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carbontech
· 4 years ago
Fun fact. The compressed image of the rainbow-colored house on the right is The Equality House, which is situated across the street from Westboro Baptist Church, an anti-LGBT hate group in Topeka, Kansas. The house was purchased by Aaron Jackson, the founder of nonprofit organization Planting Peace, after he saw a "for sale" sign on a nearby house when looking at the community on Google Earth. He had the house painted in the colors of the rainbow flag, to show support for LGBTQ rights. Maximum troll levels detected, lol.
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I made my small dog bit bigger 5 comments
carbontech
· 4 years ago
Yeah, the young one stalks and desperately tries to get to any stray spider he sees on the ceiling and a few months ago, when we got ahold of some fruit fly infested produce, we thought he'd gone nuts and was hallucinating, with all the staring, running and jumping at "nothing". So I'm definitely not going to be volunteering him for any Giganto-ray experiments, lol.
Somebody needs a raise 4 comments
carbontech
· 4 years ago
Disagree. This is the perfect job for someone, in that unfortunate situation, to make lemonade out of lemons...after perfectly stacking the lemons, of course.
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I made my small dog bit bigger 5 comments
carbontech
· 4 years ago
I read something a few years ago, that suggested the major difference between dogs and cats was that if your dog suddenly got gigantic, it would still respect the existing pack structure, whereas your newly gigantic cat would discover a new found toy and/or light snack standing at his feet. I own a dog and serve two cats and while I'm not 100% sure about the dog, I'm almost certain this is the younger cat's ongoing fantasy. :) Oh, and at OP, nice Photoshop job.
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Son of a gun 9 comments
Ice ice baby 3 comments
carbontech
· 4 years ago
Sounds like BS, but checks out. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ice-worm https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20060221&slug=iceworms21m
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Geckos hand 8 comments
carbontech
· 4 years ago
What this great picture fails to show, is that those bulbous toes are covered in hundreds of tiny microscopic hairs called setae. Each seta splits off into hundreds of even smaller bristles called spatulae. Those tufts of tiny hairs get so close to the contours in walls and ceilings that the van der Waals force kicks in. This type of physical bond happens when electrons from the gecko hair molecules and electrons from the wall molecules interact with each other and create an electromagnetic attraction. It is thought that if ALL the spatulae present on a geko's feet could be simultaneously engaged, they could support up to 290 lbs. That's why geckoes can skitter up smooth walls and even traverse ceilings-as long as they aren't Teflon coated, lol. The US Military is trying to use this info to create gecko gloves that will allow soldiers to climb walls. Look out, Spiderman, Geckoman is coming. YT Gecko info: https://youtu.be/7ySPl_WVgvc
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You literally can make that up, Joey 3 comments
You literally can make that up, Joey 3 comments
This is a light switch INSIDE my house today. -44°C outside, -61°C with wind chill 7 comments
carbontech
· 4 years ago
Finally, someone who understands that wind chill is only relevant when there is exposed flesh involved, lol.
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This is a light switch INSIDE my house today. -44°C outside, -61°C with wind chill 7 comments
carbontech
· 4 years ago
@princessmonstertru good call on the cold air infiltration. It probably doesn't help that they apperantly have their humidity level set at Rain Forest During Monsoon Season.
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Meow'd back 4 comments
carbontech
· 4 years ago
It's been happening for millennia. A loyal servant, you hitherto dismissed as though useful, but not especially learned, says something so profound, so insightful, that you can never look at them in the same light again. I would just roll with it.
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Sekjurty 3 comments
carbontech
· 4 years ago
Way too trusting. This must be the same guy that puts up all those lonely gates that have no fencing or walls bracketing them.
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A bug in the matrix 10 comments
carbontech
· 4 years ago
On the moon, with 1/6 Earth's gravity, the bottom part of the slinky wouldn't be pulled as far away from the top part, but when released, the top part would fall slower towards the bottom, so it would still take the same 0.3 seconds that it does on Earth to fully compress. That 0.3 second compression time would also occur on a higher gravity planet-spring stretches further, but faster drop of the top section because of the increased gravity.
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Please be respectful of office rules. 7 comments
The core is compromised! 5 comments
carbontech
· 4 years ago
As @ewqua noted, the basic light is available at Ikea, in several sizes. However, if you want it to look like the Death Star, you will have to do a little decorating on the plain whitish lamp. There are several how-to guides on YouTube and Bored Panda. Search for "living room light that looks like the death star" to find the various guides.
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The core is compromised! 5 comments
carbontech
· 4 years ago
Little trick some kind soul shared a month or two ago-links can be shared, but only if you add them while editing a previously posted comment. Enjoy.
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Sean Connery doesn’t want to be in your advertisement, circa 1998 4 comments
carbontech
· 4 years ago
Originally posted on June 19, 2011, on the Scoopertino humour website. It showed the supposed iMac ad and the response letter from Sean Connery. The ad copy had a poem on it that went, "The children are snuggled. / Santa's opened his pack. / The man is Sean Connery. / The gift is iMac." with a picture of Connery holding a Christmas ornament, next to a picture of an iMac.
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Guinea Pig Playing With Butterflies 4 comments
carbontech
· 4 years ago
Wow! Of all the collective nouns for groups of creatures, I don't think I've ever heard a more perfect and poetic one, than a kaleidoscope of butterflies. Thanks for that.
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It was going to be Photo of the Year, until (ctto) 2 comments
carbontech
· 4 years ago
Don't beat yourself up, it's not that bad. Sure you can brighten the image of the crapping pooch, but I think the silhouette of the dog is quite artistic.
Found a relic in a old wallet 3 comments
carbontech
· 4 years ago
The website indicated on the card is still active. When you click on the link for their store locations, up pops their one and only remaining brick and mortar, in Bend, Oregon. If you copy and search the address that they provide, you'll find that store is pretty famous. People actually make pilgrimages to it. The rest of the site is one big ad for the Dish Network.
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A pencil drawing of mine I finished recently.. 100% pencils on paper 1 comments
carbontech
· 4 years ago
Wow! I honestly thought this was someone passing off a photo as a pencil sketch. Then I checked out "Foj Teflon Art". The artist is amazing.
Klingon hugging dens 1 comments
carbontech
· 4 years ago
I can just see their fetish gear, lol, throw pillows and down comforters, frilly dresses and cardigans. Like Donna Reed meets Mister Rogers, and when the action picks up, the more adventurous put on those blankets with sleeves, Snuggies. "It is so soft and luxurious. Now hold my hand, GENTLY!"
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