Dirk Squarejaw posted:

Man fucks tree, claims he's God and tries to stab an officer.



Where else but FL?

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...pf0YDn0DnNgVwsw

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/man-has-sex-tree-claims-5531218

Viruswithshoes posted:

The Protagonist posted:

I love this guy's dad, he reacts with exactly how much empathy I would have. 'yes son, deep regret is always an option'

Jose posted:

i only learned of this recently not being from america and it boggles the mind

nightwisher posted:

sausage party looks incredible to me

incredibly good that is

Blue Train posted:

sausage party will be good for a cheap laugh but I'm sure however long it is will be too long

Buckets posted:

So wait... in the hot dog movie when does food become like a person? would a hamburger be a bunch of different people stacked up or one hamburger guy? At what point during the processing does sentience get bestowed? The baby carrots in the trailer were baby cut carrots, not actual baby carrots so does that mean preparing food makes them into a different person? would some lettuce be a person but would a bag of diced lettuce be a different person? Oh god oh man oh jeez

Bloody Hedgehog posted:

Yeah, but I'm in Canada and EVERYWHERE takes cards. We rolled out debit tech well before most countries. I've seen kids running lemonade stands that take cards (those little addon swipe things for cell phones). The last holdout business that didn't take cards probably folded a decade ago.

univbee posted:

It's not always a "trust" thing, certain small businesses that are acclimated to fudging their numbers to make taxes easier aren't fond of electronic payments because nothing can be hidden with them. Hell, just last month I was offered to buy something tax-free if I paid in cash instead of by card.

Hell almost a year ago they introduced a weird set of hieroglyphic-like symbols on the foot of card-based payment receipts for restaurants, and had ads on TV talking about the change and made specific mention of the fact that it was to authenticate that the transactions legitimately occurred as mentioned (i.e. it's not a faked receipt) and that the government knows how much tax a specific business owes. Businesses prone to tax evasion of that sort are required to have them here.

Al Cowens posted:

A thing that just happened

dookifex_maximus posted:

What's more, these corporations aren't public in the slightest. Most of the shareholders of these companies do not get votes because they are administered through mutual funds. Mutual funds encompass a great deal of our economy, and investment mechanisms provide an ownership network for the few who are privileged enough to be able to influence policy for an extreme majority of the globes economic entities.

"Do you want my handpicked guy?"

ancient history: Sulla Dictator used just these methods to reorganize Rome's government under his tight control: presenting a single candidate for a "yay/nay" vote for both consular positions.These same methods were deployed by Imperial House of Hapsburg to control the small council of voters that made up the voting bloc of the Holy Roman Empire.

The same choice is typically presented a shareholder in a mutual fund.

There is one candidate for member of the board or new chairperson: Do you want him or her to be in nominal control of numerous transnationals?

Here's a study that describes the network in excruciating detail during a specific time period, it changes of course: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0025995#s3

From my understanding the conceit is that these banks:



create a network of control



that when taken together forms a vampire squid that viciously extracts value at any external cost



the only part of its anatomy i couldn't find an analogue of in any healthy animal is the sugar line but the sugar line does resemble the glucose transporter proteins that cancer cells use to grow so fat

Flesh Forge posted:

News flash to idiot children, every charity ever works exactly that way.

Inzombiac posted:

You set up a crystal to diffuse the radiation, idiot.

Jose posted:

its cool they never found this guy

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

TheHoosier posted:

That entire link is like the Final Destination cutting room floor. It's insane

Solice Kirsk posted:

Why would it be sexual reasons?

Guy Goodbody posted:

OR those cyborg cops with machetes from Metal Gear Rising

Mr. 47 posted:

My favorite part of the wikipedia article:


Unsurprisingly, it didn't go well. Although:

Convex posted:

BBC News at 10 broke down last night and viewers were treated to a stream of bizarre breaking news graphics interspersed with Huw Edwards looking bemused. Eventually the sound cut and we were treated to four minutes of Huw playing with his mouse, scribbling on some paper and occasionally looking at the camera.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkDn6IYTfU4

https://twitter.com/huwbbc/status/877282074398531584

Pvt.Scott posted:

How you gonna be mad at a man for not letting your animal companion starve/freeze to death/get eaten by starving dogs?