Loose-leaf Pu Er from the Asian grocery is pretty excellent.

But if the viewer speaks French then they would understand the French audio dialogue, so if a (deaf) viewer speaks French, then they ought to have the opportunity to read the French subtitled dialogue.

Adjacent pet peeve: When there's captioning, and a character in a movie speaks a foreign language, and the captions read "[Speaking in French]", or even worse, "[Speaking in foreign language]".

Just caption "Jette-le à l'arrière du camion et emmène-le hors de la ville."! If I do or don't speak French, and if I can hear or if I'm deaf, then the caption would serve the same purpose either way!

The Disney movie Moana made me furious with this, in the flashback during "We Know the Way," when the islanders are singing (I assume) Polynesian, but the lyrics are just "[Singing in foreign language]". The fuck, Disney?! You're usually good at translation!

Like they say in the Altered State of Druggachusetts, "Only take what you can handle, and always know your dealer!"

Doesn't Michael Bolton call the efficiency guys "cock goblins" in Office Space?

"I WANTED ORANGE FANTA!" [Throws 17th century emerald cup across the room]

Dirt-wit, Trump-nozzle, and Wank-clown are clearly underutilized profanities.

Do we only count blue, or do we count red and green as triangles as well?

First they came for the beer and soda drinkers, and I did not speak out—because I did not drink beer and soda.

PLEASE ADOPT VERIFICATION CAT TO CONTINUE

Whales and elephants have cancer suppressing genes, but the article says that there's evidence that dinosaurs got cancer, so it's not just size. But hell, if an ape can grow as big as Kong, who's to say that it wouldn't also have the cancer suppressing gene?

"To prove that you are human, donate $$$ to Doctors Without Borders."

"To prove that you are human, register to vote."

"To prove that you are human, adopt a pet from the local animal shelter."

There was another questionably real Trump tattoo and I had the same thought: is it more disturbing to think that a person would earnestly get such a tattoo, or that a person would pretend to get such a tattoo? Why in the world would they pretend that? To convince people that they are in fact gigantic morons? To manipulate someone even dumber into getting a real Trump face tattoo? It's all very mysterious.

I remember Wil Wheaton saying this in The Guild, but was he also quoting Rand at the time?

Like this?

TIL about Twelve-Mile Circle

I never identified more closely with anyone in Trump world than when Melania was said to be pissed off that she was expected to be in charge of decorating the White House for Christmas.

I mean, I like putting up a bunch of decorations for a holiday, but the idea of being expected to put them up? Oh fuck that.

Did you catch all-despising baby skull last night?

My feeling right after the Biden-Trump debate was pretty much the same as my feeling after the Harris-Trump debate: I do not understand what the American electorate wants, and I can't predict their behavior. I was horrified by Biden's performance, but I couldn't say if that would matter. I was really pleased with Harris' performance, and I'm glad that it seems to be pushing things in the right direction, but by Odin's beard I cannot fathom how Trump could have a political career at all, let alone what it will take to really change the minds of anyone who is still undecided at this point. I'll take what I can get, but I can't predict the mental workings of undecided voters in Arizona, Georgia, or Wisconsin.

In 1971, Rep. Tom Moore, Jr. of Waco, Texas sponsored a resolution commending Albert de Salvo for his unselfish service to "his county, his state and his community." That resolution read, in part:

This compassionate gentleman's dedication and devotion to his work has enabled the weak and the lonely throughout the nation to achieve and maintain a new degree of concern for their future. He has been officially recognized by the state of Massachusetts for his noted activities and unconventional techniques involving population control and applied psychology.

Albert DeSalvo had another claim to fame.

Kamala is the best version of a normal politician fighting against Trump. It remains to be seen if that's enough, because he's just so goddamn weird that it's difficult to even compare Tool A to Problem B.

I think she's incorporated virtually all of the strengths of any of her comparable peers, and almost none of their weaknesses. I think that, given the nature of the opponent and his total lack of seriousness, she said everything I would reasonably hope she would have said during this debate.

I also think that I don't properly understand the collective psyche of the American electorate. I don't understand how the election could be this close, when it is a choice between a serious, competent, passionate, talented professional, and a man who is literally a collection of all of the worst possible traits a person could have. That it could come down to such a narrow choice is a mystery for the ages.

But more doctors smoke Camels!

Humanity truly is a species built on community and mutual support.

¯\(ツ)/¯

Except double slashes makes the underscores disappear.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

So... it looks like adding a slash before the slash and before each underscore does the trick. Thanks!

You know, I think it's something with the formatting here where it makes the slash disappear. Not sure what syntax I'd need to use to make the whole thing appear properly.

See also: Lana Parrilla in Once Upon a Time

Put phone down on wireless charger. Charging notification lights up. Go to sleep. Wake up. Check phone. Is at 2%. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Fucking. Wireless. Chargers.

The crab bucket effect is when people try to prevent others from escaping a bad situation.

What's the opposite of that, where bad people try to lift each other up in ways such that almost nobody would want any of them to succeed?

Not everyone can afford to be picky about potential employment.

I was talking to a friend about a company that treats its employees poorly and he said "Well, they chose to work there," and I wanted to give him a lecture about how sometimes people have to choose between a shitty job and the streets.

I loved going to Big Lots to find the weird shit that Walmart and Kmart couldn't or wouldn't sell. These days, I go to Ollie's for that dose of bizarro capitalism.

Not a widely beloved performance, but on this episode of Prairie Home Companion, he plays Jim from Huckleberry Finn, catching up with ol' Huck. One of my all-time favorite bits.

Relevant part starts at 9:45

Not a widely beloved performance, but on this episode of Prairie Home Companion, he plays Jim from Huckleberry Finn, catching up with ol' Huck. One of my all-time favorite bits.

Relevant part starts at 9:45

Why is everyone wearing so much blush?

Not a widely beloved performance, but on this episode of Prairie Home Companion, he plays Jim from Huckleberry Finn, catching up with ol' Huck. One of my all-time favorite bits.

Relevant part starts at 9:45

Feels like this sort of behavior is the kind of thing that should get you instantly booted from the con, and have your badge revoked, and have you flagged to never be allowed to return to the con, and hell let's just go ahead and give your information to all the other cons that keep such records so they know not to issue you a badge ever again, either. Cons are supposed to be safe and joyful places. If you violate that compact, there should be no compromise.

Hell, not even the fucking Nazis themselves claimed that they weren't deliberately operating death camps. Here's Rudolf Höss, commandant of Auschwitz:

Technically [it] wasn't so hard—it would not have been hard to exterminate even greater numbers.... The killing itself took the least time. You could dispose of 2,000 head in half an hour, but it was the burning that took all the time. The killing was easy; you didn't even need guards to drive them into the chambers; they just went in expecting to take showers and, instead of water, we turned on poison gas. The whole thing went very quickly.

And here he is, after his trial, four days before his execution:

My conscience compels me to make the following declaration. In the solitude of my prison cell, I have come to the bitter recognition that I have sinned gravely against humanity. As Commandant of Auschwitz, I was responsible for carrying out part of the cruel plans of the 'Third Reich' for human destruction. In so doing I have inflicted terrible wounds on humanity. I caused unspeakable suffering for the Polish people in particular. I am to pay for this with my life. May the Lord God forgive one day what I have done. I ask the Polish people for forgiveness. In Polish prisons I experienced for the first time what human kindness is. Despite all that has happened I have experienced humane treatment which I could never have expected, and which has deeply shamed me. May the facts which are now coming out about the horrible crimes against humanity make the repetition of such cruel acts impossible for all time.

Doesn't really sound like the statement of a guy who was trying to claim it didn't fucking happen, or that it was anything but a deliberate crime against humanity.

The Nerf Demolisher was released in 2014.

The Chainblazer was released in 1994.