April CE thread: begun, the drone wars have

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Nystral: Feb 6, 2002; Every man likes a pretty girl with him at a skeleton dance.

Holy gently caress we have some old rear end nerds here. I never knew any of this growing up. Grok was always just �get� from my IRC / BBS addled experience in the late 80s to late 90s.

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Grip it and rip it: Apr 28, 2020

I grok the zeitgeist

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Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

I read Stranger in a Strange Land in high school and desperately wanted a Martian orgy.

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Crab Dad: Dec 28, 2002; behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB

GD_American posted:

The campaign to save the original Star Trek TV series handed out bumper stickers that said "I Grok Spock".

It was in common usage offline before it was in common usage online. Because prior to the early 90s, there was common usage of anything online.

Who cares about offline? Bunch of normies.

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My Spirit Otter: Jun 15, 2006; CANADA DOESN'T GET PENS LIKE THIS

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Crab Dad posted:

Who cares about offline? Bunch of normies.

nothin normal about star trek fans.

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LtCol J. Krusinski: May 7, 2013; by Fluffdaddy

Not all Star Trek fans are pedophiles, but almost all pedophiles are Star Trek fans.

Take that for whatever it is worth. nothing

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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?

Stultus Maximus posted:

I read Stranger in a Strange Land in high school and desperately wanted a Martian orgy.

lol I thought heinlein was a weirdo even then.

maffew buildings posted:

every time I see grok i mmediately assume someone misspelled "gork", one of the two brother ork gods, and then i am very dissapointed in the truth of the matter. gork and mork would have no time for sweaty orgies, gork and mork have their priorities straight (fighting) hell yeah

The bonobo/chimp dichotomy

# ? Apr 6, 2024 19:22

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

LtCol J. Krusinski posted:

Not all Star Trek fans are pedophiles, but almost all pedophiles are Star Trek fans.

Take that for whatever it is worth. nothing

mods knew

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Humbug Scoolbus: Apr 25, 2008; The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.; Clapping Larry

Stultus Maximus posted:

mods knew

# ? Apr 6, 2024 19:53

Elviscat: Jan 1, 2008; Well don't you know I'm caught in a trap?

Tiny Timbs posted:

I think it’s pretty unlikely Elon ever actually read ~~Banks~~

I'm not going to find it, but he Tweeted about how most books would be better summarized by AI.

All his knowledge of popular/nerd culture seems to have been absorbed second-hand.

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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?

He's really, really loving stupid

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A.o.D.: Jan 15, 2006

He's also a champion at the "let someone know you're not x without saying you're not x" genre of bad posting.

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SerthVarnee: Mar 13, 2011; It has been ~~two~~ zero days since last incident.; Big Super Slapstick Hunk

Steezo posted:

Competency is punished because competent people do poo poo and make small mistakes that they learn from in training. Pencilwhip dipshits then punish them for minor poo poo while adding risk management bullet points to their own NCOERs/OERs.

This bit reminded me of the difference between pilot training on the Enterprise and the Hornet.

If you hosed up a flight on the Enterprise, your punishment was extra flight hours until you got it right and could be relied upon to do it right.
If you hosed up a flight on the Hornet, your punishment was to be allotted LESS flight hours, presumably to teach you a lesson about not loving up under pressure.

For some reason, the Hornet did a piss poor job during the battle of Midway and that reason lies squarely on the shoulders of the air commander, Stanhope Ring.

# ? Apr 6, 2024 21:49

pseudosavior: Apr 14, 2006; Don't you do cocaine at ME,
you son of a bitch!

Wait, so it's supposed to be "if at first you don't succeed, try try again" and NOT "if at first you don't succeed, YOU'RE A loving FAILURE, NOW PUT ON THE IDIOT HAT AND SIT IN THE CORNER"?

Big if true.

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ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

The ineffective draconian pilot training methodology of the ~~IJN~~ USN

# ? Apr 6, 2024 22:53

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

Stultus Maximus posted:

I read Stranger in a Strange Land in high school and desperately wanted a Martian orgy.

I learned how to kiss and how to approach sex from Stranger in a Strange Land.

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Soul Dentist: Mar 17, 2009

I learned from Huxley's Island

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My Spirit Otter: Jun 15, 2006; CANADA DOESN'T GET PENS LIKE THIS

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i learned on epsteins island

# ? Apr 7, 2024 00:51

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

joat mon posted:

I learned how to kiss and how to approach sex from Stranger in a Strange Land.

That either went very well or very poorly for you.

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Comrade Blyatlov: Aug 4, 2007; should have picked four fingers

My Spirit Otter posted:

i learned on epsteins island

ugh

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Subjunctive: Sep 12, 2006; ✨sparkle and shine✨

joat mon posted:

I learned how to kiss and how to approach sex from Stranger in a Strange Land.

Can I preorder your autobiography? Very curious.

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Soul Dentist: Mar 17, 2009

"grok" is an onomatopoeia that only happens when the sex is perfect

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

I was a nerdly teenager with vaguely libertarian views (i.e. the perfect demo for Heinlein) and the back half of Stranger in a Strange Land irritated the crap out of me. I wanted to just get back to the interplanetary politics instead of all the weird tattoo sex orgy religion nonsense.

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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?

A.o.D. posted:

He's also a champion at the "let someone know you're not x without saying you're not x" genre of bad posting.

Not really sure what genre that is but I'm sure he is also it because he is also very bad at posting. What did you mean tho

# ? Apr 7, 2024 01:48

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?

SerthVarnee posted:

This bit reminded me of the difference between pilot training on the Enterprise and the Hornet.

If you hosed up a flight on the Enterprise, your punishment was extra flight hours until you got it right and could be relied upon to do it right.
If you hosed up a flight on the Hornet, your punishment was to be allotted LESS flight hours, presumably to teach you a lesson about not loving up under pressure.

For some reason, the Hornet did a piss poor job during the battle of Midway and that reason lies squarely on the shoulders of the air commander, Stanhope Ring.

They send you back to lake michigan until you get it right

# ? Apr 7, 2024 01:49

Subjunctive: Sep 12, 2006; ✨sparkle and shine✨

Milo and POTUS posted:

Not really sure what genre that is but I'm sure he is also it because he is also very bad at posting. What did you mean tho

It�s where someone posts a phrase or observation related to a human experience, but the thing they post makes it clear that they have never actually had that human experience, because if they had then their takes would be different.

I think.

# ? Apr 7, 2024 01:49

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?

Oh so like basically everything he posts

# ? Apr 7, 2024 01:54

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

Stultus Maximus posted:

That either went very well or very poorly for you.

It's still going very well.

quote:

I’ve been kissed by men who did a very good job. But they don’t give kissing their whole attention. They can’t. No matter how hard they try parts of their minds are on something else. Missing the last bus—or their chances of making the gal—or their own techniques in kissing—or maybe worry about jobs, or money, or will husband or papa or the neighbors catch on. Mike doesn’t have technique . . . but when Mike kisses you he isn’t doing anything else. You’re his whole universe . . . and the moment is eternal because he doesn’t have any plans and isn’t going anywhere. Just kissing you.

And brilliant definition of grok, the double entendre at the end is :discourse:

Subjunctive posted:

Can I preorder your autobiography? Very curious.

Lol. Island is there too. And the Hardy Boys. And the AAFES catalog lingerie section

# ? Apr 7, 2024 01:59

A.o.D.: Jan 15, 2006

Milo and POTUS posted:

Not really sure what genre that is but I'm sure he is also it because he is also very bad at posting. What did you mean tho

A recent example:

Musk stated that the Francis Scott Key bridge could be rebuilt within months by reusing the steel from the collapsed bridge. That was a "Tell me you know nothing about engineering without telling me you know nothing about engineering" moment. Almost every time he opines about a subject, to include things that he should specifically know about, like financial systems, electric cars, or space rockets, he consistently falls on his face except in the instances when he's been coached to give a prepared speech on the topic and sticks to the script.

Subjunctive posted:

It’s where someone posts a phrase or observation related to a human experience, but the thing they post makes it clear that they have never actually had that human experience, because if they had then their takes would be different.

I think.

That's a reasonable summation.

A.o.D. fucked around with this message at 02:16 on Apr 7, 2024

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Quackles: Aug 11, 2018; Pixels of Light.

Subjunctive posted:

It�s where someone posts a phrase or observation related to a human experience, but the thing they post makes it clear that they have never actually had that human experience, because if they had then their takes would be different.

I think.

Ah, so like how I have never been bad at posting. :v:

# ? Apr 7, 2024 02:15

A.o.D.: Jan 15, 2006

Quackles posted:

Ah, so like how I have never been bad at posting.

Tell me you've never been a good poster without....

# ? Apr 7, 2024 02:16

Comrade Blyatlov: Aug 4, 2007; should have picked four fingers

A.o.D. posted:

A recent example:

Musk stated that the Francis Scott Key bridge could be rebuilt within months by reusing the steel from the collapsed bridge. That was a "Tell me you know nothing about engineering without telling me you know nothing about engineering" moment.

what?

.........i mean, what????

# ? Apr 7, 2024 02:21

Wingnut Ninja: Jan 11, 2003; Mostly Harmless

Comrade Blyatlov posted:

what?

.........i mean, what????

Look it's already shaped like bridge parts, you just gotta bolt it all back together sorry I can't elaborate further I have many other fantastically stupid things to tweet today

# ? Apr 7, 2024 02:25

A.o.D.: Jan 15, 2006

Comrade Blyatlov posted:

what?

.........i mean, what????

On 3/29 Apartheid Clyde posted:

If you reuse the truss steel that fell, it could be functioning in 3 to 6 months.

The repair should be put to commercial bid with a massive incentive for early completion.

Exact quote, just de twitterfied for non account havers.

# ? Apr 7, 2024 02:28

Arrath: Apr 14, 2011

Speaking as a big contractor employee, I've never, ever seen early completion bonuses cited as a reasoning to cut corners.

Been witness to some fun close-out punch list shitstorms thanks to that. :allears:

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OddObserver: Apr 3, 2009

I am sure no one ever bids with an unrealistic schedule and then blackmails the government to pay more to complete it way late.

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maffew buildings: Apr 29, 2009; too dumb to be probated; not too dumb to be autobanned

noted science genius elon musk, understanderer that steel is steel and after being sheared or twisted it is still steel, therefore

# ? Apr 7, 2024 02:43

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

WTYP covered that dumbass Elon tweet at this point in their latest video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4q7K2rfG3w&t=4586s

General recap: 99% of that steel is now trash for many reasons, the next bridge will probably be a cable stay bridge that doesn't need that poo poo anyways, these big construction projects already get awarded with an early completion incentive bonus, and Elon's a fucknut

# ? Apr 7, 2024 02:43

My Spirit Otter: Jun 15, 2006; CANADA DOESN'T GET PENS LIKE THIS

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Comrade Blyatlov posted:

ugh

c'mon, that was solid

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ded: Oct 27, 2005; Kooler than Jesus

just melt it all down and reforge it! 0% loss!!!!!!!!!!

i am very smart

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