They must have done a massive casting call for that movie, because I actually tried to audition for it as well in Connecticut. My friend and I spent a combined three minutes being interviewed . . . neither of us looked like either Holmes or Watson as they were described, and we were just way too obviously American.

Not only is this story *nothing* like the two you reference, but in the universe where it takes place, “re-sleeving” consciousness into other bodies is just everyday technology, not something strange and revolutionary that ends up as the whole focus of the story.

Seems like a really weird choice having the old man…

That’s not very nimble betting work, actually, more just lucky. With his score, and his two opponents tied and forced to go all in, the sensible thing to do is bet nothing.

Who told you that a sucker punch required that it be coming from behind “from an unknown assailant”? Straight-up punching someone who has no idea they’re in a physical confrontation before they get punched definitely fits every definition I’ve seen.

Personally I don’t think there’s any way he could have been unaware this was happening, which almost makes me think he did it on purpose. This wasn’t “the last few meters of the race,” he was hanging out of his shorts for over a minute, and I can’t believe he didn’t feel the breeze.

The nostalgia for this movie makes about as much sense to me as the nostalgia people feel for *Full House*. It’s like the fact that the movie/show is actual garbage is completely irrelevant, as long as it pushes right, “Ha, remember that!” button.

There was actually a theater in Bridgeport, CT that just did exactly that in a double-cast show that ran on alternating nights. One cast was all male, one cast was all female, the script was the same. Didn’t get a chance to see any of the performances, but heard about it because the daughter of a family friend was in…

This is a “trend” article based on *one* data point, and even that single vet just says that it “might” have something to do with anti-vaccination hype and fear of autism. One of the reasons people choose not to vaccinate their indoor pets is that the number of lifetime vaccinations has significantly increased in the…

Today I learned that the filling inside a Stretch Armstrong is made of “gelled corn syrup.” Wild.

Wait, do you really think Splatoon “invented” that kind of splat graphic? The kind that’s been part of Nickelodeon marketing for literally decades?

Or, you know, they could just be local workers hired to do jobs it’s not worth importing Americans to do . . .

The turtle voices aren’t distinct enough to recognize for someone who wasn’t an obsessive fan of the cartoon . . . the clip just sounds like a bunch of old white guys trying to sound as if they’re young white guys.

Can anyone explain why we have almost 3 times as many diplomats in Russia as Russia has here in the U.S.?

They’re not workers, they’re contractors, so of course Facebook isn’t going to give them benefits. And that kind of labor contractor basically *never* provides health benefits unless they’re legally obligated to do so. They probably keep the majority of their workers on short work schedules to prevent such an…

I once had a boss in her late 50s who was strangely proud of the fact that she had never eaten pie. I brought a genuinely amazing apple/rhubarb/mulberry pie I had made to work one time to share with the office and she wouldn’t even try a bite.

We did in this in the old gym system, too. It was just harder, because of the need to open up spaces through prestiging, and you couldn’t see them all at the same time for fun screenshots.

There’s no reason to think he made the decision suddenly because of the handshake stunt. It was something he promised to do as part of his campaign, and it makes all three parts of the coalition that really got him elected happy: the Breitbart internet ideologue contingent, the disgruntled white rust-belt workers in…

“Magic wall”? Seriously, that’s how you refer to one of Judaism’s holiest sites?

There are real, substantive stories about this administration, and real, substantive reasons to oppose Trump, his policies, and his enablers in Congress and the general public. Focusing your attention on whether or not Melania wants to…

The only reason mapping works is because of the same hacking, bots and geo-location spoofing that more aggressive cheaters use on their actual accounts.

Gymhuntr only works because of the same kind of bots/spoofing that create the Poke maps, though. It doesn’t necessarily give you any functional advantage in the game to use the site, the way that tracker maps do, but it’s definitely using bot accounts to collect the data, which includes details like the actual IVs of…