@DunnCarnage: I think your problem is joining cod games. If perhaps you played something a little more American, like salmon or trout, you might be pegged as a Brit less often.

@NevilClavain: I'm not picking nits - your misunderstanding is simply that you think "DC Comics" is redundant, and I'm pointing out that it isn't. "DC" in "DC Comics" isn't an abbreviation. It doesn't use periods to indicate an abbreviation. "DC" was cribbed from the older comic book line "Detective Comics," but by…

@NevilClavain: It is not currently used as an abbreviation - please don't pick nits. It was originally an abbreviation, but then it was co-opted as a simple trademark (this is why I give the example of "SAT," which has seen a similar usage).

@NevilClavain: That's my point - it used to mean "Detective Comics," just like SAT used to mean "Scholastic Aptitude Test." Both have transcended their status as acronyms and taken on a role as a brand bereft of any meaning in the letters beyond trivia.

@Ceropegius: You may see that, but understand that to a Christian this is simply not the case - the death and resurrection is foundational. In any case, the explanation is simply to steer you towards understanding the use of a phrase as symbolic, rather than literal.

@Ceropegius: "The Cross" used in the sense used there is a symbolic one - usually when Christians refer to "the Cross" in such a manner it should be taken to mean as "the events pertaining to the death of Christ and subsequent resurrection." Had the cross not been chosen as a symbol it is likely the phrase would be…

@NevilClavain: "Detective Comics" is the name of a line of comics (e.g. "Spectacular Spider-Man"), though - not a company. "DC" is a branding that effectively has no meaning (outside of trivia) similar to the "SAT Reasoning Test" (formerly S.A.T.).

@Haneyg:

In Pensacola, Florida, they drop a giant pelican:

@worm4real3: I can agree wholeheartedly with the "play to win" mentality, but I would take exception to:

@Jeremy Strang: It's buried, but there:

Speaking as an average American consumer, I like the mold. The cliches are trite and overused because people like me enjoy that story. If the story is told decently each time and if it's relatively fun to watch, I don't see any reason why anyone should stop making the same story over and over.

@Sergio526: Have you ever tried to put lights up blindly? I was out yesterday mounting some lights on a difficult (and at times nonexistent) gutter, and boy gee, I tell you had my eyes been closed it would have been a sight to see.

@diedan: No, it's not - really. Lunar eclipses are pretty common. The linked web page is making you think it's rarer by throwing the "lunar eclipse on the solstice" fact, but a lunar eclipse one day is pretty much the same as a lunar eclipse any other day.

@aaa187: Lunar eclipses happen almost biannually. A lunar eclipse on the winter solstice isn't really any different from a lunar eclipse any other day. Solar eclipses are more rare, but they still happen once every decade or so.

@TVs_Frank: And while I agree that his stories were fun to read (the X-Wing books are heads and shoulders over most Star Wars EU), that doesn't take away from the fact that that man had no business in any cockpit smaller than a light freighter's.

@TVs_Frank: Yes, I know it's technically Red Squadron here.

@BallPtPenTheif: That's certainly poetic, but it isn't real.

@CommentatorHatman: You also own the source code, the art assets, etc. "Cultural impact" isn't a thing.

@BallPtPenTheif: Actually, that's exactly what it means. It is unfortunate, but that's the reason developers are paid for their work - they're contracted to produce something for a company. My architect doesn't own my house simply because I paid for him to design it.