The Off Topic Topic

[Liep]

Our Queen is having difficulty doing her new year's speech. Mispronouncing words, not making sense (skipping paragraphs perhaps), etc. But she's still berating us as per usual, and of course, sending regards to Greenland, Faroe Islands and the Danes in North Germany.

All is still well in the Kingdom of Denmark.

[Josquius]

Thank fuck 2013 is over.
This 2014 business seems somehow significant given 86+14=100.
Not that I'm feeling particularly depressed at the moment or anything but theoretically it does seem it would be a nice round bookend year. Hopefully there'll be some sort of good luck in it.

[Ideologue]

Computer systems decided to take off for the night early, got sent home, and am off tomorrow.  WEAK.

[sbr]

This 2014 business seems somehow significant given 86+14=100.

What?

[MadBurgerMaker]

This 2014 business seems somehow significant given 86+14=100.

I don't get it

[Eddie Teach]

Maybe he was born in '86. Half his life spent in 21st century? Kind of a stretch to give that significance, but /shrug

[Josquius]

I was born in 86.
There is nothing significant about 2014 but 14+86=100 and I guess I'm just weird about round numbers and sets sometimes.
When I was a kid I would never get out of bed on anything but a 0 or a 5.

edit-
I hadn't considered the half my life in the 21st century angle. hmm....interesting.

[Habbaku]

There is nothing significant about 2014 but 14+86=100 and I guess I'm just weird about round numbers and sets sometimes.
When I was a kid I would never get out of bed on anything but a 0 or a 5.

[Ideologue]

9 + 1 + 1 = 11.  1 + 1 = 2.  Twin towers.  GET IT?

[lustindarkness]

I was born in 86.
There is nothing significant about 2014 but 14+86=100 and I guess I'm just weird about round numbers and sets sometimes.
When I was a kid I would never get out of bed on anything but a 0 or a 5.

edit-
I hadn't considered the half my life in the 21st century angle. hmm....interesting.

[Habbaku]

1 + 2 + 1 + 1...

[Admiral Yi]

Hey Beeb, have you ever heard of Jesse Willms?  Alberta native, according to an Atlantic article he is "The Dark Lord of the Internet."

[Barrister]

Hey Beeb, have you ever heard of Jesse Willms?  Alberta native, according to an Atlantic article he is "The Dark Lord of the Internet."

Did some quick googling.  Interesting, but no I haven't heard of him.

Typical he's being charged by the FTC, and not anyone in Canada.  We're terrible at prosecuting commercial crimes.

[DGuller]

We're terrible at prosecuting commercial crimes.

You guys should take some lessons from us. 

[Barrister]

We're terrible at prosecuting commercial crimes.

You guys should take some lessons from us. 

When I say "we're terrible at prosecuting commercial crimes" I really mean "the police are terrible at investigating commercial crimes".