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Johnny2X2X

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40. Short term greed

Fri Oct 31, 2025, 02:26 PM

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So there are movies that I really want to see, but they now release them to streaming a few weeks after they open in the theatre. There's simply very few movies I want to see enough that I won't wait 3 weeks to see it in my own home for $19.99 or $5.99 if I wait a while longer.

Home theaters are pretty great these days and being able to pause a movie to use the bathroom alone is worth not going to the theater. Most people have 65 inch TVs now with decent sound systems.

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