Loathe though I am to link to a YouTube short: https://youtube.com/shorts/zyKAhpZC2hM

Myspace Tom I know. Thank you!

Diagramming grammar is out of fashion?

Crap.

The very first time I can remember getting spam, I was approximately seven. It was an email linking to a porn site, not that I understood that at the time; I don’t actually recall what enticed me to click - I think they referenced “playing in a jungle” and that sounded fun. The text said (roughly, it’s been over three decades) “come look at my site! I’m not wearing any clothes!” and linked to a site featuring several scantily clad individuals but, immediately on entry, a lady in high heels and nothing else.

I took the email at face value and responded, informing the surely real person sending it that shoes counted as clothes.

If I look up “Myspace Jim,” I get this: https://myspace.com/jim

Is that what you meant? Based on the result when I load the page, it doesn’t seem reference worthy, but I don’t know of anything else that would be a solid meme.

This isn’t meant to attack you or your comment, just resolve my own lack of knowledge.

For what it’s worth, when I read your comment, my thoughts went to “it’s worse than that, he’s dead, Jim, dead, Jim.”

This reminds me of once when I was playing the original EverQuest. Someone named Dunn entered the zone and everyone there started OOC broadcasting anything from “Dunn!” to “Dun dun duuuuuuuun!” I was young and sheltered and didn’t get the reference; I messaged the guy something like “what was that all about?” and apparently he didn’t, either. Probably pretty fun to be that popular for thirty seconds for no known reason, though.

That’s … Pretty depressing.

I was going to post a note about typewriters, allegedly from Tom Hanks, which I saw years and years ago; but I can’t find it.

Turns out there’s a lot of Tom Hanks typewriter content out there.

I should have picked up on that. Thanks!

I would like to know what this is referencing, please.

I also initially misread the name as “Righty” and wondered how you determined the handedness of a dog.

I have a dog and a five year old. The dog will, indeed, engage with the mail person; he won’t bark, but he’ll stand at the window and kind of huff.

One time, he did so and my child also ran over to the window, asking something like “who is that?!” I jokingly suggested that the kid could help the dog to defend the property.

Since then, whenever the kid notices anyone unexpected on the porch, they run to the window going “huff! Huff!” I haven’t seen any delivery people react yet, but I have to wonder what they think.

I’m getting emotionally overwhelmed and so doing a small, very manageable task.

100% relatable.

I was going to say I think that’s Wishbone, but everyone knows that.

You couldn’t construct a Chinese sentence with dual meanings? Maybe not this one, but any? I know literally no Chinese, so I can’t cite an example; but I thought completely unambiguous communication was why constructed languages like lojban exist.

edit: In a question about grammar, I used redundant words, but I can’t think of a better replacement for “construct” in either case. I tried, though.

colorful words

I guess it makes sense that phaders are no longer a well known thing, but I still expected to get some relevant results when I searched for that to see if I remembered the word correctly.

Maybe I did misremember it.

XcQ, link stays blue.

You’ve lost your ability to see anything else?

Maybe, but I think it’s more fun with genuine reactions. That’s why I made the original post - it really did scare me, if only for a moment when I turned the corner.

This is especially true because, in general, I’m the only one in the house awake when this startlement might occur.

edit: I guess “genuine reactions” wasn’t really the correct description. I more meant “reactions to an unmanufactured situation.” I don’t want to make anyone scared, but if someone gets startled by an unexpected and natural and harmless situation, it’s more likely to be funny. Especially if the individual in question is me.

My feelings about them mirror yours exactly.

There’s an accounting of this kind of event happening in the Catch Me if You Can novel. I can’t attest as to whether it’s true and unfortunately it’s been long enough that I don’t remember details, but I believe it’s primarily the protagonist overhearing two women talking about how attractive he is during a bus ride. I think at this point he’s in shackles, which could be considered to enhance the story.