Tom 7 Radar: Things that are getting less weird over time

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Things that are getting less weird over time (08 Jul 2008 at 18:01)

Things that are getting less weird over time:

When the headphones are much larger than the musical device that they are connected to

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Tom 7 (mobile-032-148-082-242.mycingular.net) – 07.08.08 18:08:47

On single-item list days, audience participation is encouraged.

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Anonymous (c-76-99-55-118.hsd1.pa.comcast.net) – 07.08.08 19:17:48

When the dude walking down the street appears to be talking loudly to himself

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Adam (pool-72-95-130-147.pitbpa.fios.verizon.net) – 07.08.08 19:55:05

Little-endian wire protocols

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matus (cse-dhcp-10-158.ucsd.edu) – 07.08.08 19:55:16

automatic toilets that get pissed off at your shirt fabric or change of posture, and keep re-flushing before it's time, spraying you with water you recently made dirty.

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matus (cse-dhcp-10-158.ucsd.edu) – 07.08.08 19:57:56

the fact that my genetic code doesn't actually code for me, and there are little bugs called mitochondria happily spawning throughout my cells

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William (c-67-186-15-190.hsd1.pa.comcast.net) – 07.08.08 20:17:44

undergrad dannel is famous for jacking enormous headphones into a tiny ipod nano -- truly a music player for the 21st century!

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Sridhar "The cadence calls for three,... (c-76-102-38-110.hsd1.ca.comcast.net) – 07.08.08 21:30:22

Haphazardly browsing through the encyclopedia for pleasure, even engaging in competitive encyclopedia-browsing games with other people

Never knowing what time it is when you actually care to because you've decided there's no longer any need to keep such a cumbersome device as would be glance-ready for such purposes on your wrist, yet you are in a social situation where it would be a faux pas to make any more overt gesture to find out

Negroes in the Major Leagues

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Sridhar (c-76-102-38-110.hsd1.ca.comcast.net) – 07.08.08 21:32:11

Oh, my nickname got cut off. Well, that was supposed to read "Sridhar 'The cadence calls for three, and that was all I could think of' Ramesh".

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Sridhar (c-76-102-38-110.hsd1.ca.comcast.net) – 07.08.08 22:06:14

Knowing when it's random semi-acquaintances' birthdays

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Coaster (c-69-251-66-6.hsd1.md.comcast.net) – 07.08.08 22:42:30

In several industries businesses are passing rising transportation and energy costs onto the consumer, but in the illegal drug industry suppliers and middlemen are absorbing the rising cost of oil through reduced profits giving beleagured American access to a recession-proof fix.

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chrisamaphone (c-67-186-15-190.hsd1.pa.comcast.net) – 07.08.08 23:24:59

holy crap it's matus

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chrisamaphone (c-67-186-15-190.hsd1.pa.comcast.net) – 07.08.08 23:29:50

wait that wasn't a thing that's getting less weird though

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Tom 7 (h-68-166-207-146.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 07.09.08 00:23:30

same weirdness over time

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chrisamaphone (c-67-186-15-190.hsd1.pa.comcast.net) – 07.09.08 10:41:17

wait that wasn't a thing that's getting less weird though

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Ryan (c-76-125-235-165.hsd1.pa.comcast.net) – 07.09.08 11:24:48

Pantless Rock Band

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Tom 7 (mobile-032-147-130-076.mycingular.net) – 07.09.08 20:03:55

Strip Rock Band is coming to you soon

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Tom 7 (pokemon.wv.cc.cmu.edu) – 07.11.08 10:36:47

recognizing the guy in the adjacent stall by his footwear or photo id

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Austin (66.194.68.210) – 07.25.08 15:06:18

I didn't know you had a computer called pokemon!

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Tom 7 (h-67-100-131-179.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 07.25.08 22:52:22

It's my phone, my pocket monster!

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Cortney (138.88.174.54) – 07.27.08 22:52:52

like a trouser snake?

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Tom 7 (67.100.131.104) – 07.27.08 23:00:19

Yes, like that. =) Same amount of vibrating.

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