Things that don't deserve their own thread

[Biffer]

Love this article:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... llionaires

I love the word arseoisie and I will use it in future

[Biffer]

I know it's terrilble paternalistic, & probably misoginistic of me; but do others hope that one dark night, soon, Space Karen is walking down a dark alley, & he bumps into Travis ?


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and then Travis proceeds to hammer Karen into the ground like a fucking fence pole until only his hair remains above the surface.

Never thought of Fran Healy as much of a fighter, but I suppose they're all weegies so they'll fuck him up.

[fishfoodie]

I know it's terrilble paternalistic, & probably misoginistic of me; but do others hope that one dark night, soon, Space Karen is walking down a dark alley, & he bumps into Travis ?


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and then Travis proceeds to hammer Karen into the ground like a fucking fence pole until only his hair remains above the surface.

Never thought of Fran Healy as much of a fighter, but I suppose they're all weegies so they'll fuck him up.

Being regionally correct, the weegies could repeatedly chin him, or flying chin him into the ground

[Enzedder]

Word of the day - exhaustipated.

Anyone care to guess at the meaning?

[duke]

Word of the day - exhaustipated.

Anyone care to guess at the meaning?

Too tired to give a shit

[fishfoodie]

These citizenship ceremonies happen regularly, & they always give me a lump in my throat.

It's really great that people are committed enough to their new Country to jump thru the hoops to become a full Citizen; the don't need to, they already have residency & can stay, but becoming a full citizen just enables them to vote in all elections, & gets them an Irish passport.

In Bundees case, he certainly didn't need to become a citizen, but he chose to !

We don't do too many things right in Ireland, but this part of our immigration/citizenship system we've done brilliantly

https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0916/14702 ... eremonies/

[Niegs]

Disgusting, hookers these days moving like this. At least Keith Wood still looked the part.

[Gumboot]

Word of the day - exhaustipated.

Anyone care to guess at the meaning?

Too tired to give a shit

Too tired from straining to take a shit?

[Enzedder]

When posting, I had Duke's answer in mind. But yours is good too Gumboot.

[Uncle fester]

I see they have found a debris field, so presumably a catastrophic implosion. The more you hear the back story of that death trap it has all the hallmarks of 5 ridiculously expensive Darwin Awards.

Unfortunately yes, it does appear that the tourists, presumably intelligent people, should have been very well aware of the risks involved but possibly swayed by false claims of safety and emergency action and recovery in the quest for adventure. From what I read, not a great deal is known about deep ocean currents so that if it becomes powerless in the depths it could drift almost anywhere, hence the near impossibility of locating it (especially when the comms seem to have been another part of the cowboy job).

It's going to get ugly for this company as I'm sure families of the victims won't just let this pass, and then you have the cost of the attempted search and recovery).

I know we supposed to be enthusiastic about "enterprise" but more and more it seems like this was a total disaster in waiting.

Unfortunately a lot of chancers, con men & outright thieves hide behind the entrepreneur label, & pretend that anyone who demands rigor is just an old fogey.

At the minimum, before I set foot inside this thing I would want to know what the actual crush depth was, because they'd sent one down 100, or 200x times & on the 223rd time it had failed, i.e. they tested the design to destruction the way real Engineers do.

[Yeeb]

Disgusting, hookers these days moving like this. At least Keith Wood still looked the part.

Won’t lie, not the first …. Etc

[Yeeb]

Word of the day - exhaustipated.

Anyone care to guess at the meaning?

Too tired to give a shit

That’s good

I like ‘reintarnation’ where you get reborn as a Hillbilly

[fishfoodie]

Unfortunately yes, it does appear that the tourists, presumably intelligent people, should have been very well aware of the risks involved but possibly swayed by false claims of safety and emergency action and recovery in the quest for adventure. From what I read, not a great deal is known about deep ocean currents so that if it becomes powerless in the depths it could drift almost anywhere, hence the near impossibility of locating it (especially when the comms seem to have been another part of the cowboy job).

It's going to get ugly for this company as I'm sure families of the victims won't just let this pass, and then you have the cost of the attempted search and recovery).

I know we supposed to be enthusiastic about "enterprise" but more and more it seems like this was a total disaster in waiting.

Unfortunately a lot of chancers, con men & outright thieves hide behind the entrepreneur label, & pretend that anyone who demands rigor is just an old fogey.

At the minimum, before I set foot inside this thing I would want to know what the actual crush depth was, because they'd sent one down 100, or 200x times & on the 223rd time it had failed, i.e. they tested the design to destruction the way real Engineers do.

An insight for the rest of us into what a egotistical asshole Rush was !

This wasn't his first attempt at killing a bunch of paying passengers

[Uncle fester]

Rachet strap still intact.

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/s/1vWdnKDOSr

[Uncle fester]

I knew Neutrino from So Solid Crew had taken up rugby back in the noughties but didn't realize he was still playing.
London Cornish.
Plays at 8.

[fishfoodie]

I knew Neutrino from So Solid Crew had taken up rugby back in the noughties but didn't realize he was still playing.
London Cornish.
Plays at 8.

He must hard to tackle with a handle like that; difficult to predict, & very fast

[Oxbow]

He'll just run straight through you.

[Insane_Homer]

I now know why we are doomed

[TB63]

Broken link..

[Niegs]

This joyous conversation popped up in my feed.

[Uncle fester]

Ah the ploughing champs. Fair bit of ploughing of a different sort going on there too.

[Uncle fester]

https://bsky.app/profile/bubbaprog.ilov ... qsgp4ty327

Hilarious thread of AI cartoons.

[Enzedder]

The world's longest running science experiment - The Pitch Drop experiment

https://smp.uq.edu.au/pitch-drop-experiment

http://thetenthwatch.com/feed/

Who's on the next watch to look out for a drip? My decade is over


p.s. I'm bored. The Missus is watching Coronation Street

[Gumboot]

Looks exhaustipating.

[Kiwias]

A man who spent nearly a half century on death row was released after the court determined the prosecution fabricated key evidence. Took their fucking time to make their minds up.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y9x6zrkrro

[Niegs]

I have little to no sympathy for these wankers. Further in the thread, there's another angle showing a fella getting tackled into the ad boards and a woman amongst them as well.

[Guy Smiley]

^^ Fuck around, find out.

[Kiwias]

Kris Kristofferson died at the age of 88. RIP




Comforting and supporting Sinead O'Connor


Duet with Emmylou Harris


And one more

[Gumboot]

Kristofferson attended Pomona College and experienced his first national exposure in 1958, appearing in the March 31 issue of Sports Illustrated for his achievements in collegiate rugby union, American football, and track and field.[6] He and his classmates revived the Claremont Colleges Rugby Club in 1958, and it remains a Southern California rugby institution.

RIP

[Biffer]

I have little to no sympathy for these wankers. Further in the thread, there's another angle showing a fella getting tackled into the ad boards and a woman amongst them as well.

Are they just chucking them back into the crowd or do they arrest and charge them?

[Sandstorm]

Are they just chucking them back into the crowd or do they arrest and charge them?

Arrested, charged then usually banned for life from another Rugby stadium.

[Biffer]

Are they just chucking them back into the crowd or do they arrest and charge them?

Arrested, charged then usually banned for life from another Rugby stadium.

Good.

[Enzedder]

Message from Ant Robertson

Now that you are aware, I bet you cannot say "Irish Wristwatch" quickly.

[Niegs]

The good ol' days.

[Enzedder]

Jimmy Carter has turned 100 today (US time)

[Kiwias]

Jimmy Carter has turned 100 today (US time)

First US president ever to reach 100.

[Guy Smiley]

Jimmy Carter has turned 100 today (US time)

First US president ever to reach 100.

and the first to be born in a hospital

[tabascoboy]

Japanese woman subdues convenience store thief with headlock, credits anime for technique

Shopping trip turns into unexpected grappling session that ends with bite marks, letter of commendation.

Like countless other people in Japan, 23-year-old Karin Ryo walked into a convenience store to do some shopping on the night of September 16. But while it’s unclear if Ryo ever obtained what she’d gone to the store in search of, while she was there she decided to dispense some justice.

The incident occurred shortly before 8 p.m. in the Shitte neighborhood of the city of Yokohama’s Tsurumi Ward, slightly south of Tokyo. While Ryo was at the store a man attempted to shoplift a six-pack of beer and when he attempted to flee, a clerk confronted him, with the two becoming entangled near the store’s exit. Noticing the altercation, Ryo stepped in and, after ensnaring the man’s legs, brought him to the ground and put him in a headlock.

The man attempted to break free by biting Ryo on her left forearm, with enough force that two weeks later there are still visible teeth marks on her skin. Ryo’s grip held fast, though, and she kept the man subdued until the police were summoned and arrived on the scene, where he was placed under arrest.

As an office worker who works in Tsurumi, Ryo’s daily job doesn’t involve subduing criminals, so following the incident some wondered if maybe she has experience in martial arts training, but that’s not part of her background either. “I’ve never done martial arts. I took tea ceremony lessons,” she says, instead crediting a love of anime for her headlock technique. “I like anime, so I just sort of imitated what I’ve seen in it.”

https://soranews24.com/2024/10/02/japan ... technique/

[Gumboot]

Jimmy Carter has turned 100 today (US time)

First US president ever to reach 100.

and the first to be born in a hospital

Onya, Jimmy.

[Uncle fester]

Jimmy Carter has turned 100 today (US time)

Didn't look too healthy from the footage of the flyover.