July 2012
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American Aquarium Drinker: Alright. →
daveholmes:
I’m reading the NYTimes’ coverage of the Aurora shootings, and this quote jumped out at me:
Luke O’Dell of the Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, a Colorado group on the other side of the debate over gun control, took a nearly opposite view. “Potentially, if there had been a law-abiding citizen who…
You already agree with this, but you should read it anyway.
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A reason not to host trivia games at comic book...
Lady: Which batman villain got their own movie spin-off?
(Silence)
Lady: It's Catwoman, guys.
Me, sidling up to the booth: But would you really consider Catwoman a villain and anyway the character in that movie isn't Selina Kyle so--
Lady: In which Batman movie is Bruce Wayne never shown in a tuxedo or in Wayne Manor?
Me: Are we talking all Batman movies or just Nolan ones because in--
Guy: Dark Knight!
Lady: Which city was The Dark Knight Rises filmed in and which NFL team was featured?
Guy 2: Pittsburgh!
Guy 3: Steelers!
Me: But actually there were also a lot of establishing shots of lower Manhattan and they filmed the downtown scenes by Wall Street and--
Lady: Which fictional character inspired the creation of Batman?
Me: Zorro.
Lady: No.
Me: But--
Lady: It was Sherlock Holmes.
Me: But I was right--
Lady: How many issues was Robin originally supposed to be in?
Me: --it says right here on Wikipedia--
Lady 2: One?
Me: --that Bob Kane was heavily inspired by the 1920 Mask of Zorro movie in addition to Holmes so I feel like that should count--
Lady: Which actor also starred in 3:10 to Y--
Me; CHRISTIAN BALE GIVE ME A DAMN SHIRT
Let's cool it with articles like these. →
No one asked DJ Pauly D’s opinion on the theater shooting.
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"Is it wrong that I'm a little turned on right...
I took the line to mean she was turned on because Jeff Daniels flipped the gun around on her like an action hero. Not because she’s “turned on” by the thought of an attacker.
Not trying to be an Aaron Sorkin apologist here, but that’s kind of an absurd notion.
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Tosh.OhMyGodLet'sNeverTalkAboutThisAgain
Anonymous asked: Hi you're gross okay bye!
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Here are things that are true.
1. Daniel Tosh is not funny. To me.
2. The act of rape is never funny, and no one would ever seriously suggest that. Not even Daniel Tosh.
3. “Rape jokes” are almost never funny. I say almost because George Carlin, Patton Oswalt, and Louis C.K. (and that’s just who I can think of off the top of my head) have all used the word “rape” in jokes I’ve laughed at,...
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Streeter Seidell: I awoke this morning to a... →
streeter:
I awoke this morning to a steaming pile of hatred thanks to this person who took offense to a CollegeHumor toplist entitled “Worst Female Superhero” and asked their readers to email/tweet at me. Their blog being one that exists to examine female superheroes in the DC universe, I’m not surprised…
This is a really well written explanation/apology/defense (explolofense?). A lot of...
