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#451 Re: Off-topic » The Joke Thread » 2024-07-03 15:58:43

Has there been a timewarp? Are we back in highschool?

#452 Re: Off-topic » The Joke Thread » 2024-07-02 19:31:20

@greenjeans . . . Thanks for the catch-up! I would also prefer in-person but I think we'll have to settle with technology if we want it to happen. Specific info about the meet is posted on the devuan-dev mail list a few days prior.  At least we are TZ compatible . . .

Just for you, I'll have a look at the images even though memes are so not my thing. I am more of a word person . . . wink

#453 Re: Off-topic » How World Leaders are Scrambling to Secure Food in the Shadows » 2024-07-01 16:23:10

You keep digging that hole deeper . . . the choice is yours . . . but please, let's not waste any more of Devuan's resources on this nonsense.

Afterthought . . . I was just washing dishes and remembered a little story/tale/fable from decades ago . . . where or how it came to me is lost in time.

A monk lived high in the mountains and winter was coming. A devotee came before winter set in to offer the monk a gift of many books filled with teachings and wisdom. In the spring, the donor returned and asked if the monk found the books useful and the monk replied, "Oh yes, they were very warm books".

#454 Re: Off-topic » How World Leaders are Scrambling to Secure Food in the Shadows » 2024-07-01 16:07:33

Hahahaha! Yes, I have had at least 3 different translations sitting on a shelf for decades.

The only "sin" is not seeing things as they are . . .

#455 Re: Off-topic » How World Leaders are Scrambling to Secure Food in the Shadows » 2024-07-01 15:33:56

Yes. Humans live in the confusion of the movie they create in their own minds from misinterpretation of incoming sensory data. Words just muddy things further . . .

#456 Re: Off-topic » How World Leaders are Scrambling to Secure Food in the Shadows » 2024-07-01 14:29:53

As usual, you are missing the point . . . maybe you are a confused bot . . .

#457 Re: Off-topic » How World Leaders are Scrambling to Secure Food in the Shadows » 2024-07-01 13:48:01

Good grief! Have you done no research?! There are many types of reproduction not just sexual but intentional human manipulation of genetic components is something that only imbalanced human minds could conceive and accomplish. That hubris will eventually scramble plant, animal and human reproductive systems in unrecoverable ways. Oh well . . . maybe we'll get another chance the next world cycle . . .

#458 Re: Off-topic » The Joke Thread » 2024-07-01 02:46:05

Oh, my dear greenjeans . . . what a wonderful surprise to see your post! It has been waaaay too long since you stopped by!! Yes, Hamlet was on to something that so few can understand but for very different reasons. Why don't you drop by our weekly Jitsi meet every Thursday at 20:30 UTC. That's 3:30 Central in DST and I think you're in Mountain. It usually doesn't last too long and we can hang out for a while after it's over. Bonus . . . fsmithred is usually there too!

#459 Re: Off-topic » The Joke Thread » 2024-06-30 17:49:55

@aluma . . . You have good taste. smile But then I'm prejudiced since that's what I grew up on and swam in for 40 years.

#460 Re: Off-topic » The Joke Thread » 2024-06-30 15:11:18

quickfur wrote:

Disappointed?? And here I was thinking these jokes must have been well-known already, since anyone could find them online within a few seconds or so on any competent search engine. Or at the most a few minutes.

Why anybody would be interested in searching for "jokes" is unthinkable to me?! Any word play from this end has been something that popped into my own mind. And if I have a craving for the most excellent word play, I'll read some Shakespeare not this thread . . . wink

#461 Re: Off-topic » tl;dr: supervise children around all water, even a half-full bucket! » 2024-06-29 21:03:59

golinux wrote:

They are the most destructive and cruel animals on this planet . . .

They are the most destructive, cruel, arrogant and deluded animals on this planet . . .  wink

#462 Re: Off-topic » tl;dr: supervise children around all water, even a half-full bucket! » 2024-06-29 20:50:39

Ron wrote:

Human beings are not animals.

Perhaps you are not paying attention. wink They are the most destructive and cruel animals on this planet . . .

#463 Re: Off-topic » The Joke Thread » 2024-06-29 20:14:35

@quickfur . . . Your honesty is appreciated if disappointing . . .

#464 Re: Off-topic » tl;dr: supervise children around all water, even a half-full bucket! » 2024-06-29 14:56:03

Natural selection does its thing all the time and at all ages. This is not news . . .

#465 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » AppImage "Todoist" doesn't work » 2024-06-28 20:42:34

If not you, perhaps someone else will eventually provide a more universally compatible fork.

#466 Re: Other Issues » Code written by AI » 2024-06-28 20:37:48

You should be asking Debian because they are upstream for Devuan. Until then, blathering over a what if is rather a waste of time and bits . . .

I long for analog days . . .

#467 Re: Off-topic » Just for fun ... » 2024-06-28 20:29:52

You are not wrong . . . but I go to very few places on the internet. Mostly the machine just sits here turned off or on and doing nothing. I do play solitaire but even that reflexive habit is fading. It is rather liberating to let go of useless habits. The joke thread still has a hook though . . . wink

#468 Re: Off-topic » Just for fun ... » 2024-06-28 17:09:36

. . . you might as well burn your internet router and go back to live in a cave.

I kind of already did that a few decades ago. wink

Except that the exploits will then come through your aiye-phone . . .

Can't if you don't own one.  wink

#469 Re: Off-topic » The Joke Thread » 2024-06-27 20:08:46

@The-Amnesiac-Philosopher . . . You are in rare form today!

#470 Re: Off-topic » How World Leaders are Scrambling to Secure Food in the Shadows » 2024-06-27 15:48:18

@Dutch_Master . . . you are preaching to the choir here. I have been opposing GMOs since about 1995 and have worked with activists around the world. Be aware that your European sanctuary is constantly under pressure from industry and without the work of many of my colleagues, "hyperfoods" would already be rampant in EU. Enjoy it while it lasts because sooner or later . . .

#471 Re: Off-topic » The Joke Thread » 2024-06-27 00:46:22

I'd rather punt the economists in the derrière . . .

#472 Off-topic » How World Leaders are Scrambling to Secure Food in the Shadows » 2024-06-27 00:37:00

golinux
Replies: 13

From Amanpour and Company last night:
How World Leaders are Scrambling to Secure Food in the Shadows
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppwlFwcL4iY

In a world full of unrest, fears are mounting about access to our most vital resources — food and water. The Grab" is a documentary that chronicles the way certain governments are attempting to control these global resources. The journalist and director behind the film, Nate Halverson and Gabriela Cowperthwaite, join the show to discuss whether the fight over our most precious commodities could lead to geopolitical conflict.

I knew this was happening but not to this extent. Could actually be the reason for the invasion of Ukraine. All that grain for the cattle Russia is starting raise now that the climate is getting warmer . . .

In other news . . . Italy’s first field trial of a gene-edited crop is in tatters, after vandals completely destroyed a test plot of experimental rice near the northern city of Pavia. No one has claimed responsibility for the destruction.

https://www.science.org/content/article … id=5257777

#473 Re: Off-topic » The Joke Thread » 2024-06-21 17:51:44

@aluma wrote:

Although, above, Uncle @golinux mentioned “imagination”, but did not reveal the topic of mushrooms.

Nope . . . I outgrew that dead end 50 years ago. Even the memories are gone . . . thankfully. There is no value in experiencing altered perceptions. There is great value in understanding the process of perception and letting it all go.

And BTW . . . I have never eaten a frankfurter so no skin in that game either . . .

Try again . . . wink

#474 Re: Off-topic » The Joke Thread » 2024-06-21 14:59:39

aluma wrote:

Something is probably missing.

Maybe this? A frankfurter is a type German sausage . . .

#475 Re: Off-topic » The Joke Thread » 2024-06-20 19:20:06

But what then is your guiding principle for moderating jokes?

That would require guidelines and judgment and the will to take action. I have better things to do. But it is fun to poke at the absurdity of this thread as of late . . .

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