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achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Benne posted:

I mowed my lawn today and felt a fleeting sense of accomplishment

I was told to mow the lawn Sunday when it was like 45 degrees even though the next day was near 80 :negative:

# ¿ May 2, 2018 23:22

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achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Burgatory is my favorite burger joint, then again any place that offers Bison Burgers is my favorite since Bison is the best meat.

Also god I hate the NHL playoffs, the only thing that can redeem it are the Knights winning it since the Pens are probably not going to repeat because of that cheapshotting goon Tom Wilson

# ¿ May 3, 2018 01:07

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Big Coffin Hunter posted:

also infinity war was better than it had any right to be and I'm sorry about my flippant joke last week

I'm wondering why some people think its bad because its introducing elements (Big Event) that has crippled the comics industry since the late 90s, I feel that is kind of comparing apples and oranges.

I still can't believe someone who writes for the New Yorker also doesn't understand the concept of sequels

# ¿ May 3, 2018 04:13

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

NienNunb posted:

Gonna make some hot dogs tonight, what's everybody's favorite Dog Toppings?

Related, the funniest thing I've ever seen on PSP was a few years ago when Hulkamatt probated like 10 people for getting into a long hot dog derail.

Ketchup and nothing else

E: Wait I should specify since this is important, Heinz Ketchup, not that godawful Hunts poo poo

# ¿ May 3, 2018 04:15

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Gatts posted:

Top 5 Superhero Comic Movies

1. Blade
2. Ang Lee Hulk
3. Man of Steel
4. The Dark Knight
5. Logan
6. Hellboy
7. Dredd
8. Deadpool
9. Avengers: Infinity War

poo poo, my hand slipped and I ended up with 9.

Ah yes Ang Lee's Hulk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSZi8oPRUkE

# ¿ May 3, 2018 04:33

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Bums me out that from what I heard our May Day march that our DSA chapter paid to be on was hosed over by the organizers of the March because they didn't like the socialist orgs chanting and tried to drown us out with a band/counter megaphone chants and yelling at our members for being off message.

# ¿ May 3, 2018 23:08

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

VJeff posted:

10 episodes was way too loving few for Samurai Jack's return.

Eh the last few were kind of blahh (and they definitely ripped off the ending of TTGL for the last episode) the 1st three episodes in that season are basically perfect though

I can't wait for Diamond is Unbreakable to get a dub, that and for more Jojo's even though Stone Ocean will bum me out a lot.

# ¿ May 3, 2018 23:26

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

VJeff posted:

The pacing was hosed because they had so few episodes. Stretched out over a full season instead of three episodes that Ashi/Jack stuff would've had more time to breathe and probably made sense.

Also the Ashi/Jack stuff was kind of gross and I wish they just kept it as a platonic relationship instead of romantic which kind of made it come off as fanficy

# ¿ May 3, 2018 23:39

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

OldTennisCourt posted:

Just saw Infinity War. I'm dead serious when I say it might be the best popcorn action film I have ever seen. It hits every note perfectly. Comedy, awesome as hell action, drama, incredible villain, visuals etc.

Best marvel film by far and this is from someone who loves all of them.

I feel for me that is still Mad Max Fury Road, but Infinity War is up there imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDkqJuUYBaw

# ¿ May 4, 2018 03:35

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Jerusalem posted:

I'm still hoping the mess with the FF is sorted out by then and they tease Doom.

From what I understand from Feige (granted he lies a lot since marketing and all that), after Avengers 4 there are going to be no more Marvel movies like it in terms of scope and from then on we'll get more movies like Ragnarok where its fun smaller scale crossovers.

I'm actually pretty pumped for Ant-man and the Wasp because I feel Antman is pretty underrated in terms of the MCU

# ¿ May 4, 2018 05:25

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Jerusalem posted:

I really enjoyed Antman and the trailer for the new one looks like a shitload of fun. Also it looks like it's going to be largely detached from the wider Marvel stuff going on which is actually a bit of a relief, though I expect a post-credits teaser that ties into IW to happen.

It helps that it is set right after Civil War

Benne posted:

After being lukewarm on his solo movie I wasn't expecting to like Strange as much as I did in IW

I think that is the nature of origin films especially when said origin is kind of boilerplate like Strange's, helps in this movie he is more of a sorcerer than in his movie where all the magic people did was throw invisible spears at each other.

# ¿ May 4, 2018 12:54

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Yeah this is why I don't drink despite everyone in my life trying to get me to drink a beer or go out to a bar after work to take a shot. I know if I like it that it'll just spiral out of control like everything else I like (see the mobile/facebook gaming addiction I had that made me spend at least 1,000$ over dumb Marvel games).

As for something more positive I've gone done the rabbit hole of watching this Canadian Man show off his cool ant farms that he builds and maintains for a living
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WlhLmh7uiQ
Or if bugs aren't your thing this guy has some pretty neat videos on how Dinosaurs really looked and how toy makers are basically hacks (that and gives you a neat perspective on how our cultural/scientific understanding of dinosaurs have changed over the years)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caUVRB-FXOA

# ¿ May 4, 2018 17:35

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

VJeff posted:

My friend smartened me up to how loving predatory those games are and how they're designed to make like 99% of their money from .01% of the userbase that has the right combination of addictive personality traits to spend an insane amount of money on them.

Scumball as gently caress, but it seems like the law is finally starting to catch up to it, at least in lootbox form.

Yeah and I should have realized when they shut down Marvel Avenger's Alliance and all that money I spent on it was pointless (it was a good game too)

I'm trying to think what is the best Mr. Show sketch, I think it might be Pre-Taped Call In Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhVbLJvYP8s

# ¿ May 4, 2018 17:45

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

OldTennisCourt posted:

loving lol Avengers is gonna make 1 billion dollars in it's first week

It made Justice League's entire domestic earnings in three days :lol:

Going to a cousin's wedding tomorrow, hopefully the cookie table will be on point

# ¿ May 4, 2018 21:39

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Jerusalem posted:

Can confirm, I knew a bi woman who was completely uninterested in dating me, thus proving her excellent taste.

There is someone I'm talking to online who is bi, but the nature of those dating sites makes everything take forever or people will ghost you after talking for a bit. I hope this one works out considering I'm starting to turn into a heartbreaker after the last two. (Granted those didn't get far enough to be serious)

# ¿ May 5, 2018 02:57

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

I like most of the MCU (the one's I don't like are Thor 2, Age Of Ultron, and Iron Man 2)

Honestly Dr. Strange and Ant Man rank pretty high in my favorites

I love the music in Dr. Strange which is a good counter to people who say Marvel movie's don't have good memorable soundtracks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4uoNAFfvKg

Ant Man is just really fun and I'm glad Edgar Wright left since a lot of his ideas for the movie were kind of blah and a lot of the fun stuff in that movie were made when he left.

VJeff posted:

Ed Norton was loving awesome as Hulk, I really miss him. Apparently he was tough to work with, though.

Yeah he's one of those actors who tries to control the movie, his character in Birdman is basically just an exaggerated version of himself.

St Evan Echoes posted:

we all agreed that deadpool was an awful try-hard turd of a movie yeah?

I thought it was great and did Deadpool the right way, being more like the Kelly run of the character rather than the monkey cheese bullshit that Daniel Way made him which nearly ruined his character until Gerry Duggan and Brian Posehn were given a go at.

# ¿ May 5, 2018 21:25

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Want a galatic hot take my one of my favorite marvel things is probably Agents of Shield.

# ¿ May 5, 2018 22:22

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Joey McChrist posted:

go pens go jets

The Caps are going to win this series and I'm going to be mad online despite the fact that we won back to back Cups and the Caps are going to get shithoused by Tampa.

So go Vegas Knights after Monday when the Caps beat the Pens for the 2nd time in franchise history in the playoffs (man some rivalry when you can barely win a series)

ChrisBTY posted:

Stardust the Super Wizard was Axe Cop, just written by an actual adult allegedly.

The guy who created him was an absolute monster/awful human being, I think someone made a comic about his son talking about how much he wanted to kill his father for being the abusive rear end in a top hat that he was to his children and wife.

# ¿ May 6, 2018 04:26

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

God I can't believe the poo poo my company's head chemist pulled last week, guy is an ancient boomer who has Obama toilet paper, talks a lot about guns, and will tell you how much he hates the government that if he wasn't a chemist would definitely be the elder statesman in sovcit compound in his homestate of Montana.

He prints out 30 sheets of a fake HR sheet that said if you want to make a complaint you have to admit to a list of 10 things like "You have female like feelings" or "You are a Queer". The person who passed these out who thought it was "funny" was my boss/the VP of our company/part owner.

I was kind of surprised that my coworkers of mostly 30 year Gen Xers who are mostly "Socially Liberal Fiscally Conservative" were also pissed and shocked at how unprofessional this was. We aren't going to raise a stink about it though since I'm a coward and know that my coworkers would instantly stab me in the back if I tried building solidarity. Pay and benefits are too good for me to lose the job over this too despite getting tired of the commute and having to deal with said Gen Xers tell me how I need to move out of my parent's house despite the fact that I basically have a studio apartment with free wifi and rent.

# ¿ May 7, 2018 01:06

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

God I feel so aggravated today, I need to stop talking about my personal/dating life to my coworkers who get so nebby and think they are giving great advice like "Drink booze" or "go to the dance floor" or "contact 40 women on okcupid everyday!". I swear its so distracting (especially since I had to get samples off the roof of our building which is really time consuming in taking them off and collecting the data) that I was in a rush to get everything finished. At least there I can go to the gym to avoid the Pens losing tonight (which would really set me off if I had to watch them lose) and hell maybe Raw will have a fun match like that Rollins vs Finn match from last week.

# ¿ May 7, 2018 23:35

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

schweens posted:

When did Okada get swept by the Lightning? That's how this story ends.

I'm not salty. Nope. Not even a little

And if not that they will be swept by the glorious techno drummers of Vegas and then MAF will win the Conn Smythe and every dipshit yinzer's head will explode even though MAF wasted 5 years of Crosby and Malkin's primes by being a really bad and denying us multiple cup runs.

# ¿ May 8, 2018 05:01

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

One of the neat things I found later on in life that relates to New Vegas is how in OWB, Boros is talking about how nice and docile the Cazadors are which makes sense because in real life actual Tarantula Hawk Wasps are fairly docile and will even all you to hold them (I wouldn't recommend it though since their sting is the 2nd most painful in the world)

# ¿ May 9, 2018 00:04

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

NienNunb posted:

It's not Hamlet and it's not strictly an adaptation but everyone who is into Shakespeare needs to watch Orson Welles' Chimes At Midnight. Its a masterpiece.

Or at least watch the Kyle Kallgren video on it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUOg666BZvk

# ¿ May 9, 2018 03:10

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Took a while, but the CD thread on Infinity War has gone to poo poo about as much as I expected.

Speaking of superhero movies, I'm kind of iffy on seeing Deadpool 2, which is weird because I love the character (playing him in Marvel Ultimate Alliance is what got me into Marvel) and think he's a decent character and I loved the first movie. I think it might be that I just need to wait a while since Infinity War came out and I need to avoid burning myself out on superhero movies.

# ¿ May 11, 2018 22:46

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Big Coffin Hunter posted:

lmao how? That movie was way better than it had any right to be for something with a million characters and 10 years of build

Because there are a lot of posters in CD that are miserable jaded people who think movies in the MCU are killing the "art" of cinema and like to pretend they are like the fat alcoholic slobbering Slovenian that a lot of them worship.

I mean hell a bunch of them thought Black Panther was a "evil" film because it had Bilbo as a side character who was heroic and in the CIA and that Kilmonger was actually the good guy.

# ¿ May 12, 2018 04:23

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

https://twitter.com/stereo_williams/status/995501313503965184
I mean I could be the entirety of Angel Dust and most of King for a Day, Fool For A Lifetime and feel confidently right about my dumb 90s music opinions :colbert:

Hell I could every Mr. Bungle album and still be right :smugbert:

# ¿ May 14, 2018 05:07

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

CobiWann posted:

Would you throw in Mike Patton's work voicing the Infected in Left 4 Dead? Because drat those noises, especially from the Witch, stayed with me.

I don't think Patton did the witch voices

However if you want to hear a song done by him going full angry sphere have I got the song for you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjjUveFfJsw
The live performance of it also is great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPsXRiV6yo4

# ¿ May 14, 2018 17:23

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Had fun a the Museum for Mother's Day, I think I'm going to start a Paleontology podcast with the person I work with (technically he's employed, I'm just a long time volunteer). We have some contacts in the industry and hell we know the guy who has the go to Jurassic Park fan/news website so we could probably host it in there. I feel like a 1 hr show that is pretty loose and tangential would separate itself from the more informative Paleo Podcasts out there.

Couldn't be any worse than the time I was a guest on the NXT PSP Podcast

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bix0zpFniYL/

achillesforever6 fucked around with this message at 01:53 on May 15, 2018

# ¿ May 15, 2018 01:44

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

DoctorGonzo posted:

Add Jeff Goldblum

That'll be the long time goal, he's from Pittsburgh and now he's showing up everywhere now where before he was mostly in Tim & Eric skits, Wes Anderson movies, and Conan.

# ¿ May 15, 2018 04:04

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

https://twitter.com/pghDSA/status/996565564008157184
https://twitter.com/pghDSA/status/996565034246557696
My chapter is destorying a corrupt cop loving Dem family political dynasty one cousin at a time :unsmith:

# ¿ May 16, 2018 03:17

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

DoctorGonzo posted:

they are republican?

No we primaried them, though Dom Costa was so shook by the progressive socialist candidates that he sent letters to Republican families to write him in so he could get 300 votes to run as a Republican for the General Election in November.
https://twitter.com/ariellecohen/status/996579195554877441
Ahahahaha

# ¿ May 16, 2018 03:43

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Man next weekend I was going to have a really fun vacation at my friend's place in Virginia Beach, but now its going to turn into one of the saddest "vacations" I'll ever go to since my mom is flying to Omaha tomorrow my grandfather die while the rest of my family are going to drive to Omaha for the funeral and stay over for a bit. It really shows how detached from reality I am because this is only the 2nd time I'm going to feel a loss as bad as this. (1st was my next door neighbor dying a few years ago). :smith:

# ¿ May 18, 2018 03:10

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

achillesforever6 posted:

Man next weekend I was going to have a really fun vacation at my friend's place in Virginia Beach, but now its going to turn into one of the saddest "vacations" I'll ever go to since my mom is flying to Omaha tomorrow my grandfather die while the rest of my family are going to drive to Omaha for the funeral and stay over for a bit. It really shows how detached from reality I am because this is only the 2nd time I'm going to feel a loss as bad as this. (1st was my next door neighbor dying a few years ago).

Well he died peacefully at least and my mom was able to make it in time for his final moments. I'm going to miss him even though as we both got older I started to see a lot of the cracks form in that pedestal I built him on (basically he was a boomer conservative who liked to grumble about liberals and the gays), but I don't think I can be that harsh on him for that aspect since it wasn't like he was responsible for the hellworld we live in.

Looks like I'm flying back home Wednesday so I can actually make that Virginia Beach trip so next week is going to be pretty bittersweet.

# ¿ May 18, 2018 21:39

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Having just passed Sandusky Ohio in this road trip I realized that man Cedar Point is so overrated and has been for years 10-15 years ago Cedar Point had nothing on Kennywood. Hell I enjoyed Six Flags Ohio more when that was a thing

# ¿ May 20, 2018 00:45

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

STONE COLD 64 posted:

the vegas golden knights are goin to the stanley cup finals

I'm glad to be vindicated that MAF is not going to be the Chris Osgood of his generation even though he is directly the reason the Pens did not win the cup for like five years in a row

# ¿ May 21, 2018 05:44

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

piss tape israel posted:

go knights

Give me back to back to back Stanley Cup winning Conn Smythe MAF Vegas :argh:

# ¿ May 24, 2018 04:47

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

If you hate camping go camp in Bryce Canyon during August when its mostly 70 degrees despite being in the desert, the hoodoos are cool from a formation perspective, you can see Arizona on a clear day despite being in Utah, pronghorn antelopes like to graze and run in the fields, and at night you can see every goddamn star in the sky.

It's much better than Zion really because its much less easy to be miserable and die horribly.

achillesforever6 fucked around with this message at 00:09 on May 27, 2018

# ¿ May 27, 2018 00:01

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Road trip to Virginia Beach was fun, was only there for a full day, but I did what I wanted to do, really enjoyed going up north to my friend's house by the river in Urbanna, VA. I'm probably going to go down there in the fall for the Oyster Festival which is just a big gettogether with friends and family.

I will probably stop more than once when I drive down this time, people weren't meant to drive for 6 hrs straight nonstop.

# ¿ May 28, 2018 14:08

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Glad Zack Snyder is no longer being subtle since his next passion project is an adaptation of The Fountainhead.

# ¿ May 29, 2018 02:00

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# ¿ May 17, 2024 09:47

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

God I'm so close to winning this weight loss challenge at work, the only guy really in contention is ahead of me by .4% :negative:

Weigh in is Friday so I might as well just fast and work out and hell probably just not drink any water Thursday.

Started at 261 in mid Jan and now am 229.5 as of today.

# ¿ May 30, 2018 03:02

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