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Space Mountain, but I haven't ridden it (or been to Disneyland) since 2002. Not sure if the ride changed. There used to be a small red light just before it took our picture -- which let us make goofy faces for the photo.

Splash Mountain was always fun -- though going back and watching it on YouTube since it closed, I can understand why Disney wants to "reimagine" it.

"Song of the South: The Ride" is quite pitiful. Especially for 1989!

It's the enshittification of Texas and Florida.

Florida is in trouble because the demographics of that state are retirees. And we all know the new group of retirees is a gigantic generation of Fox News viewing boomers. Florida is in trouble for decades to come.

But Texas? It's the second most ethnically diverse state, even more so than New York. Youngish Mllennial and Gen Z families are forming households there. And as much as Texans hate to admit it, on paper it sure looks a heck of a lot like California did in the 1970s and 1980s. They are even having rolling blackouts, lol!

Wow I think radical right-wing stuff has a future in florida, I think it's going to backfire very hard in texas. It's going to be an ugly 10 years, but I think you're going to see a very different political scene there.

That was my reaction when Elon first bought twitter. It's like he's so stupid he thinks Twitter is the only possible platform that could ever be a twitter.

It turns out, we're all pretty clever at figuring out places to talk. The talking is going to happen. Where we do the talking keeps changing.

I just switched from Jerboa to Connect.

Reddit is the new Quora or Yahoo! Answers

Same here.

There is a very good Ex-Mormon community on reddit that is so stuck in their own bubble of problems, I can't see themselves moving. And I enjoy checking in to see what shenanigans the LDS/Mormon church are up to.

But that's it.

I feel like the past 3 weeks I've moved to a new city. And I'm discovering new communities here.

I feel like Aaron Swartz exiting and later dying played a role. There was no longer his voice to check bad business behavior.

Before the pandemic, the US wasn't too bad. Large cities got expensive, but most places a movie ticket ran around $10.

Now, to make up for lost money, some chains are trying to charge extra for getting "a good seat" or other perks that used to be just part of the price of the ticket.

I think they overestimate demand. I haven't been to a movie since 2019. I don't think I'm missing out. Home TVs are just so big now.

Don't forget the "Jesus fish" on their logo.

I'm from out west, so it was a very foreign concept for me when I visited my sister in Arkansas and saw a lot of "Christian Family Auto" type places with Jesus swag trying to win over business.

As an american, I find our twin heritage of French and British to be fascinating.

Brits can have the most oppressive camera surveillance system in the world, but British culture just makes them just shrug and accept it.

French set their country on fire at least once a year, just to remind the government who is boss.

And Americans seem to fall somewhere between the two extremes.

I think I actually can see a strange bit of nuance in this case.

If I'm doing business as a company, my company does not have a First Amendment religious right. Therefore, in accordance with the 14th Amendment and the civil Rights act of 1964, my business cannot discriminate against a protected class. (Except hobby lobby apparently, but that's another discussion for another time)

If I am just a private citizen doing work, I do have a religious right to be as big of a bigoted jerk as I want to be. Therefore I do have a right to discriminate.

This case gets into the murky gray area of solo practitioner business owners. People who work independently, and file business returns but don't necessarily have a business license or incorporation or any of that sort.

And that's how the case ended up in the supreme court. It lands in this really constitutionally messy area.

To clarify though, morally this is black and white. This person is an absolute bigoted troll and I would never ever encourage anyone to do business with them. But the supreme Court isn't there to adjudicate morality, but rather constitutionality. And I think in this case, either outcome is constitutionally reasonable. It's just a shame that they chose the immoral decision rather than the moral one.