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>if I see the author in a conversation about their own book on someone's review comments, I just see myself out. We'll you certainly didn't do that here.
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This particular conversation isn't about his book. This conversation is about whether or not authors should comment on reviews.
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408,001 |
I don't think so, Middle Earth is pretty much the legacy of his father. And he wants people to know what his father did, not what others did. That's why he didn't like the movies. I personally thought the movies were pretty faithful to the main theme of the LotR books, but I definetely understand his position.
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it's still silly. how many kids would have never read the books if not for the films making the series relevant again? the works of tolkien are some of the most popular fantasy fiction of our time and they were written almost 100 years ago. his fears are a luxury most families of famous authors don't get to experience
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408,002 |
Pretty sure the whole point of the movie is that they very easily could have done something like that, but they didnt think things through, and poorly planned the park
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Not exactly. The whole point was that the park *was* planned perfectly. John Hammond's continuing invocation of "We spared no expense" was to illustrate that they HAD thought of everything (Nedry's Single Point Vulnerability notwithstanding). Ian Malcolm's presence as a Chaos Theory mathematician was there in counterpoint to drive home the point that it simply was NOT POSSIBLE to plan for every contingency. If GPS had been a "thing" then the dinosaurs would have undoubtedly been fitted with them, but Ian still would have been ultimately proven right when "life, uh, found a way."
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408,003 |
There are so many job ads: "Looking for an editor that is HUNGRY for a way to build their reel quickly!" Sorry, but I have to eat food, not my demo reel.
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They post this because they know it has worked in the past. Cheap shit ain't good and good shit ain't cheap. Software makes it too easy for the talentless to seemingly be perceived as actually having *real* talent. Software can only help for so long before lack of true creative ingenuity becomes apparent.
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408,004 |
I always thought that the percentage bar was for the percent of upload completed. I mean, it was a huge video file. Even if the file was 100% completely uploaded, that doesn't mean that the email was sent. That is usually a split second after.
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you actually are correct but i would consider them to be interchangable terms for what is happening. or not. thats why i am asking. if the upload is complete then its done. its gone. its into the interweb. or so i would think
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408,005 |
A 125cc dirt bike will do 45mph, 250 will do about 70mph, and 450+ is over 100mph. Street legal, 2 riders, and grocery carrying, spare parts in damn near any town.
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Also 70 year established market. New tech has some demonstrable advantages and with 70 years of competition, development and tooling will make dirt bikes the gokart of yesteryear.
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408,006 |
I do see the point you're making, but I'm not talking about our subjective opinions regarding the albums in question. I'm just saying it isn't fair to label The Wall or (Dark Side of the Moon for that matter) as being the albums people who don't know what they're talking about say they like the most and nothing else, when they indeed are so much more.
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Why isn't it fair? They are significantly more popular than other pink Floyd albums, and it's more likely that they have only heard it and no other ones than it is that one has heard Animals and no other ones. You
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408,007 |
I refuse to get rid of my THX Star Wars Box Set. Or my Indiana Jones Collection. They'd have to pry them from my cold dead hands.
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I have both and Temple of Doom is unopened because it sucked
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408,008 |
We don't like people in general, but even less so if they are different, thus we begrudgedly work together to ensure everyone look and behave and think the same.
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Except that it seems to breed some extraordinary exentric individuals, like Hamsun, Nansen, Munch or some more modern and perhaps less extraordinary examples like Northug, Knausgård or Magnus Carlsen. And people worship them, thats why I've never really bought the whole Jante law /everyone should be the same bit.
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408,009 |
Totally. I read them in the same order and actually just finished the mistborn series. It was kind of a let down compared to stormlight. I just got brave and started the wheel of time series. So far I have felt like it was a semi seamless transition but they have similarities in their writing stiles. I would be right there with you if I had chosen something else.
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The world and mythos in stormlight is awesome but the ending to the original mistborn trilogy blew me away.
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408,010 |
There is some debate internally about how to handle sites like Youtube. The question is - should we allow individuals to claim their channel, thus cutting Youtube/Google out, such that Youtube earns nothing? Or should we have the relationship with Google and let them split it up among the channels?
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I think you should just go with a revenue split like they already do on ads. You send Google the portion they would have got and the content creators their portion.
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408,011 |
I loved that book, but I read it so long ago, I am in no position to discuss it. I remember that I liked it better than Grapes of Wrath. Grapes of Wrath is much more ambitious, important, and serious, but Travels with Charley was such a cozy, personal, fun read.
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Grapes of Wrath is the next step in my Steinbeck journey. It'll be interesting to have a change of pace with a book written 20 years prior to Travels.
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408,012 |
The Suburbs won album of the year, not Neon Bible.
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You are correct and I shall place my "idiot" sticker on my shirt for the day.
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408,013 |
At least in SPECTRE, they manufactured a prior relationship for Bond/Blofeld so that you didn't have to be a Bond historian to get the animosity.
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The prior relationship made for interesting character backstory to connect the two characters, but didn't impact the rest of the plot. Also the justification of "My dad raised you too, I got pushed out. So obviously I had to take care of him and become a genius super villain" was cheesy.
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408,014 |
Not to be too much of a devil's advocate (I want to read the book too, really hate the holdup) but the blog posts could also just be a sign that his agent/publisher expects him to maintain an online following. That expectation is pretty common these days; I actually worry about it when working on my own writing, because blogging has always stressed me out. I don't really think it's fair for writers to also have to do their own marketing, but I guess that's what's happening.
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He's been posting chapter samples since A Storm of Swords at least
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408,015 |
> You can't just modularize a phone like that without seriously impacting performance. Gosh, it's too bad phones released in the last few years don't have an over-abundance of performance. We need all eight cores of both processors and 4k displays sucking up battery life. Oh, wait, that's backwards. There's an excess of performance. A performance hit of 25% is absolutely worthwhile.
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A typical smartphone has barely a day's worth of battery and still struggles with non-mobile optimized websites. If you want half a day of battery life and even worse performance, be my guest.
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408,016 |
I can see Adobe [really understands the web] That article really wouldn't be the same without those enormous fucking arrows covering up half the paragraph. ಠ_ಠ
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you are correct. They have always been in some sort of weird bubble regarding the web.
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408,017 |
Have kids, can’t get them to read. It’s the damn internet that’s doing it.
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Take away the internet. Take them to the library. But also, give them time. Some kids don't take to it naturally, and need time to find a genre or author they love and can really get into. Once that happens, they'll likely develop a love and a habit.
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408,018 |
How come whenever I think of Muse, Twilight comes to mind? I only saw the first two. Edit: Actually I just remebered this used in Ghost Rider. In Cage I trust.
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Because they wanted more $$$ and gave Twilight permission to use their music.
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408,019 |
True. If you're actually *gaming* it should be on a desk, lapdesk, or cooling pad.
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The Asus ROG models you can put them on your lap without cooking your genitals. Mainly because they have a cooling system designed to move air first, be relatively quiet, and then be fashionable (unlike a certain fruit named company that thinks it is fun to make a pc that you could also use as a griddle)
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408,020 |
It's the definition of a long term solution... Y you just don't like it.
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You're right, killing off those mass shooters in the US has definitely resulted in the instances of mass shootings going down in the long term. definitely not a short term band-aid solution.
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408,021 |
You remind me of the lady that read the world. Good luck!
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Thanks! It's a fun challenge! If you ever want something that's a little different and introduces you to a TON of new things, you should definitely give this one a try. :)
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408,022 |
I link this to people on this thread every Monday just about. Enjoy!
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...... I wish I knew about this 5 books ago
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408,023 |
How is it compared to the movie? (If you've seen the movie) I always felt like the book would be a good read.
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The story of Chris McCandless is a pretty good one no matter the medium I feel, there's some interactions that are much more poignant in the book though in my opinion.
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408,024 |
Yes, abysmal. Popularity is not a mark of quality. Twilight too, unfortunately, has near-universal acclaim, and?
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Are you fucked? Critics shit all over Twilight and so did everyone else who wasn't a fangirl.
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408,025 |
First, focus on retaining and understanding the bigger ideas and concepts in the book. Understand the arguments it makes, why it's taken this stance, and why the topic is important. Mark key facts and statistics as you go along. Come back to them every now and then. Knowing why and how they're important will help you remember them.
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I do this, but it's still a fundmentally difficult thing since there's so much that is important, I accept that understanding their importance will make it easier. Thanks for your comment!
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408,026 |
> if they coud pass for teenagers why did you care about their real age? If they could have passed, he would have hired one of them? Why do you assume fault with him?
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> I didn't know for sure because they hid the age. I assume he meant he didn't know for sure if they were teenager or not. If he wasn't sure, it means they could pass
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408,027 |
I do **truly** hate to repete myself, but.... **|** Yeah, but there's STILL that missing timeframe that occurs between Revenge Of The Sith and A New Hope to consider..... :/
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I'll repeat myself too. > I'm sure there is, but I was under the impression that he was on Tatooween baby sitting Luke. Between the 2 trilogies, Obi-wan did nothing remarkable besides hide from the empire in bumfuck no where in Tatooween. He was likely there the whole time since he made a reputation for himself as a hermit. The empire has no reason to be searching for Luke because they don't know he exists and the empire has no reason to go to Tatooween because there is nothing there worth investing in. At best, the movie would be about the empire tracking down Obi-wan, but the empire never finds him.
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408,028 |
I took instant notice of Royal Blood and when I saw a bunch of people refer to DFA '79 when talking about them I checked em out and have to say definitely DFA '79 > Royal Blood.
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Totally agree, especially when it comes to live shows!
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408,029 |
Why do you say that? I'm not arguing your point, but I would like to know, I've been eyeing those books for a while.
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I liked that the movies focused purely on treadstone. I thought the movie did a better job with bourne too. Marie is a little more self sufficient and useful besides just a ride, but I liked her overall character story in the movie. All this maybe have been reversed if I read the books first. Also sorry, was trying to be very vague as to not spoil.
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408,030 |
I love tom hardy and anybody could have played that role. What good writing, there wasn't any......
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Exactly. The circle jerk will tell you that the story is told through the visuals, but that is the biggest cop out of all time.
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408,031 |
The climax of Nightcrawler. 15 minutes of zero-blinking and leaning on the edge of my seat. as a bonus, the episode of Breaking Bad where they rob the train, *Dead Freight*
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What about the scene in Breaking Bad where those two bald Mexican gangsters are in a mission to kill one of the characters. The part in the car park was so ridiculously tense.
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408,032 |
Matthew McConaughey's monologue in the Interstellar teaser gave me the chills.
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With the maturing of Bruce's character on screen, we as a viewer notice the maturing of a director as well. A boy who has a great talent and passion to an ideal of making movies. At the end of the film, you feel completely satisfied. It's a breath of fresh air for we see our friend Bruce finally live a life of his own. A life that meets him, not the other way around. So as we see Bruce in that final shot, smiling, we see Nolan smiling. Now he is not bound to the cape and mask, and can now progress in his filmmaking.
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408,033 |
As a user of pay.reddit.com, I don't know if I should just stay using this or switch to normal reddit.com...
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reddit.com has supported https for months now. If you go to preferences -> security you can enable it so you're always redirected to https.
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408,034 |
Oh I see what you're saying, yea not sure why I wrote spoiler.
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You need to put the name of the movie outside of the spoiler so people can see what the spoiler is for.
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408,035 |
so if the accords already split up the Avengers why would he even need to do anything? Cap would be fugitives unless they proved that Zemo was behind it all.
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They could work out ideological differences at a later date diplomatically. Compromise. But by showing the video, Zemo can drive an almost permanent wedge in their relationship. How can you be friends with someone who didn't tell you your mother was assassinated and not killed in an accident? And now you know his best friend is the actual murderer and your friend is going to protect him over agreeing with you.
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408,036 |
Might be a two hit wonder, but it's a great song and the only one I remember them having: [The Lightening Seeds - Pure]
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In the UK, [Three Lions] is much, MUCH bigger. And Life of Riley and Lucky You are pretty well known too.
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408,037 |
The human can decide to wait for that child crossing the street, while the AI would have to be programmed to do so... and let's not kid ourselves, it won't be. AIs will be developed with the cheapest programming possible to perform a given task, without any of the "unnecessary stuff" a person has.
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counter point: it's very likely a machine might actually be significantly better at reducing casualties of war.
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408,038 |
Floor globe thing too!? I want your living room!
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I got the globe at Target on clearance! lol It's such a cheesy English Manor house library knock-off though. :)
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408,039 |
I had that problem for a little while. It ended when I saw Hard Candy. She does a fantastic job in that movie. Such a spine chilling performance.
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you've reminded me that i've been intending to sit down and watch this...
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408,040 |
I'm not very familiar with Action Bronson, have heard a few tracks before and was largely unimpressed. I listened to the first track on this mixtape and felt the same way... I'm glad that I am not the only one to feel this way. Where is the content? I'm sorry but verses that include things like "I'm underground making bread, getting head from bitches from Moorehead," are entirely unimpressive. I will check out Danny Brown, any other artists you might recommend? I'm what now might be an "old school" hip-hop fan. Black on both sides by Mos Def, old Talib, Common, the roots, the beastie boys etc. still hold a place in my heart as "great" hip-hop.
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Earl Sweatshirt has some pretty great songs, I like Flatbush Zombies a lot although their subject matter tends to be conventional they just sound really raw and hungry and I love the beats - reminds me of old school Wu-Tang (Meechy Darko from Flatbush sounds like ODB at times). I'm a big El-P fan and love Run the Jewels (El-P and Killer Mike).
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408,041 |
Have you tried some Coen Brothers? While very few of their films are nominally 'comedies' their stuff is pretty funny.
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I did see a couple of them, but now that I look closely, there are quite a few that I missed, thank you. :)
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408,042 |
Believe this or not, when I moved into my current house my family had problems with these loud booms occurring in the house at night. It sounded very similar to someone falling and landing VERY hard on the floor. With everyone accounted for, we couldn't make sense of it. When I read this portion of the book I got chills and wondered if she had experienced something similar in her real life.
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Did you ever find out what was making the noise? O_o You can't leave us hanging like that!
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408,043 |
The OLPC works quite well in direct sunlight in B&W mode. Another product that used a front-lit screen was the Zaurus SL-5000, nice colour screen completely visible in direct sunlight.
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408,044 |
Well when the movie is based off of 2 comics. The dark knight returns by Frank miller and the death of superman. Complaining about the heroes killing is an inbred thought.
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But batman didn't even kill in DKR. There's the "I believe you panel" which makes it look like Batman kills someone but do eaves it up to the reader only then later when he tries to kill the joker but can't bring himself to do it it confirms that Batman still hasn't actually killed and shows the viewer that he didn't kill the previous thug either. Maybe you should read the comics because apparently even the ones you're tying to reference you only know as much as you've tried to read on Wikipedia.
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408,045 |
Safe and legal are not the same. It is staying legal regardless of safety. It can be perfectly safe to drive 25 over on the highway, make a left turn just after the light turns red, or pass a bike, people do that all the time.
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The rules are there because if we relied on what people deem "safe", there would be many more accidents.
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408,046 |
M. Night Shyamalan levels of let-down ending. The aliens motivations seem absolutely pointless. "We'll let one human travel to see us after a building a machine that wastes an insane amount of their resources, nobody will believe her, and then maybe 1,000 years later we'll contact them again. Oh, and hopefully they don't turn the thing into some kind of 4th dimensional bomb or something."
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>nobody will believe her, and then maybe 1,000 years later we'll contact them again. The whole movie was Carl Sagan taking a jab at organized religion, and how it holds us back as a species
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408,047 |
Great post! Nailed some good stuff. I haven't seen anyone mention Carcass in this thread... One of the greatest bands of all time IMO.
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Carcass is awesome, Necroticism and Swansong would have been on that list if I wasn't limiting myself to two albums per genre!
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408,048 |
Going to be difficult but it's not like they are are going to spin directly out of it or use the same quality of acting.
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I don't think it would really make sense. Luke and Leia were only even a part of those events inasmuch as they were born at the very end. they wouldn't have any direct knowledge of what happened in the prequels. Barring any other new characters introduced for that purpose, Maz may be the only primary player who knows anything about that stuff. Unless they go the "Snoke is Plagueis" route, I just don't see the need to bring that stuff up at all.
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408,049 |
And every human who ever lived has breathed every single one of their breaths within a quarter million miles of this rock. Save, 24, all did so within a few hundred miles of the surface. Slightly over 500 people have been to space at all (532 according to Wikipedia).
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Totally a sidenote on this conversation, but I'd love to go to space. It seems to be so tranquil and awe inspiring. I think it would be life altering.
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408,050 |
I don't care how bad they are, or how many people look down on me for it, but I will always have a soft spot for those films. My brothers and I have cried tears of laughter at a cock-nosed Ukrainian woman sneeze-jizzing into another man's soup far too many times for me to care that they're "bad".
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"I just realized something, I'm actually gay. Does anyone want a blowjob?" "I do!" "Well then, I guess I better go put that penis in my mouth."
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408,051 |
That article made no sense. So her point of contention with all of these great male actors she mentioned is that they try too hard? That they dedicate too much to the craft of acting? That they steal the spotlight from women? And how did she tie all that in to one Jaret Leto performance? Why shit on everybody because one time method acting didnt create a superb and memorable performance? Basically, I am asking, just what the fuck is she complaining about?
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Yeah, I think my biggest problem with the article was it blamed dudes for the way the media reacted to them. The article definitely has valid points to raise — like how so many method actors spout silly macho bullshit about being "real men" because they do sort-of-strenuous stunts with huge armies of people looking out for their safety and well-being — but mostly leaves them by the wayside in the course of, like, blaming Jared Leto for the fact that the media doesn't really pay attention to female method actors.
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408,052 |
Actually, leave the Windows 8.1 on because it's superior in every way, but add that thing they had and scrapped, the android emulation. The main problem with that and with your suggestion is that it'd be Google who gets a cut for every paid android app/in-app-purchase running on Windows phones, which makes the entire thing completely pointless for Microsoft. And that's why we can't have nice things.
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Ehh, it's not like their brief [soho routers] ran windows, and it's not like they don't pay a shit ton of licensing fees in the cell space anyway, for patents. I can see why they wouldn't want to feed google, but I'm pretty sure they'd make money faster on the hardware and whatever OneDrive stuff they integrate than whatever google charges for stock android.
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408,053 |
Actually you just made me think of frequency filtering to possibly understand and encode sound better in its fourier transformed...form.
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Umm....yeah. I *totally* meant to do...what you just said :)
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408,054 |
Downvote me, but I don't find their music enjoyable to listen to even at a non-critical level. I will give you that they are talented but for some reason the songs they create don't pass into my ears well.
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I am a die-hard TMV fan, but I upvoted you for being honest. Music isn't to be enjoyed by every single person.
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408,055 |
Did you plead to have Tara removed from the True Blood show? She made me stop watching and I wrote off the books entirely because of how annoyed I was with that character.
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Why on earth did you stop reading the books? Surely you saw enough of the show to realize that it was very little like the books? I love Rutina Wesley, and she did a fine job, but the character could be a bit grating. She was written that way. However, she'd survived a bad childhood and was struggling to be self-sufficient.
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408,056 |
I started reading Harry Potter when I was ten, so we kind of aged together. *Deathly Hallows* came out the summer before my senior year, and I saw the last movie just before I took my LSAT. The series more or less defined my childhood, and I was incredibly reluctant to let it go even though I knew it was time.
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I think you might be me. June LSAT blows.
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408,057 |
Why is this near the front page of Reddit. Has something happened to them in the news? (I'm not complaining.)
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Well they made an awesome video with a giant snow white spanking guys and shooting gold into her arm. What the hell do you want from us?
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408,058 |
I read C&P and The Fountainhed the same year. Glad I went with C&P.
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I've made it my life's mission to read all of Dostoyevsky. That guy makes me too embarrassed of my paltry scrawled fumbling to call myself a writer. c:
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408,059 |
Unfortunately, the people who would do the regulating are the people we have most to fear from "weaponizing." Do we really want the likes of Trump and Ajit Pai deciding which internet content is appropriate and "protecting" us from things that they define to be fake news or meddling? I'd rather they just keep their hands off. We'll do just fine without their help.
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Do we really want ~~the likes of Trump and Ajit Pai~~ any politician deciding which internet content is appropriate and "protecting" us from things what they define to be fake news or meddling? YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter are treating conservative outlets unfairly on their platforms. These companies have every right to do so, and the government should not be involved. Legal fights, like Youtube vs PragerU or another platform that supports openness to opinions these companies don't like is the answer.
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408,060 |
Thank you! Thank you! I am crying with laughter reading the review of this born again parenting book. I tried to read aloud to boyfriend and couldn't because I just kept laughing! Hilarious.
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You're welcome! Yeah, this blog is one I absolutely can't read during work because I just know I'll be stifling my hysterical laughter...
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408,061 |
Do you clean your Britta filter? I'm pretty sure there aren't any water filters that you can clean, they're disposable.
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I clean my [Sawyer Squeeze] by back washing it when the flow gets too low. Also, the amount of attention this is getting is baffling to me. We already have great ways of filtering water.
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408,062 |
Craig's Bond is brutal in a way Brosnan wasn't though. Brosnan shot a lot of people, but Craig will drown kill you with a bathroom sink if he has to.
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Brosnan was no slouch in the hand-to-hand department either. Don't forget how brutal the Goldeneye satellite dish fight was.
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408,063 |
>You can make it sound as bad as it is while saying it may be avoidable if we actually act. Can you? The consensus is that it’s avoidable? >Eventually if humanity wants to survive we have to get past the political corruption that's holding us back. Political corruption isn’t what’s holding change back, it’s the enormity of the problem. It’s so big that people immediately shift responsibility for it away from themselves onto the government, and it’s so terrifying that people try to avoid thinking about it.
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It's both on the individual and on the government which is quite obviously corrupt.
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408,064 |
haha i'd like to just see a whole movie about the Ass to Ass guy and what he's doing when he's not yelling ASS TO ASS. Requiem for an Ass.
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Can he also be friends with Jimmy two times ? Jimmy two times ?
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408,065 |
The only complete song I’ve ever heard in my dreams.
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This is my most favorite song by The Eagles.
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408,066 |
Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn..
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I also read it a few times when I was a child.
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408,067 |
I have only read Ender's Game and I heard there is a big time jump between the first and second books, and they never really get back into the exciting space battles that the first was all about. I have been avoiding the rest of the series because I don't want to be disappointed.
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i read the Speaker for the Dead earlier this year and i enjoyed it enough but you're right, the action level was toned down a lot but the plot was much better in my opinion. But because it jumps around chronologically i only decided to read those two.
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408,068 |
Ayo yo, camouflage chameleons, ninjas scaling your building, no time to grab your gun they already got your wife and children
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No matta how loud they get, go on growl and spit, clutch dea fist, and thrown up signs like a crip, I leave 'em split, like ass cheeks and rag pussy lips.
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408,069 |
Shit is scaring the hell outta me. We got a lot of bands up there and some real titans of rock. The Stones are all up there with Ronnie Wood being the youngest at 66 (and looking as bad a Keith) Roger Waters is 72. David Gilmore is 69. Jimmy Page is 72. Robert Plant is 67. John Paul Jones is 70. Roger Daltrey is 71. Pete Townshend is 70. Man we are gonna have a real spate of legends dying closely here in the next year or so methinks.
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keith richards is 72. ozzy osbourn is 67. mick jagger is 72. elton john is 68. paul mccartney is 73
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408,070 |
Who gives a shit?!? I'm so sick of hearing about this damn movie!
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Doesn't want to hear any more about the movie. Deliberately clicks on a thread discussing the movie he no longer wants to hear about. Sounds about right.
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408,071 |
Not enough insults about how tiny their dicks are. You can't forget that.
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You're just saying that because uh... You... Like soccer. BOOM.
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408,072 |
I have a few genres that I dislike - YA - YA seems to come in two categories, the overly mature, with depressing overtones with just a hint of "I am writing for older people who think YA is cool and 'Fun' " or the increasingly rare; "Young people are stupid so why bother with a plot"?. Neither appeal. Grimdark - Fantasy that has no point.... Memoirs/ Autobiographies / Biographies - Rarely are they written about anyone who actually did anything interesting. P.S. having issues doesn't count as interesting. Supernatural - Why? Why the Vampires? Why the (put creepy creature of choice)? Boring, creepy, horrific and horrifying this genre is simply a long list of Goosbump rewrites or worse, Twilight revamps.
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For supernatural, try Sunshine, by Robin McKinley. After the Voodoo wars, the entire world hates magic. They hate magic so much that you need to register if you're a magic user (so that the Special Other Forces can keep an eye on you), or you'll be carted off and dealt with. But above all, they hate vampires. In fact, the SOF is full of partbloods; Unregistered magic users using their skills to make sure the vampires can't take over. Then there's Sunshine, who got kidnapped by vampires, and has more reason to hate them than anyone, and her fellow captive, a vampire.
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408,073 |
use [OBS] to stream. use [plays.tv] to record your gameplay
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you'll need decent hardware to do all that at once, however.
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408,074 |
Joe dirt is the worst fucking piece of garbage movie built for people who normally can't spell the title of the movie they wanna go see.
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It's a goofy comedy. I guess I forgot where I was though, it makes sense that people in this sub wouldn't like it.
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408,075 |
God I love that book. Did you like the others in the series?
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I wanted to read lonesome dove as a standalone because I wasn't sure if the others would ruin the amazing-ness or anything, but I plan on reading through the entire series soon. Have you? Do you think it's worth it?
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408,076 |
I totally get what you're saying but... Abkhazia, Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Colombia, Croatia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Gambia, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Latvia, Liberia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritania, Micronesia, Mongolia, Namibia, New Caledonia, Nigeria, Romania, Russia, Saint Lucia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Ossetia, Transnistria, Tunisia, Zambia
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That seems like a lot when you list them out like that, but in a world of 195 nations, 40 is still a big minority.
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408,077 |
I kinda feel the same about why Pat joined, Dave never wanted him to leave in the first place. While he seems unnecessary live, I would hardly call a third guitarist a "bad aspect" of the Foo Fighters. It's not like they're using their third guitarist as a crutch because they can't play their own songs. They did it just fine for years with only 2.
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Yeah. Pats just there to fill in when Dave fucks about. White's acting like Pats hiding off stage and playing for Dave as he fake strums. Not happening.
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408,078 |
In the middle of A Burnt-out Case. It's my first Greene, and I'm enjoying it so far. I can really relate to both Querry and Collin. I'm currently a Peace Corps volunteer in Africa and, while not exactly burnt-out in the way that Querry is, I was ready for a change of pace after living in hectic NYC. Also, the Superior's warning "not to ask an African a question that can be answered by 'yes'" is spot on.
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That is such a great setting to read the book! Glad you are enjoying...wish I had the book right next to me so I could spout out some of my favorite lines. Let me know what you thought when you are done.
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408,079 |
Haven't heard the original but I love this. Side note that I think is funny is that this has 409 up votes currently and the song itself has 301 views. Anyone know why?
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YouTube stalls at 301 views if there is a big jump in views ober a short time. It will catch up in a day or two.
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408,080 |
Calling in a team of people, all hunched in his massive living room.
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You know I hate to do this and i wouldn't if it weren't our last option but given the tight deadline we need to work until this is finished. Likes and karma are on the line.
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408,081 |
I also suggest [Bill Simmons' running diary] of the trailer.
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Thank you so much for this. I really can't wait to see this trailer in a few weeks. (youtube blocked @ work, and live at work). At first, I was like, "wait, the same ESPN Bill Simmons from Boston?" I didn't know Bill Simmons does movie trailers. What a pleasant surprise.
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408,082 |
Well i guess it is a lot easier for a dumbass to become a father (or mother) then someone with something inside the skull. A stupid person is more likely to not consider the consequences of their actions, actions like not using birth control or taking responsibility for said actions.
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Was about to post exactly this. Historically, its stupid people that reproduce the most.
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408,083 |
Thank you for demonstrating how this form of promotion could be revenue generating for the artist!
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No problem! I love underworld, and with all the intent they put in their music i feel that they should be heard in as high fidelity as possible. Also they've stated they dont care about their music being pirated.
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408,084 |
i dont dislike the music, it is just a bit too simple for my tastes. quite honestly im not sure why daft punk is so popular compared to all the other great electronic music out there... perhaps someone could give me some insight?
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I've always liked them a fair amount but I don't remember ever being as excited by one of their albums as I am for this soundtrack. Having said that, I think their execution of this is as good as it gets. I used to post regularly over at RottenTomatoes.com and I remember one time having a fairly lengthy discussion about the importance of restraint. It's almost always overlooked. The ability to deliver what people want without overdoing it. Give the audience 98% of what they're aching for so they're always ready for more. That, I think, is this soundtrack's biggest accomplishment.
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408,085 |
[Oh god they are] They sound like a university bar open mic night 'band' that's made up of a few drunken friends doing it for a laugh.
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That's kinda the point. I went to one of their shows and it's meant to be pure fun and nothing else, and that's what it was. The crowd was laughing and having the time of their lives. The sound isn't great, but they created such a light-hearted and friendly atmosphere, that it just felt like it was a group of friends singing and dicking around a campfire. Plus, they only charged $5 and gave out free pizza to the crowd. The whole band was super sweet to everybody there.
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408,086 |
About to walk in the cinema so that's good to hear!
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I just walked out. It was probably the most fun JP movie. Enjoy
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408,087 |
Tragedy as a plot doesn't require death - simply the undoing of the protagonist, resulting in catastrophe. Your classic example is Oedipus, of course. By the end of the story, he is blinded and reviled, having killed his father, his mother dead from suicide, and his sisters/daughters exiled into the world. I think it's a bit rare to find a tragic plot in modern literature, honestly - because generally most people want to read a story that results in the protagonist achieving their aims, if not necessarily in the happiest of manners.
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Also think of 1984, the most tragic thing I have ever read. The utter defeat of everything you have, including your own mind, is far worse than dying.
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408,088 |
I wonder if he was like "Fuck it, I'm 69 years old, have a lot of money, I'm gonna run for president just to stir up some shit. I doubt I'd win." Fast forward to election night and he's like "fuck." I voted for him, and from my personal perspective he seems to be doing okay. But I feel like he ran for shits n giggles
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I voted for him, and from my personal perspective he seems to be doing okay. I'm from Europe and he seems bat shit crazy...but that's show business!!
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408,089 |
Eh, I'd rather trust people that literally watch movies for a living rather than some schmuck eager to see the new transformers movie.
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movies, like most stories, are made for a given audience. most reviewers do not hold an open mind in that regard (ebert does to do seem a good enough job). that being said, don't you find it belittling to yourself that you'll only go on what they say? is your opinion not good enough without their explicit confirmation? you should see a movie without hearing anything about it, and then judge it for yourself. if you really care about what a reviewer says, then go for it. but really, if that's all you go on,you're just keeping yourself from enjoying a lot of good movies. iono, i just think it's silly to rely on someone else for your own opinion
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408,090 |
Maybe not co-lead, but why not be included? He could fill the same capacity Colossus and that girl filled in the first Deadpool. Show up as an ambassador for the X-Men or something.
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Negasonic Teenage Warhead. Her name was Negasonic Teenage Warhead. How do you forget a cool name like that?
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408,091 |
>commit suicide, be homeless, be imprisoned, be murdered, and be assaulted. and how is that women's fault? women die in childbirth and have post partum depression. can i blame that on men? of course not. the issue is *unequal treatment* not problems unique to the sexes that are *not the fault of the other sex*
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I don't think assigning blame is important in solving complex societal problems, or that unequal treatment can be blamed on any particular demographic. And it's probably counter-productive to do so.
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408,092 |
A lot of haters replying to this topic. Yeah they're old as fuck and the tickets will be over-priced, but can't deny their impact on music. Plus half of them might be dead five-ten years from now, so might be a last chance for this type of thing? Anyway, paying to attend isn't mandatory so not sure why people have a problem with it.
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Problem is, a load of old white men who are nearly dead doesn't indicate the components of an exciting concert.
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408,093 |
The Hangover isn't a bad guess at all. People still watch Caddyshack and Stripes, after all.
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I definitely can see The Hangover becoming a classic in the vein of Caddyshack...a great comedy, with a sequel(s) best left forgotten.
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408,094 |
It is a pretty simple concept, I can see why you were frustrated... go to all the trouble of explaining something just to have them blatantly demonstrate they STILL don't understand.
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> go to all the trouble of explaining something. You're making claims without evidence. Doesn't take much to do that.
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408,095 |
Just watch the movie, that will give you an idea of their dialect and how they talk.
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Wasn't there a version done for the North American market that was 'dubbed'?
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408,096 |
Most officers I know support it too, it's great for protecting them from false accusations. I know some who have arguments against it, which are valid, but even they agree that they are still overall a positive improvement. It amazes me to hear about developed countries not using them.
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Wasnt the argument against it that they cant let people off so easy anymore, or that they cant really chill when theyre not actually engaging with people? Then if they have to manually turn it on when stopping people then the bad ones would just forget to turn it on
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408,097 |
I think that this email they sent gets posted every month. They're getting awesome advertising miles out of us.
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In my defense: I did spend <2 seconds searching for betterworldbooks on Reddit for this email before posting...didn't see it, got bored, then I posted. :-) They deserve the awesome advertising from us awesome redditors.
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408,098 |
This just screams Smallville on a bigger budget with better acting.
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Yes, in much the same way Batman Begins screamed Adam West's Batman with a better script, director, cast, budget, and script.
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408,099 |
'Survive' hits me hard too, as well as the others mentioned here
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"But how we survive, is what makes us who we are" Such a great ending to that album.
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