Why didn't Ron Paul get thoroughly googlebombed?
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 6:44 AM on November 17, 2008

While the situation is heartbreaking, the governor's quote is hilarious.
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 8:27 AM on November 15, 2008

Thanks for the spoiler warning.

OMG HEADS UP! Latest Pixar movie ends in happy ending!
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 8:50 AM on November 14, 2008

For those of you who haven't played it but want to know what the fuss is about, I give you Grim Fandango: The Movie. Courtesy of SA goon Vexation, it's pretty much the best Let's Play ever.
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 11:25 PM on November 6, 2008

I had long thought about making something just like the SA guys have provided in that link. It is awesome.

Yeah, most games require a significant amount of explanation or commentary, but Grim really works well as a movie.
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 1:22 PM on November 8, 2008

In other news, Spielberg and Will Smith thinking of Remaking Old Boy.

There is no fucking way to pull off Old Boy for a mainstream American office. No way.
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 2:55 PM on November 7, 2008

Whoa. The dudes in Primer totally got it right.

I really like the idea that no one has fucked up the world with a time machine because it hasn't been invented in our time. But after that happens, then it'll be crazytown. heh
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 11:51 PM on November 6, 2008

Nice work, everyone!
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 9:19 PM on November 4, 2008

Yeah, I'm really curious what you think it is, fourcheesemac. Something related to her pregnancy? Maybe she has polio?
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 1:53 PM on November 2, 2008

I like using CueCat on librarything, it's a fairly well-working tool

Seriously, though, I have never purposely sought out advertising that wasn't in some way funny or viral. At no point sitting at my desk have I suddenly had the desire to learn more about my Mountain Dew, and remorsefully wish CueCat still had it's original purpose intact.
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 8:47 PM on October 30, 2008

Yes, robocop, but the KFC Fully Loaded Box meal comes with the ability to make your own fast food, something sorely lacking at McDonald's.

I can't afford either one, sadly, but I'll probably get McDonald's when I can.
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 6:16 AM on October 29, 2008

If you want to talk about games as a form of intellectual and creative expression, don't choose an FPS.

*cough* Half-Life *cough*
*cough Portal *cough*

Well......sorta
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 9:31 PM on October 27, 2008

So let me get this straight, there is a problem with stating that Franken made light of rape but not a problem with the joke itself?

The problem is the idea that Franken wrote a joke about rape
== FRANKEN CONDONES RAPE AND WE DON'T WANT A RAPE APOLOGIST IN THE SENATE.
And the same basic principle follows.

He's cracked jokes about women
== FRANKEN HATES WOMEN AND EVERYTHING THEY STAND... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 8:45 PM on October 25, 2008

It's all good, mr.grum, Coleman's non-stop attack on his previous career upsets me. It's a lot like Bachmann's un-American comments.

Being a comic doesn't make you ineligible for public office. Past offensive statements said in jest are not offensive.
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 10:00 PM on October 25, 2008

Holy crap!

NEWSFLASH: GOOGLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN FOR PROFIT AND COMMERCIAL
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 8:56 PM on October 25, 2008

Bachmann won't survive this election cycle, but I suppose they could form the ideal ticket for the "votes with the lower brain" party.
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 1:09 PM on October 24, 2008

If the situation was somehow reversed, and some white guy attacked and left some girl J-marked, my reaction would be the same.

Huh?
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 12:36 PM on October 24, 2008

Grim Fandango runs fine on XP. Just buy it from your local bargain bin and it plays perfectly.

Or...if you really suck at the game, you can just watch Grim Fandango: The Movie.
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 9:39 PM on October 23, 2008

Motion to delete this thread and replace with random cache of my favorite D&D memories...

Motion? Jeez, how civilized a game did you play? You keep your Robert's Rules of Order out of my D&D.
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 12:34 PM on October 23, 2008

Does McCain's campaign ever go over previous debates? He keeps rolling out the same canards that seemed to flop last time.

I KNOW -- sticking by that line?
the projector again? WTF
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 6:20 PM on October 15, 2008

Hey, is this where I can find the bad t-shirts McCain is talking about?
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 6:36 PM on October 15, 2008

Yeah, I wish he'd stepped up to the plate on ACORN. They do good things.
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 6:41 PM on October 15, 2008

Can someone explain where this "Obama started his campaign in Ayers' living room!" thing came from?

Before Obama ran for anything, there was apparently some sort of open house held at Ayers house. That's what I've heard, anyway.
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 6:42 PM on October 15, 2008

Well, you have to establish some prerequisites before negotiating with Canada.
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 6:50 PM on October 15, 2008

You'd think a seasoned gambler like McCain wouldn't have such an obvious tell.
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 7:05 PM on October 15, 2008

I'm pro-abortion. But, I really hate babies, so maybe I'm more anti-baby.
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 7:19 PM on October 15, 2008

Joe the Plumber is an interesting guy. It seems like he set out with a specific intention of tripping Obama up on a question. Then, when that failed, he's set himself up as some sort of pundit arguing that he didn't like Obama's answer.

I'd like to see someone get the same nuanced and detailed answer from McCain.
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 10:48 PM on October 15, 2008

I thought the SNL thing was masterfully clever on their part. Alec Baldwin got to dis her to her face. Tina Fey didn't have to be in the same room as her. Amy Poehler got to mock her to her face in a rap.

And, having Mark Wahlberg on pointing out how accurate their mockery of him is was surely designed to also authenticate Fey's performance.

Of all the candidates, she's the last one who needed to appear on SNL. Politicians appear on SNL to... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 7:50 AM on October 20, 2008

“You have to be teamed up with this idiot who will sabotage you” is always a good one.

That has to be a rule when they pick the people for those challenges. Draw straws, winner gets to be a giant bitch to whoever their designer is.

Every single challenge like that has exactly one person who is a pain in the ass.

Same with The Amazing Race and bad taxis, though.
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 8:48 PM on October 19, 2008

Oh, man! Robot Odyssey/Rocky's Boots!

Those two games should have made me realize that I would never be a computer programmer. Man, I sucked. Got as far as I could in them without using the more complex logic, though.
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 7:25 PM on October 19, 2008

Can anyone explain the sudden prevalence of furries? I realize the internet is blowing their numbers all out of proportion, but it seems like a subgroup that really didn't exist 15 or 20 years ago. Have there always been people in fursuits fucking each other?

Has any anthropologist attempted to trace it back to some sort of origin? Maybe the Muppet Show or Fraggle Rock or something?
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 10:56 PM on October 15, 2008

Thanks, Drainage! I had to spend five minutes hunting through the archives for vagina. Typical Tuesday night, I guess.
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 9:25 PM on October 14, 2008

If Obama and McCain weren't around to be handy scapegoats, I think you could reliably pin the entire economic crisis on illegal downloads.

I mean, have you seen the numbers? The hits to the computing and entertainment industries are catastrophic!
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 9:19 PM on October 14, 2008

The Daily Bears?
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 1:47 PM on October 13, 2008

Perhaps in your non-Metafilter time

What?

or during the occasional power outtage

Is that a threat? YOU STAY AWAY FROM MY INTERNETS.
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 1:44 PM on October 13, 2008

"Obama is a politician who has long since left behind even the middle ground on the issue of life."

That's fucking rich. Odd how this is the first time she mentioned the topic. Seems like they needed to distract us from some-- HEY, LOOK OVER THERE OBAMA'S TRYING TO ABORT SOMEONE AGAIN!
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 10:42 PM on October 11, 2008

Okay, I'll bite. I've seen awful webcomics, I've read dozens of pages of them at Something Awful, and so I say this with authority. This comic is awful.
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 9:17 PM on October 10, 2008

Yes, because most porn ends with death.
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 12:27 PM on October 10, 2008

The rest of us here on planet Earth are very proud of you all right now.

Well, the economy's still fucked. So don't start parades just yet.
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 8:55 PM on October 7, 2008

I would explain ti to you, but you would probably blame it on Bush. Try this:

Count all the comments and see if you can match up the number to the sequence of the comments in this thread. You might also want to Google GreaseMonkey (and that's not a racial epithet)

Hey, how about just explaining it and not being a dick. He wasn't attacking you in any way with the question.

Also, and I realize you... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 8:57 PM on October 7, 2008

If that statement is accurate, then WTF was McCain talking about?
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 10:36 PM on October 9, 2008

Um, he was talking about the stuff referred to in that statement. He was just doing so in as disingenuous a manner as he could, with the hope of scoring political gain by doing so.

You're surprised that John McCain would do that? Why?

Or I guess maybe I just don't understand your question.

I'm just confused by the last paragraph in that statement: "However, the Adler has never received an earmark... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 7:14 AM on October 10, 2008

Thanks Fellini. I guess I shouldn't be surprised McCain didn't pick something that was actually funded.
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 7:23 AM on October 10, 2008

So, the boys who were bragging about sex were just lying virgins. But the girls were whores.

My favorite part was when Tam cycles home, "taking care not to crush his knackers." I fucking hate it when I crush my knackers on my bike.
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 9:43 PM on October 9, 2008

This was a dumb idea from a dumb cartoon. If they want comments to be smarter, they have to find a way to make it prohibitively complicated to post. And people will still post dumb shit, but at least it'd be a little slower.
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 8:38 PM on October 9, 2008

I understand the basic idea behind it, I just think it's needless punishment. If the prison system worked properly, then their sentence should serve as penance for their crime, and they should return to being full citizens. Voting rights included.

Gun rights? Why not? Maybe they should define the rule a bit more? There's a serious difference between a killer and a burglar. Still, if the defining rule of the US is that citizens can have guns, they should be able to.
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 5:59 PM on October 8, 2008

It's not like law-abiding citizens get a ballot that reads...
[] Obama
[] McCain

and felons get a ballot that reads
[] Obama
[] McCain
[] Legalized Bank Robbery!!


In our current economic downfall, I think a lot of people might vote for bank robbery. I hear he pledged not to raise taxes.
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 9:44 PM on October 8, 2008

If you guys like badly written dragon novels, you should check out badly written vampire novels. Thanks, Twilight. Now everyone thinks their Buffy fanfic could get published.
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 9:36 AM on October 8, 2008

I've never been a huge fan, but I enjoyed the Great Outdoor Fight, and The Mountain and the Motorcycle makes me laugh every time.
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 9:08 PM on October 7, 2008

Jeez, what the hell was up with that debate question? Nothing quite like startin' a debate off with rape and murder!

I don't agree with Rich about her not being a sulker. Her response to the Couric interview has been pure sulk, and that "Do we have to?" response to pulling out of Michigan reminds me of a whiny teen forced to clean her room.
posted to MetaFilter by graventy at 11:01 PM on October 4, 2008