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Quboid says...

Isn't that standard operating procedure? Even if it wasn't the exact same clip, it was, I assume, an alternative version of the same race footage which means this is a dupe and this video should have been declared as an alternative embed on @antonye's post.

LiquidDrift said:

Oh wow, that was a dick move, send your old video which was NOT a dupe to the same link as mine then then try and call it a dupe. Nice.

Unlucky Soccer Player

Quboid says...

This sort of thing really isn't representative of the game. It happens and, as such, it happens too much but it's not the epidemic that it's made out to be.
It's always happened but it's only since we got a thousand slow motion any-angle replays that it's been noticed.

I don't know what 'the box' means but what the referee sees in the moment is nearly always what stands. No replays, no post-match analysis, unless the newspapers cause an almighty stink - causing justice to be dealt out based on media hysteria.

The official bodies say that this is to not undermine the referee, although I think it would be just the opposite and that FIFA and IFAB are undermining referees right now by letting TV views see all their mistakes without letting them use the same technology to avoid such mistakes. It wouldn't have taken 5 seconds for a video referee to review this and see what happened so he could relay this down to the referee who would book #7 for simulation and revoke #8's second booking.



It doesn't matter in the long run but IMHO, #7 doesn't look like a little pansy to me. He doesn't look soft, he doesn't look weak. Player #7 looks like a cynical cheat, not a softie. He's been clever and gained a significant advantage for his team.

He'd only look weak if anyone actually believed he was that hurt but no one did, he just forced the referee into making a decision (as he can't act like he didn't see it). I suspect the referee knew better, but he could only officiate on what he saw - the ball going from player A's boot into player B's face and even if player B isn't hurt that's against the rules if intentional. As play had stopped, it's rather unlikely to accidentally hit someone's face ... but not impossible, obviously.

There's plenty of tough players who I would not want to get into a fight with, but it's not as tough as ice hockey which seems to be a game for psychopaths. It's not as tough as rugby or American football on the whole, although the distinction's not as clear cut.

AeroMechanical said:

Yeah, but I hear they're giving players penalties and fines in the NBA for it now.

This, of course, really requires officiation from the box, which I'm not sure soccer has? Anyway it should. I don't watch a lot of soccer, and people are always telling me what a tough sport it is, but from the bits I've seen, they look like a bunch of little pansies to me. They should sort that out.

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Quboid says...

I'd assume (after being flustered for a moment, I am British) that it was either a prank, or I'd get robbed of either my possessions or a kidney.

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Don't park like a jerk

Quboid says...

Did the guy (a dentist?) park like that to protect his car? How, by blocking the space beside so much that no one would bother parking there?

F-111 Performing A Dump And Burn After A Touch And Go

Quboid says...

The afterburner uses the 2 main exhausts, you can see it in action when the plane lifts at 0:23 just before the central flame starts. I think it's switched off after a few seconds.

I'm not sure what the point of this is, I can only think it is to ensure dumped fuel isn't rained upon anyone. Maybe pilots can roast marshmallows when they're at base, I don't know.

Buck said:

Does anyone know if this is the planes actual afterburner? I can't see how this is usefull otherwise?

And if it is the afterburner it doesn't seem logical. A heatseeking missle would LOVE it. Night stealth would be impossible.

edit: according to OP afterburner seems to be separate, that makes this feature even more puzzling to me? Why not dump from wings like other planes?

A Terrible Interview with Author, Reza Aslan

Quboid says...

VoodooV, he's Muslim therefore he's anti-Christian and anti-American and so he's biased.

It's hardly surprising, as that's what Fox News is. They're "Christian" (I doubt they've read much more of the Bible than they've read his book) and they think have a biased all-are-enemy view of Muslims and the Middle East, IMHO. It probably doesn't occur to them that other people see the world differently.

That's what's happening here. Person/organisation of religion A blindingly accusing person of religion B of being anti-A, for no other reason that person of religion A is blatantly anti-B. Fox are doing what they're accusing him of.

Stephen Fry and Jonathan Ross Discuss Language Evolution

Quboid says...

Maybe he's booker because he has ...

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Dewitt?

(That's not even true, Fry's wittier, but that's not going to let me get in the way of an irrelevant Bioshock Infinite pun.)

ChaosEngine said:

Not sure on what planet Jonathan Ross is booker than Stephen Fry

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Quboid says...

Attention to a cause is the point of terrorism, even if they don't do it for the personal infamy they're doing it to draw attention to something and publicising them is in part publicising their cause.

rychan said:

I'm just worried about the next kid that wants to get on the cover of Rolling Stone while expressing his grievances in a heinous way.

Fame and attention doesn't motivate all terrorists, but it motivates many of them. Consider the unabomber, who explicitly demanded attention (forcing major newspapers to print his manifesto) in order to stop his attack spree.

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