Irrelevant Tangents

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  1. Irrelevant Tangents

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  2. The Thread About Nothing

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  3. Communication Breakdown

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  4. Train Wrecks And Other Derailments

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  5. Thread Runoff

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  6. Derail THIS!

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  7. Fool's Gold

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  8. In Passing

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  9. Side Trips

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  10. Weird Scenes Inside The Co8 Mine

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  1. Gaear

    Gaear Bastard Maestro Administrator

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    Why is it that the default for a Google search is 'marginally similar to your query' instead of 'exactly what you asked for?'

    Guess what: when I ask for information about stratus clouds, that does not actually mean I want information about cumulus clouds; because if I had wanted information about cumulus clouds, I would have asked for information about cumulus clouds, not stratus clouds.

    Is that really so outlandish a concept?
     
  2. sirchet

    sirchet Force for Goodness Moderator Supporter

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    I started using "Bing" instead for a search engine, it's not as bad. It still wants to think for me though, it's just a little dumber.
     
  3. Necroticpus

    Necroticpus Cthulhu Ftaghn!

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    Starburst is better than Skittles.
     
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    maalri Immortal

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    Barnes and Nobles is dying.

    They went up for sale today.

    Anyone else think they may go the way of Blockbuster and Movie Gallery? Digital is the future...
     
  5. Necroticpus

    Necroticpus Cthulhu Ftaghn!

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    Scryler Night's Wordsmith

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    The Brother is really BIG, while, he is NOT welcome.

    As someone complain, that truly is the beginning of the end of what's left of our freedom and society. Corporations and government will finally have absolute and total control on everything of everyone.
     
  8. Necroticpus

    Necroticpus Cthulhu Ftaghn!

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    GuardianAngel82 Senior Member

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    It COULD be used for a few practical jokes, I guess. But I think the original purpose was to separate morons from their cash, just as now.
     
  10. sirchet

    sirchet Force for Goodness Moderator Supporter

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    It's really no worse than the never ending adds we see everywhere offering things we don't need or want at a price we never should have spent.

    Example; look at the flash player at the bottom of this thread. Do they really think we're stupid enough to believe that's a news broadcast?
     
  11. Emirkol the Chaotic

    Emirkol the Chaotic Proud Polytheist

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    Sir Chet, is that your kitten in your "here take this" link?
     
  12. Sergio Morozov

    Sergio Morozov Paladin

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    Iris scanning will not help, if I will wear completely opaque glasses!
    Mwhahahaha!
    Eat THAT, Big Brother!
    Wait, but how will I see my way then?...:dizzy:
     
  13. sirchet

    sirchet Force for Goodness Moderator Supporter

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    No, ours have grown well past the kitten stage.

    That's Sir Puff an upcoming and soon to be, "ferocious attack kitty" on loan to us from the 3rd battalion 7th Mouse-er Regiment.
     
  14. Scryler

    Scryler Night's Wordsmith

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    Google news reports a gigantic traffic jam in China, outside of Beijing. If I understand the article correctly, the jam has lasted for 10 days with no end in sight for a month. I don't know if the trucks stuck in the jam have been there the entire time, but that's what it sounds like.
     
  15. Necroticpus

    Necroticpus Cthulhu Ftaghn!

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    Lolololol...


    Mom throws away action figures, son burns down house
    August 25, 2010 • 12:12 pm
    By Diana Fasanella

    A Japanese man has pleaded guilty to burning down his family’s home after his mother threw away some of his toy robots. Yoshifumi Takabe told Kobe District Court in western Japan that he became suicidal after losing the toys, which he says were partners with which he wanted to spend his life, ABC News reports.

    In retaliation, Yoshifumi, a factory worker who lived with his mother, torched the home because he wanted to die in the fire with his other robots from the Gundam 1970s space wars animated TV series.

    The 30-year-old’s mother told the court that she had long complained about the toys that were cluttering the house. She said there were enough to fill 300 boxes.

    The blaze on Aug. 9 of last year completely destroyed their two-story wooden house. No one was injured.

    Where’s r2d2 when you need him?




    If the new modpack doesn't come out in a timely manner, I'm going to do something drastic! I was planning to spend the rest of my life with ToEE and Co8, just like a regular marriage! I expect the exact same commitment from my chosen partner!
     

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