Monday, October 22, 2018

485 - The Thousand Yard Crash, The Inky Dozen, Mediocre Avenue, The Processed Gourmet, "Lara Croft: Tomb Filler", and Admirzable Musical Skrills

[9:26 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 

Its crazy that in WW2 the average infantryman spent about 40 days in 4 years in combat, and thanks to the helicopter in Vietnam the average infantryman was in like 240 days a year
[9:26 AM] 
Stupid helicopters
Different kind of war, too
Is there a stat in there for the trench Hell of WWI?
"The average infantryman...who lived...spent approximately 1000 days per year on the front line during WWI."
[9:30 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 

Hmm, not seeing one

Maybe record keeping was muddy
[9:31 AM] 
Everything was muddy
[9:31 AM]  Mr. McGreen:  

*rimshot*
[9:33 AM] 
"20-Minute Club" - Average lifespan of a new pilot in WWI
Ugh
[9:33 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 

All at once?
[9:33 AM] 
Go up...get some air...die
Barely trained by the end, and given the worst equipment so the best wouldn't be wasted.
What was that trainer...
"The Penguin"?
Couldn't even fly. They had the trainees just roll it around on the ground to get used to the idea.
You had to learn those planes.
All hand-built and patched up.  You can find out if there's a problem with a few hours of playing.  Nope...send 'em up. 
"What happened to New Johnny?"
"Pulled back too hard on the stick on Jenny #4...wings sheered off."
"Bad luck. Why didn't anyone tell him she was wonky?"
Wellll...I mean...we've been wanting that kite scrapped and a new one for a couple months, right?”
Ah! Clever.”
...
[9:51 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 

I suppose they lost some before they created the mechanism that prevented bullets from ricocheting back and killing the pilot
[9:56 AM] 
The propeller wedge was scary but usually worked.  Otherwise you'd want to be in a pusher, or you had a silly wingtop rig. 
...
[9:58 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 

That seems not so accurate
[9:58 AM] 
Nnnn....o...



[10:00 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 

I almost joined the military for photography, but unlucky me lacks forsight...so I got into tattooing instead

*sigh*

I could have been so elite the Predator would pursue me
[10:07 AM] 
(Dirty Dozen style commando briefing over miniature model of complex, commander pointing out stages) 
"Step 7?"
(chorus) "Team 1 takes a ride, down the side.
"Step 8?"
"Team 2 lights the ammo dump for a big surprise." 
"Step 9?" 
"Pvt. McGreen marks out the candy skull on the customer's arm.
"Step 10?" 
"Team 1 says 'howdy do' to the boys at the farm.
"Step 11?" 
"Team 2 teaches the guard house all the new rules"
"Step 12?"
Pvt. McGreen sterilizes all his tools."



[9:48 AM] 
806 SUPERIOR ST
"Yeahhh...you think you're a big deal living there...but you're number 806.  Pft!...Whatev..."
[9:51 AM]  Mr. Blue: 

I wonder if there's a Lake Inferior
[9:54 AM] 
New Rd was the one that got me the most, recently.
"How old does it have to be til it turns into Current Rd?"
"Does it stay that way til we get a new New Rd, or does it stay New and we build one called Newer Rd?"



[2:08 PM]  Mr. Brown: 


Ok they are all gonna die. You can't survive on rabbit meat alone
[2:09 PM] 
Nope
However if you are starving to death on an inadequate vegetable diet...it's probably well worth adding.
[2:10 PM]  Mr. Brown: 

As long as you get some fat somewhere
[2:10 PM] 
Nod
[2:11 PM]  Mr. Brown: 

Having it as an add on would work cause they produce so fast

I wonder how much fat is in a Guinea pig
[2:12 PM]  Mr. Blue: 

A survey published earlier this year showed nearly 75 percent of the population lost an average of 8.7 kilos (19 pounds) in weight due to lack of proper nutrition because of the crisis.

Jesus

That'd probably be good for the US though
[2:17 PM]  Mr. Brown: 

Yes we should eat smaller more quickly reproducing animals if we could get over ourselves.

There's a difference between protecting animals and respecting them.

Respect is eating them but killing them humanly.

Protecting is allowing ourselves to starve cause we can't hurt the little animal
[2:20 PM]  Mr. Blue: 

I don't think anyone is doing that
[2:22 PM]  Mr. Brown: 

I never kill when hunting unless I know I'm going to be eating it, for example

I'll use what I get

But we are missing out on a lot of food sources and wasting a lot
[2:28 PM] 
One of my favorite Reductress bits was "Exciting new shopping app delivers fresh produce directly to your trash bin."
[2:28 PM]  Mr. Blue: 

Heheh
[2:28 PM] 
We waste vast amounts of food here
I dunno.  Despite the endless campaigning for healthy eating and fresh foods, the complacent and lazy approach to food has remained the American way.
Maybe we should just embrace our Jetsons future and save the wasted food by making better processed stuff for people and just not selling fresh stuff anymore.
"New from Dystopia Gardens!  All organic!"
"Just add water and microwave!"
"New Macaroni and Cheese with hidden vegetables!"
[2:39 PM]  Mr. Blue: 

Maybe we can cultivate veggies to taste good

Broccoli that tastes like birthday cake
[2:42 PM]  Mr. Brown: 

Celery that tastes like peanut butter
[2:49 PM] 
Snozzberries that tas-...nevermind
[3:00 PM]  Mr. Brown: 

Taste like a berry?
[3:00 PM]




[9:18 AM] 
So...the news wasn't amusing downstairs, but one clip was.
It was riot footage.
CNN people were talking over top of it about the groups and violence and such
But center shot in the crowd there's this woman dressed roughly like Lara Croft...if Lara was close to 6' and powerfully built.
And this guy with a curly mop about my size moves in and gives her a shove.
She rolls it off like nothing and you can see he's realized he F'd with the wrong woman.
He starts scrambling back and turns to run for his life as she charges the guy with an overhand hammer fist that probably would have flattened him.
Sadly they ran off screen and they cut it there.
Best thing I've seen today though.
[9:23 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 

Did I tell you how Fox News once reeled me in?
[9:23 AM] 
Like...to watch?  For real?
[9:25 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 

I was channel surfing and saw a bunch of beach babes and stopped to admire the view, then it registered that there was a small headline about a serial rapist in Florida

i didn’t really continue at that point, but they got me
[9:26 AM] 
Sort of a Fox Page 3 Girl thing?
Do you think perhaps CNN picked the Lara Croft Hulk SMASH scene on purpose as a lure?



[11:56 AM] 
Before I forget and run out of break time...  At home for lunch exchanging news with Silver Jr.
[11:56 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 

Is it worth the time
[11:56 AM] 
"I finally found the music I was looking for.  Took forever."
"Yeah?  What was it?"
"A dubstep someone used in a Geometry Dash level.  Totally rocks, especially at the drop."
[11:58 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 

"Honey? Get the exorcism kit!"
[11:58 AM] 
(raised on classical) "Ah...  Well...  At least you started showing an interest in music after Skrillex was big and Merzibow was a thing."
"Who?"
"Exactly.  Skrillex was big for making a lot of noise.  Merzibow was big for making a lot of noise out of other noise."
"Oh."
[12:00 PM]  Mr. Blue: 

I never heard a Skrillex or Deadmau5 song that was any good
[12:00 PM] 
(not that I didn't think they had art/experimental merit, mind you...I just don't want to have to listen to it in the house)
[12:01 PM]  Mr. McGreen: 

Steve has a Deadmau5 helmet that’s full sized and lights up, its awesome

I think his wife made it

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