OK, I couldn't figure out how to google what I really wanted, but I did find this NYC Parks "no martinis" sign: [link]
Cordelia: I get it now. You're all spies. Probably all Russian. And you've brainwashed me, and want me to believe we're friends so I'll spill the beans about some nano-technology thingy that you want. Gunn: So I look Russian to you? Cordelia: Black Russian. Angel: That's a drink.
'Hell Bound'
Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Nov 16, 2007 10:45:28 am PST #2697 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
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lori - Nov 16, 2007 10:45:45 am PST #2698 of 10001
It's not square litter, it's a boombox!
Jesse - Nov 16, 2007 10:46:33 am PST #2699 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
lori, the middle picture. The person is dropping three squares.
Tom Scola - Nov 16, 2007 10:46:37 am PST #2700 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Maybe the MTA really wanted to say, "Subways aren't for pooping!", but the sign designer misunderstood them.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 16, 2007 10:47:57 am PST #2701 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
If that's the case, please let me never find myself in the sign designer's house.
lori - Nov 16, 2007 10:48:15 am PST #2702 of 10001
Oh, that. But that's not craps! You don't shoot craps with three dice! Just two.
Hmm.. speaking of nerds.
Gudanov - Nov 16, 2007 10:48:32 am PST #2703 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
I'm thinking that any subject where one can have a lively argument over minutia that is completely nonsensical and pointless to a "normal" person can qualify for an area of geekdom. However, the subject must be outside of mainstream popular culture. For example, talking about what happened in blockbuster movie is not an act of geekery because that movie is in the mainstream of popular culture. However, discussing the director's choices in a two decade old film is an act of geekery because of both the minutia factor and the fading of said film from mainstream popular culture.
Gudanov - Nov 16, 2007 10:50:46 am PST #2704 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
And then there are Furries.
There are some things that every geeks fear to speak of.
tommyrot - Nov 16, 2007 10:51:01 am PST #2705 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
For example, talking about what happened in blockbuster movie is not an act of geekery because that movie is in the mainstream of popular culture.
Yeah. Or arguing sports statistics.
So if baseball was far less popular, would baseball fans be baseball geeks?
Susan W. - Nov 16, 2007 10:54:21 am PST #2706 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I've always considered the stathead branch of baseball fans to be geeks. By which standard I'm not a baseball geek myself, even though I'm married to one and read the two main M's stathead blogs regularly, because I just nod and smile and take their word for it when they throw out a bunch of numbers to prove some player's awesomeness or lack thereof. (Not that I don't understand or agree--I mean, I can see myself that Raul Ibanez has lost his effectiveness as an outfielder because I watch the games. But the raw numbers don't tell me anything much.)