Silly pics...what'cha got??....maybe NSFW

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Fri Mar 19, 2021 6:08 pm

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 2:59 pm #1 looks like she is her own grandmother.

I dunno, she kinda looks like Alan Tudyk as an alien pretending to be her grandmother.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Fri Mar 19, 2021 9:31 pm

Give that coed ragged bangs and dark eyeliner, and she's fronting a Throwing Muses tribute band.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Fri Mar 19, 2021 9:36 pm

Or Sleater-Kinney, whatever. I think she's cool.

Lassr · Post by **Lassr** » Sun Mar 21, 2021 9:40 am

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 2:48 pm

I love how the guy peals out in reverse at the end:

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 3:10 pm

Sudy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 9:40 am I don't think it's unimpressive, though I do think it would have been a reasonable result of thinking it through. Webcams weren't mainstream for at least a few years after that, but a googling suggests they were in production by 1994.

It was around 1994, a friend of a friend had a camera in his fridge pointed at a thermometer, broadcast publicly over the Internet entitled "What temperature is my Pepsi" and I was blown away by the tech. Netscape was truly a wonderful vehicle for discovering just about everything. That same friend was telling me about this online bookseller I needed to checkout. They really were doing the online market price right and I needed to get away from the university bookstore and look for my books on Amazon.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:02 pm

LordMortis wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 3:10 pm
Sudy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 9:40 am I don't think it's unimpressive, though I do think it would have been a reasonable result of thinking it through. Webcams weren't mainstream for at least a few years after that, but a googling suggests they were in production by 1994.
It was around 1994, a friend of a friend had a camera in his fridge pointed at a thermometer, broadcast publicly over the Internet entitled "What temperature is my Pepsi" and I was blown away by the tech. Netscape was truly a wonderful vehicle for discovering just about everything. That same friend was telling me about this online bookseller I needed to checkout. They really were doing the online market price right and I needed to get away from the university bookstore and look for my books on Amazon.

...and i ended my bookselling career in 1996. The industry was already groaning under the weight of Borders and Borg&Noble, and Amazon was the death blow. The few independents left standing were forced to add cafes and do community engagement stuff, neither of which appealed to me.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Tue Mar 23, 2021 9:20 pm

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Wed Mar 24, 2021 12:11 am

Wow.

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Wed Mar 24, 2021 9:38 am

Is phrasing still a thing?

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Thu Mar 25, 2021 6:24 pm

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Thu Mar 25, 2021 11:39 pm

Seen at a listing somewhere west of Boston. The sign attachment can be bought on Etsy, but the Globe had some fun with it anyway.

"Survey says: A likely prank. Still, “who’s to say there aren’t prankster ghosts?” Bloomstein asked."

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Sun Mar 28, 2021 1:16 am

Snopes says The sign is real, and it advertises a community garden in Friendship, PA, named “The Octopus Garden.”

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Sun Mar 28, 2021 1:19 am

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Mar 28, 2021 2:16 am

If thats a video it doesn't link right for me.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Mar 28, 2021 8:09 am

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Sun Mar 28, 2021 10:46 am

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 8:09 am

"OLD" IS WHEN... You share mundane joke about being old.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Sun Mar 28, 2021 3:57 pm

"OLD" IS WHEN... someone younger than you starts sharing "old" jokes!

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Sun Mar 28, 2021 5:00 pm

Olde is wishing for the "good ole days."

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Sun Mar 28, 2021 11:29 pm

Nice catch!

naednek · Post by **naednek** » Sun Mar 28, 2021 11:50 pm

Jaymann wrote:Nice catch!

Fake

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Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 12:51 am

Snopes

Is it real game footage? No, it’s a commercial for Gatorade sports drink:

Gatorade ended its association with the agency that created the ad, Element 79, shortly after the video was completed and shelved the campaign.
“We were not planning to release the ball girl video,” [Gatorade spokeswoman Jill] Kinney said. “However, now that it’s out there, we’re thrilled with the response it’s getting.”

Kinney said Gatorade doesn’t know who posted the video, and Element 79 said on its website that it had nothing to do with posting the video.

There is no mention of Gatorade in the video, though there is a bottle by the chair where the ball girl sits near the end of the clip. And Gatorade has clearly become associated with it, to the company’s delight.

(Although the above quote states that Gatorade “shelved” the campaign, the ball girl commercial aired during baseball’s 2008 All-Star Game.)

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 9:27 pm

McNutt · Post by **McNutt** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 12:00 am

Living alone in the desert ages you.

Sudy · Post by **Sudy** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 12:25 am

Guinness was probably 62 or 63 in that shot... that's not too far off.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 12:53 am

He was born in 1914.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 1:52 am

Here he is in high school:

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 9:00 am

That Lars is believable to me. Some people age differently. Say, young looking 27 to old looking 44.

(Quick research shows that the actors were 25 and 60.)

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 10:37 am

This is where we get into "Star Wars Universe years are longer than Earth-standard years, something something which is why you can dodge a blaster."

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 10:59 am

How long is a Star Wars year?
How long is a year in our galaxy?

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 11:03 am

dbt1949 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 10:59 am How long is a Star Wars year?
How long is a year in our galaxy?

A galactic "year" -- the time it takes the sun to orbit the galactic center once -- is around 240,000,000 Earth years. This means that the dinosaurs lived on the other side of the galaxy.

Paingod · Post by **Paingod** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 11:18 am

Kraken wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 11:03 am A galactic "year" -- the time it takes the sun to orbit the galactic center once -- is around 240,000,000 Earth years. This means that the dinosaurs lived on the other side of the galaxy.

I knew the galaxy slowly rotates (and will eventually collide with other galaxies) but never really contemplated the correlation in Earth years.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 11:31 am

According to my calculations, the sun *could be* on it’s 57th trip around the galaxy.
Wow.

But of course our sun wasn’t there on day 1.

In fact it’s only been doing it for 19 cycles. Not 57.

So, Sol is a 19 year old.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 1:46 pm

Roshan Rinaldi
@Roshan_Rinaldi

I bet there's a coyote under that.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 2:22 pm

Unagi wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 11:31 am According to my calculations, the sun *could be* on it’s 57th trip around the galaxy.
Wow.

But of course our sun wasn’t there on day 1.

In fact it’s only been doing it for 19 cycles. Not 57.

So, Sol is a 19 year old.

Yup. It's not old enough to drink legally.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 2:25 pm

Paingod wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 11:18 am
Kraken wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 11:03 am A galactic "year" -- the time it takes the sun to orbit the galactic center once -- is around 240,000,000 Earth years. This means that the dinosaurs lived on the other side of the galaxy.

I knew the galaxy slowly rotates (and will eventually collide with other galaxies) but never really contemplated the correlation in Earth years.

"Slowly" is relative; the sun's booking right along at a brisk 450,000 mph.

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 2:34 pm

Kraken wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 2:25 pm
Paingod wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 11:18 am
Kraken wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 11:03 am A galactic "year" -- the time it takes the sun to orbit the galactic center once -- is around 240,000,000 Earth years. This means that the dinosaurs lived on the other side of the galaxy.

I knew the galaxy slowly rotates (and will eventually collide with other galaxies) but never really contemplated the correlation in Earth years.
"Slowly" is relative; the sun's booking right along at a brisk 450,000 mph.

Relative mph.

Jaymon · Post by **Jaymon** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 3:31 pm

dbt1949 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 10:59 am How long is a Star Wars year?

8760 parsecs

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 3:43 pm

coopasonic wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 2:34 pm
Kraken wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 2:25 pm
Paingod wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 11:18 am
Kraken wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 11:03 am A galactic "year" -- the time it takes the sun to orbit the galactic center once -- is around 240,000,000 Earth years. This means that the dinosaurs lived on the other side of the galaxy.

I knew the galaxy slowly rotates (and will eventually collide with other galaxies) but never really contemplated the correlation in Earth years.
"Slowly" is relative; the sun's booking right along at a brisk 450,000 mph.
Relative mph.

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 3:48 pm

That's a relatively cool visualization.