Random Thoughts Thread

[Jeff Lebowski]

This is cool.

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[YOhio]

This is cool.

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Oh heck yeah.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Oh heck yeah.

Looks like it is just behind a hill on the west side of Utah Lake. Amazing.

[Copelius]

Looks like it is just behind a hill on the west side of Utah Lake. Amazing.

There goes my shooting range

[YOhio]

Looks like it is just behind a hill on the west side of Utah Lake. Amazing.

This is actually pretty unfortunate. The biggest bottleneck in the whole process will be getting the extracted materials through North Utah Lake traffic.

[Shaka]

There goes my shooting range

I was going to say the same thing. That mine is close. I had no idea it was there.

[Copelius]

This is actually pretty unfortunate. The biggest bottleneck in the whole process will be getting the extracted materials through North Utah Lake traffic.

Maybe now they'll build the bridge across the lake.

[BigFatMeanie]

I just watched some ASPCA commercial begging for donations. Here are some of my favorite lines:

“as we gather for a festive meal, many animals are wondering if food will ever come.” (Golly, I didn’t know they had a machine that could tell them that animals wonder about stuff, let alone exactly what those animals are wondering about)

”There are animals that have no idea when their next meal will come; they can’t even remember when their last meal was” (Again, amazing that the ASPCA knows what animals are thinking and what they can and can’t remember)

The anthropomorphization is just way over the top.

[falafel]

I just watched some ASPCA commercial begging for donations. Here are some of my favorite lines:

“as we gather for a festive meal, many animals are wondering if food will ever come.” (Golly, I didn’t know they had a machine that could tell them that animals wonder about stuff, let alone exactly what those animals are wondering about)

”There are animals that have no idea when their next meal will come; they can’t even remember when their last meal was” (Again, amazing that the ASPCA knows what animals are thinking and what they can and can’t remember)

The anthropomorphization is just way over the top.

I don't think animals know exactly where ANY of their meals come from.

[Northwestcoug]

”There are animals that have no idea when their next meal will come; they can’t even remember when their last meal was” (Again, amazing that the ASPCA knows what animals are thinking and what they can and can’t remember)

To be fair, my dogs attack each meal as if they've never eaten before. So it's entirely possible they don't remember when their last meal was.

[Clark Addison]

Where the heck is that dog thread?

[Jeff Lebowski]

Oof. In case you missed it. Losing one of the good ones.

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[PaloAltoCougar]

Oof. In case you missed it. Losing one of the good ones.

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That news has been bothering me all day,. A truly decent, principled politician, which I suppose is why he got out of politics. Big loss for the country,

[YOhio]

I'm so grateful that I was born into a world where yogurt, cheese, and other dairy products have already been invented. The worst time in the world to live in would be when they were being invented. I can't imagine how awful it would have been to be the Turkish nomad who drew the short straw and had to be the first to try yogurt.

[Bo Diddley]

I've been reading about Poe's Law. People struggle to understand online parody and satire. It's interesting to study in real life online.

From Wikipedia:

Without the voice inflection and body language of personal communication these are easily misinterpreted. A sideways smile, :-), has become widely accepted on the net as an indication that "I'm only kidding". If you submit a satiric item without this symbol, no matter how obvious the satire is to you, do not be surprised if people take it seriously.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law

I think this could explain BYU fan's rapid departure.