I thought for sure that "10% of our brains" fallacy was completely played out.
Me too, but he qualified it with "at one time" so I let it slide.
Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins. Twenty years old. Born on the fourth of July — and don't think there weren't jokes about that my whole life, mister, 'cause there were. 'Who's our little patriot?' they'd say, when I was younger and therefore smaller and shorter than I am now.
Anya ,'Potential'
Boxed Set, Vol. III: "That Can't Be Good..."
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
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Jessica - Aug 16, 2006 8:04:18 am PDT #342 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
§ ita § - Aug 16, 2006 8:05:46 am PDT #343 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
he qualified it with "at one time" so I let it slide.
Yeah, that's the biggie for me. With "at one time" I'm just fine, even if the %age is a bit off.
Ailleann - Aug 16, 2006 8:07:16 am PDT #344 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
I am ita on the not!sex gag, and I had thought the insurance thing was wrapped up, so I didn't consider it. I'm kind of a sucker for that gag, though, I think.
Jessica - Aug 16, 2006 8:08:05 am PDT #345 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
(Even if I'm still not sure I buy how using more of my brain at once would give rise to, say, telekenesis, but I chalk that up to never having been exposed to a glowy alien artifact. That I know of.)
WindSparrow - Aug 16, 2006 8:11:38 am PDT #346 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I enjoyed the episode, but I'm getting real sick of "It sounds like they're talking about sex, but actually they're talking about something else." gag. It just feels done to death for me.
So true, because I sat there waiting for them to reveal what they were really talking about. Having missed the first 15 minutes of the show, I'm inclined to wonder if the whatever signing was referred to in the teaser. If so, then I wouldn't be out of my mind to think I would have known what they were talking about.
I just woke up from a dream in which Jack Carter was renting an apartment in the upstairs of some middle aged, balding man's home. Instead of Zoe living with him, there was a 10 year old boy. The house burned down. Everyone got out safely, mostly due to the boy's alertness. The fire seemed to Jack to have been set deliberately by the owner of the house, but everyone in town believed that any evidence that pointed to a need for further investigation was due to benign wackiness in general rather than being suspicious. Stupid dream wasn't much more than a teaser, so now I will never find out what was going on.
DebetEsse - Aug 16, 2006 8:12:44 am PDT #347 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I hate that "Aha! Not talking about sex!" gag so much it's not even a gag anymore, but instead a prompt to work out what in hell they're actually talking about before they pan out and reveal it.
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I thought for sure that "10% of our brains" fallacy was completely played out.
And this
Nutty - Aug 16, 2006 8:17:10 am PDT #348 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I worry that if I used all of my brain at once, it would overheat and attempt to escape my head, the way my computer tower revs up when CPU usage is high. I swear that thing is warming up its engines for a takeoff, which, considering it's under my desk, is a bit alarming.
bon bon - Aug 16, 2006 8:19:00 am PDT #349 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
and I had thought the insurance thing was wrapped up, so I didn't consider it.
Yeah, didn't she say earlier in the episode that he was insured? Then what was with the hesitance over the forms?
Ailleann - Aug 16, 2006 8:26:20 am PDT #350 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Maybe completing the physical means he can be covered, but he has to sign the actual paperwork to use the services.
I thought his reluctance to do it was very endearing. Straightforward guy, but has an immutable superstition.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 16, 2006 8:35:49 am PDT #351 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Which aspects?
Whiny, helpless type (and helpless due to timidity or hypochondria rather than actual physical limitations) who passive-aggressively guilts others into doing for him.