Randomness thread, part two.

[fjuanl]

lame.

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[DropTheBanana]

After about 2 weeks on twitter I have to wonder what kind of crazy shit will be invented in the next 20 years to where kids these days can say "Well back when I was a teenager we didn't have (XXXX) we had to (YYYY)"

[Lukie]

After about 2 weeks on twitter I have to wonder what kind of crazy shit will be invented in the next 20 years to where kids these days can say "Well back when I was a teenager we didn't have (XXXX) we had to (YYYY)"

technological advancement is increasing at an exponential rate, so probably a lot more than most people realize

[wufwugy]

Twenty years from now the rich will be getting smart-chip nanobots installed into their brains, and the poor will still be black

[DropTheBanana]

Definitely. It's just hard to grasp any further advancement since every news/sports/music/etc. pipeline is so easily accessible within seconds of it happening or going public.

I'm sure if I hadn't been so far behind the curve and had signed up for a Facebook or MySpace it wouldn't be such a shock to me, but actually seeing it first hand is pretty insane.

[kiwiMark]

I'm sure if I hadn't been so far behind the curve and had signed up for a Facebook or MySpace it wouldn't be such a shock to me, but actually seeing it first hand is pretty insane.

Those last eight years have just gone by so fast.

[bikes]

hmm to order pizza or to make warm tomatos on toast. tomato toast prolly tastes better but i have to make it myself

[Luco]

hmm to order pizza or to make warm tomatos on toast. tomato toast prolly tastes better but i have to make it myself

Tomato toast with a splash of vinegar mmmm

[bikes]

pizza was late so it was practically free

[DropTheBanana]

I always make it a point to add "Man" when I'm talking to the pizza delivery guy, so he knows I used to smoke weed and shit.

[DropTheBanana]

technological advancement is increasing at an exponential rate, so probably a lot more than most people realize

Your cell phone has more computing power than NASA circa 1969 « Knopf Doubleday - Doubleday

Furthermore, as the years pass, this incremental gain becomes truly monumental. For example, when you receive a birthday card in the mail, it often has a chip which sings “Happy Birthday” to you. Remarkably, that chip has more computer power than all the Allied Forces of 1945. Hitler, Churchill, or Roosevelt might have killed to get that chip. But what do we do with it? After the birthday, we throw the card and chip away. Today, your cell phone has more computer power than all of NASA back in 1969 when it sent two astronauts to the moon.

Makes me feel bad I only use mine for sending dirty texts and slingshotting birds at pigs.

*Goes to start a war and begin world domination with my Blackberry* BRB

[DropTheBanana]

Those last eight years have just gone by so fast.

On more than one occasion I've been told "I never saw you on Facebook, I thought you might have died or something." Wow, seriously? That was a huge fucking leap you just made there.

[wufwugy]

god dumbasses are remaking the thing. you cant remake one of the best movies ever made

[Warpe]

god dumbasses are remaking the thing. you cant remake one of the best movies ever made

+1

[boost]

I bet it will be staring Jaden Smith.

[bikes]

[DropTheBanana]

LOL WTF just happened to the commune?

[DropTheBanana]

Must keep bumping to not let him get the entire page

[wufwugy]

i did it

[bikes]

sigh taken care of

[kiwiMark]

sup fats

[Jack Sawyer]

put your bets ladies and gentlemen!

Carmageddon race: Bicycle vs. JetBlue across LA - US news - Life - msnbc.com

[UG]

Groupon used to offer a bunch of cool shit, but lately they've been slipping. I just received an e-mail for "Half Off Two Hour Introductory Ghost Hunt." $20 bucks to go hunting for ghosts...and the retard in me wants to do it just because (and that's probably the demographic they're looking for).

[Jack Sawyer]

hot damn. Red wine with 13.5% alcohol can get me going quickly it seems

[DropTheBanana]

Why the fuck is there no FTR planking thread? I'm going to start one soon.

[bikes]

start a planking thread and i will temp ban u on the spot. u all have been warned

[wufwugy]

start a planking thread and i will temp ban u on the spot. u all have been warned

How come? I hate planking as much as the next guy, but how come?

[bikes]

i would argue that the next guy does not hate planking very much

[Galapogos]

Who here loves planking as much as I do?

[DropTheBanana]

i would argue that the next guy does not hate planking very much

Psychic ITT

[philly and the phanatics]

its all about coneing anyway

...

also NEW BREAKING BAD TONIGHT !!! ZOMG ZOMG ZOMGZOMGZGMZOGMOZSGMZOGMZOM

[a500lbgorilla]

‪Penn & Teller - Fool Us - season 1 - episode 4 (Full)‬‏ - YouTube

Penn and Teller are fooled by Richard Bellars

[DropTheBanana]

its all about coneing anyway

Just googled this. So much awesomeness!

[BooG690]

Insane Downhill Bike Race In Chile valparaiso polc 2011

Awesome.

Turn on the HD and switch to full-screen for maximum effect.

[wufwugy]

its all about coneing anyway

...

also NEW BREAKING BAD TONIGHT !!! ZOMG ZOMG ZOMGZOMGZGMZOGMOZSGMZOGMZOM

oh shit thanks for the reminder. The the last season finale was probably the best I've ever seen, so that makes this premiere quite exciting

[Jack Sawyer]

‪Insane Downhill Bike Race In Chile valparaiso polc 2011‬‏ - YouTube

Awesome.

Truly epic. I wanna see the suit though. Pinstriped dinner jacket?

[kiwiMark]

Who here loves planking as much as I do?

right here big guy

(now I fully regret quoting you in that other thread when I didn't really have anything to say cos now that I'm quoting you again in this one it looks like I have a mancrush on you and you're gonna be all like weirded out and shit and probably tell the other boys and girls I smell or something)

[Shotglass]

[DropTheBanana]

People have died from planking. Shit's serious!

[Hawk]

That should be in the Pics that make you LOL thread, because I did LOL.

[bigspenda73]

‪Planking‬‏ - YouTube

[BooG690]

I just booked a reservation to go skydiving next Wednesday.

Holy God, I'm scared.

And like the first post on this page, I found this deal on Groupon.

[Galapogos]

right here big guy

(now I fully regret quoting you in that other thread when I didn't really have anything to say cos now that I'm quoting you again in this one it looks like I have a mancrush on you and you're gonna be all like weirded out and shit and probably tell the other boys and girls I smell or something)

Actually, I read this thread before the other one so this quote seems totally reasonable and platonic. The other one would be much more appropriate to have this disclaimer attached.

[boost]

I just booked a reservation to go skydiving next Wednesday.

Holy God, I'm scared.

And like the first post on this page, I found this deal on Groupon.

I went a few years back, definitely a great experience. I doubt I'll go again, but that's because the expense:fun and the amount of time in prepartion:fun ratios are pretty out of whack imo. I just paid $150 for a motorcycle track day, which included like eight 15 minute sessions on the track, lunch, and free camping-- skydiving easily costs $200 a jump which lasts 60 seconds + 10 minutes under the canopy. With all that being said, I would still asy it's something to do at least once in your life. The feeling of free fall was just out of this world. Have fun, etc.

[BooG690]

I would suggest all Facebook users to try this. It's pretty awesome.
Intel® The Museum of Me

[a500lbgorilla]

I just booked a reservation to go skydiving next Wednesday.

Holy God, I'm scared.

And like the first post on this page, I found this deal on Groupon.

When the parachute fails, don't think of it as falling at terminal velocity towards the hard and unforgiving ground but rather as racing into the open arms of Mother Earth for a great big hug.

[Shotglass]

[Warpe]

When the parachute fails, don't think of it as falling at terminal velocity towards the hard and unforgiving ground but rather as racing into the open arms of Mother Earth for a great big hug.

Skydiver survives harrowing 15,000 foot plunge

[flomo]

I like the word harrowing.

[Stacks]

Ridiculously awesome: ‪Madeon - Pop Culture (Music Video)‬‏ - YouTube

And the original this vid was made after: ‪Madeon - Pop Culture (live mashup)‬‏ - YouTube

[kiwiMark]

When the parachute fails, don't think of it as falling at terminal velocity towards the hard and unforgiving ground but rather as racing into the open arms of Mother Earth for a great big hug.

Y'all are misunderstanding boog's mission of glory once he gets in that plane. There'll be no jumping out.

[boost]

Ridiculously awesome: ‪Madeon - Pop Culture (Music Video)‬‏ - YouTube

And the original this vid was made after: ‪Madeon - Pop Culture (live mashup)‬‏ - YouTube

This indeed was awesome.

[Warpe]

Murdoch will be appearing here:

Player

[OngBonga]

BBC Parliament 2.30pm BST, 9.30am ET... Sky channel 504, Virgin Media channel 612. Less than an hour. I can't fucking wait.

[wufwugy]

The argument for free will is actually the proof for determinism

Just sayin

[kiwiMark]

World map of National IQ Scores vs Average Penis Size by Country - TargetMap

[BooG690]

The average penis size in South Korea is 3.8 inches. YES!

[BooG690]

Wait, that sounded really gay. Meh, I'm not explaining myself.

[a500lbgorilla]

Wait, that sounded really gay. Meh, I'm not explaining myself.

A mod who didn't respect you much would have edited your post to make it sound overtly gay.

[BooG690]

A mod who didn't respect you much would have edited your post to make it sound overtly gay.

I appreciate the respect. Thanks.

[a500lbgorilla]

[wufwugy]

ftr

y u no comment on my claim that determinism is proven

sadface

[a500lbgorilla]

Because I didn't know how to say I'm a pragmatic agnostic with respect to free will. Just like solipsism.

It's kind of like the problem of GPS satellites. GPS satellites hit your GPS unit with a time stamp and precise orbital information. With two, there is a circle of possible points in space which you could occupy given that information. With three there are only two possible points, one is one the surface of the Earth and the other isn't.

In the truth of the situation with the given information, you could be occupying some spot in space, but it's more useful to assume you're on the surface of the Earth.

So reality could be an illusion, but it's more useful to think otherwise. Free will could be an illusion, but it's more useful to think otherwise. On the scale of human interaction, it might all be determined and simulated but the appearance of free will and a real world is powerful enough to roll with, imo.

[Luco]

I didn't respond because the circumstances led me not to

[a500lbgorilla]

Relevant. ‪Complexity - Secret Life of Chaos - BBC 2010‬‏ - YouTube

Whole docu is solid.

[a500lbgorilla]

Google Translate

:/ Big explosions in Oslo, Norway.

[philly and the phanatics]

http://cdn2.sbnation.com/fan_shot_images/202063/2.gif

[wufwugy]

Rilla, you are right. The practicality of the matter reigns supreme. Even though determinism is real, it's better to feel like it's not

My comment was based in a revelation that the argument against determinism uses cause and effect i.e. determinism to make its point. I kinda hadn't realized that before.

[Shotglass]

[bikes]

SUUUUUUUUULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUU He STAR OF DA SHOW!

OTHER GUYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYSS just along for da ride!

[wufwugy]

Mid-90s, I'm a little naive ginger puritan who listens to only xtian music; DC Talk, Newsboys, Audio Adrenaline, shit like that. I happen upon a TLC song and like it so much that my friend gets me the CD for my bday. I have to hide it from my mom because she's afraid of the devil. I listen to the album all through the night, and Red Light Special quickly becomes my favorite song. I'm so young and naive that I have no idea what sex is about, what red light special means, or that black people and white people aren't the same. At a later date, my mom finds the CD and overwhelms me with grief for listening to Satan's music, so I put the album in the trash

Fast forward fifteen years, I'd completely forgotten about the band, then come across Creep randomly. I listen to it again, and remember how great a song it is. Then I see Red Light Special and it dawns on me that fate is real. How else can I explain a little ginger kid not knowing anything about sex or ethnicity, but his favorite music is black girls singing about sex, then over a decade later it turns out he particularly likes black girls? Fate IMO

This cool story brought to you by Bro Inc

[BooG690]

Dan Balan- Chica Bomb (Official Music Video)

Such a good music video. Seriously. So good.

Jack Sawyer, Wufwugy, this one's for you.

[DropTheBanana]

‪Skittles "Newlyweds"‬‏ - YouTube

new Skittles commercial

[philly and the phanatics]

sharetherainbow.com explains that it is fake....still hilarious though

[bigred]

sharetherainbow.com explains that it is fake....still hilarious though

O RLY ITS FAKE? I DID NOT KNOW THAT!