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The first time I saw Pulp Fiction I assumed that "pipe-hitting" meant that they, like, used lead pipes to hit people, like in Clue(do)
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Yeah it's literally just occurred to me he probably means crackheads Though now I really want a side story about the Crime Plumbers
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Dec 7, 2023 00:49
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I was well aware of drug addicts salvaging copper piping from abandoned buildings by then but maybe that was more a midwestern thing in the 90s.
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Dec 7, 2023 00:50
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Those are pipe HOARDERS, not pipe HITTERS
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Dec 7, 2023 00:52
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Although I guess they're both!
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Dec 7, 2023 00:52
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Brawnfire posted:Although I guess they're both! That venn diagram looks like a cross section of a copper pipe
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Dec 7, 2023 00:53
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sebmojo posted:Yeah it's literally just occurred to me he probably means crackheads Doubtless there's plenty of Wario and Waluigi fanfic out there E: wait, are they plumbers too? They must be, surely. Or are they nega-plumbers, who block up all your pipes? EE: ha! Hyperlynx has a new favorite as of 01:10 on Dec 7, 2023 |
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Dec 7, 2023 00:54
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sebmojo posted:Yeah it's literally just occurred to me he probably means crackheads Somehow I don't think Tarantino's getting the rights to make a Wario & Waluigi movie anytime soon, unfortunately e: noooooo
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Dec 7, 2023 00:54
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Brawnfire posted:Those are pipe HOARDERS, not pipe HITTERS And not to be confused with Pipefitters, who play bass in a canadian punk band.
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Dec 7, 2023 01:06
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Baron von Eevl posted:And not to be confused with Pipefitters, who play bass in a canadian punk band. Also the union of underground pipe workers
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Dec 7, 2023 01:07
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sebmojo posted:Yeah it's literally just occurred to me he probably means crackheads Yeah, I just now realized this, too. I thought he meant dudes to beat him with pipes (and it made sense to me; I'd just played Silent Hill, and that had a lead pipe).
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Dec 7, 2023 01:55
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Crack heads will beat anyone you want with pipes if you give them the cash or crack for their work.
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Dec 7, 2023 03:11
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There's got to be a way to work plumber's crack into this but I can't put my finger in it.
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Dec 7, 2023 05:21
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Grassy Knowles posted:I was well aware of drug addicts salvaging copper piping from abandoned buildings by then but maybe that was more a midwestern thing in the 90s. Yeah these days they don't wait for the building to be abandoned.
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Dec 7, 2023 05:51
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Leave posted:Yeah, I just now realized this, too. I thought he meant dudes to beat him with pipes (and it made sense to me; I'd just played Silent Hill, and that had a lead pipe). This until right now.
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Dec 7, 2023 07:06
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there's a right wing clothing brand called pipe hitters union, who presumably also thought hitting pipes was being badass and not smoking crack
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Dec 7, 2023 07:43
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Yngwie Mangosteen posted:This until right now. Probably on my seventh rewatch or so.
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Dec 7, 2023 08:43
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FFT posted:There's got to be a way to work plumber's crack into this but I can't put my finger in it. 
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Dec 7, 2023 08:44
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Apparently pipe hitter also means someone who is super hardcore in the Marines so now I don't know what to think
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Dec 7, 2023 09:43
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What a link from google says about that usage: "the term traces its origins back to the film Pulp Fiction".
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Dec 7, 2023 10:16
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Logically, Wario is the opposite of a plumber
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Dec 7, 2023 10:30
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a guy who clogs the toilet? yeah, that tracks.
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Dec 7, 2023 10:56
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Captain Splendid posted:Logically, Wario is the opposite of a plumber A plumbee?
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Dec 7, 2023 11:04
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You clog 'em, we clear 'em!
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Dec 7, 2023 11:04
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Amoeba102 posted:What a link from google says about that usage: "the term traces its origins back to the film Pulp Fiction". I think a lot of people misunderstood the term. I certainly did. It was only when someone else explained it did it become retroactively obvious what it meant - a couple of hosed up druggies so far gone they'd do literally anything to someone for a hit or some cash. And that Marsellus Wallace was about to lay down some pain so horrific he couldn't even trust his own men to help him.
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Dec 7, 2023 12:52
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Megillah Gorilla posted:I think a lot of people misunderstood the term. I certainly did. I'm pretty sure he wants drugged out losers to do the work because he doesn't want his regular muscle to know he's been "emasculated" by being raped by Zed and/or Zed's friend(s).
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Dec 7, 2023 14:11
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next you're gonna tell me a sherm head isn't a WW2 tank enthusiast
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Dec 7, 2023 14:38
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DontMockMySmock posted:The first time I saw Pulp Fiction I assumed that "pipe-hitting" meant that they, like, used lead pipes to hit people, like in Clue(do) You know what, I assumed that until like ten seconds ago
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Dec 9, 2023 04:40
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I just realised the US Air Force doesn't have any F/A-18s, and never has. It is exclusively a Navy and Marine Corps airplane. It's used by the Royal Australian Air Force, and our Navy does not have any aircraft carriers, so I'd just assumed its country of origin also has some in its air force because that seems perfectly normal and reasonable.
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Dec 11, 2023 03:01
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Hyperlynx posted:I just realised the US Air Force doesn't have any F/A-18s, and never has. It is exclusively a Navy and Marine Corps airplane. Normal and reasonable is not how I'd describe US military procurements.
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Dec 11, 2023 03:03
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Inceltown posted:Normal and reasonable is not how I'd describe US military procurements. Oh, certainly. I mean, they have an entire duplicate "The Army", after all.
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Dec 11, 2023 03:41
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There's no reason for the US to use the Super Hornet in its air force. Canada and Australia buying an aircraft designed for carrier use for their air force is their own problem.
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Dec 11, 2023 03:43
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Gaius Marius posted:There's no reason for the US to use the Super Hornet in its air force. Canada and Australia buying an aircraft designed for carrier use for their air force is their own problem. How do figure? There's no need to now, sure, there's even better stuff available, but you seem to be implying that there never was a reason either.
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Dec 11, 2023 04:15
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The US already had the F-16 and F-15 when the Hornet was rolled out. Its role was carrier based because it was the only niche that it was needed for.
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Dec 11, 2023 04:21
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True enough
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Hyperlynx posted:I just realised the US Air Force doesn't have any F/A-18s, and never has. It is exclusively a Navy and Marine Corps airplane. Also true of the F-14. By extension, the most famous American example of air combat in cinema doesn't feature the USAF.
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Dec 11, 2023 07:28
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yeah I don't know why Australia bought the f18 instead of the f15, probably bribery.
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Dec 11, 2023 12:25
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thatbastardken posted:yeah I don't know why Australia bought the f18 instead of the f15, probably bribery. It was better than what they needed it for, apparently
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Dec 11, 2023 12:52
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It's cooler looking. That's like half the reason you invest in fighter jets
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The f16 variants is a bit more fragile than the f18+f18e. So in a nutshell, the us carrier airplanes are the best rough'n'ready alternative if you want a robust airplane that does an f16 job, and if you're limited by reeeally wanting to buy american for the political effects that giving americans money would buy you.
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