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Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

Based on the cover image, the reason they're taking about a new golden age is because Florida is underwater.

I wonder if the article was actually a bait and switch, like "we are facing the possibility of an incredible new golden era for humanity...but it's not going to happen the way we're going"

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PokeJoe
Aug 24, 2004

hail cgatan


it's not, you can still go read it now. the author is still writing the same poo poo today iirc except the good stuff doesn't happen till the 30s now

NoneMoreNegative
Jul 20, 2000
GOTH FASCISTIC
PAIN
MASTER




shit wizard dad

https://twitter.com/WYR_bot/status/1418544611740590080

:thunk:

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

PokeJoe posted:

it's not, you can still go read it now. the author is still writing the same poo poo today iirc except the good stuff doesn't happen till the 30s now

huh. why did they use an image of the earth with like a 300-foot sea level rise?

Kenny Logins
Jan 11, 2011

EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP AND OPEN PALM SLAM A WHITE WHALE INTO THE PEQUOD. IT'S HELL'S HEART AND RIGHT THEN AND THERE I STRIKE AT THEE ALONGSIDE WITH THE MAIN CHARACTER, ISHMAEL.
https://twitter.com/tacticaldipshit/status/1418587397244157965?s=21

PokeJoe
Aug 24, 2004

hail cgatan


Sagebrush posted:

huh. why did they use an image of the earth with like a 300-foot sea level rise?

Idk, ask them

https://mobile.twitter.com/peterschwartz2?lang=en

https://mobile.twitter.com/peteleyden?lang=en

Here's the article, it's full of incorrect predictions about the future

https://www.wired.com/1997/07/longboom/

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts

PokeJoe posted:

Here's the article, it's full of incorrect predictions about the future

aka wireds entire published catalog

MiniFoo
Dec 25, 2006

METHAMPHETAMINE

PokeJoe posted:

Here's the article, it's full of incorrect predictions about the future

https://www.wired.com/1997/07/longboom/

8-year-old me: this article is too difficult to read, I'm going to go play Nintendo

32-year-old me: this article loving sucks lmao, I'm going to go play Nintendo

Jonny 290
May 5, 2005



[ASK] me about OS/2 Warp
challenge for everybody: post the line that makes you open palm slam the close tab button on that one


quote:

Second, a new integrated market was devised for half the world—the so-called free world—in part through the creation of institutions like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

PokeJoe
Aug 24, 2004

hail cgatan


Jonny 290 posted:

challenge for everybody: post the line that makes you open palm slam the close tab button on that one

It receives a further stimulus when the baby boomers begin retiring en masse in 2011.

jesus WEP
Oct 17, 2004


Jonny 290 posted:

challenge for everybody: post the line that makes you open palm slam the close tab button on that one

quote:

Jonny 290 posted:

Ellie Crabcakes
Feb 1, 2008

Stop emailing my boyfriend Gay Crungus

Agile Vector
May 21, 2007

scrum bored



Jonny 290 posted:

challenge for everybody: post the line that makes you open palm slam the close tab button on that one

you need to exempt the subtitle and first paragraph to give it a sporting chance

Jonny 290
May 5, 2005



[ASK] me about OS/2 Warp
i mean right around this time i was very popular science lib brain as hell too

i was also 17

Gnossiennes
Jan 7, 2013


Loving chairs more every day!

it's normal to have child brain when you are a child

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts

Jonny 290 posted:

i mean right around this time i was very popular science lib brain as hell too

i was also 17

back when we still thought we had a future lol

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts
anyways this is so cursed yet so funny and sorry if you get it

https://twitter.com/HowellDawdy/status/1418687266638254082

Kenny Logins
Jan 11, 2011

EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP AND OPEN PALM SLAM A WHITE WHALE INTO THE PEQUOD. IT'S HELL'S HEART AND RIGHT THEN AND THERE I STRIKE AT THEE ALONGSIDE WITH THE MAIN CHARACTER, ISHMAEL.
https://twitter.com/yeoldedad/status/1418798141642461186?s=21

Kenny Logins
Jan 11, 2011

EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP AND OPEN PALM SLAM A WHITE WHALE INTO THE PEQUOD. IT'S HELL'S HEART AND RIGHT THEN AND THERE I STRIKE AT THEE ALONGSIDE WITH THE MAIN CHARACTER, ISHMAEL.
https://twitter.com/senatorivy/status/1418819334470868998?s=21

Powerful Two-Hander
Mar 10, 2004

Mods please change my name to "Tooter Skeleton" TIA.


tfw the deadline is near so you just copy poo poo straight off Wikipedia

https://twitter.com/koryodynasty/status/1418600598631436293?s=20

quote:

However, there were others that drew criticism. When Ukraine’s athletes walked out MBC flashed up an image of the Chernobyl disaster, which is considered the worst nuclear accident in history and devastated large parts of the surrounding area. The Marshall Islands were described as “once a nuclear test site for the United States”.

NoneMoreNegative
Jul 20, 2000
GOTH FASCISTIC
PAIN
MASTER




shit wizard dad

https://twitter.com/GoodQuora/status/1418491002315280392?s=20

:hmmyes: all checks out

ultrafilter
Aug 23, 2007

It's okay if you have any questions.


https://twitter.com/sherrying/status/1418643446256922624

animist
Aug 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/nervouswhitedad/status/1418646806204911617

flakeloaf
Feb 26, 2003

Still better than android clock

.dll gribble

dpkg chopra
Jun 9, 2007

Fast Food Fight

Grimey Drawer

I hate everything about that but I especially hat the start bar at the top.

fack you
Sep 12, 2002

For Life

flakeloaf posted:

.dll gribble

mods name change pretty please

KoRMaK
Jul 31, 2012



flakeloaf posted:

.dll gribble
spectacular

NoneMoreNegative
Jul 20, 2000
GOTH FASCISTIC
PAIN
MASTER




shit wizard dad


Dale Greebled

MrQueasy
Nov 15, 2005

Probiot-ICK
https://twitter.com/a__biggs/status/1417963152197799943

Kenny Logins
Jan 11, 2011

EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP AND OPEN PALM SLAM A WHITE WHALE INTO THE PEQUOD. IT'S HELL'S HEART AND RIGHT THEN AND THERE I STRIKE AT THEE ALONGSIDE WITH THE MAIN CHARACTER, ISHMAEL.
outstanding

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

it was funnier when michael bolton did it imo

Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




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

MrQueasy
Nov 15, 2005

Probiot-ICK

Different boob energy, though.

Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




Michael is a bit of a boob though

MrQueasy
Nov 15, 2005

Probiot-ICK

Displeased Moo Cow posted:

Michael is a bit of a boob though

That's why I said different.

Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




oh sorry. I ruined le joke :(


https://twitter.com/dasharez0ne/status/1419046261743890434?s=20

MrQueasy
Nov 15, 2005

Probiot-ICK

Displeased Moo Cow posted:

oh sorry. I ruined le joke :(

It's not your fault. He's the one who sucks.

https://twitter.com/rockerskating/status/1418986281036566537

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts
your_posting.mov

https://twitter.com/Jomboy_/status/1419117267577671681

Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




MrQueasy posted:

It's not your fault. He's the one who sucks.

nice office space reference.

unrelated
https://twitter.com/the_ironsheik/status/1419023229725945856?s=20

Moo Cowabunga fucked around with this message at 05:13 on Jul 25, 2021

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MrQueasy
Nov 15, 2005

Probiot-ICK
https://twitter.com/Ask_Spectrum/status/1419152542710173699?s=20

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