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jadis 02-04-2022 09:57 AM

The fact I'm posting here at all is the really damning thing

JT is hilarious though

The Batlord 02-04-2022 10:55 AM

He's pretty boring actually. The falling down the stairs thing is objectively a good bit though.

jadis 02-04-2022 11:29 AM

Dunno maybe I'm easily pleased but each one of these made me laugh out loud and there are like 500 of them

https://smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digi...trudeau-28.jpg


https://i.insider.com/5a8fe95daae605...jpeg&auto=webp


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EEyTFmHUYAAJnBL.jpg


https://www.cbc.ca/kidsnews/content/...humbnail_1.jpg


https://www.macleans.ca/wp-content/u...UME_POST09.jpg


https://www.macleans.ca/wp-content/u...E_POST06-1.jpg

Plankton 02-04-2022 11:47 AM

Such a dashing human specimen.

The Batlord 02-04-2022 12:10 PM

Lol I'm surprised that necklace in the first pic isn't pooka shells.

jadis 02-06-2022 10:09 AM

In reality, the horse outlived Tony by 8 years

https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/...pie-o-my-death

Queen Boo 02-07-2022 12:36 AM

I love seeing all these big corporations trying to cash in on this obvious pyramid scheme, when it inevitably blows up in their faces it's gonna be really fun to watch.

NFTs are just pogs for zoomers with too much money.

Psy-Fi 02-07-2022 04:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Queen Boo (Post 2199048)
I love seeing all these big corporations trying to cash in on this obvious pyramid scheme, when it inevitably blows up in their faces it's gonna be really fun to watch.

NFTs are just pogs for zoomers with too much money.

Here's another one...

Metaverse real estate sales top $500 million, and are projected to double this year

Queen Boo 02-07-2022 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Psy-Fi (Post 2199062)

That is so very, very lame.

I dunno what's worse the staggering amount of money being wasted or the aesthetics not even being good, the "metaverse" is ugly as sin, there are still Dreamcast games that look better than this.

Psy-Fi 02-07-2022 09:59 AM

Woman spends TWO DAYS floating on an air mattress in the middle of freezing Lake Texoma in Oklahoma

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Connie told her rescuers she was with her boyfriend when their boat containing their belongings drifted, and she got on the air mattress to retrieve it.

The man got to shore and went to a house to stay warm, while the woman found herself drifting on the lake for 2 miles.

The Batlord 02-07-2022 11:39 AM

I'll be very sad when Mindy goes to gulag but I will understand the necessity.

adidasss 02-09-2022 05:35 AM

Pakistan: Pregnant woman has nail hammered into head to ‘guarantee’ baby boy

Psy-Fi 02-09-2022 06:18 AM

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Originally Posted by adidasss (Post 2199295)

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“We will soon lay our hands on the sorcerer,”
I wonder what the punishment is for a sorcery conviction?

Psy-Fi 02-09-2022 06:25 AM

Some people in a cheering crowd called for her to be raped. Many were women

Trollheart 02-22-2022 07:05 PM

World's largest Jurassic flying reptile fossil found in Scotland

rostasi 02-22-2022 09:06 PM

OMG - I’ve nearly peed my pants listening to this over and over.


The Batlord 02-23-2022 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 2200134)

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It had an estimated wingspan of more than 2.5 metres and has been given the Gaelic name Dearc sgiathanach, or 'winged reptile’.
Oh thanks. I've always said that Latin isn't nearly hard enough to pronounce so this is a major step forward.

Trollheart 02-23-2022 05:12 AM

Christ, Irish is a **** language. Let's see

Dearc is pronounced like shark, or it could be referring to our word for red, which is dearg, which rhymes with garage (English pron not American) or jarret, that kind of thing. The second bit? Wow. Hmm.

sgiathanach: well the last part is "ock" the bit spelled athan is as it sounds - "ah-han", but the first part - I think "ski or she", so the whole thing would be like she-ah-han-ock. Maybe. Shoulda just called it big ****ing flying reptile thing.

So: shark she-ah-han-ock. Right. Much easier. :rolleyes:

Fetcher might be able to weigh in on this too. Scottish is very like Irish but not identical, so I may have got pronunciation a little wrong.

The Batlord 02-23-2022 06:57 AM

So in other words: shrug.

rostasi 02-23-2022 07:02 AM

“jark ski-an-ach”

rostasi 02-23-2022 07:27 PM

Iranian prisoner dies of 'joy' after death penalty commuted.
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An Iranian man suffered a deadly heart attack after learning that he no longer faced the death penalty for a murder he committed 18 years ago…

jadis 03-02-2022 01:21 PM

College Backtracks on Banning Teaching Dostoevsky Because He's Russian

The Batlord 03-02-2022 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by rostasi (Post 2200152)
“jark ski-an-ach”

I can't believe I only just now thought of Starsky and Hutch.

rostasi 03-13-2022 10:21 AM

Florida man calls 911 to have meth tested for authenticity, deputies say.

Queen Boo 03-13-2022 12:18 PM

If he wants good meth he should know better than to get it in Florida.

New Mexico is where you want to be.

innerspaceboy 03-17-2022 05:23 PM

The $8.5bn Amazon MGM merger is absolutely terrifying, though in no way unexpected. And Amazon paid $0 in taxes last year. I vote with my wallet, having never purchased anything from Amazon and I will never, ever use a streaming service of any kind in my life.

It's staggeringly Orwellian and I dread what the next decade will hold for media ownership.

The Batlord 03-17-2022 06:46 PM

You gotta figure eventually they're gonna try and buy out either Netflix or Disney (which also owns Hulu).

Queen Boo 03-17-2022 07:16 PM

I thought Time Warner owned MGM. Did they sell it to Amazon? Or does Warner just own the back catalog of classic movies?

Well those two companies are going to merge together along with literally everything else eventually so who cares?

Trollheart 03-17-2022 07:57 PM

Meh, it's all part of the plan. Jeff Bezos buys Earth. In fury Elon Musk buys Mars, activates his already-hidden laser weapons and thorium mines, the two planets go to war and the conflict is covered by Disney+ (special offer valid only for Martians with more than two heads, one per pod).

Queen Boo 03-17-2022 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 2201777)
Meh, it's all part of the plan. Jeff Bezos buys Earth. In fury Elon Musk buys Mars, activates his already-hidden laser weapons and thorium mines, the two planets go to war and the conflict is covered by Disney+ (special offer valid only for Martians with more than two heads, one per pod).

Who gets Venus? Zuckerberg?

He's the only creature that could survive in such an atmosphere.

Trollheart 03-17-2022 10:05 PM

He'll have to fight it out with Trump. You know ol' Don done love them ladies!

Queen Boo 03-17-2022 10:52 PM

Venus is a classical beauty though and Donald thinks ladies with that body type are too fat.

The Batlord 03-18-2022 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Queen Boo (Post 2201779)
Who gets Venus? Zuckerberg?

He's the only creature who could survive in such an atmosphere.

Grimes I guess.

rostasi 03-18-2022 08:08 AM

Spoilers, of course…

Stacey Abrams Is 'United Earth President' On 'Star Trek: Discovery'

Trollheart 03-18-2022 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Queen Boo (Post 2201789)
Venus is a classical beauty though and Donald thinks ladies with that body type are too fat.

True, but ladies without arms can't defend themselves from being groped, so that suits him just fine.

Frownland 03-24-2022 07:04 PM

Brain implant procedure leaves patient with permanent brain damage

Trollheart 03-24-2022 08:39 PM

Ha ha. What's even more (!) hilarious is the amount of comments on that story, all desperately making the same joke and somehow thinking their take on it is funnier, when really, none of it is. The joke should be made once (like a Tool album I guess) and then let it go. But no: this horse is still moving - where's my whip? :rolleyes:

Queen Boo 03-24-2022 08:55 PM

I don't get metalhead humor.

Trollheart 03-25-2022 01:09 PM

Would anyone consider Tool to be a metal band? :confused:

rubber soul 03-25-2022 01:19 PM

I'm not sure if I even consider Tool a band. :D


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