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05-21-2019 , 10:54 PM
Someone actually thought that bringing back New Coke was a good idea?
05-21-2019 , 11:19 PM
these darn millennials saw it on some tv show and want to try it(new coke)

i would kill all the little creatures in my house if the genie came. but i did read something recently about needing lots of bacteria around us.... so idk
05-21-2019 , 11:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Booker Wolfbox
Someone actually thought that bringing back New Coke was a good idea?
But much of the Coke line is already a variation of the New Coke recipe. i.e. Diet Coke and Coke Zero. I also remember some of Euro Coke is the New Coke recipe.
05-21-2019 , 11:29 PM
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Originally Posted by iversonian
if a genie comes to you while you're home alone with no pets and makes the offer that every living thing in your house greater than 5mm long and 1mm thick is killed, would you accept? or can you think of a reason why that would be disastrous?
I mean, that would include you... so yeah I'd have a problem with that.
Beyond that, how's about plants?
After that, I might be ok, but I'd still have to think.
05-22-2019 , 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by iversonian
if a genie comes to you while you're home alone with no pets and makes the offer that every living thing in your house greater than 5mm long and 1mm thick is killed, would you accept? or can you think of a reason why that would be disastrous?
If X approaches you and suggests Y, you should always say no if:
X is a professional gambler, a magical creature, or an investment bank
Y is literally anything.

If you're in the house, that's you; if you're not in the house, you don't know who/what is.

Also, you might end up with a minging rotting smell. We've had a couple of tiny mice die in the attic, and the smell even they make decomposing is unbelievably minging.
05-22-2019 , 11:52 AM
if X approaches you and suggests Y, you should always say yes if X is a model
05-22-2019 , 02:27 PM
It's all about situational awareness.
05-22-2019 , 03:28 PM
Obviously excluding yourself. Termite problem instantly fixed. No spiders. Tapeworm.
05-22-2019 , 03:42 PM
bedbugs, crickets, mosquitoes, fleas, roaches, rats, mice, inlaws, lizards, scorpions
05-22-2019 , 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by iversonian
Obviously excluding yourself. Termite problem instantly fixed. No spiders. Tapeworm.
Still think the unintended consequences are likely to be bad - unless you have some infestation, things are roughly in balance, and emptying it out and starting from scratch could lead anywhere.

Outside of 20th century Northern Europe and maybe the East coast, humans know that they share their world with a wide range of other species. That way is better and more sustainable.
05-22-2019 , 06:49 PM
Tenting your house and using sulfuryl fluoride will effectively accomplish the above wish. All animals, insects and plants end up dead.
05-22-2019 , 07:08 PM
Re: killing off things in your house.

There is nothing, necessarily, preventing things from coming back.
05-22-2019 , 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Eric
Re: killing off things in your house.

There is nothing, necessarily, preventing things from coming back.
I wonder if Chernobyl has a roach problem?
05-22-2019 , 07:17 PM
Remember that time kcaw made the front page of reddit? Who here has done something cooler than that and what was it?
05-22-2019 , 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Mark_K
I wonder if Chernobyl has a roach problem?
i think a lot of wildlife lives around chernobyl. im basing this on a vague memory of something i think i saw on tv several years ago.

this guy i play poker with visited chernobyl recently as a tourist. he said it was cool, but didn't give any details except that it cost a lot and you had to sign a lot of stuff.
05-22-2019 , 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by filthyvermin
i think a lot of wildlife lives around chernobyl. im basing this on a vague memory of something i think i saw on tv several years ago.

this guy i play poker with visited chernobyl recently as a tourist. he said it was cool, but didn't give any details except that it cost a lot and you had to sign a lot of stuff.
If true, how do they stop the spread of contamination?

lol at visiting Chernobyl. That has to be pretty far down on my list. Probably somewhere around visiting Cleveland.
Spoiler:
05-22-2019 , 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Mark_K
If true, how do they stop the spread of contamination?

lol at visiting Chernobyl. That has to be pretty far down on my list. Probably somewhere around visiting Cleveland.
Spoiler:
Well, if you know any Russians who want to defect, you need to take them to Cleveland.
05-23-2019 , 02:30 AM
For the last couple days, I've been playing the game 'The Sim's 4'. It's a life and social simulator that you can currently buy for free on origin.com (for the next few days).

I had a thought of Filthy playing the game in his bed simulating his life in his bed. Hmm the sticky wicket of recursion.
05-23-2019 , 03:19 AM
i been in bed almost ever since i got home sunday afternoon, but i been sick.

i wanna get back in the casino so i can make more cruise money. i want to go on one of the expedition cruises in like antarctica or the arctic.

i can't figure out if this 16.6k price is per person or for the cabin... https://www.silversea.com/destinatio...uaia-7923.html
05-23-2019 , 03:36 AM
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Originally Posted by filthyvermin
i can't figure out if this 16.6k price is per person or for the cabin... https://www.silversea.com/destinatio...uaia-7923.html
From your link:

Fares shown are per guest
05-23-2019 , 04:03 AM
****!!!!!!!

jfc that is a lot of money, but you only live once

if i go i know i'm gonna be so tilted by all the penguins, and how they are such a big attraction. i wish i could get a discount for not seeing any penguins.
05-23-2019 , 04:14 AM
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Originally Posted by filthyvermin
****!!!!!!!

jfc that is a lot of money, but you only live once

if i go i know i'm gonna be so tilted by all the penguins, and how they are such a big attraction. i wish i could get a discount for not seeing any penguins.
Go to the cruise critic website and do some research.
05-23-2019 , 06:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Mark_K
For the last couple days, I've been playing the game 'The Sim's 4'. It's a life and social simulator that you can currently buy for free on origin.com (for the next few days).
But let's face it, it's no Bejeweled 2!

2p2 is the only life and social simulator I need btw. Close enough for government work, as pwns always says.
05-23-2019 , 06:46 AM
I've spent the last week in rural Wales. Have seen many sheep, many waterfalls, some very cool caves and assorted dinosaurs. Children got to feed some lambs and collect eggs from chickens and stroke some horses so are delighted.

It's very pretty here but I'm looking forwards to getting back to civilisation.
05-23-2019 , 08:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Mark_K
If true, how do they stop the spread of contamination?

lol at visiting Chernobyl. That has to be pretty far down on my list. Probably somewhere around visiting Cleveland.
Spoiler:
There's some good photo footage from Chernobyl, including iirc people who go inside the exclusion zone without the proper permits etc. AIUI there's a lot of wildlife as the place goes back to wilderness (but presumably also a lot of stuff also died over the years due to radiation).

After the disaster, the prevailing winds blew some of the contamination as far as the uk and some of the higher land caught some of it. Sheep raised in the lake district for quite a while afterwards had to be tested for radiation levels (although they could be taken down off there and housed somewhere else for a few months and that tended to clear up even the ones that weren't initially fit for consumption).

      
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