Daily Dose of Doom Thread

[mu03eng]

Bah .. we all have cell phones chirping away in our pockets.  Same thing.

Totally different thing. You can shut off or leave a phone behind, your chip hand not so much. Additionally, I can think of no benefit from an employee standpoint to being chipped....any benefit can be accomplished with an RFID badge. The only tangible benefit is for the company as a security issue. An implanted RFID chip makes it much more likely that whoever is logging in, is actually whose logging in since it replaces passwords.

Would not chip.

[mu_hilltopper]

Totally different thing. You can shut off or leave a phone behind, your chip hand not so much.

Except no one turns off, nor leaves behind their phone.  Functionally (tracking purposes) it's 99% the same.

[jsglow]

Except no one turns off, nor leaves behind their phone.  Functionally (tracking purposes) it's 99% the same.

While 100% true, this is a bridge too far into big brother for this upper middle aged man.  I simply find it creepy and would never agree to it.  The only exception I would consider would be as a safety issue for a severe alzheimer's patient or some other very significant mental disorder so as only to protect that individual, and then, only with court supervision to prevent abuse. 

[mu_hilltopper]

When our robot overlords take over, I am turning you in first.  #doom

[jsglow]

When our robot overlords take over, I am turning you in first.  #doom

[mu_hilltopper]

FYI, the robots do not like crying.

[jsglow]

FYI, the robots do not like crying.

You are on your A game today brother!

[barfolomew]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-flesh-eating-sea-bugs-20170807-story.html

No offense to Harry, but I plan to stay the f**k out of Australia.

[Dr. Blackheart]

Europe is running out of butter...

http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/09/news/economy/butter-shortage-europe/index.html?iid=ob_homepage_deskrecommended_pool

[mu_hilltopper]

This surprised me:

The average European ate 8.4 pounds of butter in 2015, the most recent year available, compared to 7.9 pounds in 2010. The average American consumed 5.6 pounds of butter in 2015.

C'mon, people.  Let's get our act together.

[GWSwarrior]

This surprised me:

The average European ate 8.4 pounds of butter in 2015, the most recent year available, compared to 7.9 pounds in 2010. The average American consumed 5.6 pounds of butter in 2015.

C'mon, people.  Let's get our act together.

I wonder if the American Consumption rate is offset by consumption of corn-based butter imposter

[barfolomew]

I wonder if the American Consumption rate is offset by consumption of corn-based butter imposter

I Can't Believe It's Not Massive Myocardial Infarction!

[Jay Bee]

Feels like you didn't read through the Pew Research survey prior to sending off this missive.

I did. You're a liar.

[Jockey]

I did. You're a liar.

Is it settled?

Does Jay Bee have an insurmountable lead in calling other Scoopers "liars" Seems like its almost a daily occurrence.

[Jockey]

This surprised me:

The average European ate 8.4 pounds of butter in 2015, the most recent year available, compared to 7.9 pounds in 2010. The average American consumed 5.6 pounds of butter in 2015.

C'mon, people.  Let's get our act together.

Don't worry. We're Amuricans.

We can out-fat them in a myriad of other ways.

[mu_hilltopper]

C'mon little plague .. c'mon, you can turn into a pandemic if you put your mind to it.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/08/16/bubonic-plague-arizona-fleas-found-carrying-infectious-disease/570364001/

[mu_hilltopper]

Wow.  Doom.  Click on the "First Time Here" button to understand what you're seeing.

http://dashboard.securingdemocracy.org/

[keefe]

Don't worry. We're Amuricans.

We can out-fat them in a myriad of other ways.

Having lived in both Europe and Asia it is very easy to spot the American's in a crowd:

1. Overweight
2. Tennis shoes/sneakers
3. White socks
4. Won't order sparkling mineral water
5. Straight teeth
6. White teeth
7. Not smoking like a chimney
8. Fanny packs
9. Start up conversations with strangers
10. North Face
11. Only speaks English
12. Can't figure out Celsius
13. Only ones not watching soccer on the telly
14. Ball caps
15. Only ones with bikini tops

[Benny B]

Having lived in both Europe and Asia it is very easy to spot the American's in a crowd:

1. Overweight
2. Tennis shoes/sneakers
3. White socks
4. Won't order sparkling mineral water
5. Straight teeth
6. White teeth
7. Not smoking like a chimney
8. Fanny packs
9. Start up conversations with strangers
10. North Face
11. Only speaks English
12. Can't figure out Celsius
13. Only ones not watching soccer on the telly
14. Ball caps
15. Only ones with bikini tops

16. The ones carrying large automatic weapons and protecting everyone's asses.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Having lived in both Europe and Asia it is very easy to spot the American's in a crowd:

1. Overweight
2. Tennis shoes/sneakers
3. White socks
4. Won't order sparkling mineral water
5. Straight teeth
6. White teeth
7. Not smoking like a chimney
8. Fanny packs
9. Start up conversations with strangers
10. North Face
11. Only speaks English
12. Can't figure out Celsius
13. Only ones not watching soccer on the telly
14. Ball caps
15. Only ones with bikini tops

17.  Stays at the office past 5 PM.

[GWSwarrior]

17.  Stays at the office past 5 PM.

Not this American!

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Having lived in both Europe and Asia it is very easy to spot the American's in a crowd:

1. Overweight
2. Tennis shoes/sneakers
3. White socks
4. Won't order sparkling mineral water
5. Straight teeth
6. White teeth
7. Not smoking like a chimney
8. Fanny packs
9. Start up conversations with strangers
10. North Face
11. Only speaks English
12. Can't figure out Celsius
13. Only ones not watching soccer on the telly
14. Ball caps
15. Only ones with bikini tops

18. Wearing shorts.

Multiple visits, I recall being the only one wearing short pants.  One visit to Paris I had three separate people ask me in English, "What time is it?".  I replied in French, "Il est....heures." and always received a surprised look.

[Dr. Blackheart]

Sex witches to replace strippers?

Edit:  Moved to NM.  Although the end of strippers may be doom.

[mu_hilltopper]

That's not doom.  It'd do well in the NM thread, though.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Celestial DOOM!

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/sep/04/supermassive-black-hole-discovered-near-heart-of-the-milky-way