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1. There are elves, and good ones
2. Jolly old angelic white bearded guy walking around and throwing firecrackers
3. Lots of snow around Mount Caradhras, perhaps too much snow
4. Trees played a huge role
5. Songs! So many songs
6. Galadriel gave gifts to everyone
7. The Fellowship left Rivendell on 25th December, I kid you not
8. All three movies were released in December
9. Sauron, the Lord of Gifts
10. When else are you going to marathon a 12hr movie?

airiefairie

Sorry to bother you again with this topic, but the world is Olympics currently in case you hadn't already noticed =)

The Internet is a strange place, once people decide that something is worth their attention, it tends to grow as an avalanche and becomes "viral" as they call it. These Olympics have been no exception, providing lots of ammo for meme-makers.

Here is one list, out of many: LINK

Not necessarily the best Olympic-related memes are included, I'm sure you could come up with many more. Personally (apart from that Turkish pistol shooter that we talked about last week), I find this recent one most amusing:

Watch on YouTube

airiefairie

Forbes list of the safest cities for 2024 is out.
Here are the top 15.

The World’s Safest Cities To Travel in 2024

Honolulu
Montreal
Reykjavik
Sydney
Amsterdam
Dubai
Copenhagen
London
Seoul
Venice
Tokyo
Berlin
Paris
Barcelona
Orlando

LINK

fridi

Spot on, I'd say! \m/

kiaa

Google what the number one movie was the week of your 24th birthday. That's the plotline of your 2024. :) (If you're younger than 24, what was the movie on your 2nd birthday.)

My 2024 looks weird...

airiefairie

Gender ideas being turned upside down (at least as per the dominant human cultural perceptions) - here is a series of cartoons imagining how human relations would look like if we had to emulate some other species.

mahnmut

In memory of a rather weird political career... I give you BoJo's Many Faces(TM)!

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kiaa

Scientists have long referred to meat as “the building blocks of delicious meals.” In an effort to catalog the world’s most popular (and unpopular) types of meat into an informative and easy-to-reference tabular form, I give you the Periodic Table of Meat!

airiefairie

High school chemistry class used to be confusing at best. Then an artist named Kaycie D. imagined what the chemical elements would be like as characters. Suddenly everything became a lot more interesting...

( SAMPLES INSIDE )

mahnmut

Not sure why there's never been a topic like this before here (I checked). Seems like a cool topic to me. What gives?

As the prophet Muhammad once said "Don't tell me what you know. Tell me where you have been!"

So where have you travelled lately? Say for the last 1 year? I mean foreign countries. Be it for work or leisure. Do share your impressions!

abomvubuso

I love Chuck Nice. Not just because he makes Neil deGrasse Tyson's podcast much more watchable (listenable?) And he has some good points here. Which he of course presents in his typical funny way. Enjoy watching! I sure did.

Watch on YouTube

kiaa

The ongoing 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar has provided ample opportunities for meme makers to run riot...

Watch on YouTube

kiaa

luzribeiro

Conspiracy theorist and right wing radio host, Alex Jones, is a meme unto himself. From his denials of Sandy Hook to his January 6th involvement, this man is asking for the internet to meme him.

( So here goes. )

kiaa

Yeah, unless you've been living in a cave you must've heard the news. NASA's DART mission has successfully slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos changing its orbit around Didymos in the world's first planetary defense test.

Naturally, memes ensue.

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fridi

Which is the most influential band and/or musician in your life, the one that has inspired you the most and why? Do some of their songs still stay with you as earbugs?

I'd say I've got a few: first The Beatles and ABBA, then Metallica and Nirvana. I'd also add Anouk and Jimi Hendrix (I consider Hey Joe kindof like my personal anthem).

You?

airiefairie

All the dragons roar as one. The House of the Dragon trailer has arrived. The Game of Thrones prequel series premieres August 21 on HBO Max:

Watch on YouTube

mahnmut

In memory of a rather weird political career... I give you BoJo's Many Faces(TM)!

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fridi

Ever hear a song you really hated in your guts? Well this is a thread where you can post it and villify it for everyone to see.

Just to set the tone... I'd start with this. Anything by Insane Clown Posse actually. Like this for example. Makes Limp Bizkit sound like Beethoven in comparison:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf-bt7p8lQ0

I'd also add that mariachi music is by far the worst.

Also, worst piece of crap Willie Nelson ever did. I wonder whether anybody in that lot was sober at any time from the first doodling of his pen until the prodcuer called it a wrap:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jfBxfltYD0

Oh, and this is, I believe, the worst song EVER recorded. It has all of the elements of rap that suck sooooo bad: inability to speak English (cannot conjugate the verb "to be"), appalling narcissism, going off on pointless tangents just to find a word that rhymes, references to "G" stuff, vulgarity - yep, its got it all. I have only two words for this P.O.S.: Kill Yourself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha80ZaecGkQ

And don't even get me started on all that Eurovision nonsense.

kiaa

What's your favorite science joke? Here are some that make the cut.

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Entries tagged with fun

Friday offtopic. LOTR is the greatest Christmas movie, prove me wrong

Friday fun: Olympic memes galore!

Friday offtopic: Safest cities

Friday offtopic: Anatomy of metal

Friday silly: Prediction on your 2024 year

Friday off-topic: In honour of last week's World Bisexuality Day (23 Sep)

Friday LOL. In memory of a true legend

Friday fun. The periodic table of meat

Friday off-topic. Chemistry made fun

Friday off-topic. Where have you travelled lately?

Friday funny. But also serious. The unintended consequences of technology

Friday LOL. World Cup memes

Friday fun. The periodic table of meat

Friday LOL. Alex Jones memes. You knew these were coming!

Friday LOLs: DART mission memes

Friday offtopic - Most inspiring musician

Friday off-topic. Countdown to House of the dragon

Friday LOL. You knew this was coming

Friday offtopic. Worst music you've heard?

Friday fun. Fave science jokes

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