The SDMB has a function that allows you to mute a thread. Do you do this often?
- I have never done this, but I knew I could
- I have never done this, and didn’t know until now that I could
- I do it now and then
- I do it a lot
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You have 10 hours with nothing to do. You are at home, and nobody else is with you. What are you likeliest to spend it doing?
- watching TV
- cooking, or doing something in the kitchen
- reading
- spend it online, surfing, websites, social media
- go outside to do something
- sleeping
- some other hobby
- other answer
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I was surprised to learn that there have been twelve movies based on Saturday Night Live sketches. It feels like there have been twenty or thirty of them.
But that said, which SNL movies have you watched?
- The Blues Brothers (1980)
- Wayne’s World (1992)
- Bob Roberts (1992)
- Coneheads (1993)
- Wayne’s World 2 (1993)
- It’s Pat (1994)
- Stuart Saves His Family (1995)
- Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
- A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
- Superstar (1999)
- The Ladies Man (2000)
- MacGruber (2010)
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Which SNL movies do you feel were the best? You may pick up to three.
- The Blues Brothers (1980)
- Wayne’s World (1992)
- Bob Roberts (1992)
- Coneheads (1993)
- Wayne’s World 2 (1993)
- It’s Pat (1994)
- Stuart Saves His Family (1995)
- Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
- A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
- Superstar (1999)
- The Ladies Man (2000)
- MacGruber (2010)
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Which SNL movies do you feel were the worst? You may pick up to three.
- The Blues Brothers (1980)
- Wayne’s World (1992)
- Bob Roberts (1992)
- Coneheads (1993)
- Wayne’s World 2 (1993)
- It’s Pat (1994)
- Stuart Saves His Family (1995)
- Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
- A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
- Superstar (1999)
- The Ladies Man (2000)
- MacGruber (2010)
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Do you consider Office Space an SNL movie?
- Yes
- No
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You are on the freeway. The person in front of you is staying inside their lane, but weaving from left-line to right-line, back and forth, continuously for miles and miles. What do you think is happening?
- They are playing games on their phone, or texting or something.
- They are using “lane assist” as “auto-pilot”
- They are bored because traffic is only moving 50 mph, so they are “slaloming” to make things more interesting.
- They are trying to break in their new tires?
- They are a really bad driver.
- Other
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Are you going to pass them?
- Yes, being behind this person is annoying.
- No! Being beside this person would be dangerous!
- I dunno/Other
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What is the typical fuel efficiency of your (main) car in miles per US gallon (note 1 US gallon = 3.79 litre = 0.833 imperial gallon)
- less than 15 mpg
- 15-20 mpg
- 20-25 mpg
- 25-30 mpg
- 30-35 mpg
- 35-40 mpg
- 40-45mpg
- 45-50 mpg
- over 50 mpg
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- I have an electric car and I clicked >50mpg in the above post
- I have an electric car and I did not vote in the abpve post
- I have an electric car and I voted something else above
- I do not have an electric car
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How did you get your answer for the fuel economy poll? I’m allowing multiple answers in case some people used more than one method.
- I calculate my car’s fuel economy when I fill the tank, at least some of the time
- My car has a display that tells me its fuel economy
- I used the EPA’s fuel economy rating (or my country’s equivalent)
- I took an educated guess
- I took a wild guess
- I used some other method
- I didn’t vote in the fuel economy poll
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Do you ever find Laurel & Hardy funny?
- Yes
- No
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Have you ever served as a moderator or admin of an online message board? (Straight Dope, Reddit, Facebook, any other forum)
- yes
- no
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Do you find Charlie Chaplin funny?
- Yes
- No
- I’ve never seen Charlie Chaplin
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Do you find Buster Keaton funny?
- Yes
- No
- I’ve never seen Buster Keaton
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Do you find Harold Lloyd funny?
- Yes
- No
- I’ve never seen Harold Lloyd
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Do you find the Marx Brothers funny?
- Yes
- No
- I’ve never seen the Marx Brothers
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Do you find the Three Stooges funny?
- Yes
- No
- I’ve never seen the Three Stooges
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Do you find Abbott and Costello funny?
- Yes
- No
- I’ve never seen Abbott and Costello
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Do you find Jerry Lewis funny?
- Yes
- No
- I’ve never seen Jerry Lewis
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Do you find W.C. Fields funny?
- Yes
- No
- Not familiar enough to vote
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Do you find Bob Hope funny?
- Yes
- No
- Not familiar enough to vote
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How are current world events affecting your mental state?
- Not at all.
- Very little.
- Somewhat, but life goes on.
- Quite a lot. Noticeable in my day-to-day activity.
- Major amounts of depression, stress and anger.
- Overarching depression, stress and anger making it difficult to function in a “normal” matter.
- Other.
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The Oscar ceremony is on Sunday and the voting is over, so let’s have a little SDMB Oscar vote on the major categories. (All the votes are public, because this is the final piece of the puzzle I need to geolocate each and every one of you [evil laugh])
If you want to discuss, there is the Discussions thread or the Oscars thread:
Best Picture
- Bugonia
- F1
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- The Secret Agent
- Sentimental Value
- Sinners
- Train Dreams
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Achievement in directing
- Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
- Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
- Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
- Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
- Ryan Coogler, Sinners
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Performance by an actor in a leading role
- Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
- Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
- Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
- Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
- Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent
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Performance by an actress in a leading role
- Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
- Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
- Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue
- Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
- Emma Stone, Bugonia
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Performance by an actor in a supporting role
- Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another
- Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
- Delroy Lindo, Sinners
- Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
- Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
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Performance by an actress in a supporting role
- Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value
- Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
- Amy Madigan, Weapons
- Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
- Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
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Best international feature film
- The Secret Agent, Brazil
- It Was Just an Accident, France
- Sentimental Value, Norway
- Sirāt, Spain
- The Voice of Hind Rajab, Tunisia
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Best animated feature film
- Arco
- Elio
- KPop Demon Hunters
- Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
- Zootopia 2
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Finally, a poll for those who need it (you know who you are). Don’t worry, this one isn’t public.
- I haven’t seen most of these but voted anyway! Hah, hah, hah
- I don’t care about the Oscars or movies, but am compelled to vote
- I wish to protest the lack of the choice “Other” in the polls above, even though that isn’t how Oscar voting works
- Other
- I have no interest in this. I don’t even own a movie screen
- You call those categories major? Hah!
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Sure, some people like to bash them and dislike some of the ways they are used but there is no doubt that they can be useful. What AI Chatbot(s) do you use the most currently?
- Pi (Personal Intelligence) (Inflection AI)
- DeepSeek
- Cursor AI
- Jasper
- Replika
- YouChat
- ChatGPT (OpenAI)
- Claude (Anthropic)
- Google Gemini
- Perplexity AI
- Microsoft Copilot
- Meta AI
- Grok AI (xAI)
- Mistral’s LeChat
- Baidu’s Ernie
- HuggingChat
- Character.AI
- Kuki (ex-Mitsuku)
- Poe (Quora)
- Kajiwoto
- Something else not listed here.
- I am a Luddite. I hate AI Chatbots and will never, ever use them, ever, for eternity times a million^billion!!!..Fuck You!
- I do not use AI Chatbots but not because I hate them. I just don’t.
- Here is an option for those assholes who can’t answer a simple poll in a normal fashion, because they suck.
- Here is your OTHER option. You and I both know that you wanted it- badly. We know all about you and your desperate needs to be heard and externally validated! Own it!
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Do you routinely discard shoes when they reach a certain age, even if they are not visibly worn out?
- Yes, after 3 months or less
- Yes, after 3 to 6 months
- Yes, after 6 months to a year
- Yes, after 1 to 2 years
- Yes, after 2 to 5 years
- Yes, after 5 years or more
- No
- Something else
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That’s quite a myriad of polls today!
- Yes
- No
- Other
- What?
- Squirrel!!!
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You’re booking a hotel for a vacation / leisure trip. Which of these amenities do you consider essential, as in you wouldn’t book a place without them unless there was no other option, assuming it was within your budget?
Essential ammenities
- Complimentary wi-fi
- Complementary breakfast
- Cable / satellite TV
- Streaming video, or a way to cast video from your device to the room TV
- Fitness center
- Swimming pool
- On site resturant / bar
- Business center
- Spa
- Free HBO / premium cable
- Free parking
- Air conditioning
- Location close to the place I’m visiting
- Some other amenity I didn’t think of
- Nothing, all I need is a room with a bed and a shower
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And which do you consider nice to have, as in you’d use them if the hotel had them, but they’re not essential?
Nice to have
- Complimentary wi-fi
- Complementary breakfast
- Cable / satellite TV
- Streaming video, or a way to cast video from your device to the room TV
- Fitness center
- Swimming pool
- On site resturant / bar
- Business center
- Spa
- Free HBO / premium cable
- Free parking
- Air conditioning
- Location close to the place I’m visiting
- Some other amenity I didn’t think of
- Still nothing, all I need is a room with a bed and a shower
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Do you put kitchen trash in the freezer?
- Yes, it’s a good way to keep stuff from rotting and smelling bad, prior to taking out the trash
- Do I…what?
- No
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Read the rest of the discussion as the pros and cons of telling the spouse in question are gone over in depth. Note he almost cheated with ANOTHER woman, a war correspondent played by Susan St. James.
Should BJ have told his wife that he cheated on her that one time?
- Yes
- No
- Something else/NOTA
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[There are other vids on YT from this ep. but don’t want to tempt the wrath of the No Embeddeds Discourse Ghod.]