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[–] Protoknuckles@lemmy.world 211 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I always read symbiote spider man in this movie as Parker with the confidence to act how he thought would be cool. And he thought it would be cool to answer the phone in an unexpected way.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 160 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's exactly what it was. He wasn't supposed to be cool, he was doing what he thought was cool. I don't understand how people watch the part of him walking down the street finger gunning everyone and miss that.

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's like his inner id running loose

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Is the symbiote the horse or the rider?

[–] frezik@midwest.social 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Nice reference

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 82 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

This wasn't just a quirk of Burns, but a joke about his age:

Alexander Graham Bell initially suggested that the standard greeting when answering a telephone should be "ahoy", but instead "hello" (suggested by Thomas Edison) was adopted.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Perhaps Thomas Edison's greatest crime.

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I still think we should switch over to Italian answering:

"Pronto!" == 'ready'

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

I'm just going to go with shalom. If Spider-Man says it's cool, who am I to argue

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I understand this was/is a joke. That being said, Topsy may have a slightly differing opinion on that.

Edit: I made friends with the RBB&BC elephants before they were retired. I only interacted with them 4 times for less than a week at a time before they were retired. When I visit them in Florida, they know who I am and act like giant puppies whenever they smell me near. I have a particular love for elephants and orca.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 14 points 10 months ago
[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 159 points 10 months ago (4 children)

saying "shalom" or "namastey" or "hola" as a non-native speaker was an irritating "hip" thing to do when that movie came out, and that's a scene where Peter Parker is trying repeatedly to be "hip" and failing spectacularly.

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 28 points 10 months ago (6 children)

wait is it genuinely irritating to sprinkle in greetings/thanks/you're-welcomes in other languages cuz i do that a lot cuz i like learning new words πŸ₯Ί

[–] pancakes@sh.itjust.works 24 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately you are not allowed to speak in tongues outside of those you were born into.

Also nice username.

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago

that's also a top notch username

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

yea, it's irritating by way of inconvenience, especially in monocultures like the states, but it isn't wrong or a "bad" behavior, so go for it.

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago
[–] SmilingSolaris@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Same... Do people hate me?

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 3 points 10 months ago

As someone that does this...

People say I'm irritating but endearing.

So take that as you will.

[–] ZOSTED@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Howdy howdy howdy!

I honestly can't stop greeting people like this, even though I've never stepped foot in a place where it doesn't snow

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 months ago

🀠 happy cake day pardner

[–] Sludgeyy@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Depends on context.

This is the same idea as answering the phone with "Talk to me" which is generally from a pompous arrogant character.

Like "I'm here, what do you have to say?"

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[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 72 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Ya know, given recent events, certain people have made me aware that I often say shalom, call my baby daughter "bubby" and use other words like "schlep" and "schvitzing," as though Yiddish was evil. They are, of course, assholes.

Natural, I'll continue to use those words because I was raised on Mel Brooks movies, especially Men in Tights, which is a goddamn classic.

[–] Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works 28 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Many Yiddish words like "schlep" are so mainstream that it doesn't even register with me.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

"You've got a little schmutz on you" just feels like the right way to tell people there's an unspecified substance on them.

[–] PaellaVacuum 2 points 10 months ago

Isn't that one Dutch?

[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yiddish and Hebrew are far older than and used by those who don't support current events. It's like the German language getting demonized in the US (and probably elsewhere) around the world wars; the language didn't do anything, but people make assumptions of the speakers of those languages.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Yeah Judaism isn’t the problem with Zionism, settler colonialism and genocide are.

[–] VelvetStorm@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't bubby mean grandmother?

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So apparently it can be both Grandma and baby, and I have no idea why. I did double check, though.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

"Bubbe" only meant grandmother originally. The "baby" meaning almost certainly comes from it being a false cognate with the English word.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 46 points 10 months ago

The symbiote keeps kosher, doesn't it.

[–] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Holy shit it's real, that's fucking hilarious LMAO.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 14 points 10 months ago

I could have sworn I watched this but I don't remember the plot of the movie, let alone whatever this is. I feel like the only thing I remember from it was him telling the girl to make him different cookies.

[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

My takeaway from bad Peter's sad attempt at being cool and edgy? A jazz bar dance? Strutting? But if you think about it, this Peter was raised by a very elderly May and Ben . His idea of hip music is the swing jazz that Ben could have played, his idea of cool is May and Ben watching old James Dean movies. This Peter is an absolute dork, even when he's trying to be cool

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 10 points 10 months ago
[–] AlexisFR@jlai.lu 1 points 10 months ago

Well? Show the answers!

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

i say "moshi mosh" because I'm a weeb.

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