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Say Nothing
Mar 5, 2013

by FactsAreUseless


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FCKGW
May 21, 2006

fullroundaction posted:

The whole thing was a PR/marketing stunt. Microsoft knew exactly what they were doing. The literal first thing they would have programmed was a "banned words" list into the algorithm otherwise.

Having you robot say "gently caress MY ROBOT PUSSY DADDY" does not sound like a PR stunt

AgentF
May 11, 2009
But now everyone's talking about it so it must have worked :smug:

A Festivus Miracle
Dec 19, 2012

I have come to discourse on the profound inequities of the American political system.

Twitter, you brilliant beautiful beast :allears:.

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



Pro tip: if everyone under 40 think's youre completely retarded, you can definitely make that work as a business.

Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

sucks to be right

Western Australia Police posted:

From time to time our speed cameras capture some interesting things.

Last Sunday, 20 March 2016, a speed camera on the Kwinana Freeway captured a motorcyclist sliding past at 112km/h - but unfortunately he wasn't on his wheels.

He was also wearing shorts, a t-shirt and no gloves. Ouch!

If you're thinking about jumping on a motorcycle or scooter, have a read of this great safety gear guide. It could make the difference between a nasty tumble and injuries that prevent you from ever riding again:

http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/roads/safety/publications/2009/good_gear_guide.aspx
https://www.facebook.com/WA.Police/photos/a.250190738347719.68628.203721072994686/1189094911123959/?type=3&theater

Double Punctuation
Dec 30, 2009

Ships were made for sinking;
Whiskey made for drinking;
If we were made of cellophane
We'd all get stinking drunk much faster!

Memento posted:

The thing with tannerite, in the hillbillies' defence, is that tannerite is fun as poo poo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmRs1QjHU-k&t=2230s

Memento
Aug 25, 2009


Bleak Gremlin

And as usual, the comments are blaming the speed camera for the crash, because even in Australia it's against ARE RIGHTS to, you know, enforce the law.

loving toolbox that he is, he's probably been punished enough by the skin grafts he's now undergoing.

nerdz
Oct 12, 2004


Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things.
Grimey Drawer
You're in a desert, walking along in the sand, when all of a sudden you look down and see a tortoise, Tay. It's crawling toward you. You reach down and you flip the tortoise over on its back, Tay. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping. You're not helping! Why is that, Tay?




it deserved wht it got 👏

nerdz has a new favorite as of 07:45 on Mar 25, 2016

Forsythia
Jan 28, 2007

You want bad advice?

Anything is okay if you don't get caught!

... I hope this helps!
The AI stunt reminded me of this marketing gem:



There's plenty of other examples like this for other marketing campaigns. What did they expect? :allears:

AlphaKretin
Dec 25, 2014

A vase to face encounter.

...Vase to meet you?

...

GARVASE DAY!

I'm kind of impressed that all the grannies got so high with that many variations to split the vote between.

E: Or is it just that at no point did anyone suggest a serious answer?

A FUCKIN CANARY!!
Nov 9, 2005


Video of the guy blowing his leg off: http://www.11alive.com/mb/news/local/video-man-loses-leg-after-shooting-lawmower-full-of-explosives/100110740

No gore and schadenfreude off the charts after seeing the tacticlolness.

Baronjutter
Dec 31, 2007

"Tiny Trains"

Has there ever been a big "people's choice" naming competition that didn't result in something like Weedlord BonerHitler?
Has there ever been one where when a funny but not totally outrageous answer won they actually honoured it?

AlphaKretin
Dec 25, 2014

A vase to face encounter.

...Vase to meet you?

...

GARVASE DAY!

I think there was a competition for a new flavour of Vegemite in Australia where the winner was just dumb instead of obscene. They vetoed it anyway. :v:

iSpread 2.0 > Cheesybites IIRC but I'll go looking for a source.

E: iSnack, and they overwrote it with another poll that also wasn't trolled.

http://m.smh.com.au/business/cheesy-krafts-second-bite-at-name-20091006-gm0v.html

AlphaKretin has a new favorite as of 08:10 on Mar 25, 2016

Prokhor Zakharov
Dec 31, 2008

This is me as I make another great post


Good luck with your depression!

A FUCKIN CANARY!! posted:

Video of the guy blowing his leg off: http://www.11alive.com/mb/news/local/video-man-loses-leg-after-shooting-lawmower-full-of-explosives/100110740

No gore and schadenfreude off the charts after seeing the tacticlolness.

It fails to go off shot after shot and he keeps moving closer and closer :stonk:

beato
Nov 26, 2004

CHILLL OUT, DICK WAD.

Tay posted:

The best thing that has happened in 2016.

Surely this is now the Tay thread.

Pedant Wasteland > Taydenfreude Thread: gently caress MY ROBOT PUSSY DADDY

Sponge Baathist
Jan 30, 2010

by FactsAreUseless
Whoever got schadenfreude those giraffes last page: gently caress you.

Eggbeater Jesus
Sep 21, 2008

Add a dab of lavender to milk. Leave town with an orange, and pretend you're laughing at it.

A FUCKIN CANARY!! posted:

Video of the guy blowing his leg off: http://www.11alive.com/mb/news/local/video-man-loses-leg-after-shooting-lawmower-full-of-explosives/100110740

No gore and schadenfreude off the charts after seeing the tacticlolness.

It's interesting that a video that ends with obvious blood splatters is somehow not gory. The wonders of the Internet.

PicklePants
May 8, 2007
Woo!

amityville anus posted:

Whoever got schadenfreude those giraffes last page: gently caress you.

Wasn't that just a still from like.. Hangover 3?

Edit: Oh. I guess not. Jesus christ.

PicklePants has a new favorite as of 09:50 on Mar 25, 2016

Sponge Baathist
Jan 30, 2010

by FactsAreUseless
i saw a gorilla eat it's own poo poo once but that's off topic because the gorilla was enjoying it, too.

Doubtful Guest
Jun 23, 2008

Meanwhile, Conradin made himself another piece of toazzzzzzt.

Baronjutter posted:

Has there ever been a big "people's choice" naming competition that didn't result in something like Weedlord BonerHitler?
Has there ever been one where when a funny but not totally outrageous answer won they actually honoured it?

The Fred Durst Institute of Humanities and the Arts - though it looks like though it won the poll the city didn't adopt it.

Stringbean
Aug 6, 2010

Eggbeater Jesus posted:

It's interesting that a video that ends with obvious blood splatters is somehow not gory. The wonders of the Internet.

We've gone 257 pages of people seriously loving themselves up. Broken bones, hosed up backs, classic fencing reactions, and blood from scrapes, broken noses and compound fractures.

If you think a little blood spatter is gore, then I think you need to get off the internet for a while. Maybe steer clear of international news as well. Unless they show the tattered remains of his leg then I think that video is good to go.

Hearsay
Mar 16, 2012
When Trying to Cry Neon Leprechaun Tears Goes Terribly Wrong | L.A. BEAST

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KxVElBeNM8
He needs to be sectioned.

Simone Poodoin
Jun 26, 2003

Che storia figata, ragazzo!



Beast you dingaling!

EAT THE EGGS RICOLA
May 29, 2008

Baronjutter posted:

Has there ever been a big "people's choice" naming competition that didn't result in something like Weedlord BonerHitler?
Has there ever been one where when a funny but not totally outrageous answer won they actually honoured it?

Pitbull got sent to Kodiak, Alaska because the internet decided to vote for the most remote Walmart they could find for an online contest.

http://gawker.com/5930334/in-victory-for-the-internet-pitbull-visits-alaska-receives-gift-of-bear-spray

mod saas
May 4, 2004

Grimey Drawer

EAT THE EGGS RICOLA posted:

Pitbull got sent to Kodiak, Alaska because the internet decided to vote for the most remote Walmart they could find for an online contest.

http://gawker.com/5930334/in-victory-for-the-internet-pitbull-visits-alaska-receives-gift-of-bear-spray

:golfclap:

ElGroucho
Nov 1, 2005

We already - What about sticking our middle fingers up... That was insane
Fun Shoe
I'm still not completely sure this is real

Man Arrested for Not Returning "Freddy Got Fingered" back in 2001
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/offbe...id=ansmsnnews11

10 Beers
May 21, 2005

Shit! I didn't bring a knife.

This is from the tattoo thread, but it's pretty 'freudey.

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/aug/11/devastated-by-my-sons-tattoo

ElGroucho
Nov 1, 2005

We already - What about sticking our middle fingers up... That was insane
Fun Shoe

So this lady wants to gently caress her son, right?

EAT THE EGGS RICOLA
May 29, 2008

ElGroucho posted:

I'm still not completely sure this is real

Man Arrested for Not Returning "Freddy Got Fingered" back in 2001
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/offbe...id=ansmsnnews11

In another article, Tom Green called him, laughed at him, and offered to pay for it.

Henchman of Santa
Aug 21, 2010

Karma Monkey posted:

Oh goddammit. Like baseball hasn't got enough suckage in it. :( I would expect a new player on a little league team to be like this, not a loving adult on a pro team. I bet there are even worse stories than this. Not sure I even want to look for them though. :negative:

Not just an adult, but an All-Star who makes so much money that he shows up in a new tricked out ride every day.

Stex T
Mar 7, 2005

Shut the fuck up and get out. Have fun being a slave of the rich and powerful.

EAT THE EGGS RICOLA posted:

Pitbull got sent to Kodiak, Alaska because the internet decided to vote for the most remote Walmart they could find for an online contest.

http://gawker.com/5930334/in-victory-for-the-internet-pitbull-visits-alaska-receives-gift-of-bear-spray

Pitbull is pretty cool for going along with it, though.

artsy fartsy
May 10, 2014

You'll be ahead instead of behind. Hello!

This is really pissing me off. How can she sacrifice a relationship with her own child over something so insignificant?

When I was 17 I chopped off my waist-length hair down to shoulder-length and my dad didn't speak to me for a week. He and Tattoo Mom should get together in a few years and pretend to wonder why their kids don't like them.

ElGroucho
Nov 1, 2005

We already - What about sticking our middle fingers up... That was insane
Fun Shoe

artsy fartsy posted:

This is really pissing me off. How can she sacrifice a relationship with her own child over something so insignificant?

When I was 17 I chopped off my waist-length hair down to shoulder-length and my dad didn't speak to me for a week. He and Tattoo Mom should get together in a few years and pretend to wonder why their kids don't speak to them.

I'm hoping you are a dude, because that would make this even funnier.

TyrsHTML
May 13, 2004

ElGroucho posted:

So this lady wants to gently caress her son, right?

Very much so.

artsy fartsy
May 10, 2014

You'll be ahead instead of behind. Hello!

ElGroucho posted:

I'm hoping you are a dude, because that would make this even funnier.

Yeah my old man Samson just doesn't get how kids are wearing it these days

Attitude Indicator
Apr 3, 2009


"The stars are not wanted now: put out every one; pack up the moon and dismantle the sun.

I am redundant."

chill, lady.

Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

sucks to be right

EAT THE EGGS RICOLA posted:

In another article, Tom Green called him, laughed at him, and offered to pay for it.
Apparently Green rang him up and sang the "Daddy would you like some sausage" song at him which is fuckin' hilarious :v:

quote:

About 1:30am, his phone rang. On the other end was a voice re-enacting one of the most famous scenes from the movie, when Freddy ties sausages to his fingers and chants, "Daddy, would you like some sausage."

"I instantly knew who it was," Meyers said. "I almost died."
http://www.theage.com.au/world/man-arrested-for-not-returning-vhs-he-rented-14-years-ago-20160325-gnrayv.html

Centripetal Horse
Nov 22, 2009

Fuck money, get GBS

This could have bought you a half a tank of gas, lmfao -
Love, gromdul

Lol, that lady is completely loving unhinged. A twenty-one-year-old man got a drawing on his arm, and she writes a multi-page drama about it, which ends with her being "wary" around her own son, because she is, "no longer sure she knows him."

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Megillah Gorilla
Sep 22, 2003

If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.



Bread Liar

Attitude Indicator posted:

"The stars are not wanted now: put out every one; pack up the moon and dismantle the sun.

I am redundant."

chill, lady.

Another loving twat who's seen Four Weddings and a Funeral and took an incredibly moving poem and applied it to their utterly meaningless life.

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