rjshae Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Doctors find ****roach inside woman's skull Why do all the really gross medical stories seem to come out of India? "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 So someone turned their CV into a Character Sheet. Quirky. Not sure just how well it would work out, but I guess that depends on the job field you happen to be hunting in... 4 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Actually, this has me snerking some.. Wikipedia bans the Daily Mail as unreliable source 1 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Is the Daily Mail basically the UK equivalent to our National Enquirer? "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Is the Daily Mail basically the UK equivalent to our National Enquirer? Actually, no. It's a run of the mill Tabloid newspaper. Not as high brow as The Guardian, not quite as low-brow as The Sun. But it does tend to have that off-centre right bias. 1 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Is the Daily Mail basically the UK equivalent to our National Enquirer? But the Mail is a paper that basically asks the question "ARE YOU NOT OUTRAGED OVER THIS?!" or at least the times I've read it 3 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eQz7IVulzI "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 *NSFW* Steam reviews for Conan Exile are as girthy as they are triumphant. *NSFW* 2 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 http://radio.garden/ Listen to some radio stations from around the world Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjshae Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 How tech ate the media and our minds My favorite part: "human attention span has fallen from 12 seconds to eight seconds since 2000, while the goldfish attention span is nine seconds." So, in other words... wait, where'd everybody go? 2 "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjshae Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Asteroid Resembles Dungeons and Dragons Dice Okay Earth, roll for initiative... "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 *NSFW* Steam reviews for Conan Exile are as girthy as they are triumphant. *NSFW* I love the last one "I like the challenge of trying to craft pants before my mom walks by." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 30 Years on and Robocop is still misunderstood 1 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Heh. a post from Arnold Schwarzenegger's FB the other month.. I see your questions. Each and every time I post on my Facebook page or tweet about my crusade for a clean energy future, I see them. There are always a few of you, asking why we should care about the temperature rising, or questioning the science of climate change. I want you to know that I hear you. Even those of you who say renewable energy is a conspiracy. Even those who say climate change is a hoax. Even those of you who use four letter words. I've heard all of your questions, and now I have three questions for you. Let's put climate change aside for a minute. In fact, let's assume you're right. First - do you believe it is acceptable that 7 million people die every year from pollution? That's more than murders, suicides, and car accidents - combined. Every day, 19,000 people die from pollution from fossil fuels. Do you accept those deaths? Do you accept that children all over the world have to grow up breathing with inhalers? Now, my second question: do you believe coal and oil will be the fuels of the future? Besides the fact that fossil fuels destroy our lungs, everyone agrees that eventually they will run out. What's your plan then? I, personally, want a plan. I don't want to be like the last horse and buggy salesman who was holding out as cars took over the roads. I don't want to be the last investor in Blockbuster as Netflix emerged. That's exactly what is going to happen to fossil fuels. A clean energy future is a wise investment, and anyone who tells you otherwise is either wrong, or lying. Either way, I wouldn't take their investment advice. Renewable energy is great for the economy, and you don't have to take my word for it. California has some of the most revolutionary environmental laws in the United States, we get 40% of our power from renewables, and we are 40% more energy efficient than the rest of the country. We were an early-adopter of a clean energy future. Our economy has not suffered. In fact, our economy in California is growing faster than the U.S. economy. We lead the nation in manufacturing, agriculture, tourism, entertainment, high tech, biotech, and, of course, green tech. I have a final question, and it will take some imagination. There are two doors. Behind Door Number One is a completely sealed room, with a regular, gasoline-fueled car. Behind Door Number Two is an identical, completely sealed room, with an electric car. Both engines are running full blast. I want you to pick a door to open, and enter the room and shut the door behind you. You have to stay in the room you choose for one hour. You cannot turn off the engine. You do not get a gas mask. I'm guessing you chose the Door Number Two, with the electric car, right? Door number one is a fatal choice - who would ever want to breathe those fumes? This is the choice the world is making right now. To use one of the four-letter words all of you commenters love, I don't give a damn if you believe in climate change. I couldn’t care less if you're concerned about temperatures rising or melting glaciers. It doesn't matter to me which of us is right about the science. I just hope that you'll join me in opening Door Number Two, to a smarter, cleaner, healthier, more profitable energy future. 3 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Russia Considers Returning Snowden to U.S. to ‘Curry Favor’ With Trump: Official. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Shot of Venice as taken by the Space Station on Valentine's Day.... 2 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrath of Dagon Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 ESPN reporter fired for being misunderstood: https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2017/02/14/former-espn-commentator-sues-after-being-terminated-for-venus-williams-gorilla-remark/ Why don't we give anyone the benefit of the doubt any more? And it strikes me it's ESPN who's racist here. "Moral indignation is a standard strategy for endowing the idiot with dignity." Marshall McLuhan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amentep Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 ESPN reporter fired for being misunderstood: https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2017/02/14/former-espn-commentator-sues-after-being-terminated-for-venus-williams-gorilla-remark/ Why don't we give anyone the benefit of the doubt any more? And it strikes me it's ESPN who's racist here. To be honest, I don't get his explanation and find it weird its taken him three years to come up with it rather than make this argument in 2012 when he came under fire. The Agassi-Sampras ad that was "Guerilla Tennis" featured Agasi and Sampras blocking off a NY city road with a net and playing tennis in the middle of the street. What Adler says is that Venus Williams "...put the gorilla effect in. Charging." I don't immediately see how that ties to the ad, or can tie to the concept portrayed in the ad. That said, without further word on what "guerilla tennis" came to mean in the tennis community past the ads, I guess it is possible that there's something to it. That doesn't necessarily mean that Adler meant it to be racist though although that could also be true. When he apologized at the time he said he used the wrong word. I suspect he was wanting to use an animal that is aggressive in defending territory and charges forward and intentionally/unintentionally/unwittingly/unawaredly used an animal that had long been used to portray those of African descent as sub-human. I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 ESPN reporter fired for being misunderstood: https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2017/02/14/former-espn-commentator-sues-after-being-terminated-for-venus-williams-gorilla-remark/ Why don't we give anyone the benefit of the doubt any more? And it strikes me it's ESPN who's racist here. What is a "guerilla effect" ? Dude should choose his words better (and stop trying to be edgy) and how is ESPN racist here? You can argue they see it where it is not, but doesn't make it racist. "She misses a first serve and Venus is all over her. You see Venus move in (and) put the gorilla [guerrilla] effect on. Charging.”" http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/01/19/did-espn-announcer-make-racist-comment-about-venus-williams.html Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Just for the view... The Monastery of Ki, in the Himalayas. 4 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjshae Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Secret Service Adds Emotional Protection Division to Safeguard Trump's Psyche We can't trust the normal media, so best to turn to the Onion I'd say as the most reliable source. "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrath of Dagon Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 ESPN reporter fired for being misunderstood: https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2017/02/14/former-espn-commentator-sues-after-being-terminated-for-venus-williams-gorilla-remark/ Why don't we give anyone the benefit of the doubt any more? And it strikes me it's ESPN who's racist here. To be honest, I don't get his explanation and find it weird its taken him three years to come up with it rather than make this argument in 2012 when he came under fire. The Agassi-Sampras ad that was "Guerilla Tennis" featured Agasi and Sampras blocking off a NY city road with a net and playing tennis in the middle of the street. What Adler says is that Venus Williams "...put the gorilla effect in. Charging." I don't immediately see how that ties to the ad, or can tie to the concept portrayed in the ad. That said, without further word on what "guerilla tennis" came to mean in the tennis community past the ads, I guess it is possible that there's something to it. That doesn't necessarily mean that Adler meant it to be racist though although that could also be true. When he apologized at the time he said he used the wrong word. I suspect he was wanting to use an animal that is aggressive in defending territory and charges forward and intentionally/unintentionally/unwittingly/unawaredly used an animal that had long been used to portray those of African descent as sub-human. This just happened last month at the Australian open. And "guerilla effect" was most likely a reference to her rushing the net, which is like an ambush. He apologized for "poor word choice", but only because it was misunderstood. It's too much to expect a live commentator to think through the full implication of what he's saying, and the racist aspect not occurring to him only suggests he's not a racist. Nor did anyone mention any prior allegations of racism against him; like I said, we now always assume the worst and never give anyone the benefit of the doubt. "Moral indignation is a standard strategy for endowing the idiot with dignity." Marshall McLuhan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Reminds me of when people lose their minds over the word niggardly. smh. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 (edited) ESPN reporter fired for being misunderstood: https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2017/02/14/former-espn-commentator-sues-after-being-terminated-for-venus-williams-gorilla-remark/ Why don't we give anyone the benefit of the doubt any more? And it strikes me it's ESPN who's racist here. To be honest, I don't get his explanation and find it weird its taken him three years to come up with it rather than make this argument in 2012 when he came under fire. The Agassi-Sampras ad that was "Guerilla Tennis" featured Agasi and Sampras blocking off a NY city road with a net and playing tennis in the middle of the street. What Adler says is that Venus Williams "...put the gorilla effect in. Charging." I don't immediately see how that ties to the ad, or can tie to the concept portrayed in the ad. That said, without further word on what "guerilla tennis" came to mean in the tennis community past the ads, I guess it is possible that there's something to it. That doesn't necessarily mean that Adler meant it to be racist though although that could also be true. When he apologized at the time he said he used the wrong word. I suspect he was wanting to use an animal that is aggressive in defending territory and charges forward and intentionally/unintentionally/unwittingly/unawaredly used an animal that had long been used to portray those of African descent as sub-human. This just happened last month at the Australian open. And "guerilla effect" was most likely a reference to her rushing the net, which is like an ambush. He apologized for "poor word choice", but only because it was misunderstood. It's too much to expect a live commentator to think through the full implication of what he's saying, and the racist aspect not occurring to him only suggests he's not a racist. Nor did anyone mention any prior allegations of racism against him; like I said, we now always assume the worst and never give anyone the benefit of the doubt. This reminds me of something. Back in the 90's one of the aides to then Mayor of DC Anthony Williams used the word "niggardly" (it means stingy or cheapskate) while discussing a budget proposal. The aide was white and the use of the word offended a black city councilman who 1. Didn't know the definition of the word and 2. Couldn't be bothered to find a dictionary and look it up. He took it as a racial slur and made a big deal over it. The aide was fired (resigned under duress IIRC) and had to apologize for everyone's ignorance of the English Language. EDIT: GRRRRR Giftd beat me to it by just minutes. I was typing this when he posted! EDIT EDIT: I got a few of the details wrong. I went off memory. I also didn't know about the other incidents. Edited February 15, 2017 by Guard Dog 1 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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