Today I learned +

[Arnie_Wan_Kenobi]

You jest but my wife met the teenage son of a friend of her mother's, and he was carrying a boar spear for some ungodly reason (live blade, ready to kill with!) and he proceeded to "playfully" thrust it at pretty much everyone in the room (mostly women aged 40-75), whilst getting mad when they seemed to think this was "not okay".

Moral of the story - spears aren't for kids! Not even teenagers! This isn't the stone age, people!

Oh, I was speaking for myself. For classroom management purposes.

Having been on all sides of this (as the bystander to the dumb kid who brought the sword, as myself as the dumb kid who brought the sword, and as the adult in the room who needed to tell the dumb kids that they can't bring the sword) I'm kidding. Mostly. It would have far more use in union arbitration than as a learning implement.

Kidding again.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

Oh, I was speaking for myself. For classroom management purposes.

Understandable though I'd recommend a Japanese police-style mancatcher myself:

 

[Thomas Shey]

I wonder what the back-hook is for; tripping?

 

[Dioltach]

I wonder what the back-hook is for; tripping?

I'd say it's for those wonderful moments that begin with the catchee saying, "Hold my beer."

 

[beta-ray]

TIL: a Judge on the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals used the phrase "The parties are advised to chill." in the official opinion.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

You jest but my wife met the teenage son of a friend of her mother's, and he was carrying a boar spear for some ungodly reason (live blade, ready to kill with!) and he proceeded to "playfully" thrust it at pretty much everyone in the room (mostly women aged 40-75), whilst getting mad when they seemed to think this was "not okay".

Moral of the story - spears aren't for kids! Not even teenagers! This isn't the stone age, people!

 

[overgeeked]

In Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone’s Microphone to Serve Ads for Stuff You Mention

One of Facebook's alleged marketing partners explained how it listens to users' smartphone microphones and advertises to them accordingly.

futurism.com

 

[Scribe]

In Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone’s Microphone to Serve Ads for Stuff You Mention

One of Facebook's alleged marketing partners explained how it listens to users' smartphone microphones and advertises to them accordingly.

futurism.com

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.

 

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[Dioltach]

If I'm not mistaken, Babylonian rulers also conducted archeological digs at earlier Mesopotamian sites.