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ColHannibal posted:I've seen multiple quarter inch size holes be fixed in a pinch with some raw eggs. Is it permanent? No, but protein is an amazing glue and the structure of a radiator lets it grip really well. You could probably get a few hundred miles of highway driving out of an egg fix. They did this years ago on a car myth episode of Mythbusters and Jamie and Adam were both gobsmacked when it worked.
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Bumming Your Scene posted:It was bizarre Clarkson asking what crystal meth was, they don't have amphetamines there? No. Cocaine is readily available (try going into the bathroom at any London pub or restaurant and I guarantee you there'll be the remnants of people having done lines on the cistern) and so are Es.
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drgitlin posted:No. Cocaine is readily available (try going into the bathroom at any London pub or restaurant and I guarantee you there'll be the remnants of people having done lines on the cistern) and so are Es. Just got done watching all of Shameless (UK). Can you really go to a bar and ask for an E at the counter? Or do you have to achieve Frank status first.
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Preoptopus posted:Just got done watching all of Shameless (UK). Can you really go to a bar and ask for an E at the counter? Or do you have to achieve Frank status first. Let's hear what you think first.
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I literally LOLed when Clarkson broke his windshield. "Breeze'll be nice"
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I liked the season and all but it cant be over, there was no P1 or 918 on the track.
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ColHannibal posted:I liked the season and all but it cant be over, there was no P1 or 918 on the track. They said that would happen sometime in June or something.
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Maybe everyone knew about this already except me, but there's a Youtube channel that is just James May explaining things: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMrtJn-MOYmfqNgyPxx6NYMZnd25y4shc edit: here's a condensed best of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtkbm87WLh4 TheGoatTrick fucked around with this message at 07:46 on Mar 26, 2014 |
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http://www.inautonews.com/top-gear-and-clarkson-facing-lawsuit-for-racist-remark#.UzoJatxvZh5
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Ooops.quote:In a statement, Wilman said: "When we used the word "slope" in the recent Top Gear Burma special it was a light-hearted wordplayIn a statement, Wilman said: "When we used the word "slope" in the recent Top Gear Burma special it was a light-hearted wordplay joke referencing both the build quality of the bridge and the local Asian man who was crossing it. http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/apr/23/top-gear-regrets-offensive-remark-jeremy-clarkson
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They didn't have that line in the US broadcast.
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Taerkar posted:They didn't have that line in the US broadcast. Much like changing "Born in the USA" to some generic classical song (which I forget) for their Vietnam trip.
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I watched the UK version and didn't even notice until that whole thing hit the news. Good job champions!
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Trabant posted:What a horseshit "apology."
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If you believe that a highly produced, meticulously edited program with a history of going out of its way to be offensive to pretty much everyone just accidentally used that expression only to backtrack and (somehow?) blame The Colonies... Then sure, let's go with your point of view.
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Trabant posted:If you believe that a highly produced, meticulously edited program with a history of going out of its way to be offensive to pretty much everyone just accidentally used that expression only to backtrack and (somehow?) blame The Colonies... Then sure, let's go with your point of view. I don't quite understand why people are so vehemetely defending them either. I didn't know the term, but though it was pretty funny when someone pointed it out. Do people actually get upset at very vaguely offensive terms? I mean, I know when someone calls me a cracker I just get FURIOUS.
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subx posted:I don't quite understand why people are so vehemetely defending them either. I didn't know the term, but though it was pretty funny when someone pointed it out. Do people actually get upset at very vaguely offensive terms? I mean, I know when someone calls me a cracker I just get FURIOUS. The P.C. police have a hard-on for Top Gear anyhow, since they are driving cars which hurts Mother Earth. Expensive ones, too. But, yeah, that is an offensive term. I can't say I've heard anyone under the age of DEAD A COUPLE DECADES use it in that manner, though.
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subx posted:Do people actually get upset at very vaguely offensive terms? Have you heard of Tumblr? v that too. corgski fucked around with this message at 19:04 on Apr 23, 2014 |
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subx posted:I mean, I know when someone calls me a cracker I just get FURIOUS. Not quite the same thing.
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West SAAB Story posted:The P.C. police have a hard-on for Top Gear anyhow, since they are driving cars which hurts Mother Earth. Expensive ones, too. But, yeah, that is an offensive term. I can't say I've heard anyone under the age of DEAD A COUPLE DECADES use it in that manner, though. To be fair, Clarckson's remarks about climate change are loving braindead.
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He is a buffoon that plays himself on TV.
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ColdPie posted:To be fair, Clarckson's remarks Taerkar posted:He is a buffoon that plays himself on TV. Pretty much. He is amusing, though. So is May. Not sure I could handle Hamster by himself, though.
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Taerkar posted:Hamster doesn't work well by himself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QypmXbwD1k Indeed.
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West SAAB Story posted:The P.C. police have a hard-on for Top Gear anyhow, since they are driving cars which hurts Mother Earth. Expensive ones, too. But, yeah, that is an offensive term. I can't say I've heard anyone under the age of DEAD A COUPLE DECADES use it in that manner, though. It's been a couple of years since I last heard it used, but it was a much more widely used racial insult than just old soldiers returned from Vietnam. I'm not buying the excuse from TG this time, they would have known it's a highly offensive racial term - and it certainly wasnt being used to be funny. quote:Do people actually get upset at very vaguely offensive terms? Weeeeeeeell...... it's not a vaguely offensive term here. It's quite a blatant one.
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Cat Terrist posted:It's been a couple of years since I last heard it used, but it was a much more widely used racial insult than just old soldiers returned from Vietnam. I'm not buying the excuse from TG this time, they would have known it's a highly offensive racial term - and it certainly wasnt being used to be funny. If one knows something wasn't meant to be offensive but they still take offense, they are dumb. I'm not championing Jeremy Clarkson, but I doubt it was intended to be actual real offense. Intent/context always matters, and in the context of comedy things like this really don't count in my book. See every comedian ever in a stand up routine.
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OldPueblo posted:If one knows something wasn't meant to be offensive but they still take offense, they are dumb. I'm not championing Jeremy Clarkson, but I doubt it was intended to be actual real offense. Intent/context always matters, and in the context of comedy things like this really don't count in my book. See every comedian ever in a stand up routine. That's where I dispute that it was "comedy" or accidental. The context was an Asian on a bridge and Clarkson making obviously racist remarks that were not in any way shape or form funny. Come on, slope on a bridge? How else was that supposed to be seen?
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I dont get it, some Indian celebrity is suing the bbc for a million pounds because she felt offended by a derogatory term for Asians? Why should she get a million pounds?
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It was pretty blatant, although I didn't catch it right away as I haven't heard the term used in years. I'm not even sure if I've ever heard it outside of old war movies.
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I swear Asians are the most sensitive and easily offended group. This uproar and the recent #cancelcolbert bullshit. You don't see any other ethnic group so butt hurt over nothing. And I'm Chinese.
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lostleaf posted:I swear Asians are the most sensitive and easily offended group. This uproar and the recent #cancelcolbert bullshit. You don't see any other ethnic group so butt hurt over nothing. And I'm Chinese. I don't know man, I'm Jewish by birth. Nobody kvetches like my extended family.
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lostleaf posted:I swear Asians are the most sensitive and easily offended group. This uproar and the recent #cancelcolbert bullshit. You don't see any other ethnic group so butt hurt over nothing. And I'm Chinese. thelightguy posted:I don't know man, I'm Jewish by birth. Nobody kvetches like my extended family. This is cute and all, but there's no beating uptight old WASPs for taking offense at every stupid loving thing in the entire cosmos. Their trump card is taking offense at people being offended by them. 99% of "Political Correctness Gone Mad" is actually "Old white people leaping at the chance to be offended that somebody actually called them out on being huge assholes." Master  race. 
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Cat Terrist posted:That's where I dispute that it was "comedy" or accidental. The context was an Asian on a bridge and Clarkson making obviously racist remarks that were not in any way shape or form funny. I literally thought he was talking about the bridge being sloped. That's how I took it. Now that I know, it's funny. Because it's wordplay, not an actual attack on that man on the bridge.
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OldPueblo posted:I literally thought he was talking about the bridge being sloped. That's how I took it. Now that I know, it's funny. Because it's wordplay, not an actual attack on that man on the bridge. Ya same here, they built a rubbish bridge, were so proud of it but still well it had a slope in it. This whole thing is ridiculous. Like, this is a thing were concerning ourselves over, when there is real racial poo poo happening in England, people halfway across the world worry about what an entertainment car show said. Thanks News for keeping us abreast of whats important in the world. Celebrity news.
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Morphix posted:Ya same here, they built a rubbish bridge, were so proud of it but still well it had a slope in it. This whole thing is ridiculous. Like, this is a thing were concerning ourselves over, when there is real racial poo poo happening in England, people halfway across the world worry about what an entertainment car show said. If you fuckers didn't destroy News of the World over a little thing like stolen cell phone data, this never would have happened. <  >
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lostleaf posted:I swear Asians are the most sensitive and easily offended group. This uproar and the recent #cancelcolbert bullshit. You don't see any other ethnic group so butt hurt over nothing. And I'm Chinese. But the person offended was a British movie star of Indian decent!
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Preoptopus posted:But the person offended was a British movie star of Indian decent! I'm pretty sure Indian people are considered Asian. But then I never heard of Indians being ridiculed for slanted eyes. I don't know what rod that actress shoved up her own butt.
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