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Ethel mermania
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Postby Ethel mermania » Fri Jul 31, 2020 8:49 am

Heloin wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:I got put into the cone of silence when they did me, and I practically sneezed the damm thing out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWtPPWi6OMQ

Pretty much, yes.
https://www.hvst.com/posts/the-clash-of ... s-wl2TQBpY

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The most fundamental problem of politics is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness. 

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Farnhamia
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Postby Farnhamia » Fri Jul 31, 2020 10:58 am

Ethel mermania wrote:

Pretty much, yes.

One of the best sit-com gags ever.
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Postby Hurdergaryp » Fri Jul 31, 2020 11:06 am

Farnhamia wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:Pretty much, yes.

One of the best sit-com gags ever.

It's pretty much the same kind of humor as a Hanna-Barbera cartoon, but it's true that the writers of the Hanna-Barbera studio often were influenced by regular sitcoms themselves.


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Ethel mermania
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Postby Ethel mermania » Fri Jul 31, 2020 11:19 am

Hurdergaryp wrote:
Farnhamia wrote:One of the best sit-com gags ever.

It's pretty much the same kind of humor as a Hanna-Barbera cartoon, but it's true that the writers of the Hanna-Barbera studio often were influenced by regular sitcoms themselves.

The Flintstones were the Honeymooners in the stone age.
The Jetson's were the future version of the Flintstones.

Evolution as a theory applies to cartoons too.
https://www.hvst.com/posts/the-clash-of ... s-wl2TQBpY

The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion … but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
--S. Huntington

The most fundamental problem of politics is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness. 

--H. Kissenger

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Postby Hurdergaryp » Fri Jul 31, 2020 12:10 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Hurdergaryp wrote:It's pretty much the same kind of humor as a Hanna-Barbera cartoon, but it's true that the writers of the Hanna-Barbera studio often were influenced by regular sitcoms themselves.

The Flintstones were the Honeymooners in the stone age.
The Jetson's were the future version of the Flintstones.

Evolution as a theory applies to cartoons too.

Crazy how memetics do that.


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Postby Kannap » Fri Jul 31, 2020 3:18 pm

I have a new coping mechanism for whenever I'm anxious about something small. I think to myself "Would something this small bother someone who was on the Titanic?" And if the answer is no, I stop worrying about.

These days the only thing I stress about is drowning in cold water.
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Postby Hurdergaryp » Fri Jul 31, 2020 3:24 pm

Kannap wrote:I have a new coping mechanism for whenever I'm anxious about something small. I think to myself "Would something this small bother someone who was on the Titanic?" And if the answer is no, I stop worrying about.

These days the only thing I stress about is drowning in cold water.

If it works, it works.


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Postby Heloin » Fri Jul 31, 2020 4:00 pm

Kannap wrote:I have a new coping mechanism for whenever I'm anxious about something small. I think to myself "Would something this small bother someone who was on the Titanic?" And if the answer is no, I stop worrying about.

These days the only thing I stress about is drowning in cold water.

Does your house have enough lifeboats?

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Postby Hurdergaryp » Fri Jul 31, 2020 4:02 pm

Heloin wrote:
Kannap wrote:I have a new coping mechanism for whenever I'm anxious about something small. I think to myself "Would something this small bother someone who was on the Titanic?" And if the answer is no, I stop worrying about.

These days the only thing I stress about is drowning in cold water.

Does your house have enough lifeboats?

If lifeboats are like socks, you can never have too many of them.


“Everything under heaven is in utter chaos; the situation is excellent.”
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Postby -Astoria- » Fri Jul 31, 2020 4:07 pm

It is now officially August over here; & incidentally exactly three weeks before I officially become an adult.

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Postby Ethel mermania » Fri Jul 31, 2020 4:39 pm

Hurdergaryp wrote:
Heloin wrote:Does your house have enough lifeboats?

If lifeboats are like socks, you can never have too many of them.


But you can have an uneven number lifeboats
https://www.hvst.com/posts/the-clash-of ... s-wl2TQBpY

The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion … but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
--S. Huntington

The most fundamental problem of politics is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness. 

--H. Kissenger

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Postby Kowani » Fri Jul 31, 2020 5:19 pm

Hurdergaryp wrote:
Heloin wrote:Does your house have enough lifeboats?

If lifeboats are like socks, you can never have too many of them.

Just like lifeboats on the Titanic, I never seem to have enough socks.
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Farnhamia
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Postby Farnhamia » Fri Jul 31, 2020 6:27 pm

-Astoria- wrote:It is now officially August over here; & incidentally exactly three weeks before I officially become an adult.


If you haven't grown up before you're 50, you don't have to.
Make Earth Great Again: Stop Continental Drift!
And Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water ...
"Make yourself at home, Frank. Hit somebody." RIP Don Rickles
My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right. ~ Carl Schurz
<Sigh> NSG...where even the atheists are Augustinians. ~ The Archregimancy
Now the foot is on the other hand ~ Kannap
RIP Dyakovo ... Ashmoria (Freedom ... or cake)
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Heloin
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Postby Heloin » Fri Jul 31, 2020 6:38 pm

Farnhamia wrote:
-Astoria- wrote:It is now officially August over here; & incidentally exactly three weeks before I officially become an adult.


If you haven't grown up before you're 50, you don't have to.

Growing up is overrated.

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Farnhamia
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Postby Farnhamia » Fri Jul 31, 2020 7:00 pm

Heloin wrote:
Farnhamia wrote:If you haven't grown up before you're 50, you don't have to.

Growing up is overrated.

I've always thought so. After you pass your first century you realize that.
Make Earth Great Again: Stop Continental Drift!
And Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water ...
"Make yourself at home, Frank. Hit somebody." RIP Don Rickles
My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right. ~ Carl Schurz
<Sigh> NSG...where even the atheists are Augustinians. ~ The Archregimancy
Now the foot is on the other hand ~ Kannap
RIP Dyakovo ... Ashmoria (Freedom ... or cake)
This is the eighth line. If your signature is longer, it's too long.

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Postby The Black Forrest » Fri Jul 31, 2020 7:15 pm

Had a four hour interview with a robotics company. I am very hopefull.

They look cool

Meeting rooms are named after robots. They even had one with a glass wall and had Bender etched holding a sign “Robots Rule!”
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Heloin
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Postby Heloin » Fri Jul 31, 2020 7:18 pm

The Black Forrest wrote:Had a four hour interview with a robotics company. I am very hopefull.

They look cool

Meeting rooms are named after robots. They even had one with a glass wall and had Bender etched holding a sign “Robots Rule!”

Steer clear of the Skynet room.

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The Black Forrest
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Postby The Black Forrest » Fri Jul 31, 2020 7:22 pm

Heloin wrote:
The Black Forrest wrote:Had a four hour interview with a robotics company. I am very hopefull.

They look cool

Meeting rooms are named after robots. They even had one with a glass wall and had Bender etched holding a sign “Robots Rule!”

Steer clear of the Skynet room.


Didn’t see that one. Did see one for AstroBoy, r2d2, c3po.

One other cool thing. They sponsor robot wars and invite other company's and outsiders to participate.
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*I am a master proofreader after I click Submit.
* There is actually a War on Christmas. But Christmas started it, with it's unparalleled aggression against the Thanksgiving Holiday, and now Christmas has seized much Lebensraum in November, and are pushing into October. The rest of us seek to repel these invaders, and push them back to the status quo ante bellum Black Friday border. -Trotskylvania
* Silence Is Golden But Duct Tape Is Silver.
* I felt like Ayn Rand cornered me at a party, and three minutes in I found my first objection to what she was saying, but she kept talking without interruption for ten more days. - Max Barry talking about Atlas Shrugged

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Postby Abserdia » Fri Jul 31, 2020 7:37 pm

Apparently, back in the day, some people believed that Venus was covered with swamps and jungles and that Mars had a vast system of artificial canals stretching across the planet.

Neat.
Black lives matter

Recommend me shoegaze and ambient music.

So long, Frank Lloyd Wright
I can't believe your song is gone so soon...
I barely learned the tune
So soon, so soon

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Postby Heloin » Fri Jul 31, 2020 7:39 pm

The Black Forrest wrote:
Heloin wrote:Steer clear of the Skynet room.


Didn’t see that one. Did see one for AstroBoy, r2d2, c3po.

One other cool thing. They sponsor robot wars and invite other company's and outsiders to participate.

Sounds awesome honestly.

Abserdia wrote:Apparently, back in the day, some people believed that Venus was covered with swamps and jungles and that Mars had a vast system of artificial canals stretching across the planet.

Neat.

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Postby Abserdia » Fri Jul 31, 2020 7:46 pm

Heloin wrote:
The Black Forrest wrote:
Didn’t see that one. Did see one for AstroBoy, r2d2, c3po.

One other cool thing. They sponsor robot wars and invite other company's and outsiders to participate.

Sounds awesome honestly.

Abserdia wrote:Apparently, back in the day, some people believed that Venus was covered with swamps and jungles and that Mars had a vast system of artificial canals stretching across the planet.

Neat.

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Floatin’ their way to Solis Lacus, just havin’ some fun digging faces into rocks.
Black lives matter

Recommend me shoegaze and ambient music.

So long, Frank Lloyd Wright
I can't believe your song is gone so soon...
I barely learned the tune
So soon, so soon

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Heloin
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Postby Heloin » Fri Jul 31, 2020 7:53 pm

Abserdia wrote:
Heloin wrote:Sounds awesome honestly.



Floatin’ their way to Solis Lacus, just havin’ some fun digging faces into rocks.

When the weather is fine you know it's the time
For messin' about on the river
If you take my advice there's nothing so nice
As messin' about on the river
There's big boats and wee boats ands all kinds of craft
Puffers and keel boats and some with no raft
With the wind in your face there's no finer place
Than messin' about on the river

There are boats made from kits that'll reach you in bits
For messin' about on the river
And you might want to scull in a glass fibred hull
Go messin' about on the river
Anchors and tillers and rudders and cleets
Ropes that are sometimes referred to as sheets
With the wind in your face there's no finer place
Than messin' about on the river

Skippers and mates and rowing club eights
All messin' about on the river
Capstans and quays where you tie up with ease
All messin' about on the river
Inboards and outboards and dinghies you sail
The first thing you learn is the right way to bale
In a one man canoe you're both skipper and crew
Messin' about on the river

Moorings and docks, tailors and locks
All messin' about on the river
Whirlpools and weirs that you must not go near
Messin' about on the river
Backwater places all hidden from view
Mysterious wee islands just waiting for you
So I'll leave you right now, go cast off your bow
Go messing about on the river

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Postby Geneviev » Fri Jul 31, 2020 7:57 pm

I'm always going to be amazed that during quarantine, when I only talk to people on Mondays and Saturdays for 30 minutes, I still have people complain that I need to learn to have a quiet spirit. I am quiet, constantly. :p
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Postby Aeritai » Fri Jul 31, 2020 8:25 pm

After listening to 'The Other Side' I was impressed that Hugh Jackman could sing a surprise to be sure.
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Heloin
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Postby Heloin » Fri Jul 31, 2020 8:27 pm

Aeritai wrote:After listening to 'The Other Side' I was impressed that Hugh Jackman could sing a surprise to be sure.

This is the only Other Side I know.

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