know it's against the spirit of the thread, but usually find Hurrah for Gin pretty funny, and not at all represented by the mawkishness above. Her one on World Book Day was pretty spot on as far as the life I'm currently living for example - http://hurrahforgin.com/2017/03/01/topsy-and-tim-the-world-book-day-catastrophe/
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 14:54 (seven years ago) link
wow that's insufferable
― mh, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 15:02 (seven years ago) link
that's as if hyperbole and a half had no sense of whimsy or narrative flow and much worse art
5 years of this thread and we still haven't figured out why we're such jerks
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 15:03 (seven years ago) link
it doesn't matter. nothing matters. only the gin.
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 15:05 (seven years ago) link
guys i'm starting to wonder if it's not us who are the real jerks here
― 🎵 it's grey pubic now, stoner blue 🎵 (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 15:14 (seven years ago) link
https://media.giphy.com/media/EldfH1VJdbrwY/giphy.gif
― Neil S, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 15:16 (seven years ago) link
Milli Vanilli's deaths will not be in vain
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 15:25 (seven years ago) link
also there's nearly 20,000 posts itt, should we maybe think about starting a new one?
― 🎵 it's grey pubic now, stoner blue 🎵 (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 15:50 (seven years ago) link
I think that was tried but didn't stick? We need a good name for it!
― Neil S, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 15:51 (seven years ago) link
'this is the thread where we discuss matters pertaining to the detrius that accompanies the stupid shit people post on facebook'
― 🎵 it's grey pubic now, stoner blue 🎵 (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 15:53 (seven years ago) link
yeah there was a new thread that withered on the vine, I imagine loading all posts on this thread would cause serious injury
― softie (silby), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 21:14 (seven years ago) link
https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/fr/cp0/e15/q65/17834820_1257440851018682_7050943866064001968_o.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=9d2f6926c3fe077dd849fda609af79a0&oe=59A4766Bhttps://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/fr/cp0/e15/q65/17814540_1257440781018689_87081394277833242_o.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=bdded87c6b0a825b2262d61a21d06c3a&oe=59ABE5E0https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/18698027_1307791452650288_2160963798598712604_n.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=ac86093942b9aa67118f2df7adcc61be&oe=59AA9534https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/fr/cp0/e15/q65/17632061_1257440881018679_2227894977962612065_o.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=21f696cb80c226f70d35e14456321507&oe=59C0E0B1
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 23:43 (seven years ago) link
A break from the usual image macros. This was an album share - showcasing an artist who creates images of moments in his relationship which tell us what love is.
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Thursday, 25 May 2017 00:14 (seven years ago) link
Love too make cereals
― softie (silby), Thursday, 25 May 2017 00:19 (seven years ago) link
this thread can never be replaced
― qualx, Thursday, 25 May 2017 02:36 (seven years ago) link
we're gonna keep it going until it can be classified as a weapon of mass destruction
I'm glad at least one of the images before the break isn't gone
― softie (silby), Thursday, 25 May 2017 02:36 (seven years ago) link
they really do get stuff done
― qualx, Thursday, 25 May 2017 02:39 (seven years ago) link
heh, bitches
― The Adventures Of Whiteman (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 25 May 2017 09:08 (seven years ago) link
http://i65.tinypic.com/650olz.jpg
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Thursday, 25 May 2017 16:54 (seven years ago) link
my atm pin is 1221 and i keep getting arrested every time i try to take money out :(
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 25 May 2017 17:13 (seven years ago) link
xp Oof that's bad - I really doubt that's true everywhere, so not a good idea to share it as safety advice.
I quite like those cartoons in a way but they're a bit cutesy and get more so the longer you look at them.
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Thursday, 25 May 2017 17:45 (seven years ago) link
In fact wait a minute it can't be true because how wd they know you were typing in your pin backwards unless you told the machine what it was already ...
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Thursday, 25 May 2017 17:46 (seven years ago) link
I just can't imagine the kind of fundamental misunderstanding of How Things In The World Work you'd have to have to believe things like this. And yet I see people I know, people I went to school with who I would assume know better, share these things all the time.
Why not just write, "If you put your PIN in backwards the ATM will spray knockout gas that will disable the thief, so hold your breath really quickly before you type it in!"
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Thursday, 25 May 2017 17:50 (seven years ago) link
I really doubt that's true everywhere
it isn't true anywhere
― qualx, Thursday, 25 May 2017 20:06 (seven years ago) link
― Never changed username before (cardamon)
Don't they know who you are when you put your card in?
― nickn, Thursday, 25 May 2017 20:19 (seven years ago) link
That was a joke, wasn't it?
― Mark G, Thursday, 25 May 2017 21:38 (seven years ago) link
I can't tell any more . . .
― nickn, Thursday, 25 May 2017 21:41 (seven years ago) link
apparently someone suggested this as an actual security measure once and it failed but nonetheless the meme survives
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Thursday, 25 May 2017 22:45 (seven years ago) link
The problem is that crooks would know about it too, so when they saw the money was stuck they might hurt/kill you.
― nickn, Thursday, 25 May 2017 23:25 (seven years ago) link
lol a machine with features that could destroy money or harm people, what could go wrong?
― mh, Thursday, 25 May 2017 23:49 (seven years ago) link
Feel like robbing someone later so i can watch them try this
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Friday, 26 May 2017 00:11 (seven years ago) link
The alarm at one place i worked *did* have a 'duress code' built into it, one you could enter if someone was forcing you to open up and which would alert the police, so it is possible (but obviously bullshit here)
(And the ATM *could* know you'd typed your pin in backwards - it knows when you've typed it correctly so it must know what it is.)
((Or it could be like a password where the hash is stored and the entered password is hashed again and compared against the stored version, which would mean it wouldn't know you'd typed it backwards))
What I'm saying is that this is possible, which is probably why people believe it.
― koogs, Friday, 26 May 2017 05:28 (seven years ago) link
Thing is, 4 digit pin only has 10,000 variants so, as Roberto alluded above, there's going to be thousands and thousands of people who have palindrome PINs.
There does seem to be a brain disconnect with some people when they see something like this on social media. I've also seen fairly bright people sharing shit like this or replying 'Yes' on those fucking ones that say Stare at the photo, click Like then reply Yes and watch the magic happen.
― groovypanda, Friday, 26 May 2017 07:20 (seven years ago) link
The backward PIN trick is so important and useful that all Banks have left it up ExploreTalent.com to inform all of their customers that it exists through a viral facebook post
― Karl Malone, Friday, 26 May 2017 15:00 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/iGojwVy.jpg
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 15:49 (seven years ago) link
maybe taking crowdsourcing too far
― The Remoans of the May (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 15:58 (seven years ago) link
the few conversations i've had with my postman lead me to believe that a serial killer delivers packages to my house way more frequently than once a month
― heck i've even been an 'oyster pirate' (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 16:00 (seven years ago) link
That's a parody right
― ultros ultros-ghali, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 16:06 (seven years ago) link
https://www.huntakiller.com/
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 16:08 (seven years ago) link
Honestly those postal game packages do appeal to me, but they're usually hideously overpriced. Also I totally get why "what if a serial killer delivered packages to your door" is a ridiculous advert.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 16:15 (seven years ago) link
oh, i bet it would be fun! it basically seems like a physical irl version of an interactive story game, right?
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 16:21 (seven years ago) link
Wolf In White Van is probs what piqued a lot of Ilxors' interests in this kind of thing
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 10:18 (seven years ago) link
https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/1460038_10152406671217228_538912542_n.png.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=63b4941c1434247c833ce996d91483d4&oe=59E727DF
Oh cool ive got 30 odd years to deffo invent like zipcar 2.0 or something cos in special
― plums (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 1 June 2017 16:29 (seven years ago) link
I could totally see myself inventing some great fried chicken when I'm 65, and by inventing I mean eating a large platter of it
― Moodles, Thursday, 1 June 2017 18:06 (seven years ago) link
lol
― Covfefe growing vpon the skull of a man (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 1 June 2017 18:14 (seven years ago) link
quarter life crisis at 25, mid life crisis at 35
― qualx, Thursday, 1 June 2017 18:55 (seven years ago) link
jesus and buddha and jimi hendrix need to be on that timeline tbf
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 1 June 2017 18:58 (seven years ago) link
i guess whatever happened in the intervening decade certainly warrants a crisis
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 1 June 2017 18:59 (seven years ago) link