2024 LC Thread

Chance of beheading 100%

in occupied palestine
near the birthsite of christ
caught some footage that you wouldnā€™t believe
that night on channel 7
ran a slanted segment
through the midwest on the mid-middle east
but youā€™ve told me how
you keep your volume down
cause all thatā€™s coming from your humming tv
is bad energy

you went to youth group first
at that lutheran church
where the pastor dressed so casually
and when your mom worked nights
and her money was tight
he kindly offered he could watch you for free
denied jesus blood
and now you sleep in sundays
but you tell me that youā€™ll always believe
in bad energy
bad energy

and now your engine burns
remains of ancient birds
go into town to drive around and then leave
you tore a gash right clear
through the atmosphere
and now thereā€™s nothing that can buffer the heat
but the sun is shining
and your love is smiling
in a moment getting warmed by a beam
of bad energy
bad energy
bad energy

you watched the market crash
and the marquee flash
your eyes a-darken just a-walkin the street
you felt the breath of god
in a restaurant
he was just asking what youā€™re having to eat
you knew you had to leave
him a gratuity
or else itā€™d come up to the sum of the beast
and bad energy

before the smokers crammed
between the local bands
to split a puff and flick their butts in the street
they played it loud and slow
without a metronome
he always hit a bit ahead of the beat
saw him slurring and smiling
at the girls outside
said you could sense it so immense underneath
bad energy
bad energy
bad energy
bad energy

you traced your lineage back
to all that glimmering black
around the abrahamic family tree
and in that blend of blood
counted descendants of
your holy mother mitochondrial eve
were you the chosen son
or the broken one
who had some notions up disposable sleeves
and bad energy?

and when our saviour came
she kept her maiden name
he was concepted quite exceptionally
learned if youā€™re only friendly
with a dozen men
one might still kill you with a kiss on the cheek
and as that muted light
fell from his wounded side
cowboy centurion was sure he could feel
a bad energy
bad energy
bad energy
bad energy
bad energy

How can this possibly be ā€œa long time agoā€?

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Is that at least Celsius?

It is.

Went through gift cards from the games and offers I do sometimes

Turns out I didnā€™t redeem the first two I got from two years ago and there was one more from the pile.

:man_facepalming: Well Iā€™ll just count it as presents.

Idk how long before itā€™s a long time ago, but eight years is not exactly yesterday.

So youā€™re saying Star Wars could be set in 2016?

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In a galaxy far far away ā€¦

Can you prove it isnā€™t?

What would a ā€œclose byā€ galaxy be, exactly?

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Anything closer than far far away

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How are you getting around the long time ago part?

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We addressed this a few posts above.

Ordered a gift for my son from Dickā€™s Sporting Goods, in-store pickup. My wife picked it up. Just got an email saying it hadnā€™t been picked up and was refunded. Tried to use their chat, itā€™s canned responses. Called, hit some numbers to try to get a human on the line, and it hung up on me. Iā€™ve done my part right?

Until they figure it out and charge you.

Well I saw Star Wars over 30 years ago, so I donā€™t get how it could have taken place in 2016?

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Absolutely

I would love that but I doubt it, they already refunded the card.

I had exactly this happen with Target when I bought a PS5 last year for Christmas. I emailed them to let them know, and they responded telling me to keep it (and not pay).

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It was just a hypothetical whether the movie was SET in 2016, not whether it was released in 2016.