The Terminator (1984)
In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?
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#060525
Impression Management
"sort of like the Terminator, like, and it's pretty limited, you don't have endless options"
— Josh
Josh uses The Terminator as an analogy for how social scripts limit our behavioral options in dramaturgical theory.
Jun 5, 2025
#060419
How Barcodes Work
"Was it in 1984? Like the government to put them on our necks."
— Chuck
Mentioned in discussion about dystopian imagery of barcodes being placed on people's necks.
Jun 4, 2019
#011919
SYSK Selects: How Lobotomies Work
"Like the Terminator scanning for possible... It's exactly right, yeah."
— Chuck
Chuck uses The Terminator as a comparison to describe his mental process of filtering through multiple joke options.
Jan 19, 2019
#052218
A List Of Games You Would Surely Lose to a Computer
"Jonathan: the robot army that will ultimately defeat us is not something from the Terminator, it's invisible"
Jonathan contrasts fictional Terminator robots with real threats from AI-based systems like robotic stock traders.
May 22, 2018
#070314
How Monopoly Works
"Conan the Barbarian, the original Terminator."
— Josh
Josh mentioned this as one of Schwarzenegger's great 80s movies when comparing him to Stallone.
Jul 3, 2014
#051909
How Lobotomies Work
"Like the Terminator scanning for possible..."
— Chuck
Chuck compares Josh's mental process of filtering multiple jokes to the Terminator's scanning process.
May 19, 2009
Cast
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Terminator
Michael Biehn
Kyle Reese
Linda Hamilton
Sarah Connor
Paul Winfield
Traxler
Lance Henriksen
Vukovich
Rick Rossovich
Matt
Bess Motta
Ginger
Earl Boen
Silberman
Dick Miller
Pawnshop Clerk
Shawn Schepps
Nancy
B
Bruce M. Kerner
Desk Sergeant
Franco Columbu
Future Terminator
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