For those discussions and thread that don’t fit specifically in any of the other categories
This is the third in a series of video game tournaments to determine the best video game of all time (according to the Avocado)! Because this is such a broad category, and because of the difficulty in comparing, say, arcade … Continue reading Best Video Game Tournament – 16-Bit Years – Nominations
Pop Culture Reference Desk – Fifty 1Instructions! 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 … Continue reading Pop Culture Reference Desk – The New 52
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 Woman+ Thread Is Late and That’s Okay
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
Thriftstorm is Captain Video’s secondhand anthropology project. Follow @Thriftstorm on Twitter for the latest news on things people were just going to throw away. Artifact: Practical Up-To-Date Plumbing, by George B. Clow Description: Hardcover book with linen binding. “OVER 180 ILLUSTRATIONS.” … Continue reading Thriftstorm #11: Yesterday’s Plumbing Today
Happy Halloween from the weekly Japanese pop culture thread! Since it’s Halloween, I ask you: what are your favourite scary anime, manga, etc.? Also, as usual, please feel free to discuss what you’ve been watching/reading/playing/eating/listening to lately. And go check … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (October 31st, 2018)
Have at it, folks! Continue reading Tolerable Discussions 10.31.2018
In the spirit of Halloween, who are your favorite artists who went through a radical change either in their sound or their look? Which version of them did you like better? Was the change an improvement or a sell-out? Continue reading Masks: Artists Who Radically Changed Their Look/Sound (Besides Bowie)
Happy Halloween, Avocados! Here’s a place where you can show off the costume you’ve been working on all month, or the costume you threw together at the last minute. Got kids? Show off their costumes too, I’m sure they’re adorable! … Continue reading Halloween Costume Show-Off Thread
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”). And oh my god, Halloween is almost here and there’s still … Continue reading The Spice Pumpkin Must Flow #8
Good morning and Happy Halloween. I just wanted to wish everyone here at the Avocado a Happy Halloween. Feel free to share some Halloween memories in the comments section below. Tell us what you have planned for Halloween this year! Continue reading Happy Halloween from Mr. S
A place for “serious” discussions. Continue reading “In All Seriousness” Thread — 10/30/2018
My first thread here! And I took the opportunity to make it about me. It’s my birthday! So I thought I’d ask: What creative things have you done for others’ birthdays? As kid, I used to make comics, drawings, cards, … Continue reading The Creative Endeavors Thread Says Happy Birthday!
Welcome to this week’s History Thread! Today is the 80th anniversary of Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds radio broadcast, which allegedly caused panic across the country from hayseeds who thought it signaled a real alien invasion (though modern historians … Continue reading The Panicked Weekly History Thread
A discussion of all things podcast related from throughout the week. Featured Podcast: How Did This Get Made – Action Jackson (w/ Seth Rogen) HDTGM celebrates 200 episodes by discussing this wild, Carl Weathers-starring, movie about a down on his … Continue reading Pod People 10.29.18
Who am I kidding, you were all playing that cowboy game. I hope y’all had fun a-whoopin’ and a-hollerin’ and a-pickin’ burrs outta yer horse’s tail (I assume these are things you can do in the game). So, that’s what … Continue reading What Did You Do This Weekend?
Monday marks a year since my first Avocado Food Thread! Hmm, that header looks oddly familiar, maybe I need some new photos. I started the thread on the disqus AV Club After Dark page, here’s that inaugural thread, geez 3 … Continue reading Food Thread ‘s First Birthday! 10/28
Post. Pet. Pictures. Here. Continue reading The Pet Thread Bides Its Time
In 1929, the French National Academy of Sciences hosted a startling presentation. George Montandon, the Swiss-born enfant terrible of French anthropology, presented a paper positing the discovery of an anthropoid ape in South America. He cited as evidence the testimony … Continue reading Things That Are Not: George Montandon’s Malicious Monkey Business
Hey, all; Happy Friday- No topic this week. I’ve been feeling a bit under the weather, and thus, not particularly creative; so, go nuts! I’d say more, but right now, my head feels like it’s stuffed with wet … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 10/26/2018
Recommend things for people who like other things! Continue reading The Revenge Of The Recommend If You Like Thread
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