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#41

Off the Record / Re: Facebook Follies of Friend...

Last post by Razgovory - Today at 02:11:37 PM

I wonder if they would apply that logic to Trump.

#42

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Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 02:08:54 PM

The line that law abiding people have nothing to fear is as old as the hills.

#43

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Last post by Valmy - Today at 02:03:07 PM

Oh well that is very common in memes. The image often not only has nothing to do with the text, but often is a bizarre nonsensical juxtaposition that only confuses who is familiar with the image.

They suck and I hate them. At least the recent scourge of AI memes involves people sort of putting a related image up there...even if it is creepy as fuck in an uncanny valley way.

#44

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Last post by Jacob - Today at 02:00:38 PM

That guy doesn't look like he lives in a place with anything more than a county sheriff. Probably not an expert on interacting with the police.

That guy is a character - Squirrely Dan - from the show Letterkenney. Dan is unlikely to say something like that. One of his recurring (though infrequent) topics on the show is what he's learned from Professor Tricia in his Women's Studies class.

The actor is Canadian comic and comes across as left of the US political centre from is interviews. I don't think he's said anything like that in his capacity as a private person either.

#45

Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread

Last post by Jacob - Today at 01:54:28 PM

Thought this was a reasonably interesting article: The crisis in education isn't AI — it's meaning

#46

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Last post by Valmy - Today at 01:33:44 PM

That guy doesn't look like he lives in a place with anything more than a county sheriff. Probably not an expert on interacting with the police.

#47

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Last post by Syt - Today at 01:29:41 PM

#48

Off the Record / Re: The Israel-Iran War ?

Last post by Valmy - Today at 01:29:30 PM

I guess that kind of links into the protests and goals discussion Yi and others were having in the Trump thread

The protests right now in the US are about political mobilization. I don't think we are currently putting forth a coup plan in motion.

Slightly different situation.

#49

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Last post by Valmy - Today at 01:25:40 PM

While I did spend plenty of time in Paris, I had a friend whose parents had a place there, most of my time in France was spent in the south (near Nice) and in the west (Angers). Still places with lots of tourists though.

Ironically the only time anybody gave me any shit was in the Paris tourism office, which was kind of funny. Like they found the person least suited to work there in the entire country.

#50

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Last post by HVC - Today at 01:10:13 PM

Huh? I mean not only did it seem like the average French person's head would explode if you don't first say 'bonjour' to them before starting to talk to them, but they were incredibly terrible at speaking English. I never had any push back speaking French to French people.

Granted I haven't been there in 25 years.

They expect it but get annoyed if you do it wrong worst of both worlds haha.

That being said it might just be aimed at anglos. When I was last there french people where much more annoyed if they thought I was English than when  they thought I was Portuguese. That was 20 years ago too, and really it's Paris. Other parts were nicer.