I stumbled upon a thread yesterday that began to warp my mind so much, I thought I’d share it with you. But rather than simply copy paste, I did a few quick workups of some of the facts in question.

Yes, I’m sure there are a fair amount of geniuses out there who had all these down already, but for most of you, I bet there’s at least one item in here that will change your worldview.

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When you first started reading this Game of Thrones allegory, comparing its characters to those in our political landscape, you may be a bit skeptical. But by the time you reach the Santorum comparison to the closeted gay Renly, you should see the pieces lining up. By the time you get to Gore/Stark, it’s picture perfect.

Fun fact: There used to actually be an Unreality sister blog named “Unpolitical.” It’s offline now, but it was my take on politics using the same sort of writing style I used to talk about Pokemon cosplay. In other words, it was all rather informal. But it was too hard to find traffic for it, and so it disappeared. It was featured on the Daily Show once though when Jon Stewart was making fun of a hyperbolic headline I wrote.  If I started that up again someday, would any of you read it?

From artist Average J comes a rather amazing series of prints that has Ron Swanson standing in for various characters in the Super Mario universe.

Raccoon Mario and Fireflower Mario are above and below, but the gallery also includes Frog, Penguin, Bee, Wario and Luigi skins as well, that you can check out here.

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I don’t have a particularly profound video to share with you today (I leave that to TJ in his earlier motivational video post), but I bet I’ve got something that’s an easy way to get you to laugh.

Since TV Thursday is no longer remotely humorous, and that includes many recent episodes of Always Sunny, check out the blooper reels from seasons 3, 4 and 5 of the show, which often times turn out to be even funnier than the final product.

When you have that much ridiculousness going on in each scene, I imagine it’s impossible to keep a straight face. As such, I bet these reels are the condensed version of a thousand times this has happened on set.

Magic has been a dormant force for a long while in Westeros, but now as Game of Thrones marches on, it’s clear it’s going to be a bigger and bigger part of the story. I haven’t yet made up  my mind about whether that’s a particularly good thing or not. Dragons? Pretty cool. Um…other…things? A little iffy.

We’ll have to wait until after the jump to start talking spoilers, and there is a whole bunch of other non-magic ground to cover from this week’s installment.

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What happens when the most evil machine on earth combines with the most evil machine in space? You get Aperture Daleks, probably the most dangerous pieces of metal in all the universe.

Yes, yes, I know it’s just a suit with a gross little thing in it. I’m totally halfway through season three of Doctor Who. In any case, I think there should definitely be an Aperture Science themed episode where something like this happens. Can you imagine the Doctor and his companion being run through “test” by them? Simply fantastic.

I’m what people call a beta male. That does not mean I have non-existent genitals, and spend all my time crying. Rather, it just means I’m far too relaxed and non-confrontational to ever be a typical alpha male.

They’re cocky, brash, intense and domineering. Sometime they use their dominance for good, others for evil. I tried to go through and find who the biggest alpha males have been throughout TV history. I’m sure you’ll say I missed a few, but check out my list below for yourself.

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I’m not sure what percentage of you actually keep up with The Office any more, as it’s in what, its eighth season now? Insanity. I doubt there are many loyalists like myself who have managed to keep watching every episode all this time, but if any of you managed to catch it last night, you’ll know what I’m talking about here.

My god.

Seriously, I’ve never seen a show go from relatable, understated comedy to this degree of complete buffoonery. Back when Michael Scott was still around, I lamented that he had become little more than a cartoon character, acting in ways that no human being ever would. I was sad to see him go, but I thought his replacement, Andy Bernard, to be a more toned down version of him, and the show seemed to be getting back to a place of relative sanity.

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As a rule, I avoid all forms of reality TV. If a given show contains the word “teen,” “wives,” “love,” “pregnant,” “Kardashians,” “shore,” “real,” “celebrity,” “extreme,” or “life” in the title, it’s probably not for me. These programs are chock-full of the worst kinds of people, the “drama” is usually manufactured, and just a few moments of exposure fills me with a weird combination of fury and anxiety (furiety?). And here’s the worst part: if I met some Hollywood hotshot who offered me a spot in the next season of The Bachelorette or whatever, I’d hypocritically snatch it up in a heartbeat to put my own stupid face on TV for a few minutes. I hate myself for this.

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Let’s get this out of the way: Yes, I watch New Girl. No, my girlfriend does not force me to. I genuinely like the show, and it’s probably the only half-hour comedy outside of NBC’s Thursday night or FX that’s worth a damn. It’s consistently funny, and Zooey Deschanel is just too adorable. No, it’ s not Game of Thrones or Breaking Bad or Dexter, but that doesn’t mean I can’t like it all the same.

Now let’s get this out of the way: Winston is black. Yes, I know this. This also has ZERO bearing on what I’m about to discuss, even if it looks a little weird that he’s the one circled above and I’m labeling him the “odd man out.”

Simply put, the show is great because it has great characters. Jess, Nick, Cece and especially Schmidt are all very unique and very distinctive personalities, and they play well off each other. Then there’s Winston. Originally, there was a macho man character named “Coach” who was in the pilot, but his other show got picked up for a second season so they subbed in Winston instead. The problem with Winston is that I’ve never seen a character so disconnected from the main show before. It’s like if in Friends, five of them always had funny plotlines together, but Ross was just off on his own each week doing nothing that related to the group.

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