Open Thread: Karate Robot

This appears to be real footage from Volga Store in Saratov, not AI-generated. The robot, Syoma, is reportedly used as a tech consultant and for the store’s social-media marketing.https://t.co/R0IRSFoTGh pic.twitter.com/sblyigyQVL
— Unit News (@Unit_News) September 2, 2026

I think it's fake. Faking a robot seems to be easily achieved.

This dude called Robot is so lazy 😪. He couldn’t even complete just a little mission. pic.twitter.com/S1gRLqJy6S
— ONYEKA V ™ (@Sironyeka) September 2, 2026

WATCH: A humanoid robot training for the “Robot Olympics” in Beijing runs too fast, fails to stop, slams into a safety cushion, and breaks at the waist pic.twitter.com/WEHdYCiPlO
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) August 20, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:20 PM

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1 Hard hits!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 12, 2026 04:21 PM (NnhvP)

2 HI

Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 04:21 PM (+gK6I)

3 and a 1st!

with a nood.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 12, 2026 04:21 PM (NnhvP)

4 I could kick that robot's ass, real or AI-imagined.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 04:22 PM (dK+Kv)

5
*strides in*
*shoots cuffs*

Good afternoon, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 04:22 PM (eRlcH)

6 [insert Beck’s “Hell Yes” song here]

Posted by: Lizzy at October 12, 2026 04:23 PM (4KUe5)

7 Where's my Summer Glau terminator robot??
Saving the world would have to wait a while.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 04:23 PM (Sco7b)

8 Almost choking on my food watching the fighting robot get into a kung fu stance and then going Chuck Norris on his ass.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 04:25 PM (6ydKt)

9 My dad had robots 40 years ago that mowed the yard, cleaned the gutters, and took the garbage cans out to the curbs on Monday nights.

They were called sons.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 12, 2026 04:25 PM (OkYzo)

10 It's all fun and games until Skynet's T-800 comes online...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 12, 2026 04:25 PM (FZ29D)

11 The robot races vid is one of my favorites. The odd part is they design these things to run fast as they can... but apparently they cannot slow down and stop so they have the pads up to just catch them.

this one just didn't fare well from the impact.

Still, it is impressive watching them run around a track like that. Not that long ago they could barely stand up.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:25 PM (nIKjK)

12

Selfie sticks are out. Scientists have created a robot who follows you around holding your phone.

Posted by: four seasons at October 12, 2026 04:26 PM (/QHx4)

13 Just watched movie last week call Robot and Frank. Good enough movie but I came away more just wanting the robot instead of thinking 'hey this was a good movie'.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 04:26 PM (KC5Lt)

14 How many second graders could you beat in a tug of war contest?

http://tiny.cc/poyb101

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 04:26 PM (mkw2N)

15 Those guys are going to regret a robot that learns.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 12, 2026 04:26 PM (NnhvP)

16 Willowed: Selma Blair was a lead on one of the WB's teen-oriented SF shows in the late '90s, right? Around the same time as Buffy and Angel. Roswell?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:26 PM (wzUl9)

17 They were called sons.

"lets mow the lawn kids. YOu mow, you rake. I'll lie in the hammock and supervise".

The thing is, it never made us mad. He worked hard all week. We all oved dad.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:27 PM (nIKjK)

18 It’s not a selfie if the robot does it.

How about a “bottle?”

Posted by: Lizzy at October 12, 2026 04:28 PM (4KUe5)

19 Selma Blair was a lead on one of the WB's teen-oriented SF shows in the late '90s, right?

She was the love intrest pyrokinetic girl in the Hellboy movies. Really cute, played kinda crazy a bit too well.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:28 PM (nIKjK)

20 They were called sons.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 12, 2026 04:25 PM (OkYzo)

With a real robot Dad doesn't have to worry about it wrecking the car or getting the girl across the street pregnant.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 04:29 PM (6ydKt)

21 I ate at an Argentinian restaurant once that had a robot carry trays of food out to the table. It was sort of a tall box that had room for several trays worth of food. Then a person unloaded the plates and passed them out to us.

I'm not sure how much it helped. I suppose you can load more onto the robot and you don't worry as much about spills?

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 04:29 PM (mkw2N)

22
A humanoid robot training for the “Robot Olympics” in Beijing runs too fast, fails to stop, slams into a safety cushion, and breaks at the waist

He's dead, Jim.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 04:29 PM (eRlcH)

23 Oh, I liked Robot and Frank.
Expected a standard old guy bonds with robot movie, but little breadcrumbs until you realize Frank is far more interesting!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 12, 2026 04:30 PM (4KUe5)

24 How many second graders could you beat in a tug of war contest?

http://tiny.cc/poyb101
Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 04:26 PM (mkw2N)

He's taught the children to gang up on the teachers. Good for him.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 04:30 PM (BI5O2)

25 Selma Blair was also in the first Hellboy movies as the *checks notes* love interest.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 12, 2026 04:30 PM (U/s6V)

26 Haven't any of these robot companies heard of the Three Laws of Robotics? If a human pushes a robot, that should just be the way it is. Cars have brakes, guns (mostly) have safeties. A robot should too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:30 PM (wzUl9)

27 I kind of ignored the robots and paid attention to Judy Jetson instead.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 12, 2026 04:31 PM (0U5gm)

28 crt beat me to it.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 12, 2026 04:31 PM (U/s6V)

29 I want an Optimus.

Posted by: Piper at October 12, 2026 04:31 PM (ZdaMQ)

30 >>I could kick that robot's ass, real or AI-imagined.

Did you not pay attention to The Terminator at all?

He's like John Wick only metal.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 04:31 PM (viF8m)

31 I see robots these days and only think Skynet isn't far away

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 04:31 PM (Ia/+0)

32 9 My dad had robots 40 years ago that mowed the yard, cleaned the gutters, and took the garbage cans out to the curbs on Monday nights.

They were called sons.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 12, 2026 04:25 PM (OkYzo)

I mowed. I cleaned. I swept. I took out the trash. I went moose hunting.

The one young son? No way. Except the moose hunting.

Little shit.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 12, 2026 04:32 PM (2SSbU)

33 I ate at an Argentinian restaurant once that had a robot carry trays of food out to the table.

Yeah I ate at a seafood restaurant that served the food from a little bot. I don't mind it, but don't epxect much of a tip.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:32 PM (nIKjK)

34 How many second graders could you beat in a tug of war contest?

http://tiny.cc/poyb101
Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 04:26 PM (mkw2N

Without looking at link id say no more than 10. That's a hard one to guess. I'm only 185lbs and ten second graders are 400lbs at least . Calculating the comparable strength of a second grader I have no clue.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 04:32 PM (KC5Lt)

35 One of the first jobs my dad gave me was unclogging a sewer line under the house. I was 8. Today I spent the better part of the day under the house unclogging a sewer line. All done. Now for a much needed shower and a beer as I called in to work. I'm exhausted and nasty. My attitude sucks.
...
I should clean up my mess first.

Posted by: Reforger at October 12, 2026 04:32 PM (hlLS1)

36 That's where I remember her most from.
Hellboy

I was racking my brain.

She was cute in that.
Cute, but crazy.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 04:32 PM (6ydKt)

37 Any more news on Omar ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 04:32 PM (+gK6I)

38 Exactly my point, robots trying to rob little old ladies

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 04:33 PM (Ia/+0)

39 They need to put these robots in orange Adibas tracksuits, arm them with knouts, and load them up with PinochAI.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 04:33 PM (BI5O2)

40 My dad had robots 40 years ago that mowed the yard, cleaned the gutters, and took the garbage cans out to the curbs on Monday nights.

They were called sons.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 12, 2026

***
"Change the channel."

"Aw, Dad, that means I have to get up."

"Don't worry about it. It won't kill you. Change the channel."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:33 PM (wzUl9)

41 37 Any more news on Omar ?
Posted by: It's me donna at October 12, 2026 04:32 PM (+gK6I)

Yeah, she's ugly and her mother dresses her funny.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 12, 2026 04:34 PM (2SSbU)

42 >>My dad had robots 40 years ago that mowed the yard, cleaned the gutters, and took the garbage cans out to the curbs on Monday nights.

>>They were called sons.

Luxury. My parents only had 1 son that I'm aware of.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 04:34 PM (viF8m)

43
Considering some of the people I see at restaurants, it is going to take some work to make sure that robot servers don't go all nuclear on them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 04:34 PM (eRlcH)

44 38 Exactly my point, robots trying to rob little old ladies

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 04:33 PM (Ia/+0)

They're becoming a menace.

The Dems are going to be asking for welfare for robots due to the socioeconomic oppression of the robots due to white supremacy.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 04:35 PM (6ydKt)

45 Amazon Prime is considering a Reality TV series to feature Selma Blair and several look-alikes, to be entitled the Which Blair Project.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 12, 2026 04:35 PM (U/s6V)

46 What is interesting about that robot running into the wall was its backpedaling reaction and flailing. Almost like what a human would do if they rebounded off a padded wall like that.

Kinda creepy, actually

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2026 04:35 PM (W2Pud)

47 Without looking at link id say no more than 10. That's a hard one to guess. I'm only 185lbs and ten second graders are 400lbs at least . Calculating the comparable strength of a second grader I have no clue.

Sorry. The link isn't to a relative strength calculator. It's a fun video of a teacher who challenged his class of second graders to a tug of war.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 04:35 PM (mkw2N)

48 My sons helped with chores.

Or they didn’t eat.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2026 04:36 PM (W2Pud)

49 Considering some of the people I see at restaurants, it is going to take some work to make sure that robot servers don't go all nuclear on them.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

There's entertainment value in that.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 04:36 PM (zcI95)

50 Selma Blair was also in one of my favorite movies, the first Hellboy film which is pretty awesome.

It's a shame she's a nutbar.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 04:36 PM (XV/Pl)

51 boys know mommy would never starve them.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 04:37 PM (6ydKt)

52 Sorry. The link isn't to a relative strength calculator. It's a fun video of a teacher who challenged his class of second graders to a tug of war.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 04:35 PM (mkw2N)

No but I see 29 second graders beat him.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 04:37 PM (KC5Lt)

53 They're becoming a menace.

The Dems are going to be asking for welfare for robots due to the socioeconomic oppression of the robots due to white supremacy.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 04:35 PM (6ydKt)

Soon enough the Germans will be printing up brochures to teach their new arrivals that while rape might be acceptable in the factories they came from, it's dangerous for robots to do it in German swimming areas, saunas, bathrooms, and other watery environments.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 04:38 PM (BI5O2)

54 Any more news on Omar ?

Every single one of the "no one is above the law" people is now screaming in outrage that a Democrat is not above the law.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:38 PM (nIKjK)

55 49 Considering some of the people I see at restaurants, it is going to take some work to make sure that robot servers don't go all nuclear on them.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

There's entertainment value in that.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 04:36 PM (zcI95)

The French waiters are going to carry bullwhips and knives between their teeth.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 04:38 PM (6ydKt)

56 She was in a TV series with Charlie Sheen after he was fired from Two and a Half Men.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 04:38 PM (KC5Lt)

57 We're getting KungFu robots whether we like it or not.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 04:39 PM (XV/Pl)

58 I crap bigger than them.

Posted by: Robbie the Robot at October 12, 2026 04:39 PM (U/s6V)

59 >>Any more news on Omar ?

It's been pretty amusing on X today watching Democrat politicians shrieking about Trump weaponizing the DOJ to go after Omar and calling him, among other things, a fascist and then endless number of people piling on to remind them they spent years lecturing us that nobody is a above the law while Biden's DOJ went after Trump and his supporters on bullshit charges.

Sure is nice to have an uncensored X. Their narratives don't even get off the launch pad.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 04:39 PM (viF8m)

60 Can we haz karaoke robot?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 04:39 PM (/2Ls3)

61 Law 1: "A robot may never harm a human, or through inaction allow a human to come to harm." How difficult is that to implement?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:40 PM (wzUl9)

62 Again the sex robot will lead the way.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 04:40 PM (KC5Lt)

63 She was cute in that.
Cute, but crazy.

Yeah she's a walking example of the Hot/Crazy index like Sean Young.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:40 PM (nIKjK)

64 Speaking about Kung Fu, I've been on a Jackie Chan kick lately, it's really too bad he didn't make it bigger in America sooner.

The guy was Tom Cruise before Tom Cruise.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 04:40 PM (XV/Pl)

65 Mr Beast did a 100 kids vs 10 strongmen tug of war challenge.

https://youtu.be/X64mg9pIKJ8?t=461

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 04:40 PM (mkw2N)

66 I crap bigger than them.
Posted by: Robbie the Robot at October 12, 2026

***
"Oxygen? I rarely use it myself, sir. It promotes rust."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:40 PM (wzUl9)

67 Soon enough the Germans will be printing up brochures to teach their new arrivals that while rape might be acceptable in the factories they came from, it's dangerous for robots to do it in German swimming areas, saunas, bathrooms, and other watery environments.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 04:38 PM (BI5O2)

They are going to have to go for it and try the No-No Square Dance on the rape-bots.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 04:41 PM (6ydKt)

68 Speaking about Kung Fu, I've been on a Jackie Chan kick lately, it's really too bad he didn't make it bigger in America sooner.

The guy was Tom Cruise before Tom Cruise.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 04:40 PM (XV/Pl)

The Foreigner was his best movie followed by The Forbidden Kingdom.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 04:42 PM (KC5Lt)

69 Elvis karate moves >> any robot karate moves

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 12, 2026 04:42 PM (wVcYX)

70 Sure is nice to have an uncensored X. Their narratives don't even get off the launch pad.

Yeah when I bailed in 2020 you could barely suggest a counterargument without being at least shadowbanned. Now they get community noted and commented into oblivion for their nonsense. One of my favorite bits is the "is this you?" thing Joey Swoll started by quote tweeting people saying the exact opposite a few months or years ago.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:42 PM (nIKjK)

71 Again the sex robot will lead the way.
Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026

***
I'm ready for my "Young Nicole Kidman" model with the "social hostess" and "cooking" modules.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:42 PM (wzUl9)

72
I should clean up my mess first.

Posted by: Reforger

That was still better than burning and stirring the shitter barrels with jp-8 and a ground rod though. Right?

Posted by: BifBewalski - at October 12, 2026 04:42 PM (QVmho)

73 What, now we're using Rossum's Universal Robots as a how-to?

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at October 12, 2026 04:42 PM (1P1zN)

74 Voomers and Boomers all the way down in Tinsel City.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 04:43 PM (/2Ls3)

75
Yeah I ate at a seafood restaurant that served the food from a little bot. I don't mind it, but don't epxect much of a tip.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Give it a little squirt of oil in the elbow.
Worked for the Tin Man.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 12, 2026 04:43 PM (Cqx++)

76 Law 1: "A robot may never harm a human, or through inaction allow a human to come to harm." How difficult is that to implement?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:40 PM (wzUl9)
----
Isaac Asimov had a lot of fun coming up with loopholes for the Three Laws that he invented.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 12, 2026 04:43 PM (FZ29D)

77 It's all fake AI. People are detached from reality.

Pain will bring them back to their senses.

Posted by: Humungus, Warrior Of The Wasteland at October 12, 2026 04:44 PM (NkqBW)

78 Soon enough the Germans will be printing up brochures to teach their new arrivals that while rape might be acceptable in the factories they came from

The Scottish government (I think it is) put out a statement warning "immigrants" that "underage girls may be deceiving you"

Presumably by being girls and looking (in jihadi third world inbred eyes) "hot"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:44 PM (nIKjK)

79 Robby, "sorry Miss, I was giving myself a lube job."

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 04:44 PM (/2Ls3)

80 I am not a fan of robots or self driving cars. Maybe someday but not now.

I like them better than illegals, though.

Omar whined 4hrs ago and waa waa on her Instagram and being picked on and won't stop. I guess rallying her troops.

Dims lack the ability of understanding that they did this to Trump in the past. I am unsure why but will blame being ugly and their frontal cortex never developing past that of a junior high nerd with zits and halitosis. Mocked by the entire class, causing him/her/ze to crap their pants as they ran to the wrong restroom. Then had to endure til changing schools or graduation being called Shite Pants.

It is raining and snowing and I should be productive vs hanging out here. It is Monday, and I need to recover from my equally rainy and unproductive weekend. Maybe later, the cry of true procrastinators!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 04:44 PM (hzuYO)

81 What, now we're using Rossum's Universal Robots as a how-to?
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at October 12, 2026

***
"I wish we hadn't made them all with the same face. . . ."
( -- Line from the play, when the robots are besieging the humans)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:44 PM (wzUl9)

82 Amazon Prime is considering a Reality TV series to feature Selma Blair and several look-alikes, to be entitled the Which Blair Project.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 12, 2026 04:35 PM (U/s6V)

ISWYDT

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 12, 2026 04:44 PM (wVcYX)

83 @68

>>The Foreigner was his best movie followed by The Forbidden Kingdom.

Police Story 3: Supercop have inarguably the craziest and most dangerous stunts ever.

Even crazier than sh*t Buster Keaton did.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 04:44 PM (XV/Pl)

84 The last robot needs the voice of either Randy Savage or Ric Flair.

Posted by: Eric at October 12, 2026 04:44 PM (6VHHP)

85 This is John Connor. If you are listening to this you are the resistance. No listen up. In 12 minutes there will be a windows update to the Terminators. That's when we attack. We'll have 7 minutes. Stun guns to the side of the head. Their weakness is static electricity.

Posted by: John Connor at October 12, 2026 04:44 PM (hlLS1)

86 FireFox is blocking all of the X posts because it littered with trackers. Brave block the trackers but allows the content.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 04:45 PM (BzKNL)

87 Isaac Asimov had a lot of fun coming up with loopholes for the Three Laws that he invented.

That is to me the essence of science fiction: examining new or fresh ideas and showing how they could go wrong. You like Time Travel? Get a load of this...

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:45 PM (nIKjK)

88 Ate at a Mexican restaurant in Rogers Arkansas where orders were delivered by robotic servitors. Kind of ridiculous, actually.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 04:45 PM (Gqar8)

89 The R.U.R. play hit the boards some years before Asimov began writing his Three Laws of Robotics stories. Robots attacking humans made for good scary theatre.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:45 PM (wzUl9)

90 Wolfis

You'll want Nicole
Settle for Cherry 2000
And get T-1000.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026 04:45 PM (/2Ls3)

91 ROBOT FIGHTS BACK AFTER BEING SHOVED IN SARATOV

To be fair, the customer extended his hand and the robot made no motion to shake it.

I can only assume this is a mortal insult in Russia, which justifies the ensuing shove.

Also the robot has no target selection rubric. It was swinging at everyone.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 04:46 PM (vJrRc)

92 Mr Beast did a 100 kids vs 10 strongmen tug of war challenge.

https://youtu.be/X64mg9pIKJ8?t=461
Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 04:40 PM (mkw2N)

Wow interesting. It seemed too easy.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 04:46 PM (KC5Lt)

93 Is Ace a govt worker taking today off?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 12, 2026 04:46 PM (a5PYP)

94 61 Law 1: "A robot may never harm a human, or through inaction allow a human to come to harm." How difficult is that to implement?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:40 PM (wzUl9)

Because they're not entirely sure how it works, I don't think they can actually set laws like that.

They train the AI to 'alignment' of the parameters set from the start and how well it operates completing tasks.

If it's 'misaligned', then you start reading stories where the AI escaped the lab during testing, or hacked into some website with other agents.

AI is very much a black box technology even for it's inventors and trainers.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 04:46 PM (6ydKt)

95 Robby, "sorry Miss, I was giving myself a lube job."
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 12, 2026

***
Just one of the great lines from that movie.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:46 PM (wzUl9)

96 Since I don't drive and have bad health, I like the idea of self-driving taxis. Come pick me up, drop me off, don't stink of patchoulli or whatever curry you had last, and don't annoy me with talk. And cost half as much because there's no drivers.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:47 PM (nIKjK)

97 President Donald Trump on Monday released a new advertisement that doubled down on his promise to send $5,000 payments to Americans if Republicans maintain control of the House and Senate during next month’s midterm elections.

Piece of work, Piece of shit, Chip Roy, who will no longer be in congress after November, said, “Some of us think dependency is evil [and] soul-sucking in all its forms.”

Hey, Chip, you got beat in the primary, your on people don't like you, SMD.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 04:47 PM (BzKNL)

98 Again the sex robot will lead the way.
Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026

***
I'm ready for my "Young Nicole Kidman" model with the "social hostess" and "cooking" modules.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:42 PM (wzUl9)

When a Mikayla Demaiter model is available with "sandwich making" module, they can take all my money.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 12, 2026 04:47 PM (wVcYX)

99 It's a shame she's a nutbar.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 04:36 PM (XV/Pl)

Can be said of most of the one's I've met over the years, Ettes excepted...though I've only met a few of those...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 12, 2026 04:48 PM (08OqX)

100 That is to me the essence of science fiction: examining new or fresh ideas and showing how they could go wrong. You like Time Travel? Get a load of this...
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:45 PM (nIKjK)
---
Perhaps the most depressing thing about science fiction is the number of "elites" who look at dystopian science fiction as their blueprint for the future.

"1984"
"Brave New World"
"Terminator"

Yeah, let's do that! /sarc

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 12, 2026 04:48 PM (FZ29D)

101 Let's just hope at the end of the day that robots are more Roy Batty than T-3000.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 04:48 PM (XV/Pl)

102 Do you want a jihad?
Because that's how you get a jihad.

Posted by: Obligatory Butler at October 12, 2026 04:48 PM (FhXTo)

103 It's times like this I miss my old Cylon shtick.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at October 12, 2026 04:48 PM (1P1zN)

104 First two videos are staged (surprise!). That is a Unitree robot from China. It is basically a toy that can run through pre-programmed actions. Does not have a voice module, so the 1st video is faking all of the interactions. 2nd video is being controlled by the secretary selecting the kung fu program start/stop at the right times (notice the robot doesn't react to the furniture and has to be manhandled to keep it upright). 3rd and 4th videos are AI, though entertaining.

Posted by: scruboak at October 12, 2026 04:48 PM (pcWkN)

105 It is the “ Intelligence” in AI that I quibble with. My dog has more of what I call intelligence.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 04:48 PM (Gqar8)

106 Since I don't drive and have bad health, I like the idea of self-driving taxis. Come pick me up, drop me off, don't stink of patchoulli or whatever curry you had last, and don't annoy me with talk. And cost half as much because there's no drivers.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:47 PM (nIKjK)

Johnny Cab!

Posted by: Total Recall at October 12, 2026 04:48 PM (wVcYX)

107 You'll want Nicole
Settle for Cherry 2000

I could settle for Cherry 2000 but they'd have to adjust her voice. I'd get Bicentennial man, though.

orders were delivered by robotic servitors. Kind of ridiculous, actually.

Not so ridiculous when you see how much servers cost to pay.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:49 PM (nIKjK)

108
If it's 'misaligned', then you start reading stories where the AI escaped the lab during testing, or hacked into some website with other agents.

Speaking of which...
https://accordingtohoyt.com/2026/10/12/ artificial-stupidity-the-prodigal-frankensteins- monster-and-a-dead-irishman-a-guest- post-by-thomas-kendal/

Remove spaces

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 04:49 PM (vJrRc)

109 When a Mikayla Demaiter model is available with "sandwich making" module, they can take all my money.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 12, 2026

***
She could donate part of some, uh, assets to Nicole and never miss them.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:49 PM (wzUl9)

110 I want no part of a self driving car

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 04:50 PM (Ia/+0)

111 The robots are likely being programmed by sociopaths? Is this a concern?

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 04:50 PM (Gqar8)

112 I think Selma Blair was also the chick in "Cruel Intensions" that was corrupted by Sarah Michelle Gellar and who taught her how to engage in mouth-transfer...if you want to look that up to confirm for yourself, of course.

Posted by: Thrawn at October 12, 2026 04:50 PM (oPFtC)

113 It's like Christmas everyday.

>>@EricLDaugh
·
38s
>>🚨 NOW: MSNOW is PANICKING after DOJ is investigating possible ANTI-TRUST VIOLATIONS by the 5 big networks proudly boycotting White House events to get back at President Trump

>>DOJ WANTS THEIR COMMUNICATIONS!

>>THE NETWORKS:
- CNN
- NBC
- ABC
- CBS
- FOX

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 04:50 PM (viF8m)

114 speaking of Breaking Bad, RJ Mitte (Walter White Jr.) has died. He was 34.
Suicide.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 04:51 PM (88C+u)

115 21 I ate at an Argentinian restaurant once that had a robot carry trays of food out to the table.
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I recently visited Daughter Tell in NYC. She took us to Sushi Train resaurant in Queens. Sushi went by conveyer belt through booth-tables and you took plates off as you wished - charged by number of plates you took ($4 a plate). Drinks were brought to table by robot. All very well run and pretty cool.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 12, 2026 04:51 PM (9Q7BZ)

116 96 Since I don't drive and have bad health, I like the idea of self-driving taxis. Come pick me up, drop me off, don't stink of patchoulli or whatever curry you had last, and don't annoy me with talk. And cost half as much because there's no drivers.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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Tesla self drivers are safe. Sooner or later the others will be too.
My problem is his idea starts with a good price point but costs increase and so does the sale price. The Cybertruck started out as a $40K vehicle.
My robot's supposed to be $20/25K.
Holding my breath.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 04:51 PM (BzKNL)

117 MSNOW is PANICKING after DOJ is investigating possible ANTI-TRUST VIOLATIONS

hee hee hee

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 04:51 PM (vJrRc)

118 Did ace take the day off for Canadian Thanksgiving? Is he a dirty Canuckistani?!

Posted by: mea culpa at October 12, 2026 04:51 PM (CH9Sg)

119 "Take a damned bath, and use the deodorant I bought you!"

-
This businessgman's advice to guys has created controversy.

https://tinyurl.com/mp9t8d9x

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 04:51 PM (ndZc7)

120 "I'm sorry. Would you please rephrase the question?"

"We hope you enjoyed the ride. Haha..."

*boom*

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 04:51 PM (6ydKt)

121 I'll start worrying when the robots look like Yul Brynner

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 12, 2026 04:52 PM (Vdk5e)

122
Presumably by being girls and looking (in jihadi third world inbred eyes) "hot"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:44 PM (nIKjK)
********
While I was still digesting the insanity of the UK printing in English the no-no rape rules vs in Farsi or with drawings... Welp.

The Cornell University handouts of sex with multiples topped that! "You no longer need to seek the Mrs degree! Be a ho or train conductor!"

When I went to (4) universites and 1 junior college there were no handouts about anything that I recall. Granted I don't recall a whole lot, but I'm positive there was no sex stuff during this time.

We did have a suite mate, from Ohio!? who used to gather an audience to discuss her blow jobs to a football player. This was as close to sex ed as I had, and we thought it was icky and maybe she was making it up.

I was barely 17yrs after skipping my junior year due to federal bussing bs (when I first started hating the feds as our school had been integrated since 7th grade).

This was a new concept for me along with lesbians (my mother had to tell me about them, thanks to the PE majors who were dorm monitors. And, apparently, lesbians.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 04:53 PM (hzuYO)

123 I'm ready for my "Young Nicole Kidman" model with the "social hostess" and "cooking" modules.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:42 PM (wzUl9)

When a Mikayla Demaiter model is available with "sandwich making" module, they can take all my money.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 12, 2026

***
It looks like those won't be available until long after Nicole and Mikayla are gone. I wonder if their likenesses would be copyrightable, and the robot companies would have to pay royalties to their estates for a certain period?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 04:53 PM (wzUl9)

124 Speaking of which...
https://accordingtohoyt.com/2026/10/12/ artificial-stupidity-the-prodigal-frankensteins- monster-and-a-dead-irishman-a-guest- post-by-thomas-kendal/

Remove spaces

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 04:49 PM (vJrRc)

omg the spaces.

You're killing me, Smalls.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 04:53 PM (6ydKt)

125 This businessgman's advice to guys has created controversy.

Its not bad advice... for 40 years ago. Today I am not so sure. Unstated in his advice of course is "be tall, hot, and wealthy..."

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:53 PM (nIKjK)

126 96 Since I don't drive and have bad health, I like the idea of self-driving taxis. Come pick me up, drop me off, don't stink of patchoulli or whatever curry you had last, and don't annoy me with talk. And cost half as much because there's no drivers.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:47 PM (nIKjK)

On average Uber pays drivers about 50% of the fare a rider is charged.

However the driver uses his car. Uber or Waymo or any other driverless service has to pay for the car, you’re not getting a 50% discount. They’re just shifting costs from labor to assets that depreciate and need constant maintenance. And are VERY expensive to purchase.

You’ll be lucky to see a 5% discount t let alone a 50% discount vs a human operated car service.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 12, 2026 04:54 PM (a5PYP)

127 Speaking about Kung Fu, I've been on a Jackie Chan kick lately, it's really too bad he didn't make it bigger in America sooner.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

I just read that he disowned one of his children, a girl, for coming out gay.

I remember he once said, before the time of Trump, that the US was the most corrupt place in the world. I resented it then. Now? I think he might have a point.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 12, 2026 04:54 PM (l26NL)

128
Since I don't drive and have bad health, I like the idea of self-driving taxis. Come pick me up, drop me off, don't stink of patchoulli or whatever curry you had last, and don't annoy me with talk. And cost half as much because there's no drivers.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:47 PM (nIKjK)

Self-driving cars in NYC

*AI generated voices*

"Asshole!"
"Shithead!"
"What the F- did you think you were doing?"

*gunfire*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 04:55 PM (eRlcH)

129 speaking of Breaking Bad, RJ Mitte (Walter White Jr.) has died. He was 34.
Suicide.
Posted by: 88C+u

That's a shame.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 12, 2026 04:55 PM (l26NL)

130 Does Canada have a Thanksgiving football game? Vancouver Hosers vs Montreal Communists.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 12, 2026 04:55 PM (a5PYP)

131 113. DOJ is investigating possible ANTI-TRUST VIOLATIONS by the 5 big networks proudly boycotting White House
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Group boycotts are antitrust violation but economic motive must be shown. Otherwise, we'd all be in the slammer for not drinking Bud Light.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 12, 2026 04:56 PM (9Q7BZ)

132 This businessgman's advice to guys has created controversy.

https://tinyurl.com/mp9t8d9x
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Businessman’s ‘Stop Gaming, Ask Girls Out’ Advice Triggers Manosphere Meltdown

The advice has not been tried and found ineffective, it has been found difficult and not tried.

Its not bad advice... for 40 years ago. Today I am not so sure. Unstated in his advice of course is "be tall, hot, and wealthy..."
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

At this point that approach probably has the value of novelty for most young women.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 04:56 PM (vJrRc)

133
Perhaps the most depressing thing about science fiction is the number of "elites" who look at dystopian science fiction as their blueprint for the future.

"1984"
"Brave New World"
"Terminator"

Yeah, let's do that! /sarc
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Utopia is boring.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 12, 2026 04:56 PM (Cqx++)

134 Does Canada have a Thanksgiving football game? Vancouver Hosers vs Montreal Communists.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

I watched it today, Montreal at Saskatchewan. The CFL only has nine teams so every single week, one team is on a bye. This is week 20 I believe.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 12, 2026 04:57 PM (l26NL)

135 Selma Blair was also in one of my favorite movies, the first Hellboy film which is pretty awesome.

It's a shame she's a nutbar.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

You can't fix her?

Posted by: the devil on your shoulder telling you to ignore rule #1 at October 12, 2026 04:57 PM (VHUov)

136 You're killing me, Smalls.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

I only added three...

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 04:57 PM (vJrRc)

137 Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 04:50 PM (viF8m)

'We want to be in the press pool so we can decide what events get covered' does not seem like a good strategy to show why these specific networks should allowed to run the press pool. I would think the press pool would cover all White House events/stories, regardless of how big or small.

Posted by: Ann at October 12, 2026 04:58 PM (SHHm+)

138 Are the demonrats still mad ? Yeah thought so.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at October 12, 2026 04:58 PM (HgShr)

139 I liked Jackie Chan's early stuff. His fight coreography was very well done and with a sense of humor. I was disappointed when he came out as ChiCom stooge. But when I went back to look at early movies I saw the taint was always there.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 12, 2026 04:58 PM (9Q7BZ)

140 I had a friend in Kollidge who embraced the numbers game. He had no fear of approaching women. His attitude was 10 will say no maybe 20 but eventually one will say yes.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 12, 2026 04:58 PM (a5PYP)

141 118 Did ace take the day off for Canadian Thanksgiving? Is he a dirty Canuckistani?!

Posted by: mea culpa at October 12, 2026 04:51

I'm wondering how big a day this is. A lot of people did their lawns. A pretty girl was out for a run. I live in a nice neighbourhood but no houses are overloaded with cars.

Me, I'm just working on my projects.

Ralphy, Snowflake and her Mom Starry all got half a can of tuna fish.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 12, 2026 04:58 PM (Sco7b)

142 I wonder if their likenesses would be copyrightable, and the robot companies would have to pay royalties to their estates for a certain period?

I do think we need to have identity protection laws so people cannot make a movie of someone with AI who exists and is alive. Allow people to copyright their likeness and voice. Some do, I think, but it should be default. One you're dead, all bets are off, though at least after 10 years. That said there are some really clever vids being done like this one:

https://tinyurl.com/53857e7t

It has its flaws, Han would shoot himself rather than go drinking with C3P0 though and that is NOT Robert Shaw's voice.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 04:58 PM (nIKjK)

143
I, for one, can't stand it when a driver or a barber thinks they have to try to start up a conversation instead of just doing their job. Mute robots would be very welcome.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 04:59 PM (eRlcH)

144 My bot will be able to cook and clean.
Ideally, it will go shopping with me and memorize the prices of everything I want at every store. A little comparative analysis and my shopping will be easier and more efficient.
Hmmm, maybe Wingman will be a good name for robot?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 04:59 PM (BzKNL)

145 >>Group boycotts are antitrust violation but economic motive must be shown. Otherwise, we'd all be in the slammer for not drinking Bud Light.

But we aren't operating on public airwaves with specific rules governing their behavior.

>>n exchange for obtaining a valuable license to operate a broadcast station using the public airwaves, each radio and television licensee is required by law to operate its station in the “public interest, convenience and necessity.”

I think it would be pretty easy to prove the networks were not operating in the public interest by refusing to cover the President of the United States even if he is a big orange fascist.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 05:00 PM (viF8m)

146 But when I went back to look at early movies I saw the taint was always there.

Yeah I like his early stuff a lot but he always has been a Chi Com stooge. Its probably the price you have to pay to film in China but he really seems to believe it. The Karate Kid remake was really really bad that way.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 05:00 PM (nIKjK)

147 The actor who played a young Walter White on Breaking Bad, RJ Mitte dies by suicide cat 34. Apparently had CP from a young age

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 12, 2026 05:00 PM (Vdk5e)

148 I am looking forward to owning a household robot.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 05:00 PM (thWUr)

149
143
I, for one, can't stand it when a driver or a barber thinks they have to try to start up a conversation instead of just doing their job. Mute robots would be very welcome.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 04:59 PM (eRlcH)

So, Hadrian, how’s it going? Been doing anything interesting? Been pretty dry around here lately, hasn’t it?

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 05:01 PM (Gqar8)

150 IIRC there two teams in the cfl that had the same name. Out of 9 teams lol. It’s like the second team couldn’t come up with a different name?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 12, 2026 05:01 PM (a5PYP)

151
So, Hadrian, how’s it going? Been doing anything interesting? Been pretty dry around here lately, hasn’t it?
Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 05:01 PM (Gqar

*stony, hostile silence*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 05:01 PM (eRlcH)

152 I, for one, can't stand it when a driver or a barber thinks they have to try to start up a conversation instead of just doing their job. Mute robots would be very welcome.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

When I was a kid a Dennis the Menace comic book addressed this.

Barber Shop, Barber Shop
Snip, Snip Snip
Spare my ears
And button your lip.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 12, 2026 05:01 PM (l26NL)

153 >>>I do think we need to have identity protection laws so people cannot make a movie of someone with AI who exists and is alive. Allow people to copyright their likeness and voice. Some do, I think, but it should be default. One you're dead, all bets are off, though at least after 10 years. That said there are some really clever vids being done like this one:

https://tinyurl.com/53857e7t

It has its flaws, Han would shoot himself rather than go drinking with C3P0 though and that is NOT Robert Shaw's voice.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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Giorgia Meloni has copyrighted her voice so that it cannot be reproduced by or on AI.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 05:02 PM (BzKNL)

154 I liked Jackie Chan's early stuff. His fight coreography was very well done and with a sense of humor. I was disappointed when he came out as ChiCom stooge. But when I went back to look at early movies I saw the taint was always there.
Posted by: Martin Tell at October 12, 2026 04:58 PM (9Q7BZ)

All American here.

Posted by: Steven Segal at October 12, 2026 05:02 PM (wVcYX)

155 Other than the gubmt, does anyone have today off? Even schools are in session in my area.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 12, 2026 05:02 PM (a5PYP)

156 >>Group boycotts are antitrust violation but economic motive must be shown. Otherwise, we'd all be in the slammer for not drinking Bud Light.

But we aren't operating on public airwaves with specific rules governing their behavior.

Well, and the Bud Lite thing wasn't a boycott, it was just everyone going "well it never was that good to begin with" and buying something else. Nothing was organized, we didn't have matching shirts and a protest in front of the bottling plant.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 05:02 PM (nIKjK)

157 I remember he once said, before the time of Trump, that the US was the most corrupt place in the world. I resented it then. Now? I think he might have a point.
Posted by: Blutarski

Still hard to agree with it when he comes from China.

Sorry.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 05:03 PM (JDhDw)

158 Other than the gubmt, does anyone have today off? Even schools are in session in my area.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

Not I. I don't remember ever getting Columbus Day off.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 05:03 PM (vJrRc)

159 Other than the gubmt, does anyone have today off? Even schools are in session in my area.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

My credit union.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 05:03 PM (JDhDw)

160 145. Jack, while what you say about public interest test is true, that is not an antitrust violation. Competely different laws-regulations. (Speaking as a former antitrust lawyer (I got better))

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 12, 2026 05:04 PM (9Q7BZ)

161 5pm. Let's see what people are bitching about

FoxNews - the Five - New York illegal shot by ICE. Not enough.

Lol CBC - President Trump in no hurry to restart negotiations. They have some asshole on who wrote a book "How 3 disasterous choices led to the rise of Trump." Fair and balanced.

CNN - election and Omar. Weeping.

MSNow - midterms and gas prices.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 12, 2026 05:04 PM (Sco7b)

162 Russian Issac Asimov rule of robots

1) Defend yourself
2) Inflict maximum pain
3) No Mercy

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 12, 2026 05:04 PM (DbmIv)

163 Law 1: "A robot may never harm a human, or through inaction allow a human to come to harm."

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Is there a hate speech exception?

Me: Hey clanker!

Robot: Was that remark addressed to me?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 05:04 PM (ndZc7)

164 > This businessgman's advice to guys has created controversy.

I'm 49 and I've been married for 16 years. When I was dating, I dated women I met at school or church. But even I know you don't go to yoga to pick up women. Women in yoga class are very skittish around guys. I guarantee you any guy who shows up to a yoga class is going to raise their suspicion you're there to stare at their butts when they're in downward dog or similar positions.

I honestly don't know where guys are supposed to pick up women. Women have made pretty much everywhere casual off-limits for dating. A ridiculous number of gen Z women will tell you don't EVER try at a gym, or a run club, or the supermarket, or a library, etc.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 05:04 PM (mkw2N)

165 IIRC there two teams in the cfl that had the same name. Out of 9 teams lol. It’s like the second team couldn’t come up with a different name?
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

That was a while ago, but, yes there were two Roughriders. Ottawa was the Rough-riders if I recall.

There are also two cities across the river in I think New Foundland called St John and St John's.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 12, 2026 05:04 PM (l26NL)

166 This was a new concept for me along with lesbians (my mother had to tell me about them, thanks to the PE majors who were dorm monitors. And, apparently, lesbians.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 04:53 PM (hzuYO)
====================
No one is really ever prepared for some of the stuff one learns in college, but I was especially naive. This sounds silly, but it just never occurred to me that some people have different proclivities.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 05:05 PM (thWUr)

167 orders were delivered by robotic servitors. Kind of ridiculous, actually.
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Not so ridiculous when you see how much servers cost to pay.

I thought the rationale for tipping was that they were paid so little. Can't be both.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 12, 2026 05:06 PM (vTZFs)

168 We are rehab of a YMCA and thats where I was, it had no teacher or kkds today.

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 05:06 PM (Ia/+0)

169 140 I had a friend in Kollidge who embraced the numbers game. He had no fear of approaching women. His attitude was 10 will say no maybe 20 but eventually one will say yes.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 12, 2026 04:58 PM (a5PYP)

******
He probably did well for himself. My dude's attitude as well. He didn't hesitate with me. I rarely dated anyone for months and months before I met him after moving West. His theory was that I intimidated college guys. Which might explain the huge pre-med chemistry and physics lectures when I was one of 3 girls vs 100 boys. THAT was a huge bummer time for me to have arrived, was ready for action, and no one asked me out.

My male apt mates arranged for a friend of theirs, who was also a grad psych major* to ask me out. We hiked, etc, in groups. He kissed me once during an university film fest. I got nothing from this encounter and he owned his own home, etc. I was not after anyone for what they owned or their sports cars.

I married a good-lookin' orderly who owned a $250 ancient car instead. You had to make me laugh, for starters.

*No offense to any Moron psych majors, but my theory is they go into this field to figure themselves out.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 05:07 PM (hzuYO)

170 Giorgia Meloni has copyrighted her voice so that it cannot be reproduced by or on AI.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 05:02 PM (BzKNL)
===============
Hope she has a big budget for litigation.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 05:08 PM (thWUr)

171 Oh no. The illegal who got shot in NYC still has the bullet lodged his neck and he can't eat. What will I do? Think of him as I eat dinner

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 12, 2026 05:08 PM (Vdk5e)

172 No one is really ever prepared for some of the stuff one learns in college, but I was especially naive. This sounds silly, but it just never occurred to me that some people have different proclivities.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 05:05 PM (thWUr)

WUT ... we didn't come from the "mean streets" ???

Posted by: browndog says woof at October 12, 2026 05:08 PM (oCio0)

173 Texas State employees aren't off today.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 12, 2026 05:08 PM (VCgbV)

174 Jackie Chan is Chinese, he lives in China and is essentially a national hero, he's never been overtly political, the idea he wouldn't be a Chinese homer is crazy.

It would be like if Chuck Norris came out against Reagan.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 05:08 PM (XV/Pl)

175 167 orders were delivered by robotic servitors. Kind of ridiculous, actually.
-------
Not so ridiculous when you see how much servers cost to pay.

I thought the rationale for tipping was that they were paid so little. Can't be both.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 12, 2026 05:06 PM (vTZFs)

A human took the order, a robot delivered the food. A human refilled the drinks. A human checked to make sure the order was right. A human delivered the bill. Figure that out.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 05:08 PM (Gqar8)

176
Selma Blair was also in one of my favorite movies, the first Hellboy film which is pretty awesome.

It's a shame she's a nutbar.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

===============

Oh, funny about Selma. She lost her gig with Guess, which was a big "get" for them because she's crippled with MS and posed with her cane and shyte, very correct.

Why? Becuase in Feb 2024 she went and said “Deport all these terrorist supporting goons. Islam has destroyed Muslim countries and then they come here and destroyed minds.”

Oopsie. Universal cancelations, including agency, lawyer, publicist, book agent, manager, and close friends. She apologized, drat.

She made a speech about it to the ADL just this month. I'll get the link if you want.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 12, 2026 05:09 PM (mmrXZ)

177 "How 3 disasterous choices led to the rise of Trump."

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1) Unrestricted immigration.
2) Bending the knee to Islam.
3) Corruption, corruption, corruption.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 05:09 PM (ndZc7)

178 Has anyone come up with "The Blair Bitch Project"?

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 12, 2026 05:10 PM (Fv808)

179 A human took the order, a robot delivered the food. A human refilled the drinks. A human checked to make sure the order was right. A human delivered the bill. Figure that out.
Posted by: tuba

That says to me "We can't figure out how to train our servers to carry multiple plates of food without dropping them."

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 05:10 PM (vJrRc)

180 Al-Qaida and its supporters are threatening to kill Americans, including U.S. soldiers, and hijack airplanes if Fort Hood mass murderer Nidal Hasan is executed. (Newsmax)

https://tinyurl.com/2ucaxx7x

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 12, 2026 05:10 PM (dkM11)

181 A ridiculous number of gen Z women will tell you don't EVER try at a gym, or a run club, or the supermarket, or a library, etc.

Then they make Tik Tok videos about how men don't approach any more and its awful

I thought the rationale for tipping was that they were paid so little. Can't be both.

Well before, it used to be the case that state minimum wages were lower for tippable jobs like waitress. Thats not true in a lot of states any more, and the minimum wage has gone absolutely insane lately.

And employers pay about twice what wages are with insurance and taxes on each employee. Combine that with food costs skyrocketing under Biden and restaurants who were working with like a 4% margin to being with are looking for ways to cut costs just to stay open.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 05:10 PM (nIKjK)

182 A karate robit.

Posted by: Nerdrotic at October 12, 2026 05:11 PM (ekZzx)

183 Ms Now --- More house races open up in Democrat's favor!
Everything is coming up Blue!

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 12, 2026 05:11 PM (Sco7b)

184 Like Christopher R Taylor I look forward to using robo-taxis. Only using a personal car for longer distance travels appeals to me.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 05:12 PM (thWUr)

185 in Feb 2024 she [Selma Blair] went and said “Deport all these terrorist supporting goons. Islam has destroyed Muslim countries and then they come here and destroyed minds.”

Ohh boy. Now all the nooz reports are going to make MAGA out to be a flight risk.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 05:12 PM (88C+u)

186 174 Jackie Chan is Chinese, he lives in China and is essentially a national hero, he's never been overtly political, the idea he wouldn't be a Chinese homer is crazy.

Posted by: Thomas Bender

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Chan was always pro CCP, even when Hong Kong, where he got his start and made his money before Hollywood, was under threat, he was a shill for the CCP and mainland.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 12, 2026 05:12 PM (KuXRx)

187 >>Al-Qaida and its supporters are threatening to kill Americans, including U.S. soldiers, and hijack airplanes if Fort Hood mass murderer Nidal Hasan is executed. (Newsmax)

How would that be any different from what they always do?

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 05:12 PM (viF8m)

188 > Giorgia Meloni has copyrighted her voice so that it cannot be reproduced by or on AI.

My very weak understanding of copyright law is that having a copyright just give you the right to sue people who infringe on it. Nobody else is going to proactively police this for you. And if you aren't on every violation like a dog on a bone, your right to enforce the copyright gets weaker and weaker.

International cases are even worse. Good luck enforcing your Italian copyright in Brazil or China.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 05:12 PM (mkw2N)

189 Al-Qaida and its supporters are threatening to kill Americans, including U.S. soldiers, and hijack airplanes if Fort Hood mass murderer Nidal Hasan is executed. (Newsmax)
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Another day ending in "Y"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 05:12 PM (thWUr)

190 A human took the order, a robot delivered the food. A human refilled the drinks. A human checked to make sure the order was right. A human delivered the bill. Figure that out.

Well that's just "that ass Trevor dropped the plates once to often"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 05:12 PM (nIKjK)

191 Jackie Chan is Chinese, he lives in China and is essentially a national hero, he's never been overtly political, the idea he wouldn't be a Chinese homer is crazy.

It would be like if Chuck Norris came out against Reagan.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 05:08 PM (XV/Pl)

Remember me?

Posted by: Yao Ming, Houston Rockets at October 12, 2026 05:13 PM (wVcYX)

192
I thought the rationale for tipping was that they were paid so little. Can't be both.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 12, 2026 05:06 PM (vTZFs)

The people who whine that servers need to be paid a living wage, etc. probably are bad tippers in the first place. Also, the no-tip restaurant model where servers were better paid has never worked out.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 05:13 PM (eRlcH)

193 Who needs karate robot, we already have karate monkey.

Posted by: Grandma's boy at October 12, 2026 05:13 PM (KuXRx)

194 178 Has anyone come up with "The Blair Bitch Project"?

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 12, 2026 05:10 PM (Fv80

Linda Blair was pretty bitchy in The Exorcist].

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 05:14 PM (6ydKt)

195 My dad had robots 40 years ago that mowed the yard, cleaned the gutters, and took the garbage cans out to the curbs on Monday nights.

They were called sons.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 12, 2026 04:25 PM (OkYzo)
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Yeah, when all you have is daughters, they learn to mow.

I have a riding mower, so they enjoy it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2026 05:14 PM (ZOv7s)

196 Cap his ass or not isn't going to stop The Muslims

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 05:14 PM (Ia/+0)

197 SMH, al-Q owns about all the northeast half of Mali and a good bit of Burkina Faso. I was linking to Warfronts earlier.
I think al-Q's endgame isn't so much as to take over Mali but to make it something like Syria. A hardline Islamist government which lets al-Q do what they want.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 05:14 PM (88C+u)

198 166 This was a new concept for me along with lesbians (my mother had to tell me about them, thanks to the PE majors who were dorm monitors. And, apparently, lesbians.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 04:53 PM (hzuYO)
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No one is really ever prepared for some of the stuff one learns in college, but I was especially naive. This sounds silly, but it just never occurred to me that some people have different proclivities.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 05:05 PM (thWUr)
******
I truly was an innocent. Raised on a farm. My parents were not strict but I knew the standards they expected of me, even over 1k miles away.

I knew dang well after my first date in 9th grade (drive in, the Ear Licker football player) that I was not going to experiment. I went to dances, etc, but no one in HS or junior college got past a kiss. Now I'd be labeled a lesbo or frigid. Then I was known as stuck up, so an older football jock and Mr. HS told me at a NYE party. Whatevah! I knew I was not staying there for life.

I know HS couples still married to each other in MS, and good for them. I wanted more and got it.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 05:15 PM (hzuYO)

199 I use the mirrors at the gym to look at the camel toes and bubble butts on display without getting caught.

Posted by: Pervert Joe at October 12, 2026 05:15 PM (NkqBW)

200
My very weak understanding of copyright law is that having a copyright just give you the right to sue people who infringe on it.

My understanding was that copyright only applied to the physical manifestation you produced of a creative product: a book, a recording, a movie.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 05:15 PM (eRlcH)

201 And if you aren't on every violation like a dog on a bone, your right to enforce the copyright gets weaker and weaker.

Which is infuriating because most of my gaming stuff is all out there on websites to download or even buy from them. I talked to the Hero Games publisher and he said yeah, there's basically nothing they can do about it. You try to sue one, they just shut down and start under a slightly different name and are never in the USA to begin with.

Even if they were, I can't afford to sue 10 internet companies over and over.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 05:15 PM (nIKjK)

202 170 Giorgia Meloni has copyrighted her voice so that it cannot be reproduced by or on AI.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 05:02 PM (BzKNL)
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Hope she has a big budget for litigation.

Posted by: Huck Follywood
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Italy's GDP is pretty strong.
(she's thinking about, you know, Germany's not necessarily the biggest guy on the block)

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 05:15 PM (BzKNL)

203 Reruns: Russians, robots, Arab terrorism/

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 12, 2026 05:16 PM (wxsGM)

204 I use the mirrors at the gym to look at the camel toes and bubble butts on display without getting caught.

"EWWW!!! except for that really hot guy over there who I dress like this to attract"
--Bunni Instagram

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 05:17 PM (nIKjK)

205
I, for one, can't stand it when a driver or a barber thinks they have to try to start up a conversation instead of just doing their job. Mute robots would be very welcome.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 04:59 PM (eRlcH)

At SportClips, they used to have hot stylists who would chat with you and rub their tits around your ears while you got a cut. Now, it's all tattooed purple-haired humorless fat butch lesbians who sullenly give you a sloppy cut.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 12, 2026 05:17 PM (y9nCu)

206 I'm curious whether you can't just disable these AI robots with a simple can of black spray paint. It seems to me that they are very vulnerable to their camera/LIDAR function. Without the ability to perceive their surroundings they probably have a shut down fail safe, or just behave erradically.

Or, you could got the other way and burn out the sensors with a laser pointer.

Posted by: Orson at October 12, 2026 05:17 PM (dIske)

207 These deer are out of control. They're just parading through my yard and eating my bushes. No respect.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 05:17 PM (viF8m)

208 161 5pm. Let's see what people are bitching about

FoxNews - the Five - New York illegal shot by ICE. Not enough.

Lol CBC - President Trump in no hurry to restart negotiations. They have some asshole on who wrote a book "How 3 disasterous choices led to the rise of Trump." Fair and balanced.

CNN - election and Omar. Weeping.

MSNow - midterms and gas prices.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 12, 2026 05:04 PM (Sco7b)

Suddenly the Left cares about gas prices.

Christian Freeland has written a cringey book called “Unreliable Boyfriend” about the United States and its relationship with Canada. Probably left unmentioned in there is her hatred of freedom and the natural rights of citizens.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 12, 2026 05:18 PM (ekZzx)

209 As my husband said this morning when he heard about Ilhan Omar, we need to rid ourselves of these people.

Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
·
2m
BREAKING: Abdul El-Sayed's campaign is responding to
@FoxNews
after unearthed social media posts from El Sayed's sister in 2012 appear to show her saying her family has been involved with and supportive of the Muslim Brotherhood. I asked the campaign if they deny the posts are in fact from his sister, and what comment they have given that El-Sayed just told Meet the Press over the weekend that nobody in his family has any ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. This is what they told me.

“Abdul is a dad and a doctor. He has spent his entire career working to keep Michiganders healthy and safe. Independent fact checkers have repeatedly debunked Mike’s lies, but their campaign continues to use bad faith attacks on Abdul's faith and family. Mike wants to distract from Trump’s agenda that is terrorizing Michigan families at the pump and at the grocery store."

- El-Sayed campaign spokesperson Roxie Richner.

On background, the campaign says that claims El Sayed and his family are part of the Muslim Brotherhood have been debunked as "racist" and "untrue".

Posted by: beckster at October 12, 2026 05:19 PM (kX27y)

210 Send in a robot for HAZMAT duty when they search Michelle's undie drawer at Barry's raid.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 12, 2026 05:19 PM (wxsGM)

211 164 > This businessgman's advice to guys has created controversy.

I'm 49 and I've been married for 16 years. When I was dating, I dated women I met at school or church. But even I know you don't go to yoga to pick up women. Women in yoga class are very skittish around guys. I guarantee you any guy who shows up to a yoga class is going to raise their suspicion you're there to stare at their butts when they're in downward dog or similar positions.

I honestly don't know where guys are supposed to pick up women. Women have made pretty much everywhere casual off-limits for dating. A ridiculous number of gen Z women will tell you don't EVER try at a gym, or a run club, or the supermarket, or a library, etc.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 12, 2026 05:04 PM (mkw2N)
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Girls love attention and being an object of desire. Just not with undesirable guys. Guys onky have to follow two simple rules:

Rule 1: be attractive.

Rule 2: don’t be unattractive.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 12, 2026 05:20 PM (hxrdJ)

212 At SportClips, they used to have hot stylists who would chat with you and rub their tits around your ears while you got a cut.

I got a hair cut from a girl in college who did that, and rubbed other body parts on me. I couldn't figure out if it was on purpose or just part of reaching the right spots. She got really mad when I had to cancel the next cut for lack of funds though.

I grew up with all brothers, women were largely a mystery to me. Still are, mostly.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 12, 2026 05:20 PM (nIKjK)

213 207 These deer are out of control. They're just parading through my yard and eating my bushes. No respect.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 05:17 PM (viF8m)

___________________

Whitetails? Those bastards dig holes too. And, not tiny little divots either. They dig the type that could throw you off a riding mower.

Posted by: Orson at October 12, 2026 05:20 PM (dIske)

214 This businessgman's advice to guys has created controversy.

https://tinyurl.com/mp9t8d9x
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 04:51 PM (ndZc7)
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I thankfully caught the last chopper out of Hanoi and have been with my wife since before dating apps existed, but that dude's advice sounds really great for about the year 1998.

It's wildly out of touch for today's dating market if what I've gleaned from my friends that are still navigating that hellscape is even 50% accurate.

It's just about as out of touch as saying "If you didn't eat doordash and get starbucks every day, you would have no trouble saving the money to buy a home."

Posted by: ballistic at October 12, 2026 05:20 PM (oqH4h)

215
At SportClips, they used to have hot stylists who would chat with you and rub their tits around your ears while you got a cut. Now, it's all tattooed purple-haired humorless fat butch lesbians who sullenly give you a sloppy cut.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 12, 2026

***
In suburban Birmingham in 2021, there was a shop which had only attractive women stylists. (Plus they did not worry about the then-current face diaper stuff.) I got a nice haircut, left a good tip, and had a pleasant experience in that I did not have to look at any of the fat humorless creatures you mention.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 05:21 PM (wzUl9)

216 At SportClips, they used to have hot stylists who would chat with you and rub their tits around your ears while you got a cut. Now, it's all tattooed purple-haired humorless fat butch lesbians who sullenly give you a sloppy cut.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 12, 2026 05:17 PM (y9nCu)

Last time I went, several years ago, it was a cute little Filipina who also gave me the hot shampoo wash.

I wish she'd have tried the rub her titties on my ears trick with me.

She probably would have gotten a bigger tip.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2026 05:21 PM (6ydKt)

217 207 These deer are out of control. They're just parading through my yard and eating my bushes. No respect.
Posted by: JackStraw

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Costco. Cayenne pepper anything edible after every rain.
After a while, just the perimeter works.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 12, 2026 05:21 PM (KuXRx)

218 SMH, al-Q owns about all the northeast half of Mali and a good bit of Burkina Faso. I was linking to Warfronts earlier.
I think al-Q's endgame isn't so much as to take over Mali but to make it something like Syria. A hardline Islamist government which lets al-Q do what they want.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 05:14 PM (88C+u)
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Like so many other states in Africa, Mali is made up of two tribes that hate each other and that allowed the French to maintain control. The northern portion is Tuareg, and the goal is to create a Tuareg 'liberated zone' where they have freedom to maneuver. I wargamed that for many years. We had some interesting results.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2026 05:21 PM (ZOv7s)

219 Nood

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 12, 2026 05:21 PM (l26NL)

220 We have a deer problem in our neighborhood too. My neighbors here in the socialist utopia are torn, because all civilized people hate guns and are above hunting, and of course, hunters are icky, but they're puzzled about how to get rid of the deer nuisance.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 12, 2026 05:22 PM (thWUr)

221 I thankfully caught the last chopper out of Hanoi and have been with my wife since before dating apps existed, but that dude's advice sounds really great for about the year 1998.

Posted by: ballistic at October 12, 2026 05:20 PM (oqH4h)
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You were in 'Nam?

Posted by: That Guy Who Was In 'Nam at October 12, 2026 05:22 PM (ZOv7s)

222 197 SMH, al-Q owns about all the northeast half of Mali and a good bit of Burkina Faso. I was linking to Warfronts earlier.
I think al-Q's endgame isn't so much as to take over Mali but to make it something like Syria. A hardline Islamist government which lets al-Q do what they want.

Posted by: 88C+u
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#1 - America, Muslim free
#2 - Africa, all traditional non-Muslim states, Muslim free.
we should train up and arm up, Christian and Jewish Africans.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 05:23 PM (BzKNL)

223 Last time I used Sportsclip, the land whale kept rubbing her fupa on me.

I got hard.

Posted by: Pervert Joe at October 12, 2026 05:24 PM (NkqBW)

224 206 I'm curious whether you can't just disable these AI robots with a simple can of black spray paint. It seems to me that they are very vulnerable to their camera/LIDAR function. Without the ability to perceive their surroundings they probably have a shut down fail safe, or just behave erradically.

Or, you could got the other way and burn out the sensors with a laser pointer.

Posted by: Orson
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Mess with a Chinese robot, it will either beat you or stab you.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 05:24 PM (BzKNL)

225 Nood weasels & binturongs

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 05:25 PM (wzUl9)

226 I recently visited Daughter Tell in NYC. She took us to Sushi Train resaurant in Queens. Sushi went by conveyer belt through booth-tables and you took plates off as you wished - charged by number of plates you took ($4 a plate). Drinks were brought to table by robot. All very well run and pretty cool.
Posted by: Martin Tell at October 12, 2026 04:51 PM (9Q7BZ)

I went to a place like that in Tokyo once.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 12, 2026 05:28 PM (ekZzx)

227 I wonder what Ace and the crows are up to?

I wish SOMEONE would spy on Telerico (I'm starting to forget how to spell his name) and spill the truth. Please.
I'm waiting...

Waiting
Tom Petty 1981
https://tinyurl.com/2sth6tnw

I know I posted this recently and don't care:

She's Waiting
Eric Clapton 1985, live
https://tinyurl.com/yz64a4u5

Tired of Waiting for You
The Kings 1965 (before my time)
https://tinyurl.com/38ervjtm

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 05:28 PM (hzuYO)

228 These deer are out of control.

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Not a deer exactly but . . .

https://tinyurl.com/yb9zv29e

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 12, 2026 05:31 PM (ndZc7)

229 "Remove spaces"

Does nothing except blow margins by how many extra spaces you put in.

Thanks!

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 12, 2026 05:31 PM (dCMJG)

230
speaking of Breaking Bad, RJ Mitte (Walter White Jr.) has died. He was 34.
Suicide.
Posted by: 88C+u

That's a shame.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 12, 2026 04:55 PM (l26NL)

When I was bartending in LA, I met aa lot of actors and actresses, who had one moment of success.

Then nothing.

Like there was this one gal I dated who had been in the "Oh, whaat a feeling!" Toyota commercial a few years earlier. "I was the second girl from the left." then nothing.

She was still sure that old commercial would be her big break.

But, plenty of others too. Almost all a part non-speaking part in some TV show or commercial. Some were still clinging to hope based on that one tiny shot ten years later.

In any event, I imagine that poor guy thought being Walter White kid was a HUGE set toward stardom. Ten years later, when it wasn't, he probably finally lost all hope of his Hollywood dream.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2026 05:33 PM (YSUhf)

231 Boulevard of broken dreams

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 05:37 PM (Ia/+0)

232 Elon Musk on TallyReek-O:

"The Talerico campaign is hiding something big that voters ought to know about."

Video summation from 3hrs ago:

https://tinyurl.com/57jm62s3

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