Something Completely Different

This battle is now over and the album that wound up on top of the pile is Grizzly Bear's Veckatimest!

Results

10. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie and Lowell
9. The Mountain Goats - All Hail West Texas
8. Iron + Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
7. The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2
6. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
5. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
4. Elliott Smith - Either/Or
3. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
2. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
1. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

Next battle coming up right away.

As a millennial, I was around during the early days of Spongebob, where I think it was at it's absolute best (first 3 or 4 seasons). I think pound for pound, it's probably my favorite cartoon ever (even eclipsing more adult oriented cartoons that I might find more engaging nowadays like The Simpsons, Bob's Burgers, Futurama, etc). To this day, I can put on those early episodes and still laugh my ass off. Man, Spongebob was special.

So this thread is for all things Spongebob. For those of you who were too old to watch Spongebob, tell us all the reasons you don't understand its popularity and how, back in your day, they made real cartoons like Looney Tunes and The Flintstones. What's your all time favorite Spongebob episode? Mine happens to be "Rock Bottom". I don't think there's anything that makes me laugh more when I'm high than watching this sequence:


It's the plot, the music, the animation, the complete ridiculousness and irreverence of it all, there was nothing like it. Back in its heyday, cartoons like Fairly Odd Parents, Codename Kids Next Door, Catdog, Foster's Home for Imaginary friends, etc were shows you'd put on when Spongebob wasn't on.

Speaking of watching Spongebob when you're high, this is the height of Spongebob art when you're high. It's pretty dumb when you're stone sober, but when you're high? Man...


Is this thread about Spongebob or about being high? I guess I'll let you decide.

Quote from: Gandalf on May 30, 2024, 10:17 PMI'll pick some long-time favourites for this.

The Cure - Pictures of You
Slowdive - Alison
Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
The Sundays - Here's Where the Story Ends

Jesus, this guy can pick singles! (I absolutely love all 5 of them, The Sundays are massively underrated)

Be a great little playlist for a good cry.

I'll pick some long-time favourites for this.

The Cure - Pictures of You
Slowdive - Alison
Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
The Sundays - Here's Where the Story Ends

I was watching a video recently that reminded me of when people were saying Trump put his pants on backwards 


Where's the zipper, Donald? 

Here is the aforementioned video that included that clip.

^ That's a great description of the parties, jimmy jazz ! Thanks for reminding me of all the options and factions that exist in UK politics. May I just add a graphic that gives a quick idea of the relative size and importance of the different parties, as they were after the last election ?



(...and just in case it's unclear to anyone, "Tories" is the informal name for The Conservative Party )

Quote from: DJChameleon on May 30, 2024, 02:18 PMWhat are the political parties in the UK?

I've seen you guys mention Tory and Labour. How are those two similar to Democrats and Republicans in the states?

Also is there more than two parties?

The Tories are right wing. They'd be closest to the Republicans over there. But they obviously aren't the same. They're the party of the British elite, aristocracy, posh people etc. Social class is most linked to this party.

Labour are supposed to be left of centre, but many would argue there isn't much between Labour and Tory these days. They're supposed to be the party for the working class, for progressive politics and that sort of thing.

Liberal Democrats have historically been the third biggest party and are supposed to be centre/centre-left. Since 2010 they've declined a lot. They're known now for being very pro-European, obviously trying to win voters back since Brexit.

Scottish National Party - as the name says. Nationalist party in Scotland. Pretty much running things in Scotland but even their cult of followers is starting to see through them. I expect them to lose a load of seats at this election.

Reform - Basically an alternative right wing party post-Brexit. Nigel Farage started this one.

Green Party - left wing. Very focused on green politics (obviously), LGBT issues, cannabis legalisation, refugees etc. They only ever get one seat and that's in Brighton.

DUP - discussed these with you before, they are the biggest unionist party in Northern Ireland. Unionist in this context means keeping Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom.

Sinn Fein - Northern Irish nationalist party. Several of its members and politicians used to be in the IRA. They usually get about 5 seats but don't take them up in Westminster.

Plaid Cymru - Welsh nationalist party. Had a bit of momentum off the back of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum but you don't hear of them any more.

There are many other minor parties but these are the main ones and the only ones that you need to know. The only ones with a chance of actually winning are Tory and Labour.