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River Jude Phoenix (August 23, 1970 – October 31, 1993) was an American actor, musician and activist. He is the older brother of Rain Phoenix, Joaquin Phoenix, Summer Phoenix and Liberty Phoenix. Phoenix's work encompassed 24 films and television appearances, including the science fiction adventure film Explorers (1985), the coming-of-age film Stand by Me (1986), the action sequel Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) and the independent adult drama My Own Private Idaho (1991). Phoenix's meteoric rise to fame led to his status as a "teen sensation". Phoenix began acting at age 10 in...

KitFox

Of course. My friends and I were all devastated when he died.

Andrew Leach

Shouldn't that say "He was"?

...goes off to edit...

KitFox

He's still their older brother, even though he is dead.

Jasper Loy

Yeah.

KitFox

9:38 PM

I'm pretty sure that doesn't change familial relations.

Jasper Loy

He has the same birthday as me, making me hot as well.

skullpatrol

@KitFox Are you really sure?

Jasper Loy

Only the year is different.

KitFox

@skullpatrol Not totally sure.

skullpatrol

@KitFox "is" means exists

Jasper Loy

9:40 PM

ffilms.org is down, no movies for me for now.

Andrew Leach

Well, Something On The Internet is now RIGHT.

Jasper Loy

I wonder what happened to it.

KitFox

@skullpatrol Sometimes. Does a relationship cease to exist because one side is dead?

I'm pretty sure my father is still my father.

Mitch

@JohanLarsson fluke A flat fish related to plait and flounder

Jasper Loy

Caleb is in this chat. Does it mean there were some flags?

skullpatrol

9:43 PM

@KitFox it is a matter of tense

KitFox

@JasperLoy No, he just likes us.

Jasper Loy

If I use gmail, it shows me my contacts' google profiles. If I use outlook, it shows me their skype profiles. Interesting.

Mitch

Conspiracy!

KitFox

@skullpatrol Yes. So with my father being dead, you're saying that I am no longer related to him?

skullpatrol

@KitFox I don't want to make this personal.

Mitch

9:45 PM

Then don't!

skullpatrol

nvm

KitFox

I don't take it personally. I am pondering it.

Jasper Loy

If I am hot until the day I die, will someone say "He is hot" or "he was hot" when I am gone?

KitFox

Well, you will stop being hot when you are dead.

Jasper Loy

Yeah. The body turns cold.

Mitch

9:47 PM

suppresses urge to make joke about cremation

KitFox

Right. So you'd naturally use past tense there.

Mitch

also Sid vicious reference

Jasper Loy

Mark Wahlberg was very young in Planet of the apes.

KitFox

That was post Boogie Nights, wasn't it?

Mitch

What? no way, Planet of the Apes with Wahlberg was only about 5 years ago.

KitFox

9:49 PM

Certainly after NKOTB.

@Mitch Guess again.

Jasper Loy

Never watched Boogie Nights.

Mitch

argh 10 years ago?

RegDwigнt

@Robusto actually both languages have a motherland and a fatherland. And a dozen more.

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Q: "Родина" vs. "отечество"

What is the difference between родина vs. отечество? (Apart from grammatical gender, of course.) Is either one older? Of a higher register? When should I use which? What is the reason for having two words where one will do? Before you bring it up, I might as well point out myself that yes, a sim...

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KitFox

@Mitch 13.

Crazy, huh?

Mitch

wow, checks mental calendar

KitFox

9:50 PM

I must have watched it with my ex-boyfriend.

In NC.

RegDwigнt

@tchrist dafuq I just watched.

Mitch

notices mental calendar hasn't been changed in a few years, stuck on Sept 2005

Jasper Loy

I just watched it for the first time last week.

Mitch

changes calendar

Holy crap so much has happened lately!

Did you know there were mod elections?

Jasper Loy

Yes.

Time and tide wait for no man.

Mitch

9:52 PM

The tide is out

RegDwigнt

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A: What is correct German word for "native land"?

I support Ingmar's suggestion. Here's a list which I tried to order from - let's say - non-neutral to neutral. Vaterland: may sound a bit lofty and/or patriotic Heimatland: This also is usually considered the country of origin. Someone may, however, adopt a country as Heimatland where he's not...

KitFox

@Mitch Yes! I got elected!

Jasper Loy

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Very touching ad.

Mitch

@KitFox Also, the Ukraine is back to being Russian.

Jasper Loy

When I first saw it I cried.

Mitch

9:54 PM

And what's with all these people walking around with this thing in their ears and talking to themselves?

I needed to check the calendar to find that one.

KitFox

@JasperLoy Wow, I can understand some of that.

skullpatrol

he can read

RegDwigнt

@JasperLoy there are much more touching ones by some Philippine insurance agency. You may have heard of them.

Or perhaps Thai.

Something in Asia.

Jasper Loy

Seems to ring half a bell.

KitFox

I think it is funny how she walks three feet behind him.

skullpatrol

9:57 PM

tradition

Jasper Loy

It seems quite common here for women to walk behind men.

KitFox

There is a couple up on the university campus that does the same thing.

Jasper Loy

Usually the mother would be with the child and the father in front of them.

KitFox

It's quite remarkable around here.

skullpatrol

nothing "funny" about it

Jasper Loy

9:58 PM

I would never walk in front. Side by side is the best.

KitFox

@skullpatrol I meant funny as in odd. I know it is tradition there. It's quite different than here.

Jasper Loy

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skullpatrol

@KitFox sorry, I'm getting aggressive waiting for the picture :-)

Mitch

@JasperLoy What terrible thing did she do to him that she feels the need to apologize?

RegDwigнt

@JasperLoy yeah could be the same company even, but I'm thinking of two specific ads and so far I'm not finding them.

KitFox

10:04 PM

@skullpatrol It's going to be a while. I haven't cleared off my phone recently.

Mahnax

@RegDwigнt Is one of them about the deaf father?

KitFox

@Mitch She has a smaller wing. Aren't you paying attention?

Mahnax

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Jasper Loy

youtube has everything!

RegDwigнt

@Mahnax I don't remember what one of them is, and I don't want to spoil what the other one is about.

Mahnax

10:05 PM

@RegDwigнt Oh, OK.

Mitch

@KitFox How dare she be that way! She kept him from being an international assassin? And rock star?

skullpatrol

Oakland/LA

SKULLPATROL

tchrist

@RegDwigнt World Soccer championships as one animated GIF

RegDwigнt

@tchrist wait, all championships? I've not seen India or Ireland or Sweden or Saudi Arabia, and that's just 2002 for starters.

tchrist

This year’s cup.

RegDwigнt

10:14 PM

Yeah that's what it was at the start.

But then came some confusing bits.

tchrist

@MattЭллен Well, better that than pluperfect.

RegDwigнt

My memory has been fading, it's been days.

tchrist

The gift of time.

RegDwigнt

Seriously, what's the Combo 7 Fatality got to do with Ned vs. Arg?

Twas Ger vs. Bra if memory serves me right.

Anyway, I'm only here to wish Ms Merkel a happy birthday and be gone.

tchrist

@RegDwigнt Here: ilovecharts.tumblr.com/post/92053750276/…

@RegDwigнt I was unaware she was amongst us.

RegDwigнt

10:18 PM

See you tomorrow, hey Tom, can I borrow a couple of bucks from you.

tchrist

I have does.

RegDwigнt

@tchrist that one just randomly hangs up and freezes.

Which doesn't help much.

Why is there a dismembered dripping arm attached to the Mexican flag in this frame I've been looking at for eight seconds?

No Suarez or Italy in sight, so can't be that.

Cerberus

Hello.

RegDwigнt

Anyway I'm out.

And in just time!

Cerberus

As incomprehensible as always, I see.

Nooo...

RegDwigнt

10:21 PM

Only C++-style comments allowed here.

Cerberus

Leaving me alone with all these freaks?

I only know Fowler's style.

RegDwigнt

How is that alone?

If I took the freaks with me, now that'd be alone.

Cerberus

Too alone.

Take them!

You don't want to find several heads and other body part strewn about the room, do you?

RegDwigнt

I think I just did, draped in a Mexican flag.

So my job here is done.

Cerberus

Yuck.

Atan.

RegDwigнt

10:24 PM

Abierto y alto.

Cerberus

Hah.

Oh, well.

You are excu...hey! You were supposed to wait for me to say that!

RegDwigнt

room topic changed to English Language & Usage: Noöne speaks English and everything's broken (no tags)

Jasper Loy

sips coffee

@Cerberus How is your dating?

skullpatrol

10:43 PM

How's that for an answer to jasper?

Cerberus

11:52 PM

@JasperLoy Jasper!

Good to see you again.

How have you been?

My dating is going fine.

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