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*Updates Added Below*Hi, everyone. I hope you’re all doing well. With the current protests going on, I decided that I want to collect some resources regarding what we can do and how we can help the protesters and victims of … Continue reading George Floyd Protests – What We Can Do To Help
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Written May 22, 2020. Updated Treatment section July 6. We’re entering a different phase of the pandemic now, whether it’s safe to return to normal in your area or not. I didn’t want to make the original Q&A page too … Continue reading COVID-19: What Now?
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As all of you have undoubtedly noticed, things are a bit hectic right now. The community has been creating valuable content for these times which makes sense to get longer exposure than just float down the front page in the … Continue reading Avocado Current Posts Index (2020-AUG-03)
Anna Kendrick was born on August 9, 1985. Among various other roles, she starred in the hit film (later franchise) about an a capella singing group, Pitch Perfect. This woman can sing. Continue reading Anna Kendrick Night Thread (8/9)
THE BATTLE ROYALE CONTINUES! THINGS! GET! EXCITING! The players have only ONE THING on their minds today, folks! And what’s that? [I point to the cheering crowd before me] SABOTAGE! That’s RIGHT! Now, folks, as you’ve seen, every single plan … Continue reading Werewolf 128: Extreme House Hunter-Uppers Brothers, Day Four
I woke up this morning (at least 2 weeks ago, by the time this posts), and I thought, Hey, I’m going to do an Artist Spotlight on Mind Bomb, that’ll be a quick hit. Of course, like everything else in … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Mind Bomb (or; Six Minute Singles Will Not Break a Band)
A great philosopher once asked, “How high can a marble jump?” I don’t know. How high can a marble jump? Today, we’ll find out. Like in the inferior human high jump, marbles get a running start before attempting to launch … Continue reading Marble League 2020 E13 High Jump
This is the last example of a Simpsons episode I found difficult to watch as a kid, and in fact it’s the most extreme example – I could always at least get through “$pringfield”, “Marge Be Not Proud”, and “Scenes … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Nine, Episode Eleven, “Miracle On Evergreen Terrace”
Not quite Adventure Time, but with a comment section not much less off-topic than the AV Club review ones. It’s Animation Time! What animated things have you been into lately? What’s a recent episode of something you saw that lacks a dedicated … Continue reading Animation Time
Back in 1999, there were teases of a clock timer that was a Countdown to the Millennium on weekly WWF television. The countdown would end during one of The Rock’s promos on August 9, 1999. The Y2J Bug hit the … Continue reading The Debut of Y2J Day Thread
Here’s another positive function of the National Film Registry: righting past wrongs. Consider our director for the day, Oscar Micheaux, one of the first major African-American directors and producers, a purveyor of race films meant exclusively for black audiences from … Continue reading Registering the National Film Registry 2019: Body and Soul (1925)
Free for all! Tell us about what’s on the menu! (I got the header doing a google images search for “the munchies”) Continue reading Oh Crap I Forgot What Day It Is! Sunday Food Thread 8/9
One of the things that drew me to anime early on, beyond its ability to do more than just the basic caricature kinds of stories we got for Western animation back in the 80’s, was its capability to let the … Continue reading 30 Days Of Anime Challenge Day 9: Let’s Talk About Sad Anime
Can the first person here each day create a Results thread so it’s always first when sorted by Oldest? That will make it much easier to track results. Or visit the quiz here. Remember to post your results (as a … Continue reading Triviacados: Sunday, August 9, 2020
Today is Meagan Good’s birthday. Meagan stared as Annie in the wickedly hilarious thriller, The Intruder. Meagan Good is an American actress who began her career at a young age, (Gabriel’s Fire at age 10) and has been in numerous television … Continue reading The Intruder Night Thread (8/8/20)
Welcome to the Pet Thread! Show us your pets! Continue reading The Pet Thread Can’t Even
Keiichi Arawi is a Japanese manga writer/drawer. He wrote/drew Nichijou which was adapted into the best anime ever. He also writes/draws City which is great too. His brand can be described as slice of life and surreal at the same … Continue reading The Keiichi Arawi Day Thread
If there are anime properties that people that aren’t into anime may have seen without knowing it, it’s likely something from Studio Ghibli. With decades of fantastic works from a strong stable of animators, storytellers, and creative, they’ve had one … Continue reading 30 Days Of Anime Challenge Day 8: Your Favorite Ghibli & Best Movie For New Viewers
Sam: Hey, all. I know the international tide of late has been pretty disappointing (except for Thighland). But good news, something fascinating is going on in what has been called “Europe’s last dictatorship.” Anna: About 8 different world leaders just … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Claps Its Hands, Potentially Says Yeah
Can the first person here each day create a Results thread so it’s always first when sorted by Oldest? That will make it much easier to track results. Or visit the quiz here. Remember to post your results (as a … Continue reading Triviacados: Saturday, August 8, 2020
We conclude this week of Night Thread Cocktails with my personal favourite, the Dark ‘n’ Stormy. Created in Bermuda just after World War One, legend states that it was named by an old sailor who compared the drink’s colour to … Continue reading Avocado Cocktail Week Night 7: Dark ‘n’ Stormy (August 7)
The full title of this episode is “Japanese Games Released in 2019 about Murder Victims with Their Eyes Gouged Out and Protagonists Voiced by Greg Chun in the English Dub.” But don’t worry, we don’t just talk about Judgment and AI: … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast #66: … Greg Chun …
