I have concluded that it's mostly the narrator's voice, or tone of voice, maybe
Isn't it ganked from Dead Poets' Society? (I mean, I know it's Whitman, but it sounds like Robin Williams, maybe slightly Autotuned.)
Fire bad. Tree pretty.
Buffy ,'Chosen'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
Steph L. - Feb 20, 2014 6:02:04 pm PST #20564 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Ginger - Feb 20, 2014 6:13:08 pm PST #20565 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
A mentally ill young man here killed his grandmother with a samurai sword. It was particularly sad because his family and local law enforcement knew he could be violent, but couldn't get him the treatment he needed.
Amy - Feb 20, 2014 6:37:57 pm PST #20566 of 30000
Because books.
I think it actually is Robin Williams. I sort of love it, but it's hitting me just right at the moment.
brenda m - Feb 20, 2014 7:04:22 pm PST #20567 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Ginger, I hate that ad with the heat of a thousand suns. Every time it comes on and for whatever reason I can't fast forward or otherwise escape, I contemplate exactly why I hate it so much. I have concluded that it's mostly the narrator's voice, or tone of voice, maybe, and a little bit of a callback to my inexplicable hatred for the Gaiman "Make Good Art" speech.
Hells yes. And I'm pretty sure it is Robin Williams.
Burrell - Feb 20, 2014 7:30:14 pm PST #20568 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I knew a guy in high school who, along with another guy, snuck onto Penny Marshall's property dressed like ninjas and held her hostage briefly with their samurai swords. True fax.
Kat - Feb 20, 2014 7:31:26 pm PST #20569 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Tep, I made gluten free, low glycemic muffins today and thought of you (and ita). I made them less healthy by topping them with almonds or chocolate chips or butterscotch chips. But they are yum.
Burrell - Feb 20, 2014 7:34:35 pm PST #20570 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
They sound yum
Typo Boy - Feb 20, 2014 8:31:50 pm PST #20571 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
The only thing Liese left out. If you as a user can choose to see everything certain people or pages post, then that means marketers can reach you without paying facebook. By limiting what you can see from everybody they can guarantee that if you are using Facebook for marketing the only way you can reach all your friends or all your followers or everyone who "liked" your page is to pay Facebook. (The only workaround is to visit the Timeline of someone you friend or follow or of the page you liked. But that only lets you access them one at a time.)
I predict that Facebook has gotten too clever with this, that Facebook usage will drop significantly in the next few years, simply because more and more users won't "get what they need" from it.
le nubian - Feb 20, 2014 8:52:45 pm PST #20572 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
confirmed: it is Robin Williams.
Sue - Feb 21, 2014 2:54:03 am PST #20573 of 30000
hip deep in pie
The iPad Air commercial with the Whitman quote wins the gold medal for pretension.
Oh God. The worst. Also, I think it's riffing stylistically on the VOs in Terence Malick's last two films for extra pretension.