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They summon up Death and have him grab the soul out of Lucifer's prison and put it back in Sam with a memory block. Season 6, episode 11.
posted to FanFare by squinty at 9:50 PM on October 24, 2014

What would be awesome is if Castiel's stolen grace was corruptingn him too and eventually he and Dean skip off into the sunset, black eyed besties, while Sam and Crowley get drunk.
posted to FanFare by viggorlijah at 6:07 PM on October 23, 2014

Actually, you look carefully at the assembled cast in a few of the scenes there is indeed Ash, Ellen, and Jo. I know this because we yelped in joy when we saw them.
posted to FanFare by Kitteh at 6:49 AM on November 17, 2014

I enjoyed this episode perhaps the best of all the meta episodes that Supernatural has delivered, granted, it's been a while since I watched the episode with the Con. What I appreciated most was the play's use to provide Sam and Dean (notably Dean) an opportunity to recall what the two had been through and what they meant to each other (minus the subtext...STEP FARTHER BACK!). You might have had a drinking game for every time the camera cut to Dean watching the events pensively or responding... [more]
posted to FanFare by Atreides at 11:50 AM on November 16, 2014

Man, I love it when Supernatural gets all goofy and meta. I needed an episode like this after all the SERIOUS BUSINESS we've been given lately.

I loved the director's reaction to Dean's description of post-season 5 events.
posted to FanFare by brundlefly at 2:12 AM on November 15, 2014

Sam: "Who's that?"
Stage Manager: "Oh, that's Adam, John Winchester's other kid. He's still trapped in a cage in Hell. With Lucifer."
[Sam & Dean exchange uncomfortable looks]

I loved that. And I loved that it was an all-girls school. And I can't believe how much I loved seeing Chuck again.
posted to FanFare by obloquy at 10:58 PM on November 14, 2014

I'm not a regular fan of Supernatural, but I happened to watch this episode, and enjoyed it quite a bit. Best allusion: Dean picks up all six of the traditional Clue weapons during the course of the episode: lead pipe, rope, wrench, candlestick, knife, revolver.
posted to FanFare by DevilsAdvocate at 4:37 AM on November 19, 2014

So I wonder if Amy Poehler has always been secretly creeping Nick Offerman out with imitations of his wife for years now. I doubt it but I'm going to pretend otherwise.
posted to FanFare by MCMikeNamara at 6:59 AM on January 15, 2015

Well if you can rewatch the scene, I'd recommend it because it is incredible.

"A show that knows what to do with a Werner Herzog cameo" is a nice description of Parks and Recreation.
posted to FanFare by MCMikeNamara at 8:28 AM on January 14, 2015

Why did she return to her house after meeting with Jack Crawford? She had to know that he hadn't been arrested yet, wouldn't it have been safer to ask the FBI to put her up in a safe house or even simply leave the area ASAP?

I've been thinking about this.

Once Jack found her, two things became clear:

-Either Hannibal was about to get arrested, or Hannibal was about to kill the absolute fuck out of... [more]
posted to FanFare by showbiz_liz at 6:52 AM on June 8, 2015

Try and look surprised when Dana Scully fists Spock to death.
posted to FanFare by sobarel at 3:07 PM on June 5, 2015

So I guess you could say that Dimmond guy got totally... busted.

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busted
posted to FanFare by showbiz_liz at 11:42 PM on June 4, 2015

IT IS ABSOLUTELY THAT KIND OF PARTY.
posted to FanFare by Stacey at 8:22 PM on June 4, 2015

Are we just going to pretend this isn't happening?
posted to FanFare by French Fry at 8:10 AM on June 30, 2015

Are we sure this season isn't just three nine year old boys in a trench coat?
posted to FanFare by Atreides at 3:17 PM on July 4, 2015

hey there no punctuation or line breaks

looking good there with that big jumble of incoherent excitement
posted to FanFare by DoctorFedora at 11:44 PM on July 1, 2015

I'm frankly not game to post a comment in some threads because I think people will be on me for it, even though I pride myself on being conciliatory and fairly moderate (indeed, sometimes I feel moderateness, or equivocism itself is viewed as poisonous by some). It's a range of reasons.

Yeah, this pretty much sums it up for me. It's not even so much that I feel my opinions are obviously going to be against the grain of the thread but that I see... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by oneirodynia at 9:42 AM on July 2, 2015

Assuming good faith is a basic component of having a productive conversation. If you've already decided someone is trolling, the appropriate response is to alert the mods and otherwise ignore. We'll handle it. If you decide to respond, please make a bigger effort to respond as though you're talking to a person of as much human value as yourself who has opinions that differ from yours.
posted to MetaTalk by restless_nomad at 10:28 PM on July 1, 2015

I'm not going to read a whole thread to try to understand your point. If there's something in there that you want me to pay attention to specifically, please direct me to it.

I just read most of that thread. Here is my take away. I think there were two mistakes some people who defended Dunham made.

1. They implied criticism was invalid because the incident was an innocent part of a normal childhood because Dunham was 7.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Drinky Die at 9:16 PM on July 1, 2015

also your name is treaty of westphalia so that was me missing a joke
posted to MetaTalk by Elementary Penguin at 5:32 PM on July 1, 2015

Late to the party (?) ... this has been a beast to read up on. But my reaction to the OP it is pretty much the same -- the mods were probably right to delete the thread from a practical standpoint, but it really is a conversation we should be capable of having. And some of the arguments surrounding this have been troubling.

I've only been around MeFi since late '07, so I can't speak to the quality of discussion on race and gender issues prior. Even in that relatively... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Rhaomi at 6:07 AM on June 17, 2015

Please see slide 27: Axes Ground vs Time
posted to MetaTalk by griphus at 3:04 PM on June 29, 2015

I have no idea what you people are talking about. Hackers is hands-down the most accurate depiction of computer programming ever to grace the screen. I have a degree in Computer Science and I couldn't even declare the major without demonstrating solid rollerblading skills. Getting a badass handle was a prerequisite for completing a senior thesis, and we learned to never set a password with more than 3 characters or we'd fail every class. My department spent half its budget on spinning phone... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Tomorrowful at 11:27 AM on April 13, 2012

Wot? No mention of the return of Adult Swim's surprise success Rick and Morty?

It's just Rick and Morty! Rick and Morty and their adventures, Morty... RICK AND MORTY FOREVER AND FOREVER A HUNDRED YEARS!! Rick and Morty.. some...things.. Me and Rick and Morty runnin' around and... Rick and Morty time... a- all day long forever.. all a - a hundred days Rick and Morty! Forever a hundred times.... over and over. Rick and Morty... adventures dot com..... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Doktor Zed at 10:31 AM on June 18, 2015

Lay it out like a city, nested folders create higher 'buildings' and are organized by neighborhoods - Systemville is over there, right next to Upper Program and Lower Program (x64 and x32 respectively), User folders are residential neighborhoods, each with their own Library buildings, Tempville is the rough part of town, filled with transient shantytowns filled with transients and resident files of questionable virtue, etc.

"Your name is Renny... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by snuffleupagus at 6:44 AM on June 27, 2015

What surprises me most is that after all these years, is that no one seems to have tried to make, even completely as a joke, a working GUI that looks and behaves like the one in Hackers for navigating a file system

An episode of Community this season totally did all this -- a VR filesystem which, although technically astounding, was impractically difficult to use.
posted to MetaFilter by AzraelBrown at 6:07 AM on June 27, 2015

We really should.
posted to MetaFilter by Etrigan at 5:32 AM on June 27, 2015

Is your workplace a nightclub-skatepark-arcade?

Goddamn start-ups.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 9:07 PM on June 26, 2015

Is your workplace a nightclub-skatepark-arcade?

Unfortunately, no, but we InfoSec guys try to turn everywhere we work into one.
posted to MetaFilter by jferg at 9:07 PM on June 26, 2015

The phrase "hacking the Gibson" gets used regularly in my workplace

Is your workplace a nightclub-skatepark-arcade?
posted to MetaFilter by vogon_poet at 8:46 PM on June 26, 2015

The phrase "hacking the Gibson" gets used regularly in my workplace. Catching the reference seems to be one of the best indicators of who is going to be a good person to work with.
posted to MetaFilter by jferg at 8:40 PM on June 26, 2015

My friends were heartbroken when they learned that the scene about hacking the TV network wasn't realistic in 1995 (well, as far as the technical aspects - the social engineering was not terrible). We knew the "computer interface" was not realistic, but we were so hoping that the program selection system was still like that.

I've seen the movie a few times, but I love the soundtrack (YT playlist; Discogs). If you were pissed off the first soundtrack didn't... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by filthy light thief at 7:28 PM on June 26, 2015

Note: Not Apple CEO Tim Cook
posted to MetaFilter by Sangermaine at 10:41 AM on June 26, 2015

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time by the tears of Antonin Scalia.
posted to MetaFilter by dry white toast at 7:49 AM on June 26, 2015

"I'm not the greatest ambassador for the test... My favorite movie is Groundhog Day, which doesn't pass the Bechdel Test"

Actually it does, because it has the three women who get a flat tire talk about the flat tire very briefly before they realize Phil Connors is changing their tire (See scene beginning at 1:40 here).

Note that this is the very definition of barely squeaking over the finish line,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jscalzi at 4:45 PM on May 10, 2015

They should announce a sequel to Groundhog Day, and then just re-release the original.
posted to MetaFilter by Thorzdad at 5:23 AM on May 10, 2015

This thread reads like Martin Gardner had a stroke but kept writing his puzzle column.
posted to MetaFilter by infinitewindow at 11:40 AM on June 24, 2015

why the fuck would you want to POISON A DRAGON THAT CAN VERBALLY COMMUNICATE WITH HUMANS USING AN ADVANCED LEVEL OF COMPREHENSION AND UNDERSTANDING

i'm so mad
posted to MetaFilter by poffin boffin at 9:19 AM on June 23, 2015

Look when the only tool you have is poison wells everything looks like a contrived poison well-water duel
posted to MetaFilter by jason_steakums at 9:25 AM on June 23, 2015

Rewire it so that all three circuits are controlled by whichever switch you choose. Then go have a stern word with whoever designed your crazypants house with its ridiculous electrical system and single-use doors.

I bet it's really frustrating to schedule this meeting, though. "Oh yeah, we can talk if you can figure out my schedule. I'm free one day in the morning and one day in the afternoon. If I'm free on Tuesday morning, I'm busy on Thursday... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by obscure simpsons reference at 7:49 AM on June 23, 2015

Flip all three switches.
Go up to attic and confirm that light is on.
Say "yep, it's one of those."
Go on with your life like a normal person.
posted to MetaFilter by sexyrobot at 6:28 AM on June 23, 2015

Seal all the exterior windows and doors. Break the glass in all the lightbulbs in the attic. Fill the house with an explosive gas. Hide under a cast iron bathtub in the basement, and flip the switches with a long stick.
posted to MetaFilter by blue_beetle at 6:04 AM on June 23, 2015

Dirty Harry has just discharged several rounds from a colt 45 in your proximity. He is now pointing the weapon at your head. He informs you that this is one of the most powerful handguns ever made and that a single bullet could blow your head off. How can you determine if he has discharged all 6 shots or only 5. Do you feel lucky?
posted to MetaFilter by humanfont at 4:58 AM on June 23, 2015

So, I flipped the light switch and went up into the attic, only to be confronted by a bedraggled man, long beard, and leg irons. He's angry, really angry, and shouting some crazy shit. "DID YOU JUST TURN THAT LAMP OFF? YES OR NO? DON'T MESS WITH ME BOY, THIS IS A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION. I'M SUPPOSED TO BE THE FUCKING LEADER!"
posted to MetaFilter by Thing at 2:44 AM on June 23, 2015

"Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line"! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha...
posted to MetaFilter by rum-soaked space hobo at 12:06 AM on June 23, 2015

What kind of creep is sending me on a one way trip to the attic? Get out of the house asap. Maybe call the police.
posted to MetaFilter by ODiV at 11:28 PM on June 22, 2015

I send another guy up to the attic. I flip the first switch once, the second twice and the third three times. Then I tell him to come back and ask him how many times the light went on.

I know from previous interactions whether he always lies or always tells the truth and ask appropriate questions. And I know he is willing to work with me, because I personally made sure the missionaries didn't convert him when we crossed the river. If it happens that we are paid with 12... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by tykky at 11:15 PM on June 22, 2015

Yet another puzzle that has been rendered unsolvable by modern technology.
posted to MetaFilter by phooky at 6:54 PM on June 22, 2015

Take the chicken over first, leaving the wolf with the seeds.
posted to MetaFilter by johnnydummkopf at 6:52 PM on June 22, 2015

Turn one switch on for a bit, then turn it off. Turn the 2nd switch on and go to the attic. If the bulb is warm and off, it was the first switch. If its on, its the 2nd, and if its off and cold, its the third.
posted to MetaFilter by hwyengr at 6:52 PM on June 22, 2015