The Poojer Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 I'd hate to have my accomplishments taken away by a Publix cake icer.... http://www.syracuse.com/us-news/index.ssf/2018/05/summa_cum_laude_graduation_cake.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teef Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 (edited) is it me, or does the whole 4.89 grade point average make people want to punch walls? i get it, but god it's dumb. Edited May 23, 2018 by teef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 The kid was 'absolutely humiliated'? I think life will have a few more stones to throw in his direction. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 1 hour ago, The Poojer said: I'd hate to have my accomplishments taken away by a Publix cake icer.... http://www.syracuse.com/us-news/index.ssf/2018/05/summa_cum_laude_graduation_cake.html Not that I expect a Publix cake icer to be fluent in frickin' Latin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Beard Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 39 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: The kid was 'absolutely humiliated'? I think life will have a few more stones to throw in his direction. His mother said he was humiliated, then later in the article it said he laughed it off. Sounds like the mother was being overly dramatic. I bet most people would think it was funny. I wonder if they thought Laude was supposed to be Loudly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 1 minute ago, Gray Beard said: His mother said he was humiliated, then later in the article it said he laughed it off. Sounds like a spunky kid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 (edited) 5 minutes ago, /dev/null said: Sounds like a spunky kid Now, that's disgusting. How hard would it be to rub it out and write you own cum in there. Such a non-story... Drama Queens. Edited May 22, 2018 by ExiledInIllinois 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadingpain Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 This is just a simple case of computers being a lot dumber than people, and no human catching that fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 2 hours ago, DC Tom said: Not that I expect a Publix cake icer to be fluent in frickin' Latin. It was the Publix's website algorithm writer's fault and he obviously did not graduate Summa Cum Laude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Summa cum laude. Summa cum quietle. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke79 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 4 hours ago, teef said: is it me, or does the whole 4.89 grade point average make people want to punch walls. i get it, but god it's dumb. I refuse to recognize anything over 4.0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 4 hours ago, teef said: 4.89 grade point average A long time ago on MNF, Madden was talking about a player who graduated with a GPA of 4.4 out of 4.0. He did say that it was because the kid took graduate level classes as an undergrad, so that accounted for the extra points. I kept thinking, "Cmon, John ... say it: He gave 110%!" But alas, Madden couldn't do the math. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 16 minutes ago, WhoTom said: Summa cum laude. Summa cum quietle. That’s when the family is around....it’s an art. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 4 hours ago, Fadingpain said: This is just a simple case of computers being a lot dumber than people, and no human catching that fact. But the people are too dumb to know when to ingore/override the computer. So really, it's a race to the bottom between man and machine. I'm betting heavily on man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakeBuffaloGreatAgain Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 2 hours ago, WhoTom said: Summa cum laude. Summa cum quietle. HA!!! Great! I’m gonna give you a trophy approval also! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulus Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 The lady's reaction seems worse than the mistake, IMHO. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keukasmallies Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 I'm fascinated by the cake icing algorithm that Publix uses. Think of what happens when the Roma tomatoes are stocked with the heirlooms; do guys in hazmat suits appear with sterile tongs? Imagine the damage achieving magna cum laude would bring down on Publix? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 14 hours ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: The kid was 'absolutely humiliated'? I think life will have a few more stones to throw in his direction. Jacob was "absolutely humiliated," Cara Koscinski told the Post. "It was unbelievable.” Then later in the same article: Her son, who mostly laughed off the incident, will attend Wingate University in the fall on a full academic scholarship. The worst part of this is that the entire article was hardly newsworthy. The whole story is a failure. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Player Available Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 15 hours ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: The kid was 'absolutely humiliated'? I think life will have a few more stones to throw in his direction. Is he a Sabres fan too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 1 minute ago, Best Player Available said: Is he a Sabres fan too? That wouldn't help the situation, but I'd be more humiliated if my mother was 'flapping her gums' over how humiliated I supposedly was over a censored cake message. Should have had a Carvel 'Cookie Puss' or whale cake. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 A few times a computer firewall has blocked playing Slade songs on youtube because of this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 They knew ahead of time that the computer flagged it but then brought the cake home anyway without checking it? The box has the standard see through window on it that all cake boxes have. This is another case of someone intentionally trying to drum up fake controversy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Listened to this story on the radio this morning. As I understand it, the humiliated child graduated with honors .... from his home school. So he was tops in a class of one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Wonder what the algorithm would have done if her son's name was Dick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 1 hour ago, \GoBillsInDallas/ said: Wonder what the algorithm would have done if her son's name was Dick. I've known at least two branches of the 'Cummings' family. I've just torn the 'C' page out of my address directory. Now to explain it to the less earthy of my relatives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Gugny said: Listened to this story on the radio this morning. As I understand it, the humiliated child graduated with honors .... from his home school. So he was tops in a class of one. Ultimate Snowflake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 19 hours ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: The kid was 'absolutely humiliated'? I think life will have a few more stones to throw in his direction. 1 hour ago, Gugny said: Listened to this story on the radio this morning. As I understand it, the humiliated child graduated with honors .... from his home school. So he was tops in a class of one. Apparently he couldn't take the harassment from his classmates. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 not sure i want a visible reminder of that on my cake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 5 hours ago, row_33 said: A few times a computer firewall has blocked playing Slade songs on youtube because of this... Smart firewall; I'd say very smart firewall if it blocked all of the songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 2 hours ago, eball said: Apparently he couldn't take the harassment from his classmates. Well, the mother's story was all over the map. No reason to not think the lad's a prisoner of his genes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blokestradamus Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Anyone do a nut allergy joke yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 5 hours ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: I've known at least two branches of the 'Cummings' family. I've just torn the 'C' page out of my address directory. Now to explain it to the less earthy of my relatives. My parents have friends with the last name Gaey, which is pronounced gay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 16 minutes ago, Just Jack said: My parents have friends with the last name Gaey, which is pronounced gay. Not that there's anything wrong with that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Just Jack said: My parents have friends with the last name Gaey, which is pronounced gay. The NFL published a list of banned names screened onto jerseys with several variations on that word, trouble was 2 players last names were already Gay and most of that list was dredged out of someone's garbage mind at the NFL, nobody was going to put those terms on the back of their jerseys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 1 hour ago, row_33 said: ...nobody was going to put those terms on the back of their jerseys I miss 'He Hate Me'...☹️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 On 5/23/2018 at 6:50 PM, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: I miss 'He Hate Me'...☹️ That was a JFK where-were-you moment when I saw that on the screen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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