jhunter_d's Gelatinous Jamborie of a Random Banter: #209

[Skeppio]

So apparently Grumpy Cat is getting a movie. I'm not sure how I feel about this. On one hand, Audrey Plaza is perfect for the role. On the other hand, it's a meme getting a movie.

I worry for the future.....

Though I can't say I didn't expect something like this to happen eventually.

[Asta Kask]

Okay, so do these baby baboons have really, oddly human faces or is it just me...?

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You're completely right. It's called neoteny - the retention of infantile characteristics in adults - and humans have a lot of neoteny with apes and monkeys.

[LaZodiac]

Okay, so do these baby baboons have really, oddly human faces or is it just me...?

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It's almost as if we are relatives or something : O

[Rawhide]

So apparently Grumpy Cat is getting a movie. I'm not sure how I feel about this. On one hand, Aubrey Plaza is perfect for the role. On the other hand, it's a meme getting a movie.

Aubrey Plaza would make a perfect Grumpy Cat.

[AtlanteanTroll]

It's almost as if we are relatives or something : O

Well duh.

But having never seen a baby baboon, I was startled. As Asta pointed out, they don't really look like they're adult forms.

[EmeraldRose]

Hmm...new iOS update is taking more than 2 hours to download...this does not bode well.

[Asta Kask]

You should have had a baboon downloading it. A child baboon.

Your own kids (probably) don't count.

[EmeraldRose]

It isn't difficult. Just apparently will take forever. Fortunately it will just run in the background. :P

[Amidus Drexel]

Okay, so do these baby baboons have really, oddly human faces or is it just me...?

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Indeed they do - although I imagine that most people's view of 'human-like' faces these days is influenced by a great deal of animated movies with human-like animals... especially via disney and pixar. Also what Asta said.

ION: Step one of troubleshooting your circuit board - ensure that the chips are inserted properly before you accuse the LED sensors/integrated circuits of messing up your XNOR gate.

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There went half an hour.

[Asta Kask]

It isn't difficult. Just apparently will take forever. Fortunately it will just run in the background. :P

You didn't think I'd put a baboon on something complicated?

That's where your kids come in. They're probably leaps and bounds ahead of you. Do you even know how to install the Blu-Ray? Honest. We won't judge.

[EmeraldRose]

You didn't think I'd put a baboon on something complicated?

That's where your kids come in. They're probably leaps and bounds ahead of you. Do you even know how to install the Blu-Ray? Honest. We won't judge.

I know how to install iOS updates. I was merely complaining that this update takes hours to download. The kids are at school. We don't have a blu-ray player.

*pokes Asta with a stick*

[AtlanteanTroll]

iOS 8 is supposed to be ... bad. From my understanding. Could well be wrong, though.

[EmeraldRose]

iOS 8 is supposed to be ... bad. From my understanding. Could well be wrong, though.

Lovely....well, no worries. It just told me it had an issue with downloading it, so maybe I can put it off for awhile.

*goes to backup stuff just in case*

[Asta Kask]

I know how to install iOS updates. I was merely complaining that this update takes hours to download. The kids are at school. We don't have a blu-ray player.

*pokes Asta with a stick*

*pokes back*

*goes off to pet the cat*

[LaZodiac]

Well duh.

But having never seen a baby baboon, I was startled. As Asta pointed out, they don't really look like they're adult forms.

Ooh, okay. I can understand that. Maybe I'm just weird but it didn't surprise me none

[AtlanteanTroll]

Ooh, okay. I can understand that. Maybe I'm just weird but it didn't surprise me none

Hahah, perhaps. Or maybe you secretly love baby animals?

[LaZodiac]

Hahah, perhaps. Or maybe you secretly love baby animals?

That seems unlikely

...maybe.

[Asta Kask]

You don't like kittens?

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[Teddy]

You don't like kittens?

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I don't like sites which refuse hot-linking of their pictures...

[Asta Kask]

This is brilliant. We need more lectures like this on the Internet.

[Solse]

I worry for the future.....

Though I can't say I didn't expect something like this to happen eventually.

"Hey! The internet is apparently a thing now! Let's make money off of a meme that's really popular!"
"How about Grumpy Cat?"
"Awesome! I think that it's a cool, hip meme that will appeal to younger audiences! Never mind the fact that it's years old and not relevant any more!"

Seriously, they might as well make a movie about high-wheel bikes -- a similar fad that has no relevancy nowadays.

[Lheticus]

GAH! Did this thread get down to the 2nd page or something earlier today? I didn't realize this was a thing and accidentally duplicated it. :( Waiting for the mods to delete it now X_X

[enderlord99]

Excuse me, but I would like to propose a challenge for raisin-ear: hand someone else a solved rubix cube. Turn your back and ask them to randomize it, informing you when they're done. At that point, take the cube back and get it into the superflip position in 30 moves or fewer. Also, in case you're wondering: yes, I know I spelled your name wrong.

[Rawhide]

Holy sheet!

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[Teddy]

"Hey! The internet is apparently a thing now! Let's make money off of a meme that's really popular!"
"How about Grumpy Cat?"
"Awesome! I think that it's a cool, hip meme that will appeal to younger audiences! Never mind the fact that it's years old and not relevant any more!"

Seriously, they might as well make a movie about high-wheel bikes -- a similar fad that has no relevancy nowadays.

To be honest, I wouldn't call high-wheel bicycles a fad. They were an impractical solution to a practical problem, and they lasted on the market for 20 years before durable chains and inflatable tyres made them obsolete, which from the perspective of a user is quite a long time (and depending on the quality may very well have been a lifetime for he bicycle).

[Coidzor]

Okay, so do these baby baboons have really, oddly human faces or is it just me...?

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HUhnams are neotenized apes. Baboons are ape-like monkeys. BAby baboons hould look apeish. :-)

[EmeraldRose]

Arrr!!! Happy OneDayOfTheYearWhenIt'sSociallyAcceptableToBeAPira teInsteadOfANinja!!!

Or something...

[Asta Kask]

I'm actually distantly related to the wife of a pirate.

[Qwertystop]

I'm actually distantly related to the wife of a pirate.

I think most people are, because math. Anyone who lived more than about... I think it was 600 years ago?... either has no living descendants or is probably the ancestor of most people alive today. I think that was how it worked out? I forget.

[Asta Kask]

Shush you.