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buglord posted:he makes me think of some socially liberal, fiscally conservative techbro that follows lean six sigma management techniques while going on weird meditation retreats specifically designed for dumb gullible hipster ceos He can come off as pretty smug, but pretty playfully so, unlike someone like James. And yeah, he tends to be a pretty cool dude online.
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https://twitter.com/cogentanalysis/status/1199174192656191488 someone's been waiting a long time for this [edit: yes i just realized that's what the tweet says, shut up and enjoy the video]
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Make a weird bet and just happen to land on 88? Later sitting on 1488? The gently caress? Edit:  People are also pointing out that 1312 = ACAB Zesty fucked around with this message at 19:55 on Nov 29, 2019 |
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Zesty posted:Make a weird bet and just happen to land on 88? Later sitting on 1488? The gently caress? The Strong Law of Small Numbers
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Zesty posted:Make a weird bet and just happen to land on 88? Later sitting on 1488? The gently caress? I remember that there was episode last season or around then, where they had to reshoot Final because one of the contestants bet $1488 (it was his kid’s birthday) and another contestant waiting to play told Maggie and the other contestant coordinators that it seemed hinky despite his explanation (he hadn’t made the connection and was mortified). The re-edit didn’t affect the final outcome though. I think we discussed this in thread when it happened, or it might’ve been on our contestant FB group. There was a banned wagers list created soon after that ($69 is apparently on it, despite Ken Jennings betting it all the time, but I guess it was a more innocent time or something, though he definitely knew what was up, but $420 is apparently fair game because Maggie loves pointing out that it’s Cali legal). EDIT: checking, it was both, I brought it up here when it happened. Weird seeing it happen again, even if I missed yesterday’s episode because of family hot pot dinner. GhostStalker fucked around with this message at 05:58 on Nov 30, 2019 |
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Nov 30, 2019 01:01
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That sounds like horseshit.
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How would you be enough of a trivia nut to make it on Jeopardy not know what 1488 is.
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Groovelord Neato posted:How would you be enough of a trivia nut to make it on Jeopardy not know what 1488 is. You’d be surprised, there were a number of former (recent) contestants in our FB group who didn’t know the connection when it was first brought up when it happened (I think it was during James’s run?). Like, we were alluding to Nazi numbers, and they had no idea what we were talking about. Most of the more active former contestants in the group tend to be really vocally liberal, so they knew what we were referring to or were the ones who brought it up in the first place, but there are always the real sheltered people who haven’t been on that part of the internet, places that cover it, or have never seen it brought up in the first place for whatever reason. Like, everyone has their blind spots, some more excusable than others. And if you’re blinded by the fact that it’s also your kid’s bday, you might overlook some things. GhostStalker fucked around with this message at 05:59 on Nov 30, 2019 |
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Yeah if you don't spend a lot of time in some of the weirder corners of the internet I can definitely understand how you'd never come across that.
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1312 starts most Chicago phone numbers, why would she bet to lose if she wanted the nazi number. Come on.
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Looking through the thread from when I first brought it up, forums user and fellow one and done contestant mennoknight (who hasn’t posted here in a while) had no idea about what 1488 meant either, so I guess it’s not uncommon even if you’ve made it on the show. Groovelord Neato even said that he wished he was that blissfully ignorant when he asked. I think the guy was Canadian, so not as plugged into our weird US politics poo poo, but I may be misremembering. GhostStalker fucked around with this message at 03:10 on Nov 30, 2019 |
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Nov 30, 2019 03:00
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I only learned about 1488 when someone made a page joke a few years ago on a Games thread here a few years ago. I still had to google it. It’s purely a fringe internet phenomenon and 2000 or fewer real Nazis.
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It predates the internet (apart from maybe dialup) since I learned about it as a kid. edit: looked it up - coined by the guy that founded the Order (the group that murdered radio host Alan Berg).
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We were specifically told (July 2019 taping, so perhaps they codified it recently) that the five banned wagers were 14, 88, 1488, 666, and 69. Someone asked about 420 and Maggie was just like “ayyyyyyy”
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Spokes posted:We were specifically told (July 2019 taping, so perhaps they codified it recently) that the five banned wagers were 14, 88, 1488, 666, and 69. Someone asked about 420 and Maggie was just like “ayyyyyyy” That squares with the info I heard, pretty much.
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I read a lot of Political Cartoons so I see a lot of how all the garbage people like to signal each other.
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GhostStalker posted:Looking through the thread from when I first brought it up, forums user and fellow one and done contestant mennoknight (who hasn’t posted here in a while) had no idea about what 1488 meant either, so I guess it’s not uncommon even if you’ve made it on the show. Groovelord Neato even said that he wished he was that blissfully ignorant when he asked. Menno posts in the hockey thread and follows the Flames so I assume they are Canadian.
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I still don't fuckin know what you guys are talking about and it seems like a better use of my time to go play Mario kart and yes I'm from small town western Canada but live in shithole ottawa now.
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Whenever it’s brought up about 1488 and it’s negative meaning, every time it’s like I’m learning it again for the first time. I’m not going to remember stupid poo poo like that.
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Spokes posted:Maggie was just like “ayyyyyyy” Glad my impression of her at auditions seems to have been accurate.
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mennoknight posted:I still don't fuckin know what you guys are talking about and it seems like a better use of my time to go play Mario kart It's a combination of the Fourteen Words (14) and HH (88) for Heil Hitler (H being the 8th letter of the alphabet). The Fourteen Words are "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children". The slogan was created by the guy who founded the Order - a white supremacist terrorist group in the 80s that took its inspiration from an organization of the same name in the infamous white supremacist novel The Turner Diaries. The Order is most infamous for gunning down Jewish radio host Alan Berg in his driveway. latinotwink1997 posted:Whenever it’s brought up about 1488 and it’s negative meaning, every time it’s like I’m learning it again for the first time. I’m not going to remember stupid poo poo like that. It's not like one chooses what to remember. I saw it in a documentary about hate groups over twenty years ago and still remember it. Groovelord Neato fucked around with this message at 19:02 on Nov 30, 2019 |
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latinotwink1997 posted:Whenever it’s brought up about 1488 and it’s negative meaning, every time it’s like I’m learning it again for the first time. I’m not going to remember stupid poo poo like that. Same. It's so dumb and useless it falls out of my brain immediately.
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1488 litterly had no meaning to me before reading it in this thread. When I see 88 I still think of Alan Page first.
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That's why it's a dogwhistle. To signal people in the know.
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Doctor, Lawyer, and Accidentally-did-a-nazi-thing. Rooting for Accidentally-did-a-nazi-thing. edit: 
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packetmantis posted:What's the deal with all these score corrections? Yeah, I noticed that too. I don’t want to blame Trebek and his cancer treatment/chemo making him stumble a bit verbally or decision wise, but that seems to be the case. Maybe it was the judges loving up instead? Alex’s voice seemed a bit rough during the intros. Shame about Final and Mohammed writing out too long of an answer that he couldn’t finish it. 95 Theses should’ve been enough, if they took Luther’s Theses from the champ. Scores seemed pretty low going into Final as well.
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GhostStalker posted:Yeah, I noticed that too. I don’t want to blame Trebek and his cancer treatment/chemo making him stumble a bit verbally or decision wise, but that seems to be the case. Maybe it was the judges loving up instead? Alex’s voice seemed a bit rough during the intros. Scores were low because all three contestants were whiffing on easy gimme questions.
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Timby posted:Scores were low because all three contestants were whiffing on easy gimme questions. Well, yeah. So many negs or stand and stares/Triple Stumpers on what I felt were easily gettable clues, but it may have just been bad boards for all of them.
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GhostStalker posted:Yeah, I noticed that too. I don’t want to blame Trebek and his cancer treatment/chemo making him stumble a bit verbally or decision wise, but that seems to be the case. Maybe it was the judges loving up instead? Alex’s voice seemed a bit rough during the intros. he didn't write theses. it was like 'luther's list of...' if he had put theses, i'm guessing that would've been enough without mentioning luther. also, the way the question was worded, i could've seen someone putting 'indulgence'. that would've been an interesting ruling.
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abelwingnut posted:he didn't write theses. it was like 'luther's list of...' I think he was going for Luther’s list of complaints, because he couldn’t remember the term Theses. Wonder if the judges would’ve accepted that though.
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they shouldn't have accepted "birds of prey" for "raptors" because the clue specified it comes from the Latin for "to seize"
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you broke my grill posted:they shouldn't have accepted "birds of prey" for "raptors" because the clue specified it comes from the Latin for "to seize" I'm pretty sure "prey" comes from the latin "praedus" (or something along those lines) which is the "to seize" verb. edit: though I haven't seen the episode yet and am just going off your post, if I've misunderstood something then sorry I'm a dumb.
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rapere is the seize verb
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i’m not sure theodore has ever interacted with humans in the last five years.
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abelwingnut posted:i’m not sure theodore has ever interacted with humans in the last five years. He was the most beep-boop robot person I've seen on the show in quite some time.
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you broke my grill posted:rapere is the seize verb Praedare is also a "seize" verb though, so both are correct.
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Watched a taping today (airdate February), Alex seems like he’s doing fine as far we can see. Lucid, clever, moved well, only a re-read or two per game. Who knows what’s going on behind the scenes but he appears quick as ever
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