Weird News Thread Part III

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  1. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Cascarino's Pizzeria Member+

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    #6051 Cascarino's Pizzeria, Jun 27, 2018
    I read that one theory why we haven't seen intelligent life yet is because any intelligent life killed themselves off. Thats even more depressing in the Nuclear Age. :(
     
  2. Naughtius Maximus

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    #6052 Naughtius Maximus, Jun 27, 2018
    On the other hand maybe they ARE out there but have become aware of us and are simply keeping really quiet like my wife does when the Jehovahs Witnesses come round.

    Y'know, they're doing the alien version of staying behind the curtains and turning the TV off.

    Just a thought! :)
     
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  3. Naughtius Maximus

    Naughtius Maximus Member+

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    #6053 Naughtius Maximus, Jun 27, 2018
    Again, maybe they weren't that smart?

    Y'see, that's the thing about me... I'm always thinking of the other angle :)
     
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  4. dapip

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    South Florida
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    #6054 dapip, Jun 27, 2018
    We always try to project our human qualities on those theoretical alien races but it’s very likely that their motivations and perceptions are totally different from ours and, for the same reason, they might not be reachable with our technology.

    There’s also a positive outlook: if Stephen Hawking was correct and an alien civilization might be dangerous to us, so maybe we should be glad we haven’t meet them yet.
     
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  5. roby

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    #6055 roby, Jun 27, 2018
    If there are no others out there in the wild blue yonder that means there are no intelligent civilizations anywhere! :rolleyes:
     
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  6. Cascarino's Pizzeria

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    #6056 Cascarino's Pizzeria, Jun 27, 2018
    I like the idea that since computing power doubles every few years, we're all just a simulation of our super smart descendants.
     
  7. Naughtius Maximus

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    #6057 Naughtius Maximus, Jun 28, 2018
    [​IMG]
     
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  8. HerthaBerwyn

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    May 24, 2003
    Chicago
    #6058 HerthaBerwyn, Jul 5, 2018
  9. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
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    #6059 Dr. Wankler, Jul 5, 2018
    When Mike Royko used to give out his "Gun Nut of the Year" awards, I remember one front-runner waking up at night and thinking there was a stranger prowling in his bedroom. So he grabbed a pistol and busted a cap in his morning wood.
     
  10. Cascarino's Pizzeria

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    #6060 Cascarino's Pizzeria, Jul 6, 2018
  11. Dr. Wankler

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    #6061 Dr. Wankler, Jul 7, 2018
    Social media has taken the Darwin Awards to the next level. It's like a steroid for stupidity. The article concludes . . .

    The number of deaths linked to YouTube daredevils has been rising. Last year Wu Yongning, who climbed dangerous skyscrapers, fell to his death filming a stunt. Pedro Ruiz, 26, was shot dead by his girlfriend in front of their three-year-old daughter. He was filming a stunt where he held a book in front of his chest, believing it would protect him against a bullet.

    A number of deaths have also been linked to people attempting to take selfies to post on social media. In January, a 14-year-old boy was electrocuted in Croatia after he climbed on the roof of a train and attempted to take a selfie. One onlooker said his body “burned like a torch”. Last month, an Australian couple died after trying to pose for a selfie on a 30-metre wall in Portugal.
    ​
     
  12. chaski

    chaski Moderator
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    Mar 20, 2000
    redacted
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    #6062 chaski, Jul 24, 2018
    Iowa football player arrested after drunkenly mistaking police car for Uber
    Accused of public intoxication, Brady Reiff, 22, a starting defensive tackle for the UI football team, approached a parked UI police cruiser on Iowa Avenue at about 2 a.m. and attempted to open the vehicle’s passenger door, according to UI police.
    When asked what he was doing, police said Reiff asked for a ride home.
    When asked if he thought the vehicle was an Uber, police said Reiff replied “Yes.”
    https://www.thegazette.com/subject/...wkeye-football-defensive-tackle-uber-20180723

    At least he wasn't drinking and driving.
     
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  13. Naughtius Maximus

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    #6063 Naughtius Maximus, Jul 24, 2018
    I'd say he's clearly a well brought up young man and very civic minded :)
     
  14. roby

    roby Member+

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    #6064 roby, Jul 24, 2018
    You're a role model for us all! :D

    [​IMG]
     
  15. Naughtius Maximus

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    #6065 Naughtius Maximus, Jul 24, 2018
    Pffttt... well that much we knew.
     
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  16. chaski

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    #6066 chaski, Aug 8, 2018
    Sex toys cause closure of German airport terminal
    https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/vibrator-berlin-airport-intl/index.html

    Various sex toys, including a vibrator, were mistaken for a bomb, causing a partial closure at Berlin's Schönefeld Airport on Tuesday.
    Employees at the airport were conducting routine X-rays of luggage when they spotted "suspicious content in a luggage piece," according to the federal police in Berlin.
    Because it was unclear from the initial scan what the bag contained, an alert was issued shortly before 11 a.m., resulting in the closure of the airport's D terminal while police investigated the suspicious items.​

    Is there no German Failure thread?
     
  17. Dr. Wankler

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    #6067 Dr. Wankler, Aug 8, 2018
    The one that has been announcing Angela Merkel's demise for about three years now?
     
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  18. roby

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    #6068 roby, Aug 8, 2018
    By the by where is our Monitor friend? I really miss his conciliatory posts. :rolleyes:
     
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  19. Dr. Wankler

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    #6069 Dr. Wankler, Aug 8, 2018
    Maybe that early World Cup exit has him down.

    Still.
     
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  20. Val1

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    MD's Eastern Shore
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    #6070 Val1, Aug 8, 2018
    Him and me both. I Coach a pair of u12 teams and all spring I gave them the assignment of watching Germany and Tomas Muller in particular. Heretofore I have thought that Muller moved better off the ball than anyone else in the world, and I wanted them to watch him. (These kids don't watch a lot of soccer.). Needless to say, they've been riding me mercilessly about his abject play and Germany's early departure.

    Sigh.
     
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  21. Naughtius Maximus

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    #6071 Naughtius Maximus, Aug 8, 2018
    [​IMG]


    :giggle:
     
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  22. roadkit

    roadkit Greetings from the Fringe of Obscurity

    Jul 2, 2003
    Fornax Cluster
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    #6072 roadkit, Aug 8, 2018
    How the hell does this even happen in Germany? There's a sex toy shop in the Frankfurt airport FFS.
     
  23. Dr. Wankler

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    #6073 Dr. Wankler, Aug 8, 2018
    Maybe there's an exchange program where TSA people are working in Germany?

    Nah. Baverian Monitor would have posted that in the American People Failure thread.
     
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  24. Cascarino's Pizzeria

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    #6074 Cascarino's Pizzeria, Aug 8, 2018
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  25. Naughtius Maximus

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    #6075 Naughtius Maximus, Aug 8, 2018
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