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Pretty good
Apr 16, 2007



FrozenVent posted:

Empire Seaworthy[edit]
Empire Seaworthy was a 522 GRT coaster which was built by Goole Shipbuilding and Repairing Co Ltd, Goole. Launched on 27 August 1945 and completed in October 1945. Sold in 1946 to Middle East Coastal Services Ltd, Cyprus and renamed Sidibarrani. Sold in 1951 to Straits Steamship Co Ltd and renamed Semenyih. Sold in 1967 to Sharikat Perk. Sendirian, Malaya. Scrapped in December 1971 in Singapore.
i used to live in Semenyih and there's a supermarket/minimall kinda building called Plaza Semenyih there and the whole time I lived there the "yih" in the building's illuminated sign was busted.

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Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

HAT FETISH posted:

i used to live in Semenyih and there's a supermarket/minimall kinda building called Plaza Semenyih there and the whole time I lived there the "yih" in the building's illuminated sign was busted.

once in boston i saw a Babcock Frozen Yogurt with a neon sign that was half blown out


   BABCOCK
FROZEN YOGURT

and i am 100% positive that the signmaker had a good laugh as he was assembling it, because the tubes were arranged so that it read



   BABCOCK
FROZEN YOGURT

fishmech
Jul 16, 2006

by VideoGames
Salad Prong

Sagebrush posted:

once in boston i saw a Babcock Frozen Yogurt with a neon sign that was half blown out


   BABCOCK
FROZEN YOGURT

and i am 100% positive that the signmaker had a good laugh as he was assembling it, because the tubes were arranged so that it read



   BABCOCK
FROZEN YOGURT

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Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

Hah holy poo poo yep that's the one

Devonaut
Jul 10, 2001

Devoted Astronaut

why

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FMguru
Sep 10, 2003

peed on;
sexually

quote:

Elements with even atomic numbers are generally more common than their neighbors in the periodic table, also due to favorable energetics of formation.

i did not know that! :science:

zetamind2000
Nov 6, 2007

I'm an alien.

In 2008, New Orleans based artist Lil Wayne referenced the chant in his hit single "A Milli" where he raps Who dat say dey gonna beat Lil Wayne even though he is a Green Bay Packers fan.

Dixie Cretin Seaman
Jan 22, 2008

all hat and one catte
Hot Rope Guy
is mitt romney a wikipedian?

lists of black people

FrozenVent
May 1, 2009

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

  • my friend

Trig Discipline
Jun 3, 2008

Please leave the room if you think this might offend you.
Grimey Drawer

gj bringing an uncomfortable racial tension to russell's paradox

maskenfreiheit
Dec 30, 2004
In the 1993 novel "The Eternal Enemy", Christopher Pike came up with a particularly convoluted version of the classic Grandfather paradox: a paradox of time travel in which inconsistencies emerge through changing the past,[4] with the commonly used name coming from the variant - used in various stories, books and films - whereby a person travels to the past and kills their own grandfather, preventing the existence of their father or mother and therefore their own existence.[5] Pike's version begins deceptively with the protagonist Rela seeming an ordinary American teenager - who lives in Los Angeles, is good at her studies, works at a library to earn some dollars, likes "cheerios and boys" and is especially very fond of one specific boy, her classmate Chris. Having suffered amnesia, Rela is unaware that in fact she is a time-traveler from the future, that Chris is in fact her grandfather - and that she had come back in time with the specific intention of killing him. That is because Chris, in addition to becoming her grandfather, would become a brilliant scientist who would create a race of cyborgs and robots - and they would eventually supersede human beings and make humanity extinct. However, even when recovering her memory, Rela can't bring herself to go through with killing Chris - deeply loving him, and knowing the young Chris to be innocent of any wrongdoing which his future self would commit. Rather, it is Rela who gets killed by her grandfather, who in the far future became himself a ruthless, pitiless robot and came back in time to eliminate the threat posed by her. Still, Rela ultimately succeeds in her mission of changing the future and saving humanity - before dying, she manages to leave a secret message to Chris, revealing the truth. Reading it, Chris becomes determined never to create robots and cyborgs, or become one himself.

Dixie Cretin Seaman
Jan 22, 2008

all hat and one catte
Hot Rope Guy

maskenfreiheit posted:

In the 1993 novel "The Eternal Enemy", Christopher Pike came up with a particularly convoluted version of the classic Grandfather paradox: a paradox of time travel in which inconsistencies emerge through changing the past,[4] with the commonly used name coming from the variant - used in various stories, books and films - whereby a person travels to the past and kills their own grandfather, preventing the existence of their father or mother and therefore their own existence.[5] Pike's version begins deceptively with the protagonist Rela seeming an ordinary American teenager - who lives in Los Angeles, is good at her studies, works at a library to earn some dollars, likes "cheerios and boys" and is especially very fond of one specific boy, her classmate Chris. Having suffered amnesia, Rela is unaware that in fact she is a time-traveler from the future, that Chris is in fact her grandfather - and that she had come back in time with the specific intention of killing him. That is because Chris, in addition to becoming her grandfather, would become a brilliant scientist who would create a race of cyborgs and robots - and they would eventually supersede human beings and make humanity extinct. However, even when recovering her memory, Rela can't bring herself to go through with killing Chris - deeply loving him, and knowing the young Chris to be innocent of any wrongdoing which his future self would commit. Rather, it is Rela who gets killed by her grandfather, who in the far future became himself a ruthless, pitiless robot and came back in time to eliminate the threat posed by her. Still, Rela ultimately succeeds in her mission of changing the future and saving humanity - before dying, she manages to leave a secret message to Chris, revealing the truth. Reading it, Chris becomes determined never to create robots and cyborgs, or become one himself.

terminator universe, or star trek universe?

duTrieux.
Oct 9, 2003

maskenfreiheit posted:

In the 1993 novel "The Eternal Enemy", Christopher Pike came up with a particularly convoluted version of the classic Grandfather paradox: a paradox of time travel in which inconsistencies emerge through changing the past,[4] with the commonly used name coming from the variant - used in various stories, books and films - whereby a person travels to the past and kills their own grandfather, preventing the existence of their father or mother and therefore their own existence.[5] Pike's version begins deceptively with the protagonist Rela seeming an ordinary American teenager - who lives in Los Angeles, is good at her studies, works at a library to earn some dollars, likes "cheerios and boys" and is especially very fond of one specific boy, her classmate Chris. Having suffered amnesia, Rela is unaware that in fact she is a time-traveler from the future, that Chris is in fact her grandfather - and that she had come back in time with the specific intention of killing him. That is because Chris, in addition to becoming her grandfather, would become a brilliant scientist who would create a race of cyborgs and robots - and they would eventually supersede human beings and make humanity extinct. However, even when recovering her memory, Rela can't bring herself to go through with killing Chris - deeply loving him, and knowing the young Chris to be innocent of any wrongdoing which his future self would commit. Rather, it is Rela who gets killed by her grandfather, who in the far future became himself a ruthless, pitiless robot and came back in time to eliminate the threat posed by her. Still, Rela ultimately succeeds in her mission of changing the future and saving humanity - before dying, she manages to leave a secret message to Chris, revealing the truth. Reading it, Chris becomes determined never to create robots and cyborgs, or become one himself.

The grandfather paradox was described as early as 1931, and even then it was described as "the age-old argument of preventing your birth by killing your grandparents".[6] Since then, it was repeatedly depicted by various Science-Fiction writers - but never before in quite the way Pike came up with.

akadajet
Sep 14, 2003


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_black_conservatives_in_the_United_States

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



Trig Discipline posted:

gj bringing an uncomfortable racial tension to russell's paradox

:aaaaa:

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

quote:

"Sergeant York" was formerly known as "Allaboard Jules", a racing standardbred gelding. He was renamed (in honor of famous WWI soldier Alvin C. York) when he was accepted into the military in 1997. He served as the riderless horse in President Ronald Reagan's funeral procession, walking behind the caisson bearing Reagan's flag-draped casket.[12]

He was foaled in 1991, sired by Royce and out of the mare Amtrak Collins sired by Computer.

the yosposest horse, child of a train and a computer

GenericOverusedName
Nov 24, 2009

KUVA TEAM EPIC
And a non sexhaver what with being a gelding

H.P. Hovercraft
Jan 12, 2004

one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse
Slippery Tilde
https://mobile.twitter.com/topherflorence/status/901658655405297664

using wikia is unfair tho

zetamind2000
Nov 6, 2007

I'm an alien.


not when it gives us poo poo like this though

https://twitter.com/topherflorence/status/901780598955659265

{{{race}}}

dragon enthusiast
Jan 1, 2010
Some owners even shower with their Savannah cats.[5]

A Pinball Wizard
Mar 23, 2005

I know every trick, no freak's gonna beat my hands

College Slice
Attempts to de-emphasize the historical context of the rape of German women is a serious omission, according to Stuart Liebman and Annette Michelson,[65] and, according to Pascale Bos, is an example of ahistorical, feminist and sexist approach to the wartime rape issue.[66]

a sexist approach to wartime rape

FMguru
Sep 10, 2003

peed on;
sexually
The first Ilsa movie was filmed on the prison camp sets left behind from the Hogan's Heroes television series.[1]

Improbable Lobster
Jan 6, 2012

What is the Matrix 🌐? We just don't know 😎.


Buglord

FMguru posted:

The first Ilsa movie was filmed on the prison camp sets left behind from the Hogan's Heroes television series.[1]

lol

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe

FMguru posted:

The first Ilsa movie was filmed on the prison camp sets left behind from the Hogan's Heroes television series.[1]

Run Ilsa Run

Die Bart Die

Dixie Cretin Seaman
Jan 22, 2008

all hat and one catte
Hot Rope Guy

A Pinball Wizard posted:

feminist and sexist

misandry????

Grassy Knowles
Apr 4, 2003

"The original Terminator was a gritty fucking AMAZING piece of sci-fi. Gritty fucking rock-hard MURDER!"
The 1996 book Witnessed by Budd Hopkins claimed that de Cuellar was one of many witnesses to the alleged November 1989 alien abduction of a woman into a UFO by Brooklyn Bridge, New York; and that de Cuellar may himself also have been abducted on the same occasion. De Cuellar issued a written denial of any involvement, and when questioned about it by a reporter, went to unusual lengths to change the subject.[4]

Schadenboner
Aug 15, 2011

by Shine

Grassy Knowles posted:

The 1996 book Witnessed by Budd Hopkins claimed that de Cuellar was one of many witnesses to the alleged November 1989 alien abduction of a woman into a UFO by Brooklyn Bridge, New York; and that de Cuellar may himself also have been abducted on the same occasion. De Cuellar issued a written denial of any involvement, and when questioned about it by a reporter, went to unusual lengths to change the subject.[4]

:tinfoil:

maskenfreiheit
Dec 30, 2004
The rubber-faced Ernest, almost always dressed in a denim vest and baseball cap, appeared at the door of an unseen and unheard but seemingly unwilling neighbor named Vern. The spots were structured in a way to allow the viewer to be "Vern", as Varney looked directly in the camera whenever Vern was addressed. Ernest's seemingly pointless conversations with Vern – which were actually a monologue due to Vern never responding – inevitably rambled around to a favorable description of the sponsor's product, followed by his signature close, "KnowhutImean?"[8] While Vern is never shown to ever say anything, it is implied that he finds Ernest to be an unwelcome pest due to him trying to slam his door in Ernest's face on a few occasions. Vern also shakes his head "No" whenever Ernest invites him to do something. Ernest, despite having good intentions, is utterly oblivious to Vern's apparent distress regarding him and always regards Vern as his closest buddy and confidant.

H.P. Hovercraft
Jan 12, 2004

one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse
Slippery Tilde
Ernest puts his fighting skills and yo-yo skills together and he does an around the world which knocks Thompson out cold and breaks the Yo-yo to reveal the Eyes of Igoli. The tribe rushes toward them as Rene compliments Ernest on how he's her "Knight in Shining Armor". A few weeks later, Ernest and Rene are about to go on a date. Ernest even paints an ostrich egg and gives it to her as a gift. Sadly, she tells Ernest that the date is off because he's too adventurous for her. Ernest tells Rene he recalls her calling him an ordinary Schmoe. Rene tells him not to let anyone call him an "ordinary Schmoe" because she thinks he is a dynamic schmoe[clarification needed]. Ernest makes a speech on how he is bold and adventurous and then, in conclusion, puts on his hat heroically, forgetting he had set it on the table and put the ostrich egg in it. His only response is "Eeee-heh-hew! Ew! Ew!"

zetamind2000
Nov 6, 2007

I'm an alien.

dynamic schmoe would make a great alt-rock band name

H.P. Hovercraft
Jan 12, 2004

one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse
Slippery Tilde
i love poorly written plot summaries



Postmaster P. and Butch then visit the club in which the Leprechaun has taken up residence. In order to gain entry they dress in drag. Postmaster P then disenchants the Zombie Fly Girls[clarification needed] by having them smoke one of the joints laced with clovers. The duo then goes upstairs to find the Leprechaun who wants the dragged up Postmaster P. to give him a blowjob.

Dixie Cretin Seaman
Jan 22, 2008

all hat and one catte
Hot Rope Guy
The film ends with the Leprechaun rapping about being an evil Irish leprechaun.

^^ peak 90s movie lol

maskenfreiheit
Dec 30, 2004
Cera became interested in acting after viewing Ghostbusters repeatedly when sick with the chicken pox at the age of three.[6] He memorized all the dialogue and idolized Bill Murray.[7] He enrolled in the Second City Toronto and took improvisation classes.[7]

He attended Conestoga Public School, Robert H. Lagerquist Senior Public School and Heart Lake Secondary School until grade nine, but then completed school online through grade 12.[8][9]
Acting

His first role was an unpaid appearance in a Tim Hortons summer camp commercial.[8][9][10] That eventually led to a Pillsbury commercial in which he poked the Pillsbury Doughboy, his first role with lines.[11]

Parahexavoctal
Oct 10, 2004

I AM NOT BEING PAID TO CORRECT OTHER PEOPLE'S POSTS! DONKEY!!

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles/Yoshi773

this is a fetish which I have not hitherto encountered.

NoneMoreNegative
Jul 20, 2000
GOTH FASCISTIC
PAIN
MASTER




shit wizard dad

Parahexavoctal posted:

he poked the Pillsbury Doughboy

this is a fetish which I have not hitherto encountered.

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



Parahexavoctal posted:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles/Yoshi773

this is a fetish which I have not hitherto encountered.

nice. guess thats all that dude cares about.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Yoshi773

Grassy Knowles
Apr 4, 2003

"The original Terminator was a gritty fucking AMAZING piece of sci-fi. Gritty fucking rock-hard MURDER!"

on the subject of yoshi

quote:

Scott Buchanan (born c. 1994),[1] better known under his username pannenkoek2012, is a Super Mario 64 analyst

Suspicious Dish
Sep 24, 2011

2020 is the year of linux on the desktop, bro
Fun Shoe
dude isn't worthless and, in fact, owns

Grassy Knowles
Apr 4, 2003

"The original Terminator was a gritty fucking AMAZING piece of sci-fi. Gritty fucking rock-hard MURDER!"

Suspicious Dish posted:

dude isn't worthless and, in fact, owns

pannekoek is good, wikipedia article bad. hes a video game/systems analyst who specializes in super mario 64. im disappointed in wikipedias myopic vision

and no mention of henry ‘tj’ yoshi, the whole reason for the visit

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Suspicious Dish
Sep 24, 2011

2020 is the year of linux on the desktop, bro
Fun Shoe
nah, don't focus on the memes, focus on his work and his talents. dude's upset and depressed enough as it is

https://imgur.com/a/Hb2Ic

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