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

[Ganbare Gincun]

Seriously. Not okay.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne ... 233878.ece

Old news, turned out (no surprise) he wasn't.

Oh.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne ... 435283.ece

Still fucked up. In fact, even more fucked up.

Oh. The UK has a South also?

[Koumei]

Southern UK is good UK. But Northern UK is crazy town. That said, the teenage parents probably are more frequent in the cities (South). North just has no (mobile phones, coffee, shops, real people) and is filled with isolated "We don't need your book* learning" bigots.

*Who pronounce the oo in book like "The librarian said Ook" or the word "spoof".

[CatharzGodfoot]

The northern UK is way nicer than the American South in at least on respect: it's a lot less hot.

[cthulhu]

Southern UK is good UK. But Northern UK is crazy town. That said, the teenage parents probably are more frequent in the cities (South). North just has no (mobile phones, coffee, shops, real people) and is filled with isolated "We don't need your book* learning" bigots.

*Who pronounce the oo in book like "The librarian said Ook" or the word "spoof".

to be fair, it's really just a couple of cities (*cough* Mancester *cough*). York is nice enough.

[Parthenon]

In some ways the closest to the American South is actually in the East- theres a reason the phrase "Normal For Norfolk" exists (extra finger? mental retardation? Normal For Norfolk!). The whole county is a common source for inbreeding jokes and idiots. My brother once worked as a teaching aide in one of the small schools and about 80% of the kids had the same surname and probably had never gone more than 70 miles from the town.

[Goldor]

http://www.aolnews.com/weird-news/artic ... r/19685190

I found that interesting, once we get shit in line, I'd like for us to start some manned missions, preferable with other countries help rather than on our own.

[Prak]

The Map of Non-Monogamous Relationships:

What the fuck is Unicorn Polyamory?

[Calibron]

Looks like a blanket term for very specific poly-amorous relationships, but what the hell is "Dogging?"

[Parthenon]

You know how sometimes couples who don't have a house to themselves will go off in their cars to make out/have sex inside the car?

Well dogging is sneaking up on these cars and wanking off at the idea that people are having sex right there with the hope of getting glimpses of flesh. I pity them in winter since the windows are steamed up and it's bloody cold so all they see is the car rocking back and forth while their tender parts get frozen.

And Unicorn polygamy amused me when I googled it- the Unicorn here is the bisexual woman willing to have a relationship with a couple and noone else- heavily fantasised over and doesn't really exist outside of porn stories.

[Calibron]

Weird.

[Prak]

You know how sometimes couples who don't have a house to themselves will go off in their cars to make out/have sex inside the car?

Well dogging is sneaking up on these cars and wanking off at the idea that people are having sex right there with the hope of getting glimpses of flesh. I pity them in winter since the windows are steamed up and it's bloody cold so all they see is the car rocking back and forth while their tender parts get frozen.

And Unicorn polygamy amused me when I googled it- the Unicorn here is the bisexual woman willing to have a relationship with a couple and noone else- heavily fantasised over and doesn't really exist outside of porn stories.

Dogging is sex in public, it is usually semi-organized (on message board: "hey, my girl and I are going to be fucking in our car [here] at [this time], come on out, maybe you'll get lucky too")

Unicorn does seem to have that meaning but when I thought about it a moment in the context of the lines associated with it, I came to the understanding that it was "the mythical relationship involving more than two people who are all equally committed to one another"

[Koumei]

Because marrying in Vegas with a Blood-Alcohol of the LD-50 is sometimes just too classy for a wedding

[CatharzGodfoot]

Because marrying in Vegas with a Blood-Alcohol of the LD-50 is sometimes just too classy for a wedding

Hey now! Vegas weddings can be pretty classy.

[ckafrica]

I am now convinced the Chinese will take over the world

[K]

I am now convinced the Chinese will take over the world

You should be impressed. it was made entirely of prefab parts. Basically, it's a Lego house.

[TOZ]

And Unicorn polygamy amused me when I googled it- the Unicorn here is the bisexual woman willing to have a relationship with a couple and noone else- heavily fantasised over and doesn't really exist outside of porn stories.

False, I know a trio in such a relationship. Now if you add Praks 'equally committed to each' other then they no longer qualify. Their relationship is horribly dysfunctional.

[Username17]

Levittown had its 60th birthday 3 years ago in the US. Pre-fab, high speed production is nothing new here. That construction is impressive, but it's not anything the US couldn't do, or even anything the US hasn't done before.

-Username17

[K]

Levittown had its 60th birthday 3 years ago in the US. Pre-fab, high speed production is nothing new here. That construction is impressive, but it's not anything the US couldn't do, or even anything the US hasn't done before.

-Username17

For some reason I thought I wrote shouldn't.

I'm not terribly impressed with prefab construction. Doing all the work beforehand does keep labor costs down, but you get buildings that look like they were made out of prefab parts.

[Sashi]

Here's a house getting built in One Minute!!

[Zinegata]

Back in the good old days... American Liberty Ships were built out of prefab parts. The fastest one was built in like 4 days, and the average was 2 weeks.

So you can really do a lot of amazing things with prefab construction.

As for their reliability though... well, a small handful of the early Liberty Ships did end up breaking in two because of improper welding. But that was ironed out pretty quickly and the Liberty Ships (which were designed to last something like 3 months) ended up serving as the backbone of the world's merchant marine well into the 70s.

So as long as the engineers know what they are doing and Quality Control isn't compromised, prefabs are a great way to build stuff that lasts a long time very quickly.

[Maj]

I am now convinced the Chinese will take over the world

I might totally think so if I hadn't seen the plethora of news articles about Chinese construction on sankakucomplex. While it's impressive that the building was erected that quickly, I have no faith in it (I'd love to be wrong, though).

You should be impressed. it was made entirely of prefab parts. Basically, it's a Lego house.

No. THIS is a Lego house {OK, James May, Bricks, Top Gear}.

[Zinegata]

I might totally think so if I hadn't seen the plethora of news articles about Chinese construction on sankakucomplex. While it's impressive that the building was erected that quickly, I have no faith in it (I'd love to be wrong, though).

Mention of Chinese Quality Control standards makes me wish I still had that link where they caught some Chinese cooking oil companies dredging sewer water to make cooking oil...

[Maj]

Here {NSFW, Sewage, Oil, Gross}.

[Zinegata]

Here {NSFW, Sewage, Oil, Gross}.

... ARGH!!!

Ok, now I remember why I deleted the link. I'm close enough to China that we might have imported some of that stuff! ;_;

[Maj]

The Seattle PI[/url] {OK, Superheroes, Rain City, Vigilante, WTF}]Vigilante justice has come to Seattle, and the caped crusaders drive a Kia.

Seattle police say a group of self-described superheroes have been patrolling the streets at night trying to save people from crime. They call themselves the Rain City Superhero Movement and say they're part of a nationwide movement of real-life crime fighters.

The national website -- cited in a police bulletin sent to Seattle officers Wednesday -- states "a Real Life Superhero is whoever chooses to embody the values presented in super heroic comic books, not only by donning a mask/costume, but also performing good deeds for the communitarian place whom he inhabits."

Police say the "costume-wearing complainants" are lucky they haven't been hurt.

In one instance, police say a caped crusader dressed in black was nearly shot when he came running out of a dark park. In another case, a witness on Capitol Hill saw the crusaders wearing ski masks in a car parked at a Shell station and thought they were going to rob the place.

Police got the license plate and found those masked characters drove a Kia Fate registered to one of the character's godmothers, department staff said. She told police her godson goes around doing good deeds.

Costume includes ballistic cup

Investigators identified nine people dressed in costume going around Seattle after dark. A police source said the characters go by Thorn, Buster Doe, Green Reaper, Gemini, No Name, Catastrophe, Thunder 88, Penelope and Phoenix Jones the Guardian of Seattle.

But don't listen to Captain Ozone or Knight Owl, police were told. They're apparently not part of the group.

Officers have learned the true identity of Phoenix -- a 22-year-old man whose costume includes a black cape, black fedora, blue tights, white belt and mask. Police say he's often driven by a young woman not in costume.

Officers say she usually doesn't get out of the car, instead letting the "superhero" do his thing.

Phoenix was interviewed by detectives this month and came to police headquarters dressed in most of his costume, police said.

"(Phoenix) apologized for not being in full costume, as it was being repaired after (he) was stabbed while trying to intervene with a drug dealer and a citizen," the police bulletin stated, according to a police source.

The man was not seriously wounded during the incident under Interstate 5, and police say he may not have actually been wounded.

Now, police were told Phoenix wears body armor, a ballistic vest, arm and leg trauma plates -- and a ballistic cup. Police were apparently told that bulletproof vest helped stop a bullet during an incident in Tacoma a year ago.

Others are expected to be at police headquarters this week for identification.

"I don't condone people walking around on the street with masks," said the man who called himself Phoenix Jones. "Everyone on my team either has a military background or a mixed martial arts background, and we're well aware of what its costs to do what we do."

Jones said he would talk in greater detail after a television news story is broadcast this weekend by our news partner, KOMO/4.

Keeping in superhero fashion, he didn't leave a return number.

Police say another incident with the self-proclaimed superheroes came about 3 a.m. Nov. 4 at Sixth Avenue and South King Street in the International District.

Police responded to a harassment complaint and found Phoenix the Guardian of Seattle dressed in a "black colored Batman costume and a black ski mask," department spokesman Jeff Kappel said.

He was standing with four other men and one woman, all in costume with their faces covered by ski masks and bandanas. They were dealing a man making threatening statements and swinging a golf club.

Police took the golf club as evidence. The "costume-wearing complainants" refused to press charges because they didn't want to identify themselves to officers, Kappel said. So the suspect walked.

Dangers of vigilante justice

"There's nothing wrong with citizens getting involved with the criminal justice process -- as long as they follow it all the way through," Kappel said, adding they want people to call 911 and be good witnesses, even if a case goes to court.

Police say they don't want people who aren't sworn officers putting themselves in danger.

They point to an unrelated case earlier this year in Maple Leaf. A man in his late 40s was working on his rental property near Northeast 77th Street and 16th Avenue Northeast when he saw men prowling his vehicle.

The man fought the prowlers and was winning, but one was able to inflict two knife wounds 3-inches deep. Large amounts of blood covered his clothes when medics arrived, and police say the man nearly died.

In another Northgate case from 2008, a man shot a car prowler who was trying to steal his stereo. The prowler died, and the suspect was charged with manslaughter. He's out now, but was sentenced to nine months in prison.

A member of the Rain City Superhero Movement told police the "superheroes" carry Tasers, nightsticks, pepper spray, but no firearms.

Police say they hope the self-proclaimed superheroes act as good witnesses instead of putting themselves in danger. The bulletin said a KOMO/4 news crew plans to follow the caped crusaders Friday night.

According to the national superhero website, the characters don't have to engage in violent fights to be a crime fighter, but should embody the values presented in super heroic comic books.

"Inspiration plays a major role in this, of course," character Entomo wrote on the page. "You can inspire people to believe in a symbol.

"You can inspire people to believe they can CREATE themselves a symbol and embody it --- and it's not a lie."

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