No doubt it would have done that as well; I’m not saying he figured it out, that it would have worked or would have been efficient.

I have had this come up a few times over the years and it usually results in the other party inferring “but Tesla had it working in his lab” or “Edison killed the tech” type of response even after stating what you did.

They usually don’t get it until you explain that radio would have not been possible with that much ambient electricity in the air. That all the technology in your cell phone would not have been possible if radio tech was DOA because everything conductive, including rudimentary electronics, would be fried instantly in such a world. It wouldn’t be good for humans either in a world like that.

Dude, no way!

Thank you for this. I love this story but could never find it again after I read it the first time!

So grateful for the link to this, thanks again stranger!

From what I understand, if this technology would have been built out during his time then humanity most likely wouldn’t have developed our semi-processor/radio/computer/telephone technology because the wireless transmission of electricity would have prevented the earliest versions of that tech to work and we wouldn’t have been able to follow that line of technology progression.

During CoVid some friends and I had a virtual movie club called CoVideo Club where we would meet up in VR each week to watch a movie in a virtual movie theater together.

Over the 200 movies we watched we screened all of the Predator movies. I picked the movies and sometimes I wouldn’t tell others beforehand what we were going to be watching during our next session. None of my friends follow upcoming movies so they had no idea about Prey, what it was or when it was coming out. It had been months since we had watched the last Predator movie so when I screened Prey they had no idea it was a Predator movie. It came out the day before we screened it so there wasn’t much talk about it in the media yet.

The slow realization they had that we weren’t watching a western but a sci-fi horror movie set in the Predator universe was fun to sit back and watch play out.

I haven’t seen Prey since but if I remember correctly the first time it dawned on them that this might be a Predator movie was the first time you see the fluorescent yellow glowing blood. They went wild.

Yep, it’s a Hollywood layup, they’d be made fun of within their fart-sniffing sphere of influence if they didn’t do it.

Also too, no human characters are apparently hurt in it, only synths, Predators and other monsters killing each other.

Violence against humans requires a more restrictive rating and because the movies lacks human deaths the violence can still be the same but at a PG-13 rating.

I agree. There is a set formula people are expecting from a Predator movie; various other Predator projects have attempted to put their spin on it.

Prey was the most successful for me and I am willing to expect more from this story than I would otherwise give a new Predator movie because it is from the same crew that made Prey.

I am cautiously optimistic on this one.

My bet is on a Predator saying it because that is meta and edgy; it hits all demographic targets.

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Bingo, you nailed it in one.

I needed to enable User Tags in the settings. Once I did that the Edit Tag option showed up exactly where I was looking for it earlier, in the three dot field.

Thank you kindly, stranger! You just earned yourself a user tag!

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Yeah bud, I totally would do that.

I think it is common to have deep feelings for non-romantic partners, friends or family that would be strong enough to compel someone to avenge them if they were hurt or killed.

I’m not saying anything is wrong with you, we all experience our emotions and perceive the world around us and the people in it different, but as another poster said, you may want to talk to a therapist. Your post indicates you may have some stuff you can get help with that may expand your empathy towards others. Not an accusation but some friendly advice.

Personally, I had a lot of anger when I was younger that severely limited my empathy towards others. If I could have sorted it out in therapy a couple decades earlier than I did I know my life would have been better earlier. The connections I now have with me family and friends is deeper than I once thought possible.

It was hard to face my past and who I thought I was but once I did let go of all of that baggage I had much more space within myself for others.

Thanks for the recommendation.

I use Voyager for iOS, I’ve looked around for user tags but haven’t been able to find it yet so maybe it doesn’t?

I am open to suggestions of other Lemmy clients for iOS that do have user tags

Just want to say, as someone who spends time in various movie related communities here on Lemmy, I’ve seen your comments on this persons posts and wanted to let you know I appreciate you and what you are doing.

👏 Bravo 👏

…I couldn’t let your comment go unnoticed.

Pour one out for a legend tonight.

I feel this comment acutely.

Hey everybody, we got someone sucking off little mangos over here!

Paper towel or napkin works too for getting enough grip to manipulate a mango seed without it slipping.

Love the passion you have for this and you clearly have experience. Mango is my favorite fruit, by far.

I have questions.

*Why should I be shamed for cutting them into skinless squares?

*If I didn’t eat them it with a fork should I still be shamed for cutting mango into skinless squares?

*What is cutting into cups? Sounds like a style of cutting/preparing but also could be just the receptacle you use to hold the mango, so I am confused by the ambiguity.

*It seems that your mango experience is South Asian centric, as you point out, but have you had much experience with Central/South American mangos? If so, how are they different from your preferred mango varietals?

Thank you for the list of mangos I should try. I may have had several of them before as I have travelled through South Asia several times, but alas, it was in the less mango informed days of my youth.

Keep on keeping on, mango buddy!

Booooo for being right!!!