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Vegas64

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  1. Thought this quote in that NYT piece summed it up well: “Disney is an analytics company that happens to do movies and parks.” -- At the same time, smartphone apps transformed how companies connected to their customers. In 2012, the My Disney Experience app gave guests an easy way to check wait times, show times, restaurant bookings and more. In return, Disney gained a trove of information on exactly where guests went, what they purchased and how much they spent in its complex. The app eventually became so integrated with a visit that much of a Disney park day can be dedicated to checking it; savvy guests bring an external battery. More than ever before, Disney and companies like it have access to data showing them who is willing to spend what for which experiences.
  2. I book points and stay for free. The only way to do Disney World IMO. The pools and food options are good. Ferry to the Yacht Club. Close to Epcot. It's the ONE good thing Disney has going for it IMO.
  3. Meanwhile, continuing the conversation from last week, Modi met with...checks notes...Putin and Xi today in a message to the West/US of "Even with your 50% tariff we are going to buy Russia gas because to the little extent we actually care about Ukraine and generally Europe and the West, it's like 50 pegs below my own self-interest". What do you do with such a leader and country? We've tried the 50% tariff. Now what?
  4. Sounds like the ding dong ditch era of pranks is gonna be dead. Surprised it's even still a thing with all the doorbell cameras anyways.
  5. Same. But also it feels less than, somehow. I rather liked the feeling I got after an hour of an intese spreadsheet sesh. It was oddly fulfilling like a hard workout at the gym. No doubt some dopamine leaked out when you finished and felt like you accomplished something. Hard to feel accomplished when it's AI doing your work, I guess.
  6. I always stay at the Swan at DW because of Bonvoy points. I went to Disneyland this summer. It cost (a mixed group, 2 grands, 2 parents, 2 children aged 5+ so not free) like $5,000 before even booking a hotel with just airfare to John Wayne and Disneyland entry for 2 parks over 2 days. Add hotel, food, gifts, etc. you are easily at $8-10k.
  7. NYT had a great piece last week. I'll copy and paste the whole thing if anyone wants because I think it's paywalled. Here is a snippet: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/opinion/disney-world-economy-middle-class-rich.html
  8. Sheesh. Nobody wants a civil war.
  9. Longfellow is/was plenty funny.
  10. I took 1 shingle vax (it's 2 doses, shingrex) and it floored me.
  11. Just bought 10,000 shares of Arch Manning @ $.08 and 10,000 of DJ Lagway @ $.05. The DJ buy was 100% because I was playing CFP26 this morning and he is amazing on a PS5 game. I didn't watch one snap of his game on Saturday.
  12. That's a great point. After the first SCar TD I was up $900 (doubled) and thought about just taking my investment off the board and riding out the rest of his campaign with house money, but didn't and it came back down to where I'm only up $300. Good point on Arch stock. I might just do it.
  13. This is 100% truth. Preach!
  14. Anyways @Brisketexan, now you have a disgruntled India giving lipservice to China (and visa versa) because India is mad at being called to the carpet for their Russian fuel strategy. Not sure anything you did was going to change their selfishness and countries like India will only listen to dollars and cents. Modi <> Xi are meeting Sept 1: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/29/china-india-modi-xi-sco-meeting-relations.html
  15. Think of it in the reverse. Would Cowboy Nation be celebrating if we signed TJ Watt for 4 years for $136mm gauranteed on a $188mm deal? Or would be saying, "Why would we commit that much money to one player on the defense and hamper the future of the team as if we are one defensive player away from being a championship team! what an idiot! A fool and his money! This is why you need a real GM, all Jerry does is overpay, etc. etc." I think we all know it's the latter. Half because it's Cowboys Nation and Cowboys Nation has a well-earned callous of cynicism and skepticism and negative view of everything that happens (until it's proven to be good) because we've been mismanaged for nearly 3 decades. But half because it's true.
  16. That's a big loss. Her agent must have told her she is in line for some bigger future projects.
  17. The highest paid non-QB in history, 4 years 188 million dollars, 47mm a year? People are actually celebrating their team signing up for this for one player who is ineffective against the run and has 1 career playoff sack and is always an injury risk, especially as he adds more mileage to his tween frame? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills seeing people actually upset and disparage Jerry Jones for this one when this is one of the times of the day that the broken clock is actually right.
  18. Comparing this is sorta unfair because a) it's a very rare and outlier type of a deal that a rare team would do and b) Oakland gonna Oakland. That's NOT to day Dallas couldn't have gotten more potentially for Micah, but I hardly think they were fleeced (especially when you consider the money that would have had to be gauranteed and over the terms).
  19. Also, thought it was funny that rumors were he was boarding a plane to Green Bay last night and his camp and Dallas were like "oh no he just went to see a doctor about his back" this morning. mmmHmmmm
  20. I LOVE this trade. I was resigned to accept that Jerry was going to be stupid Jerry and give him a fully guaranteed contract that is outerspace money. Instead, we get to trade him, get two picks and a day 1 starter, and will not have another anchor of a contract around our neck to actually rebuild for the future. The only thing better than trading Micha would be to trade Dak and get out of his contract and tank this year for the future. Also, good luck to Green Bay on this. That is a TON of money to give a guy with 1 career sack in the playoffs. Better hope that's just because Dallas sucks and isn't tied to his inherent inconsistency and/or injury in the future.
  21. We agree path 1 is stupid and path 2 is best if that is all we have. We have it figured out! I'll be VP. Brisket/Vegas in 2028
  22. While I agree, since 80% of mass shootings (or whatever the actual number is, you get the point) are straight white males, then the priority should be figuring out how to not stoke the flames that break that demographic, whatever that might be. At least following your logic.
  23. Just goes to show on a fundamental, human level-- black, white, brown, straight, gay, trans-- we are all beholden to the biology and neurology that governs our corporeal machines. We are all at risk of our brains breaking and then committing evil because we are all capable of wickedness (and it can be argued innately wicked depending on your spiritual beliefs).
  24. As a disclaimer, I completely agree it's an absurd primary argument and cosign with your extreme sarcasm here... but.... and I haven't looked at the data.... but.... American population per capita, by ratio, gross total, whatever metric you want to use has the next country beat by 10x at least of people who are medicating with SSRI's and it's probably not good for the ole mental wellness. The conversation should of course start with the fundamental "why are Americans more mentally ill and have more mental issues than the rest of the world where we need to medicate and treat the symptoms with the best we have" and there are a few threads smattered about on here that get into it, but...yea.
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