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limelight79

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  • Trump talks about reporters being shot and says he shouldn’t have left White House after 2020 loss

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  • and he’ll be equally crazy.

    Equally? That seems optimistic. He'll go even farther off the deep end. Even if he wins, he'll contest it, because he clearly should have won by a larger margin.

  • Need more fiber

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  • My dentist has a setup where you can watch the dental work he's doing on your mouth, assuming you don't need glasses and can see the monitor in the corner.

    I'm not sure why anyone would want that. But he has it.

  • "It's going to be fun to play this game again!" [Azul Crescent's silly scribbles]

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  • Lol I'm working on a MAME emulator system and saw the roms for Altered Beast yesterday, and I wondered if I should bother, because I remember playing it some in the arcade. Sounds like I should skip it!

  • It is a good day for naps

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  • Someone tell my cats!

    Had a busy morning and evening, so I decided to try to take a nap for an hour this afternoon. One of our cats laid down on my legs and turned into a warm puddle, albeit after a few minutes of demanding scratches.

    Then one of other ones got into "poor, unloved kitty" mode, meowing loudly for no particular reason. I'm told the third one was also making noise, but I didn't hear that.

  • Been thinking this for over a decade

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  • "People voting for their leaders? That's socialism!"

  • Instructions

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  • Oddly enough, that's a real chair from the 20th century. Somewhere there's a wiki that has a page with every chair in Star Trek and what model it is, and that is an off-the-shelf model.

  • Will Wednesday Hot Tip

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  • Ohhhh this explains how my router can tell me how much traffic we use for, say, Teams. I've wondered about that.

  • Will Wednesday Hot Tip

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  • Immortal wouldn't be a problem, you'd think. Maybe if you were the Highlander.

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    Dear Americans, how do you go back to normal after such an election campaign?

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  • Pretty sure my great great grandparents were German. I'd have to double check that. My grandmother's maiden name is pretty German Jewish, but I can't recall at the moment whether she was a first generation immigrant or not. I did some research on this a few years back, and I would have to look at my notes to confirm.

    It's a little confusing because there's a actually some German heritage on both sides - the grandmother above was my father's mother, but there's some on my mother's side, too.

    Americans are obsessed with genealogy, and I spent some time on it during the pandemic, so I can tell you I'm some odd fraction German, which you usually can't get to, like 5/8ths, because it comes from both families.

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    Dear Americans, how do you go back to normal after such an election campaign?

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  • Yeah I saw that about Germany. Unfortunately, if even Germany is sliding that way, it's hard to imagine anywhere else not doing the same...

  • What is your favorite inconsequential fan theory?

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  • Close, he looks like Mr. Burns but he has a mustache. Also he apparently has an extra wrinkle under one eye. Unfortunately the images were not reproduced, so I'll hit Frinkiac.

    Mr. Snrub

    Mr. Burns

    I don't agree with the wrinkle comment, but that mustache...

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    Dear Americans, how do you go back to normal after such an election campaign?

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  • One of our neighbors had a MAGA collar for their dog...THEIR DOG. Why do they need to drag their DOG into this? He was a good boy. (Was, because the dog passed away from cancer a year or two ago.)

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    Dear Americans, how do you go back to normal after such an election campaign?

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  • My wife is predicting a civil war. I can't help but wonder what our role will be in it.

    Any countries who are not sliding into fascism that would be interested in hiring two well-educated adults? I really love Germany, and despite some German heritage, it's too far removed to be of value in gaining citizenship or a passport. We visited Germany in the spring of 2016 (and heard, several times, "WHAT is going on in your country?") and she loved it, too.

  • What is your favorite inconsequential fan theory?

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  • Yes, I think you are missing the joke. I'll explain it, because that can only make it funnier.

    In the show, it's quite obvious that it's just Mr. Burns with a fake mustache. He apparently didn't even think of a fake name until he's called upon to suggest what to do with the money, because he says, "Mr....Snrub. Yes, that'll do."

    The writeup is ignoring that and writing out the theory, with supporting evidence, as though realizing Mr. Snrub, is, in fact, Mr. Burns would be a major revelation to everyone. (Also it's not my theory, I just reposted it, as noted at the top of my comment.)

  • What is your favorite inconsequential fan theory?

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  • But...

  • What is your favorite inconsequential fan theory?

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  • This is my favorite fan theory, originally created by the Four Finger Discount people, I'm told, but I can't find it on their site:

    In Simpsons episode 9F10, “Marge vs. the Monorail”, the town meeting is interrupted by a mysterious character named Mr. Snrub. It’s a strange scene, because we never actually find out who Snrub is, and he doesn’t show up again in the rest of the episode, or indeed, in the rest of the series. However, I think I might have figured out why: Mr. Snrub is actually Mr. Burns in disguise.

    I know it sounds implausible, but here is my reasoning:

    Notice that “Snrub” has the same number of letters as “Monty”, Mr. Burns’s first name. Coincidence? Maybe, but there’s more.

    Notice how quick Smithers is to agree with Snrub. I think the writers added this line as a subtle hint to the audience that there is some connection between Snrub and Burns. It also explains why Smithers was so willing to help Snrub in his time of need; because Snrub reminds him of Burns in some deep, ineffable way. If you listen closely to Snrub’s voice, it sounds an awful lot like Harry Shearer. Harry Shearer does the voice of many characters on The Simpsons, including Reverend Lovejoy, Seymour Skinner, Ned Flanders, and… Mr Burns. This doesn’t tell use for sure that Snrub is Burns, but it does narrow down the possibilities considerably.

    When Snrub stands up to speak, he mentions that he comes from “someplace far away”. The writers of The Simpsons have always said that they consider Springfield to be somewhat flexible in its reality. For example, in one episode, Moe’s Bar is a short walk from the Simpsons’ house, but in the movie, it’s right next to the church. It is quite possible that, for the purpose of this scene, the writers wanted Mr Burns’ home to be “far away” from the Town Hall.

    Notice that, in the above scene, when everyone in the Town Hall starts to get angry, Snrub instinctively tents his fingers, not unlike Mr Burns’ signature gesture. Now, to be fair, we occasionally see this gesture done by other characters, such as Homer, Bart, and even Lisa. But, I mean, still.

    I will admit that this theory has some flaws. For example:

    If Snrub is Burns, how did he grow the moustache so quickly? We saw Burns earlier in the episode dumping nuclear waste in the park, and he didn’t have a moustache then. This could partly be explained by the fact that, strictly speaking, we don’t know how much time has passed between that scene and the scene in the Town Hall. Perhaps this was enough time for Burns to grow the moustache that would disguise him as Snrub?

    We all know that Smithers is in love with Burns, and that Burns doesn’t return Smithers’ affection. So, why is Burns so quick to embrace Smithers and hang on to him as they escape the building?

    Look at this comparison of Snrub and Burns. They look almost nothing alike. For one thing, notice that Snrub has an extra wrinkle under his left eye. His face also settles into an expression that is open and happy, in contrast with Mr Burns’ scowl. In addition, Snrub has a more prominent overbite, the three liver spots on his head are further apart. I haven’t even gotten started on the colours: Snrub wears a dark blue suit with a black tie, and has light blue hair. Burns, in contrast, wears a teal suit with a pink tie, and has gray hair.

    If Burns really was at the Town Hall, then who was running the nuclear plant? The lights are on in the building, which clearly means that the power is working. Snrub’s suggestion is that the city give the two million dollars to the Nuclear Power Plant. Why would Mr. Burns do this, since Burns already knows that the power plant is where the money came from? This leaves us with the possibility that Snrub was just an innocent person who spoke at the town meeting without being fully informed about the background details (hence why everybody was so mad at him for being so ignorant and unprepared).

    So, at the end of the day, it’s hard to say who Snrub really is. It’s even more difficult to say why he showed up in only that one scene, and why he never showed up again — perhaps he was a character the writers wanted to introduce to the show, but could never find a good enough story for.

    Like many fan theories, it’s probably not true, and I’m probably over-analyzing it, but it’s sure fun to think about!

  • AI just steals other people's labor

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  • Agreed. I have no idea how someone says "not as funny as it could have been". I rolled in laughter for the entire thing. Hardest I've laughed in a long time.

  • I just realized why some people hate replicated food...

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  • It's not even a theory, really. Troi had to argue with the computer to get a chocolate sundae in one early episode.

  • Elon Musk has regularly talked with  Vladimir Putin — and faced 'implicit threats': report

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  • I don't think anyone really has missiles that can do that. It was intended to be a joke about Elon's ego.