Matthew

Geek stuff, etc. Harrumph.

[Matthew @Shockrates]

Watching Rat Race (2001)

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@harpsibored Damn near killed em

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@Bludsprt_ @graffixbuds I've always liked the Mohawk look

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@ClaireMax Unsurprising that these folks have never heard the phrase "haunting the narrative"

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@poe_collector

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@rippersarchive Tom Cruise: "I've never seen so many dead hookers in all my life!"

Paul Newman: "Lord knows I have"

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@CosmonautMarcus Am I out of touch now or were none of those characters played by B-list celebrities from popular network television shows?

[Elijah Wood @elijahwood]

For the first time yesterday, I experienced the new @alamodrafthouse QR code ordering system and I can tell you it’s truly awful. Rather than making ordering food and drink more efficient, it actually adds steps to the process AND if you want to order additional items during the film you HAVE to open your phone. No, your cute reference to that irony in your How To Alamo video doesn’t negate how ridiculous this is. Please don’t cut corners with your staff and revert back to physical menus and order cards.

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@lesbian_fleabag @AndrethaKnight See, I was gonna guess Stanley Tucci

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@Marco20307855 @HunterBiden @realjusthuman @Boilers32 no doy, he's a drug addict not a computer addict

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@The_Kyle_Mann Also "Solo"? That's obviously a fake name. They should explain how he came up with it.

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@mightydudbolt I wonder whose idea it was for the monkey to be a Nazi

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Spiritually, I'm a smoker

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@GenePark @ActualAero The English localization and va is also absurdly good.

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@penpen_archives It's also just really convenient, and often a better source for old or obscure movies.

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@intothecrevasse Vindaloo Raimi

[Hei Wa Wa @yaqobhyndes]

Blocking the last letter of the Hard R on that Rockwell painting is proof he's still got it as a cinematographer

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

Ooooh, are we sharing fables? I got one for you.

So, there's this frog that enters public service, presumably for the right reasons. He spends years as a district judge, then gets elected to the state supreme court, then attorney general of that state.

Wouldn't you know it, that frog makes his way up to the U.S. Senate and gets reelected a few times. He seems to have a great path ahead.

Well, along comes this scorpion who's running for president and saying outright: if you don't support me, I'm gonna sting you.

The supposedly wise frog warns everyone else about the scorpion, tells them this scorpion is bad news, tells them this scorpion is gonna sting them with no regard for their support.

Alas, the scorpion is elected anyway, and the frog, despite knowing the scorpion is going to sting, keeps supporting the scorpion.

The frog, once wise, spends a decade defending the scorpion stinging others even though the frog knows there's a damn good chance he's gonna get stung himself because the scorpion doesn't do loyalty.

The frog, you see, is too chickenshit to speak out against the scorpion and decides to just wait out the scorpion's time. He's okay with others getting stung, though. He figures if he can appeal to the scorpion's ego and support him, he'll evade the eventual sting.

So, he spends years pandering to the scorpion and looking the other way while others get stung. And after a while, he figures he's gonna make it out okay.

Well, along comes this other frog who panders even harder. A truly corrupt and nasty frog. No integrity at all. Seems to have no soul.

And the frog thinks: there ain't no way the scorpion is gonna favor this other frog. I've bent over backwards for the scorpion. I've been loyal. This other frog is ugly as sin. No one likes the other frog. The scorpion ain't gonna choose him over me, right?

The frog is now neck-deep in delusion. He thinks the way to get out of this pickle is to pander to the scorpion even harder. He even tries to get a highway named after the scorpion.

Well... it didn't work. One day, the scorpion thanked the frog for his loyalty and then repeatedly stung him into oblivion. Stung him over and over. Seemed to enjoy it, honestly.

I think I read that in Aesop's or somewhere.