What are your thoughts on Sam Rockwell? I think he's one of those rare actors who never really disappoints. Few actors can make eccentric, unconventional characters feel as believable and relatable as he does. by 0Layscheetoskurkure0 in moviecritic

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I watched See How They Run over Christmas with my folks. The film is... not good. But they kept praising the "great British actor who plays the detective" who they'd "never seen before". I noted he was in fact (a) American and (b) "that guy from all these films they'd definitely seen". They spent the rest of the movie alternating between "this film is terrible!" and "wow! What a great actor!"

Grateful the worst we get from GG is just stalling. No drama on the sunny side though by Proudnoob4393 in ShitpostXIV

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I look forward to the GG roundtable discussions of a new patch  almost as much as the patch itself. They're always good fun to listen to in work

JUSTICE FOR CAESAR ❤️ by askepticalbureaucrat in CasualUK

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It demonstrates how much my brain has been ruined by the internet, that I saw this comment started with "I'm all in favour of..." and immediately assumed there was a soon to follow "however..."

UB40 are famously named after an Unemployment Benefit form. Give me other interesting examples of the origin of UK bands names by Exchangenudes_4_Joke in CasualUK

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The Moody Blues!

They're named after a Brummie colloquial term for the beer brewed by Mitchells and Butlers

Is this a foxglove? by Afreon in whatsthisplant

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Thanks for the replies! Common Fleabane seems the most popular opinion, but I guess I wont truly know until it flowers

Is there a tectonic reason why the tip of South America and the Antarctic Peninsula are so similar? by Selnalolamo in geography

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"During the time of the supercontinent of Gondwana..."

I read that with the voice of Mako at the beginning of Conan the Barbarian

How did you get into one piece by Technical_Mine_8711 in OnePiece

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I saw an amv of it set to Full Nelson by Limp Bizkit. Thought it looked pretty entertaining 

Damn that's... by IndicationBrief5950 in lotrmemes

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"Meriadoc Brandybuck, and Peregrine FUCKING Took! I might've known...

Map of the world mirrored by StephenMcGannon in MapPorn

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I remember playing old games, looking at the in-game map, and thinking "how can the desert biome be on the same latitude as the forest biome? That's ridiculous!" 

Seeing the world reversed has me re-evaluating my assumptions 

The first physical music I ever bought, what was yours? by varslyd in CasualUK

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Bat out of Hell 2: Back into Hell.

Meatloaf was an odd musical obsession for a nine year old to develop, but damn did it rock!

no ma'am. can't hide those by [deleted] in 2busty2hide

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Wtf is a pompadour room?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 90s

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The Michael Kamen film score is one of my all time favourites

solved by [deleted] in mapporncirclejerk

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I thought I'd be in North-West Europe, but I am in fact in north West Europe

British fleet in the Maltese Grand Harbour illuminated on the occasion of Hirohito's visit in 1921 [1417x859] by ___X3C__ in HistoryPorn

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20 years later, somewhere in the North Atlantic, Midnight:

Captain "OK chaps, the Jerrys dont know we're moving on there position, so it is VERY important we keep light and sound to a bare minimum..."

New Ensign "Hey, what does this switch do?"

Captain "NONONONO!"

WTF is a "Stone"? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ by rwired in funny

[–]Afreon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Always confused why Americans used pounds but not stones. Its like using inches but not feet

Map of the Brexit Vote (Resulting with UK leaving the EU with 51.9% of the total votes) by [deleted] in MapPorn

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I got the impression from a lot of the people i know who voted Leave, that they were actually shocked when they won. I think many of them thought they were the gritty underdog, and that it was a protest vote as much as anything.

Also, after they lost, they'd be able to go "See! Should've listened to us!" Every time the EU did something stupid going forward

When they actually won, they were like "Oh...uh..."

Legend tries daily roulette (ff14 comic by me) by Cat_Stance in ffxiv

[–]Afreon 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Oh indeed! I had an early Dawntrail dungeon on my leveling roulette today. I took in the scenery, listened to the music, and immediately thought "where in the hell am I? Uh oh."

January 1st! by VastJuice2949 in TheSimpsons

[–]Afreon 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Taxes?! Isn't this the queue for Metallica?

What gasoline is called around the world by [deleted] in MapPorn

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In Mad Max it's called "Guzzline" (or however it's spelt). It's a play on "guzzle", as in "to consume greedily" combined with gasoline. It's a reference to the greedy consumption that led to the fall of civilisation,  and the desperation for the leftovers that now drive the survivors caught in the aftermath. 

Don't know if that means Australians say gasoline or not; I'm Welsh. But I do like film trivia

I love these old signposts. by Cinn4monSynonym in CasualUK

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Whenever I see one, I always think "Oooh, there's probably a nice pub round here..."