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On the Collapse of HBO Max and the Importance of Physical Media

https://www.slashfilm.com/612335/best-movies-of-2021/

This article is a great articulation of a problem I have noticed increasingly over the past couple of years.  As more and more movies and shows simply are not released on physical media, I’ve waited for something like the collapse of HBO Max to highlight a huge problem: we are no longer able to own our entertainment.  Streaming is, at its most basic, a rental.  We pay to rent, and that’s if we have a high-quality and stable internet connection.  Those who lack internet are basically shit out of luck for entertainment.

And more than that, when a streaming service suddenly vanishes, or merges with another and does a purge of their shows and movies, those shows and movies simply … vanish.  They no longer exist unless some enterprising individual pirates it.  At that point, the only way to access a piece of art is through illegality.  

And this is why I’ve been so angry about the ‘phasing out’ of physical media.  If I like a show, let me buy the season.  I’m fine paying more for the boxed set of physical media that I then own, no matter what the platform that originally hosted it does after.  Let me take those shows with me even if I go to a place without internet.  Let me get special features and lovingly crafted DVDs that give me behind-the-scenes peeks whenever I want.  Ditching physical media puts us all at the mercy of giant media conglomerates, begging them to let us watch something we have paid for many times over.  And they can take it away whenever they want.  So buy DVDs or Blu-Ray or whatever you like.  But make sure you shore up your collection of the things you love, and never trust a media company.  They’ll drop you the second they feel like they’ve pumped enough money out of you.

What cringe culture shouldnt be about: kids having fun & enjoying things like videogames and making OCs

What cringe culture should be about:

This fake yarn is supposedly better for sheep.

Aimed at people who don’t know where wool comes from, it’s 100% plastic. Yes, plastic.

So any garment you wash will release microfibres into the sea. It’ll never decompose.

You’re supposed to believe that sheep shearing is violent and cruel. There are imbeciles out there that work in an unprofessional manner while shearing, but that’s not the case overall.

Sheep don’t suffer from having their fleece removed.

Left on, the fleece can become a home for fly eggs and the subsequent maggots which can eat the sheep. Chemical treatments are available to prevent that happening. It’s much better for the sheep, the land and the farmer to avoid chemical use.

Don’t be fooled. Wool is a sustainable material, one we should make more and better use of.

everybody wish snoopy a happy birthday!!!!

open and raw communication with your partner may be uncomfortable and feel so ugly and vulnerable but it solves soo many problems in the end

scan of most of my symbols and pendants

my cat is meowing thru the window at the middle aged men working on the roof rn and they're meowing back at her

Y’all on tumblr:

me, an average person:

Here is Miles Morales

Y’all: We want a non white Captain America 

me:

Here is Sam Wilson (Falcon)

Y’all: what about a PoC  and muslim Captain Marvel

me:

Here is Kamala Khan

Y’all: We want a PoC Hulk

me:

Here you have Amadeus Cho

Y’all: we want a non male Poc Ironman

me:

here is Riri Williams (Ironheart)

Y’all: We Want LGBT+ heroes

me: 

America Chavez, Bisexual

me:

Logan, a raging bisexual

me:

in case y’all forgot, Deadpool is pansexual

Just an experiment. Reblog if you actually give a fuck about male victims of domestic violence and rape.

Of fucking course

What sick bastard doesn’t