Debunking Humor...

[MonkeeSage]

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I will call him Calvin(e).

 

[Mendel]

I will call him Calvin(e).

Her name is Bigtooth.

 

[JMartJr]

I am not sure if I want to seriously suggest this as an added feature of the site... maybe later, if things go on the way they have been going.... but for now let's suggest, over here, the following:

Whenever a post is made to MB featuring the word "orb" it is automatically altered to "distant dot or blob or something too indistinct to tell what shape it is."

I recognize that this might entail extra work for our Mr. West, to avoid "absorbing" becoming "absdistant dot or blob or something too indistinct to tell what shape it ising," and the like. But the potential loss of clarity in such cases would, I think, be more than adequately compensated by the clarity gained when people are no longer able to call every smudge or flying full-stop an "orb."

 

[Mendel]

I am not sure if I want to seriously suggest this as an added feature of the site... maybe later, if things go on the way they have been going.... but for now let's suggest, over here, the following:

Whenever a post is made to MB featuring the word "orb" it is automatically altered to "distant dot or blob or something too indistinct to tell what shape it is."

I recognize that this might entail extra work for our Mr. West, to avoid "absorbing" becoming "absdistant dot or blob or something too indistinct to tell what shape it ising," and the like. But the potential loss of clarity in such cases would, I think, be more than adequately compensated by the clarity gained when people are no longer able to call every smudge or flying full-stop an "orb."

God forbid there's a simple search-and-replace, morbidly absorbing syllables in its orbit.

 

[Leifer]

Trump claims any damage to the reflecting pool was an act of sabotage by vandals with knives.

Using my internal dad-joke calculator........Vandals + Knives = Stabotage

STABOTEURS !!!

 

[Todd Feinman]

Trump claims any damage to the reflecting pool was an act of sabotage by vandals with knives.

Using my internal dad-joke calculator........Vandals + Knives = Stabotage

STABOTEURS !!!

I'm more concerned about the damage to the East Wing.

 

[NoParty]

I'm more concerned about the damage to the East Wing.

"Damage" might be under-selling it, a bit.

 

[FatPhil]

I recognize that this might entail extra work for our Mr. West, to avoid "absorbing" becoming "absdistant dot or blob or something too indistinct to tell what shape it ising," and the like. But the potential loss of clarity in such cases would, I think, be more than adequately compensated by the clarity gained when people are no longer able to call every smudge or flying full-stop an "orb."

That was a problem solved in the 70s:
s/\borb\b/...

 

[JMartJr]

That was a problem solved in the 70s:
s/\borb\b/...

I have no idea what that means, but here is a picture of me with a spoon hanging on my nose, so I don't seem to be ignoring your post.

 

[MonkeeSage]

I have no idea what that means, but here is a picture of me with a spoon hanging on my nose, so I don't seem to be ignoring your post.

One of the original UNIX programs was a line-based text editor named "ed". The editor featured built in commands for operating on lines of text, one of which was Substitute, of the form "s/<original words/regex pattern>/<replacement words>/" (simplified form shown here). This command was split out to a stand alone utility named "sed" a few years later that could operate on text streams/files non-interactively, which used the same syntax (also later included in the vi/vim family of text editors). The "\b" escape sequence stands for word boundary. So in ed/sed/vi format "s/\borb\b/..." means substitute the word "orb" in the text.

 

[Gary C]

From the FB group "Terrible Maps"

 

[JMartJr]

I am astonished at how consistently, and for how long, I am confused by:

and spend some few seconds trying to wrap my head around "Our Lady of Assault."

Mary's reputation does not seem consistent with attacking people violently... which I guess could explain why it would need debunking...

 

[jdog]

and spend some few seconds trying to wrap my head around "Our Lady of Assault."

Not familiar with Catholic school nuns and their rulers, I see.

 

[Todd Feinman]

Not familiar with Catholic school nuns and their rulers, I see.

Source: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-69rYBsC_jI&t=9s&pp=2AEJkAIB0gcJCWQCo7VqN5tD&ra=m

 

[John J.]

Mary's reputation does not seem consistent with attacking people violently... which I guess could explain why it would need debunking...

Maybe apparitions appearances are deceiving

The ever-dependable Fortean Times, January 2024 no. 440.

 

[Ann K]

The ever-dependable Fortean Times, January 2024 no. 440.

Well, yeah, but I want to know about "genital karma" and "vegan vampires"...

 

[Mendel]

Mary's reputation does not seem consistent with attacking people violently...

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDcP9uSMra4

Blues Brothers, with John Belushi, Dan Akroyd, and Kathleen Freeman

 

[JMartJr]

This truck is finally delivering Disclosure, it will be here Real Soon Now...

 

[FatPhil]

This truck is finally delivering Disclosure, it will be here Real Soon Now...
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I salute you. I have seen that before, but that point was made so perfectly, I'm literally out of words.

 

[John J.]

Well, yeah, but I want to know about "genital karma" and "vegan vampires"...

Managed to find that issue,

"Genital Karma": Under "Religion News", page 6. Fortean Times cites thethaiger.com, 22 May 2023.
The Dhamma Chot Hirun shrine in Pak Chong district, Thailand, run by nun Naowaratkotchaporn Simethawong, was investigated by police and the National Office of Buddhism

...because it was encouraging followers in search of good fortune to apply gold leaf to large penis and vagina statues.

The nun linked the ritual to (at best hypothetical) Indus valley civilization rites, why these would have any connection to Buddhism or Thailand is not clear.
Very little is known of the religion/ rites of that culture, and there are no (deciphered) records. No IVC religious sites have been identified.

Not mentioned in the FT article, Naowaratkotchaporn might have been influenced by the theories of archeologist John Marshall,

...who in 1931 identified the following as prominent features of the Indus religion: a Great Male God and a Mother Goddess; deification or veneration of animals and plants; a symbolic representation of the phallus (linga) and vulva (yoni)... Marshall's interpretations have been much debated, and sometimes disputed over the following decades.

Wikipedia, Indus valley civilisation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilisation

The investigators decided the rituals could continue

...on condition that she relocated a large Buddha statue that was situated close to the giant genitals, to avoid potential disrespect to Buddhism.

"Vegan Vampire": Under "Alternative History", page 10. FT cites "phys.org. 10 Aug; independent.co.uk, 10 Sept 2023".

An international team of chemists has carried out an analysis of the proteins and peptides on three letters written by legendary 15th century Wallachian ruler Count Vlad Dracula (1431-1476)... ...they found no proteins derived from an animal diet, which suggests the fearsome warlord... ...may have been a vegan.

 

[Ann K]

@John J.

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...because it was encouraging followers in search of good fortune to apply gold leaf to large penis and vagina statues.

Whew! I was glad to see that word "statues"!

 

[Todd Feinman]

This truck is finally delivering Disclosure, it will be here Real Soon Now...
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Zeno's Paradox? Yeah, no, I don't think there will be any formal disclosure.