Anonymouswizard's Astoundingly Assonant Random Banter #240

[Keltest]

Just because dragons traditionally try to hoard wealth, but that just has the pendulum shift towards the peasants mounting crusades to slay the dragons. This could be avoided by having a dragon help share wealth such that there are no peasants, and the dragon would still be able to have a fabulous draconic lifestyle.

I am an excellent dragon.

He's a long term thinker is what he is. When the zombie apocalypse comes I vote we put peelee in charge.

[Anonymouswizard]

He's a long term thinker is what he is. When the zombie apocalypse comes I vote we put peelee in charge.

If only this was a democracy. Unfortunately in the zombie apocalypse that's unlikely, so I'll have to run this by our official leader.

Who, upon checking the documentation on instantaneous zombie outbreaks, turns out to be Peelee.

...

Why am I the official latrine cleaner!?

[Bartmanhomer]

So anyway. I was waiting for the subway at my home and there was this guy who was urinating on the subway tracks as his toilet. Like dude, seriously. 🤦🏿*♂️🤦🏿*♂️🤦🏿*♂️🤦🏿*♂️🤦🏿*♂️

[Murk]

So anyway. I was waiting for the subway at my home and there was this guy who was urinating on the subway tracks as his toilet. Like dude, seriously. 🤦🏿*♂️🤦🏿*♂️🤦🏿*♂️🤦🏿*♂️🤦🏿*♂️

Do US subway cars have toilets?

In my country there are still trains that just dump all the pee and poop on the tracks. It's a generally clean and environmentally friendly country, so presumably a bit of human waste on the train tracks is deemed acceptable?

Not sure how that applies to subways. I can imagine filling up your subway tunnels with waste isn't as acceptable.

So depending on the system, this fellow might just have put his pee where it would end up anyway!

[Anonymouswizard]

So it turns out that the original Thunderbirds is on Britbox, along with Captain Scarlet (bom bom bom, bo-bo-bo-bom) and some other Gerry Anderson stuff. I also seem to have suddenly lost my weekend.

Although the special effects really do hold up. Not the marionettes, of course, but the vehicle sequences and explosions look utterly amazing.

[Metastachydium]

Do US subway cars have toilets?

That would surprise me. On the other hand, subway stations not having toilets would surprise me equally, if not more.

[Amidus Drexel]

Do US subway cars have toilets?

In my country there are still trains that just dump all the pee and poop on the tracks. It's a generally clean and environmentally friendly country, so presumably a bit of human waste on the train tracks is deemed acceptable?

Not sure how that applies to subways. I can imagine filling up your subway tunnels with waste isn't as acceptable.

The ones around here don't - subway rides are usually short enough I wouldn't expect it to be necessary. Long-distance passenger trains do, of course. No idea what's done with the waste, though.

Setting aside any maintenance hassles - a few of our subway lines go under the river, and water occasionally seeps in. While the Potomac is plenty filthy already, there's no need to add more waste to it.

[Keltest]

The ones around here don't - subway rides are usually short enough I wouldn't expect it to be necessary. Long-distance passenger trains do, of course. No idea what's done with the waste, though.

Setting aside any maintenance hassles - a few of our subway lines go under the river, and water occasionally seeps in. While the Potomac is plenty filthy already, there's no need to add more waste to it.

Septic tanks that get drained periodically, I would assume.

[halfeye]

So it turns out that the original Thunderbirds is on Britbox, along with Captain Scarlet (bom bom bom, bo-bo-bo-bom) and some other Gerry Anderson stuff. I also seem to have suddenly lost my weekend.

Although the special effects really do hold up. Not the marionettes, of course, but the vehicle sequences and explosions look utterly amazing.

Thunderbirds is fine, however Captain Scarlett is horrible, there are cut fades between scenes where they flip back and forth between the old scene and the new one five or six times, for some reason it was okay when I was a kid, but now it's an absolute atrocity.

So anyway. I was waiting for the subway at my home and there was this guy who was urinating on the subway tracks as his toilet. Like dude, seriously. 🤦🏿*♂️🤦🏿*♂️🤦🏿*♂️🤦🏿*♂️🤦🏿*♂️

Was it a suicide attempt? there's a lot of power through the third rail in underground railways.

The long distance trains here drop the waste on the tracks (or did when I last used them some years ago), there are notices requesting passengers not flush the toilets in stations, however I am pretty sure there are no toilets on the tube trains

[Keltest]

Was it a suicide attempt? there's a lot of power through the third rail in underground railways.

Unless he was doing something even more wildly inappropriate to the rail, he's in no danger from taking a leak on it. Humans dont produce a continual stream when they urinate, electricity cant travel up it.

[Anonymouswizard]

Thunderbirds is fine, however Captain Scarlett is horrible, there are cut fades between scenes where they flip back and forth between the old scene and the new one five or six times, for some reason it was okay when I was a kid, but now it's an absolute atrocity.

It's a stylistic choice! A pretty bad one that seems mostly chosen to fit with the iconic drum beat, but you can't deny that it's instantly recognisable. And apart from that it's fine, Thunderbirds* might be better but I'm shocked that Captain Scarlett didn't also get a live action film (seeing as the premise is perfect for a spy thriller plot).

* Sometimes the Tracies actually WALK.

[Metastachydium]

Unless he was doing something even more wildly inappropriate to the rail, he's in no danger from taking a leak on it. Humans dont produce a continual stream when they urinate, electricity cant travel up it.

Hence attempt! (It is a common misconception, after all.)

[Peelee]

I wonder if this would be a good time to mention that human urine is just full of phosphorous, potassium, and valuable nitrogen....

[LaZodiac]

I wonder if this would be a good time to mention that human urine is just full of phosphorous, potassium, and valuable nitrogen....

All very important things for flowers, but not railroad tracks.

[Rater202]

Anti-Vaxxers that call themselves "purebloods" piss me off.

I can't even begin to explain everything wrong with that concept.

[Fyraltari]

Anti-Vaxxers that call themselves "purebloods" piss me off.

Sorry, what the ****?

[Rater202]

Sorry, what the ****?

Yeah, it's a thing. Saying that vaccines are a poison that taints your blood so you have to avoid the Covid Jab if you want to stay pure.

It's exactly as stupid and full of unfortunate implications as it sounds.

[Peelee]

Sorry, what the ****?

I envy the French, if you haven't heard of this in your parts.

[enderlord99]

Being anti-vaccines is the same as just being pro-disease.

[Rater202]

Look, a whole bunch of people drank some "science is bad" Kool-Aid around the time they were failing third-grade science, and now we have low effort conspiracy theorists who just throw out random bull**** that they made up.

[Anonymouswizard]

Anti-Vaxxers that call themselves "purebloods" piss me off.

A) ****ing hell

B) Andrew Wakefield has a lot to answer for

C) ****ing hell

D) unfortunately them using such a term isn't actually surprising

[Metastachydium]

I wonder if this would be a good time to mention that human urine is just full of phosphorous, potassium, and valuable nitrogen....

It's always a good time for stuff for that!

All very important things for flowers, but not railroad tracks.

I choose to pity them, really.

I envy the French, if you haven't heard of this in your parts.

Look, a whole bunch of people drank some "science is bad" Kool-Aid

It's not just the French. But now that you mention it, it's probably about the limited availability of Kool-Aid in Eurasia.

[Fyraltari]

I envy the French, if you haven't heard of this in your parts.

I mean we have an higher-than-average number of antivaxxers, so it's probably more of a me-thing.

[Cazero]

I mean we have an higher-than-average number of antivaxxers, so it's probably more of a me-thing.

We do? Dang, I live in a third world country and I didn't even knew about it.

[enderlord99]

We do? Dang, I live in a third world country and I didn't even knew about it.

You live in a country that wasn't part of either bloc during the Cold War?

[Fyraltari]

We do?

According to various surveys, only slightly over half of the population has full-confidence in the efficiency of vaccines and more than 15% don't trust them at all.

Dang, I live in a third world country and I didn't even knew about it.

I take it you haven't followed the news very closely these last few years?

[Keltest]

Welp, there goes my evening. Dog found a skunk out back, so now we get to clean up after that.

[Bartmanhomer]

So anyway yesterday, I start Harmony the dating app to get better luck finding a woman to date. Facebook Dating wasn't working out for me very well.

[Tarmor]

Everyone in this thread finds themself teleported to a manor house in the middle of a seemingly abandoned city. It has foods and medicine and so on, enough to stay alive indefinitely... But ten minutes after we spawn in there are zombies at the gate.

Non-infectious but otherwise they're standard Romero types, a small hoard of them, and more show up every couple of days.

The first inanimate object you see after turning to your left is what you had to fight them off with.

I have... a reasonably heavy walking stick.

I've got a small plate (dishwasher and microwave safe!) or a manilla folder - they are right next to each other. I'd prefer the walking stick.

[TaiLiu]

So anyway. I was waiting for the subway at my home and there was this guy who was urinating on the subway tracks as his toilet. Like dude, seriously. 🤦🏿*♂️🤦🏿*♂️🤦🏿*♂️🤦🏿*♂️🤦🏿*♂️

You live in NYC, right? To my understanding, all the NYC subway bathrooms are closed right now, and have been closed for a couple of years. Unsanitary and (as mentioned) dangerous, but they might not have had a choice.

You live in a country that wasn't part of either bloc during the Cold War?

I think you're using an old definition. Now, "third world" need not refer to a political position.