What is something you've done that you believe very few other people have done? Only one caveat: it can't be interesting, cool, or jealousy-provoking.
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I saw the entire original broadcast run of Clerks: The Animated Series. All both episodes.
Only six episodes were produced, and they eventually aired, but I did not find this out until years later. The internet ended a longstanding era where you could be aware of and interested in something, but know fuck-all about it, and have no sensible way of learning more. So I'd heard of Kevin Smith movies - but never seen any. Watching the Clerks movie would have taken a trip to a physical video-rental store, with my parents, and then convincing them (and myself) to rent a vulgar black-and-white movie for all of us to watch together. Wasn't happening.
I was more likely to rent and watch any of the R-rated films that somehow got cartoon adaptations - which were part of that same impotent awareness. Robocop and Ghostbusters and fuckin' Starship Troopers were advertised anywhere and everywhere, and kids liked the shallow cool parts in the trailers, so executives said "fuck it" and licensed no-budget G-rated spinoffs to sell toys.
Anyway. The Clerks animated series exists because Disney wanted an adult-ish show to compete with The Simpsons. Everyone did. Disney knew they had a gap in their demographics for twenty-something dorks with disposable income. Aaand then they handed the finished episodes to ABC, who used a focus group of old farts and children. Of course it bombed. The premiere was the fourth episode produced, which stuck the characters in a courtroom drama, and ended with a wacky consequence-free style change wherein the outsourced animators rebelled and delivered a lolrandom dance party. The second and final episode aired was a fake clip show full of flashbacks to episodes that did not exist.
At least Clone High got an entire season.
At least Clone High got an entire season.
It has two.
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Was the first person in Australia to complete dual recognition (tertiary certificate through VCE )
We were the pilot. Of the small class, two dropped out, third failed. I passed with a cert iv in horticulture alongside my VCE.
Well done. That's a decent effort. I can't imagine being so motivated when I was that age.
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I'll start. I watched every minute of Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis".
Just finished... it made me think of this topic.
I have flown from the Garden State to the Sunshine State in two different countries.
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I watched every minute of Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis" in a movie theater.
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I have flown from the Garden State to the Sunshine State in two different countries.
New Jersey to Florida, and...
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New Jersey to Florida, and...
Victoria to Queensland.
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Victoria to Queensland.
A little jealousy-provoking... But I'll allow it
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No idea but it sure isn't talked about, and any time I've mentioned it online people act like it's weird and get grossed out. Just look at the only other reply I got so far.
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Um, cool.
damnit have I failed the challenge??
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At least Clone High got an entire season.
It has two.
Well, yes, now.
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damnit have I failed the challenge??
Nah. It's a sidepool of cool, not the main current.
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physically mailed requests to opt out of binding arbitration agreements
Dope. Is that always an option somehow, or was it specified?
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Dope. Is that always an option somehow, or was it specified?
Was specified. Probably pretty rare these days, but this was ~11 years ago for a cruise with Holland America (and I hope to never go on a cruise ship again for the rest of my life)
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I knew a guy that would dissolve gels inside his eyelid.
Man, they really had some faith in the quality of that totally black-market product.
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I once come up with a theory that everyone sees their feet the same size.
Because if they're large you're tall and further from them, and if they're small you're short and closer.
I'm only slightly tall and have feet so big I have like one choice at any given shoe store.
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I'm only slightly tall and have feet so big I have like one choice at any given shoe store.
Do you have big hands as well?
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Do you have big hands as well?
Yep. That one is at least considered sexy, though. Nobody's like OMG man feet. (Unless they think it's indicative of my penis size, I guess)
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Was specified. Probably pretty rare these days, but this was ~11 years ago for a cruise with Holland America (and I hope to never go on a cruise ship again for the rest of my life)
(and I hope to never go on a cruise ship again for the rest of my life)
Story time? Did you get Legionnaire's disease or something?
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Yep. That one is at least considered sexy, though. Nobody's like OMG man feet. (Unless they think it's indicative of my penis size, I guess)
I wouldn't be surprised if some people raise their eyebrows after sneaking a glance at your shoes.
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Man, they really had some faith in the quality of that totally black-market product.
Grant was special. I could write a novel just about him and his two younger brothers, and not make a single thing up.
One time, he proudly declared that we could drive over his head with a pickup truck, and all he needed was a throw pillow from the couch to avoid road burn.
