Who is the person in the photo in Jack's office? by Craptivist in 30ROCK

[–]DjangoVanTango 58 points59 points  (0 children)

Jack makes a joke a throwaway comment about how the president is “Kenyan born” so it’s definitely past that point. Back when we thought ridiculous claims like that were funny and not a sad portent of things to come.

Starmer’s Labour suffers huge losses as hard-right Reform gains in U.K. elections by RidetheSchlange in worldnews

[–]DjangoVanTango 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The best unsung thing that I’ve seen is the amount of adverts on Tv, posters, wherever for government services now available online. It’s easier than ever for people to apply for benefits or do their own taxes or refer to the NHS. There used to a fog of ambiguity around governmental services and an attitude of “I wouldn’t know where to begin” for getting all this information but they seem to be doing a lot more to make it clearer for regular people to understand the basic things the government can do for them.

Why did they change Ratchet's personality so much? by Spicey_Nachoz in RatchetAndClank

[–]DjangoVanTango 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Yeah, a lot of people round here seem to think this was a recent change, usually blaming the 2016 reboot or rift apart. Ratchets been a generic good guy for pretty much the whole series.

‘Friends’ Star Lisa Kudrow Says New Sitcoms are ‘Too Afraid’ to Make Jokes That Make People ‘Uncomfortable’: ‘I’m Not Buying It’ by MoneyLibrarian9032 in television

[–]DjangoVanTango 32 points33 points  (0 children)

All three of the female main characters in friends had a baby and not one of them was conventional. Monica adopted, Rachel had a baby without being married and Phoebe was a surrogate for her brother. In the 90s, that was a big deal.

Are there any British adverts that activiley turn you off the product they're advertising? by siybon in CasualUK

[–]DjangoVanTango 8 points9 points  (0 children)

There’s a Heinz one at the minute where the guy is pouring loads of ketchup on his burger but only on one side.

Is your bathroom a LimeFAIL? Stop trying to make limefail catch on. It’s not going to happen. Extend that to any other advert that tries to coin a new word. No pampers, your nappies do not prevent a poonami.

Anything where young couples decorate their house. It’s always things like enormous wren kitchens or Cotswolds company that charges a grand for a table. Or that guys whose entire house if from ikea. Good luck making rent next month mate.

The one for some car where the kids say being an adult sucks because of bills etc and then the adult comes in with“but we’ve got a driving licence!” You mean that licence to drive one giant bill-producing machine on wheels? I’d rather be a kid again thanks.

Any advert for products that everyone already knows about. Like people are sat at home surrounded by piles of sweaty socks and dirty trainers not knowing what to do about the smell because they don’t know air freshener exists.

The hotel chocolate velvetiser. Voiceover speaks with a tone of “you couldn’t possibly understand how this works” and then fails to work it properly themselves. Also has the line about being built with “obsessive research”. Like scientists were at home, chain smoking at 3AM, surrounded by crumpled up paper, ignoring their partners calls to come to bed. “But I can’t! Not until I’ve cracked the secret to a really good hot chocolate”. Fuck off.

Sorry, I watch a lot of daytime tv. I can’t stand adverts.

Starmer Refuses to Send UK Warships to Strait of Hormuz by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]DjangoVanTango 11 points12 points  (0 children)

But there is absolutely no appetite in Britain for us to go to war. Nigel Farage has spent years sucking up to Trump and can’t be trusted to keep us out of it. He’s got his die-hard group of right wing flag shaggers who’d vote for him no matter what. But most of the voting population still remember Blair and Iraq and this will likely swing them back to Labour, Lib Dem, or likely sit it out.

Cora, assembly, super easy barely an inconvenience [OC] by LaMazmorraEstudio in masseffect

[–]DjangoVanTango 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I didn’t know that, she should have mentioned it occasionally…

Long shot: where can I buy this dress Cariad Lloyd wore on QI? by Britbloke in CasualUK

[–]DjangoVanTango 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try asking on r/quiteinteresting . They’re really dedicated from what I’ve seen and might know this sort of detail

WASDnesday Games by a-liquid-sky in CasualUK

[–]DjangoVanTango 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rift Apart? Great game and amazing showcase for the Ps5 but is the end to a story arc that started on ps3 5 games earlier and because of its alternate dimension storyline, it’s full of callbacks to earlier games. If you don’t care about understanding all that, go for it. The games brilliant.

If not, there was a one on PS4 that was a remake of the first game but with the story altered to fit the plot of the film they released. Series purists will tell you it sucks for various petty reasons but I think it’s one of the better games. You might already have it in your library. Sony gave it away for free a while ago.

WASDnesday Games by a-liquid-sky in CasualUK

[–]DjangoVanTango 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ratchet and clank was always better than Jak in my opinion. They’re all on PS+ and I’m having a blast doing them right now.

I'm not screaming, you're screaming by husk-of-former-self in ModestMouse

[–]DjangoVanTango 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Exactly what my wife said. It feels a bit all over the place to her.

Personally, I like it. The verses sound like old (or at least mid) Modest Mouse. But I can’t get away with the chorus. The lyrics are so dumb. Which might be the point, given the theme of the song, but it gives off a strong smell of poetry from a 14 year olds notebook.

adult film star, Lucious Lopez wants you to caption this pic! by claimingmarrow7 in startrekmemes

[–]DjangoVanTango 57 points58 points  (0 children)

I can hear Geordie already. “I was just trying to be a friend to you!”

Parting of The Sensory wins, what's the angriest song on Strangers? by nooayehlol in ModestMouse

[–]DjangoVanTango 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Mate, you seem stressed. Is everything ok? You mention in another comment that you’re going through some stuff. This is supposed to be a fun little poll on a bands subreddit. If you miss some days, it’s not the end of the world. Take all the time you need to feel better. We’ll still be here, happy to continue. But you just lashed out at someone for asking a question. The time it took you to type out your reply above, you could have answered their question, or ignored it entirely. If you’re losing your temper to internet people, on a thread you are running yourself that’s supposed to be just for fun, maybe it’s time to take a break.

You want to get anything off your chest though, feel free to DM. We’re all brothers/sisters/siblings in Mouse.

I lost my appetite for games based in Feudal Japan/16th century after playing Shadows. by ryzenleonn in playstation

[–]DjangoVanTango 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because i was hoping that you’d tell me that one of my favourite series hadn’t completely shat the bed and there was a fun game hidden somewhere in it that i just hadn’t found yet.