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Looks just like my basement growing up… except Mickey is wearing pants in the pic.
Well, it’s a small world.
It’s a world of tears.
A world of laughter, a world of beers.
It’s a world of hopes.
That AntiFa taking weapon training?
Heh
Srsly, how drunk were TPTB when they gave you a set of keys?
We were all extremely fucked up.
That picture was taken in TPTB’s basement shortly before the keys were obtained.
Ah. I thought I recognized OMWC’s basement. The only thing missing is the children chained to the wall.
The only thing missing is the children chained to the wall.
Well they have been missing for quite a while according to the milk cartons so that is no surprise.
HM needs to give Baked Penguin a tutorial on how to use PhotoShop.
Warty gets hungry.
Not missing
[Edit Fairyed because it was too good]
I guess after about the third or fourth time that basement flooded, the owners just said fuck it.
Can’t tell if Mickey is the perp or the victim.
As in all the classics, he’s both.
The classics.
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Customer.
Finally an on-topic way to post this.
Belated holiday cheer from Glibs discord (you can tell who by channel name).
That was awesome.
Thanks for the mono no aware.
That is a bizarre phrase. Literally means “The deterioration of things”. Figured you’d know it.
Those were the days of titans, two years ago. Vhyrus, John Titor, Groovus Maximus.
True fact: JT is now a short flight from me, becoming a real officer in (what we have of the) navy.
Because apparently switching services is completely normal in Canadian Forces. The course, sadly, mostly limits him to occasional Discord shitpost.
There are threads where people aren’t talking about Star Wars and/or Star Trek?
When Battlestar Galactica fans gather.
Not the remake. The classic.
Make Starbuck Faceman Again!
Fuuuuuck you. Babylon Five.
B5 people can’t not talk about Star Wars and Star Trek and how B5 is superior.
Sure we can. Right Nephilium?
B5 needs a upscaling/remastering/whatever-the-hell-you-call-it.
I have all the seasons on dvd, and they are 90’s TBS broadcast quality.
I think I read somewhere that Straczynski (?) was trying to do a re-master, or blu-ray, but couldn’t get the rights to do so.
Fuck those fuckers.
Could also be a VFX issue – ST:TNG got the full remaster treatment but they had to re-do all the FX at great expense. After that experience it became clear that DS9 and VOY would never, ever get it.
I would imagine that has something to do with it. Who would bear the cost on that? I have no idea.
What I do know is that it’s painful to watch. If you have 1080 or 4k, try watching an episode from Amazon Prime (if you have it). It’s really bad.
I have the series on DVD. We are getting a new TV soon. Now I’m scared to watch it.
SD I pretty sure J Michael has had a number of fights with Turner or whatever entity now has the rights. I don’t think it will ever get sorted out. For that reason it won’t ever be remastered.
Every time I watch an episode, I keep waiting for the screen to stabilize. Kinda like watching a YT video through an app-it may take a while for the bandwidth to catch up, or, whatever hocus-pocus is going on.
It just never clears up-especially when watching on Amazon.
The fights you are referring to, Chafed, are what I remember. I think I read something this last year regarding the latest round. And, I’m pretty sure he said what you said about it never getting a remaster.
I imagine that it will be relatively easy/inexpensive, regarding future technology. After I’m dead.
I guess I’ve learned to live with the limitations of 90s era FX on HD. There’s some blockiness and wonky artifacts.
Someone posted an excellent article with the technical details on why these things will never get remastered. Ah, here it is.
Thanks for the article, Rhy. I was actually able to follow a lot of the terminology.
I think Babylon 5 might have some weird rights issues because it was on the prime time entertainment network. I loved that show until a point. the payoff with the vorlon was done in a really corny way and the quick wrap up really hurt the show. Sadly it felt by the end much of the show was a meticulous and graceful execution of kinda juvenile ideas. Jm strazynski is one of those people who are talented but also needs to find the right creative partner to cover for his faults.
You mean Stargate Atlantis, right?
Odd misspelling of Farscape.
You are all very strange people.
Had a 3.5 hour layoff just now between flights, fortunately given complimentary entrance to the United Club, where they serve free Manhattans and the nice bartender lady liked to pour them strong. “I like the smell of Manhattans,” she said. Oh, were I a younger single man, and an accessible broom closet had been nearby…
Anyway, CNN had the Bernie Town Hall on live, and I probably embarrassed myself by bursting out laughing at several of his ‘serious ‘ statements.
Best one: “How can you guarantee $15 an hour minimum wage won’t increase unemployment?”
Bernie: “We’re the richest country on earth. Surely we can afford to pay everyone $15 an hour”.
Also, they’re advertising an in-flight animated movie about fun-loving Bigfoots with the slogan “Yeti or Not, here they come!”
How did STEVE SMITH not tell us about this before?
We were pondering the terrifying possibility of SKY SMITH. And here it is.
STEVE SMITH NO TALK ABOUT COUSIN YETI SIDE OF FAMILY – OLD FEUD/BAD BLOOD.
The way my employer affords to pay everyone $15 an hour (to comply with new NYC law) is by slashing one’s weekly hours while still expecting the regular workload to get done. The last 2 years, I was getting 30 – 45 hours per week. Since the new year – 20 – 35. Sigh… Thanks a whole bunch Fight For Fifteen.
I’m eating dinner in downtown LA at a fast casual restaurant. A computerized kiosk took my order and a credit card reader took payment . The increased minimum wage is doing wonders for the former cashier.
The bold new Minimum=Maximum wage strategy.
How does someone get to his age and remain so hopelessly stupid? At this point he should just throw everyone for a curve by proposing a negative wage.
Mainlines Flintstone chewables?
Nobody needs more than 23 brain cells
Good. I drink two fifths of bacardi a week, so that’s a relief.
The 23 fastest and most efficient brain cells
“two fifths of bacardi”
So less than half a bacardi?
A fifth gallon is close to 750 mL.
Oh my God.
I love, love, LOVE the newest build of Monocle. Dynamic comment loading startled me at first but I really like it.
Aye
Glad to hear it! I want to figure out how to keep it from bouncing the screen everywhere, but alas, I havent taken the time to figure out how to do it.
FWIW, I just tried it (on desktop) for the first time and I lost a comment I was in the middle of typing. Am I missing something about the purpose of that feature?
It’s more useful when lurking rather than commenting as currently coded. The down arrow is a workaround to take you back to the reply when it jumps off screen.
The issue is that I haven’t been able to track down the full proper height for a comment. The math is simple to keep the screen in the same spot, but the attempt I made at fixing the issue ended poorly. I’ll give it a shot this weekend and hopefully make it more usable.
Ah, that makes some sense.
I am super-happy with it as is; thanks!
I’m always looking for feedback because I’m well used to the quirks and annoyances, and then I forget about them.
It’s more fun to do features rather than bug fixes, but this jumpy screen is a bug that needs some squashing.
A Q Continuum post followed by an Heroic Mulatto post? I leave you all alone for a few hours and look what happens.
Welcome to the digital Mumbai trash heap.
The polio comes at no extra cost.
Oh, pshaw–Mumbai is way too poor to have horse sports.
*narrows gaze*
Oh. My. God.
There is a park in Virginia devoted to depicting the ultimate battle between dinosaurs and Union troops….
“The park’s statues are built around the premise that paleontologists discovered dinosaurs in Virginia in 1863; when the Union Army attempted to use the dinosaurs as weapons, the dinosaurs turned on them.”
Here are some pictures.
A raptor wearing a horse blanket and carrying a note of some kind in its mouth is stalking Lincoln.
How have I never been to this place? It sounds….like my little slice of heaven.
How’d the interview go?
Nailed it! I’m starting the probation period next Monday.
The whole gig is very sketchy and it’s going to be very annoying to learn their standards. The gig is pretty much a ghostwriting (that’s the most polite phrase I can think of) enterprise and my job is to edit pieces that my stable of writers will create. They try to act like some of the orders are academic papers written in English by non-native speakers, and I’m sure that some of that is true, but I am going to have to see what sort of work comes my way when we begin. The test edit I had to do what a terribly written five-paragraph puff piece on Yahoo–not even 8th grade ability level.
I’ve checked and none of this bothers me morally, and that I am much more interested in a semi-stable gig that can pay the bills while we transition to our lives in Thailand.
If I can fulfill as many orders/month that they want, and I assume that I’ll get the minimum amount of money/order, this remote gig will put my savings in the ballpark (though low) of what I was saving in Korea.
There are a lot of warning signs and things that I won’t know until we begin the probation period. There’s a lot to look out for, but it’s a steady amount of work and if it proves to be even remotely as advertised (the research has checked out so far), then it’s worth jumping on to gain fiscal stability.
We shall see.
It’s always good to have more experiences on the old CV. Slip in some vague white nationalist language for fun if you get bored.
WTF? Is this place a parody or serious?
OMG. Natural Bridge is a totally old-school tourist trap and an obligatory field trip destination for the schoolchildren. It used to be privately owned and had one of the worst roadside “zoos” anywhere. I’m assuming this attraction is not part of the Natural Bridge State Park.
I liked the cave tour. I’m pretty sure it’s also a privately owned tourist trap, but is right in the same area and named for the same rock formation.
I was just at Natural Bridge State Park in VA last August (was attending a conference at Virginia Tech and took a side trip). Somehow I missed all the touristy stuff.
I can’t seem to find it, but I found these commentaries:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9iygvPeBEQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m7mSE8I-b0
There are a bunch of others, but I did find this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hoThry5WsY
Holy crap. HM puts up a post titled “Glibertarians After Dark”, and next rhing I know, I’m sitting next to a caterpillar smoking a hookah who’s saying, “damn…”.
Also, fuck Disney and their copyright horseshit.
^^
I don’t want to start a pizza/circumcision discussion, but copyright/IP is so tricky. It’s one of the few things where I can’t nail any standard down. “I know when you violate IP when I see it.” I think trademarks are valid and so is the IP of your work, but after a while I know that it has to stop being protected. Mickey is a part of society. So is Coke. The Yankees. You can’t take away my ability to use those images or names, etc. Then you get into libel/slander issues.
Lazily, I guess I think that you should control your copyright for the rest of your life, and probably your *immediate* family (spouse/children). After that it’s up for grabs. I don’t like the inexactitude of this situation, but I really don’t want to make a One-Size-Fits-All solution.
*Shrug*
Deep dish foreskin pizza with pineapple.
It’s a weird thing because there’s no real gradation to it. It’s a very binary thing. Either nobody gets to use mickey mouse in anything but a very limited fair use exception, or Universal can open Disneyworld 2.0 right next to the original, including all of the characters and everything.
Perhaps there’s a middle ground, but I can’t really think of one.
Paul Krassner already did in 1967.
http://www.paulkrassner.com/
NSFW
If it’s from 1929, it should be freely available to the public.
Mickey Mouse was supposed to be be public domain in 2003 but Disney lobbied the government and got all copyrights extended by 20 years. I did an article on this here last year. It was 50% Disney and copyrights and 50% about how marvel is taking advantage of them and by marvel I mean Disney’s lawyers can even turn comic writers bumbling into legal vice grips. With the writers only semi understanding the significance.
DAMN RIGHT!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLy-AwdCOmI
When HM & Q start one-upping each other with creepy links, I should stop clicking them.
What in the fuckernut was that?
I get that art sometimes has to cross the line in order to create something brand new. But that is nonsense. That is a nonsense thing.
I shant put up with such nonsense.
What side of the uncanny valley do you consider that in a sex doll?
How good of a blow job does she give?
“she” HA!
What’s wrong with you?
IM DELETING YOU, DADDY!?? ██]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] 10% complete….. ████]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] 35% complete…. ███████]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] 60% complete…. ███████████] 99% complete….. ?ERROR!? ?True? Daddies are irreplaceable ?I could never delete you Daddy!? Send this to ten other ?Daddies? who give you ?cummies? Or never get called ☁️squishy☁️ again❌❌??❌❌ If you get 0 Back: no cummies for you ??? 3 back: you’re squishy☁️? 5 back: you’re daddy’s kitten??? 10+ back: Daddy
I’m going to get super high in the bathroom right now.
Looks like I picked a bad week to stop sniffing glue?
One more bourbon and I won’t be able to focus enough to read the comments. Think I’ll make it a double.
Damn to the depths whatever mud filth thought of cummies.
I think HM hacked Q’s account.
New theory: Q _is_ HM. HM _is_ Q.
I think you’re on to something.
https://youtu.be/9C_HReR_McQ?t=96
To whoever linked to the Wheeler Walker Jr. tune yesterday(?), thank you – I sent it on to my friend who has a young son and he reports it is now completely stuck in his head. I could not be more pleased.
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https://archive.li/1emWt/b48ba8020a6a2d2e4f4b7026acd54325c7799748.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/vGyLe3s.jpg
http://www.comedycentral.co.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image-w-520-h-520-scale/public/cc_uk/galleries/large/2016/05/16/mega-cutz-.jpg?itok=02DkuV9v
I would have sworn that was the name of the porn version of Megaforce…
A movie I saw in the theater.
Bah…I had to see it when it first hit cable.
At least I got a few viewings out of it.
Wait–we ARE talking about Megaforce, right?
RIGHT???
It was an extremely 80’s movie.
That, and Metalstorm: The Destruction Of Jared-Syn are distinct pre-teen memories.
::sigh::
You, at least, got some Tim Thomerson/Richard Moll 3-D goodness
All I got was some Richard Thomas crap.*
Well, that, and some Krull, which I aint hating on.
*OK, it was enjoyable crap for this pre-teen. Still…
Anything with George Peppard wins.
George IS fantastic. However, I can’t go as far as “anything = win” due to BBTS.
Of course, I love him for Damnation Alley.
FLOATERIN’!
Fun fact: I got to check out the vehicle from Damnation alley. My brother and I were about 10 yo and my father was driving us down a street past a junk yard and we saw it. He stopped and we got to climb around/in it.
It was pretty terrible. Small and very cheaply done.
That is a damn shame. Movie magic, I suppose.
Trigger Warning: no tits
http://top-modelz.com/uploads/posts/2017-03/1488640107_premium_poster.jpg
Adelina Varciu.
NSFW.
I am at work and I must drink. Confound you,
Dover BoysGlibs.ehm… yeah… good morning glibs I guess
Mickey time.
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I miss your T&A links. Related, I enjoyed your brain fart column. Keep writing it.
I don’t know how this will become a Title IX case but it will.
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/25/ncaa-transgender-franklin-pierce/
Is it OK to dislike just about everyone mentioned in that article?
Asking for a cis-friend.
Everyone except the female (biologically) runner who said it’s not fair.
I don’t think I have enough popcorn for the upcoming battle over women’s sports.
I’m just hoping I have enough lube…
Sorry! Sorry! Just, channeling my inner Q.
And, putting the kibosh on any Jesse/55-gallon drum talk.
Now I’m not sure if you’re lubing up for the women or the not-women. NTTIAWWT.
Let’s just say that I won’t be bored. Heheheheheh…
Ok, just the women.
Now you’re in OMWC territory.
What are you talking about? That came out in ’80–I’m sure she’s of age by now.
This could be the intersectionality Olympics. New acronyms will have to be created for the infinite number of alliances and schism.
Anyone else cant sleep?
Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9jwGansp1E
I have posted these guys before but I cant remember if I have posted this tune.
Happy Mardi Gras, Suthenboy! This is really the only time of year I miss living in NOLA.