Obvious things you've only just realised (2017 THREAD)

[Bingo Fury]

JJ Abrams romantically linked Spock and Uhura to sidestep all the speculation about the underlying homoeroticism of his friendship with Kirk that's dogged Star Trek since before the invention of slash fiction.

New page slash.

[Norton Canes]

'Tinder' isn't spelt 'Tindr'.

[touchingcloth]

"Rembrandt" isn't a surname.

I don't know if I've mentioned this in here already, but it took me a long time before I realised that "SJW" didn't stand for something like "Sally Jane Walker".

[JesusAndYourBush]

I don't know if I've mentioned this in here already, but it took me a long time before I realised that "SJW" didn't stand for something like "Sally Jane Walker".

I know what it stands for but every damn time I see that stupid acronym my thought process is : "Sarah Jessica Wuh... What??? Oh that."

[touchingcloth]

Boxing and that. When you look at a boxer's "total fights" statistic on their Wikipedia page, does that mean the number of title fights (or whatever - I don't know the boxing lingo) they've had, or the total number of fights they've ever had?

Joe Frazier: 37
George Foreman: 81
Muhammad Ali: 61
Ricky Hatton: 48
Lennox Lewis: 44
Chris Eubank: 52
Mike Tyson: 58

They all seem a little low if those are all the professional fights they've ever fought.

[Replies From View]

I know what it stands for but every damn time I see that stupid acronym my thought process is : "Sarah Jessica Wuh... What??? Oh that."

I still don't know what it stands for, and I always think first of Sarah Jane Adventures, then the Sarah Connor Chronicles, before giving it up as clearly part of a shit for cunts acronym game.

If it mattered, it wouldn't be written as an acronym.  Done.

[Rocket Surgery]

It's also not an acronym.

[Danger Man]

[Repeater]

It's an initialism innit and the boxing thing - those are their fights. Fuckin', 48 fights isn't much? You on speed mate?

[Replies From View]

It's also not an acronym.

Because "SJW" can't be pronounced as a word?  Well fuck you, because it can.

[Repeater]

mate

[Replies From View]

mate

If you don't agree with me, then you have to spend the rest of your Bank Holiday repeating "SJW" over and over again until you recognise that I am right.

[touchingcloth]

It's an initialism innit and the boxing thing - those are their fights. Fuckin', 48 fights isn't much? You on speed mate?

In an entire career? You'd think they had more fights than that in a year - multiple per week, not one every few months.

[Replies From View]

"I've gone to sleep 48 times in my life" = not a lot of times.

[JesusAndYourBush]

In an entire career? You'd think they had more fights than that in a year - multiple per week, not one every few months.

I don't follow boxing now, but I remember Frank Bruno fights were always a hugely hyped thing, but he only did about 3 or 4 per year.

[olliebean]

Presumably he did a lot more than that before he got famous, though?

[touchingcloth]

What do they do between the big fights? Presumably they need to do a fair number of small ones to qualify for the big matches?

Does anyone here know more about boxing than it just being punches and that?

[Thursday]

Yeah I'm as confused as touchingcloth here, I'm just sort of vaguely aware there's a big match every so often, but don't really know anything about the structure to it. I mean with Olympic boxing there's at least a structure to it. (even though the judging often makes little sense from the times I would watch)

[Norton Canes]

FaceApp's not going to work on my PC is it. There's a clue in the name.

[touchingcloth]

FaceApp's not going to work on my PC is it. There's a clue in the name.

You could download Bluestacks and run the Android version on your PC.

[Norton Canes]

Yeah just seen a page that says that, then I realised I should just learn how to use my phone properly.

[Icehaven]

FaceApp's not going to work on my PC is it. There's a clue in the name.

I can't get it to work on my phone either. Guess I'll never get to see what I would have looked like if I'd got old.

[thecuriousorange]

The title of TV show Inside Amy Schumer is probably meant to sound rude.

[Repeater]

Re. boxing, I mean just think about it, when you start you'll take fights often to get your name out, after your amateur career. When you become successful and marketable, you'll take less because: your manager will want them to become 'events' worth purchasing, because you have less time to just train & have more media obligations (plus life obligations) and because you no longer NEED to take many fights. You'll want to become a cultural thing, 1 fight every 6  months, get the PPV money etc. Also, think of it, how often can you be fucked / allowed to bash your head in for 12 90 minute rounds, added to the sparring and training? Fuck that.

I actually really dislike boxing, don't know much about it, but I figure the career span is similar to MMA fighters (which is something I do enjoy).

[touchingcloth]

If you're only doing one fight every six months, how do you get to qualify for the big fights like that one that was heavily promoted last week?

[Repeater]

There's no qualifying, promoters decide to use you - that's it. I dunno if it's a strict meritocracy, but I do know that MMA isn't. Some guys gets big fights solely because they're popular. I figure it's the same in boxing.

[Gulftastic]

The line 'I'm gonna go out and let myself get absolutely soaking wet...' in 'It's Raining Men' is quite filthy.

[jobotic]

The name of the band 'Pansy Division' is based on 'Panzer Division'.

[olliebean]

"Flat cap" is a spoonerism of "Cat flap."

Mind = blown.

[touchingcloth]

The song "Tally Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire never actually says "tally ho" in the lyrics, nor is it called "Tally Ho".