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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:So if the guy who pushed admission prices sky high has been ousted, does that mean Six Flags ticket prices will actually get cheaper?? Ultimately the guy's plan (trade volume of guest for "quality" of guest, a guest who pays a higher ticket price is also more likely to pay for restaurants and souvenirs etc.) wasn't bad in-of-itself but failed because they didn't actually do anything to make Six Flags more "premium" like build roller coasters or big ticket branded rides or themed areas. Six Flag's choices are: 1. reverse course and go back to cheap and making their money on volume and all that comes with it (longer lines, less upkeep for rides, lower standards for employees) or 2. make huge capital investments to make their parks a more premium brand like Disney or Ceder Point. The first one is less risky but the second one has the potential to be more profitable but obviously just saying "We're going to be as good at this as disney" is much much easier said than done.
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:the second one has the potential to be more profitable but obviously just saying "We're going to be as good at this as disney" is much much easier said than done.
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Crazy Mike posted:This is my second year buying 2 season passes and 2 dining plans for Six Flags. I live 15 minutes away and it's a good weekend activity for my daughter. First I heard they aren't renewing the dining plan option because someone went online about how they use it every day. Now they aren't open for Christmas themed December weekends. I don't think I'll be renewing my season pass next year. Maybe they want more short term heavy spenders and are actively trying to deter me. At this point I might just fly to Disney before I go to Six Flags again. Being closed on weekends in December seems incredibly dumb.
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Rick posted:Being closed on weekends in December seems incredibly dumb. You know what's dumber? Having a Halloween event where you have to pay for regular park admission + parking, then pay another 60 bucks to actually do the Halloween stuff while you're in the park.
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Out of curiosity I looked at tickets to Magic Mountain December 1st. With the processing fee and parking it would be $111. I would never spend $111 to go to Six Flags.
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McPhearson posted:Out of curiosity I looked at tickets to Magic Mountain December 1st. With the processing fee and parking it would be $111. I would never spend $111 to go to Six Flags.
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Is Darien Lake still a six flags? I have fond memories of that little park.
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Alterian posted:Is Darien Lake still a six flags? I have fond memories of that little park. It is currently, but it popped out of being a six flags the last time there was trouble, then became one again.
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Tall Tale Teller posted:Nobody ever talks about what a pain in the rear end it must be to get to, park, go into, and deal with the rigamarole of a theme park just to go eat two meals that are probably school lunch corn dog tier at best. IIRC he worked like a 5 minute walk from the park
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Twitter failed to detect upload of Christchurch mosque terror attack videos
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Great work Elon! Keep it up, friend.  Dumbass
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quote:Twitter advised us overnight that the clips have been taken down and said they would do a sweep for other instances. Sure they will.
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https://twitter.com/BlockFi/status/1597253469374910466 https://twitter.com/BlockFi/status/1597253473837453313 Yeah, good luck with that...
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https://twitter.com/Forever_Wario/status/1597300159230390273 Twitter's going well.
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ultrafilter posted:https://twitter.com/Forever_Wario/status/1597300159230390273 This warms the cockles of my heart
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I'm not sure someone determined to kill Twitter could have done it faster or more efficiently/hilariously than Musk cosplaying as a tech executive who knows what he's doing.
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His yes/no poll contains no question.
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It's more of a "am i rite?" kind of thing
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TotalLossBrain posted:I'm not sure someone determined to kill Twitter could have done it faster or more efficiently/hilariously than Musk cosplaying as a tech executive who knows what he's doing. Are you saying calling advertisers to tell them they are stupid isn’t a common tech strat
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If calling people to insult them into giving us money actually worked, goons would be loving rich with how savage we can be.
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TotalLossBrain posted:I'm not sure someone determined to kill Twitter could have done it faster or more efficiently/hilariously than Musk cosplaying as a tech executive who knows what he's doing. I would almost call it deliberate anyways because he's mad he was basically forced to buy it at lawsuit point, but that would be giving Musk too much credit.
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Coasterphreak posted:You know what's dumber? Having a Halloween event where you have to pay for regular park admission + parking, then pay another 60 bucks to actually do the Halloween stuff while you're in the park. Jesus. You know I watched a blog of it and I actually really liked the look of it, it's come a long way from being extremely cheesy like it was when it started, and I was like "I'll try that out if COVID ever ends" but I ain't paying $120+$60 parking to do that.
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Yeah, I get having it as a separately ticketed event, but the pricing structure this past year was just an obvious cash grab. If you want to have less kids wandering around after dark getting in trouble, just do what Cedar Fair did and make sure they have a loving babysitter. It’s not rocket surgery. e: he’ll, when attendance took a hit, CF even started handing out free admission if you brought enough kids with you and actually kept an eye on them. Coasterphreak has a new favorite as of 00:35 on Nov 29, 2022 |
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Coasterphreak posted:Yeah, I get having it as a separately ticketed event, but the pricing structure this past year was just an obvious cash grab. Also big shoutout to CF for making all 2020 season passes into 2021 ones for free, even though my two parks opened in fall 2020 just absolute lol if I would go to them before getting vaxxed
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Icon Of Sin posted:If calling people to insult them into giving us money actually worked, goons would be loving rich with how savage we can be. Have you heard of findom, my friend?
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RFC2324 posted:Have you heard of findom, my friend? Oh, you mean like how Elon's ex told him to buy Twitter and he did it and lost twelve figures off his net worth?
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Debatable whether Netflix is circling the drain just yet, but I feel like this comment alone is enough to qualify https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1598060314926481419 quote:Meanwhile, Hastings was asked his thoughts about Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover of Twitter. The Netflix exec responded with a glowing appraisal: “Elon Musk is the bravest, most creative person on the planet.” Hastings added that he is “100% convinced” that Musk is “trying to help the world in all his endeavors,” and added that he was “excited” about Musk’s Twitter acquisition. Meanwhile, his explanation for why they didn't leave Glass Onion in theaters a bit longer to make more money (which it really seems like it could've done) doesn't inspire a whole lot more confidence either: quote:Regarding Netflix’s limited theatrical release of “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” Hastings said that was a “promotional tactic” to build buzz and drive subscriber signups — and that the company would consider doing similar releases in the future. “We are not trying to build a theatrical business,” he said. “We are trying to break through the noise.”
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I’m not surprised that another tech CEO buys into Musk’s bullshit I think Netflix is in trouble long-term because I don’t think they can win the content wars against companies like Disney, Amazon, and NBC/Universal. Earlier this year they blamed subscriber loss on password sharing, but people have been doing that forever. The real problem is that they are just not keeping up with major new content that drives subscriber growth.
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I can’t help but think that tech CEOs and VCs can’t say anything bad about Musk because they themselves have too many financial ties to him, or to what he represents. Musk is the very embodiment of Silicon Valley hype and (perceived) innovation, and if he comes crashing down, what does that mean? Especially as all these other superstar companies/leaders are having tons of their own problems (like Zuck), or have long since gone to poo poo (Theranos, WeWork, etc).
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Sir Lemming posted:Debatable whether Netflix is circling the drain just yet, but I feel like this comment alone is enough to qualify He also said he was willing to invite Dave Chappelle "again and again" for more specials. FlamingLiberal posted:I’m not surprised that another tech CEO buys into Musk’s bullshit At the same time, a lot of places like HBO Max, NBC/Universal, etc are also in hot water because they were greedy enough to start their own platforms so they would get all the hypothetical profit that Netflix made off of their content and are now realizing that licensing content to other platforms was far more profitable than running their own service. Amazon, Apple and Disney are exceptions since they are part of huge conglomerates that can afford to have a loss leader but who knows if they are still willing to have that drain. There is definitely some streamer consolidation on the horizon but I'm not sure if Netflix is going to be one of the first to fall. AceOfFlames has a new favorite as of 14:45 on Dec 1, 2022 |
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Netflix has also destroyed a lot of trust by unceremoniously cancelling anything that doesn't trend worldwide immediately upon premiere. Then there's that whole pesky anti-union stance that keeps emptying out their animation department and halted production on Nailed It, one of their biggest shows.
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FlamingLiberal posted:I’m not surprised that another tech CEO buys into Musk’s bullshit They don't have any IPs. They haven't seriously pursued getting any. Long term Netflix is gonna go the way of the Roku Channel.
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Pope Corky the IX posted:Netflix has also destroyed a lot of trust by unceremoniously cancelling anything that doesn't trend worldwide immediately upon premiere. Then there's that whole pesky anti-union stance that keeps emptying out their animation department and halted production on Nailed It, one of their biggest shows. Yeah they're kind of lucky HBO Max stole all the bad press immediately afterward, because they basically did a test run of that whole "cancel a bunch of shows and the entire animation department without warning" thing.
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OPAONI posted:They don't have any IPs. They haven't seriously pursued getting any. Long term Netflix is gonna go the way of the Roku Channel. They still have Stranger Things, but that's coming to an end soon.
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And Derry Girls just ended. They also have The Great British Baking Show…too bad it loving sucks.
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Netflix was pretty revolutionary back in 2013, with their second attempt at original programming (Lillehammer anyone?) when they launched House of Cards. Nobody thought it would work, but it seemed that it was just at the right time for streaming being common enough, and it was lightning in a bottle for them. They actually did a decent job at spinning up several series that put Netflix on everyone's screens, but it's been downhill for a while now that everyone else has spun up their own streaming services and siphoned off all the catalog programming that kept people on Netflix between seasons of Orange is the New Black or BoJack Horseman.
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Iron Crowned posted:Netflix was pretty revolutionary back in 2013, with their second attempt at original programming (Lillehammer anyone?) when they launched House of Cards. Nobody thought it would work, but it seemed that it was just at the right time for streaming being common enough, and it was lightning in a bottle for them. The Marvel shows that aired there could afford to be far grittier than anything they’ll probably ever produce for Disney+. Those alone kept me on there for a while longer than I should’ve stayed.
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This may be the luddite in me, but do you guys think there will be a resurgence of physical discs as more people get fed up with things getting moved and yanked off of various streaming services? Between that and running into extra paywalls for random movies, I'm glad I kept most of my discs. It makes suggesting something for movie night a pain in the rear end though.
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Pope Corky the IX posted:Then there's that whole pesky anti-union stance that keeps emptying out their animation department and halted production on Nailed It, one of their biggest shows. Wait, is that why Nailed It suddenly disappeared? I just assumed it got overexposed and petered out. lol that Netflix made a big push towards cheap unscripted content and then pivoted back towards expensive prestige shows because their flagship unscripted show tried to unionize. The golden goose is asking for a nicer coop, fetch the axe.
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Turbinosamente posted:This may be the luddite in me, but do you guys think there will be a resurgence of physical discs as more people get fed up with things getting moved and yanked off of various streaming services? Between that and running into extra paywalls for random movies, I'm glad I kept most of my discs. It makes suggesting something for movie night a pain in the rear end though. Na. Phones, tablets and hell even PCs don’t have drives anymore.
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