FloridaMan.sh

#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
IFS=$'\n\t'

# Takes reddit titles from TIFU and posts them as if headlines for "Florida man" stories
# https://twitter.com/Lord_32bit/status/938564683086356480 
SCRIPTDIR=$(dirname $0)
TEMP=$(mktemp)

# This should eventually generate the list once a week and then re-adjust cron
# based on the amount of matching stories that

# Either this or some form of scheduler / queue system, in that case we would
# hash titles & store for a month to prevent repeats, this random selection
# should be good enough for now

#SECONDSSINCEMIDNIGHT=$(( $( TZ=":Etc/GMT-1" date "+(10#%H * 60 + 10#%M) * 60 + 10#%S") )) 
#BEATS=$(echo "scale=5;($SECONDSSINCEMIDNIGHT / 86400)*1000" | bc | cut -d. -f1)
#DAYOFWEEK=$(date +%w)
#VALUE=$( bc -l <<< "scale=0;($BEATS + ( $DAYOFWEEK * 1000)) / 84 " )

pushd $SCRIPTDIR 

wget -qO- 'https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/controversial.json?t=week&limit=100' |\
    jq .data.children[].data.title \
        | sed -e "s/ my / his /g" \
              -e "s/I /He /g" \
              -e "s/ me / him /g" \
              -e "s/ I\(.\)ve / He\1s /g" \
        | grep -i '^"TIFU by' \
        | sed -e 's/^"TIFU by//gI;s/"$//g' \
        | xargs -I @ echo "Florida man arrested for @" \
            > $TEMP
../../../Tools/tweet.sh/tweet.sh post "$(shuf $TEMP | head -1)"
popd