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Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS

mod saas posted:

how did we end up in this future

Personally, I put the divergence at the moment Monica Lewinsky decided to keep that blue dress.

If only President Clinton had issued her proper PPE.

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PostNouveau
Sep 3, 2011

VY till I die
Grimey Drawer

FutonForensic posted:

What's your gut reaction to a football stadium made entirely of wood?

They say they'll treat the wood with flame retardant materials, to which I say: I hope they're thorough!


Seems like they don't have a good reason for it.

I thought before I clicked that it was going to be amazingly cheap, but it's a 5,000 seat venue for $163 million. Not that it being cheap as hell would be a good reason, just an understandable one.

Seems like it's tied to the owner being a hippie.

quote:

The 55-year-old broadened his eco philosophy to soccer in 2010 when he took over the lowly English club and instigated a 'Green Revolution', removing red meat from the menu and turning the club vegan among a raft of initiatives.

Sentient Data
Aug 31, 2011

My molecule scrambler ray will disintegrate your armor with one blow!

They uploaded that onion article to the wrong server

Warm und Fuzzy
Jun 20, 2006

The timing is right for a Maximum Overdrive remake.

Elendil004
Mar 22, 2003

The prognosis
is not good.


VectorSigma
Jan 20, 2004

Transform
and
Freak Out



Warm und Fuzzy posted:

The timing is right for a Maximum Overdrive remake.

Must have AC/DC soundtrack.

Bar Crow
Oct 10, 2012

FutonForensic posted:

What's your gut reaction to a football stadium made entirely of wood?

They say they'll treat the wood with flame retardant materials, to which I say: I hope they're thorough!

Kickbacks from lumber suppliers and when they're done they can just burn it down to force building another.

ethanol
Jul 13, 2007



https://www.facebook.com/118611954828240/videos/1355001197855970/

Keiya
Aug 22, 2009

Come with me if you want to not die.

Platystemon posted:

I’m no expert in Oroville geology, but it’s entirely possible that that hill is one giant rock.

There’s one looming over the town.

"BEFORE PEOPLE START MAKING ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE, I'D LIKE YOU TO TAKE A SECOND TO THINK ABOUT WHERE ALL RIVERS LEAD"

I want to stab that fucker in the face, ICOLLs are important ecosystems that are almost all destroyed because of stupid poo poo like this.

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS

Keiya posted:

"BEFORE PEOPLE START MAKING ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE, I'D LIKE YOU TO TAKE A SECOND TO THINK ABOUT WHERE ALL RIVERS LEAD"

I want to stab that fucker in the face, ICOLLs are important ecosystems that are almost all destroyed because of stupid poo poo like this.

It seems you are responding to this video, and that “ICOLL” means “ Intermittently Closed and Open Lakes and Lagoons”, but it is unclear to me why you quoted that post.

Keiya
Aug 22, 2009

Come with me if you want to not die.
Because I'm an idiot. It's the only explanation I can come up with for how I quoted the wrong post.

Bozart
Oct 28, 2006

Give me the finger.
I like you

Alereon
Feb 6, 2004

Dehumanize yourself and face to Trumpshed
College Slice

Keiya posted:

"BEFORE PEOPLE START MAKING ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE, I'D LIKE YOU TO TAKE A SECOND TO THINK ABOUT WHERE ALL RIVERS LEAD"

I want to stab that fucker in the face, ICOLLs are important ecosystems that are almost all destroyed because of stupid poo poo like this.
Could you explain why this is bad? That's a river mouth that got plugged by sand during a storm, wasn't that exactly what was going to happen naturally in a few hours when enough water flowed in?

The Sausages
Sep 30, 2012

What do you want to do? Who do you want to be?

FutonForensic posted:

What's your gut reaction to a football stadium made entirely of wood?

:nms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIxN3ypB3rw&t=40s

value-brand cereal
May 2, 2008


Specifically, at 4:48 to 5:29 there's a man on fire walking around before collapsing and a bunch of police officers and people trying to put him out. Someone linked a video like this earlier where youtube annotations popped up because apparently this person died later on, or at that moment.

PittTheElder
Feb 13, 2012

:geno: Yes, it's like a lava lamp.


Holy gently caress, the people singing and chanting on the pitch.

Buttcoin purse
Apr 24, 2014


Okay, this time I Googled it, and interestingly Wikipedia says at the top of the article:

quote:

The disaster led to new safety standards in UK football grounds, including the banning of new wooden grandstands.

I guess they forgot :911-but-actually-a-grandstand-collapsing:

monkeytennis
Apr 26, 2007


Toilet Rascal

My first thought as well. Having watched that on live TV I'm not sure it's a good idea.

LifeSunDeath
Jan 4, 2007

still gay rights and smoke weed every day

Those old people kinda casually walking around on fire :suspense:

Wooten
Oct 4, 2004

Can't wait for the slow motion video of this guy losing a finger.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwieh2wNZtE

ethanol
Jul 13, 2007



That burning pitch video led me to the Hillsborough disaster documentary

Worth a watch

It's a combination of bad policing, huge motivated crowd, and extremely poor engineering choices

https://youtu.be/qBbifoVdyGM

ethanol fucked around with this message at 17:23 on Feb 11, 2017

Bubblyblubber
Nov 17, 2014

Wooten posted:

Can't wait for the slow motion video of this guy losing a finger.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwieh2wNZtE

All them hot dogs gave me extreme penis fear.

Volcott
Mar 30, 2010

People paying American dollars to let other people know they didn't agree with someone's position on something is the lifeblood of these forums.
Hey, anyone who pays attention that sort of thing, is Lake Mead recovering at all?

Phanatic
Mar 13, 2007

Please don't forget that I am an extremely racist idiot who also has terrible opinions about the Culture series.

Volcott posted:

Hey, anyone who pays attention that sort of thing, is Lake Mead recovering at all?

No.

http://arachnoid.com/NaturalResources/

https://flic.kr/p/6wPJX3

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

Wooten posted:

Can't wait for the slow motion video of this guy losing a finger.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwieh2wNZtE

I'm now officially tired of "thing versus thing" videos. Heeedrollic Apress Shannel is the only good one

REMEMBER SPONGE MONKEYS
Oct 3, 2003

What do you think it means, bitch?

FutonForensic posted:

What's your gut reaction to a football stadium made entirely of wood?

They say they'll treat the wood with flame retardant materials, to which I say: I hope they're thorough!

Step 1: spray adhesive
Step 2: spray with asbestos
Step 3: indestructible

wolrah
May 8, 2006
what?

Sagebrush posted:

I'm now officially tired of "thing versus thing" videos. Heeedrollic Apress Shannel is the only good one

I miss "Will It Blend?"

wyoming
Jun 7, 2010

Like a television
tuned to a dead channel.

:911:

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS

FCKGW posted:

It's getting a tad worse





And here's the emergency overflow, basically just the side of that mountain there



Water is now flowing over the emergency spillway. Video from helicopter at that link.

https://twitter.com/tehamacospotter/status/830456955458113536

It’s not terribly exciting yet, but if it keeps going it’ll wash all the soil and tress off that hillside.

Say Nothing
Mar 5, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007

Phones and elevators conspiring to murder us all.

FrozenVent
May 1, 2009

The Boeing 737-200QC is the undisputed workhorse of the skies.

God drat, China is like OSHA - the country.

Atticus_1354
Dec 10, 2006

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Platystemon posted:

Water is now flowing over the emergency spillway. Video from helicopter at that link.

It’s not terribly exciting yet, but if it keeps going it’ll wash all the soil and tress off that hillside.

I was just wondering about the daily dam update. This is so fascinating for some reason.

evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003

The china thread was mainline OSHA before it got cut.

Olothreutes
Mar 31, 2007


At least he falls out before being pinned by the oncoming floor and then sheared in half like a squishy blood balloon.

Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007

Pretty sure that's korean. Or at least the text says so.

Doesnt mean you cant have elevator shenannigans in China:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLjYbISpRbk

Lurking Haro
Oct 27, 2009

FrozenVent posted:

God drat, China is like OSHA - the country.

This is South Korea(n News). Normally it's them challenging OSHA rules like the guy ramming the elevator door with his mobility scooter.

spankmeister
Jun 15, 2008






Synthbuttrange posted:

Pretty sure that's korean. Or at least the text says so.

Doesnt mean you cant have elevator shenannigans in China:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLjYbISpRbk

not very efficient kan re nao if you have to look through a doorcrack

Zesty
Jan 17, 2012

The Great Twist

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ChesterJT
Dec 28, 2003

Mounty Pumper's Flying Circus

Does the technology not exists to sense an obstruction and stop the elevator? Almost all garage doors these days have magic eyes.

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