OT: Hurricanes Lounge XXXVII: A Yellow Fog Descends Over Raleigh (Again)

[Lempo]

Dudes, we’re getting a Wawa.

https://amp.newsobserver.com/news/business/article259315734.html

Ze Wawa?

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

They heard us - “ad free” is a style for sponsors now. See the announcement at the top of the forum.

 

[HisIceness]

It happened again!

 

[hockeynjune]

Any other sponsors suddenly get their ads back today? @MinJaBen @hockeynjune @Lempo

Trying to see if this is a site issue or a me issue (my sponsorship doesn't run out until July)

Yepp, they're back

 

[Lempo]

Coming to Russia:

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Coming to Russia:

I'm going to guess that 10% of the responses to that tweet will be McDowell's references.

/me goes to look...

Less! More like 5%. I am disappointed in the youth of the world.

 

[Lempo]

Now what nonsense is this "You may also like" smartfeed crap at the bottom of the page pushing the link to the F26 mainpage a full mobile screen's worth downwards,

and where is my sponsor option for ad free, smartfeed free theme?

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

That Minnesota hockey story isn’t quite as bad as this one. It didn’t belong in the hockey thread. Y’all seen this one?

Updated: GHSA lets Social Circle-Drew Charter game stand after scoring controversy

The Georgia High School Association has ruled against a basketball team that has video evidence that its opponents was awarded two points it didn’t score in the second quarter of a semifinal game that went to overtime Saturday.

www.ajc.com

Magically the other team’s book had extra points after the first conversation. Even caught on camera and nothing is being done about it.

 

[sabremike]

Wholesome Giraffe Content Of The Day:

 

[MinJaBen]

Wholesome Giraffe Content Of The Day:
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Wholesome?!? I think the one on the right was just throwing gang signs.

 

[raynman]

Wholesome?!? I think the one on the right was just throwing gang signs.

Because he wants protect his block from the Lions. Very wholesome when a young man wants to protect his family.

 

[Socks]

He's safe! No he's not. He's safe again! Nope he DED

 

[DaJackal]

We were mimicking animal sounds when my 3-year-old asked us what giraffes say. We couldn't answer.

Paging @sabremike to the rescue

 

[Lempo]

We were mimicking animal sounds when my 3-year-old asked us what giraffes say. We couldn't answer.

Paging @sabremike to the rescue

That was actually a question in a Finnish quiz show like thingy a number of years back.

The guy went by the famous Finnish song "Onomatopoetic liquer store" where giraffe says öri-öri-öri, and it was close enough to the actual grassy raspy sound that giraffe makes.

 

[MinJaBen]

That was actually a question in a Finnish quiz show like thingy a number of years back.

The guy went by the famous Finnish song "Onomatopoetic liquer store" where giraffe says öri-öri-öri, and it was close enough to the actual grassy raspy sound that giraffe makes.

So giraffes speak in drunk Finnish? Why not.

 

[Lempo]

The NFT talk went away from the other thread.

Imma just gonna say, the Dutch did it best with tulipmania.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Debate: Should vampires be canonically changed to be more like mosquitoes? That is, only females drink blood, while the males drink nectar and tree sap.

This would naturally change the imagery associated with vampires, most notably the males. While the lady vamps would keep the traditional gothic aesthetic, the males would take on a more woodsy or natural aesthetic. In other words, vampire couples could be goth lady and a lumberjack.

I'm in favor of this change.

 

[Derailed75]

Debate: Should vampires be canonically changed to be more like mosquitoes? That is, only females drink blood, while the males drink nectar and tree sap.

This would naturally change the imagery associated with vampires, most notably the males. While the lady vamps would keep the traditional gothic aesthetic, the males would take on a more woodsy or natural aesthetic. In other words, vampire couples could be goth lady and a lumberjack.

I'm in favor of this change.

What the hell did you smoke last night?

 

[Lempo]

No to hipster vampires. Classical Dracula vampire is a man from foreign land who come to try and prick your ladies and needs to be staked and decapitated for it. I can see no reason why this image should be changed.

 

[raynman]

No to hipster vampires. Classical Dracula vampire is a man from foreign land who come to try and prick your ladies and needs to be staked and decapitated for it. I can see no reason why this image should be changed.

What if he tries but can never seal the deal? Like just not charismatic at all and respects personal boundaries?

 

[Derailed75]

What if he tries but can never seal the deal? Like just not charismatic at all and respects personal boundaries?

Then we feel bad for him like that guy in high school with the bad acne that never got laid, before we behead and stake him!

 

[Blueline Bomber]

What the hell did you smoke last night?

You don't want to debate changing the accepted canon of mythological creatures? Another example:

Centaurs are generally thought of mammalian beasts with a torso and head of a man and the body of a horse.

First, they have 6 limbs, so they should be classified as insects, not mammals. Second, what if the centaur itself was just the horse part?

Going off the insect idea, the horse "half" is a parasitic creature. Where the half ends, there's a gaping mouth that consumes the corpses of other creatures. It uses the corpse as a sort of a puppet to lure other victims closer to it.

 

[Lempo]

Centaur is a headless horse biscione!?

Eat your hear out, Sleepy Hollow.

 

[Derailed75]

You don't want to debate changing the accepted canon of mythological creatures? Another example:

Centaurs are generally thought of mammalian beasts with a torso and head of a man and the body of a horse.

First, they have 6 limbs, so they should be classified as insects, not mammals. Second, what if the centaur itself was just the horse part?

Going off the insect idea, the horse "half" is a parasitic creature. Where the half ends, there's a gaping mouth that consumes the corpses of other creatures. It uses the corpse as a sort of a puppet to lure other victims closer to it.

Not what I was saying at all, just usually to have these kinds of conversations you generally need a little um help to get into that frame of mind!

 

[Derailed75]

Not what I was saying at all, just usually to have these kinds of conversations you generally need a little um help to get into that frame of mind!

Also your insect theory doesnt hold up.

Not anthropods
No exoskeleton
No 3 part body
No compound eyes
and No antenna.

While I like your thought process you projected a little too much to stretch a Centaur into an insect