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= December 15 =

Stories about Disillusionment
One of the things I loved about Breaking Bad (spoilers) is the way some of the main characters tried to reenact the fantasy lives of the heroes of their favorite movies, but were slowly crushed by the awful reality of the mundane and the tragic results of their own choices. Can you name some other movies, television shows, or novels that explore this feeling of disillusionment? Lev Grossman's "The Magicians" is one (and it borrows very heaily from "On the Road"), but I'm sure there are others.

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.81.131.210 (talk) 07:16, 15 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Animal Farm is one, where at first the animals seem to have created a "workers paradise", but then things go astray.


 * Lord of the Flies also comes to mind, where some kids without adult supervision seem like they are going to have fun, but then things get very dark.


 * The film A Simple Plan also qualifies. StuRat (talk) 10:01, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
 * The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers. ZMBrak (talk) 16:17, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

Batman joke
Can sombody explain this joke?

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46.239.234.77 (talk) 11:13, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
 * The "kid" disappeared without Batman realising, whilst he was still talking, which is what Batman always does-- Jac 16888 Talk 11:28, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

What is the meaning of "The kid pulled a ME."?

46.239.234.77 (talk) 12:47, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

C'mon. What do you think it means? Britmax (talk) 12:58, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

I don't know. 46.239.234.77 (talk) 13:26, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
 * "to pull a " means to do or perform as the person behind that name often does. See for example "to pull a Homer". So if Batman says "the kid pulled a ME", he's saying "the kid did or performed as I often do". In better words: What Jac16888 wrote. ---Sluzzelin talk  13:36, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

Ah, now I see, thanks. 46.239.234.77 (talk) 14:01, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Making fun of the expression as much as anything. Like how folks will say, "Thank God for that!", so if someone is playing the role of God in a comedy, then he might say, "Thank Me for that!" ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 23:00, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

Young Thug
Has someone by this name gotten past the WP:BIO standards lately? WP:TOPRED has young Thug at #13, so apparently lots of people are searching for the name. Its deletion log shows a ton of deletions, largely A7 several years ago, and we've salted it because there were so many; I've come here because I know nothing of searching for popculture topics. Nyttend (talk) 14:58, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
 * This is a review of the artist in question's latest album (from April of this year) - we also have an article on his record label, 1017 Brick Squad Records. Getting there, certainly, but maybe not quite over the line as yet.  Definitely out of the A7 range, at least.  Tevildo (talk) 15:44, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Or maybe your understanding of the CSD criteria is warped. Shadowjams (talk) 06:52, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

Burnout 2
On Dip Disaster, what is the current leaderboard according to http://crashmode.chiefs.tv (I don't have access to it)? --78.156.109.166 (talk) 20:46, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
 * The current top five (table dated 12 December at 12:33 pm) are:

Footage of the #1 run is available here. Tevildo (talk) 23:27, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I saw it already. --78.156.109.166 (talk) 09:29, 16 December 2013 (UTC)