Guard Dog Posted March 17, 2021 Posted March 17, 2021 So I guess the new Captain America is gay Ok, that’s fine. Did they have to dress him like an idiot? C’mon man. Looks like he’s going over to help a friend paint his house 1 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Amentep Posted March 17, 2021 Posted March 17, 2021 8 minutes ago, Guard Dog said: So I guess the new Captain America is gay Ok, that’s fine. Did they have to dress him like an idiot? C’mon man. Looks like he’s going over to help a friend paint his house Captain America is still Steve Rogers. They're doing a story about Steve-Cap traveling the US with Sam Wilson, Bucky Barnes and John Walker (who've all been Cap; I think we're up to 8 official Caps now, discounting Cap-for-a-story like The Punisher and alternate or future Caps). While traveling, they meet people who've taken up the Captain America mantle to defend their local communities. The design doesn't grab me, but as I understand it this version of Captain America is defending runaways and the homeless, so I'm going to guess either is or was a homeless runaway himself, and may be wearing an outfit made from what he was able to find. I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
Guard Dog Posted March 17, 2021 Posted March 17, 2021 Didn’t they kill off the original captain America? I haven’t followed that storyline since the 70s. "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Amentep Posted March 17, 2021 Posted March 17, 2021 4 minutes ago, Guard Dog said: Didn’t they kill off the original captain America? I haven’t followed that storyline since the 70s. They killed one of the 50s Caps* (he couldn't take the pressure and committed suicide) that was created to explain why there were Captain America stories published by Marvel post WWII. In the 70s Steve abandoned the identity and became Nomad (and I think John "US Agent" Walker was brought it by the Government to take over) but I don't recall him being killed then. Steve Rogers was killed post Marvel's Civil War, but its comics, and they wibble-wobbled a storyline (Cap's body was dead but his spirit was still around, Armin Zola resurrected Steve's body with the Red Skull's spirit for giggles, eventually Bucky helps spirit-Steve evict Skull). He wasn't a hydra agent either (that was a cosmic-cube time manipulated alternate Cap). Because, again, comics. *I think they recently brought him back too I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
Guard Dog Posted March 17, 2021 Posted March 17, 2021 Well the new Cap ought to reach out to one of the old ones to see if they have some old duds lying around that might fit him. If he’s really lucky they might give him this: "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Amentep Posted March 17, 2021 Posted March 17, 2021 Only if they want Archie to sue again. The round shield was created because MLJ/Archie's sued over the similarity to the Cap's Shield to the Shield's outfit. 1 I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
InsaneCommander Posted March 17, 2021 Posted March 17, 2021 Everyone is a captain? Don't they know there are other patents, even if they are not in the army? Imagine when they meet a villain. How do they know who is being addressed? 1
Guard Dog Posted March 17, 2021 Posted March 17, 2021 That’s wild, I never knew that! 1 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Guard Dog Posted March 17, 2021 Posted March 17, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, InsaneCommander said: Everyone is a captain? Don't they know there are other patents, even if they are not in the army? Imagine when they meet a villain. How do they know who is being addressed? Nah there is only one oh wait, make that two: Edited March 17, 2021 by Guard Dog 2 1 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Amentep Posted March 17, 2021 Posted March 17, 2021 2 hours ago, InsaneCommander said: Everyone is a captain? Don't they know there are other patents, even if they are not in the army? Imagine when they meet a villain. How do they know who is being addressed? A bit like Gallaxhar trying to give orders his clones in MONSTERS VS ALIENS, I'd guess (tried to find the clip, but failed). 2 hours ago, Guard Dog said: That’s wild, I never knew that! While true, I was joking a bit too, since Archie doesn't use The Shield character a lot, Marvel's is safe from additional legal action as the suit isn't an active trademark (plus they redesigned the Shield's outfit to be less shield-y so it stopped having the distinctive look) so have used that shield for stories set in the period Cap carried it in the comics. EDIT: I looked it up, MLJ didn't sue, they asked Martin Goodman (who the MLJ founder, Louis Silberkleit, was friends with and I believe all three had worked with Goodman at an early point in their publishing career) to change the shield since they got there first. That's why the one shield only existed for the first issue and was changed to round for issue 2. As mentioned they subsequently went back after the trademark issue wasn't an issue and did re-introduce the original shield as historically happening in Cap's timeline. 2 I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
Gorth Posted March 18, 2021 Author Posted March 18, 2021 The Reddit "investors" (anyone remember GameStop?) are at it again... this time deciding to save the gorillas GameStop has now suddenly adopted a number of gorillas by supporting the Dian Fossey fund. Sort of a nice story for a change amidst all the misery. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56438230 3 “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
Raithe Posted March 18, 2021 Posted March 18, 2021 1 1 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Raithe Posted March 18, 2021 Posted March 18, 2021 4 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Amentep Posted March 18, 2021 Posted March 18, 2021 Monopoly allowing people to vote on new Community Chest cards - https://www.cnet.com/news/monopoly-wants-your-help-in-updating-its-community-chest-cards/ I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
Hurlshort Posted March 19, 2021 Posted March 19, 2021 11 hours ago, Raithe said: What? That is a fantastic carrier. I had a jeep brand one and it was awesome. Took both my kids on some crazy adventures strapped to my chest. Piers Morgan is dumb. 3
Malcador Posted March 19, 2021 Posted March 19, 2021 (edited) 39 minutes ago, Hurlshot said: What? That is a fantastic carrier. I had a jeep brand one and it was awesome. Took both my kids on some crazy adventures strapped to my chest. Piers Morgan is dumb. For a man, it has to be tactical But yes Piers Morgan is someone that needs to be immolated. Edited March 19, 2021 by Malcador 1 4 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Raithe Posted March 19, 2021 Posted March 19, 2021 https://www.wired.com/story/why-covering-canals-with-solar-panels-is-a-power-move/? 1 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Gfted1 Posted March 19, 2021 Posted March 19, 2021 Related: Singapore Builds Floating Solar Farms to Tackle Climate Crisis. 1 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Raithe Posted March 19, 2021 Posted March 19, 2021 Aerial view of Mount Fanjing, crowned with two buddhist temples... 3 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Azdeus Posted March 20, 2021 Posted March 20, 2021 On 3/15/2021 at 2:12 AM, Azdeus said: It seems they're getting real close to an eruption in Iceland And so it has started! https://www.facebook.com/Vedurstofan/photos/a.431284043605831/3930732966994237/?type=3 A live cam so far showing the glow in the distance Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken
Raithe Posted March 20, 2021 Posted March 20, 2021 BBC - French drugs haul "was strawberry haribo" This week police in Paris announced a "fruitful investigation" and a raid netting MDMA and ecstasy with a street value of over €1m ($1.2m; £860,000). But it has turned out to be fruitful in a different way. Sources close to the investigation now say the pink powder was in fact ground up sweets. Or more specifically, "crushed Tagada strawberry" made by Haribo, AFP reports, one of the most popular brands of sweets in France. "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Gorth Posted March 20, 2021 Author Posted March 20, 2021 12 hours ago, Azdeus said: And so it has started! Looking at the bright side, it's not going to interrupt international air traffic to the same degree that it did a decade ago 1 “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
Azdeus Posted March 20, 2021 Posted March 20, 2021 34 minutes ago, Gorth said: Looking at the bright side, it's not going to interrupt international air traffic to the same degree that it did a decade ago What air traffic? 1 Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken
Malcador Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
rjshae Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 On 3/19/2021 at 5:16 AM, Raithe said: https://www.wired.com/story/why-covering-canals-with-solar-panels-is-a-power-move/? Oh sure, deploy them in the most expensive manner possible. That will encourage their adoption. Right. "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats."
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