The number of upvotes on this post as I write this comment is 616, which is the numerical identifier of the primarily recognized Marvel universe. That is pleasing to me.

Holy hell, those shower poles were real?

Ripley is going to be offended when I tell her you said this.

Maze is ... I think seventeen. She's definitely feeling her years.

When I was young, the whole "you might be a redneck if ... " thing was popular and commonly aped. One example I saw was "you might be a geek if ... "

One of the qualifications was "you leave the modem speaker on after being connected because you think it sounds like the ocean, the perfect accompaniment for 'surfing the web.'"

TIL!

A game I played a lot with my dad was Pool. He had a full sized slate Pool table that he bought (along with a lawnmower) from a friend who was dying and he put it (the Pool table, not the mower) in a semi dedicated room in his basement. Every family member other than my mom (who was blind in one eye and thus lacked depth perception) loved engaging in the game.

There are a lot of things at which I lack talent, but Pool is not one of them; I'm better than average at it. My dad was better than I but, a few times, I won against him one-on-one. At least one of those times I accused him of letting me win. He said, and with the benefit of hindsight I believe, that he never "lets" anyone win.

He probably didn't try his hardest, but that's a fairly fine distinction.

I've heard of them, but I didn't know they were named after a member.

I've never heard of this person, but I wonder how they'd get along with Rebecca Black.

I never really thought much about color for most of my life, then I had a kid. For as long as they've been able to kind of hold a conversation their default question to get to know someone has been "what's your favorite color?"

My answer was generally blue because I'm male and that's a pretty generic answer for men, but once they got me thinking on the subject, I realized that all of my favorite things were green. My favorite shirt (to the extent that it's now basically disintegrated), my favorite watchband, hell, even my favorite underwear.

So now my favorite color is green and, since the kid knows that, I have a lot more green stuff. It's very sweet that when they go shopping with their mom they see something green and automatically say "we should get that for Dad!"

The Princess Bride? I've never heard of that. Just from the title, the premise sounds inconceivable.

Sir, this is a Wendy's.

I don't know, but if you can make fried ice cream you can probably make ice cream alcohol.

Technically, yes, plus two more besides.

Sure, but did you see that ludicrous display last night?

I love sorbet, but I suspected that if I brought it up I'd be lambasted.

I don't think I've ever encountered vegan ice cream.

Ice cream is lovely during consumption, but after, my teeth feel sticky and I often have acid reflux. I'm sure I'll partake again, but right now I wish - on behalf of my future self - that I wouldn't.

I couldn't say exactly why, other than that it's a young man in the desert, but that's hardly a unique literary premise; still, this reminds me of The Alchemist.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=m2YJcxgj-WU

You're right, arousing them is the way to go.