Posts made by Ganymede

@Rinel said in RL things I love:

Mongolian nationalism doesn't bother me. Biker gangs with iron cross and swastika imagery has me HMMMing pretty hard tho.

@Ghost

Word is that many of the more famous actors came on board after the project was announced to fill in "additional" voices. Chances are they came in on the cheap, just like many stars did filling in for "additional" roles in the new Star Wards trilogy.

I'm looking at you, Simon Pegg.

@Auspice

Respectfully, those are all fairly big actors and actresses. Let's just look at the Skekses:

Andy Samberg: The boy from The Lonely Island? He'll be fine.
Jason Isaacs: I'll take Captain Lorca from Star Trek: Discovery any day.
Warrick Brownlow-Pike: He's a puppeteer for other Henson productions.
Ralph Ineson: Brits are, by and large, trained for this sort of performance. Also, he's the Demonicist from Star vs. The Forces of Evil.
Olafur Darri Olafson: Voice credits include The BFG and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.
Sigourney Weaver: Plenty of voice work.
Benedict Wong: The voice of Alex Yu from Prey can do no wrong. Also, he's Wong from Doctor Strange.
Simon Pegg: Another actor whose talent I cannot question.
Toby Jones: Hail Hydra. Also, Owl from Christopher Robin.
Keegan Michael-Key: More voice credits than most.
Harvey Fierstein: The one and only.
Mark Hamill: Duh.

I have no worries for the voices; I'm a little hesitant for the writing. The Dark Crystal was wonderful to look at, but painful to watch at times.

@Ghost said in Good TV:

I dissent your dissent

That's not how this works.

Just saw the list of voice actors for the Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, and nearly wet myself.

Not with urine, mind.

I don't think I've seen a finer cast assembled ever.

@Ghost said in Good TV:

So...the Invader Zim Florpus movie is rad.

Watch it.

I dissent.

@Macha

Go to the EEOC first.

@Rinel said in Good TV:

WHY DID NOBODY TELL ME THE EXPANSE WAS THIS GOOD

I think I might drop What We Do In The Shadows for The Expanse.

I mean, I like dry comedy, but it is painfully slow.

@Jennkryst

I'm not going to lie. I honestly have $1,000+ lying around doing nothing right now.

@Admiral said in RL things I love:

They're Mongolian. Let them be nationalist. Their nation is basically a puppet of China and most Mongolians don't even -live- in Mongolia anymore.

That's because everyone is bent on building walls these days.

@Auspice

Finished the fourth season of Lucifer. While it misses the campy humor of the seasons on Fox, Netflix's season shows better preparation and writing.

Can't wait for the fifth and final season.

@Auspice said in The Crafting Thread:

I began trying to grid my aida last night since the first pattern drops this weekend.

I read this as:

I began trying to grind on Aida last night since the first pattern drops this weekend.

I need to watch less Lucifer and sleep more.

@Ghost said in How to pronounce FYI?:

Then, yes, I'm really really really stupid.
My rhymes stab you in the heart like I'm Cupid.
I bet you concluded,
When I dream its so lucid
My attacks are concluded
And NEVER diluted.

@Ghost

That's not a house flipper; that's a hobbyist.

I represent plenty of very, very successful house flippers. Inspections and title examinations are all standard steps before investing thousands of dollars into any property. Cutting corners lead to the problem you've cited, among others.

Good house flippers are common, but usually unheard of because they are good.

@Ghost said in How to pronounce FYI?:

YES.

@Ghost said in How to pronounce FYI?:

Because I'm quirky.

@Ghost said in How to pronounce FYI?:

F.Y.I.
B.T.W.
O.M.G.
C.I.A.
W.O.D....

For your information --

By the way --

Oh my God --

Central Intelligence Agency --

World of Darkness --

@Rinel said in Good TV:

I was making an anecdotal observation that a lot of white guys are really mad right now on various WoT fansites.

Counselor, why are you on WoT fansites?

Something new, I suppose.

An old one, but a good one.

First, I love Dianna Agron. Second, there is a distinct connection between the lyrics and the video. Finally, this is probably the most perfect, catchy pop tune in the past decade.

Also: this video was the premise for a PC I once played.

@Rinel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

I also do, for as new an attorney as I am, very good work. So I am given particular allowances by my bosses, who happen to be my friends, who founded our firm when we all said to hell with the public defender office. I come in three times a week for half days and telecommute the rest of the time. Nobody else has that luxury. So given that I spend so much time at home already...

Do you win cases? If the answer is "yes," then I really don't give a fuck what others think about the accommodations you get.

Do you bill sensibly and properly? If the answer is "yes," then I really don't give two fucks what others think about the accommodations you get.

Do you need these reasonable accommodations to function, plus some extra time to deal with shit outside your control that will affect your ability to succeed? If the answer is "yes," then I really don't give three fucks what others think about the accommodations you get.

We are in a results-driven profession. We are expected to win. As a shareholder, it is my job to get the best and the brightest to win. And if that means I have to let you wear a headband with a horn sticking out the front, so be it.

Client: Why does she look like a unicorn?
Me: Would you care if she won your case?
Client: No.
Me: Then meet your new attorney, Twilight Sparkle, and watch her do her thing.

What you have isn't a luxury; it is a reasonable accommodation arguably mandated by the ADA. And as a result of that accommodation, your firm has the rough equivalent of a nuclear fucking weapon. My new associate may not be terribly savvy with the Civil Rules, but she eats witnesses alive on the stand while I gleefully sit in the first chair.