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...They go around and kill themselves.

Elon Musk may've become the umpteenth high-profile hi-tech celebrity futurist who has cried doom and gloom about the potential threat from AIs taking over the world and eradicating humankind on a whim...

...But apparently we're still a long way from there, as shown by the fate of this poor little R2D2 who somehow decided he had had enough, and plunged himself to a swift electrocution death in a water fountain in DC the other day.

( Caution, the footage can be disturbing for the more robo-love inclined... )

airiefairie

Today's portion of Friday nonsense features one Sequim, Washington resident who mowed the word AHOLE into their lawn so it could be viewed from space...

Oh, sweet neighbour relations...

luzribeiro

This is pretty disturbing (and not just the picture)...

Scientists Have A Dark Warning For You About Sex Robots

Scientists from the Foundation For Responsible Robotics have released a report asking society to consider a possible future where humans have sex with robots, and have outlined some things that society needs to do to prepare for that future. ...

Westworld/Humans, anyone?

mahnmut

Wow, now what do we do with the large ice cube - 1 trillion tons of it. Any suggestions?

Giant Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctica

I suggest that climate change deniers immediately run to Antarctica to stick this ice cube back into place! We can't allow this Chinese conspiracy to go on forever, right?

kiaa

"If Earth is really turning to the East, shouldn't flying to the West be faster?" - A question I recently read around these Internets.

Reminds me of that Saudi cleric who said that if a plane stops in one place in the air, China would come on its own and there was no need to waste fuel for flights.

Tidal locking is a biach, yo. How the hell does that devilry work!?

So... if we are traveling in a train and I suddenly jump off my seat, would the person sitting in front of me crash into me, hmmm?

airiefairie

Let us thank the gods of the mountains for their greatest creation of all, mullein (verbascum!)

Is there really a backpacker who hasn't felt the joy and relief from the gentle touch of these divine leaves? =)

luzribeiro.livejournal.com

Last Friday offtopic on LJ's version of TP, heh!

Anyway... Here's the latest fad on the Internet. And it takes years to make. Or rather just a minute, plus an old photo of yours with your friends or family...

Five guys take same photo for 30 years

( Before vs After )

abomvubuso.livejournal.com

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Excited yet?

luvdovz.livejournal.com

This story is weird on so many levels... Really, what does the right-wing hate more right now, gays or Muslims? And what does the left love more? Decisions, decisions...

Sweden far-right plans gay parade in mainly Muslim area
Anti-racist group plans counter-rally against "provocative" parade condemned by Stockholm Pride and LGBT activists.

ddstory.livejournal.com

Many stars have companions, including our nearest neighbor, Alpha Centauri, a triplet system. Astronomers have long sought an explanation. Are binary and triplet star systems born that way? Did one star capture another? Do binary stars sometimes split up and become single stars? And did our sun have a twin when it was born 4.5 billion years ago? Almost certainly yes - though not an identical twin. And so did every other sunlike star in the universe, according to a new analysis by a theoretical physicist from UC Berkeley and a radio astronomer from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory at Harvard University...

mahnmut.livejournal.com

Some of you may've watched last weekend's John Oliver segment about the UK elections (a major clusterfuck for Mrs May and the hard-Brexiters; but that's another long story). As ridiculous as some aspects of that election might have been, the one that sticks out for me is the inclusion of one Lord Buckethead, a mock candidate (they've got many in the UK) who ran against and eventually personally faced Mrs May.

He got 249 votes. And he had the most sensible message among them all. Which says a lot, really.

By the way, this isn't the first time Lord Buckethead had run in UK elections. Last two times were against Thatcher and Major.

Details: HERE.

Oh, and John Oliver has a neat idea about the upcoming Brexit negotiations, which are in shambles:

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mahnmut.livejournal.com

Modern teens are threatening the future of humankind with extinction, scientists and psychiatrists are warning, since the emergence of the new global mania, the so called fidget-spinners. The reason is that because they've occupied their hands with the little spinning gadgets, their sexual maturing is getting hindered.

A 97% decrease in masturbation rates is being observed among boys and girls 11-16 years of age, according to researchers. And it is the worthless spinning thingies that's the main culprit for that, because they are designed to soothe strained nerves. This, in a world where being a knot of nerves is the new norm, of course.

( We are all doomed, you know )

htpcl.livejournal.com

Mine:

"When you meet a bear, cover yourself in shit so that the bear won't sense your presence".
"But where do I get so much shit from?"
"Oh, be sure there WILL be shit!"

ddstory.livejournal.com

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nairiporter.livejournal.com

The Twittersphere is buzzing again! Trump has spoken! And what a word he has invented!

( Read more... )

ddstory.livejournal.com

Awww, that burn'd!

But that reminds me of all those weird hand-shakes Trump has made with world leaders over the last few months.

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nairiporter.livejournal.com

Interesting way to tell time, no doubt.

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luzribeiro.livejournal.com

luvdovz.livejournal.com

Colorado: Hunter claims he was sexually assaulted by a sasquatch

Darrel Whitaker, from Glenwood Springs in Colorado, claims a sasquatch attacked him and attempted to rape him while he was walking in the woods.

“When I regained consciousness, he had already torn my pants and was tearing through my underwear. I stabbed him in the shoulder with my hunting knife, and that made him run away.”

Those damned horny Sasquatches and their damned huge hairy balls!

luvdovz.livejournal.com

Does it need any comment really?

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One thing can't be denied tho'. She'd DROP DEAD gorgeous! ;-D
I bet she was DYING to go to the prom.
And then she was the LIFE of the party. Right?

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Entries tagged with offtopic

Friday WTF. While we fear the robots...

Best passive-aggressive Google Earth revenge evUR!

Friday offtopic. The sex toasters are coming!

Stick this ice cube back into place now, shall we?

Gravitational lock... How the hell does it work?

Thank goodness for mullein!

The new fad on these very Interwebz

Indeed, it's here. Winter, that is.

What the actual fuck...

Friday offtopic. They come in pairs!

All hail Lord Buckethead!

Friday nonsense -- Fidget-what...?

Worst advice about backpacking you've received?

Friday WTF. We sure are doomed, right?

Make America covfefe again!

Friday WTF. That shove

Friday LOL. Telling time.

Wanna Cry?

Friday WTF. Got sasquatched? You wish!

Friday WTF. Weirdos doing their weird stuff

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