In 2017 Idiocracy is a Documentary

#61

Bhurzum wrote:
Brive1987 wrote:"Weapon fires' weapon stops. Cock, lock, look ..."
Ah, it warms my crusty old SAA instructor heart to read that...

Are you familiar with the "three point check" (easily remembered by the mnemonic "BBC")?

Don't google that.

#62

MarcusAu wrote:
free thoughtpolice wrote:I've heard that the Newfoundland accent is supposed to be very close to the Irish accent of the 17th or 18th century.
[youtube.][/youtube]
Shakespeare was from the Black Country.

So if you want to know how they might of sounded at the time - just imagine all the dialogue as read by Ozzy Osbourne.

Yet another reason to know that illiterate country bumpkin didn't write a single line of those works.

#63

katamari Damassi wrote:On Independence Day NPR tweeted the Declaration of Independence and received outraged backlash from Trumpies who didn't understand what it was and thought NPR was being seditious.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/n ... rs-outrage

That is the narrative.

But let's look at the tweets they are using as examples.

Out of the 4 tweets listed one guy is complaining about getting sent 5,000 Tweets from CNN. Another guy calls it spam because his phone is going off left & right for tweet alerts.

I am going to have to agree, that twitter is not the place to repost long documents. People would be pissed if I opted to repost War & Peace on twitter too. Some of them are obviously NPR fans & followers.

One guy was clearly confused, but admitted to his stupidity as soon as it was pointed out.

NPR is a trusted news organization so their tweets are probably highly ranked and flooded people's twitter screens.

NPR should have used tweetlonger.

#64

ESPN Magazine's annual Body issue just came out, and the US Women's Hockey team is gorgeous.

#65

Lsuoma wrote:
Bhurzum wrote:
Brive1987 wrote:"Weapon fires' weapon stops. Cock, lock, look ..."
Ah, it warms my crusty old SAA instructor heart to read that...

Are you familiar with the "three point check" (easily remembered by the mnemonic "BBC")?
Don't google that.

Which?
* "Cock, lock, look"
* "crust old SAA instructor"
* "three point check"
* "BBC"

Or all of the above?

#66

Matt Cavanaugh wrote:ESPN Magazine's annual Body issue just came out, and the US Women's Hockey team is gorgeous.

Link for the lazy:
http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/ ... hockeyteam
(click next on the right to see their full spread)

Base link to the whole thing:
http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/ ... issue-2017
(Plenty of eye candy there for the women, and a few more for the men).

#67

I think they airbrushed out one of Caroline Wozniacki's nipples in one of the action shots. That or her areola is so small it would be completely covered by her middle finger.

#68

deLurch wrote:(Plenty of eye candy there for the women, and a few more for the men).

Aye but what about the non-binary members of the 'pit? Are there pictures of dismantled air conditioning units for those of us who identify as sex robots?

Asking for a friend...

#69

Bhurzum wrote:Aye but what about the non-binary members of the 'pit? Are there pictures of dismantled air conditioning units for those of us who identify as sex robots?

Asking for a friend...

Yes, they thought of everyone.
http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/ ... rstieennis

#70

Lsuoma wrote:
DrokkIt wrote:
Brive1987 wrote:Happy belated 4oJ pit-people.

And screw, thanks - you are a better resource (and far more accessible) than the Aust War Memorial website.

I spent 10 mins trying to get a simple map of what I had seen, but to no avail.
I'll see your Lauren, and raise you:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DD7otcjXsAEcz0B.jpg:large
Couple more like that, and you'll be considered for a Pit Art Master award.

Give it a rest and face it, she would love my Imperialist, Colonialist cock in her arse. All women love the anglo cock and should form a queue and be granted access to it on a merit case by case basis.

#71

deLurch wrote:Yes, they thought of everyone.
http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/ ... rstieennis

Phwooar! Check out the hinge on that!

Oops, I mean I'll pass that on to my friend.

:oops:

#72

free thoughtpolice wrote:
He's not a 15 year old kid. according to Sargons latest vid HanAssholeSolon posted on reddit several months ago that he was a teenager in 1990.
Right then. Just Trump supporters posting fake news.

Give it a rest you retarded fuckwit as this is a 'news' organization pulling out all the tops against some nobody on reddit posting a funny gif. I fucking hate you, you authoritarian globalist corporatist cunt, hater of the working class, I hope you get cancer and your cancer gets aids. Fuck off and die you piece of shit.

#73

DaveDodo007 wrote:
free thoughtpolice wrote:
He's not a 15 year old kid. according to Sargons latest vid HanAssholeSolon posted on reddit several months ago that he was a teenager in 1990.
Right then. Just Trump supporters posting fake news.
Give it a rest you retarded fuckwit as this is a 'news' organization pulling out all the tops against some nobody on reddit posting a funny gif. I fucking hate you, you authoritarian globalist corporatist cunt, hater of the working class, I hope you get cancer and your cancer gets aids. Fuck off and die you piece of shit.

Vicky? Is that you?

#74

Give it a rest and face it, she would love my Imperialist, Colonialist cock in her arse. All women love the anglo cock and should form a queue and be granted access to it on a merit case by case basis.[/quote] Reminds me of an old joke:

Q: What is twelve inches and White ?

A: NOTHING !!!

#75

MarcusAu wrote:
DrokkIt wrote:Hey, any pitizens like the old rock music?

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-enter ... ebook-post
I guess they could hold a separate festival for men at the same time.

In fact when the film Ulysses came out in 1967 - the audiences in NZ were separated by gender:

http://www.censor.org.nz/resources/hist ... 970s/1967/

But I really don't see such segregation catching on in the present day.

Islamophobe.

#76

Barbie's Boyfriend wrote:Q: What is twelve inches and White ?

A: NOTHING !!!

Demonstrably incorrect.

:bjarte:

https://www.promo4kids.com/image/data/R ... -Ruler.jpg

#77

katamari Damassi wrote:On Independence Day NPR tweeted the Declaration of Independence and received outraged backlash from Trumpies who didn't understand what it was and thought NPR was being seditious.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/n ... rs-outrage

Trumpies follow NPR twitter?

#78

Barbie's Boyfriend wrote:Give it a rest and face it, she would love my Imperialist, Colonialist cock in her arse. All women love the anglo cock and should form a queue and be granted access to it on a merit case by case basis.

Reminds me of an old joke:

Q: What is twelve inches and White ?

A: NOTHING !!![/quote]

Agreed, I'm no cutting my dick in half for any bint. :P

#79

Bhurzum wrote:
Brive1987 wrote:Or most important.

"Punch, arch, clear"
Just noticed this one - sounds very similar to part of an older 120mm loading drill (Chieftain).

http://www.stress-engineering.uk/wp-con ... breech.jpg

Familiar?

That one is actually from the accelerated free fall course - "look, reach, pull" was the standard opening drill followed by "size, shape ...". "Punch, arch, clear" was for reserve deployment. Which I had to do once.

:o

No doubt it sounds more exotic when spoken by Phil in French.

I do reall bellowing "BBDA clear" for the 66 - which was, with the exception of a session with the CharlieG, the biggest bang I got to enjoy.

Oh apart from Daria in the back of a sigs Land Rover during a night time-storm - but that's a story best forgotten.

#80

Brive1987 wrote:Oh apart from Daria in the back of a sigs Land Rover during a night time-storm - but that's a story best forgotten.

Ah, I've got a similar story about a filthy (I'm talking unholy levels of smut) English medic I met in Bosnia. She was a seriously good girl!

Maybe one day we'll get to pull up a sandbag, crack open a beer and exchange tales ;)

#81

Lsuoma wrote:
Brive1987 wrote:On a happier note I've finished my genocide module with three high distinctions for the three papers. :dance:

I should put that on my CV.
Whites dun it!

Weirdly, I noted the flight of African nations from the ICC and thought I was pushing it by describing the cause as "perceived neo-colonial bias' .

My paper was marked up in the PDF by the Prof with a "yes, but don't you think this is merely a convenient excuse?"

Could'a knocked me over with a feather.

#82

Bhurzum wrote:
Brive1987 wrote:Oh apart from Daria in the back of a sigs Land Rover during a night time-storm - but that's a story best forgotten.
Ah, I've got a similar story about a filthy (I'm talking unholy levels of smut) English medic I met in Bosnia. She was a seriously good girl!

Maybe one day we'll get to pull up a sandbag, crack open a beer and exchange tales ;)

Daria aside, your tales would eclipse my wimpy experience - but that would be good.

I date back to non jelly-bean greens which required a matching set for parade starch and creases, gun groups based on buggy M60s and personal weapons that used 7.62. Heck. It was a fine day when the officers F1s were replaced with early model M16s.

The upside was that the WOs and training majors generally had Vietnam experience as privates and cpls.

#83

Brive1987 wrote::bjarte:

IOWWDI (maybe someone can tweet that back at himherit)

#84

Bhurzum wrote:
deLurch wrote:(Plenty of eye candy there for the women, and a few more for the men).
Aye but what about the non-binary members of the 'pit? Are there pictures of dismantled air conditioning units for those of us who identify as sex robots?

Asking for a friend...

:) And nice of deLurch to rise to the occasion with some relevant pics (be still my ~~heart~~ hydraulic pump, Model X795B, Mk-V ...)

But amazing what they're doing with prosthetics these days - miniaturization, and 3D-printing, and a better understanding of the human-machine interface.

#85

Watson is claiming her mutant mutt as a spitz.

My pure bred Samoyed had a good laugh.

Guest_936d3dec · #86

Coraline Ada of the Contributor Covenant (Code of Conduct) writes of her amazingly awful year at Github.

And it does sound pretty awful. Her description that it was all about one perfectly reasonable criticism of a survey question just doesn't sound accurate. (Sounds delusional).

But Coraline of Opalgate, called to the carpet because she lacks empathy towards others? Yeah, that I can believe.

where.coraline.codes/blog/my-year-at-github/ <-- her url (wow ".codes" cost $69 per year!) (this is also a test of the URL parser)

#87

http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/b4d7 ... cbe727ee09

Yassmin Abdel-Magied has completed her tent pissing spray in OZ and is now headed to London.

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv ... 3b3eb7122c

Young Yasmin is an outspoken Somali-Australian who leveraged her oppression points until they bit her bum. Winner of multiple Young Muslim of the Year type awards she was a woman on a mission.

Her self immolation started when she stated on TV that "Islam to me is the most feminist religion. We got equal rights well before the Europeans. We don't take our husbands' last names because we ain't their property."

Sharia Law was "about mercy, it's about kindness"

She then shat on ANZAC Day with her (now deleted) tweet "Lest We Forget (Manus, Nauru, Syria, Palestine ...)".

Bleeding hearted liberal ABC axed her show in what our immigration minister described as a good start:

The Immigration Minister said the cancellation of Ms Abdel-Magied’s show was a “good start” in cleaning out the broadcaster. “One down, many to go,” he told Sydney radio station 2GB this morning.

She then declared the Westminster System a failure:

the controversial former ABC presenter called the government a “neoliberalism capitalist project” during a speech at a Canberra leadership forum this week.

Speaking on a panel at the Australian National University, Ms Abdel-Magied suggested the Australian parliamentary system had failed.

To which a Liberal Senator suggested she move to a Arab Dictatorshp - something she found "baffling".

Now she is garnering victim points as "the most hated Muslim in Australia".
http://www.news.com.au/technology/onlin ... 5bded21cbf

And going to London.

The squishy left are in tears. Australia has so far been circumspect enough to avoid requesting a clit-stat report.

#88

Lofty is very upset with the troll who incited violence against CNN

http://i.imgur.com/jP2OWSL.jpg

So upset he invokes (with his link) ...... umm ....

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcdeu ... o1_500.gif

Where do these people come from?

#89

Brive1987 wrote:Lofty is very upset with the troll who incited violence against CNN

http://i.imgur.com/jP2OWSL.jpg

So upset he invokes (with his link) ...... umm ....

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcdeu ... o1_500.gif

Where do these people come from?

US colleges and universities :bjarte:

#90

Brive1987 wrote:[.img]http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/b4d7 ... cbe727ee09[/img]

Yassmin Abdel-Magied has completed her tent pissing spray in OZ and is now headed to London.

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv ... 3b3eb7122c

Young Yasmin is an outspoken Somali-Australian who leveraged her oppression points until they bit her bum. Winner of multiple Young Muslim of the Year type awards she was a woman on a mission.

<snip>

The squishy left are in tears. Australia has so far been circumspect enough to avoid requesting a clit-stat report.

Interesting - seems old Yassmin should be in line for a Cunty for 2017. However, not really cool that she's apparently been the target of a bunch alt-right dickheads. No shortage of assholes in all camps. Apropos of which, Cathy Young comments on the phenomenon (IOWWDI):

And there's quite a good post over at Godless Mama on the topic, on the syndrome, particularly within the atheist-skeptic movement:

... what stood out to me most at the time were Tyson’s comments regarding the criticism he has sometimes taken for declining to profess his atheism:
Tyson wrote:I have seen the conduct of outspoken atheists and there is conduct they exhibit that I do not, and so if there’s an emergent sense of what an atheist is, and that sense is being defined by those who are most visible, then I have to say there’s got to be some other word for me, but not that word.'
As much as I respect Dr. Tyson, when I heard these words I admit was slightly put off. .... Fast forward to today, and my heart breaks to admit that I now identify 100% with Tyson’s position. The label of “atheist,” along with the labels “skeptic” and “rationalist,” have become so weighted with the baggage of bad actors that I too am left wondering what to call myself so as to not bear the guilt by association. ....

My point here is not about atheists but about movement atheism, which has become corrupted by the rising prevalence of voices that, at the end of the day, espouse a lot of views that are strikingly and chillingly similar to the religious ones we claim to oppose. Being an outspoken opponent of magical thinking, of interference by religion in the public sphere, and of the many toxic ideas put forward by religion is still an important and worthy cause. But it is time to let go of the idea that religion owns the market of bad ideas. It is time to let go of the conceit that atheists are more willing to challenge their own beliefs than theists. It is time to do away with the notion that to the extent atheists have a PR problem we don’t bear at least some measure of accountability. Above all, it is time for those of us who believe in the cause of movement atheism as a means to making the world better – to eliminating justifications for bigotry and hate and violence, to guiding humanity towards making better choices based on evidence and ethics and empathy rather than on ideology – to clean our own house, to repudiate the voices of bigotry and hypocrisy within our own ranks, and to amplify those voices among us who are intellectually honest, morally courageous, and who better represent the most noble aspirations of our movement.

Think that "bad actors" might reasonably be applied to no few social-justice warriors, and not exclusive to those on the left - Nawaz maybe being a case in point. Seems entirely understandable that people, out of a sense of civic duty or pride ("goeth before a fall ..."), rise to the occasion and put in time and effort for their causes. But it also seems quite understandable that, particularly when there is remuneration and perks, there's a tendency for the tail to wind up wagging the dog.

#91

Nope - still an atheist.

#92

If it's Majid Nawaz you're on about, he's not an atheist.

#93

Bhurzum wrote:
Brive1987 wrote:"Weapon fires' weapon stops. Cock, lock, look ..."
Ah, it warms my crusty old SAA instructor heart to read that...

Are you familiar with the "three point check" (easily remembered by the mnemonic "BBC")?

No three point check in the SLR IA.

Weapon fires, weapons stops, cock lock look

Rounds in the magazine no rounds in the chamber - release the cocking handle and continue firing
After three or so rounds, weapon fires, weapons stops, cock lock look
Rounds in the magazine no rounds in the chamber - adjust the gas setting down and continue firing

Weapon fires, weapons stops, cock lock look
No rounds in the magazine, no rounds in the chamber - replace magazine

Weapon fires, weapons stops, cock lock look
Rounds in the magazine, rounds in the chamber - execute full or partial clearance

Etc ...

It was of course basic stuff. The point, naturally, was to do it instinctively - regardless of stress.

As an instructor you would gradually speed up and hike the aggression and try to get the recruits excited and confused like in a game of Simon says.

#94

Really? wrote:
Brive1987 wrote::bjarte:

https://www.chargrilled.co.uk/t-shirts/ ... n_Grey.jpg

[youtube][/youtube]

#95

Has it been determined if CNN found the right meme maker?

This story reminds me of Russian propaganda, obliterate the notion of truth. (Alright the American notion of Russian propaganda).

Adland thinks it's Gawker boycott part two.

http://adland.tv/adnews/cnnblackmail-trends/484209538

They come down on the wrong guy side.

#96

As I was walking in a field of wheat,
I picked up something good to eat;
Neither fish, flesh, fowl, nor bone,
I kept it till it ran alone.

#97

Suspended from her job with a threat of dismissal for attending a 'Unite against Hate' march. This is where we are in the UK now.

[youtube][/youtube]

#98

Bhurzum wrote:
deLurch wrote:Yes, they thought of everyone.
http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/ ... rstieennis
Phwooar! Check out the hinge on that!

Oops, I mean I'll pass that on to my friend.

:oops:

Check out that crack in the second picture.

8-)

#99

THE FATE OF THE WEST RELIES ON MEMES.

:lol: :lol:

#100

Richard Dawkins has a lot to answer for.

#101

MarcusAu wrote:This may seem neither fish nor foul to some - but it still sounds American to me.

Can anyone hear any West Country or Cornwall in the dialect?

[youtube][/youtube]

I can definitely hear a Cornish style burr in there. The lady with the sunglasses even sounds a bit Aussie. A lot of ingredients in the mix there.

#102

So, with the thing that was created primarily to get us back in the public consciousness, (The Block Bot) after, of course, Laci Green continued her voyage of discovery down this particular river, and found herself blocked. Is it still Oolon and MAMelby who are looking after it or did it ever pass to other people?

#103

Karmakin wrote:So, with the thing that was created primarily to get us back in the public consciousness, (The Block Bot) after, of course, Laci Green continued her voyage of discovery down this particular river, and found herself blocked. Is it still Oolon and MAMelby who are looking after it or did it ever pass to other people?

From their FAQ page:

Who are the blockers?
Admins (Can add other people to the block bot as blockers, they run the service)

@TheBlockBot
@Xanthe_Cat
@MAMelby

Blockers (Can add people to the block list)

All the admins above plus….

@Hyperdeath128K
@Iguananaut
@DrJaneChi
@Artemissian
@SpannerDaniel
@EarlMoray
@SwooshyCueb
@raethfall
@Koolasuchus
@Ardeluxe
@lucypaw
@DivergentSwarm
@RaavynnDigitaL
@sgsegv
@xanthine
@feministlady
@elsalroberts
@adrienneleigh
@sarahlicity
@keyrith_
@vex0rian
@heatherr_parker
@bethblockbot
@veronicastraszh
@amandamichelle
@jaythenerdkid
@karnythia
@awhooker
@shayblez

(For any *technical* issues contact @oolon)

So yup, it's still the same old people, plus some new nutters like Jay the Nerd Kid (an insane person who LARPs her own version of islam which never existed and doesn't have anything to do with any denomination except easy victim points).

#104

That's not research Kirbmarc - that is archeology.

I don't see Oolon listed - if I recall correctly he bailed fairly early on.

#105

free thoughtpolice wrote:
DaveDodo007 wrote:
free thoughtpolice wrote:
Right then. Just Trump supporters posting fake news.
Give it a rest you retarded fuckwit as this is a 'news' organization pulling out all the tops against some nobody on reddit posting a funny gif. I fucking hate you, you authoritarian globalist corporatist cunt, hater of the working class, I hope you get cancer and your cancer gets aids. Fuck off and die you piece of shit.
Vicky? Is that you?

I'm not the only one on this forum who is a good judge of character.

#106

Vicky Caramel wrote:

I'm not the only one on this forum who is a good judge of character.

You said you were a good tracker and bigfoot investigator too, but this one snuck by right under your nose.
[youtube][/youtube]

#107

free thoughtpolice wrote:Vicky Caramel wrote:
I'm not the only one on this forum who is a good judge of character.
You said you were a good tracker and bigfoot investigator too, but this one snuck by right under your nose.
[youtube][/youtube]

I can see how you would be out of your depth. To debunk the British ones you can't just claim to be an expert woodsman and say "it's a bear".
It's okay, there are real skeptics who have got this.

#108

VC

I posted before about this upcoming lecture...but you may have missed it.

http://forteanlondon.blogspot.co.uk/

#109

MarcusAu wrote:VC

I posted before about this upcoming lecture...but you may have missed it.

http://forteanlondon.blogspot.co.uk/

Harry Rose is not the most insane of the bunch, these people are an amusing study.

#110

Road maintenance is white supremacy :bjarte:

#111

Kirbmarc wrote:
Road maintenance is white supremacy :bjarte:

Ah the delightful Caroline Criado-Perez, she blocked me on twitter a while back for having the temerity to ask her what her favourite statue of a woman was. :lol:

#112

Kirbmarc wrote:
Road maintenance is white supremacy :bjarte:

I can't find the stats I once saw online, but I think it was like this: while it is true that higher income households have a higher average number of cars, which are more expensive, the percentage of households that have a car at all was not significantly lower in lower income classes. (Only the poorest families have no car, but in large cities many richer families also dropped their car. The picture is nowadays even more skewed because of the increase of car sharing programs).

So it's mostly bunk, and people with an old wreck arguably profit more of high quality asphalt than those with a new, high-end car.

#113

feathers wrote:
Kirbmarc wrote:
Road maintenance is white supremacy :bjarte:
I can't find the stats I once saw online, but I think it was like this: while it is true that higher income households have a higher average number of cars, which are more expensive, the percentage of households that have a car at all was not significantly lower in lower income classes. (Only the poorest families have no car, but in large cities many richer families also dropped their car. The picture is nowadays even more skewed because of the increase of car sharing programs).

So it's mostly bunk, and people with an old wreck arguably profit more of high quality asphalt than those with a new, high-end car.

So poor people don't use roads? They get from place to place simply by walking, or by flying bus? Their food delivered by drone, all the amenities of life brought to them by apparently mysterious, non-infrastructure means? Fascinating.

#114

A rich guy who owns five cars can still only drive one car at a time.

There are good arguments for prioritizing other forms of transit over road upgrades (the biggest ones being that new roads intended to alleviate traffic from existing roads always end up creating new traffic, and that roads unlike rail only decrease in efficiency the more people use it at once), but you can't neglect roads, because poor people use them as well. They drive. They take the bus.

#115

Sunder wrote:A rich guy who owns five cars can still only drive one car at a time.

There are good arguments for prioritizing other forms of transit over road upgrades (the biggest ones being that new roads intended to alleviate traffic from existing roads always end up creating new traffic, and that roads unlike rail only decrease in efficiency the more people use it at once), but you can't neglect roads, because poor people use them as well. They drive. They take the bus.

Ah, but buses don't use roads. Only rich white men in cars use roads.

#116

Sunder wrote:A rich guy who owns five cars can still only drive one car at a time.

There are good arguments for prioritizing other forms of transit over road upgrades (the biggest ones being that new roads intended to alleviate traffic from existing roads always end up creating new traffic, and that roads unlike rail only decrease in efficiency the more people use it at once), but you can't neglect roads, because poor people use them as well. They drive. They take the bus.

Also plenty of goods are delivered through roads.

#117

There could be some untapped comedic material for an Elfwick type to find something that benefits everyone and argue how it only benefits white people.

"Rich white guys talk about saving rainforests only they'll ever be privileged enough to visit."

#118

New SyeTen...

[youtube][/youtube]

Guest_9f0c1607 · #119

Well, if they want bridges instead of walls, maybe they could build a massive bridge to and from nowhere, running parallel with the US/Mexican border, but instead of a large span being held up by applying knowledge of physics to building materials it has large supporting pillars 2mm apart from each other. Hey presto, and maybe Mexico will pay after all.

CaughtUpLockedOut

#120

She may have a point. My wife doesn't use roads. She'd have to slow down in order for her tires to touch the pavement.