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Sydney Bottocks: Oct 15, 2004; Can't post for 5 days!

500excf type r posted:

Bruh it was Elliot Rodger not some random redditor lol

I honestly forgot that was him :sweatdrop:

# ? Jun 4, 2022 22:36

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# ? May 24, 2024 00:32

JackBandit: Jun 6, 2011

500excf type r posted:

Bruh it was Elliot Rodger not some random redditor lol

Ho lee sheeit I�ve seen that a hundred times and never read the screen name

# ? Jun 4, 2022 23:33

Vincent Van Goatse: Nov 8, 2006; Enjoy every sandwich.; Smellrose

Did I ever post the story about Grimes rafting down the ol' Mississippi ITT? Pretty sure I didn't. Here goes:

The Bemidji Pioneer posted:

Mississippi River adventure: Couple build raft for a journey
Written By: Pioneer staff reports
May. 23, 2009

"It's lovely to live on a raft," said Huckleberry Finn in Mark Twain's classic novel of a trip down the Mississippi River.

Veruschka and Zelda Xox (pronounced "Zocks") will learn the truth of that expression this summer when they launch their 12-foot-by-20-foot houseboat-raft in Minneapolis for a run to New Orleans.

Zelda, 21, a former student at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, and Veruschka, 23, a former student of the Montreal Center for Alexander Technique, have set up their boatyard in the driveway of Al and Cate Belleveau's home north of Bemidji.

Veruschka and Zelda are friends of Caleb Belleveau, a student at Concordia University-Montreal. When Veruschka talked with Caleb about his desire to build a boat for a Mississippi River cruise, Caleb mentioned that his folks live near the headwaters of the Mississippi. Al Belleveau was open to the idea of guests and boatbuilding, so the couple arrived and began construction about one month ago.

Zelda said they arrived in the middle of the night and were amazed the next morning to see the Belleveaus' property full of sculptures, some by Al and Caleb and some resting from their stint in the Bemidji Sculpture Walk.

"What did they expect Caleb's place to look like?" Al said.

"I didn't know what to expect, but I'm really impressed," Veruschka said. "His dad is so prolific and very open to have us here."

Zelda said she has wanted to live on the water ever since she was 3 or 4.

"My grandfather instilled in me I've got to live on a houseboat," she said.

Neither Veruschka nor Zelda could think of who first proposed building the boat and making the trip.

"It was a mutual product of both of us wanting to live on a boat," Veruschka said. "I don't feel like either of us proposed it."

Zelda said the Velvet Glove name for the raft came from one of her favorite books by Daniel Clowes.

They have decorated the sides of the raft with surreal paintings of imaginary animals.

"We wanted to be a little scary so people wouldn't bother us," Zelda said.

However, Veruschka said, from his research, people along the river are fairly benign and accepting of travelers.

He said he also has corresponded with various people who have made similar journeys to find out how long to expect their trip to take. He said there really is no answer to that as the rafters will determine their own pace - whether to motor straight through, stop for sightseeing or take off weekends to avoid heavy recreational traffic.

"They said, 'It's your trip,'" he said.

When completed, the Velvet Glove will be furnished with living quarters, camp stove and a steering mechanism attached by cables to an outboard motor and a trolling motor for added push. The couple also plan to take along a few chickens and ducks as egg suppliers.

They won't launch from the headwaters or Lake Bemidji because of several dams between here and the first locks. The raft is too big to portage. So, they are looking to rent or borrow a pontoon trailer to truck the Velvet Glove to Minneapolis. Anyone interested in the project or who would like to loan a trailer should call the Belleveaus at LOL-LMAO

Minneapolis Star-Tribune posted:

This boat don't float
Dreaming of a Huck Finn-style adventure on the Mississippi, a young couple are instead afoul of the law.
By LORA PABST
June 26, 2009

Claire Boucher and William Gratz had their sights set on the southern reaches of the Mississippi River when they packed their chickens, a sewing machine and 20 pounds of potatoes into a houseboat they crafted from scratch.

Calling themselves Veruschka and Zelda Xox, river names worthy of the grand adventure they envisioned, the young couple pushed off from the riverbank in north Minneapolis the first week of June.

But their journey ended only a few miles downstream after engine trouble and a three-week tangle with the cops. The Minneapolis park police trailed them from river bank to river bank, as Boucher and Gratz tried to get their boat in working order, often tying up to trees and hopping ashore to gather supplies from Craigslist and hardware stores.

Now their vessel, the "Velvet Glove Cast in Iron," is marooned in the Minneapolis impound lot. The chickens were seized by animal control, and Boucher, 21, and Gratz, 23, have abandoned their hope of reliving the enduring tradition of river lore.

"Even though it's sad this happened, it's still an adventure," Boucher said.

The trouble began, as it often does, with a sudden twist of fate and an encounter with the law.

Boucher, who's from Vancouver, B.C., and Gratz, from Tennessee, met at school in Montreal. The idea for the river journey was hatched last fall. After months of Internet research, they made the 25-hour trip to Bemidji, Minn., where a friend allowed them to build the boat on his property. For more than a month, they toiled over the engineering of the 20-foot boat to make sure it floated. They installed accordion folding doors, glass windows, pink shutters and painted murals in black, white and red paint of fantastical creatures on the sides. Strangers gave them bikes, a mattress and the sewing machine (powered by on-board batteries). They got a copy of Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," which neither of them had read.

"I always wanted to live on a boat," Boucher said. "We both wanted to go south and live on it when we got to New Orleans."

They hauled it to north Minneapolis and shoved off from land the first week of June. Moments later, their engine began to sputter and gurgle. They made it to the other side of the river and tied the boat to a tree, determined to repair the motor and be on their way again in a few days.

They were awakened one morning by Minneapolis park police officer Rob Mooney tapping the side of their boat with a stick. Mooney gave them until the next Tuesday to gather life jackets, paddles and other supplies, despite a Minneapolis park ordinance forbidding boats from tying up to any tree, shrub or post in a park without a permit. The officer said the couple never told him about their engine trouble.

"I love the idea of the Tom Sawyer adventure," Mooney said. "The problem is it's not 1883. You can't do that anymore. You have to follow the rules."

When Mooney returned a week later and saw Boucher and Gratz's chickens grazing and signs of camping, they were given citations for camping and alcohol consumption in the park and told to move along.

"We were just trying to get our act together so we could get out of the Twin Cities," Gratz said. "We didn't want to float down the river out of control."

The next leg of their journey was much more precarious. After entering the channel without a working motor, they began to drift toward rocks jutting out of the water. Surrounded by caution signs, they frantically pushed away from the danger using sticks. They reached an island north of the Lowry Bridge.

The island seemed to be a haven for canoes and other boats, they said, so they set up camp and made plans to resume their search for a working motor over the next week. Swimming was the only way to reach the river bank, so several times a day they would jump in the water and bring back tools wrapped in plastic bags.

Fate of the journey uncertain

The tranquility of the island didn't last long. This time, the Hennepin County Sheriff Office's water patrol showed up and told all of the boaters to leave by that evening in advance of the Lowry Bridge demolition on Sunday. Another boat towed the Velvet Glove Cast in Iron to Boom Island, where the final showdown would take place.

Mooney said when he spotted the houseboat there, he'd had enough.

"I personally allowed them for a couple weeks to try to solve the problem on their own," he said. "It was clear that they couldn't get it done."

The city loaded the houseboat onto a flatbed trailer and took it away.

On Thursday, Boucher and Gratz took a city bus to the impound lot to retrieve whatever they could carry from the boat. They searched for a jar of wild rice so they could make dinner for the strangers who are letting the couple stay with them for a few nights.

The couple say they can't afford to fix the minor damage from the towing or have the boat hauled back to the river. They're planning to continue their trip south by bus. The chickens can't be reclaimed without a Minneapolis address and permit, so they will be sent to a chicken farm. Its fate uncertain, the Velvet Glove Cast in Iron rests next to burned-up and smashed car carcasses.

Boucher and Gratz still have a few people rooting for them.

"I would love for them to go," Mooney said. "I hope they do it."

And you bet there are pictures:

For those who have never been the Minneapolis or St. Paul, her last position was a few hundred feet upriver from this:

It's St. Anthony Falls. See that mess? Think Grimes and her stringbean dumbass boyfriend understand how to navigate that? Do you know the way to navigate downriver from there?

There isn't one because you can't, at least not without a trailer and a car to tow it with. It's non-navigable because of the threat from invasive zebra mussels (the former lock towards the bottom of the photo is now sealed off). Zelda and Veruschka would've gotten themselves killed trying to go over those falls.

Vincent Van Goatse fucked around with this message at 03:35 on Jun 5, 2022

# ? Jun 5, 2022 03:32

Analytic Engine: May 18, 2009; not the analytical engine

lmao

# ? Jun 5, 2022 04:15

JackBandit: Jun 6, 2011

Marrying a billionaire is exactly what I expected was the dream of all the try hard hipsters I knew in college.

# ? Jun 5, 2022 04:53

DaveWoo: Aug 14, 2004; Fun Shoe

JackBandit posted:

Marrying a billionaire is exactly what I expected was the dream of all the try hard hipsters I knew in college.

Not just any billionaire, but the most punk rock billionaire of them all :rock:

# ? Jun 5, 2022 05:17

istewart: Apr 13, 2005; Still contemplating why I didn't register here under a clever pseudonym

Early-period Grimes certainly reminds me of some of the people I used to work with at the farmers' market

# ? Jun 5, 2022 08:02

Poohs Packin: Jan 13, 2019

Yeah alot of a specific type of weirdo made it into Detroit and Cleveland during the early 2010s.

Usually their parents were like tenured professors at Evergreen or something and they were raised in an architecturally significant home and decided that maybe moving to the rust belt and wearing wolf pelts and smoking heroin was a great choice.

# ? Jun 5, 2022 10:16

Zeluth: May 12, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7why8Xo_RQ

# ? Jun 5, 2022 10:20

BeanpolePeckerwood: May 4, 2004; I MAY LOOK LIKE SHIT BUT IM ALSO DUMB AS FUCK

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

And you bet there are pictures:

S-tier

# ? Jun 5, 2022 11:05

Strategic Tea: Sep 1, 2012

drat and there was imagining one of these cool boats that we get a lot of in my city

# ? Jun 5, 2022 11:07

External Organs: Mar 3, 2006; One time i prank called a bear buildin workshop and said I wanted my mamaws ashes put in a teddy from where she loved them things so well... The woman on the phone did not skip a beat. She just said, "Brang her on down here. We've did it before."

I'd like to see the imaginary animals, please

# ? Jun 5, 2022 11:14

B-Rock452: Jan 6, 2005

I am very confused as to what the sewing machine was for.

# ? Jun 5, 2022 13:26

Borden: Jul 23, 2008

B-Rock452 posted:

I am very confused as to what the sewing machine was for.

All this stuff looks like a very familiar kind of escape to the country fantasy. The Sewing machine makes sense. In that they�ll just make/fix all their own clothes. Like pretty much every escape to the country fantasy, the people assume it will be easy and some kind of fun adventure despite knowing almost nothing about what they�re doing.

# ? Jun 5, 2022 13:47

Poohs Packin: Jan 13, 2019

Its all about aesthetics for them

# ? Jun 5, 2022 13:54

Yaldabaoth: Oct 9, 2012; by Azathoth

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

It's St. Anthony Falls. See that mess? Think Grimes and her stringbean dumbass boyfriend understand how to navigate that? Do you know the way to navigate downriver from there?

There isn't one because you can't, at least not without a trailer and a car to tow it with. It's non-navigable because of the threat from invasive zebra mussels (the former lock towards the bottom of the photo is now sealed off). Zelda and Veruschka would've gotten themselves killed trying to go over those falls.

Funny how the article doesn't mention this.

# ? Jun 5, 2022 14:15

Revins: Nov 2, 2007; tune the FM in to static and pretend that its the sea

elon is a loving turd and I just wanted to say that okay thanks bye

# ? Jun 5, 2022 14:22

bobjr: Oct 16, 2012; Roose is loose.
🐓🐓🐓✊🪧

https://twitter.com/ballaban/status/1533208531670863872?s=21&t=JKyHcygIHiFHcC4j4Y-Oug

# ? Jun 5, 2022 14:59

Revins: Nov 2, 2007; tune the FM in to static and pretend that its the sea

Revins posted:

elon is a loving turd

# ? Jun 5, 2022 15:01

Yaldabaoth: Oct 9, 2012; by Azathoth

Elon is a special brand of hosed up because not only is he rich but he grew up in an apartheid state where black people were treated as subhuman. He's no different from a southern plantation slave owner.

# ? Jun 5, 2022 15:04

goatface: Dec 5, 2007; I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.; Grimey Drawer

bobjr posted:

https://twitter.com/ballaban/status/1533208531670863872?s=21&t=JKyHcygIHiFHcC4j4Y-Oug

Preferred when I read that as his dad pushing him down the stairs.

# ? Jun 5, 2022 15:04

steinrokkan: Apr 2, 2011; Soiled Meat

goatface posted:

Preferred when I read that as his dad pushing him down the stairs.

Understood it the same at first, and it was the first time I felt a measure of respect for any Musk family member.

# ? Jun 5, 2022 15:43

Regular Wario: Mar 27, 2010; Slippery Tilde

bobjr posted:

https://twitter.com/ballaban/status/1533208531670863872?s=21&t=JKyHcygIHiFHcC4j4Y-Oug

where is this boy now? could we perhaps get them together to reconcile and then have him push elon down a longer staircase

# ? Jun 6, 2022 00:56

DaveWoo: Aug 14, 2004; Fun Shoe

https://twitter.com/alexweprin/status/1533795813129916417

Elon's trying to weasel out of the Twitter deal lol

# ? Jun 6, 2022 14:20

Seth Pecksniff: May 27, 2004; can't believe shrek is fucking dead. rip to a real one.

ahahahahaha good job to everyone who called it from the start

# ? Jun 6, 2022 14:23

Deptfordx: Dec 23, 2013

Forget the whole "He'll have to pay a billion dollars" takes as well. What will actually happen is several years of litigation and a 100 million in both sides legal fees, then a quiet settlement.

# ? Jun 6, 2022 14:27

kazil: Jul 24, 2005; Derpmph trial star reporter!

"consummate the transaction"

sounds like elon couldn't perform

# ? Jun 6, 2022 14:28

UCS Hellmaker: Mar 29, 2008; Toilet Rascal

Mind you, he waived all objections willingly in the contract he signed. And Twitter can literally cite that and tell him to pound sand

# ? Jun 6, 2022 14:31

Mr. Lobe: Feb 23, 2007; ... Dry bones...

Is there such a thing as a contract so airtight you can't bury it by throwing enough lawyers at it though?

# ? Jun 6, 2022 14:32

Seth Pecksniff: May 27, 2004; can't believe shrek is fucking dead. rip to a real one.

Mr. Lobe posted:

Is there such a thing as a contract so airtight you can't bury it by throwing enough lawyers at it though?

Yes actually

Apparently when the NBA merged with the ABA: https://www.inc.com/joseph-steinberg/4-lessons-from-the-greatest-business-deal-in-sports-history.html

quote:

After the 1975-76 season, the NBA agreed to merge with the ABA. As part of the process, the NBA had to either bring each existing ABA team into the NBA or compensate its owners for not doing so. Four of the ABA's seven teams joined the NBA. Another team -- the Virginia Squires -- had failed as a business and was gone before the merger. The owners of the sixth team, the Kentucky Colonels, accepted a one-time payment of approximately $3-Million to walk away. The Silna brothers and their attorney, however, turned down such an offer, and negotiated a totally different type of deal.

The Silnas successfully convinced the NBA and the remaining ABA teams to agree to pay them one-seventh of the television broadcast revenue that each of the four remaining ABA teams that had joined the NBA would receive going forward, for as long as the league continued to exist. This deal was based on the argument that all seven remaining ABA franchise deserved an equal share of the TV revenue of the ABA teams that joined the NBA; such an argument made logical sense, and, as, at the time, basketball-related television viewership and revenue was tiny compared what it is today -- the NBA playoffs were not even broadcast live -- the parties agreed to the arrangement. Giving the Silnas annual payments of 4/7 of the television revenue that the other NBA franchises received did not seem like a heavy cost, even if translated to approximately 2% of the entire NBA's television revenue.

The brothers managed to negotiate other favorable terms that would exaggerate their income if the NBA was successful - for example, that their share of the television broadcast revenues could never drop below the percentage that would apply if the league had 28 teams; if the NBA grew to larger than 28 its television revenues would grow, but the brothers' percentage of those revenues would not decline.

The NBA lawyers looked for decades trying to find some sort of legal loophole to get out of it, and they ended up paying the two $500 million + a small annual percentage to finally end the deal. In 2014.

# ? Jun 6, 2022 14:39

Mr. Lobe: Feb 23, 2007; ... Dry bones...

... Good.

# ? Jun 6, 2022 14:40

Zil: Jun 4, 2011; Satanically Summoned Citrus

Seth Pecksniff posted:

Yes actually

Apparently when the NBA merged with the ABA: https://www.inc.com/joseph-steinberg/4-lessons-from-the-greatest-business-deal-in-sports-history.html

The NBA lawyers looked for decades trying to find some sort of legal loophole to get out of it, and they ended up paying the two $500 million + a small annual percentage to finally end the deal. In 2014.

drat, that is some mighty fine lawyering.

# ? Jun 6, 2022 14:41

DeadFatDuckFat: Oct 29, 2012; This avatar brought to you by the 'save our dead gay forums' foundation.

So Elon can probably just lawyer it up until Twitter goes out of business. Seems like a decent plan

# ? Jun 6, 2022 15:00

Eeyo: Aug 29, 2004

Seth Pecksniff posted:

Yes actually

Apparently when the NBA merged with the ABA: https://www.inc.com/joseph-steinberg/4-lessons-from-the-greatest-business-deal-in-sports-history.html

The NBA lawyers looked for decades trying to find some sort of legal loophole to get out of it, and they ended up paying the two $500 million + a small annual percentage to finally end the deal. In 2014.

quote:

Ironically, the brothers were also in the news about another investment that didn't quite pan out the same way - they invested millions with Bernie Madoff.

lmao

# ? Jun 6, 2022 15:11

Bad Purchase: Jun 17, 2019

he obviously knew before entering into the contract that there were a lot of bots on twitter, and vowed to crack down on them by authenticating all users

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1517215736606957573?s=20&t=UQIl_D_-yvR93U72fhh3nA

now he's trying to claim twitter hid the problem that he put his own spotlight on before signing the contract

of course he's rich so he'll probably also get away with it

# ? Jun 6, 2022 15:17

kdrudy: Sep 19, 2009

If he manages to weasel his way out I hope they ban him, just to see him freak out about that.

# ? Jun 6, 2022 15:18

Random Stranger: Nov 27, 2009

kdrudy posted:

If he manages to weasel his way out I hope they ban him, just to see him freak out about that.

Why wait? They should ban him now.

# ? Jun 6, 2022 15:23

goatface: Dec 5, 2007; I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.; Grimey Drawer

Claim he's a bot as they do it.

# ? Jun 6, 2022 15:26

kazil: Jul 24, 2005; Derpmph trial star reporter!

here's hoping elong gets banned from twitter and tries to make his own social network like truth

or he buys truth and claims he invented it

# ? Jun 6, 2022 15:26

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# ? May 24, 2024 00:32

Zil: Jun 4, 2011; Satanically Summoned Citrus

kazil posted:

here's hoping elong gets banned from twitter and tries to make his own social network like truth

or he buys truth and claims he invented it

He would start Truther

# ? Jun 6, 2022 15:41

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