Non-IT News Thread

@tonyshowoff said in Non-IT News Thread:

If you have any specific questions I may be able to answer them as well, because I tried to absorb as much as I could with this event, and I'm also very disappointed nothing came of it other than Erdagon seizing more power and the US kissing his ass the entire time, and the US media in general using the words "democratically elected" so often, sometimes multiple times in the same sentence, so often it was like Edward Bernays wrote the crap.

Just like the US did with Pincohet.

Great historical example!

MattSpeller

Slag for men's speedo's in Australia is "a budgie smuggler" or "budgie smuggling"

RojoLoco

@MattSpeller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Slag for men's speedo's in Australia is "a budgie smuggler" or "budgie smuggling"

But how would you smuggle all these Welsh blokes in 1 speedo?

Youtube Video

mlnews

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36827725

Crazed axe attacker goes crazy on German train, looks like they managed to stop him before he killed anyone.

nadnerB

@MattSpeller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Slag for men's speedo's in Australia is "a budgie smuggler" or "budgie smuggling"

Budgie smugglers = Speedo's
Budgie smuggling = Wearing said Speedo's

Budgie = Budgerigar (educational linky)

nadnerB

@RojoLoco said in Non-IT News Thread:

@MattSpeller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Slag for men's speedo's in Australia is "a budgie smuggler" or "budgie smuggling"

But how would you smuggle all these Welsh blokes in 1 speedo?

Spoilers

thanksajdotcom

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scottalanmiller

Pokemon Go: Bosnia players warned of minefields
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36841828

tonyshowoff

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Pokemon Go: Bosnia players warned of minefields
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36841828

Some nieces and nephews of mine have already been warned, well, they already know to basically stay away from anywhere that has grass that isn't an active park. Perhaps a bit over the top, but better than the alternative.

scottalanmiller

I have a suspicion that a lot of people are going to ignore the dangers.

wirestyle22

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

I have a suspicion that a lot of people are going to ignore the dangers.

They should work with the company to make those areas not populate any pokemon etc.

scottalanmiller

@wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

I have a suspicion that a lot of people are going to ignore the dangers.

They should work with the company to make those areas not populate any pokemon etc.

I heard that there was a request for that but they declined to do so. Not sure how formal it was or just a media request not to encourage people to blow themselves up.

travisdh1

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

I have a suspicion that a lot of people are going to ignore the dangers.

Oh, I don't suspect they will, I know they will. I already know I'm going to be that grumpy old man yelling get off my lawn, the older I get, the more jaded my view of humanity.

scottalanmiller

I wonder what the legal fallout is going to be. In the US it is encouraging people to trespass that is going to wind up in a lawsuit. In Bosnia it is going to be encouraging children to blow themselves up. That a video game was released that rewards kids for playing in mind fields is unbelievable.

tonyshowoff

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

I wonder what the legal fallout is going to be. In the US it is encouraging people to trespass that is going to wind up in a lawsuit. In Bosnia it is going to be encouraging children to blow themselves up. That a video game was released that rewards kids for playing in mind fields is unbelievable.

It's very difficult to sue the state in Bosnia, much more so than in the US, and even if you can, it's even more difficult to win.