Newsletter - call for contentHave you seen anything this week that should be in the newsletter? Stuff you've made, snippets of news, or just things you've found funny.
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rob,
Thu 15 Aug 2019, 16:00,
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I'll reply "threadwaste, where's the pic" to get that out of the way myselfso back to the question: have you seen anything useful for newsletter content?
( rob,
Thu 15 Aug 2019, 16:01,
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A saucy painting of bill Clinton in a dress and heels was found in Jeffry Epstein's houseLooks like something you'd see round here
shorenewsnetwork.com/2019/08/15/odd-clinton-painting-found-at-the-home-of-dead-pedophile-jeffrey-epstein/
(shorenewsnetwork.com/2019/08/15/odd-clinton-painting-found-at-the-home-of-dead-pedophile-jeffrey-epstein/
gub~gub,
Thu 15 Aug 2019, 18:43,
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Yeah I think I can see something as well Sn0tters ๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐ช,
Thu 15 Aug 2019, 23:09,
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I honestly don't think that bothers Bill as much as most others would be.
PedroHin Come along & ride on a Flantastic Voyage,
Thu 15 Aug 2019, 20:13,
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The Sun's take on Putin visiting an extreme right wing motorbike club in CrimeaWhat's the most important thing?
Well his tight trousers of course.
With it being the Sun, he's not even wearing tight trousers.
www.thesun.co.uk/news/9699023/putin-night-wolves-biker-gang-protests-russia-moscow/
(Well his tight trousers of course.
With it being the Sun, he's not even wearing tight trousers.
www.thesun.co.uk/news/9699023/putin-night-wolves-biker-gang-protests-russia-moscow/
Sn0tters ๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐ช,
Thu 15 Aug 2019, 16:09,
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Sad to see my Monday morning invention of an alarm clock with a remote teddy bear you squeeze to snooze the alarm has already been invented(
Sn0tters ๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐ช,
Thu 15 Aug 2019, 16:13,
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Invent one where you have to tear it to pieces to shut it up. Put real guts inside. Seriously.
mofaha โ( ห_ห)โ ส
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Thu 15 Aug 2019, 16:36,
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Could get messy if the cat's in bed with me and I grab the wrong thing Sn0tters ๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐ช,
Thu 15 Aug 2019, 16:41,
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heated wiper blades are the investment of the day PedroHin Come along & ride on a Flantastic Voyage,
Thu 15 Aug 2019, 16:50,
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Imagine my dispair upon discovering there was already a James Brown alarm clock that went "Heeey, get on upa!"
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cowcat Bituminous squeegee,
Thu 15 Aug 2019, 21:43,
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Self-lighting cigarettes were the pub invention of the evening here...
Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,,
Thu 15 Aug 2019, 22:23,
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I am nearly 100% sure I have seen those before Sn0tters ๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐ช,
Fri 16 Aug 2019, 0:31,
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After further research, they've been invented numerous times over the last century,with the same, probably predictable results: lots of broken fags and no-one likes huffing phosphorus...
( Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,,
Sun 18 Aug 2019, 20:14,
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Might be worth having a look on reddit, I think they have a few links there. mofaha โ( ห_ห)โ ส
(ฬโกโ)ส,
Thu 15 Aug 2019, 16:34,
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Also, I hear that there's some funny things being written on qotw these days.
(,
Thu 15 Aug 2019, 18:07,
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Mediocrity rises to the top on Reddit,and Twitter is 99% Brexshit noise.
I like a newsletter. The web needs editors.
(And b3ta remains a good one for launching projects - newsletters remain a major source of traffic. No one clicks links on Twitter.)
(I like a newsletter. The web needs editors.
(And b3ta remains a good one for launching projects - newsletters remain a major source of traffic. No one clicks links on Twitter.)
monkeon schmonkeon,
Thu 15 Aug 2019, 19:08,
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So don't look at the top :)Yes Twitter is horrible.
I liked the newsletter when it was predominantly b3ta or b3ta-generated content, those things which made the site unique.
Many of the most active posters here now have social media accounts where they routinely cross-post. A sizable majority of their posts are generic, in the sense that they could be posted almost anywhere online.
While it's great to be outward-looking, formerly it was the inward-facing b3ta 'culture' which overwhelmingly drove this site. If social media has destroyed anything, it's that.
(I liked the newsletter when it was predominantly b3ta or b3ta-generated content, those things which made the site unique.
Many of the most active posters here now have social media accounts where they routinely cross-post. A sizable majority of their posts are generic, in the sense that they could be posted almost anywhere online.
While it's great to be outward-looking, formerly it was the inward-facing b3ta 'culture' which overwhelmingly drove this site. If social media has destroyed anything, it's that.
mofaha โ( ห_ห)โ ส
(ฬโกโ)ส,
Thu 15 Aug 2019, 21:11,
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I was actually looking at the early B3ta newsletters last night (easy to access if you know how).I was mostly struck by how many of the links are now dead...some of the content is available via other means (I laughed a lot watching a YT video of Hacker or Spacker), but the supposed permanence of the 'net at the time is starkly highlighted by observing what has been lost in less than two decades...
( Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,,
Thu 15 Aug 2019, 22:21,
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Sad, isn't it?I remember trying to look at some pretty famous old sites on the Wayback Machine, and most of them are broken.
And almost all of Facebook's content will be lost one day. The content is not accessible to archivists, and I can't see Zuckerberg giving a shit about preserving it.
(And almost all of Facebook's content will be lost one day. The content is not accessible to archivists, and I can't see Zuckerberg giving a shit about preserving it.
monkeon schmonkeon,
Thu 15 Aug 2019, 23:05,
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everything changes, nothing lasts, turns out the fat guy was right all along mofaha โ( ห_ห)โ ส
(ฬโกโ)ส,
Fri 16 Aug 2019, 3:25,
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*coff*"we love the web"...*coff*no we don't
*coff*yes we do
*coff* no we don't...we fucking hate the web
*coff*the web is great
*coff*fucktheweb*coff*
(*coff*yes we do
*coff* no we don't...we fucking hate the web
*coff*the web is great
*coff*fucktheweb*coff*
atomic A-bomb-a-nation,
Thu 15 Aug 2019, 23:43,
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There's this wannabe John McClane from my neck of the woods...... who thought crawling through a storm drain to "scratch it off his bucket list" was a good idea
www.islandecho.co.uk/man-thought-it-was-the-end-after-getting-stuck-in-15-inch-pipe/
(www.islandecho.co.uk/man-thought-it-was-the-end-after-getting-stuck-in-15-inch-pipe/
Pizopop was here,
Thu 15 Aug 2019, 17:05,
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Product idea: a custom bucket with your bucket list printed on stickers stuck to the side.When you do something from the list, you pull the sticker off and throw it in the bucket.
( mofaha โ( ห_ห)โ ส
(ฬโกโ)ส,
Thu 15 Aug 2019, 17:10,
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Then at the funeral a makeshift system of pulleys can be usedto make the late owner literally kick it into the crowd wedding bouquet style
( Pizopop was here,
Thu 15 Aug 2019, 17:12,
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Whoever catches the bucket has to fulfill any remaining stickers.Actually, it should be: whoever gets hit by the bucket. Because no fucker is going to want to catch it.
mofaha โ( ห_ห)โ ส
(ฬโกโ)ส,
Thu 15 Aug 2019, 17:13,
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...starting with the one that led to the previous owner's current condition... Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,,
Thu 15 Aug 2019, 17:26,
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....and the only way to avoid that fate? You're immune if you have a bucket of your own! mofaha โ( ห_ห)โ ส
(ฬโกโ)ส,
Thu 15 Aug 2019, 17:30,
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...a move known as the "Edna". mofaha โ( ห_ห)โ ส
(ฬโกโ)ส,
Thu 15 Aug 2019, 17:54,
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As in: Edna BucketGEDDIT?
( mofaha โ( ห_ห)โ ส
(ฬโกโ)ส,
Fri 16 Aug 2019, 16:29,
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This app is a bit genius...(
joefish It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks,
Thu 15 Aug 2019, 18:54,
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that is neatI was just about to download it and hope my location sounded funny and I could post it, then remembered that I don't really want to post my location
( rob,
Thu 15 Aug 2019, 18:56,
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I want to move to rock,paper,scissors PedroHin Come along & ride on a Flantastic Voyage,
Thu 15 Aug 2019, 19:21,
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It was a shite idea when it was touted 6+ years ago...If you've got smartphone connectivity, you've got accurate location data available via GPS or cell tower, not a lookup in some proprietary, closed-source keyword database on the 'net...
( Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,,
Thu 15 Aug 2019, 22:47,
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This makes me sad [insert relevant pictoral representation]These are called emoticons and the world was a better place when you could express emotions via a clever combination of characters from various writing systems of the world (or, personally, pure ASCII)...
( Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,,
Thu 15 Aug 2019, 22:59,
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A guide on how to develop a separate consciousness in your own headwww.tulpa.info/what-is-a-tulpa/
There are many people I would not trust with a secret person only they can talk to
(There are many people I would not trust with a secret person only they can talk to
Sn0tters ๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐ช,
Thu 15 Aug 2019, 22:33,
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What are we, your content bitc..?Ah, ...oh...
As you were.
(As you were.
unclepills,
Thu 15 Aug 2019, 23:03,
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yes you areWell I thought I'd at least try and involve you lot coz I do miss stuff
( rob,
Thu 15 Aug 2019, 23:06,
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I thought of some funny jokes based on puns on reggae singers' names. Let me know if you're interested, or I'll just perform them at the Fringe instead.
(,
Thu 15 Aug 2019, 23:19,
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Bob moley and the weasels
cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations,
Fri 16 Aug 2019, 9:35,
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