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Re: Random, Random 2.0

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Answer in the spoiler.
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Yes...
It took me about 30 seconds, but I got it.
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ti-amie wrote: Tue Jan 10, 2023 2:29 am What am I missing? There should only be one answer if the pattern holds no? Unless of course he named the boy Scott...

Read it again. Who is Johnny?
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Little Johnny, you might know him from the dirty jokes he tells
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I could have put this in any number of threads - 'Tennis Related - Off Court Serious Issues', NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB...
But it was either put it in ALL of those threads, or put it here.

For anyone who has an interest in - or concerns about - the new sports gambling wave which has infiltrated North America, I urge you to watch this short documentary type report about that subject.
It is done by the 'fifth estate', which has been a very well respected and critically acclaimed 'investigative social documentary' TV program here in Canada for several decades.

This report is about sports betting in Canada - and the many negative consequences thereof... but it applies just as much to the U.S. as it does to Canada. It also casts a very negative light on 'celebrities' - including former and current athletes from various sports - becoming 'pitchmen' for gambling entities.

It's a dirty business.
This video demonstrates very efficiently that money will buy people - and at the same time, it will destroy other people.
I hope it's available for people outside of Canada to watch.

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It's quite disappointing to see Greta Thunberg sporting a 'Nike' bag as she is escorted away by German police...
'Nike', of course, have been well known employers of 'slave labour' in poor countries - often using children to produce their products and paying them next to nothing. To me, Nike have been among the worst offenders in this area because, while many companies are guilty of similar ethical malpractice, few have as much money as Nike does to pay their workers much better.
Yes - I know they've said that they 'don't do those bad things anymore' - but the accusations continue, as there is still plenty of evidence that it continues, and that their pretty claim is not true, and is just more 'public relations' marketing B.S.

I would have thought (or hoped?) that Thunberg, who preaches about doing the right ethical things - would not be wearing any brand name anything - much less something from a company as financially rich and as questionable as Nike.

I wonder now if Nike is actually sponsoring her in some way. It would be consistent with Nike's M.O. to manipulatively hitch themselves to a supposedly 'ethical person' as a means of improving their image.
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Sadly, I think this may explain what I refer to in the post above ^...

Nike's Flashy Sustainability Campaign Falls Short...

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I don't ever recall a thunder and lightning storm mid-January in NYC, but one just passed over. I also have noticed some bulbs coming up likely due to the temperature not dipping below 40f for while now.
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Follow-up to the story of the 6 year old child who shot his teacher - deliberately...

It appears as if the child in question has some psychological/emotional/developmental problems. That is an important factor. I initially stated that the child's parents should be arrested and charged, not the child. This was assuming that the child was developing in an average manner. That appears to not be the case, and that his difficulties made it difficult for him to assess situations in life - and to respond to situations - accurately and appropriately.

And so it would seem that the parents can be absolved of the responsibility of 'grooming' their child to resolve conflicts in a radical and extreme manner.

But the parents are not completely innocent... Their son still was able to bring a gun to school, and the gun in question was kept at the family home. And so the parents are responsible for that.
They are trying to squirm out of that responsibility, though, and are quoted as saying "The firearm our son accessed was secured."
Uhh... No, it obviously wasn't.

Family of 6 Year Old Who Shot Teacher Speaks Out...

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“Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we were born.” Albert Einstein
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Borderline makes you think: "That is not possible. Those are special effects".
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Every few minutes I look at it to see if I can spot how he does it. Fascinating.
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Re: Random, Random 2.0

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This Kia logo is so ridiculously bad and seeing it all over the stadium during the Aussie Open really helps to show why it caused such confusion. There is no time it doesn't look like KN to me.
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Re: Random, Random 2.0

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JazzNU wrote: Tue Jan 24, 2023 5:46 am This Kia logo is so ridiculously bad and seeing it all over the stadium during the Aussie Open really helps to show why it caused such confusion. There is no time it doesn't look like KN to me.
Took me a week to realize it was KIA, and not KN.
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Re: Random, Random 2.0

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skatingfan wrote: Tue Jan 24, 2023 6:05 am
JazzNU wrote: Tue Jan 24, 2023 5:46 am This Kia logo is so ridiculously bad and seeing it all over the stadium during the Aussie Open really helps to show why it caused such confusion. There is no time it doesn't look like KN to me.
Took me a week to realize it was KIA, and not KN.
It was a bigger story in the fall, but when it started rolling out more widely on new cars, it was causing tens of thousands of Google searches each month asking about this new KN car make. Confusing the heck out of so many.
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