Shoot, where I grew up in the early 2000’s there was a theater showing second runs that gave you a popcorn and a large drink with the ticket for $5. That was when a standard ticket would be $12 - $15, so it was a great deal if you didn’t mind the wait or wanted to see something again (And you didn’t mind half the lights being burnt out and the carpet looking like it had been rescued from the dump at least twice before finding itself undefoot).

They went out of business of course, but only when streaming started putting pressure on all the movie theatres. Most of the big name theatres in the area didn’t make it either.

Also most of the movies now are terrible, I’ll just wait and watch from home when I’ve had people online filter out the junk for me.

As a side note, my last film in theatres was also Dune 2, which I only saw because friends I hadn’t seen in a while were going. I did not see the first one, but I have read the books, so it was fine.

I’m not sure the purpose of this flight was to celebrate these women. Even though most of them are awesome and have done awesome things, they weren’t given time to speak or room to inspire.

Instead they focused the media attention on the kinds of people they want to buy tickets for the rocket ride, along with the things they think they are excited about. At the end of the day, these are ads for the rocket ride. From Shatner to Perry to whoever they can convince to ride next, they are there for the ‘glam’, the future paying passengers are the ones who are theoretically inspired by this display.

I think the quote about testing out a hairdo by skydiving in Dubai might be one of the least relatable things I’ve ever heard, but I bet it resonates with a certain type of person with a lot more money to burn than I’ve got.

It’s nice to imagine we can keep living exactly as we are and not have to pay up for any of the consequences of our actions. Maybe there will be a tech miracle to save us and the non-consenting species we are taking with us, but that hope, belief, and gamble is not a solution to the problem we have.

We have the solution, we know what it is, and we know how to execute it, we just lack the will. Until that miracle appears we should try to actually fix the problem.

Waiting for a tech solution to appear is like standing on the beach after an earthquake as the tide goes out praying that it won’t come back in.

Edit: Or maybe eating a nice dinner out and continuing to order hoping they forget your bill or someone else pays it. Either way it’s not doing a thing to make the problem better.