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The discussion revolves around frustrations with current documentary programming, particularly criticizing the History Channel's focus on sensational topics like time travel conspiracies instead of real historical content. Participants express disappointment over National Geographic's sale to Fox, fearing a decline in quality programming. The conversation shifts to lighter topics, including humorous anecdotes about everyday life, such as a malfunctioning kitchen fan discovered to be blocked by installation instructions. There are also discussions about the challenges of understanding various dialects in Belgium, the complexities of language, and personal experiences with weather and housing in California. Members share their thoughts on food, including a peculiar dish of zucchini pancakes served with strawberry yogurt, and delve into mathematical concepts related to sandwich cutting and the properties of numbers. The thread captures a blend of serious commentary and lighthearted banter, reflecting a diverse range of interests and perspectives among participants.
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Seems like average person, living 80 years produces some 43,800,000 liters of urine. Enough to fill up around 18 Olympic swimming pools. You can use this if/when you run out of conversation.
 
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WWGD said:
Seems like average person, living 80 years produces some 43,800,000 liters of urine. Enough to fill up around 18 Olympic swimming pools. You can use this if/when you run out of conversation.
There must be a mistake: ##80 \cdot 365.25 = 29,220## and ##43,800,000 : 29,220 \approx 1,500##. I don't know how you will manage this, but it is definitely beyond my possibilities.
 
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fresh_42 said:
There must be a mistake: ##80 \cdot 365.25 = 29,220## and ##43,800,000 : 29,220 \approx 1,500##. I don't know how you will manage this, but it is definitely beyond my possibilities.
My bad, wrong by a few zeros. 1.5 litters per day, not 1 litter per day: (1.5)(365)(80): 43,800 litters. Maybe initial computation was in cubic cm, not cubic meters. Cubic is some Croatian guy, I guess..
 
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WWGD said:
My bad, wrong by a few zeros. 1.5 litters per day, not 1 litter per day: (1.5)(365)(80): 43,800 litters. Maybe initial computation was in cubic cm, not cubic meters. Cubic is some Croatian guy, I guess..
No, I think Cubic was the guy who placed this stone
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I thought he was from Jupiter.
 

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fresh_42 said:
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That relates well my recent coding experiences. I just want to scream and flail my arms in the air.
 

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fresh_42 said:
No, I think Cubic was the guy who placed this stone
Wrong again. That was Kubrick not Cubic!
 
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skyshrimp said:
I wonder why the sea isn't made primarily of hydrogen fluoride as fluoride is more negative than oxygen.

So any random thoughts on my fluoride brain fart? I kept it in 'random thoughts' as I don't want to trigger the thought police and get a SWAT team on me.

Sometimes I just want to release a juicy brain fart.

Is this the thread for said farts?
 
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Rada Demorn said:
Wrong again. That was Kubrick not Cubic!
Depends on where you stanleyed.
 
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What's with these puns? :oldlaugh:
 
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WWGD said:
Seems like average person, living 80 years produces some 43,800,000 liters of urine. Enough to fill up around 18 Olympic swimming pools. You can use this if/when you run out of conversation.
Sorry, I will never use a swimming pool filled with urine, even if I have run out of conversation. :eek:
 
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nuuskur said:
What's with these puns? :oldlaugh:
My personal hypothesis, as far as it concerns @WWGD, @Ibix, and me is a certain affinity towards Dadaism.

The best online communication in this respect I ever had (4 people) was an alphabetic flight around the world by IATA codes. It simply developed out of the blue and to the great astonishment to all outstanders what the heck we were talking about. Guess the NSA still tries to figure out what the code words meant.
 
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DrGreg said:
Sorry, I will never use a swimming pool filled with urine, even if I have run out of conversation. :eek:
You and your high standards, la-di-da! ;).
 
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fresh_42 said:
My personal hypothesis, as far as it concerns @WWGD, @Ibix, and me is a certain affinity towards Dadaism.

The best online communication in this respect I ever had (4 people) was an alphabetic flight around the world by IATA codes. It simply developed out of the blue and to the great astonishment to all outstanders what the heck we were talking about. Guess the NSA still tries to figure out what the code words meant.
Last du Mad Magazine? My dream is to have an article of mine accepted there. Working on it.
 
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WWGD said:
Last du Mad Magazine? My dream is to have an article of mine accepted there. Working on it.
No, but I know what you mean. There's definitely a connection.
 
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I don't remember ever hearing someone speaking German or Chinese with a Lisp. Wonder if it is just an English thing. I have a Lisp, but only in writing. And just thometimes.
 
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WWGD said:
I don't remember ever hearing someone speaking German or Chinese with a Lisp. Wonder if it is just an English thing. I have a Lisp, but only in writing. And just thometimes.
We have the same question here: Why is it written with "sp"? Does Chinese, either of the two, have "s" or "sh" sounds at all?
 
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Had a really good drink tonight and was replying to texts from that fit work colleague. She asked for a favour and make a mild sexual joke about repaying me.
I was on auto-pilot.and got extra cringy, chatting to her like she was my fiancé or something. I even typed 'sorry sweetie' at one point. After that text, she cut the convo.

I've realized what I've done and I'm not even sober yet.

To make it worse, I'm going to her flat after work tomorrow to fix her laptop problem, after said cringe attack.

Major failure bro.

I wish I had a time machine. I'd do anything to erase this event of extreme cringe :olduhh:
 
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fresh_42 said:
We have the same question here: Why is it written with "sp"? Does Chinese, either of the two, have "s" or "sh" sounds at all?
Good points. Is there any equivalent, i.e.m Lisp-preserving map between any two? EDIT: You know, Lisp-morphisms of sort.
 
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I had barely recovered from having one of my favorite coffee shops closed -- therapist is out of town -- when they closed down the Churros place. Not so bad now, but needed for Winter. With Hot Chocolate ( The Churros).
 
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I had barely recovered from having one of my favorite coffee shops closed -- therapist is out of town -- when they closed down the Churros place. Not so bad now, but needed for Winter. With Hot Chocolate ( The Churros).
 
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I saw a thread of comments with jokes in German. It looked funny and I wanted to laugh, but I don't understand German.

I know it was jokes because everyone who knew German were laughing and making witty remarks.
 
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BillTre said:
Reminds me of the rocks I've been collecting from our hippy fair for the last few years.

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Of course, I can never remember from one year to the next which planets I'm missing, so I end up with spares.
All natural stones, except for Neptune. But it was half price, so I didn't care.
 

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Psinter said:
I saw a thread of comments with jokes in German. It looked funny and I wanted to laugh, but I don't understand German.

I know it was jokes because everyone who knew German were laughing and making witty remarks.
You don't need to know German to tell jokes in German. Germans have assigned numbers to all their jokes. It is more organized that way.
 
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17! . One of the best, Psinter. Notice how I know how to tell a joke!
 
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It seems Greg B has joined the church. I read something saying msg Greg Bernhardt. Does this mean he has become a Monsignor?
 
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I'm so glad that Linux doesn't have some dangerous command spelled exti. :oldeyes:
 
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WWGD said:
You don't need to know German to tell jokes in German. Germans have assigned numbers to all their jokes. It is more organized that way.
I dare anyone to say I don't recycle ;).
 
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Bookstore has this book : " How to Read a Book". I can't read it until I read it.
 
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WWGD said:
Bookstore has this book : " How to Read a Book". I can't read it until I read it.
Have you opened it? Sounds as if a cat might be trapped in it.
 
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fresh_42 said:
Have you opened it? Sounds as if a cat might be trapped in it.
I can't. Since I can't read a book I can't read the one on " How to Open a Book" Godel, any one?
 
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fresh_42 said:
Have you opened it? Sounds as if a cat might be trapped in it.
Maybe you mean Schro's cat?
 
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WWGD said:
Bookstore has this book : " How to Read a Book". I can't read it until I read it.
Please don't read this reply.
 
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DrGreg said:
Please don't read this reply.
 
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WWGD said:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0671212095/?tag=pfamazon01-20 . Links me to the impossible: Some managed to read it? Alternative logics? EDIT: " I really recommend " Infinite Regress" bookstore!
Motto :" I never meta book I could read". If you need a ride home, pick up the motto and ride it home.
 
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Jokes that don't work well in writing ( Nor in any other way, really. From real life)

Have you heard of Greenpeace? Yes, I have them in my salad all the time.

Ok, that didn't go well. Tell us about your favorite rapper. Favorite wrapper? I don't really look at them, I will just, for example, open the candy bar and eat it.
 
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I had to admit I had never thought of daily specials in restaurants. I have tried a few recently and they have provided a nice amount of food for the money. Side salads, potatos , vegetabless, coffee.
 
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New cleaner has exact same color as mouth wash. If I don't post for a while and someone is looking for me, now you know...
 
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Strange attractors? The songs I hear played by youtube always converge on a path of songs I don't like, no matter where I start.
 
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WWGD said:
Strange attractors? The songs I hear played by youtube always converge on a path of songs I don't like, no matter where I start.
The first step towards good music is to throw away the rapper.
 
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fresh_42 said:
The first step towards good music is to throw away the rapper.
I did not eat my Twix today ( neither left- nor right- ).
 
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WWGD said:
I did not eat my Twix today ( neither left- nor right- ).
You are not when you're hungry.

Btw., were there people named Descartes or Schrödinger involved?
 
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fresh_42 said:
You are not when you're hungry.

Btw., were there people named Descartes or Schrödinger involved?
I am not you when either Descartes, Schrondinger ( nor his cat) are involved. EDIT: But you have piqued my interest. Go on...
 
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WWGD said:
I am not you when either Descartes, Schrondinger ( nor his cat) are involved.
I liked the spot with Aretha Schrödinger and René Franklin most.
 
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fresh_42 said:
I liked the spot with Aretha Schrödinger and René Franklin most.
In Korea? ( Aretha, the queen of Seoul).
 
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Problem is: Since I saw that the Scottish fry Mars bars on television, I can't stop thinking about them whenever it comes to products of that company. I'm haunted.
 
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fresh_42 said:
Problem is: Since I saw that the Scottish fry Mars bars on television, I can't stop thinking about them whenever it comes to products of that company. I'm haunted.
Fried Mars bars? Wattarrrrrrrrrrrrrr! EDIT: While I have not known (of) many Scotts, I have never heard any two speak with a similar accent. I guess they have micro-accent regions of size approaching 1.
 
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fresh_42 said:
... the Scottish fry Mars bars on television...
Scottish televisions aren't that hot, are they?
 
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