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

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Thu May 31, 2012 1:35 pm

"Bathing Salts" it seems . .

Also:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/223431/r ... mages.html

Limewire is being sued.
For Damages.
By the RIAA.
For 75 TRILLION DOLLARS . .
Which is more than the GDP of the whole planet i think . .

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Thu May 31, 2012 9:36 pm

This should be entertaining.

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Thu May 31, 2012 10:47 pm

I could vaguely at least understand the complaints of the RIAA if they didn't go around doing shit like this. But here they are literally asking for all the money in the world to compensate them for unknown damages. And just like *that* any bit of understanding is transformed into utter contempt.

erik · Post by **erik** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 2:30 am

But just think of the tax revenue would generate! The economy will be healed overnight! Hooray! Sorry Limewire, it's for the greater good.

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 4:19 am

I had forgotten that Limewire had even existed.

RadiantPhoenix · Post by **RadiantPhoenix** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 4:53 am

Darth Rabbitt wrote:I had forgotten that Limewire had even existed.

Same here.

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 5:47 am

RobbyPants wrote:I'd heard about the face-eater, but not the intestine-thrower. Did PCP become popular again, or something?

"Bath Salts". It turns out that there are amphetamine analogs that are not explicitly illegal, despite having roughly the same effects as meth. You can't sell them as a drug or food, because they aren't approved by the FDA. But you can sell them as bath salts, plant food, or paint. Because you're allowed to sell dirt for those purposes. And if you put "not for human consumption" on the package, your legal duties are done.

So there are these packages of amphetamine analogs that are prohibited by law from stating what the dosage actually is on the package. And so some people buy them and then eat the whole package. Which has roughly the kinds of effects you'd think it would when someone takes a near (or actually) fatal dose of psychoactive stimulants.

-Username17

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 6:10 am

FrankTrollman wrote:
RobbyPants wrote:I'd heard about the face-eater, but not the intestine-thrower. Did PCP become popular again, or something?
"Bath Salts". It turns out that there are amphetamine analogs that are not explicitly illegal, despite having roughly the same effects as meth. You can't sell them as a drug or food, because they aren't approved by the FDA. But you can sell them as bath salts, plant food, or paint. Because you're allowed to sell dirt for those purposes. And if you put "not for human consumption" on the package, your legal duties are done.

So there are these packages of amphetamine analogs that are prohibited by law from stating what the dosage actually is on the package. And so some people buy them and then eat the whole package. Which has roughly the kinds of effects you'd think it would when someone takes a near (or actually) fatal dose of psychoactive stimulants.

-Username17

This makes me want to start a company that sells bath salts, in small packages, that basically all but state "take this, it's meth, don't do more than one package."

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 6:29 am

There's been a problem around here with the shit. Sometimes the chemicals aren't mixed right and even then, it's easy to get a fatal overdose.

And by all accounts, the hallucinations aren't mystical soul-expanding experiences. They're more like Lovecraftian experiences.

name_here · Post by **name_here** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 10:36 am

Apparently Obama issued an executive order declaring them the highest level of controlled substance, so it's illegal now but had not been previously. Also, not all states have banned them, complicating enforcement.

ishy · Post by **ishy** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 1:17 pm

Stahlseele wrote:"Bathing Salts" it seems . .

Also:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/223431/r ... mages.html

Limewire is being sued.
For Damages.
By the RIAA.
For 75 TRILLION DOLLARS . .
Which is more than the GDP of the whole planet i think . .

That link appears to be a year old, apparently Limewire & RIAA settled for $105 Million in 2011.

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 2:19 pm

Prak_Anima wrote: This makes me want to start a company that sells bath salts, in small packages, that basically all but state "take this, it's meth, don't do more than one package."

Power Thirst! It's like crystal meth in a can. It's crystal meth in a can! Power Thirst is crystal meth!

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 9:23 pm

FrankTrollman wrote:

RobbyPants wrote:I'd heard about the face-eater, but not the intestine-thrower. Did PCP become popular again, or something?
"Bath Salts". It turns out that there are amphetamine analogs that are not explicitly illegal, despite having roughly the same effects as meth. You can't sell them as a drug or food, because they aren't approved by the FDA. But you can sell them as bath salts, plant food, or paint. Because you're allowed to sell dirt for those purposes. And if you put "not for human consumption" on the package, your legal duties are done.

So there are these packages of amphetamine analogs that are prohibited by law from stating what the dosage actually is on the package. And so some people buy them and then eat the whole package. Which has roughly the kinds of effects you'd think it would when someone takes a near (or actually) fatal dose of psychoactive stimulants.

-Username17

http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/fa ... -salts.php

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 3:36 pm

Dubai Customs seize 1200 sorcery items, including, if you notice, a lucky horseshoe. Given that sorcery still carries the death penalty, I feel bad for the two guys caught carrying that stuff.

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:44 pm

Somehow, I don't think that the country that gives away the most prize money in the world in its horse races gives a flying fuck about horseshoes. But when a horseshoe happens to be included in a stash of all this:

Ancient History's Link wrote:More than 1,200 items were found, including some talisman with different sizes, tin cans for amulets, metallic papers, worry beads, animal skins, sorcery knives, magic teaching books, bags containing fish skeletons, animal bones, ampules containing blood & liquids, animal drawings used in sorcery works, strings, pieces of charcoals, finger rings, oysters, leaves, powders, cotton rolls used in sorcery works, thread and some dark materials, the statement added.

...I'm pretty sure it's safe to say that horse racing isn't on the agenda.

Regardless of what I think about the stupidity of laws against black magic and sorcery, this wasn't a pair of arrests made because some dude used a rabbit's foot as a zipper pull on his suitcase. This was an actual stash - including instruction manuals on how to use it. This doesn't even fall into the category of "ZOMG!! Someone slipped a bag of weed into my suitcase while I wasn't looking and now I'm a drug dealer in a third world prison!!" This is straight up intent to bring into the country.

And then there's the whole issue of blood. I get stopped on the way into California if I have fruit in my car (don't want to spread pests/plant diseases). Shipping blood requires it being triple-packed to prevent any chance of leaking, and the outermost packaging must be large enough to accommodate warning symbols and labels. Packaging must also be able to pass a four foot drop test. You don't just throw a few ampules into your suitcase.

It seems pretty clear to me that these guys deliberately set out to break the law.

DSMatticus · Post by **DSMatticus** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 12:18 am

I don't think that was his point. I think his point was that a lucky horseshoe is a hilarious thing to have illegal in the first place. Or even sneak into the country as part of some sorcery smuggling ring. Not that carrying 1200 different items of sorcery paraphelnia is actually just coincidence because it happened to include a lucky horseshoe.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 12:37 am

I think it'd be kind of hilarious if these were just a couple gamer goths and most of this stuff actually was just incidental (blood jewelry, souvenir pelts like you'd get in australia, and so on), and the magic instruction books were actually gaming books.

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:43 am

Prak_Anima wrote:souvenir pelts like you'd get in australia

Actually, animal poaching is srs bzns - the Australian populace would be calling for the death penalty based on that.

But given they're facing the death penalty for lucky horseshoes, I guess you could say their luck...

*sunglasses*

...just ran out.

Ted the Flayer · Post by **Ted the Flayer** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:34 pm

I remember on my last international flight, there were tons of signs warning about dire consequences of bringing animal parts on the plane.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:59 pm

Koumei wrote:
Prak_Anima wrote:souvenir pelts like you'd get in australia
Actually, animal poaching is srs bzns - the Australian populace would be calling for the death penalty based on that.

But given they're facing the death penalty for lucky horseshoes, I guess you could say their luck...

*sunglasses*

...just ran out.

I don't know whether it's poaching or not, all I know is that my friend has a kangaroo pelt from Australia.

Starmaker · Post by **Starmaker** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 7:08 am

Ancient History wrote:Dubai Customs seize 1200 sorcery items, including, if you notice, a lucky horseshoe. Given that sorcery still carries the death penalty, I feel bad for the two guys caught carrying that stuff.

Sorcery is just a word for magic they don't like. The default image that pops into my head when I hear "good luck charm" is the nazar boncuğu.

K · Post by K » Wed Jun 13, 2012 12:29 pm

You know, I've never been charged with a crime, but sorcery sounds pretty neat.

I can imagine the conversation...

Random Guy: So I hear that you can't go back to Dubai?"

K: Yeh, the cops will arrest me on sight.

Random Guy: Oh man, what did you do?

K: Sorcery, man. Mutherfucking sorcery....

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 12:57 pm

Considering they still behead people for sorcery in Saudi Arabia, I wouldn't want to be charged with sorcery anywhere in the Middle East.

sabs · Post by **sabs** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:33 pm

I'm really amazed at the Vehement defense of Penn State that the Alumni are currently engaged in. They are just completely unwilling to admit that the School, represented by it's leadership, did anything wrong.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 2:35 am

Because it'd be just too big, too personal for them to handle. They're proud of being Penn State alumni. Penn State had a huge sense of community and shared pride in being there. And now that's been damaged and it's just too big a shift in their worldview to take.

I guess it's like, oh, religious people defending their priest or preacher even after wrongdoing has been exposed.