Another memory from that 1000+ seat theater came to mind. When ET was playing, the house was packed again. The lights dimmed and curtain parted, and the ambient babel of 1,000 conversations fell silent. This aural void then filled with the steady Chhhhhhhh! sound of 1,000 people chewing popcorn.

@lurkerhasarisen

Trump is his own worst enemy sometimes when he lets his ego run his mouth and his social media accounts. He tends to over promise and under deliver,

Trump flat out TOLD his base, "If you care about the Epstein Files, I don't want your vote!" And conservatives said Fine, fuck Republicans then! by the tens of millions in the voting booth. The inflation rate during Bidens term was down to the Scamdemic, and Oligarch level politicians fear the Epstein Files equally whether D or R. But rank and file Democrats can't honestly get melded into the same indifference pot as GOP voters. Democrats very loudly call to Release The Files, while Republicans largely mirrored Trump in dismissing them, assuming the mantle of The Pedo Party.

@Vermillion-Rx

Boomers who had gynocrentric inclinations

What in the name of post hoc Copium? Conservative Boomers are and always have been old school male dominant sexist to their core. Liberal Boomers pretty much burned out on the Women's Lib movement while Nixon was still in office. Younger liberals did overly deify women for far too long, but that seems to be winding down as idealism confronts and gets overtaken by reality around 25ish.

@MentORPHEUS I loved the original 3 when I was growing up.

Episodes 1 and 2 were just so bad that I now retroactively hate them.

That, and when I was arguing with a younger guy about a decade ago who was trying to say that Jarjar wasn't that bad, he (correctly) pointed out that if I hate Jarjar, I should also hate the Ewoks because they're just as bad.

I rewatched "Return Of The Jedi" without the nostalgia glasses. He was right.

@MentORPHEUS I kind of feel your pain, but from the opposite direction.

I find that most Republicans will talk small government, and then when elected, behave just like democrats and vote for large government.

@MentORPHEUS @Typo-MAGAshiv

@Typo-MAGAshiv I never understood this Star Wars Snobbery. I was 10 when the original came out. I remember the line around the building housing the biggest old school 1,000+ seat theater in the area. The effects were groundbreaking and genre setting at the time. I'll grant you that the sequel/prequels went way the fuck off the rails, but I've never understood how so many people get off on shitting all over the original. This is an awesome low-budge parody that made the rounds via Nth generation VHS copies. HARDWARE WARS!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=WUDEUQMCyKE

@lurkerhasarisen hit post too soon. Democrats pander to working class folks, and generally show better human rights behavior, but in reality work for donor interests as blatantly as Republicans, even MIC and AIPAC donors regardless of their campaign mouth noises. In these midterm races, virtually no third parties bothered to even run a candidate for virtually any of the races. D vs R makes an illusion of choice between 2 options that are both completely shitty flavors.

@lurkerhasarisen Same here with the women on the ballot, but as a working class person, I find that Republicans don't bother trying to pander much less legitimately appeal for my vote, only attempt to scare or bullshit me then turning away the next moment forward and blatantly zero sum serving the Billionaire and or Israeli class in reality. What baffles me is the way Judges get installed in California. One single candidate for each of an entire page of seats, which you vote to affirm or deny that person a term in that seat, WTF?

File under Stuff I wish I'd learned before 25. Fundamentals of disarming toxic people and avoiding falling into the verbal and mental traps they set. m.youtube.com/watch?v=_IdzWRLm-1Y