OT: 111th Obsequious Banter Thread: If threads were floors, this would be the tallest building in America

[swami24]

Doggie Under the Influence (DUI)

MSN

. “The dog does not face any charges and was let go with just a warning.” cracked me up. I guess the guy figured he would be ok since the dog has a license.

 

[Embiid]

It's heeeeere.....?

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[Lord Defect]

The flyers sent out a survey and for shits and giggles I filled it out thinking it would be on ice related. It was focused on sports betting and concessions.

 

[swami24]

It is for advertisers, to gauge the impact of advertising with the Flyers

 

[Beef Invictus]

It's heeeeere.....?

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I for one am not surprised that a machine built by humans would follow a human-style process

 

[Flybynite]

SPRINGFIELD.... Colorado?

 

[Lord Defect]

When the hell did savory become umami?

 

[Kermit the Prog]

When the hell did savory become umami?

The same time Beirut became known as Beer Pong (real Beer Pong is played with paddles).

OR

When Bombardment was beginning to be called Dodge Ball (real Dodge Ball had one team in the center and the other team in a circle around them).

 

[Beef Invictus]

When the hell did savory become umami?

Don't let it stop you from eating au jus powder out of the packet with a Slim Jim like a kid eating that powdered candy with a vanilla stick

 

[Lord Defect]

Don't let it stop you from eating au jus powder out of the packet with a Slim Jim like a kid eating that powdered candy with a vanilla stick

I’m horrified that I’m tempted to try this.

 

[Kermit the Prog]

Don't let it stop you from eating au jus powder out of the packet with a Slim Jim like a kid eating that powdered candy with a vanilla stick

And here I thought it was just me.

 

[Beef Invictus]

I’m horrified that I’m tempted to try this.

No you aren't. That feeling is the sense of epiphany working its way through you.

 

[PDX Flyer]

SPRINGFIELD.... Colorado?

We all know that Springfield is from Oregon

 

[Lord Defect]

Something decided to tell me to go f*** myself in the turtles tank today. Everything was copasetic when I left for work. By the time the wife got up everything was cloudy and stank to high hell.
Buying a living creature for someone’s kid as a gift is a terrible thing that you should only do for friends you really love or really dislike.

 

[DAVIDE1333]

Something decided to tell me to go f*** myself in the turtles tank today. Everything was copasetic when I left for work. By the time the wife got up everything was cloudy and stank to high hell.
Buying a living creature for someone’s kid as a gift is a terrible thing that you should only do for friends you really love or really dislike.

My grandmother got all the grandkids rabbits for Easter one year. I think she loved us and hated her kids.

 

[Lord Defect]

Mystery solved. The water level dipped juuuuust low enough to not pass the baffle in my home brew filter. I didn’t make the baffles water tight, thank god, or the pump would have burned out, but nothing that should have been getting filtered was getting filtered.
That baffle has been cut lowered.
How many times can I fit baffle into this post? It’s baffling.

 

[swami24]

This is not a political post, but a statistical one on yesterday's Philly mayor race, and a nonpartisan point on the election. Philly has 1.6 million people and 77500 registered democrats. There are about 110000 registered Republicans. Yesterday's mayor election had 7 or so Dem Candidates, and one Republican.

The Dem winner had 32%, 2nd 23%, 3rd 22%. The winner had 76,000 votes. That is only 10% of party eligible voters, and 4.7% of the population.
The last Republican mayor was in 1952. 32% was higher than I expected for the Dem winner. I was thinking it could easily be in the 20's.

Odds are certainly in favor of that primary winner. Wouldn't one think they should have a runoff of the top 2? I realize that is a huge cost, and likely result in similar low turnout. Regardless of the dominate party, I would think that would be a better option than having such a low number decide a key civic position.

 

[DancingPanther]

This is not a political post, but a statistical one on yesterday's Philly mayor race, and a nonpartisan point on the election. Philly has 1.6 million people and 77500 registered democrats. There are about 110000 registered Republicans. Yesterday's mayor election had 7 or so Dem Candidates, and one Republican.

The Dem winner had 32%, 2nd 23%, 3rd 22%. The winner had 76,000 votes. That is only 10% of party eligible voters, and 4.7% of the population.
The last Republican mayor was in 1952. 32% was higher than I expected for the Dem winner. I was thinking it could easily be in the 20's.

Odds are certainly in favor of that primary winner. Wouldn't one think they should have a runoff of the top 2? I realize that is a huge cost, and likely result in similar low turnout. Regardless of the dominate party, I would think that would be a better option than having such a low number decide a key civic position.

No, because runoffs are stupid

 

[Embiid]

Well...Fletcher will feel at home

Ex-Google chief says AI will view humans as 'scum' and create 'killing machines'

A former Google boss has said artificial intelligence is likely to view humanity as 'scum' that needs to be controlled and could even invent its own 'killing machines' to wipe us out

www.dailystar.co.uk

 

[Embiid]

I avoid the Target stores that have shit all locked up like a corner stab n grab Korean market where you buy a 40....

Not waiting around for an attendent to open the glass so that I can buy condoms or whatever. One day it took the person at least 10 mins to get to me..complete joke

Target expects organized retail crime-fueled losses to jump by $500 million this year

Other retailers such as Home Depot and Walmart have also spoken out about rising theft and blamed online marketplaces.

www.cnbc.com

 

[Superman33]

I avoid the Target stores that have shit all locked up like a corner stab n grab Korean market where you buy a 40....

Not waiting around for an attendent to open the glass so that I can buy condoms or whatever. One day it took the person at least 10 mins to get to me..complete joke

Target expects organized retail crime-fueled losses to jump by $500 million this year

Other retailers such as Home Depot and Walmart have also spoken out about rising theft and blamed online marketplaces.

www.cnbc.com

That is terrible. After 10 minutes you wouldn't even need the condoms anymore.

 

[Embiid]

Rumor has it that they will be serving BBQ'd baby bites as hors d'oeuvres

A secretive annual meeting attended by the world's elite has A.I. top of the agenda

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will join forces with key leadership from Microsoft, DeepMind and Google on Thursday as the secretive Bilderberg Meeting kick-starts.

www.cnbc.com

 

[Jack Straw]

Well...Fletcher will feel at home

Ex-Google chief says AI will view humans as 'scum' and create 'killing machines'

A former Google boss has said artificial intelligence is likely to view humanity as 'scum' that needs to be controlled and could even invent its own 'killing machines' to wipe us out

www.dailystar.co.uk

 

[Chinatown88]

When buying the same Lego set is cheaper than ordering replacement parts because Lego.com is charging an arm and a leg for "service fees".

Ordering the same Lego crane set again and picking it up at Target. Argh I care about my cousin's kids too much.

 

[Danko]

Unless All Governments band together to throttle AI, we've got maybe 10 years left as a species.