally stopped going to theaters to watch movies like they used to, but I kind of assumed that meant more time was spent in front of the TV, and that there was still strong demand for all the streaming TV shows. Maybe not."

Most western TV just flat out fucking sucks. Who wants to watch entertainment designed by scolds, or get bombarded with ads pushing all manner of degenerate bullshit.

We don't watch a ton of stuff on screens regularly - neither of us have ever, as adults, had any sort of cable or satellite service and we read a book or two a week - but most is subtitled.

I work Hollywood adjacent now in this second career and however far left and disgusting you think a lot of those outfits are (Disney, etc), take that and multiply it by 10.

Wild topic segue: It is really shocking how many western script writers, and *TV* writers in particular, all have aphantasia. It's really weird. One would think that the ability to envision a scene is required to write effectively for a TV show. My theory is that they're almost all progs, and THAT group is jammed full of those with aphantasia

Posted by: heya at November 10, 2025 11:08 AM (6diye)

30 Median age of cable news viewers is around 70 years old. It’s why 75% of their ad revenue is from Pharma.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 10, 2025 11:05 AM

One of the funnier ads on my AM radio morning drive show is for a very specific electrician service, and starts off by apologizing for wasting your time, but then notes that if you aren't overweight, with low-T and a flooded basement, most of these other ads aren't for you either. Makes me laugh every time.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 10, 2025 11:09 AM (bFu5X)

31 A large fraction of the shows I watch now are Korean. Wokeness is almost nonexistent, and they don't treat straight men like a disease.

I've noticed a significant fraction of western shows that start off ok end up having surprise homo-sex in them.

Ah, the old bait and swish.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 10, 2025 11:09 AM (Riz8t)

32 Buck Throckmorton Johnson is right!

Posted by: Olson Johnson at November 10, 2025 11:09 AM (PiwSw)

33 17- that’s probably a big reason why I like Craig so much, he’s a hyper competent yet humble man who clearly loves his family and his work and makes fun dad jokes with his buddy/camera man Dan while getting the job done. It’s like hanging out with my grandpa, dad and uncles when I was a kid.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at November 10, 2025 11:09 AM (hlNLQ)

34 I've noticed a significant fraction of western shows that start off ok end up having surprise homo-sex in them.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 10, 2025 11:07 AM (sKqQm)

Imagine a future where TV is replaced by fully immersive and interactive holograms.

Or...maybe we shouldn't.

Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus at November 10, 2025 11:09 AM (pNNfr)

35 My kids almost barely have the attention span to watch a movie. That entire generation needs "TikTok" like levels of stimulus.

Younger people dont watch as much TV as we knew it, but they're staring at a screen just the same, it's just their smart phone.

Even I have been ruined by it, try not picking up your phone while watching something on TV.

And yes, I miss the Netflix envelopes. I then went to Blockbuster for a while because they had one where you could do the mail order AND rent DVDs in store all on the same account.

Posted by: Leupold at November 10, 2025 11:10 AM (eIzlH)

36 Aunt Esther was the best character on Sanford and Son.
I always remember this exchange:
Fred: "What kind of a name is Esther, where'd that come from?"
Aunt Esther: "I'll have you know that my name comes out of the Holy Bible itself!!"
Fred: "Oh yeah now I remember. That Samson guy killed a thousand men with yo' jawbone!"

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 10, 2025 11:10 AM (uWKK8)

37 Is there less good stuff now, or is it just lost in the enormous sea of crap required to fill up the schedules of the streaming services?

The quality of big production movies is way lower. Mostly in writing and acting which should be the easier things to fix. And the leftist narrative has become ever more important then the story making sense. Black female viking kings? Sure!

Now, the saving grace is that two other genres have gotten much better:

Video Games
Short form videos

Posted by: 18-1 at November 10, 2025 11:10 AM (sKqQm)

38 Growing up, Star Trek was in evening reruns. Somewhere around 8PM IIRC. I did see a couple episodes when they originally aired, but most of the reruns and re-reruns were after the series was benched.

Was too old for MTV. Watched a bit of it... but thought it was just weird.

Mom and dad used to watch a number of variety shows and sitcoms that they'd let us view with them. After about 1975 or so, and as a teenager, there were far more interesting things to be involved with than the TV.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 10, 2025 11:10 AM (NwnyJ)

39 I also thought about what this portends for Hollywood. I knew that people had generally stopped going to theaters to watch movies like they used to, but I kind of assumed that meant more time was spent in front of the TV, and that there was still strong demand for all the streaming TV shows. Maybe not.
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It is, at least after a fashion.

Streaming (YouTube, TikTok, etc.) is "in front of the TV" (or phone, or computer), but isn't "TV." Video games are "in front of the TV," but aren't "TV"

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 10, 2025 11:10 AM (zxP/x)

40 Why did the ICE agent let this AWFL go with just a warning?

https://tinyurl.com/5wjcvmp8

Screw that. Arrest her for impeding a federal investigation and toss her into the clink.

Posted by: one hour sober at November 10, 2025 11:10 AM (Y1sOo)

41 What would your last two Netflix DVDs be if you knew you didn’t have to return them?

Blazing Saddles & The Outlaw Josey Wales.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 10, 2025 11:10 AM (kMqUr)

42 I watch repeats of my favorite TV sitcoms on Roku and Tubi.

Wings
NewsRadio
Rules of Engagement
Just Shoot Me
Community

Posted by: the way I see it at November 10, 2025 11:10 AM (EYmYM)

43
Imagine a future where TV is replaced by fully immersive and interactive holograms.

Or...maybe we shouldn't.

Or...smell-o-vision

Posted by: 18-1 at November 10, 2025 11:11 AM (sKqQm)

44 The Andy Griffith Show and both versions of Bob Newhart's shows are really good.

Andy Griffith wasn't much good after Don Knotts left.

The first Newhart was great. The second one was fine until Larry and the Darryls hijacked it. You'd think that Newhart would've had more sense than to let that happen.

Posted by: Bulg at November 10, 2025 11:11 AM (77rzZ)

45 (it’s hard for me to guess ages these days) and the other was a lady probably over 55.

I'm over 55 and haven't watched ANY broadcast or streamed TV shows since a really really long time.

I'm also one of those weirdos who didn't even own a TV, in my 30s. Any roommate that moved in would have to get their own boob tube.

Posted by: kallisto at November 10, 2025 11:11 AM (dCxaZ)

46 For me and The Missus the only regulars are Wheel of Fortune-> Jeopardy!, British Menu re-runs and Bake-Offs, and local sports teams (PGA Golf for nap times).

Other than that, not interested in The Screens.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at November 10, 2025 11:11 AM (6qf1m)

47 >> If you’re too young to remember, here’s the video I’m referencing.

Whoa, the guy who voiced Lucky on King of the Hill also acted in music videos? Crazy!

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at November 10, 2025 11:11 AM (l3YAf)

48 I used to like to have older kids shows on in the background since they didn't have the racism and gay crap and could be pretty funny. And they wouldn't piss me off.

You should see some of them now though. Damn.

In any event, within the last several months half the kids channels in Canada disappeared. The companies didn't want to pay the money for a dwindling audience so channels just disappeared. Including TWO out of 3 Disney Channels.

I was surprised. But considering how even kids shows were pushing the gay shit, loving parents can no longer just let the tv babysit. Check out "Fay and Fluffy."

The craziest thing was that a lot of shows tried to check off as many boxes as possible by having inter-racial gay couples. Kids don't need to see that crap.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 10, 2025 11:11 AM (Sco7b)

49 I am a non-watcher of TV, and a non-attender of movies. I might watch a little sportsball on TV if I am in a pub or visiting friends who have it on. But I don't own a working TV set.

Most of my screen time is spent right here.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2025 11:11 AM (npFr7)

50 or is it just lost in the enormous sea of crap required to fill up the schedules of the streaming services"

Yes

Posted by: man at November 10, 2025 11:12 AM (Z1fun)

51 At some point long ago, laugh tracks became completely unbearable. I didn’t pay any attention to them, then I thought they were kind of obnoxious and then they became like nails on a chalkboard.

The whole thing is really formulaic, the dialogue, the setup, and then you know some snarky comment or the joke is coming … and then riotous fake laughter. Over and over. Even when it isn’t funny. Ha ha!!

Posted by: Common Tater at November 10, 2025 11:12 AM (XJl7d)

52 Star Trek TOS was entertaining if hammy and with cheap sets.

TNG had much better SFX and a more serious tone...and it sucked.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 10, 2025 11:12 AM (sKqQm)

53 Ah, the old bait and swish.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 10, 2025 11:09 AM (Riz8t)

I see what you did there.

Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus at November 10, 2025 11:12 AM (pNNfr)

54 TJM should have something to say about this...I remember some comment from him about the Netflix envelopes when they stopped...

I think more millenials, etc watch "shows" - just not on broadcast TV. Every one of them that I know has at least one "show" they're watching on Netflix or Hulu or HBO -

Posted by: PetetheDragon at November 10, 2025 11:13 AM (DXPhz)

55 Buck, the reason you hate Star Trek, is the same as when I was a kid and hated video games. As soon as my friends got their ATARIs, they were glued to them. No more pickup baseball and football games, and tear-assing around town on our bikes.. I've always resented video games.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at November 10, 2025 11:13 AM (PSEDc)

56 "But at 4:30 every afternoon, reruns of Star Trek came on, and my two closest friends would go inside to watch it. "

Probably 10th grade, we'd play basketball outside most days. But when it was time for my friend's soap to come on, he had to go in to get the latest drama. sigh

Posted by: illiniwek at November 10, 2025 11:13 AM (vbXSk)

57 Back to Netflix, my wife and I were “red envelopers” right until the end. That is how we watched the entire Justified series.

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We kept the red Netflix envelopes coming til the end. And also watched Justified this way. I liked being able to watch some great old movies.

We did not switch to a Netflix streaming subscription.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 10, 2025 11:13 AM (OUqBw)

58 Even I have been ruined by it, try not picking up your phone while watching something on TV.

sometimes I have 2 things going at once, my phone and my iPad.

that does WONDERS for my ADHD, trust me!!

Posted by: kallisto at November 10, 2025 11:13 AM (dCxaZ)

59 I really like bluegrass (instrumentals only), ziedico, and some Grand Ol' Opry music.

Hate metal and rap.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 10, 2025 11:13 AM (g8Ew8)

60 Expecting a shit show

@LeadingReport 3m
BREAKING: Supreme Court to decide on banning mail-in ballots from being counted in multiple states if received after Election Day.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 10, 2025 11:13 AM (mlg/3)

61 It's more or less the same thing for Millennials and Zoomers, too. Old shows light up the charts week after week. "Friends" and "Suits" and various others rarely fail to chart, and new stuff often fails to do so, or falls off immediately. Hits are hits, and there are damn few of them anymore.

It's partly quality (quality broadly sucks now), partly atomization of the market (there is no mass market anymore, since everything is aggressively and narrowly targets, there are a billion channels and more programs than anyone could watch in several lifetimes), partly shifting preferences.

Mass media isn't dead yet, but it's on its way down. Targeting and "The Algorithm" (tm) are seeing to that.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 10, 2025 11:14 AM (zxP/x)

62 I also got the Hulu 2.99 special so I could continue to watch Bob’s Burgers and the new King of the Hill ( hope they have a second season) .

Chad Powers was pretty good too.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 10, 2025 11:14 AM (EYmYM)

63 Saturday evenings it was popcorn covered with sugar and Houston Wrestling at my friend’s house.
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I got to see World Class Championship Wrestling every Saturday night filmed at the Sportatorium in Dallas. This was from around 1980-1984, so lots of great Von Erich matches along with the Freebirds, the Spoiler, Bruiser Brody, Bad Bad Leroy Brown, The Maniac Mark Lewin, and the heel "manager" Gary Hart.

Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2025 11:14 AM (TN0g+)

64 One of my finds on old netflix was Blackadder.

Season 1 wasn't very good but the following seasons were some of the best comedy Britain has ever done...

Posted by: 18-1 at November 10, 2025 11:14 AM (sKqQm)

65 The only TV I 'watch' is over-the-air which is universally just old broadcast stuff. The only channels I watch are 'Grit' (old westerns) and 'Story'. 'Story' seems to be a combination of old Discovery and History channels, so interesting from time-to-time. I regard both, and especially Grit, as background noise, though it is amusing to play a mental game of 'Name the Actor'... [ah, there's Jack Elam]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 10, 2025 11:14 AM (XeU6L)

66 Futurama had the best writing of the millenium.

"We're Boned!"

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at November 10, 2025 11:15 AM (WQDw6)

67 "To each, their own". I'm not going to ding someone for liking a classic show I don't/didn't. Though anything of this century is pretty much uniformly garbage and I will not apologize for declaring that.

But yeah, I don't watch any more. I'm even starting to sour on Y'T'be, given how G**gle has garbaged up their platform with ads.

"Entertainment" is like all other "industries" now, it's about maximizing wealth extraction and not producing a quality product.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at November 10, 2025 11:15 AM (OUMaO)

68 Back in the day, I wanted to watch "The Red Skelton Show" but my older brothers made me watch "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." instead.

The next day, everyone was talking about it.

I still like Red Skelton.

The networks would almost all debut new seasons at the same time in Sept. It was really great. Back to school and no interest in doing homework.

Posted by: no one at November 10, 2025 11:15 AM (W7XSX)

69 He's not watching, he's actually the remote for Every 70's Dad

Posted by: t-bird at November 10, 2025 11:15 AM (vbdXu)

70 Setting aside the Woke stuff, the amount of choices today is way better than the TV I grew up with. The problem is there's just too much.

Sure there are shows that are timeless, but we tend to forget how much garbage there was also. For every cherished show there were 100 terrible ones that are completely unwatchable today.

BTW, Pluto is a nice (free) platform if you want to watch older shows.

Posted by: Leupold at November 10, 2025 11:15 AM (eIzlH)

71 I loved the OG Netflix.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 10, 2025 11:15 AM (lO7EU)

72 Apparently Redbox still exists.

Posted by: blaster at November 10, 2025 11:16 AM (RoO7G)

73 "17 A large fraction of the shows I watch now are Korean. Wokeness is almost nonexistent, and they don't treat straight men like a disease.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 10, 2025 11:06 AM (Riz8t)"

Yep, this.

Parents are perplexed by my wife watching Korean entertainment. We can explain it but they just don't get it, and it's quite likely related to how their age group was so utterly blind to so much of what brought things to this point.

It's bad enough that the grandparents are not allowed to have the kids unsupervised. They'll get bored and abandon them in front of a TV, *and* have them watching some of the most turbo-gay bullshit imaginable. And then try to alternate between "well we didn't know" and "it's not a big deal". Yeah no, fuck off, after 1/3 of my generation in the family is childless, and the other 1/3 is childless and lopped parts off.

They're quite conservative but just can't understand what is going on, how we got here, or connect any dots.

Posted by: heya at November 10, 2025 11:16 AM (6diye)

74 Ah, the old bait and swish.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 10, 2025 11:09 AM

*golf clap*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 10, 2025 11:16 AM (bFu5X)

75 Most of my screen time is spent right here.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 10, 2025 11:16 AM (L/fGl)

76 Maybe they aren't watching TV, but Gen XYZ are spending far more time glued to their iDoodles then I ever did TV.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 10, 2025 11:17 AM (XeU6L)

77 I like some nature shows, but as soon as I hear David Attenborough's dessicated husk of a voice, I switch it off.

Dude is 99 years old. Give it a rest, man.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 10, 2025 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

78 Had a good friend - a brilliant, fun, attractive woman - who waited to a bit later to marry. She married a brilliant, handsome gentleman whose life in the evening was always Star Trek.

They divorced within a few years.

Posted by: L - No nic .. at November 10, 2025 11:17 AM (NFX2v)

79 I still like Star Trek TOS. But I also disliked MTV. I could make better films in my head.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 10, 2025 11:17 AM (WPL6O)

80 I noticed that Roku has "Dobie Gillis".

I suppose I saw it on reruns once upon at time as a wee tad and thought it was funny.

I'm going to give it a whirl this week and see if I still like it.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 10, 2025 11:17 AM (iJfKG)

81 ""Entertainment" is like all other "industries" now, it's about maximizing wealth extraction and not producing a quality product.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at November 10, 2025 11:15 AM (OUMaO)"

Western entertainment is primarily about pushing political agendas until you run out of someone's money and have to form a new company.

Posted by: heya at November 10, 2025 11:17 AM (6diye)

82 Buck, the reason you hate Star Trek, is the same as when I was a kid and hated video games. As soon as my friends got their ATARIs, they were glued to them. No more pickup baseball and football games, and tear-assing around town on our bikes.. I've always resented video games.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at November 10, 2025 11:13 AM (PSEDc)

Thankfully I grew up before video games. We watched the Three Stooges right after school, then went outside and played havoc on our bikes or the vacant lots.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 10, 2025 11:17 AM (g8Ew8)

83 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 10, 2025 11:14 AM (XeU6L)

these are the shows the BF watches

if I'm over at his house, I will view some of those 70s and 80s shows like Columbo and even the crazy saturday night monster chiller horror theater content

Posted by: kallisto at November 10, 2025 11:17 AM (dCxaZ)

84 The perfect coffee cup for us morons when dealing with libs at work. LOL!!

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GDuzCk94YX4

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at November 10, 2025 11:17 AM (5xuJ/)

85 Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2025 11:14 AM (TN0g+)

That was a little after my time but I recognize the names. My time was with Wahoo McDaniel, Ivan Pulaski, Junk Yard Dog, Dusty Rhodes, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Jose Lothario

Posted by: the way I see it at November 10, 2025 11:17 AM (EYmYM)

86 Jose Lothario

Was he The Paolo's uncle?

Posted by: 18-1 at November 10, 2025 11:18 AM (sKqQm)

87 I think TV is often better than the movies these days. Given all the many shows to choose from, it is far easier to avoid the woke and only watch high quality entertaining shows that aren't trying to make you a screeching lefty.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 10, 2025 11:18 AM (uFcrg)

88 64 One of my finds on old netflix was Blackadder.

Season 1 wasn't very good but the following seasons were some of the best comedy Britain has ever done...
Posted by: 18-1 at November 10, 2025 11:14 AM (sKqQm)

And even Season 1 you get to see Brian Blessed chewing his way through the scenery a lot.

That's my favorite English sitcom, and 2nd favorite is Red Dwarf, especially seasons 2-4. 1st season is necessary to understand the setup, and there are still plenty of individually great episodes in later seasons. One of the very few TV shows that could make me laugh til I had tears in my eyes!

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 10, 2025 11:18 AM (uWKK8)

89 The best thing on MTV was Beavis and Butthead.

Posted by: Bulg at November 10, 2025 11:18 AM (77rzZ)

90 In the 80s and 90s, the best night for TV was Thursday. The worst was Friday and Saturday nights. Trump mentioned it his book "The Art of the Deal." Hollywood ran ads for films on Thursday night and didn't want good TV shows to compete with the movies.

Posted by: no one at November 10, 2025 11:18 AM (W7XSX)

91 Regarding the Netflix envelope days, I had a system where I got the DVDs that day in the mail, burned a copy on my computer with a DVD-R and had them mailed back the next day. Maybe 25 cents to own the movie and I could get like 15 DVDs a month.

Eventually they throttled people like this, but I was able to get hundreds of DVDs in my collection that I could watch whenever I wanted to.

Posted by: Leupold at November 10, 2025 11:19 AM (eIzlH)

92 " But at 4:30 every afternoon, reruns of Star Trek came on, and my two closest friends would go inside to watch it. They had already seen every episode numerous times, and for the life of me I did not understand why they wanted to re-re-re-re-watch a show for which they knew every line, rather than engage in some outdoor fun and play."

Shortly after I met Mrs B our night eventually ended with us 2 in her parent's family room watching the 2 episodes of star trek TOS that came on late. 11pm- 1am. For some reason of all the crazy shit we did back that is one of her best memories. We still watch.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 10, 2025 11:19 AM (snZF9)

93 Does anyone else miss getting movies and TV shoes on a DVD from Netflix? It was great. I would still prefer to watch a movie or TV series this way, rather than streaming.

yes. in addition to the archival opportunities offered by the weakness of dvdcss, a big pile of red envelopes cluttering up the place is handy when you need to take a dvd full of open-source stuff you fiddled with over the weekend to work.

Posted by: anachronda at November 10, 2025 11:19 AM (sGtp+)

94 But I bet those ones that said they watch no tv watch hours and hours of Tik Tok and YT.

Posted by: steevy at November 10, 2025 11:19 AM (YwEeS)

95 TV? What's that?

Posted by: Beartooth at November 10, 2025 11:19 AM (kanec)

96 One of my finds on old netflix was Blackadder.

Season 1 wasn't very good but the following seasons were some of the best comedy Britain has ever done...
Posted by: 18-1 at November 10, 2025 11:14 AM

I dunno, I liked Season 1 (Morning, Doncaster!). Blackadder was one of those shows that counted on its audience to actually have some background in English history and literature. These days, they probably couldn't make it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 10, 2025 11:19 AM (bFu5X)

97 One of my finds on old netflix was Blackadder.

Posted by: 18-1
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I have the entire Wooster and Jeeves series...on VHS.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 10, 2025 11:19 AM (XeU6L)

98 my post got censored, what's the deal?

Posted by: DanMan at November 10, 2025 11:19 AM (8uzBS)

99 My GenZ kids are very much into TV shows from the 90s and 00s. Friends, The Office, That 70s Show, etc.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 10, 2025 11:19 AM (lO7EU)

100 You might understand my love of TV if I told you we ate dinner on TV trays. 😀

Posted by: the way I see it at November 10, 2025 11:19 AM (EYmYM)

101 I am challenged to think of TV shows in the last ten years I bothered to watch. The Expanse. Solar Opposites. Only Murders in the Building.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 10, 2025 11:19 AM (gU20B)

102 Every time Lucky comes around to visit Luanne, he leaves the TV on the Game Show Network. I don’t know why it bothers me so much, but it does.

Posted by: Uncle Hank at November 10, 2025 11:20 AM (l3YAf)

103 When I was in college, we could get Star Trek on one cable channel at 6PM and another at 7PM

Posted by: SMOD at November 10, 2025 11:20 AM (RHGPo)

104 Median age of cable news viewers is around 70 years old.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 10, 2025 11:05 AM (lO7EU)

100% incorrect. It is nowhere near that old.

Try 55.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 10, 2025 11:20 AM (n9ltV)

105 I have the entire Wooster and Jeeves series...on VHS.

Hugh Laurie has an amazing range.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 10, 2025 11:20 AM (sKqQm)

106 My sample size of one no longer watches TV shows.

It's really hard to recall, but the last TV show (streaming or not) that I watched was probably Burn Notice. It finished in 2013.

I'm aware of recent ones, but I have no desire to watch them.

I do revisit some old ones I own on DVD or streaming, but it's not often or consistent.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 10, 2025 11:20 AM (cuae1)

107 I've noticed a significant fraction of western shows that start off ok end up having surprise homo-sex in them.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 10, 2025 11:07 AM (sKqQm)

Someone should make a film titled "Surprise Homo-Sex" which contains none. Confuse everyone.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 10, 2025 11:20 AM (ExV1e)

108 But yeah, I don't watch any more. I'm even starting to sour on Y'T'be, given how G**gle has garbaged up their platform with ads.

"Entertainment" is like all other "industries" now, it's about maximizing wealth extraction and not producing a quality product.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at November 10, 2025 11:15 AM (OUMaO)

Using Brave browser, I don't see much in the way of ads on Ewetoob. I viewed a couple recently where the presenter has a sponsor, and does a spot for the sponsor during the course of the vid. But I can skip over that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2025 11:21 AM (npFr7)

109 I am starting to hate streaming--like you say, ads, buffering. I am starting to hate having five different remotes. I am starting to hate remembering which streamer is going to show my movie and then having to go look it up.
Really really hate paying an extra $3.99 on top of my monthly fee for any movie ever made that was half way decent.

Posted by: Random PJ at November 10, 2025 11:21 AM (RRCAT)

110 I once told a joke that fell flat. I thought it was hilarious. The guy I told it to said, "humor is so personal". And this reminds me that its true.

Posted by: Hugh Jass at November 10, 2025 11:21 AM (6K2TM)

111 I rewatched all of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul recently. That entire universe of characters and storylines is sooooo good.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 10, 2025 11:21 AM (lO7EU)

112 Wings was fun (somewhat less so after Lowell left); WKRP was a delight. Kinda like the Michael Gambon Maigrets on Britbox. But for this kid, series television peaked with the following: The Outer Limits (original, not the reboot), ST:TOS (first two seasons), I Spy, The Fugitive (original, not the Tim Daly reboot), Harry O, The Rockford Files, Combat!, The Twilight Zone (original, not the reboots), Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

Okay, I'm a dinosaur.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at November 10, 2025 11:21 AM (q3u5l)

113 I have the entire Wooster and Jeeves series...on VHS.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 10, 2025 11:19 AM

Ditto.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 10, 2025 11:22 AM (bFu5X)

114 Sgt. Jamie Milliman knocked on the door, summons in hand, and accused Elser of stealing a package from the doorstep in the neighboring town of Bow Mar, only 50 feet south.

The proof, according to Milliman: Footage from Flock surveillance cameras showing Elser’s forest green Rivian driving through the town from 11:52 a.m. to 12:09 p.m. on the day of the theft.

But Elser, a financial advisor, told the sergeant she had no idea what he was talking about. She asked several times to watch the video that Milliman insisted proved her guilt, but he refused to show her.

Related:
Judge orders police to release surveillance camera data, raising privacy questions
The judge's ruling in a Skagit County case could affect dozens of Washington police departments using Flock technology.

The police can watch you, but if you watch .. there are privacy concerns

Posted by: SMOD at November 10, 2025 11:22 AM (RHGPo)

115 TNG had much better SFX and a more serious tone...and it sucked.
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Yes, because they stopped fighting Klingons and Romulans and instead began fighting...germs. It perplexed me how many episodes had no real "enemy" other than a "condition" (War on "Terror", anyone?).

I'd like to time travel and physically fight whoever came up with whatever the name of the successor to Next Generation was. THAT show was lame and gay and there were WAY too many characters that looked like fuzzy animals out of the "Its a Small World" ride at Disney Land. No male with proper T levels watched any of the shows that came after the Next Generation.

Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2025 11:22 AM (TN0g+)

116 I once told a joke that fell flat. I thought it was hilarious. The guy I told it to said, "humor is so personal". And this reminds me that its true.

If you know any Germans ask them to tell you their best joke.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 10, 2025 11:22 AM (sKqQm)

117 Star Trek was awesome.

Empahasis on "was."

Posted by: Drunken Yoda at November 10, 2025 11:22 AM (ilHZO)

118 Yeah, I remember my mom telling me that: don't sit so close to the TV, it will hurt your eyes.

Now that I'm retired, I've been looking up old TV programs on YouTube, most of which I never saw before. One I really like is M Squad, starring Lee Marvin as a Chicago detective. Great stuff from the late 50s, and Marvin is at his intimidating best, except, of course, he's a good guy in the series. Special bonus: The theme was written by jazz musician Benny Carter, and performed by Count Basie and his band.

The anthology series Zane Grey Theater, which consisted of stand-alone episodes set in the Old West, has some good stuff, too.

Posted by: Paco at November 10, 2025 11:22 AM (mADJX)

119 What I like about streaming is the power-watching. Being able to watch an entire season in a week, or even an entire 5 year story arc in a month, makes it more like reading a book. ie, I never watch a single episode of Breaking Bad until the show was over. Then I binged.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 10, 2025 11:22 AM (jc0TO)

120 Jose Lothario

Was he The Paolo's uncle?
Posted by: 18-1 at November 10, 2025 11:18 AM (sKqQm)

Hah. As a kid I had no idea why that was his name. I just thought he was the token Spanish guy (besides the masked tag teams)

Posted by: the way I see it at November 10, 2025 11:22 AM (EYmYM)

121 Hugh Laurie has an amazing range.
Posted by: 18-1

He was great in House.

Posted by: Bulg at November 10, 2025 11:22 AM (77rzZ)

122 I have the entire Wooster and Jeeves series...on VHS.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 10, 2025 11:19 AM

Rumpole of the Bailey was a favorite, too.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 10, 2025 11:22 AM (bFu5X)

123 Using Brave browser, I don't see much in the way of ads on Ewetoob. I viewed a couple recently where the presenter has a sponsor, and does a spot for the sponsor during the course of the vid. But I can skip over that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

==

Another vote for Brave with uBlock. Chrome became basically unusable when they locked out ad blocking. i don't now how people do it.

It also blocks commercials on YouTube.

Posted by: Leupold at November 10, 2025 11:23 AM (eIzlH)

124 I've been watching a ton of stuff from YouTube. Very little from Netflix, Paramount+ and Peacock.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 10, 2025 11:23 AM (kMqUr)

125 try not picking up your phone while watching something on TV.

Unless I'm leaving the house or speaking to someone, my phone sits on my desk... ignored and unloved. I remember the freedom of my childhood when leaving the house meant you could not be reached. Glorious.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 10, 2025 11:23 AM (ExV1e)

126 Using Brave browser, I don't see much in the way of ads on Ewetoob. I viewed a couple recently where the presenter has a sponsor, and does a spot for the sponsor during the course of the vid. But I can skip over that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2025 11:21 AM (npFr7)

The Sponsorblock extension fixes this. Works on multiple desktop browsers and iOS and Android.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at November 10, 2025 11:23 AM (l3YAf)

127 Imagine a future where TV is replaced by fully immersive and interactive holograms.

Or...maybe we shouldn't.
Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus at November 10, 2025 11:09 AM (pNNfr)

It's not all Sydney Sweeney is all I'm saying.
-future 'Ron

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 10, 2025 11:23 AM (bss/y)

128 STOS is on every night at 8 on MeTV. It's like an old friend, predictable and flawed, and it's ok.

Posted by: fd at November 10, 2025 11:23 AM (vFG9F)

129 "109 I am starting to hate streaming--like you say, ads, buffering. I am starting to hate having five different remotes. I am starting to hate remembering which streamer is going to show my movie and then having to go look it up.
Really really hate paying an extra $3.99 on top of my monthly fee for any movie ever made that was half way decent.
Posted by: Random PJ at November 10, 2025 11:21 AM (RRCAT)"

I suspect you're doing it wrong. Not sure why anyone would require multiple remotes these days unless you have some unholy combo of tack-on streaming box devices, instead of a regular modern TV with internet connection and a normal OS.

I never actually bought a TV as an adult until my late 30's, and by that time it was a roku TV. It's normally used as a giant PC monitor or for game consoles, though.

Posted by: heya at November 10, 2025 11:24 AM (6diye)

130 I would rewatch The Wire.

Posted by: Hugh Jass at November 10, 2025 11:24 AM (6K2TM)

131 I wonder why vinyl made a comeback..but VHS tapes did not !

Posted by: runner at November 10, 2025 11:24 AM (g47mK)

132 90 In the 80s and 90s, the best night for TV was Thursday. The worst was Friday and Saturday nights. Trump mentioned it his book "The Art of the Deal." Hollywood ran ads for films on Thursday night and didn't want good TV shows to compete with the movies.
Posted by: no one at November 10, 2025 11:18 AM (W7XSX)

Friday was kids shows who wouldn’t be going to the movies. TGIF was the ABC version of nBC’s Thursday Must See TV. Full House, Boy Meets World, Family Matters.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 10, 2025 11:24 AM (lO7EU)

133 People don't watch tv anymore because they've been hooked on something WAY more addictive and destructive.

Posted by: Tinfoil Dispenser at November 10, 2025 11:24 AM (6wHqY)

134 What I like about streaming is the power-watching. Being able to watch an entire season in a week, or even an entire 5 year story arc in a month, makes it more like reading a book. ie, I never watch a single episode of Breaking Bad until the show was over. Then I binged.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Love the binging aspect. Especially during crappy weather days.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 10, 2025 11:24 AM (kMqUr)

135 The Thursday night Mystery!s on PBS were great in the 80s and 90s. Rumpole, Sherlock Holmes, Miss Jane Marple, Morse, and Dalgliesh. Just great stuff.

Posted by: no one at November 10, 2025 11:24 AM (W7XSX)

136 And STNG is a steaming pile of garbage.

Posted by: fd at November 10, 2025 11:25 AM (vFG9F)

137 The quality of big production movies is way lower. Mostly in writing and acting which should be the easier things to fix. And the leftist narrative has become ever more important then the story making sense. Black female viking kings? Sure!

Now, the saving grace is that two other genres have gotten much better:

Video Games
Short form videos

Posted by: 18-1 at November 10, 2025 11:10 AM (sKqQm)

Western AAA video games are largely annual releases of the same shooter... or shit - made deliberately shit in order to reach MODERN AUDIENCES.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 10, 2025 11:25 AM (ExV1e)

138 Rumpole of the Bailey was a favorite, too.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 10, 2025 11:22 AM (bFu5X)

That show was created by a communist as communist propaganda, oddly.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at November 10, 2025 11:25 AM (l3YAf)

139 66 Futurama had the best writing of the millenium.

"We're Boned!"
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at November 10, 2025 11:15 AM (WQDw6)

One of the best/worst things about Futurama is when you get to the point where you realize the entire episode has been written just to lead to one really, really bad joke.

Like the Space Bees episode, where they have to deliver some parcel and they have to visit this weird Space Bee / Wasp hive. You're thinking "well this is kind of dumb, but whatever"

and then they talk about it, Fry asks what size it is.
Hermes: "Honeycomb's Big, yeah yeah yeah!"
Bender: "It's not small, no no no!"

and you're left going NOOO I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WROTE THIS WHOLE EPISODE JUST SO YOU COULD SAY THAT!!!

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 10, 2025 11:25 AM (uWKK8)

140 People don't watch tv anymore because they've been hooked on something WAY more addictive and destructive.
Posted by: Tinfoil Dispenser at November 10, 2025 11:24 AM

*nod*

YouTube

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 10, 2025 11:25 AM (jc0TO)

141 "118 Yeah, I remember my mom telling me that: don't sit so close to the TV, it will hurt your eyes.

Posted by: Paco at November 10, 2025 11:22 AM (mADJX)"

They weren't wrong. Being parked too close in front of a screen is really not good for your vision.

I say this from my triple monitor work setup, of course.

Posted by: heya at November 10, 2025 11:25 AM (6diye)

142 Older shows I watch on repeat: Stargate SG1 and Atlantis. Star Trek DS9. Mad Men.

I would argue that Newsradio is at least as good as WKRP. The latter had stronger and more grounded characters. Newsradio leans into absurdity. The episode where Joe Rogan sits in for the regular newsreaders and prices to be smarter and more informed than they are proved... Prescient.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 10, 2025 11:25 AM (5ZnL2)

143 I hate Star Trek. Actually, I don’t have any actual malice toward the TV show, although I never got into it. But I hate how it ruined outdoor fun and play when I was a kid.

===
How dare you.

We played plenty of pretend Star Trek running around outside, shooting phasers, fighting against Klingons, beaming down to alien planets, etc

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 10, 2025 11:25 AM (CTokg)

144 MASH sucked after Wayne Rogers left. Never understood the allure of the Star Trek TeeVee series. My friends would stop doing whatever we were doing outside to watch the re-runs at 5 PM, when I was a kid? Loved Star Trek II, The Wrath of Khan. MTV was great to "watch" (usually fell asleep on the couch "watching") after a night out during my college days. Other than that, really didn't watch much, except for Beavis and Butthead....

Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, Ltd. at November 10, 2025 11:26 AM (YoT4f)

145 I just hate, hate, hate the STOS one with the Yangs and the Comms.

Posted by: no one at November 10, 2025 11:26 AM (W7XSX)

146 I honestly haven't been a fan of TV for awhile. It's hard for me to watch things I used to find entertaining, like Northern Exposure or B5. Don't really watch movies now either. I wish it meant that I get more things done,but it doesn't.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 10, 2025 11:26 AM (znHU2)

147 Range is something most modern actors do not have.

The archetype of this is Ahnuld. He plays the same character in every movie he is in. Now, it can be entertaining but he plays himself.

Laurie is a good example of the opposite or say Gary Oldman or Ralph Fiennes

Posted by: 18-1 at November 10, 2025 11:26 AM (sKqQm)

148 The last shows I liked on regular TV were MONK and Psych. I still watch them on streaming once in a while. My TV is pretty much exclusively used for sports viewing these days.

Posted by: Lincolntf at November 10, 2025 11:26 AM (vV6n9)

149 I'm stunned that nobody has yet claimed that they haven't owned a TV set since 1957, preferring to instead listen to opera on the wireless whilst pressing their collection of bowties.

oh, sorry. I thought I was on the old National Review page.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 10, 2025 11:26 AM (TR4+2)

150 People don't watch tv anymore because they've been hooked on something WAY more addictive and destructive.
Posted by: Tinfoil Dispenser at November 10, 2025 11:24 AM (6wHqY)

Yes. Pumpkin spice latte.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 10, 2025 11:27 AM (dGCAG)

151 Whoa, the guy who voiced Lucky on King of the Hill also acted in music videos? Crazy!
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director

What I found out the other day. Character actor extraordinaire Stephen Root voiced Bill Dauterive.

https://is.gd/ZTbDdD

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 10, 2025 11:27 AM (L/fGl)

152 The proof, according to Milliman: Footage from Flock surveillance cameras showing Elser’s forest green Rivian driving through the town from 11:52 a.m. to 12:09 p.m. on the day of the theft.

But Elser, a financial advisor, told the sergeant she had no idea what he was talking about. She asked several times to watch the video that Milliman insisted proved her guilt, but he refused to show her.

Related:
Judge orders police to release surveillance camera data, raising privacy questions
The judge's ruling in a Skagit County case could affect dozens of Washington police departments using Flock technology.

The police can watch you, but if you watch .. there are privacy concerns
Posted by: SMOD at November 10, 2025 11:22 AM (RHGPo)

Drives a Rivian? Guilty!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2025 11:27 AM (npFr7)

153 Futurama was a show about stupid people written by smart people.

Big Bang Theory was a show about smart people written by stupid people.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 10, 2025 11:27 AM (1oRxJ)

154 The Andy Griffith Show and both versions of Bob Newhart's shows are really good. - Bulg

I was born in a town in North Carolina that looked a lot like Mayberry. And the show got the small town vibe just right.

Andy Griffith had a vacation home near Manteo, NC, and my mother literally ran into him at a local grocery store - she accidentally bumped into his shopping cart.

Posted by: Paco at November 10, 2025 11:27 AM (mADJX)

155 I like about streaming is the power-watching. Being able to watch an entire season in a week, or even an entire 5 year story arc in a month, makes it more like reading a book. ie, I never watch a single episode of Breaking Bad until the show was over. Then I binged.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Only issue with that is you start seeing patterns emerge quickly. I binged Lost and was like wait a second every episode is the same plot.

Not every show is like that, BB and BCS are examples. But many are.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 10, 2025 11:27 AM (lO7EU)

156 136 And STNG is a steaming pile of garbage.
Posted by: fd at November 10, 2025 11:25 AM (vFG9F)

There was a brief period where it was good. End of one season and into the next. Best of Both Worlds. 3rd into 4th? 2nd into 3rd?

And then there are just a few great episodes.

Tapestry
The Chase
and
Dammit...
Inner Light

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 10, 2025 11:28 AM (bss/y)

157 130 I would rewatch The Wire.

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We bought The Wire on DVD. It was a great show.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 10, 2025 11:28 AM (OUqBw)

158 I'm stunned that nobody has yet claimed that they haven't owned a TV set since 1957, preferring to instead listen to opera on the wireless whilst pressing their collection of bowties.

oh, sorry. I thought I was on the old National Review page.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 10, 2025 11:26 AM (TR4+2)

Wireless radio. Ooh, fancy.

We listened to the squirrels mating, and we liked it!

Posted by: BurtTC at November 10, 2025 11:28 AM (dGCAG)

159 "Western AAA video games are largely annual releases of the same shooter... or shit - made deliberately shit in order to reach MODERN AUDIENCES.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 10, 2025 11:25 AM (ExV1e)"

It's largely big clueless publishers directed by executives who want to spend their free time basking in acclaim from their social circle for their wokeness, or the few big independent studios with aging leadership doing the same.

And they hire trannies and dangerhairs by the dumptruck full, who try to turn anything they do into recruitment.

The "modern audience" doesn't exist, at least not in commercially relevant numbers.

Posted by: heya at November 10, 2025 11:28 AM (6diye)

160 The last shows I liked on regular TV were MONK and Psych. I still watch them on streaming once in a while. My TV is pretty much exclusively used for sports viewing these days.
Posted by: Lincolntf

==

One of my kids loved Psych, it ended up being "our show" we binge watched. Sort of dumb comedy, but fun anyway.

Posted by: Leupold at November 10, 2025 11:28 AM (eIzlH)

161 The Way to Eden is my all time favorite Star Trek episode. The dialogue aged terribly though the message remains on point which makes it so great. It’s a comedy and lesson all in one.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 10, 2025 11:28 AM (EYmYM)

162 I'm even starting to sour on Y'T'be, given how G**gle has garbaged up their platform with ads.

I use the Brave browser and see no ads. They probably give you extra cuz of me.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 10, 2025 11:28 AM (ExV1e)

163 I would argue that Newsradio is at least as good as WKRP. The latter had stronger and more grounded characters. Newsradio leans into absurdity. The episode where Joe Rogan sits in for the regular newsreaders and prices to be smarter and more informed than they are proved... Prescient.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 10, 2025 11:25 AM (5ZnL2)

Another of that era I still like is "Just Shoot Me", because David Spade and Wendie Malick were endlessly hilarious.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 10, 2025 11:28 AM (uWKK8)

164 153 Futurama was a show about stupid people written by smart people.

Big Bang Theory was a show about smart people written by stupid people.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 10, 2025 11:27 AM (1oRxJ)

LOL.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 10, 2025 11:28 AM (bss/y)

165 try not picking up your phone while watching something on TV.

I'm bad about that. IMDb app has it's own spot on my phone's front page.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 10, 2025 11:28 AM (kMqUr)

166 I'll have a glass of Chateau Thames Embankment.

Posted by: no one at November 10, 2025 11:28 AM (W7XSX)

167 That was a little after my time but I recognize the names. My time was with Wahoo McDaniel, Ivan Pulaski, Junk Yard Dog, Dusty Rhodes, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Jose Lothario
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I'm familiar with those because "The Superstation" (Ted Turner's epic cable channel) carried Wrestling every Saturday and Sunday evening around 5 o'clock. Besides Wahoo and Dusty, main eventers included the Minnesota Wrecking Crew (Ole and Gene Anderson), the Briscos, Mr. Wrestling II (and occasionally Mr. Wrestling), Rick Flair, Stan Hansen, and there was crossover with early Von Erich kids and the Freebirds.

Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2025 11:28 AM (TN0g+)

168 "I just hate, hate, hate the STOS one with the Yangs and the Comms.

"Posted by: no one"

That one was on last night. It is pretty dumb, disjointed, and downright unlikely. Still, hot Yang babe is still hot.

Posted by: fd at November 10, 2025 11:28 AM (vFG9F)

169 52 Star Trek TOS was entertaining if hammy and with cheap sets.

TNG had much better SFX and a more serious tone...and it sucked.

tng was ok if you avoided the love boat episodes. difficulty was that it occasionally had entire love boat seasons.

Posted by: anachronda at November 10, 2025 11:28 AM (sGtp+)

170 I remember Saturday nights as a kid:

The Lawrence Welk Show;
All in the Family;
M*A*S*H;
The Mary Tyler Moore Show;
The Bob Newhart Show;
The Carol Burnett Show.

Good times.

Posted by: Bulg at November 10, 2025 11:28 AM (77rzZ)

171 ++ What would your last two Netflix DVDs be if you knew you didn’t have to return them?

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If we didn't already own The DVDs (can't recall if we purchased them pre- or post-Netflix -- we immediately canceled our account when they gave grifting gigs to Susan "Benghazi" Rice and the lazy Obama scum: Braveheart and Blade Runner.

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 10, 2025 11:29 AM (WOPtg)

172 The streaming services have really picked up the slack when broadcast TV got complacent. I have Netflix, Amazon and Crunchyroll. Out of all them, Amazon gets the least use because the ads take up way too much time.

We did enjoy the Netflix deliveries. We kept the last John Wick movie when the service was ended and the farewell video was kind of sad.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 10, 2025 11:29 AM (jjoN6)

173 I think I've watched every show of Lawrence Welk. It was one of my dad's favorites.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 10, 2025 11:29 AM (g8Ew8)

174 People don't watch tv anymore because they've been hooked on something WAY more addictive and destructive.
Posted by: Tinfoil
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This

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 10, 2025 11:29 AM (XeU6L)

175 Western AAA video games are largely annual releases of the same shooter... or shit - made deliberately shit in order to reach MODERN AUDIENCES.

I actually don't generally play AAA video games outside of maybe a Total War game or two.

But for example look at Theia - a role playing strategy game set in a post apocalyptic world based on Slavic mythology. I learned a ton of things I didn't know.

It explained the background of a bunch of characters in American Gods too (speaking of surprise homo-sex in a TV show)

Posted by: 18-1 at November 10, 2025 11:29 AM (sKqQm)

176 Breaking: Supreme Court agrees to hear case over counting ballots that arrive late

Posted by: SMOD at November 10, 2025 11:29 AM (RHGPo)

177 I just hate, hate, hate the STOS one with the Yangs and the Comms.
Posted by: no one at November 10, 2025 11:26 AM

Hate is Yang Holy Word.

Posted by: Cloud William at November 10, 2025 11:29 AM (jc0TO)

178 Wireless radio. Ooh, fancy.

We listened to the squirrels mating, and we liked it!
Posted by: BurtTC at November 10, 2025 11:28 AM (dGCAG)

You had squirrels? Luxury!

We used to sit around the fire and let Homer recount the Trojan War.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at November 10, 2025 11:30 AM (l3YAf)

179 I honestly don’t remember the last network TV show I watched. Maybe the office?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 10, 2025 11:30 AM (lO7EU)

180 Only issue with that is you start seeing patterns emerge quickly. I binged Lost and was like wait a second every episode is the same plot.

Not every show is like that, BB and BCS are examples. But many are.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 10, 2025 11:27 AM (lO7EU)

Yeah, I started watching The Black List, and it quickly became "Bad Guy Of the Week."

With that look on Spader's face, as he outsmarted everyone.

Bleh.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 10, 2025 11:30 AM (dGCAG)

181 The Andy Griffith Show and both versions of Bob Newhart's shows are really good.

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Loved the Andy Griffith show growing up (despite it being old when I watched it in the 80's) and it still holds up today. I went through a phase where I rewatched some of it.

Shame the whole cast were Libtards in real life, but still love it.

Posted by: Leupold at November 10, 2025 11:30 AM (eIzlH)

182 Watching Disparu and Heel v Babyface rip on TV shows is more entertaining than the shows themselves.

Disparu just tore into that bitch lawyer show yesterday.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 10, 2025 11:31 AM (1oRxJ)

183 "And then there are just a few great episodes."

I can't watch any with Warf, Data, Wesley, Whoopie, or, oh yeah, Picard.

Posted by: fd at November 10, 2025 11:31 AM (vFG9F)

184 OK, horde be honest: How many of you go to YouTube every Thanksgiving to watch the turkey drop clip from WKRP?

Posted by: NR Pax at November 10, 2025 11:31 AM (jjoN6)

185 People don't watch tv anymore because they've been hooked on something WAY more addictive and destructive.
Posted by: Tinfoil
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This
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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Now, mix in a couple of Chatbots...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 10, 2025 11:31 AM (XeU6L)

186 Thx Buck.
I have cable. Probably going to get rid of it soon. Watch sports, documentaries both science and history. Lost interest in a couple of shows I occasionally watched NCIS, The Simpsons. Can't say I watch a single show regularly.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 10, 2025 11:31 AM (bfwj/)

187 I'm stunned that nobody has yet claimed that they haven't owned a TV set since 1957, preferring to instead listen to opera on the wireless whilst pressing their collection of bowties.

oh, sorry. I thought I was on the old National Review page.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

Good evening Mr & Mrs America and all the ships at sea...

Posted by: rickb223 at November 10, 2025 11:31 AM (kMqUr)

188 Carville: Democrats Will Win In 2028, Congress Will Increase Supreme Court Justices From 9 to 13

.. we could do that now .. why wait ?

Posted by: SMOD at November 10, 2025 11:31 AM (RHGPo)

189 We used to sit around the fire and let Homer recount the Trojan War.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at November 10, 2025 11:30 AM (l3YAf)

Oh yes, Homer.

I knew his dad, I did.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 10, 2025 11:31 AM (dGCAG)

190 141 "118 Yeah, I remember my mom telling me that: don't sit so close to the TV, it will hurt your eyes.

Posted by: Paco at November 10, 2025 11:22 AM (mADJX)"

They weren't wrong. Being parked too close in front of a screen is really not good for your vision.

I say this from my triple monitor work setup, of course. - heya

She was probably right; around the third grade my vision started getting bad and I had to get glasses. The first ones had a fake tortoise shell frame: "Just like Barry Goldwater's", she told me, proudly.

Posted by: Paco at November 10, 2025 11:31 AM (mADJX)

191 36
‘ Fred: "Oh yeah now I remember. That Samson guy killed a thousand men with yo' jawbone!"’

Watch it! You old Billy goat.

Posted by: Aunt Esther at November 10, 2025 11:31 AM (jbnUc)

192 I binged Lost and was like wait a second every episode is the same plot.
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Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 10, 2025 11:31 AM (1oRxJ)

193 "Unless I'm leaving the house or speaking to someone, my phone sits on my desk... ignored and unloved. I remember the freedom of my childhood when leaving the house meant you could not be reached. Glorious.
Posted by: I used to have a different"

I know it sounds crazy but I have been know to leave the house without my cell phone ON PURPOSE. Mostly shorty trips to the store or the gym or going for walk. Wife and kids tell me it dangerous and risky but I have survived so far.

Posted by: Ripley at November 10, 2025 11:32 AM (GUOwU)

194 OK, horde be honest: How many of you go to YouTube every Thanksgiving to watch the turkey drop clip from WKRP?
Posted by: NR Pax

You wait until Thanksgiving?

Posted by: rickb223 at November 10, 2025 11:32 AM (kMqUr)

195 Another of that era I still like is "Just Shoot Me", because David Spade and Wendie Malick were endlessly hilarious.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 10, 2025 11:28 AM (uWKK

Spade took that character with him to Rules of Engagement and made it even better.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 10, 2025 11:32 AM (EYmYM)

196 176 Breaking: Supreme Court agrees to hear case over counting ballots that arrive late
Posted by: SMOD at November 10, 2025 11:29 AM (RHGPo)
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Good. Hope the court slams shut this abuse.

Posted by: WisRich at November 10, 2025 11:32 AM (G0vdT)

197 You know Homer, Andy was banging the teacher in real life.

Posted by: no one at November 10, 2025 11:32 AM (W7XSX)

198 The Sponsorblock extension fixes this. Works on multiple desktop browsers and iOS and Android.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at November 10, 2025 11:23 AM (l3YAf)

Thing is, I don't mind the presenter doing a short spiel for his sponsor. I can skip past it if I want, but if it is say, a technical vid, about how to make an automatic transmission shift fully manually, and the sponsor is a company that makes parts for that, the ad itself may have useful information for me. Skip, or not skip, it's my choice.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2025 11:32 AM (npFr7)

199 Western AAA video games

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I see great video game developer Rock Star is having an employee revolt. Several were just fired for leaking information. ⁷

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 10, 2025 11:32 AM (L/fGl)

200 I can't watch any with Warf, Data, Wesley, Whoopie, or, oh yeah, Picard.

TBH I think out of the characters Worf and Data were generally the most interesting.

Still bad writing, sloppy writing but if you just had those two as the main characters in the show it would have been better.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 10, 2025 11:32 AM (sKqQm)

201 I've been watching DS9 for the first time and it has been terrific. Great stories, great characters, good acting except for Sisko.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 10, 2025 11:33 AM (CTokg)

202 Avery Brooks was a better actor than Patrick Stewart. Fight me.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 10, 2025 11:33 AM (1oRxJ)

203 Being parked too close in front of a screen is really not good for your vision.

I say this from my triple monitor work setup, of course. - heya

Fistbump. Just got the home office set up that way.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 10, 2025 11:33 AM (kMqUr)

204 .. we could do that now .. why wait ?
Posted by: SMOD at November 10, 2025 11:31 AM (RHGPo)

Failure theater.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at November 10, 2025 11:33 AM (l3YAf)

205
Good. Hope the court slams shut this abuse.
Posted by: WisRich

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It's called Election Day in the Constitution, this concept of months of voting needs to end.

Posted by: Leupold at November 10, 2025 11:33 AM (eIzlH)

206 Millennial here. Subscribed to cable out of college because that's what you do. Realized I don't use it. Cut the cord years ago. No netflix or streaming. Quit sports over the political BS a few years back (and busy with the kids - no time for it). Don't miss TV at all.

Posted by: brak at November 10, 2025 11:33 AM (jGJov)

207 Is Chuck Schumer actually going to be defenestrated? I have my doubts. The amusing part is that I don't think he wanted a shutdown in the first place, because he knew it was a sure loser. But if he hadn't called for it, he'd have been booted anyway. Damned if he does, and damned if he doesn't.

In the classic novel The Maltese Falcon, Detective Sam Spade explains that every scheme needs a fall guy — a scapegoat who takes the blame to protect others. That’s exactly Chuck Schumer’s role now. When you can't hold your own members together and the bill passes anyway, all the finger-pointing in the world won't change the fact that you failed to keep your caucus together. Despite his symbolic vote against reopening the government, he’s become the convenient target for his party’s chaos. Now Schumer’s the one absorbing the fallout to shield party leadership from real accountability...Whether or not he survives this latest crisis remains to be seen, but we can see one thing: The knives are out, Chuck Schumer is the target, and the entire party is now in chaos.

https://is.gd/PiOJuE

Posted by: Archimedes at November 10, 2025 11:33 AM (Riz8t)

208 I can't watch any with Warf, Data, Wesley, Whoopie, or, oh yeah, Picard.
Posted by: fd at November 10, 2025 11:31 AM (vFG9F)

Heh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 10, 2025 11:34 AM (bss/y)

209 I look forward to retiring and buying a flip phone.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 10, 2025 11:34 AM (1oRxJ)

210 It's called Election Day in the Constitution, this concept of months of voting needs to end.

We spent billions to "improve" elections and now instead of election day we have election month...and no one believes the results

Posted by: 18-1 at November 10, 2025 11:34 AM (sKqQm)

211 Still waiting for someone to reboot "Madame's Place".

Posted by: The Great, Grand, Poof at November 10, 2025 11:34 AM (oftw2)

212 I think I've watched every show of Lawrence Welk. It was one of my dad's favorites.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops

Yeah, my folks loved it, too. And it had some really talented performers.

And that Anacani. Hubba hubba.

Posted by: Bulg at November 10, 2025 11:34 AM (77rzZ)

213 Thing is, I don't mind the presenter doing a short spiel for his sponsor. I can skip past it if I want, but if it is say, a technical vid, about how to make an automatic transmission shift fully manually, and the sponsor is a company that makes parts for that, the ad itself may have useful information for me. Skip, or not skip, it's my choice.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

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Those are almost never skipped with the adblocker software if it's part of their video, its the commercials spliced in that get cut.

Posted by: Leupold at November 10, 2025 11:35 AM (eIzlH)

214 PSA:
Outback Steakhouse is offering a free 3-course meal for all veterans today and tomorrow.

Posted by: IrishEi at November 10, 2025 11:35 AM (3ImbR)

215 My favorite TNG Episode was the one with the Space Wakandans.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 10, 2025 11:35 AM (PiwSw)

216 The lowered barriers to entry created by streaming and prior to that hundreds of cable channels just ushered in a glut of dreck. We were better off before with only a handful of channels with a confined number of hours within which they could air programming. Sure, the decision-makers had casting couches and other corruption that kept some good programming out, but there was SOME accountability on those people to produce watchable programming. Now, between the mental decline from lack of education + woke indoctrination within production, along with these lowered barriers to entry, there's less supply of and incentive for good programming than ever. Coupled with all the quality old stuff people can stream, and Hollywood sure seems to be dying a well-deserved albeit tragic death...

Posted by: bearski at November 10, 2025 11:35 AM (Bhsk7)

217 I won't say that I sat close to the tv, but I remember being fascinated that it was all really just tiny blue, green, and red dots.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 10, 2025 11:36 AM (uWKK8)

218 It's called Election Day in the Constitution, this concept of months of voting needs to end.

We spent billions to "improve" elections and now instead of election day we have election month...and no one believes the results
Posted by: 18-1

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No other country really does this, even mail in voting has been shut down in "progressive" Europe for the most part because they know how insecure it is.

They know their results the night of almost everywhere on Earth.

Posted by: Leupold at November 10, 2025 11:36 AM (eIzlH)

219 The greatest missed Star Trek opportunity was a Captain Word series.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 10, 2025 11:36 AM (1oRxJ)

220 131 I wonder why vinyl made a comeback..but VHS tapes did not

while audiophiles coo about the warmth of vinyl, there are no videophiles touting the picture quality of extended play vhs.

Posted by: anachronda at November 10, 2025 11:36 AM (sGtp+)

221 214 PSA:
Outback Steakhouse is offering a free 3-course meal for all veterans today and tomorrow.
Posted by: IrishEi at November 10, 2025 11:35 AM (3ImbR)

Tomorrow In and Out is giving free full meals any size to Vets...

Posted by: It's me donna at November 10, 2025 11:36 AM (VE6XX)

222 Another of that era I still like is "Just Shoot Me", because David Spade and Wendie Malick were endlessly hilarious.
Posted by: Tom Servo

C'mon, fess up. You watched for Laura San G.'s cans.

Posted by: Bulg at November 10, 2025 11:36 AM (77rzZ)

223 46 For me and The Missus the only regulars are Wheel of Fortune-> Jeopardy!, British Menu re-runs and Bake-Offs, and local sports teams (PGA Golf for nap times).

Other than that, not interested in The Screens.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at November 10, 2025 11:11 AM (6qf1m)

What is Lake Titicaca?

Posted by: Lance Magillicuddy at November 10, 2025 11:36 AM (zLdnv)

224 The greatest missed Star Trek opportunity was a Captain Worf series.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 10, 2025 11:36 AM (1oRxJ)

225 You wait until Thanksgiving?
Posted by: rickb223

And leave the comment "See you all next year."

Posted by: NR Pax at November 10, 2025 11:36 AM (jjoN6)

226 Attacking OG Star Trek is a bold strategy Cotton..

As long as you don't come out against Adam 12 and Barney Miller, there will be no physical violence.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 10, 2025 11:37 AM (XV/Pl)

227
I binged Lost and was like wait a second every episode is the same plot.
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Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 10, 2025 11:31 AM (1oRxJ)

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They’re kinda the same show. Group of strangers brought together by some weird unexplained force who have to survive all alone, fighting against monsters.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 10, 2025 11:38 AM (lO7EU)

228 I’m not hating on smart phones at all. GPS, connection to ace and any piece of info I might need, connection to RING, all of my favorite music downloaded, digital camera to take photo and store as many as I want , video recording, a compass,calculator, flashlight, tape measure , etc.

Oh and a phone.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 10, 2025 11:38 AM (EYmYM)

229 "I wonder why vinyl made a comeback..but VHS tapes did not."

___________________

" In my day, we kept our music in a CD wallet, which was the fashion at the time."

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 10, 2025 11:38 AM (1oRxJ)

230 Carville: Democrats Will Win In 2028, Congress Will Increase Supreme Court Justices From 9 to 13

.. we could do that now .. why wait ?
Posted by: SMOD at November 10, 2025 11:31 AM (RHGPo)

Ask yourself this... when was the last time Carville was correct in a prediction?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 10, 2025 11:38 AM (ExV1e)

231 I assume the fear for the Dems...and GOP...is that whoever packs the court will get slammed in the next election which will then see it packed the other way....

Posted by: 18-1 at November 10, 2025 11:39 AM (sKqQm)

232 In my day, we kept our music in a CD wallet, which was the fashion at the time.

CDs will never have the warmth of wax cylinders.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 10, 2025 11:39 AM (Riz8t)

233 Did anyone else play the "Hi Bob" drinking game in college?

Posted by: Beartooth at November 10, 2025 11:39 AM (kanec)

234 >> Tomorrow In and Out is giving free full meals any size to Vets...

I’m a veteran of the Meme Wars. Gonna get myself a free 4x4, animal style. (I actually don’t like In N Out all that much. Culver’s and Five Guy are better.)

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at November 10, 2025 11:40 AM (l3YAf)

235 I wonder why vinyl made a comeback..but VHS tapes did not
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while audiophiles coo about the warmth of vinyl, there are no videophiles touting the picture quality of extended play vhs.
Posted by: anachronda at November 10, 2025 11:36 AM (sGtp+)

There are filmmakers who tout using actual film, saying it's better than shooting on digital. And it probably is.

But it would be silly for viewers to try to purchase those big fat reels for home use.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 10, 2025 11:40 AM (dGCAG)

236 The 2000 election was the impetus for all the “improvements” to voting. Soros had a big hand in it as well with his SOS project.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 10, 2025 11:40 AM (lO7EU)

237 Those are almost never skipped with the adblocker software if it's part of their video, its the commercials spliced in that get cut.
Posted by: Leupold at November 10, 2025 11:35 AM (eIzlH)

Well, I haven't seen any spliced-in ads lately. Maybe the advertisers don't see the sorts of videos I'm likely to watch as being prime targets for their shit?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2025 11:40 AM (npFr7)

238 232 In my day, we kept our music in a CD wallet, which was the fashion at the time.

CDs will never have the warmth of wax cylinders.

with a good collection of wax cylinders, you are ready to make candles to keep you going through the dark times.

Posted by: more useful advice from anachronda at November 10, 2025 11:40 AM (sGtp+)

239 I'm another one who misses the red envelope. The main reason is that the selection of movies on the DVD service was MUCH greater than is available on streaming. DVDs of foreign-language movies, documentaries, music performances, and just plain weird stuff were readily available via the red envelope; whereas nowadays, many are hard to find, if not impossible, on streaming services. Not to mention that the cost was quite reasonable, again compared with streaming.

The drawbacks were that now and again, you'd get an unplayable disk; and weeks might pass between making a selection and the disk arriving in your mailbox. Nothing's perfect. But overall, I preferred the red envelope to what's available now.

Posted by: Nemo at November 10, 2025 11:41 AM (4RPgu)

240 The whole thing is really formulaic, the dialogue, the setup, and then you know some snarky comment or the joke is coming … and then riotous fake laughter. Over and over. Even when it isn’t funny. Ha ha!!
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Big Bang Theory; once you notice it, then you notice none of the joke are actually funny

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 10, 2025 11:41 AM (HXT0k)

241 C'mon, fess up. You watched for Laura San G.'s cans.
Posted by: Bulg at November 10, 2025 11:36 AM (77rzZ)

The Sydney Sweeney of her time.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 10, 2025 11:41 AM (EYmYM)

242 Be prepared to be scared!

"Fay and Fluffy" are on Canadian tv. The show is aimed at kids. Sadly, I've seen even worse. Half of the kids channels dying here is a good sign.

https://tinyurl.com/2s3dh9su

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 10, 2025 11:41 AM (Sco7b)

243 I’m probably not the only kid who started dabbling in bluegrass at a young age thanks to watching Beverly Hillbillies reruns.
________

And Jed could cut a rug to it. Great dancer.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at November 10, 2025 11:41 AM (XvL8K)

244 assume the fear for the Dems...and GOP...is that whoever packs the court will get slammed in the next election which will then see it packed the other way....
Posted by: 18-1 at November 10, 2025 11:39 AM (sKqQm)

Yeah but with a packed court the Dems would have 4 years to make themselves a permanent majority. Get rid of the electoral college, enact an “anyone can vote any time anywhere as often as they want” laws, make DC and PR states, etc. There would never be an opportunity for the GOP to retaliate since they’d never win again.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 10, 2025 11:42 AM (lO7EU)

245 224 The greatest missed Star Trek opportunity was a Captain Worf series.

*pouts*

Posted by: captain sulu at November 10, 2025 11:42 AM (sGtp+)

246 I’m not hating on smart phones at all. GPS, connection to ace and any piece of info I might need, connection to RING, all of my favorite music downloaded, digital camera to take photo and store as many as I want , video recording, a compass,calculator, flashlight, tape measure , etc.

Oh and a phone.
Posted by: the way I see it

Before Musk, I said the first trillionaire would be the person who put a cellphone in a tablet so you would only have to carry one instead of two devices. Most people use earbuds on a phone call anyway. Put the damn phone in the tablet for a better, larger screen since it's going to be a mini computer anyway.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 10, 2025 11:42 AM (kMqUr)

247 The whole thing is really formulaic, the dialogue, the setup, and then you know some snarky comment or the joke is coming … and then riotous fake laughter. Over and over. Even when it isn’t funny. Ha ha!!
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Big Bang Theory; once you notice it, then you notice none of the joke are actually funny
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 10, 2025 11:41 AM (HXT0k)

I always point out that these supposedly girl repellant nerds got laid more than the college QB.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 10, 2025 11:42 AM (EYmYM)

248 I don't think Dems will pack the Supreme court, I think even they know that becomes illegitimate looking to most people.

I see the Senate being an institution that has a huge natural Republican advantage, so you'd really need a lopsided majority of Dems to pull it off, like what Obama had in 2008 with 60 Senate seats.

But I've been wrong before.

Posted by: Leupold at November 10, 2025 11:42 AM (eIzlH)

249 bliphglop snutflert

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith... the anal behind anal sex at November 10, 2025 11:43 AM (CUIEY)

250 Physical media must make a comeback, it provides a store of value and an asset whereas digital products are transitory and temporary.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 10, 2025 11:43 AM (XV/Pl)

251 186 Thx Buck. I have cable. Probably going to get rid of it soon. Watch sports, documentaries both science and history. Lost interest in a couple of shows I occasionally watched NCIS, The Simpsons. Can't say I watch a single show regularly. Posted by: Smell the Glove

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We still have DirecTV. Flirted with cutting the cord but realizing we still like it for (1) sports [didn't find a great alternative to get everything we want for less $] and (2) we just like the unpredictability of finding something we like that's 'on'. When you stream, you're committing some portion of time to watching something. But just flipping the TV on and having something in the background, it's just environmental entertainment that you may or may not stop and sink into. Other than sports, we don't 'commit' time to watch TV. But if say The Sound of Music is on TCM while I'm making dinner Saturday evening and the boys have been studying WWII and never seen it, suddenly everyone enjoys watching it. But we never would've gone through and found that to stream. Without the random finds, we'd probably have the thing off. But we enjoy it enough to not have it off 100% of the time

Posted by: bearski at November 10, 2025 11:43 AM (Bhsk7)

252 FAN TRUMP ARMY
@TRUMP_ARMY_

Fan account
🚨 BREAKING: In a stunning move, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that President Donald Trump can deploy National Guard troops into Portland, Oregon, to protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities.

Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2025 11:44 AM (TN0g+)

253 And Jed could cut a rug to it. Great dancer.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Yep. A song and dance man. Danced with Shirley Temple in one of her flicks. And would've been the Tin Man in TWOO had he not had a bad reaction to the silver makeup on his face.

Posted by: Bulg at November 10, 2025 11:44 AM (77rzZ)

254 239 The drawbacks were that now and again, you'd get an unplayable disk;

and if you weren't careful enough to wait for the replacement to arrive before returning it, they'd ship that unplayable disk right back to you.

not that i'm bitter or anything.

Posted by: anachronda at November 10, 2025 11:44 AM (sGtp+)

255 glurp

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith... the anal behind anal sex at November 10, 2025 11:44 AM (CUIEY)

256 Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at November 10, 2025 11:43 AM (CUIEY)

No one cares

Posted by: the way I see it at November 10, 2025 11:44 AM (EYmYM)

257 Never watched the Big Bang Theory but oddly for a show about nerds they had two beautiful girlfriends (not the one that became a Jeopardy host)

Posted by: 18-1 at November 10, 2025 11:44 AM (sKqQm)

258 Tim, you're a great American.

Democrat Senator Tim Kaine admits on camera he’s been voting “No” on reopening the government and doesn’t even know why
He says he was focused on the Virginia elections and not paying attention to the details on the issues

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 10, 2025 11:44 AM (L/fGl)

259 Yeah but with a packed court the Dems would have 4 years to make themselves a permanent majority. Get rid of the electoral college, enact an “anyone can vote any time anywhere as often as they want” laws, make DC and PR states, etc. There would never be an opportunity for the GOP to retaliate since they’d never win again.

They talked about doing all of those things during Biden's term. There must be a reason they didn't.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 10, 2025 11:44 AM (Riz8t)

260 Big Bang Theory; once you notice it, then you notice none of the joke are actually funny

My dad asked me what I thought about it. My answer "I watched 30 seconds and gave up. I've seen porn with better acting and more sympathetic characters."

Posted by: NR Pax at November 10, 2025 11:44 AM (jjoN6)

261 Rumpole of the Bailey was a favorite, too.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 10, 2025 11:22 AM (bFu5X)

That show was created by a communist as communist propaganda, oddly.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at November 10, 2025 11:25 AM

The show was lefty, but as a lawyer, I still enjoy it. Leo McKern nailed the character.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 10, 2025 11:44 AM (bFu5X)

262 Seems like a good place to drop a warning about The Lowdown series on Hulu. It's a well made (to a point), entertaining show set in Oklahoma, starring Ethan Hawke and Keith David. They don't introduce the real bad guys until episode 6 of 8, and they turn out to be...

(SPOILER)

a racist, white "church", armed to the teeth, trying to create a whites-only settlement on (literally) stolen Indian land.

At this point the show shits itself and careens into a ditch. A total waste of time and energy for both the creators and the viewers.

The left cannot help themselves. They ruin everything.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at November 10, 2025 11:44 AM (4DY5T)

263 The kid's going blind watching Tennessee Tuxedo!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 10, 2025 11:45 AM (pkeXY)

264 Before Musk, I said the first trillionaire would be the person who put a cellphone in a tablet so you would only have to carry one instead of two devices. Most people use earbuds on a phone call anyway. Put the damn phone in the tablet for a better, larger screen since it's going to be a mini computer anyway.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 10, 2025 11:42 AM (kMqUr)

I've heard allusions to the presence of trillionaires already. The families that trace their lineage back centuries, that the "public" billionaires are allowed to mill about, acting like they're wealthy, while the truly wealthy lay about, behind the curtains, controlling everything.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 10, 2025 11:45 AM (dGCAG)

265 250 Physical media must make a comeback, it provides a store of value and an asset whereas digital products are transitory and temporary.

*whistles innocently*

Posted by: the solid state "hard disk" in your pc at November 10, 2025 11:45 AM (sGtp+)

266 I'll have a glass of Chateau Thames Embankment.
Posted by: no one at November 10, 2025 11:28 AM

Made from the finest Fleet Street grapes!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 10, 2025 11:45 AM (bFu5X)

267 They talked about doing all of those things during Biden's term. There must be a reason they didn't.

The point of leftist politics is looting the treasury.

Taking a risk of getting shot isn't worth a slight increase in the loot...

Posted by: 18-1 at November 10, 2025 11:45 AM (sKqQm)

268 Big Bang Theory; once you notice it, then you notice none of the joke are actually funny
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 10, 2025 11:41 AM (HXT0k)

I always point out that these supposedly girl repellant nerds got laid more than the college QB.
Posted by: the way I see it

That because the girls, except for Penny, were also nerds.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 10, 2025 11:46 AM (kMqUr)

269 229 "I wonder why vinyl made a comeback..but VHS tapes did not."

___________________

" In my day, we kept our music in a CD wallet, which was the fashion at the time."
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 10, 2025 11:38 AM (1oRxJ)

Remember the special cases or shelves for cassettes. My parents also had mobile 8-track cases.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 10, 2025 11:46 AM (bss/y)

270 The kid's going blind watching Tennessee Tuxedo!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 10, 2025 11:45 AM

It took 263 comments. *shakes head*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 10, 2025 11:46 AM (bFu5X)

271 I don’t think the scriptwriters with aphantasia thing is odd; I have aphantasia and learned to focus more on words/sounds as a result. Maybe people with aphantasia have stronger inner dialogues and that makes better dialog writers. Idk, just a guess.

Posted by: Little Miss Strange at November 10, 2025 11:47 AM (bjR8j)

272 a racist, white "church", armed to the teeth, trying to create a whites-only settlement on (literally) stolen Indian land.

Reminds me a bit of Far Cry 5.

Of course that was an odd one in the cult ends up being more compelling then their enemies...and they also end up being...right somehow.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 10, 2025 11:48 AM (sKqQm)

273 Good or bad, tv was time spent with family. You don't have that type of family time anymore. Would love to have a home improvement type show to watch with the family. Maybe I just have to stream home improvement.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at November 10, 2025 11:48 AM (sX1BW)

274 The greatest missed Star Trek opportunity was a Captain Worf series.

*pouts*
Posted by: captain sulu
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I know we rightfully give him grief for pillow biter he became in real life, but Captain Sulu was a really good character addition in Star Trek VI as the Captain of the Excelsior.

Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2025 11:48 AM (TN0g+)

275 When you stream, you're committing some portion of time to watching something. But just flipping the TV on and having something in the background, it's just environmental entertainment that you may or may not stop and sink into.
Posted by: bearski

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That's us and why we kept cable (sling actually) until just recently when I bought a google TV. They have a ton of "free" (i.e. advertising-supported) content that works really well as "environmental entertainment". I've cancelled sling now. The only thing I pay for explicitly is CNBC, and then we sign up for a month or two when we want to stream something specific.

We also watch quite a lot of youtube on the TV. I pay for premium to avoid the incessant ads.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 10, 2025 11:48 AM (1Nv0l)

276 Last four Democrat-Communist VP Candidates: Biden (08/12); Kaine (16); Harris (20); Walz (24). If the trend line I'm noticing is accurate, then their next VP candidate should be Beaker from the Muppets.

"Beaker is a magnet for disaster; he routinely experiences mishaps such as being blown up, electrocuted, eaten by large monsters, or afflicted with awkward side effects caused by Dr. Honeydew's experiments. Beaker communicates in a nervous, high-pitched squeak that sounds like 'Mee-mee-mee-mee'."

Posted by: Of Course, There's Always the Unexpected at November 10, 2025 11:48 AM (qUkBO)

277 They talked about doing all of those things during Biden's term. There must be a reason they didn't.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 10, 2025 11:44 AM (Riz8t)

You get very close to removing from the enemy any avenue of escape or hope.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 10, 2025 11:48 AM (bss/y)

278 This bikini blonde prefers the beach to the tube:
http://tiny.cc/ukuu001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 10, 2025 11:48 AM (zxP/x)

279 251 We still have DirecTV.

we've had directv since the mid-'90s. watch it mostly for fox news, the occasional odd anime series on cartoon network, svengoolie once in a while, and those skinwalker ranch folks. but the oak island guys are just plain silly.

to add insult to injury, the internet in my neck of the lack of woods is supplied by the cable company. so, yes, i've got both directv and cable.

Posted by: anachronda at November 10, 2025 11:48 AM (sGtp+)

280 and then they talk about it, Fry asks what size it is.
Hermes: "Honeycomb's Big, yeah yeah yeah!"
Bender: "It's not small, no no no!"

and you're left going NOOO I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WROTE THIS WHOLE EPISODE JUST SO YOU COULD SAY THAT!!!
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And I laughed so damned hard at that.
Still do.

A fricking Norm MacDonald set-up and joke.
That is peak comedy.

It ranks up there with Homer Simpson in hell and the devil is like "quite, or you'll wake up John Wayne!"
And he comes out with a steaming cup of coffee, holding his back where it hurts, and gruffly says, "I'm already up."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 10, 2025 11:49 AM (HXT0k)

281 The TVs in this house burn like the flame on Kennedy's grave. Never extinguished.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 10, 2025 11:49 AM (snZF9)

282 It's called Election Day in the Constitution, this concept of months of voting needs to end.
Posted by: Leupold at November 10, 2025 11:33 AM (eIzlH)

I agree. Early, late, and absentee voting should be banned. -- Democrat Party Operatives for Ensuring Voting Machine Failures and Insufficient Ballots in Red Precincts

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 10, 2025 11:50 AM (ExV1e)

283 According to Scheel, the image of the ‘pagan North’ has often been exploited for political purposes. “The clearest negative example is how the Volk movement and the National Socialists exploited Norse mythology, misusing medieval written sources to underpin their racial ideology.” While there are still links to right-wing extremism today, the overall reception is now much more heterogeneous and covers a very broad spectrum of interests and forms. The field of neo-pagan groups is also heterogeneous.

Ideas about Norse mythology have also been taken up in art and literature. “One further example is Richard Wagner’s opera ‘The Ring of the Nibelung’,” explains Simon Hauke. “Many of the ideas we have today about Norse mythology come from this opera’s premiere, including the figure of the Valkyrie, whom Wagner clothed as a decidedly feminine warrior. Wagner’s image of the Valkyrie is often adopted today, for example, on album covers of metal bands and Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards.”

Posted by: SMOD at November 10, 2025 11:50 AM (RHGPo)

284 274 The greatest missed Star Trek opportunity was a Captain Worf series.

*pouts*
Posted by: captain sulu
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I know we rightfully give him grief for pillow biter he became in real life, but Captain Sulu was a really good character addition in Star Trek VI as the Captain of the Excelsior.

saw george takei at one the couple of star trek conventions i've been to over the years. he talked about how he was lobbying for a captain sulu spinoff.

Posted by: anachronda at November 10, 2025 11:50 AM (sGtp+)

285 The greatest missed Star Trek opportunity was a Captain Worf series.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 10, 2025 11:36 AM

Captain Sulu of the good ship Venus.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 10, 2025 11:50 AM (jc0TO)

286 151
‘ Character actor extraordinaire Stephen Root voiced Bill Dauterive.’

Also in NewsRadio

Posted by: Aunt Esther at November 10, 2025 11:51 AM (jbnUc)

287 Also in NewsRadio
Posted by: Aunt Esther at November 10, 2025 11:51 AM (jbnUc)
++++
It's really too bad Phil Harmann's wife murdered him.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 10, 2025 11:51 AM (zxP/x)

288 They talked about doing all of those things during Biden's term. There must be a reason they didn't.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 10, 2025 11:44 AM (Riz8t)

Two reasons. Manchin and Sinema. They kinda saved our ass.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 10, 2025 11:51 AM (lO7EU)

289 None of the kids know why youtube is called youtube.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 10, 2025 11:51 AM (1Nv0l)

290 Wait, you had a clip of Don Knotts and used something other than "Lullaby of Birdland" for the music spot?!

SHAAAAAME! Shame on YOU!

youtu.be/AYwqxLNofZs

Posted by: pookysgirl, horrified Muppets fan at November 10, 2025 11:51 AM (Wt5PA)

291 Reminds me a bit of Far Cry 5.

Of course that was an odd one in the cult ends up being more compelling then their enemies...and they also end up being...right somehow.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 10, 2025 11:48 AM (sKqQm)

There is a lot wrong with 5. It is also part of my theory about how the left sees us. Far Cry 5 is how they think ANY christian is on the verge of acting. They BELIEVE we would do something like that if we could. All of the tropes are there. Religious ecstasy backed by drug and sexual abuse. War criminal army vets creating brutal camps. Evangelical preachers who are just out to rape their flock.

I hate that game.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 10, 2025 11:52 AM (bss/y)

292 German priest marries 4-man polycule: "There was so much love between them"

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Why stop at four? With eleven you've got a football team.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 10, 2025 11:52 AM (L/fGl)

293 Hot new Democrat-Communist talking point will be "We HAVE to get rid of the filibuster when we take back power because the GOP is going to do it!"

Posted by: Of Course, There's Always the Unexpected at November 10, 2025 11:52 AM (qUkBO)

294 Off year elections:

Me - "Yeah? OK. Who cares?"
Them - "ermagerd we win you lose MAGA is dead derp"

Shutdown:

Me- "Yeah? OK. Who cares?"
Them - "ermagerd Schumer is a Nazi everything is over we're all gonna die"

...

seriously, neckbeards, take a pill. Get a hobby.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 10, 2025 11:52 AM (JwNbV)

295 I wonder why vinyl made a comeback..but VHS tapes did not !

Posted by: runner

And LPs but not 8 tracks. I am still convinced that 8 tracks are going to make a big comeback.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 10, 2025 11:53 AM (0U5gm)

296 100-year-old WWII veteran from the U.K.'s Verdict: Our Sacrifices Were Squandered

“I can see in my mind’s eye, rows and rows of white stones, of all the hundreds of my friends...for what?”

Posted by: SMOD at November 10, 2025 11:53 AM (RHGPo)

297 "TV shoes"?

Posted by: Grandalf at November 10, 2025 11:54 AM (Ea9wW)

298 German priest marries 4-man polycule: "There was so much love between them"
Why stop at four? With eleven you've got a football team.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 10, 2025 11:52 AM (L/fGl)

Germany is…

Posted by: Circling The Bowl at November 10, 2025 11:54 AM (VE6nQ)

299 German priest marries 4-man polycule: "There was so much love between them"

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Why stop at four? With eleven you've got a football team.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 10, 2025 11:52 AM (L/fGl)

(sings)

Po lyc u le, pol lyc u la....

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2025 11:54 AM (npFr7)

300 None of the kids know why youtube is called youtube.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 10, 2025 11:51 AM (1Nv0l)
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LOL. Perhaps so.

My favorite TV-related absurdity is my TV set itself. Nice big flat panel LCD and it has a CRT-style power-on/power off animation (white point expanding out to the picture on power on, the opposite on power off).

Untold billions of dollars spent on making TV sets power on faster, come up cleaner and overcome those kinds of artifacts - to the point that they are damn near instant-on now - and they went and *added them back in* as animations for nostalgia. Makes me laugh every time I turn the TV set on.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 10, 2025 11:54 AM (zxP/x)

301 The problem with the GOP blowing up the filibuster is that anything the Republicans do with that power now will be mere sand castles to be wiped away as soon the Democrat-Communists get back into power. The Democrat-Communists, however, will use the filibuster to ensure the GOP never gets back into power. It's a mistake.

Posted by: Of Course, There's Always the Unexpected at November 10, 2025 11:55 AM (qUkBO)

302 They were going to do a Captain Sulu spinoff but all the stories involved Uranus

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 10, 2025 11:55 AM (bfwj/)

303 seriously, neckbeards, take a pill. Get a hobby.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 10, 2025 11:52 AM (JwNbV)

They have to be at a high boil- this is all they have.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 10, 2025 11:55 AM (bss/y)

304 German priest marries 4-man polycule: "There was so much love between them"

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Why stop at four? With eleven you've got a football team.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

With 11, you'd no longer have a tight end.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 10, 2025 11:55 AM (kMqUr)

305 Trump Pardons Rudy Giuliani, Others Involved In Bid To Challenge 2020 Election

This opens the flood gates for these folks to testify against Jack Smith without fear of prosecution

Posted by: SMOD at November 10, 2025 11:55 AM (RHGPo)

306 The problem with the GOP blowing up the filibuster is that anything the Republicans do with that power now will be mere sand castles to be wiped away as soon the Democrat-Communists get back into power.

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Then use your power to make sure that doesn't happen.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at November 10, 2025 11:55 AM (sX1BW)

307 I mean, they will use NUKING the filibuster to ensure the GOP never gets back into power.

Posted by: Of Course, There's Always the Unexpected at November 10, 2025 11:55 AM (qUkBO)

308 100-year-old WWII veteran from the U.K.'s Verdict: Our Sacrifices Were Squandered

“I can see in my mind’s eye, rows and rows of white stones, of all the hundreds of my friends...for what?”
Posted by: SMOD at November 10, 2025 11:53 AM (RHGPo)

Quit whining, all your friends would be dead by now anyway.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 10, 2025 11:55 AM (dGCAG)

309 I liked Sulu when he played Kono.

Posted by: Bulg at November 10, 2025 11:56 AM (77rzZ)

310 Maybe we could ditch the filibuster for clean CRs, presuming that can be tightly defined. Just as we don't allow the filibuster on Reconciliation.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 10, 2025 11:56 AM (jc0TO)

311 I wonder why vinyl made a comeback..but VHS tapes did not !
Posted by: runner at November 10, 2025 11:24 AM (g47mK)
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Vinyl has cachet. No tape format *ever* has. All of the LP's foibles are endearing for whatever reason, none of tape's foibles are. I don't get it and never have. I am into CDs. Always have been. They sound the same forever and I can easily convert them to stream them over my setup. Also, still get album art and notes on most releases.

To each his own.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 10, 2025 11:56 AM (zxP/x)

312 King of the Hill has an episode that covers any subject discussed on aos.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 10, 2025 11:57 AM (EYmYM)

313 Did anyone else play the "Hi Bob" drinking game in college?
Posted by: Beartooth at November 10, 2025 11:39 AM (kanec)
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Not Hi Bob, but we played Bizz, Buzz, Bang and Thumper.

Posted by: IrishEi at November 10, 2025 11:57 AM (3ImbR)

314 I only watched NewsRadio once or twice , but Stephen Root will forever be Milton Waddams

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 10, 2025 11:57 AM (bfwj/)

315 >> I mean, they will use NUKING the filibuster to ensure the GOP never gets back into power.

Of course they will. The left knows how to wield power, which is why they win.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at November 10, 2025 11:57 AM (l3YAf)

316 Not funny, Burt.

Posted by: Open Channel D at November 10, 2025 11:57 AM (gYnrv)

317 Then use your power to make sure that doesn't happen.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at November 10, 2025 11:55 AM (sX1BW)

Start by doing what your voters sent your arses to DC for in the first place.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 10, 2025 11:57 AM (dGCAG)

318 @295

>>And LPs but not 8 tracks. I am still convinced that 8 tracks are going to make a big comeback.

There are currently no modern versions of 8-Track players on sale, and with cassettes, you have better smaller, more durable package.

That's one technology that will more than likely never make a comeback.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 10, 2025 11:57 AM (XV/Pl)

319 Haven't watched a series regularly since Finding Bigfoot went tits up. Ranae Holland is my idea of perfect feminine pulchritude.

Posted by: 5'11" Of Yummy Goodness at November 10, 2025 11:58 AM (oftw2)

320 On September 11, 2003, John Ritter was rehearsing for 8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter on the Walt Disney Studios lot in Burbank, California, when he suddenly fell ill: sweating profusely, vomiting, and complaining of chest pain. He was taken across the street to the Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (the same hospital where he had been born) at 6:00 pm. Ritter was initially treated by emergency room physicians for an assumed heart attack; however, his condition quickly worsened. Ritter was then diagnosed with aortic dissection and taken into surgery, but was pronounced dead at 10:48 p.m., at the age of 54.

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Wow, I can promise you that I will not die in The UCLA Medical Center ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 10, 2025 11:58 AM (0BpYX)

321 Not funny, Burt.
Posted by: Open Channel D at November 10, 2025 11:57 AM (gYnrv)

It's alright, he's prolly deaf, he can't hear me anyway.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 10, 2025 11:58 AM (dGCAG)

322 My first 8 track was Toys in the Attic.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 10, 2025 11:58 AM (EYmYM)

323 I miss Netflix discs...and them not being into gay pedo shit.
I hate Star Trek and always have.
And I haven't had cable TV since 2004, don't miss it. Sadly, I think YouTube is now worse than network tv for commercials. Ugh.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at November 10, 2025 11:59 AM (xcxpd)

324 King of the Hill has an episode that covers any subject discussed on aos.
Posted by: the way I see it

Crossbows v. longbows?
Ginger or Mary Anne?
Carrots in chili?
Shelving accidents?

Posted by: Bulg at November 10, 2025 11:59 AM (77rzZ)

325 I liked Sulu when he was the jap kid in the Twilight Zone hating on the white guy.

Posted by: Arthur Takamori at November 10, 2025 11:59 AM (VE6nQ)

326 Quit whining, all your friends would be dead by now anyway.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 10, 2025 11:55 AM (dGCAG)

Yeah, but they didn’t have to die in their teens and twenties so treacherous politicians could turn their countries into gay commie shitholes full of foreigners.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at November 10, 2025 11:59 AM (l3YAf)

327 We had watched the Brit's ITV series Maigret, based on a French police/mystery series. Rowan Atkinson played the title role, and it was great. We just finished PBS version of it--and they changed everything about it except the name of the title character. Best comment was on imbd, called it a Brit police procedural set in Paris. The writing was terrible too.

Posted by: Lirio100 at November 10, 2025 11:59 AM (ky7/T)

328 How do you explain to someone today how, if you missed the original broadcast, you had to wait until the summer re-runs to catch it?

People were invested in shows; now it's casual background noise.

I like to point this out X-files had 24 1st season episodes; 24 week--6 months!--commitment invested by Fox w/o a clue it's succeed.

Imagine a gamble like that today.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 10, 2025 11:59 AM (HXT0k)

329 Vinyl has cachet.

For the same reason that people bought gold-plated cables. Someone got paid to say that t sounds better and a bunch of normies decided that they'd LARP audiophile.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 10, 2025 11:59 AM (ExV1e)

330 216
‘ Hollywood sure seems to be dying a well-deserved albeit tragic death...’

Tragic how?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 10, 2025 11:59 AM (jbnUc)

331 And I haven't had cable TV since 2004, don't miss it. Sadly, I think YouTube is now worse than network tv for commercials. Ugh.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at November 10, 2025 11:59 AM (xcxpd)
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Much worse, IMO. A longer, less frequent ad break is better. My annoyance with YouTube is how *often* it cuts for ads.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 10, 2025 12:00 PM (zxP/x)

332 King of the Hill has an episode that covers any subject discussed on aos.
Posted by: the way I see it

Crossbows v. longbows?
Ginger or Mary Anne?
Carrots in chili?
Shelving accidents?
Posted by: Bulg at November 10, 2025 11:59 AM (77rzZ)

Yes

Posted by: the way I see it at November 10, 2025 12:00 PM (EYmYM)

333 I hate that game.

Maybe your theory is right but...why is the cult...right in the end? And its a weird thing too - why would some backwoods nowhere get nuked?

Of course the sound track is amazing.

1: https://tinyurl.com/49n9xyha
2: https://tinyurl.com/yc3nrt6y

Posted by: 18-1 at November 10, 2025 12:00 PM (sKqQm)

334 Vinyl records, if well cared for, last a lifetime, or longer. Even if they are scratchy, you can still play them and enjoy them. Tapes slowly degrade just sitting. And 8-track and cassette formats are both prone to jams, or getting snagged in the rollers and torn up.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2025 12:00 PM (npFr7)

335 GOP without the filibuster will cut some taxes and accelerate depreciation schedules.

Dems will pack scotus, give pr and dc statehood, eliminate the electoral college and ban all guns kore powerful than a BB gun.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 10, 2025 12:00 PM (lO7EU)

336 Ritter was initially treated by emergency room physicians for an assumed heart attack; however, his condition quickly worsened. Ritter was then diagnosed with aortic dissection

Slamming clot busters in straight away is the normal treatment for heart attacks and strokes. 9 times out of 10 it's the right move, unless you have a bleeder. Then it's bad.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 10, 2025 12:00 PM (jc0TO)

337 We used to sit around the fire
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director

Caveman TV is the very best TV

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 10, 2025 12:00 PM (hUzUC)

338 I only watched NewsRadio once or twice , but Stephen Root will forever be Milton Waddams
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Something about him sets my teeth on edge. Same with Wayne Knight.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 10, 2025 12:00 PM (kMqUr)

339 Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at November 10, 2025 11:59 AM (l3YAf)

Don't bother...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 10, 2025 12:00 PM (n9ltV)

340 Well, at least they're honest.

Portland Furries Howl, Neigh At ICE Agents During "Degenerates Against Fascism" Protest

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 10, 2025 12:01 PM (L/fGl)

341 I saw Perfect Feminine Pulchritude open for Olivia Newton-John at the Rainbow Theater in '78.

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 10, 2025 12:01 PM (0BpYX)

342 Much worse, IMO. A longer, less frequent ad break is better. My annoyance with YouTube is how *often* it cuts for ads.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 10, 2025 12:00 PM (zxP/x)

DDG player allows you to watch yootoob vids without ads.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 10, 2025 12:01 PM (dGCAG)

343 I wonder if that old veteran mourning the state of his country is currently buried under the jail for heresy.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 10, 2025 12:02 PM (jjoN6)

344 331 And I haven't had cable TV since 2004, don't miss it. Sadly, I think YouTube is now worse than network tv for commercials. Ugh.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at November 10, 2025 11:59 AM (xcxpd)
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Much worse, IMO. A longer, less frequent ad break is better. My annoyance with YouTube is how *often* it cuts for ads.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 10, 2025 12:00 PM (zxP/x)

Yep, and if you skip ahead in the video, you automatically snag a commercial. I hate it but I'm not giving YouTube any money. I might have to actually do some research on how to set up an adblocker on my FireTV stick.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at November 10, 2025 12:02 PM (xcxpd)

345 TV has been unwatchable for years. Forget about network drivel, sports are almost unwatchable now too. NBA and MLB have faded to zip. Football is undergoing Death by a Thousand game breaks (commercials). Not just adverts but irritating noise pollution.

Posted by: SS at November 10, 2025 12:03 PM (52U6V)

346 Quit whining, all your friends would be dead by now anyway.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 10, 2025 11:55 AM (dGCAG)

Dude. I'll defend you, but there are times you can be a real ass.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 10, 2025 12:03 PM (bss/y)

347 341 I saw Perfect Feminine Pulchritude open for Olivia Newton-John at the Rainbow Theater in '78.
Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 10, 2025 12:01 PM (0BpYX)

Hot

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at November 10, 2025 12:03 PM (xcxpd)

348 For the same reason that people bought gold-plated cables. Someone got paid to say that t sounds better and a bunch of normies decided that they'd LARP audiophile.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 10, 2025 11:59 AM (ExV1e)
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"Audiophile" == "sucker"

Which is too bad, because good audio gear is worth having. But the "audiophile" market is mostly snake oil that doesn't matter in the slightest. Gold-plated optical cables are among the stupidest things I have ever seen (yeah, they exist. An audio dealer tried to sell me one when I bought my speakers).

Part of the problem is the death of the "middle class audiophile" (the normal dude with a nice Hi-Fi), and part is having expense be part of the bragging rights. Home audio equipment is getting close to Veblen Goods territory, which sucks the big one. Shouldn't need to spend 5-6 figures to do better than midrange. And you don't *have* to yet, but it's getting close.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 10, 2025 12:03 PM (zxP/x)

349 Just using brave erases ewetub ads.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 10, 2025 12:03 PM (bss/y)

350
CDs will never have the warmth of wax cylinders.
Posted by: Archimedes
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It's the vertical modulation. Same is true of Edison Diamond Disc.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 10, 2025 12:03 PM (XeU6L)

351 Back in the good old days, shows were half an hour or an hour, once per week, and rerun once more in the year. Now, people can watch any show at any time. I think people used to spend much less time in front of a screen, more time outdoors, and more time in personal conversation, which is much better physically and mentally than what is happening now.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 10, 2025 12:04 PM (0U5gm)

352 Well, at least they're honest.

Portland Furries Howl, Neigh At ICE Agents During "Degenerates Against Fascism" Protest

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 10, 2025 12:01 PM (L/fGl)

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Next you'll be telling me that they just openly crap in the streets in public up there.

Oh, wait ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 10, 2025 12:04 PM (0BpYX)

353 Then use your power to make sure that doesn't happen.
___

How? The Democrat-Communists will pack the Supreme Court with four new DEI rubber-stamp monsters, nationalize cheat-by-mail, and add four new Democrat Senate seats by making DC and PR states. I don't see any similar moves that the GOP can make. We already control SCOTUS, barely. I doubt we could sanitize voting nationally because the Constitution says the states run elections. And I don't see red states agreeing to break up to create additional states and Senate seats (which could also backfire: for example, breaking Texas into two states could end up electing two GOP and two Democrat-Communist Senators).

Posted by: Of Course, There's Always the Unexpected at November 10, 2025 12:04 PM (qUkBO)

354 I liked Sulu when he was the jap kid in the Twilight Zone hating on the white guy.
Posted by: Arthur Takamori

Eddie Muller mentioned that in his Noir Alley outtro yesterday, as it was written or directed by the same guy who wrote or directed yesterday's noir.

It was considered too controversial to air at the time, and never was shown. But it's been restored in the digital compilations of the series.

Posted by: Bulg at November 10, 2025 12:04 PM (77rzZ)

355 291 Reminds me a bit of Far Cry 5.

Of course that was an odd one in the cult ends up being more compelling then their enemies...and they also end up being...right somehow.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 10, 2025 11:48 AM (sKqQm)

There is a lot wrong with 5. It is also part of my theory about how the left sees us. Far Cry 5 is how they think ANY christian is on the verge of acting. They BELIEVE we would do something like that if we could. All of the tropes are there. Religious ecstasy backed by drug and sexual abuse. War criminal army vets creating brutal camps. Evangelical preachers who are just out to rape their flock.

I hate that game.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 10, 2025 11:52 AM (bss/y)

Asshole Canadians made it

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at November 10, 2025 12:04 PM (xcxpd)

356 With analogue, you 'could' make an argument that a better conductor makes for better sounds/signal.

Digital is either on or off.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 10, 2025 12:05 PM (bss/y)

357 For the same reason that people bought gold-plated cables. Someone got paid to say that t sounds better and a bunch of normies decided that they'd LARP audiophile.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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'Oxygen Free' cables, oxygen free!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 10, 2025 12:05 PM (XeU6L)

358 >>>As cool as Tom Petty’s “Don’t Come Around Here No More” video might have been, I could not understand watching it for yet another time rather than going to out to a college bar and chatting up some coeds.

You Got Lucky >>> Don’t Come Around Here No More

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 10, 2025 12:05 PM (i24o9)

359 and more time in personal conversation, which is much better physically and mentally than what is happening now.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 10, 2025 12:04 PM (0U5gm)

Do you consider texting and blogging personal conversations?

Posted by: the way I see it at November 10, 2025 12:05 PM (EYmYM)

360 301 The problem with the GOP blowing up the filibuster is that anything the Republicans do with that power now will be mere sand castles to be wiped away as soon the Democrat-Communists get back into power. The Democrat-Communists, however, will use the filibuster to ensure the GOP never gets back into power. It's a mistake.
Posted by: Of Course, There's Always the Unexpected at November 10, 2025 11:55 AM (qUkBO)
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The Dem's will vote for mail-in-ballots and no photo ID country wide. The GOP will never be in power again.

Posted by: WisRich at November 10, 2025 12:05 PM (G0vdT)

361 LPs never went away. Analog something something.

Harmonically balanced turntables sensitive to detect gravitational waves and all that. Not the same fun in tape

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 10, 2025 12:06 PM (1Nv0l)

362 'Oxygen Free' cables, oxygen free!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 10, 2025 12:05 PM (XeU6L)

Nitrogen filled cables!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 10, 2025 12:06 PM (bss/y)

363 Religious ecstasy backed by drug and sexual abuse. War criminal army vets creating brutal camps. Evangelical preachers who are just out to rape their flock.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 10, 2025 11:52 AM (bss/y)

Was that wrong?

Posted by: George Costanza at November 10, 2025 12:06 PM (i24o9)

364 Captain Sulu of the good ship Venus.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 10, 2025 11:50 AM

More like the good ship Uranus, amirite?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 10, 2025 12:06 PM (bFu5X)

365 With analogue, you 'could' make an argument that a better conductor makes for better sounds/signal.

Digital is either on or off.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 10, 2025 12:05 PM (bss/y)
++++
And you'd even be right to a point, and it's still true. Use good copper wire and gold-plated connector, and you're in good shape. That good copper wire and gold-plated connector needn't cost hundreds of dollars unless you're a sucker.

A good digital signal cable (e.g., HDMI) will probably get you a longer run than a lower-quality cable, but if you are sending enough bits in the right order for the inbuilt error correction scheme, it works. That's it. It works or it doesn't. There's almost no decay of digital signals. There's a cliff. You don't get snow and static, you just get macroblocking and then nothing.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 10, 2025 12:07 PM (zxP/x)

366 Quit whining, all your friends would be dead by now anyway.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 10, 2025 11:55 AM (dGCAG)

Dude. I'll defend you, but there are times you can be a real ass.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 10, 2025 12:03 PM (bss/y)

Ever hear the one about the old couple who go to the lawyer's office to get a divorce after 75 years of marriage?

Lawyer asks them, "Sure, but why now, after all these years?"

Husband looks at his wife, who nods approvingly, as he says "We were waiting for the kids to die."

Posted by: BurtTC at November 10, 2025 12:07 PM (dGCAG)

367 For the same reason that people bought gold-plated cables. Someone got paid to say that t sounds better and a bunch of normies decided that they'd LARP audiophile.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

The one gold plated gimmick I bought was a gold core cable device that allowed me to transfer from LPs and cassettes into digital files, so I could put those songs on a memory stick and play them in my vehicle. I don't know if the gold made a difference, but the tool was great.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 10, 2025 12:07 PM (0U5gm)

368 Part of the problem is the death of the "middle class audiophile" (the normal dude with a nice Hi-Fi),
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It was all just to get laid, anyway.

As Elvis sang, "I got the hi-fi up and lights down low"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 10, 2025 12:07 PM (HXT0k)

369 I just started watching “Grimm.”

I like it a lot. It’s very PNW in that most people are psycho weird and everyone knows it.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 10, 2025 12:07 PM (W2Pud)

370 When people say "TV" do they mean typical network/ cable programming, or the device you watch on? I don't watch the former, but do stream everything on the latter.

Posted by: Josephistan at November 10, 2025 12:07 PM (y9ksN)

371 I do believe a Captain Sulu spinoff pilot was actually made but I could be wrong.

Posted by: steevy at November 10, 2025 12:07 PM (YwEeS)

372 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds hasn't been too bad.

Kudos to those watching asian movies and shows.

Even though we aren't represented. To whom do we whine about that?

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 10, 2025 12:08 PM (Sco7b)

373 and more time in personal conversation, which is much better physically and mentally than what is happening now.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 10, 2025 12:04 PM (0U5gm)

Do you consider texting and blogging personal conversations?
Posted by: the way I see it

Because there's very few people locally that I want to converse with.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 10, 2025 12:08 PM (kMqUr)

374 The Dem's will vote for mail-in-ballots and no photo ID country wide. The GOP will never be in power again.
Posted by: WisRich at November 10, 2025 12:05 PM

Awesome! All the money, no responsibility! Permanent minority ftw!

Posted by: GOPErs at November 10, 2025 12:08 PM (bFu5X)

375 Nitrogen filled cables!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 10, 2025 12:06 PM (bss/y)

I hope that is a joke, but I wouldn't be surprised if it exists!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 10, 2025 12:08 PM (n9ltV)

376 German priest marries 4-man polycule: "There was so much love between them

Is that how the sentence was phrased? It sounds like he married the other four men. I suppose it should be phrased that he blessed the "marriage " of the four men. So, so bad. I hope he was sanctioned.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 10, 2025 12:08 PM (iOWAS)

377 'Oxygen Free' cables, oxygen free!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 10, 2025 12:05 PM (XeU6L)
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Oxygen-free copper is a thing and it is real. It tarnishes and oxidizes much less quickly and carries a nicer signal for longer. Marginal improvement, but at least demonstrable with an oscilloscope.

And you can get coils of the stuff for less than a single "audiophile" cable.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 10, 2025 12:08 PM (zxP/x)

378 I remember the day Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth's record hitting his 715 lth home run.

I was a big baseball fan, that was back when there was usually just one game a week on Saturday -- The Living Las Vegas we got some of the Dodger games, and of course the great Vin Scully got to call that.

Anyway, we were out playing touch football (although I was crazy enough to have preferred tackle) in the street -- when my mom called us all into the house to watch the rerun of History being made.

Then it was back outside -- much to the chagrin of neighbors and local traffic passing through.

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 10, 2025 12:09 PM (0BpYX)

379 Do you consider texting and blogging personal conversations?

Posted by: the way I see it

No. There is much less feedback and nonverbal communication.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 10, 2025 12:09 PM (0U5gm)

380 It was all just to get laid, anyway.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

Your point?

Posted by: Every male everywhere at November 10, 2025 12:09 PM (1Nv0l)

381 It was all just to get laid, anyway.

As Elvis sang, "I got the hi-fi up and lights down low"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 10, 2025 12:07 PM (HXT0k)
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LOL. Didn't work that way for me!

But I do have a nice stereo, which I enjoy having.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 10, 2025 12:09 PM (zxP/x)

382 The Dem's will vote for mail-in-ballots and no photo ID country wide. The GOP will never be in power again.
___

I agree. I just don't know what the GOP can do to prevent that, even with them getting rid of the filibuster. I am also concerned that the Democrat-Communists will be even more vindictive than usual when they get back into power after the GOP nuked the filibuster. I don't want to hear hysterical leftists scream "The GOP nuked the filibuster! The GOP nuked the filibuster!" for the remainder of my life.

Posted by: Of Course, There's Always the Unexpected at November 10, 2025 12:10 PM (qUkBO)

383 No. There is much less feedback and nonverbal communication.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 10, 2025 12:09 PM

*spock eyebrow*

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 10, 2025 12:10 PM (jc0TO)

384 I am continually ranting about the cancellation of the Netflix DVD service. Think what you want about Netflix, but they had an enormous library of movies and TV shows. I got caught up on so many things because of that service. Now, it's much harder to find an old movie or a TV series I wasn't able to watch when it was on. I understand it's a streaming world, but that bone for the dinosaurs is sorely missed.

My kids do not watch any TV show that is current. It's mostly stuff on their phones, and if they do watch a TV show it's usually something from the past. AP BIO. YOUNG SHELDON. BOJACK HORSEMAN. etc

Posted by: Lex at November 10, 2025 12:11 PM (l5xX+)

385 I remember loving "Quincy MD" as a child. Tried to watch the pilot episode with my wife a few years back, holy moly was that show preachy.

Posted by: Darth Randall at November 10, 2025 12:11 PM (f1kZG)

386 *apologies for the voice translation errors ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 10, 2025 12:11 PM (0BpYX)

387 375 Nitrogen filled cables!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 10, 2025 12:06 PM (bss/y)

I hope that is a joke, but I wouldn't be surprised if it exists!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 10, 2025 12:08 PM (n9ltV)

What came up when I searched:
Nitrogen-filled cables are used in various electrical applications, providing insulation and reducing the risk of electrical discharge, particularly in high-tension environments.
Overview of Nitrogen-Filled Cables
Nitrogen-filled cables utilize pressurized nitrogen gas as an insulating medium instead of traditional dielectric fluids. This design is particularly beneficial in high-tension cables (33 kV to 210 kV) where moisture can compromise insulation integrity. The use of nitrogen helps to prevent oxidation and moisture-related defects, enhancing the overall durability of the cable.
MVS Engineering
+1

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 10, 2025 12:11 PM (bss/y)

388 278 This bikini blonde prefers the beach to the tube:
http://tiny.cc/ukuu001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 10, 2025 11:48 AM (zxP/x)

Art

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at November 10, 2025 12:11 PM (xcxpd)

389 321
‘ It's alright, he's prolly deaf, he can't hear me anyway.’

If everything’s a joke you won’t mind me making fun of dead Gazan kids then (due for another layer of napalm.)

Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 10, 2025 12:12 PM (jbnUc)

390 I remember loving "Quincy MD" as a child. Tried to watch the pilot episode with my wife a few years back, holy moly was that show preachy.
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And the "Medical Examiner" role was elevated to what amounted to "Super Cop" status.

Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2025 12:12 PM (TN0g+)

391 My favorite "audiophile" scam is the "CD Transport"

It's a CD player without a DAC, that you plug into your own DAC with a digital signal cable. It has the tray, laser, motors, etc., but no analogue audio output at all. It's just a head-end decoder that sends the digital bitstream out to whatever your equipment is that decodes it. It's a cool idea, if you have a DAC somewhere else that's really good and low-noise.

When I was building my stereo, I looked into it. Close to a grand. For half a CD player. For the cheap one.

I bought a used CD player with a digital out from the early 90s off eBay. Been going strong for years, and does exactly the same thing, since I use the digital out and let the good DAC in my amp do the heavy lifting. I use it as a "transport" - except it cost $50, not close to a thousand.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 10, 2025 12:12 PM (zxP/x)

392 I use Brave for YouTube watching and I have yet to see an ad...except for the ones that the creators stick in there.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 10, 2025 12:12 PM (WPL6O)

393 We've left out "The Night Stalker"--that show was pretty good back in the day.

Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2025 12:13 PM (TN0g+)

394 With analogue, you 'could' make an argument that a better conductor makes for better sounds/signal.

Digital is either on or off.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 10, 2025 12:05 PM (bss/y)
++++
And you'd even be right to a point, and it's still true. Use good copper wire and gold-plated connector, and you're in good shape. That good copper wire and gold-plated connector needn't cost hundreds of dollars unless you're a sucker.

A good digital signal cable (e.g., HDMI) will probably get you a longer run than a lower-quality cable, but if you are sending enough bits in the right order for the inbuilt error correction scheme, it works. That's it. It works or it doesn't. There's almost no decay of digital signals. There's a cliff. You don't get snow and static, you just get macroblocking and then nothing.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 10, 2025 12:07 PM (zxP/x)

And most people who say that they can tell the difference are lying to themselves. But... long as they're not spending MY money on it... make yourself happy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 10, 2025 12:13 PM (ExV1e)

395 Moving to PA cut me off completely from sports, I can't see the Mets or Giants any longer without paying ridiculous sums for special sports packages.

The last time basketball was of any interest was during the Linsanity period other than that, it's pretty much a garbage sport with really no redeeming qualities or interesting stars or story lines.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 10, 2025 12:13 PM (XV/Pl)

396 358 >>>As cool as Tom Petty’s “Don’t Come Around Here No More” video might have been, I could not understand watching it for yet another time rather than going to out to a college bar and chatting up some coeds.

You Got Lucky >>> Don’t Come Around Here No More
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 10, 2025 12:05 PM (i24o9)

Truth

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at November 10, 2025 12:13 PM (xcxpd)

397 I do believe a Captain Sulu spinoff pilot was actually made but I could be wrong.

Posted by: steevy at November 10, 2025 12:07 PM (YwEeS)

probably called it "voyage to uranis"

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 10, 2025 12:13 PM (snZF9)

398 We've left out "The Night Stalker"--that show was pretty good back in the day.
Posted by: Crusader

Yes. And inspiration for The X-Files.

Posted by: Bulg at November 10, 2025 12:14 PM (77rzZ)

399 If everything’s a joke you won’t mind me making fun of dead Gazan kids then (due for another layer of napalm.)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 10, 2025 12:12 PM (jbnUc)

If you can make it funny, sure.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 10, 2025 12:14 PM (dGCAG)

400 Psychosomatic is a thing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 10, 2025 12:14 PM (bss/y)

401 Home audio equipment is getting close to Veblen Goods territory,
------------
So, you're saying that $4,300 for an FM tuner may be too much?:

MAGNUM DYNALAB
Magnum Dynalab MD-105T Analog FM Tuner

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 10, 2025 12:14 PM (XeU6L)

402 I have a JBL mini speaker I’m listening to right now. That’s as close as to an audiophile I’ll get. Not very close.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 10, 2025 12:14 PM (EYmYM)

403 I remember loving "Quincy MD" as a child. Tried to watch the pilot episode with my wife a few years back, holy moly was that show preachy.
Posted by: Darth Randall at November 10, 2025 12:11 PM

I just remember an episode where some vaguely asian guy was murdered and Quincy wanted to do an autopsy but the aged parents didn't want one because, according to their religion, whatever it was, mutilating their son's body would keep him out of their heaven. Quincy responded with something like 'Okay fine, I'll get a court order'.

The look on the old people's faces was devastating.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 10, 2025 12:14 PM (jc0TO)

404 I cannot grok the notion of "catching up" on TV shows I never watched in the past. I chose not to watch them then, why should I feel a need to "catch up"?

There is a metric fuckton of TV shows I never watched, and never will, and I only know of their existence by the chatter here.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2025 12:14 PM (npFr7)

405 German pastor who married the quadruple with her serpent shawl.

https://is.gd/VjS1Wy

“Why should God have anything against there being four of them rather than two?”

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Yeah, God's well known for his "whatever, dude" attitude.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 10, 2025 12:14 PM (L/fGl)

406 Tulsi Gabbard, grabbing the third rail: “Barack Hussein Obama ordered the overthrow of the United States government — on behalf of Hillary Clinton — after the 2016 election.”

Posted by: Ian S. at November 10, 2025 12:14 PM (3cXfB)

407 And most people who say that they can tell the difference are lying to themselves. But... long as they're not spending MY money on it... make yourself happy.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 10, 2025 12:13 PM (ExV1e)
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Yup. To each his own. I think they're suckers but if they're spending their own money, they're free to be suckers and be happy about it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 10, 2025 12:14 PM (zxP/x)

408 JTN Network, the parent company of Just the News™, announced Monday that it has acquired the news brands Human Events™ and The Post Millennial™ as it launches a major expansion into a news, entertainment and technology network.

Posted by: SMOD at November 10, 2025 12:15 PM (RHGPo)

409 It was all just to get laid, anyway.

As Elvis sang, "I got the hi-fi up and lights down low"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 10, 2025 12:07 PM (HXT0k)

Cheap Trick "She's Tight".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 10, 2025 12:15 PM (ExV1e)

410 We've left out "The Night Stalker"--that show was pretty good back in the day.
Posted by: Crusader

Copyright issues killed it to soon.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 10, 2025 12:15 PM (hUzUC)

411 So, you're saying that $4,300 for an FM tuner may be too much?:

MAGNUM DYNALAB
Magnum Dynalab MD-105T Analog FM Tuner
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 10, 2025 12:14 PM (XeU6L)
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LOL.

Nothing surprises me anymore.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 10, 2025 12:15 PM (zxP/x)

412 Ace has arrived.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 10, 2025 12:16 PM (ExV1e)

413 NOOD CR

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 10, 2025 12:16 PM (zxP/x)

414 German pastor who married the quadruple with her serpent shawl.

https://is.gd/VjS1Wy

Brother get the flamer. The heavy flamer.

Posted by: Some Space Marine at November 10, 2025 12:16 PM (sKqQm)

415 And most people who say that they can tell the difference are lying to themselves. But... long as they're not spending MY money on it... make yourself happy.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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The audiophile equivalent of the placebo effect. Combined with Veblen.

Posted by: Every male everywhere at November 10, 2025 12:16 PM (1Nv0l)

416 oops

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 10, 2025 12:16 PM (1Nv0l)

417 We've left out "The Night Stalker"--that show was pretty good back in the day.
Posted by: Crusader

Copyright issues killed it to soon.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

What? How so? I've never heard about this.

Posted by: Bulg at November 10, 2025 12:16 PM (77rzZ)

418 I like Sanford and Son. I can watch it and it's a guarantee I'll laugh. The best thing is I like all the characters. Even bit parts like Grady and Rollo are great. It also doesn't get preachy, IMO.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at November 10, 2025 12:16 PM (Vh9CX)

419 If you can make it funny, sure.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 10, 2025 12:14 PM (dGCAG)

Irony writ large

Posted by: the way I see it at November 10, 2025 12:16 PM (EYmYM)

420 As formulaic as most every TV series was and is, I tried to introduce my wife to The Wild Wild West a few years ago (as she'd never seen it) -- and had to give up after the first half-dozen episodes.

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 10, 2025 12:17 PM (mKobB)

421 What came up when I searched:
Nitrogen-filled cables are used in various electrical applications, providing insulation and reducing the risk of electrical discharge, particularly in high-tension environments.
Overview of Nitrogen-Filled Cables
Nitrogen-filled cables utilize pressurized nitrogen gas as an insulating medium instead of traditional dielectric fluids. This design is particularly beneficial in high-tension cables (33 kV to 210 kV) where moisture can compromise insulation integrity. The use of nitrogen helps to prevent oxidation and moisture-related defects, enhancing the overall durability of the cable.
MVS Engineering
+1

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 10, 2025 12:11 PM (bss/y)

Just a matter of time before the first anal audiophile guitar player to use them to plug his guitar in.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 10, 2025 12:17 PM (snZF9)

422 MAGNUM DYNALAB
Magnum Dynalab MD-105T Analog FM Tuner
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 10, 2025 12:14 PM (XeU6L)

For that kind of money, it had better come with a button that puts good music on broadcast radio.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2025 12:18 PM (npFr7)

423 My favorite "audiophile" scam is the "CD Transport"
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Heh. Pyramid feet.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 10, 2025 12:18 PM (XeU6L)

424 German pastor who married the quadruple with her serpent shawl.
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"her", huh?

I think I see the problem.

Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2025 12:18 PM (TN0g+)

425
Too late
to comment now
I believe I believe I believe
I'm falling behind

but it was pithy, trust me

Posted by: Don Black at November 10, 2025 12:18 PM (AOsQT)

426 Tulsi Gabbard, grabbing the third rail: “Barack Hussein Obama ordered the overthrow of the United States government — on behalf of Hillary Clinton — after the 2016 election.”
Posted by: Ian S.

If you were ever wondering how they could say Trump was trying to overthrow the government with J6 when he was (still) The Government... Now you know Projection ain't just a river in Egypt.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 10, 2025 12:19 PM (/lPRQ)

427 Just a matter of time before the first anal audiophile guitar player to use them to plug his guitar in.
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Paging Eric Johnson...paging Eric Johnson.

Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2025 12:19 PM (TN0g+)

428 343
‘ I wonder if that old veteran mourning the state of his country is currently buried under the jail for heresy.’

He’ll just have trouble getting any health services, wink wink.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 10, 2025 12:20 PM (jbnUc)

429 My last red envelopes from Netflix were parts of the only season of Brisco County, Jr. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough time to watch the whole thing and I'm not interested in paying Amazon $3-4 an episode to rent the rest.

IIRC, you didn't *have* to return the discs after a certain point, but they'd charge you for any unreturned items.

Posted by: Octochicken at November 10, 2025 12:20 PM (oCS0o)

430 We had an Atari, then an Intellivison, when I was 13. My parents strictly limited playing time to evenings and weekends, no more than 2 hours. My mother would throw me out of the house and tell me not to come home until dinner time, lol. Lots of bike-riding and pickup sports.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at November 10, 2025 12:31 PM (vqA1l)

431 Never was much of a TV watcher. Oh, I watched all the kids' programs and cartoons when I was a kid, but frankly even before junior high school I'd pretty much ceased bothering with it. (My mother got mad at me when we were let off from school because of Kennedy's assassination, and I sat in another room reading something. She ordered me to join the family and watch the TV coverage.)

I never felt as though I was missing anything, either. Our blogger Throckmorton rattled off the names of those TV series, but tho I recognize the names I never saw any more than a snippet of a few of them.

This is not to set up any kind of moral stance or anything. TV just never particularly appealed to me.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at November 10, 2025 12:44 PM (bufu1)

432 "...probably not the only kid who started dabbling in bluegrass at a young age thanks to watching Beverly Hillbillies reruns."

Or the soundtrack to "Deliverance"...YMMV.

Posted by: MarkW at November 10, 2025 12:54 PM (X5pwk)

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