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[SaisonMan]

This one was in my local newspaper about 15 years ago. It stayed on my refrigerator for a long time.

 

[Dland]

Upper management making an impact:

https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=Awr...th-video/RK=2/RS=bcue2J_mcNt39G.ynyXKTl0L1uM-

 

[Rish]

https://www.iflscience.com/marsupial-that-has-sex-until-it-dies-cannibalizes-fallen-suitors-72511

 

[day_trippr]

That made me check the topic title again

 

[sweetcell]

Upper management making an impact:

https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=Awr...th-video/RK=2/RS=bcue2J_mcNt39G.ynyXKTl0L1uM-

direct link, skipping the search step: Horror video shows tech CEO plunge to death during grand on-stage

 

[BongoYodeler]

direct link, skipping the search step: Horror video shows tech CEO plunge to death during grand on-stage

Maybe I'm the exception, but I really don't want to see that.

 

[balrog]

Maybe I'm the exception, but I really don't want to see that.

You are not

 

[Broken Crow]

Maybe I'm the exception, but I really don't want to see that.

After reading this: https://www.glassdoor.ca/Reviews/Vistek-Reviews-E435651.htm I'd like to watch it, but it no longer plays. (For the record, I was catastrophically injured in such an environment....Dilbert, however true, isn't funny for me since then.)

https://www.iflscience.com/marsupial-that-has-sex-until-it-dies-cannibalizes-fallen-suitors-72511

Is it just me that thinks that'd be a great way to go? Heck, I've been here long enough!

 

[Dland]

Maybe I'm the exception, but I really don't want to see that.

Fair enough, but there is dark humor in someone of that standing choosing to make such a grandiose and childish entrance to his employees in celebration of himself. Reminded me of the puppet movie "Team America: World Police", stage set and all.

 

[BongoYodeler]

Fair enough, but there is dark humor in someone of that standing choosing to make such a grandiose and childish entrance to his employees in celebration of himself. Reminded me of the puppet movie "Team America: World Police", stage set and all.

I don't disagree, I just don't need to see it.

 

[Brew_Dude41]

I was just shocked to find out that :1, he chose to leave India to go to college in Allentown PA. And 2, he was able to get out of Allentown and be productive. (Joking my freinds who are out there)

Seriously though, terrible accident, but WTF was point of the stunt to begin with? This is how I hear the conversation in my mind:

"Hey let's walk out to a bunch of pyrotechnics. "

"Nah too common, needs to be much more grandiose!"

"Hey, I seem to remember a WWF wrestler that dropped into ring for event one time"

"How did that work out?"

"I'm telling you he killed it! It has left a permenent impression."

"Yes, let's do that!"

 

[Skeeter686]

"How did that work out?"

"I'm telling you he killed it! It has left a permenent impression."

"Yes, let's do that!"

That is so wrong!

 

[Brew_Dude41]

That is so wrong!

Too soon?
It was like 25 years ago...

 

[Rish]

https://nypost.com/2024/01/22/lifestyle/student-thought-he-was-hit-by-a-rock-had-bullet-in-his-head/

 

[Brew_Dude41]

https://nypost.com/2024/01/22/lifestyle/student-thought-he-was-hit-by-a-rock-had-bullet-in-his-head/

Ever wonder what happens to those bullets that idiots just shoot up into the air in "celebration"?

 

[balrog]

Ever wonder what happens to those bullets that idiots just shoot up into the air in "celebration"?

Obey Gravity.

It's the law.

 

[Kent88]

Ever wonder what happens to those bullets that idiots just shoot up into the air in "celebration"?

MythBusters Episode 50: Bullets Fired Up

 

[Sailingeric]

Straight up is most likely ok but anything with any angle still going to have a lot momentum and will get ya.

 

[Skeeter686]

Straight up is most likely ok but anything with any angle still going to have a lot momentum and will get ya.

If you can shoot straight up, accurately enough that you're the one who catches the bullet when it comes back down, then sure... straight up is OK.

Nobody should ever be just shooting into the air. Excepting shotguns loaded with birdshot, I suppose.

I'm not trying to get on your case, personally. But I believe in responsible gun ownership and I hate hearing about idiots firing into the air to "celebrate".

 

[Sailingeric]

If you can shoot straight up, accurately enough that you're the one who catches the bullet when it comes back down, then sure... straight up is OK.

Nobody should ever be just shooting into the air. Excepting shotguns loaded with birdshot, I suppose.

I'm not trying to get on your case, personally. But I believe in responsible gun ownership and I hate hearing about idiots firing into the air to "celebrate".

I agree, shooting in the air is stupid and dangerous. I was just referencing the post prior about the Mythbusters testing based on the terminal velocity of a bullet coming straight down

 

[Northern_Brewer]

Not so much the headline, as the headline photo of the drug-sniffer dog....
https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/inverness/6333175/chief-police-dog/

 

[day_trippr]

Looks like he enjoys his work

 

[Rish]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/...ating-fried-toothpicks-viral-trend-rcna135596

 

[BongoYodeler]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/...ating-fried-toothpicks-viral-trend-rcna135596

Dear god. I have no hope for the survival of the human race. We're doomed.

 

[balrog]

don't they pair nicely with a vintage 2017 Tide Pod?

 

[balrog]

<sigh>
Another blast from the past.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/202...ts-oldest-software-archives-is-shutting-down/

 

[homebeerbrewer]

I wonder if it'll live on here.

 

[Mr. Vern]

I am unsure if it was FB algo's or my ex.. but somehow I was recommended to the "Dull Men's Club" which led to this gem:

The 16th Klangwechsel (Cord Change) of a 639 year performance happens today

The organ started in September 2001 and today it will change cords for the 16th time.

As Slow as Possible
"ORGAN²/ASLSP is a musical piece by John Cage and the subject of the second-longest-lasting musical performance yet undertaken. Cage wrote it in 1987 for organ, as an adaptation of his 1985 composition ASLSP for piano. A performance of the piano version usually lasts 20 to 70 minutes."

 

[balrog]

I am unsure if it was FB algo's or my ex.. but somehow I was recommended to the "Dull Men's Club" which led to this gem:

The 16th Klangwechsel (Cord Change) of a 639 year performance happens today

The organ started in September 2001 and today it will change cords for the 16th time.

As Slow as Possible
"ORGAN²/ASLSP is a musical piece by John Cage and the subject of the second-longest-lasting musical performance yet undertaken. Cage wrote it in 1987 for organ, as an adaptation of his 1985 composition ASLSP for piano. A performance of the piano version usually lasts 20 to 70 minutes."

I would think living anywhere near the neighborhood would drive one mad.

 

[balrog]

And in other news, the robots are coming for us...

https://arstechnica.com/information...ith-25-million-in-first-of-its-kind-ai-heist/
"a sophisticated scam involving deepfake technology. The scam featured a digitally recreated version of the company's chief financial officer, along with other employees, who appeared in a video conference call instructing an employee to transfer funds."