How I learned to mind my own business

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I was walking past the mental hospital the other day, And all the patients were shouting, ‘ 13….13….13. ‘

The fence was too high to see over, but I saw a Little gap in the planks, so I looked through to see What was going on…..

One of them poked me in the eye with a stick!

Then they all started shouting ‘ 14….14….14 ‘…

Titanic in the Planet of the Apes

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Why would they do that to a dog?

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Smart Ad in Kuwait

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The objective of this ad is to reach everyone behind the wheel and encourage them to use a head set.
In Kuwait the authorities usually leave cars involved in accidents by the road for a while.

Flood in Saudi Arabia!

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For some reason, I can’t seem to embed this liveleak video here, so here is the link

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=187_1260862139

I kind of feel the water is moving way too quickly, like the video is stitched.

Complain to ministry against growing hens

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Anyone knows where I can complain about the next building watchman, who grows chicken and dirties the whole area, with feces and food.

Appreciate details like telephone numbers, or if it is to the newspapers, email id for me to send pictures

Macbook Pro USB Ports

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What do you do if you have the viva internet dongle and charging your ipod at the same time on a Macbook Pro?

Buy a USB Port extension, because the viva dongle does not let you connect a usb device adjacent to it. The dongle has two horns, which takes up the space. stupid dongle and stupid mac (pardon macbook lovers). But its true, why don’t they just have another usb port elsewhere, what if you want to plug in another usb device.
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Accidents in Kuwait

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2 days back I was traveling down the 5th ring road, towards shuwaikh, there was a huge traffic jam, it was more than a km long, my only guess was there has to be an accident somewhere.  Down the the road, on the opposite side was an accident, all the traffic on the shuwaikh to salmiya side had come to a halt,  people were stopping to view the accident on the the salmiya to shuwaikh side of the road.

At the point of exit to the Avenues/shuwaikh, there was a traffic jam there too.  All the way to 6th ring road.  It was a 3 car accident.

Yesterday there was a 2 car accident on the 5th ring road on the shuwaikh to salmiya side, and on the my way back another accident involving 10 cars.

I can’t seem to understand, why people tail-gate here in Kuwait, they seem to have the notion that if they are about to smooch the car in front, the person will get frightened and will move.  Please keep in mind the smooching occurs at over 120km/hr speed.  The reason, accidents happen here is just out of carelessness.

from jedberg sent 2 seconds ago

re: Unable to post to anything

Please send further correspondence to feedback@reddit.com. Any further messages to any admin of this site will be considered harassment, and you will be banned.

to jedberg sent 78 milliseconds ago

re: Unable to post to anything

What more of a ban can you put on me, not letting me log in? Are you seriously out of your mind. Neither are you unwillingly to listen to me, nor are you willing to unban the sites I have requested you, after providing credible evidence that I am not banning.

Its you, who is not providing credible evidence, and being an admin is not just the title.

from jedberg sent 45 minutes ago

re: Unable to post to anything

Sorry, I don’t really have time for this anymore.

I’ve given you your options. If you have any further questions, please email feedback@reddit.com.

from lotophage sent 18 hours ago

post replyWhy does having a whale of a time mean having a good time?

If you’d ever have a whale, you’d also be smiling.

from Stingray88 sent 19 hours ago

comment replyHow the fuck does a pic of hot sauce make the frontpage? REALLY?!

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If reddit was changing you could say it was going down the drain. However reddit has and always will be this way. It’s not going anywhere. Stop trying to change it.

from Stingray88 sent 19 hours ago

comment replyHow the fuck does a pic of hot sauce make the frontpage? REALLY?!

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Reddit hasn’t changed at all. Stop your bitching.

from TalkBack sent 20 hours ago

post replyWhy does having a whale of a time mean having a good time?

Because whales are awesome!

from amazingkris sent 20 hours ago

post replyWhy does having a whale of a time mean having a good time?

Because you have a blowhole.

from valtism sent 21 hours ago

comment replyHow the fuck does a pic of hot sauce make the frontpage? REALLY?!

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It’s a subreddit controlled by qgyh2, a reddit mod/admin?? He handcrafts a summary of reddit for the day just for you!

from jedberg sent 21 hours ago

re: Unable to post to anything

Why did your posting habits suddenly change in the last month?

from valtism sent 21 hours ago

comment replyHow the fuck does a pic of hot sauce make the frontpage? REALLY?!

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I think that the front page of reddit is in a world of its own when it comes to stories. I know that this has been said before, but the best content is within the subreddits. There are good aggregators like reddit all and even (my favourite) tldr – by qgyh2.

Sorry to rant, but I really hate it when people complain about a perfectly good site being stupid or dying.

from jedberg sent 21 hours ago

re: Unable to post to anything

Ok I looked. All I see is imagevat.com for the last month. What is your point?

ps. I saw one post that wasn’t from imagevat, but interestingly was from a known blog spam site that we banned about a year ago…

from jedberg sent 21 hours ago

re: Unable to post to anything

Your spam filter is not rocket science, it works by detecting multiple posts from one domain in 15-30 minutes time span. blocks the user for about a day then permits them to post from the same domain. and bans them for good on multiple posts, then there is the manual addition + the user contribution

Wow. You couldn’t be more wrong. That isn’t even close to how it works.

I am just asking by human observance, as to what I posted was spam, simple

It isn’t what you posted that is the problem, it is how you post. You don’t contribute to reddit. You rarely leave comments. You only post from one site. You are like a guy who walks into a room and just starts yelling about yourself, without listening to anyone else.

You are the reason this site is “turning into myspace” as you say.

from darwin2500 sent 22 hours ago

comment replyHow the fuck does a pic of hot sauce make the frontpage? REALLY?!

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The point being made was that complaining about hot sauce is even more worthless to the community than recommending hot sauce. The only way to improve the community is to post interesting links and contribute intelligently and thoughtfully to discussions.

from jedberg sent 22 hours ago

re: Unable to post to anything

I am not asking you a favor, you are objecting to my posting, so I asked for evidence.

You’re asking me to do you the favor of unbanning you. That is a favor. I don’t have to do it.

Your mentioning imgur, is good enough of your supporting imgur, then why not mention flickr?

I believe I did mention flickr, but flickr is hard to use, and your complaint was that flickr is harder to use than imagevat. So I gave you an alternative.

And like I said, I shall stop posting from imagevat.com if, you provide me one credible evidence that I am spamming.

And like I said, we’ll keep banning it.

I’m not going to provide you with evidence, because I then you would know how our spam detection works. So I’m just going to say this instead, and maybe you will know what it means, and maybe you won’t: culture.

from transcriptase sent 22 hours ago

post replyReddit is getting more stupid as time goes, its getting more like myspace

Sorry, your answer must be in the form of a question.

/Trebek

from desmo sent 22 hours ago

post replyReddit is getting more stupid as time goes, its getting more like myspace

You have made a statement about how stupid reddit is by posting to reddit. Probably not how I would have done it, but hey its reddit, you can do that here.

As you posted to ask reddit, generally there is the asking part, thats what the ‘ask’ in askreddit means.

You need:

“/r/inane comments” subreddit, its just down the hall.

from PunishedPoet sent 22 hours ago

post replyReddit is getting more stupid as time goes, its getting more like myspace

Try not to read the comments. At least, that’s the reason that I hate Reddit. I don’t mind the insightful comments, but those damn pun threads and people trying to throw out jokes just for “karma” just kill me. I suppose the self posts (absolutely no offense to you, since this is one) can be pretty annoying, too. Meh, I don’t know. I hate parts of Reddit, but I really do enjoy seeing many news articles right as they come out, instead of days or weeks later, or possibly not even at all. Anyway, I hope it doesn’t turn out like myspace, either. edit: Oh, yeah, where’s your damn question? =)

from valtism sent 22 hours ago

comment replyHow the fuck does a pic of hot sauce make the frontpage? REALLY?!

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If reddit is getting more stupid as time goes on, everybody who sits around and complains about how reddit is dead are contributing more than anybody else who posts stupid comments. Comparing it to MySpace is just stupid anyway.

Also, that is damn good sauce.

from ohshi sent 22 hours ago

post replyReddit is getting more stupid as time goes, its getting more like myspace

Go on…

from jedberg sent 22 hours ago

re: Unable to post to anything

my decision is fixed, like I said, I will stop posting from imagevat.com if you can provide credible evidence that I am spamming

Please feel free to keep posting from imagevat.com, and we will continue to ban imagevat.com. I don’t think you understand how this works. Since it is our website, and you are asking us to do you a favor, you need to provide the evidence, not us.

and keeping on telling me to post from imgur.com and post from other sites

I didn’t tell you to post from imgur. I told you that imgur offers the same features as imagevat, and suggested it as an alternative.

And by the way, in case you were wondering, Wired does not own reddit. You have been misinformed.

We have full editorial control.

In other words, I am the last and final decision maker. There is no one above me. My decision is the final word.

You can email whomever you want, but they will simply forward the email to me to take care of it.

So, Dave, here are you options once again:

  1. Post from other sites.
  2. Stop posting anything.

Take care.

from MightyMinneapolis sent 23 hours ago

comment replyHow the fuck does a pic of hot sauce make the frontpage? REALLY?!

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Not stupid, more like we’ve posted everything interesting on the web and are fresh out of ideas.

from jedberg sent 1 day ago

re: Unable to post to anything

It is now 1am where I am, and I am tired. I am going to sleep now.

I will not provide any further reasons for my decision.

Post from another site, or stop posting anything.

I look forward to your decision when I awake.

Goodnight.

from jedberg sent 1 day ago

re: Unable to post to anything

You have exactly two choices:

  1. Post from another site
  2. Stop posting anything.

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Adam sandler is simply remarkable in I am a legend

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Windows 7 launch in Kuwait

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Another day starts and a hosts of emails to read. Among the emails was the invitation for the launch of Windows 7. Got to the registration, darn the registration did not work, after a few days I called up MS to register over the phone. Voila! they said, I am registered, few days later I received details of the launch. Then someone called me to remind the launch date and venue.

I called a cousin of mine, went early to get him registered as MS does not register new applicants a day before. We reached at 9 Am, it was crowded, they just could not find my name on the list, and I seem to be unregistered for them. darn…
I registered….waited…. till 9:50 Am till the disco lights showed up on the screen.
On went the country manager speaking about why someone should get windows 7 to their corporate, and the rest can go take a hike, seemed like the message.

Then came the user bit of info, that if you SHAKE one window all others get lined behind it bit locker, wireless menu, and a 3 minute demo of what that is all about.

Around 11 am, came the break, and all of us were out in addition to the existing crowd already outside ( probably who were bored with the initial presentation), we thought to have some snacks, not one bit of whatever food was served was left, all over.  Okay fine lets have some juice, NO says the guy who served, no more juice left, lets have some coffee/tea, what a crowd.  Finally, we can wait for the next session to start.  I managed to get 2 glasses of juice for my cousin and myself.

The interactive session begins, and the ticket numbers were called, the guy for the number called was not available, and the comment from the performer on stage, “They must have had the food and left”. - Great comment MS

A Xbox was given out to a guy, who excelled his abilities to bing the performers queries.

Session that followed was very dry, I could barely hear the person speaking (I should have taken photos) and almost slept, then came the Exchange server 2010 details which was great and demo was great.

And here comes interactive performer announcing lunch was ready, off everyone goes, and it was a crowded place (the door of the buffet room).  Doors open and in with a push, I guess none walked, rather pushed.  Few minutes into the lunch, I noticed that lamb that was in the rice, looked like dead animals on a dry and parched land.

Had a few more sessions and left home by 5 PM.

Was it a great Launch, probably not, but MS could have done better.

Let me know how your experience on the Windows 7 launch

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