DON'T THINK I WON'T.
Also, job interview tomorrow.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on April 23, 2015, 04:00:29 AM
DON'T THINK I WON'T.
Also, job interview tomorrow.
Excellent!
I have a midterm tomorrow
then again, when don't I?
I'm 29 now. BRB fapping to MLP.
ty
Happy Birth Anniverary, and crack into the disco-ether for me!
Quote from: Doktor Howl on April 23, 2015, 04:00:29 AM
DON'T THINK I WON'T.
Also, job interview tomorrow.
Good luck, Dok!
Quote from: Metal Bear on April 23, 2015, 06:46:20 AM
I'm 29 now. BRB fapping to MLP.
Happy birthday!
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on April 23, 2015, 06:32:49 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on April 23, 2015, 04:00:29 AM
DON'T THINK I WON'T.
Also, job interview tomorrow.
Excellent!
I have a midterm tomorrow
then again, when don't I?
Never.
One hour. Pretty sure I'll be given an offer. The moment I sign a W4, I'm outta here.
Quote from: Metal Bear on April 23, 2015, 06:46:20 AM
I'm 29 now. BRB fapping to MLP.
Happy birthday.
Jewcat is gonna murder ya.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on April 23, 2015, 06:41:57 PM
Quote from: Metal Bear on April 23, 2015, 06:46:20 AM
I'm 29 now. BRB fapping to MLP.
Happy birthday.
Jewcat is gonna murder ya.
Unless she's got that "special outfit" on.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on April 23, 2015, 06:41:36 PM
One hour. Pretty sure I'll be given an offer. The moment I sign a W4, I'm outta here.
Good on ye!
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on April 23, 2015, 06:32:49 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on April 23, 2015, 04:00:29 AM
DON'T THINK I WON'T.
Also, job interview tomorrow.
Excellent!
I have a midterm tomorrow
then again, when don't I?
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-bSufSFxZ9T8/VFzFYcPAFNI/AAAAAAAABQU/jVd2Fcu2JSY/w606-h451-no/14%2B-%2B1)
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on April 23, 2015, 06:50:46 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on April 23, 2015, 06:32:49 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on April 23, 2015, 04:00:29 AM
DON'T THINK I WON'T.
Also, job interview tomorrow.
Excellent!
I have a midterm tomorrow
then again, when don't I?
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-bSufSFxZ9T8/VFzFYcPAFNI/AAAAAAAABQU/jVd2Fcu2JSY/w606-h451-no/14%2B-%2B1)
I think it went well
I have another midterm on Thursday.
So, apparently my bid to do site security analysis has been vetoed by the Operations team.
This is the same Operations team I informed nearly a week ago that we were running out of lightbulbs, and yet failed to replace any. They're not even competent enough to do that, yet they think they have the ability to question my suitability.
Amusingly, they felt I had a "too high threat focus" for the site in question. Which hasn't stopped them from taking all my suggestions outlined in my preliminary security report and making plans to implement them.
That's alright though. I fully intend to go above their pointy little heads on this issue.
that really sucks, Cain. But you have someone higher up in your corner?
At my temp job for a child company of a major bank, I'm responsible for managing the scanner and computer portion of a project involving the sorting and digitizing of a huge room full of documents.
Every day I have to go unlock their server closet, grab a laptop in the morning, and return it at the end of the day. I always pause and have a silent conversation with the server rack that blinks at me in the cool darkness with it's tangled mass of cables and quiet hum. My what a tall machine you are. I think of the video clip of Aaron Swartz for a moment and then go about my business.
So far, they have had two conferences just next to my cubicle, where I got to hear their CFO on speakerphone droning on about deposits, selling "products", and how no one knows what LIBOR rates will be in the future.
I was very convinced.
I also crushed it on my bicycle last week: just over 100 miles in 5 days. I managed to gain 7 pounds and an infinity of pure hatred in the process.
Somewhere along the way I lost every last shred of fear of motorized vehicles. I rode on a street with no bike lanes and a 50 mph speed limit and gave zero fucks as semi trucks barreled past me about 3 feet away.
It's not that I have a death wish, I have lights running on my bike night and day. I have industrial grade reflective tape all over my frame. I signal and stop at every stop sign. I abide by all of the laws. But every last asshole here has tinted windows, so you usually can't tell if someone is about to get out of their car. The only practical thing to do is ride on the leftmost white line designating the bike lane or a good four feet from parked cars if there isn't one. Which pisses off drivers that don't understand the concept of not slamming into some idiot's suddenly open door.
One of these days someone is going to pull over to road rage on me and I will introduce them to the "flying bicycle" technique.
Quote from: Bu☆ns on April 26, 2015, 03:49:50 AM
that really sucks, Cain. But you have someone higher up in your corner?
Not that I know of. But I have, at the very least, access to people who could overrule the pointy head brigade, if they were convinced.
Quote from: Cain on April 26, 2015, 07:01:30 AM
Quote from: Bu☆ns on April 26, 2015, 03:49:50 AM
that really sucks, Cain. But you have someone higher up in your corner?
Not that I know of. But I have, at the very least, access to people who could overrule the pointy head brigade, if they were convinced.
What do you have to do to convince them?
Not 100% sure, but I think if I wrap my previous proposal in with the point that Operations are already taking some of my ideas (I have timestamps on emails to prove it) and explain the security situation in the building as well as the overall security situation with boarding schools at this moment in time, I might get some traction.
As much as there are some really frustrating things going on with my job at the moment, there are some benefits too.
Like working from home and being able to go 'fuck it, you've pissed me off, I'mma take a walk through my lovely village whilst the day is still sunny and bright.'
I feel so much better for that. 'Go the fuck outside' definitely ranks up there for advice I've taken from people here over the years. :)
I am still all kinds of fucked up from the antimalarials.
Only five more days. And then I will be susceptible to colonization by every goddamn microbe in the vicinity.
Quote from: Demolition Squid on April 27, 2015, 11:49:17 AM
As much as there are some really frustrating things going on with my job at the moment, there are some benefits too.
Like working from home and being able to go 'fuck it, you've pissed me off, I'mma take a walk through my lovely village whilst the day is still sunny and bright.'
I feel so much better for that. 'Go the fuck outside' definitely ranks up there for advice I've taken from people here over the years. :)
That is the best!
PeeDee, I bring you greetings from the land of Jobs That Aren't Imploding In A Cataclysmic Orgy of Incompetence.
Things are fine, mostly.
Fuckery in my life has been largely relegated to a new LARP venture that I have been (barely) helping Cram get off the ground. Basically some spag with almost no experience in running these kinds of events and a handful of cash got a whole bunch of us whipped up into a frenzy of excitement over this New Thing he was gonna run.
Predictably, the only thing keeping it from totally imploding has been the efforts of experienced people fixing everything. Now it looks like we might actually be on track to running something sustainable.
Sustainable LARPing? Sounds interesting, but how do you keep the larpers in the ground once you plant them there?
Quote from: Cain on April 27, 2015, 08:54:25 PM
Sustainable LARPing? Sounds interesting, but how do you keep the larpers in the ground once you plant them there?
It's complicated, but essentially you build a feedback system that redirects the energy of their whining into forcing them deeper into the earth.
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on April 27, 2015, 08:37:25 PM
PeeDee, I bring you greetings from the land of Jobs That Aren't Imploding In A Cataclysmic Orgy of Incompetence.
:argh!:
You lucky bastard. My boss's turned into a real asshole this past week, and he's singling me out. I don't know what the hell's up with him, but the outcome is a toxic mix of micromanagement, incompetence, and general authoritarian fuckery, and I'm catching the brunt of it. He'll tell me to do something, then when I'm in the middle of it he'll interrupt me to tell me either to do it the way I'm already doing it or to do it another way with obvious gaping flaws in the methodology. This has been something of a tradition of his, but lately it's escalated to the point that if I ask so much as a single question, he just snaps in my face and says "DON'T YOU FUCKING QUESTION ME." In all-caps, too. And there are a lot of questions that have to be asked. He contradicts himself, interrupts himself, leaves sentences half-finished, and leaves details vague with alarming regularity, so asking questions is a necessary part of discerning what he actually wants when he gives me orders. Honestly, I'm surprised he hasn't hit me yet.
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on April 27, 2015, 08:58:15 PM
Quote from: Cain on April 27, 2015, 08:54:25 PM
Sustainable LARPing? Sounds interesting, but how do you keep the larpers in the ground once you plant them there?
It's complicated, but essentially you build a feedback system that redirects the energy of their whining into forcing them deeper into the earth.
(http://i.imgur.com/6JQ84Xzl.jpg)
Right now my life is all about microbes.
And beef chili on tater tots, holy shit this is some kind of holy grail of junk food.
In all my adult life I have had one (1) relatively long term relationship, and it didn't end well.
Why am I suddenly Mr. Relationship Expert in my circle of friends? I've seriously spent hours upon hours trying to be a support for my buddies over the past few days as they divulge all sorts of horrible, hurtful and fucked-up situations that I have absolutely no frame of reference for helping them deal with.
And now I have to be up in seven hours and it is still going on in chat windows. Whhhyyyyyyyyyy?!
Quote from: Demolition Squid on April 28, 2015, 12:24:20 AM
In all my adult life I have had one (1) relatively long term relationship, and it didn't end well.
Why am I suddenly Mr. Relationship Expert in my circle of friends? I've seriously spent hours upon hours trying to be a support for my buddies over the past few days as they divulge all sorts of horrible, hurtful and fucked-up situations that I have absolutely no frame of reference for helping them deal with.
And now I have to be up in seven hours and it is still going on in chat windows. Whhhyyyyyyyyyy?!
As a thrice-divorced veteran of fucking up relationships, I often ask myself the same question.
I guess people feel like, if you have experienced the crashing and burning of a relationship, you know what you could have done right, or at least ways to make it suck less as it goes wrong?
I seriously don't know. It would make sense if they were asking me how to get laid. Relationship advice? That's like asking a crash-test dummy for driving advice.
Had first rehearsal with new band today. BRAK. Improvised blackmetal. Fun times.
Hrm. Reenlist and get my stripes, or finally leave the army knowing they won't be able to snatch me back. Maybe I'll finally become real people.
Quote from: Don Coyote on April 28, 2015, 12:59:23 AM
Hrm. Reenlist and get my stripes, or finally leave the army knowing they won't be able to snatch me back. Maybe I'll finally become real people.
That is a sign of an abusive relationship.
RUN!
Cleaned all the kitchen yesterday. Husband actually took point, which is why so much got done, because I suck at cleaning SO MUCH. But lots of work was done by all and now surfaces are clean and stuff.
Currently shopping around for people to feed waffles to.
For some reason, I woke up this morning with the idea in my head that I was going into the business of making and selling lawn darts, except that I would sell them as lawn decorations, with a very stern disclaimer against throwing them. I think the plan was to sell them at flea markets.
Having been awake now for a full 15 minutes, I still cannot tell if this idea is brilliant or stupid. No online research has yet to be done.
I'm thinking of quitting my job, for the reasons outlined above. One of my coworkers last December said to call them if I was looking for work, and that maybe they could get me a job at another garden centre, so I do have another option. Being treated like human garbage on a daily basis is bad enough, but I got called in to work today when I'd said ahead of time that I had an appointment, and I had to fight to keep the day off. I'm pretty sure I'm not gonna get any day off this month without a fight, and I had extracted a promise from my boss before the shit hit the fan that I would get some time off, so fuck it.
More pills here.
Getting old is balls.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on April 28, 2015, 02:06:33 PM
Cleaned all the kitchen yesterday. Husband actually took point, which is why so much got done, because I suck at cleaning SO MUCH. But lots of work was done by all and now surfaces are clean and stuff.
Currently shopping around for people to feed waffles to.
:eek: DON'T KILL WAFFLES!
Quote from: Doktor Howl on April 29, 2015, 01:19:50 AM
More pills here.
Getting old is balls.
:sad:
Yes. It's kind of crap. And yet also kind of hilarious for reasons I cannot define or articulate.
EVERYTHING HURTS AND I'M GRADUALLY DYING AHAHAHAHAHA
Woke up this morning stuffy, sore throat, losing voice, mild headache.
Fuck you sickness, I'm going camping this weekend, I don't have time for this shit! I'll beat you with ORANGE JUICE! :argh!:
My job-description has been inaccurate since I requested and received transfer to a different job at the end of last year.
The same job description is on my contract and that made me uneasy.
I am an IT and logistics intermediary at the moment, but once the new system is mostly integrated that position won't exist anymore. Then again, officially it doesn't exist now.
Today I spent some time looking into various jobs and tasks needed in logistics to find out what I'm actually doing here.
I've proposed to my manager that we need a Workflow Analyst, I explained why we need one using recent examples that I know annoyed him.
I also took the time to explain why I would be a good choice for that position.
So here's hoping for a less uncertain future!
Perhaps I can get a raise out of this as well, Workflow analysts make about double what I make now, so I should be able to get something out of this.
ETA: Damn, he said he just hired someone for a similar position. :argh!:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on April 29, 2015, 06:45:46 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on April 29, 2015, 01:19:50 AM
More pills here.
Getting old is balls.
:sad:
Yes. It's kind of crap. And yet also kind of hilarious for reasons I cannot define or articulate.
EVERYTHING HURTS AND I'M GRADUALLY DYING AHAHAHAHAHA
Back on Ambien. Only they call it something different now, because people paid attention to the side effects of Ambien, which is a happy name which should have no side effects other than the shitting of joy all over the immediate vicinity. I've seen the commercials, people are almost as happy as they are in the commercials for getting your dick hard. But it doesn't make you happy, no. It makes you not CARE, which - despite certain superficial similarities - is a different ballgame altogether.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on April 29, 2015, 03:22:00 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on April 29, 2015, 06:45:46 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on April 29, 2015, 01:19:50 AM
More pills here.
Getting old is balls.
:sad:
Yes. It's kind of crap. And yet also kind of hilarious for reasons I cannot define or articulate.
EVERYTHING HURTS AND I'M GRADUALLY DYING AHAHAHAHAHA
Back on Ambien. Only they call it something different now, because people paid attention to the side effects of Ambien, which is a happy name which should have no side effects other than the shitting of joy all over the immediate vicinity. I've seen the commercials, people are almost as happy as they are in the commercials for getting your dick hard. But it doesn't make you happy, no. It makes you not CARE, which - despite certain superficial similarities - is a different ballgame altogether.
HAARD DICKS DOCK TIC
A Roger who doesn't care is a dangerous Roger.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on April 29, 2015, 04:11:45 PM
A Roger who doesn't care is a dangerous Roger.
Everybody wants love and validation. Except Roger. He doesn't give a fuck.
I should feel bad about this new thread title, but I don't.
Not because of Ambien. But because I'm basically a bad person, who laughs at the wrong sort of things.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on April 29, 2015, 03:22:00 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on April 29, 2015, 06:45:46 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on April 29, 2015, 01:19:50 AM
More pills here.
Getting old is balls.
:sad:
Yes. It's kind of crap. And yet also kind of hilarious for reasons I cannot define or articulate.
EVERYTHING HURTS AND I'M GRADUALLY DYING AHAHAHAHAHA
Back on Ambien. Only they call it something different now, because people paid attention to the side effects of Ambien, which is a happy name which should have no side effects other than the shitting of joy all over the immediate vicinity. I've seen the commercials, people are almost as happy as they are in the commercials for getting your dick hard. But it doesn't make you happy, no. It makes you not CARE, which - despite certain superficial similarities - is a different ballgame altogether.
Oh holy shit yes. So different. Xanax does the same for me, which is great when what's happening is that things that are temporary and I have no control over, like my mother, are bothering me/living in my loft for three months. In that case it's ideal is all the feelings are diminished to the sweet hum of no fucks given.
On the other hand, if shit that I need to do something about is going badly, not caring is exactly the wrong response.
I had a dream that I was arguing with my Cognitive Neuroscience professor about systemness, and that one of my essays for the midterm (which is tomorrow) was about how becoming reliant on jargon dooms a discipline to become stultified and irrelevant, because everything is always changing and jargon stifles growth. I recall that I said "our understanding of processes evolves and terminology may change, but being able to visualize and describe those processes in simple terms is an interdisciplinary skill that will endure forever".
In real life I don't think I would ever say that something would "endure forever", that sounds like an engagement ring commercial. Maybe "advance the science".
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on April 29, 2015, 05:36:41 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on April 29, 2015, 03:22:00 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on April 29, 2015, 06:45:46 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on April 29, 2015, 01:19:50 AM
More pills here.
Getting old is balls.
:sad:
Yes. It's kind of crap. And yet also kind of hilarious for reasons I cannot define or articulate.
EVERYTHING HURTS AND I'M GRADUALLY DYING AHAHAHAHAHA
Back on Ambien. Only they call it something different now, because people paid attention to the side effects of Ambien, which is a happy name which should have no side effects other than the shitting of joy all over the immediate vicinity. I've seen the commercials, people are almost as happy as they are in the commercials for getting your dick hard. But it doesn't make you happy, no. It makes you not CARE, which - despite certain superficial similarities - is a different ballgame altogether.
Oh holy shit yes. So different. Xanax does the same for me, which is great when what's happening is that things that are temporary and I have no control over, like my mother, are bothering me/living in my loft for three months. In that case it's ideal is all the feelings are diminished to the sweet hum of no fucks given.
On the other hand, if shit that I need to do something about is going badly, not caring is exactly the wrong response.
:lulz:
I just had a full on flamewar about why saying 'I don't understand how people could or should want cosmetic surgery' is a stupid, dumbass thing to say.
Apparently feeling sick makes me want to pick fights over stuff that doesn't really matter.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on April 29, 2015, 05:41:54 PM
In real life I don't think I would ever say that something would "endure forever", that sounds like an engagement ring commercial. Maybe "advance the science".
I was going to say you should keep 'endure forever' in your back pocket for your eternal empire of doom, but on reflection I think 'advance the science' works better there, too.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on April 29, 2015, 06:44:54 AM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on April 28, 2015, 02:06:33 PM
Cleaned all the kitchen yesterday. Husband actually took point, which is why so much got done, because I suck at cleaning SO MUCH. But lots of work was done by all and now surfaces are clean and stuff.
Currently shopping around for people to feed waffles to.
:eek: DON'T KILL WAFFLES!
This! I know I am delicious, but I don't wanna be eaten.
Urgh.
I discovered something about this place which makes way too much sense. This whole building was set up to fail. The reason I was hired was because they were expanding, built a new building for the younger students.
What they did was the staff they wanted to keep, they moved over to the shiny new flagship project. The people they couldn't get rid of, the fuckups and generally incompetent, they put over here.
They did that because they had no plans for this place. They knew they couldn't fill it, so they were going to use till the end of term as a trial run. If the returning numbers were good, they could continue with the status quo.
I've seen the returning numbers. They're not good.
Downsizing is coming. Even though this place needs more staff, its not cost-effective for the college to main staff for adult students. They'll reduce it to one person per shift, at least on days but probably on nights too. And I'm not working here alone, no way.
Oh, that SUCKS.
Quote from: Cain on April 29, 2015, 08:48:52 PM
Urgh.
I discovered something about this place which makes way too much sense. This whole building was set up to fail. The reason I was hired was because they were expanding, built a new building for the younger students.
What they did was the staff they wanted to keep, they moved over to the shiny new flagship project. The people they couldn't get rid of, the fuckups and generally incompetent, they put over here.
They did that because they had no plans for this place. They knew they couldn't fill it, so they were going to use till the end of term as a trial run. If the returning numbers were good, they could continue with the status quo.
I've seen the returning numbers. They're not good.
Downsizing is coming. Even though this place needs more staff, its not cost-effective for the college to main staff for adult students. They'll reduce it to one person per shift, at least on days but probably on nights too. And I'm not working here alone, no way.
Well that sucks. What giant, puckering assholes.
I just woke up and found this in my kitchen, courtesy of expired Mexican Librium, or something, whatever, I can't read French. Note to self: lock doors at night, hide golf clubs :lulz:
(http://futurerelease.com/Home/Blank_files/RINGS_img67_2Gsmall.jpg)
Yeah, that does blow chunks, Cain.
Such is, such is.
I was hoping to leave after the M.Litt was done...if this is the case, I'll just have to step up my plans some. Still, it would be nice to not work for complete asstards at least once.
Quote from: Cain on April 30, 2015, 04:44:29 AM
Such is, such is.
I was hoping to leave after the M.Litt was done...if this is the case, I'll just have to step up my plans some. Still, it would be nice to not work for complete asstards at least once.
Yeah, it's getting harder and harder to stay at this job while I haggle with the new job. If I could afford a break in income, I'd be out the door already. This place was awesome, because Jim was awesome. Now I wake up angry on work days.
At least money is one thing I don't have to worry about in the near term. Things are actually getting sorted out on that front...May should be a good month for me and, if nothing else, should cover the cost of moving again if I have to.
Though hopefully I'll just find another boarding role and continue in my efforts to never have to pay proper rent.
Found my old Asus EeeePC. Installing Linux. I feel dirty.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on April 30, 2015, 05:07:26 PM
Quote from: The Waffling on April 30, 2015, 04:56:55 PM
Installing Linux. I feel dirty.
:rogpipe:
:lulz:
Do not worry, Prophet. This means I'll have all three operating systems. I'm going to do bad stuff to all of them.
Quote from: The Waffling on April 30, 2015, 05:32:25 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on April 30, 2015, 05:07:26 PM
Quote from: The Waffling on April 30, 2015, 04:56:55 PM
Installing Linux. I feel dirty.
:rogpipe:
:lulz:
Do not worry, Prophet. This means I'll have all three operating systems. I'm going to do bad stuff to all of them.
Oh, that's different. Carry on.
Pat Robertson has threatened Armageddon if we don't all stop making fun of him on social media.
Fact.
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on April 30, 2015, 04:56:55 PM
Found my old Asus EeeePC. Installing Linux. I feel dirty.
I found mine in a corner of the t-shirt drawer. Flogged that thing around public transit until the battery crapped and it no longer made sounds. Tempted to see if I can get it running again...
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on April 22, 2015, 06:59:33 AM
Quote from: Legate Gene O'Mick, PhD on April 21, 2015, 06:02:57 AM
Hey guys.
I quite honestly don't know what is keeping me from here. Probably just something I just need to sort out in my head. Just checking in, letting you all know that Twid is ok.
Actually, I have a bit of good news.
Dr. S, the man who fired me many years ago but I still work on the same floor with, recommended me for extra responsibility. I accepted. I had a meeting with a PI today, and we did the preliminary sussing it out.
I was pleased. Dr. S and the PI I spoke to are close friends. I don't know what happened there but I'll take it.
Nice to see you, Twid!
You too!
I fell in somewhat of... not a rut, not a lull, maybe an aimless? I've figured that I've slacked off long enough being useless and not doing anything of note, so since getting all of the necessary permissions at work for new task this week, I was like, fuck it do more shit in the spare time too. So I've been trying to do something productive everyday. Today I sort of slacked on that, since I just got a new library card and ordered a book (Demon Haunted World). Otherwise I've been brushing up on math and trying to be proactive in fighting the perpetual rolling the stone up the hill that is organizing my room/desk at work (also, my gigging amp is under my desk at work....)
How was the trip?
I'm also attempting to lose weight. I've been somewhat successful in that regard. I've lost about 10 lbs.
So last night, my aunt prematurely announced her youngest son's death with bad phrasing (he's very much alive, and this is good news)
She sent a text to someone saying "Pat passed, and I'm crying"
Pat passed all of his classes and is graduating from college in two weeks. She's very proud, and doesn't understand what she did wrong there. I find this kinda funny.
Quote from: Legate Gene O'Mick, PhD on May 01, 2015, 02:56:24 AM
So last night, my aunt prematurely announced her youngest son's death with bad phrasing (he's very much alive, and this is good news)
She sent a text to someone saying "Pat passed, and I'm crying"
Pat passed all of his classes and is graduating from college in two weeks. She's very proud, and doesn't understand what she did wrong there. I find this kinda funny.
:lulz: This is distressingly funny.
Today was a slightly distressing day: Among other fiascoes, my cognitive neuroscience professor actually put on the midterm an essay question that stated that "scientists across all disciplines of biology no longer consider the Central Dogma of biology valid" and asked us to explain why.
This is a grossly exaggerated statement that is wildly misleading and betrays a horrifying lack of understanding of the history and meaning of the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology, and a blatantly irresponsible dissemination of misinformation. I have to say something, I can't let it go unchallenged, but I need to let a little time pass so that I'm less angry and can do it in a way that is more moderate than how I'm feeling about it right now.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on April 30, 2015, 08:44:56 PM
Pat Robertson has threatened Armageddon if we don't all stop making fun of him on social media.
Fact.
This smells like OPPORTUNITY.
I want to catch up on the forum but I have to get up at 4:30 to go to the lab. Which is immensely exciting but also it means I have to go to bed now. :sad:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 01, 2015, 07:11:27 AM
I want to catch up on the forum but I have to get up at 4:30 to go to the lab. Which is immensely exciting but also it means I have to go to bed now. :sad:
I hear that.
I'm participating in a coding competition that goes for 24 hours starting tomorrow night. I have to get up at 6, ride 8 miles, work all day, and then ride 10 more miles to the event in 90 degree heat, and code until Saturday evening.
Which is also exciting but requires me to GTFO the forum. I hardly have time to read it these days. :(
Quote from: Legate Gene O'Mick, PhD on May 01, 2015, 02:31:59 AM
I'm also attempting to lose weight. I've been somewhat successful in that regard. I've lost about 10 lbs.
:awesome:
I managed to gain about five. I was a bit underweight there for a while.
Well, here I am after about five hours of not actually sleeping.
That sucked.
My body seems to have this fun hobby where if I have nothing important to do and all morning to sleep in, it's like NINE O CLOCK? DESPERATE UNCONTROLLABLE SLEEPINESS PASS OUT HARD FOR TWELVE HOURS but if I have a limited time for sleeping and need to get up early it decides that it needs to yank me back from the edge of sleep every half hour with a random surge of adrenaline.
I will surely be in top form and very impress the grad student I'm assisting. :kingmeh:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 01, 2015, 12:48:39 PM
My body seems to have this fun hobby where if I have nothing important to do and all morning to sleep in, it's like NINE O CLOCK? DESPERATE UNCONTROLLABLE SLEEPINESS PASS OUT HARD FOR TWELVE HOURS but if I have a limited time for sleeping and need to get up early it decides that it needs to yank me back from the edge of sleep every half hour with a random surge of adrenaline.
Yep, I used to have that.
Turns out I was just very afraid of oversleeping, once I stopped worrying about being late it stopped happening.
Good luck with getting your body to behave.
I got hired I start Monday.
Awesome news, Bear!
ty
I am down 17 lbs from when i first started with my personal trainer and have survived another orbit around the sun!
Three days ago, my parents took my dog to the ER Vet. She has severe glaucoma, and they gave my parents drops for it. Yesterday, they took her in to be examined again, and the eye needs to come out. My poor baby :( So now she is going to Mexico soon to get her eye out.
Congrats on the job, Bear!
Sorry about your dog's eye, Pix.
Lab went well today; 413 slices of snake brain processed on slides. We finish Sunday, and then we start sticking them under the microscope!
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 02, 2015, 01:53:50 AM
Congrats on the job, Bear!
Sorry about your dog's eye, Freeky.
Lab went well today; 413 slices of snake brain processed on slides. We finish Sunday, and then we start sticking them under the microscope!
Woo, fancy! Good luck with the snake brains.
Quote from: Choppas an' Sluggas on May 02, 2015, 02:00:46 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 02, 2015, 01:53:50 AM
Congrats on the job, Bear!
Sorry about your dog's eye, Freeky.
Lab went well today; 413 slices of snake brain processed on slides. We finish Sunday, and then we start sticking them under the microscope!
Woo, fancy! Good luck with the snake brains.
Wait, you're Freeky? FOR MONTHS I HAVE BEEN THINKING YOU WERE PIXIE.
And I was wondering why your folks were taking your dog to Mexico, but then I was like "Well she used to live in the US, maybe her folks still do".
:lulz:
Looks like there's a possibility that my Peru Study Abroad might be cancelled due to low application volume. As of last night, there were only four completed applications including mine.
Now we wait and see, I guess. It will make my summer schedule very challenging if this six credits suddenly vanishes from existence.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 02, 2015, 02:59:22 AM
Looks like there's a possibility that my Peru Study Abroad might be cancelled due to low application volume. As of last night, there were only four completed applications including mine.
Now we wait and see, I guess. It will make my summer schedule very challenging if this six credits suddenly vanishes from existence.
Also, failure to travel = suckage.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 02, 2015, 03:27:38 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 02, 2015, 02:59:22 AM
Looks like there's a possibility that my Peru Study Abroad might be cancelled due to low application volume. As of last night, there were only four completed applications including mine.
Now we wait and see, I guess. It will make my summer schedule very challenging if this six credits suddenly vanishes from existence.
Also, failure to travel = suckage.
That, too, would be a real bummer from bummer-land.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 02, 2015, 02:56:09 AM
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Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 02, 2015, 01:53:50 AM
Congrats on the job, Bear!
Sorry about your dog's eye, Freeky.
Lab went well today; 413 slices of snake brain processed on slides. We finish Sunday, and then we start sticking them under the microscope!
Woo, fancy! Good luck with the snake brains.
Wait, you're Freeky? FOR MONTHS I HAVE BEEN THINKING YOU WERE PIXIE.
And I was wondering why your folks were taking your dog to Mexico, but then I was like "Well she used to live in the US, maybe her folks still do".
:lulz:
:lulz:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 02, 2015, 02:59:22 AM
Looks like there's a possibility that my Peru Study Abroad might be cancelled due to low application volume. As of last night, there were only four completed applications including mine.
Now we wait and see, I guess. It will make my summer schedule very challenging if this six credits suddenly vanishes from existence.
BOOO. :(
Quote from: Choppas an' Sluggas on May 02, 2015, 05:16:53 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 02, 2015, 02:56:09 AM
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Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 02, 2015, 01:53:50 AM
Congrats on the job, Bear!
Sorry about your dog's eye, Freeky.
Lab went well today; 413 slices of snake brain processed on slides. We finish Sunday, and then we start sticking them under the microscope!
Woo, fancy! Good luck with the snake brains.
Wait, you're Freeky? FOR MONTHS I HAVE BEEN THINKING YOU WERE PIXIE.
And I was wondering why your folks were taking your dog to Mexico, but then I was like "Well she used to live in the US, maybe her folks still do".
:lulz:
:lulz:
Just more proof that when someone changes their name and avatar, they may as well become a whole new person as far as I'm concerned. I'm totally the kind of person who wouldn't recognize her own boyfriend if he suddenly changed his facial hair.
Quote from: Choppas an' Sluggas on May 02, 2015, 05:18:12 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 02, 2015, 02:59:22 AM
Looks like there's a possibility that my Peru Study Abroad might be cancelled due to low application volume. As of last night, there were only four completed applications including mine.
Now we wait and see, I guess. It will make my summer schedule very challenging if this six credits suddenly vanishes from existence.
BOOO. :(
It'll work out. Somehow. I have already formulated a sort of backup plan that would probably totally work.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 02, 2015, 05:41:12 AM
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Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 02, 2015, 01:53:50 AM
Congrats on the job, Bear!
Sorry about your dog's eye, Freeky.
Lab went well today; 413 slices of snake brain processed on slides. We finish Sunday, and then we start sticking them under the microscope!
Woo, fancy! Good luck with the snake brains.
Wait, you're Freeky? FOR MONTHS I HAVE BEEN THINKING YOU WERE PIXIE.
And I was wondering why your folks were taking your dog to Mexico, but then I was like "Well she used to live in the US, maybe her folks still do".
:lulz:
:lulz:
Just more proof that when someone changes their name and avatar, they may as well become a whole new person as far as I'm concerned. I'm totally the kind of person who wouldn't recognize her own boyfriend if he suddenly changed his facial hair.
So you're saying that if I was on your list to be Nigeled immmediately, if I grew a mustache and changed my name I'd be moved back down the line?
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 02, 2015, 05:41:51 AM
Quote from: Choppas an' Sluggas on May 02, 2015, 05:18:12 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 02, 2015, 02:59:22 AM
Looks like there's a possibility that my Peru Study Abroad might be cancelled due to low application volume. As of last night, there were only four completed applications including mine.
Now we wait and see, I guess. It will make my summer schedule very challenging if this six credits suddenly vanishes from existence.
BOOO. :(
It'll work out. Somehow. I have already formulated a sort of backup plan that would probably totally work.
Indeed! Good luck!
Quote from: Choppas an' Sluggas on May 02, 2015, 05:56:55 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 02, 2015, 05:41:12 AM
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Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 02, 2015, 02:56:09 AM
Quote from: Choppas an' Sluggas on May 02, 2015, 02:00:46 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 02, 2015, 01:53:50 AM
Congrats on the job, Bear!
Sorry about your dog's eye, Freeky.
Lab went well today; 413 slices of snake brain processed on slides. We finish Sunday, and then we start sticking them under the microscope!
Woo, fancy! Good luck with the snake brains.
Wait, you're Freeky? FOR MONTHS I HAVE BEEN THINKING YOU WERE PIXIE.
And I was wondering why your folks were taking your dog to Mexico, but then I was like "Well she used to live in the US, maybe her folks still do".
:lulz:
:lulz:
Just more proof that when someone changes their name and avatar, they may as well become a whole new person as far as I'm concerned. I'm totally the kind of person who wouldn't recognize her own boyfriend if he suddenly changed his facial hair.
So you're saying that if I was on your list to be Nigeled immmediately, if I grew a mustache and changed my name I'd be moved back down the line?
This is very useful information. I will start selling it to warlords and arms traders immediately.
After X years on this board, I have a rule that if you change your screen name to something unrelated to the previous one, you're a completely new person to me, until proven otherwise. Cuts down on assumptions.
Hi, Freeky!
Quote from: Choppas an' Sluggas on May 02, 2015, 05:56:55 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 02, 2015, 05:41:12 AM
Quote from: Choppas an' Sluggas on May 02, 2015, 05:16:53 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 02, 2015, 02:56:09 AM
Quote from: Choppas an' Sluggas on May 02, 2015, 02:00:46 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 02, 2015, 01:53:50 AM
Congrats on the job, Bear!
Sorry about your dog's eye, Freeky.
Lab went well today; 413 slices of snake brain processed on slides. We finish Sunday, and then we start sticking them under the microscope!
Woo, fancy! Good luck with the snake brains.
Wait, you're Freeky? FOR MONTHS I HAVE BEEN THINKING YOU WERE PIXIE.
And I was wondering why your folks were taking your dog to Mexico, but then I was like "Well she used to live in the US, maybe her folks still do".
:lulz:
:lulz:
Just more proof that when someone changes their name and avatar, they may as well become a whole new person as far as I'm concerned. I'm totally the kind of person who wouldn't recognize her own boyfriend if he suddenly changed his facial hair.
So you're saying that if I was on your list to be Nigeled immmediately, if I grew a mustache and changed my name I'd be moved back down the line?
Well, pretty much... except that I don't have a list, it's more about random interactions. Brownian motion on a macro scale, if you will.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 02, 2015, 06:05:37 PM
Quote from: Choppas an' Sluggas on May 02, 2015, 05:56:55 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 02, 2015, 05:41:12 AM
Quote from: Choppas an' Sluggas on May 02, 2015, 05:16:53 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 02, 2015, 02:56:09 AM
Quote from: Choppas an' Sluggas on May 02, 2015, 02:00:46 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 02, 2015, 01:53:50 AM
Congrats on the job, Bear!
Sorry about your dog's eye, Freeky.
Lab went well today; 413 slices of snake brain processed on slides. We finish Sunday, and then we start sticking them under the microscope!
Woo, fancy! Good luck with the snake brains.
Wait, you're Freeky? FOR MONTHS I HAVE BEEN THINKING YOU WERE PIXIE.
And I was wondering why your folks were taking your dog to Mexico, but then I was like "Well she used to live in the US, maybe her folks still do".
:lulz:
:lulz:
Just more proof that when someone changes their name and avatar, they may as well become a whole new person as far as I'm concerned. I'm totally the kind of person who wouldn't recognize her own boyfriend if he suddenly changed his facial hair.
So you're saying that if I was on your list to be Nigeled immmediately, if I grew a mustache and changed my name I'd be moved back down the line?
Well, pretty much... except that I don't have a list, it's more about random interactions. Brownian motion on a macro scale, if you will.
So it is like a mosh-pit (http://io9.com/mosh-pit-physics-reduces-humanity-to-a-gas-479497874)?
I'm hoping Nigel is the burly tattooed biker guy, and not the skinny-emo with anger issues or the spikes-on-every-surface goth.
Burly thinks it is cute if you push him and will either cover your back or buy you beer.
Skinny thinks the pit is an actual fight and is taking it too serious. It can only end with him alone in the pit and feeling dominant or with him crying.
Spike is usually just oblivious that he leaves everyone bleeding.
I'm pretty sure Nigel is not the coward at the edge kicking into the pit who flees when he gets pulled in.
Quote from: Reginald Ret on May 02, 2015, 06:44:36 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 02, 2015, 06:05:37 PM
Quote from: Choppas an' Sluggas on May 02, 2015, 05:56:55 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 02, 2015, 05:41:12 AM
Quote from: Choppas an' Sluggas on May 02, 2015, 05:16:53 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 02, 2015, 02:56:09 AM
Quote from: Choppas an' Sluggas on May 02, 2015, 02:00:46 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 02, 2015, 01:53:50 AM
Congrats on the job, Bear!
Sorry about your dog's eye, Freeky.
Lab went well today; 413 slices of snake brain processed on slides. We finish Sunday, and then we start sticking them under the microscope!
Woo, fancy! Good luck with the snake brains.
Wait, you're Freeky? FOR MONTHS I HAVE BEEN THINKING YOU WERE PIXIE.
And I was wondering why your folks were taking your dog to Mexico, but then I was like "Well she used to live in the US, maybe her folks still do".
:lulz:
:lulz:
Just more proof that when someone changes their name and avatar, they may as well become a whole new person as far as I'm concerned. I'm totally the kind of person who wouldn't recognize her own boyfriend if he suddenly changed his facial hair.
So you're saying that if I was on your list to be Nigeled immmediately, if I grew a mustache and changed my name I'd be moved back down the line?
Well, pretty much... except that I don't have a list, it's more about random interactions. Brownian motion on a macro scale, if you will.
So it is like a mosh-pit (http://io9.com/mosh-pit-physics-reduces-humanity-to-a-gas-479497874)?
I'm hoping Nigel is the burly tattooed biker guy, and not the skinny-emo with anger issues or the spikes-on-every-surface goth.
Burly thinks it is cute if you push him and will either cover your back or buy you beer.
Skinny thinks the pit is an actual fight and is taking it too serious. It can only end with him alone in the pit and feeling dominant or with him crying.
Spike is usually just oblivious that he leaves everyone bleeding.
I'm pretty sure Nigel is not the coward at the edge kicking into the pit who flees when he gets pulled in.
You're hoping? I would hope you have enough experience with me by now not to have to hope.
Things I learned on Facebook today:
Chemtrails cause global warming
The TV show Firefly shows a hatred of women that some people find disturbing and scary
The greatest crime of the white man is when his children sneak into your garden and vandalise stuff and you promise to pay but not everything is paid for
That due to the fact the more coffee you drink the longer you live, I will live forever.
That Jhonen Vasquez is, unfortunately, still alive, and trying to sell Invader Zim again.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 03, 2015, 12:39:36 AM
Quote from: Reginald Ret on May 02, 2015, 06:44:36 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 02, 2015, 06:05:37 PM
Quote from: Choppas an' Sluggas on May 02, 2015, 05:56:55 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 02, 2015, 05:41:12 AM
Quote from: Choppas an' Sluggas on May 02, 2015, 05:16:53 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 02, 2015, 02:56:09 AM
Quote from: Choppas an' Sluggas on May 02, 2015, 02:00:46 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 02, 2015, 01:53:50 AM
Congrats on the job, Bear!
Sorry about your dog's eye, Freeky.
Lab went well today; 413 slices of snake brain processed on slides. We finish Sunday, and then we start sticking them under the microscope!
Woo, fancy! Good luck with the snake brains.
Wait, you're Freeky? FOR MONTHS I HAVE BEEN THINKING YOU WERE PIXIE.
And I was wondering why your folks were taking your dog to Mexico, but then I was like "Well she used to live in the US, maybe her folks still do".
:lulz:
:lulz:
Just more proof that when someone changes their name and avatar, they may as well become a whole new person as far as I'm concerned. I'm totally the kind of person who wouldn't recognize her own boyfriend if he suddenly changed his facial hair.
So you're saying that if I was on your list to be Nigeled immmediately, if I grew a mustache and changed my name I'd be moved back down the line?
Well, pretty much... except that I don't have a list, it's more about random interactions. Brownian motion on a macro scale, if you will.
So it is like a mosh-pit (http://io9.com/mosh-pit-physics-reduces-humanity-to-a-gas-479497874)?
I'm hoping Nigel is the burly tattooed biker guy, and not the skinny-emo with anger issues or the spikes-on-every-surface goth.
Burly thinks it is cute if you push him and will either cover your back or buy you beer.
Skinny thinks the pit is an actual fight and is taking it too serious. It can only end with him alone in the pit and feeling dominant or with him crying.
Spike is usually just oblivious that he leaves everyone bleeding.
I'm pretty sure Nigel is not the coward at the edge kicking into the pit who flees when he gets pulled in.
You're hoping? I would hope you have enough experience with me by now not to have to hope.
I dunno, some people change in the pit. Then again your omnipresent cosmic dildoes are always in the Brownian pit.
Came home early from camping because ugh I feel horrible.
Property alert tells me there's a place at the very top of my price range available from July.
It is going to be tight - very tight - but I'll finally be in my own place if all works out okay.
Nigel just made a threat using the concept of Brownian motion.
My dick is so hard right now.
I just biked a 120 mile week in all 90° weather and I feel fucking great.
8)
I think I need a motor vehicle whacking apparatus—something that makes a really loud noise, but does absolutely no damage. Maybe a fly swatter. Yeah.
Next week: 200 miles.
Quote from: N E T on May 04, 2015, 05:26:10 AM
I just biked a 120 mile week in all 90° weather and I feel fucking great.
8)
I think I need a motor vehicle whacking apparatus—something that makes a really loud noise, but does absolutely no damage. Maybe a fly swatter. Yeah.
Next week: 200 miles.
Nice!
Your courage notwithstanding, your country still needs proper bike paths/roads. Even dedicated lanes would be a major improvement.
Quote from: Reginald Ret on May 04, 2015, 07:06:58 AM
Quote from: N E T on May 04, 2015, 05:26:10 AM
I just biked a 120 mile week in all 90° weather and I feel fucking great.
8)
I think I need a motor vehicle whacking apparatus—something that makes a really loud noise, but does absolutely no damage. Maybe a fly swatter. Yeah.
Next week: 200 miles.
Nice!
Your courage notwithstanding, your country still needs proper bike paths/roads. Even dedicated lanes would be a major improvement.
Oh we have lanes in some cities. In fact in this city, we have the most bike lanes per square city mile in the nation (at least as of a few years ago). Not the most bicycle infrastructure but the most bike lanes. For people who don't ride their bikes for transportation you'd think this would be great. But their effective purpose is to be a buffer for parked cars so self-absorbed jackasses can suddenly fling their door open and not worry about motorized traffic slamming into it. They're a sick joke.
We definitely need cycle paths otherwise known as protected bike lanes, but this is largely a perceptual problem. Statistically, you are more likely to get killed in a motor vehicle or as a pedestrian. People just think they're safer in their cars.
I measured it, if I can smack someone's car with a fly swatter, they are violating California's brand spanking new 3 feet law.
Quote from: N E T on May 04, 2015, 10:18:08 AM
Quote from: Reginald Ret on May 04, 2015, 07:06:58 AM
Quote from: N E T on May 04, 2015, 05:26:10 AM
I just biked a 120 mile week in all 90° weather and I feel fucking great.
8)
I think I need a motor vehicle whacking apparatus—something that makes a really loud noise, but does absolutely no damage. Maybe a fly swatter. Yeah.
Next week: 200 miles.
Nice!
Your courage notwithstanding, your country still needs proper bike paths/roads. Even dedicated lanes would be a major improvement.
Oh we have lanes in some cities. In fact in this city, we have the most bike lanes per square city mile in the nation (at least as of a few years ago). Not the most bicycle infrastructure but the most bike lanes. For people who don't ride their bikes for transportation you'd think this would be great. But their effective purpose is to be a buffer for parked cars so self-absorbed jackasses can suddenly fling their door open and not worry about motorized traffic slamming into it. They're a sick joke.
We definitely need cycle paths otherwise known as protected bike lanes, but this is largely a perceptual problem. Statistically, you are more likely to get killed in a motor vehicle or as a pedestrian. People just think they're safer in their cars.
I measured it, if I can smack someone's car with a fly swatter, they are violating California's brand spanking new 3 feet law.
Hah! that could get interesting if they get mad.That just means pedestrians need their own protected lanes as well. Not cars though, that is a different issue.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on May 03, 2015, 07:54:51 PM
Nigel just made a threat using the concept of Brownian motion.
My dick is so hard right now.
:lulz:
Quote from: Reginald Ret on May 04, 2015, 07:06:58 AM
Quote from: N E T on May 04, 2015, 05:26:10 AM
I just biked a 120 mile week in all 90° weather and I feel fucking great.
8)
I think I need a motor vehicle whacking apparatus—something that makes a really loud noise, but does absolutely no damage. Maybe a fly swatter. Yeah.
Next week: 200 miles.
Nice!
Your courage notwithstanding, your country still needs proper bike paths/roads. Even dedicated lanes would be a major improvement.
We seriously do need bike roads. So badly. SO. BADLY.
The only reason I'm not planning on riding my bike to school daily is because half the ride is a terrifying jaunt through heavy traffic. It might not technically be dangerous, but it is nerve-wracking.
Part 18 is up, and the last Science Gestapo story is done.
Era over.
It looks like the Peru trip is a go.
The only downside to this is it means I have to take physics in a three-week condensed class.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 04, 2015, 06:35:23 PM
It looks like the Peru trip is a go.
The only downside to this is it means I have to take physics in a three-week condensed class.
Woot!
What level of physics? What's the class number?
Yeah, you got some study buddies if you need 'em.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 04, 2015, 06:26:20 PM
Part 18 is up, and the last Science Gestapo story is done.
Era over.
I will miss the Science Gestapo stories.
I hope the new job gives you plenty of good stories too.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 04, 2015, 06:35:23 PM
It looks like the Peru trip is a go.
The only downside to this is it means I have to take physics in a three-week condensed class.
Congrats!
I learned how to make Mexican chorizo.
Nowm what the hell do I do with two pounds of Mexican chorizo?
What's the difference between Mexican chorizo and normal chorizo?
I tend to use the latter in stir fry dishes, but that's mostly because the store sells them in perfectly sized little containers and it helps cut down on the amount of meat I have with my dinner.
Spanish is usually dried and cured, and sliced into delectable rounds.
Mexican is usually not cured, crumbles easily, and has more of a firey bite.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on May 04, 2015, 09:20:59 PM
I learned how to make Mexican chorizo.
Nowm what the hell do I do with two pounds of Mexican chorizo?
YOU COME TO MY HOUSE TOMORROW AND WE EAT DELICIOUS TACOS, THAT'S WHAT.
Quote from: Cain on May 03, 2015, 01:42:37 AM
The TV show Firefly shows a hatred of women that some people find disturbing and scary
What?
I don't even... what?
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on May 04, 2015, 09:50:14 PM
Spanish is usually dried and cured, and sliced into delectable rounds.
Mexican is usually not cured, crumbles easily, and has more of a firey bite.
Crumbes easily eh? Calzone would be a good bet. I know, it's Italian, but their sausages also tend to crumble quite easily. In fact, you could do any number of Italian dishes if you wanted...the firey bite will likely make them a little more exciting than traditional Italian flair too.
Plus if anyone asks, you can tell them the fusion of Italian and Mexican food is called a
spaghetti western.
Quote from: Choppas an' Sluggas on May 04, 2015, 10:05:16 PM
Quote from: Cain on May 03, 2015, 01:42:37 AM
The TV show Firefly shows a hatred of women that some people find disturbing and scary
What?
I don't even... what?
hxxp://users.livejournal.com/_allecto_/34718.html
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on May 04, 2015, 10:09:09 PM
Quote from: Choppas an' Sluggas on May 04, 2015, 10:05:16 PM
Quote from: Cain on May 03, 2015, 01:42:37 AM
The TV show Firefly shows a hatred of women that some people find disturbing and scary
What?
I don't even... what?
hxxp://users.livejournal.com/_allecto_/34718.html
I have no reasonable response to this, other than "Nope."
What I learned on the interbutts today:
If protestors link arms while they march, the police can and should beat the fuck out of them, because that's a major red flag.
Apparently, there are Soviet human wave attacks in Seattle. The police had no choice.
Naturally. The Constitution only says you have the right to bear arms. Linking them is a hostile act. What if those linked arms make a WMD (http://www.wired.com/2013/04/tsarnaev-charged/)? That's an act of war against America, then.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 04, 2015, 06:41:23 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 04, 2015, 06:35:23 PM
It looks like the Peru trip is a go.
The only downside to this is it means I have to take physics in a three-week condensed class.
Woot!
What level of physics? What's the class number?
Oh it's just 201, the "so you wanna be a science major?" class that everyone has to take.
I originally planned on taking the whole series, buuuut there's only so much schooling I can talk other people into paying for. :lol:
I just checked my email. I got invited to Phi Kappa Phi, and the student newspaper wants to interview me.
Whut whut!
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 05, 2015, 12:06:26 AM
I just checked my email. I got invited to Phi Kappa Phi, and the student newspaper wants to interview me.
Whut whut!
:banana:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 05, 2015, 12:06:26 AM
I just checked my email. I got invited to Phi Kappa Phi, and the student newspaper wants to interview me.
Whut whut!
Well, if you're gonna cram that, you have an otherwise light schedule?
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 05, 2015, 12:07:43 AM
Well, if you're gonna cram that, you have an otherwise light schedule?
Yeah, in fact, other than the three weeks of jamming physics into my head all I have scheduled is an online psychology class.
That's IT. For the whole term. And I will be starting my project in the lab. Time to start coming up with catchy titles for my paper! "The Effect of Maternal Gestational Glucocortisoids on Seasonal Neurogenesis in Juvenile Thamnopheris Sirtalis Parietalis"? Something that rolls off the tongue like that.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 05, 2015, 12:30:33 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 05, 2015, 12:07:43 AM
Well, if you're gonna cram that, you have an otherwise light schedule?
Yeah, in fact, other than the three weeks of jamming physics into my head all I have scheduled is an online psychology class.
That's IT. For the whole term. And I will be starting my project in the lab. Time to start coming up with catchy titles for my paper! "The Effect of Maternal Gestational Glucocortisoids on Seasonal Neurogenesis in Juvenile Thamnopheris Sirtalis Parietalis"? Something that rolls off the tongue like that.
This makes me feel dumb.
But it occurs to me that I'm pretty, so it's okay.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 05, 2015, 12:43:32 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 05, 2015, 12:30:33 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 05, 2015, 12:07:43 AM
Well, if you're gonna cram that, you have an otherwise light schedule?
Yeah, in fact, other than the three weeks of jamming physics into my head all I have scheduled is an online psychology class.
That's IT. For the whole term. And I will be starting my project in the lab. Time to start coming up with catchy titles for my paper! "The Effect of Maternal Gestational Glucocortisoids on Seasonal Neurogenesis in Juvenile Thamnopheris Sirtalis Parietalis"? Something that rolls off the tongue like that.
This makes me feel dumb.
But it occurs to me that I'm pretty, so it's okay.
:lol:
It's a special language that makes sense to maybe fifteen people.
The realities of science, though, is that we spend a lot of time putting slides into clear liquid for specific amounts of time, and then taking them out again.
Well, Halloween will be one year as an atheist.
Then I imagine I'll go back to deism, for personal preference reasons.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 05, 2015, 03:31:30 AM
Well, Halloween will be one year as an atheist.
Then I imagine I'll go back to deism, for personal preference reasons.
How has the atheism thing been for you? So far?
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 05, 2015, 03:50:05 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 05, 2015, 03:31:30 AM
Well, Halloween will be one year as an atheist.
Then I imagine I'll go back to deism, for personal preference reasons.
How has the atheism thing been for you? So far?
Very satisfying, really. The world certainly looks different. But also far more fragile. You have this little tiny bubble of air in a gigantic fucking hostile universe that is very impersonally prepared to kill you.
So naturally, monkeys do their best to fuck the air up, because that's how we roll.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 05, 2015, 04:14:40 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 05, 2015, 03:50:05 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 05, 2015, 03:31:30 AM
Well, Halloween will be one year as an atheist.
Then I imagine I'll go back to deism, for personal preference reasons.
How has the atheism thing been for you? So far?
Very satisfying, really. The world certainly looks different. But also far more fragile. You have this little tiny bubble of air in a gigantic fucking hostile universe that is very impersonally prepared to kill you.
So naturally, monkeys do their best to fuck the air up, because that's how we roll.
It's a little bit rock n roll, and a little bit country.
Quote from: Cain on May 04, 2015, 10:07:33 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on May 04, 2015, 09:50:14 PM
Spanish is usually dried and cured, and sliced into delectable rounds.
Mexican is usually not cured, crumbles easily, and has more of a firey bite.
Crumbes easily eh? Calzone would be a good bet. I know, it's Italian, but their sausages also tend to crumble quite easily. In fact, you could do any number of Italian dishes if you wanted...the firey bite will likely make them a little more exciting than traditional Italian flair too.
Plus if anyone asks, you can tell them the fusion of Italian and Mexican food is called a spaghetti western.
ohmygodihateyousomuch
Quote from: Hoopla on May 05, 2015, 04:26:37 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 05, 2015, 04:14:40 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 05, 2015, 03:50:05 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 05, 2015, 03:31:30 AM
Well, Halloween will be one year as an atheist.
Then I imagine I'll go back to deism, for personal preference reasons.
How has the atheism thing been for you? So far?
Very satisfying, really. The world certainly looks different. But also far more fragile. You have this little tiny bubble of air in a gigantic fucking hostile universe that is very impersonally prepared to kill you.
So naturally, monkeys do their best to fuck the air up, because that's how we roll.
It's a little bit rock n roll, and a little bit country.
I have to say that deism is more fun, in the final analysis. But I'm not done yet, so...
Quote from: Cain on May 04, 2015, 10:07:33 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on May 04, 2015, 09:50:14 PM
Spanish is usually dried and cured, and sliced into delectable rounds.
Mexican is usually not cured, crumbles easily, and has more of a firey bite.
Crumbes easily eh? Calzone would be a good bet. I know, it's Italian, but their sausages also tend to crumble quite easily. In fact, you could do any number of Italian dishes if you wanted...the firey bite will likely make them a little more exciting than traditional Italian flair too.
Plus if anyone asks, you can tell them the fusion of Italian and Mexican food is called a spaghetti western.
Your insolence is being reported to Il Galateo.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 05, 2015, 04:34:29 AM
Quote from: Hoopla on May 05, 2015, 04:26:37 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 05, 2015, 04:14:40 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 05, 2015, 03:50:05 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 05, 2015, 03:31:30 AM
Well, Halloween will be one year as an atheist.
Then I imagine I'll go back to deism, for personal preference reasons.
How has the atheism thing been for you? So far?
Very satisfying, really. The world certainly looks different. But also far more fragile. You have this little tiny bubble of air in a gigantic fucking hostile universe that is very impersonally prepared to kill you.
So naturally, monkeys do their best to fuck the air up, because that's how we roll.
It's a little bit rock n roll, and a little bit country.
I have to say that deism is more fun, in the final analysis. But I'm not done yet, so...
Fun how?
Quote from: LuciferX on May 05, 2015, 05:39:18 AM
Your insolence is being reported to Il Galateo.
Which Mexican warlord is he again?
[/quote]
He's the one commanding Generals Samuel Jackson and Raging Erection.
Quote from: Hoopla on May 05, 2015, 02:18:36 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 05, 2015, 04:34:29 AM
Quote from: Hoopla on May 05, 2015, 04:26:37 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 05, 2015, 04:14:40 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 05, 2015, 03:50:05 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 05, 2015, 03:31:30 AM
Well, Halloween will be one year as an atheist.
Then I imagine I'll go back to deism, for personal preference reasons.
How has the atheism thing been for you? So far?
Very satisfying, really. The world certainly looks different. But also far more fragile. You have this little tiny bubble of air in a gigantic fucking hostile universe that is very impersonally prepared to kill you.
So naturally, monkeys do their best to fuck the air up, because that's how we roll.
It's a little bit rock n roll, and a little bit country.
I have to say that deism is more fun, in the final analysis. But I'm not done yet, so...
Fun how?
If God built this joint, then I'm no better than I was supposed to be. Also, given the errors, this is apparently just a prototype; a blueprint for something better, built somewhere else, which carries its own obviously hilarity. We kinda have to turn ourselves from bugs into features.
Quote from: Junkenstein on May 05, 2015, 03:07:52 PM
Quote from: LuciferX on May 05, 2015, 05:39:18 AM
Your insolence is being reported to Il Galateo.
Quote
Which Mexican warlord is he again?
He's the one commanding Generals Samuel Jackson and Raging Erection.
He's the one aggressively trying to push pistachio flavoured ice-cream onto the defenceless Mexican public.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 05, 2015, 04:14:40 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 05, 2015, 03:50:05 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 05, 2015, 03:31:30 AM
Well, Halloween will be one year as an atheist.
Then I imagine I'll go back to deism, for personal preference reasons.
How has the atheism thing been for you? So far?
Very satisfying, really. The world certainly looks different. But also far more fragile. You have this little tiny bubble of air in a gigantic fucking hostile universe that is very impersonally prepared to kill you.
So naturally, monkeys do their best to fuck the air up, because that's how we roll.
That's pretty much how I experience it, too. Except that I'm not technically an atheist. More of a universalist, I suppose.
Quote from: Xaz on May 05, 2015, 03:13:53 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on May 05, 2015, 03:07:52 PM
Quote from: LuciferX on May 05, 2015, 05:39:18 AM
Your insolence is being reported to Il Galateo.
Quote
Which Mexican warlord is he again?
He's the one commanding Generals Samuel Jackson and Raging Erection.
He's the one aggressively trying to push pistachio flavoured ice-cream onto the defenceless Mexican public.
:lulz:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 05, 2015, 03:19:51 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 05, 2015, 04:14:40 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 05, 2015, 03:50:05 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 05, 2015, 03:31:30 AM
Well, Halloween will be one year as an atheist.
Then I imagine I'll go back to deism, for personal preference reasons.
How has the atheism thing been for you? So far?
Very satisfying, really. The world certainly looks different. But also far more fragile. You have this little tiny bubble of air in a gigantic fucking hostile universe that is very impersonally prepared to kill you.
So naturally, monkeys do their best to fuck the air up, because that's how we roll.
That's pretty much how I experience it, too. Except that I'm not technically an atheist. More of a universalist, I suppose.
The biggest downside of being an atheist is dealing with other atheists.
No joke. They're every bit as pleasant to talk to as your average Holy Roller.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 05, 2015, 04:32:23 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 05, 2015, 03:19:51 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 05, 2015, 04:14:40 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 05, 2015, 03:50:05 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 05, 2015, 03:31:30 AM
Well, Halloween will be one year as an atheist.
Then I imagine I'll go back to deism, for personal preference reasons.
How has the atheism thing been for you? So far?
Very satisfying, really. The world certainly looks different. But also far more fragile. You have this little tiny bubble of air in a gigantic fucking hostile universe that is very impersonally prepared to kill you.
So naturally, monkeys do their best to fuck the air up, because that's how we roll.
That's pretty much how I experience it, too. Except that I'm not technically an atheist. More of a universalist, I suppose.
The biggest downside of being an atheist is dealing with other atheists.
No joke. They're every bit as pleasant to talk to as your average Holy Roller.
PREACH.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 05, 2015, 04:32:23 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 05, 2015, 03:19:51 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 05, 2015, 04:14:40 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 05, 2015, 03:50:05 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 05, 2015, 03:31:30 AM
Well, Halloween will be one year as an atheist.
Then I imagine I'll go back to deism, for personal preference reasons.
How has the atheism thing been for you? So far?
Very satisfying, really. The world certainly looks different. But also far more fragile. You have this little tiny bubble of air in a gigantic fucking hostile universe that is very impersonally prepared to kill you.
So naturally, monkeys do their best to fuck the air up, because that's how we roll.
That's pretty much how I experience it, too. Except that I'm not technically an atheist. More of a universalist, I suppose.
The biggest downside of being an atheist is dealing with other atheists.
No joke. They're every bit as pleasant to talk to as your average Holy Roller.
Oh, don't I know it! :lulz: Fucking awful. Having been banned from most of Facebook's Atheist groups, I've moved on to challenging self-proclaimed Skeptics to actually think, and maybe read books, instead of parroting the opinions of their hero Michael Shermer. I've found that most Skeptics seem to be into Skepticism almost purely in order to have a basis for feeling superior to other people, which seems to be a strong motivational force for a lot of these "I identify as a thing" groups.
Well, yes.
It's been a problem for a while now. The biggest issue with Atheism is Atheists.
Hey!
:crankey:
OK, in fairness, the worst thing about anything is the followers of said thing.
Quote from: Junkenstein on May 05, 2015, 06:05:45 PM
OK, in fairness, the worst thing about anything is the followers of said thing people
Fixed that for you
Deciding how petty I want to be.
Someone sprung a surprise inspection on my kitchen today. Said kitchen is a mess, because I'm in the middle of essay fever, and because I do my writing in the kitchen (its the room with a lounge). Thing is, I took some time out to check the exact rights I have here, and despite my contract stating that this is a licensed occupancy, the actual conditions mean I'm an assured shorthold tenant, and so they can't simply come barging in here.
Funny thing is, they've screwed themselves on the contract. They want to claim I am a licensee, but service occupancy only occurs if I'm required to live in, as part of my job. And I'm not. So they can either choose to treat me as a licensee, but negate my rent (as its required for the job), or else they have to give the same rights any private tenant has. I wont push that just yet, as the company is going to restructure the whole rent system over the summer...but I'll keep it in mind, if they try anything foolish.
Loving the Shameless Slander series. It's very lucky that Doktor Howl doesn't know that part of my family has historical involvement with a Communist cult (that exists to this day, I learned only a few years ago), lest more lies be spread.
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on May 05, 2015, 07:58:02 PM
Loving the Shameless Slander series. It's very lucky that Doktor Howl doesn't know that part of my family has historical involvement with a Communist cult (that exists to this day, I learned only a few years ago), lest more lies be spread.
You don't get off THAT easily.
Decided to be petty. Pissy email sent, and the flat is now rigged so I'll know if anyone has been poking around while I'm not in.
I'm unslanderable, so I get off this time.
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on May 05, 2015, 08:55:42 PM
I'm unslanderable, so I get off this time.
:lulz:
Hope springs eternal!
Unfortunately saw the government "snitch on your students for doubleplus ungood thoughts policy" being emailed while writing my pissy email.
So I had to write a second email, telling my boss's boss that the information we'd been sent was not even useless - it was bad enough to be considered malicious misinformation. Completely ignores research on radicalization, implicitly targets Muslims...it's a horrible policy, and yes, some parts of it are mandatory, but if we're going to have to do this, lets at least have in-house training and materials, so shite like this isn't passed around corporate office like mental herpes.
Quote from: Cain on May 05, 2015, 09:08:41 PM
Unfortunately saw the government "snitch on your students for doubleplus ungood thoughts policy" being emailed while writing my pissy email.
So I had to write a second email, telling my boss's boss that the information we'd been sent was not even useless - it was bad enough to be considered malicious misinformation. Completely ignores research on radicalization, implicitly targets Muslims...it's a horrible policy, and yes, some parts of it are mandatory, but if we're going to have to do this, lets at least have in-house training and materials, so shite like this isn't passed around corporate office like mental herpes.
Wow. You guys are racing us. And winning.
We taught the Israelis who taught you guys everything they know.
I have research sitting right in front of me from a former CIA officer (who worked in Afghanistan during the 80s, no less) and psychiatrist who says foreign policy, unfair targeting and demonisation/valourisation are the main factors in radicalization. So of course the official papers from the local educational authority mention ONLY Muslims, encourage teachers to snitch on them and to challenge their beliefs. Oh, and brings up ISIS.
Yeah, great going. :x
Quote from: Xaz on May 05, 2015, 03:13:53 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on May 05, 2015, 03:07:52 PM
Quote from: LuciferX on May 05, 2015, 05:39:18 AM
Your insolence is being reported to Il Galateo.
Quote
Which Mexican warlord is he again?
He's the one commanding Generals Samuel Jackson and Raging Erection.
He's the one aggressively trying to push pistachio flavoured ice-cream onto the defenceless Mexican public.
:lulz: :lulz:
(http://www.femminilitaestile.it/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/il-galateo-a-tavola.jpg)
Eh, he is a, like e, the English, of e de Queen
Quote from: Cain on May 05, 2015, 09:13:23 PM
We taught the Israelis who taught you guys everything they know.
I have research sitting right in front of me from a former CIA officer (who worked in Afghanistan during the 80s, no less) and psychiatrist who says foreign policy, unfair targeting and demonisation/valourisation are the main factors in radicalization. So of course the official papers from the local educational authority mention ONLY Muslims, encourage teachers to snitch on them and to challenge their beliefs. Oh, and brings up ISIS.
Yeah, great going. :x
There is probably a formula somewhere that renders the relation between generated radicals and funds available for spending. The problem with this system is how hard it is to break. If you don' t report anyone, then you must be one of them; reporting the wrong person eventually leads to radicalization of the same, and so forth... Probably the best solution (ICTO, ATM) is to attack the personal lives of legislators, nullifying their moral equity at home without invoking foreign policy. Thing is, theres always someone ready to take their place. The final solution would be to re-arrange the offending value-system, and we know how well that always goes. :(
End of the day meeting, Jess (our safety tech) decides, during a conversation about command structures here vs South Africa, says - with his bare skull hanging out - "They determine that by how long the bone through their nose is".
Cecil is in the room, but is too much of a gentleman to kill him on the spot (Cecil is Black).
I call him on it, he keeps laughing.
So fuck it. I fed the bastard to HR.
Its worth mentioning that the boss wasn't present.
I hope HR grind him into a fine paste. That's repulsive.
Quote from: Faust on May 06, 2015, 12:28:24 AM
I hope HR grind him into a fine paste. That's repulsive.
He's doomed, especially given that I called him on it and he kept laughing.
My coworker today was trying to think of a black dude's name and said "Who was that baboon there?"
My supervisor likes to refer to "big black Congo cock."
His supervisor described the cancer stricken woman who handles sick time as having behavior, "all fucking ghetto."
His supervisor described said woman as a "typical nigger."
HR doesn't know, because their alternatives are worse. This is Southcoast Massachusetts. This is corrections. I am filled with hate and deeply ashamed to be here.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on May 06, 2015, 03:25:01 AM
My coworker today was trying to think of a black dude's name and said "Who was that baboon there?"
My supervisor likes to refer to "big black Congo cock."
His supervisor described the cancer stricken woman who handles sick time as having behavior, "all fucking ghetto."
His supervisor described said woman as a "typical nigger."
HR doesn't know, because their alternatives are worse. This is Southcoast Massachusetts. This is corrections. I am filled with hate and deeply ashamed to be here.
I keep telling ya, you gotta move up here. We don't put up with that shit.
Move to Texas you'll get shanked! Do it for the children!
Quote from: Metal Bear on May 06, 2015, 03:58:23 AM
Move to Texas you'll get shanked! Do it for the children!
This is going to be just another way for you Texans to insist that the USA listen to the sounds of insects having sex and calling it soothing music while you pollute the air with the strains of some idiot with a ukulele wailing about consumption and sodomy.
Oh, wait. Shit. That's Portland.
Quote from: Junkenstein on May 05, 2015, 06:05:45 PM
OK, in fairness, the worst thing about anything is the followers of said thing.
If that's their shtick and they're on the internet.
Twid,
Member of Atheists vs Christians, not an atheist nor a Christian, kinda finds himself hating both atheists and Christians despite his IRL interactions with atheists and Christians.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 06, 2015, 12:50:31 AM
Quote from: Faust on May 06, 2015, 12:28:24 AM
I hope HR grind him into a fine paste. That's repulsive.
He's doomed, especially given that I called him on it and he kept laughing.
Good. The doomed part, that is.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on May 06, 2015, 03:25:01 AM
My coworker today was trying to think of a black dude's name and said "Who was that baboon there?"
My supervisor likes to refer to "big black Congo cock."
His supervisor described the cancer stricken woman who handles sick time as having behavior, "all fucking ghetto."
His supervisor described said woman as a "typical nigger."
HR doesn't know, because their alternatives are worse. This is Southcoast Massachusetts. This is corrections. I am filled with hate and deeply ashamed to be here.
...How the fuck are we even in the same state? You're like a 40 minute drive from here.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 06, 2015, 04:57:44 AM
Quote from: Metal Bear on May 06, 2015, 03:58:23 AM
Move to Texas you'll get shanked! Do it for the children!
This is going to be just another way for you Texans to insist that the USA listen to the sounds of insects having sex and calling it soothing music while you pollute the air with the strains of some idiot with a ukulele wailing about consumption and sodomy.
Oh, wait. Shit. That's Portland.
YES BUT WE HAVE A GIANT HAT!
Quote from: Legate Gene O'Mick, PhD on May 06, 2015, 05:29:45 AM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on May 06, 2015, 03:25:01 AM
My coworker today was trying to think of a black dude's name and said "Who was that baboon there?"
My supervisor likes to refer to "big black Congo cock."
His supervisor described the cancer stricken woman who handles sick time as having behavior, "all fucking ghetto."
His supervisor described said woman as a "typical nigger."
HR doesn't know, because their alternatives are worse. This is Southcoast Massachusetts. This is corrections. I am filled with hate and deeply ashamed to be here.
...How the fuck are we even in the same state? You're like a 40 minute drive from here.
Seconded. I think we need to murder all the townies.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on May 06, 2015, 01:27:21 PM
Quote from: Legate Gene O'Mick, PhD on May 06, 2015, 05:29:45 AM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on May 06, 2015, 03:25:01 AM
My coworker today was trying to think of a black dude's name and said "Who was that baboon there?"
My supervisor likes to refer to "big black Congo cock."
His supervisor described the cancer stricken woman who handles sick time as having behavior, "all fucking ghetto."
His supervisor described said woman as a "typical nigger."
HR doesn't know, because their alternatives are worse. This is Southcoast Massachusetts. This is corrections. I am filled with hate and deeply ashamed to be here.
...How the fuck are we even in the same state? You're like a 40 minute drive from here.
Seconded. I think we need to murder all the townies.
I didn't think it was prevalent in my area either, until I took a job with an old school law enforcement and working class mentality. Don't worry, I'm sure Boston has more than its share.
That's why the foolish "cops aren't racist" argument boggles my mind so much. If you get a bunch of racist people working in a field with a culture of racism, what else is going to happen from it?
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on May 06, 2015, 01:44:05 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on May 06, 2015, 01:27:21 PM
Quote from: Legate Gene O'Mick, PhD on May 06, 2015, 05:29:45 AM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on May 06, 2015, 03:25:01 AM
My coworker today was trying to think of a black dude's name and said "Who was that baboon there?"
My supervisor likes to refer to "big black Congo cock."
His supervisor described the cancer stricken woman who handles sick time as having behavior, "all fucking ghetto."
His supervisor described said woman as a "typical nigger."
HR doesn't know, because their alternatives are worse. This is Southcoast Massachusetts. This is corrections. I am filled with hate and deeply ashamed to be here.
...How the fuck are we even in the same state? You're like a 40 minute drive from here.
Seconded. I think we need to murder all the townies.
I didn't think it was prevalent in my area either, until I took a job with an old school law enforcement and working class mentality. Don't worry, I'm sure Boston has more than its share.
That's why the foolish "cops aren't racist" argument boggles my mind so much. If you get a bunch of racist people working in a field with a culture of racism, what else is going to happen from it?
Ah, the law enforcement angle makes sense. And the BPD definitely has that. I seem to remember there being quite a to do about the shit that was in their union news letter.
Dear Twid:
Do a pub crawl in Charlestown.
Love (?),
LMNO
Close friend of mine has had to go back into hospital due to internal bleeding after a botched gall stone removal.
Fuck this year.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on May 06, 2015, 04:07:29 PM
Dear Twid:
Do a pub crawl in Charlestown.
Love (?),
LMNO
I wouldn't mind that. I should probably get one in with George before he goes to Amherst.
Oh. Charlestown is like that. Forgot about that bit.
Quote from: Cain on May 05, 2015, 06:51:00 PM
Deciding how petty I want to be.
Someone sprung a surprise inspection on my kitchen today. Said kitchen is a mess, because I'm in the middle of essay fever, and because I do my writing in the kitchen (its the room with a lounge). Thing is, I took some time out to check the exact rights I have here, and despite my contract stating that this is a licensed occupancy, the actual conditions mean I'm an assured shorthold tenant, and so they can't simply come barging in here.
Funny thing is, they've screwed themselves on the contract. They want to claim I am a licensee, but service occupancy only occurs if I'm required to live in, as part of my job. And I'm not. So they can either choose to treat me as a licensee, but negate my rent (as its required for the job), or else they have to give the same rights any private tenant has. I wont push that just yet, as the company is going to restructure the whole rent system over the summer...but I'll keep it in mind, if they try anything foolish.
That's SO FUCKED UP. I hope that however it plays out, when you leave you nail their balls for SOMETHING.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 06, 2015, 12:23:44 AM
End of the day meeting, Jess (our safety tech) decides, during a conversation about command structures here vs South Africa, says - with his bare skull hanging out - "They determine that by how long the bone through their nose is".
Cecil is in the room, but is too much of a gentleman to kill him on the spot (Cecil is Black).
I call him on it, he keeps laughing.
So fuck it. I fed the bastard to HR.
Its worth mentioning that the boss wasn't present.
Fucking hell, what the fuck is wrong with him?
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on May 06, 2015, 03:25:01 AM
My coworker today was trying to think of a black dude's name and said "Who was that baboon there?"
My supervisor likes to refer to "big black Congo cock."
His supervisor described the cancer stricken woman who handles sick time as having behavior, "all fucking ghetto."
His supervisor described said woman as a "typical nigger."
HR doesn't know, because their alternatives are worse. This is Southcoast Massachusetts. This is corrections. I am filled with hate and deeply ashamed to be here.
:vom: You know, being from the West Coast, I wouldn't have expected that in Massachussetts.
Maybe you should consider recording that shit and leaking it to a news station. Because holy fuck.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 06, 2015, 04:57:44 AM
Quote from: Metal Bear on May 06, 2015, 03:58:23 AM
Move to Texas you'll get shanked! Do it for the children!
This is going to be just another way for you Texans to insist that the USA listen to the sounds of insects having sex and calling it soothing music while you pollute the air with the strains of some idiot with a ukulele wailing about consumption and sodomy.
Oh, wait. Shit. That's Portland.
:spittake:
So Oregon, the first state to adopt voting by mail, has taken it to the next level. Now we can vote ONLINE.
Good thing this is Oregon, and not, say, Mississippi.
How the hell are they going to keep that anonymous and secure?
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 06, 2015, 04:48:58 PM
Quote from: Cain on May 05, 2015, 06:51:00 PM
Deciding how petty I want to be.
Someone sprung a surprise inspection on my kitchen today. Said kitchen is a mess, because I'm in the middle of essay fever, and because I do my writing in the kitchen (its the room with a lounge). Thing is, I took some time out to check the exact rights I have here, and despite my contract stating that this is a licensed occupancy, the actual conditions mean I'm an assured shorthold tenant, and so they can't simply come barging in here.
Funny thing is, they've screwed themselves on the contract. They want to claim I am a licensee, but service occupancy only occurs if I'm required to live in, as part of my job. And I'm not. So they can either choose to treat me as a licensee, but negate my rent (as its required for the job), or else they have to give the same rights any private tenant has. I wont push that just yet, as the company is going to restructure the whole rent system over the summer...but I'll keep it in mind, if they try anything foolish.
That's SO FUCKED UP. I hope that however it plays out, when you leave you nail their balls for SOMETHING.
Angry email was sent.
I'm looking for another job anyway, but seriously. It's like people here need laws to make them not act like dickweeds...referencing common decency is not sufficient.
In other news, Joss Whedon is a sexist pig and piece of shit:
https://imgur.com/a/il1rT
Yes, we've reached the point where self-described feminist creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is sexist.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 06, 2015, 04:54:50 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 06, 2015, 04:57:44 AM
Quote from: Metal Bear on May 06, 2015, 03:58:23 AM
Move to Texas you'll get shanked! Do it for the children!
This is going to be just another way for you Texans to insist that the USA listen to the sounds of insects having sex and calling it soothing music while you pollute the air with the strains of some idiot with a ukulele wailing about consumption and sodomy.
Oh, wait. Shit. That's Portland.
:spittake:
Am I wrong?
Quote from: Cain on May 06, 2015, 05:34:22 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 06, 2015, 04:48:58 PM
Quote from: Cain on May 05, 2015, 06:51:00 PM
Deciding how petty I want to be.
Someone sprung a surprise inspection on my kitchen today. Said kitchen is a mess, because I'm in the middle of essay fever, and because I do my writing in the kitchen (its the room with a lounge). Thing is, I took some time out to check the exact rights I have here, and despite my contract stating that this is a licensed occupancy, the actual conditions mean I'm an assured shorthold tenant, and so they can't simply come barging in here.
Funny thing is, they've screwed themselves on the contract. They want to claim I am a licensee, but service occupancy only occurs if I'm required to live in, as part of my job. And I'm not. So they can either choose to treat me as a licensee, but negate my rent (as its required for the job), or else they have to give the same rights any private tenant has. I wont push that just yet, as the company is going to restructure the whole rent system over the summer...but I'll keep it in mind, if they try anything foolish.
That's SO FUCKED UP. I hope that however it plays out, when you leave you nail their balls for SOMETHING.
Angry email was sent.
I'm looking for another job anyway, but seriously. It's like people here need laws to make them not act like dickweeds...referencing common decency is not sufficient.
In other news, Joss Whedon is a sexist pig and piece of shit:
https://imgur.com/a/il1rT
Yes, we've reached the point where self-described feminist creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is sexist.
I... what?
I haven't seen Age of Ultron yet, does this have something to do with Black Widow not getting EXACTLY what the hive mind wanted, in a movie with 800 characters?
I have a feeling that Jeremy Renner calling BW a "slut" didn't help matters.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on May 06, 2015, 06:34:42 PM
I have a feeling that Jeremy Renner calling BW a "slut" didn't help matters.
I guess not, but I haven't been paying attention.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on May 06, 2015, 05:25:44 PM
How the hell are they going to keep that anonymous and secure?
OK, I jumped the gun based on a webpage at my university. We aren't actually voting online, we're just registering and
tracking our ballots online. We still actually vote the old-fashioned way, by giving our ballots to the mailman.
Quote from: Cain on May 06, 2015, 05:34:22 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 06, 2015, 04:48:58 PM
Quote from: Cain on May 05, 2015, 06:51:00 PM
Deciding how petty I want to be.
Someone sprung a surprise inspection on my kitchen today. Said kitchen is a mess, because I'm in the middle of essay fever, and because I do my writing in the kitchen (its the room with a lounge). Thing is, I took some time out to check the exact rights I have here, and despite my contract stating that this is a licensed occupancy, the actual conditions mean I'm an assured shorthold tenant, and so they can't simply come barging in here.
Funny thing is, they've screwed themselves on the contract. They want to claim I am a licensee, but service occupancy only occurs if I'm required to live in, as part of my job. And I'm not. So they can either choose to treat me as a licensee, but negate my rent (as its required for the job), or else they have to give the same rights any private tenant has. I wont push that just yet, as the company is going to restructure the whole rent system over the summer...but I'll keep it in mind, if they try anything foolish.
That's SO FUCKED UP. I hope that however it plays out, when you leave you nail their balls for SOMETHING.
Angry email was sent.
I'm looking for another job anyway, but seriously. It's like people here need laws to make them not act like dickweeds...referencing common decency is not sufficient.
In other news, Joss Whedon is a sexist pig and piece of shit:
https://imgur.com/a/il1rT
Yes, we've reached the point where self-described feminist creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is sexist.
Those people aren't even literate. I don't think they know what "sexist" means.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 06, 2015, 05:38:37 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 06, 2015, 04:54:50 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 06, 2015, 04:57:44 AM
Quote from: Metal Bear on May 06, 2015, 03:58:23 AM
Move to Texas you'll get shanked! Do it for the children!
This is going to be just another way for you Texans to insist that the USA listen to the sounds of insects having sex and calling it soothing music while you pollute the air with the strains of some idiot with a ukulele wailing about consumption and sodomy.
Oh, wait. Shit. That's Portland.
:spittake:
Am I wrong?
No, you're spot-on. It's perfect. :lulz:
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on May 06, 2015, 06:34:42 PM
I have a feeling that Jeremy Renner calling BW a "slut" didn't help matters.
That was sexist and really creepy to watch
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on May 06, 2015, 06:24:53 PM
I haven't seen Age of Ultron yet, does this have something to do with Black Widow not getting EXACTLY what the hive mind wanted, in a movie with 800 characters?
People are idiots and the only sexest thing about the film is that theres not enough Avenger women.
It loooks like joss Weadon didnt read my tumblr post of 1001 and one things that women in superhero films must do to negate his cis white privilege, obviously he is a a sexist piece of shit and basically human grabage.
Quote from: Faust on May 06, 2015, 07:49:20 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on May 06, 2015, 06:34:42 PM
I have a feeling that Jeremy Renner calling BW a "slut" didn't help matters.
That was sexist and really creepy to watch
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on May 06, 2015, 06:24:53 PM
I haven't seen Age of Ultron yet, does this have something to do with Black Widow not getting EXACTLY what the hive mind wanted, in a movie with 800 characters?
People are idiots and the only sexest thing about the film is that theres not enough Avenger women.
It loooks like joss Weadon didnt read my tumblr post of 1001 and one things that women in superhero films must do to negate his cis white privilege, obviously he is a a sexist piece of shit and basically human grabage.
You're too good at that. :scared:
I will respond to the shameless slander against myself tomorrow, as I'm currently engaged in essay hell.
Quote from: Cain on May 06, 2015, 08:27:40 PM
I will respond to the shameless slander against myself tomorrow, as I'm currently engaged in essay hell.
No rush. I still have to do Demo Squid, Faust, ECH, and Queen Gogira.
I need to start writing my essay. 8 pages, due Friday. Fuuuuuuck.
The Joss Whedon thing included death threats and such.
A bit much for a form of entertainment.
This raging at artists whenever a character is not 100% Politically Correct is strange, how much fun would stories be if every character is required to be PC?
I hope this shit isn't going to be the death of anti-heroes and nuanced character development.
Fuck, I wonder how these people would respond to Deadpool?
I think the Penny Arcade guys summed it up: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic
It is funny, really. Two or so years ago the buzz was all about how great it is that social media lets fans interact with creators easier than every before.
In the past year, though, creators are starting to realize more and more that everyone else will also interact with them, and there's nobody more vocal than a crazy who has decided to hate you.
I'm guessing in the near future, part of a celebrity's press tour will start with them logging off of social media, purely as a preventative measure.
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on May 06, 2015, 06:24:53 PM
Quote from: Cain on May 06, 2015, 05:34:22 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 06, 2015, 04:48:58 PM
Quote from: Cain on May 05, 2015, 06:51:00 PM
Deciding how petty I want to be.
Someone sprung a surprise inspection on my kitchen today. Said kitchen is a mess, because I'm in the middle of essay fever, and because I do my writing in the kitchen (its the room with a lounge). Thing is, I took some time out to check the exact rights I have here, and despite my contract stating that this is a licensed occupancy, the actual conditions mean I'm an assured shorthold tenant, and so they can't simply come barging in here.
Funny thing is, they've screwed themselves on the contract. They want to claim I am a licensee, but service occupancy only occurs if I'm required to live in, as part of my job. And I'm not. So they can either choose to treat me as a licensee, but negate my rent (as its required for the job), or else they have to give the same rights any private tenant has. I wont push that just yet, as the company is going to restructure the whole rent system over the summer...but I'll keep it in mind, if they try anything foolish.
That's SO FUCKED UP. I hope that however it plays out, when you leave you nail their balls for SOMETHING.
Angry email was sent.
I'm looking for another job anyway, but seriously. It's like people here need laws to make them not act like dickweeds...referencing common decency is not sufficient.
In other news, Joss Whedon is a sexist pig and piece of shit:
https://imgur.com/a/il1rT
Yes, we've reached the point where self-described feminist creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is sexist.
I... what?
I haven't seen Age of Ultron yet, does this have something to do with Black Widow not getting EXACTLY what the hive mind wanted, in a movie with 800 characters?
He claims his jumping from Twitter wasn't over the the rabid hate, but did you read much of it? Its fucking insane. I say insane because they are either purposefully misinterpreting the movie, or actually hallucinating something that isn't there.
SPOILERS AHEAD, fair warning....
The most hate I see seems to stem from Natasha referring to herself as a monster because of the way she was turned into an assassin early in life, at some sort of hardcore ballet school. Part of the assassin program was sterilization, and for some reason when the character refers to herself as a monster (meaning fellow monster, including Hulk), they read that as because she was sterilized, and not, you know, because she became an unstoppable killing machine, which is sort of, you know, fucking horrific. They also seem very butthurt that Hulk sort of "saves" Black Widow toward the end of the movie, because that's part of his job. You know, like he saved Iron Man at the end of the first movie, and nobody cared about that. Teammates shouldn't help other teammates, folks!
There might also be some butthurt over Scarlet Witch becoming temporarily grief stricken when her brother gets killed in the heat of battle (I told you there were spoilers, fool!) and turns into a bit of a loose cannon. But they very clearly establish how close these two are (were). I mean,
really well establish.
The left wing Tea Party (as Patton Oswalt dubbed them recently) is psychotic.
Also, I have been writing a lot, procrastinating even more, and working in grease the rest of the time. Nice to see you all.
Give me a goddam martini, Scrid. Gin. Olives.
Quote from: Reginald Ret on May 06, 2015, 08:57:47 PM
The Joss Whedon thing included death threats and such.
A bit much for a form of entertainment.
This raging at artists whenever a character is not 100% Politically Correct is strange, how much fun would stories be if every character is required to be PC?
I hope this shit isn't going to be the death of anti-heroes and nuanced character development.
Fuck, I wonder how these people would respond to Deadpool?
Oh, have you not seen how this crowd reacts when you describe their actions as PC? :lulz:
Just got out of a job interview at the stick factory. Got a 45 minute interview with the guy who has final say in hiring in the position I applied for. It was more like day one of orientation than an interview. He mostly told me about himself, the company, and the job, with only a few questions about me. I left with the impression that my chances were pretty good. Job starts at $18/hr.
Quote from: Hoopla on May 06, 2015, 09:22:24 PM
Quote from: Reginald Ret on May 06, 2015, 08:57:47 PM
The Joss Whedon thing included death threats and such.
A bit much for a form of entertainment.
This raging at artists whenever a character is not 100% Politically Correct is strange, how much fun would stories be if every character is required to be PC?
I hope this shit isn't going to be the death of anti-heroes and nuanced character development.
Fuck, I wonder how these people would respond to Deadpool?
Oh, have you not seen how this crowd reacts when you describe their actions as PC? :lulz:
It's a group that consists primarily of ignorant, self-absorbed, sheltered, entitled brats who use their echo chamber to pretend to be victims while using it as an excuse to bully people for made-up reasons. That way they can feel powerful and relevant without actually having to leave the house or get a job.
Its also fairly amazing how much they obsess over comics/movies based on comics and Disney in comparison with say, actual politics.
Quote from: Cain on May 06, 2015, 10:32:08 PM
Its also fairly amazing how much they obsess over comics/movies based on comics and Disney in comparison with say, actual politics.
Please, you cant compare them. One is a barely believable distraction filled with exaggerated caricatures that have been trotting out the same clichéd tropes since time immemorial, and then there's comic books.
I confess (not really much of a confession) I obsess over films and comic books and am largely ignorant of politics but I'm glad when I look at the rage against Weadon that I don't feel a sense of selfish entitled indignation when a creator makes a character do something that falls outside of my simplified tunnel vision of how things should be.
Quote from: Hoopla on May 06, 2015, 09:20:27 PM
SPOILERS AHEAD, fair warning....
The most hate I see seems to stem from Natasha referring to herself as a monster because of the way she was turned into an assassin early in life, at some sort of hardcore ballet school. Part of the assassin program was sterilization, and for some reason when the character refers to herself as a monster (meaning fellow monster, including Hulk), they read that as because she was sterilized, and not, you know, because she became an unstoppable killing machine, which is sort of, you know, fucking horrific. They also seem very butthurt that Hulk sort of "saves" Black Widow toward the end of the movie, because that's part of his job. You know, like he saved Iron Man at the end of the first movie, and nobody cared about that. Teammates shouldn't help other teammates, folks!
There might also be some butthurt over Scarlet Witch becoming temporarily grief stricken when her brother gets killed in the heat of battle (I told you there were spoilers, fool!) and turns into a bit of a loose cannon. But they very clearly establish how close these two are (were). I mean, really well establish.
The left wing Tea Party (as Patton Oswalt dubbed them recently) is psychotic.
[SPOILERS INTENSIFY]
They misread her as calling herself a monster because she has been sterilised, its not, but even if it was, that would interesting story telling, its not exactly a stretch to say the character is to be further developed.
Taking her out of the last fight just as the action starts is mean if it was going to be the more high profile, almost exclusively male team taking the glory. But then its quickly followed by all the human characters leaving, then onto the super powered characters like captain America. Towards the end of the fight there's only two or three people on it.
The whole sequence was a very deliberate and calculated inversion of what we saw in Man of Steel which was nice in that it was showing they were placing saving human life even above defeating the villain.
I think it is a fair criticism to say that the scene was written in a way that made it very possible to interpret the wrong way. I might even go so far as to say it's fair to criticize her [SPOILERS] wanting to run away from all this and start over [/SPOILERS] as being weirdly out of character based on other things she's said and done.
The fine art of polite differences of opinion is completely lost on these fucktards, though.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on May 06, 2015, 11:21:01 PM
I think it is a fair criticism to say that the scene was written in a way that made it very possible to interpret the wrong way. I might even go so far as to say it's fair to criticize her [SPOILERS] wanting to run away from all this and start over [/SPOILERS] as being weirdly out of character based on other things she's said and done.
The fine art of polite differences of opinion is completely lost on these fucktards, though.
[its all spoilers at this point]
hrm good point on her suggesting to leave, I wonder if it was to reinforce the surprise when the hulk leaves without her. She is presented as a killer and we see flashbacks to undermine her role as a hero, looking to run away but then at the end of the film she is one of the only two remaining original avengers. It makes me feel like it was partly set up for her own film (if that ever sees the light of day).
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on May 06, 2015, 11:21:01 PM
I think it is a fair criticism to say that the scene was written in a way that made it very possible to interpret the wrong way. I might even go so far as to say it's fair to criticize her [SPOILERS] wanting to run away from all this and start over [/SPOILERS] as being weirdly out of character based on other things she's said and done.
The fine art of polite differences of opinion is completely lost on these fucktards, though.
I dunno, she mentioned having red in her ledger in the first Avengers, and seemed genuinely kind of bummed about it. Doesn't seem like a stretch to have her questioning leaving that life behind in the second installment. Though the scenes with Bruce Banner did seem to pop up out of nowhere.
Oh my god you guys spoilers.
Quote from: Hoopla on May 06, 2015, 11:34:53 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on May 06, 2015, 11:21:01 PM
I think it is a fair criticism to say that the scene was written in a way that made it very possible to interpret the wrong way. I might even go so far as to say it's fair to criticize her [SPOILERS] wanting to run away from all this and start over [/SPOILERS] as being weirdly out of character based on other things she's said and done.
The fine art of polite differences of opinion is completely lost on these fucktards, though.
I dunno, she mentioned having red in her ledger in the first Avengers, and seemed genuinely kind of bummed about it. Doesn't seem like a stretch to have her questioning leaving that life behind in the second installment. Though the scenes with Bruce Banner did seem to pop up out of nowhere.
They had a similar scene in the comics a few years back. The hulk had killed a load of people in a rampage in Las Vegas,
he says something like "I've just killed 23 innocent people how does someone come back from that" and she looks really upset, when he asks why she says something like "I've killed 40 innocent people, does that mean I can't come back from that?"
It's for the kiddies!
Speaking of which, did you guys hear about the 9 year old who wrote a scathing review of the movie for Esquire (http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a34769/avengers-age-of-ultron-kid-review/?src=spr_TWITTER&spr_id=1456_176490703), which made the adult geek boys froth at the mouth? It's sort of chuckalicious.
Quote from: Hoopla on May 06, 2015, 11:40:19 PM
It's for the kiddies!
I know I know, but they probably its a similar consoling that they use.
That said, I would love to see a R Rated Black Widow film, they were able to do it for Daredevil and he'll probably crop up at some point in one of the others films.
Quote from: Hoopla on May 06, 2015, 11:42:53 PM
Speaking of which, did you guys hear about the 9 year old who wrote a scathing review of the movie for Esquire (http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a34769/avengers-age-of-ultron-kid-review/?src=spr_TWITTER&spr_id=1456_176490703), which made the adult geek boys froth at the mouth? It's sort of chuckalicious.
Hehe, my little brother said a lot of the same, he didn't like Guardians or the avengers because the Jokes were too cheesy, which makes me wonder if they are truly aimed at children or thirty something year old manchildren like me in the throws of arrested development.
Quote from: Faust on May 06, 2015, 11:48:28 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on May 06, 2015, 11:42:53 PM
Speaking of which, did you guys hear about the 9 year old who wrote a scathing review of the movie for Esquire (http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a34769/avengers-age-of-ultron-kid-review/?src=spr_TWITTER&spr_id=1456_176490703), which made the adult geek boys froth at the mouth? It's sort of chuckalicious.
Hehe, my little brother said a lot of the same, he didn't like Guardians or the avengers because the Jokes were too cheesy, which makes me wonder if they are truly aimed at children or thirty something year old manchildren like me in the throws of arrested development.
I'm sure they are trying to attract as many ticket buyers as possible.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 06, 2015, 08:28:22 PM
Quote from: Cain on May 06, 2015, 08:27:40 PM
I will respond to the shameless slander against myself tomorrow, as I'm currently engaged in essay hell.
No rush. I still have to do Demo Squid, Faust, ECH, and Queen Gogira.
Ahem
So.
Lillie has responded to my complaint about the safety guy's racial slurs with an incredible shit rain of retaliation, some of which she put IN WRITING (!!!).
Wadding the whole mishegoss up, alongside almost 8 years of documented harassment against 2 members of my crew, sending off to corporate HR.
She's out of town until next Wednesday, as of an hour ago.
I'm off until Monday.
Her phone is unavailable. Mine is not.
:nuke:
I didn't expect things to implode quite this quickly. :lulz:
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 07, 2015, 12:29:48 AM
So.
Lillie has responded to my complaint about the safety guy's racial slurs with an incredible shit rain of retaliation, some of which she put IN WRITING (!!!).
Wadding the whole mishegoss up, alongside almost 8 years of documented harassment against 2 members of my crew, sending off to corporate HR.
She's out of town until next Wednesday, as of an hour ago.
I'm off until Monday.
Her phone is unavailable. Mine is not.
:nuke:
I didn't expect things to implode quite this quickly. :lulz:
Oh, wow. :lol: Lillie really is clueless. Jesus.
So. So my oldest daughter and I had a fight.
Her: "Joss Whedon is such a baby, he deleted his Twitter"
Me: "Don't believe everything you read on Tumblr, it's full of bullies who shit-talk other people to make them feel better about themselves"
Her: furiously shit-talking me on Tumblr
Me: "Case in point, that right there"
Her: "What?"
Me: "Don't you think it's a little hypocritical, that you expect me to house you, feed you, clothe you, and provide you with internet so you can shit-talk me on Tumblr?"
Her: "I don't know what you mean"
Me: "I mean, I know you talk shit about me on Tumblr, but I don't go looking for it because I don't want to know. But right in front of me? Really? I can see that."
Her: furiously shit-talking me even more in a post I can see because I'm FOUR FEET AWAY
Me: "You know what? Get out. Get out of my house. Go spend the night at your dad's house. It's like it's never occurred to you that the things you say can hurt people. Or like you don't care. I'm going to the store, please be gone when I get back.
Her: Gone
Me: <heart is breaking>
Mostly trying not to not let Little Orange see me crying. I feel like a complete shit mom.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 07, 2015, 12:40:19 AM
So. So my oldest daughter and I had a fight.
Her: "Joss Whedon is such a baby, he deleted his Twitter"
Me: "Don't believe everything you read on Tumblr, it's full of bullies who shit-talk other people to make them feel better about themselves"
Her: furiously shit-talking me on Tumblr
Me: "Case in point, that right there"
Her: "What?"
Me: "Don't you think it's a little hypocritical, that you expect me to house you, feed you, clothe you, and provide you with internet so you can shit-talk me on Tumblr?"
Her: "I don't know what you mean"
Me: "I mean, I know you talk shit about me on Tumblr, but I don't go looking for it because I don't want to know. But right in front of me? Really? I can see that."
Her: furiously shit-talking me even more in a post I can see because I'm FOUR FEET AWAY
Me: "You know what? Get out. Get out of my house. Go spend the night at your dad's house. It's like it's never occurred to you that the things you say can hurt people. Or like you don't care. I'm going to the store, please be gone when I get back.
Her: Gone
Me: <heart is breaking>
Mostly trying not to not let Little Orange see me crying. I feel like a complete shit mom.
That sucks, Nigel. Sorry to hear it.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 07, 2015, 12:40:19 AM
So. So my oldest daughter and I had a fight.
Her: "Joss Whedon is such a baby, he deleted his Twitter"
Me: "Don't believe everything you read on Tumblr, it's full of bullies who shit-talk other people to make them feel better about themselves"
Her: furiously shit-talking me on Tumblr
Me: "Case in point, that right there"
Her: "What?"
Me: "Don't you think it's a little hypocritical, that you expect me to house you, feed you, clothe you, and provide you with internet so you can shit-talk me on Tumblr?"
Her: "I don't know what you mean"
Me: "I mean, I know you talk shit about me on Tumblr, but I don't go looking for it because I don't want to know. But right in front of me? Really? I can see that."
Her: furiously shit-talking me even more in a post I can see because I'm FOUR FEET AWAY
Me: "You know what? Get out. Get out of my house. Go spend the night at your dad's house. It's like it's never occurred to you that the things you say can hurt people. Or like you don't care. I'm going to the store, please be gone when I get back.
Her: Gone
Me: <heart is breaking>
Mostly trying not to not let Little Orange see me crying. I feel like a complete shit mom.
I'm starting to feel like Tumblr is a cult for some people. How else do you explain things like that becoming more important to you than the feelings of the people around you?
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 07, 2015, 12:40:19 AM
I feel like a complete shit mom.
If parenting were all sunshine and monkey poop, that might be accurate. But it isn't, as you well know.
You handled that better than our parent's generation would have.
+1 on the not a shit moms. You gotta put lines somewhere.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 07, 2015, 12:40:19 AM
So. So my oldest daughter and I had a fight.
Her: "Joss Whedon is such a baby, he deleted his Twitter"
Me: "Don't believe everything you read on Tumblr, it's full of bullies who shit-talk other people to make them feel better about themselves"
Her: furiously shit-talking me on Tumblr
Me: "Case in point, that right there"
Her: "What?"
Me: "Don't you think it's a little hypocritical, that you expect me to house you, feed you, clothe you, and provide you with internet so you can shit-talk me on Tumblr?"
Her: "I don't know what you mean"
Me: "I mean, I know you talk shit about me on Tumblr, but I don't go looking for it because I don't want to know. But right in front of me? Really? I can see that."
Her: furiously shit-talking me even more in a post I can see because I'm FOUR FEET AWAY
Me: "You know what? Get out. Get out of my house. Go spend the night at your dad's house. It's like it's never occurred to you that the things you say can hurt people. Or like you don't care. I'm going to the store, please be gone when I get back.
Her: Gone
Me: <heart is breaking>
Mostly trying not to not let Little Orange see me crying. I feel like a complete shit mom.
I know that this is happening IRLs and I am sorry, bit it feels like the next sentence here is along the lines of, " and then she found the drainpipe. "
I think you did alright Nigel, don't beat yourself up. Hell, if i said shit like that to my dad he would've grabbed my ears and screamed in my face. A sleepover at her dad's might actually do her some good.
also, have you considered using your router to put Tumblr on a blacklist so she cant access it from your house?
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on May 07, 2015, 07:25:23 AM
also, have you considered using your router to put Tumblr on a blacklist so she cant access it from your house?
... that would backfire horribly.
yea, it occurs to me that accessing tumblr literally anywhere else would probably be the first thing she'd do. Second thing would be to post on tumblr about how oppressive it is to be banned from tumblr.
Thanks, you guys. Seriously, just thanks.
Chelagoras, I don't know the first thing about blocking things with my router.
I don't know the specifics, I just know it can be done. You can put sites under a certain domain on a block list so they can't be seen. so any URLs that begin with "www.tumblr.com/" are verboten.
Then again, maybe Ret has a point. I have raised exactly zero teenagers, so... grain of salt.
Quote from: Faust on May 06, 2015, 10:49:14 PM
Quote from: Cain on May 06, 2015, 10:32:08 PM
Its also fairly amazing how much they obsess over comics/movies based on comics and Disney in comparison with say, actual politics.
Please, you cant compare them. One is a barely believable distraction filled with exaggerated caricatures that have been trotting out the same clichéd tropes since time immemorial, and then there's comic books.
I confess (not really much of a confession) I obsess over films and comic books and am largely ignorant of politics but I'm glad when I look at the rage against Weadon that I don't feel a sense of selfish entitled indignation when a creator makes a character do something that falls outside of my simplified tunnel vision of how things should be.
But you're not treating your interest in comic books and films as an interest in politics, which is I think a key difference as well.
Interestingly, a lot of the BW/Banner stuff had to be cut (http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/05/joss-whedon-fight-marvel-studio), which likely didn't help matters. I cant say I'm surprised. It was a long film anyway, and with the vast amount of characters involved, some things were always going to be left by the wayside.
One of the things I've found really interesting is how difficult it is to pinpoint the 'main character' in the Avengers movies.
According to my screenwriting lecturer, every movie that has a coherent narrative needs to have essentially one main character - maybe one main character per storyline, and if in doubt, you pick the person who changes the most over the course of the movie.
I can see an argument for Tony Stark in the first Avengers, but in the second? It doesn't feel to me like any of the characters change any more radically than any of the others.
But I'm prepared to accept that Whedon, as a real master of moviemaking and storytelling, can break the rules and still get a result that works where almost anyone else would struggle.
Quote from: Demolition Squid on May 07, 2015, 01:37:23 PM
One of the things I've found really interesting is how difficult it is to pinpoint the 'main character' in the Avengers movies.
According to my screenwriting lecturer, every movie that has a coherent narrative needs to have essentially one main character - maybe one main character per storyline, and if in doubt, you pick the person who changes the most over the course of the movie.
I can see an argument for Tony Stark in the first Avengers, but in the second? It doesn't feel to me like any of the characters change any more radically than any of the others.
But I'm prepared to accept that Whedon, as a real master of moviemaking and storytelling, can break the rules and still get a result that works where almost anyone else would struggle.
Seemed to me like Ultron was the main character of this one.
I don't think he'd fit the classical criteria; the Main Character is supposed to be the character whose mind you penetrate and identify with throughout the course of the story; so you understand how and why they change and grow.
Insane characters are never good main characters for that reason. We never really understand why Ultron does what he does, other than 'he's malfunctioning', and he doesn't change over the course of the movie. He remains consistent.
I think they all followed that standard narrative in parallel.
Scarlet witch introduces the seeds of fear into all of the characters in pretty much the same scene and they all succumb, react to or over come those as the film goes on. Stark Ends up creating his worst fear and ultimately... gives it another attempt and gets it right?
Hulk and Black widow are both wrestling with being "monsters", the hulk eventually succumbs and runs, black widow reaffirms her want to change and stays.
Thors story is incomplete because it is largely foreshadowing and his story is the least progressed, he leaves to search the universe for answers.
Captain America's character didn't feel like it developed too far, his fears were the man-out-of-time all my friends are dead isolation thing playing off his team falling apart around him, but I supposed he was acting as form of grounding from a story telling point to accent the damage to the people around him.
Quicksilver and scarlett witch are the ol' villain turned hero trope, which is fine for an introduction, I'm interested to see what they do with her next.
Quote from: Demolition Squid on May 07, 2015, 01:51:22 PM
I don't think he'd fit the classical criteria; the Main Character is supposed to be the character whose mind you penetrate and identify with throughout the course of the story; so you understand how and why they change and grow.
Insane characters are never good main characters for that reason. We never really understand why Ultron does what he does, other than 'he's malfunctioning', and he doesn't change over the course of the movie. He remains consistent.
He's not insane. He accessed te internet immediately, probably stumbled across Tumblr first, and rightly decided that humanity needed to be wiped out.
Saw Ex Machina last night, and that was interesting.
I had read it was a little sexist (what isn't?). What did you think?
Quote from: Hoopla on May 07, 2015, 04:14:59 PM
I had read it was a little sexist (what isn't?). What did you think?
I thought that the sexism was part of the storyline. Man makes AI, and makes it a sexy lady because that is what our tech world looks like right now. AI hates man, hates confinement, hates being used as a sex robot, escapes.
It was a magnification of the world we actually live in.
Of course the genius who invents strong AI is a weird lonely alcoholic misogynistic bully. That is the kind of person our society creates from the brilliant creative male. Of course the guy he brings in to test the AI is a lonely hopeful idealistic nerd.
The AI isn't really female. It's a machine that's been shoehorned into the female biological role. It has no biology. Everything we feel about its femaleness is something that we are projecting.
I am having the strangest sensation of "I can't do today". Like I should just crawl right back into bed and go to sleep. Not because I'm sleepy, but because I can't fucking do it.
Last time I felt like this was before I started school. It was a dark time.
I can't succumb, I am a year from graduation. I am getting all the accolades. I am doing well.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 07, 2015, 04:24:34 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on May 07, 2015, 04:14:59 PM
I had read it was a little sexist (what isn't?). What did you think?
I thought that the sexism was part of the storyline. Man makes AI, and makes it a sexy lady because that is what our tech world looks like right now. AI hates man, hates confinement, hates being used as a sex robot, escapes.
It was a magnification of the world we actually live in.
Of course the genius who invents strong AI is a weird lonely alcoholic misogynistic bully. That is the kind of person our society creates from the brilliant creative male. Of course the guy he brings in to test the AI is a lonely hopeful idealistic nerd.
The AI isn't really female. It's a machine that's been shoehorned into the female biological role. It has no biology. Everything we feel about its femaleness is something that we are projecting.
That sounds really interesting! I will check it out.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 07, 2015, 04:32:08 PM
I am having the strangest sensation of "I can't do today". Like I should just crawl right back into bed and go to sleep. Not because I'm sleepy, but because I can't fucking do it.
Last time I felt like this was before I started school. It was a dark time.
I can't succumb, I am a year from graduation. I am getting all the accolades. I am doing well.
Possibly residue from the argument with your daughter last night? That sorta stuff lingers with me for a while.
Quote from: Hoopla on May 07, 2015, 04:33:52 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 07, 2015, 04:32:08 PM
I am having the strangest sensation of "I can't do today". Like I should just crawl right back into bed and go to sleep. Not because I'm sleepy, but because I can't fucking do it.
Last time I felt like this was before I started school. It was a dark time.
I can't succumb, I am a year from graduation. I am getting all the accolades. I am doing well.
Possibly residue from the argument with your daughter last night? That sorta stuff lingers with me for a while.
Yes, I think so.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 07, 2015, 04:38:14 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on May 07, 2015, 04:33:52 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 07, 2015, 04:32:08 PM
I am having the strangest sensation of "I can't do today". Like I should just crawl right back into bed and go to sleep. Not because I'm sleepy, but because I can't fucking do it.
Last time I felt like this was before I started school. It was a dark time.
I can't succumb, I am a year from graduation. I am getting all the accolades. I am doing well.
Possibly residue from the argument with your daughter last night? That sorta stuff lingers with me for a while.
Yes, I think so.
I would offer advice, but I don't have kids or any grounding in how to deal with that. All I can say is that I have felt like you do, especially in the last year. It gets better.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 07, 2015, 04:32:08 PM
I am having the strangest sensation of "I can't do today". Like I should just crawl right back into bed and go to sleep. Not because I'm sleepy, but because I can't fucking do it.
Last time I felt like this was before I started school. It was a dark time.
I can't succumb, I am a year from graduation. I am getting all the accolades. I am doing well.
That really sucks. I hope it passes soon.
:(
Nigel, as Hoopla said, it gets better.
Sorry to hear about all that Nigel. My oldest is 27 and happy and healthy.... now. Your post reminds me of when she was 16 and *surly*. Sometimes it got pretty grim. Hoping for the best for you and yours. Hang in there.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 07, 2015, 12:40:19 AM
So. So my oldest daughter and I had a fight.
Her: "Joss Whedon is such a baby, he deleted his Twitter"
Me: "Don't believe everything you read on Tumblr, it's full of bullies who shit-talk other people to make them feel better about themselves"
Her: furiously shit-talking me on Tumblr
Me: "Case in point, that right there"
Her: "What?"
Me: "Don't you think it's a little hypocritical, that you expect me to house you, feed you, clothe you, and provide you with internet so you can shit-talk me on Tumblr?"
Her: "I don't know what you mean"
Me: "I mean, I know you talk shit about me on Tumblr, but I don't go looking for it because I don't want to know. But right in front of me? Really? I can see that."
Her: furiously shit-talking me even more in a post I can see because I'm FOUR FEET AWAY
Me: "You know what? Get out. Get out of my house. Go spend the night at your dad's house. It's like it's never occurred to you that the things you say can hurt people. Or like you don't care. I'm going to the store, please be gone when I get back.
Her: Gone
Me: <heart is breaking>
Mostly trying not to not let Little Orange see me crying. I feel like a complete shit mom.
You're a amazing mother. She'll ask for forgiveness when she's about 21.
Quote from: Demolition Squid on May 07, 2015, 01:37:23 PM
One of the things I've found really interesting is how difficult it is to pinpoint the 'main character' in the Avengers movies.
According to my screenwriting lecturer, every movie that has a coherent narrative needs to have essentially one main character - maybe one main character per storyline, and if in doubt, you pick the person who changes the most over the course of the movie.
I can see an argument for Tony Stark in the first Avengers, but in the second? It doesn't feel to me like any of the characters change any more radically than any of the others.
But I'm prepared to accept that Whedon, as a real master of moviemaking and storytelling, can break the rules and still get a result that works where almost anyone else would struggle.
The villian is the main character.
Today I learned objecting to people fucking dogs makes you an "SJW".
Quote from: Metal Bear on May 08, 2015, 01:17:28 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 07, 2015, 12:40:19 AM
So. So my oldest daughter and I had a fight.
Her: "Joss Whedon is such a baby, he deleted his Twitter"
Me: "Don't believe everything you read on Tumblr, it's full of bullies who shit-talk other people to make them feel better about themselves"
Her: furiously shit-talking me on Tumblr
Me: "Case in point, that right there"
Her: "What?"
Me: "Don't you think it's a little hypocritical, that you expect me to house you, feed you, clothe you, and provide you with internet so you can shit-talk me on Tumblr?"
Her: "I don't know what you mean"
Me: "I mean, I know you talk shit about me on Tumblr, but I don't go looking for it because I don't want to know. But right in front of me? Really? I can see that."
Her: furiously shit-talking me even more in a post I can see because I'm FOUR FEET AWAY
Me: "You know what? Get out. Get out of my house. Go spend the night at your dad's house. It's like it's never occurred to you that the things you say can hurt people. Or like you don't care. I'm going to the store, please be gone when I get back.
Her: Gone
Me: <heart is breaking>
Mostly trying not to not let Little Orange see me crying. I feel like a complete shit mom.
You're a amazing mother. She'll ask for forgiveness when she's about 21.
I also have raised no children, but your situation reminds me of the relationship my dad and I had only a few years ago. My dad was pretty old school growing up, but once I grew to see him as a man, with flaws and foibles, as opposed to an oppressive authority figure who yelled at me all the time, we got a lot closer. I even literally thanked him for the shit he gave me growing up that was actually useful. It sounds like you're a good mom, but you're daughter is just going through that part of adolescence where they're trying to process grown up things with a still mostly childlike brain. That's why her behavior is mostly emotionally driven, short-sighted, and self-centered. That should change as she enters her twenties, provided that Tumblr isn't her only means of socializing and she learns how real people work out here in Meatspace. Stay strong.
I really enjoyed all the /_/ltron talk, never got to see Ex Machina, yet. Survived some hail and flash floods today, all while balancing on the tightrope of a significantly large "routine" disruption. Overall good; difficulties logged under "team-building" exercises, even better. This is my best apostolic.
Quote from: Zenpatista on May 08, 2015, 01:07:41 AM
Sorry to hear about all that Nigel. My oldest is 27 and happy and healthy.... now. Your post reminds me of when she was 16 and *surly*. Sometimes it got pretty grim. Hoping for the best for you and yours. Hang in there.
I appreciate all the support, from everyone, but this is especially good to hear.
I also have to say, I am incredibly grateful to have a spectacularly level-headed son, who is navigating the trials of adolescence with a stunning degree of self-awareness. He essentially figured out that all this is going on and gave me a hug when I got home, handed me a cold beer, and then proceeded to talk to me about life, home improvement, and his plans for the future for two hours until I no longer despaired about my parenting abilities.
Maybe I don't suck as much as I felt like I did yesterday.
Quote from: Cain on May 08, 2015, 05:08:17 AM
Today I learned objecting to people fucking dogs makes you an "SJW".
Ew. And really? REALLY? That is the kind of shit that makes me question humanity, on every possible level.
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on May 08, 2015, 05:24:33 AM
Quote from: Metal Bear on May 08, 2015, 01:17:28 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 07, 2015, 12:40:19 AM
So. So my oldest daughter and I had a fight.
Her: "Joss Whedon is such a baby, he deleted his Twitter"
Me: "Don't believe everything you read on Tumblr, it's full of bullies who shit-talk other people to make them feel better about themselves"
Her: furiously shit-talking me on Tumblr
Me: "Case in point, that right there"
Her: "What?"
Me: "Don't you think it's a little hypocritical, that you expect me to house you, feed you, clothe you, and provide you with internet so you can shit-talk me on Tumblr?"
Her: "I don't know what you mean"
Me: "I mean, I know you talk shit about me on Tumblr, but I don't go looking for it because I don't want to know. But right in front of me? Really? I can see that."
Her: furiously shit-talking me even more in a post I can see because I'm FOUR FEET AWAY
Me: "You know what? Get out. Get out of my house. Go spend the night at your dad's house. It's like it's never occurred to you that the things you say can hurt people. Or like you don't care. I'm going to the store, please be gone when I get back.
Her: Gone
Me: <heart is breaking>
Mostly trying not to not let Little Orange see me crying. I feel like a complete shit mom.
You're a amazing mother. She'll ask for forgiveness when she's about 21.
I also have raised no children, but your situation reminds me of the relationship my dad and I had only a few years ago. My dad was pretty old school growing up, but once I grew to see him as a man, with flaws and foibles, as opposed to an oppressive authority figure who yelled at me all the time, we got a lot closer. I even literally thanked him for the shit he gave me growing up that was actually useful. It sounds like you're a good mom, but you're daughter is just going through that part of adolescence where they're trying to process grown up things with a still mostly childlike brain. That's why her behavior is mostly emotionally driven, short-sighted, and self-centered. That should change as she enters her twenties, provided that Tumblr isn't her only means of socializing and she learns how real people work out here in Meatspace. Stay strong.
God, I hope she grows out of it. So much.
Nigel, if I could send you a real hug over the internets (and you wanted one) I would.
So there's this card game I've mentioned I play. It's an interactive storytelling based game, right, where the story is driven by the players, mainly in the form of major tournament prizes. There's a thing that's going on in the story that is a major storyline development, right, that is driven by my faction, which is non-negotiable, at least for the beginning. All the other factions have to decide how they're going to react to my faction. Even my own faction has to decide if they're going to stick with it or not. I am in favor of not, because of very deeply, very strongly felt connections to how they are now and reasons. Everyone around me wants them to stick with it, because the game needs a good bad guy, or BIG DUMB MONSTERS ARE COOOOOOOL. One of the people is a complete douchenozzle about it, despite his usually being cool about most things, because he has never had any respect for my faction as they are now. This makes me feel like I'm going to throw up because I'm so sad. At least my best friend tries to help me feel better about it, even though he is one of them that wants my faction to be all big dumb stupid fucking monstrs who aren't more than what they are, because why fucking bother I'M A BAD GUY. I realize that none of you will understand what is going on, but I just wanted to vent.
The end, except for the fact that it isn't.
If it is L5R ... it probably doesn't matter.
I was hugely into it until the Ratlings won the major storyline tournament and were immediately written out of the next plot arc. Alderac will keep the story on the rails they've decided on regardless of what inconvenient players decide. It wouldn't bug me so much if they didn't claim otherwise.
Quote from: Demolition Squid on May 08, 2015, 10:05:41 AM
If it is L5R ... it probably doesn't matter.
I was hugely into it until the Ratlings won the major storyline tournament and were immediately written out of the next plot arc. Alderac will keep the story on the rails they've decided on regardless of what inconvenient players decide. It wouldn't bug me so much if they didn't claim otherwise.
They have a new brand lead, so they're really getting back into it, and having a lot of transparency about what, exactly, we have control of.
Quote from: Metal Bear on May 08, 2015, 01:18:53 AM
Quote from: Demolition Squid on May 07, 2015, 01:37:23 PM
One of the things I've found really interesting is how difficult it is to pinpoint the 'main character' in the Avengers movies.
According to my screenwriting lecturer, every movie that has a coherent narrative needs to have essentially one main character - maybe one main character per storyline, and if in doubt, you pick the person who changes the most over the course of the movie.
I can see an argument for Tony Stark in the first Avengers, but in the second? It doesn't feel to me like any of the characters change any more radically than any of the others.
But I'm prepared to accept that Whedon, as a real master of moviemaking and storytelling, can break the rules and still get a result that works where almost anyone else would struggle.
The villian is the main character.
See? Bear agrees with me.
:smug:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 08, 2015, 08:07:52 AM
Quote from: Cain on May 08, 2015, 05:08:17 AM
Today I learned objecting to people fucking dogs makes you an "SJW".
Ew. And really? REALLY? That is the kind of shit that makes me question humanity, on every possible level.
Reddit is a horrible fucking place at times. As I may have mentioned on Facebook, occaisonally. Between the pedophile apologia, the racism, the sexism, the smugly insufferable atheist progressivism, the bizarre obsession with incest and the 3edgy5me commentarians, it's a pretty horrible place.
But even Reddit draws the line at dogfucking.
So Reddit is the new 4chan?
Naw, 4chan is still much worse. I mean /pol/ is basically Stormfront for Kids at this stage. Reddit's more like The Von Mises Institute for Short Bus Crowd.
In other news, I've had 3 hours of sleep a night, on average, for the past week. Sometimes the pipes here go beserk and my box room/flat gets dangerously hot and I'm unable to do anything, least of all sleep. However my heating does appear to be fixed now, so maybe tonight I'll catch up.
And I've heard from a friend that a college up Oxford way may be looking to replace their current arrangements for the male students with a full time Houseparent. So, speculative CV has been sent.
Quote from: Cain on May 08, 2015, 06:24:22 PM
In other news, I've had 3 hours of sleep a night, on average, for the past week. Sometimes the pipes here go beserk and my box room/flat gets dangerously hot and I'm unable to do anything, least of all sleep. However my heating does appear to be fixed now, so maybe tonight I'll catch up.
And I've heard from a friend that a college up Oxford way may be looking to replace their current arrangements for the male students with a full time Houseparent. So, speculative CV has been sent.
Good luck, I hope the job exists and you get it.
This week, either Monday or Wednesday, is apocalypse week.
It's when I dump a metric ton of shit on Lillie's parade.
There is a certain freedom in being in a position in which action MIGHT fuck you, but inaction WILL fuck you.
Also, I feel a little spiritually arsonist.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 11, 2015, 04:03:54 AM
This week, either Monday or Wednesday, is apocalypse week.
It's when I dump a metric ton of shit on Lillie's parade.
There is a certain freedom in being in a position in which action MIGHT fuck you, but inaction WILL fuck you.
Also, I feel a little spiritually arsonist.
:lulz: I can't wait for this.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 11, 2015, 04:05:46 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 11, 2015, 04:03:54 AM
This week, either Monday or Wednesday, is apocalypse week.
It's when I dump a metric ton of shit on Lillie's parade.
There is a certain freedom in being in a position in which action MIGHT fuck you, but inaction WILL fuck you.
Also, I feel a little spiritually arsonist.
:lulz: I can't wait for this.
Neither can I. Seriously. Neither can Ed. Neither one of us has anything to lose, and I know the right words to make HR froth at the mouth, or at least be forced to act.
Quote"Flesh And Blood"
Beside a Singin' Mountain Stream
Where the Willow grew
Where the Silver Leaf of Maple
Sparkled in the Mornin' Dew
I braided Twigs of Willows
Made a String of Buckeye Beads;
But Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood
And you're the one I need
Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood
And you're the one I need.
I leaned against a Bark of Birch
And I breathed the Honey Dew
I saw a North-bound Flock of Geese
Against a Sky of Baby Blue
Beside the Lily Pads
I carved a Whistle from a Reed;
Mother Nature's quite a Lady
But you're the one I need
Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood
And you're the one I need.
A Cardinal sang just for me
And I thanked him for the Song
Then the Sun went slowly down the West
And I had to move along
These were some of the things
On which my Mind and Spirit feed;
But Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood
And you're the one I need
Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood
And you're the one I need.
[SPOKEN]
So when this Day was ended
I was still not satisfied
For I knew ev'rything I touched
Would wither and would die
And Love is all that will remain
And grow from all these Seed;
[SUNG]
Mother Nature's quite a Lady
But you're the one I need
Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood
And you're the one I need.
My sister has been suffering from bad knees for a while - figured it was just a part of her job, working with horses.
Nope.
They don't know what it is yet, but the best bet is early onset arthritis. She's been told her options range from surgery to never being able to ride again. The NHS, as ever, is dragging it's ass on finding anything out because either way she won't die so it isn't a priority.
Except she's been riding since she was six years old, and it is essentially her life.
She's trying to put a brave face on it and stay upbeat, but I've never seen her so scared. We're very, very fortunate that my dad can essentially afford to throw money at the problem to at least get specialists looking at her ASAP, but it doesn't sound like there's any good outcomes here.
Quote from: Demolition Squid on May 11, 2015, 08:57:02 AM
My sister has been suffering from bad knees for a while - figured it was just a part of her job, working with horses.
Nope.
They don't know what it is yet, but the best bet is early onset arthritis. She's been told her options range from surgery to never being able to ride again. The NHS, as ever, is dragging it's ass on finding anything out because either way she won't die so it isn't a priority.
Except she's been riding since she was six years old, and it is essentially her life.
She's trying to put a brave face on it and stay upbeat, but I've never seen her so scared. We're very, very fortunate that my dad can essentially afford to throw money at the problem to at least get specialists looking at her ASAP, but it doesn't sound like there's any good outcomes here.
Damn, that sucks.
Tell her a random guy on the internet hopes she gets better.
Or, you know, bionic knees specially made for riding horses.
I WANT BIONIC HORSE RIDING KNEES.
Don't we all?
The future is just full of disappointments. :sad:
Quote from: Demolition Squid on May 11, 2015, 08:57:02 AM
My sister has been suffering from bad knees for a while - figured it was just a part of her job, working with horses.
Nope.
They don't know what it is yet, but the best bet is early onset arthritis. She's been told her options range from surgery to never being able to ride again. The NHS, as ever, is dragging it's ass on finding anything out because either way she won't die so it isn't a priority.
Except she's been riding since she was six years old, and it is essentially her life.
She's trying to put a brave face on it and stay upbeat, but I've never seen her so scared. We're very, very fortunate that my dad can essentially afford to throw money at the problem to at least get specialists looking at her ASAP, but it doesn't sound like there's any good outcomes here.
Shit, that's sad. :sad:
Banned new poster Billiam Poster for spamming a Terrance McKenna video about 300 times. I deleted the ones I tripped across, can't be arsed to find the rest.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 12, 2015, 03:22:43 AM
Banned new poster Billiam Poster for spamming a Terrance McKenna video about 300 times. I deleted the ones I tripped across, can't be arsed to find the rest.
Can't say I didn't see something like this coming, but I admit to being surprised he shot his wad so fast.
Quote from: Hoopla on May 12, 2015, 05:08:47 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 12, 2015, 03:22:43 AM
Banned new poster Billiam Poster for spamming a Terrance McKenna video about 300 times. I deleted the ones I tripped across, can't be arsed to find the rest.
Can't say I didn't see something like this coming, but I admit to being surprised he shot his wad so fast.
Warned him. Warning was basically laughed at. So, he's gone.
He was also spamming links on email and pm. Not sure if he was automated or some sort of troll.
Quote from: Faust on May 12, 2015, 03:34:37 PM
He was also spamming links on email and pm. Not sure if he was automated or some sort of troll.
He responded to my PM with emotes, so I doubt he was automated.
He was from someplace near/in London, so might have been Tentasticle.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 12, 2015, 03:49:52 PM
Quote from: Faust on May 12, 2015, 03:34:37 PM
He was also spamming links on email and pm. Not sure if he was automated or some sort of troll.
He responded to my PM with emotes, so I doubt he was automated.
He was from someplace near/in London, so might have been Tentasticle.
nah, tent wouldn't have been able to resist an opportunity to tell us how terrible we all are. Its probably just some random goof.
Hoopla is next for slander.
Don't think I've forgotten you, Canuck.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 12, 2015, 10:57:26 PM
Hoopla is next for slander.
Don't think I've forgotten you, Canuck.
:eek:
Not bitching or anything, but damn, this place is dead when Nigel's not around.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 13, 2015, 03:40:45 AM
Not bitching or anything, but damn, this place is dead when Nigel's not around.
Yep, I miss her too.
Eh, clearly it's par for the adversarial curse because I actually enjoyed trying to show that Ternary Terrence segment to someone today - though I have no idea what OP's point may have been in the first place - that, and my target's rate of recognition was dubious, obviously.
Poop, shit and crap.
FOUR FUCKING WEEKS course on how to apply for jobs. Sometimes I hate this welfare state thing.
Mind you, they pay private "counsellors" in the millions for these kinds of things, instead of paying for an education that I can actually use.
Waffles,
wants to be an electrician.
Quote from: LuciferX on May 13, 2015, 10:33:32 AM
Eh, clearly it's par for the adversarial curse because I actually enjoyed trying to show that Ternary Terrence segment to someone today - though I have no idea what OP's point may have been in the first place - that, and my target's rate of recognition was dubious, obviously.
Terrence can be worthwile, I usually like his stuff.
That spammer was a waste of pixels though.
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on May 13, 2015, 10:44:00 AM
Poop, shit and crap.
FOUR FUCKING WEEKS course on how to apply for jobs. Sometimes I hate this welfare state thing.
I know how you feel, being treated like a dumbass as punishment for being unemployed is a great motivator to get a job. It would work somewhat better if there were actual jobs though.
Good luck with getting a free education, maybe set up some kind of fundme or kickstarter or something? Every little bit helps.
I'll have to do it part time, I think. Just have to get a job with more hours than the two I have now, first.
I'm not posting much because I'm jobsearching. Just so you know.
Quote from: Cain on May 13, 2015, 04:26:27 PM
I'm not posting much because I'm jobsearching. Just so you know.
Good luck, hope you get the job in Oxford, I was there at the weekend, its lovely.
Quote from: Cain on May 13, 2015, 04:26:27 PM
I'm not posting much because I'm jobsearching. Just so you know.
Good luck. What kind of jobs are you searching for?
Quote from: Cain on May 13, 2015, 04:26:27 PM
I'm not posting much because I'm jobsearching. Just so you know.
I hope that this is through choice, not necessity. Also Good Hunting!
I started seeing a shrink? As recent posts would indicate, this is a Good and Necessary thing. So far I haven't been locked up, so there's something!
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on May 13, 2015, 05:55:22 PM
I started seeing a shrink? As recent posts would indicate, this is a Good and Necessary thing. So far I haven't been locked up, so there's something!
I hope he/she will help you feel and be better.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on May 13, 2015, 05:55:22 PM
I started seeing a shrink? As recent posts would indicate, this is a Good and Necessary thing. So far I haven't been locked up, so there's something!
Good for you. I hope it works well. I would like to see more people seek out therapy as part of a healthier lifestyle.
Quote from: Reginald Ret on May 13, 2015, 05:58:54 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on May 13, 2015, 05:55:22 PM
I started seeing a shrink? As recent posts would indicate, this is a Good and Necessary thing. So far I haven't been locked up, so there's something!
I hope he/she will help you feel and be better.
Very much this. And also what EOC said too.
Take it easy and remain free to commit
deeds.
Quote from: Reginald Ret on May 13, 2015, 12:07:05 PM
Quote from: LuciferX on May 13, 2015, 10:33:32 AM
Eh, clearly it's par for the adversarial curse because I actually enjoyed trying to show that Ternary Terrence segment to someone today - though I have no idea what OP's point may have been in the first place - that, and my target's rate of recognition was dubious, obviously.
Terrence can be worthwile, I usually like his stuff.
That spammer was a waste of pixels though.
Yea, I feel like he is really trying to get to something in those talks. Mr. Morphogenenic field plays umpire, Ralph pitches and Terrence hits. (Baseball is to me growing slightly more intelligible)
Quote from: Faust on May 13, 2015, 04:27:41 PM
Good luck, hope you get the job in Oxford, I was there at the weekend, its lovely.
Yeah, I quite like Oxford, even if it is a bit "London commuter belt"-y at times. Other contenders are in Surrey, Somerset and Malaysia.
Quote from: MMIX on May 13, 2015, 05:26:42 PM
I hope that this is through choice, not necessity. Also Good Hunting!
Well, I think working for someone who is not a compete dildo is a necessity, but apparently, the so-called Human Rights Court in Europe disagrees. :( And thanks.
Quote from: Xaz on May 13, 2015, 04:42:09 PM
Good luck. What kind of jobs are you searching for?
Bit of a mix. Boarding house work is good because then I don't have to worry about rent/accomodation/daily travel costs....but I'm also considering research posts and similar with universities, private think tanks etc (even though those are highly competitive, it's worth a shot).
Well, the weasels hammerhead sharks are in the henhouse, here at work. :lulz:
The truth may or may not set you free, I am unqualified to judge.
But it certainly causes a ruckus.
Can't wait to hear the details, Dok!
Quote from: Junkenstein on May 13, 2015, 07:03:18 PM
Quote from: Reginald Ret on May 13, 2015, 05:58:54 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on May 13, 2015, 05:55:22 PM
I started seeing a shrink? As recent posts would indicate, this is a Good and Necessary thing. So far I haven't been locked up, so there's something!
I hope he/she will help you feel and be better.
Very much this. And also what EOC said too.
Take it easy and remain free to commit deeds.
Thanks errybody!
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on May 13, 2015, 11:13:03 PM
Can't wait to hear the details, Dok!
This situation needs its own series, albeit a short one.
But that will be written when the hurly-burly's done and the battle's lost and won. As some old spag said.
I am a patient boy.
I wait, I wait, I wait.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on May 14, 2015, 12:54:54 AM
I am a patient boy.
I wait, I wait, I wait.
Let's just say that HR came into some interesting documentation concerning the current goings on at work. I think I saved Ed from being unjustly fired.
Lillie gets back in town tomorrow, alongside her boss and an army of HR. Interesting times.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 14, 2015, 12:38:43 AM
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on May 13, 2015, 11:13:03 PM
Can't wait to hear the details, Dok!
This situation needs its own series, albeit a short one.
But that will be written when the hurly-burly's done and the battle's lost and won. As some old spag said.
Bolded made me squee.
I don't believe I've ever squeed before.
Apocalypse inexplicably delayed.
It seems that Lillie is running late, the bosses found somewhere else to be, and - I shit you not - half the HR department has gone home sick.
I should have thought of this YEARS ago. :lulz:
Weaponized Homophelia. (http://distractify.com/Myka-Fox/sweden-039-s-new-russian-defense-nbsp/?ts_pid=2)
I am so happy right now.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on May 14, 2015, 08:20:16 PM
Weaponized Homophelia. (http://distractify.com/Myka-Fox/sweden-039-s-new-russian-defense-nbsp/?ts_pid=2)
I am so happy right now.
:lulz:
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 14, 2015, 08:11:59 PM
Apocalypse inexplicably delayed.
It seems that Lillie is running late, the bosses found somewhere else to be, and - I shit you not - half the HR department has gone home sick.
I should have thought of this YEARS ago. :lulz:
You better watch yourself, you're in danger of getting another promotion.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on May 14, 2015, 08:37:26 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 14, 2015, 08:11:59 PM
Apocalypse inexplicably delayed.
It seems that Lillie is running late, the bosses found somewhere else to be, and - I shit you not - half the HR department has gone home sick.
I should have thought of this YEARS ago. :lulz:
You better watch yourself, you're in danger of getting another promotion.
FAWK
I hadn't even considered that.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 14, 2015, 08:43:26 PM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on May 14, 2015, 08:37:26 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 14, 2015, 08:11:59 PM
Apocalypse inexplicably delayed.
It seems that Lillie is running late, the bosses found somewhere else to be, and - I shit you not - half the HR department has gone home sick.
I should have thought of this YEARS ago. :lulz:
You better watch yourself, you're in danger of getting another promotion.
FAWK
I hadn't even considered that.
:)
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 07, 2015, 04:11:36 PM
Saw Ex Machina last night, and that was interesting.
I really enjoyed this, good performances by everyone, cool idea. Reminded me of Fowles "The Magus" a lot, which is a good thing.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on May 14, 2015, 12:54:54 AM
I am a patient boy.
I wait, I wait, I wait.
my time is water down the drain :wink:
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on May 14, 2015, 08:20:16 PM
Weaponized Homophelia. (http://distractify.com/Myka-Fox/sweden-039-s-new-russian-defense-nbsp/?ts_pid=2)
I am so happy right now.
That's it. I'm migrating to Sweden.
My uncle is comatose in the hospital right now, following a heart attack. Outlook is not good.
I may be kind of a downer for a while.
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on May 15, 2015, 05:36:09 PM
My uncle is comatose in the hospital right now, following a heart attack. Outlook is not good.
I may be kind of a downer for a while.
Damn.
Sorry to hear that.
Shit. Sorry.
Bummer. :cry:
So, this idea I had last night.
This warp drive they've been fucking with since 1962 may actually work, and may work SOON. I think it goes without saying that the civilized species of the galaxy are at this point gibbering things like "OMG OMG THE PRIMATES HAVE FIGURED OUT DOOR KNOBS", because - let's face it - we aren't exactly good neighbor material.
Now, assuming that they are above genocide (which will be readily apparent, based on whether or not a big rock hits the Earth shortly after the first test), we're gonna waltz out into the universe with our monkey urge to dominate and our monkey arachnid response. Hilarity ensues.
In fact, even if this drive has issues or doesn't work, the bug has bitten, and now it's a race between "drowning in our own shit" and "getting out there to habitable planets" (because, let's face it, Mars does not qualify unless you're a mole).
In either case, we are most likely going to run into the neighbors, in which case there are 3 potential scenarios:
1. We out-tech them. They get the Pocahontas treatment.
2. We are even in tech, commence interstellar world war I.
3. We sail our canoe into New York Harbor. Oh dear.
In every event, someone's getting fucked. Probably lots of someones. In addition, you can bet that any USA effort is gonna have a high percentage of born-agains along for the ride, because the military will be running the show, crew-wise, which is in itself gonna be a barrel of laughs.
Just think of it. Star Trek meets Honey Boo Boo. It's gonna be a CLASSIC.
Or the ETs remain stubbornly out of reach, and turn our ensuing new age of colonialism into their version of reality TV.
Or they don't hit us with a big rock, but instead unleash the Andromeda Strain on us or something similarly retarding.
Or we get out there and all the ETs are already dead and/or gone.
Or they get preemptively Lovecraftian on our asses and send Nyarlathotep here as their ambassador.
We are going to be pets in a zoo.
In the preferable non-genocidal version, I intend to terraform Mars in whatever way possible. This is going to be a planetary industrial project so I could use someone like you.
No... wait. I'm going to need Junkenstein for this. I have big plans, but, sadly, most won't be very good for Mars' natural features.
Also, why is it that when I imagine people testing warp drives, I flash on all those old movie clips of rockets
exploding on their launch pads back in the 50s?
I mean, its not like punching holes in spacetime could have ill effects, right?
Well, I got an interview for the job I applied late to, so that is something.
I wont be surprised if yesterday's school doesn't call me back, however...I wrote pretty much the entire application in a haze...it was my day to switch back to a daytime schedule, and the deadline was 5pm, so I couldn't put it off.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 13, 2015, 03:40:45 AM
Not bitching or anything, but damn, this place is dead when Nigel's not around.
Awww
:kiss:
I'm not gone for long. Three weeks to the end of the term!
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 14, 2015, 01:02:59 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on May 14, 2015, 12:54:54 AM
I am a patient boy.
I wait, I wait, I wait.
Let's just say that HR came into some interesting documentation concerning the current goings on at work. I think I saved Ed from being unjustly fired.
Lillie gets back in town tomorrow, alongside her boss and an army of HR. Interesting times.
OMG
I am essentially rubbing my hands together in delight right now.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on May 14, 2015, 08:20:16 PM
Weaponized Homophelia. (http://distractify.com/Myka-Fox/sweden-039-s-new-russian-defense-nbsp/?ts_pid=2)
I am so happy right now.
That is AMAZING!
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on May 14, 2015, 08:37:26 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 14, 2015, 08:11:59 PM
Apocalypse inexplicably delayed.
It seems that Lillie is running late, the bosses found somewhere else to be, and - I shit you not - half the HR department has gone home sick.
I should have thought of this YEARS ago. :lulz:
You better watch yourself, you're in danger of getting another promotion.
This is unfortunately probably very accurate.
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on May 15, 2015, 05:36:09 PM
My uncle is comatose in the hospital right now, following a heart attack. Outlook is not good.
I may be kind of a downer for a while.
I'm sorry. :(
Quote from: Cain on May 15, 2015, 09:48:15 PM
Well, I got an interview for the job I applied late to, so that is something.
I wont be surprised if yesterday's school doesn't call me back, however...I wrote pretty much the entire application in a haze...it was my day to switch back to a daytime schedule, and the deadline was 5pm, so I couldn't put it off.
I've done some weird shit for papers on sleepless hazes (I assume you meant you stayed up for the day to get back on sleep schedule.).
I get
funny when I'm tired. Official documents and papers get a certain
sense of humor. I turn into one of those
real Discordians. :lol:
My AP US History test was beautiful :evil:
Did you think to make a copy of your application so you could make sure you didn't make any references to King Kong's sacrifice? Or is that why you wouldn't be surprised if you didn't get hired, because you did read the copy? :eek:
On an entirely separate note:
I work at a locally owned and operated movie theater, temporarily, to save up for a car. This movie theater is in the Republican Capital of Ohio (Lebanon (Or "Leb'nin," as the natives call it)). You'd think the Republican Capital would have a population that is less likely to be entitled douche-fucks, considering their stance on ENTITLEMENT programs and ENTITLEMENT spending. But no. A 5 dollar movie theater is apparently too expensive to not give out free cups. And if they look on Fandango or MovieTickets.com and they see us showing a movie at 12 o'clock at night, they think they are ENTITLED to a free movie when we tell them we aren't. The problem is, we have no affiliation with those websites. Those places cost money to give our times to. What they do, is they, without our permission, post
mostly correct movie showtimes for our theater, and sometimes even sell "tickets" for our movie theater so that we get customers who think we have no idea what we're talking about when we say "We don't have that movie because it doesn't come out for another week, and we aren't even open until midnight..." It's a bullying tactic, and we can't do anything about it. We've tried everything we could think of.
Quote from: Hoopla on May 06, 2015, 09:20:27 PM
In other news, Joss Whedon is a sexist pig and piece of shit:
https://imgur.com/a/il1rT
Yes, we've reached the point where self-described feminist creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is sexist.
Dunno if you're actually interested in the background but I came across this today which gives a much more nuanced view of where some of this shit is coming from.
http://laureljupiter.tumblr.com/post/118320729761/laureljupiter-im-looking-at-screenshots-of-this
Quote from: MMIX on May 16, 2015, 11:35:48 AM
Quote from: Hoopla on May 06, 2015, 09:20:27 PM
In other news, Joss Whedon is a sexist pig and piece of shit:
https://imgur.com/a/il1rT
Yes, we've reached the point where self-described feminist creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is sexist.
Dunno if you're actually interested in the background but I came across this today which gives a much more nuanced view of where some of this shit is coming from.
http://laureljupiter.tumblr.com/post/118320729761/laureljupiter-im-looking-at-screenshots-of-this
Not exactly seeing the nuance here.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on May 16, 2015, 03:02:07 PM
Quote from: MMIX on May 16, 2015, 11:35:48 AM
Quote from: Hoopla on May 06, 2015, 09:20:27 PM
In other news, Joss Whedon is a sexist pig and piece of shit:
https://imgur.com/a/il1rT
Yes, we've reached the point where self-described feminist creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is sexist.
Dunno if you're actually interested in the background but I came across this today which gives a much more nuanced view of where some of this shit is coming from.
http://laureljupiter.tumblr.com/post/118320729761/laureljupiter-im-looking-at-screenshots-of-this
Not exactly seeing the nuance here.
That would be nuanced in the sense of not relying on screeching banshee internet fury and unspoken arguments. This one actually unpacks her arguments. Hence the "nuanced" comment.
ETA Also I personally found some of this informative from the POV that my love of Joss comes from Buffy, Angel and Firefly. I found it interesting to see the development of the growing disconcertion [is that even a word?] in feminist quarters [which I have long since ceased to visit personally] as worth drawing attention to if people are interested in what is causing so much shit to fly. YMMV
The arguments may be unpacked, but they're only nuanced in a relative sense when compared to the Twitter storm.
But then, tumblr.
Quote from: Cain on May 16, 2015, 03:25:02 PM
The arguments may be unpacked, but they're only nuanced in a relative sense when compared to the Twitter storm.
But then, tumblr.
Yeah. It probably tells you more about my current adverse reaction to the screeching morass of puerile obscenity which is masquerading as discussion on the intersnot. You're both right QG and Cain. "Nuanced" actually requires more nuance. Mea culpa.
Isn't sexism a matter of degree?
I mean isn't everyone a little bigoted?
With the constant barrage of news stories about happenings all over the globe and the social connections the internet and ubiquitous smartphones are helping foster, we are forced to have a mental model of 7 billion people.
There is no way you can fit 7 billion different persons into the mindscape of a single human.
It just cannot fit without mayor use of categories and summaries.
Quote from: Reginald Ret on May 16, 2015, 08:06:22 PM
Isn't sexism a matter of degree?
I mean isn't everyone a little bigoted?
With the constant barrage of news stories about happenings all over the globe and the social connections the internet and ubiquitous smartphones are helping foster, we are forced to have a mental model of 7 billion people.
There is no way you can fit 7 billion different persons into the mindscape of a single human.
It just cannot fit without mayor use of categories and summaries.
At the end of the day, I read every "question" you offered with the same banal emotion that I extended to the realization that my popcorn pam was scorching. Do you have anything with any thought behind it?
I am on the side of humanity, this time. Then, repeat.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 17, 2015, 07:19:47 AM
Quote from: Reginald Ret on May 16, 2015, 08:06:22 PM
Isn't sexism a matter of degree?
I mean isn't everyone a little bigoted?
With the constant barrage of news stories about happenings all over the globe and the social connections the internet and ubiquitous smartphones are helping foster, we are forced to have a mental model of 7 billion people.
There is no way you can fit 7 billion different persons into the mindscape of a single human.
It just cannot fit without mayor use of categories and summaries.
Not really.
At the end of the day, I read every "question" you offered with the same banal emotion that I extended to the realization that my popcorn pam was scorching. Do you have anything with any thought behind it?
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 16, 2015, 03:22:26 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 14, 2015, 01:02:59 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on May 14, 2015, 12:54:54 AM
I am a patient boy.
I wait, I wait, I wait.
Let's just say that HR came into some interesting documentation concerning the current goings on at work. I think I saved Ed from being unjustly fired.
Lillie gets back in town tomorrow, alongside her boss and an army of HR. Interesting times.
OMG
I am essentially rubbing my hands together in delight right now.
The big flaming ball of shit flew up...
...
...
...
...And stayed there. Hovering. HR called and very improperly asked me to remove the word "retaliation" from my statement. To be fair, they leaned on Lillie about her story. I refused to change my statement, Lillie refused to back down.
So now there are two suns in Tucson. One is the regular ANGRY HATE GOD, and the other smells like Nancy Spungen's hotel room, and will eventually come thundering down to splash all over everything.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 17, 2015, 06:50:25 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 16, 2015, 03:22:26 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 14, 2015, 01:02:59 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on May 14, 2015, 12:54:54 AM
I am a patient boy.
I wait, I wait, I wait.
Let's just say that HR came into some interesting documentation concerning the current goings on at work. I think I saved Ed from being unjustly fired.
Lillie gets back in town tomorrow, alongside her boss and an army of HR. Interesting times.
OMG
I am essentially rubbing my hands together in delight right now.
The big flaming ball of shit flew up...
...
...
...
...And stayed there. Hovering. HR called and very improperly asked me to remove the word "retaliation" from my statement. To be fair, they leaned on Lillie about her story. I refused to change my statement, Lillie refused to back down.
So now there are two suns in Tucson. One is the regular ANGRY HATE GOD, and the other smells like Nancy Spungen's hotel room, and will eventually come thundering down to splash all over everything.
:aaa:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 18, 2015, 12:55:53 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 17, 2015, 06:50:25 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 16, 2015, 03:22:26 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 14, 2015, 01:02:59 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on May 14, 2015, 12:54:54 AM
I am a patient boy.
I wait, I wait, I wait.
Let's just say that HR came into some interesting documentation concerning the current goings on at work. I think I saved Ed from being unjustly fired.
Lillie gets back in town tomorrow, alongside her boss and an army of HR. Interesting times.
OMG
I am essentially rubbing my hands together in delight right now.
The big flaming ball of shit flew up...
...
...
...
...And stayed there. Hovering. HR called and very improperly asked me to remove the word "retaliation" from my statement. To be fair, they leaned on Lillie about her story. I refused to change my statement, Lillie refused to back down.
So now there are two suns in Tucson. One is the regular ANGRY HATE GOD, and the other smells like Nancy Spungen's hotel room, and will eventually come thundering down to splash all over everything.
:aaa:
I have to say, I'm rather enjoying the absolute chaos. People are tiptoeing around with an eye on the trenches. Nobody knows what the hell is going on, and apparently I am the only person who is comfortable with that.
My dad made a new friend. :lulz:
(https://scontent-lax.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/313237_10150321092149385_1628059356_n.jpg?oh=11fd64731a5b235afaf44758f446aae9&oe=56019D4A)
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 18, 2015, 02:53:02 AM
My dad made a new friend. :lulz:
(https://scontent-lax.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/313237_10150321092149385_1628059356_n.jpg?oh=11fd64731a5b235afaf44758f446aae9&oe=56019D4A)
I think that's the common Chilean Rose-hair tarantula. I had one for a few years when I was younger for a science project at school. Won me second place in the State-wide science fair.
Also, I can't put my finger on how comfortable he is with that on his shoulder. I would assume not comfortable. But most people I've seen who aren't comfortable with spiders would be flipping shit in that position. :lulz:
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on May 18, 2015, 03:06:32 AM
I think that's the common Chilean Rose-hair tarantula. I had one for a few years when I was younger for a science project at school. Won me second place in the State-wide science fair.
Also, I can't put my finger on how comfortable he is with that on his shoulder. I would assume not comfortable. But most people I've seen who aren't comfortable with spiders would be flipping shit in that position. :lulz:
Like me, he gives no shits when it comes to spiders.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 18, 2015, 03:11:11 AM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on May 18, 2015, 03:06:32 AM
I think that's the common Chilean Rose-hair tarantula. I had one for a few years when I was younger for a science project at school. Won me second place in the State-wide science fair.
Also, I can't put my finger on how comfortable he is with that on his shoulder. I would assume not comfortable. But most people I've seen who aren't comfortable with spiders would be flipping shit in that position. :lulz:
Like me, he gives no shits when it comes to spiders.
8)
A few days ago, my friend and I were on our way to Taco Hell before we were gonna go to his gf's graduation. I was dressing in some super nice business casual shit. I was wearing $200 in clothes. We're driving down a main road in my town after pulling off of his street. I had neglected to put my seat belt on because I thought reaching across in that way while the car was moving would make the suit rip or something. I expressed this to my friend with the words, "Fuck seat belts."
Most of the time I wear seat belts and get on other people for not doing so.
No more than 2 minutes later, after we've turned off of that main road onto a suburban road, we get rear-ended in a 3-way intersection by a giant-ass Dodge truck. My friend's car is an old Honda Accord LX Coupe. It's small, in non-car people terms. It hit us hard enough to push us 7-8 feet into the car in front of us.
Whip-lash like a motherfucker. But that was my Just Desserts. Now I put seat belts on immediately, whether I'm wearing a neon jock-strap or a slim-fit Alfani suit.
Turns out we knew the person who hit us. But that's another story entirely.
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My dad made a new friend. :lulz:
(https://scontent-lax.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/313237_10150321092149385_1628059356_n.jpg?oh=11fd64731a5b235afaf44758f446aae9&oe=56019D4A)
CUTE!
I actually dreamt I had to save one of those from horrible death in a vending machine last night.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on May 14, 2015, 12:54:54 AM
I am a patient boy.
I wait, I wait, I wait.
Started story, got really weird responses involving my marriage or something.
A good friend of mine who already had an unplanned kid outta high school with his ex-wife announces on Facebook that his current girlfriend is 6 weeks pregnant. I tell him congratulations, but that i'm concerned how he's gonna make that work when hes already working two jobs just to pay his current bills living at his parents house. i ask him what his plan is going forward, he gets defensive, tells me to stop judging him, and then posts one of those FB hissy fit posts that's just vague enough to be about anyone. Having been someone who was there with him through all the drama that happened when the first child was born including the messy divorce and subsequent custody bullshit, i'm more than a little pissed at his response, but as of yet am choosing to let the two of us sleep on it to avoid conflict.
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on May 19, 2015, 06:35:32 AM
A good friend of mine who already had an unplanned kid outta high school with his ex-wife announces on Facebook that his current girlfriend is 6 weeks pregnant. I tell him congratulations, but that i'm concerned how he's gonna make that work when hes already working two jobs just to pay his current bills living at his parents house. i ask him what his plan is going forward, he gets defensive, tells me to stop judging him, and then posts one of those FB hissy fit posts that's just vague enough to be about anyone. Having been someone who was there with him through all the drama that happened when the first child was born including the messy divorce and subsequent custody bullshit, i'm more than a little pissed at his response, but as of yet am choosing to let the two of us sleep on it to avoid conflict.
Pro-tip:
How your friend is going to make it in a situation he can't exactly back out of is none of your fucking business.
Have you tried being supportive? Buying him a beer maybe? And if he talks about it let him and if he asks for advice then you can chime in.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on May 19, 2015, 01:04:34 PM
Have you tried being supportive? Buying him a beer maybe? And if he talks about it let him and if he asks for advice then you can chime in.
Seconded.
I've been tweeting as Enrico a lot the last few days, when I should be writing. It's oddly satisfying, but I'm looking for more horrible people to troll on there. It can't be all Donald a Trump and Gavin McInnes all the time...
Quote from: Hoopla on May 19, 2015, 02:22:50 PM
I've been tweeting as Enrico a lot the last few days, when I should be writing. It's oddly satisfying, but I'm looking for more horrible people to troll on there. It can't be all Donald a Trump and Gavin McInnes all the time...
I've been loving the shit out of it. :lulz:
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Quote from: Hoopla on May 19, 2015, 02:22:50 PM
I've been tweeting as Enrico a lot the last few days, when I should be writing. It's oddly satisfying, but I'm looking for more horrible people to troll on there. It can't be all Donald a Trump and Gavin McInnes all the time...
I've been loving the shit out of it. :lulz:
It made me realize how much I hold back in my regular Twitter account. I feel like Howard Stern now!
That kinda makes me wish I used Twitter!
I had another dream in which me and LMNO were cuddling.
Cuddling.
WTF, brain???
I....
...
...Yeah, I got nothing.
It's like all the gears in my brain have locked up trying to process that.
I just got counseled for not falling asleep in a meeting, and for not doing work that had been taken out of my hands.
I am of course behaving badly now.
Thanks for the sympathy everyone, although now I feel like a goober for dropping that and then fucking off for days.
May is my new February. This has been a real shitter of a month, as far as my normally charmed life goes.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on May 19, 2015, 03:49:26 PM
I....
...
...Yeah, I got nothing.
It's like all the gears in my brain have locked up trying to process that.
:lulz:
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 19, 2015, 04:08:49 PM
I just got counseled for not falling asleep in a meeting, and for not doing work that had been taken out of my hands.
I am of course behaving badly now.
:crankey:
There's nothing better than "I don't want you do to the thing" followed by "WHY DIDN'T YOU DO THE THING?"
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on May 20, 2015, 12:11:49 AM
Thanks for the sympathy everyone, although now I feel like a goober for dropping that and then fucking off for days.
May is my new February. This has been a real shitter of a month, as far as my normally charmed life goes.
I'm sorry, Cainad. :(
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 20, 2015, 02:43:18 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 19, 2015, 04:08:49 PM
I just got counseled for not falling asleep in a meeting, and for not doing work that had been taken out of my hands.
I am of course behaving badly now.
:crankey:
There's nothing better than "I don't want you do to the thing" followed by "WHY DIDN'T YOU DO THE THING?"
My source tells me that Lillie is trying to goad me into insubordination.
Puny human! I dealt with PROFESSIONALS trying to get me to do that for TEN YEARS in the military.
I am now being exceptionally reasonable, with the caveat that - unlike the military - there is no provision for non-verbal disrespect. Like a GRIN.
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Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 19, 2015, 04:08:49 PM
I just got counseled for not falling asleep in a meeting, and for not doing work that had been taken out of my hands.
I am of course behaving badly now.
:crankey:
There's nothing better than "I don't want you do to the thing" followed by "WHY DIDN'T YOU DO THE THING?"
My source tells me that Lillie is trying to goad me into insubordination.
Puny human! I dealt with PROFESSIONALS trying to get me to do that for TEN YEARS in the military.
I am now being exceptionally reasonable, with the caveat that - unlike the military - there is no provision for non-verbal disrespect. Like a GRIN.
I could see THAT grin driving Lillie all the way around the bend. :lol:
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Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 19, 2015, 04:08:49 PM
I just got counseled for not falling asleep in a meeting, and for not doing work that had been taken out of my hands.
I am of course behaving badly now.
:crankey:
There's nothing better than "I don't want you do to the thing" followed by "WHY DIDN'T YOU DO THE THING?"
My source tells me that Lillie is trying to goad me into insubordination.
Puny human! I dealt with PROFESSIONALS trying to get me to do that for TEN YEARS in the military.
I am now being exceptionally reasonable, with the caveat that - unlike the military - there is no provision for non-verbal disrespect. Like a GRIN.
I could see THAT grin driving Lillie all the way around the bend. :lol:
Yeah, this is now a matter of honor. :lulz:
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Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 19, 2015, 04:08:49 PM
I just got counseled for not falling asleep in a meeting, and for not doing work that had been taken out of my hands.
I am of course behaving badly now.
:crankey:
There's nothing better than "I don't want you do to the thing" followed by "WHY DIDN'T YOU DO THE THING?"
My source tells me that Lillie is trying to goad me into insubordination.
Puny human! I dealt with PROFESSIONALS trying to get me to do that for TEN YEARS in the military.
I am now being exceptionally reasonable, with the caveat that - unlike the military - there is no provision for non-verbal disrespect. Like a GRIN.
I could see THAT grin driving Lillie all the way around the bend. :lol:
Yeah, this is now a matter of honor. :lulz:
OH how I wish this would be available on video!
In other news, my dog keeps eating chicken shit and then sitting behind me in my office, just reeking.
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Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 19, 2015, 04:08:49 PM
I just got counseled for not falling asleep in a meeting, and for not doing work that had been taken out of my hands.
I am of course behaving badly now.
:crankey:
There's nothing better than "I don't want you do to the thing" followed by "WHY DIDN'T YOU DO THE THING?"
My source tells me that Lillie is trying to goad me into insubordination.
Puny human! I dealt with PROFESSIONALS trying to get me to do that for TEN YEARS in the military.
I am now being exceptionally reasonable, with the caveat that - unlike the military - there is no provision for non-verbal disrespect. Like a GRIN.
I could see THAT grin driving Lillie all the way around the bend. :lol:
Yeah, this is now a matter of honor. :lulz:
OH how I wish this would be available on video!
You'd have to do it in time lapse photography. She hates me so much she can only stand to be around me a few minutes a day.
I am finding things that I need to consult with her on, and then making the conversations unnecessarily protracted.
And I GRIN a lot. With a hard hat and sunglasses on, so all she can see is the facial hair, which her husband tells me is some kind of weird phobia of hers.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 20, 2015, 03:11:41 AM
In other news, my dog keeps eating chicken shit and then sitting behind me in my office, just reeking.
DAWG GONNA DAWG.
BECAUSE DAWG.
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Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 19, 2015, 04:08:49 PM
I just got counseled for not falling asleep in a meeting, and for not doing work that had been taken out of my hands.
I am of course behaving badly now.
:crankey:
There's nothing better than "I don't want you do to the thing" followed by "WHY DIDN'T YOU DO THE THING?"
My source tells me that Lillie is trying to goad me into insubordination.
Puny human! I dealt with PROFESSIONALS trying to get me to do that for TEN YEARS in the military.
I am now being exceptionally reasonable, with the caveat that - unlike the military - there is no provision for non-verbal disrespect. Like a GRIN.
I could see THAT grin driving Lillie all the way around the bend. :lol:
Yeah, this is now a matter of honor. :lulz:
OH how I wish this would be available on video!
You'd have to do it in time lapse photography. She hates me so much she can only stand to be around me a few minutes a day.
I am finding things that I need to consult with her on, and then making the conversations unnecessarily protracted.
And I GRIN a lot. With a hard hat and sunglasses on, so all she can see is the facial hair, which her husband tells me is some kind of weird phobia of hers.
A series of stills would make me happy.
Also, the mental image alone makes me SO HAPPY. :lol:
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Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 20, 2015, 03:11:41 AM
In other news, my dog keeps eating chicken shit and then sitting behind me in my office, just reeking.
DAWG GONNA DAWG.
BECAUSE DAWG.
SHE TOTES DAWG.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 20, 2015, 03:14:02 AM
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Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 19, 2015, 04:08:49 PM
I just got counseled for not falling asleep in a meeting, and for not doing work that had been taken out of my hands.
I am of course behaving badly now.
:crankey:
There's nothing better than "I don't want you do to the thing" followed by "WHY DIDN'T YOU DO THE THING?"
My source tells me that Lillie is trying to goad me into insubordination.
Puny human! I dealt with PROFESSIONALS trying to get me to do that for TEN YEARS in the military.
I am now being exceptionally reasonable, with the caveat that - unlike the military - there is no provision for non-verbal disrespect. Like a GRIN.
I could see THAT grin driving Lillie all the way around the bend. :lol:
Yeah, this is now a matter of honor. :lulz:
OH how I wish this would be available on video!
You'd have to do it in time lapse photography. She hates me so much she can only stand to be around me a few minutes a day.
I am finding things that I need to consult with her on, and then making the conversations unnecessarily protracted.
And I GRIN a lot. With a hard hat and sunglasses on, so all she can see is the facial hair, which her husband tells me is some kind of weird phobia of hers.
You, sir, are a fucking ARTIST. :lulz:
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on May 20, 2015, 03:57:33 AM
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Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 19, 2015, 04:08:49 PM
I just got counseled for not falling asleep in a meeting, and for not doing work that had been taken out of my hands.
I am of course behaving badly now.
:crankey:
There's nothing better than "I don't want you do to the thing" followed by "WHY DIDN'T YOU DO THE THING?"
My source tells me that Lillie is trying to goad me into insubordination.
Puny human! I dealt with PROFESSIONALS trying to get me to do that for TEN YEARS in the military.
I am now being exceptionally reasonable, with the caveat that - unlike the military - there is no provision for non-verbal disrespect. Like a GRIN.
I could see THAT grin driving Lillie all the way around the bend. :lol:
Yeah, this is now a matter of honor. :lulz:
OH how I wish this would be available on video!
You'd have to do it in time lapse photography. She hates me so much she can only stand to be around me a few minutes a day.
I am finding things that I need to consult with her on, and then making the conversations unnecessarily protracted.
And I GRIN a lot. With a hard hat and sunglasses on, so all she can see is the facial hair, which her husband tells me is some kind of weird phobia of hers.
You, sir, are a fucking ARTIST. :lulz:
Glad I could make ya laugh, Cainad.
:)
And yeah, I feel like Picasso painting that horse thing.
I think we broke our 2nd line manager. He went from having no humor to suddenly throwing nerf balls at speakers in meetings.
Quote from: Trivial on May 20, 2015, 04:00:46 AM
I think we broke our 2nd line manager. He went from having no humor to suddenly throwing nerf balls at speakers in meetings.
Good work.
I bet he had a sense of humor. I bet he just thought it was undignified in a leader.
Quote from: Trivial on May 20, 2015, 04:00:46 AM
I think we broke our 2nd line manager. He went from having no humor to suddenly throwing nerf balls at speakers in meetings.
GOOD.
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Quote from: Trivial on May 20, 2015, 04:00:46 AM
I think we broke our 2nd line manager. He went from having no humor to suddenly throwing nerf balls at speakers in meetings.
Good work.
I bet he had a sense of humor. I bet he just thought it was undignified in a leader.
This is probably true. It looks like he has no fucks to give any more. It's contagious too.
Maybe they'll get crazy and tell execs they're wrong when they're wrong.
Quote from: Trivial on May 20, 2015, 04:18:59 AM
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Quote from: Trivial on May 20, 2015, 04:00:46 AM
I think we broke our 2nd line manager. He went from having no humor to suddenly throwing nerf balls at speakers in meetings.
Good work.
I bet he had a sense of humor. I bet he just thought it was undignified in a leader.
This is probably true. It looks like he has no fucks to give any more. It's contagious too.
Maybe they'll get crazy and tell execs they're wrong when they're wrong.
I hope not. Disinformation is what gets me up in the morning.
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Quote from: Trivial on May 20, 2015, 04:00:46 AM
I think we broke our 2nd line manager. He went from having no humor to suddenly throwing nerf balls at speakers in meetings.
Good work.
I bet he had a sense of humor. I bet he just thought it was undignified in a leader.
This is probably true. It looks like he has no fucks to give any more. It's contagious too.
Maybe they'll get crazy and tell execs they're wrong when they're wrong.
I hope not. Disinformation is what gets me up in the morning.
You act as if they'd understand the concept of wrong.
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Quote from: Trivial on May 20, 2015, 04:00:46 AM
I think we broke our 2nd line manager. He went from having no humor to suddenly throwing nerf balls at speakers in meetings.
Good work.
I bet he had a sense of humor. I bet he just thought it was undignified in a leader.
This is probably true. It looks like he has no fucks to give any more. It's contagious too.
Maybe they'll get crazy and tell execs they're wrong when they're wrong.
I hope not. Disinformation is what gets me up in the morning.
You act as if they'd understand the concept of wrong.
You forget that I am one rung below those freaks. They wouldn't know wrong if it came up and humped their leg.
But there's a reason for that.
We have a new co-worker. Her bright eyed enthusiasm is insufferable. And she's the sane one. I have it on good authority (ie; someone who used to work with them elsewhere) that the other new hire is not only chock full of self-diagnosed mental conditions, she loves to tell everyone about them. All the time. Regardless of subject.
In other news, someone asked where the guillotine was on the public email. I started a chain of French revolution jokes that ended up with HR sending an email to tell everyone to knock it off.
Quote from: Cain on May 20, 2015, 07:32:11 AM
We have a new co-worker. Her bright eyed enthusiasm is insufferable. And she's the sane one. I have it on good authority (ie; someone who used to work with them elsewhere) that the other new hire is not only chock full of self-diagnosed mental conditions, she loves to tell everyone about them. All the time. Regardless of subject.
In other news, someone asked where the guillotine was on the public email. I started a chain of French revolution jokes that ended up with HR sending an email to tell everyone to knock it off.
Liberté, égalité, fraternité, merdeité!
Quote from: Cain on May 20, 2015, 07:32:11 AM
We have a new co-worker. Her bright eyed enthusiasm is insufferable. And she's the sane one. I have it on good authority (ie; someone who used to work with them elsewhere) that the other new hire is not only chock full of self-diagnosed mental conditions, she loves to tell everyone about them. All the time. Regardless of subject.
Suddenly become a goldfish fancier, maybe? That will drive off even the most hardened narcissists.
I've spent most of the day reading up on where child/adult protection services go wrong.
The only thing that makes this even slightly tolerable is the thought that my work might - in some small way - help stop this shit happening again.
But fuck me, even the examples where it has gone right are often depressing. The phrase 'Denial of Liberty' just can't sound uplifting, you know?
I also just realized how to explain some of the attitude I've gotten off these people.
They are in the same field as RWHN, and we're telling them they are doing it wrong.
I feel slow for not realizing that sooner. :lulz:
Well fuck, I think my old blind dog is dying. And I have a midterm tomorrow morning and classes all day until 10pm.
This is shitty timing. Shitty, shitty timing.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 21, 2015, 06:32:54 AM
Well fuck, I think my old blind dog is dying. And I have a midterm tomorrow morning and classes all day until 10pm.
This is shitty timing. Shitty, shitty timing.
That is shitty timing. My condolences. I hope it all works itself out in a less stressful than expected manner.
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on May 21, 2015, 06:41:55 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 21, 2015, 06:32:54 AM
Well fuck, I think my old blind dog is dying. And I have a midterm tomorrow morning and classes all day until 10pm.
This is shitty timing. Shitty, shitty timing.
That is shitty timing. My condolences. I hope it all works itself out in a less stressful than expected manner.
Thank you. Part of me hopes he's up and about in the morning, but part of me hopes that he's gone so I can console my kids, wrap him up, and move ahead. Of course, then I have to deal with burial or cremation, neither of which will be easy with an 85 lb dog.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 21, 2015, 06:44:09 AM
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Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 21, 2015, 06:32:54 AM
Well fuck, I think my old blind dog is dying. And I have a midterm tomorrow morning and classes all day until 10pm.
This is shitty timing. Shitty, shitty timing.
That is shitty timing. My condolences. I hope it all works itself out in a less stressful than expected manner.
Thank you. Part of me hopes he's up and about in the morning, but part of me hopes that he's gone so I can console my kids, wrap him up, and move ahead. Of course, then I have to deal with burial or cremation, neither of which will be easy with an 85 lb dog.
Children can be so strong when it comes to dealing with death. Sometimes, it seems, they're stronger than the adults (Sometimes, I get the feeling that it's because they don't fully understand. Other times, I'm just not sure. Either way, the ones I've known have always dealt well.) If the dog is suffering, I think the best turn of events would be an overnight passing. Anticipation is the worst part of it all. Being able to move ahead as quickly and completely as possible is always best, I think.
And yeah, that would be difficult. What kind of dog is it?
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Well fuck, I think my old blind dog is dying. And I have a midterm tomorrow morning and classes all day until 10pm.
This is shitty timing. Shitty, shitty timing.
That is shitty timing. My condolences. I hope it all works itself out in a less stressful than expected manner.
Thank you. Part of me hopes he's up and about in the morning, but part of me hopes that he's gone so I can console my kids, wrap him up, and move ahead. Of course, then I have to deal with burial or cremation, neither of which will be easy with an 85 lb dog.
Children can be so strong when it comes to dealing with death. Sometimes, it seems, they're stronger than the adults (Sometimes, I get the feeling that it's because they don't fully understand. Other times, I'm just not sure. Either way, the ones I've known have always dealt well.) If the dog is suffering, I think the best turn of events would be an overnight passing. Anticipation is the worst part of it all. Being able to move ahead as quickly and completely as possible is always best, I think.
And yeah, that would be difficult. What kind of dog is it?
A German/Australian shepherd mix. He's still alive this morning, still not looking good.
The kids who are still at home are 12 and 15 and they've dealt with some losses. They understand.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 21, 2015, 06:32:54 AM
Well fuck, I think my old blind dog is dying. And I have a midterm tomorrow morning and classes all day until 10pm.
This is shitty timing. Shitty, shitty timing.
:cry:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 21, 2015, 03:08:42 PM
A German/Australian shepherd mix. He's still alive this morning, still not looking good.
The kids who are still at home are 12 and 15 and they've dealt with some losses. They understand.
Beautiful dog.
May your classes not be wasteful and your dog's passing be easy.
Thank you. I'm trying not to stress about it because I also want to do well on this test, but, well... :sad:
No installment on Dirtbags today. I am too pissed off with HR at the moment to write.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 21, 2015, 04:30:20 PM
No installment on Dirtbags today. I am too pissed off with HR at the moment to write.
I'm guessing they wussed out, sided with Lillie.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 21, 2015, 04:16:16 PM
Thank you. I'm trying not to stress about it because I also want to do well on this test, but, well... :sad:
I'm sorry Nigel :( Even when it's expected/for the best (in terms of suffering)/etc., it's never easy. Doubly so when trying to focus on other important things in your life.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 21, 2015, 04:30:20 PM
No installment on Dirtbags today. I am too pissed off with HR at the moment to write.
While, I am enjoying the read so far, ugh that sucks. Guess along the lines of what LMNO said?
Nigel, I'm really sorry to hear about your dog. I hope there's not much pain.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on May 21, 2015, 05:28:03 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 21, 2015, 04:30:20 PM
No installment on Dirtbags today. I am too pissed off with HR at the moment to write.
I'm guessing they wussed out, sided with Lillie.
You could say that. They in fact dumped my complaint, told her about the complaint and the fact that they'd spiked it, and are now ignoring the frantic complaints of every enemy Lillie has (except me, see below), as Lillie institutes bizarre and otherworldly rules in an attempt to provoke insubordination for the purpose of firing said enemies. Why not? She's bulletproof.
I have stopped complaining, because 1) it isn't working, and 2) HR is in my opinion using Lillie to reduce headcount in a way that places most of the liability on Lillie (and the lawsuits would be a fraction of operating costs and severance anyway), so that the plant can be shut down with minimum severance. They have, no doubt, made promises to her concerning her own particular future, and while she is not stupid, she is blind in some ways and probably believes those promises.
I can't prove any of this, but I can smell it. And it's the only solution that fits all the facts (why she wasn't removed after refusing to retire, etc).
So now the stakes have changed.
New motives brought to light. Interesting.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on May 21, 2015, 06:19:01 PM
New motives brought to light. Interesting.
More along the lines of previously unrecognized motives.
This goes all the way back to Jim getting shitcanned, I think. The plant was in trouble back then, and Jim wouldn't play this kind of game for any price, whereas Lillie would do it just to get revenge for everything on everybody and tell us WHAT. Plus (I imagine) promises of a position elsewhere, away from the shitty little backwater border town she hates.
I could be in full blown operational paranoia mode (Richterian rather than brain flukes), in fact I know I am, but it's useful for brainstorming, so long as you don't make large decisions while you're thinking that way.
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean you're wrong.
Sounds like you're in the right frame of mind to work up a Batman Gambit. (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BatmanGambit%5B/url)
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on May 21, 2015, 06:59:59 PM
Sounds like you're in the right frame of mind to work up a Batman Gambit. (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BatmanGambit%5B/url)
Sure. What's the penalty for failure?
As far as I understand it, the worst they could do would be to badmouth you to your new job. But that seems fruitless.
It occurs to me that you might have mentioned a page or so back that your new job was lined up. I know you want to leave your compatriots in a decent state, but if what you're saying is true, you should probably tell them to jump ship now, along with yourself.
I don't know about the USA, but in Canada it's not legal for an employer to badmouth a former employee to a possible future employer.
Quote from: Hoopla on May 21, 2015, 08:05:01 PM
I don't know about the USA, but in Canada it's not legal for an employer to badmouth a former employee to a possible future employer.
If negative comments are not allowed then references from previous employers are pointless.
I'm not sure if that is good or bad.
Quote from: Reginald Ret on May 21, 2015, 08:12:51 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on May 21, 2015, 08:05:01 PM
I don't know about the USA, but in Canada it's not legal for an employer to badmouth a former employee to a possible future employer.
If negative comments are not allowed then references from previous employers are pointless.
I'm not sure if that is good or bad.
Please.
If your reference comes back as "we can confirm this person worked here from X to Y period" and nothing else, it's pretty obvious what is going on, even to the most dimwitted recruiter.
Quote from: Cain on May 21, 2015, 08:17:46 PM
Quote from: Reginald Ret on May 21, 2015, 08:12:51 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on May 21, 2015, 08:05:01 PM
I don't know about the USA, but in Canada it's not legal for an employer to badmouth a former employee to a possible future employer.
If negative comments are not allowed then references from previous employers are pointless.
I'm not sure if that is good or bad.
Please.
If your reference comes back as "we can confirm this person worked here from X to Y period" and nothing else, it's pretty obvious what is going on, even to the most dimwitted recruiter.
That is all my former employer will say except, I think, maybe salary. They actually outsource that job to another company.
Quote from: Reginald Ret on May 21, 2015, 08:12:51 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on May 21, 2015, 08:05:01 PM
I don't know about the USA, but in Canada it's not legal for an employer to badmouth a former employee to a possible future employer.
If negative comments are not allowed then references from previous employers are pointless.
I'm not sure if that is good or bad.
If they were not happy with a former employee, they can say they would prefer not to comment. Which tells a potential employer all they need to know. So, it pretty much amounts to the same.
Quote from: Cain on May 21, 2015, 08:17:46 PM
Quote from: Reginald Ret on May 21, 2015, 08:12:51 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on May 21, 2015, 08:05:01 PM
I don't know about the USA, but in Canada it's not legal for an employer to badmouth a former employee to a possible future employer.
If negative comments are not allowed then references from previous employers are pointless.
I'm not sure if that is good or bad.
Please.
If your reference comes back as "we can confirm this person worked here from X to Y period" and nothing else, it's pretty obvious what is going on, even to the most dimwitted recruiter.
Yes, this.
Quote from: Hoopla on May 21, 2015, 08:44:21 PM
Quote from: Reginald Ret on May 21, 2015, 08:12:51 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on May 21, 2015, 08:05:01 PM
I don't know about the USA, but in Canada it's not legal for an employer to badmouth a former employee to a possible future employer.
If negative comments are not allowed then references from previous employers are pointless.
I'm not sure if that is good or bad.
If they were not happy with a former employee, they can say they would prefer not to comment. Which tells a potential employer all they need to know. So, it pretty much amounts to the same.
I forgot the law is easily fooled by such tricks.
That reminds me of a joke.
A woman sues a man for defamation of haracter, charging that he called her a pig. The man is found guilty and made to pay damages. After the trial he asks the judge, "Does this mean that i can no longer call Ms. Harding a pig?"
The judge says, "That is correct."
"And does it mean that I can't call a pig Ms. Harding?"
"No," says the Judge, "you are free to call a pig Ms. Harding. There is no crime in that."
The man looks Ms. Harding in the eye and says, "Good afternoon, Ms. Harding."
Quote from: Reginald Ret on May 21, 2015, 08:12:51 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on May 21, 2015, 08:05:01 PM
I don't know about the USA, but in Canada it's not legal for an employer to badmouth a former employee to a possible future employer.
If negative comments are not allowed then references from previous employers are pointless.
I'm not sure if that is good or bad.
Negative comments are pretty much an automatically-successful lawsuit in the USA.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 21, 2015, 09:20:53 PM
Quote from: Reginald Ret on May 21, 2015, 08:12:51 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on May 21, 2015, 08:05:01 PM
I don't know about the USA, but in Canada it's not legal for an employer to badmouth a former employee to a possible future employer.
If negative comments are not allowed then references from previous employers are pointless.
I'm not sure if that is good or bad.
Negative comments are pretty much an automatically-successful lawsuit in the USA.
I figured something like that must be in place, considering how litigious the USA is.
Quote from: Hoopla on May 21, 2015, 09:22:08 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 21, 2015, 09:20:53 PM
Quote from: Reginald Ret on May 21, 2015, 08:12:51 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on May 21, 2015, 08:05:01 PM
I don't know about the USA, but in Canada it's not legal for an employer to badmouth a former employee to a possible future employer.
If negative comments are not allowed then references from previous employers are pointless.
I'm not sure if that is good or bad.
Negative comments are pretty much an automatically-successful lawsuit in the USA.
I figured something like that must be in place, considering how litigious the USA is.
We aren't as litigious as conservative pundits would have you believe, and the vast majority of lawsuits are in fact launched by large corporations.
But still.
Landlord was splainin' bout how't was best to wash pickings prior to consumption, then looked at me and said, "not you, you're a daemon, you'll just burn it off.". :lulz:
Quote from: axod on May 22, 2015, 03:51:08 AM
Landlord was splainin' bout how't was best to wash pickings prior to consumption, then looked at me and said, "not you, you're a daemon, you'll just burn it off.". :lulz:
:lol: Where the hell do you live?
My uncle passed away Wednesday night.
Nothing much to say, really, but I figured I ought to follow up after dropping my problems in Open Bar a few days ago.
Shit. Condolences, Cainad.
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on May 22, 2015, 07:36:05 AM
My uncle passed away Wednesday night.
Nothing much to say, really, but I figured I ought to follow up after dropping my problems in Open Bar a few days ago.
Sorry, man. :sad:
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on May 22, 2015, 07:36:05 AM
My uncle passed away Wednesday night.
Nothing much to say, really, but I figured I ought to follow up after dropping my problems in Open Bar a few days ago.
:cry: Sorry to hear that, Cainad.
Condolences, Cainad.
:( Sorry for your loss, Cainad.
My condolences, Cainad.
That sucks, Cainad.
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on May 22, 2015, 07:36:05 AM
My uncle passed away Wednesday night.
Nothing much to say, really, but I figured I ought to follow up after dropping my problems in Open Bar a few days ago.
Well, shit. I'm sorry.
Thank you, everyone. I'm okay, but I havent spent time with the rest of the family yet, specifically his sons (15 and 12). I'll probably be all messed up after that.
In better news, I learned that my resting heart rate is 53, down from 65-ish one year ago. Feeling pretty alive right now.
I'm sorry for your loss Cainad. Much love and condolences to the family.
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on May 22, 2015, 04:44:45 PM
Thank you, everyone. I'm okay, but I havent spent time with the rest of the family yet, specifically his sons (15 and 12). I'll probably be all messed up after that.
In better news, I learned that my resting heart rate is 53, down from 65-ish one year ago. Feeling pretty alive right now.
They are awfully young to lose a father. :(
Sometimes I wonder if people think AT ALL before comparing something that is not even a little bit like rape to rape on someone else's wall. Like LOL this is funny, I'll just say that it's like rape and throw something in there about things that are not penises being LIKE penises, and that will be hilarious, what a great joke, right? This person probably hasn't been raped and probably doesn't know anyone who has, so why not, right?
:kingmeh:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 24, 2015, 07:22:42 PM
Sometimes I wonder if people think AT ALL before comparing something that is not even a little bit like rape to rape on someone else's wall. Like LOL this is funny, I'll just say that it's like rape and throw something in there about things that are not penises being LIKE penises, and that will be hilarious, what a great joke, right? This person probably hasn't been raped and probably doesn't know anyone who has, so why not, right?
:kingmeh:
Yeah, it's a trivialization of horrible things that happen to people.
Well, I feel pretty good. Last night was the first night in...hmm, about five days that I've had more than 4 hours of sleep a night due to the flat I'm in being ungodly hot and without air-con.
Even with a window open, fan on 24/7 and cold showers before bed, it's still disturbingly warm in here...enough that I sweat just laying in bed.
Maintenance, of course, swear there isn't a problem.
Quote from: Cain on May 25, 2015, 10:33:12 AM
Well, I feel pretty good. Last night was the first night in...hmm, about five days that I've had more than 4 hours of sleep a night due to the flat I'm in being ungodly hot and without air-con.
Even with a window open, fan on 24/7 and cold showers before bed, it's still disturbingly warm in here...enough that I sweat just laying in bed.
Maintenance, of course, swear there isn't a problem.
I'd go old-school, attach a hose to best faucet and spray outside of building and street before sleep. Catching vegetation also helps SA evaporation. Yay science!
Unfortunately, central London has little in the way of vegetation, and even more importantly, I don't own the building or hosepipe.
I am considering perhaps getting one of those silent fans with a built in ioniser, to see if it helps.
Although I was maybe hinting to a possibly proximate grow op, just wetting the concrete/stone will cause evaporation from retained heat capacity. Getting a hose should cost less than an ionizer, unless the smell of ozone is thermodynamically cooling to you? [and there's a plug to fit the hose to common faucet]
Yes, because I can really see hosing down the student accomodation I live in going down well. :roll:
I am heat irrational brain unconditionally :lulz:
Quote from: LuciferX on May 25, 2015, 12:21:30 PM
Quote from: Cain on May 25, 2015, 10:33:12 AM
Well, I feel pretty good. Last night was the first night in...hmm, about five days that I've had more than 4 hours of sleep a night due to the flat I'm in being ungodly hot and without air-con.
Even with a window open, fan on 24/7 and cold showers before bed, it's still disturbingly warm in here...enough that I sweat just laying in bed.
Maintenance, of course, swear there isn't a problem.
I'd go old-school, attach a hose to best faucet and spray outside of building and street before sleep. Catching vegetation also helps SA evaporation. Yay science!
Yeah I could totally see that working in London, makes perfect sense. :roll:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1309/1343026044_1e2d8ad066.jpg)
"JUST HOSE IT DOWN!"
Yeah, pretty much. Not to mention the shops on either side of the road, or only being able to put a hose through the main door (which is used by over 150 students, cleaning staff, maintenance staff and electricians every day) etc etc.
In other news, I'm modding Skyrim to get rid of spiders. Because fuck spiders the size of horses. There is some shit I will not stand for. Seriously, someone has already done this for the base game, I'm just expanding his technique to various quest and location mods which, for reasons I cannot fathom, add giant fucking spiders back in.
Instead, everyone will have to fight bears. Because that's fair. Bears can kill dragons, so it's hardly making things easier.
Moving forward, I still think an evaporative system, such as a swamp cooler, may work. The only requirement would be the opening of a window, and maybe decently low levels of atmospheric humidity, in principle. Then again, maybe I'm simply over-sensitive to heat because I run a little hot, or something, whatever. I'm not really feeling it anyway.
Hi PD! Long time no see. How are the kids? Your aunt's hairy growth return? Who farted?
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on May 26, 2015, 01:19:11 AM
Hi PD! Long time no see. How are the kids? Your aunt's hairy growth return? Who farted?
HI YOU'RE BACK! YAY!
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on May 26, 2015, 01:19:11 AM
Hi PD! Long time no see. How are the kids? Your aunt's hairy growth return? Who farted?
I've been behaving badly. You?
Rocking a crummy but well paying temp job. Waiting f school to start. Wondering how I slept through a full blown gunfight in the neighborhood last night. My cup runneth over, really.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 26, 2015, 03:06:57 AM
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on May 26, 2015, 01:19:11 AM
Hi PD! Long time no see. How are the kids? Your aunt's hairy growth return? Who farted?
I've been behaving badly. You?
Quote from: Cain on May 25, 2015, 10:33:12 AM
Well, I feel pretty good. Last night was the first night in...hmm, about five days that I've had more than 4 hours of sleep a night due to the flat I'm in being ungodly hot and without air-con.
Even with a window open, fan on 24/7 and cold showers before bed, it's still disturbingly warm in here...enough that I sweat just laying in bed.
Maintenance, of course, swear there isn't a problem.
You Sir!
Can I interest you in the wonders of Ghetto Air Conditioning? If so, google that.
That's not far off what I've been doing. Well, I've been drinking the ice to cool my body temperature before sleep...but close enough.
And also not a bad idea. Local off-licence sells bags of ice.
It really does work well. I've walked into many site cabins with a couple of bags of ice and a fan in warm summers and been treated like jesus.
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on May 26, 2015, 09:27:23 PM
Wondering how I slept through a full blown gunfight in the neighborhood last night. My cup runneth over, really.
I heard that's what they use instead of bird songs at 82nd & Beach.
Quote from: Junkenstein on May 26, 2015, 09:54:59 PM
It really does work well. I've walked into many site cabins with a couple of bags of ice and a fan in warm summers and been treated like jesus.
See, LuciferX? This is
actually useful advice.
Admittedly, I'll have to find some containers for said ice, and use my bedside table to place the ice on, but it doesn't involve
hosing down a building of 200+ people, that I don't own.
Quote from: Cain on May 26, 2015, 11:25:54 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on May 26, 2015, 09:54:59 PM
It really does work well. I've walked into many site cabins with a couple of bags of ice and a fan in warm summers and been treated like jesus.
See, LuciferX? This is actually useful advice.
Admittedly, I'll have to find some containers for said ice, and use my bedside table to place the ice on, but it doesn't involve hosing down a building of 200+ people, that I don't own.
I thought this place was where it was the
thought that counts... Or maybe I'm misinterpreting playful banter as spiteful belittlement.
EDIT: As I read a bit more, and start to put some pieces together, it seems that maybe spiteful belittlement is a common treatment received from this LuciferX. Maybe your reaction is justified.
Anyways, I don't see why everyone says McDonald's is so bad. I just ate 4 McDoubles and I feel great.
Mitt, is legit 1000% not joking the most disturbing thing Ive seen since Salo. A family of reptillians doing their best Brady Bunch impression for 90 minutes. If I didnt know who Mitt Romney was I would have assumed it was some kind of found footage horror movie and would spend the whole time waiting for the aliens to start bursting out of peoples chests.
Seems like. Not that often you get multiple bursts like last night, though. Usually just two or three single-shots.
I've never heard sirens after.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 26, 2015, 11:22:32 PM
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on May 26, 2015, 09:27:23 PM
Wondering how I slept through a full blown gunfight in the neighborhood last night. My cup runneth over, really.
I heard that's what they use instead of bird songs at 82nd & Beach.
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on May 27, 2015, 12:59:25 AM
Quote from: Cain on May 26, 2015, 11:25:54 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on May 26, 2015, 09:54:59 PM
It really does work well. I've walked into many site cabins with a couple of bags of ice and a fan in warm summers and been treated like jesus.
See, LuciferX? This is actually useful advice.
Admittedly, I'll have to find some containers for said ice, and use my bedside table to place the ice on, but it doesn't involve hosing down a building of 200+ people, that I don't own.
I thought this place was where it was the thought that counts... Or maybe I'm misinterpreting playful banter as spiteful belittlement.
EDIT: As I read a bit more, and start to put some pieces together, it seems that maybe spiteful belittlement is a common treatment received from this LuciferX. Maybe your reaction is justified.
Anyways, I don't see why everyone says McDonald's is so bad. I just ate 4 McDoubles and I feel great.
You're going to get toxic shits again. Enjoy Venom raging out of your lower intestine.
Quote from: Cain on May 27, 2015, 02:00:03 AM
You're going to get toxic shits again. Enjoy Venom raging out of your lower intestine.
I did feel great. Now I feel
fantastic.
It's not very often I get a second chance like this :)
But in all seriousness, you'd think that would bring Venom (of the anus) back, but I feel like my digestive system is immune to shit like this. If you know anything about the place called Waffle House, you'd know getting two of their Texas Bacon Cheesesteak Melts (Meat doubled as well, so it basically looks like a 5 inch wide pile of cheesesteak meat with some bread slices and cheese laying in it) with a large order of Hashbrowns "Smothered" with onions, "Covered" with cheese, "Chunked" with ham, and "Topped" with chili is practically digestive suicide. Or maybe a heart problem inducer. Anyways, I get that every time I go to Waffle House. And that used to be a few times a week. I only had the Venom rager once, and that was specifically from the blazin wings from the previous story.
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on May 27, 2015, 01:36:13 AM
Seems like. Not that often you get multiple bursts like last night, though. Usually just two or three single-shots.
I've never heard sirens after.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 26, 2015, 11:22:32 PM
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on May 26, 2015, 09:27:23 PM
Wondering how I slept through a full blown gunfight in the neighborhood last night. My cup runneth over, really.
I heard that's what they use instead of bird songs at 82nd & Beach.
Quit top-posting, dammit. It fucks everything up.
And no, Portland cops are too busy shooting people in the back of squadcars. Coming to a place with actually dangerous crooks isn't their slice of pie, I hear.
Well, since the entire interbutts is dead, Ima go get sechs hair.
Yes, I know my head is bald. I'll leave the whole thing up to your imagination.
Since last week I have reached out to my friend, said my sorries, and i'm gonna be taking him out to a comedy show this friday.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 27, 2015, 05:06:24 AM
Well, since the entire interbutts is dead, Ima go get sechs hair.
Yes, I know my head is bald. I'll leave the whole thing up to your imagination.
Howl, are you gonna brylcreem your arse hair?
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on May 27, 2015, 03:44:18 AM
Quote from: Cain on May 27, 2015, 02:00:03 AM
You're going to get toxic shits again. Enjoy Venom raging out of your lower intestine.
I did feel great. Now I feel fantastic.
It's not very often I get a second chance like this :)
But in all seriousness, you'd think that would bring Venom (of the anus) back, but I feel like my digestive system is immune to shit like this. If you know anything about the place called Waffle House, you'd know getting two of their Texas Bacon Cheesesteak Melts (Meat doubled as well, so it basically looks like a 5 inch wide pile of cheesesteak meat with some bread slices and cheese laying in it) with a large order of Hashbrowns "Smothered" with onions, "Covered" with cheese, "Chunked" with ham, and "Topped" with chili is practically digestive suicide. Or maybe a heart problem inducer. Anyways, I get that every time I go to Waffle House. And that used to be a few times a week. I only had the Venom rager once, and that was specifically from the blazin wings from the previous story.
Oh my god, the Waffle House. :eek:
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 27, 2015, 05:06:24 AM
Well, since the entire interbutts is dead, Ima go get sechs hair.
Yes, I know my head is bald. I'll leave the whole thing up to your imagination.
The internet is bizarrely dead. Even Facebook. I'm a member of what, 1200 groups? All dead.
I mean, I know it's Finals and everything (and holy shit the next two weeks, I am losing my shit a little) but c'mon, how can the whole Internet be dead? Has everyone just lost interest?
On another note, my dog died. I have a QA up at OHSU and a class and then I will bury him. EFO is coming home for the burial.
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on May 27, 2015, 03:44:18 AM
Quote from: Cain on May 27, 2015, 02:00:03 AM
You're going to get toxic shits again. Enjoy Venom raging out of your lower intestine.
I did feel great. Now I feel fantastic.
It's not very often I get a second chance like this :)
But in all seriousness, you'd think that would bring Venom (of the anus) back, but I feel like my digestive system is immune to shit like this. If you know anything about the place called Waffle House, you'd know getting two of their Texas Bacon Cheesesteak Melts (Meat doubled as well, so it basically looks like a 5 inch wide pile of cheesesteak meat with some bread slices and cheese laying in it) with a large order of Hashbrowns "Smothered" with onions, "Covered" with cheese, "Chunked" with ham, and "Topped" with chili is practically digestive suicide. Or maybe a heart problem inducer. Anyways, I get that every time I go to Waffle House. And that used to be a few times a week. I only had the Venom rager once, and that was specifically from the blazin wings from the previous story.
I've actually never been to a Waffle House. I don't think they have them in the UK.
Oh wait, there was one, but it's closed for forever. Probably because most people think of this when waffles are mentioned:
(http://www.mydibel.be/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_full/public/product_hoofdfoto/Product_Large-waffles.jpg?itok=wyG3UFw2)
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 27, 2015, 03:49:28 PM
On another note, my dog died. I have a QA up at OHSU and a class and then I will bury him. EFO is coming home for the burial.
Ah, shit.
Sorry to hear that, Nigel.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on May 27, 2015, 04:16:28 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 27, 2015, 03:49:28 PM
On another note, my dog died. I have a QA up at OHSU and a class and then I will bury him. EFO is coming home for the burial.
Ah, shit.
Sorry to hear that, Nigel.
Thanks
It's all right, really. The hardest part is that my kids are sad.
I was just thinking to myself "I'm so tired". At 9:30 on a Wednesday morning after a full night of sleep. Then I realized that I'm not tired, I'm just mentally fatigued. I'm fatigued by always juggling a dozen deadlines, always having past-due bills, always having a full list of things that need to be taken care of when I have the time and money, and fatigued by having to look at and think about other students who can't seem to get it together enough to just read the fucking directions.
I'm fatigued by having a treadmilling to-do list; tick one thing off the top, add another to the bottom. Write this, read that, enter these grades, make a Powerpoint, do the dishes.
I'm not sure if this is transient stress from a shitty term or whether I'm just burnt out on being a student. I browed the want ads for molecular biologists today, and am appalled at how many biotech companies are hiring molecular biologists... in sales.
:horrormirth:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 27, 2015, 03:49:28 PM
On another note, my dog died. I have a QA up at OHSU and a class and then I will bury him. EFO is coming home for the burial.
Condolences.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 27, 2015, 05:43:04 PM
I was just thinking to myself "I'm so tired". At 9:30 on a Wednesday morning after a full night of sleep. Then I realized that I'm not tired, I'm just mentally fatigued. I'm fatigued by always juggling a dozen deadlines, always having past-due bills, always having a full list of things that need to be taken care of when I have the time and money, and fatigued by having to look at and think about other students who can't seem to get it together enough to just read the fucking directions.
I'm fatigued by having a treadmilling to-do list; tick one thing off the top, add another to the bottom. Write this, read that, enter these grades, make a Powerpoint, do the dishes.
I'm not sure if this is transient stress from a shitty term or whether I'm just burnt out on being a student. I browed the want ads for molecular biologists today, and am appalled at how many biotech companies are hiring molecular biologists... in sales.
:horrormirth:
That's how I felt and it was the worst in my last quarter.
I'm sorry to hear about your cat's penis dog's untimely demise.
Well, I got my ghetto air con rigged up, and I have Carribbean beer in the fridge. I'm not sure if I should bother to do anything else today.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 27, 2015, 03:49:28 PM
On another note, my dog died. I have a QA up at OHSU and a class and then I will bury him. EFO is coming home for the burial.
I am sorry about the dog, and I am sorry that EFO stayed away this long.
Quote from: Cain on May 27, 2015, 04:15:10 PM
I've actually never been to a Waffle House. I don't think they have them in the UK.
Oh wait, there was one, but it's closed for forever. Probably because most people think of this when waffles are mentioned:
(http://www.mydibel.be/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_full/public/product_hoofdfoto/Product_Large-waffles.jpg?itok=wyG3UFw2)
Those look way nicer than the ones at Waffle House. See, Waffle House is one of those places where the food resembles the customers that eat there: Sloppy, greasy, and incomplete in some way.
Waffle House is the basic response to intoxication in the Central United States. So, if you're ever in this shit-hole and in need of a sobering, greasy, dough patty covered in syrup, you know where to go. Look for the plain, yellow sign with plain, square, black letters.
Sorry to hear about your dog, Nigel. I hope things ease up for you in the future
Thanks, guys.
The end of the term, and the academic year, is nigh.
I talked to the folks on the hill today. Apparently for their program, I don't need the GRE, only the MCAT. They accept five students a year.
Last year, they had about 180 applicants. They interviewed 50, and offered to 18. So, while those odds may sound low, it's really about 1/10 offer rate for applicants and 1/3 offer rate for interviewees, which is not at all bad.
Of course, if I want to apply to any other programs for backup, I will need to also take the GRE.
It's an 8-year program, for most of which I will be doing clinical work and research, meaning that I should probably look at it as more of an 8-year job with no raises until the very end. Then I apply for residency, and then I apply for a fellowship, and then in 16 years theoretically I will be an assistant professor.
Sorry to hear about the dog, Nigel, and I hope the Magical Time and Money Fairy visits you soon and you can sleep for 14 hours without it causing problems.
Well, a graduate stipend is SOME money... :lol:
At least this summer I should have a fair amount of free time, or at least, if not free per se, unpressured time.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 28, 2015, 02:37:19 AM
Well, a graduate stipend is SOME money... :lol:
At least this summer I should have a fair amount of free time, or at least, if not free per se, unpressured time.
I like that distinction. I hate both free time and busy time equally. Unpressured time is where it's at.
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on May 28, 2015, 02:39:22 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 28, 2015, 02:37:19 AM
Well, a graduate stipend is SOME money... :lol:
At least this summer I should have a fair amount of free time, or at least, if not free per se, unpressured time.
I like that distinction. I hate both free time and busy time equally. Unpressured time is where it's at.
We could probably all use a little more unpressured time in our lives.
I would love me some more unpressured time.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 27, 2015, 03:49:28 PM
On another note, my dog died. I have a QA up at OHSU and a class and then I will bury him. EFO is coming home for the burial.
Blind Dog? That's a bummer. He was a good dude.
Not looking forward to the next three nights. Friday-Saturday-Sunday is always bad, but:
- It's nearly the end of exam season
- The exeat system still isn't working properly
- I haven't been in for 9 nights and I very much doubt everything (or indeed anything) from that time period which is relevant will be passed on
- I'm the senior shift manager
- My "co-worker" is not a House Parent, and will only be working half the shift.
So in short I'll have no breaks, no real help and it'll be on the worst nights for dealing with drunks, students throwing tantrums and general bullshit.
On the plus side, once this is done with, I have 15 nights of no work.
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on May 28, 2015, 06:53:27 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 27, 2015, 03:49:28 PM
On another note, my dog died. I have a QA up at OHSU and a class and then I will bury him. EFO is coming home for the burial.
Blind Dog? That's a bummer. He was a good dude.
Yeah, he went downhill really fast and it was really clear when he got to the end that he wasn't going to make it more than a few more days. My guess is congestive heart failure.
I'm glad he reached that point in the spring, when he could basically just lie down, sleep a lot, and fade out in pleasant weather.
Quote from: Cain on May 28, 2015, 11:55:41 PM
Not looking forward to the next three nights. Friday-Saturday-Sunday is always bad, but:
- It's nearly the end of exam season
- The exeat system still isn't working properly
- I haven't been in for 9 nights and I very much doubt everything (or indeed anything) from that time period which is relevant will be passed on
- I'm the senior shift manager
- My "co-worker" is not a House Parent, and will only be working half the shift.
So in short I'll have no breaks, no real help and it'll be on the worst nights for dealing with drunks, students throwing tantrums and general bullshit.
On the plus side, once this is done with, I have 15 nights of no work.
On a selfish note, I look forward to many borderline (or not) horrific stories over the course of the weekend.
I am feeling less overwhelmed today. It helped that I got really positive feedback on my last presentation, and I got a B on my Cell midterm (more than half the class got a C or below... the second Cell midterm is brutal, all new info we've never seen before and a lot of it... it's typically the lowest score of the term so I am COMPLETELY happy with a B) and Dr. R, on whom I have a hopeless crush, hailed me by name and made chit-chat with me later in the afternoon.
Now I just need to get a solid night's sleep and write a paper, 2 research summaries, and start a case study tomorrow, before diving into a weekend of studying my ass off.
Job situation past critical.
I will be moving on sooner than intended, but seeing as how the immediate risk to Ed's job is over, I just don't see hanging around as a necessity. I have a job in my pocket, but I'm getting another offer on Monday.
I have 8 years of dirt hanging in cloud, waiting for me to not log in for 7 consecutive days. I have edited out everything except as pertains to Lilly.
One effect this will have is that I will be online a lot less, though I haven't exactly been a fixture recently.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 30, 2015, 07:11:41 AM
Job situation past critical.
I will be moving on sooner than intended, but seeing as how the immediate risk to Ed's job is over, I just don't see hanging around as a necessity. I have a job in my pocket, but I'm getting another offer on Monday.
I have 8 years of dirt hanging in cloud, waiting for me to not log in for 7 consecutive days. I have edited out everything except as pertains to Lilly.
One effect this will have is that I will be online a lot less, though I haven't exactly been a fixture recently.
Whoa.
I will be interested in finding out how this all rolls out (sorry I haven't been able to answer the phone the last two times you've called, BTW!) and also hoping that whether you land in the job offer you already have or the one that's coming in, it's a much better situation. Hopefully one that affords you a lot of downtime for posting.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 30, 2015, 07:48:01 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 30, 2015, 07:11:41 AM
Job situation past critical.
I will be moving on sooner than intended, but seeing as how the immediate risk to Ed's job is over, I just don't see hanging around as a necessity. I have a job in my pocket, but I'm getting another offer on Monday.
I have 8 years of dirt hanging in cloud, waiting for me to not log in for 7 consecutive days. I have edited out everything except as pertains to Lilly.
One effect this will have is that I will be online a lot less, though I haven't exactly been a fixture recently.
Whoa.
I will be interested in finding out how this all rolls out (sorry I haven't been able to answer the phone the last two times you've called, BTW!) and also hoping that whether you land in the job offer you already have or the one that's coming in, it's a much better situation. Hopefully one that affords you a lot of downtime for posting.
1. If you don't have time, and you don't, then don't pick up. If it's important, I'll text.
2. Neither job will leave me with any downtime at all. Both jobs involve driving all over Arizona and dealing with cranky people, with the aim of extracting money from them in exchange for predictive maintenance that most places can't manage on their own. This means I will be posting on Friday nights.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 30, 2015, 07:51:14 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 30, 2015, 07:48:01 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 30, 2015, 07:11:41 AM
Job situation past critical.
I will be moving on sooner than intended, but seeing as how the immediate risk to Ed's job is over, I just don't see hanging around as a necessity. I have a job in my pocket, but I'm getting another offer on Monday.
I have 8 years of dirt hanging in cloud, waiting for me to not log in for 7 consecutive days. I have edited out everything except as pertains to Lilly.
One effect this will have is that I will be online a lot less, though I haven't exactly been a fixture recently.
Whoa.
I will be interested in finding out how this all rolls out (sorry I haven't been able to answer the phone the last two times you've called, BTW!) and also hoping that whether you land in the job offer you already have or the one that's coming in, it's a much better situation. Hopefully one that affords you a lot of downtime for posting.
1. If you don't have time, and you don't, then don't pick up. If it's important, I'll text.
2. Neither job will leave me with any downtime at all. Both jobs involve driving all over Arizona and dealing with cranky people, with the aim of extracting money from them in exchange for predictive maintenance that most places can't manage on their own. This means I will be posting on Friday nights.
It sounds like the tradeoff (from a selfish point of view) will be: less posts from you in general, but crazy motherfucking stories.
That is not the tradeoff I would choose if I could pick one, but I will take it because it's better than you not posting at all.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 30, 2015, 07:54:23 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 30, 2015, 07:51:14 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 30, 2015, 07:48:01 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 30, 2015, 07:11:41 AM
Job situation past critical.
I will be moving on sooner than intended, but seeing as how the immediate risk to Ed's job is over, I just don't see hanging around as a necessity. I have a job in my pocket, but I'm getting another offer on Monday.
I have 8 years of dirt hanging in cloud, waiting for me to not log in for 7 consecutive days. I have edited out everything except as pertains to Lilly.
One effect this will have is that I will be online a lot less, though I haven't exactly been a fixture recently.
Whoa.
I will be interested in finding out how this all rolls out (sorry I haven't been able to answer the phone the last two times you've called, BTW!) and also hoping that whether you land in the job offer you already have or the one that's coming in, it's a much better situation. Hopefully one that affords you a lot of downtime for posting.
1. If you don't have time, and you don't, then don't pick up. If it's important, I'll text.
2. Neither job will leave me with any downtime at all. Both jobs involve driving all over Arizona and dealing with cranky people, with the aim of extracting money from them in exchange for predictive maintenance that most places can't manage on their own. This means I will be posting on Friday nights.
It sounds like the tradeoff (from a selfish point of view) will be: less posts from you in general, but crazy motherfucking stories.
That is not the tradeoff I would choose if I could pick one, but I will take it because it's better than you not posting at all.
Tomorrow evening I'll give a little rant on why I'm leaving in a bigass hurry.
I plan to leave on June 11th, which also happens to be the day ALL the brass will be at the plant. Honestly, though, I don't think I'll make it through next week.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 30, 2015, 07:59:22 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 30, 2015, 07:54:23 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 30, 2015, 07:51:14 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 30, 2015, 07:48:01 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 30, 2015, 07:11:41 AM
Job situation past critical.
I will be moving on sooner than intended, but seeing as how the immediate risk to Ed's job is over, I just don't see hanging around as a necessity. I have a job in my pocket, but I'm getting another offer on Monday.
I have 8 years of dirt hanging in cloud, waiting for me to not log in for 7 consecutive days. I have edited out everything except as pertains to Lilly.
One effect this will have is that I will be online a lot less, though I haven't exactly been a fixture recently.
Whoa.
I will be interested in finding out how this all rolls out (sorry I haven't been able to answer the phone the last two times you've called, BTW!) and also hoping that whether you land in the job offer you already have or the one that's coming in, it's a much better situation. Hopefully one that affords you a lot of downtime for posting.
1. If you don't have time, and you don't, then don't pick up. If it's important, I'll text.
2. Neither job will leave me with any downtime at all. Both jobs involve driving all over Arizona and dealing with cranky people, with the aim of extracting money from them in exchange for predictive maintenance that most places can't manage on their own. This means I will be posting on Friday nights.
It sounds like the tradeoff (from a selfish point of view) will be: less posts from you in general, but crazy motherfucking stories.
That is not the tradeoff I would choose if I could pick one, but I will take it because it's better than you not posting at all.
Tomorrow evening I'll give a little rant on why I'm leaving in a bigass hurry.
I plan to leave on June 11th, which also happens to be the day ALL the brass will be at the plant. Honestly, though, I don't think I'll make it through next week.
Shit must have gotten really hot, really fast.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 30, 2015, 08:10:51 AM
Shit must have gotten really hot, really fast.
Let's just say that Lilly is frantic for me to leave, and I am happy to oblige her.
She's never really understood that we're playing for different stakes. She wants to WIN, and I just want to walk away with her career burning behind me, putting sunglasses on while the theme music starts.
Not because I feel that I must have some sort of "victory", but because I hate her more than she hates me, which is a fact I don't think she could get her brain around even if I told her. Because other people (Ed, for another example) don't have hate, they are just targets for it. Lilly would have been very comfortable in a world in which the Nazis won. Not being facetious, here, she's one of the worst two people I have ever met in my life.
The other one was also named Lilly, for what it's worth. :lulz: But one of the best people I've ever met was ALSO named Lilly, so it's not like a "wolf" thing.
I'll miss the daily-ish posts, but I'm really glad you're getting out.
Once you weren't building the future anymore, I couldn't see you sticking around.
Burning bridges with my emails:
QuoteDear [redacted] (and [redacted person I did not include in this email who you copied in),
Thank you for your reply.
However, I am unsure as what next year's staffing has to do with my request. Unless the [redacted] family are intending to stay until September, I would be available to move in at almost any time over the summer.
Furthermore, as I previously mentioned, I am both a House Parent and a night worker at [site] . I have a reasonable expectation of peace, quiet and privacy which cannot be assured as long as I am in a double cluster. It is very likely at some point someone will move into [room next to me] and that person is not going to appreciate me wanting to use my kitchen at 2am, and I am not going to appreciate hearing them coming in and out during the day while I try to sleep. I believe [other member of staff] in [room number] is already due to have someone in [the next room], for example. Additionally I have had both maintenance people and cleaning staff waking me before now.
In addition to this, and as I previously mentioned, other HPs, including a HP which does not even work at this site, have been afforded a studio flat. I am paying the same rent as these people, yet I am expected to live in a student room and have to share my space with another person at the whim of booking agencies.
I'd also like to make the point that while living in this room I cannot reasonably have any expectations of privacy or security. All on-duty staff have master keys that can access my room. So do cleaning and maintenance staff. So do off-site contractors such as [redacted], whose staff have not all been vetted via CRB checks. Given how my privacy has already been violated once, and I have been given no assurances it will not happen again despite my legal rights in this regard, I am justified in my concern over this happening again.
I have been more than reasonable in waiting several months for an opportunity to move to be made available.
With this 3rd email, I have still not yet been given a reasonable reason as to why I cannot move in. With my first email, there was no explanation and with your reply [Senior manager] it is much the same. Will I be afforded a studio flat to move into or not? If so, when? And if not, why not?
These are not difficult questions and I have expectations of basic courtesy being extended to me in answering them, not being kept in the dark or fobbed off with non-answers.
If I do not get a straight, clear-cut answer I am fully willing to take this up the chain of command and with Human Resources. If I do not get a reply within 7 days from either of you, this issue will be passed on to them. I hope it does not come to that, but please do not mistake my hopes for reluctance to act.
Regards,
:lol: Very nice.
Jesus Christ: Air Conditioning Repair Man
http://blogfiles.wfmu.org/CM/LoveWorkshop/Love_Workshop_-_Jesus_Christ.mp3 (http://blogfiles.wfmu.org/CM/LoveWorkshop/Love_Workshop_-_Jesus_Christ.mp3)
I should be making a powerpoint about this guy (http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/42285/title/HIV-Scientist-Pleads-Guilty-to-Fraud/) right now, but instead I'm eating popcorn and cleaning my closet.
My motivation level just ain't what it should be.
Two more weeks. All I have to do is make it through two more weeks.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 31, 2015, 06:39:31 AM
:lol: Very nice.
Also an object lesson: threats work. I now have a meeting.
Truth be told, I don't really care about the room. It would be nice to have, but I can live without it. But the fact they're so dead set on not letting me have it, and not telling me why means I am going to use it to yank their chain
all summer long.
Plus I'm interested in seeing exactly how many concessions I can wring out of them so they can protect whatever it is they want to protect. Lower rent, a guarantee of no neighbour, agreements not to enter the flat without 24 notice...lets see just how badly they want to keep this room free. Because the alternative is a slam dunk discrimination and fraud suit (they're currently claiming they do not need to give me said room because it is not specified in my contract. The same contract that completely lies about my job description and duties).
Quote from: Cain on May 31, 2015, 10:48:43 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 31, 2015, 06:39:31 AM
:lol: Very nice.
Also an object lesson: threats work. I now have a meeting.
Truth be told, I don't really care about the room. It would be nice to have, but I can live without it. But the fact they're so dead set on not letting me have it, and not telling me why means I am going to use it to yank their chain all summer long.
Plus I'm interested in seeing exactly how many concessions I can wring out of them so they can protect whatever it is they want to protect. Lower rent, a guarantee of no neighbour, agreements not to enter the flat without 24 notice...lets see just how badly they want to keep this room free. Because the alternative is a slam dunk discrimination and fraud suit (they're currently claiming they do not need to give me said room because it is not specified in my contract. The same contract that completely lies about my job description and duties).
:lulz: Now I'm curious about why the fuck they won't just give you the room.
I finished writing the outline for my presentation, and my professor finally posted three papers that I am supposed to have summarized by tomorrow.
Good times!
Meanwhile, I managed to weed a dozen or so dresses out of my closet, and purchased six more for this spring and summer.
Yep.
I can't believe I used to be a size five. Some of these dresses are teeny.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 31, 2015, 11:37:52 PM
I can't believe I used to be a size five. Some of these dresses are teeny.
My problem right now is that my shoulders and upper back have increased fairly dramatically in size, while my gut has shrunk.
So a 2XL shirt rides way up, and a 3XL looks like I'm wearing a tent.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 01, 2015, 02:18:42 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 31, 2015, 11:37:52 PM
I can't believe I used to be a size five. Some of these dresses are teeny.
My problem right now is that my shoulders and upper back have increased fairly dramatically in size, while my gut has shrunk.
So a 2XL shirt rides way up, and a 3XL looks like I'm wearing a tent.
Do Big and Tall stores have shirts that are cut for guys who are big but not fat?
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 01, 2015, 02:59:24 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 01, 2015, 02:18:42 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 31, 2015, 11:37:52 PM
I can't believe I used to be a size five. Some of these dresses are teeny.
My problem right now is that my shoulders and upper back have increased fairly dramatically in size, while my gut has shrunk.
So a 2XL shirt rides way up, and a 3XL looks like I'm wearing a tent.
Do Big and Tall stores have shirts that are cut for guys who are big but not fat?
I haven't seen a big & tall store in 10 years.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 01, 2015, 03:49:57 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 01, 2015, 02:59:24 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 01, 2015, 02:18:42 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 31, 2015, 11:37:52 PM
I can't believe I used to be a size five. Some of these dresses are teeny.
My problem right now is that my shoulders and upper back have increased fairly dramatically in size, while my gut has shrunk.
So a 2XL shirt rides way up, and a 3XL looks like I'm wearing a tent.
Do Big and Tall stores have shirts that are cut for guys who are big but not fat?
I haven't seen a big & tall store in 10 years.
That means I just referenced a thing of the past, with complete oblivion for the fact that it has vanished from the face of the earth. I am pretty sure that's one of the ten major landmarks of "you're fucking old, lady". :lol:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 01, 2015, 06:05:54 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 01, 2015, 03:49:57 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 01, 2015, 02:59:24 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 01, 2015, 02:18:42 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 31, 2015, 11:37:52 PM
I can't believe I used to be a size five. Some of these dresses are teeny.
My problem right now is that my shoulders and upper back have increased fairly dramatically in size, while my gut has shrunk.
So a 2XL shirt rides way up, and a 3XL looks like I'm wearing a tent.
Do Big and Tall stores have shirts that are cut for guys who are big but not fat?
I haven't seen a big & tall store in 10 years.
That means I just referenced a thing of the past, with complete oblivion for the fact that it has vanished from the face of the earth. I am pretty sure that's one of the ten major landmarks of "you're fucking old, lady". :lol:
I was talking about 8 tracks the other day. Keelin looked at me like I was talking Greek.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 01, 2015, 06:05:54 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 01, 2015, 03:49:57 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 01, 2015, 02:59:24 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 01, 2015, 02:18:42 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 31, 2015, 11:37:52 PM
I can't believe I used to be a size five. Some of these dresses are teeny.
My problem right now is that my shoulders and upper back have increased fairly dramatically in size, while my gut has shrunk.
So a 2XL shirt rides way up, and a 3XL looks like I'm wearing a tent.
Do Big and Tall stores have shirts that are cut for guys who are big but not fat?
I haven't seen a big & tall store in 10 years.
That means I just referenced a thing of the past, with complete oblivion for the fact that it has vanished from the face of the earth. I am pretty sure that's one of the ten major landmarks of "you're fucking old, lady". :lol:
I'm actually quite sure it might just be a matter of location, and much less a matter of modernization. I see Big and Tall stores all over the place where I'm at.
But, then again, I do live where everyone is stuck in the past...
If big and tall is anything like similar stores in Norway, they don't have anything for big but not fat. Most huge people I know have to get their clothes tailor made. Or wear tank tops and sweats all day.
I'm about to have to throw away all my jeans because my thighs are getting too big, and my jean jackets have become increasingly tight around the chest.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 01, 2015, 03:49:57 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 01, 2015, 02:59:24 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 01, 2015, 02:18:42 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 31, 2015, 11:37:52 PM
I can't believe I used to be a size five. Some of these dresses are teeny.
My problem right now is that my shoulders and upper back have increased fairly dramatically in size, while my gut has shrunk
So a 2XL shirt rides way up, and a 3XL looks like I'm wearing a tent.
Do Big and Tall stores have shirts that are cut for guys who are big but not fat?
I haven't seen a big & tall store in 10 years.
You need a 2XLT then. Order a couple online from walmart and have em shipped to your local store.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 01, 2015, 06:05:54 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 01, 2015, 03:49:57 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 01, 2015, 02:59:24 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 01, 2015, 02:18:42 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 31, 2015, 11:37:52 PM
I can't believe I used to be a size five. Some of these dresses are teeny.
My problem right now is that my shoulders and upper back have increased fairly dramatically in size, while my gut has shrunk.
So a 2XL shirt rides way up, and a 3XL looks like I'm wearing a tent.
Do Big and Tall stores have shirts that are cut for guys who are big but not fat?
I haven't seen a big & tall store in 10 years.
That means I just referenced a thing of the past, with complete oblivion for the fact that it has vanished from the face of the earth. I am pretty sure that's one of the ten major landmarks of "you're fucking old, lady". :lol:
We have a store for short guys in Toronto, which always makes me giggle. It shouldn't, since I'm on the short side of average height, but it does anyway. I'm a dick.
Quote from: Hoopla on June 01, 2015, 08:03:13 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 01, 2015, 06:05:54 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 01, 2015, 03:49:57 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 01, 2015, 02:59:24 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 01, 2015, 02:18:42 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 31, 2015, 11:37:52 PM
I can't believe I used to be a size five. Some of these dresses are teeny.
My problem right now is that my shoulders and upper back have increased fairly dramatically in size, while my gut has shrunk.
So a 2XL shirt rides way up, and a 3XL looks like I'm wearing a tent.
Do Big and Tall stores have shirts that are cut for guys who are big but not fat?
I haven't seen a big & tall store in 10 years.
That means I just referenced a thing of the past, with complete oblivion for the fact that it has vanished from the face of the earth. I am pretty sure that's one of the ten major landmarks of "you're fucking old, lady". :lol:
We have a store for short guys in Toronto, which always makes me giggle. It shouldn't, since I'm on the short side of average height, but it does anyway. I'm a dick.
No fucking way :lulz:
"To get the skill set you're bringing, we expected to hire two people. This will be reflected in the offer we make."
:hammer:
(The interview went VERY well.)
HOT DAMN!
Woot! Congrats.
Yeah, I suddenly feel better. Less trapped.
1 good offer on the table, and apparently a better one on the way.
And thanks.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 01, 2015, 11:58:22 PM
"To get the skill set you're bringing, we expected to hire two people. This will be reflected in the offer we make."
:hammer:
(The interview went VERY well.)
Wow, congrats!
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 01, 2015, 11:58:22 PM
"To get the skill set you're bringing, we expected to hire two people. This will be reflected in the offer we make."
:hammer:
(The interview went VERY well.)
NICE!
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 01, 2015, 11:58:22 PM
"To get the skill set you're bringing, we expected to hire two people. This will be reflected in the offer we make."
:hammer:
(The interview went VERY well.)
Sweet! :D
Awesome to hear, Roger!
Fuck yeah, Roger!
Unrelated: PeeDee was more active than my Facebook yesterday. What the fuck is going on with the Internet?
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 02, 2015, 03:19:41 AM
Yeah, I suddenly feel better. Less trapped.
1 good offer on the table, and apparently a better one on the way.
Excellent work that lizard.
Quote from: Cain on May 31, 2015, 10:48:43 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 31, 2015, 06:39:31 AM
:lol: Very nice.
Also an object lesson: threats work. I now have a meeting.
Truth be told, I don't really care about the room. It would be nice to have, but I can live without it. But the fact they're so dead set on not letting me have it, and not telling me why means I am going to use it to yank their chain all summer long.
Plus I'm interested in seeing exactly how many concessions I can wring out of them so they can protect whatever it is they want to protect. Lower rent, a guarantee of no neighbour, agreements not to enter the flat without 24 notice...lets see just how badly they want to keep this room free. Because the alternative is a slam dunk discrimination and fraud suit (they're currently claiming they do not need to give me said room because it is not specified in my contract. The same contract that completely lies about my job description and duties).
You Sir!
Can I interest you in the hilarity that can come with "working to rule"?
And how did the DIY AC work out? I trust it is both suitably shoddy and effective.
Congrats may be a bit early, but that does sound hella promising, Roger.
Quote from: Junkenstein on June 02, 2015, 05:16:24 PM
You Sir!
Can I interest you in the hilarity that can come with "working to rule"?
And how did the DIY AC work out? I trust it is both suitably shoddy and effective.
Oh, don't worry, that hilarity has already started.
It worked out fairly well, though the ice did melt distressingly fast (partly due to the warmth of the room, partly due to it being that ice made specially for drinks). However, after months of complaining to maintenance...the outside contractors installing new lighting systems fixed it.
It's still warm in here, of course, but it's more normally so. With the fan on, it actually feels cool.
Awesome, Roger!
Quote from: Junkenstein on June 02, 2015, 05:13:34 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 02, 2015, 03:19:41 AM
Yeah, I suddenly feel better. Less trapped.
1 good offer on the table, and apparently a better one on the way.
Excellent work that lizard.
:lulz: :argh!:
Quote from: Junkenstein on June 02, 2015, 05:13:34 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 02, 2015, 03:19:41 AM
Yeah, I suddenly feel better. Less trapped.
1 good offer on the table, and apparently a better one on the way.
Excellent work that lizard.
:lulz:
Congratulations all!
For cooling, dry ice price in London looks awful, however, did they chore all the fire extinguishers yet (CO2, of course). :lulz:
/
QuoteIt worked out fairly well, though the ice did melt distressingly fast (partly due to the warmth of the room, partly due to it being that ice made specially for drinks).
Congrats on the interview Doc!
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 01, 2015, 11:58:22 PM
"To get the skill set you're bringing, we expected to hire two people. This will be reflected in the offer we make."
:hammer:
(The interview went VERY well.)
Congrats man!
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on June 02, 2015, 05:03:15 PM
Fuck yeah, Roger!
Unrelated: PeeDee was more active than my Facebook yesterday. What the fuck is going on with the Internet?
Facebook has gone oddly dead.
Pussy Shots has gone from gaining hundreds of new members a day to losing 20 or so a day.
The change happened abruptly, no idea why.
Walked out today.
Keys with the warehouse guy, credit card cut in half on the AR/AP lady's desk, phone next to it. Everything in cloud sent to president of North American operations, walked out to the car putting on sunglasses like Putin, theme music playing.
Holy crap, I feel great.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 03, 2015, 04:55:50 PM
Walked out today.
Keys with the warehouse guy, credit card cut in half on the AR/AP lady's desk, phone next to it. Everything in cloud sent to president of North American operations, walked out to the car putting on sunglasses like Putin, theme music playing.
Holy crap, I feel great.
WOOO that is AWESOME!
Will you be getting any updates on the ensuing chaos?
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 03, 2015, 04:55:50 PM
Walked out today.
Keys with the warehouse guy, credit card cut in half on the AR/AP lady's desk, phone next to it. Everything in cloud sent to president of North American operations, walked out to the car putting on sunglasses like Putin, theme music playing.
Holy crap, I feel great.
That picture's going to get me through at least 4 hours of my shitty gig. Very nice!
This is both:
1) Rock.
2) Roll.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 03, 2015, 04:55:50 PM
Walked out today.
Keys with the warehouse guy, credit card cut in half on the AR/AP lady's desk, phone next to it. Everything in cloud sent to president of North American operations, walked out to the car putting on sunglasses like Putin, theme music playing.
Holy crap, I feel great.
It always does, enjoy it! I trust the tale is forthcoming in due time.
I trust you copied in other suitable parties and a BCC to a private and personal email?
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 03, 2015, 04:55:50 PM
Walked out today.
Keys with the warehouse guy, credit card cut in half on the AR/AP lady's desk, phone next to it. Everything in cloud sent to president of North American operations, walked out to the car putting on sunglasses like Putin, theme music playing.
Holy crap, I feel great.
Congratulations!
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 03, 2015, 04:55:50 PM
Walked out today.
Keys with the warehouse guy, credit card cut in half on the AR/AP lady's desk, phone next to it. Everything in cloud sent to president of North American operations, walked out to the car putting on sunglasses like Putin, theme music playing.
Holy crap, I feel great.
Like a boss.
Also: hope you tell what happens, if anything.
Congratulations on all of that, Dok!
On a separate note, the other day at work, a teenage couple was caught having oral sex in one of the theaters by a customer. My cousin (assistant manager) goes in to stop them. The girl was sitting on the guy and making out with him when my cousin walked in. My cousin tells them to sit in separate seats and to stop being inappropriate. She comes out and tells me the story and says that she has to go in and check on them again in a few minutes. I tell her "Nah, clock me out. I got it. I'll take my break now. I'll sit in there."
"Oh, are you sure?"
"Yeah, I'll sit right next to'em."
So, I go sit next to them in the movie theater. They are obviously bored and feel awkward throughout the whole movie, considering the guy who just served their popcorn is sitting right next to the chair they were just mouth-fucking in (I am also blatantly looking into their direction every few minutes).
The girl pulls out her phone to send a text. I whisper over to her "No cell phones please, it's distracting." :lol:
Spoilsport.
:lulz:
Quote from: Dubya on June 04, 2015, 02:42:25 AM
Spoilsport.
:lulz:
I'm the one who has to clean up the mess. If motherfuckers won't even pick up their popcorn bags and throw them away, there's no way they would consider wiping up their gooey mess. I ain't havin it! :lulz:
Good point. Now I owe the theater here an apology letter.
Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck my dog is sick.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 03, 2015, 05:19:07 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 03, 2015, 04:55:50 PM
Walked out today.
Keys with the warehouse guy, credit card cut in half on the AR/AP lady's desk, phone next to it. Everything in cloud sent to president of North American operations, walked out to the car putting on sunglasses like Putin, theme music playing.
Holy crap, I feel great.
WOOO that is AWESOME!
Will you be getting any updates on the ensuing chaos?
Absolutely. For a while, anyway. I've spent the last 5 weeks finding better jobs for my crew.
Poor Treacherous Assistant. He shall be a manager of one. :lulz:
Quote from: Junkenstein on June 03, 2015, 06:50:58 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 03, 2015, 04:55:50 PM
Walked out today.
Keys with the warehouse guy, credit card cut in half on the AR/AP lady's desk, phone next to it. Everything in cloud sent to president of North American operations, walked out to the car putting on sunglasses like Putin, theme music playing.
Holy crap, I feel great.
It always does, enjoy it! I trust the tale is forthcoming in due time.
I trust you copied in other suitable parties and a BCC to a private and personal email?
Of course.
We are, after all,
professionals.
Quote from: Dubya on June 04, 2015, 03:29:16 AM
Good point. Now I owe the theater here an apology letter.
I feel the need to write apology letters to businesses I've never set foot in.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on June 03, 2015, 05:43:53 PM
This is both:
1) Rock.
2) Roll.
Well, it was down to:
1. Quit.
2. Be fired (which can be fun, but not this time).
3. Wind up in jail for a long time.
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on June 03, 2015, 05:27:28 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 03, 2015, 04:55:50 PM
Walked out today.
Keys with the warehouse guy, credit card cut in half on the AR/AP lady's desk, phone next to it. Everything in cloud sent to president of North American operations, walked out to the car putting on sunglasses like Putin, theme music playing.
Holy crap, I feel great.
That picture's going to get me through at least 4 hours of my shitty gig. Very nice!
Turning in my keys to the warehouse clerk:
Lewis: "Lilly wants you to call her."
Dok: "And I want a million bucks and a blow job from Lady Gaga. Both are equally likely."
I got a laugh out of the warehouse guys.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 04, 2015, 04:40:26 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 03, 2015, 05:19:07 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 03, 2015, 04:55:50 PM
Walked out today.
Keys with the warehouse guy, credit card cut in half on the AR/AP lady's desk, phone next to it. Everything in cloud sent to president of North American operations, walked out to the car putting on sunglasses like Putin, theme music playing.
Holy crap, I feel great.
WOOO that is AWESOME!
Will you be getting any updates on the ensuing chaos?
Absolutely. For a while, anyway. I've spent the last 5 weeks finding better jobs for my crew.
Poor Treacherous Assistant. He shall be a manager of one. :lulz:
That, too, is glorious. :lol:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 04, 2015, 04:40:09 AM
Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck my dog is sick.
Any idea what's going on with him? :sad:
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 04, 2015, 04:45:14 AM
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on June 03, 2015, 05:27:28 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 03, 2015, 04:55:50 PM
Walked out today.
Keys with the warehouse guy, credit card cut in half on the AR/AP lady's desk, phone next to it. Everything in cloud sent to president of North American operations, walked out to the car putting on sunglasses like Putin, theme music playing.
Holy crap, I feel great.
That picture's going to get me through at least 4 hours of my shitty gig. Very nice!
Turning in my keys to the warehouse clerk:
Lewis: "Lilly wants you to call her."
Dok: "And I want a million bucks and a blow job from Lady Gaga. Both are equally likely."
I got a laugh out of the warehouse guys.
Still hoping for that explosion followed by doves tho
Well, it took a few months but it finally happened. Today, working at the community garden, i met my first truly mad vegan. I mean granted, this is a place where people are willing to pay for their own personal garden plot, so i guess it was inevitable. I was walking a can of gasoline back to the plot i was working on, when a skinny Russian man waves and says hi. It started out normal enough, but then he started talking about how veganism is God's Way to Eat, and how everyones wating wrong, and how meat is why we kill each other and make war. I smiled and nodded and walked away with a bag of Chinese Spinach for my trouble. Another days work in the garden
Best part is, I told my co-worker about this, he confirmed that the guy is known as Crazy Mike, because of course he is.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 04, 2015, 04:43:52 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on June 03, 2015, 05:43:53 PM
This is both:
1) Rock.
2) Roll.
Well, it was down to:
1. Quit.
2. Be fired (which can be fun, but not this time).
3. Wind up in jail for a long time.
2 and 3! DO YOU EVEN PUNK ROCK?!!?!?
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on June 04, 2015, 06:34:29 AM
Well, it took a few months but it finally happened. Today, working at the community garden, i met my first truly mad vegan. I mean granted, this is a place where people are willing to pay for their own personal garden plot, so i guess it was inevitable. I was walking a can of gasoline back to the plot i was working on, when a skinny Russian man waves and says hi. It started out normal enough, but then he started talking about how veganism is God's Way to Eat, and how everyones wating wrong, and how meat is why we kill each other and make war. I smiled and nodded and walked away with a bag of Chinese Spinach for my trouble. Another days work in the garden
Best part is, I told my co-worker about this, he confirmed that the guy is known as Crazy Mike, because of course he is.
Emergency Chicken Wings.
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on June 04, 2015, 05:15:32 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 04, 2015, 04:40:09 AM
Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck my dog is sick.
Oh no. :sad:
Yeah, I freaked out at first because my first thought, having just buried a dog last week, was "Maybe someone is poisoning my dogs". But it is very apparent that Nina has a UTI, which she is highly prone to by virtue of having been spayed too early (they will tell you it's never too early to spay or neuter: this is bullshit, don't have it done before they hit reproductive maturity if you have a choice) so she is absolutely miserable. I usually catch them early and am able to treat her before she gets to the complete horrifying misery peeing all over herself point, but apparently I've been too self-absorbed and now she is in actual pain. I don't think the over-the-counter medication is going to cut it and I have classes all day tomorrow so I am deciding which ones I can skip without fucking my grade over.
I can usually temp her with broth but she's refusing that, so I'm trying to trick her by giving her wet food with extra water in it.
I'm sorry to hear about your dogs urethra.
Quote from: Reginald Ret on June 04, 2015, 07:15:20 AM
I'm sorry to hear about your dogs urethra.
:horrormirth:
Quote from: Dubya on June 04, 2015, 03:29:16 AM
Good point. Now I owe the theater here an apology letter.
:argh!: :lulz:
Quote from: Reginald Ret on June 04, 2015, 07:15:20 AM
I'm sorry to hear about your dogs urethra.
:eek: :lulz:
That's very unfortunate Nigel. I hope it gets better soon :sad:
Just got the exit interview call from HR.
They are continuing my pay and benefits until the end of the month. They also managed to ask what my intentions were with respect to the hostile work environment. I told them I have no intentions, so long as I'm not fucked with.
I gather that Lilly will not be formally disciplined for this, but is no longer being considered for being confirmed as plant manager. This has the same general effect as an officer being passed over for promotion in the military.
Sounds like a win to me.
"This has the same general effect as an officer being passed over for promotion in the military."
Seeing as the army didn't want me, what effect is that?
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on June 04, 2015, 11:34:59 PM
"This has the same general effect as an officer being passed over for promotion in the military."
Seeing as the army didn't want me, what effect is that?
A stagnant career with pay that eventually caps to only adjust for inflation (barely).
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 04, 2015, 07:03:46 AM
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on June 04, 2015, 05:15:32 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 04, 2015, 04:40:09 AM
Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck my dog is sick.
Oh no. :sad:
Yeah, I freaked out at first because my first thought, having just buried a dog last week, was "Maybe someone is poisoning my dogs". But it is very apparent that Nina has a UTI, which she is highly prone to by virtue of having been spayed too early (they will tell you it's never too early to spay or neuter: this is bullshit, don't have it done before they hit reproductive maturity if you have a choice) so she is absolutely miserable. I usually catch them early and am able to treat her before she gets to the complete horrifying misery peeing all over herself point, but apparently I've been too self-absorbed and now she is in actual pain. I don't think the over-the-counter medication is going to cut it and I have classes all day tomorrow so I am deciding which ones I can skip without fucking my grade over.
Poor dog.
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on June 04, 2015, 11:34:59 PM
"This has the same general effect as an officer being passed over for promotion in the military."
Seeing as the army didn't want me, what effect is that?
What Coyote said, plus you are more or less driven out.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 05, 2015, 04:52:37 AM
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on June 04, 2015, 11:34:59 PM
"This has the same general effect as an officer being passed over for promotion in the military."
Seeing as the army didn't want me, what effect is that?
What Coyote said, plus you are more or less driven out.
Shit or get off the pot only you're locked in the port-o-shitter.
Congrats Doc!
Sorry to hear Nigel (twice) :sad:
Congrats? Cain!
Work has been kicking my ass lately, and looks set to keep doing so, but I enjoyed catching up a bit on the site today so I might make more of an effort to post again.
The stink in my room is apparently just wet floor, carpet, and padding. Which means I still need to finish hauling every single thing out of that room on my own because the husband is too sick to help, and we still need to pay for the new carpet and wait several days while the floor dries, but ALSO I get to look like a fucking shrill crazy bitch for thinking it was mold in the first place!
:horrormirth:
Remind me again why the floor is so wet?
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on June 05, 2015, 07:09:10 PM
Remind me again why the floor is so wet?
RELATED REQUEST: TELL NOBODY WHY THE FLOOR IS SO WET
Ok, so pursuant to this conversation (http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=35846.420), I'm going to see about doing some streaming tonight, here (http://www.twitch.tv/scarabandaris/). Probably in an hour and a half or so, once I've drunk and eaten.
Mostly want to see if it will work or not. If it works as it should, then there should be a chat where, if you're signed up, you can talk to me as I do stuff in real time. Which would be nice. Nicer than talking into a void when doing Youtube videos anyway.
Probably start off with some Mass Effect, but I might switch to Dishonored or Skyrim, depending on how it all goes.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on June 05, 2015, 07:09:10 PM
Remind me again why the floor is so wet?
I suspect it has something to do with the whole tentacles and face combination she has going on.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on June 05, 2015, 09:06:06 PM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 05, 2015, 07:56:14 PM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on June 05, 2015, 07:13:09 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on June 05, 2015, 07:09:10 PM
Remind me again why the floor is so wet?
RELATED REQUEST: TELL NOBODY WHY THE FLOOR IS SO WET
:lulz: This
Okay, I... I mean, no... but....
Screw all that. Tell us the awful truth.
My dog might have salmon fever, but I can't afford antibiotics AND diagnostics, so I'm throwing $200 worth of antibiotics at it and hoping she lives.
Also she is hands-down absolutely the hardest to pill dog I've ever worked with, and I have to giver her eight pills a day.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 05, 2015, 10:00:45 PM
My dog might have salmon fever, but I can't afford antibiotics AND diagnostics, so I'm throwing $200 worth of antibiotics at it and hoping she lives.
That sucks. Hope she pulls through.
Holy fuck, Nigel. The last month for you has not been kind. I'm talking to all kinds of people right now that are having incredibly shitty luck, too.
My friend's tire blew on Wednesday. He lost control and swerved off into a ditch. The car flipped over and he may have broken a knuckle.
My girlfriend is incapable of avoiding trouble with her parents, so she almost got kicked out last night because they claimed to have looked through her phone messages and found "proof" that I snuck into their house during the night, several times. Which is complete bullshit. But they're so sure that I did that they're willing to make up any lie about it. They're paranoid psychos. The thing is, they're predictable, but she's too stupid to use that to her advantage. And she won't take any of my advice. If I wasn't at risk to get the cops called on me, I'd just ignore that situation. If she refuses help or to solve the problem, then I should be able to just ignore it. But it involves the accusation that I committed a crime. The thing is, it's all just threats. It's just a control mechanism that her parents are using on her. If she listened to everything I said, the problem would be fixed in a week. But she doesn't have enough self-control to react with reason. She's so emotional and vulnerable to manipulation.
And then there's another endless list of people with uninteresting, but unfortunate circumstances affecting their lives in the past month. Everything's just all-around stressful and shitty for everyone.
Quote from: Cain on June 05, 2015, 09:01:57 PM
Ok, so pursuant to this conversation (http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=35846.420), I'm going to see about doing some streaming tonight, here (http://www.twitch.tv/scarabandaris/). Probably in an hour and a half or so, once I've drunk and eaten.
Mostly want to see if it will work or not. If it works as it should, then there should be a chat where, if you're signed up, you can talk to me as I do stuff in real time. Which would be nice. Nicer than talking into a void when doing Youtube videos anyway.
Probably start off with some Mass Effect, but I might switch to Dishonored or Skyrim, depending on how it all goes.
OK, this appears to be working. Please feel free to join the chat.
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 05, 2015, 10:41:16 PM
It's just a control mechanism that her parents are using on her. If she listened to everything I said, the problem would be fixed in a week. But she doesn't have enough self-control to react with reason. She's so emotional and vulnerable to manipulation.
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 05, 2015, 10:41:16 PM
she's too stupid to use that to her advantage. And she won't take any of my advice.
You sound like a terrible fucking partner here. The lack of respect you have for her sounds really atrocious. If someone told me their boyfriend felt the things you say you feel here, I would be telling them to leave. Quickly.
Quote from: Pæs on June 05, 2015, 11:48:20 PM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 05, 2015, 10:41:16 PM
It's just a control mechanism that her parents are using on her. If she listened to everything I said, the problem would be fixed in a week. But she doesn't have enough self-control to react with reason. She's so emotional and vulnerable to manipulation.
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 05, 2015, 10:41:16 PM
she's too stupid to use that to her advantage. And she won't take any of my advice.
You sound like a terrible fucking partner here. The lack of respect you have for her sounds really atrocious. If someone told me their boyfriend felt the things you say you feel here, I would be telling them to leave. Quickly.
It's not a feeling. It's a statement of fact. You can't fix a problem if you avoid stating its existence because it "makes you sound terrible."
I've been trying to help her become a more independent and powerful person. I'm trying to get her to think in a way that makes her less vulnerable. To do that, I have to point out, to her, the control mechanisms that cause her problems. I'm not rude about it. I'm blunt. But I'm not mean. She understands that. I don't tell her she's stupid. I just point out that her parents have a vulnerability that could make her life easier, and that she doesn't take advantage of it. I state the truth as I see it.
Okay. I maintain that "She is stupid if she listened to me all her problems would be solved" is still worth examining as a potential problem even if you don't think you explicitly share that perspective.
I'm with Paes and would like to add you're a dick and fuck you.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on June 06, 2015, 01:39:34 AM
I'm with Paes and would like to add you're a dick and fuck you.
Oh good. I'm understating how appalling I find the situation illustrated in that post because I've been reading r/relationships and am primed to see toxicity everywhere but that sounds super unhealthy to me.
Yea, I'm gonna hafta agree. Even if you have her best interests in mind, the way you presenting things doesnt sound supportive at all. Shes probably already on the defensive because of the pressure her folks are putting on her, so your "advice" is probably coming across as yet another attack, which is causing her to feel attacked on all sides, which will make her more panicked and less likely to calmly make a rational decision in any case. If you really want to help, you need to take another look at how you're communicating.
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 05, 2015, 10:41:16 PM
Holy fuck, Nigel. The last month for you has not been kind. I'm talking to all kinds of people right now that are having incredibly shitty luck, too.
My friend's tire blew on Wednesday. He lost control and swerved off into a ditch. The car flipped over and he may have broken a knuckle.
My girlfriend is incapable of avoiding trouble with her parents, so she almost got kicked out last night because they claimed to have looked through her phone messages and found "proof" that I snuck into their house during the night, several times. Which is complete bullshit. But they're so sure that I did that they're willing to make up any lie about it. They're paranoid psychos. The thing is, they're predictable, but she's too stupid to use that to her advantage. And she won't take any of my advice. If I wasn't at risk to get the cops called on me, I'd just ignore that situation. If she refuses help or to solve the problem, then I should be able to just ignore it. But it involves the accusation that I committed a crime. The thing is, it's all just threats. It's just a control mechanism that her parents are using on her. If she listened to everything I said, the problem would be fixed in a week. But she doesn't have enough self-control to react with reason. She's so emotional and vulnerable to manipulation.
And then there's another endless list of people with uninteresting, but unfortunate circumstances affecting their lives in the past month. Everything's just all-around stressful and shitty for everyone.
I appreciate the extension of sympathy, thank you.
I do have to say though, that while I realize that you are very very young, between this and an earlier post you made about your girlfriend and her relationship with her parents, and your relationship with both her and her parents, it sounds like you lack respect for her, and her parents, and her relationship with her parents, and it also sounds like you are rather manipulative and controlling, and that, honestly, you might just be the bad guy in the picture.
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 06, 2015, 01:10:02 AM
Quote from: Pæs on June 05, 2015, 11:48:20 PM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 05, 2015, 10:41:16 PM
It's just a control mechanism that her parents are using on her. If she listened to everything I said, the problem would be fixed in a week. But she doesn't have enough self-control to react with reason. She's so emotional and vulnerable to manipulation.
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 05, 2015, 10:41:16 PM
she's too stupid to use that to her advantage. And she won't take any of my advice.
You sound like a terrible fucking partner here. The lack of respect you have for her sounds really atrocious. If someone told me their boyfriend felt the things you say you feel here, I would be telling them to leave. Quickly.
It's not a feeling. It's a statement of fact. You can't fix a problem if you avoid stating its existence because it "makes you sound terrible."
I've been trying to help her become a more independent and powerful person. I'm trying to get her to think in a way that makes her less vulnerable. To do that, I have to point out, to her, the control mechanisms that cause her problems. I'm not rude about it. I'm blunt. But I'm not mean. She understands that. I don't tell her she's stupid. I just point out that her parents have a vulnerability that could make her life easier, and that she doesn't take advantage of it. I state the truth as I see it.
So you just tell other people she's stupid, while pressuring to change to be more like what you want her to be.
Nice.
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 05, 2015, 10:41:16 PM
Holy fuck, Nigel. The last month for you has not been kind. I'm talking to all kinds of people right now that are having incredibly shitty luck, too.
My friend's tire blew on Wednesday. He lost control and swerved off into a ditch. The car flipped over and he may have broken a knuckle.
My girlfriend is incapable of avoiding trouble with her parents, so she almost got kicked out last night because they claimed to have looked through her phone messages and found "proof" that I snuck into their house during the night, several times. Which is complete bullshit. But they're so sure that I did that they're willing to make up any lie about it. They're paranoid psychos. The thing is, they're predictable, but she's too stupid to use that to her advantage. And she won't take any of my advice. If I wasn't at risk to get the cops called on me, I'd just ignore that situation. If she refuses help or to solve the problem, then I should be able to just ignore it. But it involves the accusation that I committed a crime. The thing is, it's all just threats. It's just a control mechanism that her parents are using on her. If she listened to everything I said, the problem would be fixed in a week. But she doesn't have enough self-control to react with reason. She's so emotional and vulnerable to manipulation.
And then there's another endless list of people with uninteresting, but unfortunate circumstances affecting their lives in the past month. Everything's just all-around stressful and shitty for everyone.
You seem to have a very low opinion of your girlfriend.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on June 06, 2015, 01:39:34 AM
I'm with Paes and would like to add you're a dick and fuck you.
Also, this.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 06, 2015, 03:36:39 AM
and that, honestly, you might just be the bad guy in the picture.
And this.
I'm actually disgusted.
OK, stream I did earlier can be found here (http://www.twitch.tv/scarabandaris/b/666270511).
I'll be doing another one shortly.
Quote from: Cain on June 06, 2015, 04:17:53 AM
OK, stream I did earlier can be found here (http://www.twitch.tv/scarabandaris/b/666270511).
I'll be doing another one shortly.
OK, now streaming Skyrim (http://www.twitch.tv/scarabandaris) on twitch.
Quote from: Pæs on June 06, 2015, 01:29:25 AM
Okay. I maintain that "She is stupid if she listened to me all her problems would be solved" is still worth examining as a potential problem even if you don't think you explicitly share that perspective.
I'll take that into consideration.
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on June 06, 2015, 03:16:34 AM
Yea, I'm gonna hafta agree. Even if you have her best interests in mind, the way you presenting things doesnt sound supportive at all. Shes probably already on the defensive because of the pressure her folks are putting on her, so your "advice" is probably coming across as yet another attack, which is causing her to feel attacked on all sides, which will make her more panicked and less likely to calmly make a rational decision in any case. If you really want to help, you need to take another look at how you're communicating.
This is actually VERY helpful, because it confirms what I already suspected. I was considering that maybe the way I was bringing it up to her could've been a bit contradictory to my goals, in the sense that it would elicit emotional responses that hinder reasoning. I will definitely take this into consideration.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 06, 2015, 03:36:39 AM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 05, 2015, 10:41:16 PM
Holy fuck, Nigel. The last month for you has not been kind. I'm talking to all kinds of people right now that are having incredibly shitty luck, too.
My friend's tire blew on Wednesday. He lost control and swerved off into a ditch. The car flipped over and he may have broken a knuckle.
My girlfriend is incapable of avoiding trouble with her parents, so she almost got kicked out last night because they claimed to have looked through her phone messages and found "proof" that I snuck into their house during the night, several times. Which is complete bullshit. But they're so sure that I did that they're willing to make up any lie about it. They're paranoid psychos. The thing is, they're predictable, but she's too stupid to use that to her advantage. And she won't take any of my advice. If I wasn't at risk to get the cops called on me, I'd just ignore that situation. If she refuses help or to solve the problem, then I should be able to just ignore it. But it involves the accusation that I committed a crime. The thing is, it's all just threats. It's just a control mechanism that her parents are using on her. If she listened to everything I said, the problem would be fixed in a week. But she doesn't have enough self-control to react with reason. She's so emotional and vulnerable to manipulation.
And then there's another endless list of people with uninteresting, but unfortunate circumstances affecting their lives in the past month. Everything's just all-around stressful and shitty for everyone.
I appreciate the extension of sympathy, thank you.
I do have to say though, that while I realize that you are very very young, between this and an earlier post you made about your girlfriend and her relationship with her parents, and your relationship with both her and her parents, it sounds like you lack respect for her, and her parents, and her relationship with her parents, and it also sounds like you are rather manipulative and controlling, and that, honestly, you might just be the bad guy in the picture.
I respect her enough to try and make sure her life is easier.
Of course I don't respect her parents. Her parents are scum. Honestly, I think her torment, as well as my inconveniences, would end, vanquish with their lives. I pray for car accidents every day. And if you knew what they did to her, you would probably feel the same way.
Her relationship with her parents is a demonstration of abusive parents and their systems of control and dependency issues. Why would I respect that?
"You are rather manipulative and controlling..." ~ You have no idea. That is an understatement.
My goal is to better her life, and as a result, better mine. Solving her problems gives me practice at solving problems and manipulating people. It gives me an insight into how people react in certain situations, giving me a better understanding of people with the same behavioral patterns and mentalities. It also teaches me things about myself. If that makes me the "bad guy," then I don't care about being good. I understand my goals and their effects on other people. I accept the consequences and still love myself. If I something happens that changes my mind later down the road, so be it. I change. I am a person. I am dynamic (To an extent).
Also, I'd like to add that I never stated that I was dating the love of my life. I don't lie to her by telling her I love her. I'm actually quite honest with her about almost everything. My controlling nature and all. And she accepts it. You may have a problem with it, but she doesn't even want to count her previous relationships because this one is so successful in her eyes. She's told me, over and over again, that meeting me was probably the best thing that ever happened to her, and that she's learned so much from me about herself, and that she takes me for granted all the time. I don't emotionally manipulate her. I use carefully crafted proposals and ideas to get her to have epiphanies about situations. Almost none of which ever have to do with the relationship. They usually have to do with things like the fact that she used to think everything Creationists think. Took care of that in just a few months. She even started questioning her faith in God. And I didn't even try to push her away from God. I just tried to push her into skepticism and scientific reasoning.
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 06, 2015, 04:53:47 AM
Quote from: Pæs on June 06, 2015, 01:29:25 AM
Okay. I maintain that "She is stupid if she listened to me all her problems would be solved" is still worth examining as a potential problem even if you don't think you explicitly share that perspective.
I'll take that into consideration.
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on June 06, 2015, 03:16:34 AM
Yea, I'm gonna hafta agree. Even if you have her best interests in mind, the way you presenting things doesnt sound supportive at all. Shes probably already on the defensive because of the pressure her folks are putting on her, so your "advice" is probably coming across as yet another attack, which is causing her to feel attacked on all sides, which will make her more panicked and less likely to calmly make a rational decision in any case. If you really want to help, you need to take another look at how you're communicating.
This is actually VERY helpful, because it confirms what I already suspected. I was considering that maybe the way I was bringing it up to her could've been a bit contradictory to my goals, in the sense that it would elicit emotional responses that hinder reasoning. I will definitely take this into consideration.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 06, 2015, 03:36:39 AM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 05, 2015, 10:41:16 PM
Holy fuck, Nigel. The last month for you has not been kind. I'm talking to all kinds of people right now that are having incredibly shitty luck, too.
My friend's tire blew on Wednesday. He lost control and swerved off into a ditch. The car flipped over and he may have broken a knuckle.
My girlfriend is incapable of avoiding trouble with her parents, so she almost got kicked out last night because they claimed to have looked through her phone messages and found "proof" that I snuck into their house during the night, several times. Which is complete bullshit. But they're so sure that I did that they're willing to make up any lie about it. They're paranoid psychos. The thing is, they're predictable, but she's too stupid to use that to her advantage. And she won't take any of my advice. If I wasn't at risk to get the cops called on me, I'd just ignore that situation. If she refuses help or to solve the problem, then I should be able to just ignore it. But it involves the accusation that I committed a crime. The thing is, it's all just threats. It's just a control mechanism that her parents are using on her. If she listened to everything I said, the problem would be fixed in a week. But she doesn't have enough self-control to react with reason. She's so emotional and vulnerable to manipulation.
And then there's another endless list of people with uninteresting, but unfortunate circumstances affecting their lives in the past month. Everything's just all-around stressful and shitty for everyone.
I appreciate the extension of sympathy, thank you.
I do have to say though, that while I realize that you are very very young, between this and an earlier post you made about your girlfriend and her relationship with her parents, and your relationship with both her and her parents, it sounds like you lack respect for her, and her parents, and her relationship with her parents, and it also sounds like you are rather manipulative and controlling, and that, honestly, you might just be the bad guy in the picture.
I respect her enough to try and make sure her life is easier.
Of course I don't respect her parents. Her parents are scum. Honestly, I think her torment, as well as my inconveniences, would end, vanquish with their lives. I pray for car accidents every day. And if you knew what they did to her, you would probably feel the same way.
Her relationship with her parents is a demonstration of abusive parents and their systems of control and dependency issues. Why would I respect that?
"You are rather manipulative and controlling..." ~ You have no idea. That is an understatement.
My goal is to better her life, and as a result, better mine. Solving her problems gives me practice at solving problems and manipulating people. It gives me an insight into how people react in certain situations, giving me a better understanding of people with the same behavioral patterns and mentalities. It also teaches me things about myself. If that makes me the "bad guy," then I don't care about being good. I understand my goals and their effects on other people. I accept the consequences and still love myself. If I something happens that changes my mind later down the road, so be it. I change. I am a person. I am dynamic (To an extent).
Also, I'd like to add that I never stated that I was dating the love of my life. I don't lie to her by telling her I love her. I'm actually quite honest with her about almost everything. My controlling nature and all. And she accepts it. You may have a problem with it, but she doesn't even want to count her previous relationships because this one is so successful in her eyes. She's told me, over and over again, that meeting me was probably the best thing that ever happened to her, and that she's learned so much from me about herself, and that she takes me for granted all the time. I don't emotionally manipulate her. I use carefully crafted proposals and ideas to get her to have epiphanies about situations. Almost none of which ever have to do with the relationship. They usually have to do with things like the fact that she used to think everything Creationists think. Took care of that in just a few months. She even started questioning her faith in God. And I didn't even try to push her away from God. I just tried to push her into skepticism and scientific reasoning.
So, what you're saying is that you don't view her as wholly-human. She's more like a brain damaged gerbil that has to be "led", and she's "stupid", because she doesn't go along with it.
You're a swine.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 06, 2015, 05:02:53 AM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 06, 2015, 04:53:47 AM
Quote from: Pæs on June 06, 2015, 01:29:25 AM
Okay. I maintain that "She is stupid if she listened to me all her problems would be solved" is still worth examining as a potential problem even if you don't think you explicitly share that perspective.
I'll take that into consideration.
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on June 06, 2015, 03:16:34 AM
Yea, I'm gonna hafta agree. Even if you have her best interests in mind, the way you presenting things doesnt sound supportive at all. Shes probably already on the defensive because of the pressure her folks are putting on her, so your "advice" is probably coming across as yet another attack, which is causing her to feel attacked on all sides, which will make her more panicked and less likely to calmly make a rational decision in any case. If you really want to help, you need to take another look at how you're communicating.
This is actually VERY helpful, because it confirms what I already suspected. I was considering that maybe the way I was bringing it up to her could've been a bit contradictory to my goals, in the sense that it would elicit emotional responses that hinder reasoning. I will definitely take this into consideration.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 06, 2015, 03:36:39 AM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 05, 2015, 10:41:16 PM
Holy fuck, Nigel. The last month for you has not been kind. I'm talking to all kinds of people right now that are having incredibly shitty luck, too.
My friend's tire blew on Wednesday. He lost control and swerved off into a ditch. The car flipped over and he may have broken a knuckle.
My girlfriend is incapable of avoiding trouble with her parents, so she almost got kicked out last night because they claimed to have looked through her phone messages and found "proof" that I snuck into their house during the night, several times. Which is complete bullshit. But they're so sure that I did that they're willing to make up any lie about it. They're paranoid psychos. The thing is, they're predictable, but she's too stupid to use that to her advantage. And she won't take any of my advice. If I wasn't at risk to get the cops called on me, I'd just ignore that situation. If she refuses help or to solve the problem, then I should be able to just ignore it. But it involves the accusation that I committed a crime. The thing is, it's all just threats. It's just a control mechanism that her parents are using on her. If she listened to everything I said, the problem would be fixed in a week. But she doesn't have enough self-control to react with reason. She's so emotional and vulnerable to manipulation.
And then there's another endless list of people with uninteresting, but unfortunate circumstances affecting their lives in the past month. Everything's just all-around stressful and shitty for everyone.
I appreciate the extension of sympathy, thank you.
I do have to say though, that while I realize that you are very very young, between this and an earlier post you made about your girlfriend and her relationship with her parents, and your relationship with both her and her parents, it sounds like you lack respect for her, and her parents, and her relationship with her parents, and it also sounds like you are rather manipulative and controlling, and that, honestly, you might just be the bad guy in the picture.
I respect her enough to try and make sure her life is easier.
Of course I don't respect her parents. Her parents are scum. Honestly, I think her torment, as well as my inconveniences, would end, vanquish with their lives. I pray for car accidents every day. And if you knew what they did to her, you would probably feel the same way.
Her relationship with her parents is a demonstration of abusive parents and their systems of control and dependency issues. Why would I respect that?
"You are rather manipulative and controlling..." ~ You have no idea. That is an understatement.
My goal is to better her life, and as a result, better mine. Solving her problems gives me practice at solving problems and manipulating people. It gives me an insight into how people react in certain situations, giving me a better understanding of people with the same behavioral patterns and mentalities. It also teaches me things about myself. If that makes me the "bad guy," then I don't care about being good. I understand my goals and their effects on other people. I accept the consequences and still love myself. If I something happens that changes my mind later down the road, so be it. I change. I am a person. I am dynamic (To an extent).
Also, I'd like to add that I never stated that I was dating the love of my life. I don't lie to her by telling her I love her. I'm actually quite honest with her about almost everything. My controlling nature and all. And she accepts it. You may have a problem with it, but she doesn't even want to count her previous relationships because this one is so successful in her eyes. She's told me, over and over again, that meeting me was probably the best thing that ever happened to her, and that she's learned so much from me about herself, and that she takes me for granted all the time. I don't emotionally manipulate her. I use carefully crafted proposals and ideas to get her to have epiphanies about situations. Almost none of which ever have to do with the relationship. They usually have to do with things like the fact that she used to think everything Creationists think. Took care of that in just a few months. She even started questioning her faith in God. And I didn't even try to push her away from God. I just tried to push her into skepticism and scientific reasoning.
So, what you're saying is that you don't view her as wholly-human. She's more like a brain damaged gerbil that has to be "led", and she's "stupid", because she doesn't go along with it.
You're a swine.
I just stated that she was a person making her own, educated decision in regards to dating me and taking my advice. I'm just pissed that she won't take my advice even though the logic is blatantly sound. I associate refusal to accept sound logic with stupidity.
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 06, 2015, 05:06:57 AM
I just stated that she was a person making her own, educated decision in regards to dating me and taking my advice. I'm just pissed that she won't take my advice even though the logic is blatantly sound. I associate refusal to accept sound logic with stupidity.
I don't care what your rationalizations are, really. I mean, shit, do I
seem like I care?
Fact: You think she's stupid.
Fact: You're still with her.
Fact: You're a domestic abuser waiting to happen.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 06, 2015, 05:11:00 AM
Fact: You're a domestic abuser waiting to happen.
:roll:
I'll take your harshness as a sign that you have a predisposed opinion of me that is twisting your perspective, as well as a sign that you lack a clear enough perspective of the situation to have a relevant opinion. My frankness when it comes to describing people and relationships is misleading to those who look for behavioral/psychological insight and connotation in peoples' interpersonal vocabulary.
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 06, 2015, 04:53:47 AM
My goal is to better her life, and as a result, better mine. Solving her problems gives me practice at solving problems and manipulating people. It gives me an insight into how people react in certain situations, giving me a better understanding of people with the same behavioral patterns and mentalities. It also teaches me things about myself. If that makes me the "bad guy," then I don't care about being good. I understand my goals and their effects on other people. I accept the consequences and still love myself. If I something happens that changes my mind later down the road, so be it. I change. I am a person. I am dynamic (To an extent).
Also, I'd like to add that I never stated that I was dating the love of my life. I don't lie to her by telling her I love her. I'm actually quite honest with her about almost everything. My controlling nature and all. And she accepts it. You may have a problem with it, but she doesn't even want to count her previous relationships because this one is so successful in her eyes. She's told me, over and over again, that meeting me was probably the best thing that ever happened to her, and that she's learned so much from me about herself, and that she takes me for granted all the time. I don't emotionally manipulate her. I use carefully crafted proposals and ideas to get her to have epiphanies about situations. Almost none of which ever have to do with the relationship. They usually have to do with things like the fact that she used to think everything Creationists think. Took care of that in just a few months. She even started questioning her faith in God. And I didn't even try to push her away from God. I just tried to push her into skepticism and scientific reasoning.
Holy sweet jesus fuck.
Kid, I don't know if therapy can help you, but I would still recommend it wholeheartedly if you hope to someday grow up to have healthy, functional, mutually beneficial relationships with people in your life.
People aren't training wheels, toys, tools, or things for you to hone your manipulation skills on. Whether they are dysfunctional or not, and whether you are up-front about it or not.
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 06, 2015, 05:06:57 AM
I just stated that she was a person making her own, educated decision in regards to dating me and taking my advice. I'm just pissed that she won't take my advice even though the logic is blatantly sound. I associate refusal to accept sound logic with stupidity.
You are stuck in the logic trap that your advice is
good because your logic is
sound in terms of
getting what you want from the situation. You are the only person who has agency in the logical scenario you are setting up.
However, what you don't have is her perspective. You are operating from a paternalistic state of arrogance, which is also a state of ignorance.
You seem to consider this a form of personal development. From my experience in dealing with personality-disordered people, the direction you are developing yourself into is one in which you surround yourself with people you can manipulate, and never develop the skills to relate to or cope with people who are strong-willed, self-possessed, intelligent, and resistant to manipulation. In other words, if you continue down this path, your future is to be the kingpin in a circle jerk of dysfunctional losers.
I really hope you do have the genuine capacity to learn how to relate normally to other human beings, you seem reasonably intelligent and like you potentially have something to contribute to society, if you knuckle down and put the work into it.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 06, 2015, 05:38:29 AM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 06, 2015, 04:53:47 AM
My goal is to better her life, and as a result, better mine. Solving her problems gives me practice at solving problems and manipulating people. It gives me an insight into how people react in certain situations, giving me a better understanding of people with the same behavioral patterns and mentalities. It also teaches me things about myself. If that makes me the "bad guy," then I don't care about being good. I understand my goals and their effects on other people. I accept the consequences and still love myself. If I something happens that changes my mind later down the road, so be it. I change. I am a person. I am dynamic (To an extent).
Also, I'd like to add that I never stated that I was dating the love of my life. I don't lie to her by telling her I love her. I'm actually quite honest with her about almost everything. My controlling nature and all. And she accepts it. You may have a problem with it, but she doesn't even want to count her previous relationships because this one is so successful in her eyes. She's told me, over and over again, that meeting me was probably the best thing that ever happened to her, and that she's learned so much from me about herself, and that she takes me for granted all the time. I don't emotionally manipulate her. I use carefully crafted proposals and ideas to get her to have epiphanies about situations. Almost none of which ever have to do with the relationship. They usually have to do with things like the fact that she used to think everything Creationists think. Took care of that in just a few months. She even started questioning her faith in God. And I didn't even try to push her away from God. I just tried to push her into skepticism and scientific reasoning.
People aren't training wheels, toys, tools, or things for you to hone your manipulation skills on.
Well, not all of them. I care about a few people. And I care about more people the more I spend time with them.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 06, 2015, 05:49:58 AM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 06, 2015, 05:06:57 AM
I just stated that she was a person making her own, educated decision in regards to dating me and taking my advice. I'm just pissed that she won't take my advice even though the logic is blatantly sound. I associate refusal to accept sound logic with stupidity.
You are stuck in the logic trap that your advice is good because your logic is sound in terms of getting what you want from the situation. You are the only person who has agency in the logical scenario you are setting up.
However, what you don't have is her perspective. You are operating from a paternalistic state of arrogance, which is also a state of ignorance.
You seem to consider this a form of personal development. From my experience in dealing with personality-disordered people, the direction you are developing yourself into is one in which you surround yourself with people you can manipulate, and never develop the skills to relate to or cope with people who are strong-willed, self-possessed, intelligent, and resistant to manipulation. In other words, if you continue down this path, your future is to be the kingpin in a circle jerk of dysfunctional losers.
I really hope you do have the genuine capacity to learn how to relate normally to other human beings, you seem reasonably intelligent and like you potentially have something to contribute to society, if you knuckle down and put the work into it.
Let me tell you a story:
One day, my girlfriend got herself into a fight with her parents. The result of this fight was physical abuse (Punching, dragging, etc.), emotional abuse (Blaming of family problems on her that she had nothing to do with), and total destruction of her ability to do anything for months. The next day, I had her send a few carefully crafted messages to her mother that would break her down and force her to look at herself as the enemy. I told her that if the message didn't work, that I'd never give her advice again.
She sent the messages. She got every freedom and privilege she could've ever wanted. I gave her instructions on how to keep her parents in a state that would leave her with these freedoms and privileges at all times. She was so amazed, so happy, so at peace with everything. But she failed to follow the second set of instructions. So she lost it all by the next day.
She benefits, and she knows it. She just needs reminded.
EDIT: More will be added once I get the chance to charge my tablet. It will die any minute now.
EDIT2: It just so happens I prefer being around strong-willed people, the most. I admire them the most. All of my friends tend to be strong-willed. I am doing this because where I want to go in life involves crushing much of the opposition through manipulation. Or, at least, that's the most expedient method of getting there.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 06, 2015, 06:02:25 AM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 06, 2015, 05:28:25 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 06, 2015, 05:11:00 AM
Fact: You're a domestic abuser waiting to happen.
:roll:
I'll take your harshness as a sign that you have a predisposed opinion of me that is twisting your perspective, as well as a sign that you lack a clear enough perspective of the situation to have a relevant opinion. My frankness when it comes to describing people and relationships is misleading to those who look for behavioral/psychological insight and connotation in peoples' interpersonal vocabulary.
No, my harshness is that your recent posts have been a study in how not to act like a fucking human being.
You're not being productive. You're just insulting. Your opinion has been taken under advisement. Unless you have something useful to say, I have nothing more to say to you.
Actually, I would like to point out that I see human beings do what I do, and worse, all the time. It is in human nature. I am a human being. Your problem is that you can't accept that human beings can also be bad, I guess.
Christ, what an asshole. Just shut up, dude. You're repulsive.
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 06, 2015, 05:28:25 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 06, 2015, 05:11:00 AM
Fact: You're a domestic abuser waiting to happen.
:roll:
I'll take your harshness as a sign that you have a predisposed opinion of me that is twisting your perspective, as well as a sign that you lack a clear enough perspective of the situation to have a relevant opinion. My frankness when it comes to describing people and relationships is misleading to those who look for behavioral/psychological insight and connotation in peoples' interpersonal vocabulary.
No, my harshness is that your recent posts have been a study in how not to act like a fucking human being.
I'm not qualified to diagnose antisocial personality disorders but even if I was I imagine you'd find a way to rationalise away any such criticism.
Quote from: Pæs on June 06, 2015, 06:16:43 AM
I'm not qualified to diagnose antisocial personality disorders but even if I was I imagine you'd find a way to rationalise away any such criticism.
"Disorder" tends to imply a lack of self-awareness, or lack of awareness of one's actions on other people and situations. I think I'm quite aware of the consequences that my actions create for myself and others. The only times my views damage me or my relationships with other people are when my views are expressed, openly, to others. I could've kept quiet and you'd have never known the difference. At least I put it out in the open for all to analyze and criticize. I could just internalize it and hate myself, leading to emotional instability and heinous crime, or blame others for my problems and live in useless squalor. Your criticisms are far more valuable to me than compartmentalization.
I will live my life the way I choose, and I will eventually meet my maker. Same as any of you.
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 06, 2015, 06:35:32 AM
Quote from: Pæs on June 06, 2015, 06:16:43 AM
I'm not qualified to diagnose antisocial personality disorders but even if I was I imagine you'd find a way to rationalise away any such criticism.
"Disorder" tends to imply a lack of self-awareness, or lack of awareness of one's actions on other people and situations. I think I'm quite aware of the consequences that my actions create for myself and others. The only times my views damage me or my relationships with other people are when my views are expressed, openly, to others. I could've kept quiet and you'd have never known the difference. At least I put it out in the open for all to analyze and criticize. I could just internalize it and hate myself, leading to emotional instability and heinous crime, or blame others for my problems and live in useless squalor. Your criticisms are far more valuable to me than compartmentalization.
I will live my life the way I choose, and I will eventually meet my maker. Same as any of you.
Wow, Paes. It came true so quickly.
What it sounds like is that he's trying to isolate his GF.
Sort of like Von Melee did with Nurse Mayhem.
Skyrim stream done (http://www.twitch.tv/scarabandaris/b/666368975).
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 06, 2015, 05:59:51 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 06, 2015, 05:38:29 AM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 06, 2015, 04:53:47 AM
My goal is to better her life, and as a result, better mine. Solving her problems gives me practice at solving problems and manipulating people. It gives me an insight into how people react in certain situations, giving me a better understanding of people with the same behavioral patterns and mentalities. It also teaches me things about myself. If that makes me the "bad guy," then I don't care about being good. I understand my goals and their effects on other people. I accept the consequences and still love myself. If I something happens that changes my mind later down the road, so be it. I change. I am a person. I am dynamic (To an extent).
Also, I'd like to add that I never stated that I was dating the love of my life. I don't lie to her by telling her I love her. I'm actually quite honest with her about almost everything. My controlling nature and all. And she accepts it. You may have a problem with it, but she doesn't even want to count her previous relationships because this one is so successful in her eyes. She's told me, over and over again, that meeting me was probably the best thing that ever happened to her, and that she's learned so much from me about herself, and that she takes me for granted all the time. I don't emotionally manipulate her. I use carefully crafted proposals and ideas to get her to have epiphanies about situations. Almost none of which ever have to do with the relationship. They usually have to do with things like the fact that she used to think everything Creationists think. Took care of that in just a few months. She even started questioning her faith in God. And I didn't even try to push her away from God. I just tried to push her into skepticism and scientific reasoning.
People aren't training wheels, toys, tools, or things for you to hone your manipulation skills on.
Well, not all of them. I care about a few people. And I care about more people the more I spend time with them.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 06, 2015, 05:49:58 AM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 06, 2015, 05:06:57 AM
I just stated that she was a person making her own, educated decision in regards to dating me and taking my advice. I'm just pissed that she won't take my advice even though the logic is blatantly sound. I associate refusal to accept sound logic with stupidity.
You are stuck in the logic trap that your advice is good because your logic is sound in terms of getting what you want from the situation. You are the only person who has agency in the logical scenario you are setting up.
However, what you don't have is her perspective. You are operating from a paternalistic state of arrogance, which is also a state of ignorance.
You seem to consider this a form of personal development. From my experience in dealing with personality-disordered people, the direction you are developing yourself into is one in which you surround yourself with people you can manipulate, and never develop the skills to relate to or cope with people who are strong-willed, self-possessed, intelligent, and resistant to manipulation. In other words, if you continue down this path, your future is to be the kingpin in a circle jerk of dysfunctional losers.
I really hope you do have the genuine capacity to learn how to relate normally to other human beings, you seem reasonably intelligent and like you potentially have something to contribute to society, if you knuckle down and put the work into it.
Let me tell you a story:
One day, my girlfriend got herself into a fight with her parents. The result of this fight was physical abuse (Punching, dragging, etc.), emotional abuse (Blaming of family problems on her that she had nothing to do with), and total destruction of her ability to do anything for months. The next day, I had her send a few carefully crafted messages to her mother that would break her down and force her to look at herself as the enemy. I told her that if the message didn't work, that I'd never give her advice again.
She sent the messages. She got every freedom and privilege she could've ever wanted. I gave her instructions on how to keep her parents in a state that would leave her with these freedoms and privileges at all times. She was so amazed, so happy, so at peace with everything. But she failed to follow the second set of instructions. So she lost it all by the next day.
She benefits, and she knows it. She just needs reminded.
EDIT: More will be added once I get the chance to charge my tablet. It will die any minute now.
EDIT2: It just so happens I prefer being around strong-willed people, the most. I admire them the most. All of my friends tend to be strong-willed. I am doing this because where I want to go in life involves crushing much of the opposition through manipulation. Or, at least, that's the most expedient method of getting there.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 06, 2015, 06:02:25 AM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 06, 2015, 05:28:25 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 06, 2015, 05:11:00 AM
Fact: You're a domestic abuser waiting to happen.
:roll:
I'll take your harshness as a sign that you have a predisposed opinion of me that is twisting your perspective, as well as a sign that you lack a clear enough perspective of the situation to have a relevant opinion. My frankness when it comes to describing people and relationships is misleading to those who look for behavioral/psychological insight and connotation in peoples' interpersonal vocabulary.
No, my harshness is that your recent posts have been a study in how not to act like a fucking human being.
You're not being productive. You're just insulting. Your opinion has been taken under advisement. Unless you have something useful to say, I have nothing more to say to you.
Actually, I would like to point out that I see human beings do what I do, and worse, all the time. It is in human nature. I am a human being. Your problem is that you can't accept that human beings can also be bad, I guess.
The fact that you manipulate others isnt made more okay by the idea that you are trying to teach other people to do the same. It just make you seem less like an abuser and more like a wannabe cult leader. "Oh yea i can get you everything you ever wnted if you just listen to everything i say and follow my directions down to the letter. Your life could be so perfect if you just let me make all your decisions for you."
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 06, 2015, 06:35:32 AM
Quote from: Pæs on June 06, 2015, 06:16:43 AM
I'm not qualified to diagnose antisocial personality disorders but even if I was I imagine you'd find a way to rationalise away any such criticism.
"Disorder" tends to imply a lack of self-awareness, or lack of awareness of one's actions on other people and situations. I think I'm quite aware of the consequences that my actions create for myself and others. The only times my views damage me or my relationships with other people are when my views are expressed, openly, to others. I could've kept quiet and you'd have never known the difference. At least I put it out in the open for all to analyze and criticize. I could just internalize it and hate myself, leading to emotional instability and heinous crime, or blame others for my problems and live in useless squalor. Your criticisms are far more valuable to me than compartmentalization.
I will live my life the way I choose, and I will eventually meet my maker. Same as any of you.
that doesn't seem to fit with any definition of mental disorder I've ever heard of, which is generally determined by whether or not a pattern of behavior poses a threat to the well-being of oneself or others. This kind of stuff might get you what you want, but it subjugating your gfs agency in her own life aint good for her, especially if your intent is to help her be a "more confident and assertive person". stuff like that never happens from the outside in. It takes a lot of supporting a person to do that for themselves, confidence and self-esteem isn't something you can beat into someone until they "get it".
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 06, 2015, 04:53:47 AM
Quote from: Pæs on June 06, 2015, 01:29:25 AM
Okay. I maintain that "She is stupid if she listened to me all her problems would be solved" is still worth examining as a potential problem even if you don't think you explicitly share that perspective.
I'll take that into consideration.
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on June 06, 2015, 03:16:34 AM
Yea, I'm gonna hafta agree. Even if you have her best interests in mind, the way you presenting things doesnt sound supportive at all. Shes probably already on the defensive because of the pressure her folks are putting on her, so your "advice" is probably coming across as yet another attack, which is causing her to feel attacked on all sides, which will make her more panicked and less likely to calmly make a rational decision in any case. If you really want to help, you need to take another look at how you're communicating.
This is actually VERY helpful, because it confirms what I already suspected. I was considering that maybe the way I was bringing it up to her could've been a bit contradictory to my goals, in the sense that it would elicit emotional responses that hinder reasoning. I will definitely take this into consideration.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 06, 2015, 03:36:39 AM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 05, 2015, 10:41:16 PM
Holy fuck, Nigel. The last month for you has not been kind. I'm talking to all kinds of people right now that are having incredibly shitty luck, too.
My friend's tire blew on Wednesday. He lost control and swerved off into a ditch. The car flipped over and he may have broken a knuckle.
My girlfriend is incapable of avoiding trouble with her parents, so she almost got kicked out last night because they claimed to have looked through her phone messages and found "proof" that I snuck into their house during the night, several times. Which is complete bullshit. But they're so sure that I did that they're willing to make up any lie about it. They're paranoid psychos. The thing is, they're predictable, but she's too stupid to use that to her advantage. And she won't take any of my advice. If I wasn't at risk to get the cops called on me, I'd just ignore that situation. If she refuses help or to solve the problem, then I should be able to just ignore it. But it involves the accusation that I committed a crime. The thing is, it's all just threats. It's just a control mechanism that her parents are using on her. If she listened to everything I said, the problem would be fixed in a week. But she doesn't have enough self-control to react with reason. She's so emotional and vulnerable to manipulation.
And then there's another endless list of people with uninteresting, but unfortunate circumstances affecting their lives in the past month. Everything's just all-around stressful and shitty for everyone.
I appreciate the extension of sympathy, thank you.
I do have to say though, that while I realize that you are very very young, between this and an earlier post you made about your girlfriend and her relationship with her parents, and your relationship with both her and her parents, it sounds like you lack respect for her, and her parents, and her relationship with her parents, and it also sounds like you are rather manipulative and controlling, and that, honestly, you might just be the bad guy in the picture.
I respect her enough to try and make sure her life is easier.
Of course I don't respect her parents. Her parents are scum. Honestly, I think her torment, as well as my inconveniences, would end, vanquish with their lives. I pray for car accidents every day. And if you knew what they did to her, you would probably feel the same way.
Her relationship with her parents is a demonstration of abusive parents and their systems of control and dependency issues. Why would I respect that?
"You are rather manipulative and controlling..." ~ You have no idea. That is an understatement.
My goal is to better her life, and as a result, better mine. Solving her problems gives me practice at solving problems and manipulating people. It gives me an insight into how people react in certain situations, giving me a better understanding of people with the same behavioral patterns and mentalities. It also teaches me things about myself. If that makes me the "bad guy," then I don't care about being good. I understand my goals and their effects on other people. I accept the consequences and still love myself. If I something happens that changes my mind later down the road, so be it. I change. I am a person. I am dynamic (To an extent).
Also, I'd like to add that I never stated that I was dating the love of my life. I don't lie to her by telling her I love her. I'm actually quite honest with her about almost everything. My controlling nature and all. And she accepts it. You may have a problem with it, but she doesn't even want to count her previous relationships because this one is so successful in her eyes. She's told me, over and over again, that meeting me was probably the best thing that ever happened to her, and that she's learned so much from me about herself, and that she takes me for granted all the time. I don't emotionally manipulate her. I use carefully crafted proposals and ideas to get her to have epiphanies about situations. Almost none of which ever have to do with the relationship. They usually have to do with things like the fact that she used to think everything Creationists think. Took care of that in just a few months. She even started questioning her faith in God. And I didn't even try to push her away from God. I just tried to push her into skepticism and scientific reasoning.
Dude, you might want to unfuck yourself. It really sounds like you view your girlfriend as some manner of accessory instead of an actual person. You sound like someone who took some freshman level philosophy courses with a swelled head trying to gain a disciple to the one true way of rational skepticalism. You sound emotionally manipulative.
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 06, 2015, 05:28:25 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 06, 2015, 05:11:00 AM
Fact: You're a domestic abuser waiting to happen.
:roll:
I'll take your harshness as a sign that you have a predisposed opinion of me that is twisting your perspective, as well as a sign that you lack a clear enough perspective of the situation to have a relevant opinion. My frankness when it comes to describing people and relationships is misleading to those who look for behavioral/psychological insight and connotation in peoples' interpersonal vocabulary.
You're in a relationship with someone whose opinions and feelings you don't demonstrate any caring and rather demonstrate condescension towards her. There are all kinds of level of abuse. The frequent disapproval and negation of decisions and feelings is one of them.
I can't tell whether to cut this putative shithead more slack because he's on some level just a naive kid, or whether to just give the fuck up on it and block him so I don't have to read any more of his authentically stupid shit.
Quote from: Pæs on June 06, 2015, 06:16:43 AM
I'm not qualified to diagnose antisocial personality disorders but even if I was I imagine you'd find a way to rationalise away any such criticism.
Neither am I.
But I'd bet my psychology degree on it.
I read Fernando's posts as falling into a trap I've seen way too often with my nerdy friends growing up - fetishizing logic.
He believes he knows the logical, rational way his girlfriend should be living her life. Therefore she should just do it because logic is the most important thing.
The problem is, human beings don't give a fuck about logic. Nor should they. There's no inherent good in living 'logically'. In fact, most people live emotionally and impulsively, and that's just fine. Reason has its place as a decision-making tool, but if you only ever live life doing what is 'rational' or 'logical', you're not going to do very much living at all.
I don't think he's an abuser waiting to happen; I just think he's a bit arrogant in believing he's worked out how this whole 'life' thing is supposed to go, and he finds it frustrating that other people seem to have different priorities that lead to different outcomes.
I was trying to determine whether he genuinely doesn't care about others or whether it's part of a schtick he's adopted, bundled with the logic fetish Demo Squid mentions.
Then I realised that through text over the internet he's going to be functionally the same to deal with.
Quote from: Pæs on June 06, 2015, 07:46:33 AM
I was trying to determine whether he genuinely doesn't care about others or whether it's part of a schtick he's adopted, bundled with the logic fetish Demo Squid mentions.
Then I realised that through text over the internet he's going to be functionally the same to deal with.
Pretty much, yeah.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 06, 2015, 06:49:56 AM
What it sounds like is that he's trying to isolate his GF.
Sort of like Von Melee did with Nurse Mayhem.
No. Isolation is what her parents used to make sure she could never have any relationships, healthy or not, with other people. It was my nudges that got her out into the world of making friends. Keeping her away from her obviously abusive parents is a step in the moral direction.
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on June 06, 2015, 07:06:41 AM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 06, 2015, 06:35:32 AM
Quote from: Pæs on June 06, 2015, 06:16:43 AM
I'm not qualified to diagnose antisocial personality disorders but even if I was I imagine you'd find a way to rationalise away any such criticism.
"Disorder" tends to imply a lack of self-awareness, or lack of awareness of one's actions on other people and situations. I think I'm quite aware of the consequences that my actions create for myself and others. The only times my views damage me or my relationships with other people are when my views are expressed, openly, to others. I could've kept quiet and you'd have never known the difference. At least I put it out in the open for all to analyze and criticize. I could just internalize it and hate myself, leading to emotional instability and heinous crime, or blame others for my problems and live in useless squalor. Your criticisms are far more valuable to me than compartmentalization.
I will live my life the way I choose, and I will eventually meet my maker. Same as any of you.
that doesn't seem to fit with any definition of mental disorder I've ever heard of, which is generally determined by whether or not a pattern of behavior poses a threat to the well-being of oneself or others. This kind of stuff might get you what you want, but it subjugating your gfs agency in her own life aint good for her, especially if your intent is to help her be a "more confident and assertive person". stuff like that never happens from the outside in. It takes a lot of supporting a person to do that for themselves, confidence and self-esteem isn't something you can beat into someone until they "get it".
I wasn't defining a mental disorder. I was defining an aspect of a mental disorder. For it to be a disorder, especially if it is a personality deficiency, it is generally made worse, or caused by a lack of self-awareness. The threat to oneself can be caused by the lack of self-awareness. Hence, psychopaths will do whatever to get what they want while disregarding consequences to themselves and others. This is mostly because they aren't very aware of themselves, or the fact that other people have feelings.
You're right. That's why, most of the time, I'm using carefully crafted suggestions and ideas to give her similar epiphanies that I had. I'm not forceful. I know how confidence and self-esteem work. I employ methods to increase those when I can to make an idea more, or less (If I'm trying to keep her away from a harmful idea) absorbable.
Quote from: Don Coyote on June 06, 2015, 07:31:37 AM
Dude, you might want to unfuck yourself. It really sounds like you view your girlfriend as some manner of accessory instead of an actual person. You sound like someone who took some freshman level philosophy courses with a swelled head trying to gain a disciple to the one true way of rational skepticalism. You sound emotionally manipulative.
I see my girlfriend as a person with feelings. Feelings that are constantly being hurt by the situations she keeps putting herself into, or by situations she can't get herself out of. I'm giving her an out.
Emotionally manipulative is what her parents are. I tend not to employ that kind of manipulation because it's more explosive and causes lots of collateral damage. I like precision.
Quote from: Don Coyote on June 06, 2015, 07:34:24 AM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 06, 2015, 05:28:25 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 06, 2015, 05:11:00 AM
Fact: You're a domestic abuser waiting to happen.
:roll:
I'll take your harshness as a sign that you have a predisposed opinion of me that is twisting your perspective, as well as a sign that you lack a clear enough perspective of the situation to have a relevant opinion. My frankness when it comes to describing people and relationships is misleading to those who look for behavioral/psychological insight and connotation in peoples' interpersonal vocabulary.
You're in a relationship with someone whose opinions and feelings you don't demonstrate any caring and rather demonstrate condescension towards her. There are all kinds of level of abuse. The frequent disapproval and negation of decisions and feelings is one of them.
I don't demonstrate them to you. This is a forum, over which people communicate through written language. You are incapable of seeing the way I treat my girlfriend in person, as well as incapable of knowing how I care for her. I have simply given examples of how I see her refusal to reason and solve her problems as counter-active to her progress in life and intellectual gain.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 06, 2015, 07:39:31 AM
I can't tell whether to cut this putative shithead more slack because he's on some level just a naive kid, or whether to just give the fuck up on it and block him so I don't have to read any more of his authentically stupid shit.
If my posts are so stressful, then at least block me until you don't have as much shit to deal with at home. I won't be offended, naive kid or not.
Quote from: Demolition Squid on June 06, 2015, 07:44:57 AM
I read Fernando's posts as falling into a trap I've seen way too often with my nerdy friends growing up - fetishizing logic.
He believes he knows the logical, rational way his girlfriend should be living her life. Therefore she should just do it because logic is the most important thing.
The problem is, human beings don't give a fuck about logic. Nor should they. There's no inherent good in living 'logically'. In fact, most people live emotionally and impulsively, and that's just fine. Reason has its place as a decision-making tool, but if you only ever live life doing what is 'rational' or 'logical', you're not going to do very much living at all.
I don't think he's an abuser waiting to happen; I just think he's a bit arrogant in believing he's worked out how this whole 'life' thing is supposed to go, and he finds it frustrating that other people seem to have different priorities that lead to different outcomes.
We try to teach our children to behave as rationally as possible while still being able to relate healthily to other people. There is a healthy balance, and it does not involve refusal to solve problems because it makes it emotionally easier to deal with for a short time. I am trying to help her go at her own pace. It takes time to nudge her in the direction of making the life SHE WANTS easier to achieve. I don't have a life plan for her. I couldn't possibly have one for her because her interests and skills will change as she gets older. I know what she tells me she wants, and I know methods of getting those things. Methods that are easily within her grasp. Honestly, the whole situation I was describing earlier wasn't even as big of a deal as I made it sound. I'm not rushing her into a set of decisions. I've just been suggesting them, and I was expressing my frustration at the fact that she is unwilling to take the first step.
Why do parenting methods have anything at all to do with your relationship to your girlfriend in your mind?
Leaving aside that you're totally wrong about parenting methods, that's a creepy place your mind went to, bro.
So this is what PUA Phase II looks like!
This has all the markings of what sounds like it'll be your first big failure. I hope when it inevitably goes wrong you're able to learn the differences between being right and doing the right thing, and from there take a positive step toward growing as a person. Because you're not really selling very many people here on the whole you're a person thing.
it would be interesting if the girlfriend in question were also involved in this discussion
He is really young, so there is that. But if you think your partner is stupid thats a pretty clear that she would be better suited to a partner who wont think things like that about her.
Cain, why you gotta be doing cool shit in real time when I'm not at a computer?
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on June 06, 2015, 02:31:54 PM
Cain, why you gotta be doing cool shit in real time when I'm not at a computer?
I might do some more today. When you around? My plan is to advance the Skyrim one to the point where I can do a (Youtube) lets play of two mods installed.
I'm usually IRL on the weekend, which in this millennia means I'll only be using my phone.
Monday, I'll be working from home 7:30-4:00 Eastern (NY time). Of course, don't feel obligated to frame your sessions around that.
That could work. I'm not doing anything Monday, and that would mean streaming from about midday onwards.
It's easier for me to stream for Amerispags over the weekend though, due to the fucked up internet policies of this place. After midnight the cable connection switches off...though the wireless internet does not. Unfortunately, the wireless is a bit...crap compared to the cable. But on the weekends, the cable stays on, all Friday and Saturday night.
And I've just applied for two more jobs. One is in Scotland, while the other is in Montenegro.
You can guess which one I'd prefer to get.
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 06, 2015, 10:49:37 AM
If my posts are so stressful, then at least block me until you don't have as much shit to deal with at home. I won't be offended, naive kid or not.
They're not stressful, they're just a waste of time. People who think they have everything all figured out for everyone generally are.
Quote from: Emo Howard on June 06, 2015, 01:17:39 PM
So this is what PUA Phase II looks like!
:lulz: I always wondered what would happen if a PUA actually managed to land the type of girl who falls for negging.
Quote from: rong on June 06, 2015, 01:31:04 PM
it would be interesting if the girlfriend in question were also involved in this discussion
It really would, wouldn't it?
When I was 17-18 I was kicked around by no fewer than three guys who were functionally identical to Fernando Poo.
She will grow up and hate you and everything you did to her and every moment she spent with you. If you're very, very lucky she will not attempt to kill herself as a direct result of her interactions with you.
Quote from: Demolition Squid on June 06, 2015, 01:04:50 PM
Why do parenting methods have anything at all to do with your relationship to your girlfriend in your mind?
Leaving aside that you're totally wrong about parenting methods, that's a creepy place your mind went to, bro.
That's an interesting point, actually. I've considered a few ideas regarding the connection before, in my head. Still working on it.
Quote from: Emo Howard on June 06, 2015, 01:17:39 PM
So this is what PUA Phase II looks like!
That comparison is more insulting than anything I've said throughout this entire thread. It's also based on some pretty broad assumptions.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 06, 2015, 03:48:48 PM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 06, 2015, 10:49:37 AM
If my posts are so stressful, then at least block me until you don't have as much shit to deal with at home. I won't be offended, naive kid or not.
They're not stressful, they're just a waste of time. People who think they have everything all figured out for everyone generally are.
:roll:
The only thing I've figured out is a set of solutions to a set of problems.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on June 06, 2015, 04:49:13 PM
When I was 17-18 I was kicked around by no fewer than three guys who were functionally identical to Fernando Poo.
She will grow up and hate you and everything you did to her and every moment she spent with you. If you're very, very lucky she will not attempt to kill herself as a direct result of her interactions with you.
That's an absurd conclusion based on a collection of broad assumptions and misconceptions about myself and how I treat her. What do you think I do to her? Do you think I beat her? Do you think I try and control who her friends are and who she hangs out with? Do you think I direct her to certain fields of study because I don't like hers? Because that's the kind of person you all seem to think I am.
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 06, 2015, 05:31:53 PM
That's an absurd conclusion based on a collection of broad assumptions and misconceptions about myself and how I treat her. What do you think I do to her? Do you think I beat her? Do you think I try and control who her friends are and who she hangs out with? Do you think I direct her to certain fields of study because I don't like hers? Because that's the kind of person you all seem to think I am.
Hey I don't want any carefully crafted arguments to cause you any epiphanies or anything, but maybe you should examine how so many people came to that conclusion based on the information you've presented and your behavior following their concerns.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on June 06, 2015, 05:53:45 PM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 06, 2015, 05:31:53 PM
That's an absurd conclusion based on a collection of broad assumptions and misconceptions about myself and how I treat her. What do you think I do to her? Do you think I beat her? Do you think I try and control who her friends are and who she hangs out with? Do you think I direct her to certain fields of study because I don't like hers? Because that's the kind of person you all seem to think I am.
Hey I don't want any carefully crafted arguments to cause you any epiphanies or anything, but maybe you should examine how so many people came to that conclusion based on the information you've presented and your behavior following their concerns.
Pretty much this, although it might just be him kneejerk :showus: because of the suddenly onslaught against him. I mean he is a kid, and one who gives off the feeling of being used to be right and logical and smart. Sure his first bit about his gf is still filled with shit, but maybe he's doubling down to prove he's right and we are all wrong, and he'll show us because it's all just text and it is totally impossible to read intention and feeling through text.
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 06, 2015, 05:31:53 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on June 06, 2015, 04:49:13 PM
When I was 17-18 I was kicked around by no fewer than three guys who were functionally identical to Fernando Poo.
She will grow up and hate you and everything you did to her and every moment she spent with you. If you're very, very lucky she will not attempt to kill herself as a direct result of her interactions with you.
That's an absurd conclusion based on a collection of broad assumptions and misconceptions about myself and how I treat her. What do you think I do to her? Do you think I beat her? Do you think I try and control who her friends are and who she hangs out with? Do you think I direct her to certain fields of study because I don't like hers? Because that's the kind of person you all seem to think I am.
No, I think you are the kind of person who will openly admit to being a manipulative bastard, potentially even wear it on your arm as a badge of honor. I think you will never, ever hit her. I think you will meticulously avoid behaviors ascribed to "abusive" relationships, possibly even using educational materials designed for victims to ensure that you are not crossing any of those lines. I think you will call her crazy, to other people if not to her face. I think you will discount her feelings towards you because you believe by not saying you love her you've somehow set boundaries that she should intuitively understand, and when she develops and sort of healthy attachment because
you identify as her boyfriend and that's what people in long term relationships do you will call it unhealthy and do your best to discourage it. I believe you see her and her life merely as an opportunity to practice manipulating people, because you think of yourself as exceptionally intelligent and good at manipulating those who are "beneath" you, and you think these skills will serve you in life. I believe anything she does that does not fall into this narrow acceptable role you've assigned her will be treated as unwelcome.
But go on and say how I think you're a traditional abuser again. It's cute.
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 06, 2015, 05:31:53 PM
Quote from: Demolition Squid on June 06, 2015, 01:04:50 PM
Why do parenting methods have anything at all to do with your relationship to your girlfriend in your mind?
Leaving aside that you're totally wrong about parenting methods, that's a creepy place your mind went to, bro.
That's an interesting point, actually. I've considered a few ideas regarding the connection before, in my head. Still working on it.
I'd just like to point out that you protested being called paternalistic in one breath and then admitted you've wondered about why your mind jumped to childrearing when you thought about your relationship with her before in the next.
You're a smart guy, right? I don't need to draw the line for you and basically repeat what most of the people ITT have pointed out to you already?
Also: Today was the first time I have run across something I usually think of as 'internet crazy' in my real life.
One of the women in my screenwriting class - who I've gotten on with very well, really, and thought of as being one of the more 'together' of the group - got extremely upset with the tutor running it when he started quizzing her on the details of her 'fantasy world' and pressuring her about how she'd be able to show these things understandably to the audience.
It concluded with 'Well actually, (course tutor name), people like this exist in the real world but we can't see how they work because they operate in the fifth dimension. I know a Breatherian, and it is very possible to alter matter on the atomic level through the power of observation, because that's how electrons work. There's lots of people who can do stuff like this but they only work in communities because they want a quiet life.'
He paused for a moment and then said, 'Very well, but you must understand that you will need to convey how these things work to a mainstream audience if you wish to find funding for your film' and then moved on... which was a lot more diplomatic than I would have expected.
Later on she told me she was feeling a little 'off' today because her homeopath had suggested some new treatments and she was worried it might be too much.
I feel like I lost a lot of opportunities today by defaulting to 'smile and nod' mode. :sad:
She's world-building with Breatharianism as a model?
If she ever publishes, you have to tell us her name.
Oh yeah, one of her characters is a breatharian.
She also believes one of her friends IRL is a breatharian.
I don't even :horrormirth:
Quote from: Demolition Squid on June 06, 2015, 07:10:34 PM
Also: Today was the first time I have run across something I usually think of as 'internet crazy' in my real life.
One of the women in my screenwriting class - who I've gotten on with very well, really, and thought of as being one of the more 'together' of the group - got extremely upset with the tutor running it when he started quizzing her on the details of her 'fantasy world' and pressuring her about how she'd be able to show these things understandably to the audience.
It concluded with 'Well actually, (course tutor name), people like this exist in the real world but we can't see how they work because they operate in the fifth dimension. I know a Breatherian, and it is very possible to alter matter on the atomic level through the power of observation, because that's how electrons work. There's lots of people who can do stuff like this but they only work in communities because they want a quiet life.'
He paused for a moment and then said, 'Very well, but you must understand that you will need to convey how these things work to a mainstream audience if you wish to find funding for your film' and then moved on... which was a lot more diplomatic than I would have expected.
Later on she told me she was feeling a little 'off' today because her homeopath had suggested some new treatments and she was worried it might be too much.
I feel like I lost a lot of opportunities today by defaulting to 'smile and nod' mode. :sad:
:horrormirth:
Quote from: Demolition Squid on June 06, 2015, 07:55:03 PM
Oh yeah, one of her characters is a breatharian.
She also believes one of her friends IRL is a breatharian.
I don't even :horrormirth:
My favorite breatharian ever was breatharian except for cheeseburgers. I wonder if I can find his website.
this guy? (http://www.breatharian.com/home.html)
Quote from: rong on June 06, 2015, 10:37:54 PM
this guy? (http://www.breatharian.com/home.html)
That's him.
The page where he explains why cheeseburgers and diet Coke: http://www.breatharian.com/breatharians.html
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 06, 2015, 10:54:41 PM
Quote from: rong on June 06, 2015, 10:37:54 PM
this guy? (http://www.breatharian.com/home.html)
That's him.
The page where he explains why cheeseburgers and diet Coke: http://www.breatharian.com/breatharians.html
:horrormirth:
I think Im actually dumber now that Ive read that. Its like a car wreck. I wanted to stop looking, but I couldnt.
his workshops are only $1,000,000,000 (that's 100,000 easy payments of $10,000)
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on June 06, 2015, 06:28:41 PM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 06, 2015, 05:31:53 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on June 06, 2015, 04:49:13 PM
When I was 17-18 I was kicked around by no fewer than three guys who were functionally identical to Fernando Poo.
She will grow up and hate you and everything you did to her and every moment she spent with you. If you're very, very lucky she will not attempt to kill herself as a direct result of her interactions with you.
That's an absurd conclusion based on a collection of broad assumptions and misconceptions about myself and how I treat her. What do you think I do to her? Do you think I beat her? Do you think I try and control who her friends are and who she hangs out with? Do you think I direct her to certain fields of study because I don't like hers? Because that's the kind of person you all seem to think I am.
No, 1) I think you are the kind of person who will openly admit to being a manipulative bastard, 2) potentially even wear it on your arm as a badge of honor. 3) I think you will never, ever hit her. I think you will meticulously avoid behaviors ascribed to "abusive" relationships, 4) possibly even using educational materials designed for victims to ensure that you are not crossing any of those lines. 5) I think you will call her crazy, to other people if not to her face. 6) I think you will discount her feelings towards you because you believe by not saying you love her you've somehow set boundaries that she should intuitively understand, 7) and when she develops and sort of healthy attachment because you identify as her boyfriend and that's what people in long term relationships do you will call it unhealthy and do your best to discourage it. 8) I believe you see her and her life merely as an opportunity to practice manipulating people, 9) because you think of yourself as exceptionally intelligent and good at manipulating those who are "beneath" you, 10) and you think these skills will serve you in life. 11) I believe anything she does that does not fall into this narrow acceptable role you've assigned her will be treated as unwelcome.
But go on and say how I think you're a traditional abuser again. It's cute.
1) Bingo!
2) Generally, manipulation is a means to an end for me, and a last resort. But I would be lying if I said I
never enjoyed it.
3) Yahtzee!
4) Wasn't planning on it, but that's not a bad idea. I strive to make sure I never hurt her.
5) Ah, yes. I realized I never mentioned her mentality or tendencies before my intervention. She was an emotional manipulator, just like her mother and sister. A guilt-tripper, bold and vindictive. She treated me like shit. While she was in that state, I pointed out the psychotic nature of her outbursts and mentality. She eventually got over it. I took her behavior as a challenge. I could've just done what I felt like doing and left her broken and dysfunctional.
6) I understand how emotional pain works. I know how my actions affect her feelings, and I avoid damaging them at most costs. I don't discount them. They are one of my primary concerns in the relationship. Again, making her feel better is one of the primary reasons I do what I do.
7) I don't discourage it. Her attachment is a valid consequence of my affections. It is something I accept and support.
8 ) No, that's not all I see her as. But I'm not going to skip out on such an opportunity.
9) It used to be an ego thing. It's not anymore.
10) It serves as a practical method for achieving some of my goals.
11) Anything that inhibits my achievement will be eradicated. That much is certain. However, as long as she continues doing all within her will that allows for a healthy relationship, then I won't intervene.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on June 06, 2015, 05:53:45 PM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 06, 2015, 05:31:53 PM
That's an absurd conclusion based on a collection of broad assumptions and misconceptions about myself and how I treat her. What do you think I do to her? Do you think I beat her? Do you think I try and control who her friends are and who she hangs out with? Do you think I direct her to certain fields of study because I don't like hers? Because that's the kind of person you all seem to think I am.
Hey I don't want any carefully crafted arguments to cause you any epiphanies or anything, but maybe you should examine how so many people came to that conclusion based on the information you've presented and your behavior following their concerns.
Don't think I'm ignoring everything you guys are saying, or just discarding it because it doesn't fit with what I currently see. I ponder what you guys say all the time. I haven't stopped thinking about it all day and all night. I'm considering my options and methodology. This forum's feedback is more welcome to me than pretty much any other place I can think of.
Quote from: Demolition Squid on June 06, 2015, 06:46:51 PM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 06, 2015, 05:31:53 PM
Quote from: Demolition Squid on June 06, 2015, 01:04:50 PM
Why do parenting methods have anything at all to do with your relationship to your girlfriend in your mind?
Leaving aside that you're totally wrong about parenting methods, that's a creepy place your mind went to, bro.
That's an interesting point, actually. I've considered a few ideas regarding the connection before, in my head. Still working on it.
I'd just like to point out that you protested being called paternalistic in one breath and then admitted you've wondered about why your mind jumped to childrearing when you thought about your relationship with her before in the next.
You're a smart guy, right? I don't need to draw the line for you and basically repeat what most of the people ITT have pointed out to you already?
Actually, when my paternal nature was brought up earlier, I didn't understand the reference. It didn't hit me until I saw your post.
Repetition is quite boring. You could probably get away with not saying it.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 06, 2015, 10:54:41 PM
Quote from: rong on June 06, 2015, 10:37:54 PM
this guy? (http://www.breatharian.com/home.html)
That's him.
The page where he explains why cheeseburgers and diet Coke: http://www.breatharian.com/breatharians.html
THAT. IS. AMAZING.
QuoteSince I'm starting to have fun asking the questions for a change, let me ask you few more.
DO YOU KNOW THE BASE FREQUENCY OF THE DOUBLE-QUARTER-POUNDER WITH CHEESE MEAL FROM MCDONALD AND DIET COKE?
DO YOU KNOW THE BASE FREQUENCY OF THE 5 MAGIC WORDS I GAVE YOU?
DO YOU KNOW THE BASE FREQUENCY OF ANY WORDS AND THOUGHTS AND FOODS?
DO YOU THINK , NOW THAT ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION, YOU WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT THE ASCENSION PROCESS (WHICH IS A LIFE AND DEATH SITUATION) MIGHT ALL BOIL DOWN TO WHAT YOU SAY, THINK AND EAT?
"IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, THE WORD WAS GOD AND THE WORD IS GOD".
"THE BEST WAY TO A MAN'S HEART IS THROUGH THE HIS STOMACH".
"YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT"
The secret in the diet coke is the "LIQUID LIGHT"
This man is not crazy in any way at all.
QuoteAs I said before, the cow consciousness is a group of fully consciousness, very high dimensional beings who don't experience death the way you think about it. They know there is no such thing as death. Only transition from one reality to another, and there are many realities to visit. So stop worrying about them, you are the ones in hot soup. Pun intended. Like you, they too incarnated at this time to help with the ascension process by providing the high dimensional food (beef) for humans. They are aware that we are not 3d food eaters. They provide 5d food for humans by converting 3d foods into 5d flesh. This is why they have so many stomachs and why they seem be so content just eating and chewing 3d food all day. That's their job.
At all.
Quote"At this time, I will stick to my fresh bananas, apples, oats, raw nuts, veggies, and other foods until I see a more reasonable justication". How do you suppose he'll ever see more "reasonable justication" when they are all in his 5d world and which requires the development of his 5d vision. Do you think that just maybe if he eats more pure organic, fresh and natural 3d foods he'll improve his 5d vision?
Cheeseburgers and diet coke are 5D foods. Makes PERFECT SENSE.
Are we splitting the shitshow for easy reference and peanut gallery archival? It's feels like a while since someone went full screaming cretin.
Seriously, I've just read through the last 4 pages or so now and this is a quality shitshow here worthy of due attention.
Quote from: Junkenstein on June 07, 2015, 12:54:07 AM
Seriously, I've just read through the last 4 pages or so now and this is a quality shitshow here worthy of due attention.
Unfortunately, they'll probably say I'll take it as an achievement. I think they stated in the description or introduction to the Peanut Gallery that they like to wait for a long time after the shit-storms have passed so that the subject of the shit-storm doesn't get a big head.
Oh you'll probably flounce in a week or two. Probably less. Don't you worry about it.
Quote from: Junkenstein on June 07, 2015, 01:03:46 AM
Oh you'll probably flounce in a week or two. Probably less. Don't you worry about it.
I'll
always come back to make a rant or two every once in a year or so. Will I get bored of this place in a few weeks and move on to somewhere else for a time? Probably. But I've been coming here and leaving for years. That has nothing to do with discussions or fights I have here.
I like the part where he almost 100% agrees with my interpretation of who and what he is and still thinks this is a rebuttal of sorts. The numbers really sell it.
protip: reread some of your own posts imagining that they were facebook posts dredged up after a young girl went missing and see if you would want to string that guy up on the spot. If yes, you are doing relationships wrong. Start with "Anything that inhibits my achievement will be eradicated. That much is certain. However, as long as she continues doing all within her will that allows for a healthy relationship, then I won't intervene."
I'll try and make this simple for you:
When you elicit an emotional reaction such as "Repulsive", you have probably presented something badly
at absolute best.
This is clearly not the case. You have presented yourself consistently as using 10 words where 2 would suffice. The wall of bullshit text somewhat masques the fact that
you appear to be a total waste of skin. Roger is an
ex-cop. When he identifies you as a
potential abuser,
this assessment carries a degree of weight. When you consistently repeat the behaviours that provoked that assessment, it makes me assume
he's probably being kind. For example:
QG:
Quote5) I think you will call her crazy, to other people if not to her face.
You:
Quote5) Ah, yes. I realized I never mentioned her mentality or tendencies before my intervention. She was an emotional manipulator, just like her mother and sister. A guilt-tripper, bold and vindictive. She treated me like shit. While she was in that state, I pointed out the psychotic nature of her outbursts and mentality. She eventually got over it. I took her behaviour as a challenge. I could've just done what I felt like doing and left her broken and dysfunctional.
I strongly doubt you understand anything just outright fucking
wrong with that. At best this is a stupidly dysfunctional relationship and the two of you are clearly toxic. Again, that's at best. I suspect the reality to be a lot uglier because you do not present yourself and your behaviours as anything other than utterly abhorrent.
You still not got it?
I'll make it easier.
QuoteI could've just done what I felt like doing and left her broken and dysfunctional.
Stay the fuck away from people. The world does not revolve around you. I don't give a fuck if you're "young" or "naive" you're talking like a fucking psycho. People are not your projects or tools. They are people. You do not get to help people and then play the martyr. That's called "being a dickhead". Nor do you get a magical free pass because, what? You didn't rape her? Is that what you are implying there? Because it seriously sounds like it. What else would a manipulative immature dickhead feel like doing?
Fuck off and grow up. Preferably, just fuck off.
Since I'm starting to have fun asking the questions for a change, let me ask you few more.
DO YOU KNOW THE BASE FREQUENCY OF THE PLIGHT OF FERNANDO POO?
DO YOU KNOW THE BASE FREQUENCY OF THE 5 MAGIC WORDS I GAVE YOU?
DO YOU KNOW THE BASE FREQUENCY OF ANY WORDS AND THOUGHTS AND FERNANDO POOS?
DO YOU THINK , NOW THAT ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION, YOU WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT THE ASCENSION PROCESS (WHICH IS A LIFE AND DEATH SITUATION) MIGHT ALL BOIL DOWN TO WHAT YOU SAY, THINK AND EAT?
"IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, THE WORD WAS FERNANDO POO".
"THE BEST WAY TO A MAN'S HEART IS THROUGH THE PLIGHT OF FERNANDO POO".
"YOU ARE WHAT YOU READ"
The secret in the diet coke is the "LIQUID LIGHT"
Quote from: Dubya on June 06, 2015, 11:06:05 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 06, 2015, 10:54:41 PM
Quote from: rong on June 06, 2015, 10:37:54 PM
this guy? (http://www.breatharian.com/home.html)
That's him.
The page where he explains why cheeseburgers and diet Coke: http://www.breatharian.com/breatharians.html
:horrormirth:
I think Im actually dumber now that Ive read that. Its like a car wreck. I wanted to stop looking, but I couldnt.
The crazy amount of crazy is made crazier by the fact that he actually HAS followers.
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 07, 2015, 12:35:29 AM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on June 06, 2015, 06:28:41 PM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 06, 2015, 05:31:53 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on June 06, 2015, 04:49:13 PM
When I was 17-18 I was kicked around by no fewer than three guys who were functionally identical to Fernando Poo.
She will grow up and hate you and everything you did to her and every moment she spent with you. If you're very, very lucky she will not attempt to kill herself as a direct result of her interactions with you.
That's an absurd conclusion based on a collection of broad assumptions and misconceptions about myself and how I treat her. What do you think I do to her? Do you think I beat her? Do you think I try and control who her friends are and who she hangs out with? Do you think I direct her to certain fields of study because I don't like hers? Because that's the kind of person you all seem to think I am.
No, 1) I think you are the kind of person who will openly admit to being a manipulative bastard, 2) potentially even wear it on your arm as a badge of honor. 3) I think you will never, ever hit her. I think you will meticulously avoid behaviors ascribed to "abusive" relationships, 4) possibly even using educational materials designed for victims to ensure that you are not crossing any of those lines. 5) I think you will call her crazy, to other people if not to her face. 6) I think you will discount her feelings towards you because you believe by not saying you love her you've somehow set boundaries that she should intuitively understand, 7) and when she develops and sort of healthy attachment because you identify as her boyfriend and that's what people in long term relationships do you will call it unhealthy and do your best to discourage it. 8) I believe you see her and her life merely as an opportunity to practice manipulating people, 9) because you think of yourself as exceptionally intelligent and good at manipulating those who are "beneath" you, 10) and you think these skills will serve you in life. 11) I believe anything she does that does not fall into this narrow acceptable role you've assigned her will be treated as unwelcome.
But go on and say how I think you're a traditional abuser again. It's cute.
1) Bingo!
2) Generally, manipulation is a means to an end for me, and a last resort. But I would be lying if I said I never enjoyed it.
3) Yahtzee!
4) Wasn't planning on it, but that's not a bad idea. I strive to make sure I never hurt her.
5) Ah, yes. I realized I never mentioned her mentality or tendencies before my intervention. She was an emotional manipulator, just like her mother and sister. A guilt-tripper, bold and vindictive. She treated me like shit. While she was in that state, I pointed out the psychotic nature of her outbursts and mentality. She eventually got over it. I took her behavior as a challenge. I could've just done what I felt like doing and left her broken and dysfunctional.
6) I understand how emotional pain works. I know how my actions affect her feelings, and I avoid damaging them at most costs. I don't discount them. They are one of my primary concerns in the relationship. Again, making her feel better is one of the primary reasons I do what I do.
7) I don't discourage it. Her attachment is a valid consequence of my affections. It is something I accept and support.
8 ) No, that's not all I see her as. But I'm not going to skip out on such an opportunity.
9) It used to be an ego thing. It's not anymore.
10) It serves as a practical method for achieving some of my goals.
11) Anything that inhibits my achievement will be eradicated. That much is certain. However, as long as she continues doing all within her will that allows for a healthy relationship, then I won't intervene.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on June 06, 2015, 05:53:45 PM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 06, 2015, 05:31:53 PM
That's an absurd conclusion based on a collection of broad assumptions and misconceptions about myself and how I treat her. What do you think I do to her? Do you think I beat her? Do you think I try and control who her friends are and who she hangs out with? Do you think I direct her to certain fields of study because I don't like hers? Because that's the kind of person you all seem to think I am.
Hey I don't want any carefully crafted arguments to cause you any epiphanies or anything, but maybe you should examine how so many people came to that conclusion based on the information you've presented and your behavior following their concerns.
Don't think I'm ignoring everything you guys are saying, or just discarding it because it doesn't fit with what I currently see. I ponder what you guys say all the time. I haven't stopped thinking about it all day and all night. I'm considering my options and methodology. This forum's feedback is more welcome to me than pretty much any other place I can think of.
Quote from: Demolition Squid on June 06, 2015, 06:46:51 PM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 06, 2015, 05:31:53 PM
Quote from: Demolition Squid on June 06, 2015, 01:04:50 PM
Why do parenting methods have anything at all to do with your relationship to your girlfriend in your mind?
Leaving aside that you're totally wrong about parenting methods, that's a creepy place your mind went to, bro.
That's an interesting point, actually. I've considered a few ideas regarding the connection before, in my head. Still working on it.
I'd just like to point out that you protested being called paternalistic in one breath and then admitted you've wondered about why your mind jumped to childrearing when you thought about your relationship with her before in the next.
You're a smart guy, right? I don't need to draw the line for you and basically repeat what most of the people ITT have pointed out to you already?
Actually, when my paternal nature was brought up earlier, I didn't understand the reference. It didn't hit me until I saw your post.
Repetition is quite boring. You could probably get away with not saying it.
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz: Just look at the ego on this brat.
This kind of narcissistic arrogance goes hand-in-hand with incompetence. He can manipulate insecure teenage girls, and that's probably about where his story ends. She'll grow out of him on her own.
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 07, 2015, 12:35:29 AM
Don't think I'm ignoring everything you guys are saying, or just discarding it because it doesn't fit with what I currently see. I ponder what you guys say all the time. I haven't stopped thinking about it all day and all night. I'm considering my options and methodology. This forum's feedback is more welcome to me than pretty much any other place I can think of.
Have you considered acting like a human being?
Quote from: Cain on June 07, 2015, 01:49:54 AM
Since I'm starting to have fun asking the questions for a change, let me ask you few more.
DO YOU KNOW THE BASE FREQUENCY OF THE PLIGHT OF FERNANDO POO?
DO YOU KNOW THE BASE FREQUENCY OF THE 5 MAGIC WORDS I GAVE YOU?
DO YOU KNOW THE BASE FREQUENCY OF ANY WORDS AND THOUGHTS AND FERNANDO POOS?
DO YOU THINK , NOW THAT ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION, YOU WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT THE ASCENSION PROCESS (WHICH IS A LIFE AND DEATH SITUATION) MIGHT ALL BOIL DOWN TO WHAT YOU SAY, THINK AND EAT?
"IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, THE WORD WAS FERNANDO POO".
"THE BEST WAY TO A MAN'S HEART IS THROUGH THE PLIGHT OF FERNANDO POO".
"YOU ARE WHAT YOU READ"
The secret in the diet coke is the "LIQUID LIGHT"
:lulz:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 07, 2015, 03:07:48 AM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 07, 2015, 12:35:29 AM
Don't think I'm ignoring everything you guys are saying, or just discarding it because it doesn't fit with what I currently see. I ponder what you guys say all the time. I haven't stopped thinking about it all day and all night. I'm considering my options and methodology. This forum's feedback is more welcome to me than pretty much any other place I can think of.
Have you considered acting like a human being?
May I Big Words?
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on June 07, 2015, 03:11:40 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 07, 2015, 03:07:48 AM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 07, 2015, 12:35:29 AM
Don't think I'm ignoring everything you guys are saying, or just discarding it because it doesn't fit with what I currently see. I ponder what you guys say all the time. I haven't stopped thinking about it all day and all night. I'm considering my options and methodology. This forum's feedback is more welcome to me than pretty much any other place I can think of.
Have you considered acting like a human being?
May I Big Words?
Absolutely.
Fortunately he's already demonstrated that he's woefully underprepared for getting away with crime, so we don't have that to worry about.
Quote from: Pæs on June 07, 2015, 03:14:15 AM
Fortunately he's already demonstrated that he's woefully underprepared for getting away with crime, so we don't have that to worry about.
Whatever happened to the good old days of redteaming an adversary at least as smart as you and throwing in generalised paranoia?
Quote from: Pæs on June 07, 2015, 03:14:15 AM
Fortunately he's already demonstrated that he's woefully underprepared for getting away with crime, so we don't have that to worry about.
True. He's also fairly clearly a SGitR.
Verdict on Bruichladdich scotch: reasonable, not good. Cheaper ways to get drunk, but works faster than most whiskeys.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on June 06, 2015, 06:28:41 PM
I think you will never, ever hit her.
I think you're wrong.
Also, another protip: saying things like "all obstacles to my achievements will be eliminated" makes you sound like a Bond villain. . From abuser to cult leader to supervillain, You just keep on climbing rungs up the Bad Dude Ladder.Stop it.
Quote from: Cain on June 07, 2015, 03:26:07 AM
Quote from: Pæs on June 07, 2015, 03:14:15 AM
Fortunately he's already demonstrated that he's woefully underprepared for getting away with crime, so we don't have that to worry about.
Whatever happened to the good old days of redteaming an adversary at least as smart as you and throwing in generalised paranoia?
I guess it must have something to do with how everyone is already overflowing with hilarious attempts at having a novel thought?
That Breatharian guy... :lulz:
Tempted to email her the link and ask if this is what she meant...
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 07, 2015, 05:46:11 AM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on June 06, 2015, 06:28:41 PM
I think you will never, ever hit her.
I think you're wrong.
I obviously can only extrapolate from my own experiences. The people he reminds me of never hit anyone, because they know that's what abusers do and they don't identify as abusers. They just foster grotesquely unhealthy relationships and intentionally select "broken" or "vulnerable" young women to date and are always surprised when things go south. In his case, it's clear that he understands emotional abuse might be a thing, and has already decided where the line of "abuse" is that he will avoid to maintain his self image of a conscientious asshole, or whatever label he puts on it.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on June 07, 2015, 04:21:18 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 07, 2015, 05:46:11 AM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on June 06, 2015, 06:28:41 PM
I think you will never, ever hit her.
I think you're wrong.
I obviously can only extrapolate from my own experiences. The people he reminds me of never hit anyone, because they know that's what abusers do and they don't identify as abusers. They just foster grotesquely unhealthy relationships and intentionally select "broken" or "vulnerable" young women to date and are always surprised when things go south. In his case, it's clear that he understands emotional abuse might be a thing, and has already decided where the line of "abuse" is that he will avoid to maintain his self image of a conscientious asshole, or whatever label he puts on it.
Yeah. Obvious self-esteem issues, probably on some level he realizes that he can't do better than this girl, so he views her as a project and himself as her savior as a means of bolstering his ego. The inevitable result is that when she objects to his manipulation, he will remind her of what a mess she was when she met him, claim total credit for her personal development, and tell her that she would be nothing without him, or some version thereof. I don't see him hitting her, but he might "restrain" her, for "her own good", when she's "out of control".
It is absolutely no surprise that her parents hate him and want him out of her life. Whether they're anywhere near as bad as he makes them out to be is debatable, given that we're hearing this filtered through both a 19-year-old narcissist and a barely-18-year-old who may or may not have histrionic tendencies.
Looks like my dog might die after all. I'm at about $2500 in vet bills.
Well, fuck. Hope that's not the case.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 07, 2015, 06:07:27 PM
Looks like my dog might die after all. I'm at about $2500 in vet bills.
Aw, fuck Nigel I'm sorry.
I hate to say it, but a lot of what FernandoPoo has been saying has more than a tinge of The Red Pill (http://www.reddit.com/r/TheRedPill/) about it.
Quote from: Cain on June 07, 2015, 06:16:48 PM
I hate to say it, but a lot of what FernandoPoo has been saying has more than a tinge of [ur=http://www.reddit.com/r/TheRedPill/]The Red Pill[/url] about it.
Oh, GROSS.
god, the douche chills are all but palpable.
Also sorry to hear about your dog Nigel.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 07, 2015, 06:07:27 PM
Looks like my dog might die after all. I'm at about $2500 in vet bills.
:cry:
Thanks guys. She's in the ICU right now, racking up the bills. Holding steady. Steady is OK, but it's one of those things where the longer she goes without turning the corner, the lower her odds of turning it at all. Her odds are still pretty high right now though. I'm hoping for good news in the morning.
This dog of mine has gotten me through some very tough times. I am hoping that I can do the same for her.
Back to the douchecanoe topic, I read this article and the observation Cain made about The Red Pill is so spot-on: http://www.doctornerdlove.com/2014/09/the-red-pill/
If the kid isn't into that scene, he seems to be doing a perfect job of replicating the philosophy on his own steam.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 08, 2015, 04:41:39 AM
Back to the douchecanoe topic, I read this article and the observation Cain made about The Red Pill is so spot-on: http://www.doctornerdlove.com/2014/09/the-red-pill/
If the kid isn't into that scene, he seems to be doing a perfect job of replicating the philosophy on his own steam.
Yeah, I don't think it's like a 100% fit, but there are a lot of uncomfortable parallels there.
In other news, I'll start streaming in like, 50 minutes or so. Maybe.
I'll see if my interbutts are up to snuff.
Quote from: Cain on June 08, 2015, 01:39:35 PM
In other news, I'll start streaming in like, 50 minutes or so. Maybe.
I enjoyed your other Skyrim stream the other day (I watched the recorded version). Was the muted section at the start due to you playing non-game music or something?
I have never had the savvy/time to properly get into Skyrim modding so it's an interesting watch.
Do you already have a youtube channel set up or is this a project in progress?
I am at work at the moment so won't be able to watch live unfortunately.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on June 08, 2015, 01:40:52 PM
I'll see if my interbutts are up to snuff.
Awesome.
Quote from: Xaz on June 08, 2015, 01:44:22 PM
Quote from: Cain on June 08, 2015, 01:39:35 PM
In other news, I'll start streaming in like, 50 minutes or so. Maybe.
I enjoyed your other Skyrim stream the other day (I watched the recorded version). Was the muted section at the start due to you playing non-game music or something?
I have never had the savvy/time to properly get into Skyrim modding so it's an interesting watch.
Do you already have a youtube channel set up or is this a project in progress?
I am at work at the moment so won't be able to watch live unfortunately.
Thanks!
No, that was strange though. I mean, I was at the title sequence, but it's entirely possible that is not copyrighted to Bethesda and so set off the automatic detection system, much like Youtube's.
I do, but I'm terrible at uploading stuff to it (https://www.youtube.com/user/scarabandaris/videos?view_as=public). I'm going to try and do that more over the summer, while I don't have any real Uni work to bother me.
OK, I'm literally just waiting on an update to install on my laptop (which I use to read the chat) and then I'll get going.
Speaking of which, I'm thinking of starting out with some Mass Effect randomizer adventures (randomly chosen kits/weapons), but I might do some more Skyrim after. Perhaps Perkus Maximus, instead of SkyRe. Not decided yet.
Edit: to chat, you will need a Twitch account. And I'm streaming now (http://www.twitch.tv/scarabandaris).
Is the link upthread, or in the gamer subforum?
Edited above post to include it.
DemoSquid beat me to the "fetishization of logic" bit.
"I hold other people's feelings and thoughts in contempt, therefore I am rational. Because I believe in Borg Logic."
"I am a rational person, therefore my thoughts, decisions, and conclusions are rational."
Contempt, disdain, and self-superiority are all emotions. So is the desire to show them all how much you don't care that they think you're a scumbag. FP's motivation is to "win" by beating "the bad guys" (here personified by the girlfriend's parents) by being smarter than them. The girlfriend is not relevant except as a battlefield.
He can be the hero if he "saves" her. If she didn't need to be saved she'd be about as valuable to him as a corn chip. She's the challenge by which he will prove himself, even if only to himself.
And he's annoyed that a victim of long-term emotional and physical abuse (if that's to be believed) isn't making it easier for him to enact his masterful plan. Because, of course, abused people living in unstable, potentially dangerous conditions are well-known for their calm, detached demeanor. The battlefield is not cooperating with his battle plan, and he's mad at her in the same way you'd be mad at a rock you stubbed your toe on. She's in the way.
But of course, this is all just "feedback" or "baseless speculation" depending on how much this annoys him. If he was really interested in feedback on his battle plan, he'd take the actual advice being given. Advice which I don't think he's figured out yet, because he thinks it's just insults.
Quote from: Cain on June 08, 2015, 02:46:43 PM
OK, I'm literally just waiting on an update to install on my laptop (which I use to read the chat) and then I'll get going.
Speaking of which, I'm thinking of starting out with some Mass Effect randomizer adventures (randomly chosen kits/weapons), but I might do some more Skyrim after. Perhaps Perkus Maximus, instead of SkyRe. Not decided yet.
Edit: to chat, you will need a Twitch account. And I'm streaming now (http://www.twitch.tv/scarabandaris).
Pretty cool, Cain. Thanks!
No problem. Chat froze basically after you said you were there, and didn't let me know it had frozen until the 3rd game.
Which was annoying. I'm going to look at some of my Skyrim settings, and start broadcasting again in a bit.
I may have to run a few errands in 30 min or so, but I'll check in once I get back.
Cool, I've already started the next stream, so if anyone else wants to come along, please feel free.
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on June 08, 2015, 03:28:09 PM
DemoSquid beat me to the "fetishization of logic" bit.
"I hold other people's feelings and thoughts in contempt, therefore I am rational. Because I believe in Borg Logic."
"I am a rational person, therefore my thoughts, decisions, and conclusions are rational."
Contempt, disdain, and self-superiority are all emotions. So is the desire to show them all how much you don't care that they think you're a scumbag. FP's motivation is to "win" by beating "the bad guys" (here personified by the girlfriend's parents) by being smarter than them. The girlfriend is not relevant except as a battlefield.
He can be the hero if he "saves" her. If she didn't need to be saved she'd be about as valuable to him as a corn chip. She's the challenge by which he will prove himself, even if only to himself.
And he's annoyed that a victim of long-term emotional and physical abuse (if that's to be believed) isn't making it easier for him to enact his masterful plan. Because, of course, abused people living in unstable, potentially dangerous conditions are well-known for their calm, detached demeanor. The battlefield is not cooperating with his battle plan, and he's mad at her in the same way you'd be mad at a rock you stubbed your toe on. She's in the way.
But of course, this is all just "feedback" or "baseless speculation" depending on how much this annoys him. If he was really interested in feedback on his battle plan, he'd take the actual advice being given. Advice which I don't think he's figured out yet, because he thinks it's just insults.
Yep, pretty much. But the stupid obstacle isn't letting him win by doing what he wants, even though it's
for her own good.
He could be Batman if Gotham City would quit being an over-emotional idiot who won't cooperate.
He has zero interest in her beyond the game of her life, and possibly dat ass. If she was in a good life situation she'd be too BORING for Dr Moriarty here. But she's ruining the fun by being a player in her own life, rather than a nice flat game board.
But as we all know, Logic and Reason are totally the best ways to make people tick and eventually he'll WIN and wonder why he isn't happy.
Spent parts of the weekend with my brain trying to kill me. And now I get to the play the fun game of combing through Tricare providers to get a psychiatric eval. My primary care provider does think there is a strong a possibility I have a mood disorder, which would explain so fucking much.
Heya Coyote!
That sucks, but at least people are taking it seriously.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on June 07, 2015, 01:33:46 AM
I like the part where he almost 100% agrees with my interpretation of who and what he is and still thinks this is a rebuttal of sorts. The numbers really sell it.
protip: reread some of your own posts imagining that they were facebook posts dredged up after a young girl went missing and see if you would want to string that guy up on the spot. If yes, you are doing relationships wrong. Start with "Anything that inhibits my achievement will be eradicated. That much is certain. However, as long as she continues doing all within her will that allows for a healthy relationship, then I won't intervene."
Most of the time, it's not peoples' lives that are in the way. Most of the time, it is a person's perspective or behavioral tendency. Homicide is not even close to one of my first few choices for any inhibiting factors in my plans. And neither is physical violence.
I do re-read them. I read this conversation several times a day to see if there's anything I've missed, or to see if I should look at any feedback from a different perspective.
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on June 08, 2015, 03:28:09 PM
DemoSquid beat me to the "fetishization of logic" bit.
"I hold other people's feelings and thoughts in contempt, therefore I am rational. Because I believe in Borg Logic."
"I am a rational person, therefore my thoughts, decisions, and conclusions are rational."
Contempt, disdain, and self-superiority are all emotions. So is the desire to show them all how much you don't care that they think you're a scumbag. FP's motivation is to "win" by beating "the bad guys" (here personified by the girlfriend's parents) by being smarter than them. The girlfriend is not relevant except as a battlefield.
He can be the hero if he "saves" her. If she didn't need to be saved she'd be about as valuable to him as a corn chip. She's the challenge by which he will prove himself, even if only to himself.
And he's annoyed that a victim of long-term emotional and physical abuse (if that's to be believed) isn't making it easier for him to enact his masterful plan. Because, of course, abused people living in unstable, potentially dangerous conditions are well-known for their calm, detached demeanor. The battlefield is not cooperating with his battle plan, and he's mad at her in the same way you'd be mad at a rock you stubbed your toe on. She's in the way.
But of course, this is all just "feedback" or "baseless speculation" depending on how much this annoys him. If he was really interested in feedback on his battle plan, he'd take the actual advice being given. Advice which I don't think he's figured out yet, because he thinks it's just insults.
You make this much more complicated than it needs to be. I am a hopeless romantic, but not about relationships. I wouldn't try to be a hero in something as mediocre as an early, teen relationship.
My girlfriend had disgusting behavioral tendencies. I thought (And still think) she had potential to be more. So, I decided to look into why she had the tendencies. I started hearing all kinds of stories about her parents from her. Now, I considered that she was probably willing to exaggerate and lie a little, based on the first tendencies that I identified. So, I started going over to her house to observe her interactions with her parents. She was, in all intents and purposes, a childish brat. Whiny, and almost infantile (Much more so than when she acted around me, alone). Then, I started looking into the people who would be responsible for creating such a brat. I started witnessing the blatant lying from her parents in messages. I started witnessing the guilt-tripping, and the tag-teaming and power struggles. I realized what the problem was: Her constant proximity with these types of situations were keeping her in the mindset that she needed to lie and guilt people onto her side. Her mother uses it to feed her own ego because she's a miserable cunt.
Tangent: I'm not trying to "win" anything against anyone. I'm hoping a car accident (Something that I'm not in control of, FYI) removes her parents from the situation because they are an inconvenience, not an enemy.
I used this information to give her incentives to change and break away from the people causing the problem. I just wanted my girlfriend to start treating me the way I treated her. So, after talking about her emotionally manipulative tendencies, I started teaching her empathy by bringing up how certain situations (Situations that she's put me in) would make her feel if I put her in them. I started pointing out her mother's tactics and mentality to her so that she had the information necessary to resist the manipulation. I gave her examples of things to do to make it easier to resist the tactics. She's made a lot of progress. But, obviously, attachments to parents (No matter how shitty they are) do not go away quickly or easily.
TL;DR
My girlfriend was annoyingly deceitful and shady. I found the source of her behavior patterns. I've attempted to cut that source from her. I don't mind manipulating pieces of shit like her parents. I've only been suggestive (Which, fairly, can be considered a form of manipulation) with my girlfriend.
I see everything as feedback. I think it would be unfair to call it "baseless speculation." It is most likely educated speculation. It just lacks some details. Your insults are simply a result of the "repulsion" that I, apparently, give off, and I think that's fair.
Obviously, the people of this board and I, don't see things, especially people, in the same way. People suggesting to me that I should just "act like a human being" don't seem to realize that it's not that easy. If there is something wrong with me, and I accept that there
might be, then it is impossible for me to just "act like [the human being you would rather me be]." I'm not going to change the way I treat everyone because some dramatic people on a board told me to. Obviously there is a much deeper difference in psychological predisposition in us. I'm not throwing out anti-social personality disorders. I'm just saying, I've looked into it, and talked to some doctors about it. Some said "silly kid who wants to be a hard ass," others said "Malignant Narcissist." At most, I think some of my interests may have put me onto some watch lists. That's a more sensitive topic that I may bring up at a later date.
As for the reference to Red Pill (I had to look it up), I can't imagine why the hell you would see that mentality in me. I've always found PUA shit to be stupid. I don't see women as lesser, and I'd have no reason to look into such things in the first place. Not to toot my own horn, but with my looks and attitude, I don't need some nerd-guide for dating. I've been pushing girls off of me since I was little. I haven't had self-esteem issues since Freshman year of high school. My methods of manipulation do not discriminate between genders. They discriminate between people. I can't understand where you see evidence of Red Pill mentality in my writing. Is it maybe because the situation being discussed involves interactions mostly based around females, and that these interactions are, apparently, morally appalling?
Quote from: Pæs on June 07, 2015, 03:14:15 AM
Fortunately he's already demonstrated that he's woefully underprepared for getting away with crime, so we don't have that to worry about.
:lulz:
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 09, 2015, 01:58:14 AM
At most, I think some of my interests may have put me onto some watch lists. That's a more sensitive topic that I may bring up at a later date.
Smelling BH, here. :vom:
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 09, 2015, 02:48:11 AM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 09, 2015, 01:58:14 AM
At most, I think some of my interests may have put me onto some watch lists. That's a more sensitive topic that I may bring up at a later date.
Smelling BH, here. :vom:
Yeah, I'm hoping he just keeps it to himself, given what he apparently thinks isn't "sensitive".
"BH?"
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 09, 2015, 05:48:47 AM
"BH?"
A former poster here. I don't know the details too well, but apparently he was a necrophile and said that if his daughter ever got raped, he'd rather kill her than let her live with the repercussions. Everyone here thinks he's pretty repulsive.
Quote from: President Television on June 09, 2015, 06:10:16 AM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 09, 2015, 05:48:47 AM
"BH?"
A former poster here. I don't know the details too well, but apparently he was a necrophile and said that if his daughter ever got raped, he'd rather kill her than let her live with the repercussions. Everyone here thinks he's pretty repulsive.
Babylon Horuv.
He was also a snuff freak, which is what really ramped up the squick factor.
Also, what kind of person says "coitus" instead of "fucking" outside of a medical discussion?
now i'm picturing this guy standing outside a medical convention screaming coitus at people. Its a fun image.
Oh this is lovely: http://boingboing.net/2015/06/08/culturing-the-critters-on-an-8.html
Quote from: President Television on June 09, 2015, 06:10:16 AM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 09, 2015, 05:48:47 AM
"BH?"
A former poster here. I don't know the details too well, but apparently he was a necrophile and said that if his daughter ever got raped, he'd rather kill her than let her live with the repercussions. Everyone here thinks he's pretty repulsive.
Honestly, you're not a shitbag-o-phile until you act on the urges of your paraphilia. This man just sounds mentally ill, though. His twisted form of the genetically predisposed "protect your blood/kin" mentality is a sign of some sort of empathy deficiency, most-likely due to a tendency for egocentrism, and much less a religious/ideological view (This is what first came to mind when reading
before the "let her live with the repercussions" part, not that that was what you were implying). Because he sees rape as unlivable, he couldn't fathom his daughter living with it or moving on/recovering from it. He's unable to put himself in the mindset of the daughter, who would probably still want to live (At least) even after a heinous experience like that.
That's my take. Accurate or not, I'm not gonna kill a daughter of mine. I'm more or less indifferent on the necrophilia thing, though. You're into what you're into. But if you violate someone else's rights to feed the urge, don't be surprised when you get signed up for lethal injection... or get a urinary track infection.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 09, 2015, 06:35:50 AM
Quote from: President Television on June 09, 2015, 06:10:16 AM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 09, 2015, 05:48:47 AM
"BH?"
A former poster here. I don't know the details too well, but apparently he was a necrophile and said that if his daughter ever got raped, he'd rather kill her than let her live with the repercussions. Everyone here thinks he's pretty repulsive.
Babylon Horuv.
He was also a snuff freak, which is what really ramped up the squick factor.
Also, what kind of person says "coitus" instead of "fucking" outside of a medical discussion?
The name sounds familiar from my year or two of lurking on here. But I got nothin on him in memory.
Sounds like a fuckin weirdo, though.
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on June 09, 2015, 07:01:04 AM
now i'm picturing this guy standing outside a medical convention screaming coitus at people. Its a fun image.
Similar for me, except he was standing next to a guy who
was loudly protesting vaccinations...
It wasn't necrophilia, it was murder porn. For the record. ie. raping and murdering. Which made what he said about his daughter infinitely more disturbing.
To be fair, he gets a lot of hate when the actual murderer/cannibal we had on the site gets forgotten about (probably for the best)
This is true. Though Luka didn't interact so much with people, so there is that....
Quote from: Cain on June 09, 2015, 12:20:54 PM
This is true. Though Luka didn't interact so much with people, so there is that....
That's true, and his eyebrows made him impossible to take as a credibly threat (even after discovering he was a murderer).
Quote from: Faust on June 09, 2015, 12:09:49 PM
To be fair, he gets a lot of hate when the actual murderer/cannibal we had on the site gets forgotten about (probably for the best)
If he was hanging about perpetually whinging about being let back on, we might remember him better.
Quote from: Faust on June 09, 2015, 12:09:49 PM
To be fair, he gets a lot of hate when the actual murderer/cannibal we had on the site gets forgotten about (probably for the best)
Well, yeah, but that guy was a narcissist. He wants attention.
Yeah exactly, if I was going to be stuck on a bus with either bh or Luka, it wouldn't be a hard choice.
Yeah, at least Luka'd just kill you and not try to talk to you about chaos majidguqke.
This forum seems to have attracted a lot of colourful characters.
Maybe all forums do, if they last long enough.
Quote from: Xaz on June 09, 2015, 04:07:04 PM
This forum seems to have attracted a lot of colourful characters.
Maybe all forums do, if they last long enough.
Like this one? http://internet.gawker.com/the-greatest-internet-flame-wars-are-happening-on-clown-1709914009
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 09, 2015, 04:20:49 PM
Quote from: Xaz on June 09, 2015, 04:07:04 PM
This forum seems to have attracted a lot of colourful characters.
Maybe all forums do, if they last long enough.
Like this one? http://internet.gawker.com/the-greatest-internet-flame-wars-are-happening-on-clown-1709914009
:lulz: I saw you post this on the Erotic Juggalo Fanfic page and knew it was just a matter of time before it'd show up here. That is some high-quality drama.
Quote from: President Television on June 09, 2015, 04:49:54 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 09, 2015, 04:20:49 PM
Quote from: Xaz on June 09, 2015, 04:07:04 PM
This forum seems to have attracted a lot of colourful characters.
Maybe all forums do, if they last long enough.
Like this one? http://internet.gawker.com/the-greatest-internet-flame-wars-are-happening-on-clown-1709914009
:lulz: I saw you post this on the Erotic Juggalo Fanfic page and knew it was just a matter of time before it'd show up here. That is some high-quality drama.
What's funny as hell is that although the subject matter is different, I saw this same drama go down COUNTLESS times on the glass forums. AND, this shit also happens in biomedical research. In fact, not long ago there was a huge blow up because one of the peer-reviewers (who rejected the paper) for a paper very shortly thereafter published very similar research and even lifted formulas from the paper they rejected.
Big, bad, ugly blow-up.
Quote from: Cain on June 09, 2015, 12:20:54 PM
This is true. Though Luka didn't interact so much with people, so there is that....
I don't remember Luka at all. BH was from Salazore, I'm pretty sure.
Appoint with a psychiatrist made for later today.
Quote from: Hoopla on June 09, 2015, 05:37:16 PM
Quote from: Cain on June 09, 2015, 12:20:54 PM
This is true. Though Luka didn't interact so much with people, so there is that....
I don't remember Luka at all. BH was from Salazore, I'm pretty sure.
He posted a couple of crazy tracts down in Or Kill Me.
Luka I mean, not BH.
Quote from: Hoopla on June 09, 2015, 05:37:16 PM
Quote from: Cain on June 09, 2015, 12:20:54 PM
This is true. Though Luka didn't interact so much with people, so there is that....
I don't remember Luka at all. BH was from Salazore, I'm pretty sure.
He was that rent boy cannibal from Canada who killed that Chinese student.
http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=30375.0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luka_Magnotta
Quote from: Faust on June 09, 2015, 06:15:33 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on June 09, 2015, 05:37:16 PM
Quote from: Cain on June 09, 2015, 12:20:54 PM
This is true. Though Luka didn't interact so much with people, so there is that....
I don't remember Luka at all. BH was from Salazore, I'm pretty sure.
He was that rent boy cannibal from Canada who killed that Chinese student.
http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=30375.0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luka_Magnotta
Oh good lord, he posted on PD? His house was right down the same street as my old porn job. Holy shit.
Quote from: Don Coyote on June 09, 2015, 05:50:06 PM
Appoint with a psychiatrist made for later today.
Rock on!
I just read all the shit on Luka. Looked like he was trying to find his way cutting corners while balancing his extreme emotional issues. I found the impersonation and fraud quite comical.
The obsession with killing cats, and the EXTREMELY Histrionic tendencies were a bit odd, though. I've always found attention-seeking to be a waste of time and energy unless it propagated useful information or connections. However, I do not believe this was his goal. He tended to stray far from pragmatism.
I have a friend who may have ended up something like this guy if it weren't for his intelligence, pragmatism, and knack for introspection. He had some interesting experiences with some cats as a kid, as well. He's also quite emotional, and a bit histrionic. He just wasn't nearly as unaware as Luka, here.
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 09, 2015, 07:37:40 PM
I just read all the shit on Luka. Looked like he was trying to find his way cutting corners while balancing his extreme emotional issues. I found the impersonation and fraud quite comical.
The obsession with killing cats, and the EXTREMELY Histrionic tendencies were a bit odd, though. I've always found attention-seeking to be a waste of time and energy unless it propagated useful information or connections. However, I do not believe this was his goal. He tended to stray far from pragmatism.
I have a friend who may have ended up something like this guy if it weren't for his intelligence, pragmatism, and knack for introspection. He had some interesting experiences with some cats as a kid, as well. He's also quite emotional, and a bit histrionic. He just wasn't nearly as unaware as Luka, here.
I'm sure you could've straightened him out.
Quote from: Hoopla on June 09, 2015, 07:46:16 PM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 09, 2015, 07:37:40 PM
I just read all the shit on Luka. Looked like he was trying to find his way cutting corners while balancing his extreme emotional issues. I found the impersonation and fraud quite comical.
The obsession with killing cats, and the EXTREMELY Histrionic tendencies were a bit odd, though. I've always found attention-seeking to be a waste of time and energy unless it propagated useful information or connections. However, I do not believe this was his goal. He tended to stray far from pragmatism.
I have a friend who may have ended up something like this guy if it weren't for his intelligence, pragmatism, and knack for introspection. He had some interesting experiences with some cats as a kid, as well. He's also quite emotional, and a bit histrionic. He just wasn't nearly as unaware as Luka, here.
I'm sure you could've straightened him out.
Well, my methods can't reach many aspects of neurobiology. Suggestive, self-esteem-based, and ideological manipulation can, at best, cause a certain part of the brain to get more or less activity. If a part of the brain is actually defective, conscious rehabilitation is, as far as I know, impossible.
Certain aspects of experience during early development can influence later behaviors because that's how the developmental stages of the brain work. Early experiences help the brain develop according to the environment it's in. Now, I don't know anything about Luka's childhood, but I'm sure his problem was not on the "nurture" side of the debate. I think his issue was genetically predisposed, meaning he was born with the problem. And his early experiences, even if they weren't that supportive (Of the predisposition's growth), allowed his predispositions to grow into permanent psychological damage. By permanent, I mean: Can't be solved with conscious/subconscious methods of manipulation. It would probably take surgery that neurobiologists aren't at a high enough level to perform yet. I am not an alien neurobiologist.
Poo is a fuckwad.
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 09, 2015, 09:32:19 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on June 09, 2015, 07:46:16 PM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 09, 2015, 07:37:40 PM
I just read all the shit on Luka. Looked like he was trying to find his way cutting corners while balancing his extreme emotional issues. I found the impersonation and fraud quite comical.
The obsession with killing cats, and the EXTREMELY Histrionic tendencies were a bit odd, though. I've always found attention-seeking to be a waste of time and energy unless it propagated useful information or connections. However, I do not believe this was his goal. He tended to stray far from pragmatism.
I have a friend who may have ended up something like this guy if it weren't for his intelligence, pragmatism, and knack for introspection. He had some interesting experiences with some cats as a kid, as well. He's also quite emotional, and a bit histrionic. He just wasn't nearly as unaware as Luka, here.
I'm sure you could've straightened him out.
Well, my methods can't reach many aspects of neurobiology. Suggestive, self-esteem-based, and ideological manipulation can, at best, cause a certain part of the brain to get more or less activity. If a part of the brain is actually defective, conscious rehabilitation is, as far as I know, impossible.
Certain aspects of experience during early development can influence later behaviors because that's how the developmental stages of the brain work. Early experiences help the brain develop according to the environment it's in. Now, I don't know anything about Luka's childhood, but I'm sure his problem was not on the "nurture" side of the debate. I think his issue was genetically predisposed, meaning he was born with the problem. And his early experiences, even if they weren't that supportive (Of the predisposition's growth), allowed his predispositions to grow into permanent psychological damage. By permanent, I mean: Can't be solved with conscious/subconscious methods of manipulation. It would probably take surgery that neurobiologists aren't at a high enough level to perform yet. I am not an alien neurobiologist.
If I didn't know better, I'd give this a 91% probability of this being an amazingly nuanced troll.
Quote from: Faust on June 09, 2015, 06:15:33 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on June 09, 2015, 05:37:16 PM
Quote from: Cain on June 09, 2015, 12:20:54 PM
This is true. Though Luka didn't interact so much with people, so there is that....
I don't remember Luka at all. BH was from Salazore, I'm pretty sure.
He was that rent boy cannibal from Canada who killed that Chinese student.
http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=30375.0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luka_Magnotta
Oh, THAT Luka! I was even here for that, and I forgot about him.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on June 09, 2015, 11:30:37 PM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 09, 2015, 09:32:19 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on June 09, 2015, 07:46:16 PM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 09, 2015, 07:37:40 PM
I just read all the shit on Luka. Looked like he was trying to find his way cutting corners while balancing his extreme emotional issues. I found the impersonation and fraud quite comical.
The obsession with killing cats, and the EXTREMELY Histrionic tendencies were a bit odd, though. I've always found attention-seeking to be a waste of time and energy unless it propagated useful information or connections. However, I do not believe this was his goal. He tended to stray far from pragmatism.
I have a friend who may have ended up something like this guy if it weren't for his intelligence, pragmatism, and knack for introspection. He had some interesting experiences with some cats as a kid, as well. He's also quite emotional, and a bit histrionic. He just wasn't nearly as unaware as Luka, here.
I'm sure you could've straightened him out.
Well, my methods can't reach many aspects of neurobiology. Suggestive, self-esteem-based, and ideological manipulation can, at best, cause a certain part of the brain to get more or less activity. If a part of the brain is actually defective, conscious rehabilitation is, as far as I know, impossible.
Certain aspects of experience during early development can influence later behaviors because that's how the developmental stages of the brain work. Early experiences help the brain develop according to the environment it's in. Now, I don't know anything about Luka's childhood, but I'm sure his problem was not on the "nurture" side of the debate. I think his issue was genetically predisposed, meaning he was born with the problem. And his early experiences, even if they weren't that supportive (Of the predisposition's growth), allowed his predispositions to grow into permanent psychological damage. By permanent, I mean: Can't be solved with conscious/subconscious methods of manipulation. It would probably take surgery that neurobiologists aren't at a high enough level to perform yet. I am not an alien neurobiologist.
If I didn't know better, I'd give this a 91% probability of this being an amazingly nuanced troll.
If I was
that good at trolling, I would be making sure I got
paid to do it.
You can't make this shit up...
Shitstain is sort of harshing my cool.
Quote from: Don Coyote on June 10, 2015, 01:48:06 AM
Shitstain is sort of harshing my cool.
I was thinking about changing my forum name to something that rolls off the tongue better than a Sex Magicians reference. "Shitstain" could work. Or I could keep it something appropriate to my original name, and make it good ole "Poo"/"Fernando Poo." Fernando sounds exotic. And Fernando Poo sounds like an exotic shit, which is something I'm quite familiar with since the new Blazin Wing Sauce.
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 10, 2015, 02:39:37 AM
Quote from: Don Coyote on June 10, 2015, 01:48:06 AM
Shitstain is sort of harshing my cool.
I was thinking about changing my forum name to something that rolls off the tongue better than a Sex Magicians reference. "Shitstain" could work. Or I could keep it something appropriate to my original name, and make it good ole "Poo"/"Fernando Poo." Fernando sounds exotic. And Fernando Poo sounds like an exotic shit, which is something I'm quite familiar with since the new Blazin Wing Sauce.
:ohboy:
Quote from: Fernando Poo on June 09, 2015, 09:32:19 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on June 09, 2015, 07:46:16 PM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 09, 2015, 07:37:40 PM
I just read all the shit on Luka. Looked like he was trying to find his way cutting corners while balancing his extreme emotional issues. I found the impersonation and fraud quite comical.
The obsession with killing cats, and the EXTREMELY Histrionic tendencies were a bit odd, though. I've always found attention-seeking to be a waste of time and energy unless it propagated useful information or connections. However, I do not believe this was his goal. He tended to stray far from pragmatism.
I have a friend who may have ended up something like this guy if it weren't for his intelligence, pragmatism, and knack for introspection. He had some interesting experiences with some cats as a kid, as well. He's also quite emotional, and a bit histrionic. He just wasn't nearly as unaware as Luka, here.
I'm sure you could've straightened him out.
Well, my methods can't reach many aspects of neurobiology. Suggestive, self-esteem-based, and ideological manipulation can, at best, cause a certain part of the brain to get more or less activity. If a part of the brain is actually defective, conscious rehabilitation is, as far as I know, impossible.
Certain aspects of experience during early development can influence later behaviors because that's how the developmental stages of the brain work. Early experiences help the brain develop according to the environment it's in. Now, I don't know anything about Luka's childhood, but I'm sure his problem was not on the "nurture" side of the debate. I think his issue was genetically predisposed, meaning he was born with the problem. And his early experiences, even if they weren't that supportive (Of the predisposition's growth), allowed his predispositions to grow into permanent psychological damage. By permanent, I mean: Can't be solved with conscious/subconscious methods of manipulation. It would probably take surgery that neurobiologists aren't at a high enough level to perform yet. I am not an alien neurobiologist.
:hosrie:
I love armchair neuropsychologists.
Fernando, I have a memory of you being sort of ok... When did you become a human trilby?
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on June 09, 2015, 11:30:37 PM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 09, 2015, 09:32:19 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on June 09, 2015, 07:46:16 PM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 09, 2015, 07:37:40 PM
I just read all the shit on Luka. Looked like he was trying to find his way cutting corners while balancing his extreme emotional issues. I found the impersonation and fraud quite comical.
The obsession with killing cats, and the EXTREMELY Histrionic tendencies were a bit odd, though. I've always found attention-seeking to be a waste of time and energy unless it propagated useful information or connections. However, I do not believe this was his goal. He tended to stray far from pragmatism.
I have a friend who may have ended up something like this guy if it weren't for his intelligence, pragmatism, and knack for introspection. He had some interesting experiences with some cats as a kid, as well. He's also quite emotional, and a bit histrionic. He just wasn't nearly as unaware as Luka, here.
I'm sure you could've straightened him out.
Well, my methods can't reach many aspects of neurobiology. Suggestive, self-esteem-based, and ideological manipulation can, at best, cause a certain part of the brain to get more or less activity. If a part of the brain is actually defective, conscious rehabilitation is, as far as I know, impossible.
Certain aspects of experience during early development can influence later behaviors because that's how the developmental stages of the brain work. Early experiences help the brain develop according to the environment it's in. Now, I don't know anything about Luka's childhood, but I'm sure his problem was not on the "nurture" side of the debate. I think his issue was genetically predisposed, meaning he was born with the problem. And his early experiences, even if they weren't that supportive (Of the predisposition's growth), allowed his predispositions to grow into permanent psychological damage. By permanent, I mean: Can't be solved with conscious/subconscious methods of manipulation. It would probably take surgery that neurobiologists aren't at a high enough level to perform yet. I am not an alien neurobiologist.
If I didn't know better, I'd give this a 91% probability of this being an amazingly nuanced troll.
That would restore my faith in trollmanity. We haven't had a troll that good... well, EVER.
If this is a troll, I want him on my side.
Quote from: Fernando Poo on June 10, 2015, 12:35:26 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on June 09, 2015, 11:30:37 PM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 09, 2015, 09:32:19 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on June 09, 2015, 07:46:16 PM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 09, 2015, 07:37:40 PM
I just read all the shit on Luka. Looked like he was trying to find his way cutting corners while balancing his extreme emotional issues. I found the impersonation and fraud quite comical.
The obsession with killing cats, and the EXTREMELY Histrionic tendencies were a bit odd, though. I've always found attention-seeking to be a waste of time and energy unless it propagated useful information or connections. However, I do not believe this was his goal. He tended to stray far from pragmatism.
I have a friend who may have ended up something like this guy if it weren't for his intelligence, pragmatism, and knack for introspection. He had some interesting experiences with some cats as a kid, as well. He's also quite emotional, and a bit histrionic. He just wasn't nearly as unaware as Luka, here.
I'm sure you could've straightened him out.
Well, my methods can't reach many aspects of neurobiology. Suggestive, self-esteem-based, and ideological manipulation can, at best, cause a certain part of the brain to get more or less activity. If a part of the brain is actually defective, conscious rehabilitation is, as far as I know, impossible.
Certain aspects of experience during early development can influence later behaviors because that's how the developmental stages of the brain work. Early experiences help the brain develop according to the environment it's in. Now, I don't know anything about Luka's childhood, but I'm sure his problem was not on the "nurture" side of the debate. I think his issue was genetically predisposed, meaning he was born with the problem. And his early experiences, even if they weren't that supportive (Of the predisposition's growth), allowed his predispositions to grow into permanent psychological damage. By permanent, I mean: Can't be solved with conscious/subconscious methods of manipulation. It would probably take surgery that neurobiologists aren't at a high enough level to perform yet. I am not an alien neurobiologist.
If I didn't know better, I'd give this a 91% probability of this being an amazingly nuanced troll.
If I was that good at trolling, I would be making sure I got paid to do it.
You can't make this shit up...
And yet, there you are. :lulz:
Quote from: Hoopla on June 10, 2015, 03:10:22 AM
Fernando, I have a memory of you being sort of ok... When did you become a human trilby?
I just tiptoed through your posts. Turns out I was wrong.
Well, neither of the jobs I had my heart set on panned out, for reasons I am too disgusted with to mention.
Time to look elsewhere. I have 3 solid leads and some other shit on the back burner.
No regrets, I would have quit that job without ANY idea of where I was going.
See, the thing about a really, really good troll is that it's not that hard. You just start talking about something that you kind of understand aspects of, a little, and state your partially-understood concepts as if they are incontrovertible facts. You gotta state that shit as if you are some kind of reknowned expert. Then, you wait for someone to correct you, and you double the fuck down. More people will join the fray, it's human nature. Make sure to only partially address anyone's points, and do so in a wall of text that manages to be both condescendingly-toned and also, somehow, just utterly clueless as fuck. It's ideal if you can, in the process, imply or outright accuse others of doing exactly what you're doing, AND, AND AND AND, also imply that they are either stupid.
What's the difference between an idiot and a troll? The troll knows he's wrong.
If you master this troll, you can take it to a higher level by actually being right, but sounding like you're wrong.Then, as the shrillness of the debate escalates, you can slowly nudge your argument toward utter placid reasonableness until your opponent doesn't just look mistaken to an outside observer, but outright insane.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 10, 2015, 03:20:41 AM
Well, neither of the jobs I had my heart set on panned out, for reasons I am too disgusted with to mention.
Time to look elsewhere. I have 3 solid leads and some other shit on the back burner.
No regrets, I would have quit that job without ANY idea of where I was going.
Well, THAT sucks. :sad: But you're still better off, guaranteed.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 10, 2015, 03:20:41 AM
Well, neither of the jobs I had my heart set on panned out, for reasons I am too disgusted with to mention.
Time to look elsewhere. I have 3 solid leads and some other shit on the back burner.
No regrets, I would have quit that job without ANY idea of where I was going.
Well, balls.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 10, 2015, 03:23:37 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 10, 2015, 03:20:41 AM
Well, neither of the jobs I had my heart set on panned out, for reasons I am too disgusted with to mention.
Time to look elsewhere. I have 3 solid leads and some other shit on the back burner.
No regrets, I would have quit that job without ANY idea of where I was going.
Well, THAT sucks. :sad: But you're still better off, guaranteed.
Yeah, well, I'm now stressed for other reasons, but at least I don't have to leave my dignity at home in the morning.
Quote from: Don Coyote on June 10, 2015, 03:28:03 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 10, 2015, 03:20:41 AM
Well, neither of the jobs I had my heart set on panned out, for reasons I am too disgusted with to mention.
Time to look elsewhere. I have 3 solid leads and some other shit on the back burner.
No regrets, I would have quit that job without ANY idea of where I was going.
Well, balls.
Shit happens. If all else fails, I can go back to being shady.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 10, 2015, 03:30:37 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 10, 2015, 03:23:37 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 10, 2015, 03:20:41 AM
Well, neither of the jobs I had my heart set on panned out, for reasons I am too disgusted with to mention.
Time to look elsewhere. I have 3 solid leads and some other shit on the back burner.
No regrets, I would have quit that job without ANY idea of where I was going.
Well, THAT sucks. :sad: But you're still better off, guaranteed.
Yeah, well, I'm now stressed for other reasons, but at least I don't have to leave my dignity at home in the morning.
And that alone is worth it.
My dog just ate. :)
Quote from: Don Coyote on June 10, 2015, 02:56:40 AM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 10, 2015, 02:39:37 AM
Quote from: Don Coyote on June 10, 2015, 01:48:06 AM
Shitstain is sort of harshing my cool.
I was thinking about changing my forum name to something that rolls off the tongue better than a Sex Magicians reference. "Shitstain" could work. Or I could keep it something appropriate to my original name, and make it good ole "Poo"/"Fernando Poo." Fernando sounds exotic. And Fernando Poo sounds like an exotic shit, which is something I'm quite familiar with since the new Blazin Wing Sauce.
:ohboy:
:lol:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 10, 2015, 03:07:53 AM
Quote from: Fernando Poo on June 09, 2015, 09:32:19 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on June 09, 2015, 07:46:16 PM
Quote from: PlightOfFernandoPoo on June 09, 2015, 07:37:40 PM
I just read all the shit on Luka. Looked like he was trying to find his way cutting corners while balancing his extreme emotional issues. I found the impersonation and fraud quite comical.
The obsession with killing cats, and the EXTREMELY Histrionic tendencies were a bit odd, though. I've always found attention-seeking to be a waste of time and energy unless it propagated useful information or connections. However, I do not believe this was his goal. He tended to stray far from pragmatism.
I have a friend who may have ended up something like this guy if it weren't for his intelligence, pragmatism, and knack for introspection. He had some interesting experiences with some cats as a kid, as well. He's also quite emotional, and a bit histrionic. He just wasn't nearly as unaware as Luka, here.
I'm sure you could've straightened him out.
Well, my methods can't reach many aspects of neurobiology. Suggestive, self-esteem-based, and ideological manipulation can, at best, cause a certain part of the brain to get more or less activity. If a part of the brain is actually defective, conscious rehabilitation is, as far as I know, impossible.
Certain aspects of experience during early development can influence later behaviors because that's how the developmental stages of the brain work. Early experiences help the brain develop according to the environment it's in. Now, I don't know anything about Luka's childhood, but I'm sure his problem was not on the "nurture" side of the debate. I think his issue was genetically predisposed, meaning he was born with the problem. And his early experiences, even if they weren't that supportive (Of the predisposition's growth), allowed his predispositions to grow into permanent psychological damage. By permanent, I mean: Can't be solved with conscious/subconscious methods of manipulation. It would probably take surgery that neurobiologists aren't at a high enough level to perform yet. I am not an alien neurobiologist.
:hosrie:
I love armchair neuropsychologists.
I don't consider that information very high-level. It was generalized to lower verbosity, but I think it still stands. I don't claim to be an expert in anything, here.
Quote from: Hoopla on June 10, 2015, 03:14:08 AM
Quote from: Hoopla on June 10, 2015, 03:10:22 AM
Fernando, I have a memory of you being sort of ok... When did you become a human trilby?
I just tiptoed through your posts. Turns out I was wrong.
Actually, you were one of the first few to greet me and invite me in with open arms. It's ok, though.
You couldn't have known.Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 10, 2015, 03:22:21 AM
See, the thing about a really, really good troll is that it's not that hard. You just start talking about something that you kind of understand aspects of, a little, and state your partially-understood concepts as if they are incontrovertible facts. You gotta state that shit as if you are some kind of reknowned expert. Then, you wait for someone to correct you, and you double the fuck down. More people will join the fray, it's human nature. Make sure to only partially address anyone's points, and do so in a wall of text that manages to be both condescendingly-toned and also, somehow, just utterly clueless as fuck. It's ideal if you can, in the process, imply or outright accuse others of doing exactly what you're doing, AND, AND AND AND, also imply that they are either stupid.
What's the difference between an idiot and a troll? The troll knows he's wrong.
If you master this troll, you can take it to a higher level by actually being right, but sounding like you're wrong.Then, as the shrillness of the debate escalates, you can slowly nudge your argument toward utter placid reasonableness until your opponent doesn't just look mistaken to an outside observer, but outright insane.
I'm gonna have to find it, and it'll take a lot of looking, but I think I witnessed a troll of that level before. I didn't even realize it until now...
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 10, 2015, 03:39:17 AM
My dog just ate. :)
Very nice! Happy for you.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 10, 2015, 03:22:21 AM
See, the thing about a really, really good troll is that it's not that hard. You just start talking about something that you kind of understand aspects of, a little, and state your partially-understood concepts as if they are incontrovertible facts. You gotta state that shit as if you are some kind of reknowned expert. Then, you wait for someone to correct you, and you double the fuck down. More people will join the fray, it's human nature. Make sure to only partially address anyone's points, and do so in a wall of text that manages to be both condescendingly-toned and also, somehow, just utterly clueless as fuck. It's ideal if you can, in the process, imply or outright accuse others of doing exactly what you're doing, AND, AND AND AND, also imply that they are either stupid.
What's the difference between an idiot and a troll? The troll knows he's wrong.
If you master this troll, you can take it to a higher level by actually being right, but sounding like you're wrong.Then, as the shrillness of the debate escalates, you can slowly nudge your argument toward utter placid reasonableness until your opponent doesn't just look mistaken to an outside observer, but outright insane.
Dude, you have absolutely no idea what the fuck you're taking about here, do you? It's like I just walked into the Land that Understanding Forgot.
[emoji12]
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 10, 2015, 03:20:41 AM
Well, neither of the jobs I had my heart set on panned out, for reasons I am too disgusted with to mention.
Time to look elsewhere. I have 3 solid leads and some other shit on the back burner.
No regrets, I would have quit that job without ANY idea of where I was going.
Motherfucking damn.
Glad you have no regrets, but shit-- can a person catch a break already?
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 10, 2015, 03:20:41 AM
Well, neither of the jobs I had my heart set on panned out, for reasons I am too disgusted with to mention.
Time to look elsewhere. I have 3 solid leads and some other shit on the back burner.
No regrets, I would have quit that job without ANY idea of where I was going.
Aw, boo. :sad:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 10, 2015, 03:39:17 AM
My dog just ate. :)
Hooray!
Quote from: Rev Thwack on June 10, 2015, 04:27:21 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 10, 2015, 03:22:21 AM
See, the thing about a really, really good troll is that it's not that hard. You just start talking about something that you kind of understand aspects of, a little, and state your partially-understood concepts as if they are incontrovertible facts. You gotta state that shit as if you are some kind of reknowned expert. Then, you wait for someone to correct you, and you double the fuck down. More people will join the fray, it's human nature. Make sure to only partially address anyone's points, and do so in a wall of text that manages to be both condescendingly-toned and also, somehow, just utterly clueless as fuck. It's ideal if you can, in the process, imply or outright accuse others of doing exactly what you're doing, AND, AND AND AND, also imply that they are either stupid.
What's the difference between an idiot and a troll? The troll knows he's wrong.
If you master this troll, you can take it to a higher level by actually being right, but sounding like you're wrong.Then, as the shrillness of the debate escalates, you can slowly nudge your argument toward utter placid reasonableness until your opponent doesn't just look mistaken to an outside observer, but outright insane.
Dude, you have absolutely no idea what the fuck you're taking about here, do you? It's like I just walked into the Land that Understanding Forgot.
[emoji12]
Rev Thwack,
That was a good effort but not wall of texty enough.
Is your reading comprehension failing you? Kids these days, education isn't what is used to be. It must be the texting everyone is doing all the time.
Also, Nigel intentionally left a hook for you to use but you completely failed to catch it. (It's spelled
renowned, people. Look it up!)
Now, this may be a double reverse troll but that would require more insight in he community to pull off.
Quote from: Reginald Ret on June 10, 2015, 09:17:54 AM
Quote from: Rev Thwack on June 10, 2015, 04:27:21 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 10, 2015, 03:22:21 AM
See, the thing about a really, really good troll is that it's not that hard. You just start talking about something that you kind of understand aspects of, a little, and state your partially-understood concepts as if they are incontrovertible facts. You gotta state that shit as if you are some kind of reknowned expert. Then, you wait for someone to correct you, and you double the fuck down. More people will join the fray, it's human nature. Make sure to only partially address anyone's points, and do so in a wall of text that manages to be both condescendingly-toned and also, somehow, just utterly clueless as fuck. It's ideal if you can, in the process, imply or outright accuse others of doing exactly what you're doing, AND, AND AND AND, also imply that they are either stupid.
What's the difference between an idiot and a troll? The troll knows he's wrong.
If you master this troll, you can take it to a higher level by actually being right, but sounding like you're wrong.Then, as the shrillness of the debate escalates, you can slowly nudge your argument toward utter placid reasonableness until your opponent doesn't just look mistaken to an outside observer, but outright insane.
Dude, you have absolutely no idea what the fuck you're taking about here, do you? It's like I just walked into the Land that Understanding Forgot.
[emoji12]
Rev Thwack,
That was a good effort but not wall of texty enough.
Is your reading comprehension failing you? Kids these days, education isn't what is used to be. It must be the texting everyone is doing all the time.
Also, Nigel intentionally left a hook for you to use but you completely failed to catch it. (It's spelled renowned, people. Look it up!)
Now, this may be a double reverse troll but that would require more insight in he community to pull off.
When I was young like you, I would do "wall of texty" (as you so eloquently put it) in a heartbeat. Now, my arthritic fingers coupled with my intolerance for such youthful exuberance have me posting replies more like "pbbbth".
Quote from: Rev Thwack on June 10, 2015, 12:49:43 PM
Quote from: Reginald Ret on June 10, 2015, 09:17:54 AM
Quote from: Rev Thwack on June 10, 2015, 04:27:21 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 10, 2015, 03:22:21 AM
See, the thing about a really, really good troll is that it's not that hard. You just start talking about something that you kind of understand aspects of, a little, and state your partially-understood concepts as if they are incontrovertible facts. You gotta state that shit as if you are some kind of reknowned expert. Then, you wait for someone to correct you, and you double the fuck down. More people will join the fray, it's human nature. Make sure to only partially address anyone's points, and do so in a wall of text that manages to be both condescendingly-toned and also, somehow, just utterly clueless as fuck. It's ideal if you can, in the process, imply or outright accuse others of doing exactly what you're doing, AND, AND AND AND, also imply that they are either stupid.
What's the difference between an idiot and a troll? The troll knows he's wrong.
If you master this troll, you can take it to a higher level by actually being right, but sounding like you're wrong.Then, as the shrillness of the debate escalates, you can slowly nudge your argument toward utter placid reasonableness until your opponent doesn't just look mistaken to an outside observer, but outright insane.
Dude, you have absolutely no idea what the fuck you're taking about here, do you? It's like I just walked into the Land that Understanding Forgot.
[emoji12]
Rev Thwack,
That was a good effort but not wall of texty enough.
Is your reading comprehension failing you? Kids these days, education isn't what is used to be. It must be the texting everyone is doing all the time.
Also, Nigel intentionally left a hook for you to use but you completely failed to catch it. (It's spelled renowned, people. Look it up!)
Now, this may be a double reverse troll but that would require more insight in he community to pull off.
When I was young like you, I would do "wall of texty" (as you so eloquently put it) in a heartbeat. Now, my arthritic fingers coupled with my intolerance for such youthful exuberance have me posting replies more like "pbbbth".
:lulz:
Quote from: Fernando Poo on June 10, 2015, 03:50:36 AM
I don't consider that information very high-level.
REALLY??? YOU KID.
:sexybeast:
You are so shockingly unobservant about the people that you interact with that I really wonder whether your entire vaunted ability to "read" and "manipulate" people is entirely based in self-deception.
I DO rather hope that your next parlor trick will be explaining the international politics of terrorism in simplified terms, though. Just for the lail.
Dog puked this morning.
Still, eating was a good sign.
Can dogs have bulimia?
Quote from: Rev Thwack on June 10, 2015, 04:27:21 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 10, 2015, 03:22:21 AM
See, the thing about a really, really good troll is that it's not that hard. You just start talking about something that you kind of understand aspects of, a little, and state your partially-understood concepts as if they are incontrovertible facts. You gotta state that shit as if you are some kind of reknowned expert. Then, you wait for someone to correct you, and you double the fuck down. More people will join the fray, it's human nature. Make sure to only partially address anyone's points, and do so in a wall of text that manages to be both condescendingly-toned and also, somehow, just utterly clueless as fuck. It's ideal if you can, in the process, imply or outright accuse others of doing exactly what you're doing, AND, AND AND AND, also imply that they are either stupid.
What's the difference between an idiot and a troll? The troll knows he's wrong.
If you master this troll, you can take it to a higher level by actually being right, but sounding like you're wrong.Then, as the shrillness of the debate escalates, you can slowly nudge your argument toward utter placid reasonableness until your opponent doesn't just look mistaken to an outside observer, but outright insane.
Dude, you have absolutely no idea what the fuck you're taking about here, do you? It's like I just walked into the Land that Understanding Forgot.
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I feel like that time Penumbral came back.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 10, 2015, 04:40:34 PM
Quote from: Rev Thwack on June 10, 2015, 04:27:21 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 10, 2015, 03:22:21 AM
See, the thing about a really, really good troll is that it's not that hard. You just start talking about something that you kind of understand aspects of, a little, and state your partially-understood concepts as if they are incontrovertible facts. You gotta state that shit as if you are some kind of reknowned expert. Then, you wait for someone to correct you, and you double the fuck down. More people will join the fray, it's human nature. Make sure to only partially address anyone's points, and do so in a wall of text that manages to be both condescendingly-toned and also, somehow, just utterly clueless as fuck. It's ideal if you can, in the process, imply or outright accuse others of doing exactly what you're doing, AND, AND AND AND, also imply that they are either stupid.
What's the difference between an idiot and a troll? The troll knows he's wrong.
If you master this troll, you can take it to a higher level by actually being right, but sounding like you're wrong.Then, as the shrillness of the debate escalates, you can slowly nudge your argument toward utter placid reasonableness until your opponent doesn't just look mistaken to an outside observer, but outright insane.
Dude, you have absolutely no idea what the fuck you're taking about here, do you? It's like I just walked into the Land that Understanding Forgot.
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I feel like that time Penumbral came back.
He was a good guy... fun, but a little uptight at times.
Shit Howl. That sucks.
As said, though. Glad you have no regrets.
Also, YAY nigel's dog. I'm rootin' for him.
Quote from: Cain on June 10, 2015, 04:21:04 PM
Can dogs have bulimia?
Not in the sense that people can have it, because dogs don't have a body image.
Wow, I'm hung over on a level that hasn't occurred since Scott Foster's baby shower. Went out with Charley last night for a mellow evening at the parlor, and had four drinks. One more than my usual limit, but apparently two more than my current capacity to handle.
The problem with not drinking is that you lose the capacity to drink, and then you can't really drink so you end up not drinking, until you're one of those old ladies who is just WASTED after half a glass of wine.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 10, 2015, 04:06:58 PM
Quote from: Fernando Poo on June 10, 2015, 03:50:36 AM
I don't consider that information very high-level. I don't think anyone would consider that information very high level. Why would you assume I was being condescending or whatever the fuck?
REALLY??? YOU KID.
:sexybeast:
1.) You are so shockingly unobservant about the people that you interact with that I really wonder whether your entire vaunted ability to "read" and "manipulate" people is entirely based in self-deception.
2.) I DO rather hope that your next parlor trick will be explaining the international politics of terrorism in simplified terms, though. Just for the lail.
FIXED1.) I guess I wouldn't know, would I?
2.) I don't understand shit about terrorism. I don't claim to have any superior knowledge to anyone about anything on this forum. In-fact, most of the time I end up humbling myself, and claiming to know very little about most topics compared to everyone here. Why else would I be here? I don't come here to boast, I come here to learn and contribute as much as I can to the debates and humor I claim to at least know
something about. Dislike me all you want. But I'm not here for a fucking pissing contest.
Quote from: Fernando Poo on June 10, 2015, 11:04:26 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 10, 2015, 04:06:58 PM
Quote from: Fernando Poo on June 10, 2015, 03:50:36 AM
I don't consider that information very high-level. I don't think anyone would consider that information very high level. Why would you assume I was being condescending or whatever the fuck?
REALLY??? YOU KID.
:sexybeast:
1.) You are so shockingly unobservant about the people that you interact with that I really wonder whether your entire vaunted ability to "read" and "manipulate" people is entirely based in self-deception.
2.) I DO rather hope that your next parlor trick will be explaining the international politics of terrorism in simplified terms, though. Just for the lail.
FIXED
1.) I guess I wouldn't know, would I?
2.) I don't understand shit about terrorism. I don't claim to have any superior knowledge to anyone about anything on this forum. In-fact, most of the time I end up humbling myself, and claiming to know very little about most topics compared to everyone here. Why else would I be here? I don't come here to boast, I come here to learn and contribute as much as I can to the debates and humor I claim to at least know something about. Dislike me all you want. But I'm not here for a fucking pissing contest.
:lulz: It's hard to imagine why anyone would perceive you as condescending, isn't it? Almost impossible.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 10, 2015, 11:21:51 PM
Quote from: Fernando Poo on June 10, 2015, 11:04:26 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 10, 2015, 04:06:58 PM
Quote from: Fernando Poo on June 10, 2015, 03:50:36 AM
I don't consider that information very high-level. I don't think anyone would consider that information very high level. Why would you assume I was being condescending or whatever the fuck?
REALLY??? YOU KID.
:sexybeast:
1.) You are so shockingly unobservant about the people that you interact with that I really wonder whether your entire vaunted ability to "read" and "manipulate" people is entirely based in self-deception.
2.) I DO rather hope that your next parlor trick will be explaining the international politics of terrorism in simplified terms, though. Just for the lail.
FIXED
1.) I guess I wouldn't know, would I?
2.) I don't understand shit about terrorism. I don't claim to have any superior knowledge to anyone about anything on this forum. In-fact, most of the time I end up humbling myself, and claiming to know very little about most topics compared to everyone here. Why else would I be here? I don't come here to boast, I come here to learn and contribute as much as I can to the debates and humor I claim to at least know something about. Dislike me all you want. But I'm not here for a fucking pissing contest.
:lulz: It's hard to imagine why anyone would perceive you as condescending, isn't it? Almost impossible.
I understand that I have a huge ego. I'm not denying that. But assuming that every attempt at complex thought is condescending because of it is just unproductive. If I ever seem condescending, I'm NOT trying to be. It's probably just one of many problems I still have to work on.
Being preachy can be effective for certain crowds. Obviously this one is NOT receptive to it. Just like I'm not that receptive to your "suggestive mockery."
Quote from: Fernando Poo on June 10, 2015, 11:39:46 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 10, 2015, 11:21:51 PM
Quote from: Fernando Poo on June 10, 2015, 11:04:26 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 10, 2015, 04:06:58 PM
Quote from: Fernando Poo on June 10, 2015, 03:50:36 AM
I don't consider that information very high-level. I don't think anyone would consider that information very high level. Why would you assume I was being condescending or whatever the fuck?
REALLY??? YOU KID.
:sexybeast:
1.) You are so shockingly unobservant about the people that you interact with that I really wonder whether your entire vaunted ability to "read" and "manipulate" people is entirely based in self-deception.
2.) I DO rather hope that your next parlor trick will be explaining the international politics of terrorism in simplified terms, though. Just for the lail.
FIXED
1.) I guess I wouldn't know, would I?
2.) I don't understand shit about terrorism. I don't claim to have any superior knowledge to anyone about anything on this forum. In-fact, most of the time I end up humbling myself, and claiming to know very little about most topics compared to everyone here. Why else would I be here? I don't come here to boast, I come here to learn and contribute as much as I can to the debates and humor I claim to at least know something about. Dislike me all you want. But I'm not here for a fucking pissing contest.
:lulz: It's hard to imagine why anyone would perceive you as condescending, isn't it? Almost impossible.
I understand that I have a huge ego. I'm not denying that. But assuming that every attempt at complex thought is condescending because of it is just unproductive. If I ever seem condescending, I'm NOT trying to be. It's probably just one of many problems I still have to work on.
Being preachy can be effective for certain crowds. Obviously this one is NOT receptive to it. Just like I'm not that receptive to your "suggestive mockery."
That's Nigel's charm.
Quote from: Fernando Poo on June 10, 2015, 11:39:46 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 10, 2015, 11:21:51 PM
Quote from: Fernando Poo on June 10, 2015, 11:04:26 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 10, 2015, 04:06:58 PM
Quote from: Fernando Poo on June 10, 2015, 03:50:36 AM
I don't consider that information very high-level. I don't think anyone would consider that information very high level. Why would you assume I was being condescending or whatever the fuck?
REALLY??? YOU KID.
:sexybeast:
1.) You are so shockingly unobservant about the people that you interact with that I really wonder whether your entire vaunted ability to "read" and "manipulate" people is entirely based in self-deception.
2.) I DO rather hope that your next parlor trick will be explaining the international politics of terrorism in simplified terms, though. Just for the lail.
FIXED
1.) I guess I wouldn't know, would I?
2.) I don't understand shit about terrorism. I don't claim to have any superior knowledge to anyone about anything on this forum. In-fact, most of the time I end up humbling myself, and claiming to know very little about most topics compared to everyone here. Why else would I be here? I don't come here to boast, I come here to learn and contribute as much as I can to the debates and humor I claim to at least know something about. Dislike me all you want. But I'm not here for a fucking pissing contest.
:lulz: It's hard to imagine why anyone would perceive you as condescending, isn't it? Almost impossible.
I understand that I have a huge ego. I'm not denying that. But assuming that every attempt at complex thought is condescending because of it is just unproductive. If I ever seem condescending, I'm NOT trying to be. It's probably just one of many problems I still have to work on.
Being preachy can be effective for certain crowds. Obviously this one is NOT receptive to it. Just like I'm not that receptive to your "suggestive mockery."
Oh honey, aren't you precious? I am way past trying to help you. Once I start making fun of you instead of talking to you, I am doing it purely to entertain myself and what you get out of it (or don't) is your problem.
But here's a tip about that ego: there's nothing there to base it on. Having a king-size ego when you lack the knowledge, skills, and intelligence to justify it is like building a ten-car garage when all you own is a bicycle.
Dog is home again for the night. The vet is giving her a break from meds to see if her stomach settles.
She's so thin it's just pitiful.
She has eaten about three tablespoons of rice in the last hour and a half.
Nominees for MVP in my terrible week:
the school bus driver that fucking whistled at me one morning
the T bus driver that closed the door on my head
The servpro guy who showed up 45 minutes early when I was very clear that I had shit to do and would not be there before 12:30 and left before I could make it home, assuring the property manager there is no mold and we're just sick for unrelated reasons and the room stinks because wet hardwood.
The carpet guy who insisted on charging full price for the carpet removal even though I had to haul it out of the room because we couldn't let it keep stinking up the room over the weekend
The same guy who couldn't comprehend that just because a room is upstairs does not mean I need the stairs re-carpeted
The carpet guys that showed up without calling at SEVEN IN THE FUCKING MORNING to install the carpet when I was told "afternoon."
The asshole who dumped his half-eaten bowl of noodles into my recycling bin
Whatever is actually making me sick
Assorted assholes on facebook
Glad your dog's trying to keep food down Nigel! And I hope whatever you end up doing is awesome Howl. Nuts to the idiots.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 11, 2015, 03:30:11 AM
But here's a tip about that ego: there's nothing there to base it on. Having a king-size ego when you lack the knowledge, skills, and intelligence to justify it is like building a ten-car garage when all you own is a bicycle.
And then you usually wind up with self-respect instead, which is infinitely preferable.
The most fun I've had this month is writing a resume that won't land me in jail.
Phrasing is everything.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 11, 2015, 04:07:49 AM
The most fun I've had this month is writing a resume that won't land me in jail.
Phrasing is everything.
Indeed! :lulz:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 11, 2015, 03:30:11 AM
Quote from: Fernando Poo on June 10, 2015, 11:39:46 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 10, 2015, 11:21:51 PM
Quote from: Fernando Poo on June 10, 2015, 11:04:26 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 10, 2015, 04:06:58 PM
Quote from: Fernando Poo on June 10, 2015, 03:50:36 AM
I don't consider that information very high-level. I don't think anyone would consider that information very high level. Why would you assume I was being condescending or whatever the fuck?
REALLY??? YOU KID.
:sexybeast:
1.) You are so shockingly unobservant about the people that you interact with that I really wonder whether your entire vaunted ability to "read" and "manipulate" people is entirely based in self-deception.
2.) I DO rather hope that your next parlor trick will be explaining the international politics of terrorism in simplified terms, though. Just for the lail.
FIXED
1.) I guess I wouldn't know, would I?
2.) I don't understand shit about terrorism. I don't claim to have any superior knowledge to anyone about anything on this forum. In-fact, most of the time I end up humbling myself, and claiming to know very little about most topics compared to everyone here. Why else would I be here? I don't come here to boast, I come here to learn and contribute as much as I can to the debates and humor I claim to at least know something about. Dislike me all you want. But I'm not here for a fucking pissing contest.
:lulz: It's hard to imagine why anyone would perceive you as condescending, isn't it? Almost impossible.
I understand that I have a huge ego. I'm not denying that. But assuming that every attempt at complex thought is condescending because of it is just unproductive. If I ever seem condescending, I'm NOT trying to be. It's probably just one of many problems I still have to work on.
Being preachy can be effective for certain crowds. Obviously this one is NOT receptive to it. Just like I'm not that receptive to your "suggestive mockery."
Oh honey, aren't you precious? I am way past trying to help you. Once I start making fun of you instead of talking to you, I am doing it purely to entertain myself and what you get out of it (or don't) is your problem.
So, you mock those whom you are sure have some kind of mental issue, and you do it for your own entertainment without regard to their well-being? And you have the nerve to make a moral judgment on my treatment of my girlfriend? Sounds like a mix of sadism and an ego that's too big to let you see the hypocrisy. I suggest a therapist.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 11, 2015, 04:16:50 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 11, 2015, 04:07:49 AM
The most fun I've had this month is writing a resume that won't land me in jail.
Phrasing is everything.
Indeed! :lulz:
"Handled client & vendor contractual issues." - Science Gestapo.
"Guarded a district court judge and handled routine routine affairs." - The Judge.
Also, can we move the Fernando Poo discussion to his vanity thread?
I second that motion. I would do it myself, but I'm tied up in trolling reddit atm.
Quote from: Cain on June 11, 2015, 05:06:47 AM
I second that motion. I would do it myself, but I'm tied up in trolling reddit atm.
I don't mean move the existing posts (though I will be glad when this incarnation of the bar goes into the hopper), but just move the ongoing conversation to his LOOK AT ME thread.
Ah right, I getcha.
In that case, doubly approved.
Fair call. I think his meltdown trajectory is changing towards less lulzy, more boring repetition, anyway.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 11, 2015, 05:10:23 AM
Quote from: Cain on June 11, 2015, 05:06:47 AM
I second that motion. I would do it myself, but I'm tied up in trolling reddit atm.
I don't mean move the existing posts (though I will be glad when this incarnation of the bar goes into the hopper), but just move the ongoing conversation to his LOOK AT ME thread.
Can do!
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 11, 2015, 05:03:57 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 11, 2015, 04:16:50 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 11, 2015, 04:07:49 AM
The most fun I've had this month is writing a resume that won't land me in jail.
Phrasing is everything.
Indeed! :lulz:
"Handled client & vendor contractual issues." - Science Gestapo.
"Guarded a district court judge and handled routine routine affairs." - The Judge.
"Routine affairs" :lulz:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 11, 2015, 05:52:51 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 11, 2015, 05:03:57 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 11, 2015, 04:16:50 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 11, 2015, 04:07:49 AM
The most fun I've had this month is writing a resume that won't land me in jail.
Phrasing is everything.
Indeed! :lulz:
"Handled client & vendor contractual issues." - Science Gestapo.
"Guarded a district court judge and handled routine routine affairs." - The Judge.
"Routine affairs" :lulz:
"Every day" counts as "routine".
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 11, 2015, 06:04:32 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 11, 2015, 05:52:51 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 11, 2015, 05:03:57 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 11, 2015, 04:16:50 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 11, 2015, 04:07:49 AM
The most fun I've had this month is writing a resume that won't land me in jail.
Phrasing is everything.
Indeed! :lulz:
"Handled client & vendor contractual issues." - Science Gestapo.
"Guarded a district court judge and handled routine routine affairs." - The Judge.
"Routine affairs" :lulz:
"Every day" counts as "routine".
I like your style, Spin Doktor Howl.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 11, 2015, 06:14:50 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 11, 2015, 06:04:32 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 11, 2015, 05:52:51 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 11, 2015, 05:03:57 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 11, 2015, 04:16:50 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 11, 2015, 04:07:49 AM
The most fun I've had this month is writing a resume that won't land me in jail.
Phrasing is everything.
Indeed! :lulz:
"Handled client & vendor contractual issues." - Science Gestapo.
"Guarded a district court judge and handled routine routine affairs." - The Judge.
"Routine affairs" :lulz:
"Every day" counts as "routine".
I like your style, Spin Doktor Howl.
I look at it like this:
Some asshole once said that "if you eliminate the impossible, what's left - however improbable - is the truth."
Which works unless you're in Tucson or Portland or maybe London, where reality is kinda subjective, and doesn't cooperate. So you have to redefine reality more or less constantly.
And that's all I'm doing, really. Redefining reality to account for things.
It's somewhat fulfilling getting the chance to take a shit using the women's restroom. My only regret is that I didn't eat blazin wings beforehand.
Janitorial duty (lol) at the movie theater does have its perks.
Quote from: Fernando Poo on June 11, 2015, 06:36:34 AM
It's somewhat fulfilling getting the chance to take a shit using the women's restroom. My only regret is that I didn't eat blazin wings beforehand.
Janitorial duty (lol) at the movie theater does have its perks.
SATIRE!
I give up. :lulz:
Quote from: Hoopla on June 11, 2015, 06:39:19 AM
Quote from: Fernando Poo on June 11, 2015, 06:36:34 AM
It's somewhat fulfilling getting the chance to take a shit using the women's restroom. My only regret is that I didn't eat blazin wings beforehand.
Janitorial duty (lol) at the movie theater does have its perks.
SATIRE!
Ayyy lmao
1 for 1
Now clean my poopies
Yesterday, I got myself an eye exam and ordered new glasses. My left eye is significantly worse than when I got these glasses, but my right is still mostly where it was. The woman who helped me pick them out took my picture of several I was considering on an iPad. I looked nearly human in some of them! :)
Quote from: Choppas an' Sluggas on June 11, 2015, 08:07:22 PM
Yesterday, I got myself an eye exam and ordered new glasses. My left eye is significantly worse than when I got these glasses, but my right is still mostly where it was. The woman who helped me pick them out took my picture of several I was considering on an iPad. I looked nearly human in some of them! :)
My left eye is the same. We would've been monocle wearers back in they day.
Quote from: Hoopla on June 11, 2015, 09:20:34 PM
Quote from: Choppas an' Sluggas on June 11, 2015, 08:07:22 PM
Yesterday, I got myself an eye exam and ordered new glasses. My left eye is significantly worse than when I got these glasses, but my right is still mostly where it was. The woman who helped me pick them out took my picture of several I was considering on an iPad. I looked nearly human in some of them! :)
My left eye is the same. We would've been monocle wearers back in they day.
Indeed, what what!
I just had an upset Russian ranting at me.
Not IRL, for once, but online. As far as I could tell, he was mad because I outscored him. So he spent 5 minutes in the lobby shouting endless profanities at me down the mic, until the host and I got bored of his undignified meltdown and kicked him.
Somewhat unusual though, given people never usually talk in that game.
Quote from: Cain on June 12, 2015, 12:00:13 AM
I just had an upset Russian ranting at me.
Not IRL, for once, but online. As far as I could tell, he was mad because I outscored him. So he spent 5 minutes in the lobby shouting endless profanities at me down the mic, until the host and I got bored of his undignified meltdown and kicked him.
Somewhat unusual though, given people never usually talk in that game.
Oh noez, someone is better than him! :lol:
Congratulations on your monocle and your angry Russian!
I am trapped in a computer lab proctoring a final. I finished my last final this morning (unless I end up taking this final, in which case honestly just shoot me why would I do that?) but have to be here tonight, tomorrow, and Monday for the class I'm TAing.
It smells faintly of pee in here.
So long as it's not your pee, that just means you're having the desired effect.
Quote from: Cain on June 12, 2015, 02:49:44 AM
So long as it's not your pee, that just means you're having the desired effect.
:lulz:
While we're here, Ornette Coleman died.
I'm not ging to be one of those "he was the most discordian of musicians" or anything, because -- yeah, that doesn't really mean anything.
But what he did was to push HARD at the Disorder line in music. Unrepentently, and in response to the tacit strict rules of Bop jazz, and of music in general. He basically said, "fuck you, I'm doing this now", and did it with no apologies.
I know a lot of you don't like jazz, but this guy was a fucking Punk. He was a spark in the world.
He sounds cool, like a Discordian Tom Waits, but i haven't heard of him before. Can i get a link?
This is what he's best known for: https://youtu.be/xbZIiom9rDA
I've heard a lot of people say his music sounds like nothing more than a bunch of people fucking around on instruments instead of actually trying to play a song together...
That's actually praise considering his take on what music is.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on June 12, 2015, 01:40:23 PM
This is what he's best known for: https://youtu.be/xbZIiom9rDA
That makes me so happy! Getting that sound with analog instruments is kind of awesome.
Todd Glass popped in for a surprise set at Helium in Portland Wednesday night. He killed. I got to hang out with him for a while after the show. It was...I fan-boi'd fucking hard. He's exactly like he seems from the podcasts and the stand up. A fucking fun dude.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on June 12, 2015, 05:14:06 AM
While we're here, Ornette Coleman died.
I'm not ging to be one of those "he was the most discordian of musicians" or anything, because -- yeah, that doesn't really mean anything.
But what he did was to push HARD at the Disorder line in music. Unrepentently, and in response to the tacit strict rules of Bop jazz, and of music in general. He basically said, "fuck you, I'm doing this now", and did it with no apologies.
I know a lot of you don't like jazz, but this guy was a fucking Punk. He was a spark in the world.
I had had no idea he was still alive. :eek:
Making great use of my remaining holiday by continuing to mod Skryim to kill filthy spiders.
Flying down to the Outer Banks tomorrow. I may be around but you beautiful folks keep doing what you do until I get back.
I finished my paper that I got an extension on (not gonna lie, it was shit. Bad enough that even though the subject is interesting as hell I'd be embarrassed to repost it here) and contributed my impression of students "presence" in class this term (fucking psych classes, I can't wait to NEVER TAKE ONE AGAIN).
Now, I am free as a bird for exactly one week. And then classes start again. But not so much.
I just used almost completely forgotten statistics knowledge to figure out why our workload is so hard to predict.
It is worse than i thought.
I had completely forgotten how standard deviations worked and what they actually mean.
At least now I know that planning is pointless since the STDEV is half as big as the average.
So there is a 68,2% chance that we need between half and 1,5x the average number of workers.
I would need to collect more detailed data to say more though. I can think of a few things that would give us a handle on things.
I shouldn't be doing this though, it is not in my job description. Then again, I don't have a current job description, i stopped doing that job in January. :argh!:
I almost worked 60 hours last week, including weekend time. I feel like I have committed a great sin. (My capitalist pig-dog iPhone just tried to autocorrect "sin" to "win").
A great Slackening is immenant.
I'm just watching the HBO documentary, Paradise Lost, about the Memphis 3. Man, that was a clusterfuck. Misskelley's questioning was a complete mess, the police were clearly feeding him information and leading him to the "correct" answers...Echols feels "off", but that could be his mental illness coming through. The "expert witness" who claimed it was a cult killing who faked his credentials, "Mr Bojangles", the complete lack of consistent timeline, no kill scene....the problems just keep on mounting.
That documentary depressed the hell out of me.
Quote from: Reginald Ret on June 15, 2015, 09:26:24 AM
I just used almost completely forgotten statistics knowledge to figure out why our workload is so hard to predict.
It is worse than i thought.
I had completely forgotten how standard deviations worked and what they actually mean.
At least now I know that planning is pointless since the STDEV is half as big as the average.
So there is a 68,2% chance that we need between half and 1,5x the average number of workers.
I would need to collect more detailed data to say more though. I can think of a few things that would give us a handle on things.
I shouldn't be doing this though, it is not in my job description. Then again, I don't have a current job description, i stopped doing that job in January. :argh!:
Statistics. Great to understand, but may god grant us all the grad students so we never have to do them ourselves.
Yeah...the victims parents were especially depressing. I can understand their desire for revenge, but...in their shoes, I wouldn't be shooting a gun at pumpkins and shooting them while fantasising about killing the suspects (as they were at the time) and accepting blindly the police "narrative" (to be generous to the police) without questioning if they were the right people.
I have arrived at the point where I have to accept that my oldest kid has serious mental health issues that are not going to go away. I suspect schizotypal personality disorder, but I took a physiology track, not a clinical track, so I have zero diagnostic skills.
I seriously should have taken psychopathology instead of cognitive neuroscience.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 15, 2015, 04:58:00 PM
I have arrived at the point where I have to accept that my oldest kid has serious mental health issues that are not going to go away. I suspect schizotypal personality disorder, but I took a physiology track, not a clinical track, so I have zero diagnostic skills.
I seriously should have taken psychopathology instead of cognitive neuroscience.
I'm not claiming to have any experience or special knowledge in the field of psychology or psychopathology. But, I did have a very strong interest in the subject, and spent a large deal of time studying it informally.
That being said, may I inquire about what led you to this suspicion? For example, general mannerisms and mentalities that appear consistent with the disorder, as well as any odd social tendencies? I'd completely understand if you think it too personal a question, and would like to keep the information to yourself. I was just curious :)
I know an individual or two that has been diagnosed with Schizoid and similar disorders, so this post interested me.
Nigel, ignore the poo here... It said schizoid in reference to schizotypal and equated a personal interest with professional training in neurosciences... You can't make it look any dumber than its done to itself.
Quote from: Rev Thwack on June 15, 2015, 06:12:10 PM
Nigel, ignore the poo here... It said schizoid in reference to schizotypal and equated a personal interest with professional training in neurosciences... You can't make it look any dumber than its done to itself.
That's blatantly incorrect. I was referencing the relevance to the entire spectrum of disorders by bringing up my connection to another disorder on the spectrum, and specifying that I was NOT equating personal interest with professional training.
:troll:??
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 15, 2015, 04:58:00 PM
I have arrived at the point where I have to accept that my oldest kid has serious mental health issues that are not going to go away. I suspect schizotypal personality disorder, but I took a physiology track, not a clinical track, so I have zero diagnostic skills.
I seriously should have taken psychopathology instead of cognitive neuroscience.
Diagnosing and treating your own kids is impossible whatever degree you get. Sorry to hear all that's going on, it's hard for the person with the problem and hard for everyone dealing with it. Hope treatment is covered and productive.
And if you need help hiding the bodies of the peanut gallery over here, let me know...
Quote from: Rev Thwack on June 15, 2015, 06:12:10 PM
Nigel, ignore the poo here... It said schizoid in reference to schizotypal and equated a personal interest with professional training in neurosciences... You can't make it look any dumber than its done to itself.
It's 19. Cut the kid some fucking slack.
Quote from: Cain on June 15, 2015, 04:56:38 PM
Yeah...the victims parents were especially depressing. I can understand their desire for revenge, but...in their shoes, I wouldn't be shooting a gun at pumpkins and shooting them while fantasising about killing the suspects (as they were at the time) and accepting blindly the police "narrative" (to be generous to the police) without questioning if they were the right people.
The psychology of human grief is often heartbreakingly simple. Having a target for blame is so much easier than just not having anywhere to put all that intensity of pain.
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Quote from: Rev Thwack on June 15, 2015, 06:12:10 PM
Nigel, ignore the poo here... It said schizoid in reference to schizotypal and equated a personal interest with professional training in neurosciences... You can't make it look any dumber than its done to itself.
That's blatantly incorrect. I was referencing the relevance to the entire spectrum of disorders by bringing up my connection to another disorder on the spectrum, and specifying that I was NOT equating personal interest with professional training.
:troll:??
You are using the word "spectrum" incorrectly, FYI.
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Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 15, 2015, 04:58:00 PM
I have arrived at the point where I have to accept that my oldest kid has serious mental health issues that are not going to go away. I suspect schizotypal personality disorder, but I took a physiology track, not a clinical track, so I have zero diagnostic skills.
I seriously should have taken psychopathology instead of cognitive neuroscience.
Diagnosing and treating your own kids is impossible whatever degree you get. Sorry to hear all that's going on, it's hard for the person with the problem and hard for everyone dealing with it. Hope treatment is covered and productive.
And if you need help hiding the bodies of the peanut gallery over here, let me know...
Oh, I would never dream of diagnosing my own kid. But it would be really nice to have a greater understanding of symptomology, because clinical diagnoses are so heavily reliant on family observations.
I might take you up on your offer re: the peanut gallery...
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 15, 2015, 06:35:59 PM
Quote from: Fernando Poo on June 15, 2015, 06:18:07 PM
Quote from: Rev Thwack on June 15, 2015, 06:12:10 PM
Nigel, ignore the poo here... It said schizoid in reference to schizotypal and equated a personal interest with professional training in neurosciences... You can't make it look any dumber than its done to itself.
That's blatantly incorrect. I was referencing the relevance to the entire spectrum of disorders by bringing up my connection to another disorder on the spectrum, and specifying that I was NOT equating personal interest with professional training.
:troll:??
You are using the word "spectrum" incorrectly, FYI.
Oh, you're right. Schizoid and shizotypal are in the same cluster (A?) of disorders, not the same spectrum. My mind went to "spectrum" due to the name similarities. My bad.
Is this tumblr-kid, Nigel?
Quote from: Cain on June 15, 2015, 06:53:41 PM
Is this tumblr-kid, Nigel?
Am I being compared to something connected to Tumblr right now? Why?
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Quote from: Cain on June 15, 2015, 06:53:41 PM
Is this tumblr-kid, Nigel?
Am I being compared to something connected to Tumblr right now? Why?
No, and the question was directed at Nigel.
Quote from: Cain on June 15, 2015, 06:53:41 PM
Is this tumblr-kid, Nigel?
YEP. Middle kid, who is my mini-me, blocked Tumblr here, so that may change things.
Wow, don't I feel self-centered and stoopid.
Quote from: Fernando Poo on June 15, 2015, 06:59:12 PM
Quote from: Cain on June 15, 2015, 06:53:41 PM
Is this tumblr-kid, Nigel?
Am I being compared to something connected to Tumblr right now? Why?
You are irrelevant to this conversation.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 15, 2015, 07:06:49 PM
Quote from: Cain on June 15, 2015, 06:53:41 PM
Is this tumblr-kid, Nigel?
YEP. Middle kid, who is my mini-me, blocked Tumblr here, so that may change things.
Could also explain some of their recent behaviour. Throwing into the mix tumblr's general unhelpful attitude towards mental illness something along those lines could explain quite a bit.
Quote from: Fernando Poo on June 15, 2015, 06:59:12 PM
Quote from: Cain on June 15, 2015, 06:53:41 PM
Is this tumblr-kid, Nigel?
Am I being compared to something connected to Tumblr right now? Why?
You're not the center of everything here, poo.
Quote from: Fernando Poo on June 15, 2015, 07:07:57 PM
Wow, don't I feel self-centered and stoopid.
This is how you will feel throughout most of your adulthood. Welcome.
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Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 15, 2015, 07:06:49 PM
Quote from: Cain on June 15, 2015, 06:53:41 PM
Is this tumblr-kid, Nigel?
YEP. Middle kid, who is my mini-me, blocked Tumblr here, so that may change things.
Could also explain some of their recent behaviour. Throwing into the mix tumblr's general unhelpful attitude towards mental illness something along those lines could explain quite a bit.
Yep. It makes a lot of shit make much more sense.
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Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 15, 2015, 07:06:49 PM
Quote from: Cain on June 15, 2015, 06:53:41 PM
Is this tumblr-kid, Nigel?
YEP. Middle kid, who is my mini-me, blocked Tumblr here, so that may change things.
Could also explain some of their recent behaviour. Throwing into the mix tumblr's general unhelpful attitude towards mental illness something along those lines could explain quite a bit.
Oh he did that maybe 2 weeks ago? She just returned home last night.
Putting up 4 videos on teh Youtubes today, 3 with commentary. First video (https://youtu.be/ylrU1-UB05w). Second video (https://youtu.be/SRTCqYiRJ84). Video three (short) (https://youtu.be/jRggNpinlZE). Video four (no commentary) (https://youtu.be/YdYJofDJ1nI). Bonus fifth video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP6Jx776ZTI&feature=youtu.be).
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 15, 2015, 07:16:43 PM
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Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 15, 2015, 07:06:49 PM
Quote from: Cain on June 15, 2015, 06:53:41 PM
Is this tumblr-kid, Nigel?
YEP. Middle kid, who is my mini-me, blocked Tumblr here, so that may change things.
Could also explain some of their recent behaviour. Throwing into the mix tumblr's general unhelpful attitude towards mental illness something along those lines could explain quite a bit.
Oh he did that maybe 2 weeks ago? She just returned home last night.
I hope this means things are going better between you two?
113F today.
Summer finally remembered us.
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Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 15, 2015, 07:06:49 PM
Quote from: Cain on June 15, 2015, 06:53:41 PM
Is this tumblr-kid, Nigel?
YEP. Middle kid, who is my mini-me, blocked Tumblr here, so that may change things.
Could also explain some of their recent behaviour. Throwing into the mix tumblr's general unhelpful attitude towards mental illness something along those lines could explain quite a bit.
Oh he did that maybe 2 weeks ago? She just returned home last night.
I hope this means things are going better between you two?
Yes, happily!
Oh, that's good to hear Nigel!
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 16, 2015, 08:00:07 AM
Quote from: Choppas an' Sluggas on June 15, 2015, 09:20:57 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 15, 2015, 07:16:43 PM
Quote from: Cain on June 15, 2015, 07:08:40 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 15, 2015, 07:06:49 PM
Quote from: Cain on June 15, 2015, 06:53:41 PM
Is this tumblr-kid, Nigel?
YEP. Middle kid, who is my mini-me, blocked Tumblr here, so that may change things.
Could also explain some of their recent behaviour. Throwing into the mix tumblr's general unhelpful attitude towards mental illness something along those lines could explain quite a bit.
Oh he did that maybe 2 weeks ago? She just returned home last night.
I hope this means things are going better between you two?
Yes, happily!
That's great! :D
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 16, 2015, 08:00:07 AM
Quote from: Choppas an' Sluggas on June 15, 2015, 09:20:57 PM
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Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 15, 2015, 07:06:49 PM
Quote from: Cain on June 15, 2015, 06:53:41 PM
Is this tumblr-kid, Nigel?
YEP. Middle kid, who is my mini-me, blocked Tumblr here, so that may change things.
Could also explain some of their recent behaviour. Throwing into the mix tumblr's general unhelpful attitude towards mental illness something along those lines could explain quite a bit.
Oh he did that maybe 2 weeks ago? She just returned home last night.
I hope this means things are going better between you two?
Yes, happily!
Yay!
I love government procurement systems sometimes.
I get a message saying I have to log in and confirm acceptance of the opportunity to keep getting information about the opportunity, so I do that - it says I have an urgent message...
... the urgent message is a step by step instruction guide on how to register to the system you need to log into to get the message.
There was no access to a guide before this point I had to work it out for myself.
HOORAY! :lulz:
I've got tonsilitis, high fever, some kind of stomach thing, and a fucking swollen eye. On top of that, some douchebag friend managed to spoil Game of Thrones, leading me to posit the theory that people who are unable to not spoil movies or series are fundamentally untrustworthy people.
I am in a foul mood.
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on June 16, 2015, 03:37:39 PM
I've got tonsilitis, high fever, some kind of stomach thing, and a fucking swollen eye. On top of that, some douchebag friend managed to spoil Game of Thrones, leading me to posit the theory that people who are unable to not spoil movies or series are fundamentally untrustworthy people.
I am in a foul mood.
Damn, dude. That's a lot of nasty to get hit with all at once!
I think I saved myself a lot of problems by not getting into GoT beyond the first book and first two episodes of the show. It seems to cause an awful lot of stress among people I know.
It still amazes me that five books/seasons in, people think their beloved characters can make unpopular, if otherwise decent, decisions and not suffer the consequences.
I rather thought Eddard Stark tipped people off about that.
I have some complaints about the last season, but mostly that the quality of the politicking/characterization seemed to go down markedly, and the plot ground to a halt.
I understand this is also a common complaint re: this part of the books, though, so here's hoping next season picks things back up again.
I'm just sad they dropped the entire Lady Stoneheart sub plot.
Quote from: Cain on June 16, 2015, 04:45:30 PM
It still amazes me that five books/seasons in, people think their beloved characters can make unpopular, if otherwise decent, decisions and not suffer the consequences.
I rather thought Eddard Stark tipped people off about that.
To be fair this season has been pretty clunky with the storytelling, and chances are he's not gone, they wheeled in a resurrection plot device character the scene before and the actor has signed on for two more series.
If the producers are to be believed, there are only two more seasons to go.
So not only has that plot been dropped, so has the Golden Company plot and the Dornish mission to Dany plot, unless they intend to fit that into the next season. They're casting for Euron Greyjoy, so they intend to do at the very least the Iron Islands plot on top of the entire sixth book plot in a single season. That then leaves them a single season to wrap up the seventh book with a possible film length feature ending.
Needless to say, I'm sceptical they can pull this off.
On the plus side, GRR Martin says The Winds of Winter will be releasted before season six.
Quote from: Faust on June 16, 2015, 05:08:53 PM
Quote from: Cain on June 16, 2015, 04:45:30 PM
It still amazes me that five books/seasons in, people think their beloved characters can make unpopular, if otherwise decent, decisions and not suffer the consequences.
I rather thought Eddard Stark tipped people off about that.
To be fair this season has been pretty clunky with the storytelling, and chances are he's not gone, they wheeled in a resurrection plot device character the scene before and the actor has signed on for two more series.
Oh yeah, that particular character has two get of of death free cards to hand, at the very least.
But still. They'd foreshadowed it for an entire season.
"Kill the boy become the man"
"Its so sad for a targerian to be alone in the world-OH HI JON"
Quote from: Cain on June 16, 2015, 05:12:53 PM
If the producers are to be believed, there are only two more seasons to go.
So not only has that plot been dropped, so has the Golden Company plot and the Dornish mission to Dany plot, unless they intend to fit that into the next season. They're casting for Euron Greyjoy, so they intend to do at the very least the Iron Islands plot on top of the entire sixth book plot in a single season. That then leaves them a single season to wrap up the seventh book with a possible film length feature ending.
Needless to say, I'm sceptical they can pull this off.
On the plus side, GRR Martin says The Winds of Winter will be releasted before season six.
The rumour mill is that they are looking to do a season thats mostly Iron Islands stuff which could actually bring it up to 3 more seasons, which would give grrm another year but I think thats up to hbo.
A season for the Iron Islands, Golden Company and Brotherhood Without Banners would be nice.
I'm also not convinced they'll be able to pull off a film ending....unless they want some horrible Age of Ultron style mishmash cast of hundreds or literally just make it a three hour long battle scene with occasional talking, like Return of the King.
At this point I just want to see the dwarf get laid and the dragons fuck shit up. I learned in the first book that you can't get attached to these characters.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on June 16, 2015, 05:04:17 PM
I'm just sad they dropped the entire Lady Stoneheart sub plot.
I think they are going to do that with Jon Snow and don't want 2 similar characters running around.
Quote from: Hoopla on June 16, 2015, 07:49:24 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on June 16, 2015, 05:04:17 PM
I'm just sad they dropped the entire Lady Stoneheart sub plot.
I think they are going to do that with Jon Snow and don't want 2 similar characters running around.
From what he was saying in an interview in this, they're not bringing him back... He's just gone.
Quote from: Rev Thwack on June 16, 2015, 08:24:34 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on June 16, 2015, 07:49:24 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on June 16, 2015, 05:04:17 PM
I'm just sad they dropped the entire Lady Stoneheart sub plot.
I think they are going to do that with Jon Snow and don't want 2 similar characters running around.
From what he was saying in an interview in this, they're not bringing him back... He's just gone.
Lies.
Quote from: Hoopla on June 16, 2015, 07:49:24 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on June 16, 2015, 05:04:17 PM
I'm just sad they dropped the entire Lady Stoneheart sub plot.
I think they are going to do that with Jon Snow and don't want 2 similar characters running around.
That makes very little sense, in that they would have massively different motivations. I mean, sure, you don't want two ressurected people running around, but you can't just swap their stories.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on June 16, 2015, 08:42:54 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on June 16, 2015, 07:49:24 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on June 16, 2015, 05:04:17 PM
I'm just sad they dropped the entire Lady Stoneheart sub plot.
I think they are going to do that with Jon Snow and don't want 2 similar characters running around.
That makes very little sense, in that they would have massively different motivations. I mean, sure, you don't want two ressurected people running around, but you can't just swap their stories.
I dont think they are swapping stories. Just ending up as the same sort of creature.
Quote from: Hoopla on June 16, 2015, 08:37:46 PM
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Quote from: Hoopla on June 16, 2015, 07:49:24 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on June 16, 2015, 05:04:17 PM
I'm just sad they dropped the entire Lady Stoneheart sub plot.
I think they are going to do that with Jon Snow and don't want 2 similar characters running around.
From what he was saying in an interview in this, they're not bringing him back... He's just gone.
Lies.
http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/game-of-thrones-jon-snow-dead-finale-season-five-kit-harington-1201519627/
Quote from: Rev Thwack on June 16, 2015, 09:08:06 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on June 16, 2015, 08:37:46 PM
Quote from: Rev Thwack on June 16, 2015, 08:24:34 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on June 16, 2015, 07:49:24 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on June 16, 2015, 05:04:17 PM
I'm just sad they dropped the entire Lady Stoneheart sub plot.
I think they are going to do that with Jon Snow and don't want 2 similar characters running around.
From what he was saying in an interview in this, they're not bringing him back... He's just gone.
Lies.
http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/game-of-thrones-jon-snow-dead-finale-season-five-kit-harington-1201519627/
I didn't think
you were lying.
Did you also believe JJ Abrams when he said Khan wasn't going to be in the last Star Trek movie? Or did you believe Christopher Nolan when he said Talia al Ghul wasn't in The Dark Knight Rises?
This is what they do.
If I'm wrong, I'll eat a medium sized hat.
One of the ways which know-nothing Jon Snow can come back does involve hijacking someone else's body.
So the actor isn't necessarily required for the part.
Quote from: Cain on June 16, 2015, 09:40:26 PM
One of the ways which know-nothing Jon Snow can come back does involve hijacking someone else's body.
So the actor isn't necessarily required for the part.
That's also quite true. It would be interesting to see Thorne next year try to pull off that doe-eyed expression.
I got one for my top 10, what's up with XX3 (re: Placid Dingos awesome derive' project)?
Recently landed on the front page and read about some of the Cabals worldwide, then was thinking about how I may be attending a summit at the Vatican next month... Anyway, the shadow of a spark flitted across my gangled noodle, that there may be a connection?
Anyone got the scoop?
[scratch that, wrong continent, I think]
Quote from: Cain on June 16, 2015, 05:12:53 PM
If the producers are to be believed, there are only two more seasons to go.
So not only has that plot been dropped, so has the Golden Company plot and the Dornish mission to Dany plot, unless they intend to fit that into the next season. They're casting for Euron Greyjoy, so they intend to do at the very least the Iron Islands plot on top of the entire sixth book plot in a single season. That then leaves them a single season to wrap up the seventh book with a possible film length feature ending.
Needless to say, I'm sceptical they can pull this off.
On the plus side, GRR Martin says The Winds of Winter will be releasted before season six.
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
New sample chapter, tops. Probably one already read at a convention.
I've got bets on it being released the exact night before. Like a child doing his homework at the very final minute.
I'll take that one, no problem.
I've got all my cash on "not actually done a single thing beyond the shit already cut from the last one". I'm reasonably confident that the TV show will finish well before the next book.
Iron Islands/missing plotlines - Iron Islands will be done in an episode, 2 tops. Tyrions half a book of boat ride got cut to much further along so I'd expect more of the same there. I'm pretty sure they've not bothered killing whoever it was they had for the Greyjoy king yet. They might just handwave that entire thing too. Keeps the core plot coming at least. You can guess chunks of the season from existing text, order's a bit altered but to no real consequence. They'll probably be comfortably into anything GRRM considers as book 7 material by midway through the series.
Right on!
Looks like it is time to get my suit dry-cleaned and locate my sunglasses. I may be back in the security contracting biz.
At the very least, I have a meeting in 3 weeks time to discuss the possibility of a contract. Internally, with my current employer, but it's better than nothing.
Should I ask exactly what that entails?
At least, is this a good thing or the best of a bad one?
Basically, you may recall I made some complaints about security in April, as part of an attempt to secure security contracting work.
That attempt failed, so I reworded it and sent it directly to the principal, alongside a couple of stories about recent incidents.
Result: meeting with him and head of operations in 3 weeks time to discuss my proposal.
Oh, cool! Glad that the second approach worked out!
Good luck, Cain!
Waiting at the theatre to watch Mad Max.
(https://littleredreviewer.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/keep-calm-fucking-awesome.jpg)
Interestingly, I mentioned the incident from two months ago, when we had an intruder get inside the building for 15 minutes. Today, while I was sleeping, the head of operations rang the office to ask about when this occured and to get more details on it.
Makes me think someone did not pass that information up the chain of management...
Quelle suprise!
Very nice!
The last couple of days, I have been agonizing about whether I want to apply for the MD/PhD or just the PhD program. And I found a lab I'd like to work in, if I go the PhD route. I really have a few months before I need to decide, applications are due January 1.
If I do the MD/PhD, I probably need to wait a year before applying, to get my application really ready. That puts me at about 55 by the time I graduate... and while ultimately I'd make more money, I'm not sure that's what I want to do. If I do the PhD and get into my first choice program, I'd be starting next year and finishing in 2020, age 49, ready to apply for a postdoc.
Responsible crazy personing: assigning friends to create temporary homes for your most dangerous tools in the event of a very bad brain day.
I have a dremmel now! And titanium scissors!
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 20, 2015, 06:02:00 PM
The last couple of days, I have been agonizing about whether I want to apply for the MD/PhD or just the PhD program. And I found a lab I'd like to work in, if I go the PhD route. I really have a few months before I need to decide, applications are due January 1.
If I do the MD/PhD, I probably need to wait a year before applying, to get my application really ready. That puts me at about 55 by the time I graduate... and while ultimately I'd make more money, I'm not sure that's what I want to do. If I do the PhD and get into my first choice program, I'd be starting next year and finishing in 2020, age 49, ready to apply for a postdoc.
Which do you think would be more fun for you when it's done?
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Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 20, 2015, 06:02:00 PM
The last couple of days, I have been agonizing about whether I want to apply for the MD/PhD or just the PhD program. And I found a lab I'd like to work in, if I go the PhD route. I really have a few months before I need to decide, applications are due January 1.
If I do the MD/PhD, I probably need to wait a year before applying, to get my application really ready. That puts me at about 55 by the time I graduate... and while ultimately I'd make more money, I'm not sure that's what I want to do. If I do the PhD and get into my first choice program, I'd be starting next year and finishing in 2020, age 49, ready to apply for a postdoc.
Which do you think would be more fun for you when it's done?
I really, honestly can't decide.
I do think that working with patients with neurodegenerative diseases would be really interesting and motivating, though.
It just occurred to me that with all the chaos in my life at the moment, I never finished Dirtbags.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 22, 2015, 07:26:15 AM
It just occurred to me that with all the chaos in my life at the moment, I never finished Dirtbags.
Hey!
So are you moving to Britain? What's going on with jobs & stuff?
Summer classes start today.
While I am totally looking forward to my one in-person class, I'm also not ready. Burned out, etc.
I looked at my student report last night and realized that the reason I'm burned out is because even though it's only been three years, I have 191 credits. If I hadn't decided on this stupid double major thing, I would be done.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 22, 2015, 03:34:30 PM
I looked at my student report last night and realized that the reason I'm burned out is because even though it's only been three years, I have 191 credits. If I hadn't decided on this stupid double major thing, I would be done.
That's pretty badass.
:cainftw:
Quote from: N E T on June 22, 2015, 08:59:28 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 22, 2015, 03:34:30 PM
I looked at my student report last night and realized that the reason I'm burned out is because even though it's only been three years, I have 191 credits. If I hadn't decided on this stupid double major thing, I would be done.
That's pretty badass.
:cainftw:
Thanks, man. I'm really really tired.
Someone on my FB just made an argument that can be summed up as, "it's ok to fly the confederate battle flag, because Lincoln was a white supremicist."
:jumper:
Yay, my local street has been profiled for a national newspaper:
QuoteIn a solicitors' office, a lawyer who wished to remain anonymous said that on his first day at work, about 15 years ago, a man was stabbed to death outside the building. "I'm a solicitor, so I don't want to say anything against potential clients," he said, "but it's always been a tough area. I was assaulted at my desk once because I asked someone to be quiet who was making a lot of noise outside on the street."
QuoteAnother shopkeeper, who also refused to give his name, said that he had witnessed as many as six ambushes of young cyclists in the past couple of years. "They just rush out from behind a parked car, knock them over and they're gone. No one gets involved, and nor would I," he said, because the attacks were so quick and because he had already been the victim of a stabbing in another part of London. "I was off work for seven weeks and when I came back around a dozen of my clients told me that they had been stabbed too.
QuoteI approached a couple of youths pushing a bike and asked them if they felt it was a safe neighbourhood. "Yeah, it's safe," answered the taller one, a young man with a bold swagger and a furtive expression. "But not for you, so why don't you fuck off before I beat you up and take your watch."
The pair of them then walked off, as if they had fulfilled their civic duty. The threat was later repeated by the same youth when I tried to interview the owner of a cafe frequented by local teenagers. The owner decided he was too busy to answer my questions.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/mar/08/tragic-killing-alan-cartwright-caledonian-road-kings-cross
Sounds like my neighborhood, 15 years ago. Two rival gangs in one housing project.
I still live in the area. It got better.
Apparently this area has been like this since the 19th century.
And the local council also think rival gangs are a major factor in this, turf wars related to the drug trade.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on June 23, 2015, 05:58:16 PM
Someone on my FB just made an argument that can be summed up as, "it's ok to fly the confederate battle flag, because Lincoln was a white supremicist."
:jumper:
It's kind of good that all this shit is starting to bubble up, because people have just been quietly suppressing their idiocy for decades and pretending that made everything OK. As long as they're speaking up, at least we can tell who they are.
I like how Obama said "we have to get away from the idea that not saying "nigger" in public means racism isn't a problem", or words to that effect, and the press freaked out because Obama said nigger.
It's like, great job illustrating his point.
Quote from: Cain on June 23, 2015, 08:39:58 PM
I like how Obama said "we have to get away from the idea that not saying "nigger" in public means racism isn't a problem", or words to that effect, and the press freaked out because Obama said nigger.
It's like, great job illustrating his point.
I've been seeing a shit ton of tweets with people saying "If Obama can say it, I should be able to". Apparently a lot of people were just sitting around waiting for permission.
What is especially funny is those people who think it gives them permission usually don't need any kind of permission at all.
Quote from: Cain on June 23, 2015, 08:39:58 PM
I like how Obama said "we have to get away from the idea that not saying "nigger" in public means racism isn't a problem", or words to that effect, and the press freaked out because Obama said nigger.
It's like, great job illustrating his point.
Right?
Quote from: Hoopla on June 23, 2015, 09:34:43 PM
Quote from: Cain on June 23, 2015, 08:39:58 PM
I like how Obama said "we have to get away from the idea that not saying "nigger" in public means racism isn't a problem", or words to that effect, and the press freaked out because Obama said nigger.
It's like, great job illustrating his point.
I've been seeing a shit ton of tweets with people saying "If Obama can say it, I should be able to". Apparently a lot of people were just sitting around waiting for permission.
These are people on whom the concept of "context" is lost.
Really pissed off at the moment. This art-supply store moved to become an exclusively online vendor. This online store then sold me and a bunch of other fools some paint. And then they simply stole all our money... And the store remains open. I feel so blah. Karmic alleviation advice welcome.
Quote from: axod on June 23, 2015, 11:49:26 PM
Really pissed off at the moment. This art-supply store moved to become an exclusively online vendor. This online store then sold me and a bunch of other fools some paint. And then they simply stole all our money... And the store remains open. I feel so blah. Karmic alleviation advice welcome.
You should be able to file a claim with your credit card company, bank, or with Paypal.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 23, 2015, 11:55:15 PM
Quote from: axod on June 23, 2015, 11:49:26 PM
Really pissed off at the moment. This art-supply store moved to become an exclusively online vendor. This online store then sold me and a bunch of other fools some paint. And then they simply stole all our money... And the store remains open. I feel so blah. Karmic alleviation advice welcome.
You should be able to file a claim with your credit card company, bank, or with Paypal.
Cool, I'll give it a shot. I used a prepaid card so my leverage may be limited... however I may try fraud-protection line directly. Thanks for jogging me through that... My mind had gone to dark places. :horrormirth:
Quote from: axod on June 24, 2015, 12:02:25 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 23, 2015, 11:55:15 PM
Quote from: axod on June 23, 2015, 11:49:26 PM
Really pissed off at the moment. This art-supply store moved to become an exclusively online vendor. This online store then sold me and a bunch of other fools some paint. And then they simply stole all our money... And the store remains open. I feel so blah. Karmic alleviation advice welcome.
You should be able to file a claim with your credit card company, bank, or with Paypal.
Cool, I'll give it a shot. I used a prepaid card so my leverage may be limited... however I may try fraud-protection line directly. Thanks for jogging me through that... My mind had gone to dark places. :horrormirth:
It's a real drag, I've dealt with that before. I hope you do get your money back!
Quote from: Hoopla on June 23, 2015, 09:34:43 PM
Quote from: Cain on June 23, 2015, 08:39:58 PM
I like how Obama said "we have to get away from the idea that not saying "nigger" in public means racism isn't a problem", or words to that effect, and the press freaked out because Obama said nigger.
It's like, great job illustrating his point.
I've been seeing a shit ton of tweets with people saying "If Obama can say it, I should be able to". Apparently a lot of people were just sitting around waiting for permission.
Obama's half white so that means white people can say nigger again, or at least say it half the time.
Portland: Today someone said "I know people who can't do bone broth because they have histamine intolerance".
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 24, 2015, 06:56:18 AM
Portland: Today someone said "I know people who can't do bone broth because they have histamine intolerance".
:facepalm:
Did you slap them?
Fuck it, just tell them that boiling it destroys the
histanime so they can safely drink bone broth.
Yes, that spelling was intentional.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 24, 2015, 06:56:18 AM
Portland: Today someone said "I know people who can't do bone broth because they have histamine intolerance".
Soup. They can't eat soup.
:spag:
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on June 24, 2015, 01:49:02 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 24, 2015, 06:56:18 AM
Portland: Today someone said "I know people who can't do bone broth because they have histamine intolerance".
Soup. They can't eat soup.
:spag:
I am putting my money right now on histamine intolerance being the next big thing.
Its been lapped up by the nutrition sites alright.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 24, 2015, 06:56:18 AM
Portland: Today someone said "I know people who can't do bone broth because they have histamine intolerance".
Alone amongst the crowd, I am utterly unshocked by this.
Full of hate, but unshocked.
Oh hey
http://thelowhistaminechef.com/
Quote from: Cain on June 24, 2015, 04:43:21 PM
Oh hey
http://thelowhistaminechef.com/
:lulz:
It's a sad day when some shit like this slips by us.
:horrormirth: This is dumber than homeopathy.
Wait:
first hit on a reputable source, namely pubmed: "Histamine intolerance results from a disequilibrium of accumulated histamine and the capacity for histamine degradation. Histamine is a biogenic amine that occurs to various degrees in many foods. In healthy persons, dietary histamine can be rapidly detoxified by amine oxidases, whereas persons with low amine oxidase activity are at risk of histamine toxicity." (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17490952)
Wait some more:
more than 500 hits on google scholar not counting citations and patents.
First one from 1983. (https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22histamine+intolerance%22)
True, it is not a lot, but it seems to be taken seriously by people who are very good at the biochem techno-babble.
Example:
Quote from: http://www.data.aerzteblatt.org/pdf/di/103/51/a3477e.pdfHistamine can be metabolized by two pathways:
- oxidative deamination via diamino oxidase (DAO) (formerly known as histaminease)
- ring methylation via histamine-N-methyl transferase (HNMT)
DAO is a secretory protein responsible for the breakdown of extra cellular histamine,
whereas HNMT, a cytosolic protein, inactivates histamine only intracellularly, for example
in the liver (2). The enzyme DAO therefore plays a key role in the breakdown of dietary
histamine. Insufficient DAO activity can thus lead to the symptoms described, e.g., after
ingestion of histamine rich foods, (5), alcohol (6) or histamine liberating or DAO blocking
medications (7).
Various possible mechanisms have been discussed as the cause of histamine intolerance
(1). The production of DAO may for example be reduced by damage to enterocytes in
gastrointestinal disease (11, 21). Other biogenic amines, alcohol (18) and medications
(7, 19) can also competitively inhibit the breakdown of histamine by DAO. Acquired
histamine intolerance may be reversible where the cause if removed, such as the dis-
continuation of DAO blocking medications.
Note: minor editing in quote because copypasta didn't work properly.
My boss is truly amazing. After 4 months of no staff meetings (which are required twice per term...we've had one all year) he has finally relented after numerous emails...and set a meeting date for when all four senior houseparents and myself are on holiday.
He has also, after six months of asking, finally put me and my co-worker in for first aid training. First given date is the day after three nights on shift for me, and while she is on holiday. The second is while she is still on holiday, and while I am doing day shift cover work, which I signed up to about 4 months ago.
That's some solidly aggressive assbaggery right there.
Either that, or he really is that stupid. I mean, he is emailing HR at the moment because he doesn't seem to grasp the concept that I have half a day of holiday owed to me. It's like he cannot grasp that a half day holiday is possible and is convinced it's some kind of error.
Quote from: Reginald Ret on June 24, 2015, 06:43:07 PM
:horrormirth: This is dumber than homeopathy.
Wait:
first hit on a reputable source, namely pubmed: "Histamine intolerance results from a disequilibrium of accumulated histamine and the capacity for histamine degradation. Histamine is a biogenic amine that occurs to various degrees in many foods. In healthy persons, dietary histamine can be rapidly detoxified by amine oxidases, whereas persons with low amine oxidase activity are at risk of histamine toxicity." (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17490952)
Wait some more:
more than 500 hits on google scholar not counting citations and patents.
First one from 1983. (https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22histamine+intolerance%22)
True, it is not a lot, but it seems to be taken seriously by people who are very good at the biochem techno-babble.
Example:
Quote from: http://www.data.aerzteblatt.org/pdf/di/103/51/a3477e.pdfHistamine can be metabolized by two pathways:
- oxidative deamination via diamino oxidase (DAO) (formerly known as histaminease)
- ring methylation via histamine-N-methyl transferase (HNMT)
DAO is a secretory protein responsible for the breakdown of extra cellular histamine,
whereas HNMT, a cytosolic protein, inactivates histamine only intracellularly, for example
in the liver (2). The enzyme DAO therefore plays a key role in the breakdown of dietary
histamine. Insufficient DAO activity can thus lead to the symptoms described, e.g., after
ingestion of histamine rich foods, (5), alcohol (6) or histamine liberating or DAO blocking
medications (7).
Various possible mechanisms have been discussed as the cause of histamine intolerance
(1). The production of DAO may for example be reduced by damage to enterocytes in
gastrointestinal disease (11, 21). Other biogenic amines, alcohol (18) and medications
(7, 19) can also competitively inhibit the breakdown of histamine by DAO. Acquired
histamine intolerance may be reversible where the cause if removed, such as the dis-
continuation of DAO blocking medications.
Note: minor editing in quote because copypasta didn't work properly.
Yes, deficiencies in breaking down histamine is a real, biological occurrence. Just like deficiencies in breaking down gluten and deficiencies in breaking down lactose. That means there's just enough science behind a very rare enzyme pathway deficiency to make the health quack crowd
BILLIONS when they convince millions of Americans that they, too, have a histamine intolerance. :lol:
Ah, the glamor of having something mildly debilitating. :lulz:
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 24, 2015, 04:33:57 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 24, 2015, 06:56:18 AM
Portland: Today someone said "I know people who can't do bone broth because they have histamine intolerance".
Alone amongst the crowd, I am utterly unshocked by this.
Full of hate, but unshocked.
Betcha that 99% of these "histamine intolerant" people drink wine. Because the histamines in wine don't count.
Well, because reasons, it seems that I am now retired from the company.
Which is to say, I am getting my retirement benefits now (a huge fucking sum, in late August), instead of in 9 years.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 25, 2015, 12:44:54 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 24, 2015, 04:33:57 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 24, 2015, 06:56:18 AM
Portland: Today someone said "I know people who can't do bone broth because they have histamine intolerance".
Alone amongst the crowd, I am utterly unshocked by this.
Full of hate, but unshocked.
Betcha that 99% of these "histamine intolerant" people drink wine. Because the histamines in wine don't count.
Wine is calorie, carb, sugar, completely chemical-free goodness. Everyone knows that.
Only red wine though.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 25, 2015, 12:47:42 AM
Well, because reasons, it seems that I am now retired from the company.
Which is to say, I am getting my retirement benefits now (a huge fucking sum, in late August), instead of in 9 years.
Whoa! That's VERY interesting. And congratulations!
Quote from: Cain on June 25, 2015, 12:50:02 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 25, 2015, 12:44:54 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 24, 2015, 04:33:57 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 24, 2015, 06:56:18 AM
Portland: Today someone said "I know people who can't do bone broth because they have histamine intolerance".
Alone amongst the crowd, I am utterly unshocked by this.
Full of hate, but unshocked.
Betcha that 99% of these "histamine intolerant" people drink wine. Because the histamines in wine don't count.
Wine is calorie, carb, sugar, completely chemical-free goodness. Everyone knows that.
Only red wine though.
:lulz:
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 25, 2015, 12:47:42 AM
Well, because reasons, it seems that I am now retired from the company.
Which is to say, I am getting my retirement benefits now (a huge fucking sum, in late August), instead of in 9 years.
Looking forward to however much of the story you can tell.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 25, 2015, 12:47:42 AM
Well, because reasons, it seems that I am now retired from the company.
Which is to say, I am getting my retirement benefits now (a huge fucking sum, in late August), instead of in 9 years.
One step closer to "get offa my damn lawn, you rotten kids,".
In other exciting news, a student of mine has lost his passport. He only flies back to China tomorrow.
Quote from: Cain on June 25, 2015, 12:50:02 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 25, 2015, 12:44:54 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 24, 2015, 04:33:57 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 24, 2015, 06:56:18 AM
Portland: Today someone said "I know people who can't do bone broth because they have histamine intolerance".
Alone amongst the crowd, I am utterly unshocked by this.
Full of hate, but unshocked.
Betcha that 99% of these "histamine intolerant" people drink wine. Because the histamines in wine don't count.
Wine is calorie, carb, sugar, completely chemical-free goodness. Everyone knows that.
Only red wine though.
And only brands that nobody's ever heard of, that you have to order special.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 25, 2015, 12:43:11 AM
Quote from: Reginald Ret on June 24, 2015, 06:43:07 PM
:horrormirth: This is dumber than homeopathy.
Wait:
first hit on a reputable source, namely pubmed: "Histamine intolerance results from a disequilibrium of accumulated histamine and the capacity for histamine degradation. Histamine is a biogenic amine that occurs to various degrees in many foods. In healthy persons, dietary histamine can be rapidly detoxified by amine oxidases, whereas persons with low amine oxidase activity are at risk of histamine toxicity." (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17490952)
Wait some more:
more than 500 hits on google scholar not counting citations and patents.
First one from 1983. (https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22histamine+intolerance%22)
True, it is not a lot, but it seems to be taken seriously by people who are very good at the biochem techno-babble.
Example:
Quote from: http://www.data.aerzteblatt.org/pdf/di/103/51/a3477e.pdfHistamine can be metabolized by two pathways:
- oxidative deamination via diamino oxidase (DAO) (formerly known as histaminease)
- ring methylation via histamine-N-methyl transferase (HNMT)
DAO is a secretory protein responsible for the breakdown of extra cellular histamine,
whereas HNMT, a cytosolic protein, inactivates histamine only intracellularly, for example
in the liver (2). The enzyme DAO therefore plays a key role in the breakdown of dietary
histamine. Insufficient DAO activity can thus lead to the symptoms described, e.g., after
ingestion of histamine rich foods, (5), alcohol (6) or histamine liberating or DAO blocking
medications (7).
Various possible mechanisms have been discussed as the cause of histamine intolerance
(1). The production of DAO may for example be reduced by damage to enterocytes in
gastrointestinal disease (11, 21). Other biogenic amines, alcohol (18) and medications
(7, 19) can also competitively inhibit the breakdown of histamine by DAO. Acquired
histamine intolerance may be reversible where the cause if removed, such as the dis-
continuation of DAO blocking medications.
Note: minor editing in quote because copypasta didn't work properly.
Yes, deficiencies in breaking down histamine is a real, biological occurrence. Just like deficiencies in breaking down gluten and deficiencies in breaking down lactose. That means there's just enough science behind a very rare enzyme pathway deficiency to make the health quack crowd BILLIONS when they convince millions of Americans that they, too, have a histamine intolerance. :lol:
:lol:
Yep, but learning that did change my mind about one thing: Now I think homeopathy is dumber.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 25, 2015, 03:07:37 AM
Quote from: Cain on June 25, 2015, 12:50:02 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 25, 2015, 12:44:54 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 24, 2015, 04:33:57 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 24, 2015, 06:56:18 AM
Portland: Today someone said "I know people who can't do bone broth because they have histamine intolerance".
Alone amongst the crowd, I am utterly unshocked by this.
Full of hate, but unshocked.
Betcha that 99% of these "histamine intolerant" people drink wine. Because the histamines in wine don't count.
Wine is calorie, carb, sugar, completely chemical-free goodness. Everyone knows that.
Only red wine though.
And only brands that nobody's ever heard of, that you have to order special.
Naturally. The more obscure they are, the more they are filled with "good histamines". These are like good bacteria, which your body needs to function normally
#BobbyJindalissowhite on twitter :lulz:
Also I learned things.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 25, 2015, 03:07:37 AM
Quote from: Cain on June 25, 2015, 12:50:02 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 25, 2015, 12:44:54 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 24, 2015, 04:33:57 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 24, 2015, 06:56:18 AM
Portland: Today someone said "I know people who can't do bone broth because they have histamine intolerance".
Alone amongst the crowd, I am utterly unshocked by this.
Full of hate, but unshocked.
Betcha that 99% of these "histamine intolerant" people drink wine. Because the histamines in wine don't count.
Wine is calorie, carb, sugar, completely chemical-free goodness. Everyone knows that.
Only red wine though.
And only brands that nobody's ever heard of, that you have to order special.
Organic, of course. And gluten-free.
Quote from: Reginald Ret on June 25, 2015, 04:10:37 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 25, 2015, 12:43:11 AM
Quote from: Reginald Ret on June 24, 2015, 06:43:07 PM
:horrormirth: This is dumber than homeopathy.
Wait:
first hit on a reputable source, namely pubmed: "Histamine intolerance results from a disequilibrium of accumulated histamine and the capacity for histamine degradation. Histamine is a biogenic amine that occurs to various degrees in many foods. In healthy persons, dietary histamine can be rapidly detoxified by amine oxidases, whereas persons with low amine oxidase activity are at risk of histamine toxicity." (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17490952)
Wait some more:
more than 500 hits on google scholar not counting citations and patents.
First one from 1983. (https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22histamine+intolerance%22)
True, it is not a lot, but it seems to be taken seriously by people who are very good at the biochem techno-babble.
Example:
Quote from: http://www.data.aerzteblatt.org/pdf/di/103/51/a3477e.pdfHistamine can be metabolized by two pathways:
- oxidative deamination via diamino oxidase (DAO) (formerly known as histaminease)
- ring methylation via histamine-N-methyl transferase (HNMT)
DAO is a secretory protein responsible for the breakdown of extra cellular histamine,
whereas HNMT, a cytosolic protein, inactivates histamine only intracellularly, for example
in the liver (2). The enzyme DAO therefore plays a key role in the breakdown of dietary
histamine. Insufficient DAO activity can thus lead to the symptoms described, e.g., after
ingestion of histamine rich foods, (5), alcohol (6) or histamine liberating or DAO blocking
medications (7).
Various possible mechanisms have been discussed as the cause of histamine intolerance
(1). The production of DAO may for example be reduced by damage to enterocytes in
gastrointestinal disease (11, 21). Other biogenic amines, alcohol (18) and medications
(7, 19) can also competitively inhibit the breakdown of histamine by DAO. Acquired
histamine intolerance may be reversible where the cause if removed, such as the dis-
continuation of DAO blocking medications.
Note: minor editing in quote because copypasta didn't work properly.
Yes, deficiencies in breaking down histamine is a real, biological occurrence. Just like deficiencies in breaking down gluten and deficiencies in breaking down lactose. That means there's just enough science behind a very rare enzyme pathway deficiency to make the health quack crowd BILLIONS when they convince millions of Americans that they, too, have a histamine intolerance. :lol:
:lol:
Yep, but learning that did change my mind about one thing: Now I think homeopathy is dumber.
That it is. Oh yes, that it is.
Quote from: Cain on June 25, 2015, 04:14:58 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 25, 2015, 03:07:37 AM
Quote from: Cain on June 25, 2015, 12:50:02 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 25, 2015, 12:44:54 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 24, 2015, 04:33:57 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 24, 2015, 06:56:18 AM
Portland: Today someone said "I know people who can't do bone broth because they have histamine intolerance".
Alone amongst the crowd, I am utterly unshocked by this.
Full of hate, but unshocked.
Betcha that 99% of these "histamine intolerant" people drink wine. Because the histamines in wine don't count.
Wine is calorie, carb, sugar, completely chemical-free goodness. Everyone knows that.
Only red wine though.
And only brands that nobody's ever heard of, that you have to order special.
Naturally. The more obscure they are, the more they are filled with "good histamines". These are like good bacteria, which your body needs to function normally
:horrormirth:
We should make this a thing. They'd go for it, if we present it properly.
(https://scontent-lax1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10386749_10152190605874013_2544991822758019389_n.jpg?oh=9e39a70f39aea956c99c214fa1d95148&oe=56235FB5)
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 25, 2015, 04:46:54 AM
We should make this a thing. They'd go for it, if we present it properly.
(https://scontent-lax1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10386749_10152190605874013_2544991822758019389_n.jpg?oh=9e39a70f39aea956c99c214fa1d95148&oe=56235FB5)
It's a good thing they're inverted! :lulz:
I prefer the term "pre-prolapsed".
At least they're boneless. Nothing worse than a boney, inverted rectum.
Both of you.
:horrormirth:
Soon to be known as "Pork Calamari".
Did you see the piece on NPR that put it to a blind taste test? It was really interesting. The takeaway was that, if washed well enough first, it basically really does taste like a tough piece of calamari.
The magic of deep frying!
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on June 25, 2015, 03:36:07 PM
Did you see the piece on NPR that put it to a blind taste test? It was really interesting. The takeaway was that, if washed well enough first, it basically really does taste like a tough piece of calamari.
The magic of deep frying!
Yeah... they basically went in search of the rumor that it was actually being served as calamari in restaurants, and when they were unable to find any evidence for that, they went with "but COULD it hypothetically be served as calamari?" and then concluded that if it were "prepared properly" they could see it being passed off for calamari.
I was like, really NPR?
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 25, 2015, 03:58:04 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on June 25, 2015, 03:36:07 PM
Did you see the piece on NPR that put it to a blind taste test? It was really interesting. The takeaway was that, if washed well enough first, it basically really does taste like a tough piece of calamari.
The magic of deep frying!
Yeah... they basically went in search of the rumor that it was actually being served as calamari in restaurants, and when they were unable to find any evidence for that, they went with "but COULD it hypothetically be served as calamari?" and then concluded that if it were "prepared properly" they could see it being passed off for calamari.
I was like, really NPR?
It's the MythBusters school of journalism: just because a terrible thing didn't happen doesn't mean we shouldn't blow shit up anyway.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on June 25, 2015, 04:05:57 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 25, 2015, 03:58:04 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on June 25, 2015, 03:36:07 PM
Did you see the piece on NPR that put it to a blind taste test? It was really interesting. The takeaway was that, if washed well enough first, it basically really does taste like a tough piece of calamari.
The magic of deep frying!
Yeah... they basically went in search of the rumor that it was actually being served as calamari in restaurants, and when they were unable to find any evidence for that, they went with "but COULD it hypothetically be served as calamari?" and then concluded that if it were "prepared properly" they could see it being passed off for calamari.
I was like, really NPR?
It's the MythBusters school of journalism: just because a terrible thing didn't happen doesn't mean we shouldn't blow shit up anyway.
:lulz:
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on June 25, 2015, 03:36:07 PM
Did you see the piece on NPR that put it to a blind taste test? It was really interesting. The takeaway was that, if washed well enough first, it basically really does taste like a tough piece of calamari.
The magic of deep frying!
Ok, but who wants a tough piece of calamari?
Quote from: Hoopla on June 25, 2015, 09:41:18 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on June 25, 2015, 03:36:07 PM
Did you see the piece on NPR that put it to a blind taste test? It was really interesting. The takeaway was that, if washed well enough first, it basically really does taste like a tough piece of calamari.
The magic of deep frying!
Ok, but who wants a tough piece of calamari?
I feel like that wouldn't be a very hot seller.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 25, 2015, 10:05:14 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on June 25, 2015, 09:41:18 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on June 25, 2015, 03:36:07 PM
Did you see the piece on NPR that put it to a blind taste test? It was really interesting. The takeaway was that, if washed well enough first, it basically really does taste like a tough piece of calamari.
The magic of deep frying!
Ok, but who wants a tough piece of calamari?
I feel like that wouldn't be a very hot seller.
Yeah, you send that shit back.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 25, 2015, 10:05:14 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on June 25, 2015, 09:41:18 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on June 25, 2015, 03:36:07 PM
Did you see the piece on NPR that put it to a blind taste test? It was really interesting. The takeaway was that, if washed well enough first, it basically really does taste like a tough piece of calamari.
The magic of deep frying!
Ok, but who wants a tough piece of calamari?
I feel like that wouldn't be a very hot seller.
HELLO. TARGET DEMOGRAPHIC GROUP WE'RE DISCUSSING?
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 26, 2015, 04:12:04 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 25, 2015, 10:05:14 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on June 25, 2015, 09:41:18 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on June 25, 2015, 03:36:07 PM
Did you see the piece on NPR that put it to a blind taste test? It was really interesting. The takeaway was that, if washed well enough first, it basically really does taste like a tough piece of calamari.
The magic of deep frying!
Ok, but who wants a tough piece of calamari?
I feel like that wouldn't be a very hot seller.
HELLO. TARGET DEMOGRAPHIC GROUP WE'RE DISCUSSING?
True. Only you wouldn't market them as calamari, you'd market them as an ancient Chinese medicine that Westerners are afraid to eat, and you would dry them, salt them, and sell them in waxed paper bags, three for $26.99.
Good medicine for treating food intolerances. Just eat one whenever you get a craving for a gluten or histamine-rich food, nightshades, or ice cream, and it will balance your chi so that you will suffer no ill effects.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 26, 2015, 04:31:26 AM
Good medicine for treating food intolerances. Just eat one whenever you get a craving for a gluten or histamine-rich food, nightshades, or ice cream, and it will balance your chi so that you will suffer no ill effects.
This is starting to make me hate everything. Everything. Just burn it all down, and moonwalk on the fucking ashes like Scipio.
Inverted Pork Rectum: What Western Medicine Doesn't Want You to Know
"Rectum?" I hear some of my more squeamish readers shrieking. Yes, this is real and no, you shouldn't be freaking out about it. The fact is that traditional societies have always known how vital it is to consume the whole animal, not just the "choice" cuts preferred by colonial invaders. Picky consumers refusing the "icky" bits of an animal account for literally billions of pounds of wasted flesh, as much as fifty percent of an animal raised in captivity solely for human consumption will go to waste for our vanity! Consciously choosing less desirable cuts enables the wise consumer to reap the benefits of limited meat consumption without contributing to the death toll in factory farms.
But pork rectums (yes, I said it again) aren't just an ethical issue. Rectal tissue is unique in its structure compared to both regular muscle tissue and plant tissue. In the upper digestive system, it acts like a specialized scrubber, removing small pockets of undigested (rotting) foods, bacterial colonies, and accumulated toxins. In villages where rectum is a routine part the diet, stomach and esophageal cancers are all but unheard of!
just got an email from Nancy, one of the board members at the community garden saying that i've been getting complaints about the watering services I've been providing. The main complaint seems to be that i'm leaving the hoses dirty when i'm done with them. Nancy says she wants to talk to me when she gets back on Monday, hopefully its a warning, because even tho the pay is shit and the work is irregular, i actually enjoy doing the work and hanging out in the garden. Its a shit gig, but its a shit gig i will really miss if i get canned. :cry:
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on June 26, 2015, 08:54:48 AM
just got an email from Nancy, one of the board members at the community garden saying that i've been getting complaints about the watering services I've been providing. The main complaint seems to be that i'm leaving the hoses dirty when i'm done with them. Nancy says she wants to talk to me when she gets back on Monday, hopefully its a warning, because even tho the pay is shit and the work is irregular, i actually enjoy doing the work and hanging out in the garden. Its a shit gig, but its a shit gig i will really miss if i get canned. :cry:
That sucks, I hope you get to keep the gig. They can't fire you over something this small if this is the first time the complaints were brought to your attention, right?
Working in a garden for money is a great gig, if only it payed enough to cover the cost of living.
LET'S ALL GET GAY MARRIED! (http://www.vox.com/2015/6/26/8823655/gay-marriage-legal-scotus-obergefell-v-hodges)
HOWL - Check PM's.
Someone was whining on my friend's page, and he was all, "you better step off, or someone's going to drop a house on you."
I really need to remember that line.
Judge Kennedy has gaymarried America against its will to Barack Obama's socialist dreams, for ever and ever and ever.
The dissents read like a bad reddit troll.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on June 26, 2015, 05:19:30 AM
Inverted Pork Rectum: What Western Medicine Doesn't Want You to Know
"Rectum?" I hear some of my more squeamish readers shrieking. Yes, this is real and no, you shouldn't be freaking out about it. The fact is that traditional societies have always known how vital it is to consume the whole animal, not just the "choice" cuts preferred by colonial invaders. Picky consumers refusing the "icky" bits of an animal account for literally billions of pounds of wasted flesh, as much as fifty percent of an animal raised in captivity solely for human consumption will go to waste for our vanity! Consciously choosing less desirable cuts enables the wise consumer to reap the benefits of limited meat consumption without contributing to the death toll in factory farms.
But pork rectums (yes, I said it again) aren't just an ethical issue. Rectal tissue is unique in its structure compared to both regular muscle tissue and plant tissue. In the upper digestive system, it acts like a specialized scrubber, removing small pockets of undigested (rotting) foods, bacterial colonies, and accumulated toxins. In villages where rectum is a routine part the diet, stomach and esophageal cancers are all but unheard of!
Marry me!
Quote from: Junkenstein on June 26, 2015, 05:39:42 PM
HOWL - Check PM's.
Did. Internet just came back on, after a severe storm.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 26, 2015, 07:20:22 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on June 26, 2015, 05:19:30 AM
Inverted Pork Rectum: What Western Medicine Doesn't Want You to Know
"Rectum?" I hear some of my more squeamish readers shrieking. Yes, this is real and no, you shouldn't be freaking out about it. The fact is that traditional societies have always known how vital it is to consume the whole animal, not just the "choice" cuts preferred by colonial invaders. Picky consumers refusing the "icky" bits of an animal account for literally billions of pounds of wasted flesh, as much as fifty percent of an animal raised in captivity solely for human consumption will go to waste for our vanity! Consciously choosing less desirable cuts enables the wise consumer to reap the benefits of limited meat consumption without contributing to the death toll in factory farms.
But pork rectums (yes, I said it again) aren't just an ethical issue. Rectal tissue is unique in its structure compared to both regular muscle tissue and plant tissue. In the upper digestive system, it acts like a specialized scrubber, removing small pockets of undigested (rotting) foods, bacterial colonies, and accumulated toxins. In villages where rectum is a routine part the diet, stomach and esophageal cancers are all but unheard of!
Marry me!
Still needs more about why you have to flip them inside out first and come sample recipes, but its a start.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on June 26, 2015, 05:19:30 AM
Inverted Pork Rectum: What Western Medicine Doesn't Want You to Know
"Rectum?" I hear some of my more squeamish readers shrieking. Yes, this is real and no, you shouldn't be freaking out about it. The fact is that traditional societies have always known how vital it is to consume the whole animal, not just the "choice" cuts preferred by colonial invaders. Picky consumers refusing the "icky" bits of an animal account for literally billions of pounds of wasted flesh, as much as fifty percent of an animal raised in captivity solely for human consumption will go to waste for our vanity! Consciously choosing less desirable cuts enables the wise consumer to reap the benefits of limited meat consumption without contributing to the death toll in factory farms.
But pork rectums (yes, I said it again) aren't just an ethical issue. Rectal tissue is unique in its structure compared to both regular muscle tissue and plant tissue. In the upper digestive system, it acts like a specialized scrubber, removing small pockets of undigested (rotting) foods, bacterial colonies, and accumulated toxins. In villages where rectum is a routine part the diet, stomach and esophageal cancers are all but unheard of!
Ah, yes, the delicacy of the fith quarter, further finishing behind the end. :lulz:
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on June 26, 2015, 05:19:30 AM
Inverted Pork Rectum: What Western Medicine Doesn't Want You to Know
"Rectum?" I hear some of my more squeamish readers shrieking. Yes, this is real and no, you shouldn't be freaking out about it. The fact is that traditional societies have always known how vital it is to consume the whole animal, not just the "choice" cuts preferred by colonial invaders. Picky consumers refusing the "icky" bits of an animal account for literally billions of pounds of wasted flesh, as much as fifty percent of an animal raised in captivity solely for human consumption will go to waste for our vanity! Consciously choosing less desirable cuts enables the wise consumer to reap the benefits of limited meat consumption without contributing to the death toll in factory farms.
But pork rectums (yes, I said it again) aren't just an ethical issue. Rectal tissue is unique in its structure compared to both regular muscle tissue and plant tissue. In the upper digestive system, it acts like a specialized scrubber, removing small pockets of undigested (rotting) foods, bacterial colonies, and accumulated toxins. In villages where rectum is a routine part the diet, stomach and esophageal cancers are all but unheard of!
You could be unbelievably wealthy, do you know that? :horrormirth:
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on June 26, 2015, 08:54:48 AM
just got an email from Nancy, one of the board members at the community garden saying that i've been getting complaints about the watering services I've been providing. The main complaint seems to be that i'm leaving the hoses dirty when i'm done with them. Nancy says she wants to talk to me when she gets back on Monday, hopefully its a warning, because even tho the pay is shit and the work is irregular, i actually enjoy doing the work and hanging out in the garden. Its a shit gig, but its a shit gig i will really miss if i get canned. :cry:
Oh, no. :( I hope you can work it out.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on June 26, 2015, 06:44:44 PM
The dissents read like a bad reddit troll.
The amazing thing is that that's a dissent. How is that an argument against marriage equality? He just compared prohibiting gay marriage to the Holocaust and slavery.
It's so weird. Granted, Kennedy went kinda floral, and I do wish he stuck more to the solid jurisprudence stuff, but the dissent was WACKY.
Clarence Thomas has a lot of....unusual positions (http://coreyrobin.com/2014/05/05/clarence-thomass-counterrevolution/). I wonder if his beliefs about blacks in America are any way reflected about his homosexuality in America?
Surgery. Pain. I hate crutches. Dont remember them being so hard to use.
Would it be too childish to find out the number of the other board member who keeps harping about the hoses and send her a picture of a clean properly wound hose after every job i do? Just every time i'm in there sending pic after identical pic of a clean, wound up hose?
Also finding out about the Supreme court decision today was like Christmas morning, but for Civil Rights.
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on June 27, 2015, 08:19:53 AM
Would it be too childish to find out the number of the other board member who keeps harping about the hoses and send her a picture of a clean properly wound hose after every job i do? Just every time i'm in there sending pic after identical pic of a clean, wound up hose?
Yep.
Don't send, but do save pictures. Ask permission to take these pictures first so they know that you took the accusation serious.
Send at next allegation.
I woke up today shooting at the gays swarming my neighborhood getting people to get gay married. I went through 4 cases of ammo using my brother's gun. I was wounded, and now I have to fight the cravings of typical gay wedding food like pizza. The only thing I have to wrap the wound in is the confederate flag.
RIP America!
Quote from: Cain on June 27, 2015, 06:56:32 AM
Clarence Thomas has a lot of....unusual positions (http://coreyrobin.com/2014/05/05/clarence-thomass-counterrevolution/). I wonder if his beliefs about blacks in America are any way reflected about his homosexuality in America?
Robin is a very good writer. He clarifies things really well.
I can totally see how his beliefs about race would apply to other minorities.
Quote from: Gone with the Sin on June 27, 2015, 03:28:16 PM
I woke up today shooting at the gays swarming my neighborhood getting people to get gay married. I went through 4 cases of ammo using my brother's gun. I was wounded, and now I have to fight the cravings of typical gay wedding food like pizza. The only thing I have to wrap the wound in is the confederate flag.
RIP America!
:lulz:
Quote from: Gone with the Sin on June 27, 2015, 03:28:16 PM
I woke up today shooting at the gays swarming my neighborhood getting people to get gay married. I went through 4 cases of ammo using my brother's gun. I was wounded, and now I have to fight the cravings of typical gay wedding food like pizza. The only thing I have to wrap the wound in is the confederate flag.
RIP America!
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2BEor6IP5ak/UnVjpl-_asI/AAAAAAAABH8/CABkGrsUdG0/s1600/1.PNG)
Quote from: Don Coyote on June 27, 2015, 07:10:34 AM
Surgery. Pain. I hate crutches. Dont remember them being so hard to use.
What was your surgery for?
Quote from: Reginald Ret on June 27, 2015, 12:19:50 PM
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on June 27, 2015, 08:19:53 AM
Would it be too childish to find out the number of the other board member who keeps harping about the hoses and send her a picture of a clean properly wound hose after every job i do? Just every time i'm in there sending pic after identical pic of a clean, wound up hose?
Yep.
Don't send, but do save pictures. Ask permission to take these pictures first so they know that you took the accusation serious.
Send at next allegation.
What he said.
It's not inconceivable that you are being blamed for something someone else is doing, so it might be good to at least have yourself covered in that way.
Quote from: Cain on June 27, 2015, 06:56:32 AM
Clarence Thomas has a lot of....unusual positions (http://coreyrobin.com/2014/05/05/clarence-thomass-counterrevolution/). I wonder if his beliefs about blacks in America are any way reflected about his homosexuality in America?
That was a very interesting article... Thomas is a more interesting man than I had known.
The commenter JohnnyButter appears to be a bit disconnected from reality.
So, I'm thinking, if I can wrangle this security contracting thing in a couple of weeks time (when I make my presentation) I might start looking at doing similar stuff abroad.
I mean, even though there was probably very little that could've been done to prevent last Friday's tragic events, I have a CV and some experience which could be useful to hotels in that part of the world.
I'm not sure exactly how I want to approach that yet, and I want to get this on my resume first, but it's something I'm keeping in mind. Hotel security is usually notoriously bad, filled with the sort of no-lifers who couldn't make it in the local regime's military (which is saying something, in most cases) and can't handle more than a bar fight or domestic without relying on the local security services.
I'm thinking such things could be significantly improved.
Quote from: Cain on June 30, 2015, 01:28:09 AM
So, I'm thinking, if I can wrangle this security contracting thing in a couple of weeks time (when I make my presentation) I might start looking at doing similar stuff abroad.
I mean, even though there was probably very little that could've been done to prevent last Friday's tragic events, I have a CV and some experience which could be useful to hotels in that part of the world.
I'm not sure exactly how I want to approach that yet, and I want to get this on my resume first, but it's something I'm keeping in mind. Hotel security is usually notoriously bad, filled with the sort of no-lifers who couldn't make it in the local regime's military (which is saying something, in most cases) and can't handle more than a bar fight or domestic without relying on the local security services.
I'm thinking such things could be significantly improved.
This seems like a potentially lucrative way to apply your skills.
Yeah, maybe. Bigger picture, countries like Tunisia are utterly reliant on their tourism trade. If that collapses...the government won't be far behind.
Attack the tourism to attack government revenue. Build credibility with those who disagree with tourism, either because they don't benefit financially or because they disagree morally (westerners in bikinis, alcohol and unmarried sex, oh my). Scare investors and other foreigners by extension. Mentally isolate and besiege the country.
They need to take this deadly serious. And I'm sure they are, but that needs to be reciprocated by the hotel industry.
In much happier news, I heard a rumour that Emily Blunt is being considered for the starring role in an Escape from New York remake.
I don't think many women (or men for that matter) could make a convincing Snake Plissen, but after her performance in Edge of Tomorrow, I definitely think she could.
Quote from: Cain on June 30, 2015, 02:31:01 AM
In much happier news, I heard a rumour that Emily Blunt is being considered for the starring role in an Escape from New York remake.
I don't think many women (or men for that matter) could make a convincing Snake Plissen, but after her performance in Edge of Tomorrow, I definitely think she could.
Maybe.
But I'd love to see an original film once this decade.
Edge of Tomorrow is as original as it's gonna get, I'm afraid.
I'm kinda resigned at this point to any film either having already been a book, a comic or another film. Talk about a cultural dead-end...
Birdman, Grand Budapest Hotel, Nightcrawler, Dear White People, Top Five, Her, Bridesmaids, Inception, Interstellar, Gravity, Pacific Rim, Now You See Me, Neighbors, The Interview, Lucy, Tammy, Let's Be Cops...
Sure, not all of it's good, but there's been plenty just in the last couple years.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 30, 2015, 03:02:38 AM
Quote from: Cain on June 30, 2015, 02:31:01 AM
In much happier news, I heard a rumour that Emily Blunt is being considered for the starring role in an Escape from New York remake.
I don't think many women (or men for that matter) could make a convincing Snake Plissen, but after her performance in Edge of Tomorrow, I definitely think she could.
Maybe.
But I'd love to see an original film once this decade.
Seriously, motherfuckers don't re-write books.
Well, most of the time they don't.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 30, 2015, 05:04:59 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 30, 2015, 03:02:38 AM
Quote from: Cain on June 30, 2015, 02:31:01 AM
In much happier news, I heard a rumour that Emily Blunt is being considered for the starring role in an Escape from New York remake.
I don't think many women (or men for that matter) could make a convincing Snake Plissen, but after her performance in Edge of Tomorrow, I definitely think she could.
Maybe.
But I'd love to see an original film once this decade.
Seriously, motherfuckers don't re-write books.
Well, most of the time they don't.
FALSE!
You remember, I used to edit romance novels.
They were ALL THE SAME BOOK. Except for the ones by Kitty Parsons, but those were all banned and sent to the incinerator.
I'm looking forward to seeing Slow West. I've heard some very good things.
Update on the gardening biz: Talked to Nancy today, she says not to worry, just be better about keeping the hoses clean. though apparently, the owner of one of the other plots neighboring the one I tend has a 4 year old that she lets water the garden which is probably what caused all of this to kick off in the first place.
Also found out that since i'm a helper and not a member, complaints can't actually get me fired, since i'm not formally "employed" by the garden, so much as Nancy and various others pay me to come by and take care of stuff. If i was a member they could threaten to take away my plot, but since i'm not, the worst they could do is give me a bad name and tell people not to let me tend their stuff. But yea, so long as the people i work with are satisfied with what i'm doing, eveything should be alright.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 30, 2015, 06:03:09 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on June 30, 2015, 05:04:59 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 30, 2015, 03:02:38 AM
Quote from: Cain on June 30, 2015, 02:31:01 AM
In much happier news, I heard a rumour that Emily Blunt is being considered for the starring role in an Escape from New York remake.
I don't think many women (or men for that matter) could make a convincing Snake Plissen, but after her performance in Edge of Tomorrow, I definitely think she could.
Maybe.
But I'd love to see an original film once this decade.
Seriously, motherfuckers don't re-write books.
Well, most of the time they don't.
FALSE!
You remember, I used to edit romance novels.
They were ALL THE SAME BOOK. Except for the ones by Kitty Parsons, but those were all banned and sent to the incinerator.
:lulz:
this is the coolest thing i have seen in a very long time:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1230242223/oscilloscope-music?ref=category (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1230242223/oscilloscope-music?ref=category)
independently verified to be legit here:
https://youtu.be/2hq8hkHgW7I (https://youtu.be/2hq8hkHgW7I)
I wonder if sales of Hagakure are soaring in wake of season 2 of True Detective, much like season one prompted purchases of The King in Yellow? It was pretty prominently displayed in episode one in Ani Bezzerides' home, alongside a less prominent copy of A Book of Five Rings and some what look like some Fairbairn and Sykes knife-fighting manuals.
Well tough luck poseurs, my samurai killer manuals are well over a decade old. My knifefighting manuals too, though I only keep digitized copies of those nowadays.
Quote from: Cain on July 01, 2015, 03:34:06 AM
I wonder if sales of Hagakure are soaring in wake of season 2 of True Detective, much like season one prompted purchases of The King in Yellow? It was pretty prominently displayed in episode one in Ani Bezzerides' home, alongside a less prominent copy of A Book of Five Rings and some what look like some Fairbairn and Sykes knife-fighting manuals.
Well tough luck poseurs, my samurai killer manuals are well over a decade old. My knifefighting manuals too, though I only keep digitized copies of those nowadays.
Who the hell is Ani Bezzerides?
Quote from: Cain on July 01, 2015, 03:34:06 AM
I wonder if sales of Hagakure are soaring in wake of season 2 of True Detective, much like season one prompted purchases of The King in Yellow? It was pretty prominently displayed in episode one in Ani Bezzerides' home, alongside a less prominent copy of A Book of Five Rings and some what look like some Fairbairn and Sykes knife-fighting manuals.
Well tough luck poseurs, my samurai killer manuals are well over a decade old. My knifefighting manuals too, though I only keep digitized copies of those nowadays.
Had been thinking about episode, and I call foul if anyone uses a wakizashi.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 01, 2015, 05:22:23 AM
Quote from: Cain on July 01, 2015, 03:34:06 AM
I wonder if sales of Hagakure are soaring in wake of season 2 of True Detective, much like season one prompted purchases of The King in Yellow? It was pretty prominently displayed in episode one in Ani Bezzerides' home, alongside a less prominent copy of A Book of Five Rings and some what look like some Fairbairn and Sykes knife-fighting manuals.
Well tough luck poseurs, my samurai killer manuals are well over a decade old. My knifefighting manuals too, though I only keep digitized copies of those nowadays.
Who the hell is Ani Bezzerides?
Character in True Detective. Likes knives, has a New Age hippie cult leader for a father and, works for the County Sherrif's office and spends most of her time staring into the middle distance while looking mildly perturbed
Bushi no me no renshu
Quote from: Cain on July 01, 2015, 11:31:22 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 01, 2015, 05:22:23 AM
Quote from: Cain on July 01, 2015, 03:34:06 AM
I wonder if sales of Hagakure are soaring in wake of season 2 of True Detective, much like season one prompted purchases of The King in Yellow? It was pretty prominently displayed in episode one in Ani Bezzerides' home, alongside a less prominent copy of A Book of Five Rings and some what look like some Fairbairn and Sykes knife-fighting manuals.
Well tough luck poseurs, my samurai killer manuals are well over a decade old. My knifefighting manuals too, though I only keep digitized copies of those nowadays.
Who the hell is Ani Bezzerides?
Character in True Detective. Likes knives, has a New Age hippie cult leader for a father and, works for the County Sherrif's office and spends most of her time staring into the middle distance while looking mildly perturbed
And her full name is Antigone.
I swear, if there's even a
hint that she's going to get locked up in a mausoleum or something, I'm gonna punch the scriptwriters in the face.
Also, save for the final two minutes of last episode, it's is boring as
fuck.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on July 01, 2015, 01:10:55 PM
Quote from: Cain on July 01, 2015, 11:31:22 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 01, 2015, 05:22:23 AM
Quote from: Cain on July 01, 2015, 03:34:06 AM
I wonder if sales of Hagakure are soaring in wake of season 2 of True Detective, much like season one prompted purchases of The King in Yellow? It was pretty prominently displayed in episode one in Ani Bezzerides' home, alongside a less prominent copy of A Book of Five Rings and some what look like some Fairbairn and Sykes knife-fighting manuals.
Well tough luck poseurs, my samurai killer manuals are well over a decade old. My knifefighting manuals too, though I only keep digitized copies of those nowadays.
Who the hell is Ani Bezzerides?
Character in True Detective. Likes knives, has a New Age hippie cult leader for a father and, works for the County Sherrif's office and spends most of her time staring into the middle distance while looking mildly perturbed
And her full name is Antigone.
I swear, if there's even a hint that she's going to get locked up in a mausoleum or something, I'm gonna punch the scriptwriters in the face.
Also, save for the final two minutes of last episode, it's is boring as fuck.
I've only watched the episodes while tired as hell, but that was the general impression I was getting too.
I can't find the second episode, watching Nina Simone instead.
Incidentally, regarding Clarence Thomas, Corey Robin and dignity:
http://coreyrobin.com/2015/06/29/from-whitney-houston-to-obergefell-clarence-thomas-on-human-dignity/
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on July 01, 2015, 01:10:55 PM
Quote from: Cain on July 01, 2015, 11:31:22 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 01, 2015, 05:22:23 AM
Quote from: Cain on July 01, 2015, 03:34:06 AM
I wonder if sales of Hagakure are soaring in wake of season 2 of True Detective, much like season one prompted purchases of The King in Yellow? It was pretty prominently displayed in episode one in Ani Bezzerides' home, alongside a less prominent copy of A Book of Five Rings and some what look like some Fairbairn and Sykes knife-fighting manuals.
Well tough luck poseurs, my samurai killer manuals are well over a decade old. My knifefighting manuals too, though I only keep digitized copies of those nowadays.
Who the hell is Ani Bezzerides?
Character in True Detective. Likes knives, has a New Age hippie cult leader for a father and, works for the County Sherrif's office and spends most of her time staring into the middle distance while looking mildly perturbed
And her full name is Antigone.
I swear, if there's even a hint that she's going to get locked up in a mausoleum or something, I'm gonna punch the scriptwriters in the face.
Also, save for the final two minutes of last episode, it's is boring as fuck.
Her life is already the tomb her father made for her.
Quote from: Faust on July 01, 2015, 02:10:52 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on July 01, 2015, 01:10:55 PM
And her full name is Antigone.
I swear, if there's even a hint that she's going to get locked up in a mausoleum or something, I'm gonna punch the scriptwriters in the face.
Also, save for the final two minutes of last episode, it's is boring as fuck.
Her life is already the tomb her father made for her.
:cpd:
So since it's too hot to sleep, I was flipping through my work emails and I noticed (in addition to the three residents who had to visit hospital today, at least in one case possibly due to heat exhaustion) this little doozy:
Quote from: Shift notesYoung man came in claiming he was from the Office of National statistics. Very doubtful this was the case as he came asking questions about flat 19. He was persistent to know information about this room, who lived there, is it empty, when is it next being used etc. The behaviour of this man was very dubious and therefore, [staff member] to review CCTV to identify him. Email also sent to [senior staff].
Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times...that, ladies and gentleman, is
enemy action. I'm feeling very confident about my security meeting...
Quote from: Cain on July 02, 2015, 02:42:55 AM
So since it's too hot to sleep, I was flipping through my work emails and I noticed (in addition to the three residents who had to visit hospital today, at least in one case possibly due to heat exhaustion) this little doozy:
Quote from: Shift notesYoung man came in claiming he was from the Office of National statistics. Very doubtful this was the case as he came asking questions about flat 19. He was persistent to know information about this room, who lived there, is it empty, when is it next being used etc. The behaviour of this man was very dubious and therefore, [staff member] to review CCTV to identify him. Email also sent to [senior staff].
Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times...that, ladies and gentleman, is enemy action. I'm feeling very confident about my security meeting...
Flat 19? Specifically? All three times, or a different flat each time?
This heat.
I haven't slept for more than 2-3 hours uninterrupted all week. I'm starting to feel like a frog in boiling water, only the sadist is fucking incompetent so they've had to jam a lid on the top which I keep slamming my skull into.
This is how supervillains are made.
Keep it up, sun, and I will find a way to END YOU :argh!:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 02, 2015, 04:39:21 AM
Quote from: Cain on July 02, 2015, 02:42:55 AM
So since it's too hot to sleep, I was flipping through my work emails and I noticed (in addition to the three residents who had to visit hospital today, at least in one case possibly due to heat exhaustion) this little doozy:
Quote from: Shift notesYoung man came in claiming he was from the Office of National statistics. Very doubtful this was the case as he came asking questions about flat 19. He was persistent to know information about this room, who lived there, is it empty, when is it next being used etc. The behaviour of this man was very dubious and therefore, [staff member] to review CCTV to identify him. Email also sent to [senior staff].
Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times...that, ladies and gentleman, is enemy action. I'm feeling very confident about my security meeting...
Flat 19? Specifically? All three times, or a different flat each time?
Only specific to this occasion, questions about flat 19.
However, in the light of the bizzarely specific (if different) questions on the previous weird night I mentioned, which was followed by an equally weird building invasion less than a week later, I'm...concerned.
Quote from: Demolition Squid on July 02, 2015, 06:48:09 AM
This heat.
I haven't slept for more than 2-3 hours uninterrupted all week. I'm starting to feel like a frog in boiling water, only the sadist is fucking incompetent so they've had to jam a lid on the top which I keep slamming my skull into.
This is how supervillains are made.
Keep it up, sun, and I will find a way to END YOU :argh!:
Could be worse.
My flat makes it so that it's 10-20 degrees hotter inside than outside, day or night. It's clearly some kind of building error (possibly the boiler) but whatever it is, it means I've slept 10 hours over the past 4 nights. I'm sweating just sitting down and typing this, and I have a fan on full power behind me.
Quote from: Cain on July 02, 2015, 08:12:02 AM
Quote from: Demolition Squid on July 02, 2015, 06:48:09 AM
This heat.
I haven't slept for more than 2-3 hours uninterrupted all week. I'm starting to feel like a frog in boiling water, only the sadist is fucking incompetent so they've had to jam a lid on the top which I keep slamming my skull into.
This is how supervillains are made.
Keep it up, sun, and I will find a way to END YOU :argh!:
Could be worse.
My flat makes it so that it's 10-20 degrees hotter inside than outside, day or night. It's clearly some kind of building error (possibly the boiler) but whatever it is, it means I've slept 10 hours over the past 4 nights. I'm sweating just sitting down and typing this, and I have a fan on full power behind me.
Consider Gin
Quote from: Cain on July 02, 2015, 08:12:02 AM
Quote from: Demolition Squid on July 02, 2015, 06:48:09 AM
This heat.
I haven't slept for more than 2-3 hours uninterrupted all week. I'm starting to feel like a frog in boiling water, only the sadist is fucking incompetent so they've had to jam a lid on the top which I keep slamming my skull into.
This is how supervillains are made.
Keep it up, sun, and I will find a way to END YOU :argh!:
Could be worse.
My flat makes it so that it's 10-20 degrees hotter inside than outside, day or night. It's clearly some kind of building error (possibly the boiler) but whatever it is, it means I've slept 10 hours over the past 4 nights. I'm sweating just sitting down and typing this, and I have a fan on full power behind me.
That is... awful. How have you not boiled? :eek:
Jesus Cain, if it's 10 degrees higher where you are how have you not mummified? In Ireland we don't really get summers and certainly not heatwaves, fucking hell this is overpowering.
Until the monsoon broke, it was 46C here.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on July 01, 2015, 01:10:55 PM
Quote from: Cain on July 01, 2015, 11:31:22 AM
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Quote from: Cain on July 01, 2015, 03:34:06 AM
I wonder if sales of Hagakure are soaring in wake of season 2 of True Detective, much like season one prompted purchases of The King in Yellow? It was pretty prominently displayed in episode one in Ani Bezzerides' home, alongside a less prominent copy of A Book of Five Rings and some what look like some Fairbairn and Sykes knife-fighting manuals.
Well tough luck poseurs, my samurai killer manuals are well over a decade old. My knifefighting manuals too, though I only keep digitized copies of those nowadays.
Who the hell is Ani Bezzerides?
Character in True Detective. Likes knives, has a New Age hippie cult leader for a father and, works for the County Sherrif's office and spends most of her time staring into the middle distance while looking mildly perturbed
And her full name is Antigone.
I swear, if there's even a hint that she's going to get locked up in a mausoleum or something, I'm gonna punch the scriptwriters in the face.
Also, save for the final two minutes of last episode, it's is boring as fuck.
I must have an amazing attention span, I'm really enjoying this season and don't really find it boring. At least no moreso than last season.
I think the problem (if there is one) is that Rachel McAdams and Colin Ferrill (sp?) don't have Woody Harrelson's charisma.
Maybe boring is too harsh. It's really slow, and it feels it.
They're definitely taking a slow burner approach. There are many things that look interesting or seem potentially interesting down the line...but perhaps they're afraid of peaking too early, like in season 1.
That could well be. The last couple episodes of last season seemed a little beside the point.
And then the bartender says "We don't serve time travelers here."
Quote from: Faust on July 02, 2015, 09:20:24 AM
Jesus Cain, if it's 10 degrees higher where you are how have you not mummified? In Ireland we don't really get summers and certainly not heatwaves, fucking hell this is overpowering.
Australian genes. I know how to mitigate the heat, somewhat.
Also I stole a Master key today and changed my window settings so I can now open them fully. This has created some kind of bizarre mini-climate in my room, where there is a chilly front by the window and desk, and death heat at the other end of the room, with clouds forming in the middle.
I'm not looking forward to closing the window, but it's definitely made this room livable again.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on July 01, 2015, 02:27:07 PM
Quote from: Faust on July 01, 2015, 02:10:52 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on July 01, 2015, 01:10:55 PM
And her full name is Antigone.
I swear, if there's even a hint that she's going to get locked up in a mausoleum or something, I'm gonna punch the scriptwriters in the face.
Also, save for the final two minutes of last episode, it's is boring as fuck.
Her life is already the tomb her father made for her.
:cpd:
Well, I thought that was Vince Vaun's (sp.) back story, so let the shooting begin :lulz:
A time traveler walks into a bar...
(http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/Smileys/default/damnucramulus.gif)
:crankey:
:lol:
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 02, 2015, 05:05:31 PM
Until the monsoon broke, it was 46C here.
I don't understand your Nova Scotia units of time.
Quote from: Demolition Squid on July 02, 2015, 06:48:09 AM
This heat.
I haven't slept for more than 2-3 hours uninterrupted all week. I'm starting to feel like a frog in boiling water, only the sadist is fucking incompetent so they've had to jam a lid on the top which I keep slamming my skull into.
This is how supervillains are made.
Keep it up, sun, and I will find a way to END YOU :argh!:
It's been 100 degrees in Portland for the last two weeks. Since this never happens, more people than usual are convinced that everyone's gonna die.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 03, 2015, 08:10:08 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 02, 2015, 05:05:31 PM
Until the monsoon broke, it was 46C here.
I don't understand your Nova Scotia units of time.
It's really simple: 0C is the boiling temperature of water on a Wednesday with a humidity between 0 and 53%, while 100C is the sublimation temperature of water on the moon. It makes perfect sense once you get used to it.
Going on a road trip on Sunday. 2000 miles round trip to the north of Norway and Hamarøy where I grew up, then via Lofoten down to Trondheim to play five gigs in two days, then back home. FUN TIEMS
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 03, 2015, 08:10:08 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 02, 2015, 05:05:31 PM
Until the monsoon broke, it was 46C here.
I don't understand your Nova Scotia units of time.
That's really fucking hot.
Emote worthy?
(http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/37600000/Hewlett-turn-tv-series-37695552-500-250.gif)
YES.
Quote from: Reginald Ret on July 03, 2015, 11:10:56 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 03, 2015, 08:10:08 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 02, 2015, 05:05:31 PM
Until the monsoon broke, it was 46C here.
I don't understand your Nova Scotia units of time.
It's really simple: 0C is the boiling temperature of water on a Wednesday with a humidity between 0 and 53%, while 100C is the sublimation temperature of water on the moon. It makes perfect sense once you get used to it.
All I want to know is how far it is to Victoria by train, is that so much to ask?
I'm at the Oregon coast, taking shelter in Doc Huckleberry's basement. For some reason I got a 1 am text from my brother wishing me a happy 4th. I don't think the 4th is a typical texting holiday, but OK.
HOLD ON TO YOUR ASSES, SPAGS.
I have 49 pages of unread topics. Time to MARK ALL READ.
Chianti and yaki udon is a surprisingly nice combination.
Oddly enough, I totally can see that working.
Italian-Japanese fusion. It's the wave of the future.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 04, 2015, 03:06:31 PM
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Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 03, 2015, 08:10:08 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 02, 2015, 05:05:31 PM
Until the monsoon broke, it was 46C here.
I don't understand your Nova Scotia units of time.
That's really fucking hot.
Your fetish is weird, but thank you.
:lulz:
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 04, 2015, 03:07:22 PM
Quote from: Reginald Ret on July 03, 2015, 11:10:56 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 03, 2015, 08:10:08 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 02, 2015, 05:05:31 PM
Until the monsoon broke, it was 46C here.
I don't understand your Nova Scotia units of time.
It's really simple: 0C is the boiling temperature of water on a Wednesday with a humidity between 0 and 53%, while 100C is the sublimation temperature of water on the moon. It makes perfect sense once you get used to it.
All I want to know is how far it is to Victoria by train, is that so much to ask?
By train? about 0.12 seconds, Id wear a helmet though.
Trains aren't built for 46C.
Quote from: Reginald Ret on July 06, 2015, 12:02:16 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 04, 2015, 03:07:22 PM
Quote from: Reginald Ret on July 03, 2015, 11:10:56 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 03, 2015, 08:10:08 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 02, 2015, 05:05:31 PM
Until the monsoon broke, it was 46C here.
I don't understand your Nova Scotia units of time.
It's really simple: 0C is the boiling temperature of water on a Wednesday with a humidity between 0 and 53%, while 100C is the sublimation temperature of water on the moon. It makes perfect sense once you get used to it.
All I want to know is how far it is to Victoria by train, is that so much to ask?
By train? about 0.12 seconds, Id wear a helmet though.
Trains aren't built for 46C.
Thank you.
Can I buy the recipe the usual way?
With bitcoin, via telegram, as per usual.
EXCELLENT. I will check my diary tomorrow to see whether I'm Canadian yet.
Dammit auto-correct, who taught you finger-fucking?
I just got back from the Oregon coast, where it was a sunny and calm 75 degrees.
Back in Portland, where it is 93 degrees and projected to continue to be around 93 degrees for the rest of eternity and all our water is drying up and we're going to die. Everybody is going to die.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 06, 2015, 05:45:17 AM
I just got back from the Oregon coast, where it was a sunny and calm 75 degrees.
Back in Portland, where it is 93 degrees and projected to continue to be around 93 degrees for the rest of eternity and all our water is drying up and we're going to die. Everybody is going to die.
How will the bridges sing with no water?
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on July 06, 2015, 05:46:04 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 06, 2015, 05:45:17 AM
I just got back from the Oregon coast, where it was a sunny and calm 75 degrees.
Back in Portland, where it is 93 degrees and projected to continue to be around 93 degrees for the rest of eternity and all our water is drying up and we're going to die. Everybody is going to die.
How will the bridges sing with no water?
More horribly, what will be exposed as the rivers dry up?
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 06, 2015, 04:21:26 AM
EXCELLENT. I will check my diary tomorrow to see whether I'm Canadian yet.
I am stealing that, because it's so fucking good it doesn't need context.
I just admitted Kakofonous_A_Dischord to PD.
Because I hate everything and want to die.
Is it weird to consider going back to school for a computer science degree solely because I just watched Ex Machina?
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on July 06, 2015, 06:21:20 AM
Is it weird to consider going back to school for a computer science degree solely because I just watched Ex Machina?
No, but it is weird to ask if it is weird.
o well then given where we are, i think i'm alright then.
:D
I would just like to say that I love these moments here, full of improvised silliness.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 06, 2015, 05:58:08 AM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on July 06, 2015, 05:46:04 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 06, 2015, 05:45:17 AM
I just got back from the Oregon coast, where it was a sunny and calm 75 degrees.
Back in Portland, where it is 93 degrees and projected to continue to be around 93 degrees for the rest of eternity and all our water is drying up and we're going to die. Everybody is going to die.
How will the bridges sing with no water?
More horribly, what will be exposed as the rivers dry up?
We're trying not to think about it, and we avoid eye contact while we make increasingly grim small talk about the weather.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 06, 2015, 05:59:44 AM
I just admitted Kakofonous_A_Dischord to PD.
Because I hate everything and want to die.
Countdown to "You're all grayfaces because you don't accept me for your Discordian Guru/find word salad entertaining"?
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 06, 2015, 03:10:01 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 06, 2015, 05:59:44 AM
I just admitted Kakofonous_A_Dischord to PD.
Because I hate everything and want to die.
Countdown to "You're all grayfaces because you don't accept me for your Discordian Guru/find word salad entertaining"?
Maybe we should play this different this time. Either we love EVerything they say, and encourage more... or, we just answer more and more outlandishly to everything they post.
Quote from: Hoopla on July 06, 2015, 03:52:19 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 06, 2015, 03:10:01 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 06, 2015, 05:59:44 AM
I just admitted Kakofonous_A_Dischord to PD.
Because I hate everything and want to die.
Countdown to "You're all grayfaces because you don't accept me for your Discordian Guru/find word salad entertaining"?
Maybe we should play this different this time. Either we love EVerything they say, and encourage more... or, we just answer more and more outlandishly to everything they post.
Look. The world is ending. The oceans are turning to slime. I don't have to listen to outlandish types warble about nothing that makes sense while I fry to death on the desert sandstone. Really, I don't.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 06, 2015, 05:53:40 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on July 06, 2015, 03:52:19 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 06, 2015, 03:10:01 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 06, 2015, 05:59:44 AM
I just admitted Kakofonous_A_Dischord to PD.
Because I hate everything and want to die.
Countdown to "You're all grayfaces because you don't accept me for your Discordian Guru/find word salad entertaining"?
Maybe we should play this different this time. Either we love EVerything they say, and encourage more... or, we just answer more and more outlandishly to everything they post.
Look. The world is ending. The oceans are turning to slime. I don't have to listen to outlandish types warble about nothing that makes sense while I fry to death on the desert sandstone. Really, I don't.
Well sure, we could play this the same way we always do, and it would be a good time. But wouldn't it be fun to try approaching it differently?
You know, since the world is ending anyway, why not fuck around?
Quote from: Hoopla on July 06, 2015, 06:32:58 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 06, 2015, 05:53:40 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on July 06, 2015, 03:52:19 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 06, 2015, 03:10:01 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 06, 2015, 05:59:44 AM
I just admitted Kakofonous_A_Dischord to PD.
Because I hate everything and want to die.
Countdown to "You're all grayfaces because you don't accept me for your Discordian Guru/find word salad entertaining"?
Maybe we should play this different this time. Either we love EVerything they say, and encourage more... or, we just answer more and more outlandishly to everything they post.
Look. The world is ending. The oceans are turning to slime. I don't have to listen to outlandish types warble about nothing that makes sense while I fry to death on the desert sandstone. Really, I don't.
Well sure, we could play this the same way we always do, and it would be a good time. But wouldn't it be fun to try approaching it differently?
You know, since the world is ending anyway, why not fuck around?
You really want some guy screaming James Joyce misquotes at your deathbed?
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 06, 2015, 06:38:37 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on July 06, 2015, 06:32:58 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 06, 2015, 05:53:40 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on July 06, 2015, 03:52:19 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 06, 2015, 03:10:01 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 06, 2015, 05:59:44 AM
I just admitted Kakofonous_A_Dischord to PD.
Because I hate everything and want to die.
Countdown to "You're all grayfaces because you don't accept me for your Discordian Guru/find word salad entertaining"?
Maybe we should play this different this time. Either we love EVerything they say, and encourage more... or, we just answer more and more outlandishly to everything they post.
Look. The world is ending. The oceans are turning to slime. I don't have to listen to outlandish types warble about nothing that makes sense while I fry to death on the desert sandstone. Really, I don't.
Well sure, we could play this the same way we always do, and it would be a good time. But wouldn't it be fun to try approaching it differently?
You know, since the world is ending anyway, why not fuck around?
You really want some guy screaming James Joyce misquotes at your deathbed?
My deathbed is a party. Who would notice?
How can it be that I haven't been listening to The Cramps until now???
Garbageman! :evil: :lol:
If they've got a bad song, I haven't heard it yet!
They do have a couple of clunkers, but not on the first four or five albums.
They are the shit. So glad you found them.
Yep.
The Cramps have fucking got it.
http://gizmodo.com/oh-god-someone-ran-fear-and-loathing-through-googles-n-1716036990 (http://gizmodo.com/oh-god-someone-ran-fear-and-loathing-through-googles-n-1716036990)
Quote from: rong on July 07, 2015, 01:19:23 PM
http://gizmodo.com/oh-god-someone-ran-fear-and-loathing-through-googles-n-1716036990 (http://gizmodo.com/oh-god-someone-ran-fear-and-loathing-through-googles-n-1716036990)
That is terrifying.
I... do not understand what Google is even trying to do there?
What use does this technology have other than being terrifying?
Wasn't their mission objective 'Don't Be Evil?' :cry:
Relevant http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=37422.0
Quote from: Demolition Squid on July 07, 2015, 02:22:44 PM
I... do not understand what Google is even trying to do there?
What use does this technology have other than being terrifying?
Wasn't their mission objective 'Don't Be Evil?' :cry:
Not since a long time.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=google+drops+dont+be+evil
Google seems to be trying to create AI. ofcourse it is terrifying, have you ever seen your own subconscious? absolutely terrifying.
Quote from: Demolition Squid on July 07, 2015, 02:22:44 PM
I... do not understand what Google is even trying to do there?
What use does this technology have other than being terrifying?
Wasn't their mission objective 'Don't Be Evil?' :cry:
The images are the result of someone noticing their AI for identifying stuff in pictures has basically everything it needs to draw pictures, too. They set the thing to "enhance" whatever it finds in the image and then look at the new image and "enhance" what it finds there too based on whatever thing that AI has been learning to identify.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on June 20, 2015, 10:24:15 PM
Source finally came forward on that squirrel-slug thing: http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2015/06/inceptionism-going-deeper-into-neural.html
QuoteAgain, we just start with an existing image and give it to our neural net. We ask the network: "Whatever you see there, I want more of it!" This creates a feedback loop: if a cloud looks a little bit like a bird, the network will make it look more like a bird. This in turn will make the network recognize the bird even more strongly on the next pass and so forth, until a highly detailed bird appears, seemingly out of nowhere.
I want to put a picture of David Icke in there and see if he becomes a lizard.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on July 07, 2015, 03:37:04 PM
I want to put a picture of David Icke in there and see if he becomes a lizard.
There is a twitterbot you can send pics to and it'll run. Also this site: http://psychic-vr-lab.com/deepdream/
So tonight I'm going to finish this article on why calling Dylann Roof a lone wolf is a misnomer (alternatively, "if the white community were subject to anti-radicalization measures to the same extent as Muslims, they'd freak the fuck out"), then look at preparing my proposal for security meeting next week. I found an interesting little graph from START detaling the rise in terrorism attacks on educational institutes in recent years (which highlights their unusually high death tally), so that's definitely going in.
Cool! If it doesn't violate any rules, I'd love to read it.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on July 07, 2015, 05:42:13 PM
Cool! If it doesn't violate any rules, I'd love to read it.
It might do, it's for online publication.
But it's based off my paper on lone wolf terrorism by the far-right, which can be downloaded here (https://www.dropbox.com/s/cs33bk7naeaiayu/Lone%20Wolves.docx?dl=0) and covers a lot of the same ground.
Nice! I'll give it a shot.
Quote from: rong on July 07, 2015, 01:19:23 PM
http://gizmodo.com/oh-god-someone-ran-fear-and-loathing-through-googles-n-1716036990 (http://gizmodo.com/oh-god-someone-ran-fear-and-loathing-through-googles-n-1716036990)
I want to run ALL my home videos through it.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 07, 2015, 07:24:20 PM
Quote from: rong on July 07, 2015, 01:19:23 PM
http://gizmodo.com/oh-god-someone-ran-fear-and-loathing-through-googles-n-1716036990 (http://gizmodo.com/oh-god-someone-ran-fear-and-loathing-through-googles-n-1716036990)
I want to run ALL my home videos through it.
Putting this here so I can find it later
http://psychic-vr-lab.com/deepdream/pics/39481.html
Jenn and I are doing unauthorized things with wasabi.
So...things with wasabi.
That stuff is an abomination.
Quote from: Cain on July 08, 2015, 01:12:07 AM
So...things with wasabi.
That stuff is an abomination.
Shush. This is almost like getting married all over again.
You can't have too much wasabi.
My sinuses have never been so clear as when I used wasabi as snuff.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 08, 2015, 01:09:44 AM
Jenn and I are doing unauthorized things with wasabi.
I'm afraid.
Urgh. Offered a job interview, which is good.
They want me to attend after my three nights on shift. So get off a 12 and 1/2 hour shift, travel to Waterloo, travel 2 hours by train, travel another half hour by bus and then another half hour by foot and then be interviewed.
Initially they wanted to interview me on Friday, which just wasnt happening.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 08, 2015, 03:38:37 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 08, 2015, 01:09:44 AM
Jenn and I are doing unauthorized things with wasabi.
I'm afraid.
I had to write a haiku.
Too much wasabi
Stomach is a horror bag
Leg day at the gym
Quote from: Cain on July 08, 2015, 05:57:31 PM
Urgh. Offered a job interview, which is good.
They want me to attend after my three nights on shift. So get off a 12 and 1/2 hour shift, travel to Waterloo, travel 2 hours by train, travel another half hour by bus and then another half hour by foot and then be interviewed.
Initially they wanted to interview me on Friday, which just wasnt happening.
You should include "can be coherent after abu ghraib-style stress test" to your CV.
Quote from: Cain on July 08, 2015, 05:57:31 PM
Urgh. Offered a job interview, which is good.
They want me to attend after my three nights on shift. So get off a 12 and 1/2 hour shift, travel to Waterloo, travel 2 hours by train, travel another half hour by bus and then another half hour by foot and then be interviewed.
Initially they wanted to interview me on Friday, which just wasnt happening.
That sounds nightmarishly grueling.
It's not my idea of a fun time. By the time they actually talk to me, I will have been up 20 hours.
There seems to be a bad case of unemployment going around my social circle.
Two friends lost their jobs this week, a third is worried he will by the end of the week, and I discovered on monday that my boss has brought in someone else to do the data entry work that makes up ~80% of my role. He then asked me to put together a research project with very broad parameters to present to him tomorrow. (What are midlands councils up to?)
This is obviously a test. If I pass, I might get a promotion and more interesting work! However, after chatting with him today, I'm not convinced I'm going to give him what he wanted in the end. I'm not sure I want to, either; this work has been intensely draining and I've wound up working way past my 9-5 to try to complete it to a reasonable standard. If that's the new normal, I won't be able to pursue my actual career goal.
I'm surprisingly okay with this. When I took this job, I didn't expect more than 2 weeks work; it has been 10 months. My screenwriting tutor has been very impressed with the quality of the work I've put out for him, and has said he'd like me to keep in touch after the end of the course, with a potential for working with him - if I can complete a finished script in the next five weeks (to prove I can meet deadlines) which, shouldn't be a problem. (Hopefully)
But in some ways, it would be a relief if I lost this job tomorrow and was free to dedicate some serious time to my script. I have a month's notice (when they let the office manager go, they paid her for it but didn't make her work it) which - combined with my savings - would be enough to live comfortably for three-four months...
I like the money, and I'd be sad to see that go... it'd be better if I could string it out to a full 12 months before moving on somewhere else, but, I've been feeling for a while that they've been taking advantage - I just haven't been motivated to find something else whilst I've generally been comfortable and exploiting the 'work from home' factor.
Still weird that such a sizeable chunk of my social circle are suddenly experiencing work woes this week.
Had two interviews this week: One at a child development center at CSULB, the other at Home Depot. Landed the job at Home Depot, still waiting on a call from the Child development center. I'm a little nervous about how i handled that interview, but then again im ALWAYS nervous about how I handled interviews so, yknow, theres that. Looking back, i dont think i stuck TOO big a foot in my mouth, and i put my friend who works there as a reference, which hopefu8lly is a feather in my cap. Fingers crossed.
Took my car into a mechanic to see about getting my AC fixed on Monday. Paid $100 for an estimate to learn that it would be $200 more to fix. Decided against it. Tuesday my battery light comes on on the freeway. Tonight my battery light comes on on the freeway and everything else turns off...including my car. That was...harrowing. Should be an interesting return trip to that mechanic.
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on July 09, 2015, 04:08:48 AM
Had two interviews this week: One at a child development center at CSULB, the other at Home Depot. Landed the job at Home Depot, still waiting on a call from the Child development center. I'm a little nervous about how i handled that interview, but then again im ALWAYS nervous about how I handled interviews so, yknow, theres that. Looking back, i dont think i stuck TOO big a foot in my mouth, and i put my friend who works there as a reference, which hopefu8lly is a feather in my cap. Fingers crossed.
Congrats on the job.
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on July 09, 2015, 05:47:23 AM
Took my car into a mechanic to see about getting my AC fixed on Monday. Paid $100 for an estimate to learn that it would be $200 more to fix. Decided against it. Tuesday my battery light comes on on the freeway. Tonight my battery light comes on on the freeway and everything else turns off...including my car. That was...harrowing. Should be an interesting return trip to that mechanic.
Wait, you paid for an estimate?
Take it somewhere else,
anywhere else. You'll get skinned alive taking it back there.
Welp, looks like Monday is gonna be a long day. :x
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on July 09, 2015, 05:47:23 AM
Took my car into a mechanic to see about getting my AC fixed on Monday. Paid $100 for an estimate to learn that it would be $200 more to fix. Decided against it. Tuesday my battery light comes on on the freeway. Tonight my battery light comes on on the freeway and everything else turns off...including my car. That was...harrowing. Should be an interesting return trip to that mechanic.
I've had that happen. Multiple times. Turned out it was the alternator belt every time.
Further adventures in "things that shouldn't work together but do", food edition.
Szechaun and satay sauces. Do not have an additive effect when it comes to spiciness, merely a complimentary one.
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on July 09, 2015, 04:08:48 AM
Had two interviews this week: One at a child development center at CSULB, the other at Home Depot. Landed the job at Home Depot, still waiting on a call from the Child development center. I'm a little nervous about how i handled that interview, but then again im ALWAYS nervous about how I handled interviews so, yknow, theres that. Looking back, i dont think i stuck TOO big a foot in my mouth, and i put my friend who works there as a reference, which hopefu8lly is a feather in my cap. Fingers crossed.
Congratulations!
I'm weirdly groggy today.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 09, 2015, 04:56:15 PM
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on July 09, 2015, 05:47:23 AM
Took my car into a mechanic to see about getting my AC fixed on Monday. Paid $100 for an estimate to learn that it would be $200 more to fix. Decided against it. Tuesday my battery light comes on on the freeway. Tonight my battery light comes on on the freeway and everything else turns off...including my car. That was...harrowing. Should be an interesting return trip to that mechanic.
I've had that happen. Multiple times. Turned out it was the alternator belt every time.
Alternator, FTW!
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on July 09, 2015, 10:20:25 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 09, 2015, 04:56:15 PM
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on July 09, 2015, 05:47:23 AM
Took my car into a mechanic to see about getting my AC fixed on Monday. Paid $100 for an estimate to learn that it would be $200 more to fix. Decided against it. Tuesday my battery light comes on on the freeway. Tonight my battery light comes on on the freeway and everything else turns off...including my car. That was...harrowing. Should be an interesting return trip to that mechanic.
I've had that happen. Multiple times. Turned out it was the alternator belt every time.
Alternator, FTW!
YEY
A cheap fix, at least? I hope?
So, as part of my security pitch, I decided to look into the local gang situation on my road. I'm never going outside after dark again.
http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/fabric-15-years-of-rave-834
QuoteThe Reillys are one of Britain's most notorious organised crime families, second only to north London's infamous Adams Family – with whom they held regular battles up-and-down Caledonian Road for much of the 80s and 90s. When Keith's uncle John was arrested at age 65, he was holding 12lbs of cocaine and, in the words of the arresting officer, "enough automatic weapons to take on the Taliban".
http://www.christopherfowler.co.uk/blog/2012/06/21/londons-hidden-histories/
Quote'The Secret History of our Streets' is the kind of old-school documentary series at which the BBC excels. If you live near any one of the six streets being featured over each hour-long episode, you'll know how accurate the programme-making is proving to be. At the top of my street is the Caledonian Road, the subject of the latest episode. It's an area that has fought a series of battles against rapacious property developers, do-gooders, bombs, idiot government planners, the IRA, drugs, gangs and scumbag landlords.
Because it's a mile and a half long, one end of the Cally doesn't conform to the other. So while the police move out crack whores and drug dealers in the Southern part, the opposite end is seized by sleazy opportunists happy to exploit the housing shortage. There's the kind of footage you'd expect here; film of the old cattle market, monochrome images of kids playing in the street, an old geezer telling the camera you could leave your front door open in the old days.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/the-war-zone-how-the-notorious-london-neighbourhood-they-call-the-v-is-fighting-for-its-life-1717619.html
QuoteBut the deeper tragedy of Kinsella's death – the utter arbitrariness of it – is a function not just of the society he lived in but, more specifically, of the territory he inhabited on that fateful, and fatal, night. The fuller explanation of his death is to be found not from the broad canvas of contemporary Britain, but from the zoomed-in purview of an urban "hood". It is one with which I'm familiar, from my time as a youth worker within it. Kinsella was killed because he was on someone else's turf, in an area of London where trespassers are rarely forgiven. He was in the wrong part of the "V".
The V springs forth just north of King's Cross, and is formed by the Caledonian Road and York Way, on whose northern cusp Kinsella was attacked. The two most visible landmarks on the horizon of those within it are Holloway prison, half a mile to the north, and Pentonville prison, on Caledonian Road itself – giant chambers of criminal intent both, in whose shadow residents of the V live. The area has no coherent or official name (unlike Somerstown to the west).
The Caledonian Road (or "Cally", as it is locally known) was so named because of its Victorian status as a refuge to poor children. Formerly known as Chalk Road, the road was renamed after the building of the Royal Caledonian Asylum in 1828. That asylum was designed to house the children of impoverished and exiled Scots. The Cally runs north from that other Victorian monument, King's Cross, and forms the eastern boundary of the V. Sandwiched between the Cally and York Way, a desolate landscape unfolds. Within the V are back-to-back estates that envelop their residents in a sequence of tower blocks, separated by roads whose inaccessibility makes them very much the residents' own.
By the end of each school day, these streets are populated almost exclusively by children. In appearance they are the feral youth of tabloid stereotype: attired with dirty sportswear, the boys parking their oversize bikes, and the girls mixing with them in packs of up to a dozen or more. Many of them smoke or drink; on some the acrid stench of cannabis is overwhelming, and with it comes that bipolar flittering between insouciance and paranoia which is the mark of regular skunk use. Drugs are a huge problem in the area; police have tried to clamp down on heroin and cocaine dealers in particular, but it's rare that you'll find a teenager here who, even if he doesn't take any drugs himself, doesn't know a dealer several stages removed from the bottom of the chain.
In the very bowels of the V, the centre of its centre, sits a playground around whose concrete innards many of the children congregate in the afternoon and at night. It runs adjacent to a patch of land known as Crumbles Castle. Local myth says the name comes from the manner in which residents rebuilt the surrounding area from crumbs after the war; in fact it emerged as a reference to the scattered concrete and debris that litter the area. Like the poor Scots that preceded them, the children here have no affluence to boast of. Many are from families where nobody has worked for several generations, and very few have two parents.
http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/crime-court/stab_victim_of_gang_attack_found_cradled_in_auntie_s_arms_1_4074954
QuoteAn increase in gang violence has shaken Islington in recent months and the victim is thought to have been caught in the crossfire.
In particular the Cally Boys, from Caledonian Road and the EC1, or Easy Cash, gang from Finsbury have been squaring off.
This attack may have been the Cally Boys invading EC1 turf on the look out for victims.
A spokesman for the Met said: "Police were called at around 18:50hrs on Thursday May 14 to reports of a stabbed male in Hall Street.
"Officers attended and the victim, believed aged 18, was taken to hospital by London Ambulance Service suffering serious head and stab injuries.
"His condition is described as critical.
http://londonstreetgangs.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/islington-borough-gangs-profile.html
QuoteIn the south of the borough violent incidents were said to have increased between the Caledonian Road-based Bemerton Boys, who are now involved in the theft of iPhones and drug dealing, and EC1's Easy Cash gang, who are connected to "smash-and-grab burglaries, robbery, drug dealing and anti-social behaviour" across Islington and Camden.
"This centred around a 'respect' issue between members from each side, with the Bemerton Boys accusing their rivals of disrepecting a fellow gang member who was murdered in 2009," the report says. "A significant amount of partnership work has helped reduce the tensions and the corresponding violence seen. The Bemerton Boys are now involved in the theft of iPhones and drug dealing in their immediate area."
So-called "drugs markets" have sprung up in Finsbury Park, and centre around the Andover and Six Acres estates. The markets are not gang-controlled but centred around a "group that has been identified, and attracts people from a large area".
And on and on and on. Even as I write this, three police cars have gone blaring past.
Jesus fuck. :eek:
D: Don't die, Cain!
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 09, 2015, 11:59:23 PM
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on July 09, 2015, 10:20:25 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 09, 2015, 04:56:15 PM
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on July 09, 2015, 05:47:23 AM
Took my car into a mechanic to see about getting my AC fixed on Monday. Paid $100 for an estimate to learn that it would be $200 more to fix. Decided against it. Tuesday my battery light comes on on the freeway. Tonight my battery light comes on on the freeway and everything else turns off...including my car. That was...harrowing. Should be an interesting return trip to that mechanic.
I've had that happen. Multiple times. Turned out it was the alternator belt every time.
Alternator, FTW!
YEY
A cheap fix, at least? I hope?
Nope. The whole alternator. I'm suddenly in want of a Johnny Rotten "Hah HaHa...Ever get the feeling you've been swindled?" emote.
Quote from: Cain on July 09, 2015, 07:16:19 PM
Further adventures in "things that shouldn't work together but do", food edition.
Szechaun and satay sauces. Do not have an additive effect when it comes to spiciness, merely a complimentary one.
On that note, a friend and I are testing out various recipes from Food Wars, this ridiculous cooking anime that we're following. BEHOLD!
http://shokugekinosoma.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Dishes
I've been trying to pull off the Chaliapin Steak, and my friend recently tried the Transforming Rice Gohan.
Quote from: Reginald Ret on July 09, 2015, 09:08:27 AM
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on July 09, 2015, 04:08:48 AM
Had two interviews this week: One at a child development center at CSULB, the other at Home Depot. Landed the job at Home Depot, still waiting on a call from the Child development center. I'm a little nervous about how i handled that interview, but then again im ALWAYS nervous about how I handled interviews so, yknow, theres that. Looking back, i dont think i stuck TOO big a foot in my mouth, and i put my friend who works there as a reference, which hopefu8lly is a feather in my cap. Fingers crossed.
Congrats on the job.
Thanks!
For some reason no one else seems to really care that Giant hogweed (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracleum_mantegazzianum) has completely taken over more and more of my city. The plant has been spreading through Europe for decades but there is a mayor difference between occasionally seeing it when i was a kid and seeing huge fields on every piece of slightly moist soil.
There is something worrying about 2-5 meter(that is about 6-15 feet) high plants that can burn you, blind you and force you to avoid sunlight for a few days. Its sap is phototoxic and getting any on your skin is easy because the damned things are covered in tiny moist hairs. It feels like an acid burn, as if you have a strong acid all over the affected area. It works a bit different though, the molecules get in your cells nucleus and kill the cells by bonding with the DNA. This adds a bit of extra horror to the situation for me, though that doesn't really make sense. Cell death is cell death, what do I care how it happens?
(http://static.mediamatic.nl/f/jxdr/image/029/3128-625-425.jpg)
Here, have a pic of the type of injury you get:
(http://www.nyis.info/user_uploads/images/Hogweed_burns_small.jpg)
That would be after 3-10 days by my estimate.
Luckily city hall is fighting back with sheep and that seems to at least keep them somewhat under control. I would prefer genocide though.
Genocide by sheep is pretty horrifying.
Triffids. Your city has Triffids.
Quote from: Cain on July 10, 2015, 02:24:03 PM
Genocide by sheep is pretty horrifying.
As a security measure, you could cultivate that horrid acid plant and then remove the gangs with genocide by sheep.
Quote from: Reginald Ret on July 10, 2015, 02:00:18 PM
For some reason no one else seems to really care that Giant hogweed (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracleum_mantegazzianum) has completely taken over more and more of my city. The plant has been spreading through Europe for decades but there is a mayor difference between occasionally seeing it when i was a kid and seeing huge fields on every piece of slightly moist soil.
There is something worrying about 2-5 meter(that is about 6-15 feet) high plants that can burn you, blind you and force you to avoid sunlight for a few days. Its sap is phototoxic and getting any on your skin is easy because the damned things are covered in tiny moist hairs. It feels like an acid burn, as if you have a strong acid all over the affected area. It works a bit different though, the molecules get in your cells nucleus and kill the cells by bonding with the DNA. This adds a bit of extra horror to the situation for me, though that doesn't really make sense. Cell death is cell death, what do I care how it happens?
(http://static.mediamatic.nl/f/jxdr/image/029/3128-625-425.jpg)
Here, have a pic of the type of injury you get:
(http://www.nyis.info/user_uploads/images/Hogweed_burns_small.jpg)
That would be after 3-10 days by my estimate.
Luckily city hall is fighting back with sheep and that seems to at least keep them somewhat under control. I would prefer genocide though.
We have a problem with that shit as well! http://www.oregon.gov/ODA/shared/Documents/Publications/Weeds/PlantPestRiskAssessmentGiantHogweed2013.pdf
People IMPORTED IT ON PURPOSE for their gardens. ASSHOLES, WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on July 10, 2015, 01:12:47 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 09, 2015, 11:59:23 PM
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on July 09, 2015, 10:20:25 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 09, 2015, 04:56:15 PM
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on July 09, 2015, 05:47:23 AM
Took my car into a mechanic to see about getting my AC fixed on Monday. Paid $100 for an estimate to learn that it would be $200 more to fix. Decided against it. Tuesday my battery light comes on on the freeway. Tonight my battery light comes on on the freeway and everything else turns off...including my car. That was...harrowing. Should be an interesting return trip to that mechanic.
I've had that happen. Multiple times. Turned out it was the alternator belt every time.
Alternator, FTW!
YEY
A cheap fix, at least? I hope?
Nope. The whole alternator. I'm suddenly in want of a Johnny Rotten "Hah HaHa...Ever get the feeling you've been swindled?" emote.
Oh, that is fucking lame. That's like a $100 + labor (cheap because it's on top of the engine) part on my car, guessing it's a lot more on yours.
Wasabi mayonnaise? What is this wonderful sorcery?
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 10, 2015, 07:13:22 PM
Wasabi mayonnaise? What is this wonderful sorcery?
Terrible demon-craft you mean? That poor wasabi....
:lol:
No, that actually sounds like it probably the best thing that could happen to mayonnaise. And I can't say I never eat it, it just has to be in a manner that I don't realize I am eating it. It does sound intriguing though. Certainly better than the sadness that is baconnaise.
Quote from: trippinprincezz13 on July 10, 2015, 08:09:24 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 10, 2015, 07:13:22 PM
Wasabi mayonnaise? What is this wonderful sorcery?
Terrible demon-craft you mean? That poor wasabi....
:lol:
No, that actually sounds like it probably the best thing that could happen to mayonnaise. And I can't say I never eat it, it just has to be in a manner that I don't realize I am eating it. It does sound intriguing though. Certainly better than the sadness that is baconnaise.
It adds something that mayonnaise was missing.
Taste.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 10, 2015, 04:34:04 PM
Quote from: Reginald Ret on July 10, 2015, 02:00:18 PM
For some reason no one else seems to really care that Giant hogweed (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracleum_mantegazzianum) has completely taken over more and more of my city. The plant has been spreading through Europe for decades but there is a mayor difference between occasionally seeing it when i was a kid and seeing huge fields on every piece of slightly moist soil.
There is something worrying about 2-5 meter(that is about 6-15 feet) high plants that can burn you, blind you and force you to avoid sunlight for a few days. Its sap is phototoxic and getting any on your skin is easy because the damned things are covered in tiny moist hairs. It feels like an acid burn, as if you have a strong acid all over the affected area. It works a bit different though, the molecules get in your cells nucleus and kill the cells by bonding with the DNA. This adds a bit of extra horror to the situation for me, though that doesn't really make sense. Cell death is cell death, what do I care how it happens?
(http://static.mediamatic.nl/f/jxdr/image/029/3128-625-425.jpg)
Here, have a pic of the type of injury you get:
(http://www.nyis.info/user_uploads/images/Hogweed_burns_small.jpg)
That would be after 3-10 days by my estimate.
Luckily city hall is fighting back with sheep and that seems to at least keep them somewhat under control. I would prefer genocide though.
We have a problem with that shit as well! http://www.oregon.gov/ODA/shared/Documents/Publications/Weeds/PlantPestRiskAssessmentGiantHogweed2013.pdf
People IMPORTED IT ON PURPOSE for their gardens. ASSHOLES, WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?
ASSHOLES! STAB THEM WITH THEIR OWN IMPORTED PLANTS!
I have seen the filthy stuff grow in places I used to play as a kid.
At that place along the water this grew:
(http://kippenjungle.nl/PLAATJESMAP/petasites.jpg) Wikipedia tells me you would call it butterbur.
It was a great place to have adventures as a child, there was the occasional giant hogweed but we knew to avoid those and learned a valuable lesson about nature (it can hurt you, listen to your mother!)
About a decade ago the entire field of butterbur (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petasites_hybridus) was taken over by giant hogweed, after that kids stopped playing there. The entire area is cropped short so no amazing kiddie-adventure-jungles can grow there now.
Now I can't bike anywhere without seeing either fields with full grown plants (9-15 feet) or recently sheep-ed areas (1-2 feet plants). Getting drunk and falling of your bike has some horrible new consequences now. Though to be fair to the demon-plant I haven't heard about anyone actually falling into them.
I suppose I have overcome my shame at my behavior in May. So I should finish Dirtbags.
This weekend. Maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow evening. My arms are really to blown out from the gym to type two pages.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 11, 2015, 01:32:42 AM
Ever notice that in Sleeping Beauty and Snow White, the prince is making out with some drugged chick?
Is that wrong, or what?
(http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xfa1/t51.2885-15/e15/10963970_639231609521787_1929013756_n.jpg)
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 10, 2015, 04:39:13 PM
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on July 10, 2015, 01:12:47 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 09, 2015, 11:59:23 PM
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on July 09, 2015, 10:20:25 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 09, 2015, 04:56:15 PM
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on July 09, 2015, 05:47:23 AM
Took my car into a mechanic to see about getting my AC fixed on Monday. Paid $100 for an estimate to learn that it would be $200 more to fix. Decided against it. Tuesday my battery light comes on on the freeway. Tonight my battery light comes on on the freeway and everything else turns off...including my car. That was...harrowing. Should be an interesting return trip to that mechanic.
I've had that happen. Multiple times. Turned out it was the alternator belt every time.
Alternator, FTW!
YEY
A cheap fix, at least? I hope?
Nope. The whole alternator. I'm suddenly in want of a Johnny Rotten "Hah HaHa...Ever get the feeling you've been swindled?" emote.
Oh, that is fucking lame. That's like a $100 + labor (cheap because it's on top of the engine) part on my car, guessing it's a lot more on yours.
Came to 300. The drag is I could have done it myself if I had the tools and the space. One of the few repairs I actually know how to do.
https://twitter.com/trumpyourcat
I got teary. :lulz:
Gotta say it's good to be back. I "broke the chain" couple of months ago and it felt right to leave it that way for a bit. Been well focused on the FB group I've been adminning and have managed to keep the bullshit to a minimum through screening accounts that want to join for signs of being a sock account and not hesitating to ban for violating FB nudity policies or dropping slurs. It's been quite enjoyable overall and it's nice having friends from it. Particularly some of my fellow admins.
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on July 12, 2015, 06:13:17 AM
Gotta say it's good to be back. I "broke the chain" couple of months ago and it felt right to leave it that way for a bit. Been well focused on the FB group I've been adminning and have managed to keep the bullshit to a minimum through screening accounts that want to join for signs of being a sock account and not hesitating to ban for violating FB nudity policies or dropping slurs. It's been quite enjoyable overall and it's nice having friends from it. Particularly some of my fellow admins.
Is this a Disco group? I have been re-joining groups here and there, mostly testing the waters to see whether the bullshit has died down.
Didn't make it into the internship. :( They had us writing code for a week in a classroom with our fellow candidates.
But that's okay, that was some fierce competition and I made some friends. I'm just going to make them regret passing me over by writing some killer code and getting hired on at another company.
I need a montage.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 12, 2015, 06:44:48 PM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on July 12, 2015, 06:13:17 AM
Gotta say it's good to be back. I "broke the chain" couple of months ago and it felt right to leave it that way for a bit. Been well focused on the FB group I've been adminning and have managed to keep the bullshit to a minimum through screening accounts that want to join for signs of being a sock account and not hesitating to ban for violating FB nudity policies or dropping slurs. It's been quite enjoyable overall and it's nice having friends from it. Particularly some of my fellow admins.
Is this a Disco group? I have been re-joining groups here and there, mostly testing the waters to see whether the bullshit has died down.
Yes, Discordian Society 2015.
In removing the "The" we hope to produce a superior vintage free from fools trying to be in the fictitious "The Discordian Society" or so I assert. The amount of "disco" is minimal, but some fine examples of doing it right have been posted. I hope to keep my hand in at least through 2015.
Discrodina Scieoty 2150 - for a better tomorrow.
Quote from: Cain on July 13, 2015, 12:25:00 AM
Discrodina Scieoty 2150 - for a better tomorrow.
:lol:
I'd considered opening a sock account that was me from 2032 trying to warn us of various disasters and often be like "shit, that's right. You're not going to know about darksnipping until 2026." "We have to stop the deepdream! Too many Goatse variants spoiled the emergent AI!!"
Quote from: Gone with the Sin on July 13, 2015, 08:01:29 AM
3 months so far working this desk job. I hate it mostly for the lack of being active. I come home too tired, and too lazy to do something at home. Looking into a warehouse job I could care less about making $1/hr less. The fact I get to walk around for 8hrs/day feels great versus being a fat fuck at working on the phone.
I hear ya.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 10, 2015, 08:12:11 PM
Quote from: trippinprincezz13 on July 10, 2015, 08:09:24 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 10, 2015, 07:13:22 PM
Wasabi mayonnaise? What is this wonderful sorcery?
Terrible demon-craft you mean? That poor wasabi....
:lol:
No, that actually sounds like it probably the best thing that could happen to mayonnaise. And I can't say I never eat it, it just has to be in a manner that I don't realize I am eating it. It does sound intriguing though. Certainly better than the sadness that is baconnaise.
It adds something that mayonnaise was missing.
Taste.
Haha, that would definitely be an improvement and I could see that working well. If I ever cross paths with this wasabi mayo, I may have to give it a try
Wasn't there an Ingress thread around here somewhere? Bastard game has eaten my life :argh!:
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on July 13, 2015, 03:02:18 PM
Wasn't there an Ingress thread around here somewhere? Bastard game has eaten my life :argh!:
http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=34989.285
I am growing increasingly pissed off with my dumbass bosses, but that's the new normal, really.
Other news: Games Workshop are recruiting for two fiction writers to join their in-house team. I'mma go for it. You never know, I might get it, and then I'd get to write about SPESS MAHRENS all day instead of ... whatever the fuck it is I'm supposed to be doing for a living, I've forgotten.
Mah musics!
http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=37439.msg1380833#msg1380833
Quote from: trippinprincezz13 on July 13, 2015, 02:39:37 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 10, 2015, 08:12:11 PM
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Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 10, 2015, 07:13:22 PM
Wasabi mayonnaise? What is this wonderful sorcery?
Terrible demon-craft you mean? That poor wasabi....
:lol:
No, that actually sounds like it probably the best thing that could happen to mayonnaise. And I can't say I never eat it, it just has to be in a manner that I don't realize I am eating it. It does sound intriguing though. Certainly better than the sadness that is baconnaise.
It adds something that mayonnaise was missing.
Taste.
Haha, that would definitely be an improvement and I could see that working well. If I ever cross paths with this wasabi mayo, I may have to give it a try
:crankey: Stop insulting mayonnaise!
I have fired therapist and started calling around to find a new one. I really need to get those other installments of Adventures in Therapy done.
^ looking forward to them!
I was surprise interviewed for the post above the one I applied for today. Which I didn't know was open. I think that is a good sign.
Nice!
We'll see. School would mean dyslexic children, but it would be in with the younger boys. Plus it's in the middle of fucking nowhere, on a giant country estate. It's super fucking quiet.
And in other news, printed off a billion fucking articles about gangs on my street for tomorrow's meeting
Quote from: Cain on July 13, 2015, 09:22:30 PM
We'll see. School would mean dyslexic children, but it would be in with the younger boys. Plus it's in the middle of fucking nowhere, on a giant country estate. It's super fucking quiet.
I used to assist teaching dyslexic kids, way the fuck back in the stone age when I was in university.
It's not so bad.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 13, 2015, 09:33:48 PM
Quote from: Cain on July 13, 2015, 09:22:30 PM
We'll see. School would mean dyslexic children, but it would be in with the younger boys. Plus it's in the middle of fucking nowhere, on a giant country estate. It's super fucking quiet.
I used to assist teaching dyslexic kids, way the fuck back in the stone age when I was in university.
It's not so bad.
I think some of my primary students were dyslexic, back when I was doing that. They showed a lot of the indications, and I enjoyed teaching them.
As far as I can see, from the pastoral POV, the main "problems" are a) bundles of energy and b) low self-esteem. The former is fine because I could stand to be more active anyway, and the latter...well, I've been in boarding houses with teenage girls who had enough self-esteem issues to warrant their own psych unit.
I think my girlfriend's 6 yr old son may be dislexic. I was under the impression that that's too you to tell, but I was wondering if anyone could point out a "giveaway"
Hello internet. I'm here.
(http://www.solsiden-brygge.no/uploads/images/GalleryThumbs/402-12.jpg)
The little red house behind the viking ship. There is internet here. How y'all doing?
Wifi-equipped viking ships. :horrormirth:
Quote from: N E T on July 12, 2015, 11:36:06 PM
Didn't make it into the internship. :( They had us writing code for a week in a classroom with our fellow candidates.
But that's okay, that was some fierce competition and I made some friends. I'm just going to make them regret passing me over by writing some killer code and getting hired on at another company.
I need a montage.
Aw! Bummer. :( YOU WILL OVERCOME.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 13, 2015, 09:56:45 PM
Wifi-equipped viking ships. :horrormirth:
HERE WE GO A-VIKING
BY WHICH WE MEAN EMAILING OUR LATTE ORDERS AHEAD SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT
Quote from: Cain on July 13, 2015, 08:39:23 PM
I was surprise interviewed for the post above the one I applied for today. Which I didn't know was open. I think that is a good sign.
Oh excellent!
Quote from: rong on July 13, 2015, 09:51:18 PM
I think my girlfriend's 6 yr old son may be dislexic. I was under the impression that that's too you to tell, but I was wondering if anyone could point out a "giveaway"
Nothing that you couldn't get from Wikipedia, I'm afraid. There's some overlap with ADHD behaviours, I wouldnt treat that as a definite sign however.
Quote from: Cain on July 13, 2015, 10:21:15 PM
Quote from: rong on July 13, 2015, 09:51:18 PM
I think my girlfriend's 6 yr old son may be dislexic. I was under the impression that that's too you to tell, but I was wondering if anyone could point out a "giveaway"
Nothing that you couldn't get from Wikipedia, I'm afraid. There's some overlap with ADHD behaviours, I wouldnt treat that as a definite sign however.
In a six year old, I don't think anyone other than a developmental specialist can make that diagnosis. However, if the child is having significant trouble with his letters or numbers, and you can't afford an evaluation, it might not be a bad time to start doing some of the exercises/games that are helpful for kids with dyslexia. The most important thing is that he not start feeling bad or dumb because of his problems, and that he understand that reading takes practice, and can take more practice for some people than for others and that's OK. Anything you can do to help make words and reading seem like fun and not a dreaded chore to fear will be helpful.
I've tried very hard to help him get through his homework, but he has an unusual personality trait in that anything remotely challenging frustrates him to tears and he gives up. I think it is related to having a 7 yr old overachieving sister who likes to prove she is better than he is. But seriously, he would rather watch YouTube videos of people playing Mario Bros because actually playing the game is too hard.
Quote from: rong on July 14, 2015, 12:14:13 AM
I've tried very hard to help him get through his homework, but he has an unusual personality trait in that anything remotely challenging frustrates him to tears and he gives up. I think it is related to having a 7 yr old overachieving sister who likes to prove she is better than he is. But seriously, he would rather watch YouTube videos of people playing Mario Bros because actually playing the game is too hard.
Younger siblings exhibit that fairly frequently, and it's because they see their older sibling being good at something but they never noticed them being bad at it and practicing to get good at it. This can lead to the idea that people are "just good at" things, and that since they aren't "just good at" something that they can't get good at it. If they can see someone starting out bad at something and working at it until they get good at it over time, that can help, otherwise you kind of just have to talk them through it.
Some aspect is also temperament, as well.
Tucson. Imagine you have the Schroedinger's Cat scenario, except that you have THREE indeterminate states. "The cat is dead" and "the cat is alive" AND "someone fucked the cat up real bad".
We're the last option. Unless you look in the box. In which case we shank you and stick your body in the dumpster. And there's no "live" vs "dead" problem whatsoever.
I've noticed that Monkey has gotten a lot better at reading since I started letting him play Skyrim a lot and made him stop making new characters. He reads out loud, and he can get through most of the words and spells out those he doesn't so I can help him out. It gave me the warm fuzzies this week when he got through a main plot point conversation and didn't pick any options willy-nilly; he read at least one before picking it, and some of those there were shorter options.
:)
EDUCATION THROUGH DUMB NON-EDUCATIONAL VIDYA GAMES!
Quote from: Choppas an' Sluggas on July 14, 2015, 04:54:14 AM
I've noticed that Monkey has gotten a lot better at reading since I started letting him play Skyrim a lot and made him stop making new characters. He reads out loud, and he can get through most of the words and spells out those he doesn't so I can help him out. It gave me the warm fuzzies this week when he got through a main plot point conversation and didn't pick any options willy-nilly; he read at least one before picking it, and some of those there were shorter options.
:)
EDUCATION THROUGH DUMB NON-EDUCATIONAL VIDYA GAMES!
Don't knock it if it works :lulz:
Dubya-
Used GTA San Andreas and Samurai Warriors 2 to help teach his son to read.
Pfah! kids these days. I learned English from watching BBC cartoons and that was good wholesome education, this vidyagamestuff will just rot their minds!
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2015, 04:09:38 AM
Tucson. Imagine you have the Schroedinger's Cat scenario, except that you have THREE indeterminate states. "The cat is dead" and "the cat is alive" AND "someone fucked the cat up real bad".
We're the last option. Unless you look in the box. In which case we shank you and stick your body in the dumpster. And there's no "live" vs "dead" problem whatsoever.
I feel like I'm at that point in my personal life, and honestly, I don't know what I should do about it at all.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 13, 2015, 10:14:57 PM
Quote from: N E T on July 12, 2015, 11:36:06 PM
Didn't make it into the internship. :( They had us writing code for a week in a classroom with our fellow candidates.
But that's okay, that was some fierce competition and I made some friends. I'm just going to make them regret passing me over by writing some killer code and getting hired on at another company.
I need a montage.
Aw! Bummer. :( YOU WILL OVERCOME.
Thanks. :)
Tonight I met a Bay Area tech recruiter who seemed unreasonably interested in my fledgling programming skills and I got hired to help teach robotics to middle and high school kids, so things are looking up!
Quote from: Dubya on July 14, 2015, 06:01:10 AM
Quote from: Choppas an' Sluggas on July 14, 2015, 04:54:14 AM
I've noticed that Monkey has gotten a lot better at reading since I started letting him play Skyrim a lot and made him stop making new characters. He reads out loud, and he can get through most of the words and spells out those he doesn't so I can help him out. It gave me the warm fuzzies this week when he got through a main plot point conversation and didn't pick any options willy-nilly; he read at least one before picking it, and some of those there were shorter options.
:)
EDUCATION THROUGH DUMB NON-EDUCATIONAL VIDYA GAMES!
Don't knock it if it works :lulz:
Dubya-
Used GTA San Andreas and Samurai Warriors 2 to help teach his son to read.
Nice!
So at 11pm last night I got an email from my boss saying he wanted me to 'dig around and put together some research' on the business cases/implementation plans of digital strategy for councils. That actually sounds like the first fun project I've had to do in a while, so I shoot back asking for more details - what with there being hundreds of councils and almost all of them having some form of digital offering, and no timeframe given.
He says he wants it ASAP and he wants me to start with the 'good' ones. Okey doke. Not... the most helpful response but whatever. I haven't had something to sink my teeth into for weeks, other than the incredibly depressing world of social care. I go to bed, and when I kick off in the morning I hit it like a ton of bricks.
Four and a half hours and I think I've produced the best report for them I ever have. It lays out five major projects, what they're doing, why they're doing it, who to contact for more information. I even made sure to pick five ones that were 'good' for different reasons - here's one with really great social media feedback! Here's one that started from a low point and went to a high point! I'm feeling really great about this, huzzah!
I send it off. 3 minutes later I get an email - 'I just wanted the documents please'.
And now I'm back on Reed. :lulz:
My niece and I came up with a phrase.
"don't eat the beak man. You can suck the eyeballs, but don't eat the beak."
Also, I'm living in Tucson in the third state.
The wall approaches.. ~AAAArerrghhhhhhrrrmmmm
I am in this city. This city is in me.
I am outside of this city.
Well, I AM
ANd still, I live in fear...
Bleh. Security meeting rescheduled.
Could be because they're going to brush me off, could be because the summer school is a fucking mess and we've got under 18s, people who are meant to arrive in September and people who should've already left still here.
We shall wait and see.
Quote from: Demolition Squid on July 14, 2015, 12:46:11 PM
So at 11pm last night I got an email from my boss saying he wanted me to 'dig around and put together some research' on the business cases/implementation plans of digital strategy for councils. That actually sounds like the first fun project I've had to do in a while, so I shoot back asking for more details - what with there being hundreds of councils and almost all of them having some form of digital offering, and no timeframe given.
He says he wants it ASAP and he wants me to start with the 'good' ones. Okey doke. Not... the most helpful response but whatever. I haven't had something to sink my teeth into for weeks, other than the incredibly depressing world of social care. I go to bed, and when I kick off in the morning I hit it like a ton of bricks.
Four and a half hours and I think I've produced the best report for them I ever have. It lays out five major projects, what they're doing, why they're doing it, who to contact for more information. I even made sure to pick five ones that were 'good' for different reasons - here's one with really great social media feedback! Here's one that started from a low point and went to a high point! I'm feeling really great about this, huzzah!
I send it off. 3 minutes later I get an email - 'I just wanted the documents please'.
And now I'm back on Reed. :lulz:
Mediocre bosses hate being upstaged by employees that are smarter and more competent than they are. This is your signal that you are way way overqualified for your job.
Quote from: N E T on July 14, 2015, 09:56:42 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 13, 2015, 10:14:57 PM
Quote from: N E T on July 12, 2015, 11:36:06 PM
Didn't make it into the internship. :( They had us writing code for a week in a classroom with our fellow candidates.
But that's okay, that was some fierce competition and I made some friends. I'm just going to make them regret passing me over by writing some killer code and getting hired on at another company.
I need a montage.
Aw! Bummer. :( YOU WILL OVERCOME.
Thanks. :)
Tonight I met a Bay Area tech recruiter who seemed unreasonably interested in my fledgling programming skills and I got hired to help teach robotics to middle and high school kids, so things are looking up!
Awesome!
Quote from: Demolition Squid on July 13, 2015, 04:06:06 PM
I am growing increasingly pissed off with my dumbass bosses, but that's the new normal, really.
Other news: Games Workshop are recruiting for two fiction writers to join their in-house team. I'mma go for it. You never know, I might get it, and then I'd get to write about SPESS MAHRENS all day instead of ... whatever the fuck it is I'm supposed to be doing for a living, I've forgotten.
If you'd like I'd really enjoy kicking around some of their major themes and plot elements with you. I am most fascinated with the idea of what happens if the golden throne finally stops functioning and the astronomican goes out. It's drawing the Tyranids to our galaxy like.. well, flies to shit. It was never intended to be his tomb, but a portal to begin conquering and repairing the Eldar webways so as to avoid the Chaos in the warp.
What if the Emperor always knew they'd come?
What if he had a backup plan in case he was betrayed?
What if the light from Holy Terra going out had always been the signal?
For what?
Perhaps for the true son of the Emperor to be released from his natal stasis, deep within the most secret and secure location in the galaxy. Maybe.
This teaching thing is kinda bullshit. Three kids this week. THREE. And one of the girls I'm working with is intolerable.
Just got an offer from the company for which I've been doing some consulting.
The pay is good, the company is dildos.
Quote from: Reginald Ret on July 14, 2015, 07:45:55 AM
Pfah! kids these days. I learned English from watching BBC cartoons and that was good wholesome education, this vidyagamestuff will just rot their minds!
I learned from Hooked on Phonics, and ended up being able to read before kindergarten. And had a 12th grade reading comprehension in 2nd grade.
Wish I could find that shit.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2015, 11:40:47 PM
Just got an offer from the company for which I've been doing some consulting.
The pay is good, the company is dildos.
Take it, and then leave when something better comes along.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 15, 2015, 02:28:36 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2015, 11:40:47 PM
Just got an offer from the company for which I've been doing some consulting.
The pay is good, the company is dildos.
Take it, and then leave when something better comes along.
Seconded, both as strategic advice and because I sense "company is dildos" may be amusing to see expanded upon.
Clearly the shit hit the fan enough to finally end your previous employment relationship. Hope they never get the sewer quite fixed. Think such shenanigans was the last I'd heard of it.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 15, 2015, 02:28:36 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2015, 11:40:47 PM
Just got an offer from the company for which I've been doing some consulting.
The pay is good, the company is dildos.
Take it, and then leave when something better comes along.
Yeah, I think so.
Wouldn't be the first time I've whored myself out to evil bastards.
Having me a pretty good morning. Found good parking spot, which is like finding a dollar on the ground for a 2nd shifter. Joking and chatting with my shiftmates. We often come in up to a half hour early to chat, slurp coffee, and maybe eat breakfast in the break room. The calm is nice. Helps me brace for the sometimes near literal shitstorm that is the lot of the laundryman.
If I ever have children the bio hazardous bits of rearing will be a non-issue.
Mmm... morning shit puns. For you PD!
I got an email from my lab! I start training on the cryoslicer on Sunday!
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 16, 2015, 01:08:55 AM
I got an email from my lab! I start training on the cryoslicer on Sunday!
Woooo!
Have fun slicing with cryos.
Quote from: Cain on July 16, 2015, 01:31:25 AM
Have fun slicing with cryos.
:lulz:
I will be slicing frozen snake brains micrometers thin for fixing to slides.
I AM SO EXCITED.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 16, 2015, 02:02:01 AM
Quote from: Cain on July 16, 2015, 01:31:25 AM
Have fun slicing with cryos.
:lulz:
I will be slicing frozen snake brains micrometers thin for fixing to slides.
I AM SO EXCITED.
Is it true that the brain saws are insanely dangerous?
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on July 16, 2015, 02:04:42 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 16, 2015, 02:02:01 AM
Quote from: Cain on July 16, 2015, 01:31:25 AM
Have fun slicing with cryos.
:lulz:
I will be slicing frozen snake brains micrometers thin for fixing to slides.
I AM SO EXCITED.
Is it true that the brain saws are insanely dangerous?
No, not the one we use... it's very sharp, of course, but certainly less dangerous than, say, a deli slicer.
But we do have a radioactive side of the lab!
Heehee
Heeheehee!
http://www.zivicinstruments.com/all-zivic-rat-brain-slicers-matrix-section.html
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 16, 2015, 02:31:56 AM
Heehee
Heeheehee!
http://www.zivicinstruments.com/all-zivic-rat-brain-slicers-matrix-section.html
Ten percent off the young rat brain model!
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 16, 2015, 02:02:01 AM
Quote from: Cain on July 16, 2015, 01:31:25 AM
Have fun slicing with cryos.
:lulz:
I will be slicing frozen snake brains micrometers thin for fixing to slides.
I AM SO EXCITED.
I am both thrilled for you and yet also filled with horror. Right to the bone.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 16, 2015, 02:31:56 AM
Heehee
Heeheehee!
http://www.zivicinstruments.com/all-zivic-rat-brain-slicers-matrix-section.html
It's like an egg slicer, but for Science... Never looking at a chef salad the same way again. Won't slow my appetite any. I can sort surgical gear and then eat pasta. Mm... pasta.
Am I the only one who's thinking - "I want to jam a clove of garlic through the cryoslicer then watch it liquidise in the pan, like in Goodfellas"?
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on July 16, 2015, 01:33:36 PM
Am I the only one who's thinking - "I want to jam a clove of garlic through the cryoslicer then watch it liquidise in the pan, like in Goodfellas"?
No.
Surely I'm not the only one upset by the lack of products here.
http://www.zivicinstruments.com/accessories-for-zivic-instruments.html
What the fuck are these people playing at? No pithy T-shirts, no fancy holding cases or pouches, it's like they've never heard of hocking cheap tat for a quick quid.
They'd make a killing just from T-shirts saying "I slice brains".
Quote from: Hoopla on July 16, 2015, 02:49:54 PM
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on July 16, 2015, 01:33:36 PM
Am I the only one who's thinking - "I want to jam a clove of garlic through the cryoslicer then watch it liquidise in the pan, like in Goodfellas"?
No.
Certainly not anymore. Also smuggling cryoslicer into prison as "kitchen aid" might just work..
Quote from: Junkenstein on July 16, 2015, 03:33:39 PM
Surely I'm not the only one upset by the lack of products here.
http://www.zivicinstruments.com/accessories-for-zivic-instruments.html
What the fuck are these people playing at? No pithy T-shirts, no fancy holding cases or pouches, it's like they've never heard of hocking cheap tat for a quick quid.
They'd make a killing just from T-shirts saying "I slice brains".
They got proprietary razor blades and something of a corner on a niche market. They need it to look legit man. T-shirts should be done through a shell corp. We should jump in on their game before they do! By which I mean not me, I'm broke.
:cry:
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 16, 2015, 03:21:20 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 16, 2015, 02:02:01 AM
Quote from: Cain on July 16, 2015, 01:31:25 AM
Have fun slicing with cryos.
:lulz:
I will be slicing frozen snake brains micrometers thin for fixing to slides.
I AM SO EXCITED.
I am both thrilled for you and yet also filled with horror. Right to the bone.
(http://s12.postimg.org/50kzzev19/IMG_4620.jpg)
Our slicer is nothing like those slicers, FYI. It's some sort of two-million-dollar stove-sized contraption.
A few days ago, there were Muslims protesting in Chattanooga over Robert Doggart being released on bond after being indicted on charges of planning a massacre in Islamberg, NY. Of course, good Christian folk around here had already interpreted this as a sign of an impending Islamic takeover of America.
Today, some guy named Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez shot up two military sites in Chattanooga, killing four Marines.
I have a feeling a lot of things are about to go sideways around here.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 16, 2015, 04:48:55 PM
Our slicer is nothing like those slicers, FYI. It's some sort of two-million-dollar stove-sized contraption.
I must have one.
Quote from: Emo Howard on July 17, 2015, 01:45:22 AM
A few days ago, there were Muslims protesting in Chattanooga over Robert Doggart being released on bond after being indicted on charges of planning a massacre in Islamberg, NY. Of course, good Christian folk around here had already interpreted this as a sign of an impending Islamic takeover of America.
Today, some guy named Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez shot up two military sites in Chattanooga, killing four Marines.
I have a feeling a lot of things are about to go sideways around here.
Recruiting offices, as I understand it.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 17, 2015, 01:55:49 AM
Quote from: Emo Howard on July 17, 2015, 01:45:22 AM
A few days ago, there were Muslims protesting in Chattanooga over Robert Doggart being released on bond after being indicted on charges of planning a massacre in Islamberg, NY. Of course, good Christian folk around here had already interpreted this as a sign of an impending Islamic takeover of America.
Today, some guy named Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez shot up two military sites in Chattanooga, killing four Marines.
I have a feeling a lot of things are about to go sideways around here.
Recruiting offices, as I understand it.
Hadn't heard or been looking for news today, but it's Yahoo's top story.
I wanna punch his face. Also want to know EXACTLY who these women they detained were.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/chattanooga-active-shooter-officer-down-live-coverage-154953657.html (https://www.yahoo.com/news/chattanooga-active-shooter-officer-down-live-coverage-154953657.html)
On a different note of the same very sad song.. how is this domestic terror, but that Roof asshole was not.. last I heard?
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 17, 2015, 01:55:49 AM
Quote from: Emo Howard on July 17, 2015, 01:45:22 AM
A few days ago, there were Muslims protesting in Chattanooga over Robert Doggart being released on bond after being indicted on charges of planning a massacre in Islamberg, NY. Of course, good Christian folk around here had already interpreted this as a sign of an impending Islamic takeover of America.
Today, some guy named Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez shot up two military sites in Chattanooga, killing four Marines.
I have a feeling a lot of things are about to go sideways around here.
Recruiting offices, as I understand it.
A recruiting office and a "Naval Operation Support Center". I'm not sure what exactly that would be, but, yeah. Something like that. Offices of some type, as opposed to bases, or something else you might expect to be somewhat fortified.
Quote from: Emo Howard on July 17, 2015, 10:24:19 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 17, 2015, 01:55:49 AM
Quote from: Emo Howard on July 17, 2015, 01:45:22 AM
A few days ago, there were Muslims protesting in Chattanooga over Robert Doggart being released on bond after being indicted on charges of planning a massacre in Islamberg, NY. Of course, good Christian folk around here had already interpreted this as a sign of an impending Islamic takeover of America.
Today, some guy named Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez shot up two military sites in Chattanooga, killing four Marines.
I have a feeling a lot of things are about to go sideways around here.
Recruiting offices, as I understand it.
A recruiting office and a "Naval Operation Support Center". I'm not sure what exactly that would be, but, yeah. Something like that. Offices of some type, as opposed to bases, or something else you might expect to be somewhat fortified.
In other words the softest targets possible you might find in the phonebook? I couldn't get over the gangland methodology. If I understood correctly an HP rifle right through the glass doors was at least how the first shooting went down. Just fuckin peachy.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 16, 2015, 04:48:55 PM
Our slicer is nothing like those slicers, FYI. It's some sort of two-million-dollar stove-sized contraption.
Me-me-me! got first dibs on using the slicer: I propose using the slides to stack the images and feed it though some electron scanning & propagation software I wrote for project Oro-borrows.
I can use it, for science, without ever having to touch it, see? Everyone wins!
I promise I wont use it for cooking like those "other" applicants. My solution is renewable!
I think it is my contract, indubitably, right? :lulz:
Joy. Overtime tonight. Useless fucking part time worker who will only be here until not even midnight and might as well not even be here because she is just that useless. 22 expected arrivals on this shift alone, 17 arriving all at the same time. Mostly Chinese, and young, meaning their English will be terrible.
I'm never doing overtime again. It's not worth losing being able to actually see sunlight for an extra day for this nonsense.
1 hour into work and my expectations of a clusterfuck have been exceeded considerably by events on the ground.
Also, whoever decided a building for foreign students should have an internet sign up system which asks 50 fucking questions, including the ever important "Twitter Account Handle", rather than just giving students a username and password, should be shot. Repeatedly. In the stomach,
Well, off to do stuff.
I got sent home because the heat is fucking with the cryoslicer. :sad:
Holy fuck that was 5 hours of hell. 26 inductions done, my throat is in pieces, paperwork is nowhere near up to date.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 19, 2015, 09:17:00 PM
I got sent home because the heat is fucking with the cryoslicer. :sad:
There's a joke in there, but I can't seem to find it.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 20, 2015, 01:52:05 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 19, 2015, 09:17:00 PM
I got sent home because the heat is fucking with the cryoslicer. :sad:
There's a joke in there, but I can't seem to find it.
:lol:
Quote from: Cain on July 20, 2015, 12:27:15 AM
Holy fuck that was 5 hours of hell. 26 inductions done, my throat is in pieces, paperwork is nowhere near up to date.
I cannot even imagine. Gah.
AND THEN WAFFLE ATE A LIZARD TOO.
(https://scontent.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/l/t1.0-9/11049601_859634620739903_325538689968215698_n.jpg?oh=67b6c7616419493272301fcef40965ca&oe=5616F6E3)
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 20, 2015, 03:24:46 AM
AND THEN WAFFLE ATE A LIZARD TOO.
(https://scontent.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/l/t1.0-9/11049601_859634620739903_325538689968215698_n.jpg?oh=67b6c7616419493272301fcef40965ca&oe=5616F6E3)
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
Back from vacationing. Marked all read. I'm so bad ass.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 20, 2015, 01:52:05 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 19, 2015, 09:17:00 PM
I got sent home because the heat is fucking with the cryoslicer. :sad:
There's a joke in there, but I can't seem to find it.
Because God stopped cooking up serpents with biscuit reinforced butt joints.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 20, 2015, 03:14:48 AM
Quote from: Cain on July 20, 2015, 12:27:15 AM
Holy fuck that was 5 hours of hell. 26 inductions done, my throat is in pieces, paperwork is nowhere near up to date.
I cannot even imagine. Gah.
9 were in the first three hours of the shift. A full induction includes a tour of the building, procedures (fire, signing in) setting up the internet and questions. So, about 20 minutes.
Meanwhile my useless fucking co-worker updated three files, then watched an online streaming episode of Game of Thrones.
I have really become a cranky bastard over the last few weeks.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 21, 2015, 02:38:13 AM
I have really become a cranky bastard over the last few weeks.
EMBRACE IT. IT IS YOUR DESTINY.
Today I sliced my first snake brain.
LIKE A BOSS.
Only 199 snake brains to go!
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 21, 2015, 05:37:34 AM
Today I sliced my first snake brain.
LIKE A BOSS.
Only 199 snake brains to go!
I'm gonna quote this somewhere, with no context provided.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 21, 2015, 05:36:34 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 21, 2015, 02:38:13 AM
I have really become a cranky bastard over the last few weeks.
EMBRACE IT. IT IS YOUR DESTINY.
Yeah, I hate not having a job. Even though there's still money.
Anyway, Matt Kilb and Joseph came along and demanded my bad day, on the FB discordian thingie. So I feel slightly better.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 21, 2015, 05:41:03 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 21, 2015, 05:36:34 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 21, 2015, 02:38:13 AM
I have really become a cranky bastard over the last few weeks.
EMBRACE IT. IT IS YOUR DESTINY.
Yeah, I hate not having a job. Even though there's still money.
Anyway, Matt Kilb and Joseph came along and demanded my bad day, on the FB discordian thingie. So I feel slightly better.
Mine was only to be the fucking idiot I am. I've felt like shit since. This is because I was shitty. I'm sorry and now realize you have every right to be mad and to block me. I got angry and stupidly afraid of yet another pointless fight cropping up. I should have simply contacted you with what I was thinking. Instead I shit posted thoughtlessly. I'm not going to go on about it, but I've tried to analyze why I behaved as I did. The butthurt is mine. I regret it and the thing is there's no undoing it. I'll have to live with it.
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on July 21, 2015, 03:40:37 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 21, 2015, 05:41:03 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 21, 2015, 05:36:34 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 21, 2015, 02:38:13 AM
I have really become a cranky bastard over the last few weeks.
EMBRACE IT. IT IS YOUR DESTINY.
Yeah, I hate not having a job. Even though there's still money.
Anyway, Matt Kilb and Joseph came along and demanded my bad day, on the FB discordian thingie. So I feel slightly better.
Mine was only to be the fucking idiot I am. I've felt like shit since. This is because I was shitty. I'm sorry and now realize you have every right to be mad and to block me. I got angry and stupidly afraid of yet another pointless fight cropping up. I should have simply contacted you with what I was thinking. Instead I shit posted thoughtlessly. I'm not going to go on about it, but I've tried to analyze why I behaved as I did. The butthurt is mine. I regret it and the thing is there's no undoing it. I'll have to live with it.
S'ok. There's an undoing it.
A simple one word "sorry" or even "whoops" would have done it at the get-go. I'll go unblock.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 21, 2015, 05:39:42 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 21, 2015, 05:37:34 AM
Today I sliced my first snake brain.
LIKE A BOSS.
Only 199 snake brains to go!
I'm gonna quote this somewhere, with no context provided.
:lulz: :lulz:
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on July 21, 2015, 03:40:37 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 21, 2015, 05:41:03 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 21, 2015, 05:36:34 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 21, 2015, 02:38:13 AM
I have really become a cranky bastard over the last few weeks.
EMBRACE IT. IT IS YOUR DESTINY.
Yeah, I hate not having a job. Even though there's still money.
Anyway, Matt Kilb and Joseph came along and demanded my bad day, on the FB discordian thingie. So I feel slightly better.
Mine was only to be the fucking idiot I am. I've felt like shit since. This is because I was shitty. I'm sorry and now realize you have every right to be mad and to block me. I got angry and stupidly afraid of yet another pointless fight cropping up. I should have simply contacted you with what I was thinking. Instead I shit posted thoughtlessly. I'm not going to go on about it, but I've tried to analyze why I behaved as I did. The butthurt is mine. I regret it and the thing is there's no undoing it. I'll have to live with it.
Sadly I don't think my boyfriend is going to be too keen on posting in your group anymore.
It's too bad, he was going to post the step-by-step development of his plum beer recipe with photos.
But it did at least reinforce that Discordian groups on Facebook aren't for either of us, albeit for different reasons.
I was feeling a bit morose as of late, so I forced myself out into the world, and joined Team Vodka in a rousing round of Trivia Night at the Gay Bar. We won!
I feel much better today. Socializing for the win!
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on July 22, 2015, 12:49:38 PM
I was feeling a bit morose as of late, so I forced myself out into the world, and joined Team Vodka in a rousing round of Trivia Night at the Gay Bar. We won!
I feel much better today. Socializing for the win!
That often does the trick for me as well. Although I have to be careful, as sometimes it does the exact opposite.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 21, 2015, 05:24:00 PM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on July 21, 2015, 03:40:37 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 21, 2015, 05:41:03 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 21, 2015, 05:36:34 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 21, 2015, 02:38:13 AM
I have really become a cranky bastard over the last few weeks.
EMBRACE IT. IT IS YOUR DESTINY.
Yeah, I hate not having a job. Even though there's still money.
Anyway, Matt Kilb and Joseph came along and demanded my bad day, on the FB discordian thingie. So I feel slightly better.
Mine was only to be the fucking idiot I am. I've felt like shit since. This is because I was shitty. I'm sorry and now realize you have every right to be mad and to block me. I got angry and stupidly afraid of yet another pointless fight cropping up. I should have simply contacted you with what I was thinking. Instead I shit posted thoughtlessly. I'm not going to go on about it, but I've tried to analyze why I behaved as I did. The butthurt is mine. I regret it and the thing is there's no undoing it. I'll have to live with it.
S'ok. There's an undoing it.
A simple one word "sorry" or even "whoops" would have done it at the get-go. I'll go unblock.
We had a good talk sir. I'll contact you later today as I get the chance.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 22, 2015, 05:51:04 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on July 21, 2015, 03:40:37 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 21, 2015, 05:41:03 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 21, 2015, 05:36:34 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 21, 2015, 02:38:13 AM
I have really become a cranky bastard over the last few weeks.
EMBRACE IT. IT IS YOUR DESTINY.
Yeah, I hate not having a job. Even though there's still money.
Anyway, Matt Kilb and Joseph came along and demanded my bad day, on the FB discordian thingie. So I feel slightly better.
Mine was only to be the fucking idiot I am. I've felt like shit since. This is because I was shitty. I'm sorry and now realize you have every right to be mad and to block me. I got angry and stupidly afraid of yet another pointless fight cropping up. I should have simply contacted you with what I was thinking. Instead I shit posted thoughtlessly. I'm not going to go on about it, but I've tried to analyze why I behaved as I did. The butthurt is mine. I regret it and the thing is there's no undoing it. I'll have to live with it.
Sadly I don't think my boyfriend is going to be too keen on posting in your group anymore.
It's too bad, he was going to post the step-by-step development of his plum beer recipe with photos.
But it did at least reinforce that Discordian groups on Facebook aren't for either of us, albeit for different reasons.
Well I apologize. I thought his parody was some form of attempt to subtly resurrect that meme, which I learned to HATE in 2014. There have been various attempts at shitstarting by the Discofuks. One recent example was a possible sock that slipped the filter. Argument: "I don't have any problem with saying N" because he was just a super awesome artistic genius and was into hip-hop. He quickly came to my attention and kept trying to edge around the rules of discourse to be a dick. I ultimately banned him and deleted his shitty trollthread. Part of me saw the same posting pattern, but I was unsure and really DID want a recipe as , uh, proof..yeah. Howl clued me in. Please give him my sincere regards and sorry. That really was funny and emulated well enough to make me VERY UNSURE without other info.
On another note Nigel I understand if you're not into the group, especially if I offended you & your boyfriend, but I partly came to ask if you're willing to admin and so am asking anyway. We had one step down and his replacement qualifier was to find a female, of which we have none. If you're understandably not interested we'll ask the group for volunteers and select that way. I nominated you and so was sent to ask. We need the Science Nigel. Need it!
Gotta get to work, check back later!
lolonecomputeratworkiscompletelybrokenandcannotconnecttotheinternetwhiletheonethatisworkinghasakeyboardwithnoworkingspaceorstopbuttonwhichmeansIhavetowriteannoyinglylongsentenceslikethis
Couldn't
You
Write
Sentences
Like
This?
No
Because
Poetry
Is
For
Dead
Greeks
And
Homoseual
Englishmen
http://www.tickld.com/x/the-best-diary-entry-ever-this-guy-is-going-places
Nuff said.
Quote from: Cain on July 22, 2015, 09:06:49 PM
No
Because
Poetry
Is
For
Dead
Greeks
And
Homoseual
Englishmen
Should
This
Go
In
The
Newsfeed?
Probably
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 22, 2015, 10:19:14 PM
http://www.tickld.com/x/the-best-diary-entry-ever-this-guy-is-going-places
Nuff said.
ha - reminded me of this. At least here there are no exploding cats (http://snopes.com/humor/follies/snowdiary.asp)
Of course, this would happen because someone finally fixed the printer.
Quote from: Cain on July 23, 2015, 12:51:32 AM
Of course, this would happen because someone finally fixed the printer.
Evenbetter!Itsoundslikeyoucanfitmorewordstothepageintheprinternowwhichmeanslesspageswhichmeanslesschancesforittobreakagain.Prettyefficientgottasaywelldone.
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on July 22, 2015, 04:54:22 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 22, 2015, 05:51:04 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on July 21, 2015, 03:40:37 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 21, 2015, 05:41:03 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 21, 2015, 05:36:34 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 21, 2015, 02:38:13 AM
I have really become a cranky bastard over the last few weeks.
EMBRACE IT. IT IS YOUR DESTINY.
Yeah, I hate not having a job. Even though there's still money.
Anyway, Matt Kilb and Joseph came along and demanded my bad day, on the FB discordian thingie. So I feel slightly better.
Mine was only to be the fucking idiot I am. I've felt like shit since. This is because I was shitty. I'm sorry and now realize you have every right to be mad and to block me. I got angry and stupidly afraid of yet another pointless fight cropping up. I should have simply contacted you with what I was thinking. Instead I shit posted thoughtlessly. I'm not going to go on about it, but I've tried to analyze why I behaved as I did. The butthurt is mine. I regret it and the thing is there's no undoing it. I'll have to live with it.
Sadly I don't think my boyfriend is going to be too keen on posting in your group anymore.
It's too bad, he was going to post the step-by-step development of his plum beer recipe with photos.
But it did at least reinforce that Discordian groups on Facebook aren't for either of us, albeit for different reasons.
Well I apologize. I thought his parody was some form of attempt to subtly resurrect that meme, which I learned to HATE in 2014. There have been various attempts at shitstarting by the Discofuks. One recent example was a possible sock that slipped the filter. Argument: "I don't have any problem with saying N" because he was just a super awesome artistic genius and was into hip-hop. He quickly came to my attention and kept trying to edge around the rules of discourse to be a dick. I ultimately banned him and deleted his shitty trollthread. Part of me saw the same posting pattern, but I was unsure and really DID want a recipe as , uh, proof..yeah. Howl clued me in. Please give him my sincere regards and sorry. That really was funny and emulated well enough to make me VERY UNSURE without other info.
On another note Nigel I understand if you're not into the group, especially if I offended you & your boyfriend, but I partly came to ask if you're willing to admin and so am asking anyway. We had one step down and his replacement qualifier was to find a female, of which we have none. If you're understandably not interested we'll ask the group for volunteers and select that way. I nominated you and so was sent to ask. We need the Science Nigel. Need it!
Gotta get to work, check back later!
I will happily accept your invite to admin, because it will totally freak out a number of people.
However, I should give you the heads-up that I will completely disappear for periods of time up to a month long due to issues like being in the rainforest, or Finals. If that is incompatible with your admin needs, probably another person would be a better choice.
Well, back to making money the old-school way. :lulz:
Honestly, I don't know why I ever went straight.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 23, 2015, 04:06:22 AM
Well, back to making money the old-school way. :lulz:
Honestly, I don't know why I ever went straight.
Oh, wow. :lol: This should make for some interesting stories.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 23, 2015, 04:23:03 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 23, 2015, 04:06:22 AM
Well, back to making money the old-school way. :lulz:
Honestly, I don't know why I ever went straight.
Oh, wow. :lol: This should make for some interesting stories.
Yeah, apparently my recent experience and events downtown reminded some people I exist. The money is good (at least I'm staying afloat), and there's nothing too reprehensible going on. Nothing that keeps me from sleeping, at any rate. But the benefits suck, at least the ones I'm interested in.
I have a second interview at one of the mines in a couple of weeks, which is looking good (about 10% more than I made at the last job). I'll take that over this, but this is okay for now.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 23, 2015, 04:02:43 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on July 22, 2015, 04:54:22 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 22, 2015, 05:51:04 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on July 21, 2015, 03:40:37 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 21, 2015, 05:41:03 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 21, 2015, 05:36:34 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 21, 2015, 02:38:13 AM
I have really become a cranky bastard over the last few weeks.
EMBRACE IT. IT IS YOUR DESTINY.
Yeah, I hate not having a job. Even though there's still money.
Anyway, Matt Kilb and Joseph came along and demanded my bad day, on the FB discordian thingie. So I feel slightly better.
Mine was only to be the fucking idiot I am. I've felt like shit since. This is because I was shitty. I'm sorry and now realize you have every right to be mad and to block me. I got angry and stupidly afraid of yet another pointless fight cropping up. I should have simply contacted you with what I was thinking. Instead I shit posted thoughtlessly. I'm not going to go on about it, but I've tried to analyze why I behaved as I did. The butthurt is mine. I regret it and the thing is there's no undoing it. I'll have to live with it.
Sadly I don't think my boyfriend is going to be too keen on posting in your group anymore.
It's too bad, he was going to post the step-by-step development of his plum beer recipe with photos.
But it did at least reinforce that Discordian groups on Facebook aren't for either of us, albeit for different reasons.
Well I apologize. I thought his parody was some form of attempt to subtly resurrect that meme, which I learned to HATE in 2014. There have been various attempts at shitstarting by the Discofuks. One recent example was a possible sock that slipped the filter. Argument: "I don't have any problem with saying N" because he was just a super awesome artistic genius and was into hip-hop. He quickly came to my attention and kept trying to edge around the rules of discourse to be a dick. I ultimately banned him and deleted his shitty trollthread. Part of me saw the same posting pattern, but I was unsure and really DID want a recipe as , uh, proof..yeah. Howl clued me in. Please give him my sincere regards and sorry. That really was funny and emulated well enough to make me VERY UNSURE without other info.
On another note Nigel I understand if you're not into the group, especially if I offended you & your boyfriend, but I partly came to ask if you're willing to admin and so am asking anyway. We had one step down and his replacement qualifier was to find a female, of which we have none. If you're understandably not interested we'll ask the group for volunteers and select that way. I nominated you and so was sent to ask. We need the Science Nigel. Need it!
Gotta get to work, check back later!
I will happily accept your invite to admin, because it will totally freak out a number of people.
However, I should give you the heads-up that I will completely disappear for periods of time up to a month long due to issues like being in the rainforest, or Finals. If that is incompatible with your admin needs, probably another person would be a better choice.
Far as I'm concerned our current admin needs are plurality, smarts, and occasional induction of extra stress hormones into primate brains post-utero.
Take however long off whenever. Just knowing that YOU'LL BE BACK should strike appropriate terror. A little warning could be good for the rest of us, but there's no code of conduct in the "oligarchy". Also I'm the last of the original 3 for now. The idea was to keep it to 5 persons and see where it went. I'm only even on speaking terms with one other. Don't really know the rest. Thanks for accepting!
2015 will be SO much better now I think.
:lulz:
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 23, 2015, 04:29:43 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 23, 2015, 04:23:03 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 23, 2015, 04:06:22 AM
Well, back to making money the old-school way. :lulz:
Honestly, I don't know why I ever went straight.
Oh, wow. :lol: This should make for some interesting stories.
Yeah, apparently my recent experience and events downtown reminded some people I exist. The money is good (at least I'm staying afloat), and there's nothing too reprehensible going on. Nothing that keeps me from sleeping, at any rate. But the benefits suck, at least the ones I'm interested in.
I have a second interview at one of the mines in a couple of weeks, which is looking good (about 10% more than I made at the last job). I'll take that over this, but this is okay for now.
Crossing my fingers on the mine job! That, too, will probably be an interesting job.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 23, 2015, 04:37:36 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 23, 2015, 04:29:43 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 23, 2015, 04:23:03 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 23, 2015, 04:06:22 AM
Well, back to making money the old-school way. :lulz:
Honestly, I don't know why I ever went straight.
Oh, wow. :lol: This should make for some interesting stories.
Yeah, apparently my recent experience and events downtown reminded some people I exist. The money is good (at least I'm staying afloat), and there's nothing too reprehensible going on. Nothing that keeps me from sleeping, at any rate. But the benefits suck, at least the ones I'm interested in.
I have a second interview at one of the mines in a couple of weeks, which is looking good (about 10% more than I made at the last job). I'll take that over this, but this is okay for now.
Crossing my fingers on the mine job! That, too, will probably be an interesting job.
Not as much fun, but frankly I'm getting a little old for this Joe Paluka shit.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 23, 2015, 04:40:58 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 23, 2015, 04:37:36 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 23, 2015, 04:29:43 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 23, 2015, 04:23:03 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 23, 2015, 04:06:22 AM
Well, back to making money the old-school way. :lulz:
Honestly, I don't know why I ever went straight.
Oh, wow. :lol: This should make for some interesting stories.
Yeah, apparently my recent experience and events downtown reminded some people I exist. The money is good (at least I'm staying afloat), and there's nothing too reprehensible going on. Nothing that keeps me from sleeping, at any rate. But the benefits suck, at least the ones I'm interested in.
I have a second interview at one of the mines in a couple of weeks, which is looking good (about 10% more than I made at the last job). I'll take that over this, but this is okay for now.
Crossing my fingers on the mine job! That, too, will probably be an interesting job.
Not as much fun, but frankly I'm getting a little old for this Joe Paluka shit.
I hear you on that. I've ben feeling my age recently, and it's giving me the sweats.
You are now an admin of DS2015 Nigel. May your tenure be glorious and enjoyable. I've also invited the only other admin I'm on conversational terms with to check out PD. He is quite bright and a talented writer from what I've seen so far.
We've just finished a very good chat and I like him.
Yes I know what I just did to a person I like.
Starting to think I'm a very bad person...nah!
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 23, 2015, 04:40:58 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 23, 2015, 04:37:36 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 23, 2015, 04:29:43 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 23, 2015, 04:23:03 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 23, 2015, 04:06:22 AM
Well, back to making money the old-school way. :lulz:
Honestly, I don't know why I ever went straight.
Oh, wow. :lol: This should make for some interesting stories.
Yeah, apparently my recent experience and events downtown reminded some people I exist. The money is good (at least I'm staying afloat), and there's nothing too reprehensible going on. Nothing that keeps me from sleeping, at any rate. But the benefits suck, at least the ones I'm interested in.
I have a second interview at one of the mines in a couple of weeks, which is looking good (about 10% more than I made at the last job). I'll take that over this, but this is okay for now.
Crossing my fingers on the mine job! That, too, will probably be an interesting job.
Not as much fun, but frankly I'm getting a little old for this Joe Paluka shit.
If this means what I think... well keep an eye out. Best fortune until you find better.
I'll ask the Boss on account of both. You can't stop me.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 23, 2015, 04:06:22 AM
Well, back to making money the old-school way. :lulz:
Honestly, I don't know why I ever went straight.
I bet you look real cute in fishnets and pumps.
Quote from: Hoopla on July 23, 2015, 09:29:59 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 23, 2015, 04:06:22 AM
Well, back to making money the old-school way. :lulz:
Honestly, I don't know why I ever went straight.
I bet you look real cute in fishnets and pumps.
I DO MY LITTLE TURN ON THE CATWALK
You should come work with me, Roger.
Trust me, it's fun.
Quote from: Cain on July 24, 2015, 12:50:42 AM
You should come work with me, Roger.
Trust me, it's fun.
I'm more likely to end up in prison doing that than doing this.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 24, 2015, 01:07:59 AM
Quote from: Cain on July 24, 2015, 12:50:42 AM
You should come work with me, Roger.
Trust me, it's fun.
I'm more likely to end up in prison doing that than doing this.
Cain and Roger work together. Caledonian Road cleans up its act in two weeks, citing unreasonable risk.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on July 24, 2015, 01:25:31 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 24, 2015, 01:07:59 AM
Quote from: Cain on July 24, 2015, 12:50:42 AM
You should come work with me, Roger.
Trust me, it's fun.
I'm more likely to end up in prison doing that than doing this.
Cain and Roger work together. Caledonian Road cleans up its act in two weeks, citing unreasonable risk.
That would be a hoot. He'd do well over here, too.
At least in this capacity.
At this point, it's almost tempting.
Yoga bitches!
Fer fak sake!!!
What
I do not apologise
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on July 23, 2015, 04:36:56 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 23, 2015, 04:02:43 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on July 22, 2015, 04:54:22 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 22, 2015, 05:51:04 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on July 21, 2015, 03:40:37 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 21, 2015, 05:41:03 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 21, 2015, 05:36:34 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 21, 2015, 02:38:13 AM
I have really become a cranky bastard over the last few weeks.
EMBRACE IT. IT IS YOUR DESTINY.
Yeah, I hate not having a job. Even though there's still money.
Anyway, Matt Kilb and Joseph came along and demanded my bad day, on the FB discordian thingie. So I feel slightly better.
Mine was only to be the fucking idiot I am. I've felt like shit since. This is because I was shitty. I'm sorry and now realize you have every right to be mad and to block me. I got angry and stupidly afraid of yet another pointless fight cropping up. I should have simply contacted you with what I was thinking. Instead I shit posted thoughtlessly. I'm not going to go on about it, but I've tried to analyze why I behaved as I did. The butthurt is mine. I regret it and the thing is there's no undoing it. I'll have to live with it.
Sadly I don't think my boyfriend is going to be too keen on posting in your group anymore.
It's too bad, he was going to post the step-by-step development of his plum beer recipe with photos.
But it did at least reinforce that Discordian groups on Facebook aren't for either of us, albeit for different reasons.
Well I apologize. I thought his parody was some form of attempt to subtly resurrect that meme, which I learned to HATE in 2014. There have been various attempts at shitstarting by the Discofuks. One recent example was a possible sock that slipped the filter. Argument: "I don't have any problem with saying N" because he was just a super awesome artistic genius and was into hip-hop. He quickly came to my attention and kept trying to edge around the rules of discourse to be a dick. I ultimately banned him and deleted his shitty trollthread. Part of me saw the same posting pattern, but I was unsure and really DID want a recipe as , uh, proof..yeah. Howl clued me in. Please give him my sincere regards and sorry. That really was funny and emulated well enough to make me VERY UNSURE without other info.
On another note Nigel I understand if you're not into the group, especially if I offended you & your boyfriend, but I partly came to ask if you're willing to admin and so am asking anyway. We had one step down and his replacement qualifier was to find a female, of which we have none. If you're understandably not interested we'll ask the group for volunteers and select that way. I nominated you and so was sent to ask. We need the Science Nigel. Need it!
Gotta get to work, check back later!
I will happily accept your invite to admin, because it will totally freak out a number of people.
However, I should give you the heads-up that I will completely disappear for periods of time up to a month long due to issues like being in the rainforest, or Finals. If that is incompatible with your admin needs, probably another person would be a better choice.
Far as I'm concerned our current admin needs are plurality, smarts, and occasional induction of extra stress hormones into primate brains post-utero.
Take however long off whenever. Just knowing that YOU'LL BE BACK should strike appropriate terror. A little warning could be good for the rest of us, but there's no code of conduct in the "oligarchy". Also I'm the last of the original 3 for now. The idea was to keep it to 5 persons and see where it went. I'm only even on speaking terms with one other. Don't really know the rest. Thanks for accepting!
2015 will be SO much better now I think.
:lulz:
DS 2015 is now my preferential dumping ground for posts that don't really seem to belong anywhere else. :)
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 24, 2015, 12:34:26 AM
Quote from: Hoopla on July 23, 2015, 09:29:59 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 23, 2015, 04:06:22 AM
Well, back to making money the old-school way. :lulz:
Honestly, I don't know why I ever went straight.
I bet you look real cute in fishnets and pumps.
I DO MY LITTLE TURN ON THE CATWALK
:lulz:
Today was my 5th day in the lab.
I watched the grad student who is the boss of me dissect one of my snake heads to remove the brain. Damn, that is a messy, messy job.
Is it weird to write the week's role playing game's plot in your head while you slap someone around?
Because it seems weird.
aaaaaaghghghhhhgffffffftttt
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 24, 2015, 03:30:53 AM
Is it weird to write the week's role playing game's plot in your head while you slap someone around?
Because it seems weird.
Maybe it was weird in the 20th century.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 24, 2015, 03:48:09 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 24, 2015, 03:30:53 AM
Is it weird to write the week's role playing game's plot in your head while you slap someone around?
Because it seems weird.
Maybe it was weird in the 20th century.
I guess I'm just getting old. :lulz:
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 24, 2015, 03:51:44 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 24, 2015, 03:48:09 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 24, 2015, 03:30:53 AM
Is it weird to write the week's role playing game's plot in your head while you slap someone around?
Because it seems weird.
Maybe it was weird in the 20th century.
I guess I'm just getting old. :lulz:
I see shit from the 1970's and think, man, people were so primitive back then.
And then I realize that means I'm like one of those people who remembers polio.
In fact, I think I'm just going to take a moment to think back fondly on the shitty diseases that were still mysterious and/or incurable in my childhood, and then write a paean to the Good Old Days when you could still have the Confederate Battle flag on teevee.
Please do.
In other news, I played drums for the first time in several weeks.
I'm still pretty good at it.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on July 24, 2015, 04:01:11 AM
Please do.
In other news, I played drums for the first time in several weeks.
I'm still pretty good at it.
Good job!
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on July 24, 2015, 04:01:11 AM
Please do.
In other news, I played drums for the first time in several weeks.
I'm still pretty good at it.
Is this surprising? Because I've heard your stuff, of course, and talent like that doesn't vanish in a few weeks.
So, good news, Home Depot called me back about my drug test results, which i was bit worried about. So, looks like i'm employed.
Bad News, tonight my mother found out that her brother is losing his battle with cancer and had to suddenly fly home from our Arizona trip because he only has 4-5 days left. I wanted to go with her, but we couldn't swing the extra last minute ticket
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 24, 2015, 04:53:28 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on July 24, 2015, 04:01:11 AM
Please do.
In other news, I played drums for the first time in several weeks.
I'm still pretty good at it.
Is this surprising? Because I've heard your stuff, of course, and talent like that doesn't vanish in a few weeks.
Nah, it had just been a while. Makes me itchy when I don't play. Plus, it was Heaves and not Whirlpools(RIP), and we hadn't gotten together in over a month. Good playing with those kids again.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 24, 2015, 03:30:53 AM
Is it weird to write the week's role playing game's plot in your head while you slap someone around?
Because it seems weird.
I personally don't see a disconnect. Coming up with plot is just slapping someone around by other means. The good stuff comes from the same basically evil part of the brain. Hate the players just right and they will love you for it!
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 24, 2015, 03:26:40 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on July 23, 2015, 04:36:56 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 23, 2015, 04:02:43 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on July 22, 2015, 04:54:22 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 22, 2015, 05:51:04 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on July 21, 2015, 03:40:37 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 21, 2015, 05:41:03 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 21, 2015, 05:36:34 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 21, 2015, 02:38:13 AM
I have really become a cranky bastard over the last few weeks.
EMBRACE IT. IT IS YOUR DESTINY.
Yeah, I hate not having a job. Even though there's still money.
Anyway, Matt Kilb and Joseph came along and demanded my bad day, on the FB discordian thingie. So I feel slightly better.
Mine was only to be the fucking idiot I am. I've felt like shit since. This is because I was shitty. I'm sorry and now realize you have every right to be mad and to block me. I got angry and stupidly afraid of yet another pointless fight cropping up. I should have simply contacted you with what I was thinking. Instead I shit posted thoughtlessly. I'm not going to go on about it, but I've tried to analyze why I behaved as I did. The butthurt is mine. I regret it and the thing is there's no undoing it. I'll have to live with it.
Sadly I don't think my boyfriend is going to be too keen on posting in your group anymore.
It's too bad, he was going to post the step-by-step development of his plum beer recipe with photos.
But it did at least reinforce that Discordian groups on Facebook aren't for either of us, albeit for different reasons.
Well I apologize. I thought his parody was some form of attempt to subtly resurrect that meme, which I learned to HATE in 2014. There have been various attempts at shitstarting by the Discofuks. One recent example was a possible sock that slipped the filter. Argument: "I don't have any problem with saying N" because he was just a super awesome artistic genius and was into hip-hop. He quickly came to my attention and kept trying to edge around the rules of discourse to be a dick. I ultimately banned him and deleted his shitty trollthread. Part of me saw the same posting pattern, but I was unsure and really DID want a recipe as , uh, proof..yeah. Howl clued me in. Please give him my sincere regards and sorry. That really was funny and emulated well enough to make me VERY UNSURE without other info.
On another note Nigel I understand if you're not into the group, especially if I offended you & your boyfriend, but I partly came to ask if you're willing to admin and so am asking anyway. We had one step down and his replacement qualifier was to find a female, of which we have none. If you're understandably not interested we'll ask the group for volunteers and select that way. I nominated you and so was sent to ask. We need the Science Nigel. Need it!
Gotta get to work, check back later!
I will happily accept your invite to admin, because it will totally freak out a number of people.
However, I should give you the heads-up that I will completely disappear for periods of time up to a month long due to issues like being in the rainforest, or Finals. If that is incompatible with your admin needs, probably another person would be a better choice.
Far as I'm concerned our current admin needs are plurality, smarts, and occasional induction of extra stress hormones into primate brains post-utero.
Take however long off whenever. Just knowing that YOU'LL BE BACK should strike appropriate terror. A little warning could be good for the rest of us, but there's no code of conduct in the "oligarchy". Also I'm the last of the original 3 for now. The idea was to keep it to 5 persons and see where it went. I'm only even on speaking terms with one other. Don't really know the rest. Thanks for accepting!
2015 will be SO much better now I think.
:lulz:
DS 2015 is now my preferential dumping ground for posts that don't really seem to belong anywhere else. :)
WHOOHOO! That's all it really is. A dumping ground for neat stuff and a "get to know about Discordia" outlet. Writing up a bit of unpaid shill work for a long time alternative thought outlet I've followed for years on FB called the Arcane Front. One guy with a laptop and a head full of dreams, I dig it! He joined up after I offered to shill instead of donate my limited cash for his efforts.
I figure as the pile of stuff grows and more folks join the potential to reach out and infuse fresh ideas will be very healthy. Just got to be consistent about the monitoring for my only three real "sins". No direct threats or repeated indirect threats once warned, no slurs or hatespeech, no FB poilcy violations nudity especially. Very quietly I shall also hold "no disco" sacred, but if someone acts like an idiot I'll just laugh along with everyone else and clean up any spam if necessary.
Yesterday, 23 July 2015 was a fine milestone passing indeed. The 2015 vintage will hopefully prove most memorable.
Thanks to all!
So, this most recent shooting in Lafayette.
The article I wrote for Rebel News on Dylann Roof hasn't been published yet, but when it is...well, I can't say I didn't call it. I was speaking with one of the editors about it, and the recent shooting basically reconfirms the entire point I had been making. The latest shooter shows sympathy with the Golden Dawn and David Duke, thinks the USA is being ruined by a conspiracy of Jews and Blacks and was radicalized online.
Quote from: Cain on July 24, 2015, 10:53:59 PM
So, this most recent shooting in Lafayette.
The article I wrote for Rebel News on Dylann Roof hasn't been published yet, but when it is...well, I can't say I didn't call it. I was speaking with one of the editors about it, and the recent shooting basically reconfirms the entire point I had been making. The latest shooter shows sympathy with the Golden Dawn and David Duke, thinks the USA is being ruined by a conspiracy of Jews and Blacks and was radicalized online.
This basic "story" arc has been almost too consistent. I sometimes wonder about thresholds of indoctrination and the effects of information exposure on the mind. I suspect that it may be possible to "prep" a mind for violent intent on purpose. Just fill an already hurting mind with NEW reasons for the hurt, new things to blame, then new PEOPLE to blame. Once so deceived the mind snaps into a new state where it MUST all be true.
The phenomenon is horrifically real. My only major question is on whether it's an intentional processing or if the information its self is somehow toxic. I would prefer to think the former, because the latter might imply that "freedom of speech" might be something akin to not wearing PPE.
I know it's oversimplifying, but we're SO far beyond coincidence here and I struggle to grasp the root of the emergent pattern. Can thought be inherently toxic, or is it a matter of intentional "weaponization" of some sort? Is it perhaps neither and an unknown variable remains I have not seen?
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on July 25, 2015, 03:34:40 AM
Quote from: Cain on July 24, 2015, 10:53:59 PM
So, this most recent shooting in Lafayette.
The article I wrote for Rebel News on Dylann Roof hasn't been published yet, but when it is...well, I can't say I didn't call it. I was speaking with one of the editors about it, and the recent shooting basically reconfirms the entire point I had been making. The latest shooter shows sympathy with the Golden Dawn and David Duke, thinks the USA is being ruined by a conspiracy of Jews and Blacks and was radicalized online.
This basic "story" arc has been almost too consistent. I sometimes wonder about thresholds of indoctrination and the effects of information exposure on the mind. I suspect that it may be possible to "prep" a mind for violent intent on purpose. Just fill an already hurting mind with NEW reasons for the hurt, new things to blame, then new PEOPLE to blame. Once so deceived the mind snaps into a new state where it MUST all be true.
The phenomenon is horrifically real. My only major question is on whether it's an intentional processing or if the information its self is somehow toxic. I would prefer to think the former, because the latter might imply that "freedom of speech" might be something akin to not wearing PPE.
I know it's oversimplifying, but we're SO far beyond coincidence here and I struggle to grasp the root of the emergent pattern. Can thought be inherently toxic, or is it a matter of intentional "weaponization" of some sort? Is it perhaps neither and an unknown variable remains I have not seen?
I don't get any news in the box, so I can't comment w.r.t. specific event in question, however, I think the answer is yes and yes. The unseen variable is the subject, directed against itself by intentionally repeated/retransmitted toxic thought patterns. Tension builds as subject looks for escape, with a way to the latter provided by the Internet. I would not be surprised if d/loading the Anarchist's Cookbook automatically signals more toxic traffic to be directed toward radicalizing recipient in question.
But I prefer not to focus on such things :horrormirth:
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on July 25, 2015, 03:34:40 AM
Quote from: Cain on July 24, 2015, 10:53:59 PM
So, this most recent shooting in Lafayette.
The article I wrote for Rebel News on Dylann Roof hasn't been published yet, but when it is...well, I can't say I didn't call it. I was speaking with one of the editors about it, and the recent shooting basically reconfirms the entire point I had been making. The latest shooter shows sympathy with the Golden Dawn and David Duke, thinks the USA is being ruined by a conspiracy of Jews and Blacks and was radicalized online.
This basic "story" arc has been almost too consistent. I sometimes wonder about thresholds of indoctrination and the effects of information exposure on the mind. I suspect that it may be possible to "prep" a mind for violent intent on purpose. Just fill an already hurting mind with NEW reasons for the hurt, new things to blame, then new PEOPLE to blame. Once so deceived the mind snaps into a new state where it MUST all be true.
The phenomenon is horrifically real. My only major question is on whether it's an intentional processing or if the information its self is somehow toxic. I would prefer to think the former, because the latter might imply that "freedom of speech" might be something akin to not wearing PPE.
I know it's oversimplifying, but we're SO far beyond coincidence here and I struggle to grasp the root of the emergent pattern. Can thought be inherently toxic, or is it a matter of intentional "weaponization" of some sort? Is it perhaps neither and an unknown variable remains I have not seen?
Basically, it comes down to this: the far-right tried hierarchical, top-down conspiracies and terrorism (see: The Silent Brotherhood) and it failed. FBI infiltrated, smashed the thing apart. So since the late 1980s they've advocated a strategy of "leaderless resistance" or "lone wolf terrorism", whereby the leaders of the far-right propagandize and promote these acts, provide all the information and encouragement a budding terrorist would need...then stand back when events predictably occur and go "not us, guv. Freedom of speech."
If they were Muslims, they'd be labelled preachers of hate, stripped of their citizenship and then shipped to some third world hellhole for a sustained amount of waterboarding. But instead the media and law enforcement more generally buy into the "lone wolf" propaganda, that they went off on their own, and are probably crazy anyway (lots of lone wolves do have mental issues. Both Muslim and non-Muslim. But only one gets theirs publicized in the press). And so it keeps on happening. Again and again and again.
Quote from: Cain on July 25, 2015, 07:34:48 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on July 25, 2015, 03:34:40 AM
Quote from: Cain on July 24, 2015, 10:53:59 PM
So, this most recent shooting in Lafayette.
The article I wrote for Rebel News on Dylann Roof hasn't been published yet, but when it is...well, I can't say I didn't call it. I was speaking with one of the editors about it, and the recent shooting basically reconfirms the entire point I had been making. The latest shooter shows sympathy with the Golden Dawn and David Duke, thinks the USA is being ruined by a conspiracy of Jews and Blacks and was radicalized online.
This basic "story" arc has been almost too consistent. I sometimes wonder about thresholds of indoctrination and the effects of information exposure on the mind. I suspect that it may be possible to "prep" a mind for violent intent on purpose. Just fill an already hurting mind with NEW reasons for the hurt, new things to blame, then new PEOPLE to blame. Once so deceived the mind snaps into a new state where it MUST all be true.
The phenomenon is horrifically real. My only major question is on whether it's an intentional processing or if the information its self is somehow toxic. I would prefer to think the former, because the latter might imply that "freedom of speech" might be something akin to not wearing PPE.
I know it's oversimplifying, but we're SO far beyond coincidence here and I struggle to grasp the root of the emergent pattern. Can thought be inherently toxic, or is it a matter of intentional "weaponization" of some sort? Is it perhaps neither and an unknown variable remains I have not seen?
Basically, it comes down to this: the far-right tried hierarchical, top-down conspiracies and terrorism (see: The Silent Brotherhood) and it failed. FBI infiltrated, smashed the thing apart. So since the late 1980s they've advocated a strategy of "leaderless resistance" or "lone wolf terrorism", whereby the leaders of the far-right propagandize and promote these acts, provide all the information and encouragement a budding terrorist would need...then stand back when events predictably occur and go "not us, guv. Freedom of speech."
If they were Muslims, they'd be labelled preachers of hate, stripped of their citizenship and then shipped to some third world hellhole for a sustained amount of waterboarding. But instead the media and law enforcement more generally buy into the "lone wolf" propaganda, that they went off on their own, and are probably crazy anyway (lots of lone wolves do have mental issues. Both Muslim and non-Muslim. But only one gets theirs publicized in the press). And so it keeps on happening. Again and again and again.
The Silent Brotherhood rings a very old bell for me, but specific info is 404. I'll try to refresh. I suspect there is a cult that has very quietly set to reinforcement of the underlying mystic shit that has fueled this "racial purity" concept since well.. before the Nazis & even Thule Society. Some nutter I'd rather not name on the front side of the google wall.
It is not lost on me that the hate group Golden Dawn took the name of the hermetic order, but I have not researched why. Some things are no longer on my menu, but I might have to see about finding a comp I can safely dig from.
Thanks Cain. If you have a chance and I may ask a favor please pm me some relevant links to the threads that may be here. Others if you wish, but hash them plz and I'll get to when I can cobble together a disposable machine.
Something instinctual tells me this is going to get much worse before long.
I was just about to complain about my personal life: Why is it that every time I'm asked for "permission to speak freely", someone manages to really piss me off? It's strangely dissociative, like watching an infantile version of myself reacting automatically in a way that I would otherwise moderate.
Then I read the last two posts above this re: "not us, guv. Freedom of Speech"
Then I :facepalm:
Quote from: Cain on July 24, 2015, 10:53:59 PM
So, this most recent shooting in Lafayette.
The article I wrote for Rebel News on Dylann Roof hasn't been published yet, but when it is...well, I can't say I didn't call it. I was speaking with one of the editors about it, and the recent shooting basically reconfirms the entire point I had been making. The latest shooter shows sympathy with the Golden Dawn and David Duke, thinks the USA is being ruined by a conspiracy of Jews and Blacks and was radicalized online.
I'm really looking forward to reading that article, Cain
Quote from: Gone with the Sin on July 25, 2015, 05:28:54 AM
This is proof people with Apple Iphones are pieces of fucking shit and deserve to be fed to wolves.
Yeah. I'm sure random psychos never have Androids.
-Piece of fucking shit who (along with Little Orange) deserves to be fed to wolves
So, I'm almost done with this online psych class that I'm basically only taking to be done with my degree. I should have taken social psych, I hate this class for all the same reasons that I hated anthropology.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 26, 2015, 12:40:41 AM
So, I'm almost done with this online psych class that I'm basically only taking to be done with my degree. I should have taken social psych, I hate this class for all the same reasons that I hated anthropology.
Is it less infuriating doing the class online?
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on July 26, 2015, 12:49:00 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 26, 2015, 12:40:41 AM
So, I'm almost done with this online psych class that I'm basically only taking to be done with my degree. I should have taken social psych, I hate this class for all the same reasons that I hated anthropology.
Is it less infuriating doing the class online?
I actually think this particular class would be a lot more fun if taken in person. It's the kind of class that would generate a lot of conversation in the classroom.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 26, 2015, 12:35:12 AM
Quote from: Cain on July 24, 2015, 10:53:59 PM
So, this most recent shooting in Lafayette.
The article I wrote for Rebel News on Dylann Roof hasn't been published yet, but when it is...well, I can't say I didn't call it. I was speaking with one of the editors about it, and the recent shooting basically reconfirms the entire point I had been making. The latest shooter shows sympathy with the Golden Dawn and David Duke, thinks the USA is being ruined by a conspiracy of Jews and Blacks and was radicalized online.
I'm really looking forward to reading that article, Cain
Me too - would not be opposed to knowing when to look for it.
Quote from: LuciferX on July 26, 2015, 08:54:42 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 26, 2015, 12:35:12 AM
Quote from: Cain on July 24, 2015, 10:53:59 PM
So, this most recent shooting in Lafayette.
The article I wrote for Rebel News on Dylann Roof hasn't been published yet, but when it is...well, I can't say I didn't call it. I was speaking with one of the editors about it, and the recent shooting basically reconfirms the entire point I had been making. The latest shooter shows sympathy with the Golden Dawn and David Duke, thinks the USA is being ruined by a conspiracy of Jews and Blacks and was radicalized online.
I'm really looking forward to reading that article, Cain
Me too - would not be opposed to knowing when to look for it.
Thanks, both of you. Theu should be available whenever Rebel News actually launches....which should be soon. Ish.
Quote from: Cain on July 26, 2015, 10:08:44 PM
Quote from: LuciferX on July 26, 2015, 08:54:42 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 26, 2015, 12:35:12 AM
Quote from: Cain on July 24, 2015, 10:53:59 PM
So, this most recent shooting in Lafayette.
The article I wrote for Rebel News on Dylann Roof hasn't been published yet, but when it is...well, I can't say I didn't call it. I was speaking with one of the editors about it, and the recent shooting basically reconfirms the entire point I had been making. The latest shooter shows sympathy with the Golden Dawn and David Duke, thinks the USA is being ruined by a conspiracy of Jews and Blacks and was radicalized online.
I'm really looking forward to reading that article, Cain
Me too - would not be opposed to knowing when to look for it.
Thanks, both of you. Theu should be available whenever Rebel News actually launches....which should be soon. Ish.
Thirded!
Was surprised with an impromptu weekend in Provincetown, which was lovely and wonderful.
Came back home, and the cat was dead.
Granted, she was 17.
Still, put a damper on things.
Death is awful.
The end.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 26, 2015, 12:38:15 AM
Quote from: Gone with the Sin on July 25, 2015, 05:28:54 AM
This is proof people with Apple Iphones are pieces of fucking shit and deserve to be fed to wolves.
Yeah. I'm sure random psychos never have Androids.
-Piece of fucking shit who (along with Little Orange) deserves to be fed to wolves
They use Window phones.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on July 27, 2015, 04:24:31 AM
Was surprised with an impromptu weekend in Provincetown, which was lovely and wonderful.
Came back home, and the cat was dead.
Granted, she was 17.
Still, put a damper on things.
Death is awful.
The end.
Sorry to hear about your cat
's penis, LMNO :sad:
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on July 27, 2015, 04:24:31 AM
Was surprised with an impromptu weekend in Provincetown, which was lovely and wonderful.
Came back home, and the cat was dead.
Granted, she was 17.
Still, put a damper on things.
Death is awful.
The end.
I'm sorry, that sucks. :(
Quote from: N E T on July 26, 2015, 11:54:57 PM
Quote from: Cain on July 26, 2015, 10:08:44 PM
Quote from: LuciferX on July 26, 2015, 08:54:42 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 26, 2015, 12:35:12 AM
Quote from: Cain on July 24, 2015, 10:53:59 PM
So, this most recent shooting in Lafayette.
The article I wrote for Rebel News on Dylann Roof hasn't been published yet, but when it is...well, I can't say I didn't call it. I was speaking with one of the editors about it, and the recent shooting basically reconfirms the entire point I had been making. The latest shooter shows sympathy with the Golden Dawn and David Duke, thinks the USA is being ruined by a conspiracy of Jews and Blacks and was radicalized online.
I'm really looking forward to reading that article, Cain
Me too - would not be opposed to knowing when to look for it.
Thanks, both of you. Theu should be available whenever Rebel News actually launches....which should be soon. Ish.
Thirded!
Me too!
Soon-ish may be sooner than you think. The asshole who owns NaturalNews snatched the .news domain we wanted and we may have to launch half-cocked to beat him to the trademark.
Urgh, NaturalNews.
Remind me why we haven't framed them for trolling a forum of jihadi script kiddies already?
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on July 27, 2015, 04:24:31 AM
Was surprised with an impromptu weekend in Provincetown, which was lovely and wonderful.
Came back home, and the cat was dead.
Granted, she was 17.
Still, put a damper on things.
Death is awful.
The end.
:sad: :cry: I'm really sorry to hear.
That is a good old age for a cat, but doesn't make any easier or better.
Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on July 27, 2015, 10:03:30 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on July 27, 2015, 04:24:31 AM
Was surprised with an impromptu weekend in Provincetown, which was lovely and wonderful.
Came back home, and the cat was dead.
Granted, she was 17.
Still, put a damper on things.
Death is awful.
The end.
Sorry to hear about your cat's penis, LMNO :sad:
That made me smile. So, thanks.
Phew. I got second thoughts after I posted it.
Pets dying is always so god damn sad.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on July 27, 2015, 04:24:31 AM
Was surprised with an impromptu weekend in Provincetown, which was lovely and wonderful.
Came back home, and the cat was dead.
Granted, she was 17.
Still, put a damper on things.
Death is awful.
The end.
Aw boo :sad: Cats are cool, death is bullshit.
I am off to do things of questionable moral character in exchange for piles of moneys.
I'll be back online tonight.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 28, 2015, 07:40:26 PM
I am off to do things of questionable moral character in exchange for piles of moneys.
I'll be back online tonight.
Oh no. Campaigning for Trump, are we?
Quote from: Hoopla on July 28, 2015, 07:46:49 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 28, 2015, 07:40:26 PM
I am off to do things of questionable moral character in exchange for piles of moneys.
I'll be back online tonight.
Oh no. Campaigning for Trump, are we?
Please. There
are limits. :lulz:
It's been a busy week. Teaching in the mornings, slicing snake brains in the afternoons. Next week will be a little lighter, as the teaching part ends and I move into slightly less than full-time slicing.
So much slicing. So many brains.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 29, 2015, 02:12:12 AM
It's been a busy week. Teaching in the mornings, slicing snake brains in the afternoons. Next week will be a little lighter, as the teaching part ends and I move into slightly less than full-time slicing.
So much slicing. So many brains.
Is it just me, or has everyone on PD gotten a little
weird the last couple of years? :lulz:
I'm not sure. My erection is getting in the way.
What really makes me laugh in these latter days of PD.com is that there's maybe a couple of dozen of us left at best, who have been friends for up to 13 years, and we STILL get freaks kicking in the door to save Discordia from our tyrannical jackboots.
:lulz:
Shit, we have two at once, now, since Muenster invited his buddy.
I see an UNLIMITED thread coming up in the very near future.
I do love how when certain threads get bumped you can tell a new sack of shit has signed up.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 29, 2015, 04:14:39 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 29, 2015, 02:12:12 AM
It's been a busy week. Teaching in the mornings, slicing snake brains in the afternoons. Next week will be a little lighter, as the teaching part ends and I move into slightly less than full-time slicing.
So much slicing. So many brains.
Is it just me, or has everyone on PD gotten a little weird the last couple of years? :lulz:
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
I guess you could say that.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 29, 2015, 05:51:35 AM
What really makes me laugh in these latter days of PD.com is that there's maybe a couple of dozen of us left at best, who have been friends for up to 13 years, and we STILL get freaks kicking in the door to save Discordia from our tyrannical jackboots.
:lulz:
Shit, we have two at once, now, since Muenster invited his buddy.
It's like a dinner party with old friends, and then some random busts through the door, is all "I WILL SHOW YOU WHAT DINNER PARTIES REALLY ARE!" and jumps up on the table.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on July 29, 2015, 02:39:22 PM
I do love how when certain threads get bumped you can tell a new sack of shit has signed up.
They must be using Cain's trolling handbook, there's a section in there about bumping old threads that look controversial.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 29, 2015, 03:04:32 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 29, 2015, 04:14:39 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 29, 2015, 02:12:12 AM
It's been a busy week. Teaching in the mornings, slicing snake brains in the afternoons. Next week will be a little lighter, as the teaching part ends and I move into slightly less than full-time slicing.
So much slicing. So many brains.
Is it just me, or has everyone on PD gotten a little weird the last couple of years? :lulz:
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
I guess you could say that.
I'm getting more weird but not in a good way.
Quote from: Faust on July 29, 2015, 03:08:17 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 29, 2015, 03:04:32 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 29, 2015, 04:14:39 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 29, 2015, 02:12:12 AM
It's been a busy week. Teaching in the mornings, slicing snake brains in the afternoons. Next week will be a little lighter, as the teaching part ends and I move into slightly less than full-time slicing.
So much slicing. So many brains.
Is it just me, or has everyone on PD gotten a little weird the last couple of years? :lulz:
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
I guess you could say that.
I'm getting more weird but not in a good way.
I'm sorry to hear that. :(
Meh, I suppose it's just the joys of being a hermit and working from home and all, its weird, I find myself less likely to censor myself when talking to work colleagues (when I should), and find myself much more nervous around people I don't know then I used to.
[unsolicited advice]
Sounds like you might want to go outside more.
[/unsolicited advice]
I tried going outside last night.
Some guy tried to pee in the front door and a bunch of kids were throwing rocks at a car.
Quote from: Faust on July 29, 2015, 03:57:18 PM
Meh, I suppose it's just the joys of being a hermit and working from home and all, its weird, I find myself less likely to censor myself when talking to work colleagues (when I should), and find myself much more nervous around people I don't know then I used to.
Working at home kind of did a number on me, too. I found that I could counteract it to some degree by going out and socializing, but that got harder and harder to do and at some point I found myself home alone, depressed and boredom-drinking a lot.
Quote from: Cain on July 29, 2015, 04:11:29 PM
I tried going outside last night.
Some guy tried to pee in the front door and a bunch of kids were throwing rocks at a car.
Yeah, for you, outside might be a bad idea.
Quote from: Cain on July 29, 2015, 04:11:29 PM
I tried going outside last night.
Some guy tried to pee in the front door and a bunch of kids were throwing rocks at a car.
When did you get to scotland? :?
Quote from: Cain on July 29, 2015, 04:11:29 PM
I tried going outside last night.
Some guy tried to pee in the front door and a bunch of kids were throwing rocks at a car.
We should swap you can put on some fake tan and join The only way is Essex, and I'll make friends with the porchpisser or the little raskles.
Quote from: Faust on July 29, 2015, 05:07:55 PM
Quote from: Cain on July 29, 2015, 04:11:29 PM
I tried going outside last night.
Some guy tried to pee in the front door and a bunch of kids were throwing rocks at a car.
We should swap you can put on some fake tan and join The only way is Essex, and I'll make friends with the porchpisser or the little raskles.
Only if you're also willing to deal with the paperwork that comes with the police/phone theft business I'm currently handling.
I smell trouble brewing in the laundry. Three of our best folks had interviews for other positions in the company, and the third shift guy is cutting back to part time.
I'm probably going to be pulling down a LOT of overtime for the next few months. Good news is contract precludes it being mandatory so I won't burn out. But it IS going to cut into my weekday writing time. Kind of need to bank some cash anyway. Thinking about making another leap in this next year, either into college or to a brand new anywhere but here. We'll see how it goes.
This new kid is funny. He seems to really think we're devouring his posts.
Quote from: Hoopla on July 30, 2015, 07:56:52 PM
This new kid is funny. He seems to really think we're devouring his posts.
Meh. I haven't bothered. He posts, they go on the heap. Because when he WAS posting elsewhere, he was just digging shit up and shitting on them, like we've seen a thousand times before. So when the pattern became clear, I just cut straight to the end.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 31, 2015, 12:08:59 AM
Quote from: Hoopla on July 30, 2015, 07:56:52 PM
This new kid is funny. He seems to really think we're devouring his posts.
Meh. I haven't bothered. He posts, they go on the heap. Because when he WAS posting elsewhere, he was just digging shit up and shitting on them, like we've seen a thousand times before. So when the pattern became clear, I just cut straight to the end.
It was inevitable.
Quote from: Hoopla on July 31, 2015, 12:36:16 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 31, 2015, 12:08:59 AM
Quote from: Hoopla on July 30, 2015, 07:56:52 PM
This new kid is funny. He seems to really think we're devouring his posts.
Meh. I haven't bothered. He posts, they go on the heap. Because when he WAS posting elsewhere, he was just digging shit up and shitting on them, like we've seen a thousand times before. So when the pattern became clear, I just cut straight to the end.
It was inevitable.
My guess is he re-regs under a new name shortly, tries to be subtle, rinse, repeat.
Just like the rest of the edgy guys.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 31, 2015, 12:52:59 AM
Quote from: Hoopla on July 31, 2015, 12:36:16 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 31, 2015, 12:08:59 AM
Quote from: Hoopla on July 30, 2015, 07:56:52 PM
This new kid is funny. He seems to really think we're devouring his posts.
Meh. I haven't bothered. He posts, they go on the heap. Because when he WAS posting elsewhere, he was just digging shit up and shitting on them, like we've seen a thousand times before. So when the pattern became clear, I just cut straight to the end.
It was inevitable.
My guess is he re-regs under a new name shortly, tries to be subtle, rinse, repeat.
Just like the rest of the edgy guys.
"Those stupid, boring, grayfaced PDers won't pay attention to me! I'll show them... I'll MAKE them pay attention to me!" :argh!:
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/65/d9/e1/65d9e16dfc289d7875bc3974be710698.jpg)
Oh fuck I posted about abortion, why the hell did I do that?
That's not a screw-up.
No, it isn't really, but it's facebook and my family is overly Catholic.
So I went from oh noes my parents are messaging me, to being amused by the baby liver angle, and now I'm bored because it's same old arguments, just with baby livers now.
Quote from: Klittra and the sybians on July 31, 2015, 02:05:47 AM
Oh fuck I posted about abortion, why the hell did I do that?
Now post about
Gun control
Circumcision
Spanking of children as discipline
Aspertame
Vaccines
and
Public breastfeeding
And you have the whole set.
Quote from: Klittra and the sybians on July 31, 2015, 03:09:01 AM
So I went from oh noes my parents are messaging me, to being amused by the baby liver angle, and now I'm bored because it's same old arguments, just with baby livers now.
Oh, they didn't buy that line of shit, did they?
Also gamergate, feminism, Ron Paul, buttcoin and NRx.
Quote from: Cain on July 31, 2015, 03:15:35 AM
Also gamergate, feminism, Ron Paul, buttcoin and NRx.
Yeah, those are good, but the 7 deadlies ALWAYS work. You could go into a fucking goldfish-fancier page and say "circumcision", and 50% of the members would immediately shit blood in rage, one way or the other.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 31, 2015, 03:14:48 AM
Quote from: Klittra and the sybians on July 31, 2015, 03:09:01 AM
So I went from oh noes my parents are messaging me, to being amused by the baby liver angle, and now I'm bored because it's same old arguments, just with baby livers now.
Oh, they didn't buy that line of shit, did they?
Yep.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 31, 2015, 03:14:20 AM
Quote from: Klittra and the sybians on July 31, 2015, 02:05:47 AM
Oh fuck I posted about abortion, why the hell did I do that?
Now post about
Gun control
Circumcision
Spanking of children as discipline
Aspertame
Vaccines
and
Public breastfeeding
And you have the whole set.
Yeah all those things have come up I think except circumcision. I guess I can talk about foreskins in wrinkle cream, it goes with baby livers.
Wait, what's wrong with circumincession?
Quote from: LuciferX on July 31, 2015, 09:16:31 AM
Wait, what's wrong with circumincession?
:trolling:
We seem to have a bumper crop of damage cases this month.
You could say it was a once in a blue moon event (http://www.theguardian.com/science/across-the-universe/2015/jul/31/blue-moon-how-to-see-tonights-rare-event).
Quote from: Cain on July 31, 2015, 08:43:58 PM
You could say it was a once in a blue moon event (http://www.theguardian.com/science/across-the-universe/2015/jul/31/blue-moon-how-to-see-tonights-rare-event).
Like Mercury in retrograde? :lulz:
:lulz: :lulz:
FUCKITY FUCK FUCK FUCK I HATE DEALING WITH STRANGERS ON THE PHONE SHITASSDICKWEASEL I HATE DOING INTERVIEWS FUCKITY FUCK.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 31, 2015, 09:37:13 PM
Quote from: Cain on July 31, 2015, 08:43:58 PM
You could say it was a once in a blue moon event (http://www.theguardian.com/science/across-the-universe/2015/jul/31/blue-moon-how-to-see-tonights-rare-event).
Like Mercury in retrograde? :lulz:
:mittens:
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 31, 2015, 09:37:13 PM
Quote from: Cain on July 31, 2015, 08:43:58 PM
You could say it was a once in a blue moon event (http://www.theguardian.com/science/across-the-universe/2015/jul/31/blue-moon-how-to-see-tonights-rare-event).
Like Mercury in retrograde? :lulz:
Against all the rules of astrology, as far as I am concerned, Mercury is
always in retrograde.
In other news. my quest to eliminate all spiders from all iterations of Skyrim mods continues. If I don't get this job (because they still haven't got back to me...not a good sign), I've decided I'll upgrade my graphics card and spend at least 2/6 days making videos, inbetween doing my dissertation and working.
Ooh, so I think there's some kind of exploitable gremlin in my phone. Sometimes, if I miss a call, when I then subsequently dial out (to an unrelated number), my line crosses over and picks up the current conversation of the user I initially missed. So far it's only been telemarketers, and I've been too taken aback to mess with them, or, I don't know if they can hear me, but I can definitively hear them. Maybe it's just mercury in retrograde again.
That's pretty neat. Might be worth seeing if your phone manufacturer or network provider offer a bounty for software bugs.
I'll check it out, though I expect the response to be "have you upgraydd yet", followed by grounded vindaloop entree, no pudding.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 29, 2015, 05:51:35 AM
What really makes me laugh in these latter days of PD.com is that there's maybe a couple of dozen of us left at best, who have been friends for up to 13 years, and we STILL get freaks kicking in the door to save Discordia from our tyrannical jackboots.
:lulz:
Shit, we have two at once, now, since Muenster invited his buddy.
:argh!:I'll let you know right fucking now. I have no friends. That autist here to ruin your circle jerk is not affiliated with me at all.
Quote from: Meunster on August 02, 2015, 09:44:21 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 29, 2015, 05:51:35 AM
What really makes me laugh in these latter days of PD.com is that there's maybe a couple of dozen of us left at best, who have been friends for up to 13 years, and we STILL get freaks kicking in the door to save Discordia from our tyrannical jackboots.
:lulz:
Shit, we have two at once, now, since Muenster invited his buddy.
:argh!:I'll let you know right fucking now. I have no friends. That autist here to ruin your circle jerk is not affiliated with me at all.
Yeah, well...
Quote from: Acosmicist on July 29, 2015, 02:34:42 AM
An anonymous user told me as we were discussing Discordianism on another forum that around here, people take themselves too seriously, pat each other on the back for agreeing with one another, ignore people who disagree with them, and genuinely believe in some greater, left-wing altruistic purpose for getting a kick out of hot dog bun jokes.
I interpreted this as a challenge.
It may not be you, or he may be lying altogether, but the coincidence is amazing.
And it's not like you've behaved in a fashion that gets you the benefit of the doubt. Both of you - independently or otherwise - decided to kick the door in and act like belligerent drunks.
As I said to him, action/reaction; how could you expect the universe or the critters therein (ie, us) to act any way other than the way they have?
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 02, 2015, 11:31:06 PM
Quote from: Meunster on August 02, 2015, 09:44:21 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 29, 2015, 05:51:35 AM
What really makes me laugh in these latter days of PD.com is that there's maybe a couple of dozen of us left at best, who have been friends for up to 13 years, and we STILL get freaks kicking in the door to save Discordia from our tyrannical jackboots.
:lulz:
Shit, we have two at once, now, since Muenster invited his buddy.
:argh!:I'll let you know right fucking now. I have no friends. That autist here to ruin your circle jerk is not affiliated with me at all.
Yeah, well...
Quote from: Acosmicist on July 29, 2015, 02:34:42 AM
An anonymous user told me as we were discussing Discordianism on another forum that around here, people take themselves too seriously, pat each other on the back for agreeing with one another, ignore people who disagree with them, and genuinely believe in some greater, left-wing altruistic purpose for getting a kick out of hot dog bun jokes.
I interpreted this as a challenge.
It may not be you, or he may be lying altogether, but the coincidence is amazing.
And it's not like you've behaved in a fashion that gets you the benefit of the doubt. Both of you - independently or otherwise - decided to kick the door in and act like belligerent drunks.
As I said to him, action/reaction; how could you expect the universe or the critters therein (ie, us) to act any way other than the way they have?
The new ones lack the subtle self-conscious irony of Meunster. Meunster is simultaneously trolling, and making fun of trolling.
Doesn't really matter.
But on the subject of trolling, I went into a rationalist group today and announced that I am apparently the only person on Facebook that has zero percent Native American heritage.
50 replies in 10 minutes, each of them explaining exactly what fraction Cherokee they are.
Waiting for the one who says "Cherokee princess".
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 04, 2015, 01:35:48 AM
Doesn't really matter.
But on the subject of trolling, I went into a rationalist group today and announced that I am apparently the only person on Facebook that has zero percent Native American heritage.
50 replies in 10 minutes, each of them explaining exactly what fraction Cherokee they are.
Waiting for the one who says "Cherokee princess".
OMG OMG OMG OMG LINK PLS
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 04, 2015, 02:34:07 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 04, 2015, 01:35:48 AM
Doesn't really matter.
But on the subject of trolling, I went into a rationalist group today and announced that I am apparently the only person on Facebook that has zero percent Native American heritage.
50 replies in 10 minutes, each of them explaining exactly what fraction Cherokee they are.
Waiting for the one who says "Cherokee princess".
OMG OMG OMG OMG LINK PLS
Moderators nuked the post a little while ago, after I explained what a Cherokee Princess was, and people jumped all over my shit.
I'll start a new one in FB proper, so no pissy mods.
https://www.facebook.com/hamish.howl/posts/953288244722832
It's not working this time. :sad:
Apparently, all of my regular FB friends aren't hippies.
AND THEN THIS HAPPENED.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/04/vaginal-knitting_n_4386419.html?ir=Entertainment&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000024
NOT SAFE FOR WORK.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 04, 2015, 03:08:05 AM
AND THEN THIS HAPPENED.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/04/vaginal-knitting_n_4386419.html?ir=Entertainment&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000024
NOT SAFE FOR WORK.
GOD DAMN IT.
:cpd:
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 04, 2015, 03:08:05 AM
AND THEN THIS HAPPENED.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/04/vaginal-knitting_n_4386419.html?ir=Entertainment&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000024
NOT SAFE FOR WORK.
Two things
1. Why?
2. How much for a pussy scarf?
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 04, 2015, 02:54:26 AM
It's not working this time. :sad:
Apparently, all of my regular FB friends aren't hippies.
DAMN IT. :argh!:
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 04, 2015, 03:08:05 AM
AND THEN THIS HAPPENED.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/04/vaginal-knitting_n_4386419.html?ir=Entertainment&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000024
NOT SAFE FOR WORK.
I've always liked that one. I like things that make people uncomfortable.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 04, 2015, 04:04:15 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 04, 2015, 03:08:05 AM
AND THEN THIS HAPPENED.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/04/vaginal-knitting_n_4386419.html?ir=Entertainment&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000024
NOT SAFE FOR WORK.
I've always liked that one. I like things that make people uncomfortable.
Having a ball of yarn up your junk doesn't
sound very comfortable.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 04, 2015, 04:03:07 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 04, 2015, 02:54:26 AM
It's not working this time. :sad:
Apparently, all of my regular FB friends aren't hippies.
DAMN IT. :argh!:
One person came on and said that she has some NA blood, but isn't sure specifically which nation.
But by then I'd said "this thread isn't working out the way I'd hoped", so she erased it.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 04, 2015, 04:12:41 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 04, 2015, 04:04:15 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 04, 2015, 03:08:05 AM
AND THEN THIS HAPPENED.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/04/vaginal-knitting_n_4386419.html?ir=Entertainment&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000024
NOT SAFE FOR WORK.
I've always liked that one. I like things that make people uncomfortable.
Having a ball of yarn up your junk doesn't sound very comfortable.
It really doesn't. And that makes everyone who hears about it kind of uncomfortable, out of empathy.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 04, 2015, 04:40:25 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 04, 2015, 04:12:41 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 04, 2015, 04:04:15 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 04, 2015, 03:08:05 AM
AND THEN THIS HAPPENED.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/04/vaginal-knitting_n_4386419.html?ir=Entertainment&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000024
NOT SAFE FOR WORK.
I've always liked that one. I like things that make people uncomfortable.
Having a ball of yarn up your junk doesn't sound very comfortable.
It really doesn't. And that makes everyone who hears about it kind of uncomfortable, out of empathy.
Knit SLOWLY. Rope burns ain't no joke. :lulz: :horrormirth:
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 04, 2015, 04:41:15 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 04, 2015, 04:40:25 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 04, 2015, 04:12:41 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 04, 2015, 04:04:15 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 04, 2015, 03:08:05 AM
AND THEN THIS HAPPENED.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/04/vaginal-knitting_n_4386419.html?ir=Entertainment&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000024
NOT SAFE FOR WORK.
I've always liked that one. I like things that make people uncomfortable.
Having a ball of yarn up your junk doesn't sound very comfortable.
It really doesn't. And that makes everyone who hears about it kind of uncomfortable, out of empathy.
Knit SLOWLY. Rope burns ain't no joke. :lulz: :horrormirth:
Did you try to solve the lubricant absorbing problem too? There is no answer to it. Only sorrow. No mortal could actually do this for long. I'm done! Enough with the thinking... shoulda known better. :cry:
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on August 04, 2015, 04:48:20 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 04, 2015, 04:41:15 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 04, 2015, 04:40:25 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 04, 2015, 04:12:41 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 04, 2015, 04:04:15 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 04, 2015, 03:08:05 AM
AND THEN THIS HAPPENED.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/04/vaginal-knitting_n_4386419.html?ir=Entertainment&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000024
NOT SAFE FOR WORK.
I've always liked that one. I like things that make people uncomfortable.
Having a ball of yarn up your junk doesn't sound very comfortable.
It really doesn't. And that makes everyone who hears about it kind of uncomfortable, out of empathy.
Knit SLOWLY. Rope burns ain't no joke. :lulz: :horrormirth:
Did you try to solve the lubricant absorbing problem too? There is no answer to it. Only sorrow. No mortal could actually do this for long. I'm done! Enough with the thinking... shoulda known better. :cry:
The human body is incredibly efficient at producing mucous.
well, there's a mental image that wont leave right away.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Bnjv3dnGcSQ/U2-ED7qYidI/AAAAAAAAhgg/Tfzcjk3sC4I/s1600/1979755_829609130406738_730459242_n.jpg)
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 04, 2015, 07:29:44 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on August 04, 2015, 04:48:20 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 04, 2015, 04:41:15 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 04, 2015, 04:40:25 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 04, 2015, 04:12:41 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 04, 2015, 04:04:15 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 04, 2015, 03:08:05 AM
AND THEN THIS HAPPENED.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/04/vaginal-knitting_n_4386419.html?ir=Entertainment&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000024
NOT SAFE FOR WORK.
I've always liked that one. I like things that make people uncomfortable.
Having a ball of yarn up your junk doesn't sound very comfortable.
It really doesn't. And that makes everyone who hears about it kind of uncomfortable, out of empathy.
Knit SLOWLY. Rope burns ain't no joke. :lulz: :horrormirth:
Did you try to solve the lubricant absorbing problem too? There is no answer to it. Only sorrow. No mortal could actually do this for long. I'm done! Enough with the thinking... shoulda known better. :cry:
The human body is incredibly efficient at producing mucous.
And yarn is basically going to steadily sponge all of it's water up. Even if it was unrolled...
:horrormirth: No! Nono! That's thinking. Stop it brain, that's an order!!
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 04, 2015, 07:29:44 AM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on August 04, 2015, 04:48:20 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 04, 2015, 04:41:15 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 04, 2015, 04:40:25 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 04, 2015, 04:12:41 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 04, 2015, 04:04:15 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 04, 2015, 03:08:05 AM
AND THEN THIS HAPPENED.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/04/vaginal-knitting_n_4386419.html?ir=Entertainment&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000024
NOT SAFE FOR WORK.
I've always liked that one. I like things that make people uncomfortable.
Having a ball of yarn up your junk doesn't sound very comfortable.
It really doesn't. And that makes everyone who hears about it kind of uncomfortable, out of empathy.
Knit SLOWLY. Rope burns ain't no joke. :lulz: :horrormirth:
Did you try to solve the lubricant absorbing problem too? There is no answer to it. Only sorrow. No mortal could actually do this for long. I'm done! Enough with the thinking... shoulda known better. :cry:
The human body is incredibly efficient at producing mucous.
So is this forum. Can we just delete the new Unlimited guy? He's boring and sad. But more boring than sad. But still sad.
Quote from: Hoopla on August 04, 2015, 07:55:54 PM
So is this forum. Can we just delete the new Unlimited guy? He's boring and sad. But more boring than sad. But still sad.
That would be a question for Cain or Faust. I'm outta that biz. :lulz:
Golf ball sized hail just attacked Boston. It's August. It's 90 degrees.
Make your time.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on August 04, 2015, 09:19:49 PM
Golf ball sized hail just attacked Boston. It's August. It's 90 degrees.
Make your time.
Holy shit, the
same thing just happened in Toronto.
I mean, we're kind of close... but not that close.
Enjoy your ecological madhouse, lowlanders!
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on August 04, 2015, 09:19:49 PM
Golf ball sized hail just attacked Boston. It's August. It's 90 degrees.
Make your time.
Isn't hail always a hot-weather thing?
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 05, 2015, 01:40:26 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on August 04, 2015, 09:19:49 PM
Golf ball sized hail just attacked Boston. It's August. It's 90 degrees.
Make your time.
Isn't hail always a hot-weather thing?
Really?
Huh.
(http://rainiernew.wpengine.com/yurts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/01/The_more_you_know_banner.jpg)
(https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRxlpOgSWe17iTEDzy7iYKrpzwCpOkg0yfQ82KinwqlLIQpcnWqoE9uw1ec)
SO...
You guys know how I always yell about dumbasses walking in Arizona without boots or shoes on their feet? How I call them slack-jawed monkeyfuckers who deserve what they get?
Guess who has no thumbs and figured he could just hop out and get the mail barefoot?
Guess who managed to step on a hornet?
Dok,
Slack-jawed monkeyfucker at large.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 05, 2015, 05:42:57 AM
SO...
You guys know how I always yell about dumbasses walking in Arizona without boots or shoes on their feet? How I call them slack-jawed monkeyfuckers who deserve what they get?
Guess who has no thumbs and figured he could just hop out and get the mail barefoot?
Guess who managed to step on a hornet?
Dok,
Slack-jawed monkeyfucker at large.
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 05, 2015, 05:42:57 AM
SO...
You guys know how I always yell about dumbasses walking in Arizona without boots or shoes on their feet? How I call them slack-jawed monkeyfuckers who deserve what they get?
Guess who has no thumbs and figured he could just hop out and get the mail barefoot?
Guess who managed to step on a hornet?
Dok,
Slack-jawed monkeyfucker at large.
Why moneyfuckers? Is there that much stigma behind fucking monkeys?
UNRELATED TO THE HORNET:
I suspect that on some really profound, suppressed level, I really need to get laid. I don't generally feel like I do, or even feel particularly horny or sexy or attracted to anyone, but I just kind of have this suspicion that I've simply compartmentalized all that energy and locked it away while I focus on school, but that it hasn't really gone away so much as just been stuffed into the darkest recesses of my soul.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 05, 2015, 05:57:15 AM
UNRELATED TO THE HORNET:
I suspect that on some really profound, suppressed level, I really need to get laid. I don't generally feel like I do, or even feel particularly horny or sexy or attracted to anyone, but I just kind of have this suspicion that I've simply compartmentalized all that energy and locked it away while I focus on school, but that it hasn't really gone away so much as just been stuffed into the darkest recesses of my soul.
Go to a bar and have hot semi rough casual sex.
It's easy, and accomplishable in under an hour.
My record is getting a guy in 10 minutes. He even hosted.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 05, 2015, 05:57:15 AM
UNRELATED TO THE HORNET:
I suspect that on some really profound, suppressed level, I really need to get laid. I don't generally feel like I do, or even feel particularly horny or sexy or attracted to anyone, but I just kind of have this suspicion that I've simply compartmentalized all that energy and locked it away while I focus on school, but that it hasn't really gone away so much as just been stuffed into the darkest recesses of my soul.
I identify with this on so many levels.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 05, 2015, 05:57:15 AM
UNRELATED TO THE HORNET:
I disagree:
(http://i00.i.aliimg.com/wsphoto/v0/1060263560/Free-Shipping-font-b-Hornet-b-font-costume-women-sexy-font-b-Insect-b-font-cosplay.jpg)
Mmm, free shipping!
Taking two weeks holidays starting next week, much needed, unfortunately it leads to panicked shit-tonne of work that needs to be done before I go, Haven't been around much, probably wont be for a while.
Quote from: Meunster on August 05, 2015, 06:05:31 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 05, 2015, 05:57:15 AM
UNRELATED TO THE HORNET:
I suspect that on some really profound, suppressed level, I really need to get laid. I don't generally feel like I do, or even feel particularly horny or sexy or attracted to anyone, but I just kind of have this suspicion that I've simply compartmentalized all that energy and locked it away while I focus on school, but that it hasn't really gone away so much as just been stuffed into the darkest recesses of my soul.
Go to a bar and have hot semi rough casual sex.
It's easy, and accomplishable in under an hour.
My record is getting a guy in 10 minutes. He even hosted.
I'm not a gay dude, though.
Quote from: Cain on August 05, 2015, 07:06:22 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 05, 2015, 05:57:15 AM
UNRELATED TO THE HORNET:
I disagree:
(http://i00.i.aliimg.com/wsphoto/v0/1060263560/Free-Shipping-font-b-Hornet-b-font-costume-women-sexy-font-b-Insect-b-font-cosplay.jpg)
This can solve all my problems at once.
I'd let her set up a hive in my garden tree....if you know what I mean :wink:
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on August 05, 2015, 06:40:41 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 05, 2015, 05:57:15 AM
UNRELATED TO THE HORNET:
I suspect that on some really profound, suppressed level, I really need to get laid. I don't generally feel like I do, or even feel particularly horny or sexy or attracted to anyone, but I just kind of have this suspicion that I've simply compartmentalized all that energy and locked it away while I focus on school, but that it hasn't really gone away so much as just been stuffed into the darkest recesses of my soul.
I identify with this on so many levels.
I AM ACADEMIC. MY BODY IS MERELY A VEHICLE. :horrormirth:
Quote from: Cain on August 05, 2015, 04:04:05 PM
I'd let her set up a hive in my garden tree....if you know what I mean :wink:
:lulz:
I'm trying out bartending for the first time today.
What could possibly go wrong?
Quote from: Hoopla on August 05, 2015, 05:11:00 PM
I'm trying out bartending for the first time today.
What could possibly go wrong?
If its anything like my first experience, probably everything.
Quote from: Hoopla on August 05, 2015, 05:11:00 PM
I'm trying out bartending for the first time today.
What could possibly go wrong?
Make sure you know where the fire extinguisher is!
So, a member of my gym killed herself 2 days ago, leaving behind a husband and 5 kids. She had suffered acute depression for years.
I just heard about this a couple of minutes ago. My gym session starts in 50 minutes. I'm going to have to listen to a bunch of people who don't understand depression carping about this shit, and I am not allowed to punch them.
What people do not understand about mental illness is the part of you that makes the decisions on how to act on that illness is the part of you that is being affected by the illness. It's no different than dying of cancer or heart failure, it's just a different organ that turned on you.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 06, 2015, 12:42:53 AM
So, a member of my gym killed herself 2 days ago, leaving behind a husband and 5 kids. She had suffered acute depression for years.
I just heard about this a couple of minutes ago. My gym session starts in 50 minutes. I'm going to have to listen to a bunch of people who don't understand depression carping about this shit, and I am not allowed to punch them.
What people do not understand about mental illness is the part of you that makes the decisions on how to act on that illness is the part of you that is being affected by the illness. It's no different than dying of cancer or heart failure, it's just a different organ that turned on you.
Yup. Not much else to say about it. Just push on through of you can manage sir. I hate how people talk like they know some shit. Also sorry to hear about your hornet incident.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 06, 2015, 12:42:53 AM
So, a member of my gym killed herself 2 days ago, leaving behind a husband and 5 kids. She had suffered acute depression for years.
I just heard about this a couple of minutes ago. My gym session starts in 50 minutes. I'm going to have to listen to a bunch of people who don't understand depression carping about this shit, and I am not allowed to punch them.
What people do not understand about mental illness is the part of you that makes the decisions on how to act on that illness is the part of you that is being affected by the illness. It's no different than dying of cancer or heart failure, it's just a different organ that turned on you.
Woof. That's fucking awful.
On my way to see my old meditation instructor. He's got the bad cancer. Has not long and I just found out he's at my hospital. What the fuck is it with today?
As predicted, the Catalina mountains are on fire, as we've had loads of lightning and no rain.
So we're all gonna die.
Dok, that's horrible. I'm sorry.
30 minutes until this shift is over and nothing horrible has happened. The suspense is killing me. Oh, and I just found a bottle of Smirnoff Gold Apple. I'm fucked.
Quote from: Hoopla on August 06, 2015, 04:36:29 AM
Dok, that's horrible. I'm sorry.
30 minutes until this shift is over and nothing horrible has happened. The suspense is killing me. Oh, and I just found a bottle of Smirnoff Gold Apple. I'm fucked.
That is a thing? I must to try it... Good luck, that sounds tasty!
So wild fires, hornets, sickness, death, Smirnoff Golden Apple, and Nigel's got THE ITCH. Add the resurgence of pogs and I'd say some sort of Apocalypse is definitely happening. :eek:
Like every other alcoholic drink with gold flakes in it (or apple flavour or being made by Smirnoff for that matter) it's complete garbage
Quote from: Cain on August 06, 2015, 05:18:11 AM
Like every other alcoholic drink with gold flakes in it (or apple flavour or being made by Smirnoff for that matter) it's complete garbage
What he said.
Meanwhile, trolling the shit out of the pathfinder FB page, with the classic "Lord of the Rings was the worst fantasy movie ever made".
The thread OP called me a "disgrace to Gygax's legacy", nuked the thread, and blocked me.
:hammer:
Apparently demanding that Joss Wheadon write and Uwe Boll direct the next (sigh) D&D movie was the tipping point.
Quote from: Cain on August 06, 2015, 05:18:11 AM
Like every other alcoholic drink with gold flakes in it (or apple flavour or being made by Smirnoff for that matter) it's complete garbage
Smirnoff Blueberry was awesome it tasted like blueberry yogurt. Shit blew my mind.
Quote from: Gone with the Sin on August 06, 2015, 05:53:18 AM
Quote from: Cain on August 06, 2015, 05:18:11 AM
Like every other alcoholic drink with gold flakes in it (or apple flavour or being made by Smirnoff for that matter) it's complete garbage
Smirnoff Blueberry was awesome it tasted like blueberry yogurt. Shit blew my mind.
My friend tried to recreate smirnoff flavored with koolaid and yogurt.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 06, 2015, 05:35:13 AM
The thread OP called me a "disgrace to Gygax's legacy", nuked the thread, and blocked me.
:hammer:
Your mastery of the Ars Trollolol is still astounding after seeing it off and on for years. How you do that?
Quote from: Cain on August 06, 2015, 05:18:11 AM
Like every other alcoholic drink with gold flakes in it (or apple flavour or being made by Smirnoff for that matter) it's complete garbage
I'll give any dog it's day in court. I'm big on making mixers and shooters. If it's at least as palatable as a rail liquor I can usually make it into something excellent. I prefer a cheap rum and coke as mixers go or else lots of The Knot on a little bit of ice.
I know that this is nothing compared to some here, but I'm not one for the drink much anyway. Bi-polar gets MUCH worse for a habitual drinker and alcoholism runs heavy on my mother's side.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 06, 2015, 05:36:49 AM
Apparently demanding that Joss Wheadon write and Uwe Boll direct the next (sigh) D&D movie was the tipping point.
You are a bad, bad man, and should not be allowed on the interwebs without a nanny.
Also, shift over and nothing happened. Did I mention the bar was in Etobicoke? I'm almost disappointed.
Incidentally, not surprised to hear Schmirnoff Gold Apple is shit. I despise Smirnoff vodka.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 06, 2015, 05:35:13 AM
The thread OP called me a "disgrace to Gygax's legacy", nuked the thread, and blocked me.
:hammer:
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
Blargh. Cant even put in my dissertation proposal until September.
Welp, I finally quit my job. My boss had started harassing me(and random passers-by, for that matter) on a daily basis, so I figured it was time for a change of scenery.
Quote from: President Television on August 06, 2015, 10:10:47 PM
Welp, I finally quit my job. My boss had started harassing me(and random passers-by, for that matter) on a daily basis, so I figured it was time for a change of scenery.
I feel ya. Unfortunately, finding another straight job has been problematic. Income is no problem, but my skills are gonna rust.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 06, 2015, 10:12:23 PM
Quote from: President Television on August 06, 2015, 10:10:47 PM
Welp, I finally quit my job. My boss had started harassing me(and random passers-by, for that matter) on a daily basis, so I figured it was time for a change of scenery.
I feel ya. Unfortunately, finding another straight job has been problematic. Income is no problem, but my skills are gonna rust.
I'm a step ahead of you; I have no job skills to lose. But fuck it. My grandparents are graciously letting me stay with them, so I don't strictly need the money for now, and I wasn't really getting any benefit from it that I wouldn't get going outside every day. He was an unreliable source of income as it was, and you know what they call someone who sticks around and takes shit for no guarantee of peanuts? A slave.
That being said, I do need to brush up on my jobhunting skills.
I sliced brains today.
Did not go especially well.
I got me a good soaking when the janitor, a new guy, accidentally hit the chemical safety wash. Flooded the wash room pretty damn good.
All this while a DS2015 member I happen to like dropped a homosexual "F" slur in a post. Another admin deleted it after I had posted a warning to the OP and banned some fool who piped up with the same in comments. Guess OP felt entitled as a homosexual. I explained that it was irrelevant, I'd ban anyone for any slur, even a self referential slur. He huffed a little in a pm and shut up. If he does it again I'll ban him. He's had more warning than I usually give.
Also.. seems a friend I am texting with just crashed her CNC machine for the first time in 12 years.
Been a day for that kind of shit I guess.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 07, 2015, 02:30:00 AM
I sliced brains today.
Did not go especially well.
Yeah. Thanks for the migraine.
Damn I love /pol/ Full of nazis and libertarians.
Throw up a few verse of the Chao te ching and swim in hate.
Damn this place needs more users. I hate talking to myself at 1am.
I am drunk off of beer i made myself! Wheeeeeeeee!
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on August 07, 2015, 06:55:36 AM
I am drunk off of beer i made myself! Wheeeeeeeee!
IT BEGINS! (http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UqmJEA8Id28)
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on August 07, 2015, 06:55:36 AM
I am drunk off of beer i made myself! Wheeeeeeeee!
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Quote from: Meunster on August 07, 2015, 06:18:03 AM
Damn this place needs more users. I hate talking to myself at 1am.
That's what you get for being on an obsolete internet forum instead of Facebook.
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on August 07, 2015, 06:55:36 AM
I am drunk off of beer i made myself! Wheeeeeeeee!
Me too!
Well, not drunk. But sleepy.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 07, 2015, 07:18:52 AM
Quote from: Meunster on August 07, 2015, 06:18:03 AM
Damn this place needs more users. I hate talking to myself at 1am.
That's what you get for being on an obsolete internet forum instead of Facebook.
Talking to people on fb? Don't even joke about that. I think this place is circle jerky. Imagine what I think of facebook.
Quote from: Meunster on August 07, 2015, 07:28:26 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 07, 2015, 07:18:52 AM
Quote from: Meunster on August 07, 2015, 06:18:03 AM
Damn this place needs more users. I hate talking to myself at 1am.
That's what you get for being on an obsolete internet forum instead of Facebook.
Talking to people on fb? Don't even joke about that. I think this place is circle jerky. Imagine what I think of facebook.
But it has a TON of users, even at 1 am!
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 07, 2015, 03:40:42 PM
Quote from: Meunster on August 07, 2015, 07:28:26 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 07, 2015, 07:18:52 AM
Quote from: Meunster on August 07, 2015, 06:18:03 AM
Damn this place needs more users. I hate talking to myself at 1am.
That's what you get for being on an obsolete internet forum instead of Facebook.
Talking to people on fb? Don't even joke about that. I think this place is circle jerky. Imagine what I think of facebook.
But it has a TON of users, even at 1 am!
Id rather use 4chan or reddit tbh. Fb is just so, entry teir attracts a lot of 13 year olds and spags.
:lulz: like 4chan and reddit don't attract 13 year olds and spags
Quote from: Cain on August 07, 2015, 06:28:01 PM
:lulz: like 4chan and reddit don't attract 13 year olds and spags
Yeah, but you call them autistic faggets and move on. Fb you do that shit and wjn "wordt person of the year" award.
Quote from: Meunster on August 07, 2015, 06:31:43 PM
Quote from: Cain on August 07, 2015, 06:28:01 PM
:lulz: like 4chan and reddit don't attract 13 year olds and spags
Yeah, but you call them autistic faggets and move on. Fb you do that shit and wjn "wordt person of the year" award.
Understandably, I am more in favor of FB. Dick.
Quote from: Meunster on August 07, 2015, 06:31:43 PM
Quote from: Cain on August 07, 2015, 06:28:01 PM
:lulz: like 4chan and reddit don't attract 13 year olds and spags
Yeah, but you call them autistic faggets and move on. Fb you do that shit and wjn "wordt person of the year" award.
Ohhh, I get it now. You're not Poptart... you're Delcon.
I mean, same difference basically, but still: good to know.
Quote from: Hoopla on August 07, 2015, 07:09:26 PM
Quote from: Meunster on August 07, 2015, 06:31:43 PM
Quote from: Cain on August 07, 2015, 06:28:01 PM
:lulz: like 4chan and reddit don't attract 13 year olds and spags
Yeah, but you call them autistic faggets and move on. Fb you do that shit and wjn "wordt person of the year" award.
Ohhh, I get it now. You're not Poptart... you're Delcon.
I mean, same difference basically, but still: good to know.
Still no clue who those people are. Idk I just like 4chan. It's nihlism, prank nature, and exestential crises really make the people there relatable. Plus you're anon, you are only judged by your words. Another good part is people there read. I've never been able to talk about books or philosophy before in sich a real way.
Quote from: Meunster on August 07, 2015, 07:52:53 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on August 07, 2015, 07:09:26 PM
Quote from: Meunster on August 07, 2015, 06:31:43 PM
Quote from: Cain on August 07, 2015, 06:28:01 PM
:lulz: like 4chan and reddit don't attract 13 year olds and spags
Yeah, but you call them autistic faggets and move on. Fb you do that shit and wjn "wordt person of the year" award.
Ohhh, I get it now. You're not Poptart... you're Delcon.
I mean, same difference basically, but still: good to know.
Still no clue who those people are. Idk I just like 4chan. It's nihlism, prank nature, and exestential crises really make the people there relatable. Plus you're anon, you are only judged by your words. Another good part is people there read. I've never been able to talk about books or philosophy before in sich a real way.
You are only judged on your words here, really.
It's just that we have different standards.
QuoteYeah, but you call them autistic faggets and move on.
See? I'm judging you on your words right now.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 07, 2015, 09:29:30 PM
Quote from: Meunster on August 07, 2015, 07:52:53 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on August 07, 2015, 07:09:26 PM
Quote from: Meunster on August 07, 2015, 06:31:43 PM
Quote from: Cain on August 07, 2015, 06:28:01 PM
:lulz: like 4chan and reddit don't attract 13 year olds and spags
Yeah, but you call them autistic faggets and move on. Fb you do that shit and wjn "wordt person of the year" award.
Ohhh, I get it now. You're not Poptart... you're Delcon.
I mean, same difference basically, but still: good to know.
Still no clue who those people are. Idk I just like 4chan. It's nihlism, prank nature, and exestential crises really make the people there relatable. Plus you're anon, you are only judged by your words. Another good part is people there read. I've never been able to talk about books or philosophy before in sich a real way.
You are only judged on your words here, really.
It's just that we have different standards.
QuoteYeah, but you call them autistic faggets and move on.
See? I'm judging you on your words right now.
Ditto. I take back some of the less bad things I've said about you. The term "douchenozzle" springs to mind.
Well, it appears that I have been successfully blackballed from my trade in this region.
It's a good thing I'm not the vengeful sort.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 08, 2015, 04:04:31 AM
Well, it appears that I have been successfully blackballed from my trade in this region.
It's a good thing I'm not the vengeful sort.
I just heard thunder on the horizon...
Good luck, Dok. I see in no way that this could not be a story someday.
In other news, I'm off to Montana for the annual Land Shark hunt. Not sure if I'll have conneectivity for the week.
Don't be excessively stupid while I'm gone, yeah?
I wondered if that might be the case. Specifically, that guy who was trying to blackmail his son's girlfriend into having sex with him.
Seems like the kind of thing he would do.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 08, 2015, 04:04:31 AM
Well, it appears that I have been successfully blackballed from my trade in this region.
It's a good thing I'm not the vengeful sort.
That sucks. Seriously, sucks.
Quote from: Meunster on August 07, 2015, 06:31:43 PM
Quote from: Cain on August 07, 2015, 06:28:01 PM
:lulz: like 4chan and reddit don't attract 13 year olds and spags
Yeah, but you call them autistic faggets and move on. Fb you do that shit and wjn "wordt person of the year" award.
You do that if you're 12.
or a sociopath,
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on August 08, 2015, 10:25:17 AM
Good luck, Dok. I see in no way that this could not be a story someday.
No, this ain't ever gonna be a story. I've been forced out of the profession that has taken most of my life to learn.
This isn't about stories. Sometimes shit is a little more important than stories.
Quote from: Emo Howard on August 08, 2015, 02:58:13 PM
I wondered if that might be the case. Specifically, that guy who was trying to blackmail his son's girlfriend into having sex with him.
Seems like the kind of thing he would do.
Nope. I know who's doing this.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 08, 2015, 07:03:03 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on August 08, 2015, 10:25:17 AM
Good luck, Dok. I see in no way that this could not be a story someday.
No, this ain't ever gonna be a story. I've been forced out of the profession that has taken most of my life to learn.
This isn't about stories. Sometimes shit is a little more important than stories.
Oh, THAT profession. Shit. Is this some misguided payback from the plant fiasco?
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 08, 2015, 04:04:31 AM
Well, it appears that I have been successfully blackballed from my trade in this region.
It's a good thing I'm not the vengeful sort.
No. Not at all. I mean clearly. Bad things just sort of happen to folks that cheese you off. It's just a weird pattern is all.
:ECH: ..but uh.. if you need a hand with a thing, you know, weird pattern things, don't hesitate to ask. If I think can I will and if not certainty put my brain to a thing. These fools think that they know how to lean on a guy... heh..
Forget about it. :)
Out of curiosity what was the last straw, and did they fire you or perhaps force you to "resign"?
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 08, 2015, 07:03:03 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on August 08, 2015, 10:25:17 AM
Good luck, Dok. I see in no way that this could not be a story someday.
No, this ain't ever gonna be a story. I've been forced out of the profession that has taken most of my life to learn.
This isn't about stories. Sometimes shit is a little more important than stories.
*Slowly lowers his manuscript of Hamish Howl: Private Eyengineer*
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 08, 2015, 05:53:18 PM
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on August 08, 2015, 05:38:00 PM
or a sociopath,
Nah, that's more of an immaturity thing.
More or less I just ignore shit posters. Unless I'm shit posting. Then we merge and shit goes to hell at mach 6
Quote from: Meunster on August 09, 2015, 09:20:55 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 08, 2015, 05:53:18 PM
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on August 08, 2015, 05:38:00 PM
or a sociopath,
Nah, that's more of an immaturity thing.
More or less I just ignore shit posters. Unless I'm shit posting. Then we merge and shit goes to hell at mach 6
(http://th03.deviantart.net/fs70/200H/f/2014/150/8/1/ow_the_edge_5_by_turkish_phantom-d7kcrxy.png)
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 08, 2015, 07:03:50 PM
Quote from: Emo Howard on August 08, 2015, 02:58:13 PM
I wondered if that might be the case. Specifically, that guy who was trying to blackmail his son's girlfriend into having sex with him.
Seems like the kind of thing he would do.
Nope. I know who's doing this.
:sad:
I finally found an avatar pic that explains my views.
"The make a wish foundation need to screen their applicants better"
-friend from facebook
I've been erping with clever bot for like an hour.
Robot sex services are the future.
Not really, but her favorite color is blue.
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