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Cruz Grills Mark Zuckerberg On Whether FaceBook is a "Neutral Public Forum"

He only had five minutes of time. He did ask good questions during that time.

Ben Sasse just ended questioning by asking, rather too briefly for my tastes, about whether FaceBook specifically makes its service a dopamine-spiking machine. A former FaceBook vice president said that FaceBook keeps audiences locked in via "dopamine-driven feedback loops."

"It literally is a point now where I think we have created tools that are ripping apart the social fabric of how society works. That is truly where we are," he said. "The short-term, dopamine-driven feedback loops that we have created are destroying how society works: no civil discourse, no cooperation, misinformation, mistruth. And it's not an American problem. This is not about Russian ads. This is a global problem."


Facebook has pushed back on the former executive's comments, saying in a statement Tuesday that Palihapitiya has not worked there for more than six years and that it was "a very different company back then."

Correction: I originally wrote that the whistleblower said that Facebook deliberately codes dopamine-spiking features into its architecture. Reading the quote now, the VP does not say "deliberately;" he merely says it's present.

A video below explains this.

But Zuckerberg said he was unaware of this and that his employees didn't plan for this.

Here's a What I've Learned video about social media companies engineering their products (either deliberately or accidentally) to be somewhat addictive, via dopamine hit feedback loops.

Dopamine is the wanting/craving hormone - when you satisfy the craving, dopamine recedes, which is felt in the body as relief from craving and thus pleasurable -- and any addict finds his dopamine spiking when he's away form his drug of choice.

Social media companies, high-ranking whistleblowers say, have engineered their products (whether deliberately or inadvertently) to spike dopamine and thus inculcate a type of digital addiction.

Note/Clarification/Correction: I had thought that I read that social media companies manipulate dopamine response deliberately. But right now I can't establish that, so I'm correcting this post and taking out that claim. I'll read further and see if my "deliberately" characterization has been claimed or if it is entirely a misremembering on my part.

More: thanks to Commenter, here's Tucker Carlson talking about this, including an excerpt from FaceBook's first president Sean Parker, saying they designed Facebook "understanding" that their product was addictive, and "consciously" doing this anyway.

I still don't know if anyone has said what I first claimed was said, that is, that this dopamine-driven feedback loop addiction was deliberately engineered.

This subject was also covered by pornography paparazzo Anderson Cooper on 60 Minutes:

His intro of the piece (about Google) says that the companies are "engineering" their devices to be "addictive."

He talks about the slot machine effect (rather than the casino effect, as I termed it).

Posted by: Ace of Spades at 05:03 PM




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1 Sasse is a worthless grandstander.

Posted by: Khan at April 10, 2018 05:05 PM (L7Eun)

2 2

Posted by: maddogg at April 10, 2018 05:06 PM (3SBUJ)

3 2 1/2

Posted by: maddogg at April 10, 2018 05:07 PM (3SBUJ)

4 Popping bubble wrap is a dopamine-spiking machine. Is there more context to that? Because in a vacuum, it seems like a wasted question.

Posted by: hogmartin at April 10, 2018 05:07 PM (y87Qq)

5 I got nothin

Posted by: maddogg at April 10, 2018 05:07 PM (3SBUJ)

6 Zuck's ass is red. And bloody. I've counted over a dozen falsehoods or outright lies so far.

"We don't sell user data."

Ummm, Zuck, you little shit, yea you do. And you're a biased son of a bitch to boot.

Posted by: Deplorable Redneck Bitter Clinger at April 10, 2018 05:08 PM (iiixZ)

7 Congressional hearings make everyone sleepy.


Posted by: irright at April 10, 2018 05:08 PM (pMGkg)

8 Pass a law, congress, "that no company can refuse service to any customer that refuses said company from collecting any customer data without the customers expressed written permission." the Freedom from Information Colection Act. teh FICE book of law.

Posted by: dIb at April 10, 2018 05:09 PM (VJOLZ)

9 I just got out of the can. Took a big Sasse.

Posted by: Archer at April 10, 2018 05:09 PM (gbWkA)

10 I don't think the commiecrats realize that their problem is not conservatives or even republicans.

It's that vast swath of middle sitters, and they don't like overkill tactics the like of which the Mueller witch is deploying.

Posted by: kallisto at April 10, 2018 05:09 PM (kD8Fh)

11 Where's the #metoo group on this? FB was invented to rate how hot chicks were at Harvard. That's like some sort of rape or something

Posted by: NCKate at April 10, 2018 05:09 PM (B1UoW)

12 First instinct of Democrats is to pass a law... Full Speed Ahead.

Posted by: franksalterego at April 10, 2018 05:09 PM (3cq8T)

13 Time to bust some media trusts. Social, or otherwise.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at April 10, 2018 05:09 PM (Dp6qK)

14 "4 Popping bubble wrap is a dopamine-spiking machine. Is there more context to that? Because in a vacuum, it seems like a wasted question."

Just so.

Ben Sasse doesn't think things out much past how they'll garner attention for Ben Sasse.

Posted by: Khan at April 10, 2018 05:09 PM (L7Eun)

15 Zuck had to sit on a kiddie booster pad.

Posted by: Archer at April 10, 2018 05:10 PM (gbWkA)

16 Hell, the entire internet is built on endorphins.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at April 10, 2018 05:10 PM (roQNm)

17 >>>>>First instinct of Democrats is to pass a law... Full Speed Ahead.



Posted by: franksalterego at April 10, 2018 05:09 PM
.
.
.Yep, but I doubt it get's out of committee. Even if it does it would be DOA on the floor, because election year.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at April 10, 2018 05:11 PM (+Dllb)

18
What should have been asked after the little momzer claimed they don't allow "hate speech" would be does Facebook consider the US Constitution and the American Flag hate speech?

Y'see, Zuck, too many on our side approach your side of the argument as merely wrong, while you and your ilk look at our side as EVIL that needs to be destroyed.

Vershtayst?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 10, 2018 05:11 PM (VM6ev)

19 My dopamine receptors just hit the "like" button

Posted by: TJ at April 10, 2018 05:11 PM (iqBax)

20 If Facebook can be exposed as a libs-only playground, how many people do you think will leave?

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 10, 2018 05:11 PM (oVJmc)

21 should we leave the rest to tear at each other down there?

Posted by: redc1c4 at April 10, 2018 05:11 PM (Z9sEA)

22 It would be uplifting if we had representatives that would follow through with seeing this little prancing prick thrown in jail for perjury.



Posted by: Under Fire at April 10, 2018 05:11 PM (r9UYA)

23 FB was invented to rate how hot chicks were at Harvard.
Posted by: NCKate at April 10, 2018 05:09 PM (B1UoW)


Hold my imaginary beer.

Posted by: Zombie John Nash at April 10, 2018 05:12 PM (y87Qq)

24 He needs water boarding. Maybe some battery charging.

Posted by: maddogg at April 10, 2018 05:12 PM (3SBUJ)

25 Did you see this, guys? Send us your money so we can keep doing later! Remember to vote!

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at April 10, 2018 05:12 PM (ks6bw)

26 Posted by: redc1c4 at April 10, 2018 05:11 PM (Z9sEA)

what are they tussling about? I guess I should go take a look...

Posted by: kallisto at April 10, 2018 05:12 PM (kD8Fh)

27 The more important question hasnt been asked... who's the pouty brunette seated behind Zuckerberg?

Posted by: BluesFish at April 10, 2018 05:13 PM (qHLEe)

28 Ha ha

Zuckerberg had to use a booster seat today

https://twitter.com/joshdcaplan/status/983808342664630275

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at April 10, 2018 05:13 PM (hMwEB)

29
So this comment section what with its high tech gray boxes is like a monkey hitting the press bar for a cocaine pellet?

Btw, casinos have this down pat, you see the old ladies just pushing buttons on the machine in a haze.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 10, 2018 05:14 PM (r+sAi)

30 I still think this was a dog and poney show

Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2018 05:14 PM (aC6Sd)

31 Jokes on twitter about Zuckerberg being an alien. But, man, does that guy look weird. Trying not to show emotion he looks like a strange robot.

Posted by: Seems Legit at April 10, 2018 05:14 PM (U+nHb)

32 Did Pixy sell Zuck the magic dopamine F5 key?

Posted by: X-ray at April 10, 2018 05:14 PM (TGrKk)

33 Wouldn't it be tight if everyone was chill to each other?

Posted by: TJ at April 10, 2018 05:14 PM (iqBax)

34 21 should we leave the rest to tear at each other down there?
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 10, 2018 05:11 PM (Z9sEA)


If it's 'ettes in bras and panties, I should go supervise.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at April 10, 2018 05:15 PM (Dp6qK)

35 Betcha can't tweet just one.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 10, 2018 05:15 PM (0ogQG)

36 Pass a law, congress, "that no company can refuse service to any customer that refuses said company from collecting any customer data without the customers expressed written permission." the Freedom from Information Colection Act. teh FICE book of law.

Posted by: dIb at April 10, 2018 05:09 PM (VJOLZ)


This would be extremely beneficial to the Republic and to the American people, therefore Congress will never do it.

Posted by: girldog at April 10, 2018 05:15 PM (g5YYQ)

37 farmville was addictive, but i had the prettiest farm in the land.

Posted by: concrete girl at April 10, 2018 05:15 PM (h9wAA)

38 Apart from this, it was largely a bunch of senior citizens asking a young whippersnapper about his fancy doohickey.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at April 10, 2018 05:15 PM (ppaKI)

39 "If Facebook can be exposed as a libs-only playground, how many people do you think will leave?



Posted by: Mr. Peebles"

Zuck doesn't want conservatives to leave. Just to stop posting their icky, hateful thoughts and links.

Posted by: Ripley at April 10, 2018 05:15 PM (MxEKc)

40 Five minutes. Is Gwen Ifill running Congress?

Posted by: t-bird at April 10, 2018 05:16 PM (2z74n)

41 I'm of the opinion Mr. Faceplant will double down on stupid after this. The commie, it's in his blood.

Posted by: Deplorable Redneck Bitter Clinger at April 10, 2018 05:16 PM (iiixZ)

42 Ace o' Spades is highly addictive.

Posted by: Max Power at April 10, 2018 05:17 PM (q177U)

43 >>> Sasse is a worthless grandstander

Agreed. He's very popular among the Twitterati.

Which isn't a good thing.

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:17 PM (8rNrN)

44 >>Note/Clarification/Correction: I had thought that I read that social media companies manipulate dopamine response deliberately. But right now I can't establish that, so I'm correcting this post and taking out that claim. I'll read further and see if my "deliberately" characterization has been claimed or if it is entirely a misremembering on my part.

Tucker had one of the founders on his show a few weeks ago. He flat out admitted that facebook knew they were doing this from Day 1.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 10, 2018 05:17 PM (/tuJf)

45 So this comment section what with its high tech gray boxes is like a monkey hitting the press bar for a cocaine pellet?

Btw, casinos have this down pat, you see the old ladies just pushing buttons on the machine in a haze.

--

Earlier in the day I was so bored with the thread that I was hitting the Ace Banner Link to reload the front page hoping for a new thread. clickity clickity clickity click and I got to thinking; my IP will be logged and what would it look like if I reload the front page a 100 times a minute?

clickity clickity clickity clickity

and I got to thinking, it's like the jail inmates banging on the cell bars - clangity clangity clangity clangity clickity clickity clickity

try it for yourself. if enough people do it, we could DDOS the server!

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at April 10, 2018 05:18 PM (roQNm)

46 Didn't this zucker just admit that he and his interstate business helped the Russians influence the election?

But Trump something something.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at April 10, 2018 05:18 PM (ks6bw)

47 27 The more important question hasnt been asked... who's the pouty brunette seated behind Zuckerberg?
Posted by: BluesFish at April 10, 2018 05:13 PM (qHLEe)



Asian? Isn't that his missus?

Posted by: Curmudgeon at April 10, 2018 05:19 PM (ujg0T)

48 Zuck is not even under oath. This is all theater with desired outcomes already in place.

Posted by: Monk at April 10, 2018 05:19 PM (tcQdP)

49
Zuck's ass is red. And bloody. I've counted over a dozen falsehoods or outright lies so far.

Doesn't matter. He's not under oath.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 10, 2018 05:20 PM (IqV8l)

50 "We don't sell user data."

I was afraid Zucker would confuse these dinosaurs with tech talk. Judges are notorious for making extremely bad decisions when it comes to computers because they just don't understand technology.

"We don't sell user data" is a claim these old lawyers can understand and sink their teeth into.

I can hear the lawyers stampeding to use these obvious lies in their next class action lawsuits against Facecock.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 10, 2018 05:20 PM (iv0p7)

51 >>>42 Ace o' Spades is highly addictive.

The dopamine feedback loop is apparently related to the casino effect -- we crave the resolution of an outcome (the spin of a roulette wheel) most when we have no control over it.

Working towards a goal, when most of the variables are under your control, is less addictive.

Apparently social media companies get addictive by people waiting to see if their post or tweet or picture gets liked. It's like a spin of the roulette wheel.

Now, here at Ace of Spades HQ, I have tried to create this same sense of "this is all random and I don't know what's going to happen" by occasionally being friendly and occasionally being a total dick and banning people for little to no reason at all.

You never know what you'll get; sometimes I'll be friendly and even-tempered, other times I'll ban you for saying the word L*NGB*W.

It's this kind of built-in randomness that makes the site addictive, and I'm proud to be using this cutting edge psychological manipulation as part of the site's appeal.

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:20 PM (8rNrN)

52 So Facebook just by accident creates crack monkeys for the Left...

Right. Just like Louie is shocked that gambling is going on in Rick's place.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at April 10, 2018 05:21 PM (xBhYE)

53 over a dozen falsehoods or outright lies so far.
--

They are not lies if you believe them.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at April 10, 2018 05:21 PM (roQNm)

54 6 Zuck's ass is red. And bloody. I've counted over a dozen falsehoods or outright lies so far.

"We don't sell user data."


Why do you say that, Daddy?

Posted by: User Data, standing on the streetcorner selling her little ass to anyone driving by and waiving her at April 10, 2018 05:21 PM (UsCnO)

55 When negotiating the armistice after the 2nd Civil War, who get's Faceplant?

Hell, who'd want it? Pron Hub is more valuable.

Invest accordingly.

Posted by: Deplorable Redneck Bitter Clinger at April 10, 2018 05:21 PM (iiixZ)

56 >>>
Tucker had one of the founders on his show a few weeks ago. He flat out admitted that facebook knew they were doing this from Day 1.

that was my memory. Another guy said something like this on 60 Minutes with Anderson Pornographer.

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:21 PM (8rNrN)

57 Did anyone bother asking what the difference was between cambridge analytica and the data mined by obama and the dems? Other than a republican winning an election of course.

Posted by: Chase at April 10, 2018 05:22 PM (RbV5J)

58 Dopamine is the wanting/craving hormone - when you satisfy the craving, dopamine recedes, which is felt in the body as relief from craving and thus pleasurable -- and any addict finds his dopamine spiking when he's away form his drug of choice.
...................
F5 - F5 - F5 -F5 - F5 - F5 -F5 - F5 - F5 -F5 - F5 - F5 -

MUST have that FIRST!1!!!

Posted by: AoSHQ Addicts at April 10, 2018 05:22 PM (so+oy)

59 >>Doesn't matter. He's not under oath.

It's not perjury but it's still a crime to lie to Congress.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 10, 2018 05:23 PM (/tuJf)

60 51
>>>42 Ace o' Spades is highly addictive.



Now, here at Ace of Spades HQ, I have tried to create this same sense of "this is all random and I don't know what's going to happen" by occasionally being friendly and occasionally being a total dick and banning people for little to no reason at all.



You never know what you'll get; sometimes I'll be friendly and even-tempered, other times I'll ban you for saying the word L*NGB*W.



It's this kind of built-in randomness that makes the site addictive, and I'm proud to be using this cutting edge psychological manipulation as part of the site's appeal.




Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:20 PM (8rNrN)


lol Paging Ben Rothlisberger.

Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at April 10, 2018 05:23 PM (Dp6qK)

61 that was my memory. Another guy said something like this on 60 Minutes with Anderson Pornographer.

"Anderson Pornographer?"
Because of the creepy questions he asked that daniels thing, no doubt.


I haven't been here in a while, I need to catch up.

Posted by: kallisto at April 10, 2018 05:23 PM (kD8Fh)

62 The likes, comments, and picture tagging spike dopamine. They know exactly what they are doing based on 100 years of psychology, biology, and bio-chemistry.

Posted by: Monk at April 10, 2018 05:24 PM (tcQdP)

63 Post the pr0n personality's performance on 60 minutes, Trump enjoys 50% approval (Rasmussen).

Posted by: kallisto at April 10, 2018 05:24 PM (kD8Fh)

64 55 When negotiating the armistice after the 2nd Civil War, who get's Faceplant?

Hell, who'd want it? Pron Hub is more valuable.

Invest accordingly.
Posted by: Deplorable Redneck Bitter Clinger at April 10, 2018 05:21 PM (iiixZ)



Will there be Leftist "Womyn" in bondage?

Admittedly, many are utterly hideous, but once in a while....

Posted by: Curmudgeon at April 10, 2018 05:25 PM (ujg0T)

65 Zuckerberg, the real fascist, is being hit with a wet lettuce leaf in Congress while Trump's attorney is raided simply for being an attorney.

The Deep State has criminalised anyone who threatens them so you better shut up and pay your taxes if you know what's good for you.

Before too long they will have imported a replacement population anyway so don't think they will need you for even the taxes.

Posted by: Decaf at April 10, 2018 05:25 PM (/3+Sg)

66 I think it's the randomness of the commenters that keeps me coming back.

And talk about boobehs.


Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at April 10, 2018 05:25 PM (8iiMU)

67 They are not lies if you believe them.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse

George Constanza, come on down!

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....menace to society at April 10, 2018 05:25 PM (vcOmj)

68 Everything about facebook is a cocksucker. Well, except the recipes and cute animal vids. But everything else about it sucks a big chancerous dick.

Posted by: kallisto at April 10, 2018 05:26 PM (kD8Fh)

69
This Zuckerfucker is about the most annoying punk I've ever seen. I think he's a got a dopamine feedback loop going with his punchable face, and voice that begs for a punch in the throat.

Posted by: publius, the Cranny-Curious Poperin Pear at April 10, 2018 05:26 PM (8O3HH)

70 Cry havoc! And release the frogs of war!

Posted by: Archer at April 10, 2018 05:26 PM (gbWkA)

71 59 >>Doesn't matter. He's not under oath.

It's not perjury but it's still a crime to lie to Congress.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 10, 2018 05:23 PM (/tuJf)


Hahaha!

Silly 'Ron!

Zuck wore a suit! That means he is telling the TRUTH!

Posted by: User Data, standing on the streetcorner selling her little ass to anyone driving by and waiving her at April 10, 2018 05:26 PM (UsCnO)

72 >> And talk about boobehs.

There are ass men around here too, you know. I demand more ass.

Posted by: publius, the Cranny-Curious Poperin Pear at April 10, 2018 05:27 PM (8O3HH)

73 I always thought dopamine is what spikes when you take the drug. Hence the slang "That's dope." It's the "hit"

Learn something new everyday here at AoS

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at April 10, 2018 05:27 PM (bB4HN)

74 They are not lies if you believe them.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse

George Constanza, come on down!
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....menace to society at April 10, 2018 05:25 PM

See? That is the confirmation that I crave. You acknowledge that I exist. I am somebody. I got noticed.

and that encourages me to keep posting comments

It's hell when everyone ignores me.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at April 10, 2018 05:27 PM (roQNm)

75 Ace admits he's been screwing with us all along. Awesome.

Posted by: CaliGirl at April 10, 2018 05:27 PM (2DYau)

76 I added additional video reports by Tucker Carlson and pornography paparazzo Anderson Cooper about the slot machine/dopamine addiction built into social media.

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:28 PM (8rNrN)

77
You know, Zuckerfuckerbooger's voice can't be this annoying naturally. He had to take some sort of voice training to sound this annoying.

Posted by: publius, the Cranny-Curious Poperin Pear at April 10, 2018 05:28 PM (8O3HH)

78 I would not be shocked to learn in the future that Zuck is a 1st or 2nd generation AI droid.

Posted by: Monk at April 10, 2018 05:28 PM (tcQdP)

79 "Before too long they will have imported a replacement population anyway so don't think they will need you for even the taxes.




Posted by: Decaf"

There's a huge flaw in that plan but they will find out about it later.

Posted by: Ripley at April 10, 2018 05:28 PM (MxEKc)

80 72
>> And talk about boobehs.



There are ass men around here too, you know. I demand more ass.

Posted by: publius, the Cranny-Curious Poperin Pear at April 10, 2018 05:27 PM (8O3HH)

Here I am!

Posted by: Shep! at April 10, 2018 05:28 PM (8iiMU)

81 Sean Parker, former FB president, talks about making FB addictive: Video...goes to ABC news.

http://tinyurl.com/y8suwnmk

Posted by: Tami at April 10, 2018 05:29 PM (Enq6K)

82 I never FACED the BOOK so the Facebook never won..though for 5 Million Bitcoins I WILL spill all the beans on ZukenBurgers $2,000 haircut barber and his BOWL of Confidence he uses........................

Posted by: saf at April 10, 2018 05:29 PM (5IHGB)

83 If AOSHQ was addictive wouldn't there be some consistency to which comments get feedback?
Oh wait is hitting the refresh button every five seconds addictive behavior?

Posted by: Northernlurker-Teem at April 10, 2018 05:29 PM (eAMlh)

84 Ha ha

Zuckerberg had to use a booster seat today

https://twitter.com/joshdcaplan/status/983808342664630275

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at April 10, 2018 05:13 PM (hMwEB)
...............

I can't get over that. Still laughing.

Posted by: wth at April 10, 2018 05:29 PM (HgMAr)

85 So did anyone on "our" side have the brains to ask What The Fuck the big deal is about Cambridge Analytical since the Obama campaign essentially worked balls deep in Facebook for 2008 and 2012?

Or was that question too difficult?

Posted by: Sharkman at April 10, 2018 05:30 PM (BfOXk)

86 >>> I always thought dopamine is what spikes when you take the drug. Hence the slang "That's dope." It's the "hit"

This is a widely believed misunderstanding. That What I've Learned guy, I think, corrected it for me.

People wrongly say dopamine is the PLEASURE brain hormone. In fact, it's the craving-pleasure brain hormone. It itself does not cause pleasure, but an urgent anxiety to get pleasure. The "pleasure" is felt when the anxiety-making effect of dopamine recedes because the pleasure has been found (and thus is no longer craved).

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:30 PM (8rNrN)

87 ahhh hubby turned on the zuck circus

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at April 10, 2018 05:30 PM (hMwEB)

88
Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:20 PM (8rNrN)

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2018 05:30 PM (tpDAe)

89 I can't get over that. Still laughing.
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2018 05:29 PM (HgMAr)

How tall is Zuckerberg?

Posted by: CaliGirl at April 10, 2018 05:30 PM (2DYau)

90 So...run this dopamine thing by me again.

Posted by: Bob from the NSA at April 10, 2018 05:30 PM (O5Q3r)

91 It's this kind of built-in randomness that makes the site addictive, and I'm proud to be using this cutting edge psychological manipulation as part of the site's appeal.


Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:20 PM (8rNrN)

Take me, ace!

Posted by: NaughtyPine at April 10, 2018 05:31 PM (/+bwe)

92 "I still don't know if anyone has said what I first claimed was said, that is, that this dopamine-driven feedback loop addiction was deliberately engineered."

---------

I am not concerned about that at all. My two objections are shutting down anyone on the right who displeases them and scrubbing personal data on people who do not even use Facebook.

He must be made to answer the question of collusion with political parties of his choice. If it's not collusion then let everyone mine Facebook.

Posted by: Decaf at April 10, 2018 05:31 PM (/3+Sg)

93 >>>>This Zuckerfucker is about the most annoying punk
I've ever seen. I think he's a got a dopamine feedback loop going with
his punchable face, and voice that begs for a punch in the throat.



Posted by: publius, the Cranny-Curious Poperin Pear at April 10, 2018 05:26 PM
.
.
.It hasn't happened yet because he has a 20 man security team around him 24/7.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at April 10, 2018 05:31 PM (+Dllb)

94 >> Here I am!

Posted by: Shep!

That though is almost enough to put me off. For a few minutes. Almost.

Posted by: publius, the Cranny-Curious Poperin Pear at April 10, 2018 05:32 PM (8O3HH)

95 "Dopamine spiking" is a heck of a lot scarier-sounding than "ads that make give viewers a positive response," which has been the goal of ad agencies since forever.

In related news, other "dopamine-spiking" activities include watching sunsets, walking through parks, and eating a good pizza.

Posted by: MW at April 10, 2018 05:32 PM (wNx6K)

96 so dopamine GOING AWAY gives a feeling of relief/satisfaction. Dopamine itself causes craving, which is anxiety and stress producing.

This is a major part of cigarette addiction and why people incorrectly think that cigarettes cause pleasure. In fact, withdrawal symptoms from the last cigarette you smoked cause a spike in dopamine, which causes anxiety (nic-fitting), and then having the cigarette satisfies the dopamine's craving. And then, the dopamine LEAVING the brain is experienced as relief and pleasure.

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:32 PM (8rNrN)

97 Zuckerfuckerbooger's voice can't be this annoying naturally.

---

He is under a lot of stress. He is talking to people who could put him out of business with a show of hands.

"Call the Question"
"Everyone who wants to see zuckerberg in prison raise your hand"

"The Hands have it" bangs the gavel, turns to staff, "get it written up before you leave the office today"

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at April 10, 2018 05:32 PM (roQNm)

98 They should have just put him in a high chair.

Posted by: wth at April 10, 2018 05:32 PM (HgMAr)

99 75 Ace admits he's been screwing with us all along. Awesome.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 10, 2018 05:27 PM (2DYau)

Don't pay attention to the man behind the curtain.

Posted by: Dorothy and Toto at April 10, 2018 05:32 PM (UsCnO)

100 My comment was supposed to be under a sockpuppet. Not as funny with my own....

Posted by: NaughtyPine at April 10, 2018 05:32 PM (/+bwe)

101 43 >>> Sasse is a worthless grandstander

Agreed. He's very popular among the Twitterati.

Which isn't a good thing.
Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:17 PM (8rNrN)

I voted for the guy with a fair amount of enthusiasm in '14. And then watched in total disgust as he feuded with Trump during the primaries and yet at the same time tacitly considered Cruz a bridge too far for his endorsement.

He's a lukewarm, do-nothing wiener.

Posted by: Khan at April 10, 2018 05:32 PM (L7Eun)

102 If it is addicting and they knew it, or they discovered it was addicting and they kept it secret, or they have intentionally made it more addicting, or all of the above, then how are they different from the cigarette companies?

By leftist standards they should have a nasty surgeon general's warning and be shamed for existing.

Posted by: JJTownsend1977 at April 10, 2018 05:33 PM (slu6h)

103 Oh wait is hitting the refresh button every five seconds addictive behavior?

Posted by: Northernlurker-Teem at April 10, 2018 05:29 PM (eAMlh)

Crack monkey addiction.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2018 05:33 PM (7UW64)

104 We worry about holographic porn destroying society. What if they just add banana delivery to online pizza orders? End of MonkeyPlanet.

Posted by: DaveA at April 10, 2018 05:33 PM (FhXTo)

105 Ace o' Spades is highly addictive.
Posted by: Max Power at April 10, 2018 05:17 PM

I know, can't read any other word edgewise

Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2018 05:33 PM (aC6Sd)

106 Some dopamine sounds pretty good right about now.

Posted by: Jeff SezZzions at April 10, 2018 05:33 PM (Tyii7)

107 72-Just for you A$$ men, publius

https://tinyurl.com/yb4r623e

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2018 05:34 PM (tpDAe)

108 >>>5 Ace admits he's been screwing with us all along. Awesome.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 10, 2018 05:27 PM (2DYau)

tbh I don't even care about politics.

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:34 PM (8rNrN)

109 Ace admits he's been screwing with us all along. Awesome.

Posted by: CaliGirl at April 10, 2018 05:27 PM (2DYau)



Don't pay attention to the man behind the curtain.

You are getting veeeeeeeeeeeeery sleepy...

Posted by: tu3031 at April 10, 2018 05:34 PM (O5Q3r)

110 Did anyone ask him if he's actually human?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 10, 2018 05:34 PM (4ErVI)

111 He's a lukewarm, do-nothing wiener.

Posted by: Khan at April 10, 2018 05:32 PM (L7Eun)


Wait, doesn't Zuckerberg have one of those already?

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2018 05:34 PM (7UW64)

112 But it is deliberate.

They use A/B testing to insure people keep coming back. This is intentional. They do not design features thinking "this will look nice," or "this will be useful to society," they design features and test/modify/retain those that keep people addicted.

This is a science to get the most clicks and page views, and to put the user in a state of emotion because that is what drives them to click, buy, and participate.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 10, 2018 05:35 PM (LWu6U)

113 What in the tarnation is all this talk about dope?

My unquenchable thirst for justice has been awakened!

Posted by: The Late Jeff Sessions at April 10, 2018 05:35 PM (9vQJW)

114 83
If AOSHQ was addictive wouldn't there be some consistency to which comments get feedback?



Posted by: Northernlurker-Teem at April 10, 2018 05:29 PM (eAMlh)


It's the random ego stroke you crave. If it got repetitive and monotonous, you'd go looking for some strange.

Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at April 10, 2018 05:36 PM (Dp6qK)

115 How tall is Zuckerberg?

Posted by: CaliGirl at April 10, 2018 05:30 PM (2DYau)
...........

Google says 5'-7". But Google can't be a carpenter because everybody keeps telling it this -> <- is 6 inches.

Posted by: wth at April 10, 2018 05:36 PM (HgMAr)

116 oh gawd Cory Booker is foung his eyes thing again

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at April 10, 2018 05:36 PM (hMwEB)

117 Ace admits he's been screwing with us all along. Awesome.

There may not even be an Ace. Its all AI man, AI.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 10, 2018 05:36 PM (r+sAi)

118 That Cruz smackdown of Zuckerberg was epic.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 10, 2018 05:36 PM (ptqGC)

119
113 What in the tarnation is all this talk about dope?

My unquenchable thirst for justice has been awakened!


Posted by: The Late Jeff Sessions at April 10, 2018 05:35 PM (9vQJW)


Oh, sweetie, I'm sorry I hurt your feelings when I called you a dope. I thought you already knew?

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2018 05:36 PM (7UW64)

120 Whoa, Corey Booker is making the facebook thing all about race.

I didn't see that coming at all.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 10, 2018 05:36 PM (/tuJf)

121 No but wait, let me confess something along these lines.

When I'm behind, which is always, I don't have time to write something clever or well-considered. When I'm behind, then, I look for something that will take minimum effort on my part but which will make for good comment fodder.

Which is a way of saying I'm looking to piss people off, because I'm lazy, and it's easier to piss people off than to write something illuminating.

The whole media does this, obviously, but I have to admit, I understand why. (Note: understanding does not equal approval, either for them or myself.)

It's not like I actually WANT to piss people off as my actual goal. It's just that the easiest blog post to write is "Look at this asshole, he's an asshole."

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:36 PM (8rNrN)

122 tbh I don't even care about politics.

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:34 PM (8rNrN)

If you mean the daily grind of banal, meaningless mean girls clique and screaming about fluff, I agree with you. I largely tune in here just to see how funny you're going to be hitting these idiots.

But I very much do care about where the country is going. That I care about. I hoped I'd be dead before stuff gets really bad. I think I'll be here to see it.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 10, 2018 05:37 PM (4ErVI)

123 >> https://tinyurl.com/yb4r623e
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

ROFL! Thanks Fen, that's the best laugh I've had all day. Now, I can go out and pick up all the little brush stuff I cut with the chainsaw with a smile on my face.

Posted by: publius, the Cranny-Curious Poperin Pear at April 10, 2018 05:37 PM (8O3HH)

124 Google says 5'-7". But Google can't be a carpenter because everybody keeps telling it this ->

Posted by: wth at April 10, 2018 05:36 PM (HgMAr)


Hey!

Google isn't a girl, and neither is it trying to be an architect.

Dammit.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2018 05:37 PM (7UW64)

125 tbh I don't even care about politics.





Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:34 PM (8rNrN)


Nor do any of the posters on this blog.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 10, 2018 05:37 PM (ptqGC)

126 Cory Booker, jacking his jaw about discrimination against people of color.

Guess who he doesn't mention?

Posted by: franksalterego at April 10, 2018 05:37 PM (3cq8T)

127 How many hundreds of thousands of dollars did Zuck and his FaceBook lawyers give the Senators that questioned him today?

Not under oath, to boot.


Soviet show trials are envious after watching today.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 10, 2018 05:37 PM (UsCnO)

128 " Sasse is a worthless grandstander

Agreed. He's very popular among the Twitterati.

Which isn't a good thing.
Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:17 PM (8rNrN)"

---------

No, at twitter they like a Republican who hates Republicans and "Conservatives" like KevinWilliamson who hate Conservatives. Until they can destroy them too.

Posted by: Decaf at April 10, 2018 05:37 PM (/3+Sg)

129 117. Hell....there's no such thing as the internet. You're in the state nervous hospital, circa 1943, and not responding to treatment.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine at April 10, 2018 05:37 PM (fA1SL)

130 I just caught a glimpse of the Cruz questioning and Zuckerberg looks nervous AF.

Posted by: kallisto at April 10, 2018 05:37 PM (kD8Fh)

131 >>>There may not even be an Ace. Its all AI man, AI.


I wish it were AI. I'm stuck at work, same as you.

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:37 PM (8rNrN)

132 Corey Booker will spend his entire allotted time getting to the point of RAYCISS.

Posted by: BluesFish at April 10, 2018 05:37 PM (qHLEe)

133 I feel a banning coming on.

Posted by: Dr Spank at April 10, 2018 05:38 PM (4e+hS)

134 >>>No, at twitter they like a Republican who hates Republicans and "Conservatives" like KevinWilliamson who hate Conservatives. Until they can destroy them too.

this kinda describes Ben Sasse, you know.

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:38 PM (8rNrN)

135 There's no hope in dope...

Heh

Posted by: Anon a mouse at April 10, 2018 05:38 PM (7LY+6)

136 Ace, you should start your own "Hot 25."

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 10, 2018 05:38 PM (ptqGC)

137
It's not like I actually WANT to piss people off as my actual goal. It's just that the easiest blog post to write is "Look at this asshole, he's an asshole."



Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:36 PM (8rNrN)


So....more of an asshole patrol, than a political blog.

I see.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2018 05:38 PM (7UW64)

138 Like buttons are like crack cocaine. I couldn't understand it until I gave it a go. Now I get it.

One reason I'm glad Ace doesn't have those. People read the most liked and then group think results b/c you don't read dissenting views. That is a nutsell view, bcz I'm not ready to type the rest of it.

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at April 10, 2018 05:38 PM (EoZOL)

139 Everquest II's crafting interface tool was deliberately coded for dopamine response. The aural sound design mimics electronic slot machines - and pays off with product - after the user successfully responds via keystrokes to visual stimulus. That was 2008.

I'm thinking things have evolved to an even greater degree by now.

Posted by: 13times at April 10, 2018 05:38 PM (K3B2k)

140 Did his feet reach the floor?

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 10, 2018 05:38 PM (LWu6U)

141 The thing is, social media platforms like Face are, for me, anti-addictive. They cause an immediate wave of distress and nausea.

I hate social pressure. I hate feeling like I ned to keep tabs on this or that latest fad. I hate going along with the mob.

Zuckerberg was "smart" enough to grasp the average human's herd instinct and "pack behavior." And he was evil enough to exploit those instincts to (at first) make billions and (then) manipulate the socio-political sphere.

Posted by: zombie at April 10, 2018 05:39 PM (42M22)

142 132 Corey Booker will spend his entire allotted time getting to the point of RAYCISS.
Posted by: BluesFish
________

Facebook wouldn't give T-Bone an account?

Posted by: Furious George at April 10, 2018 05:39 PM (9vQJW)

143 NO ONE*S PAYING ANY ATTENTION TO ME RIGHT NOW!!!

Posted by: Stormy*s Twat at April 10, 2018 05:39 PM (gbWkA)

144 Google says 5'-7". But Google can't be a carpenter because everybody keeps telling it this ->
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2018 05:36 PM (HgMAr)

If he tells people he's 5' 6, he's probably more like 5' 3.

Posted by: CaliGirl at April 10, 2018 05:39 PM (2DYau)

145 platforms like Face = platforms like Facebook

Posted by: zombie at April 10, 2018 05:39 PM (42M22)

146 121 No but wait, let me confess something along these lines.

When I'm behind, which is always, I don't have time to write something clever or well-considered. When I'm behind, then, I look for something that will take minimum effort on my part but which will make for good comment fodder.

Which is a way of saying I'm looking to piss people off, because I'm lazy, and it's easier to piss people off than to write something illuminating.
============

Are you starting a church soon? I'm in.



Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 10, 2018 05:39 PM (UsCnO)

147 Booker has a more punchable face than Zuckerberg

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at April 10, 2018 05:39 PM (hMwEB)

148 It's not like I actually WANT to piss people off as my actual goal. It's just that the easiest blog post to write is "Look at this asshole, he's an asshole."



Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:36 PM (8rNrN)


So....more of an asshole patrol, than a political blog.

I see.


Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2018 05:38 PM (7UW64)


Wait, this isn't a smart military blog?

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at April 10, 2018 05:40 PM (EoZOL)

149 Longbow!!!!

Posted by: buzzion at April 10, 2018 05:40 PM (lKs2v)

150 It's not like I actually WANT to piss people off as my actual goal. It's
just that the easiest blog post to write is "Look at this asshole, he's
an asshole."

Those are the best ones because everyone just piles on and starts swinging. Like a bar fight.

Posted by: tu3031 at April 10, 2018 05:40 PM (O5Q3r)

151 My husband and son are both about 5' 8".

And everyone's point is?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 10, 2018 05:40 PM (ptqGC)

152 I am sure that they didn't mean to make Facebook addictive or to feed certain chemical feedback systems. I think they stumbled onto that for certain people (not all, by the way. Some find that kind of thing uncomfortable) the system they built works that way and focused on ways to enhance and play into that.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 05:40 PM (39g3+)

153 "Apart from this, it was largely a bunch of senior citizens asking a young whippersnapper about his fancy doohickey.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at April 10, 2018 05:15 PM (ppaKI)"

-----------

The bright young thing congressional staffers are not going to go against their hero and arm the Senators with the weapons to hurt him. They have a position to uphold and parties to attend in DC.

Posted by: Decaf at April 10, 2018 05:40 PM (/3+Sg)

154 There may not even be an Ace. Its all AI man, AI.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 10, 2018 05:36 PM (r+sAi)

So it's all about doing away with icky meat life? That incident with shelving probably never happened. Ace's apartment is a server somewhere in the south Pacific.

Posted by: Northernlurker-Teem at April 10, 2018 05:40 PM (eAMlh)

155 I can't believe no one had done that after ace set it up.

Posted by: buzzion at April 10, 2018 05:40 PM (lKs2v)

156 If I cared about politics, I wouldn't be hanging out at an Smart Military Blog

Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2018 05:40 PM (cN/hm)

157 If he tells people he's 5' 6, he's probably more like 5' 3."

Ah, the NBA 's height measurements...

I'm 6'2...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at April 10, 2018 05:40 PM (7LY+6)

158 143 NO ONE*S PAYING ANY ATTENTION TO ME RIGHT NOW!!!
Posted by: Stormy*s Twat at April 10, 2018 05:39 PM (gbWkA)



We're here!

Posted by: yeast infections at April 10, 2018 05:40 PM (UsCnO)

159 It's not like I actually WANT to piss people off as my actual goal. It's just that the easiest blog post to write is "Look at this asshole, he's an asshole."

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:36 PM (8rNrN)

Those posts are usually the posts that everyone jumps to comment and join in the fun of mocking the asshole.

Posted by: CaliGirl at April 10, 2018 05:40 PM (2DYau)

160 Completely O/T but worth a read:

(CNN)Snowfall across the great white continent of Antarctica is
increasing, according to a study released this week by an international
team led by the British Antarctic Survey. The team analyzed 79 ice cores
from across Antarctica that provide detailed information on how much
snow has fallen over hundreds of years, and it found a 10% increase in
snowfall over the past two centuries. This contradicts studies that
found that Antarctic snowfall has remained largely constant over the
past several decades to centuries. But those studies analyzed only a few
ice cores, whereas this comprehensive look at the continent gives a
much more thorough view of how weather patterns have changed the polar
weather. ...

So more snow equals more Global Warming.....weren't the Polar Ice Caps supposed to be gone by now?

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at April 10, 2018 05:41 PM (+Dllb)

161 farmville was addictive, but i had the prettiest farm in the land.
Posted by: concrete girl at April 10, 2018 05:15 PM (h9wAA)


lol

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at April 10, 2018 05:41 PM (EoZOL)

162 I don't know why they just don't take the path of least resistance and rebrand the whole thing as Cuckbook, and see how that plays out without doing anything.

Posted by: Fritz at April 10, 2018 05:41 PM (bJ0w+)

163 Who are the hipsters sitting at the long tables behind F*ckerberg?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 10, 2018 05:41 PM (ptqGC)

164 Whoever sold Zuck that suit sure had a great sense of humor.

Posted by: Archer at April 10, 2018 05:41 PM (gbWkA)

165 And everyone's point is?

Yeah I don't.... tall, short, doesn't matter to me. Zuckerberg is a jerk shot clear through no matter how big he is. His stature is irrelevant to that fact.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 05:41 PM (39g3+)

166 I have never regretted my decision to not have any social media presence.

Posted by: Minnfidel at April 10, 2018 05:41 PM (kTQeF)

167 >>>It's not like I actually WANT to piss people off as my actual goal. It's just that the easiest blog post to write is "Look at this asshole, he's an asshole."

People love to vent. It's probably healthy in moderation.

Posted by: Max Power at April 10, 2018 05:41 PM (q177U)

168 I don't believe any of the so called "Tech Titians" ever bought an American muscle car when they had the bucks. The went right for the Fatherland's best, Porsche, BMW, Mercedes, Audi. Later, they discovered the Italian's; (Ferrari, Lambo, etc.)

This seems to follow an interesting path towards socialism. My working thesis; "Tech Titans and the Cars They Drove to Socialism"

I'd like to fund this with taxpayer dollars to see if this is true. I'll have to buy some exotic cars, but it's for "science."

Posted by: Deplorable Redneck Bitter Clinger at April 10, 2018 05:41 PM (iiixZ)

169 So far Booker has asked to get a "civil rights grouo" to audit FB content, hire more blacks, and stop cops from using FB keep tabs on Black Lives Matter.

What a corrupt POS

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at April 10, 2018 05:41 PM (hMwEB)

170 What hacked Anderson's brain to make him addicted to penis?

Posted by: wth at April 10, 2018 05:41 PM (HgMAr)

171 >>>133 I feel a banning coming on.


I do too. It just feels "right."

We need the excitement of an unnecessary injection of emotional turmoil. Then I can just let the comments blow up and go lift.

BTW, one thing I STOPPED doing was posting anything along the lines of Battle of the Sexes. Anything that would get men and women feuding at each other.

Early in the blog's history, when I'd post something like that, I'd just watch the comments blow the F up and think "Okay that was a good post."

Something like two other bloggers' various opinionations about what defined "hot" in women, and which women, then, were definitionally incapable of any hotness.

But then, looking at the comments, they were blowing up because people were genuinely angry at each other and there were a lot of comments just because there was a lot of hurt feelings, lashing out, etc.

I stopped that pretty soon after. That's one case where I realized that the stress and angst of the subject just wasn't worth it for a big, active comment thread.

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:41 PM (8rNrN)

172 There was a NR regular daily commenter who actually made up a bunch of different disqus names to up vote his comments so they'd appear at the top when sorted by "best." I always sort by newest, to avoid loons who create up votes. Really, get a hobby.

Posted by: dagny at April 10, 2018 05:42 PM (CAKgV)

173 >> NO ONE*S PAYING ANY ATTENTION TO ME RIGHT
>> NOW!!!
Posted by: Stormy*s Twat

We are.

Posted by: Bacteria and Yeast at April 10, 2018 05:42 PM (8O3HH)

174 So more snow equals more Global Warming"

Of course. 1st Q 2018 will be the warmest ever...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at April 10, 2018 05:42 PM (7LY+6)

175
Nutsell view.

*laughs like an 8 year old boy*

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 10, 2018 05:43 PM (r+sAi)

176 "How many hundreds of thousands of dollars did Zuck and his FaceBook lawyers give the Senators that questioned him today?



Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg"

Obviously he forgot to donate to Cruz. Maybe Blumenthal too, who seemed to be trying to feign outrage. while making a point about something he did not understand.

Posted by: Ripley at April 10, 2018 05:43 PM (MxEKc)

177 Ace, just re-post the ghey hipster slap fight. I believe there were bannings, or maybe I'm miss-remembering.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 10, 2018 05:43 PM (ptqGC)

178 NO ONE*S PAYING ANY ATTENTION TO ME RIGHT NOW!!!

Posted by: Stormy*s Twat at April 10, 2018 05:39 PM (gbWkA)
.........

Mud flaps are in the way.

Posted by: wth at April 10, 2018 05:43 PM (HgMAr)

179 >>>People love to vent. It's probably healthy in moderation.

maybe. I know on a day when I do a lot of that I really haven't worked at all. I've just put up a bunch of hot-button stuff.

maybe not the worst thing, but not a sign of a day well worked.

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:43 PM (8rNrN)

180 169 So far Booker has asked to get a "civil rights group" to audit FB content, hire more blacks, and stop cops from using FB keep tabs on Black Lives Matter.

What a corrupt POS
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at April 10, 2018 05:41 PM (hMwEB)



Deportation.....just, deportation.....

Posted by: Curmudgeon at April 10, 2018 05:43 PM (ujg0T)

181 Whoever sold Zuck that suit sure had a great sense of humor.
Posted by: Archer at April 10, 2018 05:41 PM

He looks like he's a little boy at Christmas dinner seated at the kids table. You know, the wobbly card table that always spills your milk when anyone touches it. You had to wear a tie because your parents made you.

Posted by: Minnfidel at April 10, 2018 05:43 PM (kTQeF)

182 I miss Ace's Explode and then Make up Days.

It was like living in a Bob Mould song.

Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2018 05:43 PM (cN/hm)

183 >>>177 Ace, just re-post the ghey hipster slap fight. I believe there were bannings, or maybe I'm miss-remembering.

how do you know they were gay?

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:43 PM (8rNrN)

184 .... tall, short, doesn't matter to me. Zuckerberg is a jerk shot clear through no matter how big he is. His stature is irrelevant to that fact.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
__________

Is this about me?

Posted by: Honest Jim Comey at April 10, 2018 05:43 PM (9vQJW)

185 It's not perjury but it's still a crime to lie to Congress.

It'd be an addictive pleasure to rant directly at them til they tasered me.

Posted by: DaveA at April 10, 2018 05:44 PM (FhXTo)

186 Of course. 1st Q 2018 will be the warmest ever...

"It was super hot in Belgium!"
--NASA

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 05:44 PM (39g3+)

187 "Tucker had one of the founders on his show a few weeks ago. He flat out admitted that facebook knew they were doing this from Day 1."

-----------

That was obvious in the film about him. Senators could have watched Social Network and got more truth than having him there and not asking anything substantive.

On the other hand, Zuckerberg's performance today will cement the film's veracity.

Posted by: Decaf at April 10, 2018 05:44 PM (/3+Sg)

188 154
There may not even be an Ace. Its all AI man, AI.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 10, 2018 05:36 PM (r+sAi)

He/She is like Schrodinger's Cat. Lift up the fur, you never know what you'll see.

Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at April 10, 2018 05:44 PM (Dp6qK)

189 My dick is 6'2

Posted by: Under Fire at April 10, 2018 05:44 PM (r9UYA)

190 Maybe Zuckerman should tell Booker that Diamond and Silk are back and shut him right up.

Posted by: tu3031 at April 10, 2018 05:44 PM (O5Q3r)

191 Did Booker get asked about Diamond and Silk?
If not, did some one ask T-bone about them?

Posted by: Downcast at April 10, 2018 05:44 PM (dkjIa)

192 104 What if they just add banana delivery to online pizza orders?


You have been sitting in on our staff meetings again?

Posted by: CNN at April 10, 2018 05:44 PM (UsCnO)

193 I miss Ace's Explode and then Make up Days.

I think he's hydrating better now.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 05:44 PM (39g3+)

194 Zucker looks like a guy who couldn't get a date for prom. And after he made his millions, had to beat the women off with a stick.

Like Bill Gates, all the money in the world, and he still can't get a decent haircut.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 10, 2018 05:44 PM (ptqGC)

195 130 I just caught a glimpse of the Cruz questioning and Zuckerberg looks nervous AF.
Posted by: kallisto at April 10, 2018 05:37 PM (kD8Fh)


How I would dearly LOVE to see Cruz go up against Camera Hogg. He would liquify in his chair.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 10, 2018 05:45 PM (VM6ev)

196 190 Maybe Zuckerman should tell Booker that Diamond and Silk are back and shut him right up.
Posted by: tu3031 at April 10, 2018 05:44 PM (O5Q3r)



They support Trump. Booker probably doesn't consider them black.

Posted by: buzzion at April 10, 2018 05:45 PM (lKs2v)

197 189 My dick is 6'2
Posted by: Under Fire at April 10, 2018 05:44 PM (r9UYA)


If it's last name is Martin, sure.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 10, 2018 05:45 PM (VM6ev)

198 Did Cruz tell him to get of his lawn ?

Posted by: Somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 10, 2018 05:45 PM (M+Lyo)

199 >>>Those posts are usually the posts that everyone jumps to comment and join in the fun of mocking the asshole.

yes, knocking idiots is fun. I don't know if it's a really bad thing, but like I said, I'm aware of the low level of work it takes to put up such a post.

Sometimes I think this is okay. Sometimes I think it's okay to just say, "Okay here's an issue, let commenters write the content."

But when I spend a day of doing little but commenters write the content I'm aware i'm being lazy.

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:45 PM (8rNrN)

200 173 >> NO ONE*S PAYING ANY ATTENTION TO ME RIGHT
>> NOW!!!
Posted by: Stormy*s Twat

We are.
Posted by: Bacteria and Yeast at April 10, 2018 05:42 PM (8O3HH)



Ahem.

Posted by: Herpes Sores at April 10, 2018 05:46 PM (ujg0T)

201 Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:41 PM (8rNrN)

Surely we march united on a Lena Dunham post, right?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 10, 2018 05:46 PM (4ErVI)

202 Google probably called him up and asked him: "How tall are you Zuck?"
He replied 4'-7...er, I mean 5'-7". Yeah!"

Posted by: wth at April 10, 2018 05:46 PM (HgMAr)

203 171. Good call. Ya know how hysterical the dames can get.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine at April 10, 2018 05:46 PM (fA1SL)

204 how do you know they were gay?

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:43 PM (8rNrN)


And here we go.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 10, 2018 05:46 PM (ptqGC)

205 I come here for the cortisol.

To be serious for a moment this is one place when life was sucking like a swamp on a storybook horse, I could come and get a belly laugh with some high degree of certainty.

Posted by: sarahw at April 10, 2018 05:46 PM (Sp1NT)

206 194 Zucker looks like a guy who couldn't get a date for prom. And after he made his millions, had to beat the women off with a stick.

Like Bill Gates, all the money in the world, and he still can't get a decent haircut.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 10, 2018 05:44 PM (ptqGC)


Consider Howard Hughes, circa 1970-76.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 10, 2018 05:46 PM (VM6ev)

207 203 171. Good call. Ya know how hysterical the dames can get.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine at April 10, 2018 05:46 PM (fA1SL)

And it's on like donkey Kong.

Posted by: CaliGirl at April 10, 2018 05:46 PM (2DYau)

208 Zuckerberg looked like a guy who took a lot of calming drugs before going in and is still about to crap himself. I don't think he likes this kind of thing at all, and I really don't blame him.

Everywhere he goes in public he has this little smile on his face, like someone told him you look better on camera if you smile slightly. But he doesn't have it now. And his eyes look like a mouse's when you chased it into a corner.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 05:46 PM (39g3+)

209 Once I learned about the dopamine fix in brain being a real thing, I started looking for apps that used that concept in a positive way.

I realized my brain is a bit like Pavlov's dog, so I needed to reward it for behaviors I wanted to develop. Make it a game somehow. Instead of punishing myself for failing, or using apps that were business like and did not utilize that portion of our brain. It's also a bit of a pride killer and a humbling experience.

I'm trying out 3 now that work on that concept.

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at April 10, 2018 05:47 PM (EoZOL)

210 199 >>>Those posts are usually the posts that everyone jumps to comment and join in the fun of mocking the asshole.

yes, knocking idiots is fun. I don't know if it's a really bad thing, but like I said, I'm aware of the low level of work it takes to put up such a post.

Sometimes I think this is okay. Sometimes I think it's okay to just say, "Okay here's an issue, let commenters write the content."

But when I spend a day of doing little but commenters write the content I'm aware i'm being lazy.

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:45 PM (8rNrN)



We all wish we could be that lazy some days.

Posted by: buzzion at April 10, 2018 05:47 PM (lKs2v)

211 Is Cruz Grills that survivalist guy?

Posted by: josephistan at April 10, 2018 05:47 PM (ANIFC)

212 I'm having an awful day. This place cheers me up in the worst of times.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 10, 2018 05:47 PM (ptqGC)

213 I doubt Facebook will be fair about content after this shitshow.

Also, nothing good comes from K Booker speaking. He sounds like an ass.

Posted by: Seems Legit at April 10, 2018 05:47 PM (U+nHb)

214 205 I come here for the cortisol.

To be serious for a moment this is one place when life was sucking like a swamp on a storybook horse, I could come and get a belly laugh with some high degree of certainty.

Posted by: sarahw at April 10, 2018 05:46 PM (Sp1NT)

Word

Posted by: CaliGirl at April 10, 2018 05:47 PM (2DYau)

215 seeing top. men. is anti-dopamine.

Posted by: Autoclave at April 10, 2018 05:47 PM (loZXu)

216 >>>>"How many hundreds of thousands of dollars did Zuck and his FaceBook lawyers give the Senators that questioned him today?





Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg"

Obviously he forgot to donate
to Cruz. Maybe Blumenthal too, who seemed to be trying to feign outrage.
while making a point about something he did not understand.



Posted by: Ripley at April 10, 2018 05:43 PM
.
.
.CT is having some serious fiduciary issues right now and dick "Sgt. Rock" blumenthal needs some serious street cred to take back to the voters.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at April 10, 2018 05:47 PM (+Dllb)

217 Peace Blimp was a good natured, surefire hit Thread.

Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2018 05:47 PM (YWCpg)

218 196 190 Maybe Zuckerman should tell Booker that Diamond and Silk are back and shut him right up.
Posted by: tu3031 at April 10, 2018 05:44 PM (O5Q3r)

They support Trump. Booker probably doesn't consider them black.
Posted by: buzzion at April 10, 2018 05:45 PM (lKs2v)



Exactly. Non-leftists of whatever ethnicity are automatically "White".

Meanwhile, as Lizzy Paleface Forktongue and Rachel Dolezal and Talcum X proved, Leftists who are White are automatically not.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at April 10, 2018 05:47 PM (ujg0T)

219 you know (picking up on what a commenter said about the movie about Zuckerberg), the whole reason for Facebook's early success was people putting up their FACES with a mixture of anxiety and hopefulness and HOPING for a positive response, and getting upset over a negative one, making them want to put up a better picture, etc.

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:47 PM (8rNrN)

220 The real good webcam girls can do the dopamine thing too

Posted by: Jean at April 10, 2018 05:48 PM (is8Cu)

221 200 Ahem.
Posted by: Herpes Sores at April 10, 2018 05:46 PM (ujg0T)


*sound of Planned Parenthood calling Disney to pitch remake idea of "The Love Bug*

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 10, 2018 05:48 PM (VM6ev)

222 WTF???? The city of Austinistan is trying to pass an ordinance requiring everyone to have insect screens on their windows AND doors. Seriously! Most people have screens on windows but almost no one has one on their doors. This is a perfect example of government over reach. They have a deceptively worded survey for public input before voting. The wording of the ordinance has no exceptions for air conditioned spaces even though they are verbally saying there probably will be one. I don't care if I have air conditioning or not. You can't tell people they have to have screened windows and doors on their own homes. There is NOT a public health issue. Screened homes won't prevent zika or malaria. They might as well ban people from being outside if bugs are present...that is 365 days a year around here.

Posted by: lin-duh at April 10, 2018 05:48 PM (kufk0)

223 Wymyns Suffrage. Discuss?

Posted by: Jeff SezZzions at April 10, 2018 05:48 PM (Tyii7)

224 Hipsters act ghey even when they're pan or whatever they identify as that day.

Posted by: dagny at April 10, 2018 05:48 PM (CAKgV)

225 Jane, condolences on the passing of your friend.

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at April 10, 2018 05:48 PM (hMwEB)

226 The best part of Cruz's grilling was he didn't let Little Zuck go on with meaningless lefty platitudes. He stopped him and told him to answer his questions. Perhaps the GOP could learn from this? lol

Posted by: Under Fire at April 10, 2018 05:48 PM (r9UYA)

227 Consider Howard Hughes, circa 1970-76.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 10, 2018 05:46 PM (VM6ev)

He actually bagged some real babes early on. Rita Hayworth I think. He had a thing with Kate Hepburn when she quite young.

It helps to be good looking and of course money and owning a studio. The calls started to taper off with the five foot long fingernails and the jars of urine.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 10, 2018 05:49 PM (4ErVI)

228 212 I'm having an awful day. This place cheers me up in the worst of times.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 10, 2018 05:47 PM (ptqGC)


"...you know my name,
look up the number..."


Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 10, 2018 05:49 PM (VM6ev)

229 Facebook to me is like one of those cymbal-smashing monkey toy, except the cymbals are more bigger and has a likelihood- no scratch that- certainty that it will permanently deafen a person.

It's "suppose" to have a warning about the deafening effects but it's on the monkey's foot and so small you'll need a magnifying glass.

Posted by: Delaforce and his bitten tongue at April 10, 2018 05:49 PM (eVIA2)

230 How much is this hearing That Will Never End costing us?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 10, 2018 05:49 PM (ptqGC)

231 >>Good call. Ya know how hysterical the dames can get.



As hysterical as you let them.

Posted by: Sean Connery at April 10, 2018 05:49 PM (YWCpg)

232 It's not an addiction.

I could stop hitting f5 anytime I want to.

I just don't want to.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 10, 2018 05:49 PM (Ft8fw)

233 And I think, as an example, those two Trump supporting black gals need to be reinstated onto facebook.

I don't have an account but if they are an example of dangerous content then the whole site is a giant flaming ball of bullshit.

Posted by: Seems Legit at April 10, 2018 05:49 PM (U+nHb)

234 This place and this horde has helped me through the worst time of my life. It also helps ensure I don't get unduly productive.

Posted by: Northernlurker-Teem at April 10, 2018 05:49 PM (eAMlh)

235 I come here because I learn.

I'm not kidding, I learn things from people here and that's my number one favorite thing to do. I don't learn well from a classroom or book, but I do from discussion and interaction with people. And I learn a lot from you people. It helps me sharpen my brain like the proverb says about iron sharpening iron. Even the clashes here I get something out of.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 05:49 PM (39g3+)

236 Zuckerberg was "smart" enough to grasp the average human's herd instinct and "pack behavior."

Posted by: zombie at April 10, 2018 05:39 PM (42M22)

It was a ripoff of Myspace, there's nothing smart about it.

Posted by: this is racist at April 10, 2018 05:49 PM (FDQF8)

237 He/She is like Schrodinger's Cat. Lift up the fur, you never know what you'll see.


Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at April 10, 2018 05:44 PM (Dp6qK)


It's not so much what you see, as what you smell.

Old hobos rotting in the sun, and valu-rite vodka, and flea collars.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2018 05:49 PM (7UW64)

238 I stopped that pretty soon after. That's one case where I realized that the stress and angst of the subject just wasn't worth it for a big, active comment thread.

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:41 PM (8rNrN)

-----------------

Well that just seems dumb, but you are a guy so that is exactly what I would expect.

JK

Posted by: Lily-Twins -(please don't play like a bunch of wimmin this year) Fan Assassin in the Night, Not a Ru at April 10, 2018 05:49 PM (vivhj)

239 223 Wymyns Suffrage. Discuss?
Posted by: Jeff SezZzions at April 10, 2018 05:48 PM (Tyii7)


"Wham! Bam! Thank you, ma'am!"

- - David Bowie, 1972

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 10, 2018 05:50 PM (VM6ev)

240 I was strictly an ONT kinda person, right up until I got a government job.

Now I'm a daywalker, too.

There are some days that this is the only thing that keeps me awake during working hours.

This, and knitting, and I can do both at once now. Not sure that's the sort of skill one puts on a resume, but there you are.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2018 05:51 PM (7UW64)

241 >>> Once I learned about the dopamine fix in brain being a real thing, I started looking for apps that used that concept in a positive way.


a useful, um, use of this is the gamification of learning or work. Turn learning into a game with points and power-ups and maybe some randomness and you can put the addictive effect to work for you.

I used to read a lot about game-ifying work and learning, but it hasn't really been well done except in a few scattered cases. I think mathematicians solved a very manhour-intensive problem by dividing the problem up into a thousand pieces which could be solved by game-like play among many users.

And I think Duolingo uses some game-like features to promote language learning (with some minor success -- I think it's helpful, but I think there needs to be more of it, or maybe there's just a limit to how helpful it can be).

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:51 PM (8rNrN)

242 I'm not kidding, I learn things from people here and that's my number one favorite thing to do. I don't learn well from a classroom or book, but I do from discussion and interaction with people. And I learn a lot from you people. It helps me sharpen my brain like the proverb says about iron sharpening iron. Even the clashes here I get something out of.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 05:49 PM (39g3+

You're right. I'm continually amazed by the knowledge of the horde. I constantly think, how do you guys remember this stuff.

Posted by: CaliGirl at April 10, 2018 05:51 PM (2DYau)

243 I miss the lack of our lesser trolls. Those were fun. Like cat toys.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 10, 2018 05:51 PM (ptqGC)

244
Looking back on it, Facebook was sort of like baseball cards. It was all about having the biggest collection, in this case people.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 10, 2018 05:51 PM (VM6ev)

245 I've never done facebook and i have my usual alias on Twitter. I did have a fake fakebook account, but eventually that upset them. They said I had to be 'real.' No chance.

Zero interest in people "finding me." Ugh. People pay too much attention to me as it is.

Posted by: dagny at April 10, 2018 05:52 PM (CAKgV)

246 Like me!

Posted by: ¡Jeb! at April 10, 2018 05:52 PM (wPiJc)

247 205 I come here for the cortisol.

I come for the smart military blogging and bewbie pics. The ones Fen posted though were some kind of bird so I am a little down on the bewb pics.

Posted by: Minnfidel at April 10, 2018 05:52 PM (kTQeF)

248 "If it is addicting and they knew it, or they discovered it was addicting and they kept it secret, or they have intentionally made it more addicting, or all of the above, then how are they different from the cigarette companies?

By leftist standards they should have a nasty surgeon general's warning and be shamed for existing.
Posted by: JJTownsend1977 at April 10, 2018 05:33 PM (slu6h)"

----------

All we have to do is compare Zuckerberg to a ganja pusher and Sessions will be all over him.

Posted by: Decaf at April 10, 2018 05:52 PM (/3+Sg)

249 My favorite Ace posts are the ones where he thinks through an issue and breaks it apart. He'll do what I try to, where I find a story or event that makes the issue come to life for people or illustrates it in a fresh way to people at the time, and then pulls it apart to see why things work that way. Some incredibly insightful, thoughtful things come from his writing when he does that.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 05:52 PM (39g3+)

250 At some point societies decided certain non-obvious things were bad, and banned them--alcohol, drugs, gambling,...

I wonder if social media will be added to that list.

(notice what they all have in common.)

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 10, 2018 05:52 PM (LWu6U)

251 So do FB and other online forums contribute to the economy or harm the economy through reduced productive activity?

Posted by: Northernlurker-Teem at April 10, 2018 05:52 PM (eAMlh)

252 You're right. I'm continually amazed by the knowledge of the horde. I constantly think, how do you guys remember this stuff.

Posted by: CaliGirl at April 10, 2018 05:51 PM (2DYau)


Embrace the power of the horde-source.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2018 05:52 PM (7UW64)

253 244. Collection of people? You mean like in a crawlspace?

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine at April 10, 2018 05:53 PM (fA1SL)

254 222 WTF???? The city of Austinistan is trying to pass an ordinance requiring everyone to have insect screens on their windows AND doors. Seriously! Most people have screens on windows but almost no one has one on their doors. This is a perfect example of government over reach. They have a deceptively worded survey for public input before voting. The wording of the ordinance has no exceptions for air conditioned spaces even though they are verbally saying there probably will be one. I don't care if I have air conditioning or not. You can't tell people they have to have screened windows and doors on their own homes. There is NOT a public health issue. Screened homes won't prevent zika or malaria. They might as well ban people from being outside if bugs are present...that is 365 days a year around here.


Just take away the bugs AR-15's.

a two-fer.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 10, 2018 05:53 PM (UsCnO)

255 240 I was strictly an ONT kinda person, right up until I got a government job.

Now I'm a daywalker, too.

There are some days that this is the only thing that keeps me awake during working hours.

This, and knitting, and I can do both at once now. Not sure that's the sort of skill one puts on a resume, but there you are.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2018 05:51 PM (7UW64)



Me too. How many of us wound up in the "Civil Cervix"?

Posted by: Curmudgeon at April 10, 2018 05:53 PM (ujg0T)

256 It also helps ensure I don't get unduly productive.
Posted by: Northernlurker-Teem at April 10, 2018 05:49 PM (eAMlh)

I chuckled because I'm supposed to be working right now on a thing that needs to be done fairly soon.

And yet...

Posted by: Pug Mahon in the Upside Down at April 10, 2018 05:53 PM (xPJvm)

257 Will this hearing result in new legislation to regulate the internet? What will it do; demand that 'platforms' must carry a diversity of points of view? Or that public forums must suppress hate speech and points of view that are offensive?

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at April 10, 2018 05:53 PM (roQNm)

258 "Looking back on it, Facebook was sort of like baseball cards. It was all about having the biggest collection, in this case people."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton
--------------------------
If that's the case, Mark's collection is about to lose its mint status.

Posted by: Delaforce and his bitten tongue at April 10, 2018 05:53 PM (eVIA2)

259 Aaaand Bret Baier is back. Here we go: Trump, Cohen, Mueller. Oh, and that little Syria thing.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 10, 2018 05:53 PM (ptqGC)

260 Once this is over today, Zuck will fly in his private jet back to his walled compound in Hawaii, hop on his big wheel and peddle furiously around the driveway muttering, I*ll show them who*s boss! Over and over.

Posted by: Archer at April 10, 2018 05:53 PM (gbWkA)

261 >>>I come here because I learn.

I'm not kidding, I learn things from people here and that's my number one favorite thing to do. I don't learn well from a classroom or book, but I do from discussion and interaction with people. And I learn a lot from you people. It helps me sharpen my brain like the proverb says about iron sharpening iron. Even the clashes here I get something out of.

...

interesting. I've been thinking a lot about this lately. I'm thinking about spinning off a site based on the notion that people crave learning a lot more than they might think they do and might really enjoy a site with a bunch of folders and topics and a community that's also into learning.

I thought of this watching Jordan Peterson's explosive rise -- even tho I am only barely interested in his subject matter expertise (clinical psychiatry, Jungian archetypes, etc.), I do kind of get into learning a little bit about these things. Which in turn makes me want to listen to his other claims.

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:53 PM (8rNrN)

262
I like the Obama TV show thread. And the Mad Libs one we did a few years ago should have been introduced as evidence at this hearing.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 10, 2018 05:53 PM (VM6ev)

263 I come for the smart military blogging and bewbie pics. The ones Fen posted though were some kind of bird so I am a little down on the bewb pics.

Posted by: Minnfidel at April 10, 2018 05:52 PM (kTQeF)

Pretty sure that blue-footed booby pics started with Heather Radish. Wonder where she's got off to.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2018 05:54 PM (7UW64)

264 I've only caught a few moments of the hearing, but Zuckerberg sounds, intentionally or not, clueless. He's bowing and groveling before the court with hopeful deference, but it makes him look wholly unprepared. IOW he appears to lack gravitas and leadership. So much is what he is going to do (with helpful suggestions from Congress, naturally) and not how horribly FaceBook has failed and mislead pretty much everyone other than by the default disclosure that people read Facebook's user agreement.

Today was a very bad look for Facebook.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at April 10, 2018 05:54 PM (H8S+R)

265 249. True. I enjoy those as well.

But...

Angry ace is best ace.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine at April 10, 2018 05:54 PM (fA1SL)

266 189 My dick is 6'2

Posted by: Under Fire

one thing I STOPPED doing was posting anything along the lines of Battle of the Sexes. Anything that would get men and women feuding at each other.

Posted by: ace


Tonight's Debate:

Which Is Bigger: Giant Clits or Tiny Dicks?

Posted by: zombie at April 10, 2018 05:54 PM (42M22)

267 I'm a little disappointed that Zuck didn't up-talk during his testimony. 90 percent of his end users up-talk.

Posted by: Under Fire at April 10, 2018 05:54 PM (r9UYA)

268 AOSHQ keeps its morons in a valu-rite spiked feedback loop.

Posted by: torabora at April 10, 2018 05:54 PM (K0z2U)

269 Nutsell view.

*laughs like an 8 year old boy*
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 10, 2018 05:43 PM (r+sAi)


Bwahahahaha hahaha

I love when people make mistakes like that and almost always have to scroll up to find out who.

This time it was me! Which made it even funnier to me. Thanks for catching. Auto cucumber seems selective in corrections.

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at April 10, 2018 05:54 PM (EoZOL)

270 Manafort's bail is 9 MILLION?

WTF.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at April 10, 2018 05:55 PM (Dn4Uq)

271 258 "Looking back on it, Facebook was sort of like baseball cards. It was all about having the biggest collection, in this case people."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton
--------------------------
If that's the case, Mark's collection is about to lose its mint status.
Posted by: Delaforce and his bitten tongue at April 10, 2018 05:53 PM (eVIA2)


Honestly, at first it was fun to reconnect with people I hadn't heard from in years. And then came Bush, and then SCOAMF and then the fun stopped, to put it VERY mildly.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 10, 2018 05:55 PM (VM6ev)

272 Why didn't they straight up ask what the in kind value of Facebook support to Obama was

Posted by: Jean at April 10, 2018 05:55 PM (is8Cu)

273 Collection of people? You mean like in a crawlspace?

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine at April 10, 2018 05:53 PM (fA1SL)

Like a binder

Posted by: this is racist at April 10, 2018 05:55 PM (FDQF8)

274 I*ll show them who*s boss! Over and over.

Posted by: Archer at April 10, 2018 05:53 PM (gbWkA)


LOL!!

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2018 05:56 PM (7UW64)

275 zombie, have you read Moira Greyland's book The Last Closet?
Some of the background (growing up in Berkeley) reminded me of some of your stories.

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at April 10, 2018 05:56 PM (hMwEB)

276 257 Will this hearing result in new legislation to regulate the internet? What will it do; demand that 'platforms' must carry a diversity of points of view? Or that public forums must suppress hate speech and points of view that are offensive?

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at April 10, 2018 05:53 PM (roQNm)



The Commiecrats will demand the latter, but honestly, I am not sure about the former either.

If we don't like their forum, let us have one of our own.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at April 10, 2018 05:56 PM (ujg0T)

277 I like that ace, with his laziness, antique comment section, tip jar button, and COBs who post "first!", has half the traffic of Hotair and their Facebook using 50-200 paid Salem staff.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at April 10, 2018 05:56 PM (ks6bw)

278 Blumenthal has always reminded me of senator geary/godfather II

Posted by: concrete girl at April 10, 2018 05:56 PM (h9wAA)

279 /sock

Posted by: Muldoon at April 10, 2018 05:56 PM (wPiJc)

280 Once I learned about the dopamine fix in brain being a real thing, I started looking for apps that used that concept in a positive way.

I'm working on ways to use that in a role playing game setting, to make it exciting and rewarding for players, although many of them are not the kind that respond well to the usual stimuli.

Gaming is mostly cerebral using the imagination which most modern people (particularly younger people) have virtually no experience exercising and are quickly bored by. Where are the pictures? Where is the music? What do I do with these dice? The computer is supposed to handle all that! I want a mod that puts boob jiggle into the game!

Another problem is that people really like multimedia, basically crayons and construction paper for people allegedly grown up. And again a typical RPG does not offer any of that.

So the idea is to find ways to ding people with little rewards to work toward that make them happy and want to go back to it, to make it fun for them. Achievements in games are all about that: they do nothing for you, but people love them because they feel as if its an accomplishment.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 05:56 PM (39g3+)

281 Intelligent and perceptive comments interspersed with boob jokes-I'm sure there's an algorithm involved.

Posted by: Northernlurker-Teem at April 10, 2018 05:56 PM (eAMlh)

282 266
Which Is Bigger: Giant Clits or Tiny Dicks?
Posted by: zombie at April 10, 2018 05:54 PM (42M22)


I saw Giant Clits open for Tiny Dicks at Show World Center on 8th Avenue and 42nd Street in '82. 25 cents every 2 minutes...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 10, 2018 05:56 PM (VM6ev)

283 270 Manafort's bail is 9 MILLION?

WTF.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at April 10, 2018 05:55 PM (Dn4Uq)

Isn't there a constitutional prohibition against excessive bail?

Posted by: josephistan at April 10, 2018 05:57 PM (ANIFC)

284 Once this is over today, Zuck will fly in his private jet back to his walled compound in Hawaii, hop on his big wheel and peddle furiously around the driveway muttering, I*ll show them who*s boss! Over and over.
Posted by: Archer at April 10, 2018 05:53 PM (gbWkA)


Run for for office in CA and win.

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at April 10, 2018 05:57 PM (EoZOL)

285 243 I miss the lack of our lesser trolls. Those were fun. Like cat toys.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 10, 2018 05:51 PM (ptqGC)


That's a good point. If Trump is in so much trouble, they should be coming out of the woodwork to gloat. But they have been strangely silent today.

Posted by: rickl at April 10, 2018 05:57 PM (sdi6R)

286 Someone here locally is in trouble because he went into a school and had a gun in his car.

Wtf?

Oh and he a couple of magazines when he went inside the school. Gun was in the car.

HE HAD BULLETS IN HIS POCKETS!!!

So, what was he going to do? Load his hand and shoot someone? Or throw bullets at someone?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 10, 2018 05:58 PM (4ErVI)

287 I can't believe no one had done that after ace set it up.
Posted by: buzzion at April 10, 2018 05:40 PM (lKs2v)
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Well, sure, as a dead guy you can afford to do that.

Posted by: bluebell at April 10, 2018 05:58 PM (oMtOd)

288 Isn't there a constitutional prohibition against excessive bail?

-

Right after the 4th Amendment and before the bit about abortion.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at April 10, 2018 05:58 PM (ks6bw)

289 Once this is over today, Zuck will fly in his private jet back to his walled compound in Hawaii, hop on his big wheel and peddle furiously around the driveway muttering, I*ll show them who*s boss! Over and over.
Posted by: Archer at April 10, 2018 05:53 PM (gbWkA)


Isn't this really the story of Trelayne?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 10, 2018 05:58 PM (VM6ev)

290
My 4th grade kids class use a game called Prodigy for math that the teacher can keep track of (just get minor grade credit), but it uses the points for solving dopinator. It really only works for the smarter kids vying for the top spot though.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 10, 2018 05:58 PM (r+sAi)

291 >>>Looking back on it, Facebook was sort of like baseball cards. It was all about having the biggest collection, in this case people."


a major early draw of blogging was the "Leveling Up"/Experience Points sort of feedback, where your'd gain "XPs" for each reader, and where you'd "Level Up" by moving up the ranks of that site (something about a Bear?) that ranked blogs as far as hits.

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:58 PM (8rNrN)

292 Faceplant is a means other than the education system to poison the minds of the young and impressionable.

Posted by: I'm Tucker Carlson and I will destroy you at April 10, 2018 05:58 PM (VNjzB)

293 Time for another look at MySpace?

Posted by: Muldoon at April 10, 2018 05:58 PM (wPiJc)

294 I live to learn. I read books no one else reads (according to my friends) watch old decrepit documentaries, read my kids' text books, like talking to people with great specific knowledge.


We have a friend whose dad is a founder of a college in California. He loves to talk and be prompted to lecture. I swear she invites me every year to her Christmas open house so I will stand transfixed while her dad talks philosophy, religion, history for hours. I love it.

I like learning just to learn. I even take random courses just to learn more.

Posted by: dagny at April 10, 2018 05:59 PM (CAKgV)

295 Obama TV show thread is a classic.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 10, 2018 05:59 PM (89T5c)

296
Pretty sure that blue-footed booby pics started with Heather Radish. Wonder where she's got off to.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2018 05:54 PM (7UW64)


I believe she is living in Europe now

Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at April 10, 2018 05:59 PM (lKyWE)

297 Sessions should be standing on the back of a fucking garbage truck. Useless puddle of goose shit. Trump should have hired Judge Judy. At least she would be awake once in awhile.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at April 10, 2018 05:59 PM (KP5rU)

298 They can't quite get to Trump so they are making it "dangerous" to be round or work for him instead...

Posted by: lin-duh at April 10, 2018 05:59 PM (kufk0)

299 miss the lack of our lesser trolls. Those were fun. Like cat toys.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 10, 2018 05:51 PM (ptqGC)

That's a good point. If Trump is in so much trouble, they should be coming out of the woodwork to gloat. But they have been strangely silent today.
Posted by: rickl at April 10, 2018 05:57 PM (sdi6R)

If you write troll three times doesn't one appear?

Posted by: Northernlurker-Teem at April 10, 2018 05:59 PM (eAMlh)

300 Manafort's bail is 9 MILLION?

That's more about making him stay in jail and be miserable than any flight risk.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 05:59 PM (39g3+)

301 Someone here locally is in trouble because he went into a school and had a gun in his car.

Wtf?

Oh and he a couple of magazines when he went inside the school. Gun was in the car.

HE HAD BULLETS IN HIS POCKETS!!!

So, what was he going to do? Load his hand and shoot someone? Or throw bullets at someone?
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis

How did they find out

Posted by: Jean at April 10, 2018 05:59 PM (is8Cu)

302 241 >>> Once I learned about the dopamine fix in brain being a real thing, I started looking for apps that used that concept in a positive way.


a useful, um, use of this is the gamification of learning or work. Turn learning into a game with points and power-ups and maybe some randomness and you can put the addictive effect to work for you.

I used to read a lot about game-ifying work and learning, but it hasn't really been well done except in a few scattered cases. I think mathematicians solved a very manhour-intensive problem by dividing the problem up into a thousand pieces which could be solved by game-like play among many users.

And I think Duolingo uses some game-like features to promote language learning (with some minor success -- I think it's helpful, but I think there needs to be more of it, or maybe there's just a limit to how helpful it can be).

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:51 PM (8rNrN)



It probably only has limited use. Like eventually your brain figures out that what you are doing is work even if it is "fun." Heck games themselves can get like that where you're having a good time playing them and then suddenly it becomes almost a chore to play it and trying to get that next big unlock or achievement. I've listened to people talking about getting the Platinum trophy on some games on Playstation and its very obvious that it is a chore to achieve that sometimes. It's no longer fun, you're just trying to get that last thing.

Posted by: buzzion at April 10, 2018 05:59 PM (lKs2v)

303 >>>272 Why didn't they straight up ask what the in kind value of Facebook support to Obama was

I predicted that, but it really wasn't a prediction. It was me giving a pessimistic, cynical take.

But it turns out -- they really didn't fucking ask.

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:59 PM (8rNrN)

304 So, what was he going to do? Load his hand and shoot someone? Or throw bullets at someone?


******


Careful kid, you'll put yer eye out!

Posted by: Muldoon at April 10, 2018 06:00 PM (wPiJc)

305 Are we all now threats to the community?

Posted by: Under Fire at April 10, 2018 06:00 PM (r9UYA)

306 Wonder where she's got off to.

Literally Germany.

Posted by: DaveA at April 10, 2018 06:00 PM (FhXTo)

307 Isn't there a constitutional prohibition against excessive bail?
Posted by: josephistan


In days of old, yes.
In the new banana republic, no.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 10, 2018 06:00 PM (ctGui)

308 My 4th grade kids class use a game called Prodigy for math

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 10, 2018 05:58 PM (r+sAi)

You should check out Frog Fractions (free online), its wonderful

Posted by: this is racist at April 10, 2018 06:01 PM (FDQF8)

309 So the idea is to find ways to ding people with little rewards to work toward that make them happy and want to go back to it, to make it fun for them. Achievements in games are all about that: they do nothing for you, but people love them because they feel as if its an accomplishment.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 05:56 PM (39g3+)


Exactly. So if you can tie that into a behavior or goal, it is a real reward. Or to something people care about. Those are the 3 I'm trying out and it has made a difference, which is why it is humbling. Because my brain responds positively to it and it has given me more success. I've decided to say, hey, I did not create my brain, it is how it is wired. So I just need to leverage it correctly. And if a game will improve my behaviors or goals, then why would I shun that...except for that ego thing.

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at April 10, 2018 06:01 PM (EoZOL)

310 I try and limit all mental function in an effort to preserve as many remaining brain cells as possible.

Posted by: Weasel at April 10, 2018 06:01 PM (MVjcR)

311 Chubbles' Bike Barn worked the same way. 'Swhy some of us later mused on whether the whole blog was a psych experiment.

Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at April 10, 2018 06:01 PM (L1Q4G)

312 They can't quite get to Trump so they are making it "dangerous" to be round or work for him instead...

-

I've decided they're sending a message to any future candidates that aren't part of their club.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at April 10, 2018 06:01 PM (ks6bw)

313 Why would having "friends" on an app be a thing? Rather adolescent.

Posted by: dagny at April 10, 2018 06:01 PM (CAKgV)

314

295 Obama TV show thread is a classic.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 10, 2018 05:59 PM (89T5c)


Ace:

How about a book with the" best of" posts?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 10, 2018 06:02 PM (VM6ev)

315 I am so glad Senator Ted Cruz is my Senator.
Called yesterday and left a message regarding Diamond and Silk and all the silencing of conservative voices etc etc
Feel like our voices were heard by him.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 10, 2018 06:02 PM (lL180)

316 If Trump is in so much trouble, they should be coming out of the woodwork to gloat. But they have been strangely silent today.

This is true... normally we'd have a bunch in here doing the concerned conservative schtick or the "IN YOUR FACE" gloating. I'm not really seeing either one, anywhere. Just a few half-hearted attempts. I think they know deep down this is nothing that will harm Trump.

a major early draw of blogging was the "Leveling Up"/Experience Points sort of feedback, where your'd gain "XPs" for each reader, and where you'd "Level Up" by moving up the ranks of that site (something about a Bear?) that ranked blogs as far as hits.

I remember that. I remember feeling better about my audience when I saw how few blogs made it to my readership level. I can't remember the name either but a bear was in it somewhere, I'm sure.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 06:02 PM (39g3+)

317 >>>It probably only has limited use. Like eventually your brain figures out that what you are doing is work even if it is "fun."

exactly. At first I liked it and it spurred me along but then it was pretty easy to see this was work just-barely dressed up as FUN!

Maybe if they actually attached a genuine game to it, a real game, and the points you acquired in learning let you gear up your character (or car, etc.) in the attached game...?

How do we channel the sex drive into learning/work? That could bear fruit.

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 06:02 PM (8rNrN)

318 Isn't this really the story of Trelayne?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 10, 2018 05:58 PM (VM6ev)


That*s Squire Trelayne to you!

Posted by: Archer at April 10, 2018 06:02 PM (gbWkA)

319 282 266
Which Is Bigger: Giant Clits or Tiny Dicks?
Posted by: zombie

I saw Giant Clits open for Tiny Dicks at Show World Center on 8th Avenue and 42nd Street in '82. 25 cents every 2 minutes...
Posted by: J.J. Sefton


But seriously, part of the "cuck" movement (the actual sexual subculture, not the political orientation) is men self-shaming by posting pictures of how small their dicks are. But simultaneously, in a different dank corner of the internet, there's a new fetish for pictures of female bodybuilders who take a lot of steroids and testosterone for muscle growth, and as a side-effect their clitorises start growing to ludicrous dimensions.

But when you place to two porn genres side by side, you begin to realize: Hey, we're just about reaching true equality of the sexes here, because there really isn't that much size differential between the dinky-dick cuck brigade and the hormonal gigantism of the muscle-bound she-men.

Posted by: zombie at April 10, 2018 06:02 PM (42M22)

320 Pretty sure that blue-footed booby pics started with Heather Radish. Wonder where she's got off to.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2018 05:54 PM (7UW64)


I believe she is living in Europe now
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic


Germany, iirc.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 10, 2018 06:02 PM (ctGui)

321 Definitely watch The Social Network if you want to understand Zuckerburg

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at April 10, 2018 06:03 PM (rnXGe)

322 Cruz Grills Mark Zuckerberg On Whether FaceBook is a "Neutral Public Forum"




It's as neutral as the MFM

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 10, 2018 06:03 PM (SiINZ)

323 295 Obama TV show thread is a classic.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 10, 2018 05:59 PM (89T5c)

I don't recall that one.

I do remember a thread that asked people to post the dumbest thing they've ever heard personally from a liberal. That was hilarious.

Best comment I ever read came from Dr. Spank. I think it was on an ONT where one of the stories was about a nightclub fire in Russia that killed lots of people. They were having a big party for the 10th anniversary of the club's opening and there was a video included where they're dancing and then the fire breaks out.

Spank says No way that looks like 8th or 9th anniversary dancing at best.

I laughed so hard I had to wipe my face. Couldn't stop laughing. Even now years later it'll still pop into my head from time to time and I always laugh out loud.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 10, 2018 06:04 PM (4ErVI)

324
My favorite threads are the quick meme threads where people go free form.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 10, 2018 06:04 PM (r+sAi)

325 >>>
Ace:

How about a book with the" best of" posts?

I don't think they're good enough for a book.

I had an idea of how to knit some of those posts into an actual book with a comedic narrative but I didn't do anything with it except come up with a basic premise and a few gags.

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 06:04 PM (8rNrN)

326 Remember the flying squid thread? Ace was full of information about various forms of weasels.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 10, 2018 06:04 PM (ptqGC)

327 You should check out Frog Fractions (free online), its wonderful

-

Whatever you do, don't let any kids anywhere near frog fractions.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at April 10, 2018 06:04 PM (ks6bw)

328 The weird thing about Zuckerberg is that his name means "Sugar Mountain" in Yiddish.

Posted by: zombie at April 10, 2018 06:04 PM (42M22)

329 It probably only has limited use. Like eventually your brain figures out that what you are doing is work even if it is "fun."

After a while it starts to feel like manipulation, instead of entertainment. Some people like me have a much shorter time span before that kicks in.

I do like to achieve goals, because it feels as if I'm not a worthless lump of crap lying in bed hours every day to get something done, something I can point to, even if its in a game. but its not about feeling better, its about feeling as if I'm not entirely a waste of meat.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 06:04 PM (39g3+)

330 319. And stuff like this is why WHAT WE ALL KNOW IS COMING is gonna be ugly. Lotta degeneracy needs to be cleansed.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine at April 10, 2018 06:04 PM (fA1SL)

331 How about a book with the" best of" posts?


********


Peruvia!


'Cause I got a dopamine fix when Ace h.t.'ed me for coining the word.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 10, 2018 06:05 PM (wPiJc)

332 interesting. I've been thinking a lot about this lately. I'm thinking about spinning off a site based on the notion that people crave learning a lot more than they might think they do and might really enjoy a site with a bunch of folders and topics and a community that's also into learning.

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 05:53 PM (8rNrN)
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I like this idea, ace. Remember when you would occasionally do those sort of open threads on weather terms, and things like that? Those were fun.

Posted by: bluebell at April 10, 2018 06:05 PM (oMtOd)

333 You should check out Frog Fractions (free online), its wonderful
Posted by: this is racist


If the 1st Div Gendarmes throw down their weapons and run away, how many rifles hit the ground?

Show your work.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 10, 2018 06:05 PM (ctGui)

334 How do we channel the sex drive into learning/work? That could bear fruit.

Posted by: ace

Move from farm in Belarus, to apartment in Milan .... if you're smoking hot

Posted by: Jean at April 10, 2018 06:05 PM (is8Cu)

335 >>>
I like this idea, ace. Remember when you would occasionally do those sort of open threads on weather terms, and things like that? Those were fun.

oh yeah. I should do one of those. But I can't think of fresh categories of words.

Maybe old-timey terms...?

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 06:06 PM (8rNrN)

336 I've listened to people talking about getting the Platinum trophy on some games on Playstation and its very obvious that it is a chore to achieve that sometimes. It's no longer fun, you're just trying to get that last thing.
Posted by: buzzion at April 10, 2018 05:59 PM (lKs2v)


I know, and it is fascinating. That people are willing to work that hard for a virtual trophy even when it is no longer enjoyable. It shows how the brain is over-riding the mind. That is something that can be harnessed in either a positive or negative way for humanity.

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at April 10, 2018 06:06 PM (EoZOL)

337 I remember the book club threads.

*whistles and strolls away*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 10, 2018 06:06 PM (ptqGC)

338 >>But it turns out -- they really didn't fucking ask.

The House will get their shot tomorrow at 10 am.

We'll give you a recap.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 10, 2018 06:06 PM (/tuJf)

339 >>>The weird thing about Zuckerberg is that his name means "Sugar Mountain" in Yiddish.

German too.

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 06:06 PM (8rNrN)

340 >>I had an idea of how to knit some of those posts into an actual book with a comedic narrative but I didn't do anything with it except come up with a basic premise and a few gags.



Why did you put it on the shelf?


...or, floor. Whaatever.

Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2018 06:07 PM (YWCpg)

341 337 I remember the book club threads.

*whistles and strolls away*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 10, 2018 06:06 PM (ptqGC)

of books ace picked then didn't read

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at April 10, 2018 06:07 PM (hMwEB)

342 Maybe old-timey terms...?
Posted by: ace


That sounds finer than frog's hair.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 10, 2018 06:07 PM (ctGui)

343
Sucky said that Silicon Valley is a fairly left leaning place but he tries to root out that bias at his company. Anyone tell Sheryl Sandberg that?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 10, 2018 06:07 PM (SiINZ)

344 328 The weird thing about Zuckerberg is that his name means "Sugar Mountain" in Yiddish.
Posted by: zombie at April 10, 2018 06:04 PM (42M22)



....with the barkers and the colored balloons?

Posted by: Curmudgeon at April 10, 2018 06:08 PM (ujg0T)

345 oh yeah. I should do one of those. But I can't think of fresh categories of words.

Maybe old-timey terms...?
Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 06:06 PM (8rNrN)
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That would be the problem, coming up with the categories. Don't we have some resident geniuses here who could do that? Don't look at me; I was trying to think of some of the ones you did and all I could come up with was the weather terms one. Although I think you did one on word origins that was very interesting too.

Posted by: bluebell at April 10, 2018 06:08 PM (oMtOd)

346 How about a book with the" best of" posts?


Can that have chapters on the funniest posts in the funniest threads? Because that would be awesome-sauce. Yes, I used that word. Shutty.

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at April 10, 2018 06:08 PM (EoZOL)

347 Maybe someday ace will finally finish the Hound of the Baskervilles and he can choose another book.

Posted by: buzzion at April 10, 2018 06:08 PM (lKs2v)

348 This Facebook site is pure dopamine feedback loop b*llsh*it!! They need to die!

****

waits two seconds

****

When's the new AoS thread!

****

**Hits refresh button like a monkey on crack fifty times**

Posted by: Publius Redux at April 10, 2018 06:08 PM (Fb9aZ)

349 Is Paul Anka still among the living?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 10, 2018 06:08 PM (ptqGC)

350 Sucky said that Silicon Valley is a fairly left leaning place but he tries to root out that bias at his company.

So he promotes from within?

Posted by: tu3031 at April 10, 2018 06:08 PM (O5Q3r)

351 328 The weird thing about Zuckerberg is that his name means "Sugar Mountain" in Yiddish.
Posted by: zombie at April 10, 2018 06:04 PM (42M22)


Hmm. Now that you mention it, has anyone seen Mark Zuckerberg and Neil Young together?

Posted by: rickl at April 10, 2018 06:08 PM (sdi6R)

352 No, ace you have enough good content over the years to turn into a book but I'm not sure what the sales would be for something like that (I mean beyond the horde). Its not that you don't have amusing and discerning thoughts that are well presented, its that the market for that kind of book is pretty limited unless you get on Oprah or turn it into some spiritual category or diet.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 06:08 PM (39g3+)

353 Something like two other bloggers' various opinionations about what defined "hot" in women, and which women, then, were definitionally incapable of any hotness. -

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Yeah i hate when you jerks do that.

Posted by: willow at April 10, 2018 06:08 PM (eaoOY)

354 Hey, we're just about reaching true equality of the sexes here, because there really isn't that much size differential between the dinky-dick cuck brigade and the hormonal gigantism of the muscle-bound she-men.
Posted by: zombie

You need to get out of SF. You're toying with insanity.

Posted by: Jean at April 10, 2018 06:09 PM (is8Cu)

355 337 I remember the book club threads.

*whistles and strolls away*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 10, 2018 06:06 PM (ptqGC)

of books ace picked then didn't read
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at April 10, 2018 06:07 PM (hMwEB)


Hahahahaha

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at April 10, 2018 06:09 PM (EoZOL)

356 >>>

I know, and it is fascinating. That people are willing to work that hard for a virtual trophy even when it is no longer enjoyable. It shows how the brain is over-riding the mind. That is something that can be harnessed in either a positive or negative way for humanity.

just an anecdote: I had a friend who wanted to excel on Madden football and he actually fucking checked genuine football coaching manuals out of the library and actually read them and took notes and made himself, to the extent possible, a "coach," JUST TO BEAT A VIDEOGAME.

He has an interesting mind: He's always looking for ways to hack systems, and he's willing to do a lot of work in order to find a "shortcut" or cheat to success.

(It winds up not being a shortcut, but I think he thinks of it as such, and gets off on exploiting the system, even if his research into how to exploit the system winds up taking more time than just learning how to do things the "proper" way. Interesting psychology.)

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 06:09 PM (8rNrN)

357 339 >>>The weird thing about Zuckerberg is that his name means "Sugar Mountain" in Yiddish.

German too.

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 06:06 PM (8rNrN)


"Really."

- - Neil Young

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 10, 2018 06:09 PM (VM6ev)

358 Ace:

How about a book with the" best of" posts?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 10, 2018 06:02 PM (VM6ev)
............

One of my faves:
Performance artist gal who pushes paint and ink filled eggs out of her vagina.

Posted by: wth at April 10, 2018 06:09 PM (HgMAr)

359 HE HAD BULLETS IN HIS POCKETS!!!

So, what was he going to do? Load his hand and shoot someone? Or throw bullets at someone?
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 10, 2018 05:58 PM (4ErVI)

That's insane.

Posted by: CaliGirl at April 10, 2018 06:09 PM (2DYau)

360 Isn't Sugar Mountain a Neil Young song?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 10, 2018 06:10 PM (IqV8l)

361 DOPEamine. I rest my case.

*hits F5 like a crack monkey*

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 10, 2018 06:10 PM (o7tuA)

362 Yeah i hate when you jerks do that.

The problem is if you say something like "I like redheads," then every non-redheaded woman hears that as "I don't like you" and that's not what was said at all. I like em all, I just find redheads extra sweet like a second scoop of ice cream.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 06:10 PM (39g3+)

363 Paul Anka I'm sure is in the living, his career isn't but after the royalties who cares?

Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2018 06:10 PM (aC6Sd)

364 How about about wang words?

Posted by: f'd at April 10, 2018 06:10 PM (UdKB7)

365
'Cause I got a dopamine fix when Ace h.t.'ed me for coining the word.


And I got one when Ace retweeted a comment of mine once.

According to my calculations, I should still have 14:45 of fame left over.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at April 10, 2018 06:10 PM (GdWl+)

366 360 Yes

Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2018 06:10 PM (aC6Sd)

367 >>>AOSHQ keeps its morons in a valu-rite spiked feedback loop.<<<

Nothing feeds the dopamine receptors better than waterboarding hobos. With Mad Dog.

Posted by: Fritz at April 10, 2018 06:10 PM (bJ0w+)

368 er, ace, there's nothing nefarious about making a product that customers will like and want to continuously use.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 10, 2018 06:10 PM (F5+ro)

369 >>>We'll give you a recap.


Thanks, Commenter.

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 06:11 PM (8rNrN)

370 Cruz landed some punches too bad it's all meaningless

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 10, 2018 06:11 PM (SiINZ)

371 darn right Christopher.

i'm not much into redheads, i like swarthy tall guys.

(just helping the topic forment)

Posted by: willow at April 10, 2018 06:11 PM (eaoOY)

372 dagny: "Why would having 'friends' on an app be a thing? Rather adolescent."

I get the impression that the Horde is Kyle Broflofski. IOW, F**k Facebook and "friends". Don't want 'em. Never wanted to be sucked into Facebook.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at April 10, 2018 06:11 PM (H8S+R)

373 I told y'all about female athletes and fitness freaks injecting testosterone into their clits to make them swole af. Also they use pumps.

All I can look at is boobs. The deviants and degenerates completely ruined and rekted the vulva for me.

Posted by: Monk at April 10, 2018 06:11 PM (/xBTM)

374 339 >>>The weird thing about Zuckerberg is that his name means "Sugar Mountain" in Yiddish.

German too.

Posted by: ace


The question is: Did the names assigned to diaspora Jews living in Germanic lands appear before or after Yiddish evolved from Middle High German? I've always wondered about that. In other words, if a Jewish family is named "Schwartz," was that originally the German Schwartz, or the Yiddish Schwartz? Are Jewish/German names merely names given to Jews by their German neighbors in the Middle Ages, or names the Jews gave themselves?

Posted by: zombie at April 10, 2018 06:11 PM (42M22)

375 I like em all, I just find redheads extra sweet like a second scoop of ice cream.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 06:10 PM (39g3+)
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Oh sure, so the rest of us chicks are one-scoopers. Thanks, pal, thanks a lot.


Posted by: bluebell at April 10, 2018 06:11 PM (oMtOd)

376 362. Yep. See my #203, above.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine at April 10, 2018 06:12 PM (fA1SL)

377 I think I read recently that Paul Anka is going on tour. I don't know where to look up dates.

Posted by: rickl at April 10, 2018 06:12 PM (sdi6R)

378 i'm not much into redheads, i like swarthy tall guys.

Like hirsute or dusky?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 06:12 PM (39g3+)

379
How about about wang words?
Posted by: f'd


Wang worship word. You will not speak it.

Posted by: Cloud William at April 10, 2018 06:12 PM (IqV8l)

380
How do we channel the sex drive into learning/work? That could bear fruit.


I'd link the Billy Madison Veronica Vaughn studying scene if I had a clue how to do it

Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at April 10, 2018 06:12 PM (lKyWE)

381 Didn't Ace review "Fifty Shades of Grey?"

Or am I crazy for remembering something funny that didn't happen?

Posted by: RoyalOil at April 10, 2018 06:13 PM (AxcCh)

382 >>The deviants and degenerates completely ruined and rekted the vulva for me.


So. The teeth don't bother you?

Posted by: Debbie Wasserman Schultz at April 10, 2018 06:13 PM (YWCpg)

383 dagny i can see it might be easier to just write a post on facebook telling your friends, yeah i'm alive and well, kids are fine. Gotta go!

it would beat the heck out of the phone sitting on my shoulder for hours.

Posted by: willow at April 10, 2018 06:13 PM (eaoOY)

384
(just helping the topic forment)

Posted by: willow at April 10, 2018 06:11 PM (eaoOY)

Yeah, but in this place it ferments...

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 10, 2018 06:13 PM (o7tuA)

385 OT CRSPR In the sidebar brovides a level of hope for curing many genetic diseases. Faster Please... Praying Hard.

Posted by: USNtakim prfoundly deplorable russian bot! at April 10, 2018 06:13 PM (0OmEj)

386 Oh sure, so the rest of us chicks are one-scoopers. Thanks, pal, thanks a lot.

Yeah but its a scoop of pralines n' cream!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 06:13 PM (39g3+)

387 I listened to Kurt Schlichter on B. Cochran's podcast today, and he described getting his mic turned off on Don Lemon's show and basically being banned from CNN.

Hilarious. Lemon tried to shut him up about the Clintons, and Kurt was like, "I served in combat and I'm not going to let this little tool tell me to shut up."

LOVE, love, love him.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 10, 2018 06:13 PM (ptqGC)

388 Blofeldberg should have testified stroking a white kitty cat.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 10, 2018 06:13 PM (oVJmc)

389 380
How do we channel the sex drive into learning/work? That could bear fruit.


I'd link the Billy Madison Veronica Vaughn studying scene if I had a clue how to do it
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at April 10, 2018 06:12 PM (lKyWE)


https://youtu.be/XWM7q0BZm2Y

Posted by: buzzion at April 10, 2018 06:13 PM (lKs2v)

390 Christopher well i draw the line at gorillas

Posted by: willow at April 10, 2018 06:14 PM (eaoOY)

391 If Facebook is a collection of baseball cards, the Horde is Bob Uecker.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 10, 2018 06:14 PM (wPiJc)

392 381 Didn't Ace review "Fifty Shades of Grey?"

Or am I crazy for remembering something funny that didn't happen?
Posted by: RoyalOil at April 10, 2018 06:13 PM (AxcCh)



He once read a little bit of the book and mocked it I believe.


And he liveblogged watching the movie.

Posted by: buzzion at April 10, 2018 06:14 PM (lKs2v)

393 What was ours is ours again!

Posted by: Cloud William at April 10, 2018 06:14 PM (gbWkA)

394 That was easy:

http://paulanka.com/

Posted by: rickl at April 10, 2018 06:15 PM (sdi6R)

395 >>>368 er, ace, there's nothing nefarious about making a product that customers will like and want to continuously use.

drug makers agree.

I disagree that there's nothing wrong with it. There may be no need of some legislative measure, but there is a virtue in people knowing that they're being manipulated to waste their time and lives to put some money in a tech titan c*cks*ckers product.

Cigarettes shouldn't be illegal but people ought to know they're designed to be addictive and bad for your health.

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 06:15 PM (8rNrN)

396 391 If Facebook is a collection of baseball cards, the Horde is Bob Uecker.
Posted by: Muldoon


BUT WHO IS HONUS WAGNER???

Posted by: zombie at April 10, 2018 06:15 PM (42M22)

397 81 Didn't Ace review "Fifty Shades of Grey?"

Or am I crazy for remembering something funny that didn't happen?
Posted by: RoyalOil at April 10, 2018 06:13 PM (AxcCh)

I remember that too, now that you mention it I'm not sure it really happened either.

Posted by: CaliGirl at April 10, 2018 06:15 PM (2DYau)

398 Ace:

How about a book with the" best of" posts?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 10, 2018 06:02 PM (VM6ev)
............

One of my faves:
Performance artist gal who pushes paint and ink filled eggs out of her vagina.
Posted by: wth at April

Hah, I read that post and thought about nude chicks playing paintball.

Posted by: Jean at April 10, 2018 06:15 PM (is8Cu)

399 Bob, i you trying to throw me in the barrel with my formenting fermentious product?

Posted by: willow at April 10, 2018 06:15 PM (eaoOY)

400 If Facebook is a collection of baseball cards, the Horde is Bob Uecker.

Nuthin wrong with that. Uke's in the Hall of Fame.

Posted by: tu3031 at April 10, 2018 06:15 PM (O5Q3r)

401 397. Berenstain Bears. Mandela Effect.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine at April 10, 2018 06:16 PM (fA1SL)

402 forment sounds like a cross between torment and ferment.

Stewing a person in someone else's juices?

Posted by: Muldoon at April 10, 2018 06:16 PM (wPiJc)

403 If Facebook is a collection of baseball cards, the Horde is Bob Uecker.
Posted by: Muldoon at April 10, 2018 06:14 PM (wPiJc)
----------

Yogi Berra

Posted by: bluebell at April 10, 2018 06:16 PM (oMtOd)

404
Posted by: buzzion at April 10, 2018 06:13 PM (lKs2v)


Thanks

Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at April 10, 2018 06:16 PM (lKyWE)

405 Read fast, type fast. Try not to suck.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 10, 2018 06:16 PM (wPiJc)

406 I'm just here to see ace make the nood announcement.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at April 10, 2018 06:17 PM (ks6bw)

407 403 If Facebook is a collection of baseball cards, the Horde is Bob Uecker.
Posted by: Muldoon at April 10, 2018 06:14 PM (wPiJc)
----------

Yogi Berra
Posted by: bluebell at April 10, 2018 06:16 PM (oMtOd)

Joe Shablotnik

Posted by: Charlie Brown at April 10, 2018 06:17 PM (ANIFC)

408 Ben Sasse is sure willing to grand stand I see.

Posted by: thathalfrican - Stay Woke! - Leigon of Gloom founding memeber/too sweet at April 10, 2018 06:17 PM (IYHxL)

409 Muldoon, i agree.

Posted by: willow at April 10, 2018 06:17 PM (eaoOY)

410
Didn't Ace review "Fifty Shades of Grey?"

Or am I crazy for remembering something funny that didn't happen?
Posted by: RoyalOil


Do you remember when Nelson Mandela met the Berenstain Bears?

Posted by: Cloud William at April 10, 2018 06:17 PM (IqV8l)

411 Bullets in your pocket? More like a rocket in my pocket baby!

Posted by: Archer at April 10, 2018 06:17 PM (gbWkA)

412 One of the many things I found fascinating when I got here was the content provided for ONTs.

People would thank the COB. There might be some discussion on it, and then it was all comments that had nothing to do with the comtent.

I still find it rather hilarious. There has been ONT content where I would think a whole thread could be devoted. For instance, one time it was the top 100 comedy ratings. A surefire war thread of opinions. But...nothing.

It may be bcz they are "school nights" and many of us need to be sleeping for the next workday so can't get to it. Really, I think you could cull some of the ONT content for thread topics.

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at April 10, 2018 06:18 PM (EoZOL)

413 Did we hear the phrase "series of tubes" today?

Posted by: Mark1971 at April 10, 2018 06:18 PM (xPl2J)

414 fifty shades of gray post was funnay.

Posted by: willow at April 10, 2018 06:18 PM (eaoOY)

415
Stewing a person in someone else's juices?


AKA "Buffet Night" in the cannibal village.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at April 10, 2018 06:18 PM (GdWl+)

416 >>If Facebook is a collection of baseball cards, the Horde is Bob Uecker.
Posted by: Muldoon at April 10, 2018 06:14 PM (wPiJc)
----------

Yogi Berra
Posted by: bluebell at April 10, 2018 06:16 PM (oMtOd)

Joe Shablotnik


Dick Pole.

https://tinyurl.com/ybm6kw62

Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2018 06:19 PM (YWCpg)

417 I'm late but Ben Sassy...

Ben Sasse is looking for an adult to take away his dopamine.

Posted by: RioBravo at April 10, 2018 06:19 PM (giT7q)

418 Senator Cruz should have had Zuckerberg expand on what Facebook defined as being "unsafe to the community" and "terrorists." It is pretty apparent that Facebook is permitting Leftists to run wild while suppressing opposing political views.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 10, 2018 06:19 PM (5Yee7)

419 gumdrop, i like when maet got mad and would put one silly thing up, because of that.

he was fun, i'm sorry he burned out.

Posted by: willow at April 10, 2018 06:19 PM (eaoOY)

420 Its hard to paint yet keep up

Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2018 06:19 PM (aC6Sd)

421 >>>Performance artist gal who pushes paint and ink filled eggs out of her vagina.


i actually have a bookmark folder with just her name on it. Her name is "Moire" or something. She kept popping up in the news and she had nice (fake, I think) tits and anyway I started collecting her vids up in one place.

Can't find it now, though.

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 06:20 PM (8rNrN)

422 Cruz gets three minutes for the most important issue of our time. Great. I've never heard this man Zuckerberg utter a word in public. Now I see that he comes off as a poster boy for the banality of modern evil.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at April 10, 2018 06:20 PM (H8QX8)

423 419. I recall the Night of Longcat.....

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine at April 10, 2018 06:20 PM (fA1SL)

424 There have been a couple of hilarious porn movie title threads.

Posted by: Northernlurker-Teem at April 10, 2018 06:20 PM (eAMlh)

425 My baseball card is Chris Sabo from the Reds. You have to pay people to take it.

Didn't Ace review "Fifty Shades of Grey?"

How can you not remember all those elegant dinners??

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 06:21 PM (39g3+)

426 Can't find it now, though.

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 06:20 PM (8rNrN)
--------

Forgive me for saying this, but - good.

Posted by: bluebell at April 10, 2018 06:21 PM (oMtOd)

427 >Performance artist gal who pushes paint and ink filled eggs out of her vagina.


i actually have a bookmark folder with just her name on it. Her name is "Moire" or something. She kept popping up in the news and she had nice (fake, I think) tits and anyway I started collecting her vids up in one place.

Can't find it now, though.

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2018 06:20 PM (8rNrN)


The boys over in section 21 have those now Mr. Ace.

Posted by: Bob, NSA at April 10, 2018 06:22 PM (gbWkA)

428 did anyone in congress mention his attitude for those he wants to exploit?
the dumb motherfkrs thing?

Posted by: willow at April 10, 2018 06:22 PM (eaoOY)

429 423 419. I recall the Night of Longcat.....
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine at April 10, 2018 06:20 PM (fA1SL)

Dark times, but still good times

Posted by: Insomniac at April 10, 2018 06:22 PM (NWiLs)

430 I get the impression that the Horde is Kyle Broflofski


I do love Kyle Brofloski. South Park did that Zuckerberg episode. They also did an episode about games and in-app purchases, where you keep paying for the game over and over. I know there is a term.

They had the Devil saying how wrong that was. And that was a few years back I think.

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at April 10, 2018 06:22 PM (EoZOL)

431 >>Can't find it now, though.


It's OK. You missed Easter, anyway.

Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2018 06:22 PM (YWCpg)

432 The GOP abandons fiscal responsibility

Senate Republicans to Trump: For goodness' sake, don't cut spending

Amazingly, the GOP may be in trouble in November

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 10, 2018 06:22 PM (+y/Ru)

433 The real question is exactly what we can do about these shits. Regulation would simply be shooting ourselves. It would be merely handing over the "matter" to the kind of straight-arrow stand-up government employees we see at work in all our stories. It's unclear just how we'd got about "breaking them up", or what that would lead to.

Now, some kind of liability, allowing Diamond and Silk to own Zuck's house, or giving Prager a controlling share of their stock, that would work if we could find a way to do it.

Posted by: George LeS at April 10, 2018 06:22 PM (+TcCF)

434 Hmmm, I'm vehemently undecided on the whole deliberately-addictive thing. Especially when it's behavioral, not physical/chemical.


Mostly because - if people are to be regarded as people, with any agency and accountability ...... they sort of are responsible for what they do with their time.


On the "ripping society apart" thing, which is similar to stuff heard frequently - usually from shallow idiots like Obama - not so undecided there. It's ridiculous.


Society is not being ripped apart. It's being degraded, seriously, by several things, mostly a collapse of standards and mindsets, ethics. Toys/tools like "social media" are not the problem, they're not even *a* problem.


The most clueless and damaging people I know were exactly that way years before social media existed. For reasons having nothing to do, obviously, with social media.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 10, 2018 06:22 PM (Dhcvl)

435
Dick Pole.

https://tinyurl.com/ybm6kw62

Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2018 06:19 PM (YWCpg)



Pete LaCock

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 10, 2018 06:23 PM (SiINZ)

436 maybe you filed it under Moire.
or just tits

Posted by: willow at April 10, 2018 06:23 PM (eaoOY)

437 That's cute and all, but ultimately: so what? Is Facebook going to change behvior? No. So, nothing really achieved then.

Posted by: FaCubeItches at April 10, 2018 06:23 PM (rznWS)

438 What I don't like is those ads

'ettes show your boobs

that have what they call

ettes show your boobs

subliminal messages

ettes show your boobs

which is an underlying

ettes show your boobs

message or image repeated over and over

ettes show your boobs

and the person reading it repsonds

ettes show your boobs

like its hypnosis and the person reading it

ettes show your boobs

have no idea that they are being programmed

ettes show your boobs

to do something they would normally not do.

Those ads are really sick.










Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 10, 2018 06:23 PM (o7tuA)

439 429.

[No nostalgia stuff]

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine at April 10, 2018 06:23 PM (fA1SL)

440 The ultimate dopamine hit is not getting eaten by a grue.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 10, 2018 06:23 PM (wPiJc)

441 Longcat was the best, but many a early morning there were surprises.

Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2018 06:23 PM (aC6Sd)

442 There have been a couple of hilarious porn movie title threads.
Posted by: Northernlurker-Teem at April 10, 2018 06:20 PM (eAMlh)



I went crack monkey on one of those threads. Only time I made the Wall of Shame.

*hangs head in shame*
*secretly proud of one contribution and still giggles about it*

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at April 10, 2018 06:24 PM (EoZOL)

443 Bob, is that a real thing?

Posted by: willow at April 10, 2018 06:24 PM (eaoOY)

444 Woman beheads boyfriend.

https://ti.me/2GQLPYn

NTTAWWT

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 10, 2018 06:24 PM (+y/Ru)

445 422
Cruz gets three minutes for the most important issue of our time. Great.
I've never heard this man Zuckerberg utter a word in public. Now I see
that he comes off as a poster boy for the banality of modern evil.
Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at April 10, 2018 06:20 PM (H8QX

They made a movie about it: The Social Network.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at April 10, 2018 06:25 PM (rnXGe)

446 Like everything that is hugely popular, there will come a time when its just not popular any longer. Hula Hoops are a short term buzz, something that blasted on the scene then died. Television was a longer-term thing that generated genuine concern over its effects and mesmerizing power. People would just sit all day staring at that screen bathing in the cathode rays.

Books were written about the concerns, songs were sung, laws (fairness doctrine, for example) were passed. Sermons were preached. Now, people really don't watch all that much TV any more.

It comes and goes, over time. Eventually Facebook will be relegated to the same memory hole as AOL Chat.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 06:25 PM (39g3+)

447 Nice try, Cannibal Bob.

*adjusts tape over computer camera, just in case*

Posted by: bluebell at April 10, 2018 06:25 PM (oMtOd)

448 There are some things I do first thing in the morning that are important to how I start my day. I don't check out the HQ until I've finished.

Posted by: Northernlurker-Teem at April 10, 2018 06:25 PM (eAMlh)

449
Her name is "Moire" or something. She kept popping up in the news and she had nice (fake, I think) tits and anyway I started collecting her vids up in one place.


Milo Moire

Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at April 10, 2018 06:25 PM (lKyWE)

450 On the contrary Facebook is trying to become just a Leftist space, with government help they hope.

Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2018 06:25 PM (aC6Sd)

451
♮ The legend lives on from the Chippewa* on down
Of the big lake they call 'gitche gumee'
Superior, they said, never gives up her dead
When the gales of November come early ♮

* My ancestors, paleface.

Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at April 10, 2018 06:26 PM (LOgQ4)

452 Woman beheads boyfriend.

That's not what he meant when he said... never mind.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 06:26 PM (39g3+)

453 Ya know what we haven't had in a good, long time? An opportunity to witness a long-time poater slowly crawl toward the abyss of utter madness in real time. Maybe I'm a bad guy - I do enjoy Mister Metokur's work - but I always found those immensely entertaining.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine at April 10, 2018 06:26 PM (fA1SL)

454 >>Milo Moire


For the Syndicate!

Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2018 06:26 PM (YWCpg)

455 Odd little duck.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at April 10, 2018 06:27 PM (nQHw/)

456 I went crack monkey on one of those threads. Only time I made the Wall of Shame.

*hangs head in shame*
*secretly proud of one contribution and still giggles about it*

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at April 10, 2018 06:24 PM (EoZOL)

That may have been the week I made the WoS as well.

Posted by: Northernlurker-Teem at April 10, 2018 06:27 PM (eAMlh)

457 They made a movie about it: The Social Network.
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at April 10, 2018 06:25 PM (rnXGe)

By Aaron Sorkin. Enough said.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at April 10, 2018 06:27 PM (H8QX8)

458 435
Dick Pole.

https://tinyurl.com/ybm6kw62

Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2018 06:19 PM (YWCpg)



Pete LaCock
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 10, 2018 06:23 PM (SiINZ)


Johnny Dickshot
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/D/Pdickj102.htm

I don't know if he ever had a baseball card, though.

Posted by: rickl at April 10, 2018 06:27 PM (sdi6R)

459 450 On the contrary Facebook is trying to become just a Leftist space, with government help they hope.
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2018 06:25 PM (aC6Sd)

Zuckerberg has already approached and met with other governments - at least Germany IIRC - about controlling content.

BTW autocucumber tried to change Zuckerberg into "sucker beef" which I found amusing.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 10, 2018 06:28 PM (NWiLs)

460 lol
Los Angeles painting city streets white to combat climate change. $40,000 per mile and can last up to seven years.

Posted by: wth at April 10, 2018 06:28 PM (HgMAr)

461 435 Rusty Kuntz(real MLB player,look him up)

Posted by: steevy at April 10, 2018 06:28 PM (LiyEm)

462 Oh, Cannibal Bob, I guess hope springs eternal.

BTW, how's your twin, Bob at NSA? Is he getting better reception from my camera?

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2018 06:28 PM (7UW64)

463 Real name:Russell Kuntz

Posted by: steevy at April 10, 2018 06:28 PM (LiyEm)

464 Ben Sasse just ended questioning by asking, rather too briefly for my tastes, about whether FaceBook specifically makes its service a dopamine-spiking machine. A former FaceBook vice president said that FaceBook keeps audiences locked in via "dopamine-driven feedback loops."

That's retarded. The Farcebook people are a little too self-important and insane about the value and power of their application. It's a friggin forum with pictures and video. Big whoop.

"It literally is a point now where I think we have created tools that are ripping apart the social fabric of how society works. That is truly where we are," he said.

That's even more retarded. He probably would have said the same thing about the telephone ... and the telegraph before that, I figure.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 10, 2018 06:29 PM (8gDQu)

465 >>Los Angeles painting city streets white to combat climate change. $40,000 per mile and can last up to seven years.


Glare? What glare?

Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2018 06:29 PM (YWCpg)

466 419 gumdrop, i like when maet got mad and would put one silly thing up, because of that.

he was fun, i'm sorry he burned out.
Posted by: willow at April 10, 2018 06:19 PM (



rofl

That was before my time. I would have totally understood though.

It sounds like something I would do.

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at April 10, 2018 06:29 PM (EoZOL)

467 I don't know if he ever had a baseball card, though.


Posted by: rickl at April 10, 2018 06:27 PM (sdi6R)

Hell, even Bob Uecker had baseball cards.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2018 06:29 PM (7UW64)

468 168 I don't believe any of the so called "Tech Titians" ever bought an American muscle car when they had the bucks. The went right for the Fatherland's best, Porsche, BMW, Mercedes, Audi.

Well, if I had the money, I'd go for the Fatherland's best, too. 'Course my tastes run more along the lines of the Porsche Type 33 and the BMW 300.

Posted by: Anachronda at April 10, 2018 06:29 PM (v3pYe)

469 I hate to see people banned, when someone does go to the edge of the cliff I do wish they would just sign off.

Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2018 06:29 PM (aC6Sd)

470 Isn't it simple? Not easy, but simple. Either Farcebook is, or is not, a utility or a public accommodation or a common carrier. Fairly clear long-standing rules apply, depending on that status.


Unless there is a contractual obligation Farcebook violates with their censorship or favoritism, I don't see the issue. Unless, in turn, it is deemed a public accommodation or common carrier.


Posted by: rhomboid at April 10, 2018 06:29 PM (Dhcvl)

471 444 & 452.

Yeah.....while Florida might have the edge in terms of sheer volume of insanity, the Mountain State still beats all challengers for quality.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine at April 10, 2018 06:29 PM (fA1SL)

472 Speaking of baseball cards...

MORAL DILEMMA ALERT

A female relative of mine had a very sleazy criminal boyfriend who basically was a drug dealer and also a fence of stolen goods.

They were together for years -- decades, actually. Then, luckily, he died about three years ago, from complications from lifelong drug abuse. All his stuff passed into the possession of my relative, since the guy's family had gone no-contact with him long ago.

Unfortunately, my relative also just died earlier this year. And she didn't have many possessions, but what few she did have ended up being given to me, since nobody else wanted them.

Now here's where it gets interesting. Buried at the bottom of a box of her possessions was a cookie-tin which when opened revealed a collection of antique baseball cards. And I remembered that the now-dead boyfriend had once mentioned that he had received, as part of his stolen-goods fence business, some valuable baseball cards which he said he was hiding away as a sort of nest egg for a rainy day emergency.

But now those cards have fallen in my lap.

I know for absolute sure that these cards were stolen, probably during a house burglary, long ago. But I have no way to track the original owners.

I also know they're likely to vey very valuable. I haven't inspected them yet, but I'm pretty sure they're highly sought after.

What do I do? If I sell them, am I profiting from crime? If I throw them away, I'm just wasting money for no reason. If I advertise them try to find the original owner, every con artist within a hundred miles will come out of the woodwork claiming them as his.

Halp!

Posted by: zombie at April 10, 2018 06:30 PM (42M22)

473 Johnny Dickshot
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/D/Pdickj102.htm

I don't know if he ever had a baseball card, though.

Posted by: rickl at April 10, 2018 06:27 PM (sdi6R)



I never heard of Johnny before. I know Pole and LaCock were both on the Cubs. (No matter what I wrote just now it all had tons of innuendo.)

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 10, 2018 06:30 PM (SiINZ)

474 469 I hate to see people banned, when someone does go to the edge of the cliff I do wish they would just sign off.
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2018 06:29 PM (aC6Sd)

Me too.

Posted by: CaliGirl at April 10, 2018 06:30 PM (2DYau)

475 443
Bob, is that a real thing?

Posted by: willow at April 10, 2018 06:24 PM (eaoOY)

Well yes in theory. i had a friend who was one of the original 'madmen' and he developed I think the Smirnoff ad of a glass with iec and Smirnoff and not really visible was a naked girl in the ice. Men would be attracted to it blah blah blah. Manly yadda yadda and not know why. Or maybe he was just jerkin my chain, and we were always really drunk back then.... every night.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 10, 2018 06:30 PM (o7tuA)

476 The thing about Farcebook is that you can't stop people from being sheep. Farcebook is the land of the sheep. Nothing more, nothing less.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 10, 2018 06:30 PM (8gDQu)

477 >>I hate to see people banned, when someone does go to the edge of the cliff I do wish they would just sign off.


That kind of sentiment has allowed the Nutmegger Cabal to call the shots around here for far too long!

Posted by: Splitter at April 10, 2018 06:30 PM (YWCpg)

478 465 >>Los Angeles painting city streets white to combat climate change. $40,000 per mile and can last up to seven years.


Glare? What glare?


Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2018 06:29 PM (YWCpg)


So, um, reflecting all that sunlight back into the already overwarm atmosphere does... um.... exactly what? Virtue signaling into the stratosphere?

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2018 06:30 PM (7UW64)

479 How much money we don't have gets wasted on these bullshit hearings? Facebook gave Barack and Hillary everything they wanted and nobody said diddly. The same with all of these investigations. It's all a big waste of time and our tax money that politicians are all too anxious to spend. This shit just needs to burn.

Posted by: f'd at April 10, 2018 06:31 PM (UdKB7)

480 >Los Angeles painting city streets white to combat climate change. $40,000 per mile and can last up to seven years.



I worry that every day I read something this stupid a little more of my brain fries out.

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at April 10, 2018 06:31 PM (EoZOL)

481 275 zombie, have you read Moira Greyland's book The Last Closet?
Some of the background (growing up in Berkeley) reminded me of some of your stories.
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot


I'll check it out. Thx!

Posted by: zombie at April 10, 2018 06:31 PM (42M22)

482 Ya want nostalgia?

How about one the time Saturday morning a bunch of us planned Ace's wedding. Hilarious. And we did not get banned.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2018 06:31 PM (hyuyC)

483 So now one can go snow blind just by looking at the street in LA?

What genius!

Posted by: Archer at April 10, 2018 06:31 PM (gbWkA)

484 The sooner Leftifornia goes under the better for the rest of us so go ahead, paint every f'in street in the state for all I care.

Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2018 06:32 PM (aC6Sd)

485 What do I do? If I sell them, am I profiting from crime? If I throw them away, I'm just wasting money for no reason. If I advertise them try to find the original owner, every con artist within a hundred miles will come out of the woodwork claiming them as his.

Halp!
Posted by: zombie at April 10, 2018 06:30 PM (42M22)
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Wow, zombie! That's amazing. And a tough call.

Maybe you can donate them to a charity that could then auction them off (but you'd have to tell them the story)?

Posted by: bluebell at April 10, 2018 06:32 PM (oMtOd)

486 Los Angeles painting city streets white to combat climate change. $40,000 per mile and can last up to seven years.

With black lines? It would be like driving in a negative. Thanks to digital photography nobody will understand the reference.

Posted by: Northernlurker-Teem at April 10, 2018 06:32 PM (eAMlh)

487 By Aaron Sorkin. Enough said.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at April 10, 2018 06:27 PM (H8QX
So what? There are liberties with a few characters but the movie itself is a very accurate representation.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at April 10, 2018 06:32 PM (rnXGe)

488 Los Angeles painting city streets white to combat climate change. $40,000 per mile and can last up to seven years.

The perverts can't wait until they make all the sidewalks mirrors.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 10, 2018 06:32 PM (8gDQu)

489 Los Angeles painting city streets white to combat climate change. $40,000 per mile and can last up to seven years.


Sounds some city councilman's brother in law owns a painting company.

Posted by: tu3031 at April 10, 2018 06:32 PM (O5Q3r)

490 >I hate to see people banned, when someone does go to the edge of the cliff I do wish they would just sign off.


That kind of sentiment has allowed the Nutmegger Cabal to call the shots around here for far too long!
Posted by: Splitter at April 10, 2018 06:30 PM (YWCpg)


Ever since the Dunce Corner became a feature, I love people getting bamned just so I can see that picture! Yes, all about my happiness.

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at April 10, 2018 06:32 PM (EoZOL)

491 Wonderful Terrific Monds
Urban Shocker
Johnny Dickshot
Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish (went by "Cal")
Dickie Thon
Oil Can Boyd
Razor Shines
Boof Bonser
Shooty Babbitt
Ten Million
Milton Bradley
Cannonball Titcomb
Pickles Dilhoeffer
Napolean Lajoie
Stubby Clapp
Coco Crisp
Pussy Tebeau
Bud Weiser
Buttercup Dickerson
Boots Poffenberger
Granny Hamner
Pete LaCock
Snuffy Stirnweiss
The Only Nolan
Vinegar Bend Mizell
Possum Whitted
Blue Moon Odom

...all genuine names of actual baseball players in history

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 06:33 PM (39g3+)

492 354 Hey, we're just about reaching true equality of the sexes here, because there really isn't that much size differential between the dinky-dick cuck brigade and the hormonal gigantism of the muscle-bound she-men.
Posted by: zombie

You need to get out of SF. You're toying with insanity.
Posted by: Jean


Merely "toying with" insanity? I've got that sucker in a half-nelson! No escape! You're mine!

Posted by: zombie at April 10, 2018 06:33 PM (42M22)

493 Who is edging towards bannination? I miss something today?

Posted by: rhomboid at April 10, 2018 06:33 PM (Dhcvl)

494 Or maybe he was just jerkin my chain, and we were always really drunk back then.... every night.


Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 10, 2018 06:30 PM (o7tuA)

Marshall McLuhan. The media is the message. Mad-men 101.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2018 06:33 PM (7UW64)

495 Dammit!

Banned...not Bamned.

Does remind me of Bam-Bam and Pebbles from the Flinstones though. How random is that.

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at April 10, 2018 06:33 PM (EoZOL)

496 >>Posted by: zombie at April 10, 2018 06:30 PM (42M22)


Best chance to find the actual owner will be through Police Report / Insurance settlement records.

You can do it, but it would likely take a shit ton of work.


Or, you can sell them in a charity auction with full disclosure as there is really no way of identifying a specific baseball card. Unless it's a crazy rare card.

Posted by: Splitter at April 10, 2018 06:33 PM (YWCpg)

497 ...the Smirnoff ad of a glass with iec and Smirnoff and not really visible was a naked girl in the ice.


********

Subliminal advertising, eh?

Perhaps that's what's going on when Jesus' face appears in a tortilla.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 10, 2018 06:33 PM (wPiJc)

498
What do I do? If I sell them, am I profiting from crime? If I throw them away, I'm just wasting money for no reason. If I advertise them try to find the original owner, every con artist within a hundred miles will come out of the woodwork claiming them as his.

Throwing them away would be a crime. Sell them off and donate some or all of the money to charity

Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at April 10, 2018 06:33 PM (lKyWE)

499 472 Speaking of baseball cards...

MORAL DILEMMA ALERT

A female relative of mine had a very sleazy criminal boyfriend who basically was a drug dealer and also a fence of stolen goods.

They were together for years -- decades, actually. Then, luckily, he died about three years ago, from complications from lifelong drug abuse. All his stuff passed into the possession of my relative, since the guy's family had gone no-contact with him long ago.

Unfortunately, my relative also just died earlier this year. And she didn't have many possessions, but what few she did have ended up being given to me, since nobody else wanted them.

Now here's where it gets interesting. Buried at the bottom of a box of her possessions was a cookie-tin which when opened revealed a collection of antique baseball cards. And I remembered that the now-dead boyfriend had once mentioned that he had received, as part of his stolen-goods fence business, some valuable baseball cards which he said he was hiding away as a sort of nest egg for a rainy day emergency.

But now those cards have fallen in my lap.

I know for absolute sure that these cards were stolen, probably during a house burglary, long ago. But I have no way to track the original owners.

I also know they're likely to vey very valuable. I haven't inspected them yet, but I'm pretty sure they're highly sought after.

What do I do? If I sell them, am I profiting from crime? If I throw them away, I'm just wasting money for no reason. If I advertise them try to find the original owner, every con artist within a hundred miles will come out of the woodwork claiming them as his.

Halp!
Posted by: zombie at April 10, 2018 06:30 PM (42M22)



Sometimes, you just have good fortune. Leave it at that. If you could determine the rightful owner, then you should do the right thing and return them. But since you cannot, and trying to do so will only trigger every con artist around, enjoy the proceeds.

Or here's an idea: give the proceeds to the Gun Owners Of America, the Heritage Foundation, or some other patriot group.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at April 10, 2018 06:34 PM (ujg0T)

500 Zombie - the goods in question came not from the junky fence, but from a relative of yours, who acquired them legitimately. I'd say your hands are clean. Unload the merchandise with a clear conscience.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine at April 10, 2018 06:34 PM (fA1SL)

501 Her name is "Moire" or something.
........

Milo Moire

https://tinyurl.com/yb2zlxno

Pure genius.

Posted by: wth at April 10, 2018 06:34 PM (HgMAr)

502 What do I do? If I sell them, am I profiting from crime? If I throw them away, I'm just wasting money for no reason. If I advertise them try to find the original owner, every con artist within a hundred miles will come out of the woodwork claiming them as his.

The only suggestion I have is to contact the police and see if there's an outstanding case involving the cards, but that might entangle you more than you want to be.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 06:34 PM (39g3+)

503 Biff Pocoroba.Biff was his real first name btw not a nickname.

Posted by: steevy at April 10, 2018 06:35 PM (LiyEm)

504 Zombie, donate the cards to a good charity who could use the money. Anonymously.

Posted by: Archer at April 10, 2018 06:35 PM (gbWkA)

505 Aren't white streets racist? Are they going to paint MLK Boulevard white too?

Posted by: f'd at April 10, 2018 06:35 PM (UdKB7)

506 >>Milo Moire

https://tinyurl.com/yb2zlxno

Pure genius.


How is she not endorsed by HAAS?

Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2018 06:35 PM (YWCpg)

507 Marshall McLuhan. The media is the message. Mad-men 101.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2018 06:33 PM (7UW64)

i was going to mention that but I started having flashbacks and wasn't sure if that was real or a hallucination I dreamed up.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 10, 2018 06:35 PM (o7tuA)

508 Farcebook is the internet equivalent of the old Members-only jackets.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 10, 2018 06:35 PM (8gDQu)

509 Los Angeles painting city streets white to combat climate change. $40,000 per mile and can last up to seven years.

-
Cheap at the price.

Posted by: Moonbeam Jerry and the Moonketeers at April 10, 2018 06:36 PM (+y/Ru)

510 502.
Do
Not
Involve
Cops

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine at April 10, 2018 06:36 PM (fA1SL)

511 Los Angeles painting city streets white


*******


Not to worry, it'll take the City Council several years to decide between Eggshell White and Fluffy Cloud White.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 10, 2018 06:36 PM (wPiJc)

512 500 Zombie - the goods in question came not from the junky fence, but from a relative of yours, who acquired them legitimately. I'd say your hands are clean. Unload the merchandise with a clear conscience.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine at April 10, 2018 06:34 PM (fA1SL)


I agree with this, and was about to post a comment to that effect.

Posted by: rickl at April 10, 2018 06:36 PM (sdi6R)

513 Aren't white streets racist? Are they going to paint MLK Boulevard white too?

Posted by: f'd at April 10, 2018 06:35 PM (UdKB7)


You bring up a good point. It appears, now, that eco-turds are blaming black people for global warming. I wonder if they'll restrict them to being outside only after sundown?

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 10, 2018 06:37 PM (8gDQu)

514 The white streets are for the purpose of spotting dark skinned folks more easily. Racist.

Posted by: Northernlurker-Teem at April 10, 2018 06:37 PM (eAMlh)

515 506 >>Milo Moire

https://tinyurl.com/yb2zlxno



Why am I not surprised the link is to Jezebel?

Posted by: Curmudgeon at April 10, 2018 06:37 PM (ujg0T)

516 Los Angeles painting city streets white





*******


So wear sunglasses and sunscreen?

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 10, 2018 06:37 PM (o7tuA)

517 507. Hallucinations and foggy memory are common indicators of unresolved cerebral pressure, using arising out of an improperly treated infected wound.
Trepanning is yer best bet.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine at April 10, 2018 06:37 PM (fA1SL)

518 I will say this.

If the cards are in clean shape and they end up in the hands of the Police or anyone but a rep of the insurance company, they will get destroyed, stolen, or 'lost'. Which is also stolen.


Doesn't matter what item of value it is. This will always be the result.

Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2018 06:37 PM (YWCpg)

519 222 WTF???? The city of Austinistan is trying to pass an ordinance requiring everyone to have insect screens on their windows AND doors.

Posted by: lin-duh at April 10, 2018 05:48 PM (kufk0)

Look into whose brother-in-law sells/installs screen doors

Posted by: random lurker commenter at April 10, 2018 06:38 PM (oLa9K)

520 I hate to see people banned, when someone does go to the edge of the cliff I do wish they would just sign off.

When my ancestors saw a fellow tribe member at the cliff we all prayed to the spirit gods for a quick end; without reservations, I might add.

Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at April 10, 2018 06:38 PM (LOgQ4)

521 Best chance to find the actual owner will be through Police Report / Insurance settlement records.

You can do it, but it would likely take a shit ton of work.


Or, you can sell them in a charity auction with full disclosure as there is really no way of identifying a specific baseball card. Unless it's a crazy rare card.

Posted by: Splitter at April 10, 2018 06:33 PM (YWCpg)


The problem with going to the police is that cops are people, too, and not always very ethical ones.

If they are valuable, get them appraised first, and any good appraiser may know if they are hot--if any are particularly valuable. Then, you turn that card in to the cops.

Otherwise, I'd sell 'em, or keep 'em, as you see fit.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2018 06:38 PM (7UW64)

522 Thanks for all the advice, everyone!

What I suspect I'll end up doing is just silently put the cards back in the tin, and eventually some other sucker will inherit them from me, and I'll let THAT person deal with the dilemma. However, by then they'll have flying cars and robot maids, and people won't even know what a baseball card is.

Posted by: zombie at April 10, 2018 06:39 PM (42M22)

523 457 They made a movie about it: The Social Network.
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at April 10, 2018 06:25 PM (rnXGe)

By Aaron Sorkin. Enough said.
Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at April 10, 2018 06:27 PM (H8QX

Its a David Fincher film. He is a control freak about directing. I watched it last night for the first time in years, and it's a brutal film about society, status, sex, men and women.

Fincher is no dummy except with Aliens 3, which he has denounced and distanced himself from

Posted by: Monk at April 10, 2018 06:39 PM (/xBTM)

524 All the cops will do is take the baseball cards for themselves.

Posted by: steevy at April 10, 2018 06:39 PM (LiyEm)

525 Zombie - Don't show the cards to anyone. Photograph a sample, say 5 or 10 cards and post on a popular site under a throwaway account saying that they are part of a suspected stolen cache of cards, and if anyone had their cards stolen, they can provide you with a convincing inventory for consideration.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 10, 2018 06:39 PM (LWu6U)

526 BTW - What I've Learned is a great YouTube page.

Posted by: thathalfrican - Stay Woke! - Leigon of Gloom founding memeber/too sweet at April 10, 2018 06:39 PM (IYHxL)

527 What do I do? If I sell them, am I profiting from crime? If I throw them
away, I'm just wasting money for no reason. If I advertise them try to
find the original owner, every con artist within a hundred miles will
come out of the woodwork claiming them as his.
=====

Maybe donate to the Baseball HOF Museum (or whichever baseball museum the Horde likes)? Wouldn't bother with explanations, just a clear statement that you are making a donation.

Posted by: mustbequantum at April 10, 2018 06:39 PM (MIKMs)

528 >>Aren't white streets racist? Are they going to paint MLK Boulevard white too?


We're still building then burning down Love.

(One day we'll live in a world)Where the Streets Have No Name.

Posted by: Bono at April 10, 2018 06:39 PM (YWCpg)

529
the cards are in clean shape and they end up in the hands of the Police or anyone but a rep of the insurance company, they will get destroyed, stolen, or 'lost'. Which is also stolen.


I'll just chime in and say just because they're old doesn't mean they're all that valuable you should have them appraised first

Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at April 10, 2018 06:40 PM (lKyWE)

530 In the broad canvass of crazy being implemented in California, painting streets white is kind of a shrug to me. I can see the logic of it: blacktop heats up a lot and contributes significantly to urban heat island effect. Its a rather major expense and something that really won't help any (except blind drivers and make lanes more puzzling to pick out) but its kind of low on my outrage priority list.

Much higher is this bad boy:

http://tinyurl.com/y9husbw4

Its getting very little notice, but its pretty godawful

"This bill would require any person who operates a social media, as defined, Internet Web site with a physical presence in California to develop a strategic plan to verify news stories shared on its Web site. The bill would require the plan to include, among other things, a plan to mitigate the spread of false information through news stories, the utilization of fact-checkers to verify news stories, providing outreach to social media users, and placing a warning on a news story containing false information."

In other words, if a story is deemed to be false, you can be held liable for it and punished under California law.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 06:40 PM (39g3+)

531 507 Marshall McLuhan. The media is the message. Mad-men 101.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2018 06:33 PM (7UW64)

i was going to mention that but I started having flashbacks and wasn't sure if that was real or a hallucination I dreamed up.


Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 10, 2018 06:35 PM (o7tuA)

I'm old enough that we studied that crap in graphics. And it is, mostly, crap.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2018 06:40 PM (7UW64)

532 523 Alien 3 was his first movie iirc ,he had previously only directed commercials.

Posted by: steevy at April 10, 2018 06:40 PM (LiyEm)

533 'Ripping apart the social fabric of how society works' means 'letting conservatives have a platform.'

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 10, 2018 06:40 PM (oVJmc)

534 Zombie, sell the cards, and donate a portion of the proceeds to the charity of your choice. Then put the rest in the bank for a rainy day. You've been given a blessing, it's up to you how you deal with it.

Unless....there is the possibility that you could be held liable for having the cards. In that case, perhaps you should speak with a lawyer (in confidence) and ask what possible liability there would be in your selling these cards.

If there is any possibility that you could be held liable, take them to the police and let them deal with it.

My dad grew up with Stan Musial, who sent him full sets of cards from all the teams from 41-44. Many of them signed. My brother got the cards before the rest of us knew about them, and sold them for booze money. So, on this side of that coin, I would hope that someone either enjoyed the cards, or used the money for good.

Posted by: moki at April 10, 2018 06:41 PM (V+V48)

535 Buttercup Dickerson? Ha!

Posted by: Glenn John at April 10, 2018 06:41 PM (LilNs)

536 I would appreciated getting Zuck on record as to what exactly "unsafe" means. My understanding is that they just rebranded "politically incorrect" as "unsafe" now.

Posted by: NeverNeverTrump at April 10, 2018 06:41 PM (2DrTr)

537 It's great to hear that LA has a bunch of money and all their other real problems have been solved. Kudos's to you LA!

Posted by: Minnfidel at April 10, 2018 06:41 PM (kTQeF)

538 zombie,
I would sell them and then donate the money to a worthy cause like Trump's re-elect campaign.
I keed, I keed. I would actually donate them to a good cahrity, maybe something smaller that has a need or the ACLJ which does a lot of great stuff.

Posted by: lin-duh at April 10, 2018 06:41 PM (kufk0)

539 522
What I suspect I'll end up doing is just silently put the cards back in the tin, and eventually some other sucker will inherit them from me, and I'll let THAT person deal with the dilemma.
Posted by: zombie at April 10, 2018 06:39 PM (42M22)


Kicking the can down the road is always an option.

Posted by: The United States Congress at April 10, 2018 06:42 PM (sdi6R)

540 and they end up in the hands of the Police or anyone but a rep of the insurance company, they will get destroyed, stolen, or 'lost'. Which is also stolen.

And possibly even if in the hands of insurance company. I mean who's to say that rookie Mickey Mantle card was in the group they recovered?

Personally I'd put em on ebay to sell, as singles.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 06:42 PM (39g3+)

541 You had nothing to do with the background of the cards. yeah, don't involve police. Sell the cards. Keep the money. Do something "good' with it. The morons can help you with that ;0

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 10, 2018 06:42 PM (o7tuA)

542 The problem with any attempt to track down the owner is that these were stolen AT LEAST 20 years ago. I remember from the distant mists of time when then sleazy boyfriend described the cards. So no one in 2018 would have any memory or proof of them being stolen.

Posted by: zombie at April 10, 2018 06:42 PM (42M22)

543 What do I do? If I sell them, am I profiting from crime? If I throw them away, I'm just wasting money for no reason.


********

You could put them in the spokes of your bike for a really cool vintage sound effect!

Posted by: Muldoon at April 10, 2018 06:42 PM (wPiJc)

544 With his little clip-on tie, sitting on his phone book, Zuckerborg almost looks a..

a, uh, real boy. Pretending to be a man.

I was hoping to see the little mutant run across the countryside, yelling "I'm the gingerbread man, you'll never catch me!" and then get eaten by a fox. But all I got was "Useless Bought-Off Old Fat Guys Asking Irrelevant Questions Theater."

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 10, 2018 06:42 PM (S+vV9)

545
Many times ancestors would send smoke signals of 'fake news'.

Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at April 10, 2018 06:42 PM (LOgQ4)

546 >>It's great to hear that LA has a bunch of money and all their other real problems have been solved.


They are opening themselves up to all sorts of liability lawsuits.

Central Planning. It always pays the Lawyers well.

Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2018 06:43 PM (YWCpg)

547 you should have them appraised first

Look, I dunno. I'm going to have to find display space for them, they're going to take up a lot of room, there isn't much of a wow factor to cards these days ...

I'll give you eight bucks for the lot.

Posted by: Rick Harrison at April 10, 2018 06:43 PM (3NHMZ)

548 What do I do? If I sell them, am I profiting from crime? If I throw them
away, I'm just wasting money for no reason. If I advertise them try to
find the original owner, every con artist within a hundred miles will
come out of the woodwork claiming them as his.

Unless you have solid proof it is stolen property, enjoy your inheritance with a clear conscience. There is no way to track everything left to someone.

Posted by: dartist at April 10, 2018 06:43 PM (nisXv)

549 My dad grew up with Stan Musial, who sent him full sets of cards from all the teams from 41-44. Many of them signed. My brother got the cards before the rest of us knew about them, and sold them for booze money. So, on this side of that coin, I would hope that someone either enjoyed the cards, or used the money for good.

Mother of God you could buy a house with that today

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 06:43 PM (39g3+)

550 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 06:40 PM

Yeah, but we know how governments, especially Leftist can pick and choose who is prosecutorial

Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2018 06:43 PM (aC6Sd)

551 536 I would appreciated getting Zuck on record as to what exactly "unsafe" means. My understanding is that they just rebranded "politically incorrect" as "unsafe" now.

Posted by: NeverNeverTrump at April 10, 2018 06:41 PM (2DrTr)


So far, none of the special snowflakes using the term have indicated precisely what damage is being done by these "unsafe" words.

There is none, but it sounds more threatening than "words I don't like."

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2018 06:43 PM (7UW64)

552 You bring up a good point. It appears, now, that eco-turds are blaming black people for global warming. I wonder if they'll restrict them to being outside only after sundown?

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 10, 2018 06:37 PM (8gDQu)

Please tell me you made this up.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at April 10, 2018 06:43 PM (MX7xj)

553 Broward School Board votes against arming teachers.

-
I guess they're content to rely on the courage, competence, and skill of the Sheriff's Department.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 10, 2018 06:43 PM (+y/Ru)

554 I watched it last night for the first time in years, and it's a brutal film about society, status, sex, men and women.

Posted by: Monk at April 10, 2018 06:39 PM (/xBTM)


I must have seen some very different version of the movie. The Social Network movie that I saw was a fairly entertaining, though inconsequential, movie about a nerd who screwed over a few people on his way to the lottery prize. Brutal? That word never entered my mind while watching the movie, which could have been an after-school special, almost.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 10, 2018 06:43 PM (8gDQu)

555 517
507. Hallucinations and foggy memory are common indicators of unresolved
cerebral pressure, using arising out of an improperly treated infected
wound.

Trepanning is yer best bet.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine at April 10, 2018 06:37 PM (fA1SL)

LMAO. Never gets old.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 10, 2018 06:44 PM (o7tuA)

556 East wind rain.

Repeat.

East wind rain.

Posted by: Japanese Imperial Weather Service - like us on FaceBook at April 10, 2018 06:44 PM (N8JT+)

557 You could put them in the spokes of your bike for a really cool vintage sound effect!

This being the reason that a Honus Wagner card is so valuable today

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 06:44 PM (39g3+)

558 548. No way to track
***
This is true. *nods. Remembers a note reading 'For Ducky,' along with a roll of 50 dollar bills and 32 revolver found in a pair of my grandfather's boots. *

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine at April 10, 2018 06:45 PM (fA1SL)

559 My dad grew up with Stan Musial, who sent him full sets of cards from all the teams from 41-44. Many of them signed. My brother got the cards before the rest of us knew about them, and sold them for booze money. So, on this side of that coin, I would hope that someone either enjoyed the cards, or used the money for good.

Posted by: moki at April 10, 2018 06:41 PM (V+V4

I hope you beat that brother to death with an old rubber hose.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2018 06:45 PM (7UW64)

560 You could put them in the spokes of your bike for a really cool vintage sound effect!



Posted by: Muldoon at April 10, 2018 06:42 PM (wPiJc)

LOL! How OLD are you Muldoon?

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 10, 2018 06:45 PM (o7tuA)

561 I think the statute of limitations on burglary is much less than 20 years in any case.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 06:46 PM (39g3+)

562 Los Angeles painting city streets white
............

OJ would have got away for sure.

Posted by: wth at April 10, 2018 06:46 PM (HgMAr)

563 Sell the cards, zombie.

You outlined the options pretty well; I don't see you as having any connection to the original crime to feel guilty about it, and making the original owner whole again seems impossible, so take the money and use it to continue your praiseworthy work.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at April 10, 2018 06:46 PM (Mbmmf)

564 557 You could put them in the spokes of your bike for a really cool vintage sound effect!

This being the reason that a Honus Wagner card is so valuable today

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 06:44 PM (39g3+)

Of course, the sound it makes is: "fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap."

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2018 06:46 PM (7UW64)

565 Posted by: zombie at April 10, 2018 06:30 PM (42M22)

You're way overthinking this. From what you say, it sounds as if the cards might even be past the statute of limitations - though you have no way of knowing. Even so, third hand I think the issue is moot. I would just take possession of the cards as part of the estate and do with them whatever you want.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 10, 2018 06:46 PM (8gDQu)

566 The issue I see with Fakebook and Twitter etc. banning conservative thought is that they are private companies. On a smaller scale it's no different than Ace banning you because you're an asshole or deemed one. They can do it and should be able to. Do I like that Fakebook Twat etc. ban you? Hell No I don't. But do I want government getting involved? The data selling is another issue. But if they're private companies offering a "free" service. Well then what do you do? I wish I was a billionaire or could make a conservative version of these web services. But the LAST thing we should want is the government regulating that.

Posted by: Minnfidel at April 10, 2018 06:46 PM (kTQeF)

567
Mother of God you could buy a house with that today
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 06:43 PM (39g3+)


Really? I wanted them because he apparently wrote jokes to my dad on them, when my dad was fightin' in the war. After I was born, Stan sent my dad a baseball glove for me, since it was his last year in the majors. Brother managed to find that and sell it too. I have no idea how valuable they would be, I only care about the sentiment.

Posted by: moki at April 10, 2018 06:47 PM (V+V48)

568 I hope you beat that brother to death with an old rubber hose.

Drugs and booze can make you do some pretty awful stuff. Like... say, steal your mom's rare coin collection her mom had been gathering all her life and sell them to buy weed. Like my oldest brother did :/

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 06:47 PM (39g3+)

569 The only visible part of white cars in LA will be the tail lights.

Posted by: Northernlurker-Teem at April 10, 2018 06:47 PM (eAMlh)

570 What do I do? If I sell them, am I profiting from crime? If I throw them away, I'm just wasting money for no reason. If I advertise them try to find the original owner, every con artist within a hundred miles will come out of the woodwork claiming them as his.

Halp!


Posted by: zombie at April 10, 2018 06:30 PM


Unless the cards have some sort of unique to the card identifier, or are marked by the original owner so that they can be identified without seeing them before hand, there's not much point in trying to do the right thing. If you hand them over to the police, some cop may end up keeping them, or they'll sit in a box in storage forever unclaimed anyway... or claimed by a con. They may not even be from one single original owner. Best hope of getting them returned, if is a couple are so rare, that the cops have a record of their theft and there's only one of it's kind listed as missing for say the last decade or 2. But which precinct/county/state? Who knows where he ripped them off.

Posted by: otho at April 10, 2018 06:47 PM (7xR2D)

571 Nood, ya buncha cutpurses.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine at April 10, 2018 06:48 PM (fA1SL)

572 Of course, the sound it makes is: "fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap."

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2018 06:46 PM (7UW64)

Thats why i used balloons. Much throatier sound. Oh and a friends fathers condoms. Funny.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 10, 2018 06:48 PM (o7tuA)

573 Like my oldest brother did :/

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 06:47 PM (39g3+)


Save that hose for that hoser, too.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2018 06:48 PM (7UW64)

574 "You could put them in the spokes of your bike for a really cool vintage sound effect!"

As a child of the 70's we had "Raw Power" which was a thing that mounted to your handle bar that was like a throttle you'd rev up to make a motorcycle noise.

Posted by: Minnfidel at April 10, 2018 06:48 PM (kTQeF)

575 After I was born, Stan sent my dad a baseball glove for me, since it was his last year in the majors. Brother managed to find that and sell it too. I have no idea how valuable they would be, I only care about the sentiment.

Stan Musial memorabilia and collectables are quite valuable. Anything up to around 1960 is, really. That was around when kids stopped destroying them and realized they might be valuable and collectible.

What really killed the collectible card market though was tons of new companies showing up printing a bazillion cards of everyone including variants like holographic and foil cards, basically glutting the market with crap. When that happened (roughly late 80s) it ruined the entire industry, and nothing after that is worth a damn.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 06:49 PM (39g3+)

576 I really don't like this crap about attacking Farcebook, legally, for the opinions that are published ont he site or those the company bans. It's a private company.

If anyone wants to go after Farcebook then the avenue is in the criminal fraud that takes place with their ads and the way they charge for bot clicks. THAT is how to nail them by the law. Not for some stupid thing about who they do or don't let write crap on their shitty site.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 10, 2018 06:49 PM (8gDQu)

577 I'm watching 2001: A Space Odyssey again after many, many years.

Right now it's the scene on the groovy Clockwork Orangine space dock. Kubric does love his sterile white rooms! Alas, Pan Am, Howard Johnson's and Bell Telephone are no more.

The Air and Space Museum has an exhibition for the 50th (!) anniversary of the movie, and they've recreated the creepy white bedroom where the desiccated protagonist draws his last breath. That oughta pull in the kiddies and cub scouts!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at April 10, 2018 06:50 PM (qJtVm)

578
I hope you beat that brother to death with an old rubber hose.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2018 06:45 PM (7UW64)

He died from complications of alcoholism. It broke my heart. He and I weren't close-he was abusive to me when I was little-smashing me into a coffee table and splitting my head open, cutting off all of my hair because he was angry with me-and there was 19 years difference in our ages-but I wish he were whole and healthy and around.

Posted by: moki at April 10, 2018 06:50 PM (V+V48)

579 If you hand them over to the police, some cop may end up keeping them, or they'll sit in a box in storage forever unclaimed anyway

The guy that works there will weed through them for the most valuable and sell them too.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 06:50 PM (39g3+)

580 460 lol
Los Angeles painting city streets white to combat climate change. $40,000 per mile and can last up to seven years.
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2018 06:28 PM (HgMAr)

----

They're recreating something I saw in the movies -- the Sun's Anvil from Lawrence of Arabia.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 10, 2018 06:51 PM (S+vV9)

581 The guy that works there will weed through them for the most valuable and sell them too.


Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 06:50 PM


Yep.

Posted by: otho at April 10, 2018 06:51 PM (7xR2D)

582 Please tell me you made this up.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at April 10, 2018 06:43 PM (MX7xj)


If dark objects are such a serious cause of global warming then I don't see how the eco-turds could reason any other way.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 10, 2018 06:52 PM (8gDQu)

583 554 I watched it last night for the first time in years, and it's a brutal film about society, status, sex, men and women.

Posted by: Monk at April 10, 2018 06:39 PM (/xBTM)

I must have seen some very different version of the movie. The Social Network movie that I saw was a fairly entertaining, though inconsequential, movie about a nerd who screwed over a few people on his way to the lottery prize. Brutal? That word never entered my mind while watching the movie, which could have been an after-school special, almost.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 10, 2018 06:43 PM (8gDQu)

Try watching it again. And remember that Fincher foundation is in advertising and music videos.

Maybe I find it refreshing that Fincher says most men crave sex and most women crave social status and money. These are base motivations for everybody. The psychological and biological motivations for both men and women in the movie are suppose to be offensive, and he uses Facebook to say this is the way it is because Facebook.

Posted by: Monk at April 10, 2018 06:52 PM (/xBTM)

584 Zombie, if you are still around: contact a dealer in said cards to value them. Then, he or she might know where they were from and perhaps the two of you could "informally" get them back to the original owner. If possible.

Posted by: Texican(ette) at April 10, 2018 06:52 PM (CjE8v)

585 Several years ago I got a 1971-S dime in change. Those were only issued in proof sets and never put into general circulation, so it was beyond question that the coin was stolen. The idiot broke up the set and spent it as change, although I guess it would have been risky for the thief to try to sell the stolen proof set.

Anyway, I just got it in change so I didn't feel the least bit guilty receiving "stolen property". I kept it, but it probably isn't worth more than a couple bucks in its circulated state.

Posted by: rickl at April 10, 2018 06:53 PM (sdi6R)

586 Didn't the market fall out of the baseball card market a while back? So even if the cards you have are rare or valuable they're not as valuable as they once were.

Posted by: Buzzion at April 10, 2018 06:53 PM (lKs2v)

587 Zombie, if you are still around: contact a dealer in said cards to value them. Then, he or she might know where they were from and perhaps the two of you could "informally" get them back to the original owner.

Don't tell the dealer the story just get them valued, and if he recognizes the collection then maybe you have something. Its been quite a while though, guy might be dead.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 06:54 PM (39g3+)

588 Ooh, Chesley Bonestall action!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at April 10, 2018 06:54 PM (qJtVm)

589 Really? I wanted them because he apparently wrote jokes to my dad on them, when my dad was fightin' in the war. After I was born, Stan sent my dad a baseball glove for me, since it was his last year in the majors. Brother managed to find that and sell it too. I have no idea how valuable they would be, I only care about the sentiment.
Posted by: moki at April 10, 2018 06:47 PM (V+V4


It was sad before. But now it is criminal. If you never ever talk to that brother again, no one would blame you. The cards with notes to your dad...that hurts me physically. That's a priceless loss.

*cries in beer for moki*

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at April 10, 2018 06:54 PM (EoZOL)

590 Don't tell the dealer the story just get them valued, and if he recognizes the collection then maybe you have something. Its been quite a while though, guy might be dead.


Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2018 06:54 PM


Yep. If you tell the dealer upfront he may say "Yeah, I know who owns these. Leave them with me."

Posted by: otho at April 10, 2018 06:57 PM (7xR2D)

591 He died from complications of alcoholism. It broke my heart. He and I weren't close-he was abusive to me when I was little-smashing me into a coffee table and splitting my head open, cutting off all of my hair because he was angry with me-and there was 19 years difference in our ages-but I wish he were whole and healthy and around.
Posted by: moki at April 10, 2018 06:50 PM (V+V4


Yea, so I guess that not talking to him advice I gave you is pretty worthless. I'm sorry for your losses...all of them...regarding your brother. {{{hugs}}}

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at April 10, 2018 06:58 PM (EoZOL)

592 589
It was sad before. But now it is criminal. If you never ever talk to that brother again, no one would blame you. The cards with notes to your dad...that hurts me physically. That's a priceless loss.

*cries in beer for moki*
Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at April 10, 2018 06:54 PM (EoZOL)


Seconded. Wow.

Posted by: rickl at April 10, 2018 06:59 PM (sdi6R)

593 Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 10, 2018 06:30 PM

Yes, he was right...Subliminal Seduction published in 1973
https://openlibrary.org/books/OL5413249M/Subliminal_seduction

Posted by: Toni at April 10, 2018 07:49 PM (ZrYU5)

594 redridinghood at April 10, 2018 06:02 PM (lL180)

I agree, but I wish we could be rid of the other senator. Talk about a major disappointment!

Posted by: jazzuscounty at April 10, 2018 08:13 PM (9hGlr)

595 I do not understand the correlation to hanging shelves but this does remind me we need more cheerleader posts. I miss those.

Posted by: The Garbone at April 10, 2018 08:48 PM (9dH/8)

596 So the Repub, Kennedy, who always has cute things to say, really, really wanted to ask Zuck about how Facebook voluntarily gave all kinds of data to Obama.

Too bad, didn't have time.

Yeah right.

Posted by: PJ at April 10, 2018 09:35 PM (qlTN9)

597 Ted Cruz done good!

Posted by: m at April 11, 2018 02:39 AM (U6XUk)

598 There's definately a lot to learn about this subject.
I really like all the points you have made.

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