107th Obsequious Banter Thread: Ugly Sweaters Edition

[Chinatown88]

wut

Don't question the genius methods that my IRL best bud and I came up with. Some of them are tried and true.

 

[Jack Straw]

This is why I always yell at my phone if I'm putting it somewhere that's unusual. That way I recall where I told it to stay and I can find it easily.

 

[Striiker]

Don't question the genius methods that my IRL best bud and I came up with. Some of them are tried and true.

Unrelated but my local supermarket had neither type of Choccy milk you mentioned. So I wrote a letter to corporate explaining how they ruined my life and demanding an apology.

I then tried an experiment instead.
Almond milk + strawberry syrup = not awful.

 

[BernieParent]

Emperor Palpatine was in a rage. He had just arrived at his office, only to find that the toilet was clogged. And he knew exactly who was to blame - his trusted apprentice, Darth Vader.

"Vader, you incompetent fool!" Palpatine bellowed, pacing back and forth in front of his desk. "How could you be so careless as to clog my toilet? Do you have any idea how inconvenient this is for me?"

Vader stood silently, his helmet hiding any expression of remorse.

"I expect better from you, Vader," Palpatine continued. "You are supposed to be the most feared Sith in the galaxy, yet you can't even handle a simple task like not clogging the toilet."

Vader remained silent, his breathing heavy through the mask.

"This is unacceptable, Vader," Palpatine spat out. "I will not tolerate such incompetence from you. You are lucky I do not punish you further for this offense."

Vader still said nothing, his posture tense.

"From now on, Vader, you will be more careful in my office," Palpatine commanded. "I will not have my toilet clogged again. Do you understand?"

Vader nodded slowly, his anger barely contained.

"Good," Palpatine said, his voice calmer now. "Now go and fix the toilet, and make sure it does not happen again."

Vader turned and left the office, his rage boiling inside him. Palpatine watched him go, a small smile on his face. He may have been angry at Vader for clogging the toilet, but he still had complete control over his apprentice.

As Vader fixed the toilet, he knew he had to be more careful in the future. He would not let Palpatine's anger get the best of him again. But deep down, he knew that he would never be able to fully control his emotions. It was just a matter of time before he would clash with Palpatine again.

When do we get Chapter 2, with the big light plunger battle?

 

[Jack Straw]

When do we get Chapter 2, with the big light plunger battle?

 

[BernieParent]

"You were supposed to bring balance to the porcelain, not leave it in darkness!"

 

[DancingPanther]

"people who hate (American oligarch) Elon Musk are weird"

Meanwhile, Elon Musk:

 

[Kermit the Prog]

When do we get Chapter 2, with the big light plunger battle?

I'm a one-and-done creator. However, Joss Whedon is picking up the project for the next chapter in the story.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Scientists are doing this and today I couldn’t find the cell phone that was in my hand

I wanted to make fun of you, but then I remembered the multiple times I realized that my car keys weren't in my pocket and had a minor freakout; while I was driving my car.

 

[GapToothedWonder]

Rolly Royce is trying out a hydrogen jet engine.

The USAF tampered with nuclear power for jets, since you just need the air to be heated and burnt fuel doesn't need to be the method.

Come again?

 

[Runner77]

@Captain Dave Poulin

Compare to incidents in Canada:

 

[Beef Invictus]

Come again?

Jet engines work on compressed air expanding due to heat. The expansion and heat doesn't have to come from burning gas. You can run the air through a nuclear reactor to cool it and heat the air, or heat it via a heat exchanger if you're more sane, to achieve the same effect. It's all about making the air expand.

Air comes in, it gets compressed, something heats it to make it rapidly expand. Then that expanded air blows out the back, while spinning a turbine that spins an intake fan and compressor to keep the thing going. In a high-bypass engine the exhaust turbine spins a big fan that provides way more thrust than the exhaust gas itself, like in airliners.

 

[gertbfrobe16]

She's a witch, though.

her have evil aura

 

[Striiker]

Jet engines work on compressed air expanding due to heat. The expansion and heat doesn't have to come from burning gas. You can run the air through a nuclear reactor to cool it and heat the air, or heat it via a heat exchanger if you're more sane, to achieve the same effect. It's all about making the air expand.

Air comes in, it gets compressed, something heats it to make it rapidly expand. Then that expanded air blows out the back, while spinning a turbine that spins an intake fan and compressor to keep the thing going. In a high-bypass engine the exhaust turbine spins a big fan that provides way more thrust than the exhaust gas itself, like in airliners.

Plus they flap their wings.

 

[Jack Straw]

Scientists are doing this and today I couldn’t find the cell phone that was in my hand

This literally just happened to me. "Wait, where's my phone? Oh." I had a damn "Striiker moment".

 

[Cody Webster]

 

[Chinatown88]

Barring any last minute I feel bad moments, I finished up all my Christmas stuff.

 

[Flybynite]

Most SUS 12 year old football player since

 

[Flybynite]

Makes sense. I mean when you go from World's Richest Person to World's SECOND Richest Person then obviously you gotta find ways to save some money.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Makes sense. I mean when you go from World's Richest Person to World's SECOND Richest Person then obviously you gotta find ways to save some money.

I'm not really sure what "for weeks" means but rent is typically paid monthly so... that very likely sounds like a lot about nothing.

 

[Flybynite]

 

[landsbergfan]

Barring any last minute I feel bad moments, I finished up all my Christmas stuff.

I just did the same last night. One person I was shopping for wants Moscow Mule mugs. I feel like it's one of those items that are really tough to shop for. There is a set of 4 on amazon, but there's no way they're legit, but the person shopping for probably doesn't care about the difference anyway. Do I just try to make my own mugs?

 

[Striiker]

might actually be true

 

[landsbergfan]

might actually be true

 

[Striiker]

I'm not really sure what "for weeks" means but rent is typically paid monthly so... that very likely sounds like a lot about nothing.

Kinda like how a few weeks back people (and even companies) were completely convinced Twitter was going to disappear overnight on that specific date because some media people had "sources", so they were spamming their other social media links so people could find them elsewhere. As usual, a giant fuss and nothing actually happened.

You really just can't trust anything anyone says about any topic online. It's so difficult to sort between what's true and what's either an honest mistake or intentional lie. If it's not something you can verify on your own, you just have to remain skeptical.