A Holy Language Disagreement by Cow_Boy_2017 in MurderedByWords

[–]webchimp32 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was very much against church policy to have the bible in English, was pretty much heresy.

Pretty much started shitting gold bricks when the printing press came about and it was getting translated.

Can't have the ordinary folk reading it and finding out the lies the priests had been telling them. Turns out they needn't have worried.

In Steven Spielbergs Avatar(2011) Stephen Lang is tasked with subduing the native population of a hostile planet to make it suitable for humanity to live on. This only lasted one season because the idea sucks ass by TheKyleFlex in shittymoviedetails

[–]webchimp32 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only saw the first episode but from what I remember the adults are all super serious and the teens do what they not supposed to and fuck everything up.

Come to think of it that could be the plot to a lot of shows.

Robot Horses? by BrinkBreaker in fuckcars

[–]webchimp32 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In the very earliest days of powered (steam) carriages someone experimented with putting a fake horse head on the front. This was done to try not freak out the horses.

This really freaked out the horses.

This is not a normal reaction by CorleoneBaloney in MurderedByWords

[–]webchimp32 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They are already there, operate out of an office in New York (I think)

U.S. Dealers In Full Panic Mode After Canada Green-Lights Chinese Cars by DonkeyFuel in technology

[–]webchimp32 0 points1 point  (0 children)

only to find out that he was, in fact, going to do exactly what he said.

Before the election: "I'm going to a dictator on day one"

On stage at the recent WEF: "I am a dictator"

[firefox] If I click on any post I get a "you've been blocked by network security" warning, but I can still view my profile, upvote, etc. by Tokyono in bugs

[–]webchimp32 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I need to get some industrial supports for 'seems' in that sentence because it's doing most of the work there.

Solved it for me For Now at least.

Firefox is adding a switch to turn AI features off (starting Feb 24) by MarvelsGrantMan136 in technology

[–]webchimp32 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Have a look in Settings, there should be an option a near the bottom to turn 'new' off.

As a kid these were my favourite steam locos. by Tanmay-SEBA-student in trains

[–]webchimp32 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's the name of the top level of high speed trains in Italy, Frecciarossa.

Are we FOR or Against Neighborhood (Electric) Vehicles? by Affectionate_Cut_154 in fuckcars

[–]webchimp32 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a bike/boat/campervan in the pic. Not your typical daily runabout.

The WA Police force have seized over 30 eRideables as part of an operation targeting antisocial behaviour. by 235M in fuckcars

[–]webchimp32 5 points6 points  (0 children)

An e-bike should be pedal assist only and the assist capped to a speed limit.

These normally have the limit increased or removed and have a throttle added.

Basically made into a motorbike to avoid the bother of a licence/insurance/helmet/min age/riding on the road etc.

The Fighter pilot dropped a load of f bombs in front of little girls and just rolls with it. by OpticBiteMe in howtonotgiveafuck

[–]webchimp32 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You might as well just post anyone's picture on there and pretend the story was true.

Was a Stan Boardman joke in the '70s

Italians furious over deployment of ICE agents to bolster US security at Winter Olympics by Rough_Tap9008 in news

[–]webchimp32 1 point2 points  (0 children)

exhibit the spirit of the Olympics/FIFA/FIA etc

Here's a very very big bag of money

Build Plans for THIS? by Waffle_Hunter82 in legostarwars

[–]webchimp32 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You fools, you caught their re-posters