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Baroque Bloke |
Holy cow  “Fire safety officers have issued an urgent warning against the 'incredibly dangerous' TikTok trend that hundreds are taking part in every day. 'Toaster steak' is the latest viral trend taking over TikTok, and as the name suggests, people are cooking raw steak in their toasters. The trend has become so popular than the London Fire Brigade released a statement reminding people to 'only use electrical products for their designated use', and urged people not to try the bizarre trend which could cause a house fire. …” DailyMail article: https://mol.im/a/11441739 Actually, I could safely cook steaks in my toaster (a Breville Smart Grill):   Serious about crackers | ||
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Fire begets Fire |
It’s a Chinese PsyOp… Just like Robitussin cough syrup marinade for chicken. Who falls for the shit? "Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty." ~Robert A. Heinlein | |||
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Don't worry; give it time. "Juliette" will continue to play these stupid games and win a really, really stupid prize. _________________________________________________________________________ “A man’s treatment of a dog is no indication of the man’s nature, but his treatment of a cat is. It is the crucial test. None but the humane treat a cat well.” -- Mark Twain, 1902 | |||
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| Thank you Very little  |
Plenty of dumb ass to go around, remember the Tide Pod Challenge... | |||
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| Get my pies outta the oven!  |
I’ve said it here several times: TikTok is a Chinese weapon, designed to make people SO dumb that we all end up like Idiocracy but 500 years early. Then when they roll in someday, we are all too stupid and indifferent to even care. | |||
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Shall Not Be Infringed |
Sooo, wondering if that considered a 'Life Hack' or a 'Weird Trick'... ____________________________________________________________ If Some is Good, and More is Better.....then Too Much, is Just Enough !! Trump 2024....Save America! "May Almighty God bless the United States of America" - parabellum 7/26/20 Live Free or Die! | |||
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Optimistic Cynic |
I'm just holding out for the "steak pop-tarts" to appear on the grocery shelf. | |||
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Get Off My Lawn |
I call bullshit. I watched the "viral" video in the link, and the video shows her inserting the steaks into the pop-up toaster, but doesn't show them cooking. It quickly cuts to her placing the steaks on a plate, not even showing her removing the steaks from the toaster itself. Slight of hand editing, IMO. "I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965 | |||
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Frangas non Flectes |
Generally, it's the dumber end of the population. It's like adding fuel to the fire that is evolution. China is helping forge a stronger society here via attrition. My uncle, who did not reproduce, buttered some bread as a child and put it in the toaster. He nearly burned the house down. ______________________________________________ Carthago delenda est | |||
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You may be right that the Chinese are using TikTok for all kinds of bad things but I don't think it's making people stupid, it's just exposing them. | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower  |
Unfortunately, as a people, we are becoming less intelligent, less able to arrive at correct conclusions regarding new behaviors. That's the paradox of our "information age" Everyone is walking around with the libraries of the world in their pocket- which is quite astonishing, actually- and the world is becoming duller. | |||
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Nowadays, I fell like I’m trapped in a never ending Twilight Zone episode. | |||
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| Thank you Very little |
Perhaps we've got a lot more access to people, and we're just seeing how many idiots always existed out there. Likely we just didn't know how many there really were, since most stupid things weren't recorded and shared worldwide. Social media, allowing idiots and morons to share their stupidity with everyone. | |||
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| An investment in knowledge pays the best interest |
Too many people think education is about learning the basics, memorizing facts & figures, and getting down the specifics about some trade. I would call that the bare minimum and the latter is already grossly affected by idiotic social media info/videos. The world is Long on Google and Short on Critical Thinking. The latter is what true education is about, whether in one's personal life, academics or profession. | |||
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His Royal Hiney |
Sadly, I can't disagree. Same with all the fentanyl just pouring into the country. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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