[Non-political] News that makes you Laugh/Cry/Both...

name_here · Post by **name_here** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 10:10 pm

That's... really stupid. It seems like there should be some outlandishly huge fine for doing that.

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 12:19 am

Does growing weed really require electricity? I assume if you're setting up a major hydroponics thing so you can be a big-time dealer then sure, but if you're just growing for personal use, I would have thought it grows just like any other plant in the yard: occasional watering, shout at it on occasion to make sure it knows who's boss, threaten it with a shotgun if it gets out of line.

I mean, people go around planting it on traffic islands, roundabouts and other public grassland just for lulz and it seems to grow just fine.

...You Lost Me · Post by **...You Lost Me** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 1:21 am

People can't grow it in the open, so they usually do it in windowless, covered areas. That requires strong grow lights, thus lots of electricity.

name_here · Post by **name_here** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 1:41 am

Yeah, in places where it's illegal even small-time farmers do it in enclosed areas with grow lamps and have to crank up the AC to keep it from overheating the house.

DSMatticus · Post by **DSMatticus** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 1:57 am

Yeah. Plants like being in broad daylight, and "in broad daylight" is one of the worst places ever to keep things that are illegal. Growing plants under other circumstances involves powering a miniature sun and generating so much heat that your house glows in infrared.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 2:17 am

Also... well, you know how fragrant plants can be? Think of the most fragrant plant you've ever encountered. Probably just something that you could smell as you walked by, or lilac that gave a vague scent to a room, right?

Weed is nowhere near so polite. A friend of mine was in charge of growing the allotted amount for himself and several others which their CA medical cannabis cards allowed (and allowed to be grown by proxy). Due to homeowners' associations being what they are, he had to do this in the attic of the house--he set up the hydroponics and sunlamp with a kind of reflective mylar surround or something. Of course the entire fucking house smelled like weed. Even with ventilation, that just made it fairly faint, to the point where the scent you caught walking in you could be forgiven for thinking was just the little bit they had for actually smoking.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 10:37 pm

http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/02/vagina- ... archy.html

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 2:24 pm

Ancient History wrote:http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/02/vagina- ... archy.html

Eh, they make ice cream from breast milk, so why not?

Edit:
A new possible ad campaign to get men eating yogurt?

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 10:08 am

"Vagigurt! The closest some men will ever get to eating pussy."

icyshadowlord · Post by **icyshadowlord** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 11:45 am

I wonder what the gay man's version of that would be.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 12:14 pm

icyshadowlord wrote:I wonder what the gay man's version of that would be.

Probably http://www.nerve.com/love-sex/adventure ... with-semen

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 9:33 pm

Related to the Pot Growing conversation-

A Roof Without Snow Means Reefer Will Grow

Gawker wrote:Police in the Netherlands raided an otherwise normal-looking house in the city of Haarlem last week when they surmised from the lack of snow on its roof that there was some suspicious activity going on within. The house was full of sweet, sticky reefer. Go figure.

The Telegraph reports that when the police arrived at the house, which was the only one on the street not covered with a light dusting of snow, they discovered an "industrial-scale cultivation of cannabis" and all kinds of heat lamps to nurture the owner's little baby buds.

While the Netherlands has lax laws regarding weed consumption (spring break, babyyy), it is illegal to grow more than five cannabis plants at home. As a warning to other growhouses in the Netherlands, Dutch police tweeted out a photo of the snowless house asking house owners to snitch on their neighbors. Very unchill.

OgreBattle · Post by **OgreBattle** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 1:57 pm

Damn, not even Law & Order: SVU gets dat clever

Longes · Post by **Longes** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:19 pm

2015 - year of feet in mouth. Apple discovered that cancer is hard to cure, and found a solution - invent new, easier to cure cancer.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 8:05 pm

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/d ... -1.2118589

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 9:01 pm

so . .
appearantly watching actual people play games on twitch.tv got too mainstream and people have started watching AI play against itself it seems:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/02 ... eam+RSS%29

darkmaster · Post by **darkmaster** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 12:53 am

Well, this would be more strange if the folks over at Relms Beyond hadn't already started doing something extremely similar in Civ 4 last year and this wern't obviously an offshoot of that. The Civ 4 AI games started in celebration of the superbowl by the way.

Longes · Post by **Longes** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:12 pm

Russia's president Vladimir Putin is being advised over the Ukraine crisis by a group of ALIEN reptiles from outer space, claims a Labour politician.

Oh, UK. You are finally onto us.

hyzmarca · Post by **hyzmarca** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:30 pm

Longes wrote:2015 - year of feet in mouth. Apple discovered that cancer is hard to cure, and found a solution - invent new, easier to cure cancer.

They didn't need to invent anything sedentary lifestyle does, in fact, kill more people than cancer does.

Or, more specifically, heart disease kills more people than cancer does, and sedentary lifestyle is the number one cause of heart disease.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 5:27 pm

http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/27/81209 ... dead-at-83
He's dead Jim ;_;

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 6:06 pm

The world has become a much sadder place.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 4:18 pm

http://www.coindesk.com/former-goldman- ... -exchange/

http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/28/why-gr ... o-bitcoin/

Longes · Post by **Longes** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 9:08 am

700 koalas were killed in Australia because "they were just dying anyway". Russian embassy made an official statement that they hope that koalas from G20 photos are still alive. Trolling is a art.

Count Arioch the 28th · Sun Mar 08, 2015 10:21 am

I would need more information than that article presents, as culling the numbers is occasionally needed, especially in cases of overpopulation.

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 3:36 am

We frequently have to cull lots of things out of overpopulation, yeah. That said, I don't know if that could have been avoided by government intervention - resettlement, cutting back on logging and so on.

In all likelihood though, Environment Minister Greg Hunt* just needed them to die so he could maintain his erection. Because he's a bit of a Greg Hunt like that.

*Yes, his name is Cockney rhyming slang. Yes, for the word you're thinking.