I pity the poor people in this country that don't have a Culvers within a short drive of their home.
The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.
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You're really gonna pity me because I've never heard of Culvers until now.
Never heard of it until today, closest is about 100 miles away (near Pez).
Closest to me is in Arizona...2891.59 miles away. LOL
But YOU get the pleasure of living in the land of vog.
I may be one of the few people that doesn't want to live "at the beach" that I know. I much prefer mountains with cooler weather and even regular snow.
GasBandit
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Millionaire throws porn star off (1 story) roof into pool. Porn star clips edge, breaks foot. Threatens to sue millionaire for $85,000. But millionaire has the best lawyer ever.
GasBandit
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You mean like not having an immune system?
I hadnt either until I came to Missouri but its delicious.
I just love when alien technology ignores physics in movies. i.e. Impervious to all mechanical and chemical forces when applied by the military.
Bring back Alien Nation. The newcomers were stronger and more intelligent, but they also had weaknesses to things humans take for granted. Like salt water (highly acidic), MSG (poison), and chocolate (causes a heart attack).
(edit: Well, whaddaya know. FOX to make another attempt at Alien Nation reboot.)
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There was District 9, too, which shared some creative staff. Which probably was clear from the similar themes and visuals.[DOUBLEPOST=1400248672,1400248355][/DOUBLEPOST]
What's that last one?
Yeah okay exceptions to any generalization. But in general the first thing that seems to happen is that Kirk gets held by the neck over a yawning chasm by some alien taunting him for his physical inferiority. Or all the other aliens aside from Crichton reading a bowl a room away.
This discussion reminded me of this tumblr post where humans are painted as the ultimate life form.
I had to go through about 600 saved posts for this!
http://lindsayetumbls.tumblr.com/post/79423543103/wearmanyhats-rionsanura-therobotmonster
If it makes you feel better, I've never heard of Culver's either and the closest one to me is only 70 miles away.
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Data was deliberately made more limited to better suit the comfort (and safety) of humans. Remember, his "brother" Lor came first, had emotions, ambitions, etc, and basically went all Khan Noonien-Singh and had to be disassembled. So then Dr Soong (no relation) made a "less perfect" android - Data.
Also, the emergent humanity of the EMH was an accident, whereas Data was a deliberate creation. In fact, wasn't there an episode where the EMH started to degrade rapidly because it wasn't designed to accumulate "life experience?" They had to do some wacky bullshit typical of the voyager series to fix him that involved copying him over a holographic maintenance program.
Dr. Soong went on to build an android copy of his wife which was so lifelike and perfect that nobody, not even she herself, could tell she was an android (except for Data, who detected that her physical precision in playing music was beyond the capabilities of a human).
Right. It was the fact that she was static that tipped him off. Every performance was exactly the same.
--Patrick
So yesterday I think I got a call from a republican group that was either against gay rights or for gay rights. I could not tell as the caller's reception was completely terrible, though weirdly enough I could hear is dog in the background better than him. Just an odd occurrence.
Occasionally on 4chan, they'll have a good Humanity, Fuck Yeah! thread... I tend to save some choice ones from there.
GasBandit
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Not in "Veil of Madness," the last one I posted.
I've had both of those lurking around... thanks for reposting them... thought I lost 'em when my laptop crapped out.