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elite_garbage_man
Apr 3, 2010
I THINK THAT "PRIMA DONNA" IS "PRE-MADONNA". I MAY BE ILLITERATE.
naslol

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fishmech
Jul 16, 2006

by VideoGames
Salad Prong
i've heard that lately, people streaming twitch NASCAR games they're playing in are for real pulling away a lot of the younger fanbase that would otherwise go to nascar games irl/watch it on tv

OJ MIST 2 THE DICK
Sep 11, 2008

Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place
Where your crystal minds and magenta feelings
Take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chica cherry cola

-Cheap Trick

Nap Ghost

fishmech posted:

i've heard that lately, people streaming twitch NASCAR games they're playing in are for real pulling away a lot of the younger fanbase that would otherwise go to nascar games irl/watch it on tv

its probably iracing

heated game moment
Oct 30, 2003

Lipstick Apathy
thats probably just as exciting tbh. ive been to a bunch of races and once you get over the noise and speed in person its boring as gently caress unless your hammered drunk (everyone is)

OJ MIST 2 THE DICK
Sep 11, 2008

Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place
Where your crystal minds and magenta feelings
Take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chica cherry cola

-Cheap Trick

Nap Ghost

https://twitter.com/bobpockrass/status/1040663639357677569?s=19

heated game moment
Oct 30, 2003

Lipstick Apathy

they are experiencing the same issues as newpapers. no one wants to pay top dollar for advertising which is their primary revenue stream and most teams cant get enough sponsor money to break even. you have an ever decreasing amount of sponsors who want to spend less money than before and it costs around $30 million a year per car in the top division

notably, nascar itself has right of first refusal when it comes to sponsors so if a team finds a sponsor willing to spend big bucks they can take it for themselves. also there is no kind of revenue sharing between teams

the high costs coupled with a rapidly aging core demographic means they are probably hosed

prisoner of waffles
May 8, 2007

Ah! well a-day! what evil looks
Had I from old and young!
Instead of the cross, the fishmech
About my neck was hung.

incels interlinked posted:

the high costs coupled with a rapidly aging core demographic means they are probably hosed

but enough about workers and consumers in america *laugh track plays*

flakeloaf
Feb 26, 2003

Still better than android clock

incels interlinked posted:

the high costs coupled with a rapidly aging core demographic means they are probably hosed

i'd figured that when i heard a serious announcer-voice man say, in earnest, the phrase "spongebob squarepants four hundred"

Best Bi Geek Squid
Mar 25, 2016
doge car

galaxy bain car

the distracted boyfriend meme car

Mr t ate my balls car

I can come up with these all day you're welcome nascar

Poniard
Apr 3, 2011



finally the mythic barry bonds yams car

flakeloaf
Feb 26, 2003

Still better than android clock

jay-z and nas car

Captain Foo
May 11, 2004

we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

Poniard posted:

finally the mythic barry bonds yams car

qirex
Feb 15, 2001


there was a doge car

mystes
May 31, 2006

Doge Motor Company, a subsidiary of antiFiat Currency Automobiles

TheFluff
Dec 13, 2006

FRIENDS, LISTEN TO ME
I AM A SEAGULL
OF WEALTH AND TASTE

Munkeymon posted:

how do they fit the timers in the box?

they just make a bigger box duh

in case you're actually curious, they typically look like this:



the timers are controlled by the black knobs at the bottom and are pretty much just glorified mechanical egg timers.

Shifty Pony
Dec 28, 2004

Up ta somethin'


fishmech posted:

again no, it'd literally just harm the few non-rich who manage to get in. because they still need to like travel between dc and their home district, have a place to live, etc

yeah about the only way you could even remotely hope to make it work is if you gave officeholders one hell of a lifetime salary and expense account but made any outside income illegal and require forfeiture of all assets (including ownership stakes) into a government managed blind trust which cannot be withdrawn from and only pays out dividends up to a multiple of the salary. you'd also have to rope in their spouse.

basically you'd have to make them set for life and completely remove their ability to supplement their income. there's still probably a million ways unscrupulous people could bypass the restrictions and those that followed them would see an unending march of "Representative Smith spent taxpayer money on prime porterhouse steak" type scandals.

even if it worked perfectly and made office radioactive for people like Trump it would make it a ripe target for other grifters.

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
china has that cool idea where they execute you for government corruption

sure it's not a perfect system but that part is p cool

i'm from louisiana tho so maybe i'm biased

big scary monsters
Sep 2, 2011

-~Skullwave~-
the answer is clearly a single term limit followed by execution for all public offices

e:

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

china has that cool idea where they execute you for government corruption

sure it's not a perfect system but that part is p cool
china stealing my ideas before they're even posted now

big scary monsters fucked around with this message at 18:44 on Oct 2, 2018

Roosevelt
Jul 18, 2009

I'm looking for the man who shot my paw.

kim jong un personally disintegrated his corrupt treasonous uncle with an AA gun

prisoner of waffles
May 8, 2007

Ah! well a-day! what evil looks
Had I from old and young!
Instead of the cross, the fishmech
About my neck was hung.

Roosevelt posted:

kim jong un personally disintegrated his corrupt treasonous uncle with an AA gun

kinda wild how gun sizes work. huge difference between an AA gun and a BB gun

fishmech
Jul 16, 2006

by VideoGames
Salad Prong

Roosevelt posted:

kim jong un personally disintegrated his corrupt treasonous uncle with an AA gun

the russians used a pencil

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

fishmech posted:

the russians used a pencil

i knew there was something off with that 100mil count

flakeloaf
Feb 26, 2003

Still better than android clock

fishmech posted:

the russians used a pencil

americans prefer getting the job done with a good hb

Gazpacho
Jun 18, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
Slippery Tilde

Roosevelt posted:

kim jong un personally disintegrated his corrupt treasonous uncle with an AA gun
well. maybe he had done really bad things?

in a well actually
Jan 26, 2011

dude, you gotta end it on the rhyme

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

china has that cool idea where they execute you for government corruption

sure it's not a perfect system but that part is p cool

i'm from louisiana tho so maybe i'm biased

one of those things only enforced against those not in power (trump lol)

mewse
May 2, 2006

flakeloaf posted:

americans prefer getting the job done with a good hb

h1b?

infernal machines
Oct 11, 2012

we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

TheFluff posted:

glorified mechanical egg timers.

how long does a mechanical egg take anyway?

FuturePastNow
May 19, 2014


nascar is a revolving billboard surrounded by rednecks

Agile Vector
May 21, 2007

scrum bored



fishmech posted:

the russians used an airbrush

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

hb10

prisoner of waffles
May 8, 2007

Ah! well a-day! what evil looks
Had I from old and young!
Instead of the cross, the fishmech
About my neck was hung.

https://resistancehole.clickhole.com/bad-news-for-the-resistance-sources-close-to-mueller-1826194497

quote:

Bad News For The #Resistance: Sources Close To Mueller Are Suggesting The Pee Tape Is Real, But It Is Hot As Hell, Maybe The Sexiest Event Ever Caught On Camera

For those holding out hope that the infamous pee tape will eventually surface and expose President Trump for the depraved monster he truly is, sadly it’s now looking like, if anything, the video will only make him more popular than ever: According to new intel from sources close to Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the pee tape is indeed real, but it is reportedly hot as hell—perhaps the sexiest event ever caught on camera in human history.

Sorry, #Resistance, but it doesn’t look like this one’s going to play out in our favor.

Chris Knight
Jun 5, 2002

me @ ur posts


Fun Shoe

prisoner of waffles posted:

kinda wild how gun sizes work. huge difference between an AA gun and a BB gun

President Beep
Apr 30, 2009





i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)

Poniard posted:

finally the mythic barry bonds yams car

:prepop:

Cocoa Crispies
Jul 20, 2001

Vehicular Manslaughter!

Pillbug

prisoner of waffles posted:

kinda wild how gun sizes work. huge difference between an AA gun and a BB gun

Stymie
Jan 9, 2001

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Roosevelt posted:

kim jong un personally disintegrated his corrupt treasonous uncle with an AA gun

until he mysteriously reappeared perfectly fine because the story was entirely western propaganda

Moist von Lipwig
Oct 28, 2006

by FactsAreUseless
Tortured By Flan

prisoner of waffles posted:

kinda wild how gun sizes work. huge difference between an AA gun and a BB gun

lol

Roosevelt
Jul 18, 2009

I'm looking for the man who shot my paw.

Stymie posted:

until he mysteriously reappeared perfectly fine because the story was entirely western propaganda

president :dogtits:

President Beep
Apr 30, 2009





i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)

prisoner of waffles posted:

kinda wild how gun sizes work. huge difference between an AA gun and a BB gun



#wow #whoa #showerthoughts

Gazpacho
Jun 18, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
Slippery Tilde

Stymie posted:

until he mysteriously reappeared perfectly fine because the story was entirely western propaganda
this hasn't happened

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Stymie
Jan 9, 2001

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Gazpacho posted:

this hasn't happened

it certainly has

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