January Chat Thread: The year is dead, long live the year

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cursedshitbox: May 20, 2012; Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.; Fun Shoe

KozmoNaut posted:

And people thought they wouldn't actually do it...

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/193/text

Jay-sus fookin kroist.

[DAY 3]

The Martian

# ? Jan 22, 2017 20:57

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# ? May 28, 2024 16:34

KozmoNaut: Apr 23, 2008; Happiness is a warm
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To be "fair", that same bill has been introduced multiple times before, without going anywhere.

But with Trump and the republicans fully in power, it has a non-zero chance of passing this time.

# ? Jan 22, 2017 20:59

cursedshitbox: May 20, 2012; Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.; Fun Shoe

And yet, it was the same damned party that created the pact. lolllllllllllllllll. Good thing my house has loving wheels.

# ? Jan 22, 2017 21:02

Hansolio: Nov 4, 2009; I W A N T M Y M T V

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SEC. 9. REPEAL OF UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION IN THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION.

The joint resolution entitled �Joint Resolution providing for membership and participation by the 
United States in the World Health Organization and authorizing an appropriation therefor�, approved 
June 14, 1948 (22 U.S.C. 290), is repealed.

Can we reintroduce blood letting as well?

# ? Jan 22, 2017 21:08

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

KozmoNaut posted:

And people thought they wouldn't actually do it...

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/193/text

Jay-sus fookin kroist.

Woooooooooow

Good work USA on electign the stupidest mother fuckers on the planet

# ? Jan 22, 2017 21:08

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

KozmoNaut posted:

And people thought they wouldn't actually do it...

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/193/text

Jay-sus fookin kroist.

It'll be hilarious how quickly China and Russia will fill our void in the UN if we leave.

# ? Jan 22, 2017 21:09

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

CommieGIR posted:

It'll be hilarious how quickly China and Russia will fill our void in the UN if we leave.

According to The Donald China is already filling their void :quagmire:

# ? Jan 22, 2017 21:11

StandardVC10: Feb 6, 2007; This avatar now 50% more dark mode compliant

Hansolio posted:

code:

SEC. 9. REPEAL OF UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION IN THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION.

The joint resolution entitled �Joint Resolution providing for membership and participation by the 
United States in the World Health Organization and authorizing an appropriation therefor�, approved 
June 14, 1948 (22 U.S.C. 290), is repealed.

Can we reintroduce blood letting as well?

That is authentically one of the worst ideas I've ever seen.

# ? Jan 22, 2017 21:14

briefcasefullof: Sep 25, 2004; [This Space for Rent]

I'd be watching Pence more than the orange herring that is Trump.

# ? Jan 22, 2017 21:15

fridge corn: Apr 2, 2003; NO MERCY, ONLY PAIN

KozmoNaut posted:

And people thought they wouldn't actually do it...

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/193/text

Jay-sus fookin kroist.

lmao

# ? Jan 22, 2017 21:15

kastein: Aug 31, 2011; Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

You're welcome england, no one remembers your little farce known as brexit anymore. In fact I bet if you just play it cool the EU will forget you even brought it up.

# ? Jan 22, 2017 21:34

ExplodingSims: Aug 17, 2010; RAGDOLL
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

Woooooooooow

Good work USA on electign the stupidest mother fuckers on the planet

Hey now, they're not stupid, they just want to present the "alternative facts"

In other news, they've also managed to hook up some jumper cables to George Orwell and create infinite power!

# ? Jan 22, 2017 21:37

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

ExplodingSims posted:

Hey now, they're not stupid, they just want to present the "alternative facts"

In other news, they've also managed to hook up some jumper cables to George Orwell and create infinite power!

It's more like Huxley's Brave New World.

Huxley and Orwell (as well as other people) debated which of their horror futures was worse or could come about - the true horror is that it turns out neither is mutually exclusive and BOTH are coming true.

# ? Jan 22, 2017 21:53

F1DriverQuidenBerg: Jan 19, 2014

KozmoNaut posted:

And people thought they wouldn't actually do it...

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/193/text

Jay-sus fookin kroist.

I'm trying to remain pretty level headed and sensible about the whole thing but the very obvious parallels with 1930s Germany are becoming just a tiny bit alarming at this point.

# ? Jan 22, 2017 21:55

Fender Anarchist: May 20, 2009; Fender Anarchist

1500quidporsche posted:

I'm trying to remain pretty level headed and sensible about the whole thing but the very obvious parallels with 1930s Germany are becoming just a tiny bit alarming at this point.

Well, at least we have the burning of the Capitol building to look forward to then!

(ATN FBI/CIA/TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This was what's known as A Joke. Please do not send secret service to me or Lowtax's homes.)

# ? Jan 22, 2017 21:57

Coredump: Dec 1, 2002

KozmoNaut posted:

And people thought they wouldn't actually do it...

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/193/text

Jay-sus fookin kroist.

What's this do?

# ? Jan 22, 2017 22:06

Fender Anarchist: May 20, 2009; Fender Anarchist

Coredump posted:

What's this do?

Withdraws us from the UN and forbids any contribution to UN military/peacekeeping missions, anywhere, for any reason.

That's bad enough, but remember we have a permanent seat on the security council, with veto power. If we leave, we lose that seat, and the veto; even if we came back later and got voted back onto the council as a regular member, we wouldn't have veto, which means we'd effectively have a massive power deficit to the remaining permanent members.

Two of whom are Russia and China.

# ? Jan 22, 2017 22:10

StandardVC10: Feb 6, 2007; This avatar now 50% more dark mode compliant

Also, pulling out of the World Health Organization, because fighting disease tramples on American sovereignty or something.

# ? Jan 22, 2017 22:12

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

StandardVC10 posted:

Also, pulling out of the World Health Organization, because fighting disease tramples on American sovereignty or something.

Republicans are killing the ACA, what makes you think they'd be interested in saving lives of non-americans?

# ? Jan 22, 2017 22:21

Geoj: May 28, 2008; BITTER POOR PERSON

Enourmo posted:

Withdraws us from the UN and forbids any contribution to UN military/peacekeeping missions, anywhere, for any reason.

That's bad enough, but remember we have a permanent seat on the security council, with veto power. If we leave, we lose that seat, and the veto; even if we came back later and got voted back onto the council as a regular member, we wouldn't have veto, which means we'd effectively have a massive power deficit to the remaining permanent members.

Two of whom are Russia and China.

StandardVC10 posted:

Also, pulling out of the World Health Organization, because fighting disease tramples on American sovereignty or something.

Hey guys - stop being so condescending.

Bitter white working class voters' concerns about black helicopter sightings and the WHO are just as legitimate as anyone else's :rolleyes:

# ? Jan 22, 2017 22:31

clam ache: Sep 6, 2009

Geoj posted:

Hey guys - stop being so condescending.

Bitter white working class voters' concerns about black helicopter sightings and the WHO are just as legitimate as anyone else's

What do you have against the WHO they are an amazing rock band and had one of the world's best drummers.

# ? Jan 22, 2017 22:55

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

cursedshitbox posted:

[DAY 3]

The Martian

No, I think this is more the Stephen Baxter kind of near-future setting i.e. everyone is going to die because humans are rubbish.

kastein posted:

You're welcome england, no one remembers your little farce known as brexit anymore. In fact I bet if you just play it cool the EU will forget you even brought it up.

We wish. At least you get a go at getting Trump out in 4 years.

clam ache posted:

What do you have against the WHO they are an amazing rock band and had one of the world's best drummers.

No, this is the WHO with the doctors. Like Tom Baker.

# ? Jan 22, 2017 23:10

Nidhg00670000: Mar 26, 2010; We're in the pipe, five by five.; Grimey Drawer

"I don't want to die, I just don't want to live" a friend told me last week. Now I wake up every night bathing in sweat from a new variation of "finding out my friend killed herself".

Thanks rear end in a top hat. (I'm kidding but really, I feel so completely powerless here. And yes, shes had professional help on and off the last ten-fifteen years.)

He said to the void that is the internet.

# ? Jan 22, 2017 23:59

Motronic: Nov 6, 2009

Pham Nuwen posted:

If you're in the SF bay area, I'm a fan of Patxi's pizza. don't think there are any locations beyond that though.

California has single handedly ruined pizza. You don't know any better because you live there.

# ? Jan 23, 2017 00:07

BigPaddy: Jun 30, 2008; That night we performed the rite and opened the gate.
Halfway through, I went to fix us both a coke float.
By the time I got back, he'd gone insane.
Plus, he'd left the gate open and there was evil everywhere.

quote:

SEC. 10. REPEAL OF INVOLVEMENT IN UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND AGREEMENTS.

Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, the United States will end any participation in any conventions and agreements with the United Nations and any organ, specialized agency, commission, or other formally affiliated body of the United Nations. Any remaining functions of such conventions and agreements shall not be carried out.

Time for that waterboarding++

# ? Jan 23, 2017 00:12

spog: Aug 7, 2004; It's your own bloody fault.

kastein posted:

You're welcome england, no one remembers your little farce known as brexit anymore. In fact I bet if you just play it cool the EU will forget you even brought it up.

Brexit gave a major knock to my British arrogance and superiority complex: how could we be so dumb?

Fortunately, you guys reset the bar to a new low.

InitialDave posted:

We wish. At least you get a go at getting Trump out in 4 years.

Bless you for having the optimism that civilisation will last another 4 years.

# ? Jan 23, 2017 00:20

StandardVC10: Feb 6, 2007; This avatar now 50% more dark mode compliant

spog posted:

Bless you for having the optimism that civilisation will last another 4 years.

Civilization will last another 4 years, but to be honest I don't think we're getting Trump out then either.

# ? Jan 23, 2017 00:25

Rhyno: Mar 22, 2003; Can't post for 10 years!

Jesus Christ.

One of my customers was fired from his job this week. As he tells it, one of his co-workers was stealing his lunches out of the workplace fridge. So in retaliation he decided to start syphoning the guy's gas tank. Got caught on camera doing it in the parking garage. And he was looking for approval from me today.

Fuckin people.

# ? Jan 23, 2017 02:02

cursedshitbox: May 20, 2012; Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.; Fun Shoe

sounds like a real smart cookie and no real loss.

fucker shoulda invested in some ghost pepper or flavorless laxatives.

# ? Jan 23, 2017 02:06

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

Rhyno posted:

Jesus Christ.

One of my customers was fired from his job this week. As he tells it, one of his co-workers was stealing his lunches out of the workplace fridge. So in retaliation he decided to start syphoning the guy's gas tank. Got caught on camera doing it in the parking garage. And he was looking for approval from me today.

Fuckin people.

Whatever happened to dose your food with laxatives revenge for food stealing?????

# ? Jan 23, 2017 02:06

Rhyno: Mar 22, 2003; Can't post for 10 years!

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

Whatever happened to dose your food with laxatives revenge for food stealing?????

cursedshitbox posted:

sounds like a real smart cookie and no real loss.

fucker shoulda invested in some ghost pepper or flavorless laxatives.

For reals, just dose your food or something.

# ? Jan 23, 2017 02:14

eighty-four merc: Dec 22, 2010; In 2020, we're going to make the end of Fight Club real.

Spent both days this weekend at junkyards. First day I got to walk all 50 acres of a private yard full of classic cars (and two complete Merc wagons just like mine so now I have two parts cars to fall back on). So much stuff that should be on the road or at least in someone's garage. I mean when was last time you saw a complete Studebaker pickup? I wish I had taken pictures but I was in a perpetual cargasm whole time I was there.

This is only photo I took yesterday, and it wasn't even at the cool yard, it was at the neighboring yard.

Today I went to a pick-n-pull by myself and had a blast. Got some stuff for my car and mostly just wandered around. Mocked up some truck mirrors on a Merc in the yard and decided to go with this style:

Unfortunately there wasn't a matching pair in yard today.

Found a cop car that still had its spot light so I snagged that. Not sure if I will put that on my car or not.

Got this off a 66 Beetle. If I keep putting these on my apartment walls it's going to start looking like a junkyard office in here.

Saw this 81 Mercury Lynx EV conversion in the yard. Pretty cool.

Also snagged some misc stuff for coworkers. Was a fun, productive afternoon spent at the nexus of human desperation.

Why isn't there a junkyard thread anyway? Not enough poors to keep it active?

# ? Jan 23, 2017 02:40

The Door Frame: Dec 5, 2011; I don't know man everytime I go to the gym here there are like two huge dudes with raging high and tights snorting Nitro-tech off of each other's rock hard abs.

We call that assault...

# ? Jan 23, 2017 02:40

Seat Safety Switch: May 27, 2008; MY RELIGION IS THE SMALL BLOCK V8 AND COMMANDMENTS ONE THROUGH TEN ARE NEVER LIFT.; Pillbug

eighty-four merc posted:

Why isn't there a junkyard thread anyway? Not enough poors to keep it active?

Don't know why we don't have one. Went to the yard today in the ice and cold. It was great.

Here's the only picture I took, of the cage arrangement on an old CASCAR Grenada that had probably spent the last several decades in a field:

No engine, but had old-school Gabriel Adjustables that were so rotten it looked like they seized.

Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 02:49 on Jan 23, 2017

# ? Jan 23, 2017 02:45

ilkhan: Oct 7, 2004; I LOVE Musk and his pro-first-amendment ways. X is the future.

eighty-four merc posted:

Stuff

Studebaker pickup? Was one at the last cars and coffee I went to a week ago.

# ? Jan 23, 2017 02:59

Motronic: Nov 6, 2009

spog posted:

Fortunately, you guys reset the bar to a new low.

You're welcome, I guess. At least someone can get something out of this.

# ? Jan 23, 2017 03:51

Ferremit: Sep 14, 2007; if I haven't posted about MY LANDCRUISER yet, check my bullbars for kangaroo prints

Urrrgh.... So the AC threads in the archives, because obviously its a frozen wasteland in most of the places you lot live, but downunder its loving horrible at the moment and of COURSE the better halfs AC decides to take a poo poo right about now.

Its a 2007 Nissan Tiida (aka the versa) but with a 1.8 twincam and 6 speed manual. Got a weird failure mode- Turn the AC on with the engine idling, pressures are just about perfect and the AC cools down. Doesnt get as cold as it should for having good pressures but will pump 10 deg C air out on a 35 degree day.

Apply ANY throttle at all and the compressor starts to cut out, then cut back in, but as soon as it kicks back in it jumps to 350-400psi and kicks back out again as the high pressure shutoff does its thing.

Any ideas what the hell is wrong with it? The missus is starting to get a bit over having a car thats hotter inside than it is outside.

# ? Jan 23, 2017 03:53

ExplodingSims: Aug 17, 2010; RAGDOLL
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Ferremit posted:

Urrrgh.... So the AC threads in the archives, because obviously its a frozen wasteland in most of the places you lot live, but downunder its loving horrible at the moment and of COURSE the better halfs AC decides to take a poo poo right about now.

Its a 2007 Nissan Tiida (aka the versa) but with a 1.8 twincam and 6 speed manual. Got a weird failure mode- Turn the AC on with the engine idling, pressures are just about perfect and the AC cools down. Doesnt get as cold as it should for having good pressures but will pump 10 deg C air out on a 35 degree day.

Apply ANY throttle at all and the compressor starts to cut out, then cut back in, but as soon as it kicks back in it jumps to 350-400psi and kicks back out again as the high pressure shutoff does its thing.

Any ideas what the hell is wrong with it? The missus is starting to get a bit over having a car thats hotter inside than it is outside.

Sounds like it might either have a restriction, or it's not getting enough air across the condenser. What's the low side doing when it fires up with the throttle. And have you made sure all the fans are running while it's on?

# ? Jan 23, 2017 04:09

Ferremit: Sep 14, 2007; if I haven't posted about MY LANDCRUISER yet, check my bullbars for kangaroo prints

Both fans are running when its pulling these shenanigans- The low side does start to pull down like normal, but the high side shoots right up and the compressor kicks out before anything can stabilise.

As soon as you let it go back to idle it kicks back in and runs normally again too

# ? Jan 23, 2017 04:36

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Can't believe Trump is President..

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