The Off Topic Topic

[alfred russel]

My daughter had her first eye exam today. We have to go again on Tuesday wether she has strabismus or simply the capacity to move her eyes independantly.

Good luck.

[Syt]

William Shatner's cover of Pulp's Common People, with Star Trek clips:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=60&v=zI3UfxyIdgs

[crazy canuck]

That other link didn't work on my work computer.  So here is one that does. 




http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/stranded-orca-saved-by-volunteers-who-kept-it-cool-for-hours-until-high-tide-1.3164728

[Caliga]

The ironic thing is that Orcas also like to help humans, or at least work cooperatively with them.  There's some place in Australia where Orcas would herd whales into a harbor so fisherman could easily catch it.  In exchange the fishermen saved stuff they didn't want (tongues I think) for the Orcas to eat.

This is precisely why I don't think Orcas should be kept in small tanks and treated like circus slaves btw.

[derspiess]

Can we still make bears ride bicycles though?

[lustindarkness]

I like the orca shows, they would be more fun if they threw some life food in there for us to watch them eat it.

[Caliga]

Can we still make bears ride bicycles though?

I think bears are pretty smart too, but not sure if they're too smart to be exploited for our amusement.

[Caliga]

I like the orca shows, they would be more fun if they threw some life food in there for us to watch them eat it.

How about the executives at Sea World who insist on enslaving them?

[The Brain]

I like the orca shows, they would be more fun if they threw some life food in there for us to watch them eat it.

Is that some hippie shit?

[Valmy]

I refuse to go to Sea World and places of its ilk because I don't believe Orcas should be imprisoned like that and forced to perform tricks. 

Cal you eat animals so therefore you have to be cool with anything else we do with them. Just to be consistent and all.

[Valmy]

I like the orca shows, they would be more fun if they threw some life food in there for us to watch them eat it.

How about the executives at Sea World who insist on enslaving them?

How about the gas stations that serve them Cal? Eh?

[The Brain]

I refuse to go to Sea World and places of its ilk because I don't believe Orcas should be imprisoned like that and forced to perform tricks. 

Cal you eat animals so therefore you have to be cool with anything else we do with them. Just to be consistent and all.

Cal eats whales?

[Valmy]

Cal eats whales?

Orcas aren't whales

[lustindarkness]

I like the orca shows, they would be more fun if they threw some life food in there for us to watch them eat it.

How about the executives at Sea World who insist on enslaving them?

Sure, but they will have a hard time hiring enough executives. Seals and such may be cheaper. maybe make a deal with the state prison system and use them instead of lethal injection or the chair.

[Caliga]

How about the gas stations that serve them Cal? Eh?

They serve Orca meat at Texas gas stations?  Man don't mess with Texas people