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The Taylor-made CVPL Chat Thread!

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,239 ✭✭✭Guffy


    Yes but others appeared to have found it funny. It makes fun of dead children though, I think it's in bad taste.

    Although not to my taste, humour is subjective. did you report the #gasthejews88 post?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,786 ✭✭✭KathleenGrant


    Guffy wrote: »
    Although not to my taste, humour is subjective. did you report the #gasthejews88 post?

    I don't remember that post tbh. Although I do remember the discussion here about 88.That's why I asked the question is everything ok in that thread. Like you say it depends on the person. I usually just ignore what I find a bit offensive but for some reason that one annoyed me more.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,166 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    Yes but others appeared to have found it funny. It makes fun of dead children though, I think it's in bad taste.

    Lots of jokes aren’t funny, if we deleted everything that someone objected to we might as well shut down the forum.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,166 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    wally79 wrote: »
    Yeah a bit much. Did you report it?

    Did you report this one about kids dying in Africa? https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=109604807&postcount=4642


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,356 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    Did you report this one about kids dying in Africa? https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=109604807&postcount=4642

    The difference between this one, the post about gasthejews88 and your post is that the joke in yours is real children having died. The others are clearly more humorous, and not about specific tragic events. You can see this, but then again, it's AH, so....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,166 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    dulpit wrote: »
    The difference between this one, the post about gasthejews88 and your post is that the joke in yours is real children having died. The others are clearly more humorous, and not about specific tragic events. You can see this, but then again, it's AH, so....

    Real kids have died in all of those situations.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,211 ✭✭✭✭Suckit


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    Real kids have died in all of those situations.


    The Bono story never actually happened. That story is going around for a couple of decades.































    (but i know what you mean - I'm just being devils advocate :p)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,786 ✭✭✭KathleenGrant


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    Did you report this one about kids dying in Africa? https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=109604807&postcount=4642

    The joke in this post is not directed at the fact that the children have died. In your post it is. I see them differently.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,166 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    Suckit wrote: »
    The Bono story never actually happened. That story is going around for a couple of decades

    The Bono speech happened where he describes kids dying, the Post was making fun of the situation.



    I suppose it’s all very subjective.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,786 ✭✭✭KathleenGrant


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    The Bono speech happened where he describes kids dying, the Post was making fun of the situation.



    I suppose it’s all very subjective.

    Suppose so. Anyway we will agree to differ.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,748 ✭✭✭ganmo


    Suppose so. Anyway we will agree to differ.

    Do you find other Medline McCann jokes inappropriate too?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,786 ✭✭✭KathleenGrant


    ganmo wrote: »
    Do you find other Medline McCann jokes inappropriate too?

    I asked a question about the thread and said I found a post in bad taste. And now all of a sudden I am being questioned by people who have nothing to do with the post. I am entitled to my opinion and don't need to justify it to all and sundry.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,748 ✭✭✭ganmo


    I asked a question about the thread and said I found a post in bad taste. And now all of a sudden I am being questioned by people who have nothing to do with the post. I am entitled to my opinion and don't need to justify it to all and sundry.

    I'm not attacking you, I'm curious that's all


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 22,430 CMod ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    ganmo wrote: »
    Do you find other Medline McCann jokes inappropriate too?

    Do you not?, would be a better question. A young child murdered/abducted is hardly great source material.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,563 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Mr E wrote: »
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    Article from the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department at MIT that shows that tinfoil hats are very effective.

    At amplifying the signals that is :eek:


    https://web.archive.org/web/20100708230258/http://people.csail.mit.edu/rahimi/helmet/
    Results
    For all helmets, we noticed a 30 db amplification at 2.6 Ghz and a 20 db amplification at 1.2 Ghz, regardless of the position of the antenna on the cranium. In addition, all helmets exhibited a marked 20 db attenuation at around 1.5 Ghz, with no significant attenuation beyond 10 db anywhere else.
    Conclusion
    The helmets amplify frequency bands that coincide with those allocated to the US government between 1.2 Ghz and 1.4 Ghz. According to the FCC, These bands are supposedly reserved for ''radio location''


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  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 77,354 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Safety Tips From Anubis

    ...That's not how I remember "The Cat In The Hat".


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 663 ✭✭✭CourierCollie


    Suckit wrote: »
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    Is this funny because there is no power cable connected?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,647 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    Is this funny because there is no power cable connected?

    Found the programmer.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,860 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    El Weirdo wrote: »
    Found the programmer.

    Uh, thought it's funny a PC mag has a couple in bed on it - it's Germany


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,166 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    Pawwed Rig wrote: »
    Do you not?, would be a better question. A young child murdered/abducted is hardly great source material.

    Like this one? https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=109645051&postcount=4716

    Child murders, youngest victim was 8.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,356 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    Like this one? https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=109645051&postcount=4716

    Child murders, youngest victim was 8.

    But the joke there is about the t-shirt and it having murderers on it. Your joke was specifically about children dying. There is a difference.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,231 ✭✭✭Hercule Poirot


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    Like this one? https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=109645051&postcount=4716

    Child murders, youngest victim was 8.

    I'm surprised this still has to be explained to you - the essence of your joke is that one mother has lost more children than the other, the essence of that joke is that someone got screwed buying a "Westlife" t-shirt. There is a big difference between the two.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,166 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    I'm surprised this still has to be explained to you - the essence of your joke is that one mother has lost more children than the other, the essence of that joke is that someone got screwed buying a "Westlife" t-shirt. There is a big difference between the two.

    smallfaraway.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,748 ✭✭✭ganmo


    I'm surprised this still has to be explained to you - the essence of your joke is that one mother has lost more children than the other, the essence of that joke is that someone got screwed buying a "Westlife" t-shirt. There is a big difference between the two.

    live up to your user name

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_West


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,231 ✭✭✭Hercule Poirot


    ganmo wrote: »

    I'm well aware who Fred West is thanks - you might want to read my post again before trying to be a smartarse....


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 22,430 CMod ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,231 ✭✭✭Hercule Poirot


    Pawwed Rig wrote: »

    It's a place where there's believed to be a lot of hidden treasure

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Island_mystery


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,214 ✭✭✭scotchy


    What am I not getting in the "May heads to Strasbourg" thing?

    Thanks in advance:o

    .

    💙 💛 💙 💛 💙 💛



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,860 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    scotchy wrote: »
    What am I not getting in the "May heads to Strasbourg" thing?

    Thanks in advance:o

    .

    Behind bars, maybe...


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,563 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Is this funny because there is no power cable connected?
    It's a C64 , power connector would be hidden from view on it's right hand side. :P



    That said the cable you can see is for the tape recorder, and there's nothing connected to the TV output. :o


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  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 77,354 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home




  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 22,430 CMod ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    It's a place where there's believed to be a lot of hidden treasure

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Island_mystery

    Ok. So why funny? Should I have heard of it?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,420 ✭✭✭✭josip


    Pawwed Rig wrote: »
    Ok. So why funny? Should I have heard of it?


    It's a reality TV show where absolutely nothing happens.
    The show is about finding buried pirate treasure, so the skeleton is probably another angle on the joke.

    I've seen 2 episodes and I'm never getting those 120 mins back.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Island_mystery


    Jesus, looking for the above wiki link, Google is suggesting "Oak Island season 6"
    I find it hard to believe they made 1 series out of it, but 6 :eek: ?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,211 ✭✭✭✭Suckit


    Pawwed Rig wrote: »
    Ok. So why funny? Should I have heard of it?
    The story is famous-ish. I heard of it years ago.
    The TV show is mainly what they are referring to in this.

    I think it is on it's 6th season on TV. Two brothers who were intrigued by the story, and were able to try and solve the mystery by buying parts of the island have been hunting/mining/solving clues for it.
    5 or 6 years now and they still haven't found anything of note, but each episode or every few episodes they uncover something that looks like they are a little bit closer to finding the treasure, so we watch a bit more...



    Not hilarious, but if you have been watching you empathise with the skeleton. :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,214 ✭✭✭scotchy


    fritzelly wrote: »
    Behind bars, maybe...

    That cant be it, Can it ?

    Who is the guy in the bottom pic?

    :confused:

    .

    💙 💛 💙 💛 💙 💛



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,944 ✭✭✭wally79


    scotchy wrote: »
    That cant be it, Can it ?

    Who is the guy in the bottom pic?

    :confused:

    .

    He is from the Netflix documentary Fyre

    He was one of the organisers and I don’t know how to put a spoiler tag So won’t say any more


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,211 ✭✭✭✭Suckit


    scotchy wrote: »
    That cant be it, Can it ?

    Who is the guy in the bottom pic?

    :confused:

    .
    I'm guessing it's the promise of amazing things etc.. but when it happens, it's shyte, likt Fyre Festival organisers promised.
    Fyre
    Although I don't think it was Theresa May that convinced people to vote for Brexit, but she's the one dealing with it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,944 ✭✭✭wally79


    Suckit wrote: »
    I'm guessing it's the promise of amazing things etc.. but when it happens, it's shyte, likt Fyre Festival organisers promised.
    Fyre
    Although I don't think it was Theresa May that convinced people to vote for Brexit, but she's the one dealing with it.

    Not quite

    Your username is relevant here


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,211 ✭✭✭✭Suckit


    wally79 wrote: »
    Not quite
    Your username is relevant here
    He's telling her to? :confused:

    McDermotX wrote: »
    Da Brits.


    What's the lad in the wine tracksuit bottoms doing? https://youtu.be/OhKcw27Hf7I?t=96


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,571 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    I can't remember the exact details, but the guy from the Fyre documentary was willing to have oral sex with another guy to resolve an issue with the setup of the festival.


  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 77,354 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,571 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Well... this is new. :D
    Subject: Nigerian Astronaut Wants To Come Home
    Dr. Bakare Tunde
    Astronautics Project Manager
    National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA)
    Plot 555
    Misau Street
    PMB 437
    Garki, Abuja, FCT NIGERIA

    Dear Mr. Sir,

    REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE-STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

    I am Dr. Bakare Tunde, the cousin of Nigerian Astronaut, Air Force Major Abacha Tunde. He was the first African in space when he made a secret flight to the Salyut 6 space station in 1979. He was on a later Soviet spaceflight, Soyuz T-16Z to the secret Soviet military space station Salyut 8T in 1989. He was stranded there in 1990 when the Soviet Union was dissolved. His other Soviet crew members returned to earth on the Soyuz T-16Z, but his place was taken up by return cargo. There have been occasional Progrez supply flights to keep him going since that time. He is in good humor, but wants to come home.

    In the 14-years since he has been on the station, he has accumulated flight pay and interest amounting to almost $ 15,000,000 American Dollars. This is held in a trust at the Lagos National Savings and Trust Association. If we can obtain access to this money, we can place a down payment with the Russian Space Authorities for a Soyuz return flight to bring him back to Earth. I am told this will cost $ 3,000,000 American Dollars. In order to access the his trust fund we need your assistance.

    Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to transfer the total amount to your account or subsequent disbursement, since we as civil servants are prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil Service Laws) from opening and/ or operating foreign accounts in our names.

    Needless to say, the trust reposed on you at this juncture is enormous. In return, we have agreed to offer you 20 percent of the transferred sum, while 10 percent shall be set aside for incidental expenses (internal and external) between the parties in the course of the transaction. You will be mandated to remit the balance 70 percent to other accounts in due course.

    Kindly expedite action as we are behind schedule to enable us include downpayment in this financial quarter.

    Please acknowledge the receipt of this message via my direct number 234 (0) 9-234-XXXX only.

    Yours Sincerely, Dr. Bakare Tunde
    Astronautics Project Manager
    XXXX@nasrda.gov.ng

    http://www.nasrda.gov.ng/


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    Mr E wrote: »
    Well... this is new. :D

    Not the first but prices have gone down :pac:
    Mr. Nkoloso continued: “To really get going we need about seven hundred million pounds. It sounds a lot of money...

    https://www.zambianobserver.com/zambias-forgotten-space-program/



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 124 ✭✭lan


    Mr E wrote: »
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    If your hemorrhoids are so bad that you need to go to the vets, GDPR is the least of your problems.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,843 ✭✭✭tea and coffee


    The management complaint one on So Vegan??


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  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 77,354 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Haircut - it's a stereotype that any woman with that kind of haircut would be a nightmare of a customer and would always ask to speak with management to complain loudly and obnoxiously about something.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,563 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,843 ✭✭✭tea and coffee


    The Hiroshima and Nagasaki meme. The bombs were 3 days apart and who has a 400km commute?! And would the trains have been running after a nuclear attack?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,279 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    The Hiroshima and Nagasaki meme. The bombs were 3 days apart and who has a 400km commute?! And would the trains have been running after a nuclear attack?
    It was a business trip, not a commute.
    Yamaguchi, a resident of Nagasaki, was in Hiroshima on business for his employer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries when the city was bombed at 8:15 am, on August 6, 1945. He returned to Nagasaki the following day, and despite his wounds, he returned to work on August 9, the day of the second atomic bombing. That morning, whilst being berated by his supervisor as "crazy" after describing how one bomb had destroyed the city, the Nagasaki bomb detonated.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsutomu_Yamaguchi


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,843 ✭✭✭tea and coffee


    Oh wow ok. I thought it was one of those stories that grew legs over the years or just "fake news".
    Kudos to him - made of stern stuff.


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