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Oh actually, I checked the Talk page and it looks like the number is for Honolulu County, which is what the "mayor" actually governs as there is no mayor of Honolulu proper. Still probably shouldn't be listed that way.

Someone editing the page for the mayors of the 50 largest cities in the U.S. wants people to think that Honolulu has a population of over one million. I looked it up and that's not even the metro population, so it's not like some well meaning person got confused.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_the_50_largest_cities_in_the_United_States

I checked the edit history, and it's been up since last summer. Kind of surprised that no one has corrected it since then. I'm a little curious as to how long this can last for.

9 is Singapore I believe, so that has to be the correct answer. 5 is The Bahamas, but I know that it snowed in Miami once in the 70's, so I'm guessing that the Bahamas was hit at the same time.

Just a reminder that a *majority* of our contests took place during the Bush Administration.

I gave it a 3. It was a good ending, but, and I know this is probably kind of petty, I was just annoyed that Rowling threw out the whole school year structure for the last book. Why invest all that time in the previous six books in setting up patterns and rhythms if none of those patterns, etc. ever led anywhere?

I actually found this very detailed topic on another board about GWTW's release:

https://forums.boxofficetheory.com/topic/20886-gone-with-the-wind-1939-box-office20-million-tickets-sold-in-the-first-year/

It looks like tickets in its initial run were only .75 for a matinee and $1.00 for an evening show, which comes out to $15/$20 in today's money, so not as bad as I thought, but still much more expensive than the average movie ticket at the time, and it would have been nothing but these prices for a year.

In regards to Gone With the Wind, it should also be mentioned that tickets for its initial run would have have been much more expensive than the typical movie ticket. Big epics like that were released differently than other films back in those days, almost as if they were theatrical events. They would have tickets that cost $25 and up when adjusted for inflation, although I'm not sure what the exact numbers for Gone with the Wind are.

Paratroopa1 posted...

My mom was 8 or 9 when Star Wars was released in theaters and she still speaks glowingly of going to see it multiple times when it came out - it was a earth-shattering hit, just a huge fucking deal. It was well-received by critics too - I feel like it's easy to forget this but Star Wars was a Best Picture nominee!

Star Wars was actually the favorite to win Best Picture that year, if I remember my Oscar history correctly! Annie Hall beating it was actually considered a pretty big upset.

https://twitter.com/Yair_Rosenberg/status/1486479833932738565

Edit: I'm also reminded of when Schindler's List aired unedited on ABC, people actually called the FCC to complain about nudity. I can't even comprehend the kind of person that would have such a reaction. I almost find them being a Nazi sympathizer who is using nudity as a pretense to be more comprehensible.

Walter Benjamin must be rolling in his grave.

It was definitely around before the first match started, but I don't remember for how long. Two or three weeks maybe?

I remember when people still questioned whether or not voters would/should interpret the poll as "Who would win in a fight?" instead of "Who is your favorite?"

Paratroopa1 posted...

There's nothing more childish than thinking that liking dour dramas is what makes you a proper adult

Adult =/= dour. That association is exactly what I am opposed to.

Kenri posted...

Lmao, please tell me this is a joke like I assumed originally

The truth hurts. It's not just people that grew up on this though. Everyone has started to develop babytastes for culture, since with so much access to media, people would prefer to settle for something familiar than to take a chance on something that might be great, because something that might be great also has a risk of being bad. And with so much to read/watch/play/listen to, nobody wants to waste time on something they might not like, or which, (and this is an absolute cardinal sin these days) might be boring. There used to be a time when people would go see a movie like Rain Man "just to see what everyone is talking about," but people these days seem to resent that idea and treat the presence of critics/awards/etc. as a personal attack.

Are great home theaters still increasing though? I thought the trend over the past several years, among young people at least, has been to ditch the TV and watch everything on your phone/laptop.

Edit: Another reason adult dramas have collapsed is because word of mouth has collapsed. Conversation is so fractured and angry these days that no one trusts anyone else. Everyone is assumed to have an agenda (not just political), so why bother paying attention to such things for something like seeing a movie which requires effort to go out and do?

I laughed.

DeepsPraw posted...

I prefer the ads where the woman masturbates with a washing machine

That's Lilly's Garden. Those were the percusor to these, and honestly both of the women look pretty similar. There's also a more...erm...mature ad that I've come across that has a similar looking woman. Clearly there's an appeal here!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orN0a6wQk5I

For a while I thought that I was not an animal person, and then a couple years ago I realized that wasn't it. I'm just not an "animal person" person.

Is anyone familiar with Merge Mansion, a simple mobile matching game, which went viral for having a bizarre ad last year? The original ad is below, and you can get a feel of what the gameplay is like, and how inappropriate the ad is for the type of game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymibnr_Ra2M

Well, apparently since last month they have been coming out with live action ads starring *Academy Award Winner Kathy Bates*, and they are even more insane. Enjoy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9EU4ZG8Q4Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6G7qD0qQIs

Batman/Batman Returns

I went with Mickey Mouse, since he's been consistently famous/iconic for the longest, aside from Santa, but I am unsure how well known Santa is to people that don't celebrate Christmas or live in a country that do.

I doubt it's Mario, unless we're restricting this by age. There's large swathes of the elderly that won't know who he is.

https://www.babycenter.com/baby-names/most-popular/top-baby-names

Girls:

1. Olivia
2. Emma
3. Amelia
4. Ava
5. Sophia
6. Charlotte
7. Isabella
8. Mia
9. Luna
10. Harper

Boys:

1 Liam
2 Noah
3 Oliver
4 Elijah
5 Lucas
6 Levi
7 Mason
8 Asher
9 James
10 Ethan

The female names sound like the main characters in a comedy of manners, and the male names sound like a sexy, conflicted priest from a Romantic novel.