Post a news story, entertain me!

ruhk wrote:

Only a dollar? The idea is inherently ludicrous.

I was actually having a discussion with someone at work today about how silly the Mayan apocalypse is. I thought we were on the same page until he said "yeah, it's stupid misunderstanding of mythology. The world will only end when Jesus wants it to."
I facepalmed. :?

The first rule of sucker bets is you can't let the sucker know he's a sucker. If I start throwing down, "Ten bajillion dollars!" no one's going to take that. Maybe someone will go for it for a dollar.

Miashara wrote:

US govt. promises world won't end on 21 Dec, 2012.

Let's be honest. The people who believe it will happen aren't going to change their minds due to this. The people would listen to this don't believe the world is going to end.

I'll bet you a dollar the world doesn't end 21 Dec at any odds you care to name.

It's going to end on January 1, when the US falls off the dreaded "fiscal cliff."

sometimesdee wrote:
Miashara wrote:

US govt. promises world won't end on 21 Dec, 2012.

Let's be honest. The people who believe it will happen aren't going to change their minds due to this. The people would listen to this don't believe the world is going to end.

I'll bet you a dollar the world doesn't end 21 Dec at any odds you care to name.

It's going to end on January 1, when the US falls off the dreaded "fiscal cliff."

Bet you a dollar?

sometimesdee wrote:

It's going to end on January 1, when the US falls off the dreaded "fiscal cliff."

Utter nonsense. We're going to deploy a tiny umbrella manufactured by the Acme Corporation which will no doubt slow our fall off the cliff.

Miashara wrote:

I'll bet you a dollar the world doesn't end 21 Dec at any odds you care to name.

It's a sucker bet because there's no way to collect.

Forget drones, now they're automating Blackhawk helicopters

Still hoping the "Do not listen to Skynet" modules are up-to-date.

Speaking of drones....

http://gizmodo.com/5890507/police-drone-crashes-into-police

Edit: better link

deftly wrote:

Speaking of drones....

http://gizmodo.com/5890507/police-drone-crashes-into-police

Edit: better link

Couldn't have happened to a nicer police state. I love that it happened during a photo op where they were undoubtedly trying to look badass.

To be a little more specific and not so alarmist (though it is amazing):

She was saved from leukemia by altered HIV, which otherwise can lead to AIDS. Really crazy, some of the stuff modern medicine can do, though. Boggles the mind.

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((Alt-Text: We're not sure how to wipe out the chimeral T-cells after they've destroyed the cancer. Though I do have this vial of smallpox ...))

OK, it looks like they had the date of the apocalypse off by about 4 years...

Angry Birds: The Movie - Summer 2016

THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS, PEOPLE!

I... umm... err... not sure if this is entertaining, as much as it makes me want to weep fro the human race.

In Montreal, dogs must be bilingual

MoonDragon wrote:

I... umm... err... not sure if this is entertaining, as much as it makes me want to weep fro the human race.

In Montreal, dogs must be bilingual

'Eel!

MoonDragon wrote:

I... umm... err... not sure if this is entertaining, as much as it makes me want to weep fro the human race.

In Montreal, dogs must be bilingual

wow...

"Roof!"

"Hear that? He said bonjour!"

As a resident of Montreal, I have to say that I was at a dog park and it was absolute chaos. There were large anglo dogs barking at small french dogs who were completely unable to understand them. How are dogs supposed to understand each other if they don't speak the same language? Sniff each others' butts?

Also - there's a big difference between a city councilor proposal and bylaw that gets passed (I sincerely hope).

Actual Title: Iwata Asks: Miiverse Penis Drawing Detection Took Weeks to Develop

Money shot: What we learned is that people enjoy drawing penises. Multiple ones.

Thirteenth wrote:

"Roof!"

"Hear that? He said bonjour!"

saucisse! saucisse!

Miashara wrote:

Actual Title: Iwata Asks: Miiverse Penis Drawing Detection Took Weeks to Develop

Money shot: What we learned is that people enjoy drawing penises. Multiple ones.

AKA The Quintin Stone Filter.

Kato wrote:

Kurisu-san suggested we study different types of penises in order to create figure out the relative shape and size people would draw. We spent a week doing that before we realized that we should have been looking at drawings of penises rather than real-life pictures.

Miashara wrote:

Actual Title: Iwata Asks: Miiverse Penis Drawing Detection Took Weeks to Develop

Money shot: What we learned is that people enjoy drawing penises. Multiple ones.

Telling the internet that there isn't a filter for vagina drawings because no one draws them is probably a bad idea.

Demyx wrote:

Telling the internet that there isn't a filter for vagina drawings because no one draws them is probably a bad idea.

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Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy wrote:

There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.

also

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RE: Bilingual dogs, This and That is a satire site.
Just sayin'.

sometimesdee wrote:
Demyx wrote:

Telling the internet that there isn't a filter for vagina drawings because no one draws them is probably a bad idea.

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I have seen multiple vagina drawings on playercards in Black Ops 2. It's already begun.

groan wrote:

RE: Bilingual dogs, This and That is a satire site.
Just sayin'.

Color me fooled. I figured it was legit because it was the CBC.