xkcd is awesome

[disarm]

Eärendil will patrol the walls of night only until the sun reaches red giant stage, engulfing the Morning Star on his brow. Light and high beauty are passing things as well.

[Bullwinkle]

'Grandpa, what was it like in the Before time?' 'It was hell. People went around saying glass was a slow-flowing liquid. You folks these days don't know how good you have it.'

I just spent the morning reading that very Wikipedia article.

[disarm]

The best hugs are probably from hagfish, which can extrude microscopic filaments that convert a huge volume of water around them to slime in seconds. Instant cozy blanket!

[disarm]

not the typical nerd humor, but very funny anyway...


'That was definitely not in my top three wishes.' - 'Who said anything about YOUR wishes.'

[Caine]

once again, xkcd makes the jump into real life.


"If you've never had sex, this is what it feels like. Complete with the brief feeling of satisfaction, followed by ennui, followed by getting bored and trying to make it happen again."

[disarm]

while this never occurred to me before, he does make a very valid point...


For some reason, my childhood suspension of disbelief had no problem with the fact that this ancient galaxy is full of humans, but was derailed by language. There's no Asia OR Europe there, so where'd they get all the Indo-European roots?

[Bullwinkle]

I always found it jarring that Han says, "Then I'll see you in Hell" as he rides off on his tauntaun in ESB.  Even as a kid I went, "Wait a minute, would they even have Hell?"

[Ragnarok]

Agreed.  This 'mistake' is made in many fictional movie where they are in another world aside from earth.  It doesn't bug me that much, but I notice it every time and wonder why not just call it something else, preferably something that fits the lore of the world the movie/story is about?

I'm not sure what would be equal to hell in Star Wars though.  To say "I'll see you on the dark side" dosen't quite have the same meaning.

[Ralph-Wiggum]

Meh - hell is more of an idea than an actual place. It's not like Han says "I'll see you in London!".

[Bullwinkle]

Meh - hell is more of an idea than an actual place. It's not like Han says "I'll see you in London!".

But it's an idea based on a specific religious setup.  A setup that does not seem to exist in the films.  Even the idea seems to conflict with what is in the films.  There's no talk about an afterlife at all, except in that we return to the Force (or, at the very least, some do).

I'm not saying it ruined the movie or anything, but I notice it every time.

[CeeKay]

Who is to say they didn't event hell a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away and we just stole the idea?

[disarm]

On one hand, you'll never be able to convince your parents to switch. On the other hand, you'll never be able to convince your parents to switch!

[disarm]

this may not be all that funny, but it's still a damn good strip...


I calculate that the electrons in radiation therapy hit you at 99.8% of the speed of light, and the beam used in a 90-second gamma ray therapy session could, if fired with less precision, kill a horse (they did not let me test this).

[ibdoomed]

Agreed.  This 'mistake' is made in many fictional movie where they are in another world aside from earth.  It doesn't bug me that much, but I notice it every time and wonder why not just call it something else, preferably something that fits the lore of the world the movie/story is about?

I'm not sure what would be equal to hell in Star Wars though.  To say "I'll see you on the dark side" dosen't quite have the same meaning.

I love it when authors can change 'common' sayings to fit the lore/story. Two examples come to mind: Harry Dresden exclaims "Stars and Stones" where it feels a "jesus christ" facepalm is appropriate, and the characters in the Percy Jackson books exclaim "Thank the Gods" instead of "Thank God", I know it's a little thing but it helps engross me into the story.

[Purge]

Blood and bloody ashes!

/tugs braid

[Moliere]

what the frak

[CeeKay]

what the frak

wrong fraking thread?

[Bullwinkle]

what the frak

wrong fraking thread?

I think Moliere was continuing the "changing common sayings to fit the universe" discussion.

[Moliere]

what the frak

wrong fraking thread?

I think Moliere was continuing the "changing common sayings to fit the universe" discussion.

Fraking right. CeeKay gets fraking engaged and all the sudden he loses his ability to make fraking logical fraking connections.

[CeeKay]

what the frak

wrong fraking thread?

I think Moliere was continuing the "changing common sayings to fit the universe" discussion.

Fraking right. CeeKay gets fraking engaged and all the sudden he loses his ability to make fraking logical fraking connections.

frak me.

[ydejin]

I always found it jarring that Han says, "Then I'll see you in Hell" as he rides off on his tauntaun in ESB.  Even as a kid I went, "Wait a minute, would they even have Hell?"

The concept of Hell is very common in religions.  It's hardly a Judeo/Christian/Western-only construct.  See Wikipedia.

It's extremely likely that a number of the various religions which the many planets in the Star Wars cosmos would have come up with would have had the concept of Hell and quite likely that the concept would have permeated secular speak.  In fact given the number of Earth religions that have come up with the concept, and given the size of the Star Wars universe it would be quite surprising for the concept to not exist in the Star Wars universe. 

So even in the context of the Star Wars universe Han's comment makes a lot of sense.

[Purge]

[Bullwinkle]

Well, now you can't use that one.

The worst part is those sites that have requirements for what your password can be. 

There are too many that wouldn't allow "correct horse battery staple".

[ibdoomed]

Well, now you can't use that one.

The worst part is those sites that have requirements for what your password can be. 

There are too many that wouldn't allow "correct horse battery staple".

I hate it when sites only allow 7 character passwords.

[Purge]

Or worse yet, MSFT AD policies that feed example one, and ban example two. They should base new passwords on weighted difficulty.

[disarm]

I felt so clever when I found a way to game the Fitocracy system by incorporating a set of easy but high-scoring activities into my regular schedule. Took me a bit to realize I'd been tricked into setting up a daily exercise routine

[Caine]

I felt so clever when I found a way to game the Fitocracy system by incorporating a set of easy but high-scoring activities into my regular schedule. Took me a bit to realize I'd been tricked into setting up a daily exercise routine

[disarm]

Those few who escaped found the emergency cutoff box disabled. The stampede lasted two hours and reached the bottom three times

[Purge]

I LoL'd. Thank you.

[Moliere]

Got some time to kill? Check out the money comparison chart.

[Shinjin]

Daily sales of Minecraft

[Montag]

I think I need a new poster.

[disarm]

The SLS head engineer plans to invite Shania Twain to stand under the completed prototype, then tell her, 'I don't expect you to date me just because I'm a rocket scientist, but you've gotta admit--this is pretty fucking impressive.'

[disarm]

I've always wondered whether you could drink slowly enough, and eliminate fast enough, that you just sort of peed continuously. But I'm afraid to try because I worry someone might call while I'm doing it and ask what I'm up to, and I won't be able to think of a lie.

[disarm]

Making Things Difficult...



Favorite mastectomy breast prosthesis idea: a fake boob containing a spare rechargable battery, accessed via a nipple USB port. Complete with a ring of LED charge indicators in the areola!

[disarm]

Game AIs

The top computer champion at Seven Minutes in Heaven is a Honda-built Realdoll, but to date it has been unable to outperform the human Seven Minutes in Heaven champion, Ken Jennings.

[Purge]

I thought that Honda Realdoll won against David Carradine back in June 2009.

[farley2k]

And sometimes I just don't have a clue what the joke is

[PR_GMR]

And sometimes I just don't have a clue what the joke is

She's speaking complete absurdist nonsense, as DaDaist artists practiced, and is scaring the perp.

[farley2k]

Ok....knowing that it still isn't as funny as some of his stuff (at least I assume it is a guy who write it)  Some of them are hilarious and this one as sort of ... ehh..