Icarus27k

Remember that period when Mad TV was followed by reruns of Tales from the Crypt?

To elaborate on this because I've been replaying the game, the satire of deadend jobs is remarkably on point. I've worked in such jobs before, where managers have resigned themselves to burning through expendable employees. They just assume the new employee isn't going to last long. The Phone Guy character acts exactly like them. Some people are confused by Phone Guy. "Why does he act the way he does?" they will ask. Those people have never worked in a job like that before.

I have a similar experience with daylight savings time. I used to dislike it, but now I kind of think it should be year round and that our morning routines (school, business hours, etc.) should start later.

You have to really try hard to be their enemy. Why not just go with it?

Garlic rotini with carrots and broccoli.

After considering it, I've sided with the skeptics. The current hype around AI is positively Muskian.

Maybe @André Toulon is secretly an employee of the Pop Tarts corporation.

The hype over artificial intelligence is damaging the reputation of scientists. Most lay people think the concept is nonsensical and see a bunch of supposed experts excited about a quixotic fad.

This thread led me to buying Pop Tarts.

No. Arkham Origins is the prequel game. It's the one of the four games that fans tend to like the least because it was made by a different production company and Conroy and Hamill don't play Batman and Joker. But it's my favorite.

Arkham Origins is my favorite of the Batman Arkham games. The TN1 Bane fight is the only time I felt intimidated by one of the bosses.

A turkey and bacon club and Diet Pepsi.

I enjoy going to church. I usually show up about 30 minutes before a service starts and sit in silence. It's an attempt at contemplation, and I value that time.

Classic rock and folk music depress me, and I feel an urge to make it stop playing. For example, my mom is a huge Eagles fan. Listens to them frequently because they remind her of her youth. I tolerate it because she loves it, but it kind of psychologically hurts to hear it sometimes.

Too often during weekends, I hit a point where I'm so idle that negative emotions claw their way to the surface. "Now that I've been alone with my thoughts for a day, I'm a little depressed." Although this weekend (I'm posting this on a Sunday night) has been okay. I think because it's been a sunny, cool autumn day.

Cuban Pete. Like from The Mask.

Years ago while working at a store, I checked the calories on the various flavors of Pop Tarts. The one with the fewest is like one of the chocolatey ones.

I just saw this. I remember vaguely hearing that about the creator. But that parochial controversy does not get much more than an inkling of interest from me compared to the games. I was very impressed by the first game's satire of dead end jobs (like a security guard). I think that's why it subliminally spoke to many people at the time.

Know how your family has a secret recipe that was passed down from your grandparents, but it's sad because they were poor and the food reflects that? That's what I want banned.

Memes are a terrible way to express opinions, especially if it's on serious subject matter. I think less of the opinion if you are able to reduce it to a meme.

One could argue the MCU is a diluted, popular version of Marvel Comics, and thus it's a good thing.

I'm still not over this. This writer doesn't understand there's a reason people fall asleep during Dune movies.

Writer Hickman was responsible for re-inventing the mutants of Marvel a few years ago in the House of X/Powers of X event. Imagine the X-Men, but you turn the whole franchise into a bleak sci fi tale similar to 2001: A Space Odyssey. It's intended to be an epic but it just sucks the life out of them and takes away everything positive. For some reason a lot of people liked it.

I read the 4-issue miniseries. Pretentious time traveling AND multiversal dreck with a dumb villain and ugly art. Penciller Hitch couldn't draw a human face right to save his life. I am concerned about the relaunch of the Ultimate universe.

What wacky, Dharma and Greg-level shenanigans will you do next, online influencer man?