Small Talk: Chili's

[Kalliste]

Mmm I wish I knew that earlier.. I feel like if I ate a food on it's 'day' every day I'd be so fat right now. But I'd probably be pretty happy

[Kalliste]

We have had a very stormy week here which is fairly unusual for January.. The forecast is nothing but rain.

 

Anyway, it just went from no rain to a massive downpour in about 5mins. Whenever we get mass rain, I always think about this stupid ad from the 90's for corn. 

"Marge the rains are ere!" - apparently there is a lot of debate over whether he says here or out. What do you guys think? I obviously think he says here.

 

Cast and filmed in Broken Hill (aka the middle of nowhere) and apparently was shot in 1995! I guess I am occasionally effected by advertising :P not that I buy the corn.. or anything of that brand actually.

[Pixel]

So, this is kind of insane, but I just scheduled myself for a tummy tuck!  I'm already having buyer's remorse about how much it's going to cost, but I was left with such a flabby belly full of stretch marks after getting up to 275 lbs with my second baby that I've been obsessed with getting it fixed ever since. Everyone tells me I'm crazy because I look fine (and in clothes, that's true), but looking at myself every morning getting into the shower is driving me nuts.  I'm lucky, my husband doesn't care at all and none of this desire has anything to do with him, but he's also willing to put up with my craziness and let me do this.

[LiberryLady]

I don't think it's insane, Pixel. I have granuloma annulare on my legs really bad, and although it doesn't hurt or itch or anything, it looks like I have freakin' leprosy. Since I only wear pants and long skirts because of it, no one else sees it, but I haaaate the way my legs look. If I could spend a few thousand dollars (or more) to get rid of it, I would. 

[Pixel]

Aw, I'm sorry to hear you have something that makes you so self conscious.  I have a weird skin condition too (a couple of them, actually - rosacea and prurigo nodularis) but the first one has been brought under control by a friend with a laser, and the second one is thankfully fairly mild.  It's the luck of the Irish!  The plastic surgeon I met with today said Irish people just have crap skin and once we hit 40 and over it all falls apart. I think he's right.

 

I feel incredibly selfish spending so much money on myself (and I will share because I'm sure people wonder - a full tuck with liposculpting and diastasis rectii repair is running me 10,500), particularly when I have a kid going to college in a couple of years.  I'm justifying it by telling myself it's a gift to myself because I've had the roughest year ever at work, and I will finally complete my Master's degree on March 13.  No, I can't afford it.  That part feels really stupid. But I will find a way to pay off the interest-free loan I had to take out to do it.  Maybe I'll be victorious in Fantasy Movie League and can pay it off with Fandango Bucks.

 

ETA: Kalliste, I love reading your Australia stuff. It's so fun.

Edited January 31, 2016 by Pixel

[Kalliste]

Having loose skin is a concern for me too. I'm not sure I need to worry but there is always that fear in the back of your head. If you go ahead with it Pixel I hope it improves how you feel about yourself :)

I'm hoping, if I ever get to my seemingly elusive weight loss goal (why do shakes and chips have to taste so good! I say, as I sit here with a Hot Chocolate) I won't need it.

 

For me, I have a broken capillary on my left boob, I've had it for most if not all my adult life and it's maybe 7mm in diameter. Obviously it's not something a lot of people see (unless I'm wearing something particularly low cut) but it still annoys me. Funnily enough, partners who do see it either like it or have no issues. 

I considered getting it lasered at one point in time but not sure I ever will.

 

There's also my teeth! As a teenager I had the dreaded braces and got them off when I was 16 but I never went ahead and got my wisdom teeth out (I wish I had when I was younger and my parents were fitting the bill) so now they've all squashed together again and one of the front ones is slightly twisted in a way I hate to the point where I rarely smile with teeth in photos or don't take photos of myself at all. I'm considered invisalign but, of the teeth adjusting methods it is the most expensive (as well as needing to have my wisdoms out as well which kind of terrifies me - what is everyone else's experience?) but the least noticeable. I just don't know if I can justify the cash while still paying off my mortgage.

[Pixel]

I got my wisdom teeth out one at a time. It wasn't that bad. It wasn't fun, but nothing to be afraid of. You should do it. I think it will make your jaw feel better all around.

[Babalu]

For what it's worth, I, too, think you should do it, Kalliste. You're young, and if you don't get it done now, I think as you get older, you'll wish the process and expense was far behind you. You'll always have a mortgage (or maybe that's me; I'll always have a mortgage), but you should also spend money on things that make your life better.

I've been trying to decide whether to have some elective dermatological issues (moles, lots of skin tags as I age) taken care of, and all of you have helped me to decide that I should.

[MichelleAK]

I had all four of my wisdom teeth (and a broken molar) out at the same time, under "twilight" anesthesia.  I briefly woke up each time they tugged one out, but there was no pain and very little pressure.  However, I was lucky and all four of my wisdom teeth were fully erupted, so they didn't have to do any digging around.  

 

The after care was a bit of a pain (soft food for two weeks, saltwater rinses every couple of hours for a week, no straws), but the pain wasn't bad.  I had a day of keeping bags of frozen peas on my face, and a couple of Percocet, but that was the worst of it.

[King of Birds]

I had all four of my wisdom teeth pulled out via outpatient surgery (not twilight). Unfortunately, I did get an infection in the lower right tooth area and it was 'traveling' around my jaw. I was in college and had to travel back to my dentist several times to treat it. It did provide me the first opportunity to stop shaving and grow a beard.

 

That whole experience sucked.

 

The plastic surgeon I met with today said Irish people just have crap skin and once we hit 40 and over it all falls apart. I think he's right.

 

Maybe I'll be victorious in Fantasy Movie League and can pay it off with Fandango Bucks.

I have not heard that 'crap skin' thought from a professional - but I have to agree. The last blah-blah years have been tough for my Irish skin.

 

LOL on the Fandango bucks! Good luck with that.

[Glory]

I had all of my wisdom teeth out at once. It was not bad except that apparently percocet upsets my stomach so throwing up after having all your teeth pulled is not a pleasant experience. Other than that, it was fine. 

 

Good for you, Pixel! You do deserve it and I'm happy for you. My best friend had a tummy tuck after losing 85 pounds and she has never regretted it in the 10 years since she had it done. Also - her stomach always looks great and the scar goes away after a while. 

[Pixel]

Thanks, Glory! I'm not even worried about the scar. It will still look better than what I got going on!

[King of Birds]

Pixel, go for it. But daaaaayum, that's expensive!  Is it $$ because it's elective surgery?

 

I just realized it's been OVER A MONTH since I made up a poll! I'll think up one while walking the pup and post one later.  So come back! Same Bat-time, same Bat-channel!

 

 

HERE WE GO!

 

Not one, but TWO polls! oh, joy!

 

 Did you go see Star Wars or what?   and  Pondering Punxsutawney Phil and the Early Spring Prediction

Edited February 3, 2016 by King of Birds

[Kalliste]

Hah! Thank you for allowing multiple answers for the first one. I did fit in but I obviously had to choose that I didn't also :P

 

I also didn't understand the second one and had to find out about Punxsutawney Phil. I'm still a bit confused.. there is a tradition of using ground hogs to predict how the season will turn out? Did this used to be a serious thing? You may want to keep in mind that I've never seen Groundhog Day :P Would watching it help me out somehow?

[sacrebleu]

Ha! poor Kalliste, it must seem so strange that we're counting on some rodent to predict the weather. The Groundhog used to be a funny little story, but the movie actually made the whole Punxsutawney Phil thing a much bigger deal (and even a tourist attraction.)

 

As far as I know, it's never been too serious (I think he's right about a third of the time) it's just caught on for some reason. It's been going on for over a hundred years, so I think its more of a tradition than anything else. 

 

I don't think the movie will help explain why Groundhog Day is a thing, but it's a good movie if you love Bill Murray (and who doesn't?). However,  it will get the Pennsylvania polka song stuck in your head, so for that reason,  I would avoid it. 

[Pixel]

Pixel, go for it. But daaaaayum, that's expensive! Is it $$ because it's elective surgery?

It's actually not that expensive. It's a major surgery. It probably seems expensive because you're used to surgeries that insurance pays for. This is completely paid for by me. No insurance.

By comparison, getting a titanium disc replacement in my neck was $75,000, but thanks to insurance I only paid $1300.

Edited February 4, 2016 by Pixel

[King of Birds]

sacrebleu- "It started in SCRANTON, it's now number one"   - come on! You love Scranton and The Office. Ergo, you LOVE the Pennsylvania Polka!

 

I'm guessing you're all jealous that Maryland (or DC?) doesn't have its own polka.  (Or if they do, it wasn't one of the top things in google.)

 

Everyone should watch the Groundhog's Day movie!

 

Phil: It's the same thing your whole life: "Clean up your room. Stand up straight. Pick up your feet. Take it like a man. Be nice to your sister. Don't mix beer and wine, ever." Oh yeah: "Don't drive on the railroad track."

Gus: Well, Phil, that's one I happen to agree with.

 

And this other quote from the movie- quite useful when I'm stuck in bad LA traffic...

 

Don't drive angry. Don't drive angry!

[Kalliste]

Wow Pixel.. $75k! I'm glad you didn't have to pay anywhere near that. You reminded me I was going to look into increasing my health insurance to include dental so I can do teeth things.

 

Today this was the headline:

Australian Volcano Erupts!

And this was the footage:

 

Misleading!! Scientists are no doubt laughing about how clever they are.

 

Oh also, I'm not the biggest fan of bill Murray (sorry), I finding him highly annoying. Although I mostly just remember him from Ghostbusters... I'm sure there's other things I've seen him in.. maybe.

[King of Birds]

Kalliste- They couldn't send up a drone to get a better look?  Jeez. They mention lava- I don't see any red smouldering mass thrashing down the slope! You Aussies, underplaying the moment again.

 

Pixel: a titanium disc replacement? You're like TooLateKev, getting ever so closer to being a Terminator.  (knee-hip-pelvis replacement) Switching your name to Jamie Summers soon too?

[smrou]

Everyone should watch the Groundhog's Day movie!

I have plans to watch it this weekend! I would've watched it Tuesday but I barely have time to watch a TV show during the week, let alone a whole movie. But my girlfriend has never seen it (and doesn't even know the basic plot!) so I put that on the schedule for Saturday. I love Groundhog Day.

[Pixel]

Pixel: a titanium disc replacement? You're like TooLateKev, getting ever so closer to being a Terminator.  (knee-hip-pelvis replacement) Switching your name to Jamie Summers soon too?

Yep. Pretty soon I'll be more cyborg than human. And yet I still consider myself to be in good health. I guess it's all in your perspective.

[Kalliste]

Kalliste- They couldn't send up a drone to get a better look?  Jeez. They mention lava- I don't see any red smouldering mass thrashing down the slope! You Aussies, underplaying the moment again.

I know right! If there is no lava spewing out it's not an eruption!

[sacrebleu]

 

I'm guessing you're all jealous that Maryland (or DC?) doesn't have its own polka.  (Or if they do, it wasn't one of the top things in google.)

Okay, that sent me down a curious internet rabbit hole. I managed to find sheet music for something called the Maryland Polka in the Library of Congress. I also found the official drinking song of Maryland, so yay us!

 

But despite the significant Polish population in Baltimore (watch The Wire, people!) I couldn't actually find a performance of a Maryland polka. 

 

So, there. 

[King of Birds]

Ya gotta hand it to sacrebleu for going down the hole and presenting us a postage stamp size sheet of music for the State of Maryland Polka Anthem.

 

Seriously, stand up from your computers, and give her a nice golf clap round of applause.

 

There ya go. Not a dry eye in the house.  "So, there."

 

For breaking Chili's news- today is WORLD NUTELLA DAY!  Damn, and I haven't bought any in at least 3 years. (This is due to my "not dieting but not infesting the house with food that promotes slovenly behavior.")

 

Hope you're all celebrating within reason.  I mean, you can't get too crazy because we got The Superb Owl coming up on Sunday, for indulgence.

[Kalliste]

Ya gotta hand it to sacrebleu for going down the hole and presenting us a postage stamp size sheet of music for the State of Maryland Polka Anthem.

It's not that small. You just have to enlarge it

 

World Nutella Day you say.. I don't have any nutella (not because of your reasons, because if I do I'll eat it out of the jar with a spoon until it's all gone)  but I did just eat chocolate hot cross buns for breakfast. I'm going to say that counts.

[Pixel]

Nutella is the best! I never put it on anything. Just a jar and a spoon for me!

[Kalliste]

I signed up for facebook yesterday because it's the only way I can make a page.. you MUST have a personal account.

 

Anyway, obviously as I have a personal account I look up one of my old friends to see how life is for her and how she's going.

 

As it turns out she's moved to a city I never imagined she would live and as it also turns out an old boss of ours lives there and they happen to see each other (I'm not sure if they work together or they're just friends. It's worse if it's the latter) and as soon as I saw a photo with her and this woman I shuddered a little on the inside. I hate this woman with a fiery passion and I hoped to never see her face again and here she was posing with someone I used to be good friends with. 

 

And this is why I never used facebook. I don't like the involuntary reminders of the past shoved in my face without warning.

[King of Birds]

What in the heck is your new avatar Kalliste?  Freaky.

 

FB - not sure about your issues, but you know what? Your old boss and old good friend would STILL be friends even if you didn't sign onto FB and find it out. Use the internet as you want. I don't think FB is evil or bad, unless you're on it too long and let it take over your life. It's information, and you can contribute to it, and also quite impressively, you can turn it off. Make your "page" (?) and then go on with life.

 

The flip side is- yeah. Even amongst "friends" you can get shit thrown out at you without warning.

 

As I'm child-less, I would like to ask- how do kids learn how to behave in the "online world" ? I was gonna say "are there classes for this?" but I'm not sure a school is the right forum because most schools are so PC that any good conversation about writing thoughts/ opinions would be a difficult situation for teachers - and especially "administrators."  Since I had no personal computer until I was 28 - I had one at work, and there was more sharing with work computers in the late 80s/ early 90s.  So "how to have an online presence" for me came AFTER "how to be a responsible person in work and life."  

 

Jeez now that I think about it, I didn't have a personal cellphone until I was 30.  (And that was begrudgingly purchased, since my boss at the time wanted to be able to call me whenever he needed to.) It makes me wonder now if there are studies about "trolls." Probably, I just never looked it up!

[Kalliste]

I have done so Kob :P my personal FB has no friends or anything attached to it and all the privacy settings are pretty high.

 

Also, my avatar is a unicorn, it's from Gravity Falls (that show you should all watch).

 

I am also child free and don't know how kids learn online etiquette, I assume they aren't taught though. We had a family computer from when I was about 5 or 6 (around the late 80's/early 90's) I mostly used it for 16 colour dos games (Skate or Die forever!) and that was about it. From then on we always had a family computer (which was really just me and my Dad because my Mum never had much interest in computers) and I recall having the internet from about the age of 12. I think it was around 96 that we got dial up.. although my grandfather was the first one that introduced me to 'the internet' but back then it was just called MSN and it was bulletin boards and chat rooms. If I recall correctly they had a massive internet bill that month I stayed with them.

 

So I started my internet life chatting in chat rooms, lying about my age because who wants to chat with a 12 year old. My parents knew I chatted online but probably not to what extent.

As the years passed I started making websites (geocities memories!) and learning about hacking and things (not that I ever did it, my friends thought they were hardcore hackers at age 15 though) and downloading music and shitty quality mpgs and still.. no one taught us about the internet, everyone who didn't know anything about it was just scared about it.

 

I got my first mobile phone when I was 17 or 18 (around 2000). My Mum and I had a 2 phone plan so I ended up with one of them because my Dad already had had them for years for work by that point.

And I got my first smart phone in 2011, an iphone 4s from my work and when I had to give it back I couldn't live with my normal phone anymore and went and bought a smartphone of my own, an android phone though.

 

And even though I had IT lessons at school and worked in IT my entire career no one really ever taught me how to 'do' the internet. You just work it out, maybe that's why we have so many idiot troll kids these days.

[Kalliste]

I have no idea who Michael Savage is, but do you mean this?

[King of Birds]

Yeah, it's been empty. The well runs dry sometimes.

[Glory]

As I'm child-less, I would like to ask- how do kids learn how to behave in the "online world" ? I was gonna say "are there classes for this?" but I'm not sure a school is the right forum because most schools are so PC that any good conversation about writing thoughts/ opinions would be a difficult situation for teachers - and especially "administrators."  Since I had no personal computer until I was 28 - I had one at work, and there was more sharing with work computers in the late 80s/ early 90s.  So "how to have an online presence" for me came AFTER "how to be a responsible person in work and life."  

 

Jeez now that I think about it, I didn't have a personal cellphone until I was 30.  (And that was begrudgingly purchased, since my boss at the time wanted to be able to call me whenever he needed to.) It makes me wonder now if there are studies about "trolls." Probably, I just never looked it up!

 

They don't. It's... embarrassing? And frustrating? I'm certain kids are not learning ANY social skills, let alone online ones.

 

I teach classes online. Completely online. My office hours are time to schedule phone calls or skypes or something like that. I could not tell you how many of these students think it's okay to text me after hours (hours I've specifically laid out in my syllabus) or change their font to pink, or post LIKE THISS!!!!!! all the time and then wonder why I don't take them seriously.

 

Their writing skills are atrocious and sometimes their critical thinking skills make me want to strangle someone and scream "DON'T YOU HAVE AN ORIGINAL THOUGHT IN YOUR HEAD?" They're taught to just regurgitate what they read or what someone tells them and it's so freaking frustrating that I'm considering that this might be my last year teaching. 

 

Ugh. Sorry. But I have one particular student this semester who is dumber than soup and I just want to scream any time their name comes up in discussion forums or e-mail or what have you. 

[Kalliste]

You're completely right Glory. It's concerning that school hasn't really changed even though technology has. I mean, sure they have tablets and laptops in class these days but the way they're learning and the subjects are much the same as they were 20 years ago.

 

I really think the schooling system (high school mostly) needs a major overhaul to subjects that will actually help kids in life and not the usual junk we've had for the last forever.

[MichelleAK]

Woot!  Three-day weekend coming up!  Not that exciting, but it's the last one until Memorial Day, so I'm going to appreciate it.  Granted, I am going on vacation (to Phoenix) for a little over a week at the end of February, but it's nice to have an extra day off I don't have to use vacation time for.

[Kalliste]

An update from my Facebook saga... I got an email today telling me I should add friends and do I know any of the people it suggested and.. I know all (except 1) of the people suggested and I can't work out how it knows. It's kind of creeping me out.

 

It knows my name, DOB and where I live. I haven't added anyone and the only person I looked up was the one mentioned above, who was about 4 jobs ago. I used an email address I haven't used on anything else and I don't have the app on my phone so it doesn't have my contacts but somehow it suggested people that I have worked with in my last 2 jobs and my ex boyfriend, who, as it turns out, wasn't lying a couple of years ago when he said he was having a kid - assuming the one in his profile image is his. How does it know!! Where did it get my info from guys? where?

 

Maybe I should turn off notifications :P

[possibilities]

That is why I don't use Facebook.

[Kalliste]

I didn't either possibilities. I just needed a page for promotion reasons and it made me have a personal account.

 

What I've gathered from the google machine is that because I gave Facebook my phone number, as it was required for the page set up, it then looked through its database of all the users contacts it's gleaned from their mobile apps and suggested people who have my phone number in their contacts. So remind me never to put the app on my phone because I think it's pretty shitty that they save peoples contacts.

 

It sort of pisses me off that even before having Facebook it already knew who I was because of the info other people have saved about me.

 

Hopefully, where the ex is concerned, it doesn't suggest me to him. 

[possibilities]

I get it-- it's super annoying. There are times when I want or need access to something on Facebook, and I can't get it because I'm not willing to join. Finding someone with an account to tell me what a FB page says is not a good workaround, either.

 

I'm currently getting tons of spam pretending to be from people messaging me from LinkedIn-- even though I'm not on LinkedIn.

 

I guess a lot of people like being contacted, so giving out their contact info isn't a problem for them. But I have an unlisted phone number for my landline, and I generally don't want to hear from people I don't know (and if I know you, I am willing to contact you directly, not through some website or other), so the whole wide-net networking thing isn't really useful to me, and the way that even businesses now are routing their info through FB is a serious pain in the ass. There's a company I have ordered a huge amount of stuff from on line, and now they are offering a bunch of discounts and other info only through their FB page. So they are doing a great job losing my business and pissing me off, all to save maintaining an email mailing list, I guess.

[Kalliste]

A million times yes! It's so frustrating!! I hate when you get an email about something you're interested in and they're offering discounts or bonuses or samples or whatever but you need to like them on facebook or do something on facebook to be eligible, it's such a pain in the arse!

 

Or people link you thinks and you need to be logged into facebook to see it and then they just think you're weird for not having it! Sorry I don't want to share every single thing about myself to a bunch of 'friends' that are actually people who I used hate at school but who recognise my name so friend requested me and obviously I said yes because the more friends the better!

 

One thing that bugs me the most is restaurants who only have facebook and no other website who take photos of their menus and put them up on facebook that way! I don't want to trawl through a million photos to find a freaking menu!

 

I'm still really annoyed about the contacts thing.. why is it ok for Facebook to take my information because someone else said it could. And just how much information does it take. If someone puts in my name, phone number, address, DOB and notes in their contacts does it have all that stored? I'm sad that the answer is probably a massive yes.

 

I am also in the same boat with LinkedIn possibilities, I get requests because other people have my email address and LinkedIn just acts as though you already have it.. I don't want it!

 

I'm glad someone else feels the same way as me :P

[Pixel]

Kalliste, if you really don't want your ex to see you on Facebook, there's a block feature that makes it so he can't even Google and find you on Facebook. All you have to do is find him on Facebook and use the block function.

 

LinkedIn drives me nuts. It recently tricked me into asking a whole bunch of people to connect. People I don't know. For about two weeks I was getting emails from people asking if I'm going to a conference in Vegas, and am I looking for a new job, or do I have a job they can apply for?  Annoying as hell!

Edited February 15, 2016 by Pixel

[Glory]

I actually like LinkedIn, but I'm a super paranoid person so I don't make any changes without turning off the update ability - so it won't say "Glory has updated her skills!" in other people's timelines.

 

I definitely like to use it to connect with other people in my industry and it's led to some neat opportunities for me. 

 

DEADPOOL WAS AWESOME! Who else saw it? I know Pixel did. But it made $130 million so some of you folks must have seen it too. I thought it was incredibly well done. 

[frenchtoast]

I saw it! We decided against bringing the daughter (10) but did bring the son (13). We saw with another family we hang out with all the time and their son is 12. It was so.much.fun. And when we out for lunch afterwards, "Angel in the Morning" was playing in the Chinese restaurant. AWESOME!!

[Kalliste]

Gravity Falls last episode was today.. there is now a piece of me missing. I can't believe it took them 3.5 years to get through 2 seasons and now, it's finished :'(

 

I haven't seen Deadpool yet (I nearly typoed that as Deadwood, that I have seen) and I don't know if I'm interested enough to see it at the movies. Maybe when it is released later on.

[possibilities]

Is anyone watching "Not Safe with Nikki Glaser"? I want to request a forum for it, but I'm having trouble thinking of clever titles for the threads ("How To Request A New Forum" instructions say to come up with three clever thread titles). I have one for Small Talk, but not for an All Episode thread or Quotes. The episode thread is the one I'm most stuck about. I'm just not that clever, but I think the show is funny.

[King of Birds]

I don't often watch Comedy Central - but I did catch @Midnight and the first Nikki Glaser show last night. It was pretty funny.

 

The lie detector scene with her friends was good. Maybe wait a week or so, and see what other bits she does? Also- that Teachers show could be good too. But too many shrieking kids in the class pet scene.

 

As to Glory & frenchtoast- I saw Deadpool too. I could not believe how many children under 17 were in the theater. I think that's how it did so much business.

[possibilities]

That was a good idea, KoB-- there have actually been quite a few funny bits, so I just used a couple and hopefully that is all I needed.

 

I didn't try the Teachers show, but I sort of liked "Those Who Can't" which I think is probably similar. I've been trying to watch fewer shows, but it's hard to decide what to cut. I think I might not stick with this one, because it's not completely awesome, but it has elements I really like, so I'm still on the fence.

 

I haven't seen Deadpool, but the ads are persuasive, and the reviews even moreso. So I probably will see it, eventually.

[Pixel]

As to Glory & frenchtoast- I saw Deadpool too. I could not believe how many children under 17 were in the theater. I think that's how it did so much business.

My kids are 16 and 14, and I knew exactly what Deadpool was and have no problem with anything they saw in this film. Now, I was a little surprised at all the 8-10 year olds I saw, but I think depending on what your parenting style is and how sheltered you want your teens to be, this was fine for anyone over 12. And I don't mean anything against those with more delicate sensibilities. My friend Lisa has kids who are in their 20s who would undoubtedly be offended by this film because they were raised in a no swearing, religious household. My kids have been watching South Park and Archer for a few years now, and are not shocked by anything. Edited February 18, 2016 by Pixel

[sacrebleu]

I'm -meh- on Deadpool. I find Ryan Reynolds kind of annoying, and all the cutesy- 'this film is so edgy and funny' ads sort of put me off it. 

 

Hail, Caesar is still at the top of my list of things to see. 

[Glory]

I'm -meh- on Deadpool. I find Ryan Reynolds kind of annoying, and all the cutesy- 'this film is so edgy and funny' ads sort of put me off it. 

 

Hail, Caesar is still at the top of my list of things to see. 

No.

 

No.

 

Admittedly, I've been a fan of Ryan Reynolds (as a concept) since Two Girls, A Guy, and A Pizza Place. And I loved him in Blade Trinity (despite Jessica Biel also being there). But THIS is the role that Ryan Reynolds was born to play. This, right here.

 

I told my husband that Ryan Reynolds should never make another movie that's not him playing Deadpool. Because... there's just no contest. 

[King of Birds]

 and all the cutesy- 'this film is so edgy and funny' ads sort of put me off it.

You may be the ONLY person I know to say this.

 

I told my husband that Ryan Reynolds should never make another movie that's not him playing Deadpool. Because... there's just no contest. 

That would be quite a limited career choice.  I mean, at some point, all these super-hero movies will get all played out.  PLEASE, they need to play out.