James.k.Polk wrote:Bender theory debunk:
There's occasionally a theory that floats around the Internet that Bender was just a regular robot until he met Fry. Something about when they try to hide in the Head Museum and Bender accidentally shocks himself while they're barricaded in the basement where the criminal heads are stored. The idea is, I think that the shock reboots Bender's OS and he identifies with whatever is around him. (This does happen in the episode where Bender becomes a penguin.)
I realized this theory is false a while back but I keep forgetting to mention it to people.
Here's the thing.
On Mother's Day, when the gang visit Mom's Robot Museum, Leela looks at an exhibit called "See through the eyes of a bending unit." She puts on a set of Bender goggles, and sees everything listed as "rube", "robbery target", and stuff that clearly indicates that all Bender units have criminal mischief programming.
Clearly Mom has endowed all Benders with evil in their R(obot)NA
I feel like the Futurama universe gets so distorted and muddled with time travel, that it's hard to nail anything down as very conclusive. That said, I agree that the theory about Bender being fundamentally changed by the zapping is bunk. His memory of the recent events aren't thrown off or erased. The thing people overlook is that Bender first meets Fry during a transitional moment in his life. He's suffering depression because he just found out what happens to the parts that he works with (as I recall, they're made into suicide booths) and he wants to end it all. He ends up having a wild adventure with this new quirky human guy, and then snaps out of his funk and moves onto a new chapter in life.
James.k.Polk wrote:One more from Futurama:
What if a person had truck-stop worm parasites AND a brain slug at the same time?
Ooooh! That IS a puzzler. I see two possibilities, cohabitation or M.A.D. (Mutually Assured Destruction). Either the worms work out a truce with the brain slug, or they go to war for possession of the host body. In neither case does the person with the creatures attached to it survive. In the case of cohabitation, his or her identity is absorbed and dissolved. What emerges is a new person built on the material of the previous one. It's the thing that Fry was afraid of, but with the added horror of being slaved to a brain slug. If the worms and slug go to war, the body will not survive at all.
James.k.Polk wrote:I'm amazed at how fast retail stores switch gears. I went into Walmart at 7:30 am yesterday and there were already massive displays of chocolate covered cherries, festive tins of planters nuts, and Merry Christmas signage on all the aisle ends. Again I bemoan the rotten deal myfavorite holiday gets. Won't somene please think of Thanksgiving?
We need to make an animated Thanksgiving movie, Thanksgiving Pageants, Schmaltzy songs etc. We should also start using the phrase "Annual Bilateral Assault on Thanksgiving". I've had a notion for writing an audiobook that could then be adapted into a text based book and then a movie, where all the scenes take place during Thanksgiving. One of those emotion stirring stories about a father and son who love each other only a little bit more than they hate each other.
Thanksgiving needs to get a leg up!
Patch wrote: James.k.Polk wrote:I'm amazed at how fast retail stores switch gears. I went into Walmart at 7:30 am yesterday and there were already massive displays of chocolate covered cherries, festive tins of planters nuts, and Merry Christmas signage on all the aisle ends. Again I bemoan the rotten deal myfavorite holiday gets. Won't somene please think of Thanksgiving?
Yeah the Halloween channel I was listening to on Sirus started playing Christmas music today. I'm not ready for that yet. My wife did order a smoked turkey this year. It will be the first time in years that I don't make a turkey. I hope it's good. My turkey takes days to prep and is melt in your mouth good. I appreciate her wanting to save me some time.
For me, Ham and Mashed Taters have always been the best parts about Thanksgiving. I love Turkey, but a good glazed ham... ah yeah. Also, a couple years ago back in 2012 I made my first Thanksgiving Turkey. The skin dried out, but otherwise it was pretty good.
rkwsuperstar wrote:My Coworker is telling someone about a party she went to on Saturday, for Halloween, and how much fun she had with her boyfriend. And all I can think while she's speaking is that she has a shithead, cheating boyfriend.
You could try to tell her anonymously. Having a letter printed out and dropped on her desk that reads "It should be brought to your attention, that [Boyfriend's name] recently attempted to initiate sex with me at a social function." or words to that effect. I know I'd like to know if someone I was dating tried to set something up with another person behind my back.
On another note, I'm trying a different approach with polls this week. Taking a cue from Polk, I'm going with a Thanksgiving Theme, but with the open ended nature of gratitude, having set options feels like the wrong direction. So I'm creating dummy options in the poll field and asking people to post specific and subjective answers in the comments. Let me know what you think.
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