Internet memotivationally epic fails

[G'day Mate]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zey8567bcg

[G'day Mate]

I may have posted this before ...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74SQ6w6LdU0

It gets going at about 2:30 if you can't stand the intro

[Freude am Fahren]

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--cnHpbWKQ--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1269957585178644072.jpg

[George]

http://i.imgur.com/1z8YAPK.gif

[Crazed_Insanity]

I may have posted this before ...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74SQ6w6LdU0

It gets going at about 2:30 if you can't stand the intro

Wow. The guy is pretty talented... and at least he's thankful! ;)

[overpowered]

https://scontent-lax1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/11138113_840096966026352_5305841327097721756_n.jpg ?oh=44c2f114d121ac5abd85641b18709ea4&oe=560520AE

[Cam]

That painting is probably supposed to depict the birth of Venus, so that meme in itself is a fail.

[George]

When did fail become a noun?

I'm not picking on Cam for using it, as I hear and read this often, but just commenting on a disturbing trend of people making verbs into nouns and vice-versa.

[Crazed_Insanity]

Where have you been sir? It's been this way since Jan 2014 when SLM started this thread! :p

[21Kid]

Around the same time Clickbait, Meme and NSFW made it into the dictionary.

[thesameguy]

That painting is probably supposed to depict the birth of Venus, so that meme in itself is a fail.

https://imgflip.com/s/meme/Yo-Dawg-Heard-You.jpg

[Freude am Fahren]

"Earl Sinclair From ‘Dinosaurs’ Covering The Notorious B.I.G. Is The Reason The Internet Was Created"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=15&v=-v2mvO7Yq48

[overpowered]

That painting is probably supposed to depict the birth of Venus, so that meme in itself is a fail.Venus is the Roman version of the Greek goddess Aphrodite. They have the same origin -- they both floated ashore in a shell.

[GB]

Where have you been sir? It's been this way since Jan 2014 when SLM started this thread! :p

EXCUSE ME??!!??

*I* started this thread November of 2011, sir! http://gtxfrefuge.freeforums.org/internet-memes-de-motivationals-and-epic-fails-t416.html

slm just liked it so much that he continued it here.

:thppt:

[Cam]

Venus is the Roman version of the Greek goddess Aphrodite. They have the same origin -- they both floated ashore in a shell.
Ah. Thank you for clearing that up.

[Crazed_Insanity]

EXCUSE ME??!!??

*I* started this thread November of 2011, sir! http://gtxfrefuge.freeforums.org/internet-memes-de-motivationals-and-epic-fails-t416.html

slm just liked it so much that he continued it here.

:thppt:

Oops! Sorry, my epic fail!

[Rare White Ape]

Around the same time Clickbait, Meme and NSFW made it into the dictionary.

Well the word meme predates the Internet, and I first heard mention of it in MGS2, where the theme of the game built upon the previous title's idea of passing genetic information along generations, saying that ideas, culture and memories are also passed down.

But they are not physical objects like genes, they're created in the mind and then passed on using communication, which means they're not infallible and prone to error. Which means they can be corrupted and manipulated, hence the crazy bullshit storyline that occupied the last half of the game; the Solid Snake Simulation, the Patriots (people can't say "the Patriots" because their nano machines prevent this - a form of censorship - so they're forced into saying "the la li lu le lo"), Raiden's weird struggle with memories of Rose and his past, "remembering" what happened at Shadow Moses Island (because you played it yourself before playing MGS2, and how do you know that what happened was the truth anyway?). It goes on.

Deep eh?

[thesameguy]

First time I heard meme was in 1992 when I read Snow Crash. The actual concept dates back to the '70s!

What I've never understood is why it took 20 (or 35) years for it to become a household word.

[Rare White Ape]

Because it's too nerdy.

Well the original concept was.

But not the concept that manifests itself as the old shit your auntie shares on AOL, or what the annoying hosts of the morning breakfast news program share during funny internet pic of the week segment, or the endless captioned pics of Despicable Me characters that your slightly uncool friend with kids posts to Facebook. That iteration of 'meme' is a household word.

[overpowered]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8nnhUCtcO8

http://fusion.net/story/139703/self-parking-car-accident-no-pedestrian-detection/

[MR2 Fan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8nnhUCtcO8

http://fusion.net/story/139703/self-parking-car-accident-no-pedestrian-detection/

best comment:

"So let me get this straight: two people are injured while deliberately standing in a vehicle's path as the driver deliberately accelerates toward them, and it's the car's fault?"

[thesameguy]

If you look at the grille, it doesn't have the little radar doohickeys for detecting people. They apparently didn't read the Monroney.

[Freude am Fahren]

I'm sure this is old, but I've only just seen it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJW13krRoc4

:lol:

[Sad, little man]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nsi06PG7w_0

[Drachen596]

It seems the Onion may have fooled a big wig who was arrested as part of the FIFA corruption thing.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/31/ex-fifa-vice-president-jack-warner-swallows-onion-spoof

[G'day Mate]

Probable NSFW: The Female Wanker (https://instagram.com/thefemalewanker/)

[Rare White Ape]

I'm sure this is old, but I've only just seen it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJW13krRoc4

:lol:

Oh my he's a terrible singer.

Liquid Tension Experiment was all the better for his absence.

[speedpimp]

1254

[George]

http://i.imgur.com/cHHgtli.gif

[Alan P]

:lol:

[G'day Mate]

http://www.quickmeme.com/img/c2/c2b77ae8d1ec455b65593d9a5d9e674663fcdf9234433ac141 d479865e4a9042.jpg

[overpowered]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spqZ704Um-s

BMW drivers suck.

[Crazed_Insanity]

That particular BMW driver was already a criminal under investigation according to youtube description.

Imagine yelling at a gangster, 'put down your fucking gun'!

You never know what kind of 'cagers' you'll encounter, so it's best not to instigate incidences. If you really feel the need to teach people a lesson by telling them to put down their fucking phone..., when the offending party gets really agitated and start to honk and chase you, why don't you fucking speed away? You think you're Iron Man riding a bike?

Anyway, BMW driver is clearly at fault in this incident, but the biker is clearly also very foolish. Just like the pedestrians believing that law is on their side so they have the right of way so cars will never be able to run them over. Common sense please.

[The359]

WTF was the motorcyclist doing squeezing up in between two cars at a red light? That's cause right there to get a good asskicking for being a selfish asshole. Wait your turn in line, jerk.

Lanesplitting, legal in California.

[George]

Yes, I deleted that post, but not soon enough, apparently, when I remembered they have that ridiculous law in CA.

Legal or not, it's stupid and dangerous. I think if I lived in CA, I'd squeeze up next to the car next to me at intersections where this happens to prevent that kind of crap. Yes, I realize this makes me as bad as drivers who hate bicyclists, but this guy is OBVIOUSLY doing something unwise and unsafe, and selfish as hell, too: "Here, I'll just elbow my way to the head of the line. Screw these folks who got there first."

He should have waited his turn, just like everyone else. Sorry he got knocked down, but he asked for it by getting in front of a chick on a cell phone. That's trouble right there, no matter what you're driving/riding,

[overpowered]

Interpreted as legal by the CHP and other law enforcement goes along with CHP. Strictly speaking, it's easy to interpret the law either way, because the law doesn't make it clear. CVC 21658 says that you have to drive "as nearly as practical entirely within a single lane". The CHP has interpreted that law oddly, basically saying that lane splitting by motorcycles is practical. I think that CHP motorcycle officers just like to lane split. There is currently a bill in the state assembly to make it explicitly legal with certain restrictions.

I think it's stupid and dangerous too but some don't agree:

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-lane-splitting-20150602-story.html

[George]

Further hypocrisy from me: I think motorcycles should stay in their lanes like a car, but they should not take up an entire parking space in the over-crowded parking garage where I work, which has several large motorcycle parking areas! Well, in the winter, that's where building management parks snow-blowers for the sidewalks, but by the time motorcycle season is here, those are all stored away in a fenced-in area on the lowest level and there's tons of room ON EVERY FLOOR for bikers to line up their rigs and still be far enough away from each other so they won't all fall down like dominos. Dominoes?

Signed,

Former motorcycle owner

[Random]

Yes, I deleted that post, but not soon enough, apparently, when I remembered they have that ridiculous law in CA.

Legal or not, it's stupid and dangerous. I think if I lived in CA, I'd squeeze up next to the car next to me at intersections where this happens to prevent that kind of crap. Yes, I realize this makes me as bad as drivers who hate bicyclists, but this guy is OBVIOUSLY doing something unwise and unsafe, and selfish as hell, too: "Here, I'll just elbow my way to the head of the line. Screw these folks who got there first."

He should have waited his turn, just like everyone else. Sorry he got knocked down, but he asked for it by getting in front of a chick on a cell phone. That's trouble right there, no matter what you're driving/riding,


Interpreted as legal by the CHP and other law enforcement goes along with CHP. Strictly speaking, it's easy to interpret the law either way, because the law doesn't make it clear. CVC 21658 says that you have to drive "as nearly as practical entirely within a single lane". The CHP has interpreted that law oddly, basically saying that lane splitting by motorcycles is practical. I think that CHP motorcycle officers just like to lane split. There is currently a bill in the state assembly to make it explicitly legal with certain restrictions.

I think it's stupid and dangerous too but some don't agree:

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-lane-splitting-20150602-story.html

It was less stupid and more practical before all the local freeways got re-striped to what feel like 6-foot-wide lanes. :| (They are actually 12, but down from 15 or so? back in the day, I think)

In my experience (in a car), lane splitting during commute hours appears pretty benign, because most people are just sitting in their lane and keeping a quarter eye out for bikes. It looks less safe during back-ups due to accidents outside of commute hours, because people start lane-switching seemingly randomly to try and find the "right" lane.

[Dicknose]

Yes, I deleted that post, but not soon enough
Sorry he got knocked down, but he asked for it by getting in front of a chick on a cell phone.

You scum wanker.
Yes you George.
You are almost as bad as the low life who did this.

Someone tries to deliberately injure or kill someone and you happily say they deserve it.
No one deserves to be run into like that.

Lane splitting is legal here, I do it most days.

I won't wish any violence on you as I don't think it solves problems.
But I will point out when someone is a dickhead with no respect for others.

I would seriously hope that driver never drives again. They probably should be doing some time behind bars.

[speedpimp]

The one being the dickhead was the twat behind the wheel in the Bimmer.

[G'day Mate]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9GtxYrMQcI

[overpowered]

:erm:

You have earned a trophy. Run into both Force India's in one corner.

[MR2 Fan]

Drunk man sets up fake DUI checkpoint

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/02/pennsylvania-man-fake-dui-checkpoint_n_7494486.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg000000 21

[Sad, little man]

Someone should have told him that DUI checkpoints do not work better under the premise of "It takes one to know one."

[overpowered]

You scum wanker.
Yes you George.
You are almost as bad as the low life who did this.

Someone tries to deliberately injure or kill someone and you happily say they deserve it.
No one deserves to be run into like that.

Lane splitting is legal here, I do it most days.

I won't wish any violence on you as I don't think it solves problems.
But I will point out when someone is a dickhead with no respect for others.

I would seriously hope that driver never drives again. They probably should be doing some time behind bars.I tend to agree. Unfortunately, in the U.S. we have a culture of blaming the victim.

[thesameguy]

I tend to agree. Unfortunately, in the U.S. we have a culture assigning blame based on limited facts presented by tabloid news sources.

FTFY

[overpowered]

Spoken like a true bigot.

[Sad, little man]

The Japanese are turning their dogs into 8-bit versions of themselves. Is anyone really surprised?

http://www.mtv.com.au/travel/news/shaving-dogs-into-cubes-is-a-new-japanese-craze-and-we-cant-stop-staring

[Yw-slayer]

Lane splitting is fine, you just need to watch out for motorcycles. Hardly a difficult thing to do if you are a sane person who is capable of safely operating a motor vehicle and paying attention to what you are doing (or suppsoed to be doing) in doing so. I suppose, however, that most people on the road probably fail to meet at lesat one of the aforementioned criteria.

[TheBenior]

The Japanese are turning their dogs into 8-bit versions of themselves. Is anyone really surprised?

http://www.mtv.com.au/travel/news/shaving-dogs-into-cubes-is-a-new-japanese-craze-and-we-cant-stop-staring
I'm surprised that some hipsters didn't do it first.

[George]

Love and kisses to you too, Dicknose.

I didn't say he deserved to be hit for lane-splitting. I said he was an ASSHOLE for jumping to the head of the line of people who got there first. And I'd say the same thing to his face, and to yours, in person. It may be legal, but that doesn't make it right to jump to the front of a line of stopped traffic. I don't even do that on my bicycle, although fortunately my encounters with intersections and heavy traffic are few. I wait my turn, in the lane.

However, I did NOT say I was pleased to see she ran him down for doing that, because I don't think she did it for revenge. Nope, not at all. I think she did it because she was texting or reading FaceBook while driving and completely unaware of her surroundings. If she's a California driver, she's probably used to this kind of selfish assholery at intersections by motorcyclists and had forgotten all about it as soon as she saw a new post on her FB page while driving, and then she hit the guy. She would have hit something or someone else, probably, but he happened to be in the way, and THAT was his fault.

Get away from her, Mr. Asshole Motorcyclist! She's an ever bigger danger than you are!

I see people - mostly women - staring at their smart-phones every single day that I leave my neighborhood, in my car or on my bicycle. I get away from them fast, or stay well behind them.

I said the guy deserved it because he got in front of a driver with a cell phone. Let me clarify: He deserved it because he rode in front of her at what appeared to be a modest rate of speed. That's stupid when you KNOW there's a driver on a cell phone behind you.

What he should have done was:

1. Not been an ASSHOLE and cut in line in front of others who got there first. But then that was over. That was when he went from being selfish to being stupid.

2. Once the light turned green, he should have been outta there! Find yourself in front of a driver using a phone? Either go fast and get away from her, or stay the behind, where he should have been all along.

I stand by my comments. The ASSHOLE invited them by posting his video for the world to see. He was a victim, yes, but first, he was a selfish jerk, and then he was a stupid rider (or driver, had he been in a car) for not getting the hell out her way, and fast!

I would not wish that upon anyone, but I have no sympathy for that rider in this case. Had that been me, I would have been too ashamed to post that video. Defensive driving in 2015 includes constantly watching for drivers holding cell phones up in front of their faces and avoiding them.

Finally, let me say that I may be guilty of many things, but distracted driving due to a cell phone is not among my vices. I don't own a smart phone and I never - NEVER - send or receive text messages.

[The359]

Oh, wait, driving in traffic is a race now?

[Crazed_Insanity]

Road rage happens. When you cuss people out or give them the finger or drive erratically on purpose, other people will react. Some will run you over and some might pull out guns on you. It's not a race but a battlefield out there!

It's best not to escalate anything. If you do, be ready to fight or flight. I tend to agree with George that if I were a biker, I would stay away from such psycho drivers. Further, I'd report driving under the influence of a phone rather than go up to a car and tell them to put their fucking phone away. If you must tell people what to do, at least tell them nicely.

BMW driver is in the wrong 100% from beginning to end. No argument there.

However, do you motorcyclists here really would promote other riders to do what that guy did?

Tell random stranger to fucking do the right thing and then split lanes and ride slowly in front of the folks who you just pissed off?

Is that really the wisest thing to do?

Nobody deserves to be beat up for standing up for what's right, but sometimes we run into thugs and get beat up.

[thesameguy]

Spoken like a true bigot.

Yeah, the guy waiting for the facts to come out before coming to a conclusion is the bigot, and the guy who judges a person because of their mode of transportation is the voice of reason. Good call. You must be barrels of fun on jury duty. :up:

[overpowered]

The driver of the BMW moved across the center line, got next to the bike and moved over into him. You can pretend that it's the motorcyclist's fault if you want. I'm guessing that you're a very aggressive driver and you feel a lot of rage towards anyone in your way.

[thesameguy]

And you have no idea what actually lead up to that. Yeah, I know you're going to say it doesn't matter because whatever preceded whatever happening is no basis to use your car as a weapon and everyone who is in a car has to take whatever abuse anyone not in a car cares to dish out because cars have to exercise responsibility that everyone else is free to disregard. I know your position. People in cars responsible for all actions, people not in cars not. That, my friend, is a textbook definition of bigotry. The preferential treatment of one class or group over another. Save your breath, save your keyboard, I know the score.

And don't you dare make assumptions about me, how I drive, or how I perceive other people. You're like my ex-girlfriend, always thinking you know what I'm thinking or what I'm about to do. And, somehow, despite a terrible track record of prediction totally ready to make another one. The other thing you share with her are an incredible ability to assign blame for social situations based on limited facts, and distill everything down someone at fault and someone not at fault instantly. She's fat and alone after alienating all her casual acquaintances with her innate knowledge of right and wrong, and leveling baseless accusations at pretty much everyone who ever cared about her. Hope you fare better.

[Freude am Fahren]

That guy on the motorcycle could have kicked though the BMW's window, shit in his hand and thrown it though the BMW's broken window, still not an excuse for attempted murder. I didn't see a gun in the rider's hand, so beyond that, fuck the BMW driver.

[overpowered]

That guy on the motorcycle could have kicked though the BMW's window, shit in his hand and thrown it though the BMW's broken window, still not an excuse for attempted murder. I didn't see a gun in the rider's hand, so beyond that, fuck the BMW driver.Exactly.

[thesameguy]

That is *exactly* the problem. A mentality that there are somehow levels of offense and you have to keep your level of response at the same level as the offense. I mean, that's great in theory but it doesn't and cannot pan out in practice. People do not have the same frustration tolerances, the same coping mechanisms, and the same feeling of security in the face of a given threat. I've been in one actual fight in my entire life - in 7th grade - because frankly I don't feel terribly threatened ever. Not that I endeavor to create or participate in dangerous situations, but rather when random aggros get in my face, I'm confident I can handle what might unfold. As a result, I keep things calm and my life never comes to physical danger. On the other hand, my girlfriend nearly had a panic attack (like, a legitimate medical experience) a couple months ago when a guy followed her to the Fiat dealership because either wanted to ask her out or ask about her car. She ended up flying into the parking lot and running inside, and a pair of nice techs went out to confront the guy. She was literally scared for her life. There just isn't a way to anticipate or control how Behavior A and Reaction B occur in people.

Responsibility should not be leveled 100% at the people who finish a confrontation. Some fault has to lie with the people who start it. If you provoke someone, you damn well better be ready for some meth head to run you over or some lawyer to figure out a way to sue you or some angsty teen to egg your car. Although I'm good in tense situations, the *real* reason I never get into fights is because I'm very aware of the freakshow unfolding around me and I take steps to just steer clear. Motorcycle guy squeezed between two cars and cruised in front of a chick on his cell phone. Like George said, not a smart move. You know why? Because maybe that chick is FUCKING NUTS.

Also like George said, I'm not suggesting (nor have I suggested at any time about any thing) that anyone *deserves* to be run down by any one for any reason. What I am suggesting is that creating a system whereby blame is assigned in 100% increments to the person who did the most damage is ludicrous. I cut off your finger, you kill me = 100% your fault. I throw my ninja stars at you and miss and you shoot me and I die = 100% your fault. I push you away and you push me down = 100% your fault. That is an insane, inflexible, and frankly scary system.

Don't start none, won't be none. That's what the Incans used to say and it's still true today. If you decide to start some, you have already assumed at least *some* of the blame.

[George]

WTF was the motorcyclist doing squeezing up in between two cars at a red light? That's cause right there to get a good asskicking for being a selfish asshole. Wait your turn in line, jerk.

I posted that after seeing the motorcyclist not only squeeze in between a bunch of cars at a red light (asshole move #1, even if legal), and then yell at someone who any reasonable person would assume is female for being on her cell phone (asshole move #2, even if legal, and probably warranted).

I was thinking if a cyclist tried that around here, someone would open the door of his F-350 to put an end to the line-cutting. Squeezing between stopped traffic on a motorccyle simply isn't done anywhere I've lived.

That cyclist reminded me of assholes who, when they see traffic is zipper-merging due to a closed lane ahead due to ann accident or road construction, speed past everyone and try to butt in at the last second. Those assholes really piss me off, as do the submissive pansies who let them in, in front of all the drivers who followed the rules and waited their turns.

Then I remembered how Ponch and Jon always blew by traffic on TV, remembered that that insanity is legal in CA, thought my words were too harsh, and I deleted the post.

However, I got quoted, and then I felt like I had to back up my previous remarks.

That cyclist was an asshole. Did he deserve to get dumped by either a clueless texter or someone who wanted an ADW arrest? Of course not. But I can't understand why he kept gunning the throttle and looking back, either. Was he taunting the BWM driver? Could be. I'd like to see dashcam video of that from the BMW.

This is not an apology, but I do wish I had said nothing at all. I hate to see you guys duking it out over something I said.

[thesameguy]

I hate to see you guys duking it out over something I said.

Ain't no thang.

[speedpimp]

This is not an apology, but I do wish I had said nothing at all. I hate to see you guys duking it out over something I said.

The winner gets to face CI in a cage match and the "winner" of that gets sweet love made to them by you.

[thesameguy]

Does sweet have to be sweet, or can it be tangy and/or spicy?

[overpowered]

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

[Drachen596]

Berkely just did a lane splitting study... (http://www.gizmag.com/motorcycle-lane-splitting-filtering-safety-research/34425/)


hmmm Belgian study says its good for ALL road users including car drivers. (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/motorbikes/9272532/Why-commuting-by-motorcycle-is-good-for-everyone.html)


By the way, every bicyclist I have ever encountered in traffic goes to the front at red lights. Pretty much for the same reason filtering to the front is good for people on motorcycles, you wanna get rear ended by some texting/makeup applying/eating/otherwise distracted person in a car that is easily 4 or more times your weight?

[G'day Mate]

I've never seen a problem with motorbikes filtering (at the lights) - it makes sense to me. Perhaps this is a cultural thing?

[Drachen596]

It seems to be a US i gotta get there first type thing.. though i think it applies to Canada too.

Keep in mind that in California it isn't specifically legal or illegal. there are a number of places with petitions to make it legal though.

[G'day Mate]

Drachen - do you mean "gotta get there first" by the motorbike or "how dare you go in front of me" from the driver?

[Drachen596]

Drivers in cars.

[21Kid]

Everyone has to be first in the US. They swap lanes to try and get 1 car length further ahead. And in the end, they end up saving what, 10 seconds? By being one car length closer. Multiply this by 60% of the drivers out there and it causes massive traffic jams. People always moving from lane to lane thinking one will be faster and they'll get there sooner. It's really crazy.

[Yw-slayer]

I posted that after seeing the motorcyclist not only squeeze in between a bunch of cars at a red light (asshole move #1, even if legal)

I disagree.


I was thinking if a cyclist tried that around here, someone would open the door of his F-350 to put an end to the line-cutting. Squeezing between stopped traffic on a motorccyle simply isn't done anywhere I've lived.

I think it's fine. Someone opening the door to stop it needs to be pulled out and given a serious beating from which he/she will require weeks to recover, because that would be the effect of opening the door of an F-350 into the path of a filtering cyclist.

Or we can look at it another way - if you were doing it and got injured by the dickhead in the F-350, then would your wife and kids be happy to hear that you had been seriously injured due to your being deliberately smacked by the door some dickhead in an F-350? "Yeah, my husband was being an asshole, he totally deserved that injury!!"


That cyclist reminded me of assholes who, when they see traffic is zipper-merging due to a closed lane ahead due to ann accident or road construction, speed past everyone and try to butt in at the last second. Those assholes really piss me off, as do the submissive pansies who let them in, in front of all the drivers who followed the rules and waited their turns.

That's very different. Amongst other things, that still doesn't justify violence, let alone a deliberate attempt to injure another road user.


However, I got quoted, and then I felt like I had to back up my previous remarks.

Perhaps you shouldn't have said it in the first place, because now I have a much lower opinion of you. Then again, given that I'm a filtering asshole, perhaps you don't care.


That cyclist was an asshole.

If it's only because of reason #1, then I disagree.


This is not an apology, but I do wish I had said nothing at all. I hate to see you guys duking it out over something I said.

Too bad, sometimes we have differences of opinion.

Not everyone gets to ride to work on chilled-out roads and lanes like you do. This is almost as bad as blerpa's "I hate all roadies" (based on dickheads who live in his area and who happen to be roadies) diatribes.

[Crazed_Insanity]

I think we're experiencing the same fucking argument all over again... just like that pedestrian getting ran over by a spooked driver thing.

For whatever reasons, most here think it's perfectly fine for bikers or pedestrians or whoever that could easily get injured by a crazy drivers to act out aggressively against crazy drivers... whether verbally or even physically... and then expect the crazy car driver to just take it as if pedestrian or bikers are indestructible gods or something.

Yes, laws are for sure on the side of pedestrians... and in this case, the biker too. For sure the drivers will lose out in courts.

However, I just think it's important for those who can win cases to be able to live to walk to the court and to be able to testify against the perpetrator. Law won't be able to protect you in the moment. Law can only protect you after the fact. All I'm saying is that people should stay out of crazies way... rather then pretend to be police or vigilante and try to teach a lesson to crazy drivers. It's just not worth it. If you must engage other drivers, you better make sure you can win in a direct fight, if not, you better know how to run away. Basic survival 101.

[thesameguy]

I've never seen a problem with motorbikes filtering (at the lights) - it makes sense to me. Perhaps this is a cultural thing?

I don't think so. I fully support lane splitting, and as a guy trapped in the car I envy the dude on two wheels who can slide up to the front. Good on them. Not only does it ease the situation for everyone in back, it gives the motorcyclist an opportunity to get some space between them and the cars, creating a safer environment for everyone. Makes great sense, it's all win. If I didn't need a car for work (can't put a computer on a bike so easily), I'd be on a Triumph splitting lanes too.

What is not win is:

A) When the *motorcyclist* is packing the "me first" attitude and is just another distracted driver doing dumb things who gets a free pass to go to the front and become an obstacle for *more* people. It sounds absolutely ridiculous but I see it every day. It's never the guy on the crotch rocket, ever. It's always a guy on something big - usually a Harley - who is effing with his radio, playing with something on/around the engine, just learning to ride, or out seeing the sights. Coupled with an un-muffled exhaust literally right next to my window and you've basically described the polar opposite of cool. People on two wheels (or foot) are not immune from being anti-social assholes.

B) In this particular case, the chick alleges he kicked her car, once he was in front he was behaving erratically in such a way (engine revs, constant looks behind, *not* just GTFOing) that one might draw the opinion he was taunting the chick, and his video starts and stops at an opportune time to primarily support his side of the story. I'm not saying he was right or wrong, I'm not saying the chick was right or wrong, all I am saying, all I *ever* said was that assigning blame based on these limited facts in bullshit internet justice. Maybe he's at fault, maybe she is, but until the facts are known lets save our condemnations.

[thesameguy]

Yes, laws are for sure on the side of pedestrians... and in this case, the biker too. For sure the drivers will lose out in courts.

That is exactly the point. They might not. This is that comparative fault issue, a legal Thing in the United States, the thing that shifted the blame from Ford to Firestone and from old lady to McDonald's. If you have actively created a shitty situation and/or have taken steps to escalate one, you have blame in it. That is the only possible correct legal or moral or ethical answer.

[Crazed_Insanity]

Okay, I need a law lesson here...

Let's say a mean biker flipped a bird, cussed, even spit on and kicked the BMW..., and then the BMW decided to deliberately hit the biker and causing him to fall as shown in the video... and the biker dies.

Let's say everything is caught on camera and you can see the biker escalated everything. Could the driver of the BMW be able to get off by 'self defense'?

I'd think the driver will still be charged with murder, no?

Just as no matter how spooked or how threatened you felt, you just cannot run pedestrians over, right? I'd think traffic laws will be on the side to protect the weaker party. Am I wrong?

[Kchrpm]

No comment :|

[thesameguy]

Crazy legal scenarios, and I'm no lawyer.

But the scenarios exactly illustrate the complexities of the situation. If someone flipped me off and kicked my car I wouldn't feel personally threatened. I probably should not commit that to writing, but whatever. Really, I wouldn't feel in fear of my life. But that doesn't mean EVERYONE would feel the same way and the law necessarily accounts for that. It's a fucking shitty example, but that is *exactly* the Zimmerman case. Zimmerman ostensibly felt threatened for his life and he shot an unarmed kid. You can't just look at a situation retroactively and make determinations about how people felt. It's not possible. So, yeah, Zimmerman was charged with murder... and he was acquitted of it! The only thing we can do as people and a society is look at all the facts and try to understand them, and hopefully imagine what it would have been like to be there. You can see similar details in that Comicon case, where I'm sure certain people would want to see the Honda driver charged with ATTEMPTED MURDER for USING HIS CAR AS A WEAPON but he's being charged with reckless endangerment causing great bodily harm, a decidedly lesser crime no doubt ameliorated by the situation. If some driver had just random swerved off the road into a crowd of people and then had a good chuckle, we'd see different charges. We'll have to see how this case actually unfolds, but on the surface it seems murder wasn't the intention and it certainly wasn't the result. We'll see how the facts are presented and what the jury thinks. Maybe they'll find he's mentally unstable and needs hospitalization or maybe they'll find he acted reasonably. We don't know.

It's same situation with these two idiots. Guy on a bike has an opportunity to leave the situation and doesn't, chick in a car exercises bad judgment. We don't know any more than that. Rushing to judgment of either party is somewhere between pointless and wrong. That is literally throwing every modern justice system in the world out the window and drawing conclusions from a one minute video provided by one of the parties. It irks me to no end when self-righteous know it alls make determinations about other peoples' emotions or intent based on limited facts. Who the hell is anyone to draw such dramatic conclusions about *anything* based on that?

The especially frustrating part of this discussion is this:


Holding a fresh cup of coffee between your legs is stupid and asking for trouble. People pretending that the lawsuit is not frivolous are gullible.

followed by this:


I tend to agree. Unfortunately, in the U.S. we have a culture of blaming the victim.

Really? Holding an emotionless cup of coffee which tends to behave predictably is stupid whereas putting your 1000lb frame up against a 3000lb frame filled with chick on a cell phone which statistically does not isn't? REALLY?

These types of remarks are symptomatic of those self-righteous know-it-alls. I don't need any more information, the facts are plain as day, my judgment is infallible. Yeah, except, it's not. That is why we have courts, that is why we have discovery periods, that is why we ask 12 peoples' opinions and not ones. Because situations involving more than one person, especially when one person hurts another, tend to be complex. The person who can watch a minute and a half video and be confident he knows all the facts is, in my opinion, the person who is the least capable of making a good decision about them.

[Jason]

I'm not a big fan of lane splitting in how it's normally done here, at least. I'll be sitting in traffic at 10-15mph with cars merging in and out of lanes during rush hour, then some jackass biker rolls through at 40mph+ splitting lanes... it just makes me nervous as fuck.

That all being said, its legal and sometimes it makes sense, and its no big deal. Filtering through to the front of a stop light, whatever...

As far as the video? It seemed to me the guy was being unnecessarily aggressive, and squeezing his bike in when there was little room... then whatever happened on the turn, it seemed like there was an ongoing dispute, or like he was intentionally slowing the BMW driver up.

BUT even if he was being a dick, that shouldn't be a death sentence. The BMW needs to be the "bigger person" in this situation and let it go. Unfortunately egos tend to be huge for both motorcyclists and BMW drivers (if we're generalizing here), so... yeah.

[thesameguy]

http://img.fark.net/images/cache/850/l/l3/fark_l3to3Tm7cQLw9_5t6BdK8rdENIU.jpg?t=h8yKSmPU42F mWS0UxcoK1w&f=1433736000

[thesameguy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2a-596P5tw

[Drachen596]

there's a motorcycle vlogger on youtube called Royal Jordanian. he rides in and around London and is always splitting and filtering. Don't think i've ever seen a video of his where he isn't.

[Godson]

I though this was the epic fail thread. Not the traffic law discussion thread.

[thesameguy]

Traffic law discussion is epic fail. Derp.

[neanderthal]

In filtering up to the front and even in telling the BMW driver to put their phone down, the motorcyclist was absolutely in the right. There is no law that says a motorcyclist cannot filter up to the front st a traffic light. Don't like it; suck it. That's the way the law is written.

When the light turns green and the biker is looking back and varying his speed, the biker is absolutely in the wrong. It seems he is tainting and or inciting the BMW driver with his behavior. I do know that the car that was in the adjacent lane is far away because the cyclist is not going on his way.

The BMW driver is 100% at fault, but the motorcyclist is not innocent. I remember saying something similar about something else.

[TheBenior]

When on 2 wheels and surrounded by people of uncertain sanity in multi-thousand pound vehicles, discretion is the better part of valor.

[Jason]

In filtering up to the front and even in telling the BMW driver to put their phone down, the motorcyclist was absolutely in the right. There is no law that says a motorcyclist cannot filter up to the front st a traffic light. Don't like it; suck it. That's the way the law is written.

When the light turns green and the biker is looking back and varying his speed, the biker is absolutely in the wrong. It seems he is tainting and or inciting the BMW driver with his behavior. I do know that the car that was in the adjacent lane is far away because the cyclist is not going on his way.

The BMW driver is 100% at fault, but the motorcyclist is not innocent. I remember saying something similar about something else.

It goes back to the whole victim blaming conversation... there is room to point out ways to minimize one's own risk while at the same time holding the perpetrator responsible for the crime.

[overpowered]

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/476895803/Kancho.jpg

[Freude am Fahren]

For some reason I can't stop laughing at this compilation of robots falling over at the DARPA competition


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0TaYhjpOfo

[Rare White Ape]

Oh boy, George.

I hope I get to lane split past you one day. It'll be awesome. I'll even fart on the way past.

I've been doing it for 8 years. To bust the myth that you're jumping the queue, yes the bike gains an advantage, but the cars are not disadvantaged at all. It's nothing at all like pushing into a queue at an ATM or a shop.

You're just jealous. Seethingly, terribly, blood-boilingly jealous. And I laugh at that.

But hey if you get so upset at a simple thing like this, then I will hate to see your reaction if you see me riding down bicycle lanes and on footpaths.

[thesameguy]

Crop dusting while lane splitting is a goddamn game changer.

[overpowered]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRg5E1pGDi8

[overpowered]

https://scontent-lax1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/t31.0-8/s960x960/11393487_428578007324713_7932026681888234625_o.jpg

[overpowered]

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

[G'day Mate]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0CLR9VKMPY

Funny?

[21Kid]

Roving Robotic Beds Are the Best Way To Commute While You Sleep (http://gizmodo.com/roving-robotic-beds-are-the-best-way-to-commute-while-y-1709801214)

Obviously...

[Dicknose]

George, so "asking for it" is not the same as deserved?

And you might think lane splitting is rude, but the point of having laws is that it tells us what is allowed and removes any personal opinion from the equation.
If you don't like the laws, that is your problem.

And even if lane splitting was illegal, none of it justifies attempting to injure someone.
There are too many people who solve problems with violence.
And too many people who justify it and blame the victim.

And it's not just a matter of big vehicle vs small.
I've seen motorbikes deliberates smash mirrors off cars and kick doors to intimidate people.
Their violence is aimed at the vehicle only because it encloses the driver. I have little doubt they would direct it at the driver if given the chance.

If you can't control your anger and feel the need to harm others, seek some professional help.
Or go live in the wilderness.

[Kchrpm]

George, so "asking for it" is not the same as deserved?
I do feel like there's a small difference between those two phrases. You can definitely be asking for something that you don't deserve.

[thesameguy]

Story of my life. :sadbanana:

I just cannot buy into the notion that physical violence is on some plateau off by itself alone from all other types of mean things you can do to somebody. Lie, cheat, steal, scream, insult, threaten, badger, slander - just don't hit. None of those things are ok, none of them. Grading them based on some personal scale of most appropriate to least appropriate creates opportunity for people to justify actions with "at least I didn't" or "could have been worse" or "someone else might have." It is literally what makes people think they can be asses to anyone they like so long as their hands stay in their pockets. it's a ridiculous environment. None of it's okay. If you go down the road of abusive behavior and someone else escalates you got what you deserve. Don't start none, won't be none. Or, if you start it don't be surprised when someone else finishes it. It's okay to be an idiot as long as nobody gets physically hurt is nonsense.

[speedpimp]

https://scontent-lax1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/t31.0-8/s960x960/11393487_428578007324713_7932026681888234625_o.jpg

Looks like it could've been Chris Farley in an SNL skit.

[George]

My final words on this subject:

It seems that those most upset with me live where lane-splitting between cars waiting at a red light is legal: California, Australia, and Hong Kong. Sorry if I missed anyone. Okay. That's your problem, or your benefit, depending on your point of view.

However, I have been a licensed automobile driver and owner for 31 years. I have never lived anywhere where lane-splitting was legal, or practiced, to my knowledge. I don't think I've ever seen a motorcycle squeeze between rearview mirrors at an intersection before I saw that video, and my jaw was on the proverbial floor when I saw that.

Lesson learned here: shut the hell up about things you don't know about.

I shall now demonstrate that behavior with regard to this topic.

[neanderthal]

It's not the "not knowing about lane splitting" that's offensive, it's the "he f'n deserved it" attitude.

Maybe lesson not learned.

[overpowered]

Looks like it could've been Chris Farley in an SNL skit.He's fatter than Farley.

[GB]

About a month ago I was in the Drive-Thru lane at my local Chick-fil-A. I was about 4 cars back from the menu board / order kiosk.

A guy on a moped "lane-split" his way past all the cars in the line, and squeezed in between the bumpers of the car that was ordering and the car just behind. He saved himself time at the expense of everyone behind him.

I'm betting I'm not the only one who considered violence in response, however brief the feeling may have been.

[GB]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CHAdzhLUYAAc-AS.jpg:large

[G'day Mate]

:lol:

[Godson]

Heh.

[Freude am Fahren]

About a month ago I was in the Drive-Thru lane at my local Chick-fil-A. I was about 4 cars back from the menu board / order kiosk.

A guy on a moped "lane-split" his way past all the cars in the line, and squeezed in between the bumpers of the car that was ordering and the car just behind. He saved himself time at the expense of everyone behind him.

I'm betting I'm not the only one who considered violence in response, however brief the feeling may have been.

Not even in the same boat. Obviously this guy is a complete douche.

[Godson]

I'd have thrown something at him.

[neanderthal]

Nothing an opened door couldn't have solved there .

[Jason]

Did the pitcher have an agnostic glove, or does he have to have two different gloves and change them when he feels like pitching with the other arm? Either way, that's some cool talent. :up:

[JSGeneral]

Did the pitcher have an agnostic glove, or does he have to have two different gloves and change them when he feels like pitching with the other arm? Either way, that's some cool talent. :up:

I saw that game (on local television). The pitcher had a glove that had two thumb pockets... one on each side of the glove so that he could switch. It was pretty cool to watch and see how the rules pertained to when he could switch and how he notified when he was switching.

Psst Jason... But that's not the reason it's here. (Read the newspaper article's title.) :)

[G'day Mate]

Incidentally, in cricket it's illegal to swap bowling arms mid-over

[The359]

It's illegal for him to switch arms while pitching to the same batter, so he can only switch between batters.

[overpowered]

WARNING! This one is gruesome. One Russian truck driver (with the dash cam) stops because there are goats crossing the road. The next one does not stop.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLQDRRkEaG0

[SportWagon]

About a month ago I was in the Drive-Thru lane at my local Chick-fil-A. I was about 4 cars back from the menu board / order kiosk.

A guy on a moped "lane-split" his way past all the cars in the line, and squeezed in between the bumpers of the car that was ordering and the car just behind. He saved himself time at the expense of everyone behind him.

I'm betting I'm not the only one who considered violence in response, however brief the feeling may have been.
Hmm. Around here getting service at all on a bicycle at a drive-thru is not guaranteed.

It would seem the people at the service window could have requested he go to the back of the current queue.

And around here, I think they could have simply decided that today was a good day to enforce the "no service to bicycles" policy.

[SportWagon]

It's not the "not knowing about lane splitting" that's offensive, it's the "he f'n deserved it" attitude.

Maybe lesson not learned.
There is a difference between saying something is deserved, and saying that it might be a predictable response from a person whose law-abiding qualities you actually don't know.

[Crazed_Insanity]

It's amazing people react in such a polarizing way regarding this video...

Anyway, I also don't think asking for it is the same as deserve it. Even by examining just that video alone...

Who gives you the right to fucking cuss out a stranger even if that somebody is in the wrong texting while driving? You think you're the police? Well, do you realize how unpopular police officers are now in the US? You can't ask nicely? Do you even know who you're talking to? Then you're basically asking for it.

Lastly, if you think its unsafe to text while driving, then why do you think its safe to ride while constantly turning and looking back? What are you looking for? Somebody aggressively pursuing you? Then why don't you get the fuck outta there? When a crazy mad driver in hot pursue and you don't speed up and get away, instead you constantly look back at him doing who knows what... anyway, I'd definitely call that asking for it.

Does the rider deserved what he ended up getting? Of course not!

Perhaps most here simply believe that we live in civilize societies and road rage just can't possibly happen?

I can sympathize with the rider, but I wouldn't encourage folks who ride bikes do the same things he did.

Forget lane splitting. For the riders here, would you tell other drivers to fucking put their phones away?

If you've obviously pissed some crazy driver off, would you continue to ride closely with such a crazy driver?

[speedpimp]

He's fatter than Farley.

Fatter, schmatter. It's the vibe he gives off from the looks on his face in those pics.

[speedpimp]

WARNING! This one is gruesome. One Russian truck driver (with the dash cam) stops because there are goats crossing the road. The next one does not stop.



That is just fucked up.

[Godson]

Why didn't I think of this?


https://kansascity.craigslist.org/hss/5062845670.html

[Sad, little man]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDmgL0o-Mzo

My favorite comment... "Fifty years from now, while we huddle in the sewers to hide from the predator killbots combing the surface for human survivors, we'll replay this video and have a hearty but muted laugh."

[Jason]

I saw that game (on local television). The pitcher had a glove that had two thumb pockets... one on each side of the glove so that he could switch. It was pretty cool to watch and see how the rules pertained to when he could switch and how he notified when he was switching.

Psst Jason... But that's not the reason it's here. (Read the newspaper article's title.) :)

Totally aware, just thought the act was way more impressive, so I kinda ignored the funny title :)

Cool about the glove :up:

Could you expand about the rules and timing of switches?

[Kchrpm]

He must communicate to the umpire and the other team which hand he will pitch with before the batter approaches the plate, and cannot change hands for the entire at bat unless:
- The inning ends for another reason (runner thrown out stealing, for instance), he can come back the next inning with the other arm
- Injury. But the injured hand can not be used for the rest of the game

[overpowered]

But switch hitters can switch after every pitch, as long as they do it before the pitcher steps on the rubber to set.

[GB]

Hmm. Around here getting service at all on a bicycle at a drive-thru is not guaranteed.

Technically it was a motor-scooter, I guess, not a moped. No pedals.

[neanderthal]

That is just fucked up.

And homey just kept rolling....

[SportWagon]

Technically it was a motor-scooter, I guess, not a moped. No pedals.
Duh, you did say moped, didn't you? Somehow my conscience read it as "bicycle".

[Freude am Fahren]

But switch hitters can switch after every pitch, as long as they do it before the pitcher steps on the rubber to set.

And that happened. A batter came up to bat righty, and he declared to pitch righty (after a bit of confusion), then the batter switched and pitcher couldn't. (skip to 2:35)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzTzh45RgaQ

They have the rule because I guess it was Venditte that got into a minutes long stand-off with a switch batter where they both kept switching before a pitch was even thrown :lol:. It's called the Venditte rule (unofficially?)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2oD8KzxS14

[Crazed_Insanity]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDmgL0o-Mzo

My favorite comment... "Fifty years from now, while we huddle in the sewers to hide from the predator killbots combing the surface for human survivors, we'll replay this video and have a hearty but muted laugh."

I think this music is much better! :up:

:D

[Kchrpm]

And that happened. A batter came up to bat righty, and he declared to pitch righty (after a bit of confusion), then the batter switched and pitcher couldn't. (skip to 2:35)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzTzh45RgaQ
That's not what happened.

In that video, the pitcher declared, but then changed it before the batter got in the box. He had made a mistake, told the ref he knew he shouldn't be allowed to change after making the initial sign but that he had made an honest mistake.

Looking at the rules today, it seems you are limited by the times you are allowed to leave the batter's box (part of the speeding up the game rules), but not which batter's box you go into.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/official_rules/batter_6.jsp

[overpowered]

https://scontent-lax1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/1620827_1277823458913771_3461067023946114297_n.jpg ?oh=70fad51ccaba0751c8a05d5c06f735de&oe=560093AD

[Freude am Fahren]

That's not what happened.

In that video, the pitcher declared, but then changed it before the batter got in the box. He had made a mistake, told the ref he knew he shouldn't be allowed to change after making the initial sign but that he had made an honest mistake.

Yeah, that's what I meant by the bit of confusion part. I didn't mean he tried to change and couldn't just that he couldn't.

[speedpimp]

Stay classy Texas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO5l4J6TRkE

[overpowered]

http://cdn.diply.com/img/b5add4c5-9999-4ec4-806a-70c7dbc26992.jpg

[Alan P]

Stay classy Texas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO5l4J6TRkE

Ejected!

[thesameguy]

Man, chickstuff has the move down to an artform.

[overpowered]

https://scontent-lax1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/11412323_1269649773064473_9211178793719484149_n.jp g?oh=7f6d1aa01c0dc11060c111149fd09aa2&oe=55FC9760

[LHutton]

That's a nice system of shelves for only $1.

[overpowered]

I'm pretty sure this is fake but it made me laugh so:

https://scontent-lax1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/11428016_10153483201173474_321443599814876228_n.jp g?oh=db971241e98032881cf64fa55b964749&oe=55F4CAE7

[MR2 Fan]

yep, apparently he died on the death star

[Sad, little man]

You have to wonder how many spare pairs of underwear they had on site...

http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/11/travel/boeing-dreamliner-paris-air-show-rehearsal-video/

[The359]

For who? It had no passengers.

[overpowered]

Breaking Bad vodka (http://www.blueicevodka.com/heisenberg.html)

[Sad, little man]

That's the most cash grabbiest cash grab I've ever seen.Was there ever even one instance of any character drinking vodka on that show?

[speedpimp]

For who? It had no passengers.

Pilot/copilot?

[thesameguy]

Accountants?

[Sad, little man]

Spectators?

[thesameguy]

http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/twilightzone/images/4/4f/Nightmare_ar_20,000_Feet_Gremlin.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130226014323

?

[Godson]

https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10710897_885431898135076_9201293085890594137_n.jpg ?oh=ecfeb5ecc34bd685d28ef1dc6e1e2088&oe=56019058

[overpowered]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVs3tub8efk

[2ndMoparMan]

https://youtu.be/sOzXvLGF9UQ?t=299

Hypnotic.

[LHutton]

http://i.imgur.com/LwWxSVU.gif

http://i.imgur.com/5XiPRNI.jpg

[thesameguy]

That's probably because tattooed parents are 400% more likely to have fun. Especially with fireworks.

[Kchrpm]

Oh goodie, there's a series of those fake things then.

[MR2 Fan]

http://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/aYwj8X7_460s.jpg

[speedpimp]

DOH!

[G'day Mate]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRSfS1SB1Y4

[Drachen596]

I quite enjoy how all the news stories about that woman are saying 'allegedly white'
how many black people were born to two white parents in all of history?

[Drachen596]

Three motorcycle crashes blamed on insects: 'It was like a blizzard in June' (http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/watch-blizzard-of-mayflies-swarm-route-bridge/article_bf83b83a-1249-11e5-b1c0-63a72464803a.html)

[G'day Mate]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQGtucrJ8hM

Pretty much spot on ...

[Kchrpm]

I quite enjoy how all the news stories about that woman are saying 'allegedly white'
how many black people were born to two white parents in all of history?
This gets into some murky territory. If I showed you both of my parents, and asked which one had more recent white parentage in their blood, you'd guess wrong and then not believe me. There are a lot of people who claim they are one thing, look to be one thing, or even think they are one thing, when they are actually a much more complex mix.

But I don't know the woman's story, and I don't want to know the woman's story. It's a subject that I don't even want to get into.

[Godson]

The bigger point is, as touched on by Keith, is "who fucking cares?" and "Why does it matter?"

[G'day Mate]

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[overpowered]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE4J2WFzPeI

[Leon]

what the ...

[speedpimp]

Because Raptors are the new cat.

[speedpimp]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=98&v=NsOYrFMQ0Jw

[Freude am Fahren]

Since when can you let your legs tough the ground during limbo?

[drew]

Instead of a limbo "bar" then should just have one of those deforestation mulchers hovering over the floor at a given height.


they could set it up like a Gallagher show with people sitting in the front with rain coats and visqueen

[Godson]

Instead of a limbo "bar" then should just have one of those deforestation mulchers hovering over the floor at a given height.


they could set it up like a Gallagher show with people sitting in the front with rain coats and visqueen

:lol:

[LHutton]

Since when can you let your legs touch the ground during limbo?
That was my understanding of it too.

[overpowered]

https://scontent-lax1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10929065_633296223472715_4670044036441539826_n.jpg ?oh=e0087b6814dd857748c35f8e385ea5a2&oe=562C9B56

[overpowered]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71tCfpbe%2BlL._UL1500_.jpg

[G'day Mate]

I need that for brewing :up:

[Rare White Ape]

I've pretended to be sober (and innocent) in front of cops a few times. You can imagine how it went.

One memorable one, stole a witches hat at some roadworks late one night. My name was Craig… umm, Wilson.

He called me the most intoxicated fuckwit in Australia.

[Godson]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71tCfpbe%2BlL._UL1500_.jpg

Where can I get that

[thesameguy]

The internet?

[overpowered]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZRYLPEO?ref_=pd_ybh_1

[overpowered]

Rachel Dolezal receives 50k porn offer from WeFuckBlackGirls.com

http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/252682/rachel-dolezal-receives-50k-porn-offer-from-wefuckblackgirls-com/

[Godson]

Winning

[overpowered]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98lOJGTe1M0

[LHutton]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8859/18217169602_d8ef9606b8_z.jpg

[Freude am Fahren]

https://scontent-mia1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtf1/v/t1.0-9/11174898_10206959623734305_2963856527618163741_n.j pg?oh=1ef028c5c1977433997ca71ed2933e57&oe=55F729FF

[overpowered]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6IDO1qAdiw

[Sad, little man]

This man is a god.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTlFk-chSh4

[Leon]

Burrito Challenge girl is a Kiwi. Know that accent anywhere.

[Godson]

Sums up my week.

http://www.quickmeme.com/img/f6/f60e3b8ce6e48d54c74ed95a26ed83eb7759f5eda6949e09ef feda89ced52e37.jpg

[Leon]

yup, I worked in a team of 12 women. It was hell.

[G'day Mate]

Oh man, so at any given time you're dealing with three periods.

[Jason]

Nah, they probably sync up if they're consistently working together. So basically one hell week every month or so :P

[G'day Mate]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfNKBw1_mKQ

So ... do you guys find these amusing? I post them here because lots of people who don't care about brewing still watch them and laugh, otherwise I can keep them in the gurus thread

[Cam]

University of South Carolina has no money for arts and sciences, so they claim. However, they can pay their football coach $4 million and their women's basketball coach $1 million. :smh:

Wars, racism, etc... I'm just fuckin' mad at the world right now. :mad:

[MR2 Fan]

University of South Carolina has no money for arts and sciences, so they claim. However, they can pay their football coach $4 million and their women's basketball coach $1 million. :smh:

Wars, racism, etc... I'm just fuckin' mad at the world right now. :mad:

but look on the bright side, SC has the most fried food in the world I think :p

[overpowered]

http://vuible.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/795435802225303ba0075328c4aa34e9.jpg

[21Kid]

University of South Carolina has no money for arts and sciences, so they claim. However, they can pay their football coach $4 million and their women's basketball coach $1 million. :smh:

Wars, racism, etc... I'm just fuckin' mad at the world right now. :mad:

Oh noes... It seems like Cam is fully assimilating to the American lifestyle. Go back to Canada before it's too late!!!

[Leon]

So ... do you guys find these amusing? I post them here because lots of people who don't care about brewing still watch them and laugh, otherwise I can keep them in the gurus thread

I do. You are one random mofo :)

[MR2 Fan]

http://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/aQnqA6W_460s.jpg

[overpowered]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYKKFQ2__a4

[overpowered]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-iOeLGSNvQ

[Sad, little man]

All I can say is, who the fuck is still listening to Jump Around in 2015!?

[speedpimp]

Everlast?

[LHutton]

http://cdn.firstwefeast.com/assets/2014/07/DDD.jpg

[MR2 Fan]

:lol:

[speedpimp]

Guy's drunken fight with his hair dresser is one of the greatest videos ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZdr6E5tmik

[LHutton]

:lol: Gourmet style.

[MR2 Fan]

http://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/aRVQyGj_460s.jpg

[Freude am Fahren]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jplcbv6E_hA

[overpowered]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MHUlVIJy94

[overpowered]

https://scontent-lax1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/11535815_962551480432411_3384208441806964852_n.jpg ?oh=ef716a609d43a13c2503af403a1e2a4f&oe=56341B19

[G'day Mate]

http://i.imgur.com/DZ3FL5Y.png

[overpowered]

https://scontent-lax1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/1520676_700901776680790_813728850310387420_n.jpg?o h=7e6bef5e4b7c57409272541550a6a1c0&oe=55EE117D

[overpowered]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg

[overpowered]

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

[overpowered]

https://scontent-lax1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/v/t1.0-9/11254138_10153505525942867_8558630919026837012_n.p ng?oh=35fcba62ccdd02af6dcf5cc1896cbcf7&oe=5620CC8A

[drew]

Could of....


I find that the most appalling part of that whole thing, even past the fact that the legality of the photograph is questionable. Regardless, I'm sure they made a lez donut, and even if he was conscious/functional, he would have only been a spectator pumping yogurt on the same toilet he's using as a pillow.

[Godson]

Likely they are also scissor sisters...

[overpowered]

Running with scissors.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8YgTaMyZRk


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaN1Bgo-A1c

[Freude am Fahren]

...Hipster on Hipster crimes. :rolleyes:

:lol:

[TheBenior]

A co-worker and I were just talking about how much we hate top-knots. Goddamn hipsters.

[Freude am Fahren]

https://scontent-mia1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtf1/v/t1.0-9/11412447_10153001402786229_2460338810576513131_n.j pg?oh=06a2199113e02e2a8b1bdd9b0e2abfd0&oe=55EAF9B1

[overpowered]

I couldn't believe that was Kit Harrington, but apparently it is.

[overpowered]

https://assets.rbl.ms/1583276/980x.jpg

[overpowered]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo85Bkm-Ano

[overpowered]

https://scontent-lax1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/11403341_873802902656224_5072447935837088629_n.jpg ?oh=3a3578c46a6f831600c7b7e0be95f5b8&oe=562ED2CD

[Alan P]

:lol:

[overpowered]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMrvR836TFI

[overpowered]

https://scontent-lax1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/11535897_1290125451016905_5104186182501272834_n.jp g?oh=6a211221271d84fd92154eab9aa7a782&oe=563508F5

[overpowered]

If you look closely, that's not an ISIS flag. Those are not Arabic letters. They're silhouettes of sex toys, and CNN didn't notice.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y6qTLf0AI4

[LHutton]

http://www.duffelblog.com/2014/02/f35-delays-sentience/

:lol:

[overpowered]

http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/Gay_f0c55a_310156.jpg

[speedpimp]

NSFW language.

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

[Rare White Ape]

I'm glad they didn't spoil what happens in the video description. It's worth it!

[Sad, little man]

They should have just titled it "God don't like ugly." :lol:

[overpowered]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWAK0J8Uhzk

[Sad, little man]

A few things spring to mind:

1) Toonces the Driving Cat just got a lot less funny.

2) I wonder what kind of crazy insurance policy they were carrying that would be ok with dogs driving cars.

3) I bet some Uber executive is salivating over the possibilities of this. Drivers complaining too much, attempting to gain status as employees instead of contractors? Replace them with dogs!

4) I'd really like to know if a dog has the mental capacity to actually comprehend transporting itself in a car as opposed to just following commands that they've been trained to do, as they're clearly doing in this case.

[thesameguy]

WRT to #4, there are enough skateboarding dogs out there I'm pretty convinced dogs completely grasp the idea of steering a conveyance. Dogs don't suffer the same way people do, trying to adapt an established way of thinking to a new set of circumstances. They don't try so hard to apply what they know to what's currently happening. Doggie amputees just walk differently. Skateboarding dogs just steer differently. No reason to believe driving dogs don't just accept steering is how they are intended to move when strapped into a car.

[speedpimp]

Let's see Rover try to heel and toe.

[Sad, little man]

You know, this pretty much proves how white-centric the tech industry is, because for this to happen, it more or less proves that no one tested this algorithm on any photos of black people.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2015/06/30/google_s_image_recognition_software_returns_some_s urprisingly_racist_results.html

Sigh, where's the link to the white guys wearing google glass site. Oh, here we go...

http://whitemenwearinggoogleglass.tumblr.com/

[Freude am Fahren]

It's not just because she's black, it's because she's making that stupid face with the duck lips.

[Jason]

I think that happened to Flickr also recently.

[thesameguy]

I can't get that upset when an algorithm makes a mistake. There's no intent, it's just enough pixels here look like enough pixels there and that's it. If the algorithm had come back with Ming vase or chair nobody would get upset, it's only because it sounds super racist that anyone does. This outrage is just anthropomorphism. It's dumb. Some other internet algorithm suggested my fat, white, German friend had a strong resemblance to Snoop Dogg. Was Snoop upset? No, because he realizes it's just a computer program trying to simulate complex human functions.

[Sad, little man]

Only problem is that it's an algorithm created by people.

Your argument is kinda like saying that there's no reason to be angry if someone creates a 500ft tall robot and it decides to smash up some buildings. I mean hey, it's just a robot. You can't be upset that it just decided to decimate a few small towns. It wasn't doing it maliciously.

[thesameguy]

Either you're being snarky or you actually believe that's a valid comparison, so either way it's not worth discussing.

[overpowered]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnHGKUh-5O4

[overpowered]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7dG9UlzeFM

[overpowered]

Either you're being snarky or you actually believe that's a valid comparison, so either way it's not worth discussing.

:up:

[speedpimp]

Wow. That shit'll buff right out.

[thesameguy]

You're going to not want to do that with your car.

[overpowered]

https://scontent-lax1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/v/t1.0-9/11693807_10206194900382831_9042810462211415858_n.j pg?oh=74ad99f942dbd0cb85f708ac703d7db9&oe=56274314

[Rare White Ape]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzNAk3WkyEM