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Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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A FUCKIN CANARY!! posted:

I drive to work at night, and 2-3 times a week I have someone dressed in all black jump in front of me out of nowhere, forcing me to brake full force to avoid hitting them. It's definitely shithead kids doing it on purpose because they run away laughing every time.

If I get a dashcam, can I start running them over? Or do cameras just get you out of the insurance fraud part and not the vehicular manslaughter part?

Get a dash cam, take the footage of the kids being assholes to the police and see what they want to do about it.

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Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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Literally Esoteric posted:

You might be surprised how soon in a young woman's life she learns that the only response to "~~hey ladies~~" is "gently caress off".

Hey, don't be like that. You need to smile more, you want to show me your smile?

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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Mulva posted:

Yes I too can't wait until Goole DPIs all my traffic and builds a database that allows the local, state and federal government to track me even more than they already do.

:tinfoil: much?

Google will sell your info, certainly, but they will sell it to marketing firms first and foremost.

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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CaptBushido posted:

So, uh... yeah it's kind of been clearly established that they give metadata to the NSA, but only if you're "on the list", if that helps any:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/03/microsoft-facebook-google-yahoo-fisa-surveillance-requests

So business as usual, but with a hint of transparency.

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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Mulva posted:

Oh of course they are, they're just so incompetent at it that I don't really fear them.


If you don't believe that every keystroke you type into a Google or Google affiliated product is being captured in realtime then you are delusional.

I don't doubt it, but I'm one of millions and millions of people and "them" knowing what kind of porn I watch and what board games I buy online it's too worrisome.

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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Krispy Kareem posted:

Have they revealed how he managed to shoot himself and somehow not have the murder weapon near him? He didn't shoot himself with his own service weapon did he? Or did he manage to ditch the gun while he was bleeding out?

Clearly he shot himself and then hid the gun.

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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Drops battery into glass :stare:
Drops glass :stonk:

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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gender illusionist posted:

I think the glass cracked. I bet he had a hell of a time trying to put that out.

You do tend to drop a glass when it blows up in your hand.

I'd love/hate to see the aftermath.

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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Say Nothing posted:

Now I'm an alcoholic.



She ain't won yet. Keep drinking son.

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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sudonim posted:

What a tragic waste. What kept everyone in the area of the propane leak? Orders from management / government? Bad information? :downs:?

Lack of an authority figure telling them to get the gently caress away from the giant explosive device, combined with little common sense. I honestly don't know why those EMTs were treating the frost bite at the tank and not as far away as humanly possible.

I took a propane course as part of my film work, that stuff is great, but as soon as it becomes "uncontrolled" it gets so dangerous so fast you wouldn't believe it.

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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http://imgur.com/gallery/8Ps4rqi

It just keeps getting worse.

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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Roro posted:

That's a level of decadent insanity I'm not willing to attempt.

I've made it before. It is so easy to do right I'm amazed how many people gently caress it up. Thawed bird, correct oil level, correct oil temperature, and a reasonable distance from buildings just in case something does go wrong. If you can manage that the resulting bird is very tasty if you don't over cook it.

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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Josef bugman posted:

What the gently caress even happened there?

Physics.

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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Malachite_Dragon posted:

If Trump wins, I am seriously, no joke, completely seriously thinking about moving to Canada. I'd rather live in a syrupy frozen wasteland than in Trumps Retarded States of America.

We don't want you. Thanks for applying. Enjoy your new President.

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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HP Artsandcrafts posted:

Drunk 19-year-old woman stole a hard-cider truck, crashes into barn. http://www.boston.com/news/local/ma...lflow%3Atwitter



Extreme Barbie Jeep Racing, the ultimate "hold my beer" motorsport.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQP0xA-lRxU

And now another edition of More Money Than Talent!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbr_aAu4uuM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67R8L5vVbCE

An intoxicated 19-year-old woman stole an Angry Orchard truck in Portland and crashed it into a barn on Rt. 160 in Limerick, according the York County Sheriff's Office.

From a friends facebook:

A lady did want her some cider
But the store just would not supply her
So she took the whole truck
And got herself stuck
When she drove through a barn's broadsider.

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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Grey Fox posted:

Generally one drinks while playing beer pong, so that whole "don't drink" part of his probation is going to be a problem for him.

Are they transparent cups? No? Well we can't know what was in those cups then can we?

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:

This is not going to end well...

http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/4/9850470/san-bernardino-shooting-cable-news-mother-doxx

Not only did they do that, but apparently people have been trampling the crime scene as well.

Nightcrawler felt all too possible. (It's a good watch if you haven't seen it yet).

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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IT-freude

Interesting story from a very well known company supplying fantasy wargaming products in Nottingham (Games Workshop).

This week, reader "James" has shared a story “from my days as a Sysadmin, at the dawn of the broadband area, when I worked for a very well known company supplying fantasy wargaming products.”

Said company decided it needed an office in Europe, supplied by a warehouse in Nottingham.

“To connect the sites, the ERP system needed a link between the sites,” James recalls. But the company's preferred telco was a few weeks away from launching its broadband product. The European office couldn't wait, however, so James “used an aggregated on-demand international ISDN connection so the databases could sync as required.”

“This was massively expensive, but was only needed for two weeks before we could place the order for broadband. The system worked fine unattended, and everyone was happy as the ERP system worked flawlessly.”

Despite the outbreak of happiness, “a week later the IT Manager called me into a meeting with HR to inform me I had been made redundant, effectively immediately.”

James was escorted from the premises by security and prevented from speaking to his colleagues.

Before he placed an order for broadband.

“Two months later,” James wrote, “I received a call from the horrified IT Director (the IT Manager himself had been made redundant straight after me), to ask if I knew why they faced an ISDN bill for over £100,000.”

Remember that bit at the start of the story about this happening at the “dawn of the broadband age”? Back then, data connections weren't cheap. So by marching James without a handover, his former employer had missed the chance to learn about the expensive ISDN connection.

“I had great delight in telling them I knew exactly why the bill was so large and had they not made me redundant they would have not blown the whole year's IT investment budget in a single month,” James recalls. “Even better, they had gone over the cancellation period, locking them into a year's contract.”

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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chitoryu12 posted:

Having never heard of this, it's loving hilarious. I'm imagining how it must have gone.

Pope Stephen VI: "When you were bishop of Porto, why did you usurp the universal Roman See in such a spirit of ambition?”

*everyone awkwardly stares at the corpse*

If you can find the show History Bites episode Got You Dead to Rights it is a great comedic telling of the story.

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Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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The only thing worse is the UK fridge Tax.

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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Compared to most dashcam stuff those are just delightful and fun. (As fun as car wrecks can be).

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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Clitch posted:

Yeah...See those thick, improvised looking legwarmers she's wearing?

Yes I do, what of them?

Nice tumbler. I can't see why anyone would doubt this is a joke, clearly she is 100% balanced and rational.

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Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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Roro posted:

How the gently caress do you people know her tumblr? Does she mention it? I stopped watching pretty quick as soon as I saw the title so I don't know her reasons or her tumblr.

Search using the title of the video and add "tumblr", 1st result.

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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AKA Pseudonym posted:

Do kids not have Jack-in-the-Boxes anymore? How is anybody over the age of 18 months surprised by one?

No they do not. Also no hoop and stick or cup and ball games either granddad.

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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Anora posted:

Not really seeing the part that we should be getting enjoyment out of.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yce9umf5GR8

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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hanales posted:

I have a 2000 acura with 150000 miles that cost me 2200$ and I've never been in fear of it spontaneously catching on fire. What causes that kind of thing?

High performance cars with low performance drivers behind the wheel.

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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speshl guy posted:

appears to be pyrotechnics for a motorcycle show. Looks like someone's ramping out of the truck behind her as they go off



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21A7-1SFRtQ

Anthea Turner is an English television presenter and media personality, best known for co-hosting GMTV from 1994 until 1996. During a motorbike stunt that went wrong on UP2U, Turner suffered burns and temporary hearing loss, which led to her successful lawsuit against the BBC.

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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Do no good pictures of him exist, or do people keep using the ones that make him look like a smug prick on purpose?

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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If you haven't seen TFA and want to remain 100% unspoiled maybe skip this post and probably the linked video.

Max Landis (screen writer and son of John Landis) has caused thousands of nerds to get super angry that he has an opinion that is less than glowing about the Force Awakens and specifically the character of Rey.



The video summarizes a few dozen of his tweets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpS6TlqgLIQ

Hop on to his Twitter feed https://twitter.com/Uptomyknees to see the well reasoned and thoughtful responses he has received for having an opinion.



Its schadenfreude coming at you from all sides.

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Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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Mad Doctor Cthulhu posted:

Well, there is it...Steve Harvey can't read. Or spell 'Philippines.'

That man's brain must be scrambled to hell and back.

I don't think that was ever in doubt.



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Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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OldTennisCourt posted:

Dude comes off as kind of a dickhead tbh. "Ugh this icky girl is a MARY SUE from a fanfic in my fun action space movie. See she's different from how Luke Skywalker was portrayed because"

You could make literally the same argument about how Luke was portrayed yet he doesn't hmmmm I wonder why....

Except that he does discuss Luke and how much he is a bumbler for most of A New Hope (and even in later films). He also doesn't ever call Rey an icky girl, her gender is irrelevant to the point he is making.

I love that nerds are getting super steamed about this when what he is essentially saying is that flawed characters are more interesting and he wished that she was allowed to be more interesting instead of "unstoppable lead character" which is dull.

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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Subjunctive posted:

Apparently PS4 Fallout is on sale, down $15. Poor PC master race.

Yeah, poor $0.99 over paying bastards.

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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Subjunctive posted:

I meant in the context of the Steam whiner complaining that there wasn't a FO4 discount. Is that key seller legit?

(The PS4 sale was down $15, not down to $15, though.)

Semi-legit. It says no online play, which normally means Russian key seller.

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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whalestory posted:

Actually it would be really cool if everyone was zooming around on one while wearing google glass

If by zooming you mean barely moving at a lazy ambling pace then you are correct.

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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So this present lasted exactly 4 hours and 50 minutes. Merry Christmas...



Not my post.

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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Does anyone keep cash anywhere but in a safe in the back office after a store has closed? Is there any chance that those cash drawers had anything in them?

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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That is amusing and impressive.

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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Solice Kirsk posted:

I think it causes something like 1/3rd of divorces now? I've never really looked into it, but I'm assuming its mostly from being caught in lies or getting tagged in pictures while cheating and what not. So basically just more having Facebook as the easiest way to get caught doing/saying something stupid.

Or not logging out of your account on a shared computer where your wife finds your messages with your girlfriend. FacebookSocial media enhances peoples' ability to be lazy and stupid to new heights.

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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http://imgur.com/gallery/ktEje9C

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Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

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mind the walrus posted:

I don't follow sports, why would the lady be crying?

Her team is losing.

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