OT: 118th Obsequious Banter Thread: February is the month of food days

[Striiker]

ok I need two volunteers

 

[Superman33]

Re: Boardgames

I'm a big fan of The "X" That Built America docuseries. In The Toys one there are a couple episodes about games. Fascinating stuff.

The guy who invented Srabble spent literal years compiling his information about frequency of letters in the English language, because he had to do it "by hand" Made spreadsheets all filled out by hand.

The inventor of Clue got the idea from the murder mystery dinner parties he was exposed to. Poor guy made some money years later, but got nowhere near what he could've (no royalties!)

Jenga was invented by a woman who just came up with it as a building block game she played with her son.

Rubik's Cube was made by a college professor to teach his students how to mentally map 3D situations.

Quite a bit more interesting stories if you like to nerd out to those type of things.

I love me the X That Built America series.

Man, last night we both wanted to be toasterized and now this?

DidWeJustBecomeBestFriends.gif

 

[mja]

ok I need two volunteers

@Lord Defect @Asnito

 

[ajgoal]

@Lord Defect @Asnito

I wonder where they are

 

[trostol]

other solid board games

Call to Adventure
Exploding Kittens
Rick and Morty: Total Rickall Card Game
Catan

my friends swear by Zombiecide

 

[Danko]

Signed up for WHYY/PBS Passport so i could watch the Ken Burns Documentaries and Old Episodes of Austin City Limits, but they don't even got the ACL episodes past 2 season....it shows 2-3 minute previews for all 40+ whatever seasons beyond that though. That's some false advertisement.

 

[Cody Webster]

@ellja3 can you believe the news!?!?!

 

[Jack Straw]

@ellja3 can you believe the news!?!?!

How will Lewis react when Ferrari mess up his pit stops or put him on the wrong tires?

 

[Lord Defect]

I use a knock off kcup reusable cup in a “kcup compatible” machine for simplicity. When I can sit and drink coffee in peace I use a pour over chemex.
I’ve been drinking Stocking Mill coffee for about a year or so. Great coffee and the owner does a ton of charity shit for vets.

 

[Fire Tortorella]

@ellja3 can you believe the news!?!?!

Wait, so he drives this season with Mercedes AND THEN moves to Ferrari? Am I understanding that right?

Is this normal at all?

 

[Kermit the Prog]

I use a knock off kcup reusable cup in a “kcup compatible” machine for simplicity. When I can sit and drink coffee in peace I use a pour over chemex.
I’ve been drinking Stocking Mill coffee for about a year or so. Great coffee and the owner does a ton of charity shit for vets.

I used to be a big fan of Ellis Coffee, out of Philadelphia. The Presidential Blend was tip-top. Then, I received a batch that tasted "wormy" and haven't gone back.

 

[Lord Defect]

I used to be a big fan of Ellis Coffee, out of Philadelphia. The Presidential Blend was tip-top. Then, I received a batch that tasted "wormy" and haven't gone back.

When I get breakfast from ShopRite I grab a cup of presidential. It’s pretty damn good.

 

[Cody Webster]

Wait, so he drives this season with Mercedes AND THEN moves to Ferrari? Am I understanding that right?

Is this normal at all?

Correct, he's under contract with Mercedes for 2024 and then, most likely, signing with Ferrari for 2025.

Is it normal, that I am not sure. Ferrari has been trying to get Lewis for a long time, so I guess they did whatever they could to get him before his current contract expires.

How will Lewis react when Ferrari mess up his pit stops or put him on the wrong tires?

With all the issues they've had the last two years, I can't believe he's going to risk going to them for what could be his final years.

 

[Chinatown88]

Incoming Apple rage.

One of my uncle is asking me to help move all his data from his old iPhone 13 to his new iPhone 15. Apparently my aunt almost had it done last night but it bugged out on her somehow. Now I'm trying to do the Quick Start thingy and it's not even working. Backing up stuff to the iCloud to do it that way. Then realized maybe his old iPhone 13 isn't updated all the way on the iOS. But why should that matter if you advertised to me that iOS 11.0 and up can do the Quick Start?

TL; DR f*** APPLE
I WILL FIGURE THIS OUT AND WIN. I REFUSE TO GO TO THE GENIUS BAR

 

[Chinatown88]

Okay updating the iOS to the latest version on the old iPhone 13 was the right move. Now I'm finally transferring data. Hopefully this doesn't bug out.

 

[Embiid]

Dammit ...lost my chance!


Teri Hatcher Says She Was Kicked Off a Dating App and Accused of Catfishing

Teri Hatcher Booted From Dating App Over Catfishing Accusation

The actress has been married twice before, first to Markus Leithhold in 1988 and then to Jon Tenney in 1994.

www.etonline.com

 

[Chinatown88]

I remain undefeated against Apple.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

 

[achdumeingute]

I remain undefeated against Apple.

Me too. I avoid it. Commies.

 

[Flybynite]

So last season the Alabama baseball coach resigned amid a betting scandal.

Turns out he texted 'someone who is identified only as bettor 1' that the SP was out and the bettor should 'hurry' before he makes it public.

That bettor then attempted to put in a $100,000 bet and was denied and given a max of $15,000. He tried to make additional bets and was stopped by the sportsbook staff as he basically ADMITTED he knew stuff.

• The Bettor attempted to place further bets that were denied for suspicious activity, including statements that the bet was "for sure going to win" and "if only you guys knew what I knew".

• The Bettor showed the sports book staff messages between him and Bohannon about the scratching of Alabama's starting pitcher

Like LOL. Why are you giving them your inside info? Did you think the staff was gonna be like "Oh shit dude. Let's all get in on this. Sure you can bet $100,000. Let me bet some money too!"

 

[JojoTheWhale]

So last season the Alabama baseball coach resigned amid a betting scandal.

Turns out he texted 'someone who is identified only as bettor 1' that the SP was out and the bettor should 'hurry' before he makes it public.

That bettor then attempted to put in a $100,000 bet and was denied and given a max of $15,000. He tried to make additional bets and was stopped by the sportsbook staff as he basically ADMITTED he knew stuff.

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Like LOL. Why are you giving them your inside info? Did you think the staff was gonna be like "Oh shit dude. Let's all get in on this. Sure you can bet $100,000. Let me bet some money too!"

I've been following this one too. It seems like this genius thought that the reason they weren't allowing him to place the bet was to save him from a giant loss.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

They more than likely still catch up to you in the long run but yeah that guy blew his load right off the bat & was a total idiot about it.

 

[Cody Webster]

So last season the Alabama baseball coach resigned amid a betting scandal.

Turns out he texted 'someone who is identified only as bettor 1' that the SP was out and the bettor should 'hurry' before he makes it public.

That bettor then attempted to put in a $100,000 bet and was denied and given a max of $15,000. He tried to make additional bets and was stopped by the sportsbook staff as he basically ADMITTED he knew stuff.

• 
  

Like LOL. Why are you giving them your inside info? Did you think the staff was gonna be like "Oh shit dude. Let's all get in on this. Sure you can bet $100,000. Let me bet some money too!"

Nothing suspicious at all about betting 100k on a regular season college baseball game....

 

[Magua]

 

[Embiid]

Hey hey we're the Monkeys!


Terrifying 3,500-strong army of monkeys invade city centre

https://www.news.com.au/travel/terrifying-3500strong-army-of-monkey-invade-city-centre/news-story/c08e5bf81030d0102df98656996b4a12