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Believe it or not, the Australian Bake-off.
I like watching people with skills that I'm somewhat short of.
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Fair's fair - since you started it, I'll admit to having watched and enjoyed the British version of the same show. Mmmm gingerbread houses.
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One of the big problems with t'interweb is that is democratises access: which means that anyone who can work out how to turn on an iPad one try out of six can demonstrate to the whole world exactly how stupid he / she is. And boy, do they do it!
In "the old days" the media you were given was edited to remove the obvious morons - that was the editors job after all - but now all communication is so instant that you can't really do that any more and Joe Stupid gets to air his single remaining brain cell with the world. I think it's a fad: I think it'll die a natural death. But it'll be with us for a while.
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OriginalGriff wrote: In "the old days" the media you were given was edited to remove the obvious morons - that was the editors job after all
That's the thing: Why have a twitter feed on screen during the show?
The twits that are shown can't possibly have been through any kind of editorial process, they're just too moronic, so some producer/director/editor must have decided that just anyone could try for 5 seconds of fame.
It must be an "Oh, this is In, so if we use it we'll look cool!" thing, instituted by boring old farts who have no idea what twitter is -- kinda like when marketing morons say "We're making a viral video!"
Short may it live.
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Because Twatter is "trendy" - so the (generally rather old and out-of-touch) people in charge of the programs know it's important to include it, but don't understand what it is or where it comes from.
To not have it would make it seem the program was less appealing to the market sector it is aimed at: probably young stupid twatters.
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OriginalGriff wrote: To not have it would make it seem the program was less appealing to the market sector it is aimed at: probably young stupid twatters.
The Australian Bake-off?
Teenagers only watch that because their mums have it on, so the geniuses in charge couldn't even get the right demographic.
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Jeeze. I think I'll pass on the MTV bake-off.
I like watching baking shows because I'm cr@p at it (I can cook up a storm, but with baking you not only can't see what's going on, but you can't taste anything before it's too late to change it), so I don't think I'd be interested in watching spotty irks who are even cr@ppier.
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I'm not so sure:
Given the opportunities for hilarity when stupid gets aired versus the mediocrity of many boob tube offerings...
Were the idiot filters were any better when we were young? (how else do you explain Tony Blackburn?)
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: Am I just being a grumpy old bugger, or is it truly as fruggin' stupid an idea as I think it is?
Are those two statements really mutually exclusive? 
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Any organization is like a tree full of monkeys. The monkeys on top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. The monkeys on the bottom look up and see nothing but assholes.
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Atcherley, some of the things I get grumpy about, when I think about them properly, I'm in the wrong.
I suppose that means that my lizard brain is still functioning normally*.
* No, that's not a reference to that Johnnie-come-lately Seth Gor-whatever, because he's a moron, too.
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Sounds quite normal to me.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Any organization is like a tree full of monkeys. The monkeys on top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. The monkeys on the bottom look up and see nothing but assholes.
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Between these hashtags being promoted during shows, the station logo in the bottom-right corner, and promos for the upcoming show taking up almost half the screen, watching TV "live" has become even more of a horrible experience whenever I'm subjected to it (don't get me started on the 20+ minutes of commercials for one-hour shows).
Personally, I gave up on it years ago and only binge-watch a full season of a show after it's come out on DVD. As an added bogus, I tend to watch a lot less TV than I used to.
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Why would you watch a show that has this feature?
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Not for that feature -- why would you buy software that has features that are of no use to you?
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We just had a pot luck lunch in the office for Halloween.
Firstly, no one brought bacon. Yes, I know I only have myself to blame.
Secondly, I ate too much. Much, much, much too much. All sorts of things like chicken curry, tamales, wings, croissant filled with turkey or ham, etc., etc.
The killer, of course, was the strawberry cream cake. Why did I have to have 2 pieces? Groan...
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Sounds to me like it's just as well there was no bacon.
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If there had been bacon, he wouldn't have needed to eat anything else...
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Sounds like you were tricked!
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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We got taken to an Asian fusion buffet, and they had mushrooms wrapped in bacon, now asia does not have the same attitude towards bacon as western tastes, so when I started loading up the plate with these little tasties and stated loudly that ANYTHING, well food, wrapped in bacon is good I got some really strange looks!
And yeah I ate way too much, I hate buffets.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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mark merrens wrote: The killer, of course, was the strawberry cream cake. Why did I have to have 2 pieces? Groan...
Because some other sunshine finished it before you could have a third?
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Latest End User Story:
Had a user who wanted to confirm a change to a benefits setting in human resources. I suggested that she go to the human resources site, look up the contact information there, and then send them an email.
She wanted to know where to do that and started to look for a way to connect to a website in Outlook.
The sad part is that she has one of those light weight LCD monitors which means I couldn't toss it through the 3rd story window and throw myself to certain death - no, I had to stand there and break out in a cold sweat, worrying about humanity.
I miss those old CRT monitors.
Now if you want to commit suicide by jumping out a window you have to throw yourself against the window repeatedly - you'll bruise yourself and throw out your arm but you'll never get through it.
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(Dangit, I can never remember the "Mostly Harmless" part about why office workers must be able to open their windows, no matter how high.)
Edit: Chapter 12, pages 136-139 -- the Great Ventilation and Telephone Riots of SrDt 3454.
MehGerbil wrote: connect to a website in Outlook.
0) Start a new email
1) Type the URL.
2) Press return.
3) The URL should become a link.
4) Ctrl-Click the link.
modified 1-Nov-14 2:00am.
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My dad once saved the life of a window cleaner on the 19th floor of a building whose cleaning rig had collapsed because he had taken in an Allen key to allow him to open the window fully when they weren't supposed to be able to.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Safety glass, a tragic waste of technology! 
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0 Beta
There's a fine line between crazy and free spirited and it's usually a prescription.
I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.
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