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Ando and I were discussing that phenomenon last night. I quoted something from Animal House and he confessed that he had never actually seen it but recognised the quote all the same. I ventured that he would have practically seen the whole movie through various affectionate parodies.

Then again, nerds. I felt the same way about knowing what the number 42 meant to Douglas Adams afficionados; nerds are relentless in trying to spread what they love. Combination of facebook and youtube has made this easier than ever.

Crazedwraith wrote:whenever i see clips of holy grail i wonder what all the fuss is about

evilsoup wrote:thank you captain obvious

before seeing that scene again i remembered it as the peasant being completely silly and overreacting, so "help i'm being oppressed" brought up that flawed memory of the scene and would mean the speaker was complaining about nothing.

of course he was being somewhat silly, that's part of the comedy, but what i didn't remember was that his objection was actually well grounded.

When much of the comedic value is derived from the absurdity of the material, it shouldn't be surprising that coming into it having heard all of the material in advance dulls the enjoyment.

so i just received my first paycheck of 2013. a sweet $800 (before taxes). next one coming.... eventually. maybe. great.

i guess on the bright side i might be able to get out of paying my estimated income and payroll taxes next month! gotta talk to the accountant, ugh... but at this rate i kinda have to.

anywho so a handful of scenes in my sci fi world involve some of the characters going to one of the ridiculously rich parts of the world and oohing and aahing a little over the huge buildings, outside and inside

like have oyu ever seen westminster abbey on the tv? the thing is enormous, you go inside and there's fucking trees growing in this building and they don't get anywhere close to the ceiling. when i watched the royal wedding i just couldn't get over the size and majesty of that place

on i think 60 minutes a couple weeks ago they were showing another huge church in spain and it was built to be like a forest, huge, tall, amazing detail. incredible architecture

fantastic buildings and i transfer some of my own amazement onto the characters


BUT they live inside a fucking man (and woman) made space habitat! 20 miles long, 6 miles wide, when you look at the sky in there you can see opposite strips of land and flying rivers with islands in the sky. those mountains over there? man made.

so i ask myself: would they share my amazement at seeing a huge church or fancy mansion? and i think the answer is yes. you see the world they live in might be an amazing feat of human capabilities.... but to them it is just the world, it is something they see every day and probably barely think about at all. the fancy building is a new experience. this isn't a wholly rational analysis of engineering, it is a visceral "wow" brought on by the art of it all

moreover, i wonder if the amazingness of something is on like a laffer curve (lol). so something small isn't that impressive cuz like dude, it is small. then you get into the "wow" area.... but then you get so big that it can't be like all in sight anymore, and instead of perceiving it as an enormous object to focus upon, it becomes more like idk just a background. though not being able to see the end of something is pretty amazing too so this isn't perfect

i dont really know the familiarity with the daily view vs the new experience is solid enough reason for them to be just as amazed as me

Well, I know that when you where on the level "The Silent Cartographer" from the original Halo, you could see rising above the horizon the curvature of the Halo, going up and up and far away into the sky.

And then your eyes rose up, at the vertical, and far away you could see the other side of the Halo, all tiny and yet you knew it was fucking huge.

Facing that, your first thoughts weren't "wow that's beautiful" as much as "Well, I think we're not in Kansas anymore Toto...".

Point is, I think any kind of amazement would come more from seeing something radically different from what they know than just a question of scale.

Halo was such a great game.

Infinity Biscuit wrote:When much of the comedic value is derived from the absurdity of the material, it shouldn't be surprising that coming into it having heard all of the material in advance dulls the enjoyment.

http://xkcd.com/16/

I love Monty Python. I love the movie. That love can be suitably expressed without pointlessly re-quoting every scene at every available opportunity until the original intent is lost and the only humour value remaining is that it's become an empty pop/geek-culture reference.

was the use of a webcomic to express your opinion intentionally done for irony's sake?

We have a saying here that a single image is worth a thousand words.

I guess that's a case where it applies ?

Yeah, we have the same expression :V

my housemate was all 'in Russia [he was born in Russia] we have saying - your eyes can deceive your stomach'

'...we have that expression in Australia too you utter fuckwit'

Revenge is a dish best served cold.
-Ancient Klingon Proverb

keeping in mind he has spent 75% of his life in Australia, speaking English

then again he thought galahs were cockatoos and cockatoos galahs so I dunno

Sometimes ignorance IS a valid defense.

thejester wrote:then again he thought galahs were cockatoos

what's the problem here

That's a tricker one Jester, a galah is just a type of cockatoo

So hilariously terrible.

http://www.annalsofonlinedating.com/pos ... y-internet

So I realized as I was coming home from from dinner tonight that when I get to the part of my Chuck Norris: Ace Reporter novel where Chuck Norris leads the pack of velociraptors into battle against the Evilutionists while riding on a T-Rex, I should have him be wielding a lightsaber.

A purple lightsaber.

I have so many great ideas.

What do you sniff, and where can I get some ?

Flagg wrote:Revenge is a dish best served cold.
-Ancient Klingon Proverb

Didn't Tony Soprano say that revenge is like serving cold cuts?

Yeah.

I miss the funny dialogue on that show.