Pellaeon 593 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 3 minutes ago, Brundlefly said: What is the purpose of this thread again? People are discussing the heat in Texas and the bleakness in their bedroom, but why "absorb all the hostility"? The purpose of the thread to ridicule people who criticize Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The Illustrious Jerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 8 minutes ago, Not Mr. Big said: AC is good for keeping the temperature down in Spring but once you get past a certain point (May) it won't get down to the set temperature until midnight or so (if that). Choosing between indoors and outdoors is choosing whether to be boiled or baked. It does get a lot nicer in Fall/Winter though. Of course, on a 40+ degree day, it's not good to crank the AC to 20 degrees. Best to make it 25 or else you'll overwork the poor thing. It'll love you more and last longer. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 2 minutes ago, Pellaeon said: The purpose of the thread to ridicule people who criticize Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 6 minutes ago, Brundlefly said: What is the purpose of this thread again? I think it was originally to contain Mattris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 2 minutes ago, Pellaeon said: The purpose of the thread to ridicule people who criticize Star Wars: The Last Jedi. As creator of this thread (despite the insistence of certain snivelling, coattails riding twerps who share a name with this forum's namesake), I feel at authority to claim that this thread is a microcosm of the ever changing state of the universe, and all that reside within it: a perpetual chyrsalis and hatching, an eternal lotus flower that propagates seeds as it blooms. Holko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Oh cool, has it always been possible to see how many reactions if what kind you received and gave? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 6 minutes ago, Pellaeon said: The purpose of the thread to ridicule people who criticize Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Criticising films should be outlawed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pellaeon 593 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 3 minutes ago, Nick Parker said: As creator of this thread (despite the insistence of certain snivelling, coattails riding twerps who share a name with this forum's namesake), I feel at authority to claim that this thread is a microcosm of the ever changing state of the universe, and all that reside within it: a perpetual chyrsalis and hatching, an eternal lotus flower that propagates seeds as it blooms. So you are even retconning the TLJ criticisms out of existence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 6 minutes ago, Pellaeon said: So you are even retconning the TLJ criticisms out of existence. The Last Jedi criticisms are waves in the ocean, infinite in number, impossible to count. However, the ocean is but one part of the planet is but one part of the solar system is but one part of the galaxy is but one part of the universe. Infinity within infinity. All that is born and lives dies, fuelling the cycle of further birth and new life. It is this constant flux that is the heart of this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 9 minutes ago, Nick Parker said: As creator of this thread (despite the insistence of certain snivelling, coattails riding twerps who share a name with this forum's namesake), I feel at authority to claim that this thread is a microcosm of the ever changing state of the universe, and all that reside within it: a perpetual chyrsalis and hatching, an eternal lotus flower that propagates seeds as it blooms. It says the bama guy John is the author Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 5 minutes ago, JoeinAR said: It says the bama guy John is the author Because he's a filthy lying son of a bitch who should be impaled and thrown into a rotisserie then eaten alive by rabid hyenas with sulfuric acid laced fangs! We are the authors of our own existence, but who are the authors for our interactions between people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,722 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 24 minutes ago, Brundlefly said: What is the purpose of this thread again? People are discussing the heat in Texas and the bleakness in their bedroom, but why "absorb all the hostility"? Hostility? Have you ever been in 40c+ heat w/90% humidity? I'lll show you hostility. If this thread had a thermometer, the mercury would be busting', Mr. Buster Brown. Ever wonder why revolutions always seem to start in summer? People are hot & p*ssed off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Must be the heat. Switching to manual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,344 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 35 minutes ago, Nick Parker said: The Last Jedi criticisms are waves in the ocean, infinite in number, impossible to count. However, the ocean is but one part of the planet is but one part of the solar system is but one part of the galaxy is but one part of the universe. Infinity within infinity. All that is born and lives dies, fuelling the cycle of further birth and new life. It is this constant flux that is the heart of this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 4 minutes ago, kaseykockroach said: It is only is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,950 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Nick1066 said: Ever wonder why revolutions always seem to start in summer? Ha! Almost ever major conflict in the Middle East over the last two millennia has happened in summer time: either because during the winter people can't be bothered, or - in pre-gun-powder times - because most bows wouldn't function in the rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,722 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 16 minutes ago, Chen G. said: Ha! Almost ever major conflict in the Middle East over the last two millennia has happened in summer time: either because during the winter people can't be bothered, or - in pre-gun-powder times - because most bows wouldn't function in the rain. I wasn't kidding. I had a history prof in grad school who I think wrote his thesis on that...the correlation between weather & civil unrest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Nick Parker said: Because he's a filthy lying son of a bitch who should be impaled and thrown into a rotisserie then eaten alive by rabid hyenas with sulfuric acid laced fangs! We are the authors of our own existence, but who are the authors for our interactions between people? I have only one issue with the sentence, it is difficult to read with the line through it otherwise it seems truthful enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,722 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 2 hours ago, Margo Channing said: Best to make it 25 or else you'll overwork the poor thing. It'll love you more and last longer. That's how I feel about my servants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 2 hours ago, JoeinAR said: It says the bama guy John is the author Nick started this thread, but Jay added in some extra posts from the Solo thread, of which John's was the oldest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pellaeon 593 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 3 hours ago, Nick1066 said: I wasn't kidding. I had a history prof in grad school who I think wrote his thesis on that...the correlation between weather & civil unrest. Here in Chicago it is a grim and all-too-well-known fact that when the weather gets warm, more people get shot. Last month we had a whole week of 80° weather, and 85 people got shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 2 minutes ago, Pellaeon said: Here in Chicago it is a grim and all-too-well-known fact that when the weather gets warm, more people get shot. Last month we had a whole week of 80° weather, and 85 people got shot. What part of Chicago do you live in, amigo? I lived pretty close to the McKinley Park area, so fortunately I was relatively safe from a lot of the rougher stuff going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,950 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 17 minutes ago, Pellaeon said: 85 people got shot. How are more people shot in Chicago than in Israel? HOW?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 18 minutes ago, Chen G. said: How are more people shot in Chicago than in Israel? HOW?! People are allowed to have and able to afford guns. Arpy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,950 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 We have plenty of guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,722 Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 49 minutes ago, Brundlefly said: People are allowed to have and able to afford guns. Most of the people committing street murder in Chicago are neither "allowed to have" guns, or walking into a gun shop and buying them. It has nothing to do with what they can afford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Guns cause tinnitus. They should be banned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Chen G. said: We have plenty of guns. Chicago has more. And many more ethnicities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pellaeon 593 Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 4 hours ago, Nick Parker said: What part of Chicago do you live in, amigo? I lived pretty close to the McKinley Park area, so fortunately I was relatively safe from a lot of the rougher stuff going on. We recently moved to NW Indiana, but my wife and I still work downtown. Oh absolutely, Chicago crime contrasts hugely from one neighborhood to the next. I feel way safer in the safer parts of Chicago than I do anywhere in San Francisco. Nick1Ø66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 19 hours ago, kaseykockroach said: She's just a girl in my class, MJ! Unlucky Bastard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Why do people here hate the prequels so much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,530 Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 One's a dumb but in some aspects fun and lovingly made film, one is a terrible boring pile of shite, and one is a royal mess with some damn good parts and some of the worst scenes in the entire trilogy. Why the hell are we back to this again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 21 minutes ago, Holko said: Why the hell are we back to this again? Because with death brings new life: 22 minutes ago, Holko said: One's a dumb but in some aspects fun and lovingly made film, one is a terrible boring pile of shite, and one is a royal mess with some damn good parts and some of the worst scenes in the entire trilogy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pellaeon 593 Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 They turned the biggest badass in the galaxy into an idiot douchebag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 The prequels are great movies, man. Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pellaeon 593 Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 The Thrawn Trilogy is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Those aren't even movies. They're just words on paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 When I was a kid and read some of the synopses, I stayed away from almost all of the Star Wars books that took place after Return of the Jedi because I thought things just got too weird and depressing. 3 minutes ago, Margo Channing said: Those aren't even movies. They're just words on paper. Words, words, words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,551 Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 25 minutes ago, Pellaeon said: They turned the biggest badass in the galaxy into an idiot douchebag. Now, there's an image 4 minutes ago, Margo Channing said: Those aren't even movies. They're just words on paper. What are movies, if not tricks of light? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Books drag on for too long. Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pellaeon 593 Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 The Thrawn Trilogy is not weird or depressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 3 minutes ago, Pellaeon said: The Thrawn Trilogy is not weird or depressing. I checked out when I started reading about all of this stuff like some weird aliens called the Yuuzhan Vhong or whatever came out of nowhere and started wrecking up the place, and Chewie dying...I thought, "Yeah, this isn't why I got into Star Wars, no thanks." Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Apart from The Courtship of Princess Leia and the Glove of Darth Vader books, the post-ROTJ EU is a boring, convoluted mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,530 Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 KotOR (tha games and the comics) remain my favourite thing to come out of the EU, and since they take place ~3600 or something years before the Battle of Yavin, I have no problem imagining they're canon. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pellaeon 593 Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 6 hours ago, Nick Parker said: I checked out when I started reading about all of this stuff like some weird aliens called the Yuuzhan Vhong or whatever came out of nowhere and started wrecking up the place, and Chewie dying...I thought, "Yeah, this isn't why I got into Star Wars, no thanks." That’s something totally different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 42 minutes ago, Pellaeon said: That’s something totally different. Right, I was clarifying my statement. I'm not familiar with the Thrawn Trilogy (or rather, I'm sure I was back in the day, but have completely forgotten it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pellaeon 593 Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Here… first hit is free… http://audible.com/pd/B005IHAT1A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 13 hours ago, Margo Channing said: Why do people here hate the prequels so much? They don't. They just don't seem to want to admit they enjoy them. Weirdly, even Alexcremers seems to compliment them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 13 hours ago, Margo Channing said: Why do people here hate the prequels so much? Because it's fashionable to do so. I think everyone can clearly see the prequels as being a tad bit messy, with some terrible dialogue, wooden acting/direction - but they managed to stand tall with some great visual effects for the time, production design and, of course, John Williams' scores - which I believe are more engaging than the sequel trilogy scores thus far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 You're also describing the original trilogy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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