The Funny/Stupid Pics Thread

[mellenORL]

Could be worse. Could be an Abeilisaur (sp).

Ooh, abelisaurs and their little baby arms. Even more ridiculous.



...yeah, nobody really knows what was going on there. Awfully flexible at the shoulder joint for some reason though.

Question: do the neck and shoulder bones indicate enough flexibility that the critter could bend his head down to his little toothpick arms...and be able to pick the gorey bits from his teeth, nostrils and snout after feeding? Otherwise, I'm getting this hilarious picture of him flapping and windmilling those tiny arms to express excitement or frustrated rage XD.

[Askold]

Question: What are the odds that someone mixed up two partial fossils? Like isn't there a chance that this particular dino had decent sized front limbs but while connecting the fossil bits someone accidentally (or as a part of prank gone horribly right) attached limbs from a much smaller dino to this one?
EDIT: I'm hiding this in spoiler because it is so damn huge but I have got to say that this is a particularly amusing trainwreck...

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[pyro]

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I haven't seen that much math fail since the fifty-fifty event happened nine times out of ten.

[Random Gal]

Question: What are the odds that someone mixed up two partial fossils? Like isn't there a chance that this particular dino had decent sized front limbs but while connecting the fossil bits someone accidentally (or as a part of prank gone horribly right) attached limbs from a much smaller dino to this one?

No, there were multiple specimens found with arms like that, representing at least three species.

[mellenORL]

But can it pick it's nose? Dammit, I need to know XD.

[Random Gal]

Could be worse. Could be an Abeilisaur (sp).

Ooh, abelisaurs and their little baby arms. Even more ridiculous.



...yeah, nobody really knows what was going on there. Awfully flexible at the shoulder joint for some reason though.

Question: do the neck and shoulder bones indicate enough flexibility that the critter could bend his head down to his little toothpick arms...and be able to pick the gorey bits from his teeth, nostrils and snout after feeding? Otherwise, I'm getting this hilarious picture of him flapping and windmilling those tiny arms to express excitement or frustrated rage XD.

I doubt the neck was flexible enough to do that.

[R. U. Sirius]

Long, but worth it.

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[pyro]

Long, but worth it.

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Did someone from LessWrong write that? It sounds like something they'd like.

[R. U. Sirius]

I don't know; a friend showed it to me on Imgur.

[Sigmaleph]

Long, but worth it.

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Did someone from LessWrong write that? It sounds like something they'd like.

I would've thought the opposite. I don't recall the specific piece, but there was at least one article there about how putting too much value on unanswered questions is a mistake and questions ultimately exist to be answered.

[Ultimate Paragon]

[pyro]

Long, but worth it.

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Did someone from LessWrong write that? It sounds like something they'd like.

I would've thought the opposite. I don't recall the specific piece, but there was at least one article there about how putting too much value on an answered question is a mistake and questions ultimately exist to be answered.

You mean "too much value on an unanswered questions," right?

The way I read this picture, the last few frames are basically a disclaimer for that point. "If 'worthless' answers are the only things that lead to actions, the only thing that makes things happen, what's the use of your precious questions and crazy theories about the world out there anyway?" You are, of course, expected to think about that. Probably something to do with how answers that are born from questions are of a much higher quality than answers that aren't.

[Sigmaleph]

Long, but worth it.

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Did someone from LessWrong write that? It sounds like something they'd like.

I would've thought the opposite. I don't recall the specific piece, but there was at least one article there about how putting too much value on an answered question is a mistake and questions ultimately exist to be answered.

You mean "too much value on an unanswered questions," right?

Oops, yeah. Thanks.

The way I read this picture, the last few frames are basically a disclaimer for that point. "If 'worthless' answers are the only things that lead to actions, the only thing that makes things happen, what's the use of your precious questions and crazy theories about the world out there anyway?" You are, of course, expected to think about that. Probably something to do with how answers that are born from questions are of a much higher quality than answers that aren't.

Yeah, that's a valid interpretation. I don't think a lesswronger would've written it, doesn't hit the right shibboleths, but it's not incompatible with the philosophy, broadly speaking.

[Eiki-mun]

Honestly, all that comic managed to do was thoroughly confuse me.

[mellenORL]

I love the quirky world it portrayed. Walking a floating goldfish on a leash, my fave.