Your pointless thoughts & observations

  On 6/23/2020 at 4:25 PM, zero said:

my son lost his first tooth yesterday, so last night was the tooth fairy. I was googling tooth fairy as I was interested to find out where this concept came from, and came across

WTF Greece? throw your teeth on the roof and what, just leave them up there? 

Some squirrel, bird or rat is going to eventually collect them I would guess?

I've been to places that have animals bones lying around in the town area, things like dog skulls or whatever. It's a weird vibe.

don't you ever wash that thing?

  On 6/21/2020 at 12:53 AM, brian trageskin said:

flashbulb seems friendlier than chris clark

both make shitty music yet if i had to choose who i'd prefer being stuck on a desert island with, i'd pick flashbulb without any hesitation

Flashbulb posted a video that took a potshot at a colleague so I'm starting to veer into dislike territory. Otherwise I thought he was alright.

  On 6/13/2020 at 1:33 AM, Tim_J said:

Lately I've been also comparing budgets VS box office numbers... Can't help but wonder how this movie bizness works...

I recently found out that Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides holds the record as the most expensive film ever made.  It was also one of the worst films ever made.  And yet it was a massive financial success.  Somehow Disney can just funnel endless money into a movie and it will make them tons of money regardless of whether it's actually enjoyable to watch.

The stupidest part is that these expensive movies that cost hundreds of millions are usually just watched once, because they get worse and worse with every viewing due to the complete absence of any subtlety or creativity.  Akira Kurosawa made movies that get better and better after 20 viewings and he had to slow down drastically and leave many films unmade because his own studio refused to fund his projects.

Tryna eat non-dairy Ben & Jerry's under the influence is like tryna carve out chunks of styrofoam packaging with a spoone and eeding it

EDIT: I regret this post

  On 6/27/2020 at 12:57 AM, Braintree said:

Flashbulb posted a video that took a potshot at a colleague so I'm starting to veer into dislike territory. Otherwise I thought he was alright.

name of said colleague and link to video

  On 6/27/2020 at 2:48 AM, drillkicker said:

I recently found out that Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides holds the record as the most expensive film ever made.  It was also one of the worst films ever made.  And yet it was a massive financial success.  Somehow Disney can just funnel endless money into a movie and it will make them tons of money regardless of whether it's actually enjoyable to watch.

 

The stupidest part is that these expensive movies that cost hundreds of millions are usually just watched once, because they get worse and worse with every viewing due to the complete absence of any subtlety or creativity.  Akira Kurosawa made movies that get better and better after 20 viewings and he had to slow down drastically and leave many films unmade because his own studio refused to fund his projects.

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the reason for that is simple, those disney films were foolproof investments, hence the massive funding

  On 6/27/2020 at 8:28 AM, brian trageskin said:

name of said colleague and link to video

the reason for that is simple, those disney films were foolproof investments, hence the massive funding

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The first guy he mentions here, Moldover. I'm not really into his music, but he's super nice and works really hard. He also makes a lot of pretty interesting instruments. Just seems fucking tasteless for Ben to punch down on the guy.

  On 6/27/2020 at 8:32 AM, Braintree said:

The first guy he mentions here, Moldover. I'm not really into his music, but he's super nice and works really hard. He also makes a lot of pretty interesting instruments. Just seems fucking tasteless for Ben to punch down on the guy.

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i agree with him 100% though. calling yourself the godfather of whatever (if the guy really did so) is arrogant and cringe imo, not to say plain stupid

experts and pioneers don't brag about their leading position, at most they'll mention being competent in their field

  On 6/27/2020 at 9:44 AM, brian trageskin said:

i agree with him 100% though. calling yourself the godfather of whatever (if the guy really did so) is arrogant and cringe imo, not to say plain stupid

experts and pioneers don't brag about their leading position, at most they'll mention being competent in their field

 

 

He didn't name himself, though. Here's his response from an IG post:

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Achievement unlocked! I am "confident" enough to get called out in the first 10 seconds of @bennjordan ‘s newest video! But just for the record, I’m not claiming to be the “foremost expert”, only a:

Godfather; /ˈɡädˌfäT͟Hər/ ; noun
2. a man who is influential or pioneering in a movement or organization.

It was a TV show (that you can still find by searching “Arte Tracks Moldover”) that dubbed me as such, and perhaps it was conceited to carry the title forward, but remember that “controllerism” is a purely invented word and establishing it in the lexicon required a massive effort in the years that followed.

I’m happy to call you “The Godfather of CynicalYouTuberism”, but good luck inspiring a community to adopt the term Love ya Benn
( ! )

#controllerism

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https://www.instagram.com/p/CB1itwZhrzb/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

I just think it lacks class. I agree with you that it's kind of an arrogant name though.

jordan's mistake then. he should have checked first, hope that'll teach him

10 points from gryffindor

oh wait, i didn't read carefully. the guy kept his 'godfather' title 

cringe

10 points from hufflepuff

I posit they will be able to bring people back to life for a short time after being dead for at least 24 hours. 

Either they'll be in the middle of signing the book at the pearly gates and Jesus walks up waving his hands wait wait... etc

or nothing 

or you become part of the electromagnetic spectrum

It's going to happen.

It will change everything

Who's they? 

  On 6/29/2020 at 12:39 AM, marf said:

I posit they will be able to bring people back to life for a short time after being dead for at least 24 hours. 

Either they'll be in the middle of signing the book at the pearly gates and Jesus walks up waving his hands wait wait... etc

or nothing 

or you become part of the electromagnetic spectrum

 

It's going to happen.

 

It will change everything

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Your brain starts to fill with carbon dioxide when you're dead. You actually still experience consciousness for about 15 minutes before you're completely gone.

So if they can stop that, I guess it would work?

I shamefully have watched all of the walking dead. All 10 seasons. forgive me

and fear the waking dead. all of it. can't get enough

It ended?! I read the comics up until they meet Ezekial but then I got tired of it. Only so much a story can do when you have the same party roaming around fucking people up.

It's still going, one episode left but the pandemic stopped that (for season 10)

Ironic.  Actually not ironic, but "ironic" in the sense most of my english teachers seemed to imagine.  Apropos would be more apropos.

Nobody asked you though... 

Joseph Pujol, stage name Le Pétomane, was the world's most famous fartiste: he could control his sphincter to use it as a wind instrument (pun intended).

  On 7/4/2020 at 9:16 PM, Tim_J said:

Nobody asked you though... 

Hey, dingformung, what's the German word for nipple? Can you literally translate it for me?

  On 7/4/2020 at 8:49 PM, dingformung said:

The German word for nipple, "Brustwarze", literally translates as "breast wart". Kinda hot if you ask me

Thanks m8

  On 7/4/2020 at 9:16 PM, Tim_J said:

Nobody asked you though... 

Completely wrong, cichlisuite asked me, see yourself:

  On 7/4/2020 at 9:48 PM, cichlisuite said:

Hey, dingformung, what's the German word for nipple? Can you literally translate it for me?