🇺🇸 Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. He wanted us to answer with “Ahoy-hoy!”
Thomas Edison said “Hello!” instead. Hello won.
But, Bell kept saying Ahoy-hoy anyway for the rest of his life.
Meanwhile, Mr. Burns from The Simpsons has been repping Ahoy-hoy this whole time. 😂
George Lazenby's "That never happened to the other fella" line is much discussed example of ambiguously breaking the 4th wall.
A more underrated example is the part in Fellowship of the Ring where Sean Bean says, "It's still sharp(e)."
JD Vance tells Bill Maher the United States has “destroyed” Iran’s nuclear program.
Maher immediately pushes back and says: Hold on. “Their program isn’t destroyed.”
By the time Vance finishes answering, Maher backs off entirely.
He’s really good at this.
Look, man…
The WNBA is literally bringing all of this onto themselves. It’s been ridiculous since she got into the league & it gets worse by the game. The way that Caitlin Clark is officiated is absolutely insane. Truly, pure insanity.
In what world is this not a foul? Lmao
Unfortunately true for many children’s books published today as well. At my library we refer to these books as “children’s books that were written as therapy for the person writing the book”
Denzel Washington said his name is not pronounced “Den-ZEL.” It’s pronounced “DEN-zel.”
Jimmy Kimmel: Did you know that there are currently four players named Denzel in the NFL?
Denzel Washington: I know.
Jimmy Kimmel: And before your…
Denzel Washington: There's a lot of Denzels now.
Jimmy Kimmel: There weren't that many before your first Oscar. There were zero in 1987.
Denzel Washington: And this is how you know they named themselves after me. Because, wait a minute, because my name is not pronounced Den-ZEL. My name is pronounced DEN-zel.
Jimmy Kimmel: Oh.
This scene is a masterpiece, it’s basically a textbook depiction of ego death. The shattering of a grand illusion, that desperate final attempt to prove the lie right and then the total psychological collapse. Essential viewing.
I've never see Jews stringing up little girls because they wore lip gloss or jeans. I've never heard of Jewish rape gangs. I've never heard of Jews forcing their women to live every moment of their public life peering through a slit in a black sheet. Jews never blew up our buildings or beheaded Christians.
You have a problem with Israel. Fine, register your geopolitical opposition to our foreign policy with regards to Israel. But I've never been afraid of what a Jew would do to me or my daughters.