Odd Stuff (Part 3)

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The question here, I guess, is are they putting the work into the infrastructure? Are they implementing a network of lots that my baby can be auto parked in while I do other stuff, for example?

And…

From the article: “Once we get up to the Twin Peaks"

Windom Earle?

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My question is, if Telsas drive into children in crosswalks, what will self-driving strollers run into?
Also, can they burst into flames?

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This is the only stroller one could ever need:

Best Stroller GIFs | Gfycat

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Yoink!

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Great, they’ll have “Damien Mode.” :grimacing:

sci-fi film GIF

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Just going to put this here… no reason… then go back under my bridge

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For years, a 17th-century portrait of a child hid on the back of a door in an English cottage that was crammed with antiques, rarely seen even by the eccentric collector who lived there.

Now, following the owner’s death, the artwork is set to hit the auction block in London, where it’s estimated to fetch £18,000 to £20,000 ($21,500 to $24,000).

That’s a lot for an artwork relegated to the back of a door. But if you’re wondering why such a valuable piece of art didn’t garner a more prominent placement in the Surrey home, well the painting itself may hold the answer: It’s creepy as hell.


Hansons, the auction house set to sell the piece on January 28, calls the portrait’s subject a “miniature adult.” But the phrase “weirdly big baby” may better capture this picture’s particular brand of uncanniness.

Painted nearly 400 years ago, it depicts a cherubic toddler decked out in an ankle-length gown and a lace collar. Stiffly upright the child stands next to a table, the proportions of which make her seem at least four-and-a-half feet tall. …

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Tesla’s, it’s the circle of life

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Of course, that seems apt in our times.

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How long until we see conservative parents demanding the removal of board games from schools?

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Re: Hate Island, I don’t know. I’d kind of want there to be automated hidden cameras to see the train wreck that group makes of its situation.

starts humming the Men in Black theme song

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Nonononono, the head head. Not the peen. That would be disrespectful! (And really painful!)

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