Shower Thoughts MK2

[BrawlMan]

The Star/AMC Theater in my neighborhood finally closed down a few months ago. Honestly, I am not sad nor upset. Not after what it turned in to. By the time the theater went over to new management; too little too late. I prefer the MJR for multiple reasons: better staff, better food, and other movie goers that don't act like loud jack asses. I do miss the old Star Theater. The one that acted as a mini mall of sorts, and had two different arcades at one point. The last time I went to see a show there was around 2015-ish. I only went there because it was early in the morning and did not have to worry about the rift raft showing up.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

Headline: Europeans were enjoying blue cheese and beer 2,700 years ago, ancient poop shows

Me: Yeah, but they'd have to wait almost three millennia before Buffalo wings would complete the trifecta.

 

[Bob_McMillan]

How does John Cena, a seemingly very busy actor, have the time to host Wipeout? Frankly I'm surprised Wipeout is even still a thing.

 

[BrawlMan]

How does John Cena, a seemingly very busy actor, have the time to host Wipeout? Frankly I'm surprised Wipeout is even still a thing.

I I didn't even know the show was still on the air. I thought it got canceled years ago.

Mel Gibson is in the next John Wick sequel. I already know there's controversy and people complaining now, but we're all y'all when he did that big N word rant to his (ex-?) wife?

I know why, because Hollywood swept it on the rug and had you get distracted by something else and fucking Jodie Foster! John Wick four and five I'm not seeing anyway, because I lost interest at this point. I'm not freaking out where Mel Gibson either, because I really have no reason to care for him. He's one of Hollywood top dogs, they want to keep immune. So they can fuck off too.

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[Bob_McMillan]

I didn't even know the show was still on the air. I thought it got canceled years ago.

As did I. I'm guessing they're trying to bring it back by getting Cena on.

 

[Specter Von Baren]

Saw a good quote in my game. "Humanity is the difference between making an effort to understand those around oneself, versus viewing them merely as resources to be consumed. Humanity is the difference between trying to understand opinions and values divergent from one's own, versus scoffing and dismissing them as meritless. Humanity is the difference between being fraught with fear when facing others, versus being blithely unconcerned with others altogether."

 

[Chimpzy]

I wonder if the 40K Sisters of Battle would secretly all be really into hardcore bara.

 

[Bob_McMillan]

I wonder if the 40K Sisters of Battle would secretly all be really into hardcore bara.

Thanks for fucking my cookies over for the next few days. And no, they would be openly into hardcore bara.

 

[ObsidianJones]

My new band name is "JudoKudos".

We're going to be Alternative Hardcore Goa Trance/Folk Rock fusion.

I'm headlining with the Electronic Xylophone.

I think I'm on to something here!

 

[Xprimentyl]

My new band name is "JudoKudos".

We're going to be Alternative Hardcore Goa Trance/Folk Rock fusion.

I'm headlining with the Electronic Xylophone.

I think I'm on to something here!

I'd listen out of morbid curiosity alone, and I wouldn't expect to enjoy it. Pretty sure you've concocted the aural equivalent of a *bar mat shot: I won't ever do one, but I'll watch anyone else do one because what the hell.

(*For the professed non-drinkers in here, a "bar mat shot" is all the spilt liquor that has collected in the rubber mats on the bar over the course of the night poured into a shot glass, so beer, booze, wine, salt and sugar all co-mingled in the cocktail equivalent of the foul liquid pooled at the bottom of a dumpster. These are typically done when the shot taker is likely alcohol poisoned and all sense and reason are off the table. They're cheap (often free, ) but the regret is most certainly ALWAYS free.)

 

[Mister Mumbler]

My new band name is "JudoKudos".

We're going to be Alternative Hardcore Goa Trance/Folk Rock fusion.

I'm headlining with the Electronic Xylophone.

I think I'm on to something here!

Could also do a concert with Thumpasaurus;

 

[Drathnoxis]

Aural and oral are pronounced almost exactly the same, and have a very similar context. How are you even supposed to verbally use aural in a sentence and be understood?

 

[Mister Mumbler]

Aural and oral are pronounced almost exactly the same, and have a very similar context. How are you even supposed to verbally use aural in a sentence and be understood?

Probably by emphasizing the 'ow' sound at the beginning of aural. Though I love the irony of the word for hearing to be difficult to distinguish from another spoken word.

 

[Xprimentyl]

Aural and oral are pronounced almost exactly the same, and have a very similar context. How are you even supposed to verbally use aural in a sentence and be understood?

Funny, "Aural" was the word I used to tag when I went through my brief stint doing graffiti. Nothing illegal, mostly in my buddies' basements where we'd tag a wall, take a picture, then paint over it to tag again.

OT, while your conundrum is a very real one, I've found that "aural" isn't a word that comes up in modern parlance nearly as frequently as "oral," so the dilemma isn't a significant one. In fact, I'd wager many people don't even know that the word "aural" exists as the common words like "hearing" or "listening" are serviceable stand-ins. "Aural" is probably mostly relegated to the medical community.

Probably by emphasizing the 'ow' sound at the beginning of aural. Though I love the irony of the word for hearing to be difficult to distinguish from another spoken word.

^This, emphasizing the "ow" sound, and it's extremely awkward. You find yourself almost swallowing your tongue trying to ensure you've been heard properly.

 

[Drathnoxis]

Funny, "Aural" was the word I used to tag when I went through my brief stint doing graffiti. Nothing illegal, mostly in my buddies' basements where we'd tag a wall, take a picture, then paint over it to tag again.

OT, while your conundrum is a very real one, I've found that "aural" isn't a word that comes up in modern parlance nearly as frequently as "oral," so the dilemma isn't a significant one. In fact, I'd wager many people don't even know that the word "aural" exists as the common words like "hearing" or "listening" are serviceable stand-ins. "Aural" is probably mostly relegated to the medical community.

That just makes it worse, because if you try to use the word most people will probably just assume you are just pronouncing oral strangely anyway. And there are a lot of situations where using 'aural' is good and completely wholesome, but replacing the word with 'oral' gives the sentence a whole different, less family friendly, context.

 

[Xprimentyl]

That just makes it worse, because if you try to use the word most people will probably just assume you are just pronouncing oral strangely anyway. And there are a lot of situations where using 'aural' is good and completely wholesome, but replacing the word with 'oral' gives the sentence a whole different, less family friendly, context.

Well, like I said, how often does the word "aural" come up in casual, nonclinical conversation? I've maybe said it twice in my whole life for completely pretentious purposes. If you find yourself using "oral" OR "aural" often enough on a day-to-day basis that the potential for confusion is a problem, I'm curious what you're doing. Not enough to ask, but curious nonetheless.

 

[Bob_McMillan]

I wonder how much the smaller folk are fucked over by clothing being sold at the same prices for all sizes.

 

[Xprimentyl]

I wonder how much the smaller folk are fucked over by clothing being sold at the same prices for all sizes.

Smaller people are probably [generally] healthier while the XXXL-ers are paying for cholesterol and blood pressure medications, so it all comes out in the wash.

But seriously, the markup from material cost to retail price is typically high enough that ALL size types are being fucked over.

 

[Kae]

Isn't the portrayal of sci-fi casts being mostly white inherently white supremacist?

I mean if we think about it white people aren't even the most common type of people in the world, so why would they be in space?

I'm not saying this is the intention by the authors as they are most likely writing what they know and most popular media comes majority white regions, but it does communicate that to me, like it's majority white because it's white people that would figure out space travel, specifically the USA.

IDK, I could be wrong as I literally just woke up and for whatever reason this is what came to mind.

 

[Bob_McMillan]

Isn't the portrayal of sci-fi casts being mostly white inherently white supremacist?

I mean if we think about it white people aren't even the most common type of people in the world, so why would they be in space?

I'm not saying this is the intention by the authors as they are most likely writing what they know and most popular media comes majority white regions, but it does communicate that to me, like it's majority white because it's white people that would figure out space travel, specifically the USA.

IDK, I could be wrong as I literally just woke up and for whatever reason this is what came to mind.

I guess you could kind of argue that a spacefaring civilization thousands of years in the future would evolve to be mostly white, since I'd assume they'd live in a constant state of being protected against UV. But that's just the skin color bit, no idea how you would explain all the other physical features.

Realistically though, I'd say it's because only white science-fiction authors back in the day had any chance of becoming popular. I don't fault them for making all their characters white as well, if I were a writer I'd have difficulty not writing my characters as Filipino. As for the IPs that started as movies/TV, well, yeah I'd say Hollywood isn't exactly a beacon of equality.