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nubbins`: we (dick surgery) played a show with
them once
nubbins`: heh,
there's a 6'7" metal guitarist guiding a dump
truck down my dead-end street
ThickAsThieves: yknow
there really is room for a bitcoin-famous and
themed band
mircea_popescu: i could perhaps get chicks
to show up for nude vids
to go with
teh muzak
mircea_popescu: failure
to kiss my pinky ring will be downfall of woman.
nubbins`: no, legalization of marijuana will be
the downfall of government
nubbins`: honestly believe plastic will be
the ultimate downfall of man
mircea_popescu: the reason would be
that phtalates are
toxic, and unbound
to
the actual plastic, so
they leak out as
the
thing breaks down
through age/sun exposure
mircea_popescu: this is especially
true of any pvc items, if you can recognise pvc
mircea_popescu: an especially good
time
to do so is when preparing
the house for
the first baby.
mircea_popescu: actually since we're on
the
topic, it's good policy
to
throw out all old plastic in
the house (>3 years or so) and replace it with modern plastic (if made in
the us or eu, past coupla years)
nubbins`: i'm
told lego sandwiches are a danish delicacy
nubbins`: generally
they use ABS and PLA plastics, not sure about
the specifics of either
nubbins`: if anything,
that's
the dangerous step
nubbins`: the hip
thing
these days is
to use acetone vapor
to
take
the jagged edges off rough 3d prints
mircea_popescu: now, as far as solvents go
toluene (used
to be widely used in
the 70s etc) is actually carginogenic
mircea_popescu: afaik
the phtalates (softening agents) are
the main problem with "normal" plastics
nubbins`: what, as opposed
to all
the other plastic you come into contact in
the run of a day?
mircea_popescu: article about lezzie
that got raped "curatively". comment section ? lezzies dating
mircea_popescu: s vivified…and has vowed
to vanquish
these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice…and vouchsafing
the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition.The only verdict is vengeance,a vendetta…held as a votive not in vain,for
the value and veracity of such…shall one day vindicate
the vigilant and
the virtuous.Verily,
this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose.So let me simply add
that it’s my ver
mircea_popescu: But on
this most auspicious of nights…permit me
then, in lieu of
the more commonplace sobriquet…to suggest
the character of
this dramatis persona.Voilà!In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran…cast vicariously as both victim and villain by
the vicissitudes of fate.This visage, no mere veneer of vanity…is a vestige of
the vox populi,now vacant, vanished.However,
this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stand
mircea_popescu: cynicism is good protective serum.
these people are nutty.
ozbot: Employee Morale Is Suffering At
the NSA - Slashdot
nubbins`: at least
they'll use a name-brand drink.
mircea_popescu: honestly,
the sad mental state of people still showing up
to work for
the various usg agencies suggests we'll soon see jamestown-like mass suicides.
nubbins`: Conditions on board which may lead
to
the spread of disease:
TBD
ozbot: Back from
the Moon, Apollo Astronauts Had
to Go
Through Customs | Space.com
mircea_popescu: basically all
the us is
these days, is one giant cartman
nubbins`: wow, apollo 11 crew had
to pass
thru US customs & immigration upon returning from
the moon
nubbins`: ah, just because
there's blood everywhere and people are crying doesn't mean it's a riot.
nubbins`: prairie girl was
the blond one
ThickAsThieves: there was
the riot grrl,
then artsy girl, and
the prairie girl
mircea_popescu: because eiother or both betrayed
the holy cause of pussy rioting ?
mircea_popescu: and
then is
this
the blondy with small
tits and an annoying personality
that split up with her hubby
nubbins`: i
think one got sent
to a gulag
nubbins`: best
thing
to come out of
this was watching stuffy newscasters have
to say
the phrase "Pussy Riot" so many
times
ozbot: [ANN] CryptoFrenzy Crypto-Porfolio Beta Launch -
Track your crypto-earnings
nubbins`: but in my defense,
there's
three of us
mircea_popescu: god knows
they're already doing it when speaking as if "their company"
mircea_popescu: it'll be funny when private individual dorks start actually refering
to
themselves in
the 1st person
nubbins`: i bet
that
took some wrangling
nubbins`: thestringpuller: ah, i see you have a +10 rating from 'danieldaniel' with
the comment "Fuck you."
mircea_popescu: <nubbins`> honestly, i wouldn't
trust most of
the people in -otc even if
they sent first. <<< neither would
they.
nubbins`: not sure if
the horse should have a huge drooping cock, or
the rider
nubbins`: honestly, i wouldn't
trust most of
the people in -otc even if
they sent first.
nubbins`: pink eye print company is in
the wot.
nubbins`: and even
those are just literal rips of other brand logos, with "FOG
TOWN" emblazoned in place of
the original name
nubbins`: afaict,
the only
thing
they produce is stickers with
their logo
nubbins`: there's
this "company" around
town, "FOG
TOWN BRAND"
nubbins`: you see
this at all scales
too, from local
to worldwide
mircea_popescu: somehow
the point where you gotta have a business
to be a business is eschewed, in favour of merely having a "brand", which really is a logo + advertising bills package
mircea_popescu: yeah! actually, what
the sex
tape is
to
the starlet,
the brand is
to
the no-business "busioness"
nubbins`: way
to buy a fuckin' logo, y'know?
nubbins`: yeah, brands are a funny
thing
nubbins`: "know what's a good idea? charge whitey $70 for a pair of $5 shoes, and give another pair for free
to some poor african kid so his folks lose
their job at
the shoe factory"
mircea_popescu: but i guess nobody realises stuff like adidas or vevo are in
the same boat.