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i think monitor manufacturing is just a shitshow of poor QC. panels are of hugely varying quality, often shipped with 'bad pixels', etc.

like in audio, there's been a trend of chinese OEM brands offering giant screens with insane specs (retina-frying 1337 gam0r 240Hz refresh rates, etc.) at 1/4 the price of quality monitors from established brands like Dell, and so on. the understanding being that they'll last about 2 years and you are SOL on any warranty claims.

i went with a trusted manufacturer on that basis but still ran into shitty quality control. and the internet is full of complaints about the usual suspects like Samsung, who drove ahead with curved monitor technology and have dealt with lots and lots of returns.

i'm guessing there's relatively few top-tier panel manufacturing facilities and something similar to CPU binning takes place where the 'premium' brands get the pristine ones. but who knows.

those chinese cars look like great value for money tbh. and leagues ahead of darling brands like Tesla in quality and fittings.

i could actually maybe be persuaded to give a shit about automobiles for the first time in my life if they started releasing attractive city hatchbacks again. i do not want an urban SUV.

Last edited by uziq (2026-01-22 03:02:28)

i'm having a really difficult time getting into movies anymore. sat down to watch some thriller. "i've never seen anything like this before," how many times has that exact line been rolled out by bewildered investigators and coroners in various mysteries and thrillers? paint by the numbers slop. slop from before ai slop. i can't engage with 90+ minutes of it anymore while the characters act all serious. a two minute clip will ruin all motivation i have to see a thing.

i can listen through like 8 hours of audiobook. but even if i'm looking away from a movie, once the slop kicks in i would rather be doing anything else. shoveling water into a dump truck sounds more fun than putting up with a lot of these movies when each one of my attempts uncovers some rehashed, creatively bankrupt schlock.

i'll be hated by made in usa fetishists for saying it, but american cinema suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks so much right now, and i can't relate to that part of people that leans forward and consume it in earnest. maybe it's like becoming acclimated to the moldy leavings in dumpster pizzas because you've never been presented with any other options. please just give me something interesting from literally anywhere else.

cats 19 was effectslop and marvel woman was comicslop.

speaking of comicslop, aren't there like 200 spiderman movies and almost as many for venom? paaaaaaaaass

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2026-01-23 00:53:35)

Dilbert_X wrote:

There's a colossal amount of slop, and no-one wants to take risks due to the cost of failure.

we all know you wouldn’t bother checking out the high-risk stuff anyway. you’re one of those cultural clod-chewers who likes to flatter himself. ‘pretentious’ art movies!

the number of theaters (surprisingly, post-covid!) isn't an issue. i'm a reasonable distance from from a selection of places that have old timey and cult classics days (some have closed), with favorable yelp reviews. the places that might sell tickets for like three marvel movies at any given time are also megaplexes that play other stuff. i don't have to look far to find a popular indie playing. there's even playhouses if you're into that.

a problem is price and experience. for a ticket alone, you could buy a dvd. when you account for group tickets (alone!) plus snacks/drinks, the experience shoots into the three figure range easily. several dvds and a filled shopping cart. then you get to listen to other people make noise during dialogue, feel the sticky floor grip your shoes when you shuffle to your seat, the inevitable toddler wailing during a scary scene because the parents didn't want to shell out for a babysitter. does it have an arcade! COOL! 4 quarters to a machine, $2 for the pool table. probably higher in 2026. drains you like a casino or a bar. it's a whole event!

so, apart from the bit where i said that i'm getting weary of a lot of film in the first place, i haven't been to the theater in awhile. since before the donald flu. you could just stream new releases straight to a cheap bigscreen and serve homemade cookies or something.

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2026-01-25 11:01:32)