AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTrying to build viable third parties by voting for them in presidential elections is like trying to build a third door in your house by repeatedly walking into the wall where you want the door to be.message-squaremessage-square469fedilinkarrow-up11.11Karrow-down1163
arrow-up1944arrow-down1message-squareTrying to build viable third parties by voting for them in presidential elections is like trying to build a third door in your house by repeatedly walking into the wall where you want the door to be.AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square469fedilink
minus-squareOlgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·4 months agoBy the time you knock a hole in the wall with your own body, you’re gonna be a bloody pulp.
minus-squareLog in | Sign up@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·4 months agoThey’re referring to Doctor Who, a fictional “time lord” who used many theoretical lifetimes to bash a hole in an impenetrable wall, dying many times over (not a big issue for him), if I recall correctly.
minus-squareOlgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoThat must have been the old Doctor Who, because I don’t remember seeing an episode like that. But that’s a very Doctor Who style plot line lol
minus-squareLog in | Sign up@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoIn fact it was “Heaven Sent” Peter Capaldi. Series 9, episode 11. 28 November 2015.
minus-squareOlgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoAh, that would explain it. I checked out once Capaldi joined.
minus-squareLog in | Sign up@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoHe really grew on me over time.
minus-squareOlgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoI’m rewatching it again, this time with my girlfriend because she hasn’t seen it yet. We’re currently 3/4 of the way through Matt Smith’s doctor. So maybe this time he will grow on me.
By the time you knock a hole in the wall with your own body, you’re gonna be a bloody pulp.
They’re referring to Doctor Who, a fictional “time lord” who used many theoretical lifetimes to bash a hole in an impenetrable wall, dying many times over (not a big issue for him), if I recall correctly.
That must have been the old Doctor Who, because I don’t remember seeing an episode like that.
But that’s a very Doctor Who style plot line lol
In fact it was “Heaven Sent” Peter Capaldi. Series 9, episode 11. 28 November 2015.
Ah, that would explain it. I checked out once Capaldi joined.
He really grew on me over time.
I’m rewatching it again, this time with my girlfriend because she hasn’t seen it yet. We’re currently 3/4 of the way through Matt Smith’s doctor.
So maybe this time he will grow on me.
Excellent. Enjoy.