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The anime industry has a nasty habit of releasing news on Thursday or Friday, a day or two after this thread goes up. Last week was no exception, and the news that dropped was a doozy: the Crunchyroll/Funimation partnership is … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (October 24th, 2018)
Have at it, folks! Continue reading Tolerable Discussions 10.24.2018
This came to mind because of how my friend organizes her books. She has one of those cubby-style bookshelves, and one of the cubbies is all of the books that tell you something about who she is. I thought I’d … Continue reading Six Pieces of Media That Define You
A place for “serious” discussions. Continue reading “In All Seriousness” Thread — 10/23/2018
Welcome! The purpose of this thread is to talk about all things related to the wonderful world of musical theatre. Each week (or so) I will post a thread with a topic/question for everyone to respond to. This is also … Continue reading Musicals Thread (Special Edition: Opera)
Welcome to another The Pumpkin Spice Must Flow, where I irregularly post about products made with that most extraordinary combination of flavors, pumpkin pie spice (or just “pumpkin spice”). It’s fall and the number of pumpkin spice foods to try … Continue reading The Pumpkin Spice Must Flow #7
This is the space for our members to discuss and share their creative projects, ranging from written works to drawings, photography, and even craft projects such as knitting and woodworking. Self promotion is welcome (websites where we can view and/or … Continue reading The Creative Endeavors Thread Sails Outside Its Comfort Zone
Welcome to this week’s History Thread! Have fun and discuss what you will! Today’s picture: on October 23, 1739 Britain declared war on Spain. One of the 18th Century’s innumerable inscrutable imperial conflicts, the war stemmed in part from Robert … Continue reading The Weekly History Thread is All Ears
A thread for all things podcast related from throughout the week. Featured Podcast: The Andy Daly Podcast Pilot Project – The Long Story with Alexandra Higgs Portman Parodies of Serial are pretty much a cliche at this point, in the … Continue reading Pod People 10.22.18
Here’s what you didn’t do this weekend… … you didn’t see An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn. Jim Hosking, writer/director of the intentionally repugnant and tedious The Greasy Strangler, somehow managed to convince real actors to appear in his follow-up feature. Good … Continue reading What Did You Do This Weekend?
(Snail church). Post your favorite recent comments here! Continue reading Take Me to Snurch Comments of the Week
What’s your cooking space look like? Love it? Hate it but deal? Show us your workspace! Of course if you don’t feel like posting pics of your place a description is also a-ok. Personal space is easily as touchy as … Continue reading Show and Tell. Sunday Food Thread “Open Studio Day” 10/21
Yes, I used a gif of my own dog in the header. I’ve gone mad with power. You can petition cuttles to return; I’ll understand. In the meantime, post pets and other likable animals here. Continue reading The Pet Thread Springs into Winter
Welcome to this week’s Things That Are Not, a limited series exploring historical mysteries and paranormal phenomena that simply aren’t true. Having explored the Bermuda Triangle last week, we’ll take a deep dive into an even stranger maritime misadventure. When … Continue reading Things That Are Not: The Philadelphia Experiment
Welcome to Pop Optics! This is a feature in which I will explore some particular life moment that was shaped or influenced by some particular pop culture or even vice versa. Halloween changed me. It haunts me. It is a … Continue reading Halloween: Or How I Learned to Stop Screaming and Love The Shape
We’ve all got a bunch of stuff on our shelves that just sit there. Books, DVD’s, video games, CD’s pile up and go untouched and unappreciated for years. Today I decided that I’ve spent too long neglecting the things I … Continue reading What’s On The Shelf #0: Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies – Ruin Johnny’s Bar Mitzvah
Hey all, Happy Friday. So, without getting too deep into the reasons why, I figured that this week we could build upon last week’s discussion topic, but looking at it from the opposite angle. Namely, when was the … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 10/19/2018
Instructions! Ask any kind of question relating to any kind of Pop Culture anything. It can be in-universe, it can be about the making-of, it can be about whatever you want. something at the tip of the tongue, a half … Continue reading Pop Culture Reference Desk – Half a Century of Reference
Hey folks! Let’s talk about some Everyday Mysteries — things that we encounter all the time but don’t really understand! You can either ask about something here, or posit your own explanations to common but commonly-unknown things! Today’s featured topic … Continue reading Everyday Mysteries: Power Sockets and Plugs
Some guidelines to help this space be a positive experience for everyone: ☮ As always with the Avocado, don’t feel compelled to share beyond your comfort level. ☮ Anyone who identifies as female, or who was socialized female/AFAB/otherwise has firsthand experience with … Continue reading The Women+ Thread Keeps Warm
Hey true crime fans, want to talk with your fellow Avocados about a favorite case, a recent piece of news, a podcast you’re catching up on, a documentary, on anything else true crime? Welcome to the weekly true crime open … Continue reading True Crime-ocado: A Weekly Discussion For All Things True Crime
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