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Stravag: Jun 7, 2009

EBB posted:

Almost 15 years in and I still don't bookmark threads.

Do they not autobookmark when you post in them? Mine do on the phone app

# ? Jun 4, 2019 05:38

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# ? Jun 9, 2024 17:40

Wasabi the J: Jan 23, 2008; MOM WAS RIGHT

Lake of Methane posted:

I can't figure out what else fills the space between.

For the folks in the back, it's 4chan

# ? Jun 4, 2019 05:50

Riot Carol Danvers: Jul 30, 2004; It's super dumb, but I can't stop myself. This is just kind of how I do things.

Stravag posted:

Do they not autobookmark when you post in them? Mine do on the phone app

That's probably a setting and not one I want turned on.

# ? Jun 4, 2019 06:24

Stravag: Jun 7, 2009

Fair enough i only really pay attention or post in a half dozen threads so its fine with me

# ? Jun 4, 2019 06:33

Arc Light: Sep 26, 2013

Nostalgia4Dogges posted:

Hell I�d wager most deaths are in the dead zone on the way back

That's a very solid wager. People who died above 8000 m are overwhelmingly more likely to kick the bucket on the way down (73% of deaths), whether after reaching the summit or after turning back midway.

https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/337/bmj.a2654.full.pdf

quote:

During the spring climbing seasons from 1982 to 2006, 82.3% of deaths of climbers occurred during an attempt at reaching the summit. The death rate during all descents via standard routes was higher for climbers than for sherpas (2.7% (43/1585) v 0.4% (5/1231), P<0.001; all mountaineers 1.9%). Of 94 mountaineers who died after climbing above 8000 m, 53 (56%) died during descent from the summit, 16 (17%) after turning back, 9 (10%) during the ascent, 4 (5%) before leaving the final camp, and for 12 (13%) the stage of the summit bid was unknown. The median time to reach the summit via standard routes was earlier for survivors than for non-survivors (0900-0959 v 1300-1359, P<0.001). Profound fatigue (n=34), cognitive changes (n=21), andataxia (n=12) were the commonest symptoms reported in non-survivors, whereas respiratory distress (n=5), headache (n=0), and nausea or vomiting (n=3) were rarely described.

# ? Jun 4, 2019 06:41

Casimir Radon: Aug 2, 2008

This video of K2's bottleneck really puts it in perspective.

# ? Jun 4, 2019 06:51

Eej: Jun 17, 2007; HEAVYARMS

Clicking that GBS thread reminds me of what "goony" actually means, sheesh

# ? Jun 4, 2019 06:52

shame on an IGA: Apr 8, 2005

Happy 30th anniversary of absolutely nothing happening :ninja:

# ? Jun 4, 2019 12:24

Syrian Lannister: Aug 25, 2007; Oh, did I kill him too?
I've been a very busy little man.; Sugartime Jones

shame on an IGA posted:

Happy 30th anniversary of absolutely nothing happening

The hero we truly need

# ? Jun 4, 2019 12:25

bulletsponge13: Apr 28, 2010

When the Reasonable are forced to be Unreasonable.

# ? Jun 4, 2019 13:44

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

Happy Anniversary of the Battle of Midway.

Its 9:40, Enterprise's strike just occured, and in 29 minutes Yorktown's will strike

# ? Jun 4, 2019 14:42

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Lmao

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/...ingawful.com%2F

Solitary confinement is bad but lol gently caress you manafort crime elemental

# ? Jun 4, 2019 15:16

FAUXTON: Jun 2, 2005; spero che tu stia bene

CommieGIR posted:

Happy Anniversary of the Battle of Midway.

Its 9:40, Enterprise's strike just occured, and in 29 minutes Yorktown's will strike

When does Dick Best drop his load deep into akagi's wet hole

# ? Jun 4, 2019 15:45

Chichevache: Feb 17, 2010; One of the funniest posters in GIP.

Just not intentionally.

Hot Karl Marx posted:

Lmao

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/...ingawful.com%2F

Solitary confinement is bad but lol gently caress you manafort crime elemental

Solitary confinement sucks, but at the same time, what do you do with celebrities or people whose crime is so heinous that literally everyone will attack them? His life and safety is in danger in general population, and you know he's the type of rear end in a top hat to sue if someone catches him in the face with a padlock in a sock.

Also he's loving evil on a level usually reserved for Captain Planet villains. Let him loving rot.

# ? Jun 4, 2019 15:52

psydude: Apr 1, 2008

I'm surprised they're sending him to Rikers and not some white collar day camp. I guess they're worried about the Russians offing him?

# ? Jun 4, 2019 15:55

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psydude posted:

I'm surprised they're sending him to Rikers and not some white collar day camp. I guess they're worried about the Russians offing him?

I'm sure there's no Russian Mafia in Rikers

Edit: there's gotta be a GTA4 joke in here somewhere

# ? Jun 4, 2019 16:09

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

FAUXTON posted:

When does Dick Best drop his load deep into akagi's wet hole

10:30.

Akagi is a squirter. And she likes multiple pen.

CommieGIR fucked around with this message at 16:18 on Jun 4, 2019

# ? Jun 4, 2019 16:14

FAUXTON: Jun 2, 2005; spero che tu stia bene

CommieGIR posted:

10:30.

Akagi is a squirter. And she likes multiple pen.

# ? Jun 4, 2019 16:25

Icon Of Sin: Dec 26, 2008

Chichevache posted:

Also he's loving evil on a level usually reserved for Captain Planet villains. Let him loving rot.

I�m interested in what crimes he�ll commit once he�s pardoned. Actually nuke the whales? Strangle baby manatees? Step on baby sea turtles as they crawl to the ocean? The possibilities are endless, and once he has nothing but time you can be drat sure he�ll put it to malicious use.

# ? Jun 4, 2019 16:38

Kawasaki Nun: Jul 16, 2001; by Reene

Chichevache posted:

Solitary confinement sucks, but at the same time, what do you do with celebrities or people whose crime is so heinous that literally everyone will attack them? His life and safety is in danger in general population, and you know he's the type of rear end in a top hat to sue if someone catches him in the face with a padlock in a sock.

Also he's loving evil on a level usually reserved for Captain Planet villains. Let him loving rot.

Maybe prison guards should do their loving jobs so we don't have to torture people

# ? Jun 4, 2019 16:44

Natty Ninefingers: Feb 17, 2011

It�s only 4:44 am on midway right now?

# ? Jun 4, 2019 16:45

Proud Christian Mom: Dec 20, 2006; READING COMPREHENSION IS HARD

Kawasaki Nun posted:

Maybe prison guards should do their loving jobs so we don't have to torture people

but the cruelty is the point

# ? Jun 4, 2019 16:54

Acebuckeye13: Nov 2, 2010; Against All Tyrants; Ultra Carp

CommieGIR posted:

10:30.

Akagi is a squirter. And she likes multiple pen.

technically Akagi was only penetrated by one bomb, the other was a very near miss

# ? Jun 4, 2019 16:55

joat mon: Oct 15, 2009; I am the master of my lamp;
I am the captain of my tub.

shame on an IGA posted:

Happy 30th anniversary of absolutely nothing happening

I hoped in my hopeful heart that EBB's expectations would be wrong.

code:

No, You Did Not Die
Li Jiahua

Why do you cover your face and cry		Tiananmen Square
Why do your pale lips tremble			Tiananmen Square
Why, but why, does blood run from your chest	Tiananmen Square
Why is your body writhing in convulsions	Tiananmen Square
Reply to me					Tiananmen Square
with the burning torches and molten lava buried in your chest
With the roar and rage with which you once shook the universe
Surely you couldn�t really die as quietly as this
surely you couldn�t lose you vengeful eyes for ever after
No, you could not die
you are not dead
all the world has seen the violent anger in your features � 
even in the face of stabbing knives and rifle butts
you were not afraid
unarmed the wild beast did trample over and persecute you
you would rather die than submit
valiantly lying there in the blood and tears
No, you are not dead
you can�t die
your flags certainly did not fall to the ground and give up
your shredded slogan banners did not drop their flaming red wings
your strangled throat still continues to produce the deep roar of your ballads and essays as before
your mighty cannon-ball fist continues spurring on and encouraging the battle as before
Your nebulous bodily frame continues making accusations and calls to arms as before
Death does not belong to you
you are invincible
Yes
I believe freedom cannot be put to death
true reason�s lips cannot be sealed
then will be a day
when you will rise from the blood and tears
you will be ten, a hundred, nay one thousand times stronger than you are today
you will raise high anew the banner of awakening
overcoming those who before dealt with you with weapons
to solemnly proclaim out loud the rights of men.

joat mon fucked around with this message at 17:02 on Jun 4, 2019

# ? Jun 4, 2019 16:58

The Iron Rose: May 12, 2012; Cat Army

Since we're already on the subject of absolutely nothing happening 30 years ago, let's talk about ~~ongoing genocide~~ absolutely nothing happening in Canada!

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-trudeau-vows-action-on-mmiwg-stops-short-of-calling-deaths-a-genocide/

quote:

The head of the commission that investigated the tragedy of missing and murdered Indigenous women says testimony from victims� families led her to the �inescapable conclusion� that a genocide is being perpetrated against Canada�s First Peoples.

The federal government, which ordered the inquiry, pledged to act on its recommendations but did not endorse that key finding of the commission�s final report.

The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, which was tasked with uncovering the systemic causes of the violence, released the 1,200-page document in an emotional ceremony at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau on Monday that included hundreds of family members of women who have been killed or vanished.

Chief Commissioner Marion Buller told the crowd that the Canadian state has deliberately and systemically violated racial, gender, human and Indigenous rights. That was �designed,� Ms. Buller said, �to displace Indigenous peoples from their lands, social structures and governance, to eradicate their existence as nations and communities, families and individuals, [and] is the cause of the disappearances, murders and violence experienced by Indigenous women, girls, and [two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex and asexual] people.�

�This is genocide,� said Ms. Buller, a Cree and a member of the Mistawasis First Nation in Saskatchewan who was the first Indigenous woman appointed as a Provincial Court judge in British Columbia.

�Based on the evidence that we heard and read,� she later told reporters, �it was an inescapable conclusion.�

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who was handed a copy of the massive report toward the end of the ceremony, promised that his government would not allow the 231 recommendations � which the inquiry terms �calls to justice� � to sit on a shelf.

�We will conduct a thorough review of this report and we will develop and implement a national action plan to address violence against Indigenous women, girls and LGBTQ and two-spirit people,� the Prime Minister said.

�The commission has outlined the way forward,� Mr. Trudeau said. �You have my word that my government will turn the inquiry�s calls to justice into real, meaningful, Indigenous-led action.�

Mr. Trudeau did not use the word �genocide� when speaking in Ottawa, despite being directly asked to do so in a call from the crowd. But late Monday afternoon in Vancouver, he did so at the opening plenary of the international Women Deliver conference.

�Earlier this morning, the national inquiry formally presented their final report, in which they found that the tragic violence that Indigenous women and girls experienced amounts to genocide,� the Prime Minister said to applause from the crowd.

Survivors and families of victims describe difficulty of testifying, call for action after release of report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. The 1,200-page report describes the deaths and disappearances as 'genocide' and makes 231 recommendations.

The Prime Minister�s Office said the government accepted the finding of �cultural genocide� in the 2015 report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).

Carolyn Bennett, the federal Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, and David Lametti, the Justice Minister, would not endorse the finding of genocide after the ceremony.

�We�re going to leave the actual use of the term �genocide� to academics and experts,� Mr. Lametti said.

�What we have said today is we have a responsibility to the people � to the survivors, to the families of the women and girls who have gone missing or have been murdered. We have a responsibility for fixing the problem.�

Ms. Buller, on the other hand, said the government�s acknowledgment of a genocide is unimportant.

�We don�t need to hear the word �genocide� come out of the Prime Minister�s mouth,� she said, �because the families have told us, the survivors have told us, their truths.�

The massive report makes recommendations on such diverse topics as culture, health, human rights, transportation, media and policing. It includes, for instance, a call for a �guaranteed annual livable income for all Canadians,� and for all governments to prevent the apprehension of children based on poverty or cultural bias.

The report�s calls for justice are much more expansive than the TRC�s 94 calls to action. And, with a federal election scheduled for the fall, it will be difficult for the Liberal government to make substantive progress toward implementing them.

But Commissioner Qajaq Robinson, a non-Indigenous woman from Nunavut, said there is much Mr. Trudeau and his ministers can do in the short term. Specifically, she said, the government could end gender discrimination in the Indian Act, invest in victims� services and begin to change its own policies and protocols.

Many family members of victims waited decades for an inquiry, and they were anxious and emotional at the release of its findings. Some broke down in tears on the stage when asked to read one of the calls for justice.

Laurie Odjick, whose teenage daughter Maisy went missing from Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation in Quebec in September, 2008, said she hoped the report would �open the eyes of Canada to finally listen and finally see� the violence that is taking place against Indigenous women and girls. �I know we as families won�t let them forget. And we are going to keep fighting for justice.�

Sharon McIvor, a lawyer and activist and member of the Lower Nicola Indian Band in British Columbia, is among those who have been calling for an inquiry for decades. �To have [the report] released today, and it�s actually a reality, is something I didn�t think I would see,� Ms. McIvor said at a news conference in Vancouver.

She said she supports the use of the term �genocide,� saying government laws and policies resulted in Indigenous women being treated as lesser human beings.

�If you want to get rid of their people, you have to get rid of their women,� she said.

Lorelei Williams, the founder of the dance group Butterflies in Spirit, paid tribute to the women and families who testified before the inquiry. The DNA of her cousin, Tanya Holek, was found on the farm of serial killer Robert Pickton.

�Canadians need to stop being racist and being in denial about the genocide of our people,� Ms. Williams said.

�All of the systems are against us, to this day."

Perry Bellegarde, the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, said that, between the residential-school system and the history of the Indian Act, there is no question there has been a genocide of Indigenous peoples in Canada.

�It takes some time for people to get it, that this is really the truth,� Mr. Bellegarde said.

Murray Sinclair, the senator who was the head of the TRC, said the cultural genocide found by his commission is just one aspect of the crime against humanity.

The residential schools, and violence against Indigenous women and girls, �was all part of that overall approach to eliminating Indigenous people from the land and to take their culture away from them and to drive them away from their communities,� Mr. Sinclair said. A dialogue around reconciliation is not possible unless people know what they are reconciling, he said, and genocide �is part of what we have to reconcile.�

# ? Jun 4, 2019 17:03

joat mon: Oct 15, 2009; I am the master of my lamp;
I am the captain of my tub.

Kawasaki Nun posted:

Maybe prison guards should do their loving jobs so we don't have to torture people

If only Manafort had worked as hard on prison reform as he did for despots and dictators.

# ? Jun 4, 2019 17:07

Hot Karl Marx: Mar 16, 2009; Politburo regulations about social distancing require to downgrade your Karlmarxing to cold, and sorry about the dnc primaries, please enjoy!

all the comments I read about the genocide report are some of the worst poo poo I've seen ever. canadians really loving hate natives

also it can't be a genocide cause they're still here apparently

I've also seen news agencys saying "genocide" like it wasn't and we are over reacting.

They were literally trying to wipe out any sign of native culture FFS

# ? Jun 4, 2019 17:08

Viva Miriya: Jan 9, 2007

Loden Taylor posted:

Speaking of K2, I didn't know someone finally did a descent on skis from the summit last year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZRqeRRik8c

I was expecting a dumb, insane extreme sport kind of thing, with a guy barreling down at breakneck speed, but it's mostly him gradually sliding down, looking like he's going "oh gently caress oh gently caress oh gently caress," and even that is still insanely dangerous and borderline suicidal.

3 and a half days to ascend, 7 hours to come down.

Sounds like a terrifying 7 hours.

# ? Jun 4, 2019 17:08

The Iron Rose: May 12, 2012; Cat Army

Hot Karl Marx posted:

all the comments I read about the genocide report are some of the worst poo poo I've seen ever. canadians really loving hate natives

also it can't be a genocide cause they're still here apparently

I've also seen news agencys saying "genocide" like it wasn't and we are over reacting.

They were literally trying to wipe out any sign of native culture FFS

The last residential school wasn't torn down until the late nineties. Government funded and enforced centers of rape, torture, and cultural genocide where native children were taken from their families and given to white couples or just broken.

The worst of it was in the 70s and 80s mind, but even so. There's a reason we use genocide here, and it's not because Canadians realize and recognize and repent for the crimes we've committed against First Nations people.

# ? Jun 4, 2019 17:14

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It just makes me mad cause I try and talk to people about it and they say it's all in the past and they personally didn't do anything so why should their tax money to towards this "genocide".

Then they bitch about how they don't pay taxes and that they can do just about anything they want on their land and they don't need hunting and fishing passes etc.

gently caress I hate my stupid idiot country sometimes but I guess it could be worse *looks south*

# ? Jun 4, 2019 17:19

The Iron Rose: May 12, 2012; Cat Army

Hot Karl Marx posted:

It just makes me mad cause I try and talk to people about it and they say it's all in the past and they personally didn't do anything so why should their tax money to towards this "genocide".

Then they bitch about how they don't pay taxes and that they can do just about anything they want on their land and they don't need hunting and fishing passes etc.

gently caress I hate my stupid idiot country sometimes but I guess it could be worse *looks south*

I have one Conservative friend (big C, she's pretty lefty by American standards) and hoo boy her parents and family of suburban white people were real bad. My girlfriend, whose basically their adoptive daughter at this point, gets about five or six bottles of wine into it with them once and that fight went on for houuuuurs. It was great and you could tell no one in their lives had said poo poo about it to them before. But they came out of that slightly less ignorant and significantly more hungover than before, so everyone wins.

# ? Jun 4, 2019 17:23

ElMaligno: Dec 31, 2004; Be Gay!
Do Crime!

FAUXTON posted:

When does Dick Best drop his load deep into akagi's wet hole

# ? Jun 4, 2019 17:28

FAUXTON: Jun 2, 2005; spero che tu stia bene

Acebuckeye13 posted:

technically Akagi was only penetrated by one bomb, the other was a very near miss

I thought it was one alongside (which broke some poo poo due to hydro shock, critically the fire suppression was one of those things) one on the deck, and one down the elevator?

# ? Jun 4, 2019 17:29

Viva Miriya: Jan 9, 2007

Hot Karl Marx posted:

all the comments I read about the genocide report are some of the worst poo poo I've seen ever. canadians really loving hate natives

also it can't be a genocide cause they're still here apparently

I've also seen news agencys saying "genocide" like it wasn't and we are over reacting.

They were literally trying to wipe out any sign of native culture FFS

There are no good nations, news at 11.

# ? Jun 4, 2019 17:33

Godholio: Aug 28, 2002; Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?

FAUXTON posted:

My pops, I think, has made his peace with not climbing Everest. He's climbed all the other highest mountains on the other continents except Antarctica and is content repeatedly going to Nepal every couple years and climbing stuff like Mera Peak and Himlung Himal as parts of longer treks.

E: which is good, because I like my dad and would rather not get a phone call one day about how he died waiting in line.

something something VA

# ? Jun 4, 2019 18:16

Hot Karl Marx: Mar 16, 2009; Politburo regulations about social distancing require to downgrade your Karlmarxing to cold, and sorry about the dnc primaries, please enjoy!

https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1135960577472376834?s=19

# ? Jun 4, 2019 18:41

Chichevache: Feb 17, 2010; One of the funniest posters in GIP.

Just not intentionally.

Kawasaki Nun posted:

Maybe prison guards should do their loving jobs so we don't have to torture people

I'm not defending every abuse that happens in prison, most of that poo poo is heinous, but for someone like Manafort you would literally have to dedicate a round the clock guard just to follow him in particular around to keep him from getting gassed or shanked. And that still probably wouldn't prevent it from happening.

# ? Jun 4, 2019 18:43

Casimir Radon: Aug 2, 2008

Manafort paid guys to gang-rape his wife, who has a TBI from a horse riding accident BTW, so he could get off. gently caress him I hope his mind loving breaks in there.

# ? Jun 4, 2019 18:46

Chichevache: Feb 17, 2010; One of the funniest posters in GIP.

Just not intentionally.

Casimir Radon posted:

Manafort paid guys to gang-rape his wife, who has a TBI from a horse riding accident BTW, so he could get off. gently caress him I hope his mind loving breaks in there.

He's literally a traitor to this country who has helped overseas dictators commit pogroms and genocides against their own people. He provoked civil war in Ukraine. He's Hitler without the excuse of PTSD and drug addiction due to serving in the most horrific war of all time. Basically he's worse than Hitler.

# ? Jun 4, 2019 18:48

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# ? Jun 9, 2024 17:40

A Bad Poster: Sep 25, 2006; Seriously, shut the fuck up.

I can also guarantee you that Manafort believes he is 100% innocent. Also, I bet he gets out and starts doing the same poo poo.

# ? Jun 4, 2019 18:53

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