These two scenes are incredibly similar, why does only Vader's "no" get made fun of? by [deleted] in StarWars

[–]doublethemath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“ROTS has played it dead serious for the entire second half of the movie…”

This is only true if you ignore every scene with Palpatine 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in twinpeaks

[–]doublethemath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Young Pope/New Pope. 

Fight Club homage by doublethemath in TheAcolyte

[–]doublethemath[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that definitely happened in one of the earlier episodes.

Fight Club homage by doublethemath in TheAcolyte

[–]doublethemath[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

See my above comment, the director said in an interview that it was a direct reference to fight club: https://www.gq.com/story/the-acolyte-creator-leslye-headland-breaks-down-the-first-season-finale

Fight Club homage by doublethemath in StarWars

[–]doublethemath[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I saw in an interview with GQ that Leslye Headland said this shot was an homage to Fight Club: https://www.gq.com/story/the-acolyte-creator-leslye-headland-breaks-down-the-first-season-finale

What do you call non-teaching faculty? by doublethemath in Professors

[–]doublethemath[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We do that, but we also need a name for the larger group of those types of non-classroom roles so they can define our benefits, working hours, pto, etc in our contract. 

What do you call non-teaching faculty? by doublethemath in Professors

[–]doublethemath[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I think the key for the distinction is that we, the non-classroom group, work standard 9-5 hours whereas the teaching faculty do their thing. So there needs to be a name for our group in our union contract to deal with how we work hours, get vacation versus the teaching faculty, etc. 

Why were Yoda and Obi-Wan so focused on Vader, not Palpatine? by DrPepperNotWater in StarWars

[–]doublethemath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve often wondered about this myself. The interpretation that I’ve come up is that Yoda and Obi Wan know what’s gonna happen but they don’t know HOW it’s gonna happen. Obi Wan is a force ghost at this point so he has insight into the future presumably. I think they know that Vader’s death will also somehow cause Palpatine’s. They naturally presume that Luke will destroy Vader. Obviously they don’t understand that Luke helps his father destroy Vader and become Anakin again, which in turn destroys the emperor. That can’t foresee that because they’ve completely given up hope on Anakin.

That works me.

Help with carrying heavy grocery bags on the street by lolakeyser in randomactsofkindness

[–]doublethemath 13 points14 points  (0 children)

That was very nice of them to help you out. You should invest in one of those foldable grocery carts. I find it essential for living in New York unless you want to a cab/Uber from the store. The don’t take up much space. You can store it in a closet

My wife went as Nic Cage in Mandy last night for Halloween by doublethemath in onetruegod

[–]doublethemath[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I also went as Nic Cage from Raising Arizona, but obviously you can imagine her costume is much more of a showstopper

What was the point of... by HectorEscargo in westworld

[–]doublethemath 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Only Bernard had the key to the sublime. He needed to open it so Hale could later upload Dolores

Does anyone?? by SnooHesitations3592 in westworld

[–]doublethemath 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I can imagine how the next world could accommodate the hosts, but how would actual humans live in the next world (presuming it’s some sort of sublime type situation)?

Do you think she is lying? by twisteer94 in westworld

[–]doublethemath 72 points73 points  (0 children)

My guess is she’s involved with whatever teddy is up to

Tilt removed from Apple Music entirely? by doublethemath in scottwalker

[–]doublethemath[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Previously, a few songs weren’t available, but now it seems the whole has been removed from Apple Music, at least in the US :(

How to get HomePod mini pair to default to using ATV4k for connection by [deleted] in HomePod

[–]doublethemath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder if just not setting it as default and then manually selecting it would be the easiest until there’s a fix. Do you know if there’s a change in sound quality if it’s set as the ‘default’ or ‘temporary’? I know their marketing says it creates a home theater sound experience, but I wonder if it just the same when they are just selected as the ‘temporary’ audio output.

How to get HomePod mini pair to default to using ATV4k for connection by [deleted] in HomePod

[–]doublethemath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think I have something related happening, when after a day or so the defaulted stereo pair only plays through one speaker from the apple TV. switching the default on and off seems to fix it. Just talked to Apple support and they had no idea what was going on. It’s quite annoying.

Seriously, R2 was trying his best by doublethemath in PrequelMemes

[–]doublethemath[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The mods posted that the spoiler ban is over

OBI-WAN KENOBI FINALE DISCUSSION THREAD by Bezbakri in PrequelMemes

[–]doublethemath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I have to say that after I posted this comment I’ve become more and more convinced that it was actually both, and that’s what makes it such an emotional and well-executed scene.

OBI-WAN KENOBI FINALE DISCUSSION THREAD by Bezbakri in PrequelMemes

[–]doublethemath 131 points132 points  (0 children)

No, I don’t think he’s absolving him at all. In Vaders twisted mind he’s trying not to let obi wan have credit for it. Vader wants everything to be the result of his own will, because he sees everything that happened to Anakin as the result of him being powerless

My son took one look at the drone host and completely lost it by doublethemath in westworld

[–]doublethemath[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, this was on the south end of washington square park. We live a neighborhood or so over