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Merusk
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I didn't say Robocop was the best movie of its era, just that it is a perfect movie. There is not one wasted scene. Hell, there might not even be a wasted shot.
It's also nearly perfectly symmetrical. Every shot in the first half had a corresponding shot in the second half. Google it |
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schild
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A cute feat of anal retentiveness.
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Johny Cee
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See, I think Predator is the perfect 80s action film.
Yup. Yes. Especially if you look at legacy, since its story structure was reused for nearly every sci-fi actioner after that... Like half of the Syfy channel's output is basically retellings of Predator. Raiders? Love Raiders, but it is the epitome of the earlier adventure film, and no one could make adventure films work afterwards. It's like Unforgiven, great Western flick, but there might be only one other even passable Western in the decades around and after it. Big Trouble? Great movie, but it is a deconstruction of the action movie as Kurt Russell is actually the sidekick. |
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calapine
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pffft!
The Thing. Probably my favourite 80ies!
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Signe
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pffft!
The Thing. Probably my favourite 80ies!
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Abagadro
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I have raised a giant nerd at the age of 9.5. I'm not sure whether to be proud or somewhat ashamed.
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
-H.L. Mencken
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schild
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You have been a member of f13 longer than your child has been alive. You sure you get to call him a nerd?
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Abagadro
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Hence my ambivalence. I have known I am a nerd for well over three decades. Not sure I wanted to pass on the genes.
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
-H.L. Mencken
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schild
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Well, what if the alternative is a popped collar 9.5 year old doucher in training. This is the internet and theres no middle ground here. Douche or nerd, you decide. Its not too late.
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Abagadro
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Truth. I am now content. Thank you sage.
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
-H.L. Mencken
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Phildo
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Big Trouble?
Great movie, but it is a deconstruction of the action movie as Kurt Russell is actually the sidekick.
I believe John Carpenter is on record as saying that in the original draft of the film, he intended for both Jack and Wang to be the main character. The studio forced him to focus more on Jack because Hollywood. |
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Engels
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I have raised a giant nerd at the age of 9.5. I'm not sure whether to be proud or somewhat ashamed.
Well now I'm curious as to what he did that was so glorious that he has earned the nerd title. You can't just throw that around these days. Has he had his first locker stuffing, or perhaps applied tape to the bridge of his glasses? |
I should get back to nature, too. You know, like going to a shop for groceries instead of the computer. Maybe a condo in the woods that doesn't even have a health club or restaurant attached. Buy a car with only two cup holders or something. -Signe
I LIKE being bounced around by Tonkors. - Lantyssa
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I have raised a giant nerd at the age of 9.5. I'm not sure whether to be proud or somewhat ashamed.
Mine is 4 years behind, but on the same path. Still holding out a tiny bit of hope for a bit of sports acumen to slip in there as well, but not holding my breath. Did play catch with him for a few minutes yesterday at least  |
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Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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Rasix
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I don't know if we should really rush to label our kids. He's 9, it's still early. There's a decent article on labeling children I read in one of the newer Montessori newsletters. I have no idea what direction my kid is going, but he's only turning 5 next month. I'm not pushing him in any direction, as one could tell with his fascination with NASCAR and racing in general, resistance to watching movies, and disinterest in video games.
Still, I guess our children will inevitably reflect ourselves in some manner. I cringe somewhat, however, at parents that seem to be more forcibly turning their children into mini-versions of themselves. But, whatever, it's their kid, not mine.
On a similar note, I had to watch a lot of fucking NASCAR this weekend.
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Paelos
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My worst nightmare would be my kid hugely into NASCAR. I love watching every sport except that one. It would be a cruel curse.
My cousins' kids are like this and they drive me crazy.
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CPA, CFO, Sports Fan, Game when I have the time
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Rasix
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My son recognized Greg Biffle in a commercial. I was skeptical and had to Google it. He was right. |
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Viin
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Yegolev
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Alright, racing's affirmation of the Monroe Doctrine.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Signe
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Indy 500 is Sunday.  |
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Yegolev
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Funny how I can't get myself to learn something until I need it for work. Due to impatience, I set up a VM of a client's workstation image on my personal rig. Now that I've upgraded the RAM in my work laptop to 8GB and want to move the VM over to it, I'm actually learning things about VMware. Small things, sure, but things.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Cyrrex
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I feel we should have a contest as to how nerdy our small children are. I think I'd have a fair shot at winning, but who knows.
For the record, I don't really consider this a bad thing. The term doesn't mean what it used to.
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"...maybe if you cleaned the piss out of the sunny d bottles under your desks and returned em, you could upgrade you vid cards, fucken lusers.." - Grunk
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Trippy
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The term still means what it used to but the stigma is not as great as people see all the wealth nerds are creating for people who are already rich. Wait...
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Yegolev
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My son is nerdy in videogame-land but he doesn't give a shit about Star Wars or comic stuff. He plays GameBoy games on his 3DS; I don't mean GameBoy Advance games, or GameBoy Color games. He acts like a spasmodic clown, isn't athletic, isn't competitive, tells lots of awful jokes, and would possibly get beat up if he was in public school. He likes most sciences, dislikes the arts. Nerdy?
For some reason he wants to play tennis... not sure where to file that one.
I can't blame him about the comic movies crap. Superhero movies are basically kid-oriented action films during which the children must endure tiresome parents trying to explain who these characters were thirty years ago and why the film is such an atrocity against nature, or at least how during the viewing it seemed that millions of adult-childhoods suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. What kid would want to deal with that nonsense?
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Yegolev
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I don't normally bring corporate pride into this arena but I found something I can be proud of on Kiva:  |
Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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WayAbvPar
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Obviously you are all grossly overpaid. Bean counters will see that and shit.
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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Abagadro
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Well now I'm curious as to what he did that was so glorious that he has earned the nerd title. You can't just throw that around these days. Has he had his first locker stuffing, or perhaps applied tape to the bridge of his glasses?
An accumulation. He convinced me to sign him up for lootcrate (he has a definite string of lawyer in him as he constantly argues the finer points of "deals" we've made or angles for more allowance). He read the 3rd Percy Jackson book in two days (after tearing through the first two, plus 2 other YA fantasy multi-book series, The Familiars and Michael Vey, in a couple of weeks). He makes jokes that no 9 year old should ever make. He also kicked my and my wife's asses in 7 Wonders on the two occasions we've played it. Etc. etc. I was being a bit facetious in my post. I burst with pride for the kid constantly. The fact that other 9-year-olds basically annoy the shit out of him on a regular basis makes him A-okay in my book. |
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
-H.L. Mencken
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Khaldun
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I have raised a 13-year old girl nerd who has outstripped me in her knowledge of anime and a number of other nerd genres. It's a good thing. If I can just get her to start trying some coding my work will be complete.
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Yegolev
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Obviously you are all grossly overpaid. Bean counters will see that and shit.
The ones of us who haven't been let go, maybe so. The execs love that chart, though. |
Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Lantyssa
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For some reason he wants to play tennis... not sure where to file that one.
Tennis is a sport for nerds. To be good you need some analytical skills, it's non-contact, and generally is about technique rather than blinding running around. Basically a more physical chess. |
Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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Rasix
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Depending on how you play, tennis is probably the most physically exhausting sport next to soccer. Our tryouts in high school were worse than track. Tennis is great if you don't want a team sport but want to stay in shape. Also, it's pretty satisfying at a basic level, so even practice can be fun.
I'd recommend it, although equipment costs can (don't have to be) be high and it can be a pain to find decent, open courts.
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Signe
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I have raised a 13-year old girl nerd who has outstripped me in her knowledge of anime and a number of other nerd genres. It's a good thing. If I can just get her to start trying some coding my work will be complete.
Your work will be complete because then she can do all your work? Bad Khaldun! In any case, you'd better hurry because, you know, boys. |
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Polysorbate80
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I go to use my Visa card yesterday and it comes up declined. After using a different card to finish paying, I call Bank of America to find out what's up. Finally I get an actual person to talk to, and he says as part of some mass compromise they've had to close that card and issue me a new one, and the 19th was the last day the old card was valid.
Fairly normal bank stuff, except they said they'd shipped out the new card three weeks ago. It had never arrived, and they'd never bothered to tell me any of this at any point.
I couldn't even yell at the customer service rep, because poor ol' Dante in the phone pool has nothing to do with the fuckup.
They claim the replacement for the replacement will be here by noon Friday. They're certainly more optimistic about the quality of my rural postal service than I am...
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“Why the fuck would you ... ?” is like 80% of the conversation with Poly — Chimpy
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Soln
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the opportunity for evil is just delicious
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Check your credit score. And dump BoA.
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HaemishM
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Fuck Microsoft Word 2013. Is there some option I can't find that prevents it from EVER EVER EVER opening a document in that execrable "Reading Mode." Because that mode is beyond fucking useless especially if you have to copy/paste from the document.
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Ironwood
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Yes, yes there is.
And for a small fee I'll tell you where it is !!
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