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BrianBoitano: Nov 15, 2006; this is fine

`Nemesis posted:

http://abc7.com/business/new-burbank-ikea-draws-large-crowd-at-grand-opening/1743767/

A new Ikea in Burbank, CA is opening, and people started waiting in line at noon on Tuesday for the opening, as Ikea was giving away furniture to the first dozen or so in line.

There was some sort of argument / disturbance at the front of the line, so Ikea changed it from a giveaway to a raffle. The linked article doesn't report that, but it was discussed on the ABC7 tv news program at about noon pacific time.

Grand openings being botched is so ridiculous. I had a local burrito place who:

Advertised one free burrito for every customer every Wednesday for the entire summer, no purchase necessary, within walking distance to a university
Week 1, with at least 300 people in line (I counted 180 inside the store and almost as many queued outside) decided to limit it to the first 100 customers, then backpedaled when they heard the blowback
They made it the first 200 customers the second week
The third week they limited it do customers who were in line by 11:30

They went out of business in September. I can only imagine a summer of negative sales Wednesdays didn't help.

Seriously, businesses just need to read one article on Chik-Fil-A to figure out how to do grand openings without pissing people off or breaking the bank.

e: quoting this because it belongs on the new page:

`Nemesis posted:

https://i.imgur.com/bK2HvnY.gifv

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# ? Feb 8, 2017 23:50

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Mad Doctor Cthulhu: Mar 3, 2008

`Nemesis posted:

https://i.imgur.com/nkkpLr6.gifv

I found the whole video right here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofpr6aFDlCg

Best part is that she kinda recovers from it but adds a laugh track at her own misfortune, which is pretty cool.

# ? Feb 9, 2017 00:55

Say Nothing: Mar 5, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

`Nemesis posted:

https://i.imgur.com/bK2HvnY.gifv

Not a good idea to pick a fight with the guy built like a brick shithouse.

# ? Feb 9, 2017 01:06

Lime Tonics: Nov 7, 2015; by FactsAreUseless

Youtube is glitched out,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk3Cp22WQPw&feature=youtu.be

If you unsubscribe from a channel, it counts as 2 unsubscribes. So, a bunch of people are subbing and unsubbing causing chaos. It has got to the point where you can get like -10,000 subs and stuff breaks.

# ? Feb 9, 2017 01:14

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; I'm meat on the hoof

`Nemesis posted:

https://i.imgur.com/bK2HvnY.gifv

So many things going on in that video, from the swift and ferocious teabagging in the left foreground to the dumb bitch who goes for a crotch kick in the background, it's amazing. Where was this filmed, and are the guys in vests cops (I assume so)?

ed: Apparently they're Swedish cops laying a beatdown on drunks.

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# ? Feb 9, 2017 01:23

Jastiger: Oct 11, 2008; by FactsAreUseless

Hearsay posted:

Which is the bigger turn on? Sustained low effort, low yield trolling or Heat cosplay.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-07/queensland-cop-ben-dyball-loses-bid-to-keep-gun-licence/8247366

Trolling? 2nd amendment advocates claim that guns arent the problem. If thats true, and its their right to exercize gun ownership under the 2nd amendment, and their right to dress how they want under thr 1st amendment, why are they under attack for perfectly lawful behavior? Shame on the police for reacting negatively.

# ? Feb 9, 2017 01:48

Malachite_Dragon: Mar 31, 2010; Weaving Merry Christmas magic

If you dress like that and carry a gun into a building full of people who routinely have to deal with dangerous people with guns, you do not get to be surprised by their reactions. Also if you lie about whether you have mental issues on your gun permit paperwork.

I'd be fine with open carry were it not for the people who are most enthusiastic about it all being such dumbasses.

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# ? Feb 9, 2017 01:49

BrianBoitano: Nov 15, 2006; this is fine

Lime Tonics posted:

Youtube is glitched out,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk3Cp22WQPw&feature=youtu.be

If you unsubscribe from a channel, it counts as 2 unsubscribes. So, a bunch of people are subbing and unsubbing causing chaos. It has got to the point where you can get like -10,000 subs and stuff breaks.

"Hit that like and subscribe button" why I do believe I will. Many times.

# ? Feb 9, 2017 01:53

Keru: Aug 2, 2004; 'n suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us 'n the sky was full of what looked like 'uge bats, all swooping 'n screeching 'n divin' around the ute.

Lime Tonics posted:

Youtube is glitched out,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk3Cp22WQPw&feature=youtu.be

If you unsubscribe from a channel, it counts as 2 unsubscribes. So, a bunch of people are subbing and unsubbing causing chaos. It has got to the point where you can get like -10,000 subs and stuff breaks.

http://socialblade.com/youtube/user/pewdiepie/realtime hahahaha, holy poo poo.

# ? Feb 9, 2017 02:09

hanales: Nov 3, 2013

Keru posted:

http://socialblade.com/youtube/user/pewdiepie/realtime hahahaha, holy poo poo.

It's very possible someone will get DSP to negative numbers https://socialblade.com/youtube/user/dspgaming/realtime

e:
https://socialblade.com/blog/youtube-subscriber-count-glitch-negative-sub-counts/

According to youtube it's only a display glitch.

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# ? Feb 9, 2017 02:14

Jamfrost: Jul 20, 2013; I'm too busy thinkin' about my baby. Oh I ain't got time for nothin' else.; Slime TrainerS

Say Nothing posted:

Not a good idea to pick a fight with the guy built like a brick shithouse.

This is one of the funniest falls, I've seen. It's the facial expression and the lack of serious injury that get me.

# ? Feb 9, 2017 02:47

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

Mad Doctor Cthulhu posted:

I found the whole video right here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofpr6aFDlCg

Best part is that she kinda recovers from it but adds a laugh track at her own misfortune, which is pretty cool.

So, that's a mobile phone video of a Youtube video of an Instagram of a mobile phone video?

# ? Feb 9, 2017 02:49

Random Stranger: Nov 27, 2009

Lime Tonics posted:

Youtube is glitched out,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk3Cp22WQPw&feature=youtu.be

If you unsubscribe from a channel, it counts as 2 unsubscribes. So, a bunch of people are subbing and unsubbing causing chaos. It has got to the point where you can get like -10,000 subs and stuff breaks.

That explains why my channel has 150 subscribers!

No, wait, I still don't know why I have that high of number.

hanales posted:

https://socialblade.com/blog/youtube-subscriber-count-glitch-negative-sub-counts/

According to youtube it's only a display glitch.

It actually sounds slightly deeper than that since apparently a negative subscriber count prevents new subscribers from occurring, but that's not really that significant. It's pretty clear that the field that holds the subscriber count exists mainly for displaying how many subscribers there are, not for any actual handling of subscribers. They probably use it as a flag for certain account statuses as well.

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# ? Feb 9, 2017 02:51

bobjr: Oct 16, 2012; Roose is loose.
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# ? Feb 9, 2017 05:06

Parts Kit: Jun 9, 2006; durr
i have a hole in my head
durr

Tarantula posted:

Easily the best Dark souls troll. Don't mess with THE WALL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXp8Th41rBs

3:26 is particularly great. :lol:

ed: Actually the best Dark Souls troll is attempting to play DS1 with a keyboard and mouse. good god that was horrible.

# ? Feb 9, 2017 05:47

Proteus Jones: Feb 28, 2013

Yeet posted:

Judge does pretty well dealing with a douchebag sovereign citizen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnSd-E3Hb3Y

I don't know if I'd have the patience for that.

This will always be my favorite Justice System meets SovCit/Freeman of the Land.

http://www.canlii.org/en/on/oncj/doc/2013/2013oncj160/2013oncj160.html

quote:

Overview
1. �You should get out of town�, the man said.
2. And so began the journey that resulted in my path intersecting with Matthew Duncan�s path. And thence to these reasons, with a slight detour through territory that might have confused Lewis Carroll.
3. I suppose that I should clarify that there was no menace in the man�s directive to me to get out of town. He was a friend and a colleague in two careers. His suggestion had been that he and I should change positions for a fortnight, giving him exposure to the realities of the northern reaches of Toronto, while I would enjoy a similar change of environment in the more sylvan environs of Niagara Region. I might even see a few plays in the evenings, he pointed out.
4. And thus I came to meet Mr. Duncan.
5. At heart, Mr. Duncan�s case was unremarkable. A minor alleged Highway Traffic Act offence led to a police-citizen interaction in the parking lot of Mr. Duncan�s apartment building in the wee hours of the morning. A request that Mr. Duncan produce his licence led to an alleged refusal, which led to an attempt to arrest him, which led to a struggle, which was captured on a very poor quality video taken on a mobile phone, at the end of which Mr. Duncan found himself being placed under arrest for allegedly assaulting a police officer. Nothing unusual in all that. The bread and butter of provincial court.
6. Of course, I hadn�t counted on the freemen on the land.
7. Mr. Duncan was self-represented. Other than a mildly annoying disinclination on his part to stand when addressing the court (although he did stand when questioning witnesses), he was a rather pleasant young man. Unfortunately, he was a rather pleasant young man whose mind was filled with what my late father would have called �notions�.

It just gets better as it goes.

# ? Feb 9, 2017 05:59

funmanguy: Apr 20, 2006; What time is it?

flosofl posted:

This will always be my favorite Justice System meets SovCit/Freeman of the Land.

http://www.canlii.org/en/on/oncj/doc/2013/2013oncj160/2013oncj160.html

It just gets better as it goes.

After all that he was acquitted. Pretty funny way to end.

# ? Feb 9, 2017 06:27

Moon Slayer: Jun 19, 2007

My favorite part is how the judge was thinking "oh my god I'm going to have to go through all of this gibberish and refute each and every part" and then is so clearly happy when another judge did it for him. That decision he cites is really long and there's no way I'm going to read the whole thing, but the introduction alone is pretty great:

Citation: Meads v. Meads, 2012 ABQB 571 posted:

This Court has developed a new awareness and understanding of a category of vexatious litigant. As we shall see, while there is often a lack of homogeneity, and some individuals or groups have no name or special identity, they (by their own admission or by descriptions given by others) often fall into the following descriptions: Detaxers; Freemen or Freemen-on-the-Land; Sovereign Men or Sovereign Citizens; Church of the Ecumenical Redemption International (CERI); Moorish Law; and other labels - there is no closed list. In the absence of a better moniker, I have collectively labelled them as Organized Pseudolegal Commercial Argument litigants [�OPCA litigants�], to functionally define them collectively for what they literally are. These persons employ a collection of techniques and arguments promoted and sold by �gurus� (as hereafter defined) to disrupt court operations and to attempt to frustrate the legal rights of governments, corporations, and individuals.

# ? Feb 9, 2017 07:23

Outrail: Jan 4, 2009; www.sapphicrobotica.com

funmanguy posted:

After all that he was acquitted. Pretty funny way to end.

It seems that he was aquitted in spite of himself, and thanks entirely to a judge who cares about his job.

Good example of why it's useful to read the laws and know what it means. Not that anyone would read any regulation or act until after they need them though.

# ? Feb 9, 2017 07:41

Platystemon: Feb 13, 2012; BREADS

funmanguy posted:

After all that he was acquitted. Pretty funny way to end.

Do we really want to reward that behaviour?

Maybe if sovereign citizen arguments lose frequently and flagrantly enough, they�ll get the message.

# ? Feb 9, 2017 07:46

Circuitjerky: Mar 17, 2006

Mad Doctor Cthulhu posted:

I found the whole video right here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofpr6aFDlCg

Best part is that she kinda recovers from it but adds a laugh track at her own misfortune, which is pretty cool.

NM, looked at wrong thing.

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# ? Feb 9, 2017 08:07

verymoldy: May 23, 2004

Platystemon posted:

Do we really want to reward that behaviour?

Maybe if sovereign citizen arguments lose frequently and flagrantly enough, they�ll get the message.

I would imagine subverting the rule of law to give them wicked sick judicial burns would probably not have the effect you're looking for.

# ? Feb 9, 2017 08:26

Platystemon: Feb 13, 2012; BREADS

verymoldy posted:

I would imagine subverting the rule of law to give them wicked sick judicial burns would probably not have the effect you're looking for.

You don�t have to do the defence�s job for them.

Judgement by default is a thing.

# ? Feb 9, 2017 08:30

Humphreys: Jan 26, 2013; We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule

Lime Tonics posted:

Youtube is glitched out,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk3Cp22WQPw&feature=youtu.be

If you unsubscribe from a channel, it counts as 2 unsubscribes. So, a bunch of people are subbing and unsubbing causing chaos. It has got to the point where you can get like -10,000 subs and stuff breaks.

So, what happens if you dip under the 'get a golden play button number of subscribers', and go back up? Another one?

# ? Feb 9, 2017 08:52

Platystemon: Feb 13, 2012; BREADS

Humphreys posted:

So, what happens if you dip under the 'get a golden play button number of subscribers', and go back up? Another one?

That was possible even before the bug.

I'm pretty sure the have an �medal awarded? (y/n)� flag in their database to account for it.

# ? Feb 9, 2017 08:56

Humphreys: Jan 26, 2013; We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule

Platystemon posted:

That was possible even before the bug.

I'm pretty sure the have an �medal awarded? (y/n)� flag in their database to account for it.

I'd love if they sent some repo dudes over to take it away if you dip under: "You no longer deserve this" *yoink*.

Then imagine the tears and shadenfreude as some youtuber is livestreaming themselves close to going under pleading for resubs.

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# ? Feb 9, 2017 09:44

The Lone Badger: Sep 24, 2007

Jastiger posted:

Trolling? 2nd amendment advocates claim that guns arent the problem. If thats true, and its their right to exercize gun ownership under the 2nd amendment, and their right to dress how they want under thr 1st amendment, why are they under attack for perfectly lawful behavior? Shame on the police for reacting negatively.

The fact that every individual component of an outfit is legal does not change the fact that the combination represents Behaviour Likely To Cause A Breach Of The Peace.

# ? Feb 9, 2017 10:57

Takes No Damage: Nov 20, 2004; The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.; Grimey Drawer

The Lone Badger posted:

The fact that every individual component of an outfit is legal does not change the fact that the combination represents Behaviour Likely To Cause A Breach Of The Peace.

You guys realize Jastiger is trolling the poo poo out of you with is 2nd amendment comments right? I'm not just imagining this am I?

# ? Feb 9, 2017 11:40

Somfin: Oct 25, 2010; In my🦚 experience🛠️ the big things🌑 don't teach you anything🤷‍♀️.; Nap Ghost

Takes No Damage posted:

You guys realize Jastiger is trolling the poo poo out of you with is 2nd amendment comments right? I'm not just imagining this am I?

Trolling is the actual thought process of the actual Right Wing in America right now.

So there is no functional difference between 'trolling' and 'actual Right Wing thought.'

Sorry that the well's been poisoned, guys, we might just need to revert to literally any other form of humour.

# ? Feb 9, 2017 11:45

Cocaine Bear: Nov 4, 2011; ACAB

I vote for slapstick. Not enough physical comedy these days.

And the Ow My Balls youtube channel doesn't count.

# ? Feb 9, 2017 12:08

Memento: Aug 25, 2009; Bleak Gremlin

JoelJoel posted:

I vote for slapstick. Not enough physical comedy these days.

And the Ow My Balls youtube channel doesn't count.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSgRkBWNlBo

# ? Feb 9, 2017 12:22

Jippa: Feb 13, 2009

http://i.imgur.com/Eat5fZg.gifv

# ? Feb 9, 2017 17:22

china bot: Sep 7, 2014; you listen HERE pal
SAY GOODBYE TO TELEPHONE SEX; Plaster Town Cop

Somfin posted:

Trolling is the actual thought process of the actual Right Wing in America right now.

So there is no functional difference between 'trolling' and 'actual Right Wing thought.'

Sorry that the well's been poisoned, guys, we might just need to revert to literally any other form of humour.

i've found that gaslighting has been a decent substitute

# ? Feb 9, 2017 18:03

Dick Trauma: Nov 30, 2007; God damn it, you've got to be kind.

Few game trolls can beat Age of Conan's horse on the bridge routine for simplicity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-rl3RPC_Mw

# ? Feb 9, 2017 18:26

Snowglobe of Doom: Mar 30, 2012; sucks to be right

Hello sir we are giving away free samples of bean bags today please enjoy your complimentary bean bag

http://i.imgur.com/2T3wrfX.gifv

# ? Feb 9, 2017 18:32

oh dope: Nov 2, 2006; No guilt, it feeds in plain sight

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

Hello sir we are giving away free samples of ~~bean bags~~ cracked sternums today please enjoy your complimentary ~~bean bag~~ cracked sternum

http://i.imgur.com/2T3wrfX.gifv

# ? Feb 9, 2017 19:50