It is definitely a thing, and not blanks. At least in St Louis (the city, not so much in the 'burbs/metro area).

The city sounded like a warzone every NYE and Fourth, there are plenty of videos of it. People find bullets lodged in cars and house roofs etc. And there injuries from it too.

They held campaigns and mailed out flyers to try to stop it every year, but as far as I know it's still just as bad if not worse.

Having said that, I'm not sure either what their point was.

Or not.

I'm a lifelong SW fan, and when my wife and I first started dating we watched the OG trilogy on her suggestion because she knew I really liked them. She had never seen them, and only saw one or two of the prequel movies growing up.

She liked them well enough, and she will sometimes still watch a movie or catch some of the D+ episodes with me -- but overall she never really became an all-out fan.

Some of our interests and hobbies overlap and some of them are completely separate. Never been a big deal, and I think it's a good thing in some ways. We can still support each other in our separate interests without being super into them ourselves etc.

Amazing! Hadn't heard that one before, one of my favorite Beatles songs and I think that's easily one of the best versions I've heard.

Not sure what the reception of D&C is around here, but I was really impressed with their cover of All Along the Watchtower in Chicago last week.

Both would be awesome, but I think I'd have to go with instruments.

Languages would indeed be wonderful for travelling and/or living in an area with a diverse population. And could also be leveraged for a new career (if I wanted a new one).

But the thought of being able to pick up any instrument (whether the common ones, or some weird unknown one) and play it proficiently sounds too fun to pass up.