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    Image of RuBBa_cHiKiN: The real question is can it fit in the Batmobile? RuBBa_cHiKiN: The real question is can it fit in the Batmobile?
    11/06/09

    In reply to 54 Years Ago, Time Travel Was Invented By Doc Brown

    #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! promoted this comment RuBBa_cHiKiN: The real question is can it fit in the Batmobile? was starred RuBBa_cHiKiN: The real question is can it fit in the Batmobile? was unstarred
    Image of SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!
    11/06/09

    @RuBBa_cHiKiN: The real question is can it fit in the Batmobile?: I love Doc Brown's expressions. #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! was starred SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! was unstarred
    Image of CoHPhasor CoHPhasor
    11/05/09

    In reply to 54 Years Ago, Time Travel Was Invented By Doc Brown
    I <3 you Rosa. #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment CoHPhasor was starred CoHPhasor was unstarred
    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/05/09

    @CoHPhasor: I less-than-symbol-three you, too. #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    11/06/09

    @Rosa Golijan: It feels good to be less-than-symbol-three'ed. :-D #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Image of Identity (Metric) Identity (Metric)
    11/06/09

    @Rosa Golijan: @CoHPhasor: I want to get in on this whole "less-than-symbol-three-ing!"

    Although, I've always thought it was spelled "less-than-three" without the word symbol. Oh well, to each his/her own. #fluxcapacitorinvention
     Reply
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/06/09

    @Identity (reclamation): *sighs* You've caught me trying too hard to be "unique"...
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    Edited by Rosa Golijan at 11/06/09 8:46 AM Rosa Golijan was starred Rosa Golijan was unstarred
    Image of STFU_FPU! STFU_FPU!
    11/05/09

    In reply to 54 Years Ago, Time Travel Was Invented By Doc Brown
    #fluxcapacitorinvention
     Reply
    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment STFU_FPU! was starred STFU_FPU! was unstarred
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    11/05/09

    @Faslane's avatar is squished: Speechless? #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Image of STFU_FPU! STFU_FPU!
    11/06/09

    @Rosa Golijan: lol, no, posted a link but failed ;-) #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/06/09

    @Faslane's avatar is squished: Ah. Try the little pencil icon under your username if that happens again. It lets you edit the comment. #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Image of STFU_FPU! STFU_FPU!
    11/06/09

    @Rosa Golijan: thanks! I knew that just didn't do it. DOH!

    Cheers #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Image of X Omega Gold X Omega Gold
    11/05/09

    In reply to 54 Years Ago, Time Travel Was Invented By Doc Brown
    I've come to find every article I read that interests me on Gizmodo is from Rosa. Rosa, you are awesome, you are now the first columnist I will consistently follow :D #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    11/05/09

    @X Omega Gold: I think I've met my daily quota of being flattered. Thank you :) #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Image of robert.melendrez robert.melendrez
    11/05/09

    In reply to 54 Years Ago, Time Travel Was Invented By Doc Brown
    this is also my birthday! and a revolutionary day too! wikipedia
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    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment robert.melendrez was starred robert.melendrez was unstarred
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    11/05/09

    @robert.melendrez: A very happy birthday to you! #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Image of schunniky schunniky
    11/05/09

    In reply to 54 Years Ago, Time Travel Was Invented By Doc Brown
    HAS EVERYONE FORGOTTEN GUY FAWKES DAY?!

    It happens to also be today.
    I was hoping for a Guy Fawkes article...somehow...
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    Platypus Man promoted this comment Edited by schunniky at 11/05/09 6:44 PM schunniky was starred schunniky was unstarred
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    11/05/09

    @soffles: Yeah, this is more important.

    I remember watching "V for Vendetta" and thinking about how weird it was that Guy Fawkes day was the same day that Doc Brown came up with the idea for the Flux Capacitor.

    Oh, and not to nitpick, but the first temporal displacement occurred at 1:20 AM, not 1:21 (Einstein left at 1:20, skipped over that minute, and then they caught back up with him at 1:21). #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    11/05/09

    @Platypus Man: I thought Guy Fawkes was just Doc Brown's nickname until I read this comment... #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Image of elvisml2 elvisml2
    11/05/09

    @soffles: The American's don't do effigies today. I only know it from V for Vendetta.
    (Happy Bonfire Night!) #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment elvisml2 was starred elvisml2 was unstarred
    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/05/09

    @elvisml2: Voila! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is it vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished, as the once vital voice of the verisimilitude now venerates what they once vilified. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice....and I can't do anymore off the top of my head.

    I fail as a movie watcher. #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Image of Zachonium Zachonium
    11/06/09

    @Rosa Golijan: A very valiant venture, however, "Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin van-guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous." (I venerate the book/film with a vivacious vehemence...) #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment Zachonium was starred Zachonium was unstarred
    Image of Identity (Metric) Identity (Metric)
    11/06/09

    @Rosa Golijan: In my books, that doesn't count as a "fail."

    Remembering more than half of such a movie quote -especially one that is so filled with alliteration it makes Peter Piper's tonguetwister seem tame- is no small feat.

    I cannot even remember half the quote, although it has been a year since I've watched it. #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Image of schunniky schunniky
    11/06/09

    @elvisml2: I'm Australian, we have bushrangers here like Ned Kelly...well we did in the 1800's (so Guy Fawkes seems to me like a bushranger who got a tad overambitious) :P #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/06/09

    @Zachonium: Haha. This made me smile. #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/06/09

    @Identity (reclamation): Alas, I last watched the movie a few evenings ago, so I don't have too much of an excuse for it to not be fresh in my memory. #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Image of Identity (Metric) Identity (Metric)
    11/06/09

    @Rosa Golijan: I'll forgive you this one time. Partly because my friend is getting married today, and I'm finding it unusually difficult to harbor any hatred. #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/06/09

    @Identity (reclamation): Why thank you. And many congratulations to your friend. #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    11/06/09

    @Rosa Golijan: You're quite welcome, ma'am. And I will do my best to congratulate the happy couple. :) #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/05/09

    In reply to 54 Years Ago, Time Travel Was Invented By Doc Brown
    Great Scott!

    #RosaRocks
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    Edited by Jrsy Devil's Advocate® at 11/05/09 6:18 PM Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was starred Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was unstarred
    Image of dambo29: Rosa kicks butt! dambo29: Rosa kicks butt!
    11/05/09

    In reply to 54 Years Ago, Time Travel Was Invented By Doc Brown
    Rosa, I think I love you. You're quickly becoming my favorite editor here at Giz and you still have to be recognized at the left column with the rest of the boys.

    Thank you for all the great posts (and worry not, I'm no stalker). #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    nutbastard promoted this comment dambo29: Rosa kicks butt! was starred dambo29: Rosa kicks butt! was unstarred
    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    11/05/09

    @dambo29: Rosa kicks butt!:

    seconded. i even wrote blam to tell him how much myself and a lot of the other OG commenters like her. #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Image of Fulgrymm Fulgrymm
    11/05/09

    @dambo29: Rosa kicks butt!: Thing is, I could've sworn she was before. Then after a certain post got shoved down a memory hole, she was no longer in the column. Maybe I'm just imagining things, I dunno. #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment Fulgrymm was starred Fulgrymm was unstarred
    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/05/09

    @Fulgrymm: I was never on the Gizmodo masthead, but I was on the Lifehacker one while I interned there. Maybe that's what you're thinking of. #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    11/05/09

    @dambo29: I'll believe that until the odd coincidences start. #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Image of Con Seannery Con Seannery
    11/05/09

    @dambo29: Rosa kicks butt!: So...let me get this straight...you're saying...#RosaRocks ? #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Image of dambo29: Rosa kicks butt! dambo29: Rosa kicks butt!
    11/06/09

    @Rosa Golijan: "I'll believe that until the odd coincidences start."

    What? Completely lost here... #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/06/09

    @dambo29: Odd "coincidental" run-ins in dark alleys, street corners, in front of my window... #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Image of dambo29: Rosa kicks butt! dambo29: Rosa kicks butt!
    11/06/09

    @Rosa Golijan: yeah... I'll try not to be obvious. #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Image of blash blash
    11/05/09

    In reply to 54 Years Ago, Time Travel Was Invented By Doc Brown
    Remember, remember the 5th of November, the time travel fuel and plot. I know of no reason why the flying DeLorean should ever be forgot.

    But what of the man? I know his name was Doc Brown and I know in 1985, he made a time machine. But who was he really? What was he like? We are told to remember the triumph and not the man. Because a man can disappear. He can be trapped, he can be lost in a time paradox. But 34 years later, a triumph can be lost to the annals of cliched pop fiction.

    I have witnessed firsthand the power of time travel. I've seen people succeed in the results of it, and cease to exist because of it.

    But you cannot kiss time travel, cannot touch it or hold it. Time travel does not feel mercy or shower riches. It does not love.

    And it is not time travel that I miss, it is a man. A man that made me remember the 5th of November. A man that I will never forget. #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment blash was starred blash was unstarred
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    11/05/09

    @blash: Happy Time Travel Day. #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Image of EBone EBone
    11/05/09

    In reply to 54 Years Ago, Time Travel Was Invented By Doc Brown
    Great Scott! #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Image of MIKERIOSISAWHORE.COM MIKERIOSISAWHORE.COM
    11/05/09

    In reply to 54 Years Ago, Time Travel Was Invented By Doc Brown
    How long have you been waiting/holding on to THIS just for the chance of posting a article about this on this particular date Ms. Golijan? LOL! Guess you can now scratch this off of your bucket list... #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment MIKERIOSISAWHORE.COM was starred MIKERIOSISAWHORE.COM was unstarred
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    11/05/09

    @MIKERIOSISAWHORE.COM: I thought of it a while back and then entirely forgot until today. #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    11/05/09

    @Rosa Golijan: NERD ALERT! Ha! Whatever the case I like the way you think Rosa! Keep on keeping! #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    11/05/09

    @MIKERIOSISAWHORE.COM: I tend to prefer "geek!!!!!" #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Image of psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you! psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you!
    11/05/09

    In reply to 54 Years Ago, Time Travel Was Invented By Doc Brown
    Uh no. That is incorrect. 54 years ago, time travel was not invented by Doc Brown. It was invented by yours truly. K thx bai.

    Seriously though, I'm from the year 2021. #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Image of Spotz Spotz
    11/05/09

    In reply to 54 Years Ago, Time Travel Was Invented By Doc Brown
    So... when is the REMAKE being done??

    #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    ripfire promoted this comment Spotz was starred Spotz was unstarred
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    11/05/09

    @Spotz: 2015 #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Image of Mr.Wilson Mr.Wilson
    11/05/09

    In reply to 54 Years Ago, Time Travel Was Invented By Doc Brown
    Remember, remember, the 5th of November... ;)
    I always get pissed off at myself for not checking the tv stations on October 25th, to see if anyone's got a decent sense of humor and decided to air the movie. #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    tande04 promoted this comment Mr.Wilson was starred Mr.Wilson was unstarred
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    11/05/09

    @Mr.Wilson: You lost me, why would you check on Oct 25th? #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    11/05/09

    @tande04: Because that's the day Marty used the time machine in the parking lot of the Twin Pines Mall.

    When he goes back to 1955, he runs over a pine tree. When he gets back, the name of the mall is Lone Pine Mall. #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    11/05/09

    @badhatharry: Ooooh its a BTTF reference.

    I thought he was getting at V for Vendetta after the first quote and that was the movie he wanted to air on Oct 25th. #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Image of SKiTz SKiTz
    11/05/09

    In reply to 54 Years Ago, Time Travel Was Invented By Doc Brown
    I'm not getting the significance of this. Did Christopher Lloyd just die or something? #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    Image of MarcusMaximus MarcusMaximus
    11/05/09

    @SKiTz: "On November 5, 1955, Dr. Emmett Lathrop Brown hit his head on the side of a bathroom sink." Look at today's date. #fluxcapacitorinvention
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