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Discussion in 'General' started by Kronos, 20 Jan 2018.

  1. Vault-Tec

    Vault-Tec Green Plastic Watering Can

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    You can find both the teabagger and victim's Twitter feeds. She just commented saying she doesn't want to talk about it any more.
     
  2. MLyons

    MLyons 70% Dev, 30% Doge. DevDoge. Software Dev @ Corsair Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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    That's the point. Surely the author of the article should be proving that as it's the only bit of evidence we have.
     
  3. Byron C

    Byron C asphinctersayswhat

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    I find it very difficult to pick out the useful pieces of information from the cesspool of abuse on Twitter. People actively look for targets. I've had it done to me: I've had totally random people pick out my tweets using key-word searches or alerts or something and send me abuse.

    But I guess this is what passes for "journalism" these days: twitter feeds, rumour, and manufactured controversies.

    (To be clear @Vault-Tec this isn't a dig at you personally).
     
  4. Mister_Tad

    Mister_Tad Will work for nuts Super Moderator

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    I'm not down with the kids on the whole online gaming scene and all that, so anyone feel free to set my on the straight and narrow if it turns out I just don't get it.

    I infer thusly: in a game where the entire premise is to repeatedly and violently murder and be murdered, one person is up in arms about the "humiliation" of another person's anatomically blank avatar squatting over her avatar's corpse, after being murdered.
     
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  5. MLyons

    MLyons 70% Dev, 30% Doge. DevDoge. Software Dev @ Corsair Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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    When you put it like that...
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  6. Byron C

    Byron C asphinctersayswhat

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    Allegedly.
     
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  7. Mr_Mistoffelees

    Mr_Mistoffelees The Bit-Tech Cat. New Improved Version.

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    TIL that O2 customer service is run by a bunch of f**kwits.

    Well, not really today, the knowledge was just reinforced.
     
  8. RedFlames

    RedFlames ...is not a Belgian football team

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    I see your o2 ****wittery, and raise you; Three.
     
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  9. ElThomsono

    ElThomsono Multimodder

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    TIL Bill Withers is black. I'd somehow gone my whole life without seeing a picture of him and to me he sounds white. So, yeah.
     
  10. fix-the-spade

    fix-the-spade Multimodder

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    It's over a decade since Sarge told everyone to work those hammies, over two decades since Quake 2 single handedly made it a thing, I am genuinely surprised that teabagging is still something that offends. Oh well, another example of violence being fine but being purile is not.
     
  11. RedFlames

    RedFlames ...is not a Belgian football team

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    TIL Virtualbox is still ****.
     
  12. Mr_Mistoffelees

    Mr_Mistoffelees The Bit-Tech Cat. New Improved Version.

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    Bloody hell! I've been aware of Bill Withers for a least 30 years and I too had no idea he was black.
     
  13. bawjaws

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    TIL that more than one person had no idea about Bill Withers.
     
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  14. Byron C

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    TIL who Bill Withers is :thumb:
     
  15. B1GBUD

    B1GBUD ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Accidentally Funny

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    Well this will blow your tiny minds, the intro to Bill Withers - Grandma's hands, was sampled by Blackstreet - No Diggity





    No doubt...
     
  16. bawjaws

    bawjaws Multimodder

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    How do you turn a duck into a soul singer?
     
  17. Vault-Tec

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    I thought Ken Boothe was white once. Made sense, I've never heard a white man who can sing like he does tbh.
     
  18. Dr. Coin

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    TIL how fiddly fibre communications can be. End device only supports 100BASE while switch only supports 1000BASE, reminds me of when connecting to older equipment with serial and having to set the baud rate (at least it is adjustable and I don't need different hardware).
     
  19. VipersGratitude

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    I have.
     
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  20. Byron C

    Byron C asphinctersayswhat

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    :nono:
     

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