Is This Something?

It's kind of not something but whatever.

Below the fold, a promotional video from Magic Leap, a company "backed" by Google which endeavors to bring "mixed reality" glasses into the world. The idea is that virtual reality constructs will be beamed straight into your face-pussy so that you see fantasy objects appear in what is otherwise the real world.

Say, like, maybe you're doin' squats. Then you can push the buttons boop-boop-beedeboob and suddenly you see Bane as your Liftin' Coach telling you "You call that form, Detective? Oooahrr, I've seen better form from The Riddler."

Bane's fake, but those plates you're puttin' up, bro? Real as the juddering vein in your forehead, brah.

The video was used to stoke investor interest, but note, none of the "virtual reality" stuff you see was actually projected into anyone's actual vision. It's all special effects, like any other post-production CGI effects. It's just a "This is what the future might look like" promotion.

Still, whatever.

It should be noted that Magic Leap is the subject of two disparaging articles today, Business Insider noting the technology used to raise $1.4 billion in capital is not likely to resemble the actual technology they are hoping to make, and this one from Fortune suggesting the Magic Leap tech is inferior to Microsoft's HoloLens.

BTW, note both of those stories seem to cite the same story by an outfit called "The Information" as the primary source.

So I'm not sure if this is something at all.

Obviously I have no idea either way. I just heard of this ten minutes ago.

Still -- Cool video, yo!

Posted by: Ace at 05:33 PM

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1 So I can put Kate Upton's face on McKinney's body?

Posted by: wooga at December 09, 2016 05:31 PM (CNT6C)

2 I was wondering why the 3D goggles don't do this.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at December 09, 2016 05:32 PM (QQ+il)

3 Face Pussy?

Posted by: Grump928(c) at December 09, 2016 05:33 PM (QQ+il)

4 The chick in the office had her sweater on. She wasn't topless.

Stupid technology.

Posted by: Furious George at December 09, 2016 05:34 PM (77i7V)

5 I'm invested heavily in X-Ray Specs.

Posted by: tu3031 at December 09, 2016 05:34 PM (qJhUV)

6 Requires a lot of processing power to avoid nausea.

If you walk around with a minfridge strapped to your back, you could have all the hobos visually converted to gungans.

Posted by: wooga at December 09, 2016 05:34 PM (CNT6C)

7 Interesting!

⏣ steeples fingers ⏣

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 09, 2016 05:35 PM (u82oZ)

8 So if I'm wearing these glasses and look down at my junk...

Posted by: EC at December 09, 2016 05:35 PM (oIkQ6)

9 Shouldn't that be a giraffe?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2016 05:36 PM (ZO497)

10 It would be interesting for a volunteer to take one for the team and wear them to a BLM protest.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 09, 2016 05:37 PM (PY9jH)

11 When we have Hope Solo, and Lena Dunham, why do we need virtual reality? I mean, isn't reality shocking enough?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2016 05:37 PM (ZO497)

12 Shrooms seem cheaper.

Posted by: gewa76 at December 09, 2016 05:37 PM (B6OKy)

13 I think in 2020 this technology will bridge the gap until we get decent sex bots in 2025. Only three more years until every one I fuck will look exactly like Eddie Murphy!

Posted by: Hugh Grant at December 09, 2016 05:37 PM (CNT6C)

14 My pet dogs, Donald and Mike ate Hillary, my pet chicken. But then I realized it was mixed reality.

Hillary is actually still with us, just mangled and blubbering in the corner.

Posted by: MTF at December 09, 2016 05:38 PM (sCBEO)

15 You might see fantasy objects but it won't make your life suck any less. I'll pass.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 09, 2016 05:39 PM (0mRoj)

16 Heh, google glasses crashed and burned, I expect this to fall even harder.

You think pokemon go was a bad idea, just you wait.

Posted by: Dick Chenys' Cat at December 09, 2016 05:39 PM (u3li/)

17 so regarding the forgotten 80s mystery click, what sort of backwater hillybilly kingdom did you have to reside in to not have the sly fox song playing on your radio?

even got play in the soviet stans on old nazi tube radios.

Posted by: yankeefifth at December 09, 2016 05:41 PM (cPsPa)

18 Seems like it would be dangerous, blurring reality and fantasy?

Probably because I just saw "Inception" again recently...

Posted by: Lizzy at December 09, 2016 05:41 PM (NOIQH)

19 Whatever happened to drinking 10 days straight if you wanted to shoot at things inside the trailer that aren't really there?

Posted by: DaveA at December 09, 2016 05:41 PM (8J/Te)

20 OT (yeah, yeah, I know it's early):

I knew that Forgotten 80s Mystery Click from the lyrics. One of the curses of working Top 40 radio from that era.

On topic: Nah, not interested. More interested in bionic eyes, since I'll likely need them in a decade.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at the old homestead at December 09, 2016 05:42 PM (YcNC7)

21 Do you want the matrix?

Because this is how you get the matrix.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 09, 2016 05:42 PM (aZq03)

22 Whatever happened to drinking 10 days straight if you wanted to shoot at things inside the trailer that aren't really there?
Posted by: DaveA
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Good question... and, shouldn't that elephant be pink?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2016 05:43 PM (ZO497)

23 21 Do you want the matrix?

Because this is how you get the matrix.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 09, 2016 05:42 PM (aZq03)

Thread winner?

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at the old homestead at December 09, 2016 05:43 PM (YcNC7)

24 If you walk around with a minfridge strapped to your back, you could have all the hobos visually converted to gungans.
____
And now, when my vision can be realized, Disney turns my films over to that Star Trek Guy

FML

Posted by: George Lucas at December 09, 2016 05:44 PM (aZq03)

25 Nope.

Posted by: garrett at December 09, 2016 05:44 PM (UD0Gq)

26 Do you want the matrix?

Because this is how you get the matrix.
Posted by: 18-1

On the other hand if we could merge welfare and these things, crime would plummit.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2016 05:44 PM (1G5R8)

27 None of what they are calling "Virtual reality" stuff is anything close to virtual reality. I really hate that they get away calling a pair of goggles a "virtual reality headset" ... as if looking through a telescope would take you into a "virtual reality space". Regular glasses can be now known as offering "virtual focused reality".

As to this new Magic Leap stuff .. sounds stupid. What's it really supposed to be, a heads up display for your eyes, only? Meh.

And anything that Google is doing I don't want anything to do with. Google is the worst company on Earth.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at December 09, 2016 05:44 PM (zc3Db)

28 Not sure how this is any different from Augmented Reality, except a bit broader in scope I guess?

It's a neat idea for some things, but in general seems like a novelty. It'd be cool to have an FPS-type HUD for going to the range, though. And the AR/'Mixed Reality' can turn the targets into your prey of choice - aliens, zombies, nazis, nazi zombies, zombie aliens, w/e.

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at December 09, 2016 05:44 PM (kumBu)

29 Ace, there's a story at the Daily a mail about how all Megyn Kelly's coworkers at Fox hate her. They stole your nickname for her!!!!!

Posted by: Ktgreat at December 09, 2016 05:45 PM (Bl4dy)

30 I LOVE that Berlin Song.

Posted by: Tom Ford at December 09, 2016 05:45 PM (UD0Gq)

31 The future will be Pokemon Go, everywhere, all the time.

Do Pokemon even lift?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 09, 2016 05:45 PM (xJa6I)

32 What happens if you put them on and you get Lena Dunham pooping on a toilet?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 09, 2016 05:45 PM (PY9jH)

33 ima save my money for one of the Garands that President Trump is going to bring home from Korea...

PS: had a mother/daughter combo express displeasure at me just now for my Deployable/Deplorable Veterans for Trump shirt around town.

Mom just made negative hand gestures, but her 14-15 daughter flipped me off...

i just laughed and yelled "President Trump, bitches!"

now, to go tend to my once again renewed schadenboner.

that bitch will NEVER be President.

Posted by: redc1c4 at December 09, 2016 05:46 PM (6nKtQ)

34 Thought I saw a demo of something like that a few months ago that used VR Goggles.

As to the two Mystery Clicks, I haven't heard "Let's Go All the Way" in about 10 years, but Berlin's "Sex" is in my MP3 collection, and I have that band's 1984 LP, "Love Life" in my old vinyl collection.

The lead singer for Berlin, Terri Nunn, tried out for the part of Princess Leia in the first Star Wars film. Here she is running lines with Harrison Ford:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXy59jMqOsc

Posted by: Reno_Dave at December 09, 2016 05:46 PM (YEhNg)

35 DAILY MAIL

Posted by: Ktgreat at December 09, 2016 05:46 PM (Bl4dy)

36 Karol Orchid looks amazing by candlelight. Just sayin.

I need glasses that constantly show her or Charlotte McKinney.

Or maybe I just need a burger...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 09, 2016 05:46 PM (xJa6I)

37 I keep telling people WE are the robot overlords.

The "humans" that we eventually conquer have yet to be born.

Posted by: Max Power at December 09, 2016 05:46 PM (q177U)

38 "Do Pokemon even lift?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 09, 2016 05:45 PM (xJa6I) "

Machamp does - having four arms is sort of cheating, though.

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at December 09, 2016 05:47 PM (kumBu)

39 ima save my money for one of the Garands that President Trump is going to bring home from Korea...

PS: had a mother/daughter combo express displeasure at me just now for my Deployable/Deplorable Veterans for Trump shirt around town.

Mom just made negative hand gestures, but her 14-15 daughter flipped me off...

i just laughed and yelled "President Trump, bitches!"

now, to go tend to my once again renewed schadenboner.

that bitch will NEVER be President.

Posted by: redc1c4 at December 09, 2016 05:46 PM (6nKtQ)

good point, had not thought of Trumpact (tm) on Korean rifles. Don't the have a bunch of old 45s too?

Posted by: yankeefifth at December 09, 2016 05:47 PM (cPsPa)

40 Probably because I just saw "Inception" again recently...

Posted by: Lizzy at December 09, 2016 05:41 PM (NOIQH)

I thought it was surprisingly good. Not without huge plot problems, but all in all, a fun movie.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 09, 2016 05:47 PM (42Mgr)

41 I'm sorry, but the best I can muster is - "So what?"

Posted by: dziwnypole at December 09, 2016 05:47 PM (IluCZ)

42 I can see a lot of uses for this.

Like you are having sex with your wife.

But she's all old and has breasts n'stuff.

And you can change it to some sweet young ma...uh...thing.

Posted by: Barack Obama at December 09, 2016 05:48 PM (aZq03)

43 well, there is really only one reason for vr.

Posted by: yankeefifth at December 09, 2016 05:48 PM (cPsPa)

44 32 What happens if you put them on and you get Lena Dunham pooping on a toilet?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 09, 2016 05:45 PM (PY9jH)
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Under those horrific circumstances I would want my next of kin to bring legal action.

Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2016 05:49 PM (Sfs6o)

45 So, when I am running I can have virtual Chesty Puller running next to me calling me a yellow commie pussy if I don't pick up my pace?

I'm in. Where do I sign up?

Posted by: havildar-major at December 09, 2016 05:49 PM (jpW6t)

46 So would I be guilty of distracted if I wore VR glasses while behind the wheel of my car? I'm thinking of having Kate Upton sitting on the hood eating a hamburger.

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 09, 2016 05:49 PM (hJrjt)

47 It's like mushrooms in the '70's. I remember.

Posted by: redenzo at December 09, 2016 05:49 PM (5wSNN)

48 Speaking of lighting and a good looking woman (SFW)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqTuo2yQBXM

Its actually a really cool video...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 09, 2016 05:49 PM (aZq03)

49 Officer, I swear that windmill looked like a Giant!

Posted by: Don Quixote wearing Mixed Reality glasses at December 09, 2016 05:49 PM (kumBu)

50 Ugh

Insert mini rant about school bureaucracies here

Posted by: @votermom @vm at December 09, 2016 05:50 PM (Om16U)

51 What happens if you put them on and you get Lena Dunham pooping on a toilet?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 09, 2016 05:45 PM (PY9jH)
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Under those horrific circumstances I would want my next of kin to bring legal action.
Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2016 05:49 PM (Sfs6o)

when we have real full-time vr goggles dunham's likeness will be edited out.

Posted by: yankeefifth at December 09, 2016 05:50 PM (cPsPa)

52 What happens if you put them on and you get Lena Dunham pooping on a toilet?
***
The computer in then goggles voluntarily commits hari kari?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 09, 2016 05:50 PM (aZq03)

53 I thought it was surprisingly good. Not without huge plot problems, but all in all, a fun movie.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

The Nolan Bros' movies are the kind that really need a switched-off brain to enjoy.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2016 05:50 PM (1G5R8)

54 That would be distracted driving.

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 09, 2016 05:50 PM (hJrjt)

55 Speaking of lighting and a good looking woman (SFW)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqTuo2yQBXM

But we already know this from Seinfeld.

Posted by: bad lighting on the porch! at December 09, 2016 05:51 PM (wpC7C)

56 I thought it was surprisingly good. Not without huge plot problems, but all in all, a fun movie.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 09, 2016 05:47 PM (42Mgr)

It's a great movie, I would say. The writer did a phenomenal job with that story. There are some minor plot holes and a few issues but I didn't see any huge problems. I was extremely impressed by this, especially considering the topic they were working with. It was a very well-crafted story and a well-made movie.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at December 09, 2016 05:51 PM (zc3Db)

57 I keep having visions now of Ace in full broheim mode and talking like Hans and Franz.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 09, 2016 05:51 PM (92kX2)

58 Oddly, I think I know the Weird Al version of one of those sidebar songs better than the original.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 09, 2016 05:51 PM (xJa6I)

59 And anything that Google is doing I don't want anything to do with. Google is the worst company on Earth.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair
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Investor's gold mine, however.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2016 05:51 PM (ZO497)

60 Say, like, maybe you're doin' squats.

Go on...

Posted by: Sandra Flook at December 09, 2016 05:51 PM (Tyii7)

61 Will I have to listen to that annoying music in my 'augmented' reality?

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 09, 2016 05:51 PM (iLoHX)

62 If I was making some type of product that seems like it might lead to the robot apocalypse, I think I'd name my company Cyberdyne, just to fuck with everybody.

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at December 09, 2016 05:52 PM (kumBu)

63 Posted by: yankeefifth at December 09, 2016 05:50 PM (cPsPa)
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OK - because that was starting to sound a lot like lawn darts.

Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2016 05:52 PM (Sfs6o)

64 62 If I was making some type of product that seems like it might lead to the robot apocalypse, I think I'd name my company Cyberdyne, just to fuck with everybody.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at December 09, 2016 05:52 PM (kumBu)

There's always Umbrella Corporation.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 09, 2016 05:53 PM (0mRoj)

65 If I could use these glasses to augment-out the ultra-annoying ultra-shit acting of Ellen Page, I might watch Inception.

Posted by: maybe at December 09, 2016 05:53 PM (wpC7C)

66 "The Nolan Bros' movies are the kind that really need a switched-off brain to enjoy.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2016 05:50 PM (1G5R

"

Especially "The Prestige." I love it, but there are parts that you just need to accept without question or else you'll be annoyed.

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at December 09, 2016 05:54 PM (kumBu)

67 Machamp is totes OP

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 09, 2016 05:54 PM (xJa6I)

68 Making an imaginary world more lifelike, at least in some respects, is appealing. Adding weird imaginary objects to the real world seems to be just stupid and potentially dangerous. Maybe it's my lack of imagination, but I can't see how this would have any appeal.

The ability to enter some kind of fantasy world for entertainment purposes is a whole other story. Make that work.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 09, 2016 05:54 PM (R+30W)

69 Investor's gold mine, however.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2016 05:51 PM (ZO497)

True. Not saying they aren't good ... just evil pricks.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at December 09, 2016 05:54 PM (zc3Db)

70 I've used the Hololens at work and it is a pretty impressive technology. The field of view is weird because it cuts off at the knees for anything near you but the quality in that field of view is great.

Google Glass was just absolute horseshit. Useless, slow, garbage.

I will say that VR/AR is getting a lot better lately and starting to be reasonably viable as a product.

Posted by: Moron Pundit at December 09, 2016 05:54 PM (xeeHA)

71 is that how bad music is going to suck in the future, too?

Posted by: TexasDan at December 09, 2016 05:54 PM (yL25O)

72 "There's always Umbrella Corporation.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 09, 2016 05:53 PM (0mRoj) "

Or Omni Consumer Products.

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at December 09, 2016 05:54 PM (kumBu)

73 And they're perfectly safe.
We have found no possible way for them to cause short or long term vision or balance disorders.

Posted by: Aud's & DO's who hold Google stock at December 09, 2016 05:55 PM (gJ3Vg)

74 I got my first set of X-Ray Spex in 64, and I've never looked back.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at December 09, 2016 05:55 PM (6Ll1u)

75 Tech guy on morning radio was saying a couple of virtual reality glasses (seems to me to be a welders googles to me) were big idea for Christmas.

Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2016 05:55 PM (5sOEp)

76 So, you could be looking for Pokemon GO characters and they would appear in your glasses?

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 09, 2016 05:55 PM (so+oy)

77 well the apocalypse hits when the ont thread crosses with the vr thread. vr ont. kaboom.

Posted by: yankeefifth at December 09, 2016 05:55 PM (cPsPa)

78 "is that how bad music is going to suck in the future, too?

Posted by: TexasDan at December 09, 2016 05:54 PM (yL25O) "

Yes - we're also going to get the three seashells, and every restaurant is Taco Bell, since they won the Franchise Wars.

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at December 09, 2016 05:57 PM (kumBu)

79 18 Seems like it would be dangerous, blurring reality and fantasy?"

We already have a generation and an entire political party that can't tell the difference between reality and fantasy.

This thing would be kinda fun during really boring meetings though....

Posted by: Donna di deplorable ampersands&&&&and so there at December 09, 2016 05:57 PM (P8951)

80 Seems like we've seen that whale leap inserted in something else, somewhere.

Anyone else remember seeing that before?

Posted by: TexasDan at December 09, 2016 05:57 PM (yL25O)

81 The Magic Hour of lighting is a real thing, for sure.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 09, 2016 05:58 PM (xJa6I)

82 bah, I've seen stuff like this without "mixed reality glasses"; its sometimes called 'orange sunshine' or LSD

Posted by: the Butcher at December 09, 2016 05:58 PM (AGJqR)

83 This will be good for lefties, they can finally see the world through a lens that makes sense to them: absolute fucking fantasy.

On a serious note though, it'd be good to watch this, because it might not actually do what they say it'll do after the money is spent in development.

Posted by: Heralder at December 09, 2016 05:58 PM (oCER9)

84 good point, had not thought of Trumpact (tm) on Korean rifles. Don't the have a bunch of old 45s too?
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and M-1 carbines as well...

wonder what happened to all the 30 cal Browning machine guns?

/drool

Posted by: redc1c4 at December 09, 2016 05:59 PM (6nKtQ)

85 >>The Magic Hour of lighting is a real thing, for sure.

It's the only time I'll record.

Posted by: Cherlene at December 09, 2016 05:59 PM (UD0Gq)

86 I'm thinking of coming up with a product that projects characters from old Roman epic poems into your visual field.

I'm going to call it Virgil Reality.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 09, 2016 05:59 PM (wPiJc)

87 When these can be hooked into a website's JavaScript is when the fun begins.

Blow the margins on AoSHQ, and images of The Barrel appear.

Might need a Pixy upgrade, though.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 09, 2016 05:59 PM (DMUuz)

88 MI Supreme Court denies Stein's recount.

Hillary Clinton will never be president.

Posted by: Moron Pundit at December 09, 2016 05:59 PM (xeeHA)

89 I guessed right on the etymology of "pipe dream". So, there's that.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, This Is the Dawning of the Age of the Trumpius! at December 09, 2016 06:00 PM (Nwg0u)

90 >>>Seems like we've seen that whale leap inserted in something else, somewhere.

Anyone else remember seeing that before?

...

it seems ripped off from Now You See Me 2, where a man falls onto his face and turns into nothing but a splash of water when he hits the ground.

so like that movie, this tech seems impossible

Posted by: ace at December 09, 2016 06:00 PM (8rNrN)

91 If SK has some extra M14's...wouldn't mind getting one. One of the last on my 'wish list'.

Maybe it's the gamer in me, but with every piece of tech I always ask: how can it be used for porn OR how can I use it to shoot things more easily?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 09, 2016 06:00 PM (xJa6I)

92 I'm really glad they told us that everything in the gym was real, except for the leaping whale. I couldn't tell if it was computer-generated, or an actual whale leaping out of a high school gymnasium floor.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 09, 2016 06:00 PM (8nWyX)

93 Investor's gold mine, however.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2016 05:51 PM (ZO497)

True. Not saying they aren't good ... just evil pricks.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair
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I think they are evil, and I'll have no part. But, I admit to envy of those that I know who invested in them early.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2016 06:01 PM (ZO497)

94 Meh.
Fuck google.
I'll stick with the weed you kids are growing these days - with equal or better results. Have you sampled that stuff? Criminey!

Posted by: Chi - #FreeCthulhu at December 09, 2016 06:01 PM (WssnW)

95 Er, ace, Pokemon already does this.

Seriously.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 09, 2016 06:01 PM (NbJXF)

96 Be careful talking about bad 80's bands.You'll attract JeffB back to the blog.

Posted by: steevy at December 09, 2016 06:01 PM (r/0kC)

97 @Muldoon

That is a terrible/wonderful pun. You almost hit a Homer there.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 09, 2016 06:01 PM (xJa6I)

98 To me, this kind of stuff gets tedious in a real hurry.

Posted by: washrivergal at December 09, 2016 06:02 PM (CFc5L)

99 I can see a lot of uses for this.

Like you are having sex with your wife.

But she's all old and has breasts n'stuff.

And you can change it to some sweet young ma...uh...thing.

Posted by: Barack Obama at December 09, 2016 05:48 PM (aZq03)

Or you're single, and fapping away, but with a few clicks you can get Dorothy Hamill to kneel down in front of you and say "can I help with that, big boy?"

Until we get to that point, I'll pass.

Posted by: Country Boy - stay deplorable my friend at December 09, 2016 06:02 PM (Jcg9Q)

100 O/T

Trump close to picking head of Exxon/Mobil are SOS.

The fcking liberals are going to shit in their pants.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 09, 2016 06:02 PM (NbJXF)

101 so like that movie, this tech seems impossible
Posted by: ace at December 09, 2016 06:00 PM (8rNrN)

That movie pissed me off. All of their "illusions" were D&D level wizard spells. Such a cop out.

Posted by: Heralder at December 09, 2016 06:02 PM (oCER9)

102 I'm going to call it Virgil Reality.
Posted by: Muldoon
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You hit a Homer with that one.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2016 06:03 PM (ZO497)

103 it seems ripped off from Now You See Me 2, where a man falls onto his face and turns into nothing but a splash of water when he hits the ground.

so like that movie, this tech seems impossible
Posted by: ace

That first flick was a big, angry, dumb baby of a movie. Everyone involved in that movie should die.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2016 06:03 PM (1G5R8)

104 Hmmmm.
So, simulated virtual reality ?

In other parts of the software world, this is called "vaporware".
They must be making kinder, gentler venture capitalists out on the Left Coast these days.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 09, 2016 06:04 PM (02Q1d)

105 92 I'm really glad they told us that everything in the gym was real, except for the leaping whale. I couldn't tell if it was computer-generated, or an actual whale leaping out of a high school gymnasium floor.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 09, 2016 06:00 PM (8nWyX)

Yeah, I was thinking that little elephant might be real too.

Actually, can we get 'em with little elephants stomping and shitting on little donkeys? That would be a great gift for the leftists in your life.

Posted by: Donna di deplorable ampersands&&&&and so there at December 09, 2016 06:04 PM (P8951)

106 it seems ripped off from Now You See Me 2,

Posted by: ace at December 09, 2016 06:00 PM (8rNrN)

You watched the sequel??

I thought the ending of the first one was enough to stop anyone from watching a sequel of that. I have to rank that movie ending for Now You See Me as pretty much the worst of all time, which is a shame because it was a fun movie almost all the way through.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at December 09, 2016 06:04 PM (zc3Db)

107 @94
Fantasia
Some assembly etc

Posted by: teej at December 09, 2016 06:04 PM (gJ3Vg)

108 That is a terrible/wonderful pun. You almost hit a Homer there.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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Dammit. Beat me to it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2016 06:05 PM (ZO497)

109 Here's that whale leap, in the gym, from reddit, a year ago:

http://bit.ly/2gu2EgM

Posted by: TexasDan at December 09, 2016 06:05 PM (yL25O)

110 So some 'migrants stormed the border fence at Cueta. You know, in the old days, this would be called an 'invasion.'

And they have already been taken to a 'migrant reception center.'

Jeez people, is the story of the 21 century going to be reinforcing the age old maxim that a country that can no longer control it's borders is already dead?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 09, 2016 06:05 PM (92kX2)

111 81. Ahh...the Golden Hour.... many's the lovely portrait of my angel I've shot then, and then dragged her into the house for some of the old in and outski......

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at December 09, 2016 06:05 PM (Tylxs)

112 >>And anything that Google is doing I don't want anything to do with. Google is the worst company on Earth.

Seconded.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 09, 2016 06:05 PM (NOIQH)

113 Didn't Stephen King make a novel where your cell phone kills you? Or, was that the one with Markie Mark being attacked by po'd plant jizz?

But, hey, still like the idea.

Posted by: havildar-major at December 09, 2016 06:05 PM (jpW6t)

114 I've seen stuff like this without "mixed reality glasses"; its sometimes called 'orange sunshine' or LSD

Posted by: the Butcher at December 09, 2016 05:58 PM (AGJqR)

Could never get myself to hallucinate, no matter how hard I tried. Disappointing.

Posted by: Country Boy - stay deplorable my friend at December 09, 2016 06:05 PM (Jcg9Q)

115 You watched the sequel??

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at December 09, 2016 06:04 PM (zc3Db)

C'mon. Ace reviewed the movie in real time for us.

Posted by: TexasDan at December 09, 2016 06:06 PM (yL25O)

116 MI Supreme Court denies Stein's recount.

Hillary Clinton will never be president.

Posted by: Moron Pundit at December 09, 2016 05:59 PM (xeeHA)
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Since I understand exactly zero about this thread, I'm going to grasp on to something tangible that I really enjoy. The sound of the gavel saying, "you're a nut. go home."

I don't know why Wisconsin can't do the same. Oh, wait - yes I do. LaFollette.

Posted by: grammie winger - Let Every Heart Prepare Him Room at December 09, 2016 06:06 PM (dFi94)

117 What's not virtual is I was able to convince my wife to wear a bodycon dress with fishnets for a Christmas party and she's looking smoking hot.

Posted by: Make America Great Again at December 09, 2016 06:06 PM (BS8yt)

118 Everyone involved in that movie should die.

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Ghostbusterettes?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, This Is the Dawning of the Age of the Trumpius! at December 09, 2016 06:07 PM (Nwg0u)

119 MAGA indeed

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 09, 2016 06:07 PM (xJa6I)

120 Lena Dunham, peyote, and a sweat lodge.

Key components Magic Leap will use in a virtual reality to extricate your wallet from your sanity.

Posted by: Carnac the Magnificent at December 09, 2016 06:07 PM (hOptz)

121
Somebody's Law: All new tech is used for porn first.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 09, 2016 06:07 PM (ODxAs)

122 After actually, you know, READING, I see that reddit thread I linked was about this Magic Bus thingy or whatever.

Posted by: TexasDan at December 09, 2016 06:08 PM (yL25O)

123 Somebody's Law: All new tech is used for porn first.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

The BetaMax Principle

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2016 06:08 PM (1G5R8)

124
Jeez people, is the story of the 21 century going to be reinforcing the age old maxim that a country that can no longer control it's borders is already dead?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 09, 2016 06:05 PM (92kX2)

We won't be watching the borders because we'll be too busy watching whales jump out of the floor of high school gyms.

Posted by: Donna di deplorable ampersands&&&&and so there at December 09, 2016 06:09 PM (P8951)

125 What's a bodycon dress?

Posted by: Country Boy - stay deplorable my friend at December 09, 2016 06:09 PM (Jcg9Q)

126 That stupid scrunt Jill Stein needs to go away.

Posted by: steevy at December 09, 2016 06:09 PM (r/0kC)

127 MI Supreme Court denies Stein's recount.

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If she had some mixed reality glasses, she could pretend she was counting lost ballots.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, This Is the Dawning of the Age of the Trumpius! at December 09, 2016 06:09 PM (Nwg0u)

128 I was supposed to be looking at planets but I was looking at sidebewb.

Anyways this would be great for acid.

Posted by: eleven at December 09, 2016 06:09 PM (qUNWi)

129
Or you're single, and fapping away, but with a few clicks you can get Dorothy Hamill to kneel down in front of you and say "can I help with that, big boy?"

That's just wrong in so many ways.

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at December 09, 2016 06:10 PM (lKyWE)

130 We won't be watching the borders because we'll be too busy watching whales jump out of the floor of high school gyms.
Posted by: Donna di deplorable ampersands&&&&and so there at December 09, 2016 06:09 PM (P8951)

Or Kate Upton. Nothing against the whales.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 09, 2016 06:10 PM (92kX2)

131
Some of us don't need those glasses, we just naturally see random things.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 09, 2016 06:10 PM (ODxAs)

132 We won't be watching the borders because we'll be too busy watching whales jump out of the floor of high school gyms.

Posted by: Donna di deplorable ampersandsand so there at December 09, 2016 06:09 PM (P8951)
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Amusing ourselves to death.

Posted by: grammie winger - Let Every Heart Prepare Him Room at December 09, 2016 06:10 PM (dFi94)

133 If she had some mixed reality glasses, she could pretend she was counting lost ballots.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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Heh. Virtual ballots.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2016 06:11 PM (ZO497)

134 Uh huh...

Posted by: Walter Mitty at December 09, 2016 06:11 PM (NOIQH)

135 131
Some of us don't need those glasses, we just naturally see random things.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 09, 2016 06:10 PM (ODxAs)

You and Ally McBeal.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 09, 2016 06:12 PM (92kX2)

136 Or you're single, and fapping away, but with a few clicks you can get Dorothy Hamill to kneel down in front of you and say "can I help with that, big boy?"

That's just wrong in so many ways.

He meant Doris Day.

Posted by: eleven at December 09, 2016 06:12 PM (qUNWi)

137 Some of us don't need those glasses, we just naturally see random things.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
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Ah. But we are real.

Posted by: Mike Hammer's floaters at December 09, 2016 06:12 PM (ZO497)

138 Doesn't every thread have to have boob's? I've been known to like boob's. I'm the Carl's Jr of liking boob's, what's wrong with me?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at December 09, 2016 06:12 PM (6Ll1u)

139 116: grammie, the lafollettes have been a scourge on this state forever. wisconsins' version of the clintons. they should have been laughed out of this state decades ago. braindead commie boot lickers.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 09, 2016 06:12 PM (KP5rU)

140 The end of "Existenz" springs to mind, too, though that was a virtual reality gaming thingy...

Posted by: Lizzy at December 09, 2016 06:13 PM (NOIQH)

141 The chick is real look at her dammit!!!

Posted by: SOMESASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at December 09, 2016 06:13 PM (nQHw/)

142 Doesn't every thread have to have boob's? I've been known to like boob's. I'm the Carl's Jr of liking boob's, what's wrong with me?
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby

An addiction to erroneous apostrophes, for one.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2016 06:14 PM (1G5R8)

143 braindead commie boot lickers.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 09, 2016 06:12 PM (KP5rU)
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And that's on their good days.

Posted by: grammie winger - Let Every Heart Prepare Him Room at December 09, 2016 06:14 PM (dFi94)

144 Life is an illusion. With these glasses it'd be an illusion and a half. Like white privilege.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, This Is the Dawning of the Age of the Trumpius! at December 09, 2016 06:14 PM (Nwg0u)

145 save the whales!

kill the seals.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 09, 2016 06:15 PM (KP5rU)

146 138 Doesn't every thread have to have boob's? I've been known to like boob's. I'm the Carl's Jr of liking boob's, what's wrong with me?
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at December 09, 2016 06:12 PM (6Ll1u)

Your wish, yada yada:

http://tinyurl.com/jpfomn7

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 09, 2016 06:15 PM (92kX2)

147
What's a bodycon dress?
Posted by: Country Boy - stay deplorable my friend at December 09, 2016 06:09 PM (Jcg9Q)

I'm guessing body contouring

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at December 09, 2016 06:15 PM (lKyWE)

148 This is already obsolete as most Libtards live in mixed reality already.....

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 09, 2016 06:16 PM (5VlCp)

149 In the past they've called it "augmented reality." People can never seem to decide if it's an evolutionary step towards true virtual reality or something else.

It's been explored in science fiction -- you know the way people will sometimes mod video games to feature new skins and textures and character models? Imagine doing the same thing with your vision field. You don't like where you work? You can turn your office into the deck of a starship! Your boss has the head of an alien! Meanwhile, the guy in the next cubicle might have his goggles set so that he sees the office as a big medieval castle, and he sees you as a giant talking orc.

Of course, the porn applications are obvious, though it could open exciting new frontiers for jealousy. Imagine these things could be worn as contacts, so you can't tell if someone's wearing them. Then you have your vision set so you look at your wife and see Kate Upton, she has hers so she looks at you and sees Chris Hemsworth -- but neither of you has a clue about the other...

Fun times.

Posted by: Ex-liberal at December 09, 2016 06:16 PM (R1mDg)

150 142 Doesn't every thread have to have boob's? I've been known to like boob's. I'm the Carl's Jr of liking boob's, what's wrong with me?
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby

An addiction to erroneous apostrophes, for one.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2016 06:14 PM (1G5R

Evidently, they are possessive boobs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 09, 2016 06:16 PM (92kX2)

151 JT Marlin upgrades Amalgamated Ambulance Services Corp. to STRONG BUY

Posted by: JT Marlin at December 09, 2016 06:16 PM (8ZskC)

152 I think virtual reality has the potential to be very addictive. Not something I need.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 09, 2016 06:16 PM (tOcW/)

153 143: grammie, aren't their roots in kaukauna? there is a park there named that.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 09, 2016 06:16 PM (KP5rU)

154 I hope they kill him off in an imaginative way.

http://tinyurl.com/grkdjzm

Posted by: steevy at December 09, 2016 06:16 PM (r/0kC)

155 http://tinyurl.com/jt4egps

Because I am generous.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 09, 2016 06:17 PM (92kX2)

156 MI Supreme Court denies Stein's recount.

Is she going to take it to the US Supreme Court now?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 09, 2016 06:17 PM (tOcW/)

157 MI Supreme Court denies Stein's recount.

Is she going to take it to the US Supreme Court now?

She'll take it directly to The Hague.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 09, 2016 06:18 PM (8ZskC)

158 It's neat and all, but it seems more evolutionary than revolutionary. Augmented reality has been a thing for a while. There's a sort of sigil you can print out and hold up to your webcam, and a little monster like something from the Millennium Falcon chessboard will be standing there on the paper, scratching his ass. There are apps for smartphones where you can hold the phone up and look around and see the camera view with restaurants, ratings, and distances projected on it. Google Glass did the same, but with wearable lenses, and didn't go very far. Am I missing the big selling point of this thing?

Posted by: hogmartin at December 09, 2016 06:18 PM (8nWyX)

159 The assholes at ESPN just cannot stop being assholes.

http://tinyurl.com/zlps5v7

Posted by: steevy at December 09, 2016 06:19 PM (r/0kC)

160 Speaking of augmented reality,

Obama: I 'Absolutely' Faced Racism While In Office

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, This Is the Dawning of the Age of the Trumpius! at December 09, 2016 06:19 PM (Nwg0u)

161 Two links to boobs, and they're both Christina Hendricks.

Awesome.

Posted by: Country Boy - stay deplorable my friend at December 09, 2016 06:20 PM (Jcg9Q)

162 Am I missing the big selling point of this thing?
Posted by: hogmartin

Millions in VC funding. Vaporware babay!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2016 06:20 PM (1G5R8)

163 Is she going to take it to the US Supreme Court now?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Turn those machines back on!
*shakes tiny withered fist*

Posted by: Ruth Buzzy Ginsberg at December 09, 2016 06:20 PM (ZO497)

164 >>> you know the way people will sometimes mod video games to feature new skins and textures and character models?

Skyrim Big Titty Statute Mods.

Posted by: wooga at December 09, 2016 06:20 PM (CNT6C)

165
She'll take it directly to The Hague.

******

Who is either hiking the hills outside Chappaqua or in an upscale bookstore mingling with the locals.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 09, 2016 06:21 PM (wPiJc)

166 grammie, aren't their roots in kaukauna? there is a park there named that.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 09, 2016 06:16 PM (KP5rU)
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I'm not sure, chavez. I think they go pretty far back though. Weren't they kind of founding members of the modern progressive movement? Real commies. I think that's one reason the progs are relentless about Wisconsin. They think it's theirs.

Posted by: grammie winger - Let Every Heart Prepare Him Room at December 09, 2016 06:21 PM (dFi94)

167 160 Speaking of augmented reality,

Obama: I 'Absolutely' Faced Racism While In Office

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, This Is the Dawning of the Age of the Trumpius! at December 09, 2016 06:19 PM (Nwg0u)

+++

I'd like some for instances, bud. From your own crew?
Who? When? How? Where?

Posted by: washrivergal at December 09, 2016 06:22 PM (CFc5L)

168 Posted by: Muldoon at December 09, 2016 06:21 PM (wPiJc)

Or selecting groceries at Hillary's local market.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 09, 2016 06:22 PM (tOcW/)

169 159: is that last bastion of jock sniffing rump rangers still a thing? pineapple, razor wire, flames. some assembly required. fuck them.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 09, 2016 06:22 PM (KP5rU)

170 Doesn't every thread have to have boob's? I've been
known to like boob's. I'm the Carl's Jr of liking boob's, what's wrong
with me?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby

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An addiction to erroneous apostrophes, for one.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2016 06:14 PM (1G5R

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Evidently, they are possessive boobs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 09, 2016 06:16 PM

Apostrophes are the poor man's ampersands around here, I ain't just sayin'.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 09, 2016 06:22 PM (DMUuz)

171
*takes virtual drink*

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2016 06:22 PM (ZO497)

172 Obama: I 'Absolutely' Faced Racism While In Office

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, This Is the Dawning of the Age of the Trumpius! at December 09, 2016 06:19 PM (Nwg0u)
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My tears. They do not shed.

Posted by: grammie winger - Let Every Heart Prepare Him Room at December 09, 2016 06:23 PM (dFi94)

173 Hat Trick:

http://tinyurl.com/zy8pwqp

And done, for now.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 09, 2016 06:23 PM (92kX2)

174 Well what is any court going to do since they have only a few days till the Electoral College does whatever they do.

Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2016 06:23 PM (5sOEp)

175 Oh, The Hague. I misread that.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 09, 2016 06:23 PM (wPiJc)

176 Nood.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 09, 2016 06:23 PM (DMUuz)

177 Two links to boobs, and they're both Christina Hendricks.

It might be a little awkward ifone of Christna's boobs belonged to her and one was a loan from someone else.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 09, 2016 06:24 PM (tOcW/)

178 Is she going to take it to the US Supreme Court now?

Yes! Great idea!
Give! Give now! Help me to continue to fight for you!

Posted by: Dr. Jill Stein at December 09, 2016 06:25 PM (qJhUV)

179 Obama: I 'Absolutely' Faced Racism While In Office

*****

That suggests that racism is not curable, if the most powerful man in the world cannot escape being a victim.

Nice to know.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 09, 2016 06:25 PM (wPiJc)

180 166: grammie i know they go back a long way. they are gods in kaukauna, must be the fumes screwing those people up. my uncle was a prog. you could not reason with him. totally effed in head when it came to crooked union shit. then on sunday, sit in the front pew at church like he owned the place. effed up.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 09, 2016 06:26 PM (KP5rU)

181 >>>89 I guessed right on the etymology of "pipe dream". So, there's that.

congrats.

Did my "let your mind sluggishly wander" clue help get you there?

Posted by: ace at December 09, 2016 06:26 PM (8rNrN)

182 179: so did we you jug eared phuckstick. ours was worse.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 09, 2016 06:27 PM (KP5rU)

183 At Villanova University they have a virtual reality studio, I didn't get to see it with the glasses but there was a class touring the Sistine Chaple. There is a robot that can be put anywhere and I take it can send back what it sees to this studio and show it on a 5 sided stage.

Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2016 06:31 PM (5sOEp)

184 "Millions in VC funding."

So the Viet Cong are in it with google?
Not surprising.

Posted by: teej at December 09, 2016 06:32 PM (gJ3Vg)

185 #90

Other way around, as the promo footage is much older.

It's the way things go in CGI. When some new technique ups the ante on simulating a particular thing, it shows up everywhere for a while as the new toy for the designers, much in the same way people went berserk with using multiple fonts on the same page in the mid-80s until the novelty wore off.

In the 90s, Lightwave, the software used for a lot of stuff like Babylon 5 had an update that allowed for the generation of lens flare, to make a scene appear to be subject to real world physics, implying there was a physical camera rather than just a point in space designated for the viewing perspective. Within the year every animation package worth mentioning had a similar function and lens flare soon became an in-joke from overuse, with animators creating flares in impossible locations just to see if anyone noticed.

Posted by: Epobirs at December 09, 2016 06:33 PM (AK5Ni)

186 Weren't they kind of founding members of the modern progressive movement? Real commies. I think that's one reason the progs are relentless about Wisconsin. They think it's theirs.
Posted by: grammie winger - Let Every Heart Prepare Him Room at December 09, 2016 06:21 PM (dFi94)

"Fighting Bob" LaFollette (who, ironically, was a Republican; there were plenty of Republican progressives back in the early 20th century) was indeed one of the founders of the Progressive movement which was centered, surprise, surprise, in Madison. You're right - they think of Wisconsin as theirs.

Imagine how horrified they must have been to see Wisconsin colored red on the map on Election Night. Isn't that a heartwarming thought?

Posted by: Donna di deplorable ampersands&&&&and so there at December 09, 2016 06:35 PM (P8951)

187 There's an exhibit at Miller Park which features a virtual Bud Selig coming up to you and talking to you.

I haven't seen it. While every Brewer fan must give him credit for bringing baseball back to Milwaukee after the Braves left, I didn't like him as commish and am baffled as to why they just voted him into the HOF. For what? The baseball strike, which made so many give up on mlb entirely? The steroids scandal? The "home field advantage" that winning the AS game brings?

No, I really don't want to see a virtual Selig.

Posted by: Donna di deplorable ampersands&&&&and so there at December 09, 2016 06:41 PM (P8951)

188 https://tinyurl.com/ztyaq4f

One Man In Hillarys Campaign Warned She Could Lose, And Everybody Ignored Him

Circular Firing Squad ACTIVATE!

Posted by: Evilpens at December 09, 2016 06:47 PM (y3aQB)

189 How do you hack machines that are not wired to the net, mind waves?

Didn't they watch BSG?

Posted by: Javems at December 09, 2016 06:53 PM (yOqwj)

190 The idea is that virtual reality constructs will be beamed straight into your face-pussy so that you see fantasy objects appear in what is otherwise the real world.

So, artificially-induced schizophrenia? I see no possible way that could go wrong.

Posted by: rickl - THE MEDIA IS LYING TO YOU at December 09, 2016 07:16 PM (sdi6R)

191 DUMB.
So, you lose your job, because the chick calls you out on sexual harassment for staring at here tits...and all you can say is, "no! I was just looking at the planets."
Uh huh.
RIIIIIIIIIIGHT.

Posted by: Kauf Buch at December 11, 2016 02:25 PM (Sm7ry)

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