Daily Tech News 25 May 2024

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Google is frantically adding filters to its AI search to remove the very stupidest answers. (The Verge)

So it will no longer tell you to put glue on pizza or eat at least one small rock per day but answers that are merely obviously wrong will get through just fine.
A udm=14 a day keeps the insanity at bay. (Ars Technica)

Adding &udm=14 to the end of a Google search URL turns off the AI response.

For now.

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Google has threatened to stop funding news outlets if California goes ahead with its plan to create a new tax on digital advertising. (Axios)

I've lost count of all the stupid things California is doing.

I've also lost count of all the stupid things Google is doing.

Let them fight.
OpenAI has rescinded its perpetual gag order on staff leaving the company. (CNBC)

If former staff said anything OpenAI - at its sole discretion - found disagreeable, they lost access to their already vested shares.

This was almost certainly illegal, so OpenAI dropping the clause doesn't really change things that much.
The UK Environment Agency admitted to "burying" FOIA requests. (The Guardian)

Seems to be a lot of burying going around.
AI models could violate antitrust laws, babbled FTC chair Lina Khan. (The Hill)

Don't look at me. I tried and couldn't translate what she said into anything that made sense.

Disclaimer: A pebble a day helps you work, rest, and play.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:20 AM

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1 Somebody forgot to push the Publish button.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 25, 2024 04:22 AM (BLOW1)

2 Yay!

Posted by: m at May 25, 2024 04:23 AM (hyRRf)

3 Happy Saturday!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 25, 2024 04:32 AM (cCVOS)

4 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2024 04:37 AM (fwDg9)

5 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo (ju2Fy) at May 25, 2024 04:39 AM (ju2Fy)

6 The UK Environment Agency admitted to "burying" FOIA requests. (The Guardian)

Reading this, it seems like a lot of UKs waterways have sewage in them.

Luckily though, they have a leeeeetle bit less CO2 in their air. I figure it's a win. /s

Morning all!

Posted by: Bruce at May 25, 2024 04:43 AM (BOdfC)

7 WHY would anyone think it's a good idea to use Reddit to train Ai/ChatGPT?

What's next, youtube comments?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 25, 2024 04:45 AM (cCVOS)

8 Add McKinsey to the list of international businesses happy to do evil: https://tinyurl.com/28wua56j

McKinsey Contributed to China's Five-Year Plan for Taking Over the Tech Sector

Posted by: Lizzy at May 25, 2024 04:48 AM (cCVOS)

9 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 25, 2024 04:49 AM (ntk8v)

10 Might as well get up and make coffee

Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2024 04:52 AM (fwDg9)

11 eat at least one small rock per day

I've read this can lead to kidney stones and/or gallstones.

Posted by: olddog in mo (ju2Fy) at May 25, 2024 04:54 AM (ju2Fy)

12 >>I've read this can lead to kidney stones and/or gallstones.

My sediments exactly!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 25, 2024 04:57 AM (cCVOS)

13 My sediments exactly!
Posted by: Lizzy

HA!!

Posted by: Bruce at May 25, 2024 04:58 AM (BOdfC)

14 >>eat at least one small rock per day

Tip: Put it in a smoothie, makes it silt-y!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 25, 2024 05:03 AM (cCVOS)

15 Some good news at our new home.
The sod is down! YAYYY!!! Much less depressing looking out the window and seeing green instead of dirt, mud, and rocks.

Plus, with a little green grease, the guys planted a tree for us that had been discarded on site by the construction dumpster, but not hauled away with the construction dumpster. It was young one with the root ball still intact and some of the burlap still on it. My wife felt sorry for it when after we moved in, it started to bud. So we pushed it upright, put some rocks around the ball to keep it that way, and I've been watering it. Finally found out where it initially came from and that person no longer wanted a tree in her yard. So we decided to try to get it planted.
The sod guys had a bobcat with many attachments and one of them was a device to dig a hole for trees.
I asked them, they agreed and "bingo bango bongo, it's in the ground and getting watered along with the new sod.

Posted by: Bruce at May 25, 2024 05:06 AM (BOdfC)

16 Niiiiice, Bruce!
Who would throw out a tree?
*shakes head*

Posted by: Lizzy at May 25, 2024 05:10 AM (cCVOS)

17
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 25, 2024 05:15 AM (tljrc)

18 Who would throw out a tree?
*shakes head*
Posted by: Lizzy

They had to dig it up out of the berm to do some utility work. Her house was built last year and it includes a tree on the berm. For whatever reason, probably because the dumpster was on our lot across the street, they drug it to the dumpster. But not actually in the dumpster. So...

Our alotted 2 trees ( we have a corner lot) were installed 2 weeks ago.
A few days ago I went and talked to the lady and she said she didn't want it. She doesn't like trees. (there's gotta be an interesting story there, but she also seems a little bit goofy) We contacted the HOA and they said "sure you can plant it." And they also had wondered what that tree was doing in out yard propped up by rocks and broken concrete. Why they didn't ask us...???

Posted by: Bruce at May 25, 2024 05:18 AM (BOdfC)

19 1 Somebody forgot to push the Publish button.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 25, 2024 04:22 AM (BLOW1)

Bad hampster! Bad ... here, have a treat.

Posted by: m at May 25, 2024 05:20 AM (hyRRf)

20 Bad hampster! Bad ... here, have a treat.
Posted by: m

AHhh AHhh AHHHH...That's my finger!

Posted by: Bruce at May 25, 2024 05:24 AM (BOdfC)

21 WHY would anyone think it's a good idea to use Reddit to train Ai/ChatGPT?

What's next, youtube comments?
Posted by: Lizzy

The Koran, L. Ron Hubbard, Frank Herbert, Stephan King, Charles Dickens, John Milton, and Chaucer.

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 25, 2024 05:25 AM (/6R5H)

22 We’ve fixed broken chocolate chip cookies with Elmer’s cookie dough glue and a cookie clamp (c-clamp).

Fix laminated cookies like oreo or hydrox with cookie spackle and 4” pipe clamps.

Posted by: 13times at May 25, 2024 05:30 AM (wSxXC)

23 The UK Environment Agency admitted to "burying" FOIA requests. (The Guardian)

Reading this, it seems like a lot of UKs waterways have sewage in them.

Luckily though, they have a leeeeetle bit less CO2 in their air. I figure it's a win. /s

Morning all!
Posted by: Bruce

These asshats should have hired the FOIA lady used by our NIH to make make requested information disappear.

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 25, 2024 05:32 AM (/6R5H)

24 Yep, getting up any minute

Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2024 05:37 AM (fwDg9)

25 @DaveAtherton20 - A Muslim bus driver prays before letting the passengers on.

Posted by: 13times at May 25, 2024 05:37 AM (baG0q)

26 Yep, getting up any minute
Posted by: Skip

The coffee is calling....Skippp...Skippppp.....

Posted by: Bruce at May 25, 2024 05:40 AM (BOdfC)

27 blueberries

Posted by: Skip's AI breakfast algorithm at May 25, 2024 05:49 AM (wWqRd)

28 Good morning! Gotta do some work in the office this morning then, outside to do the fun stuff. Getting prepped to put cedar tongue and groove on the ceiling on both patios and build an outdoor kitchen. My capable gardening assistants will be here later to do some pond cleanup too, so that means we'll have to knock off early to clean up and go get pachugo.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 25, 2024 05:50 AM (YRsIm)

29 WHY would anyone think it's a good idea to use Reddit to train Ai/ChatGPT?

What's next, youtube comments?
Posted by: Lizzy

thanks for the nice chat

Posted by: AI qdpsteve at May 25, 2024 05:51 AM (wWqRd)

30 "Full potential-" A Christian devotional based on a passage from 1st Peter:

https://tinyurl.com/4p8s8z9s

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2024 05:54 AM (7WozP)

31 g'mornin' everyone!

might be interesting to see what you'd get from an ai trained on the AoSHQ archives ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 25, 2024 05:55 AM (tQtDb)

32 Dispatches from the Daily Mail:

Liberal Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says she sometimes cries over rulings made by conservative-majority court and hints more right-wing bombshells are to come.

Heartbroken single mom films herself weeping as she reveals the worst thing about celebrating a birthday without a partner

Mom is jailed for killing her daughter, 4, by feeding her diet of baby bottles filled with Mountain Dew, which caused diabetes death and dissolved her teeth

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 25, 2024 05:58 AM (/6R5H)

33 @DaveAtherton20 - A Muslim bus driver prays before letting the passengers on.

Posted by: 13times

I've prayed as people were getting on.

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 25, 2024 06:00 AM (/6R5H)

34 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 25, 2024 06:05 AM (dg+HA)

35 I don't know who this large British man is who's wearing a strange outfit ( Apparently he won a British version of America's Got Talent ) but he does have a powerful voice ( FenSpouse said he sounds like Elvis) singing one of the great church hymns, "How Great Thou Art":

https://tinyurl.com/yre9kat5

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2024 06:06 AM (QcuMc)

36 Prayer request

That my son find a nice, loving , solidly Christian church to go to tomorrow. He's been so busy getting adjusted to a 8-4:30 job every weekday that he hadn't attempted to go to church yet. Thanks so much.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2024 06:09 AM (XkYcA)

37 I should put my birdbath out, it's been warm daily

Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2024 06:11 AM (fwDg9)

38 Sixth grade girl from MT recognized for going out of her way during a race to help someone:

https://tinyurl.com/3asxdm2z

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2024 06:13 AM (J1hpC)

39 Good morning morons

Local TV news crowing that Nintendo is opening a Store in Union Sq.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2024 06:14 AM (RIvkX)

40 California has a sales tax that can reach 10.25 pct and an income tax that can reach 13 pct as well as astronomical fees on too many to name shit, good weather alone cannot explain why the state hasn't emptied of people.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 25, 2024 06:20 AM (XV/Pl)

41 Week in Pictures
https://tinyurl.com/2wntfer4

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2024 06:23 AM (RIvkX)

42 Hi folks.

Can't sleep, so I'm watching an old Movie of the Week, "Assault on the Wayne", about espionage on a submarine. It's got lots of Star Trek alums, including Spock, Commodore Decker, Commodore Mendez, and Lieutenant Kyle.

https://tinyurl.com/4runtyc4

Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 25, 2024 06:26 AM (FkUwd)

43 Evening and morning to all the Saturday early/late people! Some of us are working, I know. How goes it?

I am dreading going out in the velvety, will-sapping heat to wash the car. Even at dawn it's bad out there. But the Buick needs its bath. So will I after an hour out there.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2024 06:34 AM (omVj0)

44 Can't sleep, so I'm watching an old Movie of the Week, "Assault on the Wayne", about espionage on a submarine. It's got lots of Star Trek alums, including Spock, Commodore Decker, Commodore Mendez, and Lieutenant Kyle.

https://tinyurl.com/4runtyc4
Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 25, 2024

***
Eris, I remember the promos for it, but have never seen it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2024 06:35 AM (omVj0)

45 Some good ones at Week in pictures

Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2024 06:37 AM (al4r6)

46 Having a internet slowdown

Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2024 06:37 AM (al4r6)

47 It's Towel Day so...

DON"T PANIC!

Posted by: pawn at May 25, 2024 06:40 AM (QB+5g)

48 Greetings from London!

Not staying here - heading to Oxford soon!

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 25, 2024 06:44 AM (4RIGM)

49 Thomas, CA may have a sales tax of 10.25 percent. But Da Swamp has 9 in the suburbs and 10 in the city. It's much lower on food, but when I go to the store and total up my purchases before checking out, I add 10 percent. It usually comes out a bit less. That's a pleasant (if tiny) surprise.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2024 06:44 AM (omVj0)

50 Testing

Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2024 06:46 AM (al4r6)

51 What Lina Khan says even in the original Klingon is still gibberish.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 25, 2024 06:47 AM (2jzKu)

52 Minimum wage here goes up to $18.67 on July 1.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2024 06:49 AM (RIvkX)

53 Remember, SiD, you're our cultural ambassador. Behave.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 25, 2024 06:54 AM (FkUwd)

54 The victimhood pyramid of privilege just took another step on its insane slide into Challenger Deep.

A sub-Reddit just banned two words because of 'issues'
of making people uncomfortable

Futa and Futanari are now problematic.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 25, 2024 06:54 AM (2jzKu)

55
AI models could violate antitrust laws, babbled FTC chair Lina Khan. (The Hill)

-

Speaking of, although I don't know if it's quite the same, I have been tinkering with an open source AI image improvement/ sharpening / upscaling program called Chainner to improve some old 60s and 70s family photos.

I've got a video card but it looks like it can run off of CPUs but slower, so that's nice, too.

It's been very impressive so far. There's a video to get started if you're wondering about it:

youtube.com/watch?v=-8N2dXuRnK4

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 25, 2024 06:55 AM (ICJ9S)

56 Futa and Futanari are now problematic.

--

Wait. Those things don't exist, right? They're words similar to "faster than light travel"

How is something like that problematic? I mean, I know it's reddit, but... Wait I might've just answered my own question.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 25, 2024 06:57 AM (ICJ9S)

57 Speaking of Trek, they guy who played the hero in The Rocketeer almost landed the role of Cmdr. Wil Riker.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 25, 2024 06:58 AM (2jzKu)

58 California has a sales tax that can reach 10.25 pct and an income tax that can reach 13 pct as well as astronomical fees on too many to name shit, good weather alone cannot explain why the state hasn't emptied of people.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 25, 2024 06:20 AM (XV/Pl)
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Too much fluoride in the water?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 25, 2024 06:58 AM (BpYfr)

59 Disclaimer: A pebble a day helps you work, rest, and play.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:20 AM
--
If I'm a chicken then some tiny rocks in my gizzard are okay.

Posted by: Ciampino - Clucking AARGH!!! at May 25, 2024 06:58 AM (qfLjt)

60 Minimum wage here goes up to $18.67 on July 1.

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Which will be roughly the price of a small Big Mac combo meal and people will remain confused at why.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 25, 2024 06:59 AM (ICJ9S)

61 Moron Robbie

Living in an echo chamber much they are

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 25, 2024 07:00 AM (2jzKu)

62 mornin yall. I caught a little of Mark Levin yesterday. He sure yells a lot. Does he ever do anything else?

Posted by: fd at May 25, 2024 07:00 AM (vFG9F)

63 G'morning, all!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 25, 2024 07:01 AM (a1415)

64 54 The victimhood pyramid of privilege just took another step on its insane slide into Challenger Deep.

A sub-Reddit just banned two words because of 'issues'
of making people uncomfortable

Futa and Futanari are now problematic.
Posted by: Anna Puma

A shocking display of hentaiphobia.

Wait. Those things don't exist, right? They're words similar to "faster than light travel"

Closer to, say, centaurs, but yes. And seriously don't look up centaurs on the same sites that feature those first two terms.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 25, 2024 07:01 AM (BLOW1)

65 The UK Environment Agency admitted to "burying" FOIA requests.

I didn't know the UK had enacted a FOIA.

Posted by: Ciampino - UK Governments AARGH!!! at May 25, 2024 07:01 AM (qfLjt)

66 Not staying here - heading to Oxford soon!
Posted by: screaming in digital

I could use a new shirt....

Posted by: buttoned-down Miklos at May 25, 2024 07:01 AM (wWqRd)

67 https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/15/they-trust-me-dumb-fucks/

Google doesn't fear competition, it doesn't fear regulation, and it also doesn't fear rival technologies. Google and its fellow Big Tech cartel members have expanded IP law to allow it to prevent third parties from reverse-engineer, hacking, or scraping its services. Google doesn't have to worry about ad-blocking, tracker blocking, or scrapers that filter out Google's lucrative, low-quality results.

Google doesn't fear competition, it doesn't fear regulation, it doesn't fear rival technology and it doesn't fear its workers. Google's workforce once enjoyed enormous sway over the company's direction, thanks to their scarcity and market power. But Google has outgrown its dependence on its workers, and lays them off in vast numbers, even as it increases its profits and pisses away tens of billions on stock buybacks.

Posted by: Jim at May 25, 2024 07:01 AM (zhWvq)

68 Futa centaurs...

Sextaurs?

Yeah lets not go there

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 25, 2024 07:02 AM (2jzKu)

69 When I see Burger King advertise on TV a $5 special, I know it will cost $8 here.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2024 07:02 AM (RIvkX)

70 "Which will be roughly the price of a small Big Mac combo meal and people will remain confused at why."

Steak, egg and cheese bagel meal yesterday was $10.00.

With the included small coffee.

Two Cheeseburger meal last week was $9.75.

Inflation?

What inflation?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 25, 2024 07:03 AM (a1415)

71 Testing again

Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2024 07:03 AM (fwDg9)

72 Speaking of chicken gizzards, just put a 6+ pound bird in the oven.

Yes, I did order a large chicken, but I didn't mean "go back to the late Cretaceous" size.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 25, 2024 07:03 AM (BLOW1)

73 Like my old Pappy used to say, "Eat up, boy, it'll put rocks in your gizzard".

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at May 25, 2024 07:04 AM (wWqRd)

74 Internet was extremely slow, then lost it for some time

Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2024 07:04 AM (fwDg9)

75 OpenAI has rescinded its perpetual gag order on staff leaving the company. (CNBC)

This was almost certainly illegal, ......

With our 3-tiered justice system why would OpenAI care?

Posted by: Ciampino - your AI answer is AARGH!!! at May 25, 2024 07:04 AM (qfLjt)

76
Heartbroken single mom films herself weeping as she reveals the worst thing about celebrating a birthday without a partner

Her ex-husband put up a reply to it on X. She's a scam artist.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 25, 2024 07:04 AM (RKVpM)

77 Sort of related II:

I read, probably here, that AI companies are training their speech models on Reddit.

(pixy, sorry if you posted it and I missed and am repeating something)

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 25, 2024 07:04 AM (ICJ9S)

78 Pixy Misa is having Chicken Boo for dinner

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 25, 2024 07:04 AM (2jzKu)

79 Google doesn't fear competition, it doesn't fear regulation, and it also doesn't fear rival technologies. Google and its fellow Big Tech cartel members have expanded IP law to allow it to prevent third parties from reverse-engineer, hacking, or scraping its services. Google doesn't have to worry about ad-blocking, tracker blocking, or scrapers that filter out Google's lucrative, low-quality results.

Or as I call them, the Bay Area Mafia.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 25, 2024 07:04 AM (BLOW1)

80 My daily listening was Mark Levin for years but I switched to Adam Carolla about 5 years ago.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2024 07:05 AM (RIvkX)

81 Someone pointed the Big Mac parallel to me decades ago. It's interesting once you see it.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 25, 2024 07:05 AM (ICJ9S)

82
Futa and Futanari are now problematic.

Can you say 'chicks with dicks' instead?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 25, 2024 07:05 AM (RKVpM)

83 But only when I'm not listening to CutJibNewsletter.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2024 07:05 AM (RIvkX)

84 I caught a little of Mark Levin yesterday. He sure yells a lot. Does he ever do anything else?

My wife watches him occasionally just to see if he strokes out. I think it's all a shtick.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 25, 2024 07:06 AM (YRsIm)

85 Heartbroken single mom films herself weeping as she reveals the worst thing about celebrating a birthday without a partner

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But she deserved happiness!

There was a study that showed that if men found 80% of what they were looking for in a girlfriend they considered her a unicorn dream match, and if women found 80% of what they were looking for in a boyfriend they considered it settling.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 25, 2024 07:07 AM (ICJ9S)

86 7 WHY would anyone think it's a good idea to use Reddit to train Ai/ChatGPT?

What's next, youtube comments?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 25, 2024 04:45 AM (cCVOS)

"Think"? Well, there's a big presumption!

Posted by: m at May 25, 2024 07:07 AM (hyRRf)

87 "read, probably here, that AI companies are training their speech models on Reddit.

(pixy, sorry if you posted it and I missed and am repeating something)
Posted by: Moron Robbie"

They should train their speech models using Mark Levin.

Posted by: fd at May 25, 2024 07:07 AM (vFG9F)

88 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 25, 2024 07:07 AM (mUnoX)

89 Levin's yelling (well, that and actually having read the constitution) is why he is my pick for the supreme court; they could put oral arguments on payperview! yuge! luxurious!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 25, 2024 07:07 AM (tQtDb)

90 72 Speaking of chicken gizzards, just put a 6+ pound bird in the oven.

Yes, I did order a large chicken, but I didn't mean "go back to the late Cretaceous" size.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 25, 2024 07:03 AM (BLOW1)
----
Morning PixY. Are you sure it's a chicken? Does it have really short arms perchance? Teeth?

Posted by: Ciampino - your chicken may be a AARGH!!! at May 25, 2024 07:07 AM (qfLjt)

91 Well a Futa is more like a hermaphrodite

Hey Russel T. Davies, there's an angle for ya

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 25, 2024 07:08 AM (2jzKu)

92 thx for the google trick, Pixy!

& thx for the link, SFp!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 25, 2024 07:09 AM (tQtDb)

93 Whoops, told on myself. Looks like Lizzy had already posted something on it way back at #7

(hopes it wasn't in Pixy's content that I thought I read over)

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 25, 2024 07:09 AM (ICJ9S)

94 Bruce, the biggest tree I ever saw boxed up for moving was an enormous valley oak at a construction site in Thousand Oaks. It was impressive.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 25, 2024 07:09 AM (mUnoX)

95 There was a study that showed that if men found 80% of what they were looking for in a girlfriend they considered her a unicorn dream match, and if women found 80% of what they were looking for in a boyfriend they considered it settling.

Posted by: Moron Robbie

"I'm looking for a man in finance. Trust fund. 6'5". Blue eyes."

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 25, 2024 07:10 AM (BLOW1)

96 Morning peeps

Looks like yet another day of potential severe weather here in Bourbon Country. Only about a third of grass has been mowed.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 25, 2024 07:10 AM (Q4IgG)

97 Chocolate pretzel cookie.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2024 07:11 AM (RIvkX)

98 Anna beats roasted wombat

Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2024 07:11 AM (al4r6)

99 "I'm looking for a man in finance. Trust fund. 6'5". Blue eyes."
Posted by: Pixy Misa

*shifty blue eyes*

Posted by: Miklos, with trust me fund at May 25, 2024 07:11 AM (wWqRd)

100 Found it:

"Gottlieb: I think it comes from the title. The title is used to really get women to think about what settling means. There's a survey in the book where men and women are asked, "If you got 80 percent of everything you wanted -- of your ideal traits in a mate or partner -- would you be happy?" The majority of women said, "No, that's settling," and the majority of men said, "Eighty percent? I'd be thrilled; that's a catch."

https://tinyurl.com/2cv8cjkz

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 25, 2024 07:12 AM (ICJ9S)

101 I asked ChatGPT to write a powershell script for me to do a thing. It was great right up until it included a flag that the cmdlet did not have and has never ever had in any version of powershell. The flag that i absolutely needed to make it do the thing I wanted.

With some advanced Google-fu I was able to determine there was a flag for that command that did what I wanted. But it wasn't what ChatGPT said.

Lying cocksucker.

Posted by: blaster at May 25, 2024 07:13 AM (IFNME)

102 Lying cocksucker.
Posted by: blaster at May 25, 2024 07:13 AM (IFNME)
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Wretched automaton.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 25, 2024 07:14 AM (mUnoX)

103 >>>>>mornin yall. I caught a little of Mark Levin yesterday. He sure yells a lot. Does he ever do anything else?
Posted by: fd at May 25, 2024 07:00 AM (vFG9F)
**********
I stopped listening to him because of his yelling. It becomes irritating and unnerving to me and doesn’t add to any information download.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 25, 2024 07:15 AM (LolQL)

104
Bullseye! 🎯

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 25, 2024 07:18 AM (RKVpM)

105 They should train their speech models using Mark Levin.
Posted by: fd

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The Red Letter Media guys had an idea about using Rudy Ray Moore for Siri's voice. I would consider switching to apple products if that happened. SFW:

https://tinyurl.com/2abym9nc

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 25, 2024 07:18 AM (ICJ9S)

106 I guess DTS is making nice with Nikki Haley, or he's just keeping his enemies close. I prefer to think it's the latter and he's gonna offer her the ambassadorship to India.

https://tinyurl.com/y49cnaed

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 25, 2024 07:20 AM (YRsIm)

107
*strolls in*

Good morning, Hordians. Took yesterday off from here. Hope you enjoyed the break.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2024 07:21 AM (MoZTd)

108 I stopped listening to him because of his yelling. It becomes irritating and unnerving to me and doesn’t add to any information download.

--

Beck's ear
Levin's yelling
Hannity's one beer (and lots of other stuff, frankly, and at least the other two seemed to try and present some useful information)

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 25, 2024 07:22 AM (ICJ9S)

109 Good morning, Hordians. Took yesterday off from here. Hope you enjoyed the break.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2024 07:21 AM (MoZTd)
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It was OK. We learned about the impending end of humanity.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 25, 2024 07:22 AM (mUnoX)

110 "Anna beats roasted wombat
Posted by: Skip"

I don't know about that:

The wombat, a bear-like marsupial quadruped of Australia, is eaten in New South Wales and other parts of the Australian Continent. In size it often equals a sheep, some of the largest weighing 140 lbs.; and the flesh is said by some to be not unlike venison, and by others to resemble lean mutton. As it is of such considerable size, attaining the length of three feet, it has been suggested that it might be worth naturalizing here.

Posted by: Wombat Facts at May 25, 2024 07:24 AM (vFG9F)

111 106 I guess DTS is making nice with Nikki Haley, or he's just keeping his enemies close. I prefer to think it's the latter and he's gonna offer her the ambassadorship to India.

https://tinyurl.com/y49cnaed

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 25, 2024 07:20 AM (YRsIm)
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Why not Pakistan?

Posted by: Ciampino - your pseudo-chicken may be an AARGH!!! at May 25, 2024 07:24 AM (qfLjt)

112 >>>>If you got 80 percent of everything you wanted -- of your ideal traits in a mate or partner -- would you be happy?" The majority of women said, "No, that's settling," and the majority of men said, "Eighty percent? I'd be thrilled; that's a catch."

https://tinyurl.com/2cv8cjkz
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 25, 2024 07:12 AM (ICJ9S)
*********
In a sense those gals are settling; settling to be single which maybe a good thing as opposed to bungling up peoples lives with their incessant demands and unreasonable expectations.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 25, 2024 07:25 AM (LolQL)

113 Not a surprise, but data confirms it: Anti Israel protests were overwhelmingly at elite, expensive schools:

https://tinyurl.com/bdfe2e3t

Link from "Legal Insurrection" site

My son will have some debt coming out of college, but I'm glad he did the first two years at a community college and that's all paid off, and that it is not a ****cough***** "elite" school, just as I am thankful to God that my son is not Hunter Biden and that my husband is not Joe Biden.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2024 07:26 AM (XkYcA)

114 "Wombat Rancher" would be a good reality show.

Posted by: fd at May 25, 2024 07:27 AM (vFG9F)

115 110
The wombat, a bear-like marsupial quadruped of Australia, is eaten in New South Wales and other parts of the Australian Continent. In size it often equals a sheep, some of the largest weighing 140 lbs.; and the flesh is said by some to be not unlike venison, and by others to resemble lean mutton. As it is of such considerable size, attaining the length of three feet, it has been suggested that it might be worth naturalizing here.

Posted by: Wombat Facts at May 25, 2024 07:24 AM (vFG9F)
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Haven't we learnt from Florida's pythons and iguanas?

Posted by: Ciampino - your pseudo-wombat may be an AARGH!!! at May 25, 2024 07:27 AM (qfLjt)

116 I'n gonna rap my next State Dinner speech. Hunter thinks that would be fun.

Posted by: Joe 75-Cent Biden at May 25, 2024 07:27 AM (WE4qG)

117 "Wombat Rancher" would be a good reality show.
Posted by: fd at May 25, 2024 07:27 AM (vFG9F)
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Riding minibikes, cracking whips...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 25, 2024 07:28 AM (mUnoX)

118
It was OK. We learned about the impending end of humanity.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 25, 2024 07:22 AM (mUnoX)

Had an odd dream a couple of nights ago. There had been some kind of war, maybe nuclear. But society had broken down. No central authority. Ruins everywhere. People were dying unexpectedly. Nothing worked. Predatory gangs preying on people. It was rather disturbing to wake up from.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2024 07:28 AM (MoZTd)

119 Hadrian I hope you have been sleeping better.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2024 07:28 AM (RIvkX)

120
Of course, it may also describe many American cities right now.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2024 07:28 AM (MoZTd)

121 "Wombat Rancher" would be a good reality show.
Posted by: fd at May 25, 2024 07:27 AM (vFG9F)
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Sounds like the title to a Zappa tune

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 25, 2024 07:29 AM (WE4qG)

122 It was rather disturbing to wake up from.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2024 07:28 AM (MoZTd)

That's no dream!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 25, 2024 07:29 AM (/HDaX)

123 Is this a new thing because of the internet (?) because when I was a young person dating and the internet hadn't yet been invented I never heard any woman say, "I want a 6'2 man who makes $100,00 year. Maybe I just didn't travel in those type of circles.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2024 07:30 AM (XkYcA)

124 > Riding minibikes
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It's been ages since I've seen one of those in the wild.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 25, 2024 07:30 AM (Q4IgG)

125 >>>>As it is of such considerable size, attaining the length of three feet, it has been suggested that it might be worth naturalizing here.
Posted by: Wombat Facts at May 25, 2024 07:24 AM (vFG9F)
*********
Didn’t they try to naturalize Emmus or Ostriches (maybe both) which was IIRC a huge bust and created other problems.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 25, 2024 07:30 AM (LolQL)

126 In a sense those gals are settling; settling to be single which maybe a good thing as opposed to bungling up peoples lives with their incessant demands and unreasonable expectations.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly

--

Dang. That's a good point.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 25, 2024 07:31 AM (ICJ9S)

127 I eat the braaaains down in Africa...

Posted by: Zombie Toto at May 25, 2024 07:31 AM (mUnoX)

128 Didn’t they try to naturalize Emmus or Ostriches (maybe both) which was IIRC a huge bust and created other problems.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 25, 2024 07:30 AM (LolQL)
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That's 'cause they didn't have an ostrich-dancer on site.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 25, 2024 07:32 AM (mUnoX)

129 118

Had an odd dream a couple of nights ago. There had been some kind of war, maybe nuclear. But society had broken down. No central authority. Ruins everywhere. People were dying unexpectedly. Nothing worked. Predatory gangs preying on people. It was rather disturbing to wake up from.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2024 07:28 AM (MoZTd)
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You woke up and found yourself in Portland, OR?

Posted by: Ciampino - see, it wasn't a dream at May 25, 2024 07:33 AM (qfLjt)

130 You woke up and found yourself in Portland, OR?
Posted by: Ciampino - see, it wasn't a dream at May 25, 2024 07:33 AM (qfLjt)
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That's what I thought too!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2024 07:35 AM (RIvkX)

131 "Of course, it may also describe many American cities right now. "

I give you just a few snippets to peruse.

https://tinyurl.com/3putrb4n

https://tinyurl.com/y2uv3jt5

https://tinyurl.com/5chkun35

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 25, 2024 07:38 AM (a1415)

132 Is this a new thing because of the internet (?) because when I was a young person dating and the internet hadn't yet been invented I never heard any woman say, "I want a 6'2 man who makes $100,00 year. Maybe I just didn't travel in those type of circles.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

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Not particularly, it's just that social media has somehow made women think it's fun to talk about while at the same time not realizing the average man earns $40K/year or so.

It's the same story that's always existed. If two men are identical in every way except one is wealthy or has status, the woman will choose the one with wealth/status. There's nothing wrong with it, it's just genetic preservation. And it's a good choice.

The big problem is so many women going online to proudly declare "I ain't need no man cause Stronk and Independent and #MeToo" and then, ten years later after they ignored all the good men or told men not to talk to them, the same women ask "where are all the good men?"

And that's led to a lot of 19th Amendment discussion.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 25, 2024 07:39 AM (ICJ9S)

133 From ONT:
779 With regards to "It's raining":
The proper phrase is, "It's raining like a cow pissing on a flat rock."
For those of you whose only experience with a cow is in the form of hamburger at your local supermarket, a cow (female of the species) peeing would make you faint.

Posted by: B Dubya at May 25, 2024 06:51 AM (AjEcy)
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Also female camel.

Posted by: Ciampino - Do male & female camels have different names? at May 25, 2024 07:39 AM (qfLjt)

134 Byeee...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 25, 2024 07:40 AM (mUnoX)

135 From ONT:
779 With regards to "It's raining":
The proper phrase is, "It's raining like a cow pissing on a flat rock."
For those of you whose only experience with a cow is in the form of hamburger at your local supermarket, a cow (female of the species) peeing would make you faint.

Posted by: B Dubya at May 25, 2024 06:51 AM (AjEcy)
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Also female camel."

Also......Lizzo.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 25, 2024 07:40 AM (a1415)

136 133 From ONT:
779 With regards to "It's raining":
The proper phrase is, "It's raining like a cow pissing on a flat rock."
For those of you whose only experience with a cow is in the form of hamburger at your local supermarket, a cow (female of the species) peeing would make you faint.

Posted by: B Dubya at May 25, 2024 06:51 AM (AjEcy)
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Also female camel.

Posted by: Ciampino - Do male & female camels have different names? at May 25, 2024 07:39 AM (qfLjt)

Also Wookie.

Posted by: Barack at May 25, 2024 07:42 AM (SYTee)

137 St. Michael the Archangel,
defend us in battle,
be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him we humbly pray;
and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly host,
by the power of God,
cast into hell Satan
and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.

Amen.

Posted by: logprof at May 25, 2024 07:42 AM (5wUsV)

138 >>>> @131

osted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 25, 2024 07:38 AM (a1415)
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Mayor Willie Don Schaefer is spinning in his grave.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 25, 2024 07:43 AM (LolQL)

139 If people want to meet, attractive, kindly, smart conservative woman I give the same suggestion I gave before. If you are a Christian go to large evangelical church or Latin Mass and/or a Right to Life Rally. I don't know what to suggest if you're Jewish-maybe Chabad gatherings. They try to reach out to the community.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2024 07:44 AM (XkYcA)

140 The other one that's funny is women being asked how tall a man needs to be (genetic) and then the interviewer asking the women how much they weigh (choice).

It's comical to see the reactions.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 25, 2024 07:44 AM (ICJ9S)

141 Looking for an available man at church? They're like parking spaces. All the good ones are either taken or handicapped.

Posted by: Hunt & Pecker at May 25, 2024 07:45 AM (dg+HA)

142 If I woke up in Portland first would think how do I get out of there

Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2024 07:47 AM (fwDg9)

143 If people want to meet, attractive, kindly, smart conservative woman I give the same suggestion I gave before. If you are a Christian go to large evangelical church or Latin Mass and/or a Right to Life Rally. I don't know what to suggest if you're Jewish-maybe Chabad gatherings. They try to reach out to the community.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

--

Oh, absolutely. I 100% agree.

And if two potential mates are identical in every way except for wealth and/or status, the attractive, kindly, smart conservative woman will choose the one with wealth/status.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 25, 2024 07:47 AM (ICJ9S)

144 Posted by: Hunt & Pecker at May 25, 2024 07:45 AM (dg+HA)

A poster on here said that his son met his future wife at a "Right To Life" rally.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2024 07:48 AM (XkYcA)

145 Are prayers that are uttered in Elizabethan English more effective than, you know, prayers spoken in the way you normally talk?

Posted by: I gotta ask at May 25, 2024 07:48 AM (dg+HA)

146 #88 lost her calf. Seems she was carrying extra fluid around it and that is why she was so big. They've gotten her to accept an orphan calf. Lot of folks appreciated the look at what ranchers really do.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 25, 2024 07:49 AM (yeEu9)

147 I'd also be willing to bet big money that most "met in church" scenarios now are from 30+ year old women returning to church in part for that reason after a decade of stronk independence and creating baggage that will be a turnoff - or at least a pretty decent obstacle - to the practicing Christian men they meet at church.

(Assuming the men aren't there to try and prey on them, because I bet that happens, too. Probably less often, though.)

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 25, 2024 07:51 AM (ICJ9S)

148 Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 25, 2024 07:47 AM (ICJ9S)

I guess. I don't have any experience with that. When we first met, my husband was going to school full time and working at night. He was not making $100, 000 a year. He's never made that amount of money.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2024 07:51 AM (XkYcA)

149 Posted by: I gotta ask at May 25, 2024 07:48 AM (dg+HA)

No.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2024 07:52 AM (XkYcA)

150
Are prayers that are uttered in Elizabethan English more effective than, you know, prayers spoken in the way you normally talk?
Posted by: I gotta ask at May 25, 2024 07:48 AM (dg+HA)

I say a Confraternity prayer for the priests of the FSSP after each Rosary. When I was trying to memorize it, I stumbled over the word "strengtheneth". I gave up and just changed all the archaic words to modern.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2024 07:52 AM (MoZTd)

151 FSSP ?

Posted by: dantesed at May 25, 2024 07:54 AM (Oy/m2)

152 Whoa! In before whatever will pass as the Morning Report today.

I rarely get a chance to say hi to the Tech post. A tech q:

The old laptop running Win8.1 doesn't show many - presumably the most latest - emojis. Any way that can be updated?

Also, g'morn, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - up with Daisy at May 25, 2024 07:55 AM (yGYWu)

153 Wonders what an FSSP might be. Considers asking Urban Dictionary. Thinks better of it.

Posted by: I gotta ask at May 25, 2024 07:55 AM (dg+HA)

154 Internet going in and out all morning

Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2024 07:57 AM (fwDg9)

155 And if two potential mates are identical in every way except for wealth and/or status, the attractive, kindly, smart conservative woman will choose the one with wealth/status.
-

I guess. I don't have any experience with that. When we first met, my husband was going to school full time and working at night. He was not making $100, 000 a year. He's never made that amount of money.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

-

There's nothing wrong with it, it's how mating has always worked. It's choosing the best outcome for yourself and your offspring.

It's the same reason men choose beauty and attentiveness. It's the best outcome for themselves and their offspring (sex / pleasant life and good genes for the kids).

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 25, 2024 07:58 AM (ICJ9S)

156 FSSP-Priestly fraternity of St, Peter:

https://fssp.com/

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2024 07:58 AM (XkYcA)

157
Wonders what an FSSP might be. Considers asking Urban Dictionary. Thinks better of it.
Posted by: I gotta ask at May 25, 2024 07:55 AM (dg+HA)

The Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter ( Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Petri). A society of apostolic life dedicated to the preservation of the Tridentine Mass.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2024 07:58 AM (MoZTd)

158 "Whoa! In before whatever will pass as the Morning Report today. "

I think you're safe.

MR is typically Mon-Fri.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 25, 2024 08:00 AM (a1415)

159 Are prayers that are uttered in Elizabethan English more effective than, you know, prayers spoken in the way you normally talk?
Posted by: I gotta ask at May 25, 2024 07:48 AM (dg+HA)

With apologies to Cole Porter:

Brush up your Shakespeare
Start quoting him now
Brush up your Shakespeare
And the deity you will wow

Posted by: Tuna at May 25, 2024 08:02 AM (oaGWv)

160 It's Saturday, expecting a coffee thread soon

Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2024 08:05 AM (al4r6)

161 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

Its owner is attempting to wake up.

And success is coming slowly.

Posted by: JT at May 25, 2024 08:06 AM (T4tVD)

162 You don't want the news anyway. Too depressing. Why wreck your Saturday?

Posted by: fd at May 25, 2024 08:06 AM (vFG9F)

163 And unless you're a woman who's 5'9 or above, why would you necessarily want a man who's 6'2? I am 5'4 or was-I've shrunk with age. My husband 5'9. It's a fine height.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2024 08:07 AM (XkYcA)

164 Posted by: fd at May 25, 2024 08:06 AM (vFG9F)

I find it amazing helpful to try to take one off from the internet news. That usually happens on Sunday.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2024 08:08 AM (XkYcA)

165 Happy Saturday

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 25, 2024 08:09 AM (ENQN6)

166 No one watches the news anymore.

Posted by: Unless they're forced to at May 25, 2024 08:11 AM (dg+HA)

167
Look for an epidemic of people who have nailed their hands to boards if GoggleAI has its way.

Their work campuses must be chock-a-block with ambulatory retards.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 25, 2024 08:11 AM (xG4kz)

168
And unless you're a woman who's 5'9 or above, why would you necessarily want a man who's 6'2?

Her Majesty is 4' 11' and I'm 6' 1". She married me for my height, certainly not for my brains or personality.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2024 08:11 AM (MoZTd)

169 Happy Saturday? I've got a full day of yardwork ahead. I'd pay up to $100 for someone to come over and make me happy.

Posted by: fd at May 25, 2024 08:13 AM (vFG9F)

170 From 2005, the dawn of internet banging. Sorry, "dating":

"When it comes to dating apps, one 2005 study found that men who said they were 6’3” or 6’4” got about 60% more messages than men who were 5’7” or 5’8”. "

https://tinyurl.com/2xh2xz2h

It has probably only reinforced itself within the population since then. Women want tall men because they're told they want tall men by other women, same as getting prison tattoos and nose rings.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 25, 2024 08:14 AM (ICJ9S)

171 "Wombat Rancher" would be a good reality show.
Posted by: fd at May 25, 2024 07:27 AM

You asked for it:

https://youtu.be/vyJiOE1K7po?si=w61rlVUGz_iT0QO9

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 25, 2024 08:14 AM (4fz8z)

172 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2024 08:11 AM (MoZTd)

You have brains and personality?

Posted by: dantesed at May 25, 2024 08:14 AM (Oy/m2)

173 The announcer on my classical music station just had to go there. After talking about Memorial Day he reminded everyone that 4 years ago today George Floyd was killed by a police officer.. just the way I wanted to start my day.

Posted by: Tuna at May 25, 2024 08:14 AM (oaGWv)

174 Thomas, CA may have a sales tax of 10.25 percent. But Da Swamp has 9 in the suburbs and 10 in the city. It's much lower on food, but when I go to the store and total up my purchases before checking out, I add 10 percent. It usually comes out a bit less. That's a pleasant (if tiny) surprise.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2024 06:44 AM (omVj0)

Sales tax in NJ is a uniform 6.625%. No sales tax on food, clothing or most pharmaceuticals. Towns, cities not permitted to add extra sales tax. In fact, some Urban enterprise zones "charge" less....3.31%.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at May 25, 2024 08:14 AM (iODuv)

175 he reminded everyone that 4 years ago today George Floyd was killed by a police officer..

-

That's yo daddy!
- One of George Floyd's baby mommas in another city to her son when seeing George on TV

True story.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 25, 2024 08:15 AM (ICJ9S)

176
No one watches the news anymore.
Posted by: Unless they're forced

The last time I was in the presence of a televised newscast was when my sister and I were taking care of our ailing and soon to die mother. That was two years ago.

I say "in the presence of" because I was not watching it myself, but I did hear the sound from it

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 25, 2024 08:15 AM (xG4kz)

177
You have brains and personality?
Posted by: dantesed at May 25, 2024 08:14 AM (Oy/m2)

Oh, no, of course not. Looks, neither.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2024 08:16 AM (MoZTd)

178 "Way Of The Wombat". LOL.

Posted by: fd at May 25, 2024 08:18 AM (vFG9F)

179
Oh, no, of course not. Looks, neither.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

She married you for your title, of course!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 25, 2024 08:19 AM (xG4kz)

180 "Way Of The Wombat". LOL.
Posted by: fd at May 25, 2024 08:18 AM

100%.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 25, 2024 08:19 AM (4fz8z)

181 Now THAT'S a Rudy Ray Moore movie.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 25, 2024 08:20 AM (ICJ9S)

182
Coffee nood

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2024 08:22 AM (MoZTd)

183 Wombat Suzie
Wombat Sam
Do the jitterbug at a Wombat Land...

No, it needs work...

Posted by: Tenille and the Captain at May 25, 2024 08:22 AM (dg+HA)

184 Good Lord, am I tired of seeing that witch Greta Thunberg scowling at me every time I open up AOS. Today, I will burn a whole bunch of plastic rubbish to create acrid black smoke in her honor.

Posted by: jackcoke at May 25, 2024 08:26 AM (EFQuV)

185 I am 5'5" and husband is 6'3". I didn't marry him because of his height, but it does come in handy. At home we have cabinets divided into TPL (Tall Person Land) and SPL (Short Person Land) so that I don't have to reach and he doesn't have to crouch down.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at May 25, 2024 08:27 AM (FEVMW)

186 161 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

Its owner is attempting to wake up.

And success is coming slowly.
Posted by: JT at May 25, 2024 08:06 AM (T4tVD)

Ha!

Posted by: m at May 25, 2024 08:31 AM (hyRRf)

187 Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at May 25, 2024 08:27 AM (FEVMW)

Yes; I can see where that would come in handy. I expect that you didn't say to him on your first date:
"I want to marry you so you can reach high cabinets." 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2024 08:33 AM (d7CPN)

188 184 Good Lord, am I tired of seeing that witch Greta Thunberg scowling at me every time I open up AOS.
Posted by: jackcoke at May 25, 2024 08:26 AM (EFQuV)

?

Posted by: m at May 25, 2024 08:35 AM (hyRRf)

189 Yes; I can see where that would come in handy. I expect that you didn't say to him on your first date:
"I want to marry you so you can reach high cabinets." 😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

--

But it appears she did respond to the masculine characteristic and ended up marrying him at least in part for those traits.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Little girls dreamt of being moms, women told them not to follow their dreams at May 25, 2024 08:37 AM (/woJX)

190
"Don't look at me. I tried and couldn't translate what she said into anything that made sense."

Then get an AI to translate.

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at May 25, 2024 10:33 AM (1hM1d)

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