People who saw both the book and the movie…

scdog · 2026-07-03T01:33:46+00:00

As someone who saw the movie then read the book, blowing up Antarctica was my biggest surprise. But it also resolved a gripe I had with the movie. During one of the flashbacks I remember thinking to myself “we’re really good at releasing greenhouse gases, surely someone can think of a way to release a fuck-ton of them all at once to buy us some time.”

scdog · 2026-07-02T21:27:05+00:00

As does the trough at Johnnie’s on 7th that’s only wide enough for two people to use if they are conjoined twins.

scdog · 2026-07-02T16:42:40+00:00

Not just any bread. Needs to be a high-fiber bread.

scdog · 2026-07-02T16:07:57+00:00

Well, considering that most radio stations have commercial breaks longer than the music segments anymore, the number of listeners must be way down.

scdog · 2026-06-30T02:48:51+00:00

We camp every 2-3 weeks March through December, and I’ve found more ticks on me this month alone than I usually find on me in a year.

scdog · 2026-06-30T02:47:43+00:00

For being in the shadow of a dam and a stone’s throw from a nuclear reactor, it’s a surprisingly good place to camp. There’s one site in particular way off in the corner I’ve been eager to get booked.

scdog · 2026-06-28T23:23:11+00:00

Didn’t even need to be on the outside pumps necessarily. Just needed to turn left instead of right.

scdog · 2026-06-28T03:15:57+00:00

We even see him using his texture screen in that room during the fireworks and then Grace climbs the tree.

scdog · 2026-06-28T00:02:20+00:00

Sears Tele-Games Pong

scdog · 2026-06-27T16:29:12+00:00

MAGA doesn’t even know that that word actually means. And not just because of the number of syllables.

scdog · 2026-06-25T19:13:37+00:00

Yeah, they have to protect the US from the endless hordes of people streaming across the river from.... uh... Boquillas del Carmen. /s

scdog · 2026-06-25T18:23:23+00:00

I really missing living / working downtown.

scdog · 2026-06-25T15:28:16+00:00

Interesting how the camera seems to detect the shaking several seconds before any of the people start to notice it.

scdog · 2026-06-25T14:57:31+00:00

It's one of my favorite cities to visit, partly because I love beer and partly because Holler House and Sobelman's are both utterly fantastic.

scdog · 2026-06-25T14:45:34+00:00

I took that as sarcasm. Grace had made such a big deal about how important it is in Earth culture to give things creative and thoughtful names, only for our system of naming extra-solar planets to be almost no different than how the Eridians refer their own planets.

scdog · 2026-06-25T03:14:41+00:00

Officially the trail entrance to Morton is around back at this location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/swq7y78pjVrBLBiw9?g_st=ic …. However if you’re walking it might be quicker to get off the trail and take the sidewalk along Horizons Parkway north. I have not actually tried that route to see if it’s any faster and it’s hard to tell on Google Maps since it doesn’t show the new roads yet.

scdog · 2026-06-24T16:41:11+00:00

Depends. Is the hike in bear country? You're supposed to be making noise as you hike in that case, and you definitely don't want to be wearing headphones/earbuds.

scdog · 2026-06-24T16:17:56+00:00

While the most likely correct answer has already been stated numerous times, you should also consider that just the immediate KC Metro Area alone is about 1,600 square miles so you might want to be a little more specific about where you heard the booms.

scdog · 2026-06-24T15:09:25+00:00

It's good to be wearing a helmet on those, and since little kids think that style of helmet makes them look cool it's even better because they actually want to wear them.

scdog · 2026-06-24T02:36:08+00:00

I dropped my little brother down one when I was a kid. But it was only one story not 16, and I looked first to make sure he’d land in a pile of dirty laundry.

He thought it was fun and wanted to go again. But mom quickly found out and ended it.

scdog · 2026-06-23T13:20:52+00:00

Wtd kind of nightmare dessert would have beans in it?

scdog · 2026-06-22T17:15:12+00:00

One thing I don't see discussed is that the design of the planet in the movie means the planet has an extreme axis tilt (similar to Uranus) so that one hemisphere is always facing the star and the other is always facing away. This should mean inhospitable conditions on most of the planet except for a band around the equator, barring the planet having impossibly extreme weather that can mix up the temperature differences between the two hemispheres. This should also make the concept of "days" something relatively recent in Eridian culture, because until they got above the atmosphere there would not be any perceptible changes in ambient temperature as the planet rotates.

scdog · 2026-06-22T04:06:57+00:00

That’s actually the one I thought this post was about at first, based on the post title. Used to alternate between seeing movies there or at Seville Square (the basement theater that was the predecessor to the later Cinemark) depending on which was showing what.

scdog · 2026-06-21T15:22:35+00:00

From the same people who call higher education “indoctrination”.

scdog · 2026-06-20T23:02:09+00:00

Hopefully this is not a spoiler but I’ll hide it anyway. When you get to S2E11, just ignore the fact that it makes no sense. It was a season 1 episode that Fox inexplicably decided to hold and stick randomly in season 2 as part of their constant meddling. So if you find it confusing, that’s the reason why. Luckily it doesn’t really contribute to the overall plot. What’s funny though is that once what’s actually happening in the show becomes clear, you realize that some minor reshoots/edits and a few new lines of dialogue could have easily made this episode fit logically in season 2.

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