Tag: Random
“No one ever glances at people sitting on benches.”
Georges Simenon
(Found in: The Last London: True Fictions from an Unreal City)
“Before he can become a wolf, the lycanthrope strips stark naked. If you spy a naked man among the pines, you must run as if the Devil were after you.”
The Company of Wolves
Angela Carter
(Found in: The Oxford Book of Villains)
What’s a small detail in a movie that most people wouldn’t notice, but that you know about and are willing to share?
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InvasionXX
In Pulp Fiction, Vincent Vega and Mia Wallace return home with the trophy from the dance competition at Jack Rabbit Slims, suggesting they won. However, later in the movie you can barely hear in a news announcement on TV that a trophy has been stolen from a local dance competition, suggesting instead that Mia and Vincent lost and stole the trophy.
BlakeSiefken
In the first Terminator movie, “fuck you, asshole” appears near the bottom of the list of possible responses because it’s the same line that Bill Paxton says to him at the start of the film. The Terminator is a learning computer; the more interaction he has with humans, the more he learns. He learned the line from Bill Paxton’s character and added it to his list.
gurk_the_magnificent
Lots of people probably know about this one, but my favorite is Back to the Future. The mall starts as “Twin Pine Mall”, but Marty runs over a tree when he initially goes back to 1955, and when he returns to 1985 the mall is “Lone Pine Mall”.
Bourbone
This is a small music one.
We’re all familiar with the “dah dum” of the jaws theme.
Well, Williams used it masterfully to fully scare you in the last act in a way you don’t expect.
Throughout the movie, the jaws theme never lies.
When you hear it, the shark is there. When you DONT hear it, like when the main guy is overreacting about the kid on the beach day, the shark isn’t there.
Williams gets you to subconsciously trust that shark theme by proving that it works in every case.
This makes it scary AF, when in the final scene on the Orca, the shark appears out of nowhere without the music warning you first. It just comes up and chomps the boat.
Williams spent ~2 hours setting up that moment perfectly.
my_simple-review
In Goodfellas, when Ray Liotta is applying for witness protection, the prosecutor who is speaking with him is Ed McDonald, who was the real federal prosecutor in Henry Hill’s court case.
ImaginaryNemesis
The final scene with Ray Liotta in witness protection is a great wardrobe joke if you’ve been paying attention.
Through the whole movie, clothes are used to show people’s status. The members of the mob are generally shown in darker earth tones, and the ‘normies’ are in bright colors.
There’s a gag around the start where mobsters have stolen a truck of clothes and they all look out of place trying on brightly colored sweaters.
You can track Karen’s descent into crime from the changes in the color of her clothes.
Having Henry open the door at the end in a poorly fitting pastel blue bath robe is hilarious.
Pizzazzinator
The naked people at the end of Hereditary were all the same people at Annie’s support group, so it was a long con to get to Paimon.
TLMoss
In Finding Nemo, in the fish tank in the Dentist’s office, the fish use proper dental terminology when they discuss the procedures.
RadLibRaphaelWarnock
In Baby Driver, there is a scene towards the end where the protagonist steals an old lady’s car. He turns the radio to 97.1, where “Radar Love” by Golden Earring starts playing. The film takes place in Atlanta, and there is only one radio station in the city that would play music like that – 97.1 The River.
A cool little detail in a movie full of them.
ridd666
I shared it in another thread, but in the movie Frailty, when the father kills Demons, there is blood on the demon, but never shown on the dad or sons, or the weapons.
But when he kills an innocent, in this see the sheriff gets killed, the blood is everywhere. On the weapon, the dad, his hands, the kids clothes and even his face.
A small but awesome detail.
r/AlternateAngles
Alternate Angles of iconic events and places in history beyond the traditional well known photos and videos
San Francisco’s Famous Painted Ladies
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View from the Abbey of Mont Saint-Michel, France [OS][OC][5184×3456]
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Inside the Leaning Tower of Pisa
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John Lurie @lurie_john
I recently took an antibiotic and one of the listed side effects was – “may cause patient to believe other people are controlling their thoughts.”
That didnt happen to me but if a commonly prescribed medicine can cause something like this – no wonder things are so fucked up
I have few memories of being four—a fact I find disconcerting now that I’m the father of a four-year-old. My son and I have great times together; lately, we’ve been building Lego versions of familiar places (the coffee shop, the bathroom) and perfecting the “flipperoo,” a move in which I hold his hands while he somersaults backward from my shoulders to the ground. But how much of our joyous life will he remember? What I recall from when I was four are the red-painted nails of a mean babysitter; the brushed-silver stereo in my parents’ apartment; a particular orange-carpeted hallway; some houseplants in the sun; and a glimpse of my father’s face, perhaps smuggled into memory from a photograph. These disconnected images don’t knit together into a picture of a life. They also fail to illuminate any inner reality. I have no memories of my own feelings, thoughts, or personality; I’m told that I was a cheerful, talkative child given to long dinner-table speeches, but don’t remember being so. My son, who is happy and voluble, is so much fun to be around that I sometimes mourn, on his behalf, his future inability to remember himself.
Are You the Same Person You Used to Be?
Researchers have studied how much of our personality is set from childhood, but what you’re like isn’t who you are.
By Joshua Rothman
The very first psychiatrist I ever saw when I was a kid had a plaque in his waiting room that said, ‘Please be relatively open to an adequate day.’ – Seen on twitter
“My advice is, don’t spend money on therapy. Spend it in a record store.” – Wim Wenders – Seen on twitter
When you ask someone for the truth about themselves, you may get the truth, or part of the truth, or none of the truth, but you will certainly get what they would like you to think is the truth. – Roger Ebert
found in this book:
Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever
Matt Singer
At the 9:15 mark, in answer to a direct question posed by interviewer Woodrow Wyatt about the “practical use of your sort of philosophy to a man who wants to know how to conduct himself,” Russell replies:
I think nobody should be certain of anything. If you’re certain, you’re certainly wrong because nothing deserves certainty. So one ought to hold all one’s beliefs with a certain element of doubt, and one ought to be able to act vigorously in spite of the doubt…. One has in practical life to act upon probabilities, and what I should look to philosophy to do is to encourage people to act with vigor without complete certainty.
Bertrand Russell: The Everyday Benefit of Philosophy Is That It Helps You Live with Uncertainty
Dmitry Portnoy
Studio City
It’s only after seeing this production that I felt I understood anything about a play I’d thought about for more than three decades. Turns out when a brilliant director and cast perform it with the commitment and humility it demands, it sheds its clown nose and begins to speak.AWS
philadelphia, pa
I was completely captivated by this production – wonderfully directed and a master class in acting by the whole cast. This is probably the best thing happening in NY theater at the moment (if not for the entire season). I feel very privileged to have seen it.Chip
Greenville, North Carolina
My all-time favorite graffito:“Back in a second.” — Godot
‘Waiting for Godot’ Review: Old Friends Falling in and Out of Sync
Michael Shannon and Paul Sparks star in Arin Arbus’s pandemic-delayed production at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center.
(From the comments)
“Competition happens at the bottom, people at the top are collaborating ” – via twitter and instagram.
I think it was Faulkner who once said that when you strike a match in a dark wilderness it is not in order to see anything better lighted, but just in order to see how much more darkness there is around. I think that literature does mainly that. It is not really supposed to ‘answer’ things, not even to make them clearer, but rather to explore – often blindly – the huge areas of darkness, and show them better.
Jonathan Coe
from introduction to:
A Heart So White
Javier Marias
Q: What’s heaven for you?
A: Me and my wife on Rte. 66 with a pot of coffee, a cheap guitar, pawnshop tape recorder in a Motel 6, and a car that runs good parked right by the door.Q: What’s hard for you?
A: Mostly I straddle reality and the imagination. My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane. Math is hard. Reading a map. Following orders. Carpentry. Electronics. Plumbing. Remembering things correctly. Straight lines. Sheet rock. Finding a safety pin. Patience with others. Ordering in Chinese. Stereo instructions in German.Q: What remarkable things have you found in unexpected places?
A:
1. Real beauty: oil stains left by cars in a parking lot.
2. Shoe shine stands that looked like thrones in Brazil made of scrap wood.
3. False teeth in pawnshop windows- Reno, NV.
4. Great acoustics: in jail.
5. Best food: Airport in Tulsa Oklahoma.
6. Most gift shops: Fatima, Portugal.
8. Most unlikely location for a Chicano crowd: A Morrissey concert.
9. Most poverty: Washington D.C.
10. A homeless man with a beautiful operatic voice singing the word “Bacteria” in an empty dumpster in Chinatown.
11. A Chinese man with a Texan accent in Scotland.
12. Best nights sleep-in a dry riverbed in Arizona.
13. Most people who wear red pants- St. Louis.
14. Most beautiful horses, N.Y.C.
15. A judge in Baltimore MD1890 presided over a trial where a man who was accused of murder and was guilty, and convicted by a jury of his peers… and was let go- when the judge said to him at the end of the trial “You are guilty sir… but I cannot put in jail an innocent man.” You see – the murderer was a Siamese twin.
http://www.tomwaits.com/press/read/15/TOM_WAITS_TRUE_CONFESSIONS/
Tick Advice – Just noticed a minute ago, unsuccessful in getting out and there is some pain.
TriceraDoctor
Actual doctor here. Not great photo but looks like deer tick. Where in the US are you? If you’re in a Lyme endemic area and it’s been >24 hours, Lyme prophylaxis is one dose of doxycycline. Otherwise the head still needs to come out and the management is just monitoring for flu-like symptoms and rash.
ThinkSquare1257
Yes this. Urgent care physician here. >36 hours is the recommendation from IDSA.
DignanZer0
Construction worker here. I’ve nothing to add other than a thanks for making me think I need to take tick bites more seriously.
Mal_tron
Lawyer here. I’d sue someone. A deer maybe?
NowForrowMyPen
Consultant here. I can build you a powerpoint about the different options you already know about and charge you a bunch for it.
CHClClCl
Project manager. I’ll send you a few emails to follow up on this and extend the timeline by 3 days.
mehx9000
SysAdmin and DevOps here. Have you tried unplugging it, wait for 10 seconds, and plug it back in?
The_stoic_salmon
Data Engineer here. Debug will not help, but maybe you should try untick some parameters. And remember to check if your antivirus is up to date, you don’t want your neural network to be DDoS-ed.
MadMadoc
High school history teacher here. Tons of people used to die from this shit.
United_Pie_5484
Bartender here. Let me pour you a shot of 151 and you can kill the surface germs with it.
lifeoflogan
Casting director here. Who do you want playing “you” in the made for TV movie?
ChaLenCe
Out of Work Actor here: I’m willing to play the part of the Tick.
hugazow
Software developer guy here: let me build an app for that to try to raise millions and move to silicon valley
Update: I’ll make it an Uber for ticks
Elegant-Analysis-782
Social worker here. where are it’s parents? Maybe it needs a hug!
VaticanCattleRustler
Insurance adjuster here. I’ll roll my eyes, curse your profession and myself for choosing mine for the millionth time, then ask what your real settlement number is.
Over the past decade, California has added a little over three times as many people as housing units, driving its median home price over $800,000, which is more than twice the national figure.
Legislators Find Way to Let U.C. Berkeley Increase Its Enrollment
The richest 20 percent of people worldwide take 80 percent of all flights, according to estimates by the International Council on Clean Transportation.
Since there is only one active official cemetery in Manhattan, the borough’s most popular final resting place may be Central Park — a legal site for the scattering of human ashes.
Nearly half of all millennials have tattoos, compared with 13 percent of the baby boomer generation, according to a 2015 survey by the Harris Poll.
71 of Our Favorite Facts of 2022
Each day, Times Insider editors scour the newspaper for the most interesting facts to appear in articles. Here are facts that surprised, enlightened or entertained us this year.
via:
RedditWritesSeinfeld
1. write a random semi introspective blog post about day to day living for a guy in denver
As I sit here on my balcony in Denver, staring out at the cityscape before me, I can’t help but feel grateful for the simple pleasures in life. The crisp, cool air of a fall evening, the sound of leaves rustling in the breeze, and the distant hum of traffic all combine to create a sense of peace and contentment.
But life in Denver isn’t always so serene. Like any city, it has its share of hustle and bustle, of long commutes and crowded streets. And yet, despite the challenges that come with living in a major metropolis, there’s something about Denver that keeps drawing me in.
One of the things I love most about this city is the sense of community. Whether I’m grabbing a cup of coffee at my local shop or attending a community event, I always feel like I’m part of something bigger. People here are friendly and welcoming, and there’s always something new and exciting happening.
Of course, living in Denver also has its drawbacks. The high altitude can take some getting used to, and the unpredictable weather can be a challenge at times. But even on the days when the clouds roll in and the temperature drops, there’s something invigorating about being in a place that feels alive and constantly changing.
All in all, living in Denver has its ups and downs, just like anywhere else. But for me, the pros far outweigh the cons. I may not know what the future holds, but for now, I’m happy to call this vibrant city my home.
2. write a conspiratorial blog post about day to day living for a guy in denver
As a resident of Denver, I can’t help but feel like something strange is going on. Everywhere I turn, I see signs of a conspiracy at work, shaping the city and its inhabitants in ways that are almost impossible to fathom.
At first glance, Denver may seem like any other city. People go about their daily lives, going to work, running errands, and enjoying the many amenities that the city has to offer. But if you know where to look, you can see the threads of the conspiracy weaving their way through every aspect of life here.
One of the most obvious signs of the conspiracy is the way the city is laid out. If you look at a map of Denver, you’ll notice that many of the streets and highways form a series of interlocking patterns. Some people say that these patterns are just a coincidence, but I believe they are part of a larger plan to control the flow of people and information within the city.
Another clue can be found in the city’s many parks and open spaces. At first glance, these areas may seem like nothing more than places for people to enjoy the outdoors. But if you look closer, you’ll see that many of them are located near key government buildings or other important institutions. Is this just a coincidence, or is there something more sinister at work?
I may never know the full extent of the conspiracy that is at work in Denver, but one thing is clear: there are forces at play in this city that are beyond our understanding. Whether we like it or not, we are all pawns in a game that is much bigger than any of us can imagine.
3. write a stoned, drug addled blog post about day to day living for a guy in denver
As I sit here in my apartment in Denver, I can’t help but feel overwhelmed by the sheer awesomeness of this city. The colors, the sounds, the smells… everything just seems so much more intense than it normally does. I guess you could say I’m feeling a little… altered.
But even in my current state, I can’t help but appreciate the beauty of Denver. The way the sunlight filters through the trees, casting a golden glow on everything it touches. The way the wind rustles the leaves, creating a soothing rustling sound. It’s like I’m seeing the city in a whole new light.
Of course, living in Denver has its challenges, even when you’re not… uh… under the influence. The high altitude can be a bit of a drag, and the traffic can be a nightmare during rush hour. But even on the days when I feel like pulling my hair out, there’s always something to remind me of why I love living here.
So if you’re ever in Denver, and you find yourself feeling a little… out of sorts… just take a moment to stop and appreciate the beauty of this city. Trust me, it’s worth it. And hey, if you happen to have any… uh… substances… on hand, that might help too. Just don’t blame me if things get a little weird. After all, that’s just part of the Denver experience.
My goto along these lines:
“Damn. I can’t find my notebook.”
“Where’d you put it?”
At my local grocery store sometimes I hear this over the storewide address system: “Rock Star service at the front please.”
I’m thinking it’s some sort of management promoted worker morale technique. Maybe it’s something else. Maybe I’m mis-hearing it.
Anyway, reminds me of this scene from the X-Files
Mulder enters prisoner visiting room. Eddie Van Blundht is wearing a hat that says Superstar.
MULDER: “What’s with the hat?”
EDDIE VAN BLUNDHT: “My court-appointed therapist makes me wear it. She says it’s meant to bolster my self-esteem.”
MULDER: “Does it?”
EDDIE VAN BLUNDHT: “Not really.”
Small Potatoes
Five unrelated women in a small town give birth to babies with small tails. The prime suspect is a man who can shape shift into whomever he wants.
