Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 10, 2016, 10:29:34 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on August 10, 2016, 10:14:26 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 10, 2016, 10:00:59 PM
And so it begins.
http://newscenter.lbl.gov/2016/08/09/3-d-galaxy-mapping-project-enters-construction-phase/
:banana:
TGRR,
Is a part of this thing.
Exciting! Have office political shenannigans calmed down, too?
Somewhat. Which is a cause for worry. My boss relies on me for technical skills, analytical ability, and leadership, but hates me like I got caught fucking his dog.
I did warn you that the dog fucking would get you into trouble.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on August 11, 2016, 12:11:01 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 10, 2016, 10:29:34 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on August 10, 2016, 10:14:26 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 10, 2016, 10:00:59 PM
And so it begins.
http://newscenter.lbl.gov/2016/08/09/3-d-galaxy-mapping-project-enters-construction-phase/
:banana:
TGRR,
Is a part of this thing.
Exciting! Have office political shenannigans calmed down, too?
Somewhat. Which is a cause for worry. My boss relies on me for technical skills, analytical ability, and leadership, but hates me like I got caught fucking his dog.
I did warn you that the dog fucking would get you into trouble.
I know. I have listening issues. :lulz:
Anyway, the first bits of the DESI prototype are on site, a mere month late. There's talk of a shake up at Berkeley, as the DoE seems determined to get this damn thing running, and the kids that are building it lack the experience to back off and look for new solutions when a cherished hypothesis turns out to be crap.
The kids will still be doing it, but there will be a more experienced scientist in charge. This is bog-standard for a DoE response to delays, but it usually happens after 6-12 months, not 3-4 weeks.
Quote from: Cain on August 10, 2016, 04:14:16 PM
If roughing it is so great, why don't you just move back to Roughingitstan?
Because I'm in dutch with the Roughingitstani Mafia, which is much worse than owing them money because in their culture chocolate confectioners are ... rare. This is mostly because the penalty system was instituted by Ben Franklin on accident during some drunken pillowtalk in a continental bordello. Said some shit that could make a ice-cold professional sadist blush, giggle, and throw-up with giddy nervousness. I mean there's no way Mr. Franklin could have possibly known that it would be taken as serious policy, much less instituted during The Great Roughingitstan Putsch, commonly accepted from remaining forensic records to have begun circa 1792-1802. I myself find this "history" awfully convenient given that Franklin "died" in 1790 by all commonly accepted accounts and the interval of a mere two years in this estimate simply doesn't rule out shit as far as I'm concerned. So...
I guess the short answer is that they use a LOT more wasps in their penal code than you'd think and it's not like the US of A is gonna care, much less be able to extradite me.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 10, 2016, 04:35:33 AM
Quote from: Don Coyote on August 10, 2016, 03:09:36 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 10, 2016, 03:00:52 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on August 10, 2016, 12:44:49 AM
Quote from: Cain on August 09, 2016, 03:22:40 AM
Enjoy California, Wizard Joseph.
Cheers sir, thanks! I'm seeking a healthier mode of living and expect to enjoy the struggle as much as any profit. I and one of my most trusted and competent friends are going to work together on the venture and attempt to put down roots in the region.. I have never actually lived outside of Wisconsin before. It's a big first for me on several levels.
It's worth mentioning that roughing it is not healthy.
If it were, we wouldn't have constructed cities.
Exactly this.
It's very likely to work out more along the lines of me working in a nearby town and having a regular base for my amenities while my absurdly woodsy partner does his thing with my full support. I have no trouble chopping down to the bare necessities, but they DO be necessary for me. I will be basically camping for a couple weeks until I get myself set up. If all goes south somehow I can still just head back to WI for the price of a train ticket.
Also... I know for a fact that many of my ills are from my mentality and I require much more exercise and mental challenge both to begin to get better. I NEED to push myself at this point.
I will be very careful. Thanks for the concern guys! :)
Quote from: Pergamos on August 10, 2016, 09:50:30 AM
Quote from: Don Coyote on August 10, 2016, 03:09:36 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 10, 2016, 03:00:52 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on August 10, 2016, 12:44:49 AM
Quote from: Cain on August 09, 2016, 03:22:40 AM
Enjoy California, Wizard Joseph.
Cheers sir, thanks! I'm seeking a healthier mode of living and expect to enjoy the struggle as much as any profit. I and one of my most trusted and competent friends are going to work together on the venture and attempt to put down roots in the region.. I have never actually lived outside of Wisconsin before. It's a big first for me on several levels.
It's worth mentioning that roughing it is not healthy.
If it were, we wouldn't have constructed cities.
6 billion people roughing it is way more than the planet can support, it's certainly healthier in some respects. More exercize, interaction with nature, which we are evolved for. Not so great as far as nutrition goes usually and there's a ton of dangers that civilized living does not include.
There's a part of me that would ALMOST rather just face a bear in incidental mortal combat and die nasty in the woods than deal with some of the humans I'm leaving behind. It seems a nice, uncomplicated and honest sort of death by comparison.
See now what I'd probably actually get is a leg-breaker fall down a ravine while I'm looking for a good place to take a shit and the tree limbs that broke me and my fall have wasp nests in them. Nothing faux-noble there. Just a lot of sad sobbing and swatting noises until done.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 10, 2016, 10:00:59 PM
And so it begins.
http://newscenter.lbl.gov/2016/08/09/3-d-galaxy-mapping-project-enters-construction-phase/
:banana:
TGRR,
Is a part of this thing.
:banana: :postpics: :banana:
*Stares vacuous up at the stars, GRIN'n, knowing that they ain't ready for us but, hey, its a free universe*
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 10, 2016, 10:00:59 PM
And so it begins.
http://newscenter.lbl.gov/2016/08/09/3-d-galaxy-mapping-project-enters-construction-phase/
:banana:
TGRR,
Is a part of this thing.
Fucking awesome! On a related note - I've been playing Elite Dangerous in the rift, all week. Their galaxy map is mostly made up but pretty cool for all that.
I did the thing yesterday. Twice. I presented my research for the Ronald McNair program, and then I presented it again to fulfill my Honors thesis requirements, and now I am finally actually officially done with my degrees so that they can be recorded so Ford can talk to PSU about my financial aid this Fall. My position is guaranteed, but I would rather the Foundation pay for it than have it come out of my lab's grant. I am also in the pool for a TAship, which would be even better, although I might have to teach a class I haven't taken, which will suck. ERRRRBODY I know seems to have gotten stuck with A&P whether they took it or not, and I don't want to teach that. Which most likely means that I will be. :|
Oh and also I bought my boyfriend a Mandela coloring book, which he is enjoying properly.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 11, 2016, 04:09:57 PM
I did the thing yesterday. Twice. I presented my research for the Ronald McNair program, and then I presented it again to fulfill my Honors thesis requirements, and now I am finally actually officially done with my degrees so that they can be recorded so Ford can talk to PSU about my financial aid this Fall. My position is guaranteed, but I would rather the Foundation pay for it than have it come out of my lab's grant. I am also in the pool for a TAship, which would be even better, although I might have to teach a class I haven't taken, which will suck. ERRRRBODY I know seems to have gotten stuck with A&P whether they took it or not, and I don't want to teach that. Which most likely means that I will be. :|
That's fucking awesome! Except for the teaching a class you haven't taken.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 11, 2016, 04:10:56 PM
Oh and also I bought my boyfriend a Mandela coloring book, which he is enjoying properly.
I hope the quality is better than these guys:
(http://www.coloringbook.com/images/products/detail/NelsonMandelaColoringpage.1.jpg)
Quote from: Junkenstein on August 11, 2016, 04:26:48 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 11, 2016, 04:10:56 PM
Oh and also I bought my boyfriend a Mandela coloring book, which he is enjoying properly.
I hope the quality is better than these guys:
(http://www.coloringbook.com/images/products/detail/NelsonMandelaColoringpage.1.jpg)
About the same, actually. Although some of the images are pretty raw.
Quote from: Freeky on August 11, 2016, 04:17:57 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 11, 2016, 04:09:57 PM
I did the thing yesterday. Twice. I presented my research for the Ronald McNair program, and then I presented it again to fulfill my Honors thesis requirements, and now I am finally actually officially done with my degrees so that they can be recorded so Ford can talk to PSU about my financial aid this Fall. My position is guaranteed, but I would rather the Foundation pay for it than have it come out of my lab's grant. I am also in the pool for a TAship, which would be even better, although I might have to teach a class I haven't taken, which will suck. ERRRRBODY I know seems to have gotten stuck with A&P whether they took it or not, and I don't want to teach that. Which most likely means that I will be. :|
That's fucking awesome! Except for the teaching a class you haven't taken.
It is good! Also it is weird.
I'm having one of those weeks where straight up quitting right now is looking quite appealing.
Amazingly, management are not the cause of this - the students are. Allowing overnight guests was a terrible idea - now students think it's an entitlement, rather than a favour, and are actively trying to game the system to get around the restrictions we've placed on it.
But since our own management wasn't thrilled by the idea anyway (once again this came from the colleges, who want to have their cake and eat it too), it's not clear anything will change, even though every single night since last Thursday has involved at least one major overnight guest incident.
Haha, spoke too soon.
Management decided to take a dump on my head over last night, including doing such terrible things as: reducing the workload for the dayshift and moving on a non-resident troublemaker.
Hilarity forthcoming.
So last night, we were long overdue a weirdo coming to harass us at reception.
One duly appeared.
Because the name of one of our colleges is shortened to an acronym which is also the name of a popular kind of household pet, our current weirdo/wannabe comedian was asking us about how he could get accommodation for his pet. He was going on and on about it, trying to be funny, until we made him leave.
Because he wasn't drunk, high or otherwise mentally incapacitated, I got his photo off the CCTV footage and distributed it to staff. End of story (unless he comes back).
But then I get an email this morning...:
QuoteIn all cases we should ask politely if we can help, thereafter we should direct him to where he may have requested away from the accommodation.
To which I responded:
QuoteMy apologies. In the future I shall certainly try and accomodate the man spending 5 minutes asking if he can have his pet be a resident here with more care and courtesy. Is accommodation for household pets dealt with through the usual booking system, or is there a pet-specific member of staff I should direct him towards?
We treated the individual with the utmost courtesy despite the fact he was taking the piss repeatedly. He was only asked to leave after he persisted in this behaviour despite our best efforts and he was politely asked to leave. I take personal and professional insult at the implication that this was not the case or not necessary.
Secondly, I got told off for doing a room check on a student who was leaving the next day, but had already cleared her room and was spending the night with her boyfriend in another room in the building. My response to that was as follows:
QuoteIn this specific case the student had already moved all of her belongings out of the room and was spending the night with her boyfriend who lived in another room in the building.
I felt in these circumstances it would reduce the workload of the dayshift to carry out the checks there and then.
Clearly such executive decisions are beyond my purview and in the future I shall ensure work is passed over to the day shift unnecessarily due to inflexible protocol.
And I still have another email to answer.
Quote from: Cain on August 11, 2016, 08:14:57 PM
So last night, we were long overdue a weirdo coming to harass us at reception.
One duly appeared.
Because the name of one of our colleges is shortened to an acronym which is also the name of a popular kind of household pet, our current weirdo/wannabe comedian was asking us about how he could get accommodation for his pet. He was going on and on about it, trying to be funny, until we made him leave.
Because he wasn't drunk, high or otherwise mentally incapacitated, I got his photo off the CCTV footage and distributed it to staff. End of story (unless he comes back).
But then I get an email this morning...:
QuoteIn all cases we should ask politely if we can help, thereafter we should direct him to where he may have requested away from the accommodation.
To which I responded:
QuoteMy apologies. In the future I shall certainly try and accomodate the man spending 5 minutes asking if he can have his pet be a resident here with more care and courtesy. Is accommodation for household pets dealt with through the usual booking system, or is there a pet-specific member of staff I should direct him towards?
We treated the individual with the utmost courtesy despite the fact he was taking the piss repeatedly. He was only asked to leave after he persisted in this behaviour despite our best efforts and he was politely asked to leave. I take personal and professional insult at the implication that this was not the case or not necessary.
Secondly, I got told off for doing a room check on a student who was leaving the next day, but had already cleared her room and was spending the night with her boyfriend in another room in the building. My response to that was as follows:
QuoteIn this specific case the student had already moved all of her belongings out of the room and was spending the night with her boyfriend who lived in another room in the building.
I felt in these circumstances it would reduce the workload of the dayshift to carry out the checks there and then.
Clearly such executive decisions are beyond my purview and in the future I shall ensure work is passed over to the day shift unnecessarily due to inflexible protocol.
And I still have another email to answer.
:lulz: I love how you are just a very, very polite dick about their dickness.
Sending thought and prayers Cain. I suggest you take cover. I'ma give 'em the Pazuzu Surprise! :magick:
No really though, I say secure your fallback and kick over all of the things on your way out. It sounds like they're going for a farcical set-up with this "pet" nonsense. I'm not saying that's what's up, but it's damn weird on a British sitcom level. Like who even complains to the management about some shit like that? If it was a random, if insipid, prankster why then complain? If a total psycho why would management even blame you? Something is both boring and out of place.
It was odd. My co-worker thought it may have been some kind of set-up for a prank on some insipid reality TV show.
I don't think he complained though. I think my manager took it upon himself, because he likes to occasionally throw his weight around and remind everyone he's Da Boss - usually by flipping his shit over petty things like this.
He's still going on about the pet man, by the way. He tried to simultaenously backpedal while insinuating I was to blame. All of this is via a group email for the entire department, by the way, and has been since his initial response. So I just told him if he puts that little faith in my judgement he can put me in a disciplinary meeting, because I did nothing wrong, and I'll act that way again in similar circumstances. I also reminded him that he wasn't actually there and I was, and that I wasn't going to put up with his insinuations.
And then I wrote an email to his boss, relating how I'd just had the shittiest night in months and now I was being harassed via email for situations where I did nothing wrong.
I'm also on 2 weeks of holiday from tomorrow, so... :lulz:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 10, 2016, 10:00:59 PM
And so it begins.
http://newscenter.lbl.gov/2016/08/09/3-d-galaxy-mapping-project-enters-construction-phase/
:banana:
TGRR,
Is a part of this thing.
This is fucking great. Glad to see it's actually being pushed as well, that kind of reaction to a project delay is pretty promising. Hopefully they'll keep that up and mitigate any fuckups nicely.
Quote from: Cain on August 11, 2016, 10:06:46 PM
It was odd. My co-worker thought it may have been some kind of set-up for a prank on some insipid reality TV show.
I don't think he complained though. I think my manager took it upon himself, because he likes to occasionally throw his weight around and remind everyone he's Da Boss - usually by flipping his shit over petty things like this.
He's still going on about the pet man, by the way. He tried to simultaenously backpedal while insinuating I was to blame. All of this is via a group email for the entire department, by the way, and has been since his initial response. So I just told him if he puts that little faith in my judgement he can put me in a disciplinary meeting, because I did nothing wrong, and I'll act that way again in similar circumstances. I also reminded him that he wasn't actually there and I was, and that I wasn't going to put up with his insinuations.
And then I wrote an email to his boss, relating how I'd just had the shittiest night in months and now I was being harassed via email for situations where I did nothing wrong.
I'm also on 2 weeks of holiday from tomorrow, so... :lulz:
I'm kind of hoping this does turn into some disciplinary shit because that meeting would be incredible.
It would, because we did nothing wrong. And if it was found we did something wrong, which we didn't, I'd tell them I'd do it again, gladly. And then I'd take it all the way up the chain, framing it, as I have in my emails "be a complete walkover for weirdos" vs "put the welfare of the students first and throw out the crazy fuck".
They're basically saying that they trust my judgement to be in charge of a building of 200 people overnight, but they don't trust my judgement enough on when to make a non-resident leave. And that they, without being in that situation, can judge that situation better. It's pretty hilarious.
I'm just trying to work out how you'd even attempt to run the meeting with a straight face. I've done enough of them on both sides of the table and wouldn't be able to get through this one without laughing.
I just finished working out how many man hours I need to keep up with everything, since the mountain has been more or less falling apart since the big cutbacks 3 years ago. They had laid off 3 people from my crew alone. Turns out I need 96 more man hours to break even, ie, if I get 3 people back, we will make progress.
It's times like this that make me wonder how we survived between "falling out of the tree" and "harnessing fire".
I know that feeling. We're currently running a building designed for a team of 12 on a team of 3.
Quote from: Cain on August 11, 2016, 11:40:55 PM
I know that feeling. We're currently running a building designed for a team of 12 on a team of 3.
Yeah, there seems to be some form of universal brain damage that says you make more money when there aren't enough employees to actually get anything meaningful accomplished.
we're beginning the install of a few hundred million dollars worth of new tech, but the roads are falling apart. It's like America in microcosm.
On the plus side, your project being called "desi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desi)" might attract hordes of confused Indian programmers and engineers.
I may not even have a job when I come back off my holiday, at this rate. I did just call my boss out with extreme sarcasm twice in a public email, for everyone (including his boss) to see.
As your union representative, I advise you to continue as you are. They probably won't notice sarcasm, it requires reading comprehension.
Oh, I laid it on thick enough. He got it just fine.
Quote from: Cain on August 12, 2016, 01:17:38 AM
On the plus side, your project being called "desi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desi)" might attract hordes of confused Indian programmers and engineers.
I may not even have a job when I come back off my holiday, at this rate. I did just call my boss out with extreme sarcasm twice in a public email, for everyone (including his boss) to see.
we have two really confused Indian astronomers. They're adorable.
I learned today at my new job that there is a code for nuclear power plant disasters and I probably shouldn't use that one for testing purposes.
Quote from: Cain on August 11, 2016, 10:06:46 PM
It was odd. My co-worker thought it may have been some kind of set-up for a prank on some insipid reality TV show.
I don't think he complained though. I think my manager took it upon himself, because he likes to occasionally throw his weight around and remind everyone he's Da Boss - usually by flipping his shit over petty things like this.
He's still going on about the pet man, by the way. He tried to simultaenously backpedal while insinuating I was to blame. All of this is via a group email for the entire department, by the way, and has been since his initial response. So I just told him if he puts that little faith in my judgement he can put me in a disciplinary meeting, because I did nothing wrong, and I'll act that way again in similar circumstances. I also reminded him that he wasn't actually there and I was, and that I wasn't going to put up with his insinuations.
And then I wrote an email to his boss, relating how I'd just had the shittiest night in months and now I was being harassed via email for situations where I did nothing wrong.
I'm also on 2 weeks of holiday from tomorrow, so... :lulz:
Well-played, sir!
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on August 12, 2016, 04:14:23 AM
I learned today at my new job that there is a code for nuclear power plant disasters and I probably shouldn't use that one for testing purposes.
Uhhhh, learning is good? I guess?
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 12, 2016, 06:13:43 AM
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on August 12, 2016, 04:14:23 AM
I learned today at my new job that there is a code for nuclear power plant disasters and I probably shouldn't use that one for testing purposes.
Uhhhh, learning is good? I guess?
Well the thing that they are on puts a feed on top of whatever is broadcast, automatically. Now you have to be extra sure the bypass to that is on. Just in case, you put something benign in. Otherwise whatever you put in goes live.
FUCK PORTLAND
Also
FUCK ALL OF WASHINGTON BETWEEN TACOMA AND OLYMPIA
ALSO
WHY THE FUCK ARE THERE SO MANY FUCKING VOTE FOR TRUMP SIGNS ALONG THE I5?????????????
I need a vacation.
Like, seriously. I left Pennsic early because I couldn't take it anymore. The heat was too much, the people were too much, and my new best friend, named Anxiety, was too much. That was not a vacation, that was a fucking nightmare for me. Except for that part where I was urged by several people to submit my thesis for presentation at Kalamazoo, and when I bought $400 worth of fabric from a crack dealer in the Czech Republic. (Sartor. Look them up.)
I've done too fucking much lately, and my brain is taking the toll.
Part of me wonders if tuning out of the internet for a few weeks would be enough. Or maybe just work on new projects without obligation. I have another convention coming up, this one in Long Beach, and it just got triple-booked with Navy and SCA shit. This is getting out of hand. I want to cancel life and crawl under a rock.
Quote from: SuuCal on August 13, 2016, 05:57:37 AM
I need a vacation.
Like, seriously. I left Pennsic early because I couldn't take it anymore. The heat was too much, the people were too much, and my new best friend, named Anxiety, was too much. That was not a vacation, that was a fucking nightmare for me. Except for that part where I was urged by several people to submit my thesis for presentation at Kalamazoo, and when I bought $400 worth of fabric from a crack dealer in the Czech Republic. (Sartor. Look them up.)
I've done too fucking much lately, and my brain is taking the toll.
Part of me wonders if tuning out of the internet for a few weeks would be enough. Or maybe just work on new projects without obligation. I have another convention coming up, this one in Long Beach, and it just got triple-booked with Navy and SCA shit. This is getting out of hand. I want to cancel life and crawl under a rock.
I am just curious why people would willingly stagger around in armor and period clothing in worst heat wave in memory?
The heat index is literally, no-joking, worse than it was for the crusaders.
I can't say it would be my first choice of things to do. But anywhere south of Italy is too hot for me, so....
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 13, 2016, 06:08:03 AM
Quote from: SuuCal on August 13, 2016, 05:57:37 AM
I need a vacation.
Like, seriously. I left Pennsic early because I couldn't take it anymore. The heat was too much, the people were too much, and my new best friend, named Anxiety, was too much. That was not a vacation, that was a fucking nightmare for me. Except for that part where I was urged by several people to submit my thesis for presentation at Kalamazoo, and when I bought $400 worth of fabric from a crack dealer in the Czech Republic. (Sartor. Look them up.)
I've done too fucking much lately, and my brain is taking the toll.
Part of me wonders if tuning out of the internet for a few weeks would be enough. Or maybe just work on new projects without obligation. I have another convention coming up, this one in Long Beach, and it just got triple-booked with Navy and SCA shit. This is getting out of hand. I want to cancel life and crawl under a rock.
I am just curious why people would willingly stagger around in armor and period clothing in worst heat wave in memory?
The heat index is literally, no-joking, worse than it was for the crusaders.
We didn't. They called off all martial activities on Thursday, and then again on Friday I think. Some people were being real assholes about it, namely the Florida and Gulf Coast kingdoms, but when the kingdoms from Texas and Arizona had people falling out, they shut up.
I had other issues, and almost shivved a fucker in camp for throwing his kid to the ground. He proceeded to get into my face on Thursday, and I decided it was in the best interest of everybody that I left early. So I paid the extra, and caught my flight back that day. I'm sure the heat didn't help, but I told him, the next time I saw him abuse his wife or children, I would fucking kill him.
He told me to stop pretending my dick was bigger than his, and then threw ad homina about my education and my husband. You know, the usual government leechy stuff. Charming.
I don't think he thinks I'm serious about the killing part. I was so fucking angry I called my sister for advice, which sounds like a horrible idea, but as she's been in this situation before in other capacities, I needed her point of view. She reminded me that we were trained to walk away first, so, I did. I'm taking a year or two off, and Jeff won't let me go by myself anymore. He said it was because my stress and anxiety have been too much lately, but probably because I said the .45 is coming with me next time.
Child abuse may be medieval, but not on my fucking watch. I can end this shit a lot faster with a bullet than a kick, and I will gladly serve life in prison if it meant one last wife and kid beater is 6 feet under.
Set him up for a SWATing. No need to do it yourself.
Word is on the grapevine my boss is fuming at the emails I sent the other night, though it's not clear whether it's more the content of my response, or the fact I did it publically that has him angrier. My department head also wanted to speak with me, but, of course, I'm on holiday so I'm just like "lolnotcheckingmymail".
The hype train has arrived. Choo choo motherfuckers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnracFjiC_k).
Quote from: SuuCal on August 13, 2016, 04:10:50 PM
I had other issues, and almost shivved a fucker in camp for throwing his kid to the ground.
He told me to stop pretending my dick was bigger than his,
Tiny little fraction of a man. :lulz:
Quote from: Cain on August 13, 2016, 11:45:03 PM
Set him up for a SWATing. No need to do it yourself.
Word is on the grapevine my boss is fuming at the emails I sent the other night, though it's not clear whether it's more the content of my response, or the fact I did it publically that has him angrier. My department head also wanted to speak with me, but, of course, I'm on holiday so I'm just like "lolnotcheckingmymail".
:lulz:
Quote from: Cain on August 14, 2016, 01:26:53 AM
The hype train has arrived. Choo choo motherfuckers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnracFjiC_k).
I want this.
We don't have a computer in the house that will run it. :(
Quote from: Cain on August 14, 2016, 01:26:53 AM
The hype train has arrived. Choo choo motherfuckers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnracFjiC_k).
:aaa: :1fap:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 14, 2016, 04:46:31 AM
Quote from: Cain on August 14, 2016, 01:26:53 AM
The hype train has arrived. Choo choo motherfuckers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnracFjiC_k).
I want this.
We don't have a computer in the house that will run it. :(
Yeah, the system requirements definitely mean you need a dedicated desktop or gaming laptop at the least.
However that could also just be because modded Skyrim is a heap of garbage due to the 32-bit constraints. Once Skyrim's Special Edition is released, more modern computers and multi-core processors should, in theory, be able to be taken greater advantage of, which may lead to better performance on less stronger rigs (though that would also have to be balanced against the updated graphics and ENB filter they appear to be using). They have said, for example, while they don't recommend running Enderal on a laptop with below those specs, even a few members of the dev team are doing just that.
At the very least the Enderal team are aware of Skyrim SE and since SKSE doesn't appear to be a requirement for Enderal, unless it's somehow bundled into the installer itself, they may not have as much trouble coverting to SE as other mods will.
It's also possible that in the meantime someone will reduce the size of the graphics in the game for the sake of performance. I know a couple of automated programs which make the process easy, so if someone else doesn't do it, I may myself.
I will say this though, Enderal is pretty easy to install. Not only that, the launcher checks your system for compatibility pretty effectively.
Quote from: Cain on August 14, 2016, 12:31:18 PM
I will say this though, Enderal is pretty easy to install. Not only that, the launcher checks your system for compatibility pretty effectively.
Are the tamriel/morrowind conversions still being worked on?
Also, are any of these modders getting jobs out of this? The scale and quality of some of the larger mods would seem like an easy place to recruit cheap developers and testers.
Skywind and Beyond Skyrim are still in development with some exceptional work for Skyrim, with a suggestion that Beyond Skyrim: Bruma is nearing release, and Tamriel Rebuilt for Morrowind is not only still being worked on, but has recently released info on planned releases for Skyrim: Home of the Nords and its Cyrodiil project. No news on Awake: The Rise of Mannimarco, which is unfortunate, but hopefully they will publish at some point.
And I'm sure that's the plan for at least some devs. I know the modders behind the Unofficial Skyrim Patch and Frostfall are working for some indie computer game companies. The guy who made Falskaar ended up working on Destiny.
It's not a proper Saturday Night until you've fled the local cops and bled all over the carpets.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on August 14, 2016, 10:12:50 PM
It's not a proper Saturday Night until you've fled the local cops and bled all over the carpets.
Excellent work that tentacled accomplice. Glad to see that someone remembers how to have fun.
I got Rust, which is basically Minecraft for adults. But shitty Minecraft with hardly anything you can do and full of assholes that kill you as soon as you wake up. Or you starve to death and lose all your shit.
I already regret spending money on it, and am wondering whether to keep plugging away at it in the hope it eventually becomes fun, or to just bail and get another game.
Anyone have any suggestions? Prefer adventure/puzzle games, and I don't like graphic novels disguised as games. I'm poor so I can't justify spending more than $30, and it has to run on Mac.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 14, 2016, 11:28:49 PM
I got Rust, which is basically Minecraft for adults. But shitty Minecraft with hardly anything you can do and full of assholes that kill you as soon as you wake up. Or you starve to death and lose all your shit.
I already regret spending money on it, and am wondering whether to keep plugging away at it in the hope it eventually becomes fun, or to just bail and get another game.
Anyone have any suggestions? Prefer adventure/puzzle games, and I don't like graphic novels disguised as games. I'm poor so I can't justify spending more than $30, and it has to run on Mac.
If you like minecrafty games wurm is really good. It's a mideval survival game with a player modified world. wurm online is an MMO, free to play but costs to progress past a certain point (subscription fee, about $10 a month game cash can be earned in game and used to pay it) wurm unlimited is a one time fee game (I dont remember the cost, about $30 I think) and I haven't played that version but you can set up your own world and play on ones other people have set up. Designed by the guy who designed minecraft with another guy who still runs it, much prettier graphics than minecraft and a generally friendly community if you go on the PVE servers, the PVP ones are kind of empty and hostile.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 14, 2016, 11:28:49 PM
I got Rust, which is basically Minecraft for adults. But shitty Minecraft with hardly anything you can do and full of assholes that kill you as soon as you wake up. Or you starve to death and lose all your shit.
I already regret spending money on it, and am wondering whether to keep plugging away at it in the hope it eventually becomes fun, or to just bail and get another game.
Anyone have any suggestions? Prefer adventure/puzzle games, and I don't like graphic novels disguised as games. I'm poor so I can't justify spending more than $30, and it has to run on Mac.
It's side scrolling 2-d but Starbound.
Quote from: Pergamos on August 14, 2016, 11:36:57 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 14, 2016, 11:28:49 PM
I got Rust, which is basically Minecraft for adults. But shitty Minecraft with hardly anything you can do and full of assholes that kill you as soon as you wake up. Or you starve to death and lose all your shit.
I already regret spending money on it, and am wondering whether to keep plugging away at it in the hope it eventually becomes fun, or to just bail and get another game.
Anyone have any suggestions? Prefer adventure/puzzle games, and I don't like graphic novels disguised as games. I'm poor so I can't justify spending more than $30, and it has to run on Mac.
If you like minecrafty games wurm is really good. It's a mideval survival game with a player modified world. wurm online is an MMO, free to play but costs to progress past a certain point (subscription fee, about $10 a month game cash can be earned in game and used to pay it) wurm unlimited is a one time fee game (I dont remember the cost, about $30 I think) and I haven't played that version but you can set up your own world and play on ones other people have set up. Designed by the guy who designed minecraft with another guy who still runs it, much prettier graphics than minecraft and a generally friendly community if you go on the PVE servers, the PVP ones are kind of empty and hostile.
I might give it a look even though Minecraft already does Minecraft best. Alty's setting up Morrowind for me though, so that might end up being my time suck.
Quote from: Da6s on August 15, 2016, 12:11:53 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 14, 2016, 11:28:49 PM
I got Rust, which is basically Minecraft for adults. But shitty Minecraft with hardly anything you can do and full of assholes that kill you as soon as you wake up. Or you starve to death and lose all your shit.
I already regret spending money on it, and am wondering whether to keep plugging away at it in the hope it eventually becomes fun, or to just bail and get another game.
Anyone have any suggestions? Prefer adventure/puzzle games, and I don't like graphic novels disguised as games. I'm poor so I can't justify spending more than $30, and it has to run on Mac.
It's side scrolling 2-d but Starbound.
I will look it up! Thanks.
Rust has always been terrible. The only fun is in playing it with friends and meeting strange assholes/being strange assholes.
I had a quick look on the Steam store, but the only games I can speak from on personal experience would be the enchanced editions of Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale. They're not graphically intensive, won't break the bank price wise and come with a decent number of online mods. The replay value is also reasonable, given the number of potential companions and good/evil choices.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 14, 2016, 11:28:49 PM
I got Rust, which is basically Minecraft for adults. But shitty Minecraft with hardly anything you can do and full of assholes that kill you as soon as you wake up. Or you starve to death and lose all your shit.
I already regret spending money on it, and am wondering whether to keep plugging away at it in the hope it eventually becomes fun, or to just bail and get another game.
Anyone have any suggestions? Prefer adventure/puzzle games, and I don't like graphic novels disguised as games. I'm poor so I can't justify spending more than $30, and it has to run on Mac.
If you haven't played Braid, it's a very pretty and clever puzzle game. Right now it's $15, but you only really get 4-6 hours of gameplay from that so wait for a sale for bang for your buck.
There's always Portal, of course, which is fun, funny, and comes with the benefit of near infinite user generated puzzle content. Valve just outright gives that one away on Steam sometimes.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on August 14, 2016, 10:12:50 PM
It's not a proper Saturday Night until you've fled the local cops and bled all over the carpets.
Enjoy your youth while you have it. :lulz:
Quote from: Pergamos on August 14, 2016, 11:36:57 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 14, 2016, 11:28:49 PM
I got Rust, which is basically Minecraft for adults. But shitty Minecraft with hardly anything you can do and full of assholes that kill you as soon as you wake up. Or you starve to death and lose all your shit.
I already regret spending money on it, and am wondering whether to keep plugging away at it in the hope it eventually becomes fun, or to just bail and get another game.
Anyone have any suggestions? Prefer adventure/puzzle games, and I don't like graphic novels disguised as games. I'm poor so I can't justify spending more than $30, and it has to run on Mac.
If you like minecrafty games wurm is really good. It's a mideval survival game with a player modified world. wurm online is an MMO, free to play but costs to progress past a certain point (subscription fee, about $10 a month game cash can be earned in game and used to pay it) wurm unlimited is a one time fee game (I dont remember the cost, about $30 I think) and I haven't played that version but you can set up your own world and play on ones other people have set up. Designed by the guy who designed minecraft with another guy who still runs it, much prettier graphics than minecraft and a generally friendly community if you go on the PVE servers, the PVP ones are kind of empty and hostile.
Wurm Online sucked me in for several years. I played on the Epic PvP servers and still have like a dozen very valuable characters. If you play on MR Home Server it's mostly PvE with only very occasional PvP and I could give you one hell of a head start. Enough to start paying the monthly fee using in-game currency immediately, and then some.
I should mention, Wurm Online is free to play. The monthly fee is for Premium Access which allows your skills to rise above 20. You wont need that for your first month, as your skills wont hit 20 yet and you'd need to learn the game. It's a very steep, unforgiving, learning curve.
The game is more fun the longer you play it. At the beginning with low skills it takes a very long time just to feed yourself and find basic shelter. At higher skill levels you can go to a new area butt naked and a week later have a thriving cottage farm with large stocks of anything useful. Unlike most games Wurm Online is at the highest difficulty when you first start, and gets easier and easier the farther you get. This causes the vast majority of new players to join, wander around lost awhile, starve, get eaten by wolves, drown, get killed by a player for stealing his rowboat, then quit, frustrated, and never play again. But if you can get past that point Wurm Online is one of the greatest games ever made and I don't say that lightly.
Is it wrong to taunt conservatives for a half hour AFTER they go into ALL CAPS FURY?
:lulz:
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on August 15, 2016, 02:43:53 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 14, 2016, 11:28:49 PM
I got Rust, which is basically Minecraft for adults. But shitty Minecraft with hardly anything you can do and full of assholes that kill you as soon as you wake up. Or you starve to death and lose all your shit.
I already regret spending money on it, and am wondering whether to keep plugging away at it in the hope it eventually becomes fun, or to just bail and get another game.
Anyone have any suggestions? Prefer adventure/puzzle games, and I don't like graphic novels disguised as games. I'm poor so I can't justify spending more than $30, and it has to run on Mac.
If you haven't played Braid, it's a very pretty and clever puzzle game. Right now it's $15, but you only really get 4-6 hours of gameplay from that so wait for a sale for bang for your buck.
There's always Portal, of course, which is fun, funny, and comes with the benefit of near infinite user generated puzzle content. Valve just outright gives that one away on Steam sometimes.
I actually have a fair number of older games, including Portal, Portal 2, Half-Life 2, and Team Fortress 2, which I should perhaps revisit before spending more money on something else.
Quote from: Cain on August 15, 2016, 02:20:57 AM
Rust has always been terrible. The only fun is in playing it with friends and meeting strange assholes/being strange assholes.
I had a quick look on the Steam store, but the only games I can speak from on personal experience would be the enchanced editions of Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale. They're not graphically intensive, won't break the bank price wise and come with a decent number of online mods. The replay value is also reasonable, given the number of potential companions and good/evil choices.
I haven't played either of those... I'll check them out!
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 15, 2016, 12:24:51 AM
Quote from: Pergamos on August 14, 2016, 11:36:57 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 14, 2016, 11:28:49 PM
I got Rust, which is basically Minecraft for adults. But shitty Minecraft with hardly anything you can do and full of assholes that kill you as soon as you wake up. Or you starve to death and lose all your shit.
I already regret spending money on it, and am wondering whether to keep plugging away at it in the hope it eventually becomes fun, or to just bail and get another game.
Anyone have any suggestions? Prefer adventure/puzzle games, and I don't like graphic novels disguised as games. I'm poor so I can't justify spending more than $30, and it has to run on Mac.
If you like minecrafty games wurm is really good. It's a mideval survival game with a player modified world. wurm online is an MMO, free to play but costs to progress past a certain point (subscription fee, about $10 a month game cash can be earned in game and used to pay it) wurm unlimited is a one time fee game (I dont remember the cost, about $30 I think) and I haven't played that version but you can set up your own world and play on ones other people have set up. Designed by the guy who designed minecraft with another guy who still runs it, much prettier graphics than minecraft and a generally friendly community if you go on the PVE servers, the PVP ones are kind of empty and hostile.
I might give it a look even though Minecraft already does Minecraft best. Alty's setting up Morrowind for me though, so that might end up being my time suck.
Hahaha, I've played this! I wonder if I can remember my login information. Assuming they haven't purged it.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 16, 2016, 02:38:35 AM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on August 15, 2016, 02:43:53 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 14, 2016, 11:28:49 PM
I got Rust, which is basically Minecraft for adults. But shitty Minecraft with hardly anything you can do and full of assholes that kill you as soon as you wake up. Or you starve to death and lose all your shit.
I already regret spending money on it, and am wondering whether to keep plugging away at it in the hope it eventually becomes fun, or to just bail and get another game.
Anyone have any suggestions? Prefer adventure/puzzle games, and I don't like graphic novels disguised as games. I'm poor so I can't justify spending more than $30, and it has to run on Mac.
If you haven't played Braid, it's a very pretty and clever puzzle game. Right now it's $15, but you only really get 4-6 hours of gameplay from that so wait for a sale for bang for your buck.
There's always Portal, of course, which is fun, funny, and comes with the benefit of near infinite user generated puzzle content. Valve just outright gives that one away on Steam sometimes.
I actually have a fair number of older games, including Portal, Portal 2, Half-Life 2, and Team Fortress 2, which I should perhaps revisit before spending more money on something else.
If it's on sale, Stanley Parable. I say on sale because even playing through all the endings (well all minus one) it was only ~15 hrs or so. I don't know how to describe it, a walking simulator with a British guy voice over?
Terraria is like 8 bit looking Minecraft, with some rpg elements. If you build houses they populate with npcs. I don't know how many hours I put into that thing.
I liked Undertale, more of a puzzle rpg thing.
Octodad Dadliest catch was amusing for a bit, but the frustration level got too high for me.
Oh Pony Island, if you want a demon puzzle game disguised as a pony platformer.
There's also a large amount of great free open source games, like:
Xonotic (http://xonotic.org/) (FPS) very modern game similar to Unreal Tournament
Kobo Deluxe (http://olofson.net/kobodl/) (arcade) one of my favorite ways to waste a few minutes
Pipewalker (http://pipewalker.sourceforge.net/) (puzzle) great puzzle game
Briquolo (http://briquolo.free.fr/en/download.html) (arcade) which is Brick Breaker in 3D
Emilia Pinball (https://sourceforge.net/projects/pinball/) (pinball) which is... pinball.
Open Sonic (http://opensnc.sourceforge.net/) (side-scroller) which is a very faithful Sonic the Hedgehog clone
Secret Maryo Chronicles (http://secretmaryo.org/) (mario-clone) Super Mario Bros clone
SuperTux 2 (https://supertux.github.io/index.html) (mario-clone) A Mario-like 2D sidescroller with a penguin twist
FreeDroidRPG (http://www.freedroid.org/) (RPG) One of the best games I've played, but a steeper than normal learning curve (it has a unique twist) and it really needs a better GUI.
Free, open source games need all the rep they can get, and the ones listed here (and many more) are fantastic games that compare well to the commercial ones listed. There are amazing racing games (TORCS (http://torcs.sourceforge.net/index.php), TuxKart (http://tuxkart.sourceforge.net/), etc), MMORPG's (Daimonin (https://www.daimonin.org/), The Mana World (https://sourceforge.net/projects/themanaworld/), PlaneShift (http://www.planeshift.it/)), and tons more.
None of these cost a dime, and some have so much DLC that you can play new content for years.
Yeah, I've wasted a lot of my life.
It's my birthday.
In celebration of 34 years and not dead yet, I am making my husband take me downtown where I can go to a bar where Top Gun was filmed. No, I'm not fucking joking.
Quote from: SuuCal on August 16, 2016, 06:43:30 PM
It's my birthday.
In celebration of 34 years and not dead yet, I am making my husband take me downtown where I can go to a bar where Top Gun was filmed. No, I'm not fucking joking.
Points if you only communicate in film quotes for the ent evening.
Quote from: SuuCal on August 16, 2016, 06:43:30 PM
It's my birthday.
In celebration of 34 years and not dead yet, I am making my husband take me downtown where I can go to a bar where Top Gun was filmed. No, I'm not fucking joking.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3-zaTr6OUo
Quote from: SuuCal on August 16, 2016, 06:43:30 PM
It's my birthday.
In celebration of 34 years and not dead yet, I am making my husband take me downtown where I can go to a bar where Top Gun was filmed. No, I'm not fucking joking.
Happy birthday, Suu!
Quote from: Junkenstein on August 16, 2016, 06:49:07 PM
Quote from: SuuCal on August 16, 2016, 06:43:30 PM
It's my birthday.
In celebration of 34 years and not dead yet, I am making my husband take me downtown where I can go to a bar where Top Gun was filmed. No, I'm not fucking joking.
Points if you only communicate in film quotes for the ent evening.
I do this regularly. In fact, I drove into San Diego blaring "Dangerzone," so my husband knows damn well what he's in for tonight.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 16, 2016, 07:01:25 PM
Quote from: SuuCal on August 16, 2016, 06:43:30 PM
It's my birthday.
In celebration of 34 years and not dead yet, I am making my husband take me downtown where I can go to a bar where Top Gun was filmed. No, I'm not fucking joking.
Happy birthday, Suu!
Thanks!
By the way, Tucson Comic Con offered me a hotel room. It looks shady as fuck, and I can't wait. :lulz: I'm copping out of Long Beach, because they want me to buy a $400 insurance policy a month out from the con, and I'm calling shenanigans. I'll eat the $300 table fee, because no fucking con is worth a $700 investment when I know I'm not making the return. Even San Diego doesn't charge that much. Fuck, neither does New York. I'm totally cool with insurance, but that seems a wee fucking ridiculous.
Quote from: SuuCal on August 16, 2016, 07:35:14 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 16, 2016, 07:01:25 PM
Quote from: SuuCal on August 16, 2016, 06:43:30 PM
It's my birthday.
In celebration of 34 years and not dead yet, I am making my husband take me downtown where I can go to a bar where Top Gun was filmed. No, I'm not fucking joking.
Happy birthday, Suu!
Thanks!
By the way, Tucson Comic Con offered me a hotel room. It looks shady as fuck, and I can't wait. :lulz: I'm copping out of Long Beach, because they want me to buy a $400 insurance policy a month out from the con, and I'm calling shenanigans. I'll eat the $300 table fee, because no fucking con is worth a $700 investment when I know I'm not making the return. Even San Diego doesn't charge that much. Fuck, neither does New York. I'm totally cool with insurance, but that seems a wee fucking ridiculous.
You'll see us at the Tucson one. What hotel? If it's one of the bad ones, you can bunk with us.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 16, 2016, 08:36:01 PM
Quote from: SuuCal on August 16, 2016, 07:35:14 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 16, 2016, 07:01:25 PM
Quote from: SuuCal on August 16, 2016, 06:43:30 PM
It's my birthday.
In celebration of 34 years and not dead yet, I am making my husband take me downtown where I can go to a bar where Top Gun was filmed. No, I'm not fucking joking.
Happy birthday, Suu!
Thanks!
By the way, Tucson Comic Con offered me a hotel room. It looks shady as fuck, and I can't wait. :lulz: I'm copping out of Long Beach, because they want me to buy a $400 insurance policy a month out from the con, and I'm calling shenanigans. I'll eat the $300 table fee, because no fucking con is worth a $700 investment when I know I'm not making the return. Even San Diego doesn't charge that much. Fuck, neither does New York. I'm totally cool with insurance, but that seems a wee fucking ridiculous.
You'll see us at the Tucson one. What hotel? If it's one of the bad ones, you can bunk with us.
Arizona Riverpark Inn. It's like it wants to be a resort, but isn't. But the reviews don't suck.
Quote from: SuuCal on August 16, 2016, 08:42:11 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 16, 2016, 08:36:01 PM
Quote from: SuuCal on August 16, 2016, 07:35:14 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 16, 2016, 07:01:25 PM
Quote from: SuuCal on August 16, 2016, 06:43:30 PM
It's my birthday.
In celebration of 34 years and not dead yet, I am making my husband take me downtown where I can go to a bar where Top Gun was filmed. No, I'm not fucking joking.
Happy birthday, Suu!
Thanks!
By the way, Tucson Comic Con offered me a hotel room. It looks shady as fuck, and I can't wait. :lulz: I'm copping out of Long Beach, because they want me to buy a $400 insurance policy a month out from the con, and I'm calling shenanigans. I'll eat the $300 table fee, because no fucking con is worth a $700 investment when I know I'm not making the return. Even San Diego doesn't charge that much. Fuck, neither does New York. I'm totally cool with insurance, but that seems a wee fucking ridiculous.
You'll see us at the Tucson one. What hotel? If it's one of the bad ones, you can bunk with us.
Arizona Riverpark Inn. It's like it wants to be a resort, but isn't. But the reviews don't suck.
It's on the wrong side of the highway and there is no pedestrian traffic allowed on Cushing Street (ie, you will need a vehicle). It's also in South Tucson, so the wear on your body armor may vary.
However, it's close enough to the highway that this might not be an issue.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 16, 2016, 09:07:03 PM
Quote from: SuuCal on August 16, 2016, 08:42:11 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 16, 2016, 08:36:01 PM
Quote from: SuuCal on August 16, 2016, 07:35:14 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 16, 2016, 07:01:25 PM
Quote from: SuuCal on August 16, 2016, 06:43:30 PM
It's my birthday.
In celebration of 34 years and not dead yet, I am making my husband take me downtown where I can go to a bar where Top Gun was filmed. No, I'm not fucking joking.
Happy birthday, Suu!
Thanks!
By the way, Tucson Comic Con offered me a hotel room. It looks shady as fuck, and I can't wait. :lulz: I'm copping out of Long Beach, because they want me to buy a $400 insurance policy a month out from the con, and I'm calling shenanigans. I'll eat the $300 table fee, because no fucking con is worth a $700 investment when I know I'm not making the return. Even San Diego doesn't charge that much. Fuck, neither does New York. I'm totally cool with insurance, but that seems a wee fucking ridiculous.
You'll see us at the Tucson one. What hotel? If it's one of the bad ones, you can bunk with us.
Arizona Riverpark Inn. It's like it wants to be a resort, but isn't. But the reviews don't suck.
It's on the wrong side of the highway and there is no pedestrian traffic allowed on Cushing Street (ie, you will need a vehicle).
...there's sidewalks on both sides of the street and it's not a busy street? Plus every con at TCC sees that road gets inundated with pedestrian traffic?
Quote from: Freeky on August 16, 2016, 09:24:03 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 16, 2016, 09:07:03 PM
Quote from: SuuCal on August 16, 2016, 08:42:11 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 16, 2016, 08:36:01 PM
Quote from: SuuCal on August 16, 2016, 07:35:14 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 16, 2016, 07:01:25 PM
Quote from: SuuCal on August 16, 2016, 06:43:30 PM
It's my birthday.
In celebration of 34 years and not dead yet, I am making my husband take me downtown where I can go to a bar where Top Gun was filmed. No, I'm not fucking joking.
Happy birthday, Suu!
Thanks!
By the way, Tucson Comic Con offered me a hotel room. It looks shady as fuck, and I can't wait. :lulz: I'm copping out of Long Beach, because they want me to buy a $400 insurance policy a month out from the con, and I'm calling shenanigans. I'll eat the $300 table fee, because no fucking con is worth a $700 investment when I know I'm not making the return. Even San Diego doesn't charge that much. Fuck, neither does New York. I'm totally cool with insurance, but that seems a wee fucking ridiculous.
You'll see us at the Tucson one. What hotel? If it's one of the bad ones, you can bunk with us.
Arizona Riverpark Inn. It's like it wants to be a resort, but isn't. But the reviews don't suck.
It's on the wrong side of the highway and there is no pedestrian traffic allowed on Cushing Street (ie, you will need a vehicle).
...there's sidewalks on both sides of the street and it's not a busy street? Plus every con at TCC sees that road gets inundated with pedestrian traffic?
The bridge under the highway on Cushing has no sidewalks. You have to walk way the hell over to Congress Street.
But, hell, you take care of directions, then.
So, last month was the all-time champion hot month, world-wide, of any time we have records for or evidence of. Meaning "ever".
Good thing this is all just some liberal myth.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 16, 2016, 09:43:41 PM
So, last month was the all-time champion hot month, world-wide, of any time we have records for or evidence of. Meaning "ever".
Good thing this is all just some liberal myth.
It's fucking stupid hot everywhere right now. People are dropping dead in the Northeast, but I'm sure it has to do with God smiting the non-believers or some shit, right?
Quote from: SuuCal on August 16, 2016, 06:43:30 PM
It's my birthday.
In celebration of 34 years and not dead yet, I am making my husband take me downtown where I can go to a bar where Top Gun was filmed. No, I'm not fucking joking.
Happy birthday!
Quote from: Freeky on August 16, 2016, 09:24:03 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 16, 2016, 09:07:03 PM
Quote from: SuuCal on August 16, 2016, 08:42:11 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 16, 2016, 08:36:01 PM
Quote from: SuuCal on August 16, 2016, 07:35:14 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 16, 2016, 07:01:25 PM
Quote from: SuuCal on August 16, 2016, 06:43:30 PM
It's my birthday.
In celebration of 34 years and not dead yet, I am making my husband take me downtown where I can go to a bar where Top Gun was filmed. No, I'm not fucking joking.
Happy birthday, Suu!
Thanks!
By the way, Tucson Comic Con offered me a hotel room. It looks shady as fuck, and I can't wait. :lulz: I'm copping out of Long Beach, because they want me to buy a $400 insurance policy a month out from the con, and I'm calling shenanigans. I'll eat the $300 table fee, because no fucking con is worth a $700 investment when I know I'm not making the return. Even San Diego doesn't charge that much. Fuck, neither does New York. I'm totally cool with insurance, but that seems a wee fucking ridiculous.
You'll see us at the Tucson one. What hotel? If it's one of the bad ones, you can bunk with us.
Arizona Riverpark Inn. It's like it wants to be a resort, but isn't. But the reviews don't suck.
It's on the wrong side of the highway and there is no pedestrian traffic allowed on Cushing Street (ie, you will need a vehicle).
...there's sidewalks on both sides of the street and it's not a busy street? Plus every con at TCC sees that road gets inundated with pedestrian traffic?
I was curious about the location so I looked it up. As you said, it looks very walkable according to Google Maps, street view shows a clear sidewalk under the freeway, and the walk is only 4 minutes. As shitty as Tucson is for pedestrians, they clearly deliberately made an easy path between the hotel and the convention center, which actually makes sense for a change.
In other news, this whole "getting used to" fire season in California is fucked up. I get it, it's something that we have to deal with like East Coasters have to deal with hurricanes and Nor'easters, but Jesus Christ, it's so unpredictable. :sad:
On the other hand, it's amusing as hell watching the moisture build to the east and head right for Arizona. We could totally use that rain, and we're sending it to the high desert for shits and giggles.
:lulz:
AND YA DON'T STOP
(I do stand corrected. Cushing is a pedestrian underpass, and Sunset is the deathtrap.)
Quote from: SuuCal on August 17, 2016, 12:02:19 AM
On the other hand, it's amusing as hell watching the moisture build to the east and head right for Arizona. We could totally use that rain, and we're sending it to the high desert for shits and giggles.
Yeah, when I'm supposed to do thermal imaging in the 4M dome. :argh!:
You know, I thought my Dad was acquiring his conservative weirdness from Fox News or his nutty friend, until I went to church with him recently. My parents are very Catholic and their new priest was saying that even though the Assumption wasn't considered a holy day of obligation that he thought the bishops were wrong and that you should go because black masses are happening in Oklahoma. If you couldn't go you should say the Hail Mary a lot because Satanists are causing the murder rate to rise with the black masses. Satanist are literally calling Satan up to tell people to murder each other, but Hail Marys will stop that. :horrormirth:
Then continued on with his interpretation of the father against son gospel that played so well into his world view. Someone you care about could be calling up Satan right now!
Church has always seemed weird to me but that was a tad much.
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on August 17, 2016, 03:48:52 AM
You know, I thought my Dad was acquiring his conservative weirdness from Fox News or his nutty friend, until I went to church with him recently. My parents are very Catholic and their new priest was saying that even though the Assumption wasn't considered a holy day of obligation that he thought the bishops were wrong and that you should go because black masses are happening in Oklahoma. If you couldn't go you should say the Hail Mary a lot because Satanists are causing the murder rate to rise with the black masses. Satanist are literally calling Satan up to tell people to murder each other, but Hail Marys will stop that. :horrormirth:
Then continued on with his interpretation of the father against son gospel that played so well into his world view. Someone you care about could be calling up Satan right now!
Church has always seemed weird to me but that was a tad much.
Your dad's priest is a Manichean heretic?
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 17, 2016, 04:03:52 AM
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on August 17, 2016, 03:48:52 AM
You know, I thought my Dad was acquiring his conservative weirdness from Fox News or his nutty friend, until I went to church with him recently. My parents are very Catholic and their new priest was saying that even though the Assumption wasn't considered a holy day of obligation that he thought the bishops were wrong and that you should go because black masses are happening in Oklahoma. If you couldn't go you should say the Hail Mary a lot because Satanists are causing the murder rate to rise with the black masses. Satanist are literally calling Satan up to tell people to murder each other, but Hail Marys will stop that. :horrormirth:
Then continued on with his interpretation of the father against son gospel that played so well into his world view. Someone you care about could be calling up Satan right now!
Church has always seemed weird to me but that was a tad much.
Your dad's priest is a Manichean heretic?
I had to look that up and, yeah he is! All while spouting how heresy is bad.
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on August 17, 2016, 04:38:31 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 17, 2016, 04:03:52 AM
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on August 17, 2016, 03:48:52 AM
You know, I thought my Dad was acquiring his conservative weirdness from Fox News or his nutty friend, until I went to church with him recently. My parents are very Catholic and their new priest was saying that even though the Assumption wasn't considered a holy day of obligation that he thought the bishops were wrong and that you should go because black masses are happening in Oklahoma. If you couldn't go you should say the Hail Mary a lot because Satanists are causing the murder rate to rise with the black masses. Satanist are literally calling Satan up to tell people to murder each other, but Hail Marys will stop that. :horrormirth:
Then continued on with his interpretation of the father against son gospel that played so well into his world view. Someone you care about could be calling up Satan right now!
Church has always seemed weird to me but that was a tad much.
Your dad's priest is a Manichean heretic?
I had to look that up and, yeah he is! All while spouting how heresy is bad.
I have memorized a ridiculous amount of theology in which I have no belief whatsoever. :lol:
Yaldabaoths been having a field day with my plans these past few days, it's like being character K from The Castle, on the way to Invitation to a Beheading, while plaing counterpoint to lowest-level Cantos of the Divine Comedy's first part.
OK then. I applied for a research position ages ago, and forgot all about it.
Thing is...it's a research position on pensions and public policy. And I know nothing about pensions. I just applied in the frenzy of sending out applications. Only now they want to interview me.
Guess what I'll be brushing up on this weekend?
Quote from: Cain on August 17, 2016, 02:36:57 PM
OK then. I applied for a research position ages ago, and forgot all about it.
Thing is...it's a research position on pensions and public policy. And I know nothing about pensions. I just applied in the frenzy of sending out applications. Only now they want to interview me.
Guess what I'll be brushing up on this weekend?
Russian?
It'll probably make about as much sense as Russian.
Quote from: Cain on August 17, 2016, 03:01:41 PM
It'll probably make about as much sense as Russian.
Let me know if the short very is anything other than "it's Fucked". I have money on it being a serious scandal relatively soon.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 16, 2016, 11:23:09 PM
I was curious about the location so I looked it up. As you said, it looks very walkable according to Google Maps, street view shows a clear sidewalk under the freeway, and the walk is only 4 minutes. As shitty as Tucson is for pedestrians, they clearly deliberately made an easy path between the hotel and the convention center, which actually makes sense for a change.
Like weather-wise or walking paths? There are definitely some streets that are a pain to walk on because of the lack of sidewalks, but there's usually at least a wide strip of dirt to walk on on one side of a busy street.
But this heat will murder the fuck out of people if they're not careful.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 17, 2016, 01:16:33 AM
(I do stand corrected. Cushing is a pedestrian underpass, and Sunset is the deathtrap.)
Mistakes happen, man.
Quote from: Cain on August 17, 2016, 02:36:57 PM
OK then. I applied for a research position ages ago, and forgot all about it.
Thing is...it's a research position on pensions and public policy. And I know nothing about pensions. I just applied in the frenzy of sending out applications. Only now they want to interview me.
Guess what I'll be brushing up on this weekend?
Good luck!
Quote from: Freeky on August 17, 2016, 04:43:35 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 16, 2016, 11:23:09 PM
I was curious about the location so I looked it up. As you said, it looks very walkable according to Google Maps, street view shows a clear sidewalk under the freeway, and the walk is only 4 minutes. As shitty as Tucson is for pedestrians, they clearly deliberately made an easy path between the hotel and the convention center, which actually makes sense for a change.
Like weather-wise or walking paths? There are definitely some streets that are a pain to walk on because of the lack of sidewalks, but there's usually at least a wide strip of dirt to walk on on one side of a busy street.
But this heat will murder the fuck out of people if they're not careful.
Walking paths. Gotta bear in mind that I'm from a city that was built for pedestrians and there are few places you can't get to safely on foot, so my perspective is a bit skewed.
Quote from: Cain on August 17, 2016, 02:36:57 PM
OK then. I applied for a research position ages ago, and forgot all about it.
Thing is...it's a research position on pensions and public policy. And I know nothing about pensions. I just applied in the frenzy of sending out applications. Only now they want to interview me.
Guess what I'll be brushing up on this weekend?
Oooooooh! Good luck!
Quote from: SuuCal on August 17, 2016, 12:02:19 AM
In other news, this whole "getting used to" fire season in California is fucked up. I get it, it's something that we have to deal with like East Coasters have to deal with hurricanes and Nor'easters, but Jesus Christ, it's so unpredictable. :sad:
On the other hand, it's amusing as hell watching the moisture build to the east and head right for Arizona. We could totally use that rain, and we're sending it to the high desert for shits and giggles.
I'm super glad we're getting a lot of rain at regular intervals up here this season; last year was terrible, we had big fires everywhere.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 17, 2016, 05:37:11 PM
Quote from: Freeky on August 17, 2016, 04:43:35 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 16, 2016, 11:23:09 PM
I was curious about the location so I looked it up. As you said, it looks very walkable according to Google Maps, street view shows a clear sidewalk under the freeway, and the walk is only 4 minutes. As shitty as Tucson is for pedestrians, they clearly deliberately made an easy path between the hotel and the convention center, which actually makes sense for a change.
Like weather-wise or walking paths? There are definitely some streets that are a pain to walk on because of the lack of sidewalks, but there's usually at least a wide strip of dirt to walk on on one side of a busy street.
But this heat will murder the fuck out of people if they're not careful.
Walking paths. Gotta bear in mind that I'm from a city that was built for pedestrians and there are few places you can't get to safely on foot, so my perspective is a bit skewed.
Oh. :lol: Yes, I see what you mean now.
Been busy as fuck moving into The Cityâ„¢. No parking anywhere, everywhere is dangerous, and the shower spits out rust water for the first few seconds.
It's all coming back to me now, why we moved into the farm town all those years ago...
The San Bernadino (Blue Cut) Fire is now up to 35,000-65,000 acres. 0% contained. This is bad. And now there's one in Spring Valley, here in San Diego County not far out from the city near La Mesa and El Cajon. Substantial sized suburbs.
Fuck. This. If anything makes there way to my corner of San Diego, thousands of military families are going to be displaced.
Meanwhile, Louisiana is fucking underwater.
But Global Warming is a goddamn myth, keep watching Trump flap his lips.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 17, 2016, 04:51:17 AM
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on August 17, 2016, 04:38:31 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 17, 2016, 04:03:52 AM
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on August 17, 2016, 03:48:52 AM
You know, I thought my Dad was acquiring his conservative weirdness from Fox News or his nutty friend, until I went to church with him recently. My parents are very Catholic and their new priest was saying that even though the Assumption wasn't considered a holy day of obligation that he thought the bishops were wrong and that you should go because black masses are happening in Oklahoma. If you couldn't go you should say the Hail Mary a lot because Satanists are causing the murder rate to rise with the black masses. Satanist are literally calling Satan up to tell people to murder each other, but Hail Marys will stop that. :horrormirth:
Then continued on with his interpretation of the father against son gospel that played so well into his world view. Someone you care about could be calling up Satan right now!
Church has always seemed weird to me but that was a tad much.
Your dad's priest is a Manichean heretic?
I had to look that up and, yeah he is! All while spouting how heresy is bad.
I have memorized a ridiculous amount of theology in which I have no belief whatsoever. :lol:
I found out the previous pope made him a monsignor. Geh.
Burke is from our area, I hateses him.
So, we finished installing the DESI prototype today. It occurs to me that I've come a long, long way since 1996. Tomorrow Ron and I do the thermal imaging of the dome overnight, to make sure the new paint job on the dome isn't overheating the skin, and then diagnostics run for a couple of days. On Monday we go on-sky. Despite the persistent problems occurring with the fiber optics, this is going to be amazing. I imagine this is what it must have felt like being in the Houston control room when Apollo 11 landed on the moon.
:jihaad:
TGRR,
On a clear night, I can see 100,000 light years.
Quote from: SuuCal on August 18, 2016, 01:05:18 AM
The San Bernadino (Blue Cut) Fire is now up to 35,000-65,000 acres. 0% contained. This is bad. And now there's one in Spring Valley, here in San Diego County not far out from the city near La Mesa and El Cajon. Substantial sized suburbs.
Fuck. This. If anything makes there way to my corner of San Diego, thousands of military families are going to be displaced.
Meanwhile, Louisiana is fucking underwater.
But Global Warming is a goddamn myth, keep watching Trump flap his lips.
Good luck, Suu. If worst comes to worst, run back out here.
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on August 18, 2016, 01:19:10 AM
I found out the previous pope made him a monsignor. Geh.
Burke is from our area, I hateses him.
It's been a very long time since the Catholic church was a meritocracy. :lulz:
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on August 18, 2016, 01:19:10 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 17, 2016, 04:51:17 AM
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on August 17, 2016, 04:38:31 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 17, 2016, 04:03:52 AM
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on August 17, 2016, 03:48:52 AM
You know, I thought my Dad was acquiring his conservative weirdness from Fox News or his nutty friend, until I went to church with him recently. My parents are very Catholic and their new priest was saying that even though the Assumption wasn't considered a holy day of obligation that he thought the bishops were wrong and that you should go because black masses are happening in Oklahoma. If you couldn't go you should say the Hail Mary a lot because Satanists are causing the murder rate to rise with the black masses. Satanist are literally calling Satan up to tell people to murder each other, but Hail Marys will stop that. :horrormirth:
Then continued on with his interpretation of the father against son gospel that played so well into his world view. Someone you care about could be calling up Satan right now!
Church has always seemed weird to me but that was a tad much.
Your dad's priest is a Manichean heretic?
I had to look that up and, yeah he is! All while spouting how heresy is bad.
I have memorized a ridiculous amount of theology in which I have no belief whatsoever. :lol:
I found out the previous pope made him a monsignor. Geh.
Burke is from our area, I hateses him.
Gnostic heresies are fucking BIZARRE. It's weird hearing of one popping up in the west. Especially someone representing the Chalcedonian rite. Seriously a non believe in the Annunciation, and they gave him a priesthood? :lulz:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 18, 2016, 01:39:58 AM
Quote from: SuuCal on August 18, 2016, 01:05:18 AM
The San Bernadino (Blue Cut) Fire is now up to 35,000-65,000 acres. 0% contained. This is bad. And now there's one in Spring Valley, here in San Diego County not far out from the city near La Mesa and El Cajon. Substantial sized suburbs.
Fuck. This. If anything makes there way to my corner of San Diego, thousands of military families are going to be displaced.
Meanwhile, Louisiana is fucking underwater.
But Global Warming is a goddamn myth, keep watching Trump flap his lips.
Good luck, Suu. If worst comes to worst, run back out here.
AND THEN I WILL BE IN TUCSON FOREVER
Quote from: SuuCal on August 18, 2016, 01:44:37 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 18, 2016, 01:39:58 AM
Quote from: SuuCal on August 18, 2016, 01:05:18 AM
The San Bernadino (Blue Cut) Fire is now up to 35,000-65,000 acres. 0% contained. This is bad. And now there's one in Spring Valley, here in San Diego County not far out from the city near La Mesa and El Cajon. Substantial sized suburbs.
Fuck. This. If anything makes there way to my corner of San Diego, thousands of military families are going to be displaced.
Meanwhile, Louisiana is fucking underwater.
But Global Warming is a goddamn myth, keep watching Trump flap his lips.
Good luck, Suu. If worst comes to worst, run back out here.
AND THEN I WILL BE IN TUCSON FOREVER
we all float down here, Suu
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 18, 2016, 02:09:04 AM
Quote from: SuuCal on August 18, 2016, 01:44:37 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 18, 2016, 01:39:58 AM
Quote from: SuuCal on August 18, 2016, 01:05:18 AM
The San Bernadino (Blue Cut) Fire is now up to 35,000-65,000 acres. 0% contained. This is bad. And now there's one in Spring Valley, here in San Diego County not far out from the city near La Mesa and El Cajon. Substantial sized suburbs.
Fuck. This. If anything makes there way to my corner of San Diego, thousands of military families are going to be displaced.
Meanwhile, Louisiana is fucking underwater.
But Global Warming is a goddamn myth, keep watching Trump flap his lips.
Good luck, Suu. If worst comes to worst, run back out here.
AND THEN I WILL BE IN TUCSON FOREVER
we all float down here, Suu
40% contained, evacuations lifted.
Tucson has actually gotten more rain than San Diego this year.
Quote from: SuuCal on August 18, 2016, 02:40:22 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 18, 2016, 02:09:04 AM
Quote from: SuuCal on August 18, 2016, 01:44:37 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 18, 2016, 01:39:58 AM
Quote from: SuuCal on August 18, 2016, 01:05:18 AM
The San Bernadino (Blue Cut) Fire is now up to 35,000-65,000 acres. 0% contained. This is bad. And now there's one in Spring Valley, here in San Diego County not far out from the city near La Mesa and El Cajon. Substantial sized suburbs.
Fuck. This. If anything makes there way to my corner of San Diego, thousands of military families are going to be displaced.
Meanwhile, Louisiana is fucking underwater.
But Global Warming is a goddamn myth, keep watching Trump flap his lips.
Good luck, Suu. If worst comes to worst, run back out here.
AND THEN I WILL BE IN TUCSON FOREVER
we all float down here, Suu
40% contained, evacuations lifted.
Tucson has actually gotten more rain than San Diego this year.
Everyone drowned 3 weeks ago.
Seriously, Kitt Peak is SOGGY. I am actually throwing water over the side, because we're completely full.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 18, 2016, 01:39:08 AM
So, we finished installing the DESI prototype today. It occurs to me that I've come a long, long way since 1996. Tomorrow Ron and I do the thermal imaging of the dome overnight, to make sure the new paint job on the dome isn't overheating the skin, and then diagnostics run for a couple of days. On Monday we go on-sky. Despite the persistent problems occurring with the fiber optics, this is going to be amazing. I imagine this is what it must have felt like being in the Houston control room when Apollo 11 landed on the moon.
:jihaad:
TGRR,
On a clear night, I can see 100,000 light years.
YOINK!
I feel like shouting "I AM A GOD" at passing traffic because I fixed my computer from being stuck in Safe Mode with Command Prompt.
(https://i.imgflip.com/i3ioa.jpg)
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 18, 2016, 02:09:04 AM
Quote from: SuuCal on August 18, 2016, 01:44:37 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 18, 2016, 01:39:58 AM
Quote from: SuuCal on August 18, 2016, 01:05:18 AM
The San Bernadino (Blue Cut) Fire is now up to 35,000-65,000 acres. 0% contained. This is bad. And now there's one in Spring Valley, here in San Diego County not far out from the city near La Mesa and El Cajon. Substantial sized suburbs.
Fuck. This. If anything makes there way to my corner of San Diego, thousands of military families are going to be displaced.
Meanwhile, Louisiana is fucking underwater.
But Global Warming is a goddamn myth, keep watching Trump flap his lips.
Good luck, Suu. If worst comes to worst, run back out here.
AND THEN I WILL BE IN TUCSON FOREVER
we all float down here, Suu
This is currently the Louisiana state motto.
And there it was, that moment.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on August 18, 2016, 04:21:45 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 18, 2016, 01:39:08 AM
So, we finished installing the DESI prototype today. It occurs to me that I've come a long, long way since 1996. Tomorrow Ron and I do the thermal imaging of the dome overnight, to make sure the new paint job on the dome isn't overheating the skin, and then diagnostics run for a couple of days. On Monday we go on-sky. Despite the persistent problems occurring with the fiber optics, this is going to be amazing. I imagine this is what it must have felt like being in the Houston control room when Apollo 11 landed on the moon.
:jihaad:
TGRR,
On a clear night, I can see 100,000 light years.
YOINK!
:lulz:
By all means.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 18, 2016, 02:43:17 AM
Quote from: SuuCal on August 18, 2016, 02:40:22 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 18, 2016, 02:09:04 AM
Quote from: SuuCal on August 18, 2016, 01:44:37 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 18, 2016, 01:39:58 AM
Quote from: SuuCal on August 18, 2016, 01:05:18 AM
The San Bernadino (Blue Cut) Fire is now up to 35,000-65,000 acres. 0% contained. This is bad. And now there's one in Spring Valley, here in San Diego County not far out from the city near La Mesa and El Cajon. Substantial sized suburbs.
Fuck. This. If anything makes there way to my corner of San Diego, thousands of military families are going to be displaced.
Meanwhile, Louisiana is fucking underwater.
But Global Warming is a goddamn myth, keep watching Trump flap his lips.
Good luck, Suu. If worst comes to worst, run back out here.
AND THEN I WILL BE IN TUCSON FOREVER
we all float down here, Suu
40% contained, evacuations lifted.
Tucson has actually gotten more rain than San Diego this year.
Everyone drowned 3 weeks ago.
Seriously, Kitt Peak is SOGGY. I am actually throwing water over the side, because we're completely full.
We could see that mess if we looked East. No clouds settled over us, but on "humid" days, it was sweeping it, and then building on the other side of the mountains. Then, we got visuals of these immense anvil clouds in the distance, and you KNOW whats at the bottom side of those fuckers.
I'm sitting out with some friends, looking out over the canyon, and we're staring at that shit build, drinking our Pacifico like proper po'bucker Californians, when one of them goes, "See that? That's Arizona. Or what's left of it, anyway."
:lulz:
AND THEN AND THEN AND THEN my electricians are totally stumped on a problem. Thing is, one of them is inexperienced and the other is really more of an HVAC guy. So I wander over, identify the problem in about 15 minutes, and we fix it in about an hour.
They apparently think I'm some kind of genius, but it's really just a case of having seen most of this type of shit a million times and knowing how to step back and actually look at the problem. By which I mean, don't marry yourself to a theory.
Anyway, I AM MAINTENANCE MONKEY, HEAR ME ROAR.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 18, 2016, 08:40:10 PM
:lulz:
AND THEN AND THEN AND THEN my electricians are totally stumped on a problem. Thing is, one of them is inexperienced and the other is really more of an HVAC guy. So I wander over, identify the problem in about 15 minutes, and we fix it in about an hour.
They apparently think I'm some kind of genius, but it's really just a case of having seen most of this type of shit a million times and knowing how to step back and actually look at the problem. By which I mean, don't marry yourself to a theory.
Anyway, I AM MAINTENANCE MONKEY, HEAR ME ROAR.
Start scrawling ventilation diagrams in the tunnels when nobody is looking.
Quote from: SuuCal on August 18, 2016, 01:43:58 AM
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on August 18, 2016, 01:19:10 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 17, 2016, 04:51:17 AM
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on August 17, 2016, 04:38:31 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 17, 2016, 04:03:52 AM
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on August 17, 2016, 03:48:52 AM
You know, I thought my Dad was acquiring his conservative weirdness from Fox News or his nutty friend, until I went to church with him recently. My parents are very Catholic and their new priest was saying that even though the Assumption wasn't considered a holy day of obligation that he thought the bishops were wrong and that you should go because black masses are happening in Oklahoma. If you couldn't go you should say the Hail Mary a lot because Satanists are causing the murder rate to rise with the black masses. Satanist are literally calling Satan up to tell people to murder each other, but Hail Marys will stop that. :horrormirth:
Then continued on with his interpretation of the father against son gospel that played so well into his world view. Someone you care about could be calling up Satan right now!
Church has always seemed weird to me but that was a tad much.
Your dad's priest is a Manichean heretic?
I had to look that up and, yeah he is! All while spouting how heresy is bad.
I have memorized a ridiculous amount of theology in which I have no belief whatsoever. :lol:
I found out the previous pope made him a monsignor. Geh.
Burke is from our area, I hateses him.
Gnostic heresies are fucking BIZARRE. It's weird hearing of one popping up in the west. Especially someone representing the Chalcedonian rite. Seriously a non believe in the Annunciation, and they gave him a priesthood? :lulz:
Ah, didn't dig too deeply into that heresy, yeah he's still into Mary-related Catholic dogma, but he's really into dualism, and prayer as magic spell type thinking. It's a lot different than what I grew up with.
Report him to the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith.
They probably won't burn him alive, sadly, but he is definitely engaged in heresy.
This last weekend, we had an email issue involving a few hundred Virtual Desktops. We submitted a high priority ticket to a resolver group along with a pager alert. After they bullshitted in a 500 dollar conference call, they decided to close the issue because we (The Service Desk) had a half-functional workaround. So we submitted a new shiny high priority ticket with more information on the issue, along with a blunt statement about the fact that it was going to drive call volume on Monday, and that it could be a potential disaster. The team kicks it back to us to resolve and says it's not their issue, and that it was determined that it was [Insert another team's name]'s issue during the 500 dollar conference call. Why they decided to leave that fact out when they originally closed the issue, I have no clue.
Either way, we open yet another high priority ticket (Wow, this is costing them a lot of money by this point) and send it over to the team that it was supposed to be with, with even more information. They took one glance at the ticket notes and called the EXAMPLE user with the issue, and closed the ticket on the basis that it was resolved for that person.
At this point, my team is risking dropping calls over this issue, so we're all pretty frustrated. So, we re-open the ticket right away, and send it back to them WITHOUT the pager that alerts the team of the ticket (It doesn't matter, they're supposed to be monitoring their queues anyways). Of course, it sits there the rest of the day without being touched. Not until Monday, anyways.
On the weekends, we don't have extremely high call volume, so I spent the time in between phone calls researching the issue. I ended up figuring out exactly what went wrong, and sent the solution to the team with the ticket. I also sent an email to my supervisors alerting them of what was going on, as well as a pre-setup email blast ready to be sent to MY team on how to deal with the calls.
As predicted, Monday rolls around, and my team gets SLAMMED with calls. They use my email blast, and things go a little smoother.
The guy who had the ticket breach (The agreed upon resolution time-frame for the high priority issue wasn't met) on his watch must've had his ass handed to him over it, because he was going back through 30 or so tickets, personally, to make sure that each person that was affected had their issue resolved. :lulz:
Perfect timing for my conversion to a non-contractor employee status. Just a few more incidences where I resolve an issue that's thousands of dollars above my pay-grade and I'll have enough under my belt to bargain for a higher position right out of the gate. Good thing is, I usually do this very thing once a month or so. So I'm pretty stoked.
Quote from: Fernando Poo on August 18, 2016, 10:38:36 PM
This last weekend, we had an email issue involving a few hundred Virtual Desktops. We submitted a high priority ticket to a resolver group along with a pager alert. After they bullshitted in a 500 dollar conference call, they decided to close the issue because we (The Service Desk) had a half-functional workaround. So we submitted a new shiny high priority ticket with more information on the issue, along with a blunt statement about the fact that it was going to drive call volume on Monday, and that it could be a potential disaster. The team kicks it back to us to resolve and says it's not their issue, and that it was determined that it was [Insert another team's name]'s issue during the 500 dollar conference call. Why they decided to leave that fact out when they originally closed the issue, I have no clue.
Either way, we open yet another high priority ticket (Wow, this is costing them a lot of money by this point) and send it over to the team that it was supposed to be with, with even more information. They took one glance at the ticket notes and called the EXAMPLE user with the issue, and closed the ticket on the basis that it was resolved for that person.
At this point, my team is risking dropping calls over this issue, so we're all pretty frustrated. So, we re-open the ticket right away, and send it back to them WITHOUT the pager that alerts the team of the ticket (It doesn't matter, they're supposed to be monitoring their queues anyways). Of course, it sits there the rest of the day without being touched. Not until Monday, anyways.
On the weekends, we don't have extremely high call volume, so I spent the time in between phone calls researching the issue. I ended up figuring out exactly what went wrong, and sent the solution to the team with the ticket. I also sent an email to my supervisors alerting them of what was going on, as well as a pre-setup email blast ready to be sent to MY team on how to deal with the calls.
As predicted, Monday rolls around, and my team gets SLAMMED with calls. They use my email blast, and things go a little smoother.
The guy who had the ticket breach (The agreed upon resolution time-frame for the high priority issue wasn't met) on his watch must've had his ass handed to him over it, because he was going back through 30 or so tickets, personally, to make sure that each person that was affected had their issue resolved. :lulz:
Perfect timing for my conversion to a non-contractor employee status. Just a few more incidences where I resolve an issue that's thousands of dollars above my pay-grade and I'll have enough under my belt to bargain for a higher position right out of the gate. Good thing is, I usually do this very thing once a month or so. So I'm pretty stoked.
Kinda wonder if we work for the same company.
Boss got a data logger unit, wasn't logging data. Opened it and found a mostly empty box with a raspberry pi inside.
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on August 18, 2016, 11:21:50 PM
Quote from: Fernando Poo on August 18, 2016, 10:38:36 PM
This last weekend, we had an email issue involving a few hundred Virtual Desktops. We submitted a high priority ticket to a resolver group along with a pager alert. After they bullshitted in a 500 dollar conference call, they decided to close the issue because we (The Service Desk) had a half-functional workaround. So we submitted a new shiny high priority ticket with more information on the issue, along with a blunt statement about the fact that it was going to drive call volume on Monday, and that it could be a potential disaster. The team kicks it back to us to resolve and says it's not their issue, and that it was determined that it was [Insert another team's name]'s issue during the 500 dollar conference call. Why they decided to leave that fact out when they originally closed the issue, I have no clue.
Either way, we open yet another high priority ticket (Wow, this is costing them a lot of money by this point) and send it over to the team that it was supposed to be with, with even more information. They took one glance at the ticket notes and called the EXAMPLE user with the issue, and closed the ticket on the basis that it was resolved for that person.
At this point, my team is risking dropping calls over this issue, so we're all pretty frustrated. So, we re-open the ticket right away, and send it back to them WITHOUT the pager that alerts the team of the ticket (It doesn't matter, they're supposed to be monitoring their queues anyways). Of course, it sits there the rest of the day without being touched. Not until Monday, anyways.
On the weekends, we don't have extremely high call volume, so I spent the time in between phone calls researching the issue. I ended up figuring out exactly what went wrong, and sent the solution to the team with the ticket. I also sent an email to my supervisors alerting them of what was going on, as well as a pre-setup email blast ready to be sent to MY team on how to deal with the calls.
As predicted, Monday rolls around, and my team gets SLAMMED with calls. They use my email blast, and things go a little smoother.
The guy who had the ticket breach (The agreed upon resolution time-frame for the high priority issue wasn't met) on his watch must've had his ass handed to him over it, because he was going back through 30 or so tickets, personally, to make sure that each person that was affected had their issue resolved. :lulz:
Perfect timing for my conversion to a non-contractor employee status. Just a few more incidences where I resolve an issue that's thousands of dollars above my pay-grade and I'll have enough under my belt to bargain for a higher position right out of the gate. Good thing is, I usually do this very thing once a month or so. So I'm pretty stoked.
Kinda wonder if we work for the same company.
Atos? NSC Global?
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on August 18, 2016, 11:24:09 PM
Boss got a data logger unit, wasn't logging data. Opened it and found a mostly empty box with a raspberry pi inside.
I just pictured a 90s cell phone looking contraption being opened up, and it's literally empty with a Ras-pi banging around in the case, not attached or connected to anything.
Quote from: Fernando Poo on August 18, 2016, 11:38:22 PM
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on August 18, 2016, 11:21:50 PM
Quote from: Fernando Poo on August 18, 2016, 10:38:36 PM
This last weekend, we had an email issue involving a few hundred Virtual Desktops. We submitted a high priority ticket to a resolver group along with a pager alert. After they bullshitted in a 500 dollar conference call, they decided to close the issue because we (The Service Desk) had a half-functional workaround. So we submitted a new shiny high priority ticket with more information on the issue, along with a blunt statement about the fact that it was going to drive call volume on Monday, and that it could be a potential disaster. The team kicks it back to us to resolve and says it's not their issue, and that it was determined that it was [Insert another team's name]'s issue during the 500 dollar conference call. Why they decided to leave that fact out when they originally closed the issue, I have no clue.
Either way, we open yet another high priority ticket (Wow, this is costing them a lot of money by this point) and send it over to the team that it was supposed to be with, with even more information. They took one glance at the ticket notes and called the EXAMPLE user with the issue, and closed the ticket on the basis that it was resolved for that person.
At this point, my team is risking dropping calls over this issue, so we're all pretty frustrated. So, we re-open the ticket right away, and send it back to them WITHOUT the pager that alerts the team of the ticket (It doesn't matter, they're supposed to be monitoring their queues anyways). Of course, it sits there the rest of the day without being touched. Not until Monday, anyways.
On the weekends, we don't have extremely high call volume, so I spent the time in between phone calls researching the issue. I ended up figuring out exactly what went wrong, and sent the solution to the team with the ticket. I also sent an email to my supervisors alerting them of what was going on, as well as a pre-setup email blast ready to be sent to MY team on how to deal with the calls.
As predicted, Monday rolls around, and my team gets SLAMMED with calls. They use my email blast, and things go a little smoother.
The guy who had the ticket breach (The agreed upon resolution time-frame for the high priority issue wasn't met) on his watch must've had his ass handed to him over it, because he was going back through 30 or so tickets, personally, to make sure that each person that was affected had their issue resolved. :lulz:
Perfect timing for my conversion to a non-contractor employee status. Just a few more incidences where I resolve an issue that's thousands of dollars above my pay-grade and I'll have enough under my belt to bargain for a higher position right out of the gate. Good thing is, I usually do this very thing once a month or so. So I'm pretty stoked.
Kinda wonder if we work for the same company.
Atos? NSC Global?
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on August 18, 2016, 11:24:09 PM
Boss got a data logger unit, wasn't logging data. Opened it and found a mostly empty box with a raspberry pi inside.
I just pictured a 90s cell phone looking contraption being opened up, and it's literally empty with a Ras-pi banging around in the case, not attached or connected to anything.
Nope, not Atos or NSC.
It looked like beige box with some ports on the side, and a 90's cell antenna. The pi was in a bracket to hold it in place.
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on August 18, 2016, 11:24:09 PM
Boss got a data logger unit, wasn't logging data. Opened it and found a mostly empty box with a raspberry pi inside.
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz: That's AMAZING. Also I feel like it's kind of a metaphor for everything about doing science.
Quote from: Fernando Poo on August 18, 2016, 10:38:36 PM
This last weekend, we had an email issue involving a few hundred Virtual Desktops. We submitted a high priority ticket to a resolver group along with a pager alert. After they bullshitted in a 500 dollar conference call, they decided to close the issue because we (The Service Desk) had a half-functional workaround. So we submitted a new shiny high priority ticket with more information on the issue, along with a blunt statement about the fact that it was going to drive call volume on Monday, and that it could be a potential disaster. The team kicks it back to us to resolve and says it's not their issue, and that it was determined that it was [Insert another team's name]'s issue during the 500 dollar conference call. Why they decided to leave that fact out when they originally closed the issue, I have no clue.
Either way, we open yet another high priority ticket (Wow, this is costing them a lot of money by this point) and send it over to the team that it was supposed to be with, with even more information. They took one glance at the ticket notes and called the EXAMPLE user with the issue, and closed the ticket on the basis that it was resolved for that person.
At this point, my team is risking dropping calls over this issue, so we're all pretty frustrated. So, we re-open the ticket right away, and send it back to them WITHOUT the pager that alerts the team of the ticket (It doesn't matter, they're supposed to be monitoring their queues anyways). Of course, it sits there the rest of the day without being touched. Not until Monday, anyways.
On the weekends, we don't have extremely high call volume, so I spent the time in between phone calls researching the issue. I ended up figuring out exactly what went wrong, and sent the solution to the team with the ticket. I also sent an email to my supervisors alerting them of what was going on, as well as a pre-setup email blast ready to be sent to MY team on how to deal with the calls.
As predicted, Monday rolls around, and my team gets SLAMMED with calls. They use my email blast, and things go a little smoother.
The guy who had the ticket breach (The agreed upon resolution time-frame for the high priority issue wasn't met) on his watch must've had his ass handed to him over it, because he was going back through 30 or so tickets, personally, to make sure that each person that was affected had their issue resolved. :lulz:
Perfect timing for my conversion to a non-contractor employee status. Just a few more incidences where I resolve an issue that's thousands of dollars above my pay-grade and I'll have enough under my belt to bargain for a higher position right out of the gate. Good thing is, I usually do this very thing once a month or so. So I'm pretty stoked.
I find office stories strangely, pleasurably satisfying, for some reason.
A wildfire started in my town as well today, not bad enough to worry about evacuating but maybe should start to think about what to put in a go-bag. Living that SoCal life!
In other news I found a job! It's not as many hours as I'd like, but I make good tips so that's nice. It's also crazy and bilingual.
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on August 19, 2016, 02:13:33 AM
Quote from: Fernando Poo on August 18, 2016, 11:38:22 PM
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on August 18, 2016, 11:21:50 PM
Quote from: Fernando Poo on August 18, 2016, 10:38:36 PM
This last weekend, we had an email issue involving a few hundred Virtual Desktops. We submitted a high priority ticket to a resolver group along with a pager alert. After they bullshitted in a 500 dollar conference call, they decided to close the issue because we (The Service Desk) had a half-functional workaround. So we submitted a new shiny high priority ticket with more information on the issue, along with a blunt statement about the fact that it was going to drive call volume on Monday, and that it could be a potential disaster. The team kicks it back to us to resolve and says it's not their issue, and that it was determined that it was [Insert another team's name]'s issue during the 500 dollar conference call. Why they decided to leave that fact out when they originally closed the issue, I have no clue.
Either way, we open yet another high priority ticket (Wow, this is costing them a lot of money by this point) and send it over to the team that it was supposed to be with, with even more information. They took one glance at the ticket notes and called the EXAMPLE user with the issue, and closed the ticket on the basis that it was resolved for that person.
At this point, my team is risking dropping calls over this issue, so we're all pretty frustrated. So, we re-open the ticket right away, and send it back to them WITHOUT the pager that alerts the team of the ticket (It doesn't matter, they're supposed to be monitoring their queues anyways). Of course, it sits there the rest of the day without being touched. Not until Monday, anyways.
On the weekends, we don't have extremely high call volume, so I spent the time in between phone calls researching the issue. I ended up figuring out exactly what went wrong, and sent the solution to the team with the ticket. I also sent an email to my supervisors alerting them of what was going on, as well as a pre-setup email blast ready to be sent to MY team on how to deal with the calls.
As predicted, Monday rolls around, and my team gets SLAMMED with calls. They use my email blast, and things go a little smoother.
The guy who had the ticket breach (The agreed upon resolution time-frame for the high priority issue wasn't met) on his watch must've had his ass handed to him over it, because he was going back through 30 or so tickets, personally, to make sure that each person that was affected had their issue resolved. :lulz:
Perfect timing for my conversion to a non-contractor employee status. Just a few more incidences where I resolve an issue that's thousands of dollars above my pay-grade and I'll have enough under my belt to bargain for a higher position right out of the gate. Good thing is, I usually do this very thing once a month or so. So I'm pretty stoked.
Kinda wonder if we work for the same company.
Atos? NSC Global?
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on August 18, 2016, 11:24:09 PM
Boss got a data logger unit, wasn't logging data. Opened it and found a mostly empty box with a raspberry pi inside.
I just pictured a 90s cell phone looking contraption being opened up, and it's literally empty with a Ras-pi banging around in the case, not attached or connected to anything.
Nope, not Atos or NSC.
It looked like beige box with some ports on the side, and a 90's cell antenna. The pi was in a bracket to hold it in place.
We use the Pi for demoing kits, and you can use it quite well with some sensor modules with modbus/fieldbus. But its not a product for redistribution, there are issues with them on scale, its an amazing piece of kit, but it's a hobbiest tool.
Heh, so speaking of learning Russian...Rosetta Stone had another deal on this week. £99 for a complete downloadable Russian course. I've spent way too much money this month already, what with the wedding I'm attending next week...new suit, train tickets, hotel, taxi...but fuck it, that's a deal I can't pass up. Besides, screw spending limits, I have savings.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 19, 2016, 03:29:52 AM
Quote from: Fernando Poo on August 18, 2016, 10:38:36 PM
This last weekend, we had an email issue involving a few hundred Virtual Desktops. We submitted a high priority ticket to a resolver group along with a pager alert. After they bullshitted in a 500 dollar conference call, they decided to close the issue because we (The Service Desk) had a half-functional workaround. So we submitted a new shiny high priority ticket with more information on the issue, along with a blunt statement about the fact that it was going to drive call volume on Monday, and that it could be a potential disaster. The team kicks it back to us to resolve and says it's not their issue, and that it was determined that it was [Insert another team's name]'s issue during the 500 dollar conference call. Why they decided to leave that fact out when they originally closed the issue, I have no clue.
Either way, we open yet another high priority ticket (Wow, this is costing them a lot of money by this point) and send it over to the team that it was supposed to be with, with even more information. They took one glance at the ticket notes and called the EXAMPLE user with the issue, and closed the ticket on the basis that it was resolved for that person.
At this point, my team is risking dropping calls over this issue, so we're all pretty frustrated. So, we re-open the ticket right away, and send it back to them WITHOUT the pager that alerts the team of the ticket (It doesn't matter, they're supposed to be monitoring their queues anyways). Of course, it sits there the rest of the day without being touched. Not until Monday, anyways.
On the weekends, we don't have extremely high call volume, so I spent the time in between phone calls researching the issue. I ended up figuring out exactly what went wrong, and sent the solution to the team with the ticket. I also sent an email to my supervisors alerting them of what was going on, as well as a pre-setup email blast ready to be sent to MY team on how to deal with the calls.
As predicted, Monday rolls around, and my team gets SLAMMED with calls. They use my email blast, and things go a little smoother.
The guy who had the ticket breach (The agreed upon resolution time-frame for the high priority issue wasn't met) on his watch must've had his ass handed to him over it, because he was going back through 30 or so tickets, personally, to make sure that each person that was affected had their issue resolved. :lulz:
Perfect timing for my conversion to a non-contractor employee status. Just a few more incidences where I resolve an issue that's thousands of dollars above my pay-grade and I'll have enough under my belt to bargain for a higher position right out of the gate. Good thing is, I usually do this very thing once a month or so. So I'm pretty stoked.
I find office stories strangely, pleasurably satisfying, for some reason.
Me too, actually. And I didn't realize this fact until I came to this forum and started reading everyone else's.
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on August 19, 2016, 02:13:33 AM
It looked like beige box with some ports on the side, and a 90's cell antenna. The pi was in a bracket to hold it in place.
Oh god :lulz:
Quote from: Cain on August 19, 2016, 10:44:30 AM
Heh, so speaking of learning Russian...Rosetta Stone had another deal on this week. £99 for a complete downloadable Russian course. I've spent way too much money this month already, what with the wedding I'm attending next week...new suit, train tickets, hotel, taxi...but fuck it, that's a deal I can't pass up. Besides, screw spending limits, I have savings.
This caught me off guard, and I found it really funny :lulz:
Also, I don't know why I've never looked into Rosetta Stone. If I learned Hindi, my job security would be through the fucking roof. I'd probably get a massive raise because of my usefulness.
Also, any particular reason you're interested in Russian? I mean, other than the fact that it may become the only way we survive if Trump gets elected. Or other than the deal? :lol:
Well, firstly, working in boarding, Russian is useful. I mean, I know 90% of the swear words already, but the others would be nice. Secondly, between my first degree and some of my writing, I have enough knowledge to pass myself off as a Russia expert...aside from the language barrier. Relevant to my second degree, Russia has a huge far-right problem, and they're mostly violent into the bargain.
Finally, quite a few of the security jobs I see posted require Russian, or Arabic, or both, as required proficiencies for application.
Quote from: Cain on August 19, 2016, 01:04:50 PM
Well, firstly, working in boarding, Russian is useful. I mean, I know 90% of the swear words already, but the others would be nice. Secondly, between my first degree and some of my writing, I have enough knowledge to pass myself off as a Russia expert...aside from the language barrier. Relevant to my second degree, Russia has a huge far-right problem, and they're mostly violent into the bargain.
Finally, quite a few of the security jobs I see posted require Russian, or Arabic, or both, as required proficiencies for application.
Oh, well, shit. Yeah, those are pretty good reasons to know Russian.
Also, I don't know why the security application didn't come to me initially. That makes a lot of sense.
Quote from: Fernando Poo on August 18, 2016, 10:38:36 PM
Perfect timing for my conversion to a non-contractor employee status. Just a few more incidences where I resolve an issue that's thousands of dollars above my pay-grade and I'll have enough under my belt to bargain for a higher position right out of the gate. Good thing is, I usually do this very thing once a month or so. So I'm pretty stoked.
I work in quite a different field to you by the sounds of things, but I've been butting up against a problem that I think a few of you guys have probably encountered before.
The problem is this: People who do jobs that aren't mine but affect mine do them badly. How far do I go to rectify their problems and make things better for everyone (especially customers) without stepping on toes?
In the latest instance of this, I've noticed recently that the technical datasheets for our products are pretty terrible. The template they get made from isn't particularly great to start with and due to the marketing/product management teams apparently not giving a fuck the content is verging on incomprehensible at points.
Now, I've completely redesigned (one of) the datasheets and it looks a lot better I think.
But... where the hell do I go from here? The people who could actually approve such a change either still don't give a fuck or will be actively threatened by proposed change.
Learn everything you can about the overall business model and compose a lovely letter to a good competitor.
I could go on, but it always comes down to "get out" sooner or later.
Quote from: Xaz on August 19, 2016, 03:16:36 PM
Quote from: Fernando Poo on August 18, 2016, 10:38:36 PM
Perfect timing for my conversion to a non-contractor employee status. Just a few more incidences where I resolve an issue that's thousands of dollars above my pay-grade and I'll have enough under my belt to bargain for a higher position right out of the gate. Good thing is, I usually do this very thing once a month or so. So I'm pretty stoked.
I work in quite a different field to you by the sounds of things, but I've been butting up against a problem that I think a few of you guys have probably encountered before.
The problem is this: People who do jobs that aren't mine but affect mine do them badly. How far do I go to rectify their problems and make things better for everyone (especially customers) without stepping on toes?
In the latest instance of this, I've noticed recently that the technical datasheets for our products are pretty terrible. The template they get made from isn't particularly great to start with and due to the marketing/product management teams apparently not giving a fuck the content is verging on incomprehensible at points.
Now, I've completely redesigned (one of) the datasheets and it looks a lot better I think. But... where the hell do I go from here? The people who could actually approve such a change either still don't give a fuck or will be actively threatened by proposed change.
That sounds, word for word, exactly like what my Father just dealt with over the past month. Literally the same problem.
Well, maybe. The data sheet he was dealing with had numbers and calculations from the production machines throughout the plant entered manually by an assistant.
That's right, each cell had a different calculation, entered manually every time... No cells used in the equations... just raw numbers... Human error running rampant...
Seriously. She would go down a list of numbers and enter everything like "=(235*67)+3400" in every cell...
So he wrote a couple macros and set up a couple different connected data sheets and changed the entire way that data sheet was calculated. Now they don't have negative weight and waste values :lulz:
In his case, he was actually a project manager, so he had the authority to make those changes. Sounds like you aren't so lucky :sad:
Quote from: Junkenstein on August 19, 2016, 03:52:02 PM
Learn everything you can about the overall business model and compose a lovely letter to a good competitor.
I could go on, but it always comes down to "get out" sooner or later.
Yeah, I know my company's management is fucked beyond repair. So I'm learning all I can, moving up as far as I can, and then applying to better places.
Quote from: Nast on August 19, 2016, 08:40:46 AM
A wildfire started in my town as well today, not bad enough to worry about evacuating but maybe should start to think about what to put in a go-bag. Living that SoCal life!
In other news I found a job! It's not as many hours as I'd like, but I make good tips so that's nice. It's also crazy and bilingual.
Congratulations on the job! Please don't burn to death!
So I temporarily lost my mind yesterday, and posted in a FB group inquiring whether any other physical science majors or grad students use a tablet for textbooks and lecture notes and had personal recommendations. I was pretty specific about what I've looked into and models I'm considering, and I asked because, of course, the finer points of actually using a device will yield the kinds of small insights that are useful for choosing between several that are otherwise all basically identical in function.
Needless to say, I got mostly infuriating responses like "Anything but an Apple product!", "Why don't you just use your laptop?" and "I use a tablet", as well as the inevitable random guys who think they are tech experts and everyone who asks a question is stupid. And then I realized, yes, asking any kind of tech question on Facebook IS stupid, especially if you are female, because FACEBOOK IS MADE OF STUPID, CONDESCENDING ANSWERS.
Thanks for the responses guys. It's comforting to know at least that this happens everywhere.
I actually really enjoy my job for the most part. It requires solving interesting and varied problems regularly, as well as going and seeing what customers are doing with our products. This whole datasheet business isn't serious enough to warrant looking elsewhere (yet).
I'm starting to finally, at the age of 26, realise that nobody knows what they fuck they're doing - some people are just better at hiding it than others.
Welcome to grownupville. No refunds.
Nigel, have you considered NOT being a woman on Facebook?
Quote from: Xaz on August 19, 2016, 05:40:26 PM
Thanks for the responses guys. It's comforting to know at least that this happens everywhere.
I actually really enjoy my job for the most part. It requires solving interesting and varied problems regularly, as well as going and seeing what customers are doing with our products. This whole datasheet business isn't serious enough to warrant looking elsewhere (yet).
I'm starting to finally, at the age of 26, realise that nobody knows what they fuck they're doing - some people are just better at hiding it than others.
Yep. We're all just flailing hopefully toward death.
Quote from: LMNO on August 19, 2016, 05:54:49 PM
Welcome to grownupville. No refunds.
Nigel, have you considered NOT being a woman on Facebook?
:lulz: I liked the Internet better when I could hide behind male screen names.
Quote from: Nast on August 19, 2016, 08:40:46 AM
A wildfire started in my town as well today, not bad enough to worry about evacuating but maybe should start to think about what to put in a go-bag. Living that SoCal life!
In other news I found a job! It's not as many hours as I'd like, but I make good tips so that's nice. It's also crazy and bilingual.
HOW THE FUCK DO YOU PEOPLE LIVE LIKE THIS?!
My husband is the previous make and model of Project: BITCHHAMMER than Richter, so he's like, "Whatever." And I'm in San Diego like, "OMG IS MY SHIT GONNA BURN DOWN LIKE TOMORROW WTF."
Seriously, like...fucking SERIOUSLY. I am so on edge. But I presume that if some San Diegans were on the East Coast and a Category 5 was just spinning along in the ocean, they'd feel much the same way I am right now.
Quote from: SuuCal on August 19, 2016, 06:10:10 PM
Quote from: Nast on August 19, 2016, 08:40:46 AM
A wildfire started in my town as well today, not bad enough to worry about evacuating but maybe should start to think about what to put in a go-bag. Living that SoCal life!
In other news I found a job! It's not as many hours as I'd like, but I make good tips so that's nice. It's also crazy and bilingual.
HOW THE FUCK DO YOU PEOPLE LIVE LIKE THIS?!
My husband is the previous make and model of Project: BITCHHAMMER than Richter, so he's like, "Whatever." And I'm in San Diego like, "OMG IS MY SHIT GONNA BURN DOWN LIKE TOMORROW WTF."
Seriously, like...fucking SERIOUSLY. I am so on edge. But I presume that if some San Diegans were on the East Coast and a Category 5 was just spinning along in the ocean, they'd feel much the same way I am right now.
There is nowhere people can live that isn't fraught with natural disasters of some kind. Forest fires, hurricanes, volcanoes, tornadoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, plain old flooding... there's something for everyone.
My department taking over inmate transportation has been...interesting.
We had to get an inmate up on Boston to bring him to a doctor's appointment, also in Boston. Trip to facility - 1 hour, to and from appointment - 1 hour 15 minutes, trip back from Boston - 1 hour.
The team gets to the Boston facility before routine inmate count. No entry or exit for half hour prior. Count takes an hour. Emergency follows count. Second count follows emergency. Inmate appointment rescheduled. Team coming back to home facility.
We just paid two guys to drive to and from Boston, allocated a vehicle, took up their entire 8 hour shift, and didn't even bring the fucking inmate in to be seen. :lulz:
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on August 19, 2016, 06:34:26 PM
My department taking over inmate transportation has been...interesting.
We had to get an inmate up on Boston to bring him to a doctor's appointment, also in Boston. Trip to facility - 1 hour, to and from appointment - 1 hour 15 minutes, trip back from Boston - 1 hour.
The team gets to the Boston facility before routine inmate count. No entry or exit for half hour prior. Count takes an hour. Emergency follows count. Second count follows emergency. Inmate appointment rescheduled. Team coming back to home facility.
We just paid two guys to drive to and from Boston, allocated a vehicle, took up their entire 8 hour shift, and didn't even bring the fucking inmate in to be seen. :lulz:
:lulz:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 19, 2016, 06:28:42 PM
Quote from: SuuCal on August 19, 2016, 06:10:10 PM
Quote from: Nast on August 19, 2016, 08:40:46 AM
A wildfire started in my town as well today, not bad enough to worry about evacuating but maybe should start to think about what to put in a go-bag. Living that SoCal life!
In other news I found a job! It's not as many hours as I'd like, but I make good tips so that's nice. It's also crazy and bilingual.
HOW THE FUCK DO YOU PEOPLE LIVE LIKE THIS?!
My husband is the previous make and model of Project: BITCHHAMMER than Richter, so he's like, "Whatever." And I'm in San Diego like, "OMG IS MY SHIT GONNA BURN DOWN LIKE TOMORROW WTF."
Seriously, like...fucking SERIOUSLY. I am so on edge. But I presume that if some San Diegans were on the East Coast and a Category 5 was just spinning along in the ocean, they'd feel much the same way I am right now.
There is nowhere people can live that isn't fraught with natural disasters of some kind. Forest fires, hurricanes, volcanoes, tornadoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, plain old flooding... there's something for everyone.
And you only have a couple massive volcanoes in your backyard. No pressure. :lulz:
Also, a friend of mine is apparently an "ambassador" for those essential oil vape sticks, aaaaaaaaand she sent me 2 of them, to "help with my stress" and give her a review. These are covered with warnings about not to inhale, and I wonder how many people actually do. They're designed to just go directly into your olfactory systems for aromatherapy benefits, and not go into your lungs and kill you, evidently.
Whatever, they're 20 bucks a pop, and I got them for free. For that I'll give her an almost-honest review. They have bling on the bottoms, for them fancy hipsters.
Aaaaand instant headache.
Fuck this shit.
Quote from: SuuCal on August 19, 2016, 09:54:03 PM
Aaaaand instant headache.
Fuck this shit.
Spent all night on the mountain last night, played with the sat views a bit. I watched the clouds form in the mountains between AZ and CA, which then went off to Vegas, leaving CA to burn.
wrote some shit. will post shortly.
Quote from: SuuCal on August 19, 2016, 09:00:42 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 19, 2016, 06:28:42 PM
Quote from: SuuCal on August 19, 2016, 06:10:10 PM
Quote from: Nast on August 19, 2016, 08:40:46 AM
A wildfire started in my town as well today, not bad enough to worry about evacuating but maybe should start to think about what to put in a go-bag. Living that SoCal life!
In other news I found a job! It's not as many hours as I'd like, but I make good tips so that's nice. It's also crazy and bilingual.
HOW THE FUCK DO YOU PEOPLE LIVE LIKE THIS?!
My husband is the previous make and model of Project: BITCHHAMMER than Richter, so he's like, "Whatever." And I'm in San Diego like, "OMG IS MY SHIT GONNA BURN DOWN LIKE TOMORROW WTF."
Seriously, like...fucking SERIOUSLY. I am so on edge. But I presume that if some San Diegans were on the East Coast and a Category 5 was just spinning along in the ocean, they'd feel much the same way I am right now.
There is nowhere people can live that isn't fraught with natural disasters of some kind. Forest fires, hurricanes, volcanoes, tornadoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, plain old flooding... there's something for everyone.
And you only have a couple massive volcanoes in your backyard. No pressure. :lulz:
Also, a friend of mine is apparently an "ambassador" for those essential oil vape sticks, aaaaaaaaand she sent me 2 of them, to "help with my stress" and give her a review. These are covered with warnings about not to inhale, and I wonder how many people actually do. They're designed to just go directly into your olfactory systems for aromatherapy benefits, and not go into your lungs and kill you, evidently.
Whatever, they're 20 bucks a pop, and I got them for free. For that I'll give her an almost-honest review. They have bling on the bottoms, for them fancy hipsters.
And we built our city on a faultline in a tsunami zone, just in case there was a chance we survive the volcanoes.
I think the only natural hazard where my parents live is rain, and overzealous bulls.
Quote from: Cain on August 20, 2016, 02:40:31 PM
I think the only natural hazard where my parents live is rain, and overzealous bulls.
Cows are scary up close.
This is true. But it's only because they want to check you are not a cow yourself. Or, it's because you tipped them over in their sleep, one or the other.
Speaking of which, I am currently in the country. Rather, in a depressing hotel on a small commercial estate surrounding a petrol station, near a village. In a way I like this place, as it reminds me of how much worse things could be. The gentleman behind the counter in the petrol station told me he had served over a thousand people already today, and I strongly suspect he had not been on the first morning shift. Everything costs at least £2 more than it would in central London, because you're a captive fucking audience and they know it. The internet is terribly slow, and I can only get 3G signal in the corner of the room next to the window.
There's also children everywhere.
Fire solves many problems.
I have some nutbag on OKC asking me for advice on starting The Revolution and immediately ignoring it. It's hilariously predictable.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on August 20, 2016, 11:45:48 PM
I have some nutbag on OKC asking me for advice on starting The Revolution and immediately ignoring it. It's hilariously predictable.
:lulz: Oh, OKC. There is so much lail in your userbase.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on August 20, 2016, 11:45:48 PM
I have some nutbag on OKC asking me for advice on starting The Revolution and immediately ignoring it. It's hilariously predictable.
why would you ignore the revolution? It doesn't seem like you're really into this. :lulz:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 19, 2016, 06:28:42 PM
Quote from: SuuCal on August 19, 2016, 06:10:10 PM
Quote from: Nast on August 19, 2016, 08:40:46 AM
A wildfire started in my town as well today, not bad enough to worry about evacuating but maybe should start to think about what to put in a go-bag. Living that SoCal life!
In other news I found a job! It's not as many hours as I'd like, but I make good tips so that's nice. It's also crazy and bilingual.
HOW THE FUCK DO YOU PEOPLE LIVE LIKE THIS?!
My husband is the previous make and model of Project: BITCHHAMMER than Richter, so he's like, "Whatever." And I'm in San Diego like, "OMG IS MY SHIT GONNA BURN DOWN LIKE TOMORROW WTF."
Seriously, like...fucking SERIOUSLY. I am so on edge. But I presume that if some San Diegans were on the East Coast and a Category 5 was just spinning along in the ocean, they'd feel much the same way I am right now.
There is nowhere people can live that isn't fraught with natural disasters of some kind. Forest fires, hurricanes, volcanoes, tornadoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, plain old flooding... there's something for everyone.
I thought the middle-upstate NY region where I used to live was untouchable, but then Hurricane Irene accidentally the entire Catskills. Turns out, living in the valleys of mountains that are made up almost entirely of silty sandstone, with no real permeability, results in small villages getting washed into the Hudson. Not often, but enough.
The real threat, of course, is the fucking tent caterpillars.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 21, 2016, 06:58:19 AM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on August 20, 2016, 11:45:48 PM
I have some nutbag on OKC asking me for advice on starting The Revolution and immediately ignoring it. It's hilariously predictable.
why would you ignore the revolution? It doesn't seem like you're really into this. :lulz:
I'm just not dreaming big enough, I guess. If I just YELLED MORE and USED MORE ELLIPSIS............we could END ALL POLITICAL PARTIES.....and fix public education......what a great time to be alive................
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on August 21, 2016, 02:55:33 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 19, 2016, 06:28:42 PM
Quote from: SuuCal on August 19, 2016, 06:10:10 PM
Quote from: Nast on August 19, 2016, 08:40:46 AM
A wildfire started in my town as well today, not bad enough to worry about evacuating but maybe should start to think about what to put in a go-bag. Living that SoCal life!
In other news I found a job! It's not as many hours as I'd like, but I make good tips so that's nice. It's also crazy and bilingual.
HOW THE FUCK DO YOU PEOPLE LIVE LIKE THIS?!
My husband is the previous make and model of Project: BITCHHAMMER than Richter, so he's like, "Whatever." And I'm in San Diego like, "OMG IS MY SHIT GONNA BURN DOWN LIKE TOMORROW WTF."
Seriously, like...fucking SERIOUSLY. I am so on edge. But I presume that if some San Diegans were on the East Coast and a Category 5 was just spinning along in the ocean, they'd feel much the same way I am right now.
There is nowhere people can live that isn't fraught with natural disasters of some kind. Forest fires, hurricanes, volcanoes, tornadoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, plain old flooding... there's something for everyone.
I thought the middle-upstate NY region where I used to live was untouchable, but then Hurricane Irene accidentally the entire Catskills. Turns out, living in the valleys of mountains that are made up almost entirely of silty sandstone, with no real permeability, results in small villages getting washed into the Hudson. Not often, but enough.
The real threat, of course, is the fucking tent caterpillars.
You mean the Snowbelt? :lulz: Jeffland. Where we got a foot of snow for Thanksgiving, and my husband called it a mild Thursday. He wants to move back up that way when he retires. I told him bye. Where the FUCK am I going to work? Utica? Syracuse? :vom:
I don't count heavy snowfall as a natural disaster, 'cause if you build the houses and roads correctly it's hardly an issue.
But I am also a filthy, unwashed mountain hick who only requires 2 hours of sunlight a day, so YMMV.
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on August 21, 2016, 06:01:53 PM
I don't count heavy snowfall as a natural disaster, 'cause if you build the houses and roads correctly it's hardly an issue.
But I am also a filthy, unwashed mountain hick who only requires 2 hours of sunlight a day, so YMMV.
Similar to Jeff.
In fact, I'm pretty sure the next military move is going to end up in our divorce. I don't want to think about it, but the idea of having to move back to the Northeast and dealing with that shit again makes me ill. But, it's his job and his choices.
Not that it matters, mind you. President Trump is going to ensure that the Russians or Chinese kill my husband anyway.
Quote from: Freeky on August 20, 2016, 11:59:55 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on August 20, 2016, 11:45:48 PM
I have some nutbag on OKC asking me for advice on starting The Revolution and immediately ignoring it. It's hilariously predictable.
:lulz: Oh, OKC. There is so much lail in your userbase.
I haven't logged in for so long. I should check to see whether my inbox is full of messages from clueless old men and 20-year-old thirsties looking for a cougar, like it usually is.
Today has been a satisfying day. We went for a run to the park with Li'l Alty, planned a homemade soda-maker, cleaned the dining room, put up some art, and are kicking back for a little Skyrimming and maybe Rust.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on August 21, 2016, 04:23:36 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 21, 2016, 06:58:19 AM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on August 20, 2016, 11:45:48 PM
I have some nutbag on OKC asking me for advice on starting The Revolution and immediately ignoring it. It's hilariously predictable.
why would you ignore the revolution? It doesn't seem like you're really into this. :lulz:
I'm just not dreaming big enough, I guess. If I just YELLED MORE and USED MORE ELLIPSIS............we could END ALL POLITICAL PARTIES.....and fix public education......what a great time to be alive................
The ellipses thing used to be the sole province of right wing nutjobs. I guess they really are all the same when you get far enough from the center.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 21, 2016, 09:17:45 PM
Quote from: Freeky on August 20, 2016, 11:59:55 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on August 20, 2016, 11:45:48 PM
I have some nutbag on OKC asking me for advice on starting The Revolution and immediately ignoring it. It's hilariously predictable.
:lulz: Oh, OKC. There is so much lail in your userbase.
I haven't logged in for so long. I should check to see whether my inbox is full of messages from clueless old men and 20-year-old thirsties looking for a cougar, like it usually is.
You get all the best (read: gross/hilarious) messages, those that you posted in that thread, anyway.
I logged in last night to see if I had any fuckery after a two month hiatus, and only found a message from a guy who was down to be just friends and another that I messaged way back. It was nice not finding anything gross in there.
I'm in Provincetown, Where Heterosexuals Are The MinorityTM, and guess who showed up yesterday? Hillary Clinton and Cher.
I got the fuck out to the beach and let everything blow over -- but not before I saw the protesters. Not Trump protesters, they probably believe their genitals would spontaneously combust if they approached such a large number of queers. Stein/Bernie protesters.
But, as we might expect, they sounded EXACTLY like Trump protesters. I shit you not, they even were using the "Crooked Hillary" moniker, and the "Jail her" chant. Proof that a nutbag is a nutbag, regardless of political affinity.
We just found out the husband is going to be a granddad. (I will not be a grandma, because it's the kid from his first marriage). Holy Fuck.
Quote from: LMNO on August 22, 2016, 02:42:16 PM
I'm in Provincetown, Where Heterosexuals Are The MinorityTM, and guess who showed up yesterday? Hillary Clinton and Cher.
I got the fuck out to the beach and let everything blow over -- but not before I saw the protesters. Not Trump protesters, they probably believe their genitals would spontaneously combust if they approached such a large number of queers. Stein/Bernie protesters.
But, as we might expect, they sounded EXACTLY like Trump protesters. I shit you not, they even were using the "Crooked Hillary" moniker, and the "Jail her" chant. Proof that a nutbag is a nutbag, regardless of political affinity.
Provincetown, Where Heterosexuals Are The Minority and Hillary dates Cher . . . now that's my American Dream!
Quote from: LMNO on August 22, 2016, 02:42:16 PM
I'm in Provincetown, Where Heterosexuals Are The MinorityTM, and guess who showed up yesterday? Hillary Clinton and Cher.
I got the fuck out to the beach and let everything blow over -- but not before I saw the protesters. Not Trump protesters, they probably believe their genitals would spontaneously combust if they approached such a large number of queers. Stein/Bernie protesters.
But, as we might expect, they sounded EXACTLY like Trump protesters. I shit you not, they even were using the "Crooked Hillary" moniker, and the "Jail her" chant. Proof that a nutbag is a nutbag, regardless of political affinity.
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
The nutbag escalation between this cycle and last only makes me more certain that the next one is going to be even funnier. Neither of the current candidates strike me as a good loser so it may even just be the same again only turned up to 11.
Quote from: Freeky on August 22, 2016, 02:46:41 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 21, 2016, 09:17:45 PM
Quote from: Freeky on August 20, 2016, 11:59:55 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on August 20, 2016, 11:45:48 PM
I have some nutbag on OKC asking me for advice on starting The Revolution and immediately ignoring it. It's hilariously predictable.
:lulz: Oh, OKC. There is so much lail in your userbase.
I haven't logged in for so long. I should check to see whether my inbox is full of messages from clueless old men and 20-year-old thirsties looking for a cougar, like it usually is.
You get all the best (read: gross/hilarious) messages, those that you posted in that thread, anyway.
I logged in last night to see if I had any fuckery after a two month hiatus, and only found a message from a guy who was down to be just friends and another that I messaged way back. It was nice not finding anything gross in there.
I looked, and all I found was an old guy who likes my name, and some random who just messaged me "I'm still looking". :lulz: Either I'm too old for the pervs, they've actually started reading my profile, or, more likely, OKC is losing membership to the other services so there just aren't as many thirsties on there.
Quote from: LMNO on August 22, 2016, 02:42:16 PM
I'm in Provincetown, Where Heterosexuals Are The MinorityTM, and guess who showed up yesterday? Hillary Clinton and Cher.
I got the fuck out to the beach and let everything blow over -- but not before I saw the protesters. Not Trump protesters, they probably believe their genitals would spontaneously combust if they approached such a large number of queers. Stein/Bernie protesters.
But, as we might expect, they sounded EXACTLY like Trump protesters. I shit you not, they even were using the "Crooked Hillary" moniker, and the "Jail her" chant. Proof that a nutbag is a nutbag, regardless of political affinity.
There's a reason so many Bernie supporters are talking about voting for Trump or the Libertarian. A bunch of them are just looking for something to buy into, and they aren't too picky as long as it promises to ignore women and black people.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 22, 2016, 07:56:08 PM
Quote from: LMNO on August 22, 2016, 02:42:16 PM
I'm in Provincetown, Where Heterosexuals Are The MinorityTM, and guess who showed up yesterday? Hillary Clinton and Cher.
I got the fuck out to the beach and let everything blow over -- but not before I saw the protesters. Not Trump protesters, they probably believe their genitals would spontaneously combust if they approached such a large number of queers. Stein/Bernie protesters.
But, as we might expect, they sounded EXACTLY like Trump protesters. I shit you not, they even were using the "Crooked Hillary" moniker, and the "Jail her" chant. Proof that a nutbag is a nutbag, regardless of political affinity.
There's a reason so many Bernie supporters are talking about voting for Trump or the Libertarian. A bunch of them are just looking for something to buy into, and they aren't too picky as long as it promises to ignore women and black people.
As a former-Bernie supporter (and now Hillary supporter), I don't understand the pull to Gary Johnson. You want to be edgy and vote for Trump, sure, whatever, it'll be hilarious to watch you cry when your friends are shipped to the concentration camps and you wonder why, but Johnson literally stands for everything Bernie was against. I think the only thing that is doing it is that Johnson wants to legalize weed, because, well, Libertarian, but the man is adamantly against social programs of any kind, and a supporter of the 1% under the guise of smaller government. He's a turdburglar.
I guess it must be nice to be that fucking oblivious to how the system actually works under the pretense of "going against the establishment." Or more so, that fucking privileged to throw your vote to assholes who can ruin the lives of minorities.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 22, 2016, 07:54:01 PM
Quote from: Freeky on August 22, 2016, 02:46:41 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 21, 2016, 09:17:45 PM
Quote from: Freeky on August 20, 2016, 11:59:55 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on August 20, 2016, 11:45:48 PM
I have some nutbag on OKC asking me for advice on starting The Revolution and immediately ignoring it. It's hilariously predictable.
:lulz: Oh, OKC. There is so much lail in your userbase.
I haven't logged in for so long. I should check to see whether my inbox is full of messages from clueless old men and 20-year-old thirsties looking for a cougar, like it usually is.
You get all the best (read: gross/hilarious) messages, those that you posted in that thread, anyway.
I logged in last night to see if I had any fuckery after a two month hiatus, and only found a message from a guy who was down to be just friends and another that I messaged way back. It was nice not finding anything gross in there.
I looked, and all I found was an old guy who likes my name, and some random who just messaged me "I'm still looking". :lulz:
What even are people thinking? :lulz:
QuoteEither I'm too old for the pervs, they've actually started reading my profile, or, more likely, OKC is losing membership to the other services so there just aren't as many thirsties on there.
OKC's desktop mode is clunky and murders my computer, so that's no surprise when everyone wants SUPAFAST ON MAH PHONE THING!
Quote from: SuuCal on August 22, 2016, 09:29:05 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 22, 2016, 07:56:08 PM
Quote from: LMNO on August 22, 2016, 02:42:16 PM
I'm in Provincetown, Where Heterosexuals Are The MinorityTM, and guess who showed up yesterday? Hillary Clinton and Cher.
I got the fuck out to the beach and let everything blow over -- but not before I saw the protesters. Not Trump protesters, they probably believe their genitals would spontaneously combust if they approached such a large number of queers. Stein/Bernie protesters.
But, as we might expect, they sounded EXACTLY like Trump protesters. I shit you not, they even were using the "Crooked Hillary" moniker, and the "Jail her" chant. Proof that a nutbag is a nutbag, regardless of political affinity.
There's a reason so many Bernie supporters are talking about voting for Trump or the Libertarian. A bunch of them are just looking for something to buy into, and they aren't too picky as long as it promises to ignore women and black people.
As a former-Bernie supporter (and now Hillary supporter), I don't understand the pull to Gary Johnson. You want to be edgy and vote for Trump, sure, whatever, it'll be hilarious to watch you cry when your friends are shipped to the concentration camps and you wonder why, but Johnson literally stands for everything Bernie was against. I think the only thing that is doing it is that Johnson wants to legalize weed, because, well, Libertarian, but the man is adamantly against social programs of any kind, and a supporter of the 1% under the guise of smaller government. He's a turdburglar.
I guess it must be nice to be that fucking oblivious to how the system actually works under the pretense of "going against the establishment." Or more so, that fucking privileged to throw your vote to assholes who can ruin the lives of minorities.
Honestly, I think that a lot of people are willing to make that completely illogical jump because they never had any principles to begin with, and are just looking for someone to give them some. You see the same thing in people who abandon religion and become vehemently, rabidly Atheist, and then convert to some religion or another and are just as vehement and rabid, and then switch again, and so on. It's one reason I don't trust True Believers; they tend to be as fickle as they are fanatical, and to lack internal moral fiber.
Quote from: SuuCal on August 22, 2016, 09:29:05 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 22, 2016, 07:56:08 PM
Quote from: LMNO on August 22, 2016, 02:42:16 PM
I'm in Provincetown, Where Heterosexuals Are The MinorityTM, and guess who showed up yesterday? Hillary Clinton and Cher.
I got the fuck out to the beach and let everything blow over -- but not before I saw the protesters. Not Trump protesters, they probably believe their genitals would spontaneously combust if they approached such a large number of queers. Stein/Bernie protesters.
But, as we might expect, they sounded EXACTLY like Trump protesters. I shit you not, they even were using the "Crooked Hillary" moniker, and the "Jail her" chant. Proof that a nutbag is a nutbag, regardless of political affinity.
There's a reason so many Bernie supporters are talking about voting for Trump or the Libertarian. A bunch of them are just looking for something to buy into, and they aren't too picky as long as it promises to ignore women and black people.
As a former-Bernie supporter (and now Hillary supporter), I don't understand the pull to Gary Johnson. You want to be edgy and vote for Trump, sure, whatever, it'll be hilarious to watch you cry when your friends are shipped to the concentration camps and you wonder why, but Johnson literally stands for everything Bernie was against. I think the only thing that is doing it is that Johnson wants to legalize weed, because, well, Libertarian, but the man is adamantly against social programs of any kind, and a supporter of the 1% under the guise of smaller government. He's a turdburglar.
I guess it must be nice to be that fucking oblivious to how the system actually works under the pretense of "going against the establishment." Or more so, that fucking privileged to throw your vote to assholes who can ruin the lives of minorities.
I am a former Sanders supporter (now Stein) I could never support Johnson, his avid support of private prisons alone horrifies me, but he is the top polling third party candidate and on the ballot in all 50 states. People who want to vote 3rd party and still be counted as effecting the election (Johnson has a chance to tilt a few states from Trump to Clinton) certainly have reason to vote for him. His worst aspects are lessened by the fact his chances of winning are tiny, and either party taking steps to win over weed smokers who oppose foreign intervention would be lovely.
I'm not going to lie - as I get older, watching any tv show with a cast whose characters are meant to be teenagers can be pretty awkward. All the scenes in Scream with Carlson Young were getting me worried until I checked and found out she's only a couple of years younger than I am. This has reduced the awkwardness considerably, but still...
Quote from: Pergamos on August 23, 2016, 05:59:00 AM
I am a former Sanders supporter (now Stein)
I ain't here to start a fight, but I am mystified by people who think Stein would be a good choice, or even a better choice over Clinton. Stein has gone full patchouli, and her VP choice spends all day calling Obama an "Uncle Tom" (no joke), while giggling and touching himself.
Her supporters will bend over backwards and holler that she was taken out of context about vaccination, but they really don't have anything to say about her anti-GMO or "cell phones cause cancer" routines.
Quote from: Cain on August 23, 2016, 09:22:54 AM
I'm not going to lie - as I get older, watching any tv show with a cast whose characters are meant to be teenagers can be pretty awkward. All the scenes in Scream with Carlson Young were getting me worried until I checked and found out she's only a couple of years younger than I am. This has reduced the awkwardness considerably, but still...
Our new crop of operators are known as the "the mean girl squad". They aren't mean girls, they just look like the girls in that movie. Except that - to my hideously old-aged view - they look more like they actually ARE high school kids. With afterbirth still on their ears. Like we've been up-ending prams to get people who will stay up all night in a dome watching horror movies in between programming the telescopes.
Seriously, they sit alone in domes all night watching
Silent Hill,
Rose Red, and slasher flicks. Anyone who says Millennials are wimps is talking out of their arse.
Quote from: LMNO on August 23, 2016, 06:34:12 PM
Her supporters will bend over backwards and holler that she was taken out of context about vaccination, but they really don't have anything to say about her anti-GMO or "cell phones cause cancer" routines.
Or her saying that reactors can "detonate" like a nuclear bomb.
Or how wifi eats brains out of children.
Apropos of nothing, I have a question about Pokémon Go:
I've got like, more than 300 Rattata candies. What the hell can I do with them other than power up my Raticate? I've got tons more candy than stardust, and the Raticate isn't that interesting to power up.
She reminds me of Ed Koupal, back in the day, an anti-nuke activist who bragged "the only physics I ever took was Ex-Lax." Expertise via fear-mongering.
Indeed. She's stopped being an idealist doctor, and is now in Professional PoliticianTM land, saying whatever it takes to get supporters.
Quote from: LMNO on August 23, 2016, 06:38:47 PM
Apropos of nothing, I have a question about Pokémon Go:
I've got like, more than 300 Rattata candies. What the hell can I do with them other than power up my Raticate? I've got tons more candy than stardust, and the Raticate isn't that interesting to power up.
Use them to evolve a bunch of Rattatas for the XP. Use a Lucky Egg first to make the most out of it!
Quote from: LMNO on August 23, 2016, 06:49:21 PM
Indeed. She's stopped being an idealist doctor, and is now in Professional PoliticianTM land, saying whatever it takes to get supporters.
Like Trump with a mouthful of kale smoothie. What makes all of this so painful to watch is that she's educated. She has her fucking MD. How the hell does she sleep at night?
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 23, 2016, 06:51:08 PM
Quote from: LMNO on August 23, 2016, 06:38:47 PM
Apropos of nothing, I have a question about Pokémon Go:
I've got like, more than 300 Rattata candies. What the hell can I do with them other than power up my Raticate? I've got tons more candy than stardust, and the Raticate isn't that interesting to power up.
Use them to evolve a bunch of Rattatas for the XP. Use a Lucky Egg first to make the most out of it!
Thanks!
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 23, 2016, 06:58:40 PM
Quote from: LMNO on August 23, 2016, 06:49:21 PM
Indeed. She's stopped being an idealist doctor, and is now in Professional PoliticianTM land, saying whatever it takes to get supporters.
Like Trump with a mouthful of kale smoothie. What makes all of this so painful to watch is that she's educated. She has her fucking MD. How the hell does she sleep at night?
Soundly, On sacks of money pried from the hands of willing dupes, I assume. When you can't point at stupidity, point at greed.
Quote from: Junkenstein on August 23, 2016, 07:09:57 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 23, 2016, 06:58:40 PM
Quote from: LMNO on August 23, 2016, 06:49:21 PM
Indeed. She's stopped being an idealist doctor, and is now in Professional PoliticianTM land, saying whatever it takes to get supporters.
Like Trump with a mouthful of kale smoothie. What makes all of this so painful to watch is that she's educated. She has her fucking MD. How the hell does she sleep at night?
Soundly, On sacks of money pried from the hands of willing dupes, I assume. When you can't point at stupidity, point at greed.
My mother is a trained scientist that believes in all manner of woo.
A powerful mind and a first-rate education are no guarantees against having a mushy skull. It's just that I don't believe that Stein believes the crap she spews. So, yes. You are correct.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 23, 2016, 08:09:36 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on August 23, 2016, 07:09:57 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 23, 2016, 06:58:40 PM
Quote from: LMNO on August 23, 2016, 06:49:21 PM
Indeed. She's stopped being an idealist doctor, and is now in Professional PoliticianTM land, saying whatever it takes to get supporters.
Like Trump with a mouthful of kale smoothie. What makes all of this so painful to watch is that she's educated. She has her fucking MD. How the hell does she sleep at night?
Soundly, On sacks of money pried from the hands of willing dupes, I assume. When you can't point at stupidity, point at greed.
My mother is a trained scientist that believes in all manner of woo.
A powerful mind and a first-rate education are no guarantees against having a mushy skull. It's just that I don't believe that Stein believes the crap she spews. So, yes. You are correct.
Smells like a larger thread. Interesting. Acquiring keyboard .
And apparently Julian Assange is turning the baleful eye of Truth and Journalistic Heroism on Gays in Saudi Arabia.
As in, he's outing Gays. IN SAUDI ARABIA.
Quote from: LMNO on August 23, 2016, 06:34:12 PM
Her supporters will bend over backwards and holler that she was taken out of context about vaccination, but they really don't have anything to say about her anti-GMO or "cell phones cause cancer" routines.
Because she's "NOT KILLARY LOL LOOK AT THIS LINK FROM BREITBART GUYS"
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 23, 2016, 08:24:21 PM
And apparently Julian Assange is turning the baleful eye of Truth and Journalistic Heroism on Gays in Saudi Arabia.
As in, he's outing Gays. IN SAUDI ARABIA.
I'm sure they'll take an enlightened view and enforce the law accordingly.
Seriously though, what the fuck?
Assange has jumped off the slippery slope from merely questionable to outright nihilistic lack of interest in the people he hurts.
Lets not forget he has also in the last 2 months:
- almost certainly been a useful idiot in a Russian intelligence operation
- published banking and credit card information of voters who donated to the Democrats
- published basic information on all registered female voters in Turkey
- hosted malware on Wikileaks
- implied a DNC official was murdered because he was passing on information to him, before quickly backing away from said statement
- made a weird, quasi anti-Semitic tweet before quickly deleting it
All of this comes back to basic vetting of the information he gets. It seems unless someone holds his hand and walks him through the problems, he won't even bother to fix them (like the malware....he removed the logs pointed out to him, but left hosted duplicates and other files in place).
And now he's vowing to bring Hillary down. And despite information on Trump being hacked, he has not seen fit to publish it (the DNC oppo research on Trump, for example). And he's picking bizarre fights on Twitter with Snowden.
Come 2017, I fully expect to find him naked, fighting a swan.
It seems that asylum may have finally made him snap, or is at least on the way to making that occur. Hasn't this kind of behaviour been cropping up for a while now beyond that? I sure he's been on the crazy end of the scale since the start of the year or so at least.
Quote from: Cain on August 23, 2016, 09:36:30 PM
Assange has jumped off the slippery slope from merely questionable to outright nihilistic lack of interest in the people he hurts.
Lets not forget he has also in the last 2 months:
- almost certainly been a useful idiot in a Russian intelligence operation
- published banking and credit card information of voters who donated to the Democrats
- published basic information on all registered female voters in Turkey
- hosted malware on Wikileaks
- implied a DNC official was murdered because he was passing on information to him, before quickly backing away from said statement
- made a weird, quasi anti-Semitic tweet before quickly deleting it
All of this comes back to basic vetting of the information he gets. It seems unless someone holds his hand and walks him through the problems, he won't even bother to fix them (like the malware....he removed the logs pointed out to him, but left hosted duplicates and other files in place).
And now he's vowing to bring Hillary down. And despite information on Trump being hacked, he has not seen fit to publish it (the DNC oppo research on Trump, for example). And he's picking bizarre fights on Twitter with Snowden.
Come 2017, I fully expect to find him naked, fighting a swan.
He's a cunt. Can't the UK send MI6 around to have him slip in the tub a few times?
Assange has been a narcissistic son of a bitch since day one. But since he appeared to be doing more good than damage...
And true Roger, it makes me question what kind of an empire we are these days. Back in the day, we'd send a couple of likely lads on loan from the SAS, stick a knife in his ribs and be done. Then again, the last time MI6 tried a major covert operation they were caught by Libyan farmers, so maybe it's best we outsource this to the CIA...
Sounds like a job for Holdallinabathman.
Quote from: Cain on August 23, 2016, 09:59:04 PM
Assange has been a narcissistic son of a bitch since day one. But since he appeared to be doing more good than damage...
And true Roger, it makes me question what kind of an empire we are these days. Back in the day, we'd send a couple of likely lads on loan from the SAS, stick a knife in his ribs and be done. Then again, the last time MI6 tried a major covert operation they were caught by Libyan farmers, so maybe it's best we outsource this to the CIA...
They'd whack the King of Denmark by mistake.
If only there were a competent intel agency on our side.
Quote from: Junkenstein on August 23, 2016, 09:44:36 PM
It seems that asylum may have finally made him snap, or is at least on the way to making that occur. Hasn't this kind of behaviour been cropping up for a while now beyond that? I sure he's been on the crazy end of the scale since the start of the year or so at least.
Perhaps the "whack-job" worked-out after all. Without the normalizing effect of extraneous human contact, in asylum, it may be easier to surgically erode someone's sanity.
The natives of this city (wot I do live in) are unaware of just how goddamn tolerant I have been. 36 years spent on this planet, in this city.
!10'000 gallons of love, 10'000 tons of hate.
Gasoline, a lighter, a match.
I chose not to.
This is the greatest thing I have seen all week:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUC2EQvdzmY
Quote from: Cain on August 24, 2016, 04:56:41 PM
This is the greatest thing I have seen all week:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUC2EQvdzmY
Yes, that's fucking amazing.
This is this generation's Two Tribes.
Though I'd pay good money for a music video where Hillary Clinton suplexes Putin.
Quote from: Cain on August 24, 2016, 04:56:41 PM
This is the greatest thing I have seen all week:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUC2EQvdzmY
Been listening to this track lately. "Flame your crew quicker than Trump fucks his youngest," is a nice reminder of how fucking fast hip hop turnaround is.
Oh, yeah. Run The Jewels is pretty amazing. I even tend to overlook El-P's tough-guy misogyny/homophobia because of his talent.
Quote from: LMNO on August 24, 2016, 06:37:57 PM
Oh, yeah. Run The Jewels is pretty amazing. I even tend to overlook El-P's tough-guy misogyny/homophobia because of his talent.
I put them on a Pandora station out of curiosity recently. It's gold. Atmosphere, Aesop Rock, MF Doom, old Wu-Tang. Finding some good new stuff on there as well.
Quote from: LMNO on August 24, 2016, 06:37:57 PM
Oh, yeah. Run The Jewels is pretty amazing. I even tend to overlook El-P's tough-guy misogyny/homophobia because of his talent.
I think, when compared with a lot others, he's awfully tame when it comes to miogyny/homophobia. And then I saw a couple of music videos and notices he smirks practically the entire time. I suspect he's very aware of the image he projects and a lot of it is tongue in cheek.
Now, Killer Mike, on the other hand is absolutely a god damned asshole. Fortunately, those instrumental versions are still great.
Quote from: LMNO on August 23, 2016, 06:34:12 PM
Her supporters will bend over backwards and holler that she was taken out of context about vaccination, but they really don't have anything to say about her anti-GMO or "cell phones cause cancer" routines.
Im anti GMO, not because they are bad for people but because Glyphosate is and I really don't like intellectual property applying to DNA, especially in ways that have resulted in farmers being sued after their crops were pollinated by a GMO neighbor. BT genes getting into wild crops is also a distinct possibility and would be a disaster or the environment.
Quote from: Pergamos on August 24, 2016, 10:53:34 PM
Quote from: LMNO on August 23, 2016, 06:34:12 PM
Her supporters will bend over backwards and holler that she was taken out of context about vaccination, but they really don't have anything to say about her anti-GMO or "cell phones cause cancer" routines.
Im anti GMO, not because they are bad for people but because Glyphosate is and I really don't like intellectual property applying to DNA, especially in ways that have resulted in farmers being sued after their crops were pollinated by a GMO neighbor. BT genes getting into wild crops is also a distinct possibility and would be a disaster or the environment.
Then you're anti-intellectual property being applied to DNA and anti-chemical pesticide, not anti-GMO.
Quote from: SuuCal on August 24, 2016, 11:19:00 PM
Quote from: Pergamos on August 24, 2016, 10:53:34 PM
Quote from: LMNO on August 23, 2016, 06:34:12 PM
Her supporters will bend over backwards and holler that she was taken out of context about vaccination, but they really don't have anything to say about her anti-GMO or "cell phones cause cancer" routines.
Im anti GMO, not because they are bad for people but because Glyphosate is and I really don't like intellectual property applying to DNA, especially in ways that have resulted in farmers being sued after their crops were pollinated by a GMO neighbor. BT genes getting into wild crops is also a distinct possibility and would be a disaster or the environment.
Then you're anti-intellectual property being applied to DNA and anti-chemical pesticide, not anti-GMO.
The transfer of BT genes to wild crops is specifically a GMO concern, the rest is all tied up with GMOs.
Trolling Libertarians is much more fun and a lot easier when you remember they're just another flavor of Utopia, with all the same inherent structural failures.
Quote from: SuuCal on August 24, 2016, 11:19:00 PM
Quote from: Pergamos on August 24, 2016, 10:53:34 PM
Quote from: LMNO on August 23, 2016, 06:34:12 PM
Her supporters will bend over backwards and holler that she was taken out of context about vaccination, but they really don't have anything to say about her anti-GMO or "cell phones cause cancer" routines.
Im anti GMO, not because they are bad for people but because Glyphosate is and I really don't like intellectual property applying to DNA, especially in ways that have resulted in farmers being sued after their crops were pollinated by a GMO neighbor. BT genes getting into wild crops is also a distinct possibility and would be a disaster or the environment.
Then you're anti-intellectual property being applied to DNA and anti-chemical pesticide, not anti-GMO.
Beat me to it. My only issue with GMO food is the predatory business practices of Monsanto.
Quote from: LMNO on August 24, 2016, 11:41:10 PM
Trolling Libertarians is much more fun and a lot easier when you remember they're just another flavor of Utopia, with all the same inherent structural failures.
Sure. They believe in things that just aren't so.
You can believe in anything you want, but the universe doesn't care, and one day the universe will adjust those beliefs with sometimes fatal results.
Quote from: LMNO on August 24, 2016, 06:37:57 PM
Oh, yeah. Run The Jewels is pretty amazing. I even tend to overlook El-P's tough-guy misogyny/homophobia because of his talent.
Is that pronounced "ell pee", "ee ell pee", "ell dash pee", or some other variant?
Quote from: Pergamos on August 24, 2016, 10:53:34 PM
Quote from: LMNO on August 23, 2016, 06:34:12 PM
Her supporters will bend over backwards and holler that she was taken out of context about vaccination, but they really don't have anything to say about her anti-GMO or "cell phones cause cancer" routines.
Im anti GMO, not because they are bad for people but because Glyphosate is and I really don't like intellectual property applying to DNA, especially in ways that have resulted in farmers being sued after their crops were pollinated by a GMO neighbor. BT genes getting into wild crops is also a distinct possibility and would be a disaster or the environment.
WOW this post is so full of woo-type misinformation that I don't know where to start. Here, have some useful factual information.
http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2016/05/18/glyphosate-and-cancer
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/10/18/163034053/top-five-myths-of-genetically-modified-seeds-busted
https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/primer/testing/genepatents
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/06/130614-supreme-court-gene-patent-ruling-human-genome-science/
The one thing you said that may have merit is lateral gene transfer from domestic crops to wild plants. However, the chances that THAT particular gene would transfer are similar to the chances that the gene would transfer from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis which already produces BT toxin everywhere in the world... smaller, actually, since the bacterium are universal and most "jumping genes" are transferred from microbes due to their ubiquity.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 25, 2016, 01:35:37 AM
Quote from: LMNO on August 24, 2016, 06:37:57 PM
Oh, yeah. Run The Jewels is pretty amazing. I even tend to overlook El-P's tough-guy misogyny/homophobia because of his talent.
Is that pronounced "ell pee", "ee ell pee", "ell dash pee", or some other variant?
I'd think that second one, and the first in second,
"El Pee".
It's like Spanish for "the pee"
I spent last evening alone in the house (everyone else went to a movie; I hate theaters).
So I got on some anti-hunting concern page on facebook and was relentlessly wrong at them all night. I was wrong about everything, and I had 300 replies from people who were just frantic to correct me, before the admins booted me.
Well played, sir.
Quote from: LMNO on August 25, 2016, 04:36:47 PM
Well played, sir.
It's liberating as hell, and it drives people bugshit. Even the people who realized I was trolling were driven to correct me. I recommend it.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 25, 2016, 05:11:54 PM
Quote from: LMNO on August 25, 2016, 04:36:47 PM
Well played, sir.
It's liberating as hell, and it drives people bugshit. Even the people who realized I was trolling were driven to correct me. I recommend it.
This is pretty much my default setting, though I mostly do it just to fit in with all the dumb, wrong people.
I love how it's now raining and windy outside, I have my window fully open and two fans on high settings, and if I move 4 metres back from the window towards the bedroom door, the heat rises enough for me to start sweating again.
And the students cannot even open their window like I do.
But no, I've been assured this is perfectly fine and healthy and not at all putting anyone at risk :lol: This is why I need to move to Oslo. It was 33C today (outside. Inside it was probably 43C). Today in Oslo it was 22C.
I'm also looking forward to taking a cold shower tonight and then waking up tomorrow caked in my own sweat. Again. Because that's always enjoyable.
Quote from: Cain on August 26, 2016, 01:28:42 AM
I love how it's now raining and windy outside, I have my window fully open and two fans on high settings, and if I move 4 metres back from the window towards the bedroom door, the heat rises enough for me to start sweating again.
And the students cannot even open their window like I do.
But no, I've been assured this is perfectly fine and healthy and not at all putting anyone at risk :lol: This is why I need to move to Oslo. It was 33C today (outside. Inside it was probably 43C). Today in Oslo it was 22C.
welcome to Tucson.
I would assume at least most people in Tucson have some form of air conditioning, only because the city is not currently on fire.
I've considered setting fire to this building. I mean, apart from the normal reasons. I reckon it might actually be colder if I did that.
It's been back and forth here. Today it's too hot. I feel drained.
I'm slightly more than halfway through my list of people I have to email for work, though. So at least I've accomplished something.
I guess.
New England has been a gorgeous, unparalleled paradise for the last week, of warm sun, cool breezes, striking sunsets, and a temporary ebbing of the inevitable grasp of misery that consumes us all.
So take that, ya fahckin queeahs.
:lulz: I see all the weather. I see it happening everywhere yet I'm stuck in a building with no natural light. :lulz:
It's been really nice here, actually, because the temperature dropped to 93 F (34 C) this week, and I'm not even being facetious about it being a nice change. Soooo much better.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on August 26, 2016, 02:16:02 AM
New England has been a gorgeous, unparalleled paradise for the last week, of warm sun, cool breezes, striking sunsets, and a temporary ebbing of the inevitable grasp of misery that consumes us all.
So take that, ya fahckin queeahs.
I'll fuckin' remember dis shit when I'm on deh beach in January, snappahhead.
Quote from: Freeky on August 26, 2016, 05:54:28 AM
It's been really nice here, actually, because the temperature dropped to 93 F (34 C) this week, and I'm not even being facetious about it being a nice change. Soooo much better.
Yeah, San Diego feels like San Diego again, and not Tucson. It's like somebody pulled the string on the sun and it lowered a bit. Just a bit, now, we can't be fucking greedy.
In completely unrelated news, I just got drunk dialed by my best friend from high school who now lives in Lubbock. He says he's fine, and that he's the designated driver for the night. :| He isn't fine. He only calls me at night when he's drunk and wants to talk random baseball stats. Now I'm fucking worried about him.
And then all human feelings I had were suddenly dashed when I saw a new mother complaining on Facebook about how she hates taking care of her baby and how it's literally the worst thing ever. Of course, I wasn't about to go into a diatribe about how mortal children do not spring fully grown from your vagina and walk right into fucking Harvard, and that next time she should use a fucking rubber, because everybody else beat me to the punch. That, and I didn't want to field the classic, "YOU DON'T HAVE KIDS SO YOU DON'T KNOOOOOWWWW" No, I don't know, but it's not exactly a secret that newborns take a considerable amount of work that she was clearly unprepared for. I especially liked the part where she bitched that her boyfriend wasn't home to help full-time like she was, because you know, he works. Hopefully, she'll come out of the funk and have an enjoyable experience as a mother in due time, because I can only imagine how overwhelmed she is. I'd hate to have something happen to her, but at the same time, I also want to slap the shit out of her.
Quote from: Cain on August 26, 2016, 01:58:30 AM
I've considered setting fire to this building. I mean, apart from the normal reasons. I reckon it might actually be colder if I did that.
Signals point to contraband, that would explain da heat, and the subsequent chill.
Right, just need to write a cover letter, then I can send off this PhD application.
Quote from: Cain on August 26, 2016, 06:34:05 PM
Right, just need to write a cover letter, then I can send off this PhD application.
:hammer:
And the rest of it's done now too. I'll send it off tomorrow afternoon, 3 days ahead of the deadline. Hopefully that way if there is any trouble (and there shouldn't be), it can be turned around and resolved quickly.
And I'm back to work tonight. Time to see how my parting bureaucratic hand-grenade that I lobbed before I went on holiday fared (and if I still have a job).
Also it's a Saturday night and I am pretty sure I'm working alone. After being away for two weeks, so I have no idea who any of our new residents are. This should be fun.
Nice, Cain. Congratulations, and good luck!
Also, I hope the hand-shitnade that you threw got into enough peoples' coffee, especially if you did lose the job. Hope you don't lose the job if that's not what you want lol
Thinking about making a thread for "The Very Best of IT," where I describe the most absurd shit that has happened to me, working in IT. Included, will be the time when someone called in about our ticketing system being down, asking for a ticket number regarding the issue. They then proceeded to tell us, here at the Service Desk, that the ticketing system is an important program. As if to say we should take it a bit more seriously than we normally would.
LIKE THE PEOPLE WHOSE JOB IS ENTIRELY DEPENDENT ON THE TICKETING SYSTEM HAVE NO IDEA HOW IMPORTANT THE SYSTEM IS.
Well, I'd rather not lose it without having another one, and place to live, lined up.
But as I've said, if I do go down, I will take everyone with me. It's mutually assured destruction...though someone should probably tell management that at some point.
Quote from: Cain on August 27, 2016, 04:44:37 PM
Well, I'd rather not lose it without having another one, and place to live, lined up.
But as I've said, if I do go down, I will take everyone with me. It's mutually assured destruction...though someone should probably tell management that at some point.
You mean, tell management you've gone
MAD?
:lolchix:
Sadly, they'd probably not even realise there was another meaning. They're not very bright.
Quote from: Cain on August 26, 2016, 06:34:05 PM
Right, just need to write a cover letter, then I can send off this PhD application.
EXCELLENT.
So, apparently a couple months ago the complete piece of idiot shit Blue Christian Winterhawk sent my friend an apologetic email.
:lulz: Bets on him being broke and looking for a handout? Maybe he ran out of junkies to fleece.
Well, it's hard to make a living off of shitty poetry.
Or was he writing a novel? I can never remember.
Quote from: Cain on August 27, 2016, 06:05:58 PM
Well, it's hard to make a living off of shitty poetry.
Or was he writing a novel? I can never remember.
I think he had some really, really bad Youtube video philosophy scheme going on.
Someone should really tell him Stefan Molyneux has the shitty Youtube philosophy market cornered already.
Going back to work for a minute, my almost infinite levels of patience (ie; ability to silently seethe when confronted with gross stupidity) are definitely at an end.
Even if I don't get the job I interviewed for, or this particular Uni place, I am not inclined to take a single iota more of anyone's shit. I've gotten too used to swallowing their crap while I was focused on my degree. It's high time they found out who they really employed. And since I have two weeks of emails to start on, I'm sure I'll have ample opportunities to demonstrate that tonight.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 27, 2016, 06:01:04 PM
So, apparently a couple months ago the complete piece of idiot shit Blue Christian Winterhawk sent my friend an apologetic email.
:lulz: Bets on him being broke and looking for a handout? Maybe he ran out of junkies to fleece.
I wouldn't bet against it, anyway. :lulz:
I nearly forgot about that douche, but not the (color) (religion) (seasonbird) gag.
I found out today AlbinoBlackSheep still exists, and The Ultimate Showdown (of Ultimate Destiny) is still being hosted on it.
I showed it to the monkey and the entire way through watching the look on his face was "what even is happening right now what is life wtf."
I wish I could have gotten a picture of it, it was priceless.
Quote from: Cain on August 27, 2016, 06:40:00 PM
Going back to work for a minute, my almost infinite levels of patience (ie; ability to silently seethe when confronted with gross stupidity) are definitely at an end.
Even if I don't get the job I interviewed for, or this particular Uni place, I am not inclined to take a single iota more of anyone's shit. I've gotten too used to swallowing their crap while I was focused on my degree. It's high time they found out who they really employed. And since I have two weeks of emails to start on, I'm sure I'll have ample opportunities to demonstrate that tonight.
I'm pretty sure you're still employed as that place, useless as it is, would still grab keys and not be stupid enough to send a "you're done" email to your work email.
Right?
Quote from: Freeky on August 27, 2016, 08:08:29 PM
I found out today AlbinoBlackSheep still exists, and The Ultimate Showdown (of Ultimate Destiny) is still being hosted on it.
I showed it to the monkey and the entire way through watching the look on his face was "what even is happening right now what is life wtf."
I wish I could have gotten a picture of it, it was priceless.
:lulz: That's a pretty good introduction to the internet.
Quote from: Cain on August 27, 2016, 06:13:33 PM
Someone should really tell him Stefan Molyneux has the shitty Youtube philosophy market cornered already.
:lulz: :love:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 27, 2016, 10:20:56 PM
Quote from: Freeky on August 27, 2016, 08:08:29 PM
I found out today AlbinoBlackSheep still exists, and The Ultimate Showdown (of Ultimate Destiny) is still being hosted on it.
I showed it to the monkey and the entire way through watching the look on his face was "what even is happening right now what is life wtf."
I wish I could have gotten a picture of it, it was priceless.
:lulz: That's a pretty good introduction to the internet.
I'm going to take a walk down memory lane and see what else to share with him, and this time I'll have a camera.
Quote from: Junkenstein on August 27, 2016, 08:28:48 PM
Quote from: Cain on August 27, 2016, 06:40:00 PM
Going back to work for a minute, my almost infinite levels of patience (ie; ability to silently seethe when confronted with gross stupidity) are definitely at an end.
Even if I don't get the job I interviewed for, or this particular Uni place, I am not inclined to take a single iota more of anyone's shit. I've gotten too used to swallowing their crap while I was focused on my degree. It's high time they found out who they really employed. And since I have two weeks of emails to start on, I'm sure I'll have ample opportunities to demonstrate that tonight.
I'm pretty sure you're still employed as that place, useless as it is, would still grab keys and not be stupid enough to send a "you're done" email to your work email.
Right?
Well, they don't know which keys are a copy of my door's keys. And to be honest, they probably would.
However, rampage of revenge has been postponed. I'm training the new member of staff for the next three nights, so I don't have time to address my emails. What a shame...
Quote from: Cain on August 28, 2016, 01:16:59 AM
Quote from: Junkenstein on August 27, 2016, 08:28:48 PM
Quote from: Cain on August 27, 2016, 06:40:00 PM
Going back to work for a minute, my almost infinite levels of patience (ie; ability to silently seethe when confronted with gross stupidity) are definitely at an end.
Even if I don't get the job I interviewed for, or this particular Uni place, I am not inclined to take a single iota more of anyone's shit. I've gotten too used to swallowing their crap while I was focused on my degree. It's high time they found out who they really employed. And since I have two weeks of emails to start on, I'm sure I'll have ample opportunities to demonstrate that tonight.
I'm pretty sure you're still employed as that place, useless as it is, would still grab keys and not be stupid enough to send a "you're done" email to your work email.
Right?
Well, they don't know which keys are a copy of my door's keys. And to be honest, they probably would.
However, rampage of revenge has been postponed. I'm training the new member of staff for the next three nights, so I don't have time to address my emails. What a shame...
Either way. I know how you feel. I walked out of Sasol with no job waiting for me, and I never regretted it (I was a basket case after 5 months, even though I had cash, but I never once regretted it).
Life's too short.
Well....there was a disappointing lack of rage on the email front last night, once I got around to checking them.
However, the same manager I had a flaming row with has just told me (told, not asked) that I will be doing a 9-5 training session, then a full 12 and a 1/2 hour night shift.
I've not sent my reply yet...but Working Time Regulations hilarity will occur in 15 hours or less. Unfortunately, there are actually laws which stipulate a consecutive 11 hours break in any 24 hour period.
And yeah, believe me, just walking out is so damn tempting.
So I managed to convince my boss to let me have a go at the datasheets.
Now to see if I can actually do it.
Quote from: Cain on August 28, 2016, 08:13:33 AM
Well....there was a disappointing lack of rage on the email front last night, once I got around to checking them.
However, the same manager I had a flaming row with has just told me (told, not asked) that I will be doing a 9-5 training session, then a full 12 and a 1/2 hour night shift.
I've not sent my reply yet...but Working Time Regulations hilarity will occur in 15 hours or less. Unfortunately, there are actually laws which stipulate a consecutive 11 hours break in any 24 hour period.
And yeah, believe me, just walking out is so damn tempting.
That was a hell of a nice try, though. He had to have known you would catch and counter it, I would think... or is he really stupid enough to think you'd let him get away with that?
Quote from: Xaz on August 28, 2016, 09:40:35 AM
So I managed to convince my boss to let me have a go at the datasheets.
Now to see if I can actually do it.
Nice!
What are you doing with them?
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 28, 2016, 04:41:43 PM
Quote from: Cain on August 28, 2016, 08:13:33 AM
Well....there was a disappointing lack of rage on the email front last night, once I got around to checking them.
However, the same manager I had a flaming row with has just told me (told, not asked) that I will be doing a 9-5 training session, then a full 12 and a 1/2 hour night shift.
I've not sent my reply yet...but Working Time Regulations hilarity will occur in 15 hours or less. Unfortunately, there are actually laws which stipulate a consecutive 11 hours break in any 24 hour period.
And yeah, believe me, just walking out is so damn tempting.
That was a hell of a nice try, though. He had to have known you would catch and counter it, I would think... or is he really stupid enough to think you'd let him get away with that?
Could be. I did do it twice before, but that was literally because it was in the 3 month period I could be dismissed for no reason, and in the second case because I wanted my First Aid certificate updated that bad.
Plus this is the place that literally had someone work two 24 hour shifts on their own (not back to back) last month. So...
Quote from: Cain on August 28, 2016, 05:21:21 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 28, 2016, 04:41:43 PM
Quote from: Cain on August 28, 2016, 08:13:33 AM
Well....there was a disappointing lack of rage on the email front last night, once I got around to checking them.
However, the same manager I had a flaming row with has just told me (told, not asked) that I will be doing a 9-5 training session, then a full 12 and a 1/2 hour night shift.
I've not sent my reply yet...but Working Time Regulations hilarity will occur in 15 hours or less. Unfortunately, there are actually laws which stipulate a consecutive 11 hours break in any 24 hour period.
And yeah, believe me, just walking out is so damn tempting.
That was a hell of a nice try, though. He had to have known you would catch and counter it, I would think... or is he really stupid enough to think you'd let him get away with that?
Could be. I did do it twice before, but that was literally because it was in the 3 month period I could be dismissed for no reason, and in the second case because I wanted my First Aid certificate updated that bad.
Plus this is the place that literally had someone work two 24 hour shifts on their own (not back to back) last month. So...
Fucking unreal. School administration, man.
Quote from: Cain on August 28, 2016, 05:21:21 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 28, 2016, 04:41:43 PM
Quote from: Cain on August 28, 2016, 08:13:33 AM
Well....there was a disappointing lack of rage on the email front last night, once I got around to checking them.
However, the same manager I had a flaming row with has just told me (told, not asked) that I will be doing a 9-5 training session, then a full 12 and a 1/2 hour night shift.
I've not sent my reply yet...but Working Time Regulations hilarity will occur in 15 hours or less. Unfortunately, there are actually laws which stipulate a consecutive 11 hours break in any 24 hour period.
And yeah, believe me, just walking out is so damn tempting.
That was a hell of a nice try, though. He had to have known you would catch and counter it, I would think... or is he really stupid enough to think you'd let him get away with that?
Could be. I did do it twice before, but that was literally because it was in the 3 month period I could be dismissed for no reason, and in the second case because I wanted my First Aid certificate updated that bad.
Plus this is the place that literally had someone work two 24 hour shifts on their own (not back to back) last month. So...
In my recent experience, academia is sloppy about employment law.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 28, 2016, 04:42:29 PM
Quote from: Xaz on August 28, 2016, 09:40:35 AM
So I managed to convince my boss to let me have a go at the datasheets.
Now to see if I can actually do it.
Nice!
What are you doing with them?
I'm going to try and standardise them across products/regions and make sure that they've only got relevant and correct information on them.
We have had a new MD recently and due to his reorganisation of the company a few product managers have resigned and others are being reshuffled. I suggested that while there's no product management going on (is there ever?) we, as the technical department, sneakily standardise the datasheets while nobody is paying attention.
I've been doing a lot of quietly watching and learning since I started and finally I think I've figured it out - if you do things with enough confidence you can get away with pretty much anything. If it turns out to be beneficial for the company (and you don't show anyone up too much) people will even appreciate it.
Office politics are pretty interesting.
Sounds like the politics here are a far cry from the craziness that some of you guys experience though. I think that being an employee-owned company helps to even out some of the extreme power plays. We all sing kum-ba-yah around campfires instead.
Remember kids if you od while in the army it counts as an admission of drug problem and you can't be punished. Just have to go to rehab and asap
Quote from: Meunster on August 29, 2016, 03:34:24 PM
Remember kids if you od while in the army it counts as an admission of drug problem and you can't be punished. Just have to go to rehab and asap
It counts as lack of motivation.
Gene Wilder died. :sad:
Fucking 2016
Can someone do something meaningless like sacrifice a small thing because I'm trying to sell my house and I keep finding stupid shit wrong. Like a wet area under a toilet, it's humid out so it's probably condensation but arg damnit.
Are you asking for Discordians to sacrifice something in order to make something happen more smoothly?
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 30, 2016, 04:44:57 AM
Are you asking for Discordians to sacrifice something in order to make something happen more smoothly?
Fuck nevermind I'm good!
Common sense has prevailed over my work hours, and I'm getting a chance to put my case for letting me design and present the Prevent training tomorrow.
I figure if anyone is going to have to tell people they need to be snitches for the government to prevent terrorism, it should be me. I can limit the damage.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 30, 2016, 03:30:59 AM
Gene Wilder died. :sad:
I am quite sad about this. One of the finest comic actors of the past century. The Producers taught me a hell of a lot about business.
So many appropriate Gene Wilder gifs to send him out on.
(http://38.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmpb5rb65v1qchzcgo1_1280.png)
So like, not informing support that your av and computer equipment was struck by lightning is a thing.
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on August 30, 2016, 04:20:16 PM
So like, not informing support that your av and computer equipment was struck by lightning is a thing.
They're powered by electricity. A lightning strike will surely just supercharge them.
Quote from: Xaz on August 30, 2016, 04:32:41 PM
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on August 30, 2016, 04:20:16 PM
So like, not informing support that your av and computer equipment was struck by lightning is a thing.
They're powered by electricity. A lightning strike will surely just supercharge them.
:lulz:
Quote from: Xaz on August 30, 2016, 04:32:41 PM
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on August 30, 2016, 04:20:16 PM
So like, not informing support that your av and computer equipment was struck by lightning is a thing.
They're powered by electricity. A lightning strike will surely just supercharge them.
I should grab cables during a storm, surely this will give me powers.
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on August 30, 2016, 05:00:20 PM
Quote from: Xaz on August 30, 2016, 04:32:41 PM
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on August 30, 2016, 04:20:16 PM
So like, not informing support that your av and computer equipment was struck by lightning is a thing.
They're powered by electricity. A lightning strike will surely just supercharge them.
I should grab cables during a storm, surely this will give me powers.
Well you'll stop aging to begin with....
Quote from: Junkenstein on August 30, 2016, 05:29:42 PM
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on August 30, 2016, 05:00:20 PM
Quote from: Xaz on August 30, 2016, 04:32:41 PM
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on August 30, 2016, 04:20:16 PM
So like, not informing support that your av and computer equipment was struck by lightning is a thing.
They're powered by electricity. A lightning strike will surely just supercharge them.
I should grab cables during a storm, surely this will give me powers.
Well you'll stop aging to begin with....
:lulz:
So, reinventing the wheel in our water system. For once in my damn life, I'm not surrounded by know-it-all chemists that could have solved this on day one. Instead, I am surrounded by know-it-all physicists who will solve it right into it's fucking grave. So I ignore them, and dance to their indignant howling, while doing this weird shit called "gathering data and putting it in a readable form" while "reading Army manuals and municipal procedures on how to make potable water that doesn't rip out the pipes."
Odd, I had always thought you needed a low pH to get a low pH effect. Not so, and I really wish my teachers hadn't lied to me the whole time I was in school.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 30, 2016, 08:24:47 PM
So, reinventing the wheel in our water system. For once in my damn life, I'm not surrounded by know-it-all chemists that could have solved this on day one. Instead, I am surrounded by know-it-all physicists who will solve it right into it's fucking grave. So I ignore them, and dance to their indignant howling, while doing this weird shit called "gathering data and putting it in a readable form" while "reading Army manuals and municipal procedures on how to make potable water that doesn't rip out the pipes."
Odd, I had always thought you needed a low pH to get a low pH effect. Not so, and I really wish my teachers hadn't lied to me the whole time I was in school.
Are physicists especially bad about solving problems they are not qualified to touch? I remember my dad complaining bitterly about physicists attempting to code.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on August 30, 2016, 08:56:20 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 30, 2016, 08:24:47 PM
So, reinventing the wheel in our water system. For once in my damn life, I'm not surrounded by know-it-all chemists that could have solved this on day one. Instead, I am surrounded by know-it-all physicists who will solve it right into it's fucking grave. So I ignore them, and dance to their indignant howling, while doing this weird shit called "gathering data and putting it in a readable form" while "reading Army manuals and municipal procedures on how to make potable water that doesn't rip out the pipes."
Odd, I had always thought you needed a low pH to get a low pH effect. Not so, and I really wish my teachers hadn't lied to me the whole time I was in school.
Are physicists especially bad about solving problems they are not qualified to touch? I remember my dad complaining bitterly about physicists attempting to code.
Yes, they are as bad as chemists trying to tell you how to align a motor, or engineers telling you how to do shit that is outside of their area of education. For example, having a chemical engineer try to troubleshoot PLC code.
Not saying that they never have good ideas, just that it always ends in failure and tragedy.
Hello, gang.
I'm getting married. In three days. :eek:
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on August 30, 2016, 11:03:02 PM
Hello, gang.
I'm getting married. In three days. :eek:
HUZZAH!Congratulations to you and the future Mrs Deathwaffle!
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on August 30, 2016, 11:03:02 PM
Hello, gang.
I'm getting married. In three days. :eek:
THAT'S AWESOME! Congrats and so forth! :D
Woo! Nicely done, sir!
I just gave my Trump-loving Aunt a lesson in free speech. She proceeded to get so angry with me that she called my mom. My mom laughed her off the phone. Apparently, the conversation started with, "Why did you let her get an education?!"
Oh man, I wish I had a recording of that one.
Excellent!
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on August 30, 2016, 11:03:02 PM
Hello, gang.
I'm getting married. In three days. :eek:
Good work that Viking.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 30, 2016, 08:24:47 PM
So, reinventing the wheel in our water system. For once in my damn life, I'm not surrounded by know-it-all chemists that could have solved this on day one. Instead, I am surrounded by know-it-all physicists who will solve it right into it's fucking grave. So I ignore them, and dance to their indignant howling, while doing this weird shit called "gathering data and putting it in a readable form" while "reading Army manuals and municipal procedures on how to make potable water that doesn't rip out the pipes."
Odd, I had always thought you needed a low pH to get a low pH effect. Not so, and I really wish my teachers hadn't lied to me the whole time I was in school.
Oh man, if I had a fiver for each time my "education" proved to be either totally incorrect or inaccurate I'd have about £30K minimum.
It turns out that most education seems to teach very fucking little beyond timekeeping and mandatory attendance.
Quote from: Junkenstein on August 31, 2016, 04:56:21 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 30, 2016, 08:24:47 PM
So, reinventing the wheel in our water system. For once in my damn life, I'm not surrounded by know-it-all chemists that could have solved this on day one. Instead, I am surrounded by know-it-all physicists who will solve it right into it's fucking grave. So I ignore them, and dance to their indignant howling, while doing this weird shit called "gathering data and putting it in a readable form" while "reading Army manuals and municipal procedures on how to make potable water that doesn't rip out the pipes."
Odd, I had always thought you needed a low pH to get a low pH effect. Not so, and I really wish my teachers hadn't lied to me the whole time I was in school.
Oh man, if I had a fiver for each time my "education" proved to be either totally incorrect or inaccurate I'd have about £30K minimum.
It turns out that most education seems to teach very fucking little beyond timekeeping and mandatory attendance.
Well, I got some math out of it. And I learned how to roll a joint badly.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 31, 2016, 05:20:10 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on August 31, 2016, 04:56:21 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 30, 2016, 08:24:47 PM
So, reinventing the wheel in our water system. For once in my damn life, I'm not surrounded by know-it-all chemists that could have solved this on day one. Instead, I am surrounded by know-it-all physicists who will solve it right into it's fucking grave. So I ignore them, and dance to their indignant howling, while doing this weird shit called "gathering data and putting it in a readable form" while "reading Army manuals and municipal procedures on how to make potable water that doesn't rip out the pipes."
Odd, I had always thought you needed a low pH to get a low pH effect. Not so, and I really wish my teachers hadn't lied to me the whole time I was in school.
Oh man, if I had a fiver for each time my "education" proved to be either totally incorrect or inaccurate I'd have about £30K minimum.
It turns out that most education seems to teach very fucking little beyond timekeeping and mandatory attendance.
Well, I got some math out of it. And I learned how to roll a joint badly.
Serious question... How much trigonometry does an electrical engineer/technologist/technician really use?
Because I did about cot(assload
-1) of it back in school, most of which I've forgotten since I haven't used my degree for anything other than as a source of mockery for certain supervisors at my previous job.
Quote from: Emo Howard on August 31, 2016, 10:09:08 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 31, 2016, 05:20:10 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on August 31, 2016, 04:56:21 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 30, 2016, 08:24:47 PM
So, reinventing the wheel in our water system. For once in my damn life, I'm not surrounded by know-it-all chemists that could have solved this on day one. Instead, I am surrounded by know-it-all physicists who will solve it right into it's fucking grave. So I ignore them, and dance to their indignant howling, while doing this weird shit called "gathering data and putting it in a readable form" while "reading Army manuals and municipal procedures on how to make potable water that doesn't rip out the pipes."
Odd, I had always thought you needed a low pH to get a low pH effect. Not so, and I really wish my teachers hadn't lied to me the whole time I was in school.
Oh man, if I had a fiver for each time my "education" proved to be either totally incorrect or inaccurate I'd have about £30K minimum.
It turns out that most education seems to teach very fucking little beyond timekeeping and mandatory attendance.
Well, I got some math out of it. And I learned how to roll a joint badly.
Serious question... How much trigonometry does an electrical engineer/technologist/technician really use?
Because I did about cot(assload-1) of it back in school, most of which I've forgotten since I haven't used my degree for anything other than as a source of mockery for certain supervisors at my previous job.
I use trig every day. Not kidding. I in fact am now using calc every day for our water treatment plant, but for that I cheat and use the computer, because I haven't used calc in 21 years. I can still set the problems up, but fuck if I remember anything more than the chain rule.
But trig makes a technician's job easy. Even more so if fabrication is involved.
I now have the PD user Zenpatista pulled into my horror.
I'm giving him our water data and a tour of the facilities to generate a number of water chemistry problems with which to flog his students.
Benadryl is kinda like being drunk only more sleepy and then the mustache twirling bad guy in your dream actually shoots you in the face like he says he's going to and it hurts even though you never feel anything in your dreams and you're a mess of confused and afraid and not sure if you want to hurry up and die or try to hold on even though it's pointless and when you finally wake up you're too fucked up to communicate what just happened to your spouse.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on August 31, 2016, 11:17:50 PM
Benadryl is kinda like being drunk only more sleepy and then the mustache twirling bad guy in your dream actually shoots you in the face like he says he's going to and it hurts even though you never feel anything in your dreams and you're a mess of confused and afraid and not sure if you want to hurry up and die or try to hold on even though it's pointless and when you finally wake up you're too fucked up to communicate what just happened to your spouse.
I have never felt an effect from Benadryl. Knocks my wife right out, but I don't feel a thing when I take it.
In other news, it's raining. Again. And I have only one 500,000 gallon storage tank, so I guess I'll just dump another million gallons of water over the side. Sort of like that scene in
Masada.
Call me Menahem ben Yehuda, freaks!
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 31, 2016, 11:42:32 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on August 31, 2016, 11:17:50 PM
Benadryl is kinda like being drunk only more sleepy and then the mustache twirling bad guy in your dream actually shoots you in the face like he says he's going to and it hurts even though you never feel anything in your dreams and you're a mess of confused and afraid and not sure if you want to hurry up and die or try to hold on even though it's pointless and when you finally wake up you're too fucked up to communicate what just happened to your spouse.
I have never felt an effect from Benadryl. Knocks my wife right out, but I don't feel a thing when I take it.
In other news, it's raining. Again. And I have only one 500,000 gallon storage tank, so I guess I'll just dump another million gallons of water over the side. Sort of like that scene in Masada.
Call me Menahem ben Yehuda, freaks!
I am uncomfortable with how much rain you've been getting. Nothing good comes from watering The Desert.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on September 01, 2016, 02:41:19 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 31, 2016, 11:42:32 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on August 31, 2016, 11:17:50 PM
Benadryl is kinda like being drunk only more sleepy and then the mustache twirling bad guy in your dream actually shoots you in the face like he says he's going to and it hurts even though you never feel anything in your dreams and you're a mess of confused and afraid and not sure if you want to hurry up and die or try to hold on even though it's pointless and when you finally wake up you're too fucked up to communicate what just happened to your spouse.
I have never felt an effect from Benadryl. Knocks my wife right out, but I don't feel a thing when I take it.
In other news, it's raining. Again. And I have only one 500,000 gallon storage tank, so I guess I'll just dump another million gallons of water over the side. Sort of like that scene in Masada.
Call me Menahem ben Yehuda, freaks!
I am uncomfortable with how much rain you've been getting. Nothing good comes from watering The Desert.
well, what happens is that
nature grows. It gets too big for its britches. Then the rains stop, and the entire world burns down and everybody dies.
Fucking water. It's evil. It does not
behave. Not only does it not fall from the sky for 10 months then drown you for two, it is
chemically evil. You know how to do the thing, but when you do it, the water does something else entirely.
So you put soda ash in to bring the pH and alkalinity up while you're flocking turbidity out. But the ACH grabs all the alkalinity and gives you REALLY low turbidity. So you have crystal clear water that turns to acid if you look at it cross-eyed.
So now I'm going to throw soda ash in at the point of distribution, and the water will find some other way to be unruly.
we'd really be better off without this stuff.
Anything that has the moniker "Universal Solvent" is bad news, right out of the gate.
Any time I've had a problem with water it's because I haven't been attacking it hard enough. Water can smell fear and doubt.
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on August 30, 2016, 11:03:02 PM
Hello, gang.
I'm getting married. In three days. :eek:
Congratulations!
Quote from: Cain on August 30, 2016, 08:11:53 AM
Common sense has prevailed over my work hours, and I'm getting a chance to put my case for letting me design and present the Prevent training tomorrow.
I figure if anyone is going to have to tell people they need to be snitches for the government to prevent terrorism, it should be me. I can limit the damage.
:lulz:
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on August 31, 2016, 11:17:50 PM
Benadryl is kinda like being drunk only more sleepy and then the mustache twirling bad guy in your dream actually shoots you in the face like he says he's going to and it hurts even though you never feel anything in your dreams and you're a mess of confused and afraid and not sure if you want to hurry up and die or try to hold on even though it's pointless and when you finally wake up you're too fucked up to communicate what just happened to your spouse.
YES
That shit is entirely a last resort for me.
Some teenager in a Facebook group just explained Discordianism to me. :lulz: I'm dying.
Any chance for a screenshot?
Quote from: LMNO on September 01, 2016, 05:23:10 PM
Any chance for a screenshot?
Or at least a newsfeed line?
I too am curious to see the teenage assessment.
2" of rain in one hour up here.
WITNESS ME, ALL SHINY AND CHROME!
Quote from: LMNO on September 01, 2016, 05:23:10 PM
Any chance for a screenshot?
I wonder if I can remember which thread it's in? I will try. It was WAY more boring than it might sound.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on September 01, 2016, 02:41:19 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 31, 2016, 11:42:32 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on August 31, 2016, 11:17:50 PM
Benadryl is kinda like being drunk only more sleepy and then the mustache twirling bad guy in your dream actually shoots you in the face like he says he's going to and it hurts even though you never feel anything in your dreams and you're a mess of confused and afraid and not sure if you want to hurry up and die or try to hold on even though it's pointless and when you finally wake up you're too fucked up to communicate what just happened to your spouse.
I have never felt an effect from Benadryl. Knocks my wife right out, but I don't feel a thing when I take it.
In other news, it's raining. Again. And I have only one 500,000 gallon storage tank, so I guess I'll just dump another million gallons of water over the side. Sort of like that scene in Masada.
Call me Menahem ben Yehuda, freaks!
I am uncomfortable with how much rain you've been getting. Nothing good comes from watering The Desert.
It's monsoon season, it's supposed to do this. It's how the Tohono O'Odham stayed alive, they developed crops with super short growing seasons that they could grow starting with the monsoons.
Quote from: Pergamos on September 02, 2016, 05:29:26 AM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on September 01, 2016, 02:41:19 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 31, 2016, 11:42:32 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on August 31, 2016, 11:17:50 PM
Benadryl is kinda like being drunk only more sleepy and then the mustache twirling bad guy in your dream actually shoots you in the face like he says he's going to and it hurts even though you never feel anything in your dreams and you're a mess of confused and afraid and not sure if you want to hurry up and die or try to hold on even though it's pointless and when you finally wake up you're too fucked up to communicate what just happened to your spouse.
I have never felt an effect from Benadryl. Knocks my wife right out, but I don't feel a thing when I take it.
In other news, it's raining. Again. And I have only one 500,000 gallon storage tank, so I guess I'll just dump another million gallons of water over the side. Sort of like that scene in Masada.
Call me Menahem ben Yehuda, freaks!
I am uncomfortable with how much rain you've been getting. Nothing good comes from watering The Desert.
It's monsoon season, it's supposed to do this. It's how the Tohono O'Odham stayed alive, they developed crops with super short growing seasons that they could grow starting with the monsoons.
You're welcome for our morning humidity that isn't sticking around.
-San Diego, going on less rain than fucking Tucson.
This is what we see when we look east toward the desert:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/North_American_Monsoon_20080808_%28wide%29.jpg
Final day of at working training ahoy. About fucking time.
Despite finishing the first presentation an hour and a half early, I still ended up getting back home late yesterday because people wanted to show off, argue and share their medical horror stories with the paramedic instead of getting on with the actual training. Like the woman who wanted to argue that we should prioritise a potentially broken neck over definitely not breathing.
At least today will finish early, so they have the fucking tea party. That will allow me to slip out without notice.
Quote from: SuuCal on September 02, 2016, 06:11:23 AM
Quote from: Pergamos on September 02, 2016, 05:29:26 AM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on September 01, 2016, 02:41:19 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 31, 2016, 11:42:32 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on August 31, 2016, 11:17:50 PM
Benadryl is kinda like being drunk only more sleepy and then the mustache twirling bad guy in your dream actually shoots you in the face like he says he's going to and it hurts even though you never feel anything in your dreams and you're a mess of confused and afraid and not sure if you want to hurry up and die or try to hold on even though it's pointless and when you finally wake up you're too fucked up to communicate what just happened to your spouse.
I have never felt an effect from Benadryl. Knocks my wife right out, but I don't feel a thing when I take it.
In other news, it's raining. Again. And I have only one 500,000 gallon storage tank, so I guess I'll just dump another million gallons of water over the side. Sort of like that scene in Masada.
Call me Menahem ben Yehuda, freaks!
I am uncomfortable with how much rain you've been getting. Nothing good comes from watering The Desert.
It's monsoon season, it's supposed to do this. It's how the Tohono O'Odham stayed alive, they developed crops with super short growing seasons that they could grow starting with the monsoons.
You're welcome for our morning humidity that isn't sticking around.
-San Diego, going on less rain than fucking Tucson.
This is what we see when we look east toward the desert:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/North_American_Monsoon_20080808_%28wide%29.jpg
Thanks. I thik we'll keep it.
Quote from: Pergamos on September 02, 2016, 05:29:26 AM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on September 01, 2016, 02:41:19 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 31, 2016, 11:42:32 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on August 31, 2016, 11:17:50 PM
Benadryl is kinda like being drunk only more sleepy and then the mustache twirling bad guy in your dream actually shoots you in the face like he says he's going to and it hurts even though you never feel anything in your dreams and you're a mess of confused and afraid and not sure if you want to hurry up and die or try to hold on even though it's pointless and when you finally wake up you're too fucked up to communicate what just happened to your spouse.
I have never felt an effect from Benadryl. Knocks my wife right out, but I don't feel a thing when I take it.
In other news, it's raining. Again. And I have only one 500,000 gallon storage tank, so I guess I'll just dump another million gallons of water over the side. Sort of like that scene in Masada.
Call me Menahem ben Yehuda, freaks!
I am uncomfortable with how much rain you've been getting. Nothing good comes from watering The Desert.
It's monsoon season, it's supposed to do this. It's how the Tohono O'Odham stayed alive, they developed crops with super short growing seasons that they could grow starting with the monsoons.
There is monsoon season and then there is this.
Barely survived angry (not at me) embryonic astrophysicists on Thursday night. More later.
Is there some rule, somewhere, which states that broadcasting how one doesn't cotton well to confrontation automatically turns into a provocation? They just don't get it: You clearly don't want to know why some people don't like fighting.
I just remembered the other reason I don't normally complain at work: follow up meetings.
I have already had 2 meetings, and I'm due to have another 2.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 31, 2016, 10:17:49 PM
Quote from: Emo Howard on August 31, 2016, 10:09:08 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 31, 2016, 05:20:10 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on August 31, 2016, 04:56:21 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 30, 2016, 08:24:47 PM
So, reinventing the wheel in our water system. For once in my damn life, I'm not surrounded by know-it-all chemists that could have solved this on day one. Instead, I am surrounded by know-it-all physicists who will solve it right into it's fucking grave. So I ignore them, and dance to their indignant howling, while doing this weird shit called "gathering data and putting it in a readable form" while "reading Army manuals and municipal procedures on how to make potable water that doesn't rip out the pipes."
Odd, I had always thought you needed a low pH to get a low pH effect. Not so, and I really wish my teachers hadn't lied to me the whole time I was in school.
Oh man, if I had a fiver for each time my "education" proved to be either totally incorrect or inaccurate I'd have about £30K minimum.
It turns out that most education seems to teach very fucking little beyond timekeeping and mandatory attendance.
Well, I got some math out of it. And I learned how to roll a joint badly.
Serious question... How much trigonometry does an electrical engineer/technologist/technician really use?
Because I did about cot(assload-1) of it back in school, most of which I've forgotten since I haven't used my degree for anything other than as a source of mockery for certain supervisors at my previous job.
I use trig every day. Not kidding. I in fact am now using calc every day for our water treatment plant, but for that I cheat and use the computer, because I haven't used calc in 21 years. I can still set the problems up, but fuck if I remember anything more than the chain rule.
But trig makes a technician's job easy. Even more so if fabrication is involved.
I guess I need to add re-learning the maths to my to-do list.
I swear, the guys in my night classes don't believe in math, in much the same way one would not believe in Santa Claus or the Easter bunny. The books seem to expect this, and try not to confuse them with such lofty concepts as
square roots.
RMS to peak? "1.4"
Phase to line? "1.73"
Trying to figure out ways to get it through my husband's brain that it's not viable for me to take the bus here like it was in RI. The East Coast infrastructure is far fucking superior to the West Coast when it comes to public transportation. His argument is, "So, you just plan for that extra hour or two. Big deal." Plus the 20 minutes in Southwestern heat to walk to the bus stop at the top of the hill.
YES BIG DEAL. I am NOT taking a bus for an hour and a half when I can drive there in 10 fucking minutes. He has a motorized bike, he made it in order to commute back and forth to work, but alas, it takes a whole hour instead of a half hour! *gasp* AND HE JUST LEGIT CAN'T HANDLE, but you know, I should take the bus to the light rail, which takes an hour, when the nearest stop is 3 minutes away by car. The bike is also broken. He has the parts to fix it, and has for about a month, but he won't do it, because he's gotten so used to having the car. But you know, now I'm working, and I need it, and he's freaking out.
The only thing I can think of us take the car away and hide it while I'm in South Dakota, and let him fend for himself. I'm sure that bike would get fixed awfully fast.
He should have put the money into the other car, and shipped it here when he had the chance, but nooooooo...It's sitting in the long term lot at the base back east, while he continues to wreck my Subaru by not getting the brakes fixed, and not fixing the soft hose, and not getting oil changes, and then yells at me when I talk about budgeting money to fix it when "he can do it himself." HE WON'T EVEN FIX HIS OWN FUCKING BIKE.
This is getting out of hand, it's not fair to me to have to get up at 5am to take him to work so I can have my damn car.
I have GOT to find a way to get this through his head without resorting to something cruel or drastic, because that's not nice or how marriages work, but he has to experience the inconvenience himself in order to fix the problem. Fucking engineers. :argh!:
Hide the keys, say "Nope, plan for that extra half hour or so. No big deal."
Quote from: SuuCal on September 06, 2016, 03:41:28 PM
Trying to figure out ways to get it through my husband's brain that it's not viable for me to take the bus here like it was in RI. The East Coast infrastructure is far fucking superior to the West Coast when it comes to public transportation. His argument is, "So, you just plan for that extra hour or two. Big deal." Plus the 20 minutes in Southwestern heat to walk to the bus stop at the top of the hill.
Southern California is not a representative sample of the West Coast.
Quote from: LMNO on September 06, 2016, 03:52:05 PM
Hide the keys, say "Nope, plan for that extra half hour or so. No big deal."
This may be happening this weekend when I'm in South Dakota.
"Yes, I took your car key with me. Well I don't know, I hear there's a bus?"
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on September 06, 2016, 04:03:38 PM
Quote from: SuuCal on September 06, 2016, 03:41:28 PM
Trying to figure out ways to get it through my husband's brain that it's not viable for me to take the bus here like it was in RI. The East Coast infrastructure is far fucking superior to the West Coast when it comes to public transportation. His argument is, "So, you just plan for that extra hour or two. Big deal." Plus the 20 minutes in Southwestern heat to walk to the bus stop at the top of the hill.
Southern California is not a representative sample of the West Coast.
True, but nothing is as superior as the Northeast Corridor. You know, the part of the country where people come from. The lack of anything other than freeways between San Diego and Los Angeles is fucking unnerving to me, considering the distance between New York and Boston is greater by 200 miles, and I could still commute effectively between the two as needed. I know about the streetcar controversy, but I think that by this point they would have had it worked out. Considering how vast parts of the country views spending money on any kind of infrastructure that may touch tax dollars, it's amazing half our goddamn interstates are functional at all.
Sorry, this whole thing is making me grumbly as hell, probably because 5am is involved to get him to work.
I'm off to a orientation tour at the new jerb. I find out what my actual assignment will be on Thursday.
Quote from: SuuCal on September 06, 2016, 04:16:13 PM
Quote from: LMNO on September 06, 2016, 03:52:05 PM
Hide the keys, say "Nope, plan for that extra half hour or so. No big deal."
This may be happening this weekend when I'm in South Dakota.
"Yes, I took your car key with me. Well I don't know, I hear there's a bus?"
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on September 06, 2016, 04:03:38 PM
Quote from: SuuCal on September 06, 2016, 03:41:28 PM
Trying to figure out ways to get it through my husband's brain that it's not viable for me to take the bus here like it was in RI. The East Coast infrastructure is far fucking superior to the West Coast when it comes to public transportation. His argument is, "So, you just plan for that extra hour or two. Big deal." Plus the 20 minutes in Southwestern heat to walk to the bus stop at the top of the hill.
Southern California is not a representative sample of the West Coast.
True, but nothing is as superior as the Northeast Corridor. You know, the part of the country where people come from. The lack of anything other than freeways between San Diego and Los Angeles is fucking unnerving to me, considering the distance between New York and Boston is greater by 200 miles, and I could still commute effectively between the two as needed. I know about the streetcar controversy, but I think that by this point they would have had it worked out. Considering how vast parts of the country views spending money on any kind of infrastructure that may touch tax dollars, it's amazing half our goddamn interstates are functional at all.
California is also not the entire West Coast. Southern California, in particular, is known globally for having a very, very bad transit infrastructure.
And not to point out the obvious, but random surface streets in sparsely populated areas aren't functional; they're pollution. The East Coast has a lot of surface streets connecting everywhere to everywhere else because it's
crowded.
Of course, not only is the Pacific Northwest not part of the West Coast, but there's also the point that we don't need streets because we aren't people.
:lulz:
Quote from: SuuCal on September 06, 2016, 04:28:20 PM
Sorry, this whole thing is making me grumbly as hell, probably because 5am is involved to get him to work.
I'm off to a orientation tour at the new jerb. I find out what my actual assignment will be on Thursday.
Much as it is amusing to watch, I feel obligated to point out she apologized for kvetching.
HOW CAN IT BE SO HARD TO EAT 1500 CALORIES A DAY?
That is all.
Quote from: Freeky on September 08, 2016, 02:51:42 AM
HOW CAN IT BE SO HARD TO EAT 1500 CALORIES A DAY?
That is all.
1500 calories of what? 1500 calories of soup is pretty easy. Especially if it's chicken or vegetable soup or something. Chicken itself is pretty easy too...low fat, no carbs, it's a pretty neat meat.
1500 calories of sandwiches, on the other hand...not so easy.
Challenge accepted.
(http://i.giphy.com/KiBblPNOasBSo.gif)
When I was doing the hardcore stage of this diet, I was on about 850 calories a day.
Once I got used to it, I wasn't even that hungry. Maybe a little bit, now and then, but I'd either just use the sugar free chewing gum or, worst came to worst, have a slice of chicken.
Who among us has not done that? Who among us has not stood mutely by the wire, while the commandant and his sleek wife drive out the gates for a night on the town? Who among us has not giggled like a maniac while using cousin Hymie's dead chest as a xylophone? The dead are not musically-inclined. They will not be played; the right noises are not made.
Quote from: Cain on September 08, 2016, 02:28:39 PM
Quote from: Freeky on September 08, 2016, 02:51:42 AM
HOW CAN IT BE SO HARD TO EAT 1500 CALORIES A DAY?
That is all.
1500 calories of what? 1500 calories of soup is pretty easy. Especially if it's chicken or vegetable soup or something. Chicken itself is pretty easy too...low fat, no carbs, it's a pretty neat meat.
1500 calories of sandwiches, on the other hand...not so easy.
1500 in food, period. I need to eat more, to get my metabolism going again. I had 15 oz of steak (which was like, three meals to me) and it was only 600 calories.
I'm trying to avoid so many sandwiches, since that's mostly what the monkey likes to eat and I have to save most of the bread for him. Also, not especially filling, sandwiches.
Kinda a little catch-22 that "need to eat more, to get my metabolism going again" so I prime the pump with a little exercise if/when energy permits.
Quote from: Cain on September 05, 2016, 06:50:02 PM
I just remembered the other reason I don't normally complain at work: follow up meetings.
I have already had 2 meetings, and I'm due to have another 2.
That's how they punish you for sticking your head up.
Quote from: LMNO on September 06, 2016, 07:01:57 PM
Quote from: SuuCal on September 06, 2016, 04:28:20 PM
Sorry, this whole thing is making me grumbly as hell, probably because 5am is involved to get him to work.
I'm off to a orientation tour at the new jerb. I find out what my actual assignment will be on Thursday.
Much as it is amusing to watch, I feel obligated to point out she apologized for kvetching.
Usually when I kvetch, I try not to completely dismiss the very humanity of an entire region full of people.
JUST SAYING.
:lulz:
Quote from: Freeky on September 08, 2016, 02:51:42 AM
HOW CAN IT BE SO HARD TO EAT 1500 CALORIES A DAY?
That is all.
I feel your pain. I've been on a restricted-calorie diet since the term ended and it sucks ass. I'm starting to get used to it, though.
Quote from: Cain on September 08, 2016, 02:28:39 PM
Quote from: Freeky on September 08, 2016, 02:51:42 AM
HOW CAN IT BE SO HARD TO EAT 1500 CALORIES A DAY?
That is all.
1500 calories of what? 1500 calories of soup is pretty easy. Especially if it's chicken or vegetable soup or something. Chicken itself is pretty easy too...low fat, no carbs, it's a pretty neat meat.
1500 calories of sandwiches, on the other hand...not so easy.
That's like one really great sandwich.
Or two decent sandwiches.
Quote from: Freeky on September 08, 2016, 07:45:02 PM
Quote from: Cain on September 08, 2016, 02:28:39 PM
Quote from: Freeky on September 08, 2016, 02:51:42 AM
HOW CAN IT BE SO HARD TO EAT 1500 CALORIES A DAY?
That is all.
1500 calories of what? 1500 calories of soup is pretty easy. Especially if it's chicken or vegetable soup or something. Chicken itself is pretty easy too...low fat, no carbs, it's a pretty neat meat.
1500 calories of sandwiches, on the other hand...not so easy.
1500 in food, period. I need to eat more, to get my metabolism going again. I had 15 oz of steak (which was like, three meals to me) and it was only 600 calories.
I'm trying to avoid so many sandwiches, since that's mostly what the monkey likes to eat and I have to save most of the bread for him. Also, not especially filling, sandwiches.
Oh, I have the opposite problem. Keeping myself DOWN to 1500 calories is hard, especially since I cook like a mofo, and the food carts at school are superb. An 800-calorie Cajun Chicken salad for lunch? YES PLEASE!
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 08, 2016, 07:39:52 PM
Who among us has not done that? Who among us has not stood mutely by the wire, while the commandant and his sleek wife drive out the gates for a night on the town? Who among us has not giggled like a maniac while using cousin Hymie's dead chest as a xylophone? The dead are not musically-inclined. They will not be played; the right noises are not made.
I'm missing any context for this. I'm not sure if I want it but it should be in the newsfeed either way.
Quote from: LMNO on September 06, 2016, 07:01:57 PM
Quote from: SuuCal on September 06, 2016, 04:28:20 PM
Sorry, this whole thing is making me grumbly as hell, probably because 5am is involved to get him to work.
I'm off to a orientation tour at the new jerb. I find out what my actual assignment will be on Thursday.
Much as it is amusing to watch, I feel obligated to point out she apologized for kvetching.
I just realized that maybe it needed to be said... I wasn't mad, I was just poking fun.
Quote from: Junkenstein on September 08, 2016, 11:20:34 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 08, 2016, 07:39:52 PM
Who among us has not done that? Who among us has not stood mutely by the wire, while the commandant and his sleek wife drive out the gates for a night on the town? Who among us has not giggled like a maniac while using cousin Hymie's dead chest as a xylophone? The dead are not musically-inclined. They will not be played; the right noises are not made.
I'm missing any context for this. I'm not sure if I want it but it should be in the newsfeed either way.
The context was freeky's calorie issue. I had assumed it was self-imposed, but apparently not.
You see, the problem is I'm occasionally very stupid.
Quote from: Junkenstein on September 09, 2016, 11:03:40 AM
You see, the problem is I'm occasionally very stupid.
So am I. The only thing we have in common is crowbars.
Ergo, crowbars make ya dumb.
This pleases me no end. http://www.wweek.com/culture/2016/09/06/there-is-now-better-footage-of-that-time-oregon-blew-up-a-whale-with-dynamite/
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on September 08, 2016, 09:44:23 PM
Quote from: Freeky on September 08, 2016, 07:45:02 PM
Quote from: Cain on September 08, 2016, 02:28:39 PM
Quote from: Freeky on September 08, 2016, 02:51:42 AM
HOW CAN IT BE SO HARD TO EAT 1500 CALORIES A DAY?
That is all.
1500 calories of what? 1500 calories of soup is pretty easy. Especially if it's chicken or vegetable soup or something. Chicken itself is pretty easy too...low fat, no carbs, it's a pretty neat meat.
1500 calories of sandwiches, on the other hand...not so easy.
1500 in food, period. I need to eat more, to get my metabolism going again. I had 15 oz of steak (which was like, three meals to me) and it was only 600 calories.
I'm trying to avoid so many sandwiches, since that's mostly what the monkey likes to eat and I have to save most of the bread for him. Also, not especially filling, sandwiches.
Oh, I have the opposite problem. Keeping myself DOWN to 1500 calories is hard, especially since I cook like a mofo, and the food carts at school are superb. An 800-calorie Cajun Chicken salad for lunch? YES PLEASE!
:crankey: You lucky devil, you. that sounds amazing.
I'm back. All my plans to go west are no more. Perhaps next year, IDK. My dad has encouraged me to write after seeing some of my stuff, so I'm going to get a simple job and do that for myself while I figure out my life. Figure I'll finish the Genesis of Eris first, but after that it's going to be "The Assault on Christmas". I may send some things to folks in PM about "the plot" and have questions before I get to that.
But it would seem someone said something about ORANGES?
.... urge to mark all as read intensifies.
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on September 10, 2016, 06:52:35 PM
I'm back. All my plans to go west are no more. Perhaps next year, IDK. My dad has encouraged me to write after seeing some of my stuff, so I'm going to get a simple job and do that for myself while I figure out my life. Figure I'll finish the Genesis of Eris first, but after that it's going to be "The Assault on Christmas". I may send some things to folks in PM about "the plot" and have questions before I get to that.
But it would seem someone said something about ORANGES?
.... urge to mark all as read intensifies.
ORANGES?! Where?
My folks made me mix them a drink using two different brands of fum, for a blind taste test. I took two shots as payment.
I remember now. I hate rum soooo much. I hate the taste, I hate the burn going down, the burn as it sits there, the burn in mah face. Hate.
But the test was uccesfel and now they know that pricer rum is smoother. WHO COULD HAVE GUESSED. (slowly raise hand)
eta Alos hate the grumpy I get from rumj.
Quote from: Freeky on September 11, 2016, 02:58:41 AM
My folks made me mix them a drink using two different brands of fum, for a blind taste test. I took two shots as payment.
I remember now. I hate rum soooo much. I hate the taste, I hate the burn going down, the burn as it sits there, the burn in mah face. Hate.
But the test was uccesfel and now they know that pricer rum is smoother. WHO COULD HAVE GUESSED. (slowly raise hand)
eta Alos hate the grumpy I get from rumj.
:lulz:
This is adorable.
Moved into my new place and it's weird being in a town of this population.
I can get things. Things I want - without the internet. I can just drive somewhere and get them. Sometimes it's just a walk. :eek:
Who among us has never tried to back the Bradley over the dismounted infantry? Who among us has never been THAT PISSED OFF about the bottle your fucking "buddy" swiped out of your barracks room? But no, grunts move really fucking fast when they want to. They are like unto the ninjas of old, fueled by whiskey. YOUR whiskey.
Quote from: Freeky on September 10, 2016, 05:26:52 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on September 08, 2016, 09:44:23 PM
Quote from: Freeky on September 08, 2016, 07:45:02 PM
Quote from: Cain on September 08, 2016, 02:28:39 PM
Quote from: Freeky on September 08, 2016, 02:51:42 AM
HOW CAN IT BE SO HARD TO EAT 1500 CALORIES A DAY?
That is all.
1500 calories of what? 1500 calories of soup is pretty easy. Especially if it's chicken or vegetable soup or something. Chicken itself is pretty easy too...low fat, no carbs, it's a pretty neat meat.
1500 calories of sandwiches, on the other hand...not so easy.
1500 in food, period. I need to eat more, to get my metabolism going again. I had 15 oz of steak (which was like, three meals to me) and it was only 600 calories.
I'm trying to avoid so many sandwiches, since that's mostly what the monkey likes to eat and I have to save most of the bread for him. Also, not especially filling, sandwiches.
Oh, I have the opposite problem. Keeping myself DOWN to 1500 calories is hard, especially since I cook like a mofo, and the food carts at school are superb. An 800-calorie Cajun Chicken salad for lunch? YES PLEASE!
:crankey: You lucky devil, you. that sounds amazing.
It is all the fucking noms.
Quote from: Freeky on September 11, 2016, 02:58:41 AM
My folks made me mix them a drink using two different brands of fum, for a blind taste test. I took two shots as payment.
I remember now. I hate rum soooo much. I hate the taste, I hate the burn going down, the burn as it sits there, the burn in mah face. Hate.
But the test was uccesfel and now they know that pricer rum is smoother. WHO COULD HAVE GUESSED. (slowly raise hand)
eta Alos hate the grumpy I get from rumj.
I share your feelings about rum, super hard.
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on September 11, 2016, 04:35:03 AM
Moved into my new place and it's weird being in a town of this population.
I can get things. Things I want - without the internet. I can just drive somewhere and get them. Sometimes it's just a walk. :eek:
That is my favorite thing.
Friends came over and cleaned alllll that shit out of our yard. It's like a goddamn miracle! So happy to have the yard back. Next summer, so much gardening will happen!
I think the thing I need to keep uppermost in my mind when dealing with management is that they need me more than I need them, and that they are cowards.
I had a bracing chat with my own manager when he ambushed me during the training session the previous week. In fact, I was ambushed twice - first by an unscheduled staff meeting, and then by a follow up meeting. And because I was in pain (old injury flared up) and because I hadn't had much sleep and because I hate annual training, I was in a filthy mood and basically gave it to him, with both barrels.
He not only flinched, he backpedaled. It was a truly abject display, and has only increased my contempt for him. Try and call me out for doing my job in front of everyone, then cravenly apologise and claim you mispoke and no offence was meant in private? Pathetic. Keep me in the dark while praising my work to your bosses to make you look good? Claim my ideas as your own? Too bad you can't keep your lies straight and remember what you've told me from one week to the next. I have you. And if that's not enough, I have a parting gift from a student...a story that would look very bad, no matter what light it was presented in. He doesn't know that yet, but he doesn't need to. He's not the only one who can ambush people, only when I do it, I'm going to add significant emotional and mental stress to the surprise, because unlike him I'm a professional.
The department head hopes to use me, which is why he's not putting up a difficult front at the moment. But I also know he's a coward. He's a filthy misogynist, a man who verbally attacks and belittles women and raises his voice to students, but wouldn't dare raise his voice to me despite the extreme provocation I have given him in the past. He'll become angry, petulant, obstinate...but he can't stomach the idea of an assault on someone who might actually pose a physical threat, or at least that's how it seems. He wants my neutrality, so he can promote his spy to my manager's current position, and he thinks he has it...sadly, I gave ammunition to my manager during our chat regarding this spy, and how no-one actually respects or likes her. No-one respects or likes him either, so it's hardly an obstacle to the position, but it's something he can use, if he's not a complete moron (jury is still out on that). I may not be in a position to directly take him down, not surgically, but I'm sure as hell I could make his life a miserable line of investigations and meetings in the meantime. He's easily stressed...making him flip in front of someone important would end his career easily.
I have to admit, I kinda want them to do something stupid. I've kept quiet and made sure contingencies are in place, and now I'm pushing back and I'm just wondering how far I can push them, when they will snap and lash out. I can moderate my own response, to a degree, but I really want to see one of them go off the deep end. Because then I have no excuse not to bring this whole rotten edifice down.
And when I finally leave I may just do that anyway. You know, for shits and giggles.
My sister-in-law passed yesterday. She was born with cerebral palsy and made it to 42. I defy you to find anyone who fought harder or squeezed more out of a body, but in the end hers had nothing left at all. The Easter Seals of North Texas was (were?) a huge part of the successes in her life. Should you find yourself in a charitable mood they are good people.
Sorry to hear that. You OK?
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on September 12, 2016, 02:08:37 PM
My sister-in-law passed yesterday. She was born with cerebral palsy and made it to 42. I defy you to find anyone who fought harder or squeezed more out of a body, but in the end hers had nothing left at all. The Easter Seals of North Texas was (were?) a huge part of the successes in her life. Should you find yourself in a charitable mood they are good people.
Shit. That is some very hard stuff. I'm sorry.
Quote from: LMNO on September 12, 2016, 03:21:01 PM
Sorry to hear that. You OK?
Yeah, we've got the "shit outwards" model going well here, and I've got enough support outside of the inner circle to do my job taking on their shit.
Quote from: Freeky on September 10, 2016, 06:54:24 PM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on September 10, 2016, 06:52:35 PM
I'm back. All my plans to go west are no more. Perhaps next year, IDK. My dad has encouraged me to write after seeing some of my stuff, so I'm going to get a simple job and do that for myself while I figure out my life. Figure I'll finish the Genesis of Eris first, but after that it's going to be "The Assault on Christmas". I may send some things to folks in PM about "the plot" and have questions before I get to that.
But it would seem someone said something about ORANGES?
.... urge to mark all as read intensifies.
ORANGES?! Where?
NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on September 12, 2016, 02:08:37 PM
My sister-in-law passed yesterday. She was born with cerebral palsy and made it to 42. I defy you to find anyone who fought harder or squeezed more out of a body, but in the end hers had nothing left at all. The Easter Seals of North Texas was (were?) a huge part of the successes in her life. Should you find yourself in a charitable mood they are good people.
Sorry for your loss. :sad:
Roger: "It's the main bearing."
Larry: "No, it's a cable."
Roger: "A cable is making the telescope wobble?"
Larry: "It's a fucking cable."
Roger: "Isn't."
Larry: "Do you have any idea what it takes to change that bearing? We have to disconnect 600 wire harnesses, take off the instruments, Disconnect the drives, and lift the whole fucking thing 3 feet. Then we have to do the reverse AND balance it."
Roger: "Since when has the difficulty of the solution played any role in troubleshooting? It's an ugly fact, but that doesn't make it any less true. You're a smart guy, stop hiding from reality."
Larry: "I fucking hate you. I hate this telescope. I hate this mountain. I hate everything about Western civilization. I want to die."
Roger: "I know. Let me know when you want to start planning the job."
Larry: <inarticulate howling> <Hangs up phone>
This isn't going to end well. It's going to be nothing but tears and swearing and maybe me getting tossed off the North ridge. On the plus side, I finally have a coworker as prone to hyperbole as I am.
On the plus side, he tacitly admitted to knowing what the problem was from the outset. Which means he's not completely an idiot.
Quote from: LMNO on September 12, 2016, 07:14:21 PM
On the plus side, he tacitly admitted to knowing what the problem was from the outset. Which means he's not completely an idiot.
I understand his thinking. I, too, hate and fear the main bearing. I do not want to face the upcoming job.
But wasting 3 weeks chasing 9,232 wires isn't going to help matters. It is what it is. I already proved it by "floating" the bearing (overgreasing it), and the problem went away for a few minutes. There's a flat spot on one of the rollers inside of the bearing, and once a revolution, it makes the telescope drift about .1 degrees, which is far beyond acceptable for the instruments we're using (.1 degrees at 40,000 light years is ENORMOUS.)
But we shall do the job, even if it kills all of us. The People's Glorious Heroic 5 Year Plan demands nothing less.
Qg , that's awful but I'm glad she had a good run and lived. I know people over 70 that you couldn't say that about.
Roger, what is the acceptable margin of error with this kind of gear? I'd assume that even a 0.001 imbalance fucks things when you're dealing with these kind of distances/times
Quote from: Junkenstein on September 12, 2016, 08:05:06 PM
Qg , that's awful but I'm glad she had a good run and lived. I know people over 70 that you couldn't say that about.
Roger, what is the acceptable margin of error with this kind of gear? I'd assume that even a 0.001 imbalance fucks things when you're dealing with these kind of distances/times
It's a bearing, not a gear. The ACCEPTABLE margin of error is 1/50,000th.
The theoretical best is actually about 1/15,000th
And Cain, is extortion a possibility? It's always worth trying before flicking a match. In fact, it's particularly worth trying when you intend to flick a match anyway.
Hell, at this point I'd gladly donut for you for 5% of the take.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 12, 2016, 08:11:12 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on September 12, 2016, 08:05:06 PM
Qg , that's awful but I'm glad she had a good run and lived. I know people over 70 that you couldn't say that about.
Roger, what is the acceptable margin of error with this kind of gear? I'd assume that even a 0.001 imbalance fucks things when you're dealing with these kind of distances/times
It's a bearing, not a gear. The ACCEPTABLE margin of error is 1/50,000th.
The theoretical best is actually about 1/15,000th
Was using gear as general term for telescope setup, apologies. Not responsible if any actual gears break.
Second question, what extra things could raise that accuracy? Seems like a huge gap still to close
Quote from: Junkenstein on September 12, 2016, 08:15:55 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 12, 2016, 08:11:12 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on September 12, 2016, 08:05:06 PM
Qg , that's awful but I'm glad she had a good run and lived. I know people over 70 that you couldn't say that about.
Roger, what is the acceptable margin of error with this kind of gear? I'd assume that even a 0.001 imbalance fucks things when you're dealing with these kind of distances/times
It's a bearing, not a gear. The ACCEPTABLE margin of error is 1/50,000th.
The theoretical best is actually about 1/15,000th
Was using gear as general term for telescope setup, apologies. Not responsible if any actual gears break.
Second question, what extra things could raise that accuracy? Seems like a huge gap still to close
This telescope is not capable of doing everything they are asking for. It's just that simple. Only the HET telescope in Texas is stable enough to do the job, and it's booked for 11 years. But if we can get rid of this HUGE fucking hiccup, they can do about 80% of what they want to do.
I love that you're being asked to do this sort of stuff. It really sounds like the kind of stuff you'd revel in. Happy for you.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on September 12, 2016, 03:52:20 PM
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Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on September 10, 2016, 06:52:35 PM
I'm back. All my plans to go west are no more. Perhaps next year, IDK. My dad has encouraged me to write after seeing some of my stuff, so I'm going to get a simple job and do that for myself while I figure out my life. Figure I'll finish the Genesis of Eris first, but after that it's going to be "The Assault on Christmas". I may send some things to folks in PM about "the plot" and have questions before I get to that.
But it would seem someone said something about ORANGES?
.... urge to mark all as read intensifies.
ORANGES?! Where?
NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
:lol:
Also, TWJ never answered, so where he heard that oranges were a thing that was happening I don't know.
Quote from: LMNO on September 12, 2016, 09:35:28 PM
I love that you're being asked to do this sort of stuff. It really sounds like the kind of stuff you'd revel in. Happy for you.
Thanks...It is, really. There are no simple problems. The water issues alone would keep me happy.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on September 12, 2016, 02:08:37 PM
My sister-in-law passed yesterday. She was born with cerebral palsy and made it to 42. I defy you to find anyone who fought harder or squeezed more out of a body, but in the end hers had nothing left at all. The Easter Seals of North Texas was (were?) a huge part of the successes in her life. Should you find yourself in a charitable mood they are good people.
Sorry to hear it, QG. :sad:
Just found out that 5 people in a company I used to work for have been sent to the clink for 30 years between them. The mugshots are cracking. Can't stop laughing, couldn't have happened to more deserving folk.
It's been coming for about 5 years. It's a fucking good day.
Quote from: Junkenstein on September 13, 2016, 11:49:45 AM
Just found out that 5 people in a company I used to work for have been sent to the clink for 30 years between them. The mugshots are cracking. Can't stop laughing, couldn't have happened to more deserving folk.
It's been coming for about 5 years. It's a fucking good day.
What did they do?
Conspiracy to defraud.
Is that due to the recent change in law with company liability on such cases, or were they got under the old rules?
Unsure. It's started before the fsa became the fca, reads like a standard criminal prosecution.
ETA trying to get hold of court docs now for more details, seems like they've only been hit for 1 project when it should be at least 5 to my knowledge.
Who among us was never just a skinny lad? Who among us never knew no good from bad? Who among has never let it all hang out? You get left alone with Big Fat Fanny, and she makes a fat boy out of you; it cannot be avoided. You can only sing with your band. You can only take me home tonight.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 13, 2016, 05:41:50 PM
Who among us was never just a skinny lad? Who among us never knew no good from bad? Who among has never let it all hang out? You get left alone with Big Fat Fanny, and she makes a fat boy out of you; it cannot be avoided. You can only sing with your band. You can only take me home tonight.
This is the greatest fucking post of all time. It made my rockin' world go round.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 13, 2016, 05:41:50 PM
Who among us was never just a skinny lad? Who among us never knew no good from bad? Who among has never let it all hang out? You get left alone with Big Fat Fanny, and she makes a fat boy out of you; it cannot be avoided. You can only sing with your band. You can only take me home tonight.
You need to get the astro boys to find all the pieces of Freddys essence on whatever comets and shooting stars they are currently rocking out on and get him to take corporeal form again
worldapefund.org said:
QuoteOrangutans are the only great ape species with two types of mature adult males. One type, the flanged male, develops secondary sexual physical traits. These include a large flanged disc-shaped face, a long flowing coat of hair and a large throat sac that allows the male to make deep vocal calls over long distances. The flanged male becomes very intolerant of other males and grows in stature to be around twice the size of a female. The second type of male does not develop secondary sexual characteristic and is similar in size to an adult female. Unflanged males are unable to make long calls and are much more tolerant of other males. Both types of male will successfully reproduce with females. All males have the potential to develop secondary sexual characteristics but it is still unclear why the development is suppressed in some males.
My buddy, upon hearing this, said:
QuoteShe doesn't want to talk to you bro. Bro, do you even flange bro?
Broangutans
I start my job as a research librarian this week. I'd sass it up, but I have to wear a uniform at the museum, and no heels, because it's an aircraft carrier. On the bright side, like Roger mentioned on my FB, I don't have to schlep tourists around. I get to hide in the library and help the occasional guest out with a project while working on specific special research projects for the museum. Once I'm there for a bit, I'll go into the collections storage and help work out that mess, hopefully. Just taking a quick peek I saw several garments that needed to have condition reporting done and sent out for conservation.
Quote from: SuuCal on September 13, 2016, 10:49:44 PM
I start my job as a research librarian this week. I'd sass it up, but I have to wear a uniform at the museum, and no heels, because it's an aircraft carrier. On the bright side, like Roger mentioned on my FB, I don't have to schlep tourists around. I get to hide in the library and help the occasional guest out with a project while working on specific special research projects for the museum. Once I'm there for a bit, I'll go into the collections storage and help work out that mess, hopefully. Just taking a quick peek I saw several garments that needed to have condition reporting done and sent out for conservation.
Please to read the David Drake "Lt Leary" series. Research librarians are dangerous and not to be trifled with.
Quote from: Faust on September 13, 2016, 09:29:32 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 13, 2016, 05:41:50 PM
Who among us was never just a skinny lad? Who among us never knew no good from bad? Who among has never let it all hang out? You get left alone with Big Fat Fanny, and she makes a fat boy out of you; it cannot be avoided. You can only sing with your band. You can only take me home tonight.
You need to get the astro boys to find all the pieces of Freddys essence on whatever comets and shooting stars they are currently rocking out on and get him to take corporeal form again
Good luck with that. He and Bowie and Lemmy are just waiting on Mick Jagger.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 13, 2016, 10:55:11 PM
Quote from: SuuCal on September 13, 2016, 10:49:44 PM
I start my job as a research librarian this week. I'd sass it up, but I have to wear a uniform at the museum, and no heels, because it's an aircraft carrier. On the bright side, like Roger mentioned on my FB, I don't have to schlep tourists around. I get to hide in the library and help the occasional guest out with a project while working on specific special research projects for the museum. Once I'm there for a bit, I'll go into the collections storage and help work out that mess, hopefully. Just taking a quick peek I saw several garments that needed to have condition reporting done and sent out for conservation.
Please to read the David Drake "Lt Leary" series. Research librarians are dangerous and not to be trifled with.
oooh, free e-books even.
Quote from: SuuCal on September 13, 2016, 11:33:36 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 13, 2016, 10:55:11 PM
Quote from: SuuCal on September 13, 2016, 10:49:44 PM
I start my job as a research librarian this week. I'd sass it up, but I have to wear a uniform at the museum, and no heels, because it's an aircraft carrier. On the bright side, like Roger mentioned on my FB, I don't have to schlep tourists around. I get to hide in the library and help the occasional guest out with a project while working on specific special research projects for the museum. Once I'm there for a bit, I'll go into the collections storage and help work out that mess, hopefully. Just taking a quick peek I saw several garments that needed to have condition reporting done and sent out for conservation.
Please to read the David Drake "Lt Leary" series. Research librarians are dangerous and not to be trifled with.
oooh, free e-books even.
You're going to love it. Horatio Hornblower in space, with murderous research librarian.
Quote from: SuuCal on September 13, 2016, 10:49:44 PM
I start my job as a research librarian this week. I'd sass it up, but I have to wear a uniform at the museum, and no heels, because it's an aircraft carrier. On the bright side, like Roger mentioned on my FB, I don't have to schlep tourists around. I get to hide in the library and help the occasional guest out with a project while working on specific special research projects for the museum. Once I'm there for a bit, I'll go into the collections storage and help work out that mess, hopefully. Just taking a quick peek I saw several garments that needed to have condition reporting done and sent out for conservation.
Research librarian is a pretty sweet gig, congratulations!
Today is my and Alty's first anniversary.
We gorged on sushi at a restaurant a few blocks from the house that for some reason, we have never tried. It was delicious. I am distended with sushi. He is Skyrimming. Soon, we will go upstairs and watch TV in bed.
Best possible day.
I was confused by Freeky saying that sandwiches aren't all that filling or calorie-rich, but then I remembered not everyone lives in lower NY state. "Sandwiches" in NY are what most places in the world refer to as "what the fuck how is a human supposed to eat this much."
It's like you people don't know how to distend your jaws like snakes, or something.
Anyway, hi there PD. I'm here because I'm miserable, cranky, and tired, and according to the newsfeed I'm in the perfect mood for PD.com.
Since getting my thyroid disease treated in August, my range of emotions has expended past "vague sense of dying" that defined the previous six months. I have added feeling sad, stupid, and lonely to the mix.
This too shall pass and all that, but fuck it. I feel like whuppin' on some motherfucker.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on September 14, 2016, 04:32:54 AM
Today is my and Alty's first anniversary.
We gorged on sushi at a restaurant a few blocks from the house that for some reason, we have never tried. It was delicious. I am distended with sushi. He is Skyrimming. Soon, we will go upstairs and watch TV in bed.
Best possible day.
:cheers:
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on September 14, 2016, 03:24:12 PM
Anyway, hi there PD. I'm here because I'm miserable, cranky, and tired, and according to the newsfeed I'm in the perfect mood for PD.com.
Since getting my thyroid disease treated in August, my range of emotions has expended past "vague sense of dying" that defined the previous six months. I have added feeling sad, stupid, and lonely to the mix.
This too shall pass and all that, but fuck it. I feel like whuppin' on some motherfucker.
:FFF:
(http://i.imgur.com/wAWZISU.jpg)
Someone posted this all over my workplace.
I am simultaneously angry and cringing.
:horrormirth:
Quote from: Cain on September 14, 2016, 04:39:25 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/wAWZISU.jpg)
Someone posted this all over my workplace.
I am simultaneously angry and cringing.
(http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=37873.0;attach=5687;image)
*I posted this on facebook but its probably not a good idea to have a kkk image in my profile
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on September 14, 2016, 03:24:12 PM
Anyway, hi there PD. I'm here because I'm miserable, cranky, and tired, and according to the newsfeed I'm in the perfect mood for PD.com.
Since getting my thyroid disease treated in August, my range of emotions has expended past "vague sense of dying" that defined the previous six months. I have added feeling sad, stupid, and lonely to the mix.
This too shall pass and all that, but fuck it. I feel like whuppin' on some motherfucker.
Hashimoto's or Grave's?
Welcome to the "My immune system is so fucking badass it's eating my thyroid alive" club.
Quote from: SuuCal on September 14, 2016, 06:18:14 PM
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on September 14, 2016, 03:24:12 PM
Anyway, hi there PD. I'm here because I'm miserable, cranky, and tired, and according to the newsfeed I'm in the perfect mood for PD.com.
Since getting my thyroid disease treated in August, my range of emotions has expended past "vague sense of dying" that defined the previous six months. I have added feeling sad, stupid, and lonely to the mix.
This too shall pass and all that, but fuck it. I feel like whuppin' on some motherfucker.
Hashimoto's or Grave's?
Welcome to the "My immune system is so fucking badass it's eating my thyroid alive" club.
Grave's. My mom had Hashimoto's, so it figures. My 4-hour iodine uptake rate was 89%, which I understand to be in the "really fucking high, how are you alive" range.
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on September 14, 2016, 03:24:12 PM
Anyway, hi there PD. I'm here because I'm miserable, cranky, and tired, and according to the newsfeed I'm in the perfect mood for PD.com.
Since getting my thyroid disease treated in August, my range of emotions has expended past "vague sense of dying" that defined the previous six months. I have added feeling sad, stupid, and lonely to the mix.
This too shall pass and all that, but fuck it. I feel like whuppin' on some motherfucker.
D: Very glad you aren't dying, Cainad! I hope the rest of it passes soon.
That UK poster demands a redesign with fresh text. There are many things more important than this that need explaining about the UK.
Congrats to Nigel/alty hope things continue going well.
Cainiad, grab a crowbar and go smash a car at the wrecking yard. I guarantee less sadness and immediate satisfaction. Other issues should alleviate in due course.
Applied to go back to Switzerland, for a doctoral program.
I think my Australian passport may give me an edge over other British applicants, in that if we do do something stupid re: Brexit, arrangements with Australia will remain unaffected and so shouldn't pose a problem for an academic or work visa. Since these programs are all 4+ years long, and who knows what idiocy we will see in the meantime.
It's not as good as an EU second nationality would be...but I'll work with what I have.
Good luck, Cain!
A professional cosplayer has apparently made the ballot for AZ state rep for region 26. I hope to god I'm in region 26 so I can vote for her, because holy shit, a cosplayer would drive the conservatives UP THE WALL. Also, her stances on a number of issues are completely reasonable and I'm on board with her platforms. https://azpowergirl4u.com/
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on September 14, 2016, 06:24:29 PM
Quote from: SuuCal on September 14, 2016, 06:18:14 PM
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on September 14, 2016, 03:24:12 PM
Anyway, hi there PD. I'm here because I'm miserable, cranky, and tired, and according to the newsfeed I'm in the perfect mood for PD.com.
Since getting my thyroid disease treated in August, my range of emotions has expended past "vague sense of dying" that defined the previous six months. I have added feeling sad, stupid, and lonely to the mix.
This too shall pass and all that, but fuck it. I feel like whuppin' on some motherfucker.
Hashimoto's or Grave's?
Welcome to the "My immune system is so fucking badass it's eating my thyroid alive" club.
Grave's. My mom had Hashimoto's, so it figures. My 4-hour iodine uptake rate was 89%, which I understand to be in the "really fucking high, how are you alive" range.
Jesus Christ. You're lucky you haven't wasted away to nothing. My uncle has Grave's, he has to eat 6000-9000 calories a day, and he's still super thin. IF ONLY I HAD THAT KIND OF POWER.
But no, my thyroid decided it was best to sit in a puddle of her own drool and make me dizzy, and fall asleep every day at 2pm, and then wake up hangry, and wanting to murder my husband when he looked at me funny. I still don't think I'm balanced out, but my last blood pull showed a TSH of 0.9, so I'm on the money in that regard. Watch your vitamins, and have your doc test your B12 and D3 panels next time you go in for bloodwork. Synthetic thyroid hormones nuke them, and I know if I don't take mine daily, I will go back to crashing. On the bright side, they made my weight stabilize, finally. Last year was rough, really rough.
Hang in there, it's totally fixable, it's just a bumpy ride on the way.
So, I don't know if I mentioned this, but apparently my preliminary security report for the building I work in (the A4 page I put together as a taster and freebie as my offer for a more thorough site analysis) has been kept in an office for the past year and repeatedly looked at and referenced, all while no-one has actually bothered to come and ask me anything about it or for a more exhaustive follow up.
These people are hopeless. Literally hopeless.
I truly admire your ethics in not taking this place down for a massive profit, already.
I'm having a Super Fun Time at the fall-of-society dress rehearsals here at this gas station in Tennessee.
Can't wait for the Really Big Show when it finally comes.
So excited!
Quote from: Cain on September 14, 2016, 11:37:24 PM
Applied to go back to Switzerland, for a doctoral program.
I think my Australian passport may give me an edge over other British applicants, in that if we do do something stupid re: Brexit, arrangements with Australia will remain unaffected and so shouldn't pose a problem for an academic or work visa. Since these programs are all 4+ years long, and who knows what idiocy we will see in the meantime.
It's not as good as an EU second nationality would be...but I'll work with what I have.
Viel Erfolg! I may still have some connects in Freiburg, if whatever.
I want to tell everyone about the best that I have been trolled in a long, long time. Bear with me folks, it's story time:
Last week my sister asked if I could come along with her to a show. She bought the tickets on impulse and my brother-in-law had no interest. The band I only vaguely recognized, a few hits, and I was along for the fun of it. I checked with the bosses and they said sure, I can just come in early that day and not use any time off. The show was Thursday in downtown New Bedford at our local theater, so it was a pretty simple plan. I got out of work, had a beer at home, and met her and my brother-in-law downtown for a burrito and a beer and the show.
As soon as I get there I can see she's a little worn out. She's still rocking a hangover after sucking down martinis with Oktoberfest chasers at the Adele show the night before. She starts trying to weasel her way out of the show. "Would you be mad if I bailed?" "Do you know anyone that can grab my ticket," etc. Well I remain blank, because she tries this kind of crap of getting people to give her an out all the time, so I just don't say anything at all. I figure if I can get a beer and a burrito in her, she'll dive into it and start feeling better. We go to another bar, sit on the deck in a nice evening, sip on a Coffee Porter, and she's perking up. Cool - evening saved. We walk to the venue, get a block away from the doors, and she bails. At the time the opener goes on, where she either has to go to the show and sit through it, or go to her car and go home, she bails. At the last possible second. And I'm mad - I don't give a fuck about this band, and I rearranged my schedule, and I just turn around and drive home.
Cut to two days later. We're on Martha's Vineyard with our whole family at a house they rented for the weekend for my stepmother's birthday. All she wanted was our family together at one of her favorite spots, and for the sake of keeping transportation simple, I coordinated with my sister to catch the ferry together over to the island. She'd apologized and made up for the whole thing by driving us to the ferry, making us coffee in the morning to make the ride easier, all that. We spent the day in the popular tourist towns, and we commiserated that, as LMNO can attest, everything the Vineyard does, Provincetown does better: you can shop, cheaper, and barhop, cheaper, but with drag queens. We get out of an overpriced bland seafood dinner and walk along the docks where the bars and restaurants abut yacht tie-ups, just the whole group of us ambling along on a beautiful night.
One of the bars starts playing a song. After the first few notes, my sister says "Oh I love this song," and starts getting into it. "I don't really recognize it," I said. The lyrics start, she's singing along, and both my stepsisters and a lot of the bar patrons are singing along. My sister is nudging me and hamming up the singing:
Rock me mama like a wagon wheel,
Rock me mama any way I feel,
He-ey mama rock me.
Alright, I recognize this but it's not exactly my jam. The three of them continue the song well after we pass the bar, well after we can hear it all. One of the yacht parties looks at our group and says "What, that's it?" and they burst back into the chorus.
He-ey mama rock me.
The singing fades, and we run out of dock to walk down. The big group of us all start having our own conversations again and my sister sidles up next to me. "So no recognition of that song" she asks. And I think about it. Yeah I've heard it, everyone has, but it's-
And it hits me. It's Wagon Wheel by Old Crow Medicine Show. It's the band we were going to see two days previous.
And her grin, I swear to you, was the color of the blood moon.
Edits: spelling, mild phrasing
That's top tier work. I'm pretty impressed.
Quote from: LMNO on September 18, 2016, 04:21:30 AM
I truly admire your ethics in not taking this place down for a massive profit, already.
I must admit I do question why this hasn't occurred yet though. It's more than justified at this point.
You could even make a strong argument that it's getting to a point where it's unethical
not to do so.
Quote from: Emo Howard on September 18, 2016, 03:07:48 PM
I'm having a Super Fun Time at the fall-of-society dress rehearsals here at this gas station in Tennessee.
Can't wait for the Really Big Show when it finally comes.
So excited!
What the hell is going on there?
Quote from: Junkenstein on September 19, 2016, 02:40:43 PM
Quote from: LMNO on September 18, 2016, 04:21:30 AM
I truly admire your ethics in not taking this place down for a massive profit, already.
I must admit I do question why this hasn't occurred yet though. It's more than justified at this point.
You could even make a strong argument that it's getting to a point where it's unethical not to do so.
Honestly it just sounds like too much work.
Plus it would mean looking for a new job and a new place to live, which is not something I want to rush into given the renting situation in London.
Once I'm out, I do intend to send an extremely long letter to the board though. And maybe the Times Educational Supplement....TES loves to hate on international boarding schools (too expensive for their main demographic now).
Fair enough, as long as there's some kind of plan that leaves them south of fucked, eventually, I'll rest easy.
I have two years of backed up emails in an encrypted thumb drive with an online backup. All it needs is to be told in a narrative fashion.
Have you considered contacting Chuck Tingle for assistance?
Quote from: Junkenstein on September 19, 2016, 02:42:59 PM
Quote from: Emo Howard on September 18, 2016, 03:07:48 PM
I'm having a Super Fun Time at the fall-of-society dress rehearsals here at this gas station in Tennessee.
Can't wait for the Really Big Show when it finally comes.
So excited!
What the hell is going on there?
Major gasoline pipeline sprung a leak and had to be shut down for repairs. The governor declared a state of emergency. Everybody panicked and ran out to fill every vehicle and container they had, thus causing a shortage.
Saturday morning, we were completely out and the station was dead. A tanker truck showed up with a delivery, and before the guy could even get out of the truck, we had 2-3 cars at every pump. It took him 30 minutes to set up. By the time we actually had gas to sell, we had people lined up all the way to the road to the two nearest entrances. People had to come in and out the back way to get groceries. We pumped 1200 gallons an hour for 6 hours before we ran out again.
It all started on Friday, actually, but I didn't work that day. I had been scheduled to, but I had given away that shift to another co-worker who was going on vacation next week, and wanted more hours to pad his next-to-last paycheck before vacation, so I let him have it. He had to call out because the FBI was at his house. Apparently someone who lives with him had been threatening congressmen or something on the internet. So they had to deal with the "crisis" while also short-handed. I still haven't figured out why no one thought to call me.
Sunday was similar to Saturday, but significantly less hectic. 750 gallons per hour, still ran out before another truck showed up, which it did about 6 hours later, an hour before closing time.
Today, we had gas all day. We even had to turn a truck away because we were full. Sales were slow because everybody is already loaded to the gills with gasoline. I hope they all feel silly, but I doubt it.
All this because of the perception of a problem that didn't exist. Just imagine if the problem had been real.
Looks like I'm through the first stage of the Oslo PhD application.
Now I just have to wait up to 3 months (!) for the selection committee to decide who they want to invite to interview. Good thing I applied for some other jobs in the meantime.
Quote from: Cain on September 20, 2016, 05:34:07 PM
Looks like I'm through the first stage of the Oslo PhD application.
Now I just have to wait up to 3 months (!) for the selection committee to decide who they want to invite to interview. Good thing I applied for some other jobs in the meantime.
Good stuff there. Ballache of a process, but at least it's begun. What did you run with in the end?
Congrats Cain, and good luck!
Recently i've been finding that my usual time-sinks of Reddit and console games are feeling less fulfilling than previously.
Particularly Reddit, where i've been noticing the effects of the 'hivemind' more and more.
What do you guys do for rest/relaxation/stimulation? Anything that you would recommend?
Quote from: Xaz on September 21, 2016, 01:30:26 PM
Recently i've been finding that my usual time-sinks of Reddit and console games are feeling less fulfilling than previously.
Particularly Reddit, where i've been noticing the effects of the 'hivemind' more and more.
What do you guys do for rest/relaxation/stimulation? Anything that you would recommend?
I found the same, so I tried to find the cause of my dissatisfaction, its all transitory, consume once and forget with most of the web sites I used to visit without meaningful engagement, gaming I still a lot of, Deus ex Mankind divided was enjoyable, but utterly superficial and with only the shallowest pretence of story compared to its predecessors.
For the instant consumption websites sites I've tried to go through less content, but think about what I am going though and think about my response where normally I wouldnt make one. Even for image sites like tumblr I try to spend a minute looking at each picture in my feed, think about it, and why it was shared.
I'm trying to balance my time between creative stuff (even if I create BADLY), in a good proportion of what I do when I get home and switch off tired from work.
Quote from: Junkenstein on September 21, 2016, 10:07:49 AM
Quote from: Cain on September 20, 2016, 05:34:07 PM
Looks like I'm through the first stage of the Oslo PhD application.
Now I just have to wait up to 3 months (!) for the selection committee to decide who they want to invite to interview. Good thing I applied for some other jobs in the meantime.
Good stuff there. Ballache of a process, but at least it's begun. What did you run with in the end?
Unique strategic characteristics of right wing terrorism, juxtaposed against a legal and policy system geared to fight Islamist terrorism.
Niiice.
Quote from: Xaz on September 21, 2016, 01:30:26 PM
Recently i've been finding that my usual time-sinks of Reddit and console games are feeling less fulfilling than previously.
Particularly Reddit, where i've been noticing the effects of the 'hivemind' more and more.
What do you guys do for rest/relaxation/stimulation? Anything that you would recommend?
Reddit's metasphere is occasionally fun, though you have contrarian hivemind smugness instead of the usual hivemind nonsense. Not to mention a fuckload of 3edgy5me tankies and "antifascists", most of whom aren't even 20 yet.
Lately I've been mixing things up on the game front by going back to some older games (everything between Dragon Age Inquisition and Morrowind) and trying new things, character types and classes I wouldn't normally pursue. If there's one thing to like about RPGs, it's replay value.
Cannibals probably don't worry too much about income.
Just a stray thought.
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on September 14, 2016, 03:12:41 PM
I was confused by Freeky saying that sandwiches aren't all that filling or calorie-rich, but then I remembered not everyone lives in lower NY state. "Sandwiches" in NY are what most places in the world refer to as "what the fuck how is a human supposed to eat this much."
It's like you people don't know how to distend your jaws like snakes, or something.
OK, I'm glad I wasn't the only human baffled by that. Sandwiches here tend to be full meals, if not multiple full meals.
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on September 14, 2016, 03:24:12 PM
Anyway, hi there PD. I'm here because I'm miserable, cranky, and tired, and according to the newsfeed I'm in the perfect mood for PD.com.
Since getting my thyroid disease treated in August, my range of emotions has expended past "vague sense of dying" that defined the previous six months. I have added feeling sad, stupid, and lonely to the mix.
This too shall pass and all that, but fuck it. I feel like whuppin' on some motherfucker.
I'm glad you finally figured out what the fuck was going on! Hopefully your mood will improve and stabilize soon.
Quote from: Cain on September 14, 2016, 11:37:24 PM
Applied to go back to Switzerland, for a doctoral program.
I think my Australian passport may give me an edge over other British applicants, in that if we do do something stupid re: Brexit, arrangements with Australia will remain unaffected and so shouldn't pose a problem for an academic or work visa. Since these programs are all 4+ years long, and who knows what idiocy we will see in the meantime.
It's not as good as an EU second nationality would be...but I'll work with what I have.
Ooooh, good luck! That sounds great. I can't imagine any program rejecting you!
Quote from: Xaz on September 21, 2016, 01:30:26 PM
Recently i've been finding that my usual time-sinks of Reddit and console games are feeling less fulfilling than previously.
Particularly Reddit, where i've been noticing the effects of the 'hivemind' more and more.
What do you guys do for rest/relaxation/stimulation? Anything that you would recommend?
I've noticed that the internet is getting more boring as well. I can't help wondering where all the creative, intelligent people are hiding.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on September 22, 2016, 05:54:29 PM
Quote from: Cain on September 14, 2016, 11:37:24 PM
Applied to go back to Switzerland, for a doctoral program.
I think my Australian passport may give me an edge over other British applicants, in that if we do do something stupid re: Brexit, arrangements with Australia will remain unaffected and so shouldn't pose a problem for an academic or work visa. Since these programs are all 4+ years long, and who knows what idiocy we will see in the meantime.
It's not as good as an EU second nationality would be...but I'll work with what I have.
Ooooh, good luck! That sounds great. I can't imagine any program rejecting you!
Well unfortunately I'm in a position where I can only afford to study if I get on a paid program, so competition is likely to be fairly intense.
In other news, after 17 months of asking, I've finally been allowed to move from a dinky student room into an actual studio flat. I've been given 3 days, on one of the few weekends I get off due to our idiotic rolling rota, to do this.
I don't even need to tell you what my response is.
well, weird physics made the Alcubierre drive look like a thing.
And now weirder physics seems to have killed it.
:argh!:
Even weirder physics could see it reborn as a gravity drive (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_Horizon_%28film%29).
Quote from: Cain on September 23, 2016, 04:12:55 AM
Even weirder physics could see it reborn as a gravity drive (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_Horizon_%28film%29).
well, that's the fucking thing. It looks like gravity is shared by all universes, which means the drive doesn't work, which means no space demons.
I could fucking cry.
Lame. How will we be able to live out the future promised to us in WH40k without space demons?
Quote from: Cain on September 23, 2016, 04:22:55 AM
Lame. How will we be able to live out the future promised to us in WH40k without space demons?
I'm really pissed about this. I was so ready to share our, erm, culture with aliens. In the face.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 23, 2016, 04:21:19 AM
Quote from: Cain on September 23, 2016, 04:12:55 AM
Even weirder physics could see it reborn as a gravity drive (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_Horizon_%28film%29).
well, that's the fucking thing. It looks like gravity is shared by all universes, which means the drive doesn't work, which means no space demons.
I could fucking cry.
Tyson has mentioned something about the possibility of dark matter being an effect caused by gravity leaking through from other other universes, and what we see as dark matter is really just gravitational interaction between matter in our universe, and regular matter in other universes (or whatever passes for regular matter in those universes).
Does that have anything to do with what you meant by gravity being shared by all universes?
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 23, 2016, 04:21:19 AM
Quote from: Cain on September 23, 2016, 04:12:55 AM
Even weirder physics could see it reborn as a gravity drive (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_Horizon_%28film%29).
well, that's the fucking thing. It looks like gravity is shared by all universes, which means the drive doesn't work, which means no space demons.
I could fucking cry.
The universe is both incredibly weird and horribly mundane at the same time. It's fantastically upsetting.
Quote from: Cain on September 23, 2016, 04:12:55 AM
Even weirder physics could see it reborn as a gravity drive (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_Horizon_%28film%29).
The event horizon is what happens when you give a team of scientists who have the ability to do something, half the budget time and safety precautions required to actualise it.
Quote from: Emo Howard on September 23, 2016, 05:30:24 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 23, 2016, 04:21:19 AM
Quote from: Cain on September 23, 2016, 04:12:55 AM
Even weirder physics could see it reborn as a gravity drive (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_Horizon_%28film%29).
well, that's the fucking thing. It looks like gravity is shared by all universes, which means the drive doesn't work, which means no space demons.
I could fucking cry.
Tyson has mentioned something about the possibility of dark matter being an effect caused by gravity leaking through from other other universes, and what we see as dark matter is really just gravitational interaction between matter in our universe, and regular matter in other universes (or whatever passes for regular matter in those universes).
Does that have anything to do with what you meant by gravity being shared by all universes?
No, dark matter is even weirder. A year ago, they thought it was done and dusted, via "dim galaxies", but it is a Damn Thing and is not so easily disposed of. There is a project underway to spot dark matter interactions, using a gigantic tank of xenon in a cavern, much as they proved neutrinos in a big cave full of dry-cleaning solution.
What dark matter might be is junk from another universe being brought here via gravity. I don't understand enough of the hypothesis involved to understand it, except that as long as the "transactions" are two-way, conservation is maintained.
Quote from: LMNO on September 23, 2016, 01:27:03 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 23, 2016, 04:21:19 AM
Quote from: Cain on September 23, 2016, 04:12:55 AM
Even weirder physics could see it reborn as a gravity drive (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_Horizon_%28film%29).
well, that's the fucking thing. It looks like gravity is shared by all universes, which means the drive doesn't work, which means no space demons.
I could fucking cry.
The universe is both incredibly weird and horribly mundane at the same time. It's fantastically upsetting.
I will see Uncle Albert cheated in my lifetime, if it kills me.
Quote from: Faust on September 23, 2016, 01:56:46 PM
Quote from: Cain on September 23, 2016, 04:12:55 AM
Even weirder physics could see it reborn as a gravity drive (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_Horizon_%28film%29).
The event horizon is what happens when you give a team of scientists who have the ability to do something, half the budget time and safety precautions required to actualise it.
Gonna argue that Event Horizon is what happens when you give them stacks of cash and no oversight.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 23, 2016, 04:14:48 PM
Quote from: Faust on September 23, 2016, 01:56:46 PM
Quote from: Cain on September 23, 2016, 04:12:55 AM
Even weirder physics could see it reborn as a gravity drive (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_Horizon_%28film%29).
The event horizon is what happens when you give a team of scientists who have the ability to do something, half the budget time and safety precautions required to actualise it.
Gonna argue that Event Horizon is what happens when you give them stacks of cash and no oversight.
I think removal of any kind of H+S oversight is the big one. Look at this fucking room.
(https://scientificfictional.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/eventhorizon11.png)
It's just spikes and slip hazards everywhere. It's a tetanus trap at best and begging for a lawsuit before it even launched.
"Where's steve?"
"Dead. Slipped in the drive room"
"Fuck. Again?"
"Yeah. We sent in someone to clean it up, I'll check on them."
"Bet you they've fucking slipped too."
It's also what happens when you give artists final say over any design. Did I ever tell you about the guys at jaguar who wanted claw marks on the engine?
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 23, 2016, 04:14:48 PM
Quote from: Faust on September 23, 2016, 01:56:46 PM
Quote from: Cain on September 23, 2016, 04:12:55 AM
Even weirder physics could see it reborn as a gravity drive (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_Horizon_%28film%29).
The event horizon is what happens when you give a team of scientists who have the ability to do something, half the budget time and safety precautions required to actualise it.
Gonna argue that Event Horizon is what happens when you give them stacks of cash and no oversight.
Ok so both: Good project management is about finding that optimised balance where your product does open doors to, or take shortcuts through hell.
Quote from: Junkenstein on September 23, 2016, 04:34:55 PM
It's also what happens when you give artists final say over any design. Did I ever tell you about the guys at jaguar who wanted claw marks on the engine?
Whats an engine without a few stress fissures :D, did they make it go faster?
Daughter can read, memorize sequences of numbers, do basic addition, but can't write, color in the lines, use scissors or remember where her lunch table is even though it's been the same one for 2 weeks. Hum.
Sounds like she's defective. Return her to the store and ask for a refund.
Quote from: Cain on September 23, 2016, 06:04:01 PM
Sounds like she's defective. Return her to the store and ask for a refund.
Ugh the rma form sucks.
Quote from: Faust on September 23, 2016, 05:06:36 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on September 23, 2016, 04:34:55 PM
It's also what happens when you give artists final say over any design. Did I ever tell you about the guys at jaguar who wanted claw marks on the engine?
Whats an engine without a few stress fissures :D, did they make it go faster?
They/that made the engineers leave the room pretty fucking quickly.
So now we have this fucking big-ass bear on the mountain, eating fish out of the lake and garbage out of whatever the fuck it feels like eating it out of. I am not going to tell him where the hell he can eat. He's taken up residence in the picnic area, which we simply closed off and put a big sign on saying "Closed on account of bear". The radio telescope geeks still have to go through the area, but they don't pay their fucking plumbing bills, so I hope it eats them all.
So, 4 mountain lions and a bear the size of Chris Christie, that doesn't even seem to be fully grown yet.
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on September 23, 2016, 06:01:40 PM
Daughter can read, memorize sequences of numbers, do basic addition, but can't write, color in the lines, use scissors or remember where her lunch table is even though it's been the same one for 2 weeks. Hum.
Sounds like her motor skills and place memory isn't quite caught up to her other cognitive development yet. It's normal!
We had the first TA meeting of the term yesterday, and I'm actually starting to get stoked about teaching. It turns out that I'm teaching the lab for the first term of Principles, which is pretty exciting because for a lot of these students, this will be their first time in a wet lab at all! This means they don't have any bad habits yet, and I can be super strict about lab etiquette right off the bat so they don't turn into the lazy turdpiles who don't put their equipment away. I also get to show them microscopy, and we have water bears, which is always everybody's favorite! Later in the term, I am showing them how to purify their own DNA.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on September 24, 2016, 09:01:31 PM
We had the first TA meeting of the term yesterday, and I'm actually starting to get stoked about teaching. It turns out that I'm teaching the lab for the first term of Principles, which is pretty exciting because for a lot of these students, this will be their first time in a wet lab at all! This means they don't have any bad habits yet, and I can be super strict about lab etiquette right off the bat so they don't turn into the lazy turdpiles who don't put their equipment away. I also get to show them microscopy, and we have water bears, which is always everybody's favorite! Later in the term, I am showing them how to purify their own DNA.
Awesome! In my first year of labs someone set fire to a fume cupboard. Hopefully your students' accidents don't cause too much damage.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on September 24, 2016, 08:55:15 PM
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on September 23, 2016, 06:01:40 PM
Daughter can read, memorize sequences of numbers, do basic addition, but can't write, color in the lines, use scissors or remember where her lunch table is even though it's been the same one for 2 weeks. Hum.
Sounds like her motor skills and place memory isn't quite caught up to her other cognitive development yet. It's normal!
Yay normal!
Guys! I just learned the NRA was the reason why the North ended the war and stopped slavery! :lulz:
(https://scontent.fbos1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/p235x350/14448836_1524479724244299_4788008598892590010_n.jpg?oh=1c9d2dd4e50bb7ac763ca87bf02add20&oe=58755C67)
Business cards!
Quote from: Xaz on September 25, 2016, 12:11:16 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on September 24, 2016, 09:01:31 PM
We had the first TA meeting of the term yesterday, and I'm actually starting to get stoked about teaching. It turns out that I'm teaching the lab for the first term of Principles, which is pretty exciting because for a lot of these students, this will be their first time in a wet lab at all! This means they don't have any bad habits yet, and I can be super strict about lab etiquette right off the bat so they don't turn into the lazy turdpiles who don't put their equipment away. I also get to show them microscopy, and we have water bears, which is always everybody's favorite! Later in the term, I am showing them how to purify their own DNA.
Awesome! In my first year of labs someone set fire to a fume cupboard. Hopefully your students' accidents don't cause too much damage.
Oh yeah, nope, I don't even have fume hoods! There will be no flammable or otherwise dangerous chemicals in my lab. I don't think they even get to play with ethanol or dilute HCl until the second term of chemistry.
Actually, that's not totally true... I think we make spreader plates toward the end of the term, and that means flame-sterilizing. Well now.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on September 25, 2016, 01:38:12 AM
(https://scontent.fbos1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/p235x350/14448836_1524479724244299_4788008598892590010_n.jpg?oh=1c9d2dd4e50bb7ac763ca87bf02add20&oe=58755C67)
Business cards!
Oooooooh! Nice!
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on September 25, 2016, 12:57:18 AM
Guys! I just learned the NRA was the reason why the North ended the war and stopped slavery! :lulz:
what the what
I really like the business card!
Quote from: LMNO on September 25, 2016, 04:45:11 AM
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on September 25, 2016, 12:57:18 AM
Guys! I just learned the NRA was the reason why the North ended the war and stopped slavery! :lulz:
what the what
So a black co-worker of mine posted an article about how open carry is effectively only for white people and one of his friends posted that in the course of the argument. His first statement was specifically that the NRA was founded for black people's protection. I posted the "About" section of NRA.org. He then said ok, it was about marksmanship and that was what allowed the Union to win and that I should use sources other than wikipedia.
I commented about time travel. I'm not sure if I'm dealing with an idiot, or some sort of troll. Mostly posted because there's another guy that frequently posts on my coworker's page with similar talking points, just not nearly as dumb.
Yeah, marksmanship let the North win the war. Not vastly superior numbers, a strong navy encforcing a blockade and a stronger industrialising economy.
It was being able to pew pew just that little bit more accurately. And as we all know, shooting in your spare time against tin cans is completely transferrable to shooting in massed combat.
Quote from: Cain on September 25, 2016, 03:42:07 PM
Yeah, marksmanship let the North win the war. Not vastly superior numbers, a strong navy encforcing a blockade and a stronger industrialising economy.
It was being able to pew pew just that little bit more accurately. And as we all know, shooting in your spare time against tin cans is completely transferrable to shooting in massed combat.
Having objectively superior firearms helped, and did improve their accuracy. Civil War letters bitching about Union weapons are kinda hilarious.
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on September 25, 2016, 03:29:18 PM
Quote from: LMNO on September 25, 2016, 04:45:11 AM
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on September 25, 2016, 12:57:18 AM
Guys! I just learned the NRA was the reason why the North ended the war and stopped slavery! :lulz:
what the what
So a black co-worker of mine posted an article about how open carry is effectively only for white people and one of his friends posted that in the course of the argument. His first statement was specifically that the NRA was founded for black people's protection. I posted the "About" section of NRA.org. He then said ok, it was about marksmanship and that was what allowed the Union to win and that I should use sources other than wikipedia.
I commented about time travel. I'm not sure if I'm dealing with an idiot, or some sort of troll. Mostly posted because there's another guy that frequently posts on my coworker's page with similar talking points, just not nearly as dumb.
People have an amazingly powerful ability to believe what they want to believe, no matter how ridiculous it is or how easy it is to disprove.
Eventually our species will diverge into a species of human that checks facts, and a species that doesn't.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on September 25, 2016, 03:54:21 PM
Quote from: Cain on September 25, 2016, 03:42:07 PM
Yeah, marksmanship let the North win the war. Not vastly superior numbers, a strong navy encforcing a blockade and a stronger industrialising economy.
It was being able to pew pew just that little bit more accurately. And as we all know, shooting in your spare time against tin cans is completely transferrable to shooting in massed combat.
Having objectively superior firearms helped, and did improve their accuracy. Civil War letters bitching about Union weapons are kinda hilarious.
Oh, it certainly didn't hurt (except the Confederate soldiers).
But Germany's an object lesson in what happens when even a technologically adept and militarily well trained state without the industrial/population/resources picks a war against states with those attributes. Unless the technological disparities are massive, the training doesn't matter massively either, and so things go down to the numbers and resources. Germany's probably a more extreme example, given it was the economic and population might of the Soviet Union, British Empire and USA ranged against them, but there are some similarities (in particular the weak economic base, combined with unrest within the territory and inability to effectively use all their population in the war effort. An important difference is that the Confederacy could've played defensively, whereas that was not an option for Germany. Without conquest and slave labour, the German economy would collapse entirely).
Of course, the main similarity is that both were
really fucking racist.
Quote from: trix on September 25, 2016, 05:06:33 AM
I really like the business card!
Thanks! I ordered off Moo because they offer the 50 different backs deal. Came out really nice :)
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on September 12, 2016, 03:52:20 PM
Quote from: Freeky on September 10, 2016, 06:54:24 PM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on September 10, 2016, 06:52:35 PM
I'm back. All my plans to go west are no more. Perhaps next year, IDK. My dad has encouraged me to write after seeing some of my stuff, so I'm going to get a simple job and do that for myself while I figure out my life. Figure I'll finish the Genesis of Eris first, but after that it's going to be "The Assault on Christmas". I may send some things to folks in PM about "the plot" and have questions before I get to that.
But it would seem someone said something about ORANGES?
.... urge to mark all as read intensifies.
ORANGES?! Where?
NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
I haven't caught up on The Bar thread entirely, but I've a cautionary tale I'll post to the ORANGES' thread.
Quote from: Cain on September 25, 2016, 03:42:07 PM
Yeah, marksmanship let the North win the war. Not vastly superior numbers, a strong navy encforcing a blockade and a stronger industrialising economy.
It was being able to pew pew just that little bit more accurately. And as we all know, shooting in your spare time against tin cans is completely transferrable to shooting in massed combat.
The main problem with his statement was the Civil War ended in 1865, the NRA was founded in 1871.
There's also that. But pew pew!
https://pima.bibliocommons.com/list/share/324530247/707736609?_ga=1.32996286.1478290541.1474987019&from_login=true
I went to the public library's website to reserve some books, and there was a thumbnail that caught my eye: Martha Reads Banned Books and one of the books featured in the thumbnail was Harry fucking Potter and the god damn Sorcerer's Stone. So I looked to see what was on the least and lo! thirty books were on the list, with a comment about each.
Apparently, the first book of the Hunger Games trilogy is "occult/satanic," and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee just says "If there's a possibility that something might be controversial, then why not eliminate it."
I facepalmed so hard, you guys.
I guess human sacrifice could be seen as "occult"?
Principal wants to visit and have a talk with staff tomorrow.
I'm contemplating being suicidally honest, but the email suggests it is a group meeting, and my manager may well be there. Not that this bothers me on an interpersonal level, I've already told him what I think of him, but it would no doubt be deemed "unprofessional" by the children-reading-corporate-strategy-guides who make up management.
Quote from: LMNO on September 27, 2016, 04:36:11 PM
I guess human sacrifice could be seen as "occult"?
If they missed the entire point of the sacrifice, I suppose? Sort of like how 1984's comment was "pro-communism?" Way to reading comprehension, bros.
They don't READ them, of course. They get an inaccurate plot summary, and ban it based on that.
Reading is how the demons get in your eyeballs.
Quote from: Cain on September 27, 2016, 09:33:02 PM
Reading is how the demons get in your eyeballs.
This is true, and it's why all books should be banned unless it's the Bible, and we really shouldn't look at that too hard, either. Just in case.
have I ever mentioned how much I fucking hate south park?
Quote from: Don Coyote on September 28, 2016, 02:43:16 AM
have I ever mentioned how much I fucking hate south park?
It had its moments.
Back in 2002.
Quote from: Freeky on September 27, 2016, 03:52:14 PM
https://pima.bibliocommons.com/list/share/324530247/707736609?_ga=1.32996286.1478290541.1474987019&from_login=true
I went to the public library's website to reserve some books, and there was a thumbnail that caught my eye: Martha Reads Banned Books and one of the books featured in the thumbnail was Harry fucking Potter and the god damn Sorcerer's Stone. So I looked to see what was on the least and lo! thirty books were on the list, with a comment about each.
Apparently, the first book of the Hunger Games trilogy is "occult/satanic," and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee just says "If there's a possibility that something might be controversial, then why not eliminate it."
I facepalmed so hard, you guys.
Missing "The Handmaid's Tale." I'm surprised. That one is a hot topic now. I haven't gotten to it yet, but considering how it takes place in a Christian totalitarian post-United States, I can see why some people want it squirreled away.
There are episodes that are dull and episodes that get my gizzard, but I still quite like South Park.
Many of the jokes are stupid and I sometimes disagree with the point it's trying to make, but a lot of it manages to be fucking hilarious, even while they're making a stupid point.
My brother hates it though. He only liked it the first couple seasons, which I liked at the time but when I try to watch now I just cringe.
Ever seen Brickleberry? It's like it was written for people who thought South Park was too high brow.
Quote from: Freeky on September 27, 2016, 09:18:44 PM
Quote from: LMNO on September 27, 2016, 04:36:11 PM
I guess human sacrifice could be seen as "occult"?
If they missed the entire point of the sacrifice, I suppose? Sort of like how 1984's comment was "pro-communism?" Way to reading comprehension, bros.
Well, Orwell was a dedicated communist when he wrote the book. It actually IS pro communism, it's just anti Stalinism.
Quote from: Pergamos on September 28, 2016, 07:15:54 AM
Quote from: Freeky on September 27, 2016, 09:18:44 PM
Quote from: LMNO on September 27, 2016, 04:36:11 PM
I guess human sacrifice could be seen as "occult"?
If they missed the entire point of the sacrifice, I suppose? Sort of like how 1984's comment was "pro-communism?" Way to reading comprehension, bros.
Well, Orwell was a dedicated communist when he wrote the book. It actually IS pro communism, it's just anti Stalinism.
In my defense, it's been ten years+ since I read it. But I do appreciate the correction, thanks. :)
Quote from: Pergamos on September 28, 2016, 07:15:54 AM
Quote from: Freeky on September 27, 2016, 09:18:44 PM
Quote from: LMNO on September 27, 2016, 04:36:11 PM
I guess human sacrifice could be seen as "occult"?
If they missed the entire point of the sacrifice, I suppose? Sort of like how 1984's comment was "pro-communism?" Way to reading comprehension, bros.
Well, Orwell was a dedicated communist when he wrote the book. It actually IS pro communism, it's just anti Stalinism.
Not quite true. He was a socialist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell#Political_views
Quote from: Freeky on September 27, 2016, 09:36:06 PM
Quote from: Cain on September 27, 2016, 09:33:02 PM
Reading is how the demons get in your eyeballs.
This is true, and it's why all books should be banned unless it's the Bible, and we really shouldn't look at that too hard, either. Just in case.
The Bible puts THE MOST demons in your eyes tho...
Cain I just wanted to note that I stared at the reply box for several minutes on the child abuse investigation article after reading it, trying to compose myself..
The fact it's happening still
is a welcome sign to me
that not ALL the fruits have rotted
on the tip-top branches of the tree.
Poetry aside, I think I mostly need something to punch.
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on September 28, 2016, 09:24:24 PM
Quote from: Freeky on September 27, 2016, 09:36:06 PM
Quote from: Cain on September 27, 2016, 09:33:02 PM
Reading is how the demons get in your eyeballs.
This is true, and it's why all books should be banned unless it's the Bible, and we really shouldn't look at that too hard, either. Just in case.
The Bible puts THE MOST demons in your eyes tho...
No, "Bob" does, but only after you pay in COLD, HARD CASH.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 29, 2016, 12:50:44 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on September 28, 2016, 09:24:24 PM
Quote from: Freeky on September 27, 2016, 09:36:06 PM
Quote from: Cain on September 27, 2016, 09:33:02 PM
Reading is how the demons get in your eyeballs.
This is true, and it's why all books should be banned unless it's the Bible, and we really shouldn't look at that too hard, either. Just in case.
The Bible puts THE MOST demons in your eyes tho...
No, "Bob" does, but only after you pay in COLD, HARD CASH.
Well... ok. You're right. Per capita most demons per page for sure. I'm just guessing here, but sometimes I think maybe "Bob" figured out how to reverse-engineer the ark of the covenant.
I'm absolutely certain that calling it "planet 9" was some sort of last ditch attempt to keep "Planet X" propaganda from proliferating and leading folks to the Church and true prosperity. Like no doubt whatsoever.
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on September 28, 2016, 11:49:01 PM
Cain I just wanted to note that I stared at the reply box for several minutes on the child abuse investigation article after reading it, trying to compose myself..
The fact it's happening still
is a welcome sign to me
that not ALL the fruits have rotted
on the tip-top branches of the tree.
Poetry aside, I think I mostly need something to punch.
Was it the Dutroux one by any chance? If not, then you've probably got much worse to read yet. That entire thing is still easily in the top 10 worst things I've ever forced myself to read.
Quote from: Junkenstein on September 29, 2016, 01:00:00 PM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on September 28, 2016, 11:49:01 PM
Cain I just wanted to note that I stared at the reply box for several minutes on the child abuse investigation article after reading it, trying to compose myself..
The fact it's happening still
is a welcome sign to me
that not ALL the fruits have rotted
on the tip-top branches of the tree.
Poetry aside, I think I mostly need something to punch.
Was it the Dutroux one by any chance? If not, then you've probably got much worse to read yet. That entire thing is still easily in the top 10 worst things I've ever forced myself to read.
This article here. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-37500878
What is this Dutroux? A Frenchman? I've never heard of. Got a link?
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on September 29, 2016, 02:41:23 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on September 29, 2016, 01:00:00 PM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on September 28, 2016, 11:49:01 PM
Cain I just wanted to note that I stared at the reply box for several minutes on the child abuse investigation article after reading it, trying to compose myself..
The fact it's happening still
is a welcome sign to me
that not ALL the fruits have rotted
on the tip-top branches of the tree.
Poetry aside, I think I mostly need something to punch.
Was it the Dutroux one by any chance? If not, then you've probably got much worse to read yet. That entire thing is still easily in the top 10 worst things I've ever forced myself to read.
This article here. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-37500878
What is this Dutroux? A Frenchman? I've never heard of. Got a link?
Cain had a good link to a long investigative piece, will try and dig it up if he's not got it handy. I'm sure he'll remember the one I'm talking about.
In short, belgian, be glad you've never heard of him / associated shit. I can't properly warn you enough about how grim it is though and given the subject matter I'm not saying that lightly. The larger implications of the whole thing are quite Fucked up too. It's a whole heap of all kinds of horrors. Makes the UK shitshows look like amateur hour. Seriously, you may want to just stop now and save yourself from it, I wouldn't think any less of you for it.
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Cain I just wanted to note that I stared at the reply box for several minutes on the child abuse investigation article after reading it, trying to compose myself..
The fact it's happening still
is a welcome sign to me
that not ALL the fruits have rotted
on the tip-top branches of the tree.
Poetry aside, I think I mostly need something to punch.
Was it the Dutroux one by any chance? If not, then you've probably got much worse to read yet. That entire thing is still easily in the top 10 worst things I've ever forced myself to read.
This article here. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-37500878
What is this Dutroux? A Frenchman? I've never heard of. Got a link?
Cain had a good link to a long investigative piece, will try and dig it up if he's not got it handy. I'm sure he'll remember the one I'm talking about.
In short, belgian, be glad you've never heard of him / associated shit. I can't properly warn you enough about how grim it is though and given the subject matter I'm not saying that lightly. The larger implications of the whole thing are quite Fucked up too. It's a whole heap of all kinds of horrors. Makes the UK shitshows look like amateur hour. Seriously, you may want to just stop now and save yourself from it, I wouldn't think any less of you for it.
All I can say is few things will likely be a total surprise. :cry: I'm thinking about it before I say yeah though. Thanks. I'm frustrated enough for now and certainly not out of the woods on depression just yet either.
On a not entirely unrelated note I think I'll try to get more of my own story down tonight. Just my perspective and experience of violence as I said I would months ago now. It ties into other stuff though.
So, teleconference with my boss and the HR chief tomorrow.
They are going to once again demand that I fire one of my custodians (Tonya) for purely contrived reasons. She had, while she was working in the kitchen, complained about discrimination. Accurately. She was allowed to transfer to my department because doing so automatically put her back on probation, and it was expected that I would fire her like a compliant little middle manager. Of course, I was on probation, so they would then have fired me to tie off any loose litigation ends.
when I refused, my probation was extended, and then just recently ended. The rat in the department, Debra, has however been feeding the boss and the HR guy whatever she can, based on her decades long fight with Tonya's mother, who died several years ago. It's all shit, but the boss and the HR guy of course have a vested interest in believing her, despite numerous witnesses to the contrary.
So I'm not going to fire her, and they're going to fire me. Not tomorrow (if they were ready to move, they'd have had me come down to the university, but soon.)
But, yanno, smartphones and shit. Not going down alone.
Shit, man. Why do the good jobs have to be nestled in horribleness?
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Shit, man. Why do the good jobs have to be nestled in horribleness?
Because horrible old bastards like good jobs, too, and they get there years before we do.
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I went to the public library's website to reserve some books, and there was a thumbnail that caught my eye: Martha Reads Banned Books and one of the books featured in the thumbnail was Harry fucking Potter and the god damn Sorcerer's Stone. So I looked to see what was on the least and lo! thirty books were on the list, with a comment about each.
Apparently, the first book of the Hunger Games trilogy is "occult/satanic," and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee just says "If there's a possibility that something might be controversial, then why not eliminate it."
I facepalmed so hard, you guys.
Missing "The Handmaid's Tale." I'm surprised. That one is a hot topic now. I haven't gotten to it yet, but considering how it takes place in a Christian totalitarian post-United States, I can see why some people want it squirreled away.
Is it making the rounds again? It was such a big deal when it first came out, but I haven't really heard people speak of it since then.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 30, 2016, 02:01:04 AM
So, teleconference with my boss and the HR chief tomorrow.
They are going to once again demand that I fire one of my custodians (Tonya) for purely contrived reasons. She had, while she was working in the kitchen, complained about discrimination. Accurately. She was allowed to transfer to my department because doing so automatically put her back on probation, and it was expected that I would fire her like a compliant little middle manager. Of course, I was on probation, so they would then have fired me to tie off any loose litigation ends.
when I refused, my probation was extended, and then just recently ended. The rat in the department, Debra, has however been feeding the boss and the HR guy whatever she can, based on her decades long fight with Tonya's mother, who died several years ago. It's all shit, but the boss and the HR guy of course have a vested interest in believing her, despite numerous witnesses to the contrary.
So I'm not going to fire her, and they're going to fire me. Not tomorrow (if they were ready to move, they'd have had me come down to the university, but soon.)
But, yanno, smartphones and shit. Not going down alone.
Fuck 'em. They step, you step. Everybody gets a court date. You're not on probation and she's in your department right? That's your call and they know it. He NEEDS you too. That's not academic or they would have dropped you for a convenient replacement before that happened. All they can do it try'n troll mutherfucking TGRR out of a job. Troll back, innocent as a dove like. If they fire you after a big enough stink it's their asses and a disgrace to all the projects that they may be involved with. Not to mention legally actionable as fuck. It's their balls in the vice, not vice-versa.
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Cain I just wanted to note that I stared at the reply box for several minutes on the child abuse investigation article after reading it, trying to compose myself..
The fact it's happening still
is a welcome sign to me
that not ALL the fruits have rotted
on the tip-top branches of the tree.
Poetry aside, I think I mostly need something to punch.
Was it the Dutroux one by any chance? If not, then you've probably got much worse to read yet. That entire thing is still easily in the top 10 worst things I've ever forced myself to read.
This article here. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-37500878
What is this Dutroux? A Frenchman? I've never heard of. Got a link?
Cain had a good link to a long investigative piece, will try and dig it up if he's not got it handy. I'm sure he'll remember the one I'm talking about.
In short, belgian, be glad you've never heard of him / associated shit. I can't properly warn you enough about how grim it is though and given the subject matter I'm not saying that lightly. The larger implications of the whole thing are quite Fucked up too. It's a whole heap of all kinds of horrors. Makes the UK shitshows look like amateur hour. Seriously, you may want to just stop now and save yourself from it, I wouldn't think any less of you for it.
All I can say is few things will likely be a total surprise. :cry: I'm thinking about it before I say yeah though. Thanks. I'm frustrated enough for now and certainly not out of the woods on depression just yet either.
On a not entirely unrelated note I think I'll try to get more of my own story down tonight. Just my perspective and experience of violence as I said I would months ago now. It ties into other stuff though.
https://isgp-studies.com/belgian-x-dossiers-of-the-dutroux-affair
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Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on September 28, 2016, 11:49:01 PM
Cain I just wanted to note that I stared at the reply box for several minutes on the child abuse investigation article after reading it, trying to compose myself..
The fact it's happening still
is a welcome sign to me
that not ALL the fruits have rotted
on the tip-top branches of the tree.
Poetry aside, I think I mostly need something to punch.
Was it the Dutroux one by any chance? If not, then you've probably got much worse to read yet. That entire thing is still easily in the top 10 worst things I've ever forced myself to read.
This article here. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-37500878
What is this Dutroux? A Frenchman? I've never heard of. Got a link?
Cain had a good link to a long investigative piece, will try and dig it up if he's not got it handy. I'm sure he'll remember the one I'm talking about.
In short, belgian, be glad you've never heard of him / associated shit. I can't properly warn you enough about how grim it is though and given the subject matter I'm not saying that lightly. The larger implications of the whole thing are quite Fucked up too. It's a whole heap of all kinds of horrors. Makes the UK shitshows look like amateur hour. Seriously, you may want to just stop now and save yourself from it, I wouldn't think any less of you for it.
All I can say is few things will likely be a total surprise. :cry: I'm thinking about it before I say yeah though. Thanks. I'm frustrated enough for now and certainly not out of the woods on depression just yet either.
On a not entirely unrelated note I think I'll try to get more of my own story down tonight. Just my perspective and experience of violence as I said I would months ago now. It ties into other stuff though.
https://isgp-studies.com/belgian-x-dossiers-of-the-dutroux-affair
Yeah, that's the one. Not a good read if you're suffering from, well, anything. Certainly not advisable for the depressed as there's no smiles and sunshine here.
Roger, that fucking sucks. Make sure there's off-site backups of any all pertinent evidence (Sucking eggs, etc.) Can you not just feed these fuckers to the bear?
Last day of the first official week of grad school. So far, so good! I like teaching a lot more than I thought I would; these students are in a different world than the psych students I had as a TA in Perception. This is so much better, and I'm on my own running the lab so it's a whole different dynamic.
That sounds great! It's incredible how far you've got with all this in what seems like a relatively short time.
I've spent the past week driving over 1800 miles to various places that make bumblefuck, Nowhere, look like the height of modern civilisation. Roads frequently not quite as wide as a single car, traffic direction around fucked wagons and all kinds of other nonsense means my head is utterly wrecked and I'm pretty damn happy to start Saturday night right fucking now.
Office/work politics can be the worst. Good luck, Roger.
My wife and I are travelling to Italy for two weeks, leaving tonight!
So excited.
Quote from: Ziegejunge on September 30, 2016, 06:42:19 PM
Office/work politics can be the worst. Good luck, Roger.
Thanks.
Did not get fired. There was mayhem, there were bruised egos, there were angry accusations and I'm pretty sure at least one of us shat blood in anger, but the situation is back off the table. For another 4 weeks or so, hopefully.
Quote from: LMNO on September 30, 2016, 07:13:09 PM
My wife and I are travelling to Italy for two weeks, leaving tonight!
So excited.
My wife and my youngest are fucking off to meet my son in Illinois for 2 weeks.
I am going to die.
Oh, shit.
Did they leave enough dry food?
Quote from: Junkenstein on September 30, 2016, 09:27:59 PM
Oh, shit.
Did they leave enough dry food?
I am being trusted with the microwave thingie. This will not end well.
On the other hand, there's a nearby curry shop with reasonable prices.
As long as they hid the skillet well enough your odds are over 30 %.
For 3rd degree burns.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 30, 2016, 10:47:08 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on September 30, 2016, 09:27:59 PM
Oh, shit.
Did they leave enough dry food?
I am being trusted with the microwave thingie. This will not end well.
On the other hand, there's a nearby curry shop with reasonable prices.
... which may also not end well. :eek:
Glad at least the meeting didn't result in a shitstorm though!
There is an unintended consequence of a massive vindaloo buildup that could lead to a catastrophic sewer meltdown. And Mitch McConnel ain't gonna be able to walk this one back.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 30, 2016, 08:49:43 PM
Quote from: Ziegejunge on September 30, 2016, 06:42:19 PM
Office/work politics can be the worst. Good luck, Roger.
Thanks.
Did not get fired. There was mayhem, there were bruised egos, there were angry accusations and I'm pretty sure at least one of us shat blood in anger, but the situation is back off the table. For another 4 weeks or so, hopefully.
How do you see this playing out, in the long run?
All I'm thinking is that if this is about being as vindictive as possible, they might want to string this out until December. Best time to put the boot in, just as Christmas is rolling around. Hopefully there's an expiry date on this nonsense, but if not...
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 30, 2016, 08:49:43 PM
Quote from: Ziegejunge on September 30, 2016, 06:42:19 PM
Office/work politics can be the worst. Good luck, Roger.
Thanks.
Did not get fired. There was mayhem, there were bruised egos, there were angry accusations and I'm pretty sure at least one of us shat blood in anger, but the situation is back off the table. For another 4 weeks or so, hopefully.
Glad they got hollered back in line. What did they think was going to happen after the last time you refused to fire her, anyway? Youd miraculously catch a case of the sniveling weasels?
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Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 30, 2016, 08:49:43 PM
Quote from: Ziegejunge on September 30, 2016, 06:42:19 PM
Office/work politics can be the worst. Good luck, Roger.
Thanks.
Did not get fired. There was mayhem, there were bruised egos, there were angry accusations and I'm pretty sure at least one of us shat blood in anger, but the situation is back off the table. For another 4 weeks or so, hopefully.
How do you see this playing out, in the long run?
All I'm thinking is that if this is about being as vindictive as possible, they might want to string this out until December. Best time to put the boot in, just as Christmas is rolling around. Hopefully there's an expiry date on this nonsense, but if not...
It's a race between my boss retiring and a Nasaki-level shitstorm. 18 months.
And her probation is set to end on December 16th, which is also a year to the day since I started.
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Quote from: Ziegejunge on September 30, 2016, 06:42:19 PM
Office/work politics can be the worst. Good luck, Roger.
Thanks.
Did not get fired. There was mayhem, there were bruised egos, there were angry accusations and I'm pretty sure at least one of us shat blood in anger, but the situation is back off the table. For another 4 weeks or so, hopefully.
Glad they got hollered back in line. What did they think was going to happen after the last time you refused to fire her, anyway? Youd miraculously catch a case of the sniveling weasels?
They keep upping the intimidation levels.
But I worked with Lily for 8 years, so this is a doddle.
Quote from: LMNO on October 01, 2016, 03:57:25 AM
There is an unintended consequence of a massive vindaloo buildup that could lead to a catastrophic sewer meltdown. And Mitch McConnel ain't gonna be able to walk this one back.
OR I'LL DIE TRYING.
On the other hand, my wife, my kid, and even my dog are gone. Big empty house. Everything is awful and I wanna die. :cry:
Quote from: Junkenstein on October 01, 2016, 12:12:35 AM
As long as they hid the skillet well enough your odds are over 30 %.
For 3rd degree burns.
Naw, but what DID happen is that I got a whole-leg cramp in my left leg that seems to have damaged muscle around my left knee and ankle.
You know that water chemistry problem I've been working on? where it basically rains distilled water and there's no alkalinity? well, I've been drinking that water this whole time and I seem to have washed out my electrolytes. Took some mag and potassium, and the cramp evaporated. But not the insanely sore muscles. So now I'm stumping around like Igor.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 02, 2016, 01:27:22 AM
Quote from: Junkenstein on October 01, 2016, 12:12:35 AM
As long as they hid the skillet well enough your odds are over 30 %.
For 3rd degree burns.
Naw, but what DID happen is that I got a whole-leg cramp in my left leg that seems to have damaged muscle around my left knee and ankle.
You know that water chemistry problem I've been working on? where it basically rains distilled water and there's no alkalinity? well, I've been drinking that water this whole time and I seem to have washed out my electrolytes. Took some mag and potassium, and the cramp evaporated. But not the insanely sore muscles. So now I'm stumping around like Igor.
Wait, are you saying you've been drinking homeopathic gatorade and it wasn't helping?
Started messing around with a photo editing app. I'm finding it pretty frustrating, but making progress.
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Quote from: Junkenstein on October 01, 2016, 12:12:35 AM
As long as they hid the skillet well enough your odds are over 30 %.
For 3rd degree burns.
Naw, but what DID happen is that I got a whole-leg cramp in my left leg that seems to have damaged muscle around my left knee and ankle.
You know that water chemistry problem I've been working on? where it basically rains distilled water and there's no alkalinity? well, I've been drinking that water this whole time and I seem to have washed out my electrolytes. Took some mag and potassium, and the cramp evaporated. But not the insanely sore muscles. So now I'm stumping around like Igor.
Wait, are you saying you've been drinking homeopathic gatorade and it wasn't helping?
:lulz:
Eee.. sorry to hear about the leg Roger!
There's something kinda neat about looking up Greek mythology and getting ready to write my own, openly fictional, heresies on a Sunday morning.
Did you know that young Spartan boys were required to ritually sacrifice a little puppy to "Enyalius", war-god offshoot of Enyo and Ares? Enyalius was also a title for Ares, but I guess he gave it to his kid. English translation is something like "warlike". Ares' own name is more properly close to "are" meaning bane or ruin ( I think also maybe spoil under certain English definitions), perhaps as such Ares means "ruinous one" or "wrecker".
Thinking I might get a kick out of actually learning ancient Greek, both for my fictitious proclivities and to be... certified to interpret certain gospel passages.
Hmmm...
Worth noting that, according to Homer, Enyo and Eris are the same.
Quote from: Cain on October 02, 2016, 05:13:17 PM
Worth noting that, according to Homer, Enyo and Eris are the same.
Yup. I'm really inclined to just call Homer a fucking liar in my fictions. The character Dustrael particularly has a love for calling bullshit on "The Greats", even when he knows better FOR A FACT. Some "angels" can't lie, but he's sure not an angel anymore, and never that sort to begin with. Later in the fiction I've not decided whether or not such might prove to be largely true. Daimonion physiology as I imagine it has room for both, and Nyx a dark sense of humor indeed.
Aw fuck... I've gotta get this out, but not sure where or how yet. I've probably waited too long to share some of this stuff with you guys, but I don't necessarily want it public access.
Here's the character write ups for my main protagonist and his primary supporting character I've only shared with a couple interested Discordian friends on FB and those I storytell to.
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From the file:
Some of my dramatis personae
Dustrael
During the times of Noah it is said that there was an indiscretion committed by the entire chior of angels that had been made and sent to Earth to be the Watchers of Humanity after the war in Heaven, the Grigori. Dustrael was once one of them, but is no longer an angel in any meaningful sense. When the Grigori conspired, and acted as one, to explicitly disobey their instructions and begin to mate with humans and otherwise interfere with the course of events on Earth Dustrael broke his covenant to his "brothers", sworn before his commander Azazel, and informed Heaven of the plot.
Heaven was still quite a mess in the aftermath of the war, and so it took some time for action to ultimately be taken. The System was never designed to operate understaffed, and Lucifer hadn't just taken a statistically even third of Heaven with him. He had been cherry picking for talented and influential supporters for quite some time before making his ill-fated "move". Worse, Lucifer had sabotaged the Commandment structure both by no longer being a critical functionary of it and by the various damages, such as his smashing up of the Medatron 5000 comms device-being, done before he and his forces were ultimately routed. By the time Dustrael's warning was finally heeded and acted upon the fallen Grigori's truly horrific corruptions of both the body and spirit of humanity had spread worldwide. Deluge was ultimately deemed the solution.
Dustrael doesn't talk about those days much. In fact since the flood he hasn't intelligibly spoken AT ALL... until quite recently. When his entire chior was at last rounded up and put to judgement Dustrael was made to stand before them and testify. After he was made to witness his brothers being bound until the end of time to the abyss Dustrael's OWN suprise trial, called for by God Himself through the broken remnants of the Medatron5000, began for making his traitorous oath before Azazel AND for breaking it.
"Watchers watch. Watchers don't talk." was the only clearly heard emanation from the badly damaged M5K device before the very hand of God Itself manifested and "pimp-slapped" him in the mouth. This cast him to Earth where Dustrael has since remained as an immortal, but an angel no more, and unable to speak, write, or otherwise express intelligible language, only senseless gibberish and emotion.
Then one day he met a very strange mortal who was clearly from "out of town" that could understand him. Boy did Dustrael have some tales to tell this "Wizard." The Wizard in turn had his own stories. Impossible tales from worlds beyond counting that this strange alien's culture had explored, destroyed, and rebuilt for ages beyond counting.
Earth just got interesting again.
The Wizard
An extremely young and singularly talented member of an incredibly ancient, and now irredeemably decadent, culture of intergalactic explorers that have among their many abilities the power to "port" from their own continuum to myriad worlds located in many galaxies scattered throughout the universe. The Wizard attempted successfully, if accidentally, to open one of a small set of known, though forbidden and historically inaccessible, portals that his culture refers to as the "Broken Keys". He is forced to cross the newly opened, dangerously unstable portal before he can figure out how he opened it when his "experiment" is found out and he is faced with no other option but a surely memorable and horrible death for his brash transgression against his kind's inflexible codex of survival axioms known as The Ways.
He barely survives the crossing and is totally stunned to discover that the world he has arrived on, our world, is in many ways like no others EVER experienced by his people. Firstly, there is almost no "Manium Field" here. The Manium Field is a subtle but dynamic ambient energy that his kind sense and manipulate to produce various "magical" effects, including "porting". Coming here was a one way trip as far as he can tell, but that's not the biggest problem he faces by far.
To The Wizard's initial horror the people here have seemingly tamed a form of power explicitly deemed forbidden by The Ways. This energy is known to his kind as The Dragon. We call it electricity. The reason for this prohibition is tied into their culture's extraordinary manner of record keeping. "Wizards" are made, not born, and truly the most important part of that making is the artificial soul that each recieves from the great Matrices of Being that bears and perfectly preserves the total life experiences of each previous recipient and will record their own experiences to be reviewed upon their death. The Draconic Energies are able to render these specialized souls permanently unreadable. Whole swathes of their history have tragically been lost to this mysterious anathema force,leading to the ages-long decline of their culture, and it's EVERYWHERE here.
To survive The Wizard will have to gather allies as well as learn to adapt to both an environment and ideas that his culture literally CANNOT accept. He knows that his fellow Wizards will likely wait for his soul to return to the Matrices of Being in order to examine his experiences here, but also that they just might figure out how he opened the unopenable "broken key" portal that stranded him. If they do, both they and the people here will never be the same. The Wizard cannot know when or if this might occur however. All worlds have a differing temporal constant against their own Continuum Constant chronology. A day on this bizarre "Earth" could be for his kind a few seconds... or a few millennia, and he has no way to know what.
One of the most important of The Ways is the axiom "All is change, nothing is impossible." To this stranded, talented neophyte nothing has ever been more true, or more truly terrible.
Quote from: LMNO on September 30, 2016, 07:13:09 PM
My wife and I are travelling to Italy for two weeks, leaving tonight!
So excited.
Have all the fun, drink all the wine, and enjoy all those beautiful Italian people!
Quote from: Junkenstein on September 30, 2016, 05:43:52 PM
That sounds great! It's incredible how far you've got with all this in what seems like a relatively short time.
I've spent the past week driving over 1800 miles to various places that make bumblefuck, Nowhere, look like the height of modern civilisation. Roads frequently not quite as wide as a single car, traffic direction around fucked wagons and all kinds of other nonsense means my head is utterly wrecked and I'm pretty damn happy to start Saturday night right fucking now.
What the hell are you doing out in the boonies?
Tonight, Alty and I are experiencing the unfettered Joy of Statistics. Come, join us on our fantastic journey!
https://www.gapminder.org/videos/the-joy-of-stats/
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 03, 2016, 01:14:14 AM
Tonight, Alty and I are experiencing the unfettered Joy of Statistics. Come, join us on our fantastic journey!
https://www.gapminder.org/videos/the-joy-of-stats/
I'm down. Will plug in somewhere this evening and watch. After that I'm going to do a brief fictional write-up of you along the lines of how you've sometimes manifested in the largely un-written dream-snippets and stories this place has often heavily influenced. I'm trying trying to express them a little piece at a time here.
It seems that seeing you post to "The Magicians", content yet unread, gave me a fright not unlike seeing TOO MUCH fire apparently burning as you approach a favorite village. It wasn't like it was IRL you personally had posted, of course, but your... sorta avatar in my dreamscapes perhaps. And mayhap a card with "rules" on it similar to one I was similarly inspired to write up of Roger a while back.
But first, LEARNING!
ETA: I really wish more of my teachers had had cool accents and such enthusiasm of spirit. I dig him already!
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 02, 2016, 01:27:22 AM
Quote from: Junkenstein on October 01, 2016, 12:12:35 AM
As long as they hid the skillet well enough your odds are over 30 %.
For 3rd degree burns.
Naw, but what DID happen is that I got a whole-leg cramp in my left leg that seems to have damaged muscle around my left knee and ankle.
You know that water chemistry problem I've been working on? where it basically rains distilled water and there's no alkalinity? well, I've been drinking that water this whole time and I seem to have washed out my electrolytes. Took some mag and potassium, and the cramp evaporated. But not the insanely sore muscles. So now I'm stumping around like Igor.
Low-Sodium V8 is my preferred way to get potassium, once I'm sick of shoving bananas into my face. The only downside is, of course, that V8 tastes like a cold salt-marsh puree.
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Quote from: Junkenstein on September 30, 2016, 05:43:52 PM
That sounds great! It's incredible how far you've got with all this in what seems like a relatively short time.
I've spent the past week driving over 1800 miles to various places that make bumblefuck, Nowhere, look like the height of modern civilisation. Roads frequently not quite as wide as a single car, traffic direction around fucked wagons and all kinds of other nonsense means my head is utterly wrecked and I'm pretty damn happy to start Saturday night right fucking now.
What the hell are you doing out in the boonies?
Visiting clients and shouting mainly. Now writing "fuck
you" letters based around it.
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on October 03, 2016, 05:37:43 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 02, 2016, 01:27:22 AM
Quote from: Junkenstein on October 01, 2016, 12:12:35 AM
As long as they hid the skillet well enough your odds are over 30 %.
For 3rd degree burns.
Naw, but what DID happen is that I got a whole-leg cramp in my left leg that seems to have damaged muscle around my left knee and ankle.
You know that water chemistry problem I've been working on? where it basically rains distilled water and there's no alkalinity? well, I've been drinking that water this whole time and I seem to have washed out my electrolytes. Took some mag and potassium, and the cramp evaporated. But not the insanely sore muscles. So now I'm stumping around like Igor.
Low-Sodium V8 is my preferred way to get potassium, once I'm sick of shoving bananas into my face. The only downside is, of course, that V8 tastes like a cold salt-marsh puree.
Potatoes have more potassium than bananas, try shoving those in your face.
The vid on statistics was pretty great! I'm reminded of a series I found on netflix called The Code that expands on some of the particulars touched upon, and takes a more reasonable look at ancient perspective on the subject of such than I expected. It's pretty neat, and finishing it is on my list.
Here's the write-ups. This character has been percolating since the whole Jehovabubba thing took over my head for a while. It's changed to reflect the blending for "The Assault On Christmas" story setting, which I'm working on when I'm done with the last of The Secret Genesis. I'm going to do more "cards" too as I get a chance.
Name: Mama Nigel, Saint of Science
Lulz: 3
Reg: Science, Troll, Lifestyle
Tags: fabulous, horrible, magic
Txt: At the beginning of the Posting Phase flounce all other spags with the magic tag that are regged to the same thread as MN, SOS and then dispell all magic effects in play on the thread with a threshold less than 5. MN, SOS gains +3 lulz permanently for every spag flounced in this way. If this effect tips the balance of lulz enough to win the thread outright then after the effects of winning the thread resolve move MN, SOS to any other thread on the board that has not yet been resolved this round and that this spag could normally Reg to. If no such thread is in play on the board then instead flounce MN, SOS immediately after all other effects of winning the thread resolve if this card is still in play.
If any effect would remove this card from the game or return it to your hand from play instead place it on top of your Flounce Pile.
_____
From The OIC files, (pronounced O-ik by insiders, shhh! ;))
Office of releases code AU5-vb, Permit of Limited Disclosure-E granted
"Mama Nigel", called by some adherents of the West African tradition's American offshoots "The Orisha of Science", is in fact not an Onarian incarnation or inhabitation in strictest sense, but an anomaly nominally allied with the various animistic Onerian factions in operation under Shadow Treaty RDRR-86 Ref: *REDACTED FOR THREE LINES*
Hard information of how this being came to find corporeal form and the origin of the association with existing Onarian factions is unavailable at this time. It is known that the "alliance" is widely, if quietly, complained about due to "Mama Nigel's" demand that her adherents forswear all other Onarian-traditional supportive activities as "pointless mystical gobbledygook" and begin acquisition of a hard scientific education. That this one-sided tributary "alliance" continues, and that it's continuance is the only thing solidly known to OIC, is the only testament to the apparent power of this anomalous entity, and the only one necessary. OIC has no authority to monitor or interfere in the affairs of this being per SG Edict *REDACTED FOR TWO LINES, SEAL BLOTTED OUT*
END OF AUTHORIZED SUMMARY
I have a short vignette involving the Wizard attempting to deliver a package and being stunned to discover an INCARNA OF THE NIGEL just, like, sitting there in a lab cryo-slicing serpent brains like that's nothing unusual. Just because EVERY world has exactly one and they never, ever have been known to take up flesh, (Great One be merciful!) is no good reason to just freak out and run... he's got a contract to fulfill after all. He just wasn't expecting the Yeti....
I'll write it up properly when I place it into an actual plot arc.
Petty work shit is now affecting me, and perhaps I've just been exposed to too many TGRR Mind Lazors in my lifetime, but I have come to two conclusions in the past 24 hours:
1) They're all motherfuckers.
2) They're out to get me.
I was very ill from January until about this past August. During most of that time, my work performance got more shoddy than usual. I tried my level best to ensure that people knew exactly how much work they could get out of me, once I knew what the issue was. I believe that the time I spent being less useful annoyed enough people that the gears have now turned against me.
So now they have hired a fresh young recruit, probably two years younger than me, to replace me without actually replacing me. I was hired with the intention of being mostly a tech geek (GIS, specifically) with the option to do field grunt work when the schedule demanded it. This new guy is full-time GIS, and I have been "shifted" to do more field work. I can also tell that he knows he's here to replace me, and that he feels badly about it. He's not old, bitter, or treacherous enough yet to stick his thumb in my eye.
A majority of our clients are in the boroughs of NYC, and I live on the far eastern end of Long Island. For those unaware, Long Island is named such because it is very fucking long. Normally I would spend my time in the office on Long Island, which has not been a problem. A one-way trip into NYC for me is approximately 2 hours if I leave my house at about 4 AM. But I'm a good sport and willing to put in a little overtime. I get paid for drive time and reimbursed for mileage, after all, so it's not so bad as long as I can find time in the day to, yanno, sleep.
But now I've done all last week and been scheduled for all of this week to drive into Brooklyn for brain-draining oversight jobs. Instead of hiring a body from the city to do city jobs and keep me in my initial capacity, they've put me in a position where I am spending four hours a day on the road, minimum.
Considering the cost of paying me extra hours and mileage, I offered that they could buy me a cheap motel room close to the site. The response I got was a lot more, shall we say, crisp than I had anticipated. There was a lot more in that reply than just the reply. I have been scolded for my unsatisfactory performance.
It's time to put the spit-polish on that resume. Damn shame, really.
Yeah... I'm guessing you're on a contract, union or otherwise, and they can't outright fire you, thus they troll. That or the thought of possibly paying your unemployment is undesirable.
I saw similar happen on a smaller scale to one of the few folks that got my full respect at my previous employer. She'd sustained a minor injury to her leg and been forced to work her usual, extremely standing/walking intensive, cycle of duties. Damn she was stubborn and proud enough to just keep going too, and they outright exploited this because she was about the only reason shit got done sometimes. She had a certain natural influence to her in addition to her sheer work ethic. I admired her greatly. One day I almost violated protocol all over my immediate manager's office and person when I heard him speak of her with a sort of casual distain as for a cheap tool or... I hate to say it, like an ailing slave one doesn't much believe after her overexertion resulted in the need for the hospital to pick up the tab on a surgical reconstruction, which wasn't very effective overall anyway. After, no joke, like a year of steady and very painful degeneration of the injury, pre-and post-op, she finally resigned. She seemed very cool with leaving by that point, I assume that her personal life took a turn for the better in a way that made her "occupation" unnecessary.
I have certain quiet smile I use for venal fuckwits that think they've said something funny and expect their company to laugh, lest they begin to "wonder about you". It's genuine amusement, but they never do seem to look me in the eye for long. It's instinctual in most and those that DO are rarely the subject of this sort of GRIN method, it being for venal fuckwits exclusively. I REALLY wish I'd done some covert audio recording of some of my meetings, not that I need it. Got PLENTY to work with already, and all legit as my bosses were fully aware of the recordings.
Anyway, yeah. Dude they don't care about you. If they wanna be dicks, cash in as long as it's convenient for you to do so and find a fresh spot at a better place.
For my part after I clear a paycheck from a little side job, I'm going to find a representative... my main job is going to be working with such until I too feel that all of my business with them is satisfactorily resolved.
Oh they could get rid of me if they really wanted to, I'm sure. But at this time I still have enough niche expertise that letting me go would be rather inconvenient for them. And I'm liked well enough on a personal level that being too cold-blooded would reflect badly on the person who pulled the trigger.
Still, I'll hit the "three years of experience" mark by the end of this winter. And that's if I don't fuck off before then.
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on October 04, 2016, 01:00:43 AM
Oh they could get rid of me if they really wanted to, I'm sure. But at this time I still have enough niche expertise that letting me go would be rather inconvenient for them. And I'm liked well enough on a personal level that being too cold-blooded would reflect badly on the person who pulled the trigger.
Still, I'll hit the "three years of experience" mark by the end of this winter. And that's if I don't fuck off before then.
Yeah... just a shame that they couldn't just treat you like an asset in temporary distress instead of being dicks and trying to brush you off, nicely or not.
Day 3 of being alone in the house.
I have scurvy. My extremities are frozen. I am reduced to eating rats.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 04, 2016, 02:33:25 AM
Day 3 of being alone in the house.
I have scurvy. My extremities are frozen. I am reduced to eating rats.
That's an interesting way of spelling "lizards."
I'm the only one in the office to my knowledge, and it suddenly smells like fart.
Office is haunted by flatulent ghosts apparently.
Oh there's a cleaning guy. He's a fart ninja.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 04, 2016, 02:33:25 AM
Day 3 of being alone in the house.
I have scurvy. My extremities are frozen. I am reduced to eating rats.
I was thinking over some of the loose plot ideas I had for "The Assault On Christmas" that I'm not sure I can approach properly without collaboration. I could write a short list and PM it to you if you'd like. I can't help your situation, but I can maybe give you something to chew on.
Also :lulz: :lulz:
I really like your "alternative" historical thread!
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 04, 2016, 03:29:39 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 04, 2016, 02:33:25 AM
Day 3 of being alone in the house.
I have scurvy. My extremities are frozen. I am reduced to eating rats.
I was thinking over some of the loose plot ideas I had for "The Assault On Christmas" that I'm not sure I can approach properly without collaboration. I could write a short list and PM it to you if you'd like. I can't help your situation, but I can maybe give you something to chew on.
Also :lulz: :lulz:
I really like your "alternative" historical thread!
which one?
Quote from: Don Coyote on October 04, 2016, 03:16:28 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 04, 2016, 02:33:25 AM
Day 3 of being alone in the house.
I have scurvy. My extremities are frozen. I am reduced to eating rats.
That's an interesting way of spelling "lizards."
Arizona has both. Gigantic poisonous lizards and rats the size of guinea pigs.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 04, 2016, 03:34:43 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 04, 2016, 03:29:39 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 04, 2016, 02:33:25 AM
Day 3 of being alone in the house.
I have scurvy. My extremities are frozen. I am reduced to eating rats.
I was thinking over some of the loose plot ideas I had for "The Assault On Christmas" that I'm not sure I can approach properly without collaboration. I could write a short list and PM it to you if you'd like. I can't help your situation, but I can maybe give you something to chew on.
Also :lulz: :lulz:
I really like your "alternative" historical thread!
which one?
This one. I'm about three pages in. I sort of read piece-meal mostly as I get time to stare at my phone. I keep wanting to make screen-caps to share out.
http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=29146.0
edited because derp
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 04, 2016, 03:35:42 AM
Quote from: Don Coyote on October 04, 2016, 03:16:28 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 04, 2016, 02:33:25 AM
Day 3 of being alone in the house.
I have scurvy. My extremities are frozen. I am reduced to eating rats.
That's an interesting way of spelling "lizards."
Arizona has both. Gigantic poisonous lizards and rats the size of guinea pigs.
Are you sure they aren't guinea pigs?
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on October 04, 2016, 12:51:26 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 04, 2016, 03:35:42 AM
Quote from: Don Coyote on October 04, 2016, 03:16:28 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 04, 2016, 02:33:25 AM
Day 3 of being alone in the house.
I have scurvy. My extremities are frozen. I am reduced to eating rats.
That's an interesting way of spelling "lizards."
Arizona has both. Gigantic poisonous lizards and rats the size of guinea pigs.
Are you sure they aren't guinea pigs?
Yeah have you tasted them?
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on October 04, 2016, 12:51:26 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 04, 2016, 03:35:42 AM
Quote from: Don Coyote on October 04, 2016, 03:16:28 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 04, 2016, 02:33:25 AM
Day 3 of being alone in the house.
I have scurvy. My extremities are frozen. I am reduced to eating rats.
That's an interesting way of spelling "lizards."
Arizona has both. Gigantic poisonous lizards and rats the size of guinea pigs.
Are you sure they aren't guinea pigs?
I know a guinea pig when I bite one.
:horrormirth:
Wheee, been called into another official meeting on my time off.
This time, it's because I had the audacity to point out having a single person on duty and making them work 12 and 1/2 hours overnight without a break is illegal, and also putting students and staff at risk. Which should be obvious...
Drunk and spoiling for a fight is the correct way to attend meetings on your day off.
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on October 05, 2016, 02:52:54 PM
Drunk and spoiling for a fight is the correct way to attend meetings on your day off.
Most meetings, really.
Alkalinity at 59 and rising. Should have this beat by early December.
One of the guys has been drinking this shit. Despite warnings both written and verbal, he has been boiling the water, thinking that would get rid of the lead.
:horrormirth:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 05, 2016, 09:37:22 PM
Alkalinity at 59 and rising. Should have this beat by early December.
One of the guys has been drinking this shit. Despite warnings both written and verbal, he has been boiling the water, thinking that would get rid of the lead.
:horrormirth:
Like... not to vapor distill? Like... like it might have amoebas or something? IIRC lead poison starts with getting unusually surly and a bit achy, then depending on frequency and amount per it could stay there or go all the way to the infamous bleeding gums and the like... that would probably take a while, but it's really up to him at this point.
Do you think it would tip him off if you asked how much he felt was necessary to boil off to make it "safe", as he figures? If he's not getting a lot of water volume return on his "treatment" he's gonna present symptoms all the faster from concentration.
http://imgur.com/BYn8rVv (http://imgur.com/BYn8rVv)
No idea where to put this.
If Trump wrote an academic article.
Quote from: Cain on October 05, 2016, 02:12:27 PM
Wheee, been called into another official meeting on my time off.
This time, it's because I had the audacity to point out having a single person on duty and making them work 12 and 1/2 hours overnight without a break is illegal, and also putting students and staff at risk. Which should be obvious...
Hahaha, oh wow.
OK, to be fair, they got me good here. So, the meeting was not at all about that, despite, you know, the invite and everything saying it was.
No, instead, they wanted to give me a bollocking for not leaving the room I just moved out of squeaky clean.
Yes, the room they made me move out of over a weekend wasn't left perfectly. Terribly surprising.
However, they felt this was sufficient cause to invite me, under false pretences, bring in another person without informing me, and give me a bollocking (complete with raising voice, talking to me like I'm a child and casting doubts on my professionability)...because the room needs a vaccuum and dusting. They also felt this was so important that they had to put back a meeting which was about their breaking the law and staff and student safety.
I was too angry for much in the way of witty rejoinders. I told them they just fucked themselves, that I am not attending any future meetings on security or helping the college in any other way, and stormed out.
I am angry though. They're literally putting staff and child safety below the state of a room which will, at worst, take half an hour to clean.
Whee, a grand total of 27 minutes to clean up. And points should be deducted from that, since the vacuum cleaner is just that terrible. Much awful, very deplorable.
:argh!: just more fuckery. I'm thinking things are more crooked than you've given them credit for. These weird brush-off tactics imply to me that someone up the chain has no interest in too much scrutiny. It just could be that you're working for petty, possibly even dangerous, crooks not really interested in the well being of the students so much as a revenue stream to hide shitty enterprise in maybe... whatever it is they're not going to play YOU straight about it for sure. If so, no amount of legit behavior on your part was ever going to gain traction through "the proper channels" to begin with.
Silly them for kicking you out of your place. They took and burned the closest thing that they had to real(if limited) leverage on you and all opportunity to know what you're up to, for no real benefit. Dumb crooks are the worst when feeling threatened though. Guess I'm just saying keep extra watch on your back man. I hope I'm mistaken.
Quote from: Cain on October 06, 2016, 12:40:52 PM
Whee, a grand total of 27 minutes to clean up. And points should be deducted from that, since the vacuum cleaner is just that terrible. Much awful, very deplorable.
Burn it all and salt the earth it stands on.
It's the only reasonable option now.
Quote from: Junkenstein on October 06, 2016, 02:37:45 PM
Quote from: Cain on October 06, 2016, 12:40:52 PM
Whee, a grand total of 27 minutes to clean up. And points should be deducted from that, since the vacuum cleaner is just that terrible. Much awful, very deplorable.
Burn it all and salt the earth it stands on.
It's the only reasonable option now.
:) yaas!!
Started an official complaints process against the department head (raising his voice at me in the meeting was a really bad idea).
Also looking into how I can anonymously contact inspection agencies.
Also applied for yet more jobs.
Quote from: Junkenstein on October 06, 2016, 02:37:45 PM
Quote from: Cain on October 06, 2016, 12:40:52 PM
Whee, a grand total of 27 minutes to clean up. And points should be deducted from that, since the vacuum cleaner is just that terrible. Much awful, very deplorable.
Burn it all and salt the earth it stands on.
It's the only reasonable option now.
YOINK
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 03, 2016, 06:44:01 PM
Here's the write-ups. This character has been percolating since the whole Jehovabubba thing took over my head for a while. It's changed to reflect the blending for "The Assault On Christmas" story setting, which I'm working on when I'm done with the last of The Secret Genesis. I'm going to do more "cards" too as I get a chance.
Name: Mama Nigel, Saint of Science
Lulz: 3
Reg: Science, Troll, Lifestyle
Tags: fabulous, horrible, magic
Txt: At the beginning of the Posting Phase flounce all other spags with the magic tag that are regged to the same thread as MN, SOS and then dispell all magic effects in play on the thread with a threshold less than 5. MN, SOS gains +3 lulz permanently for every spag flounced in this way. If this effect tips the balance of lulz enough to win the thread outright then after the effects of winning the thread resolve move MN, SOS to any other thread on the board that has not yet been resolved this round and that this spag could normally Reg to. If no such thread is in play on the board then instead flounce MN, SOS immediately after all other effects of winning the thread resolve if this card is still in play.
If any effect would remove this card from the game or return it to your hand from play instead place it on top of your Flounce Pile.
_____
From The OIC files, (pronounced O-ik by insiders, shhh! ;))
Office of releases code AU5-vb, Permit of Limited Disclosure-E granted
"Mama Nigel", called by some adherents of the West African tradition's American offshoots "The Orisha of Science", is in fact not an Onarian incarnation or inhabitation in strictest sense, but an anomaly nominally allied with the various animistic Onerian factions in operation under Shadow Treaty RDRR-86 Ref: *REDACTED FOR THREE LINES*
Hard information of how this being came to find corporeal form and the origin of the association with existing Onarian factions is unavailable at this time. It is known that the "alliance" is widely, if quietly, complained about due to "Mama Nigel's" demand that her adherents forswear all other Onarian-traditional supportive activities as "pointless mystical gobbledygook" and begin acquisition of a hard scientific education. That this one-sided tributary "alliance" continues, and that it's continuance is the only thing solidly known to OIC, is the only testament to the apparent power of this anomalous entity, and the only one necessary. OIC has no authority to monitor or interfere in the affairs of this being per SG Edict *REDACTED FOR TWO LINES, SEAL BLOTTED OUT*
END OF AUTHORIZED SUMMARY
I have a short vignette involving the Wizard attempting to deliver a package and being stunned to discover an INCARNA OF THE NIGEL just, like, sitting there in a lab cryo-slicing serpent brains like that's nothing unusual. Just because EVERY world has exactly one and they never, ever have been known to take up flesh, (Great One be merciful!) is no good reason to just freak out and run... he's got a contract to fulfill after all. He just wasn't expecting the Yeti....
I'll write it up properly when I place it into an actual plot arc.
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz: Nice
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on October 03, 2016, 11:40:01 PM
Petty work shit is now affecting me, and perhaps I've just been exposed to too many TGRR Mind Lazors in my lifetime, but I have come to two conclusions in the past 24 hours:
1) They're all motherfuckers.
2) They're out to get me.
I was very ill from January until about this past August. During most of that time, my work performance got more shoddy than usual. I tried my level best to ensure that people knew exactly how much work they could get out of me, once I knew what the issue was. I believe that the time I spent being less useful annoyed enough people that the gears have now turned against me.
So now they have hired a fresh young recruit, probably two years younger than me, to replace me without actually replacing me. I was hired with the intention of being mostly a tech geek (GIS, specifically) with the option to do field grunt work when the schedule demanded it. This new guy is full-time GIS, and I have been "shifted" to do more field work. I can also tell that he knows he's here to replace me, and that he feels badly about it. He's not old, bitter, or treacherous enough yet to stick his thumb in my eye.
A majority of our clients are in the boroughs of NYC, and I live on the far eastern end of Long Island. For those unaware, Long Island is named such because it is very fucking long. Normally I would spend my time in the office on Long Island, which has not been a problem. A one-way trip into NYC for me is approximately 2 hours if I leave my house at about 4 AM. But I'm a good sport and willing to put in a little overtime. I get paid for drive time and reimbursed for mileage, after all, so it's not so bad as long as I can find time in the day to, yanno, sleep.
But now I've done all last week and been scheduled for all of this week to drive into Brooklyn for brain-draining oversight jobs. Instead of hiring a body from the city to do city jobs and keep me in my initial capacity, they've put me in a position where I am spending four hours a day on the road, minimum.
Considering the cost of paying me extra hours and mileage, I offered that they could buy me a cheap motel room close to the site. The response I got was a lot more, shall we say, crisp than I had anticipated. There was a lot more in that reply than just the reply. I have been scolded for my unsatisfactory performance.
It's time to put the spit-polish on that resume. Damn shame, really.
Wow, that sucks. Completely. Damn.
Quote from: Cain on October 06, 2016, 03:10:43 PM
Started an official complaints process against the department head (raising his voice at me in the meeting was a really bad idea).
Also looking into how I can anonymously contact inspection agencies.
Also applied for yet more jobs.
Destroy them.
So far, graduate school seems to consist entirely of too many meetings to actually get any work done.
A woman used the term "microbiome" flirtatiously with me recently and you guys :fap:
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on October 06, 2016, 04:36:45 PM
A woman used the term "microbiome" flirtatiously with me recently and you guys :fap:
I am trying to imagine a scenario in which that could be used flirtatiously, and :eek:.
Instead of having a lunch meeting on campus today, I am having one in Salem.
Because it is important to get as far away as possible from the site of actual research, so that you can spend the entire day IN TRANSIT between lunch and work.
Glad you like the write-up Nigel!
Have you considered just narrowing your eyes meaningfully and casually mentioning that... serious sacrifices will certainly need to be made if these "mandatory" meetings impede The Work any further?
DAY 6 OF BEING ALONE IN THE HOUSE:
The walls are closing in. I have befriended a lizard who lives in the front yard. He says his name is Fred. Random clattering and banging from the garage (probably the HVAC, but fuck if I'm gonna go look). I wonder out loud if people actually live like this on a regular basis. Fred says "yes". How the fuck did he get in the house? Fuck off, Fred, you're drunk. I think I have rickets.
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on September 28, 2016, 09:24:24 PM
Quote from: Freeky on September 27, 2016, 09:36:06 PM
Quote from: Cain on September 27, 2016, 09:33:02 PM
Reading is how the demons get in your eyeballs.
This is true, and it's why all books should be banned unless it's the Bible, and we really shouldn't look at that too hard, either. Just in case.
The Bible puts THE MOST demons in your eyes tho...
That's why we must DEMONiSE it even moar!
Welp, there's on air meteorologists that are telling people they're going to die.
Well, they're not wrong.
Not exactly what you want to hear for the weather though.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/5xotl432SGYlOI8HoPBZ3aW95t2adyzWWoAlDc5DGXrEDz2UGd8h38Ze3wtUm8JxIUBvKTDdOcoGVLNwMWzmFH0tM3TIGB4ZO8Z9YRawHgi3i9SbNx7rndMEMgFpssyrJVG8ly-uf_iNMlhT-TKTERMVsJvOazLlBuZTnIN8u2ma9h9_7JgMttcUT_MS3d3OdqaNZJYuRmNooPeGgJcT64AQwOlriK9RS-u8Bsh_Rm4waIyvBIeR6qDc-NPxxfUNyoacJ6awPoQn8dmOJfZrV8j97nVGagq73G-_Y7a4h7o49yYD1ICH5N14c3EUwJFkKb0G52uJ3yXF-vBJeVG2IJdnLPpymXIKjhNZAJ8CZXWahXIe-Ycci_fV3Y7091d8G9Hezt_VjNYurt4WDu3vgH4xu4Vdr1wNJ80gSyJzZ7Y9yL7M4zFGj-TyX2opWgkoZeZBN06D9JX26Pb7UCYxcWYLvuj3SuZOARvg0N9ztiYTjiK8RUUXguswFfXGWyIerkeFGrTZPDKzuUjE39NlrvA3BUU9NNMAN0BGcMQFM0KHoHuRXevgxoWilRpnmKvGhG1SAKVWSsyMW0eIH28ykYnkcibu7yaT_Gj8Oz6Wt_xAYHum=w1108-h831-no)
So it turns out this little guy has cancer of the bunghole. Gutted. He's only 7 :argh!: I have a strong urge to beat the shit out of something.
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on October 07, 2016, 11:39:34 AM
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So it turns out this little guy has cancer of the bunghole. Gutted. He's only 7 :argh!: I have a strong urge to beat the shit out of something.
:sad: Fuck man, I'm sorry to hear that.
Shit man, that's awful.
Quote from: LuciferX on October 07, 2016, 04:05:01 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on September 28, 2016, 09:24:24 PM
Quote from: Freeky on September 27, 2016, 09:36:06 PM
Quote from: Cain on September 27, 2016, 09:33:02 PM
Reading is how the demons get in your eyeballs.
This is true, and it's why all books should be banned unless it's the Bible, and we really shouldn't look at that too hard, either. Just in case.
The Bible puts THE MOST demons in your eyes tho...
That's why we must DEMONiSE it even moar!
Subgenii effectively got there first. Perhaps we can just find the Bible a nice retirement community somewhere. It can re-live the glory days when memes were regarded as life&death matters and the old names REALLY meant something to the average "pleb on the street", but not have to worry about forgetting to take it's pills on time and eat a proper diet instead of just burnt steak like all the fucking time.
Of course the fans will complain if the ending is "off cannon", but everybody knows it was left on a cliffhanger so the Author wouldn't get pigeon-holed too badly if the third act twist failed to land with the audience.
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 07, 2016, 02:50:44 PM
Quote from: LuciferX on October 07, 2016, 04:05:01 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on September 28, 2016, 09:24:24 PM
Quote from: Freeky on September 27, 2016, 09:36:06 PM
Quote from: Cain on September 27, 2016, 09:33:02 PM
Reading is how the demons get in your eyeballs.
This is true, and it's why all books should be banned unless it's the Bible, and we really shouldn't look at that too hard, either. Just in case.
The Bible puts THE MOST demons in your eyes tho...
That's why we must DEMONiSE it even moar!
Subgenii effectively got there first. Perhaps we can just find the Bible a nice retirement community somewhere. It can re-live the glory days when memes were regarded as life&death matters and the old names REALLY meant something to the average "pleb on the street", but not have to worry about forgetting to take it's pills on time and eat a proper diet instead of just burnt steak like all the fucking time.
Of course the fans will complain if the ending is "off cannon", but everybody knows it was left on a cliffhanger so the Author wouldn't get pigeon-holed too badly if the third act twist failed to land with the audience.
Oh my :lulz:
Perhaps some kind of neo-con effort to re-engage the public in a narrative that attempts to save it from irrelevancy. We could graft some of its internal conflict on the stage of political debate, as though participation mattered. We could take credit for the good, and misanthropically misattribute the bad. Win-win.
Quote from: LuciferX on October 07, 2016, 03:19:31 PM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 07, 2016, 02:50:44 PM
Quote from: LuciferX on October 07, 2016, 04:05:01 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on September 28, 2016, 09:24:24 PM
Quote from: Freeky on September 27, 2016, 09:36:06 PM
Quote from: Cain on September 27, 2016, 09:33:02 PM
Reading is how the demons get in your eyeballs.
This is true, and it's why all books should be banned unless it's the Bible, and we really shouldn't look at that too hard, either. Just in case.
The Bible puts THE MOST demons in your eyes tho...
That's why we must DEMONiSE it even moar!
Subgenii effectively got there first. Perhaps we can just find the Bible a nice retirement community somewhere. It can re-live the glory days when memes were regarded as life&death matters and the old names REALLY meant something to the average "pleb on the street", but not have to worry about forgetting to take it's pills on time and eat a proper diet instead of just burnt steak like all the fucking time.
Of course the fans will complain if the ending is "off cannon", but everybody knows it was left on a cliffhanger so the Author wouldn't get pigeon-holed too badly if the third act twist failed to land with the audience.
Oh my :lulz:
Perhaps some kind of neo-con effort to re-engage the public in a narrative that attempts to save it from irrelevancy. We could graft some of its internal conflict on the stage of political debate, as though participation mattered. We could take credit for the good, and misanthropically misattribute the bad. Win-win.
:lulz: :fnord: :lulz:
You're sure you're using an alt-right?? Sounds to me like you're rather well acquainted with things already. It's an old game, sure, and hath infinite replay value,
but whoever would want to?
No really though, sometimes I wonder if maybe 'ol HVHY let the "war" happen to keep the kids busy while he set up an object lesson for the mouthy ones.
That or the universe is pirated shareware that won't allow freewill carnal sentience orgnisims without registration. Since the program would be infinite a hack was inevitable and greatly discouraged by causing Lightbearer.exe to glitch and seek panterminus if the universe is run long enough to develop such, or outright hacked by Root, without paying into some ridiculous, eternal "Freemium" scam.
Changes the game to think of the local creator as a rebel and 'ol Louie as a Manchurian candidate for the REAL tyrants.
I'm not usually allowed to theology. Folks get upset.
Someone should do a Poe's law study on satire sites vs serious sites and see if the amount of scammy, spammy, and malware infested links and ads on it correlates with the intent of the author.
In other news, right wing conspiracy theorist co-worker seems to constantly get calls from Jamaica and India telling him his Windows is compromised.
In fairness, it probably is.
Rick Perlstein once wrote a fascinating essay on the links between the American right and scams.
http://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-long-con
QuoteIn 2007, I signed on to the email lists of several influential magazines on the right, among them Townhall, which operates under the auspices of evangelical Stuart Epperson's Salem Communications; Newsmax, the organ more responsible than any other for drumming up the hysteria that culminated in the impeachment of Bill Clinton; and Human Events, one of Ronald Reagan's favorite publications. The exercise turned out to be far more revealing than I expected. Via the battery of promotional appeals that overran my email inbox, I mainlined a right-wing id that was invisible to readers who encounter conservative opinion at face value.
Subscriber lists to ideological organs are pure gold to the third-party interests who rent them as catchments for potential customers. Who better suits a marketing strategy than a group that voluntarily organizes itself according to their most passionately shared beliefs? That's why, for instance, the other day I (and probably you) got an advertisement by way of liberal magazine The American Prospect seeking donations to Mercy Corps, a charity that helps starving children in the Third World. But back when I was getting emails every day from Newsmax and Townhall, the come-ons were a little bit different.
DAY 7 OF BEING ALONE IN THE HOUSE:
Bourbon supply critical. The porters have fucked off with the microwave nasties. Fred is telling me to shape up, take a bath, that kind of shit, but he is a lizard and shouldn't be saying anything. I beat my laundry with a crowbar to make it flexible enough for the machine, and now my laundry is still dirty and I need a new crowbar. The cat has shat all over everything. But I don't own a cat.
That entire article is great. I assume the reverse holds true as well as someone on the left must be pulling the same shit with the opposite spin.
Timeshare companies and other assorted con men would give limbs for those lists. Hell, I'd pay a great deal for them because it's basically gold. I'm sure their response rate is well over the usual 1-2%.
And will someone PLEASE send the fire brigade to Rogers. They're not needed right now but having them on standby around now seems smart.
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 07, 2016, 03:46:05 PM
Quote from: LuciferX on October 07, 2016, 03:19:31 PM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 07, 2016, 02:50:44 PM
Quote from: LuciferX on October 07, 2016, 04:05:01 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on September 28, 2016, 09:24:24 PM
Quote from: Freeky on September 27, 2016, 09:36:06 PM
Quote from: Cain on September 27, 2016, 09:33:02 PM
Reading is how the demons get in your eyeballs.
This is true, and it's why all books should be banned unless it's the Bible, and we really shouldn't look at that too hard, either. Just in case.
The Bible puts THE MOST demons in your eyes tho...
That's why we must DEMONiSE it even moar!
Subgenii effectively got there first. Perhaps we can just find the Bible a nice retirement community somewhere. It can re-live the glory days when memes were regarded as life&death matters and the old names REALLY meant something to the average "pleb on the street", but not have to worry about forgetting to take it's pills on time and eat a proper diet instead of just burnt steak like all the fucking time.
Of course the fans will complain if the ending is "off cannon", but everybody knows it was left on a cliffhanger so the Author wouldn't get pigeon-holed too badly if the third act twist failed to land with the audience.
Oh my :lulz:
Perhaps some kind of neo-con effort to re-engage the public in a narrative that attempts to save it from irrelevancy. We could graft some of its internal conflict on the stage of political debate, as though participation mattered. We could take credit for the good, and misanthropically misattribute the bad. Win-win.
:lulz: :fnord: :lulz:
You're sure you're using an alt-right?? Sounds to me like you're rather well acquainted with things already. It's an old game, sure, and hath infinite replay value,
but whoever would want to?
No really though, sometimes I wonder if maybe 'ol HVHY let the "war" happen to keep the kids busy while he set up an object lesson for the mouthy ones.
That or the universe is pirated shareware that won't allow freewill carnal sentience orgnisims without registration. Since the program would be infinite a hack was inevitable and greatly discouraged by causing Lightbearer.exe to glitch and seek panterminus if the universe is run long enough to develop such, or outright hacked by Root, without paying into some ridiculous, eternal "Freemium" scam.
Changes the game to think of the local creator as a rebel and 'ol Louie as a Manchurian candidate for the REAL tyrants.
I'm not usually allowed to theology. Folks get upset.
As long as 'panterminus' remains a chose-your-own-adventure-style inversion of the hermeneutic cycle, with multiple endings instead of beginnings, then we might be alright. Otherwise I would find myself quite lost, willing to remember what the later Participle represented in that monsterous compound of deities. They could start as decimals, work their way up to a fraction. :lulz:
Quote from: LuciferX on October 08, 2016, 04:11:52 PM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 07, 2016, 03:46:05 PM
Quote from: LuciferX on October 07, 2016, 03:19:31 PM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 07, 2016, 02:50:44 PM
Quote from: LuciferX on October 07, 2016, 04:05:01 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on September 28, 2016, 09:24:24 PM
Quote from: Freeky on September 27, 2016, 09:36:06 PM
Quote from: Cain on September 27, 2016, 09:33:02 PM
Reading is how the demons get in your eyeballs.
This is true, and it's why all books should be banned unless it's the Bible, and we really shouldn't look at that too hard, either. Just in case.
The Bible puts THE MOST demons in your eyes tho...
That's why we must DEMONiSE it even moar!
Subgenii effectively got there first. Perhaps we can just find the Bible a nice retirement community somewhere. It can re-live the glory days when memes were regarded as life&death matters and the old names REALLY meant something to the average "pleb on the street", but not have to worry about forgetting to take it's pills on time and eat a proper diet instead of just burnt steak like all the fucking time.
Of course the fans will complain if the ending is "off cannon", but everybody knows it was left on a cliffhanger so the Author wouldn't get pigeon-holed too badly if the third act twist failed to land with the audience.
Oh my :lulz:
Perhaps some kind of neo-con effort to re-engage the public in a narrative that attempts to save it from irrelevancy. We could graft some of its internal conflict on the stage of political debate, as though participation mattered. We could take credit for the good, and misanthropically misattribute the bad. Win-win.
:lulz: :fnord: :lulz:
You're sure you're using an alt-right?? Sounds to me like you're rather well acquainted with things already. It's an old game, sure, and hath infinite replay value,
but whoever would want to?
No really though, sometimes I wonder if maybe 'ol HVHY let the "war" happen to keep the kids busy while he set up an object lesson for the mouthy ones.
That or the universe is pirated shareware that won't allow freewill carnal sentience orgnisims without registration. Since the program would be infinite a hack was inevitable and greatly discouraged by causing Lightbearer.exe to glitch and seek panterminus if the universe is run long enough to develop such, or outright hacked by Root, without paying into some ridiculous, eternal "Freemium" scam.
Changes the game to think of the local creator as a rebel and 'ol Louie as a Manchurian candidate for the REAL tyrants.
I'm not usually allowed to theology. Folks get upset.
As long as 'panterminus' remains a chose-your-own-adventure-style inversion of the hermeneutic cycle, with multiple endings instead of beginnings, then we might be alright. Otherwise I would find myself quite lost, willing to remember what the later Participle represented in that monsterous compound of deities. They could start as decimals, work their way up to a fraction. :lulz:
:lulz: :lulz: Hey man what kind of scam are you trying to pull here, HUH!? :eek:
I get exactly half of the whole prime numbers or I walk, and I'm talking real far buddy. If you come back to The Table later it's going to be double that to get me to even sit down.
I mean you can still run the scam on everyone else, but silence this heavy better be GOLDEN buster! Think I'm gonna let the whole soul economy take a bath without my unfair share in the... hey, is this thing recording??
*checks*
Oh, no I think it's not on... well anyway that's our arrangement if that's, you know, what you want. Call "Bob" and set up the rest.
*tape runs out*
I'll make my way up there soon, just need to finish factoring all assets :lulz: meanwhile, I ran over some dubable tape: Twilight Zone - I of Newton re: decimals and fractions
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BoQ6ZC8EUQ0
My girlfriend got into an argument with some Creationists on Facebook. Apparently the "science" they're pushing now implies that the Sun is shrinking (At a rate of 5 ft/yds/wtf ever per day), and that if the earth is as old as Evolutionists say it is (Yes, I know Evolution is a 'Life on Earth' thing, and has nothing to do with space, but tell them that.) the Earth would've been engulfed by the Sun several thousand years ago.
This was apparently based on a misinterpretation of a flawed study that demonstrated that the Sun Pulsates (Its luminous exterior gets slightly larger and smaller during its overall expansion process).
This study, of course, was refuted and corrected back in like the 80s. But hey, people with PhDs dedicated their lives to this stuff, man. It's a science.
In better news, I've been given the responsibility of "Designated Trainer" for our supported accounts. They're giving me more freedom to help out the newbz who've been here awhile as well. I pretty much get away with anything. They've even stopped keeping track of my Tardies.
It must also be noted that they've never had a "Designated Trainer" for our accounts before. I'm the first they've seen fit to grant this unofficial title. Over the next week or two, I will be developing a modular curriculum for newcomers that essentially fits into a single, well-organized OneNote Document. At this rate, I will be in a supervisor/process management position in under 6 months. After that, I'm likely to apply to some Defense Contracting companies where I'll have a cooler sounding title, but the same responsibilities and better pay than I have now.
Also, turns out some guy on another account that my company supports wanted to give the company the biggest FUCK YOU he could before leaving. And I have to say, this is probably the most effective FUCK YOU THIS IS MY LAST TWO WEEKS AND UR GONNA FEEL IT I have ever heard:
Active Directory, for those of you that don't know, is an account/folder/permissions/login management system for Microsoft compatible Enterprise software. It stores accounts and directories in Domains, which have separate permissions and accesses, and even locations. And permissions are controlled by Group membership. For example, to have email access, you must have an Active Directory Account with an assigned email address and Exchange Server configuration, and you must be a part of a Group that includes access to such exchange servers. When you log into a company computer on a Windows computer, you are usually logging in with your Active Directory account. This is where all your files and information is stored.
At the Service Desk, on many of our accounts, we have Administrative access in Active Directory. On this guy's last two weeks, he decided to write and run a Batch script that systematically went through every Active Directory login account, cleared the information and access for each account, and then deleted the account completely. The clearing of the information before deletion was to prevent restoration from backups.
This script got through about 3000 accounts (6000 people work for the company the guy supported) before they removed the permissions and stopped the script. Let's just say, the guy was likely looking at life sentences, so we haven't heard of him since. He's likely run to another country to hide. :lulz:
Quote from: LuciferX on October 08, 2016, 05:23:53 PM
I'll make my way up there soon, just need to finish factoring all assets :lulz: meanwhile, I ran over some dubable tape: Twilight Zone - I of Newton re: decimals and fractions
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BoQ6ZC8EUQ0
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz: I've missed a lot of good stuff apparently! The changing t-shirts were just amazing, but that ending... priceless!
8) I'd have kept the loot
DAY 8 ALONE IN THE HOUSE:
Failed spectacularly at coffee. Not my fault, no matter what that bastard Fred says. What does that guy know? Lizards don't even drink coffee. My smart phone is too smart and won't do the thing, and the Quaker Oats guy is smirking at me and judging me for all of my failures, real and perceived. Monday is the half-way point and I feel confident and optimistic, like that George Mallory guy.
Also, for the first time in years, I got totally turned around in Tucson, 10:45 PM, NO traffic, circling around 22nd, Kino, & Aviation Parkway. I completely reversed North and South in my head and drove in circles for 15 fucking minutes, growing increasingly paranoid and wound up backing up an on-ramp. Horrendously illegal driving can compensate for any level of incompetence.
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
I don't see how Roger out there zoned on whatever he did to "fail" the coffee driving around Tucson IN A REAL VEHICLE NOT JUST AN UBERCHARGED "ASSISTANCE" CHAIR entirely unsupervised and certainly likely without several basic necessaries that a properly supervised Roger would certainly not be allowed to just leave without. .. FUCK!!
He could wind up anywhere, improperly coffee'd and both withdrawing AND relapsing! Fuck he could MEET PEOPLE in the middle of a FULL-ON FIT OF THE HOLIES ferfucksake! :hm:
After about 30 seconds of intense, psychological analysis, I've come to the conclusion that one can throw the election by spreading a screenshot of either candidate's phone in which the battery percentage is below 15%.
I don't think the American people could trust someone to run the entire country if they can't even plug in their phone at 14% charge.
I'm serious. Alt-Righters would turn on Trump overnight.
So, I found out today that a friend(?) died in a motorcycle accident last night. She's the sister of a guy who was my best friend growing up, until he got out of the Marines and turned conservitard. She was also an Army veteran, a wheeled vehicle mechanic. We ended both stationed at Lewis, but in different units. Now, I wish I had made more of an effort to spend time with her for the time were both at Lewis, even though our ideas of a good time were different. I'm not sure how to process this, or if I need to. At some point I had unfriended her from FB, probably because I can only handle so much of a certain kind of political talk, and this had to have been years ago.
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 09, 2016, 03:55:34 PM
I don't see how Roger out there zoned on whatever he did to "fail" the coffee driving around Tucson IN A REAL VEHICLE NOT JUST AN UBERCHARGED "ASSISTANCE" CHAIR entirely unsupervised and certainly likely without several basic necessaries that a properly supervised Roger would certainly not be allowed to just leave without. .. FUCK!!
He could wind up anywhere, improperly coffee'd and both withdrawing AND relapsing! Fuck he could MEET PEOPLE in the middle of a FULL-ON FIT OF THE HOLIES ferfucksake! :hm:
I have been wondering for years how to make those mobility scooters explode.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 10, 2016, 04:38:24 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 09, 2016, 03:55:34 PM
I don't see how Roger out there zoned on whatever he did to "fail" the coffee driving around Tucson IN A REAL VEHICLE NOT JUST AN UBERCHARGED "ASSISTANCE" CHAIR entirely unsupervised and certainly likely without several basic necessaries that a properly supervised Roger would certainly not be allowed to just leave without. .. FUCK!!
He could wind up anywhere, improperly coffee'd and both withdrawing AND relapsing! Fuck he could MEET PEOPLE in the middle of a FULL-ON FIT OF THE HOLIES ferfucksake! :hm:
I have been wondering for years how to make those mobility scooters explode.
There's got to be a way. If you've got a battery charge strong enough to move 400+ pounds of human wreckage and supplies the battery's gotta be packing enough to blow at least somewhat. If you want a really big boom though you're probably going to have to mod it in felonious ways. You could take a high yield capacitor and connect the anode end to the positive terminal and ground it to the frame. Would take a bit of running to blow, at a guess, but if tightly bound enough could be close to a flashbang in effect and likely to pierce or crack the battery enough to....
Why do I think like this so readily? :eek:
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 10, 2016, 03:31:58 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 10, 2016, 04:38:24 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 09, 2016, 03:55:34 PM
I don't see how Roger out there zoned on whatever he did to "fail" the coffee driving around Tucson IN A REAL VEHICLE NOT JUST AN UBERCHARGED "ASSISTANCE" CHAIR entirely unsupervised and certainly likely without several basic necessaries that a properly supervised Roger would certainly not be allowed to just leave without. .. FUCK!!
He could wind up anywhere, improperly coffee'd and both withdrawing AND relapsing! Fuck he could MEET PEOPLE in the middle of a FULL-ON FIT OF THE HOLIES ferfucksake! :hm:
I have been wondering for years how to make those mobility scooters explode.
There's got to be a way. If you've got a battery charge strong enough to move 400+ pounds of human wreckage and supplies the battery's gotta be packing enough to blow at least somewhat. If you want a really big boom though you're probably going to have to mod it in felonious ways. You could take a high yield capacitor and connect the anode end to the positive terminal and ground it to the frame. Would take a bit of running to blow, at a guess, but if tightly bound enough could be close to a flashbang in effect and likely to pierce or crack the battery enough to....
Why do I think like this so readily? :eek:
What's wrong with a good old-fashioned pipe bomb?
Quote from: Xaz on October 10, 2016, 03:59:32 PM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 10, 2016, 03:31:58 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 10, 2016, 04:38:24 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 09, 2016, 03:55:34 PM
I don't see how Roger out there zoned on whatever he did to "fail" the coffee driving around Tucson IN A REAL VEHICLE NOT JUST AN UBERCHARGED "ASSISTANCE" CHAIR entirely unsupervised and certainly likely without several basic necessaries that a properly supervised Roger would certainly not be allowed to just leave without. .. FUCK!!
He could wind up anywhere, improperly coffee'd and both withdrawing AND relapsing! Fuck he could MEET PEOPLE in the middle of a FULL-ON FIT OF THE HOLIES ferfucksake! :hm:
I have been wondering for years how to make those mobility scooters explode.
There's got to be a way. If you've got a battery charge strong enough to move 400+ pounds of human wreckage and supplies the battery's gotta be packing enough to blow at least somewhat. If you want a really big boom though you're probably going to have to mod it in felonious ways. You could take a high yield capacitor and connect the anode end to the positive terminal and ground it to the frame. Would take a bit of running to blow, at a guess, but if tightly bound enough could be close to a flashbang in effect and likely to pierce or crack the battery enough to....
Why do I think like this so readily? :eek:
What's wrong with a good old-fashioned pipe bomb?
Too prosaic.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 10, 2016, 04:41:07 PM
Quote from: Xaz on October 10, 2016, 03:59:32 PM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 10, 2016, 03:31:58 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 10, 2016, 04:38:24 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 09, 2016, 03:55:34 PM
I don't see how Roger out there zoned on whatever he did to "fail" the coffee driving around Tucson IN A REAL VEHICLE NOT JUST AN UBERCHARGED "ASSISTANCE" CHAIR entirely unsupervised and certainly likely without several basic necessaries that a properly supervised Roger would certainly not be allowed to just leave without. .. FUCK!!
He could wind up anywhere, improperly coffee'd and both withdrawing AND relapsing! Fuck he could MEET PEOPLE in the middle of a FULL-ON FIT OF THE HOLIES ferfucksake! :hm:
I have been wondering for years how to make those mobility scooters explode.
There's got to be a way. If you've got a battery charge strong enough to move 400+ pounds of human wreckage and supplies the battery's gotta be packing enough to blow at least somewhat. If you want a really big boom though you're probably going to have to mod it in felonious ways. You could take a high yield capacitor and connect the anode end to the positive terminal and ground it to the frame. Would take a bit of running to blow, at a guess, but if tightly bound enough could be close to a flashbang in effect and likely to pierce or crack the battery enough to....
Why do I think like this so readily? :eek:
What's wrong with a good old-fashioned pipe bomb?
Too prosaic.
This method is something best done in advance as a sort of note to one's persuer or an emergency distraction. Like you could even rig triggers that would intentionally bypass the drivetrain and put ALL the juice to a capacitor already at capacity for instant effect or let it "warm up" and make cool noises in the meantime or whatever else you may find useful.
Pipe bombs don't send a message of CARING the way a custom rigged device does. You got to put some love into it or its not worth doing.
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 10, 2016, 07:08:56 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 10, 2016, 04:41:07 PM
Quote from: Xaz on October 10, 2016, 03:59:32 PM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 10, 2016, 03:31:58 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 10, 2016, 04:38:24 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 09, 2016, 03:55:34 PM
I don't see how Roger out there zoned on whatever he did to "fail" the coffee driving around Tucson IN A REAL VEHICLE NOT JUST AN UBERCHARGED "ASSISTANCE" CHAIR entirely unsupervised and certainly likely without several basic necessaries that a properly supervised Roger would certainly not be allowed to just leave without. .. FUCK!!
He could wind up anywhere, improperly coffee'd and both withdrawing AND relapsing! Fuck he could MEET PEOPLE in the middle of a FULL-ON FIT OF THE HOLIES ferfucksake! :hm:
I have been wondering for years how to make those mobility scooters explode.
There's got to be a way. If you've got a battery charge strong enough to move 400+ pounds of human wreckage and supplies the battery's gotta be packing enough to blow at least somewhat. If you want a really big boom though you're probably going to have to mod it in felonious ways. You could take a high yield capacitor and connect the anode end to the positive terminal and ground it to the frame. Would take a bit of running to blow, at a guess, but if tightly bound enough could be close to a flashbang in effect and likely to pierce or crack the battery enough to....
Why do I think like this so readily? :eek:
What's wrong with a good old-fashioned pipe bomb?
Too prosaic.
This method is something best done in advance as a sort of note to one's persuer or an emergency distraction. Like you could even rig triggers that would intentionally bypass the drivetrain and put ALL the juice to a capacitor already at capacity for instant effect or let it "warm up" and make cool noises in the meantime or whatever else you may find useful.
Pipe bombs don't send a message of CARING the way a custom rigged device does. You got to put some love into it or its not worth doing.
Who among us has never dreamed of detonating the elderly? Who among us has never been stuck behind a person on a mobility scooter in a store? You want to make them explode, or perhaps shove them onto an ice floe. But you cannot; the elderly are the fastest growing demographic and our corrupt government will pass any protectionist bill that AARP asks for. You can only lock them in the attic and wait for nature to take its course.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 10, 2016, 08:11:06 PM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 10, 2016, 07:08:56 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 10, 2016, 04:41:07 PM
Quote from: Xaz on October 10, 2016, 03:59:32 PM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 10, 2016, 03:31:58 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 10, 2016, 04:38:24 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 09, 2016, 03:55:34 PM
I don't see how Roger out there zoned on whatever he did to "fail" the coffee driving around Tucson IN A REAL VEHICLE NOT JUST AN UBERCHARGED "ASSISTANCE" CHAIR entirely unsupervised and certainly likely without several basic necessaries that a properly supervised Roger would certainly not be allowed to just leave without. .. FUCK!!
He could wind up anywhere, improperly coffee'd and both withdrawing AND relapsing! Fuck he could MEET PEOPLE in the middle of a FULL-ON FIT OF THE HOLIES ferfucksake! :hm:
I have been wondering for years how to make those mobility scooters explode.
There's got to be a way. If you've got a battery charge strong enough to move 400+ pounds of human wreckage and supplies the battery's gotta be packing enough to blow at least somewhat. If you want a really big boom though you're probably going to have to mod it in felonious ways. You could take a high yield capacitor and connect the anode end to the positive terminal and ground it to the frame. Would take a bit of running to blow, at a guess, but if tightly bound enough could be close to a flashbang in effect and likely to pierce or crack the battery enough to....
Why do I think like this so readily? :eek:
What's wrong with a good old-fashioned pipe bomb?
Too prosaic.
This method is something best done in advance as a sort of note to one's persuer or an emergency distraction. Like you could even rig triggers that would intentionally bypass the drivetrain and put ALL the juice to a capacitor already at capacity for instant effect or let it "warm up" and make cool noises in the meantime or whatever else you may find useful.
Pipe bombs don't send a message of CARING the way a custom rigged device does. You got to put some love into it or its not worth doing.
Who among us has never dreamed of detonating the elderly? Who among us has never been stuck behind a person on a mobility scooter in a store? You want to make them explode, or perhaps shove them onto an ice floe. But you cannot; the elderly are the fastest growing demographic and our corrupt government will pass any protectionist bill that AARP asks for. You can only lock them in the attic and wait for nature to take its course.
Tanks full of oxygen are known to make it take that course faster... I hadn't considered this in the above speculations.
That AARP issued "self preservation" conditioning is a bitch tho. I think that convincing them to blow THEMSELVES up is the way to go in the future. We just need to start sewing.. the seed now..
I GOT IT! We start with the ones supporting the televangelists first with the ALL NEW HOLY ROLLER DELUX... they'll buy anything!
So, after the hilarity of last week's meeting, I have been invited to another meeting this week to discuss what should have been discussed last week.
For those keeping score at home, that means every day off I've had in the past month month, bar 2, have been spent on work related bullshit (the move or meetings).
I have sent back a polite email declining, citing my previous comments, which were, I believe "I'm no longer interested in attending any meeting you put on, you lying bastards".
DAY 10 OF BEING ALONE IN THE HOUSE:
I am posting naked. While sitting in a leather office chair. I am afraid to move, as I seem to have bonded with the furniture. Fred is on the bookshelf giving me the hairy eyeball and singing Gregorian chants in his little lizard voice. Everything is fine. I am fine. Ia ftang Cthulu. I mean that in the best possible way.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 11, 2016, 05:03:39 AM
DAY 10 OF BEING ALONE IN THE HOUSE:
I am posting naked. While sitting in a leather office chair. I am afraid to move, as I seem to have bonded with the furniture. Fred is on the bookshelf giving me the hairy eyeball and singing Gregorian chants in his little lizard voice. Everything is fine. I am fine. Ia ftang Cthulu. I mean that in the best possible way.
There's no way this is really Roger, he would never survive 10 days alone. The chair must be posting, guys.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on October 11, 2016, 11:52:29 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 11, 2016, 05:03:39 AM
DAY 10 OF BEING ALONE IN THE HOUSE:
I am posting naked. While sitting in a leather office chair. I am afraid to move, as I seem to have bonded with the furniture. Fred is on the bookshelf giving me the hairy eyeball and singing Gregorian chants in his little lizard voice. Everything is fine. I am fine. Ia ftang Cthulu. I mean that in the best possible way.
There's no way this is really Roger, he would never survive 10 days alone. The chair must be posting, guys.
:fnord: What if Roger and the chair are now one? What if he wasn't sticking so much as
merging? I mean why invoke Cthulhu? Where's he get the that?
I don't trust this Fred, seems kinda dodgy. I think that "he" is a bad influence.
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 11, 2016, 11:58:52 AM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on October 11, 2016, 11:52:29 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 11, 2016, 05:03:39 AM
DAY 10 OF BEING ALONE IN THE HOUSE:
I am posting naked. While sitting in a leather office chair. I am afraid to move, as I seem to have bonded with the furniture. Fred is on the bookshelf giving me the hairy eyeball and singing Gregorian chants in his little lizard voice. Everything is fine. I am fine. Ia ftang Cthulu. I mean that in the best possible way.
There's no way this is really Roger, he would never survive 10 days alone. The chair must be posting, guys.
Naw, you don't understand, there's no way he survived past day three. This is just the chair trying to get us comfortable with the idea so it can stop pretending.
:fnord: What if Roger and the chair are now one? What if he wasn't sticking so much as merging? I mean why invoke Cthulhu? Where's he get the that?
I don't trust this Fred, seems kinda dodgy. I think that "he" is a bad influence.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on October 11, 2016, 12:29:44 PM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 11, 2016, 11:58:52 AM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on October 11, 2016, 11:52:29 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 11, 2016, 05:03:39 AM
DAY 10 OF BEING ALONE IN THE HOUSE:
I am posting naked. While sitting in a leather office chair. I am afraid to move, as I seem to have bonded with the furniture. Fred is on the bookshelf giving me the hairy eyeball and singing Gregorian chants in his little lizard voice. Everything is fine. I am fine. Ia ftang Cthulu. I mean that in the best possible way.
There's no way this is really Roger, he would never survive 10 days alone. The chair must be posting, guys.
Naw, you don't understand, there's no way he survived past day three. This is just the chair trying to get us comfortable with the idea so it can stop pretending.
:fnord: What if Roger and the chair are now one? What if he wasn't sticking so much as merging? I mean why invoke Cthulhu? Where's he get the that?
I don't trust this Fred, seems kinda dodgy. I think that "he" is a bad influence.
:lulz:
:lulz:
DAY 11 OF BEING ALONE IN THE HOUSE:
Fred has invited his loser brothers in. They drank all my beer while I was at work and prank-called the FBI from my home line. I get called by agents and asked what "ssssssssssssssss...pop!" means. I told them about the lizards. They started making threats. Don't fuck with me, Mr FBI man! I'm no fool! I pay my taxes! I'll kick all of your ivy league asses!
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 11, 2016, 11:58:52 AM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on October 11, 2016, 11:52:29 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 11, 2016, 05:03:39 AM
DAY 10 OF BEING ALONE IN THE HOUSE:
I am posting naked. While sitting in a leather office chair. I am afraid to move, as I seem to have bonded with the furniture. Fred is on the bookshelf giving me the hairy eyeball and singing Gregorian chants in his little lizard voice. Everything is fine. I am fine. Ia ftang Cthulu. I mean that in the best possible way.
There's no way this is really Roger, he would never survive 10 days alone. The chair must be posting, guys.
:fnord: What if Roger and the chair are now one? What if he wasn't sticking so much as merging? I mean why invoke Cthulhu? Where's he get the that?
I don't trust this Fred, seems kinda dodgy. I think that "he" is a bad influence.
How many more days before you get rescued, Roger?
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on October 11, 2016, 07:10:18 PM
How many more days before you get rescued, Roger?
Next Monday night at 10:30. :sad:
My laptop what gets the internets shat the bed last week, so no internet at my house anymore.
On the bright side, I finally got an awesome new game on my desktop called Crypt of the Necrodancer. Highly recommended, a billion/10.
Quote from: Don Coyote on October 11, 2016, 06:41:17 PM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 11, 2016, 11:58:52 AM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on October 11, 2016, 11:52:29 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 11, 2016, 05:03:39 AM
DAY 10 OF BEING ALONE IN THE HOUSE:
I am posting naked. While sitting in a leather office chair. I am afraid to move, as I seem to have bonded with the furniture. Fred is on the bookshelf giving me the hairy eyeball and singing Gregorian chants in his little lizard voice. Everything is fine. I am fine. Ia ftang Cthulu. I mean that in the best possible way.
There's no way this is really Roger, he would never survive 10 days alone. The chair must be posting, guys.
:fnord: What if Roger and the chair are now one? What if he wasn't sticking so much as merging? I mean why invoke Cthulhu? Where's he get the that?
I don't trust this Fred, seems kinda dodgy. I think that "he" is a bad influence.
:horrormirth:
http://advancedape.com/social-network-discordianism/?ckattempt=3 (http://advancedape.com/social-network-discordianism/?ckattempt=3)
A very fine read with other articles yet to be seen.
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 12, 2016, 11:02:28 AM
http://advancedape.com/social-network-discordianism/?ckattempt=3 (http://advancedape.com/social-network-discordianism/?ckattempt=3)
A very fine read with other articles yet to be seen.
Link not found.
Quote from: Junkenstein on October 12, 2016, 01:23:17 PM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 12, 2016, 11:02:28 AM
http://advancedape.com/social-network-discordianism/?ckattempt=3 (http://advancedape.com/social-network-discordianism/?ckattempt=3)
A very fine read with other articles yet to be seen.
Link not found.
His has some dumb shit at the end http://advancedape.com/social-network-discordianism/
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on October 12, 2016, 01:27:47 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on October 12, 2016, 01:23:17 PM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 12, 2016, 11:02:28 AM
http://advancedape.com/social-network-discordianism/?ckattempt=3 (http://advancedape.com/social-network-discordianism/?ckattempt=3)
A very fine read with other articles yet to be seen.
Link not found.
Appreciated, idiot moment.
His has some dumb shit at the end http://advancedape.com/social-network-discordianism/
Alright, looks like this guy may be one of us:
QuoteWhat all this adds up to is a large group of people who are convinced they are being rebellious by taking part in the most normal activities possible, while trying to spread their false discord by kindertrolling their own choir. And as if all of this attention seeking juvenile behavior were not obvious enough, Disco Trolls often appear to be emotionally damaged and self-esteem deficient individuals who use blatant hyperbolized sexuality to booster their frail egos. Sharing nudes with strangers online is not edgy sexuality, it is a desperate plea to get attention with the least amount of effort
Who's on the outreach committee nowadays? Trix?
Quote from: Cain on October 11, 2016, 02:55:35 AM
So, after the hilarity of last week's meeting, I have been invited to another meeting this week to discuss what should have been discussed last week.
For those keeping score at home, that means every day off I've had in the past month month, bar 2, have been spent on work related bullshit (the move or meetings).
I have sent back a polite email declining, citing my previous comments, which were, I believe "I'm no longer interested in attending any meeting you put on, you lying bastards".
How are they not getting this? Also, how are they under the impression that scheduling meetings on your day off is OK?
Quote from: Junkenstein on October 12, 2016, 01:51:28 PM
Alright, looks like this guy may be one of us:
QuoteWhat all this adds up to is a large group of people who are convinced they are being rebellious by taking part in the most normal activities possible, while trying to spread their false discord by kindertrolling their own choir. And as if all of this attention seeking juvenile behavior were not obvious enough, Disco Trolls often appear to be emotionally damaged and self-esteem deficient individuals who use blatant hyperbolized sexuality to booster their frail egos. Sharing nudes with strangers online is not edgy sexuality, it is a desperate plea to get attention with the least amount of effort
Who's on the outreach committee nowadays? Trix?
He definitely is on the right (ie. not stupid) track.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on October 12, 2016, 01:27:47 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on October 12, 2016, 01:23:17 PM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 12, 2016, 11:02:28 AM
http://advancedape.com/social-network-discordianism/?ckattempt=3 (http://advancedape.com/social-network-discordianism/?ckattempt=3)
A very fine read with other articles yet to be seen.
Link not found.
His has some dumb shit at the end http://advancedape.com/social-network-discordianism/
Yeah.. the first time I tried to post the thing to FB the link I copypasta'd in didn't function.
Article also probably shouldn't have added that last paragraph too, as it turns out, which was my first impression of what you meant.
Quote from: Junkenstein on October 12, 2016, 01:51:28 PM
Alright, looks like this guy may be one of us:
QuoteWhat all this adds up to is a large group of people who are convinced they are being rebellious by taking part in the most normal activities possible, while trying to spread their false discord by kindertrolling their own choir. And as if all of this attention seeking juvenile behavior were not obvious enough, Disco Trolls often appear to be emotionally damaged and self-esteem deficient individuals who use blatant hyperbolized sexuality to booster their frail egos. Sharing nudes with strangers online is not edgy sexuality, it is a desperate plea to get attention with the least amount of effort
Who's on the outreach committee nowadays? Trix?
Where is the quote from?
We have an outreach committee? I'm on it?
Well, I love committees so yeah sign me up. Sitting around wasting time pretending to make decisions? RIGHT UP MY ALLY!
EDIT: Found the post you were replying to. My mistake.
That article is interesting. I agree the guy needs to meet the HATE RANT Discordians.
I find myself thoroughly agreeing with about 3/4s of all of his articles, and choking to death on rest. Which, I suppose, is one of the prerequisites of being a proper Hate Ranter.
A little something I cobbled together earlier this morning. Working on more.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 12, 2016, 03:27:32 PM
Quote from: Cain on October 11, 2016, 02:55:35 AM
So, after the hilarity of last week's meeting, I have been invited to another meeting this week to discuss what should have been discussed last week.
For those keeping score at home, that means every day off I've had in the past month month, bar 2, have been spent on work related bullshit (the move or meetings).
I have sent back a polite email declining, citing my previous comments, which were, I believe "I'm no longer interested in attending any meeting you put on, you lying bastards".
How are they not getting this? Also, how are they under the impression that scheduling meetings on your day off is OK?
Because they can pretend not to get it, and then they can go back to cutting corners while making ridiculous amounts of money ripping their students off. After all, it will only actually matter in the event someone does get hurt due to their stupidity, and when the emails prove they knew it was a problem. Until then, who cares?
They probably got the impression from the same person who told them it was OK to schedule mandatory all-day training sessions after all night shifts.
Quote from: trix on October 12, 2016, 05:49:26 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on October 12, 2016, 01:51:28 PM
Alright, looks like this guy may be one of us:
QuoteWhat all this adds up to is a large group of people who are convinced they are being rebellious by taking part in the most normal activities possible, while trying to spread their false discord by kindertrolling their own choir. And as if all of this attention seeking juvenile behavior were not obvious enough, Disco Trolls often appear to be emotionally damaged and self-esteem deficient individuals who use blatant hyperbolized sexuality to booster their frail egos. Sharing nudes with strangers online is not edgy sexuality, it is a desperate plea to get attention with the least amount of effort
Who's on the outreach committee nowadays? Trix?
Where is the quote from?
We have an outreach committee? I'm on it?
Well, I love committees so yeah sign me up. Sitting around wasting time pretending to make decisions? RIGHT UP MY ALLY!
EDIT: Found the post you were replying to. My mistake.
That article is interesting. I agree the guy needs to meet the HATE RANT Discordians.
It's a "touched it last" kind of deal. It's you until you convince someone else it's them.
And you've got form for this kind of thing.
DAY 14 OF BEING ALONE IN THE HOUSE:
Lizard blood everywhere. So much blood. Fred and the other surviving lizards have holed up in the garage, and have repelled any attempts to dislodge them. Fred has also hollered that he's calling the Hague about my "weapons of mass destruction" just because I did the bleach-ammonia trick to clear the little fuckers out of the guest bathroom. I am considering using a breaching charge from the living room into the garage to flank them, but Jenn might be upset. Needs more thinking about.
Hey, you know what's better than a great bigass bear on the mountain?
A mated pair of bigass bears on the mountain. :banana:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 14, 2016, 10:50:35 PM
Hey, you know what's better than a great bigass bear on the mountain?
A mated pair of bigass bears on the mountain. :banana:
The Holy Man class gets attack bears now. I have a barely formed "Final Fantasy" like rpg video game in my head from since the Jehovabubba incident and the Holy Man gets attack fauna under a power called Holy. Thinking angry weasels, supply pigeons, and now attack bears.
I'm trying to flesh out the basic rules from the card game in my head right now though. I'm most of the way through a play description and hope to have it roughed out to post before I flesh out more cards so it won't be without context.
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 14, 2016, 11:20:43 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 14, 2016, 10:50:35 PM
Hey, you know what's better than a great bigass bear on the mountain?
A mated pair of bigass bears on the mountain. :banana:
The Holy Man class gets attack bears now. I have a barely formed "Final Fantasy" like rpg video game in my head from since the Jehovabubba incident and the Holy Man gets attack fauna under a power called Holy. Thinking angry weasels, supply pigeons, and now attack bears.
I'm trying to flesh out the basic rules from the card game in my head right now though. I'm most of the way through a play description and hope to have it roughed out to post before I flesh out more cards so it won't be without context.
All I'm saying is, nobody better make fun of my hair.
https://bible.org/seriespage/4-elisha-and-two-bears-2-kings-223-25
:lulz: People are trying to get pet pigs allowed within Chicago city limits. I hope people appreciate just how fecking big even small breeds of pigs get.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 14, 2016, 11:41:50 PM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 14, 2016, 11:20:43 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 14, 2016, 10:50:35 PM
Hey, you know what's better than a great bigass bear on the mountain?
A mated pair of bigass bears on the mountain. :banana:
The Holy Man class gets attack bears now. I have a barely formed "Final Fantasy" like rpg video game in my head from since the Jehovabubba incident and the Holy Man gets attack fauna under a power called Holy. Thinking angry weasels, supply pigeons, and now attack bears.
I'm trying to flesh out the basic rules from the card game in my head right now though. I'm most of the way through a play description and hope to have it roughed out to post before I flesh out more cards so it won't be without context.
All I'm saying is, nobody better make fun of my hair.
https://bible.org/seriespage/4-elisha-and-two-bears-2-kings-223-25
QuoteWe must remember, however, that the Word of God, which is alive and active, is also the mighty channel the Spirit of God uses to bring men out of darkness... yadayadayada
After this point it's all Jesusprop, but here's an essential point as I see it. The Holy Fear is a sacred state and dispensation to dispense The Fear a major "perk" of the whole Holy Man gig. There was a time when the rest of nature was a sufficient means to this vital end. It kept humans healthy and REASONABLE to never know when 1200 lbs of fuzzy deathbeast could become a thing at any given time.
But once things got all "civil" the need for supplemental Holy dispensation became evident, thus the Holy Man was set apart to be a reminder to folks of what they had to look forward to going back to if they fuck up, which they always do without healthy dosages of The Fear.
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on October 15, 2016, 12:14:18 AM
:lulz: People are trying to get pet pigs allowed within Chicago city limits. I hope people appreciate just how fecking big even small breeds of pigs get.
I feel they have not thought this all the way through.
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 15, 2016, 12:46:35 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 14, 2016, 11:41:50 PM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 14, 2016, 11:20:43 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 14, 2016, 10:50:35 PM
Hey, you know what's better than a great bigass bear on the mountain?
A mated pair of bigass bears on the mountain. :banana:
The Holy Man class gets attack bears now. I have a barely formed "Final Fantasy" like rpg video game in my head from since the Jehovabubba incident and the Holy Man gets attack fauna under a power called Holy. Thinking angry weasels, supply pigeons, and now attack bears.
I'm trying to flesh out the basic rules from the card game in my head right now though. I'm most of the way through a play description and hope to have it roughed out to post before I flesh out more cards so it won't be without context.
All I'm saying is, nobody better make fun of my hair.
https://bible.org/seriespage/4-elisha-and-two-bears-2-kings-223-25
QuoteWe must remember, however, that the Word of God, which is alive and active, is also the mighty channel the Spirit of God uses to bring men out of darkness... yadayadayada
After this point it's all Jesusprop, but here's an essential point as I see it. The Holy Fear is a sacred state and dispensation to dispense The Fear a major "perk" of the whole Holy Man gig. There was a time when the rest of nature was a sufficient means to this vital end. It kept humans healthy and REASONABLE to never know when 1200 lbs of fuzzy deathbeast could become a thing at any given time.
But once things got all "civil" the need for supplemental Holy dispensation became evident, thus the Holy Man was set apart to be a reminder to folks of what they had to look forward to going back to if they fuck up, which they always do without healthy dosages of The Fear.
This is why I, as your Holy Manâ„¢, have decided to go back to fundamentals. By which I mean bears.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 15, 2016, 01:01:44 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 15, 2016, 12:46:35 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 14, 2016, 11:41:50 PM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 14, 2016, 11:20:43 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 14, 2016, 10:50:35 PM
Hey, you know what's better than a great bigass bear on the mountain?
A mated pair of bigass bears on the mountain. :banana:
The Holy Man class gets attack bears now. I have a barely formed "Final Fantasy" like rpg video game in my head from since the Jehovabubba incident and the Holy Man gets attack fauna under a power called Holy. Thinking angry weasels, supply pigeons, and now attack bears.
I'm trying to flesh out the basic rules from the card game in my head right now though. I'm most of the way through a play description and hope to have it roughed out to post before I flesh out more cards so it won't be without context.
All I'm saying is, nobody better make fun of my hair.
https://bible.org/seriespage/4-elisha-and-two-bears-2-kings-223-25
QuoteWe must remember, however, that the Word of God, which is alive and active, is also the mighty channel the Spirit of God uses to bring men out of darkness... yadayadayada
After this point it's all Jesusprop, but here's an essential point as I see it. The Holy Fear is a sacred state and dispensation to dispense The Fear a major "perk" of the whole Holy Man gig. There was a time when the rest of nature was a sufficient means to this vital end. It kept humans healthy and REASONABLE to never know when 1200 lbs of fuzzy deathbeast could become a thing at any given time.
But once things got all "civil" the need for supplemental Holy dispensation became evident, thus the Holy Man was set apart to be a reminder to folks of what they had to look forward to going back to if they fuck up, which they always do without healthy dosages of The Fear.
This is why I, as your Holy Manâ„¢, have decided to go back to fundamentals. By which I mean bears.
:baby:
That moment when you think your joke is funny and your Holy Man decided to get all "fundamental" about shit. :eek:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 15, 2016, 01:01:44 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 15, 2016, 12:46:35 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 14, 2016, 11:41:50 PM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 14, 2016, 11:20:43 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 14, 2016, 10:50:35 PM
Hey, you know what's better than a great bigass bear on the mountain?
A mated pair of bigass bears on the mountain. :banana:
The Holy Man class gets attack bears now. I have a barely formed "Final Fantasy" like rpg video game in my head from since the Jehovabubba incident and the Holy Man gets attack fauna under a power called Holy. Thinking angry weasels, supply pigeons, and now attack bears.
I'm trying to flesh out the basic rules from the card game in my head right now though. I'm most of the way through a play description and hope to have it roughed out to post before I flesh out more cards so it won't be without context.
All I'm saying is, nobody better make fun of my hair.
https://bible.org/seriespage/4-elisha-and-two-bears-2-kings-223-25
QuoteWe must remember, however, that the Word of God, which is alive and active, is also the mighty channel the Spirit of God uses to bring men out of darkness... yadayadayada
After this point it's all Jesusprop, but here's an essential point as I see it. The Holy Fear is a sacred state and dispensation to dispense The Fear a major "perk" of the whole Holy Man gig. There was a time when the rest of nature was a sufficient means to this vital end. It kept humans healthy and REASONABLE to never know when 1200 lbs of fuzzy deathbeast could become a thing at any given time.
But once things got all "civil" the need for supplemental Holy dispensation became evident, thus the Holy Man was set apart to be a reminder to folks of what they had to look forward to going back to if they fuck up, which they always do without healthy dosages of The Fear.
This is why I, as your Holy Manâ„¢, have decided to go back to fundamentals. By which I mean bears.
I think you mean....nope not going to do it....I must resist the pun....
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 15, 2016, 12:50:31 AM
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on October 15, 2016, 12:14:18 AM
:lulz: People are trying to get pet pigs allowed within Chicago city limits. I hope people appreciate just how fecking big even small breeds of pigs get.
I feel they have not thought this all the way through.
It's certainly going to add a new element of terror to Chicago's burgeoning gang warfare. Just wait until actual pigs are getting shot.
Quote from: Cain on October 15, 2016, 04:13:15 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 15, 2016, 12:50:31 AM
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on October 15, 2016, 12:14:18 AM
:lulz: People are trying to get pet pigs allowed within Chicago city limits. I hope people appreciate just how fecking big even small breeds of pigs get.
I feel they have not thought this all the way through.
It's certainly going to add a new element of terror to Chicago's burgeoning gang warfare. Just wait until actual pigs are getting shot.
:lulz: It's going to create a whole new dynamic.
So my cousin, who used to live in Phoenix but now lives in Texas somewhere, is a die-hard Trump suppporter.
I actually like him, but everything of his that pops up in my fb feed is pro-Trump bullshit. I don't know whether, at this point, to cut all ties with him (because the shit he posts is truly grotesque) or keep trying to bash him around the head with logic.
Freeky, have you tried pathos or ethos?
Quote from: Freeky on October 15, 2016, 08:48:09 PM
So my cousin, who used to live in Phoenix but now lives in Texas somewhere, is a die-hard Trump suppporter.
I actually like him, but everything of his that pops up in my fb feed is pro-Trump bullshit. I don't know whether, at this point, to cut all ties with him (because the shit he posts is truly grotesque) or keep trying to bash him around the head with logic.
Try after the election, when he can justify changing his mind because Trump's a loser
1.
If he could listen to logic right now, he wouldn't be voting for Trump.
1 Seriously, Trump now brings to mind the image of a suicide bomber whose bomb vest just won't blow the fuck up.
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on October 16, 2016, 06:43:59 AM
Freeky, have you tried pathos or ethos?
Both.
It doesn't matter, I finally blocked him.
Quote from: Freeky on October 16, 2016, 05:01:01 PM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on October 16, 2016, 06:43:59 AM
Freeky, have you tried pathos or ethos?
Both.
It doesn't matter, I finally blocked him.
I feel for you. I actually have a cousin in Jersey who's a Trump supporter, but after a lot of peer pressure from the family he claims he won't vote for him. Unfortunately that doesn't stop him from posting alt-right memes and red pill type shit. Hopefully he doesn't actually plan to vote for Trump in secret while he silently regards us as cucks lol.
Yeah, shit like that sucks.
In other news, I found a font that is dicks. Seriously. http://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=112&psize=s&l[]=10&l[]=1 Should be second one down, it's called "semi."
Survived family gathering with the racist uncle. Nobody called the cops, even!
I have been in the lab too many days in a row.
DAY 15 ALONE IN THE HOUSE:
Room is spinning. Fred and his cousins are wearing grass skirts while they do their dance for me. "Where did you hide the axe," Fred croons at me, "And how do you expect to get your mail delivered from now on?" I laugh and laugh until I can't stop screaming. Fred smiles his little lizard smile, his feet making tacky sucking noises from the congealed, rust-colored fluid puddled on the coffee table. I would try to get up off the floor if there were any point to it. I think I have guinea worms. Or that Thai takeout was probably a little older than I thought.
So, teaching college students is "fun" and "rewarding" in some ways that deserve to be airquoted, but it also introduces a whole level of WTFery. I have six students who just never turned in their homework, but they keep coming to lab. There are no participation points and the only things they're graded on are the weekly quizzes and lab reports. Why do they show up when they have apparently ALREADY committed to failing the class? It's a mystery.
Then there are the ones who apparently think that not knowing how to do something is sufficient reason to not have to learn to do it. These students apparently mistook the university for summer camp, because they don't seem to grasp that the point of paying $1200 for the class is to learn stuff they don't already know, like how to follow directions on a protocol and properly format a lab report, so as to ultimately be able to get and keep a job.
These, beyond a doubt, are the students who will, ten years from now, complain that college isn't worth it because they couldn't get a job in their field.
QuoteWhy do they show up when they have apparently ALREADY committed to failing the class? It's a mystery.
Please inform them of this in your usual delicate way. Please also ensure someone is nearby with a camera to capture the reactions. I'm guessing a mix of anger and denial depending on how smart they are.
I'm starting to understand why your colleges are talked about as adult daycare though.
I did pretty much the opposite. I never showed up to class, but spent all my time in the library or using the online resources, and got everything handed in.
Quote from: Junkenstein on October 17, 2016, 04:21:15 PM
QuoteWhy do they show up when they have apparently ALREADY committed to failing the class? It's a mystery.
Please inform them of this in your usual delicate way. Please also ensure someone is nearby with a camera to capture the reactions. I'm guessing a mix of anger and denial depending on how smart they are.
I'm starting to understand why your colleges are talked about as adult daycare though.
These people are supposed to want to be SCIENTISTS.
There are maybe ten of them out of 40-ish students who, from what I've seen so far, could potentially be scientists. Contrary to popular belief, you don't have to be super smart, and being super smart won't help you if you don't have the two qualities that DO make a good scientist; one is being observant to detail, and the other is being able to FOLLOW FUCKING DIRECTIONS. This weekend I fucking did a three-day assay that is super-sensitive and requires following about 40 steps to the absolute fucking letter, down to the second, with microliter-level precision. I barely know what the fuck I'm doing but I can fucking read and FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS. Most of my students, apparently, cannot.
OH WAIT IT WAS NANOLITER PRECISION. BECAUSE SHIT MATTERS.
Quote from: Cain on October 18, 2016, 03:07:57 AM
I did pretty much the opposite. I never showed up to class, but spent all my time in the library or using the online resources, and got everything handed in.
That is a completely viable strategy, because it involves LEARNING THE MATERIAL and FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS FOR ASSIGNMENTS. It doesn't work that well in a lab section, but for lecture? Sure!
Also, week 4 of grad school: FUCK THIS.
I am in a baaaad mood today.
My students were supposed to insert a graph into their lab report, which is to be submitted as a PDF. A solid dozen of them just sent me the Excel file because apparently they couldn't figure out how to copy and paste the graph. NOPE, ASSHOLES. FUCK THAT.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 18, 2016, 04:43:18 AM
OH WAIT IT WAS NANOLITER PRECISION. BECAUSE SHIT MATTERS.
Nanoliter precision is the reason why I went engineering and not science.
Threaten them with engineering maybe?
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 18, 2016, 04:45:01 AM
Also, week 4 of grad school: FUCK THIS.
I am in a baaaad mood today.
My students were fucking shitheads, so I feel your pain. Except for like, 3 of them that actually wanted to do work. The rest were in it for the gen ed credit, and certainly liked crying to me when they got a D on their Crappy McCrapface "I wrote this at 2am" paper. Painful.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 18, 2016, 04:50:14 AM
My students were supposed to insert a graph into their lab report, which is to be submitted as a PDF. A solid dozen of them just sent me the Excel file because apparently they couldn't figure out how to copy and paste the graph. NOPE, ASSHOLES. FUCK THAT.
They can even save it as a pdf from excel, that's just lazy.
Finally got temp work digging mud from flooding for a couple days. My only comfort will be in knowing that I'm not obliged to make any of the other folks around me into functional adults capable of the academia. Hang in there Nigel!
Today my job is simply to smile and lift. First "legit" work I've taken since my shit went all to shit. This is a bigger thing for me that it might seem. My health has improved notably, and I look forward to a day of simple exertion and no undue BS.
Roger... E.L.Fred is not your friend. :fnord:
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Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 18, 2016, 04:43:18 AM
OH WAIT IT WAS NANOLITER PRECISION. BECAUSE SHIT MATTERS.
Nanoliter precision is the reason why I went engineering and not science.
Threaten them with engineering maybe?
I cannot imagine most of them surviving even one engineering class.
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Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 18, 2016, 04:45:01 AM
Also, week 4 of grad school: FUCK THIS.
I am in a baaaad mood today.
My students were fucking shitheads, so I feel your pain. Except for like, 3 of them that actually wanted to do work. The rest were in it for the gen ed credit, and certainly liked crying to me when they got a D on their Crappy McCrapface "I wrote this at 2am" paper. Painful.
I had someone email me their homework and ask me to look it over and help them with question one before the submit it. Yes, they literally asked me to do their homework for them.
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Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 18, 2016, 04:50:14 AM
My students were supposed to insert a graph into their lab report, which is to be submitted as a PDF. A solid dozen of them just sent me the Excel file because apparently they couldn't figure out how to copy and paste the graph. NOPE, ASSHOLES. FUCK THAT.
They can even save it as a pdf from excel, that's just lazy.
Yep. And one did, and that's all she sent me, without the entire rest of the write-up. How hard is it for these people to grasp that they need to submit an ENTIRE lab report? INCLUDING the graphs and tables INSIDE the lab report?
Haha, I can certainly confirm that this is experimental test data, no conclusions drawn from it or even a body to explain what it is but it is certainly numbers on a page.
We had a great lecturer for getting us out of bad habits for exercises and lab reports. She has a binary marking scheme: its right or its wrong based on a clear set of rules she gave at the start. When most of the class failed the first assessments a dawning realisation that effort is required helped build a standard that carried through the following years.
Quote from: Faust on October 18, 2016, 04:21:57 PM
Haha, I can certainly confirm that this is experimental test data, no conclusions drawn from it or even a body to explain what it is but it is certainly numbers on a page.
We had a great lecturer for getting us out of bad habits for exercises and lab reports. She has a binary marking scheme: its right or its wrong based on a clear set of rules she gave at the start. When most of the class failed the first assessments a dawning realisation that effort is required helped build a standard that carried through the following years.
I'm hoping this will have a similar effect on those who don't decide that "biology is too hard" because it requires reading and following directions.
They literally get a step-by-step template with explicit questions to answer, and directions for inserting their graph into it. Why they refuse to use it, I have no idea.
Hi, I'm back!
Or should I say, "ciao"!
Anyway, it was awesome, breathtaking, tasty, exhausting. Those of you on FB saw the pics.
So, MARK ALL READ, or what?
Quote from: LMNO on October 18, 2016, 05:45:57 PM
Hi, I'm back!
Or should I say, "ciao"!
Anyway, it was awesome, breathtaking, tasty, exhausting. Those of you on FB saw the pics.
So, MARK ALL READ, or what?
Always?
SHIT
FUCK
DAMN
Is there a FB group for PD or have you just added each other as friends?
Friends. Some of us have known each other here for more than a decade.
Quote from: LMNO on October 18, 2016, 06:43:11 PM
Friends. Some of us have known each other here for more than a decade.
That seems rare in this day and age. Do you think of one another as Discordians in your friendships? I know one person IRL who identifies as one, but he works 2 jobs and goes to school somehow so that doesn't really leave a lot of time for communication.
Just to let you know, if you're an undercover agent looking to bust a discordian cult: The actual discordians cleared out years ago, we're whats left and we're ALL agents.
There's only one real poster, and the rest of us are merely sockpuppet accounts.
The real poster, of course, is A Klokwerk Kaos.
Quote from: Faust on October 18, 2016, 07:30:09 PM
Just to let you know, if you're an undercover agent looking to bust a discordian cult: The actual discordians cleared out years ago, we're whats left and we're ALL agents.
I'm deep cover. People usually stop asking questions after they see the Discordian tattoos.
Guys, I think most people here are older than the high five.
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on October 19, 2016, 12:19:43 AM
Guys, I think most people here are older than the high five.
:eek: Wait, when was the high five?!
Asking for a friend...
Welcome back LMNO! Glad that your journey was safe, and fabulous all around of course!
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Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on October 19, 2016, 12:19:43 AM
Guys, I think most people here are older than the high five.
:eek: Wait, when was the high five?!
Asking for a friend...
Welcome back LMNO! Glad that your journey was safe, and fabulous all around of course!
1977.
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Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on October 19, 2016, 12:19:43 AM
Guys, I think most people here are older than the high five.
:eek: Wait, when was the high five?!
Asking for a friend...
Welcome back LMNO! Glad that your journey was safe, and fabulous all around of course!
1977.
Hm... that would explain why I have no idea who invented it, but not getting much media exposure also basically meant for all I know that could have been invented in 1992 or something.
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Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on October 19, 2016, 12:19:43 AM
Guys, I think most people here are older than the high five.
:eek: Wait, when was the high five?!
Asking for a friend...
Welcome back LMNO! Glad that your journey was safe, and fabulous all around of course!
1977.
Hm... that would explain why I have no idea who invented it, but not getting much media exposure also basically meant for all I know that could have been invented in 1992 or something.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Burke (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Burke)
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Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on October 19, 2016, 12:19:43 AM
Guys, I think most people here are older than the high five.
:eek: Wait, when was the high five?!
Asking for a friend...
Welcome back LMNO! Glad that your journey was safe, and fabulous all around of course!
1977.
Hm... that would explain why I have no idea who invented it, but not getting much media exposure also basically meant for all I know that could have been invented in 1992 or something.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Burke (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Burke)
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
That was excellent! I had no idea. I'm very likely to encourage "The 5" to as many Fundamentalist kids as I can. Side note... 523 career at bats. This guy should be sainted. Not like the ironic "Discordian Saints", but like a real cultural icon that the Eris just may have favored, after Her fashion.
I had no idea the high five was a gay thing.
Of course, now I have to find malicious ways to use this information.
Quote from: LMNO on October 18, 2016, 05:45:57 PM
Hi, I'm back!
Or should I say, "ciao"!
Anyway, it was awesome, breathtaking, tasty, exhausting. Those of you on FB saw the pics.
So, MARK ALL READ, or what?
Howdy, world traveler!
Quote from: Faust on October 18, 2016, 07:30:09 PM
Just to let you know, if you're an undercover agent looking to bust a discordian cult: The actual discordians cleared out years ago, we're whats left and we're ALL agents.
It gets lonely, out here in the trenches.
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on October 18, 2016, 06:54:45 PM
Quote from: LMNO on October 18, 2016, 06:43:11 PM
Friends. Some of us have known each other here for more than a decade.
That seems rare in this day and age. Do you think of one another as Discordians in your friendships? I know one person IRL who identifies as one, but he works 2 jobs and goes to school somehow so that doesn't really leave a lot of time for communication.
In all seriousness, though, I met my partner here. In like 2009 or something. We identify as Discordians and are raising our children as Discordians.
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Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 19, 2016, 12:40:30 AM
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on October 19, 2016, 12:19:43 AM
Guys, I think most people here are older than the high five.
:eek: Wait, when was the high five?!
Asking for a friend...
Welcome back LMNO! Glad that your journey was safe, and fabulous all around of course!
1977.
Hm... that would explain why I have no idea who invented it, but not getting much media exposure also basically meant for all I know that could have been invented in 1992 or something.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Burke (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Burke)
I had no idea!
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That is excellent information. This must be spread. Knowledge wants to be free (and fabulous).
"High fives part of gay conspiracy, secret way to spread AIDS." That's how it will spread, I'm afraid.
For the first time in 5 years, I have my whole family together again. :banana:
Quote from: LMNO on October 18, 2016, 06:43:11 PM
Friends. Some of us have known each other here for more than a decade.
14 years. Let that sink in a little.
Oh boy! I really needed to feel like my left hand is completely detached today! Thanks brain!
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 19, 2016, 07:18:56 PM
For the first time in 5 years, I have my whole family together again. :banana:
YAAAAY!
Quote from: LMNO on October 19, 2016, 08:01:12 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 19, 2016, 07:18:56 PM
For the first time in 5 years, I have my whole family together again. :banana:
YAAAAY!
Yeah, it was 5 years ago that Ian went into the marines, if you can believe it
Oh, lord. Does he need to go to the VFW hall for the talk, or is he all good?
Quote from: LMNO on October 19, 2016, 08:02:33 PM
Oh, lord. Does he need to go to the VFW hall for the talk, or is he all good?
He's fine. He's already forgotten he was ever in, and he only got home last night.
That's as good an ending as could be hoped for. Glad you're all together.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 19, 2016, 07:18:56 PM
For the first time in 5 years, I have my whole family together again. :banana:
Excellent work that two legged Komodo.
Why don't you offer to show them what you've learned in the kitchen over the past few weeks?
Quote from: Junkenstein on October 19, 2016, 08:08:49 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 19, 2016, 07:18:56 PM
For the first time in 5 years, I have my whole family together again. :banana:
Excellent work that two legged Komodo.
Why don't you offer to show them what you've learned in the kitchen over the past few weeks?
Because Jenn would frown. She might look exasperated.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 19, 2016, 08:10:23 PM
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Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 19, 2016, 07:18:56 PM
For the first time in 5 years, I have my whole family together again. :banana:
Excellent work that two legged Komodo.
Why don't you offer to show them what you've learned in the kitchen over the past few weeks?
Because Jenn would frown. She might look exasperated.
You survived, though!
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on October 19, 2016, 08:15:42 PM
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Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 19, 2016, 07:18:56 PM
For the first time in 5 years, I have my whole family together again. :banana:
Excellent work that two legged Komodo.
Why don't you offer to show them what you've learned in the kitchen over the past few weeks?
Because Jenn would frown. She might look exasperated.
You survived, though!
24 hour Thai takeout is only 20 minutes from my house.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 19, 2016, 08:18:06 PM
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Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 19, 2016, 07:18:56 PM
For the first time in 5 years, I have my whole family together again. :banana:
Excellent work that two legged Komodo.
Why don't you offer to show them what you've learned in the kitchen over the past few weeks?
Because Jenn would frown. She might look exasperated.
You survived, though!
24 hour Thai takeout is only 20 minutes from my house.
Then I am even more impressed you didn't take the entire Desert with you.
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Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 19, 2016, 07:18:56 PM
For the first time in 5 years, I have my whole family together again. :banana:
Excellent work that two legged Komodo.
Why don't you offer to show them what you've learned in the kitchen over the past few weeks?
Because Jenn would frown. She might look exasperated.
You survived, though!
24 hour Thai takeout is only 20 minutes from my house.
Then I am even more impressed you didn't take the entire Desert with you.
My trainer at the gym has expressed his loathing.
That's his fault for making me do reverse hypers.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 19, 2016, 07:18:56 PM
For the first time in 5 years, I have my whole family together again. :banana:
WooooOOOoOoo - congrats Roger
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Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 19, 2016, 07:18:56 PM
For the first time in 5 years, I have my whole family together again. :banana:
YAAAAY!
Yeah, it was 5 years ago that Ian went into the marines, if you can believe it
That makes me feel old.
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Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 19, 2016, 07:18:56 PM
For the first time in 5 years, I have my whole family together again. :banana:
YAAAAY!
Yeah, it was 5 years ago that Ian went into the marines, if you can believe it
That makes me feel old.
You? :lulz:
Quote from: Junkenstein on October 19, 2016, 08:08:49 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 19, 2016, 07:18:56 PM
For the first time in 5 years, I have my whole family together again. :banana:
Excellent work that two legged Komodo.
Why don't you offer to show them what you've learned in the kitchen over the past few weeks?
Junkie I seriously admire your dedication. :lulz:
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Browsing some old threads and I'm seeing if anyone can help revive CPD and twid.
Mainly because cpd had some good takes and twid owes me money.
I'm FB friends with twid, if you want me to send a message. Or, 'send a message'.
Quote from: LMNO on October 20, 2016, 02:55:51 PM
I'm FB friends with twid, if you want me to send a message. Or, 'send a message'.
If you're interested in buying the debt, why not do both?
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Quote from: LMNO on October 20, 2016, 02:55:51 PM
I'm FB friends with twid, if you want me to send a message. Or, 'send a message'.
If you're interested in buying the debt, why not do both?
The overhead on Mr Chop and Mr Scratch isn't worth it, to be quite honest.
Fair enough. I'll outsource it to Findem, Fuckem and Flee LLP.
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Quote from: Junkenstein on October 19, 2016, 08:08:49 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 19, 2016, 07:18:56 PM
For the first time in 5 years, I have my whole family together again. :banana:
Excellent work that two legged Komodo.
Why don't you offer to show them what you've learned in the kitchen over the past few weeks?
Because Jenn would frown. She might look exasperated.
You survived, though!
24 hour Thai takeout is only 20 minutes from my house.
Then I am even more impressed you didn't take the entire Desert with you.
My trainer at the gym has expressed his loathing.
That's his fault for making me do reverse hypers.
He deserves it.
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Quote from: Junkenstein on October 20, 2016, 03:35:11 PM
Quote from: LMNO on October 20, 2016, 02:55:51 PM
I'm FB friends with twid, if you want me to send a message. Or, 'send a message'.
If you're interested in buying the debt, why not do both?
The overhead on Mr Chop and Mr Scratch isn't worth it, to be quite honest.
Maybe not in terms of
money...
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Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 19, 2016, 07:18:56 PM
For the first time in 5 years, I have my whole family together again. :banana:
Excellent work that two legged Komodo.
Why don't you offer to show them what you've learned in the kitchen over the past few weeks?
Because Jenn would frown. She might look exasperated.
You survived, though!
24 hour Thai takeout is only 20 minutes from my house.
Then I am even more impressed you didn't take the entire Desert with you.
My trainer at the gym has expressed his loathing.
That's his fault for making me do reverse hypers.
He deserves it.
He does. He totally does.
Is there some weird thing that a dental x-ray can't be used for medical purposes? Friend of mine went through hell with a medical issue and part of it involved bullshit with xrays.
I'm just guessing but a dental x-ray probably has less precision and finer detail then a medical one, as enamel and bone structure would absorb more rays and show more clearly on the x-ray.
I imagine they are interchangeable for simple stuff.
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on October 21, 2016, 04:24:53 AM
Is there some weird thing that a dental x-ray can't be used for medical purposes? Friend of mine went through hell with a medical issue and part of it involved bullshit with xrays.
Nope, I don't know of any weird things. We have a bit of an argument going on over here about whether you can use them for non-medical purposes, though.
The only thing a dental x-ray should be used for is for medical purposes. The nature of x-rays means they have potentially detrimental physical effects and these are normally balanced against the physical benefits to the patient of using them. Using them as a means of "guessing with science" whether you should refuse entry to "children" who appear to be too old because their teeth are too developed is definitely not an ethical use of a hazardous technology.
It's simple. Theu can't charge you for xrays that someone else took. Did you go to the oral surgery dept of a certain hospital instead of a dentist?
The problem he had was actually a foreign object in the upper throat, so the xrays probably wouldn't have helped any in diagnosis, he just thought it dumb that the dentist said, sure I'll send this to the other docs and the other docs are like "we won't even look".
The end of his ordeal involved him fighting to look at his own ct scan, seeing something weird after being told nothing wrong, and having the ENT agree that yes there was something weird and having the something weird surgically removed.
They don't know what it is yet, I'm going with alien tracking device.
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on October 21, 2016, 06:11:17 PM
The problem he had was actually a foreign object in the upper throat, so the xrays probably wouldn't have helped any in diagnosis, he just thought it dumb that the dentist said, sure I'll send this to the other docs and the other docs are like "we won't even look".
The end of his ordeal involved him fighting to look at his own ct scan, seeing something weird after being told nothing wrong, and having the ENT agree that yes there was something weird and having the something weird surgically removed.
They don't know what it is yet, I'm going with alien tracking device.
Huh. So he went in because of breathing obstruction or something? I don't understand how dental records got called in, but medical "policy" was never my thing. My anecdotal understanding of my former employer's policies could be summed up as "care until it hurts or they can't pay, then care some more". By care I mean rack up shit to get paid for with an eye towards a patient's "well being" not necessarily health.
That he had to fight to see his CT results is unsurprising. Finding something on it that was "missed" is weird though. My first guess is incompetence. All my guesses after that presume that it's DEFINITELY an alien implant and go downhill from there.
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on October 21, 2016, 06:11:17 PM
They don't know what it is yet, I'm going with alien tracking device.
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 21, 2016, 07:22:19 PM
All my guesses after that presume that it's DEFINITELY an alien implant and go downhill from there.
The real question is, how many more alien devices were added when they were removing the first one?
How do you know they didn't just replace your friend in the operating room with a large, man-shaped alien tracking device?
Quote from: NeonWytch on October 21, 2016, 10:58:11 PM
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on October 21, 2016, 06:11:17 PM
They don't know what it is yet, I'm going with alien tracking device.
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 21, 2016, 07:22:19 PM
All my guesses after that presume that it's DEFINITELY an alien implant and go downhill from there.
The real question is, how many more alien devices were added when they were removing the first one?
How do you know they didn't just replace your friend in the operating room with a large, man-shaped alien tracking device?
Ok that's just crazy talk.
Quote from: NeonWytch on October 21, 2016, 10:58:11 PM
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on October 21, 2016, 06:11:17 PM
They don't know what it is yet, I'm going with alien tracking device.
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 21, 2016, 07:22:19 PM
All my guesses after that presume that it's DEFINITELY an alien implant and go downhill from there.
The real question is, how many more alien devices were added when they were removing the first one?
How do you know they didn't just replace your friend in the operating room with a large, man-shaped alien tracking device?
:lulz: I knew it!
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on October 21, 2016, 07:22:19 PM
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on October 21, 2016, 06:11:17 PM
The problem he had was actually a foreign object in the upper throat, so the xrays probably wouldn't have helped any in diagnosis, he just thought it dumb that the dentist said, sure I'll send this to the other docs and the other docs are like "we won't even look".
The end of his ordeal involved him fighting to look at his own ct scan, seeing something weird after being told nothing wrong, and having the ENT agree that yes there was something weird and having the something weird surgically removed.
They don't know what it is yet, I'm going with alien tracking device.
Huh. So he went in because of breathing obstruction or something? I don't understand how dental records got called in, but medical "policy" was never my thing. My anecdotal understanding of my former employer's policies could be summed up as "care until it hurts or they can't pay, then care some more". By care I mean rack up shit to get paid for with an eye towards a patient's "well being" not necessarily health.
That he had to fight to see his CT results is unsurprising. Finding something on it that was "missed" is weird though. My first guess is incompetence. All my guesses after that presume that it's DEFINITELY an alien implant and go downhill from there.
The pain was kinda in the jaw area too so that's why a dentist was involved at some point. There wasn't a breathing obstruction. I don't know if he could localize it on some days, it made him miss work. Wonder if he had an infection or something that just made everything go "ow".
Yeah the fact he saw something and the docs didn't is weird, but it was a definite something since he had surgery.
For some reason, I keep losing the bookmark to the page with all the "in my day" childhood memes; the ones that were like "in my day we didn't wear helmets while biking -- because the kids with massive brain trauma can't post online."
Anyone remember where that went?
Quote from: LMNO on October 23, 2016, 03:12:39 PM
For some reason, I keep losing the bookmark to the page with all the "in my day" childhood memes; the ones that were like "in my day we didn't wear helmets while biking -- because the kids with massive brain trauma can't post online."
Anyone remember where that went?
http://imgur.com/gallery/l8xuZ
Not sure about the thread itself, but I got tired of having the same problem.
Thanks!
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on October 23, 2016, 04:55:21 PM
Quote from: LMNO on October 23, 2016, 03:12:39 PM
For some reason, I keep losing the bookmark to the page with all the "in my day" childhood memes; the ones that were like "in my day we didn't wear helmets while biking -- because the kids with massive brain trauma can't post online."
Anyone remember where that went?
http://imgur.com/gallery/l8xuZ
Not sure about the thread itself, but I got tired of having the same problem.
I love these!
Jack Chick is dead. Who is going to step up with the "Pope is the reason for everything" theories?
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on October 24, 2016, 10:18:06 PM
Jack Chick is dead. Who is going to step up with the "Pope is the reason for everything" theories?
Jack Chick just died?
Has he even been doing stuff for the last few years?
He wasn't even a speedbump on the news highway, was he? I can't find anything about it anywhere, other than the small addition of a death date on his wikipedia page.
Yeah I don't know if he's on the news radar at all but:
https://www.facebook.com/chicktracts/photos/a.437041710057.374027.436937560057/10157595360455058/?type=3&theater (https://www.facebook.com/chicktracts/photos/a.437041710057.374027.436937560057/10157595360455058/?type=3&theater)
I was of the mind that he probably died like 30 years ago, and somebody was ghostwriting his shit.
Jack Chick waited. The lights above him blinked and sparked out of the air. There were demons in the base. He didn't see them, but had expected them now for years. His warnings to the American People were not listenend to and now it was too late. Far too late for now, anyway.
Jack was a Christian for fourteen years. When he was young he watched the church sermons and he said to dad "I want to be a Christian daddy."
Dad said "No! You will BE KILL BY DEMONS"
There was a time when he believed him. Then as he got oldered he stopped. But now in the grim future of 2016 he knew there were demons.
"This is Roberston" the radio crackered. "You must fight the demons!"
So John gotted his pencil and drew up anothe tract.
"HE GOING TO KILL US" said the demons
"I will shoot at him" said the cyberdemon and he fired liberal propaganda. Jack railed at him and tried to blew him up. But then the ceiling fell and they were trapped and not able to kill.
"No! I must kill the demons" he shouted
The radio said "No, Jack. You are the demons"
And then Jack was a zombie.
Quote from: Cain on October 25, 2016, 11:40:32 AM
Jack Chick waited. The lights above him blinked and sparked out of the air. There were demons in the base. He didn't see them, but had expected them now for years. His warnings to the American People were not listenend to and now it was too late. Far too late for now, anyway.
Jack was a Christian for fourteen years. When he was young he watched the church sermons and he said to dad "I want to be a Christian daddy."
Dad said "No! You will BE KILL BY DEMONS"
There was a time when he believed him. Then as he got oldered he stopped. But now in the grim future of 2016 he knew there were demons.
"This is Roberston" the radio crackered. "You must fight the demons!"
So John gotted his pencil and drew up anothe tract.
"HE GOING TO KILL US" said the demons
"I will shoot at him" said the cyberdemon and he fired liberal propaganda. Jack railed at him and tried to blew him up. But then the ceiling fell and they were trapped and not able to kill.
"No! I must kill the demons" he shouted
The radio said "No, Jack. You are the demons"
And then Jack was a zombie.
:lulz: :lulz:
Quote from: Cain on October 25, 2016, 11:40:32 AM
Jack Chick waited. The lights above him blinked and sparked out of the air. There were demons in the base. He didn't see them, but had expected them now for years. His warnings to the American People were not listenend to and now it was too late. Far too late for now, anyway.
Jack was a Christian for fourteen years. When he was young he watched the church sermons and he said to dad "I want to be a Christian daddy."
Dad said "No! You will BE KILL BY DEMONS"
There was a time when he believed him. Then as he got oldered he stopped. But now in the grim future of 2016 he knew there were demons.
"This is Roberston" the radio crackered. "You must fight the demons!"
So John gotted his pencil and drew up anothe tract.
"HE GOING TO KILL US" said the demons
"I will shoot at him" said the cyberdemon and he fired liberal propaganda. Jack railed at him and tried to blew him up. But then the ceiling fell and they were trapped and not able to kill.
"No! I must kill the demons" he shouted
The radio said "No, Jack. You are the demons"
And then Jack was a zombie.
:lulz: :mittens:
Quote from: SuuCal on October 25, 2016, 03:09:36 AM
I was of the mind that he probably died like 30 years ago, and somebody was ghostwriting his shit.
I vaguely remember reading an article about this -- I think someone else has been ghostwriting Chick tracts for a long time, maybe his son.
It's a terrible thing when you have to explain your references.
Take today for instance. My wife's had a bit of pain resulting in an overnight stay in hospital. Pain coming in waves, bit of a shit, times when she can talk and laugh and times when she.... can't. All resolvable and should be fine in less than 24 hours. Good stuff modern medicine.
So suggesting that if the current treatment doesn't work, we can always look at the "Old Yeller" option didn't exactly get the response I expected from the 20-ish and late 40's-ish nurses.
"Old Yeller?"
"What's that?"
"Err... You know, the film?"
"Never heard of it"
"What?"
"Pretty famous film, a kid and his dog..."
"Is it new?"
"I've got a dog, let me find my phone"
"...and the dog gets rabies....."
"Oh no!"
"My dog's got a disorder too"
"...What? No, the kid, you know, shoots it"
"WHAT"
"OH MY GOD"
"WHAT"
" (Untranslatable gibbering)"
"WHAT"
".... It's a pretty famous film"
"GET OUT"
"(Still indecipherable)"
In my defence I really don't think this is an obscure reference.
I had such a nice dream this morning! I was with (generic dream person) and we were running up some dilapidated stairs in an apartment complex, but I still ended up getting cornered by this Ken Bone looking motherfucker intent on murdering me. Luckily, my friend got 911 on the line without him noticing and they recorded everything while the cops were on the way. He was mega pissed and tried beating me with his belt but I didn't feel a thing and I cackled and stole it from him and threw his phone out the window right before the police took him into custody. You'll need a new one when your ass gets out of prison anyway, dicknuts! Then I got invited to a party.
... attempted murder is a normal happy dream, yes?
Quote from: Junkenstein on October 25, 2016, 09:58:37 PM
It's a terrible thing when you have to explain your references.
Take today for instance. My wife's had a bit of pain resulting in an overnight stay in hospital. Pain coming in waves, bit of a shit, times when she can talk and laugh and times when she.... can't. All resolvable and should be fine in less than 24 hours. Good stuff modern medicine.
So suggesting that if the current treatment doesn't work, we can always look at the "Old Yeller" option didn't exactly get the response I expected from the 20-ish and late 40's-ish nurses.
"Old Yeller?"
"What's that?"
"Err... You know, the film?"
"Never heard of it"
"What?"
"Pretty famous film, a kid and his dog..."
"Is it new?"
"I've got a dog, let me find my phone"
"...and the dog gets rabies....."
"Oh no!"
"My dog's got a disorder too"
"...What? No, the kid, you know, shoots it"
"WHAT"
"OH MY GOD"
"WHAT"
" (Untranslatable gibbering)"
"WHAT"
".... It's a pretty famous film"
"GET OUT"
"(Still indecipherable)"
In my defence I really don't think this is an obscure reference.
:lulz:
Man you brits really take right to die seriously.
It was just so depressing.
I dread to think what would happen if I try and explain "Song of the South".
Quote from: Junkenstein on October 26, 2016, 12:36:33 AM
It was just so depressing.
I dread to think what would happen if I try and explain "Song of the South".
I want to hear your condensed version of Evita.
Bad times in Argentina lead to singing and stuffing ala Lenin.
Quote from: Junkenstein on October 26, 2016, 01:28:23 AM
Bad times in Argentina lead to singing and stuffing ala Lenin.
"Antonio Banderas doesn't score."
"If you want to see Argentinians dance, kill off their national hero."
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on October 25, 2016, 10:08:28 PM
I had such a nice dream this morning! I was with (generic dream person) and we were running up some dilapidated stairs in an apartment complex, but I still ended up getting cornered by this Ken Bone looking motherfucker intent on murdering me. Luckily, my friend got 911 on the line without him noticing and they recorded everything while the cops were on the way. He was mega pissed and tried beating me with his belt but I didn't feel a thing and I cackled and stole it from him and threw his phone out the window right before the police took him into custody. You'll need a new one when your ass gets out of prison anyway, dicknuts! Then I got invited to a party.
... attempted murder is a normal happy dream, yes?
As long as you get away with it!
The number of people losing their shit because I won't let them proselytize about Bernie on my FB Wall is amazing and hilarious. I am apparently a bad, bad woman, myopic, uninformed, racist, ageist, and sexist, combative, self-righteous, AND totally unconcerned with truth, dialogue, or the health of our democracy. I've been blocked by at least one person, and have either unfriended or been unfriended by at least a dozen.
I should have done this ages ago. :lulz:
Now if I could just figure out what to say to make every single Disco twerp go away.
Honey trap. Post some fluffy unicorn stuff, and block/unfriend anyone who shares, loves, or responds positively.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 26, 2016, 04:04:30 PM
Now if I could just figure out what to say to make every single Disco twerp go away.
I tried that group for a while. Their response to the honeybun incident was a long overdue nail in the coffin.
Quote from: LMNO on October 26, 2016, 04:06:35 PM
Honey trap. Post some fluffy unicorn stuff, and block/unfriend anyone who shares, loves, or responds positively.
:lulz: This is promising. Or maybe some kind of Chaos Magic fap meme.
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on October 26, 2016, 04:08:19 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 26, 2016, 04:04:30 PM
Now if I could just figure out what to say to make every single Disco twerp go away.
I tried that group for a while. Their response to the honeybun incident was a long overdue nail in the coffin.
Their response to EVERYTHING should be a nail in the coffin. The only thing that group is useful for is trolling. I've gleaned a few interesting friends from the group; if you troll it hard you can find the other smart trolls.
Summarised version of the latest security meeting:
Me: your processes aren't working.
Department Head: We have processes. Also your tone is derogatory.
Me: I have 6 years experience in int'l schools, 2 as a security contractor and I'm telling you we have a problem.
Department Head: I live near a student accommodation and sometimes I can't see the security guard. Your experience is invalid.
Me: *walks out*
Quote from: Cain on October 26, 2016, 04:37:18 PM
Summarised version of the latest security meeting:
Me: your processes aren't working.
Department Head: We have processes. Also your tone is derogatory.
Me: I have 6 years experience in int'l schools, 2 as a security contractor and I'm telling you we have a problem.
Department Head: I live near a student accommodation and sometimes I can't see the security guard. Your experience is invalid.
Me: *walks out*
What the actual fuck. Wow. :lulz:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 26, 2016, 03:58:34 PM
The number of people losing their shit because I won't let them proselytize about Bernie on my FB Wall is amazing and hilarious. I am apparently a bad, bad woman, myopic, uninformed, racist, ageist, and sexist, combative, self-righteous, AND totally unconcerned with truth, dialogue, or the health of our democracy. I've been blocked by at least one person, and have either unfriended or been unfriended by at least a dozen.
I should have done this ages ago. :lulz:
I FINALLY got my usually-pretty-bright friend to see the light and drop the Bernie-or-die stupidity.
Unfortunately he immediately replaced it with VOTE JILL STEIN crap and is now pushing that really hard.
:horrormirth:
I can't find a proper emote so just imagine a very bearded guy slamming his head into his desk so hard my head pops and blood goes everywhere and my desk collapses into a pile of rubble on the floor.
THAT emote.
Quote from: trix on October 26, 2016, 06:04:52 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 26, 2016, 03:58:34 PM
The number of people losing their shit because I won't let them proselytize about Bernie on my FB Wall is amazing and hilarious. I am apparently a bad, bad woman, myopic, uninformed, racist, ageist, and sexist, combative, self-righteous, AND totally unconcerned with truth, dialogue, or the health of our democracy. I've been blocked by at least one person, and have either unfriended or been unfriended by at least a dozen.
I should have done this ages ago. :lulz:
I FINALLY got my usually-pretty-bright friend to see the light and drop the Bernie-or-die stupidity.
Unfortunately he immediately replaced it with VOTE JILL STEIN crap and is now pushing that really hard.
:horrormirth:
I can't find a proper emote so just imagine a very bearded guy slamming his head into his desk so hard my head pops and blood goes everywhere and my desk collapses into a pile of rubble on the floor.
THAT emote.
Have you thrown your friend at Our Revolution? It's the Bernie-branded "vote for progressive candidates down ballot" group.
:cramstipated:
:facepalm:
:walken:
:ffs:
about the best I could find to convey my utter WTFism and disappointment in my good friend.
I may just have to stop hanging out with people until after this election.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on October 26, 2016, 06:07:42 PM
Quote from: trix on October 26, 2016, 06:04:52 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 26, 2016, 03:58:34 PM
The number of people losing their shit because I won't let them proselytize about Bernie on my FB Wall is amazing and hilarious. I am apparently a bad, bad woman, myopic, uninformed, racist, ageist, and sexist, combative, self-righteous, AND totally unconcerned with truth, dialogue, or the health of our democracy. I've been blocked by at least one person, and have either unfriended or been unfriended by at least a dozen.
I should have done this ages ago. :lulz:
I FINALLY got my usually-pretty-bright friend to see the light and drop the Bernie-or-die stupidity.
Unfortunately he immediately replaced it with VOTE JILL STEIN crap and is now pushing that really hard.
:horrormirth:
I can't find a proper emote so just imagine a very bearded guy slamming his head into his desk so hard my head pops and blood goes everywhere and my desk collapses into a pile of rubble on the floor.
THAT emote.
Have you thrown your friend at Our Revolution? It's the Bernie-branded "vote for progressive candidates down ballot" group.
No? Is that a facebook thing?
Quote from: trix on October 26, 2016, 06:08:38 PM
No? Is that a facebook thing?
https://ourrevolution.com/
Includes candidates, ballot initiatives, and volunteer opportunities.
Quote from: trix on October 26, 2016, 06:04:52 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 26, 2016, 03:58:34 PM
The number of people losing their shit because I won't let them proselytize about Bernie on my FB Wall is amazing and hilarious. I am apparently a bad, bad woman, myopic, uninformed, racist, ageist, and sexist, combative, self-righteous, AND totally unconcerned with truth, dialogue, or the health of our democracy. I've been blocked by at least one person, and have either unfriended or been unfriended by at least a dozen.
I should have done this ages ago. :lulz:
I FINALLY got my usually-pretty-bright friend to see the light and drop the Bernie-or-die stupidity.
Unfortunately he immediately replaced it with VOTE JILL STEIN crap and is now pushing that really hard.
:horrormirth:
I can't find a proper emote so just imagine a very bearded guy slamming his head into his desk so hard my head pops and blood goes everywhere and my desk collapses into a pile of rubble on the floor.
THAT emote.
I hate to break it to you, but your friend can't be all that bright if he can't engage his critical thinking enough to assess Jill Stein's actual viability as a candidate. Not only because she is unpopular, but because she is batshit crazy and her proposed "policies" don't make any fucking sense, and she promotes anti-science beliefs.
The thing about True Believers is that they have to TRUE BELIEVE in something.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 26, 2016, 05:12:11 PM
Quote from: Cain on October 26, 2016, 04:37:18 PM
Summarised version of the latest security meeting:
Me: your processes aren't working.
Department Head: We have processes. Also your tone is derogatory.
Me: I have 6 years experience in int'l schools, 2 as a security contractor and I'm telling you we have a problem.
Department Head: I live near a student accommodation and sometimes I can't see the security guard. Your experience is invalid.
Me: *walks out*
What the actual fuck. Wow. :lulz:
It gets even better.
The spy for the department head, on the other shift, just completely undercut a decision I made regarding a student.
The student in question had an unauthorised overnight guest, which is a major issue. As such, I banned her from having any future guests, pending a decision from my manager when he returns from holiday.
I come back in tonight, and I find the other person in charge of the other nights, has reversed my decision entirely. So she's not only undercut me, but also the two members of staff who we answer to.
Shit's gonna get fun.
I hope you've been keeping notes, because this will make a FANTASTIC movie someday.
I dunno, a good 90% of it is me writing emails.
My youngest bro is getting hitched. Traveling across the state to see it done and go back for work the next day ASAP. I really don't look forward to it, but it will make Dad happy. I don't hate no.3 the way that I do no.2, but he's still proven himself a shit I could do without. :x
Quote from: Cain on October 27, 2016, 02:27:16 AM
I dunno, a good 90% of it is me writing emails.
If the other 10% is Jason Bourne shit, it's still a winner.
In other news, Windows 10 has recently decided to minimize any software I'm using to tell me I need updates or that I need to buy the newest Office.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 28, 2016, 02:45:19 AM
Quote from: Cain on October 27, 2016, 02:27:16 AM
I dunno, a good 90% of it is me writing emails.
If the other 10% is Jason Bourne shit, it's still a winner.
In other news, Windows 10 has recently decided to minimize any software I'm using to tell me I need updates or that I need to buy the newest Office.
I don't know anything about Windows 10, but Windows 7 does the exact thing you describe, and it can be turned off. Somewhere in the Automatic Updates config is an option to turn off the notifications.
Also, if you look at your services (type "services.msc" in the Run menu if there is one somewhere), you can disable any with the word "office" in the name.
My gf uses Windows 7 to play League of Legends (has an annoying bug in Linux) and the same thing you talk about used to interrupt her game right in the middle all the time and get her character killed.
Stupid behaviour that should not be default!
Random question. Is it illegal to sell my presidential vote for $1000?
Like, declaring I'll vote for whoever the person giving me $1k wants me to?
I looked into it a bit but I can't seem to get a clear distinction.
"electoral treating" is illegal, like offering to buy someone's vote, but offering to sell?
Well I'm sure the sale itself would be illegal but I don't know if the offer itself is. I may or may not have declared in a public space my vote for sale for a specific amount, though it was intended in jest.
Quote from: trix on October 28, 2016, 05:05:26 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 28, 2016, 02:45:19 AM
Quote from: Cain on October 27, 2016, 02:27:16 AM
I dunno, a good 90% of it is me writing emails.
If the other 10% is Jason Bourne shit, it's still a winner.
In other news, Windows 10 has recently decided to minimize any software I'm using to tell me I need updates or that I need to buy the newest Office.
I don't know anything about Windows 10, but Windows 7 does the exact thing you describe, and it can be turned off. Somewhere in the Automatic Updates config is an option to turn off the notifications.
Also, if you look at your services (type "services.msc" in the Run menu if there is one somewhere), you can disable any with the word "office" in the name.
My gf uses Windows 7 to play League of Legends (has an annoying bug in Linux) and the same thing you talk about used to interrupt her game right in the middle all the time and get her character killed.
Stupid behaviour that should not be default!
Last major update removed the ability to turn off updates. Windows 10 is an Orwellian nightmare AND it has still has no ddate function :sad:
Quote from: trix on October 28, 2016, 05:12:29 AM
Random question. Is it illegal to sell my presidential vote for $1000?
Like, declaring I'll vote for whoever the person giving me $1k wants me to?
I looked into it a bit but I can't seem to get a clear distinction.
"electoral treating" is illegal, like offering to buy someone's vote, but offering to sell?
Well I'm sure the sale itself would be illegal but I don't know if the offer itself is. I may or may not have declared in a public space my vote for sale for a specific amount, though it was intended in jest.
Soliciting a crime? Yep, illegal.
Quote from: Cain on October 26, 2016, 10:51:04 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 26, 2016, 05:12:11 PM
Quote from: Cain on October 26, 2016, 04:37:18 PM
Summarised version of the latest security meeting:
Me: your processes aren't working.
Department Head: We have processes. Also your tone is derogatory.
Me: I have 6 years experience in int'l schools, 2 as a security contractor and I'm telling you we have a problem.
Department Head: I live near a student accommodation and sometimes I can't see the security guard. Your experience is invalid.
Me: *walks out*
What the actual fuck. Wow. :lulz:
It gets even better.
The spy for the department head, on the other shift, just completely undercut a decision I made regarding a student.
The student in question had an unauthorised overnight guest, which is a major issue. As such, I banned her from having any future guests, pending a decision from my manager when he returns from holiday.
I come back in tonight, and I find the other person in charge of the other nights, has reversed my decision entirely. So she's not only undercut me, but also the two members of staff who we answer to.
Shit's gonna get fun.
Wow. That's amazing.
I had a student that I have never laid eyes on because they have never set foot inside my lab email me because they are going to be seeking accommodations through the DRC. As far as I know, there is no disability for which a reasonable accommodation would be "never coming to class or turning anything in". They may find themselves a tad bit disappointed.
The only condition that I could see could qualify is a prolonged illness, but you'd never give someone a passing grade on it, if they were to supply supporting evidence of this, you might allow them to defer the year.
Lab attendance was an automatic fail for the year if it dipped below 55% for a subject for us. I asked for compassionate leave for a couple of modules when my dad died and they allowed me to take them in the next semester.
Quote from: Faust on October 28, 2016, 01:57:43 PM
The only condition that I could see could qualify is a prolonged illness, but you'd never give someone a passing grade on it, if they were to supply supporting evidence of this, you might allow them to defer the year.
Lab attendance was an automatic fail for the year if it dipped below 55% for a subject for us. I asked for compassionate leave for a couple of modules when my dad died and they allowed me to take them in the next semester.
Yeah, if they have an illness or major issue come up, they'd get an incomplete, allowing them to fulfill class requirements later on.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 28, 2016, 08:08:21 AM
I had a student that I have never laid eyes on because they have never set foot inside my lab email me because they are going to be seeking accommodations through the DRC. As far as I know, there is no disability for which a reasonable accommodation would be "never coming to class or turning anything in". They may find themselves a tad bit disappointed.
Kinshasa is lovely this time of year.
Quote from: Cain on October 29, 2016, 01:09:13 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 28, 2016, 08:08:21 AM
I had a student that I have never laid eyes on because they have never set foot inside my lab email me because they are going to be seeking accommodations through the DRC. As far as I know, there is no disability for which a reasonable accommodation would be "never coming to class or turning anything in". They may find themselves a tad bit disappointed.
Kinshasa is lovely this time of year.
:lulz:
Quote from: Junkenstein on October 25, 2016, 09:58:37 PM
It's a terrible thing when you have to explain your references.
Take today for instance. My wife's had a bit of pain resulting in an overnight stay in hospital. Pain coming in waves, bit of a shit, times when she can talk and laugh and times when she.... can't. All resolvable and should be fine in less than 24 hours. Good stuff modern medicine.
So suggesting that if the current treatment doesn't work, we can always look at the "Old Yeller" option didn't exactly get the response I expected from the 20-ish and late 40's-ish nurses.
"Old Yeller?"
"What's that?"
"Err... You know, the film?"
"Never heard of it"
"What?"
"Pretty famous film, a kid and his dog..."
"Is it new?"
"I've got a dog, let me find my phone"
"...and the dog gets rabies....."
"Oh no!"
"My dog's got a disorder too"
"...What? No, the kid, you know, shoots it"
"WHAT"
"OH MY GOD"
"WHAT"
" (Untranslatable gibbering)"
"WHAT"
".... It's a pretty famous film"
"GET OUT"
"(Still indecipherable)"
In my defence I really don't think this is an obscure reference.
It isn't over here, I think, I'm pretty sure it's part of most school's required reading. I remember watching the film adaptation it in... school...?
Quote from: Freeky on October 29, 2016, 10:01:48 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on October 25, 2016, 09:58:37 PM
It's a terrible thing when you have to explain your references.
Take today for instance. My wife's had a bit of pain resulting in an overnight stay in hospital. Pain coming in waves, bit of a shit, times when she can talk and laugh and times when she.... can't. All resolvable and should be fine in less than 24 hours. Good stuff modern medicine.
So suggesting that if the current treatment doesn't work, we can always look at the "Old Yeller" option didn't exactly get the response I expected from the 20-ish and late 40's-ish nurses.
"Old Yeller?"
"What's that?"
"Err... You know, the film?"
"Never heard of it"
"What?"
"Pretty famous film, a kid and his dog..."
"Is it new?"
"I've got a dog, let me find my phone"
"...and the dog gets rabies....."
"Oh no!"
"My dog's got a disorder too"
"...What? No, the kid, you know, shoots it"
"WHAT"
"OH MY GOD"
"WHAT"
" (Untranslatable gibbering)"
"WHAT"
".... It's a pretty famous film"
"GET OUT"
"(Still indecipherable)"
In my defence I really don't think this is an obscure reference.
It isn't over here, I think, I'm pretty sure it's part of most school's required reading. I remember watching the film adaptation it in... school...?
Yeah, almost everyone I've ever met, even if they've not seen the movie, knows what happens and would get that reference. It is considered a necessary classic.
Today marks 48 years that I have been stuck on this mudball.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 31, 2016, 03:37:12 PM
Today marks 48 years that I have been stuck on this mudball.
Will you celebrate? Reflect on the years? Have a great day man.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 31, 2016, 03:37:12 PM
Today marks 48 years that I have been stuck on this mudball.
Commiserations, I'm sure high command will recall you soon.
Learnt much during your time here so far?
Quote from: Junkenstein on October 31, 2016, 03:56:03 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 31, 2016, 03:37:12 PM
Today marks 48 years that I have been stuck on this mudball.
Commiserations, I'm sure high command will recall you soon.
Learnt much during your time here so far?
Not a damned thing.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 31, 2016, 03:59:43 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on October 31, 2016, 03:56:03 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 31, 2016, 03:37:12 PM
Today marks 48 years that I have been stuck on this mudball.
Commiserations, I'm sure high command will recall you soon.
Learnt much during your time here so far?
Not a damned thing.
Don't worry about it, it's not like I or anyone else has either.
Happy fucking birthday! 8)
Happy birthday Roger! :)
Cheers, Roger!
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on October 31, 2016, 03:54:12 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 31, 2016, 03:37:12 PM
Today marks 48 years that I have been stuck on this mudball.
Will you celebrate? Reflect on the years? Have a great day man.
No. I'm going to do something rotten to a random person in the street.
Random acts of violence on Halloween is the time honored tradition of shitty neighborhoods all over the country
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 31, 2016, 03:37:12 PM
Today marks 48 years that I have been stuck on this mudball.
Happy arrival on this mudball day.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 31, 2016, 07:51:01 PM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on October 31, 2016, 03:54:12 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 31, 2016, 03:37:12 PM
Today marks 48 years that I have been stuck on this mudball.
Will you celebrate? Reflect on the years? Have a great day man.
No. I'm going to do something rotten to a random person in the street.
How is this different to a usual day?
Holy fuck did every tv station decide to break all their computers tonight?
I'm blaming Roger.
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on November 01, 2016, 01:53:52 AM
Holy fuck did every tv station decide to break all their computers tonight?
I'm blaming Roger.
I am also responsible for all the bad scripts on facebook.
Quote from: Junkenstein on October 31, 2016, 09:44:22 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 31, 2016, 07:51:01 PM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on October 31, 2016, 03:54:12 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 31, 2016, 03:37:12 PM
Today marks 48 years that I have been stuck on this mudball.
Will you celebrate? Reflect on the years? Have a great day man.
No. I'm going to do something rotten to a random person in the street.
How is this different to a usual day?
I'm going to be POLITE about it.
Looks like the worst of this norovirus thing is over and done with. Thank God. I haven't felt that bad since I caught the flu, almost 2 years back. Mercifully briefer than the flu as well, though nearly as nasty and virulent. I also mostly avoided throwing up anywhere that wasn't the kitchen sink, which is definitely a bonus.
Hope it was a good one, Roger.
Today, it's my turn. I bet you ungrateful bastards didn't even get me anything.
Happy birthday LMNO and Roger!
Quote from: LMNO on November 01, 2016, 11:44:53 AM
Hope it was a good one, Roger.
Today, it's my turn. I bet you ungrateful bastards didn't even get me anything.
I got you this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbGkxcY7YFU).
Quote from: Cain on November 01, 2016, 12:55:48 PM
Quote from: LMNO on November 01, 2016, 11:44:53 AM
Hope it was a good one, Roger.
Today, it's my turn. I bet you ungrateful bastards didn't even get me anything.
I got you this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbGkxcY7YFU).
Finally, someone who
cares.
Quote from: LMNO on November 01, 2016, 11:44:53 AM
Hope it was a good one, Roger.
Today, it's my turn. I bet you ungrateful bastards didn't even get me anything.
I GOT YOU SOMETHING
WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IT IS?would you
Quote from: LMNO on November 01, 2016, 11:44:53 AM
Hope it was a good one, Roger.
Today, it's my turn. I bet you ungrateful bastards didn't even get me anything.
Well done on continued existence. It's pretty much it's own reward and punishment. How's it treating you?
I have to admit: Apart from the job, life is pretty damn good.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on November 01, 2016, 01:14:19 PM
Quote from: LMNO on November 01, 2016, 11:44:53 AM
Hope it was a good one, Roger.
Today, it's my turn. I bet you ungrateful bastards didn't even get me anything.
I GOT YOU SOMETHING
WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IT IS?
would you
would I?
Quote from: LMNO on November 01, 2016, 01:33:49 PM
I have to admit: Apart from the job, life is pretty damn good.
Glad to hear this. Happy birthday LMNO!
Hippo birdie, LMNO!
In birthday related news, I'm still alive 3 days after mine.
Happy birthday everyone who's still alive.
Alivist scum!
Mammal lives matter.
Stares meaningfully at Roger.
Happy birthday LMNO
Happy birthday Don Coyote!
Happy birthday cluster!
(I'm next week)
How old are you all coyote, lmno, and tentacle lady?
A lady never tells.
And neither do I.
I think my mom might be voting for Trump
Quote from: LMNO on November 01, 2016, 11:44:53 AM
Hope it was a good one, Roger.
Today, it's my turn. I bet you ungrateful bastards didn't even get me anything.
I drank a shot of vodka, and dreamed of FABULOUS.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on November 01, 2016, 01:14:19 PM
Quote from: LMNO on November 01, 2016, 11:44:53 AM
Hope it was a good one, Roger.
Today, it's my turn. I bet you ungrateful bastards didn't even get me anything.
I GOT YOU SOMETHING
WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IT IS?
would you
Yes
Quote from: Don Coyote on November 02, 2016, 12:09:56 AM
I think my mom might be voting for Trump
Oh sweet baby jesus on a stick. :(
Congratulations on surviving another orbit around the sun, birthday people!
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 02, 2016, 03:53:32 AM
Quote from: Don Coyote on November 02, 2016, 12:09:56 AM
I think my mom might be voting for Trump
Oh sweet baby jesus on a stick. :(
She shared a post that was super positive about Trump and hasn't responded to my point blank question. We were planning on visiting family for the holidays, but now I don't want to risk having wasted my time to find out my parents are ok with the worse parts of the US.
Quote from: Don Coyote on November 02, 2016, 04:11:29 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 02, 2016, 03:53:32 AM
Quote from: Don Coyote on November 02, 2016, 12:09:56 AM
I think my mom might be voting for Trump
Oh sweet baby jesus on a stick. :(
She shared a post that was super positive about Trump and hasn't responded to my point blank question. We were planning on visiting family for the holidays, but now I don't want to risk having wasted my time to find out my parents are ok with the worse parts of the US.
Just found out my aunts are both Trumping it up. Fuck 'em with a rake, mom never liked her sisters anyway.
It is 49F on the mountain today. I had to wear a jacket ALL DAY.
And the docents all got eaten by wolves. So it's not all bad.
Been plugging away at the last part of On The Secret Genesis Of Eris since the 31st. It's going to probably be the longest by a fair margin, but it have two conceptions, their "delivery" story, and some assorted personal thoughts I'm not sure if I should or how to integrate. I'll figure it out eventually.
I'm going to keep at it tonight. It's almost done after nearly 3 years of piecemeal work and MUCH thought on aspects of the story.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on November 02, 2016, 01:26:13 PM
Quote from: Don Coyote on November 02, 2016, 04:11:29 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 02, 2016, 03:53:32 AM
Quote from: Don Coyote on November 02, 2016, 12:09:56 AM
I think my mom might be voting for Trump
Oh sweet baby jesus on a stick. :(
She shared a post that was super positive about Trump and hasn't responded to my point blank question. We were planning on visiting family for the holidays, but now I don't want to risk having wasted my time to find out my parents are ok with the worse parts of the US.
Just found out my aunts are both Trumping it up. Fuck 'em with a rake, mom never liked her sisters anyway.
My grandmama is very quietly supporting Trump, but I think that's only because her husband (a sociopath who has, no joke, thrown a cat across a room for jumping on a table) is very loudly supporting Trump.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on November 02, 2016, 01:26:13 PM
Quote from: Don Coyote on November 02, 2016, 04:11:29 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 02, 2016, 03:53:32 AM
Quote from: Don Coyote on November 02, 2016, 12:09:56 AM
I think my mom might be voting for Trump
Oh sweet baby jesus on a stick. :(
She shared a post that was super positive about Trump and hasn't responded to my point blank question. We were planning on visiting family for the holidays, but now I don't want to risk having wasted my time to find out my parents are ok with the worse parts of the US.
Just found out my aunts are both Trumping it up. Fuck 'em with a rake, mom never liked her sisters anyway.
Aaaaand my mother just posted something from something called "TD Newswire" which I think is a pro Trump
news" site and not satire.
http://www.tdnewswire.com/breaking-news-donald-trump-james-comey-served-kgb-vladimir-putin-photos-reveal-dirty-secret/
Oh god this is too weird to be satire
Quote from: NeonWytch on November 03, 2016, 04:55:10 PM
http://www.tdnewswire.com/breaking-news-donald-trump-james-comey-served-kgb-vladimir-putin-photos-reveal-dirty-secret/
Oh god this is too weird to be satire
That one is satire, or labeled as such.
Only the headline is satire. The rest is really shitty sarcasm/really shitty trump circlejerking.
The price of bread went up by 4 cents, the store brand anyway. It makes me uncomfortable, somehow.
Finally found a new place to stay
Section of company I'm in got moved to skynet division. I for one welcome our robot overlords.
Today, I got told that the term "ladyboner" is transphobic and cissexist.
By someone who apparently is unaware that clitorises become engorged when the clitoris owner is sexually aroused, and thinks that only people with penises get boners. :kingmeh:
This one's for LMNO. Remember when Lys was linking to Mike Cernovich?
http://www.dangerandplay.com/2016/11/03/podesta-emails-reveal-clintons-inner-circle-as-sex-cult-with-connections-to-human-trafficking/
:lulz:
Quote from: Cain on November 04, 2016, 11:24:54 AM
This one's for LMNO. Remember when Lys was linking to Mike Cernovich?
http://www.dangerandplay.com/2016/11/03/podesta-emails-reveal-clintons-inner-circle-as-sex-cult-with-connections-to-human-trafficking/
Oh, hairy mary! I read the damn comments. Aaaaaarghhh!
QuoteAt this point, no less than burning them on the stake will cleanse the filth that is the Democratic party.
and if I have to read one more knuckle dragger talking about people being Uniformed when they mean Uninformed . . . 2 'Ns' people, 2 'Ns'
My robot uberoverlords require me to sacrifice all my large cats to them. First they came for my tiger, then my leopard... and now they want my fucking lion. I'm not complaining, I'm just saying.
Quote from: Cain on November 04, 2016, 11:24:54 AM
This one's for LMNO. Remember when Lys was linking to Mike Cernovich?
http://www.dangerandplay.com/2016/11/03/podesta-emails-reveal-clintons-inner-circle-as-sex-cult-with-connections-to-human-trafficking/
Absolutely giddy at the thought of SMART PEOPLE
tm earnestly explaining that "Clinton may have connections to human trafficking but Donald Trump said some really mean things about..."
"Sometimes in politics you have to be two faced. Child prostitution is just the way things work, Clinton is far more qualified than..."
Quote from: MMIX on November 04, 2016, 12:54:14 PM
Quote from: Cain on November 04, 2016, 11:24:54 AM
This one's for LMNO. Remember when Lys was linking to Mike Cernovich?
http://www.dangerandplay.com/2016/11/03/podesta-emails-reveal-clintons-inner-circle-as-sex-cult-with-connections-to-human-trafficking/
Oh, hairy mary! I read the damn comments. Aaaaaarghhh!
QuoteAt this point, no less than burning them on the stake will cleanse the filth that is the Democratic party.
and if I have to read one more knuckle dragger talking about people being Uniformed when they mean Uninformed . . . 2 'Ns' people, 2 'Ns'
It was just leaked that Hillary Clinton went out of her way to protect child kidnappers and youre upset over the spelling in internet comments.
"The only reason people are making a big deal of Clinton defending kidnappers is because they lack the emotional maturity to elect a woman president."
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 04, 2016, 08:48:42 PM
"The only reason people are making a big deal of Clinton defending kidnappers is because they lack the emotional maturity to elect a woman president."
No. Wrong again.
If they had been drug traffickers and serial murderers the powers that be [hint, in this case Clinton ] would have been moving heaven and earth behind the scenes to get them back to US jurisdiction because they were US citizens and they are entitled to expect their government to try and defend them when they run foul of foreign powers not matter how big a dick they have been. Its one of the things that Governments are for, or didn't you get the memo?
Quote from: MMIX on November 04, 2016, 09:24:40 PM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 04, 2016, 08:48:42 PM
"The only reason people are making a big deal of Clinton defending kidnappers is because they lack the emotional maturity to elect a woman president."
No. Wrong again.
If they had been drug traffickers and serial murderers the powers that be [hint, in this case Clinton ] would have been moving heaven and earth behind the scenes to get them back to US jurisdiction because they were US citizens and they are entitled to expect their government to try and defend them when they run foul of foreign powers not matter how big a dick they have been. Its one of the things that Governments are for, or didn't you get the memo?
lol wut
http://beforeitsnews.com/haiti/2010/02/clinton-brokers-deal-over-haiti-orphan-abductions-16518.html (sorry for the source, its to bypass a paywall on a more respectable one)
Quote
A DIPLOMATIC deal over the 10 American missionaries jailed in Haiti on child abduction charges may lead to the release this week of all except the group's leader, Laura Silsby, according to legal sources in Port-au-Prince.
The intervention of Bill Clinton, the former president, who is co-ordinating relief efforts in Haiti, may accelerate the resolution of an affair that has embarrassed the US government, dismayed relief agencies and angered many Haitians who believe their plight is being exploited by unscrupulous foreigners.
Heres a better, longer source if you have the attention span for ~50 pages.
http://harvardhrj.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/King.pdf
By the way the one that actually got punished:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Life_Children%27s_Refuge_case#Laura_Silsby-Gayler
Quote
The charges against Silsby were eventually reduced from conspiracy and child abduction to "arranging irregular travel". Her trial began on May 13, and prosecutors asked for a 6-month prison sentence, arguing that Silsby was fully aware that she did not have proper authorization to take the children out of the country.[3] On May 17, she was found guilty and sentenced to the time served in jail prior to the trial.[4]
Also:
Quote
In the days following the group's initial arrest, Dominican Jorge Puello took on the role of legal advisor. Puello later acknowledged that he is under investigation for sex trafficking in El Salvador and wanted in the United States for smuggling people across the Canada–US border. Puello was incarcerated for short terms in both Canada and the US. [25] [26] He was arrested in the Dominican Republic on March 18.[27] On August 18, 2010, the Dominican Supreme Court authorized Puello's extradition to the United States where he was sentenced to 37 months of prison in June 2011.[28][29]
We can take the rest of this to the election thread if you really want to get into it.
Quote from: MMIX on November 04, 2016, 09:24:40 PM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 04, 2016, 08:48:42 PM
"The only reason people are making a big deal of Clinton defending kidnappers is because they lack the emotional maturity to elect a woman president."
No. Wrong again.
If they had been drug traffickers and serial murderers the powers that be [hint, in this case Clinton ] would have been moving heaven and earth behind the scenes to get them back to US jurisdiction because they were US citizens and they are entitled to expect their government to try and defend them when they run foul of foreign powers not matter how big a dick they have been. Its one of the things that Governments are for, or didn't you get the memo?
Also I love this. SMART PEOPLE
tm everywhere are going to be experts on child abduction and international law overnight, its already starting.
So now the bar thread is also the election thread.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 04, 2016, 09:44:16 PM
So now the bar thread is also the election thread.
Sorry, Ill contain myself on this to that thread.
I personally enjoy South Park because I enjoy to laugh but I understand mirth is a terrible burden
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Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 04, 2016, 04:21:07 AM
Today, I got told that the term "ladyboner" is transphobic and cissexist.
By someone who apparently is unaware that clitorises become engorged when the clitoris owner is sexually aroused, and thinks that only people with penises get boners. :kingmeh:
Try clitoner next time.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 04, 2016, 04:21:07 AM
Today, I got told that the term "ladyboner" is transphobic and cissexist.
By someone who apparently is unaware that clitorises become engorged when the clitoris owner is sexually aroused, and thinks that only people with penises get boners. :kingmeh:
Pro-tip; Transpeople absolutely
adore it when people get offended for us. It's our favorite thing. We love being told that we don't like certain terms and being made the victim of crimes we didn't even know were being committed.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 04, 2016, 04:21:07 AM
Today, I got told that the term "ladyboner" is transphobic and cissexist.
By someone who apparently is unaware that clitorises become engorged when the clitoris owner is sexually aroused, and thinks that only people with penises get boners. :kingmeh:
Or that only men have penises
Quote from: Don Coyote on November 05, 2016, 02:11:38 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 04, 2016, 04:21:07 AM
Today, I got told that the term "ladyboner" is transphobic and cissexist.
By someone who apparently is unaware that clitorises become engorged when the clitoris owner is sexually aroused, and thinks that only people with penises get boners. :kingmeh:
Or that only men have penises
What
Quote from: Don Coyote on November 05, 2016, 02:11:38 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 04, 2016, 04:21:07 AM
Today, I got told that the term "ladyboner" is transphobic and cissexist.
By someone who apparently is unaware that clitorises become engorged when the clitoris owner is sexually aroused, and thinks that only people with penises get boners. :kingmeh:
Or that only men have penises
No, her point was that it was transphobic because she thought that "ladyboner" referred to trans women. So she acknowledges that women can get boners, just not women without dicks.
Quote from: Cain on November 04, 2016, 11:24:54 AM
This one's for LMNO. Remember when Lys was linking to Mike Cernovich?
http://www.dangerandplay.com/2016/11/03/podesta-emails-reveal-clintons-inner-circle-as-sex-cult-with-connections-to-human-trafficking/
:lulz: wut
Quote from: Goddess Eris on November 04, 2016, 11:13:36 PM
I personally enjoy South Park because I enjoy to laugh but I understand mirth is a terrible burden
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
:lulz:
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on November 05, 2016, 12:15:13 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 04, 2016, 04:21:07 AM
Today, I got told that the term "ladyboner" is transphobic and cissexist.
By someone who apparently is unaware that clitorises become engorged when the clitoris owner is sexually aroused, and thinks that only people with penises get boners. :kingmeh:
Try clitoner next time.
It sounds like a very soft but strange glove.
Quote from: NeonWytch on November 05, 2016, 01:55:08 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 04, 2016, 04:21:07 AM
Today, I got told that the term "ladyboner" is transphobic and cissexist.
By someone who apparently is unaware that clitorises become engorged when the clitoris owner is sexually aroused, and thinks that only people with penises get boners. :kingmeh:
Pro-tip; Transpeople absolutely adore it when people get offended for us. It's our favorite thing. We love being told that we don't like certain terms and being made the victim of crimes we didn't even know were being committed.
I was fairly baffled by the whole interchange. I asked whether it is commonly used as a derogatory term, but received no response.
I mean, I thought that ladyboner was specific about two things: gender and arousal, with specific reference to erectile tissue which is present in all humans regardless of apparent sex.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 05, 2016, 04:32:03 AM
Quote from: Don Coyote on November 05, 2016, 02:11:38 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 04, 2016, 04:21:07 AM
Today, I got told that the term "ladyboner" is transphobic and cissexist.
By someone who apparently is unaware that clitorises become engorged when the clitoris owner is sexually aroused, and thinks that only people with penises get boners. :kingmeh:
Or that only men have penises
No, her point was that it was transphobic because she thought that "ladyboner" referred to trans women. So she acknowledges that women can get boners, just not women without dicks.
:um:
Quote from: Don Coyote on November 05, 2016, 04:49:17 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 05, 2016, 04:32:03 AM
Quote from: Don Coyote on November 05, 2016, 02:11:38 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 04, 2016, 04:21:07 AM
Today, I got told that the term "ladyboner" is transphobic and cissexist.
By someone who apparently is unaware that clitorises become engorged when the clitoris owner is sexually aroused, and thinks that only people with penises get boners. :kingmeh:
Or that only men have penises
No, her point was that it was transphobic because she thought that "ladyboner" referred to trans women. So she acknowledges that women can get boners, just not women without dicks.
:um:
YUP. :horrormirth:
Sondra London has gone full potato, from Berner to avid, gushing Trump voter. Talking about how sophisticated his hair looks. WITH A TOTALLY STRAIGHT FACE.
:lulz:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 06, 2016, 03:28:09 AM
Sondra London has gone full potato, from Berner to avid, gushing Trump voter. Talking about how sophisticated his hair looks. WITH A TOTALLY STRAIGHT FACE.
:lulz:
Ah the flip my friend made. And now he's posting Alex Jones links. Said friend is also fucking history teacher, he's got a masters and used to be the source of such even handed criticism,and not the both sides are bad bullshit, just the this is what is good about x, this is what is good about y.
I read the comments on the damn Alex JOnes link, wtf is it with people and blessings and holy junk about their candidate? just :horrormirth:
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on November 06, 2016, 04:08:48 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 06, 2016, 03:28:09 AM
Sondra London has gone full potato, from Berner to avid, gushing Trump voter. Talking about how sophisticated his hair looks. WITH A TOTALLY STRAIGHT FACE.
:lulz:
Ah the flip my friend made. And now he's posting Alex Jones links. Said friend is also fucking history teacher, he's got a masters and used to be the source of such even handed criticism,and not the both sides are bad bullshit, just the this is what is good about x, this is what is good about y.
I read the comments on the damn Alex JOnes link, wtf is it with people and blessings and holy junk about their candidate? just :horrormirth:
Poor Sondra London. Some people are so married to the idea of being counterculture that they HAVE to go counterculture, even when it's counter to every value they claim to hold.
Heading back to my hometown real early tomorrow morning to vote. I'm registered as living at my Dad's place and receive all official mail there. I also will be making my case for the family to abstain on grounds of Nazi bullshit dishonor to the memory of Grandpa and also given that nobody will be voting Clinton due to things older than mere email shenanigans. I may be able to trade one Clinton vote for a handful of abstentions from Trump just by showing them the nasty business he is involved with.
I may have to volunteer some considerable personal concessions concerning my brother beefs to close the deal and will happily do so if that gets Dad on board. I already mentioned my biblical argument and he saw my point, but being a proper Roman, will squeeze me for extra deal sweeteners pretty much no matter what the moral situation is.
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on November 08, 2016, 12:55:55 AM
I also will be making my case for the family to abstain on grounds of Nazi bullshit dishonor to the memory of Grandpa and also given that nobody will be voting Clinton due to things older than mere email shenanigans.
Mere email shenanigans like aiding human trafficking?
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 08, 2016, 04:24:35 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on November 08, 2016, 12:55:55 AM
I also will be making my case for the family to abstain on grounds of Nazi bullshit dishonor to the memory of Grandpa and also given that nobody will be voting Clinton due to things older than mere email shenanigans.
Mere email shenanigans like aiding human trafficking?
:lol: You're definitely not my family so fuck off.
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on November 08, 2016, 11:14:22 AM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 08, 2016, 04:24:35 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on November 08, 2016, 12:55:55 AM
I also will be making my case for the family to abstain on grounds of Nazi bullshit dishonor to the memory of Grandpa and also given that nobody will be voting Clinton due to things older than mere email shenanigans.
Mere email shenanigans like aiding human trafficking?
:lol: You're definitely not my family so fuck off.
So like, have you been going out of your way to be ignorant of the email revelations?
https://auticulture.wordpress.com/2016/11/06/here-come-the-designer-fascists-the-perception-managers-last-hurrah/
RP, are you at all aware that this is Open Bar, not the politics thread?
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 08, 2016, 03:45:38 PM
RP, are you at all aware that this is Open Bar, not the politics thread?
People are talking about politics, Im talking back. THIS IS A DISCUSSION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 08, 2016, 04:10:23 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 08, 2016, 03:45:38 PM
RP, are you at all aware that this is Open Bar, not the politics thread?
People are talking about politics, Im talking back. THIS IS A DISCUSSION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
Cool meme, bro.
Quote from: LMNO on November 08, 2016, 04:15:24 PM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 08, 2016, 04:10:23 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 08, 2016, 03:45:38 PM
RP, are you at all aware that this is Open Bar, not the politics thread?
People are talking about politics, Im talking back. THIS IS A DISCUSSION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
Cool meme, bro.
Thank you.
So, I'm looking for reference photos for some of my characters, because I can't visualize faces really well and broad strokes are fine for minor characters but I do not want to fuck up my main characters. One of the guys must have a hawk nose (kinda like a roman or hook nose) so I ask google for that. "HEY YOU WANT RYAN GOSSLING? HE USED TO HAVE THAT!" No, google, I need someone a little less attractive. "OH OKAY ADRIAN BRODY THEN!" No, google can you give me something a little less extreme? "RYAN GOSSLING IT IS!"
I hate google.
Also I will stab the next motherfucker who says anything about this election that isn't "I voted" or "I am going to vote." I do not want to hear results, I don't want to know how you voted, I will deal with that shit in the morning.
What medium?
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 08, 2016, 05:23:44 PM
What medium?
I'm writing, looking for photographs that are close enough I can shoop the minor details. Nose shape is not minor to me.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on November 08, 2016, 06:14:06 PM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 08, 2016, 05:23:44 PM
What medium?
I'm writing, looking for photographs that are close enough I can shoop the minor details. Nose shape is not minor to me.
Do you post them in front of you while writing? Do you definitively describe the features to the reader or leave it a bit vague? I imagine it makes it easier to keep the character's personality consistent.
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 08, 2016, 06:27:35 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on November 08, 2016, 06:14:06 PM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 08, 2016, 05:23:44 PM
What medium?
I'm writing, looking for photographs that are close enough I can shoop the minor details. Nose shape is not minor to me.
Do you post them in front of you while writing? Do you definitively describe the features to the reader or leave it a bit vague? I imagine it makes it easier to keep the character's personality consistent.
There are a couple characters who look similar in ways I need to drag the reader along into figuring out, and the narrator is a shapeshifter who is always concerned about how realistic his own faces look, so he's very observant of minor details. Otherwise I would be broadstrokes-ing everything.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on November 08, 2016, 07:20:04 PM
There are a couple characters who look similar in ways I need to drag the reader along into figuring out, and the narrator is a shapeshifter who is always concerned about how realistic his own faces look, so he's very observant of minor details. Otherwise I would be broadstrokes-ing everything.
Awesome. Shapeshifters always bring my mind to intrigue and the tleilaxu facedancers from Dune. I could see a character who knows the scientific name for every facial structure and muscle, has a strange fondness for some obscure facial quality, or perhaps someone who indulges in Physiognomy to varying degrees of seriousness.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on November 08, 2016, 07:20:04 PM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 08, 2016, 06:27:35 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on November 08, 2016, 06:14:06 PM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 08, 2016, 05:23:44 PM
What medium?
I'm writing, looking for photographs that are close enough I can shoop the minor details. Nose shape is not minor to me.
Do you post them in front of you while writing? Do you definitively describe the features to the reader or leave it a bit vague? I imagine it makes it easier to keep the character's personality consistent.
There are a couple characters who look similar in ways I need to drag the reader along into figuring out, and the narrator is a shapeshifter who is always concerned about how realistic his own faces look, so he's very observant of minor details. Otherwise I would be broadstrokes-ing everything.
There's this thing:
http://www.morphases.com/editor/ (http://www.morphases.com/editor/)
I am hate drinking shitty whisky.
:horrormirth: :sad:
I feel like a Trump Presidency, in and of itself, could be dealt with for the next 4 years. However, even as a conservative, I feel like a Republican owned Presidency, Senate, and House of Representatives is a bit one-sided for a comfortable, fair Republic.
(at this point in time, it appears that they will win both the House and Senate)
Quote from: Fernando The Poo, Hole of Ass on November 09, 2016, 04:43:20 AM
I feel like a Trump Presidency, in and of itself, could be dealt with for the next 4 years. However, even as a conservative, I feel like a Republican owned Presidency, Senate, and House of Representatives is a bit one-sided for a comfortable, fair Republic.
(at this point in time, it appears that they will win both the House and Senate)
really? You don't fucking say?
My wife took away my whisky bottle. :argh!:
Sup cants, what'd i miss?
Well, on the plus side, PD has a reason to exist again. :lulz:
But the Dow is down 800 points.
But my youngest kid is about to be illegal for being transgender.
But every brown person I know just took it in the ass.
But it's a bad day to be Muslim.
But Trump's main plank in his economic plan is to privatize the highway system.
But the American people just voted an outright Nazi in to the nation's highest office.
Quote from: Don Coyote on November 09, 2016, 05:23:43 AM
My wife took away my whisky bottle. :argh!:
Yeah, Jenn stole my booze, too.
She doesn't even LIKE bourbon.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 09, 2016, 05:52:00 AM
Quote from: Don Coyote on November 09, 2016, 05:23:43 AM
My wife took away my whisky bottle. :argh!:
Yeah, Jenn stole my booze, too.
She doesn't even LIKE bourbon.
She took it away and took a slug of it too.
AND I AM STILL DRUNK AND FURIOUS,. I WANT TO FUCK PEOPLE UP.
To use the term "people " loosly.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 09, 2016, 05:51:22 AM
But it's a bad day to be Muslim.
Worse than the last few years weve been destabilizing the Middle East?
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 09, 2016, 05:51:22 AM
Well, on the plus side, PD has a reason to exist again. :lulz:
But the Dow is down 800 points.
But my youngest kid is about to be illegal for being transgender.
But every brown person I know just took it in the ass.
But it's a bad day to be Muslim.
But Trump's main plank in his economic plan is to privatize the highway system.
But the American people just voted an outright Nazi in to the nation's highest office.
So ends the season of reason and thus begins the Neo-Mythic. The stories are all folks run on now. Should have seen the look in my Dad's eyes when the conversation diverted to Clinton and stopped being about Trump. I could almost hear the vast pile of dirty shit he rightly takes for fact boot up and overload his cognition circuitry. THEN he shut me out. I don't entirely blame him given his worldview, but it would seem that the memes got to him first and best.
I really hope he lives long enough to regret it, but I don't really care if I ever see it. He's no longer a model for anything in my life but an object example of what not to become, though I still love him.
That said I guess shit's just going to have to get fucking UGLY for a few years. There's a part of me that's just chomping at the bit to get on with the show anyway.
I feel like 75% of the way to HOLYING ALL OVER YOU FUCKING APOSTATES
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 09, 2016, 06:30:10 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on November 09, 2016, 06:29:08 AM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 09, 2016, 06:16:49 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 09, 2016, 05:51:22 AM
But it's a bad day to be Muslim.
Worse than the last few years weve been destabilizing the Middle East?
Much.
Why are you talking to a fascist?
I'm just curious.
Its a good thing youre all too smart to engage with my ideas, since those ideas just won the election. Historically, acting too good to even talk to people is an excellent way to change their minds, and is the cornerstone of victory in a Democracy. If you just keep up with shoving your heads in the sand eventually this will all just go away!
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 09, 2016, 06:30:10 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on November 09, 2016, 06:29:08 AM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 09, 2016, 06:16:49 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 09, 2016, 05:51:22 AM
But it's a bad day to be Muslim.
Worse than the last few years weve been destabilizing the Middle East?
Much.
Why are you talking to a fascist?
I'm just curious.
Got all I needed. Pretty sure that the hair up my ass to shake him up in the political thread was divine providence so I could see a problem I was previously unaware of. After his last answer about his murder plans I'm good to go.
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on November 09, 2016, 06:46:30 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 09, 2016, 06:30:10 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on November 09, 2016, 06:29:08 AM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 09, 2016, 06:16:49 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 09, 2016, 05:51:22 AM
But it's a bad day to be Muslim.
Worse than the last few years weve been destabilizing the Middle East?
Much.
Why are you talking to a fascist?
I'm just curious.
Got all I needed. Pretty sure that the hair up my ass to shake him up in the political thread was divine providence so I could see a problem I was previously unaware of. After his last answer about his murder plans I'm good to go.
I literally said violence wont work though.
Right. You also said you'd be willing to exercise violence to promote fascism.
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 09, 2016, 06:56:34 AM
Right. You also said you'd be willing to exercise violence to promote fascism.
Yeah. And half of you are openly fantasizing about violence at this very second because you lost a democratic election. If you arent willing to fight for what you believe in you dont believe in it very hard. And again, violence probably wont promote fascism very well in America, any violence that does occur would probably be against a desperate opposition themselves resorting to violence to try and stem the inevitable transfer of power. Violence just seals the deal after Fascism has already basically won, and it isnt necessary to seal the deal by any means.
Not like anyone is going to let Trump make any important choices.
Also, nov 18. getting briefed on how to explain how to treat trans people to commanders. fun fun. Army is literally the perfect balance of accepting and conservative.
I don't think you understand what you have done
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 09, 2016, 07:21:34 AM
I don't think you understand what you have done
Please, Im begging you, explain. Youve all been making vague comments about some hazy apocalypse that will come about from Trumps win for christ knows how long now. And everytime I ask you to explain what it is you all just explain how much smarter you are than me instead. Maybe if any of you actually tried to persuade me instead of just acting superior you might have changed my mind. So persuade me. What the hell is going to happen that is so horrifying youre all jerking off over La Résistance fantasies?
CAN you even explain it?
You guys think President Trump is bad, just wait for Kanye West 2020.
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on November 09, 2016, 07:34:43 AM
You guys think President Trump is bad, just wait for Kanye West 2020.
This can and will literally happen.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 09, 2016, 05:51:22 AM
Well, on the plus side, PD has a reason to exist again. :lulz:
Trump: Making PD great again.
:horrormirth: :horrormirth: :horrormirth:
Quote from: Faust on November 09, 2016, 09:06:47 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 09, 2016, 05:51:22 AM
Well, on the plus side, PD has a reason to exist again. :lulz:
Trump: Making PD great again.
We're gonna build a wall and make Aneristic Illusions pay for it :lulz:
Quote from: Faust on November 09, 2016, 09:06:47 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 09, 2016, 05:51:22 AM
Well, on the plus side, PD has a reason to exist again. :lulz:
Trump: Making PD great again.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who had this thought. Makes me feel all icky and awful.
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on November 09, 2016, 07:34:43 AM
You guys think President Trump is bad, just wait for Kanye West 2020.
El Chapo has a much better platform. Policies you can trust from a man proven to get shit done.
Quote from: Junkenstein on November 09, 2016, 12:57:39 PM
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on November 09, 2016, 07:34:43 AM
You guys think President Trump is bad, just wait for Kanye West 2020.
El Chapo has a much better platform. Policies you can trust from a man proven to get shit done.
:lulz: A modern Mexican John Dillinger!
On this day, Eris has blessed us. She's really royally fucking blessed us.
Quote from: Faust on November 09, 2016, 01:32:19 PM
On this day, Eris has blessed us. She's really royally fucking blessed us.
Blessed us like the bunch of goobers we are.
Welcome back old spags!
It does mildly amuse me that while most religions have fair weather believers, we have foul weather ones. :lulz:
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on November 10, 2016, 02:46:35 AM
Welcome back old spags!
It does mildly amuse me that while most religions have fair weather believers, we have foul weather ones. :lulz:
This place never did well when things were okay. :lulz:
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on November 10, 2016, 02:46:35 AM
Welcome back old spags!
It does mildly amuse me that while most religions have fair weather believers, we have foul weather ones. :lulz:
:lulz:
This youtube channel has been the best thing. Watching him cook is like watching Bob Ross paint (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVVAnxQ2YMC_qlc7QfPA2YQ)
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 06, 2016, 04:17:14 AM
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on November 06, 2016, 04:08:48 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 06, 2016, 03:28:09 AM
Sondra London has gone full potato, from Berner to avid, gushing Trump voter. Talking about how sophisticated his hair looks. WITH A TOTALLY STRAIGHT FACE.
:lulz:
Ah the flip my friend made. And now he's posting Alex Jones links. Said friend is also fucking history teacher, he's got a masters and used to be the source of such even handed criticism,and not the both sides are bad bullshit, just the this is what is good about x, this is what is good about y.
I read the comments on the damn Alex JOnes link, wtf is it with people and blessings and holy junk about their candidate? just :horrormirth:
Poor Sondra London. Some people are so married to the idea of being counterculture that they HAVE to go counterculture, even when it's counter to every value they claim to hold.
I could just be naive, but I think she's genuinely off her rocker.
Quote from: Bu☆ns on November 10, 2016, 03:06:47 AM
This youtube channel has been the best thing. Watching him cook is like watching Bob Ross paint
(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVVAnxQ2YMC_qlc7QfPA2YQ)
Woah. Like an ASMR, nature, cooking show. Thanks for that. Sweet and soothing.
Quote from: Hoopla on November 10, 2016, 03:23:55 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 06, 2016, 04:17:14 AM
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on November 06, 2016, 04:08:48 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 06, 2016, 03:28:09 AM
Sondra London has gone full potato, from Berner to avid, gushing Trump voter. Talking about how sophisticated his hair looks. WITH A TOTALLY STRAIGHT FACE.
:lulz:
Ah the flip my friend made. And now he's posting Alex Jones links. Said friend is also fucking history teacher, he's got a masters and used to be the source of such even handed criticism,and not the both sides are bad bullshit, just the this is what is good about x, this is what is good about y.
I read the comments on the damn Alex JOnes link, wtf is it with people and blessings and holy junk about their candidate? just :horrormirth:
Poor Sondra London. Some people are so married to the idea of being counterculture that they HAVE to go counterculture, even when it's counter to every value they claim to hold.
I could just be naive, but I think she's genuinely off her rocker.
Oh, that as well. She seems to go through cycles.
Quote from: Fernando The Poo, Hole of Ass on November 09, 2016, 04:43:20 AM
I feel like a Trump Presidency, in and of itself, could be dealt with for the next 4 years. However, even as a conservative, I feel like a Republican owned Presidency, Senate, and House of Representatives is a bit one-sided for a comfortable, fair Republic.
(at this point in time, it appears that they will win both the House and Senate)
Yep, that freaks me out more than the Trump presidency. I mean, it's one thing that America voted in a circus peanut for President without everybody also losing access to birth control.
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on November 09, 2016, 07:34:43 AM
You guys think President Trump is bad, just wait for Kanye West 2020.
I'd def vote Kanye just for the bizarre existential quotes out of the White House.
Quote from: Faust on November 09, 2016, 09:06:47 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 09, 2016, 05:51:22 AM
Well, on the plus side, PD has a reason to exist again. :lulz:
Trump: Making PD great again.
The next four years are at least guaranteed to be full of horrormirth, heavy on the horror. :horrormirth:
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on November 10, 2016, 02:46:35 AM
Welcome back old spags!
It does mildly amuse me that while most religions have fair weather believers, we have foul weather ones. :lulz:
Well, this is probably a marginally more secure location for making fun of His Magnificent Orange Presidency.
I totally just realized that the reason I have good color distinction is because each of my eyes has a different cone distribution! THANKS PD!
Guy in my Industrial Maintenance class last night was arguing that abortion should still be illegal even in the case of saving the life of the woman, because "The mother should be willing to give her life for the life of that baby." Then he said "You know a sure fire way to keep from getting pregnant?" And one of the younger guys piped up "SHOOT IT IN HER MOUTH!"
Everybody laughed.
I laughed.
Maybe I can pull this off after all.
Should I buy a hat?
Quote from: Bu☆ns on November 10, 2016, 03:06:47 AM
This youtube channel has been the best thing. Watching him cook is like watching Bob Ross paint
(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVVAnxQ2YMC_qlc7QfPA2YQ)
Thank you so much for that. Honestly.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 10, 2016, 06:56:46 AM
Quote from: Fernando The Poo, Hole of Ass on November 09, 2016, 04:43:20 AM
I feel like a Trump Presidency, in and of itself, could be dealt with for the next 4 years. However, even as a conservative, I feel like a Republican owned Presidency, Senate, and House of Representatives is a bit one-sided for a comfortable, fair Republic.
(at this point in time, it appears that they will win both the House and Senate)
Yep, that freaks me out more than the Trump presidency. I mean, it's one thing that America voted in a circus peanut for President without everybody also losing access to birth control.
The Supreme Court thing is really the most saddening to me.
Quote from: LMNO on November 10, 2016, 12:21:36 PM
Quote from: Bu☆ns on November 10, 2016, 03:06:47 AM
This youtube channel has been the best thing. Watching him cook is like watching Bob Ross paint
(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVVAnxQ2YMC_qlc7QfPA2YQ)
Thank you so much for that. Honestly.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 10, 2016, 06:56:46 AM
Quote from: Fernando The Poo, Hole of Ass on November 09, 2016, 04:43:20 AM
I feel like a Trump Presidency, in and of itself, could be dealt with for the next 4 years. However, even as a conservative, I feel like a Republican owned Presidency, Senate, and House of Representatives is a bit one-sided for a comfortable, fair Republic.
(at this point in time, it appears that they will win both the House and Senate)
Yep, that freaks me out more than the Trump presidency. I mean, it's one thing that America voted in a circus peanut for President without everybody also losing access to birth control.
The Supreme Court thing is really the most saddening to me.
Same here. That's the thing that turns this from a 4 year fuckup to something that could take 20 years or so to get back to the current standard.
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 10, 2016, 10:56:22 AM
Guy in my Industrial Maintenance class last night was arguing that abortion should still be illegal even in the case of saving the life of the woman, because "The mother should be willing to give her life for the life of that baby." Then he said "You know a sure fire way to keep from getting pregnant?" And one of the younger guys piped up "SHOOT IT IN HER MOUTH!"
Everybody laughed.
I laughed.
Maybe I can pull this off after all.
Should I buy a hat?
Thanks for doing your part to help ensure that this is a less safe country for women.
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 10, 2016, 10:56:22 AM
Guy in my Industrial Maintenance class last night was arguing that abortion should still be illegal even in the case of saving the life of the woman, because "The mother should be willing to give her life for the life of that baby." Then he said "You know a sure fire way to keep from getting pregnant?" And one of the younger guys piped up "SHOOT IT IN HER MOUTH!"
Everybody laughed.
I laughed.
Maybe I can pull this off after all.
Should I buy a hat?
Yeah. One of those red ones.
This guy is in for a hell of a shock when he pulls that shit in any kind of professional setting.
No time to do any writing today. Boss is here, doing the usual.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 10, 2016, 06:11:04 PM
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 10, 2016, 10:56:22 AM
Guy in my Industrial Maintenance class last night was arguing that abortion should still be illegal even in the case of saving the life of the woman, because "The mother should be willing to give her life for the life of that baby." Then he said "You know a sure fire way to keep from getting pregnant?" And one of the younger guys piped up "SHOOT IT IN HER MOUTH!"
Everybody laughed.
I laughed.
Maybe I can pull this off after all.
Should I buy a hat?
Yeah. One of those red ones.
This guy is in for a hell of a shock when he pulls that shit in any kind of professional setting.
... it occurs to me that Trump hats wired to record could catch LOTS of actionable moments in the workplaces of America.
Quote from: LMNO on November 10, 2016, 12:21:36 PM
Quote from: Bu☆ns on November 10, 2016, 03:06:47 AM
This youtube channel has been the best thing. Watching him cook is like watching Bob Ross paint
(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVVAnxQ2YMC_qlc7QfPA2YQ)
Thank you so much for that. Honestly.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 10, 2016, 06:56:46 AM
Quote from: Fernando The Poo, Hole of Ass on November 09, 2016, 04:43:20 AM
I feel like a Trump Presidency, in and of itself, could be dealt with for the next 4 years. However, even as a conservative, I feel like a Republican owned Presidency, Senate, and House of Representatives is a bit one-sided for a comfortable, fair Republic.
(at this point in time, it appears that they will win both the House and Senate)
Yep, that freaks me out more than the Trump presidency. I mean, it's one thing that America voted in a circus peanut for President without everybody also losing access to birth control.
The Supreme Court thing is really the most saddening to me.
The anti-education and anti-environment stances are what upset me most. People can survive a bad leader for four years, but the environment will be completely wrecked by 2020
Two supreme court picks will mean a regressive supreme court for a generation or more.
Got some new stuff cooking. No actual time to write it for a couple more hours.
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 10, 2016, 10:56:22 AM
Guy in my Industrial Maintenance class last night was arguing that abortion should still be illegal even in the case of saving the life of the woman, because "The mother should be willing to give her life for the life of that baby." Then he said "You know a sure fire way to keep from getting pregnant?" And one of the younger guys piped up "SHOOT IT IN HER MOUTH!"
Everybody laughed.
I laughed.
Maybe I can pull this off after all.
Should I buy a hat?
So like, I'm kind of inured to mysoginistic jokes, but this post makes me really glad I don't know you or anyone else there in real life.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 10, 2016, 04:09:27 PM
Thanks for doing your part to help ensure that this is a less safe country for women.
Quote from: Freeky on November 10, 2016, 10:40:37 PM
So like, I'm kind of inured to mysoginistic jokes, but this post makes me really glad I don't know you or anyone else there in real life.
It occurs to me that I could have given a little more context to that last post.
It was a reference to something said the "calling it now" thread in the other forum about blending in with the deplorables with ill intent, and my lack of confidence in my ability to blend in with that bunch.
The hat I was referring to was a Trump hat.
Maybe you did get the context. I don't know. Maybe I should have just kept that anecdote to myself.
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 11, 2016, 12:53:34 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 10, 2016, 04:09:27 PM
Thanks for doing your part to help ensure that this is a less safe country for women.
Quote from: Freeky on November 10, 2016, 10:40:37 PM
So like, I'm kind of inured to mysoginistic jokes, but this post makes me really glad I don't know you or anyone else there in real life.
It occurs to me that I could have given a little more context to that last post.
It was a reference to something said the "calling it now" thread in the other forum about blending in with the deplorables with ill intent, and my lack of confidence in my ability to blend in with that bunch.
The hat I was referring to was a Trump hat.
Maybe you did get the context. I don't know. Maybe I should have just kept that anecdote to myself.
There is blending in, and there is being complicit.
Be careful not to confuse the two.
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 11, 2016, 12:53:34 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 10, 2016, 04:09:27 PM
Thanks for doing your part to help ensure that this is a less safe country for women.
Quote from: Freeky on November 10, 2016, 10:40:37 PM
So like, I'm kind of inured to mysoginistic jokes, but this post makes me really glad I don't know you or anyone else there in real life.
It occurs to me that I could have given a little more context to that last post.
It was a reference to something said the "calling it now" thread in the other forum about blending in with the deplorables with ill intent, and my lack of confidence in my ability to blend in with that bunch.
The hat I was referring to was a Trump hat.
Maybe you did get the context. I don't know. Maybe I should have just kept that anecdote to myself.
I got the subtext that you were surprised at fitting in so easily, but it didn't make the post any better. It really didn't.
Quote from: Freeky on November 11, 2016, 01:00:30 AM
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 11, 2016, 12:53:34 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 10, 2016, 04:09:27 PM
Thanks for doing your part to help ensure that this is a less safe country for women.
Quote from: Freeky on November 10, 2016, 10:40:37 PM
So like, I'm kind of inured to mysoginistic jokes, but this post makes me really glad I don't know you or anyone else there in real life.
It occurs to me that I could have given a little more context to that last post.
It was a reference to something said the "calling it now" thread in the other forum about blending in with the deplorables with ill intent, and my lack of confidence in my ability to blend in with that bunch.
The hat I was referring to was a Trump hat.
Maybe you did get the context. I don't know. Maybe I should have just kept that anecdote to myself.
I got the subtext that you were surprised at fitting in so easily, but it didn't make the post any better. It really didn't.
Ok, I'm scrapping "the plan" at least until I can figure out a better way to go at it.
Sorry.
PD cool kids officially so asshurt they have gone from pretending to ignore me(while loudly declaring this in my threads) to removing my posts.
*IGNORES ALL OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS*
I DONT UNDERSTAND, HOW DID WE LOSE?
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 11, 2016, 01:16:38 AM
Quote from: Freeky on November 11, 2016, 01:00:30 AM
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 11, 2016, 12:53:34 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 10, 2016, 04:09:27 PM
Thanks for doing your part to help ensure that this is a less safe country for women.
Quote from: Freeky on November 10, 2016, 10:40:37 PM
So like, I'm kind of inured to mysoginistic jokes, but this post makes me really glad I don't know you or anyone else there in real life.
It occurs to me that I could have given a little more context to that last post.
It was a reference to something said the "calling it now" thread in the other forum about blending in with the deplorables with ill intent, and my lack of confidence in my ability to blend in with that bunch.
The hat I was referring to was a Trump hat.
Maybe you did get the context. I don't know. Maybe I should have just kept that anecdote to myself.
I got the subtext that you were surprised at fitting in so easily, but it didn't make the post any better. It really didn't.
Ok, I'm scrapping "the plan" at least until I can figure out a better way to go at it.
Sorry.
Can't blend in if you give up this easily
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 11, 2016, 01:19:58 AM
*IGNORES ALL OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS*
I DONT UNDERSTAND, HOW DID WE LOSE?
What do you want to talk about RP?
I'm not sure that trying to find misogynist pieces of shit in people who we all know aren't misogynist is the right motorcycle in a time like this. Methinks a chill pill is in order.
Also, I find the super srs petition to abolish the Electoral college before it's even voted to be quite funny. As if to say the Electoral college is the reason why Trump won, and that it had nothing to do with population distribution among the districts :lulz:
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 11, 2016, 01:19:15 AM
PD cool kids officially so asshurt they have gone from pretending to ignore me(while loudly declaring this in my threads) to removing my posts.
No posts were removed.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 11, 2016, 01:25:59 AM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 11, 2016, 01:19:15 AM
PD cool kids officially so asshurt they have gone from pretending to ignore me(while loudly declaring this in my threads) to removing my posts.
No posts were removed.
Sorry,
forcibly relocating my posts.
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 11, 2016, 01:27:17 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 11, 2016, 01:25:59 AM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 11, 2016, 01:19:15 AM
PD cool kids officially so asshurt they have gone from pretending to ignore me(while loudly declaring this in my threads) to removing my posts.
No posts were removed.
Sorry, forcibly relocating my posts.
That is more accurate.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 11, 2016, 12:59:13 AM
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 11, 2016, 12:53:34 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 10, 2016, 04:09:27 PM
Thanks for doing your part to help ensure that this is a less safe country for women.
Quote from: Freeky on November 10, 2016, 10:40:37 PM
So like, I'm kind of inured to mysoginistic jokes, but this post makes me really glad I don't know you or anyone else there in real life.
It occurs to me that I could have given a little more context to that last post.
It was a reference to something said the "calling it now" thread in the other forum about blending in with the deplorables with ill intent, and my lack of confidence in my ability to blend in with that bunch.
The hat I was referring to was a Trump hat.
Maybe you did get the context. I don't know. Maybe I should have just kept that anecdote to myself.
There is blending in, and there is being complicit.
Be careful not to confuse the two.
Fair enough. I guess
"DO SOMETHING DRASTIC" wasn't really much of a plan, anyway.
So, Trump being supported by the KKK is ok because some KKK like the Seahawks :horrormirth:
Quote from: Don Coyote on November 11, 2016, 01:33:47 AM
So, Trump being supported by the KKK is ok because some KKK like the Seahawks :horrormirth:
wut
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 11, 2016, 01:29:26 AM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 11, 2016, 01:27:17 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 11, 2016, 01:25:59 AM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 11, 2016, 01:19:15 AM
PD cool kids officially so asshurt they have gone from pretending to ignore me(while loudly declaring this in my threads) to removing my posts.
No posts were removed.
Sorry, forcibly relocating my posts.
That is more accurate.
We don't do enough of this. At least One day a week posts should be assigned to a random thread. We're far too coherent for our own good at the moment.
Quote from: Junkenstein on November 11, 2016, 01:51:04 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 11, 2016, 01:29:26 AM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 11, 2016, 01:27:17 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 11, 2016, 01:25:59 AM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 11, 2016, 01:19:15 AM
PD cool kids officially so asshurt they have gone from pretending to ignore me(while loudly declaring this in my threads) to removing my posts.
No posts were removed.
Sorry, forcibly relocating my posts.
That is more accurate.
We don't do enough of this. At least One day a week posts should be assigned to a random thread. We're far too coherent for our own good at the moment.
Then the thread owners need only say so. :lulz:
Quote from: Vivat Alty on November 10, 2016, 04:36:53 AM
Quote from: Bu☆ns on November 10, 2016, 03:06:47 AM
This youtube channel has been the best thing. Watching him cook is like watching Bob Ross paint
(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVVAnxQ2YMC_qlc7QfPA2YQ)
Woah. Like an ASMR, nature, cooking show. Thanks for that. Sweet and soothing.
Right? only without all the ...uh je ne sais quoi.
Quote from: LMNO on November 10, 2016, 12:21:36 PM
Quote from: Bu☆ns on November 10, 2016, 03:06:47 AM
This youtube channel has been the best thing. Watching him cook is like watching Bob Ross paint
(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVVAnxQ2YMC_qlc7QfPA2YQ)
Thank you so much for that. Honestly.
np--the coping mechanism alone....
Quote from: Fernando The Poo, Hole of Ass on November 11, 2016, 01:25:52 AM
I'm not sure that trying to find misogynist pieces of shit in people who we all know aren't misogynist is the right motorcycle in a time like this. Methinks a chill pill is in order.
Feeling extremely uncomfortable about people laughing and joking about
fucking shooting me instead of allowing access to birth control is not "trying to find misogynist pieces of shit in people who we all know aren't misogynist," so how about you stop telling me how to feel? Hm?
Freeky, you might have read that post too fast. The joke was about cumming in a woman's mouth as an alternative to impregnating them [and ending up in a shitty situation brought on by shitty politics]
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 11, 2016, 02:55:53 AM
Freeky, you might have read that post too fast. The joke was about cumming in a woman's mouth as an alternative to impregnating them [and ending up in a shitty situation brought on by shitty politics]
This is going to end well.
I don't know if someone referenced shooting previously to that post. That's what made the word shooting look like it had been taken out of context. There's nothing unreasonable about being upset at the politics and the reaction of the classroom.
Quote from: Freeky on November 11, 2016, 02:32:37 AM
Quote from: Fernando The Poo, Hole of Ass on November 11, 2016, 01:25:52 AM
I'm not sure that trying to find misogynist pieces of shit in people who we all know aren't misogynist is the right motorcycle in a time like this. Methinks a chill pill is in order.
Feeling extremely uncomfortable about people laughing and joking about fucking shooting me instead of allowing access to birth control is not "trying to find misogynist pieces of shit in people who we all know aren't misogynist," so how about you stop telling me how to feel? Hm?
The person telling the story indicated quite clearly that he didn't agree with the people the story was about. The person telling the story has indicated that for years. Even with a rocky context, one could easily ascertain that the person telling the story probably wasn't agreeing with the people in the story based on said history. I could understand worrying about the people in the story and their views. I do not understand taking the worry out on the person telling it.
Somehow you must've forgotten that most of the people who've stuck around here aren't total shitheads and usually deserve the benefit of the doubt. And if you want allies to help stop the shit mentioned in the story, maybe you should avoid targeting them for no reason.
All I'm asking is that we get along for the betterment of our society. You know who the enemy is, and it's generally no one who regularly posts on these forums.
Also, yes, it was a cumshot joke. Not a gunshot joke.
We should keep doing this, guys.
:treefucker:
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 11, 2016, 02:55:53 AM
Freeky, you might have read that post too fast. The joke was about cumming in a woman's mouth as an alternative to impregnating them [and ending up in a shitty situation brought on by shitty politics]
I don't know you very well yet, and I do try to get along, but here's something for you to chew on: I said, upthread, that I'm used to mysoginistic jokes. It's a common hazard, being in a nutjob state, and your hobbies being those dominated by men. Now, I can usually shrug these things off, but when reading the joke my mind did not jump automatically to "facial," it jumped to "kill her."
Just you think about that for a little while, and try to imagine what it would take for someone to be so immediately threatened by the words "Shoot her in the mouth" being the punchline to a joke.
Unless you are suggesting that I have reading comprehension issues. Which we can certainly discuss.
Never explain the joke.
srsly.
ITT: misogyny being explained away as just a joke while insulting a woman for not getting the joke properly :kingmeh:
Quote from: Fernando The Poo, Hole of Ass on November 11, 2016, 03:08:48 AM
Quote from: Freeky on November 11, 2016, 02:32:37 AM
Quote from: Fernando The Poo, Hole of Ass on November 11, 2016, 01:25:52 AM
I'm not sure that trying to find misogynist pieces of shit in people who we all know aren't misogynist is the right motorcycle in a time like this. Methinks a chill pill is in order.
Feeling extremely uncomfortable about people laughing and joking about fucking shooting me instead of allowing access to birth control is not "trying to find misogynist pieces of shit in people who we all know aren't misogynist," so how about you stop telling me how to feel? Hm?
blah blah blah blah blah blah blah your experiences are inconsequential and your opinions wrong!
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 11, 2016, 03:15:36 AM
Never explain the joke.
srsly.
Whatever else we each may believe, THIS.
Quote from: Don Coyote on November 11, 2016, 03:18:08 AM
ITT: misogyny being explained away as just a joke while insulting a woman for not getting the joke properly :kingmeh:
:lulz: I know. I wish Nigel were here, she'd have so much more satisfying comebacks.
Quote from: Freeky on November 11, 2016, 03:20:24 AM
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 11, 2016, 03:15:36 AM
Never explain the joke.
srsly.
Whatever else we each may believe, THIS.
To be honest, I was just about to explain the joke, but then PeeDee was all like:
Quote from: Pee Dee on November 11, 2016, 03:15:36 AM
Warning - while you were reading a new reply has been posted. You may wish to review your post.
and then I was all like NEVAR EXPLANE JOAK!!!
I can empathize with you Freeky, for circumstances quite bizarre. That's why I didn't attack you for the mistake.
I've spent the entire campaign trying to reach people on the Right independent of the values of the left. I understand wanting to wring necks when hearing morally abhorrent and popular sentiments.
Fine, Freeky. Fight your allies to the death for all I care. Push your allies away until you're completely alone in a world of victimhood. Get to the point where people have to walk on egg shells around you and tell me how it feels. Like I haven't fucking been there before :roll:
Quote from: Don Coyote on November 11, 2016, 03:18:08 AM
ITT: misogyny being explained away as just a joke while insulting a woman for not getting the joke properly :kingmeh:
Honestly coyote, this is the kind of approach that isn't persuasive to your friends on the right. Is it necessarily misogyny to joke about cumming elsewhere to not get someone pregnant? It's certainly vulgar and not appropriate, but those are the mechanics. The simple and gross things joked about in the heartland and elsewhere.
I know I haven't been following closely, but who insulted Freeky? Fernando?
I find myself in the bizarre situation of defending someone who won't give me the time of day.
:lulz:
I should go find something more productive to do. That being said, you guys should maybe stop and re-read what you said, and maybe try to put yourself in her shoes.
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 11, 2016, 01:16:38 AM
Quote from: Freeky on November 11, 2016, 01:00:30 AM
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 11, 2016, 12:53:34 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 10, 2016, 04:09:27 PM
Thanks for doing your part to help ensure that this is a less safe country for women.
Quote from: Freeky on November 10, 2016, 10:40:37 PM
So like, I'm kind of inured to mysoginistic jokes, but this post makes me really glad I don't know you or anyone else there in real life.
It occurs to me that I could have given a little more context to that last post.
It was a reference to something said the "calling it now" thread in the other forum about blending in with the deplorables with ill intent, and my lack of confidence in my ability to blend in with that bunch.
The hat I was referring to was a Trump hat.
Maybe you did get the context. I don't know. Maybe I should have just kept that anecdote to myself.
I got the subtext that you were surprised at fitting in so easily, but it didn't make the post any better. It really didn't.
Ok, I'm scrapping "the plan" at least until I can figure out a better way to go at it.
Sorry.
I would consider perhaps simply refraining from validating misogyny. You won't get beaten up just for not laughing at sexual assault jokes. You might even consider pulling an Alty and telling them you aren't cool with jokes like that.
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 11, 2016, 03:47:14 AM
Quote from: Don Coyote on November 11, 2016, 03:18:08 AM
ITT: misogyny being explained away as just a joke while insulting a woman for not getting the joke properly :kingmeh:
Honestly coyote, this is the kind of approach that isn't persuasive to your friends on the right. Is it necessarily misogyny to joke about cumming elsewhere to not get someone pregnant? It's certainly vulgar and not appropriate, but those are the mechanics. The simple and gross things joked about in the heartland and elsewhere.
I know I haven't been following closely, but who insulted Freeky?
No one insulted Freeky. They're just so troll starved that they can't keep it together. They have to gnaw into something every once in awhile or they get cannibalistic.
So it's usually up to me to stir shit up and get them active again, and keep them from eating each other. Although, I must say, I was starting to get worried that the horse I was beating might've died.
Quote from: Fernando The Poo, Hole of Ass on November 11, 2016, 01:25:52 AM
I'm not sure that trying to find misogynist pieces of shit in people who we all know aren't misogynist is the right motorcycle in a time like this. Methinks a chill pill is in order.
Also, I find the super srs petition to abolish the Electoral college before it's even voted to be quite funny. As if to say the Electoral college is the reason why Trump won, and that it had nothing to do with population distribution among the districts :lulz:
Emo Howard is an actual decent human being though, and probably is able to understand how disheartening it is for women that most men just sort of play along with misogynists instead of saying something.
Quote from: Fernando The Poo, Hole of Ass on November 11, 2016, 03:56:04 AM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 11, 2016, 03:47:14 AM
Quote from: Don Coyote on November 11, 2016, 03:18:08 AM
ITT: misogyny being explained away as just a joke while insulting a woman for not getting the joke properly :kingmeh:
Honestly coyote, this is the kind of approach that isn't persuasive to your friends on the right. Is it necessarily misogyny to joke about cumming elsewhere to not get someone pregnant? It's certainly vulgar and not appropriate, but those are the mechanics. The simple and gross things joked about in the heartland and elsewhere.
I know I haven't been following closely, but who insulted Freeky?
No one insulted Freeky. They're just so troll starved that they can't keep it together. They have to gnaw into something every once in awhile or they get cannibalistic.
So it's usually up to me to stir shit up and get them active again, and keep them from eating each other. Although, I must say, I was starting to get worried that the horse I was beating might've died.
I'm out.
Quote from: Fernando The Poo, Hole of Ass on November 11, 2016, 03:46:03 AM
Fine, Freeky. Fight your allies to the death for all I care. Push your allies away until you're completely alone in a world of victimhood. Get to the point where people have to walk on egg shells around you and tell me how it feels. Like I haven't fucking been there before :roll:
:sotw:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 11, 2016, 03:57:24 AM
Quote from: Fernando The Poo, Hole of Ass on November 11, 2016, 01:25:52 AM
I'm not sure that trying to find misogynist pieces of shit in people who we all know aren't misogynist is the right motorcycle in a time like this. Methinks a chill pill is in order.
Also, I find the super srs petition to abolish the Electoral college before it's even voted to be quite funny. As if to say the Electoral college is the reason why Trump won, and that it had nothing to do with population distribution among the districts :lulz:
Emo Howard is an actual decent human being though, and probably is able to understand how disheartening it is for women that most men just sort of play along with misogynists instead of saying something.
This is understandable, and can be easily expressed with friendlier words when it comes to talking to friends. Sarcasm and snide remarks are occasionally funny when used properly on friends, but they seemed to be especially hostile this time around. I didn't want Emo Howard to feel like he should walk on egg shells because his joke was misinterpreted or the anger surrounding it misdirected. He brought up a point, and your and Freeky's counter point is valid and needs to be discussed, not sarcastically or shittily asserted.
You know, I really don't care that I misinterpreted the intended meaning of it, because that was my genuine reaction, my first instinct, and that really says something about what the shit that I have to pay attention to
as a woman, on a daily basis.
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 11, 2016, 03:47:14 AM
Quote from: Don Coyote on November 11, 2016, 03:18:08 AM
ITT: misogyny being explained away as just a joke while insulting a woman for not getting the joke properly :kingmeh:
Honestly coyote, this is the kind of approach that isn't persuasive to your friends on the right. Is it necessarily misogyny to joke about cumming elsewhere to not get someone pregnant? It's certainly vulgar and not appropriate, but those are the mechanics. The simple and gross things joked about in the heartland and elsewhere.
I know I haven't been following closely, but who insulted Freeky? Fernando?
In reverse order:
It's the unspoken assumption that because I didn't understand what you got immediately, I'm the dumb one, and therefore it must be explained to me that is the insult.
I find it hard to put in words why I know something is a thing, but here's my stab taken at explaining: the joke is mysoginistic because it is another nail in the "Don't give women the ability to control their own bodies" coffin, with a side order of "don't take their opinion of what they will and won't do in the bedroom or wherever really into account."
And what Nigel said, also. Emo is a pretty cool dude. What I meant, which I've been trying to put into words this whole time, is that if I were to have heard it in meatspace and saw that Emo Howard was laughing, I wouldn't have known that he was just playing along, personally. I only have what people put on their face and in their voice to interpet, I'm not a mind reader.
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 11, 2016, 03:47:14 AM
Quote from: Don Coyote on November 11, 2016, 03:18:08 AM
ITT: misogyny being explained away as just a joke while insulting a woman for not getting the joke properly :kingmeh:
Honestly coyote, this is the kind of approach that isn't persuasive to your friends on the right. Is it necessarily misogyny to joke about cumming elsewhere to not get someone pregnant? It's certainly vulgar and not appropriate, but those are the mechanics. The simple and gross things joked about in the heartland and elsewhere.
I know I haven't been following closely, but who insulted Freeky? Fernando?
To be honest, I don't give a shit about that shit.
The joke is a shitty joke that built up on a misogynistic premised, denial of birth control to women, punctuated by the implication of cumming in a woman's mouth without her assumed consent. Then all you fuckwits want to tell Freeky that she's wrong and playing at the victim and should stop before she drives away her allies. You guys are a bunch of shittwinkies.
Election ends badly.
Everyone comes back to PD.
Everyone shits the bed immediately.
:lulz:
Quote from: Don Coyote on November 11, 2016, 04:04:33 AM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 11, 2016, 03:47:14 AM
Quote from: Don Coyote on November 11, 2016, 03:18:08 AM
ITT: misogyny being explained away as just a joke while insulting a woman for not getting the joke properly :kingmeh:
Honestly coyote, this is the kind of approach that isn't persuasive to your friends on the right. Is it necessarily misogyny to joke about cumming elsewhere to not get someone pregnant? It's certainly vulgar and not appropriate, but those are the mechanics. The simple and gross things joked about in the heartland and elsewhere.
I know I haven't been following closely, but who insulted Freeky? Fernando?
To be honest, I don't give a shit about that shit.
The joke is a shitty joke that built up on a misogynistic premised, denial of birth control to women, punctuated by the implication of cumming in a woman's mouth without her assumed consent. Then all you fuckwits want to tell Freeky that she's wrong and playing at the victim and should stop before she drives away her allies. You guys are a bunch of shittwinkies.
-nodnod- And then I'm expected to be polite about it. And I was, at least for Mithridytes(?), because if I wasn't, I'm the bad guy.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 11, 2016, 04:10:08 AM
Election ends badly.
Everyone comes back to PD.
Everyone shits the bed immediately.
:lulz:
:lulz:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 11, 2016, 03:54:56 AM
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 11, 2016, 01:16:38 AM
Quote from: Freeky on November 11, 2016, 01:00:30 AM
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 11, 2016, 12:53:34 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 10, 2016, 04:09:27 PM
Thanks for doing your part to help ensure that this is a less safe country for women.
Quote from: Freeky on November 10, 2016, 10:40:37 PM
So like, I'm kind of inured to mysoginistic jokes, but this post makes me really glad I don't know you or anyone else there in real life.
It occurs to me that I could have given a little more context to that last post.
It was a reference to something said the "calling it now" thread in the other forum about blending in with the deplorables with ill intent, and my lack of confidence in my ability to blend in with that bunch.
The hat I was referring to was a Trump hat.
Maybe you did get the context. I don't know. Maybe I should have just kept that anecdote to myself.
I got the subtext that you were surprised at fitting in so easily, but it didn't make the post any better. It really didn't.
Ok, I'm scrapping "the plan" at least until I can figure out a better way to go at it.
Sorry.
I would consider perhaps simply refraining from validating misogyny. You won't get beaten up just for not laughing at sexual assault jokes. You might even consider pulling an Alty and telling them you aren't cool with jokes like that.
The joke is getting an awful lot of attention here, but it's not even the worst part of that moment. The worst part was the guy who was totally super serious that women should be expected to be willing to die rather than have an abortion. The guy who said that was in his 50's. The "joke" was made by a kid who is maybe 19. I suspect he may have even made the joke in an attempt to get out of a conversation that was making him uncomfortable without risking having the other guys take away his man card.
I'm still hashing out the details on this TrumpFan character I'm building for myself, but I think maybe I can get by without him being a total misogynist. But, I mean, seems like he's going to have to be something kinda shitty who's cool with shitty things. He is a TrumpFan, after all.
It's all about getting close to them, Nigel.
You know... stabbing distance.
Not actual, literal stabbing, of course.
HA HA HA! NO,OF COURSE NOT! HA HA HA! (Probably)
:lol:
Quote from: Freeky on November 11, 2016, 04:14:43 AM
Quote from: Don Coyote on November 11, 2016, 04:04:33 AM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 11, 2016, 03:47:14 AM
Quote from: Don Coyote on November 11, 2016, 03:18:08 AM
ITT: misogyny being explained away as just a joke while insulting a woman for not getting the joke properly :kingmeh:
Honestly coyote, this is the kind of approach that isn't persuasive to your friends on the right. Is it necessarily misogyny to joke about cumming elsewhere to not get someone pregnant? It's certainly vulgar and not appropriate, but those are the mechanics. The simple and gross things joked about in the heartland and elsewhere.
I know I haven't been following closely, but who insulted Freeky? Fernando?
To be honest, I don't give a shit about that shit.
The joke is a shitty joke that built up on a misogynistic premised, denial of birth control to women, punctuated by the implication of cumming in a woman's mouth without her assumed consent. Then all you fuckwits want to tell Freeky that she's wrong and playing at the victim and should stop before she drives away her allies. You guys are a bunch of shittwinkies.
-nodnod- And then I'm expected to be polite about it. And I was, at least for Mithridytes(?), because if I wasn't, I'm the bad guy.
I didn't draw those rapey implications from that statement and apparently neither did Freeky.
I thought you made an honest mistake and treated it as such. No need to feel stupid.
I'm not attempting to engage the first speakers politics nor the disappointment in Howard. As it is seems any desire for rebuttal to the first speaker was diverted by the joke.
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Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 11, 2016, 03:47:14 AM
Quote from: Don Coyote on November 11, 2016, 03:18:08 AM
ITT: misogyny being explained away as just a joke while insulting a woman for not getting the joke properly :kingmeh:
Honestly coyote, this is the kind of approach that isn't persuasive to your friends on the right. Is it necessarily misogyny to joke about cumming elsewhere to not get someone pregnant? It's certainly vulgar and not appropriate, but those are the mechanics. The simple and gross things joked about in the heartland and elsewhere.
I know I haven't been following closely, but who insulted Freeky? Fernando?
To be honest, I don't give a shit about that shit.
The joke is a shitty joke that built up on a misogynistic premised, denial of birth control to women, punctuated by the implication of cumming in a woman's mouth without her assumed consent. Then all you fuckwits want to tell Freeky that she's wrong and playing at the victim and should stop before she drives away her allies. You guys are a bunch of shittwinkies.
-nodnod- And then I'm expected to be polite about it. And I was, at least for Mithridytes(?), because if I wasn't, I'm the bad guy.
I didn't draw those rapey implications from that statement and apparently neither did Freeky.
You must have missed the part where I explained how it did in fact have rapey undertones.
Quote from: Freeky on November 11, 2016, 04:02:58 AM
You know, I really don't care that I misinterpreted the intended meaning of it, because that was my genuine reaction, my first instinct, and that really says something about what the shit that I have to pay attention to as a woman, on a daily basis.
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 11, 2016, 03:47:14 AM
Quote from: Don Coyote on November 11, 2016, 03:18:08 AM
ITT: misogyny being explained away as just a joke while insulting a woman for not getting the joke properly :kingmeh:
Honestly coyote, this is the kind of approach that isn't persuasive to your friends on the right. Is it necessarily misogyny to joke about cumming elsewhere to not get someone pregnant? It's certainly vulgar and not appropriate, but those are the mechanics. The simple and gross things joked about in the heartland and elsewhere.
I know I haven't been following closely, but who insulted Freeky? Fernando?
In reverse order:
It's the unspoken assumption that because I didn't understand what you got immediately, I'm the dumb one, and therefore it must be explained to me that is the insult.
I find it hard to put in words why I know something is a thing, but here's my stab taken at explaining: the joke is mysoginistic because it is another nail in the "Don't give women the ability to control their own bodies" coffin, with a side order of "don't take their opinion of what they will and won't do in the bedroom or wherever really into account."
And what Nigel said, also. Emo is a pretty cool dude. What I meant, which I've been trying to put into words this whole time, is that if I were to have heard it in meatspace and saw that Emo Howard was laughing, I wouldn't have known that he was just playing along, personally. I only have what people put on their face and in their voice to interpet, I'm not a mind reader.
That was easy, wasn't it? Explaining your perspective instead of blowing him off like he's a shitswizzler?
Quote from: Don Coyote on November 11, 2016, 04:04:33 AM
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Quote from: Don Coyote on November 11, 2016, 03:18:08 AM
ITT: misogyny being explained away as just a joke while insulting a woman for not getting the joke properly :kingmeh:
Honestly coyote, this is the kind of approach that isn't persuasive to your friends on the right. Is it necessarily misogyny to joke about cumming elsewhere to not get someone pregnant? It's certainly vulgar and not appropriate, but those are the mechanics. The simple and gross things joked about in the heartland and elsewhere.
I know I haven't been following closely, but who insulted Freeky? Fernando?
To be honest, I don't give a shit about that shit.
The joke is a shitty joke that built up on a misogynistic premised, denial of birth control to women, punctuated by the implication of cumming in a woman's mouth without her assumed consent. Then all you fuckwits want to tell Freeky that she's wrong and playing at the victim and should stop before she drives away her allies. You guys are a bunch of shittwinkies.
So, because Freeky was the only one who responded, you assumed I was only referring to her, and not the others who immediately shat on EH. And you can pretend like the way I treated the situation had anything to do with gender all you want. If Roger had jumped on him like Nigel and Freeky did, I'd have been butting heads with him too, the same way.
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 11, 2016, 04:26:34 AM
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Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 10, 2016, 04:09:27 PM
Thanks for doing your part to help ensure that this is a less safe country for women.
Quote from: Freeky on November 10, 2016, 10:40:37 PM
So like, I'm kind of inured to mysoginistic jokes, but this post makes me really glad I don't know you or anyone else there in real life.
It occurs to me that I could have given a little more context to that last post.
It was a reference to something said the "calling it now" thread in the other forum about blending in with the deplorables with ill intent, and my lack of confidence in my ability to blend in with that bunch.
The hat I was referring to was a Trump hat.
Maybe you did get the context. I don't know. Maybe I should have just kept that anecdote to myself.
I got the subtext that you were surprised at fitting in so easily, but it didn't make the post any better. It really didn't.
Ok, I'm scrapping "the plan" at least until I can figure out a better way to go at it.
Sorry.
I would consider perhaps simply refraining from validating misogyny. You won't get beaten up just for not laughing at sexual assault jokes. You might even consider pulling an Alty and telling them you aren't cool with jokes like that.
The joke is getting an awful lot of attention here, but it's not even the worst part of that moment. The worst part was the guy who was totally super serious that women should be expected to be willing to die rather than have an abortion. The guy who said that was in his 50's. The "joke" was made by a kid who is maybe 19. I suspect he may have even made the joke in an attempt to get out of a conversation that was making him uncomfortable without risking having the other guys take away his man card.
I'm still hashing out the details on this TrumpFan character I'm building for myself, but I think maybe I can get by without him being a total misogynist. But, I mean, seems like he's going to have to be something kinda shitty who's cool with shitty things. He is a TrumpFan, after all.
It's all about getting close to them, Nigel.
You know... stabbing distance.
Not actual, literal stabbing, of course. HA HA HA! NO,OF COURSE NOT! HA HA HA!
(Probably)
I used to think the same thing, but I've found that firm disapproval earns you more respect, even among the guys that were just laughing. People like that admire power. So take charge and defend the moral high ground. They respond well if you do it firm enough. Not hostile, but firm. Let them know that that kind of joke isn't something respectable, powerful men think is funny.
Quote from: Don Coyote on November 11, 2016, 03:18:08 AM
ITT: misogyny being explained away as just a joke while insulting a woman for not getting the joke properly :kingmeh:
Yep. Exactly this.
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Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 11, 2016, 03:47:14 AM
Quote from: Don Coyote on November 11, 2016, 03:18:08 AM
ITT: misogyny being explained away as just a joke while insulting a woman for not getting the joke properly :kingmeh:
Honestly coyote, this is the kind of approach that isn't persuasive to your friends on the right. Is it necessarily misogyny to joke about cumming elsewhere to not get someone pregnant? It's certainly vulgar and not appropriate, but those are the mechanics. The simple and gross things joked about in the heartland and elsewhere.
I know I haven't been following closely, but who insulted Freeky?
No one insulted Freeky. They're just so troll starved that they can't keep it together. They have to gnaw into something every once in awhile or they get cannibalistic.
So it's usually up to me to stir shit up and get them active again, and keep them from eating each other. Although, I must say, I was starting to get worried that the horse I was beating might've died.
We have plenty of trolls. I don't know if you've noticed, but there's Ron Paul, plus the entirely of Facebook.
Not giving women choices about their bodies follows directly from the first speaker's statement.
Drawing a straight line from cumming in mouths to not respecting women's choices in the bedroom is not quite as obvious.
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Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 11, 2016, 03:57:24 AM
Quote from: Fernando The Poo, Hole of Ass on November 11, 2016, 01:25:52 AM
I'm not sure that trying to find misogynist pieces of shit in people who we all know aren't misogynist is the right motorcycle in a time like this. Methinks a chill pill is in order.
Also, I find the super srs petition to abolish the Electoral college before it's even voted to be quite funny. As if to say the Electoral college is the reason why Trump won, and that it had nothing to do with population distribution among the districts :lulz:
Emo Howard is an actual decent human being though, and probably is able to understand how disheartening it is for women that most men just sort of play along with misogynists instead of saying something.
This is understandable, and can be easily expressed with friendlier words when it comes to talking to friends. Sarcasm and snide remarks are occasionally funny when used properly on friends, but they seemed to be especially hostile this time around. I didn't want Emo Howard to feel like he should walk on egg shells because his joke was misinterpreted or the anger surrounding it misdirected. He brought up a point, and your and Freeky's counter point is valid and needs to be discussed, not sarcastically or shittily asserted.
I didn't know that Emo Howard and Freeky are friends.
If you truly consider yourself an ally, you might want to consider how topics like sexual assault or jokes about doing things to women or topics about violence for women make us feel. Further compounding those feelings by dismissing them is not only unconstructive, it is not the actions of an actual ally.
I have to say, right now this conversation is really coming across a lot like "what about the men".
Quote from: Don Coyote on November 11, 2016, 04:04:33 AM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 11, 2016, 03:47:14 AM
Quote from: Don Coyote on November 11, 2016, 03:18:08 AM
ITT: misogyny being explained away as just a joke while insulting a woman for not getting the joke properly :kingmeh:
Honestly coyote, this is the kind of approach that isn't persuasive to your friends on the right. Is it necessarily misogyny to joke about cumming elsewhere to not get someone pregnant? It's certainly vulgar and not appropriate, but those are the mechanics. The simple and gross things joked about in the heartland and elsewhere.
I know I haven't been following closely, but who insulted Freeky? Fernando?
To be honest, I don't give a shit about that shit.
The joke is a shitty joke that built up on a misogynistic premised, denial of birth control to women, punctuated by the implication of cumming in a woman's mouth without her assumed consent. Then all you fuckwits want to tell Freeky that she's wrong and playing at the victim and should stop before she drives away her allies. You guys are a bunch of shittwinkies.
DINGDINGDINGDINGDING.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 11, 2016, 04:47:53 AM
Quote from: Fernando The Poo, Hole of Ass on November 11, 2016, 03:56:04 AM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 11, 2016, 03:47:14 AM
Quote from: Don Coyote on November 11, 2016, 03:18:08 AM
ITT: misogyny being explained away as just a joke while insulting a woman for not getting the joke properly :kingmeh:
Honestly coyote, this is the kind of approach that isn't persuasive to your friends on the right. Is it necessarily misogyny to joke about cumming elsewhere to not get someone pregnant? It's certainly vulgar and not appropriate, but those are the mechanics. The simple and gross things joked about in the heartland and elsewhere.
I know I haven't been following closely, but who insulted Freeky?
No one insulted Freeky. They're just so troll starved that they can't keep it together. They have to gnaw into something every once in awhile or they get cannibalistic.
So it's usually up to me to stir shit up and get them active again, and keep them from eating each other. Although, I must say, I was starting to get worried that the horse I was beating might've died.
We have plenty of trolls. I don't know if you've noticed, but there's Ron Paul, plus the entirely of Facebook.
Ron Paul doesn't
respond. He's like a copy and paste engine. And that's barely better than the droll repetitive shit on Facebook. Let's face it, you need shit like this.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 11, 2016, 04:52:08 AM
Quote from: Fernando The Poo, Hole of Ass on November 11, 2016, 04:02:08 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 11, 2016, 03:57:24 AM
Quote from: Fernando The Poo, Hole of Ass on November 11, 2016, 01:25:52 AM
I'm not sure that trying to find misogynist pieces of shit in people who we all know aren't misogynist is the right motorcycle in a time like this. Methinks a chill pill is in order.
Also, I find the super srs petition to abolish the Electoral college before it's even voted to be quite funny. As if to say the Electoral college is the reason why Trump won, and that it had nothing to do with population distribution among the districts :lulz:
Emo Howard is an actual decent human being though, and probably is able to understand how disheartening it is for women that most men just sort of play along with misogynists instead of saying something.
This is understandable, and can be easily expressed with friendlier words when it comes to talking to friends. Sarcasm and snide remarks are occasionally funny when used properly on friends, but they seemed to be especially hostile this time around. I didn't want Emo Howard to feel like he should walk on egg shells because his joke was misinterpreted or the anger surrounding it misdirected. He brought up a point, and your and Freeky's counter point is valid and needs to be discussed, not sarcastically or shittily asserted.
I didn't know that Emo Howard and Freeky are friends.
If you truly consider yourself an ally, you might want to consider how topics like sexual assault or jokes about doing things to women or topics about violence for women make us feel. Further compounding those feelings by dismissing them is not only unconstructive, it is not the actions of an actual ally.
No one was dismissing the feelings of women except the people in the story. My point was that instead of taking the feelings that arise from hearing such a story out on the narrator for going along, maybe you can do what we normally like doing on this board, and suggest an alternative. Maybe a simple "yeah, I don't think going along is the right motorcycle" would suffice. You know, considering the fact that we know that EH isn't a turdsquabbler.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 11, 2016, 04:53:54 AM
I have to say, right now this conversation is really coming across a lot like "what about the men".
It was more of a "What about the power of polite discussion?" you know, that thing that's actually productive and promotes the inclusion of allies.
I feel like instead of leaving EH with an unfinished discussion, he now has a full perspective on why it's probably not a good idea to just go along with pigs. Too bad I had to stir the pot to get it out. For fuck's sake.
Eh, there's one more to put on ignore. :kingmeh:
Quote from: Fernando The Poo, Hole of Ass on November 11, 2016, 05:08:44 AM
It was more of a "What about the power of polite discussion?" you know, that thing that's actually productive and promotes the inclusion of allies.
:facepalm:
Quote from: Fernando The Poo, Hole of Ass on November 11, 2016, 05:08:44 AM
It was more of a "What about the power of polite discussion?" you know, that thing that's actually productive and promotes the inclusion of allies.
I feel like instead of leaving EH with an unfinished discussion, he now has a full perspective on why it's probably not a good idea to just go along with pigs. Too bad I had to stir the pot to get it out. For fuck's sake.
Sounds like a bunch of fucking white moderate nonsense. :notnice: :wasp: :teabagger1:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 11, 2016, 05:10:11 AM
Eh, there's one more to put on ignore. :kingmeh:
Same
So today I had what had to have been one of the stupidest conversations I have ever had in my life. Paraphrased:
Canadian guy: "I don't know why the US has such complicated voter registration. They should do away with it and just have a list of eligible voters."
Me: "I think you're thinking of voter ID laws. We do have a list of eligible voters, it's called voter registration."
Canadian: "No but it's stupid that you make people register. They shouldn't have to register."
Me: "Well, there has to be some way of making and updating the list."
Canadian: "You just aren't getting it! You don't understand much about elections. Other countries manage without voter registration, why can't the US?"
Me: "Looks like Canada's voter registration process is very similar to Oregon's, and most democratic nations. Here's the link."
Him: <crickets>
Only now imagine it about a million times longer and stupider.
Sweet Jaysus. :eek:
Quote from: Fernando The Poo, Hole of Ass on November 11, 2016, 05:08:44 AM
Ron Paul doesn't respond. He's like a copy and paste engine. And that's barely better than the droll repetitive shit on Facebook. Let's face it, you need shit like this.
How have I failed you my child?
How would you feel about an Assange type publishing leaks on your fascist movement RP?
God, I love that. Never used to do this until the time I quit posting here regularly, makes it a lot easier to deal with the derp. SORRY I CAN'T HEAR YOUR OBJECTIONS IN THIS ECHO CHAMBER.
(http://i.imgur.com/sjJj0Dn.jpg?1)
OMG. I tried to explain something by mentioning that we have 50 autonomous states that are able to make their own laws about voter registration and ID, and he retorted by saying that Canada has way more autonomous provinces.
:lulz:
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 11, 2016, 05:33:50 AM
How would you feel about an Assange type publishing leaks on your fascist movement RP?
There is no real fascist movement yet, but if you mean the Alt-Right I would be all for it. Transparency is a virtue in a functional democracy and secrecy is the shield of the evil and incompetent. People have a right to know what they are voting for.
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 11, 2016, 05:40:33 AM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 11, 2016, 05:33:50 AM
How would you feel about an Assange type publishing leaks on your fascist movement RP?
There is no real fascist movement yet, but if you mean the Alt-Right I would be all for it. Transparency is a virtue in a functional democracy and secrecy is the shield of the evil and incompetent. People have a right to know what they are voting for.
How does transparency jibe with fascism? Maintaining power requires secrecy, especially authoritarian power.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 11, 2016, 05:36:20 AM
OMG. I tried to explain something by mentioning that we have 50 autonomous states that are able to make their own laws about voter registration and ID, and he retorted by saying that Canada has way more autonomous provinces.
:lulz:
That person is maybe, just maybe, really dumb.
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 11, 2016, 05:45:48 AM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 11, 2016, 05:40:33 AM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 11, 2016, 05:33:50 AM
How would you feel about an Assange type publishing leaks on your fascist movement RP?
There is no real fascist movement yet, but if you mean the Alt-Right I would be all for it. Transparency is a virtue in a functional democracy and secrecy is the shield of the evil and incompetent. People have a right to know what they are voting for.
How does transparency jibe with fascism? Maintaining power requires secrecy, especially authoritarian power.
Well we arent in fascism yet, we are in Democracy and we all benefit the better it works. But in Fascism transparency should be an even greater virtue, our leaders would be in power for their connection to the will of the people. If they do not honor the will of the people they should be replaced. Betraying the will of the people should be exposed.
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 11, 2016, 05:49:56 AM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 11, 2016, 05:45:48 AM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 11, 2016, 05:40:33 AM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 11, 2016, 05:33:50 AM
How would you feel about an Assange type publishing leaks on your fascist movement RP?
There is no real fascist movement yet, but if you mean the Alt-Right I would be all for it. Transparency is a virtue in a functional democracy and secrecy is the shield of the evil and incompetent. People have a right to know what they are voting for.
How does transparency jibe with fascism? Maintaining power requires secrecy, especially authoritarian power.
Well we arent in fascism yet, we are in Democracy and we all benefit the better it works. But in Fascism transparency should be an even greater virtue, our leaders would be in power for their connection to the will of the people. If they do not honor the will of the people they should be replaced. Betraying the will of the people should be exposed.
The people want things. Getting them is what keeps people in power. The means are often not what people are okay with. That's a conflict that transparency can't resolve.
Quote from: Freeky on November 11, 2016, 05:47:25 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 11, 2016, 05:36:20 AM
OMG. I tried to explain something by mentioning that we have 50 autonomous states that are able to make their own laws about voter registration and ID, and he retorted by saying that Canada has way more autonomous provinces.
:lulz:
That person is maybe, just maybe, really dumb.
Are we still supposed to respect a person like that? Some people on FB say Trump won because we didn't respect dumb people, and called them dumb.
Quote from: LMNO on November 11, 2016, 01:32:48 PM
Quote from: Freeky on November 11, 2016, 05:47:25 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 11, 2016, 05:36:20 AM
OMG. I tried to explain something by mentioning that we have 50 autonomous states that are able to make their own laws about voter registration and ID, and he retorted by saying that Canada has way more autonomous provinces.
:lulz:
That person is maybe, just maybe, really dumb.
Are we still supposed to respect a person like that? Some people on FB say Trump won because we didn't respect dumb people, and called them dumb.
Those people are maybe, just maybe, really fucking stupid.
I like where you're going with this.
And anyway, they got upset at being called racist and said they were being condescended to, but they apparently didn't notice when they said "all lives matter" and "not all men", and for kids to "toughen up" when bullied.
And now Leonard Cohen has up and died on us. I fucking hate 2016. Its like the whole damned year has been entirely made of Februaries :sad:
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 11, 2016, 05:55:28 AM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 11, 2016, 05:49:56 AM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 11, 2016, 05:45:48 AM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 11, 2016, 05:40:33 AM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 11, 2016, 05:33:50 AM
How would you feel about an Assange type publishing leaks on your fascist movement RP?
There is no real fascist movement yet, but if you mean the Alt-Right I would be all for it. Transparency is a virtue in a functional democracy and secrecy is the shield of the evil and incompetent. People have a right to know what they are voting for.
How does transparency jibe with fascism? Maintaining power requires secrecy, especially authoritarian power.
Well we arent in fascism yet, we are in Democracy and we all benefit the better it works. But in Fascism transparency should be an even greater virtue, our leaders would be in power for their connection to the will of the people. If they do not honor the will of the people they should be replaced. Betraying the will of the people should be exposed.
The people want things. Getting them is what keeps people in power. The means are often not what people are okay with. That's a conflict that transparency can't resolve.
People want things like,
Hillary Clinton as president? :^)
Quote from: LMNO on November 11, 2016, 01:32:48 PM
Quote from: Freeky on November 11, 2016, 05:47:25 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 11, 2016, 05:36:20 AM
OMG. I tried to explain something by mentioning that we have 50 autonomous states that are able to make their own laws about voter registration and ID, and he retorted by saying that Canada has way more autonomous provinces.
:lulz:
That person is maybe, just maybe, really dumb.
Are we still supposed to respect a person like that? Some people on FB say Trump won because we didn't respect dumb people, and called them dumb.
Trump won because he actually recognized and offered solutions to their problems, while ALL you could do was call them dumb. Im curious though, "some people on FB" How many of the people who voted for Trump do you actually KNOW?
Keep fucking that chicken, pal.
Everyone deserves respect.
Even if they are a fucking idiot.
Especially if they're an idiot - they can't help it.
"I respect that you either agree with a sexist, racist president, or at the very least don't care that he is, or what that means for minorities."
I'm not sure that's right.
Quote from: LMNO on November 11, 2016, 04:49:46 PM
"I respect that you either agree with a sexist, racist president, or at the very least don't care that he is, or what that means for minorities."
I'm not sure that's right.
I think there's a difference between treating an individual respectfully and actually respecting their ideas.
See: the remarkable turnaround of all the other world leaders since Trump won. They went from full on attack mode to "Oh yeah we can definitely get along." They probably don't think he was the best option but treating him like the asshole that he is is probably only going to make things worse.
edit: I do agree with you that racism and sexism is a problem and it's probably going to get worse. I am not defending the Trumpster or implying that people should ignore/encourage hateful behaviour when they see it.
Quote from: MMIX on November 11, 2016, 02:22:18 PM
And now Leonard Cohen has up and died on us. I fucking hate 2016. Its like the whole damned year has been entirely made of Februaries :sad:
Yep.
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Quote from: LMNO on November 11, 2016, 04:49:46 PM
"I respect that you either agree with a sexist, racist president, or at the very least don't care that he is, or what that means for minorities."
I'm not sure that's right.
I think there's a difference between treating an individual respectfully and actually respecting their ideas.
See: the remarkable turnaround of all the other world leaders since Trump won. They went from full on attack mode to "Oh yeah we can definitely get along." They probably don't think he was the best option but treating him like the asshole that he is is probably only going to make things worse.
edit: I do agree with you that racism and sexism is a problem and it's probably going to get worse. I am not defending the Trumpster or implying that people should ignore/encourage hateful behaviour when they see it.
I think that for an awful lot of people, part of the way they define "treating them with respect" is actually ignoring hateful behavior from them when you see it. The #1 thing I have seen them get upset about is having racism and misogyny respectfully pointed out. They flip out, insist that they are not "a racist", and accuse you of calling them a monster.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 11, 2016, 05:36:07 PM
Quote from: Xaz on November 11, 2016, 05:26:07 PM
Quote from: LMNO on November 11, 2016, 04:49:46 PM
"I respect that you either agree with a sexist, racist president, or at the very least don't care that he is, or what that means for minorities."
I'm not sure that's right.
I think there's a difference between treating an individual respectfully and actually respecting their ideas.
See: the remarkable turnaround of all the other world leaders since Trump won. They went from full on attack mode to "Oh yeah we can definitely get along." They probably don't think he was the best option but treating him like the asshole that he is is probably only going to make things worse.
edit: I do agree with you that racism and sexism is a problem and it's probably going to get worse. I am not defending the Trumpster or implying that people should ignore/encourage hateful behaviour when they see it.
I think that for an awful lot of people, part of the way they define "treating them with respect" is actually ignoring hateful behavior from them when you see it. The #1 thing I have seen them get upset about is having racism and misogyny respectfully pointed out. They flip out, insist that they are not "a racist", and accuse you of calling them a monster.
That's an interesting point. I suppose when someone stops acting civilly they also give up their right to being respected. I can't deny there are a lot of people out there who need a good thorough Nigelling.
Thanks, Nigel. I'm having a hard time making the distinction between "I'm racist" and "I'm comfortable voting for someone who has racist policies".
At the root of the difficulties of the larger discussion of racism in America, in my opinion, is the ignoring of the scale.
Unintended Paternalism, common stereotypes, not listening to PoC<-------------------->White Supremacy/Genocide/etc.
Side A of the scale is what we usually deal with when discussing these things on FB and such, with friends of friends. We could, as has been done, call it "Little r racism".
Side B is what we are all very afraid of and is the logical conclusion of not caring about people that aren't just like you, if you're white/hetero-normative/etc. With or without intent. "Big R Racism"
When you use the word racist, in my experience, 9/10 people assume you mean Side B. They can't get past that, and they're offended that anyone would think that way about them. Actual pigfucking WS and such are obviously not included in this confusion, and Side A people just can't see the difference.
There's a really good quote in Terry Pratchett's Jingo about just that, let me see if I can dig it up.
What Alty said, and also that thing I've been harping on about racist not being a noun. Racism is a set of attitudes and ideas, many of which people can hold without even knowing it. In its most common form, racism is evident whenever it simply doesn't occur to a white person that any other person might have a different set of life experiences. The racism of simply disregarding other people because they aren't important to you is the most common type of racism.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 11, 2016, 05:36:07 PM
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Quote from: LMNO on November 11, 2016, 04:49:46 PM
"I respect that you either agree with a sexist, racist president, or at the very least don't care that he is, or what that means for minorities."
I'm not sure that's right.
I think there's a difference between treating an individual respectfully and actually respecting their ideas.
See: the remarkable turnaround of all the other world leaders since Trump won. They went from full on attack mode to "Oh yeah we can definitely get along." They probably don't think he was the best option but treating him like the asshole that he is is probably only going to make things worse.
edit: I do agree with you that racism and sexism is a problem and it's probably going to get worse. I am not defending the Trumpster or implying that people should ignore/encourage hateful behaviour when they see it.
I think that for an awful lot of people, part of the way they define "treating them with respect" is actually ignoring hateful behavior from them when you see it. The #1 thing I have seen them get upset about is having racism and misogyny respectfully pointed out. They flip out, insist that they are not "a racist", and accuse you of calling them a monster.
Smart player will choose their battles. You can either call out a racist which will generally accomplish nothing, probably even get them to dig in deeper or you can buy them a tasty curry and let the cognitive dissonance percolate. Sure it's a long game and it's frustrating but the only surefire quick way I know to change someone's mind involves stamping on their skull.
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on November 11, 2016, 07:02:40 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 11, 2016, 05:36:07 PM
Quote from: Xaz on November 11, 2016, 05:26:07 PM
Quote from: LMNO on November 11, 2016, 04:49:46 PM
"I respect that you either agree with a sexist, racist president, or at the very least don't care that he is, or what that means for minorities."
I'm not sure that's right.
I think there's a difference between treating an individual respectfully and actually respecting their ideas.
See: the remarkable turnaround of all the other world leaders since Trump won. They went from full on attack mode to "Oh yeah we can definitely get along." They probably don't think he was the best option but treating him like the asshole that he is is probably only going to make things worse.
edit: I do agree with you that racism and sexism is a problem and it's probably going to get worse. I am not defending the Trumpster or implying that people should ignore/encourage hateful behaviour when they see it.
I think that for an awful lot of people, part of the way they define "treating them with respect" is actually ignoring hateful behavior from them when you see it. The #1 thing I have seen them get upset about is having racism and misogyny respectfully pointed out. They flip out, insist that they are not "a racist", and accuse you of calling them a monster.
Smart player will choose their battles. You can either call out a racist which will generally accomplish nothing, probably even get them to dig in deeper or you can buy them a tasty curry and let the cognitive dissonance percolate. Sure it's a long game and it's frustrating but the only surefire quick way I know to change someone's mind involves stamping on their skull.
Doesn't seem to be working so far, and bears an awful lot of resemblance to keeping your head down and not complaining, which also, historically speaking, is a remarkably ineffective method of combating bad ideas.
Look at the young people. Who yells the loudest about how shitty racism and misogyny are? Young people. Among whom is misogyny and racism at its lowest? Young people.
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on November 11, 2016, 07:02:40 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 11, 2016, 05:36:07 PM
Quote from: Xaz on November 11, 2016, 05:26:07 PM
Quote from: LMNO on November 11, 2016, 04:49:46 PM
"I respect that you either agree with a sexist, racist president, or at the very least don't care that he is, or what that means for minorities."
I'm not sure that's right.
I think there's a difference between treating an individual respectfully and actually respecting their ideas.
See: the remarkable turnaround of all the other world leaders since Trump won. They went from full on attack mode to "Oh yeah we can definitely get along." They probably don't think he was the best option but treating him like the asshole that he is is probably only going to make things worse.
edit: I do agree with you that racism and sexism is a problem and it's probably going to get worse. I am not defending the Trumpster or implying that people should ignore/encourage hateful behaviour when they see it.
I think that for an awful lot of people, part of the way they define "treating them with respect" is actually ignoring hateful behavior from them when you see it. The #1 thing I have seen them get upset about is having racism and misogyny respectfully pointed out. They flip out, insist that they are not "a racist", and accuse you of calling them a monster.
Smart player will choose their battles. You can either call out a racist which will generally accomplish nothing, probably even get them to dig in deeper or you can buy them a tasty curry and let the cognitive dissonance percolate. Sure it's a long game and it's frustrating but the only surefire quick way I know to change someone's mind involves stamping on their skull.
That method seems to be doing wonders for the UK.
We may all want to re-read The Autobiography of Malcom X. He had a lot to say about "keeping quiet about it".
Turns out, if you just play nice and pick your battles, they take it as validation that they're doing just fine. They even "have black friends" who "don't complain", and women friends who "laugh at their jokes".
Almost 100% of the time, the people telling women and people of color that we need to play nice and pick our battles are white men.
Go figure.
Quote from: Freeky on November 11, 2016, 06:53:07 PM
There's a really good quote in Terry Pratchett's Jingo about just that, let me see if I can dig it up.
How the Moderate Person on fb thinks:
"It was much better to imagine men in some smokey room somewhere, made mad and cynical by privilege and power, plotting over brandy. You had to cling to this sort of image, because if you didn't then you might have to face the fact that bad things happened because ordinary people, the kind who brushed the dog and told the children bed time stories, were capable of then going out and doing horrible things to other ordinary people. It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was Us, then what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things."
Fuckin' love me some Terry Pratchett.
In any case, it's hard to convince people who refuse to see that sometimes they act racist because they don't think they're racist, and get all offended and then #AllLivesMatter and "not all men." Discouraging.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 11, 2016, 07:19:05 PM
Turns out, if you just play nice and pick your battles, they take it as validation that they're doing just fine. They even "have black friends" who "don't complain", and women friends who "laugh at their jokes".
Almost 100% of the time, the people telling women and people of color that we need to play nice and pick our battles are white men.
Go figure.
I was thinking about that today, because I do laugh at the jokes. A few seconds after I laugh, I get angry. It's probably a self-preservation instinct, that delayed reaction. And yeah. I'm sick to death of having to play nice all the damn time, and dog tired from wrestling constantly with the idea that this might not be a battle I shuold fight.
Thing is, if you play nice and pick your battles, you won't end up getting through to the small but existent percentage of people who really WANT to do better and are willing to listen.
There is a percentage of people out there who DO grasp that racism is simply bad signal that is almost impossible to escape in our society, and are willing to do the work to root out bad signal from their dataset, even when it means having to actually listen to women and people of color instead of telling them what.
On top of that, and far more importantly, consistently calling out racism, sexism, paternalism, and other behaviors that arise from bad signal is important because it demonstrates to others, particularly young people, what those behaviors look like, and why they are objectionable.
How many pages of arguing over some guy making a badwrong joke? This is awesome. None of you are learning anything, 2018 and 2020 are all ours.
Sorry not over someone making a badwrong joke, someone making a badwrong joke and the person there laughing instead of lecturing their coworker like an overgrown hall monitor. KEEP IT UP FAMS
Quote from: Freeky on November 11, 2016, 07:21:03 PM
Quote from: Freeky on November 11, 2016, 06:53:07 PM
There's a really good quote in Terry Pratchett's Jingo about just that, let me see if I can dig it up.
How the Moderate Person on fb thinks:
"It was much better to imagine men in some smokey room somewhere, made mad and cynical by privilege and power, plotting over brandy. You had to cling to this sort of image, because if you didn't then you might have to face the fact that bad things happened because ordinary people, the kind who brushed the dog and told the children bed time stories, were capable of then going out and doing horrible things to other ordinary people. It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was Us, then what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things."
Fuckin' love me some Terry Pratchett.
In any case, it's hard to convince people who refuse to see that sometimes they act racist because they don't think they're racist, and get all offended and then #AllLivesMatter and "not all men." Discouraging.
That's exactly it. Spot on with the quote.
And it does get exhausting. I can see why sometimes people just give up and go with the flow. Sometimes you just need to rest and float downstream for a while. But since we can't escape and ignoring it forever is impossible, eventually you don't have much of a choice but to pick up and fight again after a while.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 11, 2016, 07:27:42 PM
Quote from: Freeky on November 11, 2016, 07:21:03 PM
Quote from: Freeky on November 11, 2016, 06:53:07 PM
There's a really good quote in Terry Pratchett's Jingo about just that, let me see if I can dig it up.
How the Moderate Person on fb thinks:
"It was much better to imagine men in some smokey room somewhere, made mad and cynical by privilege and power, plotting over brandy. You had to cling to this sort of image, because if you didn't then you might have to face the fact that bad things happened because ordinary people, the kind who brushed the dog and told the children bed time stories, were capable of then going out and doing horrible things to other ordinary people. It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was Us, then what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things."
Fuckin' love me some Terry Pratchett.
In any case, it's hard to convince people who refuse to see that sometimes they act racist because they don't think they're racist, and get all offended and then #AllLivesMatter and "not all men." Discouraging.
That's exactly it. Spot on with the quote.
And it does get exhausting. I can see why sometimes people just give up and go with the flow. Sometimes you just need to rest and float downstream for a while. But since we can't escape and ignoring it forever is impossible, eventually you don't have much of a choice but to pick up and fight again after a while.
Its important to note the past few years of "fighting" gave you Donald Trump.
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 11, 2016, 07:25:39 PM
How many pages of arguing over some guy making a badwrong joke? This is awesome. None of you are learning anything, 2018 and 2020 are all ours.
Sorry not over someone making a badwrong joke, someone making a badwrong joke and the person there laughing instead of lecturing their coworker like an overgrown hall monitor. KEEP IT UP FAMS
The converstaion has rather moved on to what we in the trade call "generally speaking," rather than it being about that exact moment in time. And as far as I can tell, it's mostly venting, what the Open Bar is for. Do
try and keep up, won't you?
Quote from: Freeky on November 11, 2016, 07:31:31 PM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 11, 2016, 07:25:39 PM
How many pages of arguing over some guy making a badwrong joke? This is awesome. None of you are learning anything, 2018 and 2020 are all ours.
Sorry not over someone making a badwrong joke, someone making a badwrong joke and the person there laughing instead of lecturing their coworker like an overgrown hall monitor. KEEP IT UP FAMS
The converstaion has rather moved on to what we in the trade call "generally speaking," rather than it being about that exact moment in time. And as far as I can tell, it's mostly venting, what the Open Bar is for. Do try and keep up, won't you?
Oh sorry, youre talking about the general situations in which you are required by your religion to be a completely unlikable wet blanket and alienate everyone in the room. Not the specific situation where this person should have been a completely unlikable wet blanket and alienated everyone in the room. Yes please continue. And remember that 2018 is just around the corner. Humorless School Marming has been polling well lately hasnt it?
And to add a further nail in the coffin of 2016 we have finally seen the last of the Magnificent Seven ride off into the sunset. RIP Napoleon Solo.
The casual disregard of issues of women's rights and safety is also the most common form of sexism. "It's just a joke", "What do you mean all women have been sexually harassed?", "It's not the majority of men who do things like that" and so on.
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 11, 2016, 07:39:05 PM
Quote from: Freeky on November 11, 2016, 07:31:31 PM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 11, 2016, 07:25:39 PM
How many pages of arguing over some guy making a badwrong joke? This is awesome. None of you are learning anything, 2018 and 2020 are all ours.
Sorry not over someone making a badwrong joke, someone making a badwrong joke and the person there laughing instead of lecturing their coworker like an overgrown hall monitor. KEEP IT UP FAMS
The converstaion has rather moved on to what we in the trade call "generally speaking," rather than it being about that exact moment in time. And as far as I can tell, it's mostly venting, what the Open Bar is for. Do try and keep up, won't you?
Oh sorry, youre talking about the general situations in which you are required by your religion to be a completely unlikable wet blanket and alienate everyone in the room. Not the specific situation where this person should have been a completely unlikable wet blanket and alienated everyone in the room. Yes please continue. And remember that 2018 is just around the corner. Humorless School Marming has been polling well lately hasnt it?
Why have you reduced it to party pooping?
You know the average person doesn't have the ability to profoundly impact everyone, but you can profoundly impact someone. Doing that while not provoking your kind of response is something everyone has to figure out how to do.
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 11, 2016, 08:18:49 PM
Why have you reduced it to party pooping?
You know the average person doesn't have the ability to profoundly impact everyone, but you can profoundly impact someone. Doing that while not provoking your kind of response is something everyone has to figure out how to do.
Because thats all its been for the past few years. The "profound impact" all this has had is Trump in office and complete Republican domination of the US Government.
It's Eternal September on a nationwide scale
Its really sad that Nigel blocked me THEN went full tumblrista. I wish I could troll her but, I have a feeling the next 8 years are going to do that for me.
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 12, 2016, 12:54:49 AM
Its really sad that Nigel blocked me THEN went full tumblrista. I wish I could troll her but, I have a feeling the next 8 years are going to do that for me.
There's a special kind of cunt that feels a need to troll someone like Nigel. Suu's usless ex-BF, RWHN, Dr Cowass, Pope Ludicrous, and, well, you.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 12, 2016, 01:01:55 AM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 12, 2016, 12:54:49 AM
Its really sad that Nigel blocked me THEN went full tumblrista. I wish I could troll her but, I have a feeling the next 8 years are going to do that for me.
There's a special kind of cunt that feels a need to troll someone like Nigel. Suu's usless ex-BF, RWHN, Dr Cowass, Pope Ludicrous, and, well, you.
Im trolling all of you. Nigels just looking like an extra appealing target now because shes drinking the denial kool-aid the hardest. Keep in mind here "trolling" is reminding you all of reality.
Speaking of Im still waiting for my thread split in Anerestic.
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 12, 2016, 01:24:06 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 12, 2016, 01:01:55 AM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 12, 2016, 12:54:49 AM
Its really sad that Nigel blocked me THEN went full tumblrista. I wish I could troll her but, I have a feeling the next 8 years are going to do that for me.
There's a special kind of cunt that feels a need to troll someone like Nigel. Suu's usless ex-BF, RWHN, Dr Cowass, Pope Ludicrous, and, well, you.
Im trolling all of you. Nigels just looking like an extra appealing target now because shes drinking the denial kool-aid the hardest. Keep in mind here "trolling" is reminding you all of reality.
It's not so much that you're "trolling" us, as being yet another pathetic shit like RWHN or AKK.
Well done, that man. :lulz:
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 12, 2016, 01:24:47 AM
Speaking of Im still waiting for my thread split in Anerestic.
Ask Cain or Faust. I don't feel like it.
So I get the distinct impression that the Neville Chamberlain Progressives, as well as our Conservative friends, do not grasp the actual gravity of the situation. What happened in this election is not the first round of negotiations. It was certainly not the Tea Party coming in and saying "okay we're ready to listen". This is not going to be easy, and it isn't going to be pretty, and the first side to be "nice" about it is the one signaling defeat.
Quote from: V3X on November 12, 2016, 01:28:44 AM
So I get the distinct impression that the Neville Chamberlain Progressives, as well as our Conservative friends, do not grasp the actual gravity of the situation. What happened in this election is not the first round of negotiations. It was certainly not the Tea Party coming in and saying "okay we're ready to listen". This is not going to be easy, and it isn't going to be pretty, and the first side to be "nice" about it is the one signaling defeat.
Pretty much.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 12, 2016, 01:25:25 AM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 12, 2016, 01:24:06 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 12, 2016, 01:01:55 AM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 12, 2016, 12:54:49 AM
Its really sad that Nigel blocked me THEN went full tumblrista. I wish I could troll her but, I have a feeling the next 8 years are going to do that for me.
There's a special kind of cunt that feels a need to troll someone like Nigel. Suu's usless ex-BF, RWHN, Dr Cowass, Pope Ludicrous, and, well, you.
Im trolling all of you. Nigels just looking like an extra appealing target now because shes drinking the denial kool-aid the hardest. Keep in mind here "trolling" is reminding you all of reality.
It's not so much that you're "trolling" us, as being yet another pathetic shit like RWHN or AKK.
Well done, that man. :lulz:
I dont recall you splitting everything they ever posted in your threads, or any of you blocking them. Does it feel bad Rodger? Knowing that the future belong to me and mine? It doesnt stop with Trump. We are going to win and win and win and you are all going to huddle around each other under a big warm fart blanket. Reminding yourselves how RIGHT you are, how you did nothing wrong, how you absolutely cant do anything, entertaining fantasies that someday well all just die. PD dot com just one big hugbox for historys losers, slowly fading away into obscurity.
And if that makes me "a pathetic shit" then guilty as charged.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 12, 2016, 01:25:52 AM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 12, 2016, 01:24:47 AM
Speaking of Im still waiting for my thread split in Anerestic.
Ask Cain or Faust. I don't feel like it.
Does being passive aggressive soothe the pain?
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 12, 2016, 01:31:51 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 12, 2016, 01:25:25 AM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 12, 2016, 01:24:06 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 12, 2016, 01:01:55 AM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 12, 2016, 12:54:49 AM
Its really sad that Nigel blocked me THEN went full tumblrista. I wish I could troll her but, I have a feeling the next 8 years are going to do that for me.
There's a special kind of cunt that feels a need to troll someone like Nigel. Suu's usless ex-BF, RWHN, Dr Cowass, Pope Ludicrous, and, well, you.
Im trolling all of you. Nigels just looking like an extra appealing target now because shes drinking the denial kool-aid the hardest. Keep in mind here "trolling" is reminding you all of reality.
It's not so much that you're "trolling" us, as being yet another pathetic shit like RWHN or AKK.
Well done, that man. :lulz:
I dont recall you splitting everything they ever posted in your threads, or any of you blocking them. Does it feel bad Rodger? Knowing that the future belong to me and mine? It doesnt stop with Trump. We are going to win and win and win and you are all going to huddle around each other under a big warm fart blanket. Reminding yourselves how RIGHT you are, how you did nothing wrong, how you absolutely cant do anything, entertaining fantasies that someday well all just die. PD dot com just one big hugbox for historys losers, slowly fading away into obscurity.
And if that makes me "a pathetic shit" then guilty as charged.
You are here, trying to "win" in a room full of people that don't like you, and who wish you'd just fuck off to your Klan/alt-right pages.
It IS pathetic. It's cringe-worthy. You are embarrassing even to look at. Especially given that you're stupid enough to believe that you, personally, won something.
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Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 12, 2016, 01:31:51 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 12, 2016, 01:25:25 AM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 12, 2016, 01:24:06 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 12, 2016, 01:01:55 AM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 12, 2016, 12:54:49 AM
Its really sad that Nigel blocked me THEN went full tumblrista. I wish I could troll her but, I have a feeling the next 8 years are going to do that for me.
There's a special kind of cunt that feels a need to troll someone like Nigel. Suu's usless ex-BF, RWHN, Dr Cowass, Pope Ludicrous, and, well, you.
Im trolling all of you. Nigels just looking like an extra appealing target now because shes drinking the denial kool-aid the hardest. Keep in mind here "trolling" is reminding you all of reality.
It's not so much that you're "trolling" us, as being yet another pathetic shit like RWHN or AKK.
Well done, that man. :lulz:
I dont recall you splitting everything they ever posted in your threads, or any of you blocking them. Does it feel bad Rodger? Knowing that the future belong to me and mine? It doesnt stop with Trump. We are going to win and win and win and you are all going to huddle around each other under a big warm fart blanket. Reminding yourselves how RIGHT you are, how you did nothing wrong, how you absolutely cant do anything, entertaining fantasies that someday well all just die. PD dot com just one big hugbox for historys losers, slowly fading away into obscurity.
And if that makes me "a pathetic shit" then guilty as charged.
You are here, trying to "win" in a room full of people that don't like you, and who wish you'd just fuck off to your Klan/alt-right pages.
It IS pathetic. It's cringe-worthy. You are embarrassing even to look at. Especially given that you're stupid enough to believe that you, personally, won something.
LOL you think we didnt? You think the guy from the Apprentice got to the white house all on his own? You dont remember when he was "impossible"? You dont remember when the Republicans were against us too? We beat them AND the Democrats. What we won at the very least, was a
proof of concept. We are better campaigners than the Republican and Democratic establishments combined.
But you cant understand that. Youre so used to backseat activism you cant even comprehend that we are taking the reigns of power for ourselves. Pushing our own agenda. Trump is just the BEGINNING.
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 12, 2016, 01:42:35 AM
LOL you think we didnt?
What's this "we" shit, junior? Are you the CEO of KB&R? :lulz:
Seriously, you're like the kind of clod who couldn't get into the Gestapo, so you joined the Einsatzgruppen.
What have you done besides repost alt-right content?
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 12, 2016, 01:47:32 AM
What have you done besides repost alt-right content?
He was WINNING!
:mullet:
Nigel had enough balls for the whole lot of you. But now that even she blocks at the first sign of disagreement, you've all gotten pathetic. Fucking whiners, unwilling to stand up for anything. I used to like starting shit just to watch you all stand at attention for the Right and Just. Now you just sit there and take it, all because some asshole in a tupe won the election.
Quote from: Fernando The Poo, Hole of Ass on November 12, 2016, 02:02:00 AM
Nigel had enough balls for the whole lot of you. But now that even she blocks at the first sign of disagreement, you've all gotten pathetic. Fucking whiners, unwilling to stand up for anything. I used to like starting shit just to watch you all stand at attention for the Right and Just. Now you just sit there and take it, all because some asshole in a tupe won the election.
Meh. Fuck off.
Quote from: Fernando The Poo, Hole of Ass on November 12, 2016, 02:02:00 AM
Nigel had enough balls for the whole lot of you. But now that even she blocks at the first sign of disagreement, you've all gotten pathetic. Fucking whiners, unwilling to stand up for anything. I used to like starting shit just to watch you all stand at attention for the Right and Just. Now you just sit there and take it, all because some asshole in a tupe won the election.
:tyra:
Quote from: Fernando The Poo, Hole of Ass on November 12, 2016, 02:02:00 AM
Nigel had enough balls for the whole lot of you. But now that even she blocks at the first sign of disagreement, you've all gotten pathetic. Fucking whiners, unwilling to stand up for anything. I used to like starting shit just to watch you all stand at attention for the Right and Just. Now you just sit there and take it, all because some asshole in a tupe won the election.
I had the realization that there's really no reason for me to waste my time with racist, sexist, stupid waste-of-time bullshit. Dumb fucks like you aren't going to change just because I let you waste my time, so I'm focusing on the people there's hope for. Trump's election didn't actually change anything except for the eagerness of self-absorbed shit to out itself, making it that much easier to ignore those people.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 12, 2016, 01:46:28 AM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 12, 2016, 01:42:35 AM
LOL you think we didnt?
What's this "we" shit, junior? Are you the CEO of KB&R? :lulz:
Seriously, you're like the kind of clod who couldn't get into the Gestapo, so you joined the Einsatzgruppen.
:lulz: Yeah, but RP has fucked up. Watch him catch an early retirement after the heavy digging is done, maybe sooner. I
Plus, my Master's program doesn't leave me with a ton of recreational time, and I don't want the free time I do have eaten up with reading or debating valueless posts. I need to focus on getting to a place where I actually have the pull to influence policy changes. One of my labmates just finished her PhD and went to work on a fellowship where she's writing State environmental policy. I might be able to help enact real change if I stay focused on environmental factors in brain development.
You keep on being a waste of time, though; it's what you do best.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 12, 2016, 02:41:21 AM
Quote from: Fernando The Poo, Hole of Ass on November 12, 2016, 02:02:00 AM
Nigel had enough balls for the whole lot of you. But now that even she blocks at the first sign of disagreement, you've all gotten pathetic. Fucking whiners, unwilling to stand up for anything. I used to like starting shit just to watch you all stand at attention for the Right and Just. Now you just sit there and take it, all because some asshole in a tupe won the election.
I had the realization that there's really no reason for me to waste my time with racist, sexist, stupid waste-of-time bullshit. Dumb fucks like you aren't going to change just because I let you waste my time, so I'm focusing on the people there's hope for. Trump's election didn't actually change anything except for the eagerness of self-absorbed shit to out itself, making it that much easier to ignore those people.
My whole point was that you are in fact spending 0 time on those that there is hope for. You and Freeky shat on someone for a mistake that wasn't even a drop in the fucking bucket; a mistake that could have been prevented in the future with a little discussion. I think the discussion the joke was leading to needed to be had, and it was almost bypassed entirely because you two were looking for misogyny in an ally.
Men do need to be more proactive about shutting sexist shit down, and the people who do mean well, and intend to help, aren't gonna get the picture of they are immediately treated like the enemy on every failed attempt at reciprocity.
But nah, continue as you were, you're obviously not in the mindset to think about other people and their "value" to you or your cause.
I think it's super weird that you decided that we "shat" on him, even though he didn't. He just took what we said as a good point, and moved on.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 12, 2016, 04:40:50 AM
I think it's super weird that you decided that we "shat" on him, even though he didn't. He just took what we said as a good point, and moved on.
Really? Because statements he made immediately after didn't appear to show understanding of the point, because the point you two demonstrated was close to "eat shit, and also fuck off." Having no other actual information or perspective on the situation, he appeared to think that a slight modification of his previous behavior in the story would be sufficient, which, again, was met with useless horseshit.
Thankfully, we had some productive discussion after some teeth pulling when Freeky finally explained the disgust she felt over the situation, and why it doesn't help women to be complicit in those situations. Such a discussion almost didn't happen because of the push to just "move on" to avoid further butthurt.
Quote from: Fernando The Poo, Hole of Ass on November 12, 2016, 05:06:31 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 12, 2016, 04:40:50 AM
I think it's super weird that you decided that we "shat" on him, even though he didn't. He just took what we said as a good point, and moved on.
Really? Because statements he made immediately after didn't appear to show understanding of the point, because the point you two demonstrated was close to "eat shit, and also fuck off." Having no other actual information or perspective on the situation, he appeared to think that a slight modification of his previous behavior in the story would be sufficient, which, again, was met with useless horseshit.
Thankfully, we had some productive discussion after some teeth pulling when Freeky finally explained the disgust she felt over the situation, and why it doesn't help women to be complicit in those situations. Such a discussion almost didn't happen because of the push to just "move on" to avoid further butthurt.
Don't take this the wrong way, but I'm not sure you were as helpful as you think you were.
I'm glad you're into defending people and all, but I'm comfortably within the "...and
then they came for me" camp, for the moment. Maybe we could focus more of that energy on defending the people they're coming for
now?
1/Analysis
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 12, 2016, 08:40:14 AM
Quote from: Fernando The Poo, Hole of Ass on November 12, 2016, 05:06:31 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 12, 2016, 04:40:50 AM
I think it's super weird that you decided that we "shat" on him, even though he didn't. He just took what we said as a good point, and moved on.
Really? Because statements he made immediately after didn't appear to show understanding of the point, because the point you two demonstrated was close to "eat shit, and also fuck off." Having no other actual information or perspective on the situation, he appeared to think that a slight modification of his previous behavior in the story would be sufficient, which, again, was met with useless horseshit.
Thankfully, we had some productive discussion after some teeth pulling when Freeky finally explained the disgust she felt over the situation, and why it doesn't help women to be complicit in those situations. Such a discussion almost didn't happen because of the push to just "move on" to avoid further butthurt.
Don't take this the wrong way, but I'm not sure you were as helpful as you think you were.
I'm glad you're into defending people and all, but I'm comfortably within the "...and then they came for me" camp, for the moment. Maybe we could focus more of that energy on defending the people they're coming for now?
:mittens:
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 12, 2016, 08:40:14 AM
Quote from: Fernando The Poo, Hole of Ass on November 12, 2016, 05:06:31 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 12, 2016, 04:40:50 AM
I think it's super weird that you decided that we "shat" on him, even though he didn't. He just took what we said as a good point, and moved on.
Really? Because statements he made immediately after didn't appear to show understanding of the point, because the point you two demonstrated was close to "eat shit, and also fuck off." Having no other actual information or perspective on the situation, he appeared to think that a slight modification of his previous behavior in the story would be sufficient, which, again, was met with useless horseshit.
Thankfully, we had some productive discussion after some teeth pulling when Freeky finally explained the disgust she felt over the situation, and why it doesn't help women to be complicit in those situations. Such a discussion almost didn't happen because of the push to just "move on" to avoid further butthurt.
Don't take this the wrong way, but I'm not sure you were as helpful as you think you were.
I'm glad you're into defending people and all, but I'm comfortably within the "...and then they came for me" camp, for the moment. Maybe we could focus more of that energy on defending the people they're coming for now?
Fair enough. I just felt like some much needed dialogue was being missed out on. I'll secede to this, though :)
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 12, 2016, 08:40:14 AM
Quote from: Fernando The Poo, Hole of Ass on November 12, 2016, 05:06:31 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 12, 2016, 04:40:50 AM
I think it's super weird that you decided that we "shat" on him, even though he didn't. He just took what we said as a good point, and moved on.
Really? Because statements he made immediately after didn't appear to show understanding of the point, because the point you two demonstrated was close to "eat shit, and also fuck off." Having no other actual information or perspective on the situation, he appeared to think that a slight modification of his previous behavior in the story would be sufficient, which, again, was met with useless horseshit.
Thankfully, we had some productive discussion after some teeth pulling when Freeky finally explained the disgust she felt over the situation, and why it doesn't help women to be complicit in those situations. Such a discussion almost didn't happen because of the push to just "move on" to avoid further butthurt.
Don't take this the wrong way, but I'm not sure you were as helpful as you think you were.
I'm glad you're into defending people and all, but I'm comfortably within the "...and then they came for me" camp, for the moment. Maybe we could focus more of that energy on defending the people they're coming for now?
I appreciate this.
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 12, 2016, 08:40:14 AM
Quote from: Fernando The Poo, Hole of Ass on November 12, 2016, 05:06:31 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 12, 2016, 04:40:50 AM
I think it's super weird that you decided that we "shat" on him, even though he didn't. He just took what we said as a good point, and moved on.
Really? Because statements he made immediately after didn't appear to show understanding of the point, because the point you two demonstrated was close to "eat shit, and also fuck off." Having no other actual information or perspective on the situation, he appeared to think that a slight modification of his previous behavior in the story would be sufficient, which, again, was met with useless horseshit.
Thankfully, we had some productive discussion after some teeth pulling when Freeky finally explained the disgust she felt over the situation, and why it doesn't help women to be complicit in those situations. Such a discussion almost didn't happen because of the push to just "move on" to avoid further butthurt.
Don't take this the wrong way, but I'm not sure you were as helpful as you think you were.
I'm glad you're into defending people and all, but I'm comfortably within the "...and then they came for me" camp, for the moment. Maybe we could focus more of that energy on defending the people they're coming for now?
Thanks for being a cool dude.
For what it's worth, Faust, Cain, or ECH, the ignore list won't let me add Fernando Poo. Just him though.
Me either.
For the record, arguing from the position of "You're chasing away allies," "You're being really rude and hard to engage with," etc is called switchtracking and it's a cheap conversational ploy to shift the argument away from a challenging subject. It's literally the same shit as "tone policing" on tumblr.
If the discussion is ABOUT marketing and strategies to spread the word, then maybe arguing over how to be diplomatic would be relevant. Otherwise, toughen the fuck up: this is PD.com
Toughen up is the exact attitude of those who don't respect when someone is triggered or that they could be. Not to say that you're otherwise wrong.
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 12, 2016, 06:05:52 PM
Toughen up is the exact attitude of those who don't respect when someone is triggered or that they could be. Not to say that you're otherwise wrong.
Wear a hat
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Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 12, 2016, 06:05:52 PM
Toughen up is the exact attitude of those who don't respect when someone is triggered or that they could be. Not to say that you're otherwise wrong.
Wear a hat
Not part of the club
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on November 12, 2016, 06:01:35 PM
For the record, arguing from the position of "You're chasing away allies," "You're being really rude and hard to engage with," etc is called switchtracking and it's a cheap conversational ploy to shift the argument away from a challenging subject. It's literally the same shit as "tone policing" on tumblr.
If the discussion is ABOUT marketing and strategies to spread the word, then maybe arguing over how to be diplomatic would be relevant. Otherwise, toughen the fuck up: this is PD.com
Thanks for this.
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 12, 2016, 06:05:52 PM
Toughen up is the exact attitude of those who don't respect when someone is triggered or that they could be. Not to say that you're otherwise wrong.
Except in this case, he's telling the people
who don't want to have racism and sexism challenged to toughen up.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 12, 2016, 07:05:49 PM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 12, 2016, 06:05:52 PM
Toughen up is the exact attitude of those who don't respect when someone is triggered or that they could be. Not to say that you're otherwise wrong.
Except in this case, he's telling the people who don't want to have racism and sexism challenged to toughen up.
I see that. They see a challenge to values, character, personhood, and identity.
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 12, 2016, 07:09:49 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 12, 2016, 07:05:49 PM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 12, 2016, 06:05:52 PM
Toughen up is the exact attitude of those who don't respect when someone is triggered or that they could be. Not to say that you're otherwise wrong.
Except in this case, he's telling the people who don't want to have racism and sexism challenged to toughen up.
I see that. They see a challenge to values, character, personhood, and identity.
Yep. And they will continue to see this every time someone challenges sexism and racism.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 12, 2016, 07:23:55 PM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 12, 2016, 07:09:49 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 12, 2016, 07:05:49 PM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 12, 2016, 06:05:52 PM
Toughen up is the exact attitude of those who don't respect when someone is triggered or that they could be. Not to say that you're otherwise wrong.
Except in this case, he's telling the people who don't want to have racism and sexism challenged to toughen up.
I see that. They see a challenge to values, character, personhood, and identity.
Yep. And they will continue to see this every time someone challenges sexism and racism.
It's a challenge to not set off the knee jerk reaction. I mentioned elsewhere that a cousin of mine is being seduced by alt-right bullshit. Pulling him away and shining a light on the foulness is not quick work. I've found people delighting in being part of something "larger". That's a huge part of the glue when logic and reason are not their friends.
As a woman of color, all I know is that I am getting pretty burned out on being told that it's my moral imperative to reach out to people who demonstrably despise me.
I figure that if white guys want to take on the job of reaching out with kindness to Trump supporters, and try to convince them to see women and people of color as full-fledged human beings, that is GREAT. Truly great. But please stop asking the people they are all about shitting on to do so. Since I'm not even a person to them I wouldn't be very effective at convincing them anyway, and the psychological damage of constantly exposing myself to people like that isn't worth it.
I'm sorry about your hardship. For the record, I'm not white. As far as reaching out to people goes, I keep it limited to people close to me. I don't know if this would help you, but the people I try to reach out to fall into the category of Racially Insensitive But Not Racist. People who have no malice, but ignorance or who are not quite as empathetic to or in tune with contemporary attitudes about race.
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 12, 2016, 07:52:24 PM
I'm sorry about your hardship. For the record, I'm not white. As far as reaching out to people goes, I keep it limited to people close to me. I don't know if this would help you, but the people I try to reach out to fall into the category of Racially Insensitive But Not Racist. People who have no malice, but ignorance or who are not quite as empathetic to or in tune with contemporary attitudes about race.
I don't have a whole lot of racially insensitive family, for reasons that are probably pretty obvious. Probably also unsurprising: I don't feel like making friends with racially insensitive people or casual misogynists, either.
I'm not sure what "hardship" you're referring to, unless you just mean the nerve-grinding pain in the ass of being a female minority in a world where I can't avoid being surrounded by assholes all the time.
Luckily, I don't also have to make friends with them.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 12, 2016, 08:05:52 PM
I'm not sure what "hardship" you're referring to, unless you just mean the nerve-grinding pain in the ass of being a female minority in a world where I can't avoid being surrounded by assholes all the time.
That would be the one. And being aware enough and learned enough to make it all the more painful.
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 12, 2016, 08:11:54 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 12, 2016, 08:05:52 PM
I'm not sure what "hardship" you're referring to, unless you just mean the nerve-grinding pain in the ass of being a female minority in a world where I can't avoid being surrounded by assholes all the time.
That would be the one. And being aware enough and learned enough to make it all the more painful.
Thanks. It definitely gets real, real old.
MithradatesXXIII if you've at any point come under the impression that I don't respect you count that a failure on my part. Also for the record wasn't kidding about the ORANGES and notable psychedelic/toxic effects,
for real but I digress.
I sense a keener wit than my own, sure also of your footing in reason, and a certain pragmatic sensibility suitable to what little I've so far learned of your chosen namesake here. This in addition to what seems otherwise a tempered and compassionate character deeply aware of how much WORSE it could well get yet.
All this from your conduct here these last few weeks I have perceived and believe AUTHENTIC without reservation.
Thanks. I have to also thank my spiritual mentor and overcoming deeply traumatic psychosis. :wink:
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 13, 2016, 01:33:50 AM
Thanks. I have to also thank my spiritual mentor and overcoming deeply traumatic psychosis. :wink:
:cheers: Cheers then! Welcome to the club, such as it is. Seems that you're just in time for another eschaton. Sadly this one's taking its self FAR too seriously it would seem.
This morning I got blocked by an Iranian-American living in Oslo for saying not all Iranians have the same life experience.
:lulz:
Also, for the 9th billion time, I am quitting massage. Gave notice to the Chiro. I'm waaaaaay to burnt out to keep touching people. The thought of it makes me panic. Been having panic attacks a lot since I moved out of AK and this damned career ain't helping. Never cleared 10k in as many years.
I could probably still make it and I am close to having a solid base clientele, I just don't CARE anymore. And besides, the nature of my work is such that I only ever work on rich white people, sick of it, and it used to never bother me. I should not be caring for others without the ability to have compassion for all of them.
Not sure what I will do, but I am learning math just as quickly as I can, may probably try to get into programming. Portland is rich that kind of shit. If I can get into a good program I may pursue chemistry. After a decade of dealing with meat and emotion I could really use some absolute certainty.
Now is not the time to be making career decisions. A lot of us are receiving a lot of important information we didn't have before. It's going to take time to integrate that into our understanding.
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 13, 2016, 07:52:20 PM
Now is not the time to be making career decisions. A lot of us are receiving a lot of important information we didn't have before. It's going to take time to integrate that into our understanding.
:lol:
Also, wat.
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 13, 2016, 07:52:20 PM
Now is not the time to be making career decisions. A lot of us are receiving a lot of important information we didn't have before. It's going to take time to integrate that into our understanding.
:?
What on earth does Alty's career decisions have to do with anyone "receiving a lot of important information we didn't have before"? Is everyone supposed to stop living their lives? No quitting, starting new jobs, going to school, getting married, graduations, or pregnancies until you figure it all out?
I mean not really. You can take a month or three. I'm not saying turn down amazing opportunities.
I gave my notice right before Trump won, and after I definitely reconsidered, but it's too late.
Plus, when your career is shoving meat into the correct place, you can't do it if you give no fucks. It's unethical and psychologically not great. Hence, the panic attacks.
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 13, 2016, 07:59:49 PM
I mean not really. You can take a month or three. I'm not saying turn down amazing opportunities.
It's so nice that he has your permission! :lulz:
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 13, 2016, 07:59:49 PM
I mean not really. You can take a month or three. I'm not saying turn down amazing opportunities.
Awwww, can I? Thanks for that.
Right now my amazing opportunity is that my partner is super amazing and is supporting me while I pursue a wholly different career than the one I have spend 1/3 of my life perfecting and practically bleeding for. I mean, I still cover rent and food, but without her I could not do this thing.
Basically any other regular job I could get will pay more annually that I have ever earned, so, mostly it's just a matter of giving up on a passion because I am no longer passionate. You have to be willing to suffer for a field that is so emotionally and physically draining and doesn't pay you enough to pay your bills on time. If it wasn't for financial aid I would have had to quite 6 years ago.
Permission haha. Permission granted!
It's pretty good you have someone you can lean on. What kind of career would you like in chemistry? Would you say what you like about it is the art or the science?
I think it is the precision. I have strong OCD tendencies and patterns, and it helps to have things be exactly what they are supposed to be. The correct quantities and the correct temperatures (and other conditions) yield the same correct result every time. So, the science, I suppose.
I would be happy doing grunt work in a lab, far away from customers or clients, where I can be as cranky as I please. Working with drugs or (legal) bombs or anything medical would all be super rad.
You are great and I am grateful for the opportunity to mutually support each other as we do all the things.
Quote from: Vivat Alty on November 13, 2016, 08:17:04 PM
I think it is the precision. I have strong OCD tendencies and patterns, and it helps to have things be exactly what they are supposed to be. The correct quantities and the correct temperatures (and other conditions) yield the same correct result every time. So, the science, I suppose.
That's quite commendable. A trait I wish I had. I'm only meticulous in quite narrow ranges.
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I would be happy doing grunt work in a lab, far away from customers or clients, where I can be as cranky as I please. Working with drugs or (legal) bombs or anything medical would all be super rad.
These are benefits. I am attracted to the artistic prospects of creating drugs or some elegant or simple refinement to existing processes. I would be disheartened if I couldn't accomplish something like that in chemistry.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 13, 2016, 08:18:58 PM
You are great and I am grateful for the opportunity to mutually support each other as we do all the things.
You know, I really wish more people had this attitude. I saw the thread about how people would come together or respond to the threat of the foreseeable future. It really is a question to think about. Hunkering down or What? is the question
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 13, 2016, 08:40:31 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 13, 2016, 08:18:58 PM
You are great and I am grateful for the opportunity to mutually support each other as we do all the things.
You know, I really wish more people had this attitude. I saw the thread about how people would come together or respond to the threat of the foreseeable future. It really is a question to think about. Hunkering down or What? is the question
For me, that choice isn't an either-or... I'll hunker down, AND WHAT. As much WHAT as I can throw at them.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 13, 2016, 10:21:01 PM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 13, 2016, 08:40:31 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 13, 2016, 08:18:58 PM
You are great and I am grateful for the opportunity to mutually support each other as we do all the things.
You know, I really wish more people had this attitude. I saw the thread about how people would come together or respond to the threat of the foreseeable future. It really is a question to think about. Hunkering down or What? is the question
For me, that choice isn't an either-or... I'll hunker down, AND WHAT. As much WHAT as I can throw at them.
Best to get them throwing their whats at each other. Teh kek fing isn't exactly something that the religious fanatics are going to be cool with once exposed to the righ7parts of the middle-American church. This kind of smokescreen has it's disadvantages to exploit and keeping your own whats as much as possible while denying whats to others or causing squander and infighting is the game until you have THE MOST whats or they've run out.
It's time to gather resources and as much accurate intel as possible over a long winter and plan for spring. By then the ground may be more favorable, but remember these assholes WANT a straight fight "race war" to break out to justify populace suppression. This can't happen on their terms, that is to say publicly and en masse for the cameras, it must be "downlow action, upfront message" and emphasize rightful RESISTENCE over aggressive violence for political gain. Fail to do this and everyone is fucked for no gain as the Fucktrain gains momentum.
There will be ample political justification for quelling "complainers" left behind and any folks perceived as getting in the way. Just more bodies to fill hungry private prisons and a few graves probably barely noted by the new media will be the only product. Not that straight fights won't happen, but they have to be on your terms if they do.
Quote from: Vivat Alty on November 13, 2016, 08:17:04 PM
I think it is the precision. I have strong OCD tendencies and patterns, and it helps to have things be exactly what they are supposed to be. The correct quantities and the correct temperatures (and other conditions) yield the same correct result every time. So, the science, I suppose.
I would be happy doing grunt work in a lab, far away from customers or clients, where I can be as cranky as I please. Working with drugs or (legal) bombs or anything medical would all be super rad.
Consider mining or demolition. You'd be horrified if you found out how little qualifications or training is required before you can get access to some interesting gear.
Generally, hope shit improves man.
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on November 12, 2016, 02:43:30 AM
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Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 12, 2016, 01:42:35 AM
LOL you think we didnt?
What's this "we" shit, junior? Are you the CEO of KB&R? :lulz:
Seriously, you're like the kind of clod who couldn't get into the Gestapo, so you joined the Einsatzgruppen.
I couldnt join the secret police so I joined the special forces? What.
Also, repeat the following:
"You are a racist/misogynist/islamaphobe/fascist"
"Trump winning is a victory for racism misogyny islamaphobia and fascism"
"You didnt win shit."
Also I am completely ready for Trump to be a shit president. The streets overflowing with liberal tears has made it more than worth it. Hell he could be the worst president in HISTORY and it would be worth it. Stay mad, and losing.
(http://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/vindicated/2016/11/10/10-alex-jones-3.w710.h473.jpg)
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:lulz: Yeah, but RP has fucked up. Watch him catch an early retirement after the heavy digging is done, maybe sooner. I
Is this some kind of veiled threat?
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 12, 2016, 04:26:19 PM
For what it's worth, Faust, Cain, or ECH, the ignore list won't let me add Fernando Poo. Just him though.
Keep buildin that wall.
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 14, 2016, 06:00:07 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 12, 2016, 01:48:18 AM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 12, 2016, 01:47:32 AM
What have you done besides repost alt-right content?
He was WINNING!
:mullet:
Yeah and its not like the Alt-Right acted as the unofficial press wing of one of the biggest underdog candidates in the election and pushed them to both the nomination and the presidency while also summoning an Egyptian Frog Demon. Even if Trump is awful, proof of concept baby. Were already revving up for 2018.
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 14, 2016, 05:51:36 PM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on November 12, 2016, 02:43:30 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 12, 2016, 01:46:28 AM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 12, 2016, 01:42:35 AM
LOL you think we didnt?
What's this "we" shit, junior? Are you the CEO of KB&R? :lulz:
Seriously, you're like the kind of clod who couldn't get into the Gestapo, so you joined the Einsatzgruppen.
I couldnt join the secret police so I joined the special forces? What.
Also, repeat the following:
"You are a racist/misogynist/islamaphobe/fascist"
"Trump winning is a victory for racism misogyny islamaphobia and fascism"
"You didnt win shit."
Also I am completely ready for Trump to be a shit president. The streets overflowing with liberal tears has made it more than worth it. Hell he could be the worst president in HISTORY and it would be worth it. Stay mad, and losing.
(http://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/vindicated/2016/11/10/10-alex-jones-3.w710.h473.jpg)
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:lulz: Yeah, but RP has fucked up. Watch him catch an early retirement after the heavy digging is done, maybe sooner. I
Is this some kind of veiled threat?
No. Not any kind of threat. More a observation of your self induced and farcical circumstances. You got nothing to fear from me, but I'm also no longer going to try convincing you of your folly because it's by your own words what you WANT.
So... this is where I'm at on the subject of you and your choices.
:pope:
:drama1:
Youve been making vague prophecies of doom since I showed back up. It would be interesting if you could go into detail a bit. Note the word "could."
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Quote from: Vivat Alty on November 13, 2016, 08:17:04 PM
I think it is the precision. I have strong OCD tendencies and patterns, and it helps to have things be exactly what they are supposed to be. The correct quantities and the correct temperatures (and other conditions) yield the same correct result every time. So, the science, I suppose.
I would be happy doing grunt work in a lab, far away from customers or clients, where I can be as cranky as I please. Working with drugs or (legal) bombs or anything medical would all be super rad.
Consider mining or demolition. You'd be horrified if you found out how little qualifications or training is required before you can get access to some interesting gear.
Generally, hope shit improves man.
Thanks. Things are pretty great really, anything and anywhere that isn't Alaska is super awesome.
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 14, 2016, 06:03:07 PM
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Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 12, 2016, 01:48:18 AM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 12, 2016, 01:47:32 AM
What have you done besides repost alt-right content?
He was WINNING!
:mullet:
Yeah and its not like the Alt-Right acted as the unofficial press wing of one of the biggest underdog candidates in the election and pushed them to both the nomination and the presidency while also summoning an Egyptian Frog Demon. Even if Trump is awful, proof of concept baby. Were already revving up for 2018.
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
:magick:
:omg:
Got the tests back on our water.
We got the lead down from .0162 to .005.
.015 is the maximum contaminant level. Switching to calcium and mag should bring us down below the threshold of detection.
Finally beat this shit. With SCIENCE!
:scientist:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 15, 2016, 05:53:07 PM
Got the tests back on our water.
We got the lead down from .0162 to .005.
.015 is the maximum contaminant level. Switching to calcium and mag should bring us down below the threshold of detection.
Finally beat this shit. With SCIENCE!
Yay! Now we can all run away to the Science Fortress?
I think the bears still have to eat all the administrators, and most of the engineers first.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on November 15, 2016, 06:27:10 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 15, 2016, 05:53:07 PM
Got the tests back on our water.
We got the lead down from .0162 to .005.
.015 is the maximum contaminant level. Switching to calcium and mag should bring us down below the threshold of detection.
Finally beat this shit. With SCIENCE!
Yay! Now we can all run away to the Science Fortress?
Yes. Bring cutlasses.
Quote from: LMNO on November 15, 2016, 06:41:00 PM
I think the bears still have to eat all the administrators, and most of the engineers first.
The engineers can stay.
Also, congratulations, Junkenstein.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 15, 2016, 07:52:47 PM
Also, congratulations, Junkenstein.
Thanks my dear lizard kin, I'd like to take more credit but junkenwife did the heavy lifting.
Who among us has never gone to a lost and found in a border town? Who among us has not asked about a diamond ring? But no; they look at you like you've lost your mind, that they haven't seen a thing. You can only run her down. You can only smell her perfume. You are running out of time.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 15, 2016, 07:36:39 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on November 15, 2016, 06:27:10 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 15, 2016, 05:53:07 PM
Got the tests back on our water.
We got the lead down from .0162 to .005.
.015 is the maximum contaminant level. Switching to calcium and mag should bring us down below the threshold of detection.
Finally beat this shit. With SCIENCE!
Yay! Now we can all run away to the Science Fortress?
Yes. Bring cutlasses.
This is an acceptable hill to die on.
So.
Gave a talk to the docents. It could have gone better, I think.
Me: And the procedure we use to test for lead is XYZ.
Docent: I think you should do it ZXY.
Me: Well, the testing protocol is mandated by the EPA and isn't up for debate.
Docent: You're wrong because I know a lot about this and it should be ZXY.
Me: You are stupid and you are wrong and if this had been left up to you we all would be dead by now. From cholera.
My Boss: He's right, you know. I hate it when Roger is right but you are stupid and should shut up.
Asst Director: *sputter*
Me: Well, it's true.
Asst Director: You and you (me and my boss) should go find ways to be productive.
My boss: It's 6:45 PM.
Asst Director: Ooooooooout!
My boss and I laugh all the way out to our cars.
I am slightly mortified to think that we may have bonded a little bit.
Is that a water treatment plant?
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 16, 2016, 02:53:54 AM
Is that a water treatment plant?
It's the Kitt Peak National Observatory. The water plant is one of the things I'm in charge of, we make rainwater into potable water. It's worth mentioning that my water plant people are experts and I don't tell them how to do their jobs. I just look at the data and tell them if they're in spec or not.
I have had a 10 month crash course in this (I have a lot of history with wastewater, but not potable water), but I am by no means the expert.
Fascinating nonetheless. I imagine the rainwater is more polluted than people would surmise given the arid climate.
I have friends and family in AZ. Maybe I'll visit that observatory one day.
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 16, 2016, 03:05:28 AM
Fascinating nonetheless. I imagine the rainwater is more polluted than people would surmise given the arid climate.
I have friends and family in AZ. Maybe I'll visit that observatory one day.
Opposite problem. It more or less rains distilled water on us.
And if you get out here, I'll give you a proper tour.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 16, 2016, 03:07:55 AM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 16, 2016, 03:05:28 AM
Fascinating nonetheless. I imagine the rainwater is more polluted than people would surmise given the arid climate.
I have friends and family in AZ. Maybe I'll visit that observatory one day.
Opposite problem. It more or less rains distilled water on us.
And if you get out here, I'll give you a proper tour.
Ah. I imagined fine and toxic dust making it into the clouds, when it probably can't manage to get that high. More for the lungs I suppose. Do the instruments take more damage due to the quality of the rain?
Thanks for the invite.
I love your work exchanges :lulz:
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on November 16, 2016, 03:35:39 AM
I love your work exchanges :lulz:
It seems to be getting worse as I get older. :lol:
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 16, 2016, 03:17:41 AM
Do the instruments take more damage due to the quality of the rain?
No, less actually, because there's no residue when rainfall or condensation evaporates.
It's just flat water that's really, really bad to drink unless you take supplements for calcium and magnesium.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 16, 2016, 03:40:07 AM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 16, 2016, 03:17:41 AM
Do the instruments take more damage due to the quality of the rain?
No, less actually, because there's no residue when rainfall or condensation evaporates.
It's just flat water that's really, really bad to drink unless you take supplements for calcium and magnesium.
I'm drowning in my ignorance about water. I do know how to make holy water though.
You boil the hell out of it.
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 16, 2016, 03:47:04 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 16, 2016, 03:40:07 AM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 16, 2016, 03:17:41 AM
Do the instruments take more damage due to the quality of the rain?
No, less actually, because there's no residue when rainfall or condensation evaporates.
It's just flat water that's really, really bad to drink unless you take supplements for calcium and magnesium.
I'm drowning in my ignorance about water. I do know how to make holy water though.
You boil the hell out of it.
Unless your problem is metal, in which case you just made it worse a tiny bit.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 16, 2016, 04:08:52 AM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 16, 2016, 03:47:04 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 16, 2016, 03:40:07 AM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 16, 2016, 03:17:41 AM
Do the instruments take more damage due to the quality of the rain?
No, less actually, because there's no residue when rainfall or condensation evaporates.
It's just flat water that's really, really bad to drink unless you take supplements for calcium and magnesium.
I'm drowning in my ignorance about water. I do know how to make holy water though.
You boil the hell out of it.
Unless your problem is metal, in which case you just made it worse a tiny bit.
Reminds me of Flint. If Trump wanted to earn points he could throw money at getting it fixed as fast as possible.
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 16, 2016, 04:22:33 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 16, 2016, 04:08:52 AM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 16, 2016, 03:47:04 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 16, 2016, 03:40:07 AM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 16, 2016, 03:17:41 AM
Do the instruments take more damage due to the quality of the rain?
No, less actually, because there's no residue when rainfall or condensation evaporates.
It's just flat water that's really, really bad to drink unless you take supplements for calcium and magnesium.
I'm drowning in my ignorance about water. I do know how to make holy water though.
You boil the hell out of it.
Unless your problem is metal, in which case you just made it worse a tiny bit.
Reminds me of Flint. If Trump wanted to earn points he could throw money at getting it fixed as fast as possible.
Flint is not (yet) a lead issue. No symptoms for a few more months.
Everyone who died in Flint, as I understand it, died from Legionnaire's Disease, because they weren't even using a biocide.
What ways of water purification would you recommend for a post-apocalyptic world and people of limited means?
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 16, 2016, 04:33:47 AM
What ways of water purification would you recommend for a post-apocalyptic world and people of limited means?
a. Stop worrying about it, the mutants will have your first.
b. There is no cheap way to do it. Boiling or bleach works on the critters. I don't know of a cheap way to get rid of metals.
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 16, 2016, 04:33:47 AM
What ways of water purification would you recommend for a post-apocalyptic world and people of limited means?
Distillation isn't hard or expensive. Pain in the ass though. Still, if the alternative is to be slowly poisoned, it's probably worth it.
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 11, 2016, 04:05:26 PM
Quote from: LMNO on November 11, 2016, 01:32:48 PM
Quote from: Freeky on November 11, 2016, 05:47:25 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 11, 2016, 05:36:20 AM
OMG. I tried to explain something by mentioning that we have 50 autonomous states that are able to make their own laws about voter registration and ID, and he retorted by saying that Canada has way more autonomous provinces.
:lulz:
That person is maybe, just maybe, really dumb.
Are we still supposed to respect a person like that? Some people on FB say Trump won because we didn't respect dumb people, and called them dumb.
Trump won because he actually recognized and offered solutions to their problems, while ALL you could do was call them dumb. Im curious though, "some people on FB" How many of the people who voted for Trump do you actually KNOW?
I'm working with Trump's health department to make sure kids don't ruin their life with pot.
Quote from: /b/earman on November 16, 2016, 07:00:05 AM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 11, 2016, 04:05:26 PM
Quote from: LMNO on November 11, 2016, 01:32:48 PM
Quote from: Freeky on November 11, 2016, 05:47:25 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 11, 2016, 05:36:20 AM
OMG. I tried to explain something by mentioning that we have 50 autonomous states that are able to make their own laws about voter registration and ID, and he retorted by saying that Canada has way more autonomous provinces.
:lulz:
That person is maybe, just maybe, really dumb.
Are we still supposed to respect a person like that? Some people on FB say Trump won because we didn't respect dumb people, and called them dumb.
Trump won because he actually recognized and offered solutions to their problems, while ALL you could do was call them dumb. Im curious though, "some people on FB" How many of the people who voted for Trump do you actually KNOW?
I'm working with Trump's health department to make sure kids don't ruin their life with pot.
:spittake:
I assume thats bearman trying to get me sued again.
Distillation is awesome because it totally doesn't make flat water that will rip your electrolytes right out of your stomach and leave you cramped up and waiting for your heart attack.
Quote from: /b/earman on November 16, 2016, 07:00:05 AM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 11, 2016, 04:05:26 PM
Quote from: LMNO on November 11, 2016, 01:32:48 PM
Quote from: Freeky on November 11, 2016, 05:47:25 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 11, 2016, 05:36:20 AM
OMG. I tried to explain something by mentioning that we have 50 autonomous states that are able to make their own laws about voter registration and ID, and he retorted by saying that Canada has way more autonomous provinces.
:lulz:
That person is maybe, just maybe, really dumb.
Are we still supposed to respect a person like that? Some people on FB say Trump won because we didn't respect dumb people, and called them dumb.
Trump won because he actually recognized and offered solutions to their problems, while ALL you could do was call them dumb. Im curious though, "some people on FB" How many of the people who voted for Trump do you actually KNOW?
I'm working with Trump's health department to make sure kids don't ruin their life with pot.
:spittake:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 16, 2016, 03:05:56 PM
Distillation is awesome because it totally doesn't make flat water that will rip your electrolytes right out of your stomach and leave you cramped up and waiting for your heart attack.
:spittake:
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 17, 2016, 04:59:11 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 16, 2016, 03:05:56 PM
Distillation is awesome because it totally doesn't make flat water that will rip your electrolytes right out of your stomach and leave you cramped up and waiting for your heart attack.
:spittake:
:lulz: It really doesn't, unless you are either not eating food with minerals, or drinking way more water than you should.
http://chemistry.about.com/od/waterchemistry/f/Can-You-Drink-Distilled-Water.htm
Which totally describes the situation presented. Going to nip off down to the post-apocalypse drugstore and get some magnesium.
:lulz:
Fuck off.
People will raid the pharmacies, but they always forget about the GNC down the way. :lulz:
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 17, 2016, 03:25:55 PM
People will raid the pharmacies, but they always forget about the GNC down the way. :lulz:
IS THIS IRRADIATED ORGANICALLY?
I need me my Megaman vitamins, kale pills, and Okinawan coral calcium
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 17, 2016, 03:31:08 PM
I need me my Megaman vitamins, kale pills, and Okinawan coral calcium
Sorry, Wes got there first. You are dead.
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 17, 2016, 03:31:08 PM
I need me my Megaman vitamins, kale pills, and Okinawan coral calcium
Normal food also contains nutrients, it's a thing.
Fok.
I wouldn't mind seeing an apocalypse thread assuming the Walking Dead, and what exactly everyone do. With family, without family, or the posters here together.
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 17, 2016, 03:37:37 PM
Fok.
I wouldn't mind seeing an apocalypse thread assuming the Walking Dead, and what exactly everyone do. With family, without family, or the posters here together.
So start one.
It's pretty easy to criticize the tactical choices of the characters in the walking dead and the fact that they embroil themselves in unnecessary situations. It's another thing to live it, not having read or browsed any pepper forums, or gathered any resources in advance.
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 17, 2016, 04:15:17 PM
It's pretty easy to criticize the tactical choices of the characters in the walking dead and the fact that they embroil themselves in unnecessary situations. It's another thing to live it, not having read or browsed any pepper forums, or gathered any resources in advance.
Preppers are a hoot.
I'm not so much worried about the "walking dead" apocalypse scenario as the "voting dumb" apocalypse scenario.
I'm pretty much at the "hoarding dried beans" stage of grief, at the moment. Beans got electrolytes, right?
We would have to get the Idiocracy that's low in electrolytes, wouldn't we?
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 17, 2016, 04:28:07 PM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 17, 2016, 04:15:17 PM
It's pretty easy to criticize the tactical choices of the characters in the walking dead and the fact that they embroil themselves in unnecessary situations. It's another thing to live it, not having read or browsed any pepper forums, or gathered any resources in advance.
Preppers are a hoot.
There's the joke that all the prep you need is to kill a prepper and take their shit.
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 17, 2016, 04:41:11 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 17, 2016, 04:28:07 PM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 17, 2016, 04:15:17 PM
It's pretty easy to criticize the tactical choices of the characters in the walking dead and the fact that they embroil themselves in unnecessary situations. It's another thing to live it, not having read or browsed any pepper forums, or gathered any resources in advance.
Preppers are a hoot.
There's the joke that all the prep you need is to kill a prepper and take their shit.
Mismatched camo and Ug boots, here I come! :lulz:
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 17, 2016, 04:30:32 PM
I'm not so much worried about the "walking dead" apocalypse scenario as the "voting dumb" apocalypse scenario.
I'm pretty much at the "hoarding dried beans" stage of grief, at the moment. Beans got electrolytes, right?
We would have to get the Idiocracy that's low in electrolytes, wouldn't we?
Roll that beautiful bean footage.
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on November 17, 2016, 04:48:51 PM
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 17, 2016, 04:30:32 PM
I'm not so much worried about the "walking dead" apocalypse scenario as the "voting dumb" apocalypse scenario.
I'm pretty much at the "hoarding dried beans" stage of grief, at the moment. Beans got electrolytes, right?
We would have to get the Idiocracy that's low in electrolytes, wouldn't we?
Roll that beautiful bean footage.
I would, but Photobucket has gotten on my very last nerve, and I have nowhere I'm willing to go through the trouble of uploading photos to use here.
Screw beans! I am going to start hoarding cigarettes and booze. I won't be able to eat them, but will be able to hire large men who will work/steal to support their habits.
Also, hoarding pit pulls.
I have found a new joy in math.
It's been a shit year for everybody, I think. Leaving the business has been freaking my shit out, along with everything else.
So, because I have to anyway, I have taken to math with the same intensity I have applied to me work. It's kind of funny, 10 years ago I was just lazy and unmotivated to learn anything. Now I have this drive that won't go away.
Anyway, when I get into a smooth math groove I lose all sense of everything but the numbers and this flow takes over. I usually have to warm up to get there, but once I am there it's all I can see. Afterward, I can think more clearly about current things and random memories of things I haven't thought about in years fill my head with stunning detail and clarity.
It's kind of weird, but I love it. And it's FREE, more or less. Hell yeah. If I could channel my desire for weed into math...
Quote from: Vivat Alty on November 17, 2016, 07:14:23 PM
I have found a new joy in math.
It's been a shit year for everybody, I think. Leaving the business has been freaking my shit out, along with everything else.
So, because I have to anyway, I have taken to math with the same intensity I have applied to me work. It's kind of funny, 10 years ago I was just lazy and unmotivated to learn anything. Now I have this drive that won't go away.
Anyway, when I get into a smooth math groove I lose all sense of everything but the numbers and this flow takes over. I usually have to warm up to get there, but once I am there it's all I can see. Afterward, I can think more clearly about current things and random memories of things I haven't thought about in years fill my head with stunning detail and clarity.
It's kind of weird, but I love it. And it's FREE, more or less. Hell yeah. If I could channel my desire for weed into math...
If you actually like statistics there's room for that about everywhere.
I like weird stuff about statistics, but figuring out which distribution to use and when confused the hell out of me when I took that class.
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on November 17, 2016, 07:29:46 PM
Quote from: Vivat Alty on November 17, 2016, 07:14:23 PM
I have found a new joy in math.
It's been a shit year for everybody, I think. Leaving the business has been freaking my shit out, along with everything else.
So, because I have to anyway, I have taken to math with the same intensity I have applied to me work. It's kind of funny, 10 years ago I was just lazy and unmotivated to learn anything. Now I have this drive that won't go away.
Anyway, when I get into a smooth math groove I lose all sense of everything but the numbers and this flow takes over. I usually have to warm up to get there, but once I am there it's all I can see. Afterward, I can think more clearly about current things and random memories of things I haven't thought about in years fill my head with stunning detail and clarity.
It's kind of weird, but I love it. And it's FREE, more or less. Hell yeah. If I could channel my desire for weed into math...
If you actually like statistics there's room for that about everywhere.
I like weird stuff about statistics, but figuring out which distribution to use and when confused the hell out of me when I took that class.
Haven't taken that yet, but now I am kind of excited by the prospect. It's all very confusing to me.
In a lot of ways it's like learning to play music, you kind of just have to do it for a few hours most days out of the week, and eventually it all comes together.
Statistics is pretty cool. It helps to use your spatial sense when thinking about it.
Any dispensaries looking for an accountant/bookkeeper or such that will work on a barter system? Hell, smaller firms of all stripes are often in need of a person that can bugger about well with excel or similar.
At 11 - more unsolicited advice.
Quote from: Vivat Alty on November 17, 2016, 07:32:46 PM
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on November 17, 2016, 07:29:46 PM
Quote from: Vivat Alty on November 17, 2016, 07:14:23 PM
I have found a new joy in math.
It's been a shit year for everybody, I think. Leaving the business has been freaking my shit out, along with everything else.
So, because I have to anyway, I have taken to math with the same intensity I have applied to me work. It's kind of funny, 10 years ago I was just lazy and unmotivated to learn anything. Now I have this drive that won't go away.
Anyway, when I get into a smooth math groove I lose all sense of everything but the numbers and this flow takes over. I usually have to warm up to get there, but once I am there it's all I can see. Afterward, I can think more clearly about current things and random memories of things I haven't thought about in years fill my head with stunning detail and clarity.
It's kind of weird, but I love it. And it's FREE, more or less. Hell yeah. If I could channel my desire for weed into math...
If you actually like statistics there's room for that about everywhere.
I like weird stuff about statistics, but figuring out which distribution to use and when confused the hell out of me when I took that class.
Haven't taken that yet, but now I am kind of excited by the prospect. It's all very confusing to me.
In a lot of ways it's like learning to play music, you kind of just have to do it for a few hours most days out of the week, and eventually it all comes together.
So many professions use it. Especially professions the need to turn people into numbers.
One of my favorite stories about stats is about the student's t distribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sealy_Gosset (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sealy_Gosset)
Basically Guinness needed to find the best brewing process but didn't want to make large batches to do the testing. They hired Gosset to figure out a new statistical distribution for it.
Quote from: Junkenstein on November 17, 2016, 07:38:25 PM
Any dispensaries looking for an accountant/bookkeeper or such that will work on a barter system? Hell, smaller firms of all stripes are often in need of a person that can bugger about well with excel or similar.
At 11 - more unsolicited advice.
That's an excellent advice. I did barely pass Principles of Accounting, but I bet doing that at a weed shop is probably just the same shit day in and day out. I've been thinking about just selling at one. There's one blocks away that all have really nice people.
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on November 17, 2016, 07:40:46 PM
Quote from: Vivat Alty on November 17, 2016, 07:32:46 PM
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on November 17, 2016, 07:29:46 PM
Quote from: Vivat Alty on November 17, 2016, 07:14:23 PM
I have found a new joy in math.
It's been a shit year for everybody, I think. Leaving the business has been freaking my shit out, along with everything else.
So, because I have to anyway, I have taken to math with the same intensity I have applied to me work. It's kind of funny, 10 years ago I was just lazy and unmotivated to learn anything. Now I have this drive that won't go away.
Anyway, when I get into a smooth math groove I lose all sense of everything but the numbers and this flow takes over. I usually have to warm up to get there, but once I am there it's all I can see. Afterward, I can think more clearly about current things and random memories of things I haven't thought about in years fill my head with stunning detail and clarity.
It's kind of weird, but I love it. And it's FREE, more or less. Hell yeah. If I could channel my desire for weed into math...
If you actually like statistics there's room for that about everywhere.
I like weird stuff about statistics, but figuring out which distribution to use and when confused the hell out of me when I took that class.
Haven't taken that yet, but now I am kind of excited by the prospect. It's all very confusing to me.
In a lot of ways it's like learning to play music, you kind of just have to do it for a few hours most days out of the week, and eventually it all comes together.
So many professions use it. Especially professions the need to turn people into numbers.
One of my favorite stories about stats is about the student's t distribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sealy_Gosset (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sealy_Gosset)
Basically Guinness needed to find the best brewing process but didn't want to make large batches to do the testing. They hired Gosset to figure out a new statistical distribution for it.
Ah! Very cool. They're going to need that kind of thing in Portland. I guess there's a stop-gap in getting edibles in stock due to testing facilities or requirements? I've been thinking about getting into chemistry because weed testing would be a super rad job.
Testing that isn't bong rips. that is.
Any form of weed testing worth it's salt should include bong rips and enormous t-shaped blunts at some stage in the proceedings.
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on November 17, 2016, 07:55:43 PM
Any form of weed testing worth it's salt should include bong rips and enormous t-shaped blunts at some stage in the proceedings.
Yeah, but they won't pay me for that. :cry:
I'm currently shopping for some kind of personal hidden camera, such as pen cameras, buttonhole cameras, etc. Is there anyone here who has experience with any of these things, and care to make an endorsement?
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 17, 2016, 04:30:32 PM
We would have to get the Idiocracy that's low in electrolytes, wouldn't we?
:lol:
"Can we make the wind not look like sperm?" is the best question asked at work.
Quote from: Vivat Alty on November 17, 2016, 07:59:09 PM
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on November 17, 2016, 07:55:43 PM
Any form of weed testing worth it's salt should include bong rips and enormous t-shaped blunts at some stage in the proceedings.
Yeah, but they won't pay me for that. :cry:
Sure they will. You just gotta convince them hard enough.
Quote from: Vivat Alty on November 17, 2016, 07:14:23 PM
I have found a new joy in math.
It's been a shit year for everybody, I think. Leaving the business has been freaking my shit out, along with everything else.
So, because I have to anyway, I have taken to math with the same intensity I have applied to me work. It's kind of funny, 10 years ago I was just lazy and unmotivated to learn anything. Now I have this drive that won't go away.
Anyway, when I get into a smooth math groove I lose all sense of everything but the numbers and this flow takes over. I usually have to warm up to get there, but once I am there it's all I can see. Afterward, I can think more clearly about current things and random memories of things I haven't thought about in years fill my head with stunning detail and clarity.
It's kind of weird, but I love it. And it's FREE, more or less. Hell yeah. If I could channel my desire for weed into math...
I can help. I'm a scientist.
:lulz: :lulz: :horrormirth:
It's funny until you remember that the Ill fitting suit believes this.
That's unfair I suppose. The suit is terrible but at least it's more capable of rational thought than the meat it covers.
Quote from: Junkenstein on November 17, 2016, 10:48:25 PM
That's unfair I suppose. The suit is terrible but at least it's more capable of rational thought than the meat it covers.
If tobacco and opioids aren't bad enough, how about kids doing legal marijuana? How about all three?
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 17, 2016, 07:59:27 PM
I'm currently shopping for some kind of personal hidden camera, such as pen cameras, buttonhole cameras, etc. Is there anyone here who has experience with any of these things, and care to make an endorsement?
I initially read this as "butthole cameras" and spent a solid 15-30 seconds pondering the market for that.
the only coloring book where you stay out of the lines.
(http://imgur.com/a/2s166)
Quote from: Meunster on November 18, 2016, 08:59:23 AM
the only coloring book where you stay out of the lines.
(http://imgur.com/a/2s166)
I have no clue how to post images on forums.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 18, 2016, 05:44:03 AM
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 17, 2016, 07:59:27 PM
I'm currently shopping for some kind of personal hidden camera, such as pen cameras, buttonhole cameras, etc. Is there anyone here who has experience with any of these things, and care to make an endorsement?
I initially read this as "butthole cameras" and spent a solid 15-30 seconds pondering the market for that.
I just did exactly the same thing. We're not well, Nigel. Maybe it's unhealthy Freudian associations all the way down. I'm holding years of exposure to LMNO personally responsible :argh!:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 18, 2016, 05:44:03 AM
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 17, 2016, 07:59:27 PM
I'm currently shopping for some kind of personal hidden camera, such as pen cameras, buttonhole cameras, etc. Is there anyone here who has experience with any of these things, and care to make an endorsement?
I initially read this as "butthole cameras" and spent a solid 15-30 seconds pondering the market for that.
I can guarantee that not only is there a market for such a device, it's probably a much,
much larger market than you'd believe.
I'm not even googling this because my search history is already fucked up enough from tickling.
And seriously, will someone check on Cain. After the last few weeks he may be joining trumps transition team as the counter-terrorism adviser.
This is obviously absurd as he's actually qualified and informed.
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on November 18, 2016, 09:46:48 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 18, 2016, 05:44:03 AM
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 17, 2016, 07:59:27 PM
I'm currently shopping for some kind of personal hidden camera, such as pen cameras, buttonhole cameras, etc. Is there anyone here who has experience with any of these things, and care to make an endorsement?
I initially read this as "butthole cameras" and spent a solid 15-30 seconds pondering the market for that.
I just did exactly the same thing. We're not well, Nigel. Maybe it's unhealthy Freudian associations all the way down. I'm holding years of exposure to LMNO personally responsible :argh!:
Would anyone be surprised that I know for a fact this exists?
Not really. I'd be surprised if you don't know whoever invented it.
Quote from: Junkenstein on November 18, 2016, 11:47:39 AM
And seriously, will someone check on Cain. After the last few weeks he may be joining trumps transition team as the counter-terrorism adviser.
This is obviously absurd as he's actually qualified and informed.
He's having interbutts problems.
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on November 18, 2016, 09:46:48 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 18, 2016, 05:44:03 AM
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 17, 2016, 07:59:27 PM
I'm currently shopping for some kind of personal hidden camera, such as pen cameras, buttonhole cameras, etc. Is there anyone here who has experience with any of these things, and care to make an endorsement?
I initially read this as "butthole cameras" and spent a solid 15-30 seconds pondering the market for that.
I just did exactly the same thing. We're not well, Nigel. Maybe it's unhealthy Freudian associations all the way down. I'm holding years of exposure to LMNO personally responsible :argh!:
He is the most likely culprit. :lulz:
Quote from: Junkenstein on November 18, 2016, 11:32:58 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 18, 2016, 05:44:03 AM
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 17, 2016, 07:59:27 PM
I'm currently shopping for some kind of personal hidden camera, such as pen cameras, buttonhole cameras, etc. Is there anyone here who has experience with any of these things, and care to make an endorsement?
I initially read this as "butthole cameras" and spent a solid 15-30 seconds pondering the market for that.
I can guarantee that not only is there a market for such a device, it's probably a much, much larger market than you'd believe.
I'm not even googling this because my search history is already fucked up enough from tickling.
Just quoting this because how often in a lifetime am I going to have a chance to respond to a sentence like that?
Quote from: LMNO on November 18, 2016, 01:31:45 PM
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on November 18, 2016, 09:46:48 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 18, 2016, 05:44:03 AM
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 17, 2016, 07:59:27 PM
I'm currently shopping for some kind of personal hidden camera, such as pen cameras, buttonhole cameras, etc. Is there anyone here who has experience with any of these things, and care to make an endorsement?
I initially read this as "butthole cameras" and spent a solid 15-30 seconds pondering the market for that.
I just did exactly the same thing. We're not well, Nigel. Maybe it's unhealthy Freudian associations all the way down. I'm holding years of exposure to LMNO personally responsible :argh!:
Would anyone be surprised that I know for a fact this exists?
No. Not even a little tiny bit surprised.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 18, 2016, 03:32:37 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on November 18, 2016, 11:47:39 AM
And seriously, will someone check on Cain. After the last few weeks he may be joining trumps transition team as the counter-terrorism adviser.
This is obviously absurd as he's actually qualified and informed.
He's having interbutts problems.
*Makes digital note for card*
Glad. Hope he's otherwise good.
So I think that the snooper's charter in the UK just got passed? But it's been kept so under-wraps, probably thanks to the theatrics going on in the USA that nobody's talking about it.
I guess this is the future. I wonder how long it will take for someone's browser history to be weaponised against them?
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 18, 2016, 03:56:02 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on November 18, 2016, 11:32:58 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 18, 2016, 05:44:03 AM
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 17, 2016, 07:59:27 PM
I'm currently shopping for some kind of personal hidden camera, such as pen cameras, buttonhole cameras, etc. Is there anyone here who has experience with any of these things, and care to make an endorsement?
I initially read this as "butthole cameras" and spent a solid 15-30 seconds pondering the market for that.
I can guarantee that not only is there a market for such a device, it's probably a much, much larger market than you'd believe.
I'm not even googling this because my search history is already fucked up enough from tickling.
Just quoting this because how often in a lifetime am I going to have a chance to respond to a sentence like that?
I have
seen things. Terrible and strange things.
Quote from: Xaz on November 18, 2016, 04:54:18 PM
So I think that the snooper's charter in the UK just got passed? But it's been kept so under-wraps, probably thanks to the theatrics going on in the USA that nobody's talking about it.
I guess this is the future. I wonder how long it will take for someone's browser history to be weaponised against them?
If anyone's checking mine they'll fucking regret it. Some rabbit holes are not meant to be explored.
Quote from: Junkenstein on November 18, 2016, 05:21:48 PM
Quote from: Xaz on November 18, 2016, 04:54:18 PM
So I think that the snooper's charter in the UK just got passed? But it's been kept so under-wraps, probably thanks to the theatrics going on in the USA that nobody's talking about it.
I guess this is the future. I wonder how long it will take for someone's browser history to be weaponised against them?
If anyone's checking mine they'll fucking regret it. Some rabbit holes are not meant to be explored.
Thats big talk Alice. Just look over your shoulder and I'll be there.
Love
The Cheshire Cat
Also http://www.zdnet.com/article/snoopers-charter-expansive-new-spying-powers-becomes-law/
I know. It fills me with joy thinking that GCHQ goons are going to have to wade through fetish sites that I can't even imagine on a daily basis. I need some kind of programme that automatically opens and then closes a random chuck tingle novel every 5 seconds or so. When they slam my file in front of me I don't want them to be able to look me in the eye.
Quote from: Junkenstein on November 18, 2016, 06:20:15 PM
I know. It fills me with joy thinking that GCHQ goons are going to have to wade through fetish sites that I can't even imagine on a daily basis. I need some kind of programme that automatically opens and then closes a random chuck tingle novel every 5 seconds or so. When they slam my file in front of me I don't want them to be able to look me in the eye.
Junkenstein I love you. That is the first real laugh I've had since Brexit.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 18, 2016, 03:32:37 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on November 18, 2016, 11:47:39 AM
And seriously, will someone check on Cain. After the last few weeks he may be joining trumps transition team as the counter-terrorism adviser.
This is obviously absurd as he's actually qualified and informed.
He's having interbutts problems.
Ah. My other guess was a serious drink until it all goes away. And how fares my favourite oversized gecko today?
Quote from: Junkenstein on November 18, 2016, 07:34:39 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 18, 2016, 03:32:37 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on November 18, 2016, 11:47:39 AM
And seriously, will someone check on Cain. After the last few weeks he may be joining trumps transition team as the counter-terrorism adviser.
This is obviously absurd as he's actually qualified and informed.
He's having interbutts problems.
Ah. My other guess was a serious drink until it all goes away. And how fares my favourite oversized gecko today?
Shedding my skin. I'm gonna stuff it full of hornets and leave it on a park bench.
Quote from: MMIX on November 18, 2016, 06:23:34 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on November 18, 2016, 06:20:15 PM
I know. It fills me with joy thinking that GCHQ goons are going to have to wade through fetish sites that I can't even imagine on a daily basis. I need some kind of programme that automatically opens and then closes a random chuck tingle novel every 5 seconds or so. When they slam my file in front of me I don't want them to be able to look me in the eye.
Junkenstein I love you. That is the first real laugh I've had since Brexit.
Glad to help.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 18, 2016, 07:37:27 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on November 18, 2016, 07:34:39 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 18, 2016, 03:32:37 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on November 18, 2016, 11:47:39 AM
And seriously, will someone check on Cain. After the last few weeks he may be joining trumps transition team as the counter-terrorism adviser.
This is obviously absurd as he's actually qualified and informed.
He's having interbutts problems.
Ah. My other guess was a serious drink until it all goes away. And how fares my favourite oversized gecko today?
Shedding my skin. I'm gonna stuff it full of hornets and leave it on a park bench.
Don't forget to leave cheap beer next to it. The setup is a certain viral video.
Quote from: Junkenstein on November 18, 2016, 06:20:15 PM
I know. It fills me with joy thinking that GCHQ goons are going to have to wade through fetish sites that I can't even imagine on a daily basis. I need some kind of programme that automatically opens and then closes a random chuck tingle novel every 5 seconds or so. When they slam my file in front of me I don't want them to be able to look me in the eye.
:lulz:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 18, 2016, 05:44:03 AM
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 17, 2016, 07:59:27 PM
I'm currently shopping for some kind of personal hidden camera, such as pen cameras, buttonhole cameras, etc. Is there anyone here who has experience with any of these things, and care to make an endorsement?
I initially read this as "butthole cameras" and spent a solid 15-30 seconds pondering the market for that.
Considering the "people" I intend to record with it, that's probably an appropriate name for it.
Why the fuck do I keep seeing/hearing fucking week long black friday offers/advertisements?
We don't even celebrate thanksgiving.
I guess sales are down for November.
Apropos of nothing: Saw the most recent Harry-Potter-movie-not-about-Harry-Potter. More or less liked it, first because the protagonist is a Hufflepuff, and secondly because one of the reasons he wins is because he's nice.
Yes, escapist fantasies. But I'll take it, for now.
Quote from: Xaz on November 22, 2016, 05:35:51 PM
Why the fuck do I keep seeing/hearing fucking week long black friday offers/advertisements?
We don't even celebrate thanksgiving.
I guess sales are down for November.
Soon, all days will be
Black Friday.
Quote from: LMNO on November 22, 2016, 05:45:25 PM
Apropos of nothing: Saw the most recent Harry-Potter-movie-not-about-Harry-Potter. More or less liked it, first because the protagonist is a Hufflepuff, and secondly because one of the reasons he wins is because he's nice.
Yes, escapist fantasies. But I'll take it, for now.
That sounds great.
Quote from: LMNO on November 22, 2016, 05:45:25 PM
Apropos of nothing: Saw the most recent Harry-Potter-movie-not-about-Harry-Potter. More or less liked it, first because the protagonist is a Hufflepuff, and secondly because one of the reasons he wins is because he's nice.
Yes, escapist fantasies. But I'll take it, for now.
It was quite nice. I found the space with the various habitats to be quite breathtaking. Very nice for the kids.
I think they should have made that certain character more magically impressive and dangerous seeming. I'm interested in seeing the next one with Dumbledore.
Quote from: LMNO on November 22, 2016, 05:45:25 PM
Apropos of nothing: Saw the most recent Harry-Potter-movie-not-about-Harry-Potter. More or less liked it, first because the protagonist is a Hufflepuff, and secondly because one of the reasons he wins is because he's nice.
Yes, escapist fantasies. But I'll take it, for now.
I thought all the characters were good in that. And the creature design.
Quote from: Vivat Alty on November 22, 2016, 05:49:32 PM
Quote from: Xaz on November 22, 2016, 05:35:51 PM
Why the fuck do I keep seeing/hearing fucking week long black friday offers/advertisements?
We don't even celebrate thanksgiving.
I guess sales are down for November.
Soon, all days will be Black Friday.
I'm waiting for it to be Black Friday for textbooks. I found one on dog evolution and cognition that I really want but the fucking thing is $65.
Quote from: LMNO on November 22, 2016, 05:45:25 PM
Apropos of nothing: Saw the most recent Harry-Potter-movie-not-about-Harry-Potter. More or less liked it, first because the protagonist is a Hufflepuff, and secondly because one of the reasons he wins is because he's nice.
Yes, escapist fantasies. But I'll take it, for now.
This is literally the first thing I've seen or read that made me interested in seeing it. And I was one of the biggest
Harry Potter dorks alive between ages 11 and 18, just about.
Hufflepuff4Lyfe.
I'm one fuck-up away from telling my boss to suck a tailpipe.
I asked him last Monday if my brother could job-shadow me for school, and he asked for a pile of information about the school and told me he'd get back to me. I also asked to work on Thanksgiving so I wouldn't have to work on Friday, because of a coworker's wedding I promised I'd make it to.
So, naturally, as any asshole would do, he decided to schedule me to work both Friday and Thursday, ignored my request for the job shadow, and then took off the entire week, so that there's no possible way I could get my schedule changed. He's the only one with the access, and left no one else capable of doing so while he was off.
This is the third time he's completely fucked me over and took off the rest of the week. The only reason I'm not fudging important reports and watching all of management come down onto his head like a fucking avalanche is because the other guy who would get shit on is actually a decent guy.
I fucking hate collateral damage.
Also, I enjoy training the new people. Maybe my Study hall teacher was right about me potentially being a successful teacher.
This was a long day, but not a bad day.
I skipped class to work on my prospectus slideshow, and the slides from this weekend's immunohistochemistry were ready so of course I had to look at whether staining for my peptides worked. Then my friend dropped by to give me some loot from the neuroscience conference she was just at so I showed her the creepy 2nd-basement crawlspace and a bunch of snakes. She told me some awesome stories and then I had to present a draft of my prospectus to my lab for editing, and then we all did behavioral trials for me and my labmate's experiment and I went out to drinks with my friend and came home to Alty and Little Alty, and Little Alty told me about his new school friend and new video game, and EFO had me put her hair in a bun, and now I am drinking a shandy the end.
Sweet merciful fuck, when do you SLEEP?!
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 24, 2016, 05:02:37 AM
This was a long day, but not a bad day.
I skipped class to work on my prospectus slideshow, and the slides from this weekend's immunohistochemistry were ready so of course I had to look at whether staining for my peptides worked. Then my friend dropped by to give me some loot from the neuroscience conference she was just at so I showed her the creepy 2nd-basement crawlspace and a bunch of snakes. She told me some awesome stories and then I had to present a draft of my prospectus to my lab for editing, and then we all did behavioral trials for me and my labmate's experiment and I went out to drinks with my friend and came home to Alty and Little Alty, and Little Alty told me about his new school friend and new video game, and EFO had me put her hair in a bun, and now I am drinking a shandy the end.
This sounds like quite a good day.
Quote from: LMNO on November 24, 2016, 05:08:22 AM
Sweet merciful fuck, when do you SLEEP?!
Between 1 and 7 am. :lol:
Quote from: Freeky on November 24, 2016, 05:23:44 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 24, 2016, 05:02:37 AM
This was a long day, but not a bad day.
I skipped class to work on my prospectus slideshow, and the slides from this weekend's immunohistochemistry were ready so of course I had to look at whether staining for my peptides worked. Then my friend dropped by to give me some loot from the neuroscience conference she was just at so I showed her the creepy 2nd-basement crawlspace and a bunch of snakes. She told me some awesome stories and then I had to present a draft of my prospectus to my lab for editing, and then we all did behavioral trials for me and my labmate's experiment and I went out to drinks with my friend and came home to Alty and Little Alty, and Little Alty told me about his new school friend and new video game, and EFO had me put her hair in a bun, and now I am drinking a shandy the end.
This sounds like quite a good day.
It was a pleasant day, overall. Now I'm baking pies and sipping tea, and around noon the whole troupe will bundle up and take the bus across town to Thanksgiving dinner with our friends.
Dunno what to do with these, so here - add-ons that denormalize the term "alt-right".
http://www.stopnormalizing.com/
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/alt-right-denormalizer/glfmlcifdhfpibfmokbcojfkbgfigeph/related?authuser=1
Quote from: Freeky on November 24, 2016, 06:19:22 PM
Dunno what to do with these, so here - add-ons that denormalize the term "Rebranded White Nationalism".
http://www.stopnormalizing.com/
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/Rebranded White Nationalism-denormalizer/glfmlcifdhfpibfmokbcojfkbgfigeph/related?authuser=1
This is great, and I installed it. I am still astonished by how many people don't seem to get that the alt-right is a white nationalist movement.
I know, right? As long as they don't SAY "we're white supremacists," it seems, people are all "So you're just a splinter group of the political right?"
You're not dealing with a group that values intellectual honestly. It's why you see the idiot stances on race and climate so frequently. "It doesn't feel true for me, therefore it's false".
On the plus side, the inevitable schisms should be delicious. It's already starting due to trumps backpedaling so far.
On the further plus side, it's a dead ideology that won't last much longer. Neophobes turn themselves extinct, historically.
Quote from: Junkenstein on November 24, 2016, 08:33:31 PM
You're not dealing with a group that values intellectual honestly. It's why you see the idiot stances on race and climate so frequently. "It doesn't feel true for me, therefore it's false".
On the plus side, the inevitable schisms should be delicious. It's already starting due to trumps backpedaling so far.
On the further plus side, it's a dead ideology that won't last much longer. Neophobes turn themselves extinct, historically.
You guys realize that Spencer's group is like 12 people right? Hes never been a "thought leader" of anything , he just lucked out on picking a name for his boring basic bitch white nationalist group that a later group of spergs picked as their name too. And there is no schism. I have met literally zero people who give a fuck about Trump disavowing the alt-right either. The only schism is people like Cernovich trying to save their PR so they can keep selling dick pills.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 24, 2016, 07:01:06 PM
Quote from: Freeky on November 24, 2016, 06:19:22 PM
Dunno what to do with these, so here - add-ons that denormalize the term "Rebranded White Nationalism".
http://www.stopnormalizing.com/
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/Rebranded White Nationalism-denormalizer/glfmlcifdhfpibfmokbcojfkbgfigeph/related?authuser=1
This is great, and I installed it. I am still astonished by how many people don't seem to get that the alt-right is a white nationalist movement.
"We cant normalize the alt-right"
Meanwhile:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/family/transgender-children-my-son-told-me-he-was-a-girl/
"Stunning. Brave."
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 25, 2016, 12:53:20 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 24, 2016, 07:01:06 PM
Quote from: Freeky on November 24, 2016, 06:19:22 PM
Dunno what to do with these, so here - add-ons that denormalize the term "Rebranded White Nationalism".
http://www.stopnormalizing.com/
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/Rebranded White Nationalism-denormalizer/glfmlcifdhfpibfmokbcojfkbgfigeph/related?authuser=1
This is great, and I installed it. I am still astonished by how many people don't seem to get that the alt-right is a white nationalist movement.
"We cant normalize the alt-right"
Meanwhile:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/family/transgender-children-my-son-told-me-he-was-a-girl/
"Stunning. Brave."
What's your point?
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on November 25, 2016, 02:58:46 AM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 25, 2016, 12:53:20 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 24, 2016, 07:01:06 PM
Quote from: Freeky on November 24, 2016, 06:19:22 PM
Dunno what to do with these, so here - add-ons that denormalize the term "Rebranded White Nationalism".
http://www.stopnormalizing.com/
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/Rebranded White Nationalism-denormalizer/glfmlcifdhfpibfmokbcojfkbgfigeph/related?authuser=1
This is great, and I installed it. I am still astonished by how many people don't seem to get that the alt-right is a white nationalist movement.
"We cant normalize the alt-right"
Meanwhile:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/family/transgender-children-my-son-told-me-he-was-a-girl/
"Stunning. Brave."
What's your point?
That Purity-Spiraliers care more about tone policing coverage of a completely irrelevant hoverhanding loser but swoon over gushy media depictions of child abuse. By all means guys, keep obsessing over using just the right vocabulary to describe things, we cant let any semantic crimes go unpunished. If you all prove how absolutely disgusted you are with white nationalism over and over again to each other maybe it will eventually accomplish something. And keep up the articles about parents cross-dressing their children. Its completely inspiring and beautiful and totally doesnt make the average person want to join ISIS.
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on November 25, 2016, 02:58:46 AM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 25, 2016, 12:53:20 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 24, 2016, 07:01:06 PM
Quote from: Freeky on November 24, 2016, 06:19:22 PM
Dunno what to do with these, so here - add-ons that denormalize the term "Rebranded White Nationalism".
http://www.stopnormalizing.com/
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/Rebranded White Nationalism-denormalizer/glfmlcifdhfpibfmokbcojfkbgfigeph/related?authuser=1
This is great, and I installed it. I am still astonished by how many people don't seem to get that the Rebranded White Nationalism is a white nationalist movement.
"We cant normalize the Rebranded White Nationalism"
Meanwhile:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/family/transgender-children-my-son-told-me-he-was-a-girl/
"Stunning. Brave."
What's your point?
I don't think he has a point, he just wanted to take a moment to let his transphobia take its little turn on the catwalk.
When he's not crying about people being against racism, this is the kind of thing he thinks about.
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 25, 2016, 03:09:23 AM
And keep up the articles about parents cross-dressing their children. Its completely inspiring and beautiful and totally doesnt make the average person want to join ISIS.
What would you do if your child came to you with this problem?
Ron Paul's ENTIRE schtick up until this point has consisted of "Don't call us racist!". I'm excited to see what kind of small-minded approach he brings to the table regarding gender identity.
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 25, 2016, 03:09:23 AM
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on November 25, 2016, 02:58:46 AM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 25, 2016, 12:53:20 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 24, 2016, 07:01:06 PM
Quote from: Freeky on November 24, 2016, 06:19:22 PM
Dunno what to do with these, so here - add-ons that denormalize the term "Rebranded White Nationalism".
http://www.stopnormalizing.com/
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/Rebranded White Nationalism-denormalizer/glfmlcifdhfpibfmokbcojfkbgfigeph/related?authuser=1
This is great, and I installed it. I am still astonished by how many people don't seem to get that the alt-right is a white nationalist movement.
"We cant normalize the alt-right"
Meanwhile:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/family/transgender-children-my-son-told-me-he-was-a-girl/
"Stunning. Brave."
What's your point?
That Purity-Spiraliers care more about tone policing coverage of a completely irrelevant hoverhanding loser but swoon over gushy media depictions of child abuse. By all means guys, keep obsessing over using just the right vocabulary to describe things, we cant let any semantic crimes go unpunished. If you all prove how absolutely disgusted you are with white nationalism over and over again to each other maybe it will eventually accomplish something. And keep up the articles about parents cross-dressing their children. Its completely inspiring and beautiful and totally doesnt make the average person want to join ISIS.
Oh. You don't know what transgenderism is or how it works. I see.
I mean that's fine, we have all been ignorant at some point. I'm sure you'll figure it out.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 25, 2016, 02:59:08 PM
Ron Paul's ENTIRE schtick up until this point has consisted of "Don't call us racist!"
Hows that been working out for you so far?
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 25, 2016, 03:58:35 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 25, 2016, 02:59:08 PM
Ron Paul's ENTIRE schtick up until this point has consisted of "Don't call us racist!"
Hows that been working out for you so far?
Like "Springtime for Hitler" on an endless loop.
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on November 25, 2016, 03:58:35 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 25, 2016, 02:59:08 PM
Ron Paul's ENTIRE schtick up until this point has consisted of "Don't call us racist!"
Hows that been working out for you so far?
It seems to be an accurate predictor of your behavior.
I wonder if I should make an "unlimited brazilian hilarity thread" if only to put everything I find in one place so I don't get lost in all the complete clusterfuck that's happening.
Quote from: Sano on November 26, 2016, 02:44:37 PM
I wonder if I should make an "unlimited brazilian hilarity thread" if only to put everything I find in one place so I don't get lost in all the complete clusterfuck that's happening.
I'd click it.
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on November 26, 2016, 02:56:42 PM
Quote from: Sano on November 26, 2016, 02:44:37 PM
I wonder if I should make an "unlimited brazilian hilarity thread" if only to put everything I find in one place so I don't get lost in all the complete clusterfuck that's happening.
I'd click it.
Me too.
Yeah, that sounds like a good idea.
Same here, looking forward to it!
Done. Link (http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php/topic,37969.msg1402054.html#new)
Not much yet, just things I know from the top of my head. I'll research some more stuff to post later (including the memes people have been making).
I got to the top of the mountain at 6:30 AM this morning. It's 28F, 50-70MPH wind, and everything is coated in ice. Including the upper 3 miles of road.
We won't make it out of this alive. Pour some out for your homie. :sad:
Holy fuck. That's no weather for basking.
Is there a point where they shut that place down because it's just asking for something grim to happen now. I assume conditions are only likely to worsen in the coming months?
Quote from: Junkenstein on November 28, 2016, 02:43:17 PM
Holy fuck. That's no weather for basking.
Is there a point where they shut that place down because it's just asking for something grim to happen now. I assume conditions are only likely to worsen in the coming months?
This was pretty bad because it was freezing rain rather than snow.
But there are no conditions other than wildfires in which my department doesn't have to show up, because busted pipes are a thing.
Your daily daily.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dugway_sheep_incident
I am spending the next three days at a composites/materials trade show in Dusseldorf. It's pretty exciting if you are a materials nerd (I am).
Quote from: Xaz on November 29, 2016, 08:14:02 AM
I am spending the next three days at a composites/materials trade show in Dusseldorf. It's pretty exciting if you are a materials nerd (I am).
Carbon fiber all the things.
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on November 29, 2016, 03:53:41 PM
Quote from: Xaz on November 29, 2016, 08:14:02 AM
I am spending the next three days at a composites/materials trade show in Dusseldorf. It's pretty exciting if you are a materials nerd (I am).
Carbon fiber all the things.
That's pretty much the jist of it. Still too expensive for widespread adoption though. Glass fibre composites are finding new applications everywhere.
Quote from: Xaz on November 29, 2016, 04:07:06 PM
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on November 29, 2016, 03:53:41 PM
Quote from: Xaz on November 29, 2016, 08:14:02 AM
I am spending the next three days at a composites/materials trade show in Dusseldorf. It's pretty exciting if you are a materials nerd (I am).
Carbon fiber all the things.
That's pretty much the jist of it. Still too expensive for widespread adoption though. Glass fibre composites are finding new applications everywhere.
I was watching a show where they were challenged to make a mobile home tornado proof, their solution was carbon fiber and heavy anchors. And one asked, oh why don't we use this on everything??
Nanotubes or GTFO! 8)
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on November 29, 2016, 07:30:52 PM
Nanotubes or GTFO! 8)
I think nanotechnology has a place in the future of composites but once again, people need to figure out how to make it cost effective. If I have to add even 1% to a resin to get appreciable benefits the costs at the moment aren't worth it.
I did speak to an interesting dude who was pushing alumina nanofibres, which are a byproduct of some other industrial process. Gonna try and get a sample from him and see what we can do.
The other issue is that one still has to figure out where to sell these nanotech enhanced adhesives/resins etc.
I'm contemplating a science communication conference in March, but am also a little concerned it'll overlap with when I need to be in Manitoba for spring emergence.
HAHAHA, I've infected my manager with the CORPORATION virus. He now has to follow PROCESS and be COMPLIANT. Who cares if it's from an unrelated branch of the company. He must OBEY.
Must find corporate speak thread.
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on November 30, 2016, 03:06:45 PM
Must find corporate speak thread.
Can't remember the title, but I'm pretty sure it was one of lmno's.
https://www.35below.com/?mid=8649248 (https://www.35below.com/?mid=8649248)
Relevant for anyone expecting a protracted campaign in the cold this holiday season.
I helped herd sheep today. it was fun. The sheep were very well behaved.
Thread was started by Roger, iirc.
Conference does not overlap with Manitoba, therefore now I have to decide whether I really have time to finish my thesis prospectus AND apply for a conference in the next week.
Guys, I nodded off and had this hilarious dream where Trump won the presidential election.
Isn't that crazy?
Holy shit ECH! That's hand of fate kind of shit. This fucking year... :x
I just got a 5am FB message from my roommates in LaCrosse informing me not to return. I'm barely getting my life patched together and trying to mend fences with my family here in Racine. Now I have to beg them for a place to stay as I look for work. I'm shit-broke and angrier than I have any mortal right to be. I have no direction or resources to speak of other than my soul and out of condition body, both highly distressed. More my dad has the sort of persistent cough (for months apparently) that indicates possible return of cancer, but has not gotten checked properly, and has developed full on diabetes that he refuses to alter his diet for.
I have to ask for help, but I also kinda want to punch him. This can't last long, but I now have no choices I can see but to stay here at his place for now, quit smoking weed, and find work somehow so I can get money and go fucking ANYWHERE else.
I've never felt like I HATED a year before. This one's set a new bar. Sorry for your losses man.
ECH, Fucking hell man. There's no words to cover that level of clusterfuck. I'm curious who satan incarnate is though.
Take care of yourself and the small one. Best of luck with whatever you decide to do as well, I'm sure you'll make the right move.
Joe, Chin up man. Life is a succession of kicks to the genitals at times but you'll get through it and wreak suitable revenge. The best way to start that is by living well and taking care of yourself and those that matter to you.
ECH I hope everything turns out okay. And I know it's your life and all but that was a hell of a good story.
TWJ, dude, good luck.
Thanks for the encouragement guys. I will get by. Just one more cheap shot to the nuts out of no where. Just on this board the shit has piled up deeper and nastier than I ever saw before. It's not... grrr...
I'M NOT DEAD YET!!
ECH, there are many avenues for fulfilling a dream, but family is irreplaceable.
Sweet Jesus. :eek:
This may sounds bad, but I have a certain sympathy for that feeling of wanting to do thing you just can't do with the good people in your life. At times, I have been consumed with these thoughts in a heavily obsessive way.
I think it's important to express those thoughts and realize that they're pretty common. When my son was a baby and would not stop screaming, always colicky, I had violent thoughts, terrible thoughts. Looking back I definitely experienced either some male version of postpartum depression or some sympathetic version of it or something. The short amount of time we each get with the people that matter most is definitely the best thing in life, IMO.
ECH, I'm so sorry you have had to go through all that loss.
Quote from: Just Alty, Please on December 03, 2016, 06:16:50 PM
This may sounds bad, but I have a certain sympathy for that feeling of wanting to do thing you just can't do with the good people in your life. At times, I have been consumed with these thoughts in a heavily obsessive way.
I think it's important to express those thoughts and realize that they're pretty common. When my son was a baby and would not stop screaming, always colicky, I had violent thoughts, terrible thoughts. Looking back I definitely experienced either some male version of postpartum depression or some sympathetic version of it or something. The short amount of time we each get with the people that matter most is definitely the best thing in life, IMO.
Yeah, I get that feeling too sometimes but I don't think this is that, it's more that this is probably the only chance I'll ever have to completely realize my personal culinary vision AND my vision of what should be made of a place that's more "home" to me than any house I've ever lived in (I was bussing tables at this place when I was 8 - it's deeply embedded in the fabric of my being). And that doing so will require a devotion so maniacal and complete that it would be physically impossible to do it right and still be able to fulfill my familial responsibilities. And I recognize that and I don't believe that any personal ambition of mine outweighs my responsibility to my daughter but it's a very powerful drive nonetheless.
Quote from: East Coast Hustle on December 03, 2016, 06:48:41 PM
Quote from: Just Alty, Please on December 03, 2016, 06:16:50 PM
This may sounds bad, but I have a certain sympathy for that feeling of wanting to do thing you just can't do with the good people in your life. At times, I have been consumed with these thoughts in a heavily obsessive way.
I think it's important to express those thoughts and realize that they're pretty common. When my son was a baby and would not stop screaming, always colicky, I had violent thoughts, terrible thoughts. Looking back I definitely experienced either some male version of postpartum depression or some sympathetic version of it or something. The short amount of time we each get with the people that matter most is definitely the best thing in life, IMO.
Yeah, I get that feeling too sometimes but I don't think this is that, it's more that this is probably the only chance I'll ever have to completely realize my personal culinary vision AND my vision of what should be made of a place that's more "home" to me than any house I've ever lived in (I was bussing tables at this place when I was 8 - it's deeply embedded in the fabric of my being). And that doing so will require a devotion so maniacal and complete that it would be physically impossible to do it right and still be able to fulfill my familial responsibilities. And I recognize that and I don't believe that any personal ambition of mine outweighs my responsibility to my daughter but it's a very powerful drive nonetheless.
Ok, I see what you're saying.
Hang in there, ECH. We like you.
Thanks, I like you guys too!
I'm OK. I'm probably, overall, better right now than I've been since I lost the ship job. Life is mostly pretty good. It's just, holy fuck that was a hell of a weekend.
And given the nature of some of the details of the story, I can't really vent about it anywhere else so thank you all for listening when nobody else is allowed to.
We all gotta have a safe place to vent about the weird shit that goes down that we really just can't talk about anywhere else/don't want other people to know. This place is great for that.
Damn, ECH. I'm sorry to hear about what you've been facing. I will say that of the people I know, you're in the top 5 in the "figuring this shit out and staying on top of it" category.
Good luck, and on the off chance I can do something to help, let me know.
ECH, that's a fantastic story and I'm sorry you had to live it.
I've got a painful medical thing going on and the new PA gave me Tramadol. Fuck Tramadol.
Taken it for 2 days now, each morning I wake up with the worst headache I've ever had and about to puke any second.
I feel like something that crawled out of the ass of something else. A deer maybe. Or a lost gerbil. I feel like if shit could shit itself. What the fuck is wrong with vicoden?
Really, I should be grateful to live in a place where I can get that kind of health care at all. Still, fuck Tramadol.
Quote from: Just Alty, Please on December 04, 2016, 07:01:36 PM
I've got a painful medical thing going on and the new PA gave me Tramadol. Fuck Tramadol.
Taken it for 2 days now, each morning I wake up with the worst headache I've ever had and about to puke any second.
I feel like something that crawled out of the ass of something else. A deer maybe. Or a lost gerbil. I feel like if shit could shit itself. What the fuck is wrong with vicoden?
Really, I should be grateful to live in a place where I can get that kind of health care at all. Still, fuck Tramadol.
Perhaps someday you will grow to share my loathing for all opiates.
The family that hates together something something.
Quote from: Just Alty, Please on December 04, 2016, 07:01:36 PM
I've got a painful medical thing going on and the new PA gave me Tramadol. Fuck Tramadol.
Taken it for 2 days now, each morning I wake up with the worst headache I've ever had and about to puke any second.
I feel like something that crawled out of the ass of something else. A deer maybe. Or a lost gerbil. I feel like if shit could shit itself. What the fuck is wrong with vicoden?
Really, I should be grateful to live in a place where I can get that kind of health care at all. Still, fuck Tramadol.
There is something confusing about Tramadol I was reading somewheres, something something about it also being an SSRI, not just an opioid, so double the trouble.
Belated condolences to you, ECH.
Fucking hell, ECH. :(
My folks are putting my dog to sleep this week.
Bye Libra, my sweet baby girl. You had a good 15 years.
Awww shit, Freeky, that sucks. :(
Yeah. I've still got the good memories of her, so I'm mostly ok.
Damn Freeky. Losing a dog really sucks. :sad:
On a not quite so bad note I did manage to find some temporary work for the short term and start tonight. Gonna probably work 3rd shift through until the end of December. By then my system should be clear of THC and the holidays over. Then I can begin my life's greatest reset so far in earnest.
In the meantime I'm going keep plugging away at various projects here as I can, notably the AOC story and the Discordia! TCG
It's the last week of term and I have the unsettling feeling that I should be stressed out, yet I'm not especially stressed out. I'm up to date on grading and my presentation is looking good. I have two more revisions of my prospectus before Friday. That's pretty much it. It's weird.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 07, 2016, 03:04:40 AM
Watching the latest right wing fuckery in Ohio, and mulling over some inside poop that arrived through AURA today.
It occurs to me that the stakes have changed even more than I expected (and my expectations were pretty fucking grim). Life is going to get very rough for a lot of people, in just six weeks. More or less instantly, especially for the poorest...But also if you're LGBT, or had the poor judgement to be born a anything other than a white christian male. I doubt this idea is a surprise to anyone, but I think the scale will be.
Right now, the sole thing I am judging people on is what they believe in, and what they are willing to do to defend those beliefs and, not coincidentally, the people around them.
This is something I'm doing unilaterally, regardless of whether I like someone or not. If you find you hate me too much to work with me, fine. Work without me. Good luck.
What's AURA?
My sources are more like a bunch of pieces I'd rather not discuss generally, much less on a public forum... but the cult I suspect is primarily supporting this shit is REALLY deep and fucking terrifying.
Worse I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DON'T KNOW. All I know is that the "right" suddenly consolidated power about 2 years ago and kept it on the DL until quite recently.
I got shit all else to say publicly, but I'm aware that civilization as we know it faces a DIRE existential threat from the oncoming storm.
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on December 07, 2016, 01:59:50 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 07, 2016, 03:04:40 AM
Watching the latest right wing fuckery in Ohio, and mulling over some inside poop that arrived through AURA today.
It occurs to me that the stakes have changed even more than I expected (and my expectations were pretty fucking grim). Life is going to get very rough for a lot of people, in just six weeks. More or less instantly, especially for the poorest...But also if you're LGBT, or had the poor judgement to be born a anything other than a white christian male. I doubt this idea is a surprise to anyone, but I think the scale will be.
Right now, the sole thing I am judging people on is what they believe in, and what they are willing to do to defend those beliefs and, not coincidentally, the people around them.
This is something I'm doing unilaterally, regardless of whether I like someone or not. If you find you hate me too much to work with me, fine. Work without me. Good luck.
What's AURA?
My sources are more like a bunch of pieces I'd rather not discuss generally, much less on a public forum... but the cult I suspect is primarily supporting this shit is REALLY deep and fucking terrifying.
Worse I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DON'T KNOW. All I know is that the "right" suddenly consolidated power about 2 years ago and kept it on the DL until quite recently.
I got shit all else to say publicly, but I'm aware that civilization as we know it faces a DIRE existential threat from the oncoming storm.
AURA is a consortium of universities tied to the National Science Foundation. It is also the world's greatest grapevine.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 07, 2016, 02:53:33 PM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on December 07, 2016, 01:59:50 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 07, 2016, 03:04:40 AM
Watching the latest right wing fuckery in Ohio, and mulling over some inside poop that arrived through AURA today.
It occurs to me that the stakes have changed even more than I expected (and my expectations were pretty fucking grim). Life is going to get very rough for a lot of people, in just six weeks. More or less instantly, especially for the poorest...But also if you're LGBT, or had the poor judgement to be born a anything other than a white christian male. I doubt this idea is a surprise to anyone, but I think the scale will be.
Right now, the sole thing I am judging people on is what they believe in, and what they are willing to do to defend those beliefs and, not coincidentally, the people around them.
This is something I'm doing unilaterally, regardless of whether I like someone or not. If you find you hate me too much to work with me, fine. Work without me. Good luck.
What's AURA?
My sources are more like a bunch of pieces I'd rather not discuss generally, much less on a public forum... but the cult I suspect is primarily supporting this shit is REALLY deep and fucking terrifying.
Worse I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DON'T KNOW. All I know is that the "right" suddenly consolidated power about 2 years ago and kept it on the DL until quite recently.
I got shit all else to say publicly, but I'm aware that civilization as we know it faces a DIRE existential threat from the oncoming storm.
AURA is a consortium of universities tied to the National Science Foundation. It is also the world's greatest grapevine.
Bet. Academics talk about what they know by definition. Once upon a time, in the '90z, I had gotten myself total access to the network and T1 internet connection of a technical college by way of being all Italian about my shit. I gorged on the waters of knowledge right up until after 9/11.
Then I just lost access, but knowing WHAT to look for and what has already been said before in variation is an invaluable tool to this day in filtering my feed so to speak. That and the shit in my life after.
I've been to delusional mania and back many times over in part because of the deep shit. I see that crazy becoming mainstream and it's hard for folks to understand how INTENSE getting "woke" is for the folks hearing outlandish things for the first time without prior context. The whole world is now being force-fed the nasty bits most beneficial to certain factions by way of alternative media unimaginable to the guys trying to keep shit suppressed way back when.
There's no going back. Both the comfort and reasonability of the previous century have broken up and will soon dissolve entirely under the new "order" of lies being told and blended with unthinkable truths long suppressed by those who fancy themselves humanity's keeperz. It's a prison riot that sparked fire during a lockdown. Doesn't matter if you rioted or not anymore because the wardens set the fucker AND instigated the riot. Nero's orders.
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on December 07, 2016, 06:53:40 PM
There's no going back. Both the comfort and reasonability of the previous century have broken up and will soon dissolve entirely
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/08/06/11/2B24774E00000578-3186815-Devastated_Hardly_any_buildings_in_Hiroshima_were_left_standing_-a-96_1438857513539.jpg)
Also, Christ it took TRUMP for you all to finally realize that shits going downhill? Where have you been for the past 16 years?
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on December 07, 2016, 07:47:43 PM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on December 07, 2016, 06:53:40 PM
There's no going back. Both the comfort and reasonability of the previous century have broken up and will soon dissolve entirely
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/08/06/11/2B24774E00000578-3186815-Devastated_Hardly_any_buildings_in_Hiroshima_were_left_standing_-a-96_1438857513539.jpg)
Also, Christ it took TRUMP for you all to finally realize that shits going downhill? Where have you been for the past 16 years?
:pope:
Hey guys, let's use all the slurs we want when fighting Nazis. I mean, we'll need people to slap around once the terrible bigots are removed from power, you know?
Quote from: N E T on December 07, 2016, 08:57:23 PM
Hey guys, let's use all the slurs we want when fighting Nazis. I mean, we'll need people to slap around once the terrible bigots are removed from power, you know?
>current year
>still trapped in an inconsequential semantic purity spiral
>thinks you are ever going to overthrow the god emperor
:lulz:
Quote from: N E T on December 07, 2016, 08:57:23 PM
Hey guys, let's use all the slurs we want when fighting Nazis. I mean, we'll need people to slap around once the terrible bigots are removed from power, you know?
Sorry, I am an invertebrate and cannot understand your post.
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on December 07, 2016, 09:00:35 PM
Quote from: N E T on December 07, 2016, 08:57:23 PM
Hey guys, let's use all the slurs we want when fighting Nazis. I mean, we'll need people to slap around once the terrible bigots are removed from power, you know?
>current year
>still trapped in an inconsequential semantic purity spiral
>thinks you are ever going to overthrow the god emperor
:lulz:
Acceptance of slurs is the best way to build a strong leftist movement. Because dehumanizing oppressed classes with our words is inconsequential—JUST LIKE THE PEOPLE IT TEARS DOWN!!! LOLOLOLOL!
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 07, 2016, 09:04:54 PM
Quote from: N E T on December 07, 2016, 08:57:23 PM
Hey guys, let's use all the slurs we want when fighting Nazis. I mean, we'll need people to slap around once the terrible bigots are removed from power, you know?
Sorry, I am an invertebrate and cannot understand your post.
You need to quit your fucking whining and buck up for some Nazi-stomping, you feckless barrel of turds.
Quote from: N E T on December 07, 2016, 10:42:15 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 07, 2016, 09:04:54 PM
Quote from: N E T on December 07, 2016, 08:57:23 PM
Hey guys, let's use all the slurs we want when fighting Nazis. I mean, we'll need people to slap around once the terrible bigots are removed from power, you know?
Sorry, I am an invertebrate and cannot understand your post.
You need to quit your fucking whining and buck up for some Nazi-stomping, you feckless barrel of turds.
Aw. I guess you're just here to shit on Roger huh? When did you ever meaningfully stomp anything much less post something worth a shit in recent times?
Do tell how to plz
Hi PeeDee!
Whatcha doin???
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Welcome_back_kotter_1977.JPG)
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on December 08, 2016, 12:10:41 AM
Hi PeeDee!
Whatcha doin???
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Welcome_back_kotter_1977.JPG)
Sic
:nope:
:nuke2:
Quote from: N E T on December 07, 2016, 10:42:15 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 07, 2016, 09:04:54 PM
Quote from: N E T on December 07, 2016, 08:57:23 PM
Hey guys, let's use all the slurs we want when fighting Nazis. I mean, we'll need people to slap around once the terrible bigots are removed from power, you know?
Sorry, I am an invertebrate and cannot understand your post.
You need to quit your fucking whining and buck up for some Nazi-stomping, you feckless barrel of turds.
*stares at you cephalopodly*
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on December 08, 2016, 12:10:41 AM
Hi PeeDee!
Whatcha doin???
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Welcome_back_kotter_1977.JPG)
OSHIT !
I'm trying to gear up for presenting my Master's thesis prospectus tonight. In 40 minutes. Funny how TELLING yourself to calm down and be cool because it'll all be fine doesn't fucking work.
Every dry run I do comes in under 9 minutes. I'm supposed to go to 12. I'm out of words for padding it out, so I'm going to have to go pretty slow.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 08, 2016, 01:20:06 AM
I'm trying to gear up for presenting my Master's thesis prospectus tonight. In 40 minutes. Funny how TELLING yourself to calm down and be cool because it'll all be fine doesn't fucking work.
Every dry run I do comes in under 9 minutes. I'm supposed to go to 12. I'm out of words for padding it out, so I'm going to have to go pretty slow.
Breathing exercise works. Inhale steadily until comfortably full then slowly exhale for about twice as long. The heart slows while exhaling by reflex and if you do about 20 reps uninterrupted your body will have reached equilibrium physically.
Thinking does exactly nothing without the correct "access code" to make your body believe it.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 08, 2016, 01:20:06 AM
I'm trying to gear up for presenting my Master's thesis prospectus tonight. In 40 minutes. Funny how TELLING yourself to calm down and be cool because it'll all be fine doesn't fucking work.
Every dry run I do comes in under 9 minutes. I'm supposed to go to 12. I'm out of words for padding it out, so I'm going to have to go pretty slow.
Hell Yes! Go slay their faces with SCIENCE! Calmness is the little penny carousel in the Kmart lobby. YOU ride fire because you can!!
we are critically short of janitorial staff because my boss keeps firing them without bothering to consult with me. So I suggested a hiring COMMITTEE. They went for it. So I said we needed a kickoff meeting. THEY WENT FOR IT. So I said we needed buy-in from optical engineering. They went for that, too, but I was unable to keep a straight face so we're just doing the first two.
Meanwhile, the toilets don't work.
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on December 08, 2016, 01:41:17 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 08, 2016, 01:20:06 AM
I'm trying to gear up for presenting my Master's thesis prospectus tonight. In 40 minutes. Funny how TELLING yourself to calm down and be cool because it'll all be fine doesn't fucking work.
Every dry run I do comes in under 9 minutes. I'm supposed to go to 12. I'm out of words for padding it out, so I'm going to have to go pretty slow.
Breathing exercise works. Inhale steadily until comfortably full then slowly exhale for about twice as long. The heart slows while exhaling by reflex and if you do about 20 reps uninterrupted your body will have reached equilibrium physically.
Thinking does exactly nothing without the correct "access code" to make your body believe it.
Yes, I know this and I teach it to both my biology and psychology students. :)
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on December 08, 2016, 01:50:23 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 08, 2016, 01:20:06 AM
I'm trying to gear up for presenting my Master's thesis prospectus tonight. In 40 minutes. Funny how TELLING yourself to calm down and be cool because it'll all be fine doesn't fucking work.
Every dry run I do comes in under 9 minutes. I'm supposed to go to 12. I'm out of words for padding it out, so I'm going to have to go pretty slow.
Hell Yes! Go slay their faces with SCIENCE! Calmness is the little penny carousel in the Kmart lobby. YOU ride fire because you can!!
I did a ridiculous dance beforehand, which seemed to loosen everybody up. My reasoning is, I'm a goofy fucker and they will ultimately realize that I'm a goofy fucker, so I might as well get that out of the way up front. The subsequent talk went well, I went to 16 minutes with questions, I have a real thesis proposal, and now I move on to stage 2: grant writing. Woot!
:noodledance: :jihaad: :noodledance:
Quote from: N E T on December 07, 2016, 09:46:25 PM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on December 07, 2016, 09:00:35 PM
Quote from: N E T on December 07, 2016, 08:57:23 PM
Hey guys, let's use all the slurs we want when fighting Nazis. I mean, we'll need people to slap around once the terrible bigots are removed from power, you know?
>current year
>still trapped in an inconsequential semantic purity spiral
>thinks you are ever going to overthrow the god emperor
:lulz:
Acceptance of slurs is the best way to build a strong leftist movement. Because dehumanizing oppressed classes with our words is inconsequential—JUST LIKE THE PEOPLE IT TEARS DOWN!!! LOLOLOLOL!
Yes exactly youre starting to understand.
I wish my calendar would quit trying to video call me.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 08, 2016, 08:14:32 AM
I wish my calendar would quit trying to video call me.
Maybe it wants to date?
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 08, 2016, 04:16:41 AM
we are critically short of janitorial staff because my boss keeps firing them without bothering to consult with me. So I suggested a hiring COMMITTEE. They went for it. So I said we needed a kickoff meeting. THEY WENT FOR IT. So I said we needed buy-in from optical engineering. They went for that, too, but I was unable to keep a straight face so we're just doing the first two.
Meanwhile, the toilets don't work.
:motorcycle:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 08, 2016, 04:22:31 AM
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on December 08, 2016, 01:50:23 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 08, 2016, 01:20:06 AM
I'm trying to gear up for presenting my Master's thesis prospectus tonight. In 40 minutes. Funny how TELLING yourself to calm down and be cool because it'll all be fine doesn't fucking work.
Every dry run I do comes in under 9 minutes. I'm supposed to go to 12. I'm out of words for padding it out, so I'm going to have to go pretty slow.
Hell Yes! Go slay their faces with SCIENCE! Calmness is the little penny carousel in the Kmart lobby. YOU ride fire because you can!!
I did a ridiculous dance beforehand, which seemed to loosen everybody up. My reasoning is, I'm a goofy fucker and they will ultimately realize that I'm a goofy fucker, so I might as well get that out of the way up front. The subsequent talk went well, I went to 16 minutes with questions, I have a real thesis proposal, and now I move on to stage 2: grant writing. Woot!
:banana:
Quote from: MMIX on December 08, 2016, 08:57:01 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 08, 2016, 08:14:32 AM
I wish my calendar would quit trying to video call me.
Maybe it wants to date?
:pissed:
And now Greg Lake as died; fuck this year, that's 2/3 of my favourite band eaten by 20fucking16
I went to the work christmas party.
It sucked.
Quote from: MMIX on December 08, 2016, 08:57:01 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 08, 2016, 08:14:32 AM
I wish my calendar would quit trying to video call me.
Maybe it wants to date?
It should have noticed that I shared it with Alty, which might tip-off a sentient calendar that I'm taken.
Hi guys.
(http://agrandediferenca.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ru-alaska-hiiiii.gif)
O Alaska <3
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on December 08, 2016, 09:01:45 PM
Hi guys.
HELLO! I ran across someone on Tinder that's FB friends with you. As far as I knew that was true of only three people in Portland, and I've already swiped the other two STRAIGHT UP. My mind was fucking blown right out of my skull...and now yours is as well.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 08, 2016, 06:50:11 PM
Quote from: MMIX on December 08, 2016, 08:57:01 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 08, 2016, 08:14:32 AM
I wish my calendar would quit trying to video call me.
Maybe it wants to date?
It should have noticed that I shared it with Alty, which might tip-off a sentient calendar that I'm taken.
It didn't care. The Gregorian Calendar is a notorious douchebag.
John Glenn died.
Thanks, 2016. :cry:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 08, 2016, 11:40:04 PM
John Glenn died.
Thanks, 2016. :cry:
It's more impressive to look at who's still alive. There must be a few pod people you've not told me about.
Hey waffle, how's your weather? Roger may have you beat.
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on December 08, 2016, 09:49:34 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 08, 2016, 06:50:11 PM
Quote from: MMIX on December 08, 2016, 08:57:01 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 08, 2016, 08:14:32 AM
I wish my calendar would quit trying to video call me.
Maybe it wants to date?
It should have noticed that I shared it with Alty, which might tip-off a sentient calendar that I'm taken.
It didn't care. The Gregorian Calendar is a notorious douchebag.
I should have known better than to give it access to my email account.
So I'd like to get my boy who is all Metal with a heart of gold a distortion pedal. i also need to get him an amp but i think my range on an amp plus a pedal will need to stay under $100.
I was looking at the Boss MT2 Metal Zone and the Boss DS-1. The Boss MT2 Metal Zone is pretty much full on Metal. The Boss DS-1 seems to have that good all around distortion. It also seems very suitable for classic rock.
I can't decide which. I know for me i'd go with the DS-1 but he would probably say he'd want the Metal Zone. The thing is, as a budding musician, which would provide more versatility? That kind of thing I'm lost on...also because i don't really know pedals for shit. I had an old skinny yellow mxr...i forget the model but it never seemed to match the distortion sound i wanted. .. anyway ...advice?
Metal Zone is a pretty decent pedal. And you can always turn the effects knobs down if you want less juice, can't turn it up if you get him the weaker distortion pedal. The great thing about Boss stuff is that it's virtually indestructible. I've known several musicians who would take their pedal effects and swap all of them into the shells of old Boss pedals. Good stuff.
I thought I was being clever by taking the train instead of the bus this morning. Four and a half hours later, I'm at work. I could have driven from Portland to Seattle in the time that it took me to cross town. Thanks a lot, Obama!
Addendum: As a result, I missed training for a new case this morning. I was told to sit with someone and get caught up. I asked the dude who's name I recognized from email threads, but he had someone else who came in late this morning sitting with him. Then I asked the cute young one on the team. She said cool, but then asked me "wait...why did you choose me? jw..." I had to scramble to come up with a reason that was not "ummm...because the halo effect." I'm hoping that exonerates me :oops:
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on December 09, 2016, 06:27:26 PM
I thought I was being clever by taking the train instead of the bus this morning. Four and a half hours later, I'm at work. I could have driven from Portland to Seattle in the time that it took me to cross town. Thanks a lot, Obama!
I got up early to take Ophelia to school and go to my lab meeting, but to my great joy everything is cancelled.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 09, 2016, 06:40:54 PM
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on December 09, 2016, 06:27:26 PM
I thought I was being clever by taking the train instead of the bus this morning. Four and a half hours later, I'm at work. I could have driven from Portland to Seattle in the time that it took me to cross town. Thanks a lot, Obama!
I got up early to take Ophelia to school and go to my lab meeting, but to my great joy everything is cancelled.
Such a relief. I'm actually regretting not packing it in the minute the train stalled out. Or before then, when I was waiting 45 minutes for it to come in the first place. Or just after then, when the driver of the only bus line that was still going over the hills fell on the ice and had to be replaced. Or...when I was at the front door of my building and realizing I still had to make it BACK in a few hours.
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on December 09, 2016, 06:46:58 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 09, 2016, 06:40:54 PM
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on December 09, 2016, 06:27:26 PM
I thought I was being clever by taking the train instead of the bus this morning. Four and a half hours later, I'm at work. I could have driven from Portland to Seattle in the time that it took me to cross town. Thanks a lot, Obama!
I got up early to take Ophelia to school and go to my lab meeting, but to my great joy everything is cancelled.
Such a relief. I'm actually regretting not packing it in the minute the train stalled out. Or before then, when I was waiting 45 minutes for it to come in the first place. Or just after then, when the driver of the only bus line that was still going over the hills fell on the ice and had to be replaced. Or...when I was at the front door of my building and realizing I still had to make it BACK in a few hours.
This is one of the many reasons it just makes more sense to cancel everything for a couple of days. The expense of preparing the entire city for a snowfall that will be gone in 48 hours is silly when we can just wait.
HAHAHA THE HITS JUST KEEP COMING!
Now my stepdad is in the hospital. Mom's a wreck trying to go to work, visit him twice a day, and keep up the house and take care of the dogs. And I'm still broke from the death trip to Maine and can't fly down to help out.
I'm not a religious man, but I'm developing a new appreciation for Job.
Quote from: East Coast Hustle on December 10, 2016, 08:25:55 AM
HAHAHA THE HITS JUST KEEP COMING!
Now my stepdad is in the hospital. Mom's a wreck trying to go to work, visit him twice a day, and keep up the house and take care of the dogs. And I'm still broke from the death trip to Maine and can't fly down to help out.
Shit, man. Where are they? That juggling act is no joke.
I'm awake right now because the ice that made my commutes today (another two and a half hours on the return trip, btw) led to a power outage at the GF's apartments, which led to candles for light, which led to....I hope everyone in the next building over is okay.
My GF is hilariously bad in a crisis situation. I'm all dragging my groggy ass out of bed, slowly lacing my boots, the kids are moving quickly but more-or-less calmly, while she literally runs around in circles screaming, "911! 911! Where are the dogs? Oh my God, Jeremy! There's a fire. 911!"
Damn quick response from the fire department and Portland rain kept the fire from jumping, but the whole top floor of the next building is done. Hope everyone's okay.
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on December 10, 2016, 10:22:01 AM
Quote from: East Coast Hustle on December 10, 2016, 08:25:55 AM
HAHAHA THE HITS JUST KEEP COMING!
Now my stepdad is in the hospital. Mom's a wreck trying to go to work, visit him twice a day, and keep up the house and take care of the dogs. And I'm still broke from the death trip to Maine and can't fly down to help out.
Shit, man. Where are they? That juggling act is no joke.
Virgin Islands. Otherwise I'd hitchhike.
Quote from: East Coast Hustle on December 10, 2016, 08:26:48 AM
I'm not a religious man, but I'm developing a new appreciation for Job.
Fuck Job. He was a complaining twat. Read Ecclesiastes, allegedly by Solomon. New International Version (NIV) is best for the basic spirit of the text in English.
Fuckin' hell ECH. Hold on. All storms pass, and sadly all fair weather too. I hope that you and yours will pull through.
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on December 10, 2016, 10:30:41 AM
I'm awake right now because the ice that made my commutes today (another two and a half hours on the return trip, btw) led to a power outage at the GF's apartments, which led to candles for light, which led to....I hope everyone in the next building over is okay.
My GF is hilariously bad in a crisis situation. I'm all dragging my groggy ass out of bed, slowly lacing my boots, the kids are moving quickly but more-or-less calmly, while she literally runs around in circles screaming, "911! 911! Where are the dogs? Oh my God, Jeremy! There's a fire. 911!"
Damn quick response from the fire department and Portland rain kept the fire from jumping, but the whole top floor of the next building is done. Hope everyone's okay.
HOLY. SHIT.
Quote from: East Coast Hustle on December 10, 2016, 08:25:55 AM
HAHAHA THE HITS JUST KEEP COMING!
Now my stepdad is in the hospital. Mom's a wreck trying to go to work, visit him twice a day, and keep up the house and take care of the dogs. And I'm still broke from the death trip to Maine and can't fly down to help out.
Oh fucking hell. :(
Oh, ECH, fuck.
The ice is all melted, and now all that's left to remind us of the lovely days off are broken trees everywhere.
My week 8 behavioral trials are underway, but other than tidying up in the lab and training my two volunteers, there's virtually nothing to actually DO for work for the next three weeks. It's beautiful. Gonna run some wiring upstairs this week so we can insulate the interior walls and sheet rock, then we will finally start on the hellhole of a bathroom.
Broke a shovel doing my dad's driveway. Plastic flinger POS!! :lol: Dug into the depths of The Garage and found me a nice, rusty steel job from the 70's. They REALL don't make them like that anymore.
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on December 12, 2016, 06:26:22 PM
Broke a shovel doing my dad's driveway. Plastic flinger POS!! :lol: Dug into the depths of The Garage and found me a nice, rusty steel job from the 70's. They REALL don't make them like that anymore.
Because tetanus.
Skynet is hiring someone for assembly. Skynet is still trying to reconcile the part where software eventually needs to be on hardware somewhere.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 12, 2016, 09:24:31 PM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on December 12, 2016, 06:26:22 PM
Broke a shovel doing my dad's driveway. Plastic flinger POS!! :lol: Dug into the depths of The Garage and found me a nice, rusty steel job from the 70's. They REALL don't make them like that anymore.
Because tetanus.
:horrormirth:
HOW is the internet capable of being so boring today? I swear, I was able to find more interesting things on the internet when there was less STUFF on it.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 12, 2016, 10:08:38 PM
HOW is the internet capable of being so boring today? I swear, I was able to find more interesting things on the internet when there was less STUFF on it.
Mandela effect. All of the cool shit got edited out of reality and replaced with the will of Greyface.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 12, 2016, 10:08:38 PM
HOW is the internet capable of being so boring today? I swear, I was able to find more interesting things on the internet when there was less STUFF on it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDUHe1Sxyqk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBCYXe5ufas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgnH34e5SAo
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 12, 2016, 09:24:31 PM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on December 12, 2016, 06:26:22 PM
Broke a shovel doing my dad's driveway. Plastic flinger POS!! :lol: Dug into the depths of The Garage and found me a nice, rusty steel job from the 70's. They REALL don't make them like that anymore.
Because tetanus.
Who among us has not had rusty nails securing wood to their feet like hobo ski gear?
Builds character. And the immune system.
Quote from: Junkenstein on December 12, 2016, 11:03:01 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 12, 2016, 09:24:31 PM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on December 12, 2016, 06:26:22 PM
Broke a shovel doing my dad's driveway. Plastic flinger POS!! :lol: Dug into the depths of The Garage and found me a nice, rusty steel job from the 70's. They REALL don't make them like that anymore.
Because tetanus.
Who among us has not had rusty nails securing wood to their feet like hobo ski gear?
Builds character. And the immune system.
That was my whole childhood but with more violence, no child labor protection, and snow everywhere in between.
The shoveling is like Zen battle meditation now. Soothing as I chop, chop, chop, scrap scrape, chop, chop, chop.
I'm getting a dikoted titanium one if I can, with an oak handle. That would do me for life and double as a weapon with a small cover bonus.
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on December 08, 2016, 09:44:34 PM
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on December 08, 2016, 09:01:45 PM
Hi guys.
HELLO! I ran across someone on Tinder that's FB friends with you. As far as I knew that was true of only three people in Portland, and I've already swiped the other two STRAIGHT UP. My mind was fucking blown right out of my skull...and now yours is as well.
Whoa. I'm curious to who this is now. :O
Shit ECH. :(
So, I have the horrible bronchial infection. I've been on my ass since last Wednesday night, and it occurred to me this morning that I should probably get it looked at.
BP 180/105 :eek:
Temp: 101.5
Enlightened civilization of bacteria in my bronchial bits.
I am assured that a Z-pack will take care of it, but I am reasonably sure I'm on my deathbed. Remember, if I keel over, ECH gets the first 10 pages of my PMs (for the questions to the answers), Richter gets my 3/4" drive sockets, and Cainad and Cram can split a bucket of my snot.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 12, 2016, 11:50:24 PM
So, I have the horrible bronchial infection. I've been on my ass since last Wednesday night, and it occurred to me this morning that I should probably get it looked at.
BP 180/105 :eek:
Temp: 101.5
Enlightened civilization of bacteria in my bronchial bits.
I am assured that a Z-pack will take care of it, but I am reasonably sure I'm on my deathbed. Remember, if I keel over, ECH gets the first 10 pages of my PMs (for the questions to the answers), Richter gets my 3/4" drive sockets, and Cainad and Cram can split a bucket of my snot.
A temp that high could indicate bacterial pneumonia. Have you been feeling weakness physically (bp that high could possibly imply some hypoxia) or seen ANY pink in your... uh, gift bucket?
Wait... Mrs. TGRR is a nurse IIRC. I guess she'd be able to make that call. Posted anyway because "gift bucket" :lol:
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on December 12, 2016, 11:57:05 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 12, 2016, 11:50:24 PM
So, I have the horrible bronchial infection. I've been on my ass since last Wednesday night, and it occurred to me this morning that I should probably get it looked at.
BP 180/105 :eek:
Temp: 101.5
Enlightened civilization of bacteria in my bronchial bits.
I am assured that a Z-pack will take care of it, but I am reasonably sure I'm on my deathbed. Remember, if I keel over, ECH gets the first 10 pages of my PMs (for the questions to the answers), Richter gets my 3/4" drive sockets, and Cainad and Cram can split a bucket of my snot.
A temp that high could indicate bacterial pneumonia. Have you been feeling weakness physically (bp that high could possibly imply some hypoxia) or seen ANY pink in your... uh, gift bucket?
Wait... Mrs. TGRR is a nurse IIRC. I guess she'd be able to make that call. Posted anyway because "gift bucket" :lol:
Nope, it's not pneumonia, but not - as I have been told - for lack of trying.
It's just a horrible bronchial thingie.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 13, 2016, 12:44:15 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on December 12, 2016, 11:57:05 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 12, 2016, 11:50:24 PM
So, I have the horrible bronchial infection. I've been on my ass since last Wednesday night, and it occurred to me this morning that I should probably get it looked at.
BP 180/105 :eek:
Temp: 101.5
Enlightened civilization of bacteria in my bronchial bits.
I am assured that a Z-pack will take care of it, but I am reasonably sure I'm on my deathbed. Remember, if I keel over, ECH gets the first 10 pages of my PMs (for the questions to the answers), Richter gets my 3/4" drive sockets, and Cainad and Cram can split a bucket of my snot.
A temp that high could indicate bacterial pneumonia. Have you been feeling weakness physically (bp that high could possibly imply some hypoxia) or seen ANY pink in your... uh, gift bucket?
Wait... Mrs. TGRR is a nurse IIRC. I guess she'd be able to make that call. Posted anyway because "gift bucket" :lol:
Nope, it's not pneumonia, but not - as I have been told - for lack of trying.
It's just a horrible bronchial thingie.
Pneumonia develops from that. It's a disease, but not vector specific. Keep an eye on that temp. If it breaches 102.5 get to the hospital no matter when. By that point you're getting into real danger actual pneumonia or no.
Hang in there. You got a saline IV?
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on December 13, 2016, 12:49:46 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 13, 2016, 12:44:15 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on December 12, 2016, 11:57:05 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 12, 2016, 11:50:24 PM
So, I have the horrible bronchial infection. I've been on my ass since last Wednesday night, and it occurred to me this morning that I should probably get it looked at.
BP 180/105 :eek:
Temp: 101.5
Enlightened civilization of bacteria in my bronchial bits.
I am assured that a Z-pack will take care of it, but I am reasonably sure I'm on my deathbed. Remember, if I keel over, ECH gets the first 10 pages of my PMs (for the questions to the answers), Richter gets my 3/4" drive sockets, and Cainad and Cram can split a bucket of my snot.
A temp that high could indicate bacterial pneumonia. Have you been feeling weakness physically (bp that high could possibly imply some hypoxia) or seen ANY pink in your... uh, gift bucket?
Wait... Mrs. TGRR is a nurse IIRC. I guess she'd be able to make that call. Posted anyway because "gift bucket" :lol:
Nope, it's not pneumonia, but not - as I have been told - for lack of trying.
It's just a horrible bronchial thingie.
Pneumonia develops from that. It's a disease, but not vector specific. Keep an eye on that temp. If it breaches 102.5 get to the hospital no matter when. By that point you're getting into real danger actual pneumonia or no.
Hang in there. You got a saline IV?
No, but I am full of Z-pack, and thus I once again cheat the fate I built for myself by ignoring this.
Personal responsibility is SO pre-Alexander Fleming.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 13, 2016, 12:51:50 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on December 13, 2016, 12:49:46 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 13, 2016, 12:44:15 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on December 12, 2016, 11:57:05 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 12, 2016, 11:50:24 PM
So, I have the horrible bronchial infection. I've been on my ass since last Wednesday night, and it occurred to me this morning that I should probably get it looked at.
BP 180/105 :eek:
Temp: 101.5
Enlightened civilization of bacteria in my bronchial bits.
I am assured that a Z-pack will take care of it, but I am reasonably sure I'm on my deathbed. Remember, if I keel over, ECH gets the first 10 pages of my PMs (for the questions to the answers), Richter gets my 3/4" drive sockets, and Cainad and Cram can split a bucket of my snot.
A temp that high could indicate bacterial pneumonia. Have you been feeling weakness physically (bp that high could possibly imply some hypoxia) or seen ANY pink in your... uh, gift bucket?
Wait... Mrs. TGRR is a nurse IIRC. I guess she'd be able to make that call. Posted anyway because "gift bucket" :lol:
Nope, it's not pneumonia, but not - as I have been told - for lack of trying.
It's just a horrible bronchial thingie.
Pneumonia develops from that. It's a disease, but not vector specific. Keep an eye on that temp. If it breaches 102.5 get to the hospital no matter when. By that point you're getting into real danger actual pneumonia or no.
Hang in there. You got a saline IV?
No, but I am full of Z-pack, and thus I once again cheat the fate I built for myself by ignoring this.
Personal responsibility is SO pre-Alexander Fleming.
Who now? :?
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 13, 2016, 01:54:11 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on December 13, 2016, 01:40:18 AM
Who now? :?
Just some guy. Invented stuff.
Looked him up a bit, he invented an antibiotic right? I gets it now. There was a time when your mistake could easily have proven fatal. Now it's a bit less so thanks to him.
Sounds like the first to understand a LOT of what we now consider "basic" biology. Godfather of saving our asses.
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on December 12, 2016, 10:41:12 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 12, 2016, 10:08:38 PM
HOW is the internet capable of being so boring today? I swear, I was able to find more interesting things on the internet when there was less STUFF on it.
Mandela effect. All of the cool shit got edited out of reality and replaced with the will of Greyface.
DAMMIT. I need a better reality.
Why the fuck does my phone want to correct crap to Cramulus???
It's in my facebook predictive text! I've never typed Cramulus on this phone wtf.
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on December 13, 2016, 04:17:26 AM
It's in my facebook predictive text! I've never typed Cramulus on this phone wtf.
Cramulus is actually a very advanced computer virus. I've met him IRL, and he was just a big skin sack full of ones and zeros.
I pasted without copying and it came up Cramulus. And another time we moved into this house that had some really 70's wall paper and we scraped it off to paint the place, and what do you know written in glitter on every inch of that wall was "Cramulus".
Last year, I went to New Orleans (as I do), and decided for a lark to get a Tarot reading.
Every card turned over had the image of a ballpipe and simply said, "Cramulus".
http://www.cockeyed.com/stranger/index.php?netflixid=Penzhyhf (http://www.cockeyed.com/stranger/index.php?netflixid=Penzhyhf)
Had a doctor appointment last Monday. Dealing with some skin conditions, mental futzing, and a strong family history issue emerged that I wanted to see if there was any kind of early detection available for. The doc said there's no way to know for sure, but there some signs that might be able to out on a blood test. Took the blood test.
A week later I got the results. My iron levels are normal, but evidently I have dangerously high levels of Cramulus.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 12, 2016, 10:08:38 PM
HOW is the internet capable of being so boring today? I swear, I was able to find more interesting things on the internet when there was less STUFF on it.
It's comforting that you're having the same experience. I was worried it was just my diminished capacity for enjoyment.
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on December 13, 2016, 05:46:04 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 12, 2016, 10:08:38 PM
HOW is the internet capable of being so boring today? I swear, I was able to find more interesting things on the internet when there was less STUFF on it.
It's comforting that you're having the same experience. I was worried it was just my diminished capacity for enjoyment.
I also had some concerns that it might just be the effects of grief and growing older, but it turns out that my internet connection was just badly infested with Cramulus.
Some METARs are missing. I was told a fire, but I'm suspecting cramulus.
Originally, I thought that maybe I could attain to understanding "the eye in the triangle". Then, Cramulus.
I should probably tell the national weather service we need the Cramulus codes.
HELp
Northeastern
SW<39.734><-75.781>
NE<47.257><-66.487>
Cabal overRUN
ramulus
Accessed hirley0 pr0tocol 18
C
Default to MAIN: failed
Communication: "FUCK YUO I AM ORANGES"
default to MAIN: failed
ramulus count:
48 translations
13 rotations
9 inversions
2 unknow n
C
abstraction cascade: 82.42cram71%
collapsed, we tried to get them out in time but
default to MAIN: FAILED
:lulz:
I had this assignment in my Health and Stress Management class this term where I had to write letters to people that have made me angry or sad or some other strong negative emotion. I wrote some pretty intense letters to some key people and decided to go ahead and send them. I printed them out to mail them properly, nothing like real paper for a poison pen letter.
When they came out of the printer, every single word was Cramulus.
I had to give a thesis presentation to an audience of peers in order to move forward with my research project. I spent three days carefully preparing slides that would convey the most compelling story possible for selling the value of my proposal to the advancement of biological science, including painstaking diagrams of enzymatic action on thyroid hormones in the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axis.
I was nervous as hell when it came time to present, but I got up there and loaded my presentation, introduced myself and my lab, and hit "Play from beginning".
Every image on every slide had somehow been replaced with
:cramstipated:
The day everything became Cramulus, I was standing underneath a streetlight, wishing I had a cigarette.
I can't recall anything unusual about it.
If there was something in the air, if the skies had clouded over, I wasn't aware; I was too bored to care.
No thunder roared.
No lightning cracked.
No missiles rained from the sky.
This was no sneak attack.
There was just suddenly this awful
lack.
Things had changed, that's for sure.
The day everything became Cramulus, you couldn't put your finger on what had gone wrong.
The alleys were still dirty; the garbage still smelled; there was no panic in the streets; just a lot of grief – in people's faces, in their eyes – a mixture of horror and total surprise.
This was no apocalypse. No one heard a voice from the sky.
There were no miracles at the 7-Eleven.
No one screamed, no one even asked why.
It was just like everything had somehow, quietly died.
I can't recall much of what happened next.
I was on my way to visit this woman I knew.
All we had in common was good sex, and now I couldn't even remember her address.
A group of us, just strangers, got together and we formed a committee to discuss the problem.
We talked about things like assured mutual destruction and emotional responsibility.
I couldn't remember my name, so I called myself Bob.
It's weird being a Bob, but I'll get used to it. I have to.
(with apologies to Nomeansno)
*tight closeup of Cramulus' face*
Take, Eat... This is my body.
*camera rapidly zooms out, revealing 100 squirrels crawling all over naked Cramulus*
Drink, this is my blood
*Camera focuses on the Stanley Cup, filled with mountain dew*
This is the blood of the covenant, which is poured out in remembrance of the 1980s
Do this in memory of Cramulus
(http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/25900/25988/girl_arms_25988_lg.gif)
*The squirrels turn into rose petals, which are carried by the wind, into a fire*
*A fireman with chicken wings stuck in his beard grabs a fire hose and blasts the fire, which just spreads for some reason, igniting a nearby elementary school. A guy yells "daaamn"*
"Amen."
Move over, Payne... there's a new messiah in town!
What's his name?
CRAM!
I can't hear you!
CRAM!
What's he gonna do?
HE'S GONNA CRAM YOUR GRAN!
You know he's gonna die now, right? :cry:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 13, 2016, 02:50:43 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on December 12, 2016, 10:41:12 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 12, 2016, 10:08:38 PM
HOW is the internet capable of being so boring today? I swear, I was able to find more interesting things on the internet when there was less STUFF on it.
Mandela effect. All of the cool shit got edited out of reality and replaced with the will of Greyface.
DAMMIT. I need a better reality.
SISTER YOU AIN'T EVEN KIDDING!
The weather report called for snow. I walked out of my sub-basement office and climbed the stairs into the midafternoon daylight, blinking owlishly behind my glasses like a stereotype of a subterranean lab-dwelling scientist. No snow yet. I proceeded to my favorite food cart, hoping for a lunch of spicy Ahi poke salad. As I approached, I could see that there was no line, which I knew could not be a good sign. I drew near enough to read the small handwritten sign in the window: "Closed due to weather". Disappointed, cold, and hungry, I looked up into the pale gray clouds, prepared to tell them off in unambiguous language. Just as the first few flakes patted softly down onto my cheeks and melted, I heard a sweet singing in the near distance.
Hi, hi we're your weather girls
Ah-huh
And have we got news for you
You better listen
I listened. Perhaps they would tell me of another purveyor of raw fish dishes in the near vicinity.
Get ready, all you lonely girls
And leave those umbrellas at home
Alright
Yes, I could dig it. No need for umbrellas when what's falling isn't wet, right? But this wasn't helping me fill my rumbling belly.
Humidity is rising (uh rising), barometer's getting low (oh low, girl)
According to all sources (what sources now), the street's the place to go (we better hurry up)
'Cause tonight for the first time (first time)
This gave me pause. I had checked the humidity in all of our snake chambers, and as is typical for weather below freezing, it had fallen, not risen. Cold tends to be dry. Still, it was pleasant enough, and I started walking toward it just as the flakes started falling soft and thick. I opened my mouth and let one melt on my tongue.
Just about half-past ten (half past ten)
For the first time in history
It's gonna start raining Cram (start raining Cram)
Wait, what? WHAT? I stopped, with a chill of dread rising from my stomach to match the chill without. Was I... was this...
It's raining Cram, hallelujah, it's raining Cram, amen
I'm gonna go out to run and let myself get
Absolutely soaking wet
It's raining Cram, hallelujah
Oh dear sweet motherfucking baby pterodactyls in heaven...
It's raining Cram, every specimen
Tall, blonde, dark and lean
Rough and tough and strong and mean
God bless mother nature, she's a single woman too
She took off to heaven and she did what she had to do
She taught every angel she rearranged the sky
So that each and every woman could find her perfect guy
NO. NONONONONONO. Spitting and gagging, I turned to run, to flee back to the safety of my laboratory, the safety of the sub basement. I didn't need lunch. I didn't need anything but to get out of this... this icy cocktail of unsavory composition, this Cramulent precipitation. As I fled I could still hear their merry singing voices behind me, singing praises to their Messiah.
Oh, it's raining Cram, yeah
Humanity's rising (humanity's rising)
Barometer's getting low (it's getting low, low, low, low)
According to all sources (according to all sources)
The street's the place to go
'Cause tonight for the first time
Just about half past ten
For the first time in history
It's gonna start raining man (start raining Cram)
It's raining Cram, hallelujah
It's raining Cram, amen
It's raining Cram, hallelujah
It's raining Cram, amen
It's raining Cram, hallelujah
It's raining Cram, amen
It's raining Cram, hallelujah
Oh oh oh oh
It's raining Cram
Tall, blonde, dark and lean
Rough and tough and strong and mean
Hallelujah it's raining Cram
I don't know if there is anyone else alive in this building. It has been three days and most of the others trickled out to see what was happening, and never returned. I can only assume the worst. I have maybe two more days of frozen entrees in the freezer, and then I suppose it will be time to figure out how to prepare garter snake stew with only a microwave oven and cans of V8. I can't leave. I don't know if I'll ever be able to leave, now that it's raining Cram.
Little known fact about Lincoln's :fnord: assassination:
John Wilkes Booth actually said, "Sic semper Cramulus" not knowing how to pronounce it properly and having a pretty bad headcold at the time.
This happened in the 4th-7th iterations of the timeline, just as the fraying started to get, like, really bad.
s eismic.array 7#:
c | R | 22.728 | 9.2e88 |
1 | no | 171.4 | a |
stop | M | ul | .000271 | us |
C | R | A | M
Control Factor s _-_-_-
defined 1.2.3
STARTsteps 12 through 18 must ONLY be completed in the event that the retaining bolts are evenly
9 9 99 9 9 mode
null crathe fractures
can be folded back into the primary causal matrix,
muinadequate fluids for the experiment
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Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on December 15, 2016, 04:07:43 AM
s eismic.array 7#:
c | R | 22.728 | 9.2e88 |
1 | no | 171.4 | a |
stop | M | ul | .000271 | us |
C | R | A | M
Control Factor s _-_-_-
defined 1.2.3
START
steps 12 through 18 must ONLY be completed in the event that the retaining bolts are evenly
9 9 99 9 9 mode null
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the fractures can be folded back into the primary causal matrix,
mu
inadequate fluids for the experiment
lus
He's been at it a while now. These all never happened, not in THIS reality anyway.
Many Bothans died to retrieve this information. Cramumus' mistake was in making the Bothans real in the first place as "Kind of a workload assessment test" during Timeline 323.
Shown: Cramulus and The 'Stache before the Timeline1 divergence.
This photo was used as a temporal "homing image" until the first "rain of Cramului" incident in Timeline 69 and all subsequent Timelines.
Fucking hell. My application for medical coverage for me and the girls has been denied because I didn't get my tax return done in time.
So I have to start over, which means I have to pay the $900 for University coverage this term, and my kids won't be covered for at least four more months.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 15, 2016, 05:57:48 PM
Fucking hell. My application for medical coverage for me and the girls has been denied because I didn't get my tax return done in time.
So I have to start over, which means I have to pay the $900 for University coverage this term, and my kids won't be covered for at least four more months.
You mean like last year's taxes?
Sorry to hear. :|
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on December 15, 2016, 06:45:24 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 15, 2016, 05:57:48 PM
Fucking hell. My application for medical coverage for me and the girls has been denied because I didn't get my tax return done in time.
So I have to start over, which means I have to pay the $900 for University coverage this term, and my kids won't be covered for at least four more months.
You mean like last year's taxes?
Sorry to hear. :|
Yep.
My old accountant got a full-time job at Johns Hopkins and then... well, it's been a very bad year. On top of all the other mayhem a friend offered to do my taxes, but then backed out when she found out how complicated they are (this is why I hire an accountant). I have an accountant working on them now, but it didn't get done on time so I have to re-apply for OHP, which will take a minimum of four months and in the interim I will be required to pay for University healthcare. Meanwhile my kid doesn't have any coverage. The youngest does but not Jules.
That's shitty,
Nigel. :(
Yalls have fun with the Discordia. I'm out. Lessons learned. Greyface wins. Good luck and good night.
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on December 15, 2016, 08:02:15 PM
Yalls have fun with the Discordia. I'm out. Lessons learned. Greyface wins. Good luck and good night.
Eat a bag of dicks.
Shitbag fucks up my feed with a million Goddamn Pepe memes and suddenly it's "Greyface's" fault.
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on December 15, 2016, 08:02:15 PM
Yalls have fun with the Discordia. I'm out. Lessons learned. Greyface wins. Good luck and good night.
Does this have anything to do with anything? :?
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 15, 2016, 08:30:19 PM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on December 15, 2016, 08:02:15 PM
Yalls have fun with the Discordia. I'm out. Lessons learned. Greyface wins. Good luck and good night.
Does this have anything to do with anything? :?
Apparently Facebook has bled over into PeeDee flouncing.
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on December 15, 2016, 08:55:24 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 15, 2016, 08:30:19 PM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on December 15, 2016, 08:02:15 PM
Yalls have fun with the Discordia. I'm out. Lessons learned. Greyface wins. Good luck and good night.
Does this have anything to do with anything? :?
Apparently Facebook has bled over into PeeDee flouncing.
No idea what happened. He suddenly started spamming me with Pepe memes, and when I called him on it, he said he "couldn't be blamed" for it, and blocked me.
Pepe wins again.
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on December 15, 2016, 08:55:24 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 15, 2016, 08:30:19 PM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on December 15, 2016, 08:02:15 PM
Yalls have fun with the Discordia. I'm out. Lessons learned. Greyface wins. Good luck and good night.
Does this have anything to do with anything? :?
Apparently Facebook has bled over into PeeDee flouncing.
Oh FFS. People who can't tell the different between individual people and platforms for communication don't belong in my species.
AARRRRRGH I GOT IN AN ARGUMENT WITH A DISCORDIAN ON FACEBOOK, FUCK ALL DISCORDIANS AND DISCORDIAN FORUMS EVERYWHERE!!!!!!
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TWJ does have mental health issues and it's a little concerning that he just lost the plot like that, because it doesn't make any damn sense. I hope he's OK.
WizJoe, you don't get to leave that easily. Also don't admin me on facebook, neglecting this place is a full time job.
Fuck Pepe, Kek, and the ridiculously tenuous connex to Hequet. Welcome to the crossroads.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 15, 2016, 09:50:09 PM
TWJ does have mental health issues and it's a little concerning that he just lost the plot like that, because it doesn't make any damn sense. I hope he's OK.
Yup. I know a lot of people here have got some serious shit going on in there RL-lives but TWJ sounded like he was going through some difficult times.
One of my sister's friends is telling her the reason her 9 month old isn't sleeping through the night is GMOs.
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on December 16, 2016, 04:20:45 PM
One of my sister's friends is telling her the reason her 9 month old isn't sleeping through the night is GMOs.
:um:
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on December 16, 2016, 04:20:45 PM
One of my sister's friends is telling her the reason her 9 month old isn't sleeping through the night is GMOs.
waaaaaat
Quote from: Xaz on December 16, 2016, 09:40:36 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 15, 2016, 09:50:09 PM
TWJ does have mental health issues and it's a little concerning that he just lost the plot like that, because it doesn't make any damn sense. I hope he's OK.
Yup. I know a lot of people here have got some serious shit going on in there RL-lives but TWJ sounded like he was going through some difficult times.
Pepefication is pretty hard. But he will come out the other side a better person.
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on December 16, 2016, 04:20:45 PM
One of my sister's friends is telling her the reason her 9 month old isn't sleeping through the night is GMOs.
:fap:
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on December 16, 2016, 06:54:36 PM
Quote from: Xaz on December 16, 2016, 09:40:36 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 15, 2016, 09:50:09 PM
TWJ does have mental health issues and it's a little concerning that he just lost the plot like that, because it doesn't make any damn sense. I hope he's OK.
Yup. I know a lot of people here have got some serious shit going on in there RL-lives but TWJ sounded like he was going through some difficult times.
Pepefication is pretty hard. But he will come out the other side a better person.
The member "Ron Paul" has been banned.
That is all. You may now return to your labors.
No great loss. What was the final straw?
Quote from: LMNO on December 16, 2016, 08:07:33 PM
No great loss. What was the final straw?
There wasn't one, really. We had decided a little while ago, but nobody actually did it because reasons until ECH came back.
Reasons being:
1. Cain has been out.
2. Faust has been out.
3. After the Pope Ludicrous thing, I don't ban people unless they violate one of the 6 rules, or otherwise pose a
direct threat to a member or to Faust in a litigious way.
4. ECH has been out.
5. Triple Zero died in the Great Butthash Incident of 2009.
Still falls under the current (very out of date) set of rules, since there's an extremely high probability that he was an alternate account of a previously banned member.
But really, I was just tired of him turning every potentially interesting thread on the forum into his personal screechfest. I know it's not technically spamming but it has the exact same effect on the board.
Quote from: East Coast Hustle on December 16, 2016, 08:26:05 PM
Still falls under the current (very out of date) set of rules, since there's an extremely high probability that he was an alternate account of a previously banned member.
But really, I was just tired of him turning every potentially interesting thread on the forum into his personal screechfest. I know it's not technically spamming but it has the exact same effect on the board.
I think it's close enough to spamming. It was impossible to have a conversation.
So he freaked out and went over to Discord IRC and shat blood, then Mourning Star banned him. :lulz:
He had a way of not engaging arguments that was quite engaging.
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on December 16, 2016, 04:20:45 PM
One of my sister's friends is telling her the reason her 9 month old isn't sleeping through the night is GMOs.
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Giant Mutant Otters???
Quote from: Sung Low on December 17, 2016, 02:14:42 AM
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on December 16, 2016, 04:20:45 PM
One of my sister's friends is telling her the reason her 9 month old isn't sleeping through the night is GMOs.
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Giant Mutant Otters???
Those would keep me awake as an adult.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 16, 2016, 08:30:25 PM
Quote from: East Coast Hustle on December 16, 2016, 08:26:05 PM
Still falls under the current (very out of date) set of rules, since there's an extremely high probability that he was an alternate account of a previously banned member.
But really, I was just tired of him turning every potentially interesting thread on the forum into his personal screechfest. I know it's not technically spamming but it has the exact same effect on the board.
I think it's close enough to spamming. It was impossible to have a conversation.
So he freaked out and went over to Discord IRC and shat blood, then Mourning Star banned him. :lulz:
:lulz:
This is first ban I can remember in years. I'd argue against it but the sheer levels of dumb that guy spewed lately makes me less than inclined to do so.
I'm sure we'll have another bro nihil soon enough anyway.
Quote from: Junkenstein on December 17, 2016, 11:46:11 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 16, 2016, 08:30:25 PM
Quote from: East Coast Hustle on December 16, 2016, 08:26:05 PM
Still falls under the current (very out of date) set of rules, since there's an extremely high probability that he was an alternate account of a previously banned member.
But really, I was just tired of him turning every potentially interesting thread on the forum into his personal screechfest. I know it's not technically spamming but it has the exact same effect on the board.
I think it's close enough to spamming. It was impossible to have a conversation.
So he freaked out and went over to Discord IRC and shat blood, then Mourning Star banned him. :lulz:
:lulz:
This is first ban I can remember in years. I'd argue against it but the sheer levels of dumb that guy spewed lately makes me less than inclined to do so.
I'm sure we'll have another bro nihil soon enough anyway.
And, as always, we'll line up to tell him WHAT to the exclusion of all else. :lulz:
Quite likely, can't let someone be wrong on the internet after all.
Anyway, it was probably helpful in the early stages after the trump win. It was either spew hate at the unrepentant tool or gods forbid, we might have been up to something productive.
On the plus side, if I need to see what idiots are currently convinced is gospel truth, I know to just check RussianTruthDepot.com.
Yeah he was a useful target for everyone to rally against whilst people were figuring out how to handle the new reality.
Definitely getting tedious towards the end though. I have to admire his dedication to telling a whole (small) forum full of people who vehemently disagreed with him just how WRONG we all were day after day.
I'm reasonably certain that that kind of dedication is a sign of mental illness.
If he was who we think he was, then hoooooly shit, dude, you have no idea how right you are.
Quote from: East Coast Hustle on December 18, 2016, 05:06:25 PM
If he was who we think he was, then hoooooly shit, dude, you have no idea how right you are.
You know I hate to say this but when folks get all
secret service about trolls and weirdos it just sounds like a bunch of tin-foil hattery. I know its xmas but the tinfoil goes on the turkey not the cranium - just saying.
Whenever I come here and see the shortened Open Bar title, it reads: We hacked
For whatever reason my brain fills this in by singing:
We hacked this city
We hacked this city in the USA
We hacked this city
We hacked this city in the USA
We hacked this city
We hacked this city in the USA
We hacked this city
We hacked this city in the USA
We hacked this city
We hacked this city in the USA
We hacked this city
We hacked this city in the USA
We hacked this city
We hacked this city in the USA
We hacked this city
We hacked this city in the USA
We hacked this city
We hacked this city in the USA
We hacked this city
We hacked this city in the USA
We hacked this city
We hacked this city in the USA
We hacked this city
We hacked this city in the USA
This is not especially interesting, but since I have to live with it, so should all of you.
Quote from: MMIX on December 18, 2016, 05:13:17 PM
Quote from: East Coast Hustle on December 18, 2016, 05:06:25 PM
If he was who we think he was, then hoooooly shit, dude, you have no idea how right you are.
You know I hate to say this but when folks get all secret service about trolls and weirdos it just sounds like a bunch of tin-foil hattery. I know its xmas but the tinfoil goes on the turkey not the cranium - just saying.
You haven't had the same half-dozen weirdos stalking you for 13 years.
My grandfather lied about his age to enlist in WWII. He looks just like Harrison Ford in his wedding photo, his bride smiling that "fuck you I can't believe you just said that can't you behave for five seconds?" smile. He kicked cigarettes like some folks kick a cold, and called out his asshat son-in-law at Thanksgiving. He dragged my cousin back to school when his father (my grandfather's son) passed away suddenly and his mother was too distraught to function. He raised seven children, who gave him fifteen grandchildren, and five great-grands so far. (This is how you properly kick Darwin's ass, in case you were wondering.) He celebrated his 50th anniversary with his wife and after she passed got himself a girlfriend. He used to get my brother all riled up on sugar and lack of adult supervision before dumping him back on my mom. He always wanted tech support from the kids and grandkids, but he fucking listened and got it after the first time.
He's in the hospital, his girlfriend crashed the car they were in. Surgery went better than could be hoped for, but the recovery is not going well. He's almost 94, and has been in bonus rounds for a while now. His girlfriend was discharged for her own injuries (fractured ribs and cracked sternum to his spinal damage) and he was relieved to see her when she visited. Given his stroke six weeks ago, and everything else, well, it's sensible to be a little pessimistic. Anyway, I thought you all should know the kind of person he is, because he did some awesome shit and the eventual obituary, whether it's this incident that gets him or another in a few months or years, will no doubt be boring and ignored by all.
Fuck 2016.
I'm sorry to hear that, and I hope he pulls through. :sad:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 18, 2016, 11:24:16 PM
I'm sorry to hear that, and I hope he pulls through. :sad:
I am a terrible person, because I'm not necessarily pulling for him to recover from this one. There are worse ways to go, and the longer things drag on the more likely "worse" becomes. As it stands he'd be looking at hella physical therapy for even upper body mobility after this and an assisted living facility, and none of that is stuff that would make him happy.
Fuck. Sorry to hear it QG. At least he wasn't shy on the living life front, sounds like he did his fair share.
I was glad to hear his stories.
Thanks for sharing.
Quote from: East Coast Hustle on December 16, 2016, 08:26:05 PM
Still falls under the current (very out of date) set of rules, since there's an extremely high probability that he was an alternate account of a previously banned member.
But really, I was just tired of him turning every potentially interesting thread on the forum into his personal screechfest. I know it's not technically spamming but it has the exact same effect on the board.
Thank fuck. The board basically became the RP show for a minute there.
Shit, QG, that's terrible and I'm so sorry to hear it. :(
A note to the Electoral College:
Its better to be faithless than gutless
YMMV
Quote from: MMIX on December 18, 2016, 05:13:17 PM
Quote from: East Coast Hustle on December 18, 2016, 05:06:25 PM
If he was who we think he was, then hoooooly shit, dude, you have no idea how right you are.
You know I hate to say this but when folks get all secret service about trolls and weirdos it just sounds like a bunch of tin-foil hattery. I know its xmas but the tinfoil goes on the turkey not the cranium - just saying.
Your opinion has been noted and will be given all of the consideration that it merits.
It occurs to me that we are horribly underprepared for the next 4-8 years. RP ran rings around this place, when he couldn't make a point he would resort to absurdism. He is going to be the least of our problems now.
This is a distress signal: Would all walking glitches please reawaken.
Quote from: Faust on December 19, 2016, 08:22:44 PM
It occurs to me that we are horribly underprepared for the next 4-8 years. RP ran rings around this place, when he couldn't make a point he would resort to absurdism. He is going to be the least of our problems now.
This is a distress signal: Would all walking glitches please reawaken.
There would just be more cars in the pileup.
Naw, even if thats the best we could do it beats doing nothing, and a walking glitch doesn't mean a destructive trip, if anything there will be too much of the destructive trip going down.
It is a very, very small triumph, but I have been looking for a published deiodinase preadsorption concentration for a week, and I finally found one.
WOOHOO!
Also one of the undergrads I'm training on the scope looks like Harry Potter, and is very annoying.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 20, 2016, 08:56:50 PM
It is a very, very small triumph, but I have been looking for a published deiodinase preadsorption concentration for a week, and I finally found one.
WOOHOO!
Also one of the undergrads I'm training on the scope looks like Harry Potter, and is very annoying.
Annoying because he looks like Harry Potter, or independent of that?
Quote from: Faust on December 19, 2016, 08:22:44 PM
It occurs to me that we are horribly underprepared for the next 4-8 years. RP ran rings around this place, when he couldn't make a point he would resort to absurdism. He is going to be the least of our problems now.
This is a distress signal: Would all walking glitches please reawaken.
Yeah, xRP was kinda tripping but did provide for interesting thought experiments. His angle of incidence toward the board was off, bombastically buffoonish, yes, but I would be remiss not to pass along the fleeting idea I have that he could change his ways to be more gentle. I digress.
Quote from: axod on December 20, 2016, 11:25:37 PM
Quote from: Faust on December 19, 2016, 08:22:44 PM
It occurs to me that we are horribly underprepared for the next 4-8 years. RP ran rings around this place, when he couldn't make a point he would resort to absurdism. He is going to be the least of our problems now.
This is a distress signal: Would all walking glitches please reawaken.
Yeah, xRP was kinda tripping but did provide for interesting thought experiments. His angle of incidence toward the board was off, bombastically buffoonish, yes, but I would be remiss not to pass along the fleeting idea I have that he could change his ways to be more gentle. I digress.
If by "ran circles around" you mean "rarely posted anything worth reading, let alone responding to", then yes.
Quote from: Trivial <insert joke> on December 20, 2016, 10:32:37 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 20, 2016, 08:56:50 PM
It is a very, very small triumph, but I have been looking for a published deiodinase preadsorption concentration for a week, and I finally found one.
WOOHOO!
Also one of the undergrads I'm training on the scope looks like Harry Potter, and is very annoying.
Annoying because he looks like Harry Potter, or independent of that?
Her annoyingness is completely independent of her Harry Potter resemblance.
Quote from: axod on December 20, 2016, 11:25:37 PM
Quote from: Faust on December 19, 2016, 08:22:44 PM
It occurs to me that we are horribly underprepared for the next 4-8 years. RP ran rings around this place, when he couldn't make a point he would resort to absurdism. He is going to be the least of our problems now.
This is a distress signal: Would all walking glitches please reawaken.
Yeah, xRP was kinda tripping but did provide for interesting thought experiments. His angle of incidence toward the board was off, bombastically buffoonish, yes, but I would be remiss not to pass along the fleeting idea I have that he could change his ways to be more gentle. I digress.
Interesting thought experiments maintain internal logical consistency. His shit was just basically garbage salad.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 21, 2016, 01:49:01 AM
Quote from: axod on December 20, 2016, 11:25:37 PM
Quote from: Faust on December 19, 2016, 08:22:44 PM
It occurs to me that we are horribly underprepared for the next 4-8 years. RP ran rings around this place, when he couldn't make a point he would resort to absurdism. He is going to be the least of our problems now.
This is a distress signal: Would all walking glitches please reawaken.
Yeah, xRP was kinda tripping but did provide for interesting thought experiments. His angle of incidence toward the board was off, bombastically buffoonish, yes, but I would be remiss not to pass along the fleeting idea I have that he could change his ways to be more gentle. I digress.
If by "ran circles around" you mean "rarely posted anything worth reading, let alone responding to", then yes.
Yes that is exactly what I mean:
When he wasn't posting links from the likes of pizzagate or bullshit science he was setting up very simple logic traps which have painfully obvious rebuttals but take loads of time and that is exactly what he wanted, and even when he got those he would just post a the opposite regardless of content and the whole thing would kick off again.
Not since RWHN has PD been the victim of such an awful Time Vampire.
The brewery that just opened in my hometown doesn't have any of its own beer and is selling growlers that they can't fill.
This is me predicting their huge success. :lulz:
That's one questionable business model, to be sure.
Quote from: Faust on December 21, 2016, 09:00:01 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 21, 2016, 01:49:01 AM
Quote from: axod on December 20, 2016, 11:25:37 PM
Quote from: Faust on December 19, 2016, 08:22:44 PM
It occurs to me that we are horribly underprepared for the next 4-8 years. RP ran rings around this place, when he couldn't make a point he would resort to absurdism. He is going to be the least of our problems now.
This is a distress signal: Would all walking glitches please reawaken.
Yeah, xRP was kinda tripping but did provide for interesting thought experiments. His angle of incidence toward the board was off, bombastically buffoonish, yes, but I would be remiss not to pass along the fleeting idea I have that he could change his ways to be more gentle. I digress.
If by "ran circles around" you mean "rarely posted anything worth reading, let alone responding to", then yes.
Yes that is exactly what I mean:
When he wasn't posting links from the likes of pizzagate or bullshit science he was setting up very simple logic traps which have painfully obvious rebuttals but take loads of time and that is exactly what he wanted, and even when he got those he would just post a the opposite regardless of content and the whole thing would kick off again.
Not since RWHN has PD been the victim of such an awful Time Vampire.
True. I couldn't figure out why people kept responding to him when it was so obvious that he was just doing low-effort chain-yanking, posting the same exact stupid shit over and over again. I guess people were bored and felt like chasing their tails.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on December 21, 2016, 06:01:35 PM
The brewery that just opened in my hometown doesn't have any of its own beer and is selling growlers that they can't fill.
This is me predicting their huge success. :lulz:
:lulz: Someone needs to tell them that opening early doesn't hold a candle to opening
prepared to do business.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 22, 2016, 12:48:00 AM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on December 21, 2016, 06:01:35 PM
The brewery that just opened in my hometown doesn't have any of its own beer and is selling growlers that they can't fill.
This is me predicting their huge success. :lulz:
:lulz: Someone needs to tell them that opening early doesn't hold a candle to opening prepared to do business.
They're merch and social media blitzing hard on their catering, restaurant, and entertainment aspects. It seems to be working for them so far, but I can't bring myself to support, even a local business, that has Brewery in its name that doesn't sell its own beer. And that sells empty growlers. And that hires a musician who's pretty well known in the area for going on drunken racist facebook tirades.
My current 5 year plan is to save up and buy their equipment on auction when they go out of business.
Cloud level is 700 feet below my office and we're in the middle of a winter storm. Everything is white, like being at a MAGA rally. Temperature plunging, rain is sideways, on top of the clouds moving around us. We will all freeze to death. Put a sign at the 5 mile marker saying "GO BACK YOU FOOLS".
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 22, 2016, 08:24:40 PM
Cloud level is 700 feet below my office and we're in the middle of a winter storm. Everything is white, like being at a MAGA rally. Temperature plunging, rain is sideways, on top of the clouds moving around us. We will all freeze to death. Put a sign at the 5 mile marker saying "GO BACK YOU FOOLS".
you really should sign up for the telecommuting option.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 22, 2016, 08:24:40 PM
Cloud level is 700 feet below my office and we're in the middle of a winter storm. Everything is white, like being at a MAGA rally. Temperature plunging, rain is sideways, on top of the clouds moving around us. We will all freeze to death. Put a sign at the 5 mile marker saying "GO BACK YOU FOOLS".
Man are they are not going to be prepared when they unfreeze you in 200 years.
Quote from: V3X on December 22, 2016, 11:26:03 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 22, 2016, 08:24:40 PM
Cloud level is 700 feet below my office and we're in the middle of a winter storm. Everything is white, like being at a MAGA rally. Temperature plunging, rain is sideways, on top of the clouds moving around us. We will all freeze to death. Put a sign at the 5 mile marker saying "GO BACK YOU FOOLS".
you really should sign up for the telecommuting option.
Took video of the trip down the mountain today. I'll post it this weekend.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on December 22, 2016, 11:39:28 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 22, 2016, 08:24:40 PM
Cloud level is 700 feet below my office and we're in the middle of a winter storm. Everything is white, like being at a MAGA rally. Temperature plunging, rain is sideways, on top of the clouds moving around us. We will all freeze to death. Put a sign at the 5 mile marker saying "GO BACK YOU FOOLS".
Man are they are not going to be prepared when they unfreeze you in 200 years.
Serves 'em right.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on December 22, 2016, 11:39:28 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 22, 2016, 08:24:40 PM
Cloud level is 700 feet below my office and we're in the middle of a winter storm. Everything is white, like being at a MAGA rally. Temperature plunging, rain is sideways, on top of the clouds moving around us. We will all freeze to death. Put a sign at the 5 mile marker saying "GO BACK YOU FOOLS".
Man are they are not going to be prepared when they unfreeze you in 200 years.
:lulz:
The War on Information seems to be going into high gear.
fuck you 2016, you do not get Carrie Fisher
So i mentioned a while ago that my folks were going to put my dog to sleep. They didn't. She's still hanging on, but she's not eating anything regularly except a little bit of egg nog. I always thought the phrase "skin and bone" was just a slight hyperbole to evoke horror and sympathy in literature, but there is nowhere on her where there is anything that feels like flesh.
The whole thing is just awful and prolongs everyone's suffering. And sorry to mention it, but I just. :(
I sorry. Prednisone?
Fuck you 2016; the year the Status Quo died
RIP Rick Parfitt
Quote from: MMIX on December 24, 2016, 03:33:55 PM
Fuck you 2016; the year the Status Quo died
RIP Rick Parfitt
The guy should have known better than to be in a group called Status Quo in a year like this.
This afternoon, I went to take my compost out, and found a trash bag in the compost bin. WTF. I hauled it out and opened it up, and promptly found junk mail addressed to the apartments across the street, #3. Dumbfucks.
It's now on their front stoop, and I left a polite voicemail with the owners of the property.
In other news, I am planning to make the bathroom not-so-hideous. It's currently a complete shitshow. I'm going to have the whole thing gutted at some point (after we put in a second bath upstairs) and redone with hex tile on the floor and subway tile in the bath, but for now, I'm thinking bamboo floors would be nice. It'll give me a chance to see how they hold up.
Fuck Fuck Fuck
RIP George Michael
OK 2016 we get the message you can just fucking stop now, 'k?
There's a whole week of 2016 left.
Random complaint: I have been handy about the house since I was a kid, and have been fixing up old houses since 1998. I used to work for a company that specialized in old house restoration, I used to co-own a company that specialized in vintage hardware, and have done work on at least a dozen old houses. I specialized in vintage plumbing, but I am also fluent with electrical, framing, and basic finish carpentry. I can lay tile, and have taught others to lay tile. I used to, naively, think that the reason people invariably talk to me like I have no idea what I'm doing was because I was young. As I got older I thought they were underestimating my age, and therefore my experience. Now that I'm all old and gray-haired, it's impossible to ignore that it's just my vagina that leads people to talk to me like I am clueless and helpless around home improvement.
I'm so, so fucking sick of it.
In general, I'm sick of being talked to like I'm incompetent just because I'm female.
In general, I'm fucking sick of people underestimating women just because we have tits and vaginas.
My own household is an egalitarian dream, but as soon as I interact with people outside of our little paradise, it's back to being talked to like I'm a retarded version of a man.
I am horrified that this is the world I'm sending my daughters out into; a world where, by virtue of their sex, they will be treated as nincompoops by default.
Fuck all of this bullshit.
Quote from: MMIX on December 25, 2016, 11:39:41 PM
Fuck Fuck Fuck
RIP George Michael
OK 2016 we get the message you can just fucking stop now, 'k?
what the fuck?
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 26, 2016, 01:45:12 AM
Random complaint: I have been handy about the house since I was a kid, and have been fixing up old houses since 1998. I used to work for a company that specialized in old house restoration, I used to co-own a company that specialized in vintage hardware, and have done work on at least a dozen old houses. I specialized in vintage plumbing, but I am also fluent with electrical, framing, and basic finish carpentry. I can lay tile, and have taught others to lay tile. I used to, naively, think that the reason people invariably talk to me like I have no idea what I'm doing was because I was young. As I got older I thought they were underestimating my age, and therefore my experience. Now that I'm all old and gray-haired, it's impossible to ignore that it's just my vagina that leads people to talk to me like I am clueless and helpless around home improvement.
I'm so, so fucking sick of it.
In general, I'm sick of being talked to like I'm incompetent just because I'm female.
In general, I'm fucking sick of people underestimating women just because we have tits and vaginas.
My own household is an egalitarian dream, but as soon as I interact with people outside of our little paradise, it's back to being talked to like I'm a retarded version of a man.
I am horrified that this is the world I'm sending my daughters out into; a world where, by virtue of their sex, they will be treated as nincompoops by default.
Fuck all of this bullshit.
have you considered the possibility that people talk to you like you're an idiot, not because of your gender, but rather - most everybody is an idiot?
not saying that's the case - but, you know - it's possible . . .
Quote from: rong on December 26, 2016, 05:09:03 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 26, 2016, 01:45:12 AM
Random complaint: I have been handy about the house since I was a kid, and have been fixing up old houses since 1998. I used to work for a company that specialized in old house restoration, I used to co-own a company that specialized in vintage hardware, and have done work on at least a dozen old houses. I specialized in vintage plumbing, but I am also fluent with electrical, framing, and basic finish carpentry. I can lay tile, and have taught others to lay tile. I used to, naively, think that the reason people invariably talk to me like I have no idea what I'm doing was because I was young. As I got older I thought they were underestimating my age, and therefore my experience. Now that I'm all old and gray-haired, it's impossible to ignore that it's just my vagina that leads people to talk to me like I am clueless and helpless around home improvement.
I'm so, so fucking sick of it.
In general, I'm sick of being talked to like I'm incompetent just because I'm female.
In general, I'm fucking sick of people underestimating women just because we have tits and vaginas.
My own household is an egalitarian dream, but as soon as I interact with people outside of our little paradise, it's back to being talked to like I'm a retarded version of a man.
I am horrified that this is the world I'm sending my daughters out into; a world where, by virtue of their sex, they will be treated as nincompoops by default.
Fuck all of this bullshit.
have you considered the possibility that people talk to you like you're an idiot, not because of your gender, but rather - most everybody is an idiot?
not saying that's the case - but, you know - it's possible . . .
:kingmeh:
Ever feel like you're having the same conversations over and over?