Randomness thread, part two.

[DropTheBanana]

My Jeep was diagnosed with "Death Wobbles" this morning.

Sounds serious :/

[bigred]

My Jeep was diagnosed with "Death Wobbles" this morning.

Sounds serious :/

Nah, you're fine

[DropTheBanana]

Yeah, I just thought it was funny when he told me what they're called. Apparently it's pretty common in lifted Jeeps.

[Monty3038]

I've lived in the snow belt of Cleveland my entire life, or the outskirts of it anyway.

tell me about it...

Friggin April 1st and it snowed this morning.

April Fools on all of us idiots that live in this rusty snow belt.

[Halv]

Laying in bed surfing on the tv using wireless keyboard. Who knew this kinda technology existed in norway, I might never get out of bed again.

[bigred]

watching the crazies, i enjoy it so far

[bigspenda73]

[a500lbgorilla]

Nice I always wanted to know how to make gifs.

Just finished watching Unforgiven. Sick western. Unforgiven (1992) - IMDb

Gonna watch some zombies in the Walking Dead

[OngBonga]

Beardyman Live @ the Underbelly, Edinburgh Festival

If anyone has an hour to spare, wacth this, it will be the greatest hour of your life.

[bigspenda73]

YouTube - Stephen Colbert Sings "Friday" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

incredible

[wufwugy]

YouTube - Stephen Colbert Sings "Friday" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

incredible

I don't know whether that's great or the most terrible thing that's ever happened

[boost]

I don't know whether that's great or the most terrible thing that's ever happened

I'm gonna go with great.

[lolzzz_321]

new gimp don't work like that, bro

[BooG690]

YouTube - Anonymous: Message To Sony

<3 Anon

[a500lbgorilla]

YouTube - Aperture Investment Opportunity #3: "Turrets"

Click, watch, think of Portal, laugh.

[a500lbgorilla]

YouTube - Anonymous: Message To Sony

<3 Anon

I am conflicted as I just bought a psp to play Final Fantasy Tactics and it seems like the company which benefited from my sweet money is a douchebag.

[wufwugy]

thats a pretty amazing dog in your sig gorilla

oh wait

[a500lbgorilla]

The dog eats the cat that eats the bird that eats the fly that fucked your mom.

[a500lbgorilla]

YouTube - Aperture Investment Opportunity #3: "Turrets"

Click, watch, think of Portal, laugh.

It's called better. Deal with it.

YouTube - Aperture Investment Opportunity #2: "Bot Trust"

[wufwugy]

good job. was expecting an okay so so comeback but that one was actually good

any time you can successfully pull off a banged ur mom joke is a good time

[a500lbgorilla]

I had fun with it too :P

[bikes]

am enjoying mah favorite beer in the world, before i catch flak it's stella artois, and i'm wondering why does beer taste 100000000000x better in a glass than a bottle or can?

[BooG690]

Portal is gonna be SO awesome. Loved the first...and their sense of humor is <3

[Hawk]

The Commodore 64 is back bitches!!
http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_C64.aspx

It's back... and better than ever! The new Commodore 64 is a modern functional PC as close to the original in design as humanly possible. It houses a modern mini-ITX PC motherboard featuring a Dual Core 525 Atom processor and the latest Nvidia Ion2 graphics chipset. It comes in the original taupe brown/beige color, with other colors to follow.

[bigred]

am enjoying mah favorite beer in the world, before i catch flak it's stella artois, and i'm wondering why does beer taste 100000000000x better in a glass than a bottle or can?

I also like Stella, let's cheers to some Stellas in Vegas

[WillburForce]

I also like Stella, let's cheers to some Stellas in Vegas

Stella aka Wife Beater.

Just need a Burberry cap and you're a fully signed up chav.

[bikes]

Stella aka Wife Beater.

Just need a Burberry cap and you're a fully signed up chav.

don't hate on mah cap imo =(

YOU HAVENT EVEN SEEN IT WTF

[bigred]

don't hate on mah cap imo =(

YOU HAVENT EVEN SEEN IT WTF

Bikes, bring yo cap, son. We got some wimenz to beat

[a500lbgorilla]

Dead-Missing-Jailed BP WHISTLEBLOWERS

For the conspiracy theorist in all of us. Where are the BP whisleblowers? In Jail, Missing, or Dead.

[bikes]

WE SO EXCITED!

[bigspenda73]

YouTube - Stephen Colbert Sings "Friday" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

incredible

NBC is gay and took this down, here's a mirrored version

YouTube - Stephen Colbert & The Roots - Friday [HD] on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

fucking copyrights

[Hawk]

Apparently someone found an old resume of mine on careerbuilder and offered me a sweet job.



I figure it's got to be legit.

I like the 2nd requirement the best.

[bikes]

good luck!

[connorislost]

The United States government is NOT shutting down!!

[kiwiMark]

^jawboning

[a500lbgorilla]

^jawboning

Please expand?

[DropTheBanana]

Over/under on what hole McIlroy throws his clubs in a lake and walks back to the clubhouse?

[bikes]

YouTube - Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song

my whole sunday summed up

[a500lbgorilla]

Bruno Mars reminds me of Veronica Mars. A show definitely worth watching if you've never heard of it.

Veronica Mars (TV Series 2004&ndash;2007) - IMDb

[boost]

Bruno Mars reminds me of Veronica Mars. A show definitely worth watching if you've never heard of it.

Quite the paradox since everyone who has read your post has now heard of it..

edit: p.s. your sig is awesome. I want to be a rally racer when I grow up.

[a500lbgorilla]

Quite the paradox since everyone who has read your post has now heard of it..

Just as 'boost is awesome' is implied with each of your posts, 'before you read this post' was implied in mine. :P

[givememyleg]

World's Worst Entrepeneur is Today's BIG Thing - MAR 28, 2011

lots of luls

[BooG690]

Ten...thousand...dollars?

Oh, and she has an app where I can tag places that I've...breathed.

[boost]

World's Worst Entrepeneur is Today's BIG Thing - MAR 28, 2011

lots of luls

this is very hard to watch... I just keep hoping shes a troll, but you just can't make shit this retarded up..

[Ash256]

World's Worst Entrepeneur is Today's BIG Thing - MAR 28, 2011

lots of luls

$10 says this is a well done viral

[kiwiMark]

Ten...thousand...dollars?

Oh, and she has an app where I can tag places that I've...breathed.

dude so do you with your four square shit

[BooG690]

dude so do you with your four square shit

Hm...you make a good point.

[givememyleg]

dude so do you with your four square shit

REP(RESENT)

[bigred]

Hm...you make a good point.

I blocked you a long time ago...aka I deleted foursquare

[wufwugy]

The most correct thing ever made

[BooG690]

Very nice.

[bikes]

that meme tilts the living shit out of me. like every one of them is like instarage

[Lukie]

I think being 'nice' is a fairly misunderstood concept in dating. e.g. 2 examples:

Male A is a nice, respectful, charming guy, but takes charge and initiative in situations, makes plans, is confident, actively tries to advance the relationship physically and emotionally, isn't afraid to stick up for himself, playfully teases a girl he's with but is, for practical intents and purposes, a great guy, very loyal, honest etc.

Male B is a nice, respectful, charming guy, but doesn't have a backbone, is reactive instead of proactive, bends over backwards for any girl who shows interest, never takes a stand when he feels he has a point, and is generally an all around great guy, very loyal, honest etc.


One could easily make the argument that both are nice guys yet in the context of dating, clearly male A is going to be far more successful. Guys get friendzoned for 1 of 2 reasons:

1) they act like male B

2) they lack attributes that girls desire

IMO

[lolzzz_321]

Gonna make a book with all of Lukie's deleted posts

[wufwugy]

While there is truth with your points, there is an innate relationship between confident/asshole as well as kind/weak. Generally, the positive qualities of things like "taking charge" have a reciprocal relationship with things like selfishness and narrowness while qualities of things like empathy and sensitivity have that reciprocal relationship with things like understanding limitations

Women are attracted to jerks for the reason of them being jerks. They are also attracted to many other things, and sometimes it's to positive things found in jerks without some of the negatives, sometimes they even like the negatives more than the positives. We shouldn't ignore that jerkness is itself a distinctive attribute that women tend to get wet over.

Keep in mind that sexual attraction, especially for women, is rife with contradictions


One way to explain it is that women like men who focus on themselves because when they do that they achieve greater things and greater attitudes, and that's what women love. However, when men focus on themselves, guess what they're not doing.....focusing on others, so they also have underdeveloped empathy, sensitivity, observation, etc. Then magically it turns out this guy doesn't understand others that well....go figure. Women will naturally gravitate towards the guy with a stronger sense of himself at the expense of his sense of others.

[Lukie]

Makes sense.. I pretty much agree with you. I guess my point was that one can be a decent guy and still be successful with women, and that going 'too far' on the nice side (to where it's more like being weak or overbearing, as opposed to being nice) is what gets a lot of guys in trouble. I know I'm walking a sort of fine line here.

[DropTheBanana]

I think being 'nice' is a fairly misunderstood concept in dating. e.g. 2 examples:

Male A is a nice, respectful, charming guy, but takes charge and initiative in situations, makes plans, is confident, actively tries to advance the relationship physically and emotionally, isn't afraid to stick up for himself, playfully teases a girl he's with but is, for practical intents and purposes, a great guy, very loyal, honest etc.

Male B is a nice, respectful, charming guy, but doesn't have a backbone, is reactive instead of proactive, bends over backwards for any girl who shows interest, never takes a stand when he feels he has a point, and is generally an all around great guy, very loyal, honest etc.


One could easily make the argument that both are nice guys yet in the context of dating, clearly male A is going to be far more successful. Guys get friendzoned for 1 of 2 reasons:

1) they act like male B

2) they lack attributes that girls desire

IMO

I agree with this 100%

There's a thin line between assertiveness and full blown douchebaggery.

Approach girls in a "fatherly" manner and you should never have too much trouble with the "friendzone". Treat her like a woman (not a princess) and use a confident, reassuring demeanor. But at the same time let her know where you stand on things and that her shit will not be tolerated.

If she doesn't respect you for it and wants less out of things than you, then its: YouTube - On To the Next One- Jay-Z

[bigred]

I think being 'nice' is a fairly misunderstood concept in dating. e.g. 2 examples:

Male A is a nice, respectful, charming guy, but takes charge and initiative in situations, makes plans, is confident, actively tries to advance the relationship physically and emotionally, isn't afraid to stick up for himself, playfully teases a girl he's with but is, for practical intents and purposes, a great guy, very loyal, honest etc.

Male B is a nice, respectful, charming guy, but doesn't have a backbone, is reactive instead of proactive, bends over backwards for any girl who shows interest, never takes a stand when he feels he has a point, and is generally an all around great guy, very loyal, honest etc.


One could easily make the argument that both are nice guys yet in the context of dating, clearly male A is going to be far more successful. Guys get friendzoned for 1 of 2 reasons:

1) they act like male B

2) they lack attributes that girls desire

IMO

Meanwhile, Male C is totally getting checked out by this super hotty at a gym, does some killer reps, walks past the hot girl, drives home, and plays starcraft alone.

[wufwugy]

plaguuuuuuuu plaguuuuuuu

YouTube - Plague!! Starcraft

[Lukie]

sigh

you're right

it's one of those, 'if i only knew back then what i know now' type of things.

either that, or starcraft is/was beyond awesome. probably this

[Lukie]

plaguuuuuuuu plaguuuuuuu

YouTube - Plague!! Starcraft

I can confirm, as a former zerg player, that hitting a mass of science vessels with a plague was potentially one of the more awesome highlights of a ZvT. bonus points for then sniping a bunch with a single muta

[Galapogos]

Meanwhile, Male C is totally getting checked out by this super hotty at a gym, does some killer reps, walks past the hot girl, drives home, and plays starcraft alone.

Lol'd hard, you gets the reps!

[DropTheBanana]

YouTube - The Pretend Player - Unleash the Player in You Contest

Nice ride GMML!

[Lukie]

situation last night:

I'm driving home, going about 42 in a 35mph zone. I've been told by a good source that cops in this city will give you 10mph over during the day and 7mph over during the night, and they are out quite often, so this is really pushing the upper limits of how fast I'm willing to drive.

So I see a car approaching in the rare view mirror FAST.. we'll say he was going 60 but it very well may have been faster, and he starts tailgating me of course. In light of this new situation, and because we're somewhat near a park and having a deer run out in front of you isn't too terribly uncommon (I don't want to slam on the breaks and get rear-ended), I slow down. First to 35, he gets closer, I creep down to 30 (still in a 35 zone), and he backs off ever so slightly, so I felt like this was a good equilibrium. We cruised at 30 for a couple miles, then we made opposite turns.

I should add that I really, really, really really really really really despise people that tailgate. Are there any break checkers in here? What's the game plan in this spot?

[jyms]

I typically slow down more and more till they get pissed and pass me. I've been on highways before doing about 35mph in a 55 zone and guys are so close and so tilted they don't even realize they could pass, or they are so afraid of looking away from my tail lights they can't see the other lanes are empty.

[bikes]

i mean i just drive normally, it's seems to me its not nearly worth whatever just like if they want to pass me go for it and if not whatever. don't need to brake check and put my health at risk for their piss poor driving, dont want to slow down and piss them off cause road rage can get out of hand pretty quick.

[boost]

Slowing down is actually the pro play. If you stay at the same speed the dangerous situation is unlikely to change, if you speed up they are likely to speed up and continue tailgating and be less likely to pass you which increases how dangerous the situation is, but if you slow down they are more likely to just pass you which ends the dangerous situation.

Break checking is probably the worst choice ldo.

[Lukie]

Iran: Dog Ownership to Be Outlawed Under Lawmakers' Plan - TIME

Iran: Dog Ownership to Be Outlawed Under Lawmakers' Plan

By Azadeh Moaveni
Time Magazine
Tue Apr 19, 2011

For much of the past decade, the Iranian government has tolerated what it considers a particularly depraved and un-Islamic vice: the keeping of pet dogs.

During periodic crackdowns, police have confiscated dogs from their owners right off the street; and state media has lectured Iranians on the diseases spread by canines. The cleric Gholamreza Hassani, from the city of Urmia, has been satirized for his sermons railing against "short-legged" and "holdable" dogs. But as with the policing of many other practices (like imbibing alcoholic drinks) that are deemed impure by the mullahs but perfectly fine to many Iranians, the state has eventually relaxed and let dog lovers be.

Those days of tacit acceptance may soon be over, however. Lawmakers in Tehran have recently proposed a bill in parliament that would criminalize dog ownership, formally enshrining its punishment within the country's Islamic penal code. The bill warns that that in addition to posing public health hazards, the popularity of dog ownership "also poses a cultural problem, a blind imitation of the vulgar culture of the West." The proposed legislation for the first time outlines specific punishments for "the walking and keeping" of "impure and dangerous animals," a definition that could feasibly include cats but for the time being seems targeted at dogs. The law would see the offending animal confiscated, the leveling of a $100-to-$500 fine on the owner, but leaves the fate of confiscated dogs uncertain. "Considering the several thousand dogs [that are kept] in Tehran alone, the problem arises as to what is going to happen to these animals," Hooman Malekpour, a veterinarian in Tehran, said to the BBC's Persian service. If passed, the law would ultimately energize police and volunteer militias to enforce the ban systematically.

In past years, animal-rights activists in Iran have persuasively argued that sporadic campaigns against dog ownership are politically motivated and unlawful, since the prohibition surfaces in neither the country's civil laws nor its Islamic criminal codes. But if Iran's laws were silent for decades on the question of dogs, that is because the animals - in the capacity of pet - were as irrelevant to daily life as dinosaurs. Islam, by custom, considers dogs najes, or unclean, and for the past century cultural mores kept dog ownership down to minuscule numbers. In rural areas, dogs have traditionally aided shepherds and farmers, but as Iranians got urbanized in the past century, their dogs did not come along. In cities, aristocrats kept dogs for hunting and French-speaking dowagers kept lap dogs for company, but the vast majority of traditional Iranians, following the advice of the clergy, were leery of dogs and considered them best avoided.

That has changed in the past 15 years with the rise of an urban middle class plugged into and eager to mimic Western culture. Satellite television and Western movies opened up a world where happy children frolicked with dogs in parks and affluent families treated them like adorable children. These days, lap dogs rival designer sunglasses as the upper-middle-class Iranian's accessory of choice. "Global norms and values capture the heart of people all around the world, and Iran is no exception," says Omid Memarian, a prominent Iranian journalist specializing in human rights. "This is very frightening for Iranian officials, who find themselves in a cultural war with the West and see what they're offering as an 'Islamic lifestyle' failing measurably."

The widening acceptability of dog ownership, and its popularity among a specific slice of Iran's population - young, urban, educated and frustrated with the Islamic government - partly explains why dogs are now generating more official hostility. In 2007, two years into the tenure of hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, security forces targeted dog owners alongside a crackdown on women's attire and men's "Westernized" hairstyles. In the regime's eyes, owning a dog had become on par with wearing capri pants or sporting a mullet - a rebellious act.

The government's tolerance for this low-level lifestyle dissidence fizzled after Ahmadinejad's contested electoral victory in 2009, which sparked massive demonstrations and the most serious challenge to Islamic rule since the 1979 revolution. In the aftermath of that upheaval, the state has moved to tighten its control over a wide range of Iranians' private activities, from establishing NGOs to accessing the Internet, to individual lifestyle decisions, according to Hadi Ghaemi, the director for the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. "No doubt such attempts are motivated by a desire to squash acts of criticism and protests, even if through symbolic individual decisions that simply don't conform to officially sanctioned lifestyles," Ghaemi says.

The criminalizing of dogs, in this context, helps the government address the legal gray areas concerning lifestyle behavior. When authorities found it difficult to police what it termed Westernized hairstyles worn by young men, it solved the problem last year by releasing a poster of specifically banned styles.

For many young people, these measures are a firm reminder that the government will brook no disobedience, whether it be chanting antigovernment slogans in the streets or sporting excessively long sideburns. Dog owners in Iran, like much of the population, are mostly preoccupied these days with inflation, joblessness and the parlous state of the country's economy. But they will soon need to consider whether keeping their shih tzu or poodle is worth the added worry. Their dogs may face the same fate as the hundreds of street dogs that the government regularly sweeps from the streets of Tehran. "Many in Tehran and other big cities find the killing of street dogs offensive and cruel," says Memarian. "It's like the Iranian people and officials live in two different worlds."

Thoughts?

[Hawk]

My first thought was "What a stupid law"

My second was "Why the fuck should I care what they are doing over there. It doesn't affect anyone but them."

[Shotglass]

My second was "Why the fuck should I care what they are doing over there. It doesn't affect anyone but them."

+1...but my first thought

[kiwiMark]

A misunderstood man... [VIDEO]

[BooG690]

Funny you posted this. In my TEFL class, we listened to this without the video and tried guessing what this man was. It was hard because of his accent. This is how we learned to pay good attention to people when their accent is different (which will happen when teaching English in foreign lands). Okay, story over.

[kiwiMark]

wat there are no clues as to what he is without video are there?

[BooG690]

wat there are no clues as to what he is without video are there?

Yeah, it was a dumb exercise. It was tricky enough when she let us watch the video...of course I was the one that got it first.

[Lukie]

My first thought was "What a stupid law"

My second was "Why the fuck should I care what they are doing over there. It doesn't affect anyone but them."

I was hesitant to post it because I didn't want to come off as beating the neocon drum.

But, the idea of banning dogs as housepets just came off to me as extremely petty and stupid, which it is.