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suspiciouscoffee said:

For me, it’s Jamie Foxx. Never liked him, even fairly recently when I saw Baby Driver I hated him despite being a character I otherwise should have enjoyed watching. Maybe it’s because I hate American football and he was in Any Given Sunday, except I have no memory of actually seeing that movie.

I kinda-sorta dislike Jamie Foxx, too. If I’d never seen Ray, I’d probably dislike him totally.

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You guys didn’t like him in Django Unchained?

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I wonder if they got hacked? And why would a twitter account that was gathering dust for 12 years suddenly be talking about it?
https://twitter.com/sighting

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Where were you in '77?

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DuracellEnergizer said:

Warbler said:

I was watching Monday Night Football tonight. At halftime, they had a band play a song. The name of the band: Garbage. Why would anyone name their band, Garbage?

Irony.

Why is is irony?

Also, I think it perplexing that you’ve never heard of this band before now.

Well, I haven’t.

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he just said this:

“[UPDATE] #Youtube #YoutubeDown: The “attack” was not meant to be used as publicity stunt, it was primarily a test on a vulnerability. Note that services should be a up within a few minutes to a couple of hours, for any updates or wanting to contact me follow/pm me.”

probably bullshit though.

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Warbler said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

Warbler said:

I was watching Monday Night Football tonight. At halftime, they had a band play a song. The name of the band: Garbage. Why would anyone name their band, Garbage?

Irony.

Why is is irony?

i·ro·ny

/ˈīrənē/

noun

  • The expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

Of perhaps I’m just channelling Alanis and don’t know what the hell I’m talking about. One can’t be conceited in these matters.

Anyway, consulting Wiki, here’s what it had to say on the origin of the band’s name:

Wikipedia said:

According to [Butch] Vig, the team drew inspiration for its name from a hostile early comment, when a friend of the band heard recording material, probably for “Vow” and groaned, “This shit sounds like garbage!” However, according to This Is The Noise That keeps Me Awake, an autobiography of the band, Vig wrote in his 1993 studio journal about the creative process; of working for long periods of time, “without coming up with anything cool… and when you least expect it, it all falls into place.” The name derives from the last line of this entry: “I hope that all this garbage will become something beautiful!”.

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Apparently, one can’t be both a postmodernist and socialist.

My only retort:

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Postmodern Jukebox is good. No idea what Socialist Jukebox would play.

The blue elephant in the room.