Open Thread for December 30, 2011
Reflect on the pop culture that really made you overthink in 2011.
Yearly Archives: 2011
The 5 Most Popular Posts of 2011
We know you love vegetables and PBS—at least, when we ask you to self-report. But here’s what Overthinking It’s most popular posts of 2011 really were.
The Impact of an Arrow to the Knee
Why has Skyrim’s “arrow to the knee” become a meme?
Vote for Reader’s Choice 2011
Pick your favorite Overthinking It article from 2011!
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Episode 182: Holmes-o-eroticism
The Overthinkers tackle Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.
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Open Thread for December 23, 2011
Comments piling in an Open Thread … Movie clips and corny gags … We throw together some Metacritic links And hit “Submit” while Wrather nags … Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Are there other holidays? I don’t know! (It’s not Tet … Continued
Episode 52: Closed Pep Economy
Sheely and Wrather return to Friday Night Lights, discussing Season 1 Episodes 5 through 7.
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Readers’ Choice: Nominate the Best Articles of 2011
Nominate your favorite Overthinking It articles from 2011 for the Readers’ Choice award.
Gaze as Language in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Why doesn’t Smiley ever take his glasses off?
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Overthinking Google Zeitgeist 2011: Rebecca Black Retrospective
Last year, I published a diatribe against Google Zeitgeist and how it plays fast and loose with the definition of “zeitgeist.” I argued that rather than “capture the defining spirit or mood” of the times, Google Zeitgeist audaciously and erroneously … Continued
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