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Are the MaNcHiLd

@Mr.Myoozik
That was pretty terrible, yeah. I’ve heard much better mashups than that.

Meanwhile, I was half-convinced that the Alvin and the Chipmunks cover of the Macarena was a fever dream. (And worse, I’m pretty sure that was my first time hearing the song.)

@Mellow Rhythm
Sadly… First Gorillaz, then Avenged Sevenfold, and now Muse. And unlike Gorillaz, I’m pretty much convinced Muse aren’t going to backpedal, and will go to go the A7X route and double down instead. (And sadly, I’m pretty sure they’ll make money from it. Muse diehards are a wild bunch…)

British men will record five classic prog rock albums instead of going to therapy.

@Mr.Myoozik
Because rhyming “fire” with “desire” is almost as much of a cliché as the four chords of pop/Pachelbel’s canon. And I don’t know if average listeners realize this, but every time I hear those two words rhymed in a song, a part of me groans even if it’s a good song otherwise.

@Mellow Rhythm
True, but they also pulled out “liar,” “higher,” “mire,” and “funeral pyre.” (Which is more than I can say for the Backstreet Boys, U2, and even Bruce Springsteen!)

Say what you want about the Doors, but you gotta give them credit for writing a seven-minute song called “Light My Fire” and never once rhyming the word “fire” with “desire.”

@Beth
@Meanlucario
My parents met in 1980 when they were both at the same restaurant for lunch and my dad struck up a conversation. They didn’t know each other, but they bonded over both of their shared dislike of Ronald Reagan and the fact that as it turned out, they had several friends in common. Over four decades later, they’re still together.

Nowadays, it’s difficult to imagine anyone meeting in that way. Everyone is on their phones in public, and if you try talking to a stranger you’ve never met before, they may think you’re a creep.

The more I think about it, the more I think that dating apps are dystopian as hell.

Imagine having to boil your entire self, your personality, your aspirations, your interests, everything down to your looks and a 50-word summary of your entire existence. And then having to pay extra just to see those who are interested in you.

Do any of you recall a fanfic in which Pinkie Pie (in the cartoon human world) goes shopping for clothing, and buys multiple different types of shirts, shorts, skirts, socks, etc. and the store staff can’t comprehend her wearing different clothing each day, and everyone starts having a mental breakdown and the store burns down in the chaos?

@TwilyIsBestPone
Sucks to hear. Hope she recovers safely!

@icicle wicicle 1517
Same

There’s also that popular fan theory that the Jetsons and the Flintstones both exist simultaneously, and that the Jetsons are the upper-class who live about the clouds while the Flintstones are everyone else, living on the squalor of the surface that has been made desolate by climate change. However, I find that theory rather cynical, personally.

@icicle wicicle 1517
Damn wild how 2022 used to be the far distant future, and now it’s right here.

@Salamenace
Looks fantastic!

@Mr.Myoozik
Ah, knew I recognized it from somewhere. That sounds like a very Jacksfilms type of line.

@Mr.Myoozik
That sounds really familiar. Was that from a video?

@Sparx
Ohhhh. Gotcha. Yeah, I just read that interview.

As for me, I grew up reading A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels, and one thing all these adaptations seem to screw up is that the series got dark. It was surreal, but in less of a whimsical kind of way and in more of a Twin Peaks for kids way. And when it got serious, it got serious.

Of course, both movie adaptations of it were made by Gisney, so it unfortunately makes sense why they’d tone it down significantly.

@Sparx
…That came out of nowhere.