Cinoclav's Field of 32 Day 24
11So here we are, at the final matchup of the Sweaty Sixteen. Boy have we had some sweaty ones too! There were a couple of great contests in this round that kept things close right up until the clock struck midnight… or 9 PM for you west coasters… or 6 am EST when I was feeling lazy. Yesterday’s fight was not one of those sweaty ones. It was dry and arid and a little bit sad as we store away the Backpacks/Laptop Bags until next season. Those Headphones weren’t playing games (they were actually playing some obscure podcast or some crappy 90’s music) as they wrapped this one up 28 to 17.
In our first round the Knives barely carved out a one point win over the speakers while the Drones chewed on some candy corn. Now that they have to face each other I fear there will be some bloodshed. We have two items that could literally end someone’s life if used the wrong way. The whole knife thing is pretty obvious. Hell, we all know knives are for cutting!
But those Drones… who would’ve thought they could be so dangerous? They’re so cute and fun and one day they’ll be delivering your lunch to you via a fancy new startup called DashDrone. Don’t go looking for that one, I just made it up. But it’s a cool idea and a perfect ripoff of an established name, right? It would be so easy to just post a bunch of gory photos of drone injuries right here. Maybe turn a few stomachs faster than those Drone blades. But why should I waste my time explaining the possible ramifications of Drone misuse when we have Adam and Jamie to do it for us. Now go forth with your killer votes!
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Knives!

Drones!

It’s a tie!
@shahnm Well, it was.
@cinoclav Hey, I live for the moment…
Getting ready for the Effete 8.
@mike808 You throw the best parties…
@mike808 Trust me, I have a name for it.
My Effete 8 Brackets (Calling it for knives now):
Left Bracket
1: Power Banks v Vacs => Power Banks
2: Flashlights v Meh T-Shirts => Meh T-Shirts
Right Bracket
3: Comforters v Bubba Bottles => Bubbas
4: Headphones v Knives => Knives
My title match will be Meh T-shirts v Bubbas.
Then Meh T-shirts will take down the Bubbas like a bag of dirt.
@shahnm You betcha.

@mike808 @shahnm that photo’s outrageous. Where/what is it?!
@mike808 @shahnm @UncleVinny As the video shows, it looks like the photo is also from Tomorrowland. It’s a huge EDM festival that started in Belgium but has expanded to other countries. A Google search seems to show the photo is from one in Colombia.
@cinoclav @shahnm @UncleVinny
The photo is from last weekend in Belgium.
I updated my post with the video after UncleVinny posted their question.
@mike808 @shahnm @UncleVinny It’s definitely not from last weekend. As you can see, this was posted in 2017.

@cinoclav @mike808 @shahnm @UncleVinny 2017? Wow, talk about a loooong weekend!
@cinoclav @shahnm @therealjrn @UncleVinny
When you throw the best parties weekend after weekend, their quotidian awesomeness blurs and makes them seem, well, mediocre.
@mike808 @shahnm i absolutley love that pic
/giphy drones with knives

Well knives are right up with speaker docks for meh, and even have their own song. One is even an EDC. But I’ve bought way more drones than knives here. So drones drone on for me.
I’m actually more afraid of knives than I am of drones (and am even more afraid of being shown that my fear was misplaced), so I cling Stockholm-Syndromely to my least-horrifying assailant, the drones.
/giphy Throw knives

I collect knives & they are useful.
I’ve carried a knife every day of my life since Cub Scouts.
No idea how to fly a drone.
@daveinwarsh The guy throwing the knives in that gif was me.
Truthy story.
@shahnm You must not be very good - you seem to have a hard time hitting her.
@macromeh My lawyer won’t let me post the second part of the video…
“‘AirKnife’ Drone Ready for Long-Distance Stabbing”

https://www.wired.com/2008/07/airknife/
@stolicat I’m looking forward to the 2.0 model, with the chainsaw bayonet…
@shahnm @stolicat

/image gears of war lancer
Knives are killing it…
Geez, should I post tomorrow’s now? Don’t think there’s much of a comeback coming.
This one is essentially in the books but there’s no way I’m staying up for another two hours to post it, so off to bed I shall shortly go and I’ll post the next one around 6 am EST once again.