I often don't realize something I like is a guilty pleasure until I get a friend to watch it with me, usually by telling them how awesome the show is. Then suddenly, horribly, the scenes I used to think were really cute or funny become unbearably corny and cringeworthy. I end up laughing apologetically way too much…

And, of course, who could forget the chair Tesla built that found the resonant frequency of Mark Twain's bowels. Imagine if that were scaled up to military-grade size...and clench your sphincter in mortal fear.

Eh, it's probably not too bad to have this sort of thing as long as diagnosis is a last resort, so to speak, instead of a go-to solution. I had a lot of explosive episodes all the way up through age 13. And yet today I'm one of the least volatile persons you've ever seen.

Yup. It's really frustrating to see this kind of stuff.

Hooray, Charlie!

I think that if legislation were passed that limited anonymity online, it would probably happen in the next 20 years and likely not past that. By that time, too many lawmakers would be familiar with the Internet to want the things they do on it known to the public. I'm looking at you, Weiner.

To hide the pain.

I think it's because all of the clones seem very disconcerted too.

Cool! I liked the small touches like the Escher painting in his apartment and the ant on his textbook.

You would just have to move the lens closer to the laser for smaller organisms, I think—that may or may not hurt the clarity. But since laser pointers are pretty focused, I think you'll be fine.

Esther, I couldn't agree with you more on Pinocchio. I'd just like to draw attention to one scene that particularly scarred me when they showed it IN MY PRESCHOOL. I'm talking about Pinocchio being locked in a dark, swinging bird cage on a train while Stromboli or whatever threatens to chop him up into firewood. Not…

The metric system is far superior to the U.S. standard, but its failing (and the failing of our entire numerical system for that matter) is that its based on the number 10 instead of a number with more pragmatic divisors like 12.

1885 headline: EXTRA-TERRESTIAL AIRSHIPS POSE POSSIBLE THREAT, SAY SPECULATIVE FICTION WRITERS!...

Spider-Man thread? Spider-Man thread.

Nevermind, I was wrong.

Strangely, what most annoys me about Kinja is that I can only edit my post once now.

I'm really interested to see how the Wachowkis handle Cloud Atlas. The book was a masterwork in that each story stood up well by itself but weaved itself into the others to create something more fundamental.

Messy, messy, messy!

I agree that it's very counter-intuitive, but you can still follow individual replies and see which threads may interest you by mousing over the icons at the top.

You don't understand—it's free will! And that's totally reconcilable with believing prayer works and God has intervened from time to time. Totally!