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I am not in Canada very often, but there are (were) Taco Bells in Ontario.
Daniel Griffith
2025-11-02 22:54:39 +0000 UTCFew things -- want to see more poke the pencil through the folded paper science? poll Event Horizon again. Its October. It's time. Also, yes, Risky Business is young Tom Cruise. Possibly his breakthrough hit as a star. Its fun. Unrealistic 80s fun, but fun. And it has Guido the Killer Pimp So there is that. All the Right Moves was also young Tom Cruise. I want to say it was also good. Smalltown football star trying to escape a depressing future, maybe? Lot of aspirational movies like that from that era. All the Right Moves, Flashdance, An Officer and a Gentleman, Vision Quest (Matthew Modine in fact (the baddie here) etc. Kids from tough backgrounds trying to make it big at something movies.
Cc Decc
2025-10-10 04:18:10 +0000 UTCFun fact! They mention the multiple dimensions theory by Hugh Everett. He is actually the father of one of my fave bands The Eels. There is a very interesting documentary about their relationship, and Mark Everett trying to come to terms with his father's work: Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives, which you can find floating around on Youtube amongst other places :)
geoffeep
2025-09-18 22:34:48 +0000 UTCI think the use of that trope in Interstellar was the worst. I know it's a form of expo, and at least in Stranger Things you can chalk it up to having it explained to children, but in Interstellar, its explained to Cooper who is supposed to be this extremely intelligent pilot who would have an idea how wormholes work.
Paul.Biegler187
2025-09-18 19:59:24 +0000 UTCSeriously, it's actually quite annoying
Paul.Biegler187
2025-09-18 19:51:17 +0000 UTCAll the Right Moves (1983) stars Tom Cruise
Jonathan Eaton
2025-09-18 15:27:53 +0000 UTCReally weird take, I'd say this is one of the better ones. Certainly far better than Season 3. Fully agree, 4 is peak.
Doug the Movie Guy
2025-09-18 12:42:39 +0000 UTCLonnie definitely failed his ongoing deception check....
Logan Nelson
2025-09-18 00:10:35 +0000 UTCIf you start watching this through a dnd lense it's really fun... By that I mean watch each decision and you can almost think they are rolling dice while writing the show... Then think of each character and what their classes would be is also fun...
Logan Nelson
2025-09-18 00:09:42 +0000 UTCThere was a Mel Gibson/Julia Roberts movie about this in the 90s I think too.
Tom M
2025-09-17 05:18:13 +0000 UTCIMO this is the worst season btw. Which is not me saying this is bad, it just gets a bit better every season... and goddamn is season 4 a banger
Godrick
2025-09-17 05:03:57 +0000 UTCi mean.. i have personally witnessed both of those things, but ight. aggressive take
Godrick
2025-09-17 05:02:56 +0000 UTCWinona Ryder's portrayal of the best mom ever is so heartbreaking
LazyBoy Stays Up Late Watchin Video Tapes
2025-09-17 05:02:33 +0000 UTCHollywood writers are mentally ill man-children. Parents don't scoff at kids with bloody noses in the grocery store. Athletes don't wear matching jackets and beat up gamers. It's not real. It never was.
nate coleman
2025-09-17 04:30:25 +0000 UTCActually that's kind of how most of my lucid dreams start in a way, I'm having a dream and something happens or appears and I kind of wake up and go, "oh shit this is a dream..." And then I take charge of the dream and, I've learned to not try to control every aspect and just see where my brain goes and adapt, but it usually ends with flying over landscape, the ocean, etc, incredible detail. Or practicing moving objects that feel very real in the dream, I'm getting better, flying is also sometimes crazy because I've had some where I lose control and I'm terrifyingly rising uncontrollably into the atmosphere like Charlie and Granpa Joe in the Fizzy Lifting Room. My telekinesis skills are still hitting myself in the face with random objects and occasionally getting them to hover and then I wake up. And try to levitate my remote control to me so I can turn YouTube on and I'm momentarily depressed because, unfortunately those skills do not transfer.
MacGuffinStuff
2025-09-17 04:17:55 +0000 UTCIt is disgusting the waste in this society just because rich shareholders can't even stand the thought of hungry people "stealing" their trash. But I unfortunately still work in retail, big box hardware store, and we have a homeless camp behind our store, and it's complicated, we feel bad but it's a problem for our customers, they don't like getting panhandled going to their cars, especially after they just paid 40 bucks for a bag of popcorn from the Boy Scouts of America at the store exit. I joke because I have to, it sucks, and so does cleaning up diarrhea in my department because I was the first to find it. Felt really bad for the guy and even had to say, he had the worse day, that was today. I'm exaggerating, I was about to clean it up with paper towels and spray, had my gloves and mask on, but lucky for me the manager told me I should go get the Zamboni, nickname obviously , but it was faster than I expected. I will still never look at the floor of that aisle the same, my coworkers were making fun of me, but there are still stains, Zamboni didn't get it all, and I have to get down on those floors to stock merchandise and pull for orders etc. One guy (Sales specialist, asshole, lies to his customers) thought it was real funny, lucky for him I didn't clean it up because I would have left those shit covered paper towels in his locker (he sucks, truly).
MacGuffinStuff
2025-09-17 03:45:48 +0000 UTCMk Ultra, wow, I've done acid a few times, half dozen maybe, always had a good time, BECAUSE I KNEW I WAS ON ACID, to imagine someone putting it in my drink without even knowing that it's even a thing that exists, is one of the most evil things I can imagine, and I've done acid! That is fucked up on a whole other level of a specifically callous evil. I do have awesome lucid dreams but that started before I ever tried acid. If there's one benefit from it I would say it's that if I ever started seeing weird shit in my Waking Life (great movie btw, Richard Linklater) I wouldn't immediately freak out the way the average, strike that, uninitiated?, person would, I'd at least take a very short pause and ask myself if it's possible I've been drugged, and even if not, that pause has got me thinking and not panicking. Just saying.
MacGuffinStuff
2025-09-17 03:21:17 +0000 UTCI've eaten many times my own body weight in Taco Bell over the last few decades, and a decent proportion of my body weight per visit. Never had a problem. I think it tastes great. I love junk food and fast food. I have a pretty iron stomach. The thing that messed me up, weirdly, was Denny's in Sarasota, Florida. I stopped one day on the way home from work, probably 25 years ago, and near the end of the meal, I had to run to the bathroom from my table. I didn't go again for a while, but the next time I did, I was walking out the door when I suddenly had to turn around and run through the whole restaurant to the bathroom. The third time, quite a bit later, and, I admit, I went as a science experiment, to falsify the results of the previous two times, because I used to like Denny's, I made it out to my car, before having to run back across the parking lot, through the restaurant, barely making it in time, and that was it. I've never been back. Oh, and I almost died from El Pollo Loco, twice. The advertisements took years, but finally worked on me, and I thought "Ooh, I'm gonna get chicken and corn and mac and cheese," and at home, I realized the rice had beans under it, and I had gotten a mouthful. No big deal. I just don't like refried beans. A few minutes later, I was on the floor, ice cold, heart in full palpitations, soaked in cold sweat, and vision black around the edges. I couldn't get up. My arms and legs were 1,000 pounds. I could think, though, but all I could think was "This is it. Killed by beans." A while later, my heart slowed back down, and I could get back up, slowly, but I was full-body drenched, and exhausted. I threw all the food away, and I think passed out on the couch until the next day. Then I went again, months later. I said "I just won't order the rice that has secret beans I'm violently allergic to underneath it." 30 minutes later, I was on the floor again, half blacking out, heart pounding out of my chest, soaked in sweat, thinking "I am so f**king stupid." But then I went again months later, and I was fine. Then I went a bunch of times after that, and never had another problem. So anyway, that's why you have to do science sometimes.
Gary Fixler
2025-09-17 03:12:09 +0000 UTCI love that the kids walking on the train tracks reminded me of Stand By Me, but in that, the two kids up front were, Vern, wondering if Mighty Mouse could beat up Superman, and Teddy saying that's stupid and would never happen because, Mighty Mouse is a cartoon, Superman is a real guy.
MacGuffinStuff
2025-09-17 02:28:38 +0000 UTCGood ol MatPat did an episode about Taco Bell, and posited that the digestive issues may come from the fact that most of their food consists of FODMAP Fermentable Oligo-saccharides, Di-saccharides, Mono-saccharides, And Polyols Foods high in FODMAP can cause issues with people who have Irritable Bowel Syndrome or are just food-sensitive. Examples of high FODMAP foods: Onions, cabbage, apples, pears, cherries, peaches, milk, ice cream, cheeses, beans, wheat breads, high-fructose corn syrup. I'd say I have Taco Bell a couple of times per month. It doesn't cause issues with me. Apples do for sure (especially with the peel), but I can't think of any specific restaurant that would consistently make me destroy the bathroom.
William Willis
2025-09-17 02:16:19 +0000 UTCI get what ur saying about Nancy going into the tree portal not being a great decision...counterpoint is that she is undergoing extreme guilt and grief over Barbara (and also knows Will is missing) and could feel this might be her one chance to find them (especially Barbara)... maybe dumb but also brave..and feeling of desperation...I think it isn't as cut and dried stupid as you make it
Bella Blue
2025-09-17 02:09:07 +0000 UTCTank thing = sensory deprivation chamber
Bella Blue
2025-09-17 02:07:24 +0000 UTCIt's interesting how many fast food places started in Southern California, McDonald's, Carl's Jr., In-N-Out, Taco Bell, but I think it make sense because even going to back to when McDonald's started, in San Bernardino of all places, car culture was already a big thing here. Btw "THE FOUNDER," with Michael Keaton as Ray Kroc, and Nick Offerman and John Carroll Lynch as the McDonald's brothers is an interesting telling of that story, wow did Ray Kroc really invent his own myth. But no I've never had problems or known anyone to have problems with Taco Bell, and back when I was a kid it was just really cheap and there one up the street from. I also think Del Taco is better even though I think they get even more shit, no pun intended, than Taco Bell. But they're cheaper and I personally think their tacos and burritos are better, plus they serve pretty good fries (if you go to a good location, otherwise that can be garbage), and although they only serve one burger, it's a double cheeseburger with no options, it's actually a pretty good burger. Baker's is another place that's pretty affordable and pretty good burgers and burritos, they used to have really good beef barbacoa tacos but not anymore for some reason. That's my opinion anyway, and just the other day I was talking about this with some coworkers and that seemed to be the consensus, that Del Taco was the better of the two, and it's one of the few places I can get a full meal with drink for about 10 bucks nowadays, and In-N-Out is also still one of the most affordable places. Also, no In-N-Out is not the best burger, it's not even the best burger in California, BUT, it is true that the quality control is impeccable, it's the exact same burger and great friendly service every one I've been to. It's what McDonald's was before Ray Kroc turned it into the evil empire.
MacGuffinStuff
2025-09-17 01:44:30 +0000 UTCcalm down Treebeard, tha's not an entwife :D
Obsidian_Rose
2025-09-17 00:11:23 +0000 UTCSimone, we have Taco Bell in Nova Scotia. I've NEVER heard of Tacoland, or whatever you called it.
Cory Garron
2025-09-16 23:33:02 +0000 UTCNever played Minecraft? They now need to do a stream playing Minecraft. lol.
Amos T Fairchild
2025-09-16 23:19:31 +0000 UTCSo we got a new drinking game, take a shot every time George mentions Hop is going to die ;)
Chris B
2025-09-16 23:03:57 +0000 UTCI know for me I only have Taco Bell when i am drunk. I grew up on a farm, poor. I remember we had fast food once a month. My first memory was McDonald's, mostly beause of the playground that is attatched to it.
revnamjin
2025-09-16 22:46:15 +0000 UTCexcuse me, pancake noodles??!! why have i never heard of this before?? im making this for breakfast tomorrow
lovemoose
2025-09-16 22:23:26 +0000 UTCThe pitch black was established earlier with the Russian. Her mind isn't quite fully in same realm with the "target." She can only see the target itself, and not everything around the target. For instance she couldn't see who the Russian was talking to. Same with the creature. I believe that the creature was in that same Upside Down world Nancy was in and saw and happily munching away on some local fauna, just Eleven couldn't see the trees and whatnot.
Jomero
2025-09-16 22:21:03 +0000 UTCSpeaking fast food, apart from it being late to our region, we very seldom had it as kids. McD was fine for while, I do love the plant versions of BK nowadays, but that is also a trade-off with stomach health every time :D. In Europe, they can be downright filthy and portions are smaller, you are better off taking any local street food option or a bakery with sandwiches. Back to the show, spicy episodes. Even if Nancy is a little too bold, no way on that trussy :D Found Lucas more annoying though, somehow they write him way less curious than the other kids. At least he is getting good intel by the end. Likewise, Steve is the douche now, I get he is upset because he suspects something, but immediately joining the bullies again, weak sauce. Well, at least the horror keeps getting more horrifying and real.
Philipp Roensch
2025-09-16 21:51:24 +0000 UTCNever had an issue with Taco Bell. Miss it so much since living in Poland. Not just drunk food either. Though it is really good drunk
Michael Haug
2025-09-16 21:43:33 +0000 UTCI have never had a problem with Taco Bell, beyond maybe getting a little extra gassy when I ordered too many items with refried beans. And I have had a lot of taco bell over my life time. Mid-80s with a girl that has a shaved head and in the mid-west (not to mention small town) would draw a lot of attention. Eggos aren't bad, but freshly made waffles are superior in every way.
David Lonewolf Wright
2025-09-16 21:21:46 +0000 UTCBetter than Trulva. Trulva. Sounds like a medication for fungus infection.
REDR58
2025-09-16 20:37:10 +0000 UTCNot sure if treegina was a word before, but it is now
Ari Ramirez
2025-09-16 20:18:53 +0000 UTCREALLY makes me want y'all to watch Future Man. Time travel, graphic violence, funny as fuuuuk. One of my favorite shows ever.
Terb the *Gargling sounds* Delivery Person
2025-09-16 19:56:04 +0000 UTCWatching this intro as I scarf down a Wendy's burger
Terb the *Gargling sounds* Delivery Person
2025-09-16 19:15:01 +0000 UTCChapter 6: The woman (assassin who killed the restaurant owner) who came to speak with the teacher about the AV club drove to his house in a black Ford Crown Victoria which you can see on the street outside when he opened the door for her. Generic-looking (usually with the "police package") Crown Vics were heavily used by police and governmental agencies in the US, so when you see a car like that in a movie or TV show, it's almost always The Man. Especially when it has the plain hubcaps, like the one in this picture: https://pics.imcdb.org/9656/protocol-147.jpg Regarding the dirty looks from the people in the grocery store, it probably wasn't just Eleven's dirty clothes, but also that she has a very short buzzcut. Seeing a preteen girl, especially in the 1980s and even today I'd bet, with such a short haircut would have been extraordinarily unusual and sure to garner some odd looks from most people. Remember, some of the people who saw her even thought she was a boy.
REDR58
2025-09-16 18:38:19 +0000 UTCWell at least we now know Treebeard's favourite scene.
Ian Tellam
2025-09-16 18:36:33 +0000 UTCI'm not sure if Taco Time is exclusively Canadian. I lived in rural Utah and I grew up with Taco Time. Best cherry limeade I ever had! Funny enough my first fast food experience was a place across the street called Chicken Time. lol
Dane Aguilar
2025-09-16 18:10:47 +0000 UTCThe only food ever made me sick is almond bark when I ate myself sick on it one Christmas. Makes me queasy to this day just to think of eating the stuff and that was over 40 years ago now. Also, I was fully prepared for George to lose his ish this Tuesday with the whole hole through the paper demonstration. Kind of looking forward to it, if I'm honest.
Jay Davis
2025-09-16 17:58:29 +0000 UTCTaco Bell items have more fiber than most fast food places (e.g. beans), which can upset some people's gut if they aren't normally getting enough.
Jeff I.
2025-09-16 17:50:25 +0000 UTCD&D minutia incoming: The Shadowfell was not invented until later editions. AD&D 1e had the negative material plane which wasn’t elaborated on very much except that it was connected to creatures who were undead in some way. They later invented the plane of Shadow which is the precursor to the Shadowfell, but I don’t think that became a thing until 2nd edition. That said, in 1983 there was a ton of stuff people were inventing for their campaigns and pulling from third party supplements, so a “plane of shadow” is totally possible.
Nicholas Bielik
2025-09-16 17:31:58 +0000 UTCGeorge recognizing the "poke a hole through a piece of paper to demonstrate how black holes work" trope. It is so overdone, probably because every screenwriter ends up doing the same research into the subject and read all the same articles. 😂 I'm one of those people who seems to be able to eat anything and never get sick, as long as the food hasn't turned. I've eaten McDonald's and Taco Bell in one sitting and come out unscathed. Not exactly good food, but sometimes those junk food cravings are a powerful thing.
Brandon
2025-09-16 17:25:03 +0000 UTCI don't know if I would have crawled into that damn tree but I know for certain that I would not have done it without at least telling Jonathon what the hell I was doing.
Stephanie Bedworth
2025-09-16 16:56:28 +0000 UTCI'm 56 and I still eat Taco Bell, probably on average a couple of times a month, and I have never had any kind of digestive issue with it. Which makes me very happy, 'cause I really enjoy my Taco Bell indulgences. Guilty pleasure, I guess.
Thomas Yanez
2025-09-16 16:46:50 +0000 UTCThe black void is just a representation of Eleven's psychic connection, it's not The Upside Down.
Thomas Cunningham
2025-09-16 16:43:15 +0000 UTCWeirdly, the McDonald's item I'm most nostalgic about is one that I haven't had in literally decades. I grew up in northern Vermont, like 10 minutes from the Quebec border, and my cousin played hockey and the rink they used was actually in Quebec. We'd drive up to watch him play on Saturday mornings, and always stop at the McDonald's along the way, and I'd get a Danish every time. Actually, my other nostalgia is for the breakfast burrito, which I do still get now and then, because similarly, when I was in high school I was the sports editor for the school paper and I'd go to the baseball games on Saturday mornings and pick up a couple breakfast burritos on my way there to cover the games. I have a lot more McDonald's nostalgia than I realized, turns out, because I just thought of like three other examples... hahaha.
Jeff K
2025-09-16 16:08:03 +0000 UTCI’m not so much nostalgic for the food at McDonalds as a kid, but rather going there on occasion with my mom and sister after school and getting Happy Meal toys.
REDR58
2025-09-16 16:01:15 +0000 UTCMy Mexican grandmother who would make all sorts of amazing stuff from the old country also, somehow, really enjoyed Taco Bell.
REDR58
2025-09-16 15:54:46 +0000 UTCFor another take on MKUltra and similar secret experiments in the US, there's the 2009 movie "The Men Who Stare at Goats". It's based on a 2004 non-fiction book of the same name by the journalist Jon Ronson about attempts by the US military to weaponise psychic powers. The fictionalised adaptation stars George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey.
GAB
2025-09-16 15:18:29 +0000 UTCWOOOO another KCD2 mention!
Divinerights
2025-09-16 15:12:36 +0000 UTCNot only is she helping to look for Will, but Nancy is desperately trying to find her best friend also, who she feels is missing because of her (Nancy's) own actions. Definitely not a smart decision to us as viewers who don't actually feel what Nancy feels, but it makes sense to me. The last thing on her mind would be getting sap on her clothes Simone you nutter haha
Ashton Lewis
2025-09-16 15:12:11 +0000 UTCI can absolutely see why Nancy going through that hole in the tree looks like a stupid decision, but IMO, she's presented with what looks like the only way to find Will, and the only other option is to just leave him in there. I guess Johnathan could have gone with her, or they could have told Joyce, since Johnathan knows she's aware of the supernatural stuff going on, but I don't see that as a better option. It's not a great choice, but what else do they do, you know? I say this hoping I'm not missing an obvious other choice. If I am, anyone feel free to clue me in.
Raven Dark
2025-09-16 15:04:15 +0000 UTCYeah, I've noticed a pattern in several show reactions, George is very quick to go to "That person is gonna die". In this case it's completely justified, since we've seen what the people he's investigating are capable of and the fact that there is a monster running about killing people.
SbE
2025-09-16 15:04:07 +0000 UTCJust FYI, the whole first season takes place over a week. Sunday to Sunday. except for the epilogue.
Thomas Cunningham
2025-09-16 14:58:57 +0000 UTCThe picture of the man and Eleven being put into the tank is most likely based on Remote viewing research projects in the U.S. Basically trying to have "psychics" be able to gather information about objects or people from far away and/or hidden from direct view. The tank is being used to reduce external stimuli to help in the process I'm assuming. The U.S. has researched a lot of crazy shit over the years.
SbE
2025-09-16 14:58:52 +0000 UTCI think the people get sick from Taco Bell because of whatever is in the low quality mystery meat, which could be fiber. I used to live off of Taco Bell back when a taco was $.60 and never had issues with it. My first fast food was McDonalds and I used to have epic battles with my grandmother because I wanted the $2 happy meal and she wanted me to have the $1 combo of a cheeseburger and a juice box. This was the mid 80s
Jonathan
2025-09-16 14:55:20 +0000 UTCGeorge you're making me come up with all sorts of vaginal tree puns over here. "I am a q***f on the wind" and such. Please stop.
JayF
2025-09-16 14:54:01 +0000 UTCWhen they talk about The Vale Of Shadows (which was made up for the show), the actual D&D equivalent is The Shadowfell, which is the dark mirror of the Material Plane, with the Feywild being the light mirror.
Thomas Cunningham
2025-09-16 14:49:07 +0000 UTCAll good choices, but I really want a Butch & Sundance reaction the most.
Thomas Cunningham
2025-09-16 14:47:35 +0000 UTCHaven't watched the above yet...did you mean "song"? because I know that for a long time you used to be able to stop in at a Wawa (famous East Coast convenience store chain) and they would have a mini Pizza Hut and mini Taco Bell inside.
Cc Decc
2025-09-16 14:47:15 +0000 UTCYou 100% can build up a tolerance with lactose intolerance. A woman in Sweden(?) proved it recently. It's a gut biome thing. If you consume enough lactose, your gut biome adapts. Skill issue problems.
Chase Lonnergan
2025-09-16 14:33:18 +0000 UTCCombination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell is absolutely a real song.
Thomas Cunningham
2025-09-16 14:26:02 +0000 UTCGeorge is obsessed with Hopper dying
Tay Schumaker
2025-09-16 14:17:27 +0000 UTCSome (not all) individuals can reduce symptoms of lactose intolerance via repeated small exposure; one posited mechanism is the adaptation of gut flora (bacteria in the stomach) which convert lactose to lactic acid without the same discomfort. Recently there have been efforts to come up with ways to promote the growth of such bacteria more directly to help (some) people with lactose intolerance. Google "Changes in gut microbiota and lactose intolerance symptoms before and after daily lactose supplementation in individuals with the lactase nonpersistent genotype" from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Sumner Hayes
2025-09-16 14:14:00 +0000 UTCThere was a show or web series, can't remember which it was, that simulated horrible things to see what people would do. They would simulate mugging and kidnappings, etc and the amount of people that just stood and stared or walked away was shocking. 1 or 2 out of everyone on a busy street actually did anything. So yeah, I completely buy into people just staring at a kid rather than helping.
Nathan Jasper
2025-09-16 14:07:51 +0000 UTCHugh Everett Parallel Universes: The AV Club teacher talked about "Hugh Everett's parallel universes". Hugh Everett is indeed credited with the Parallel Universe idea, but he was so ostracized and mocked because of the theory that he Un-Alived himself. His young son ended up being the creative force and lead man for the band, The Eels, and he is known as "Mr. E". Years later PBS made a Nova episode about him and and the fact that his father's Parallel Universe work is now being taken seriously. https://youtu.be/eiKjVKoDess?si=Yi5vhAlcUTPS9hc1
Brad Lowry
2025-09-16 13:55:13 +0000 UTCSo George and Simone: the great Robert Redford has passed away. Feels like a good time to once again recommend a few of his films: The Sting, All the President's Men, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Jeff K
2025-09-16 13:49:10 +0000 UTCSpeaking of Riz Ahmed: they should totally watch The Night Of at some point. (George and Simone, it's a short, one season HBO series, and Riz Ahmed's performance is INCREDIBLE. Some other familiar faces in it, but I won't spoil the suprises when the pop up. One person in particular.)
Jeff K
2025-09-16 13:48:01 +0000 UTCI've always thought the reputation Taco Bell has is ridiculous. It's not the foods fault, it's your stomach. I've never had trouble with any food really. Some people's systems just aren't tolerant or used to certain things in their diet and instead of blaming the food they should figure out why it's making them react that way.
ShittyShittyGameGang
2025-09-16 13:30:52 +0000 UTCThe Taco Bell theory is VERY interesting. Makes sense to me that a lot of people don’t have enough fiber and then eat beans and then shit like crazy. I’ve never gotten sick like that from Taco Bell and I’ve been eating it for… oh shit… 35 years or so? So it never made sense to me… but I’ve always loved beans… But they might also have that reputation because like 20 years ago there was an E. coli outbreak at Taco Bells on the east coast and I think it sent a BUNCH of people to the hospital. Same thing happened to Jack in the Box in the 90s but that outbreak killed a handful of kids if I remember correctly. Also while this song “Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell” went internet viral, the band Das Racist won some awards and have gone on to have some really interesting careers producing music. One of the MCs, Heems, went on to be in the group Swet Shop Boys with Riz MC who you actually know already as RIZ AHMED FROM ROGUE ONE AND NIGHTCRAWLER! That’s right Riz Ahmed is a rapper. https://youtu.be/iGZ5MnaTq48?si=Y6o-7yzngpHfPV4B
djKENTO
2025-09-16 13:23:04 +0000 UTCVery young Tom Cruise as a high school football player in a blue collar town in Pennsylvania, with Craig T. Nelson as his coach. Very good movie.
Jeff K
2025-09-16 13:13:12 +0000 UTCSimone, I'm a 54 year-old male that doesn't know how to tie a tie so don't feel inadequate. The last time I had to wear one I had to watch a YT video on how to do it. Also, I always viewed them as a noose that symbolizes the death of the soul from working the type of job that requires them.
JayF
2025-09-16 12:49:35 +0000 UTCYes, All the Right Moves is a real movie starring Tom Cruise. Definitely would be a great fall reaction :)
Nathan Jasper
2025-09-16 12:47:28 +0000 UTCI haven’t had Taco Bell in… a long time. They had a brief promotion where you could pay $10 and be able to get a taco every day for a month as a sort of “subscription” club. It was pretty great not gonna lie. I didn’t get one every day but $10 for potentially 30 tacos is legit.
Jeff K
2025-09-16 12:39:45 +0000 UTCWhat a rollercoaster. I was all YOU CAN"T EAT CHEESE!!! OMG!! Then... Oh you eat it anyway? Thank god.
megamoo chilli
2025-09-16 12:26:05 +0000 UTCMy Taco Bell story is that I was told by a fellow student in First Grade that they used pigeon meat in their products. Like they would prop open their back door, twirl small lassoes, and catch pigeons for their food right at the restaurant. First Grade Me, not wanting to ever taste pigeon meat, decided I just wouldn't eat there or ask to eat there. Ever. Cut to me at 22 I believe and a bunch of my co-workers wanted to go eat at Taco Bell. And 22-year-old me, not wanting to say I didn't want to eat there for fear of pigeon meat or mention the tiny lassoes, decided to finally give it a try. It was then I had my first Nacho Bell Grande. And then I had it for the next ten days in a row for lunch. And it's been an occasional treat for dinner ever since.
mojo shivers
2025-09-16 12:25:54 +0000 UTCWay back when WotLK launched, Taco Bell was basically all I ate, and I never had "that" experience afterward. (Raid nights would have been way less fun if I did.) I think it's just something people say about cheap, less commonly seen, fast food. I've heard the same said about Arby's and White Castle.
8bitAndy
2025-09-16 12:15:45 +0000 UTCThis is the patreon version. The link to the uncovered version is in the description :)
Nathan Jasper
2025-09-16 12:13:53 +0000 UTCGeorge, for some reason the show isn't in a window between you two. It's full screen behind you and there's no sound from the show. I can hear you two fine though.
JayF
2025-09-16 12:10:17 +0000 UTC
