[Non-political] News that makes you Laugh/Cry/Both...

hyzmarca · Post by **hyzmarca** » Fri Feb 07, 2014 7:18 pm

Longes wrote:http://translate.google.com/translate?s ... 27049.html

What Olimpic center in Sochi looks like (and how much did it cost)

Edit:
On the negative side: a fuckaton of money was stolen. Probably 20-30% of the total cost.
On the positive side: in a relatively short period of time a massive construction work was made. If all goes well, it will pay for itself later.

It seems to me that the Olympics could probably have a game every year if they just settled down into one city instead of moving around all the time like sports hobos.

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Fri Feb 07, 2014 7:21 pm

The thing about not flushing toilet paper down the toilet is considered normal in that part of the world. They expect you to place your shit covered toilet paper in a garbage can in Greece, too. The bathrooms can smell pretty bad if the room is warm or the maids haven't emptied the garbage in a while.

So that's not unexpected, it's just disgusting. People from parts of the world where they are less inclined to store poop in places people can see and smell it are predictably horrified. I'm actually pretty surprised that Russia didn't demand the higher force toilets that are standard in much of the rest of the world. For fuck's sake, toilets that can flush paper products are standard in much of Russia.

-Username17

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Fri Feb 07, 2014 8:31 pm

Shit in your hand!

Sashi · Post by **Sashi** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 12:17 am

hyzmarca wrote:It seems to me that the Olympics could probably have a game every year if they just settled down into one city instead of moving around all the time like sports hobos.

But then how would the IOC squeeze money from the countries bidding to be the next host?

hyzmarca · Post by **hyzmarca** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 12:47 am

Sashi wrote:
hyzmarca wrote:It seems to me that the Olympics could probably have a game every year if they just settled down into one city instead of moving around all the time like sports hobos.
But then how would the IOC squeeze money from the countries bidding to be the next host?

They can still squeeze money out of countries to rig the games.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 1:11 am

Maj wrote:Shit in your hand!

Just right!

Wiseman · Post by **Wiseman** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 1:36 am

Happened upon this travesty recently.

Rich kid kills four people and injures several others, and gets off with a slap on the wrist.

DSMatticus · Post by **DSMatticus** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 2:20 am

Wiseman wrote:Happened upon this travesty recently.

Rich kid kills four people and injures several others, and gets off with a slap on the wrist.

The amazing thing about that case was the defense's argument that he shouldn't be held responsible for the consequences of his actions because his wealthy upbringing had shielded him from the knowledge that his actions had consequences. I have no idea how anyone could listen to that from what was likely altogether a million bucks worth of legal defense and not bust out laughing. But also, ten years prior the exact same judge presided over a case of juvenile drunk driving that killed one person and the sentence was twenty years.

Foxwarrior · Post by **Foxwarrior** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 4:29 am

DSMatticus wrote:But also, ten years prior the exact same judge presided over a case of juvenile drunk driving that killed one person and the sentence was twenty years.

Perhaps she's feeling guilty about that.

Longes · Post by **Longes** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 7:31 am

One of the people holding the olympic flag was three times world champion in "Need for Speed".

Longes · Post by **Longes** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 7:01 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26098935
Poor giraffe

Longes · Post by **Longes** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 3:52 am

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... 4-20140130

Longes · Post by **Longes** » Fri Feb 14, 2014 5:37 am

http://www.france24.com/en/20140129-fra ... st-school/

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 1:19 am

I suppose this counts as news.

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Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 1:57 am

I suppose this counts as news.

De La Soul will give you their entire discography for free if you sign up to their newsletter. It's only for some more time though. So get to it.

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hyzmarca · Post by **hyzmarca** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 4:58 am

Longes wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26098935
Poor giraffe

So wait, they're giraffe Nazis?

Well fuck them.

Longes · Post by **Longes** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 7:07 am

hyzmarca wrote:
Longes wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26098935
Poor giraffe
So wait, they're giraffe Nazis?

Well fuck them.

Danish are terrible people. There is their annual Pilot whale murderfest. And now the giraffe.

Fun for the whole family!

TiaC · Post by **TiaC** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 9:32 am

http://satwcomic.com/the-big-shame

virgil · Post by **virgil** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 4:59 pm

Quarter of Americans Believe Sun Revolves Around Earth

I am suspect of the methods used in that survey. What annoys me is this one response to it I heard

The sad thing is, you can map the earth as the center. Really complicated orbits and wildly erratic speeds. However, it can be done and why shouldnt we promote this sort of thinking? Do you know how familiar with mathematics you would have to be just to make a simple paper mache solar system

That's like teaching the Peano Postulates before you cover addition.

Starmaker · Post by **Starmaker** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 5:33 pm

virgil wrote:I am suspect of the methods used in that survey.

It wouldn't surprise me if the results kind of correlated to the sensationalist conclusions people are drawing, but the yahoo article and the corresponding link are terribad.

FWIW, they should have dug deeper and found out how many people think the day/night cycle is caused by the Earth revolving around the Sun.

John Magnum · Post by **John Magnum** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 6:39 pm

They need to dig further and find how many people were deliberately answering as stupidly as possible because they felt condescended to.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:58 pm

In my high school science class, I had to demonstrate how the rotating moon could always present the same face to the earth because people really can be that dim.

DSMatticus · Post by **DSMatticus** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 9:00 pm

virgil wrote:
The sad thing is, you can map the earth as the center. Really complicated orbits and wildly erratic speeds. However, it can be done and why shouldnt we promote this sort of thinking? Do you know how familiar with mathematics you would have to be just to make a simple paper mache solar system
That's like teaching the Peano Postulates before you cover addition.

No, that's like saying things that are not true. The center of the Earth orbit is objectively inside the sun. The center of the Mars orbit is objectively inside the sun. You could model the motion of Mars from the reference frame of Earth, but the resulting model would not be an orbit.

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 9:42 pm

Prak_Anima wrote:In my high school science class, I had to demonstrate how the rotating moon could always present the same face to the earth because people really can be that dim.

In my high school science class, we had the Ptolemy vs. Copernicus debate. Ess and I chose Ptolemy because participants got extra credit. No one really wanted to be the 'losing' side, but we calculated that even if we lost, we would each end up getting more extra credit points than each person on the other team (5+ people).

Except we won. I don't attribute that to class stupidity, though. I attribute it to the fact that doing tons of research and drawing on Ptolemy's writing directly is significantly more convincing than the other team standing up there and basically saying, "We all know Copernicus was righter than that dude."

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 10:06 pm

Ah class debates, always fun. I was once told to be the "pro" side on a debate that the torturing terrorists was acceptable. I drew a distinction between combatants and terrorists and used it to claim that terrorists weren't protected by the geneva convention.