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If you're interested in a movie that explores similar themes of anxiety, social media, and just trying to survive middle school, I recommend Bo Burnham's film "

If you're interested in a movie that explores similar themes of anxiety, social media, and just trying to survive middle school, I recommend Bo Burnham's film "Eighth Grade". Its average review is 90/100 on Metacritic, and is available to watch for free on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/Eighth-Grade-Elsie-Fisher/dp/B07FJNMSFN/ https://www.amazon.com/Eighth-Grade-Elsie-Fisher/dp/B07FJNMS...

markdown 8y ago
> is available to watch for free on Amazon Prime In my country it isn't possible to watch any show on Amazon for free. You have to at the very least pay to be part of a club called Amazon Prime before you can watch shows. Is it different where you are?
- CDSlice 8y ago
  Isn't that what he said? If you have Amazon Prime you can watch it for free as part of your membership.
  - markdown 8y ago
    Oh ok. I was confused by the use of the word "free", which you've used as well. Perhaps it means something different to Amazon customers.
    - citizenkeen 8y ago
      It is free if you've joined Amazon Prime. Prime is not free. Your pedantry sounds like someone saying the water fountains at Disneyland aren't free because you have to pay to get in.
      - js2 8y ago
        This use of the word “free” to mean “included in the price you’ve paid for your membership” might not be clear to non-native speakers. “You can watch this for no extra charge as part of your Prime membership” would be clearer.
      - BeetleB 8y ago
        >Your pedantry From the HN guidelines: "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith." Free is a very loaded term, to the point that native speakers argue about it. It is not obvious that the person who commented is a native speaker, and his comment history suggests he is not from the US.
      - opan 8y ago
        You wouldn't say something is free to watch for Netflix customers would you? The service is what you're paying for. Using the word free at all seems wrong here, and I am a native speaker.
        intopieces 8y ago
        That's because you can't pay for individual movies on Netflix and keep them as a perpetual license. You can, on Amazon, so it makes sense here to say, "On Amazon Prime for free" as opposed to "You can purchase a perpetual license to download or stream the movie on Amazon or iTunes."

markdown 8y ago

> is available to watch for free on Amazon Prime In my country it isn't possible to watch any show on Amazon for free. You have to at the very least pay to be part of a club called Amazon Prime before you can watch shows. Is it different where you are?

CDSlice 8y ago
Isn't that what he said? If you have Amazon Prime you can watch it for free as part of your membership.
- markdown 8y ago
  Oh ok. I was confused by the use of the word "free", which you've used as well. Perhaps it means something different to Amazon customers.
  - citizenkeen 8y ago
    It is free if you've joined Amazon Prime. Prime is not free. Your pedantry sounds like someone saying the water fountains at Disneyland aren't free because you have to pay to get in.
    - js2 8y ago
      This use of the word “free” to mean “included in the price you’ve paid for your membership” might not be clear to non-native speakers. “You can watch this for no extra charge as part of your Prime membership” would be clearer.
    - BeetleB 8y ago
      >Your pedantry From the HN guidelines: "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith." Free is a very loaded term, to the point that native speakers argue about it. It is not obvious that the person who commented is a native speaker, and his comment history suggests he is not from the US.
    - opan 8y ago
      You wouldn't say something is free to watch for Netflix customers would you? The service is what you're paying for. Using the word free at all seems wrong here, and I am a native speaker.
      - intopieces 8y ago
        That's because you can't pay for individual movies on Netflix and keep them as a perpetual license. You can, on Amazon, so it makes sense here to say, "On Amazon Prime for free" as opposed to "You can purchase a perpetual license to download or stream the movie on Amazon or iTunes."