🙅 THE BAD IDEAS THREAD
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Bad idea: A 42-second, no-skip Viagra commercial on a 46-second video. Nothing like having Viagra shoved in your face:
I can think of worse things to have shoved in my face. Especially now that you mentioned Viagra.
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@FrostCat said:
and you'd probably get shot.
Now that would be funny.
I agree.
Turns out there was a rumor one of these idiots did get shot, but it was wrong.
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Bad idea:
Twit doesn't have ID, can't buy beer, pretends to know the owner of the store and will get clerk fired. Now everything the clerk said is true, but in that situation I would've taken a slightly different route, which is: "absolutely not. In this state, if I did this I could be fined $5000, (in some states the store is fined even more than that on top) will get fired, and will probably spend the night in jail, and on top of all that, the store could lose its license so I will bet you any amount of money he won't fire me, so please by all means, either call him right now, or get out of my store[1]."
I have told people who argued with me that unless they were going to pay the fine, they weren't getting what they wanted. It's an excellent way to shut 'em up.
[1] I even got away once with kicking someone out of the store. It helped that there was a video camera behind me which recorded 20 minutes of her hassling both me and the long line of customers behind her--her swearing at me was what made me tell her to get out. I actually got applause from the people behind her.
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Darwin Award winner?
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He certainly seems like he should be in the running.
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Debatable. The article stated that they wanted to get the money and the goods. Assuming that the goods were intended to be used as designed, then the guy had already elected himself for a passive Award (in an active way). If the intent was to merely blow them up (pun intended) for amusement, then: Yeah. The guy should be nominated.
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BAD IDEA: Doing enough research to discover "hip" slang to use in your campaign, but not enough to realize the true meaning behind it.
EDIT: Aaaaaand, apparently, it's a joke. Maybe a fodder for the funny stuff thread instead.
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not enough to realize the true meaning behind it.
Maybe that's what they're actually offering
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I remember back in 2008, was listening to the radio and they were talking about women who wanted to have sex with Obama. This was in the car with my wife and 7 year old daughter. After we changed the station, she asked why people wanted to have "snacks with Obama," and whether my wife wanted that.
[spoiler]No, she did not.[/spoiler]
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That is really obviously fake and is so overdone that it's totally humorless.
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Could have been real. The Tea Party started out calling themselves "Tea-baggers" until someone pointed out what it meant.
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The Tea Party started out calling themselves "Tea-baggers"
No, they didn't...
The use of the double entendre evolved from Tea Party protest sites encouraging readers to "Tea bag the fools in DC" to the political left adopting the term for derogatory jokes.
[source]
Some people may not have understood the double meaning, but it started with them using it correctly.
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Practicing your "quick draw" with a loaded gun in a busy airport
Officer Pratt
Yup.
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Ok I am going to be Mr. Lame-O.
I've seen that joke ad on Twitter like 37 times. (Except usually with less JPEG compression. Seriously people, where do you get these images? Your grandma's Facebook?)
I don't get what's so funny/awful about "Netflix and Chill"? What's the "hip" slang? Using the word "Netflix" as an abbreviation of "watch Netflix"?
I honestly don't get it.
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First result is urban dictionary definition of the phrase you are asking about. Click below to see how they define it.
If you need further explanation about why a politician offering that as a prize is problematic I don't think I can help you.
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What's the "hip" slang?
Apparently, it means ignoring Netflix and getting all hot and sweaty.
'd by seconds...
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I bet whatever hoax moron made that image also invented the phrase. I'm online all the time and I've never heard that before.
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I'm online all the time and I've never heard that before.
You don't read this thread?
https://what.thedailywtf.com/t/the-bad-ideas-thread/254/9085?u=aliceif
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also invented the phrase
It's a dumbass phrase yes, but I've seen it used (mostly in 'quotes' of people being dumb on the internet) for a year or so. As a slang term if it isn't used in the groups you are a member of not hearing it doesn't mean it isn't used. Of course the fact that people may not know what it means actually lends slight plausibility to the fraud (with this kind of thing it is all about balancing between someone may not know it, but your audience knowing it).
EDIT: and @aliceif shows a spot in this topic that had the definition and shit about the phrase already
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Ninja edit this before I embarrass myself with my bad memory. @aliceif posted what I was thinking of.
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Also don't pay attention that he posted in
thatthis topic on the same day, after that had been posted.Edit: Just realized that this is the same topic.
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mostly in 'quotes' of people being dumb on the internet
See, that's the thing: I've only ever seen it used by people making fun of it.
So... who's actually using it?
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So... who's actually using it?
There are hundreds of thousands of sexual euphemisms that I'm pretty sure nobody's ever used with a straight face, and yet they're a "thing".
Filed under: the one-eyed snake of love
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...yet they're a "thing".
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See, that's the thing: I've only ever seen it used by people making fun of it.
So... who's actually using it?
I've seen a porn series based on that premise. That counts, right?
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I've seen a porn series based on that premise. That counts, right?
But on which streaming provider?
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I'm online all the time and I've never heard that before.
So... who's actually using it?
I met someone who used it in real life, and that was the first time I heard it said/saw it written. Thankfully the way it was said clued me in that it was a euphemism and I didn't put my foot in my mouth for once.
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I've seen that joke ad on Twitter like 37 times.
Yah, I don't care. But thanks I guess?
post is as empty as my soul
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I've given up on coffee as a caffeine source. I just go straight for caffeine tablets and a scoop of dextrose now. I know its bad but it more effective and cheaper too.
My favorite is Sanka and No-Doz. Took a dozen No-Doz in high school once. Woke up at 3 in the morning, in 14 pieces, half of whom were the Ayatollah Khomeini.
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Apparently it's against the law in Wisconsin to sell federally illegal substances without a permit.
Of course, you can't apply for a permit because that's illegal too.
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Took a dozen No-Doz in high school once.
Either 1200 or 2400 mg of caffeine? That's... huh, apparently not lethal at all.
I should give the pills a try sometime...
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LD50 is about 150 mg / kg. :)
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@DogsB said:
Cheaper and probably better than the shit they had for us at the office.
I don't think better is really a factor when we're talking about a delivery medium for caffeine. The main thing I've found is to ensure it doesn't sit on the warmer for hours and burn (nasty burnt taste).
they had the belgium <note: modernised gaul> to charge us for the coffee and snacks to keep us going
The budget at my workplace never gave us many freebies. If they're asking for just enough to cover costs, I can live with that.
When I worked in government buildings, I believe they weren't allowed to give us free coffee. So there was a coffee club, with a price that just covered costs.
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> "Can I take myself off of Peeple?"
"No, not at this time. We might consider this for a feature later."
Damn straight they will: "Want your trashed profile taken off Peeple? GIve us $$$$." Can see it coming. (Other web rating services have done that for companies with bad ratings. Yelp is one that is reputed to do this.) Legalized extortion.
Indeed, that was apparently the motive behind the hack of Ashley Madison.
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Apparently it's against the law in Wisconsin to sell federally illegal substances without a permit.
Of course, you can't apply for a permit because that's illegal too.
That's probably true in most cases. AFAIK a lot of states make it illegal to sell a bunch of substances without paying tax.
That's how they got Capone, remember? He was too good at not leaving evidence, so they got him for tax evasion.
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Remember; just because something is not lethal doesn't mean it's not harmful.
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Bad idea: going down to the beach... The tourist beach... On an island full of tourists... More tourists than locals... On New Year's Eve.
We came away smelling of latex, propone and shaving foam (yay silly string and spraying shaving foam everywhere), eyes stinging, feet having been trodden on, insect bites, sand inside footwear, random drunken strangers fawning over us to apologise to us for events earlier in the day that we have NFI what they're on about, and verbally abused by an Australian for not helping him get someone over the railings and how I'm a
f***ing pile of dog s*** c*** f***ing Brit
. Happy new year to you too, pal. (He claimed to be helping a disabled man, clamber over a railing that I was sitting on, on the basis that me sitting on the railing meant I wasn't trying to push my way through either the motorbikes or hordes of people going either direction)
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propone
Buh?
verb (used with object), proponed, proponing. Scot.
- to suggest for consideration; propose.
- to present before a jury or judge; plead for or request (an official decision).
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@Arantor said:
propone
Buh?
verb (used with object), proponed, proponing. Scot.
- to suggest for consideration; propose.
- to present before a jury or judge; plead for or request (an official decision).
Do you doubt that going to the beach when it leads to this is a bad idea?
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Do you doubt that going to the beach when it leads to this is a bad idea?
I doubt that word means that, when used in between two other words he smelled of. I'm assuming it's, I dunno, recreational drugs or sunscreen or something, but I couldn't find anything that seemed relevant when Googling.
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I doubt that word means that, when used in between two other words he smelled of. I'm assuming it's, I dunno, recreational drugs or sunscreen or something, but I couldn't find anything that seemed relevant when Googling.
I was being facetious. I believe it was a typo for "propane".
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I was being facetious. I believe it was a typo for "propane".
I thought about that, but the only thing that leaps to mind is if you were grilling with it...and then wouldn't you smell like meat instead?
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I love that show. I used to work in Garland, which Arlen is sort of based on. The first bit of Zombieworld is set there, too, although it's not the dump the movie makes it out to be.
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two other words he smelled of
to present before a jury or judge
He smells like a lawyer?
Filed under: Ugh, do not want.
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Yes it was a typo for propane, the propellant gas used in the spray cans.
Or possibly butane.
But certainly not smelling of lawyer.
Also,
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Bad idea: naming your character "Fred Pornstar".
Bonus bad idea: GW2 lets you.
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Alright, you're invited to Sausagefest.
Also, @Arantor and @royal_poet still haven't accepted the invites I sent them.