Russian Federation? M-more, more like, like... Russian De-Federation, am I right?

we sort of see a 20 percent uplift on the value of that customer because you're locking that person, committing to a longer-term relationship.

Do these people never listen to themselves? Who the hell wants to be "locked"?

I'm not a fan of the "new car smell", for some reason. The "new computer smell", on the other hand, is a rare treat.

I heard on a podcast a long time ago that the Army considered it one of their most successful recruiting tools. Not because it brought in more recruits, but because fewer recruits dropped out, apparently because playing the game led to fewer surprises after joining.

It's coming out the wrong end of the phone.

Source?

I poked my head in Lemmygrad once, and that was plenty. Shit like this but unironic. Fuck em.

Dude, Where's My Car, 17%/47%. I haven't seen it since it was in the theatre, but I remember thinking it was a good disengage-your-brain comedy that got some chuckles and had a plot that was weird enough to be a joke on it's own. What were people expecting, with a title like that?

Running at the speed of lobsters!

There was one of these signs that said "The most powerful position is on your knees." Longtime favorite of mine.

A former boss used to make at least one person at every meeting recite the company's mission and vision statements--yes, two different statements, and if you missed even one word, no matter how inconsequential, he'd get on your ass about it in front of everyone. No surprise that he constantly listened to and quoted management podcasts and audio books, rarely questioning any of them.

It was basically the perfect canvas for photoshopping: as empty and nondescript as it was ubiquitous and recognizable.

"SMOKE VERIFICATION CIGARETTE"

Unacceptable. Different thing bad!

It wasn't super meaningful from a narrative perspective, but no one who played Unreal when it was new is likely to forget that first step off the Vortex Riker onto Na Pali. Sure, there had been games like Myst, but this not only elevated how beautiful games can be, but put the player right in the middle of it like nothing else did. Not an easy moment to recreate. To be honest, that game plus UT2003/04 had some of the best graphics in the business, from both the technical and design standpoints.

Can't talk about grease disposal without posting this.

Fair complaint, but fwiw Reddit went through the same thing with Digg. It passed.

Magnificent. I went to the one in Santa Fe and it was by far the least overrated thing ever. Stayed in it for hours.

Maybe I'm too optimistic, but I get the feeling that AI necromancy will be the next 3D. It'll be a fad for a few years, and then we'll wonder where "look kids, it's [dead/old actor]!" went. Maybe AI will find a useful place in film, maybe it won't, but I doubt it will be one of the main draws for very long.

NOT TO WORRY, BROTHER, WE'RE YELLING WITH YOU! AROOOOO