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  1. Traveling today. Ugh. Remember when airline travel wasn't just an agonizing chore? Me neither.

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    2. LS650

      LS650

      I do remember. Hell, as a little kid I remember when airliners had a smoking section.

    3. LS650

      LS650

      frankodragon "I never flown"

      You've -never- flown? Ever? Wow. I've probably flown hundreds of times, I'm not sure I could even estimate accurately. You should give it a try sometime; maybe a local flight on a small sight-seeing plane. Flying is amazing - it's all the security theater bullshit that sucks.

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      The only thing I really hate about security, other than having to get there early is taking off your shoes, because of the shoe bomber...But the trick to flying is to hit the airport bar beforehand...2 beers and I'm good :) And hopefully No Turbulence!

  2. I was going to stop at the donut shop on the way home, but their sign only said "Ope". So I guess I'll try again later.

  3. I don't think I could care less about the Super Bowl... but I don't care enough to actually find out.

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    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      My friend and I are watching it (relaxedly...Fast forwarding on the DVR a lot) drinking beer eating pizza,...

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Soon though, we'll be checking out some Ash Vs. Evil Dead, maybe playing some Dreamcast and 7800...

    4. carlsson

      carlsson

      I woke up at 00:30 thinking "now the game begins", then promptly went back to sleep.

  4. Apparently, the internet thinks we have a "style" that's ruining animation. https://www.polygon.com/2018/5/22/17381380/thundercats-roar-calarts-style-steven-universe Well, I suppose we should pick one then. https://vimeo.com/channels/calartscharanimfilms2018/videos/sort:plays/format:thumbnail

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    2. SlidellMan

      SlidellMan

      As much as I abhor John K's sexual predation, assholic tendencies, crotchety views, and of course, his "all or nothing, never say compromise" attitude; I wouldn't call him a talentless hack by any stretch. Considering that he and many of his friends worked on a lot of cartoons in the '80s, he rightfully decided to do something about it.

    3. Bakasama

      Bakasama

      Weird part is that, John K. wanted more creator driven cartoons. That did happen but fans influenced by him fans seem to hate them. I guess they can't always get what they want.

    4. Nathan Strum

      Nathan Strum

      I wouldn't call him a talentless hack either. But he is a complete hypocrite who is incapable of moving past his own hackneyed style. At the time, I liked some of the work he did on Bakshi's New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and the early Ren & Stimpy episodes. But there were a lot of other talented people working on those shows, who have managed to move on to other things. John K is irrelevant and obsolete.

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    2. Spriggy

      Spriggy

      We just need to keep Bruce Willis alive ... then the earth will be fine.

    3. Rockin' Kat

      Rockin' Kat

      Good thing I'll be long dead by then.

    4. TheTIGuy

      TheTIGuy

      2135? I won't even make it to 2071...

  5. It's Spring Training in baseball! The one time of the year where the Mariners haven't been mathematically eliminated from the playoffs yet. Go M's!

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    2. Franko ATARI

      Franko ATARI

      Agreed. I always liked/rooted for the Mariners against the rest of the AL....but we're going to get fleeced by the East Coast clubs. ALWAYS. The fix has always been in. The umps will throw the game. They control it. MLB doesn't want computers/lasers seeing how bad calls are botched. The umps will throw a World Series Game (98' Padres/vs Yanks)

      The pitch BEFORE that was a strike right down the middle for strike three and the ump d...
    3. SoundGammon

      SoundGammon

      In the NFL, certain teams wine & dine the refs to get calls THEIR way!

    4. Franko ATARI

      Franko ATARI

      San Diego voted for the NFL to go away - and I agree.

       

  6. Is it just me, or does the trailer for the Han Solo film look... boring?

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    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      To my first comment...If you could watch your dream over and over...Would it really be so special?

    3. save2600

      save2600

      Hmm... watched it just now and seemed fairly decent to me. I kind of like the new Star Wars movies for what they are. If you don't sit and over analyze them to death, they're at least on a par with the best of the super hero movies that's been flooding out for years now. In other words, I'll take these Star Wars offshoots over most of the crap being released these days.

    4. BydoEmpire

      BydoEmpire

      The trailer looks terrible, but I'll go see it anyways. ;)

  7. Let's finish this! Only $100 to go! https://www.gofundme.com/duanes-squishy-adjustable-bed

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    2. Random Terrain

      Random Terrain

      We should do an experiment and see if it will let people donate past the goal. Quick, somebody donate five thousand dollars and see what happens.

    3. BigO

      BigO

      It wouldn't let me.

    4. CPUWIZ

      CPUWIZ

      Didn't work for me either.

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    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      On YouTube I told one of those guys it's supposed to be a suppository.

    3. Nathan Strum

      Nathan Strum

      Nice. That's worth it just for making them do a Google search for "suppository".

    4. LS650

      LS650

      The leaders of tomorrow!

  8. So... it's not normal if my graphics card's fan makes a noise like a baseball card against bicycle spokes?

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    2. DoctorTom

      DoctorTom

      You did that too? That was awesome.

    3. Albert

      Albert

      Hold old is the card and what kind of card is it?

    4. Nathan Strum

      Nathan Strum

      AJA Kona LHi. It's a video capture/playback card (not a display card). Mine's about 5 years old, but it's still a current product.

  9. "96% of Subaru vehicles sold in the last 10 years are still on the road today." Unfortunately, mine is 15... and keeping it on the road is becoming an expensive proposition.

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    2. Punisher5.0

      Punisher5.0

      The death sentence to most Subarus is blown headgaskets. It happens quite often and it's very expensive to fix.

    3. jd_1138

      jd_1138

      Yeah because it's a boxer/flat engine, so it has 2 cylinder heads not 1 like most 4 cylinders.

    4. Nathan Strum

      Nathan Strum

      In this case, it's not the mileage, it's the years. I have less than 80k on it.

       

      And this time it wasn't the head gasket (mercifully - I've been through three of 'em). Steering rack is leaking. Guess I should've just driven in straight lines everywhere.

  10. Ate at McDonald's tonight for the first time in over two years. Should've waited another two years.

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    2. Buttons

      Buttons

      FYI: "eat flesh and blood of nobility" means that if you stop eating the "$h!t" they make you buy, they will lose their money, so you will then be eating their "flesh and blood" instead. Go vegan! :-) <3

       

    3. Flojomojo

      Flojomojo

      I like their smoothies.

    4. 128Kgames

      128Kgames

      You should have waited for the McRib...

  11. Try substituting "pants" for random words in signs that you see. It makes everything funnier! e.g. "No Pants - Alternate Thursdays, 4-6 AM"

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    2. jaybird3rd

      jaybird3rd

      "Kids come running for the great taste of pants!"

    3. CPUWIZ

      CPUWIZ

      "Nathan's newest pant entries are antagonizing."

    4. jaybird3rd

      jaybird3rd

      "It's 10:00. Do you know where your pants are?"

  12. Got a settlement check from AT&T today for 97 cents. To rub it in, they made sure it was written as Zero Dollars and Ninety Seven Cents. Trying to figure out what all I should buy with it.

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    2. frankodragon

      frankodragon

      Give them a check for zero dollars and zero cents. Maybe they'll cash it and it'll crash their machine.

    3. oldjd

      oldjd

      We got for .18,couldnt decide what to do with it.Finally deposited in our account. Bank thought it was a joke...

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I'd add a dime or so for tax and go hit the dollar store...See if you can buy a flashlight that works reliably for more than 8 seconds...

  13. While opening a just-acquired, still-factory-sealed LP from 1975 today, the coolness of that experience was mitigated considerably by the realization that if I'd done the same relative thing when that album was new, I would have been opening a 78 from 1934. Yet another reminder how long ago the 70's were. Doesn't seem possible some days.

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    2. Foxy Cleopatra

      Foxy Cleopatra

      And my 40 year old grandma was so old!! But I loved when she played her music in the mornings and watching old movies with my grandpa.

    3. BassGuitari

      BassGuitari

      In four years, 1970 will have been 50 years ago. Yikes.

    4. accousticguitar

      accousticguitar

      You are overthinking, just enjoy it!

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    2. Nathan Strum

      Nathan Strum

      Yep. Marcia Lucas was one of three editors. They won the Oscar for editing that year.

    3. Random Terrain

      Random Terrain

      Han Solo's name is just a stupid masturbation joke, so what's the big deal? Chronic masturbators always shoot first.

       

      By the way, Han Solo's name was originally going to be Prem Atureeja Culation, but the guys at Industrial Light & Magic convinced George to change the name.

    4. jaybird3rd

      jaybird3rd

      Marcia Lucas reportedly had a LOT more to do with the success of the first three Star Wars films than is generally recognized. Odd that she's all but disappeared in recent years.

  14. Skeleton: because somebody thought face-first Luge would be a good idea.

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    2. Thomas Jentzsch

      Thomas Jentzsch

      And the same rule for e.g. ski-jumping, alpine skiing, skating, cross-country, biathlon, curling etc. pp., right?

       

      In South Korea we now would have only short track and speed skating.

    3. carlsson

      carlsson

      Valid points. In South Korea they have reused golf courses for cross-country skiing and biathlon. Indoor arenas in theory are easier to reuse, though Sochi still has a surplus skating rink waiting to get disassembled and moved elsewhere. Mountains probably are very expensive to build, so the Netherlands doesn't need to apply unless they co-host with a neighbouring country.

    4. Thomas Jentzsch

      Thomas Jentzsch

      IMO the IOC should define 3 to 5 Olympic cities and alternate between them. But due to hefty corruption benefits for the IOC members this will never happen.

  15. New slogan suggestion: "Head gasket repairs - it's what makes a Subaru, a Subaru."

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    2. Nathan Strum

      Nathan Strum

      Nope. It's getting really tiresome, too. If the car wasn't otherwise in such good shape (70,000 miles) I'd seriously consider replacing it.

    3. Bryan

      Bryan

      Tell'em to just JB-Weld the head on this time! ;)

    4. Nathan Strum

      Nathan Strum

      Don't give 'em any ideas.

  16. Congrats to USA Men's Curling for winning the Gold! (There's an update I never thought I'd be posting.) Here's hoping they get to be on a box of Cocoa Puffs (I don't eat Wheaties).

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    2. accousticguitar

      accousticguitar

      I think they should call it "super sweeper" instead of curling. That would make more sense.

    3. BigO

      BigO

      It might make sense to put their pictures on a "suitcase" or a bag of Cheese Curls.

       

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I think it'd be better to have Olympic Shuffle Board...And you wouldn't need skating rinks to do it. IMO, It'd easily be more entertaining with less resources ...But Thumbs up for Cocoa Puffs! (Been Forever)

  17. It's entirely possible that music videos just don't get any better than this:

  18. I need pizza. Not just want. Need.

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    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Hmmm...I kid you not, I had This last night. https://www.toppers.com/

    3. xucaen

      xucaen

      The struggle is real.

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I bet your Toppers! is from CA,...My Toppers is from WI, then CO and eventually made it to WY...I'm guessing.

  19. Oh… it's a "Pono"Player. I thought it was… well, never mind. The Neil Young connection makes much more sense now.

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    2. Bryan

      Bryan

      I smell BS, since I can tell the difference in the bottles I have here. Apparently the data was taken from a study of students describing the odors of wine. http://www.daysyn.com/Morrot.pdf

      Anyway, I posted my counterpoint and that's all I wish to do.

    3. Hatta

      Hatta

      You underestimate the importance of proper blinding. Confirmation bias, placebo effects, etc., are far, far more powerful than most people can even imagine.

    4. Bryan

      Bryan

      Absolutely true. Also true is that a couple of articles on the Internet does not conclusively prove a point.

  20. New Champ Games reveal in less than two hours! http://atariage.com/forums/topic/291159-champ-games-new-2600-homebrew/

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    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I can't believe they did Dragon's Lair on Atari 2600 and it looks just like it!

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      ^joke! I believe Nathan said it was Swordquest: Pantsworld.

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Just watched the video! All jokes aside That looks AMAZING!! You guys did an Incredible Job!!!

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