Random non sequitur posts catch-all thread

I think I finally sold my house. After it being on the market for 3.5 years, and after not living in it for more than a year and a half.

Maybe now I will finally be able to stop taking anti-anxiety medication.

bobbywatson wrote:

I think I finally sold my house. After it being on the market for 3.5 years, and after not living in it for more than a year and a half.

Maybe now I will finally be able to stop taking anti-anxiety medication.

Congratulations!

Back in 2008 we got stuck owning two houses for a little over a year, and it sucked.

ClockworkHouse wrote:

To be fair, the average Pornhub video is likely more accurate than the average YouTube video.

The amazing thing here is that you're genuinely not wrong.

But, can an IUD protect a woman from YouTube?

iaintgotnopants wrote:

But, can an IUD protect a woman from YouTube?

If you replace your hard drive with it, then yes, yes it can.

Hrdina wrote:
bobbywatson wrote:

I think I finally sold my house. After it being on the market for 3.5 years, and after not living in it for more than a year and a half.

Maybe now I will finally be able to stop taking anti-anxiety medication.

Congratulations!

Back in 2008 we got stuck owning two houses for a little over a year, and it sucked.

I'm currently renting, and I have no idea if I will ever get back to owning. I might move soon, so the sale is right on time in case I want to reconsider.

Just saw this on Twitter:

20 years after #TheMummy first hit theaters there still hasn't been an action star like Brendan Fraser

I'm thinking, that was probably on purpose.

Jayhawker wrote:

Just saw this on Twitter:

20 years after #TheMummy first hit theaters there still hasn't been an action star like Brendan Fraser

I'm thinking, that was probably on purpose.

You did not just dis Brendan Fraser! He could have been the Tom Hanks of action movies!

I found the story of why he disappeared for a while interesting in a tragic sort of way. He's done some pretty cool work lately.

BadKen wrote:

You did not just dis Brendan Fraser!

I did it!

BadKen wrote:
Jayhawker wrote:

Just saw this on Twitter:

20 years after #TheMummy first hit theaters there still hasn't been an action star like Brendan Fraser

I'm thinking, that was probably on purpose.

You did not just dis Brendan Fraser! He could have been the Tom Hanks of action movies!

I found the story of why he disappeared for a while interesting in a tragic sort of way. He's done some pretty cool work lately.

It's sad that The Mummy had such diminishing returns, because the first movie was genuinely fantastic from beginning to end.

Jayhawker wrote:
BadKen wrote:

You did not just dis Brendan Fraser!

I did it!

How DARE you, sir?!?!?
PISTOLS! At DAWN!

Prederick wrote:

It's sad that The Mummy had such diminishing returns, because the first movie was genuinely fantastic from beginning to end.

Abso-freakin'-lutely. See. Prederick gets it.

BadKen wrote:

I found the story of why he disappeared for a while interesting in a tragic sort of way. He's done some pretty cool work lately.

Thanks for posting that! It was an interesting read.

I have a theory that The Mummy is a generational thing. I didn't have an impact on me, but I think that's just because I'm old enough that Indiana Jones was one of the defining characters of my childhood, so that particular spot in my, personal pantheon as it were, was already occupied. But for someone a bit younger, where Indiana Jones was just a series of movies on cable, then I think The Mummy comes along and takes that spot in your psyche.

fenomas wrote:

I have a theory that The Mummy is a generational thing. I didn't have an impact on me, but I think that's just because I'm old enough that Indiana Jones was one of the defining characters of my childhood, so that particular spot in my, personal pantheon as it were, was already occupied. But for someone a bit younger, where Indiana Jones was just a series of movies on cable, then I think The Mummy comes along and takes that spot in your psyche.

I’m not that young. I just dislike Indiana Jones’ super macho side and disregard for consent. (No, catching a woman with your whip is not sexy)

Eleima wrote:

I just dislike Indiana Jones’ super macho side and disregard for consent. (No, catching a woman with your whip is not sexy)

And then there's this...

Lucas has issues.

BadKen wrote:
Eleima wrote:

I just dislike Indiana Jones’ super macho side and disregard for consent. (No, catching a woman with your whip is not sexy)

And then there's this...

Lucas has issues.

Yup.

And don't forget just how racist Temple of Doom is.

The Mummy also has Rachel Weisz, which is always a plus.

ClockworkHouse wrote:

The Mummy also has Rachel Weisz, which is always a plus.

I love her in that. Her character archetype is a loveable ditzy broad in distress, but it's not entirely written that way, and she doesn't play it in the standard Hollywood way. She's mostly an inexperienced academic out in the field, but she's not just a skirt out there to be rescued. She's the brains of the operation, and she makes significant contributions as the story unfolds.

She is, as Tricia Ennis wrote for SyFy: "the real hero of the story."

I think her brother is the real ditzy broad in the movie.

Yeah her brother was the obvious tick the box comic relief.

I've noticed that after I finish a game, especially one that I've been playing for awhile, that I have this voracious period where I just start like five or six different games and play an hour of each one until I settle into one to play for long-term. Anyone else find themselves doing something like that? Or do you always know what you want to play next when you finish something up?

ClockworkHouse wrote:

I've noticed that after I finish a game, especially one that I've been playing for awhile, that I have this voracious period where I just start like five or six different games and play an hour of each one until I settle into one to play for long-term. Anyone else find themselves doing something like that? Or do you always know what you want to play next when you finish something up?

Yup, except that period lasts for weeks or months for me these days; I used to have a very short gaming refractory period.

If you take out the bit about actually finishing games, that's me all the time.

The games that stick, I tend to plink away at over months, while still sampling the tasting menu throughout.

ClockworkHouse wrote:

I've noticed that after I finish a game, especially one that I've been playing for awhile, that I have this voracious period where I just start like five or six different games and play an hour of each one until I settle into one to play for long-term. Anyone else find themselves doing something like that? Or do you always know what you want to play next when you finish something up?

Lately I seem to only have focus enough for one game at a time, but meanwhile I'm piling up a mental backlog of things that I also want to be playing. So when I'm finally finished with that one game, I'm suddenly awash in possibility and I tend to end up in a bit of an overwhelmed, listless state, which leads to peripatetically wandering the pile for a week or so even when I think I've settled on what's up next.

ClockworkHouse wrote:

I've noticed that after I finish a game, especially one that I've been playing for awhile, that I have this voracious period where I just start like five or six different games and play an hour of each one until I settle into one to play for long-term. Anyone else find themselves doing something like that? Or do you always know what you want to play next when you finish something up?

I finish a game and then deliberate(and read strategy guides) for a week or so until I choose a new game. I typically only play one at a time.

ClockworkHouse wrote:

I've noticed that after I finish a game, especially one that I've been playing for awhile, that I have this voracious period where I just start like five or six different games and play an hour of each one until I settle into one to play for long-term. Anyone else find themselves doing something like that? Or do you always know what you want to play next when you finish something up?

Finish up a game? Before starting a new one? Ha ha ha.... That’s a good one!

No, quite the opposite. Now when I finish a game, I scan through my Steam library and sigh at the prospect of learning the mechanics of a whole new game.

Oh wait, look, a sequel to a game I enjoyed. I probably don't have to learn anything new! Score!

* launches Middle-earth: Shadow of War *

I wish I could focus on a single game. I keep finding myself flitting between games, and perusing Steam sales even as the pile of unfinished games climbs ever higher. I think it's because I enjoy the discovery of new stuff in the first couple of hours of a game, and then lose interest as the novelty wears off.

I just noticed that according to my Steam profile I currently own 666 games. So clearly I can never buy another game or else I'll ruin that.

Some people might have immediately bought one more game. I guess it just depends on your point of view.

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Tscott wrote:

I just noticed that according to my Steam profile I currently own 666 games. So clearly I can never buy another game or else I'll ruin that.

One of the cashiers in our cafeteria seems to get upset when my lunch costs $6.66, or at least acts as if she thinks I should be upset. Now I try to make sure I get just enough salad to make that happen.