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| Topic | Gotham is a fever dream |
| Zanzenburger 06/28/22 7:38:32 AM #13 | rexcrk posted... Zasz is legit one of the best characters on the show lolThe best part about him is that he was never really more than a side character. Even among all the hero vs. big bad segments, Zasz would just pop in, deliver a quip, pop out, and we the audience would eat it all up. The actor really did the character justice. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Gotham is a fever dream |
| Zanzenburger 06/28/22 6:19:41 AM #10 | Gotham had no right to be as good as It was. The casting g was phenomenal and every character chewed up the scenes they were in (in a good way). Only Gotham could make characters like Zasz completely likeable and memorable. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | any fun pokemon challenge runs that don't have permadeath? |
| Zanzenburger 06/25/22 10:26:14 PM #21 | Ryuko_Chan posted... i know the default pokemon challenge is nuzlocke, and i do think theyre cool and have enjoyed reading nuzlocke comics/watching lets plays, but i doubt id enjoy playing one myself. id dislike having to restart a lot and the perma death aspect is also saddeningSword and Shield are ice friendly due to the Wild Area. You can find ice types after the first gym. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | My nephew's watching the new DuckTales - it's really good |
| Zanzenburger 06/25/22 2:25:22 PM #21 | masterpug53 posted... I try to sell people on Ducktales 2017 every chance I get. It's one of my favorite shows to come out in the last five years and arguably one of the best rebooted series I've personally seen. The writing is smart and full of heart, characters have much deeper / more unique personalities (especially Donald Duck, never thought I'd live to see Donald Frickin' Duck given actual depth and complexity), and the wealth of references / callbacks are thoughtful and world-expanding instead of just being memberberries.I agree with this. Best reboot I have ever seen with writing that is unparalleled. I sing this shows praises every chance I get. DarkRoast posted... Donald's characterization in this series is unusually deep and fascinating. He has a surprisingly strong father role.https://youtu.be/a_o5vM4wyl4 --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Get a phd they said. It'll be fulfilling they said. |
| Zanzenburger 06/25/22 1:52:48 PM #7 | Once you get that title, you get it for life. It feels pretty good to have, and the few years of stress are easily forgotten when you are done. Just keep pushing through! --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Imagine calling a plumber because your pilot light on your water heater went out |
| Zanzenburger 06/14/22 12:28:56 PM #5 | The first time I bought a house I called a plumber a few days in because our water heater wasn't working. Turns out the circuit breaker was off and just needed to be switched on. That was a $75 mistake I learned from. Point is, if you were never taught something, you gotta learn somehow. Some lessons are harsher than others. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | This... this was on a Disney show? That aired on Disney? |
| Zanzenburger 05/27/22 12:05:09 PM #65 | masterpug53 posted... Ducktales 2017 is honestly one of the best reboots to have come out in the modern era. It's very cleverly-written, actually gives Huey, Dewey and Louie distinct personalities, finally gives Donald Duck some depth and makes him a sympathetic and likeable character, and rewards you for being a lifelong Disney fan with some very references / updates to old characters. All 3 seasons are on Disney+, I'd highly recommend giving it a try.I 100% agree with this. As someone who dislikes reboots, I thoroughly enjoyed the show. All the characters are likeable. And the references to other shows and cameos aren't just there as Easter eggs. They are part of the world-building of that universe and it is done phenomenally. And I second the good treatment of Donald. I always hated how little he was in the original. This one makes him a central character along with the others. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Switch pokemon games ranked. |
| Zanzenburger 05/25/22 3:32:32 PM #17 | My favorites are LG:P/E and Sw/Sh w/ DLC. I put hundreds of hours into both of those games. Arceus was okay. That gameplay style doesn't really jive with me, but I can see why others like it. Had no interest in BD/SP. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Have you noticed that lots of bad cartoon character wear purple . |
| Zanzenburger 05/24/22 12:12:49 PM #57 | https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/0/8/AAHdjXAADQ44.jpg --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Is the Samsung Galaxy zfold worth the expensive price? |
| Zanzenburger 05/19/22 3:23:51 PM #20 | dameon_reaper posted... I see its been used as product placements on K-dramas. Looks pretty cool but my hopes have been dashed by people's responses v.v Zanzenburger posted... I have a Z Fold 3 and it is by far the best phone I ever had. I got it on release day on August 27th, and nine months later, it still works exactly as it should, so it survives the durability test to me. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | if I spend $100 a week on lotto, am I bound to win? |
| Zanzenburger 05/19/22 12:36:01 PM #26 | holy_bolt posted... The odds never quite hit 100% but eventually get close enough it'd be considered a rounding error. I'd need to be on my home computer instead of my phone at work to do the mathThis is incorrect. Statistically-speaking, lotto numbers are independent variables, and all competitions are independent of each other. That means that the success rate of one is independent of the success rate of the others. So your chance of winning the lotto is exactly the same whether you play one time or 1,000,000 times, assuming you buy the same number of tickets each time. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Is the Samsung Galaxy zfold worth the expensive price? |
| Zanzenburger 05/19/22 12:20:51 PM #14 | I have a Z Fold 3 and it is by far the best phone I ever had. I got it on release day on August 27th, and nine months later, it still works exactly as it should, so it survives the durability test to me. Honestly, after having a foldable phone, I can never go back to the tiny screens of a regular phone. I hope these phones are here to stay. Also, let me add some pros and cons since I'm already talking about it. Pros: Large screen for watching videos and reading articles Stylus is smooth and feels good to take notes Screen is very durable The multi-window features is amazing and lets me use multiple apps at the same time (my favorite feature) You can do a half-fold so that it works as its own stand for hands-free use and video-viewing Cons: Battery life isn't very good, will just barely last a whole day of heavy use; it's better if you use battery-saver mode The software can get buggy when you constantly open and close the phone while using the app, which can crash your app you are using Bulkier than most phones on the market out there Expensive pricepoint to buy Stylus and stylus-holder case have to be bought separately Overall, the pros outdo the cons for me. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Would you want the "Shallow Hal" condition? |
| Zanzenburger 05/19/22 8:51:12 AM #15 | Lorenzo_2003 posted... No.I'm actually quite surprised that the movie hasn't been ripped apart retroactively considering some of the scenes. But I'm also surprised we haven't seen sequels or spinoffs using this concept. The "seeing a person's inner beauty on the outside" has so much potential outside of being fit/fat. Imagine movies in the same universe where other people are affected with the condition, where this can affect the entire fashion industry, high school cliques, and even the media like TV shows, movies, and A-List celebrities. The plotlines with this concept are limitless. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Remember the thong song? |
| Zanzenburger 05/17/22 4:45:30 PM #5 | He performed the song recently in the climactic final battle in the Season 5 Finale of Legends of Tomorrow two years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvPOVeO1M6Q --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | I'm going to see a play based on the movie Clue. |
| Zanzenburger 05/17/22 1:28:25 PM #4 | Is it Rumors? Cause that's my all-time favorite play that I starred in, lol. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Have you ever done charity/volunteer work? |
| Zanzenburger 05/17/22 1:15:17 PM #4 | I do it weekly. It' the best feeling in the world. The amount of positivity you find at those events (from both the volunteers and those you are helping) is very refreshing. It really turns a sour day into a better one and is a good stress reliever. I've helped with mobile food pantries, setting up church thrift stores, delivering food and supplies to the homeless, serving at a soup kitchen, picking up litter down the highway, mowing yards and painting houses for single moms and the elderly, gardening, and building houses. I really recommend everyone tries it. It changes your outlook on life. Also, I'm married, so this doesn't apply to me, but it's a great place to meet women. I've had two volunteers ask me out during these things (in each case I didn't have my wedding ring on due to the hands-on work we were doing). It shouldn't be your main motivation, but it is a good opportunity to meet people. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Remains of 17-year-old girl who went missing in 2009 found; suspect arrested |
| Zanzenburger 05/17/22 12:52:03 PM #6 | I think it's crazy how modern technology can get so much detail in a 13-year old case, including the suspect, how she was killed, and when she was buried. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Scrubs, Kenan and Kel, Mrs Brown's Boys, Family Guy, The Orville. |
| Zanzenburger 05/16/22 2:40:39 PM #23 | Scrubs is appropriately defended in this topic, so I won't add to it. I do want to vouch for The Orville, as the show is legitimately good. Literally Star Trek but with more relatable characters with relatable problems. And some of the moral dilemmas presented in that show are truly thought-provoking, like the social media planet and the "people zoo". Reminds me of Stargate in that aspect. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | The girls parodying 5th Harmony are hotter than the actual 5th Harmony girls... |
| Zanzenburger 05/13/22 4:13:33 PM #2 | I love the fact that this was a Crazy Ex-Girlfriend post. Love this show! Songs are catchy, witty, and memorable. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | "As hiring demands continue to increase, the average starting salary for |
| Zanzenburger 05/10/22 8:23:54 AM #28 | The problem is that most career guidance that students get in college list average salaries for their chosen career fields, not starting salaries. The problem with average salaries is that it takes salaries from people of all levels of experience, from entry-level to senior, and the high wages pull that average salary up. You don't find a lot of career counselors in college or websites talking about the entry level salaries in most careers, one, because that's hard to quantify, and two, because those that do quantify it show that they are usually really, really low. Then there's the whole question of what is an entry-level job? When you have "entry-level jobs" that require 3-5 years of experience, those "starter" salaries are going to push the average up, when most college grads won't realistically be getting those jobs. It's not college students being dumb, it's just that their perspective is skewed due to the guidance they receive. They don't have the benefit of hindsight like college graduates do. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | I'm doing the All Star Challenge in pokemon Shield |
| Zanzenburger 05/04/22 1:06:03 PM #3 | Does going through the Wild Area count as backtracking since you go back to it multiple times? I would imagine that the sheer variety of pokemon available in the Wild Area would make this more fun than pervious gens. Even more fun if you have the DLC areas. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Kinda shitty that Wells Fargo charges you $15/month unless you have $500 |
| Zanzenburger 05/04/22 1:00:18 PM #10 | It gets more lopsided with the major banks the more money you put in. When I got a new job and went up a tax bracket, Bank of America put me into their preferred rewards program, which includes no wire transfer fees, reduced interest rates on loans, shorter customer service wait times, unlimited free money orders and cashier checks, etc. I had no idea these rewards were even possible. They're like "let's reward you for having money, those with less money will pay for it." --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Sonic 2 > Sonic 3 + Knuckles |
| Zanzenburger 05/04/22 10:20:47 AM #8 | I like 2 and 3 for different reasons. 2 had really great pacing. The levels were fast and intuitive to run through (at least until Metropolis Zone). It was a great game to focus on speed with the occasional platforming. 3 slowed the game down just a bit to add more platforming in between speed sections. This allowed for better use of Sonic's abilities with the shields, and also provided interesting gimmicks for the longer levels. I don't think I could say I like one more than the other, because I appreciate each for what it brought to the table. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | What some stuff in media that just does it for you? |
| Zanzenburger 05/03/22 9:40:38 AM #6 | - Cartoon characters eating any meat product, particularly chicken leg - The moment the villain seemingly wins and the hero explains it was all a ruse and how they did it (i.e. Ocean's series and Leverage) - Hype-worthy build-up shots where the music, cinematography, and acting are all on-par (i.e. the Wonder Woman WW1 scene, the iconic Avengers circle scene) - Sappy, happy moments where genuinely-nice characters get the reward they deserve (i.e. any season finale or midseason finale in Chuck) Also, Sictis posted... boobs --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | My niece got Let's Go Eevee for her birthday. |
| Zanzenburger 05/02/22 6:56:29 AM #5 | The Let's Go series seems to act as an introductory pokemon game for new players. While the Pewter gym thing was annoying, I understand that was a way to teach new players about typing advantages. Besides the OP starter Eevee, the game gets less hand-holdy and opens up more the further you go on. I definitely enjoyed this game as a 3D Kanto remake. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Legend of Tomorrow cancelled after 7 seasons. |
| Zanzenburger 04/30/22 8:52:52 AM #18 | Very disappointing. I thought Season 7 was one of the best seasons. They really played around with the formula for it. It actually performed better in the ratings than Season 6 Turning the show into a superhero comedy was the best decision they could have made for it. I'm just glad it got as many seasons as it did. I didn't expect it to last more than 2 seasons, especially after the atrocious season 1. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Traditional taco vs. American style taco |
| Zanzenburger 04/30/22 8:48:08 AM #5 | In many Latin American countries, the actual food eaten is actually much simpler and less showy than what you see in "Hispanic" restaurants in the US. Like when I go back to my country in Central America, no one there really eats tacos unless they visit a Taco Bell down there. With that said, I don't really like tacos of any kind. I prefer baleadas. https://www.curiouscuisiniere.com/honduran-baleadas/ --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | I hear some stories that companies manages their WFH employees via Teams |
| Zanzenburger 04/28/22 12:50:39 PM #23 | And meanwhile, you have employee spying software inching its way into industries: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/apr/27/remote-work-software-home-surveillance-computer-monitoring-pandemic A survey last September by review site Digital.com of 1,250 US employers found 60% with remote employees are using work monitoring software of some type, most commonly to track web browsing and application use. Andalmost nine out of 10 of the companies said they had terminated workers after implementing monitoring software. The number and array of tools now on offer to continuously monitor employees digital activity and provide feedback to managers is remarkable. Tracking technology can also log keystrokes, take screenshots, record mouse movements, activate webcams and microphones, or periodically snap pictures without employees knowing. And a growing subset incorporates artificial intelligence (AI) and complex algorithms to make sense of the data being collected. One AI monitoring technology, Veriato, gives workers a daily risk score which indicates the likelihood they pose a security threat to their employer. This could be because they may accidentally leak something, or because they intend to steal data or intellectual property. The score is made up from many components, but it includes what an AI sees when it examines the text of a workers emails and chats to purportedly determine their sentiment, or changes in it, that can point towards disgruntlement. The company can then subject those people to closer examination. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Stanger Things season 4 reportedly costs $30 million per episode |
| Zanzenburger 04/28/22 12:45:56 PM #22 | TheOtherMike posted... S1 was excellent. S2 was good. S3 was meh.Interestingly, my preference for the seasons was S1 -> S3 -> S2. I thought S3 told a more cohesive story and had a better climax than S2, personally. The characters were also more enjoyable and less whiny. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | I hear some stories that companies manages their WFH employees via Teams |
| Zanzenburger 04/28/22 9:42:22 AM #2 | TEAMS has the worst possible status feature. Back when we used Skype, the status features were more robust. You could create specific statuses to let people know what you were up to, and you didn't go into inactive until like 20-30 minutes of no computer activity. Then you just move the mouse and you're shown as active again. But in TEAMS, not only can you not edit/create your statuses, but it goes from active to inactive in like 5 minutes. And the feature is buggy, so sometimes you have to move your mouse all over the place and open a few windows before it recognizes you as active again. Fortunately for me, my job doesn't use that feature to track employees, but they do at my wife's job, and she finds it really stressful because it'll move to inactive when she's just reading a long document on her computer and not moving the mouse around and then she spends like a whole minute putting it back on active status so it doesn't look like she stepped away from her computer. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Movies where you've seen the sequel way more than the original? |
| Zanzenburger 04/27/22 10:09:04 AM #13 | lilORANG posted... A Very Brady Sequel.lmao me too! I didn't know what the word "sequel" meant when I was a kid, so I assumed this was a standalone original movie based on the show. It wasn't until years later that I realized there was a first one. Weirdly enough, I enjoyed the sequel much more than the first one. Also, when we were kids, my parents went to the clearance bin at our local K-mart and bought us a bunch of cheap sequels that we ended up seeing before the originals, namely The Return of Jafar and Batman Returns. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | People get really weird if you dont drink. |
| Zanzenburger 04/26/22 8:38:59 AM #43 | Like others in this topic, I don't like drinking and have no problem with people that do. Personally, I just don't like the taste of alcohol, so why drink something that I don't like? My issue is that my job involves a lot of after-hours business functions to network and meet with potential clients. Most of these events have open bars, and sure enough, I always get asked why I'm not drinking. When I explain that I just don't like alcohol, the responses range from "oh" to weirdness. I think I've even lost clients when they find out I don't drink. One thing I've done to help is to do a one-drink rule. Since I often get offered a drink at these functions, I will accept the first drink offered to me, then stop there. I've found that tends to make people feel better, just the fact that I partook in it even if I refuse refills. Society is weird. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Why they no make movie video games anymore? |
| Zanzenburger 04/26/22 8:21:44 AM #5 | Those were midlevel budget games that were cheap and easy to make. As game development costs increased, you really now only have room for AAA budgets or indie budgets, so the movie game, which generally fell in between those, either died out or became a mobile game. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | John Oliver finally tackles Air Bud. |
| Zanzenburger 04/25/22 5:10:58 PM #16 | The "surprise guest" bit with no one coming to the stage had me in stitches. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Did you know that many people say they can't vividly imagine visual scenes? |
| Zanzenburger 04/25/22 12:12:48 PM #62 | Kloe_Rinz posted... How do you know if anything you see is real if you can just imagine whatever you want? No joke, I actually try to avoid lying for this exact reason. When I lie about having done something that I didn't, or lie about needing to do something to get out of a commitment, I will imagine myself doing that thing. Days later, the image will pop up into my head as something I already did and I confuse it with a memory and not a lie I made up. I have to actually run through the whole "memory" in my head to see what happens next, and if I realize that the memory just ends, then it was just something that I made up and didn't actually happen to me. Other times, I'll tell someone "I can't do x because I have to do y", when "y" is a lie I made up cause I don't want to hang out, then later in that evening before bed, I'm like "oh crap, I forgot to do y", and it takes me a moment to realize that I didn't really need to do it, but I definitely imagined myself doing it. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | how exactly was Team Rocket the bad guys? |
| Zanzenburger 04/25/22 10:34:32 AM #8 | mustachedmystic posted... They had a dedicated team of idiots whose sole purpose was to stalk a 12 year old boy, and steal his Pikachu. I never understood that. What was so special about Ashs Pikachu? And it makes even less sense when considering that they have a talking Mewoth.Pretty sure their Pikachu obsession was not sanctioned by headquarters. That was their own thing and headquarters just let them so they wouldn't bug them. No idea how their Pikachu chase was justified in the later seasons as I stopped watching after the Johto arc. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | how come people don't complain about product placement anymore? |
| Zanzenburger 04/24/22 10:30:46 AM #33 | I am rewatching Chuck and I forgot how much blatant Subway advertising there is. Like you literally sit there and watch a 20 second commercial about their different sandwich offerings. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | how come people don't complain about product placement anymore? |
| Zanzenburger 04/24/22 8:37:45 AM #17 | I think free mobile games with intrusive ads have conditioned people to just accept advertisements in their media. When compared to 30 second pop-up ads to get more lives in your match 3 game, a 3-second product placement in a movie or TV show doesn't seem so bad. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Homer in grass meme is now a Funko Pop |
| Zanzenburger 04/20/22 12:51:16 PM #12 | I enjoy the concept of funko pops more than the funko pops themselves. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Damn could that 2020 sonic movie really be that good? |
| Zanzenburger 04/20/22 10:39:04 AM #32 | masterpug53 posted... I don't know what the exact bar is for declaring oneself a 'professional' VA, but Ben voiced Dewey Duck for three seasons of the Ducktales reboot (which is pretty much the same voice he used for Sonic).I've always considered a VA actor to be one that professionally creates character voices for a specific animated character. Like Tara Strong voices several cartoons that you wouldn't know was Tara strong unless you were listening for it, as she disguises her natural voice to fit the character. Meanwhile, you have actors like George Lopez who throw in their voice to many animated movies, but in all those movies the characters just sound like George Lopez. Did he provide his voice for animated characters? Yes, but I wouldn't consider him a professional VA actor. Just an actor doing VA work. I'd put Ben in the second camp, unless he's done specific work where he makes unique voices for different characters. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Damn could that 2020 sonic movie really be that good? |
| Zanzenburger 04/20/22 6:49:34 AM #18 | I actually liked 2 more than 1. Tails and Knuckles were done really well and robotnik was even more Robotnik-like in that one. It was somewhat more faithful to the games, while at the same time expanding the Sonic movie-verse mythology with Longclaw, Knuckle's tribe, and the other worlds. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Do you guys have a college degree? |
| Zanzenburger 04/19/22 9:25:18 PM #24 | CedarPointcp posted... in what, though?BS in Meteorology, an MBA, and then an MS and PHD in Higher Education Administration. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Do you guys have a college degree? |
| Zanzenburger 04/19/22 9:10:17 PM #16 | Bachelors, two Masters, and a phd. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Have you ever been a supervisor or manager? |
| Zanzenburger 04/16/22 7:34:16 AM #20 | I work in university administration. Currently a director but soon making the transition to VP when the new fiscal year starts. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
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