When Penny arcade was sued by, I think, Jack Thompson, the lawsuit had the offending site listed as pennyarcade.com, sans hyphen, in the filed documents.
Was that when they made that comic about the "gritty Alice videogame", or another time?
The comic about American McGee's Alice had Strawberry Shortcake in it so they got sued by American Greetings.
Jack Thompson was because they basically trolled him by donating to charity in his name.
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When Penny arcade was sued by, I think, Jack Thompson, the lawsuit had the offending site listed as pennyarcade.com, sans hyphen, in the filed documents.
Was that when they made that comic about the "gritty Alice videogame", or another time?
The comic about American McGee's Alice had Strawberry Shortcake in it so they got sued by American Greetings.
Jack Thompson was because they basically trolled him by donating to charity in his name.
Sort of in his name. They donated to a charity because Jack Thompson said he would give $10,000 to a charity if someone made a game where a parent of a child murdered by a gamer went on a rampage killing developers. Someone did, and Thompson said he was joking, haha, no he wouldn't give any money to charity.
So PA donated a check that said in the memo, "Because Jack Thompson won't."
Yes, I remember far too many details about this. >.>
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I can't remember the name of the game offhand, but it was a mod for, I think, Postal 2? Maybe?
Anyway, the main character was called Bannedman, and he rode around in his Bannedwagon and that has always made me chuckle.
On URL and naming stuff:
~20 years ago or so, a smaller town near us, started a gigantic PR campaign to try and attract people to come live there "Danville Can!". It was put on billboards, bumper stickers, commercials, you name it. They shouted it at public events. They didn't think large enough, noone registered "danvillecan.com" (now defunct). It was immediately bought up by a local and turned into his own personal gay softcore porn site. He then called all the news stations to get a story about the town's goof, getting himself a ton of air time, and proclaimed that he would sell the domain to the town for a lot of money. The town refused, and quickly tried to scrap the entire PR campaign with this slogan plastered everywhere, but was still a laughing stock.
According to a cursory look at the Wikipedia page on him; "In an April 2016 interview with Inverse, Thompson stated that he was teaching civics classes to inmates in the Florida prison system, including an American history and constitutional law class at the Everglades Correctional Institution."
So, uh, could be an attempt to do something good for a change, but I'd be suspicious of whatever education he claims to be providing those inmates.
First they came for the Muslims, and we said NOT TODAY, MOTHERFUCKER!
Thuroughly disbarred. Every place where he could practice disbarred him and he managed to get disbarred in one state where he couldn't actually practice for all his shenanigans.
In 2009 he used some straight up Sovereign Citizen argument to say he was never actually disbarred and that he was going to return to law with the biggest lawsuit in history. He dared the Florida Bar association to stop him. They stopped him.
Since the debate between the hard and soft pronunciation of the G in GIF began, we here at Snacktaku have been waiting for the J.M. Smucker Company to figure out how to tap into the argument to sell Jif peanut butter. We are pleased to report that our wait is over.
Just in time for National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day on March 1, a completely legitimate holiday that’s on a website and everything, Jif has teamed up with GIF host Giphy for a clever if a bit late “Jif Vs. GiF” marketing campaign. Giphy is doing what it does best, hosting a series of Jif-themed GIFs. Meanwhile, Jif is selling a limited-edition 40-ounce jar of peanut butter on Amazon with a special double-sided label that clears up the whole debate. Or at least makes the hard G folks feel a little better.
It's a standard size they sell. I find them a little unwieldy, but the best value tends to be the two-pack of 40oz jars, so we often get that (and consequently don't need to buy more for months)
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The Waukesha freemen is the only good thing from Waukesha, but what a gem it is.
There is a lot to unpack in that paragraph.
Like so much.
I mean obviously number one is do they mean goldfish crackers, or the animal? And were they flavor/spirit blasted?
Like I'm imagining this as a branch of Christianity, right? The goldfish as in the bread/body of christ. And the windshield wiper fluid as the wine/blood of christ. And that would explain the behavior with the opossum because she is drinking windshield wiper fluid. It all makes so much and so little sense.
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Step #1 for dealing with crazy: Never try to understand crazy.
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The Waukesha freemen is the only good thing from Waukesha, but what a gem it is.
There is a lot to unpack in that paragraph.
Like so much.
I mean obviously number one is do they mean goldfish crackers, or the animal? And were they flavor/spirit blasted?
What? Clearly number one is are we sure it wasn’t just pretending to be dead? You know, to avoid conversation with a packers fan, like the rest of us do?
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The comic about American McGee's Alice had Strawberry Shortcake in it so they got sued by American Greetings.
Jack Thompson was because they basically trolled him by donating to charity in his name.
Sort of in his name. They donated to a charity because Jack Thompson said he would give $10,000 to a charity if someone made a game where a parent of a child murdered by a gamer went on a rampage killing developers. Someone did, and Thompson said he was joking, haha, no he wouldn't give any money to charity.
So PA donated a check that said in the memo, "Because Jack Thompson won't."
Yes, I remember far too many details about this. >.>
Anyway, the main character was called Bannedman, and he rode around in his Bannedwagon and that has always made me chuckle.
~20 years ago or so, a smaller town near us, started a gigantic PR campaign to try and attract people to come live there "Danville Can!". It was put on billboards, bumper stickers, commercials, you name it. They shouted it at public events. They didn't think large enough, noone registered "danvillecan.com" (now defunct). It was immediately bought up by a local and turned into his own personal gay softcore porn site. He then called all the news stations to get a story about the town's goof, getting himself a ton of air time, and proclaimed that he would sell the domain to the town for a lot of money. The town refused, and quickly tried to scrap the entire PR campaign with this slogan plastered everywhere, but was still a laughing stock.
(The gone right is that I never drive)
To the left of the pole:
No stopping during commute hours
Deliveries only during the day and Sat. morning
Overnight parking only with permit
No stopping to the right of the pole
No stopping during events (like February 29th)
You will be ticketed and towed for violations
What could possibly be unclear about that?
Continuing to be the goosiest goose that ever goosed.
According to a cursory look at the Wikipedia page on him; "In an April 2016 interview with Inverse, Thompson stated that he was teaching civics classes to inmates in the Florida prison system, including an American history and constitutional law class at the Everglades Correctional Institution."
So, uh, could be an attempt to do something good for a change, but I'd be suspicious of whatever education he claims to be providing those inmates.
Thuroughly disbarred. Every place where he could practice disbarred him and he managed to get disbarred in one state where he couldn't actually practice for all his shenanigans.
In 2009 he used some straight up Sovereign Citizen argument to say he was never actually disbarred and that he was going to return to law with the biggest lawsuit in history. He dared the Florida Bar association to stop him. They stopped him.
It's a standard size they sell. I find them a little unwieldy, but the best value tends to be the two-pack of 40oz jars, so we often get that (and consequently don't need to buy more for months)
It's about a litre I think
so..yeah that's a lot of peanut butter yikes
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Not really that much...Especially if you have kids that eat it.
Pretty sure growing up we occasionally got the gallon / 4 litre tubs with 3 kids in the house
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They sell gallons of peanut butter?
That is an absurd amount of peanut butter.
The Waukesha freemen is the only good thing from Waukesha, but what a gem it is.
That's for institutions and survivalists with more money than sense.
I take it you've never been to a Costco or Sam's Club?
There is a lot to unpack in that paragraph.
Like so much.
FTFY. Back of the napkin math, that would last 15-18 months in my house with two kids and a mother-in-law being the main consumers.
I’m pretty sure that photo is of a 4 gallon pail, so about 4x the size of the Costco ones we bought
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I was assuming 5 gallons, since it looks pretty much like the same bucket I get driveway salt in with a different label.
I mean obviously number one is do they mean goldfish crackers, or the animal? And were they flavor/spirit blasted?
I assume they just use it like archaeologists, to label anything and everything they don't understand and don't feel like digging into.
Mind you, in this case, I agree with their labeling decision.
"Pulled out a Green Bay Packers lawn chair"
Pulled out from where? and did what with it? I'm picturing her, like, waving it over the opossum like a giant fan.
Like I'm imagining this as a branch of Christianity, right? The goldfish as in the bread/body of christ. And the windshield wiper fluid as the wine/blood of christ. And that would explain the behavior with the opossum because she is drinking windshield wiper fluid. It all makes so much and so little sense.
Yes but Step #1 when observing crazy that you don't have to deal with: Always try to understand the crazy, preferably through crowdsourcing
What? Clearly number one is are we sure it wasn’t just pretending to be dead? You know, to avoid conversation with a packers fan, like the rest of us do?
https://www.jsonline.com/story/communities/waukesha/news/waukesha/2020/02/25/woman-performed-spiritual-ritual-dead-possum-waukesha-police/4870877002/
From her car, apparently.