Randomness thread, part two.

[wufwugy]

meh. makeup, hairdye, pushup bra, maybe photo touchups.

But it's true. If you eat meat butter and vegetables, you're healthier than nearly all renditions of vegetarian or holistic stuff. The whole 'meat and fat are bad for you' is one of the worst things to ever come out of the wannabe health-food hippie cult

[Illfavor]

That one crazy physics azn was talking about how our bodies are tuned to eat things like sugar and animal fat. How we have evolved to "like" sweet, high-energy things and to like the essentially tasteless fat of animals for n-o-g purposes.

[wufwugy]

n-o-g?

[Illfavor]

Energy, dawg.

[boost]

Yes, we have evolved to like it, and to like it more than most everything else. But that does not mean that eating it in quantity is good for us. We like it so much because it was quite rare in the wild, and even long after agriculture was well developed and the standard across the earth, sweet and fat were relatively scarce. So just because our bodies crave it, does not make it good for us. More is not always better.

[boost]

But it's true. If you eat meat butter and vegetables, you're healthier than nearly all renditions of vegetarian or holistic stuff. The whole 'meat and fat are bad for you' is one of the worst things to ever come out of the wannabe health-food hippie cult

Err.. It's all about moderation in situations of abundance. It's not a dichotomy, with the average American diet on one side and strict veganism on the other side.

[Illfavor]

I didn't think he was implying that it has to be one or the other. *shrug*

[rong]

Diet is the same as everything else in life, whether its poker, drugs, exercise, food, work, drinking, sex, parenting, relationships, its all about balance and finding the appropriate balance to achieve your desired outcome.

[BooG690]

I just played an IRL version of Werewolf with my students. It was AWESOME.

[rong]

Details please

[kiwiMark]

which student turned out to be the Sexy Villager whose role isn't revealed until after class?

[rong]

Boog took that role. He's currently in a Korean jail for molesting a young Korean boy. Boog is claiming that all was a misunderstanding due to the language barrier. The boy says boogs English lessen taught him yes and no the wrong way round.

[BooG690]

OK, students put their heads down. I walk around. I poke the student who is to be "Quiet Joker." The Quiet Joker squints at students to kill. Students can ask me about students they suspect to be Quiet Joker. If students are wrong, they're dead. Three dead students, Quiet Joker wins.

[boost]

How can you tell if they're squinting?

[bikes]

i fucking cackled like a mother fucker

[rong]

Topless demonsrtration in Ukraine by some femenist chicks. Awesome!

[DropTheBanana]

I can't seem to find a concrete answer to this.

Would my American cellphone (Sprint carrier) get service in London?

[wufwugy]

It might

[celtic123]

Would my American cellphone (Sprint carrier) get service in London?

Phone them and ask them.

[kiwiMark]

OK, students put their heads down. I walk around. I poke a student. The students will talk to me about their suspicions, and if they say the wrong thing they're dead.

That is quite a clever plan, now that you lay it out. wp.

[rong]

I got service on my mobile in Thailand so I can't see why you wouldn't in London. I think the providers have deals set up with each other. I got a welcome text at my stop off in India from some Indian phone company and then another when I landed in Bangkok. But watch out for the cost, I tan up over 100 quid in 2 weeks and I hardly used the thing

[wufwugy]

I've heard some stories of people in other countries for a week watching a couple movies and being charged thousands for it

[bikes]

get a euro sim card

[kiwiMark]

I got service on my mobile in Thailand so I can't see why you wouldn't in London. I think the providers have deals set up with each other. I got a welcome text at my stop off in India from some Indian phone company and then another when I landed in Bangkok. But watch out for the cost, I tan up over 100 quid in 2 weeks and I hardly used the thing

For ages North America used different frequencies or someshit for cellphones than those used by basically the rest of the world, so if you wanted to take your phone there you had to have a fancy multi-band phone that could roll with more than one kind of frequency. I think meanwhile pretty much all phones have this capability, so the phone should just work as soon as you rock in the UK (my NZ phone worked fine in Vegas till it wanted to go for a swim in the pool, for instance).

Wiiiiiiiiiiiith that all said, although your phone will prolly work there sweet, I wouldn't roam with it. Bikes is right, just rock up to Vodafone or Virgin or T Mobile or the fucking Carphone Warehouse and drop the ten quid or however much it is on a sim card to chuck in your phone (it should come with credit loaded on there already [someone who has bought a sim card in the UK more recently than my effort in 2005 can confirm]) then you can enjoy the power of cheaper communication while your friends, colleagues and bitches are spending their money like FOOLS.

[bikes]

did i ever mention i might be in love with you dutch mark?

[kiwiMark]

<3

[wufwugy]

The 45 Most Powerful Images Of 2011

[bikes]

none of those pictures are of bieber.

[DropTheBanana]

I feel like doing some gambling this weekend and looking over some casinos to go to.

I've played in most of the Tampa area casino's. Besides those and the usual Vegas/AC casinos, does anybody have any recommendations on where to play?

I've looked into a few in the Chicago area so far, but haven't researched it much further than that.

I'd prefer for a state/city in the eastern or mid part of the country and just hold all cross country/international travel for full week vacations.

[bikes]

nay on going to horseshoe hammond near CHI

FOXWOODS! or Mohegan Sun!

either of which imo

[boost]

What's wrong with Horshoe Hammond? I mean, if all you want to do is gambooool, then ya, go somewhere else... but if you want to check out a city too, the Horseshoe is a pretty decent venue.

[bikes]

nothing from with chicago or horseshoe hammond for normal gambooll. if pokers is your choice then would go with the above choices

[boost]

fo'sho

[bikes]

[5:05:24 PM] Brett: MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — NASA's planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft has confirmed the discovery of its first alien world in its host star's habitable zone — that just-right range of distances that could allow liquid water to exist — and found more than 1,000 new explanet candidates, researchers announced today (Dec. 5).
[5:05:30 PM] Brett: fuuuu hippies with earth runs out of shit
[5:05:36 PM] Brett: theres over 1000 planets we could move to
[5:05:55 PM] Brett: all the more reason to make money for when the world goes to shit you can afford the ticket off

[kiwiMark]

last sentence is solid point.

[a500lbgorilla]

No one alive today will be alive on an extra-solar planet, though. They're lol-far away. The closest star is still 3 light years away. Even with the best theoretical machine to take you there (travels at like .1c) it'll still take you about 30 years according to the guy on the spaceship to get there.

And they're talking about a planet 600 light years away.

[kiwiMark]

That's alright, the Earth is gonna survive for as long as I do anyway, I don't need a new planet, it's bigred's girlfriend's children I'm thinking about, and I guess bigred's if he ever has any.

[boost]

That's alright, the Earth is gonna survive for as long as I do anyway, I don't need a new planet, it's bigred's girlfriend's children I'm thinking about, and I guess bigred's if he ever has any.

If you want to put some children on some crazy experimental spaceship where they are sure to die during the voyage, get your own. Leave my kids the fuck out of this.

[wufwugy]

[donkbee]

If you want to put some children on some crazy experimental spaceship where they are sure to die during the voyage, get your own. Leave my kids the fuck out of this.

[bigred]

Oh great work, Mark. Now you've gone and upset, Boost. I hope you're happy with yourself.

[kiwiMark]

Fine, it'll be a white people spaceship, make me into a racist with your generational cowardice courtie and boost, see if I give a damn.

[kiwiMark]

Also I just woke up and totally missed the awesomeness in boost's post at first go

[BennyLaRue]

Nice to know that racism is your natural state of regression.

[kiwiMark]

I've been hammering the racism again and again on here lately, it makes me feel bad when I read it the next morning.

[a500lbgorilla]

I've been hammering the racism again and again on here lately, it makes me feel bad when I read it the next morning.

Until you glimpse the reflection of that that paper white face in the monitor, amirite?

[kiwiMark]

I look bearded and fragile in the morning.

[a500lbgorilla]

Some would say you look pure and superior.

[bigred]

Some would say you look pure and superior.

Def not me...

[a500lbgorilla]

Swedish dogs! Your blood is tainted by generations of race-mixing with Laplanders.

[wufwugy]

Britta's hotter

[bikes]

Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed - YouTube

ellie goulding's 2nd video of starry eyed is a vast improvement.

OMG OMG OMG DEM EYES OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG JUST DIED

[BennyLaRue]

Britta's hotter

You lie so hard. She's cooler. You'd get away with more with her. But it ends there.

[wufwugy]

You lie so hard. She's cooler. You'd get away with more with her. But it ends there.

She just needs to get switch'd again

[a500lbgorilla]

Obv Annie is hotter.

[wufwugy]

Correction: Annie was hotter. Now that they've finally given Britta an endearing personality and dress her up like she's actually hot....

[bigred]

Does Sandusky survive being in prison? Over/under if he doesn't?

[givememyleg]

Magic Pizza Reheat Method! - How to Get Crispy Crust on Leftover Pizza! - YouTube

just tried this. amazing.

[wufwugy]

I realized an important thing today: in a personal relationship, you cannot trust insecure people like you can strong, independent people. When push comes to shove, the former will lie to you in order to maintain the security.

[bigred]

There's a reason they're insecure...

[wufwugy]

Not sure exactly what you're getting at

[BooG690]

Magic Pizza Reheat Method! - How to Get Crispy Crust on Leftover Pizza! - YouTube

just tried this. amazing.

Seriously? This is a video?

You could have just said: "Put it on a dry skillet." It would have taught me the same thing.

[rong]

I realized an important thing today: in a personal relationship, you cannot trust insecure people like you can strong, independent people. When push comes to shove, the former will lie to you in order to maintain the security.

this is the reason why the drunk chick crying in a bar is only good for the short term.

[kiwiMark]

Seriously? This is a video?

You could have just said: "Put it on a dry skillet." It would have taught me the same thing.

I rage when I want to find out how to do something easy and about 50% of the time the first sixteen hundred results are 5 minute long how-to videos.

[wufwugy]

inb4 a how to rage at how to videos video

[kingnat]

A friend of mine owns a storage unit complex, and asked me to act as auctioneer to sell off a unit that had stopped payment... 50 people showed up. It was hilarious... real life storage wars. My buddy thought it would hopefully go for $350... and got $750.

[bikes]

A friend of mine owns a storage unit complex, and asked me to act as auctioneer to sell off a unit that had stopped payment... 50 people showed up. It was hilarious... real life storage wars. My buddy thought it would hopefully go for $350... and got $750.

LIKE A BOSS

[bikes]

Bank Rip Off According to Louis CK - YouTube

this prolly my favorite stand up bit ive ever seen

[wufwugy]

That one is really good

This is probably my favorite Louis CK - Hilarious - Part 7 - The Way We Talk.wmv - YouTube

[givememyleg]

got damn louis ck is amazing and hilarious

[Chelle]

hai guys <3

[Lukie]

edit: also, what sort of experience do you have in the industry? Being able to cook one really good sandwich-- which doesn't give you food poising-- in your home is far different from being able to cook dozens, if not hundreds in a day.

Pulled this from a Boost post in another thread but didn't want to hijack.

A couple random points/observations/whatever:

1. I was impressed with Boost's correct and sleek use of the neither+nor combination from earlier in the post.

2. Just how common of an occurence is food poisoning? I have read into it and the dangers are obviously legit but based on personal experience...

if we average 3 meals a day (historically I have probably averaged 5, at least) that's ~1000 meals a year. I'm in my 20s so say conservatively, I have eaten 25,000 meals in my life. Included in this are countless instances of eating food left out at parties, undercooked burgers/chicken, etc etc. and yet I have never gotten sick from food in my life. I have to imagine, for evolutionary reasons, that the human body can deal with bacteria in the digestive tract pretty effectively. Of course I may or may not be taking too little consideration of how many people die from dirty food/water.

I was somewhat reminded of these points when watching my friend eat several day old pizza that was never chilled after delivered and he says he does it all the time. Fake cheese ftw?

[wufwugy]

Pulled this from a Boost post in another thread but didn't want to hijack.

A couple random points/observations/whatever:

1. I was impressed with Boost's correct and sleek use of the neither+nor combination from earlier in the post.

2. Just how common of an occurence is food poisoning? I have read into it and the dangers are obviously legit but based on personal experience...

if we average 3 meals a day (historically I have probably averaged 5, at least) that's ~1000 meals a year. I'm in my 20s so say conservatively, I have eaten 25,000 meals in my life. Included in this are countless instances of eating food left out at parties, undercooked burgers/chicken, etc etc. and yet I have never gotten sick from food in my life. I have to imagine, for evolutionary reasons, that the human body can deal with bacteria in the digestive tract pretty effectively. Of course I may or may not be taking too little consideration of how many people die from dirty food/water.

I was somewhat reminded of these points when watching my friend eat several day old pizza that was never chilled after delivered and he says he does it all the time. Fake cheese ftw?

Food regulations are usually much stronger than they technically need to be, but that's because we need a pretty huge buffer since people go way over the "line" all the time.

I've gotten food poisoning several times, but that's because I eat at hole-in-the-wall Korean/Thai joints a bunch, and they do stuff like leave chicken out for days. Most really bad food poisoning has been stopped due to safety regulations. Like if you drink raw milk, your risk of illness is dramatically higher. Perhaps if you know the farm conditions well enough, the risk isn't much higher, but yeah...

[boost]

From the standpoint of a business owner, food poisoning is a huge deal. I've only had it once myself, but it was hell. And a lot of people seem to forget or not know that diarrhea/ uncontrollable vomiting can be fatal. But back to the business owner-- just one small outbreak can ruin a business.

[Illfavor]

Let's talk about college degrees that are essentially worthless!

1. Music performance