Miscellaneous Discussion Thread
Quote: djatcDippin Dots are making a comeback. Seen them at a mall, 7-11, and at a casino gift shop lately.
Are Dippin' Dots finding you, or are you finding Dippin' Dots?
Reality is what the brain creates to make sense of the world.Quote: RSNow this is some straight up bulls*** that's pissing me off.....I tried doing this a few weeks ago (on a post I saw on reddit I think) and couldn't do it. Just tried it, still can't do it.
It's something about stereovision -- basically where you try to look "beyond" a picture, do some weird gypsy eye-sorcery, then you can see hidden messages n stuff.
WARNING: The video is posted by Vox, so tread with care.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8O8Em_RPNg
I think I'm doing it right, but my eyes are just broken. I need to use my thumb to block out the red dots kinda so that I can see all "3 dots", but as soon as I take my thumb away, it goes straight back to 2 dots. And on like maybe 1 occasion, the dots stayed there....but when I shifted my eyes down to the picture, my eyes broke again and the "three" dots turnt back into 2 dots. :(
Halp?
Quote: djatcDippin Dots are making a comeback. Seen them at a mall, 7-11, and at a casino gift shop lately.
Bruh, you grown, you should be dippin thots.
Quote: RogerKintBruh is the new brah which was the new bro
Bruv or brv is the new bruh.
Quote: RogerKintBruh is the new brah which was the new bro
Quote: RSBruv or brv is the new bruh.
Bruhdas (or bruvdas?), I respect both of your opinions.
Quote: RogerKintBruh, you grown, you should be dippin thots.
I spray thot-be-gone, it's that dank ish deadass
Kind of makes you wonder why evolution hasn't resulted in them getting bigger, competing against the weaker species.
he thought his dealer sold him some bad meth and he wanted to press charges against the dealer
so he took the meth to the sheriff's office to be tested
it tested positive for meth
then they arrested him
http://cbs12.com/news/local/florida-man-takes-meth-to-sheriff-to-be-tested
Quote: lilredroosterthis Florida guy has to be in the running for dumbest criminal ever.
Many criminals are incredibly stupid. I
picked up a guy in my taxi in the 80's
who said he just got out of prison.
He had stolen a bunch of blank payroll
checks from a factory and was going
to the different bank branches and
cashing them made out to him.
He did three the first day, then waited
two days and went to the banks branch
in another town. He said "They were
waiting for me! The manager even tackled
me when I tried to run. And it was in a
totally different town!!"
What a moron. He got 5 years and did 2
of them.
Quote: MrVMuch stronger, too.
Kind of makes you wonder why evolution hasn't resulted in them getting bigger, competing against the weaker species.
Been there, done that.
Insects "breathe" by diffusion. Instead of lungs and blood taking O2 everywhere, O2 merely passes through spiracles in the exoskeleton and diffuses throughout the body. Back in the day (way back, like Carboniferous period), O2 levels were >30% of the atmosphere, whereas today it's around 20. Essentially, normal ol' outside would be hypoxic to big buggers. That's why today's dragonflies are the size of your hand, instead of yesterday's specimens that were bigger than your dog.
ETA: For Ibeat, you can calculate the speed of animals by scale. Simply measure the length of their stride and time how long it takes to make that stride. Speed = distance / time. Measure the specimen, scale it up to whatever you're comparing, then scale up speed accordingly. Lemme go find one quick...
Little black ant (Monomorium minimum). ~3mm long, traveled 13cm in one second (when I spooked it).
13cm p/sec = 780cm p/min = 46,000cm p/hr, or almost 0.5 kph actual speed, if my 4th grade math still works (not a joke, best to double check).
I'll use the small end of average cheetah size to make the math easy for me, which is one meter (sans tail, body only). 1m / 3mm = 333.333..., so 0.5kph multiplied by 333.333... is.....
166.6 kph, or 103.5 in freedom units.
ETA2: Sorry for the faux pas of me doing math here. Feels like inviting a Hindi to a bbq...
Quote: djatcDippin Dots are making a comeback. Seen them at a mall, 7-11, and at a casino gift shop lately.
I didnt know they ever went anywhere we have them all over the place around me.
But that might be because I have kids and we do a lot of kids things.
Quote: GWAEI didnt know they ever went anywhere we have them all over the place around me.
But that might be because I have kids and we do a lot of kids things.
I don't get out much to non-casinos, and just happened to stop at a mall recently. Maybe it's like one of those things where once you buy a car you see more of the same make and model on the road. I remember there used to be an actual Dippin Dots kiosk at a mall back in the late 90's. Now it's all vending machines.
Quote: djatcI don't get out much to non-casinos, and just happened to stop at a mall recently. Maybe it's like one of those things where once you buy a car you see more of the same make and model on the road. I remember there used to be an actual Dippin Dots kiosk at a mall back in the late 90's. Now it's all vending machines.
Chuck e cheese has a dipping dot vending machine.
Quote: MrVMuch stronger, too.
Kind of makes you wonder why evolution hasn't resulted in them getting bigger, competing against the weaker species.
Bigger insects get noticed and killed. Few people notice an ant on their kitchen floor, but go nuts at the sight of a roach.
We tolerate spiders on our property until a huge one spins a web we can see.
NY had an outbreak of giant African cockroaches that was quickly contained, while millions of American roaches thrive.
Quote: billryanBigger insects get noticed and killed. Few people notice an ant on their kitchen floor, but go nuts at the sight of a roach.
We tolerate spiders on our property until a huge one spins a web we can see.
NY had an outbreak of giant African cockroaches that was quickly contained, while millions of American roaches thrive.
As it should be.
Quote: RSI still want a pet fox and raccoon.
Be careful what you ask for, you might just get it.
Raccoon Willie
Quote: MrVBe careful what you ask for, you might just get it.
Raccoon Willie
That raccoon is pretty cute though. Him eating those almonds with that big nice fuzzy snout.
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Everything, and I mean everything in the attic was chewed or shredded to bits, including several 1960s Marx playsets I had stored up there.
A couple of months later I read how my friend was caught releasing an animal into the Pine Barrens and got arrested for it.
Been doing more youtube searches, because I like to stay informed, and it turns out pet raccoons are fairly popular. Unfortunately, seems like they're illegal to own in Nevada. I may have to petition our government to allow for pet raccoons because that's probably unconstitutional or something.
This song I came across by accident, it is horrible.
Quote: RSBtw I miswrote earlier when I said I want a pet fox. I DO NOT WANT A PET FOX. Those animals are trash. I meant to write I want a pet coyote (pronounce kaw-yoat....the "e" at the end is silent, as it should be).
Been doing more youtube searches, because I like to stay informed, and it turns out pet raccoons are fairly popular. Unfortunately, seems like they're illegal to own in Nevada. I may have to petition our government to allow for pet raccoons because that's probably unconstitutional or something.
I think I almost hit a coyote yesterday on the way to work. I have never seen one before but an animal darted in front of my car yesterday morning. It was a little dark but I was like wtf is that. I thought it was a large cat but then realized it would have to be the largest cat in the world. Wish I had the other car which has a camera on it.
Probably was, they're supposedly everywhere around here. I've had my own times just like that, seeing an animal dash across the road and never being sure what it was. Unfortunately cannot remember where or how many times it occurred.Quote: GWAEI think I almost hit a coyote yesterday on the way to work. I have never seen one before but an animal darted in front of my car yesterday morning. It was a little dark but I was like wtf is that. I thought it was a large cat but then realized it would have to be the largest cat in the world. Wish I had the other car which has a camera on it.
Quote: GWAEI think I almost hit a coyote yesterday on the way to work. I have never seen one before but an animal darted in front of my car yesterday morning. It was a little dark but I was like wtf is that. I thought it was a large cat but then realized it would have to be the largest cat in the world. Wish I had the other car which has a camera on it.
Coyotes have extremely bushy tails. If it had a really bushy tail, likely it was a coyote. Foxes have even bushier tails, but they are smaller in size and I'd think you can probably tell the difference. Perhaps when it's dark out that could be difficult.
Doing more research, we got some f***ed up laws here in Nevada regarding what kind of animal you can keep as a pet. Wtf is this. It's like we're slaves to the government and they keep us little people down by putting undue regulations and restrictions on what kind of pet I can acquire. Pretty sure there are far more deaths by pet dogs every year than by pet alligators, yet I can't own an alligator? They're just like pit bulls (right, Romes?), it's all in the upbringing -- no animal is a "born killer", that's just stuff that like scientists and stuff say probably to further their lust for control over our rights as sovereign citizens.
Perhaps my best bet is to become blind and get aids or something so I can have 2 service animals, one for each condition, which just so happen to be a raccoon and a coyote. I'd love to see the face on the TSA aristocrats when they see me rollin' through with my LEGITIMATE service animals (and my extremely loud parakeet as an emotional support animal). It's guaranteed in the bill of rights in the constitution of independence. Don't be a slave, wake up, sheeple. #Woke
Quote: RS
Perhaps my best bet is to become blind and get aids or something so I can have 2 service animals, one for each condition, which just so happen to be a raccoon and a coyote. I'd love to see the face on the TSA aristocrats when they see me rollin' through with my LEGITIMATE service animals (and my extremely loud parakeet as an emotional support animal). It's guaranteed in the bill of rights in the constitution of independence. Don't be a slave, wake up, sheeple. #Woke
I believe in Nevada the only two animals recognized as service animals is the dog and the horse. How cool would it be to walk through a strip casino with your service horse.
Quote: DRichI believe in Nevada the only two animals recognized as service animals is the dog and the horse. How cool would it be to walk through a strip casino with your service horse.
LOL, very cool. I guess you could say,"Don't mind me. I'm just horsing around!" LOL. Okay, I'll exit stage left now. ;)
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I'm finding a lot of humor, might have to start a separate thread to contain it.
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Go porcupine!
Marry her.
Quote: billryanBigger insects get noticed and killed. Few people notice an ant on their kitchen floor, but go nuts at the sight of a roach.
We tolerate spiders on our property until a huge one spins a web we can see.
NY had an outbreak of giant African cockroaches that was quickly contained, while millions of American roaches thrive.
African, hell. In the American South, cockroaches are the size of your thumb or bigger, with long, brown wings. We call them palmetto bugs just to be polite, because they're everywhere. Those little black things infesting NYC, meh.
Quote: HunterhillHow do you turn a fox into a hog.
Marry her.
(Insert big raspberry here.)
Quote: onenickelmiracleI have noticed this year, the location for the tramp stamp is not on the lower back, it's now on the thighs. They're both hot, just reporting. I'll predict you'll start seeing them everywhere now, if you look at women.
Is that inner or outer thigh?
Outer I think because it would be hard to see them, can be in the front or the back of the body, they come in twos, one for each leg.Quote: HunterhillIs that inner or outer thigh?
Quote: onenickelmiracleOuter I think because it would be hard to see them, can be in the front or the back of the body, they come in twos, one for each leg.
Well I can think of sometimes when it would be easier to see the inner :)
.Quote: djatcDo people know tattoos are permanent, like how cigarettes are bad for you?
I remember an article begging young people in their teens and very early 20's to think REALLY hard before getting a Tattoo. "Tattoos are PERMANENT. Sure in your Youth, you rock Shawn Mendez, but what's going to happen when your 40 year old self no longer is rocking him?"
Quote: djatcDo people know tattoos are permanent, like how cigarettes are bad for you?
I don't know but I get a kick out of these random 20 somethings running around sporting totally random doodles. How the heck can anyone think that looks good. At least some people have a theme with their artwork which I can understand.
Quote: MaxPenI don't know but I get a kick out of these random 20 somethings running around sporting totally random doodles. How the heck can anyone think that looks good. At least some people have a theme with their artwork which I can understand.
To be fair a lot of people are drunk when they get tattoos. And sometimes the tattoo artist really messed up badly. I read somewhere a tattoo artist wrote the wrong translation in another language. The correct saying was something innocent in Chinese something like,"Live your life with meaning, fulfillment, and wisdom." What the tattoo artist accidentally wrote was something really offensive like,"You can go....yourself. I hate you!" Oops! Big oops!
