Random thought thread!

Speak_With_Bread · 2011-02-04T08:01:36.000Z

The traffic circle outside my university has its own Facebook fan page.

Facebook, you go too far.

CLWheeljack · 2011-02-04T08:49:12.000Z

Speak With Bread:

The traffic circle outside my university has its own Facebook fan page.

Facebook, you go too far.

Whoa. I wonder if eventually Facebook will grow into a Tristram Shandy thing where there are more facebook pages than actual things in the world…

VSys114 · 2011-02-04T08:54:39.000Z

First Facebook now Wikipedia:

en.wikipedia.org

Toilet paper orientation

Toilet paper when used with a toilet roll holder with a horizontal axle parallel to the floor and also parallel to the wall has two possible orientations: the toilet paper may hang over (in front of) or under (behind) the roll; if perpendicular to the wall, the two orientations are right-left or near-away. The choice is largely a matter of personal preference, dictated by habit. In surveys of US consumers and of bath and kitchen specialists, 60–70 percent of respondents prefer over. Some peopl...

Bahimiron · 2011-02-04T08:56:48.000Z

balut:

I wonder how the Federation from Star Trek would’ve dealt with the issue of the Mass Effect-verse’s Krogran population growth and threat to galactic stability.

Ben Sisko would quietly do what needed to be done. And he would learn to live with it… because he can live with it. He can live with it.

Computer, erase this entire personal log.

VSys114 · 2011-02-04T08:59:40.000Z

balut:

I wonder how the Federation from Star Trek would’ve dealt with the issue of the Mass Effect-verse’s Krogran population growth and threat to galactic stability.

Darth Vader would just put the Death Star in orbit and blow up the Krogan home world. Problem solved.

Thoro · 2011-02-04T09:46:13.000Z

VSys114:

Darth Vader would just put the Death Star in orbit and blow up the Krogan home world. Problem solved.

I see what you did there.

JoshV · 2011-02-04T10:39:58.000Z

balut:

I wonder how the Federation from Star Trek would’ve dealt with the issue of the Mass Effect-verse’s Krogran population growth and threat to galactic stability.

Kirk would’ve repopulated the race with his own loins.

jason · 2011-02-04T11:50:31.000Z

VSys114:

First Facebook now Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_paper_orientation

You’ve gotta be shitting me…

CLWheeljack · 2011-02-04T12:08:58.000Z

I beginning to be very amused by some of the more outdated thread titles, particularly the “Anyone get a Kindle yet?” thread.

VSys114 · 2011-02-04T15:32:34.000Z

Looking back, the 80s were just stupid.

Anders_Hallin · 2011-02-04T18:06:15.000Z

OH GOD WHY DO I PUT MYSELF THROUGH THE PAIN OF UPS :(

VSys114 · 2011-02-05T12:21:23.000Z

Why does every freaking TV ad for fiber cereal feature baby-boomers trying to talk around mouthfuls of have chewed cereal? “MMF this cantf be fibepppllaarrrrrrr!!” Disgusting.

John_Many_Jars · 2011-02-05T13:14:18.000Z

So the baby boomers than think it’s about self-indulgence rather than avoiding hemorrhoids.

VSys114 · 2011-02-05T13:47:49.000Z

Sounds reasonable, but what ever happened to not speaking with your mouth full of food?

John_Many_Jars · 2011-02-05T15:59:54.000Z

That was a value of The Greatest Generation. The Boomers abandoned it when they went to college.

Meghan_Bowyer · 2011-02-05T18:22:18.000Z

How much does it cost to get an oven recalibrated? Mine’s at least 40 degrees off, and the difference gets bigger the higher I set the heat.

Omniscia · 2011-02-05T18:45:30.000Z

Thunderstorms, in February? Seriously, WTF?

And it’s still snowing.

Mightynute · 2011-02-06T10:16:00.000Z

Meghan Bowyer:

How much does it cost to get an oven recalibrated? Mine’s at least 40 degrees off, and the difference gets bigger the higher I set the heat.

If you have the owner’s manual, there’s usually a procedure to do it manually.

(i.e., I’ll give it a look this afternoon.)

VSys114 · 2011-02-06T10:20:01.000Z

If you sleep with a giant green iguana, it will try to tunnel into your body like you are a dead tauntaun for the heat.

Cormac · 2011-02-06T10:58:39.000Z