Awesome stuff you see on the internet

[antipodean]

@no-quarter Apparently Tsar Bomba set the atmosphere on fire.

[jegga]

Dec 3, 2018  /  Entertainment

Dick Van Dyke Shuts Down Piers Morgan's Joke About His Name

Sometimes words aren't enough.

[antipodean]

@jegga said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:

Dec 3, 2018  /  Entertainment

Dick Van Dyke Shuts Down Piers Morgan's Joke About His Name

Sometimes words aren't enough.

I'm pleased I run an ad-blocker so they get no benefit from running crap like that.

[JC]

@jegga Surprising to think that Huffington Post used to be considered a news site. Now it’s just a wank rag for the terminally superficial.

[mariner4life]

@jc said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:

wank rag for the terminally superficial.

stupendous. bravo sir

[jegga]

@jc said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:

@jegga Surprising to think that Huffington Post used to be considered a news site. Now it’s just a wank rag for the terminally superficial.

I wish I’d said that.

[taniwharugby]

6.3M views · 44K reactions | There’s no prettier place to perish than...

There’s no prettier place to perish than Queensland, Australia. 🐊.

[taniwharugby]

So many threads this could go in...

[No Quarter]

[booboo]

@no-quarter said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:

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[Frank]

[JC]

A very good article explaining why being clever and informed doesn’t help you think and act dispassionately:

Dan M. Kahan

Why Smart People Are Vulnerable to Putting Tribe Before Truth

Science literacy is important, but without the parallel trait of "science curiosity," it can lead us astray

[Bovidae]

National Geographic photo contest winners

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/contests/photo-contest-2018/gallery/winners-all/1/

[taniwharugby]

Conclusive evidence the world is in fact flat...

825K views · 6.7K reactions | END OF DEBATE IN UNDER 4MIN! | Flat Earth

END OF DEBATE IN UNDER 4MIN!.

[Machpants]

So the curvature I've seen out the cockpit of a Tornado at FL Nose Bleed is just optical illusion through the perspex, I guess

[Salacious Crumb]

Mobsters convinced the Detroit Red Wings to play a team of prisoners, and it was a blowout

[Tim]

[Machpants]

@tim I would like the opportunity to confirm that headline

[antipodean]

Two Catholic school nuns in California have admitted to embezzling about $US500,000 ($694, 457 AUD) and using the funds over the years for travel and gambling in Las Vegas, their order said on Monday.

Sisters Mary Margaret Kreuper and Lana Chang, who are said to be best friends, took the money from tuition, fees and donations at St. James Catholic School in Torrance, south of Los Angeles.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/nuns-stole-from-school-went-gambling-in-las-vegas/news-story/dce5d7725ba0708d6722768be6aabb8b

[dogmeat]

@antipodean

Clearly among the majority of Americans who think the central message of the Bible is that "God helps those who help themselves"