So I had a brief exchange with one guy who writes a lot about The Beatles and has an MBV-based flag who is way ahead in his group. I asked him if it could be attributed to a certain film course at our alma mater and he said basically yeah, sure, maybe, but realy Easy Riders, Raging Bulls.
― Two Severins Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 5 August 2021 15:51 (three years ago) link
Some other ILX0RS doing well but don’t want to jinx by singling them out.
― Two Severins Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 5 August 2021 19:13 (three years ago) link
Okay, seems like you two did make it to the final.Lot of talk about diversity issues in this ML.
― No Particular Place to POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 6 August 2021 14:24 (three years ago) link
Are you talking about the '70s Film ML? I haven't been paying much attention to the message board lately, since I've been busy with life stuff, but it does feel like there've been a lot of Qs about white dudes, including the whole day tributes to Nicholson and Scorsese.
― jaymc, Friday, 6 August 2021 20:14 (three years ago) link
Yes
― No Particular Place to POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 6 August 2021 20:26 (three years ago) link
Don't forget to submit your 1DS proposals before month end!
― No Particular Place to POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 13 August 2021 16:52 (three years ago) link
I'm torn between proposing trip hop or RPDR.
― wildleee questionable baking substitutions (Leee), Friday, 13 August 2021 21:00 (three years ago) link
doing so bad so far
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 13 August 2021 23:14 (three years ago) link
I haven't checked on you, but I am not doing so great myself.
― No Particular Place to POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 13 August 2021 23:43 (three years ago) link
I already submitted both 1DS proposals. I compulsively do it early, otherwise I fret over it too much.
I'm doing super medium this season.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Saturday, 14 August 2021 00:26 (three years ago) link
I get it. I submitted this morning to get it over with as well.
― No Particular Place to POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 August 2021 00:32 (three years ago) link
I didn’t want to worry about the description for too long.
Greg, it's OK to submit more than one proposal?
― wildleee questionable baking substitutions (Leee), Saturday, 14 August 2021 01:11 (three years ago) link
Oh duh should've read the instrux:
Proposals are limited to two per player.
This after I submitted two last year lol.
― wildleee questionable baking substitutions (Leee), Saturday, 14 August 2021 01:12 (three years ago) link
Hey, so I eked out a tie yesterday, 3(3)-3(3). Don’t know if this result has a cute nickname or not.
― No Particular Place to POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 August 2021 10:21 (three years ago) link
Quad trips
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 14 August 2021 15:09 (three years ago) link
Oh!
― No Particular Place to POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 August 2021 15:28 (three years ago) link
Just looking back and I see I got an email last year from TAI on November 3rd about that round of 1DSs.
― No Particular Place to POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 August 2021 15:32 (three years ago) link
(just made that up btw)
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 14 August 2021 15:48 (three years ago) link
Yeah,so I figured.
― No Particular Place to POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 August 2021 16:09 (three years ago) link
Anyone else get stuck on GAPDY yesterday?
― wildleee questionable baking substitutions (Leee), Tuesday, 17 August 2021 14:59 (three years ago) link
Ha, no, but I see that was a challenging question for those unfamiliar with the nuances of Billboard charts/radio formats. (I went with Foo Fighters but considered RHCP, Chili Peppers, Green Day, and Weezer.)
― jaymc, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 19:26 (three years ago) link
(Er, strike "Chili Peppers.")
― jaymc, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 19:32 (three years ago) link
i said nickelback like a dumbass!!!
― bezos did the dub (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 17 August 2021 19:40 (three years ago) link
Not a huge fan of a question that amounts to 'name a rock band big in the 00s and hope you are right', though, in fairness, I was 99% sure that Linkin Park and Foo Fighters would be on the list.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 17 August 2021 20:27 (three years ago) link
Agreed it wasn't the best question.
It apparently derived from a Chris Molanphy article in Pitchfork, which referred to "a Modern Rock penthouse with a lock that, seemingly, only five American bands had the keys for: Foo Fighters, Green Day, Linkin Park, Incubus, and, yes, the Chili Peppers. During the six-year period from 2003 through 2008, this five-band oligopoly controlled the No. 1 spot 152 out of 313 weeks-- a preposterous 49% of the time."
This was later cited in the Wikipedia article on the chart.
Although the implication is that these five bands spent more time at #1 than any others, Chris doesn't state that outright. ("Seemingly" is doing a lot of work in that sentence.) Then again, why include Incubus (11 weeks at #1) instead of NIN (17 weeks) or Weezer (16 weeks)? I'm guessing it's because he goes on to talk about NIN and Weezer in the next paragraph.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 20:54 (three years ago) link
i was shockingly old when i realized that ‘airegin’ was nigeria backwards
― mookieproof, Saturday, 21 August 2021 17:56 (three years ago) link
it had never occurred to me and i had to go through a list of rollins songs in my head
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 21 August 2021 18:07 (three years ago) link
I think I realized it when someone told me or I heard it on the radio a fewer years back. So yeah, shockingly old too.
― Hitsville Ukase (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 21 August 2021 18:12 (three years ago) link
well, at least i didn't finish dead last in the championship. yikes
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 00:13 (three years ago) link
I started out Round 1 in 64th place due to atrociously bad moneying which, sadly, is a theme that will continue throughout the rounds.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 24 August 2021 00:23 (three years ago) link
Though, thinking to myself: "Hmm, Thorsten might ask a question about Bridgerton, maybe I should learn the rudiments of it" about an hour before my scheduled match is my proudest moment in trivia history.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 24 August 2021 00:31 (three years ago) link
h8 u
love you for ken stabler tho
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 00:51 (three years ago) link
how do the championships work anyway? they used to be like watched by a judge irl or something right?
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Wednesday, 25 August 2021 15:48 (three years ago) link
two straight 6/6s, feels good because my first foray into rundle a was not going so well
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 25 August 2021 17:00 (three years ago) link
The championship is done with someone watching you over a Zoom call.
I ended up finishing 79th, fine enough though disappointing given that I finished 40th last year. The difference was mostly terrible moneying.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Wednesday, 25 August 2021 17:14 (three years ago) link
In much more pedestrian developments, my defense has been atrocious this season.
― wildleee questionable baking substitutions (Leee), Wednesday, 25 August 2021 17:18 (three years ago) link
And an embarrassing RTFQ fail because I answered Italian Neo-realism for the film question yestreday.
― wildleee questionable baking substitutions (Leee), Wednesday, 25 August 2021 17:31 (three years ago) link
hey, the other day, i said nimbus instead of nimbostratus like an idiot
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 25 August 2021 17:37 (three years ago) link
tbf asking people to be aware that "nimbostratus" is one of the cloud kinds seems like a tall order!
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Wednesday, 25 August 2021 18:16 (three years ago) link
it's been like 20 years since I really read up on cloud kinds
as a child
I thought it was "nimbus" and felt pretty good about my answer. Apparently that's just a more generic term for a rain cloud.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 25 August 2021 18:27 (three years ago) link
TFW you submit a 1D proposal and then see that it's basically already been done.
― Moz Jabroni (Leee), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 20:46 (three years ago) link
Wait did that happen? Sorry
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 20:49 (three years ago) link
The proposal I just sent in wasn't for anything I mentioned ITT, but basically this is the one that scooped me: https://learnedleague.com/oneday.php?notstartrek
― Moz Jabroni (Leee), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 21:16 (three years ago) link
Ah. I had worries about that kind of thing myself, whether I checked carefully enough
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 21:25 (three years ago) link
fastball right down the middle for forks today
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 22:26 (three years ago) link
how so?
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 1 September 2021 03:58 (three years ago) link
pottery
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 1 September 2021 04:53 (three years ago) link