My then-girlfriend (now-wife) and I watched GoT from beginning to end as each episode came out, and even though that show ended up being a disappointment, there are still some very fond memories of us overly eager to plop down together and tune in. HotD brings us right back to those days. While we both think it’s a great show so far, we’re on guard and I guess we’re willing to get burned again for the nostalgia.

cautiously lifts tinfoil hat off head

I can see the devices you use mattering. Where were you watching the videos? Do you have the Amazon app installed on the same device, or on a device with a microphone? My tin-foil hat theory is that the Amazon app is always listening from your phone, based on similar things happening to my wife.

Reminds me of the time when my uncle asked me to go get the dolly from his garage. I, being a kid and having no context for why he’d need a dolly, spent a few minutes in his garage but eventually returned with a Barbie doll still in its box. Fortunately, my uncle just chuckled, clasped my shoulder, and went to the garage to get his dolly so he could move his laundry machine. I often remember that day as a lesson in humility.

Aaaaaaand that’s why we all got the mandatory class action related agreement notifications. Scum.

Thanks for the advice. I got a cheap amp, got it all set up, and it works a charm!

Can’t believe I forgot to include that tidbit, that they’re passive speakers.

Isn’t the motherboard itself the amplifier?

They’re just some cheap speakers I found on Amazon: Theater Solutions TS30B

According to the product description: “frequency response is 140Hz-20 kHz with 89dB at 8ohm”

I bought a 2020 Honda Accord, and I have absolutely zero (meaningful) complaints.

Things I like about it so much that they are requirements for future car purchases:

• Adaptive cruise control
• Brake-holding
• Tactile inputs for media, cruise control, or climate control (almost wasn’t going to mention this, but new cars are shifting away from this, which I can’t stand)
• A respectably-snappy infotainment system that supports CarPlay

Little things:

• Adaptive cruise control is always ready to be set, so I can just head out and immediately start using it (I’m one of those people who likes to use cruise control at every possible opportunity)
• Comfortably seats 4, if I ever need it to
• It just looks nice, inside and out, in my opinion

Aw man…just 2 hours after this comment, and it’s gone

And I’m sure a depressing number of people will believe it’s real