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Comrade Blyatlov
Aug 4, 2007


should have picked four fingers





shame on an IGA posted:

I guess zero is technically "countless"

I was trying to come up with a burn but there isn't one. What a poor human being, metaphorically and soon to be literally

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Porfiriato
Jan 4, 2016


Surely nothing bad has ever happened to the audience at a Great White concert before...

BigDave
Jul 14, 2009

Taste the High Country

Porfiriato posted:

Surely nothing bad has ever happened to the audience at a Great White concert before...

Just that one time!

Godholio
Aug 28, 2002

Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?

sharknado slashfic posted:

Do you mean here or SA as a whole because it's really the latter

Mostly but not exclusively cspam.

Hyrax Attack!
Jan 13, 2009

We demand to be taken seriously

shame on an IGA posted:

They got a new CEO very recently and he was previously the guy in charge of all the parks and cruise boats so it boils down to, it's personal.

Ah interesting I didn’t know that. Oh no the cruises, dammit I forgot those are gonna be packed and sailing as soon as the companies get the go ahead, no matter if we are at 100k new cases a day.

Also regarding lowtax, ugh make him go away. Hoping Jeffrey makes it clear when he controls the payment system, lots of folk holding off buying anything until then.

LongDarkNight
Oct 25, 2010

It's like watching the collapse of Western civilization in fast forward.
Oven Wrangler
https://twitter.com/Whatapityonyou/status/1282051524823117824

Acebuckeye13
Nov 2, 2010

Against All Tyrants

Ultra Carp

https://twitter.com/jimmisimpson/status/1282102554843742210?s=09

sharknado slashfic
Jun 24, 2011

That lead me to something more important

https://twitter.com/Yogalnstructor/status/1281756223411417088?s=20

Funkysock
Aug 8, 2011


Clapping Larry

Fister Roboto posted:

I think they expect it to go like this:
-More money for us
-gently caress you

Yep
https://unclewalts.com/florida/magical-funerals-wdw/

Duzzy Funlop
Jan 13, 2010

Hi there, would you like to try some spicy products?

Brute Squad posted:

This got me howling

Portland Place couple who confronted protesters have a long history of not backing down

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local...5dd287.amp.html

They've got a long history of being vexatious litigants, abusing the legal system, and just being all around horrible people.

some choice bits, but the whole thing is gold.


The birthday card in question? It's from his 20th. In 1976.



They're also scummy landlords.


This man went to law school to be a bully and not get punched.

I thought this pair couldn't possibly get any whiter, but here we are.

Nick Soapdish posted:

https://twitter.com/JennyENicholson/status/1282106395307806720?s=20

America is never getting over this until 1. these people are dead from stupidity or 2. vaccine or 3. Red Superman comes

iirc, these guys have been trolled about possibly contracting Covid due to the Disney World reopening for quite a while by random folks joining their group. Did someone in here post a video of them being asked whether they'd be put on Disney themed ventilators?

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose

Gonna be several less certified mariners after the investigation concludes, I'll warrant.

piL
Sep 20, 2007
(__|\\\\)
Taco Defender

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

Gonna be several less certified mariners after the investigation concludes, I'll warrant.

Competitive salaries and opportunities for advancement!

M_Gargantua
Oct 16, 2006

STOMP'N ON INTO THE POWERLINES

Exciting Lemon

shame on an IGA posted:

But I actually came here to post this sick dunk on Great White

https://twitter.com/cstbtweet/statu...ingawful.com%2F

Just going to, I think, repost this again

https://twitter.com/Billyjensen/status/1282092822087086081?s=20

Torrannor
Apr 27, 2013

---FAGNER---
TEAM-MATE
https://twitter.com/FirenzeMike/status/1282099967738478592

Handsome Ralph
Sep 3, 2004

Oh boy, posting!
That's where I'm a Viking!



Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck.


My Cousin-in-Law's brother was one of the victims in that fire. It sounds weird but that poo poo was loving MASSIVE in RI and southern Mass. You either knew someone who was there that night or someone directly related to a victim.

Between that and 38 Studios, I've got stories. But in summary, gently caress those idiots. The loving nerve.

Slim Pickens
Jan 12, 2007

Grimey Drawer

These people are bots(video game type or the real life type)

Torrannor
Apr 27, 2013

---FAGNER---
TEAM-MATE

Slim Pickens posted:

These people are bots(video game type or the real life type)

Oh, I never considered that possibility. I guess the TEXT TRUMP part of their user name should have tipped me off.

Wasabi the J
Jan 23, 2008

MOM WAS RIGHT
Also I forgot this little site:

https://botsentinel.com/trending-topics/top-hashtags

Top 20 two word phrases tweeted by inauthentic accounts. posted:

WORDS TWEETS
1 PRESIDENT TRUMP 379
2 ROGER STONE 246
3 FAKE NEWS 209
4 GOD BLESS 207
5 LIVES MATTER 157
6 DE LA 143
7 JOE BIDEN 131
8 CONTINUAR FORA 100
9 PODE CONTINUAR 100
10 BOLSONARO AMP 100
11 FASCISMO GENOCIDA 100
12 FORA BOLSONARO 100
13 BLACK LIVES 95
14 GOOD MORNING 86
15 BOOK REVIEW 80
16 GOYA PRODUCTS 69
17 BUY GOYA 64

18 MITT ROMNEY 61
19 ST LOUIS 48
20 TRUMP LIKING 44

https://botsentinel.com/trending-topics/top-two-word-phrases

Top 20 two word phrases tweeted by inauthentic accounts. posted:

HASHTAGS TWEETS
1 #WWG1WGA 335
2 #QANON 220
3 #OBAMAGATE 216
4 #BUYGOYA 215
5 #TRUMP2020 206
6 #MAGA 134
7 #DERRETEMBL 112
8 #PTSALVEOBRASIL 100
9 #WAYFAIR 81
10 #TAKETHEOATH 69
11 #ISIS 68
12 #MAGA2020 65
13 #THEMOREYOUKNOW 65
14 #TARGETS 60
15 #OPICEISIS 60
16 #ICEISIS 60
17 #UNITEDNOTDIVIDED 58
18 #BOLSONAROTEMRAÇÃO 55
19 #GADODECIDER 55
20 #FUTBOLXFOX 53

Hyrax Attack!
Jan 13, 2009

We demand to be taken seriously

Handsome Ralph posted:

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck.


My Cousin-in-Law's brother was one of the victims in that fire. It sounds weird but that poo poo was loving MASSIVE in RI and southern Mass. You either knew someone who was there that night or someone directly related to a victim.

Between that and 38 Studios, I've got stories. But in summary, gently caress those idiots. The loving nerve.

Could we get a 38 Studios story? That saga was fascinating

Nostalgia4Butts
Jun 1, 2006

WHERE MY HOSE DRINKERS AT

Handsome Ralph posted:

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck.


My Cousin-in-Law's brother was one of the victims in that fire. It sounds weird but that poo poo was loving MASSIVE in RI and southern Mass. You either knew someone who was there that night or someone directly related to a victim.

Between that and 38 Studios, I've got stories. But in summary, gently caress those idiots. The loving nerve.

same in CT. That fire was a big loving deal


also gently caress curt schilling forever


and his ketchup stained socks too

Milo and POTUS
Sep 3, 2017

I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?
So uh what's going on with Goya

Wasabi the J
Jan 23, 2008

MOM WAS RIGHT
They publicly jumped on Trump's dick at the last press briefing.

Jaguars!
Jul 31, 2012


Brute Squad posted:

This got me howling

Portland Place couple who confronted protesters have a long history of not backing down

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local...5dd287.amp.html

They've got a long history of being vexatious litigants, abusing the legal system, and just being all around horrible people.

some choice bits, but the whole thing is gold.


The birthday card in question? It's from his 20th. In 1976.



They're also scummy landlords.


This man went to law school to be a bully and not get punched.


I don't know why this story makes my blood boil and not say disney world reopening or any other bit of the weekend's stupidity. But it does. It reminds me of a comment my dad made once after he caught someone boasting how much better he was than someone else - "That's the type of kid used to spend their life feeling superior to everyone, right up until the moment they were caned for the first time" Dude has spent his whole life opposing anything good and never faced a real consequence. I don't think he'd understand anything but a good beating at this point and I'm ashamed of myself for thinking that and annoyed at them for making me think that. Sorry to rant :smith:

Wingnut Ninja
Jan 11, 2003

Mostly Harmless

Slim Pickens posted:

These people are bots(video game type or the real life type)

Something that's been bugging me for a while: am I wrong in thinking that if Twitter actually wanted to, they could easily have a way of identifying which accounts are bots so that people could distinguish their posts? Like putting a little cog next to their name in place of a check mark or something. It seems like the only reason for not making that clear is to allow for confusion like this, nobody cares if legitimate bots like PressSecBot or Pentametron are identified as such.

Also, 38 Studios is such a sad, weird story and it's a real shame. Kingdoms of Amalur is a really fun game and I would have loved to see more development in that series.

BigDave
Jul 14, 2009

Taste the High Country

Wingnut Ninja posted:

Something that's been bugging me for a while: am I wrong in thinking that if Twitter actually wanted to, they could easily have a way of identifying which accounts are bots so that people could distinguish their posts? Like putting a little cog next to their name in place of a check mark or something. It seems like the only reason for not making that clear is to allow for confusion like this, nobody cares if legitimate bots like PressSecBot or Pentametron are identified as such.

Also, 38 Studios is such a sad, weird story and it's a real shame. Kingdoms of Amalur is a really fun game and I would have loved to see more development in that series.

They could very easily ban or identify bot accounts, just like they could very easily ban Nazis.

They choose not to because of that weird free speech kink that Silicon Valley libertarians have.

Milo and POTUS
Sep 3, 2017

I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?
The kink is that nerds love fascism

Wingnut Ninja
Jan 11, 2003

Mostly Harmless

BigDave posted:

They could very easily ban or identify bot accounts, just like they could very easily ban Nazis.

They choose not to because of that weird free speech kink that Silicon Valley libertarians have.

That's what's so weird though, clearly identifying the source of the posts is providing people with better information to make a judgment with and should be right in line with a free speech/freedom of ideas ethos. I get not wanting to ban them, but just tagging them as bots would go a long way.

That Works
Jul 22, 2006

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy


Handsome Ralph posted:

38 Studios, I've got stories

Aww I wish you could tell them sometime.

I moved to RI long after the big stuff with that was all over so I actually don't really know much at all about how any of that stuff went down.

Terrifying Effigies
Oct 22, 2008

Problems look mighty small from 150 miles up.

Twitter's business model is all about promoting the number of users, interactions, etc to drum up ad revenue. Pointing out the bots just makes the racket more visible to marketing depts.

Mr. Nice!
Oct 13, 2005

bone shaking.
soul baking.
Speaking of twitter, the president is bitching about people saying he golfs too much. He's lied saying that he golfs less than obama. Yes, he has golfed less over the entire course of his presidency (303 for obama and 261 for trump), but on a per year rate it's 38 for obama vs 74 for trump.

That Works
Jul 22, 2006

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy


Mr. Nice! posted:

Speaking of twitter, the president is bitching about people saying he golfs too much. He's lied saying that he golfs less than obama. Yes, he has golfed less over the entire course of his presidency (303 for obama and 261 for trump), but on a per year rate it's 38 for obama vs 74 for trump.

Was just coming to post this as well.

https://twitter.com/RBReich/status/1282272336113291265


https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1282286508716756993

BigDave
Jul 14, 2009

Taste the High Country

AND I'M MUCH BETTER AT OBAMA THEN GOLF EVER WAS!!

That Works
Jul 22, 2006

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy


This is an interesting thread that I have nowhere near enough knowledge of finance / economics to evaluate.

https://twitter.com/adamdavidson/status/1282288622134341633

namely

https://twitter.com/adamdavidson/status/1282294569376329728

Hyrax Attack!
Jan 13, 2009

We demand to be taken seriously

That Works posted:

Aww I wish you could tell them sometime.

I moved to RI long after the big stuff with that was all over so I actually don't really know much at all about how any of that stuff went down.

Summary is Schilling was/is a huge gamer, and upon retirement from baseball was fixated on owning a game company and becoming “Bill Gates rich.” His plan was to make something bigger/better than WoW and let the cash roll in. One little problem is he had spent years being a star athlete, which doesn’t transfer to running a company, to the extent he didn’t know how weekends worked.

MMORPGs are expensive to make and take years, and a brand new game company shouldn’t do them right away as there is no revenue until release. Private investors told him this, the state of Massachusetts told him this, but Rhode Island thought it sounded fine and gave him lots of investment.

So the company got started, put out a decent single player game, then spent all their money trying to make WoW and went bankrupt, as many people had tried to tell Schilling, his plan made no sense.

Godholio
Aug 28, 2002

Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?

Wingnut Ninja posted:

That's what's so weird though, clearly identifying the source of the posts is providing people with better information to make a judgment with and should be right in line with a free speech/freedom of ideas ethos. I get not wanting to ban them, but just tagging them as bots would go a long way.

They don't care about that. The current setup drives traffic, which drives relevance and thus investment.

efb

Wingnut Ninja
Jan 11, 2003

Mostly Harmless
Right, I guess that was more of a rhetorical question/statement. Obviously if it comes down to having principles or making money there's no question what the choice will be.

KirbyKhan
Mar 20, 2009



Soiled Meat
So the USS Bonnhimme sitting in the San Diego port is on fire.


Livestream:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2zdkCsjuf0

Proud Christian Mom
Dec 20, 2006
READING COMPREHENSION IS HARD

KirbyKhan posted:

So the USS Bonnhimme sitting in the San Diego port is on fire.


Livestream:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2zdkCsjuf0

Another guy wanted the day off I guess

BigDave
Jul 14, 2009

Taste the High Country
https://twitter.com/JasonSCampbell/status/1281047908113145857?s=19

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Doc Hawkins
Jun 15, 2010

Dashing? But I'm not even moving!


They're trying to get in front of a possible national teacher's strike. Clever.

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