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  1. On 3/4/2024 at 7:22 AM, closetohumping said:

    Educational purposes. Didn’t the government used to pay farmers to not grow their crops because they weren’t needed

    Up until the 1996 “Freedom to Farm” bill yes.  Called it “setaside.”  Or more commonly, “government ground.”  There had been other programs like “PIK” and “zero 85l as well.

    There are lots of farmers who hate subsidies (including subsidized crop insurance).  But as ISU has said, those subsidies distort the economics and you can’t compete without them.  It’s perverse.

  2. On 3/26/2024 at 10:39 AM, Samson's Wig said:

    Of all of the dumb fucking nonsense arguments used by gun nuts, this might be the dumbest one I've heard.

    A real cowboy carries his guns on his person.  No gun safe needed.

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  3. 12 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

    Staying with the crew in a place near the quiet entry to the Great Smoky Mountains national park and decided to show them Last of the Mohicans tonight after a day hiking, since it was filmed not far from here.

    Besides the general awesomeness of DDL plus Michael Mann and a great source material—  just so refreshing to see how this movie LOOKS.

    - Filmed outside with good lighting and no mood filters.  The mountains, rocks, trees, water, sun, light all looks like what we saw today. 
     

    - Kickass costuming and sets, the Huron village is a Huron village they built for the movie.  The costumes have color and bulk. The makeup looks like normal people who have been outside sweating and running around. 
     

    - The battles and fight scenes are well-choreographed, easy to follow, and yet still manage to look real and chaotic with genuine smoke and fire.  
     

    - Consistent sound all the way through, you can leave it on one volume and hear every word and never have your ears blown out. 
     

    Granted this was a major-budget picture with a tier 1 director and the world’s best actor but DAMN.  I cannot remember the last time I saw a new movie that looks and feels this good and real.  Truly, we reached peak movie magic between about 1990-2000 and it’s been downhill since then. 

    The cgi was way better than anything today.  How is that possible.

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