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doctorfrog posted:A friend of mine is that kind of guy who doesn't read books and brags about it People like this are the same type of people who brag about not recycling.
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docbeard posted:Oh, uh, I know this one. What would your friend say if I asked him which door I should pick? I would also have accepted "and so, betwixt the two you see, they pick the library shelves clean."
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Byzantine posted:I would much rather the "it's on the way" message not get sent until the package is given to a courier. loving 'label created' horse poo poo. Yesterday I got the "your package has shipped!" email for my recent Melusine order and the tracking still just says label created. So it's still sitting in a pile at the Vinegar Syndrome building
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Muscle Tracer posted:Dune is one of those things where the first book is excellent, and pretty much everything beyond that gets worse and worse. I liked the new movie and am looking forward to the sequel but the rest of it seems like a recipe for madness. Dune Messiah, the second book, is also good. After that it gets weird in a bad way.
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doctorfrog posted:A friend of mine is that kind of guy who doesn't read books and brags about it, Does he stuff nerds (you) into lockers after he's done bragging?
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I legitimately can’t understand people who spend time reading when there’s always new video games to play
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More like Dune your mom.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jDqFEkNP64 This is both a joke about how people recommend Dune and also a good recommendation for what bits to read. Personally I think the only wrong number of Dune books to read is 5 or 7+.
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I've been watching the Australian version of Taskmaster, and it's pretty bad. That got me thinking, I can't think of a single funny Australian. America, England, Scotland, Canada, New Zealand, every other country in the anglosphere has produced tons of funny people. But not Australia. I'm starting to think there's something unique about Australia that retards comedic development.
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Gripweed posted:I've been watching the Australian version of Taskmaster, and it's pretty bad. That got me thinking, I can't think of a single funny Australian. America, England, Scotland, Canada, New Zealand, every other country in the anglosphere has produced tons of funny people. But not Australia. I'm starting to think there's something unique about Australia that retards comedic development. Tim Minchin is Australian. (Yeah, he was born in the UK but didn't grow up there.)
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Doctor Spaceman posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jDqFEkNP64 Boy is he ever making the "punch me in the face" face.
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Gripweed posted:I've been watching the Australian version of Taskmaster, and it's pretty bad. That got me thinking, I can't think of a single funny Australian. America, England, Scotland, Canada, New Zealand, every other country in the anglosphere has produced tons of funny people. But not Australia. I'm starting to think there's something unique about Australia that retards comedic development. Tom Cardy alone among australians is funny
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Gripweed posted:I've been watching the Australian version of Taskmaster, and it's pretty bad. That got me thinking, I can't think of a single funny Australian. America, England, Scotland, Canada, New Zealand, every other country in the anglosphere has produced tons of funny people. But not Australia. I'm starting to think there's something unique about Australia that retards comedic development. Kangaroo Jack
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Is the Scooby Dooby toilet australian?
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doverhog posted:Is the Scooby Dooby toilet australian? Do you mean Skibidi Toilet? That's Georgian
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Danger 5 is Australian and it’s comedy gold
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You can't be serious about comedy without Yahoo Serious.
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Gripweed posted:I've been watching the Australian version of Taskmaster, and it's pretty bad. That got me thinking, I can't think of a single funny Australian. America, England, Scotland, Canada, New Zealand, every other country in the anglosphere has produced tons of funny people. But not Australia. I'm starting to think there's something unique about Australia that retards comedic development. As an Australian, I feel there's some comedy formats that just don't work well here. Satire and parody seem to work well, but sitcoms don't. Sketch comedy can be hit and miss. I feel Taskmaster is a particularly British thing, and probably wouldn't work in any other country.
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Elissimpark posted:As an Australian, I feel there's some comedy formats that just don't work well here. Satire and parody seem to work well, but sitcoms don't. Sketch comedy can be hit and miss. I feel Taskmaster is a particularly British thing, and probably wouldn't work in any other country. Sam Campbell won the last one and he's Australian. Also, Taskmaster NZ series 2 is possibly the best series of any Taskmaster.
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Was gonna say Sam Campbell and Danger 5 are both hilarious. I can't name another funny Australian/aussie show, but to be fair, I would also struggle to name more aussies than that except Russel Crowe.
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Gripweed posted:I've been watching the Australian version of Taskmaster, and it's pretty bad. That got me thinking, I can't think of a single funny Australian. America, England, Scotland, Canada, New Zealand, every other country in the anglosphere has produced tons of funny people. But not Australia. I'm starting to think there's something unique about Australia that retards comedic development. They've got crocodile dundee, and he's still got it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsebsYtyCTs
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I don't know much about the chaser but clips of CNNNN i have seen rule. also i remember "thank god you're here" being a pretty funny pre-taskmaster type show
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Imagine Dragons are actually a fine band. Like I don't particularly enjoy their music but they obviously do a great job bending genres, creating distinct vibes, and pumping out catchy hooks. Their singer also uses an interesting variety of vocal techniques and the production/mix is always huge and impressive. I'll never listen to their music on purpose but they're good at what they do and probably don't deserve all the hate.
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I don't like them, mostly because it's an upper class Mormon singing about how he has darkness and demons inside him and it's just really cringey. They're fine musically otherwise.
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they're fine their vibe is just white af
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I am the furthest thing from its target audience so please let me know if I'm just being stupid, but my gf has been watching a bunch of RuPaul's Drag Race lately and the show's presentation just makes it weird and kind of disquieting. There's no live audience for a performance medium that's usually in front of raucous club crowds? Everything they do is just in front of like three people and the camera will suddenly cut to Ru laughing while his facial expression remains completely still? Sometimes Nancy Pelosi is there? I assumed since she's catching up on old All-Stars that this was a peak pandemic thing but apparently it's just how the show operates. It feels like if American Idol took place entirely in the audition rooms, or if sports were just in empty gyms like the NBA bubble.
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Huh. I like and am the target audience for drag race but that's a really good point. At least one of the recurring challenges should obviously be crowd work, I have no idea why it isn't.
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Fagtastic posted:Huh. I like and am the target audience for drag race but that's a really good point. At least one of the recurring challenges should obviously be crowd work, I have no idea why it isn't. It’s probably a logistical issue because much of the show really takes place backstage and you realistically couldn’t get enough done in one taping to make it worth an audience’s while. So like I get it but I’m mostly surprised at how popular the show is compared to how weirdly low rent it feels.
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Every once in a while they get a live audience in for some of the comedy challenges (like the roast), but yeah it is super odd.
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Dan Brown books aren’t that bad. They’re easy to read and interesting and fun
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oldpainless posted:Dan Brown books aren’t that bad. They’re easy to read and interesting and fun guards, make this man smoke weed... to death
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oldpainless posted:Dan Brown books aren’t that bad. They’re easy to read and interesting and fun Well, they're at least one of those three... and you'll have to read three more chapters before i tell you which one!
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Muscle Tracer posted:Well, they're at least one of those three... and you'll have to read three more chapters before i tell you which one! (four and a half pages later) Alright, ready.
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They should try honey roasting more things.
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oldpainless posted:Dan Brown books aren’t that bad. They’re easy to read and interesting and fun I was once stuck in a hospital, in the pre smartphone era, with nothing but a copy of Angels and Demons. He's hot garbage.
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There’s worse garbage than Dan Brown, but it’s always possible to find worse garbage than something
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DeadlyMuffin posted:I was once stuck in a hospital, in the pre smartphone era, with nothing but a copy of Angels and Demons. The worst part about that book... hmm... well, it's either that one or Inferno, I can't remember which. I read them out of order. But ONE of the books, he leans so hard into his every-chapter-must-end-on-a-cliffhanger-no-matter-how-forced-and-arbitrary that when a woman is knocked unconscious, he concludes the chapter with "She would wake up. But she would wish she never had." Or some poo poo. What happens to her when she wakes up? NOTHING. She's rescued, the end. gently caress you, Dan Brown.
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credburn posted:The worst part about that book... hmm... well, it's either that one or Inferno, I can't remember which. I read them out of order. But ONE of the books, he leans so hard into his every-chapter-must-end-on-a-cliffhanger-no-matter-how-forced-and-arbitrary that when a woman is knocked unconscious, he concludes the chapter with "She would wake up. But she would wish she never had." Or some poo poo. Hey, maybe she just longs for death. It was nothing to do with the current situation, that's just how she feels every morning. "gently caress. Didn't die in my sleep again. Guess I'll have breakfast then."
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credburn posted:The worst part about that book... hmm... well, it's either that one or Inferno, I can't remember which. I read them out of order. But ONE of the books, he leans so hard into his every-chapter-must-end-on-a-cliffhanger-no-matter-how-forced-and-arbitrary that when a woman is knocked unconscious, he concludes the chapter with "She would wake up. But she would wish she never had." Or some poo poo. lmao you got played
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