|
Karma Monkey posted:That's what I love about mantids. They give no fucks. Adorable alien lookin murder bugs. I kept a couple as pets in my terrarium (formerly aquarium) when i was a kid I overfed them One ate the other ofc The other one kept getting grasshoppers i'd caught for her And bees And spiders Her guts blew out but watching those mandibles go, behind the glass was a hell of a thing Shameful, and not much joy but it was like watching a horror movie
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2016 21:30
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 17, 2024 17:42 |
|
|
We hatched a mantis egg case inside a little terrarium sort of thing once. It was basically Hunger Games from there, we fed them fruit flies and then crickets but it didn't stop them from eating each other. One time I looked in and one was chewing, while holding the body of another in one claw and the head of it in the other. It was metal as hell. Definitely my favorite bugs.
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2016 21:37
|
|
|
Solice Kirsk posted:Is the zoo as awesome as I remember? Haven't been there since like 1991. Schadenfreude on me: I grew up near a great zoo (Asheboro, NC) and always wanted to visit the San Diego Zoo because it's like "the" zoo that's always mentioned in the US. I finally went around 2000 and the enclosures were bleak/concrete and the animals looked miserable. Not poo poo-talking anyone who likes it, it just wasn't what I was expecting at all.
|
|
#
?
Jul 14, 2016 23:57
|
|
|
Obviously the cat was jealous that it could do the whole cute grooming schtick better.
|
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 00:20
|
|
|
Chris Froome crashes into a motorcycle. Decides that this whole cycling thing is silly anyway, and runs instead. Doesn't quite go as he hoped as he gets overtaken. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08QntWy_FfI
|
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 02:02
|
|
|
May be  for a butt.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNCKKByRWzI&hd=1
|
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 03:50
|
|
|
I didn't know camels came in majestic.
|
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 05:52
|
|
|
Dude steals human brain preserved in formaldehyde, which he then sprays on marijuana. He looks less hosed up than I would have expected.  Smoking brains causes drug damage?
|
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 06:14
|
|
|
aas Bandit posted:He looks less hosed up than I would have expected.
|
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 06:44
|
|
|
HairyManling posted:I think you've been reading the internet comedy website Something Awful for way too long aas Bandit. Fixed.
|
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 07:44
|
|
|
What's his SA account?
|
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 07:53
|
|
|
This went about as badly as possible, nailing the guy at the end was icing on the cake.
|
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 07:55
|
|
|
Woodenlung posted:Chris Froome crashes into a motorcycle. Decides that this whole cycling thing is silly anyway, and runs instead. Doesn't quite go as he hoped as he gets overtaken. The best thing about this is that he's doing that while wearing cycling shoes which are basically backwards high heels (high toes?) which are an absolute bitch to walk in let alone run.
|
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 08:40
|
|
|
aas Bandit posted:Fixed.
|
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 08:52
|
|
|
Petit Gregory posted:The best thing about this is that he's doing that while wearing cycling shoes which are basically backwards high heels (high toes?) which are an absolute bitch to walk in let alone run. Would crossing the line without a bike still count?
|
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 12:58
|
|
|
Solice Kirsk posted:Would crossing the line without a bike still count? Well it's not the bike that gets to stand on the winner's podium
|
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 13:22
|
|
|
Solice Kirsk posted:Would crossing the line without a bike still count? No, in fact, not using a bike can be reason for disqualification. This didn't happen, because extraordinairy circumstances I guess. Also, the video cuts out before he gets on a replacement bike that's far too small and looks like it was made by Playmobil.
|
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 13:45
|
|
|
Bad Wolf posted:No, in fact, not using a bike can be reason for disqualification. This didn't happen, because extraordinairy circumstances I guess. Also, the video cuts out before he gets on a replacement bike that's far too small and looks like it was made by Playmobil. Yeah, it was so controversial they annulled the result and took the race finish from where the crash happened.
|
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 13:58
|
|
|
They adjusted the times for him and another guy who got wrecked by the same motorcycle to be closer to the guy ahead of them who finished without incident, since they agreed that they would have done much better if they hadn't gotten run over (and in the case of the runner, his bike completely destroyed).
|
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 13:58
|
|
|
Data Graham posted:You might be right, it could be my attitude. Must be a New York thing. You must tell the almonds you love them, in soft whispers and coos. This is the secret to fresh almonds in the city.
|
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 14:54
|
|
|
SierraEchoBravo posted:YouTube channel is Braille Skateboarding and this was on Skate Everything. People build boards and send it to them to try/break. Sometimes they play horse on the sturdier ones. They've done some dumb ones like the circular saw blade board. Why don't they wear safety gear? Holy poo poo!
|
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 15:20
|
|
|
ratbert90 posted:Why don't they wear safety gear? Holy poo poo! For some reason it's incredibly common among skaters and BMXers, even professionals, to do crazy stunts without helmets or pads. Might be because skating has a sort of rebellious "street" connection, something poor kids do for fun around town and maybe go pro to try and get famous. It's still a bit bizarre compared to other sports, though. Imagine Richard Petty just driving a commercial sports car during a race in his normal street clothes for fun. Here's a video of them seeing what happens if you wrap your wheels in grip tape: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UifEjWqTji4 chitoryu12 has a new favorite as of 15:38 on Jul 15, 2016 |
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 15:36
|
|
|
ratbert90 posted:Why don't they wear safety gear? Holy poo poo! You really don't need a helmet and pads if you're just slowly tooling around a skatepark. Skaters know how to fall correctly, they aren't children.
|
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 15:40
|
|
|
Ah yes, the old "I don't need protection, I know how to do it" which works perfectly fine right up until the point where something unexpected happens and suddenly you need a full time helper to do things like write your own name.
|
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 15:44
|
|
|
A list of people who fall correctly and don't need protection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Sa-Wji7J5g 
chitoryu12 has a new favorite as of 15:55 on Jul 15, 2016 |
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 15:52
|
|
|
FCKGW posted:You really don't need a helmet and pads if you're just slowly tooling around a skatepark. If they're not children, then why are they rolling around on a child's toy?
|
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 16:05
|
|
|
chitoryu12 posted:A list of people who fall correctly and don't need protection: See also: Thrasher Magazine's "Hall of Meat" Youtube playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NSNLIpaw-U Maxwell Ren also has a ton of Hall of Meat compilation videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRRci5Rbl_4 As usual, there's a warning for people
|
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 16:10
|
|
|
Six-Of-Hearts posted:If they're not children, then why are they rolling around on a child's toy? 2edgy4me
|
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 16:13
|
|
|
Ok this is pure perfection. What's it from?
|
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 16:17
|
|
|
chitoryu12 posted:For some reason it's incredibly common among skaters and BMXers, even professionals, to do crazy stunts without helmets or pads. Might be because skating has a sort of rebellious "street" connection, something poor kids do for fun around town and maybe go pro to try and get famous. It's still a bit bizarre compared to other sports, though. Imagine Richard Petty just driving a commercial sports car during a race in his normal street clothes for fun. I'm hooked on these now. Gotta watch them all. Thanks! 
|
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 16:43
|
|
|
aas Bandit posted:Dude steals human brain preserved in formaldehyde, which he then sprays on marijuana. Link to the TCC trip report?
|
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 16:48
|
|
|
Gorilla Salad posted:Ah yes, the old "I don't need protection, I know how to do it" which works perfectly fine right up until the point where something unexpected happens and suddenly you're standing in the delivery room
|
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 16:58
|
|
|
Karma Monkey posted:I'm hooked on these now. Gotta watch them all. Thanks! I spent almost 4 hours watching these yesterday
|
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 17:02
|
|
|
Remember this blingy fella? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-36804209
|
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 18:42
|
|
|
Tortuga posted:Remember this blingy fella? Ten bux says his son was in on it.
|
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 18:46
|
|
|
FCKGW posted:You really don't need a helmet and pads if you're just slowly tooling around a skatepark. Yes; this is why professionals don't wear protection 100% of the time. Oh wait, yes they do because your argument is loving stupid.
|
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 19:30
|
|
|
ratbert90 posted:Yes; this is why professionals don't wear protection 100% of the time. Actually, you end up seeing pro skaters like Rodney Mullen regularly skating without protection, or just with kneepads and maybe elbowpads. There's tons of photos of Mullen when he was younger wearing nothing but shoes, board shorts, and kneepads. Tony Hawk didn't start wearing safety gear regularly until he became the king of vert skating and turned famous, and pretty much all major competitions require full safety gear. Here's video of him from 1993 when he was already a pro skater, just tooling around on the street: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bmkfdA26Ws It's still dumb, but even the biggest pros do it when they feel like it. Like I said, I think it's part of skateboarding (especially street skating on public or private property outside skate parks) being seen as a thing for rebellious teens and twenty-somethings to do for fun and to get famous through sponsorships. Especially since it's pretty loving easy to get at least minor sponsors if you're a pretty good skater; I had a high school drama class with a 17-year-old "pro" who was sponsored. chitoryu12 has a new favorite as of 19:40 on Jul 15, 2016 |
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 19:38
|
|
|
This was in AI.InitialDave posted:
|
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 19:43
|
|
|
These professionals didn't wear pads until they were professionals. No poo poo? Perhaps in the last 20 years the messaging about wearing safety gear has become a bit better as well?
|
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 19:53
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 17, 2024 17:42 |
|
|
Guess what happened to a CIA analyst on FOX news? A man who has appeared on Fox News as a guest "terrorism analyst" was sentenced to 33 months in prison on Friday on charges that he fraudulently claimed to have been a CIA agent for decades, U.S. prosecutors said. Wayne Simmons, 62, of Annapolis, Maryland, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, the U.S. Attorney's Office said in a statement. "Wayne Simmons is a fraud. Simmons has no military or intelligence background, or any skills relevant to the positions he attained through his fraud," said Dana Boente, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III also sentenced Simmons to serve three years of supervised release, to forfeit two firearms and $176,000 in criminal proceeds, and to pay restitution. Simmons had appeared on Fox News, a unit of 21st Century Fox and the top-ranked U.S. cable television news network, as an unpaid guest analyst on terrorism since 2002. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-twenty-first-fox-crime-analyst-idUSKCN0ZV21Q?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews You would think the #1 news source in america would vet people better but...nah.
|
|
#
?
Jul 15, 2016 20:14
|
|