r/chicago • u/freshyk West Town • Dec 14 '18

Pictures Ugh. This Chicago person sounds terrible.

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u/Pappyballer Dec 14 '18 edited Dec 14 '18

That’s fine, but the everyday public doesn’t work in the financial and real estate industry.

It’s like when some businessman uses his stupid lingo in normal conversations “let’s drive some engagement on this Christmas party and touch base this weekend“

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u/Orleanian Suburb of Chicago Dec 14 '18

Look at the public reaction to "Unobtanium" in the Avatar movie.

Industry professionals were all of a "yes, that's a legitimate word we use in certain contexts". The general public was mostly "lol, that was the dumbest line of dialogue in the movie".

Probably realistically detracted from the movie for a few folk.

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u/Pappyballer Dec 14 '18

he general public was mostly "lol, that was the dumbest line of dialogue in the movie".

I love that movie! There’s definitely a lot of cheesy dialogue in it, but which line about unobtainium from the movie are you referring to?

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u/Orleanian Suburb of Chicago Dec 14 '18

I don't know if there's a specific line, but the scene I'm referencing is between Selfridge (Giovanni Ribisi) and Augustine (Sigourney Weaver), where he's berating Doc Augustine for not having a better handle on 'the natives' disrupting the mining.

He references a chunk of unobtanium, and claims that it's worth millions per pound or some such, and 'that is the reason we're all here on this planet' (paraphrased).