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Have you not seen any episodes out of season 16?
Well, yeah. But I still don't see what your problem is. Why don't you actually say what you mean, instead of vaguely alluding to it?
The Simpsons makes fun of all religions (ref: Apu), and also celebrates all religions. It's just that Christianity is the dominant religion in the US, so of course it's going to be mentioned more in a show that's about US culture.
And I don't understand why you think there's an outcry whenever anyone criticises Islam. In fact, it's the other way around. There are countless news articles and opinion columns out there - with outright bash the Muslim Faith, but you don't see much outcry.
But whenever someone criticises Christianity, even in small ways, there is much outrage from Christians and politicians. Many of them are even trying to get laws passed banning any criticism of religion.
Certainly that's why that great champion of the "little guy", John Edwards, cut his salary and took his pay in capital gains from stock in a dummy S corporation. [townhall.com]
So, does that make it right? Film at 11: Politician indulges in hypocrisy.
Oh wait, you were trying to make a partisan political point. Never mind, you wouldn't listen to reason, anyway.
Once again, Apple innovates and others follow. Does this mean they will be adopting the title of iCEO, or maybe CEOplex? Can't wait to see Google's new single-button mouse.
Please tell me this is a joke. Please tell me this is a joke. Please tell me this is a joke. Please tell me this is a joke. Please tell me this is a joke. Please tell me this is a joke.
Once thing I've noticed about wikipedia is that articles are updated within hours of new information or breaking news.
But that's not the job of an encyclopedia. It's the job of a news journal. Encyclopedias are supposed to provide.... you know... authoritative encyclopedic information.
Re:Now that it's being considered important
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Ummmm, what the fuck are you talking about, and what does it have to do with The Simpsons?
Re:Tumbleweeds and other sight gags
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I don't know how old the author is, but for those of us who grew up in the 70's and 80's on Warner Brothers (and other) reruns, sight gags such as the tumbleweed blowing by to highlight the lack of life, or crickets chirping to highlight the lack of applause, is pretty common and many decades old. In fact, it is "old school," if this old fart may borrow from the 90's vernacular.
Well yes, but I grew up in the 80s, and the difference is that the Simpsons is a sight-gag on the sight-gags.
Re:Where might I find these?
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In Soviet Russia, Simpsons quote YOU!!!!!!
(OMG, I am so sorry. Now I'm going to burn in hell for posting that.)
"There's an extremist fringe of Linux loonies who hang out on forums and are disrespectful and threatening because you disagree with them," DiDio told ZDNet UK on Wednesday. "That can hurt the Linux community."
DiDio feels she has been unfairly criticized on open source forums, including being nicknamed DiDiot, and has even had Linux advocates contacting her at home. "I've had these nut jobs calling me at 11 o'clock at night," said DiDio.
The reactionary nature of much of the open source community is something that DiDio claims is unique in the software industry.
They are often telling the truth. Just because you consider something to be a bad thing doesn't mean I will. Linux has a very complete list of CLI apps and a rather incomplete list of GUI ones. For what I want to do this is far better than the Windows situation where it's the inverse of that.
Wouldn't it be better to use a system that has both, like for example.... (puts on asbestos underwear)... MacOS X?
For all we know, the guy might have been acting like a complete jerk.
Isn't it every American's God-given right to act like a complete jerk? After all, that's how Best Buy runs their business. And how the cops behave. And how New Yorkers behave... and Californians... and Texans... and Presidents.
Being disgruntled is an arrestable offense now? How can it be because of a "combination" of the facts? The only thing that is remotely suspicious is the smudging. Since neither being disgruntled, sequential bills, or $2 bills are suspicious - then the idea that it was a combination of facts is absurd.
Are coincidences illegal? If none of the facts are suspicious in their own right - then what magically makes them suspicious in combination?
Damn, I'm going to get Iron Chef Rokusaburo Michiba on the phone and hire him to patent hundreds of cooking techniques. Soon, I will own exclusive rights to ALL FOOD! I will win in Kitchen Stadium!!!
Somebody pass me a foie gras and salmon roe pocket sandwich, I'm hungry. Today's theme ingredient is Intellectual Property!
Vegemite is like Guinness... dark, made with yeast, nutritious, and exquisitely delicious. Consumed in large quantity by Aussies. Like Guinness, you can usually tell someone's nationality by how thick they spread their vegemite (or how quickly they drink their Guinness.
especially vegimite sandwiches...
Vegemite sandwiches are like Guinness sandwiches...
I have to ask, what in the bloody hell is a "pocket" peanut butter and jam sandiwch?
It's an abomination that should be wiped out from the face of the Earth, in the name of humanity. When the revolution comes, the pocket-peanut-butter-and-jelly-sandwich manufacturers will be the first with their backs against the wall.
Do you honestly believe that NASA should spend it's time publicizing the fact that strapping astronauts onto literally a ton of rocket fuel and blasting them into outer space is involves significant risk to people who are unable to come to that conclusion themselves?
No. I just asked if America was a democracy. I didn't say what I believe anywhere in my post. Any such inferences are in the mind of the user. See a psychologist if symptoms persist.
then politicians and the public would start asking if there really was a point to manned orbital missions if they're so dangerous, which is a question that would leave NASA up shit creek and without a paddle.
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Well, yeah. But I still don't see what your problem is. Why don't you actually say what you mean, instead of vaguely alluding to it?
The Simpsons makes fun of all religions (ref: Apu), and also celebrates all religions. It's just that Christianity is the dominant religion in the US, so of course it's going to be mentioned more in a show that's about US culture.
And I don't understand why you think there's an outcry whenever anyone criticises Islam. In fact, it's the other way around. There are countless news articles and opinion columns out there - with outright bash the Muslim Faith, but you don't see much outcry.
But whenever someone criticises Christianity, even in small ways, there is much outrage from Christians and politicians. Many of them are even trying to get laws passed banning any criticism of religion.
(Sigh of relief. Dangitman puts down razor blades and makes a cup of coffee.)
Yeah, because it's so evil to pay for a functioning society and infrastructure. Much better that we just fight it out in the streets.
So, does that make it right? Film at 11: Politician indulges in hypocrisy.
Oh wait, you were trying to make a partisan political point. Never mind, you wouldn't listen to reason, anyway.
Once again, Apple innovates and others follow. Does this mean they will be adopting the title of iCEO, or maybe CEOplex? Can't wait to see Google's new single-button mouse.
Hitachi: Because that law would be against the laws of physics. But if we changed the laws of physics...
bit: Then we could make all sorts of crazy hard-drives!
Hitachi: Now you're catching on!
bit: What if people say you're not good enough to be in the laws of physics?
Hitachi: Then I'll crush all opposition to me, and I'll make Isaac Newton pay. If he fights back, I'll say that he's gay.
No, he said "craptacular."
No, but Bender is if you give him enough martinis and hookers.
Please tell me this is a joke. Please tell me this is a joke. Please tell me this is a joke. Please tell me this is a joke. Please tell me this is a joke. Please tell me this is a joke.
But that's not the job of an encyclopedia. It's the job of a news journal. Encyclopedias are supposed to provide .... you know ... authoritative encyclopedic information.
Ummmm, what the fuck are you talking about, and what does it have to do with The Simpsons?
Well yes, but I grew up in the 80s, and the difference is that the Simpsons is a sight-gag on the sight-gags.
(OMG, I am so sorry. Now I'm going to burn in hell for posting that.)
Don't you mean Galactipedia?
God just pees it directly into my glass. Why, where do you get yours from?
Yeah, DiDio doesn't sound reactionary at all.
Wouldn't it be better to use a system that has both, like for example .... (puts on asbestos underwear) ... MacOS X?
Isn't it every American's God-given right to act like a complete jerk? After all, that's how Best Buy runs their business. And how the cops behave. And how New Yorkers behave ... and Californians ... and Texans ... and Presidents.
Are coincidences illegal? If none of the facts are suspicious in their own right - then what magically makes them suspicious in combination?
Somebody pass me a foie gras and salmon roe pocket sandwich, I'm hungry. Today's theme ingredient is Intellectual Property!
Vegemite is like Guinness ... dark, made with yeast, nutritious, and exquisitely delicious. Consumed in large quantity by Aussies. Like Guinness, you can usually tell someone's nationality by how thick they spread their vegemite (or how quickly they drink their Guinness.
especially vegimite sandwiches...
Vegemite sandwiches are like Guinness sandwiches...
It's an abomination that should be wiped out from the face of the Earth, in the name of humanity. When the revolution comes, the pocket-peanut-butter-and-jelly-sandwich manufacturers will be the first with their backs against the wall.
No. I just asked if America was a democracy. I didn't say what I believe anywhere in my post. Any such inferences are in the mind of the user. See a psychologist if symptoms persist.
Because, if you use BitTorrent, the terrorists have already won!
Well yes, but isn't America a democracy?