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TV's Frink said:

TV's Frink has no idea what that means.  Does THE ROCK do this?

Actually it was inspired by this.

 The Rock had the 3rd person thing so hot, that once he sent the crowd into paroxysms of excitment by using a pronoun.

"Do you understand the Rock?" pause, lowers voice, "Do you understand... ... ... me?"

The entire arena erupted.

Is this in any way inspired by the return of pro wrestling superstar THE ROCK?

And in-universe, is Jedi/Force a religion?

Are the Jedi Knights merely a type of warrior-clergy for a widespread faith, or do they represent in total the entirety of their religion?

Is Amidala is Forceist? Does Jar-Jar beleives he rejoins the Force when he dies?

A couple people who aren't Jedi toss out "May the Force be With You." Is this a meaningless expression, like "Bless You" when someone sneezes, or an afirmation of faith?

I wonder how many people sincerely (crazy or not) mean it when they say there religion is Jedi.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't Lion and Vehicle Voltron totally different shows in Japan, and they were just dubbed to be part of the Voltron-verse together in their American versions?

vbangle said:

How are patients who have been vaccinated in danger from patients who haven't been vaccinated? That doesn't make any sense.

Having been vaccinated you are immune to the diesase. Duh.

People need to pull their head out of their ass once in a while and think.

Since the doctor being quoted is a pediatrician, many of his patients will be children partway through a vaccination series.It makes perfect since that an unvaccinated child, perhaps a carrier, would pose a risk to these children. Duh.

You're plainly stupid.

MJPollard said:

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...The only thing left now is to whine about how he did it, and if you're honest with yourselves, you'll admit that there will be people who will continue to find something to complain about no matter what he does or how he does it.

(putting on flame-retardant clothes and waiting for the backlash in 5...4...3...2...)

Perhaps instead of preparing to be 'flamed' you would be better served making stronger more well thought out arguments or at least comporting yourself in a less confrontational/bitchy manner.

doubleofive said:

My wife did something clever today, so I used the line "clever girl", not even using an impression. She turns to me and very seriously said "I am not a velociraptor."

Don't let that one get away.

Maybe the sleeper-sock is just waiting for the code-word to activate them. Let's try one...

ZIRCONIUM.

Why is Anchorhead badass?

From his posts I've always considered him almost lyrical. Read how the man writes. He's a poet. Don't be intimidated by his awesome beard.

Warbler said:

I give you my take on this,  doctors should never, ever refuse to treat a patient.  EVER.   I say doctors have duty to treat all patients.  Whether or not they chose to get vaccinated is irrelevant. 

Also, why punish the kid for to stupidity of the parent?  I could understand refusing to treat an adult patient that refuses an adult vaccination.   But why refuse to treat a child?  The child has no say over whether or not they get vaccinated, it all up to the parents.  

I think the doctor makes a good point that he also has to be concerned about the well-being of his other patients, many of whom would be children not yet complete with their own vaccination series.

I'd be unhappy if my son was exposed to pertussis because some asshole had their unvaccinated kid in the same waiting room. I know for a fact at school my kid is safe among other vaccinated kids.

Had a hellish commute. Came home and put on "Paralyzer" by Finger 11.

All is better.

TV's Frink said:

Ok, I figured out who Dr. S is, but why would kids need an originaltrilogy vaccination?

 You're dead to me.

ChainsawAsh said:

Antivirus ≠ vaccines

You can not have an antivirus program, but be careful about your web browsing, and never get a virus.

It's quite another thing to not get vaccinated, then try to "be careful" that you never get sick.

 Good points.

doubleofive said:

While I think that vaccines are fine, I'm not sure where I fall on this particular issue.

Would I fix someone's computer who doesn't use freely available antivirus? Sure I would, but I would install antivirus for them before I gave it back.

 But if they insisted that antivirus NOT be installed?

TV's Frink said:

I'm trying to figure out who "Dr. S" is.

 Fixed. :-P

More docs are refusing to treat kids who aren't vaccinated.

I deeply feel for those children, but it seems to me that their parents are to blame for any harm that comes to them.

There is no legitamate science connecting vaccines to autism, and the closest thing that the Anti-vaccine movmeent had to a study is now recognized as not only bad science but blatant fraud, but that doesn't change the minds of crazy people, especially in a world where a woman like Oprah can expose millions of minds to unchallenged nonsense everyday.

In the words of the doctor in the article who says he's NOT refusing to see kids:

"I'm begging to treat the patients," he says, "but the parents are refusing to let me."

I was thinking about this.

IF "Blade Runner" needs to be franchised, I'd like to see 4-6 ambitious directors given a shot to make an anthology film. Each short film could be a different nook of the amazing "Blade Runner" Los Angeles.

• How do you sign up for the outer colonies?
• What is the normal relationship between a funtioning replicant and its owner?
• A Private Eye is hired to follow a man he doesn't know is actually a replicant as a test of some sort by the evil corporation.
• A nervous guy is trying to hide that his pet sheep is really a replicant (an aspect of DADOES ignored in the film).
• A short film about the mood-organ thing from DATOES.

Just thoughts that might be neat to see.

Sluggo said:

Now I'm suspicious of all new members.  I wonder if JT has created a new sock yet?

 Who says it has to be a NEW member? What if he has sleeper-socks, just waiting to be activated.

Or would a sock even KNOW they are a sock? Or would it be like the Final Five Cylons? Or maybe Deckard wasn't a replicant... maybe he was a sock.

Warbler said:

can't we just let this thread die?

 I agree. Frink, go back and delete all your posts.

ChainsawAsh said:

TheBoost said:

ChainsawAsh said:

I got rid of mine when I got sick of looking at my face every time I came here.

This might be rooted in deep seated psychosis. Have you considered getting help?

Erm ... huh?

("woosh" in 3...2...1...)

Not wanting to see your face on OT.com is just a small step away from killing people and wearing their skins as a suit.

So you may wanna keep an eye on that. ;-)

ChainsawAsh said:

I got rid of mine when I got sick of looking at my face every time I came here.

This might be rooted in deep seated psychosis. Have you considered getting help?

Watched "Spartacus" the show on DVD.

Lotta boobs. And I didn't care for "300" the first time. But at least it has boobs.

DuracellEnergizer said:

Bobby Jay said:

Also, maybe a question for another thread but can anyone name a decent prequel film?

Well, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is considered a prequel to the other two films in the Dollars trilogy ...

Then there is Temple of Doom, though I know alot of fans have mixed feelings about the movie ...

Both are prequals only in the loosest sense and if you squint a bit.

The Good Bad Ugly is a prequal only because Blondie gets his poncho in it, if we even accept that Eastwood is the same character in each film.

Temple of Doom is also only a prequal in that the date at the start of it is earlier than the date at the start of Raiders.

So if these are indeed prequals, they stand as the only prequals worth a damn because prequals all suck and these films aren't prequals in any meaningful ways.

TV's Frink said:

I've heard rap, I even own a little (if Beastie Boys or Young MC counts).  I've not heard "some rap song."

 Whoops. I just assumed you were more of an Andrews Sisters type of guy. Less about the hippity hop.