With every holiday season (and its influx of time spent with relatives) that passes, I realize I was assuming a lot of things about my parents that may not be true. For example, I thought they were pretty good cooks, … Continue reading Your Childhood Delusions
Welcome back to the Weekly Pun Thread, which is going just down the street to Laguna Beach, where a church got a little too enthusiastic about offering sacraments to St. Mary…Jane that is: A 31-year-old Irvine man was arrested after … Continue reading The Weekly Pun Thread is High on the Holy Spirit
The game is simple! Post a few lines of lyrics and let others try to guess who performed the song! Rules: NO CHEATING by using a search engine! This is only going to be fun if you use your own … Continue reading Name That Band! (By These Lyrics)
Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Weekly Shuffle Thread! Today’s theme is songs with a lived in feeling to them… songs with the word HOUSE in them! Whether you’re a homebody or out at work, share your … Continue reading The Weekly Shuffle Thread is On The House!
It’s time for another round of Muppet Casting, where we take a famous movie and ask, if Jim Henson’s Muppets made their own version of it (in the vein of The Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island), which Muppets … Continue reading Muppet Casting: Clue
I was going to do a whole header devoted to David Lynch but it got too big. So, I’ll just be focusing on his early works for now. He got his start making short films in the sixties and seventies. … Continue reading Scott OT #36: The Early Years of David Lynch Day Thread (1/26)
Good morning everyone, and happy Friday! This post reaffirms that the Avocado is now open for business, with the best and greatest upvoting policies, a very strong Avocado Mod military police force, and extreme vetting of commenters, and a tremendous … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Puts The Avocado Flurst
Looks like you all got too distracted with that text adventure cause you all seemed less interested in actually figuring out the puzzles I leave you with. Your performance that round after quite the showing on Day 1 was disappointing. In … Continue reading Werewolves 51: Cryptography Day Three
The show’s landmark 300th episode is also quite possibly its most perfect. Continue reading Family Guy, Season 16, Episode 11, “Dog Bites Bear”
Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Jan. 25 – Today’s contestants are: – Jeff, a data analyst from Centennial, CO, who left his honeymoon to be on the show; – Rosie, a literary agent from New York, NY, who saw the Loch … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Jan. 25
Do you have a question about anything in pop culture, whether real-world or in-universe? Is Google failing you? Ask here to see if your fellow Avocados can help clear things up for you. This is open to questions of any … Continue reading Pop Culture Reference Desk – The Dozenth
Paranoia Agent, Season 1 Episode 1 Enter Lil’ Slugger Grade: B- Straight from the opening credits, with its montage of nuclear war superimposed by images of its main characters in hysterical laughter while a giddy theme song plays, Paranoia Agent … Continue reading “Enter Lil’ Slugger” Paranoia Agent S1E1
It’s time to watch the The Good Place and…. AHH! What’s happening with Michael?! Let’s watch together and find out! Continue reading The Good Place: Season 02 Episode 11
Hey, kitty girl! Tonight marks the premiere of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 3, after months of rumours, promo videos and anticipation. The premiere airs at 8/7c on VH1 in the U.S., OutTV in Canada, and elsewhere worldwide. This thread has … Continue reading RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 3: Premiere Livewatch and Discussion Thread (25/01/18)
Hello, and welcome to the weekly women+’s issues/health thread! Each Wednesday, someone will post a discussion with a few relevant news items from the last week, as well as a topic for further conversation. The prompt will serve as a … Continue reading Women+’s Weekly Thread – HIDE IN HERE
Hey, Avocadorks! I used to do this discussion semi-regularly back over at the ol’ AV Club After Dark way back when, and due to popular demand (or me just being bored), it’s back! For those of you who don’t know … Continue reading Ship Happens — The Weekly ‘Shipping Discussion
I’m posting on behalf of Arjuna Matata, who posted the following interesting question in the Day Thread (but didn’t feel like setting up a WordPress account): What pop culture do you dislike because it isn’t what you thought it would … Continue reading It Isn’t What We Thought It Was: Pop Culture that Wasn’t What You Wanted
If there was ever a movie that was made for the internet, it was Enthiran (which was released as Robot in English). The internet had built it’s bones on curating (and snarking on) international curiosities such as Turkish Star Wars … Continue reading Made Overseas: Robot (2010)
Now Oscar nominated! Continue reading GET OUT of the Day Thread (1/25)
Here’s the place to chat about the comics you picked up this week, and anything else you might be reading! A little housekeeping: I moved these to Thursdays because in the old place, it was easier to lose the thread … Continue reading Weekly Comics Thread, 25-JAN-2018
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