The I-Can't-Remember-What-We-Called-The-Cool-Things-Thread Thread

Thenomain

I just learned that HBO Now will be $15/mo. I don't MMO, so ... well, yes.

Thenomain

Sometimes GenCon can be beyond cool:

http://www.newnownext.com/gamers-threaten-to-pull-50-convention-if-indiana-gov-signs-anti-gay-bill-into-law/03/2015/

edit: He signed it., and a not-at-all-minor IT company is pulling out because of it.

Wizz

You've probably heard of Watson before, and maybe even this app, but I had no idea this existed.
It's kind of hilarious/interesting to feed journal entries into this thing and see what pops out. The results seem pretty consistent; so far Watson thinks I'm somewhat compulsive, melancholy, altruistic and non-traditional, for example.

spasticgoat

@Wizz said:

Watson's Personality Analyzer.

You've probably heard of Watson before, and maybe even this app, but I had no idea this existed.
It's kind of hilarious/interesting to feed journal entries into this thing and see what pops out. The results seem pretty consistent; so far Watson thinks I'm somewhat compulsive, melancholy, altruistic and non-traditional, for example.

Plug in the bio for John Glenn from his Wikipedia page.
Compare and contrast it with Gloria Steinem.

Coin

Power of the horse. Full force.

The Tree of Woe

I knew Molly Ringwald coming back to movies would herald the return of the 1980s.

At the grave of John Hughes, a moldy, worm-eaten claw just erupted from the earth, clutching a Breakfast Club script.

Coin

I was reading TV Tropes (which will ruin your life, by the way) when I got reminded of The Sleep Talkin' Man, who is hilarious. So if you have never scanned that blog, you should, just for the random, non-sensical hilarity.

Shebakoby

@2mspris said:

I got it from @EmmahSue but still it should be shared!

Hermione gives no fucks!

LERL potion cheat codes hahahahah! XD

Wizz

"You know, they say if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.." (Awkward beat.) "I-I'm sorry, keep going, I don't know where that came from, go ahead. Oh, I think there's a 'k' in 'knucklehead.'"

HelloRaptor

Princess Rap Battles

The flow for Snow White vs Elsa is awkward and not so good, but they get progressively better, and a lot of the referential jokes are pretty funny. Galadriel vs Leia has one of the best snarky uses of a comma ever. ;D Also wtf surprise Sarah Michelle Geller?

Ranked in chronological order of production:

Ranked in order of awesome and lulz, more like:

Edit: Also surprise Yvonne Strahovski. o.O