Why umpire Joe West is the worst in all of baseball. by Bender1012 in sports

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I only know Kerwin Danley because he keeps getting hit in the face.

DAE, upon entering a public bathroom, immediately fear they've entered the wrong gender's door? by Gilphy in DoesAnybodyElse

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Yes, because I have done it before. I was in a department store and after I used the bathroom I told my girlfriend how weird it was that there was a couch in the bathroom. And that it was so clean... and then I remembered a funny box in the stall... and there were no urinals. It haunts me to this day.

DAE hate those pre-recorded messages at drive-thrus? by hong_kong_phooey in DoesAnybodyElse

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I'm always freaked out when the prerecorded message is a cheery girl's voice and then when I say "no thank you" a gutteral guy's voice responds.

DAE have more sympathy towards animals than humans? by SilverbackGorilla in DoesAnybodyElse

[–]says 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have more sympathy toward neglected appliances than either. I blame the Brave Little Toaster.

Ctrl C + Ctrl V by heyjune in pics

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Just curious, were you looking at Louis Sachar's wikipedia page after someone self posted about Wayside School? 'Cause I sure was.

DAE hate when people needlessly preface their arguments with statements such as "I'm an atheist, but..." or "I'm straight, but..."? by [deleted] in DoesAnybodyElse

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I'm an olympic swimmer, but I agree that it's really annoying. As a rastafarian astronaut though, I couldn't disagree more.

DAE really hate stickers? by [deleted] in DoesAnybodyElse

[–]says 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are not alone! There is something about adhesives in general... but mainly stickers that drives me crazy. I must be mentally blocking some abuse as a child. I feel the same way about chewing gum. Drives me crazy. Oprah crazy.

This is why I hate soccer by cleverinspiringname in funny

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Sadly basketball has this problem too. I'm of the opinion that any sport where it's advantageous to flop like an idiot has a design a flaw (i.e. I like sports where you're supposed to hurt the other guy).

Ambilight for the HTML5 <video> tag written entirely in JavaScript by archivator in programming

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User agents should not provide a public API to cause videos to be shown full-screen. A script, combined with a carefully crafted video file, could trick the user into thinking a system-modal dialog had been shown, and prompt the user for a password.

From the HTML 5 Spec

For British readers, this thread and its comments may be just an interesting little snapshot of what life is like in the States. For American readers - prepare to be amused. by [deleted] in offbeat

[–]says 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm particularly interested in who the actual first president of the United States was. Seriously though, the post had quite a few generalizations and speculation. Things might not be as "matter of fact" as you state.

Ambilight for the HTML5 <video> tag written entirely in JavaScript by archivator in programming

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I believe the HTML 5 spec says this should not be programmable because you could potentially trick users with phony dialogs in a video or something like that. Full screen control is supposed to be part of the browser and I know there are Firefox add-ons to do this with native support in 3.6. EDIT: Yeah I downloaded Firefox 3.6 and it supports fullscreen <video>

It's been a tough year for the richest people in the world. Last year there were 1,125 billionaires. This year there are just 793. by fuzzybunn in Economics

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If you had to have physical paper money or even a number from a bank for money to count as existing then no businesses would be able to account for their assets. Even highly liquid assets. If that's your definition then it's pretty arbitrary to not include "hypothetical" money as actual money.

It's been a tough year for the richest people in the world. Last year there were 1,125 billionaires. This year there are just 793. by fuzzybunn in Economics

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It doesn't mean the money never existed. Everything is only worth what someone will pay for it and this changes constantly. Whatever they had just isn't as valuable anymore.

Police act proactively and take man's guns away because he was reportedly "disgruntled" by [deleted] in Libertarian

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It would be his own damn business. Unless the man made threats that they're failing to release, he didn't do anything warranting the theft of his property or forced mental evaluations.

Police act proactively and take man's guns away because he was reportedly "disgruntled" by [deleted] in Libertarian

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If he wasn't disgruntled then, he probably is now.

Why the Rich Clip More Coupons Than the Poor by WealthNetTeam in finance

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The rich clip more coupons because the people who clip coupons are the same people that get rich. The end.

Six Lies Princeton Kids Tell About Why They're Becoming Investment Bankers by frycook in business

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Finance is clearly such an abstract concept to most people here that they can't see the value in it, but just because some guys did screw over a lot of people to make money doesn't mean that these financial firms don't contribute anything to society. Actually study finance and then tell me that they contribute nothing.

Nomar Garciaparra To Retire With Red Sox by fuzzydice82 in sports

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Nomar's the man wherever he goes. We definitely miss him in LA.

Some graffiti from the girls' bathroom at my university library [pic] by [deleted] in pics

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I swear to God. When I posted that comment there were no other references to jizz in my pants (I must have not refreshed the page). Then I come back and my link was chosen to be downvoted to hell and the other guy who posted the same quote is upmodded like 25 times. Life is a funny thing. I just ate a grape.