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MariusLecter posted:It's Thelonious Monk, NOT Felonious Monk. Depends how much Pratchett you read.
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Phlegmish posted:Something I only found out a few years ago is that MIA's Paper Planes samples Straight To Hell by The Clash. In my defense, it's not one of their best songs. straight to hell is good
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It was really hard to hear that song publicly in 2007/08 without somebody making sure to tell you that it sampled the Clash.
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MariusLecter posted:It's Thelonious Monk, NOT Felonious Monk. Felonious Munk and Felonious Monk both exist, too, tho
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Dec 27, 2017 07:13
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iajanus posted:Depends how much Pratchett you read. There will never be enough.
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As a kid, I used to wonder why some analogue watches have marks instead of numbers, and figured it was just a stylistic choice. The other day, I realised that it makes sense from a design point of view, too, since the marks represent both hours and minutes. The numbers are only useful if you're looking at the hours hand, so it kind of makes sense to not have them at all.
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Ambivalent does not mean indifferent, but having mixed or contradictory feelings, which in retrospect is obvious if you know a little bit of Latin and just look at the word.
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I'm still not over Kilometers Davis.
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Dec 30, 2017 18:17
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MariusLecter posted:It's Thelonious Monk, NOT Felonious Monk. It is? Crap
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Felonious_Monk posted:It is? Crap You might want to sit down. Thelonious Monk was the famous jazz pianist. Felonious Munk is a comedian who wrote for Larry Wilmire’s Daily Show spin-off. Felonious Monk is the name of a CSI episode.
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Pandemonium comes from "pan" meaning all and "demonic." I actually looked this one up.
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Bertrand Hustle posted:I'm still not over Kilometers Davis.
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Norway has an island called Bear Island, I don't know why but I like this.
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Tarantula posted:Norway has an island called Bear Island, I don't know why but I like this. So named because the first europeans that "discovered" it saw a polar bear swimming off the coast.
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Bad Angus! Bad!
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ANZAC Cove is the actual official name of the landing site in Gallipoli. I always thought it had another name in Turkey.
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Dec 31, 2017 06:00
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ANZAC is an acronym for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps if you're wondering why it's in all caps.
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Hispanic! At The Disco posted:ANZAC is an acronym for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps if you're wondering why it's in all caps. No, I mean the name is officially recognised in Turkey. I'm Australian and always knew it as that but didn't know it was named that in Turkey.
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Dec 31, 2017 07:24
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For those not in the know: Gallipoli was the place where the Australians lost a battle so badly it forced them to develop their own national identity instead of just being tanned Englishmen.
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FreudianSlippers posted:For those not in the know: Don't forget New Zealand.
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FreudianSlippers posted:For those not in the know: Tarantula posted:Don't forget New Zealand. Corrected statement: quote:Gallipoli was the place where the Australians lost a battle so badly it forced them to forget New Zealand and also develop their own national identity instead of just being tanned Englishmen.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Corrected statement: That's more like it 
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Intoluene posted:No, I mean the name is officially recognised in Turkey. I'm Australian and always knew it as that but didn't know it was named that in Turkey. It probably had its own name before we decided it was our special origin myth place.
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Organza Quiz posted:It probably had its own name before we decided it was our special origin myth place. Surprisingly enough, the Turks were apparently quite willing to help it be our origin myth place, though. There's this monument there, which I find really moving:  (Ataturk is, to my knowledge, the father of the modern Turkish state as an entity distinct from the ancient Ottoman Empire and, I believe, a hero figure in Turkey). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANZAC_Cove says the Turkish government officially declared it ANZAC Cove in 1985. I haven't managed to find a former name for it. My point is, I don't think it's actually a case of us unilaterally deciding to rename some piece of foreign land for our national origin myth, but rather them actually being quite happy to participate in that national origin myth too. I don't know why, though. My guess is a lot has to do with the Ottoman Empire - the enemies of the ANZACs - ceasing to be after WW1 and being replaced by successor states like modern Turkey, but I don't know details...
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Felonious_Monk posted:It is? Crap Best was the goon name felonious drunk E: can't google it so maybe I imagined it. Fo3 has a new favorite as of 12:44 on Dec 31, 2017 |
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New Zealand is just a region of Australia. It's in the Australian Constitution. I believe the exact wording is "those loving Kiwi cunts are Aussies even if they say they ain't".
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Tarantula posted:Don't forget New Zealand. Why not? It's apparently tradition. http://worldmapswithout.nz
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FreudianSlippers posted:New Zealand is just a region of Australia. It's in the Australian Constitution. I believe the exact wording is "those loving Kiwi cunts are Aussies even if they say they ain't". There is in fact a section of the constitution that gives WA and NZ a chance to come join the party if they want to, within a certain time limit. WA decided to do it, NZ didn’t.
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Organza Quiz posted:There is in fact a section of the constitution that gives WA and NZ a chance to come join the party if they want to, within a certain time limit. WA decided to do it, NZ didn’t. The wrong one joined up.
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iajanus posted:The wrong one joined up. agreed
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Season 8 of Walking Dead is abysmal. I have no clue who 90% of these people are and I don't care.
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Inzombiac posted:Season 8 of Walking Dead is abysmal. Shamefully I got up to episode 2 of this season before I stoppped watching, honestly I haven't really cared since 2-3 seasons ago. I guess for some reason I had the idea that they had some kind of ending in mind but lol milk that.
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You're writing a zombie story. What ending is there beyond "They all died. No moral!"
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Tasteful Dickpic posted:You're writing a zombie story. What ending is there beyond "They all died. No moral!" - they kill all zombies and win - they all die and lose - sopranos style thematic ending in between brainstorm - go back to the CDC and gently caress around with some stuff even though that hockey hair redneck was fulla bullshit - maybe zombies are actually the enemy; and other people are ok for a change - kill the entire main cast - go underground - a zeppelin
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Powaqoatse posted:Shamefully I got up to episode 2 of this season before I stoppped watching, honestly I haven't really cared since 2-3 seasons ago. Last interview with Kirkman I read he didn't have any sort of end planned for the comic either, it's literally just keep making them until they stop making money.
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Len posted:Last interview with Kirkman I read he didn't have any sort of end planned for the comic either, it's literally just keep making them until they stop making money. Ah, the Jim Davis effect.
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Inzombiac posted:Season 8 of Walking Dead is abysmal. I gave up on that show a long time ago.
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Inzombiac posted:Ah, the Jim Davis effect. The opposite of the Dave Sim effect. Although, he should have stopped several times before he did.
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Krankenstyle posted:- they kill all zombies and win They blew up the CDC in season 1. It’s a trash show but I still find myself entertained by it for some reason. I watch so much “prestige tv” I think it’s okay to allow myself one lovely one (depending on your stance on Shameless at this point).
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I'm sure theres a CDC franchise in DC or up north somewhere, maybe they could go to the UN building or the WHO? Who knows, could be zombies were originally caused by autistic vaccines or raw milk or something.
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