That guy, doing his thing!
It's been thirty years since overly muscled, blue spandex clad superhero known as The Tick first proffered profound platitudes of righteous justice over the sugary sweet Saturday sac of morning cartoons. But what was the origin of this ridiculous and beloved cartoon? Community member Shepard has all the fun details in a post as the creators reminisce on how it all began!
jontyjago posted St Wilfrid's Catholic School's end of year video, a delightful shot-by-shot remake of Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice," featuring the school's headmaster, Mr Ferry. (Mr Ferry actually has pretty good rhythm, but the pun would brook no resistance)
Not to alarm you, but it is less than 100 days until Halloween. Have you finalized your overambitious horror film watchlist yet? Wobbuffet is here to help.
Photo by Elena Popova on Unsplash
Would you like to learn how to play the board game Go? "This website is visually appealing, simple to use, and easy to understand." Thanks bq!
Please welcome new user, A Most Curious Rabbit, who joined just to explain how your small donation contributes to a political cause. Eye opening information that reminds us that we can be involved in the process!
Art by Will Quinn (https://www.willquinnart.com/)
What's the bunny quotation in your life, are you getting enough? If not, cupcakeninja has a post about artist Will Quinn, who has delightful daily solutions to this problem!
Photo by Yogendra Joshi, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/yogendra174/)
In a post about the recent CrowdStrike outage, Wordshore shared a charming anecdote about signs, scone thievery, and the ethics of moth collecting.
Photo by Stephen Bowler via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/50826080@N00/)
How would you define the concept of 'tomorrow'? Even better, how would you define it to a six year old? If you have an answer, chime in on kitcat's question or see what others are saying!
Photo by Eden, Janine and Jim, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/edenpictures/)
It’s been a busy few years in US politics since last week’s attempted assassination of Republican Nominee Donald Trump. First, the US Supreme court dismissed the classifieds documents case against Trump, then he picked a new Vice President, while Biden pushed for Supreme court reform, then canceled more student loan debt, then stepped down at the Democratic nominee and Kamala Harris stepped up for the spot (check out the uspolitics tag for all the posts).
As for Harris becoming the presumptive Democratic Nominee, there are questions about how DNC delegates are selected. Lucky for us, community member BlueJae has been a state level delegate several times and does a deep dive about the process in Missouri, with thoughts on what other states will do. Fascinating look at how the process works!
image via The Internet Animation Database, intanibase.com
Oh, fun! not_on_display posted The Fictional Brands Archive's searchable index, with descriptions of each brand, and browsable by name, sector, category, medium, genre, and "touchpoint." Check out the "Research" section, too, for lots of info and history on brands! 🆒
image via pixabay.com
greatgefilte posted How to unlearn pain, an interesting exploration of psychotherapy or talk therapy focusing on hidden, powerful emotions for some types of pain, including a look at "This Might Hurt, a film about a radical treatment for chronic pain."
Did you know there is a Youtube Free Cleaning community? AlSweigart posted about Midwest Magic Cleaning, and specifically the channel owner's bracing reaction to the commenters who "get off on the dopamine rush of mocking people and blaming them." Very informative, and not a bad intro to the people helping folks with depression and various mental issues that result in hoarding or out of control mess. As armeowda comments "This dude gets it."
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OrangeDisk asks why TV and film characters don't seem to wipe blood, dirt, etc., from their faces any longer, and gets some helpful answers, including this one from nouvelle-personne about the differences between old and new screen dirt. Interesting!
Check out this post by dhruva that highlights Nanoscopes, an award-winning short film about butterfly wings! After you've gazed over the beautiful images, dive into the thread to read some commentary from the filmmaker themselves!
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