VendaGoat posted:

spacetoaster posted:

With modern materials and engineering I'd ride a hydrogen aircraft.

zedprime posted:

I'm going to go out on a limb and say the relevant major breakthroughs in modern engineering are your choice of risk management tools that should all come to the conclusion of "you know what, lets not make a hydrogen dirigible."

Mr.Bob posted:

Sometimes you have to make your entertainment?


No, the driver circuts that controlled the on and off function were fried. I guess i could have if i wired to to be constantly on when it it was plugged in but that would have been a bad idea, so the toggle switch.
Speaking of bad ideas, somewhere around here I have a motion activated birdhouse/food processor combination (Never used, I am not a monster and I like birds.). That thing is a hoot, it will chew up a pencil pretty quick.

Ambrose Burnside posted:

what

Mr.Bob posted:

It is pretty much what it sounds like, I somehow ended up with a birdhouse painted by some random kid and i had a food processor and i put the two together with some electrical bits and a motion detector. It would turn on with a five second delay if i stuck anything in the bird house hole.

Edit for I like birds. And would not hurt one.

Enourmo posted:

ok so its just a gimmick housing for the food processor and it doesnt sit outside or anything

because the alternative is positively psychopathic

Jenny Agutter posted:

a goon spent no money to build a machine that kills songbirds, entirely on purpose

Prince Reggie K posted:

Schmorky is a cool internet person - why does everyone care so much about his fetishes? Like you don't all whack it to anime or ponies or little kids or kirk/spock fanfic or whatever.

Nooner posted:

Tell us more about your diaper fetish you weirdo

SmokaDustbowl posted:

http://i.imgur.com/hbst6ai.jpg

Eumenides posted:

A misanthrope posted:

Dr. Gitmo Moneyson posted:

I thought it was GBS 1.0 code for the "fag"-word or something.

C. E. Croix posted:

The best description I've heard of ska is that its what plays in a fat kid's head when they get good news.

Sham bam bamina! posted:

Here's the post with the emails and songs, if anyone needs a quick link.

Wanamingo posted:

Captain Invictus posted:

drat gurllll

Republicans posted:

#ObamaAndKids has been trending today and it's chock full of goodness.











I'm gonna miss that guy.

Guavanaut posted:

Republicans posted:

#ObamaAndKids

Elias_Maluco posted:

Elias_Maluco posted:

PaulBearer posted:

Pick posted:

the fact is that the golden ratio doesn't correspond to anything

theflyingorc posted:

isn't the point that it just looks good to space things that way?

china bot posted:

i guffawed at the intertwining of high and low art forms

Pick posted:

It's just reminding me of the Red Letter Media review where he talked about A camera/B camera or whatever, which was genuinely applicable there, and then suddenly nerds were seeing it any time that the cameras were pointed at whoever was speaking.

Panic! at Nabisco posted:

This was a general nerdy kid thing back then, I was a theatre kid in middle/high school and the llama/cheese/potato thing was everywhere. Almost certainly spawned from a flash animation

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

Albinoblacksheep was the poo poo in like 2003

LITERALLY SHAKING posted:

She's an Illinois democrat so she's never leaving the senate.

Whip Slagcheek posted:

logikv9 posted:

the young turks are not young at all i demand a refund

Tatum Girlparts posted:

Hawaii is eagerly welcomed into the fold as Bernie's Minority Friend: The State as Killer Mike looks on sadly through the window

Squashing Machine posted:

I've thought long and hard on this subject.

1) It's dog semen
The prevailing theory. However, there are many problems with this theory. As Garfield is at least a family-friendly comic strip, if not expressly produced for the consumption of children, then why would Jim Davis expect his audience to know that it's a cup full of semen or to even know what semen is? Additionally, why would the semen be stored at room temperature in an open container? Was Liz planning on artificially inseminating a dog immediately after giving Garfield his checkup and just letting the semen warm up in the meantime? Finally, ingesting semen does not cause dogs or humans to become pregnant. Totally bogus.

2) It's medicine for pregnant dogs
Somewhat more plausible. Despite the same questions raised over Liz storing the liquid in an open, unrefrigerated container, it's possible that it could be some sort of medication or nutritional supplement, also implied by Liz specifically saying that Jon was going to have a litter of "healthy" puppies.

3) It's cold coffee and Liz is loving with Jon
Jon says it's a "cup of coffee," and from the angle he should be able to see it's a black or brown liquid. Drinking unexpectedly cold coffee could cause the reaction Jon displays in the third panel, because people generally find room-temperature coffee to be unpleasant. And, historically, Liz has regarded Jon with a kind of withering amusement, and it would fit with her character to make up something to shock and humiliate him.

4) Jim Davis doesn't know how babies are made
Jim Davis has made a media empire out of the comedic and artistic equivalent of unflavored yogurt. He's a dim, simple man who tapped into the collective consciousness of a dim, simple people. It's entirely possible that he has no concept of how puppies are conceived. Maybe the joke makes complete sense to Jim. Maybe Garfield operates in an alternate reality where insemination is not only possible orally, but across genders and species. If nothing else, Jim Davis is likely some kind of sex pervert. Just look at how the lady with spiders for eyes is posed. She's practically presenting. She reads as the kind of sexual freak who would leave a coffee cup full of dog cum just sitting around her workspace. Maybe she jacked off Odie immediately before Garfield's appointment. The fact that this comic strip---which has haunted me ever since I read it in Garfield: Life in the Fat Lane: His 28th Book as a child---still runs in syndication is a cruel joke. When Jim Davis is finally tried and executed for corrupting the nation's youth, I hope that there's huge crowd of spectators and that they greet him with howls of execration.

Spanish Manlove posted:

Gene Hackman Fan posted:

...is this gay porn?

throw to first drat IT posted:

no, it's when your iphone falls under the couch and you can't find it.

Chitin posted:

C'mon man it's labeled and everything.

Bloody Hedgehog posted:

A Buff Gay Dude posted:

The true ending was destroy (the franchise and IP)

HerStuddMuffin posted:

Frankly, if one of the emergent behaviors of your system is minecraft cummies, you're better off scrapping the whole project and starting over. I don't care how omniscient you are, there's no amount of debugging that's going to salvage your creation at that point.

Not a Step posted:

Negotiating as a Democrat, a play in three acts

ACT I:

An OFFICE in WASHINGTON D.C.

A DEMOCRAT: My constituency is deeply worried about their access to healthcare. I will push for healthcare for all! Other, lesser nations than grand America have achieved it! So shall we!

ANOTHER DEMOCRAT: Careful as you go! The Republicans will never stand for services for all! You must reign in your idealism and prepare to negotiate for half of what you want, lest you get nothing!

ACT II:

The FLOOR of CONGRESS

DEMOCRAT: I propose a bill providing for healthcare for all!

ENTER A REPUBLICAN

REPUBLICAN: Healthcare for all is but the first step on the path to dreaded Communism! If you push for health care I will fight you tooth and nail and have your name dragged through the dirt! My constituents will never vote for you!

DEMOCRAT: The votes of your constituents are very important to me, because I find my own voters very fickle! I am prepared to settle for market based insurance available to all. What do you say to my generous compromise?

REPUBLICAN: Market based insurance available to all is but the first step on the path to dreaded Communism! If you push for market based insurance available to all I will fight you tooth and nail and have your name dragged through the dirt! My constituents will never vote for you!

DEMOCRAT: The votes of your constituents are very important to me, because I find my own voters very fickle! I am prepared to settle for market based private insurance at inflated rates required of all, with penalties for those who refuse. What do you say to my generous compromise?

REPUBLICAN: Market based private insurance at inflated rates required of all, with penalties for those who refuse, is but the first step on the path to dreaded Communism! (fade out as REPUBLICAN continues)

ACT III:

An OFFICE. A group of LOBBYISTS are just leaving

DEMOCRAT: Well, I have passed a bill today in the Congress to make all Americans purchase health care from a private insurer for minimal coverage at high rates on pain of tax penalty! Lets see what my constituents have to say about this grand victory!

ENTER A CONSTITUENT

CONSTITUENT: You have sold us out to lobbyists and Republicans! This new law is awful!

DEMOCRAT: I had to be pragmatic to get anything done at all! You just don't understand the art of negotiation!

CONSTITUENT: If I had any other choice I would vote for them instead! Perhaps next election I shall just stay at home!

CONSTITUENT storms out

DEMOCRAT: Why are my voters so fickle? If only I had the Republican's voters instead! That gives me an idea!

END

Beastie posted:

Who has a link to the blog of people doing things frustratingly wrong?

canyoneer posted:

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog

Powaqoatse posted:

alternate response:
http://picturesofpeoplescanningqrcodes.tumblr.com

Trig Discipline posted:

Let me guess, Car Boys fan fiction?

BovineFury posted:

I know ants are strong but this is getting a little ridiculous.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkyApnG9x3Y

Zero One posted:

Freckles: The Origin

Danaru posted:

Are you really trying to own people by saying you're more of an expert on junior high girls

Picnic Princess posted:

Considering I once was a teenage girl and friends with many for almost a decade, yes?

mllaneza posted:

My photo isn't as good.



My bus missed being under that garbage truck by a minute or so. That accident could have been 40 fatalities worse The first responders showed up seconds before that picture was taken, and that was an unmarked police car.

e. Wait, we missed the loving gasoline spill ? Holy poo poo.

goatsestretchgoals posted:

Why do your garbage trucks have clear sides?

Jerry Cotton posted:

So we can read your posts.

Solice Kirsk posted:

Stabbing is worse. Stabbing and twisting is next level better. A gun that shoots twisting knives though.....that's the ultimate.