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  • I’d say I go to see a movie in an actual movie theater once a year, but the truth is I probably go half as often as that.

    It isn’t that I am not interested in movies, I just don’t see the value. I am supposed to pay for a ticket, concessions, and whatever goes into travel to the theater to watch a movie with a bunch of (probably annoying) strangers in a fairly gross environment?

    My guess is my annual box office contribution is approximately 0.5x the current ticket price.

    If, however, there was a $20/month subscription service which would let me watch new releases at home, I would subscribe.

    Even if it was relegated to expensive hardware, like an Apple Vision Pro, I would very likely buy the device and sign up for the subscription.

    $240/year would be a hell of a lot more revenue than my current $5.50/year—regardless of whether or not it would be exclusive to certain hardware or platforms.

    Honestly, my current TV and sound system may not be as impressive as a theater, but they are good and I’d take that experience over the modified bus depot experience of a public movie theater.





  • Hux@lemmy.mltoNews@lemmy.worldTrump taps Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general
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    The Cabinet list so far, as it was officially leaked moments ago on NudeAfrica.com:

    State - Matt Gaetz

    Treasury - Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino

    Interior - A t-shirt cannon

    Justice - DraftKings®

    Agriculture - owner of that McDonald’s

    Commerce - currently accepting bids

    Labor - Immortan Joe

    Defense - Vladimir Putin

    Housing and Urban Development - it’s Trump, so probably Herschel Walker, ffs

    Transportation - Elon Musk’s twitter account

    Energy - V. Putin

    Health and Human Services - sold off and privatized between Nestlé, Saudi Aramco, and Ticketmaster

    Education - Kid Rock, Marjorie Taylor-Greene, and Lauren Boebert, and all sewn together as a human centipede

    Veterans’ Affairs - Captain Morgan; under secretaries Jack Daniels and Jim Beam

    Homeland Security - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, once the check clears