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(How does one "@" a person with a dot in their name?  Anyway…)
Buzz…

(How does one "@" a person with a dot in their name?  Anyway…)
Buzz…

… yeah, and Al-lympics sounds like Olympics.  That's the joke?

… yeah, and Al-lympics sounds like Olympics.  That's the joke?

Ok, I don't get it… What does the Doug-lympics, "or if Doug was named Al" joke mean?

Ok, I don't get it… What does the Doug-lympics, "or if Doug was named Al" joke mean?

I have a friend in Wome named "Biggus Dickus."

I have a friend in Wome named "Biggus Dickus."

So, to rephrase: "We definitely should have gotten a Buffy notification…"

So, to rephrase: "We definitely should have gotten a Buffy notification…"

Oh yeah… they're not the same.  Glad I left that generous 40% chance I was wrong.

Oh yeah… they're not the same.  Glad I left that generous 40% chance I was wrong.

We definitely should have gotten a Community notification for this article since I'm 60% sure that the woman gets the coffee for BJ was the same actress that noir detective Chang yells "Hey" to, and then stares at…

We definitely should have gotten a Community notification for this article since I'm 60% sure that the woman gets the coffee for BJ was the same actress that noir detective Chang yells "Hey" to, and then stares at…

@avclub-05193ed9341a61028129e2b83eb8b17a:disqus  Check out the latest Lexicon Valley podcast for a big discussion of the continuing sequence of stigmatization of terms… in this case related to illegal alien / undocumented immigrant.
They also talk about handicap / disabled / impaired / etc.

@avclub-05193ed9341a61028129e2b83eb8b17a:disqus  Check out the latest Lexicon Valley podcast for a big discussion of the continuing sequence of stigmatization of terms… in this case related to illegal alien / undocumented immigrant.
They also talk about handicap / disabled / impaired / etc.

Whatever!

Whatever!

The "rendered text in real life" effect seems like one in a long line of effects that start in a movie, move to a few TV shows, then move on to every other commercial on TV.  And in every case like that, I assume that the progression has more to do with the software availability than the aping of style.
Others on that

The "rendered text in real life" effect seems like one in a long line of effects that start in a movie, move to a few TV shows, then move on to every other commercial on TV.  And in every case like that, I assume that the progression has more to do with the software availability than the aping of style.
Others on that