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I have a new pet-peeve. Able-bodied men who push the handicapped button to open a door, and stand there, blocking it while it slooooooooooowly opens. - Andie Feb 11, 12:55 15
- I sometimes push the button cause its kinda fun in a star trekkian way....but there are usually multiple doors - zeitgeist Feb 11, 13:00 1
  - see, your mother i would happily wait for. -- nm - Andie Feb 11, 13:05
- Related: when there's a double door with only one door open, and everyone queues up to go through the open door and no one can open the closed half of - Roger More Feb 11, 12:58 2
  - This happens at Runnymede station every. single. day. -- nm - Andie Feb 11, 13:04
  - then you have people waiting and waiting for the street to be clear before making a left turn, never using the f'n middle lane -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 11, 13:01
- or lazy -- nm - nic to be determined Feb 11, 12:58
- I use the button, but only when I have reasons. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 11, 12:57 1
  - Exactly. - Spawn Feb 11, 12:58
- I had an old boss that was a huge germaphobe. I called him elbows. Dude used his elbows for everything -- nm - CQ: Top 10 in the World Feb 11, 12:57
- yes, yes, YES - prayformojo Feb 11, 12:56 5
  - my local library has switched all the restroom doors over to these. really irritating - nic to be determined Feb 11, 13:00
  - I love how people, able bodied, wait in line to use the escalator to ascend one floor. The stairs are faster -- nm - CQ: Top 10 in the World Feb 11, 12:58 3
    - stores are laid out with the central escalator in mind, you have to look for the stairs hidden in corners -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 11, 13:03
    - stairs aren't always offered as an option -- nm - nic to be determined Feb 11, 13:01
    - not all physical issues can be seen. -- nm - b. Feb 11, 13:00
mick., f/u on the jane posts, you may be interested in some posts last night from showrunner amy berg. nm but: -- (link) - b. Feb 11, 12:49 5
- I like Amy but that strikes me as a dumb rule, m or f - mr plow Feb 11, 12:56 1
  - oh, I think it's dumb, too, because, of course, the actual words used should matter; but worth noting, just in case. -- nm - b. Feb 11, 12:59
- i read that f/u probably differently than you intended it. -- nm - Andie Feb 11, 12:55 2
  - Me too, but then I thought "it is b." -- nm - mr plow Feb 11, 12:56
  - That's how I read it too, but only because it was aimed at pixie. -- nm - Roger More Feb 11, 12:56
Wow. Candice Swanepoel is into cosplay? -- (link) - Spawn Feb 11, 12:47 2
- that magazine's current issue has different marvel covers. nm but: -- (link) - b. Feb 11, 12:51 1
  - Thanks! -- nm - Spawn Feb 11, 12:52
This week's Adventures in Podcasting: Will Sasso does a *spot* on David Lee Roth. -- nm* - Reagen Feb 11, 12:38
Countering the Deadpool Box Office Extravaganza-anticipation, how do we think this appeals compared to Ant-Man? -- nm - Andie Feb 11, 12:35 12
- I think Deadpool might surprise by filling a desire that hasn't been met before. - TWuG Feb 11, 12:42
- Ant-Man was much more kid-friendly, but DP could attract a lot more adults, so who knows? -- nm - GregW Feb 11, 12:39
- Rated R action comedy with super powers vs PG super hero movie. -- nm - Spawn Feb 11, 12:38 4
  - right, wouldn't you think option B would do better? -- nm - Andie Feb 11, 12:46 3
    - The 20th one vs the first one? No. Even more than GotG did, this will bust down some doors. -- nm - Spawn Feb 11, 12:54
    - no. - Truman Feb 11, 12:48 1
      - oh, i'm excited for Deadpool. I just wonder if it's 'internet big' vs 'real life big.' -- nm - Andie Feb 11, 12:56
- It actually looks good, but it lacks the Disney marketing arm. -- nm - David Feb 11, 12:35 4
  - i think fox has done way better at marketing this than any of the recent disney marvel movies. those all just relied on "look its a bland superhero" - Truman Feb 11, 12:47
  - I don't think a lack of marketing is going to be a problem. I've heard a ton of people talking about it. -- nm - Ender Feb 11, 12:38 2
    - Yep. Plus it's exactly the wrong movie for Disney to market. -- nm - Roger More Feb 11, 12:49 1
      - No princesses -- nm - nic to be determined Feb 11, 12:51
So since both Bats v Supes and Cap 3 CW want you to take sides - eag Feb 11, 12:30 15
- #TeamTony and #TeamBat -- nm - Remlik Feb 11, 12:46 1
  - I probably am #TeamTony but I do need to see the movie to make sure the reasoning has not been tweaked too much. -- nm - Spawn Feb 11, 12:58
- Meh. I'm #TeamCap and #TeamBat -- nm - The Death Sceire Feb 11, 12:45
- I actually care how the CW stuff shakes out. SvB is just going to be more destruction porn. - TWuG Feb 11, 12:39 10
  - I think its starting to click but yeah Eisenberg looks miscast as Lex - eag Feb 11, 12:41 6
    - The whole mess looks like more MoS. "Here's a stupid story with shitty dialogue, but FANTASTIC visuals." - TWuG Feb 11, 12:45 4
      - Did MOS have fantastic visuals? - eag Feb 11, 12:49 3
        
        Well, visually, as in color and composition, no. As in "actiony", that was the intent. - TWuG Feb 11, 12:57
        
        the whole movie. -- nm - Remlik Feb 11, 12:53
        
        The final fight. -- nm - Spawn Feb 11, 12:51
    - I stand by what I said this morning. -- nm - Spawn Feb 11, 12:43
  - Cartoony? In college, I knew a couple guys like that. -- nm - Spawn Feb 11, 12:40 2
    - And how seriously did you take them? - TWuG Feb 11, 12:43 1
      - Their $ kept them around. -- nm - Spawn Feb 11, 12:44
- the only winning move is not to play -- nm* - mr. plow Feb 11, 12:30
werner herzog valentines. nm but: -- (link*) - b. Feb 11, 12:12 2
- Valentine, from the forbidden recesses of my heart's darkest chamber I chose these flowers for you. They are ferns. -- nm - Andie Feb 11, 12:21
- I choo choo choose you to join me in looking deep into the darkest void of the human experience -- nm - Werner Herzog Feb 11, 12:16
Ubisoft is taking Assassin's Creed off the annual release schedule. -- (link) - Shaun Feb 11, 12:11
Also, Jeremy Irons works really well as Alfred. -- nm - Shaun Feb 11, 12:06 3
- Yeah, that may be the best casting of the movie. -- nm - Spawn Feb 11, 12:30 1
  - I think Ben is going to work really well, but I also like him a lot more than you iirc. -- nm - Shaun Feb 11, 12:33
- I think so. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 11, 12:25
It annoys me to no end when veterans apply for Medicaid. It's sad. -- (edited) - sycor Feb 11, 11:55
What's a significant Pop Culture Thing that has happened this week? So far, I have..... - prayformojo Feb 11, 11:51 32
- Beyonce upsets old people. - Mel Profit Feb 11, 12:15 12
  - Nope, nothing at all controversial about paying tribute to the Black Panthers... - The Death Sceire Feb 11, 12:21 10
    - black panthers were less radical than the bundy ranchers -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 11, 12:54
    - I've heard the outfit was what everyone was referencing with this particular objection. - Mel Profit Feb 11, 12:35 4
      - backup dancers berets and the black power salute at the end -- nm* - nic to be determined Feb 11, 12:38 1
        
        wiki history of the BPs -- (link) - nic to be determined Feb 11, 12:42
      - It's even less connected than that. - Reagen Feb 11, 12:36
      - Uh, when members (former?) of the original Black Panthers are thanking her for acknowledging them... -- nm - The Death Sceire Feb 11, 12:36
    - Especially after all confederate flags have been banned from the country. - Spawn Feb 11, 12:24
    - only to white people -- nm - mr. plow Feb 11, 12:24 2
      - Or those opposed to cop killings. - The Death Sceire Feb 11, 12:43 1
        
        Or those opposed to cops killing -- nm - nic to be determined Feb 11, 12:45
  - your IM is so true -- nm - Epiphany Feb 11, 12:19
- Thanks, everybody -- nm - prayformojo Feb 11, 12:13
- Gwyneth babysits Blue Ivy Carter at SB. -- nm - Diva Feb 11, 12:08 2
  - who is neither Blue nor Ivy -- nm - mr. plow Feb 11, 12:09 1
    - *discuss* -- nm - prayformojo Feb 11, 12:13
- David Bowie's grandson on the way -- nm - mara Feb 11, 12:07
- Triumph the Insult Dog at the University of New Hampshire? -- nm - The Death Sceire Feb 11, 12:07
- X-Files? -- nm - mara Feb 11, 12:07
- Oh, man, I missed that Good Wife news. - spamlet Feb 11, 12:02 3
  - Good Wife is gone. Not sure for Elementary. -- nm Spawndroid (aka Spawn) Jan 26 '16, 13:10 -- nm - Spawn Feb 11, 12:42
  - They announced it during a Super Bowl commercial. That felt like an atomic cancellation. -- nm - David Feb 11, 12:03 1
    - the writing was on the wall at the TCA last month -- nm - mr. plow Feb 11, 12:04
- Vin Diesel is doing another xXx movie. Depp's doing Invisible Man. Samantha Bee's show debuts. - David Feb 11, 11:58
- Eli Manning's wax figure impression -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 11, 11:57 1
  - That goes into the Overpaid Jerks quiz -- nm - Roger More Feb 11, 12:02
- Rubiobot, Indian school leopard, Cam Newton press conference, Eli v. Peyton -- nm - mr. plow Feb 11, 11:56
- There's some Tori Spelling news that I won't link here -- nm - Roger More Feb 11, 11:55 1
  - also, Ken Watanabe, Deadpool and Zoolander 2 are opening, there has to be some V-Day story... -- nm - Roger More Feb 11, 11:57
- Some jackass overtly profusely thanked New Hampshire. -- nm - nic to be determined Feb 11, 11:54
- NEw Batman vs Superman trailer. -- nm - Shaun Feb 11, 11:51
Kitten break. -- (link*) - Spawn Feb 11, 11:41 1
- stupid -- nm - mr. plow Feb 11, 11:42
the last holdout has surrendered. i assume that means the federal government holocaust is now imminent - mr. plow Feb 11, 11:37 11
- Send in the federal crop dusters with Monsanto GMO to seed their land and their women! -- nm - Max Feb 11, 11:38 1
  - chemtrails for victory -- nm - mr. plow Feb 11, 11:40
- Now the fun part...I want to see their trials. - amoxy Feb 11, 11:38 7
  - Now the fun part, cleaning up all the damage they did at the refuge. -- nm - nic to be determined Feb 11, 12:43
  - i can't imagine having to be their lawyer - mr. plow Feb 11, 11:41 5
    - And of course the payment wouldn't be in US Dollars -- nm - amoxy Feb 11, 11:44 4
      - 2 dozen chicken, a cow and a pig named " Rufus" -- nm - Epiphany Feb 11, 11:47
      - heh heh, they'll find out exactly how much stock an attorney puts in the sovereign citizen theory when they have to retain one -- nm - mr. plow Feb 11, 11:45 2
        
        I imagine most of them will be their own attornies - amoxy Feb 11, 11:48 1
        
        If they have a bible then that's all the law book learning they need -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 11, 12:51
- Pixie, the government is seeking to oppress our rights as sovreig- - Will Hunting Feb 11, 11:38
I don't know if it will be shown in the US, but I liked the pilot to "Stan Lee's Lucky Man". Is this a new character or has he been in comic books? -- nm - GregW Feb 11, 11:34 1
- New. -- nm - Spawn Feb 11, 11:39
Nearly 50 Georgia correctional officers arrested for drug trafficking after FBI sting operation -- (link) - Beaker Feb 11, 11:29 4
- not the Big Boss Man, i hope -- nm - mr. plow Feb 11, 11:30 3
  - He died 12 years ago. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 11, 12:05 1
    - he knew too much -- nm - mr. plow Feb 11, 12:07
  - His judgment cometh and that right soon. -- nm - Max Feb 11, 11:33
Indian soldier who survived five days trapped under 35 feet of ice dies -- (link) - crash davis Feb 11, 11:26 3
- "In retrospect, it appears that Mr. Koppad’s chances of survival were close to nil." Duh. -- nm - mara Feb 11, 11:29 1
  - I'd linked a news story when he was found. It didn't mention how bad off he was -- nm - crash davis Feb 11, 11:30
- This feels like a password from a spy movie or something like that -- nm - prayformojo Feb 11, 11:29
*facepalm* Oh OVH... -- (link) - Shaun Feb 11, 11:24
A really great interview with Steve Harvey. -- (link) - spamlet Feb 11, 11:22 1
- or is it.... -- nm - Beaker Feb 11, 11:23
HBD Gator (aka Burt Reynolds 80) -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 11, 11:18
Last night was a great night of tv from our dvr. We watched the last two weeks' of the X-Files, and the first two eps of Lucifer. - The Death Sceire Feb 11, 11:13 13
- I can't get over how well cast Lucifer is. Dude is charisma incarnate. -- nm - Beaker Feb 11, 11:19 2
  - Yup, perfect casting. -- nm - The Death Sceire Feb 11, 11:34
  - I am not saying I would ever do a devil's threeway again, but... -- nm - Spawn Feb 11, 11:22
- Lucifer is Must Watch the Night it Airs tv for me. -- nm - Spawn Feb 11, 11:15 9
  - I'm still on the fence about Lucifer. I'm enjoying it, but would like a larger arcing story. - sycor Feb 11, 11:18 8
    - Pretty sure there is one, they are just slow playing it. And judging by the final scene of last week... -- nm - Spawn Feb 11, 11:23 7
      - True. Which is why I'm sticking with it for now. -- nm - sycor Feb 11, 11:53 5
        
        Yeah, shows with successful detectives that are flat-out dumb drive me nuts. - Spawn Feb 11, 12:22 4
        
        *runs into a 17th ambush* What? -- nm - Kevin Bacon Feb 11, 12:23 3
        
        Is that show still on? -- nm - Spawn Feb 11, 12:25 2
        
        Nope, I don't think so at least. It finally got too stupid to exist. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 11, 12:27 1
        
        Well, that was at the end of if not during the first season, though! -- nm - Spawn Feb 11, 12:31
      - yeah, it went from comedy central to Exorcist right fast -- nm - Beaker Feb 11, 11:23
John Oliver on Coldplay and the Super Bowl -- (link) - crash davis Feb 11, 11:13 1
- He then said their performance was “very much sex with the lights on” in which we could “see the full horror of what’s happening.” -- nm - Spawn Feb 11, 11:21
Local News: Dennis Oland gets life in prison with no parole for 10 years for killing dad Richard Oland -- (link) - Beaker Feb 11, 11:09 4
- misread as Quaid. Speaking of, Randy Quaid: Prison or Free? seems like a good guessing game. -- nm - Max Feb 11, 11:30 1
  - Me too -- nm - nic to be determined Feb 11, 12:57
- we heard about this case a lot on the radio there last fall. -- nm - Andie Feb 11, 11:11 1
  - one of the big 5 or so families in NB (behind Irvings and the McCains who would be 1-2) -- nm - Beaker Feb 11, 11:13
There was a joke on Goldbergs last night that killed. Something about Field of Dreams - Jovian Feb 11, 11:06 17
- "Who gets haunted in a good way?" "Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams." "Okay, that was a fantastic example." -- nm - David Feb 11, 11:10 13
  - LOL that was it. thank you. - Jovian Feb 11, 12:53
  - That was the joke? -- nm - amoxy Feb 11, 11:17 11
    - You had to see how the actors sold it. -- nm - David Feb 11, 11:20 10
      - In other words, the writing is bad but the actors are good? -- nm - Spawn Feb 11, 11:24 6
        
        dude, its the best sitcom on television. -- nm - Jovian Feb 11, 12:53
        
        I'd have a serious discussion with you about quality writing if I didn't know you were a Star Wars fan. -- nm - David Feb 11, 11:26 4
        
        Whatever you say, Beach Boy. -- nm - Spawn Feb 11, 11:33 3
        
        It's been a week yet you still haven't figured this out. - David Feb 11, 12:03
        
        So you are comparing George Lucas to Brian Wilson? - amoxy Feb 11, 11:35 1
        
        Goldbergs to Beach Boys. -- nm - Spawn Feb 11, 11:40
      - Does the show take place in late '89? -- nm - Max Feb 11, 11:21 2
        
        The show has a great deal of humor in being vague about when in the 80s it takes place. - David Feb 11, 11:25 1
        
        i think that the fascination of the Goldbergs is that it's totally jumping around and working in all sorts of 80s references without care for ,,, - call me Ishmael Feb 11, 12:33
- That is a terrible story. Go stand in a corner and think about what you've done. -- nm - sycor Feb 11, 11:10 2
  - Well, it was from Goldbergs. So you should have known not to have very high expectations. -- nm - Spawn Feb 11, 11:11 1
    - Barry on The Goldbergs is exactly what I expect you were like in 80s. -- nm - David Feb 11, 11:12
4.5 hours. -- nm - Beaker Feb 11, 11:03 2
- Agreed. 2 hours is not nearly enough for that Nikelback crack. -- nm - Spawn Feb 11, 11:10
- 525,600 minutes -- nm - Strongbad Feb 11, 11:05

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