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By popular demand posted:Jerk Van Gay* should be a username here. Does anyone else remember the urban legend/email circular about the TV anti-profanity device which renamed Dick Van Dyke "Jerk Van Gay"? Snopes had an article debunking it. Presumably the TVGuardian was the inspiration.
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I think everyone I've seen get one of these things has been a revised version, so I wouldn't be surprised if the original didn't have that on the white list because they didn't think of it.
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Horace posted:Does anyone else remember the urban legend/email circular about the TV anti-profanity device which renamed Dick Van Dyke "Jerk Van Gay"? Snopes had an article debunking it. Presumably the TVGuardian was the inspiration. Family Guy did it. 
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Horace posted:Does anyone else remember the urban legend/email circular about the TV anti-profanity device which renamed Dick Van Dyke "Jerk Van Gay"? Snopes had an article debunking it. Presumably the TVGuardian was the inspiration. I've heard of "Penis Van Lesbian", does that ring a bell?
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Nov 27, 2022 22:45
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Richard Van Sappho
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Serperoth posted:I've heard of "Penis Van Lesbian", does that ring a bell? This seems to be the Snopes page I remember from 20 years ago. It mentions both Jerk Van Gay and Penis Van Lesbian. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dick-van-dyke/
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Images recovered from thrift store glass plate negatives. https://twitter.com/MrRayNewman/status/1596862368184664064?s=20&t=vTpWKEc_qOE_F_gWG45ySg https://twitter.com/MrRayNewman/status/1596864919722262528?s=20&t=vTpWKEc_qOE_F_gWG45ySg
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Dick Trauma posted:Images recovered from thrift store glass plate negatives. "Miss Beatrice + Wiener = Children LOL"
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Horace posted:Does anyone else remember the urban legend/email circular about the TV anti-profanity device which renamed Dick Van Dyke "Jerk Van Gay"? Snopes had an article debunking it. Presumably the TVGuardian was the inspiration. V-Chip maybe? That’s what I thought the TC video was gonna be about.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ragEZiT_4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_MT7NNLBqA Humphreys has a new favorite as of 14:30 on Nov 29, 2022 |
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Humphreys posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ragEZiT_4 I love channels like these, another channel I really like is My Mechanics
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There has to be a parody video of these where the restoration doesn't work very well and there's an extended ASMR sequence of a restoration of a bespoke antique pistol, followed by an off camera gunshot.
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That guy is superb, and I love watching the videos, but I wish he'd used more archival materials. That carpet tape and the iron-on webbing used for the flag are not going to last decades, and I suspect neither is the vinyl he used to refinish the sides.
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doctorfrog posted:There has to be a parody video of these where the restoration doesn't work very well and there's an extended ASMR sequence of a restoration of a bespoke antique pistol, followed by an off camera gunshot. Be the change you want to see in the world
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I saw some of these and got flashbacks to the 80s. I love these lights. I wonder if you can still buy them somewhere with leds instead.
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aardwolf posted:IIRC, there are hilariously bad dubs of the line for both Die Hard 1 and 2, so you might both be right. fwiw "Live Free or Die Hard" which I think is 4? Is a much better movie with the censored track compared to the later released "uncut" version, though I'm not sure if they actually did a redub there or just shot the scenes twice? In the theatrical censored release during the tunnel set piece, after he drives a car off a ramp to blow up a helecopter the kid says: "You killed a helecopter with a car" And McClain just does a guttural: "Ran outta bullets," pretty decent line! In the uncut version, he does an extended bit about "there are millions of traffic accidents in the US every day, this is just one more" and it completely misses the point That movie is both terrible and I love it for being so incredibly far over the top that it's almost a parody of itself. Real shame they didn't keep following that energy for the 5th movie which is just irredeemable garbage
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His Divine Shadow posted:I saw some of these and got flashbacks to the 80s. I love these lights. I wonder if you can still buy them somewhere with leds instead. The best kind were the ones where one broken light would break the whole thing. The annual quest to find the one broken christmas tree light.
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His Divine Shadow posted:I saw some of these and got flashbacks to the 80s. I love these lights. I wonder if you can still buy them somewhere with leds instead. considering that from those pictures those just look like plastic caps, you could just take them off the incandescent string and put them on an LED string.
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Iron Crowned posted:considering that from those pictures those just look like plastic caps, you could just take them off the incandescent string and put them on an LED string. The top tip is the bulb peeking out, which is also coloured. Mind you I think they'd look fine without it. No LED is going to have a base that thick though, so it would be a loving chore.
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lobsterminator posted:The best kind were the ones where one broken light would break the whole thing. The annual quest to find the one broken christmas tree light. So on point for this thread. My dad used to have an impressive setup for his house using the *old* colored bulbs, the ones that would get warm enough to melt the snow around them and create awesome glowing orbs on your roof. He would spend an entire day going through every strand, making sure there were no broken bulbs that still lit up, and ensuring his color pattern never stopped. Because of all that, I don't put up hardly anything outdoors. I like lights just fine, but I prefer them inside the house .
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Modern ones are connected in parallel to avoid one broken light doing that. This light style still seem to exist in LED form, at least in USA land. https://www.christmaslightsetc.com/p/50-T5-Mini--Multicolor-LED-Christmas-Tree-Lights-Green-Wire-62312.htm
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Christmas Lights Chat makes me wonder if we'll see a new video on the topic from Technology Connections. 
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Maybe, as long as it doesn't take any effort to make.
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Cojawfee posted:Maybe, as long as it doesn't take any effort to make. Me-ow.
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He kept calling one of those fancy American can-opening machines a manual can-opener so I unsubscribed.
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Join us in the 3D printing thread and you can make any LED cap you could imagine.
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His Divine Shadow posted:I saw some of these and got flashbacks to the 80s. I love these lights. I wonder if you can still buy them somewhere with leds instead. I have strong memories of those strings, mainly how incredibly painful it was to step on a cap that fell off.
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coldpudding posted:I have strong memories of those strings, mainly how incredibly painful it was to step on a cap that fell off. Walking into Home Depot and asking what aisle the caltrop lights are in
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thepopmonster posted:google "Sonic inflation" no
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Nocheez posted:So on point for this thread. My dad used to have an impressive setup for his house using the *old* colored bulbs, the ones that would get warm enough to melt the snow around them and create awesome glowing orbs on your roof. He would spend an entire day going through every strand, making sure there were no broken bulbs that still lit up, and ensuring his color pattern never stopped. I just bought four RGB LED flood lights and cut up a fence post to attach them to. Takes 10 minutes to setup and 10 minutes to take down, and works for all holidays. Lazy mans decorating.
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Nocheez posted:So on point for this thread. My dad used to have an impressive setup for his house using the *old* colored bulbs, the ones that would get warm enough to melt the snow around them and create awesome glowing orbs on your roof. He would spend an entire day going through every strand, making sure there were no broken bulbs that still lit up, and ensuring his color pattern never stopped. One of my earliest memories is my mom warning me not to touch any of those bulbs or I would get burned, which I never even considered doing. So I thought about it and decided "I'm gonna touch the forbidden bulb" and I think that was the first time I ever got burned on anything. Pretty striking to realize burns aren't just bad but hurt in a really distinctive way and keep hurting for a while.
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Nocheez posted:So on point for this thread. My dad used to have an impressive setup for his house using the *old* colored bulbs, the ones that would get warm enough to melt the snow around them and create awesome glowing orbs on your roof. He would spend an entire day going through every strand, making sure there were no broken bulbs that still lit up, and ensuring his color pattern never stopped. People just can't have quality fun time like this anymore.
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His Divine Shadow posted:Modern ones are connected in parallel to avoid one broken light doing that. Also, bulbs to replace the incandescents in your vintage sets https://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Replacement-Outdoor-String-Garden/dp/B09BVTF7VQ I am not sure the new LED sets have replaceable bulbs. And I hate christmas lights without replaceable bulbs personally. Have a white strip on my house with 20% gone. Replacing it with colored bulbs soon.
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I have my grandmother's set of these from the 50's and about half of them still work!
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Sorry, but I kind of hate what he's doing. That's a harsh restoration, trying to restore something to what it might have looked like out of the box, but completely removed from context. Many of the things done to that game is destructive and reduces its value, both as a historical object and probably in cold hard cash for a collector. Cleaning up and restoring mechanical parts is one thing, but stripping paint and patina and using double sided tape and pleather is a bad idea. Those horses and riders were worn and patinated, but beautiful. Repainting them and sticking on epoxy parts is just destructive. For collectors, worn, but original paint is much more valuable than even a good modern paint job. A careful renovation restores function, but does not remove context and history.
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axolotl farmer posted:Sorry, but I kind of hate what he's doing. That's a harsh restoration, trying to restore something to what it might have looked like out of the box, but completely removed from context. Many of the things done to that game is destructive and reduces its value, both as a historical object and probably in cold hard cash for a collector. Welcome to Youtube "restoration" videos!
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axolotl farmer posted:Sorry, but I kind of hate what he's doing. That's a harsh restoration, trying to restore something to what it might have looked like out of the box, but completely removed from context. Many of the things done to that game is destructive and reduces its value, both as a historical object and probably in cold hard cash for a collector. This is a VERY fair comment in all honesty. I've been watching a few more over the last day or so and it really does amount to 'straighten, sandblast, repaint it all' levels. As an apology, Baumgartner Restoration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCpOyxoCEiw
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