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Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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Midjack posted:

jack abramoff is going back to jail for this one too.

well i guess abram's gonna have to learn how to do it for himself

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Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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Boxturret posted:

imagine thinking for a second that andreas created a thing

are you saying he didn't come up with that sweet logo himself?

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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https://twitter.com/JohnWRichKid/status/1435448775263375365

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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i don't think posting everything online the second that you hear you're being sued by a regulatory body is a sound legal strategy, but maybe that's why i'm not a chief legal officer

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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couldn't orb just keep a copy of everyone's eye pattern? 'cuz that's what i'd do, you know, just in case i ever felt like taking everybody's money and running

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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this is the same community that gave us "honest ponzis"

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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lol you got out from under all those pesky, burdensome regulations. congrats!

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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"wasn't our fault, it was the DDoS. or maybe the ransoms. anyway cya suckers"

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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huh, weird that his phone would autocorrect it to that

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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how in the gently caress does penny arcade keep on looking worse

like, is whatsisname doing it on purpose? that might actually be impressive in a weird sort of way

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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it's no "raped to sleep by the dickwolves" but it'll do, i guess

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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Powerful Two-Hander posted:

was it that? I haven't read it in like 20 years but wasn't it about, idk, unbreakable crypto or something?


here's a shameful confession: I read the entire Baroque Cycle

the main plot was about the characters starting up a gold-backed cryptocurrency. the good thing about it, tho, was it made me realize i didn't have to read neal stephenson

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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gschmidl posted:

Lolli is just short for lollipop, at least in German. I didn't realize/think about "loli" being short for Lolita though :doh:

a friend of my gf's wanted to name her baby "lolli", as in short for lollipop. i told her to spell it with one less l and type it into google

she picked a different name

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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yeah, that was it

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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forgot whether i was in the bitcoin or the elon thread for a minute

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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smellmycheese posted:

what , really, is the difference between a book and these 5 min pornhub films I tug my little cock to ?

well, with a book you got something right there to clean up with

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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imagine spending the holidays explaining to friends and family how you lost all your money because you "invested" it with one of the dumbest motherfuckers on earth

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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i know we're not supposed to wish prison violence on anyone, but i really hope the other inmates forcibly give him a fuckin haircut

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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ymgve posted:

could it be a medically induced coma? do they keep people in medically induced comas for several months?

they generally time them for maximum dramatic or comedic effect

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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blugu64 posted:



lol

https://twitter.com/LukeDashjr/status/1609802775688548354?s=20

edit: part of me wants to reread his tweets to see if he's doing a doll hairs thing and trying to get people to give him bitcoins or something.

just walking into labcorp and demanding the paranoia panel

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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every breath you take is about stalking your ex wife

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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the dude is just pathologically incapable of shutting the gently caress up about his crimes

i am absolutely in awe

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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more falafel please posted:

i wish highway gothic was actually the achewood font, or that the achewood font was available anywhere

i thought blue highway was the achewood font

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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NoneMoreNegative posted:

This is what I have been using, it's 99% good but I'm guessing he had some custom weight / leading / kerning set and I can never get it 100% correct - maybe the Photoshop type tools aren't up to the job but I don't have an Illustrator install.

yeah it seems to be something about how the font gets antialiased? is that what you'd call it? when it's shrunk to the size / resolution the comic uses. ah well, still good enough for putting your friends' names instead of "todd" in there or whatever you're shopping up achewoods for

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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Doom Mathematic posted:

You can encode a 32-bit number by selectively removing adult teeth from a person's jaw. There's an Iain Banks book where someone does that to a guy.

surface dental

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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"well there's no way i can prove the money isn't being laundered, monero is untraceable" ahahahahahaha

doesn't sound like a great feature now, does it?

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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quote:

Sorry man for all the downvotes and the trouble you're in.Hope you have some XMR so you can pay your bills, maybe by swapping for fiat cash via localmonero.

You wanted to comply with the law and pay taxes and the state hosed you over just for selling software. I guess the moral of the story for the future is: go underground, only take XMR payments and don't pay any taxes. It just shows why we need Monero.

I can't give you any advice, best get a lawyer.

just for selling software :allears:

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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EricBauman posted:

brb, im opening a company called kyc wealth management

after the rugpull you can change the name to kys wealth management

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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Sweevo posted:

remember when that came out and a bunch of people claimed the cgi was so good that soon real actors would be obsolete

no no, they were saying that and then the movie came out

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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that is like, the best picture of shaq that has ever been taken

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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oh, well if it's 100% safe and secure, then i guess it's okay

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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i think the "so are y'all millionaires yet" one is still my favorite

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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Ariong posted:

Which one is that?

AITA for making fun of my BIL after he lost a poo poo ton of money investing in crypto?

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So my(27M) SIL’s husband(31M) is a piece of work. He’s a bit of a braggart and gets off on boasting about his money and the things he’s bought with said money. Me and my wife aren’t exactly struggling, but we’re not as well off as them.

Every time we visit them, he’ll pull me aside to show off whatever new gadget he bought. Whenever we go out to dinner with them, he’ll insist on paying in the most condescending way possible. He’ll also try to give me financial advice which is just annoying.

My wife doesn’t like him, but she puts up with it since she’s very close to her sister. I’m kinda close to my wife, so I put up with it for her.

So he got into crypto a year ago and shortly after NFTs. I work in finance and have learned a decent amount about crypto. I’m not some expert, but it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see how it’s a ponzi scheme. When he brought me this advice we argued on it. He accused me of not wanting to give my wife the life she deserves.

He also said that he was going to make his family millionaires and called me naïve for not wanting to join in. Idk if y’all have been watching the news lately but a lot of cryptos aren’t doing so hot. We hosted them for dinner with them last night. It was awkward. There was some tension there, but I really couldn’t tell why.

In a period of silence, I asked him, “So are y’all millionaires yet?” In that moment my wife’s sister put her head down into her hands and was in tears in seconds. Her husband explained he bet money they couldn’t afford on various cryptos that crashed. He lost a poo poo ton of money and said unless they figure something out they won’t be able to stay in their house or pay for their 2 daughters’ preschool.

I was immediately met with a glare from him and my wife. I felt bad but I honestly didn’t know and I wouldn’t have mocked him. I knew He lost money but I didn’t know he was going to lose that much.

On when they left, my wife accused me of being in a dick measuring cons test against my him and said I took it too far. I tried to argue that he started it and she told me I was being a child.

AITA?

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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the only difference between a dumpster fire and a traditional dumpster is that one is on fire

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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wasn't "whoops, looks like everybody invested in the same ponzi" exactly what happened with pirateat40's poo poo?

i mean i'm not real surprised that nobody in crypto learned anything, it's just kinda funny is all

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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i'm sensing a strong correlation between the number of wedgies a dude got in school and the number of lovely crypto investments he got into later in life

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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guy scrolling through hats on amazon, thinking "maaan, i really want a fedora but i don't want people to think i'm an rear end in a top hat" and he finally lands on this fuckin thing

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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saying ross got busted for making a website is like saying john wayne gacy got in trouble because he didn't call before digging in his crawlspace

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Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

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FMguru posted:

did someone mention ross?!?!

https://twitter.com/PatrickJBlum/status/1708568291915313315
:qq:

e: lol the full tweet is one of those 4000 word mini-novels. nice "micro-blogging" service youre running there elon

so what's the status on paying to have people killed to protect your drug empire, these days? is the world celebrating that particular disruptive force that he championed

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