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Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

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



not worthless

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animals_with_fraudulent_diplomas

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Victory Position
Mar 16, 2004


In 2009, Dr. Ben Mays, a veterinarian in Clinton, Arkansas, submitted an application to Belford University on behalf of English bulldog Maxwell Sniffingwell. The application included his work as a reproductive specialist, noting his "natural ability in theriogenology" and "experimental work with felines" and his understanding of the merits of specialization despite a desire to "'do them all.'" His application was accepted upon the $549 payment to the university.[36]

haveblue
Aug 15, 2005



Toilet Rascal
is there a list of animals with non-fraudulent diplomas

Sham bam bamina!
Nov 6, 2012

ƨtupid cat

haveblue posted:

is there a list of animals with non-fraudulent diplomas
On occasion, accredited institutions may have awarded mock degrees to animals for humorous purposes (e.g. UNSW awarded a dogtorate, not doctorate, degree to a dog);[1] such cases are not included below.

yeah where the hell is that list wikipedia, come on

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

i've seen a couple of cases where a university awarded an additional honorary degree to a graduating student's service dog, as the dog attended all the same classes the student did

those ones should be considered valid imo

H.P. Hovercraft
Jan 12, 2004

one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse
Slippery Tilde
The 1946 accident was the last time an airplane accidentally crashed into a building in New York City until the 2006 New York City plane crash on Manhattan's Upper East Side.[95]

Lutha Mahtin
Oct 10, 2010

Your brokebrain sin is absolved...go and shitpost no more!

Sagebrush posted:

i've seen a couple of cases where a university awarded an additional honorary degree to a graduating student's service dog, as the dog attended all the same classes the student did

those ones should be considered valid imo

hell yes they should

Slippery
May 16, 2004


Muscles Boxcar

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

The 1946 accident was the last time an airplane accidentally crashed into a building in New York City until the 2006 New York City plane crash on Manhattan's Upper East Side.[95]

oof

haveblue
Aug 15, 2005



Toilet Rascal

802.11weed
May 9, 2007

no
Because of this episode's heavy focus on uncensored urination, toilet humor and possible alcoholic references, it has been banned from television broadcasting throughout much of the world to this day (the UK and Canada being the only exceptions).

Devonaut
Jul 10, 2001

Devoted Astronaut

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Amputees_by_nationality

Kazinsal
Dec 13, 2011



Since he realized there was a difference in testing the drug in a laboratory and using it in clandestine operations, he initiated a series of experiments where LSD was given to people in "normal" settings without warning. At first, everyone in Technical Services tried it; a typical experiment involved two people in a room where they observed each other for hours and took notes. As the experimentation progressed, a point arrived where outsiders were drugged with no explanation whatsoever and surprise acid trips became something of an occupational hazard among CIA operatives.

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

No one, Woodhouse.
No one.




Dead Man’s Band
She was the daughter of Dorcas (née Spear) Patterson (1761–1814) and William Patterson (1752–1835).

goddamnedtwisto
Dec 31, 2004

If you ask me about the mole people in the London Underground, I WILL be forced to kill you
Fun Shoe
In 1957, Gold married Beryl Hunt. They divorced in 1972 after Gold found her cheating on him with his best friend in his swimming pool, on the same day he caught his father stealing his shares.[23

Midjack
Dec 24, 2007



goddamnedtwisto posted:

In 1957, Gold married Beryl Hunt. They divorced in 1972 after Gold found her cheating on him with his best friend in his swimming pool, on the same day he caught his father stealing his shares.[23

that’s quite a day.

take_it_slow
Jul 7, 2011

what the gently caress is wikibedia.ru? (click at your own risk)
I searched for a topic on duckduckgo and a wikibedia.ru link was was represented as a wikipedia link... not using a vpn/any location obfuscation (and not in russia)... wtf?

Victory Position
Mar 16, 2004


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_years_in_television

Soricidus
Oct 21, 2010
freedom-hating statist shill
Fermentation may continue after the urine is expressed, resulting in it developing an odor resembling wine.

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

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



take_it_slow posted:

what the gently caress is wikibedia.ru? (click at your own risk)
I searched for a topic on duckduckgo and a wikibedia.ru link was was represented as a wikipedia link... not using a vpn/any location obfuscation (and not in russia)... wtf?

wikibenis.fi

Parahexavoctal
Oct 10, 2004

I AM NOT BEING PAID TO CORRECT OTHER PEOPLE'S POSTS! DONKEY!!

take_it_slow posted:

what the gently caress is wikibedia.ru? (click at your own risk)
I searched for a topic on duckduckgo and a wikibedia.ru link was was represented as a wikipedia link... not using a vpn/any location obfuscation (and not in russia)... wtf?

Probably just a mirror site using Wikipedia's content and hosting ads.

haveblue
Aug 15, 2005



Toilet Rascal
wigibedia :DDDDDDD

Sham bam bamina!
Nov 6, 2012

ƨtupid cat
not worthless

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

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



good trivia, :nice:

Pakled
Aug 6, 2011

WE ARE SMART
His speech on broccoli was seen as out of touch with most Americans; Broccoli was becoming more popular in the United States, and had been seen as the "vegetable of the 80s".[8]

Plorkyeran
Mar 22, 2007

To Escape The Shackles Of The Old Forums, We Must Reject The Tribal Negativity He Endorsed
you're significantly underselling it by not mentioning that there's an entire page on the subject

Pakled
Aug 6, 2011

WE ARE SMART

Plorkyeran posted:

you're significantly underselling it by not mentioning that there's an entire page on the subject

you're right but i just really liked "the vegetable of the 80's"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush_broccoli_comments

H.P. Hovercraft
Jan 12, 2004

one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse
Slippery Tilde
After destroying numerous buildings and ships with its tentacles, the Kraken finally emerges from the water, revealing itself to be a Kaiju-like monster, and prepares to commence its main attack.

duz
Jul 11, 2005

Come on Ilhan, lets go bag us a shitpost


To be extremely online (typically used in proper adjective form as Extremely Online)[2] means that a person or subject is closely engaged with Internet culture.[2] People who are Extremely Online often believe that posts online are very important.[3][4] Events and phenomena can themselves be Extremely Online;[3]
Extremely Online people are interested in topics "no normal, healthy person could possibly care about",[2] and have been analogized to "pop culture fandoms, just without the pop".[2]

Sham bam bamina!
Nov 6, 2012

ƨtupid cat
jfc

Devonaut
Jul 10, 2001

Devoted Astronaut

Pakled posted:

His speech on broccoli was seen as out of touch with most Americans; Broccoli was becoming more popular in the United States, and had been seen as the "vegetable of the 80s".[8]

lol that's great

the real vegetable of the 80s was whatever had ranch dressing poured on it

Victory Position
Mar 16, 2004

not worthless https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3ACeiling_fan

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

No one, Woodhouse.
No one.




Dead Man’s Band

Devonaut posted:

lol that's great

the real vegetable of the 80s was whatever had ranch dressing poured on it

michael dukakis was criticized for saying people should eat "belgian endive"

i don't remember what its other names were, but i think it's popular nowadays

El_Elegante
Jul 3, 2004

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Biscuit Hider

prefect posted:

michael dukakis was criticized for saying people should eat "belgian endive"

i don't remember what its other names were, but i think it's popular nowadays

thank you

Pile Of Garbage
May 28, 2007




Size of Fans?!
I was wondering the spans of blades. I would like to know the tiniest ceiling fans and the largest ceiling fans. Also they have made some crazy fan styles (including fan blades containing OTHER fans ...and some fan blades are GIANT LEAVES!) I think that all of this should be included in the article. In-Correct (talk) 22:15, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Sham bam bamina!
Nov 6, 2012

ƨtupid cat
that boy sure loves his fans

duz
Jul 11, 2005

Come on Ilhan, lets go bag us a shitpost


hes a real fanatic

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

No one, Woodhouse.
No one.




Dead Man’s Band

Pile Of Garbage posted:

Size of Fans?!
I was wondering the spans of blades. I would like to know the tiniest ceiling fans and the largest ceiling fans. Also they have made some crazy fan styles (including fan blades containing OTHER fans ...and some fan blades are GIANT LEAVES!) I think that all of this should be included in the article. In-Correct (talk) 22:15, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

a ceiling fan made of smaller fans? i am intrigued

Chalks
Sep 30, 2009

prefect posted:

a ceiling fan made of smaller fans? i am intrigued

i think fractal fans deserve their own dedicated page tbh

H.P. Hovercraft
Jan 12, 2004

one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse
Slippery Tilde
The first known use of the stock image as an internet meme was posted to a Turkish progressive rock Facebook group in January 2017. The post labeled the man as Phil Collins, who is being distracted from progressive rock by pop music. This meme was reposted on an English-language progressive rock Facebook page the next day, and then on Twitter on February 2, 2017.[6] Later that month, the original stock photograph was shared on Instagram and got almost 30,000 likes.[7]

The meme started going viral on August 19, 2017, after a Twitter user posted the photograph with the man labeled "the youth" being distracted from his girlfriend "capitalism" by "socialism". Another Twitter user copied this meme, getting retweeted more than 35,000 retweets and nearly 100,000 likes.[8] The meme and its permutations went viral on Twitter, Reddit, and Facebook.[8][9] According to Adam Downer, an editor for Know Your Meme, the distracted boyfriend meme helped popularize a meme format called object labeling.[10] The girlfriend in the meme generally came to represent something that one is supposed to do, and the woman wearing red came to represent something more desirable or riskier.[11]

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H.P. Hovercraft
Jan 12, 2004

one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse
Slippery Tilde
i will resist posting the entire article


Some brands started using the meme when it started going viral.[13] In early January 2018, a version of the meme referencing the biblical story of Lot's wife turning into a pillar of salt went viral on Twitter.[14] The meme was used in a sign for the "Enough! National School Walkout" gun violence protest in March 2018.[15][16] On June 25, 2018, Twitter user Ernie Smith noted other stock images in which the girlfriend from the original meme is surprised looking at screens.[17]

The New York Times published the meme in its Business section on May 29, 2019, referencing the proposed merger of Renault and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. The boyfriend is labeled as "Renault", who is being distracted by "Fiat Chrysler" with his girlfriend "Nissan".[18]

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