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Postby cmsellers » Mon Jul 16, 2018 3:26 am

So, I saw a news story which is so weird that I realized we need a weird news thread.

The story is this: "Iran accuses Israel of stealing its snow."

The Israeli Defense Forces responded as follows:
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Re: Weird news

Postby mancityfooty » Mon Jul 16, 2018 4:32 am

https://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/tv/article214832935.html
the son of the Joplin woman has already sent in something for me to get on this.
fingers crossed I don't because the fashion show we did at the target on friday did not go well.
I'm old and stuck in my ways.
I'll keep everyone posted if I get an episode
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Re: Weird news

Postby Deathclaw_Puncher » Mon Jul 16, 2018 4:38 am

You might as well retitle this the "Ashley shares stories from RDA's What The Fuck Is Wrong With You? Thread".
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Re: Weird news

Postby JamishT » Mon Jul 16, 2018 5:03 am

mancityfooty wrote:https://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/tv/article214832935.html
the son of the Joplin woman has already sent in something for me to get on this.
fingers crossed I don't because the fashion show we did at the target on friday did not go well.
I'm old and stuck in my ways.
I'll keep everyone posted if I get an episode


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Re: Weird news

Postby Anglerphobe » Mon Jul 16, 2018 8:13 pm

Deathclaw_Puncher wrote:You might as well retitle this the "Ashley shares stories from RDA's What The Fuck Is Wrong With You? Thread".


My first thought when reading this: "Wow, Rafael Dos Anjos has got his social media game down way better than all the other fighters"

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Re: Weird news

Postby NathanLoiselle » Mon Jul 16, 2018 11:55 pm

Israel stealing snow from Iran is like OOOOLLLLLDDDD news.
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Re: Weird news

Postby Deathclaw_Puncher » Tue Jul 17, 2018 10:29 pm

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Re: Weird news

Postby Krashlia » Wed Jul 18, 2018 12:45 am

NathanLoiselle wrote:Israel stealing snow from Iran is like OOOOLLLLLDDDD news.


"My Lord, they [Mordacai's people] are also stealing our snows, Haman said."
--Esther 2:34.
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Postby Deathclaw_Puncher » Fri Aug 03, 2018 7:28 pm

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Re: Weird news

Postby NathanLoiselle » Sat Aug 04, 2018 12:08 am

Nathan declares himself the Third Christ, sacrifices hot dog.
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Re: Weird news

Postby jbobsully11 » Sat Aug 04, 2018 2:47 am

I’m not sure if this is weird enough for here, but I don’t think it’s worth giving it its own thread.

A study published at the end of July showed that it’s generally harder, on average, for people to turn a robot off if it begs for its life. According to the article, it wasn’t the first study done to test this.
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Re: Weird news

Postby cmsellers » Sat Aug 04, 2018 7:33 am

jbobsully11 wrote:A study published at the end of July showed that it’s generally harder, on average, for people to turn a robot off if it begs for its life.

Of course anyone who watched The Good Place already knows this.
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Re: Weird news

Postby Crimson847 » Sat Aug 04, 2018 12:28 pm

jbobsully11 wrote:I’m not sure if this is weird enough for here, but I don’t think it’s worth giving it its own thread.

A study published at the end of July showed that it’s generally harder, on average, for people to turn a robot off if it begs for its life. According to the article, it wasn’t the first study done to test this.


Some computer games even exploit that impulse: if you alt-F4 out of one of the Baldur's Gate games (as opposed to quitting via the menu), a confirmation window will pop up reading "Are you sure you want to quit? Boo will miss you...", trying to tug at your heartstrings with a cute hamster that is in fact just a few lines of code on your computer. Alpha Centauri does the same thing if you quit through the game menu, sometimes playing a voice clip at the "are you sure you want to quit?" confirmation screen that says in a pitiful tone "please don't go, the drones need you; they look up to you".
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Re: Weird news

Postby cmsellers » Tue Aug 14, 2018 9:34 pm

I have been debating posting this because it involves US politics, but ultimately it struck me as so weird I felt that I had to.

A Florida state house candidate was caught lying about both graduating college and what she majored it. Because having a degree in marketing makes you more qualified to write laws than having dropped out of a degree in retailing does, I guess?
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Re: Weird news

Postby cmsellers » Sun Aug 19, 2018 5:21 am

So Max shared this on Discord. A Slovenian comedian who used to do impersonations of the old prime minister was just appointed prime minister for real.
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