i don't think context matters AT ALL.

those shoes are awesome! i can pretend i escaped from a hospital!

"why aren't you complaining about that?"

air travel used to be something romantic and stylish.

yeah that scene was well done for being so disturbing but they took a page from marty mcfly's disappearing photo gag and made something just as nonsensical.

don't understand the flack about lack of WW action figures or missing women from the board game or the 3d printing thing. sounds like simple capitalism. there's no demand.

Windows 9 exists and it's resting in the same place where the iPhone 2 is reclining.

whoa, that's like your mom's ass on friday night!

from photographic evidence, it seems you have difficulty in keeping your arms down. :)

downloaded and installed... upgrade was seamless and all my apps are just as they were.

I'm meh about it as well.... Saving the earth or humanity by space mission is so unfeasible that I'll bet it's tipped its hand as to the solution. Everyone on earth is doomed and mcconaughey gets to play Adam and eve with nice tits Hathaway. They bring second shooter Wes for sperm backup? Shoulda brought in another…

supersonic sharknado would be so bad ass! Imagine being eaten at Mach 3! (That's what she said)

Drops of semen on the shoulder? Someone's got fast reflexes...

I've always been dubious of the efficacy of camo short of a full on ghillie suit. I've never seen a picture of camo'd soldiers and had difficulty picking them out.

under a steel sky is free at GOG

i for one welcome our cheerleading overlords.

"Windows 8 tore things apart in an attempt to put them together. Windows 10 is here to mend."

yeah but look at your examples - a GSV is QUITE a resource hog.

i've made my choice....

hmmm... i think implicit in the question is the notion of a story violating its own rules... that there are no reasons for survival OTHER than mere plot necessity.