Nobody Cares if it's Off Topic

[Dakota Tebaldi]

I feel so awful whenever this kind of thing happens.

You always see "good-ending" proposals where even if it's a surprise it's clearly something both want and are ready for and maybe have even been waiting for, and they're so happy that it doesn't even matter if a crowd is watching. I love seeing those moments. But then you have situations like this where it's very one-sided, and the receiving party is made to feel awkward and put on-the-spot and has to reject them in front of thousands of people. It makes you wonder...did these two ever even talk about marriage before that day? I feel like if they had, even once, he would have known she wasn't ready for it.

I understand wanting to "surprise" someone but something this important can't be a 100% surprise thing where you never even say the M word ever until the moment you pull out a ring, it just can't.

 

[Zaida Gearbox]

Oh that poor guy.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

Oh that poor guy.

I feel for the girl, too, having that sprung on her in front of tens of thousands of spectators. I would have rejected it too.

 

[Casey Pelous]

Oh that poor guy.

"That poor guy" is a bit manipulative, don't you think?

She even tried to warn him off and save him a bit of humiliation.

 

[Free]

I feel most sorry for the woman who dropped all her food on him. Now she has to head all the way back to the food court...

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Casey Pelous]

"The facility was then leveled and burned. The site was excavated to a depth of 5 meters and capped with a 52-ton block of concrete designed to last for several millennia."

Also, pro tip, dude: Next time, look at that thing before you pop a squat.

 

[Free]

Also, pro tip, dude: Next time, look at that thing before you pop a squat.

Especially since we're assuming this was a public toilet. You don't just blindly sit down on those!

Also, who knew toilet brushes worked as a snake defense?

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

I always look before sitting down. Because, you know, some women are nasty!

 

[Govi]

Why was the German Navy ship being towed backwards, stern first? That detail makes the Star Wars Empire theme even funnier than I first thought!

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Why was the German Navy ship being towed backwards, stern first? That detail makes the Star Wars Empire theme even funnier than I first thought!

Presumably that was easier than trying to turn it round in the Thames at Tower Bridge (I don't know how much room you need to turn something like that, but I doubt there's enough so far up the river).

 

[Jopsy Pendragon]

Just popping in to wish you all a pleasant Saturday.

I feel like I've crawled out of a dark cave. All week I've had my blackout "Heat Shield" blinds down deflecting the direct and reflected solar heat. (evil solar panels across the street give me -extra- morning sunlight. Grrrrrrr). But today was cool enough to retract them, open the windows, turn off the A/C and let a lovely pacific breeze blow through.

Anyway, I hope ya'll are having a lovely autumn Saturday as well. =)

 

[Free]

Wait, what?

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Wait, what?

Boy have I got a documentary for you!

It's a long one, it's an hour and a half, but find the time and it'll be worth it, I promise.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

I enjoyed watching it.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

Tupperware lifts the lid on its financial problems with bankruptcy filing

Tupperware Brands has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company that revolutionized food storage decades ago and became inextricably linked to the parties where women seeking a measure of financial independence and fun in midcentury America sold the colorful products says it will seek

apnews.com

My mom had all sorts of Tupperware products when I was growing up, and still has most of them to this day. Me, not so much. It'll be sad to see them go though.

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

Companies tend to come out of Chapter 11.

 

[Essence Lumin]

Companies tend to come out of Chapter 11.

Sometimes. Chapter 11 is reorganization along with some cutting of debts, Chapter 7 is liquidation as I understand it.

 

[Innula Zenovka]