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Donkey Kong

You used to be able to globally disable annotations but this feature either seems to not work or doesn't work on embedded videos.

AManFromEarth

In a move that surprised no one, Marco Rubio says he's probably not going to vote to confirm Hagel before testimony begins. Why? Well, he just doesn't have Israel's best interests at heart. What's this United States you keep bringing up?

Regina Fong

Dear Abby: About four months ago, the house across the street was sold to a "father and son" — or so we thought. We later learned it was an older man about 50 and a young fellow about 24. This was a respectable neighborhood before this "odd couple" moved in. They have all sorts of strange-looking company. Men who look like women, women who look like men, blacks, whites, Indians. Yesterday I even saw two nuns go in there!... Abby, these weirdos are wrecking our property values! How can we improve the quality of this once-respectable neighborhood? —Up In Arms
Dear UP: You could move.

TTODewback

So when you thought nothing else could go wrong for out Board meeting on Friday..

Yep, some asshole breaks the TV.

Feral

Donkey Kong wrote: »

You used to be able to globally disable annotations but this feature either seems to not work or doesn't work on embedded videos.

There are browser extensions for that.

RonaldoTheGypsy

Brave Fencer Musashi was a fantastic game.

TL DR

Workstation periodically losing connection with the server

I just want to go to lunchhhh

TTODewback

RonaldoTheGypsy wrote: »

Brave Fencer Musashi was a fantastic game.

i had the demo on one of the old Playstation Underground CD Maagazines and used to play it all the time.

Organichu

today in history we had one of those simple quizzes where it's like, the left side has five descriptions, the right side has >5 people/places/events. you just fill it in, and they give you a few more answers than you'll use to make it a tiny bit harder to just whittle it down by the process of elimination

the descriptions (paraphrased):

portuguese royal who sponsored lots of travel and trade with non-european entities
fabled female warriors glorified in 16th century literature
mystical lost land that sank into the sea
a form of national expansion that leads to iniquity and subordinate classes
muslim state that fell to ferdinand and isabella in 1492

the answers (they weren't in the right order on the quiz, obviously):

henry the navigator
amazonians
atlantis
imperialism
granada
tenochtitlan


you'd be amazed how many people just totally fucked this up. i mean, the only one i can even begin to imagine messing up is not recognizing the word tenochtitlan and thinking maybe it's the name of a portuguese dude? but like... the chapter we read for homework (or were supposed to read!) was all about tenochtitlan. the word was used a dozen times. some people got imperialism wrong! how is that possible!

Sir Landshark

Regina Fong wrote: »

Dear Abby: About four months ago, the house across the street was sold to a "father and son" — or so we thought. We later learned it was an older man about 50 and a young fellow about 24. This was a respectable neighborhood before this "odd couple" moved in. They have all sorts of strange-looking company. Men who look like women, women who look like men, blacks, whites, Indians. Yesterday I even saw two nuns go in there!... Abby, these weirdos are wrecking our property values! How can we improve the quality of this once-respectable neighborhood? —Up In Arms
Dear UP: You could move.

This was posted before in chat but it's still fantastic

Also, didn't the original "Abby" die recently?

TTODewback

Sir Landshark wrote: »

Regina Fong wrote: »

Dear Abby: About four months ago, the house across the street was sold to a "father and son" — or so we thought. We later learned it was an older man about 50 and a young fellow about 24. This was a respectable neighborhood before this "odd couple" moved in. They have all sorts of strange-looking company. Men who look like women, women who look like men, blacks, whites, Indians. Yesterday I even saw two nuns go in there!... Abby, these weirdos are wrecking our property values! How can we improve the quality of this once-respectable neighborhood? —Up In Arms
Dear UP: You could move.

This was posted before in chat but it's still fantastic

Also, didn't the original "Abby" die recently?

Last week I believe (Or the week beforE)

Solomaxwell6

Henry the Navigator was the mystical lost land that sank into the sea, right?

RonaldoTheGypsy

Solomaxwell6 wrote: »

Henry the Navigator was the mystical lost land that sank into the sea, right?

No, he's the jackass that makes all the fucking horse artillery.

RiemannLives

Organichu wrote: »

today in history we had one of those simple quizzes where it's like, the left side has five descriptions, the right side has >5 people/places/events. you just fill it in, and they give you a few more answers than you'll use to make it a tiny bit harder to just whittle it down by the process of elimination

the descriptions (paraphrased):

portuguese royal who sponsored lots of travel and trade with non-european entities
fabled female warriors glorified in 16th century literature
mystical lost land that sank into the sea
a form of national expansion that leads to iniquity and subordinate classes
muslim state that fell to ferdinand and isabella in 1492

the answers (they weren't in the right order on the quiz, obviously):

henry the navigator
amazonians
atlantis
imperialism
granada
tenochtitlan


you'd be amazed how many people just totally fucked this up. i mean, the only one i can even begin to imagine messing up is not recognizing the word tenochtitlan and thinking maybe it's the name of a portuguese dude? but like... the chapter we read for homework (or were supposed to read!) was all about tenochtitlan. the word was used a dozen times. some people got imperialism wrong! how is that possible!

Good. Goooooood.

You've taken the first step towards understanding the supposed phenomenon of "ivory tower elitism".

PantsB

Ludious wrote: »

Also, when you have your background check interview and they ask you if you are in any secret societies

"The Dark Brotherhood" and/or "The Thieves Guild"

is not a funny joke to them.

Not at all.

not even a little.

Who the fuck asks if you're in a secret society?

Gooey

puppy bowl locker room livestream is basically the best thing on the internet ever

Sir Landshark

PantsB wrote: »

Ludious wrote: »

Also, when you have your background check interview and they ask you if you are in any secret societies

"The Dark Brotherhood" and/or "The Thieves Guild"

is not a funny joke to them.

Not at all.

not even a little.

Who the fuck asks if you're in a secret society?

yeah it's like they don't understand the meaning of the word "secret"

kaleedity

imperialism? isn't that feet and inches

TTODewback

Leave it blank and give them the secret Dark Brotherhood handshake (A shiv between the ribs)

RiemannLives

PantsB wrote: »

Ludious wrote: »

Also, when you have your background check interview and they ask you if you are in any secret societies

"The Dark Brotherhood" and/or "The Thieves Guild"

is not a funny joke to them.

Not at all.

not even a little.

Who the fuck asks if you're in a secret society?

The Computer

Thanatos

Gooey wrote: »

puppy bowl locker room livestream is basically the best thing on the internet ever

Oh my god... so adorable.

Delmain

RiemannLives wrote: »

PantsB wrote: »

Ludious wrote: »

Also, when you have your background check interview and they ask you if you are in any secret societies

"The Dark Brotherhood" and/or "The Thieves Guild"

is not a funny joke to them.

Not at all.

not even a little.

Who the fuck asks if you're in a secret society?

Friend Computer

Feral

Not sure if this girl is busy

or doesn't want the D

Solomaxwell6

My one game of Paranoia, I was the only member of the group not in a secret society, so I was the dopey naive guy that everyone used in their schemes.

TTODewback

Thanatos wrote: »

Gooey wrote: »

puppy bowl locker room livestream is basically the best thing on the internet ever

Oh my god... so adorable.

That white puppy is ferocious.

Feral

Will proceed under operating assumption that she wants the D

Feral

awwwww those puppies want to play with a person so bad

PantsB

Delmain wrote: »

RiemannLives wrote: »

PantsB wrote: »

Ludious wrote: »

Also, when you have your background check interview and they ask you if you are in any secret societies

"The Dark Brotherhood" and/or "The Thieves Guild"

is not a funny joke to them.

Not at all.

not even a little.

Who the fuck asks if you're in a secret society?

Friend Computer

He doesn't bother asking us Infrareds

Organichu

So how does the puppy bowl work? Are the dogs well trained and actually doing something resembling a competition? Or is it just adorable puppies frolicking for a couple hours? (Not that I would complain )

Donkey Kong

DEAR LEADER OBAMA

TehSloth

Solomaxwell6 wrote: »

My one game of Paranoia, I was the only member of the group not in a secret society, so I was the dopey naive guy that everyone used in their schemes.

Pretty sure one of the best things was there was this annual paranoia larp which was really just a nerdy paranoia themed scavenger hunt at a convention. Anyway, my team had to go get a bunch of people at the convention to sign these petitions, probably something dumb like banning dihydrogen monoxide, and one of the guys that we got to sign it I think knew the guy running it and gave him the heads up that he had signed our petition as Commie M. Traitor.

Upon returning the signature sheets he glanced over it, chuckled, and we were promptly all down a clone

Delmain

Organichu wrote: »

So how does the puppy bowl work? Are the dogs well trained and actually doing something resembling a competition? Or is it just adorable puppies frolicking for a couple hours? (Not that I would complain )

Specifically, puppies for a bit, then halftime with kittens, then more puppies for the second half

spool32

TTODewback wrote: »

So when you thought nothing else could go wrong for out Board meeting on Friday..

Yep, some asshole breaks the TV.

I just got called into the Commissioner's meeting because Emergency! The laptop isn't displaying anything anymoreeee!

Its battery was dead... some bright spark had plugged the extension cord into itself.

Captain Carrot

Organichu wrote: »

So how does the puppy bowl work? Are the dogs well trained and actually doing something resembling a competition? Or is it just adorable puppies frolicking for a couple hours? (Not that I would complain )

they are very well-trained

and the competition is fierce

to see who can be the cutest puppy

Kagera

spool32 wrote: »

TTODewback wrote: »

So when you thought nothing else could go wrong for out Board meeting on Friday..

Yep, some asshole breaks the TV.

I just got called into the Commissioner's meeting because Emergency! The laptop isn't displaying anything anymoreeee!

Its battery was dead... some bright spark had plugged the extension cord into itself.

Maybe they thought they had invented infinite energy?

Solomaxwell6

TehSloth wrote: »

Solomaxwell6 wrote: »

My one game of Paranoia, I was the only member of the group not in a secret society, so I was the dopey naive guy that everyone used in their schemes.

Pretty sure one of the best things was there was this annual paranoia larp which was really just a nerdy paranoia themed scavenger hunt at a convention. Anyway, my team had to go get a bunch of people at the convention to sign these petitions, probably something dumb like banning dihydrogen monoxide, and one of the guys that we got to sign it I think knew the guy running it and gave him the heads up that he had signed our petition as Commie M. Traitor.

Upon returning the signature sheets he glanced over it, chuckled, and we were promptly all down a clone

My character's role was the quartermaster or something, I could call mandatory equipment checks whenever I wanted.

The game's not focused on combat, of course, but we had a few brief firefights and I spent the game wishing I could call an equipment check during one of the firefights. Alas, not in character for my totally loyal dope.

Regina Fong

Organichu wrote: »

today in history we had one of those simple quizzes where it's like, the left side has five descriptions, the right side has >5 people/places/events. you just fill it in, and they give you a few more answers than you'll use to make it a tiny bit harder to just whittle it down by the process of elimination

the descriptions (paraphrased):

portuguese royal who sponsored lots of travel and trade with non-european entities
fabled female warriors glorified in 16th century literature
mystical lost land that sank into the sea
a form of national expansion that leads to iniquity and subordinate classes
muslim state that fell to ferdinand and isabella in 1492

the answers (they weren't in the right order on the quiz, obviously):

henry the navigator
amazonians
atlantis
imperialism
granada
tenochtitlan


you'd be amazed how many people just totally fucked this up. i mean, the only one i can even begin to imagine messing up is not recognizing the word tenochtitlan and thinking maybe it's the name of a portuguese dude? but like... the chapter we read for homework (or were supposed to read!) was all about tenochtitlan. the word was used a dozen times. some people got imperialism wrong! how is that possible!

I've actually never heard of Henry the Navigator...

But, uh, I still would have gotten it right by guessing because "Henry the Navigator" sounds like it fits.

How someone can be an adult and not know that Granada is in modern Spain, and what imperialism is boggles the mind.

And if you don't know what Atlantis and Amazons were, there is probably no hope for you whatsoever.

As far as Tenochtitlan goes, we get some Mexican history in California public schools but I'm guessing that's not true of everywhere, and you can always count on people to have not read the assigned reading.

spool32

Kagera wrote: »

spool32 wrote: »

TTODewback wrote: »

So when you thought nothing else could go wrong for out Board meeting on Friday..

Yep, some asshole breaks the TV.

I just got called into the Commissioner's meeting because Emergency! The laptop isn't displaying anything anymoreeee!

Its battery was dead... some bright spark had plugged the extension cord into itself.

Maybe they thought they had invented infinite energy?

turns out they invented infinite embarrassment - the person who did it was taking notes in the meeting.

Dread Pirate Arbuthnot

female warriors -> imperialism

FUCKING MATRIARCHY

TehSloth

Kagera wrote: »

spool32 wrote: »

TTODewback wrote: »

So when you thought nothing else could go wrong for out Board meeting on Friday..

Yep, some asshole breaks the TV.

I just got called into the Commissioner's meeting because Emergency! The laptop isn't displaying anything anymoreeee!

Its battery was dead... some bright spark had plugged the extension cord into itself.

Maybe they thought they had invented infinite energy?

At least they didn't try to invent infinite internet by plugging a switch into itself.