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

Josh_Kablack · Post by **Josh_Kablack** » Wed Mar 13, 2013 5:25 am

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 7:55 am

These words could not be more appropriate, given his role, so...

Paul Bearer, Rest In Peace.

Don't worry, the WWE covered it tastefu- hahaha just kidding. They used it to hype Wrestlemania.

ishy · Post by **ishy** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 6:11 pm

Someone is actually testing Louis Zocchi's claims about GameScience dice:
http://www.1000d4.com/2013/02/14/how-tr ... your-d20s/

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 9:09 pm

And aside from anecdotal evidence and the flash 7/14 and the D6 they seem to be valid too O.o

ckafrica · Post by **ckafrica** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 6:40 am

17,616 Men Went to the ER for Zipper-Related Penis Injuries Between 2002 and 2010

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:47 am

...are they aware of the existence of underpants? Seriously, we don't just wear them so there's something to look at when our skirts flip up, covering the void of space that would normally be there. I'm pretty sure that if you use underpants, you can't catch your pubes or cock in the zipper.

virgil · Post by **virgil** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:54 am

I've got three theories off the top of my head.

I don't ask, but since 'commando' is a term, there's likely a sizable number of people who don't wear underpants.

Boxers are fairly loose, so it could allow for things to stick out, and there's at least some pain if you're forceful enough with the zipper (do people actually rage-zip?).

I've heard of people using that hole in the front and leave it sticking through.

Ted the Flayer · Post by **Ted the Flayer** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:57 am

I've gotten injuries to the junkal region when it rests on the opened zipper while urinating. Nothing serious, but I have a scar near the base from it.

Not that any of you needed to know that.

Chamomile · Post by **Chamomile** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:24 am

virgil wrote:
I've heard of people using that hole in the front and leave it sticking through.

I remain baffled as to the purpose of that hole.

virgil · Post by **virgil** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:40 am

Chamomile wrote:
virgil wrote:I've heard of people using that hole in the front and leave it sticking through.
I remain baffled as to the purpose of that hole.

Pulling your junk through it and the zipper without having to undo your belt buckle?

Ted the Flayer · Post by **Ted the Flayer** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:47 am

Sounds scratchy and unpleasant. I'd rather undo my belt.

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:51 am

Ted the Flayer wrote:Sounds scratchy and unpleasant. I'd rather undo my belt.

It works fine. Just pay attention to what you're doing. When I recount the thousand of experiences I've had, and seen others have, at the urinal that didn't involve screaming, I think it's a pretty workable system.

erik · Post by **erik** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:49 pm

virgil wrote: I've heard of people using that hole in the front and leave it sticking through.

Or accidentally flopping out that stupid hole at the worst moment right when zipping up. Didn't require hospitalization so it didn't make the statistics, but it sure wasn't pleasant.

Meikle641 · Post by **Meikle641** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:38 pm

For Koumei (and whomever else):
http://www.examiner.com/article/former- ... ning-house

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 10:24 am

http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ti ... 07075.html

Fuck the secession nonsense, but the goldbug thing is ludicrous.

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 10:40 am

"Over 100,000 people signed the petition asking to let Texas secede"

I'd like to think most of those signatures were from non-Texans.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 6:14 pm

Koumei wrote:"Over 100,000 people signed the petition asking to let Texas secede"

I'd like to think most of those signatures were from non-Texans.

We-ell. Hard to say. A lot were from Texas.

And then some were from wingnuts who, I'm ashamed to say, are probably from my neck of the woods and think if Texas secedes, it'll open the way for others.

And then you have the people who think it's funny to sign the petition.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:57 pm

What about people that just want to no longer be Texans' countrymen?

ckafrica · Post by **ckafrica** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 3:27 pm

The internet has served its ultimate purpose

Guyr Adamantine · Post by **Guyr Adamantine** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 2:15 am

It's not "news", but its awesome. There's a publisher here in Quebec called "Les Éditions de Ta Mère".

Yup.

"Your Mom Editions".

Their FAQ is a bunch of "your mom" jokes.

Whatever · Post by **Whatever** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 10:44 pm

http://consumerist.com/2013/03/26/snack ... s-doritos/

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 11:08 pm

not sure if this should be in political news
http://slashdot.org/topic/bi/are-hacker ... cyber-war/

basically, as far as i understand this, hackers are considered to be enemy combatants in cyber war.
an enemy combatant is never considered to be unarmed.
thus he is always considered an armed thread.
armed threads can be taken out with kinectic force.
so yes, the pudgy or frail looking pale fellow with the laptop can expect to get the same treatment as the big burly muscled guy toting knives, guns and bombs . .

erik · Post by **erik** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 11:19 pm

Guyr Adamantine wrote: Their FAQ is a bunch of "your mom" jokes.

No it isn't.

=-(

Je suis allé là-bas en espérant profiter d'être capable de lire le français et trouvé seulement désappointement. Tout comme avec votre mère la nuit dernière.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Fri Mar 29, 2013 12:52 pm

http://news.yahoo.com/america-still-goo ... 00606.html

Pat Buchanan basically suggesting Civil War as inevitable if same-sex marriage becomes the law of the land.

I actually appreciate Buchanan's ability to articulate his beliefs, which undoubtedly many Americans share. I don't agree with those beliefs, I think that they are fundamentally flawed. History and the examination of nature show that homosexuality, abortion, and other issues are not this abomination that has been lurching down the centuries like bogeymen, only now coming into the light of day because church folk aren't calling on them to be burnt on pyres in public. Any objective examination of the history of religion shows that beliefs and morality do change, and that homosexuality and abortion were always present - often punished in public and hypocritically embraced in private, but never absent, and at times more accepted than at others, even among Christians.

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Fri Mar 29, 2013 1:54 pm

Ancient History wrote:Any objective examination of the history of religion shows that beliefs and morality do change, and that homosexuality and abortion were always present - often punished in public and hypocritically embraced in private, but never absent, and at times more accepted than at others, even among Christians.

Are you saying there was a time when Christians accepted homosexuality?