But the other Paypalpatine is building the precrime Minority Report machine. We’re really getting the worst of all these fucking shitheads combined.

That’s the “sunk cost fallacy”

They’re bots that hooked onto the wrong video

I conflated the two. You’re right. But there were unedited satellite broadcasts with weird shit. I’ll see if I can dig up something.

Here’s the sort of thing from back in the day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFczpXAGz8Q&t=34

You should have seen how bad that kind of stuff was when satellite TV was new. Channels would broadcast straight out into the airwaves and not bother to cut the feed. There’s some old fox news clips for example of the guy losing his shit when he kept flubbing his lines. Can’t remember his name.

Consider the UK’s BBC and the guardian. They do it well and the perspective is just a little outside the American bubble. Used them and their live threads the past two elections.

The 80s: clear your throat in too high of a pitch? Get followed to the bathroom and the shit kicked out of you.

Some downtown big cities had the buildings interconnected.

Another odd Canadian one. It has been codified that a suspect saying the words “I’m sorry” cannot be used as proof of guilt. Since in Canada especially, it leans a bit more into meaning “pardon” or “excuse me” rather than how an American might interpret it more as an apology.

The name of the accused can’t usually be reported on in Canada. Though there seems to be many exceptions. Also, released offenders get a lot of protection. It’s pretty controversial, especially when it’s someone famous like this case.

Yikes

Oh shit, I thought he was running for president or something

It’s fine. We know you’ll call the BBC a leftist rag.

In conservative media, sure.

Saw a fishercat in an industrial area not far from a large swath of floodplain and high voltage transmission lines. So there was a lot of territory for it nearby. Looks like a tall badger. Apparently pretty rare. Was walking around 18 wheeler trucks in motion like it owned the place, peeking around the dumpsters most likely looking for the young raccoons that hang around.

I guess nobody can tell how big they are from photos. There’s never someone standing next to them for comparison.

Planet of the apes

First off, block every Russian IP

Mature accounts with some activity are worth money to people looking to AstroTurf political discussions.

Really it’s crowdsourcing and statistics. Show an image to a big enough crowd and someone will pick something up. It’s like the birthday problem but with geography.