June CE thread: I told her I was eating a bag of Dick's

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Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

Xakura posted:

It's just for surface maneuvering (in cold weather), that place is flooded during a dive.

Like a fancy version of the little windscreen put up here

The little windscreen up top? Well obviously that's flooded, is that little space below them what you're talking about? I can't tell if it's a screen of sort it's all dark

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# ? Sep 9, 2024 16:48

bird food bathtub: Aug 9, 2003; College Slice

Milo and POTUS posted:

The little windscreen up top? Well obviously that's flooded, is that little space below them what you're talking about? I can't tell if it's a screen of sort it's all dark

I am not a boat-ologist since I decided the oceans were the realm of Poseidon and trespassing was a bad idea so I stuck with the Army.

So with my complete lack of credentials up front, my understanding is that the entire thing sticking up is flooded as the "tube" shape of the rest of the sub down below is also part of the pressure resistance at lower depths and the thin wedge type shape of the sticky-uppy part would go splat very easily.

# ? Jun 14, 2024 19:51

Crab Dad: Dec 28, 2002; behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB

bird food bathtub posted:

I am not a boat-ologist since I decided the oceans were the realm of Poseidon and trespassing was a bad idea so I stuck with the Army.

So with my complete lack of credentials up front, my understanding is that the entire thing sticking up is flooded as the "tube" shape of the rest of the sub down below is also part of the pressure resistance at lower depths and the thin wedge type shape of the sticky-uppy part would go splat very easily.

Joining the army didn�t make you safe. The army has/had a poo poo ton of ocean going vessels manned by army with army warrant (prior navy enlisted usually ) running them.

# ? Jun 14, 2024 20:28

Soul Dentist: Mar 17, 2009

As a boatologist lemme tell you it's obviously an exhaust stack flapper for the submarine:

# ? Jun 14, 2024 20:28

Elviscat: Jan 1, 2008; Well don't you know I'm caught in a trap?

bird food bathtub posted:

I am not a boat-ologist since I decided the oceans were the realm of Poseidon and trespassing was a bad idea so I stuck with the Army.

So with my complete lack of credentials up front, my understanding is that the entire thing sticking up is flooded as the "tube" shape of the rest of the sub down below is also part of the pressure resistance at lower depths and the thin wedge type shape of the sticky-uppy part would go splat very easily.

This is essentially correct, almost all of the sticky out bit is designed to flood when submerged.

# ? Jun 14, 2024 20:38

Don Dongington: Sep 27, 2005; #ideasboom; College Slice

Why is it called a "coning tower?"

(In Australian bogan vernacular, that would imply it being a place where you might go to smoke a few bongs, which would make sense at surface depth as you could just crack the top and vent the place out)

# ? Jun 15, 2024 03:19

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Don Dongington posted:

Why is it called a "coning tower?"

(In Australian bogan vernacular, that would imply it being a place where you might go to smoke a few bongs, which would make sense at surface depth as you could just crack the top and vent the place out)

"conn" = control the ship

# ? Jun 15, 2024 03:29

hobbesmaster: Jan 28, 2008

Don Dongington posted:

Why is it called a "coning tower?"

(In Australian bogan vernacular, that would imply it being a place where you might go to smoke a few bongs, which would make sense at surface depth as you could just crack the top and vent the place out)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conn_(nautical)

# ? Jun 15, 2024 03:50

Elviscat: Jan 1, 2008; Well don't you know I'm caught in a trap?

Don Dongington posted:

Why is it called a "coning tower?"

(In Australian bogan vernacular, that would imply it being a place where you might go to smoke a few bongs, which would make sense at surface depth as you could just crack the top and vent the place out)

Because that's where conniving piece of poo poo officers go to feel important.

# ? Jun 15, 2024 11:07

ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

Don Dongington posted:

Why is it called a "coning tower?"

(In Australian bogan vernacular, that would imply it being a place where you might go to smoke a few bongs, which would make sense at surface depth as you could just crack the top and vent the place out)

It's to reconiter your situation being on a boat that sinks and how you got here

# ? Jun 15, 2024 11:11

M_Gargantua: Oct 16, 2006; STOMP'N ON INTO THE POWERLINES; Exciting Lemon

A.o.D. posted:

The guy had the financial means and the lack of criminal record to have owned a properly maintained Maxim heavy machine gun. We should be thankful that those kinds of events are done by irrational actors.

The overlap of �chemistry PhD going full Breaking Bad but for terrorism� and �Things that make smart and well resourced people go insane� is small, but continues growing as we get further into late stage capitalism.

Meanwhile the overlap of �American with guns� and �things that make Americans go insane� is pretty obvious.

# ? Jun 15, 2024 15:25

Zamujasa: Oct 27, 2010; Bread Liar

M_Gargantua posted:

The overlap of �chemistry PhD going full Breaking Bad but for terrorism� and �Things that make smart and well resourced people go insane� is small, but continues growing as we get further into late stage capitalism.

Meanwhile the overlap of �American with guns� and �things that make Americans go insane� is pretty obvious.

Americans! :dadjoke:

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Grip it and rip it: Apr 28, 2020

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/16/us/maryland-marijuana-pardons/index.html

Hopefully other Dem governors also follow in Biden's footsteps and start issuing mass pardons for Marijuana offenses.

This guy is only pardoning possession and paraphernalia misdemeanors, but its expected to impact over 100k people. You'd think that with a little encouragement they'd also move on to the nonviolent felonies

# ? Jun 17, 2024 14:26

Handsome Ralph: Sep 3, 2004; Oh boy, posting!
That's where I'm a Viking!

I'm glad Moore is doing this and it's a solid move but the cynical part of me sees this as "MD senate is in play, need those votes to widen the gap!"

Honestly, it'd be nice if Moore continued with this kind of thing and, actually enabled worker protections for those who have medical cards like NYS and CA did. As well as telling state agencies that are non law enforcement, that it's a non issue for hiring/screening purposes.

# ? Jun 17, 2024 16:02

Discussion Quorum: Dec 5, 2002; Armchair Philistine

Handsome Ralph posted:

I'm glad Moore is doing this and it's a solid move but the cynical part of me sees this as "MD senate is in play, need those votes to widen the gap!"

If "doing good things and helping people so people vote for us" is cynical then I would like the Dems to become a lot more cynical, immediately.

# ? Jun 17, 2024 16:14

Handsome Ralph: Sep 3, 2004; Oh boy, posting!
That's where I'm a Viking!

Discussion Quorum posted:

If "doing good things and helping people so people vote for us" is cynical then I would like the Dems to become a lot more cynical, immediately.

No arguments here, I'm just annoyed it seemingly took Hogan throwing his hat into a senate race for this to happen.

Though to his credit, Moore has been a pretty solid governor since he took office. I was prepared to deal with O'Malley/Brown levels of coasting but he's done anything but.

# ? Jun 17, 2024 16:48

Quackles: Aug 11, 2018; Pixels of Light.

Discussion Quorum posted:

If "doing good things and helping people so people vote for us" is cynical then I would like the Dems to become a lot more cynical, immediately.

# ? Jun 17, 2024 18:12

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

Nick Fuentes and his merry band of nazis came to Detroit, trying to do their own America First Political Action Conference (klan meeting) on the heels of Donnie coming to town. For some reason or another, the convention center called the cops to have the conference cancelled on short notice.

So, now a whole bunch of white nationalists are in town with nothing to do. So, they go to a bar and get promptly told to leave. One of these idiots, apparently going by the name Sneako, decides to harass the black bouncer and knock his hat off.

He now has fewer teeth. Superman Punch is at 0:20:

https://twitter.com/copiumx/status/1802198591190057093

Resulting picture is on the right:

https://twitter.com/JadenPMcNeil/status/1802199668027179401

# ? Jun 17, 2024 18:28

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

Another notable thing: a South Jersey Democratic powerbroker just got indicted by the Jersey AG for powerbrokering some real estate deals for himself.

https://x.com/SusanKLivio/status/1802746299030049022?t=4U_u8-nEY9eUG_tpkISfhA&s=19

Alone, that's not enough for a post. What's going on right now makes it postworthy:

https://x.com/MattFriedmanNJ/status/1802753425379033218?t=9aQmFRhQjs5mJp_PPmfUYA&s=19

He's at his own indictment announcement, in the first row, on the bottom right.

# ? Jun 17, 2024 18:40

Vincent Van Goatse: Nov 8, 2006; Enjoy every sandwich.; Smellrose

Discussion Quorum posted:

If "doing good things and helping people so people vote for us" is cynical then I would like the Dems to become a lot more cynical, immediately.

# ? Jun 17, 2024 19:19

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

Discussion Quorum posted:

If "doing good things and helping people so people vote for us" is cynical then I would like the Dems to become a lot more cynical, immediately.

A minor problem is that hard-lefties view incrementalism as selling out for half loafs, rather than a series of policy change wins that can build on each other. Pick your lens on student debt relief, abortion pill access leniency, etc where the administration got shut down, then got cynical and did unilateral policy shifts the most they could only for the winning side to go "meh".

Like on immigration - there was the well-covered crackdown, but an open question as to how much this expansion of deportation protection will be covered in the same circles:

https://x.com/seungminkim/status/1802784857866547548?t=A0_x3zrBdYlWsR69QPMFjw&s=19

And per PBS at https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/biden-to-announce-protections-tuesday-for-undocumented-spouses-of-u-s-citizens-and-dreamers

quote:

The executive action would mark the biggest relief program for undocumented immigrants who have long lived in the U.S. since former President Barack Obama enacted the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in 2012.

The action is expected to also provide protections to a population of undocumented children who are under the age of 21 and whose undocumented parent married a U.S. citizen, according to two of the sources briefed by the White House.

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Soul Dentist: Mar 17, 2009

490k people expected to attend EH event?!

# ? Jun 17, 2024 21:48

Platystemon: Feb 13, 2012; BREADS

Who is excited for a new Surgeon General�s Warning?

NYT posted:

It doesn�t have to be this way. Faced with high levels of car-accident-related deaths in the mid- to late 20th century, lawmakers successfully demanded seatbelts, airbags, crash testing and a host of other measures that ultimately made cars safer. This January the F.A.A. grounded about 170 planes when a door plug came off one Boeing 737 Max 9 while the plane was in the air. And the following month, a massive recall of dairy products was conducted because of a listeria contamination that claimed two lives.

Why is it that we have failed to respond to the harms of social media when they are no less urgent or widespread than those posed by unsafe cars, planes or food? These harms are not a failure of willpower and parenting; they are the consequence of unleashing powerful technology without adequate safety measures, transparency or accountability.

The moral test of any society is how well it protects its children. Students like Tina and mothers like Lori do not want to be told that change takes time, that the issue is too complicated or that the status quo is too hard to alter. We have the expertise, resources and tools to make social media safe for our kids. Now is the time to summon the will to act. Our children�s well-being is at stake.

# ? Jun 17, 2024 22:03

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Platystemon posted:

Who is excited for a new Surgeon General�s Warning?

Maybe they can get one of these for old people stuck at home doing the same thing

# ? Jun 17, 2024 22:24

Arrath: Apr 14, 2011

That Works posted:

Maybe they can get one of these for old people stuck at home doing the same thing

Look it is a boomer's god given right to like and share some obviously AI generated faux inspirational bullshit with a caption like "why can't jesus go viral?"

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Comrade Blyatlov: Aug 4, 2007; should have picked four fingers

one like = respect

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Soul Dentist: Mar 17, 2009

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ded: Oct 27, 2005; Kooler than Jesus

That Works posted:

Maybe they can get one of these for old people stuck at home doing the same thing

watched my dad who was stuck at home with a busted pelvis endless scrolling on facebook. it was military picture/vid, fishing picture/vid, trump supporting meme, our vets meme, DO YOU STILL SUPPORT TRUMP CLICK HERE, ect

he likes watching mil vids and fishing stuff. the rest is poo poo he doesnt care for. but facebook serves it up because of the algorithm

ded fucked around with this message at 00:16 on Jun 18, 2024

# ? Jun 18, 2024 00:12

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

ded posted:

watched my dad who was stuck at home with a busted pelvis endless scrolling on facebook. it was military picture/vid, fishing picture/vid, trump supporting meme, our vets meme, DO YOU STILL SUPPORT TRUMP CLICK HERE, ect

he likes watching mil vids and fishing stuff. the rest is poo poo he doesnt care for. but facebook serves it up because of the algorithm

I have a dummy fb profile. No likes no profile info no followed anything and i just use it to browse Fb marketplace. I get suggestions for Ben Shapiro and TPUSA and some Steven Crowder poo poo. Zero liberal or left recs its either random corpo adverts or right wing stuff.

# ? Jun 18, 2024 01:05

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glue is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

That Works posted:

I have a dummy fb profile. No likes no profile info no followed anything and i just use it to browse Fb marketplace. I get suggestions for Ben Shapiro and TPUSA and some Steven Crowder poo poo. Zero liberal or left recs its either random corpo adverts or right wing stuff.

I have a real profile and constantly get suggestions for PragerU and other Right Wing poo poo and it pisses me off to no end.

# ? Jun 18, 2024 01:41

Hyrax Attack!: Jan 13, 2009; We demand to be taken seriously

That Works posted:

I have a dummy fb profile. No likes no profile info no followed anything and i just use it to browse Fb marketplace. I get suggestions for Ben Shapiro and TPUSA and some Steven Crowder poo poo. Zero liberal or left recs its either random corpo adverts or right wing stuff.

Oh yeah they are ridiculous about that, people have tested brand new computers with zero cookies on YouTube watching the most benign cat videos possible & far right recommendations don�t take long.

# ? Jun 18, 2024 01:44

Nuclear Tourist: Apr 7, 2005

Who browses the internet in TYOOL 2024 without ad blockers out the wazoo?

# ? Jun 18, 2024 01:59

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Nuclear Tourist posted:

Who browses the internet in TYOOL 2024 without ad blockers out the wazoo?

My wife, and I give her poo poo every single time.

# ? Jun 18, 2024 02:09

Bored As Fuck: Jan 1, 2006; Fun Shoe

Ian McKellen taken to hospital after fall during London performance

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ian-mckellen-taken-hospital-fall-london-performance-rcna157624

He's apparently gonna make a full recovery thankfully.

# ? Jun 18, 2024 02:14

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

CommieGIR posted:

I have a real profile and constantly get suggestions for PragerU and other Right Wing poo poo and it pisses me off to no end.

Last election, Facebook would naturally suggest dan bongino and a bunch of random chud hangers-on and they'd always be in the top-ten. Nowadays it's completely random, as boomers get served nothing but garbage AI pink slime like shrimp jesus. I'd bet that romance scams are on the rise because of that AI junk too.

# ? Jun 18, 2024 02:30

Arrath: Apr 14, 2011

Bored As gently caress posted:

Ian McKellen taken to hospital after fall during London performance

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ian-mckellen-taken-hospital-fall-london-performance-rcna157624

He's apparently gonna make a full recovery thankfully.

At 85 I think he might be a tad old to be doing fight scenes on stage.

# ? Jun 18, 2024 02:32

pantslesswithwolves: Oct 28, 2008

Arrath posted:

At 85 I think he might be a tad old to be doing fight scenes on stage.

Gandalf was at least 11,000 years old when he fell into the pits of Mordor with the Balrog; give Sir Ian a little grace despite his youth, okay?

# ? Jun 18, 2024 04:20

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Nuclear Tourist posted:

Who browses the internet in TYOOL 2024 without ad blockers out the wazoo?

Not me. In the Fb thing it was just them serving internal content pages not ads

# ? Jun 18, 2024 10:04

Nuclear Tourist: Apr 7, 2005

Ah, got it. Haven't been on facebook for like 10 years so I'm not sure what it looks like these days.

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# ? Sep 9, 2024 16:48

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Timely https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/youtubes-algorithm-recommends-users-right-wing-religious-content-resea-rcna155478

quote:

In another experiment, researchers created two accounts interested in mommy vloggers � mothers who make video diaries about parenting � that they trained to have different political biases. One of the accounts watched Fox News, and the other watched MSNBC. Despite having watched their respective channels for equal amounts of time, the right-leaning account was later more frequently recommended Fox News than the left-leaning account was recommended MSNBC.

A mommy vlogger account that the left-leaning user had already subscribed to was the most recommended channel.

�These results suggest that right-leaning news content is more frequently recommended than left-leaning,� the study said. Both accounts were also recommended videos by an anti-vaccine influencer.

# ? Jun 18, 2024 17:01

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