Post a news story, entertain me!

That does explain the ridiculously dangerous animals, doesn't it?

Massachusetts Man breaks into home, cleans litter box.

While Florida Man is chaotic neutral at best, Massachusetts Man is chaotic good!

sometimesdee wrote:

Massachusetts Man breaks into home, cleans litter box.

While Florida Man is chaotic neutral at best, Massachusetts Man is chaotic good!

Aww. I actually like Massachusetts Man, and hope he gets some help.

I Was a Cable Guy. I Saw the Worst of America.

A very cool article written by a "6-foot lesbian with a haircut known to barbers as the International Lesbian Option #2" who worked as a cable guy for ten years. Some disturbing stories, but a real eye opener.

BadKen wrote:

I Was a Cable Guy. I Saw the Worst of America.

A very cool article written by a "6-foot lesbian with a haircut known to barbers as the International Lesbian Option #2" who worked as a cable guy for ten years. Some disturbing stories, but a real eye opener.

Saw this on my news feed yesterday. It is a very good article.

Nevin73 wrote:
BadKen wrote:

I Was a Cable Guy. I Saw the Worst of America.

A very cool article written by a "6-foot lesbian with a haircut known to barbers as the International Lesbian Option #2" who worked as a cable guy for ten years. Some disturbing stories, but a real eye opener.

Saw this on my news feed yesterday. It is a very good article.

I am trying to say, is safe for you if you read. You do not read, is maybe not safe for you now.

merphle wrote:

I am trying to say, is safe for you if you read. You do not read, is maybe not safe for you now.

Yeah, that was pretty f'n scary.

Anyone whose job involves going into people's homes will have a litany of stories like that.

My brother has run a carpet cleaning business for a couple decades. So many oddball stories of terrible people.

Cops respond to reports of toddler screaming and a man shouting “why won’t you die!”

Since this was Australia, it was about a spider.

https://bbc.in/2CLz6qh

Ha, I came to this thread to post that story - it's my home state and I used to live about 5 minutes from there. They have a brief interview with the guy here. He says the spider was 10cm long, so I'm guessing it was likely some kind of huntsman. I think they're venomous, but nothing serious. Growing up, we used to let them live in our house to take care of any less desirable bugs. Unfortunately my wife doesn't see the wisdom in that, so these days mine are relegated to the sheds.

LOL at the police report. "No injuries sighted (except to spider)"

Buddhist Monks Are Flexing on Twitter to Protest a Japanese Traffic Law

Buddhist monks in Japan are using Twitter as it was intended—to protest the police and share fun videos that we can all enjoy.

The monks took to Twitter after a clergy member was ticketed in September for driving in his ceremonial robes. According to the Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun, a police officer in Fukui prefecture claimed the man’s long kimono—a particular style that fell below the knees—impaired his ability to drive. He was ordered to pay a fine of 6,000 yen (roughly $55) and reportedly told, “You can’t drive in that kimono.”

But instead of paying the fine, which he is resisting, the monk inspired the delightful Twitter movement #僧衣でできるもん, or “I can do it in monk’s robes.”

Since December, monks throughout Japan have been tweeting videos of themselves jumping rope, playing instruments, and doing other skilled tasks while dressed in religious attire using the hashtag.

When it's time to get someone else to write your press releases.

Numi 2.0 Intelligent Toilet: Numi, Kohler’s most advanced intelligent toilet, offers exceptional water efficiency, personalized cleansing and dryer functions, a heated seat, and high-quality built-in speakers. The lighting features on Kohler’s flagship intelligent toilet have been upgraded from static colors to dynamic and interactive multi-colored ambient and surround lighting. Paired with the new speakers in the Numi toilet, these lighting and audio enhancements create a fully-immersive experience for homeowners. Amazon Alexa built into the product provides simple voice control of Numi’s features and access to tens of thousands of skills, as well as a seamless integration of voice control into the bathroom.
BadKen wrote:

When it's time to get someone else to write your press releases.

Numi 2.0 Intelligent Toilet: Numi, Kohler’s most advanced intelligent toilet, offers exceptional water efficiency, personalized cleansing and dryer functions, a heated seat, and high-quality built-in speakers. The lighting features on Kohler’s flagship intelligent toilet have been upgraded from static colors to dynamic and interactive multi-colored ambient and surround lighting. Paired with the new speakers in the Numi toilet, these lighting and audio enhancements create a fully-immersive experience for homeowners. Amazon Alexa built into the product provides simple voice control of Numi’s features and access to tens of thousands of skills, as well as a seamless integration of voice control into the bathroom.

Am I the only person who doesn't want Alexa/Siri/Cortana/whatever built into everything? Or anything really?

Rykin wrote:

Am I the only person who doesn't want Alexa/Siri/Cortana/whatever built into everything? Or anything really?

Definitely not the only person who still thinks privacy is important and does not want to be datamined.

Today in "no sh*t, Sherlock" research:

Baylor University study sez...

Americans are happier in states where governments spend more on public goods, among them libraries, parks, highways, natural resources and police protection.

Such 'public goods' also are less likely to spark political conflict.
MeatMan wrote:
Rykin wrote:

Am I the only person who doesn't want Alexa/Siri/Cortana/whatever built into everything? Or anything really?

Definitely not the only person who still thinks privacy is important and does not want to be datamined.

The idea of Amazon Alexa living in my toilet is deeply disturbing to me...

I can't believe nobody is commenting on the "fully-immersive" toilet experience.

MeatMan wrote:
Rykin wrote:

Am I the only person who doesn't want Alexa/Siri/Cortana/whatever built into everything? Or anything really?

Definitely not the only person who still thinks privacy is important and does not want to be datamined.

It is not even that for me, I just have never found them to be that useful. I had a Kinect on my Xbox One and really only used about three commands (Xbox On, Xbox Turn Off, and Xbox Go To Netflix) and I have had multiple iPhones with Siri and again found it to be of limited usefulness. I have friends who have their whole house wired up with smart home stuff and I guess it is cool that they can go "Alexa turn on the kitchen lights", but it rarely seems to work first try. Like what is the point of an Alexa controlled coffee pot when you still have to manually load the grounds and water?

I won't be happy until I have a computer 3D modeling my feces, adding scifi weaponry and placing them in real-time battles against other pooper's dumps.

ruhk wrote:

I won't be happy until I have a computer 3D modeling my feces, adding scifi weaponry and placing them in real-time battles against other pooper's dumps.

I think I finally found the multiplayer game I can be competitive in *points to tag*.

What happens when Alexa starts ordering things based on... toilet sounds.

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Weed is even better for old folks' brains than we thought

Previous studies into the effects of THC (the main psychoactive component of marijuana) have shown it to play a role in preventing symptoms of Alzheimer’s. But a new study published in Aging and Mechanisms of Disease, shows that THC goes even further by helping to get rid of amyloid-like proteins in the brain that kill nerve cells.

"Although other studies have offered evidence that cannabinoids might be neuroprotective against the symptoms of Alzheimer's, we believe our study is the first to demonstrate that cannabinoids affect both inflammation and amyloid beta accumulation in nerve cells," says Salk Professor David Schubert, the senior author of the paper.

... based on lab model studies.

Let me know when there are theraputic studies that show what happens in actual brains.

These women survived domestic abuse, now they're sharpshooters protecting animals from poachers

Hell yeah.

Reddit AMA by the Australian former spec ops sniper who founded the IAPF (International Anti Poaching Foundation).

"Lady kept calling me Dennis as she was firing at me!"

I love this: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez bathtub photo debunked by foot fetishists

But users on a site called WikiFeet — devoted to foot fetish photos of celebrities and public figures — exposed the image as a fraud.

“I’ve sucked enough toes in my life to recognize when something doesn’t look right,” one user with the name “jokes_on_you” told the website.