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Or people will simply buy the movies and not worry about the renting version. They can buy on Walmart's Vudu streaming service, at least for now. I suppose the question is - Will Disney stop allowing people to buy movies from Vudu once their subscription service goes live?
If they do, I'll just buy the DVDs and put them on my Plex server.
If they keep offering those.
If they quit offering physical media and their streaming is crap, well, I got other things I can spend my money on.
That's already my position. I generally avoid movies made by Disney. I would love if their stuff didn't just disappear from Netflix, but just disappeared
I'm not saying that they've never made something good, just that I'd be fine giving it all up, forever.You are in a very small minority that feels that way.
I wonder if that is true. Or maybe Disney fans are the minority, but so vocal and it is not socially acceptable to not like it, so we think everyone does, but in reality, perhaps a lot of people don't. The problem is, Disney fans are insanely vocal, and generally easily offended. So it's a lot of social pressure that if you don't like Disney franchises that you are expected to not mention it. Much like not liking franchise sports. Loads of people think that they are silly, but there is a huge social pressure to not point out the logical flaws in the games.
I saw I hate football all the time - and so do many other people I know. While I do agree the social pressure is/was there, but it's definitely lessening on a great many things.
In some ways, but not that much I don't think. American Football maybe, but not sports overall I don't think, just the one specific one out of a pool that seems to hold pretty steady.
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
Or people will simply buy the movies and not worry about the renting version. They can buy on Walmart's Vudu streaming service, at least for now. I suppose the question is - Will Disney stop allowing people to buy movies from Vudu once their subscription service goes live?
If they do, I'll just buy the DVDs and put them on my Plex server.
If they keep offering those.
If they quit offering physical media and their streaming is crap, well, I got other things I can spend my money on.
That's already my position. I generally avoid movies made by Disney. I would love if their stuff didn't just disappear from Netflix, but just disappeared
I'm not saying that they've never made something good, just that I'd be fine giving it all up, forever.You are in a very small minority that feels that way.
I wonder if that is true. Or maybe Disney fans are the minority, but so vocal and it is not socially acceptable to not like it, so we think everyone does, but in reality, perhaps a lot of people don't. The problem is, Disney fans are insanely vocal, and generally easily offended. So it's a lot of social pressure that if you don't like Disney franchises that you are expected to not mention it. Much like not liking franchise sports. Loads of people think that they are silly, but there is a huge social pressure to not point out the logical flaws in the games.
I saw I hate football all the time - and so do many other people I know. While I do agree the social pressure is/was there, but it's definitely lessening on a great many things.
In some ways, but not that much I don't think. American Football maybe, but not sports overall I don't think, just the one specific one out of a pool that seems to hold pretty steady.
Tying all sports together like this is like tying all movie/tv entertainment together - not really a fair comparison.
Sure neither are being dropped en masse, that wasn't my point. My point is that people are separating themselves from the herd and choosing what they do and don't like, and bowing at least a bit less today to general peer/societal pressure, i.e. everyone must love the mouse.
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Florida headteacher removed from post for refusing to call Holocaust a fact
The headteacher of a US school has been sacked after telling a parent he would remain neutral on whether or not the Holocaust happened.
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Nanda Devi: Video reveals last moments of Himalayan climbers
Indian authorities have released a video showing the final moments of a team of climbers whose bodies were recovered in the Himalayas.
The clip shows four Britons, two Americans, an Australian and an Indian slowly making their way up an unnamed peak in sunny weather.
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Florida headteacher removed from post for refusing to call Holocaust a fact
The headteacher of a US school has been sacked after telling a parent he would remain neutral on whether or not the Holocaust happened.
William Latson wrote in an email he could not say "the Holocaust is a factual, historical event".A brand new WTF moment....
Then I recall. Florida... nevermind.
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BBC News - Ross Perot, billionaire and ex-presidential candidate, dies at 89
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Nepal court jails ex-UN official for child abuse
A former UN official has been jailed in Nepal for sexually abusing children.
Peter John Dalglish, 62, from Canada, was detained near Kathmandu in 2018 and convicted last month.
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US family blames cruise company for toddler's death
The family of a toddler who died after falling 11 storeys from an open window on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship has blamed the company for the accident.
Chloe Wiegand fell after her grandfather put her on the railing of a children's play area, believing there was glass there, the family claims. -
California earthquake leaves scar on the desert
The strongest earthquake to hit California in two decades left a scar across the desert which can be seen from space, new pictures show.
The 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck on Friday at a depth of just 0.9km (0.6 miles), creating a fissure near its epicentre about 240km north-east of Los Angeles.
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Not read all of it
https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/470000-people-planning-to-storm-area-51-form-outrageous-plan/?source=facebookBut it seems people are preparing to "storm" Area 51
Not to be funny but they just went public giving the military loads of time to prepare. Morons lol
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Greece storm: Six tourists die in Halkidiki
Six tourists have been killed and at least 30 other people injured in a violent storm that swept across a region of northern Greece.
Gale-force winds, heavy rain and hailstorms lashed Halkidiki, near the city of Thessaloniki, late on Wednesday, officials say. -
France passes tax on tech giants despite US threats
France has approved a digital services tax despite threats of retaliation by the US, which argues that it unfairly targets American tech giants.
The 3% tax will be levied on sales generated in France by multinational firms like Google and Facebook. -
@hobbit666 said in Non-IT News Thread:
Not read all of it
https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/470000-people-planning-to-storm-area-51-form-outrageous-plan/?source=facebookBut it seems people are preparing to "storm" Area 51
Not to be funny but they just went public giving the military loads of time to prepare. Morons lol
I see 469,999 Darwin awards being issued in the not so distant future.
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Chinese air pollution dimmed sunlight enough to impact solar panels
Pollution from coal and biomass burning blocks 13% of solar electricity.
Coal is seen by many as an enemy of renewable energy and the first fossil fuel in line for elimination as things like solar and wind generation have gotten cheaper. -
Turbulence injures 37 on Air Canada flight to Sydney
At least 37 people were injured on board an Air Canada flight after the plane hit severe turbulence and had to make an emergency landing.
The plane, carrying 284 passengers and crew, was travelling from Vancouver to Sydney but was diverted to Hawaii. -
Massive KFC explosion in North Carolina
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@LilAng said in Non-IT News Thread:
Massive KFC explosion in North Carolina
Holy cow!
OK - cellphone video - uh.. why was the guy videoing it, unless he knew it was going to happen?
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Tropical Storm Barry: Trump approves Louisiana state of emergency
President Donald Trump has declared a state of emergency in Louisiana as a growing tropical storm nears landfall.
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Massive KFC explosion in North Carolina
Holy cow!
OK - cellphone video - uh.. why was the guy videoing it, unless he knew it was going to happen?
It looks like he was recording a monitor from his NVR or something, you can see a timestamp in the top left corner moving around.
EDIT: just saw the end of the video. 100% this lol
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@bnrstnr said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@LilAng said in Non-IT News Thread:
Massive KFC explosion in North Carolina
Holy cow!
OK - cellphone video - uh.. why was the guy videoing it, unless he knew it was going to happen?
It looks like he was recording a monitor from his NVR or something, you can see a timestamp in the top left corner moving around.
EDIT: just saw the end of the video. 100% this lol
Good call. thanks.
