The Shambler from Quake is covered in fur
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There absolutely was a cornucopia in the fruit of the loom logo. That is the sole reason I know what a cornucopia is. It wasn't on any table or in any thanksgiving decoration in my childhood, it isn't a popular thing to exist in media, it was an obscure item that was a main part of an underwear logo.
Anyone that says differently is objectively wrong. I don't know why the logo changed and why besides a patent entry even the company itself denies it. I don't really care if this is an alternate earth or aliens or time travellers or an entirely natural quirk of existing in a quantum universe, but I know for an absolute fact the sole reason I know what a cornucopia is is because of my underwear, and not because my dick is coincidentally called the horn of plenty.
Denying that the logo used to have a cornucopia is a thing? Sheesh, TIL.
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100%
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Oxford Comma.
Fuck yeah.
Also missing from sub-clauses, at least in America, is the trailing delimiter comma.
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Pedestrians have the right of way. Most of the other hills are survivable.
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No year zero. Meaning: year 2000 is in the 20th c. and year 2100 is in the 21st c.
M:I-3, 4, 5, and 6 are excellent movies. Each in their own right. I know, Tom Cruise. But, plug and play any action star, and these are still great movies. He just happened to land the role of Ethan Hunt back in '96.
Or just start ordinals with 0th for years 0-99
Tim Cruise has something besides luck, you have to admit that by now. He landed that thing because he WANTED to land that thing.
TC, he's just like you and me. He puts his pants on one leg at a time.
But after his pants are on he makes hit movies.
I mean, Com Truise defo had more than luck. He had pull even then. And, yes, he is just a person. He is dedicated to his art, which, I think, is running hard and making memorable movies.
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Top Gun (1986, Dir. Tony Scott, Budget $15M),
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Rain Man (1988, Dir. Barry Levinson, Budget $25M),
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Days of Thunder (1990, Dir. Tony Scott, Wri. Robert Towne, Budget $60M),
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A Few Good Men (1992, Dir. Rob Reiner, wri. Aaron Sorkin, Budget $40M),
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the Firm (1993, Dir. Syndey Pollack, Budget $42M),
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Interview with the Vampire (Dir. Neil Jordan, Wri. Anne Rice, Budget $60M),
Big directors, writers, and big hit films. Then, he became Ethan Hunt.
- Mission: Impossible 1 (Dir. Brian DePalma, Wri. Robert Towne, Budget $80M)
M:I-2 (Dir. John Woo, Wri. Robert Towne) was thoroughly forgettable. That said, I just discovered that the writers of Star Trek: DS-9 and Voyager β Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga β wrote the story. Wild. Still, no quarter given. Until, maybe, I watch it again.
The next 4 are great.
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M:I-3 (Wri./Dir. J.J. Abrams with Alex Kurtzman (latter-day Star Trek writers and executive producers))
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M:I-4, Ghost Protocol (Dir. Brad Bird (the Iron Giant and the Incredibles))
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M:I-5, Rogue Nation (Wri./Dir. Christopher MacQuarrie (the Usual Suspects and the Way of the Gun))
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M:I-6, Fallout (Wri./Dir. Christopher MacQuarrie)
Jury is still out on M:I-7, Dead Reckoning Part 1, and Final Reckoning. Full disclosure, I did not really feel Part 1.
Tron Cubes does attract/demand talent. And, his collaboration with Christopher MacQuarrie is long-standing.
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People who donβt eat the pizza crust have no backbone and wonβt survive the zombie apocalypse. And even if they do, they wonβt be let into my post apocalyptic fortress, because they have no backbone which they have proven by not eating their pizza crusts.
In every job there is pleasure and pain. If you cannot stomach some doughy stumps or find a way to interleave the crust of your slice with the center of your next slice, you and I wonβt be friends.
I eat crust, but I never thought to include crust in my next slices activities.
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Niche pronounced with a "ch" sound is wrong and dumb and I hate you
Those people who pronounce it 'nitch'? The word for that is WRONG. Those people deserve ridicule.
Rhymes with "sheesh"
So what sound should we use instead of "ch"? What about "ch"?
English spelling is so silly
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The split between "Today" and "Tomorrow" is at midnight, not when one sleeps/wakes up.
This comes up often after midnight when my girlfriend asks me about "tomorrow". Why discuss breakfast for tomorrow when we still haven't had breakfast today??
You may want to ask a member of the cult of the subgenius the difference between "real" midnight and "conspiracy" midnight.
Some computer nerd friends and I came up with a solution for this:
Computer architectures typically provide separate instructions for "logical" and "arithmetic" bit-shifts. The details as to why aren't important, but we can borrow the nomenclature.
When referring to "tomorrow" in the sense of "when I wake up from my next sleep cycle", use "logical tomorrow". When referring to "tomorrow" in the sense of "after midnight tonight", use "arithmetic tomorrow" (or "chronological tomorrow", if you really want to be pedantic).
You'll love TV advertising schedules. You can buy slots all the way up through 29:59:59
Perish
ngl, that's a very shitty hill to die on
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