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[scrdest]

Isn't the weather such a wonderful thing?

Unbeknownst to us laymen, the planet is flipping over or some shit. We're all going to die. The jackass pengiuns, jackasses as they be, will soon be having fun sunbathing in equatorial Antarctica.

You talking about the magnetic pole shift or whatever? It would seriously screw up modern society, but there is a good chance humanity would survive. Or better yet, evolve some more.

My joke actually was meant to imply that the continents' positions relative to the axis of the earth's rotation would change, such that antarctica would be revolving around the equator, whilst other parts of the globe (I dunno, Central America?) would be at the north pole, with the world revolving around it.
The simple magnetic pole shift would be a pain in the ass for the purposes of navigation and probably an excuse for the world's crazies to start flailing their "the end is nigh!" signs, but as I learned in my geology classes those do not imply mass extinctions of any concern, so there is apparently almost no threat to living creatures. Maybe a bout of cancer or something if for whatever reason the magnetosphere fails to shield us from external radiation sources during that time, but we aren't going to explode.

Well, also electronics might be screwed up, so some people would die to that.

[The Darkling Wolf]

Is it me or did youtube start to implement advertisements in the middle of their videos?

Can't say I've noticed it myself.

[10ebbor10]

It only happens on the larger videos (like hour long ones). Usually, you get one at the start and then another one every 20-ish minutes.

[Hanslanda]

Well, also electronics might be screwed up, so some people would die to that.

This is what I meant. Pacemakers, literally all the things in hospitals, junk like that. It would be bad if your 'tell me if my blood sugar is at lethal levels or if I'm just feeling a bit flushed' meter went crazy and you died of a diabetic coma. Mostly though, we'd just have to do so much reprogramming.

[Kadzar]

It only happens on the larger videos (like hour long ones). Usually, you get one at the start and then another one every 20-ish minutes.

It's not exactly new, although it doesn't happen a lot of the time for long videos for whatever reason.

[Jopax]

The new show with Robin Williams, The Crazy Ones.

What in the fuck is this thing. I think it's funny, not sure, but I am constantly being bombarded by Williams' outbursts of random noises and singing and muttering crazy things, so I guess that's funny?

I honestly can't tell wether I like this thing or not, it's just way too out there for me :C

[GlyphGryph]

It only happens on the larger videos (like hour long ones). Usually, you get one at the start and then another one every 20-ish minutes.

It's not exactly new, although it doesn't happen a lot of the time for long videos for whatever reason.

All ads, and how they are displayed, are determined by the owner of the video, not by Youtube. The default is for no ads to appear at all, but ads can be added before, after, or during a video of any length.

They are starting to become more common as streaming services like Hulu make such things accessible to a mainstream audience, and video producers realize they can get away with it. (I think such ads command higher prices in general)

[Steelmagic]

It has been approximately 18 days. We still have no Dumpster outside. Dammit now i have to actually walk more than 25 feet to get rid of my garbage.

[Yoink]

It has been approximately 18 days. We still have no Dumpster outside. Dammit now i have to actually walk more than 25 feet to get rid of my garbage.

Dude, just let it pile up in the kitchen until it goes away. Works for me.

My WTF: Yesterday I ate a bowl of noodles and a packet of cheezels. No wonder I'm hungry.

[Reelya]

Dolphins 'getting high' on puffer fish.

The two-part series, which begins in the UK on Thursday, includes a segment showing dolphins deliberately passing around puffer fish in an apparent effort to milk them of their defence toxins.

"This was a case of young dolphins purposefully experimenting with something we know to be intoxicating," said Rob Pilley, a zoologist who worked as a producer on the series.

"Have a puff on this", said one dolphin to the next.

[Graknorke]

Dolphins 'getting high' on puffer fish.

The two-part series, which begins in the UK on Thursday, includes a segment showing dolphins deliberately passing around puffer fish in an apparent effort to milk them of their defence toxins.

"This was a case of young dolphins purposefully experimenting with something we know to be intoxicating," said Rob Pilley, a zoologist who worked as a producer on the series.

"Have a puff on this", said one dolphin to the next.

Dolphinbros once again make humans look less bad.

[Hanslanda]

I think an XKCD strip put forward a good look on the whole 'drugs are bad/steroids are bad' thing.

Right here.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Anybody care for a class-action suit against FSTDT for exposure to....that?

[Mictlantecuhtli]

I'm calling it PIV from now on.

Gimme some of dat PIV.

[Yoink]

Anybody care for a class-action suit against FSTDT for exposure to....that?

I don't know why, but for some reason this post made me imagine a superhero/villain whose mode of attack is throwing gavels at people.