"What would make climate change scientists desperate enough to pose for a calendar again?"
"The last one they did didn't seem to get enough attention."
So relevant story:
Stanford University was founded by Leland Stanford, a railroad tycoon from the late 19th century. Now, Leland Standford was one of the legendary Robber Barons of the time, a term given to a group of tycoons known for using business practices that are today illegal but were legal at the time (monopolies, price fixing, etc).
Up until 1972, the Stanford Mascot was the "Indians", but they were pressured to drop it due to the name's racially insensitive nature. As such, they put the issue of the new mascot to the democratic process; students and alumni could write in suggestions and then vote on their favorite.
The name Robber Barons won by a landslide. The students thought it was a cheeky reference to their morally dubious founder, and loved the idea. Unfortunately, the school administration was not so keen on it and refused to approve it on the grounds that it is disrespectful to their heritage. As such, they are now the "Stanford Cardinal" (cardinal being singular), whatever the fuck that means.
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He's comparing his pen to a gun, and saying that when he half cocks it (a safety mechanism where the trigger won't pull until you fully cock it), his pen still goes off (like a gunshot).
"Reuben flavored chips? Awesome. Now I need a potato flavored sandwich."
[META] Oh wait, those made the cut...
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You're even with me at my ~~fattest~~ least sexiest. Currently at 31ish.
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I'm sadly not familiar with the humorbot from Futurama!
However, after looking up some Futurama videos, it does resemble the improv robot Piotr Mirowski is building. He's currently building a robot that is actually capable of performing improv comedy.
If you're interested in that, there's an interesting deck of slides on this link: https://www.slideshare.net/lubaelliott/improvised-theatre-with-artificial-intelligence
Thanks for your question! :)
Sounds a lot like Chuck Tingle's book, <u>Pounded In The Butt By My Book "Pounded In The Butt By My Book 'Pounded In The Butt By My Book "Pounded In The Butt By My Book 'Pounded In The Butt By My Book "Pounded In The Butt By My Book 'Pounded In The Butt By My Own Butt'"'"'"</u> (and yes, that's a real book, and it's real books all the way down).
Strangely they did make a game of that.
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