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Header image: a still from the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Poulenc’s Dialogue of the Carmelites. The year is 1600 or something. All music is church music. You can only write music for God. That’s the rule. What this one dude … Continue reading A Brief History of Opera
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Prestidigititis Memorial Thread Continue reading Prestidigititis Memorial Thread
Here are today’s contestants: – Carolyn Langton, an application developer from Sun Prairie, Wisconsin; – Nikolas Polsinelli, a student from Winter Park, Florida; and – Emily Burnham, a writer and editor from Bangor, Maine. Emily is a one-day champ with … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Sept. 24
What’s a good thing that’s happened recently? Continue reading The Avocado Parenting Thread is Winning!
Hello, folks! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, let’s discuss our favorite video game pumpkins. Continue reading Weekly Video Games Thread #2 Turned Into A Pumpkin
Today is National Punctuation Day in the USA. Founded by some guy named Jeff Rubin in 2004, the day celebrates the use of periods, commas, colons, semicolons, question marks, exclamation points, hyphens, dashes, slashes, brackets, parentheses, braces, quotation marks, apostrophes … Continue reading The September 24 Day Thread Salutes National Punctuation Day
Strange visitors from another world! Who or what are your favorite aliens in comics? Your favorite heroes or protagonists? Your favorite villains or monsters? What are the best stories about the alien experience? What are the stories about invasion and … Continue reading Comic Book Conversations: Aliens
This week’s optional topic: Worst/weirdest designs. A great example is the Vitse-admiral Popov, a Russian warship designed in the 1870s. With Russia’s Black Sea Fleet limited by treaty after the Crimean War, Tsar Alexander II approved a proposal by Vice … Continue reading The Goofy History Thread
Ted has returned to coach a new team!! Share your thoughts on the eighth episode of Season 4. (Please spoiler any revelations not in the show itself, please.) Continue reading TED LASSO DISCUSSION SPACE Season 4 Episode 8: Follow the Anger
This week’s discussion prompt: One hit song/record wonders; artists who have one great record/song and nothing else that reaches that level in their discography Have you discovered any new music or new-to-you music lately? Have you rediscovered any old music … Continue reading Weekly music thread nails it, once
The Knight Rider lunchbox is one of the only two lunchboxes with Richard Basehart’s face on them. GPC, the female robot from MST3K, would have something profound and meaningful to say about that factoid, and it would be “Richard Basehart!” Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – September 24, 2026
Thursday is here, and we’re making sure it’s here on time. This week has seen a lot more information coming out about building trends, which are a bit more reliable as we get into the final two months before an election. … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Basks In Polling
All treat and no trick Do it do it do it do it Continue reading Tammie Brown’s “Pumpkin Blaster” Night Thread
Much like it did for the movies of the 21st century (THIS INCLUDES 2000, TO PRECLUDE ALL ARGUMENT!) last year, the New York Times is spotlighting quality TV of the century so far by making a top 100 list and … Continue reading Your Top 10 TV Shows of the 21st Century
Welcome to this week’s thread! As always, anything related to dating, relationships, intimacy and so on is fair game and welcome. And of course, as usual: This is supposed to be a space to talk about intimacy and sex and … Continue reading Dating, Relationships, and Sex (09/23/2026)
Here are today’s contestants: – Edward Tournier, a teacher from Brooklyn, New York; – Emily Burnham, a writer and editor from Bangor, Maine; and – Jennifer Leavey, a technical writer originally from Ashland, Massachusetts. Jennifer is a two-day champ with … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Sept. 23
This is the Sportacados Discussion Thread, for talking about all things sports! Feel free to live-chat games, talk about the latest news and rumours, discuss sports history, and anything else that relates to watching other grown adults throw or hit … Continue reading Sportacados Discussion Thread for September 23-24, 2026
And yet I just can’t see to stop tolerably discussing Continue reading Tolerable Discussions 9/23/26
Welcome back to the weekly Tabletop Games thread! This thread is where we can talk about all kinds of RPGs, card games, board games, etc. Whether you gather around a physical table in the real world, or use a virtual … Continue reading The Tabletop Games Thread Changes Seasons (9/23/26)
For Help and Crisis resources, refer to the link in the Health and Identity tab at the top of the page, or click here Sometimes we need to talk about some things. This is a phenomenally caring and kind group, and … Continue reading Mental Health Thread – September 23rd 2026
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! Last year I shared some of this in OT on the day of the Harvest Moon, but this year I wanted to share it with you all BEFORE the Harvest … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (September 23, 2026)
September 23rd is Key’s birthday, so this day thread is for him! In addition to being a member of SHINee, Key is an incredible solo artist, dancer, actor, and just an awesome person with great style. He’s dramatic, and funny, … Continue reading The 9/23 Key Day Thread
