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Zeitgueist
Aug 8, 2003

by Ralp

Salvor_Hardin posted:

My dad is on the phone trying to sign up for healthcare and I am having a vicarious panic attack just from overhearing one side of the conversation.

The PPACA thread can be helpful

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euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

THe correct way to get to AC is to drive on the AC Expressway as fast as possible starting at midnight.

WhiskeyJuvenile
Feb 15, 2002

by Nyc_Tattoo
legalize rand paul

Nintendo Kid
Aug 4, 2011

by Smythe

euphronius posted:

THe correct way to get to AC is to drive on the AC Expressway as fast as possible starting at midnight.

the correct way is to drive the ac expressway up until just the first barrier toll, and then switch over to us 30 the rest of the way. cops usually don't bother patrolling it, so you can do an easy 65+ while avoiding idiots backing up at toll plazas etc

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

You sound like the kind of guy who wears condoms with hookers.

Zeitgueist
Aug 8, 2003

by Ralp
LOL looking pretty much like Sony caused an international incident to advertise a lovely Seth Rogen/James Fanco movie

My Imaginary GF
Jul 17, 2005

by R. Guyovich

euphronius posted:

THe correct way to get to AC is to drive on the AC Expressway as fast as possible starting at midnight.

The correct way to drive to AC is to not, and if you must, drive west and don't look back.

AC is dead, now and forever.

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

Zeitgueist posted:

LOL looking pretty much like Sony caused an international incident to advertise a lovely Seth Rogen/James Fanco movie

it certianly does look that way doesnt it.

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014



what the hell

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

My Imaginary GF posted:

The correct way to drive to AC is to not, and if you must, drive west and don't look back.

AC is dead, now and forever.

well yeah now that Philly has casinos its dumb to go.

I was talking more 10 years ago though in my glory years.

My Imaginary GF
Jul 17, 2005

by R. Guyovich

euphronius posted:

it certianly does look that way doesnt it.

Except for the multiple lawsuits stemming from the data breech and learning JLaw's email is peanutbutt, yes, it certainly appears that way.

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

oh no.

lawsuits.

My Imaginary GF
Jul 17, 2005

by R. Guyovich

euphronius posted:

oh no.

lawsuits.

by Goliath

:ohdear:

Zeitgueist
Aug 8, 2003

by Ralp
the hack and the Interview/DPRK thing have little to do with each other

the original hack never mentioned it, prominent whitehats are all saying the hack required some high level access and looks like it was an inside job, and the Korean 'engrish' doesn't look like normal native Korean errors, and the Korean text has the structure of somebody who ran English through google translate

the Interview story looks like it was intentionally created by Sony, the hack still looks legit

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

FULL COMMUNISM NOW

euphronius posted:

it certianly does look that way doesnt it.

More like North Korea caused an international incident by threatening terrorism over a lovely Seth Rogan/James Franco movie.

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

I think the most hurtful part of this is people prejudging a Seth Rogan movie.

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

Idris Elba as the next 007 is amazing and awesome.

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

FULL COMMUNISM NOW

euphronius posted:

I think the most hurtful part of this is people prejudging a Seth Rogan movie.

True, we'll never know if it's lovely or not because the limp-dick cowards at Sony Pictures have been cowed by North Korea of all countries.

euphronius posted:

Idris Elba as the next 007 is amazing and awesome.

Also true.

namesake
Jun 19, 2006

"When I was a girl, around 12 or 13, I had a fantasy that I'd grow up to marry Captain Scarlet, but he'd be busy fighting the Mysterons so I'd cuckold him with the sexiest people I could think of - Nigel Mansell, Pat Sharp and Mr. Blobby."

paragon1 posted:

True, we'll never know if it's lovely or not because the limp-dick cowards at Sony Pictures have been cowed by North Korea of all countries.

My Imaginary GF
Jul 17, 2005

by R. Guyovich

Zeitgueist posted:

the hack and the Interview/DPRK thing have little to do with each other

the original hack never mentioned it, prominent whitehats are all saying the hack required some high level access and looks like it was an inside job, and the Korean 'engrish' doesn't look like normal native Korean errors, and the Korean text has the structure of somebody who ran English through google translate

the Interview story looks like it was intentionally created by Sony, the hack still looks legit

Hm. So you're saying, this was an inside job by Sony? Gee, Zeitgueist, what's your take on 9/11?

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

paragon1 posted:

True, we'll never know if it's lovely or not because the limp-dick cowards at Sony Pictures have been cowed by North Korea of all countries.




Hahaha no they are showing it. It will be in wide release soon no doubt.

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos

euphronius posted:

Idris Elba as the next 007 is amazing and awesome.

They should kick Daniel Craig out and put Elba in SPECTRE, instead.

(Not that I have anything against Craig, but otherwise The Terrorists Win).

Zeitgueist
Aug 8, 2003

by Ralp

My Imaginary GF posted:

Hm. So you're saying, this was an inside job by Sony? Gee, Zeitgueist, what's your take on 9/11?

This looks like a controlled PR demolition

kustomkarkommando
Oct 22, 2012

North Korea should kidnap another director and make a film about two patriotic north korean labourers who defect to the US to assassinate the president. Lots of jokes about the decadence of american society, maybe a love interest who learns the glories of dear leaders vision.

it writes itself

My Imaginary GF
Jul 17, 2005

by R. Guyovich

Zeitgueist posted:

This looks like a controlled PR demolition

You underestimate how much the North Koreans hate the Japanese.

Zeitgueist
Aug 8, 2003

by Ralp

My Imaginary GF posted:

You underestimate how much the North Koreans hate the Japanese.

Rahm we know you're running damage control here from Ari

:colbert:

MLKQUOTEMACHINE
Oct 22, 2012

Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice-skate uphill

My Imaginary GF posted:

You underestimate how much the North Koreans all other East Asians and most South-East Asians hate the Japanese.

My Imaginary GF
Jul 17, 2005

by R. Guyovich

Zeitgueist posted:

Rahm we know you're running damage control here from Ari

:colbert:

Mr. Emanuel is one hell of an executive, and someone whom you should look up to as an inspirational figure.

You need to lose your loose change, Zeitgueist. Mr. Emanuel is just the man who helps those whom help himself.

(Ari is loving hilarious, and so is Rahm. If you ever get the two in a room riffing off each other, well, someone's walking away to 1600 Penn. Ave)

pangstrom
Jan 25, 2003

Wedge Regret

paragon1 posted:

True, we'll never know if it's lovely or not because the limp-dick cowards at Sony Pictures have been cowed by North Korea of all countries.
It is by all accounts mediocre.

edit: originally quoted wrong post

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos

Actually, they hate China more. This is 2014, not 1943, and they're more worried about Chinese claims on the nine dotted line than they are about resurgent Japanese imperialism.

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

My Imaginary GF posted:

Mr. Emanuel is one hell of an executive, and someone whom you should look up to as an inspirational figure.

You need to lose your loose change, Zeitgueist. Mr. Emanuel is just the man who helps those whom help himself.

(Ari is loving hilarious, and so is Rahm. If you ever get the two in a room riffing off each other, well, someone's walking away to 1600 Penn. Ave)

the key is to not take the schtick too far.

Or maybe taking it too far is genius?

RuanGacho
Jun 20, 2002

"You're gunna break it!"

kustomkarkommando posted:

North Korea should kidnap another director and make a film about two patriotic north korean labourers who defect to the US to assassinate the president. Lots of jokes about the decadence of american society, maybe a love interest who learns the glories of dear leaders vision.

it writes itself

You seem to be forgetting that the rest of the world is literally depicted as a demonic hellscape against the relative peace and prosperity of North Korea.

They'd have to film it all in Detroit.Orange County.

RuanGacho fucked around with this message at 20:51 on Dec 23, 2014

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

FULL COMMUNISM NOW

euphronius posted:

Hahaha no they are showing it. It will be in wide release soon no doubt.

Then why delay at all I wonder? More attention for the release?

My Imaginary GF
Jul 17, 2005

by R. Guyovich

Absurd Alhazred posted:

Actually, they hate China more. This is 2014, not 1943, and they're more worried about Chinese claims on the nine dotted line than they are about resurgent Japanese imperialism.

Who keeps the Japanese Imperial Dynasty down?

We do, we do.

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

paragon1 posted:

Then why delay at all I wonder? More attention for the release?

What delay? They are releasing it on Christmas which is a normal release date.

My Imaginary GF
Jul 17, 2005

by R. Guyovich

paragon1 posted:

Then why delay at all I wonder? More attention for the release?

Timeline of hack:

~2003: Sony gets hacked
~2004: Sony gets hacked
~2005: Sony gets hacked
~2006: Sony gets hacked
~2007: Sony gets hacked
~2008: Sony gets hacked
~2009: Sony gets hacked
~2010: Sony gets hacked
~2011: Sony gets hacked
~2012: Sony gets hacked
~2013: Sony gets hacked
~December 2014: Sony gets hacked
~December 2014: Congress goes home without renewing anti-terrorism insurance
~December 2014: North Korea threatens movie distributors with terrorist attack
~December 2014: Distributors begin to pull The Interview
~December 2014: Sony looks at cost/benefit, sees enough have pulled to make movie less profitable, determines to go VoD/DtD release model
~December 2014: Indie theaters slated to open The Interview schedule Team America in its stead
~December 2014: Paramount refuses to allow indie theaters to play Team America
~December 2014: Sony agrees to limited release of The Interview, reserves option for wide release after distributors pick the movie back up OR for a VoD/DtD release

Hows any of this look like its loving pre-arranged/co-ordinated to you? Its a loving series of incremental corporate fuckups and rationalized actions

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

FULL COMMUNISM NOW

euphronius posted:

What delay? They are releasing it on Christmas which is a normal release date.

Was December 25th the original release date before distributors started pulling it? If so, my bad.

My Imaginary GF posted:


Hows any of this look like its loving pre-arranged/co-ordinated to you? Its a loving series of incremental corporate fuckups and rationalized actions

Way to put a bunch of words in my mouth Rahm, shut the gently caress up.

R. Mute
Jul 27, 2011

the worst part of all of this is that not only is this stupid bullshit going to work which means more money for james franco and seth rogen, but a bunch of idiots bought team america so it's also more money for trey parker and matt stone.

this is like the worst outcome. i would've preferred an actual terrorist attack.

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

FULL COMMUNISM NOW

R. Mute posted:

the worst part of all of this is that not only is this stupid bullshit going to work which means more money for james franco and seth rogen, but a bunch of idiots bought team america so it's also more money for trey parker and matt stone.

this is like the worst outcome. i would've preferred an actual terrorist attack.

Wow, hosed up if true R.Mute.

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Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos

R. Mute posted:

the worst part of all of this is that not only is this stupid bullshit going to work which means more money for james franco and seth rogen, but a bunch of idiots bought team america so it's also more money for trey parker and matt stone.

this is like the worst outcome. i would've preferred an actual terrorist attack.

The worst thing about Seth Rogan is that he reminds me of a friend of mine who is actually cool and much funnier.

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