What didn't you know until recently?

[Merritt]

I knew barcode scanners were racist.

[Oddity]

Apple flavoured chocolate?

[Oddity]

It all makes sense now

[Mo34]

That Anthony Hopkins was diagnosed with high functioning autism/aspergers.

[Pia]

That the juice you get in a can of chickpeas makes an excellent egg substitute. Whoever discovered it is a ****ing genius!

[Clementine]

^ I don't think I'd fancy dipping soldiers in it though :/

[Pia]

^ Ooh god no! Good for things like cakes and stuff though. Made some meringues with it for my friend and it went properly stiff and peaky and eggy like. Didn't taste like chickpeas at all either!

[Appear]

^ I don't believe it.


(Sorry. I couldn't resist.)

[kirbycrackle]

Originally Posted by Mo34

That Anthony Hopkins was diagnosed with high functioning autism/aspergers.

He's also a pretty decent composer of music. I had no idea.

As well as being ruler of the nine realms, quite a guy!

[Oddity]

[Oddity]

That rats actually have a sense of fair play

[Mo34]

Originally Posted by Animal mother

He's also a pretty decent composer of music. I had no idea.

As well as being ruler of the nine realms, quite a guy!

He certainly is.

I didn't realise he composed music, I knew he had taken up art in a big way.

[Indigo_]

I used to keep stick insects as pets

[Omar Little]

^Me and my siblings were once given a jar each with stick insects in - at least we were told there were stick insects in there. I couldn't see them.

[Oddity]

I will find one of these!

Wait...diet...****

[flumpsy]

Originally Posted by MissKitty

A list of the most/least likely jobs that psychopaths (i'm starting to dislike this word) do. I disagree with some of this list

Serial killer isnt on the list so that means I am ok right ?

[Indigo_]

Originally Posted by MissKitty

A list of the most/least likely jobs that psychopaths (i'm starting to dislike this word) do. I disagree with some of this list

Yay! I'm not a psychopath! My sister is though

[Ajax Amsterdam]

I only trained to be a therapist in order to appear as though I'm not a psychopath.

[indiegirl1980]

That Olivia de Havilliand is still alive- I thought she'd died decades ago.

Same for Doris Day.

[Oddity]

Originally Posted by MissKitty

There was an interesting edition of Horizon around 5 years ago in which a scientist who studied psychopaths revealed he was classed as one.

He is called DR James Fallon and is a 'Pro-Social Psychopath who has control of his antisocial proclivities because he was raised in a loving family' .
He looks like a really nice fatherly type and a bit like that welsh actor who was in 'sliders' (an old sci fi programme I loved) and Pavarotti:

Just goes to show how important the family is growing up No amount of social constructionist bullshit would have stabilised his personality.

[Ajax Amsterdam]

^
I saw that programme. It was very interesting.

[BusterBluth]

There's a SyFy movie called Atlantic Rim

[flumpsy]

^ I had about a 20 minute discussion about pacific rim a while back with somebody at work. A few weeks later I spotted this film on SyFy and watch it and everything fell into place. He had downloaded this labelled as pacific rim. Both are shit of course but atlantic rim is hilariously shit.

I didnt have the heart to tell him.

[Rocket Spud]

Dustin Hoffman plays Captain Hook in the film Hook. I can see it now but the voice .. is so well done, sounds nothing like him.

It also has unfavorable reviews - i'm quite enjoying it so far, it's not the best, falls just short of 'good' i'd say, but it's not bad.

"Ghandi ate more than this" Lovely stuff..

[Oddity]

[Jam]

HBO are going to make The Watchmen tv series. Hype.

[Omar Little]

^Say what? HBO? Watchmen?
Jesus. Although there's a zero percent chance Moore will be involved, which is a bit of a bummer, but still... HBO. Watchmen.

[Jam]

^ HBO + Watchmen
That's all I need to know. Hype.

[Omar Little]

Ah, one of the Lost creators is involved (Damon Lindelof) which is probably not a good thing given that he borrowed shit loads of details from Watchmen for Lost and just forced them in haphazardly.

[Omar Little]

Maybe he'll do better with a story that actually has an ending written already.