OT: And now we return to our regularly scheduled program

[Buffaloed]

This is the pre-pandemic OT thread

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[Jim Bob]

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This needs to stop taunting me...

And the YouTube app on my Roku needs to stop crashing so that I stop thinking about buying this:

Apple TV 4K

 

[Chainshot]

 

[Jim Bob]

 

[Myllz]

Things you do while working from home: watch a documentary on Flat Earthers.

 

[CrazyMonkey1208]

Assault AirBike Classic | Assault Fitness

This needs to stop taunting me...

And the YouTube app on my Roku needs to stop crashing so that I stop thinking about buying this:

Apple TV 4K

Phew, I thought it was just mine that was as slow as molasses. Streaming straight from my phone to the Roku was a lot faster

 

[Myllz]

I have a Roku Streaming Stick and a Roku Ultra in different rooms. I have no issues with either, both have been great for me.

 

[Jim Bob]

I have a Roku Streaming Stick and a Roku Ultra in different rooms. I have no issues with either, both have been great for me.

My guess is that it is our Roku being older.

 

[Gras]

My guess is that it is our Roku being older.

Is your Roku a box or a stick, if the stick is it hooked up to external power.

 

[Jim Bob]

Is your Roku a box or a stick, if the stick is it hooked up to external power.

It is a box: Roku 2 XD.

It's around 9 years old.

 

[jc17]

Things you do while working from home: watch a documentary on Flat Earthers.

I watched one a few months ago. Which one did you see?

 

[Myllz]

I watched one a few months ago. Which one did you see?

Behind the Curve on Netflix, I think it's a few years old at this point.

 

[1point21Gigawatts]

Behind the Curve on Netflix, I think it's a few years old at this point.

is that the one where they legit prove the earth is round and then pull some mental gymnastics to convince themselves that their test was inconclusive? If so, great documentary with a solid message built around the whole movement.

 

[jc17]

I'm pretty sure thats the one I watched.

One of the things that I did like about it was how they portrayed it socially. Flat earthers are an easy target and it would be easy to make a documentary just dumping on them, but I thought they did a really nice job of showing how many of those people were looking for a sense of community somewhere, which led them to to that group.

 

[Chainshot]

Just finished “The Stranger” on Netflix. It was good, not great.

 

[brian_griffin]

Things you do while working from home: watch a documentary on Flat Earthers.

I'm pretty sure thats the one I watched.

One of the things that I did like about it was how they portrayed it socially. Flat earthers are an easy target and it would be easy to make a documentary just dumping on them, but I thought they did a really nice job of showing how many of those people were looking for a sense of community somewhere, which led them to to that group.

The flat earth society proudly proclaims they have members all around the globe...

 

[Myllz]

is that the one where they legit prove the earth is round and then pull some mental gymnastics to convince themselves that their test was inconclusive? If so, great documentary with a solid message built around the whole movement.

Haha, yeah. They do tests to find curvature in the Earth hoping that there wouldn't be any. Then when they found out there is, they just sort of ignore it and say it doesn't mean anything.

 

[SnuggaRUDE]

Isn't the point of the flat earthers to practice sophistry?

 

[Myllz]

Isn't the point of the flat earthers to practice sophistry?

For a lot of them, yes. Some of them are genuinely trying to prove flat Earth via science, but all their scientific experiments end up disproving it...then they ignore the result.

 

[SnuggaRUDE]

For a lot of them, yes. Some of them are genuinely trying to prove flat Earth via science, but all their scientific experiments end up disproving it...then they ignore the result.

To quote the great one: You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

 

[sabremike]

The flat earth society proudly proclaims they have members all around the globe...

I can prove conclusively that the Earth is round: if it was flat my mom's cats would've knocked everything off it.

 

[Buffaloed]

For a lot of them, yes. Some of them are genuinely trying to prove flat Earth via science, but all their scientific experiments end up disproving it...then they ignore the result.

It didn't end well for Mad Mike Hughes.

 

[Myllz]

It didn't end well for Mad Mike Hughes.

He had a surprisingly good run considering the stuff he did.

 

[Chainshot]

For those who are fans of Good Eats/Alton Brown, he is doing a live stream on YouTube on Tuesday nights at 7:00 pm eastern with his wife, knocking around their kitchen. They've done two so far, it's fun if nothing else.

 

[Myllz]

For those who are fans of Good Eats/Alton Brown, he is doing a live stream on YouTube on Tuesday nights at 7:00 pm eastern with his wife, knocking around their kitchen. They've done two so far, it's fun if nothing else.

The champagne bottle didn't go over so well.