Open Bar: Arguments About Turtles, All the Way Down

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I mean, he had a job before, but it was data entry and he could do it in the middle of the night from home. Now he's a bartender.

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Ty Telarus:  I finally got that to work!

[Cain]

Bar-tending is a terrible job.

Well, for me it was.  But then, I don't like people much.  Data entry in the middle of the night is definitely more my speed.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Bar-tending is a terrible job.

Well, for me it was.  But then, I don't like people much.  Data entry in the middle of the night is definitely more my speed.

He hates data entry, loves to work with people. And bartending here is a whole different game... bartenders make bank and it's incredibly hard to get a job doing it. It's not uncommon for bartenders to make six figures here.

[Suu]

Today I learned that Guam has 40% more spiders than the rest of the Pacific islands, and a lot of them are invasive Australian species that killed all the birds.



This calls for the Nopetopus.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

They have a shit ton of brown tree snakes as well, don't they?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

ARGH I have online homework I need to do, and the website isn't fucking working. 

[Chelagoras The Boulder]

been, taking it easy since yesterday, on the dvice nurse hotline to get some guidance on what this could be. It's been over a half hour tho and i cant schedule a weekend appointment until tomorrow. Fucking Kaiser. First they refer me to a cult and now this

I hope it works out!  Please share what possibilities they give you as to what it could be.

went to the after hours doc last night, she ruled out lung infection and heart problems so that's good. Says it is probably just a bit of rhinohirus that is still kicking around from when i was sick a few weeks ago. Gave me a prescription for cough syrup (the good shit with codeine in it) and told me to stay hydrated and rest. which is hard to do when you still have to watch after your nephew and drive out to long beach to take a 6 hour CPR course, so i'm just now getting around to self-care.

[Suu]

They have a shit ton of brown tree snakes as well, don't they?

Yes, and the spiders eat those too. 

Apparently the spiders and snakes are such a huge problem, the government has air lifted and dropped poisonous dead mice to try to kill them off or something. That didn't work.


From what it's been described to me, it's what happens when you let Australia off of Australia on a tiny island full of American military families, Japanese tourists, and the occasional Micronesian native.

[Cain]

Bar-tending is a terrible job.

Well, for me it was.  But then, I don't like people much.  Data entry in the middle of the night is definitely more my speed.

He hates data entry, loves to work with people. And bartending here is a whole different game... bartenders make bank and it's incredibly hard to get a job doing it. It's not uncommon for bartenders to make six figures here.

Ah of course, tips.  Makes sense.

Here, I pulled down just above minimum wage, and had to do most of the ordering and maintenance and stupid shit the owners are supposed to do.  I was effectively the manager, which was certainly not reflected in my pay.

[Cain]

They have a shit ton of brown tree snakes as well, don't they?

Yes, and the spiders eat those too. 

Uh, I'm not so sure about that, especially given they're about 3-6 feet long.  My understanding was that brown tree snakes ate all the birds which used to hunt spiders, leading to a population explosion, and the only animals which feed on the brown tree snakes are red-bellied black snakes and cane toads.  The former is...not terrible, as far as Australian snakes and invasive species go, but the latter...

[Suu]

They have a shit ton of brown tree snakes as well, don't they?

Yes, and the spiders eat those too. 

Uh, I'm not so sure about that, especially given they're about 3-6 feet long.  My understanding was that brown tree snakes ate all the birds which used to hunt spiders, leading to a population explosion, and the only animals which feed on the brown tree snakes are red-bellied black snakes and cane toads.  The former is...not terrible, as far as Australian snakes and invasive species go, but the latter...

Is there anything from Australia that is not trying to kill something else?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

They have a shit ton of brown tree snakes as well, don't they?

Yes, and the spiders eat those too. 

Uh, I'm not so sure about that, especially given they're about 3-6 feet long.  My understanding was that brown tree snakes ate all the birds which used to hunt spiders, leading to a population explosion, and the only animals which feed on the brown tree snakes are red-bellied black snakes and cane toads.  The former is...not terrible, as far as Australian snakes and invasive species go, but the latter...

Is there anything from Australia that is not trying to kill something else?

FTFY

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Bar-tending is a terrible job.

Well, for me it was.  But then, I don't like people much.  Data entry in the middle of the night is definitely more my speed.

He hates data entry, loves to work with people. And bartending here is a whole different game... bartenders make bank and it's incredibly hard to get a job doing it. It's not uncommon for bartenders to make six figures here.

Ah of course, tips.  Makes sense.

Here, I pulled down just above minimum wage, and had to do most of the ordering and maintenance and stupid shit the owners are supposed to do.  I was effectively the manager, which was certainly not reflected in my pay.

Yeah, a good Saturday night here could mean $1000 for the bartender, and that's after tipping out the support staff. And then there's a minimum-wage paycheck at the end of the month.

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They have a shit ton of brown tree snakes as well, don't they?

Yes, and the spiders eat those too. 

Uh, I'm not so sure about that, especially given they're about 3-6 feet long.  My understanding was that brown tree snakes ate all the birds which used to hunt spiders, leading to a population explosion, and the only animals which feed on the brown tree snakes are red-bellied black snakes and cane toads.  The former is...not terrible, as far as Australian snakes and invasive species go, but the latter...

The bufo marinus was a bad choice, it's just too prolific.  Other large toads have more specific breeding profiles, though this also restricts their yearly net consumption.  They don't eat much during periods of non-reproduction.