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exquisite tea posted:Being either ambivalent or apathetic can make you feel indecisive, but it's the way in which you arrive at that state that defines their individual meanings. Ambivalent literally means "strong (feelings) on all sides," which implies that your thoughts are clashing with each other, whereas apathetic signifies impassivity or a lack of emotion. I never realized that ambivalent had a specific meaning other than just not having a particular feeling one way or the other, interesting. Do I plan to change my usage of the word? Five minutes ago, I would've said I was ambivalent.
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Jan 22, 2023 19:24
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It doesn't mean strong (feelings) on all sides imo. It's refers to there being merit, significance (strength) to both sides of an argument. It says nothing about how strong any feelings need to be. You can be ambivalent and apathetic at the same time.
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Jan 22, 2023 19:53
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Dip Viscous posted:I got hundreds of cavities in my early to mid twenties because I didn't know I was supposed to brush the whole tooth, not just the tip. That’s like six cavities per tooth on average, and that’s only if still had every tooth in your mouth. 
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Jan 22, 2023 23:15
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each contact surface between the teeth was like a metro station for branching cavities
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Jan 22, 2023 23:27
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Platystemon posted:That’s like six cavities per tooth on average, and that’s only if still had every tooth in your mouth. Stuff I can't believe I just figured out: forums user Dip Viscous is actually a shark.
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Jan 23, 2023 03:54
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credburn posted:I use the synonym of apparently, no doy while I flap my hand against my chest i sometimes imagine that posters who use the r-word as an insult are making the hand gesture while they type
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Jan 23, 2023 04:04
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credburn posted:I don't hear people say real-a-tor or ju-la-ree or ath-a-leet. Now I'm wondering if one of my bugaboos, "vet-rin," came about due to overcorrecting "veteran."
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Jan 23, 2023 06:43
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Brawnfire posted:When I point out someone just used a word that means literally the opposite of what they were trying to say and that's why I was confused, they always act like I'm a pedant instead of just trying to figure out what they're saying. The one that annoys me is when people use the word "literally" when they literally mean "figuratively". 
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Jan 23, 2023 07:03
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I'm drawing a blank trying to think of a way to pronounce veteran that doesn't sound exactly the same as pronouncing vetrin. Certainly there's no such thing I've ever heard anywhere.
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Jan 23, 2023 07:11
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3D Megadoodoo posted:I'm drawing a blank trying to think of a way to pronounce veteran that doesn't sound exactly the same as pronouncing vetrin. Certainly there's no such thing I've ever heard anywhere. That second e's there for a reason, buddy 
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Jan 23, 2023 07:13
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Captain Hygiene posted:That second e's there for a reason, buddy And colonel doesn't have an r in there at all Language is weird just let people pronounce things
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Jan 23, 2023 12:12
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I first picked up on the ath-a-lete thing around 15 years ago on these forums. People in a PC hardware thread kept typing "Athalon" and I asked if they pronounced it that way too and the answer was yes.
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Jan 23, 2023 13:24
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Bed sheet ghosts are a thing because ghosts were depicted as returning wearing their burial shrouds, not as a weird way to try to simulate etherealness.  Actually the story behind it is pretty interesting, traditionally ghosts were described generally dressed as they had normally looked when they lived, but the burial shroud/bedsheet look became the cultural norm as an artistic shorthand for showing someone being a ghost in illustrations and plays - if they're dressed like normal people it's a lot harder to tell at a glance. There are preserved reports from as a early as the mid 1700's of people terrorizing neighbourhoods by dressing up as spooky bed sheet ghosts, pretty cool. 
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Jan 23, 2023 14:52
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Dip Viscous posted:I first picked up on the ath-a-lete thing around 15 years ago on these forums. People in a PC hardware thread kept typing "Athalon" and I asked if they pronounced it that way too and the answer was yes. 
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Jan 23, 2023 15:02
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Covski posted:Actually the story behind it is pretty interesting, traditionally ghosts were described generally dressed as they had normally looked when they lived, but the burial shroud/bedsheet look became the cultural norm as an artistic shorthand for showing someone being a ghost in illustrations and plays - if they're dressed like normal people it's a lot harder to tell at a glance. Ah, like ninjas in kabuki
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Jan 23, 2023 17:46
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Covski posted:Bed sheet ghosts are a thing because ghosts were depicted as returning wearing their burial shrouds, not as a weird way to try to simulate etherealness. For MR James it was just a literally spooky pile of sheets.
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Jan 23, 2023 17:53
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Last night while I couldn't sleep, I looked up an old song whose lyrics I had floating around in my head. It turns out it's Garnet from Steven Universe, featuring loving Ye. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAD_5NWzM5g
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Jan 23, 2023 23:18
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That song is so catchy and Estelle owns. It is the one song featuring shithead kanye that I still listen to.
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Jan 23, 2023 23:55
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Not five minutes before reading your post I was reading up on Sade on Wikipedia. Both she and Estelle released albums called "Lovers Rock". So there's that.
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Jan 24, 2023 00:02
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Don't worry, she fixed her mistake later https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ1g_SOqGmI This version still gets tons of radio play around here, but I haven't heard the original in years
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Jan 24, 2023 00:21
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Hyperlynx posted:Last night while I couldn't sleep, I looked up an old song whose lyrics I had floating around in my head. I'd love to hear Estelle duet with Afrikan Boy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4kBcm-ls8Y
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Jan 24, 2023 08:17
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Hirayuki posted:Hell, Jaime Pressly currently plays a real-estate agent on network television, and she said "real-a-tor" her first few episodes. I don't think the affectation belonged to her character. The Netflix show "Santa Clarita Diet" pokes fun at this pronunciation. The main characters (Sheila and Joel) are a husband-wife Realtor team, who are used in competition with another husband-wife team. Sheila and Joel pronounce it as "Real-a-tor" and the other two (one is Joel McHale, forget who the other is) always correct them that it's just Real-tor, and they argue that both are acceptable.
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Jan 26, 2023 19:48
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I started a Pitch Meeting about the/a new Clash of the Titans movie1 and the guy said "a remake of the 1981 movie clash of the titans". That movie with the stop-motion skeleton fight must have been remade once already in 1981 apparently. This one, the ~1930s or 40s classic:  From the dawn of stop-motion cinema, alongside King Kong (1933).  Clash of the Titans was from 1981 the whole time. What I thought was the patina of an industry pioneer was actually just thin wood panelling, or possibly dust on the disc (figure 9a).  figure 9a - contemporary consumer release of the Film 1 Clash of the Titans Pitch Meeting on YourTube.com by Pitch Meeting LLC
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Jan 26, 2023 21:40
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Jan 26, 2023 22:35
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That first one was from 1963 and was a movie day staple at schools across the US in the 80s
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Jan 26, 2023 23:27
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Manager Hoyden posted:That first one was from 1963 and was a movie day staple at schools across the US in the 80s The 1963 film is Jason and the Argonauts, not Clash of the Titans. I suppose OP could have gotten the name of the one confused with the scene from the other, though.
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Jan 26, 2023 23:55
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The effects in both were created by Ray Harryhausen, who'd seen King Kong in the cinema back in '33 when he was 13 years old. He got his start in the industry around 1940 and was active for over 70 years until his death in 2013. Here he is doing a cameo in the 2010 film Burk And Hare: 
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Jan 27, 2023 03:54
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If you like special effects or the history of you'd probably regard Harryhausen almost as a god.
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Jan 27, 2023 05:15
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Kantesu posted:The 1963 film is Jason and the Argonauts, not Clash of the Titans. I suppose OP could have gotten the name of the one confused with the scene from the other, though.
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Jan 27, 2023 05:34
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Milo and POTUS posted:If you like special effects or the history of you'd probably regard Harryhausen almost as a god. Truth. He did all his stop-motion work by himself, never with a team. His work on Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger is still mindblowing.
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Jan 27, 2023 07:43
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The gun is good but the penis is bad, apparently!
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Truth. He did all his stop-motion work by himself, never with a team. His work on Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger is still mindblowing. His work was just astounding. There are a couple of good videos on his craft here, esp. the first one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO0Di-Iczuo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVQfXO5DkHQ
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Jan 27, 2023 08:31
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:The effects in both were created by Ray Harryhausen, who'd seen King Kong in the cinema back in '33 when he was 13 years old. He got his start in the industry around 1940 and was active for over 70 years until his death in 2013. Jason and the Argonauts was one of my favorite movies as a kid and was responsible for my love for mythology in general. I did not realize any of this, but this is awesome.
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Jan 27, 2023 08:46
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I always adored Jason and the Argonauts, but the scenes with Talos frightened the absolute crap out of little me.
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Jan 27, 2023 11:38
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:The effects in both were created by Ray Harryhausen, who'd seen King Kong in the cinema back in '33 when he was 13 years old. He got his start in the industry around 1940 and was active for over 70 years until his death in 2013. Holy poo poo. I knew he'd worked in the industry for basically forever, but I wouldn't have guessed he did it for seven decades
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Harryhausen's best friend was Ray Bradbury who he met at an LA Science Fiction Society meeting in the 30s. They kind of worked on one movie together, The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, which was based on Bradbury's short story, The Foghorn. All of his movies are stunning,. 20 Million Miles to Earth is my personal favorite.
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Jan 27, 2023 18:09
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My dad showed me all the HH movies as a young kid so I definitely have a soft spot for Jason and the Argonauts as well as Sinbad. Probably why I appreciate Evil Dead/Army of Darkness so much.
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Jan 27, 2023 18:58
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Never really thought about it before, but there probably isn't someone in the back of the store punching holes in donuts.
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I thought Harry and Hausen were two differnet people. Like a Powell and Pressburger thing
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