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Reply #300 - Aug 5^th, 2023 at 11:18am

Yoko Ono.
   First, let me say that there is something to be said for pulling the wool over someone's eyes. Take the Kardashians... please! Here is an entire clan with no talent at anything whatsoever who got rich and famous on marketing alone. Though I have never watched one episode and never will I respect their ingenuity.
   Dak Prescot. Here is a slightly better than average quarterback, a Black Tony Romo if you will, who managed to somehow convince senile Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to give him elite quarterback money. Bravo!! Excellent scam!!
   Then there's Yoko. Why does she irk me when characters like those mentioned above don't? Because she fooled no one but herself and John Lennon. She fancies herself a misunderstood musical genius. To the rest of the planet she's a screeching banshee without a hint of talent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpX1wBrCymo

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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 7998	Re: Pet peeves Reply #301 - Aug 5^th, 2023 at 1:38pm Yoko Ono didnt belong in the 60s. She was way ahead of her time. That's the kind of craziness you would expect to see in our current year.
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Rat Man Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 13541 New Jersey, USA Gender:	Re: Pet peeves Reply #302 - Aug 5^th, 2023 at 3:19pm Morphy wrote on Aug 5^th, 2023 at 1:38pm: Yoko Ono didnt belong in the 60s. She was way ahead of her time. That's the kind of craziiness you would expect to see in our current year. Imagine if Tiny Tim was just getting his start now.
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Reply #304 - Aug 14^th, 2023 at 8:15pm

When you click on a YouTube (or whatever) video that is "documentary" in nature, but the speaker/narrator is mispronouncing the name of the person, place, etc. My first thought is always, if you can't even pronounce the name of the thing, why should I trust anything you're telling me about it?

Now there is the caveat that words can be pronounced differently depending where you're located. Or sometime the person may have looked for the pronunciation of a word and just found incorrect information. But I still usually end up clicking off the video. The most recent one that triggered this thought was a video on Myth Busters. The speaker mispronounced Jamie's last name. Clicked to another video immediately.

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Reply #305 - Aug 14^th, 2023 at 10:12pm

joe_meadmaker wrote on Aug 14^th, 2023 at 8:15pm:

When you click on a YouTube (or whatever) video that is "documentary" in nature, but the speaker/narrator is mispronouncing the name of the person, place, etc. My first thought is always, if you can't even pronounce the name of the thing, why should I trust anything you're telling me about it?

Yep. Definitely agree.

I've grown up with the Finnish and Yooper pronunciation of sauna (s-ow-na), so the other pronunciation (saw-na) has always annoyed me a bit. But I guess how you pronounce sauna would depend on where you live.

And then there's pronunciation in JRR Tolkien's books. The most common mispronounciations seem to be for the names Smaug or Sauron. The Silmarillion or Return of the King appendices have a pronunciation guide if I'm not mistaken.

That also reminds me of a college graduation I one saw. I forget where it was, but the person reading names was mispronouncing a lot of them, even common and easy names.

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Rat Man Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 13541 New Jersey, USA Gender:	Re: Pet peeves Reply #306 - Sep 10^th, 2023 at 7:02am Cable companies like Comcast who offer fantastic deals to new customers but give absolutely nothing to those who have been with them for forty years.
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joe_meadmaker Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Ice is Cool! Posts: 2652 PA, USA	Re: Pet peeves Reply #307 - Sep 10^th, 2023 at 11:50pm Absolutely agree. And it's doubled down when you're in an area where Comcast is the only option. So there's no direct competition to switch to.
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Reply #308 - Sep 11^th, 2023 at 7:20am

joe_meadmaker wrote on Sep 10^th, 2023 at 11:50pm:

Absolutely agree. And it's doubled down when you're in an area where Comcast is the only option. So there's no direct competition to switch to.

A few years ago I was paying $248.00 a month for just Cable TV and a DVR with no pay channels. I can remember paying ten bucks a month for Cable TV. I knew nothing about streaming but ex-roomie Mike did. He set me up with a FireStick. I dumped Cable TV but kept Comcast internet because there is no other option here. Also for thirty bucks I bought a digital antenna mostly so I could get my Eagles games for free.
So right now I have the antenna and the FireStick with Prime, Discovery + and Paramount. Since I still get Comcast internet I get their X-box for free which opens up another world. And since I have a Roku Smart TV I also get Roku TV.
I have ten times what I could possibly watch for less than half of what I was paying before. To heck with Cable TV.

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Reply #309 - Sep 12^th, 2023 at 12:00am

I went through a similar thing. When I first bought my house, I got signed up for Comcast with the awesome entry deal. Free HBO for 2 years and everything. After two years the bill went up $20. I called and asked them if that's where it would stay. They told me that after another year it would go up another $20. I kept the Internet because I don't have any other options, but cancelled all the TV services. I have a digital antenna to get the local stations. But I'm not signed up for any streaming TV/movie services. YouTube is basically my television.

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Reply #310 - Sep 12^th, 2023 at 4:33pm

YouTube has lots of great content. I use it for all of my music plus it has great documentaries. And of course much more. I stubbornly refused to upgrade to YouTube Premium because I had been getting it free since the beginning. I tried Premium on a free special and have never looked back. In that it's something I use constantly it's well worth the money.

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Rat Man Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 13541 New Jersey, USA Gender:	Re: Pet peeves Reply #311 - Yesterday at 7:49am Why would anyone in their right mind want to do that to perfectly good Irish Whiskey? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA8CrWOMN1U
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joe_meadmaker Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Ice is Cool! Posts: 2652 PA, USA	Re: Pet peeves Reply #312 - Yesterday at 9:16pm That's pretty much the thing now. Fruit and other flavors in beer, spirits, seltzers, etc. For better or for worse, that's what people are buying.
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Rat Man Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 13541 New Jersey, USA Gender:	Re: Pet peeves Reply #313 - Today at 4:48pm joe_meadmaker wrote Yesterday at 9:16pm: That's pretty much the thing now. Fruit and other flavors in beer, spirits, seltzers, etc. For better or for worse, that's what people are buying. The only thing I might want in my whiskey is a little ice.
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Rat Man Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 13541 New Jersey, USA Gender:	Re: Pet peeves Reply #314 - Today at 4:50pm Boxed macaroni and cheese with powdered cheese. The only good thing I can say about it is that it's cheap. It always tastes literally like cardboard whatever the brand.
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