*This post was made using an app created by the Mathematician who got tired of watching me painfully uploading them one by one, after of course saving them over the week. JUST the mechanical act of uploading took me two to three hours. Well, he didn’t like that, so he automated it. It seems to have worked. We’ll see how it works out, shall we? – SAH*
According To Hoyt 
It worked perfectly! Great memes, too.
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And no duplicates! The script evidently does not lose its place.
How long did posting memes take this time?
I will confirm having a tame mathematician in the family can be quite handy!
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All hail the mathematician!
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SFBS!
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At this rate, at which point does Marco Rubio become Marco the 1st, Emperor of Earth?
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I mean, he already has so many titles…
“Marco Rubio, first of his name, Secretary of State, National Security Advisor, Chief Archivist, Viceroy of Venezuela, Governor-General of Cuba, Storhertug of Greenland, Shah-in-Waiting, Martian Lord High Admiral of the Outer Worlds, and Webelo.”
https://x.com/VodkaPundit/status/2010865873502998994
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Martian First Space Lord would avoid stepping on Department of War chain-of-command toes since it’s a civilian job, but it would probably count as a foreign title of nobility and thus run afoul of the Foreign Emoluments Clause. Even if the Martian Throne is subsidiary to the U.S. Constitution it would have to be something like Secretary of the Martian Space Navy to avoid a grant of title.
Though given Mars lacking anyplace to put a wet Navy maybe it’s just SECNAV(Mars).
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There are landlocked countries with navies. Discriminating against Mars because it doesn’t have oceans seems unfair.
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Ship a bathtub to Mars, fill it with water, and stick little remote-control toy boats in it. Problem solved.
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The analogous British ‘First Sea Lord’ need not be a noble to hold that office, so I don’t see why the Martian First Space Lord would be considered a foreign title.
A few FSL have been peers or even a prince when installed, but most FSL seem to have been knighted or otherwise ennobled after leaving office.
And, lots of places to put a ‘wet navy’, this expanse of beach is merely a temporary inconvenience.
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At the risk of being ‘that guy’, the civil office is First Lord of the Admiralty. First Sea Lord is the senior naval officer, equivalent to the Chief of Naval Operations in the U.S. Navy (or Director of Naval Operations in the Republic of Texas Navy).
IIRC, the current First Sea Lord in Britain is actually a General in the Royal Marines.
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☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕
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Hail to the Mathematician! Enjoyed most of these, but the IT guy with the badge and the gun was my favorite.
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Right?
For both.
A lot this week that were chuckle/giggle/LOL, finished with “ouch”.
And …. 🍵🍵🍵🍵🍵🍵🍵🍵🍵🍵🍵🍵🍵🍵🍵🍵🍵🍵🍵🍵🍵
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That sounds like the start of a thriller or other fiction novel. What’s up that IT needs a gun? Why are the computers behaving that badly? Or does something about the latest software update summon eldrich beings that need a dose of blessed lead or silver? Is the server room really a portal to ????
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I am reminded of the joke about “normies have Internet of Things, IT guy has an ancient dot-matrix printer with no wifi access and a 38 Special in his desk to kill it if it goes out of control.”
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I identify with that IT guy.
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Having worked a bit in IT: “I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe…”
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No, even if I told you, word for word, you wouldn’t believe. I didn’t either, and then… Well, there’s a reason I no longer work in IT.
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What’s up that IT needs a gun? Seriously? Do you even know any computers?
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I’ve got a “beef” with the bison meme. Is it possible to have a home-made costume made on China? Unless he was Chinese this seems unlikely.
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Depends if the Uighur slave girl was sewing it in her cell or on the production floor.
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The Reader asks if IKEA has a Chinese factory.
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That crow has an extra talon. AI strikes again!
Election fraud wasn’t a glitch. It was designed into the systems.
If Fauxi was to die from side effects of the not-a-vax, would that be irony, karma or both?
No, no, in the Jim Jones meme Fauxi should be saying “Hold my Chianti”
Nailed it. A hot woman with good trigger discipline. 😁
Fauxi’s ego AND bank account. ☹️
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I think Irony is just a way to explain why Karma happened.
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”…would that be irony, karma or both?”
Yes.
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We definitely did not have that right. How many idiots can there be?!?
Adult situations are indeed sadly lacking in mainstream media.
Trying not to move onto the stabbing, yes. I mean.
Given everything else we’ve heard Nolan did to the Oddessy, Xena would have been an improvement.
Around their neck is not what they meant? Darn….
Satyress? I see whole new urban legends and horror movies being spawned here. Go for it! Do a franchise!
Hmm. Now I’m wondering what would happen if the Romans met Yi Sun-sin….
Baloo as a Leaper. Wow!
Eco-friendly bug steak is at least 3 lies wrapped up in a package. I could go on about bug farming, but tl;dr = given what you have to feed them has to be farmed to make it profitable in the first place, and then that feed has to be transported, NOT eco-friendly. Silkworms a possible exception only because the mulberry leaves to feed them generally have to be grown locally anyway or they’re not fresh enough.
Exactly what I voted for, yes. Faster!
Agreed on AI and Hollywood. Rrrrgh.
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The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
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Not wrong…
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Very frustrating. The budget is so tight right now, that I can’t order more corkboard to paper more of my office with coffee memes.
But kudos to Dan for proving that the cobbler’s family does eventually get shoes…
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Tofu processing +1
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Regarding “Men want one thing . . . ” Yeah, I’d take that. And the gal’s pretty hot too, where’s a ring.
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The Reader aggressively ignores cats. He wonders what RAH would think of that.
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Since ignoring them is proper etiquette for cats – which, for some reason, then motivates the cats to NOT ignore you – I suspect RAH might appreciate you knowing their culture.
Chandler, through Grimes: “Come In. This is Liberty Hall; you can spit on the mat and call the cat a bastard!”
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Humbly submitted for your eductainment
Fauci Demon Candle
Profane candle for self-ordained Deity
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I particularly like the pinata at the border.
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The “extroverted introvert” is pretty much me. Although over the years I have learned to keep my mouth shut more rather than unload an infodump on people who just asked what they thought was a simple question. However if I don’t know or trust you, I probably will answer in monosyllables.
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Someone talks about just about anything else: Try and look interested, nod, ask leading questions so they talk more.
Someone talks about THE THING, or THE OTHER THING: MUST…RESIST…INFODUMP…
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100%
Both!!!!
Second, especially if the information they are spouting is misleading (wrong). Must resist!!!! Lord help them if someone else mentions I might be an expert in the topic. Or they really, really, need educating on topic.
At least these days I can demure with “Retired. Haven’t kept up with current trends.” Look at innocent Fitbit, tap as if to clear notification, “Excuse me I have to deal with this.” Walk away.
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One day I was at the pharmacy and the customer-facing POS terminal, which has a touch screen where you “sign” with a random finger-wiggle, was all in Esperanto. (*)
I commented on it. The pharmacist was puzzled, so I explained about artificial languages and Zamenhof, and decided not to tell her about William Shatner making one of the few native-Esperanto movies when she was making “edging toward the alarm button” motions.
A friend once said: “You’re one of those guys, if I ask you what time it is, you’ll tell me how to build a watch.”
My reply: “Ask me about calendars.”
(*) someone probably decided to use Esperanto as the default to avoid annoying potential customers in different countries. For example, you *don’t* want something coming up in English by default if you’re trying to sell it in the Glorious People’s Republic of Quebec.
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Also guilty.
Gotten better in old age. Although family would disagree. Depends on whether I want to encourage further curiosity or not. Work it was “Give as much information and why now so they do not need to call, …., Again.” I did determine I can write this out, the conversation goes “I will send you something. Call if you need more.” (Not that they read it. Sigh.) I am not working anymore. Now even family gets bare minimum; usually. If they want more they have to ask.
Random strangers, casual acquaintances (trust not considered)? Monosyllables might be a bit of a stretch. But return comment set for misdirection and discourage further interaction.
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Laughed a bunch. Went “Awwww,” at the kitten in chain mail.
Taco Bell is getting a lot of publicity, but oddly, I doubt it will do them any harm. It’s mostly working out to, “Well, yeah, we knew that.”
We have a KFC/Taco Bell near the house (both owned by Yum Brands, if you didn’t already know) but I haven’t been there in a while for two reasons. One, last time, it didn’t agree with me. Two, our son says that one of the largest numbers of employment applications he gets are from people who work there.
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Most of the Taco Bells and KFCs in my area are in the same building, with two signs. I’ve also seen Pizza Hut/KFCs.
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OT, but related to the recent topic of “dingy,” fiction. Son loaned me a recent novel, female author. He bought it because the blurb suggested John Ringo to him. Ok, I started reading.
Post zombie apocalypse, ok. It’s an, “Everyone is infected and everyone will eventually die and become a zombie,” universe, not so OK. There has not been an epidemic in hisrory where everyone got infected. But haulted out suspension of disbelief. Very hypochondriac culture, very aggressive about testing, cleanliness, ok. Actually introduced a Republican who is not, on first acquaintance, a raving, bigoted, fanatical loon, which is something.
But then we meet the protagonists’ and her brother’s adoptive parents. They tell them they have been hired for a big project (they are news bloggers; blogging has more or less replaced conventional media because the conventional media refused to cover the early stages of the viral outbreak seriously). Parents say, “We’re proud of you,” and protagonist’s instant internal response is, “Liar.” Because she is convinved their parents adopted them as props, for their own blogging/vlogging careers.
At this point, I bailed. I have no interest in following along any further. Either the protagonist is right and her parents are sociopaths, or she’s wrong and she is (or at least, she is very damaged). Just don’t want to be there any longer. I will happily return to the world of Black Tide Rising, where most people are pretty decent and doing their best, and humanity/civilization has an excellent chance of surviving without going fascist…
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The hand gestures on the 3D printed pizza bit ring 100% authentic.
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I didn’t think they were medieval foxes wearing pajamas. I thought they were kangaroos.
But medieval Europeans would not have known anything about kangaroos, would’ve they?
And have I nothing more important to think about on a Saturday night than that?
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Precision is important.
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I noticed the laundry advisor in armor has two right hands, and the crowbar patron has five toes. AI artistry strikes again?
Enjoyed the selection, as usual!! Dan deserves congratulations for his new app.
The chain mail kitten is adorable! I hope those are aluminum rings tho. Estimating roughly 380 1/4” ID rings in that little blanket, the various common chain mail materials would weigh approximately:
aluminum 77 grams, 2.72 oz
titanium 100 grams, 3.52 oz
niobium 127 grams, 4.48 oz
stainless steel 177 grams, 6.24 oz
These weights were calculated based on the shipping weight of 500 rings of 1/4” 16SWG (18SWG for niobium), from a supplier of chain mail rings (Metal Designz).
My first pass research was to ask the DDG AI, and I not only got slightly different explanations of the results for each metal, but much heavier weights as well. (Like 1.6 pounds for the 380 stainless steel rings? Not sure why.) So I decided to go to a retail source. It was an amusing 45 minute rabbit hole to traverse.
No, I’m not a compulsive problem analyzer, why do you ask? ;-)
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Okay, this bothered me for an hour or more in the back of my mind and I realized I had underestimated the rings in the blanket. It is roughly 20 rings wide by 36-38 rings long, not 19, so 720 – 760 rings total. So please double all the weights above. Poor kitten!
Thank you. Now I can sleep peacefully. ;-)
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If we assume the chain mail is exactly centered on the kitten, I get 440 rings. The way they’re linked, each row or column is 1/2 the total number of rings in that direction. So you have to count the rings in one pair of rows or columns, then the number of pairs the other way. I counted 22 rings from the bottom edge to the kitten’s spine, then 10 pairs from back to front.
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Those aren’t medieval foxes; they are Arcanaloths. I know it because our party’s Druid hissed and clawed at them. Also, Intelligence is knowing that a Tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is knowing not to put Tomato’s in fruit salad; Charisma is being able to sell people Tomato fruit salads. But it takes all three to be able to design, manufacture, and convince people to buy 3D food printers with proprietary flavor cartridges.
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if I did cross stitch then I would make that sampler for my wall
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