Octopus Overlords

Sudy wrote: ↑Fri Jun 11, 2021 8:45 am Some of these aren't real phrases that humans born before 2,000 actually use.

The Barbie Liberation Organization or BLO, sponsored by RTMark, are a group of artists and activists involved in culture jamming. They gained notoriety in 1993 by switching the voice boxes on talking G.I. Joes and Barbie dolls. The BLO performed "surgery" on a reported 300–500 dolls and then returned them to the shelves of stores, an action they refer to as shopgiving. This action resulted in girls opening their new Teen Talk Barbie to hear it say phrases such as "vengeance is mine" and boys hearing their G.I. Joe say "The beach is the place for summer."

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Tue Jun 22, 2021 9:08 pm Wiki

The Barbie Liberation Organization or BLO, sponsored by RTMark, are a group of artists and activists involved in culture jamming. They gained notoriety in 1993 by switching the voice boxes on talking G.I. Joes and Barbie dolls. The BLO performed "surgery" on a reported 300–500 dolls and then returned them to the shelves of stores, an action they refer to as shopgiving. This action resulted in girls opening their new Teen Talk Barbie to hear it say phrases such as "vengeance is mine" and boys hearing their G.I. Joe say "The beach is the place for summer."

Unagi wrote: ↑Fri Jun 25, 2021 7:11 pm Heh.

Flanos

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Mon Jun 28, 2021 4:42 pm

Sudy wrote: ↑Mon Jun 28, 2021 5:54 pm

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Mon Jun 28, 2021 4:42 pm

Finally!

Seriously, fuck Ohio.

Ohio is well-known as the 17th state admitted into the United States in 1803. The land now known as Ohio was part of the Northwest Territory. Ohio was the first state carved out of the old Northwest Ordinance laid out in 1787. The others were Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin.

In November 1802, the Ohio State Convention, located in Chillicothe, petitioned for admittance in the United States by approving the Ohio Constitution. Thomas Worthington, a delegate of the convention, personally delivered the document to Washington, D.C. and presented it to Congress in December. Congress proceeded to approve the action in accordance with President Jefferson’s newly signed 1802 Enabling Act, but forgot one critical thing, they neglected to ratify the Ohio Constitution.

In 1953, some 150 years and 31 states later, Ohio was getting ready to celebrate the state’s 150th birthday. In preparation for Ohio’s sesquicentennial, some Ohio school teachers headed to Washington, D.C. to obtain copies of documents pertaining to Ohio becoming a state in 1803. They thought, just as they do now, that this would be a good way to make history more exciting. Think about it for a second. Would you rather read about Ohio’s admittance into the Union in a musty old textbook or look at the actual documents? But a problem occurred because, the Library of Congress did not have some of the documents. Namely, the legislation that granted statehood to Ohio. It was quickly realized that Ohio technically hadn’t been legally admitted into the United States in 1803. This was a problem.

Scraper wrote:Hey why all the Ohio hate? A lot of great people come from Ohio, the Wright Brothers, Neil Armstrong, Hepcat, etc.

YellowKing wrote: ↑Tue Jun 29, 2021 8:16 pmBUT NC WAS FIRST IN FLIGHT!!!!

(I actually have zero issue with the whole debate, but apparently our state does since all of our license plates scream that slogan at you everywhere you go).

YellowKing wrote: ↑Tue Jun 29, 2021 8:16 pm

Scraper wrote:Hey why all the Ohio hate? A lot of great people come from Ohio, the Wright Brothers, Neil Armstrong, Hepcat, etc.

BUT NC WAS FIRST IN FLIGHT!!!!

(I actually have zero issue with the whole debate, but apparently our state does since all of our license plates scream that slogan at you everywhere you go).