myths about your hometown/current town that you'd like to dispel

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1) Central Floridians don't actually get tired of going to Disney, and go just as much as tourists

2) hurricanes don't hit us every year, just the threat of them, and I didn't experience my first one until age 14

fentanyl young (Neanderthal), Friday, 20 January 2023 18:34 (one year ago) link

NYC is not dangerous from an unhoused/persons experiencing mental illness pov

Worcester is not at all hard to pronounce. Hard to spell, sure.

Camaraderie at Arms Length, Friday, 20 January 2023 18:46 (one year ago) link

the biggest myth about Portland is the idea that it rains here all the time. it's easy to get that impression because for about eight months of the year you never see the sun and it's always damp, but that's not the same thing as rain.

more difficult than I look (Aimless), Friday, 20 January 2023 18:51 (one year ago) link

NYC is not dangerous from an unhoused/persons experiencing mental illness pov

You mean it's not dangerous to be unhoused & mentally ill in NYC (this would suprise me) or people who are housed and mentally well aren't subject to material danger from those who aren't?

Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 20 January 2023 18:55 (one year ago) link

The second

Actually neither im saying homeless and people experiencing MI are not dangerous to the rest of us puds

one year passes...

That it's not as bad as it used to be (i.e. when I stayed there).

A day in Paisley ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ pic.twitter.com/ow8j1CKZIi

— douglas james gray (@douglasjamesgr2) August 25, 2024

Defund Phil Collins (Tom D.), Monday, 26 August 2024 18:29 (four months ago) link

Classic quote in the comments: "Not all of Paisley's like this, there's some bad bits as well."

Defund Phil Collins (Tom D.), Monday, 26 August 2024 18:39 (four months ago) link

the first time the grey hoodie guy pops up, I thought he was just the irl version of:

https://media.tenor.com/FnR4XvRfC-IAAAAM/simpsons-bart.gif

Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 26 August 2024 21:22 (four months ago) link

JFC that's a rich clip

Andy the Grasshopper, Monday, 26 August 2024 21:27 (four months ago) link

Olivia Coleman has let her Oscar go to her head

Bad Bairns (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 26 August 2024 21:52 (four months ago) link

Just when it's getting predictable, enter Leggings Woman. Swiftly followed by The Falling Bin. Needs a prequel origin story to find out what went on before the camera started rolling.

I spoke quietly, with a falling intonation (Matt #2), Monday, 26 August 2024 22:03 (four months ago) link

Needs a prequel origin story

Guessing it involves Buckfast or cider, and plenty of it

Andy the Grasshopper, Monday, 26 August 2024 22:39 (four months ago) link

watching this again, I'm impressed by the cinematography - how the new characters enter the frame, the camera movements, etc. Good work, even if the lens is a little dirty

Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 27 August 2024 19:30 (four months ago) link

it's like Children of Men

omar little, Tuesday, 27 August 2024 19:49 (four months ago) link

haha yeah... a single, unbroken shot

Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 27 August 2024 19:53 (four months ago) link

omg, I loled when the camera pans back to Sleaford Mod wrestling on the ground with the garbage can.

il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Tuesday, 27 August 2024 20:24 (four months ago) link

Trash bin/head in gutter finish obviously reminds me of Sonny Corleone's beatdown of his brother-in-law Carlo

Hongro Hongro Hippies (Myonga Vรถn Bontee), Tuesday, 27 August 2024 20:36 (four months ago) link

of course the baby stroller in the background when the pair are tossed from the shop is obviously a nod to Battleship Potemkin

Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 27 August 2024 20:49 (four months ago) link

I have so many questions. Why was the shop in that state, had the junkies smashed it all up before the film started? Why was pink leggings lady wailing on the other one? Why am I asking, who says thit shite has logic.

Whole thing looked like some Bourniston sketch.

Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 28 August 2024 06:55 (four months ago) link

Thanks to that story, TIL that in Scotland yer public prosecutor is known as a Procurator Fiscal. What a magnificent phrase.

Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 28 August 2024 22:39 (four months ago) link


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