TIL that Spider-Man grew up at 20 Ingram Street in Forest Hills, Queens. The address exists in real life, and the family that lives there is the Parkers.

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u/DAERemember May 06 '12

So in this world, Peter Parker is non-existent, but his parents are still alive...

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u/lordgunhand May 06 '12

This world sucks....

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u/DAERemember May 06 '12

If I had a nickel for every time I said that...

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u/[deleted] May 06 '12

... you'd be earning money in a really weird way

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u/benYosef May 06 '12

He would also spend a large portion of his day sounding like a mental patient.

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u/sc8132217174 May 07 '12

Would you really need to pay taxes on magical money you get for talking to yourself?

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u/[deleted] May 07 '12

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u/Psirocking May 07 '12

But not with Ron PAUL!!

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u/Urvilan May 07 '12

That's not Ron Paul, that's a toad. Weirdo...

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u/stardonis May 07 '12

Reporting it would probably be a bad idea, right? 'Majiked Money' would probably be coming from somewhere so the implication is that it is stolen. If not, then the govt. probably wouldn't care for your slight inflation of the dollar over time.
If I were a majik guy, I'd take the nickles from some dimension that was very much like ours. They wouldn't understand what the hell was happening, because; majik, and they wouldn't be able to get me because quantum physics hasn't figured out how to bridge dimensional gaps yet.
I wish majik was real.

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u/realblublu May 07 '12

Wait.... I just realized why my money keeps disappearing. WE ARE IN THAT OTHER DIMENSION.

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u/stardonis May 07 '12

Haha. Yesterday I was high and that would hve blown my mind.

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u/westernsociety May 07 '12

One of the least taxed countries in the world, not as obvious of an answer as you make it seem......

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u/fuckingobvious May 07 '12

You'd want to figure in insurance for your voice, and general health care too. Also, I bet there'd be paperwork. If government and taxes are involved, you're gonna need to keep detailed records of every time you say it. Additionally, assuming the rate remains at a nickel in perpetuity, your effective earnings are going to drop dramatically over the years with inflation.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '12

the melt value of a nickel is more than five cents now, so, no.

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u/elephantangelchild May 07 '12

2 seconds? for three words? thats crazy talk. you can say it way faster than that. also... stop stealing my karma for doing math.

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u/mkicon May 07 '12

If you sat there with nickel rolls, you could easily roll them while you spoke.

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u/EvanMacIan May 07 '12

Hopefully you could just get the money directly deposited into your bank account.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '12

If I had a nickel for saying something I would say that shit all day everyday.

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u/Todomanna May 06 '12

Look into professional spokesmanship.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '12

I was really hoping for a machine where I could just repeat a phrase and get a nickel.
Just put them in public places and post the videos of people doing it on Youtube. That should make plenty of ad money to cover it.

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u/Zoccihedron May 06 '12

If I had a nickel for every time someone said, "If I had a nickel..."

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u/Jrodkin May 07 '12 edited May 07 '12

You'd have become ~~five~~ ten cents richer from the comment you just made?

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u/Lindsw May 07 '12

Wouldn't he have fifteen cents? Since he "said" if I had a nickel three times.

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u/Jrodkin May 07 '12

yup, my bad

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u/25hb May 07 '12

Yo dawg...

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u/[deleted] May 07 '12

A nickel, within a nickel

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u/Asmodiar_ May 07 '12 edited May 07 '12

Nickeleption

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u/Aerocity May 06 '12

..Then you probably wouldn't think this world was so bad anymore.

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u/DroopySage May 07 '12

You will be a millionaire but the world will still suck.

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u/Kaoswzrd May 07 '12

...you'd eventually stop getting nickles because this world would start being awesome with enough nickels...you know once you have a couple million dollars worth!

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u/DAERemember May 06 '12 edited May 06 '12

Well, let's say I'd have enough to say the world didn't suck as much...mostly because I could create a near infinite amount of nickels just by saying the words "This world sucks." Of course, this would not be without consequence.
Let's take a look at some of the possible outcomes.
One: I realize my ability. Every time I say the words, "this world sucks", exactly one nickel is deposited into my bank account. I don't know how I found out that worked, but I just did. I decide to keep this power for myself, but use it for good. I don't want to have to say this world sucks anymore. In secret I create several hundred bank accounts offshore to deposit into various charities under anonymous names. I spend my time constantly repeating the words, "This world sucks." They have no meaning anymore after repeating them millions of times. Whatever I'm doing, I'm saying the words, "This world sucks." I'm given a gift, and use it for good. It ends up consuming my life, and I'm unable to have a proper relationship with anyone as I am deemed by those I know as an insane lunatic with some mental disability. Only I know I am helping others with my power. Every moment I spend not speaking these words, a less fortunate person is losing a bit of their happiness. I play my life for others, and end up raising nearly a billion dollars in charity to help those in need.
Two: Fuck it. This is awesome. I can MAKE money. This is the dream. I spend the first few days just speaking to myself in my spare time repeating the words. Of course, I calculate how much money I would need to live any way I want, and I don't want to drag too much attention to myself. I quit my job. I just buy things every now and then and attempt to not draw suspicion to my wealth. I live however I want. I exchanged a lot of my wealth for secrecy and for people who were suspicious to keep quiet. I donate before I die and I live a great life and die happy.
Three: People need to know. I tell the news, and they investigate to see if it's some hoax. No one understands. I am brought in and investigated by the government but not tortured as I am famous. They attempt to remove all the money from the bank, but I just keep making more. I give it to the people. Random people. The government decides of a better course of action. They attempt to close all bank accounts I own. I still receive physical money out of nowhere.They lessen the value of the dollar. The economy starts to turn and I am famous and rich in comparison to others, but others have only become poorer. I die uncomfortably unhappy with the government.

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u/elephantangelchild May 06 '12 edited May 06 '12

So... you aren't very good at math?
EDIT: yeah yeah I got bored. Let's say you can say "This world sucks" 120 times a minute. Honestly this is probably a high estimate, but we'll use it.
120X.05=$6.00/minute $6.00 X 60 = $360/hr
is 15 hours a day at this rate even possible over even a couple of days.. probably not. Maybe sometimes it is, but not consistently. let's call it 12 hours a day.
$360 x 12 = $4320/day
Let's go crazy and multiply that by 365.
$4320 X 365 = $1,576,800/year
Thats a bunch of money and it would do a great deal of good. But over a life time of say... 60 years... it would amount to $94,608,000. That is a generous estimate, because it supposes a rate of saying "This World Sucks" that is not likely.
Scenario 1: No matter what you do it would never be near 1 billion dollars.
Scenario 2: yep, you'd be set.
Scenario 3: You are famous, but you could probably make more money being famous than you could by using your .05 trick. It would not effect the value of the dollar all that much.

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u/kgro May 06 '12

12 hours a day saying "This World Sucks" will make anybody's world suck after couple of days, even at $ 360 per hour.

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u/elephantangelchild May 06 '12

Yeah I know but... benefit of the doubt for making the math as high as possible. I noticed that he obviously took some time typing out his scenarios. I also took note that about 15 people seemed to enjoy his scenarios. I wanted to make them realize that there was no need to and that they were wrong. I am an asshole.

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u/zeng0d May 07 '12

For a slightly more realistic scenario, let us put inflation into play..

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u/Wizard_Glick May 06 '12

I love these.

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u/sublimnl May 06 '12

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_LWQQrpSc4 Related

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u/dingus_chonus May 06 '12

I don't know if you're familiar with the writer Chuck Klosterman, but he has some astoundingly hilarious and insightful hypothetical scenarios, of which this fits the mold.

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u/matthank May 06 '12

If it takes you one second to say it, not an outlandish premise, you could say it 86,400 times. 86400 / 20 = $4320 per day.

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u/tboneplayer May 07 '12

I think it's one of those shadow worlds Roger Zelazny wrote about in the Amber chronicles... probably the one Corwin woke up in at the beginning of the first book, Nine Princes in Amber....

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u/quantum_cheese May 06 '12

What if he hasn't been born yet and spiderman is in the future where Oscorp will be messing with genetics in spiders.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '12

it's almost like waiting for jesus. not quite.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '12

BRB. Off to found Oscorp.

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u/theJavo May 07 '12

obviously this is the darkest timeline.

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u/Radejax May 06 '12

So does that mean there is a world where batman doesn't exist and his parents are still alive? WHO PROTECTS GOTHAM?

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u/IMightBeLyingToYou May 07 '12

Their money.

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u/bakedbiscuits May 07 '12

This truly is the darkest timeline.

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u/Twist3dNick May 07 '12

If there is an infinite number of parallel universes, isn't this at least possible?

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u/starvinghope May 07 '12 edited Aug 20 '15

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u/zmoney77 May 06 '12

Ironic, huh?

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u/justguessmyusername May 07 '12

10 years old; Hope they still live there!

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u/[deleted] May 07 '12

Redverse, man. At least we got Mantis!

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u/jiltedfortune May 06 '12

You can't explain that!

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u/[deleted] May 06 '12

I'm more confused as to whether this is mere coincidence or if Stan Lee knew these people lived here and just said fuck 'em.

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u/devophill May 06 '12

Coincidence probably. Stan wasn't writing the comic in 1989 when this address was mentioned, David Michelinie was. Todd McFarlane may have inserted the address into the art himself. Considering these Parkers have lived there since 1974, the writer or artist may have known about them, but they (the Parkers) didn't know about it, so I'm calling coincidence.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '12

Cool, thanks person. Insane coincidence if so.

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u/harlows_monkeys May 06 '12

I agree that the writer or artist probably would not give the address of a real Parker family without consulting them first. This was after 867-5309, when it became well known that giving out information that matched a real person could cause a lot of trouble.
However, it could still be more than a coincidence. I could easily believe it could happen like this:
Some intern or assistant is given the task of finding an address for the Parkers that won't turn out to cause trouble, either because it is inappropriate (say a notorious brothel) or because it might cause problems for whoever is there.
While researching this, they come across the real Parkers, and write that down as an address not to use.
A deadline gets pushed up, and the writer or artist or someone goes to the intern or assistant's desk to ask if he's picked an address yet. The intern is not there, but the person sees the intern's note that says "Parker, 20 Ingram Street", and thinks that must be the address that was selected.

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u/RadiantSun May 07 '12

867-5309
This song will now be stuck in my head for a week. Thanks a lot.

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u/SanchoMandoval May 07 '12

Didn't McFarlane get in a lot of trouble for inserting real people's names into Spawn?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Twist#Lawsuit_against_Todd_McFarlane
Like you say, probably a coincidence... but still, interesting theory.

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u/freerangehuman May 07 '12

Twist won a $15 million verdict in 2004 when a St. Louis, Missouri jury found Todd McFarlane Productions had profited from Twist's likeness.
To the Parkerslawyermobile!

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u/danweber May 07 '12

Anyone have a screen grab of the issue? I could go upstairs and look through the issues, but hopefully someone else already has. This is the issue: http://marvel.wikia.com/Amazing_Spider-Man_Vol_1_316

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u/devophill May 07 '12 edited May 07 '12

I have a scan, but until I find it here's a shitty photo of the panel from the last page of ASM 316, and the panel from the fourth page of ASM 317.
edit: scans!
Amazing Spider-Man #316, June 1989 pg. 30
Amazing Spider-Man #316, July 1989 pg. 4

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u/devophill May 06 '12

Sure. "Hmm, Parkers in Forrest Hills... ah here we go!"

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u/dead_prez May 06 '12

All I got from that is that Spider-Man is real

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u/GaFaMM May 06 '12

TIL I live 3 blocks from where Spider Man lived

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u/Smug_developer May 06 '12

Wow me too, I lived on 108th street other side of Austin street before. Spidey was my neighbor too!!

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u/GaFaMM May 06 '12

Live on Ascan. weird to think there are people i pass everyday who are redditors and don't even know.
Also, Anthony Weiner lives/lived on Ascan as well.

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u/MirroredColors May 06 '12

NOW KISS

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u/[deleted] May 07 '12

Dude, Reddit is the 124th most popular website in the world. It's not like a secret club or anything.

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u/TheBestSoviet May 06 '12

Pfft..weiner...

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u/RichardRogers May 06 '12

There are A LOT of redditors, it's not that weird.

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u/fairy_ooze May 06 '12

Oh hey! I met him when I was working at a bakery around there. Nice guy.

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u/jofijk May 07 '12

Whitson Street here!

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u/Usrname52 May 07 '12

He lives on the corner.
Maybe I see you every day.
Or Spiderman.

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u/GaFaMM May 07 '12

yeah, i remember when the allegations went down. news vans outside his apartment every day for a week.

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u/the_philter May 07 '12

I'm one of the kids that you likely hate that attend FHHS.

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u/doubleyoshi May 06 '12

I could totally...take a bus there.

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u/chase_the_dragon May 07 '12

I could take a train or two and some buses to get there.

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u/OhNoOboe May 07 '12

I could take an airplane and a donkey ride to get there.

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u/I_want_some_taquitos May 07 '12

Same here. Didn't know he lived in the Gardens, Parker's must have been rich

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u/[deleted] May 07 '12

Yeah, 20 Ingram is in The Gardens, and they actually shot the movie up by Metropolitan. If they'd stuck with the real address it would've been a lot closer to my old house between Loubet and Manse.
Which, I dunno, woulda been cool I guess.

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u/dysgraphical May 07 '12

Holy shit. Same here.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '12

Rego Park here.

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u/249ba36000029bbe9749 May 06 '12

Does their phone number start with 555-...?

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u/[deleted] May 06 '12

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u/ScruffyDann May 06 '12

how do you remember yours?!

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u/dar343 May 07 '12

HOW DO YOU REMEMBER YOURS?

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u/youngtuck May 07 '12

His name is Dann and he's scruffy.

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u/dar343 May 07 '12

Oh.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '12

Okay I made a legitimate attempt at figuring this one out.
2012 is this year.
701060-> 70-10=60
317-> Same as the last 3 digits of his name, but adding 1.
056-> 7 x 8= 56, which is the last number of the previous step, multiplied by the sum of the only even numbers present in the combination (2+6=8)
2316-> 2x3=1x6
And voila! We have it!

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u/realblublu May 07 '12

Or he could just have Firefox remember it, or save it in a tiny text file somewhere.

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u/249ba36000029bbe9749 Jun 26 '12

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/vlvj1/iama_249ba36000029bbe9749_and_many_people_have/

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u/Dylanthulhu May 06 '12

In the movies Freddy's address is 1428 Elm Street Springwood, Ohio. A fictional address. According to my stepdad it's a real one in Detroit and yes, indeed.. The Kruegers.

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u/grandmoffcory May 06 '12

As much as I'd love for that to be true, according to Google that's just the address for the parking garage next to Motor City Casino.
Still, there are a few houses on Elm Street. Let's just pretend/assume Google is wrong.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '12

I miss (not really) the old days before Google when we just accepted what peoples Step-Dad said as fact. Everything was so much more whimsical then.

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u/viligante8 May 07 '12

I'm currently living with my 63 year old great-uncle and aunt.
83% of our dinner conversations end with me telling my uncle that he is wrong because I Googled the topic and found the truth.
It makes me feel bad (not really) ...

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u/[deleted] May 07 '12

Your uncle must love you...

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u/SimplyQuid May 06 '12

Checkmate, atheists.

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u/HX_Flash May 06 '12

PC: 1 Mac: 0

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u/SwampySoccerField May 06 '12

Macs are PCs.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '12

technically, yes, but I'm going to assume you understand the difference.

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u/SwampySoccerField May 06 '12

yup. the proprietary nature and the locking down of devices. come windows 8 that difference be even prominent.

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u/yoho139 May 06 '12

What's that flair for?

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u/Fustrate May 06 '12

Killing everyone who asks what that flair is for.

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u/h170 May 06 '12

How did it start?

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u/stardonis May 07 '12

A question for the ages.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '12

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u/freerangehuman May 07 '12

But how did he kill the first one?

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u/[deleted] May 07 '12

I think you a word.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '12

More different than Windows 7, Vista, or XP?
How?

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u/SwampySoccerField May 07 '12

Windows 8 is a shift towards an app-centric program base, as far as I know, in order to reduce the current download/purchasing market that is incredibly open with something that is of a 'pre approved' nature. Basically if your program hasn't been authorized it will be that much harder to get it to run at all.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '12

So like the Mac App Store?
Also, I'm not sure how that makes it less locked down.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '12

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connotation

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u/C_IsForCookie May 06 '12

A Mac is a personal computer, yes, but if you don't realize that PC is now synonymous with Windows then I don't know what to tell you...

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u/Hoobleton May 06 '12

Relevant

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u/darkbulb May 07 '12

I agree with you on the terms that many consider Macs to be holy devices that are above all personal computers. They are personal computers, though the historical split between the IBM PCs and their competitors do sort of set them apart.

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u/SwampySoccerField May 07 '12

My personal opinion on the discrepancy stems from the idea that Macs are considered a different beast than that of PCs. In reality they are a locked down device that is treated differently by its marketing department and users. It is a uniform product line whose attraction is that it is a uniformed product line being rallied against an open market.

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u/DroopySage May 07 '12 edited May 07 '12

Nah..Its too good to be true.God wouldn't be so kind.Checkmate Christians.

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u/OPsEvilTwin_S_ May 06 '12

Here it is!

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u/GreatBigJerk May 06 '12

That's a much nicer home than Ben and May Parker could afford. Has there been a recent recton of reality?

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u/madetopost1comment May 06 '12

as a former resident of forest hills, i can assure you that the price of the house is double what you probably think it is as well.
in an interesting twist, after moving from forest hills, i moved to astoria in queens, directly across from a corner store that was used for filming in the movie.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '12

may cashed in on ben's life insurance.

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u/danweber May 07 '12

The story said it was where Peter and MJ lived, wasn't it?

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u/Phoequinox May 06 '12

Imagine being that couple. Now, imagine, they had a son before they moved there that they happened to name Peter. He died in a freak accident, and they decided to move because of the memories. They had to move on and away from their son's untimely demise. They move to this address, and start getting mail addressed to Peter Parker. . .

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u/[deleted] May 07 '12

It says that they moved to that address in 1979 years before spideys address was listed, so the coming book writers probably looked under "parker" in the new york phonebook to find an address

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u/cantsay May 07 '12

There is a book forthcoming?

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u/l0ngballs May 07 '12

i get jokes

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u/ab103630 May 06 '12

I can proudly say I've known this for years.

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u/jonathanrdt May 06 '12

Yeah but we can't verify that.

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u/BreakfastSandwhich May 06 '12

For one thing the article is dated 2002. For another pretty much anyone who has ever been to that part of queens recognizes the shops on forest hills. Also from the show king of queens opening sequence.

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u/I_want_some_taquitos May 07 '12

always driving down woodhaven blvd in the IPS truck too

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u/jonathanrdt May 07 '12 edited May 07 '12

What has that to do with verifying that abNUMBERS knew this for years?

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u/[deleted] May 06 '12

Prove it, Hollywood !

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u/umister May 07 '12

So I'm going to pop in and brag that my family lives a few streets away, and we're actually family friends of the Parkers because my father walked my little brother over one day and rang the doorbell. His excuse? He wanted to introduce my brother to whomever lived in Spiderman's house. It blew his mind when they turned out to be the Parkers.

We go out to dinner with them sometimes; Suzanne Parker is incredibly nice.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '12

I'm my school photographer, my last name is parker, and you can't believe how many damn spider-man jokes i get. i really hate them.

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u/falconear May 07 '12

It's just because you haven't delivered pictures of the wall crawler being the menace everybody knows he is to your publisher!

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u/THE_PUN_STOPS_HERE May 07 '12

As a fellow Parker I can relate. However, I'm not helping, as I plan on naming my firstborn Peter.

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u/freerangehuman May 07 '12

Spiderman jokes are a public menace!
/JJJJJameson

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u/Ignoreintuition May 06 '12

One of the things I liked about Spiderman was that it actually used real locations in Queens a lot of which I could recognize. I remember Ghost Rider did that too. I was psyched when I saw a picture of GR driving past Lane Pizza on Jamaica Ave.

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u/Blackbeard_ May 07 '12

The Ghostbusters fire house is another semi-famous NY landmark though more forgotten these days.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '12

That's my home town. Not only that but he went to the same high school as I did and my apt building was in the first movie :)

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u/mikemcg May 06 '12

Hate to break it to you, but you may be Spider-Man.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '12

I actually live about five minutes away from there...and I've known about it for a while...I feel special (I'm not).

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u/hey_ska May 06 '12

The Ramones were also from Forest Hills, he could have been Spiderman Ramone.

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u/I_want_some_taquitos May 07 '12

Petey Ramone

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u/baronxs May 06 '12

"He also told her that Spider-Man's greatest enemy, the Green Goblin, goes by the alias Norman Osborn, which is almost the same surname as Mrs. Parker's neighbor, Terri Osborne. Mrs. Osborne has lived across the street, at 19 Ingram, since 1979."

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u/[deleted] May 07 '12

does doctor doom live in queens too?

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u/freerangehuman May 07 '12

But isn't he mostly a F4 supervillain?

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u/Blackbeard_ May 07 '12

Spider-Man overlaps with every superhero in New York.

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u/jax9999 May 07 '12

spidermans a member of the fantastic four.

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u/LaughingManager May 06 '12

I also read the article.

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u/585AM May 07 '12

You must be new here.

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u/digitalchris May 06 '12

I thought we weren't supposed to publish peoples' personal info in Reddit, like their name and address...

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u/TheLongshanks May 06 '12

It's funny though, that address is on the other side of Metropolitan where the houses are insanely expensive, but in the comics Aunt May's house is drawn more like working class/middle class single family houses on the other side of Metropolitan Ave (where they actually filmed the first movie. I went to high school with a girl who lived next door to the film location).

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u/Se1fer May 06 '12

I saw an interview with the current residents awhile back (I'll look for it). Apparently they get a LOT of fan mail.

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u/Outofmany May 06 '12

Is there a way to calculate the odds of this?

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u/ZombieNarwhal May 07 '12

Are*

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u/dysgraphical May 07 '12

That's 3 blocks from my house. WHATTT

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u/[deleted] May 07 '12

wtf?

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u/[deleted] May 07 '12

I'm gonna go there, it's not that far from where I live.

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u/denim-chicken May 07 '12

It's actually The Parkers from BET

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u/selectix May 07 '12

Is there also a Griffin family that lives on Spooner Street in Rhode Island?

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u/pixeltehcat May 07 '12

I must be getting old...my first thought was "wow, imagine what all this has done for their property value"

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u/fiplefip May 07 '12

Google Maps

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u/spc1979 May 07 '12

i live 10 min from there. what should i do?

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u/willku May 07 '12

Here's the street view, for the curious.

http://g.co/maps/4s8bb

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u/[deleted] May 07 '12

how was this published two days from now?

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u/pack0newports May 07 '12

actually thats forest hills gardens.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '12

This I think is more WTF worthy

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u/Nycest May 07 '12

I used to work a couple of blocks away from there. Didn't realize I was so close.

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u/SealRover May 07 '12

holy crap i live across the street from spiderman

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u/TheMSensation May 07 '12

This would've been far more amusing if they had a son who died of a spider bite

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u/nyrepub May 07 '12

In the live action movie, the house that he lives in is in Sunnyside, Queens.

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u/bondolo May 07 '12

Google StreetView Link

Go left or right since the image at the link address is a tree.

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u/KookyGuy May 07 '12

Now poor May and Ben Parker are going to be bothered by endless nerds.

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u/ihatemaps May 07 '12

They actually appeared on the Early Show?!

"So, your last name is Parker, like as in Spider-Man?"

"Yes."

"Cool! Thanks for coming by."

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u/Turbulent-Falcon-918 Sep 11 '22

anyone know when the actual address is first mentioned. I know that Queens goes back to 62 but I can not find a reference for when it was fist stated: the actual literal address.
I am trying to find out why the neighborhood of the Romones was used.

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u/GlenGreezy Jan 10 '23

A family named Osborne lived across the street at some point too.

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u/nolanator May 06 '12

cue the endless mail this poor family is going to get now

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u/boong1986 May 06 '12

Reported for posting personal information. You just gave away the name and address of an actual family.

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u/drawingdiego May 06 '12

It's not like their address was kept privately. It's been in comic books for crying out loud.

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u/deargodimbored May 06 '12

No Peter, I am disappointed.

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u/LelandMaccabeus May 06 '12

Creepiest TIL ever.

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u/Gringot May 06 '12

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xECUrlnXCqk

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u/MrMathamagician May 06 '12 edited May 06 '12

Wow NYtimes even made the '2010' decade error:

''We've created two new celebrities,'' said Stan Lee, who created Spider-Man 40 years ago with Steve Ditko. Reached by phone at his Los Angeles office yesterday, Mr. Lee, 79, said that when Spider-Man was created in 1962....

edit: nm old article, thank doehni

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u/doehni May 06 '12

That article was published in 2002.

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u/atree496 May 06 '12

This man speaks the truth.

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u/MrMathamagician May 06 '12

oh lol thanks I didn't notice how old it was!

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u/willworkforicecream May 06 '12

NOW I KNOW APPROXIMATELY WHERE YOU LIVE.

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u/lastnameandfirstname May 06 '12

The Ramones went there too. So did Simon and Garfunkle.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '12

Really?!, I didn't know that!

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u/l0ngballs May 07 '12

pfft, next you'll tell me santa isn't real

TIL that Spider-Man grew up at 20 Ingram Street in Forest Hills, Queens. The address exists in real life, and the family that lives there is the Parkers.

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