Random Thoughts Sechs: Eeeeehhhh...

[Valka D'Ur]

I've been playing with this fake news generator. You can put in anything as a headline and it'll try to generate an article for it.

Sometimes the results are...confusing:

Spoiler :

A young dragon was at the wheel of a 5,000-pound vehicle on the Chipperie Bridge north of Halifax. The loud bump was so loud the police helicopter hung up.

So began the “People’s Republic of Russia” of a Town called Raffiee. Not a million miles from the foreign internals of Brighton Beach, where a teenage Justin Trudeau once had his first dream to be a “squid” from 2nd Star Hotel and Casino, and where the “dream” would drive out the greatest friend on the planet: Rob Ford’s dad, the great Canadian rock star, you know, Reagan’s genius for factory-bound racism and misogyny.

That's bizarre enough that some of the Reformacon shills on CBC.ca would actually believe it.

 

[Takhisis]

It's the Great Automatic Grammatizator but with a computer screen.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I just saw a baffling commercial that went "(product name) is the only product with patented (technology here)." Uh, isn't that because it's patented so other companies can't use it?

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I just saw a baffling commercial that went "(product name) is the only product with patented (technology here)." Uh, isn't that because it's patented so other companies can't use it?

Either they wanted to make it clear that whatever they're selling isn't a generic knockoff, or they think the public will be impressed by the word "patented." Probably both.

 

[The_J]

Uh, isn't that because it's patented so other companies can't use it?

If it's patented, then it means you can pay for it. Not that you cannot use it.
But yes, probably what Valka said.

 

[GoodSarmatian]

Gamescom is over and no new announcement I cared about except for Humankind and Everspace 2.
Nothing new from Firaxis, and here I thought it's about time for XCOM 3.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

People who put the model name of their car on that same car's license plate are extra.

I'm also amused people finally stopped acting like we're still in the Great Recession just in time for the next recession.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I just took this song and used Audacity to replace all the swear words with censor bleeps. I don't know what the purpose of doing that was.

 

[Lemon Merchant]

I just took this song and used Audacity to replace all the swear words with censor bleeps. I don't know what the purpose of doing that was.

Neither do I. That's a great song, too.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

It took me a while to figure out the "hair/heir of the (female) dog" thing.

 

[Lemon Merchant]

Today I asked myself if removing all of the sponges from the ocean would make the sea level rise...

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I just got a spam email where the sender added "[SPAM]" to the beginning of the subject. That was polite of them.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I just got a spam email where the sender added "[SPAM]" to the beginning of the subject. That was polite of them.

Your email provider did that. Whoever it was from was likely already flagged, so they were letting you know.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

It was in my Gmail account, and it doesn't do that to any of my other spam emails.

 

[tjs282]

Today I asked myself if removing all of the sponges from the ocean would make the sea level rise...

Only if you make sure to squeeze all the water out of them while you're doing it

 

[Snerk]

I just got a spam email where the sender added "[SPAM]" to the beginning of the subject. That was polite of them.

Perhaps it was a sort of double bluff. The tag made you curious enough for second glance.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Today I asked myself if removing all of the sponges from the ocean would make the sea level rise...

I would say no.

 

[cardgame]

Sponges can't hold more water than empty space can

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Today in confused idioms...

My ad from GoG for their weekly sale, featuring horror games, suggested that they would "scare the pants out of me."

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Today in confused idioms...

My ad from GoG for their weekly sale, featuring horror games, suggested that they would "scare the pants out of me."

I got that email too.