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Nobody tell the fedoralords, but the word "holiday" derives from "holy day."

Today, December 31, is the birthday of Psy (Gangnam Style) and Donald Trump, Jr. They are both 43.
 
Wraith said:
There was an old 1980s cartoon some of you know about based off of the Dungeon's and Dragons pen and paper RPG. The thing is there was a wizard named Eric, I think, and one of the writers of the show came out years ago online and confessed they were given specific orders to humiliate that character. The terms was that many times Eric would be 100% right about something, but group consensus would drown him out. The premise was to teach kids that you can be 100% right, but if you don't have the will of the people, fudge off. I don't remember him liking that assignment. I forget where I read the interview. Someone on 4chan had it over a decade ago I think.
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The Buddy Bears from Garfield and Friends were created as a response to that stupid 'groupthink-is-always-right' agitprop.
 
Dog owners swear that their pooch can feel guilt (e.g. after stealing food or breaking the vase). Guilt in dogs, however, however been never been corroborated experimentally. What experimenters discovered, on the other hand, is that dog has a sense of fairness. In one of the studies (Range et al 2009), pairs of dogs, one of each pair serve as the Subject and the other the Companion, are instructed to perform a simple task (give paw). The difference is that the Companion is given a small piece of treat after completing the task while the Subject is not rewarded. Very soon the Subject would refuse to comply:
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Curiously, dogs that are very close to each other (e.g. those who share the same bed) are more inequality-averse ("resentful") at the sight of their Companions getting rewards. This behavior is different from Chimpanzees, which seems to tolerate a higher degree of inequality if the Companion is a close friend.
 
Positron said:
Curiously, dogs that are very close to each other (e.g. those who share the same bed) are more inequality-averse ("resentful") at the sight of their Companions getting rewards. This behavior is different from Chimpanzees, which seems to tolerate a higher degree of inequality if the Companion is a close friend.
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I've seen really odd behavior in this situation. Like the big dog aggressively defending food against the smaller dog, then not eating it, then defending the smaller dog when he steals the very same food against a different dog. And then the big dog from the very same pair tolerating the smaller dog just stealing food right out from under him.
 
AnOminous said:
I've seen really odd behavior in this situation. Like the big dog aggressively defending food against the smaller dog, then not eating it, then defending the smaller dog when he steals the very same food against a different dog. And then the big dog from the very same pair tolerating the smaller dog just stealing food right out from under him.
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If you think of it as a classroom from grade 4 to 9 it sort of makes sense.
 
Many years ago when I was in the middle of the hell that would make me the gouchy ol' tech mage I am today, God led me to a certain web site. I got this quote from there, and just today it came back to me. Thought somebody could use this.

""Hacking" is a process whereby you incrementally discover more facts about what you are attempting to modify, emulate, what have you. It is not a cookie-cutter process you can follow to get exactly what you want in some arbitrary number of steps. Your immediate goal is always to establish at least one more fact, and eventually the accumulation will permit you to do exactly what you want to the game, or whatever you happen to be hacking."

Just recently this became... very personal to me. Not everything is about games, but games can sometimes be about everything.
 
small fun fact related to op @Ass eating cunt 's current profile pic and the 3 year anniversary of the op.


In the 2009 movie Fantastic Mr. Fox at one point in the film, you can very briefly and faintly hear the song "love" from Disney's Robin hood (1973) playing in the background.
 
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The only times Mel Blanc ever worked for Disney were in 1940, when he originally recorded lines for the character Gideon in Pinocchio. Which were ultimately cut from the movie leaving only a hiccup sound. And then 48 years later when he voiced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, and Sylvester in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. this was the last time he ever voiced his looney tunes character before his death a year later. However Rodger Rabbit wasn't his final role, He recorded his lines for The Jetson Movie in 1989 just before his death and the film was dedicated in his memory.


bonus fact: Mel Blanc's tombstone in accordance with his last will and testament is engraved with "That's all folks!" A jokester to the end, just like Graham Chapman.
 
In 1898 Morgan Robertson a book called Futility. It was about the biggest British ocean liner in the world crossing the Atlantic on a cold April night.
The ship hits an iceberg killing most on board due to a lack of lifeboats. The ships name was Titan and was called unsinkable.

He also wrote Beyond the Spectrum. It was about a future war between the U.S. and Japan after the Japanese put a surprise attack on a base just off of Hawaii. They also use powerful lights that cause a bright flash and can blind people.

In 1886 William Thomas Stead wrote a book called How the Mail Steamer Went Down in Mid Atlantic. It was about a ship crossing the Atlantic on its maiden voyage and crashing into another ship. The main character Thomas warned beforehand there weren't enough lifeboats but no one took him seriously. Most of the people died on board due to a lack of lifeboats. Thomas survived by jumping into the water and and getting on a boat. The author Stead died on the Titanic.
 
Mr. ShadowCreek said:
In 1898 Morgan Robertson a book called Futility. It was about the biggest British ocean liner in the world crossing the Atlantic on a cold April night.
The ship hits an iceberg killing most on board due to a lack of lifeboats. The ships name was Titan and was called unsinkable.

He also wrote Beyond the Spectrum. It was about a future war between the U.S. and Japan after the Japanese put a surprise attack on a base just off of Hawaii. They also use powerful lights that cause a bright flash and can blind people.

In 1886 William Thomas Stead wrote a book called How the Mail Steamer Went Down in Mid Atlantic. It was about a ship crossing the Atlantic on its maiden voyage and crashing into another ship. The main character Thomas warned beforehand there weren't enough lifeboats but no one took him seriously. Most of the people died on board due to a lack of lifeboats. Thomas survived by jumping into the water and and getting on a boat. The author Stead died on the Titanic.
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You think those novels were eerily accurate about real life events; just wait until you read the protocols of the elders of Zion.
 
In 1987, Jeremy Clarkson had a short-lived career as a video game journalist. He reviewed 5 games for Amstrad Computer User magazine, and was meant to review more... but he only submitted two of the three articles he was commissioned for.

 
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Arthropods (crabs, lobsters, bugs) are like this alien evolutionary tangent compared to other life on Earth.

Instead of skin or scales, they have an exoskeleton. Instead of normal eyes, they have freaky compound eyes. Instead of the usual organs, they have weird alien ones like "book lungs" or holes for air.

No wonder arthropods - especially insects - inspired aliens like Tyranids or Zerg.

(that said I still hate squishing bugs)
 
The outdoor snow scenes for the shining were filmed on the same set used for the hoth scenes in empire strikes back. Also the set for the gold ballroom was later used to build the set for the well of souls in Raiders of the lost ark.
 
Comb jellies (ctenophores) are the only animals that have two anuses.
 
ToroidalBoat said:
Arthropods (crabs, lobsters, bugs) are like this alien evolutionary tangent compared to other life on Earth.
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Bugs are a very specific kind of insect. They are of the order Hemiptera, and include revolting creatures like bed bugs. They're vermin, they're disgusting, and they're horrible. Do not lump wonderful creatures like spiders in with them.
 
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