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[Ghost Of The Year]

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Fellas, Madden or 2k? Im looking to purchase one.


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I won't buy Madden until Christmas, so 2k24 will be next for me, sometime right before Halloween.

[slickdtc]

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Fellas, Madden or 2k? Im looking to purchase one.


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Is it 2004 again? I missed these questions

I’d go Madden just because why not?

[Majingir]

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Just realized we have Friday the 13th in October this year..

Only the 2nd time it's happened in October since 2007.

That should be fun for anyone wanting to do Halloween themed things.

No full moon though or else that would've been a real rare occasion (apparently last time it happened was October 2000).

[mike24forever]

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Just realized we have Friday the 13th in October this year..

Only the 2nd time it's happened in October since 2007.

That should be fun for anyone wanting to do Halloween themed things.

No full moon though or else that would've been a real rare occasion (apparently last time it happened was October 2000).

I used to say this to my students. "Halloween is just a speed bump on the way to Christmas"! I've never been a fan of the day. I hated dressing up as a kid and only liked getting candy. Now, my kids love Halloween. My wife and I have tried to step up decorating for Halloween because of them. It just makes for more to clean up before the Christmas decorations start going up on November 1st.

Happy Thanksgiving to all the Canadians in the tread.

[Blzer]

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Actors with their younger selves.

[Ghost Of The Year]

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Actors with their younger selves.

Rudd did not age well.

[Dead2009]

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Even though it's gonna be rainy and cold today, about to head to my 2nd horror convention of the year in a little bit. I am pretty excited cause the chick from Evil Dead Rise is gonna be there and shes probably the only one on my list I wanna meet.

[Dead2009]

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Lol I just got told I need to slow down from posting new threads on another forum, even though it's not even a rule. Like...okay? Isn't that the whole point of forums?

[Majingir]

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Random thing I've been thinking.

With Netflix further increasing prices and YouTube trying to further block ad blockers, will there be a point where a notable amount people just stop using them?

Like the people who are so used to using ad blockers, if YouTube is actually successful in blocking them and people are forced through ads, would those people just stop using YouTube or would they suck it up and have ads (assuming nobody else is able to "block" YouTube's ad blocking stuff)?

And Netflix, people already stopped using it after the password sharing crackdown, but would even more stop with prices going up ontop of cracking down on sharing the account?

[slickdtc]

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There is a tipping point. Not sure where it is. I’ve reached it on some of the streaming service prices. Netflix going over $20 isn’t worth it to me. At least with Paramount or Peacock I have access to CBS or NBC too. Netflix is just their stuff, and their stuff isn’t all that great save a couple shows a year, if that.

Problem is, the user base is there. It takes an active approach to cancel. Most will just keep letting it charge their card. That was always the promise of these tech companies. Get users or die trying, then figure out how to suck as much money out of them as possible. We are in to the second phase. We’ll see how much is too much. Will probably never be a mass exodus.

[Master Live 013]

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I think the YT thing can already bypassed, it sure seems like I did (some tinkering with ublock).

And for Netflix, well yeah That's what the internet is for :P

[Master Live 013]

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Isn't the trick with these streaming services to do a 1 month (2?) thing where you say "ok this month is going to be Netflix and I'm going to watch everything I want from it now and then I will cancel". Rinse and repeat with other services.

[dubcity]

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Isn't the trick with these streaming services to do a 1 month (2?) thing where you say "ok this month is going to be Netflix and I'm going to watch everything I want from it now and then I will cancel". Rinse and repeat with other services.

Pretty much. Usually for me I will decide there's a movie I want to see, find out what service it's on, see if there's anything else I would want to watch, then just subscribe for a month.

But there are still (somehow) people out there who have Netflix and just watch whatever new things are on there every month. Usually 1 month is enough for me to realize I don't need to subscribe beyond that.

[southernmetalhead]

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Right now on YouTube I just get a black screen with a spinning circle for about 10-15 seconds where the ad would be then it goes into the video. That's just with a basic ad blocker. Nothing fancy. Don't know if this will change.

[Master Live 013]

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After a while you get the black screen and it says you will only be able to watch 3 videos or something like that, but for me it went away, not sure why.