Random Stranger posted:

I never thought finding the message "ice is food" on my bag to be mildly strange would turn out to be so controversial.

Nordick posted:

Basically the only thing I remember from The 13th Warrior is that part where Banderas is struggling with the viking sword because it's ohhhh so heavy and cumbersome ugh, and then he has the smith reshape the blade into a scimitar and then he can spin it around like a cool ninja dervish eventhough the sword isn't any smaller, and that was just so monumentally loving stupid I've had my nerd knickers in a huge twist ever since.

Kwyndig posted:

You do know that where the weight is balanced on a weapon changes what muscles you use to swing it, right? A scimitar is balanced completely differently than a stabbing sword, even though they might be the same size.

Random Stranger posted:

I never thought finding the message "ice is food" on my bag to be mildly strange would turn out to be so controversial.

Phanatic posted:

It is weird. The ice lockers outside the convenience stores here are of a brand that proclaims "Packaged ice is a food!" complete with exclamation point. Turns out that the FDA does indeed regulate packaged ice like it does other foods, but I'm still at an utter loss as to why you'd advertise it as such.

Mierenneuker posted:

From The 13th Warrior I mainly remember the scene near the campfire where Banderas suddenly starts understanding what the vikings are saying. It's a bit silly, but it's a pretty smooth way to transition to all of them speaking English.

And it's not like a movie with a Spaniard playing an Arab was going to be authentic anyway.

Phanatic posted:

It is weird. The ice lockers outside the convenience stores here are of a brand that proclaims "Packaged ice is a food!" complete with exclamation point. Turns out that the FDA does indeed regulate packaged ice like it does other foods, but I'm still at an utter loss as to why you'd advertise it as such.

Mierenneuker posted:

From The 13th Warrior I mainly remember the scene near the campfire where Banderas suddenly starts understanding what the vikings are saying. It's a bit silly, but it's a pretty smooth way to transition to all of them speaking English.

And it's not like a movie with a Spaniard playing an Arab was going to be authentic anyway.

Nordick posted:

Basically the only thing I remember from The 13th Warrior is that part where Banderas is struggling with the viking sword because it's ohhhh so heavy and cumbersome ugh, and then he has the smith reshape the blade into a scimitar and then he can spin it around like a cool ninja dervish eventhough the sword isn't any smaller, and that was just so monumentally loving stupid I've had my nerd knickers in a huge twist ever since.

Bloody Hedgehog posted:

Accidentally buying frozen "mank" water and ingesting it isn't something you need to worry about in non-poo poo countries.

Bogan King posted:

So people know that it is food grade ice and safe to be around other foods you want to use to keep cool / put in drinks or what ever. Rather than just frozen mank water that could be used to chill something but you wouldn't want to ingest. Seems pretty sensible to have the FDA to regulate something that - while not of any caloric value - is consumed.

Data Graham posted:

Could they not label it as FOOD GRADE or POTABLE or SAFE TO EAT or something clear like that? Instead of something so bizarre we've been talking for like a page about what it could possibly mean?

Data Graham posted:

Could they not label it as FOOD GRADE or POTABLE or SAFE TO EAT or something clear like that? Instead of something so bizarre we've been talking for like a page about what it could possibly mean?

Dungeon Ecology posted:

i dont know what 'mank' water is

but im pretty sure i know what 'wank' water is

PCOS Bill posted:

Noted Child Pornography Purchaser Kurt Eichenwald

Mierenneuker posted:

From The 13th Warrior I mainly remember the scene near the campfire where Banderas suddenly starts understanding what the vikings are saying. It's a bit silly, but it's a pretty smooth way to transition to all of them speaking English.

And it's not like a movie with a Spaniard playing an Arab was going to be authentic anyway.

Phanatic posted:

It is weird. The ice lockers outside the convenience stores here are of a brand that proclaims "Packaged ice is a food!" complete with exclamation point. Turns out that the FDA does indeed regulate packaged ice like it does other foods, but I'm still at an utter loss as to why you'd advertise it as such.

RFC2324 posted:

This is the best movie.

Go Beowulf!

Pigsfeet on Rye posted:

Well, it is low-fat and gluten-free.

PCOS Bill posted:

Noted Child Pornography Purchaser Kurt Eichenwald

Dungeon Ecology posted:

arabs? in my iberian peninsula? its more likely than u think

BrianBoitano posted:

Why is he not in jail?

quote:

In 2005, he wrote a group of New York Times articles about online child pornography. One of those articles was about Justin Berry, a then-18 year old who operated pornographic websites featuring himself and other teen males.[6][7] For this reporting, he received the Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism, for "preserving the editorial integrity of an important story while reaching out to assist his source, Justin Berry, in reporting on Berry’s involvement in child pornography."[8] He was also later criticized when it came to light that he had given Berry an undisclosed $2,000 before writing the articles

Pakled posted:

PCOS Bill believes that there exists a massive pedo conspiracy covering the media, Hollywood, and the Democratic Party, so yeah

FreudianSlippers posted:

It's not exactly secret that Hollywood is crawling with pedophiles but I doubt that the Democrats are actually running a child sex ring out of a pizza place.

Boinks posted:

Dem pedo got busted with a bunch of child porn last week but it's not a funny picture.

syscall girl posted:

I'm not sure where it falls on the line (to the right would be my guess) but a huge bunch of DoD guys got "busted" with cp on their Pentagon/work machines

So many in fact that everyone had to just shrug and say there wasn't anything to do for it

bobjr posted: