Stabbins McGee, simple country mathematician 🇵🇸
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Palestinian-American. Cat person. Mathematics professor. Leftist. Autistic but often told it’s not obvious. Nerd but not the consumerist kind. Arrogant but can back it up.
Mathematic for the people.
Mathematic for the people.
It doesn’t come across in a still, but the way characters laugh when something is wrong is exquisitely forced and Verhoeven-esque.
November 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
It doesn’t come across in a still, but the way characters laugh when something is wrong is exquisitely forced and Verhoeven-esque.
This show is a fun straight-ahead action show for a kid. Then you look closer and it’s intentionally a campy comedy. Then you look even closer and see little gags like that Legs’ inmate number is her measurements or a skull on a clock in an execution chamber. Then you look in HD at the props…
November 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This show is a fun straight-ahead action show for a kid. Then you look closer and it’s intentionally a campy comedy. Then you look even closer and see little gags like that Legs’ inmate number is her measurements or a skull on a clock in an execution chamber. Then you look in HD at the props…
The original choice for Ma Parker was reportedly Bette Davis, who had a reputation as a pain in the ass in her own right. Davis was a perfectionist, though, while Winters seemed more selfish and vindictive. Maybe Davis would’ve improved the final product.
November 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The original choice for Ma Parker was reportedly Bette Davis, who had a reputation as a pain in the ass in her own right. Davis was a perfectionist, though, while Winters seemed more selfish and vindictive. Maybe Davis would’ve improved the final product.
Happy to find out Estelle Parsons is still alive. Less so to learn that she’s a member of one of those groups that uses “for Peace” as a euphemism in place of “for colonization.”
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Happy to find out Estelle Parsons is still alive. Less so to learn that she’s a member of one of those groups that uses “for Peace” as a euphemism in place of “for colonization.”
When I’m grading exams:
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
When I’m grading exams:
As in all the best comedies, each character is a specific strain of delulu.
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
As in all the best comedies, each character is a specific strain of delulu.
Shelley Winters only did two episodes of Batman, possibly because she was notoriously unpleasant behind the scenes. She showed up late, held up filming, and stuck the producers with a bill for her food. Tisha Sterling, who plays Legs here, said she “was a bitch and was a holy terror to me.”
November 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Shelley Winters only did two episodes of Batman, possibly because she was notoriously unpleasant behind the scenes. She showed up late, held up filming, and stuck the producers with a bill for her food. Tisha Sterling, who plays Legs here, said she “was a bitch and was a holy terror to me.”
Not sure whether most other fans have noticed, but with four or so exceptions in the second season, the multi-part episode titles always rhyme. The producers couldn’t have known that this is an accidental godsend when you watch arcs out of order like I usually do.
November 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Not sure whether most other fans have noticed, but with four or so exceptions in the second season, the multi-part episode titles always rhyme. The producers couldn’t have known that this is an accidental godsend when you watch arcs out of order like I usually do.
Absolutely cockahoop to have tangible evidence that I think like James Gunn.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Absolutely cockahoop to have tangible evidence that I think like James Gunn.
Tiger Mask leaves himself open because he can’t bring himself to headbutt a Japanese flag, even on an opponent’s forehead. I wonder if he has similar reverence towards a used maxi pad.
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Tiger Mask leaves himself open because he can’t bring himself to headbutt a Japanese flag, even on an opponent’s forehead. I wonder if he has similar reverence towards a used maxi pad.
Karin, it’s starting to seem like you want to get the team killed.
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Karin, it’s starting to seem like you want to get the team killed.
The Japanese term for “boss” (especially in the gangster sense) is 𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘯. The Japanese term for “boss of all bosses” (what Italians might call 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘰 𝘥𝘪 𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪 𝘪 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪) is 𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘯. That’s right: you have to make the first vowel triple-long, or you’re disrespecting the big boss.
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The Japanese term for “boss” (especially in the gangster sense) is 𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘯. The Japanese term for “boss of all bosses” (what Italians might call 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘰 𝘥𝘪 𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪 𝘪 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪) is 𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘯. That’s right: you have to make the first vowel triple-long, or you’re disrespecting the big boss.
The ring announcer says at the beginning of this match that he bet his own life savings against Tiger Mask. Tiger Mask is so fucked.
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 AM
The ring announcer says at the beginning of this match that he bet his own life savings against Tiger Mask. Tiger Mask is so fucked.
This is just the title, credits, and lyrics of Tiger Mask’s theme song. I guess this is the closest they can get to ring entrance music in a print manga. Kind of wish Marvel Comics did this with the Pryde of the X-Men theme.
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 AM
This is just the title, credits, and lyrics of Tiger Mask’s theme song. I guess this is the closest they can get to ring entrance music in a print manga. Kind of wish Marvel Comics did this with the Pryde of the X-Men theme.
Tiger Mask has a deathmatch scheduled with Mr. Kamikaze, Paris’s top underground wrestler. Mr. Kamikaze’s son Kiyoshi tries to stop it, but Tiger Mask lectures Kiyoshi on how this is what men do. Tiger Mask, helper of orphans, doesn’t notice that he’s about to make Kiyoshi one.
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Tiger Mask has a deathmatch scheduled with Mr. Kamikaze, Paris’s top underground wrestler. Mr. Kamikaze’s son Kiyoshi tries to stop it, but Tiger Mask lectures Kiyoshi on how this is what men do. Tiger Mask, helper of orphans, doesn’t notice that he’s about to make Kiyoshi one.
All four members of the original Suicide Squad were heavily implied to have severe PTSD. Yet the government kept putting them in planes full of explosives.
November 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
All four members of the original Suicide Squad were heavily implied to have severe PTSD. Yet the government kept putting them in planes full of explosives.
Feel like watching Titanic? Let me save you three hours.
November 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Feel like watching Titanic? Let me save you three hours.
Batman’s lecturing keeps getting funnier to me. If the censors would allow it, Batman would lecture God. Then God would say, “Gosh yes, when you put it that way…”
November 8, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Batman’s lecturing keeps getting funnier to me. If the censors would allow it, Batman would lecture God. Then God would say, “Gosh yes, when you put it that way…”
Otto Preminger as Mr. Freeze says the word “wild” 14 times in “Green Ice” and 6½ in “Deep Freeze” (he trails off into laughter during the last one), plus two utterances from Commissioner Gordon and one from Desmond Doomsday (the narrator). Good thing this isn’t a drinking game.
November 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Otto Preminger as Mr. Freeze says the word “wild” 14 times in “Green Ice” and 6½ in “Deep Freeze” (he trails off into laughter during the last one), plus two utterances from Commissioner Gordon and one from Desmond Doomsday (the narrator). Good thing this isn’t a drinking game.
THIS! THIS IS WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT!
November 8, 2025 at 1:57 AM
THIS! THIS IS WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT!
I’ve read before that Neil Hamilton and Stafford Repp didn’t get along in real life. The former thought the latter’s fake Irish brogue was annoying. I find it funny in a stagey, Chico Marx sort of way.
November 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I’ve read before that Neil Hamilton and Stafford Repp didn’t get along in real life. The former thought the latter’s fake Irish brogue was annoying. I find it funny in a stagey, Chico Marx sort of way.
I find it disproportionately funny that the coolant tanks on Mr. Freeze’s suit are just fire extinguishers.
November 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I find it disproportionately funny that the coolant tanks on Mr. Freeze’s suit are just fire extinguishers.
Batman’s life lessons ring true even today.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Batman’s life lessons ring true even today.
So just a regular robot analyzer + 𝒞?
November 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
So just a regular robot analyzer + 𝒞?
While Semple was the show’s best writer, second best was Stanley Ralph Ross, who (fortunately) wrote the most episodes. Like Semple, his work rewards rewatching and listening closer. I’ve been binging the Semple episodes. The Ross episodes are next.
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
While Semple was the show’s best writer, second best was Stanley Ralph Ross, who (fortunately) wrote the most episodes. Like Semple, his work rewards rewatching and listening closer. I’ve been binging the Semple episodes. The Ross episodes are next.