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| First post | 2016-06-09 00:13 +0000 |
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_Dune_ quoted in political article djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-06-09 00:13 +0000
Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2016-06-08 19:33 -0500
Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) - 2016-06-09 00:46 +0000
Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2016-06-09 03:05 +0000
Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-06-09 03:36 +0000
Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-06-08 23:14 -0700
Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article Jerry Brown <jerry@jwbrown.co.uk.invalid> - 2016-06-09 19:27 +0100
Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> - 2016-06-09 09:32 -0400
Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-06-09 18:23 +0000
Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-06-09 11:46 -0700
Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article leif.roar@dimnakorr.com - 2016-06-09 14:14 -0500
Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-06-09 12:52 -0700
Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-06-10 02:09 +0000
Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article leif.roar@dimnakorr.com - 2016-06-09 22:33 -0500
Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2016-06-09 23:08 -0500
Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-06-10 05:16 -0700
Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article Jerry Brown <jerry@jwbrown.co.uk.invalid> - 2016-06-10 18:53 +0100
Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-06-11 05:36 -0700
Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-06-10 23:00 -0600
Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article synthius2002@yahoo.com - 2016-06-14 14:37 -0700
Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-06-14 14:45 -0700
Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-06-14 23:15 +0000
Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> - 2016-06-14 16:35 -0700
Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-06-15 00:12 +0000
Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2016-06-14 20:02 -0700
Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-06-14 23:15 +0000
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| From | djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) |
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| Date | 2016-06-09 00:13 +0000 |
| Subject | _Dune_ quoted in political article |
| Message-ID | <o8H9y9.4Co@kithrup.com> |
Today on Slate: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/06/why_can_t_republicans_distance_themselves_from_donald_trump.html "Because they're afraid." The author goes on to say, "Fear is the mind-killer, and Trump has scrambled Republicans' ability to think clearly about their dilemma." Whereupon the top commenter replies, "Donald Trump is the GOP's gom jabbar. If they keep their hand in the box, they will continue to feel pain. If they pull their hand out, they will kill the party." [or possibly both.] -- Dorothy J. Heydt Vallejo, California djheydt at gmail dot com
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| From | Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> |
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| Date | 2016-06-08 19:33 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <njadge$mc9$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #441532 |
On 6/8/2016 7:13 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote: > Today on Slate: > > http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/06/why_can_t_republicans_distance_themselves_from_donald_trump.html > > "Because they're afraid." > > The author goes on to say, "Fear is the mind-killer, and Trump > has scrambled Republicans' ability to think clearly about their > dilemma." > > Whereupon the top commenter replies, > > "Donald Trump is the GOP's gom jabbar. If they keep their hand > in the box, they will continue to feel pain. If they pull their > hand out, they will kill the party." > > [or possibly both.] Cool! But only for the 10% of the population that has read _Dune_ AND remembers the gom jabbar. Lynn
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| From | wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) |
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| Date | 2016-06-09 00:46 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <njae9n$2qub$1@grapevine.csail.mit.edu> |
| In reply to | #441533 |
In article <njadge$mc9$1@dont-email.me>, Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> wrote: >Cool! But only for the 10% of the population that has read _Dune_ AND >remembers the gom jabbar. Once someone in this very newsgroup made the connection between that and the dentist's "gum jabber" I've been unable to forget. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | What intellectual phenomenon can be older, or more oft wollman@bimajority.org| repeated, than the story of a large research program Opinions not shared by| that impaled itself upon a false central assumption my employers. | accepted by all practitioners? - S.J. Gould, 1993
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| From | Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> |
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| Date | 2016-06-09 03:05 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <20160608c@crcomp.net> |
| In reply to | #441533 |
Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> wrote: > On 6/8/2016 7:13 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote: >> Today on Slate: >> >> http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/06/why_can_t_republicans_distance_themselves_from_donald_trump.html >> >> "Because they're afraid." >> >> The author goes on to say, "Fear is the mind-killer, and Trump >> has scrambled Republicans' ability to think clearly about their >> dilemma." >> >> Whereupon the top commenter replies, >> >> "Donald Trump is the GOP's gom jabbar. If they keep their hand >> in the box, they will continue to feel pain. If they pull their >> hand out, they will kill the party." >> >> [or possibly both.] > > Cool! But only for the 10% of the population that has read _Dune_ AND > remembers the gom jabbar. Trump as Baron Vladimir Harkonnen seems a natural to me. But Trump as the Emperor is as good as it gets. [1] Trump's also known as the Emperor Troll. [2] It's Hillary Harkonnen for leftovers. Note. 1. http://io9.gizmodo.com/a-comedic-summary-of-whatever-the-hell-happens-in-dune-1764525343 2. http://techcrunch.com/2016/06/05/innovate2016-for-cuny-professor-jeff-jarvis-donald-trump-is-the-emperor-troll/ -- Don Kuenz KB7RPU
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| From | djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) |
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| Date | 2016-06-09 03:36 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <o8HJCL.KB6@kithrup.com> |
| In reply to | #441533 |
In article <njadge$mc9$1@dont-email.me>, Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> wrote: >On 6/8/2016 7:13 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote: >> Today on Slate: >> >> >http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/06/why_can_t_republicans_distance_themselves_from_donald_trump.html >> >> "Because they're afraid." >> >> The author goes on to say, "Fear is the mind-killer, and Trump >> has scrambled Republicans' ability to think clearly about their >> dilemma." >> >> Whereupon the top commenter replies, >> >> "Donald Trump is the GOP's gom jabbar. If they keep their hand >> in the box, they will continue to feel pain. If they pull their >> hand out, they will kill the party." >> >> [or possibly both.] > >Cool! But only for the 10% of the population that has read _Dune_ AND >remembers the gom jabbar. Well, that's most of us here, innit? -- Dorothy J. Heydt Vallejo, California djheydt at gmail dot com
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| From | Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> |
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| Date | 2016-06-08 23:14 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <916acea8-dbc4-4a20-b873-beb9e89edb6b@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #441533 |
On Thursday, 9 June 2016 01:33:21 UTC+1, Lynn McGuire wrote: > On 6/8/2016 7:13 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote: > > Today on Slate: > > > > http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/06/why_can_t_republicans_distance_themselves_from_donald_trump.html > > > > "Because they're afraid." > > > > The author goes on to say, "Fear is the mind-killer, and Trump > > has scrambled Republicans' ability to think clearly about their > > dilemma." > > > > Whereupon the top commenter replies, > > > > "Donald Trump is the GOP's gom jabbar. If they keep their hand > > in the box, they will continue to feel pain. If they pull their > > hand out, they will kill the party." > > > > [or possibly both.] > > Cool! But only for the 10% of the population that has read _Dune_ AND remembers the gom jabbar. AND reads _Slate_ - but I think they know their audience. Or, there are at least two movies that they may have seen. Just so they associate it with the word "Sting".
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| From | Jerry Brown <jerry@jwbrown.co.uk.invalid> |
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| Date | 2016-06-09 19:27 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <m7djlbh5ea07t336akj3l04jcem9v9u5i3@jwbrown.co.uk> |
| In reply to | #441555 |
On Wed, 8 Jun 2016 23:14:17 -0700 (PDT), Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote: >On Thursday, 9 June 2016 01:33:21 UTC+1, Lynn McGuire wrote: >> On 6/8/2016 7:13 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote: >> > Today on Slate: >> > >> > http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/06/why_can_t_republicans_distance_themselves_from_donald_trump.html >> > >> > "Because they're afraid." >> > >> > The author goes on to say, "Fear is the mind-killer, and Trump >> > has scrambled Republicans' ability to think clearly about their >> > dilemma." >> > >> > Whereupon the top commenter replies, >> > >> > "Donald Trump is the GOP's gom jabbar. If they keep their hand >> > in the box, they will continue to feel pain. If they pull their >> > hand out, they will kill the party." >> > >> > [or possibly both.] >> >> Cool! But only for the 10% of the population that has read _Dune_ AND remembers the gom jabbar. > >AND reads _Slate_ - but I think they know their audience. > >Or, there are at least two movies that they may have seen. >Just so they associate it with the word "Sting". Which reminds me: <https://kitchenoverlord.com/2015/12/05/vintage-dune-coloring-pages-for-nihilistic-children/>. -- Jerry Brown A cat may look at a king (but probably won't bother)
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| From | "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> |
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| Date | 2016-06-09 09:32 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <njbr6b$5ao$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #441532 |
On 6/8/16 8:13 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> Today on Slate:
>
> http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/06/why_can_t_republicans_distance_themselves_from_donald_trump.html
>
> "Because they're afraid."
>
> The author goes on to say, "Fear is the mind-killer, and Trump
> has scrambled Republicans' ability to think clearly about their
> dilemma."
>
> Whereupon the top commenter replies,
>
> "Donald Trump is the GOP's gom jabbar. If they keep their hand
> in the box, they will continue to feel pain. If they pull their
> hand out, they will kill the party."
>
> [or possibly both.]
>
"You will know pain. And you will know fear. And then you will die!...
have a pleasant flight."
--
Sea Wasp
/^\
;;;
Website: http://www.grandcentralarena.com Blog:
http://seawasp.livejournal.com
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| From | djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) |
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| Date | 2016-06-09 18:23 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <o8IoEG.ou4@kithrup.com> |
| In reply to | #441583 |
In article <njbr6b$5ao$1@dont-email.me>, Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> wrote: >On 6/8/16 8:13 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote: >> Today on Slate: >> >> >http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/06/why_can_t_republicans_distance_themselves_from_donald_trump.html >> >> "Because they're afraid." >> >> The author goes on to say, "Fear is the mind-killer, and Trump >> has scrambled Republicans' ability to think clearly about their >> dilemma." >> >> Whereupon the top commenter replies, >> >> "Donald Trump is the GOP's gom jabbar. If they keep their hand >> in the box, they will continue to feel pain. If they pull their >> hand out, they will kill the party." >> >> [or possibly both.] >> > > "You will know pain. And you will know fear. And then you will die!... >have a pleasant flight." > All right; what's that from? -- Dorothy J. Heydt Vallejo, California djheydt at gmail dot com
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| From | Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2016-06-09 11:46 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <ac43c787-86c2-4c87-b8bf-f27cef9b4dc5@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #441615 |
On Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 2:30:04 PM UTC-4, Dorothy J Heydt wrote: > In article <njbr6b$5ao$1@dont-email.me>, > Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> wrote: > >On 6/8/16 8:13 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote: > >> Today on Slate: > >> > >> > >http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/06/why_can_t_republicans_distance_themselves_from_donald_trump.html > >> > >> "Because they're afraid." > >> > >> The author goes on to say, "Fear is the mind-killer, and Trump > >> has scrambled Republicans' ability to think clearly about their > >> dilemma." > >> > >> Whereupon the top commenter replies, > >> > >> "Donald Trump is the GOP's gom jabbar. If they keep their hand > >> in the box, they will continue to feel pain. If they pull their > >> hand out, they will kill the party." > >> > >> [or possibly both.] > >> > > > > "You will know pain. And you will know fear. And then you will die!... > >have a pleasant flight." > > > All right; what's that from? Babylon 5, 'Parliament of Dreams', spoken to an incompetent Narn assassin who has just been made a target of his own Guild. pt
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| From | leif.roar@dimnakorr.com |
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| Date | 2016-06-09 14:14 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <s7idnXzfNMGTXcTKnZ2dnUU78KOdnZ2d@giganews.com> |
| In reply to | #441583 |
"Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> wrote: > > "You will know pain. And you will know fear. And then you will die!... > have a pleasant flight." > Dude, not cool. Add a spoiler warning next time, okay? -- Leif Roar Moldskred
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| From | Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2016-06-09 12:52 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <f5c89aea-3c0e-47ac-809e-9c7cb3c41604@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #441623 |
On Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 3:14:27 PM UTC-4, leif...@dimnakorr.com wrote: > "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> wrote: > > > > "You will know pain. And you will know fear. And then you will die!... > > have a pleasant flight." > Dude, not cool. Add a spoiler warning next time, okay? I assume that's addressed to me, in which case, you're right. My apologies. pt
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| From | djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) |
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| Date | 2016-06-10 02:09 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <o8J9zL.1vBI@kithrup.com> |
| In reply to | #441623 |
In article <s7idnXzfNMGTXcTKnZ2dnUU78KOdnZ2d@giganews.com>, <leif.roar@dimnakorr.com> wrote: >"Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> wrote: >> >> "You will know pain. And you will know fear. And then you will die!... >> have a pleasant flight." >> > >Dude, not cool. Add a spoiler warning next time, okay? B-5 ran WHEN? My kids were still kids then. There comes a time when you don't need to spoiler that _Alice in Wonderland_ was a dream or that Lancelot and Guinevere both went into monasteries. -- Dorothy J. Heydt Vallejo, California djheydt at gmail dot com
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| From | leif.roar@dimnakorr.com |
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| Date | 2016-06-09 22:33 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <HqudnY0HyZeWqMfKnZ2dnUU78YGdnZ2d@giganews.com> |
| In reply to | #441637 |
Dorothy J Heydt <djheydt@kithrup.com> wrote: > In article <s7idnXzfNMGTXcTKnZ2dnUU78KOdnZ2d@giganews.com>, > <leif.roar@dimnakorr.com> wrote: >>"Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> wrote: >>> >>> "You will know pain. And you will know fear. And then you will die!... >>> have a pleasant flight." >>> >> >>Dude, not cool. Add a spoiler warning next time, okay? > > B-5 ran WHEN? I didn't mean spoilers for Babylon 5. I meant spoilers for life in general. -- Leif Roar Moldskred "What is the meaning of life?" "It ends."
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| From | Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2016-06-09 23:08 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <XnsA62316BF8BE0melchizedek@216.166.97.131> |
| In reply to | #441637 |
djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote in news:o8J9zL.1vBI@kithrup.com: > In article <s7idnXzfNMGTXcTKnZ2dnUU78KOdnZ2d@giganews.com>, > <leif.roar@dimnakorr.com> wrote: >>"Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> wrote: >>> >>> "You will know pain. And you will know fear. And then you >>> will die!... >>> have a pleasant flight." >>> >> >>Dude, not cool. Add a spoiler warning next time, okay? > > B-5 ran WHEN? My kids were still kids then. There comes a time > when you don't need to spoiler that _Alice in Wonderland_ was a > dream or that Lancelot and Guinevere both went into monasteries. > The relevent show ran in 1994, 22 years ago. Since people still expect spoiler warnings for Citizen Kane (75 years ago), I didn't think it was totally out of line to ask for an SW. pt
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| From | Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> |
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| Date | 2016-06-10 05:16 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <a3265951-591a-4af8-81e3-88165d9d4e77@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #441647 |
On Friday, June 10, 2016 at 12:08:15 AM UTC-4, Cryptoengineer wrote: > djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote in > news:o8J9zL.1vBI@kithrup.com: > > > In article <s7idnXzfNMGTXcTKnZ2dnUU78KOdnZ2d@giganews.com>, > > <leif.roar@dimnakorr.com> wrote: > >>"Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> "You will know pain. And you will know fear. And then you > >>> will die!... > >>> have a pleasant flight." > >>> > >> > >>Dude, not cool. Add a spoiler warning next time, okay? > > > > B-5 ran WHEN? My kids were still kids then. There comes a time > > when you don't need to spoiler that _Alice in Wonderland_ was a > > dream or that Lancelot and Guinevere both went into monasteries. > > > > The relevent show ran in 1994, 22 years ago. Since people still > expect spoiler warnings for Citizen Kane (75 years ago), I didn't > think it was totally out of line to ask for an SW. > > pt I'm still ticked at Charles Schulz for having Lucy spoil the Rosebud McGuffin for Linus in a Sunday Peanuts. I knew of the movie, but it only ever aired on the Late Late show, and my bedtime was significantly earlier than that. https://fanboydestroy.com/2013/09/16/peanuts-citizen-kane-rosebud-strip-is-still-the-greatest-spoiler-ever-told/ 1973. I hadn't graduated high school yet. If he had held off for 18 months, I'd have seen it at one of my college's old film nights. AAAUUUUGGGGGHHHH! Indeed. Kevin R
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| From | Jerry Brown <jerry@jwbrown.co.uk.invalid> |
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| Date | 2016-06-10 18:53 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <cjvllb9v7o81rol7tb8bhc2ucoct064v9s@jwbrown.co.uk> |
| In reply to | #441674 |
On Fri, 10 Jun 2016 05:16:49 -0700 (PDT), Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> wrote: >On Friday, June 10, 2016 at 12:08:15 AM UTC-4, Cryptoengineer wrote: >> djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote in >> news:o8J9zL.1vBI@kithrup.com: >> >> > In article <s7idnXzfNMGTXcTKnZ2dnUU78KOdnZ2d@giganews.com>, >> > <leif.roar@dimnakorr.com> wrote: >> >>"Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> "You will know pain. And you will know fear. And then you >> >>> will die!... >> >>> have a pleasant flight." >> >>> >> >> >> >>Dude, not cool. Add a spoiler warning next time, okay? >> > >> > B-5 ran WHEN? My kids were still kids then. There comes a time >> > when you don't need to spoiler that _Alice in Wonderland_ was a >> > dream or that Lancelot and Guinevere both went into monasteries. >> > >> >> The relevent show ran in 1994, 22 years ago. Since people still >> expect spoiler warnings for Citizen Kane (75 years ago), I didn't >> think it was totally out of line to ask for an SW. >> >> pt > >I'm still ticked at Charles Schulz for having Lucy spoil the >Rosebud McGuffin for Linus in a Sunday Peanuts. I knew of >the movie, but it only ever aired on the Late Late show, >and my bedtime was significantly earlier than that. > >https://fanboydestroy.com/2013/09/16/peanuts-citizen-kane-rosebud-strip-is-still-the-greatest-spoiler-ever-told/ > >1973. I hadn't graduated high school yet. If he had held off >for 18 months, I'd have seen it at one of my college's old >film nights. AAAUUUUGGGGGHHHH! Indeed. > So I'm not the only one who got that spoiled by Peanuts! -- Jerry Brown A cat may look at a king (but probably won't bother)
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| From | Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> |
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| Date | 2016-06-11 05:36 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <aa5fd499-e9fe-4db3-949c-f473e3cd2467@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #441647 |
On Friday, 10 June 2016 05:08:15 UTC+1, Cryptoengineer wrote: > djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote in > news:o8J9zL.1vBI@kithrup.com: > > > In article <s7idnXzfNMGTXcTKnZ2dnUU78KOdnZ2d@giganews.com>, > > <leif.roar@dimnakorr.com> wrote: > >>"Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> "You will know pain. And you will know fear. And then you > >>> will die!... > >>> have a pleasant flight." > >>> > >> > >>Dude, not cool. Add a spoiler warning next time, okay? > > > > B-5 ran WHEN? My kids were still kids then. There comes a time > > when you don't need to spoiler that _Alice in Wonderland_ was a > > dream or that Lancelot and Guinevere both went into monasteries. ...wait, what was that? Oh, nuns also have monasteries. Okay. > The relevent show ran in 1994, 22 years ago. Since people still > expect spoiler warnings for Citizen Kane (75 years ago), I didn't > think it was totally out of line to ask for an SW. It doesn't spoil _Babylon 5_ until it's explained, and even then, not so much. An assassin has been sent with instructions that "You are to know pain... you are to know fear... then you are to die", which is only said when this is already taking place, so no spoiler there. "Have a pleasant flight" is spoken by someone else. I remembered it as a more logical (?) 1. Fear. 2. Pain. 3. Die. The first to be achieved by explaining about numbers two and three. But that's maybe why I'm not a well regarded science fiction writer or producer, or professional assassin. Just an occasional amateur - mainly for my own satisfaction.
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| From | Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> |
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| Date | 2016-06-10 23:00 -0600 |
| Message-ID | <ds1k7qFpv8qU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #441637 |
djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote: >In article <s7idnXzfNMGTXcTKnZ2dnUU78KOdnZ2d@giganews.com>, > <leif.roar@dimnakorr.com> wrote: >>"Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> wrote: >>> >>> "You will know pain. And you will know fear. And then you will die!... >>> have a pleasant flight." >>> >> >>Dude, not cool. Add a spoiler warning next time, okay? > >B-5 ran WHEN? My kids were still kids then. There comes a time >when you don't need to spoiler that _Alice in Wonderland_ was a >dream or that Lancelot and Guinevere both went into monasteries. In another thread recently, I commented that a naval admiral on leave spoilered a kid's book for me two thousand years after it had been written. -- We are geeks. Resistance is voltage over current.
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| From | synthius2002@yahoo.com |
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| Date | 2016-06-14 14:37 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <01ddfb1c-3b60-43ac-9331-6aac71b79b92@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #441532 |
Ah, spoilers; my wargame club at the presideo of Monterrey went to see "A bridge too far", which was choppy, so we were asking each other which part of the map the scene took place, so we'd know which units were involved, when the angry guy in the row ahead of us demanded "stop talking! I don't want you to give away the ending!". Nils K. Hammer
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