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[GrantDawg]

No. I may never be able to use the trout option again.

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[cuervo72]

https://www.twitch.tv/watchmeforever

AI-generated Seinfeldesque endless stream. Not sure where else to put this.

[GrantDawg]

There is a Chinese spy balloon flying over Montana right now. It is hovering over some of the US most secret facilities. https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/s...RWW3rafHg&s=09

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[Edward64]

I’d still bring it down, who knows what goodies we’ll find.

Pentagon tracking suspected Chinese spy balloon over the US | CNN Politics

The US is tracking a suspected Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon over the continental United States, a senior defense official said on Thursday.

The Pentagon has been tracking the balloon for several days as it made its way over the northern United States, Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said.

“Why not shoot it down? We have to do the risk-reward here,” the official said. “So the first question is, does it pose a threat, a physical kinetic threat, to individuals in the United States in the US homeland? Our assessment is it does not. Does it pose a threat to civilian aviation? Our assessment is it does not. Does it pose a significantly enhanced threat on the intelligence side? Our best assessment right now is that it does not. So given that profile, we assess the risk of downing it, even if the probability is low in a sparsely populated area of the debris falling and hurting someone or damaging property, that it wasn’t worth it.”

[GrantDawg]

This could be a "trial balloon" for something more later, quite literally.

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[molson]

Originally Posted by cuervo72

https://www.twitch.tv/watchmeforever

AI-generated Seinfeldesque endless stream. Not sure where else to put this.

Somewhere there's a college philosophy class discussing whether AI-generated dialogue can be homophobic.

AI 'Seinfeld' show suspended by Twitch for transphobic, homophobic stand-up

[sterlingice]

As someone who never really liked Seinfeld (the show, not the comedian), that the AI version of it was called "Nothing, Forever" kindof tickled my funny bone.

And when we get "AI-Generated Twitch Seinfeld program is suspended after going on transphobic rant", well, that feels like it could be in the running for "Most 2023 Headline".

Between AI art and ChatGPT hitting the mainstream, we're going to look back at 2022 as monumental in some way, as the dawn of "modern AI', when it went from not being able to identify stoplights to "hey, this could really upend a lot of things". Jury is still out as to whether it will be good or bad, though, considering humans and how society is constructed right now, I'm guessing bad.

SI

[Ksyrup]

Apparently it put an inordinate amount of reliance on Michael Richards' comedy routine in formulating the show.

[flere-imsaho]

Garbage in, garbage out.

[NobodyHere]

India Wants to Swap Valentine’s Day for ‘Cow Hug Day' | Time

I think I'll pass.

Anyone of you going to hug a cow?

[Ksyrup]

Is that a euphemism? I need to know before answering.

[NobodyHere]

Drinking Coca-Cola And Pepsi Can Cause Males To Have Bigger Testicles, More Testosterone: Study

I'm putting all my life savings into Coke and Pepsi stock ASAP

ETA: Maybe I should've put money into Coke, it's up nearly 10% today.

[NobodyHere]

Highly Intelligent and Possibly Invincible Super Pigs Are Invading America

Another reason why we need to secure our borders.

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by NobodyHere

Highly Intelligent and Possibly Invincible Super Pigs Are Invading America

Another reason why we need to secure our borders.

Are those the source of Canadian bacon?

[Edward64]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Are those the source of Canadian bacon?

American bacon > Canadian bacon

[Edward64]

Yuck

'Human skin' jackets available to order online for $720: 'Gory and sick'

A jacket made of “human flesh” can be had for just $720 — and fashionistas are fawning over the custom-made gory garments.

The creepy coats can be ordered online via the eBay account The Flesh Krafter and take about three weeks to make, according to Jam Press.

The seller — who has not disclosed his real name — says his coats are only made to resemble human flesh and are not actually comprised of the real thing.

[Critch]

FBI arrests guardsman who applied for job on RentAHitman.com

[Critch]

Sunderland man, 40, captured seagull and masturbated over it as he watched porn in 'bizarre' offence

That'll ruffle a few feathers.

[sterlingice]

That's um... You know what? If I had never read that headline in my whole life, I think it would have been ok


SI

[NobodyHere]

When he was caught, do you think he flipped the bird to the cops?

[Ksyrup]

Man shoots roommate in Louisville for eating last Hot Pocket

[NobodyHere]

$7,500 bond sounds about right.

[Ksyrup]

I feel like this story could go in any number of different threads for the separate topics it touches on.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/tennessee-...ry?id=99830209

One, she went to a dark web site called "Online Killers Market." I know it's the dark web, but that just seems ridiculous to me. Was ACME Hired Killers already taken?

Two, if you're in a relationship and plan to move out of state to marry someone else, best not stay on Match.com or continue seeing someone else. Perhaps there's more to that part of the story since this lady turned into a crazy stalker, but that's the condensed version of the story, anyway.

Three, those of us who use Strava are telling people where to find us to murder us. For me, though, since 99.9% of my runs are on a treadmill using iFit where my posted locations are various spots all over the world while I run in place in my Kentucky basement, the joke's on my hired killer!

Four, if you're gonna have someone killed, perhaps don't threaten them with death in person and through continuous harrassing calls and damage their cars. Kinda narrows down the suspects - even if they die by "accident." It's not like the guy's not gonna tell LE to check out the crazy stalker just in case it wasn't really an accident.

[cuervo72]

Teenage girl who pretended to be boy for sex duped second girl, court told | England | The Guardian

[Ksyrup]

3 severed heads left at employee’s desk following complaints

[molson]

Some would argue that leaving even one severed head on a desk is too many.

[NobodyHere]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

I feel like this story could go in any number of different threads for the separate topics it touches on.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/tennessee-...ry?id=99830209

One, she went to a dark web site called "Online Killers Market." I know it's the dark web, but that just seems ridiculous to me. Was ACME Hired Killers already taken?

Two, if you're in a relationship and plan to move out of state to marry someone else, best not stay on Match.com or continue seeing someone else. Perhaps there's more to that part of the story since this lady turned into a crazy stalker, but that's the condensed version of the story, anyway.

Three, those of us who use Strava are telling people where to find us to murder us. For me, though, since 99.9% of my runs are on a treadmill using iFit where my posted locations are various spots all over the world while I run in place in my Kentucky basement, the joke's on my hired killer!

Four, if you're gonna have someone killed, perhaps don't threaten them with death in person and through continuous harrassing calls and damage their cars. Kinda narrows down the suspects - even if they die by "accident." It's not like the guy's not gonna tell LE to check out the crazy stalker just in case it wasn't really an accident.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...ties-rcna88191

I can only only imagine what a 7 year did to warrant hiring a hit man.

[Ksyrup]

Wow. A sister maybe?

[Edward64]

WTF? I thought it was a joke considering the source but also reported on msn.com

Teachers fed up with 11-year-old kids wearing diapers to school

If your kid knows how to play on an iPad, they should know how to use the loo.

Teachers in Switzerland are complaining about too many students wearing diapers in class because they don’t know how to use the toilet.

“Kids are going to school as early as 4 years old now, so yeah, you might actually find some still in diapers,” Dagmar Rösler, head of the Swiss Federation of Teachers, told Swiss newspaper 20 Minuten.

“When 11-year-olds come to school in diapers, that’s a worrying trend.”

Many tots have become so accustomed to wearing diapers that they lose interest in transitioning out of the convenient but unsanitary method.

The average age to potty train children is between 18 months and 24 months, according to Mayo Clinic, but many parents seem to be avoiding the training session.

“Some parents let it slide because diapers are a convenient relief. It’s not seen as a problem these days,” said educational scientist Margrit Stamm. “That sends a totally wrong message.”

[JPhillips]

APennsylvania State University professor faces charges of “open lewdness,” cruelty to an animal and sexual intercourse with an animal after a Rothrock State Forest trail camera allegedly recorded a dog licking his anus.

Maybe we need an animal sex offender thread?

[NobodyHere]

Originally Posted by JPhillips

Maybe we need an animal sex offender thread?

In all honesty, how many times in your life did you think you would be asking this question?

[Ksyrup]

How to (Unsuccessfully) Hit On Your Robbery Victim

Indy man robs woman and then asks her out | whas11.com

[whomario]

Apparently there is a lion running around (on the edge of) Berlin.

German police search for a lion suspected to be on the loose on the edge of Berlin | AP News

Might yet turn out to be a large Lynx (and personally to me it kinda looked more like a Puma, which obviously would be as misplaced as a lion), especially since private keeping of big cats isn't exactly rampant and no one official is short a lion.

[PilotMan]

https://www.caughtoffside.com/2023/0...ed-rivals-win/

[whomario]

Originally Posted by whomario

Apparently there is a lion running around (on the edge of) Berlin.

German police search for a lion suspected to be on the loose on the edge of Berlin | AP News

Might yet turn out to be a large Lynx (and personally to me it kinda looked more like a Puma, which obviously would be as misplaced as a lion), especially since private keeping of big cats isn't exactly rampant and no one official is short a lion.

Welly it was a boar

[Ghost Econ]

So 3 marines were found dead in a car at a gas station in North Carolina 30 miles from Camp Lejeune. No drugs were found, but authorities don't suspect foul play. I don't see how you come across a car with dead marines and don't suspect foul play.

3 Marines found dead in car at North Carolina gas station | AP News

[Edward64]

Accidental overdose?


EDIT:

The three Marine lance corporals who were found dead in a vehicle at a North Carolina gas station Sunday died of carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities said.

[Edward64]

Strange.

My first walkies! Japanese man who bought £12,000 dog costume finally goes outside... and immediately makes some canine friends as he settles into his new life as a collie | Daily Mail Online

A dog lover who has achieved internet fame for his desire to 'become an animal' has taken his first steps outside dressed head to toe in a bespoke collie costume worth more than £12,000.

Known only as Toco, the man spent two million Yen - which equates to £12,480 - on a lifelike costume to fulfil his lifelong fantasy of 'becoming an animal'.

In some of his most recent updates to his almost 30,000 YouTube subscribers, Toco was seen playing in his backyard - on all fours - and attempting to perform tricks in exchange for fake dog food.

[Ksyrup]

Fake dog food? Poseur.

[stevew]

California family busted in $7.6M recycling fraud scheme


I tried to run the scope on this operation and it was staggering. Something like 300K cans fit in a shipping container, but I"m assuming bottles maybe were used?

[HerRealName]

Real life Kosmo Kramer. It seems kiinda shitty to prosecute for fraud though.

[Critch]

Originally Posted by Edward64

Strange.

My first walkies! Japanese man who bought £12,000 dog costume finally goes outside... and immediately makes some canine friends as he settles into his new life as a collie | Daily Mail Online

He needs his nails clipped.

[Edward64]

Real or fake? See video, starting at about 9 secs.

It does act somewhat human-like in the video.

Chinese zoo denies its sun bears are people in costume | CNN



And for you guys that question why anyone would think it could be a fake ...

It might sound like an implausible gambit. But zoos in China have courted public ridicule in the past for trying to pass off pets like dogs as wild animals.

In 2013, a city zoo in the central Henan province angered visitors by trying to pass off a Tibetan Mastiff dog as a lion. Visitors who had approached the enclosure expressed shock when they heard the “lion” bark.

Visitors at another Chinese zoo, in Sichuan province, were shocked to discover a golden retriever sitting in a cage labeled as an African lion enclosure.

[stevew]

Fake returns at Home Depots stores netted CT man $300K, prosecutors say

[Ghost Econ]

Originally Posted by stevew

Fake returns at Home Depots stores netted CT man $300K, prosecutors say

He should have dressed up like a sun bear when he returned them.

[Critch]

[Kodos]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

As someone who never really liked Seinfeld (the show, not the comedian), that the AI version of it was called "Nothing, Forever" kindof tickled my funny bone.

And when we get "AI-Generated Twitch Seinfeld program is suspended after going on transphobic rant", well, that feels like it could be in the running for "Most 2023 Headline".

Between AI art and ChatGPT hitting the mainstream, we're going to look back at 2022 as monumental in some way, as the dawn of "modern AI', when it went from not being able to identify stoplights to "hey, this could really upend a lot of things". Jury is still out as to whether it will be good or bad, though, considering humans and how society is constructed right now, I'm guessing bad.

SI

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Apparently it put an inordinate amount of reliance on Michael Richards' comedy routine in formulating the show.

Originally Posted by flere-imsaho

Garbage in, garbage out.

Michael Richards talks about the comedy club incident at the end of this video. He admits he handled the heckling wrong. Maybe inches him a little closer to redemption?

[Edward64]

It came through my feed as "Vegan Horse Riding" and had to check it out.

It's actually Hobby Horsing, game developed in Finland. Not going to describe it but you should check out the video in link below.

"Vegan Horse Riding": Netizens React as New 'Equestrian Sport' Goes Viral - EssentiallySports

[JPhillips]

Time to shut this thread. We have a winner.

A Del City woman is dead after a night of sex with her brother "went too far." This is one of those stories that gets more disturbing with each new detail. @OKCFOX pic.twitter.com/ZRG6Wo5ir7

— Wendy Suares�� (@wsuares) August 18, 2023

[GrantDawg]

This may not be as crazy as some others, but wtf? How have not heard about this?
Georgia sheriff pleads guilty to groping Judge Hatchett, resigns effective immediately – WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta