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05-31-2020 , 05:45 AM

#4851

kokiri

ffermwr moch

Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 52,228

+1 to safety razors. Multi blade razors are a massive scam. Key is very wet face plus a few drops of shaving oil Imo.

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05-31-2020 , 07:39 AM

#4852

rickroll

oddly catty

Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 23,026

haha i accidentally shared same vid twice, first one was supposed to be a review of the egyptian one i got

@rundown, in all seriousness, i've often thought about launching a safety razor company, they are legit so much better and so much cheaper, just needs to defeat gillette in marketing by finding a better solution than a middle aged man shaving on youtube and then it's an ez game

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05-31-2020 , 11:55 AM

#4853

Howard Treesong

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Originally Posted by Garick

Mad props to the people who dedicate so much time write these things. I just created my first Wikipedia page (not that fascinating unless you're in to US military history) and was shocked at what a PITA it was. Took me two whole days to jump through all the hoops and figure out all the markup tags etc., just for a seven para article.

what was the article? i'm definitely curious.

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05-31-2020 , 11:57 AM

#4854

Howard Treesong

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Originally Posted by that_pope

ITT I learn that rickroll is a horrible person that uses a brush that a badger was killed for and the meat was even wasted.

#freethebadgers!

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05-31-2020 , 12:05 PM

#4855

Howard Treesong

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Originally Posted by rickroll

last of my safety razor touting, but seriously, try it out, amazing and 10x cheaper too, really no reason not to switch

that guy is fantastically good at multiplying by seven and exaggerating the extent to which cartridge razors cause ingrown hairs.

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05-31-2020 , 12:53 PM

#4856

Garick

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Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 26,625

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Originally Posted by Howard Treesong

what was the article? i'm definitely curious.

It's just a page on General Frederick Martin, who was the original leader of the first flight around the world, until he crashed, and was in charge of Army Air Forces in Hawaii at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack.

I wrote an article about him and another Purdue-alum aviator a while back and was shocked to find that he didn't even have a Wikipedia page, so once the article came out and I was done with comprehensive exams, I wrote one.

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05-31-2020 , 06:18 PM

#4857

W0X0F

sit back, relax, and enjoy the flight

Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 5,832

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Originally Posted by Howard Treesong

what was the article? i'm definitely curious.

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Originally Posted by Garick

Garick posted a link (to the magazine with his article) in my thread. I love that kind of stuff and enjoyed his article.

Reposting the link here, since Garick was too modest to do so. His article is on pp.27-34.

Last edited by W0X0F; 05-31-2020 at 06:20 PM. Reason: Go expand your mind and kill some time

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06-02-2020 , 01:53 PM

#4858

Crysan

grinder

Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 447

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

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According to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition based on the lineage texts regarding prayer wheels, spinning such a wheel will have much the same meritorious effect as orally reciting the prayers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el7Qs6v2gSE

Keep the wheel spinning!

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06-02-2020 , 06:22 PM

#4859

txdome

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Originally Posted by Crysan

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el7Qs6v2gSE

Keep the wheel spinning!

Seems legit!

1 of the 2 youtube comments:

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Jane Seamore
Jane Seamore
1 year ago
Trust him until you know it is so. I did. and I died in my sleep and my prayer wheel led me to the buddha Amitabha. no problem. -------and im a terrible person. if it can happen for me, it can happen for anyone.
I came back to life because I really should fix everything I have done wrong before leaving this life. may all beings benefit

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06-04-2020 , 05:36 PM

#4860

thethethe

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Kanchō

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Kanchō (カンチョー) is a prank performed by clasping the hands together in the shape of an imaginary gun and attempting to poke an unsuspecting victim's anus, often while exclaiming "Kan-CHO!"

There are even statues for it:

Spoiler:

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06-04-2020 , 05:43 PM

#4861

Garick

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Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 26,625

Do I want to know how you happened upon that, of all articles?

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06-04-2020 , 05:46 PM

#4862

txdome

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You stopped too soon thethethe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boong-Ga_Boong-Ga

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Boong-Ga Boong-Ga (Korean: 붕가 붕가, Japanese: 開ウン！ケダモノ占い[1]), also known as Spank 'em, is an arcade game developed by a South Korean company, Taff System. It is the first arcade game to simulate kancho—a popular prank in Japan where the victim is poked with two fingers in the anus whilst distracted.

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The object of Boong-Ga Boong-Ga is to score points by spanking or performing kancho on a model of a human posterior embedded in the game's cabinet. A plastic finger is attached to the machine for players to perform the latter.

The game features eight characters players can punish: "Ex girlfriend", "Ex-boyfriend", "Yakuza|gangster", "Mother in law", "Gold-digger", "Prostitute", "Child molester", and "Con-artist". During gameplay, the facial expression of the chosen character is displayed on a monitor.

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06-06-2020 , 02:42 AM

#4863

Oladipo

adept

Join Date: Feb 2018 Posts: 978

What did I just read

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06-06-2020 , 03:45 AM

#4864

suzzer99

Save the Cheerleader, Save the World

Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 99,986

Thread just got super weird.

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06-06-2020 , 03:47 AM

#4865

thethethe

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You just got kanchōed

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06-06-2020 , 05:58 AM

#4866

abysmal01

old hand

Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 1,678

The whole Japanese thing of being half buttoned down and super respectful and half sex maniacs with super strange hobbies and TV shows is kinda fascinating. The WaitButWhy guy went there and did a good article on it. Funny moment where he got to his hotel and found that not only was weird rape porn playing, but it was playing on every channel.

https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/07/japan...re-it-out.html

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06-06-2020 , 06:04 AM

#4867

abysmal01

old hand

Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 1,678

Also I take it you've been watching QI reruns on Dave?@thethethe

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06-06-2020 , 07:38 AM

#4868

kokiri

ffermwr moch

Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 52,228

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Originally Posted by abysmal01

There's definitely mileage to the caricature, but I'd say there's about a 100% chance that that story, if true, was the result of choosing a weird hotel or screwing up with the remote control somehow or something similar.

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06-06-2020 , 07:06 PM

#4869

txdome

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Not to dive into fairly recent dark history, but plenty of Japanese people had grandparents or great grandparents who were well known to be brutal rapists.

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06-08-2020 , 11:45 AM

#4870

EADGBE

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Fenn Treasure's been found.

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

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06-08-2020 , 02:18 PM

#4871

rickroll

oddly catty

Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 23,026

I'm guessing hoax to be honest

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06-08-2020 , 04:03 PM

#4872

Garick

Oberbiergenießer

Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 26,625

About the finding, or about Fenn's Treasure even existing?

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06-08-2020 , 04:17 PM

#4873

rickroll

oddly catty

Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 23,026

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Originally Posted by Garick

About the finding, or about Fenn's Treasure even existing?

Both, he doesn't disclose what treasure was, who has it, or where it was

Pretty fishy to me, can't imagine someone doing that and Keyser sosing away especially given the real treasure is book and movie deals

Just feels like one of "the key to a wallet with 10 bitcoins is hidden in this painting" scams

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06-08-2020 , 04:20 PM

#4874

Garick

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Yeah, I've often thought the whole thing was either completely bogus, or at least exaggerated. Like a 12th century bronze cask with a "siege of the Castle of Love" motif seems like such an unlikely thing for a Santa Fe Indian and Western art dealer to have in the first place, much less to bury.