A thread for random crap on the internet

[jeffsmith]

Holy fawk, this guy is insane!

Jesus! I can deal with the tightrope type stuff, heights don't bother me much. But clinging to a ledge (at the end) would freak me the fuck out!

[sleepyjamie]

http://www.wimp.com/rookieyear/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[canuck]

Holy fawk, this guy is insane!

Jesus! I can deal with the tightrope type stuff, heights don't bother me much. But clinging to a ledge (at the end) would freak me the fuck out!

You and me both! I had sweaty fawking hands just watching it.

[PEIBeerGuy]

Darwin hard at work, trying his darnedest in that video.

[Keith]

That guy is nuts... Maybe it gets safer after a few beers?

http://www.theonion.com/articles/report ... ith,35001/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[chicanuck]

More from The Onion, just another reason not to drink Coors Light......I always knew that train looked dangerous:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLQLS93b ... 4-overview" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[LiverDance]

More from The Onion, just another reason not to drink Coors Light......I always knew that train looked dangerous:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLQLS93b ... 4-overview" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

this is hilarious

[chicanuck]

"Train was carrying dozens of hot, over-21 partiers."

[Tony L]

http://www.businessinsider.com/exit-6-p ... ds-2013-12" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Tony L]

Wal-Mart recalls tainted Donkey meat.

http://www.naturalnews.com/043463_wal-m ... china.html#" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[mr x]

Facebook is dead.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/f ... -2017.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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[Jimmy]

I don't see it just disappearing. If something else better comes along, sure, but people aren't going to just abandon facebook because they are tired of it. I think it's tied into peoples lives too much for it to disappear without something replacing it.

[jeffsmith]

I don't see it just disappearing. If something else better comes along, sure, but people aren't going to just abandon facebook because they are tired of it. I think it's tied into peoples lives too much for it to disappear without something replacing it.

That and modern social media hasn't been around for long enough for them to have the metrics to make accurate predictions. They could use the same logic to predict the end of any new "trend."

[mr x]

Kids already are bailing out. I think it is being replaced by multiple platforms, as opposed to one behemoth. Snapchat, etc....

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[Jimmy]

I can somewhat see kids bailing, but potentially coming back down the road. I don't think the connection it provides for friends and families that don't get to see each other all the time has been fulfilled by any other platform - not saying it won't/can't be, though. If facebook collapses, it's going to be because another platform has replaced it that fulfills the current uses for facebook, along with additional uses that aren't currently implemented.

[jeffsmith]

I can somewhat see kids bailing, but potentially coming back down the road. I don't think the connection it provides for friends and families that don't get to see each other all the time has been fulfilled by any other platform - not saying it won't/can't be, though. If facebook collapses, it's going to be because another platform has replaced it that fulfills the current uses for facebook, along with additional uses that aren't currently implemented.

[mr x]

That's not what's happening with kids. It's not replacement, it's evolution beyond what Facebook is. They don't like it, so I doubt they are coming back.

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[jeffsmith]

That's not what's happening with kids. It's not replacement, it's evolution beyond what Facebook is. They don't like it, so I doubt they are coming back.

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Yeah, and 5+ years ago I said I would never use Facebook as well…

[jeffsmith]

That's not what's happening with kids. It's not replacement, it's evolution beyond what Facebook is. They don't like it, so I doubt they are coming back.

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They're likely just leaving because their parents are signing up and they don't want their parents to see the shirt they're up to.

[mr x]

But what's happening now is the people who have been the biggest users treat it like the plague. The heavy first generation users have had enough from what I see. They want some privacy back.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/news ... -dead.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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[jeffsmith]

Teenagers may shun Facebook for now but they almost all have accounts, which will be used more as their lives develop.

Key right there for the young crowd.

As for the older crowd, privacy is easily attained if folks would take the 10 minutes they spend bitching every time Facebook makes a small design change and invest it in exploring the privacy settings, we'd all be better for it. Facebook is easily locked down if you have half a brain. Mind you, as with any online service, privacy is a relative term.

[Jimmy]

But what's happening now is the people who have been the biggest users treat it like the plague. The heavy first generation users have had enough from what I see. They want some privacy back.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/news ... -dead.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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That article is basically saying what Jeff and I were saying. The kids are leaving it, but will return once they're older and want to connect with their friends and family that they don't get to see all the time.

Directly from that article

Teenagers may shun Facebook for now but they almost all have accounts, which will be used more as their lives develop

edit: looks like Jeff got to it before I did.

[mr x]

I don't believe that. It's like saying that they will go back to MySpace, or an ex girlfriend. I don't believe my kids will ever go back. There's too many options going forward.

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[Jimmy]

I don't believe that. It's like saying that they will go back to MySpace, or an ex girlfriend. I don't believe my kids will ever go back. There's too many options going forward.

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But myspace was replaced by facebook - it had the same functions as myspace, and then some. I think it would have to be the same situation for facebook to go away.

[jeffsmith]

If family is there, there's a chance they will go back. I also don't think the Myspace parallel is equivalent to Facebook either. It was never embedded in as many peoples' live like Facebook.

Regardless, predictions at this point are just predictions, there isn't enough data available yet to show trends that might indicate that Facebook will fall. And saying that teens are leaving for instagram (in one of the articles) is a bit of a stretch considering FB owns all that data as well. Until I see FB making drastic moves toward user retention, I think they're likely just fine. They've got a shit load of smart people working there that are likely trying to map out similar trends and predictions.