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[โ€“] [email protected] 210 points 1 month 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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 158 points 1 month 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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's like his inner id running loose

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is the symbiote the horse or the rider?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Nice reference

[โ€“] [email protected] 82 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Perhaps Thomas Edison's greatest crime.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I still think we should switch over to Italian answering:

"Pronto!" == 'ready'

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago