Re: Twenty Questions - Game 86
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2023 5:22 pm
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Haha!!
Clarification: Do you mean the Gregorian, Jewish, Islamic, Indian, Chinese or Julian Calendar?
Catching up on the debate, remember that Balki Bartokomous did clarify that asking for clarifications did not imply that the clarifications has any relevance whatsoever. I think that the main issue is neither that anybody is being misleading nor that anyone is being lawyerly, but rather that these clarifications are a complete waste of time and can end up burying questions (like the "'good guy'" question) that end up not getting answered at all.Balki Bartokomous wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 9:19 pm(DISCLAIMER: I am not saying anything about whether the ambiguity matters to the subject at all. I just find that "superhero story or franchise" can have a lot of interpretations. And I'll ask for these kinds of clarifications whether they matter to the subject or not)
It's Clippit! Have some respect.Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑Sat Jan 14, 2023 11:15 amThis is not a useful hint.Balki Bartokomous wrote: ↑Sat Jan 14, 2023 8:50 amFree hint: It is not Clippy the Microsoft paperclip, nor is it Clippy inhabiting some other body, nor is it some other body inhabiting Clippy.
Now I am giving away free hints! Damn you, Village Idiot!
Clippy is not the size and shape of a human and does not have skin.
Balki Bartokomous wrote: ↑Fri Jan 13, 2023 5:45 pmTo keep us moving, I interpret your question as asking whether this character appears in a movie or show that is on the "Top 50" list to which you linked, and asks nothing about the thousands of additional pages. The answer is:Balki Bartokomous wrote: ↑Fri Jan 13, 2023 5:15 pmI love this question! It's so objective!Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑Fri Jan 13, 2023 5:06 pmDoes he appear in a movie or show that is on this list:
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?&genres=sci_fi
??
Just to be sure, the link you sent me directed me to a list of the "Top 50 Sci-Fi Movies and TV Shows," but there is also a link to go to next, which apparently takes me to 227,153 additional titles. You are asking if this character appears in one of the works on the top 50 of this list, right?
No
This is the only movie on that list that's from before 2001, ha ha:
Not human, but looks human, from a work of science fiction... so not confirmed but I think we have enough to go on to not waste a question on it.JECE wrote: ↑Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:07 pmNot a for our question master, but are we sure that this individual is an alien?
I don't see that confirmed in the answers. But if it is confirmed, we should probably comb this list:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_f ... rrestrials
Well, it was lucky that you answered it, I suppose. Most sci-fi movies and shows aren't titled after a character, and a slightly better framing would have been whether the character's species is referenced in the title (which does happen more often). Anyway, that seems to have been a helpful break, perhaps.Balki Bartokomous wrote: ↑Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:16 pmSorry missed your retraction. But I feel like it was a great question.
Not MorkFoxcastle wrote: ↑Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:19 pmWell, it was lucky that you answered it, I suppose. Most sci-fi movies and shows aren't titled after a character, and a slightly better framing would have been whether the character's species is referenced in the title (which does happen more often). Anyway, that seems to have been a helpful break, perhaps.Balki Bartokomous wrote: ↑Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:16 pmSorry missed your retraction. But I feel like it was a great question.
Free guess: Mork
Sorry, can you please clarify? JECE asked about "E. T." (with a space) but you replied "Not E.T." (no space).
I thought that I had it.