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Vincent Van Goatse posted:They once banned an autistic man for asking chicken questions in the PI chicken thread. That was a low point, but they also gave us one of the greatest ever threads https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3610831&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1
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Apr 3, 2021 19:08
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CainFortea posted:I read the first page and was all "Oh, normal PI posters just being super assholes, nothing weird about this" but then I got to the 2nd page. I should have included this link too, it may be the only time a mod chat thread got goldmined and has more info https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3611265
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Apr 3, 2021 20:06
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pantslesswithwolves posted:I always forget about that thread and how sad it makes me feel at first, then I read the plot twist and just get teeth-grinding mad. gently caress Wojtek; dude should never be allowed to care for a living thing and I wonder if CPS came by to rehome his kids with a nice family with two adopted golden retrievers. For sure, too bad the thread images have been lost to time. Kinda like the thread where the guy in I think North Dakota had his kids taken away and the images he shared of his dire home living environment quickly made the forum side with CPS.
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Apr 3, 2021 20:09
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facialimpediment posted:So Donnie hits his people with the hard sell last year, causing zillions of credit card chargebacks and fraud claims. The NRCC's lesson from that is that they didn't start the scam soon enough or hard enough. Wow. Yeah from the Nytimes article the takeaway did seem to be that this generated a lot of money so it should be done on a wider scale. They're getting into "Oral Roberts demanding tithes or God is calling him home" territory.
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Apr 7, 2021 18:00
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Stultus Maximus posted:There will always be canadians who aren't good at much but hitting someone. That was Derek Boogaard. quote:A native of Saskatchewan, where he grew up in several different communities as the son of a Mountie, he was known primarily as a fighter and enforcer throughout his career, from junior hockey to the pros. His fighting prowess earned him the nicknames of "Boogeyman" and "The Mountie", and made him a favourite with fans. In 2007, he was voted as the second most intimidating player in the NHL, behind Georges Laraque, who attributed his retirement in part to a desire to avoid the serious injury Boogaard could inflict, such as the cheekbone fracture Todd Fedoruk suffered that had to be repaired with metal plates. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Boogaard Cugel the Clever posted:It'll be interesting to see whether American football will ever see a serious reckoning for all the brain trauma inflicted. I just don't see it happening, though, as even those fans who acknowledge the reality of the issue seem to reluctantly accept it. And there's plenty more who just don't give a gently caress about the lives impacted. It's all too easy to turn a blind eye to. You're right, something I've heard that might be the Big Deal wouldn't be from the NFL or NCAA, but if school districts start losing class action lawsuits from former players. If they can't get insurance anymore it would dent the pipeline. I have some cousins whose family put a big focus on football in high school for their two boys. One is in his early 20s and still struggles with weight as he was told to put on pounds to be on the offensive line. The other is just finishing high school and is borderline illiterate. Neither is gonna make headlines but football didn't improve their lives.
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Apr 8, 2021 18:25
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mlmp08 posted:Thank you! Whoa nice. Bob Hoskins was perfect for that role. Interesting to see their other casting options, Harrison Ford might have been ok but Chevy Chase no way. Robin Williams would have been fun, dunno about Bill Murray. He's great but not sure if non-stop sarcasm would have worked if he was bouncing off the rabbit instead of Egon.
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Apr 8, 2021 20:27
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Mr. Nice! posted:You want a straight man comic not a goof. Put Leslie Nielsen in there. Oh man that's a headscratcher. He's of course fantastic in Naked Gun and Airplane, but he's playing an insane person in an absurd world. Eddie Valiant isn't insane and his actions are rational, although he does adapt to use the tools of a bizarre world. I don't know if it would play to Nielsen's strengths to have him try to come across as a believable burned out alcoholic LA 50s detective. I think he'd still be good but very different movie. Stravag posted:Murray has been a "is his murrayness being dilluted by enough other actors to make him tolerable" since i was a kid. I can only imagine all the murray worship is from people who watched ghostbusters once when they were 5.his best role was the lawnskeeper in caddyshack because it was just enough of him Caddyshack is good but I'd say Groundhog Day was his strongest role where switching him out would weaken the film. He's allowed to be sarcastic as part of his character's jackassedness, but becomes sincere and caring about others so the snark mostly goes away in a believable way. CainFortea posted:As much as I love williams I don't think he could possibly play the straight man in a loony toons adventure. That's true, no way he'd rein in his zanyness. Maybe he could have been Judge Doom but no need to switch out Christopher Lloyd.
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Apr 8, 2021 22:03
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Hekk posted:Really making me wanna abuse IK powers with this hot take. Groundhog Day is a great movie that popularized an entire sub genre. Plus the Stargate SG-1 Groundhog Day plot was the best episode.
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Apr 9, 2021 00:07
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In WA state if you're a Medal of Honor recipient you don't have to renew your tabs. If you're a Pearl Harbor survivor you gotta pay the tab fee, but they waive the license plate fee. I wonder if you got the medal while defending Pearl Harbor if they'd make a combo plate.
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Apr 9, 2021 17:42
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Stellar Curiosity posted:So this is blowing up: (Carl Bildt, former PM, and former minister for foreign affairs of Sweden) Why would Germany have invaded Sweden? They were already getting iron ore imports, allowed to move troops through Swedish territory, and Allied occupation of Sweden wasn't likely. Especially after Barbarossa I don't think Germany was eager to start another front with a peaceful trading partner.
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Apr 9, 2021 22:11
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hobbesmaster posted:Probably just someone that had to be right no matter what. The more things change... Oh yeah the guys who landed gliders on Sicily, during D-Day, or Market Garden had it rough. The British lost 200 guys to crashed gliders during Sicily due to awful conditions.
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Apr 10, 2021 04:54
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Midjack posted:He did two or three threads and they were all fascinating. It was just too bad he made some gross posts that were kind of defending a MMO player who was severely creeping on teenage girls and got banned for it. Oh yeah didn’t he mention being assigned undercover to anti-civil rights protesters, so he was probably the only goon who threw a rock towards MLK?
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Apr 12, 2021 03:01
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Flying_Crab posted:except they're not going to be responding to misdemeanor crimes or pulling people over for traffic poo poo (and shooting them) To add to that last one: quote:Balcerzak first gained national attention in 1991, when he was fired for having handed over an injured child to serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, despite bystanders' protests. He appealed his termination and was subsequently reinstated. Balcerzak retired from the Milwaukee Police Department in 2017. quote:In May 2005, Balcerzak was elected president of the Milwaukee Police Association, defeating Sebastian Raclaw by a vote of 521 to 453. As president, he was criticized for failing to protect officers from mandatory overtime and not supporting African-American officer Alfonzo Glover, who was charged with homicide on 30 May 2006, and later committed suicide on the same day. By June 2006, the union vice president had resigned because of disagreements with Balcerzak's "leadership style". A petition to remove Balcerzak was filed and a recall election was held in August 2006. The results were 213 for a recall and 397 to retain him. At an October 9, 2009, trustee election, John Balcerzak was not re-elected as a trustee, thus having to vacate his position as president on December 31, 2009. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Balcerzak Sounds like he's retired and enjoying life, almost certainly with a six figure pension. Just like William Calley is free and enjoying his golden years in Florida.
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Apr 12, 2021 18:20
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(gently caress MPD too)
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Eason the Fifth posted:lol. I was in second phase on Parris Island for 9/11, so it was almost literally the "War Were Declared" bit from Futurama. Extremely cool to spend my full six dealing with Iraq and Afghanistan; twenty's gotta be a treat. Hope you at least got the discount on the ham gum
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Apr 13, 2021 19:16
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Whoa Madoff died in prison. Thought for sure he’d figure out a way to get out
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Apr 14, 2021 14:31
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Love to have a piece of unmelted butter on top of five pancakes resting on a thin layer of syrup. The breakfast from "pancakes/divorce/pancakes" looked more appealing.
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Apr 15, 2021 18:53
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MazelTovCocktail posted:Finland as mentioned above, but that system is just as bad, it assumes a person doesn’t have substantial expenses and just treats there income as all profit (and no I’m defending the super rich, just idea of pegging it to income), which I don’t like. I mean what if you lost your job, medical emergencies, kid related things, I just don’t like it. I wish we had their openness about tax records: quote:When top earners’ tax returns are published in Finland, they call it “national envy day”. In Sweden, one phone call will get you your lawmaker’s tax bill. Norwegians’ fascination with each others’ taxes has been labeled “financial porn”. quote:Many Scandinavians use openness on taxes to estimate salaries of co-employees, helping with wage negotiations. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-panama-tax-nordics/privacy-what-privacy-many-nordic-tax-records-are-a-phone-call-away-idUSKCN0X91QE Oh man if they did that here there'd be revolts in offices when people realize how unpaid they are.
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Apr 15, 2021 22:30
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devmd01 posted:There’s definitely a weather-related delay message that gets out into in fedex tracking, is there also one for “facility closed for a day or two due to a mass shooting?” The future is here. Kinda like I can't pay my trash bill online because of an ongoing ransomware attack.
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Apr 16, 2021 18:31
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:It's honestly shocking how rarely cops, prosecutors, and judges are actually targeted in the US. With so many lives and families destroyed, you would expect more people taking that personally. I just read Mississippi Mud, non-fiction about a circuit judge and his wife who were slain in 1987 by a hitman at home, and it took years to solve. turns out the judge’s former law partner had stolen lots of money from an imprisoned crime boss and convinced the guy it had been the judge. I had a buddy who worked as an assistant DA for a while and got the occasional death threat. Not fun and scary. He’s in private practice now.
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Apr 19, 2021 05:48
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His podcast LeVar Burton reads is excellent, he narrates quality short fiction. Not just greatest hits, lots of smaller works too. "Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience" is my favorite so far.
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Apr 21, 2021 21:47
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Duzzy Funlop posted:Roughly once per year, I dive into a Eric-Andre-related-videos binge on YouTube thinking "lol, I know his schtick, it's just gonna be more of the same, not gonna laugh this time", and I fail every time. I hadn't seen it before and it was fun watching on Hulu. I liked him booking two bands for the closing music and having them play at the same time.
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Apr 23, 2021 18:22
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I skim Bloomberg headlines (their Pursuits section is always fun to get confirmation plutocrats are worse than you think), and it's fun to see their anger at the modest capital gain taxes.
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Apr 26, 2021 17:08
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KirbyKhan posted:He traveled as far as the opposite side of the park. One of my favorite details was him taking the cheapest possible push cart and the wheel broke immediately. Felt like an Oregon Trail spite run giving them one oxen, no clothes, and 1lbs of food. I think he was also planning to cross New Mexico/Arizona in peak summer? I remember concern from experienced hikers that he would die, but he wasn't remotely close to that being a real issue.
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Apr 27, 2021 19:24
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facialimpediment posted:Regarding the thread title, here's the funniest bit of government paperwork that I've seen in a while: Lol nice. A few years ago when going through Boston customs returning from the UK we had to check “has recently visited farm” as we had attended a sheepdog demonstration, and got to hold the puppies afterwards and they were very good dogs. Customs did not seem to want to deal with this so just half heartedly asked if this was like, earlier that day? As it had been a week they just waved us through.
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Apr 29, 2021 16:50
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Stravag posted:How does it play with gamepads? I would ask in the ac7 thread but apparently im a stick in the mud there because of how they made ac7 even more anime and way easier than even 6 was and amped up the performance on everything so that everything turns on a dime AC4 was fantastic. AC7 looked good but got boring. It shouldn't be so easy to win dogfights against F22s with an A10.
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Apr 30, 2021 18:59
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