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Agents are GO!
Dec 29, 2004


Didn's Sean Spicer have some sort of feud with Dippin' Dots in his twitter past, pre-Spokesman gig?

Edit: Hell of a snipe...

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Fathis Munk
Feb 23, 2013

??? ?
Is this some weird meta joke?

Agents are GO!
Dec 29, 2004

Fathis Munk posted:

Is this some weird meta joke?
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Yes and I failed.

Splicer
Oct 16, 2006

from hell's heart I cast at thee
🧙🐀🧹🌙🪄🐸

Agents are GO! posted:

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Yes and I failed.
Not as badly as Dippin' Dots failed at delivering vanilla to the nationals :argh:

Agents are GO!
Dec 29, 2004

Splicer posted:

Not as badly as Dippin' Dots failed at delivering vanilla to the nationals :argh:

This reminds me - Dippin' Dots Ice Cream Is Moving into Cryogenics.

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS
Storm blew historic building to Canada; Maine wants it back

Fathis Munk
Feb 23, 2013

??? ?

Agents are GO!
Dec 29, 2004


Is this some weird meta joke?

Dragonwagon
Mar 28, 2010


And that, as much as anything else, led to my drinking problem.

To be fair, if you were trying to warn people of an actual missile attack, would you want the software to waste time asking for confirmation?

Tiberius Thyben
Feb 7, 2013

Gone Phishing



Remember that time Spicer got into a weird slap fight with dipping dots?

The Bloop
Jul 5, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

Dragonwagon posted:

To be fair, if you were trying to warn people of an actual missile attack, would you want the software to waste time asking for confirmation?

Yes! It would take seconds and save oodles of people from anguish and spectacular job-quitting.

GrossMurpel
Apr 8, 2011

Dragonwagon posted:

To be fair, if you were trying to warn people of an actual missile attack, would you want the software to waste time asking for confirmation?

Yeah? It sounds like you're imagining a situation where you need to warn people about 1 second before the actual missile hits.

big parcheesi player
Apr 1, 2014

Also, I can kill you with my brain.
Burt the Turtle says, "If you see the flash, duck and cover!"

Rysithusiku
Nov 10, 2013

Witness the assless man and despair!
All futures point to a world of filled holes.

Dragonwagon posted:

To be fair, if you were trying to warn people of an actual missile attack, would you want the software to waste time asking for confirmation?

To be fair, there WAS a confirmation screen. However it was the same one used for the test program so... yeah.

Choco1980
Feb 22, 2013

I fell in love with a Video Nasty
You'd think after that kerfuffle, more places would be extra vigilant not to send out false alarms. You'd be wrong

GWBBQ
Jan 2, 2005


Dragonwagon posted:

To be fair, if you were trying to warn people of an actual missile attack, would you want the software to waste time asking for confirmation?
You clearly don't work in IT.

Intoluene
Jul 6, 2011

Activating self-destruct sequence!
Fun Shoe
Watch 100 baby funnel web spiders scurry out of egg sack

:australia:

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

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




lol

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Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos
https://twitter.com/PGNewsGuild/status/953764351311253504

Puppy Time
Mar 1, 2005


Lime Tonics posted:

SARASOTA, FL (WWSB) - An incredibly strange craze is dominating social media these days and you probably aren't going to believe it until you see it.

It seems that American teens are participating in what's called the tide pod challenge. The challenge is that you put the laundry pods in your mouths and bite down on them.

http://www.mysuncoast.com/news/teen...aign=user-share

This isn't a surprise, given that "I want to eat laundry pods" has been a meme subject for weeks, at least on tumblr.

Proteus Jones
Feb 28, 2013



Puppy Time posted:

This isn't a surprise, given that "I want to eat laundry pods" has been a meme subject for weeks, at least on tumblr.

Lime Tonics
Nov 7, 2015

by FactsAreUseless
YAKIMA, Wash.-- Police say a local man burnt down his parents home yesterday, for something his brother did to him 10 years ago.

Police say 29-year-old Joel Cruz was home alone and got angry because his brother farted in his face a decade ago.

Police say Cruz then put a pot with vegetable oil on the stove, turned it on high, and ran out of the building.

Cruz told police he heard voices in his head and was put through a mental evaluation.

Police say they tried to put him in a state hospital, but the hospitals turned him away because he was a danger to others and himself.

http://kimatv.com/news/local/local-man-sets-house-on-fire-blames-it-on-brothers-decade-old-fart-prank

hmm

jojoinnit
Dec 13, 2010

Strength and speed, that's why you're a special agent.

Lime Tonics posted:



Police say they tried to put him in a state hospital, but the hospitals turned him away because he was a danger to others and himself.
come again?

Tobermory
Mar 31, 2011

jojoinnit posted:

come again?

Washington is one of the worst states in the nation for mental health. They've got a mental health crisis, but all their psychiatric care facilities are understaffed, underfunded, and seriously over capacity. Historically this led to a process called "warehousing" or "psychiatric boarding"; the police would pick up people having mental health crises but all the psych hospitals had 100+ person waiting lists, so the cops would leave people in hospitals or jail for days or weeks at a time.

In 2014 the state Supreme Court told the police that, in fact, they were not allowed to leave mentally ill people sedated in hallways for days at a time without care. The court ruled that everyone the cops pick up is entitled to adequate care and individual treatment, and that lack of funding is no excuse. In theory this ruling required the state to provide adequate mental health funding. In practice, the state did not provide this funding.

This leads to situations like this one, which happen all the time. The police have a mentally ill guy and the places that can care for him don't have the room to admit him. The places that can't care for him (like hospitals) don't want him, and can no longer be forced to take him. Generally speaking, this means that he will be kept in jail without any care, then later on he or his family will sue the state.

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.

Tobermory posted:

Washington is one of the worst states in the nation for mental health. They've got a mental health crisis, but all their psychiatric care facilities are understaffed, underfunded, and seriously over capacity. Historically this led to a process called "warehousing" or "psychiatric boarding"; the police would pick up people having mental health crises but all the psych hospitals had 100+ person waiting lists, so the cops would leave people in hospitals or jail for days or weeks at a time.

In 2014 the state Supreme Court told the police that, in fact, they were not allowed to leave mentally ill people sedated in hallways for days at a time without care. The court ruled that everyone the cops pick up is entitled to adequate care and individual treatment, and that lack of funding is no excuse. In theory this ruling required the state to provide adequate mental health funding. In practice, the state did not provide this funding.

This leads to situations like this one, which happen all the time. The police have a mentally ill guy and the places that can care for him don't have the room to admit him. The places that can't care for him (like hospitals) don't want him, and can no longer be forced to take him. Generally speaking, this means that he will be kept in jail without any care, then later on he or his family will sue the state.

Use some of that pot money!

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos
https://twitter.com/peterwalker99/status/953990661073711107

ultrafilter
Aug 23, 2007

It's okay if you have any questions.


Cavenagh
Oct 9, 2007

Grrrrrrrrr.

Used to live near there. The wolves are very well socialised with humans. To the point where you can take them for a walk (well, walk with them) on the weekends. They're not dogs but you really get a close up idea of how they were domesticated.

Bobby Digital
Sep 4, 2009
Old, but

‘Stoned wallabies make crop circles’

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8118257.stm

The MSJ
May 17, 2010

Bobby Digital posted:

Old, but

‘Stoned wallabies make crop circles’

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8118257.stm

Just like people.

Say Nothing
Mar 5, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
Also old.

Dr. Video Games 0081
Jan 19, 2005
Was that newspaper in the well too

GelatinSkeleton
May 31, 2013


haha seems like these folks didn't "pay attention to the gay apprehension" like they say in the ancient texts!

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.

This new take on Peter and the Wolf lacks everything that made the original good.

RC and Moon Pie
May 5, 2011

The beauty of language: Doctor: No heart, cognitive issues.

SpacePig
Apr 4, 2007

Hold that pose.
I've gotta get something.

Works on retainer?
No, money down!

Say Nothing
Mar 5, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

Facebook Aunt
Oct 4, 2008

wiggle wiggle





What a stupid thing to do.

FactsAreUseless
Feb 16, 2011

Facebook Aunt posted:

What a stupid thing to do.
Talking to the police doesn't make sense. But on meth it does.

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AKA Pseudonym
May 16, 2004

A dashing and sophisticated young man
Doctor Rope
How many meth users read the paper?

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