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But there are also tons of death and rebirth cycles in other mythologies, so it's not necessarily christian. 

I immediately thought of gobstones too - it sounds like the most disgusting game ever.  I love Harry Potter, but all the games in the wizarding world sound terrible, and all the candy sounds gross. 

Hmm.  The prospect of talking about porn with my whole family sitting around the table does not appeal.  Wonder who decided that was a good idea?
If we switched the new I think my grandpa would die of heartbreak - Trivial Pursuit is his time to shine, dammit!

It's funny, there's something really comforting about that movie, even though I'd never recommend it to anyone.  It's not really good, it's just…pleasant.  I've always wondered who decided the prince should have thigh-high boots and a pageboy haircut.

He looks conceited (what a total bummer)
 If I am lucky I'll get chicken pox!

Are you taking about the animated Swan Princess with John Cleese as the frog?

I completely love both of those movies, but every time I try to show them to kids they get bored. :(
Do kids have no souls or what? 

On the other hand: whole chapters about brick shortages, along with some hilarious "wood for sheep" jokes!

Apparently the creator of Settlers is a mormon, and he made special mormon edition of the game called "Settlers of Zarahemla".  I know this because I played it once with some LDS friends of mine as a kid.  It was…weird. In addition to making roads and houses and stuff, you had to put building blocks toward building

It's hard to find a good game for a mixed-generation gathering.  The younger people in my family like Cranium, but anyone over 40 is completely lost on the songs category or any questions about celebrities.  They get reeeally angry about this and it inevitably leads to a rant about how music/movies/stuff nowadays are

My brother and I never even bothered learning how to play it - we'd just build it and set off the trap over and over.  Is there more to it than that?

I do not avoid women, but I do deny them my essence.

"Hot Bod"???  Seriously?  Wow.  I almost can't even get offended because that's so unbelieveably stupid sounding.  It's like a "super secret code" made up by 12 year old boys.  "Negs", "HBs", "Peacocking" - you can't parody this stuff, it's already satirizing itself.  The only non-hilarious aspect of all this is that

That accent is truly terrible.  And it seems to come and go at random intervals.  Why did they even bother?  Nothing about this movie makes sense. 

Haha!  The Queen is OLD but she still thinks she's ATTRACTIVE!  Ah, endless hilarity.  Surely we can fill a good hour of screentime with jokes about that!

What's the HB thing?  Is that some kind of attractiveness measure?  Yeesh, it's like they have their own creepy language.  I think you're right: they're the same people.  Either that or the MRAs are the grown up version of the PUAs, since PUAs spend their time harrassing girls at bars, and MRAs spend their time

Gandalf's powers are completely inconsistent, especially between The Hobbit and LoTR, but it never really bothered me.  I think you're right that it's because of the mythological elements to the story - it just feels right in that context.  I know some readers have a huge problem with it though, so I guess it depends

In my experience, the guys who think not having sex with them = "teasing" are true sociopaths.  If this guy tries to get in touch with you again, call the police.  It sounds like overkill, but it's not.  Sorry you had to deal with this asshole. :(

Both groups are seriously fucked up, but the "seduction artist" guys are the only ones I feel kind of sorry for, as well as skeeved out by.  They will never find happiness, and they will die alone in horrible clothing.

God, the acting in this trailer…  What kind of direction were those poor kids given?  "Try to act like you're falling asleep while you're saying the line.  No, not like that - pretend you just got back from the dentist and your whole mouth is still numb.  Perfect!"