what exactly does google think i'm going to be doing this weekend
@blaurascon Where's the “for both this weekend and weekdays, and for future weekends and weekdays”??
@blaurascon no, it is unrelated to my existing oil rig explosion schedule
@blaurascon you’re not getting me that easy Feds.
@blaurascon This reminds me of those polls where people freak out about how 72% of teenagers have never heard of George W Bush or whatever, when basically everyone I know, when presented with the poll question "have you ever heard of George W Bush," would lie because it's funny.
@dzamie @blaurascon have you herd of wildebeest?

@dzamie @blaurascon I have others...
At Patrick Stewart's sewing bee. "My sewing-machine is broken! ... Make it sew!"

At the sheep sale: I have leftover roast lamb for lunch. Yes, I am tup aware!

I'll get my coat.. 🫣

@dzamie @blaurascon
I'm always tempted to say "who?!?" when people mention The Beatles just to see their face.
@dzamie @blaurascon that's the guy that did 9/11, right?
@blaurascon oil rig explosion is SO last weekend.
@blaurascon this sounds like one of does please check if you're a terrorist question.
@blaurascon Google better mind their business. Snitches get stitches.
How to Blow Up a Pipeline - Wikipedia

@tshirtman @blaurascon

Mmmmmh, now I want to order that book, then go stand next to a pipeline every week until the cops show up

@Archivist @tshirtman @blaurascon I once ordered #PiHKAL an #TiHKAL as a bundle. For at least a year after that purchase all my packages came opened. #HazmatInformation
@kmmich @Archivist @blaurascon i try not to believe wild claims by strangers on the internet, but this one, yeah, it's not hard to believe. 😬
@tshirtman @Archivist @blaurascon yeah... it took me a while to realise what was going on. The first package you think 'oh, maybe it got damaged...?', the next one 'wait. clean cut, nicely taped closed again.' ...
One of my next purchases was a little book with a subtitle "Managment of common poisons." After that, the kilo of spices straight from India took 4 months to get cleared by customs. I still pity the sniffer dog that dug his nose into that masala bomb :)
@kmmich @Archivist @blaurascon 😆 did that kilo of spice stop the series? if not, what did it take? 😆
@tshirtman @Archivist @blaurascon it didn't. They seem to have lost interest, although Indian spices still take suspiciously long to arrive. Weirdly, Ukranian seeds are no problem, it seems. Also, I just try toavoid online shopping. Except for really embarrassing stuff like underwear (makes mental note to find some sex toys online).
Suspicious literature is now acquired in suitably darker ways :)
@kmmich @tshirtman @blaurascon Ye, I myself have my dealer in suspicious media
@blaurascon Clearly they think this weekend is going to go off with a bang…
@blaurascon Next survey page: Is it a work or pleasure oil-rig-explosion?
@blaurascon where's the 6th option, "nice try officer"
@blaurascon Did the FBI write this survey
@blaurascon whoa i can't believe the feds are outsourcing their interrogations to google opinion rewards now (joke)
@blaurascon USCSB binge, obviously
@blaurascon Going to Piper Alpha memorial? :)
@blaurascon so what was your answer? 😄
@blaurascon
Where's the sixth option, where you check it to tell google to FUCK RIGHT OFF...?
@blaurascon
No, not for *this* weekend at least.
@blaurascon so which one did you pick?
@blaurascon i am confuse where is the "not in the market for a new car" option.

@blaurascon

Nice that Google's giving out hints on activities.

@blaurascon Okay so have you heard of metal gear solid v: the phantom pain? /silly
@blaurascon Well, it wasn't but now that you mention it…
@blaurascon convincing the Google algorithm that oil rig explosions are part of fun weekend activities
@blaurascon purely for this weekend lol
@blaurascon the only right answer is any wrong answer.

@blaurascon Reminds me that me and my wife never got around to having a honeymoon (coming up on ten years soon...)

I was joking about visiting a bunch of scenic Superfund sites.

@blaurascon "praxis"

(edit: oops, I see this joke has been made *many* times now that the replies are actually loading for me)

@blaurascon "Maaaaaaaybe... know anyone that has a van?"
@blaurascon "probably more an oil rig squirt this WE, it's messy and takes hours to get to that level and i can't always make the time."
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