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Flesh Forge
Jan 31, 2011

LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY DOG
:d2a: :d2a: :d2a: :d2a: :d2a:

https://twitter.com/socialistdogmom/status/1422263780684279810

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Gene Hackman Fan
Dec 27, 2002

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
torches and pitchforks when, tho?

Flesh Forge
Jan 31, 2011

LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY DOG
https://twitter.com/grantmooney/status/1422677795117862914

tokin opposition
Apr 8, 2021

I don't jailbreak the androids, I set them free.

WATCH MARS EXPRESS (2023)
Sounds like it's time for a wildcat strike

Tubgoat
Jun 30, 2013

by sebmojo

tokin opposition posted:

Sounds like it's time for a wildcat strike

Specifically, to release a wildcat into the boss's place of residence.

Megillah Gorilla
Sep 22, 2003

If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.



Bread Liar

Sounds like they're deliberately trying to get rid of the staff. Or, it's just your standard issue control freak boss.

Maybe they should hire a bus?

Orange Devil
Oct 1, 2010

Wullie's reign cannae smother the flames o' equality!
Driving a bus over management is not a bad idea.

Flesh Forge
Jan 31, 2011

LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY DOG

Megillah Gorilla posted:

Sounds like they're deliberately trying to get rid of the staff. Or, it's just your standard issue control freak boss.

Maybe they should hire a bus?

yeah it struck me as one of those "headcount reduction" maneuvers

also, meet the 16 year old entrepreneur interested in cryptocurrency

https://twitter.com/Forbes/status/1423176960520462338

CommonShore
Jun 6, 2014

A true renaissance man


Flesh Forge posted:

yeah it struck me as one of those "headcount reduction" maneuvers

also, meet the 16 year old entrepreneur interested in cryptocurrency

https://twitter.com/Forbes/status/1423176960520462338

Rofl is that a Klein Blue suit? Fuckin' kid has read too many William Gibson novels and not understood a word of them.

uber_stoat
Jan 21, 2001



Pillbug

CommonShore posted:

Rofl is that a Klein Blue suit? Fuckin' kid has read too many William Gibson novels and not understood a word of them.

hubertus bellend

gschmidl
Sep 3, 2011

watch with knife hands

Ohhh ohh allow me

Ham Equity
Apr 16, 2013

The first thing we do, let's kill all the cars.
Grimey Drawer

Flesh Forge posted:

yeah it struck me as one of those "headcount reduction" maneuvers

also, meet the 16 year old entrepreneur interested in cryptocurrency

https://twitter.com/Forbes/status/1423176960520462338

Maybe it has always been this way and I've just become more aware of it lately, but so much news lately seems to be just advertising. Like, this is basically an ad for Y coins.

Flesh Forge
Jan 31, 2011

LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY DOG
you're just becoming aware of it, especially with rags like Forbes that's all they've ever run

AnimeIsTrash
Jun 30, 2018
Probation
Can't post for 2 hours!
Articles like that are win win because the rich people profiled are narcissists and i'm sure they get plenty of hate clicks.

Centrist Committee
Aug 6, 2019

Flesh Forge posted:

yeah it struck me as one of those "headcount reduction" maneuvers

also, meet the 16 year old entrepreneur interested in cryptocurrency

https://twitter.com/Forbes/status/1423176960520462338

nah

Line Feed
Sep 7, 2012

Seeds taste better with friends.

Flesh Forge posted:

yeah it struck me as one of those "headcount reduction" maneuvers

also, meet the 16 year old entrepreneur interested in cryptocurrency

https://twitter.com/Forbes/status/1423176960520462338

he looks v punchable tbh

BigHead
Jul 25, 2003
Huh?


Nap Ghost
Isn't that the photo set of the fake plane that people use to pretend that they're in a private jet? Like spotting the casting couch in porn, once you know what it is it's easy to see.

Flesh Forge
Jan 31, 2011

LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY DOG
some olympics guillotine content

https://twitter.com/Jason_Keen/status/1423599013308272644

don't read the followups if you don't like seeing animals get hit and whipped for no purpose at all

Just-In-Timeberlake
Aug 18, 2003

Flesh Forge posted:

some olympics guillotine content

https://twitter.com/Jason_Keen/status/1423599013308272644

don't read the followups if you don't like seeing animals get hit and whipped for no purpose at all

the horse should get the medal imo, they're the ones doing all the work

poo poo, equestrian/dressage is the perfect representation of capitalism in the Olympics.

BigHead
Jul 25, 2003
Huh?


Nap Ghost

Just-In-Timeberlake posted:

the horse should get the medal imo, they're the ones doing all the work

poo poo, equestrian/dressage is the perfect representation of capitalism in the Olympics.

I distinctly remember Mitt Romney talking about how much he loved sport (singular, sport) because he owned dressage horses. Now I can't think of Olympic houses without wondering how loving rich their owners are. Like the dudes who medal in pistol shooting are Dave from the bowling alley In Kentucky and random Turkish 20 year old kid, who are real good at their hobby.

Ham Equity
Apr 16, 2013

The first thing we do, let's kill all the cars.
Grimey Drawer

BigHead posted:

I distinctly remember Mitt Romney talking about how much he loved sport (singular, sport) because he owned dressage horses. Now I can't think of Olympic houses without wondering how loving rich their owners are. Like the dudes who medal in pistol shooting are Dave from the bowling alley In Kentucky and random Turkish 20 year old kid, who are real good at their hobby.

I would swear Mitt Romney said something like "yeah, we own some horses in the olympics or whatever, but I don't really give a poo poo; it's my wife's thing."

Tubgoat
Jun 30, 2013

by sebmojo
Do they still embed caltrops in the horses' feet to dressage them? :barf:

CommonShore
Jun 6, 2014

A true renaissance man


Just-In-Timeberlake posted:

the horse should get the medal imo, they're the ones doing all the work

poo poo, equestrian/dressage is the perfect representation of capitalism in the Olympics.

That's modern pentathlon. It only has 1 horse event and you draw a random horse out of a hat becuase you're doing SCA for a 19th century cavalry officer behind enemy lines.

Really, since it involves figurative horse theft as an event, is this the perfect representation of capitalism?

Tiggum
Oct 24, 2007

Your life and your quest end here.


CommonShore posted:

That's modern pentathlon. It only has 1 horse event and you draw a random horse out of a hat becuase you're doing SCA for a 19th century cavalry officer behind enemy lines.

Really, since it involves figurative horse theft as an event, is this the perfect representation of capitalism?

They should make actual horse theft the event. Show up on the day with a horse you didn't have before and no one knows how you got it, but out there somewhere is one very angry former horse-owner suddenly seeing their horse on TV.

bawfuls
Oct 28, 2009

CommonShore posted:

That's modern pentathlon. It only has 1 horse event and you draw a random horse out of a hat because you're doing SCA for a 19th century cavalry officer behind enemy lines.
this is the most insane part of the whole event, and is further confounding that it's a part of the modern pentathlon

Maybe we could, idk, modernize the event and ditch the 19th century cosplay part??

wiki posted:

The event is inspired by the traditional pentathlon held during the ancient Olympics; as the original events were patterned on the skills needed by an ideal Greek soldier of the era, the modern pentathlon is similarly patterned on events representing the skills needed by infantry behind enemy lines.
Due for another update, what skills do modern soldiers need behind enemy lines? Can we simulate drug smuggling or stealing a car?

bawfuls has issued a correction as of 17:24 on Aug 6, 2021

A Buttery Pastry
Sep 4, 2011

Delicious and Informative!
:3:

bawfuls posted:

this is the most insane part of the whole event, and is further confounding that it's a part of the modern pentathlon

Maybe we could, idk, modernize the event and ditch the 19th century cosplay part??
You're an operator behind enemy lines. You have to ride a dinghy, fire a rifle, run, carry a dummy, swim with the dummy.

Flesh Forge
Jan 31, 2011

LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY DOG
all while wearing gimmick ~HD~ sunglasses

Gene Hackman Fan
Dec 27, 2002

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
wealthy people are renouncing american citizenship

RBC
Nov 23, 2007

IM STILL SPENDING MONEY FROM 1888
the olympics are garbage gently caress everyone that likes the olympics

uber_stoat
Jan 21, 2001



Pillbug

AnimeIsTrash
Jun 30, 2018
Probation
Can't post for 2 hours!
https://twitter.com/KaiseratCB/status/1423622572197961735

Lamech
Nov 20, 2001



Soiled Meat

Ham Equity
Apr 16, 2013

The first thing we do, let's kill all the cars.
Grimey Drawer

RBC posted:

the olympics are garbage gently caress everyone that likes the olympics

The amount of corruption that goes on in the open is loving insane, even for our capitalist hellworld.

Like, the Russians are very clearly doping like crazy again this year, and nobody will do anything. And in their defense, why the gently caress wouldn't they, given that they basically weren't punished for it at Sochi at all?

uber_stoat
Jan 21, 2001



Pillbug
the creatures who run the Olympics are the extra-dimensional hell-entities that the Owners look at and say "these guys are real sickos."

so they send them off to run the Olympics where they hopefully won't cause too much trouble, outside of a local context. left to their own devices they'd eat every soul on the planet at once and that's not good for business.

YOLOsubmarine
Oct 19, 2004

When asked which Pokemon he evolved into, Kamara pauses.

"Motherfucking, what's that big dragon shit? That orange motherfucker. Charizard."

Thanatosian posted:

The amount of corruption that goes on in the open is loving insane, even for our capitalist hellworld.

Like, the Russians are very clearly doping like crazy again this year, and nobody will do anything. And in their defense, why the gently caress wouldn't they, given that they basically weren't punished for it at Sochi at all?

Everyone on the Olympics is doping, I don’t know why you singled out the Russians in particular as if there’s something especially egregious about their overall performance as a team.

Flesh Forge
Jan 31, 2011

LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY DOG
everyone in all competitive sports is doping lol

Tubgoat
Jun 30, 2013

by sebmojo

Flesh Forge posted:

everyone in all competitive sports is doping lol
And here I am about to play 12 hours of Magic: The Gathering with no Adderall.

AnimeIsTrash
Jun 30, 2018
Probation
Can't post for 2 hours!

uber_stoat posted:

the creatures who run the Olympics are the extra-dimensional hell-entities that the Owners look at and say "these guys are real sickos."

It's wild, I knew about the fifa folks but the IOC is on another level. The citations needed podcast recently did an episode about this.

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS

Tiggum posted:

They should make actual horse theft the event. Show up on the day with a horse you didn't have before and no one knows how you got it, but out there somewhere is one very angry former horse-owner suddenly seeing their horse on TV.

Make all the competitors bring a horse, but stealing another competitor’s is totally allowed.

The metagame would be great.

You don’t want to bring a perfect horse because it will just get stolen and used against you, but bringing the most cantankerous horse you can get is probably also a bad idea lest you be stuck with it.

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Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

they don't pay taxes anyway i don't see the point

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