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Racist against fish, yeah

..Do you have a U-boat?

Sea stuff is just cool.

Not from the river to it though.

Maybe salmon as well as octopuses.

the stoopid shit that I used to do.

Some of my mates drove like lunatics when we were that age. I remember rally jumping a hump back bridge as a passenger in a Ford Fiesta, he just floored it on the approach, no warning or encouragement. Scary to consider possible consequences looking back now.

I'd think those animals tattoo's are cool..

Don't one of the James bond/other international baddies have an octopus emblem?

You say that, but we had the the deplorables..

Can definitely imagine some RWers getting off on being called The turds.
"Oh, our ideas are shit are they? Well take.. this!"

The invincibility of youth? Or that youth developing brain thing.

Light hearted comment -maybe watching too much dukes of hazard. I still want to jump tower bridge while it's opening.

Having a motorbike that had white power parts. The company became WP parts.

I removed all the identification marks off the parts.

Wait, the company was called white power parts?
Crikey

😔

Could have earned £10 for that back in the 50s

https://www.towerbridge.org.uk/discover/history/bus-jump

Yep, founded in the US in the 70s. Allegedly a big Motocross following. Think that CCM used the company for suspension bits on the r30 bike.

Even tho the company is known as WP, the rear shocks had white power stamped on it. So not parts just WP. Feels odd to write those words.

If there was no dukes of hazard horn does it count? Followed by a Yee haaaa of course.

Gawdam, son! Your sense of humour is ruthless.

Not because of the octopus, no. It’s a completely fabricated controversy (3 people complained about the game show octopus: 2 likely fake accounts and 1 person with a history of shit stirring), and it’s been fanned by the shocked gasps of “Really?? Come on!” from innocently minded people who don’t realise they’re being played by someone who’s having a laugh or wants to stir additional, but spurious, shit against Israel.

At least 3 guys I went to high school with died before their 20th bday because they each thought they were fast and furious. Giving a young man keys to a car and sending them on their way isn’t a decision that should be made lightly.

I’m sure the families in this case did not make any light decisions. Their loss and grief are ineffable.

*Also not implying the young men in question did anything wrong or reckless.

I'm a nervous car passenger to this day because of the way some friends drove 20 years ago.

Probably best not to speculate on how they were driving til all the facts become clear, it may not have been their fault at all.

I had two friends in college die in traffic accidents; one caused by someone else, the other their own fault. I feel equally sorry for both their respective parents, who just wanted to see their kids grow old.

Yeah, I can understand that.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/sam-altmans-ouster-openai-was-precipitated-by-letter-board-about-ai-breakthrough-2023-11-22/

Apparently some researchers got scared enough about the new AI to pen a letter to the board about Altman, which likely contributed to his ouster. He’s back since yesterday, no word on the scary AI.

They used to be Dutch, no? Owned by Pierer Group / KTM now. I have WP forks on one of my RS125s, from the early 90s and they are just WP. I remember picking up springs from their UK HQ near Silverstone and they were all a bit embarrassed by the old name.

https://twitter.com/Esqueer_/status/1727302466524651690

UPDATE | Stuart Seldowitz faces charges of hate crime stalking,
aggravated harassment, stalking at employment and stalking with intent
to cause fear, the NYPD confirmed to The Daily Beast. A spokesperson
added he was at a courthouse awaiting arraignment.

https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/1727517999949566176

Netherlands vote in Geert Wilders’ racist party for racists as the largest party.

Future looking increasingly grim, looking forward to 20-odd years of Children of Men cosplay before the inevitable end of the world in 2050.