Posts by analogwolf2

Hannah Davis18 said:would she also cut funding for alcoholics?
and the suicide prevention hotline too?

Yep!

Hannah Davis18 said:It’s not even that bad.
If he gets some help, he won't die—and hey, maybe one day he'll actually start contributing back to Medicare.
He certainly won't be doing that if he's dead.

But he won't be spending any money either!

Edward Green said:So what, does that mean Medicare shouldn't cover treatment costs for smokers dealing with lung issues, or people with cardiovascular disease, or alcoholics with liver problems (like when some guy gets drunk, falls, and cracks his head open)? What about divers needing decompression chambers?

🤣 🤣 Just imagine public snack stations all over town where everyone brings their own bacon, sausage, and smoked meats. They measure your blood pressure, sugar, and cholesterol, let you gorge on everything you brought while hanging out with friends, and then check those levels again. 🤣...and we could fund that by taking money away from mobile mammogram units, sponsored by Lions Club International.

sibi said:Then dealers would just hang out near those rooms, the cops would wait for them, beat the hell out of them, and boom—drug problems in America solved.

And that’s exactly why the idea fails. You’d still have needles at playgrounds and dealers standing right outside schools.

Noemi said:I'm all for it.👍 At the very least, they could get those needles out of kids' playgrounds, parks, and apartment complex entrances.

You're being naive...🙄

Megan Reed said:I just wonder who on earth would actually fund this. 🥳

They’d probably just pull from the budget set aside for diabetics. 👎

Honestly, I don't care. Let those bastards spend their own money on fancier needles. If they drop dead sooner, it just means there's less of them draining my tax dollars.😠

Look, it all boils down to this: we pay our mandatory insurance premiums just to ensure a healthcare system even exists, giving us the right to access it. Then, once we actually need to use it, we get hit with another bill for the "service" provided. What’s the point? Is this supposed to make our lives better? 🙂
Why go through all this trouble? BECAUSE WE VOTED FOR CAPITALISM!👋

Why not just go into the General options on MSN Messenger and uncheck that first box that says "Autoamiticly start messenger..."?
That way you haven't removed it entirely, so you can still launch it whenever you actually feel like chatting with people, but you won't be stuck showing up as online every single time you log on.

Casey Williams9 said:I haven't seen Brazil, and I'm bummed about it.

Hey, me neither! ...And I feel bad too.😢

I haven't even seen those highly controlled trains.

Quickly, let's get a new post up so we don't get stuck at 666.

I recently ditched my old Microsoft tapes for DVDs... but this whole dilemma of "what should I pick?" really boils down to one frustrating question: "is there even anything worth watching?"

Every week, I see reviews online suggesting that DVDs offer a pretty even mix of timeless classics and recent blockbusters. But looking at what's actually available at my local video rental shop, it feels like it's just "Cry Me a River" over and over again—and get this, they’re charging me more than double the price for a DVD compared to a tape, which feels like a total rip-off.

Hey, just a heads up—The Godfather is on ABC tonight.

I've never actually seen it... and I don't plan on watching it tonight either.

...all sorts of jokes and little gimmicks, just trying too hard...

Look, I never go anywhere without my favorite closing line from "Some Like It Hot"

NOBODY'S PERFECT! 😎

Richard Hernandez13 said:analogwolf2 wanted us to talk about what we've "learned about life, history, culture, nature... from the movies we consume."

Thanks, seriously!

For instance, if it wasn't for Mel Gibson, I wouldn't know half the things I do (either they weren't taught in school or I just wasn't paying attention when they were in the news).
- "Gallipoli" — honestly, how many of you knew anything about the Turkish Front during World War I, let alone how Australians got caught up in all those conflicts where the USA decided to step in?
- "A Year in the Life" — we didn't know a single thing about Indonesia, other than the fact that they were part of the Non-aligned movement.
- "Braveheart" — who actually taught us about the Scottish resistance against the English crown, or the sheer poverty and humiliation those medieval peasants endured? Without it, the name William Wallace wouldn't even ring a bell for me.

Even though Thanksgiving usually falls on a Thursday, that big dinner always seems to drift toward Sunday
364 days a year, Americans hate their in-laws, but when Thanksgiving hits—sons are terrified of facing their dads and daughters can't stand being around their moms.

Australians don't really have any holidays like we or Americans do—honestly, from what I see in movies, it’s like they don't have any holidays at all!

All Russians seem to live in those apartment blocks with one hallway, endless studio apartments, and just one bathroom for the whole floor.

American adults leave their kids and pets behind—the main difference is that dogs and cats will trek across the entire continent to find their owners, while kids just sit at home causing trouble, waiting for Mom to come back and give them a hug.

Here’s a great example—if it wasn't for this movie, I never would've known that people in Ireland believe in these strange creatures called Selkie that are half-human and half-seal.

Haha, have you noticed how over the last five or six years, the ice in your drink just sinks instead of floating?

I have friends who basically communicate using nothing but movie quotes.
Then there are those acquaintances who can recite entire scripts from memory.
I even know people who watch movies solely to hunt for factual errors.
On the flip side, I know folks who think they watched a movie, but couldn't tell you the plot if their life depended on it.
A coworker at my office refuses to ever watch a black-and-white film "because they can't focus."

How much can we actually learn about life, history, culture, or nature through the movies we consume?

(PLEASE, anyone who wants to turn this thread into a debate about violence and bloodbaths, just stay out of it)