OT: 105th Obsequious Banter Thread: Penny for Your Thoughts

[Captain Dave Poulin]

That is WILD. @Striiker come check this shit out.

 

[Striiker]

That is WILD. @Striiker come check this shit out.

Not impressed. I see hovering drones all the time.

 

[Jack Straw]

Not impressed. I see hovering drones all the time.

 

[Flybynite]

I think the storm is now in the Atlantic and after being downgraded to a Tropical Storm as it passed over Florida is now back to a Category-1 hurricane. It's just north/northeast of St. Augustine and being just south of a hurricane is the worst for the storm surge.

Looking like its going to strengthen, may even reach category-2 and then hits possibly near Charleston, SC tomorrow

 

[Striiker]

Don't feel bad for forgetting that birds aren't real and being tricked by a VTOL.

Use this as a learning experience.

 

[landsbergfan]

 

[Flybynite]

A video played at the event which showed the robot performing basic tasks such as carrying packages around an office and watering a plant. Optimus is being designed to be a capable robot that can be manufactured in high volumes -- millions of units, according to Musk.

And so it begins the ending of humanity.

 

[trostol]

i knew Musk was a robot himself..or maybe still an alien..alien robot? either way..he is literally one of those guys from the evil genius video games

 

[BernieParent]

A video played at the event which showed the robot performing basic tasks such as carrying packages around an office and watering a plant. Optimus is being designed to be a capable robot that can be manufactured in high volumes -- millions of units, according to Musk.

And so it begins the ending of humanity.

We had a good run.

Actually, wait, we had a terrible, hateful, self-destructive tumorous progression that lasted centuries longer than it should have.

 

[Asnito]

We had a good run.

Actually, wait, we had a terrible, hateful, self-destructive tumorous progression that lasted centuries longer than it should have.

Damn Bern you feeling a little melancholy today?

 

[BernieParent]

Damn Bern you feeling a little melancholy today?

Lol, it was one of those progressive posts where I stopped and thought, "Wait, it hasn't been good." Then the hyperbole started flowing.

 

[swami24]

i knew Musk was a robot himself..or maybe still an alien..alien robot? either way..he is literally one of those guys from the evil genius video games

Even his name is perfect for a Bond villain.

 

[ajgoal]

Damn Bern you feeling a little melancholy today?

He's not wrong.

 

[Embiid]

Today visited the ghost town of Craco near my father's town of Pisticci in Basilicata Italy....what a hidden gem. First time....tonight heading to Matera for night life and then i sassi in the morning as well as some hiking and kayaking having a blast down south with my peeps...umm yeah..not selling my dad's property...eff that. People descending on me like vultures..lol

Craco...look up its history

 

[gertbfrobe16]

my thoughts are, the flyers suck. Now where's my penny.

 

[BrindamoursNose]

Came here to see who else is eating up the drama in the competitive fishing world (Note: I don't give AF about fish, but this is too good).

Dudes were shoving weights & fillets-o-fish down fish throats when competing in tournaments for prizes like 100K...had been doing it for years.



I've never been so excited by fish.

 

[DancingPanther]

Came here to see who else is eating up the drama in the competitive fishing world (Note: I don't give AF about fish, but this is too good).

Dudes were shoving weights & fillets-o-fish down fish throats when competing in tournaments for prizes like 100K...had been doing it for years.



I've never been so excited by fish.

Wait til they find out they've been taking steroids and amphetamines

 

[Young Sandwich]

Came here to see who else is eating up the drama in the competitive fishing world (Note: I don't give AF about fish, but this is too good).

Dudes were shoving weights & fillets-o-fish down fish throats when competing in tournaments for prizes like 100K...had been doing it for years.



I've never been so excited by fish.

That is such a gigantic dick move, those guys are complete scumbags. That mob mentality kicked in real quick though.

 

[DancingPanther]

I'm just learning about Don Bradman, the best cricket batsman ever. Now I only know the basics of the game, but f*** this dude's batting average was 100. That means he averaged 100 runs per out. Hitting the ball on the fly over the cricket boundary is 6 runs, and bouncing/rolling it over is 4 runs. You bat until you make an out (ball is caught, wicket is bowled, or wicket is hit before you run past it, like a force out at 1st).

This dude scored 99.96 or something runs per out. That's f***ing unimaginable. I mean do the math! That's boundary after boundary after boundary after boundary.....Second place is in the mid 60s. Is this the most unbreakable record in sports? @Appleyard

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

I'm just learning about Don Bradman, the best cricket batsman ever. Now I only know the basics of the game, but f*** this dude's batting average was 100. That means he averaged 100 runs per out. Hitting the ball on the fly over the cricket boundary is 6 runs, and bouncing/rolling it over is 4 runs. You bat until you make an out (ball is caught, wicket is bowled, or wicket is hit before you run past it, like a force out at 1st).

This dude scored 99.96 or something runs per out. That's f***ing unimaginable. I mean do the math! That's boundary after boundary after boundary after boundary.....Second place is in the mid 60s. Is this the most unbreakable record in sports? @Appleyard

Alex has waxed on Bradman before:

Wilt is arguably the 2nd best ever sportsman!

But no one has been close to as dominant as Bradman in a single sport over a career. It is just silly how far ahead of his peers, and the field that came after him, he is. Almost unfathomable really. He is a whole standard deviation above every other sportsperson in any sport in history...



*Bradman was also a great multi-sport player.

Played tennis for his state (actually did not play cricket for 2 years as a teenager as he was one of the best tennis players in Australia, before quitting to focus on cricket).
In his 3rd sport - squash - he was state champion at age 31 after taking it up for fun.
Also had a zero handicap in golf.

Just look at these two graphs. Just insane (first one is best 67 players ever, 2nd is best 87.)

 

[DancingPanther]

Alex has waxed on Bradman before:

Shit is goofy

 

[Kermit the Prog]

I'm just learning about Don Bradman, the best cricket batsman ever. Now I only know the basics of the game, but f*** this dude's batting average was 100. That means he averaged 100 runs per out. Hitting the ball on the fly over the cricket boundary is 6 runs, and bouncing/rolling it over is 4 runs. You bat until you make an out (ball is caught, wicket is bowled, or wicket is hit before you run past it, like a force out at 1st).

This dude scored 99.96 or something runs per out. That's f***ing unimaginable. I mean do the math! That's boundary after boundary after boundary after boundary.....Second place is in the mid 60s. Is this the most unbreakable record in sports? @Appleyard

Shit, that's nothing. I once saw Steve Jeltz belt two homeruns in one game.

 

[DancingPanther]

Shit, that's nothing. I once saw Steve Jeltz belt two homeruns in one game.

Groundball to Jeltz. He boots it.

 

[Kermit the Prog]

Groundball to Jeltz. He boots it.

Sadly, his default setting.

 

[trostol]

Sticking by my thought that the US would absolutely love T20 cricket