Surprised no one has posted “use a straw” yet. That’s definitely one of the more common ones . Weird as shit.

just picking gnat shit out of pepper

Thank you for this wonderful phrase that I will be using from now on.

Millennium Falcon? Well there goes my weekend. I got some space exploring to do.

Big fan of this one. Do you take commissions?

We’ve definitely got blackberries and blackberry jam, but grape does tend to be the norm in a lot of areas. I prefer raspberry myself.

Can’t resist a chance to reccomend Technology Connections

I would find it difficult to believe Tolkien ever left much of anything unintentionally unexplained in Middle Earth.

I want my movie to be cast entirely with Muppets and Tim Walz.

I tend to like the interpretation that he’s Sauron’s opposite. Completely free of desire and will to dominate.

Disclaimer: not sure I would call myself a “deeply knowledgeable” LOTR nerd.

My USB cables exist in a quantum superposition where the orientation of the male end is only determined after I fail to plug it in on the first try.

This is the most depressing thread I’ve read in a while.

And it’s never the people actually responsible for making the product shit. The only people that get hurt are the ones who did their best to fix issues created by the c suite.

Seconding this one. I was like 11 years old and it’s the first time I can remember being disappointed when getting a game. Went from like Mario 64 to OOT to Banjo to Superman 64 and hoo boy what a drop off.

No, he’s doing both. He’s both open about his love for authoritarians AND uses shady algorithms to promote Nazi bullshit.

“This new mode lets you rescue stranded astronauts in space”

The fun part about this ruling is the final answer to most of these questions is “SCOTUS decides”. Any actions they find favorable will be ignored and any actions they oppose will be considered outside of the agency’s mandate.

Catapults, just to irritate the trebuchet people.

Usually season 2. At that point the writing team has their footing but isn’t out of ideas and trying to drag it out. Most shows start going downhill in season 3/4.

Great story, thanks for sharing!