The Screening Room

Napoleon Wilson

00:01

@steelerfan Awww, don't worry, you don't have to watch it.

@steelerfan Hmm, was there ever a season they didn't have to do that lately? ;-P

@steelerfan Right, your father-in-law's family are Chicago people, right?

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson Yep. The only reason that my father in law was a Steelers fan is because he moved to Pittsburgh in his early teens while my two uncles stayed in Chicago.

Napoleon Wilson

Ah, I see.

So if that wouldn't have happened, you might not ever have wanted to have anything to do with your husband in the first place, eh? ;-)

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson Nope. I would have kicked him to the curb ;)

@NapoleonWilson Well, they went to the superbowl in 2007 (I believe) not too long ago.

Napoleon Wilson

Phew, and I was so close to picking a team just from my favourite colour or animal.

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson Oh, God. You're much too awesome for that! Hmmm...I seem to remember you saying that the Steelers didn't impress you at all and that you were doubtful that you would ever be a fan ;)

Napoleon Wilson

00:09

@steelerfan Well, that was last years opening game, until they fired that kicker. ;-)

I was probably above all messing with you. ;-)

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson Oh, really? I didn't know if you knew me that well to mess with me yet at that point, but, whatever you say, babe :)

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Hmm, maybe I was honest then, hehe.

You know there's about one reason I'm a Steelers fan, but that's the most important reason of all. ;-)

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson Awwww. You're so effing AWESOME ;-*

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Awww, hehe, ditto! ;-*

steelerfan

OMG! Are you wearing your hat?

Napoleon Wilson

00:16

@steelerfan Of course! Why do you think they won?

Oh, touchdown!

So there's 2 minutes left for the 49ers to make another 13 points.

steelerfan

Uhuh

@NapoleonWilson Oh, of course. How silly of me ;)

steelerfan

00:41

Well, New England won. Shocker.

Oh, God. My cousin's Argentinean girlfriend (who is a chef) is making homemade macaroni and cheese for dinner. I should've went swimming today. I love macaroni and cheese. It's my weakness. Dammit!

I have only had it in a box ;)

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Awww, then eat some!

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson Well, I'm going to have to. I don't wanna be rude ;)

I'm shocked that real cheese is going into this. I thought it's only made with powdered cheese ;)

I'm watching in amazement.

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Good!

@steelerfan Huh? "Real" cheese as opposed to what?

Though, now I'm hungry. Meesa be gonna go make me summa that Leek White Wine Pasta with Parmesan I had for lunch.

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson I have only had boxed mac and cheese. The one where you open the little package of powdered cheese stuff that you mix in.

I'm watching all of this butter and cream and cheese going into this thing. Oh, God.

@NapoleonWilson Awww. I'm sure that it's delicious. I would rather be eating that with you :'(

Napoleon Wilson

00:59

@steelerfan Oh, it is. But don't worry, I'm not sure how much you would have eaten of it anyway. ;-)

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson Awww. I told you that I don't really care if I am on vacation. I ate normal when we were together, didn't I?

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Um, I don't really know. You didn't really eat that much at all.

steelerfan

Of course, I knew that I would be in the pool twice as hard when I got home, just to get back to my pre-surgery/pre-accident dress size, so, I didn't really care.

@NapoleonWilson Really? I even ate carbs!

Napoleon Wilson

Swords from effin' Gondolin? Wut? I doubt that's part of the books, or that Gondolin was even a concept at all back when The Hobbit was supposed to be nothing but an entertaining kids story.

Uff, that was delicious, but now I'm totally full.

@steelerfan But you seemed satisfied with one (or half of a) meal a day.

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson Oh, yeah...I don't know how it is over there, but, if you come over here, we refer to people who are originally from Mexico as "Hispanic" not "Mexican"...just fyi ;)

Napoleon Wilson

01:11

@steelerfan Hmm, why?

Aren't they Mexican? And wouldn't a Nicaraguan be Hispanic, too?

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson Well, I wouldn't say that I was satisfied...I'm still hungry, I just deal with it.

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Hmpf. :'(

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson I don't know why. We just have a large Hispanic population here in Oregon. They prefer Hispanic over Mexican.

But, then again, I got called out the other day for saying "you people", so who frigging knows.

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Well, that would make sense if they are diversely Hispanic, from various countries. Or rather US Americans of Hispanic ethnicity. Then it would be inappropriate to call them "Mexican" when they're actually US citizens or from other countries. But when I'm talking about a genuine citizen of the nation of Mexico, that seems to be an entirely different thing.

It's the context that matters.

steelerfan

And the Native Americans who inhabit the Warm Springs reservation get offended if you call them Native American. They want to be referred to as "Indians" and to call their land an "Indian reservation" it's confusing.

Napoleon Wilson

01:16

Afterall, I wasn't talking about a German or American citizen of Mexican (or otherwise Hispanic) origin, but about an actual Mexican citizen.

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson I don't know. Every person I know who has moved up here directly from Mexico is called "Hispanic" I haven't heard the word "Mexican" for ages.

@NapoleonWilson It's all good. Don't worry. I was just telling you for when you come here. We refer to them as Hispanic. It's okay :)

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Yeah, but they are Usonians afterall since they moved. Add to this that the word "Mexican" probably comes with a bad connotation because people probably get called that who aren't even from Mexico. But when I want to refer to someone from Germany, I say German, when I want to refer to someone from Mexico, I say Mexican. I wouldn't call any US citizen of Hispanic ethnicity "Mexican", because that seems indeed fishy.

But then again, we only call people who are citizens of one American country "Americans", so there's that. ;-)

steelerfan

My friend, April is part Latino. You can call her Hispanic and see what happens ;)

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan I will still refer to my cousin's girlfriend as Mexican, since that's exactly what she is. Calling her "Hispanic" is ambiguous, and even brings ethnicity into a context where I'm not talking about ethnicity at all. I don't care what her ethnicity is, all I want to say is that she is a citizen of the country of Mexico.

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson Yeah. It's fine to use American or German as far as I know. Of course, I use "Brit" when referring to Rand and Dizzle...just bantering because I know they don't mind.

Napoleon Wilson

01:23

It all depends on the context. No word is universally inappropriate or universally approrpiate.

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson Sure. Whatever you wanna do. I was just telling you for when you come over here...to prevent you from being punched in the face or something ;)

Napoleon Wilson

It would just feel weird to call somone "Hispanic" when the only information I want to convey is that she is a legal citizen of Mexico. That she's Hispanic seems irrelevant to that.

@steelerfan As said, it would depend whom I say it about. That's the point I want to bring across. If someone punches me for calling a legal citizen of the country of Mexico a "Mexican", then it's not me who has a problem.

steelerfan

I guess it's just the differences in where we live, then. Maybe it's because we have such a huge Hispanic population here. I just don't know. The word "Mexican" is just not used here.

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Because you rarely have to talk about actual Mexicans. I realize that US citizens of Hispanic ethnicity are not (or rarely) "Mexicans". Of course it's not used to describe them. That's the point.

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson I was being facetious. I doubt that someone would punch you in the face for that, I am just telling you that it's not acceptable to say that in this part of the world. Don't worry. I understand what you're saying!

@NapoleonWilson Okay, but, if she moves to the U.S., she would be considered "Hispanic"

We even used "Hispanic" when we were in Mexico, so, I don't know.

Napoleon Wilson

01:29

@steelerfan Well, she's still a Mexican, unless she actually changes her citizenship. But I guess you still can't call her that. Whatever.

Anyway, I still maintain that context is important.

Gheez, I probably have to get used to thousands of such sensitivity pitfalls there. ;-) I even used the word "coloured" once and thought it was totally innocuous.

@steelerfan Ok, that's weird.

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson Hey, don't shoot the messenger. I'm just trying to tell you how that group of people who live here prefer to be called. You guys don't have a large Hispanic population (I assume)

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan I know, don't worry.

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson Oh, my. Uhm...yeah. Please don't ever use the word "coloured" over here.

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan But that's the point, I was not talking about that group, I was talking about a genuine legal citizen of Mexico. It's the context that matters.

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson Yeah...we are apparently a little more sensitive over here, then, I guess. Maybe ask @Catija. She lives in Texas where there is a larger population Hispanics. We just don't use the word "Mexican" here. Maybe they do in Texas. I don't know.

Napoleon Wilson

01:36

@steelerfan Again, I understand that and in most cases the word "Mexican" would be inappropriate there. I totally get that. All I'm saying is that it's not universally inappropriate. It all depends on context. The appropriate contexts are just rarer over there.

Catija

@steelerfan If they are actually Mexican citizens, "Mexican" is fine... "Hispanic" is an ethnic group, not nationality. Not all Mexicans are Hispanic.

Napoleon Wilson

When I'm in Mexico, the people around me are to 100% Mexicans. Calling them that is perfectly accurate and putting a negative connotation to that would be weird. Because they're effin' Mexicans.

Catija

@NapoleonWilson Except for tourists... but, yes.

Napoleon Wilson

@Catija C'est exactly whatama sayin'!

steelerfan

We always use Hispanic here. I haven't heard the word "Mexican" since middle school. But, that's in Oregon, I don't know.

@NapoleonWilson Alright, then use "Mexican" it's up to you.

Napoleon Wilson

01:40

@steelerfan As said, that's probably because you rarely meet actual Mexicans at all, let alone in a context where nationality is more important than ethnicity.

But I for myself run a higher chance of meeting a Mexican than a Hispanic here. ;-)

Catija

... "Hispanic" doesn't have anything to do with nationality... Half of Texas is Hispanic and they've been in the US for three generations.

Napoleon Wilson

And in fact using the word "Hispanic" (or whatever the German equivalent is, if there even is one) would feel totally weird. Because I don't really care about their ethnicity. I don't care what they look like, I want to know where they're from.

steelerfan

April is Latino and gets pissed if someone refers to her as Hispanic... which someone did a few months ago...oh, Lord.

Catija

Sometimes I hear "Mexican National"....

Hispanics

Die Hispanics sind eine Ethnie in Amerika, die alle Einwohner mit hispanoamerikanischer oder spanischer Herkunft umfasst. Der Begriff wurde in den 1970er Jahren von der Regierung der USA geprägt. Aufgrund der Vermischung verschiedener Ethnien der USA während der letzten 400 Jahre besitzt der Begriff keine Trennschärfe, im Wesentlichen beruht die Zugehörigkeit zu den Hispanics auf einer Selbsteinschätzung, die der US-Bürger alle zehn Jahre in einem Census, einer Art schriftlichen Volkszählung mit Fragebogen, angibt. Für 2014 gab das US Census Bureau ihren Anteil mit 17,4 % an, sie gelten als die…

Napoleon Wilson

But of course when a bunch of redneck assholes runs around calling half of the American citizens "Mexicans" that doesn't help to clarify matters much. ;-)

Catija

01:43

Seriously, if it's OK for Wikipedia, it's OK for everyone. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexicans

steelerfan

I'm just so used to hearing "Hispanic" up here. I don't think that I have ever heard "Mexican National"

Catija

Sometimes, in Texas, you just hear "Nationals" as shorthand for "Mexican Nationals" and that's usually derogatory.

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson I think that's why Hispanic is what is used up here. That's why it's weird for me to hear "Mexican"

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Yeah, I figured as much, which is unfortunate.

steelerfan

So, whenever I hear "Mexican" it just sounds bizarre to me.

Catija

01:45

@NapoleonWilson Or, if they're truly redneck, it's more likely "Meskins".

steelerfan

I haven't even heard of "Meskins" Oh, God.

Napoleon Wilson

But if you're in Mexico and have a bad feeling calling those people Mexicans, then that's something that should make you worried about the transformation of language and semantics.

steelerfan

When, I was in Mexico, I never called a native of Mexico "Hispanic" I just said "hola" and moved on ;)

Or asked them how much tequila was in horribly broken Spanish :P

Napoleon Wilson

Just don't adress 'em with "you people" and you should be fine. ;-P

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson Argh!

Catija

01:49

Calling Hispanic people "Mexicans" by default when they could (and likely are) American citizens and are not and never were Mexican citizens, is possibly problematic... that doesn't mean that the word itself is wrong.

Napoleon Wilson

@Catija Exactly.

steelerfan

@Catija I'm just trying to prepare Napoleon how we do things in this here part of the world ;)

Like there aren't any rednecks around here, either ;)

Catija

@steelerfan I think that he's going to be just fine... and if he makes any errors, I'm pretty sure the accent will give them a hint that he's new to the area. ;)

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan But I told you I wouldn't call a Hispanic American "Mexican". But I won't for the life of me stop calling my cousin's girlfried "Mexican", sicne that's what she is and calling her Hispanic would be useless when all I care is the effin' country she's actually from.

Catija

@NapoleonWilson Yeah, that'd be the equivalent of saying that calling you a "German" or me an "American" was offensive.

steelerfan

01:54

@Catija Hehehe! He can never lose his accent. If he does, I will promptly be sending him back :P

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan :'(

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson JFC! I get it! Calm yourself! ;)

Catija

@steelerfan Well, if you send him back occasionally, the accent will be refreshed, so I think you'll be good... also, I have a Polish friend who still sounds Polish, so I don't think it's something you need to worry about.

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Okay, sorry.

MannlyMann

Hello friends

Napoleon Wilson

01:55

Hello!

Catija

We went to the Renaissance Festival yesterday.

steelerfan

@Catija Hooray!

MannlyMann

@Catija fun, did you dress up

steelerfan

@Catija WUT??? OMG!! Did you see Henry VIII jousting?

@MannlyMann Hello, my son!

MannlyMann

@steelerfan Hello, hows it going for you

Im in bed with a 102 fever and body aches

possibly whooping cough

Catija

01:57

@MannlyMann Normally we do but breastfeeding a three-month-old while wearing an overbust corset just isn't a good combo. So we'll be holding off on the dressing up until he's eating solid food only.

@MannlyMann Stay away from my baby! :P

MannlyMann

@Catija I can see how that would be hard

steelerfan

@MannlyMann Good. Just ~~arguing~~ bantering with Napoleon in chat...you know, the usual ;)

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Was he actually jousting? I thought it was the Black Prince who jousted against Sir Ulrich in that totally historically accurate film.

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson Oh, H8 jousted quite often!

Catija

@steelerfan We actually mostly were stuck in traffic and then wandered around. We met up with a friend who moved to Houston (the Festival was near Houston) and we spent a lot of time talking rather than actually doing stuff. My mom came, too... she bought a bunch of jewelry.

MannlyMann

01:59

@Catija I have quarantined myself in m room no one sees me :p

steelerfan

@MannlyMann Oh, God!! Are you going to the Doctor?

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Oh, was it in huge international championships with leaderboards and Queen music?

MannlyMann

@steelerfan Nah my real moms a nurse, she makes our house into a doctors office when one of us gets sick

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson Uhuh. I see what you're doing here ;)

MannlyMann

Im on extra strength Tylenol and advil every 8 and 6 hours respectively

steelerfan

02:01

@Catija Oh, your mom came? How does she like Bennett?

Catija

@steelerfan For someone who doesn't like babies at all, she tolerates him rather well.

steelerfan

@Catija Awww. It's kind of hard not to. I don't know how a brand new beautiful grand baby couldn't melt your heart :)

@MannlyMann Does your mom think that it's whooping cough?

Napoleon Wilson

Hmm, I like 'em older, when they actually behave more like humans.

MannlyMann

@steelerfan I mentor a junior robotics program, and we were recently notified that one of our kids has whooping cough

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson Have you ever even held a baby before?

Movie Reel

02:04

0

Q: A movie about Cannibalistic alien preying on humans

I am looking for this sci-fi horror movie. I saw it in 2010 in my local tv channel. It's language is English and subbed to my country language. There are a group of cannibalistic alien. The alien has scary looking face. They hunt, torture, and eat humans. The protagonist group encounter them in ...

identify-this-movie

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Probably not. But I don't really have much of an urge to.

steelerfan

I love how whenever I type in "baby" My tablet wants to prefill "Bennett" right after it ;)

2

Catija

@steelerfan When said grandbaby makes you feel old when you are in denial about aging... your heart may not quite melt.

@steelerfan I have a baby and I agree with @NapoleonWilson :P

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson Awww. You need to just hold one and you might change your mind.

Catija

@MannlyMann Anti-vaxers?

Napoleon Wilson

02:07

@steelerfan Gheez, you're the one who doesn't want kids. ;-)

MannlyMann

@Catija idk but they didnt tell us who was sick so every mentor including me and my gf are all at risk

Catija

Andy's changing Ben into his PJs... he just said "You're naked as the day you were born... I should know, I was there". HA HA.

MannlyMann

even though I have had my shots

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson I know, but, I still love holding and smelling babies :)

MannlyMann

Im at risk because my gf is older and her shot was a long time ago, and since we kissed multiples time it puts me at risk

Napoleon Wilson

02:08

@steelerfan They should make a baby rental service then. ;-)

steelerfan

@Catija Hehehe! Have you guys got peed on yet?

Catija

@MannlyMann That's cruddy. :( Sorry. Though, you're old enough (I assume) to be able to survive without breaking ribs.

MannlyMann

@Catija yeah Im sixteen and my gf isnt sick but I am badly sick so we don't know

steelerfan

@MannlyMann Frigging girlfriends!! They're nothing but trouble!! ;)

@NapoleonWilson Exactly!! Just like renting some kids for Halloween ;)

Catija

@steelerfan One of Ben's first diaper changes... he was about a day old... I was holding him in place on the changing pad and Andy was changing him... and my hand felt really warm all of a sudden... which was startling and nice (the warmth was nice)... until I figured out why it felt warm and wet...

Napoleon Wilson

02:10

Or maybe find a way to conserve that strange baby smell you like so much. Hmm, I heard Jean-Baptiste Grenouille knows some ways to do that. >;-P

MannlyMann

@steelerfan Nothing but trouble ;)

Catija

@steelerfan I always wanted to rent a kid so that I could go to the children's museum.

steelerfan

@Catija HAHAHA! Yep! Little boys! My nephew peed on me lots of times.

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan ...

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson 0:)

I gotta go have dinner with my guests. See you guys :)

Catija

02:13

@steelerfan Aww, toodles!

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Have fun and a good night!

MannlyMann

@steelerfan fair winds and a safe return to those you love

Napoleon Wilson

Oh crap, the stupid challenge thing.

Catija

@NapoleonWilson ?

Napoleon Wilson

02:33

@Catija Um, that title was purposefully chosen as a reminiscence of the titles of the previous Harry Potter films.

Catija

@NapoleonWilson ... I didn't get it.

You can revert.

Napoleon Wilson

Done.

Movie Reel

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Q: A TV show on netflix that had an odyssey store

I remember that it was a small store with the name odyssey in it and it was a bit like american pickers but these people were looking for weird things like straight jackets and skeletons and a jar of a deformed pig fetus. Please help!

identify-this-tv-show netflix

Napoleon Wilson

Hmpf, I missed that The Medusa Touch was on TV and watched The Hobbit instead. :'(

Meta Reel

02:50

0

Q: Topic Challenge: Harry Potter and the Fantastic Beasts

Last week saw the release of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a spin-off from the popular series of Harry Potter films and itself starting a new series of films in the Harry Potter universe. So due to popular demand we're starting a new topic challenge. From 2016-11-21 00:00 UTC to 2016-1...

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Movie Reel

0

Q: what does C.A.S mean?

In movie's crew names, there is a C.A.S after a name.When I searched for it, I get Chemical Abstracts Service.I think its not the meaning of this. What does C.A.S mean?

character screenplay

Napoleon Wilson

@MovieReel This doesn't happen to be covered here, does it?

Movie Reel

03:21

0

Q: Why didn't Harry Potter become an Obscurial?

In Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, it says that young wizards or witches, who have had their magic suppressed throughout their childhood, become Obscurials and develop a dark, parasitical magical force. So why didn't Harry Potter become one? The Dudleys pretty heavily abused him—albeit ...

harry-potter

Movie Reel

03:56

0

Q: A Westworld Question [SPOILERS]

SPOILERS AHEAD In tonight's episode, it is reasonable to think that that could happen because However, So how could

plot-explanation westworld-tv

Movie Reel

04:08

0

Q: Whatever happened to Peter Pettigrew?

In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1, Harry and company are in Malfoy manner's cellar. Peter Pettigrew walks down and then pretty stupidly walks into the cellar without looking, where he is stunned: You know, I forgot how dark this movie was. Literally. After that, he just disappear...

harry-potter the-deathly-hallows-1

Abhishek Aggrawal

04:46

@NapoleonWilson Not till then. But I added it now with reference to Catija's answer.

Since this list is long, I'll keep adding them as I find them.

For this, I now go through credits to find missed ones. But it seems I covered most popular ones.

Catija

Just commented, I think it makes sense to keep it in alpha order for ease of reference.

Abhishek Aggrawal

done

Hey @AnkitSharma

Movie Reel

05:07

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Q: What was the first book that was split into two (or more) films?

It's become a trend for book adaptations, especially the last in a series, to be split into multiple movies: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows parts 1 and 2, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay parts 1 and 2, the three The Hobbit movies, etc. What was the first film adaptation of a book to be split ...

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Movie Reel

05:18

0

Q: In George Méliès' Cinderella, what are the dancing clocks supposed to be?

In George Méliès' 1899 adaptation of Cinderella, the titular woman returns home after the ball, clearly distraught. Then a clock starts to move, people emerge from it, and then they dance. Then suddenly everything is back to normal and the prince arrives. What ...

cinderella-1899

Movie Reel

05:29

0

Q: Was the depiction of George Méliès accurate to what we know about his life?

The 2011 movie Hugo was about a boy of the same name who fixes an automaton that was built by George Méliès. Hugo learns that the man was a film maker and eventually inspires him to take pride in his career. While the question Did Hugo Cabret and other characters really exist? asks about the exi...

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Abhishek Aggrawal

@AnkitSharma

> जब नोट रखते हो हज़ारों में,
तो कुछ दिन तो गुज़ारो क़तारों में!
Bank Tourism Dept

user116211

@AbhishekAggrawal, Root is gone; India closed the match, actually.

user116211

As we assumed, batting in this pitch early in the morning is tough.

Abhishek Aggrawal

Yep

user116211

A brilliant over from Shami.

Abhishek Aggrawal

05:44

4 more to go

user116211

yes.

Catija

Cricket?

user116211

yes.

user116211

I noticed a suggested edit in Physics which changed the sentence "Where your intuition has failed you is in" to "What sometimes causes confusion"; am I the only one who thinks this is a trivial edit and doesn't make any improvement?

Abhishek Aggrawal

7th gone

user116211

05:50

@AbhishekAggrawal yeh; that's Rashid.

user116211

Shami is in fire.

user116211

It's a matter of time when the tailenders of England collapse.

user116211

Ansari is in strike.

user116211

@AbhishekAggrawal That's amazing ;)

user116211

Morning @AnkitSharma.

Abhishek Aggrawal

05:56

@MAFIA36790 Yeah picked from my fb feed.

Ankit Sharma

Good morning

user116211

Well, they have survived the pre-launch period; let's hope they are done before tea.

Abhishek Aggrawal

@MAFIA36790 They should be done before lunch as pitch will help batsman in afternoon.

@MAFIA36790 lets hope.

Ankit Sharma

06:24

@Catija don't ;eave me alone with cricket freaks :D

Where is my dear Cricket hater @DrRDizzle

user116211

> Alan Wilkins: All over for England. The harsh reality of keeping a rampant India at bay hit them hard on this final morning. Virat Kohli using all his bowling permutations to great effect. That will give India extra satisfaction knowing that the bowling unit has provided so many viable options for the captain

user116211

^@AbhishekAggrawal.

user116211

@AnkitSharma sleeping?

Ankit Sharma

@MAFIA36790 :/

Abhishek Aggrawal

@AnkitSharma maybe getting ready to go to work.

Ankit Sharma

06:33

hmmm

Abhishek Aggrawal

Does @Randal'Thor like Cricket?

Ankit Sharma

Maybe he doesn't even know there is a sports called Cricket

Abhishek Aggrawal

@AnkitSharma Ok. So only a few guys here, currently 2, like Cricket.

Ankit Sharma

hmmm

user116211

Well, it is more surprising to me that Dizzle doesn't admire the great English sport.

Abhishek Aggrawal

06:38

Well, his people invented this sport and he doesn't like it.

Ankit Sharma

Not a big deal, Cricket is like a religion in India but I still can't stand it

user116211

@AnkitSharma It all happened after Ind won the World Cup in 83; rest is history.

Ankit Sharma

uhuun

Abhishek Aggrawal

8th gone

user116211

Ansari just after the launch.

Abhishek Aggrawal

06:46

Another one in my FB feed.

> Jaa Simran Jaa, Lag jaa ATM ki line me.

Ankit Sharma

lol

user116211

Simran? Arbitrary or some inner meaning?

Abhishek Aggrawal

@MAFIA36790 DDLJ

> Jaa Simran Jaa, Jaa jee le apni zindagi.

user116211

Ah! Just googled; got the reference.

Ankit Sharma

user116211

06:53

Bairstow is annoying ;/

Abhishek Aggrawal

@MAFIA36790 He must be destroyed.

user116211

@AnkitSharma :(

user116211

out!!

Abhishek Aggrawal

It's Broad. The guy who got six sixes on six balls. This only proves that never mess with us. :P

user116211

That's it! Job's done! English are done!!

Abhishek Aggrawal

07:01

WE WON!!!!

> England require another 247 runs with 0 wickets remaining

Ankit Sharma

07:16

Done with my ToW entry

Lets see how it goes

user116211

@AbhishekAggrawal ;P

Movie Reel

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Q: Is Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them understandable enough without watching any other Harry Potter film?

I am planing to watch Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and asking this question in place of a friend who might give me company. But he has not seen any HP film before. Can we understand Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them without watching any other Harry Potter film? Or do I need to w...

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user116211

@MovieReel very good question; +1; as said in another post, it's not a prequel; so I think it's not mandatory to know about HR; but totally not an expert.

user116211

Wait; which other post... I can't remember ;( Just read yesterday ;/ Might have come in HNQ.

user116211

Okay, will ask a question on it with the tag identify-the-question.

Ankit Sharma

07:30

I didn't say it's prequel. — Abhishek Aggrawal 34 secs ago

Liar liar pants on fire

@MAFIA36790 didn't got you

user116211

@AnkitSharma ;P it's a typo for sure.

user116211

@AnkitSharma I read another post yesterday which said it's not a prequel.

Abhishek Aggrawal

@MAFIA36790 @AnkitSharma yeah. It was a typo

Ankit Sharma

@MAFIA36790 k

@AbhishekAggrawal k

I smell HNQness

user116211

Gotcha:

user116211

07:32

7

A: Is Fantastic Beasts a prequel to Harry Potter?

The movie is roughly based on the book of the same name, which is a fictional textbook that's used by Hogwarts. The movie is essentially the story of the guy who wrote the textbook, and is not directly related to the main Harry Potter story. Rowling has specifically said that the movie (which is...

Abhishek Aggrawal

Now it has a better title. @AnkitSharma

Movie Reel

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Q: Irish or Scottish horror movie where possessed babysitter hurts babies

Foreign film (maybe Irish or Scottish). It was a ghost story about a small town where the babysitter (a young girl) was hurting babies because she was possessed. They had a social worker come in, and in the end they found out the villagers killed 3 kids by running them off the road and they are ...

identify-this-movie horror

Abhishek Aggrawal

> possessed babysitter hurts babies

Kinda tongue twister.

Ankit Sharma

@AbhishekAggrawal lol

My question is in HNQ with another HP/fantastic beast question and BGF question

But core s 15.118 yet

Abhishek Aggrawal

@AnkitSharma I think it's in Top 30.

Ankit Sharma

07:43

k

user116211

Speaking of HNQ, @ankit, I got a popular question badge for Randolph Morgan question.

Ankit Sharma

@MAFIA36790 Wow 2K views

Abhishek Aggrawal

@AnkitSharma I edited your post to fix something.

Ankit Sharma

ooops

user116211

@AnkitSharma really, surprised a bit; as I only notice the no. of views when got the badge; actually never expected that question would gain so many views. There are other better questions which I could expect so many views; but it was simply not such type of post; nevertheless it happened surprisingly.

Ankit Sharma

07:48

@MAFIA36790 Ofcourse it was in HNQ

user116211

@AnkitSharma maybe; but I didn't notice.

Ankit Sharma

I missed to notice that too

Maybe because of significance of Morgan surname

Abhishek Aggrawal

movies.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/50741

Ankit Sharma

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Q: Is there any connection between all the psychopaths called Morgan?

One of my favourite characters in Angel is Lilah Morgan - a character who basically revels in her own evil, not for any great purpose, but because she likes her comforts, enjoys her work, and doesn't particularly care about treading on anyone in order to get what she wants. She is basically a cl...

angel villains

user116211

@AnkitSharma aah!

user116211

07:50

@AbhishekAggrawal I agree with that.

Abhishek Aggrawal

I don't know if I could give a better reason for reject, but it's the same in both excerpt and details

user116211

He didn't tell when to use the tag explicitly; only just two external links.

Ankit Sharma

crossed 33k

user116211

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Q: Please open the Hot Network Questions to auditing via the Data Explorer

One of the contentious issues on today's Stack Exchange is the Hot Network Questions sidebar, which can drive a lot of traffic to junk-food questions that can be very poor fits to the sites that host them (and, because of that, it can land a ton of rep on askers and answerers that by normal site ...

feature-request data-explorer hot-questions

Ankit Sharma

Uff failed to get answer for possessed babysitter ID

Abhishek Aggrawal

07:55

Oh I didn't know that we have Ph.D. holders on M&TV.

Ankit Sharma

@Anu7 Maybe it would be better to have the references in a new question? "What are the references to the Harry Potter series in Fantastic Beats and Where to Find Them?" And then add spoiler tags in the answer. You can also self-answer questions. — Thunderforge 23 mins ago

Abhishek Aggrawal

@AnkitSharma happens.

Ankit Sharma

Looks like another Fantastic beast question cooking

user116211

@AbhishekAggrawal who?

Abhishek Aggrawal

Chanandler Bong

9.7k 4 39 71

plot-explanation game-of-thrones identify-this-movie character house-of-cards identify-this-tv-show dialogue

Ankit Sharma

07:57

@AbhishekAggrawal almighty Walt must be know it

user116211

@AbhishekAggrawal ah yes; did notice him; he comes here but never talks.

Abhishek Aggrawal

@AnkitSharma Yep. It seems it'll get a self-answer.

Ankit Sharma

Network wide Harry potter always get more love, I have seen weird question coming in HNQ and getting way many votes from sister networks

user116211

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Q: Breaking the HNQ feedback loop on bad questions

The Hot Network Questions sidebar is a bit of a contentious issue, because it tends to promote questions that are often perceived as 'cheap', of relatively low quality, or on the fringes of topicality for the site that hosts them. One reason for this is that they're subject to a feedback loop: t...

feature-request hot-questions

Abhishek Aggrawal

@AnkitSharma It has almost 4k questions.

Ankit Sharma

08:00

we have 93 ;)

Abhishek Aggrawal

Maybe it's because we only talk about movies.

user116211

HNQ is really weird; many ordinary posts get upvoted quickly and go in HNQ and then tons of votes from all over SE; even wrong answers are heavily upvoted; this is an annoying problem and it was recently discussed in The h Bar.

Abhishek Aggrawal

@AnkitSharma I assume it isn't a proper tag wiki.

Ankit Sharma

Because we don't work in speculative questions

Abhishek Aggrawal

@AnkitSharma like the one I answered yesterday?

Ankit Sharma

08:07

yes, we hardly get those kind of question and mostly people avoid them but on otehr site they are entertained

Even same universe gorilla vs shark are fine there

Even anime.se had same problem with death note and become a jokes

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A: The Many Memes of Anime.SE and its Merry Fellows

Meme: Death Note Puzzles. Originator: @Eric Cultural Height: When the next Death Note Question is asked. Background: in the anime Death Note the titular item and those who own one follow a set of 56 Rules. For some reason people ask questions on how to kill certain people in certain ways or ce...

user116211

Sorry, but @ankit, @AbhishekAggrawal, could you tell me what you are talking about?

Ankit Sharma

@MAFIA36790 we are talking about question where user speculate about stuff which is not addressed in film

user116211

ooh.

Ankit Sharma

like this which AJ answered :

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Q: Appearance of a boggart to someone who is most afraid of boggarts

According to the Harry Potter films, in front of a person a Boggart takes the appearance of the thing that a person is most afraid of. What if the person is afraid of boggarts? Would it solve the problem of no one ever actually seeing what a boggart looks like? Although it wouldn't matter for the...

harry-potter the-prisoner-of-azkaban

@MovieReel Ufff this new HP question was too much, closed

Movie Reel

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Q: What if Voldemort comes back?

The whole series is about preventing Voldemort from coming back. He did terrible things, that don't have enough mention of what all he has done and why is he so evil? For killing unicorn and drinking blood For killing Potter's parents For killing muggles, etc What are the terrible things tha...

plot-explanation harry-potter

user116211

08:17

@MovieReel Classic what if; no place in SE.

Ankit Sharma

@steelerfan I think you mentioned that before too

@MovieReel What if I write Voldemords name in Death note?

@steelerfan Ellen looks cool in her chat show

@NapoleonWilson bummer

@Catija Nice point :D

@steelerfan did You referenced Taylor Swift here ;)

Abhishek Aggrawal

My Lifehacks question is still in HNQ and about to reach 10K views.

@AnkitSharma It doesn't have my upvote.

Anu7

150 5

harry-potter fantastic-beasts analysis castle historical-accuracy identify-this-movie plot-explanation

This new user is a fan of HP.

Dr R Dizzle

08:43

@AnkitSharma Yeah, I didn't like it very much at first, but now... well, it has some interesting parallels to the latest US Election.

user116211

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Q: Do 40% of U.S. Americans think that global warming is unproblematic since Christ will return soon?

Noam Chomsky states in a recent interview: One of the difficulties in raising public concern over the very severe threats of global warming is that 40 percent of the US population does not see why it is a problem, since Christ is returning in a few decades. Is it true that 40% believe somet...

united-states politics climate-change

user116211

@AbhishekAggrawal :))

Abhishek Aggrawal

@MAFIA36790 Wut?

user116211

@AbhishekAggrawal Saw it in HNQ.

user116211

again, it's a matter of release of not all the facts. Surprising is that almost 40% of US people think Christ will return before 2050.

Abhishek Aggrawal

08:47

Oh. I actually wonder about the return of Jesus Christ.

user116211

@AbhishekAggrawal I believe in it.

Ankit Sharma

@AbhishekAggrawal I was going to say that

@DrRDizzle You mean Harambe

Abhishek Aggrawal

7 more questions and harry-potter will be started to award.

Ankit Sharma

@MAFIA36790 UFFFF

I did planned Fantastic beast but my crime partner ditched me for his reporting head and Force 2 :(

Dr R Dizzle

@AnkitSharma No lol, I mean Donald Trump and the cult of personality.

Ankit Sharma

08:52

@DrRDizzle ohhhh. I just felt so sad for the ending that I can't like it. Few points were quite good but not as good as previous episode

user116211

@AnkitSharma WTF ;(

user116211

matlab kuch bhi

Ankit Sharma

Did anyone else remember a film about a bomb blast where film is seen from point of view of different different person reporter, spectator, inspector, targeted politician etc and film title was like V***** point

In the end after connecting all the dots film run serially for some time and case get solved @Walt

user116211

@AnkitSharma Time to ask a ID question?

Ankit Sharma

@MAFIA36790 no, I can't. Better I ping walt

user116211

08:56

good.

Ankit Sharma

Nevermind, got it

Vantage Point (film)

Vantage Point is a 2008 American political action thriller film directed by Pete Travis; it was adapted from a screenplay written by Barry L. Levy. The story focuses on an assassination attempt on the President of the United States, as seen from the various vantage points of different characters. Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, William Hurt, and Sigourney Weaver star in principal roles. The film is often compared, unfavorably, to Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon, which also employed storytelling through multiple perspectives. Rashomon used the multiple perspectives to question the possibility...

user116211

@AnkitSharma listed in my watch-list.

Ankit Sharma

@MAFIA36790 go for it, I just love it

Wanted to watch again but forgot name

We even don't have any Vantage Point question but few answer do mention it

@AbhishekAggrawal I will recommend you watching Vantage Point too

Abhishek Aggrawal

@AnkitSharma ok

Abhishek Aggrawal

09:23

2 Review queues are opened for me on Lifehacks. \o/

Though I'd get only a few reviews there.

Movie Reel

09:45

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Q: How does Percy Graves use magic without his wand in Fantastic Beasts?

In Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, we can see Percival Graves use magical abilities (mainly telekinetic) that we would typically associate with wands, at least as far as wizards and witches are concerned. I understand that Mr. Graves isn't a typical wizard, and that he may be really ...

harry-potter fantastic-beasts

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