Yep, same logic as car brains, same continuously escalating arms race. Fuck everyone else

Ticket windows are always outside (where I am). You don’t even get into the lobby without a ticket

I suppose that’s where advertising the popcorn with chemical pee is important: the movie brought you in, now is the time to extract profit. But that doesn’t work if they’re not getting people in

I agree with the other guy here. I don’t go to the movies often so have no reason to keep up with what is showing. While I know how to look it up, why would I?

Yes, I am an example where advertising what is showing some place I can see it with no friction could make a difference in whether I go

Yes?

Who just walks past the movies and spontaneously decides to see a movie because they saw a poster for it at the movies?

That was a real life scenario where having movie posters visible would sell more tickets, to answer your question

I suppose it depends on your definition but you start calling it as an addiction, treating it as a problem, when it interferes with your life.

By all means, have all the sex you want in whatever variety you want, but it’s an addiction, a problem, when you decide it to the detriment of something else. It’s a problem if it interferes with work or home life or social life or hobbies, or if it causes harm to yourself or others.

There’s usually a signat the ticket booth. Maybe it’s alone, maybe title only,maybe it’s only visible from being at the window …. It’s generally not useful to pick an unexpected/unknown movie.

A good movie poster shows a snapshot of the genre, the basic plot, the main characters, all of which I might use to pick a movie

If it’s inconvenient to see my choices, If they make me go somewhere else, or goto their web site, I’m at least as likely to just leave

This may also be why they overly focus on blockbusters. Without traditional means of seeing what’s playing, I’m only aware of a movie if it’s been heavily advertised. You’d think trying the cheap route would be … cheaper

I guess I’m not the target demographic either then. I don’t think I ever was really, but as a parent of teens, if I do go in, it’s likely to be a family’s worth of tickets.

Maybe you think the rest of us are a minority that doesn’t matter but it seems short sighted to disregard potential customers

I usually goto the theater for a specific show, usually buy the ticket online ….

BUT, there are times, such as when I didn’t get a ticket ahead of time and my show is sold out, where I’m in front of the theater deciding whether to go in. It I see an interesting looking movie, I might see that. If the food advertising worked, it would have the opposite of the intended effect “why don’t we goto a restaurant instead ?”

That may be so, but the popcorn with chemical “pee” has never been what pulls in customers. The movies were always the draw, even if food was the profit. Advertising that food seems short-sighted: who cares if you sell popcorn to a higher percentage of customers but you’re pulling in fewer customers

I just discovered a new function on my car - when I listen to music, a small rectangle appears with audio controls …… apparently it a tile that can be scrolled left and right to see other data. I never would have thought to try that if I didn’t read it somewhere, no visual cues

It’s ruled by clicks, rather than usefulness or friendliness

Even worse when the streaming site publishes it under multiple covers. So freaking annoying.

Way too often I see a cover I don’t recognize and think it might be something I’d like, but get a couple minutes in before realizing I’ve seen it before.

I imagine it’s marketing trying to see what cover gets the most clicks but at the cost of annoying its customers

Did they actually charge you? I’ve read that it’s a tactic to break up protests and stifle dissent. Arrest someone with no real intent to press charges. Then keep them in jail for however many days they legally can to scare the shit out of you and ruin your life

Then, “oh you didn’t get your Miranda rights read? I guess you’re free to go”

Or if there’s a problem. Even the smallest instance is likely to face enforcement if some issue makes headlines. And law enforcement isn’t likely to care that it’s just one instance

Many sites are already using age verification as an excuse to block firewalls. Presumably the fediverse wouldn’t but ……

I use Apple’s “Private Relay” so websites see a regional location rather than my actual ip and location. However oven been seeing more and more sites that block it as “firewalls are not allowed”

Edited for autocorrect

Yes, my state has incentives for heat pump installs and a special electric rate for heat pump users (for those who heat with electric only)

I got a smaller incentive for installing a heat pump in my family room but still keeping my gas furnace. Electricity is pretty expensive here so the tradeoff is about 45°F. Above that the efficiency of the heat pump wins out, but colder than that the furnace is cheaper.

I did try the heat pump when it was cold, and it still produced a respectable amount of heat at 20°F

I lived through Reagan and it turned a lot of things in directions wrong for the citizens but it was nowhere near this. There was still “shame” preventing anything blatant, there was still at least a nod toward helping people, there was still some competence, there was still some function in Congress.

You could even argue that Reagan did “make America great” by commanding respect in the world and getting at least something’s done.

Trump is an 8 year old in a tantrums version of Reagan

In one of the more extreme cases where Duh Santis rented a jet to abandon a bunch of immigrants on Martha’s Vineyard without notice - we brought them to the mainland where there were already facilities. It was all just a game for headlines at the immigrants expense

Wow, I can’t believe how many women in Joshua Tree were attacked by four pit bulls on that one day in January