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Avenging_Mikon posted:Holy poo poo, I remember that episode because Bones actually says "Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer!" There's a better one where he says "Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not an escalator!"
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Sep 30, 2015 18:30
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Avenging_Mikon posted:Holy poo poo, I remember that episode because Bones actually says "Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer!" That was also the first episode that he used that phrase in
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Sep 30, 2015 21:02
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I'm hearing something about Activision promoting the next Call of Duty with a realistic looking live tweet terrorist attack hoax. I haven't been able to find any news articles on this yet. Anyone know anything about this?
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Sep 30, 2015 21:43
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CommonShore posted:I'm hearing something about Activision promoting the next Call of Duty with a realistic looking live tweet terrorist attack hoax. I haven't been able to find any news articles on this yet. Anyone know anything about this? http://www.neowin.net/news/activision-criticized-after-fabricating-terrorist-attack-online-to-promote-call-of-duty
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Sep 30, 2015 21:47
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Avenging_Mikon posted:Holy poo poo, I remember that episode because Bones actually says "Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer!" I think the alien in that episode was the most low budget thing they ever did outside of just having mobster aliens. It was literally just someone undulating under a blanket painted with orange "lava" spots.
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Sep 30, 2015 21:48
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less than three posted:http://www.neowin.net/news/activision-criticized-after-fabricating-terrorist-attack-online-to-promote-call-of-duty quote:Almost universally, responses to the tweets were negative, with many stating that they would cancel their pre-order, as a result of this fiasco. 
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Sep 30, 2015 21:53
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davidspackage posted:I think the alien in that episode was the most low budget thing they ever did outside of just having mobster aliens. It was literally just someone undulating under a blanket painted with orange "lava" spots. The viking/barbarian looking dude from the first episode who made dinosaur noises, he looked like they had to throw together a "monster" in 5 minutes using whatever was in the "no one wants these lovely props" bin. TOS Klingons are just dudes in gold shirts and a shitload of bronzer + fu manchu mustaches if they remembered they were doing that. I have a lingering love of the original crap special effects + models, but the new space shots and touch up work they did for the remastered versions is pretty decent. They showed admirable restraint, mostly using it where it actually improved things (like painting out the Gorn's zipper and making his eyes look better) than pulling a Star Wars SE and pasting in poo poo that didn't mesh. pienipple has a new favorite as of 21:59 on Sep 30, 2015 |
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Sep 30, 2015 21:54
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pienipple posted:The viking/barbarian looking dude from the first episode who made dinosaur noises, he looked like they had to throw together a "monster" in 5 minutes using whatever was in the "no one wants these lovely props" bin. Yeah. I've slowly been going through them when I feel like it on Netflix, and it actually took me a couple episodes to realize they had the updated versions on there. That's some impressive CG if you can fool my eyes totally. I mean heck, it takes me a little bit out of it everytime I've seen it on Futurama even.
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Oct 1, 2015 00:56
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I was part of that boycott and MW1 is still my newest CoD game. 
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Oct 1, 2015 01:14
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A Fancy 400 lbs posted:I was part of that boycott and MW1 is still my newest CoD game.  way to miss the best one in the series
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Oct 1, 2015 02:10
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A Fancy 400 lbs posted:I was part of that boycott and MW1 is still my newest CoD game. Good job sticking to your principles you loving nerd.
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Oct 1, 2015 02:26
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I love unicorn dog.
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Oct 1, 2015 03:28
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Grey Fox posted:
I just said I have the first Modern Warfare.
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Oct 1, 2015 03:37
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Guy never shot a MW2 M14...sad.
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Oct 1, 2015 22:28
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They don't pretend Spot is anything other than a cat.
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Oct 1, 2015 22:58
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A Fancy 400 lbs posted:I just said I have the first Modern Warfare. It's ok. Be strong. We'll get through this together.
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Oct 1, 2015 23:17
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less than three posted:http://www.neowin.net/news/activision-criticized-after-fabricating-terrorist-attack-online-to-promote-call-of-duty Wells and Welles just high-fived in hell
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Oct 2, 2015 05:23
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Inspector Gesicht posted:They don't pretend Spot is anything other than a cat. Spot has a...slight tendency to be a different cat entirely every time she's on screen.
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Oct 2, 2015 05:28
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 Micro-pancakery. That is somehow not a parody and is in fact something someone put on a real product.
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Oct 2, 2015 06:52
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Inspector Gesicht posted:They don't pretend Spot is anything other than a cat. There was one episode where she turned into an iguana.
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Oct 2, 2015 11:38
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A Fancy 400 lbs posted:
Is it refering to Birch Benders being a pancakery that is small? I know, still dumb
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Oct 2, 2015 12:41
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sweeperbravo posted:Is it refering to Birch Benders being a pancakery that is small? I know, still dumb Calling a food company "micro-whatever" is twee as gently caress, but it ain't bad marketing. Particularly when you're playing up the healthy or natural angle. Americans Do Not Trust Large Companies To Produce Natural Food Products Study posted:According to the study, 75 percent of Americans said that when it comes to producing all-natural products, they trust small, independent companies over large, established ones. Consumers also associate natural foods brands with independent ownership. Seventy-percent believe that most natural foods brands are independent, while 30 percent believe they are owned by large companies. Summary is here, full poll results are here.
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Oct 2, 2015 15:10
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olive garden didn't realize that there's a regional english language in which boto is a filipino-derived slang for dick
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Oct 2, 2015 23:57
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The White Dragon posted:olive garden didn't realize that there's a regional english language in which That's buto, which usually means "bone".
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Oct 3, 2015 00:46
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It's also short for botulism.
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Oct 3, 2015 01:01
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Well yeah, it's a slang in a separate language that's only based on the original word, not the actual Filipino word itself 
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Oct 3, 2015 01:10
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The White Dragon posted:olive garden didn't realize that there's a regional english language in which What the hell does BOTO even mean? Is this a case of a giant corporation trying to invent "hip slang" that the kids will just love? McDonald's is famous for that poo poo.
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Oct 3, 2015 01:12
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BOTO is meant to be like BOGO -- an initialism for "buy one, get one [free]" which entered the mainstream advertising lexicon over the last ten years -- in this case meaning "buy one, take one [home to eat later]"
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Oct 3, 2015 01:36
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The White Dragon posted:olive garden didn't realize that there's a regional english language in which Anything to get the taste of olive garden out of your mouth.
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Oct 3, 2015 05:59
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To be fair, a lot of things are slang for dick in tagalog. I have a friend named Titi (diminutive of Constantin) and we met some Filipinos at a party once and...
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Oct 3, 2015 17:02
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bobjr posted:
Wanted to buy a case as a gag gift but it's ludicrously expensive
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Oct 3, 2015 17:32
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sweeperbravo posted:Is it refering to Birch Benders being a pancakery that is small? I know, still dumb It's a play on micro-brewery, but for pancake batter mix, literally one of the simplest things possible to make that isn't just a single ingredient.
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Just this week the new Deus Ex game completely scrapped their Augment Your Pre-Order campaign after backlash on the internet, in June Warner Bros pulled Arkham Knight off of Steam entirely in response to complaints about the broken port, and as lovely as Hatred was it was re-added to Steam entirely because people on the internet complained. But by all means don't let that stop you from posting that picture for the zillionth time, it's just as funny as it was six years ago. hackbunny posted:Wanted to buy a case as a gag gift but it's ludicrously expensive All these novelty internet soda and energy drinks are usually the exact same generic brand that will sell orders with custom labels if you buy in bulk. It's why Kickstarter bans them even though there's a depressing number of people on the internet willing to pay out the rear end for a beverage because the title is a dadjoke that shows off the nerdy subculture they belong to. A Fancy 400 lbs posted:It's a play on micro-brewery, but for pancake batter mix, literally one of the simplest things possible to make that isn't just a single ingredient. I read it as them taking the piss out of mice-brewery snobbery, which is a very worthy endeavor. To contribute: Burning Man is threatening to sue Quiznos for making an ad/Maze Runner parody video that makes fun of Burning Man's corporate influences, because nothing says "cool laid-back counterculture art event" quite like busting out the lawyers in the name of maintaining your brand's integrity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBVBHRD5lNU
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That's a weird loving ad. I mean, I know Quiznos is known for their weird loving ads, but that was bizarre.
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Sleeveless posted:Just this week the new Deus Ex game completely scrapped their Augment Your Pre-Order campaign after backlash on the internet, in June Warner Bros pulled Arkham Knight off of Steam entirely in response to complaints about the broken port, and as lovely as Hatred was it was re-added to Steam entirely because people on the internet complained. But by all means don't let that stop you from posting that picture for the zillionth time, it's just as funny as it was six years ago.
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Tiggum posted:It's funny because it's people saying they're boycotting a game while still actually buying and playing it. What does that have to do with anything you just said? Well I think he thought you were saying that Internet activism with video games is dumb and ineffectual so he responded with examples where people on the Internet complaining about video games did have an affect. My takeaway is that it might have an effect if it's not literally something like "we want dedicated servers". Sleeveless posted:I read it as them taking the piss out of mice-brewery snobbery, which is a very worthy endeavor. Would totally drink beer brewed in small batches by snobbish mice though. jojoinnit has a new favorite as of 13:01 on Oct 4, 2015 |
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Yeah, the point wasn't "internet activism doesn't work", it's that a lot of internet "activism" is just a toothless show to make the people doing it look good. Join a "Boycott MW2" group so people can see you're angry, then keep playing MW2. Likewise, what percentage of the people who SAID they were canceling their Call of Duty pre-order over Activision's publicity stunt do you think will actually cancel? My guess is single-digit percentages, if not single-digit total cancellations.
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