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Carbon dioxide posted:Yeah. So my granddad (80 yo or something?) was suffering from Alzheimer's (which is a horrible disease) and still living in his old house. One morning they found him on the cold kitchen floor where he had apparently been all night after he fell and had gotten confused. He had slight hypothermia so they called an ambulance. Sorry about your granddad. One of mine had Alzheimer's too. Coincidentally, the reason I know old guys can kick rear end is because when I worked as a psych tech at a hospital, we all had to do rotations in the child and senior psych wards and I saw a tech get knocked out cold by an ~80 year old man who had Alzheimer's. Also had to help restrain violent seniors a couple times and it took all of us to do it and several of us had some nice bruises to show for it. Content: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1KW3ZkLtuo I will never get tired of seeing cats gently caress people up.  "I'm serious. His teeth are in my skull."
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Testekill posted:http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/another-week-another-truck-stuck-under-the-montague-street-bridge-20160229-gn63q4.html A shame that the reporter says there are plans to lower the road under the bridge. Nothing reminds truck drivers that they aren't above posted traffic signage quite like having the top of their box truck sheered off.
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oldpainless posted:Can blind people attack on sight? I think if they're blind, they've loving murdered sight.
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Murphy Brownback posted:She's a little over-emotional obviously but I felt more on her side than the bike guy+cop. The cop acknowledged what bike guy was doing wasn't a serious violation of the law, but throwing water on someone is also not a serious violation of the law, yet he's acting like it is. I hate bicyclists who think they are above the law and treat the sidewalk like a road and ignore traffic signals. The cop's probably more concerned with the water bit because he actually saw that happen and she was freaking the gently caress out at a guy, which he also saw happen.
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canyoneer posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PZUMpV_lPI Good piece of advice. Don't pick fights with guys named "Champ".
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Testekill posted:Australia is introducing a bunch of cyclist laws which will require ones who ride on the roads regularily to get registered. As you would expect, there has been a ton of bitching and complaining from cyclists because "we're doing our bit to help the planet why are we being punished" when they break the law all the time in Melbourne by doing poo poo like cutting between cars and refusing to ride in bike lanes. Is this "I'm saving the environment!" stance really so widespread (seems obnoxious as gently caress)? I live in a country with a poo poo ton of bikes (Denmark) and the main reasons why people bike around would probably be: - Cheaper than a car (we have loving expensive registration fees) - More convenient around town - Exercise I don't think I've ever met a person who bikes solely because "It saves the planet!", that's just an added bonus.
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Baron von Eevl posted:The cop's probably more concerned with the water bit because he actually saw that happen and she was freaking the gently caress out at a guy, which he also saw happen. Plus riding your bike on the footpath is a misdemeanor but throwing water on someone is technically assault. Pretty much any unwanted physical interaction counts as assault if someone gets pissy and calls in the cops. People get charged for assault for tapping someone on the shoulder in a cinema asking them to keep the noise down http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/rough-call-at-the-movies/2006/02/16/1140037819272.html http://www.fwweekly.com/2011/08/01/dale-fout-movie-texting-a-pain-in-neck/?option=com_wordpress&Itemid=12 Hulebr00670065006e posted:Is this "I'm saving the environment!" stance really so widespread (seems obnoxious as gently caress)? There's a LOT of bad blood between cyclists and drivers in Australia, with a bunch of examples of abuse and assault from both sides. As in any protracted argument both sides have rationalised their stances to ridiculous degrees. I know some drivers who loving hate cyclists and are really angry that they have to share the road with them. Snowglobe of Doom has a new favorite as of 13:38 on Feb 29, 2016 |
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I don't mind the 30 year olds wearing their fancy biking costumes and helmets, it's the other 30 year olds wearing their 1890s miner costumes that bother me. They can never be bothered to stop or ride where they're supposed to and they're the ones who start swinging the bike locks around when they forget that people will open their car doors sometimes.
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Birb Katter posted:That woman is not a Nazi, she's a bird called Eric This bogan cockatoo is my new favourite thing ever   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dCzjyypmXg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7r5DjPcvFQ
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Centripetal Horse posted:
Correction - the best part of that video is the old man's sweatter.
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I'm not sure if the bird sounds like the woman, or the woman sounds like the bird.
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Nuebot posted:What's it like being a dog irl? Really irritating. I have to ask my wife what color my shirt is and I dress my kids like clowns. I bought a pink shirt once that I swear was white. I have to ask my co-workers what color a thing is and have a huge amount of trouble mixing colors of paint. I have to do it by the numbers and labels. It's not that I see black and white. I'm excellent at yellow, but orange starts getting inconsistent and and red and green look almost the same. In my mind there is a single color called Blue-Purple and I don't differentiate. The messed up thing is that I have a 4 year degree in graphic design and illustration. I spent the whole time saying "what color is this".
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Synopsis for anyone interested: Dude attacks his mom's killer in courtroom, while the suspect is surrounded by 3 guards. I was expecting him to get in like one or two punches, but jesus those guards are either inept or they didn't give a poo poo. He even connected with a loving chair.
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This might be cheating, but this John Oliver takedown of Trump is just loving hilarious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnpO_RTSNmQ
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Scarf posted:Synopsis for anyone interested: Dude attacks his mom's killer in courtroom, while the suspect is surrounded by 3 guards. Are the defendant's shoelaces tied together? Is that the new ankle shackles?
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Weatherman posted:vvvvvv it's better than seeing farouk's posts everywhere when people take the bait and respond. Use your ignore lists, people If the ignore list would also block derails caused by the person you're blocking, I'd actually use it once in a while.
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If you're gonna taunt a whole bunch of cops/state troopers you better keep an eye on your 6 http://imgur.com/gallery/8d5nRBo
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the serial killer saw the attack coming before his "guards" did.
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mostlygray posted:Really irritating. I have to ask my wife what color my shirt is and I dress my kids like clowns. I bought a pink shirt once that I swear was white. I have to ask my co-workers what color a thing is and have a huge amount of trouble mixing colors of paint. I have to do it by the numbers and labels. It's not that I see black and white. I'm excellent at yellow, but orange starts getting inconsistent and and red and green look almost the same. In my mind there is a single color called Blue-Purple and I don't differentiate. Serious question -- it's 2016, aren't there any smartphone apps that do this? Point your phone's camera at a shirt or a swatch of paint and it'll tell you if it's "hot pink" or "mint green" or whatever. If there aren't any apps for this, then hey you, the aspiring app developer reading this thread! There's a world of color blind people out there that would probably pay a few bucks for that.
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mostlygray posted:Really irritating. I have to ask my wife what color my shirt is and I dress my kids like clowns. I bought a pink shirt once that I swear was white. I have to ask my co-workers what color a thing is and have a huge amount of trouble mixing colors of paint. I have to do it by the numbers and labels. It's not that I see black and white. I'm excellent at yellow, but orange starts getting inconsistent and and red and green look almost the same. In my mind there is a single color called Blue-Purple and I don't differentiate. You've probably already heard of them but just in case you haven't the reviews are generally pretty good?
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Hulebr00670065006e posted:Is this "I'm saving the environment!" stance really so widespread (seems obnoxious as gently caress)? In the US you'll see both cyclists and people driving hybrid cars acting like this - not always, but enough that it gets loving grating. Great, you're driving a car that gets better gas mileage, now try doing the loving speed limit instead of puttering around everywhere doing 10 or 15 under you goddamn assclown. Awesome, you ride a bike and saved money while getting fresh air/exercise - now obey the traffic laws like everyone else and quit being a dangerous, reckless fuckstain or expecting people to give a poo poo when you don't use bike lanes or ride on the sidewalk (here it's legal to bike on sidewalks and actually preferred when no bike lane exists). Ignorance is no excuse and if someone gets plastered by a car because they ran a stop sign or is so timid and nervous behind their clown car wheel that they can't do the speed limit, then gently caress them, they deserve all the bad that comes their way.
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:This might be cheating, but this John Oliver takedown of Trump is just loving hilarious. This made my day, thank you very much. Best John Oliver show to date Edit: vidya gaeme scootyfrooty If anyone follow DOTA, here is a fun one. For those unaware, DOTA is a team game. Instead of capitalizing on a lead, one player starts buying ridiculous poo poo just to troll the opponents. It doesn't go very well. And that hiccup gives the enemy team just enough time to recover and claw their way to victory. Oh, and this was an actual competition match. For money. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVt3jhU0xD8 Nitrox has a new favorite as of 19:47 on Feb 29, 2016 |
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Ariza posted:I don't mind the 30 year olds wearing their fancy biking costumes and helmets, it's the other 30 year olds wearing their 1890s miner costumes that bother me. They can never be bothered to stop or ride where they're supposed to and they're the ones who start swinging the bike locks around when they forget that people will open their car doors sometimes. Don't open your car door without looking it's against the law in a lot of places. The "schadenfreude" is that traffic designers put bike lanes in the door zone of parked cars wooo
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My Bike Schadenfreude comes from everyone who lives in an area where you can't bike on the sidewalks. When you're living in the burbs, you have bike paths that are distinct from the roads, and where those don't exist, there's miles of empty sidewalk.
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How can I watch that john oliver vid in the UK?
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Nitrox posted:This made my day, thank you very much. Best John Oliver show to date Not to mention the team that was behind had a very obvious strategy that would only get stronger the longer the game went on, so by not pressing the advantage and winning early they were drastically reducing their chances of victory with every minute.
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Powered Descent posted:Serious question -- it's 2016, aren't there any smartphone apps that do this? Point your phone's camera at a shirt or a swatch of paint and it'll tell you if it's "hot pink" or "mint green" or whatever. Color ID Free is on both the Apple and Android stores. Reasonably good reviews for both.
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Maleh-Vor posted:Not to mention the team that was behind had a very obvious strategy that would only get stronger the longer the game went on, so by not pressing the advantage and winning early they were drastically reducing their chances of victory with every minute. #1 Dota 2 $56,669,019.03 1458 Players 568 Tournaments #2 League of Legends $26,752,796.26 3860 Players 1664 Tournaments #3 StarCraft II $18,344,015.70 1515 Players 3445 Tournaments #4 Counter-Strike $10,764,492.98 2582 Players 571 Tournaments #5 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive $10,758,920.57 4116 Players 1339 Tournaments
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mostlygray posted:Really irritating. I have to ask my wife what color my shirt is and I dress my kids like clowns. I bought a pink shirt once that I swear was white. I have to ask my co-workers what color a thing is and have a huge amount of trouble mixing colors of paint. I have to do it by the numbers and labels. It's not that I see black and white. I'm excellent at yellow, but orange starts getting inconsistent and and red and green look almost the same. In my mind there is a single color called Blue-Purple and I don't differentiate. Computer monitors use purple (as in blue + red) to simulate violet because they can't emit actual violet, and because purple looks a lot like violet to us normies. Apparently purple and violet are completely different colours to colourblinds? That's really strange to me.
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Nitrox posted:And by the way, this is how much money these teams earn in the top competitive gaming tournaments. How much do the individual teams earn?
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Carbon dioxide posted:Computer monitors use purple (as in blue + red) to simulate violet because they can't emit actual violet, and because purple looks a lot like violet to us normies. Purple is literally blue + red. It does not exist on the spectrum of visible light, and violet is very much not purple. Neither is indigo. Any impressions otherwise are entirely artificial.
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WoodrowSkillson posted:How much do the individual teams earn? Here's the breakdown of the winnings from last year's International which is the big Valve-sponsored Dota tournament. Individual teams can earn quite a bit, if they are literally the best in the world. 1st Place $6,634,661 2nd $2,856,590 3rd $2,211,554 4th $1,566,517 5th-6th $1,197,925 7th-8th $829,333 9th-12th $221,155 13th-16th $55,289 The team that took first says they took $8,650,381.68 in 2015 in total so the International was obviously a large chunk. Saint Freak has a new favorite as of 21:02 on Feb 29, 2016 |
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Nitrox posted:And by the way, this is how much money these teams earn in the top competitive gaming tournaments. The schadenfreude was going to be on the people who still play 1.6, but somehow they have bigger prize pools than GO with almost half the teams. Time to get good at 1.6 I guess.
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Saint Freak posted:Here's the breakdown of the winnings from last year's International which is the big Valve-sponsored Dota tournament. Individual teams can earn quite a bit, if they are literally the best in the world. How many are on each team? 5 players, 2 backups, coach / manager, so I'm guessing 8? 1st place - huge amount of money 7th place - great livable wage 9th place - poverty wage 13th place - hobby income So all of 64 some-odd people can do this for a living.
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Judge Schnoopy posted:How many are on each team? 5 players, 2 backups, coach / manager, so I'm guessing 8? That's for a week's "work".
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Saint Freak posted:That's for a week's "work". I'm going to guess that it takes a lot of time besides the week in tournaments to be the kind of player that can actually win those tournaments
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Judge Schnoopy posted:How many are on each team? 5 players, 2 backups, coach / manager, so I'm guessing 8? It's different for different video games. Like, for league of legends teams actually get paid a living wage (and upwards of 6 figures for some people) to play, then you stack prize money and streaming money on top of that. I don't follow DOTA so I can't say if those people make stuff other than prize money tho.
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Judge Schnoopy posted:How many are on each team? 5 players, 2 backups, coach / manager, so I'm guessing 8? There's plenty of other tournaments, even some where some of the real top teams don't put that much effort into or don't show due to lower prize pools or scheduling conflicts. There's also sponsorship, endorsements, and salaries to take into account. It's a lot more than 64 people is all I'm saying, and it's not like this tournament pool is the only money they can make in a year. The most popular Peruvian player, which I believe was in the linked clip, is in commercials in Peru for the most popular national fast food chain. Everyone is covered in about as many logos as a NASCAR driver during tournaments too.
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