My guess is that Dan just thought that Scrooge was an old timey name that was common back in the day, and had no idea that it was made up by Dickens.
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admanbunionize your workplaceSeattle, WARegistered Userregular
Yeah I dunno that seems like a pretty easy one to miss and while it makes for a good Dan story it’s really only interesting because he loudly exclaimed his realization on a podcast.
Yeah this barely registers on the Dan Meter compared to "I didn't know pirates stole stuff, and that's why they have all that gold". It's probably "Oh, Ash Ketchum is a 'catch em' pun" tier
Yeah this barely registers on the Dan Meter compared to "I didn't know pirates stole stuff, and that's why they have all that gold". It's probably "Oh, Ash Ketchum is a 'catch em' pun" tier
if you find yourself on the opposite side of something as dan, that's probably bad for you karma-wise
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I don't think that's fair really. Dan seems like a decent guy who's been pretty sheltered and, as a result, ended up kinda "dumb." But he's also open to learning things and admitting when he's wrong which all makes him way better than whole swaths of the human race.
I would also not discount the propensity for Dan to do things as a bit and not break kayfabe.*
The recent breathing in space thing for example, because he did that months prior on his personal twitch, to the point he did an aftershow wherein he had someone explain to him how breathing and near vacuums work… or don’t, in this instance.
*sometimes he’ll break it a little, as Jeremiah commenting on himself.
I don't think that's fair really. Dan seems like a decent guy who's been pretty sheltered and, as a result, ended up kinda "dumb." But he's also open to learning things and admitting when he's wrong which all makes him way better than whole swaths of the human race.
no im saying that dan has the mandate of heaven and to array yourself against him in any way, materially or philosophically, is to court disaster
I dunno, the other night he was doing the "call out airline on social media" thing, and I don't know how that all shook out, but it didn't seem like he was getting help.
I dunno, the other night he was doing the "call out airline on social media" thing, and I don't know how that all shook out, but it didn't seem like he was getting help.
He talked about that on Fire Escape actually. He was stuck in airport hell where they kept moving him to different flights and fucking him over for different reasons (one time they moved him to a flight they ASSURED him he would have an open seat for, only for the airline to go ahead and give his seat to someone else when that someone else offered the airline $3000 for it, and said person then went up to Dan and literally bragged to his face about how he took his seat for $3000), and in a fit of 3am desperation he tried @ing the airline, only to then delete it cause he hated that he had done it.
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Wow that might just be the first significant anecdote I've heard of bad Ryckert luck, and of course it involves having to navigate the byzantine bullshit of flying on an airplane
I dunno, the other night he was doing the "call out airline on social media" thing, and I don't know how that all shook out, but it didn't seem like he was getting help.
He talked about that on Fire Escape actually. He was stuck in airport hell where they kept moving him to different flights and fucking him over for different reasons (one time they moved him to a flight they ASSURED him he would have an open seat for, only for the airline to go ahead and give his seat to someone else when that someone else offered the airline $3000 for it, and said person then went up to Dan and literally bragged to his face about how he took his seat for $3000), and in a fit of 3am desperation he tried @ing the airline, only to then delete it cause he hated that he had done it.
It would have been very hard for me to not to remind Mr. $3000 that a fool and his money are soon parted.
I dunno, the other night he was doing the "call out airline on social media" thing, and I don't know how that all shook out, but it didn't seem like he was getting help.
He talked about that on Fire Escape actually. He was stuck in airport hell where they kept moving him to different flights and fucking him over for different reasons (one time they moved him to a flight they ASSURED him he would have an open seat for, only for the airline to go ahead and give his seat to someone else when that someone else offered the airline $3000 for it, and said person then went up to Dan and literally bragged to his face about how he took his seat for $3000), and in a fit of 3am desperation he tried @ing the airline, only to then delete it cause he hated that he had done it.
It would have been very hard for me to not to remind Mr. $3000 that a fool and his money are soon parted.
He wouldn't hear you because he would be on the plane going home while you're stuck in the terminal.
What are you gonna do, zing the guy? He has money to burn and got the seat. He won.
I dunno, the other night he was doing the "call out airline on social media" thing, and I don't know how that all shook out, but it didn't seem like he was getting help.
He talked about that on Fire Escape actually. He was stuck in airport hell where they kept moving him to different flights and fucking him over for different reasons (one time they moved him to a flight they ASSURED him he would have an open seat for, only for the airline to go ahead and give his seat to someone else when that someone else offered the airline $3000 for it, and said person then went up to Dan and literally bragged to his face about how he took his seat for $3000), and in a fit of 3am desperation he tried @ing the airline, only to then delete it cause he hated that he had done it.
It would have been very hard for me to not to remind Mr. $3000 that a fool and his money are soon parted.
He wouldn't hear you because he would be on the plane going home while you're stuck in the terminal.
What are you gonna do, zing the guy? He has money to burn and got the seat. He won.
Yeah, and that's $3000 for a shitty plane seat (Dan almost certainly wasn't flying first class) on a completely full plane.
I'd rather get stuck at the airport, quite frankly. That's over two months rent for me!
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Jeff playing Mars First Logistics is massively entertaining. Highly recommend.
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God Tam is the best. I know the whole situation with him and Lucy splitting time between Giant Bomb and Gamespot is kinda weird, but I'd put him up with any of the old GB crew any day of the week.
GBI on in the background as usual, some old E3 coverage, it’s a small thing but I love this bit where Brad is talking about Alien Isolation and getting ready to go play it, and he and Drew (I assume it’s drew given when it was) step out of the convention center and into the bright LA sun and you can see Drew immediately try to compensate by switching the internal ND Filter into place, literally see it sliding in between lens and sensor, in the camera.
Makes me curious what cameras they were using back then
Latest Voicemail Dumptruck kind of breaking my mind. Dan discovers that salt is in foods other than food that has visible salt on it or that he has personally put salt on. And also discovers that lots of things he like has vinegar in it, such as hot sauce or BBQ sauce.
Also tells tales of some of his disgusting family/friends of family in Missouri. Taking shots out of the mouths of live fish, taking shots out of a semi-filled bug zapper tray, etc.
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As abjectly insane that all is, "I don't percieve something is present if I cannot visibly see it" is a very prevalent human response, especially in the last few years.
The only silly part I was truly putting my foot down on was when Dan talked about actively avoiding learning about things, but people like Jess already touched on that in the past and at least there is a modicum of self-awareness going on there
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It's been a few weeks since this thread has seen any updates, so here's a minor one:
Jess recently hosted a Retronauts podcast about Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh. She got two of the actors to guest on it too. I've never played the game and barely watched the playthrough Vinny did on GN years ago, but I am enjoying the discussion so far.
the start of UPF this week has an all-time story by Jeff Grubb: (WARNING: VERY GROSS)
Fun bit at the start with Dan talking about how hard it is to make grilled cheese, but the main event starts at 2:10
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The recent breathing in space thing for example, because he did that months prior on his personal twitch, to the point he did an aftershow wherein he had someone explain to him how breathing and near vacuums work… or don’t, in this instance.
*sometimes he’ll break it a little, as Jeremiah commenting on himself.
no im saying that dan has the mandate of heaven and to array yourself against him in any way, materially or philosophically, is to court disaster
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He talked about that on Fire Escape actually. He was stuck in airport hell where they kept moving him to different flights and fucking him over for different reasons (one time they moved him to a flight they ASSURED him he would have an open seat for, only for the airline to go ahead and give his seat to someone else when that someone else offered the airline $3000 for it, and said person then went up to Dan and literally bragged to his face about how he took his seat for $3000), and in a fit of 3am desperation he tried @ing the airline, only to then delete it cause he hated that he had done it.
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It would have been very hard for me to not to remind Mr. $3000 that a fool and his money are soon parted.
He wouldn't hear you because he would be on the plane going home while you're stuck in the terminal.
What are you gonna do, zing the guy? He has money to burn and got the seat. He won.
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Yeah, and that's $3000 for a shitty plane seat (Dan almost certainly wasn't flying first class) on a completely full plane.
I'd rather get stuck at the airport, quite frankly. That's over two months rent for me!
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God Tam is the best. I know the whole situation with him and Lucy splitting time between Giant Bomb and Gamespot is kinda weird, but I'd put him up with any of the old GB crew any day of the week.
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Makes me curious what cameras they were using back then
Also tells tales of some of his disgusting family/friends of family in Missouri. Taking shots out of the mouths of live fish, taking shots out of a semi-filled bug zapper tray, etc.
The only silly part I was truly putting my foot down on was when Dan talked about actively avoiding learning about things, but people like Jess already touched on that in the past and at least there is a modicum of self-awareness going on there
Jess recently hosted a Retronauts podcast about Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh. She got two of the actors to guest on it too. I've never played the game and barely watched the playthrough Vinny did on GN years ago, but I am enjoying the discussion so far.
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Fun bit at the start with Dan talking about how hard it is to make grilled cheese, but the main event starts at 2:10
this fuckin nerd is basically part of the main crew at this point what a goof