SZbNAhL's Similarly Sibilant (if unpronouncable) Random Banter #223

[Tvtyrant]

Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Ozzy Osbourne, vs.... metallica. We full-on dropped the ball on it.

I mean we invented blues and jazz, doesn't mean we cornered the market on it. US metal tends to be much faster and with scooped mids (thrash, speed, death and nu metal.) Northern Europe also had its own thing, like playing metal into fischer price microphones (looking at you Berzum.)

[Peelee]

If you give me $2000, I could customise an amp to go to 12.

....but theirs go to 11.

[enderlord99]

....but theirs go to 11.

Exactly .

[Anonymouswizard]

What about that time Helen

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stabbed Rob? I mean, sure, he didn't die, but she was damn well trying to.

I mean, traditionally she'd have to kill several more people and then be killed off karmic ally to be a Soap Opera Murderer.

But my point is that ever since the first Dramatic Fire the writers decided to avoid the soap opera clichés (fires and other disasters, murders, overcomplicated maps of relationships and cheating) and instead focus on the low key, and it worked. Actors who have arrived as youngsters have left of old age.

But yes, more people should listen to The Archers. It's a brilliant insight into what the people in the studio down the road from my old flat in Birmingham think the countryside's like.

Well they do make extensive use of the BBC farming consultant.

Ah, the Welsh.

Ah, sorry, you're thinking of the value enemy that you fight when you can't afford the train journey or coat.

I saw. I was comparing the biggest. Which, for the brits, is effectively interchangeable with "best," but is certainly not the case for us.

The British strategy for music is the American strategy fir everything else.

[Rawhide]

That's Steppenwolfe, because poor literacy is a good way of stepping around copyright laws.

Uhh, no it isn't?

[Peelee]

Exactly .

That's an engineer who hasn't met Nigel Tufnel.

[DataNinja]

... it really says something about me that I cannot tell, literally, if you mean Dan for Mayor or The Good Place.

Ah, oops, my mistake. I was referring to The Good Place. That should teach me to make posts late at night.
...it should, but it won't.

.... Turn in your poutine and apologize? Actually, scratch that, just mail the poutine to me, I'll take care of it.

Sorry, even if I do that, it'll just get confiscated and eaten by customs.

An exchange I just had with my sister;

My Sister: When I'm doing your nails if you feel like I'm hurting you tell me

Me: I don' think pain should be involved when you're painting nails. at all.

My Sister: oh right I forgot

I'm like... what???? YOU FORGOT??? FORGOT WHAT???

That... that is very, very concerning. Much as I'd like someone to help paint my nails, because I always suck at it when I have to use my off-hand... I think I'd prefer to avoid someone who forgets pain shouldn't be involved. Geez.

[Rawhide]

In LaZodiac's sister's defence:

• Some nail polish can produce adverse reactions in some people. If that is the case, discontinue use immediately.
• Sometimes holding the fingers steady can cause discomfort, particularly if you have pre-existing injuries.
• Are we sure she was entirely serious with the "oh right, I forgot" comment...

[LaZodiac]

Uhh, no it isn't?

In my defense I didn't actually know that. I've always seen it as Steppenwolfe.

Ah, oops, my mistake. I was referring to The Good Place. That should teach me to make posts late at night.
...it should, but it won't.

That... that is very, very concerning. Much as I'd like someone to help paint my nails, because I always suck at it when I have to use my off-hand... I think I'd prefer to avoid someone who forgets pain shouldn't be involved. Geez.

Aah, okay. The Good Place really is great, but I totally get some people needing to know the catch/twist to get into it, and I know the issues that even knowing there is some kind of trick involved lessens the impact a bit. I do still think the reveal is just... intensely good though.

In LaZodiac's sister's defence:

• Some nail polish can produce adverse reactions in some people. If that is the case, discontinue use immediately.
• Sometimes holding the fingers steady can cause discomfort, particularly if you have pre-existing injuries.
• Are we sure she was entirely serious with the "oh right, I forgot" comment...

1: Fair point
2: Fairy pointx2, though I'll note I didn't think that was needed on her part.
3: I am absolutely sure. My sister has a hard ass time with realizing things aren't literal, and is herself all but incapable of sarcasm. It's actually kinda sad because our Dad loves him some sarcastic, biting wit... which she takes as literal every time it comes up. Sadness.

[Peelee]

Aah, okay. The Good Place really is great, but I totally get some people needing to know the catch/twist to get into it

I don't. It's Ted Danson! Who doesn't like Ted Danson? People who are wrong, that's who.

[Anonymouswizard]

I don't. It's Ted Danson! Who doesn't like Ted Danson? People who are wrong, that's who.

Who? Anyway, shush,The Archers is about to begin.

[LaZodiac]

I don't. It's Ted Danson! Who doesn't like Ted Danson? People who are wrong, that's who.

I mean that's valid, but I can absolutely see people being put off by the initial premise. One of my good good friends was a little unsure of it's quality, and has said herself she might not have finished watching it based on the first few episodes, because it IS a slow burn. Good acting and writing or not, it comes off as a kinda weird premise for a sitcom.

And then it hits. And it's good and powerful. But you need to get to it to experience it, and some people might tap out.

[enderlord99]

My sister has a hard ass time with realizing things aren't literal

So do I, as I'm sure you're aware.

[LaZodiac]

So do I, as I'm sure you're aware.

Yup! No judgement, it sucks and makes me feel bad. I'm trying to be a better human being to my sister, and you're part of that inspiration since you remind me of her but with far better control and personal growth behind you.

[Bartmanhomer]

I don't. It's Ted Danson! Who doesn't like Ted Danson? People who are wrong, that's who.

Is Ted Danson the guy from the 80s Sitcom, Cheers?

[Peelee]

Is Ted Danson the guy from the 80s Sitcom, Cheers?

Yes, as well as the 90's sitcom Becker, among other things. Best known for Cheers, though.

[LaZodiac]

Is Ted Danson the guy from the 80s Sitcom, Cheers?

Yup! It's so weird seeing him in anything else, and looking as old as he does (though he's aged like a fine wine if I do say so myself).

[Bartmanhomer]

Yes, as well as the 90's sitcom Becker, among other things. Best known for Cheers, though.

I remember Becker. He plays as a miserable jerk. I like Ted Danson. Wonderful guy.

[Rawhide]

In my defense I didn't actually know that. I've always seen it as Steppenwolfe.

I think they might be the ones with poor literacy. I just googled for Steppenwolfe, and every single result on the first two pages was for Scottish comedian "The Reverend Obadian Steppenwolfe III". If it's not on the first two pages of Google it doesn't exist, so I'm not going to look any further.

[LaZodiac]

I think they might be the ones with poor literacy. I just googled for Steppenwolfe, and every single result on the first two pages was for Scottish comedian "The Reverend Obadian Steppenwolfe III". If it's not on the first two pages of Google it doesn't exist, so I'm not going to look any further.

Google's results are personalized, but valid. Mea cupa joe on that one Rawhide.

Point is Born To Be Wild rules.

[Peelee]

Google's results are personalized, but valid. Mea cupa joe on that one Rawhide.

Point is Born To Be Wild rules.

Eh. Maybe for Oldie McOlderston while cruising in an Oldsmobile.

[LaZodiac]

Eh. Maybe for Oldie McOlderston while cruising in an Oldsmobile.

I'm twenty seven. I'm not old I just have good musical taste.

[Peelee]

I'm twenty seven.

Ah! You favor a high base for counting, I see!

[enderlord99]

Ah! You favor a high base for counting, I see!

No, if that were the case, she'd presumably claim to be "R" years old.

I'm N years old, BTW.

[HalfTangible]

Eh. Maybe for Oldie McOlderston while cruising in an Oldsmobile.

*cracks knuckles*

Get yer motor running.



Born to be Wild is great.

[Rawhide]

Born to be ta-a-a-a-a-a-ame!

[LaZodiac]

Okay so here's a random deep cut from hell.

Like a billion years ago there was this great new cartoon animator search. I only remember three shows from it;

1: a super hero, vaguely megaman styled, who attached two celphones to his face to become a hero. One of the test episodes was him fighting an alien robot rabbit thing trying to take over Earth and he blowed him up while saying "Silly rabbit, Earth is for humans!

2: A show about a timber wolf trying to do timber wolf things, but with a tic of saying what he is... with the dire consequence of every time he says timber a tree falls on him. Loon Tunes esque.

3: The George of the Jungle TV Show that actually exists now in real life. Even though I can find no evidence supporting this claim online at all.

My question is um, does anyone else remember this? I wanna watch that first one again. Also I want to prove these were all real.

[Insane Jeenyus]

Eh. Maybe for Oldie McOlderston while cruising in an Oldsmobile.

Well, I am F8 [hexadecimal], and born to be mild!

Re: fingernail painting

A requirement of being an uncle is to let my niece paint my nails when she was 10. It actually hurt under the nails until I scraped it all off.

[DataNinja]

Point is Born To Be Wild rules.

Okay, so, I associate Born to be Wild with the arcade. And mostly Gauntlet: Legends. Because my dad would take my brother and I down there sometimes (before it at last closed, alas), and we tended to play machines that were right by the DDR machine. And the most prominent song for the "attract mode" of that that game was, yes, Born to be Wild. So we heard it a lot while playing Gauntlet.

[SZbNAhL]

Well they do make extensive use of the BBC farming consultant.

I enjoy the implication that the agricultural advisor is intended for use across the BBC and just happens to visit the Archers offices more regularly. Somewhere in the Poldark writing room they're sitting around saying "where the devil's Steve? We can't do this scything scene without him!".

Ah, sorry, you're thinking of the value enemy that you fight when you can't afford the train journey or coat.

The Scottish? The French? The Cornish? Northerners? Wait ... surely you don't mean the great enemy. They whose name can never be spoken aloud lest it corrupt the very notion of speech itself.

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People who put the tea in before the milk.

Well, I am F8 [hexadecimal], and born to be mild!

Let's see ... 9+6=15, 15*16=240 ... you're 248? Either I'm missing a joke, one of us sucks at base conversion or the US healthcare system is much better than I've been lead to believe.