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Despite answering almost the inverse of the question, this is the correct answer

You can spend infinite money undermining infinite competitors but software companies live and die on industries and professionals being entrenched in their ecosystem

I mean… That’s kinda what movies are…

c/imatankieandthisisdeep

Look up Angela from The Office. Though I suppose the actor (also named Angela) is more likely to have that hairstyle than her character

Angela got taller

Explains how both of their surnames entered the lexicon

It’s well-known that cats are liquid. The surface must be uneven

I could name a lot but Jesus does Gary, IN eminate bad vibes at its own special frequency

If you’ve seen Barbarian, the bits set in Detroit capture the vibe pretty well (which tbf is relatively close to Gary)

I’m seeing a lot of nostalgia glasses here so just going to say some things were markedly worse (90s perspective): it was much harder to verify information whether that be for scientific research (the hole in the ozone layer was a big one at the time), directions, movie/game reviews or even geopolitical situations

The smell of vehicle exhaust was more common as many vehicles on the road predated the requirements of catalytic converters and you can bet there were a lot more people who would claim seat belts are more dangerous because they can trap you in a drowning vehicle (no matter how far inland they lived)

Buying batteries on a regular basis from the grocery store was a normal occurrence as rechargeable ones were either prohibitively expensive, unavailable or had iffy chargers and you needed them for a lot of stuff smartphones do today: clocks, answering machines, CD/cassette players, etc

Answering machines (though largely digitized by the late 90s) generally required tiny tapes to record voicemails while vacuums almost always required bags. Neither were large expenses but both were recurring as was using payphones but that’s a topic unto itself

There was a monoculture that we took for granted which I feel was both the best and worse part. Basically all your classmates and coworkers likely watched the same shows/movies as you which legitimately helped the community bond as a whole but those shows seldom challenged (or even could challenge) the status quo with “dangerous ideas” like same sex parents or non-white superheroes but I’m not gonna pretend I don’t miss the phenomenon of people excitedly going “hey, did you see Friends last night?” or the energy of Pokemania

I’m not trying to say it was strictly better or worse but the rise of the internet, smart phones, rechargeable batteries and widespread adoption of international standards (USB, various EU policies, Bluetooth) undoubtedly democratized many things previously held behind gatekeepers

Sometimes those gatekeepers were legitimately excellent at their craft, sometimes they were out of touch, sometimes they were manipulating the lack of info gathering tools at the time, or even (often) some combination of the three but that friction between us and the next piece of media made it easier to appreciate the 15th rewatch of The Mask on VHS while simultaneously helping to enforce the college textbook scam so well-known today

Well that’s a confession if I’ve ever heard one

Hey, everybody: THIS PERSON IS RICH!

Save game

Load saved game

Save and exit game

Reformat hard drive

Warriors of Virtue sounds amazing (like in a so good it’s bad way)

Tough to generate suggestions based on one liked movie but I think (at least the first) Beetlejuice is a dark comedy that shares a lot of DNA with Death Becomes Her

Alternatively, The Devil Wears Prada is an extremely popular movie that also has frenemy female leads but maybe I Love Boosters is an even better match if you’re willing to either wait for streaming or see it in theaters

What are the 3 you watched last year?

Oh. That actually explains a lot (uses to hear the term “down feather” as a kid every now and then)

The fact his brother played Dr Hammond makes this a lot funnier

Ha, I get it!

But let’s say I have a friend who doesn’t…

I like how we’re slowly approaching the need for a c/neolithicmemes as a companion community to rough roman memes

Coulda been a papa roach

The brand is saved!

Too hoot for TV