These knock-offs look much more like Big Dog than Spot. Big Dog weighs about 109kg (240lbs), but let’s assume they are more like Spot as you say. How much does all that gear tacked on weigh? Spot has a payload of 18kg (40lb) making this robot in the clip almost certainly weighing over 50kg (110lb). Firefly, an…

I’d be highly skeptical of the editing in that video. The cut from landing to robot starting up could easily mean that they landed a lighter unpowered version, then cut to the fully-powered version standing. These robots are essentially copies of Boston Dynamics’ machines, and those are HEAVY. It’s difficult to…

Howe’s few books in the Bunnicula series pales in comparison to the more-than 160 novels Stine has claimed he’s written

I appreciate the empathy. I’m in a great place. I’ve just seen some shit, mostly happening to other people. I was once in a situation where I was taking a statement and photos from a young Navy spouse, and her husband tried to wander over to eavesdrop or influence what she was saying. The LEO and I moved to put…

Jesus Fucking Christ. I used to do social work, evidence photography, and interviews for the Navy’s Family Advocacy program, and I’ve been a Navy Recruiter. Too close to many experiences and memories for me to be detached about it. Fuck this guy. Hope that baby is raised by a good family and loved.

I like SNW, but it has the same idiosyncrasy that I didn’t like in Enterprise and Discovery, specifically the “We know you fans like this thing, so our characters are going to do the thing years before your classic favorites did it” simultaneous disregard yet weaponization of canon. Both of those are good shows, I…

Indoctrinating my offspring tomorrow with a double feature of the original and the sequel. His soul was already lost by merit of being my son, anyway.

Cool, but also I’ll believe it when the calls stop.

Here’s hoping the change from Atlantis to Talocan with shut up all the people with opinions on a Mezoamerican actor in the role. I mean, it won’t, but I’m still hoping. I’m just glad the pretty picture books I was reading as a kid are now movies and TV shows, I’m not going to get hung up on brown Heimdall or whatever…

It was the 1930s, the stranger the name the better for bad guys (which is how he started out).

Fair. We’ve known for a long time as staff come and go in the Gawkerizmodo Media Group that the content is not journalism. To write for a blog there’s no need to collective evidence, evaluate information, verify sources, etc. You can just react to things and tap into the reader’s reaction to your reaction.

Everybody pee however you want, but sitting when you pee for men, especially tall men who have to fold their legs into tight angles on low toilets, contorts the urethra into a serpentine path that is not optimal or healthy. Standing is healthier for men. I was trained to sit when I urinate as a small child, but when I…

Or they’ll create a whole line for all the B-team movies they float, like “Marvel Heroes: Armor Wars”. Now I want to see “Marvel Heroes: Starjammers”.

Manscaped is having a special, if you use my promo code in the next 72 hours they’ll throw in a free travel bag.

I feel betrayed. Again.

Yes, and that doesn’t contradict what Mopi wrote. To the extent that there is a consistent canon regarding the archangels, Gabriel’s role as the Angel of the Annunciation makes them the Holy Patron Saint of communication and telecommunications. Michael was the warrior archangel, patron of chivalry, police officers,…

While cooking chicken in cough syrup is both gross and dumb, I’m trying to imagine 17-year-old me if the FDA had put out warnings about Dexter Daiquiris (Robitussin with dextromethorphan, fruit juice, ice and rum if you have it). That “backfire effect” would almost certainly have made it our go-to drink just because…

Same.

Less and less so every day.

Just ignore the channel pushing the content, which tells YouTube not to recommend channels like that. That’s what I do with neckbeard geeks who want to flood my YouTube watchlist with complaints about Black Ariel or how She-Hulk emasculated Hulk. I started with TheQuartering and worked my way outward to the less…