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Wanamingo posted:That just reminded me, this live feed of abbey road is always worth a laugh. It's a busy street that's constantly being swarmed by tourists, and it always goes exactly like you'd expect. people getting hit by a car mid-stride and then yelling "HELP!"?
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Dec 23, 2015 16:17
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ayn rand hand job posted:people getting hit by a car mid-stride and then yelling "HELP!"? Wrong album 
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Dec 23, 2015 16:19
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BerkerkLurk posted:What's he saying at 3:11 and what does it mean? "making GBS threads persho?" Shittin' Peugeot! 
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Dec 23, 2015 16:20
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"He's got his old boy out...AGGGHHH"
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Dec 23, 2015 16:21
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I'm surprised there aren't more accidents in the UK considering they drive on the wrong side of the road all the time.
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Dec 23, 2015 16:21
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veedubfreak posted:I'm surprised there aren't more accidents in the UK considering they drive on the wrong side of the road all the time. This is the dumbest joke... I ever laughed at.
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Dec 23, 2015 16:23
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veedubfreak posted:I'm surprised there aren't more accidents in the UK considering they drive on the wrong side of the road all the time. Some brave vehicular pioneers attempt to drive on the other side in some of the videos and it doesn't go well for anyone involved.
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Dec 23, 2015 16:27
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Data Graham posted:Shittin' Peugeot!
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Dec 23, 2015 16:31
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BerkerkLurk posted:Oh good, I was worried it was some sort of racial slur. Against the French, maybe.
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Dec 23, 2015 16:36
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Foxhound posted:I will never understand why the UK is filled with people doing 60 on super narrow roads where every corner is completely blind and obscured by bushes. It scared the life out of me when my friend was driving me around near Maidenhead. People view the national speed limit as a challenge. Ironically those roads are much safer at night because you can see the beams from other cars.
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Dec 23, 2015 16:49
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Plus if you drive those country roads with any frequency, you know to blast your horn on the proper blind turns/hills to let anyone know you're coming.
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Dec 23, 2015 16:52
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Gorilla Salad posted:Bollards! Pseudohog posted:The automatic bollards? Here's one Haha, yes, these are my favorites. I always figured there was pretty significant signage warning people about them, and was surprised to learn that there were flashing lights and street paintings, and people still ignore them.
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Dec 23, 2015 16:59
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Wanamingo posted:That just reminded me, this live feed of abbey road is always worth a laugh. It's a busy street that's constantly being swarmed by tourists, and it always goes exactly like you'd expect. Clicked link and immediately saw woman leap out into traffic and pose for a photo. This is wonderful.
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Dec 23, 2015 17:00
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Wanamingo posted:That just reminded me, this live feed of abbey road is always worth a laugh. It's a busy street that's constantly being swarmed by tourists, and it always goes exactly like you'd expect. Why don't they just move the crosswalk to an intersection and put up a traffic light?
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Dec 23, 2015 17:49
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Cause it's more entertaining to film idiots getting hit by cars.
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Dec 23, 2015 19:21
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Cthulhuite posted:Plus if you drive those country roads with any frequency, you know to blast your horn on the proper blind turns/hills to let anyone know you're coming. So I went to youtube to see someone someone driving on those like a maniac but instead found this explanation of how you're supposed to drive on those roads: https://youtu.be/s2oGoK5DCoU?t=215 "There's evidence of horse riders in the middle of the road"... We do have some roads like that here and I've driven on some in Germany that are literally only wide enough for one car (so somebody always has to reverse to a widened spot) but at least those never have these loving enormous hedges on the sides.
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Dec 23, 2015 20:40
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Rosoboronexport posted:
I have done this once IRL. Luckily I realised before I started the engine and I got the engine drained. In my defense, the thread on the fill cap is green for some reason.
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Dec 23, 2015 21:23
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im pooping! posted:They are morons. Risking jail time for $30 worth of lovely beer, and then failing to execute even that lovely loving plan is pretty much the definition of this thread.
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Dec 23, 2015 22:02
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SpacePig posted:Haha, yes, these are my favorites. I always figured there was pretty significant signage warning people about them, and was surprised to learn that there were flashing lights and street paintings, and people still ignore them. First one in the third link clearly knows it's there - it starts with her stopped in front of it, she backs out to let a bus in, and then as soon as the bus is past she guns it to try to sneak through. They (at least some of them) definitely know they're there, they just think they're clever/invincible/lucky/are high on their own farts and if anything fucks up it's not their fault and they can sue.
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Dec 23, 2015 22:09
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President Ark posted:First one in the third link clearly knows it's there - it starts with her stopped in front of it, she backs out to let a bus in, and then as soon as the bus is past she guns it to try to sneak through. They (at least some of them) definitely know they're there, they just think they're clever/invincible/lucky/are high on their own farts and if anything fucks up it's not their fault and they can sue. Can they actually sue? It seems like it's pretty clearly their fault, even without the video.
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Dec 23, 2015 22:45
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SpacePig posted:Can they actually sue? It seems like it's pretty clearly their fault, even without the video. In addition to not being able to sue, they have to pay for any damage to the bollard IIRC.
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Dec 23, 2015 23:00
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Plucky Brit posted:People view the national speed limit as a challenge. Ironically those roads are much safer at night because you can see the beams from other cars. I've lived in enough places with country lanes to see enough HALFORDS 'pumped up' Uno or 106's ploughed into the ditches on the side of those roads to know that is not always the case. One road in particular that was very popular among boy racers was about a mile long stretch with a very tight corner and a stream at the end that ALWAYS had it's barrier mashed in. They even put up concrete bollards but those got walloped too. Rondette has a new favorite as of 23:06 on Dec 23, 2015 |
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Dec 23, 2015 23:03
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A heartwarming Christmas tale; a colleague's girlfriend works in a second-hand electronics goods store, and had a guy come in this week to sell an iPod Touch. As per policy she asked him to leave it for an hour while they charge and test it, and then come back for his money. So they charged it, tested it and then found that not only was the iPod on the local register for stolen goods, but there was a photo on there of him and another guy standing in a grow room with several hundred good-sized cannabis plants. So the bloke comes back for his money, gets followed home by the police, and they nick him and the four other people who were living there. Merry Christmas, lads! If you had thousands of pounds worth of weed in your house, why the gently caress would you risk or even bother selling a stolen iPod for 50 quid? Edit: Someone has just pointed out that the answer to this is probably that he was some poor sod in the UK illegally, living in semi-slavery rather than getting rich off that weed, and fifty quid in his pocket right before Xmas looked pretty drat appealing. Bah. Sanford has a new favorite as of 23:43 on Dec 23, 2015 |
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Dec 23, 2015 23:29
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veedubfreak posted:I'm surprised there aren't more accidents in the UK considering they drive on the wrong side of the road all the time. This, but unironically, considering that the UK is an hour away from a continent full of countries that drive on the other side. People hop over the ditch all the time - just go to another freakin' country for the weekend. How they cope with the change in driving is beyond me. It's dumb anyway. We should all standardise to right-hand side and finished, since that's what most people use. Hyperlynx has a new favorite as of 23:48 on Dec 23, 2015 |
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Dec 23, 2015 23:37
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Hyperlynx posted:This, but unironically, considering that the UK is an hour away from a continent full of countries that drive on the other side. People hop over the ditch all the time, just go to another freakin' country for the weekend. How they cope with the change in driving is beyond me. I'm from the UK and when I went to America it didn't take me too long to get used to driving on the other side. However those roads are absolutely huge and when one of my friends did actually drive the wrong way down Route 66 everyone had so much time to casually get out of the way we didn't even notice for about half a minute.
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Dec 23, 2015 23:49
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Lemon posted:I'm from the UK and when I went to America it didn't take me too long to get used to driving on the other side. However those roads are absolutely huge and when one of my friends did actually drive the wrong way down Route 66 everyone had so much time to casually get out of the way we didn't even notice for about half a minute. I was the duty driver one night in England and spent the whole night driving people back-and-forth to the pier / hotel / restaurant / whatever. It wasn't hard to drive (or to remember to drive) on the other side and the rules seem pretty much the same, but drat did it freak me out the first time I looked over at the car next to me and saw some little kid sitting in what my brain told me was the driver's seat.
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Dec 23, 2015 23:59
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Tarantula posted:I had completely forgotten about Takeshi Castle until Youtube reminded me. And for the deaf person you might be able to find the DVDs somewhere, I own every season except 3 I think and CC is an option.
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Dec 24, 2015 00:51
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Malachite_Dragon posted:I've desperately searched for someplace that has MXC closed captioned or subtitled, to no avail Hulu has all of MXC available, and it's usually pretty good about subtitles, so you might check there!
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Dec 24, 2015 00:53
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I'm deaf, so they really aren't optional for me. Similarly, finding subtitled MST3K episodes is a pain in the rear end when Netflix keeps taking them back down.
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Lemon posted:I'm from the UK and when I went to America it didn't take me too long to get used to driving on the other side. However those roads are absolutely huge and when one of my friends did actually drive the wrong way down Route 66 everyone had so much time to casually get out of the way we didn't even notice for about half a minute. Of course that's partly because Route 66 is decommissioned and abandoned for much of its length nowadays. 
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Dec 24, 2015 00:56
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SubponticatePoster posted:Is it bad that I remember every single one of those clips? Although they didn't post the best Log Drop, the one where the very large lady takes one step, then smashes her face into the log before rebounding back into the other one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30w5pw8Dg7Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gry5USP5jVQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF0MdsbXSQs chitoryu12 has a new favorite as of 01:01 on Dec 24, 2015 |
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Dec 24, 2015 00:58
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Malachite_Dragon posted:I've desperately searched for someplace that has MXC closed captioned or subtitled, to no avail Does somebody in your situation ever use Youtube auto subtitles? Probably won't work with MXC because the best lines are said under the announcer's breath, I'm just curious.
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Dec 24, 2015 00:58
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Dec 24, 2015 01:02
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32MB OF ESRAM posted:Does somebody in your situation ever use Youtube auto subtitles? Probably won't work with MXC because the best lines are said under the announcer's breath, I'm just curious. Youtubes auto-subtitles are getting better, but they still aren't very good unless they're like Markiplier, with a deep voice and clear pronunciation. Even then, it still only gets it right ~70% of the time.
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Dec 24, 2015 01:29
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Want some real wrong lane driving goodness, try the US Virgin Islands. Lived there for a couple years. Use American cars and drive on the left side of the road. Nothing like riding the fog line all the time on minimally maintained roads.
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Dec 24, 2015 02:07
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One of my cats did this the other day. I was playing with him with a pom-pom on a string on the end of a stick. He grabbed the pom-pom in his mouth and started to walk off with it, with the end of the stick still in my hand. So I dropped the stick, so that he can drag his "kill" off and play with it. He takes off, running away from the stick, but doesn't let go of the pom-pom. So he ends up doing two laps of the apartment, chased by a stick he is dragging behind him, me laughing my arse off. So, like that gif, only it was his own stupid fault for not just letting go.
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Dec 24, 2015 02:41
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Hyperlynx posted:One of my cats did this the other day. I was playing with him with a pom-pom on a string on the end of a stick. He grabbed the pom-pom in his mouth and started to walk off with it, with the end of the stick still in my hand. So I dropped the stick, so that he can drag his "kill" off and play with it. this other predator wants to take my score! yea, real stupid
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Dec 24, 2015 02:45
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Let me tell you how to trap a monkey
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Dec 24, 2015 02:50
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KoRMaK posted:this other predator wants to take my score! If he was running away from me, to preserve his kill, he'd have run under the couch and stopped. Instead, he ran directly away from the stick, turned when he ran out of room, and kept fleeing. He ran past me twice.
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Dec 24, 2015 03:41
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Hyperlynx posted:If he was running away from me, to preserve his kill, he'd have run under the couch and stopped. Instead, he ran directly away from the stick, turned when he ran out of room, and kept fleeing. He ran past me twice. No the stick is the other predator.
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