This is America

strawman · May 14, 2018

A cell is a 3D printer, taking its build instructions from DNA.

But I suspect a DNA printed car would be... moist...

MindDetective · May 14, 2018

stienman said:
A cell is a 3D printer, taking its build instructions from DNA.

But I suspect a DNA printed car would be... moist...

PatrThom · May 14, 2018

drawn_inward said:
all the memes!

Okay.

stienman said:
I suspect a DNA printed car would be... moist...

Well, yeah...at first.

--Patrick

PatrThom · May 15, 2018

evilmike said:
Would this help?

Daaaaaang, It's like the Floyd/Oz mashup.

--Patrick

jwhouk · May 15, 2018

Watched the original video.

Uh, yeah.

Hm. Yeah. That's... about all I've got.

PatrThom · May 18, 2018

People be gettin’ downright inspired by this thing.

—Patrick

PatrThom · Jun 3, 2018

PatrThom said:
People be gettin’ downright inspired by this thing.

<khaled>Another one.</khaled>

--Patrick

blotsfan · Jun 3, 2018

PatrThom said:
<khaled>Another one.</khaled>

Of all the pop culture minutiae, I'm surprised that the one you do know is DJ Khaeled.

@Li3n · Jul 31, 2018

Seems relevant:

@Li3n · Aug 13, 2018

This is Scandinavia:

https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/forget-hygge-the-laws-that-really-rule-in-scandina/p06gtkxt

Dedicated to GB, btw...

GasBandit · Aug 13, 2018

"You are not special."

Heh... "You are the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world."

/YouDon'tTalkAboutScandinavia

GasBandit · Aug 13, 2018

Also reminds me of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Bergeron

PatrThom · Aug 13, 2018

GasBandit said:
Also reminds me of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Bergeron

Kati references that story often, especially after cruising the Faceblr.
Even more worrisome is the fact that her rate of reference is increasing.

Also, I will again take this moment to plug John Sladek's Mechasm* which addresses similar issues.

--Patrick
*Releases outside the US are titled The Reproductive System, instead.

@Li3n · Aug 15, 2018

GasBandit said:
Also reminds me of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Bergeron

Hey, anything can become dystopian is taken to extremes...

Like, imagine a place that's so engrossed in the myth of being special that they elect a conman that simply appeals to their assholishness and make them feel like it's right to indulge in it? Good thing that's just some fiction i came up with...

Gruebeard · Aug 16, 2018

@Li3n said:
Hey, anything can become dystopian is taken to extremes...

Like, imagine a place that's so engrossed in the myth of being special that they elect a conman that simply appeals to their assholishness and make them feel like it's right to indulge in it? Good thing that's just some fiction i came up with...

Monorail!

PatrThom · Aug 16, 2018

Gruebeard said:
Monorail!

Hee-hee, you went there. I considered it, but was going to use the original.

--Patrick

Krisken · Aug 19, 2018

I’ve been calling him The Music Man for over a year now.

PatrThom · Aug 19, 2018

Krisken said:
I’ve been calling him The Music Man for over a year now.

He’s a what?

—Patrick

PatrThom · Aug 27, 2018

Coming up on six months and it's still inspiring people.

--Patrick

@Li3n · Aug 27, 2018

I think it would have been a bit too much posting it on the shooting thread, so i'll leave it here:

Dave · Aug 27, 2018

PatrThom said:
Coming up on six months and it's still inspiring people.

--Patrick

Say what you want, Leo is fucking amazing.

drifter · Aug 27, 2018

Ehhh, he's quite skilled, but the covers he does are boring to me. Like metal elevator music.

Ravenpoe · Aug 27, 2018

drifter said:
Ehhh, he's quite skilled, but the covers he does are boring to me. Like metal elevator music.

Some of them are, but some of them are great enough to have me actually buy the album, and I don't buy albums.

PatrThom · Aug 27, 2018

The fact that he even songifies the Patreon pitch at the end shows that he has that high level of creativity that usually requires medication to survive.
This video was also a hint, but I just expect it now with people who are that level of driven to create stuff.

—Patrick

GasBandit · Aug 27, 2018

PatrThom said:
the level of creativity that usually requires medication to survive.

PatrThom · Aug 27, 2018

GasBandit said:

Hey all I’m saying is that inspiration and medication almost always seem to walk together, with the people at the low end of the scale taking meds to increase their creativity, and those at the high end taking meds to control it.

—Patrick

GasBandit · Aug 27, 2018

PatrThom said:
Hey all I’m saying is that inspiration and medication almost always seem to walk together, with the people at the low end of the scale taking meds to increase their creativity, and those at the high end taking meds to control it.

—Patrick

Yes, but it is gauche to point it out in such a way.

PatrThom · Aug 27, 2018

GasBandit said:
Yes, but it is gauche to point it out in such a way.

While I will not argue the validity of your claim, my belief is that this topic is one of those things I feel would really benefit from losing its social stigma.

—Patrick

Ravenpoe · Aug 30, 2018

PatrThom said:
While I will not argue the validity of your claim, my belief is that this topic is one of those things I feel would really benefit from losing its social stigma.

—Patrick

Also, medication is amazing (results not typical)

PatrThom · Jul 24, 2019

Don't Have Lunch Money? A Pennsylvania School District Threatens Foster Care

Dozens of families in Pennsylvania received an alarming letter from their public school district this month informing parents that if their kid's lunch debt was not settled, their child could be removed from their home and placed in foster care.

Well, I suppose when your district ends up $22k in the hole due to providing meals, that could inspire you to take drastic measures, even if others might call you a little draconian, but those bills gotta get paid, right?

[24 HOURS PASS...]

Pennsylvania Schools Deny La Colombe CEO's Offer to Cover Costs After Threat of Foster Care Over Unpaid Lunches

Todd Carmichael, chief executive and co-founder of Philadelphia-based La Colombe Coffee, said he offered to give Wyoming Valley West School District $22,000 to wipe out bills that generated the recent warning letter to parents.
But school board President Joseph Mazur rejected the offer during a phone conversation Monday. Mazur argued that money is owed by parents who can afford to pay.

So it's...not about the money, then? This...this is all about the parents respektin' your authori-tay, isn't it.

Dude, you keep up with this attitude, and you are going to be out on your ass faster'n you can say "Not everyone believes the Holocaust happened."

--Patrick

@Li3n · Jul 24, 2019

What he needs to do is park right outside of school ground, in view of the principal's office, money in hand, and just hand it over to the parents who then go to pay the bills at the school... all while maintaining eye contact.

Fun Size · Jul 24, 2019

@Li3n said:
What he needs to do is park right outside of school ground, in view of the principal's office, money in hand, and just hand it over to the parents who then go to pay the bills at the school... all while maintaining eye contact.

This may be the most erotic thing I've ever read on Halforums.

DarkAudit · Aug 6, 2019

This is America. Back to School Edition.

PatrThom · Aug 6, 2019

DarkAudit said:
This is America. Back to School Edition.

Yes, we are embroiled in the school supply shopping thing right now.
I remember a time when seeing "Impermeable" on a kid's backpack just meant it was waterproof and you lived close to Canada.

--Patrick

jwhouk · Aug 6, 2019

I vaguely recall that there were three different lockdowns of schools in MPS last year. And there was that whole thing I relayed about getting asked "what do you do" in a situation.