Nov 17
Ben commented on
World Not Ending in 2012.
The Mayan calendar is cyclic, so it doesn't end in 2012, it just starts over. So the world won't end in 2012, the Mayans will just come back to life. And probably take over the world.
Nov 16
Ben commented on
Only 46 Days Left in the Decade.
I vote:
- 2000-2009: the Aughts, as in "I suppose it was back in aught-six, when I was fresh outta college with a degree in thinkin' machines, this was before the Great Reboot, ya see..."
- 2010-2012: the Tweens.
- 2013-2019: the Teens
Nov 16
Ben commented on
Only 46 Days Left in the Decade.
@11: There's a difference in nomenclature, though. We refer to 1901-2000 as the twentieth century, because it was the twentieth century of the Common Era. We refer to 1980-1989 as the Eighties because they all start with 'eighty'.
The boundaries between the common names for decades don't have to align with the boundaries for the common names of the centuries.
Nov 16
Ben commented on
2012: Toot, Whistle, Plunk, and Boom.
I don't know, there were a couple of parts in the giant Russian plane where ex-wife's boyfriend came down from the cockpit and was like "Male characters, come look at this thing. Female characters, continue to care for the frightened children." Seemed kinda casually misogynistic to me.
Nov 11
Ben commented on
Any Time Is No Longer Taco Time.
Maybe in its place, we can get a Taco John's.
I would kill someone, in front of their own mother, for a Taco John's.
Nov 11
Ben commented on
"Where's My Pancakes?".
Phew. Good thing it's impossible to access a computer's desktop from a remote location using some kind of... "Remote Desktop" technology or something.