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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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The big sister from That 70s Show

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I don’t think she was written out as if she never existed. They would refer to her and IIRC, she would even come back for an episode now and then.
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Anders wrote:I do not have a «neoliberal assessment of geopolitics», so please stop writing that I do.
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wease wrote:The big sister from That 70s Show

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I don’t think she was written out as if she never existed. They would refer to her and IIRC, she would even come back for an episode now and then.
Yeah I think she was written out.
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BurtReynolds wrote:
wease wrote:The big sister from That 70s Show

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I don’t think she was written out as if she never existed. They would refer to her and IIRC, she would even come back for an episode now and then.
Yeah I think she was written out.
She had severe substance abuse problems. I think she might actually be dead now.
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The first three or four episodes of season 3 of Lost are more disappointing than I remember, other than Juliet.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
epilogue wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:
wease wrote:The big sister from That 70s Show

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I don’t think she was written out as if she never existed. They would refer to her and IIRC, she would even come back for an episode now and then.
Yeah I think she was written out.
She had severe substance abuse problems. I think she might actually be dead now.
yeah wow, died in 2013 i just read
Wow
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Is the point of Lost that most people are insufferable?
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Is the point of Lost that most people are insufferable?
And that JJ Abrams doesn't know how to write a compelling story.
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JuanHamm wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Is the point of Lost that most people are insufferable?
And that JJ Abrams doesn't know how to write a compelling story.
Abrams had nothing to do with the show after the pilot.
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Monkey_Driven wrote:
JuanHamm wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Is the point of Lost that most people are insufferable?
And that JJ Abrams doesn't know how to write a compelling story.
Abrams had nothing to do with the show after the pilot.

I guess I owe him an apology.
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JuanHamm wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
JuanHamm wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Is the point of Lost that most people are insufferable?
And that JJ Abrams doesn't know how to write a compelling story.
Abrams had nothing to do with the show after the pilot.

I guess I owe him an apology.
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I think I’m still glad I’m rewatching it. Maybe. We will see.
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It’s still Dick Clark’s Rocking New Year even though he’s been dead since 2012?
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It's 'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest'. And when Seacrest dies, it'll be 'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest starring Finn Wolfhard'.
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Hahaha
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I rarely watch late night talk shows anymore other than YouTube clips. If I had to pick a favorite I’d say Kimmel at the moment.
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If you were wondering Jeff Garlin’s character isn’t being written out of The Goldbergs. With only 6-8 shows left to shoot this season he’s being written around by using unused footage or sound clips or stand ins. His absence will be addressed next season, if there is a next season for the series.
I don’t watch the show either but was curious.
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