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Vegp (6 KP) rated Facebook in Apps

Jan 29, 2019  
Facebook
Facebook
Communication, Entertainment, Events, Social Networking
6
7.6 (436 Ratings)
App Rating
Funny memes (1 more)
Keeping in touch with family and friends
Far too many adverts (1 more)
A lot of shit on there
Good waste of time
Facebook is a part of life these days, I've been on there for about 10 years and checking Facebook has become a must multiple times a day for me (more habit than anything else).

However it is such a waste of time. There are far too many ads and rubbish posted.

The powers that be on there are either overzealous or disinterested.

 It's also a great way of making yourself miserable by comparing your life to others (which is often massaged to look better than reality)

I don't think I could leave Facebook but sometimes I kinda wish I'd not joined in the first place.
  
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Billy Gibbons recommended White Women by Chromeo in Music (curated)

 
White Women by Chromeo
White Women by Chromeo
(0 Ratings)
Album Favorite

"As obtuse as this whole list may be, what drew me to Chromeo was their name. Being a hot-rod head and a car fanatic, I loved the name. It could have been a terrible record and I would have loved it, because you ain't got nothing unless you got a lot of chrome. 

My taste doesn't run too far into dance or disco but in the grand scheme of things, and for those who are attempting to perceive what ZZ Top is, it's good on occasion to find an unexpected surprise. On occasion we'd be lumped in with southern rock bands, but we're really not – it's Texas. Which is quite a bit different. Texas is down south, but it's certainly a far cry from South Carolina or Alabama or Georgia."

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Vikings
Vikings
2007 | Economic, Medieval, Nautical, Territory Building
Auction Wheel (1 more)
deeper strategy than anticipated
Theme doesn't really fit.... maybe it should be the English? (0 more)
Better than it should be considering you don't plunder pillage anything.
I really enjoyed my play of this one, we took it home and played it about 3 more times that night. It really is a fast economic based game. but the puzzle of the market bidding is fun. and trying to anticipate others moves is also fun. So far we have only played the basic rules, and not made our way to the advanced ones yet. But I'm glad I've added this to our collection.

All that said: don't expect to do viking things, there is no killing and pillaging, and raiding... your warriors defend, and don't attack... seems like a miss as far as theme goes.
  
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David McK (3540 KP) rated Aladdin (2019) in Movies

Aug 11, 2019 (Updated Dec 28, 2022)  
Aladdin (2019)
Aladdin (2019)
2019 | Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Goy Ritchie's Will Smith starring live-action retelling of the 1992 Disney cartoon: a movie that, believe it or not, is now nearly 30 years old (I can't believe I just typed that).

While this does hew pretty closely to the original, this is not quite the shot-for-shot remake I was expecting (or feared), with Jasmine in particular given far more agency here, and with Will Smith's Genie 'bookending' the entire narrative.

Talking of Will Smith: he had some big shoes to fill and - thankfully - he wisely does not attempt a Robin Williams impersonation, instead making the character more his own (although, of course, he has the same musical numbers to belt out).

On the down side, however, this version of Jafar is far less menacing than the original ...