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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #3750 on: November 26, 2024, 09:23:32 AM »
A little more Neil deGrasse Tyson
Here's he states the Saturn V was call that because it has 5 engines 

https://x.com/DKiSAerospace/status/1860851345055531383



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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #3751 on: November 26, 2024, 09:25:47 AM »
CNN panel: "X is the most right wing biased of all the social media platforms."
Scott Jennings: "It's actually just been shown to be the least biased of the platforms."
CNN panel: "That's a lie! Where did you get that information?!?"
Scott Jennings: "From CNN reporting."

I don't know why that guy bothers with them.

https://twitchy.com/grateful-calvin/2024/11/26/i-learned-it-by-watching-you-scott-jennings-owns-cnn-panelists-who-claim-twitter-is-far-right-n2404290

Saw that, CNN reported X is pretty much 50/50 just a week ago.
My favorite part of the video is when she says to him after he quotes that CNN report "it's not accurate and you know it"
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #3752 on: November 26, 2024, 09:34:05 AM »
Were I a young man entering college today, I admit it would be a difficult choice, between a "physics 101" class and an "Intro to Fat Studies" class. Hard to tell which of them would provide me with a better education and job opportunities.

https://twitchy.com/brettt/2024/11/25/university-to-offerintro-to-fat-studies-n2404254
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #3753 on: November 26, 2024, 09:36:51 AM »
Were I a young man entering college today, I admit it would be a difficult choice, between a "physics 101" class and an "Intro to Fat Studies" class. Hard to tell which of them would provide me with a better education and job opportunities.

https://twitchy.com/brettt/2024/11/25/university-to-offerintro-to-fat-studies-n2404254

That's okay, the government will forgive their loans
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #3754 on: November 26, 2024, 10:08:32 AM »
Were I a young man entering college today, I admit it would be a difficult choice, between a "physics 101" class and an "Intro to Fat Studies" class. Hard to tell which of them would provide me with a better education and job opportunities.

https://twitchy.com/brettt/2024/11/25/university-to-offerintro-to-fat-studies-n2404254

Were I a young man entering college today... I might very well say screw that and go into one of the trades like plumbing.
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #3755 on: November 26, 2024, 07:42:43 PM »
My wife brought home some noodles from the grocery store. There was a sticker saying "plant-based."
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #3756 on: November 26, 2024, 08:25:38 PM »
“Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.”
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #3757 on: November 27, 2024, 06:59:02 AM »
I'm dropping this here and running

https://x.com/GuntherEagleman/status/1861578293796868291

Goddamn, Dude, have you no common decency?
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #3758 on: November 27, 2024, 06:59:57 AM »
My wife brought home some noodles from the grocery store. There was a sticker saying "plant-based."

That makes me sad.

There's nothing I like more than a big bowl of duck noodles.
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #3759 on: November 27, 2024, 08:42:55 AM »
"I'm a foolish old man that has been drawn into a wild goose chase by a harpy in trousers and a nincompoop."

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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #3760 on: November 27, 2024, 09:04:47 AM »
Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God?
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #3761 on: November 27, 2024, 09:07:50 AM »
That makes me sad.

There's nothing I like more than a big bowl of duck noodles.

Got up and made coffee then sat down in front of the computer and brought up this thread. And what did my still morning fuzzy eyes see? K Frame likes dick noodles. More coffee on the way.
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« Reply #3762 on: November 27, 2024, 09:09:29 AM »
I'm pretty sure Dick Noodles was briefly a co-host of The Ocho, alongside Pepper Brooks.
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« Reply #3764 on: November 27, 2024, 10:30:32 AM »
And there's more from where that came from.
Note: I'm hoping this isn't real. I can still hope right?

https://x.com/Rothmus/status/1861764017192087946
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« Reply #3766 on: November 27, 2024, 03:20:10 PM »
“Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.”
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« Reply #3768 on: November 27, 2024, 07:21:37 PM »
I guess "I can't breath" is okay when it's to fight climate change
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« Reply #3769 on: November 28, 2024, 07:16:01 AM »
Got up and made coffee then sat down in front of the computer and brought up this thread. And what did my still morning fuzzy eyes see? K Frame likes dick noodles. More coffee on the way.

That sounds like a SERIOUS case of projecting your own personal preferences, WJL...

Ick!
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« Reply #3770 on: November 28, 2024, 10:36:55 AM »
Some more NDT fun, this time with Elon  :rofl:

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1860543172386128266
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« Reply #3771 on: November 28, 2024, 06:11:42 PM »
You can't make this *expletive deleted*it up

 Sports columnist claims ‘cisgender women’ are the ‘real threat’ in volleyball trans controversy
https://nypost.com/2024/11/28/sports/sports-columnist-claims-cisgender-women-are-the-real-threat-in-sjsu-trans-controversy/

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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #3772 on: November 29, 2024, 07:14:30 AM »
And just when you think the world has gone completely, totally, and irretrievably mad...

Apple, bastion of wokeness, comes out with an incredible pro-family Christmas ad.

https://x.com/WellyCorgelas/status/1862150350301495410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1862150350301495410%7Ctwgr%5E2b6f6abb1c61791f22e9c3deefb8150d19a5b327%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.outkick.com%2Fculture%2Fapples-pro-family-holiday-commercial-shows-what-america-needs-get-back


I can't even imagine what kind of ad they would have come out with had Harris and the base perversion of the left won.
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« Reply #3773 on: November 29, 2024, 08:41:23 AM »
And just when you think the world has gone completely, totally, and irretrievably mad...

Apple, bastion of wokeness, comes out with an incredible pro-family Christmas ad.

https://x.com/WellyCorgelas/status/1862150350301495410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1862150350301495410%7Ctwgr%5E2b6f6abb1c61791f22e9c3deefb8150d19a5b327%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.outkick.com%2Fculture%2Fapples-pro-family-holiday-commercial-shows-what-america-needs-get-back


I can't even imagine what kind of ad they would have come out with had Harris and the base perversion of the left won.

Saw that during the game last night and had the same thoughts. But if they actually ordered it and got it out in the period after the election I would be surprised but they could have also ordered more than one version back in summer with the if Harris won having his boy getting his first dress for Christmas
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Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Reply #3774 on: November 29, 2024, 10:14:14 AM »
High powered advertising shops can produce new material and turn on a dime. Rapid production to capture, match, and engage trends is their business, and some of them do it very well.

That said yes, it could be the case that Apple ordered a whole series of candidate-based ads back in the summer. It could also be that this ad is not, in any way, connected with the election at all and could be one in a series of broad-appeals ads that will cover numerous topics.

In other words, the son could still be getting his first dress.
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