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A five minute long wet fart.
Never knew anyone called that growing up in Dublin.
ShadowSwordmaster
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That would be a short spoilercast.
I dont mean that. I grew up in Dublin too, but in Irish class over the years, there were tons of names in textbooks or sample papers or whatever that I had never heard used as actual names. I just know the name Cait cos of school. I never heard of a person called Cait before though.
I'm with you.
RepairmanJack
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Apparently I'm not alone in GBgaf, but it makes me think everyone loves him with how much I feel like I see or hear about him.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I only knew that word because of Megaten.
MassiveNights
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Greg Miller is alright, the rest of Kinda Funny are terrible.
stump sock
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thank you, I was trying to remember where I'd heard it before.
Sleeping Lesson
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Like 'Saoirse'.
Keyser Soze
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Aoife
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
But really, it's all about that scathach.
Girl.
Girl.
Ha!
I just remembered that when I went back to playing FF XIV a few months that Cú Chulainn is a boss that attacks by throwing up on you.
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_/¯Incandenza
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You know, the Mentor!
My favorite negative-Jeff moment was when he talked about seeing bits of Game of Thrones cause his lady was watching it and finding it completely uninteresting.
Most surprising positive-Jeff moment was when he said he really liked Inception.
Death Metalist
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He thought it was cool and fine, like he had no problem with it.
He kind of rolled his eyes with Ocelot doing hypnotherapy or whatever lol.
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Good thing I managed to catch the ending but I have to watch the rest when it gets archived because I had shit to do yesterday but was surprised that it was still going on when I came back, it became in total a 6 hour stream.
is the first syllable in Caoimhe a [kvɪ] or [kɪ], i'm getting conflicting reports from the internet
because [kɪ] would make sense and [kvɪ] wouldn't if 'saoi' = [sɪ]
edit: listening to it again, it's probably closer to an [ɪ] than an . fixed.
MassiveNights
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Oh my god I just watched the Quantum Break quick look.
That TV stuff is T.E.R.R.I.B.L.E.
How are people praising that? Do they just watch re-runs of the Timecop TV show?
That TV stuff is T.E.R.R.I.B.L.E.
How are people praising that? Do they just watch re-runs of the Timecop TV show?
keep in mind these are the same people that think Agents of Shield and The Flash are great shows
No one is praising it, it's tolerable if you enjoy the story.
stump sock
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harsh but not inaccurate
Death Metalist
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It didn't work for me on the whole but I thought it was way better made than I thought it was.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Honestly though, irregardless of the quality, the quickest way you can make me disinterested in something is to say that you're making it like a TV show.
Which is more on me really, I get irrationally, aggressively disinterested at the entire TV medium.
Which is more on me really, I get irrationally, aggressively disinterested at the entire TV medium.
Death Metalist
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Fair enough but there's some good ass TV out there, The Wire and The Sopranos to name a few. Incredible writing and execution across the board. However, I do see where you're coming from(especially when you want to shove it into video games)
Fargo?
If anything I hate every superhero show, alongside with superhero movies. It's the worst.
yeah, i've been looking more into the name and there's some regional variants of the pronounciation, apparently
between [kvɪ], [kviː], [kwɪ], [kwiː] and [kiː], i wouldn't wanna be the one to have to argue for one transcription over another
but yeah, there seems to be no logical reason for the labialisation if you compare it to Saoirse (unless there's a regional variant that pronounces it [svɪ]/[swɪ])
MassiveNights
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I agree with this.
If you're putting TV in your video games and not aiming at a high bar, it makes your whole product look shit.
I love TV but there's nothing worse than bad TV.
TheMrPliskin
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At least those seem to embrace the schlock.
Sleeping Lesson
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Night Springs from Alan Wake was the exact right way to integrate a TV show into a game, which is to say it's tongue-in-cheek and extremely peripheral.
Salty Catfish
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I try not to be a TV snob but the one that really leaves me baffled is American Horror Story. Seemingly 90% of my friends and relatives are in love with it and it's just a flaming fucking trash fire of a show.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
That's the thing, I don't doubt that those 2 shows are good, but they're kinda emblemetic of why I've become disinterested in American TV. I feel like every goddamn show is trying to be all "gritty, dark, violent", which also shows in the popularity of game of thrones and breaking bad. Not that I don't like a gritty, dark violent narrative, but in a sea full of it, it just becomes white noise to me. Kinda why I tune out of so many shooters for awhile now. Just not interested.
Like, my favorite stories are mostly slice of life, but I find it hard to find any slice of life TV show that isn't primarily a comedy. Like maybe they are there, but for me it got lost in this trend of gritty, dark and violent shows that just leaves me feeling cold.
It's the same reason True Blood lasted so long - trashy and silly, but punctuated with 'shock' moments that get people talking. Kinda like video games.
Season 2 was pretty damn good though.
Honestly, the last 10 years or so of TV has never been better. Yes, there are a ton of shows trying to be gritty and dark without much substance, but then you have absolute masterpieces like Fargo or The Americans.
sproutella
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Gilmore Girls is a good show for someone very over gritty TV
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Like some comedy is welcomed, but yeah, not full sitcom.
It's not a substance issue. I just don't like the flavor.
MassiveNights
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It's Always Slice Of Life In Philadelphia
Sleeping Lesson
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Gilmore Girls is a great show.
Death Metalist
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You're right, I do notice it's only in comedy you get things like that such as Seinfeld/Frasier/Curb Your Enthusiasm/Louie.etc Most TV shows are a commitment overall because they have to have a hook for the audience to keep reeling them in. To get the payoff, you have to watch it till the end whether you like it or not and that's alot of fucking time.
e: I'm really digging the new format they're doing with 10 episode/1 season a story(Fargo, True Detective). So, each season is an entirely new story/characters, this way you don't feel like you spent so much time(even though 10 hours is still alot overall). Of course you also have the miniseries stuff like Lonesome Dove(6 or so hours in total) which is incredible.
TheMrPliskin
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Man, I really like Frasier.
Concrete Charlie
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Frasier is top-tier.
Salty Catfish
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Yeah, the anthology format is great and makes recommending good TV way easier since it doesn't require the "well, you have five seasons to catch up on..." hook. Fargo had some call-forwards to the first season but you could have easily jumped in without catching up. True Detective even more so.
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