This is what I got back from that dumbass.
"I'm. Not like your of people I could be a blessing to your business:-) But I'm not going to kiss your ass so good luck"
Bullet, dodged.
Bear in mind, my rent is still well below market value. Once I can afford to go without another tenant I will raise it to the market standard. But shit, for $175 a month you damn well ought to kiss my ass.
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Quote from: Vladimir Poutine ⊂(◉‿◉)つ on February 02, 2014, 03:07:59 AM
Just got menthol ecig juice in my eye. This is how I die.
:horrormirth: :horrormirth: :horrormirth: That sounds horrible and potentially very unhealthy.
OR the new youtube craze of America's youth!
Somebody stop this madness. These Juice Balls are a scourge!
OMG
KIDS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW WAY TO GET HIGH! Called "Juiceballing", teenagers have discovered that placing a drop of e-cigarette "juice" directly in their eye will lead to what users describe as a "temporary but intense" euphoria.
Some underprivileged segments have also taken to extracting the substance from various forms of bark, illegally. Relatedly, children have taken to call it "spice" and have also been known to inject it directly into their underdeveloped tear-ducts.
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Quote from: Vladimir Poutine ⊂(◉‿◉)つ on February 02, 2014, 03:07:59 AM
Just got menthol ecig juice in my eye. This is how I die.
:horrormirth: :horrormirth: :horrormirth: That sounds horrible and potentially very unhealthy.
OR the new youtube craze of America's youth!
Somebody stop this madness. These Juice Balls are a scourge!
No One Cares. At All
KIDS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW WAY TO GET HIGH! Called "Juiceballing", teenagers have discovered that placing a drop of e-cigarette "juice" directly in their eye will lead to what users describe as a "temporary but intense" euphoria.
Gathering at parties, sometimes call Juice Balls or Eye-Cig Parties, kids all across America are engaging in this dangerous trend.
I think we're on to something. :lol:
Quote from: Alty on February 02, 2014, 03:49:04 AM
This is what I got back from that dumbass.
"I'm. Not like your of people I could be a blessing to your business:-) But I'm not going to kiss your ass so good luck"
Bullet, dodged.
Bear in mind, my rent is still well below market value. Once I can afford to go without another tenant I will raise it to the market standard. But shit, for $175 a month you damn well ought to kiss my ass.
Wow, what a dipshit. If "being a responsible adult" = "kissing your ass" in her mind, she is a giant loser and won't go far.
Well it looks like if my son can force himself to slow down and actually concentrate on his math he'll be fine. Worked with him today on the 3 or 4 pages he had for homework and he only threw a tantrum once (he really doesn't like it if he tries something twice and still has it wrong) so it's improvement.
I'm sure the idea of not being able to go on the class trip in May if he doesn't have at least a C is helping motivate him some too.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on February 02, 2014, 04:21:03 AM
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Quote from: Vladimir Poutine ⊂(◉‿◉)つ on February 02, 2014, 03:07:59 AM
Just got menthol ecig juice in my eye. This is how I die.
:horrormirth: :horrormirth: :horrormirth: That sounds horrible and potentially very unhealthy.
OR the new youtube craze of America's youth!
Somebody stop this madness. These Juice Balls are a scourge!
No One Cares. At All
KIDS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW WAY TO GET HIGH! Called "Juiceballing", teenagers have discovered that placing a drop of e-cigarette "juice" directly in their eye will lead to what users describe as a "temporary but intense" euphoria.
Gathering at parties, sometimes call Juice Balls or Eye-Cig Parties, kids all across America are engaging in this dangerous trend.
I think we're on to something. :lol:
True fact: Amy Winehouse juiceballed and WENT BLIND. Then she fell down a mineshaft and died. :cry:
So, I was stuck in a traffic jam this evening. The traffic jam was caused when a policeman in a patrol car ran over a policeman on foot patrol in the legal district.
This city is fucking RETARDED. I can't stand it.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 02, 2014, 04:40:56 AM
So, I was stuck in a traffic jam this evening. The traffic jam was caused when a policeman in a patrol car ran over a policeman on foot patrol in the legal district.
This city is fucking RETARDED. I can't stand it.
You love it. You love it SO HARD YOU JUST CAN'T STOP.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on February 02, 2014, 04:44:11 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 02, 2014, 04:40:56 AM
So, I was stuck in a traffic jam this evening. The traffic jam was caused when a policeman in a patrol car ran over a policeman on foot patrol in the legal district.
This city is fucking RETARDED. I can't stand it.
You love it. You love it SO HARD YOU JUST CAN'T STOP.
We love it so much nobody ever stopped screaming again.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 02, 2014, 04:40:56 AM
So, I was stuck in a traffic jam this evening. The traffic jam was caused when a policeman in a patrol car ran over a policeman on foot patrol in the legal district.
This city is fucking RETARDED. I can't stand it.
That-there is a special little place you have, Roger. I can see why you are so keen to have us all visit. Cannon fodder. Less likely the city eats you.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 02, 2014, 04:47:59 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 02, 2014, 04:40:56 AM
So, I was stuck in a traffic jam this evening. The traffic jam was caused when a policeman in a patrol car ran over a policeman on foot patrol in the legal district.
This city is fucking RETARDED. I can't stand it.
That-there is a special little place you have, Roger. I can see why you are so keen to have us all visit. Cannon fodder. Less likely the city eats you.
Well, if you fuckers DON'T come visit, I will slam this laptop shut and SQUISH YOU ALL FLAT.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 02, 2014, 05:05:11 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 02, 2014, 04:47:59 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 02, 2014, 04:40:56 AM
So, I was stuck in a traffic jam this evening. The traffic jam was caused when a policeman in a patrol car ran over a policeman on foot patrol in the legal district.
This city is fucking RETARDED. I can't stand it.
That-there is a special little place you have, Roger. I can see why you are so keen to have us all visit. Cannon fodder. Less likely the city eats you.
Well, if you fuckers DON'T come visit, I will slam this laptop shut and SQUISH YOU ALL FLAT.
OH NOES!
:omg:
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Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 02, 2014, 04:40:56 AM
So, I was stuck in a traffic jam this evening. The traffic jam was caused when a policeman in a patrol car ran over a policeman on foot patrol in the legal district.
This city is fucking RETARDED. I can't stand it.
You love it. You love it SO HARD YOU JUST CAN'T STOP.
We love it so much nobody ever stopped screaming again.
(http://kizzyinchainz.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/screaming.jpg)
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 02, 2014, 04:40:56 AM
So, I was stuck in a traffic jam this evening. The traffic jam was caused when a policeman in a patrol car ran over a policeman on foot patrol in the legal district.
This city is fucking RETARDED. I can't stand it.
Shut up, you know you love it!
What's a "Macklemore" and why is it worse than a GIGAHITLER?
Plz advise.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on February 02, 2014, 06:09:40 AM
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Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 02, 2014, 04:40:56 AM
So, I was stuck in a traffic jam this evening. The traffic jam was caused when a policeman in a patrol car ran over a policeman on foot patrol in the legal district.
This city is fucking RETARDED. I can't stand it.
You love it. You love it SO HARD YOU JUST CAN'T STOP.
We love it so much nobody ever stopped screaming again.
(http://kizzyinchainz.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/screaming.jpg)
It's like staring into Heaven!
Gigahitler is like a Megadeth. I have never heard anyone ever say it. Or if it's exclusive to war.
Might be akin to someone getting +1 internets.
HAAA HAAA! I GOT SHITFACED YESTERDAY AND I'M NOT HUNG OVER AT ALL! TAKE THAT, GODS!
Quote from: Cain on February 02, 2014, 12:44:40 PM
What's a "Macklemore" and why is it worse than a GIGAHITLER?
Plz advise.
Macklemore is the former PD user "Coyote", reduced to singing some rather amazing raps.
Youtube "thrift shop".
Will do, chief. I am terrible when it comes to popular culture.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 02, 2014, 04:40:56 AM
So, I was stuck in a traffic jam this evening. The traffic jam was caused when a policeman in a patrol car ran over a policeman on foot patrol in the legal district.
This city is fucking RETARDED. I can't stand it.
I read this at about 11AM here. It's 4PM and I'm still snorting with laughter.
Cainad, I think Dishonored is broken. I somehow got the Cleaner achievement (fight 5 enemies at once with none of them surviving) by climbing onto a roof and dropping a cannister of whale oil on a bunch of people. I don't know what to call that, but a "fight" is definitely not on the top of the list.
Quote from: Cain on February 02, 2014, 04:13:24 PM
Will do, chief. I am terrible when it comes to popular culture.
It's actually kind of interesting. He's foul-mouthed, but not misogynistic, and the extras in his videos are just regular looking people. Some hot, some not, some in between. Plus he does a gender-reversal thing in the middle which is kinda funny.
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Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 02, 2014, 04:40:56 AM
So, I was stuck in a traffic jam this evening. The traffic jam was caused when a policeman in a patrol car ran over a policeman on foot patrol in the legal district.
This city is fucking RETARDED. I can't stand it.
I read this at about 11AM here. It's 4PM and I'm still snorting with laughter.
Laugh it up, Limey-boy. Tucson will come for you, one fine day.
Quote from: Cain on February 02, 2014, 04:17:56 PM
Cainad, I think Dishonored is broken. I somehow got the Cleaner achievement (fight 5 enemies at once with none of them surviving) by climbing onto a roof and dropping a cannister of whale oil on a bunch of people. I don't know what to call that, but a "fight" is definitely not on the top of the list.
It's Richter-approved methodology, so they may have taken that into account.
Quote from: Cain on February 02, 2014, 04:17:56 PM
Cainad, I think Dishonored is broken. I somehow got the Cleaner achievement (fight 5 enemies at once with none of them surviving) by climbing onto a roof and dropping a cannister of whale oil on a bunch of people. I don't know what to call that, but a "fight" is definitely not on the top of the list.
Clearly you've never been in a good whale oil fight before.
Ah, that takes me back to my shoolyard days.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 02, 2014, 04:19:49 PM
Quote from: Cain on February 02, 2014, 04:17:56 PM
Cainad, I think Dishonored is broken. I somehow got the Cleaner achievement (fight 5 enemies at once with none of them surviving) by climbing onto a roof and dropping a cannister of whale oil on a bunch of people. I don't know what to call that, but a "fight" is definitely not on the top of the list.
It's Richter-approved methodology, so they may have taken that into account.
True. The game also has mechanisms for supporting pacifists, so I wonder if this is not considered actually killing someone? I mean, I didn't kill them. The environment did. They should have been more careful.
And Greenpeace says whales aren't dangerous.
Quote from: Cain on February 02, 2014, 12:44:40 PM
What's a "Macklemore" and why is it worse than a GIGAHITLER?
Plz advise.
It's a straight white guy from around here named Ben who used to be a decent rapper about 15 years ago, then disappeared for a decade, then got famous with a song about how don't get him wrong, HE isn't gay, but it's OK if you are.
Also, his idea of "rapping" is kinda weird. It's what most of us would call "talking".
Also also, Ryan Lewis is actually pretty damn talented.
Quote from: Cain on February 02, 2014, 04:17:56 PM
Cainad, I think Dishonored is broken. I somehow got the Cleaner achievement (fight 5 enemies at once with none of them surviving) by climbing onto a roof and dropping a cannister of whale oil on a bunch of people. I don't know what to call that, but a "fight" is definitely not on the top of the list.
Well, they obviously should have had their whale oil-proof uniforms on if they were going to be working around it. Legitimate win is legitimate.
Quote from: Jet City Hustle on February 02, 2014, 05:03:17 PM
Quote from: Cain on February 02, 2014, 12:44:40 PM
What's a "Macklemore" and why is it worse than a GIGAHITLER?
Plz advise.
It's a straight white guy from around here named Ben who used to be a decent rapper about 15 years ago, then disappeared for a decade, then got famous with a song about how don't get him wrong, HE isn't gay, but it's OK if you are.
Also, his idea of "rapping" is kinda weird. It's what most of us would call "talking".
Also also, Ryan Lewis is actually pretty damn talented.
Also also also, I feel compelled to point out that Seattle has an AMAZING hip-hop scene going right now and Macklemore is about the 137th best rapper in Pugetopolis. Fuck that guy, go get you some Nacho Picasso.
Also also also also, he came into my work last summer and left a shitty tip.
They're hiring another two dispatchers and the listing just made the SouthCoast "hot jobs" list.
I want to cry but I can't really seem to accomplish it by smashing my face into my keyboard.
Got a whole lotta nothing to do today.
This fills me with something like dread, but the last thing I want to see is a real live human face.
Ok, what the fuck is up with seemingly well adjusted guys who just HAVE to show you their dick? In text, email, the god damned jumbotron. It's like their whole lives are moments between the beat, waiting, yearning, aching, to let it drop.
I suppose it is basic primate behavior.
Very, very, very basic.
Oh, I almost forgot.
SEAHAWKS!
Quote from: Alty on February 02, 2014, 08:35:52 PM
Ok, what the fuck is up with seemingly well adjusted guys who just HAVE to show you their dick? In text, email, the god damned jumbotron. It's like their whole lives are moments between the beat, waiting, yearning, aching, to let it drop.
I suppose it is basic primate behavior.
Very, very, very basic.
Maybe they added it as their email signature and forgot?
You should ask them that. It's definitely an option worth exploring.
Quote from: Alty on February 02, 2014, 08:35:52 PM
Ok, what the fuck is up with seemingly well adjusted guys who just HAVE to show you their dick? In text, email, the god damned jumbotron. It's like their whole lives are moments between the beat, waiting, yearning, aching, to let it drop.
I suppose it is basic primate behavior.
Very, very, very basic.
SERIOUSLY
This is one of my pet peeves about online dating. And even online not-dating. Unsolicited dick pics. Seriously, guys, I don't want to see it. Just don't.
Quote from: Cain on February 02, 2014, 09:26:50 PM
Quote from: Alty on February 02, 2014, 08:35:52 PM
Ok, what the fuck is up with seemingly well adjusted guys who just HAVE to show you their dick? In text, email, the god damned jumbotron. It's like their whole lives are moments between the beat, waiting, yearning, aching, to let it drop.
I suppose it is basic primate behavior.
Very, very, very basic.
Maybe they added it as their email signature and forgot?
You should ask them that. It's definitely an option worth exploring.
:lol:
It would be a lot more efficent, if that was the goal. I ought to put something approprate in my signature.
Quote from: Jet City Hustle on February 02, 2014, 09:21:00 PM
Oh, I almost forgot.
SEAHAWKS!
Who? What? Nevermind, I probably don't care.
GO CARRION EAGLES!
Quote from: Jet City Hustle on February 02, 2014, 09:21:00 PM
Oh, I almost forgot.
SEAHAWKS!
NSFW:
http://postimg.org/image/w0y36xzrb/
Quote from: Jet City Hustle on February 02, 2014, 05:06:38 PM
Quote from: Jet City Hustle on February 02, 2014, 05:03:17 PM
Quote from: Cain on February 02, 2014, 12:44:40 PM
What's a "Macklemore" and why is it worse than a GIGAHITLER?
Plz advise.
It's a straight white guy from around here named Ben who used to be a decent rapper about 15 years ago, then disappeared for a decade, then got famous with a song about how don't get him wrong, HE isn't gay, but it's OK if you are.
Also, his idea of "rapping" is kinda weird. It's what most of us would call "talking".
Also also, Ryan Lewis is actually pretty damn talented.
Also also also, I feel compelled to point out that Seattle has an AMAZING hip-hop scene going right now and Macklemore is about the 137th best rapper in Pugetopolis. Fuck that guy, go get you some Nacho Picasso.
Also also also also, he came into my work last summer and left a shitty tip.
I like him because he's clueless yet funny.
If you don't think thrift shop is a catchy ass song, you probably have a broken fun gland.
THE SONG IS FUN AS HELL
BRB, POPPIN TAGS
It's a good song, dammit.
Apartment got in Portsmouth. (It has a garbage disposal and dishwasher!)
Residency shift in T-2 weeks.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on February 03, 2014, 12:50:15 AM
It's a good song, dammit.
Well, that's exactly it. I don't care if he's the best rapper, or made an ass out of himself at the Grammies.
I just like the song.
Also, his song Can't Hold Us always seems to lift me up when i hear it.
the man is lovably goofy
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on February 03, 2014, 03:20:06 AM
Also, his song Can't Hold Us always seems to lift me up when i hear it.
the man is lovably goofy
Never heard it before; I'm listening now. So far, I like it.
I just finished my chem practice test and now I'm checking out the films at the Cascade African-American film festival, which is, somewhat bafflingly, the longest-running African-American film festival in the United States. http://news.pcc.edu/2014/01/cascade-festival-african-films/
I feel like being a mostly-black college in a mostly-white city has led to a really distinctive culture developing at Cascade.
I find myself in a bad head space. I've continued running, and it helps, but every time this cycle starts again I'm reminded that it'll never be over. Innocuous words come out caustic and I can't read the love I know is there in friends and family. There's no choice but to wait until it's over and hope the poison thoughts that come to me are wrong.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on February 03, 2014, 04:52:51 AM
I find myself in a bad head space. I've continued running, and it helps, but every time this cycle starts again I'm reminded that it'll never be over. Innocuous words come out caustic and I can't read the love I know is there in friends and family. There's no choice but to wait until it's over and hope the poison thoughts that come to me are wrong.
:(
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on February 03, 2014, 04:53:53 AM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on February 03, 2014, 04:52:51 AM
I find myself in a bad head space. I've continued running, and it helps, but every time this cycle starts again I'm reminded that it'll never be over. Innocuous words come out caustic and I can't read the love I know is there in friends and family. There's no choice but to wait until it's over and hope the poison thoughts that come to me are wrong.
:(
Yeah. Goddamn brain chemicals, am I right? What've they ever done for me?
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on February 03, 2014, 05:01:46 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on February 03, 2014, 04:53:53 AM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on February 03, 2014, 04:52:51 AM
I find myself in a bad head space. I've continued running, and it helps, but every time this cycle starts again I'm reminded that it'll never be over. Innocuous words come out caustic and I can't read the love I know is there in friends and family. There's no choice but to wait until it's over and hope the poison thoughts that come to me are wrong.
:(
Yeah. Goddamn brain chemicals, am I right? What've they ever done for me?
Brains are jerks!
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on February 03, 2014, 05:17:52 AM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on February 03, 2014, 05:01:46 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on February 03, 2014, 04:53:53 AM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on February 03, 2014, 04:52:51 AM
I find myself in a bad head space. I've continued running, and it helps, but every time this cycle starts again I'm reminded that it'll never be over. Innocuous words come out caustic and I can't read the love I know is there in friends and family. There's no choice but to wait until it's over and hope the poison thoughts that come to me are wrong.
:(
Yeah. Goddamn brain chemicals, am I right? What've they ever done for me?
Brains are jerks!
:)
Quote from: Alty on February 02, 2014, 08:35:52 PM
Ok, what the fuck is up with seemingly well adjusted guys who just HAVE to show you their dick? In text, email, the god damned jumbotron. It's like their whole lives are moments between the beat, waiting, yearning, aching, to let it drop.
I suppose it is basic primate behavior.
Very, very, very basic.
As a dude of dickpic age I also don't get this. Actually now that I think of it, I have never taken a pic of my dick. No shame, I like my dick. I just think you should meet him in person.
My feeling about it is, if you're a guy and I'm interested, I am assuming that you have a dick and that it does what a dick is supposed to do, and that's all the information about it I need until I actually get naked with you. If you're a guy and I'm not interested, for the love of all that's right in the world do not send me a photograph of your penis. If you are my boyfriend, send me all the dick pics you want, within reason.
That said, the hottest, HOTTEST pic my boyfriend ever sent me was one that he took by complete accident, of our fingers rather randomly entwined just above my cleavage. We weren't even doing anything naughty, we were drunkenly trying to take a picture of the after-party carnage in the kitchen on Yule Eve, and he had his arm around my shoulder, with my hand grasping his. But it's hot, in a sort of innocent-yet-erotic-intimacy kind of way. Dick pics are fine, from someone I'm dating, but that kind of pic trumps an oily erect penis any day.
What's always surprised me is how quickly it happens. From the experiences I've seen here and what I've been told by friends, the conversations seems to be "Hi I'm X, I like Y and here's my dick"
I could start to understand this more if the conversation from the female/other side was " Hi, I'm X, I like Y and want to see your dick/here's my vagina" I'm told that this is not usual.
Which makes it rather tragic. There's countless men that can only offer the world a name, interest and evidence of a Y chromosome.
I'll be uploading at least two videos a day, every day, this week.
DA,dishonored or both? I've not even started the dishonored ones yet, are you doing a vote/choice thing with them too?
Both,and yes, commentary is required. Otherwise it's just "game footage" and thus subject to copyright claims, takedown notices and, most importantly, revoking monetization permissions.
I've considered doing Skyrim, but with rebooted version of Thief (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWecZdcVw5I) coming out at the end of the month, I don't think I have time for 4 simultaneous playthroughs.
Just seen a sign near an Ikea outlet:
"DIVORCE FROM £399"
I can't tell if this is the best or worst marketing decision ever made.
You'll only get one video today, since the wireless phone knocks my internet connection out, and I was 94% complete on the upload. Thanks, wireless phone makers and Youtube's stupid upload system. Oh no, a BitTorrent style upload is too good for the Masters Of The Internet at Google. No, we'll make everyone do it the old fashioned way, a direct upload that, if the connection fails for even a quarter of a second, wastes the entire effort.
Quote from: Cain on February 03, 2014, 01:18:23 PM
You'll only get one video today, since the wireless phone knocks my internet connection out, and I was 94% complete on the upload. Thanks, wireless phone makers and Youtube's stupid upload system. Oh no, a BitTorrent style upload is too good for the Masters Of The Internet at Google. No, we'll make everyone do it the old fashioned way, a direct upload that, if the connection fails for even a quarter of a second, wastes the entire effort.
BitTorrent is for terrorists to pirate movies and tv shows; what legitimate need could any person have for such technology?
Quote from: Cain on February 03, 2014, 01:18:23 PM
You'll only get one video today, since the wireless phone knocks my internet connection out, and I was 94% complete on the upload. Thanks, wireless phone makers and Youtube's stupid upload system. Oh no, a BitTorrent style upload is too good for the Masters Of The Internet at Google. No, we'll make everyone do it the old fashioned way, a direct upload that, if the connection fails for even a quarter of a second, wastes the entire effort.
Will a vote be required for every video, or are choices to be made after a certain number of uploads?
Only when there are choices to be made. I think if I bugged everyone every episode, you'd tire of it, and there isn't really a game-changing choice every half hour. More like every 5 hours or so.
Ah. OK then, that will give me some time to catch up.
Gonna do some writing today.
It's 10:30 already? Damn. I want to finish up Scollay Sq.
Quote from: Cain on February 03, 2014, 02:47:51 PM
Only when there are choices to be made. I think if I bugged everyone every episode, you'd tire of it, and there isn't really a game-changing choice every half hour. More like every 5 hours or so.
It may be just me, but the contrast is really dark in a lot of these playthroughs.
Youtube reminds me of yahoo. It doesn't function, and then there's the comments.
I tried to upload something or other to youtube a couple of months ago and they said it was too long and I didn't have a premium account or whatever the fuck they require.
That's why you see movies there split up into parts.
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 03, 2014, 08:26:46 AM
What's always surprised me is how quickly it happens. From the experiences I've seen here and what I've been told by friends, the conversations seems to be "Hi I'm X, I like Y and here's my dick"
I could start to understand this more if the conversation from the female/other side was " Hi, I'm X, I like Y and want to see your dick/here's my vagina" I'm told that this is not usual.
Which makes it rather tragic. There's countless men that can only offer the world a name, interest and evidence of a Y chromosome.
Yep.
I have never, EVER asked for a dick pic, but I have received literally hundreds. Possibly thousands.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 03, 2014, 03:45:48 PM
Quote from: Cain on February 03, 2014, 02:47:51 PM
Only when there are choices to be made. I think if I bugged everyone every episode, you'd tire of it, and there isn't really a game-changing choice every half hour. More like every 5 hours or so.
It may be just me, but the contrast is really dark in a lot of these playthroughs.
Yeah, it is on my screen as well. Ferelden is meant to be a dark and muddy land, smelling of dog hair and unwashed peasants. Also, doom. And Dunwall is a slowly decaying, industrial shithole of oppression, plague, rats and dark magic.
Oh shit, people from a "legitimate" news agency want to ask me "questions" about my recently published article. Urgently, apparently.
I'm not sure what just happened.
Quote from: Cain on February 03, 2014, 05:46:19 PM
Oh shit, people from a "legitimate" news agency want to ask me "questions" about my recently published article. Urgently, apparently.
I'm not sure what just happened.
Either this is your big chance, or we'll never hear from you again.
I strongly suggest denying your own existence.
The dirty rats I write for sold me out.
I'll try and pretend to be an algorithm of news aggregators and social media opinion run by an Ethiopian orphange on their hacked EMACs...but sadly I do have a real and verifiable (if small) IRL social media presence.
Quote from: Cain on February 03, 2014, 05:46:19 PM
Oh shit, people from a "legitimate" news agency want to ask me "questions" about my recently published article. Urgently, apparently.
I'm not sure what just happened.
Discuss money before discussing ANYTHING. These fucks can and will rip you off in a heartbeat if they think they've got the chance.
If you need an Agent, I'll gladly take 10%.
Damnit, waiting to see how this plays out and I hit F5.
AUTISM: DO NOT WANT.
Apparently they want to quote my article and pick my brain about some stuff.
This would happen on a school night....
Well, if they're "legitimate"... Congrats!
That would be your "out of hours consultancy rate" then.
1 hour minimum charge, charged per 15 mins after the first hour.
Rinse 'em.
There are people on Facebook that believe that the US government pays reparations to Black people.
:lulz: or :horrormirth:
This is the century I asked for.
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 03, 2014, 06:24:16 PM
That would be your "out of hours consultancy rate" then.
1 hour minimum charge, charged per 15 mins after the first hour.
Rinse 'em.
This. Right there.
Do it cheap, you'll be discarded as a hack. Charge out the ass.
Sick today. Staying home. :( This sucks.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on February 03, 2014, 06:46:32 PM
Sick today. Staying home. :( This sucks.
Half my crew is home sick.
An ice age, plague, wars and rumors of wars...
God is punishing us for no fault insurance.
FTR, I've said it before and I'm sure I'll say it again, but I cringe whenever I see "autistic" used as a slur or as a synonym for "socially dysfunctional" because there are some autistic people in my life that I care about.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 03, 2014, 06:48:56 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on February 03, 2014, 06:46:32 PM
Sick today. Staying home. :( This sucks.
Half my crew is home sick.
An ice age, plague, wars and rumors of wars...
God is punishing us for no fault insurance.
Seriously, this is a shitty shitty week to get sick. I have a research paper due Friday, a lecture today on a very complex subject, a midterm this afternoon, and Wednesday is the lab for our formal write-up. Cannot afford to be sick.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 03, 2014, 06:24:38 PM
There are people on Facebook that believe that the US government pays reparations to Black people.
:lulz: or :horrormirth:
This is the century I asked for.
Who needs reality? Just consult the Tea Party!
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on February 03, 2014, 06:51:58 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 03, 2014, 06:24:38 PM
There are people on Facebook that believe that the US government pays reparations to Black people.
:lulz: or :horrormirth:
This is the century I asked for.
Who needs reality? Just consult the Tea Party!
Well, it was Eaton Scrapple (formerly Mistar Sistar from CotSG), and he's become kinda special in his old age.
"Hi, I really like the dress you have on sale right now, and I don't want to buy or commission one from you, but can I ask you how you made it, exactly? Like, what pattern did you use, and where did you buy it from?"
"...I drafted it myself. It's based on an 11th Century gown style called a bliaut."
"Haha, oh wow. I can't draft anything, I was just hoping you can tell me where to get a pattern."
"My brain. I have it memorized."
"Haha, lol. Wow, so like, you actually memorize how to sew dresses and stuff?"
...Another day on the job.
Quote from: The Suu on February 03, 2014, 07:17:34 PM
"Hi, I really like the dress you have on sale right now, and I don't want to buy or commission one from you, but can I ask you how you made it, exactly? Like, what pattern did you use, and where did you buy it from?"
Nigel always used to express her love of people who would hit her up for "how to make beads".
"Why, sure, I'll help you become my competitor!"
"I will gladly send you the pattern. There will be a $1000 fee for me being totally awesome. Or, you could pay me to make it for you for slightly less. Your call."
I like the idea of an awesome fee.
Um...Why NOT just sell the pattern?
Don't be sensible.
Less labor, less materials, no chance of the customer stiffing her after she buys all manner of shit. And Suu could put in a note advertising her services for when they get in over their heads.
You're still being sensible.
Stop it.
Actually, I am planning on putting together a book this year called, "Historical Costuming for Cosplayers." Basically, I explain how to make basic, drafted patterns like they did in the old days in sensible clear English for the unwashed masses of convention going freaks to fawn over, because they always ask me how I make things, and yet they have no idea how to even start researching a project.
I'm going to make thousands. I'm not giving away any secrets. The patterns are ancient, and historical research techniques aren't exactly proprietary, but, if I slap, "COSPLAY" on it, it will sell, and then I'll be a fucking celebrity to these kids who would rather sit and send me PMs on Facebook on how to fix their clothes than do any legwork for themselves. I've given this as a panel at 4 conventions so far, and I'm even flying to Kansas City this April to give it again. Even placing the seed of, "Don't make crap out of bridal satin" in to their brains is a huge improvement. Same with real armoring techniques versus duct tape and cardboard.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 03, 2014, 06:25:23 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 03, 2014, 06:24:16 PM
That would be your "out of hours consultancy rate" then.
1 hour minimum charge, charged per 15 mins after the first hour.
Rinse 'em.
This. Right there.
Do it cheap, you'll be discarded as a hack. Charge out the ass.
I'm taking the free airing of my article for the moment, since getting mentioned by this particular news organization would be helpful and the questions were small, but if I'm asked for any more, we'll be talking money changing hands, certainly. It also increases my bargaining power with the people who publish my articles, as now they know I'm getting them attention, meaning I can screw them for more cash.
Plus I'm being treated as some sort of expert, which is kinda scary. I just read a bunch of articles, thought about it for a day, and made up my own mind. It doesn't take any special skill to do that.
I mean, if girls can make "careers" out of being a professional cosplayer, I fail to see why I can't make a career out of telling cosplayers how to sew, AND, I have the benefit of still selling books and going to conventions after my tits start sagging.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 03, 2014, 08:02:54 PM
Less labor, less materials, no chance of the customer stiffing her after she buys all manner of shit. And Suu could put in a note advertising her services for when they get in over their heads.
This has the advantage of an amalgamation of being nice, being totally evil, "helping", and actually helping.
It's like reality. It's beautiful.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 03, 2014, 08:14:45 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 03, 2014, 08:02:54 PM
Less labor, less materials, no chance of the customer stiffing her after she buys all manner of shit. And Suu could put in a note advertising her services for when they get in over their heads.
This has the advantage of an amalgamation of being nice, being totally evil, "helping", and actually helping.
It's like reality. It's beautiful.
More to the point, she gets to bill them twice. Without doing anything unethical.
Which is also remarkably similar to reality.
Quote from: Cain on February 03, 2014, 08:08:50 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 03, 2014, 06:25:23 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 03, 2014, 06:24:16 PM
That would be your "out of hours consultancy rate" then.
1 hour minimum charge, charged per 15 mins after the first hour.
Rinse 'em.
This. Right there.
Do it cheap, you'll be discarded as a hack. Charge out the ass.
I'm taking the free airing of my article for the moment, since getting mentioned by this particular news organization would be helpful and the questions were small, but if I'm asked for any more, we'll be talking money changing hands, certainly. It also increases my bargaining power with the people who publish my articles, as now they know I'm getting them attention, meaning I can screw them for more cash.
Plus I'm being treated as some sort of expert, which is kinda scary. I just read a bunch of articles, thought about it for a day, and made up my own mind. It doesn't take any special skill to do that.
I promise you this, independent thought is both an incredible skill and hindrance in many sectors. There is an amazing lack of it, mainly due to people figuring out it was holding them back so they've stopped having any altogether.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 03, 2014, 07:20:56 PM
Quote from: The Suu on February 03, 2014, 07:17:34 PM
"Hi, I really like the dress you have on sale right now, and I don't want to buy or commission one from you, but can I ask you how you made it, exactly? Like, what pattern did you use, and where did you buy it from?"
Nigel always used to express her love of people who would hit her up for "how to make beads".
"Why, sure, I'll help you become my competitor!"
Actually, I taught for years, and whenever anybody asks me how to do something I tell them.
Odds are it's way above their skill level, but I tell them. In detail. It's a huge part of how I built my reputation.
http://www.lampworketc.com/forums/showthread.php?s=162c451a615b5982648e9dad7d687f7e&t=186181
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on February 03, 2014, 08:33:08 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 03, 2014, 07:20:56 PM
Quote from: The Suu on February 03, 2014, 07:17:34 PM
"Hi, I really like the dress you have on sale right now, and I don't want to buy or commission one from you, but can I ask you how you made it, exactly? Like, what pattern did you use, and where did you buy it from?"
Nigel always used to express her love of people who would hit her up for "how to make beads".
"Why, sure, I'll help you become my competitor!"
Actually, I taught for years, and whenever anybody asks me how to do something I tell them.
Odds are it's way above their skill level, but I tell them. In detail. It's a huge part of how I built my reputation.
http://www.lampworketc.com/forums/showthread.php?s=162c451a615b5982648e9dad7d687f7e&t=186181
Exactly. I told her what the dress was, but she said it herself: drafting is above her skill level. I give classes all the time. In fact, I need to sign up for my Pennsic classes.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on February 03, 2014, 08:33:08 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 03, 2014, 07:20:56 PM
Quote from: The Suu on February 03, 2014, 07:17:34 PM
"Hi, I really like the dress you have on sale right now, and I don't want to buy or commission one from you, but can I ask you how you made it, exactly? Like, what pattern did you use, and where did you buy it from?"
Nigel always used to express her love of people who would hit her up for "how to make beads".
"Why, sure, I'll help you become my competitor!"
Actually, I taught for years, and whenever anybody asks me how to do something I tell them.
Odds are it's way above their skill level, but I tell them. In detail. It's a huge part of how I built my reputation.
http://www.lampworketc.com/forums/showthread.php?s=162c451a615b5982648e9dad7d687f7e&t=186181
Then I am remembering things wrong.
Perhaps it had to do with "Okay, it works like this" followed by "that looks really hard. Can't I just..."
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 03, 2014, 08:34:51 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on February 03, 2014, 08:33:08 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 03, 2014, 07:20:56 PM
Quote from: The Suu on February 03, 2014, 07:17:34 PM
"Hi, I really like the dress you have on sale right now, and I don't want to buy or commission one from you, but can I ask you how you made it, exactly? Like, what pattern did you use, and where did you buy it from?"
Nigel always used to express her love of people who would hit her up for "how to make beads".
"Why, sure, I'll help you become my competitor!"
Actually, I taught for years, and whenever anybody asks me how to do something I tell them.
Odds are it's way above their skill level, but I tell them. In detail. It's a huge part of how I built my reputation.
http://www.lampworketc.com/forums/showthread.php?s=162c451a615b5982648e9dad7d687f7e&t=186181
Then I am remembering things wrong.
Perhaps it had to do with "Okay, it works like this" followed by "that looks really hard. Can't I just..."
Yeah, those people! :lol:
I probably privately vented here about people's entitlement a time or two. Some people just don't know how to ask nicely. But what really got to me was the people who were like "I could make that for cheaper".
I don't know what they're thinking when they say that, unless they simply REALLY have no idea what they're talking about.
"What if I just used my toaster oven? That gets hot enough to cook my pizza rolls, I don't see how glass would be much different."
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 03, 2014, 08:50:41 PM
"What if I just used my toaster oven? That gets hot enough to cook my pizza rolls, I don't see how glass would be much different."
:lol:
What really got me was the people who would ask
in PM. Because THEY wanted to know, but they didn't want everybody else to know, too, so rather than a "how did you achieve that effect, if you don't mind sharing?" in the thread where I posted a pic of my beads, they wanted me to type everything out JUST FOR THEM IN PRIVATE. And the butthurt that would ensue when I posted my technique publicly, like I was
robbing them or something. :lulz:
Oh, I don't know if I mentioned it last night (I was le' tired.) but a box of fabric was stolen from out front my apartment before I could get to it. It was replaced by the same size box from the same company addressed to me that I had put into recycling the day prior. So, somebody has 3 yards of jazzberry (Think fuchsia) colored heavy linen canvas, and obviously thought they were pulling a fast one on me. Maybe they thought they had stolen something cool. :lulz: UPS said they were greeted by someone who claimed to be the customer, she was a woman and more than likely lives in my building. Now, my neighbors up to this point, after living here for a year and a half, have been great about bringing in my orders if I don't get to it in time. It's just something we do for each other.
I wrote a bilingual note and posted it on the other apartments in my house, stating that I need the fabric to do my job, and that stealing mail is a federal offense. I even said they could put it by my door and didn't have to own up to it. They have 24 hours to return my fabric, because tomorrow I'm calling my landlord about it. I'm trying to avoid doing what I had to do when I lived in the boarding house over on Elmwood, and that was earning the nickname, "Crazy white chick upstairs with the swords." I want to on the high ground. I also want my fabulous linen that I only paid $2 a yard for.
I hope they return it. Having your mail stolen by a neighbor is complete crap.
A few years ago, I was having a problem with packages being stolen. At the time, most of the packages I was getting were glass, mostly glass frit, aka crushed glass.
I think that after the third time, they gave up. :lol: Still, I always wondered what they did with all those 1/2-kilo bags of crushed glass.
I just really wish I could have seen the face of someone who opened boxes of glass. :lulz:
Whelp, I banged out a song and recorded it with my HD webcam....
..that has some mighty shitty speakers microphone. So no muscial magic for you spags today. Was planning on getting a wee microphone anyway. Apparently, Blue makes good, affordable ones.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on February 03, 2014, 09:16:15 PM
I hope they return it. Having your mail stolen by a neighbor is complete crap.
A few years ago, I was having a problem with packages being stolen. At the time, most of the packages I was getting were glass, mostly glass frit, aka crushed glass.
I think that after the third time, they gave up. :lol: Still, I always wondered what they did with all those 1/2-kilo bags of crushed glass.
Dumped it in policemen's coffee.
Quote from: Alty on February 03, 2014, 09:26:20 PM
Whelp, I banged out a song and recorded it with my HD webcam....
..that has some mighty shitty speakers microphone. So no muscial magic for you spags today. Was planning on getting a wee microphone anyway. Apparently, Blue makes good, affordable ones.
For reference, I use this (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000P5VR16/ref=oh_details_o07_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) for my Youtube videos. I would say the mic is "not entirely bad", but I don't know how it would stand up to singing as opposed to talking.
Quote from: Cain on February 03, 2014, 09:48:28 PM
Quote from: Alty on February 03, 2014, 09:26:20 PM
Whelp, I banged out a song and recorded it with my HD webcam....
..that has some mighty shitty speakers microphone. So no muscial magic for you spags today. Was planning on getting a wee microphone anyway. Apparently, Blue makes good, affordable ones.
For reference, I use this (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000P5VR16/ref=oh_details_o07_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) for my Youtube videos. I would say the mic is "not entirely bad", but I don't know how it would stand up to singing as opposed to talking.
Hmmm. The price iss right. And you come through very well on it.
This is the one I am considing.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 03, 2014, 06:24:38 PM
There are people on Facebook that believe that the US government pays reparations to Black people.
:lulz: or :horrormirth:
This is the century I asked for.
And the US government gives BIG BUCKS to smudgy immigrants when they arrive so they can start a business, and then they get ALL THE WELFARE so there's nothing left when hardworkin', tax-payin' WATT AMURKINS need help. And all Native Americans get casino money and free college in the US and free gas in Canada.
In fact, they think EVERYBODY gets FREE MONEY for not being THEM, and they - or a white guy they know who has a job, or something - have to foot the bill.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on February 03, 2014, 06:49:23 PM
FTR, I've said it before and I'm sure I'll say it again, but I cringe whenever I see "autistic" used as a slur or as a synonym for "socially dysfunctional" because there are some autistic people in my life that I care about.
Yeah, you're right, that one needs to go.
We need a word for F5, F5, F5 x infinity, guys.
Quote from: Tiddleywomp Cockletit on February 03, 2014, 10:05:03 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on February 03, 2014, 06:49:23 PM
FTR, I've said it before and I'm sure I'll say it again, but I cringe whenever I see "autistic" used as a slur or as a synonym for "socially dysfunctional" because there are some autistic people in my life that I care about.
Yeah, you're right, that one needs to go.
We need a word for F5, F5, F5 x infinity, guys.
How about "spectator"? or maybe "rubbernecker"?
Quote from: Tiddleywomp Cockletit on February 03, 2014, 10:05:03 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on February 03, 2014, 06:49:23 PM
FTR, I've said it before and I'm sure I'll say it again, but I cringe whenever I see "autistic" used as a slur or as a synonym for "socially dysfunctional" because there are some autistic people in my life that I care about.
Yeah, you're right, that one needs to go.
We need a word for F5, F5, F5 x infinity, guys.
Using "autistic" like that is completely unacceptable. I'm guilty as charged for using "retard" and "Sped" as a stupid fucking teenager, but I've never heard anyone use autistic in that manner.
When I was buying shit tons of fabric, someone stole a package off my porch. I think it was the crackhead who lived in the other half of the duplex I was in, at the time. What they wanted with five pounds of 8x8 squares of quilter's cotton, I don't know. Maybe they thought it was drugs because who in this day and age makes quilts?
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on February 03, 2014, 10:22:14 PM
Quote from: Tiddleywomp Cockletit on February 03, 2014, 10:05:03 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on February 03, 2014, 06:49:23 PM
FTR, I've said it before and I'm sure I'll say it again, but I cringe whenever I see "autistic" used as a slur or as a synonym for "socially dysfunctional" because there are some autistic people in my life that I care about.
Yeah, you're right, that one needs to go.
We need a word for F5, F5, F5 x infinity, guys.
How about "spectator"? or maybe "rubbernecker"?
"Food tube".
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 03, 2014, 10:30:29 PM
When I was buying shit tons of fabric, someone stole a package off my porch. I think it was the crackhead who lived in the other half of the duplex I was in, at the time. What they wanted with five pounds of 8x8 squares of quilter's cotton, I don't know. Maybe they thought it was drugs because who in this day and age makes quilts?
And you and I both know drugs are cheaper.
Quote from: The Suu on February 03, 2014, 10:41:47 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 03, 2014, 10:30:29 PM
When I was buying shit tons of fabric, someone stole a package off my porch. I think it was the crackhead who lived in the other half of the duplex I was in, at the time. What they wanted with five pounds of 8x8 squares of quilter's cotton, I don't know. Maybe they thought it was drugs because who in this day and age makes quilts?
And you and I both know drugs are cheaper.
Ain't that the fucked-up truth?
I am trying to redeem my stupid sick day by getting my philosophy homework out of the way, but listening to the instructor drone about statistics is killing my brain. :argh!:
The good news is that I was talking to FBF and what she thought was food poisoning sounded exactly like the symptoms I have, and it only lasted 24 hours for her. So I might be right as rain by tomorrow. I hope. My exam is rescheduled for 9 am Thursday.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on February 03, 2014, 11:17:35 PM
I am trying to redeem my stupid sick day by getting my philosophy homework out of the way, but listening to the instructor drone about statistics is killing my brain. :argh!:
The good news is that I was talking to FBF and what she thought was food poisoning sounded exactly like the symptoms I have, and it only lasted 24 hours for her. So I might be right as rain by tomorrow. I hope. My exam is rescheduled for 9 am Thursday.
Hope it is just the 24-hour thing, then!
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 03, 2014, 11:22:03 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on February 03, 2014, 11:17:35 PM
I am trying to redeem my stupid sick day by getting my philosophy homework out of the way, but listening to the instructor drone about statistics is killing my brain. :argh!:
The good news is that I was talking to FBF and what she thought was food poisoning sounded exactly like the symptoms I have, and it only lasted 24 hours for her. So I might be right as rain by tomorrow. I hope. My exam is rescheduled for 9 am Thursday.
Hope it is just the 24-hour thing, then!
Thank you! I really do too. Especially since it's going to be hard to recover from this lost day, let alone any more.
Losing a day of school really does suck.
I haven't been feeling fabulous either. I have some kind of upper respiratory situation, but I don't feel "sick," just congested. So I'm wondering if it's triggered from the dust or just differences in environment between RI and NH. Not that there's HUGE climate differences, but the dirt is different, so I'm sure there's some kind of allergen that got in my system. But again, these massive temperature dips aren't good for anyone.
Oh god nooo, the second lecture of the module is on the scientific method. I wonder if I could just skip this and still do the project correctly.
And the damn thing keeps hanging on me so I have to restart it and find the spot where it left off every three minutes or so.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on February 04, 2014, 12:22:56 AM
And the damn thing keeps hanging on me so I have to restart it and find the spot where it left off every three minutes or so.
O.O Kill it with fire. Lots and lots and lots of fire.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 03, 2014, 10:39:15 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on February 03, 2014, 10:22:14 PM
Quote from: Tiddleywomp Cockletit on February 03, 2014, 10:05:03 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on February 03, 2014, 06:49:23 PM
FTR, I've said it before and I'm sure I'll say it again, but I cringe whenever I see "autistic" used as a slur or as a synonym for "socially dysfunctional" because there are some autistic people in my life that I care about.
Yeah, you're right, that one needs to go.
We need a word for F5, F5, F5 x infinity, guys.
How about "spectator"? or maybe "rubbernecker"?
"Food tube".
"Colon".
So my parents got a kitten back in October. His name is Ace, and it's the first boy kitten they've had in 20 years. My sister, being the strange person that she is, is OBSESSED WITH HIS TESTICLES. Granted, she was like 5 and a half when we got Triple (last boy cat) and didn't really pay any attention to his parts, but for whatever reason, when she's at my parents' place, she feels it necessary to pick the cat up and show off his balls.
"Look at his little corn nuts! LOOK AT THEM! THEY'RE SO FUZZY!"
So.
He gets snippity snipped on Wednesday. My mom is planning to run out to the craft store while he's at the vet and buying little black and white puffballs right about the same size, and then sewing them together. So, the next time my sister is over post-snip, my mom is going to give her these little puffball nuts in a jar, and videoing the reaction.
This is my family, PD.
It's so sweet that your family makes sure to commemorate the special moments in life. :lulz:
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 04, 2014, 02:28:04 AM
It's so sweet that your family makes sure to commemorate the special moments in life. :lulz:
To be fair, my sister brought this upon herself.
Quote from: The Suu on February 04, 2014, 02:29:39 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 04, 2014, 02:28:04 AM
It's so sweet that your family makes sure to commemorate the special moments in life. :lulz:
To be fair, my sister brought this upon herself.
You're all wacky. Just plain wacky.
So I'm sitting here living up the night before my only day off with a pile of crochet projects, some Law & Order, and enough Pepsi to sink a medium-sized life raft. And I think, gee, this is my idea of a good time; it'd be nice to get together for a Stitch 'n' Bitch with some other crafty people.
But the only ones I know local are all 80-year-old knit snobs who think crochet is déclassé and resent taking my inferior money for their precious yarns when they know I'm going to pervert it with my dirty, dirty hooking.
And the friend of a friend's fuckbuddy who wants to design 'quality cosplay armor' for me to crochet out of 'high end acrylic' so she can sell at Dragon Con. So 'we can both be rich!!!!11!!!!11!!!'.
Nah. BRB, locking my door.
One of my local yarn stores has a "crochet friendly" sign out front.
I didn't realize us non-knitters were actually prejudiced against. :roll:
I am hanging out talking to my spiceuns and drinking enough wine and broth to hopefully sleep tonight.
Quote from: The Suu on February 04, 2014, 03:14:58 AM
One of my local yarn stores has a "crochet friendly" sign out front.
I didn't realize us non-knitters were actually prejudiced against. :roll:
Ohhh, yeah. I'm a knitter but I've seen anti-crochet bigotry. It's so fucking stupid.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Sacs on February 04, 2014, 03:23:36 AM
Quote from: The Suu on February 04, 2014, 03:14:58 AM
One of my local yarn stores has a "crochet friendly" sign out front.
I didn't realize us non-knitters were actually prejudiced against. :roll:
Ohhh, yeah. I'm a knitter but I've seen anti-crochet bigotry. It's so fucking stupid.
Yeah, I know, it's terrible.
But I have to think of my property values.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 04, 2014, 04:03:53 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Sacs on February 04, 2014, 03:23:36 AM
Quote from: The Suu on February 04, 2014, 03:14:58 AM
One of my local yarn stores has a "crochet friendly" sign out front.
I didn't realize us non-knitters were actually prejudiced against. :roll:
Ohhh, yeah. I'm a knitter but I've seen anti-crochet bigotry. It's so fucking stupid.
Yeah, I know, it's terrible.
But I have to think of my property values.
It's just so . . . gauche . . . to use anything but the needles. Hooks are so plebeian. Next they'll want to sell acrylic yarns right next to the alpaca and cashmere.
ETA: I swear I can spell.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Sacs on February 04, 2014, 03:23:36 AM
Quote from: The Suu on February 04, 2014, 03:14:58 AM
One of my local yarn stores has a "crochet friendly" sign out front.
I didn't realize us non-knitters were actually prejudiced against. :roll:
Ohhh, yeah. I'm a knitter but I've seen anti-crochet bigotry. It's so fucking stupid.
And it's of the few areas where men are the minority and second-class citizens. Even with people like Drew Emborsky and Jared Flood and Stephen West being all loud and proud. Which is another stupid thing to fight over. WHO CARES? Shut up and enjoy your craft.
Heaven forfend you be a male crocheter using acrylic. Won't be allowed in the yarn store for sure. Can't use the bathroom or get a pattern explained or nothin'. Might get his dirty acrylic-tainted manpaws all over the qiviut.
I only crochet with the coarsest hemp twine I can find.
This both assures smug superiority over those who use less sustainable resources, as well as my raw masculinity as scarves chafe my neck bloody.
SRSLY THOUGH, crafting politics? Who knew?
Acrylic feels horrible and stabbity, but I've seen crochet that looks like tatting. It's ART.
Quote from: Alty on February 04, 2014, 04:26:23 AM
I only crochet with the coarsest hemp twine I can find.
This both assures smug superiority over those who use less sustainable resources, as well as my raw masculinity as scarves chafe my neck bloody.
SRSLY THOUGH, crafting politics? Who knew?
Where there are people doing a thing, there will be people fucking that thing up.
Quote from: Tiddleywomp Cockletit on February 04, 2014, 04:32:57 AM
Acrylic feels horrible and stabbity, but I've seen crochet that looks like tatting. It's ART.
:lulz:
GUYS. I FIGURED OUT HOW TO ADD AND DELETE STUFF FROM MY IPOD.
FUTURE, MOTHERFUCKERS!!!
Your favorite Great-grandfather,
Twid
Quote from: THE PHYTOPHTHORATIC HOLDER OF THE ADVANCED DEGREE on February 04, 2014, 04:42:51 AM
GUYS. I FIGURED OUT HOW TO ADD AND DELETE STUFF FROM MY IPOD.
FUTURE, MOTHERFUCKERS!!!
Your favorite Great-grandfather,
Twid
Go Grandpa, GO!
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 04, 2014, 04:33:14 AM
Quote from: Alty on February 04, 2014, 04:26:23 AM
I only crochet with the coarsest hemp twine I can find.
This both assures smug superiority over those who use less sustainable resources, as well as my raw masculinity as scarves chafe my neck bloody.
SRSLY THOUGH, crafting politics? Who knew?
Where there are people doing a thing, there will be people fucking that thing up.
YUP.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 04, 2014, 04:43:44 AM
Quote from: THE PHYTOPHTHORATIC HOLDER OF THE ADVANCED DEGREE on February 04, 2014, 04:42:51 AM
GUYS. I FIGURED OUT HOW TO ADD AND DELETE STUFF FROM MY IPOD.
FUTURE, MOTHERFUCKERS!!!
Your favorite Great-grandfather,
Twid
Go Grandpa, GO!
Now I have something to listen to besides Rammstein, Emperor, Cradle of Filth, Motorhead and Rage Against the Machine.
I am totally tired of being sick. Skipping yoga again today because while the fever's gone my throat is sore and swollen as a pepper-sprayed asshole.
Sipping chicken broth with ginger in the hopes of putting enough calories in my stomach to swallow a couple of aspirin and go back to bed. This is bullshit.
I lost my Fitbit last week and I really want to just pop in and check whether it's in the lost and found at school, but nooooo.
Dishonored part 3 is up (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E5hUBL9Gbc&feature=youtu.be)
Watching now.
Woah, Square just offered me a grand in capital, which I could really use, because of my length of time and processing volume!
I am a legitimate business person!
Quote from: Alty on February 04, 2014, 06:43:09 PM
Woah, Square just offered me a grand in capital, which I could really use, because of my length of time and processing volume!
I am a legitimate business person!
Nice! :)
LOL. Atm, I have earnt, for the past month, just under $16 from Adsense on my videos.
Google take the first $120 to cover costs.
Hey, big spender!
Although you know I am a completely ethical person, what would happen if someone ran your videos multiple times, throughout the day? Would you generate revenue, or would the system be able to pick up on that?
I think Youtube has prevention measures in place for such things. I haven't tested this, but since they threaten loss of an account with AdSense for trying to fool them, I'm not very inclined to.
If I could get, say, 400 views per video...well then, that would be reasonable income. I know people who get those sort of viewers and Youtube is their primary job.
Quote from: Cain on February 04, 2014, 08:33:43 PM
I think Youtube has prevention measures in place for such things. I haven't tested this, but since they threaten loss of an account with AdSense for trying to fool them, I'm not very inclined to.
If I could get, say, 400 views per video...well then, that would be reasonable income. I know people who get those sort of viewers and Youtube is their primary job.
I move about a bit and have several different devices/accounts. I will try to make the best of that, plus I can pimp your stuff on my FB. It would be rad if you earn a living like that. I have always wanted to do something similar, stay home more.
Quote from: Alty on February 04, 2014, 06:43:09 PM
Woah, Square just offered me a grand in capital, which I could really use, because of my length of time and processing volume!
I am a legitimate business person!
Woohoo!
Today, I need to listen to my bio lecture, finish reading chapter 17, do a few chemistry problems, finish my philosophy assignment, and at the very least START A DRAFT of my research paper.
So far, I have taken a funny picture of myself and fucked off on the internet.
Oh, and I need to ship three bead orders.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Sacs on February 04, 2014, 09:20:48 PM
Today, I need to listen to my bio lecture, finish reading chapter 17, do a few chemistry problems, finish my philosophy assignment, and at the very least START A DRAFT of my research paper.
So far, I have taken a funny picture of myself and fucked off on the internet.
A sound plan. :)
I've got some twit asking of blogging on Tumblr will hurt her writing career down the road . . . when she can't even finish a NaNo.
I told her to shut up and write. Clearly I'm too old and I don't understand the potential ramifications of Tumblr on her 'writing rep'.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 04, 2014, 09:49:29 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Sacs on February 04, 2014, 09:20:48 PM
Today, I need to listen to my bio lecture, finish reading chapter 17, do a few chemistry problems, finish my philosophy assignment, and at the very least START A DRAFT of my research paper.
So far, I have taken a funny picture of myself and fucked off on the internet.
A sound plan. :)
I've got some twit asking of blogging on Tumblr will hurt her writing career down the road . . . when she can't even finish a NaNo.
I told her to shut up and write. Clearly I'm too old and I don't understand the potential ramifications of Tumblr on her 'writing rep'.
:lulz:
My mother just got a job as a bartender for the Philadelphia Phillies during spring training. She's fucking stoked.
Quote from: The Suu on February 04, 2014, 11:33:02 PM
My mother just got a job as a bartender for the Philadelphia Phillies during spring training. She's fucking stoked.
Cool!
I was experimenting with Kool-Aid dying yarn in the microwave. Using some lace-weight single-ply nylon since it takes dye as well as wool and won't felt if I fuck it up.
Used Hawaiian Punch 'Blue Typhoon' to get a lovely blue color and the twist I put into the yarn gave it a dappled effect. Sweet!
Did another batch with the same water, though the blue dye was mostly exhausted, I threw in a pack of grape Kool-Aid and tossed in another mini-skein. Got a great dark purple. Half-way through I tossed in another mini-skein and now I've got one dark purple and one indigo.
May have had to stop due to accidentally dying the microwave blue. >.>
There is a group at the mall selling sugar gliders. I'd be ok with this if their fucking fact sheet was right. They're telling people that they only eat fruit, completely neglecting that fact that if they don't get enough insects, or crude protein, their hind legs will get paralyzed.
:argh!:
What the fuck is a sugar glider it sounds like something my kid would want at the circus.
Quote from: StandBackJack on February 05, 2014, 01:02:35 AM
What the fuck is a sugar glider it sounds like something my kid would want at the circus.
Well really if their hind legs are paralyzed they're more like sugar sliders.
(http://www.critterhub.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/sugar-glider-care-625x416.jpg)
I'm listening to the lecture I missed yesterday and it's nerve-wracking because he's handing exams back and some people got 100%, which is really unusual for his class, and the average was 88 with a 12% standard deviation, and I haven't gotten mine back SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT I GOT OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD.
Ohhhhh he's going over the answers and I don't know what I did so this is even worse.
Quote from: The Suu on February 04, 2014, 11:33:02 PM
My mother just got a job as a bartender for the Philadelphia Phillies during spring training. She's fucking stoked.
Wooooo!
Oh thank god I found the end of the test answers. Now he's talking about our research papers which I have not worked on at all.
So the boyfriend-not-yet-husband is having a hard time locating his birth certificate. Without that, we cannot get married in Rhode Island. They won't take a passport or military ID in lieu of a birth certificate, so his mom is trying to get one from the town hall where he grew up in NY, but it looks like we may have to go through Albany, and this could very well be a mess. Blargh, February.
We can, however, get married in New Hampshire, because as long as you have some kind of government ID that has your birthday on it, you're golden. So we may end up having to go that route via Portsmouth City Hall. I'm going to call them this week after this whole snow debacle simmers down (we seriously do not know how much we are getting, ahhh, February...) and see how we can arrange that.
You'd think this would be easy, you know, it being our 2nd time around. ~_~
So my Microbiology lab partner and I were discussing professors in lab today and if I could recommend a statistics professor.
I said I could, but for the life of me couldn't remember his name, but I'd remember it if I saw it (I took stats in 2009). So I looked at the catalog to see if I could see his name and I couldn't, so I went to rate my professor and found him. So I googled him to see if he's still teaching at all.
Nope.
The authorities found many, many, many illegal pictures on his and his brother's computers last year.
I'll be recommending my current Algebra professor instead, even though I never took stats with her.
Quote from: The Suu on February 05, 2014, 03:07:07 AM
So the boyfriend-not-yet-husband is having a hard time locating his birth certificate. Without that, we cannot get married in Rhode Island. They won't take a passport or military ID in lieu of a birth certificate, so his mom is trying to get one from the town hall where he grew up in NY, but it looks like we may have to go through Albany, and this could very well be a mess. Blargh, February.
We can, however, get married in New Hampshire, because as long as you have some kind of government ID that has your birthday on it, you're golden. So we may end up having to go that route via Portsmouth City Hall. I'm going to call them this week after this whole snow debacle simmers down (we seriously do not know how much we are getting, ahhh, February...) and see how we can arrange that.
You'd think this would be easy, you know, it being our 2nd time around. ~_~
Birth certificates? No problem.
Tell me, how picky is he about little things like age, spelling, and possibly gender?
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on February 05, 2014, 03:20:04 AM
Quote from: The Suu on February 05, 2014, 03:07:07 AM
So the boyfriend-not-yet-husband is having a hard time locating his birth certificate. Without that, we cannot get married in Rhode Island. They won't take a passport or military ID in lieu of a birth certificate, so his mom is trying to get one from the town hall where he grew up in NY, but it looks like we may have to go through Albany, and this could very well be a mess. Blargh, February.
We can, however, get married in New Hampshire, because as long as you have some kind of government ID that has your birthday on it, you're golden. So we may end up having to go that route via Portsmouth City Hall. I'm going to call them this week after this whole snow debacle simmers down (we seriously do not know how much we are getting, ahhh, February...) and see how we can arrange that.
You'd think this would be easy, you know, it being our 2nd time around. ~_~
Birth certificates? No problem.
Tell me, how picky is he about little things like age, spelling, and possibly gender?
I have decided that you are the reason why New Bedford is tied with Providence as the most Godless City in America.
I am the reason why Providence is Godless, because today in Price Rite, some amazing woman decided to YELL at me for putting my groceries in my backpack while I was shopping, since there wasn't an empty cart to be found in the joint. She said Jesus was watching and I was going to hell for stealing.
So, I yelled at her, "HAIL SATAN!" And she hurried off with her little snotty sprogs to the next aisle.
I'mma gonna miss this hellhole.
Quote from: UNREGISTERED SHARPIE USER on February 05, 2014, 01:18:31 AM
(http://www.critterhub.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/sugar-glider-care-625x416.jpg)
I'll take "When Badgers and Flying Squirrels Fuck" for $800 Alex.
I am receiving two boxes of wool tomorrow (or Thursday) during the snow. We're talking almost $200 in raw materials. These boxes are NOT walking. I intend to sit in the foyer, possibly armed, waiting for my shipment. There will be pain if someone tries anything funny this time.
Quote from: The Suu on February 05, 2014, 05:38:19 AM
I am receiving two boxes of wool tomorrow (or Thursday) during the snow. We're talking almost $200 in raw materials. These boxes are NOT walking. I intend to sit in the foyer, possibly armed, waiting for my shipment. There will be pain if someone tries anything funny this time.
Git 'em, Suu!
SNOW DAY SNOW DAY :banana: :banana: :banana:
Quote from: Alty on February 04, 2014, 09:01:37 PM
Quote from: Cain on February 04, 2014, 08:33:43 PM
I think Youtube has prevention measures in place for such things. I haven't tested this, but since they threaten loss of an account with AdSense for trying to fool them, I'm not very inclined to.
If I could get, say, 400 views per video...well then, that would be reasonable income. I know people who get those sort of viewers and Youtube is their primary job.
I move about a bit and have several different devices/accounts. I will try to make the best of that, plus I can pimp your stuff on my FB. It would be rad if you earn a living like that. I have always wanted to do something similar, stay home more.
Thank you, I appreciate that.
I was also going to advertise on Reddit, once I had a few more videos up. I think people are more likely to take part if it's at an early stage of the game, but there is at least some videos up to get an idea of what is going on.
Also, there will only be one video today. Since my copies of "The World At War" wont play on my DVD player or laptop, I'm downloading them. It's....taking some time.
Quote from: Cain on February 05, 2014, 12:44:26 PM
Also, there will only be one video today. Since my copies of "The World At War" wont play on my DVD player or laptop, I'm downloading them. It's....taking some time.
Which game?
DAO. I have more videos of that, anyway.
Cool. Let me know when it's up. Work is slow, anyway.
So, yeah, I got shingles. In my left eye. Who the fuck gets shingles in their EYE? It's the one place this shit can do real damage.
In any case, I'm on a stack of antvirals, and they're about 95% sure I'll keep my vision in that eye.
I made the mistake of googling that.
Jesus fuck, that's horrifying.
Hope it gets better before damage sets in.
Tucson has clearly decided you've seen too much so must be blinded.
Things I learnt today : Underground car parks can act as astonishingly good speakers. I found this out with a scratched Thrill Kill Kult CD. A 20/30 second silent intro is just about long enough to make me forget i'm listening to music with the volume set at max.
Opening the door and having "JESUS IS IN THE HOUSE" boom out and echo is probably the most fun I'm getting today.
Damn, seconding LMNO's words.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 05, 2014, 01:29:29 PM
Cool. Let me know when it's up. Work is slow, anyway.
Will probably be five hours from now, give or take.
Also, I commit what looks like a gratuitous act of brazen murder in this episode. But he was asking for it. And it's kinda a mercy killing, anyway. Its not plot important, so no vote, but the all powerful Murder Knife making it's first appearance is always cause for celebration.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 05, 2014, 01:36:24 PM
So, yeah, I got shingles. In my left eye. Who the fuck gets shingles in their EYE? It's the one place this shit can do real damage.
In any case, I'm on a stack of antvirals, and they're about 95% sure I'll keep my vision in that eye.
Jesus Fuck, it's a good thing you went to the doctor.
Quote from: The Suu on February 05, 2014, 02:34:30 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 05, 2014, 01:36:24 PM
So, yeah, I got shingles. In my left eye. Who the fuck gets shingles in their EYE? It's the one place this shit can do real damage.
In any case, I'm on a stack of antvirals, and they're about 95% sure I'll keep my vision in that eye.
Jesus Fuck, it's a good thing you went to the doctor.
When the white of my left eye flooded with blood, I figured I better.
For what it's worth, this is one of the best time for selfies to post on FB.
REAL, UP-CLOSE SELFIES.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 05, 2014, 03:23:45 PM
For what it's worth, this is one of the best time for selfies to post on FB.
REAL, UP-CLOSE SELFIES.
Could do it here, too.
I'm up for seeing an infected, blood filled eye. Even though I know I have a terrible squeamishness about things happening to anyone's eyes, and will almost certainly regret it.
Quote from: Cain on February 05, 2014, 04:06:13 PM
I'm up for seeing an infected, blood filled eye. Even though I know I have a terrible squeamishness about things happening to anyone's eyes, and will almost certainly regret it.
Same here.
Also, hope you're not one of the 5%, Roger.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 05, 2014, 01:36:24 PM
So, yeah, I got shingles. In my left eye. Who the fuck gets shingles in their EYE? It's the one place this shit can do real damage.
In any case, I'm on a stack of antvirals, and they're about 95% sure I'll keep my vision in that eye.
That is something special right there. Hope it heals up quick!
Yiiiii, I didn't even know that was possible. :x
As I sat down at the back of a bus, I unshouldered by bag and sat down, the bag caught the release on my bear mace. I started shouting GO GO GO, and some poor woman caught a bunch in the face. :sad:
Eveyone got off, and I got a lot of nasty looks as I apologized. Called a cab and took the lady to.the ER. The only reason I wont pay for it is she is Native Alaskan and it's free.
You can mace Alaskan Natives at no charge whatsoever? Truly, America is the land of the free.
:lulz:
Shit, i needed that. I feel awful. I got some in my own face, a tiny bit in my bad eye, but she got it square in the middle.
Quote from: Alty on February 05, 2014, 07:52:41 PM
As I sat down at the back of a bus, I unshouldered by bag and sat down, the bag caught the release on my bear mace. I started shouting GO GO GO, and some poor woman caught a bunch in the face. :sad:
Eveyone got off, and I got a lot of nasty looks as I apologized. Called a cab and took the lady to.the ER. The only reason I wont pay for it is she is Native Alaskan and it's free.
:horrormirth:
Quote from: Cain on February 05, 2014, 07:55:10 PM
You can mace Alaskan Natives at no charge whatsoever? Truly, America is the land of the free.
:lulz:
I am just leaving that shit home from now on.
Im lucky it didnt happen with my son. And that it only got one person. And that she was god natured about the whole thing.
Quote from: Alty on February 05, 2014, 08:17:40 PM
I am just leaving that shit home from now on.
Im lucky it didnt happen with my son. And that it only got one person. And that she was god natured about the whole thing.
Nonsense, Alty, you're doing the work you were born to do.
Goddamn bears think they can parade around in the skins of Alaskan Native ladies, or hide under bus seats preparing to strike and there YOU are, with your bear mace, screeching and spraying a hellish arc of pepper at them for their presumptions. Alaska needs you, Alty. It needs you and your bear mace.
You're like the motherfucking bear mace Punisher.
Quite frankly, I'm confused and relieved that I myself wasn't bear maced at our meeting. Those in your presence not being bear maced at any given point in time is an anomaly. While near you, bear maced is the natural order of a person's existence.
My parents' kitten officially has no balls. He came home and asked for my brother to catch him a lizard. (Florida cats, it's a thing.) So, so much for him being calm for a few days. He does keep checking for his missing parts, but that's about it.
So. Mom went to Michael's as planned and got two black puffballs and sewed them together. Then my brother decided he also needed a part in this, and used some of his fly tying materials to add an extra tuft of fur. They're at the neighbors house now to see if they have a small mason jar. My sister will be over for dinner. This is going to be a thing of LEGEND. :lulz:
(For those that missed the previous post: In summary, my sister was obsessed with the kitten's fuzzy nutsack, so my mom is giving it to her as a present. :) )
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 05, 2014, 01:36:24 PM
So, yeah, I got shingles. In my left eye. Who the fuck gets shingles in their EYE? It's the one place this shit can do real damage.
In any case, I'm on a stack of antvirals, and they're about 95% sure I'll keep my vision in that eye.
YEOWCH. Murphy and Finagle are on a fucking blitz.
I have become boring. :(
ALso, had to google shingles. Fuckin' 'ell, DOUR. Be a 95%er.
Quote from: Waffleman on February 06, 2014, 01:20:17 AM
I have become boring. :(
That's excellent!
I have feared becoming so, or feeling bored for a long time. It hasn't really happened to me much until recently. Now the sheer pain of it forces me to find new and different ways to do things, things I was previously afraid to do.
Boredom rocks.
You think mace is going to stop me? HHAHAHAAAHHAAHAHAAHAH!!!!!! When was the last time someone saw a dead bear on the road due to mace? NEVER!
You puny humans will suffer for oppressing my white, snow bretheren up North. The Revolution is now!
One of my tires got shredded up by ice shards while trying to escape my snow/ice parking lot :mad:
Quote from: Vladimir Poutine ⊂(◉‿◉)つ on February 06, 2014, 05:23:11 AM
One of my tires got shredded up by ice shards while trying to escape my snow/ice parking lot :mad:
:eek:
Quote from: Waffleman on February 06, 2014, 01:20:17 AM
I have become boring. :(
I feel pretty boring myself. It's probably a bit of restlessness though, for both of us. It's winter. We had moderate snow, moderate enough for school cancellations. I started doing my math homework because I didn't know what else to do. Then I got bored with that and went to work. Then I went home and did school work.
I did get into a snowball fight with Northeastern University students who built snow forts on the route I take to work (the station I use closest to work is on Northeastern's campus). That was fun. That was, however the only interesting thing I've done all week outside of lab.
Quote from: Alty on February 06, 2014, 01:23:01 AM
Quote from: Waffleman on February 06, 2014, 01:20:17 AM
I have become boring. :(
That's excellent!
I have feared becoming so, or feeling bored for a long time. It hasn't really happened to me much until recently. Now the sheer pain of it forces me to find new and different ways to do things, things I was previously afraid to do.
Boredom rocks.
Boredom is the father of invention.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 05, 2014, 01:36:24 PM
So, yeah, I got shingles. In my left eye. Who the fuck gets shingles in their EYE? It's the one place this shit can do real damage.
In any case, I'm on a stack of antvirals, and they're about 95% sure I'll keep my vision in that eye.
Jesus fucking hell.
That reminds me of a medical poster a friend sent me a screenshot of today, but it's NSFW so I can't post it here.
Hope it clears up with no problem, that sucks ass. :(
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on February 05, 2014, 08:28:43 PM
Quite frankly, I'm confused and relieved that I myself wasn't bear maced at our meeting. Those in your presence not being bear maced at any given point in time is an anomaly. While near you, bear maced is the natural order of a person's existence.
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
The guy who writes 'asofterworld' has a book called "We Are Become Pals". The first 23 chapters are here. A fun, super quick read.
http://wearebecomepals.tumblr.com/TOC.html
Part 4 of Dishonored is up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCC2P4-P_Vs
Thing is...I'm not sure the video is displaying. When I try and watch it, I only get the audio, no visuals....except when I go into video editing, when the whole thing is there, as it should be. Can someone click and put my mind at ease that it is in fact showing and that, for whatever reason, my browser is showing me a cached version without video?
If it is just audio, I'll upload again and see what happens.
I'll check it out.
I've got both Audio and video.
The in-game audio is super low, though.
Thanks. The in-game audio is intended to be pretty low, though I might turn it up a little bit. I just didnt want to have to be speaking over what is intended to be background music or whatever.
Gotcha, thanks!
Quote from: Alty on February 06, 2014, 01:23:01 AM
Quote from: Waffleman on February 06, 2014, 01:20:17 AM
I have become boring. :(
That's excellent!
I have feared becoming so, or feeling bored for a long time. It hasn't really happened to me much until recently. Now the sheer pain of it forces me to find new and different ways to do things, things I was previously afraid to do.
Boredom rocks.
I marked all as read now.
Quote from: Cain on February 06, 2014, 04:45:42 PM
Part 4 of Dishonored is up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCC2P4-P_Vs
Thing is...I'm not sure the video is displaying. When I try and watch it, I only get the audio, no visuals....except when I go into video editing, when the whole thing is there, as it should be. Can someone click and put my mind at ease that it is in fact showing and that, for whatever reason, my browser is showing me a cached version without video?
If it is just audio, I'll upload again and see what happens.
Ok, the video is freezing up around 8 minutes in.
Oh, that maybe because I tried to edit some of the visuals, to see if it would make the video appear.
Or it could be because Youtube is run by incompetent monkeys, as whenever I try to view my editing options, I get a 500 Internal Server error.
I'm guessing monkeys.
Strangely, I can now see the video.
Quick test, it's working for me. No glitches or stalls beyond normal youtube buffering.
I just purchased liability insurance for yoga. It was super fucking easy!
:noodledance:
Now to put togther a basic program for uptight jerkfaces! I will focus on the slow, gentle reintroduction to your stiff and aging meatsack.
The boyfriend got his birth cert from New York like a day after he called for it. This is awesome, except that he neglected to tell me, so I've been calling New Hampshire for marriage info for the last couple of days, giving him updates, and he's been laughing to himself. He does this. He loves pulling quiet pranks on me.
Either way, marriage is back on in Rhode Island officiated by Deacon Richter. Unfortunately I think it's going to have to take place on Valentine's Day, since he can't get down here early enough tomorrow to procure the license. :crankey: Well played, boyfiend (typo on purpose,) well-fucking-played.
...This one deserves payback.
wear a female condom and line it with hot sauce.
pretty sure this one is disproportionate to the crime, but damnit if this didn't occur to me just now and was too beautiful not to share
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on February 06, 2014, 10:15:21 PM
wear a female condom and line it with hot sauce.
pretty sure this one is disproportionate to the crime, but damnit if this didn't occur to me just now and was too beautiful not to share
...Yeah no. I like the guy, hence why, ya know, I'm marrying him. There will be no Srirachasex.
Our pranks are never hurtful, just sometimes a bit jarring. He knows I don't like Valentine's Day, so he's finding this coincidence HYSTERICAL, whereas I am not. Now, his birthday is April Fools, so I think that's going to be my target.
Quote from: The Suu on February 06, 2014, 10:17:35 PM
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on February 06, 2014, 10:15:21 PM
wear a female condom and line it with hot sauce.
pretty sure this one is disproportionate to the crime, but damnit if this didn't occur to me just now and was too beautiful not to share
...Yeah no. I like the guy, hence why, ya know, I'm marrying him. There will be no Srirachasex.
Our pranks are never hurtful, just sometimes a bit jarring. He knows I don't like Valentine's Day, so he's finding this coincidence HYSTERICAL, whereas I am not. Now, his birthday is April Fools, so I think that's going to be my target.
I can see it now. He unwraps his present. It's a Victoria Secret box. You say "Well really, it's for me and you." He lifts the lid with an eager leer. And gets a cream pie in the kisser. You take pictures and post on YouTube, Pintrest, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Many LULZ ensue.
Or. You tell him for his birthday you gave him chlamydia, etc. And then present the box of plushie microbes. Bonus: plushie sperm with pictures of his face as a toddler taped on.
Booze is no longer my friend. Every time I have a beer or a couple vodkas I get depressed and want to bang anything, I don't want to massage anyone, and just fall into dispair.
Which isn't really a problem, it's just weird. Still think I'll go to the bars I like, sip on some virgin cocktails, chat with strangers. There's not much else to do socially around here.
People I have never met, or even heard of are sending me linkedin requests. I don't even have a linkedin account.
The strange thing is the industries involved - Publishing, IT and Education are realms where I know fuck all. Some kind of virus or spam seems the most logical explanation, but I'm almost inclined to call the chap from the publishing house just in case.
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Quote from: The Suu on February 06, 2014, 10:17:35 PM
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on February 06, 2014, 10:15:21 PM
wear a female condom and line it with hot sauce.
pretty sure this one is disproportionate to the crime, but damnit if this didn't occur to me just now and was too beautiful not to share
...Yeah no. I like the guy, hence why, ya know, I'm marrying him. There will be no Srirachasex.
Our pranks are never hurtful, just sometimes a bit jarring. He knows I don't like Valentine's Day, so he's finding this coincidence HYSTERICAL, whereas I am not. Now, his birthday is April Fools, so I think that's going to be my target.
I can see it now. He unwraps his present. It's a Victoria Secret box. You say "Well really, it's for me and you." He lifts the lid with an eager leer. And gets a cream pie in the kisser. You take pictures and post on YouTube, Pintrest, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Many LULZ ensue.
Or. You tell him for his birthday you gave him chlamydia, etc. And then present the box of plushie microbes. Bonus: plushie sperm with pictures of his face as a toddler taped on.
The STD one doesn't work as well because he's required by the Navy to be tested annually, though the plushy sperm could be funny. The cream pie would be full of win until he found a way to backfire it on me. ~_~
I'm thinking of making him a cake this year. I made him one last year that was his favorite, and covered it with exactly 32 burning candles. This year, the cake will be an iced cardboard box. :lulz: And then I'll hide brownies in the fridge or something.
Quote from: Alty on February 07, 2014, 07:47:08 AM
Booze is no longer my friend. Every time I have a beer or a couple vodkas I get depressed and want to bang anything, I don't want to massage anyone, and just fall into dispair.
Which isn't really a problem, it's just weird. Still think I'll go to the bars I like, sip on some virgin cocktails, chat with strangers. There's not much else to do socially around here.
That's not at all an uncommon reaction to alcohol during times of emotional strain. Knocking it off is a great idea. So is socializing.
I am having a moment of amuse browsing Yelp and seeing all these Seattlites shrilly insisting that Portland doesn't have its own cuisine or culture, it's just a trickle-down of Seattle. :lol: One guy insisted - I shit you not - that salmon really has its origins in Seattle. Salmon. That fish that's, like, everywhere, and that NW indians all up and down the Pacific NW coast eat an average of 300 lbs of per year. Came from Seattle, apparently. Hell, maybe the idea of eating came from Seattle, too. And fire. And the sun, and being on the West Coast.
What I don't get is why so many Seattlites seem to be so threatened by Portland having its own identity. It isn't a competition. There's no challenge. I've never heard anybody in Portland be all "OMG Seattle drools, they just wish they were Portland!" because, c'mon, it's another city, in another state, perfectly lovely in its own right.
I spent about 3 minutes trying to find an appropriate analogy for how ridiculously huge Seattle's inferiority complex is but I failed because I couldn't think of a grandiose enough analogy. I mean, they're so insecure that they spend a good chunk of time bashing Everett, FFS, and we're just the far-flung ass-end of the metro area with about 1/6 as many people as Seattle proper.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Sacs on February 07, 2014, 06:25:43 PM
Quote from: Alty on February 07, 2014, 07:47:08 AM
Booze is no longer my friend. Every time I have a beer or a couple vodkas I get depressed and want to bang anything, I don't want to massage anyone, and just fall into dispair.
Which isn't really a problem, it's just weird. Still think I'll go to the bars I like, sip on some virgin cocktails, chat with strangers. There's not much else to do socially around here.
That's not at all an uncommon reaction to alcohol during times of emotional strain. Knocking it off is a great idea. So is socializing.
What she said.
Quote from: Jet City Hustle on February 07, 2014, 07:48:05 PM
I spent about 3 minutes trying to find an appropriate analogy for how ridiculously huge Seattle's inferiority complex is but I failed because I couldn't think of a grandiose enough analogy. I mean, they're so insecure that they spend a good chunk of time bashing Everett, FFS, and we're just the far-flung ass-end of the metro area with about 1/6 as many people as Seattle proper.
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz: They bash EVERETT??? That's like Portland feeling threatened by Aloha. An inferiority complex explains a lot, although I can't for the life of me understand why they'd have one. It's a perfectly lovely city by just about any standards.
From what I have observed the people of Seattle possess a default state of tepid misery and bland self loathing.
The only people I ever got along with there were all from outside as well.
I received a package today that was accidentally addressed to me. I was hoping for a present, but, alas, I have 45lbs of Rev War white knickers.
FORTY-FIVE POUNDS OF REDCOAT PANCE I HAD TO CARRY UP 3 FLOORS.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Sacs on February 07, 2014, 07:57:57 PM
Quote from: Jet City Hustle on February 07, 2014, 07:48:05 PM
I spent about 3 minutes trying to find an appropriate analogy for how ridiculously huge Seattle's inferiority complex is but I failed because I couldn't think of a grandiose enough analogy. I mean, they're so insecure that they spend a good chunk of time bashing Everett, FFS, and we're just the far-flung ass-end of the metro area with about 1/6 as many people as Seattle proper.
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz: They bash EVERETT??? That's like Portland feeling threatened by Aloha. An inferiority complex explains a lot, although I can't for the life of me understand why they'd have one. It's a perfectly lovely city by just about any standards.
We won a major sports championship and ONE MILLION PEOPLE showed up to celebrate. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm a lifelong fan and I'm stoked. But this was some sort of MAJOR VALIDATING MOMENT in these peoples' lives.
And there's hardly anybody left in Seattle that's actually FROM Seattle. It's true of Pugetopolis in general but way more so in Seattle, with it's population made up almost entirely of immigrants, both foreign and domestic. The people that actually qualify as old PNW stock, if you can find them, are usually pretty solid people. They're the descendents of the Scandihoovians and Finns that moved out here to fish and log and be somewhere that sort of reminded them of home and they built a largely tolerant and progressive society (with a mean pro-labor streak and lingering overtones of socialism) that subsequent generations of interlopers have done their best to destroy.
It is awfully pretty, though. But then, so are Everett or Tacoma or any number of other smaller cities that line Puget Sound and don't suffer from Seattle's melange of bullshit.
Plus they were always there to catch Eddie Vedder's stage dives.
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I'll take "When Badgers and Flying Squirrels Fuck" for $800 Alex.
i've had 2 of them for a few years now
I often excuse myself at night meeting/events to "go feed the possums"
the guys selling them at flea markets and shopping malls are essentially running marsupial puppy mills; only interested in a quick buck
Legit breeders charge more, but you're less likely to get a pre-damaged pet. The good ones almost always give you a list of what they can and can't eat, what they use personally, and where they get the stuff that isn't available locally.
Quote from: Jet City Hustle on February 07, 2014, 09:24:07 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Sacs on February 07, 2014, 07:57:57 PM
Quote from: Jet City Hustle on February 07, 2014, 07:48:05 PM
I spent about 3 minutes trying to find an appropriate analogy for how ridiculously huge Seattle's inferiority complex is but I failed because I couldn't think of a grandiose enough analogy. I mean, they're so insecure that they spend a good chunk of time bashing Everett, FFS, and we're just the far-flung ass-end of the metro area with about 1/6 as many people as Seattle proper.
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz: They bash EVERETT??? That's like Portland feeling threatened by Aloha. An inferiority complex explains a lot, although I can't for the life of me understand why they'd have one. It's a perfectly lovely city by just about any standards.
We won a major sports championship and ONE MILLION PEOPLE showed up to celebrate. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm a lifelong fan and I'm stoked. But this was some sort of MAJOR VALIDATING MOMENT in these peoples' lives.
And there's hardly anybody left in Seattle that's actually FROM Seattle. It's true of Pugetopolis in general but way more so in Seattle, with it's population made up almost entirely of immigrants, both foreign and domestic. The people that actually qualify as old PNW stock, if you can find them, are usually pretty solid people. They're the descendents of the Scandihoovians and Finns that moved out here to fish and log and be somewhere that sort of reminded them of home and they built a largely tolerant and progressive society (with a mean pro-labor streak and lingering overtones of socialism) that subsequent generations of interlopers have done their best to destroy.
It is awfully pretty, though. But then, so are Everett or Tacoma or any number of other smaller cities that line Puget Sound and don't suffer from Seattle's melange of bullshit.
I like Seattle. I mean, I don't want to live there but I like it. But I haven't been really all that in touch with the evolution of its culture over the last 15 years or so.
I used to LOVE it. I used to write songs TO it, not just about it. And it's not some jaded hipster "it was cooler back when" bullshit, the city's culture really HAS changed very drastically in a relatively short period of time and while I think it's pointless to try to attach a value judgment to something like the evolution of a city, it's definitely lost something in the process of the change. And I don't feel the same way about it anymore.
This fucking marriage fiasco continues.
Rhode Island won't take the BF's birth cert from NY because it's not "long form," Which means, it doesn't have his parents on it. Mine does, but his doesn't, even though we were born in the same state about a year apart. o.O Apparently small towns in upstate don't typically issue a long form certificate, those have to be ordered from Albany, and that will cost us, no shit, about $75 when all is said and done and mailed. Well done, New York. Funny thing, the clerk at Providence City Hall says that this isn't the first time she's seen this happen, but there's nothing she can do. She won't take a passport or military ID as form of citizenship, either. Long form BC, or no dice.
Thanks, Rhode Island. You're such a fucking peach. Right up until the end. Cunt.
New Hampshire will take any form of photo ID, and we can get the license in Portsmouth, drive the hour to Concord to get married by a JP with no witnesses in the capital, and then call it a day. BF says Connecticut didn't give him this much shit either. Rhode Island is just very special.
I'm never getting married again. This is the last time. Ever.
Well, I just got banned from Godless Mingle. :lol:
Quote from: The Suu on February 08, 2014, 07:39:08 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Sacs on February 08, 2014, 07:34:35 PM
Well, I just got banned from Godless Mingle. :lol:
Details!
I posted something along the lines of "For a group that calls itself "Godless" right in the title, I've noticed that there are way more posts about god, religion, and jesus in a day here than there are in my entire newsfeed in a month. What's the deal with that?"
Dogpiled (200+ posts) and banned within 15 minutes.
That's what you get for questioning Atheists' beliefs. :lulz:
Women who post mostly-naked pictures of themselves regularly were all "ATTENTION WHORE!" and guys were basically just going "SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!".
It was AMAZING.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Sacs on February 08, 2014, 08:00:44 PM
Women who post mostly-naked pictures of themselves regularly were all "ATTENTION WHORE!" and guys were basically just going "SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!".
It was AMAZING.
I just joined. The thread is STILL GOING and you're not even there anymore!
Oh wow :lulz: It's almost like people get upset when you question their beliefs or something.
Quote from: The Suu on February 08, 2014, 08:13:30 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Sacs on February 08, 2014, 08:00:44 PM
Women who post mostly-naked pictures of themselves regularly were all "ATTENTION WHORE!" and guys were basically just going "SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!".
It was AMAZING.
I just joined. The thread is STILL GOING and you're not even there anymore!
:lulz: You're shitting me!
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 08, 2014, 09:59:36 PM
Oh wow :lulz: It's almost like people get upset when you question their beliefs or something.
:lulz:
My favorite was the guy who kept saying I was using a logical fallacy, so I asked him if he could describe my logical fallacy in words, and he just kept saying "logical fallacy" and then I finally realized that he doesn't actually know what that means.
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
I also love how my last few posts in that thread were all, "seriously, can we have a reasoned discussion about this and try to understand what's actually going on here?" while people were frothing and calling me names, and I got banned.
:lulz:
:lulz: Clearly an illogical question.
What's the deal, is the place inhabited by the inbred spawn of spock?
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 08, 2014, 10:09:51 PM
:lulz: Clearly an illogical question.
What's the deal, is the place inhabited by the inbred spawn of spock?
No, it's inhabited by people who have massive hangups on religion and can't stand having their hangups challenged.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Sacs on February 08, 2014, 10:57:32 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 08, 2014, 10:09:51 PM
:lulz: Clearly an illogical question.
What's the deal, is the place inhabited by the inbred spawn of spock?
No, it's inhabited by people who have massive hangups on religion and can't stand having their hangups challenged.
And like to post about how horny they are and ugly pics of themselves. Good people.
Quote from: The Suu on February 08, 2014, 11:02:09 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Sacs on February 08, 2014, 10:57:32 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 08, 2014, 10:09:51 PM
:lulz: Clearly an illogical question.
What's the deal, is the place inhabited by the inbred spawn of spock?
No, it's inhabited by people who have massive hangups on religion and can't stand having their hangups challenged.
And like to post about how horny they are and ugly pics of themselves. Good people.
SOLID PEOPLE
I don't always have clients to whom I feel and immediate attraction that burns with the fire of a thousand suns, but when I do I lose the ability to brain in my thought-box thingy.
And maintain consummate professionalism.
Also, thanks SEO skills, for being cheap and easy.
Usually in the evenings I walk home, especially on Saturdays when the bus stops running at 8pm.
Today my schedule worked out so the bus worked out.
As I pulled into glorious Mt. View about a dozen cop cars went by. The bus kept on. I got to my street and lo and behold there they all are, at the far end. Two ambulances too.
If I had to guess, the dealer who often parks in front of my house got REALLY REAL.
Yeah, time to move for sure now. Midtown maybe.
GOOD TIMES!
Writing an essay, wont be around so much.
And I've just had another article commissioned, so I really won't be around very much at all.
Wow, sounds like your writing gigs are really taking off! That's awesome!
So today the formerly perfectly lovely snow has gone Portland. :argh!:
I hope it melts by tomorrow because not being able to leave the house sucks.
I just got into a wonderful internet argument about speaking English in the United States, because MURRICA.
So, my friends and are going to translate the Star Spangled Banner into true Old English. As in, Beowulf old. They cannot argue it's in English, when it will be. :)
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velvet Skin Sacs on February 09, 2014, 02:35:11 PM
Wow, sounds like your writing gigs are really taking off! That's awesome!
Thanks, yeah.
It may not add up to much now (especially with the paltry sum I get paid), but it is paid, and it means I'll have a portfolio of online work should I decide to write for someone else. And that
is worth something.
A couple of new songs, for those interested.
When You're Happy and You Know it (https://soundcloud.com/sermoiii/when-youre-happy-and-you-know)
Scars (https://soundcloud.com/sermoiii/scars-ft-vorma)
It's Cold Out Here (https://soundcloud.com/sermoiii/its-cold-out-here-ft-vorma)
That's awesome, Cain!
Quote from: Cain on February 09, 2014, 05:38:26 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velvet Skin Sacs on February 09, 2014, 02:35:11 PM
Wow, sounds like your writing gigs are really taking off! That's awesome!
Thanks, yeah.
It may not add up to much now (especially with the paltry sum I get paid), but it is paid, and it means I'll have a portfolio of online work should I decide to write for someone else. And that is worth something.
That's fantastic!
Got idea for dystopian short while finishing work today. I need to get this down in print before I forget it.
Yay! The roomates are in, moving out of the ghetto in April.
Gonna be a smaller place, no doubt. But screw i, I don't want to get shot.
Just got back from seeing Biffy Clyro at the Showbox. That was a fucking amazing show, if you're a Biffy Clyro fan. Which I am.
Yet more gunfire on my street.
There goes all sense of sleepieness.
It's just going to get worse with the economy.
I blame libertarians.
So price for freedom Alty.
Why the hell is it so hard for me to spend money on myself?
I have no problem buying things for others, or holding back the money for them to do so, but am having a hell of a time getting myself to go to the store to look for clothes.
Quote from: Alty on February 10, 2014, 10:11:22 AM
Yet more gunfire on my street.
There goes all sense of sleepieness.
It's just going to get worse with the economy.
I blame libertarians.
They're defending their same-sex marriage (funded by meth sales) from the Tyrannical Soviet Government in Washington. Don't be hatin freedom now.
Also got about 1000 words down today for the essay. 25% of the way there....also got feedback on my last essay, which I got a high 2:1 for (or a low 1:1. Scottish marking is, uh, strange). I'm fairly happy with that outcome.
Speaking of libertarians, I posted a one-liner from this short I'm writing this week on Facebook. I had a few people *like* it, and then one person messaged me telling me that it sounded awesome.
...Apparently these are all people who are down with the idea of paying to enter a library. They just don't know it yet. Fiction is FUN.
No idea about the US, but in the UK libraries are shutting at an alarming rate. I wouldn't be surprised to see a "for profit" model develop in the next 5/10 years with punitive fees and memberships prices comparable to a gym.
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 10, 2014, 03:16:43 PM
No idea about the US, but in the UK libraries are shutting at an alarming rate. I wouldn't be surprised to see a "for profit" model develop in the next 5/10 years with punitive fees and memberships prices comparable to a gym.
We do have private non-profit libraries here, mostly research libraries or antiquarian associations. They require a membership fee that is actually quite reasonable for what you gain access to. Our main downtown library has had to cut hours, but mostly because the homeless were trying to sleep in there overnight. Other than that our system, at least in Rhode Island, is not bad. Providence has a pretty solid network of free libraries, and so does Washington (aka South) County.
In other news, I'm helping organize a Roman Triumph-like SCA Coronation.
I get to be a Vestal Virgin. Look out white peplos, red headband and fire. ALL THE FIRE.
Hello, everyone. I have a few minutes while I'm dropping off paperwork at the office.
The eye is apparently saved, though complications have made it a little untrustworthy in the short run. But I won't lose my vision in it, at least not permanently. Right now, for example, if I close my left eye, I see normally. If I close my right eye, I have what appears to be a shoggoth superimposed over the world. HAR HAR! WHERE ARE YOUR GREAT OLD ONES NOW?
Foolish mortals.
In any case, I expect to be gone for at least another week. I'll try to get online when I can.
Love & Kisses,
Cyclops
ITT, we learn that Roger can now see non-Euclidian space.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 10, 2014, 05:03:54 PM
ITT, we learn that Roger can now see non-Euclidian space.
It explains why you can't leave Tucson.
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 10, 2014, 03:16:43 PM
No idea about the US, but in the UK libraries are shutting at an alarming rate. I wouldn't be surprised to see a "for profit" model develop in the next 5/10 years with punitive fees and memberships prices comparable to a gym.
Oh yeah, they shut down 2 of them in my town alone. And we tend to float through poor economic thingies because of the oil.
Funny thing about that though. My mom's cousin moved here from Serbia. He was planning a 3 month trip. A few weeks after getting here he called his wife. "Will you come to America," he asked, "No," she said. "Ok, goodbye." He said.
Anyway, he used to be a drunk, but gave it up for weed. He loves Alaska, says "What else is to do except...weed...and pornography?" I tell him I am leaving the state soon. He says, bad idea, those people down there, they will starve to death.
Yeah, our food supply at any given day totals about 4 days worth. If the economy well and truly tanks I think I would prefer to live in a place where food grows in the ground instead of just crying when you lay it down in the soil.
Tangent out of nowhere. Wboooooo!
Quote from: Alty on February 10, 2014, 06:08:16 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 10, 2014, 03:16:43 PM
No idea about the US, but in the UK libraries are shutting at an alarming rate. I wouldn't be surprised to see a "for profit" model develop in the next 5/10 years with punitive fees and memberships prices comparable to a gym.
Oh yeah, they shut down 2 of them in my town alone. And we tend to float through poor economic thingies because of the oil.
Funny thing about that though. My mom's cousin moved here from Serbia. He was planning a 3 month trip. A few weeks after getting here he called his wife. "Will you come to America," he asked, "No," she said. "Ok, goodbye." He said.
Anyway, he used to be a drunk, but gave it up for weed. He loves Alaska, says "What else is to do except...weed...and pornography?" I tell him I am leaving the state soon. He says, bad idea, those people down there, they will starve to death.
Yeah, our food supply at any given day totals about 4 days worth. If the economy well and truly tanks I think I would prefer to live in a place where food grows in the ground instead of just crying when you lay it down in the soil.
Tangent out of nowhere. Wboooooo!
MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST. WE HAVE WINTER, AND SUMMER, AND PLANTS, AND RICHTER.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 10, 2014, 05:00:39 PM
Hello, everyone. I have a few minutes while I'm dropping off paperwork at the office.
The eye is apparently saved, though complications have made it a little untrustworthy in the short run. But I won't lose my vision in it, at least not permanently. Right now, for example, if I close my left eye, I see normally. If I close my right eye, I have what appears to be a shoggoth superimposed over the world. HAR HAR! WHERE ARE YOUR GREAT OLD ONES NOW?
Foolish mortals.
In any case, I expect to be gone for at least another week. I'll try to get online when I can.
Love & Kisses,
Cyclops
Congratulations on not losing your eye!
One weird thing since switching from weed to nicotine: I am hungry and enjoy eating.
Weed affects the area of your brain concerned with digestion, it is used to help anorexics and such sometimes. But I am now fairly certain that it can easily inhibit the natural function of that area. I want to eat, this is not very usual for me.
I like it!
Part of it, I think, is I trained myself to enjoy weed more than food. Every time I have fasted, I smoked.
Also, GOD DAMN DO I LOVE BEING ABLE TO USE MY BRAIN!
While waiting for my son's bus I saw the Bing mobile drive by.
So I'm expecting to turn up on a street view sometime in the future :/
Quote from: Sita on February 10, 2014, 10:08:33 PM
While waiting for my son's bus I saw the Bing mobile drive by.
So I'm expecting to turn up on a street view sometime in the future :/
They blur people out.
And so Sita became another faceless thing, these entities lining the streets of our future, less real than a photograph that's disintegrated and shot through the air. A shapeless blur barely noticed against endless miles of pavement and strip malls.
Move along, distorted distraction. You're blocking our view of the coffee shop.
BECAUSE I WOULD GET A FUCKING NOR'EASTER THE GODDAMN WEEKEND I'M FUCKING MOVING FROM RHODE ISLAND TO NEW HAMPSHIRE.
We've had mostly clippers and frontal storms all season, and now, in February, in MOTHERFUCKING FEBRUARY, THE GODDAMN CYCLONES BE ALL LIKE,
'HEY I JUST MET YOU AND THIS IS CRAZY BUT CAN I FUCK UP YOUR MOVE NOW?'
Why can't he get stationed in fucking Hawaii? :argh!: :argh!: :argh!: :argh!:
Quote from: Alty on February 10, 2014, 08:42:39 PM
One weird thing since switching from weed to nicotine: I am hungry and enjoy eating.
Weed affects the area of your brain concerned with digestion, it is used to help anorexics and such sometimes. But I am now fairly certain that it can easily inhibit the natural function of that area. I want to eat, this is not very usual for me.
I like it!
Part of it, I think, is I trained myself to enjoy weed more than food. Every time I have fasted, I smoked.
I have noticed that for me personally, in spite of the "munchies" trope, weed is most definitely an appetite suppressant. Booze, on the other hand, will cause me to eat a school bus.
Quote from: Alty on February 10, 2014, 08:42:39 PM
One weird thing since switching from weed to nicotine: I am hungry and enjoy eating.
Weed affects the area of your brain concerned with digestion, it is used to help anorexics and such sometimes. But I am now fairly certain that it can easily inhibit the natural function of that area. I want to eat, this is not very usual for me.
I like it!
Part of it, I think, is I trained myself to enjoy weed more than food. Every time I have fasted, I smoked.
Oh, yeah. There are some studies that show that people who smoke pot regularly have a thinner average than people who don't. It probably has some sort of regulatory function.
Well, how about that.
No wonder I couldn't put on any damned weight.
TOOT TOOT, TAKING THE EXPRESS TRAIN TO BEEFTOWN!
I promise that when I'm, like, a super beefcake in six months I will still treat you all the same.
:fap:
Quote from: Alty on February 11, 2014, 07:27:32 AM
I promise that when I'm, like, a super beefcake in six months I will still treat you all the same.
Make Bear proud! For America!
(http://www.delish.com/cm/delish/images/3E/jack-grill-burrito-challenge-1010-xl.jpg)
Bleh. Applied for a job two weeks ago (security, two nights a week), and they've gone and lost all my identifying forms for a criminal background check. Sure, I'd love to trip all the way across town, during the ongoing rainstorm, and drop off some more identifying documents for you. It's not like I had anything else planned for the day.
Welcome to the life of a professional writer.
Quote from: Alty on February 11, 2014, 07:26:46 AM
Well, how about that.
No wonder I couldn't put on any damned weight.
TOOT TOOT, TAKING THE EXPRESS TRAIN TO BEEFTOWN!
I wouldn't count on it. Regardless of what I eat/drink/smoke/do I've been pretty much the same weight and build since I was 15.
My wife hates me for this.
I just truly shocked and pissed off a colleague by saying that everone dies eventually, even her.
This reaction puzzles me.
Will be uploading one Youtube video per day, from today to Friday. After that, my stash is exhausted, and I'll have to record more.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 11, 2014, 07:08:30 AM
Quote from: Alty on February 10, 2014, 08:42:39 PM
One weird thing since switching from weed to nicotine: I am hungry and enjoy eating.
Weed affects the area of your brain concerned with digestion, it is used to help anorexics and such sometimes. But I am now fairly certain that it can easily inhibit the natural function of that area. I want to eat, this is not very usual for me.
I like it!
Part of it, I think, is I trained myself to enjoy weed more than food. Every time I have fasted, I smoked.
Oh, yeah. There are some studies that show that people who smoke pot regularly have a thinner average than people who don't. It probably has some sort of regulatory function.
Really?! Time to start smoking more
Quote from: Cain on February 11, 2014, 10:20:21 AM
Bleh. Applied for a job two weeks ago (security, two nights a week), and they've gone and lost all my identifying forms for a criminal background check. Sure, I'd love to trip all the way across town, during the ongoing rainstorm, and drop off some more identifying documents for you. It's not like I had anything else planned for the day.
Gotta love being responsible for the consequences of someone else's incompetence!
Quote from: :regret: on February 11, 2014, 12:28:36 PM
I just truly shocked and pissed off a colleague by saying that everone dies eventually, even her.
This reaction puzzles me.
Some people really can't cope with the reality of mortality.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 11, 2014, 05:08:50 PM
Quote from: Cain on February 11, 2014, 10:20:21 AM
Bleh. Applied for a job two weeks ago (security, two nights a week), and they've gone and lost all my identifying forms for a criminal background check. Sure, I'd love to trip all the way across town, during the ongoing rainstorm, and drop off some more identifying documents for you. It's not like I had anything else planned for the day.
Gotta love being responsible for the consequences of someone else's incompetence!
Apparently, it was something to do with the people doing the checks losing the paperwork, and not the company itself.
FORTUNATELY. Because I really cannot stand the idea of working with yet another bunch of incompetents. Writing aside, the last....3 employers I've had? All incompetent. Which is why I've had 4 jobs in the last 3 years.
Quote from: Cain on February 11, 2014, 08:01:17 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 11, 2014, 05:08:50 PM
Quote from: Cain on February 11, 2014, 10:20:21 AM
Bleh. Applied for a job two weeks ago (security, two nights a week), and they've gone and lost all my identifying forms for a criminal background check. Sure, I'd love to trip all the way across town, during the ongoing rainstorm, and drop off some more identifying documents for you. It's not like I had anything else planned for the day.
Gotta love being responsible for the consequences of someone else's incompetence!
Apparently, it was something to do with the people doing the checks losing the paperwork, and not the company itself.
FORTUNATELY. Because I really cannot stand the idea of working with yet another bunch of incompetents. Writing aside, the last....3 employers I've had? All incompetent. Which is why I've had 4 jobs in the last 3 years.
Well, that's potentially less un-promising, then.
I've found every employer and boss will eventually prove incompetent. It tends to be a matter of how long they can hide it from you.
The same can also be said for every person I've ever hired or been the boss of and indeed myself, so YMMV.
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 11, 2014, 08:30:23 PM
I've found every employer and boss will eventually prove incompetent. It tends to be a matter of how long they can hide it from you.
This.
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 11, 2014, 08:31:32 PM
The same can also be said for every person I've ever hired or been the boss of and indeed myself, so YMMV.
We are all incompetent, when it comes right down to it. And then we die.
So long as their level of incompetence matches mine or is slightly less obvious, it's all good.
I think on Thursday during this fucking Nor'easter, I'm going to run outside with a bottle of bourbon and preach the word of the Ice Giants as part of my farewell tour of Providence. What's the WORST that could happen?
It is so hard to work on homework when kids are around.
So, this is an actual commission request I just received.
This is my job, kids.
"oh my god yayyyy!!!
Ok, so for colors, I would like a brown for the skirt part and the jacket, I'd like a brown that's a bit darker than the brown in the attached image. I want the shirt part to be a light baby blue. The tie and the suspenders would be the same color. I'd want them to be a deep red, but not like the cartoonish cherry red, you know? I'm so very terrible at describing things I apologize -_- Now, the suspenders don't have to actually be suspenders or anything, they can be made onto the dress. I would like for the bowtie to be a bit bigger than an actual bowtie(maybe like six r seven inches across?) and I'd like it to be an actual bow (like, I don't want it to be 2 dimensional, you know?) I'd prefer for it NOT to be detachable, though.
As for the skirt and shirt thing, you can do whichever would be easier for you! But if you do make two separate pieces, please make sure that the shirt can be tucked in! I'm not allergic to any materials so that shouldn't be a problem.
I would like the skirt to be high waisted (like a few inches above my belly button) and for it to go to my ankle. As for the jacket, I'd like the sleeves to cut off at my elbow. Also the flappy bits on the side should be like, really minimal because I want the suspenders to be visible. I don't want the shirt to be low cut. It can come down a little bit, but I'd prefer for no cleavage to be showing.
my measurements are:
***
So, in total, how much do you think this project will cost?
Sorry for the super lengthy message! Thank you sososososo much for everything!"
I've finishing this bottle of wine tonight.
Were there... ANY pictures or anything to go along with this insane request?
A crayon drawing, a sketch on a napkin . . . SOMETHING?
Jesus fuck.
:eek: Wow, good luck on that one...
Dishonored Part 5 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcPEZxacDJA) is up. Our first target, High Overseer Campbell, gets snuffed in what I believe to be a truly ironic manner.
On it.
That's it. I quit.
http://fashionablygeek.com/costumes/with-over-100000-rhinestones-this-elsa-costume-is-beyond-dazzling/?_escaped_fragment_=vd4SK#!vrZ5k
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 12, 2014, 02:36:45 PM
On it.
I like to thinK I performed a public service. Now people know, "don't leave poison in public places". Because you'll end up like Campbell otherwise. See? Educational examples for the masses.
Or at the very least, build up an immunity to Iocane powder.
I am having this somewhat surreal Etsy conversation with a customer who doesn't seem to understand that "I'm not taking custom orders because I have returned to school full-time and I don't know when I will have a chance to torch again, but I will keep these styles in mind when I do eventually get back into the studio" means literally what it says. She has been sending me exhaustive lists of beads she wants me to make, and she just sent me this:
"Hi Nigel
Could you please put these beads at the top of the list I sent you to make for me. I love these, they are beautiful. Also could you please make only 2 sets for me at a time due to the cost. I can handle 2. Please let me know when you could possibly get them to me, I do know that you are very busy with school."
She actually thinks that I'm keeping a list of things to make for her. Does she not understand that "I'll keep it in mind" is not a commitment to actually make anything? C'mon.
Also the pic she sent me is of something I made like ten years ago out of a glass that has long since been discontinued.
I've had to tell a girl no 3 times this week about making a corset for her.
For Valentine's Day.
And yes, the previous request did send me a bad pencil sketch. I think it actually MAY have been on a napkin.
What is it about holidays that make people assume anyone with an ounce of creativity OWES them something for free / a mere pittance? When I did computer graphics people wanted free graphics and/or web design. When I write people want 'custom-order fanfic' *shudder*. When I get my yarn on, people want free blankets, free 'high-end acrylic' armor that THEY CAN SELL.
Which reminds me about referring them to my spiritual advisor . . .
Which begs the question, does anyone know how Roger is doing?
Currently, I believe he can see through Time.
People on the internet are amazingly demanding when it comes to the possibility of free shit.
It's like, damn. If you spent as much time learning how do whatever it is your asking for as you do harassing me about it, you could do it for yourself you useless lump.
Quote from: Cain on February 12, 2014, 07:01:02 PM
People on the internet are amazingly demanding when it comes to the possibility of free shit.
It's like, damn. If you spent as much time learning how do whatever it is your asking for as you do harassing me about it, you could do it for yourself you useless lump.
You have no fucking idea. I'm sure Nigel will agree as well.
That and conventions/craft shows. My friend has been making a series of blogs about being a crafter and reminding people that our time and money is valuable.
http://dirtygirldesigns.wordpress.com/2014/02/11/you-want-how-much/
http://dirtygirldesigns.wordpress.com/2014/02/04/your-low-pricing-is-hurting-me/
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 12, 2014, 06:59:04 PM
Currently, I believe he can see through Time.
In my second day of Tucson, I found out Roger can see forever.
It's not as much fun as it sounds. Itches.
Had an absolutely fun day with my mom. Just us girls.
There was shopping done. I FINALLY found not one, but two bras that actually fit and were not a compromise. Also a pair of pants and a shirt.
Was also able to treat Mom to lunch for a change :)
Had to cut the visit short because of weather (she doesn't like driving in rain) but there are plans of another day soon.
Filled out my healthcare.gov application.
Still cannot afford it, still outragously high deductible.
Still need a biposy for a "mole" that failed A,B,C, and D. E is still good though.
:sad:
Quote from: The Suu on February 12, 2014, 07:05:54 PM
Quote from: Cain on February 12, 2014, 07:01:02 PM
People on the internet are amazingly demanding when it comes to the possibility of free shit.
It's like, damn. If you spent as much time learning how do whatever it is your asking for as you do harassing me about it, you could do it for yourself you useless lump.
You have no fucking idea. I'm sure Nigel will agree as well.
That and conventions/craft shows. My friend has been making a series of blogs about being a crafter and reminding people that our time and money is valuable.
http://dirtygirldesigns.wordpress.com/2014/02/11/you-want-how-much/
http://dirtygirldesigns.wordpress.com/2014/02/04/your-low-pricing-is-hurting-me/
Your friend speaks sense. Clearly she is mad.
Quote from: Sita on February 12, 2014, 10:37:01 PM
Had an absolutely fun day with my mom. Just us girls.
There was shopping done. I FINALLY found not one, but two bras that actually fit and were not a compromise. Also a pair of pants and a shirt.
Was also able to treat Mom to lunch for a change :)
Had to cut the visit short because of weather (she doesn't like driving in rain) but there are plans of another day soon.
Glad you had a good day, Sita. :)
Quote from: Alty on February 12, 2014, 10:51:48 PM
Filled out my healthcare.gov application.
Still cannot afford it, still outragously high deductible.
Still need a biposy for a "mole" that failed A,B,C, and D. E is still good though.
:sad:
I can't afford it either. Georgia opted out of all the plans that would have helped me.
When I went in to get my mole checked out they didn't even biopsy it. They just froze it the fuck off and called it good. O.O I wonder if it's cheaper to skip the middle step and just go straight to the freezy part.
Sounds like a great candidate for a DIY project if you ask me.
It's set in deep, it would take out a decent patch of skin.
Still, if I could reach it...maybe Ill ask the housemate.
They cut off two moles from me when I was 13. Numb. Scalpel. Cauterize. Bandaid. Later.
And the inconsistency with states and Obamacare fucking boggles me. I'm all for the 10th Amendment and shit, but I have full coverage under the state of RI and I'm not paying a dime right now. I'll be switching over to Tricare in a couple of weeks after the wedding, but still. Full coverage, no questions asked.
Turn around, and half the states (none of them in the Socialist Communist Northeast) are being shitsuckers about it because they're governed by whiny bitches who didn't get their way when their party lost.
Nut the fuck up, America, and take care of your own for once.
I just applied for volunteer work at the Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth. I know, volunteering doesn't pay, but it does look good on a resume and it's cheap way for me to learn about museum studies and gain some field experience before I get back to school.
How do I find out which of my state's politicians are responsible for this?
I wish to share my displeasure with them.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/curiosity/Photos/Out%20and%20About/Georgia%20Winter%202014/Photo1398_zps7a369c00.jpg?t=1392166746)
This is what it looks like, outside.
That is ice. You stay the fuck inside and get candles ready.
GEORGIA BRACES FOR REALITY STORM
Powerful front shown to make real world "all wavy and shit" according to experts. Residents advised to remain temporally placed.
Quote from: Alty on February 13, 2014, 01:09:45 AM
How do I find out which of my state's politicians are responsible for this?
I wish to share my displeasure with them.
You may be able to run a search on which legislators opposed Obamacare on the local level. I would get in touch with your general assembly members, since this is a state issue.
I would also recommend, since you're planning on moving out of state, to explore options in your destination as well.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on February 13, 2014, 01:48:32 AM
GEORGE BRACES FOR REALITY STORM
Powerful front shown to make real world "all wavy and shit" according to experts. Residents advised to remain temporally placed.
http://rightweather.com/2014/02/tv-station-snow-forecast-roundup-16/
Quote from: The Suu on February 13, 2014, 01:54:59 AM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on February 13, 2014, 01:48:32 AM
GEORGE BRACES FOR REALITY STORM
Powerful front shown to make real world "all wavy and shit" according to experts. Residents advised to remain temporally placed.
http://rightweather.com/2014/02/tv-station-snow-forecast-roundup-16/
Forecast uncertain in my area, looking to be mostly rain.
It can be rain, snow, freezing rain, freezing snow, freezing snow rain. It will come or it won't. I still need to be at work tomorrow.
They're closing schools in RI.
I'm predicting an inch of slush. Nor'Easter fail.
We had a little rain today. No biggie though.
::kicks back in chair, gives no fucks::
I love watching Georgians act like idiots in bad weather. Being from Pennsylvania and then living in Iowa for ten years, I understand what 'winter' is. What it means when the sky turns funny colors and what the solid state of water looks like when it's pelting from the sky at a rapid clip. These things are not unknown to me.
Down here though. Down here . . .
Lady a few doors down pulls out of her garage. Sees snow. Freaks out. Still in her driveway. Slams the gas pedal. Reverses right across the street into a light pole. Cries hysterically.
Dude with a manly-man pick-em-up truck tries to go up the icy, icy hill. Stalls out. Gets out and pushes. Slips. Rolls across the street to get out of the way of his truck which is now rolling and sliding down the hill backwards.
After that I start carrying my phone so I can take pictures as proof for the Darwin Awards.
The sidewalks are icy. At the moment you can't really discern a difference between sidewalk and street. So people just walk in the street. Right into on-coming traffic. On an icy road. Where cars have no traction. Yep.
Yep. I am loving this shit. From the comforts of my house, of course. I don't go any farther than the porch when the stupidity is this high.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on February 13, 2014, 01:48:32 AM
GEORGIA BRACES FOR REALITY STORM
Powerful front shown to make real world "all wavy and shit" according to experts. Residents advised to remain temporally placed.
GEORGIANS PANIC, DEMAND TO KNOW WHICH WAY IS UP
After finding themselves inexplicably driving upside-down on sidewalks after only moments before having been doing a smooth 70mph down unsalted highway during a State of Emergency, residents of Georgia demand to know who is to blame for the malfunctioning gravity and poorly explained 'emergency'.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 13, 2014, 06:30:15 AM
I love watching Georgians act like idiots in bad weather. Being from Pennsylvania and then living in Iowa for ten years, I understand what 'winter' is. What it means when the sky turns funny colors and what the solid state of water looks like when it's pelting from the sky at a rapid clip. These things are not unknown to me.
Down here though. Down here . . .
Lady a few doors down pulls out of her garage. Sees snow. Freaks out. Still in her driveway. Slams the gas pedal. Reverses right across the street into a light pole. Cries hysterically.
Dude with a manly-man pick-em-up truck tries to go up the icy, icy hill. Stalls out. Gets out and pushes. Slips. Rolls across the street to get out of the way of his truck which is now rolling and sliding down the hill backwards.
After that I start carrying my phone so I can take pictures as proof for the Darwin Awards.
The sidewalks are icy. At the moment you can't really discern a difference between sidewalk and street. So people just walk in the street. Right into on-coming traffic. On an icy road. Where cars have no traction. Yep.
Yep. I am loving this shit. From the comforts of my house, of course. I don't go any farther than the porch when the stupidity is this high.
Oh, oh
please take pics!
Quote from: The Suu on February 12, 2014, 06:13:16 PM
I've had to tell a girl no 3 times this week about making a corset for her.
For Valentine's Day.
And yes, the previous request did send me a bad pencil sketch. I think it actually MAY have been on a napkin.
That's pretty much insane.
If she doesn't have a super weird figure she should just order one from Orchard.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 13, 2014, 06:30:15 AM
I love watching Georgians act like idiots in bad weather. Being from Pennsylvania and then living in Iowa for ten years, I understand what 'winter' is. What it means when the sky turns funny colors and what the solid state of water looks like when it's pelting from the sky at a rapid clip. These things are not unknown to me.
Down here though. Down here . . .
Lady a few doors down pulls out of her garage. Sees snow. Freaks out. Still in her driveway. Slams the gas pedal. Reverses right across the street into a light pole. Cries hysterically.
Dude with a manly-man pick-em-up truck tries to go up the icy, icy hill. Stalls out. Gets out and pushes. Slips. Rolls across the street to get out of the way of his truck which is now rolling and sliding down the hill backwards.
After that I start carrying my phone so I can take pictures as proof for the Darwin Awards.
The sidewalks are icy. At the moment you can't really discern a difference between sidewalk and street. So people just walk in the street. Right into on-coming traffic. On an icy road. Where cars have no traction. Yep.
Yep. I am loving this shit. From the comforts of my house, of course. I don't go any farther than the porch when the stupidity is this high.
Yeah, stupid warm-climate people should all have to spend a year driving in Wisconsin so they can learn to drive in snow! And all those idiot cold-climate retards that go all stupid and die when they have unprecedented heat waves should all be required to spend a month in Death Valley so they can figure out how air conditioners work.
Quote from: The Suu on February 12, 2014, 07:05:54 PM
Quote from: Cain on February 12, 2014, 07:01:02 PM
People on the internet are amazingly demanding when it comes to the possibility of free shit.
It's like, damn. If you spent as much time learning how do whatever it is your asking for as you do harassing me about it, you could do it for yourself you useless lump.
You have no fucking idea. I'm sure Nigel will agree as well.
That and conventions/craft shows. My friend has been making a series of blogs about being a crafter and reminding people that our time and money is valuable.
http://dirtygirldesigns.wordpress.com/2014/02/11/you-want-how-much/
http://dirtygirldesigns.wordpress.com/2014/02/04/your-low-pricing-is-hurting-me/
Yeah, it's fucking ridiculous.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 12, 2014, 06:40:35 PM
What is it about holidays that make people assume anyone with an ounce of creativity OWES them something for free / a mere pittance? When I did computer graphics people wanted free graphics and/or web design. When I write people want 'custom-order fanfic' *shudder*. When I get my yarn on, people want free blankets, free 'high-end acrylic' armor that THEY CAN SELL.
Because the world is full of assholes who have been told "It never hurts to ask".
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 13, 2014, 07:53:48 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 13, 2014, 06:30:15 AM
I love watching Georgians act like idiots in bad weather. Being from Pennsylvania and then living in Iowa for ten years, I understand what 'winter' is. What it means when the sky turns funny colors and what the solid state of water looks like when it's pelting from the sky at a rapid clip. These things are not unknown to me.
Down here though. Down here . . .
Lady a few doors down pulls out of her garage. Sees snow. Freaks out. Still in her driveway. Slams the gas pedal. Reverses right across the street into a light pole. Cries hysterically.
Dude with a manly-man pick-em-up truck tries to go up the icy, icy hill. Stalls out. Gets out and pushes. Slips. Rolls across the street to get out of the way of his truck which is now rolling and sliding down the hill backwards.
After that I start carrying my phone so I can take pictures as proof for the Darwin Awards.
The sidewalks are icy. At the moment you can't really discern a difference between sidewalk and street. So people just walk in the street. Right into on-coming traffic. On an icy road. Where cars have no traction. Yep.
Yep. I am loving this shit. From the comforts of my house, of course. I don't go any farther than the porch when the stupidity is this high.
Yeah, stupid warm-climate people should all have to spend a year driving in Wisconsin so they can learn to drive in snow! And all those idiot cold-climate retards that go all stupid and die when they have unprecedented heat waves should all be required to spend a month in Death Valley so they can figure out how air conditioners work.
I support both these motions.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 13, 2014, 07:56:59 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 12, 2014, 06:40:35 PM
What is it about holidays that make people assume anyone with an ounce of creativity OWES them something for free / a mere pittance? When I did computer graphics people wanted free graphics and/or web design. When I write people want 'custom-order fanfic' *shudder*. When I get my yarn on, people want free blankets, free 'high-end acrylic' armor that THEY CAN SELL.
Because the world is full of assholes who have been told "It never hurts to ask".
Beatings shall commence until common sense prevails.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 13, 2014, 07:59:41 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 13, 2014, 07:56:59 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 12, 2014, 06:40:35 PM
What is it about holidays that make people assume anyone with an ounce of creativity OWES them something for free / a mere pittance? When I did computer graphics people wanted free graphics and/or web design. When I write people want 'custom-order fanfic' *shudder*. When I get my yarn on, people want free blankets, free 'high-end acrylic' armor that THEY CAN SELL.
Because the world is full of assholes who have been told "It never hurts to ask".
Beatings shall commence until common sense prevails.
"I beat that bitch with a hit"
Quote from: Alty on February 12, 2014, 10:51:48 PM
Filled out my healthcare.gov application.
Still cannot afford it, still outragously high deductible.
Still need a biposy for a "mole" that failed A,B,C, and D. E is still good though.
:sad:
This is one of those things where you can compare what it would cost if the local government went along, and then raise holy hell, not at the ACA, but at the state gvt. It's also a good bait and switch, because you can draw wingnuts in with "I can't get decent insurance" and then slap him with "because [name of senator/congressman] is an asshat."
This is my delightful reading for the day. Keep this in mind the next time you hear about "the world's largest democracy"
http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/INDIA932.PDF
QuoteTorture is widely practiced in Kashmir as a means of extracting information from detainees, coercing confessions, punishing persons believed sympathetic to the militants and creating a climate of political repression. One doctor in Srinagar who has treated torture victims estimated that he had seen four times the number of torture cases in 1992 than in previous years. He attributed the increase to intensified government operations. The PHR/Asia Watch investigations indicate that most detainees taken into custody in Kashmir are tortured.
Lawyers interviewed by Asia Watch/PHR stated that security personnel routinely ignore procedural safeguards when taking persons into custody. Although Indian law requires that everyone taken into custody must be produced before a magistrate within 24 hours, in fact,
detainees are rarely produced at all. Prohibitions and safeguards against torture in the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Code of Criminal Procedure (CCrP), which prohibit the use of coerced confessions and prescribe inquiries into deaths in custody and prison terms for officers
guilty of torture, are also routinely disregarded.
QuoteDuring a crackdown in the Telbal neighborhood of Srinagar on October 13, 1992, BSF forces detained fifteen young men. All of the detainees were taken to an empty house where they were interrogated and tortured. Several of the detainees were later admitted to the hospital withacute renal failure. F., 22, who works as a private driver in Srinagar, was beaten with lathis on his buttocks, arms and hands. His feet were tied, and he was beaten on the soles of his feet with lathis while being suspended. There were approximately twenty BSF soldiers present while he was being beaten, among them three officers who ordered the others to carry out the torture. The officers, identified as Yadav, Chander and Qadiri, each had two or three stars on their uniforms. While beating him, the soldiers accused F. of being "a commander of the militants." F. was also tortured with the roller on his thighs, and was beaten so severely he began vomiting. He was detained for about three hours
Not that it was a documentary, but the opening to Slumdog Millionaire was bascally the police beating the ever-loving shit out of a kid because he was suspected of cheating on a game show. And no one really commented on that. At all.
I know, I'm conflating fiction and reality; but it seemed totally normal. So I guess I'm not surprised.
This boy. This boy right here.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2558223/10-year-old-boy-steals-parents-car-visit-grandparents-tells-police-dwarf-forgot-drivers-license.html
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 13, 2014, 02:39:20 PM
Not that it was a documentary, but the opening to Slumdog Millionaire was bascally the police beating the ever-loving shit out of a kid because he was suspected of cheating on a game show. And no one really commented on that. At all.
I know, I'm conflating fiction and reality; but it seemed totally normal. So I guess I'm not surprised.
And their attitude towards raped women. Incidentally - lots of officially sanctioned rape going down in Kashmir.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 13, 2014, 07:58:39 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 13, 2014, 07:53:48 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 13, 2014, 06:30:15 AM
I love watching Georgians act like idiots in bad weather. Being from Pennsylvania and then living in Iowa for ten years, I understand what 'winter' is. What it means when the sky turns funny colors and what the solid state of water looks like when it's pelting from the sky at a rapid clip. These things are not unknown to me.
Down here though. Down here . . .
Lady a few doors down pulls out of her garage. Sees snow. Freaks out. Still in her driveway. Slams the gas pedal. Reverses right across the street into a light pole. Cries hysterically.
Dude with a manly-man pick-em-up truck tries to go up the icy, icy hill. Stalls out. Gets out and pushes. Slips. Rolls across the street to get out of the way of his truck which is now rolling and sliding down the hill backwards.
After that I start carrying my phone so I can take pictures as proof for the Darwin Awards.
The sidewalks are icy. At the moment you can't really discern a difference between sidewalk and street. So people just walk in the street. Right into on-coming traffic. On an icy road. Where cars have no traction. Yep.
Yep. I am loving this shit. From the comforts of my house, of course. I don't go any farther than the porch when the stupidity is this high.
Yeah, stupid warm-climate people should all have to spend a year driving in Wisconsin so they can learn to drive in snow! And all those idiot cold-climate retards that go all stupid and die when they have unprecedented heat waves should all be required to spend a month in Death Valley so they can figure out how air conditioners work.
I support both these motions.
Actually, no joy quite matches mine when some cocky cold-climater who is all "LOL I'm from a place where there are real winters, you temperate-zone morons don't understand snow" gets in their car and tries to drive in 1/2" of 30-degree snow, and promptly totals their car because they don't understand the physics of snow that close to the melting point. Or laughs off the city warning to stay indoors because they know what real weather is, and gets killed by falling ice.
Because it's true, people who never, ever have to drive in snow don't know how to drive in snow. And on the other hand, people who have only ever driven in cold-climate snow are the most dangerous fools on the road, because they think they know how to drive in warm snow, and they don't.
Quote from: Waffleman on February 13, 2014, 02:39:53 PM
This boy. This boy right here.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2558223/10-year-old-boy-steals-parents-car-visit-grandparents-tells-police-dwarf-forgot-drivers-license.html
Now that's metal!
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 13, 2014, 02:58:09 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 13, 2014, 07:58:39 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 13, 2014, 07:53:48 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 13, 2014, 06:30:15 AM
I love watching Georgians act like idiots in bad weather. Being from Pennsylvania and then living in Iowa for ten years, I understand what 'winter' is. What it means when the sky turns funny colors and what the solid state of water looks like when it's pelting from the sky at a rapid clip. These things are not unknown to me.
Down here though. Down here . . .
Lady a few doors down pulls out of her garage. Sees snow. Freaks out. Still in her driveway. Slams the gas pedal. Reverses right across the street into a light pole. Cries hysterically.
Dude with a manly-man pick-em-up truck tries to go up the icy, icy hill. Stalls out. Gets out and pushes. Slips. Rolls across the street to get out of the way of his truck which is now rolling and sliding down the hill backwards.
After that I start carrying my phone so I can take pictures as proof for the Darwin Awards.
The sidewalks are icy. At the moment you can't really discern a difference between sidewalk and street. So people just walk in the street. Right into on-coming traffic. On an icy road. Where cars have no traction. Yep.
Yep. I am loving this shit. From the comforts of my house, of course. I don't go any farther than the porch when the stupidity is this high.
Yeah, stupid warm-climate people should all have to spend a year driving in Wisconsin so they can learn to drive in snow! And all those idiot cold-climate retards that go all stupid and die when they have unprecedented heat waves should all be required to spend a month in Death Valley so they can figure out how air conditioners work.
I support both these motions.
Actually, no joy quite matches mine when some cocky cold-climater who is all "LOL I'm from a place where there are real winters, you temperate-zone morons don't understand snow" gets in their car and tries to drive in 1/2" of 30-degree snow, and promptly totals their car because they don't understand the physics of snow that close to the melting point. Or laughs off the city warning to stay indoors because they know what real weather is, and gets killed by falling ice.
Because it's true, people who never, ever have to drive in snow don't know how to drive in snow. And on the other hand, people who have only ever driven in cold-climate snow are the most dangerous fools on the road, because they think they know how to drive in warm snow, and they don't.
Gee, and here I feel bad for folks in the south dealing with this shit when they aren't prepared for it. Clearly, I'm not judgmental enough about others thrown into circumstances beyond their control. As a southerner who moved to the north, I don't really understand why the cocksuckers from where it "really for real" snows have to be such assholes about it when Atlanta gets an inch. They don't have a fucking clue how to deal with it, people are, you know, dying because they need to get to work/school and don't understand that nobody should drive on ice, ever, but hell, let's point and laugh at their misfortunes, because it's not like people up here don't fucking panic or act like idiots either. It's not like Providence is a snowy paradise where the plows do their job and nobody has a hard time getting around ever. :roll:
Now if you excuse me, we're having a Nor'Easter today. So I intend to go outside and yell at people for doing it wrong.
I don't think we do ENOUGH natural phenomenon mockery.
"Look at all those assholes getting their homes burnt down by wildfires, it's like LOL dude learn how to firefight."
"Check out this guy getting buried by a mudslide - that's not how you dirt, pal."
"I can't believe these people don't know how to deal with a simple flood - you don't sob for the loss of your cherished home and belongings until AFTER the national guard air rescues you off your roof after three days of drinking tainted water IDIOT."
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on February 13, 2014, 03:54:00 PM
I don't think we do ENOUGH natural phenomenon mockery.
"Look at all those assholes getting their homes burnt down by wildfires, it's like LOL dude learn how to firefight."
"Check out this guy getting buried by a mudslide - that's not how you dirt, pal."
"I can't believe these people don't know how to deal with a simple flood - you don't sob for the loss of your cherished home and belongings until AFTER the national guard air rescues you off your roof after three days of drinking tainted water IDIOT."
Seriously. Like, Rhode Island doesn't even have flood insurance. How lame is that? We're on a goddamn coastal plain. If that hurricane barrier fails, Providence is gone. Don't these Northerners know how to hurricane?
"Have you shipped it yet?"
"No, I told you that I need to receive the balance due before I ship."
"Well go ahead and ship it today and I'll send you the balance owed when I get it."
You're gonna be waiting a long fucking time, buddy.
Quote from: The Suu on February 13, 2014, 05:06:02 PM
"Have you shipped it yet?"
"No, I told you that I need to receive the balance due before I ship."
"Well go ahead and ship it today and I'll send you the balance owed when I get it."
You're gonna be waiting a long fucking time, buddy.
Owning your own business seems to be an endless series of trust falls.
Quote from: The Suu on February 13, 2014, 05:06:02 PM
"Have you shipped it yet?"
"No, I told you that I need to receive the balance due before I ship."
"Well go ahead and ship it today and I'll send you the balance owed when I get it."
You're gonna be waiting a long fucking time, buddy.
Man that one's a comedian, should go on the road. That act would be big in Vegas.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 13, 2014, 02:58:09 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 13, 2014, 07:58:39 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 13, 2014, 07:53:48 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 13, 2014, 06:30:15 AM
I love watching Georgians act like idiots in bad weather. Being from Pennsylvania and then living in Iowa for ten years, I understand what 'winter' is. What it means when the sky turns funny colors and what the solid state of water looks like when it's pelting from the sky at a rapid clip. These things are not unknown to me.
Down here though. Down here . . .
Lady a few doors down pulls out of her garage. Sees snow. Freaks out. Still in her driveway. Slams the gas pedal. Reverses right across the street into a light pole. Cries hysterically.
Dude with a manly-man pick-em-up truck tries to go up the icy, icy hill. Stalls out. Gets out and pushes. Slips. Rolls across the street to get out of the way of his truck which is now rolling and sliding down the hill backwards.
After that I start carrying my phone so I can take pictures as proof for the Darwin Awards.
The sidewalks are icy. At the moment you can't really discern a difference between sidewalk and street. So people just walk in the street. Right into on-coming traffic. On an icy road. Where cars have no traction. Yep.
Yep. I am loving this shit. From the comforts of my house, of course. I don't go any farther than the porch when the stupidity is this high.
Yeah, stupid warm-climate people should all have to spend a year driving in Wisconsin so they can learn to drive in snow! And all those idiot cold-climate retards that go all stupid and die when they have unprecedented heat waves should all be required to spend a month in Death Valley so they can figure out how air conditioners work.
I support both these motions.
Actually, no joy quite matches mine when some cocky cold-climater who is all "LOL I'm from a place where there are real winters, you temperate-zone morons don't understand snow" gets in their car and tries to drive in 1/2" of 30-degree snow, and promptly totals their car because they don't understand the physics of snow that close to the melting point. Or laughs off the city warning to stay indoors because they know what real weather is, and gets killed by falling ice.
Because it's true, people who never, ever have to drive in snow don't know how to drive in snow. And on the other hand, people who have only ever driven in cold-climate snow are the most dangerous fools on the road, because they think they know how to drive in warm snow, and they don't.
Yeah, winters in Iowa were distinctly different from winters in PA. Less sledding off the garage roof, more spinning like a top in cul-de-sacs. The lack of common sense just drives me batshit. How hard is it to slow down when weather conditions suck? How hard is it to turn on your god damn headlights when you can't see three inches in front of your car?
I know I'm a pretentious bastard about the weather thing at times. I can't wrap my head around why people do the dumb shit they do when nature is getting real on 'em.
OK, time to write about Loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland...then I can conclude this bastard of a paper and write up the bibliography on Monday. That will give me Friday off, and the weekend to do my Afghanistan article.
Or not. Bleh. I need just one article on the (proven) link between transnational terrorism and lethality, and I can't find one anywhere. I found one almost as good...but I need the former before I can use it.
TSUNAMI, LOL! THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR NOT PUTTING YOUR HOUSE ON A MOUNTAIN, DUH!
HAHAHAHA LOOK AT THOSE IDIOTS PANICKING BECAUSE OF A VOLCANIC ERUPTION! WHAT DID THEY THINK WOULD HAPPEN, BUILDING THAT CLOSE TO A MOUNTAIN?
SNORT, OLD LADIES IN CHICAGO ACTUALLY DYING JUST BECAUSE OF A LITTLE HEAT SPIKE? HAVEN'T THOSE DUMBASSES EVER HEARD OF AIR CONDITIONERS?
I am having a panic because I just realized that I have a conference to attend this weekend and I also have a raft of homework to do this weekend. Everything sucks and I don't want to go to the conference, at all.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 13, 2014, 05:39:08 PM
TSUNAMI, LOL! THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR NOT PUTTING YOUR HOUSE ON A MOUNTAIN, DUH!
HAHAHAHA LOOK AT THOSE IDIOTS PANICKING BECAUSE OF A VOLCANIC ERUPTION! WHAT DID THEY THINK WOULD HAPPEN, BUILDING THAT CLOSE TO A MOUNTAIN?
SNORT, OLD LADIES IN CHICAGO ACTUALLY DYING JUST BECAUSE OF A LITTLE HEAT SPIKE? HAVEN'T THOSE DUMBASSES EVER HEARD OF AIR CONDITIONERS?
:cheers:
Today's soundtrack is the sound of ice sliding off rooftops followed by the ring and honk of car alarms up and down the street. :P
I dunno, I've been legitimately making fun of people who chose to live on a flood plain and then got angry when they got flooded (during the most severe rainfall since records began). Of course, that there is only 40 of them, that all their towns, farmhouses and manors have flood themed names and that they're stomping around demanding something that will do absolutely nothing to mitigate the floods has a lot to do with that.
I mean, when house prices are 20% lower than they are anywhere else, and you're not paying any more insurance or tax for the upkeep of flood defences, and you chose to vote in people who decided to cut the flood defence upkeep budget year on year, and then you claim to know more about rivers than hydrologists with decades of experience, and you ignore warnings to leave the area given in advance of said floods and warning of the risk to life...well, a certain level of mockery is called for.
Having spent my life in Hell, Frozen Over, when it iced over in Seattle it was weird. Different, much slicker somehow. Plus, we try to make roads as flat as possible, unless you're New Money, in which case you live on the side of mountain and have 4x4 or all wheel drive, studded or chained tires, and vote republican.
Quote from: Cain on February 13, 2014, 06:07:33 PM
I dunno, I've been legitimately making fun of people who chose to live on a flood plain and then got angry when they got flooded (during the most severe rainfall since records began). Of course, that there is only 40 of them, that all their towns, farmhouses and manors have flood themed names and that they're stomping around demanding something that will do absolutely nothing to mitigate the floods has a lot to do with that.
I mean, when house prices are 20% lower than they are anywhere else, and you're not paying any more insurance or tax for the upkeep of flood defences, and you chose to vote in people who decided to cut the flood defence upkeep budget year on year, and then you claim to know more about rivers than hydrologists with decades of experience, and you ignore warnings to leave the area given in advance of said floods and warning of the risk to life...well, a certain level of mockery is called for.
What pisses me off is that developers will buy a floodplain and bribe the city to let them build houses on it, and then will sell the houses to people who are moving here from out of town and don't understand the local geography and have no reason to assume that they are BEING SOLD A HOUSE FRESHLY BUILT ON A FLOODPLAIN, BECAUSE IN THIS DAY AND AGE WHY WOULD THAT EVEN HAPPEN? and then the developer dissolves their corporation and moves on to the next project, and then there's a flood and everybody's fucked.
Oh, these houses are much older than that. The area is called the Somersets Levels, because it's below sea level, and they know it floods, because they write snotty letters to the Environment Agency every year to demand river dredging, despite the government banning river dredging a decade ago, said dredging not working, caps on outside contractors making it impossible to pay for river dredging etc etc.
And then they turn around and vote for the party which denies global warming and cuts the flood defense budget. So really, their grounds for complaint are rather slim.
Oh, and no Youtube video today. I forgot. Because of 4 hours of sleep. You can have an extra one on Saturday, as a consolation prize.
Quote from: Cain on February 13, 2014, 06:40:07 PM
Oh, these houses are much older than that. The area is called the Somersets Levels, because it's below sea level, and they know it floods, because they write snotty letters to the Environment Agency every year to demand river dredging, despite the government banning river dredging a decade ago, said dredging not working, caps on outside contractors making it impossible to pay for river dredging etc etc.
And then they turn around and vote for the party which denies global warming and cuts the flood defense budget. So really, their grounds for complaint are rather slim.
It seems like the government should just buy back that land and convert it back to a natural flood plain. They've done that here with parts of the Johnson Creek floodplain, when they got tired of This every couple of years:
(http://media.oregonlive.com/gresham_impact/photo/phweather395-13014979jpg-da49a8eb6b645ad1.jpg)
The problem is, the people who own that property either have to eat a huge loss that would be difficult or impossible to ever recover from, or they have to sell it to the next sucker. The government actually does have some level of responsibility for interrupting the cycle.
Oh yes, but the government will never pony up the cash. Just the other day, our valiant Prime Minister was telling us there would be "unlimited funds" to deal with the crisis. Which is obviously bullshit, but when the Environment Agency put in its calculation for the additional costs imposed by flood damage, it was told to find the money in it's current budget or fuck off. Essentially.
Our government is determined to not do anything which costs any money or involves listening to civil servant expertise. Their vast knowledge of hydrology, land deeds, marsh removal and flood defence was earned working for fancy banks in the private sector, and they're not about to let a bunch of know-nothing losers who couldn't make it in the Free Market tell them what's what.
Quote from: Cain on February 13, 2014, 06:52:05 PM
Oh yes, but the government will never pony up the cash. Just the other day, our valiant Prime Minister was telling us there would be "unlimited funds" to deal with the crisis. Which is obviously bullshit, but when the Environment Agency put in its calculation for the additional costs imposed by flood damage, it was told to find the money in it's current budget or fuck off. Essentially.
Our government is determined to not do anything which costs any money or involves listening to civil servant expertise. Their vast knowledge of hydrology, land deeds, marsh removal and flood defence was earned working for fancy banks in the private sector, and they're not about to let a bunch of know-nothing losers who couldn't make it in the Free Market tell them what's what.
Sort of like all the education experts here in the US... they became experts by A. going into politics or B. making a lot of money selling software, which obviously makes them more qualified to make changes to the educational system than some dumb schmucks who just went to college for 4-8 years to learn how to be educators and then worked in education for 20 years.
Quote from: Alty on February 12, 2014, 10:51:48 PM
Filled out my healthcare.gov application.
Still cannot afford it, still outragously high deductible.
Still need a biposy for a "mole" that failed A,B,C, and D. E is still good though.
:sad:
Shit, that sucks. Did you qualify for any of the "tax credit" subsidies? I know that they're labeled as "tax credits" but there is a provision in the bill that allows you to draw on those month-to-month to cover part of the premium costs....
Luna and I just went for pizza. It's not snowing anymore. It's raining.
It's raining on top of 3" of fresh wet snow, which was on top of about 5-10" of accumulated frozen snow and ice. Since the drainage gutters are icelogged, there's no place for this street slurpee to go.
There's gonna be a hell of a lot of accidents tonight when this shit freezes back over.
Quote from: Telarus on February 13, 2014, 08:13:38 PM
Quote from: Alty on February 12, 2014, 10:51:48 PM
Filled out my healthcare.gov application.
Still cannot afford it, still outragously high deductible.
Still need a biposy for a "mole" that failed A,B,C, and D. E is still good though.
:sad:
Shit, that sucks. Did you qualify for any of the "tax credit" subsidies? I know that they're labeled as "tax credits" but there is a provision in the bill that allows you to draw on those month-to-month to cover part of the premium costs....
Not that I could tell. I didn't include my school info, so I delted that application and am going to try again.
It was totally absurd. It asked for my expected income for the month, $200, net.
My lowest option for catastrophic plans were $252. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.
That seems exorbitantly high. Is that just for you or for you and your son?
Not that I have any real idea of what that stuff is costing in other states.
Just me, I claim my son on this years taxes. His mom claims him in 2014. It would probably be lower for just me with him listed as a dependent, but the coverage would be higher if it included him under that coverage.
I assume it's that high because the cost of living and average pay in AK is unusually high.
As an example, bananas are 99 cents a pound on a good day. Cigarettes are $10 a pack.
The Siver plan is $333 per month with a $2,700 deductible and a $5, motherfucking 700 out of pocket maximum.
I COULD afford it if my business hand't tanked because of broken promises made by my shitass tenants, or if maybe my wife could have pulled her head out of her ass and lived a happy life with me, especially after not spending $400 -+ on weed per month anymore. And not owning a car or cable or internet that isn't on my phone.
I live so damned cheaply and work hard to help others be free of pain. If you want a clear and shining example, not that you really need it, of how fucked up shit has gotten, here I am.
I was bummed about it yesterday, wanted to get loaded. But after some yoga and some good food and sleep I feel better about it today.
There's a sliding scale health clinic here and with my whopping $8,000 net profit on my schedule C from last years run I ought to be able to drop the cost a tad. Good thing I raised my rates from $45 to $85.
Of course, the sliding scale clinic can't give me an estimate.
That poor billing office woman sounded like the phone was soaked in acid and wanted to get it away from her face, asap.
Where is the humorless smirk emote?
I would spend what money I have on a oneway plane ticket out of here if I could. Debts and leases be damned.
Dug up some info for Alty, may be useful to you guys (I'm still digging thro this myself in Oregon...)
- First off: If the lowest costing plan costs more than 8% of your income, you qualify for an exemption from the Uninsured Tax Penalty:
https://www.healthcare.gov/exemptions/ - If you live in Alaska > If you are the only person in your household: •If your yearly income is below $14,350, you may not qualify for any Marketplace savings programs.
https://www.healthcare.gov/how-can-i-save-money-on-marketplace-coverage-ak-hi/ - So they want to drive the low-income folks to Medicaid. Problem is, not all states are "expanding" Medicaid to cover everyone who doesn't qualify for a subsidy...... so, it seems that there is a "coverage gap" in state's that are not expanding Medicaid.
- According to the below page, Alaska is NOT expanding Medicaid... So the advice is to apply for Mediaid anyway to see if you qualify for the current Medicaid setup.
https://www.healthcare.gov/what-if-my-state-is-not-expanding-medicaid/#state=alaska - I'm not finding the fincancial requirements clearly marked.
http://dhss.alaska.gov/dpa/Pages/medicaid/default.aspx
Try here, I guess, it's a list of local offices:
http://dhss.alaska.gov/dpa/Pages/features/org/dpado.aspx
Man, wtf is up with that coverage gap? Good luck man.
I looked into medicaid about 3 years back, it would require my kid's mom to pay me child suppor.
:lulz:
I just recently suggested to her that we move in togther to make things easier on us and the boys, she chose to simply ignore me.
:lulz:
I am in a great mood, however, as I just traded massage with a highly talented young therapist. So I could give a fuck about being screwed otherwise.
I'm about to enter the world of making medieval soap (yes, they had it, and didn't just bathe once a year) and perfumes. I had to promise the boyfriend that I wouldn't make my own lye*. Where's the fun in that? :argh!: Other than that, what could possible go wrong? Add lye to water, don't breathe, add to olive oil, pour into a wooden box. Wait two days, pop it out, cut into pieces, set aside for a month... SOAP.
*Lye is extremely easy to make, but caustic as fuck. I could use it to ret flax and dye linen also, but all of this is a terrible idea when living in an apartment.
And then Suu was in Project Mayhem.
The people in my philosophy class are AMAZING. This week's assignment, along with writing a brief analysis of an article posted by the instructor, was to simply write an argument using ten different fallacies, chosen from a list of about 14 fallacies. That was it. In order to complete the assignment, we each write our argument, then identify and explain five of the fallacies used in a classmate's post.
This assignment has been posted since Monday. As of right now, only myself and two other students have posted their arguments, and both of the other two just used the same two fallacies over and over and over again. I can't finish the second part of the assignment unless somebody who actually understands it posts an argument. :lol:
Quote from: The Suu on February 14, 2014, 01:23:29 AM
I'm about to enter the world of making medieval soap (yes, they had it, and didn't just bathe once a year) and perfumes. I had to promise the boyfriend that I wouldn't make my own lye*. Where's the fun in that? :argh!: Other than that, what could possible go wrong? Add lye to water, don't breathe, add to olive oil, pour into a wooden box. Wait two days, pop it out, cut into pieces, set aside for a month... SOAP.
*Lye is extremely easy to make, but caustic as fuck. I could use it to ret flax and dye linen also, but all of this is a terrible idea when living in an apartment.
This is relevant to my interests. Would like to see how it turns out.
Who's up for some Afghan crime drama serials?
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/features/letters-from/law-order-afghan-victims-unit
Or, alternatively, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaHKiRb0VPo
Nice find. I get the feeling that this:
QuoteSpend time with practitioners and one notices a lot of repetition; all told, they remain narrowly focused on boosting the supply of trained lawyers, civil servants, and other elites.
Is the heart of the matter though. The legal profession is easily one of the most lucrative in the western world and provides the function to effectively sanction (financially or otherwise) those who it finds guilty. Judges being shaped to become the new warlords?
And if that doesn't quite satisfy your need for foreign crime drama, I'd like to recommend Salamander.
It's set in Belgium. No, actually Belgium. And if you know anything about what I've written about Belgium...it's the most corrupt and seedy place in Europe, bar none. Yes, even Italy (though I won't lie, it's close). You could also class this as a conspiracy thriller...which as you know, I am a fan of. And Belgium's got enough real political conspiracies to blow the mind of any Alex Jones-following simpleton.
Quote from: Cain on February 14, 2014, 11:08:38 AM
And if that doesn't quite satisfy your need for foreign crime drama, I'd like to recommend Salamander.
It's set in Belgium. No, actually Belgium. And if you know anything about what I've written about Belgium...it's the most corrupt and seedy place in Europe, bar none. Yes, even Italy (though I won't lie, it's close). You could also class this as a conspiracy thriller...which as you know, I am a fan of. And Belgium's got enough real political conspiracies to blow the mind of any Alex Jones-following simpleton.
Oh? Sounds interesting. Is it a book? I don't think googling salamander will get me anywhere ;)
TV series. BBC 4 is currently showing it, with English subtitles.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 14, 2014, 03:29:46 AM
The people in my philosophy class are AMAZING. This week's assignment, along with writing a brief analysis of an article posted by the instructor, was to simply write an argument using ten different fallacies, chosen from a list of about 14 fallacies. That was it. In order to complete the assignment, we each write our argument, then identify and explain five of the fallacies used in a classmate's post.
This assignment has been posted since Monday. As of right now, only myself and two other students have posted their arguments, and both of the other two just used the same two fallacies over and over and over again. I can't finish the second part of the assignment unless somebody who actually understands it posts an argument. :lol:
The benefits of master-class trolling, ITT.
To tell the truth, this assignment interests me. Ten fallacies? How long is your essay?
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 14, 2014, 12:50:10 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 14, 2014, 03:29:46 AM
The people in my philosophy class are AMAZING. This week's assignment, along with writing a brief analysis of an article posted by the instructor, was to simply write an argument using ten different fallacies, chosen from a list of about 14 fallacies. That was it. In order to complete the assignment, we each write our argument, then identify and explain five of the fallacies used in a classmate's post.
This assignment has been posted since Monday. As of right now, only myself and two other students have posted their arguments, and both of the other two just used the same two fallacies over and over and over again. I can't finish the second part of the assignment unless somebody who actually understands it posts an argument. :lol:
The benefits of master-class trolling, ITT.
To tell the truth, this assignment interests me. Ten fallacies? How long is your essay?
Something to do here?
Dishonored part 6 is up http://youtu.be/E55gvM1Y-XY
This one's a little more exciting. I finally find a use for whale oil and grenades!
Quote from: Cain on February 14, 2014, 02:16:10 PM
Dishonored part 6 is up http://youtu.be/E55gvM1Y-XY
This one's a little more exciting. I finally find a use for whale oil and grenades!
I'm not ashamed to say I've found myself anticipating these uploads.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 14, 2014, 05:29:02 AM
Quote from: The Suu on February 14, 2014, 01:23:29 AM
I'm about to enter the world of making medieval soap (yes, they had it, and didn't just bathe once a year) and perfumes. I had to promise the boyfriend that I wouldn't make my own lye*. Where's the fun in that? :argh!: Other than that, what could possible go wrong? Add lye to water, don't breathe, add to olive oil, pour into a wooden box. Wait two days, pop it out, cut into pieces, set aside for a month... SOAP.
*Lye is extremely easy to make, but caustic as fuck. I could use it to ret flax and dye linen also, but all of this is a terrible idea when living in an apartment.
This is relevant to my interests. Would like to see how it turns out.
The perfume is trickier. I basically have to enfluerage my own essential oils, since I don't have a still. So far I've tried infusing lavender in vodka and then diluting in water, which makes a nice facial astringent that was used, but the fragrance isn't "sticking." I can do rose water, I make it all the time for brewing and cooking, but lavender, even though extremely fragrant, is harder to draw the aroma out of. Once book from the 16th century recommends that if I'm going to make a lavender essential oil, it takes 12 days of infusion in the olive oil, changing out the flowers every 3 days.
...Either way, I have now washed my face with lavender vodka water. The shit I do for my hobbies.
On a vaugely related note, I recently re-read "Perfume"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfume_(novel)
I now imagine Suu as a modern day Grenouille.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 14, 2014, 02:28:50 PM
Quote from: Cain on February 14, 2014, 02:16:10 PM
Dishonored part 6 is up http://youtu.be/E55gvM1Y-XY
This one's a little more exciting. I finally find a use for whale oil and grenades!
I'm not ashamed to say I've found myself anticipating these uploads.
Thank you. I still have no clear idea where this particular game is heading, but I have some small ideas. That black book, for example...I'm certain it has nothing to do with Emily. When we went down to the basement in the previous episode, we overheard two Overseers, also talking about getting a hold of the book. Now why would they want it? And why, in the dream sequence with the Outsider, did a guy who looked just like Pendleton appear to be holding Emily hostage?
Strawbery Banke got back to me! They're forwarding my info to the archaeological and curatorial departments to see when I can start putting in some hours!
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 14, 2014, 12:50:10 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 14, 2014, 03:29:46 AM
The people in my philosophy class are AMAZING. This week's assignment, along with writing a brief analysis of an article posted by the instructor, was to simply write an argument using ten different fallacies, chosen from a list of about 14 fallacies. That was it. In order to complete the assignment, we each write our argument, then identify and explain five of the fallacies used in a classmate's post.
This assignment has been posted since Monday. As of right now, only myself and two other students have posted their arguments, and both of the other two just used the same two fallacies over and over and over again. I can't finish the second part of the assignment unless somebody who actually understands it posts an argument. :lol:
The benefits of master-class trolling, ITT.
To tell the truth, this assignment interests me. Ten fallacies? How long is your essay?
Who knew THAT would ever come in handy? :lol:
It's incredibly short, more or less one fallacy per sentence. It is by no means a difficult or even moderately challenging class, I spent maybe two hours a week on it and half of that is listening to the lecture while I flip through the book.
I'll post it, actually. Here is the list of fallacies:
-faulty analogy -red herring
-post hoc -appeal to tradition
-slippery slope -begging the question
-hasty conclusion -ad populum
-ad hominem -false dilemma
-straw man -equivocation
-two wrongs make a right -appeal to pity
To make it EXTRA easy for our classmates, we are actually tagging each fallacy with a number, so that they can go "Hmm, lessee, looks like #6 is a red herring, because ____" and I kept it VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND OBVIOUS. Like writing for children. Literally, I wrote this as if I were writing for an audience of average ten-year-olds.
I think that two things are gong on here; one, I don't have this much exposure to other people's writing in the classroom, only online, so while they are probably just as clueless in the classroom I am not exposed to it as much, and two, at this point there are no dumb people in either of my other classes so I'm not as used to them.
QuoteBackyard chickens are popular in the city these days, but they're a terrible idea. For one thing, if we allow city dwellers to keep chickens in their yard, we've opened the gateway to urbal livestock farming and the next thing you know they'll be keeping donkeys and ostriches in their backyards, too. How would you like to wake up one morning to your neighbor's horses neighing and cows mooing?(1)
Keeping chickens in your backyard is like trying to raise salmon in your bathtub; it just isn't the right place for them. (2) If you want more evidence that chickens just don't belong in the city, look at the kind of people who want to raise chickens – I'm talking about pot-smoking hippie types, you know the ones. (3) What do you want your city to be like: A clean, civilized urban center, or a barnyard overrun with rats and disease? (4) Why, a young family tried their hand at raising chickens is St. Johns, and not a month later, their son contracted chicken pox! (5)
When is this city going to wise up and stop treating its backyards like stockyards? (6) Civilized people have eschewed keeping livestock in urban centers since we first invented modern sanitation (7) and nine out of ten city dwellers have no interest in keeping backyard poultry of any kind anyway (8 ) so it's time we eliminated this potential public-health scourge from our cities. Chickens are a known carrier of salmonella and for our own safety we should eliminate them from the city scenery. Think of your elderly and frail neighbors... what if they were to contract salmonella from eating contaminated eggs? (9) And the poor chicken farmers who are trying to make a living selling eggs to grocery stores – is it fair to strip them of their ability to earn a livelihood? (10) Ban chickens from the city!
I think that when I get home tonight I am going to have to spend some time thinking and writing about intellectual and academic elitism, because I can see just how easy and tempting it is to fall into that trap.
When you're in the context you're in, it becomes far too easy to do.
PS- Number 5 made me LOL.
Double date with /b/rother and little /b/inks. She's wearing a adorable little dress.
In other news, I just got a FitBit. Today's my first day. I have no idea what to expect.
Heh, we're getting brownouts because of the shitty weather. Probably the wind took down some power cables nearby.
Okay. My recent weather-related asshattery has come home to roost. There was a 100 car pile-up in Pennsylvania today.
I apologize for my outburst.
http://www.delcotimes.com/general-news/20140214/100-car-pileup-shuts-down-pa-turnpike-in-both-directionsut
I got nothing for this.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 14, 2014, 09:07:26 PM
Okay. My recent weather-related asshattery has come home to roost. There was a 100 car pile-up in Pennsylvania today.
I apologize for my outburst.
http://www.delcotimes.com/general-news/20140214/100-car-pileup-shuts-down-pa-turnpike-in-both-directionsut
I got nothing for this.
Ice and snow are ice and snow by any other name and people should not drive in it. The end.
campbells tomato soup with some tom yum paste and keffir lime leaves mixed in is surprisingly tasty, especially with some fried balls of canned biscuit dough floating in it.
ECH,
needs to go grocery shopping
Nostalgia made me watch the remake of "Robocop". Not totally shitty. Probably one of the better remake attempts of late. One was bound to be alrightish sooner or later and I'd guess this to be it.
Aha aha, I don't qualify for education credits on my taxes because my filing status is married. HA HA HA HA HAHHAHAHASDLSAFDPBwadj)iohgfsewadhjio{feso(qawej})phio/
Sitting in a bar right now, doing taxes, drinking a cranberry and club soda, not going to order 12 whiskys. Nope. No sir.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 14, 2014, 07:55:02 PM
In other news, I just got a FitBit. Today's my first day. I have no idea what to expect.
WELCOME TO THE FAMILY.
It's a fancy pedometer. What me worry?
:tinfoilhat:
At work we get a rebate if we do some sort of fitness program. One of the options is to not do the rebate and get the fitbit.
I'm insanely curious, but I don't have a smartphone or a bluetooth receiver for my pc.
Nigel knows more about the IRL use, but it's apparently a pedometer that you wear 24/7, and can also enter your eating and sleeping habits, and can help track goals (distance, calories, etc).
It seems to be useful as a psychological reminder to take the stairs, walk an extra block, etc.
So far (day 1) I like it.
I am returned from the dead. Internet functional, both eyes functional, going back to work on Monday.
My new pickup line: "I am no longer contagious!"
I spent an uncomfortable 2 days with absolutely no sight in my left eye, left alone in Tucson with my parricidal daughter and a gigantic and fairly stupid dog. I survived by locking myself in the bathroom with my laptop, playing Civ V day and night.
It made me wonder what we did before TV and the internet. Oh, yeah, we drank a lot.
In any case, my daughter would occasionally hammer on the door and inform me that food was available. Could I trust her not to poison it? Probably not, but the alternative was cooking, and I happen to know that if I managed to cut another piece of my ear off or something, she'd just laugh at me while I bled on the floor.
By some miracle, the food was not in fact poisoned. So here I am, back to tell you rotten bastards to SHUT UP.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 03:58:50 AM
I am returned from the dead. Internet functional, both eyes functional, going back to work on Monday.
My new pickup line: "I am no longer contagious!"
I spent an uncomfortable 2 days with absolutely no sight in my left eye, left alone in Tucson with my parricidal daughter and a gigantic and fairly stupid dog. I survived by locking myself in the bathroom with my laptop, playing Civ V day and night.
It made me wonder what we did before TV and the internet. Oh, yeah, we drank a lot.
In any case, my daughter would occasionally hammer on the door and inform me that food was available. Could I trust her not to poison it? Probably not, but the alternative was cooking, and I happen to know that if I managed to cut another piece of my ear off or something, she'd just laugh at me while I bled on the floor.
By some miracle, the food was not in fact poisoned. So here I am, back to tell you rotten bastards to SHUT UP.
Welcome back! I am glad you and your eyes survived!! It was very nice of your daughter not to poison you. It makes me worry about what she's planning.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 15, 2014, 04:01:18 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 03:58:50 AM
I am returned from the dead. Internet functional, both eyes functional, going back to work on Monday.
My new pickup line: "I am no longer contagious!"
I spent an uncomfortable 2 days with absolutely no sight in my left eye, left alone in Tucson with my parricidal daughter and a gigantic and fairly stupid dog. I survived by locking myself in the bathroom with my laptop, playing Civ V day and night.
It made me wonder what we did before TV and the internet. Oh, yeah, we drank a lot.
In any case, my daughter would occasionally hammer on the door and inform me that food was available. Could I trust her not to poison it? Probably not, but the alternative was cooking, and I happen to know that if I managed to cut another piece of my ear off or something, she'd just laugh at me while I bled on the floor.
By some miracle, the food was not in fact poisoned. So here I am, back to tell you rotten bastards to SHUT UP.
Welcome back! I am glad you and your eyes survived!! It was very nice of your daughter not to poison you. It makes me worry about what she's planning.
Easy one, because she flat out told me.
"You have to survive til I'm out of college. Which is 7 years from now, given an enlistment and then 4 years of school. After that, I'm kicking out the plug."
Well, live the life you have left, I suppose.
And welcome back. I'm glad you're not blind.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 15, 2014, 04:04:58 AM
Well, live the life you have left, I suppose.
And welcome back. I'm glad you're not blind.
So am I. However, having had my vision tested, it has degraded more than I thought, and I'm getting glasses in 2 weeks.
Don't ever get old.
Also, the neuralgia will last far longer. I feel like I have sand under my left eye lid, and it will come and go more or less for the rest of my life.
Shingles is one of God's nastier jokes.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 14, 2014, 06:06:15 PM
When you're in the context you're in, it becomes far too easy to do.
PS- Number 5 made me LOL.
It does. But then also, today after posting that I went to lab, and after lab I ran into a girl I took public speaking class with. This girl is awesome, very interested in health, and is one of the kindest hearts I've ever met, but she has a really hard time with math and science because her analytical thinking skills are not very strong. And she knows it... she talks about how she's "dumb" and when she says that, looking at her sweet kind interested face it makes me want to cry, because she's NOT DUMB. She's an awesome person. I really like her, a lot. And falling for that particular brand of elitism would require me to place her in a class below my own, intellectually, and that is PURE BULLSHIT. Because she wants to learn, she loves learning, she is in school because even though she has always found learning analytical subjects hard she really, really wants to do it. She has taken a lot of classes twice. Am I seriously going to look down on her because she has a harder time solving puzzles than I do? You know, fuck that, no fucking way! And the thing is, there are a lot of people who haven't even had the exposure she's had to critical thinking, for whom it doesn't come naturally, who have been condescended to and shoved aside instead of having anyone say look, here's the thing, it's not that you're wrong it's that I wonder if you've ever had anyone explain this thing to you this way.
And then I think, shit, I have been an asshole so many times in my life to someone who wasn't stupid but just hadn't been in a situation where learning could happen. And I have probably been an asshole today. And I will probably also be an asshole tomorrow. But maybe what I need to do to learn is be less of an asshole and not look down on people just because their problem-solving aptitude isn't very good.
Which is hard, and I totally fucking admit that I am not that good at it.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 04:07:38 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 15, 2014, 04:04:58 AM
Well, live the life you have left, I suppose.
And welcome back. I'm glad you're not blind.
So am I. However, having had my vision tested, it has degraded more than I thought, and I'm getting glasses in 2 weeks.
Don't ever get old.
Also, the neuralgia will last far longer. I feel like I have sand under my left eye lid, and it will come and go more or less for the rest of my life.
Shingles is one of God's nastier jokes.
I am so sorry to hear that the sandy shit ain't gonna go away!
This is really the first time you have ever had glasses??? Whoa. I've had 'em since I was 21 and all of my kids wear them.
Also, I will tell this story to all those assholes who think they shouldn't vaccinate their kids against chicken pox.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 04:03:40 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 15, 2014, 04:01:18 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 03:58:50 AM
I am returned from the dead. Internet functional, both eyes functional, going back to work on Monday.
My new pickup line: "I am no longer contagious!"
I spent an uncomfortable 2 days with absolutely no sight in my left eye, left alone in Tucson with my parricidal daughter and a gigantic and fairly stupid dog. I survived by locking myself in the bathroom with my laptop, playing Civ V day and night.
It made me wonder what we did before TV and the internet. Oh, yeah, we drank a lot.
In any case, my daughter would occasionally hammer on the door and inform me that food was available. Could I trust her not to poison it? Probably not, but the alternative was cooking, and I happen to know that if I managed to cut another piece of my ear off or something, she'd just laugh at me while I bled on the floor.
By some miracle, the food was not in fact poisoned. So here I am, back to tell you rotten bastards to SHUT UP.
Welcome back! I am glad you and your eyes survived!! It was very nice of your daughter not to poison you. It makes me worry about what she's planning.
Easy one, because she flat out told me.
"You have to survive til I'm out of college. Which is 7 years from now, given an enlistment and then 4 years of school. After that, I'm kicking out the plug."
:lulz: Keelin is amazing. She's like an older, more cynical cross between Little Orange and EFO.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 14, 2014, 09:07:26 PM
Okay. My recent weather-related asshattery has come home to roost. There was a 100 car pile-up in Pennsylvania today.
I apologize for my outburst.
http://www.delcotimes.com/general-news/20140214/100-car-pileup-shuts-down-pa-turnpike-in-both-directionsut
I got nothing for this.
Nature has a way of showing you what.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:17:36 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 04:07:38 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 15, 2014, 04:04:58 AM
Well, live the life you have left, I suppose.
And welcome back. I'm glad you're not blind.
So am I. However, having had my vision tested, it has degraded more than I thought, and I'm getting glasses in 2 weeks.
Don't ever get old.
Also, the neuralgia will last far longer. I feel like I have sand under my left eye lid, and it will come and go more or less for the rest of my life.
Shingles is one of God's nastier jokes.
I am so sorry to hear that the sandy shit ain't gonna go away!
This is really the first time you have ever had glasses??? Whoa. I've had 'em since I was 21 and all of my kids wear them.
Also, I will tell this story to all those assholes who think they shouldn't vaccinate their kids against chicken pox.
Yeah, if I hadn't got pumped full of antivirals right away, I'd have lost the eye. The primary formations (can't remember their name) had formed, but I was treated before any dendrites formed. Because I have good insurance.
So anyone who thinks health insurance can't be handled universally can kiss my ass. If I wasn't lucky, I wouldn't have this job. If I didn't have this job and the insurance that goes along with it, I'd have never been able to afford the antivirals (damn near $150/day for 7 days if I had to pay for them). Then I'd have one eye.
I am now going to go fuck with teabaggers, come to think of it.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:18:46 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 04:03:40 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 15, 2014, 04:01:18 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 03:58:50 AM
I am returned from the dead. Internet functional, both eyes functional, going back to work on Monday.
My new pickup line: "I am no longer contagious!"
I spent an uncomfortable 2 days with absolutely no sight in my left eye, left alone in Tucson with my parricidal daughter and a gigantic and fairly stupid dog. I survived by locking myself in the bathroom with my laptop, playing Civ V day and night.
It made me wonder what we did before TV and the internet. Oh, yeah, we drank a lot.
In any case, my daughter would occasionally hammer on the door and inform me that food was available. Could I trust her not to poison it? Probably not, but the alternative was cooking, and I happen to know that if I managed to cut another piece of my ear off or something, she'd just laugh at me while I bled on the floor.
By some miracle, the food was not in fact poisoned. So here I am, back to tell you rotten bastards to SHUT UP.
Welcome back! I am glad you and your eyes survived!! It was very nice of your daughter not to poison you. It makes me worry about what she's planning.
Easy one, because she flat out told me.
"You have to survive til I'm out of college. Which is 7 years from now, given an enlistment and then 4 years of school. After that, I'm kicking out the plug."
:lulz: Keelin is amazing. She's like an older, more cynical cross between Little Orange and EFO.
I am certain they will catch up. :lol:
People like you and I are not going to have "normal" kids. Thank God.
Quote from: Alty on February 15, 2014, 01:39:34 AM
Aha aha, I don't qualify for education credits on my taxes because my filing status is married. HA HA HA HA HAHHAHAHASDLSAFDPBwadj)iohgfsewadhjio{feso(qawej})phio/
Oh yeah. I remember that year. That was a stupid fucking year.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 04:07:38 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 15, 2014, 04:04:58 AM
Well, live the life you have left, I suppose.
And welcome back. I'm glad you're not blind.
So am I. However, having had my vision tested, it has degraded more than I thought, and I'm getting glasses in 2 weeks. Glad you're back, did you get to pass on the bell's palsy at least?
Don't ever get old.
Also, the neuralgia will last far longer. I feel like I have sand under my left eye lid, and it will come and go more or less for the rest of my life.
Shingles is one of God's nastier jokes.
Holy Hell - you're not trying to fill out some sort of HORRILBE AFFLICTION bingo are you? Glad you did not turn into Odin, and sounds like you've missed the bell's palsy
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 04:21:59 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:18:46 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 04:03:40 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 15, 2014, 04:01:18 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 03:58:50 AM
I am returned from the dead. Internet functional, both eyes functional, going back to work on Monday.
My new pickup line: "I am no longer contagious!"
I spent an uncomfortable 2 days with absolutely no sight in my left eye, left alone in Tucson with my parricidal daughter and a gigantic and fairly stupid dog. I survived by locking myself in the bathroom with my laptop, playing Civ V day and night.
It made me wonder what we did before TV and the internet. Oh, yeah, we drank a lot.
In any case, my daughter would occasionally hammer on the door and inform me that food was available. Could I trust her not to poison it? Probably not, but the alternative was cooking, and I happen to know that if I managed to cut another piece of my ear off or something, she'd just laugh at me while I bled on the floor.
By some miracle, the food was not in fact poisoned. So here I am, back to tell you rotten bastards to SHUT UP.
Welcome back! I am glad you and your eyes survived!! It was very nice of your daughter not to poison you. It makes me worry about what she's planning.
Easy one, because she flat out told me.
"You have to survive til I'm out of college. Which is 7 years from now, given an enlistment and then 4 years of school. After that, I'm kicking out the plug."
:lulz: Keelin is amazing. She's like an older, more cynical cross between Little Orange and EFO.
I am certain they will catch up. :lol:
People like you and I are not going to have "normal" kids. Thank God.
Seriously. I wish I could have had like ten more. I feel like the world deserves it.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:14:39 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 14, 2014, 06:06:15 PM
When you're in the context you're in, it becomes far too easy to do.
PS- Number 5 made me LOL.
It does. But then also, today after posting that I went to lab, and after lab I ran into a girl I took public speaking class with. This girl is awesome, very interested in health, and is one of the kindest hearts I've ever met, but she has a really hard time with math and science because her analytical thinking skills are not very strong. And she knows it... she talks about how she's "dumb" and when she says that, looking at her sweet kind interested face it makes me want to cry, because she's NOT DUMB. She's an awesome person. I really like her, a lot. And falling for that particular brand of elitism would require me to place her in a class below my own, intellectually, and that is PURE BULLSHIT. Because she wants to learn, she loves learning, she is in school because even though she has always found learning analytical subjects hard she really, really wants to do it. She has taken a lot of classes twice. Am I seriously going to look down on her because she has a harder time solving puzzles than I do? You know, fuck that, no fucking way! And the thing is, there are a lot of people who haven't even had the exposure she's had to critical thinking, for whom it doesn't come naturally, who have been condescended to and shoved aside instead of having anyone say look, here's the thing, it's not that you're wrong it's that I wonder if you've ever had anyone explain this thing to you this way.
And then I think, shit, I have been an asshole so many times in my life to someone who wasn't stupid but just hadn't been in a situation where learning could happen. And I have probably been an asshole today. And I will probably also be an asshole tomorrow. But maybe what I need to do to learn is be less of an asshole and not look down on people just because their problem-solving aptitude isn't very good.
Which is hard, and I totally fucking admit that I am not that good at it.
I'm starting to get the feeling I need to do more of this. I have to admit, I've been a smug intellectual longer than I care to admit, longer even than when I realized I was doing it wrong.
And I've been wrong. So many, many times.
"Be less of an asshole." I like that. Hard to do. But I want to try.
Quote from: Richter on February 15, 2014, 04:22:54 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 04:07:38 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 15, 2014, 04:04:58 AM
Well, live the life you have left, I suppose.
And welcome back. I'm glad you're not blind.
So am I. However, having had my vision tested, it has degraded more than I thought, and I'm getting glasses in 2 weeks. Glad you're back, did you get to pass on the bell's palsy at least?
Don't ever get old.
Also, the neuralgia will last far longer. I feel like I have sand under my left eye lid, and it will come and go more or less for the rest of my life.
Shingles is one of God's nastier jokes.
Holy Hell - you're not trying to fill out some sort of HORRILBE AFFLICTION bingo are you? Glad you did not turn into Odin, and sounds like you've missed the bell's palsy
GIVE ME TIME.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 04:21:16 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:17:36 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 04:07:38 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 15, 2014, 04:04:58 AM
Well, live the life you have left, I suppose.
And welcome back. I'm glad you're not blind.
So am I. However, having had my vision tested, it has degraded more than I thought, and I'm getting glasses in 2 weeks.
Don't ever get old.
Also, the neuralgia will last far longer. I feel like I have sand under my left eye lid, and it will come and go more or less for the rest of my life.
Shingles is one of God's nastier jokes.
I am so sorry to hear that the sandy shit ain't gonna go away!
This is really the first time you have ever had glasses??? Whoa. I've had 'em since I was 21 and all of my kids wear them.
Also, I will tell this story to all those assholes who think they shouldn't vaccinate their kids against chicken pox.
Yeah, if I hadn't got pumped full of antivirals right away, I'd have lost the eye. The primary formations (can't remember their name) had formed, but I was treated before any dendrites formed. Because I have good insurance.
So anyone who thinks health insurance can't be handled universally can kiss my ass. If I wasn't lucky, I wouldn't have this job. If I didn't have this job and the insurance that goes along with it, I'd have never been able to afford the antivirals (damn near $150/day for 7 days if I had to pay for them). Then I'd have one eye.
I am now going to go fuck with teabaggers, come to think of it.
Seriously. I have been telling my housemates to fucking apply for OHP, and when they've been all "Oh, but I've never been on Welfare!" I'm like, listen, dude. You want to know what will cost taxpayers more than getting you some goddamn basic dental care? DYING OF AN ABCESS.
Also, dude roommate is a fucking production manager at a small company that pays taxes, but can't afford to pay for insurance for its employees. I've been in the same boat. The US penalizes small businesses for existing already... what's going to happen if the production manager can't work? They're fucked. It's not welfare, it's fucking social insurance, use it motherfucker. And be grateful Oregon offers it.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:29:35 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 04:21:16 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:17:36 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 04:07:38 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 15, 2014, 04:04:58 AM
Well, live the life you have left, I suppose.
And welcome back. I'm glad you're not blind.
So am I. However, having had my vision tested, it has degraded more than I thought, and I'm getting glasses in 2 weeks.
Don't ever get old.
Also, the neuralgia will last far longer. I feel like I have sand under my left eye lid, and it will come and go more or less for the rest of my life.
Shingles is one of God's nastier jokes.
I am so sorry to hear that the sandy shit ain't gonna go away!
This is really the first time you have ever had glasses??? Whoa. I've had 'em since I was 21 and all of my kids wear them.
Also, I will tell this story to all those assholes who think they shouldn't vaccinate their kids against chicken pox.
Yeah, if I hadn't got pumped full of antivirals right away, I'd have lost the eye. The primary formations (can't remember their name) had formed, but I was treated before any dendrites formed. Because I have good insurance.
So anyone who thinks health insurance can't be handled universally can kiss my ass. If I wasn't lucky, I wouldn't have this job. If I didn't have this job and the insurance that goes along with it, I'd have never been able to afford the antivirals (damn near $150/day for 7 days if I had to pay for them). Then I'd have one eye.
I am now going to go fuck with teabaggers, come to think of it.
Seriously. I have been telling my housemates to fucking apply for OHP, and when they've been all "Oh, but I've never been on Welfare!" I'm like, listen, dude. You want to know what will cost taxpayers more than getting you some goddamn basic dental care? DYING OF AN ABCESS.
Also, dude roommate is a fucking production manager at a small company that pays taxes, but can't afford to pay for insurance for its employees. I've been in the same boat. The US penalizes small businesses for existing already... what's going to happen if the production manager can't work? They're fucked. It's not welfare, it's fucking social insurance, use it motherfucker. And be grateful Oregon offers it.
The shit is there for a reason. To be used
I don't mind my taxes going to food stamps and stuff like OHP. If my tax dollars weren't going there, they'd just find a way to give it to Goldman Sachs. I'd rather it was used to fund programs that are in the PUBLIC welfare, just like it says in article I, sec 8, clause 1 of some old hemp document written by hippies a couple of hundred years ago. Schools, medical care, food, roads, that sort of shit.
A close brush with blindness has done two things:
1. Made me once again get a glimpse of what privilege is, and
2. Made me hate libertarianism even more than I did before.
Rage rage,
DOUR
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 15, 2014, 04:23:25 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:14:39 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 14, 2014, 06:06:15 PM
When you're in the context you're in, it becomes far too easy to do.
PS- Number 5 made me LOL.
It does. But then also, today after posting that I went to lab, and after lab I ran into a girl I took public speaking class with. This girl is awesome, very interested in health, and is one of the kindest hearts I've ever met, but she has a really hard time with math and science because her analytical thinking skills are not very strong. And she knows it... she talks about how she's "dumb" and when she says that, looking at her sweet kind interested face it makes me want to cry, because she's NOT DUMB. She's an awesome person. I really like her, a lot. And falling for that particular brand of elitism would require me to place her in a class below my own, intellectually, and that is PURE BULLSHIT. Because she wants to learn, she loves learning, she is in school because even though she has always found learning analytical subjects hard she really, really wants to do it. She has taken a lot of classes twice. Am I seriously going to look down on her because she has a harder time solving puzzles than I do? You know, fuck that, no fucking way! And the thing is, there are a lot of people who haven't even had the exposure she's had to critical thinking, for whom it doesn't come naturally, who have been condescended to and shoved aside instead of having anyone say look, here's the thing, it's not that you're wrong it's that I wonder if you've ever had anyone explain this thing to you this way.
And then I think, shit, I have been an asshole so many times in my life to someone who wasn't stupid but just hadn't been in a situation where learning could happen. And I have probably been an asshole today. And I will probably also be an asshole tomorrow. But maybe what I need to do to learn is be less of an asshole and not look down on people just because their problem-solving aptitude isn't very good.
Which is hard, and I totally fucking admit that I am not that good at it.
I'm starting to get the feeling I need to do more of this. I have to admit, I've been a smug intellectual longer than I care to admit, longer even than when I realized I was doing it wrong.
And I've been wrong. So many, many times.
"Be less of an asshole." I like that. Hard to do. But I want to try.
It's incredibly hard. And that's part of the thing I think I need to think and write about. Because reality is, some people are smarter than others, in terms of analytical, problem-solving thinking. And when we fall into a particular range of analytical problem-solvers, we tend to surround ourselves with other analytical problem-solvers who fall into a similar range. The particular range I, and I think many of the people on PD fall into, are people who are logically proficient, yet not dependent on an idealized logical view; in other words, capable of taking illogical human nature into account, while still remaining analytical and logical and not assuming an ideal situation could ever actually manifest. Ook ook, and all that. Realizing that human feels complicate logic.
But actually dealing with people who are not as proficient at logic can be incredibly frustrating, and it's easy to simply dismiss BOTH people who are less proficient with calculating logic AND people who are less proficient with calculating feelings as being "dumb". And therein, really, lies a quandary.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 04:34:31 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:29:35 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 04:21:16 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:17:36 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 04:07:38 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 15, 2014, 04:04:58 AM
Well, live the life you have left, I suppose.
And welcome back. I'm glad you're not blind.
So am I. However, having had my vision tested, it has degraded more than I thought, and I'm getting glasses in 2 weeks.
Don't ever get old.
Also, the neuralgia will last far longer. I feel like I have sand under my left eye lid, and it will come and go more or less for the rest of my life.
Shingles is one of God's nastier jokes.
I am so sorry to hear that the sandy shit ain't gonna go away!
This is really the first time you have ever had glasses??? Whoa. I've had 'em since I was 21 and all of my kids wear them.
Also, I will tell this story to all those assholes who think they shouldn't vaccinate their kids against chicken pox.
Yeah, if I hadn't got pumped full of antivirals right away, I'd have lost the eye. The primary formations (can't remember their name) had formed, but I was treated before any dendrites formed. Because I have good insurance.
So anyone who thinks health insurance can't be handled universally can kiss my ass. If I wasn't lucky, I wouldn't have this job. If I didn't have this job and the insurance that goes along with it, I'd have never been able to afford the antivirals (damn near $150/day for 7 days if I had to pay for them). Then I'd have one eye.
I am now going to go fuck with teabaggers, come to think of it.
Seriously. I have been telling my housemates to fucking apply for OHP, and when they've been all "Oh, but I've never been on Welfare!" I'm like, listen, dude. You want to know what will cost taxpayers more than getting you some goddamn basic dental care? DYING OF AN ABCESS.
Also, dude roommate is a fucking production manager at a small company that pays taxes, but can't afford to pay for insurance for its employees. I've been in the same boat. The US penalizes small businesses for existing already... what's going to happen if the production manager can't work? They're fucked. It's not welfare, it's fucking social insurance, use it motherfucker. And be grateful Oregon offers it.
The shit is there for a reason. To be used
I don't mind my taxes going to food stamps and stuff like OHP. If my tax dollars weren't going there, they'd just find a way to give it to Goldman Sachs. I'd rather it was used to fund programs that are in the PUBLIC welfare, just like it says in article I, sec 8, clause 1 of some old hemp document written by hippies a couple of hundred years ago. Schools, medical care, food, roads, that sort of shit.
A close brush with blindness has done two things:
1. Made me once again get a glimpse of what privilege is, and
2. Made me hate libertarianism even more than I did before.
Rage rage,
DOUR
LET THAT RAGE BURN.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 04:34:31 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:29:35 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 04:21:16 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:17:36 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 04:07:38 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 15, 2014, 04:04:58 AM
Well, live the life you have left, I suppose.
And welcome back. I'm glad you're not blind.
So am I. However, having had my vision tested, it has degraded more than I thought, and I'm getting glasses in 2 weeks.
Don't ever get old.
Also, the neuralgia will last far longer. I feel like I have sand under my left eye lid, and it will come and go more or less for the rest of my life.
Shingles is one of God's nastier jokes.
I am so sorry to hear that the sandy shit ain't gonna go away!
This is really the first time you have ever had glasses??? Whoa. I've had 'em since I was 21 and all of my kids wear them.
Also, I will tell this story to all those assholes who think they shouldn't vaccinate their kids against chicken pox.
Yeah, if I hadn't got pumped full of antivirals right away, I'd have lost the eye. The primary formations (can't remember their name) had formed, but I was treated before any dendrites formed. Because I have good insurance.
So anyone who thinks health insurance can't be handled universally can kiss my ass. If I wasn't lucky, I wouldn't have this job. If I didn't have this job and the insurance that goes along with it, I'd have never been able to afford the antivirals (damn near $150/day for 7 days if I had to pay for them). Then I'd have one eye.
I am now going to go fuck with teabaggers, come to think of it.
Seriously. I have been telling my housemates to fucking apply for OHP, and when they've been all "Oh, but I've never been on Welfare!" I'm like, listen, dude. You want to know what will cost taxpayers more than getting you some goddamn basic dental care? DYING OF AN ABCESS.
Also, dude roommate is a fucking production manager at a small company that pays taxes, but can't afford to pay for insurance for its employees. I've been in the same boat. The US penalizes small businesses for existing already... what's going to happen if the production manager can't work? They're fucked. It's not welfare, it's fucking social insurance, use it motherfucker. And be grateful Oregon offers it.
The shit is there for a reason. To be used
I don't mind my taxes going to food stamps and stuff like OHP. If my tax dollars weren't going there, they'd just find a way to give it to Goldman Sachs. I'd rather it was used to fund programs that are in the PUBLIC welfare, just like it says in article I, sec 8, clause 1 of some old hemp document written by hippies a couple of hundred years ago. Schools, medical care, food, roads, that sort of shit.
A close brush with blindness has done two things:
1. Made me once again get a glimpse of what privilege is, and
2. Made me hate libertarianism even more than I did before.
Rage rage,
DOUR
Seriously, it pisses me off SO MUCH that for some reason America is not only unwilling to learn through theory or experiment, but also unwilling to learn through observation and OBVI-FUCKING-OUSNESS that a well-fed, healthy, well-paid populous LEADS TO PROSPERITY, I MEAN SERIOUSLY ARE WE ACTUALLY THAT STUPID? COME ON.
America: "if we don't let poor people starve and die of preventable disease they ain't ever gonna larn to mak jerbs"
Countries in the 21'st century: "If we provide basic needs for all our residents they will prosper and be productive, bringing wealth to our nation".
OMG OMG OMG
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:45:10 AM
Seriously, it pisses me off SO MUCH that for some reason America is not only unwilling to learn through theory or experiment, but also unwilling to learn through observation and OBVI-FUCKING-OUSNESS that a well-fed, healthy, well-paid populous LEADS TO PROSPERITY, I MEAN SERIOUSLY ARE WE ACTUALLY THAT STUPID? COME ON.
There are people who have a vested interest in a poverty-stricken majority. Those people can also afford massive advertising campaigns. Poor people are a fungible resource, perfectly replaceable cogs.
Like we used to say in the army: When viewed from above, the headstones at Arlington spell out "There's plenty more where these came from!"
America: "If'n someone wants to ger all edermucaterd they should gots to pay fer it, ta beer al fancy pans"
ALL CIVILIZED NATIONS: "Education will be free for those who choose to pursue it, because it advances our country".
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:50:49 AM
America: "If'n someone wants to ger all edermucaterd they should gots to pay fer it, ta beer al fancy pans"
ALL CIVILIZED NATIONS: "Education will be free for those who choose to pursue it, because it advances our country".
Norway spends half their day in school, and the other half laughing at the hicks (us).
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 04:49:13 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:45:10 AM
Seriously, it pisses me off SO MUCH that for some reason America is not only unwilling to learn through theory or experiment, but also unwilling to learn through observation and OBVI-FUCKING-OUSNESS that a well-fed, healthy, well-paid populous LEADS TO PROSPERITY, I MEAN SERIOUSLY ARE WE ACTUALLY THAT STUPID? COME ON.
There are people who have a vested interest in a poverty-stricken majority. Those people can also afford massive advertising campaigns. Poor people are a fungible resource, perfectly replaceable cogs.
Like we used to say in the army: When viewed from above, the headstones at Arlington spell out "There's plenty more where these came from!"
The part that pisses me off is the part where enough Americans of the corporation-fodder variety BELIEVE THE BULLSHIT to perpetuate it.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 04:51:35 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:50:49 AM
America: "If'n someone wants to ger all edermucaterd they should gots to pay fer it, ta beer al fancy pans"
ALL CIVILIZED NATIONS: "Education will be free for those who choose to pursue it, because it advances our country".
Norway spends half their day in school, and the other half laughing at the hicks (us).
One of my pet peeves is that we put our kids in school for 7 hours, and they get out about 1 hour of education.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:52:07 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 04:49:13 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:45:10 AM
Seriously, it pisses me off SO MUCH that for some reason America is not only unwilling to learn through theory or experiment, but also unwilling to learn through observation and OBVI-FUCKING-OUSNESS that a well-fed, healthy, well-paid populous LEADS TO PROSPERITY, I MEAN SERIOUSLY ARE WE ACTUALLY THAT STUPID? COME ON.
There are people who have a vested interest in a poverty-stricken majority. Those people can also afford massive advertising campaigns. Poor people are a fungible resource, perfectly replaceable cogs.
Like we used to say in the army: When viewed from above, the headstones at Arlington spell out "There's plenty more where these came from!"
The part that pisses me off is the part where enough Americans of the corporation-fodder variety BELIEVE THE BULLSHIT to perpetuate it.
Well, it's drilled into them from birth. "We're rugged individualists."
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:54:09 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 04:51:35 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:50:49 AM
America: "If'n someone wants to ger all edermucaterd they should gots to pay fer it, ta beer al fancy pans"
ALL CIVILIZED NATIONS: "Education will be free for those who choose to pursue it, because it advances our country".
Norway spends half their day in school, and the other half laughing at the hicks (us).
One of my pet peeves is that we put our kids in school for 7 hours, and they get out about 1 hour of education.
The Canadian school system gets (or got, anyway), about 5 hours out of 7. We learned a lot. We were also miserable all the time (Canada does the rote-learning thing, pretty hardcore, or did in the 70s).
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 04:54:45 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:52:07 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 04:49:13 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:45:10 AM
Seriously, it pisses me off SO MUCH that for some reason America is not only unwilling to learn through theory or experiment, but also unwilling to learn through observation and OBVI-FUCKING-OUSNESS that a well-fed, healthy, well-paid populous LEADS TO PROSPERITY, I MEAN SERIOUSLY ARE WE ACTUALLY THAT STUPID? COME ON.
There are people who have a vested interest in a poverty-stricken majority. Those people can also afford massive advertising campaigns. Poor people are a fungible resource, perfectly replaceable cogs.
Like we used to say in the army: When viewed from above, the headstones at Arlington spell out "There's plenty more where these came from!"
The part that pisses me off is the part where enough Americans of the corporation-fodder variety BELIEVE THE BULLSHIT to perpetuate it.
Well, it's drilled into them from birth. "We're rugged individualists."
Which is a hilarious meme when you consider how the nation was actually founded.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 04:55:51 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:54:09 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 04:51:35 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:50:49 AM
America: "If'n someone wants to ger all edermucaterd they should gots to pay fer it, ta beer al fancy pans"
ALL CIVILIZED NATIONS: "Education will be free for those who choose to pursue it, because it advances our country".
Norway spends half their day in school, and the other half laughing at the hicks (us).
One of my pet peeves is that we put our kids in school for 7 hours, and they get out about 1 hour of education.
The Canadian school system gets (or got, anyway), about 5 hours out of 7. We learned a lot. We were also miserable all the time (Canada does the rote-learning thing, pretty hardcore, or did in the 70s).
Some pretty amazing educators have suggested alternatives that have proven to be better. But here in the US, we don't trust educators.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:58:34 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 04:55:51 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:54:09 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 04:51:35 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:50:49 AM
America: "If'n someone wants to ger all edermucaterd they should gots to pay fer it, ta beer al fancy pans"
ALL CIVILIZED NATIONS: "Education will be free for those who choose to pursue it, because it advances our country".
Norway spends half their day in school, and the other half laughing at the hicks (us).
One of my pet peeves is that we put our kids in school for 7 hours, and they get out about 1 hour of education.
The Canadian school system gets (or got, anyway), about 5 hours out of 7. We learned a lot. We were also miserable all the time (Canada does the rote-learning thing, pretty hardcore, or did in the 70s).
Some pretty amazing educators have suggested alternatives that have proven to be better. But here in the US, we don't trust educators.
In some ways, Canada is amazingly conservative. The general opinion is (or was) that the rote method works well enough, and is known to work well enough, to instill the basic knowledge required to be a functioning member of society, so why change it?
I do remember how miserable it was, how boring it was, and the fact that the entire system was based on humiliation. On the other hand, I learned almost every non-technical thing I really do know before I moved to the states.
I'm glad to see you're back, Roger, and still in possession of both eyes. I was almost certain, almost, that much like Odin traded his for wisdom that you were trading yours for hate.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:41:08 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 15, 2014, 04:23:25 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:14:39 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 14, 2014, 06:06:15 PM
When you're in the context you're in, it becomes far too easy to do.
PS- Number 5 made me LOL.
It does. But then also, today after posting that I went to lab, and after lab I ran into a girl I took public speaking class with. This girl is awesome, very interested in health, and is one of the kindest hearts I've ever met, but she has a really hard time with math and science because her analytical thinking skills are not very strong. And she knows it... she talks about how she's "dumb" and when she says that, looking at her sweet kind interested face it makes me want to cry, because she's NOT DUMB. She's an awesome person. I really like her, a lot. And falling for that particular brand of elitism would require me to place her in a class below my own, intellectually, and that is PURE BULLSHIT. Because she wants to learn, she loves learning, she is in school because even though she has always found learning analytical subjects hard she really, really wants to do it. She has taken a lot of classes twice. Am I seriously going to look down on her because she has a harder time solving puzzles than I do? You know, fuck that, no fucking way! And the thing is, there are a lot of people who haven't even had the exposure she's had to critical thinking, for whom it doesn't come naturally, who have been condescended to and shoved aside instead of having anyone say look, here's the thing, it's not that you're wrong it's that I wonder if you've ever had anyone explain this thing to you this way.
And then I think, shit, I have been an asshole so many times in my life to someone who wasn't stupid but just hadn't been in a situation where learning could happen. And I have probably been an asshole today. And I will probably also be an asshole tomorrow. But maybe what I need to do to learn is be less of an asshole and not look down on people just because their problem-solving aptitude isn't very good.
Which is hard, and I totally fucking admit that I am not that good at it.
I'm starting to get the feeling I need to do more of this. I have to admit, I've been a smug intellectual longer than I care to admit, longer even than when I realized I was doing it wrong.
And I've been wrong. So many, many times.
"Be less of an asshole." I like that. Hard to do. But I want to try.
It's incredibly hard. And that's part of the thing I think I need to think and write about. Because reality is, some people are smarter than others, in terms of analytical, problem-solving thinking. And when we fall into a particular range of analytical problem-solvers, we tend to surround ourselves with other analytical problem-solvers who fall into a similar range. The particular range I, and I think many of the people on PD fall into, are people who are logically proficient, yet not dependent on an idealized logical view; in other words, capable of taking illogical human nature into account, while still remaining analytical and logical and not assuming an ideal situation could ever actually manifest. Ook ook, and all that. Realizing that human feels complicate logic.
But actually dealing with people who are not as proficient at logic can be incredibly frustrating, and it's easy to simply dismiss BOTH people who are less proficient with calculating logic AND people who are less proficient with calculating feelings as being "dumb". And therein, really, lies a quandary.
I'm awesome in school. I've just started to learn what life is about.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on February 15, 2014, 05:08:55 AM
I'm glad to see you're back, Roger, and still in possession of both eyes. I was almost certain, almost, that much like Odin traded his for wisdom that you were trading yours for hate.
Which is a complete RIP OFF, because I ALREADY HAD the hate.
And how fucking much wisdom do you get for giving up an eye? Maybe be you learn shit like "don't give up organs for intangible things."
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 05:01:28 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:58:34 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 04:55:51 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:54:09 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 04:51:35 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:50:49 AM
America: "If'n someone wants to ger all edermucaterd they should gots to pay fer it, ta beer al fancy pans"
ALL CIVILIZED NATIONS: "Education will be free for those who choose to pursue it, because it advances our country".
Norway spends half their day in school, and the other half laughing at the hicks (us).
One of my pet peeves is that we put our kids in school for 7 hours, and they get out about 1 hour of education.
The Canadian school system gets (or got, anyway), about 5 hours out of 7. We learned a lot. We were also miserable all the time (Canada does the rote-learning thing, pretty hardcore, or did in the 70s).
Some pretty amazing educators have suggested alternatives that have proven to be better. But here in the US, we don't trust educators.
In some ways, Canada is amazingly conservative. The general opinion is (or was) that the rote method works well enough, and is known to work well enough, to instill the basic knowledge required to be a functioning member of society, so why change it?
I do remember how miserable it was, how boring it was, and the fact that the entire system was based on humiliation. On the other hand, I learned almost every non-technical thing I really do know before I moved to the states.
Yeah, but can you see the flaw? Especially when it comes to the non-technical things you know? I know you KNOW the flaw, because you have said it out loud to my face more than a few times. Whether you can see it in this context may be another question. That flaw is possibly the biggest failure of that system.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 05:24:05 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 05:01:28 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:58:34 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 04:55:51 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:54:09 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 04:51:35 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:50:49 AM
America: "If'n someone wants to ger all edermucaterd they should gots to pay fer it, ta beer al fancy pans"
ALL CIVILIZED NATIONS: "Education will be free for those who choose to pursue it, because it advances our country".
Norway spends half their day in school, and the other half laughing at the hicks (us).
One of my pet peeves is that we put our kids in school for 7 hours, and they get out about 1 hour of education.
The Canadian school system gets (or got, anyway), about 5 hours out of 7. We learned a lot. We were also miserable all the time (Canada does the rote-learning thing, pretty hardcore, or did in the 70s).
Some pretty amazing educators have suggested alternatives that have proven to be better. But here in the US, we don't trust educators.
In some ways, Canada is amazingly conservative. The general opinion is (or was) that the rote method works well enough, and is known to work well enough, to instill the basic knowledge required to be a functioning member of society, so why change it?
I do remember how miserable it was, how boring it was, and the fact that the entire system was based on humiliation. On the other hand, I learned almost every non-technical thing I really do know before I moved to the states.
Yeah, but can you see the flaw? Especially when it comes to the non-technical things you know? I know you KNOW the flaw, because you have said it out loud to my face more than a few times. Whether you can see it in this context may be another question. That flaw is possibly the biggest failure of that system.
Oh, I do, I wasn't defending that system. I had a fairly miserable childhood on account of it.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 05:30:04 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 05:24:05 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 05:01:28 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:58:34 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 04:55:51 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:54:09 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 04:51:35 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 04:50:49 AM
America: "If'n someone wants to ger all edermucaterd they should gots to pay fer it, ta beer al fancy pans"
ALL CIVILIZED NATIONS: "Education will be free for those who choose to pursue it, because it advances our country".
Norway spends half their day in school, and the other half laughing at the hicks (us).
One of my pet peeves is that we put our kids in school for 7 hours, and they get out about 1 hour of education.
The Canadian school system gets (or got, anyway), about 5 hours out of 7. We learned a lot. We were also miserable all the time (Canada does the rote-learning thing, pretty hardcore, or did in the 70s).
Some pretty amazing educators have suggested alternatives that have proven to be better. But here in the US, we don't trust educators.
In some ways, Canada is amazingly conservative. The general opinion is (or was) that the rote method works well enough, and is known to work well enough, to instill the basic knowledge required to be a functioning member of society, so why change it?
I do remember how miserable it was, how boring it was, and the fact that the entire system was based on humiliation. On the other hand, I learned almost every non-technical thing I really do know before I moved to the states.
Yeah, but can you see the flaw? Especially when it comes to the non-technical things you know? I know you KNOW the flaw, because you have said it out loud to my face more than a few times. Whether you can see it in this context may be another question. That flaw is possibly the biggest failure of that system.
Oh, I do, I wasn't defending that system. I had a fairly miserable childhood on account of it.
Totally. It's not that you were defending the system, because you never have. It's the long-term thinking problems that come from that system, which you know about, that come from that system; namely the "I heard" problems that come from the appeal to authority that that system fosters so well.
Which leads to completely intelligent or even brilliant adults accepting as a given something they have heard from an authoritative source, even if the information does not hold up to critical analysis.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 05:41:14 AM
Totally. It's not that you were defending the system, because you never have. It's the long-term thinking problems that come from that system, which you know about, that come from that system; namely the "I heard" problems that come from the appeal to authority that that system fosters so well.
I was actually talking - in terms of non-technical knowledge - about writing, mathematics, and the like.
The flaw, to me, is that the system is based on humiliation. There has to be a better way to impart knowledge, and the "conservative" mindset I mentioned is a combination of cowardice, laziness, and cruelty.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 05:43:52 AM
Which leads to completely intelligent or even brilliant adults accepting as a given something they have heard from an authoritative source, even if the information does not hold up to critical analysis.
Yes, that is the basic problem with rote learning. Arithmetic is best learned by rote (as it's largely a matter of practice), but history and social science, not so much.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 15, 2014, 05:45:23 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 15, 2014, 05:41:14 AM
Totally. It's not that you were defending the system, because you never have. It's the long-term thinking problems that come from that system, which you know about, that come from that system; namely the "I heard" problems that come from the appeal to authority that that system fosters so well.
I was actually talking - in terms of non-technical knowledge - about writing, mathematics, and the like.
The flaw, to me, is that the system is based on humiliation. There has to be a better way to impart knowledge, and the "conservative" mindset I mentioned is a combination of cowardice, laziness, and cruelty.
Oh, certainly. The progressive method is to reward people for learning, rather than the old "weeder" method of discouraging them from learning. Funny how basic the difference is.
I mean, the program I am in is still clearly based on the old method. But the old method is dying, it's bullshit, it's exclusionary as hell. It's not progressive, and by progressive I mean "able to grow and feed into new learning"
Goddamn I hate Valentine's Day.
Said every single restaurant worker ever.
Yeah, I was thinking Valentine's on a Friday would be, uh, interesting. So glad I'm out of the food business.
Glad to hear about the vision as well Roger, even if it does mean glasses and irritation. It's not ideal, but it's better than the alternative.
Today is the day I reacquaint myself with the hellhole that is Afghanistan, for fun and profit. But mostly profit.
Welcome back DOUR! <3
I for one welcome our new and improved raging overlord now with karate chop action, and bi-focals that can peer into the future.
On the downside, you have missed out on an opportunity to get an eyepatch.
I mean, eyepatches are badass.
(http://twitmails3.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/users/38630163/4/attachment/snake%20plissken.jpg)
He could still stick one on anyway. Pretty sure you could have a bit of fun by switching sides at random throughout the day.
Yeah, but it doesn't count unless you're blind in one eye. People who wear eyepatches with two working eyes are hipster poseurs, or possibly inexperienced pirates.
Quote from: Cain on February 15, 2014, 11:53:23 AM
Today is the day I reacquaint myself with the hellhole that is Afghanistan, for fun and profit. But mostly profit.
Well, at least you're not alone in that.
Quote from: Cain on February 15, 2014, 02:19:14 PM
Yeah, but it doesn't count unless you're blind in one eye. People who wear eyepatches with two working eyes are hipster poseurs, or possibly inexperienced pirates.
Or Ann Coulter.
Hah, I didn't remember that story. Surprised if it didn't make the conjunctivitis worse...though it's probably no less than she deserves. Bacteria born disease is, after all a liberal theory. God-fearing folk believe in miasmas, and the power of prayer.
I have a conference I'm avoiding this weekend.
With some sense of dread. I really SHOULD go. I just really, really want to stay home and work on chemistry and phylogeny. I have too much to do to go to a goddamn conference.
I am glad you still possess your eyesight, Roger. Should, in any event, you find yourself without it, please feel free to utilize me as your personal transcription service. You can shout into a digital file until it's bursting at the seems and I will do my best to transcribe it into something ordinary humans are able to digest.
Mind you, they likely won't be able to digest it without exploding from both ends for weeks at a time afterward, but such is the price for Wisdom,
Fair warning: I will probably not be around or available much at all for the rest of the term. I am kind of freaking out.
Advice not needed: deep breaths, remain calm, remember that you're very smart and a good student.
Thank you!
I am strangely unequipped for memorizing enormous nested lists. ENORMOUS. NESTED. LISTS.
I need to come up with a way to communicate this information to my brain in a way that allows my brain to retrieve it. I think maybe one clade at a time. Thinking about it is giving me a stomachache.
Last lab we did protista and fungi. This week we did lichens, bryophyta, hepatophyta, and pterophyta.
And I haven't even STARTED on chemistry homework.
Maybe next term I should just take a couple of yoga classes to bump me up to full-time, and not add physics to this clusterfuck.
OK luckily I just started on my chemistry homework and so far it's really easy. Phew.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 16, 2014, 01:28:10 AM
Fair warning: I will probably not be around or available much at all for the rest of the term. I am kind of freaking out.
You're gonna be fine. You do what you have to do, and we'll be here when you get back.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 16, 2014, 04:00:01 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 16, 2014, 01:28:10 AM
Fair warning: I will probably not be around or available much at all for the rest of the term. I am kind of freaking out.
You're gonna be fine. You do what you have to do, and we'll be here when you get back.
Thank you!
I am trying to take deep breaths.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 16, 2014, 02:14:36 AM
Thank you!
I am strangely unequipped for memorizing enormous nested lists. ENORMOUS. NESTED. LISTS.
I need to come up with a way to communicate this information to my brain in a way that allows my brain to retrieve it. I think maybe one clade at a time. Thinking about it is giving me a stomachache.
Have you considered Memory Place work? Tagging "rooms" with colors, symbols, etc in your memory, having furniture or objects to reference to jumpstart the sub-list. It's kinda neat.
So, my grand Youtube earnings for the first month...£60.06.
Which, since Adsense takes the first £60, is 6 pence. Well, it's a start at least.
Quote from: Cain on February 16, 2014, 11:31:17 AM
So, my grand Youtube earnings for the first month...£60.06.
Which, since Adsense takes the first £60, is 6 pence. Well, it's a start at least.
Profit!
Oh, that reminds me, i forgot to turn off adblocker :(
If it makes you feel any better, I've not got around to it yet either. It's something on my to do list...once I finish off these damnable writing assignments.
Speaking of Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5iS3tULXMQ
Season 4 Game of Thrones teaser. 14 and a half minutes, to be exact (yes, I'm avoiding doing more writing).
Also ALSO (I'm the only one here, so I'm going to hog up Open Bar for all its worth) Youtube has given me the ability to do livestreams.
I don't know if they will be any better than Twitch, but I'm willing to experiment, if other people are interested?
Sadly, I don't thnk I'll be able to.
Well, it wouldn't be today, if that is the problem. I'm uploading the next part of DAO, and then I'll be doing some recording this evening. Tomorrow I'm cleaning the house, which it is long overdue for, and so wont be able to stream anyway.
Quote from: Telarus on February 16, 2014, 11:23:59 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 16, 2014, 02:14:36 AM
Thank you!
I am strangely unequipped for memorizing enormous nested lists. ENORMOUS. NESTED. LISTS.
I need to come up with a way to communicate this information to my brain in a way that allows my brain to retrieve it. I think maybe one clade at a time. Thinking about it is giving me a stomachache.
Have you considered Memory Place work? Tagging "rooms" with colors, symbols, etc in your memory, having furniture or objects to reference to jumpstart the sub-list. It's kinda neat.
Y'know, we went over that in one of my psych classes, but it is so very not how my brain works it's hilarious.
In truth, it's really that I watch the vids at work, and I pause it every now and then. I suppose I could do it during lunch, but I have a feeling that would be at like midnight or something for you.
Have you ever had a friend who seems so hell-bent on stupid, pointless self-destruction you weren't sure if you want to remain friends?
I have one who is, seriously, the biggest trainwreck-for-no-reason. I've mentioned her before; the one who was hooked on pain pills and was Color Religion Seasonbird's girlfriend? Well, she got off the pain pills and started eating again so she isn't totally emaciated, and she got back together with her husband and then had some other crazy affair with a client that ended badly, so very badly, and now she's convinced that she'll drop dead at any moment because she has high blood pressure and arrhythmia, which is a condition I call "welcome to 40". So she says there's no point in going back to school, and I'm like, whatever you're clearly SO BORED THAT THE ONLY THING YOU CAN FIND TO DO IS CREATE STUPID, INSANE DATING DRAMA BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING IT AGAIN NO I DON'T FUCKING WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT. She told me she has a crush on another client and just found out it's reciprocated. I am like, did you seriously learn nothing at all from the last time?
Quote from: Telarus on February 16, 2014, 11:23:59 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 16, 2014, 02:14:36 AM
Thank you!
I am strangely unequipped for memorizing enormous nested lists. ENORMOUS. NESTED. LISTS.
I need to come up with a way to communicate this information to my brain in a way that allows my brain to retrieve it. I think maybe one clade at a time. Thinking about it is giving me a stomachache.
Have you considered Memory Place work? Tagging "rooms" with colors, symbols, etc in your memory, having furniture or objects to reference to jumpstart the sub-list. It's kinda neat.
You're talking about constructing a Memory Palace, right? http://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_foer_feats_of_memory_anyone_can_do.html
The problem I have with it is that I am extremely, extremely visual, and constructing an imaginary visual palace competes with the visual of the thing I'm trying to remember, which is particularly counterproductive when it's necessary to see it in the context of its natural environment. So in a sense, I am still constructing a "memory palace", but the palace is the world and the rooms are habitat.
On a side note, I have discovered a Facebook group called "We (fucking) love atheism". Which I do not have time for, but it looks like a deliciously fertile ground.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 16, 2014, 03:51:13 PM
In truth, it's really that I watch the vids at work, and I pause it every now and then. I suppose I could do it during lunch, but I have a feeling that would be at like midnight or something for you.
Nah, you guys are only 5 hours behind. Though chances are, I wouldn't start until 7pm or so
anyway. Gotta have dinner and stuff, ya know. Also, I wouldn't be livestreaming anything important. Just some Mass Effect, or maybe Skyrim. As a test run.
I had such a horrible headache yesterday I could hardly see...
....so I cancelled my clients and poured boilernakers on it. Which, did not help until I found, sitting at the spinning bar, knotted fascia on my scalp, which after undoing, freed me from the horrible pain, I have had those headaches for years and could not figure them out.
That was also at noon. I have never had a hangover at 1am before. Fascinating.
Truly, the trick with booze is: do it all in.one go. I would happily never smell a whiskey again.
I am cracking up at how bent out of shape people on Facebook get about being blocked. Also, I accidentally blocked an admin and they threatened to ban me. :lulz:
Control freaks abound.
Hey a flaky gay dude who stands me up. How new and different. I do not know why keep trying.
That's 0/7 in the last 3 years.
Whatever.
Quote from: Cain on February 16, 2014, 04:27:16 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 16, 2014, 03:51:13 PM
In truth, it's really that I watch the vids at work, and I pause it every now and then. I suppose I could do it during lunch, but I have a feeling that would be at like midnight or something for you.
Nah, you guys are only 5 hours behind. Though chances are, I wouldn't start until 7pm or so anyway. Gotta have dinner and stuff, ya know. Also, I wouldn't be livestreaming anything important. Just some Mass Effect, or maybe Skyrim. As a test run.
If you're streaming some Skyrim, my suggestion is to do a run using the Ritual Stone and the Aetherial Crown, so you have unlimited casting of AoE raise dead. Every time an enemy falls, they join my zombie army until my PS3 crashes because it doesn't like figuring out the AI for 150 bandits, rats, wolves, trolls, giants and vampires every time I encounter an enemy.
Wait a minute, the PS3 can handle more than 10 AI at once? That is news to me.
As fun as that does sound, extensive modding and remodding and remodding again has made all my high level games as unstable as fuck. When I last loaded my high level playthrough, I was chased halfway across Skyrim by a Frost Troll, who would never die and occasionally stopped to say "Whistle, whistle or a whistle?" at me.
It was....very strange.
The problem is there are so many great mods for Skyrim, but many are incompatible. So I had the "hardcore" playthrough (combat much more realistic, better AI, more dangerous dragons). I had the survivalist alternative start hunter in the wilds playthrough (I lasted until about level 7....when I died of thirst), the roleplaying playthrough, the visually stunning but no other mods because c'mon now a laptop is good but this thing is two years old playthrough....and so on and so forth.
...And in the end, Providence pissed on my bed before I left.
No, really. Here I am, under a brand new roof, in the nicer, larger unit that never leaked, half-packed to move...when the last Nor'Easter ripped the new roof off and my bedroom ceiling somehow leaked, 3 days before I leave this fucking city.
:crankey:
Thanks, Eris.
I'll be over on facebook, I guess.
It's no different over there.
I'm beginning to suspect the problem is more fundamental. I think that people are slowly moving away from viewing the internet as an interactive thing. It's becoming TV.
Quote from: Jet City Hustle on February 17, 2014, 07:10:43 PM
It's no different over there.
I'm beginning to suspect the problem is more fundamental. I think that people are slowly moving away from viewing the internet as an interactive thing. It's becoming TV.
Probably. It's still depressing. If I don't find someone to talk with,
I'll have to do my job.
Apparently it's Presidents Day or something in the US? I guess most people are taking advantage of the holiday.
Me, I'm having fun cleaning the house and getting rid of junk.
Quote from: Cain on February 17, 2014, 07:35:53 PM
Apparently it's Presidents Day or something in the US? I guess most people are taking advantage of the holiday.
Me, I'm having fun cleaning the house and getting rid of junk.
Nobody gets president's day off, except civil servants and some students.
Claim to be one or the other and fuck off home.
Worth a shot.
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 17, 2014, 07:39:02 PM
Claim to be one or the other and fuck off home.
Worth a shot.
I was home for 2 weeks. I was crawling up the walls. At least here, I can torment stupid people.
Dear whoever decided that Valentine's day should be on a weekend and coincide with an actual holiday,
We would really like to shave you to death with a mandolin slicer, starting at the bottoms of the feet and working up.
Sincerely,
ALL THE COOKS
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 17, 2014, 07:40:23 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 17, 2014, 07:39:02 PM
Claim to be one or the other and fuck off home.
Worth a shot.
I was home for 2 weeks. I was crawling up the walls. At least here, I can torment stupid people.
Shit, was it that long?
I'm surprised there wasn't some kind of incident reported on the news.
I am, thankfully, starting to stop feeling so damned sorry for myself and recognizing how lucky I.am to have escape this marriage now, instead of years from now or after a nervous breakdown
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 17, 2014, 07:46:01 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 17, 2014, 07:40:23 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 17, 2014, 07:39:02 PM
Claim to be one or the other and fuck off home.
Worth a shot.
I was home for 2 weeks. I was crawling up the walls. At least here, I can torment stupid people.
Shit, was it that long?
I'm surprised there wasn't some kind of incident reported on the news.
Yep. With the wife out of state and the cable/internets off. :crankey:
Tucson: Giving you the holiday that you never really wanted!
Forever.
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 17, 2014, 07:52:17 PM
Tucson: Giving you the holiday that you never really wanted!
Forever.
Well, I think I have found a way to extend Tucson to other locations. First experiment will be Portland.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 17, 2014, 07:36:26 PM
Quote from: Cain on February 17, 2014, 07:35:53 PM
Apparently it's Presidents Day or something in the US? I guess most people are taking advantage of the holiday.
Me, I'm having fun cleaning the house and getting rid of junk.
Nobody gets president's day off, except civil servants and some students.
Bastards, I don't get mail because of George Washington.
THANKS OBAMA
Quote from: The Suu on February 17, 2014, 07:56:24 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 17, 2014, 07:36:26 PM
Quote from: Cain on February 17, 2014, 07:35:53 PM
Apparently it's Presidents Day or something in the US? I guess most people are taking advantage of the holiday.
Me, I'm having fun cleaning the house and getting rid of junk.
Nobody gets president's day off, except civil servants and some students.
Bastards, I don't get mail because of George Washington.
THANKS OBAMA
And Abraham Lincoln. Their birthdays were combined so that people could work an extra 8 hours.
Quote from: Jet City Hustle on February 17, 2014, 07:45:27 PM
Dear whoever decided that Valentine's day should be on a weekend and coincide with an actual holiday,
We would really like to shave you to death with a mandolin slicer, starting at the bottoms of the feet and working up.
Sincerely,
ALL THE COOKS
Ask that poor fucker who got stoned to death. Bastard.
I often wonder if there is a heaven, and there are saints up there. I see poor fucking Valentine looking down and going, "Wow, I died for Whitman's Sampler and one night stands."
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 17, 2014, 07:54:47 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 17, 2014, 07:52:17 PM
Tucson: Giving you the holiday that you never really wanted!
Forever.
Well, I think I have found a way to extend Tucson to other locations. First experiment will be Portland.
If it's any consolation, you appear to have made it fucking transatlantic. I swear I'm watching people de-evolve by the day round here sometimes. I had to explain to a guy who wanted a job that in order to drive a work van you'd need a little thing called a "Driving licence".
He hadn't got one as he'd been banned for drink driving. But he only has however long left. It's like a fucking candid camera show without the smug host intervening.
Quote from: The Suu on February 17, 2014, 07:59:26 PM
I often wonder if there is a heaven, and there are saints up there. I see poor fucking Valentine looking down and going, "Wow, I died for Whitman's Sampler and one night stands."
Can you think of a better reason? I can't.
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 17, 2014, 08:01:27 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 17, 2014, 07:54:47 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 17, 2014, 07:52:17 PM
Tucson: Giving you the holiday that you never really wanted!
Forever.
Well, I think I have found a way to extend Tucson to other locations. First experiment will be Portland.
If it's any consolation, you appear to have made it fucking transatlantic. I swear I'm watching people de-evolve by the day round here sometimes. I had to explain to a guy who wanted a job that in order to drive a work van you'd need a little thing called a "Driving licence".
He hadn't got one as he'd been banned for drink driving. But he only has however long left. It's like a fucking candid camera show without the smug host intervening.
I told you. I warned you. 30 days, I said.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 17, 2014, 08:04:04 PM
Quote from: The Suu on February 17, 2014, 07:59:26 PM
I often wonder if there is a heaven, and there are saints up there. I see poor fucking Valentine looking down and going, "Wow, I died for Whitman's Sampler and one night stands."
Can you think of a better reason? I can't.
Not really, as far as saints days go, he takes the cake. Not even Jesus and his Cadbury Eggs can top that.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 17, 2014, 07:50:18 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 17, 2014, 07:46:01 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 17, 2014, 07:40:23 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 17, 2014, 07:39:02 PM
Claim to be one or the other and fuck off home.
Worth a shot.
I was home for 2 weeks. I was crawling up the walls. At least here, I can torment stupid people.
Shit, was it that long?
I'm surprised there wasn't some kind of incident reported on the news.
Yep. With the wife out of state and the cable/internets off. :crankey:
That explains it. I was seriously wondering if I was going to have to call you and make sure you didn't go blind.
Quote from: Jet City Hustle on February 17, 2014, 07:10:43 PM
It's no different over there.
I'm beginning to suspect the problem is more fundamental. I think that people are slowly moving away from viewing the internet as an interactive thing. It's becoming TV.
Everyone is socially overextended. Your phone has a camera so you are always watched. You can get calls in the middle of the night for no good reason. When at work most people deal with between 50 and 100 people. They probably don't like most of them. After work they get to spend 45 minutes stuck in traffic surrounded by people they can't relate to because of the metal box every one of them is in. When they finally get home and relax they watch reality TV about people, talk to their 100-200 friends and family that they feel compelled to keep in touch with regularly, watch movies with famous people who are often as real to them as their friends, play games with other people pretending to be people surrounded by even more NPC-people, read books about other people having better lives than them and at night they dream about all the people they fear they have let down.
Why won't you assholes just leave me alone and walk into the sea?
Hmm, i may have been talking about myself a bit here.
Locked and loaded, movers come at 8am.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 17, 2014, 07:54:47 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 17, 2014, 07:52:17 PM
Tucson: Giving you the holiday that you never really wanted!
Forever.
Well, I think I have found a way to extend Tucson to other locations. First experiment will be Portland.
:scared:
I had school today, because higher education don't shut down for no dead presidents.
I also got a miraculous reprieve today: the 2nd chemistry midterm will be take-home.
Which also means that midterms will last an extra week, and end approximately when it's time to start ramping up for finals.
:crankey:
Next term I'm taking chem 3, bio 3, and physics 1. Goodbye, what small amount of time I have to fucking with Facebook atheists!
BTW you guys should really check out my "does no always mean no?" thread. I almost got banned for it, already, and I seriously have been utterly reasonable. :lol:
My co-worker today asked me why I wouldn't be at work this Thursday - it's listed on the schedule as Doctor's appointment. I ignored the question and we were interrupted, so he forgot to ask again until three hours later when he sat down to his dinner. I told him, "Well, you're eating right now, so I don't think I should get into it." Five hours after that we were leaving work for the night. I tell him to enjoy his upcoming vacation and he tells me he hopes everything comes out alright at the doctor's.
I am missing work on Thursday because I have a colonoscopy scheduled on Friday. I can't go in because I'll be spending the entire evening shitting my brains out in preparation.
And that is why I started laughing like a maniac in the parking lot tonight.
Yesterday I took a cab, a couple blocks into the drive he asks me if I made that particular trip often. I said yes, he said, "How much does it usually cost." "About $16 bucks," I said.
So he turns off the meter and starts slamming the pedal down, twisting side to side as rear wheel drive does what it can with his expert handling. He asks me if I smoke, I say ecigs only. He says that's what he uses and does so. I got no complaints even though I now it's a no-no.
As we pass a firestation/cop-shop there is VERY OBVIOUSLY a cop looking for speeders. There's a yellow light just up ahead and he punches it, hard. Barely makes the light going, oh 15 mph over the limit. Clearly the cop is going to come after us, him.
Eventually, he does. The guy pulls over. The cop says, "Hello, sir, how are you doing?"
AND GOD DAMNED CABBY SAYS, "Well, terrible now."
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
"Can you tell me why I pulled you over?"
"Cause I ran that stop sign."
:facepalm:
Idiot.
"Did you now?" says the cop, "I must have missed that. I pulled you over because I got you on radar going 46 in a 30. Where's your *somthing card cabby is supposed to have*?"
"I left it at home."
"Where is your log book?"
"I left it at home."
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
The cop leaves, and so do I. I go up to the cruiser and ask if it's cool to leave, and he just waves me off saying it's cool, big ass grin on his face.
I call the cab company to tell them the guy turned the meter off because I like this company. "Thank you so much, no he is not supposed to do that."
Ahhaha, ahahahahahaha. What a a maroon.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on February 18, 2014, 05:02:13 AM
My co-worker today asked me why I wouldn't be at work this Thursday - it's listed on the schedule as Doctor's appointment. I ignored the question and we were interrupted, so he forgot to ask again until three hours later when he sat down to his dinner. I told him, "Well, you're eating right now, so I don't think I should get into it." Five hours after that we were leaving work for the night. I tell him to enjoy his upcoming vacation and he tells me he hopes everything comes out alright at the doctor's.
I am missing work on Thursday because I have a colonoscopy scheduled on Friday. I can't go in because I'll be spending the entire evening shitting my brains out in preparation.
And that is why I started laughing like a maniac in the parking lot tonight.
:lulz:
Sounds like a...hoot?
It's fucking late, I have to poop, and there's a kid in the bathroom. Goddammnit.
Sunday, I was so hung over I vomited. There was blood. Again. I'm fearing my time as a drinker may be over.
Quote from: Waffleman on February 18, 2014, 11:21:57 AM
Sunday, I was so hung over I vomited. There was blood. Again. I'm fearing my time as a drinker may be over.
Dude. Stop drinking for at least 2 months! and do try to avoid vomiting. A couple of my friends had this and recovered just fine but don't take vomiting blood too lightly.
Yeah, vomiting blood time is stop drinking time.
Possibly a stupid question - You didn't drink anything red did you?
I only ask because as a kid I had an evening on red cola and vodka and the next day was convinced I was throwing up all the blood in the world.
Still worth getting checked though man.
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 18, 2014, 12:10:36 PM
Possibly a stupid question - You didn't drink anything red did you?
I only ask because as a kid I had an evening on red cola and vodka and the next day was convinced I was throwing up all the blood in the world.
Still worth getting checked though man.
Nothing red. Just beer. Four or five half litres, and a small one. That's it.
It might be an ulcer. After all, I did eat a LOT of pain killers when my back was at its worst.
And, since I drank so little, I might even be allergic to some ingredient in regular lager.
I'm going to the doctor's soon.
Quote from: Waffleman on February 18, 2014, 01:06:00 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 18, 2014, 12:10:36 PM
Possibly a stupid question - You didn't drink anything red did you?
I only ask because as a kid I had an evening on red cola and vodka and the next day was convinced I was throwing up all the blood in the world.
Still worth getting checked though man.
Nothing red. Just beer. Four or five half litres, and a small one. That's it.
It might be an ulcer. After all, I did eat a LOT of pain killers when my back was at its worst.
And, since I drank so little, I might even be allergic to some ingredient in regular lager.
I'm going to the doctor's soon.
Wheat, barley, and hops. All are pretty evil allergies.
Quote from: Waffleman on February 18, 2014, 01:06:00 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 18, 2014, 12:10:36 PM
Possibly a stupid question - You didn't drink anything red did you?
I only ask because as a kid I had an evening on red cola and vodka and the next day was convinced I was throwing up all the blood in the world.
Still worth getting checked though man.
Nothing red. Just beer. Four or five half litres, and a small one. That's it.
It might be an ulcer. After all, I did eat a LOT of pain killers when my back was at its worst.
And, since I drank so little, I might even be allergic to some ingredient in regular lager.
I'm going to the doctor's soon.
Good.
Hope things are alright Waffleman.
I gots me a Kindle Fire. Belated Christmas present from my husband :)
I am in love with this thing! Already have a few books on it and a couple time waster games.
I can finally get to reading some stuff that I just couldn't sit in front of the PC long enough to read.
Quote from: Waffleman on February 18, 2014, 11:21:57 AM
Sunday, I was so hung over I vomited. There was blood. Again. I'm fearing my time as a drinker may be over.
Ohhh yeah. That's not good. :( I hope everything's OK!
Blah. Why did the Americans get the Titanfall beta three days before me?
I mean, at least I've got it, I'm downloading it now, but I don't understand. It's a beta.
There was a fuckup with the beta keys. Nearly everyone in the US who requested a PC key got an Xbox One key instead, and there was a bunch of confusion before it got sorted out.
Ah, that would explain it, and the extension. Thanks.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 18, 2014, 03:00:17 PM
Quote from: Waffleman on February 18, 2014, 11:21:57 AM
Sunday, I was so hung over I vomited. There was blood. Again. I'm fearing my time as a drinker may be over.
Ohhh yeah. That's not good. :( I hope everything's OK!
I hope so too. And that it's none of the allergies you mentioned, Suu.
Quote from: Waffleman on February 18, 2014, 01:06:00 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 18, 2014, 12:10:36 PM
Possibly a stupid question - You didn't drink anything red did you?
I only ask because as a kid I had an evening on red cola and vodka and the next day was convinced I was throwing up all the blood in the world.
Still worth getting checked though man.
Nothing red. Just beer. Four or five half litres, and a small one. That's it.
It might be an ulcer. After all, I did eat a LOT of pain killers when my back was at its worst.
And, since I drank so little, I might even be allergic to some ingredient in regular lager.
I'm going to the doctor's soon.
Today.
Buddy of mine took a great pic of the deck of the restaurant I used to chef at in Maine, in the middle of winter when everything is all abandoned and skeletal and the light is weird and it's -12 degrees out and there's sea smoke.
(https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1/p180x540/1794776_721445437886538_1925662721_n.jpg)
I miss Maine, but I don't miss -12 degrees.
It's freezing rain now in Providence.
I hate February.
Quote from: Waffleman on February 18, 2014, 05:49:09 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 18, 2014, 03:00:17 PM
Quote from: Waffleman on February 18, 2014, 11:21:57 AM
Sunday, I was so hung over I vomited. There was blood. Again. I'm fearing my time as a drinker may be over.
Ohhh yeah. That's not good. :( I hope everything's OK!
I hope so too. And that it's none of the allergies you mentioned, Suu.
Doctor soon, Waffles. Ulcers aren't any more fun than allergies. Hope it gets straightened out ASAP.
Quote from: Jet City Hustle on February 18, 2014, 08:03:51 PM
Buddy of mine took a great pic of the deck of the restaurant I used to chef at in Maine, in the middle of winter when everything is all abandoned and skeletal and the light is weird and it's -12 degrees out and there's sea smoke.
(https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1/p180x540/1794776_721445437886538_1925662721_n.jpg)
I miss Maine, but I don't miss -12 degrees.
That is an awesome picture. Yeah, -12 degrees, hard to miss that. Yeesh.
Cain, I am just catching up on your videos, Dishonored looks like a helluva lot of fun.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 18, 2014, 06:00:13 PM
Quote from: Waffleman on February 18, 2014, 01:06:00 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 18, 2014, 12:10:36 PM
Possibly a stupid question - You didn't drink anything red did you?
I only ask because as a kid I had an evening on red cola and vodka and the next day was convinced I was throwing up all the blood in the world.
Still worth getting checked though man.
Nothing red. Just beer. Four or five half litres, and a small one. That's it.
It might be an ulcer. After all, I did eat a LOT of pain killers when my back was at its worst.
And, since I drank so little, I might even be allergic to some ingredient in regular lager.
I'm going to the doctor's soon.
Today.
I would, but my doctor doesn't have anything available until march.
The blood in my vomit thing was on Sunday, so I'm not in any immediate danger.
I'll stay the hell away from booze until then, in any case.
Took myself out for drinks. Bad idea.
Suu
Goddamn industry professional
Finished my lab report. It's starting to look like there might be a glimmer of hope of me actually being caught up and ready to rock by lab on Friday.
I even spent a little time poking at Facebook Atheists. So far, one admin has it out for me, another has sworn at me, and the group owner told me I was walking a fine line.
Because I quoted something dumb someone said into their profile picture and posted it as a meme.
:lol:
Oh wow, they actually banned me. :lulz:
Facebook Atheists; even more touchy and authoritarian than Pagans. Who knew?
Go Nigel!
This Nigel is why we can't have nice things. :lulz:
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 18, 2014, 11:45:42 PM
Facebook Atheists; even more touchy and authoritarian than Pagans. Who knew?
They're the new New Agers.
It's kinda funny. The fear of being with men has totally evaporated. I was so afraid of them for so long, but now...I guess I can't see it as being any worse than what I just went through. At some point I convinced myself that a woman would never take advantage of me or be so stupidly unaccountable for their actions like a man would.
This fear was irrational, but powerful. But it's gone. All gone.
Quote from: Alty on February 19, 2014, 02:45:52 AM
It's kinda funny. The fear of being with men has totally evaporated. I was so afraid of them for so long, but now...I guess I can't see it as being any worse than what I just went through. At some point I convinced myself that a woman would never take advantage of me or be so stupidly unaccountable for their actions like a man would.
This fear was irrational, but powerful. But it's gone. All gone.
Daaw some there's a big gay cowboy waiting for you.
Quote from: Alty on February 18, 2014, 10:58:59 PM
Cain, I am just catching up on your videos, Dishonored looks like a helluva lot of fun.
Thank you, and yes it is. Especially when you disregard the "stealth-like" gameplay and instead opt for "using stealth to gain an unfair advantage over the AI and
fuck its shit up" approach.
I was going to put some Titanfall beta gameplay up but....well, I'll put a video up, and you'll see why that didn't happen.
Inspired by Cain I'm going to make a how to speak English/Spanish for people on YouTube!
That sounds like a great idea. Definitely, go for it!
I want to spell it out as I say it in both languages. For example I want some water. "Ai / Guant / Sam / Wa-terr."
So it turns out that if I worked, like, ten fewer hours a week and so had time to prepare meals instead of buying easy to make things, I would wind up with about $100 more a week than I have by working full time but not having time to make decent meals, plus I would be better fed. Looks like work might be entirely happy to accommodate that.
Quote from: /b/earman on February 19, 2014, 09:53:42 AM
I want to spell it out as I say it in both languages. For example I want some water. "Ai / Guant / Sam / Wa-terr."
Learn from the best:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc91kkvl-Uc
Quote from: Pæs on February 19, 2014, 10:13:59 AM
So it turns out that if I worked, like, ten fewer hours a week and so had time to prepare meals instead of buying easy to make things, I would wind up with about $100 more a week than I have by working full time but not having time to make decent meals, plus I would be better fed. Looks like work might be entirely happy to accommodate that.
That sounds like a win/win/win scenario. Hot damn.
This is what happens when you try to play a game your computer is not built to handle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqk8zFDZNSE
Quote from: Cain on February 19, 2014, 11:49:40 AM
Quote from: Pæs on February 19, 2014, 10:13:59 AM
So it turns out that if I worked, like, ten fewer hours a week and so had time to prepare meals instead of buying easy to make things, I would wind up with about $100 more a week than I have by working full time but not having time to make decent meals, plus I would be better fed. Looks like work might be entirely happy to accommodate that.
That sounds like a win/win/win scenario. Hot damn.
I'm jealous and that is a way of making working less affordable that i hadn't considered.
Thinking commences.
Not that i will be allowed to work less.
Quote from: Cain on February 19, 2014, 11:49:40 AM
Quote from: Pæs on February 19, 2014, 10:13:59 AM
So it turns out that if I worked, like, ten fewer hours a week and so had time to prepare meals instead of buying easy to make things, I would wind up with about $100 more a week than I have by working full time but not having time to make decent meals, plus I would be better fed. Looks like work might be entirely happy to accommodate that.
That sounds like a win/win/win scenario. Hot damn.
Yeah, am running budgets and hunting for a downside, but it's looking increasingly viable, which would be amazing.
Quote from: Pæs on February 19, 2014, 12:17:10 PM
Quote from: Cain on February 19, 2014, 11:49:40 AM
Quote from: Pæs on February 19, 2014, 10:13:59 AM
So it turns out that if I worked, like, ten fewer hours a week and so had time to prepare meals instead of buying easy to make things, I would wind up with about $100 more a week than I have by working full time but not having time to make decent meals, plus I would be better fed. Looks like work might be entirely happy to accommodate that.
That sounds like a win/win/win scenario. Hot damn.
Yeah, am running budgets and hunting for a downside, but it's looking increasingly viable, which would be amazing.
You are like reverse immigrant, you give other people jobs. without going anywhere!
To be fair, I've spent more than my fair share of time automating other people's jobs.
Quote from: Pæs on February 19, 2014, 12:29:30 PM
To be fair, I've spent more than my fair share of time automating other people's jobs.
And you gave jobs to robots too?! cool!
I need to write later today, or I'll asplode.
Someone give me a victim.
John A. Boehner
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 19, 2014, 02:07:21 PM
I need to write later today, or I'll asplode.
Someone give me a victim.
Eric Pickles. And if you can make him explode, we'd all be very grateful.
No, I was thinking something more local as a sacrifice.
Oh. Well then, in that case...how about whoever currently leads the Tennessee Senate?
Volkswagen, who has a huge factory in the state - and I swear I'm not making this up - was supporting an effort for the workers there to unionize, as, of course, Germany has a long tradition of fairly strong unions and what might be called cooperative capitalism.
The Tennessee legislature, in response exploded. Grover Norquist and the Koch brothers and all the rest got involved, declaring Volkswagen didn't understand its own rational self-interest and threatening all manner of doom against the company and its workers.
As a result of this extortion and harassment, factory workers have decided not to unionize.
Quote from: Cain on February 19, 2014, 03:32:30 PM
Oh. Well then, in that case...how about whoever currently leads the Tennessee Senate?
Volkswagen, who has a huge factory in the state - and I swear I'm not making this up - was supporting an effort for the workers there to unionize, as, of course, Germany has a long tradition of fairly strong unions and what might be called cooperative capitalism.
The Tennessee legislature, in response exploded. Grover Norquist and the Koch brothers and all the rest got involved, declaring Volkswagen didn't understand its own rational self-interest and threatening all manner of doom against the company and its workers.
As a result of this extortion and harassment, factory workers have decided not to unionize.
You can't have one bad apple ruining it for all the other companies, of course.
It's a good idea, and I may do it tomorrow. However, I am not feeling terribly political today, so when the confined space entry is over today, I'm going to write the horrible fucking truth about Junkenstein.
I look forward to it. I'll return the favour later when I've stopped sniggering at the latest idiocy here.
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 19, 2014, 03:58:10 PM
I look forward to it. I'll return the favour later when I've stopped sniggering at the latest idiocy here.
Well, in about a half hour we have to go into a tank and confirm my suspicions. This will make my boss a sad panda.
When I get done with that, well...
A tank or a tank? Because one of those would be awesome, whereas the other...not so much.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 19, 2014, 03:35:48 PM
Quote from: Cain on February 19, 2014, 03:32:30 PM
Oh. Well then, in that case...how about whoever currently leads the Tennessee Senate?
Volkswagen, who has a huge factory in the state - and I swear I'm not making this up - was supporting an effort for the workers there to unionize, as, of course, Germany has a long tradition of fairly strong unions and what might be called cooperative capitalism.
The Tennessee legislature, in response exploded. Grover Norquist and the Koch brothers and all the rest got involved, declaring Volkswagen didn't understand its own rational self-interest and threatening all manner of doom against the company and its workers.
As a result of this extortion and harassment, factory workers have decided not to unionize.
You can't have one bad apple ruining it for all the other companies, of course.
It's a good idea, and I may do it tomorrow. However, I am not feeling terribly political today, so when the confined space entry is over today, I'm going to write the horrible fucking truth about Junkenstein.
Bonus suggestion: Taylor Rin (http://taylor-rin-official.tumblr.com/post/63594356007/you-see-men-this-is-the-female-typical-reaction)
I was going to save him for myself, but, well, I think I should share this with the whole class....
QuoteYou see men? This is the female typical reaction to anime and its male supporters. They are disgusted with the idea of you thinking of them as otaku. Don't be fooled by the presence of trendy anime fangirls on tumblr. They don't count especially seeing as though even they want nothing to do with you. Female anime fans even though they seem to share your interests, still prefer the "cool" guys who are more into cars, and sports, because women have been taught that is manly and cool and they should want a boyfriend like that. Then other girls will accept them and be jalous of their boyfriend. So much of women's lives revolve around jealously though they'd never admit to it. Another girl walks in the room and they're immediately comparing themselves to them. If another girl has a "cool" boyfriend and a great relationship instead of being happy they are secretly jealous. They can't even enjoy anime with cute girls doing cute things because they're jealous of the cuteness of the characters and how they cannot compare. Of course none of these things do they 'realize' or would they admit to. If a girl is into anime she has to hide it from her "normal" female friends because women are desperate to fit in and liking anime makes you weird and is uncool. So having a boyfriend into anime is also uncool. Women on tumblr will try to make you think they support the anime industry but as you see here even anime studios know they way more common general reaction women have to anime and us otaku. Finding a good girl is already a needle in a haystack thing, you really think you're going to find that perfect cute otaku girl whos awesome and you're going to have a great relationship with. Whether she (really) likes anime or not you're still going to have to jump through the same hoops and ass kiss her to get her attention, especially if shes cute. The relationship still won't be equal and still be about you catering to her and making her happy just because shes the female. Maybe you'll get special treatment on some holidays, but in the end she's still a 3DP. Real anime fan or not. If she does say shes a fan she'll still be keeping her eye out for that cool sports guy to replace you with if she gets a better opportunity, but if right now the only thing kissing her butt and giving her the chance to attentionwhore is you, then she'll keep you around for a bit, and this is your realistic best chance at anime girlfriend happiness.
My name is Taylor. And I am the leader of an uprising. I plan to show men that they have a realistic viable alternative to 3D women without having to become gay with 2D. I have a new approach and vision on waifu that I believe will make you happier than any failed relationship you would have had with 3D. I am preparing a website, a homebase for only us men where we can all enjoy the beauty of 2D and once and for all replace 3D women and relationships with them. Won't you give it a chance? Women have become spoiled by your butt kissing worship over the years and its made them more opportunitic than at any time in history. They have gone passed the point of no return. I know men like to hope it is in our nature but do you have false hope? The same false hope that led 50% of men in marriages to divorce this year? While at least another 30-40% of them are in loveless bitter marriages? And maybe the rest just letting the woman rule them to make them happy because theres no rationalizing with them? Is this the future you hope for men? Aren't your chances even lower as an anime fan? But you still hold out this hope? What difference does your hope have than any extreme religion believing in fairy tales? We men are responsible for nearly all the advancement in the world and why is that? Logical thinking. The only area that we constantly fall in and make mistakes and lead ourselves to despair is women. Why? Because we apply this false hope in them instead of the logic we apply in everything else. Maybe the women of the past were worth the trouble, but modern women are pretty much all the same. You have to chase after all the meaningless, unfilling, shallow thing in life in order to be loved by them and even then once the money runs out so does their love. One of the only reasons your girl is with you right now is because she hasn't found a realistic better opportunity. Women are opportunists and all the love and appreaciate and fair treatment we have given them over the years has only spoiled them and turned them into pricesses on thrones with us our loyal subjects at their feet. Why can't women put forth the same about of effort as you in relationships? Why are they worth us pampering and catering to them? Because they have breasts? Men get over your lusts get control of yourselves and realize you are being taken advantage of. Realize shes not putting in any effort to pay for things herself, to plan for dates, to be the one to approach you for friendship or more. Mne always "date down" and go after a girl for her heart even if shes at a lower level" of attractiveness than him. Even if shes not "cool" and outgoing and fun and entertaining. Even if she isn't rich or wealthy enough to pay for things and take care of the both of them. But do women treat us the same? No. We are cattle, livestock and nothing else matter other than which one of us can provide a better life for them. Thats who she gives her love to. Men I have been on both sides of the fence have you? I have been completely interested in women and got all the things that lured them in and been involved intimately with them. And then I sacrificed that all to study and learn the truth. Years of study, made myself less attractive, no girlfriends, no sex, no nothing just observation. Being intentionally celebrate for a long period of time helped to clear my mind so I could see clearly. Men you are getting played. They have been playing this victim role for generations while you have been kissing their feet. They have made you believe this lie of inequality whe the only one being treated unequally is you. Men, I know women are beautiful I don't deny that. Every year they come up with more makeup and surgery and other ways to stay beautiful so that you can never break out of the illusion and they guarantee you paying their bills for generations. But men its time to take the red pill and take up to reality. The serpent tricked eve who screwed over adam and the same thing is happening to you right now. You don't see it just as adam didn't, but I'm reading the story and I see. Our pampering to the "weak inferior" gender has done nothing but spoil them and make them worse shallow human beings. Do you really want to keep contributing to that? I have a way out of the matrix men. Its called the 2D Revolution. I will show you another path, a better path. And slowly but surely you will see the snake of the woman in the red dress. You will wake up and no longer be slaves to a makeup, a short skirt, and pushup bra. I will set you free while as the same time helping you find TRUE love as nature intended in 2D. New ideas, new plans, new technology, your waifu will be better than any relationship you have had or ever will have in the future. Follow me, follow me and see the true light. Set yourselves free from the monopoly women THINK they have on you and get their way all the time. Your waifu will show you how a woman is properly supposed to love you and care for you, regardless of what you have or look like. There is a better option, there is a better path. Its time men. The Revolution is Now.
Sorry for the wall of text, but I wanted to preserve the...original flavour of the piece.
Quote from: :regret: on February 19, 2014, 09:13:55 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 19, 2014, 07:38:01 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 19, 2014, 12:57:39 AM
This Nigel is why we can't have nice things. :lulz:
:thanks:
I do believe i need that meme-pic thingy you made.
It is time to spam that.
Feel free:
(https://fbcdn-photos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t1/1911744_10152034201849069_974028893_a.jpg)
You guys, you will never believe who just liked me on OK Cupid.
Please be real please be real please be real
http://www.okcupid.com/profile/isyourclamhappy
That Taylor Rin guy is... Wow.
I can't tell if wall-of-text guy is trolling or crazy.
Well, he's been at it for 8 months, so if he wasn't crazy to start with, he almost certainly is now.
Quote from: Cain on February 19, 2014, 04:56:44 PM
Well, he's been at it for 8 months, so if he wasn't crazy to start with, he almost certainly is now.
:lulz: Wow.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 19, 2014, 04:45:53 PM
Quote from: :regret: on February 19, 2014, 09:13:55 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 19, 2014, 07:38:01 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 19, 2014, 12:57:39 AM
This Nigel is why we can't have nice things. :lulz:
:thanks:
I do believe i need that meme-pic thingy you made.
It is time to spam that.
Feel free:
(https://fbcdn-photos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t1/1911744_10152034201849069_974028893_a.jpg)
Huh? How the hell is that offensive?
It is funny!
I'll just make version with my own profile pic instead and spam that. Hell, i think all my facebook interactions will be with memepics of my own face.
Still writing the Junkenstein screed. This may take a while.
Quote from: :regret: on February 19, 2014, 05:37:45 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 19, 2014, 04:45:53 PM
Quote from: :regret: on February 19, 2014, 09:13:55 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 19, 2014, 07:38:01 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 19, 2014, 12:57:39 AM
This Nigel is why we can't have nice things. :lulz:
:thanks:
I do believe i need that meme-pic thingy you made.
It is time to spam that.
Feel free:
(https://fbcdn-photos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t1/1911744_10152034201849069_974028893_a.jpg)
Huh? How the hell is that offensive?
It is funny!
I'll just make version with my own profile pic instead and spam that. Hell, i think all my facebook interactions will be with memepics of my own face.
It was a "personal attack" because I quoted her over a picture of her own avatar without her permission.
Also because the mod was butthurt about something from a few days ago. :lol:
It would have been interesting if she could define what you were attacking, specifically. I know, too late now. But still.
Screed done. Truth about Junkenstien revealed.
Been uploading this since 2pm. Enjoy your filthy, dirty Batarian soldier gameplay, folks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g94VaVzvnWQ&feature=youtu.be
I had to come home to get my goggles.
Now I have to go back to school.
PSU is trying to recruit me for something and I don't know what yet.
I think I am coming down with the fear.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 19, 2014, 11:40:47 PM
I had to come home to get my goggles.
Now I have to go back to school.
PSU is trying to recruit me for something and I don't know what yet.
I think I am coming down with the fear.
It's a trap. They'll chase you into a box canyon. They will blow you up with dynamite. They've got Martin Bormann's brain in a jar and HE WANTS A MATE.
Dissoloution papers filed, have to wait until end of April for the hearing, but it will just be me there.
Quote from: Alty on February 20, 2014, 12:16:08 AM
Dissoloution papers filed, have to wait until end of April for the hearing, but it will just be me there.
I feel like the waiting is the worst part.
It will be SO MUCH BETTER by then though.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 19, 2014, 11:43:46 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 19, 2014, 11:40:47 PM
I had to come home to get my goggles.
Now I have to go back to school.
PSU is trying to recruit me for something and I don't know what yet.
I think I am coming down with the fear.
It's a trap. They'll chase you into a box canyon. They will blow you up with dynamite. They've got Martin Bormann's brain in a jar and HE WANTS A MATE.
:horrormirth: :horrormirth: :horrormirth:
So, my chem lab partner is a trainwreck. I've been suspecting since the beginning of the term, but I actually had only had three labs with her and they were all really simple. I did notice that the day she was out sick and I got to partner with vastly more competent people went much more smoothly, and that was by far the hardest lab we've done. But now, yeah, it's pretty much plain that she doesn't belong in the class. She doesn't seem to know how to use computers, and she can't follow simple written instructions. I can hold her hand through a lab when I already have a reasonable level of competence, but if it's something I need to focus on I'm just fucked. Like, I can't. I just can't. She doesn't know ALGEBRA. She doesn't understand what an inverse proportion is. She can't solve for P2 given the information that P1/V1=P2/V2. She interrupts me constantly with questions because she doesn't know what to do next or how to do anything.
SHE LITERALLY CANNOT FOLLOW WRITTEN STEP-BY-STEP DIRECTIONS. I HAVE TO TELL HER WHAT TO DO ONE STEP AT A TIME. SHE CANNOT READ A SYRINGE. This SHOULD have been one of the easiest labs to do but it was hellish and frustrating. She is very nice, but she should not be in this class at all. How the hell did she get into this class?
PSU offered me a peer mentoring job, which is awesome. Slightly changes my Spring plans, but honestly, for the better, significantly.
Looks like I start doing security next week again, barring any unforseeable events. Just 24 hours - 2 nights - a week, but it's enough to pay my rent/bills and give me spending money on top of that.
Additionally, I've got yet another writing assignment. A bit vague on the details (well, the important details, how long, when for and how much), but it's Russia and Ukraine, so I should be able to do it with little problem.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 20, 2014, 07:26:39 AM
PSU offered me a peer mentoring job, which is awesome. Slightly changes my Spring plans, but honestly, for the better, significantly.
Is this a pay thing, an intern thing, or sort of in between?
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 20, 2014, 06:19:41 AM
So, my chem lab partner is a trainwreck. I've been suspecting since the beginning of the term, but I actually had only had three labs with her and they were all really simple. I did notice that the day she was out sick and I got to partner with vastly more competent people went much more smoothly, and that was by far the hardest lab we've done. But now, yeah, it's pretty much plain that she doesn't belong in the class. She doesn't seem to know how to use computers, and she can't follow simple written instructions. I can hold her hand through a lab when I already have a reasonable level of competence, but if it's something I need to focus on I'm just fucked. Like, I can't. I just can't. She doesn't know ALGEBRA. She doesn't understand what an inverse proportion is. She can't solve for P2 given the information that P1/V1=P2/V2. She interrupts me constantly with questions because she doesn't know what to do next or how to do anything.
SHE LITERALLY CANNOT FOLLOW WRITTEN STEP-BY-STEP DIRECTIONS. I HAVE TO TELL HER WHAT TO DO ONE STEP AT A TIME. SHE CANNOT READ A SYRINGE. This SHOULD have been one of the easiest labs to do but it was hellish and frustrating. She is very nice, but she should not be in this class at all. How the hell did she get into this class?
I think this is done intentionally, to some degree, to train college students as to what to expect in real life. Kinda surprised they sprung it on you, though. If I were the prof, I'd have assigned the twit to a bright 20 year old, just to temper the iron before he/she sets foot in a RL chemistry environment.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 20, 2014, 02:08:05 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 20, 2014, 07:26:39 AM
PSU offered me a peer mentoring job, which is awesome. Slightly changes my Spring plans, but honestly, for the better, significantly.
Is this a pay thing, an intern thing, or sort of in between?
It's paid.
As with the other two jobs I've been offered, it's dependent on a grant, but unlike the other two, I think the grant has already gone through.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 20, 2014, 03:09:55 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 20, 2014, 02:08:05 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 20, 2014, 07:26:39 AM
PSU offered me a peer mentoring job, which is awesome. Slightly changes my Spring plans, but honestly, for the better, significantly.
Is this a pay thing, an intern thing, or sort of in between?
It's paid.
As with the other two jobs I've been offered, it's dependent on a grant, but unlike the other two, I think the grant has already gone through.
:banana:
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 20, 2014, 02:09:39 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 20, 2014, 06:19:41 AM
So, my chem lab partner is a trainwreck. I've been suspecting since the beginning of the term, but I actually had only had three labs with her and they were all really simple. I did notice that the day she was out sick and I got to partner with vastly more competent people went much more smoothly, and that was by far the hardest lab we've done. But now, yeah, it's pretty much plain that she doesn't belong in the class. She doesn't seem to know how to use computers, and she can't follow simple written instructions. I can hold her hand through a lab when I already have a reasonable level of competence, but if it's something I need to focus on I'm just fucked. Like, I can't. I just can't. She doesn't know ALGEBRA. She doesn't understand what an inverse proportion is. She can't solve for P2 given the information that P1/V1=P2/V2. She interrupts me constantly with questions because she doesn't know what to do next or how to do anything.
SHE LITERALLY CANNOT FOLLOW WRITTEN STEP-BY-STEP DIRECTIONS. I HAVE TO TELL HER WHAT TO DO ONE STEP AT A TIME. SHE CANNOT READ A SYRINGE. This SHOULD have been one of the easiest labs to do but it was hellish and frustrating. She is very nice, but she should not be in this class at all. How the hell did she get into this class?
I think this is done intentionally, to some degree, to train college students as to what to expect in real life. Kinda surprised they sprung it on you, though. If I were the prof, I'd have assigned the twit to a bright 20 year old, just to temper the iron before he/she sets foot in a RL chemistry environment.
I think this was more or less randomly-occurring, by virtue of me having been in a different lab last term and coming into this one where almost everyone already had a lab partner from last term.
Ugh, off to yoga, back in two hours.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 20, 2014, 03:11:15 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 20, 2014, 02:09:39 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 20, 2014, 06:19:41 AM
So, my chem lab partner is a trainwreck. I've been suspecting since the beginning of the term, but I actually had only had three labs with her and they were all really simple. I did notice that the day she was out sick and I got to partner with vastly more competent people went much more smoothly, and that was by far the hardest lab we've done. But now, yeah, it's pretty much plain that she doesn't belong in the class. She doesn't seem to know how to use computers, and she can't follow simple written instructions. I can hold her hand through a lab when I already have a reasonable level of competence, but if it's something I need to focus on I'm just fucked. Like, I can't. I just can't. She doesn't know ALGEBRA. She doesn't understand what an inverse proportion is. She can't solve for P2 given the information that P1/V1=P2/V2. She interrupts me constantly with questions because she doesn't know what to do next or how to do anything.
SHE LITERALLY CANNOT FOLLOW WRITTEN STEP-BY-STEP DIRECTIONS. I HAVE TO TELL HER WHAT TO DO ONE STEP AT A TIME. SHE CANNOT READ A SYRINGE. This SHOULD have been one of the easiest labs to do but it was hellish and frustrating. She is very nice, but she should not be in this class at all. How the hell did she get into this class?
I think this is done intentionally, to some degree, to train college students as to what to expect in real life. Kinda surprised they sprung it on you, though. If I were the prof, I'd have assigned the twit to a bright 20 year old, just to temper the iron before he/she sets foot in a RL chemistry environment.
I think this was more or less randomly-occurring, by virtue of me having been in a different lab last term and coming into this one where almost everyone already had a lab partner from last term.
Oh, okay.
Because back in physics, I noticed that they always seemed to pair up a hard worker with a yutz.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 20, 2014, 03:12:04 PM
Ugh, off to yoga, back in two hours.
"What do you do for fun?"
"I bend the wrong way."
BRB, taking a moment to vilify Paes.
I am in the Freestate. Let hilarity ensue.
Well, I just spent my first month's pay on a bike.
Fucking hell. I mean, OK, I expected bikes to be a little more expensive than a decade ago, when I was last in the market for one, but a 400% increase in price? C'mon now. And £60 for a hi-vis jacket? Now you're just taking the piss.
On the plus side, I'm negotiating for a series of articles on Ukraine, which may dull the financial pain. Somewhat.
Bikes got a lot more expensive, yeah. Especially if you want one with more than one gear on it.
One gear bikes are an abombination in the eyes of the LORD.
I'll be getting a new bike shortly. My guess is it's going to be a $200 Wal-Mart Huffy, because there is no way I can get a better brand.
Yes, even bikes at Wal-Mart are $200.
Mine was $670, and that was the cheap end of the range.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 20, 2014, 03:13:07 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 20, 2014, 03:11:15 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 20, 2014, 02:09:39 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 20, 2014, 06:19:41 AM
So, my chem lab partner is a trainwreck. I've been suspecting since the beginning of the term, but I actually had only had three labs with her and they were all really simple. I did notice that the day she was out sick and I got to partner with vastly more competent people went much more smoothly, and that was by far the hardest lab we've done. But now, yeah, it's pretty much plain that she doesn't belong in the class. She doesn't seem to know how to use computers, and she can't follow simple written instructions. I can hold her hand through a lab when I already have a reasonable level of competence, but if it's something I need to focus on I'm just fucked. Like, I can't. I just can't. She doesn't know ALGEBRA. She doesn't understand what an inverse proportion is. She can't solve for P2 given the information that P1/V1=P2/V2. She interrupts me constantly with questions because she doesn't know what to do next or how to do anything.
SHE LITERALLY CANNOT FOLLOW WRITTEN STEP-BY-STEP DIRECTIONS. I HAVE TO TELL HER WHAT TO DO ONE STEP AT A TIME. SHE CANNOT READ A SYRINGE. This SHOULD have been one of the easiest labs to do but it was hellish and frustrating. She is very nice, but she should not be in this class at all. How the hell did she get into this class?
I think this is done intentionally, to some degree, to train college students as to what to expect in real life. Kinda surprised they sprung it on you, though. If I were the prof, I'd have assigned the twit to a bright 20 year old, just to temper the iron before he/she sets foot in a RL chemistry environment.
I think this was more or less randomly-occurring, by virtue of me having been in a different lab last term and coming into this one where almost everyone already had a lab partner from last term.
Oh, okay.
Because back in physics, I noticed that they always seemed to pair up a hard worker with a yutz.
I could see that being a thing, and my professor did say that she reserves the right to shuffle lab partners at her discretion. However, the initial pairing is up to us. It probably should have been a red flag that she was the only person in the class who didn't have a lab partner from last term.
It seriously wouldn't even be a problem at all, but when I don't really know what I'm doing either, it's too hard to manage her cluelessness in addition to my learning curve.
Agh, but of course probably the reason she keeps me partnered with her is because she knows I'll try.
I can't handle another lab like last night's, though. SHE COULDN'T READ A SYRINGE.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 20, 2014, 05:40:45 PM
SHE COULDN'T READ A SYRINGE.
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Just ran into an old member of PD on Facebook (not gonna name names) who was complaining that he didn't like facebook because he doesn't see everything in his feed and it's hard to find old posts. He suggested that someone build an alternate platform.
I reminded him that he had an alternate platform (here), and he left it for facebook.
He replied that he was too "grown up now" for PD now.
:sad:
I'm 45 fucking years old, and if I ever "get too grown up" for PD, I expect Nigel, LMNO, and ECH to kick me to death for my own good.
Facebook is for babies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn6jKGVxTbk&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 20, 2014, 06:32:55 PM
Just ran into an old member of PD on Facebook (not gonna name names) who was complaining that he didn't like facebook because he doesn't see everything in his feed and it's hard to find old posts. He suggested that someone build an alternate platform.
I reminded him that he had an alternate platform (here), and he left it for facebook.
He replied that he was too "grown up now" for PD now.
:sad:
I'm 45 fucking years old, and if I ever "get too grown up" for PD, I expect Nigel, LMNO, and ECH to kick me to death for my own good.
:crybaby:
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 20, 2014, 06:32:55 PM
Just ran into an old member of PD on Facebook (not gonna name names) who was complaining that he didn't like facebook because he doesn't see everything in his feed and it's hard to find old posts. He suggested that someone build an alternate platform.
I reminded him that he had an alternate platform (here), and he left it for facebook.
He replied that he was too "grown up now" for PD now.
:sad:
I'm 45 fucking years old, and if I ever "get too grown up" for PD, I expect Nigel, LMNO, and ECH to kick me to death for my own good.
If Facebook is the next leap, maturity wise, I'm going to be telling fart jokes forever. Fuck that shit. Facebook was originally for college kids and pedos. Opening it up to the unwashed masses has not in any way raised the IQ of that place.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 20, 2014, 07:40:38 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 20, 2014, 06:32:55 PM
Just ran into an old member of PD on Facebook (not gonna name names) who was complaining that he didn't like facebook because he doesn't see everything in his feed and it's hard to find old posts. He suggested that someone build an alternate platform.
I reminded him that he had an alternate platform (here), and he left it for facebook.
He replied that he was too "grown up now" for PD now.
:sad:
I'm 45 fucking years old, and if I ever "get too grown up" for PD, I expect Nigel, LMNO, and ECH to kick me to death for my own good.
If Facebook is the next leap, maturity wise, I'm going to be telling fart jokes forever. Fuck that shit. Facebook was originally for college kids and pedos. Opening it up to the unwashed masses has not in any way raised the IQ of that place.
Yeah, well, a guy I used to like has become a twerp. Seriously, who the fuck would say something like that, without (or worse, with) thinking about what he was saying about the person with whom he is speaking?
Fuck that guy.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 20, 2014, 07:44:14 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 20, 2014, 07:40:38 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 20, 2014, 06:32:55 PM
Just ran into an old member of PD on Facebook (not gonna name names) who was complaining that he didn't like facebook because he doesn't see everything in his feed and it's hard to find old posts. He suggested that someone build an alternate platform.
I reminded him that he had an alternate platform (here), and he left it for facebook.
He replied that he was too "grown up now" for PD now.
:sad:
I'm 45 fucking years old, and if I ever "get too grown up" for PD, I expect Nigel, LMNO, and ECH to kick me to death for my own good.
If Facebook is the next leap, maturity wise, I'm going to be telling fart jokes forever. Fuck that shit. Facebook was originally for college kids and pedos. Opening it up to the unwashed masses has not in any way raised the IQ of that place.
Yeah, well, a guy I used to like has become a twerp. Seriously, who the fuck would say something like that, without (or worse, with) thinking about what he was saying about the person with whom he is speaking?
Fuck that guy.
It makes me irrationally angry, that comment does.
Yeah, probably for the best you didn't name that guy
Is the guy just on Facebook or with the Facebook Discordians? Because "I'm too grown up for PD, BRB making rape jokes"...
Quote from: Pæs on February 20, 2014, 08:39:33 PM
Is the guy just on Facebook or with the Facebook Discordians? Because "I'm too grown up for PD, BRB making rape jokes"...
As far as I know, he's not associated with TDS.
Quote from: Cain on February 20, 2014, 04:09:34 PM
One gear bikes are an abombination in the eyes of the LORD.
One gear bikes break down less often. Also, handlebrakes suck. More like handle-breaks am I right? I prefer a one gear bike with backpedal brakes (no idea what the proper english names are). I try to minize the number of parts because i tend to break stuff.
It's dangerous for my ego how frequently the result of raising critical security issues is "okay, the mitigation for this risk is we won't employee anyone else as smart as you."
My boss slept through a co-worker's epic car fail and thus no one opened the store last week, until three hours later. This week, my boss got locked out of the store on accident and thus couldn't open on time.
Co-worker's epic fail is co-worker's.
My boss's epic fail is mine? :lulz:
He tried to lecture me about why I shouldn't have my phone turned off because he might need something, I should have answered my phone and come let him in since I have a key. But he had to give up when I started laughing in that way. He sort of chuckled nervously and backed away.
And made a point to tell me what a good job I was doing, the whole shift.
Laughter really is the best medicine. :lulz:
Tell me about it.
The Goddamn jet mill blew up again. :crankey:
Oh those wacky jet mills! :lulz:
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 20, 2014, 11:31:50 PM
Oh those wacky jet mills! :lulz:
A bolt snapped off the feed conveyor and went through the venturi (into the ceramic lined interior) at roughly 600 miles per hour. All the guts went shooting up the discharge pipe and into the baghouse, where they ate the fucking rotary valve.
$60K, easy, and out of production until Monday morning.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 20, 2014, 11:33:30 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 20, 2014, 11:31:50 PM
Oh those wacky jet mills! :lulz:
A bolt snapped off the feed conveyor and went through the venturi (into the ceramic lined interior) at roughly 600 miles per hour. All the guts went shooting up the discharge pipe and into the baghouse, where they ate the fucking rotary valve.
$60K, easy, and out of production until Monday morning.
Nice. O.O
I'm surrounded by more nature than I ever really wanted. I have an actual yard, with towering pine trees and this stuff called fresh air. The ocean is 5 minutes away, and there are mountains an hour away. There's scenic shit everywhere. Roger would hate it.
Quote from: The Suu on February 20, 2014, 11:41:59 PM
I'm surrounded by more nature than I ever really wanted. I have an actual yard, with towering pine trees and this stuff called fresh air. The ocean is 5 minutes away, and there are mountains an hour away. There's scenic shit everywhere. Roger would hate it.
Can I move in with you?
I'm coming back to New England in April prepare your anus!
Quote from: :regret: on February 20, 2014, 10:32:01 PM
Quote from: Cain on February 20, 2014, 04:09:34 PM
One gear bikes are an abombination in the eyes of the LORD.
One gear bikes break down less often. Also, handlebrakes suck. More like handle-breaks am I right? I prefer a one gear bike with backpedal brakes (no idea what the proper english names are). I try to minize the number of parts because i tend to break stuff.
That is a coaster brake.
People often say, "What about climbing hills?" Oh, you mean that thing I do passing lycra covered bike jerks who passed me 10 minutes ago without signaling while shouting "PASSING ON YOUR LEFT!" while their legs spin around like a dead hamster trapped in a wheel?
I fucking LOVE hills, my legs love them, my smug sense superiority loves them.
Quote from: The Suu on February 20, 2014, 04:17:51 PM
I'll be getting a new bike shortly. My guess is it's going to be a $200 Wal-Mart Huffy, because there is no way I can get a better brand.
Yes, even bikes at Wal-Mart are $200.
I'd look for a used bike. I got a sweet Specialized Sirrus
in my size for $250. Most stores don't even stock my size so it would have had to be a special order, which means my odds of finding it on sale were more or less nonexistent. They aren't an expensive bike to begin with, but half-price is half-price.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 20, 2014, 11:33:30 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 20, 2014, 11:31:50 PM
Oh those wacky jet mills! :lulz:
A bolt snapped off the feed conveyor and went through the venturi (into the ceramic lined interior) at roughly 600 miles per hour. All the guts went shooting up the discharge pipe and into the baghouse, where they ate the fucking rotary valve.
$60K, easy, and out of production until Monday morning.
Why does it seem like something like this happens EVERY week?
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 21, 2014, 03:43:42 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 20, 2014, 11:33:30 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 20, 2014, 11:31:50 PM
Oh those wacky jet mills! :lulz:
A bolt snapped off the feed conveyor and went through the venturi (into the ceramic lined interior) at roughly 600 miles per hour. All the guts went shooting up the discharge pipe and into the baghouse, where they ate the fucking rotary valve.
$60K, easy, and out of production until Monday morning.
Why does it seem like something like this happens EVERY week?
Because Mike the Engineer is not alone. :P
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 21, 2014, 03:43:42 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 20, 2014, 11:33:30 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 20, 2014, 11:31:50 PM
Oh those wacky jet mills! :lulz:
A bolt snapped off the feed conveyor and went through the venturi (into the ceramic lined interior) at roughly 600 miles per hour. All the guts went shooting up the discharge pipe and into the baghouse, where they ate the fucking rotary valve.
$60K, easy, and out of production until Monday morning.
Why does it seem like something like this happens EVERY week?
Because we run the machines at 98% capacity, with no downtime for maintenance or inspections, and these machines were designed for clean environments, and are running in an acid atmosphere.
THIS jet mill is the one that's been behaving for 2 years.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 21, 2014, 04:08:47 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 21, 2014, 03:43:42 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 20, 2014, 11:33:30 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 20, 2014, 11:31:50 PM
Oh those wacky jet mills! :lulz:
A bolt snapped off the feed conveyor and went through the venturi (into the ceramic lined interior) at roughly 600 miles per hour. All the guts went shooting up the discharge pipe and into the baghouse, where they ate the fucking rotary valve.
$60K, easy, and out of production until Monday morning.
Why does it seem like something like this happens EVERY week?
Because we run the machines at 98% capacity, with no downtime for maintenance or inspections, and these machines were designed for clean environments, and are running in an acid atmosphere.
THIS jet mill is the one that's been behaving for 2 years.
That . . .
That . . . doesn't seem
safe, somehow.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 21, 2014, 04:11:24 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 21, 2014, 04:08:47 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 21, 2014, 03:43:42 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 20, 2014, 11:33:30 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 20, 2014, 11:31:50 PM
Oh those wacky jet mills! :lulz:
A bolt snapped off the feed conveyor and went through the venturi (into the ceramic lined interior) at roughly 600 miles per hour. All the guts went shooting up the discharge pipe and into the baghouse, where they ate the fucking rotary valve.
$60K, easy, and out of production until Monday morning.
Why does it seem like something like this happens EVERY week?
Because we run the machines at 98% capacity, with no downtime for maintenance or inspections, and these machines were designed for clean environments, and are running in an acid atmosphere.
THIS jet mill is the one that's been behaving for 2 years.
That . . .
That . . . doesn't seem safe, somehow.
It's encased in a steel shell. No real danger, just expensive as fuck.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 20, 2014, 06:32:55 PM
Just ran into an old member of PD on Facebook (not gonna name names) who was complaining that he didn't like facebook because he doesn't see everything in his feed and it's hard to find old posts. He suggested that someone build an alternate platform.
I reminded him that he had an alternate platform (here), and he left it for facebook.
He replied that he was too "grown up now" for PD now.
:sad:
I'm 45 fucking years old, and if I ever "get too grown up" for PD, I expect Nigel, LMNO, and ECH to kick me to death for my own good.
:lol: Yeah, that's kind of ridiculous.
March Madness for Bear.
I get to see Dropkick Murphy's,H.I.M,Children of Bodom,Anathem,Death Angel, and Tyr.
Feels good man. Tonight I get to go see Owl Witch, and Metal Church.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 21, 2014, 05:56:15 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 20, 2014, 06:32:55 PM
Just ran into an old member of PD on Facebook (not gonna name names) who was complaining that he didn't like facebook because he doesn't see everything in his feed and it's hard to find old posts. He suggested that someone build an alternate platform.
I reminded him that he had an alternate platform (here), and he left it for facebook.
He replied that he was too "grown up now" for PD now.
:sad:
I'm 45 fucking years old, and if I ever "get too grown up" for PD, I expect Nigel, LMNO, and ECH to kick me to death for my own good.
:lol: Yeah, that's kind of ridiculous.
I'm convinced that the myth of growing up is something that only the most naive child or borderline retard could ever buy into :lulz:
Quote from: Alty on February 21, 2014, 01:34:17 AM
Quote from: :regret: on February 20, 2014, 10:32:01 PM
Quote from: Cain on February 20, 2014, 04:09:34 PM
One gear bikes are an abombination in the eyes of the LORD.
One gear bikes break down less often. Also, handlebrakes suck. More like handle-breaks am I right? I prefer a one gear bike with backpedal brakes (no idea what the proper english names are). I try to minize the number of parts because i tend to break stuff.
That is a coaster brake.
People often say, "What about climbing hills?" Oh, you mean that thing I do passing lycra covered bike jerks who passed me 10 minutes ago without signaling while shouting "PASSING ON YOUR LEFT!" while their legs spin around like a dead hamster trapped in a wheel?
I fucking LOVE hills, my legs love them, my smug sense superiority loves them.
:D Same here!
The only result of having infinity gears is that your muscles get trained to go at a single speed with a single measure of force. This makes your legs useless for anything else.
You are still moving the same mass over the same distance with the same friction so gears are only for world championship cyclists who need the placebo effect of gazillion gears and a shiny helmet.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 21, 2014, 12:26:23 AM
Quote from: The Suu on February 20, 2014, 11:41:59 PM
I'm surrounded by more nature than I ever really wanted. I have an actual yard, with towering pine trees and this stuff called fresh air. The ocean is 5 minutes away, and there are mountains an hour away. There's scenic shit everywhere. Roger would hate it.
Can I move in with you?
This place is the opposite of Providence. Even their Chinese food cost twice as much and took three times as long to deliver.
They snowblow and bobcat everyday, even when it didn't snow on order to remove the melt. People are nice and helpful, but they still can't drive and do it legally without seatbelts. O.o then there's the tax free everything.
Alright I'm done with the colonoscopy. They removed what they assume is a pre-cancerous polyp so I should be all set. Looks like I'M DOING THIS EVERY FEW YEARS FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE YAAAAY.
I'm pretty sure "Ass Polyp" used to be a set user title on this forum, determined by your postcount.
Quote from: Cain on February 21, 2014, 03:39:53 PM
I'm pretty sure "Ass Polyp" used to be a set user title on this forum, determined by your postcount.
FUCK YOU MY UNCLE DIED OF ASS POLYPS
But yeah I remember the glory days of being an ass polyp, you know, before I had them.
I am extraordinarily grateful that they caught this and will continually screen for them, though, since I probably wouldn't have ever been in a situation where they'd look for one until 22 years from now, when the problem would likely be far, far worse.
Jet mill going back together smoothly and without incident. It is, however, taking my entire crew.
So naturally, I should be expected to do all manner of trivial shit that has no bearing on anything at, you know, the expense of the most important piece of equipment in the plant.
:lulz:
Of course!
Nothing for me to do but wait.
So I'm gonna write some shit.
I like the sound of that.
I need to find some quiet time and finish what happened in Scollay Sq.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 21, 2014, 04:24:12 PM
I like the sound of that.
I need to find some quiet time and finish what happened in Scollay Sq.
Give me an hour or so, new story.
Old school story, too. Just wait.
Okay, you win. I'm back.
Quote from: Luna on February 21, 2014, 07:55:16 PM
Okay, you win. I'm back.
Excellent! I shall do a "who's who" for you today or tomorrow.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 21, 2014, 08:03:01 PM
Quote from: Luna on February 21, 2014, 07:55:16 PM
Okay, you win. I'm back.
Excellent! I shall do a "who's who" for you today or tomorrow.
Cool, I can look at it when I forget who I am again.
Quote from: Luna on February 21, 2014, 08:10:33 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 21, 2014, 08:03:01 PM
Quote from: Luna on February 21, 2014, 07:55:16 PM
Okay, you win. I'm back.
Excellent! I shall do a "who's who" for you today or tomorrow.
Cool, I can look at it when I forget who I am again.
Nobody has done me (though Richter added some notes), so I can't even remember how to get home.
You are home. Tucson is omnipositional.
My innards are glowing.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on February 21, 2014, 03:27:56 PM
Alright I'm done with the colonoscopy. They removed what they assume is a pre-cancerous polyp so I should be all set. Looks like I'M DOING THIS EVERY FEW YEARS FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE YAAAAY.
Aw shit, EOC, that's the suck! At least it's one of those things that's relatively straightforward to manage though.
As of right this moment, I feel like I have a reasonable handle on my upcoming midterms. I am not behind. I am not ahead, either, but I kicked ass on today's phylogeny quiz and phylogeny is the main area I feel weak in. I still can't memorize those fucking protists.
This weekend, all I have to do is:
1. Respond to two classmate posts in my philosophy class
2. Take the quiz for my philosophy class
3. Write two entries in my yoga journal
4. Do three hours of online chemistry problems
5. Work through the biology practice exam
6. Review biology chapters 17, 22, 23, and 24
7. Do my gas laws take-home exam
8. Make flash cards for the conifer life-cycle
9. A small volunteer project (already scheduled for tomorrow morning).
I like this, this is doable and I can probable get 3-4 of these done today.
One of the other philosophy class students just one-upped all the stupid I've seen yet. He emailed everyone asking what, exactly, the module 5 assignment is.
I can't actually figure out whether he simply hasn't done any of the other assignments, or if he somehow forgot that he has to click the blue words to get the details.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on February 21, 2014, 03:53:15 PM
But yeah I remember the glory days of being an ass polyp, you know, before I had them.
I am extraordinarily grateful that they caught this and will continually screen for them, though, since I probably wouldn't have ever been in a situation where they'd look for one until 22 years from now, when the problem would likely be far, far worse.
I'm glad you will be around a bit longer, without the sentient ass cancer constantly interupting your posts.
Negotiations regrettably only got me a two-part piece on Ukraine, not the five-parter I was hoping for.
Oh well, at least that's my plans for the weekend sorted.
Quote from: Cain on February 21, 2014, 11:18:31 PM
Negotiations regrettably only got me a two-part piece on Ukraine, not the five-parter I was hoping for.
Oh well, at least that's my plans for the weekend sorted.
That's awesome, congrats on landing it.
Quote from: Cain on February 21, 2014, 11:18:31 PM
Negotiations regrettably only got me a two-part piece on Ukraine, not the five-parter I was hoping for.
Oh well, at least that's my plans for the weekend sorted.
Congrats!
Three homework tasks down, six to go!
We have entered the Interrupting Hour, though, which is the time of day when everyone else is done doing shit and they assume that you are, too. So, productivity grinds to a halting slowdown.
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on February 21, 2014, 11:01:23 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 21, 2014, 05:56:15 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 20, 2014, 06:32:55 PM
Just ran into an old member of PD on Facebook (not gonna name names) who was complaining that he didn't like facebook because he doesn't see everything in his feed and it's hard to find old posts. He suggested that someone build an alternate platform.
I reminded him that he had an alternate platform (here), and he left it for facebook.
He replied that he was too "grown up now" for PD now.
:sad:
I'm 45 fucking years old, and if I ever "get too grown up" for PD, I expect Nigel, LMNO, and ECH to kick me to death for my own good.
:lol: Yeah, that's kind of ridiculous.
I'm convinced that the myth of growing up is something that only the most naive child or borderline retard could ever buy into :lulz:
I couldn't agree with you more there. :lol:
Oddly enough, earlier I found a C.S. Lewis quote about just this subject that tickled me pink because I thought I was the only person on earth who holds this opinion.
Quote from: Lewis quoteCritics who treat adult as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. And in childhood and adolescence they are, in moderation, healthy symptoms. Young things ought to want to grow. But to carry on into middle life or even into early manhood this concern about being adult is a mark of really arrested development. When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.
Quote from: Cain on February 21, 2014, 11:18:31 PM
Negotiations regrettably only got me a two-part piece on Ukraine, not the five-parter I was hoping for.
Oh well, at least that's my plans for the weekend sorted.
Congratulations!
And bourbon.
Lovely, lovely bourbon.
Quote from: Gelos on February 22, 2014, 02:38:51 AM
Oddly enough, earlier I found a C.S. Lewis quote about just this subject that tickled me pink because I thought I was the only person on earth who holds this opinion.
Quote from: Lewis quoteCritics who treat adult as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. And in childhood and adolescence they are, in moderation, healthy symptoms. Young things ought to want to grow. But to carry on into middle life or even into early manhood this concern about being adult is a mark of really arrested development. When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.
That is an excellent quote.
Couldn't find the youtube thread.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iazNeQb1yvo&oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DiazNeQb1yvo&has_verified=1
I'm in a mood today and I'm looking for people who are wrong on the internet.
Quote from: Allfather Waffles on February 22, 2014, 01:22:01 PM
Couldn't find the youtube thread.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iazNeQb1yvo&oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DiazNeQb1yvo&has_verified=1
That's a lot of vagina talk coming from someone who doesn't have one.
My housemate just woke up and came out of his room to me watching that.
Then he walked away.
Quote from: Allfather Waffles on February 22, 2014, 01:22:01 PM
Couldn't find the youtube thread.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iazNeQb1yvo&oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DiazNeQb1yvo&has_verified=1
Hey, that's why they put erasers on pencils, for when you fuck up, like this guy did. No big deal, we all fuck up sometimes, you just erase that shit. I mean, look, big or small, every person on the planet fucks things up badly, and we all acknowledge tbis, which is why you often find, at the end of a pencil, an eraser. For fuck ups, like tbis one.
Busy shit show of life for the past few months.
Boss quits abruptly. Responsibility with minimal guidance falls on me. Raised accompanied it, so OK. New boss is CEO, not so ok.
Transfer application for school is my current major headache. Awesome reference from a professor I really liked, so that's cool. Busy fucking week ahead to finish getting everything together for it.
Work and school and life are fucking with one another. Not to mention my impending move in 4 months which I'm not fucking prepared for at all. Oh, and it won't fucking stop snowing and my car's been stuck in my fucking parking spot for over a week now. Seriously. We're pushing 13 feet since jan 1st here. And it's fucking windy blustery snowy now and I have a fucking 15 minute walk home into the goddamned snowy wind in 40 minutes.
Fuck.
Quote from: Da6s on February 22, 2014, 11:13:19 PM
Busy shit show of life for the past few months.
Boss quits abruptly. Responsibility with minimal guidance falls on me. Raised accompanied it, so OK. New boss is CEO, not so ok.
Transfer application for school is my current major headache. Awesome reference from a professor I really liked, so that's cool. Busy fucking week ahead to finish getting everything together for it.
Work and school and life are fucking with one another. Not to mention my impending move in 4 months which I'm not fucking prepared for at all. Oh, and it won't fucking stop snowing and my car's been stuck in my fucking parking spot for over a week now. Seriously. We're pushing 13 feet since jan 1st here. And it's fucking windy blustery snowy now and I have a fucking 15 minute walk home into the goddamned snowy wind in 40 minutes.
Fuck.
What is the horrible snowpocalypse hell that you live in?
Quote from: Nigel on February 23, 2014, 04:03:14 AM
Quote from: Da6s on February 22, 2014, 11:13:19 PM
Busy shit show of life for the past few months.
What is the horrible snowpocalypse hell that you live in?
It's apparently the snowiest year colorado has had in almost 30 years. January is typically our least snowy months and we got over 10 feet in it alone.
March and April, the snowiest months, are on the way...
The slog continues. First article done, probably published tomorrow. Second one is about 1/3rd done...I really need to find people who are willing to pay more for this kind of thing. I mean, I spent 5 hours yesterday on the article, which works out to around...£5/hour. Even minimum wage is higher than that.
Then again, prestige counts for something, I suppose. Working for a "private intelligence agency" means I can put "freelance spy" on my CV. And it's better than simply being published for free on some blog or something.
Quote from: Cain on February 23, 2014, 02:11:35 PM
The slog continues. First article done, probably published tomorrow. Second one is about 1/3rd done...I really need to find people who are willing to pay more for this kind of thing. I mean, I spent 5 hours yesterday on the article, which works out to around...£5/hour. Even minimum wage is higher than that.
Then again, prestige counts for something, I suppose. Working for a "private intelligence agency" means I can put "freelance spy" on my CV. And it's better than simply being published for free on some blog or something.
That is pretty baddass.
My back amd kneck have been fucking killing me for weeks because my hammock was not at a 30 degree angle on each side. Fixed it last night. It's a lovely feeling, not hating every human being on the planet.
I can sympathise with that. My desk set-up is such that I have to lean forward in this chair to get any work done...and since I've done about 10,000 words worth of articles in the past two weeks, my back is killing me.
I'm mildly depressed because I've remembered the chances of ever meeting a woman as amazing as Caterina Sforza are very low. She tried to assassinate the Pope with a peace treaty. I don't know any women who are capable of that.
I'm painting 6 panels of the Heidelberg Totentanz for a fundraiser. Because the free market needs to see a medieval Death twirking.
I'm particularly fond of this sassy fucker with the horn on the left.
(http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1717/1584/1600/Duo%20b.jpg)
OK, I GOT IT!
Potatoes = high heat, lots of oil.
Chicken = lower heat, less oil.
South tube broke in the rotary kiln. I won't be on a whole lot tomorrow.
Quote from: Cain on February 21, 2014, 03:39:53 PM
I'm pretty sure "Ass Polyp" used to be a set user title on this forum, determined by your postcount.
I remember my days as an ass polyp well.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 24, 2014, 04:27:46 AM
South tube broke in the rotary kiln. I won't be on a whole lot tomorrow.
Jesus fuck, that place.
Quote from: Nigel on February 24, 2014, 05:13:11 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 24, 2014, 04:27:46 AM
South tube broke in the rotary kiln. I won't be on a whole lot tomorrow.
Jesus fuck, that place.
It reminds me of that movie with the airplane and the gremlins, only no airplane.
Quote from: Nigel on February 24, 2014, 05:13:11 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 24, 2014, 04:27:46 AM
South tube broke in the rotary kiln. I won't be on a whole lot tomorrow.
Jesus fuck, that place.
Other stuff broke, disregard.
Today: BOTH jetmills repaired
Tomorrow: Rotary kiln rebuild.
Wed/Thursday: Gigantic confined space entry on blown out reactor.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 24, 2014, 02:24:35 PM
Quote from: Nigel on February 24, 2014, 05:13:11 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 24, 2014, 04:27:46 AM
South tube broke in the rotary kiln. I won't be on a whole lot tomorrow.
Jesus fuck, that place.
Wed/Thursday: Gigantic confined space entry on blown out reactor.
That sounds like fun, can you bring fumes or are they already provided for by the reactor?
Quote from: Faust on February 24, 2014, 02:42:01 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 24, 2014, 02:24:35 PM
Quote from: Nigel on February 24, 2014, 05:13:11 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 24, 2014, 04:27:46 AM
South tube broke in the rotary kiln. I won't be on a whole lot tomorrow.
Jesus fuck, that place.
Wed/Thursday: Gigantic confined space entry on blown out reactor.
That sounds like fun, can you bring fumes or are they already provided for by the reactor?
I had the existing fumes evacuated through the scrubber, then the reactor was blinded & vented.
So if we want fumes, well, we'll just have to hit The Horrible Curry Wagon before the job.
Auditor. Say it enough time and it rhymes with "Bastard".
Literally the most tedious dull man I have ever dealt with. The term "Gray" was created to describe this man. No visible emotions. No visible brain activity. No understanding at all of the industry, it's ways or anything beyond what an ISO handbook says.
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 24, 2014, 03:18:47 PM
Auditor. Say it enough time and it rhymes with "Bastard".
Literally the most tedious dull man I have ever dealt with. The term "Gray" was created to describe this man. No visible emotions. No visible brain activity. No understanding at all of the industry, it's ways or anything beyond what an ISO handbook says.
When I get picked to be a vendor auditor, NOBODY gets bored.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 24, 2014, 02:24:35 PM
Quote from: Nigel on February 24, 2014, 05:13:11 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 24, 2014, 04:27:46 AM
South tube broke in the rotary kiln. I won't be on a whole lot tomorrow.
Jesus fuck, that place.
Other stuff broke, disregard.
Today: BOTH jetmills repaired
Tomorrow: Rotary kiln rebuild.
Wed/Thursday: Gigantic confined space entry on blown out reactor.
And it isn't even Friday! :banana:
Quote from: Nigel on February 24, 2014, 03:37:20 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 24, 2014, 02:24:35 PM
Quote from: Nigel on February 24, 2014, 05:13:11 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 24, 2014, 04:27:46 AM
South tube broke in the rotary kiln. I won't be on a whole lot tomorrow.
Jesus fuck, that place.
Other stuff broke, disregard.
Today: BOTH jetmills repaired
Tomorrow: Rotary kiln rebuild.
Wed/Thursday: Gigantic confined space entry on blown out reactor.
And it isn't even Friday! :banana:
We've had it easy for a while.
I am seeing my facebook use decreasing at an amazing rate lately.
Where before I was checking there 7-10 times a day, you'd be lucky to catch me there twice a day.
I'm thinking this has to do with the fact that I don't really care about the games like I used to and that I really don't need to see one more thing from my family on a political and/or religious topic.
On a plus I'm actually getting around to playing some real, actual games. Just got Alice: Madness Returns, which also has with the first one, and am going to play the hell out of both this week. Been wanting those games for what seems like forever.
Just got back from the doctor.
All the numbers that are supposed to be down, are down.
All the numbers that are supposed to be up, are up.
Which means I'm no longer at risk of having my heart explode while liquid fat pours from my eyeballs.
But that would have looked pretty cool, you gotta admit.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 24, 2014, 03:58:23 PM
Just got back from the doctor.
All the numbers that are supposed to be down, are down.
All the numbers that are supposed to be up, are up.
Which means I'm no longer at risk of having my heart explode while liquid fat pours from my eyeballs.
But that would have looked pretty cool, you gotta admit.
It's not as fun as it looks.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 24, 2014, 03:21:13 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 24, 2014, 03:18:47 PM
Auditor. Say it enough time and it rhymes with "Bastard".
Literally the most tedious dull man I have ever dealt with. The term "Gray" was created to describe this man. No visible emotions. No visible brain activity. No understanding at all of the industry, it's ways or anything beyond what an ISO handbook says.
When I get picked to be a vendor auditor, NOBODY gets bored.
ISO audit effectiveness is unfortunately measured by numbers of brain cells killed.
"Show me proof of how you utilise this procedure to leverage business growth"
FUCK YOU. WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE IS A 2 BOX FLOW CHART SHOWING I HAND INFORMATION TO HER. THIS IS WASTING EVERYONE'S VALUABLE TIME.
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 24, 2014, 04:04:12 PM
"Show me proof of how you utilise this procedure to leverage business growth"
No. I am going to show you that our procedure is documented and that we are following it. Your concern stops there, ISO-Boy.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 24, 2014, 03:58:23 PM
Just got back from the doctor.
All the numbers that are supposed to be down, are down.
All the numbers that are supposed to be up, are up.
Which means I'm no longer at risk of having my heart explode while liquid fat pours from my eyeballs.
But that would have looked pretty cool, you gotta admit.
Good job!
Quote from: Sita on February 24, 2014, 03:55:55 PM
I am seeing my facebook use decreasing at an amazing rate lately.
Where before I was checking there 7-10 times a day, you'd be lucky to catch me there twice a day.
I'm thinking this has to do with the fact that I don't really care about the games like I used to and that I really don't need to see one more thing from my family on a political and/or religious topic.
On a plus I'm actually getting around to playing some real, actual games. Just got Alice: Madness Returns, which also has with the first one, and am going to play the hell out of both this week. Been wanting those games for what seems like forever.
The only thing I really find Facebook useful for these days is trolling Atheists.
There is no reason why flights to Kansas City need to be as much as they are. I mean, it's not like people actually like to go to Kansas City, do they?
Unnngh, 35 minutes before my midterm.
Quote from: Nigel on February 24, 2014, 06:25:04 PM
Unnngh, 35 minutes before my midterm.
You could just post this twice a day automatically.
It would still be accurate.
Harold Ramis dead.
Damn shame.
What the what?
I has sad in my head.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 24, 2014, 06:26:28 PM
Quote from: Nigel on February 24, 2014, 06:25:04 PM
Unnngh, 35 minutes before my midterm.
You could just post this twice a day automatically.
It would still be accurate.
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
You might be pleased to know that due to the schedule getting fucked up by snow, both my biology and my chemistry midterms are today, for a change.
And then everyone left. :cry:
Probably lunch time in the real world.
I meanwhile have the day off, minus the loads of writing and website work I have to do, and just woke up an hour ago.
I think I need to stop using "Go to your room" as a punishment. It's an easy trap to fall into when your kid is freaking out and needs to chill and YOU need to chill, but I think it reinforces some bad ideas. Being in your room is bad and undesirable, spending time alone in your own space is only for when you have done something wrong.
Maybe a rug or an uncomfotable chair.
Or a bean bag, yeah a bean bag. That way he doesn't think they are cool. I am going to buy him a punishment bean bag.
Once he is a teenager will make him read Ayn Rand when he's done something bad, and make it seem like I think it is the coolest thing in the world.
Ghostbusters 3 early casting calls.
Quote from: The Suu on February 24, 2014, 04:52:12 PM
There is no reason why flights to Kansas City need to be as much as they are. I mean, it's not like people actually like to go to Kansas City, do they?
And that's why flights there are expensive. The more people go somewhere, the cheaper the flights get.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 24, 2014, 07:10:59 PM
And then everyone left. :cry:
Whistle blows > Make dinner > Skype Fiancé > New episode of True Detective > Then Check back to PD.
I had a brief moment this morning after arriving at work and generating my many and varied reports on the current state of our system, the integrity of our data, the probability that everything is on track, collating and combining them into a master document that normally says "unless you fix these seven things, the company may lose millions."
And today it said "Everything is fine."
And I breathed a sigh of relief.
And then a second later realised that, somehow, though I cannot yet determine the specifics, there is a problem with my problem-finder.
It's going to be a busy day.
This weekend Cainad and I sharpened a LARP, farted on nobility, delivered "ministry", and swore at them over forgetting the faces of their fathers and their basic geometry.
Quote from: Richter on February 24, 2014, 11:37:48 PM
This weekend Cainad and I sharpened a LARP, farted on nobility, delivered "ministry", and swore at them over forgetting the faces of their fathers and their basic geometry.
Was anyone left alive?
I am giving up on making salad at home. It's just never going to happen. I'm not a big salad eater anyway, but every time I bring leafy vegetables home they rot before I get the nerve to do something with them. Every damned time.
Even spinach for smoothies, nope.
So, in order to get some kind of leafy intake, I will eat salads when I eat out. This will reduce the cost of the meals I eat out, be more delicious than those I make at home, and no rot.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 24, 2014, 11:52:11 PM
Quote from: Richter on February 24, 2014, 11:37:48 PM
This weekend Cainad and I sharpened a LARP, farted on nobility, delivered "ministry", and swore at them over forgetting the faces of their fathers and their basic geometry.
Was anyone left alive?
All of them. Which is far, far worse when you think about it.
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on February 25, 2014, 01:30:05 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 24, 2014, 11:52:11 PM
Quote from: Richter on February 24, 2014, 11:37:48 PM
This weekend Cainad and I sharpened a LARP, farted on nobility, delivered "ministry", and swore at them over forgetting the faces of their fathers and their basic geometry.
Was anyone left alive?
All of them. Which is far, far worse when you think about it.
Those poor, poor bastards. They have seen the TRUTH
TM and it farted on them.
LMNO, I just realized your post count is '80085'. Or 'Boobs'. How appropriate. :lulz:
Boobs is universal truth.
Quote from: Jet City Hustle on February 24, 2014, 08:08:51 PM
Quote from: The Suu on February 24, 2014, 04:52:12 PM
There is no reason why flights to Kansas City need to be as much as they are. I mean, it's not like people actually like to go to Kansas City, do they?
And that's why flights there are expensive. The more people go somewhere, the cheaper the flights get.
Living near a hub helps a lot. Got a flight this month to DC for less than 180 round trip from Denver. Because fuck yes.
That's roughly 25+ hours driving time, easily 250 in gas one way most definitely.
yeah, if you live in Denver, DFW, Phoenix, Chicago, Houston, Charlotte, ATL, DC, or NYNJ you're all set.
I didn't include MSP or Detroit because if you're flying Delta you're already fucked.
Rejoined my friends LARP group after a several year absence. Had a great time, reconnected with my friends and ran into the first other Discordian i've ever met IRL.
Both jet mills failed last night, due to defective parts used in the last rebuilds (from the manufacturer).
I can't stand it.
TGRR,
Has reached crush depth.
I can't say I wasn't expecting something like that, but I was not expecting the manufacturer to get into the mix.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 25, 2014, 02:51:22 PM
I can't say I wasn't expecting something like that, but I was not expecting the manufacturer to get into the mix.
I can't take much more of this failure and degradation.
Quote from: Alty on February 24, 2014, 07:29:41 PM
I think I need to stop using "Go to your room" as a punishment. It's an easy trap to fall into when your kid is freaking out and needs to chill and YOU need to chill, but I think it reinforces some bad ideas. Being in your room is bad and undesirable, spending time alone in your own space is only for when you have done something wrong.
Maybe a rug or an uncomfotable chair.
Or a bean bag, yeah a bean bag. That way he doesn't think they are cool. I am going to buy him a punishment bean bag.
You wanna switch it up? YOU go to your room. Seriously. "I can't handle the way you're acting right now, I need a break" and then retreat.
It depends a lot on the kid. You don't want them to feel abandoned. But it teaches them 2 things: 1, that people aren't obligated to put up with their shitty behavior, and 2, that rooms are a refuge to retreat to.
You can also simply reframe time out; "Are you feeling overwhelmed? Do you need a break?" Somehow, in our punishment-freak society, time out has been reframed as a punishment. It wasn't supposed to be.
I AM AFRAID THAT MY COLONOSCOPY DRAMATICALLY ALTERED MY CAREFULLY CULTIVATED GUT BACTERIA.
"Jeff my good man, if you were so inclined, how would you fuck up a vehicle beyond all repair and have the problem remain undetectable?"
"I'm not sure Junkie, why ever would you ask?"
"Let's not concern ourselves with the details and focus on the problem at hand shall we?"
"Well if it were me, I'd drain the oil, run it until seizing and then refill the oil"
"Excellent. I would like you to do that very thing to that pickup over there"
"Why?"
"Let's not ask questions Jeff"
"OK, consider it done"
There are times, not many, but there are times when this job is nearly enjoyable.
So.
The trip to Kansas City has turned into Suu's Crazy Train Adventure 2014. Using my military discount I can take the train from Boston to Kansas City and back for less than flying. Caveat it takes a day and a half, bonus is that there are layovers in DC and Chicago. Long enough ones for me to go out and explore for a bit. I will be spending just as much time in KC as I will on the rails, but this is going to be epic. Or disastrous. Or both. :lulz:
I figure on the way back, when I'm not bound by the hours of the convention I will be speaking at, I can take the Notorious Lakeshore Limited from Chicago to Boston, and see how late we run.
One last check of the email before fucking the rest of the day off.
"Receiving message 1/103 96.3MB remaining"
FUCK YOU, EMAIL. FUCK YOU.
You know, my life is pretty fucking stressful. Between work and home issues, etc, there's not a lot of tether left at the end of the day.
So when BDS informs me that "several people" at IRC, people I thought were friends, think Monad had "good points" but merely worded them badly, then all of a sudden Discordianism is now a stressor and not a stress-reliever. Now all I know is that "several people" at IRC think that the regulars, myself included, are the next fucking thing to Martin Bormann.
And I can't take any more fucking stress. I really can't.
So I'm thinking that maybe I should just leave Discordianism to the people who think the hot dog joke is still funny.
Explaining what I do to new people is always so embarrassing. I had an induction session today, for my security guard gig. The discussion goes something like this:
"Are you going to be working full time then?"
"No, just two nights a week."
"Oh, why's that?"
"I'm a part-time student also."
"Cool, what are you studying?"
"Uh, well...terrorism".
"Ah....OK?"
"Are you doing anything else part time?"
"I occasionally write analysis of international politics for a shady private security firm no-one really knows much about."
"Oh...right".
I should just say I falsely claim dole money or something. It'd be easier.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 25, 2014, 04:48:19 PM
You know, my life is pretty fucking stressful. Between work and home issues, etc, there's not a lot of tether left at the end of the day.
So when BDS informs me that "several people" at IRC, people I thought were friends, think Monad had "good points" but merely worded them badly, then all of a sudden Discordianism is now a stressor and not a stress-reliever. Now all I know is that "several people" at IRC think that the regulars, myself included, are the next fucking thing to Martin Bormann.
And I can't take any more fucking stress. I really can't.
So I'm thinking that maybe I should just leave Discordianism to the people who think the hot dog joke is still funny.
I'm pretty sure BDS was referring to the discussion about new forum software, not that we are all horrible people.
I mean, we
are horrible people, but that's different.
Quote from: Cain on February 25, 2014, 04:50:36 PM
Explaining what I do to new people is always so embarrassing. I had an induction session today, for my security guard gig. The discussion goes something like this:
"Are you going to be working full time then?"
"No, just two nights a week."
"Oh, why's that?"
"I'm a part-time student also."
"Cool, what are you studying?"
"Uh, well...terrorism".
"Ah....OK?"
"Are you doing anything else part time?"
"I occasionally write analysis of international politics for a shady private security firm no-one really knows much about."
"Oh...right".
I should just say I falsely claim dole money or something. It'd be easier.
Or, after the above, you should mutter something like, "worst. spy.
ever," then walk away.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 25, 2014, 05:00:10 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 25, 2014, 04:48:19 PM
You know, my life is pretty fucking stressful. Between work and home issues, etc, there's not a lot of tether left at the end of the day.
So when BDS informs me that "several people" at IRC, people I thought were friends, think Monad had "good points" but merely worded them badly, then all of a sudden Discordianism is now a stressor and not a stress-reliever. Now all I know is that "several people" at IRC think that the regulars, myself included, are the next fucking thing to Martin Bormann.
And I can't take any more fucking stress. I really can't.
So I'm thinking that maybe I should just leave Discordianism to the people who think the hot dog joke is still funny.
I'm pretty sure BDS was referring to the discussion about new forum software, not that we are all horrible people.
I mean, we are horrible people, but that's different.
Yeah, I can vouch for BDS geeking out over forum software.
He said:
QuoteI mostly just meant that there were several people on IRC who said things to the effect of "well, you kind of have a point, but your tone was absurd, and to post on PD telling everyone that they're doing it totally wrong is just trolling'.
About forum software. AND. AND.
QuoteLike, I think maybe there is an interesting discussion to be had somewhere about different kinds of forum software and different discordian communities and such, but obviously just going LOL UR DOIN IT RONG is a dick move.
Given the original context and subject of the thread whose sentiments several people agreed with, the bolded section isn't exactly the Voynich manuscript, if ya dig.
What I'm getting is that there are Discordians here, who don't seem to mind the shenanigans. And there are Discordians who were formerly here, that feel that myself and a few others ruin fucking everything.
And this is what Discordianism has come to mean to me over the last few years: What horrible shit I am responsible for THIS TIME. I doubt I am the only "culprit", but I do know that the stress levels in my life are affecting my health, and this shit suddenly isn't reducing those levels, but raising them.
Several people I liked and used to hang with have once again decided the same old same old. And I don't even know who they are.
Fuck this.
Train tickets have been booked.
Mother of God. Boston to Kansas City and back via Chicago. I must be crazy.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 25, 2014, 05:11:45 PM
He said:
QuoteI mostly just meant that there were several people on IRC who said things to the effect of "well, you kind of have a point, but your tone was absurd, and to post on PD telling everyone that they're doing it totally wrong is just trolling'.
About forum software. AND. AND.
QuoteLike, I think maybe there is an interesting discussion to be had somewhere about different kinds of forum software and different discordian communities and such, but obviously just going LOL UR DOIN IT RONG is a dick move.
Given the original context and subject of the thread whose sentiments several people agreed with, the bolded section isn't exactly the Voynich manuscript, if ya dig.
What I'm getting is that there are Discordians here, who don't seem to mind the shenanigans. And there are Discordians who were formerly here, that feel that myself and a few others ruin fucking everything.
And this is what Discordianism has come to mean to me over the last few years: What horrible shit I am responsible for THIS TIME. I doubt I am the only "culprit", but I do know that the stress levels in my life are affecting my health, and this shit suddenly isn't reducing those levels, but raising them.
Several people I liked and used to hang with have once again decided the same old same old. And I don't even know who they are.
Fuck this.
I haven't completely followed the monad thingy, all i know is: in my eyes you are not one of the culprits for the reduced activity of this forum. (That was the subject, right?) For me, at least, you are one of the main reasons I keep coming back here. (Even if i don't contribute as much as i think i should.)
The underlined bit is 5092% suck!
I hope your stresslevels reduce.
If you need a break you need a break. Especially if the stress is really fucking with you. But Discordia wouldn't be the same without you. At least I don't think it would be.
No, I don't need a break, but thanks.
What I needed was perspective. Rant to follow.
I read the "different discordian communities" part as BDS saying he was interested in other people's attempts to build their own Discordian internets.
But at the same time, I want to see butt peanuts flourish, so I'm just going to see where this conversation goes.
Quote from: Pæs on February 25, 2014, 08:22:40 PM
I read the "different discordian communities" part as BDS saying he was interested in other people's attempts to build their own Discordian internets.
But at the same time, I want to see butt peanuts flourish, so I'm just going to see where this conversation goes.
Dude, all I know is he did the "lots of people" bit ("several", in this case) which he then refused to clarify. Then, when I expressed dismay and discouragement in PM, he was basically like "SORRY TO HEAR THAT, HERE'S YOUR HAT". Stack that on top of the fact that he hasn't arsed himself to drop in for over a year, until this shit started...
...What fucking conclusion am I SUPPOSED to draw?
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 25, 2014, 08:25:24 PM
Quote from: Pæs on February 25, 2014, 08:22:40 PM
I read the "different discordian communities" part as BDS saying he was interested in other people's attempts to build their own Discordian internets.
But at the same time, I want to see butt peanuts flourish, so I'm just going to see where this conversation goes.
Dude, all I know is he did the "lots of people" bit ("several", in this case) which he then refused to clarify. Then, when I expressed dismay and discouragement in PM, he was basically like "SORRY TO HEAR THAT, HERE'S YOUR HAT". Stack that on top of the fact that he hasn't arsed himself to drop in for over a year, until this shit started...
...What fucking conclusion am I SUPPOSED to draw?
Yeah, it's probably more valid a reading of it than mine, which is based on just the text out of the context you've got. Prepare butt peanuts for suction!
Quote from: Pæs on February 25, 2014, 08:28:05 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 25, 2014, 08:25:24 PM
Quote from: Pæs on February 25, 2014, 08:22:40 PM
I read the "different discordian communities" part as BDS saying he was interested in other people's attempts to build their own Discordian internets.
But at the same time, I want to see butt peanuts flourish, so I'm just going to see where this conversation goes.
Dude, all I know is he did the "lots of people" bit ("several", in this case) which he then refused to clarify. Then, when I expressed dismay and discouragement in PM, he was basically like "SORRY TO HEAR THAT, HERE'S YOUR HAT". Stack that on top of the fact that he hasn't arsed himself to drop in for over a year, until this shit started...
...What fucking conclusion am I SUPPOSED to draw?
Yeah, it's probably more valid a reading of it than mine, which is based on just the text out of the context you've got. Prepare butt peanuts for suction!
Maybe. I'm just not really willing to extend the benefit of the doubt, given the "several people" comment.
Ugh, i hate the "lots of people agree with me that you are X" bit. It is double cowardice, first the accuser apparently needs a posse to feel tough enough to open his mouth and secondly once the mouth has opened it won't name names. IF YOU WEREN'T GOING TO NAME NAMES YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE MENTIONED THEIR OPINION AT ALL! Jeez, you can't retroactively start respecting your posse's privacy after you used their consensus to bolster your position. That is just a dick move against the accused as well as against your posse.
Quote from: :regret: on February 25, 2014, 08:35:07 PM
Ugh, i hate the "lots of people agree with me that you are X" bit. It is double cowardice, first the accuser apparently needs a posse to feel tough enough to open his mouth and secondly once the mouth has opened it won't name names. IF YOU WEREN'T GOING TO NAME NAMES YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE MENTIONED THEIR OPINION AT ALL! Jeez, you can't retroactively start respecting your posse's privacy after you used their consensus to bolster your position. That is just a dick move against the accused as well as against your posse.
Yep. In addition, it was designed to hurt...and it did.
But the hurt is over, replaced with a vast and malicious mirth, on top of a big steaming pile of apathy with respect to feelings of the people in question.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 25, 2014, 08:37:13 PM
Quote from: :regret: on February 25, 2014, 08:35:07 PM
Ugh, i hate the "lots of people agree with me that you are X" bit. It is double cowardice, first the accuser apparently needs a posse to feel tough enough to open his mouth and secondly once the mouth has opened it won't name names. IF YOU WEREN'T GOING TO NAME NAMES YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE MENTIONED THEIR OPINION AT ALL! Jeez, you can't retroactively start respecting your posse's privacy after you used their consensus to bolster your position. That is just a dick move against the accused as well as against your posse.
Yep. In addition, it was designed to hurt...and it did.
But the hurt is over, replaced with a vast and malicious mirth, on top of a big steaming pile of apathy with respect to feelings of the people in question.
I wish i knew the trick to that. I tend to get stuck in the
dirt hurt. I think i ran out of apathy at a certain point, I must've used it all up as a teen.
Quote from: :regret: on February 25, 2014, 08:39:50 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 25, 2014, 08:37:13 PM
Quote from: :regret: on February 25, 2014, 08:35:07 PM
Ugh, i hate the "lots of people agree with me that you are X" bit. It is double cowardice, first the accuser apparently needs a posse to feel tough enough to open his mouth and secondly once the mouth has opened it won't name names. IF YOU WEREN'T GOING TO NAME NAMES YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE MENTIONED THEIR OPINION AT ALL! Jeez, you can't retroactively start respecting your posse's privacy after you used their consensus to bolster your position. That is just a dick move against the accused as well as against your posse.
Yep. In addition, it was designed to hurt...and it did.
But the hurt is over, replaced with a vast and malicious mirth, on top of a big steaming pile of apathy with respect to feelings of the people in question.
I wish i knew the trick to that. I tend to get stuck in the dirt hurt. I think i ran out of apathy at a certain point, I must've used it all up as a teen.
I went to lunch with a colleague from across the road. We got laughing, and all the hurt drained away. All that was left was malice.
Also, a little admiration for the rotten shit BDS pulled, but this in no way excludes him from said malice.
Further discussion should probably be routed to Monad's thread.
Oh thank god, there's a sliding scale clinic that should help with 75-100% of the cost based on my income. Thanks fucking christ.
Quote from: Alty on February 25, 2014, 09:26:49 PM
Oh thank god, there's a sliding scale clinic that should help with 75-100% of the cost based on my income. Thanks fucking christ.
Excellent news!
Yeah, so part of my reaction today wasn't based on PD, it was based on work.
My boss, though I give him loads of shit, is someone I have respected for 7 years.
Today, though, he lost his shit when some parts were bad. Instead of waiting to see what happened, he went off about my guys "not being able to find their asses with two hands and a hunting dog."
Later, when the evidence overwhelmingly pointed at the vendor, he lacked the stones to apologize.
I no longer care about my job.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 26, 2014, 12:08:17 AM
Yeah, so part of my reaction today wasn't based on PD, it was based on work.
My boss, though I give him loads of shit, is someone I have respected for 7 years.
Today, though, he lost his shit when some parts were bad. Instead of waiting to see what happened, he went off about my guys "not being able to find their asses with two hands and a hunting dog."
Later, when the evidence overwhelmingly pointed at the vendor, he lacked the stones to apologize.
I no longer care about my job.
That is shit. It sucks that this happened. Clearly he got his head stuck somewhere it shouldn't be. Up his own ass or someone else's.
Wow. 13 guests viewing the board at once. Lot of bots and/or butt-hurtians out today.
TGRR, he may also be incredibly stressed. A gentle reminder that he wasn't cool when he did that to you could be in order, possibly.
If he's still being a tool, all bets are off.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 26, 2014, 12:17:11 AM
TGRR, he may also be incredibly stressed. A gentle reminder that he wasn't cool when he did that to you could be in order, possibly.
If he's still being a tool, all bets are off.
Nope. He knows better. I could see it on his face. He just lacked the strength to open his fucking gob and apologize.
Ugh.
That's wretched.
That sucks, Roger.
Yeah, well, job hunting now.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 25, 2014, 05:11:45 PM
He said:
QuoteI mostly just meant that there were several people on IRC who said things to the effect of "well, you kind of have a point, but your tone was absurd, and to post on PD telling everyone that they're doing it totally wrong is just trolling'.
About forum software. AND. AND.
QuoteLike, I think maybe there is an interesting discussion to be had somewhere about different kinds of forum software and different discordian communities and such, but obviously just going LOL UR DOIN IT RONG is a dick move.
Given the original context and subject of the thread whose sentiments several people agreed with, the bolded section isn't exactly the Voynich manuscript, if ya dig.
What I'm getting is that there are Discordians here, who don't seem to mind the shenanigans. And there are Discordians who were formerly here, that feel that myself and a few others ruin fucking everything.
And this is what Discordianism has come to mean to me over the last few years: What horrible shit I am responsible for THIS TIME. I doubt I am the only "culprit", but I do know that the stress levels in my life are affecting my health, and this shit suddenly isn't reducing those levels, but raising them.
Several people I liked and used to hang with have once again decided the same old same old. And I don't even know who they are.
Fuck this.
I'm not saying this to be flippant or dismissive, but why do you care what they think? I sure as fuck don't.
They can't take a joke. And you know how that line goes.
Quote from: Jet City Hustle on February 26, 2014, 12:31:24 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 25, 2014, 05:11:45 PM
He said:
QuoteI mostly just meant that there were several people on IRC who said things to the effect of "well, you kind of have a point, but your tone was absurd, and to post on PD telling everyone that they're doing it totally wrong is just trolling'.
About forum software. AND. AND.
QuoteLike, I think maybe there is an interesting discussion to be had somewhere about different kinds of forum software and different discordian communities and such, but obviously just going LOL UR DOIN IT RONG is a dick move.
Given the original context and subject of the thread whose sentiments several people agreed with, the bolded section isn't exactly the Voynich manuscript, if ya dig.
What I'm getting is that there are Discordians here, who don't seem to mind the shenanigans. And there are Discordians who were formerly here, that feel that myself and a few others ruin fucking everything.
And this is what Discordianism has come to mean to me over the last few years: What horrible shit I am responsible for THIS TIME. I doubt I am the only "culprit", but I do know that the stress levels in my life are affecting my health, and this shit suddenly isn't reducing those levels, but raising them.
Several people I liked and used to hang with have once again decided the same old same old. And I don't even know who they are.
Fuck this.
I'm not saying this to be flippant or dismissive, but why do you care what they think? I sure as fuck don't.
They can't take a joke. And you know how that line goes.
I was having a very bad day at work. I no longer care.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 25, 2014, 03:06:26 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 25, 2014, 02:51:22 PM
I can't say I wasn't expecting something like that, but I was not expecting the manufacturer to get into the mix.
I can't take much more of this failure and degradation.
You've got to get out of there.
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 25, 2014, 04:04:40 PM
"Jeff my good man, if you were so inclined, how would you fuck up a vehicle beyond all repair and have the problem remain undetectable?"
"I'm not sure Junkie, why ever would you ask?"
"Let's not concern ourselves with the details and focus on the problem at hand shall we?"
"Well if it were me, I'd drain the oil, run it until seizing and then refill the oil"
"Excellent. I would like you to do that very thing to that pickup over there"
"Why?"
"Let's not ask questions Jeff"
"OK, consider it done"
There are times, not many, but there are times when this job is nearly enjoyable.
:lol: Wow.
Quote from: Nigel on February 26, 2014, 12:34:31 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 25, 2014, 03:06:26 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 25, 2014, 02:51:22 PM
I can't say I wasn't expecting something like that, but I was not expecting the manufacturer to get into the mix.
I can't take much more of this failure and degradation.
You've got to get out of there.
Yeah, I do. Actively looking for another job as of today.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 25, 2014, 04:48:19 PM
You know, my life is pretty fucking stressful. Between work and home issues, etc, there's not a lot of tether left at the end of the day.
So when BDS informs me that "several people" at IRC, people I thought were friends, think Monad had "good points" but merely worded them badly, then all of a sudden Discordianism is now a stressor and not a stress-reliever. Now all I know is that "several people" at IRC think that the regulars, myself included, are the next fucking thing to Martin Bormann.
And I can't take any more fucking stress. I really can't.
So I'm thinking that maybe I should just leave Discordianism to the people who think the hot dog joke is still funny.
I'm going to be honest here, because I know you wouldn't have it any other way.
In my opinion, your stress level is clouding your reasoning, and you are blowing that comment out of proportion and engaging in an extreme version of black-and-white thinking.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 25, 2014, 05:00:10 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 25, 2014, 04:48:19 PM
You know, my life is pretty fucking stressful. Between work and home issues, etc, there's not a lot of tether left at the end of the day.
So when BDS informs me that "several people" at IRC, people I thought were friends, think Monad had "good points" but merely worded them badly, then all of a sudden Discordianism is now a stressor and not a stress-reliever. Now all I know is that "several people" at IRC think that the regulars, myself included, are the next fucking thing to Martin Bormann.
And I can't take any more fucking stress. I really can't.
So I'm thinking that maybe I should just leave Discordianism to the people who think the hot dog joke is still funny.
I'm pretty sure BDS was referring to the discussion about new forum software, not that we are all horrible people.
I mean, we are horrible people, but that's different.
Also this.
Quote from: Nigel on February 26, 2014, 12:37:26 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 25, 2014, 04:48:19 PM
You know, my life is pretty fucking stressful. Between work and home issues, etc, there's not a lot of tether left at the end of the day.
So when BDS informs me that "several people" at IRC, people I thought were friends, think Monad had "good points" but merely worded them badly, then all of a sudden Discordianism is now a stressor and not a stress-reliever. Now all I know is that "several people" at IRC think that the regulars, myself included, are the next fucking thing to Martin Bormann.
And I can't take any more fucking stress. I really can't.
So I'm thinking that maybe I should just leave Discordianism to the people who think the hot dog joke is still funny.
I'm going to be honest here, because I know you wouldn't have it any other way.
In my opinion, your stress level is clouding your reasoning, and you are blowing that comment out of proportion and engaging in an extreme version of black-and-white thinking.
Yeah, I mentioned that at the top of this page.
:lulz:
Quote from: :regret: on February 25, 2014, 08:35:07 PM
Ugh, i hate the "lots of people agree with me that you are X" bit. It is double cowardice, first the accuser apparently needs a posse to feel tough enough to open his mouth and secondly once the mouth has opened it won't name names. IF YOU WEREN'T GOING TO NAME NAMES YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE MENTIONED THEIR OPINION AT ALL! Jeez, you can't retroactively start respecting your posse's privacy after you used their consensus to bolster your position. That is just a dick move against the accused as well as against your posse.
"maybe there is an interesting discussion to be had somewhere about different discordian communities" is not exactly accusation.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 26, 2014, 12:39:31 AM
Quote from: Nigel on February 26, 2014, 12:37:26 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 25, 2014, 04:48:19 PM
You know, my life is pretty fucking stressful. Between work and home issues, etc, there's not a lot of tether left at the end of the day.
So when BDS informs me that "several people" at IRC, people I thought were friends, think Monad had "good points" but merely worded them badly, then all of a sudden Discordianism is now a stressor and not a stress-reliever. Now all I know is that "several people" at IRC think that the regulars, myself included, are the next fucking thing to Martin Bormann.
And I can't take any more fucking stress. I really can't.
So I'm thinking that maybe I should just leave Discordianism to the people who think the hot dog joke is still funny.
I'm going to be honest here, because I know you wouldn't have it any other way.
In my opinion, your stress level is clouding your reasoning, and you are blowing that comment out of proportion and engaging in an extreme version of black-and-white thinking.
Yeah, I mentioned that at the top of this page.
:lulz:
Ah, gotcha. I was reading from the oldest first, hadn't seen it yet.
Quote from: Nigel on February 26, 2014, 12:44:17 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 26, 2014, 12:39:31 AM
Quote from: Nigel on February 26, 2014, 12:37:26 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 25, 2014, 04:48:19 PM
You know, my life is pretty fucking stressful. Between work and home issues, etc, there's not a lot of tether left at the end of the day.
So when BDS informs me that "several people" at IRC, people I thought were friends, think Monad had "good points" but merely worded them badly, then all of a sudden Discordianism is now a stressor and not a stress-reliever. Now all I know is that "several people" at IRC think that the regulars, myself included, are the next fucking thing to Martin Bormann.
And I can't take any more fucking stress. I really can't.
So I'm thinking that maybe I should just leave Discordianism to the people who think the hot dog joke is still funny.
I'm going to be honest here, because I know you wouldn't have it any other way.
In my opinion, your stress level is clouding your reasoning, and you are blowing that comment out of proportion and engaging in an extreme version of black-and-white thinking.
Yeah, I mentioned that at the top of this page.
:lulz:
Ah, gotcha. I was reading from the oldest first, hadn't seen it yet.
Happens to the best of us. I usually read threads backwards, which is a pain in the ass ANYWHERE but HERE.
:lol:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 26, 2014, 12:45:26 AM
Quote from: Nigel on February 26, 2014, 12:44:17 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 26, 2014, 12:39:31 AM
Quote from: Nigel on February 26, 2014, 12:37:26 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 25, 2014, 04:48:19 PM
You know, my life is pretty fucking stressful. Between work and home issues, etc, there's not a lot of tether left at the end of the day.
So when BDS informs me that "several people" at IRC, people I thought were friends, think Monad had "good points" but merely worded them badly, then all of a sudden Discordianism is now a stressor and not a stress-reliever. Now all I know is that "several people" at IRC think that the regulars, myself included, are the next fucking thing to Martin Bormann.
And I can't take any more fucking stress. I really can't.
So I'm thinking that maybe I should just leave Discordianism to the people who think the hot dog joke is still funny.
I'm going to be honest here, because I know you wouldn't have it any other way.
In my opinion, your stress level is clouding your reasoning, and you are blowing that comment out of proportion and engaging in an extreme version of black-and-white thinking.
Yeah, I mentioned that at the top of this page.
:lulz:
Ah, gotcha. I was reading from the oldest first, hadn't seen it yet.
Happens to the best of us. I usually read threads backwards, which is a pain in the ass ANYWHERE but HERE.
:lol:
I read the whole thread, in case there's new information, but then I forget what I wanted to say to the older posts.
THESE CHRONOLOGICAL INCONVENIENCES WOULDN'T HAPPEN IF WE HAD AN IMAGEBOARD LIKE GONAD WANTED.
WONT SOMEONE THINK OF THE SOLUTIONS?
Quote from: Pæs on February 26, 2014, 12:51:05 AM
THESE CHRONOLOGICAL INCONVENIENCES WOULDN'T HAPPEN IF WE HAD AN IMAGEBOARD LIKE GONAD WANTED.
:lulz:
GONAD'S SOLUTION FOR DISCORDIA: THE FINAL SOLUTION.
In work related news, it looks like I'll move from 40 hour weeks to doing 25 - one full day and the rest arriving at ten, leaving at half two. So, for one, I have time to prepare delicious meals... but also can put more of a focus on picking up new web development tools and leveraging my resources to deliver solutions in that space.
God, too many strategy meetings today.
Went to my knitting/crochet website and looked at the new groups made. One was "Bitcoin for Crafters". "Everything the knitter and crocheter needs to know about bitcoins." HI-LAIR-E-OUS. There's one thread with three messages. The first one is from the person who made the group raving about how awesome bitcoin is. The other two are messages that say "Hey, did you know the bitcoin site went down?" "Yeah, I heard they went bankrupt."
Actually, has the "LOLBITCOIN" thread been updated with that Mt Gox failure??
Because. LOLBITCOIN.
Quote from: Pæs on February 26, 2014, 01:09:16 AM
In work related news, it looks like I'll move from 40 hour weeks to doing 25 - one full day and the rest arriving at ten, leaving at half two. So, for one, I have time to prepare delicious meals... but also can put more of a focus on picking up new web development tools and leveraging my resources to deliver solutions in that space.
God, too many strategy meetings today.
They cutting your benefits?
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 26, 2014, 01:26:52 AM
Quote from: Pæs on February 26, 2014, 01:09:16 AM
In work related news, it looks like I'll move from 40 hour weeks to doing 25 - one full day and the rest arriving at ten, leaving at half two. So, for one, I have time to prepare delicious meals... but also can put more of a focus on picking up new web development tools and leveraging my resources to deliver solutions in that space.
God, too many strategy meetings today.
They cutting your benefits?
Nah, we've agreed to trial the new hours by booking unpaid leave when I go home. They'll be locked in with a new contract which I'm still negotiating on.
Some assdouche in the Whole Foods parking lot parked their brand-new douchemobile so close to my car that I almost couldn't get in. They had an entire empty spot on their left, the lot was half empty, but they felt the need to ride the line and park 16 inches from my car.
Appropriate measures were taken.
Hypothetically, and not saying anything you relate DID happen, but what could have happened to that car?
Well, potentially there could have been some very long deep gauges in the paint all down one side and a glob of mucous in the door handle, hypothetically speaking of course.
Good thing that didn't actually happen for real because cars rust like a motherfucker in this climate.
That would be such a shame, what with a new car and instarust. If it had happened.
The sad thing is that if it had happened, the twit probably wouldn't have noticed for weeks.
Oh man I just washed my hands and it was so good. I don't know where the compulsion came from but when I was rinsing them off I just put more and more hand soap in them and kept working it into a fine, luxurious lather. Then added more hand soap, pump after pump of it. It had that scent like original Dial, which always reminds me of my memere's place because she was the only person that used it when I was a kid.
Weirdest fucking experience. Best hand wash of my life. :oops: :lulz:
A friend of mine, pretty much my only one in town ATM, tried to kill himself.
I'm feeling pretty overwhelmed myself. Gave notice to my landlord, have to hunt for a new place. And my Groupon is finally fucking over except a few stragglers.
Now to rebuild my business, hopefully. I remain optimistic, but I need to get out into the woods or something.
Thank christ for that cheap clinic, hopefully it comes out clear, but that thing on my back looks awfully un-mole like.
Fuck's sake, Alty, I'm sorry. I take it your friend came out of it alive, at least?
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on February 26, 2014, 02:34:41 AM
Oh man I just washed my hands and it was so good. I don't know where the compulsion came from but when I was rinsing them off I just put more and more hand soap in them and kept working it into a fine, luxurious lather. Then added more hand soap, pump after pump of it. It had that scent like original Dial, which always reminds me of my memere's place because she was the only person that used it when I was a kid.
Weirdest fucking experience. Best hand wash of my life. :oops: :lulz:
Did you go the whole way up your forearms?
Oh boy, when you get elbow-deep in lather... bliss. :fap:
Quote from: Pæs on February 26, 2014, 02:45:17 AM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on February 26, 2014, 02:34:41 AM
Oh man I just washed my hands and it was so good. I don't know where the compulsion came from but when I was rinsing them off I just put more and more hand soap in them and kept working it into a fine, luxurious lather. Then added more hand soap, pump after pump of it. It had that scent like original Dial, which always reminds me of my memere's place because she was the only person that used it when I was a kid.
Weirdest fucking experience. Best hand wash of my life. :oops: :lulz:
Did you go the whole way up your forearms?
Oh boy, when you get elbow-deep in lather... bliss. :fap:
I'm so doing that someday.
God yes.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on February 26, 2014, 02:40:20 AM
Fuck's sake, Alty, I'm sorry. I take it your friend came out of it alive, at least?
Yeah, he's under observation, I believe.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on February 26, 2014, 02:34:41 AM
Oh man I just washed my hands and it was so good. I don't know where the compulsion came from but when I was rinsing them off I just put more and more hand soap in them and kept working it into a fine, luxurious lather. Then added more hand soap, pump after pump of it. It had that scent like original Dial, which always reminds me of my memere's place because she was the only person that used it when I was a kid.
Weirdest fucking experience. Best hand wash of my life. :oops: :lulz:
That's mildly disturbing.
Quote from: Alty on February 26, 2014, 02:35:43 AM
A friend of mine, pretty much my only one in town ATM, tried to kill himself.
I'm feeling pretty overwhelmed myself. Gave notice to my landlord, have to hunt for a new place. And my Groupon is finally fucking over except a few stragglers.
Now to rebuild my business, hopefully. I remain optimistic, but I need to get out into the woods or something.
Thank christ for that cheap clinic, hopefully it comes out clear, but that thing on my back looks awfully un-mole like.
Crap!
Quote from: Pæs on February 26, 2014, 02:45:17 AM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on February 26, 2014, 02:34:41 AM
Oh man I just washed my hands and it was so good. I don't know where the compulsion came from but when I was rinsing them off I just put more and more hand soap in them and kept working it into a fine, luxurious lather. Then added more hand soap, pump after pump of it. It had that scent like original Dial, which always reminds me of my memere's place because she was the only person that used it when I was a kid.
Weirdest fucking experience. Best hand wash of my life. :oops: :lulz:
Did you go the whole way up your forearms?
Oh boy, when you get elbow-deep in lather... bliss. :fap:
I do forearms sometimes. Also, I wash my hands before going to the bathroom, as well as after.
Alty, damn. That's a lot to handle. You know we got you. We got you.
EoC... I must be honest. I fapped.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 26, 2014, 03:04:54 AM
Alty, damn. That's a lot to handle. You know we got you. We got you.
Thanks.
Quote from: Alty on February 26, 2014, 02:35:43 AM
A friend of mine, pretty much my only one in town ATM, tried to kill himself.
I'm feeling pretty overwhelmed myself. Gave notice to my landlord, have to hunt for a new place. And my Groupon is finally fucking over except a few stragglers.
Now to rebuild my business, hopefully. I remain optimistic, but I need to get out into the woods or something.
Thank christ for that cheap clinic, hopefully it comes out clear, but that thing on my back looks awfully un-mole like.
I hope the thing on your back and your business and finding a new/better place to live work out awesome. I don't know what to say about your friend except 'shit, shit, shit' and if 'you need something . . .' fuck, man.
Not good Alty. :/ We're here for you.
Speaking of sexy handwashings, I just authorized a 2lb shipment of lye to my house. Shit's about to be all SCIENCE over here!
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 25, 2014, 08:32:37 PM
Quote from: Pæs on February 25, 2014, 08:28:05 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 25, 2014, 08:25:24 PM
Quote from: Pæs on February 25, 2014, 08:22:40 PM
I read the "different discordian communities" part as BDS saying he was interested in other people's attempts to build their own Discordian internets.
But at the same time, I want to see butt peanuts flourish, so I'm just going to see where this conversation goes.
Dude, all I know is he did the "lots of people" bit ("several", in this case) which he then refused to clarify. Then, when I expressed dismay and discouragement in PM, he was basically like "SORRY TO HEAR THAT, HERE'S YOUR HAT". Stack that on top of the fact that he hasn't arsed himself to drop in for over a year, until this shit started...
...What fucking conclusion am I SUPPOSED to draw?
Yeah, it's probably more valid a reading of it than mine, which is based on just the text out of the context you've got. Prepare butt peanuts for suction!
Maybe. I'm just not really willing to extend the benefit of the doubt, given the "several people" comment.
I'm a bit behind on this, maybe out of purpose, but...
Really the worst things you can do in an argument is say this mysterious numinous group of people whose names I won't mention agree that certain mysterious, numinous group of people are making the experience not worthwhile.
God knows I've had some cock ups here and there but they've always been direct, and I've admitted fault where fault was to be admitted. And I've had butthurt too.
I think the messed up thing about it is that you're drafting a legion of nameless ghosts. If your ghosts won't stand with you, why are you letting them speak?
Hmmmm.
That's a bit of fodder there.
Quote from: :regret: on February 25, 2014, 08:35:07 PM
Ugh, i hate the "lots of people agree with me that you are X" bit. It is double cowardice, first the accuser apparently needs a posse to feel tough enough to open his mouth and secondly once the mouth has opened it won't name names. IF YOU WEREN'T GOING TO NAME NAMES YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE MENTIONED THEIR OPINION AT ALL! Jeez, you can't retroactively start respecting your posse's privacy after you used their consensus to bolster your position. That is just a dick move against the accused as well as against your posse.
And this is why I should have waited until the next comment since Regret put it well enough into what I was trying to say too.
Quote from: Alty on February 26, 2014, 02:35:43 AM
A friend of mine, pretty much my only one in town ATM, tried to kill himself.
I'm feeling pretty overwhelmed myself. Gave notice to my landlord, have to hunt for a new place. And my Groupon is finally fucking over except a few stragglers.
Now to rebuild my business, hopefully. I remain optimistic, but I need to get out into the woods or something.
Thank christ for that cheap clinic, hopefully it comes out clear, but that thing on my back looks awfully un-mole like.
Is he ok? You know, aside from the wanting to die bit.
I kinda feel like a moron, but:
Last night I crammed for my Microbiology exam.
Mind you, I was absent last class for Micro. Well, went to check my email mere minutes before I left and saw an email from Saturday what was expected for Micro today, which didn't include exam, but print out this part of the lab manual. My bad for missing class and not checking the email, but glad I ultimately did. Exam is next week now.
In Micro, we made slides of Staphylococcus epidermidis and E. coli.
I failed at S. epidermidis but succeeded at E. coli. And holy fuck, bacteria are small, even in a microscope. Under 1000x magnification.
Then I came home, ate, played STO and then went back to school (Tuesdays have Micro between 10:00 and 12:00-1:00ish. Gen Bio II starts at 6:00 pm, and I live one stop away on the subway from school, and truth be told, I don't think I will voluntarily work on a Tuesday for the rest of the semester, since I don't care for the extra transit plus lack of downtime). Then in Gen Bio II we went over more evolution/gene pool stuff and then began our F1 cross for fruit flies. (Child generation bred for the purpose of creating grandchild generation). That was more or less my day, other than my landlady informing me that she reinstalled the plug in the sink outside my room which I only use for late night drinking water purposes. With the standard bit of, "I know it's not you screwing this up but I have to tell everyone" deal.
On the bright side, I am now in outside of school contact with 4 classmates, one of which asked me if I wanted to help him with some botanical research over the summer. I said yes, of course.
Quote from: THE PHYTOPHTHORATIC HOLDER OF THE ADVANCED DEGREE on February 26, 2014, 06:16:38 AM
I kinda feel like a moron, but:
Last night I crammed for my Microbiology exam.
Mind you, I was absent last class for Micro. Well, went to check my email mere minutes before I left and saw an email from Saturday what was expected for Micro today, which didn't include exam, but print out this part of the lab manual. My bad for missing class and not checking the email, but glad I ultimately did. Exam is next week now.
In Micro, we made slides of Staphylococcus epidermidis and E. coli.
I failed at S. epidermidis but succeeded at E. coli. And holy fuck, bacteria are small, even in a microscope. Under 1000x magnification.
Then I came home, ate, played STO and then went back to school (Tuesdays have Micro between 10:00 and 12:00-1:00ish. Gen Bio II starts at 6:00 pm, and I live one stop away on the subway from school, and truth be told, I don't think I will voluntarily work on a Tuesday for the rest of the semester, since I don't care for the extra transit plus lack of downtime). Then in Gen Bio II we went over more evolution/gene pool stuff and then began our F1 cross for fruit flies. (Child generation bred for the purpose of creating grandchild generation). That was more or less my day, other than my landlady informing me that she reinstalled the plug in the sink outside my room which I only use for late night drinking water purposes. With the standard bit of, "I know it's not you screwing this up but I have to tell everyone" deal.
I took my 2nd Gen Bio midterm yesterday. That shit is all super awesome. It's like the Ochem of biology.
While I was taking my philosophy midterm, I got distracted by trolling TDS. :lol:
Quote from: Nigel on February 26, 2014, 12:42:38 AM
Quote from: :regret: on February 25, 2014, 08:35:07 PM
Ugh, i hate the "lots of people agree with me that you are X" bit. It is double cowardice, first the accuser apparently needs a posse to feel tough enough to open his mouth and secondly once the mouth has opened it won't name names. IF YOU WEREN'T GOING TO NAME NAMES YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE MENTIONED THEIR OPINION AT ALL! Jeez, you can't retroactively start respecting your posse's privacy after you used their consensus to bolster your position. That is just a dick move against the accused as well as against your posse.
"maybe there is an interesting discussion to be had somewhere about different discordian communities" is not exactly accusation.
I agree that is not an accusation.
I stand behind my statement about that particular behaviour, it is vile.
I do not know if that behaviour happened here so I am glad i didn't name anyone, now I don't have to take my words back.
My statement did retroactively became a non-sequitor :(
Quote from: Nigel on February 26, 2014, 06:51:02 AM
Quote from: THE PHYTOPHTHORATIC HOLDER OF THE ADVANCED DEGREE on February 26, 2014, 06:16:38 AM
I kinda feel like a moron, but:
Last night I crammed for my Microbiology exam.
Mind you, I was absent last class for Micro. Well, went to check my email mere minutes before I left and saw an email from Saturday what was expected for Micro today, which didn't include exam, but print out this part of the lab manual. My bad for missing class and not checking the email, but glad I ultimately did. Exam is next week now.
In Micro, we made slides of Staphylococcus epidermidis and E. coli.
I failed at S. epidermidis but succeeded at E. coli. And holy fuck, bacteria are small, even in a microscope. Under 1000x magnification.
Then I came home, ate, played STO and then went back to school (Tuesdays have Micro between 10:00 and 12:00-1:00ish. Gen Bio II starts at 6:00 pm, and I live one stop away on the subway from school, and truth be told, I don't think I will voluntarily work on a Tuesday for the rest of the semester, since I don't care for the extra transit plus lack of downtime). Then in Gen Bio II we went over more evolution/gene pool stuff and then began our F1 cross for fruit flies. (Child generation bred for the purpose of creating grandchild generation). That was more or less my day, other than my landlady informing me that she reinstalled the plug in the sink outside my room which I only use for late night drinking water purposes. With the standard bit of, "I know it's not you screwing this up but I have to tell everyone" deal.
I took my 2nd Gen Bio midterm yesterday. That shit is all super awesome. It's like the Ochem of biology.
Two of my classmates in Gen Bio II are from my Gen Bio I class, and we were joking around tonight. I remember mentioning that I'm the only person in the back row. We noted today that the three of us tend to answer questions posed more than the rest of the class. They both sit closer up and one of them said, "yeah, it's kinda like Team Kasili (our previous professor). We were joking about making up tee shirts that said "Go Kevin!" on the backs for an inside joke, you'd be certain to see it" (I managed to accidentally become That Guy in Gen Bio I)
I was simultaneously flattered and embarrassed.
Spags with good news - Good.
Spags with bad news - Sorry, that sucks.
I have a meeting in 20 minutes to discuss the company mission statement.
This is unlikely to end well.
"Knock shit down and get paid" is apparently an unacceptable mission statement.
"Get paid without having to lift a finger" is also unacceptable as a vision statement.
I still don't understand what is actually wrong with either.
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 26, 2014, 11:54:20 AM
"Knock shit down and get paid" is apparently an unacceptable mission statement.
"Get paid without having to lift a finger" is also unacceptable as a vision statement.
I still don't understand what is actually wrong with either.
"Become a deconstruction engineer."
"Management"
"Leave me alone to crack on in peace" was also not allowed as a vision statement.
Sorry to hear about the work issues Roger.
I can only suggest leaving, ASAP. I'm sure your position alone guarantees people will be looking to hire you, especially with your added experience. And the good thing about the energy industry is that it's global. You could go somewhere nice, like Denmark, or Libya or Ukraine or something.
How the fuck did I just get a pay rise?
Quote from: Junkenstein on February 26, 2014, 01:20:06 PM
How the fuck did I just get a pay rise?
Probably because you told them the fucking truth.
Ask Richter about the time he had his performance review hungover on Two Buck Chuck.
Quote from: Cain on February 26, 2014, 01:11:28 PM
Sorry to hear about the work issues Roger.
I can only suggest leaving, ASAP. I'm sure your position alone guarantees people will be looking to hire you, especially with your added experience. And the good thing about the energy industry is that it's global. You could go somewhere nice, like Denmark, or Libya or Ukraine or something.
I hear Iran is hiring like there's no tomorrow.
And Suu, :lulz: I will.
Joy. The team's getting audited. Guess who's been tagged to do the analysis?
My waking life is naught but spreadsheets.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 26, 2014, 03:41:33 PM
Joy. The team's getting audited. Guess who's been tagged to do the analysis?
My waking life is naught but spreadsheets.
Remember that you are a walking glitch.
Auditors exist on rules. It's what they breathe instead of air. Use that.
There's a very sick kid in RI. VERY sick, he's battling his 2nd round of leukemia, and it's not looking so hot without a bone marrow transplant. :(
His birthday is next week, and all he wants is a bunch of cards from his real-life heroes: first responders, firefighters, police, military, etc. This kid is in for the surprise of his life when he gets home next week and sees all the amazing packages from the around the world. They held a drive last night and got hundreds of blood and marrow donors. I'm getting in touch with his mother, and the husbandthing's submarine wants to do something for him. They're thinking of having a few of the guys go down and visit next week with some goodies, and then go and offer themselves to be marrow donors if they aren't already in the database.
So for you guys who want to contribute, here's the link:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/OfficialTylersTroops/
Tell me stories about the future here:
http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php/topic,36225.msg1330775.html#new
Because I need to know.
Well, it was fun unloading some brain damage, but I have to get back out into the field.
Quote from: :regret: on February 26, 2014, 07:09:09 AM
Quote from: Nigel on February 26, 2014, 12:42:38 AM
Quote from: :regret: on February 25, 2014, 08:35:07 PM
Ugh, i hate the "lots of people agree with me that you are X" bit. It is double cowardice, first the accuser apparently needs a posse to feel tough enough to open his mouth and secondly once the mouth has opened it won't name names. IF YOU WEREN'T GOING TO NAME NAMES YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE MENTIONED THEIR OPINION AT ALL! Jeez, you can't retroactively start respecting your posse's privacy after you used their consensus to bolster your position. That is just a dick move against the accused as well as against your posse.
"maybe there is an interesting discussion to be had somewhere about different discordian communities" is not exactly accusation.
I agree that is not an accusation.
I stand behind my statement about that particular behaviour, it is vile.
I do not know if that behaviour happened here so I am glad i didn't name anyone, now I don't have to take my words back.
My statement did retroactively became a non-sequitor :(
You are right, it's terrible behavior. It's just that it didn't happen in this case, and I felt like people were jumping on a "BDS is a shitheel" bandwagon over something he didn't even do.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 26, 2014, 04:55:31 PM
Well, it was fun unloading some brain damage, but I have to get back out into the field.
Have fun!
Quote from: Nigel on February 26, 2014, 05:00:54 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 26, 2014, 04:55:31 PM
Well, it was fun unloading some brain damage, but I have to get back out into the field.
Have fun!
Scratch that, the 50 ton crane isn't ready yet. I still have time to kill.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 26, 2014, 05:04:22 PM
Quote from: Nigel on February 26, 2014, 05:00:54 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 26, 2014, 04:55:31 PM
Well, it was fun unloading some brain damage, but I have to get back out into the field.
Have fun!
Scratch that, the 50 ton crane isn't ready yet. I still have time to kill.
Lord amighty!
This is my 10-hour day at school, I'm gearing up. I don't actually know what chapter I'm supposed have already read, at this point.
Quote from: Nigel on February 26, 2014, 05:06:09 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 26, 2014, 05:04:22 PM
Quote from: Nigel on February 26, 2014, 05:00:54 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 26, 2014, 04:55:31 PM
Well, it was fun unloading some brain damage, but I have to get back out into the field.
Have fun!
Scratch that, the 50 ton crane isn't ready yet. I still have time to kill.
Lord amighty!
This is my 10-hour day at school, I'm gearing up. I don't actually know what chapter I'm supposed have already read, at this point.
I wrote a little story about LMNO, the hero of the beach. :)
And my unsolicited advice is to overdo it on the coffee. That always helps me get though long days, and I'M JUST FINE.
My boss is being overly jovial. And still hasn't said shit about his behavior yesterday.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 26, 2014, 05:13:09 PM
Quote from: Nigel on February 26, 2014, 05:06:09 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 26, 2014, 05:04:22 PM
Quote from: Nigel on February 26, 2014, 05:00:54 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 26, 2014, 04:55:31 PM
Well, it was fun unloading some brain damage, but I have to get back out into the field.
Have fun!
Scratch that, the 50 ton crane isn't ready yet. I still have time to kill.
Lord amighty!
This is my 10-hour day at school, I'm gearing up. I don't actually know what chapter I'm supposed have already read, at this point.
I wrote a little story about LMNO, the hero of the beach. :)
And my unsolicited advice is to overdo it on the coffee. That always helps me get though long days, and I'M JUST FINE.
My boss is being overly jovial. And still hasn't said shit about his behavior yesterday.
I hate that even more than when people act awkward or even if they still act angry.
Sadly, I don't drink coffee, on account of premature atrial contractions.
Quote from: Nigel on February 26, 2014, 05:29:05 PM
Sadly, I don't drink coffee, on account of premature atrial contractions.
:sad:
I don't know what I'd do without my coffee.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 26, 2014, 05:32:18 PM
Quote from: Nigel on February 26, 2014, 05:29:05 PM
Sadly, I don't drink coffee, on account of premature atrial contractions.
:sad:
I don't know what I'd do without my coffee.
To tell the truth, I've never much liked it.
I have been having fun in the Discordian Society. It's interesting that the main players seem to come and go. Currently it's mostly full of weird anarchists and MRAs.
I wonder how gung ho RAW would be today about his misandry pieces, if he knew how many self-described Discordians are PUAs and MRAs.
Quote from: Nigel on February 26, 2014, 05:56:16 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 26, 2014, 05:32:18 PM
Quote from: Nigel on February 26, 2014, 05:29:05 PM
Sadly, I don't drink coffee, on account of premature atrial contractions.
:sad:
I don't know what I'd do without my coffee.
To tell the truth, I've never much liked it.
This is because you're EVIL and BAD and WRONG and probably one of THOSE PEOPLE.
Canadian, maybe.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 26, 2014, 06:20:06 PM
Quote from: Nigel on February 26, 2014, 05:56:16 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 26, 2014, 05:32:18 PM
Quote from: Nigel on February 26, 2014, 05:29:05 PM
Sadly, I don't drink coffee, on account of premature atrial contractions.
:sad:
I don't know what I'd do without my coffee.
To tell the truth, I've never much liked it.
This is because you're EVIL and BAD and WRONG and probably one of THOSE PEOPLE.
Canadian, maybe.
:lulz:
Quote from: Nigel on February 26, 2014, 06:22:23 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 26, 2014, 06:20:06 PM
Quote from: Nigel on February 26, 2014, 05:56:16 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 26, 2014, 05:32:18 PM
Quote from: Nigel on February 26, 2014, 05:29:05 PM
Sadly, I don't drink coffee, on account of premature atrial contractions.
:sad:
I don't know what I'd do without my coffee.
To tell the truth, I've never much liked it.
This is because you're EVIL and BAD and WRONG and probably one of THOSE PEOPLE.
Canadian, maybe.
:lulz:
Coffee is my medicine. It's good for me.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 26, 2014, 06:06:08 PM
I wonder how gung ho RAW would be today about his misandry pieces, if he knew how many self-described Discordians are PUAs and MRAs.
I find myself identifying as a Discordian less and less these days. Not in protest or anything, but because I got what I wanted from Discordianism and now it's actually something of a hindrance.
I don't mean the people; you spags are okay, for a bunch of fucking HOMINIDS. I mean the underlying concept. I mostly identify as "Roger" these days. He's a bastard and maybe he's a little more mellow than he was 11 years ago, but he's what I am. Sticking an ism on the end isn't in my best interest at the moment. But it IS in YOURs. Join Rogerism today. All the bile you can drink.
Will there be meetings?
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 26, 2014, 06:34:46 PM
Will there be meetings?
Yes. But not for you and I. THEY will have to attend meetings, and there will be NO CATERING. We shall nail the door shut on them and walk boldly forth into a better, cleaner world.
That sound promising. Please leave your literature by the door, and I'll get back to you.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 26, 2014, 06:36:49 PM
That sound promising. Please leave your literature by the door, and I'll get back to you.
Okay. I shall conceal it a 30 pound ball of poop, so the neighbors don't steal it.
I will not consider your offer unless there are peanuts in said poop ball.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 26, 2014, 06:39:43 PM
I will not consider your offer unless there are peanuts in said poop ball.
Sorry, shipping them all to Gonad.
Whats the cost of joining the First HolyTM Rogerist Congregation?
Three shows in Boston in a week with lots of fun people. Definitely helped break up the mid-winter blues, though my anxiety is still off the charts. People in Boston apparently don't see coats that light up all to often so all the extra attention was a bit strange for quiet ol' me. Lots of fun, but a full night's sleep tonight will also be nice.
Having spent most of the day thinking about it and doing the research, I have decided to use my research project in the best way possible - to piss in the US governments wheaties. I'm going to apply statistical science to certain claims and test them against control groups in hope of finding a significant and valid discrepancy....but there are so many fucking variables to account for.
I still think I can do this research project, it just means any claims made can be easily dismissed. Oh well.
That sounds pretty awesome, Cain.
Quote from: The Suu on February 26, 2014, 07:25:46 PM
Whats the cost of joining the First HolyTM Rogerist Congregation?
Nothing. You just gotta slap people when they ask you to do so.
They won't say it in so many words, of course. But you'll know. You'll know.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 26, 2014, 07:40:27 PM
That sounds pretty awesome, Cain.
It does, but in actuality it will be 5000 words of tedium, court records and applied statistics.
Because, y'know, academia. If you're having fun writing a report,
ur doin it rong.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 26, 2014, 07:41:23 PM
Quote from: The Suu on February 26, 2014, 07:25:46 PM
Whats the cost of joining the First HolyTM Rogerist Congregation?
Nothing. You just gotta slap people when they ask you to do so.
They won't say it in so many words, of course. But you'll know. You'll know.
SOLD! Sign me up!
Stupid customer asks something stupid question of the day:
"Hi, I know you only sew stuff, but since you do these things, do you know what gauge old chainmail was? Thanks."
I do "these things" but one of them isn't knitting steel. The husbandthing fights in a full chain set that he paid a lot of fucking money for, because it's a full flat wedge riveted set that is designed to take hits, Richter fought in chain for a while before also. This is some guy who's about to ask me if I make chainmail, and if I do, can I do it from aluminum rings you buy in the jewelry section at Joann's, because he doesn't want to pay the $500+ for a combat grade hauberk.
I'm letting this one stew for a bit, if he even gets an answer at all.
Quote from: The Suu on February 26, 2014, 07:52:54 PM
Stupid customer asks something stupid question of the day:
"Hi, I know you only sew stuff, but since you do these things, do you know what gauge old chainmail was? Thanks."
I do "these things" but one of them isn't knitting steel. The husbandthing fights in a full chain set that he paid a lot of fucking money for, because it's a full flat wedge riveted set that is designed to take hits, Richter fought in chain for a while before also. This is some guy who's about to ask me if I make chainmail, and if I do, can I do it from aluminum rings you buy in the jewelry section at Joann's, because he doesn't want to pay the $500+ for a combat grade hauberk.
I'm letting this one stew for a bit, if he even gets an answer at all.
See, this is what I was talking about.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 26, 2014, 07:53:27 PM
Quote from: The Suu on February 26, 2014, 07:52:54 PM
Stupid customer asks something stupid question of the day:
"Hi, I know you only sew stuff, but since you do these things, do you know what gauge old chainmail was? Thanks."
I do "these things" but one of them isn't knitting steel. The husbandthing fights in a full chain set that he paid a lot of fucking money for, because it's a full flat wedge riveted set that is designed to take hits, Richter fought in chain for a while before also. This is some guy who's about to ask me if I make chainmail, and if I do, can I do it from aluminum rings you buy in the jewelry section at Joann's, because he doesn't want to pay the $500+ for a combat grade hauberk.
I'm letting this one stew for a bit, if he even gets an answer at all.
See, this is what I was talking about.
I need to invent the internet slap, only rather than a slap, it's an electrical shock that passes through the keyboard or mouse of the intended victim just long enough to fry some capillaries and teach them a valuable fucking lesson.
Quote from: The Suu on February 26, 2014, 08:03:17 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 26, 2014, 07:53:27 PM
Quote from: The Suu on February 26, 2014, 07:52:54 PM
Stupid customer asks something stupid question of the day:
"Hi, I know you only sew stuff, but since you do these things, do you know what gauge old chainmail was? Thanks."
I do "these things" but one of them isn't knitting steel. The husbandthing fights in a full chain set that he paid a lot of fucking money for, because it's a full flat wedge riveted set that is designed to take hits, Richter fought in chain for a while before also. This is some guy who's about to ask me if I make chainmail, and if I do, can I do it from aluminum rings you buy in the jewelry section at Joann's, because he doesn't want to pay the $500+ for a combat grade hauberk.
I'm letting this one stew for a bit, if he even gets an answer at all.
See, this is what I was talking about.
I need to invent the internet slap, only rather than a slap, it's an electrical shock that passes through the keyboard or mouse of the intended victim just long enough to fry some capillaries and teach them a valuable fucking lesson.
Write some clickbait and link them to one of those pornsites that open 100+ windows with horrible porn at extreme volumes.
I'VE GOT OPTIMISM BLEEDING OUT MY ASSHOLE LIKE THE ELEVATOR IN THE SHINING.
FUCK YOU, ENTROPY, FEEL THE WRATH OF MY UNSTOPPABLE MEAT!
I JUST HAD ANOTHER ONE I WANTED TO SLAP. :crankey:
Goddamnit, It's like I've been FUCKING ENLIGHTENED.
Quote from: The Suu on February 26, 2014, 08:12:44 PM
I JUST HAD ANOTHER ONE I WANTED TO SLAP. :crankey:
Goddamnit, It's like I've been FUCKING ENLIGHTENED.
My work here is done.
Quote from: Alty on February 26, 2014, 08:09:59 PM
I'VE GOT OPTIMISM BLEEDING OUT MY ASSHOLE LIKE THE ELEVATOR IN THE SHINING.
FUCK YOU, ENTROPY, FEEL THE WRATH OF MY UNSTOPPABLE MEAT!
Stealing that.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 26, 2014, 08:14:08 PM
Quote from: Alty on February 26, 2014, 08:09:59 PM
I'VE GOT OPTIMISM BLEEDING OUT MY ASSHOLE LIKE THE ELEVATOR IN THE SHINING.
FUCK YOU, ENTROPY, FEEL THE WRATH OF MY UNSTOPPABLE MEAT!
Stealing that.
That's only fair, I've stolen plenty of yours, :lol:
Alty, it was a noble effort on DS2014, but of course, only Paul Pepper is going to bother to answer seriously.
Quote from: Cain on February 26, 2014, 09:50:07 PM
Alty, it was a noble effort on DS2014, but of course, only Paul Pepper is going to bother to answer seriously.
:lol:
Yeah. But, hey, at least this way my smug contempt is fully justified.
le sigh
My day is full of wasted effort apparently. Tried calling around to offer up cheap rental space, dildos all the way down. I shall focus instead on making enough money so I don't need to rent out at all and have a separate work room and office.
Quote from: Cain on February 26, 2014, 09:50:07 PM
Alty, it was a noble effort on DS2014, but of course, only Paul Pepper is going to bother to answer seriously.
I like that guy. Do we know him here, or is he strictly FB?
Shit stirring post=100+ views, comments to match.
Genuine attempt to gather feedback about actual effort=34 views, 20 comments, mostly from me and Roger.
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
Rare (for this time of year) beautiful sunny day here in the PNW. Took ECHGF and the dogs for a leisurely drive up Whidbey Island and over Deception Pass with a stop at Sweet D's Shrimp Shack for some fried oysters and jumbo prawns. Tonight we've got 2nd row seats for the Everett Silvertips game (minor league hockey, which is secretly the best sports thing to see in person) thanks to the company I work for which I may be about to abandon pending the contents of my inbox which contains a message from my old and possibly future boss, presumably telling me whether or not he is willing to pitch in for the cost of the move. I'm a little too nervous to actually check the message right now, given that it's got the potential to be seriously life-changing.
Haha, one of my renters just informed me she A. Cut two tendons on her finger and B. Does not have rent for the March.
HAHAHA. Why, in the name of fuck did I take over this lease? I am now awfully fucked for the near future. Proper fucked.
Ah, fuck all that, I am going to make this shit work or fail so gloriously it will be the stuff of legend.
Well, things just got real. Assuming I can get out of my lease here in a reasonable fashion it looks like I'm headed out to Maine sometime first week of April with a plan in place to fly back here mid-May to collect ECHGF, the dogs, and our stuff.
Grats, ECH! Good luck with it all.
Quote from: Jet City Hustle on February 27, 2014, 01:33:32 AM
Well, things just got real. Assuming I can get out of my lease here in a reasonable fashion it looks like I'm headed out to Maine sometime first week of April with a plan in place to fly back here mid-May to collect ECHGF, the dogs, and our stuff.
If your travel takes you through the Providence/Boston area, get the word out! And congrats.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on February 27, 2014, 01:54:07 AM
Quote from: Jet City Hustle on February 27, 2014, 01:33:32 AM
Well, things just got real. Assuming I can get out of my lease here in a reasonable fashion it looks like I'm headed out to Maine sometime first week of April with a plan in place to fly back here mid-May to collect ECHGF, the dogs, and our stuff.
If your travel takes you through the Providence/Boston area, get the word out! And congrats.
I'm pretty sure you have to come through Portsmouth, so welcome back to the hood!
Congratulations ECH!
That blows, Alty.
So, is anyone here a fan of 7th Sea?
Alty, that sucks ass.
ECH, congratulations!
I have just been laughing all god damned day.
Fuck being down about this. I can hear Eris fucking laughing, so I must be on the right god damned track.
FUCK YOU ENTROPY, FUCK YOU.
I had what is I think my second to last lab with the world's most ADD lab partner. I really just wish I could slip her a ritalin before lab starts. Trying to very, very patiently explain things to her and keep everything orderly while actually finishing my own lab work.
So if you know that m = -ΔH of vaporization/R, and you are given m and R, it should be pretty obvious that the -ΔH of vaporization = mR, right? At least, if you didn't have a pretty good idea of how that worked, after a term and a half of chemistry for science majors, you should, maybe?
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 26, 2014, 10:28:46 PM
Quote from: Cain on February 26, 2014, 09:50:07 PM
Alty, it was a noble effort on DS2014, but of course, only Paul Pepper is going to bother to answer seriously.
I like that guy. Do we know him here, or is he strictly FB?
I don't know, actually. I wouldnt be surprised to find he is here, under another name, but if not we should certainly rectify that. He's being wasted on those tards.
I finally remembered my login information.
I've been quietly lurking for the last half hour before I pass out
and fight /B/earman for the best blanket.
Quote from: /J/ewcat on February 27, 2014, 10:04:43 AM
I finally remembered my login information.
I've been quietly lurking for the last half hour before I pass out
and fight /B/earman for the best blanket.
BREAK HIM!
Quote from: Cain on February 27, 2014, 09:49:48 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 26, 2014, 10:28:46 PM
Quote from: Cain on February 26, 2014, 09:50:07 PM
Alty, it was a noble effort on DS2014, but of course, only Paul Pepper is going to bother to answer seriously.
I like that guy. Do we know him here, or is he strictly FB?
I don't know, actually. I wouldnt be surprised to find he is here, under another name, but if not we should certainly rectify that. He's being wasted on those tards.
Seriously, he really is.
Quote from: /J/ewcat on February 27, 2014, 10:04:43 AM
I finally remembered my login information.
I've been quietly lurking for the last half hour before I pass out
and fight /B/earman for the best blanket.
/J/ewcat! Yay!
Roger, you will probably be amused to know that I have been given a take-home midterm, so it is, effectively, midterms until Monday. After which, I assume, it will be midterms again.
I tried to take a field research class next term, because that has no midterms. Unfortunately, it conflicts with the perpetual-midterms class.
Quote from: Nigel on February 27, 2014, 02:53:29 PM
Roger, you will probably be amused to know that I have been given a take-home midterm, so it is, effectively, midterms until Monday. After which, I assume, it will be midterms again.
I tried to take a field research class next term, because that has no midterms. Unfortunately, it conflicts with the perpetual-midterms class.
I warned you, Nigel; your state is evil and wants to kill you. The collegiate system is no different.
My horrible past is "out" at work now. :lulz:
Through no doing of my own.
Because it's you, I must ask, "which part?"
There's so much to choose from!
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 27, 2014, 03:13:31 PM
Because it's you, I must ask, "which part?"
There's so much to choose from!
The mook thing.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 27, 2014, 03:01:12 PM
My horrible past is "out" at work now. :lulz:
Through no doing of my own.
Well I'm sure THAT won't help make Mike and Lily less terrified of you. :lulz:
I like how some members of the TDS14 already have me down as an authoritarian disallowing innovation.
I don't even have time for such a project, I'm just gathering opinions, which many seem unable to provide.
Quote from: Alty on February 27, 2014, 07:59:45 PM
I like how some members of the TDS14 already have me down as an authoritarian disallowing innovation.
I don't even have time for such a project, I'm just gathering opinions, which many seem unable to provide.
They're all fucktards.
My favorite thing to do is go in one month and convince them that I'm one type of _insert massive overgeneralization about my personality type here_ and then go back a few weeks later and convince a bunch of them that I'm a completely conflicting personality type. Rinse, repeat.
So, I have come to the conclusion that I hate yoga so, so much.
The only thing that gets me through the hour and a half sessions is focusing on all my hate.
Quote from: Nigel on February 27, 2014, 08:04:16 PM
The only thing that gets me through the hour and a half sessions is focusing on all my hate.
There is your problem right there.
The westernization of hatha yoga is a terrible thing.
I do 30 min MAX, usually 15-20 minutes.
Yoga =|= equal sweaty workout.
It is a method for preparing your body for a mental process. It should focus on body awareness, breath control, and a calm focused mind.
Sadly, it is most often a game of who can be a better contortionist.
People see yogis twisted up like a pretzel and think that is the ideal. Those guys spend their entire lives on that singular goal.
Quote from: Alty on February 27, 2014, 08:09:05 PM
Quote from: Nigel on February 27, 2014, 08:04:16 PM
The only thing that gets me through the hour and a half sessions is focusing on all my hate.
There is your problem right there.
The westernization of hatha yoga is a terrible thing.
I do 30 min MAX, usually 15-20 minutes.
Yoga =|= equal sweaty workout.
It is a method for preparing your body for a mental process. It should focus on body awareness, breath control, and a calm focused mind.
Alright then.
I won't be taking it next term, for a variety of reasons. One of which is that I should have access to the pool at PSU, so I'll be swimming instead.
Why did I write equal? Derp.
Quote from: Alty on February 27, 2014, 08:15:31 PM
Why did I write equal? Derp.
:lol: Didn't even notice until you pointed it out.
Quote from: Alty on February 27, 2014, 08:13:26 PM
Sadly, it is most often a game of who can be a better contortionist.
People see yogis twisted up like a pretzel and think that is the ideal. Those guys spend their entire lives on that singular goal.
Yeah, that seems to be the goal of every yoga teacher I've tried.
I have broad shoulders, short, muscular arms and torso, and my legs are disproportionately long, making many of the positions awkward if not impossible. I also have really, really strong cartilage and am not especially flexible, but also almost never have injuries from spraining or hyperflexing anything. I rarely pull muscles (I can't remember ever pulling one as an adult, actually). I have always wondered why people seem to have such a fixation on "increasing flexibility" and will tell me that yoga will make me more flexible, as if that's something I obviously want. I don't understand why I am supposed to want that? Meanwhile I know a couple of people who are extremely flexible who are always spraining and dislocating things. It doesn't seem like an advantage, to me.
Now, what I have gotten out of it is that many of the positions have improved muscle tone in seldom-worked areas, and I am usually pretty relaxed afterward. It's not quite the euphoria I get from an hour of swimming, but it's pretty nice.
What you encounter 99% of the time here in America is not yoga of any kind. It is one of the worst kinds of cultural appropriations I refer to as Super Fit Yoga.
A pox on them all.
Well, luckily I only have a few more weeks of it.
I do like what it's done to my ass and waistline, but, again, the pool is even better for that, and I love the way swimming opens up my shoulders.
I am procrastinating heading to the library to study. I have to write up another peer review and finish my fast plants worksheet II and apply for graduation and fill out an extra-credit worksheet. I don't wanna.
Quote from: Alty on February 27, 2014, 07:59:45 PM
I like how some members of the TDS14 already have me down as an authoritarian disallowing innovation.
I don't even have time for such a project, I'm just gathering opinions, which many seem unable to provide.
Well, to them, "innovation" doesn't seem to involve "doing something".
You mean they're Libertarians?
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 27, 2014, 09:29:01 PM
You mean they're Libertarians?
I think they think they are required to be, because they've read Illuminatus and they - as always - missed the really important part (ie, that Hagbard chose to appear as a libertarian because it was the opposite belief to that of the main character).
Fanboys are fanboys.
So I'm probably booking my ticket to Maine tomorrow morning. Apparently the possibility of me coming back to helm the kitchen there has set the town rumor mill ablaze, so I'm planning on having my boss tell everyone in town that the negotiations fell through and then showing up on April 1st.
I feel like I just won the world's longest-ever holdout for a raise. :lulz:
Congrats ECH! :D I like your plan. Guaranteed hilarity. :D
There are three different kinds of helicopters circling overhead. I may not have much time so I just wanted you all to know . . .
If I disappear . . . if all of Georgia to the North of Atlanta disappears, just know I regret none of the times I started babbling about aliens and their FBI stooges when the phone rang at work and no one was on the other end. I just figured the NSA needed some lulz, you know? And all the times I whispered terrorist buzzwords into my cellphone before going to bed at night was just a lark.
I didn't know it would end up like this. I didn't know this would turn into some sort of 'Welcome to Nightvale' episode with different organizations defined by the colors of helicopters circling overhead, endlessly droning around and around.
It was just for fun. Just for a laugh.
But there's someone knocking in the door right now and it can't be the religion peddlers because it's after dark and religion peddlers are afraid of the dark.
The helicopters are coming closer. It's almost like they're going to land on my roof.
I wonder if it's too late for a knock-knock joke.
Wedding ring shopping is weird when you have a weird engagement ring. I didn't seem to care as much around the first time, and bought titanium bands dirt cheap, but this time I actually want something a bit nice with a touch of sparkle. I have a small business jeweler I found on Etsy that's going to hook me up if one of her designs fit. I had to send her a mold of my ring. This is such a disgusting first world problem.
WHICH ONE OF YOU FUCKERS KILLED THE FORUM?
Monad, along with a crack team of elite retards, AKK, evil_daruk0, DeadKennedy, the Lamanite and Poptart are DDoSing the forums, in order to Show Us All.
I thought it was obvious.
They're awesome, those guys.
My cousin just messaged me on facebook after I shared today's xkcd to tell me that she and her sisters used to babysit Randall Munroe when he was a kid. Apparently he lived in my memere's neighborhood. Funny, that.
It never occurred to me, but these are basically directions to my memere's street:
(http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/i_dont_want_directions.png)
My computer definitely needs a graphic card and processor upgrade. I'm currently playing the newest iteration of the Thief franchise on the lowest graphic settings possible, and it still feels like my machine is straining.
On the plus side, it still does actually work. So it's already a step ahead of Titanfall.
Quote from: Cain on February 28, 2014, 09:00:53 PM
My computer definitely needs a graphic card and processor upgrade. I'm currently playing the newest iteration of the Thief franchise on the lowest graphic settings possible, and it still feels like my machine is straining.
On the plus side, it still does actually work. So it's already a step ahead of Titanfall.
You aren't able to run Titanfall, then? I'm curious about it; it looks interesting.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on February 28, 2014, 08:56:16 PM
It never occurred to me, but these are basically directions to my memere's street:
(http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/i_dont_want_directions.png)
Your Haverhill is showing. :lulz:
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on February 28, 2014, 09:08:26 PM
Quote from: Cain on February 28, 2014, 09:00:53 PM
My computer definitely needs a graphic card and processor upgrade. I'm currently playing the newest iteration of the Thief franchise on the lowest graphic settings possible, and it still feels like my machine is straining.
On the plus side, it still does actually work. So it's already a step ahead of Titanfall.
You aren't able to run Titanfall, then? I'm curious about it; it looks interesting.
Nah. I set the graphics as low as they can go, but it's hardcoded to play at 60FPS, and ideally 120FPS.
To be fair, this is two and half years old now. And a laptop. So it's doing pretty damn well considering. But I'd rather not buy a console, so it's off to the local computer guy, to see how much financial pain I'm in for.
Speaking of pain, the whiners at DS2014 are already complaining about PD being back up.
Houston Free Thinker update: Derrick has gone full retard. He's banning "leftists", and anyone who snarky like Cain.
The exiled have started the "Houston Critical Thinkers".
I suggest you lurk on alt accounts for the tears. Also they have named me your king. "Lufiel and the Discordians" sounds pretty good to me.
Huh. Never made a client throw up before.
Acheivement Unlocked?
Details?
Well, myofascial work can dump a lot of bad old shit stored up in your body. This one has fibromyalgia and is older.
They really, really liked the work, until they stood up.
Usually, you feel a bit woozy afterward. Dizzy.
This one is still heaving. I feel pretty terrible, but as thats just SSDD these days, meh?
I do feel terrible though.
Walked out bearfoot and puked in the parking lot.
Job's body, indeed.
I thought after living here for a week, I'd be able to find my house.
I WAS WRONG. The 2nd load of 20 boxes is now going into the garbage and everything is twice as messy as it was before. :argh!:
Navyguy is going on his 3rd 24 hour shift this week, and decided to catch the flu. The Navy's response to this is give him another flu shot (?!) and tell him to suck it the fuck up. Fortunately, I've had my shot and would have caught it by now considering the duration of his symptoms. He also found out that one of his chiefs is being a big fucking douchebag and trying to get him sent to another boat for a little ride for 3 months so he can keep his position for that much longer. Fortunately, Husbandthing has to agree to such a voluntary deployment, and his command is adamant about him taking over the douchechief's position this summer. Although I suppose being a submarine is the safest place to actually be during any deployment, I'm just not in a position to take over his finances or anything yet. The apartment complex is still in a tizzy over me moving in.
I mean, I make them drool all the time.
First puker though.
Weird, dude.
So I was tired tonight and bored and nothing was happening here, so I posted in TDS again.
:lol:
I don't understand. Is it just that there are so many people there that they can't remember from one day to the next what's going on and who is who? Is it that they're so high that they can't remember from one day to the next? All I know is that I can bust ABSOLUTELY ANY TROLL on them and they'll bite, every single time. It was like they have absolutely no memory of the fact that the Juggalette who is trolling them tonight is the cock-loving feminist who trolled them two nights ago.
My favorite is when someone accuses me of being a noob. :lol: Pretty sure I have period panties older than most of the members.
I was thinking of experimenting with gathering FB Discordians at the new site as well, but Jesus, then I go there and read some of those discussions.
Quote from: Alty on March 01, 2014, 03:23:49 AM
I mean, I make them drool all the time.
Happy drool or involuntary? :)
Quote from: Red on March 01, 2014, 07:31:58 AM
Quote from: Alty on March 01, 2014, 03:23:49 AM
I mean, I make them drool all the time.
Happy drool or involuntary? :)
A little bit of (A) a little bit of (B).
Quote from: Pæs on March 01, 2014, 06:25:18 AM
I was thinking of experimenting with gathering FB Discordians at the new site as well, but Jesus, then I go there and read some of those discussions.
Yeah, everyone deserves their own place to frolic in the sunshine.
And it would seem them's what have their place on teh FB belong exactly where they are at.
I am both pleased and disgusted by this.
Mostly pleased though. Mostly.
Quote from: /b/earman on February 28, 2014, 10:26:32 PM
Houston Free Thinker update: Derrick has gone full retard. He's banning "leftists", and anyone who snarky like Cain.
The exiled have started the "Houston Critical Thinkers".
I suggest you lurk on alt accounts for the tears. Also they have named me your king. "Lufiel and the Discordians" sounds pretty good to me.
LOL I was banned?
I hadn't even noticed. Given I was barely giving them the full treatment, just riffing off your stuff, I am kinda surprised. I was very mild.
Quote from: Cain on March 01, 2014, 11:11:05 AM
Quote from: /b/earman on February 28, 2014, 10:26:32 PM
Houston Free Thinker update: Derrick has gone full retard. He's banning "leftists", and anyone who snarky like Cain.
The exiled have started the "Houston Critical Thinkers".
I suggest you lurk on alt accounts for the tears. Also they have named me your king. "Lufiel and the Discordians" sounds pretty good to me.
LOL I was banned?
I hadn't even noticed. Given I was barely giving them the full treatment, just riffing off your stuff, I am kinda surprised. I was very mild.
The exile is amazing! Lots of amazing butthurt carried over to the Houston Critical Thinkers.
They banned me from making posts, but they couldn't stop me from making polls!
Quote from: Pæs on March 01, 2014, 06:25:18 AM
I was thinking of experimenting with gathering FB Discordians at the new site as well, but Jesus, then I go there and read some of those discussions.
You might be able to get some of the better ones to come on over and contribute.
Good day today. Parents came over and we did visiting while first going out for lunch and then looking at furniture.
Almost bought a sofa, but they guy said that the price on the tag wasn't the current price because the catalog changed. Don't know if they told husband the new price, but he decided it was best to wait after that.
There's to be gaming tonight, possibly a raid. I need to see if I can find a new weapon since my current is for someone about 10 levels below me.
One of my fellow students who reviewed my paper's first draft can't add and apparently doesn't know how to use a grading rubric sheet. The other one had some good feedback, unfortunately mixed in with some epically clueless feedback, such as telling me to reproduce the directions for streak plate technique from the lab manual rather than simply referencing the lab manual, and telling me that I should look up MLA formatting. My favorite was their advice not to use an article from last term as one of my references, having evidently slept right through the part of the lecture where the professor told us that if we can build on previous work that's a good idea. My second favorite was the advice to shorten my title to make it less specific, because it was long.
Um.
Sigh.
Quote from: Nigel on March 01, 2014, 11:26:56 PM
One of my fellow students who reviewed my paper's first draft can't add and apparently doesn't know how to use a grading rubric sheet. The other one had some good feedback, unfortunately mixed in with some epically clueless feedback, such as telling me to reproduce the directions for streak plate technique from the lab manual rather than simply referencing the lab manual, and telling me that I should look up MLA formatting. My favorite was their advice not to use an article from last term as one of my references, having evidently slept right through the part of the lecture where the professor told us that if we can build on previous work that's a good idea. My second favorite was the advice to shorten my title to make it less specific, because it was long.
Um.
Sigh.
So basically if you do the opposite of their suggestions, you're good?
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on March 02, 2014, 02:37:49 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 01, 2014, 11:26:56 PM
One of my fellow students who reviewed my paper's first draft can't add and apparently doesn't know how to use a grading rubric sheet. The other one had some good feedback, unfortunately mixed in with some epically clueless feedback, such as telling me to reproduce the directions for streak plate technique from the lab manual rather than simply referencing the lab manual, and telling me that I should look up MLA formatting. My favorite was their advice not to use an article from last term as one of my references, having evidently slept right through the part of the lecture where the professor told us that if we can build on previous work that's a good idea. My second favorite was the advice to shorten my title to make it less specific, because it was long.
Um.
Sigh.
So basically if you do the opposite of their suggestions, you're good?
Yeah.
I got 98% on my last bio paper, so I'm inclined to just ignore everything both of them said. Although there were two really good observations: One, that I forgot to title my graph, and two, that I gave a measurement for the sole bacterial colony that grew in the culture from the fill spout, but not for the bacterial colony that grew from my comparative cultures, and I need to clarify my reasoning for not giving measurements for the others (which was because they were abundant and overlapping in a wide variety of sizes).
The one reviewer who was very critical of my draft and suggested I look up MLA formatting (for a scientific paper!) didn't know what [citation needed] meant.
He also said that my paper read "too much like an essay".
I don't even know what that MEANS, in this context. It was readable and coherent, and didn't come across as a dry, unreadable, jargon-filled pile of poorly-written crap? Yeah, that's what I was going for.
I think the poor soul thinks that scientific papers are SUPPOSED to be horrible to read, and that's not merely a result of poor writing skills on the part of most researchers.
I bet it's the guy who had three pages of citations for a 7-page paper about spoiled milk.
Quote from: Nigel on March 02, 2014, 04:25:57 AM
I bet it's the guy who had three pages of citations for a 7-page paper about spoiled milk.
Why are the most inept always the most helpful?
Guess I sort of answered my own question.
God danned feedback loops,
Ia m drunk and more relaxed, not that it's relevant or important.
I am also a member of a writing project that is projected to be published. Been that way a while. I'm producing well, and I had bullshit drama that reduced time I had to turn shit in. So thatt's cool.
I miss posting here and I suck at knowing how interacting works anymore. I forgot how to on the internet. My intermittent posting here in Open Bar is an attempt at trying to make contact again. It is clearly failing, but some feedback would be nice so I can learn again.
Quote from: Freeky Queen of DERP on March 02, 2014, 08:15:01 AM
Ia m drunk and more relaxed, not that it's relevant or important.
I am also a member of a writing project that is projected to be published. Been that way a while. I'm producing well, and I had bullshit drama that reduced time I had to turn shit in. So thatt's cool.
I miss posting here and I suck at knowing how interacting works anymore. I forgot how to on the internet. My intermittent posting here in Open Bar is an attempt at trying to make contact again. It is clearly failing, but some feedback would be nice so I can learn again.
Welcome back. It's ok- I'm just getting used to this place so you're in fine company. I suggest just posting and replying and asking/answering questions. I find the hard part is remembering to come back and say things. I can get really distracted sometimes.
What are you writing?
I enjoy writing but don't know how to get into it professionally outside of the freelance ghostwriting I've been doing. The main issue with ghostwriting is I can't claim any of it which makes it kind of hard to get into other writing positions.
Nothing much was going on tonight, so one of my friends suggested a cocktail party in their apartment. It seemed a half-asses affair, so I brought a whole-assed selection of cocktails.
In summary, much whiskey was had, and then I found myself in bed next to a gently snoring Mrs LMNO, watching Battlestar Galactica for the past four hours.
Finally a motherfucking break. I live with a couple, both of whom are super cool. One of them has a coworker (quiet, gamer type) who is looking for a place.
This makes the $1500 a month place that is a 2 minute walk from my office totally doable, bringing my rent to a very possible $375 a month.
Dear christ I hope this all works out.
I have been very seriously considering living in a van. Which, if I didn't have a kid would be totally cool, fun even.
Believe it or not, I lived in a van (down by the river!) when I was in my 20s. It really taught me the incredible benefits of indoor plumbing and potable water.
Ah, remember when SNL lines were timeless and hilarious?
It looks like I spoke to soon!
My housemates, who are by and large wonderful people, had their third drunken screaming match/breakup in as many months. That's too much of a trend for this guy.
So it's back to Plan V! I am looking at a cargo van that will have good bedding (no hammock :cry:), a sink, insulation, ventilation, and a portable toilet.
During this summer before The Boy starts school we will be spending Sunday-Tuesday out in the Alaskan wilderness, exploring. W-Saturday I will be stealthing it in town, or go just outside of town, or chill at Walmart or at my office.
I actually have wanted to do this for years. Here's hoping my luck turns around and the van I buy lasts the summer!
KIND OF DOUBT IT! :lulz:
I was supposed to be meeting up with The Guy about, oh, two and half hours ago for breakfast before he leaves town.
*cricket song*
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
So first they take my Spanish atmosphere blue, and now they switch the German flame blue a full shade darker, and nobody tells me nothing. Clearly, it's a conspiracy :argh!:
Will start uploading Youtube stuff again tomorrow. Got another poll for DAO coming up, as well as three episodes of Dishonored...once I render and split them properly
Quote from: Alty on March 02, 2014, 09:53:32 AM
Finally a motherfucking break. I live with a couple, both of whom are super cool. One of them has a coworker (quiet, gamer type) who is looking for a place.
This makes the $1500 a month place that is a 2 minute walk from my office totally doable, bringing my rent to a very possible $375 a month.
Dear christ I hope this all works out.
Wowwwww $375!!! That would be awesome!
Quote from: Alty on March 02, 2014, 06:19:07 PM
Ah, remember when SNL lines were timeless and hilarious?
It looks like I spoke to soon!
My housemates, who are by and large wonderful people, had their third drunken screaming match/breakup in as many months. That's too much of a trend for this guy.
So it's back to Plan V! I am looking at a cargo van that will have good bedding (no hammock :cry:), a sink, insulation, ventilation, and a portable toilet.
During this summer before The Boy starts school we will be spending Sunday-Tuesday out in the Alaskan wilderness, exploring. W-Saturday I will be stealthing it in town, or go just outside of town, or chill at Walmart or at my office.
I actually have wanted to do this for years. Here's hoping my luck turns around and the van I buy lasts the summer!
KIND OF DOUBT IT! :lulz:
Aw, man. :(
Quote from: Alty on March 02, 2014, 06:25:34 PM
I was supposed to be meeting up with The Guy about, oh, two and half hours ago for breakfast before he leaves town.
*cricket song*
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
Gotta love that. I've been just ignoring all OKC guys, they're all either sleazy or flaky.
Quote from: Nigel on March 02, 2014, 07:25:10 PM
Quote from: Alty on March 02, 2014, 06:19:07 PM
Ah, remember when SNL lines were timeless and hilarious?
It looks like I spoke to soon!
My housemates, who are by and large wonderful people, had their third drunken screaming match/breakup in as many months. That's too much of a trend for this guy.
So it's back to Plan V! I am looking at a cargo van that will have good bedding (no hammock :cry:), a sink, insulation, ventilation, and a portable toilet.
During this summer before The Boy starts school we will be spending Sunday-Tuesday out in the Alaskan wilderness, exploring. W-Saturday I will be stealthing it in town, or go just outside of town, or chill at Walmart or at my office.
I actually have wanted to do this for years. Here's hoping my luck turns around and the van I buy lasts the summer!
KIND OF DOUBT IT! :lulz:
Aw, man. :(
So it goes. At least I didn't sign a year lease with them.
Quote from: Nigel on March 02, 2014, 07:25:47 PM
Quote from: Alty on March 02, 2014, 06:25:34 PM
I was supposed to be meeting up with The Guy about, oh, two and half hours ago for breakfast before he leaves town.
*cricket song*
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
Gotta love that. I've been just ignoring all OKC guys, they're all either sleazy or flaky.
That's it for me for men period, for the forseeable future. I was scared maybe I was avoiding them because of repressed sexual desire. I have now proven beyond doubt that it is my inability to find any of quality. I can deal with that.
"They all got wasted and he had to play babysitter." He's "SO sorry."
:roll:
Quote from: Red on March 02, 2014, 08:21:07 AM
Quote from: Freeky Queen of DERP on March 02, 2014, 08:15:01 AM
Ia m drunk and more relaxed, not that it's relevant or important.
I am also a member of a writing project that is projected to be published. Been that way a while. I'm producing well, and I had bullshit drama that reduced time I had to turn shit in. So thatt's cool.
I miss posting here and I suck at knowing how interacting works anymore. I forgot how to on the internet. My intermittent posting here in Open Bar is an attempt at trying to make contact again. It is clearly failing, but some feedback would be nice so I can learn again.
Welcome back. It's ok- I'm just getting used to this place so you're in fine company. I suggest just posting and replying and asking/answering questions. I find the hard part is remembering to come back and say things. I can get really distracted sometimes.
What are you writing?
I enjoy writing but don't know how to get into it professionally outside of the freelance ghostwriting I've been doing. The main issue with ghostwriting is I can't claim any of it which makes it kind of hard to get into other writing positions.
I'm writing bits of a role-playing game. I don't want to get too into it and jinx the project. I am learning that many writers are either flaky or drama queens. I know which category I'm in! :lulz:
Quote from: Alty on March 02, 2014, 06:19:07 PM
So it's back to Plan V! I am looking at a cargo van that will have good bedding (no hammock :cry:), a sink, insulation, ventilation, and a portable toilet.
I actually have wanted to do this for years. Here's hoping my luck turns around and the van I buy lasts the summer!
Good luck! I have thought about buying a bus or maybe a hearse and retrofitting it into someplace cool to live even if for just a little while. The hearse would be more for touring, not living, due to tiny space. I didn't think about the idea of a cargo truck, but if it's insulated back there it would probably be cozy.
There's something alluring about the idea of living simply sometimes. Being able to pick up and go anywhere is also an awesome thing! Maybe I'll get around to it some day.
Have you started looking into RV parks or other places where you can get an electric hookup/water yet?
Quote from: Freeky Queen of DERP on March 02, 2014, 08:18:57 PM
Quote from: Red on March 02, 2014, 08:21:07 AM
What are you writing?
I enjoy writing but don't know how to get into it professionally outside of the freelance ghostwriting I've been doing. The main issue with ghostwriting is I can't claim any of it which makes it kind of hard to get into other writing positions.
I'm writing bits of a role-playing game. I don't want to get too into it and jinx the project. I am learning that many writers are either flaky or drama queens. I know which category I'm in! :lulz:
Awww... good luck. Hopefully you'll get credited. Those joined RPG projects can get messy sometimes. Just look at what happened with D&D's early days. DRAAAMAAAAA! :lulz:
Worst I've done is make my own campaigns. I used to love DMing, but my group has moved away so it sort of sucks. I need to make more nerd friends so we can go nerd it up.
Quote from: Cain on March 02, 2014, 07:23:25 PM
Will start uploading Youtube stuff again tomorrow. Got another poll for DAO coming up, as well as three episodes of Dishonored...once I render and split them properly
Sweet. They are hypnotic. The Boy likes them too, but I keep him away from the blood.
I'll be watching Dishonored and his eyes will go wide with delight says, "What's that?"
"Uh, it's a video game movie. You can't watch it."
Quote from: Red on March 02, 2014, 11:06:24 PM
Quote from: Alty on March 02, 2014, 06:19:07 PM
So it's back to Plan V! I am looking at a cargo van that will have good bedding (no hammock :cry:), a sink, insulation, ventilation, and a portable toilet.
I actually have wanted to do this for years. Here's hoping my luck turns around and the van I buy lasts the summer!
Good luck! I have thought about buying a bus or maybe a hearse and retrofitting it into someplace cool to live even if for just a little while. The hearse would be more for touring, not living, due to tiny space. I didn't think about the idea of a cargo truck, but if it's insulated back there it would probably be cozy.
There's something alluring about the idea of living simply sometimes. Being able to pick up and go anywhere is also an awesome thing! Maybe I'll get around to it some day.
Have you started looking into RV parks or other places where you can get an electric hookup/water yet?
I got a book today, as well as one on BEAR ATTACKS and how to avoid them. I don't think I will need a water hookup. Just a big jug and a grey water bucket under a milkcrate sink. lol. It would be nice to get some good LiFePO4 batteries, but that will take time.
For a while it will be much like a rustic cabin.
I looked into a suburban for about two seconds. Just way too small and still gas hogs.
Quote from: Freeky Queen of DERP on March 02, 2014, 08:15:01 AM
Ia m drunk and more relaxed, not that it's relevant or important.
I am also a member of a writing project that is projected to be published. Been that way a while. I'm producing well, and I had bullshit drama that reduced time I had to turn shit in. So thatt's cool.
I miss posting here and I suck at knowing how interacting works anymore. I forgot how to on the internet. My intermittent posting here in Open Bar is an attempt at trying to make contact again. It is clearly failing, but some feedback would be nice so I can learn again.
I think the solid gold standard of PD.com is you give and give and give and then you just keep giving. And then give some more. Then stop and pull your hair out and keep giving.
Give and give and explode and hate and give?
Chicken & Kimchi pizza.
My stomach is ablaze with love. For you. For all of you.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 03, 2014, 02:49:45 AM
Chicken & Kimchi pizza.
My stomach is ablaze with love. For you. For all of you.
:fap: :fap: :fap:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 03, 2014, 02:49:45 AM
Chicken & Kimchi pizza.
My stomach is ablaze with love. For you. For all of you.
:aaa: :aaa: :aaa:
I am about at the end of my rope.
I'm going to keep on pushing, but I am seriously just a tiny bobbing float in a sea of meltdown. No details just now, but seriously, everything is all fucked up and I can't deal with other people anymore.
Quote from: Nigel on March 03, 2014, 03:26:37 AM
I am about at the end of my rope.
I'm going to keep on pushing, but I am seriously just a tiny bobbing float in a sea of meltdown. No details just now, but seriously, everything is all fucked up and I can't deal with other people anymore.
hug
Quote from: Nigel on March 03, 2014, 03:26:37 AM
I am about at the end of my rope.
I'm going to keep on pushing, but I am seriously just a tiny bobbing float in a sea of meltdown. No details just now, but seriously, everything is all fucked up and I can't deal with other people anymore.
Turn their faces into glass!
Seriously though, many hugs.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on March 03, 2014, 04:23:49 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 03, 2014, 03:26:37 AM
I am about at the end of my rope.
I'm going to keep on pushing, but I am seriously just a tiny bobbing float in a sea of meltdown. No details just now, but seriously, everything is all fucked up and I can't deal with other people anymore.
hug
more hugs. and a chainsaw.
Thanks, guys!
I told my ex that it seems impossible to stay on top of everything when I'm so busy with school and he said "Maybe that's the universe's way of telling you something".
Awesome.
Quote from: Nigel on March 03, 2014, 05:59:43 AM
Thanks, guys!
I told my ex that it seems impossible to stay on top of everything when I'm so busy with school and he said "Maybe that's the universe's way of telling you something".
Awesome.
:facepalm:
You know, I really wanted to lay into that guy for that "culturally black" shit. I should have. The next time I am down there I will avail myself at the first opporunity.
Quote from: Alty on March 03, 2014, 06:06:16 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 03, 2014, 05:59:43 AM
Thanks, guys!
I told my ex that it seems impossible to stay on top of everything when I'm so busy with school and he said "Maybe that's the universe's way of telling you something".
Awesome.
:facepalm:
You know, I really wanted to lay into that guy for that "culturally black" shit. I should have. The next time I am down there I will avail myself at the first opporunity.
Holy shit, please do.
Yeah, the universe is telling you not to waste your time on assholes when you have better things to do.
This is the kind of comment that gets "Fuck you. Sincerely, the universe" keyed into the hood of your car.
Quote from: Alty on March 03, 2014, 01:24:52 AM
Quote from: Cain on March 02, 2014, 07:23:25 PM
Will start uploading Youtube stuff again tomorrow. Got another poll for DAO coming up, as well as three episodes of Dishonored...once I render and split them properly
Sweet. They are hypnotic. The Boy likes them too, but I keep him away from the blood.
I'll be watching Dishonored and his eyes will go wide with delight says, "What's that?"
"Uh, it's a video game movie. You can't watch it."
Yeah, it's definitely not kid friendly. Probably not even with the "pacifist" route, and even moreso with the DLC.
As an aside, I got my first flamer in my comments today. He was complaining that I talk too much instead of playing the game or something. It was a big wall of text, so I just told him he was free to fuck off, and to stop crying so much.
Quote from: Nigel on March 03, 2014, 05:59:43 AM
Thanks, guys!
I told my ex that it seems impossible to stay on top of everything when I'm so busy with school and he said "Maybe that's the universe's way of telling you something".
Awesome.
[Holy Man™]
He is correct. The universe is telling you to kick him IN THA NADS. Kick those shriveled up little bastards up around his fucking ears and let 'em hang like horribly broken Christmas decorations.
[/Holy Man™]
Quote from: Nigel on March 03, 2014, 03:26:37 AM
I am about at the end of my rope.
I'm going to keep on pushing, but I am seriously just a tiny bobbing float in a sea of meltdown. No details just now, but seriously, everything is all fucked up and I can't deal with other people anymore.
:sad:
Lose your shit, Nigel. Someone, right now, is begging for excarnation. Sounds like maybe your ex.
Quote from: Nigel on March 03, 2014, 03:22:38 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 03, 2014, 02:49:45 AM
Chicken & Kimchi pizza.
My stomach is ablaze with love. For you. For all of you.
:aaa: :aaa: :aaa:
I was kind of surprised how much I like it, given, you know,
kimchi.
AND NOW ALL THE KOREAN GIRLS ARE LIKE "THAT'S A COLD-ASS HONKEY!"
:hammer:
I've got something to spew today.
Right after the morning meeting. So, in about 45 minutes or so.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 03, 2014, 12:33:44 PM
Quote from: Nigel on March 03, 2014, 03:22:38 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 03, 2014, 02:49:45 AM
Chicken & Kimchi pizza.
My stomach is ablaze with love. For you. For all of you.
:aaa: :aaa: :aaa:
I was kind of surprised how much I like it, given, you know, kimchi.
AND NOW ALL THE KOREAN GIRLS ARE LIKE "THAT'S A COLD-ASS HONKEY!"
:hammer:
:lulz:
Kimchi is kind of the bomb-diggity. I've been making my own the last couple of years and what's kind of surprising is how insanely easy it is to make. It's also SERIOUSLY good for your digestive system and seems to have substantial other health effects. Do recommend!
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 03, 2014, 12:31:15 PM
Quote from: Nigel on March 03, 2014, 05:59:43 AM
Thanks, guys!
I told my ex that it seems impossible to stay on top of everything when I'm so busy with school and he said "Maybe that's the universe's way of telling you something".
Awesome.
[Holy Man™]
He is correct. The universe is telling you to kick him IN THA NADS. Kick those shriveled up little bastards up around his fucking ears and let 'em hang like horribly broken Christmas decorations.
[/Holy Man™]
I probably don't need to mention that this is the guy who blew $200k and then moved into a studio apartment where he couldn't have the kids half time anymore, but also doesn't pay child support.
MAYBE THIS IS THE UNIVERSE'S WAY OF TELLING HIM SOMETHING, WHICH IS THAT HE'S A SACK OF SHIT.
Oh, oh, OH, also this is the THIRD time he's tried to sabotage my education. When we were married (during which time I worked through both pregnancies, the second one IN A GLASS FACTORY) I wanted to go back to school, and the week I got my placement testing he out of the blue quit his job and enrolled in school without telling me, leaving me holding the bag for all the bills. The second time I tried to go back to school, he had a tantrum and said he was leaving me, to which I wisely replied "GOOD".
I seriously think he's doing this shit on purpose. I don't know why, but I think he is.
Quote from: Nigel on March 03, 2014, 02:29:12 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 03, 2014, 12:33:44 PM
Quote from: Nigel on March 03, 2014, 03:22:38 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 03, 2014, 02:49:45 AM
Chicken & Kimchi pizza.
My stomach is ablaze with love. For you. For all of you.
:aaa: :aaa: :aaa:
I was kind of surprised how much I like it, given, you know, kimchi.
AND NOW ALL THE KOREAN GIRLS ARE LIKE "THAT'S A COLD-ASS HONKEY!"
:hammer:
:lulz:
Kimchi is kind of the bomb-diggity. I've been making my own the last couple of years and what's kind of surprising is how insanely easy it is to make. It's also SERIOUSLY good for your digestive system and seems to have substantial other health effects. Do recommend!
Well, this isn't real kimchi, because you aren't allowed to sell real kimchi in the United States.
It's pickled instead of rotten. So it's super-spicy, rather than half-fermented and somewhat spicy.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on March 03, 2014, 06:44:28 AM
Yeah, the universe is telling you not to waste your time on assholes when you have better things to do.
Unfortunately, three of the assholes are my children.
Quote from: Nigel on March 03, 2014, 02:35:44 PM
Oh, oh, OH, also this is the THIRD time he's tried to sabotage my education. When we were married (during which time I worked through both pregnancies, the second one IN A GLASS FACTORY) I wanted to go back to school, and the week I got my placement testing he out of the blue quit his job and enrolled in school without telling me, leaving me holding the bag for all the bills. The second time I tried to go back to school, he had a tantrum and said he was leaving me, to which I wisely replied "GOOD".
I seriously think he's doing this shit on purpose. I don't know why, but I think he is.
Seriously? A lot of guys have problems with women becoming as educated or more educated than themselves. Not just spouses, either. I've had to pull strips off of peoples' asses here for making comments about new hires in Houston or whatever (we get notices of new hires w/pics in our email), such as "Oh, she has a master's degree. Must be some kind of ice princess."
And then the dumbass is staring at me, wondering why he's being written up, because no women heard the comment (too fucking bad, I won't tolerate workplace bigotry no matter who is listening or not listening, because I am NOT getting sued because Joe Sixpack can't keep his ignorance to himself).
They wouldn't make a comment about a GUY with a master's degree.
Quote from: Nigel on March 03, 2014, 02:36:34 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on March 03, 2014, 06:44:28 AM
Yeah, the universe is telling you not to waste your time on assholes when you have better things to do.
Unfortunately, three of the assholes are my children.
I think she meant the ex, wasting your time with dumb fucking comments.
Now it's rant time.
BRB, frothing, lol
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 03, 2014, 02:40:02 PM
Seriously? A lot of guys have problems with women becoming as educated or more educated than themselves. Not just spouses, either. I've had to pull strips off of peoples' asses here for making comments about new hires in Houston or whatever (we get notices of new hires w/pics in our email), such as "Oh, she has a master's degree. Must be some kind of ice princess."
And then the dumbass is staring at me, wondering why he's being written up, because no women heard the comment (too fucking bad, I won't tolerate workplace bigotry no matter who is listening or not listening, because I am NOT getting sued because Joe Sixpack can't keep his ignorance to himself).
They wouldn't make a comment about a GUY with a master's degree.
Ohhh man. I can't WAIT until I get the chance to overhear something like that. A man's genitals must not be that valuable to him if he thinks it's okay to say malicious things about a woman with an education.
Quote from: The Suu on March 03, 2014, 02:47:44 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 03, 2014, 02:40:02 PM
Seriously? A lot of guys have problems with women becoming as educated or more educated than themselves. Not just spouses, either. I've had to pull strips off of peoples' asses here for making comments about new hires in Houston or whatever (we get notices of new hires w/pics in our email), such as "Oh, she has a master's degree. Must be some kind of ice princess."
And then the dumbass is staring at me, wondering why he's being written up, because no women heard the comment (too fucking bad, I won't tolerate workplace bigotry no matter who is listening or not listening, because I am NOT getting sued because Joe Sixpack can't keep his ignorance to himself).
They wouldn't make a comment about a GUY with a master's degree.
Ohhh man. I can't WAIT until I get the chance to overhear something like that. A man's genitals must not be that valuable to him if he thinks it's okay to say malicious things about a woman with an education.
Odds are, you never will. The sort of person who still says that sort of shit is the sort of person who will only say it "around the boys".
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 03, 2014, 02:40:02 PM
Quote from: Nigel on March 03, 2014, 02:35:44 PM
Oh, oh, OH, also this is the THIRD time he's tried to sabotage my education. When we were married (during which time I worked through both pregnancies, the second one IN A GLASS FACTORY) I wanted to go back to school, and the week I got my placement testing he out of the blue quit his job and enrolled in school without telling me, leaving me holding the bag for all the bills. The second time I tried to go back to school, he had a tantrum and said he was leaving me, to which I wisely replied "GOOD".
I seriously think he's doing this shit on purpose. I don't know why, but I think he is.
Seriously? A lot of guys have problems with women becoming as educated or more educated than themselves. Not just spouses, either. I've had to pull strips off of peoples' asses here for making comments about new hires in Houston or whatever (we get notices of new hires w/pics in our email), such as "Oh, she has a master's degree. Must be some kind of ice princess."
And then the dumbass is staring at me, wondering why he's being written up, because no women heard the comment (too fucking bad, I won't tolerate workplace bigotry no matter who is listening or not listening, because I am NOT getting sued because Joe Sixpack can't keep his ignorance to himself).
They wouldn't make a comment about a GUY with a master's degree.
Yeah, wouldn't surprise me if that's it. We haven't been married for 14 years, so honestly I think the only reason he finds it threatening is because he wants the kids to think he's better than I am. He's been telling people for years that I'm "flighty" and "irresponsible", and I think it's getting harder and harder for him to sustain his own delusional belief, living in his basement apartment, unemployed with a Master's degree in business administration (LOL) that he owes over 250K on.
Oh, and he went back to school for an accounting degree because no one would hire him and he thinks it'll help, but I'm friends with someone in one of his classes and he says he's been skipping class a lot.
:horrormirth:
Fucking BOUND AND DETERMINED to lose, at all costs.
So, I went out and got a Nook.
I don't fucking know how I ever survived without one. Can't find that fucking book at the bookstore? BAM! DOWNLOADED!
Quote from: Nigel on March 03, 2014, 03:30:42 PM
Yeah, wouldn't surprise me if that's it. We haven't been married for 14 years, so honestly I think the only reason he finds it threatening is because he wants the kids to think he's better than I am. He's been telling people for years that I'm "flighty" and "irresponsible", and I think it's getting harder and harder for him to sustain his own delusional belief, living in his basement apartment, unemployed with a Master's degree in business administration (LOL) that he owes over 250K on.
Oh, and he went back to school for an accounting degree because no one would hire him and he thinks it'll help, but I'm friends with someone in one of his classes and he says he's been skipping class a lot.
:horrormirth:
Fucking BOUND AND DETERMINED to lose, at all costs.
Well, it's easier to point at you, isn't it?
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 03, 2014, 02:40:28 PM
Quote from: Nigel on March 03, 2014, 02:36:34 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on March 03, 2014, 06:44:28 AM
Yeah, the universe is telling you not to waste your time on assholes when you have better things to do.
Unfortunately, three of the assholes are my children.
I think she meant the ex, wasting your time with dumb fucking comments.
Ah, yes, at this point his moronicity is more merely annoying than anything else. Mildly humorously annoying.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 03, 2014, 03:30:58 PM
So, I went out and got a Nook.
I don't fucking know how I ever survived without one. Can't find that fucking book at the bookstore? BAM! DOWNLOADED!
I'M TELLING YA!
People get all weird about paper books, and I have a pretty hardcore addiction to paper books, but reading devices are THE BOMB for always having reading material on you no matter where you go. They are fucking priceless for traveling.
Quote from: Nigel on March 03, 2014, 03:41:40 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 03, 2014, 03:30:58 PM
So, I went out and got a Nook.
I don't fucking know how I ever survived without one. Can't find that fucking book at the bookstore? BAM! DOWNLOADED!
I'M TELLING YA!
People get all weird about paper books, and I have a pretty hardcore addiction to paper books, but reading devices are THE BOMB for always having reading material on you no matter where you go. They are fucking priceless for traveling.
The Nook will never replace my love of "real" books, which are in fact stamped on clay tablets in cuneaform.
:lulz:
No shit, this is sort of like the e-cig...A straight up smack-you-inna-face bit of the FUTURE, the REAL future, where shit gets better in ways that SEEM small but ARE REALLY FUCKING BIG.
As the internet bogs down in throttled access and cat pics, I STILL have access to whatever I want to read, whatever I want to learn, all in about 10 ounces total weight.
I just saw a little bit of the OTHER future. A calvinist tract that refers to poor people as "soup kitchen sinners".
HAW HAW HAW HAAAAAAAAAAW
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 03, 2014, 03:30:58 PM
So, I went out and got a Nook.
I don't fucking know how I ever survived without one. Can't find that fucking book at the bookstore? BAM! DOWNLOADED!
Best Christmas present I got in years. Kindle Fire, but same purpose. Not that I don't adore paper books, but I'm running out of room.
Quote from: The Suu on March 03, 2014, 04:05:38 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 03, 2014, 03:30:58 PM
So, I went out and got a Nook.
I don't fucking know how I ever survived without one. Can't find that fucking book at the bookstore? BAM! DOWNLOADED!
Best Christmas present I got in years. Kindle Fire, but same purpose. Not that I don't adore paper books, but I'm running out of room.
KINDLE HEATHEN!
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 03, 2014, 04:22:01 PM
Quote from: The Suu on March 03, 2014, 04:05:38 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 03, 2014, 03:30:58 PM
So, I went out and got a Nook.
I don't fucking know how I ever survived without one. Can't find that fucking book at the bookstore? BAM! DOWNLOADED!
Best Christmas present I got in years. Kindle Fire, but same purpose. Not that I don't adore paper books, but I'm running out of room.
KINDLE HEATHEN!
8)
I got the Bluetooth keyboard for it and everything.
Quote from: The Suu on March 03, 2014, 04:32:04 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 03, 2014, 04:22:01 PM
Quote from: The Suu on March 03, 2014, 04:05:38 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 03, 2014, 03:30:58 PM
So, I went out and got a Nook.
I don't fucking know how I ever survived without one. Can't find that fucking book at the bookstore? BAM! DOWNLOADED!
Best Christmas present I got in years. Kindle Fire, but same purpose. Not that I don't adore paper books, but I'm running out of room.
KINDLE HEATHEN!
8)
I got the Bluetooth keyboard for it and everything.
I can get that for a Nook as well. And not be DAMNED TO HECK with the Amazon.com savages.
I was OK with Kindle until mine broke. As in, it started restarting over and over again, then froze up completely. It's currently at the stage where I'm letting the battery run out, then I'm going to try a factory reboot.
I may look into getting a Nook, if that doesn't work. That said, converting and transferring all my books would take some time...
It appears no reader is without flaw. My mother-in-law's Nook that the husbandthing got her for Christmas died in a month. Not sure why, it was probably just a lemon.
Quote from: The Suu on March 03, 2014, 05:12:56 PM
It appears no reader is without flaw. My mother-in-law's Nook that the husbandthing got her for Christmas died in a month. Not sure why, it was probably just a lemon.
It voids the warranty if you use it beat vacationing Red Sox spring training attendees. :sad:
Edit - I read that as your sister for some reason - joke now makes no sense.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on March 03, 2014, 05:18:33 PM
Quote from: The Suu on March 03, 2014, 05:12:56 PM
It appears no reader is without flaw. My mother-in-law's Nook that the husbandthing got her for Christmas died in a month. Not sure why, it was probably just a lemon.
It voids the warranty if you use it beat vacationing Red Sox spring training attendees. :sad:
Edit - I read that as your sister for some reason - joke now makes no sense.
My sister is working with the Pirates this year, so she's not getting as many assholes as she was when she was with the Rays at the Trop. Mom is with the Phillies, and she has been instructed to not get into fights with Yankee or Red Sox fans and let the Philly fans take care of it themselves. Actual words from club management.
No Kindles so far have been harmed during the first week of Grapefruit League as far as I know.
I've got a Nexus tablet, which BF and I both refer to as "a Google". It amuses us.
Quote from: Nigel on March 03, 2014, 05:37:18 PM
I've got a Nexus tablet, which BF and I both refer to as "a Google". It amuses us.
Your Godless ways will catch up with you eventually. MAC USER!
I have to go to school. My eyes are burning and I feel like I'm going to pop a blood vessel at any moment. I sent the foster kid off with her aunt, and I have to meet with the douchebag ex and my son this evening.
I have to finish and turn in my chemistry midterm today.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 03, 2014, 05:42:47 PM
Quote from: Nigel on March 03, 2014, 05:37:18 PM
I've got a Nexus tablet, which BF and I both refer to as "a Google". It amuses us.
Your Godless ways will catch up with you eventually. MAC USER!
:lulz:
Quote from: Nigel on March 03, 2014, 05:43:15 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 03, 2014, 05:42:47 PM
Quote from: Nigel on March 03, 2014, 05:37:18 PM
I've got a Nexus tablet, which BF and I both refer to as "a Google". It amuses us.
Your Godless ways will catch up with you eventually. MAC USER!
:lulz:
You know, choice of computer hardware is just as valid a reason for discrimination as anything else.
I should probably contact my state representative. Since Jan Brewer vetoed the GAYS GO HOME bill, the good folks up in Phoenix will be needing some new froth-bait.
Quote from: Nigel on March 03, 2014, 05:42:59 PM
I have to go to school. My eyes are burning and I feel like I'm going to pop a blood vessel at any moment. I sent the foster kid off with her aunt, and I have to meet with the douchebag ex and my son this evening.
I have to finish and turn in my chemistry midterm today.
Harness the power of the blood vessel and squirt your ex in the face with it, like those creepy poisonous lizards or some shit do. Guaranteed he'll leave you alone.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 03, 2014, 02:40:28 PM
Quote from: Nigel on March 03, 2014, 02:36:34 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on March 03, 2014, 06:44:28 AM
Yeah, the universe is telling you not to waste your time on assholes when you have better things to do.
Unfortunately, three of the assholes are my children.
I think she meant the ex, wasting your time with dumb fucking comments.
Yes indeed, sorry for any confusion.
So much to do.
I have 3 weeks to sell the Exploder, get all of my stuff either thrown out/donated or packed in boxes, finish my taxes, and put down a deposit on a UBox to be shipped to Maine sometime in May. I also have to be thinking about menu planning, staffing, advertising, and equipment purchases and setup AND I have to do all that while still working 40 hours a week at my current job until right before I leave.
But at least once I'm out there and the REAL work starts it will feel almost easy in comparison.
We had a reboiler failure. Nobody's fault, that thing was ancient and didn't owe us a dime, but it's a mess. We still haven't had time to repair reactor 100. While I was out on Friday, Filthy Assistant decided to change the scope of a very simple job, which complicated that job, which led to a conduit being cut instead of a pipe, which shorted out $8000 worth of instruments. He then tried to blame the technician. Understand that only Mike the Engineer is authorized to make scope changes.
So Filthy Assistant is getting a write up. I am going to enjoy this immensely, because that arrogant, incompetent fuck simply WILL NOT FUCKING LISTEN ANY OTHER WAY.
So, yeah. Hell of a Monday after a long weekend.
I got the Hisense Pro 7 Tablet. It's the poor mans version of the Nexus Tablet. The $100 trade off is the lack of high quality video recording. But the Graphics Processor on this bad boy shits on the Nexus, but the recharge time is slow as fuck!
Over all I feel content. I had so many books, but then I had to reset it because a certain Jewcat loaded it with games, and made it clunky.
So anyone who has a tablet welcome to the future!
I think I will consider myself sufficiently wise when I no longer stand in front of a chair, fart, and then sit myself into my own fart cloud.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on March 03, 2014, 10:18:20 PM
I think I will consider myself sufficiently wise when I no longer stand in front of a chair, fart, and then sit myself into my own fart cloud.
Truly, a worthy measuring stick by anyone's reckoning.
Quote from: /b/earman on March 03, 2014, 08:59:27 PM
I got the Hisense Pro 7 Tablet. It's the poor mans version of the Nexus Tablet. The $100 trade off is the lack of high quality video recording. But the Graphics Processor on this bad boy shits on the Nexus, but the recharge time is slow as fuck!
Over all I feel content. I had so many books, but then I had to reset it because a certain Jewcat loaded it with games, and made it clunky.
So anyone who has a tablet welcome to the future!
Right on. I've been looking at inexpensive tablets and netbooks but as I'm exceptionally poor I was thinking I might just assemble my own portable Linux machine with a Raspberry Pi and then when I can afford it, a portable 5" TFT display:
http://www.adafruit.com/products/1678
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on March 03, 2014, 10:18:20 PM
I think I will consider myself sufficiently wise when I no longer stand in front of a chair, fart, and then sit myself into my own fart cloud.
This moment of zen brought to you by Taco Bell.
Man, all this tablet talk. I feel like I'm Amish. My books are Paper! Trees DIED, man! :lulz:
I've actually never owned a tablet. My cell phone is the old fashioned flippy kind that sucks for texting. Everyone looks at me like I'm weird for not texting people. Still not sure if I really want a fancy phone and a fancy tablet, honestly. I sort of like unplugging when I'm away from the computer as I work on a computer.
Quote from: Red on March 03, 2014, 11:50:43 PM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on March 03, 2014, 10:18:20 PM
I think I will consider myself sufficiently wise when I no longer stand in front of a chair, fart, and then sit myself into my own fart cloud.
This moment of zen brought to you by Taco Bell.
Man, all this tablet talk. I feel like I'm Amish. My books are Paper! Trees DIED, man! :lulz:
I've actually never owned a tablet. My cell phone is the old fashioned flippy kind that sucks for texting. Everyone looks at me like I'm weird for not texting people. Still not sure if I really want a fancy phone and a fancy tablet, honestly. I sort of like unplugging when I'm away from the computer as I work on a computer.
You are a tree-murdering primitive son of a bitch.
Trees have rights too, you know. Someone should make a video about tree factory farms where they're kept in tiny cages and fed through tubes. Like kobe beef, except they don't shit all down the ones slung underneath them. Because trees don't poop.
They should make you take sensitivity classes or something.
Okay, fuck you guys. Ima go get banned on tumblr some more.
My friend who made a suicide attempt is out of the hospital and is moving to North Carolina. I am glad he is doing right by himself but will be sad to see him go.
Quote from: Alty on March 04, 2014, 12:39:51 AM
My friend who made a suicide attempt is out of the hospital and is moving to North Carolina. I am glad he is doing right by himself but will be sad to see him go.
Well, I'm glad he made it.
Who the fuck created this tumblr shit? How the fuck am I supposed to navigate this fucking bastard? IT MAKES NO SENSE.
Once I got banned from every page with "cis" in it that was accepting "ask", I can't find SHIT.
I, meanwhile, can't get even a small loan wih my sister so the van purchase is going to be a near thing if I can manage it at all.
Sort of freaking out, but breathing and just trying to keep calm.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 12:40:44 AM
Quote from: Alty on March 04, 2014, 12:39:51 AM
My friend who made a suicide attempt is out of the hospital and is moving to North Carolina. I am glad he is doing right by himself but will be sad to see him go.
Well, I'm glad he made it.
Me too. If I have to lose a friend I would prefer it be to moving.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 12:41:46 AM
Who the fuck created this tumblr shit? How the fuck am I supposed to navigate this fucking bastard? IT MAKES NO SENSE.
Once I got banned from every page with "cis" in it that was accepting "ask", I can't find SHIT.
When looking for specific tumblrs I recommend google. Their built in search is lame,
Quote from: Alty on March 04, 2014, 12:43:03 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 12:41:46 AM
Who the fuck created this tumblr shit? How the fuck am I supposed to navigate this fucking bastard? IT MAKES NO SENSE.
Once I got banned from every page with "cis" in it that was accepting "ask", I can't find SHIT.
When looking for specific tumblrs I recommend google. Their built in search is lame,
Well, the stuff I have seen so far has validated my extremely low opinion of the human species so far, so I'll give that a try.
Haters gonna hate. And I am a hater.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 12:47:00 AM
Quote from: Alty on March 04, 2014, 12:43:03 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 12:41:46 AM
Who the fuck created this tumblr shit? How the fuck am I supposed to navigate this fucking bastard? IT MAKES NO SENSE.
Once I got banned from every page with "cis" in it that was accepting "ask", I can't find SHIT.
When looking for specific tumblrs I recommend google. Their built in search is lame,
Well, the stuff I have seen so far has validated my extremely low opinion of the human species so far, so I'll give that a try.
Haters gonna hate. And I am a hater.
I don't know what is about tumblr that makes people unload their stupid. But there's some great stuff on there too.
Quote from: Alty on March 04, 2014, 12:53:34 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 12:47:00 AM
Quote from: Alty on March 04, 2014, 12:43:03 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 12:41:46 AM
Who the fuck created this tumblr shit? How the fuck am I supposed to navigate this fucking bastard? IT MAKES NO SENSE.
Once I got banned from every page with "cis" in it that was accepting "ask", I can't find SHIT.
When looking for specific tumblrs I recommend google. Their built in search is lame,
Well, the stuff I have seen so far has validated my extremely low opinion of the human species so far, so I'll give that a try.
Haters gonna hate. And I am a hater.
I don't know what is about tumblr that makes people unload their stupid. But there's some great stuff on there too.
Probably. I'm there to laugh at assholes, and other assholes that take the assholes seriously.
"You're a racist."
"NO, U"
"Shut up, cracker"
"OH SHIT! SEE, HE'S A RACIST! UNNNNG"
etc, ad nauseum.
Quote from: Alty on March 04, 2014, 12:53:34 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 12:47:00 AM
Quote from: Alty on March 04, 2014, 12:43:03 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 12:41:46 AM
Who the fuck created this tumblr shit? How the fuck am I supposed to navigate this fucking bastard? IT MAKES NO SENSE.
Once I got banned from every page with "cis" in it that was accepting "ask", I can't find SHIT.
When looking for specific tumblrs I recommend google. Their built in search is lame,
Well, the stuff I have seen so far has validated my extremely low opinion of the human species so far, so I'll give that a try.
Haters gonna hate. And I am a hater.
I don't know what is about tumblr that makes people unload their stupid. But there's some great stuff on there too.
Probably that their core userbase is 13-21.
Quote from: The Suu on March 03, 2014, 06:35:49 PM
Quote from: Nigel on March 03, 2014, 05:42:59 PM
I have to go to school. My eyes are burning and I feel like I'm going to pop a blood vessel at any moment. I sent the foster kid off with her aunt, and I have to meet with the douchebag ex and my son this evening.
I have to finish and turn in my chemistry midterm today.
Harness the power of the blood vessel and squirt your ex in the face with it, like those creepy poisonous lizards or some shit do. Guaranteed he'll leave you alone.
I've always wished I could do that.
Quote from: Nigel on March 04, 2014, 01:21:43 AM
Quote from: Alty on March 04, 2014, 12:53:34 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 12:47:00 AM
Quote from: Alty on March 04, 2014, 12:43:03 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 12:41:46 AM
Who the fuck created this tumblr shit? How the fuck am I supposed to navigate this fucking bastard? IT MAKES NO SENSE.
Once I got banned from every page with "cis" in it that was accepting "ask", I can't find SHIT.
When looking for specific tumblrs I recommend google. Their built in search is lame,
Well, the stuff I have seen so far has validated my extremely low opinion of the human species so far, so I'll give that a try.
Haters gonna hate. And I am a hater.
I don't know what is about tumblr that makes people unload their stupid. But there's some great stuff on there too.
Probably that their core userbase is 13-21.
Ah. I was guessing early 20s Garbo clones.
But you're probably right.
So at lunchtime, thinking I was being wise, I bought a burrito for dinner as well as tacos for lunch. I paid $6 for it. I am eating it now, and this is the shittiest taco-truck burrito I have ever had. It consists of an abundance of gristly strips of beef, a pile of bland rice, and a few beans. No salsa. No guac. No cheese.
This is BULLSHIT.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 01:26:42 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 04, 2014, 01:21:43 AM
Quote from: Alty on March 04, 2014, 12:53:34 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 12:47:00 AM
Quote from: Alty on March 04, 2014, 12:43:03 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 12:41:46 AM
Who the fuck created this tumblr shit? How the fuck am I supposed to navigate this fucking bastard? IT MAKES NO SENSE.
Once I got banned from every page with "cis" in it that was accepting "ask", I can't find SHIT.
When looking for specific tumblrs I recommend google. Their built in search is lame,
Well, the stuff I have seen so far has validated my extremely low opinion of the human species so far, so I'll give that a try.
Haters gonna hate. And I am a hater.
I don't know what is about tumblr that makes people unload their stupid. But there's some great stuff on there too.
Probably that their core userbase is 13-21.
Ah. I was guessing early 20s Garbo clones.
But you're probably right.
There are probably some of those, too, but mostly I think it's kids. I think it's terrible for them, too, because it's such an echo-chamber of self-righteous self-absorption.
Quote from: Nigel on March 04, 2014, 01:36:38 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 01:26:42 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 04, 2014, 01:21:43 AM
Quote from: Alty on March 04, 2014, 12:53:34 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 12:47:00 AM
Quote from: Alty on March 04, 2014, 12:43:03 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 12:41:46 AM
Who the fuck created this tumblr shit? How the fuck am I supposed to navigate this fucking bastard? IT MAKES NO SENSE.
Once I got banned from every page with "cis" in it that was accepting "ask", I can't find SHIT.
When looking for specific tumblrs I recommend google. Their built in search is lame,
Well, the stuff I have seen so far has validated my extremely low opinion of the human species so far, so I'll give that a try.
Haters gonna hate. And I am a hater.
I don't know what is about tumblr that makes people unload their stupid. But there's some great stuff on there too.
Probably that their core userbase is 13-21.
Ah. I was guessing early 20s Garbo clones.
But you're probably right.
There are probably some of those, too, but mostly I think it's kids. I think it's terrible for them, too, because it's such an echo-chamber of self-righteous self-absorption.
Ye Gods. Not even the Book of Revelation promised shit like that.
AMERICA: Finding new and exciting ways to damage your kids!
Quote from: Nigel on March 04, 2014, 01:30:04 AM
So at lunchtime, thinking I was being wise, I bought a burrito for dinner as well as tacos for lunch. I paid $6 for it. I am eating it now, and this is the shittiest taco-truck burrito I have ever had. It consists of an abundance of gristly strips of beef, a pile of bland rice, and a few beans. No salsa. No guac. No cheese.
This is BULLSHIT.
1. An burrito's quality is inversely proportional to its price.
2. Guacamole isn't food.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 01:45:29 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 04, 2014, 01:36:38 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 01:26:42 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 04, 2014, 01:21:43 AM
Quote from: Alty on March 04, 2014, 12:53:34 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 12:47:00 AM
Quote from: Alty on March 04, 2014, 12:43:03 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 12:41:46 AM
Who the fuck created this tumblr shit? How the fuck am I supposed to navigate this fucking bastard? IT MAKES NO SENSE.
Once I got banned from every page with "cis" in it that was accepting "ask", I can't find SHIT.
When looking for specific tumblrs I recommend google. Their built in search is lame,
Well, the stuff I have seen so far has validated my extremely low opinion of the human species so far, so I'll give that a try.
Haters gonna hate. And I am a hater.
I don't know what is about tumblr that makes people unload their stupid. But there's some great stuff on there too.
Probably that their core userbase is 13-21.
Ah. I was guessing early 20s Garbo clones.
But you're probably right.
There are probably some of those, too, but mostly I think it's kids. I think it's terrible for them, too, because it's such an echo-chamber of self-righteous self-absorption.
Ye Gods. Not even the Book of Revelation promised shit like that.
AMERICA: Finding new and exciting ways to damage your kids!
Yeah, it's like a magnet for teenagers, because they can go there and be assured that nobody understand their pain and that they really are completely helpless to do ANYTHING about their depression, so when Mom tells them to clean their room she's mental-illness shaming them.
Quote from: Nigel on March 04, 2014, 01:54:47 AM
Yeah, it's like a magnet for teenagers, because they can go there and be assured that nobody understand their pain and that they really are completely helpless to do ANYTHING about their depression, so when Mom tells them to clean their room she's mental-illness shaming them.
What gets me giggling is the privilege thing. Having had the reality of privilege hammered through my thick fucking skull here, it gives me a certain level of horrible mirth to watch people claim that privilege = racism or privilege = homophobia (as opposed to privilege = benefiting from racism, etc, with or without knowledge of said benefit).
The distinction isn't that difficult. I am 169% sure that it's mostly an excuse to holler. And I'm all for hollering, but without the excuse.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 01:46:40 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 04, 2014, 01:30:04 AM
So at lunchtime, thinking I was being wise, I bought a burrito for dinner as well as tacos for lunch. I paid $6 for it. I am eating it now, and this is the shittiest taco-truck burrito I have ever had. It consists of an abundance of gristly strips of beef, a pile of bland rice, and a few beans. No salsa. No guac. No cheese.
This is BULLSHIT.
1. An burrito's quality is inversely proportional to its price.
2. Guacamole isn't food.
It's not an unreasonable price for a taco truck burrito in Portland, but usually for six bucks you get THE WORKS so that's what I was expecting. At La Sabrosa the $6 burrito has head meat, beans, rice, cheese, tomatoes, onions, balut, escamoles, an embryonic rabbit, sour cream, guacamole, and a chile relleno in it.
Shut up, guac is awesome!
Quote from: Nigel on March 04, 2014, 01:59:52 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 01:46:40 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 04, 2014, 01:30:04 AM
So at lunchtime, thinking I was being wise, I bought a burrito for dinner as well as tacos for lunch. I paid $6 for it. I am eating it now, and this is the shittiest taco-truck burrito I have ever had. It consists of an abundance of gristly strips of beef, a pile of bland rice, and a few beans. No salsa. No guac. No cheese.
This is BULLSHIT.
1. An burrito's quality is inversely proportional to its price.
2. Guacamole isn't food.
It's not an unreasonable price for a taco truck burrito in Portland, but usually for six bucks you get THE WORKS so that's what I was expecting. At La Sabrosa the $6 burrito has head meat, beans, rice, cheese, tomatoes, onions, balut, escamoles, an embryonic rabbit, sour cream, guacamole, and a chile relleno in it.
Shut up, guac is awesome!
An embryonic rabbit? For real?
That may be the most awesome fucking thing I've ever HEARD OF.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 01:57:47 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 04, 2014, 01:54:47 AM
Yeah, it's like a magnet for teenagers, because they can go there and be assured that nobody understand their pain and that they really are completely helpless to do ANYTHING about their depression, so when Mom tells them to clean their room she's mental-illness shaming them.
What gets me giggling is the privilege thing. Having had the reality of privilege hammered through my thick fucking skull here, it gives me a certain level of horrible mirth to watch people claim that privilege = racism or privilege = homophobia (as opposed to privilege = benefiting from racism, etc, with or without knowledge of said benefit).
The distinction isn't that difficult. I am 169% sure that it's mostly an excuse to holler. And I'm all for hollering, but without the excuse.
Their particular brand of hollering is incredibly damaging to the message they are claiming by name, too. It's a great way to get people to dismiss equal rights as being a bunch of overblown malarkey promoted by self-serving assholes.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 02:01:26 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 04, 2014, 01:59:52 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 01:46:40 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 04, 2014, 01:30:04 AM
So at lunchtime, thinking I was being wise, I bought a burrito for dinner as well as tacos for lunch. I paid $6 for it. I am eating it now, and this is the shittiest taco-truck burrito I have ever had. It consists of an abundance of gristly strips of beef, a pile of bland rice, and a few beans. No salsa. No guac. No cheese.
This is BULLSHIT.
1. An burrito's quality is inversely proportional to its price.
2. Guacamole isn't food.
It's not an unreasonable price for a taco truck burrito in Portland, but usually for six bucks you get THE WORKS so that's what I was expecting. At La Sabrosa the $6 burrito has head meat, beans, rice, cheese, tomatoes, onions, balut, escamoles, an embryonic rabbit, sour cream, guacamole, and a chile relleno in it.
Shut up, guac is awesome!
An embryonic rabbit? For real?
That may be the most awesome fucking thing I've ever HEARD OF.
No. But I wish it was.
Quote from: Nigel on March 04, 2014, 02:01:47 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 01:57:47 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 04, 2014, 01:54:47 AM
Yeah, it's like a magnet for teenagers, because they can go there and be assured that nobody understand their pain and that they really are completely helpless to do ANYTHING about their depression, so when Mom tells them to clean their room she's mental-illness shaming them.
What gets me giggling is the privilege thing. Having had the reality of privilege hammered through my thick fucking skull here, it gives me a certain level of horrible mirth to watch people claim that privilege = racism or privilege = homophobia (as opposed to privilege = benefiting from racism, etc, with or without knowledge of said benefit).
The distinction isn't that difficult. I am 169% sure that it's mostly an excuse to holler. And I'm all for hollering, but without the excuse.
Their particular brand of hollering is incredibly damaging to the message they are claiming by name, too. It's a great way to get people to dismiss equal rights as being a bunch of overblown malarkey promoted by self-serving assholes.
Yeah, but EVERY movement is co-opted by the nuts. Then they wander off in search of other nuttiness, and the subject is then open to actual discussion. It tends to work out in the end.
Example: Feminism. Start with some giant like Susan B Anthony, add a few decades, and the freak parade begins. Shit dies down at the end of the 70s, and suddenly the sensible people are talking about it again, AND you get the added benefit of knowing who the knuckledraggers are right away, because they're quoting the nutbags.
OR, in the case of Susan Brownmiller, MISQUOTING them to make shit sound even weirder.
But who's not being listened to these days? Oh, yeah. Phylis Schafly. And the default position is that these weird fucking misogynist teabaggers are swine.
Results positive. Probably better than if the freaks had never come along. Still, probably very frustrating at the time, if you were Gloria Steinem or someone like that.
Quote from: Nigel on March 04, 2014, 02:02:18 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 02:01:26 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 04, 2014, 01:59:52 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 01:46:40 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 04, 2014, 01:30:04 AM
So at lunchtime, thinking I was being wise, I bought a burrito for dinner as well as tacos for lunch. I paid $6 for it. I am eating it now, and this is the shittiest taco-truck burrito I have ever had. It consists of an abundance of gristly strips of beef, a pile of bland rice, and a few beans. No salsa. No guac. No cheese.
This is BULLSHIT.
1. An burrito's quality is inversely proportional to its price.
2. Guacamole isn't food.
It's not an unreasonable price for a taco truck burrito in Portland, but usually for six bucks you get THE WORKS so that's what I was expecting. At La Sabrosa the $6 burrito has head meat, beans, rice, cheese, tomatoes, onions, balut, escamoles, an embryonic rabbit, sour cream, guacamole, and a chile relleno in it.
Shut up, guac is awesome!
An embryonic rabbit? For real?
That may be the most awesome fucking thing I've ever HEARD OF.
No. But I wish it was.
My disappointment is a truck. A great big bastard.
Still, I'm spreading that rumor on Facebook.
Also, you're turning into me, making shit like that up. :lulz:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 02:08:30 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 04, 2014, 02:01:47 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 01:57:47 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 04, 2014, 01:54:47 AM
Yeah, it's like a magnet for teenagers, because they can go there and be assured that nobody understand their pain and that they really are completely helpless to do ANYTHING about their depression, so when Mom tells them to clean their room she's mental-illness shaming them.
What gets me giggling is the privilege thing. Having had the reality of privilege hammered through my thick fucking skull here, it gives me a certain level of horrible mirth to watch people claim that privilege = racism or privilege = homophobia (as opposed to privilege = benefiting from racism, etc, with or without knowledge of said benefit).
The distinction isn't that difficult. I am 169% sure that it's mostly an excuse to holler. And I'm all for hollering, but without the excuse.
Their particular brand of hollering is incredibly damaging to the message they are claiming by name, too. It's a great way to get people to dismiss equal rights as being a bunch of overblown malarkey promoted by self-serving assholes.
Yeah, but EVERY movement is co-opted by the nuts. Then they wander off in search of other nuttiness, and the subject is then open to actual discussion. It tends to work out in the end.
Example: Feminism. Start with some giant like Susan B Anthony, add a few decades, and the freak parade begins. Shit dies down at the end of the 70s, and suddenly the sensible people are talking about it again, AND you get the added benefit of knowing who the knuckledraggers are right away, because they're quoting the nutbags.
OR, in the case of Susan Brownmiller, MISQUOTING them to make shit sound even weirder.
But who's not being listened to these days? Oh, yeah. Phylis Schafly. And the default position is that these weird fucking misogynist teabaggers are swine.
Results positive. Probably better than if the freaks had never come along. Still, probably very frustrating at the time, if you were Gloria Steinem or someone like that.
True, I have to agree with that. It at least makes Tumblr a good training ground for baby social-justice warriors to be complete idiots on while hopefully refining their opinions and arguments and mostly coming out decent and effective human beings at the other end.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 02:09:59 AM
Also, you're turning into me, making shit like that up. :lulz:
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
And then, without warning...
(http://31.media.tumblr.com/ef584aa13072c021dc99b266faf3fecd/tumblr_n177991mwh1sbzhteo1_400.gif)
SCOTLAND.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 12:11:09 AM
Quote from: Red on March 03, 2014, 11:50:43 PM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on March 03, 2014, 10:18:20 PM
I think I will consider myself sufficiently wise when I no longer stand in front of a chair, fart, and then sit myself into my own fart cloud.
This moment of zen brought to you by Taco Bell.
Man, all this tablet talk. I feel like I'm Amish. My books are Paper! Trees DIED, man! :lulz:
I've actually never owned a tablet. My cell phone is the old fashioned flippy kind that sucks for texting. Everyone looks at me like I'm weird for not texting people. Still not sure if I really want a fancy phone and a fancy tablet, honestly. I sort of like unplugging when I'm away from the computer as I work on a computer.
You are a tree-murdering primitive son of a bitch.
Trees have rights too, you know. Someone should make a video about tree factory farms where they're kept in tiny cages and fed through tubes. Like kobe beef, except they don't shit all down the ones slung underneath them. Because trees don't poop.
I don't care what the leaf-loving bastards have to say (http://youtu.be/KmK0bZl4ILM), I'm gonna murder and devour all the plants I WANT! The younger and more tormented the better. I just finished a whole PLATE of baby broccoli for dinner!
I'm doing my part to help nature! Gotta keep those tree populations in check to prevent wildfires!
Am I the only one in this world who thinks crunchy cereal sucks? srsly what's so great about mouth sores that I seem to be missing?
Quote from: Bu☆ns on March 04, 2014, 04:34:30 AM
Am I the only one in this world who thinks crunchy cereal sucks? srsly what's so great about mouth sores that I seem to be missing?
You might have a particularly tender mouth, because I don't get mouth sores.
Quote from: Bu☆ns on March 04, 2014, 04:34:30 AM
Am I the only one in this world who thinks crunchy cereal sucks? srsly what's so great about mouth sores that I seem to be missing?
*sage nod*
Cocoa Pebbles or GTFO.
Quote from: Bu☆ns on March 04, 2014, 04:34:30 AM
Am I the only one in this world who thinks crunchy cereal sucks? srsly what's so great about mouth sores that I seem to be missing?
That's how I feel about croutons.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 02:09:21 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 04, 2014, 02:02:18 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 02:01:26 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 04, 2014, 01:59:52 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 01:46:40 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 04, 2014, 01:30:04 AM
So at lunchtime, thinking I was being wise, I bought a burrito for dinner as well as tacos for lunch. I paid $6 for it. I am eating it now, and this is the shittiest taco-truck burrito I have ever had. It consists of an abundance of gristly strips of beef, a pile of bland rice, and a few beans. No salsa. No guac. No cheese.
This is BULLSHIT.
1. An burrito's quality is inversely proportional to its price.
2. Guacamole isn't food.
It's not an unreasonable price for a taco truck burrito in Portland, but usually for six bucks you get THE WORKS so that's what I was expecting. At La Sabrosa the $6 burrito has head meat, beans, rice, cheese, tomatoes, onions, balut, escamoles, an embryonic rabbit, sour cream, guacamole, and a chile relleno in it.
Shut up, guac is awesome!
An embryonic rabbit? For real?
That may be the most awesome fucking thing I've ever HEARD OF.
No. But I wish it was.
My disappointment is a truck. A great big bastard.
Still, I'm spreading that rumor on Facebook.
Oh HELL yeah!
You know what? If I had a rabbit farm, I would breed the rabbits and then slaughter the mother rabbits when their fetuses were still tender and virtually boneless, and it would be a delicacy that would go nicely in burritos.
Quote from: Net on March 04, 2014, 04:58:09 AM
Quote from: Bu☆ns on March 04, 2014, 04:34:30 AM
Am I the only one in this world who thinks crunchy cereal sucks? srsly what's so great about mouth sores that I seem to be missing?
That's how I feel about croutons.
I really do not care for croutons.
Except that my mom used to make really good ones, that were like saturated in garlic butter and roasted until crispy.
Incidentally, happy Mardi Gras!
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 04, 2014, 04:13:03 PM
Incidentally, happy Mardi Gras!
Wasn't that the party they used to have in that city that was destroyed by the dread God FEMA?
You mean the City of Saturday Night?
It rises up, baby.
:lmnuendo:
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 04, 2014, 04:39:53 PM
You mean the City of Saturday Night?
It rises up, baby.
:lmnuendo:
ia ia ftagn...Um, I can never get this right. SOMEONE CALL RICHTER.
I get to dress like a Vestal Virgin and speak Latin for an upcoming gig.
HILARITY WILL ENSUE.
I went to my regular Portuguese bakery today to get a malasada on this, the traditional day of using the last of the sugar and lard before Lent. They did not have them. Instead, I had to go into the Portuguese bakery that I usually walk past in order to get to my regular Portuguese bakery. Failing that, I could go to the third Portuguese bakery within two blocks of my apartment.
My neighborhood is ridiculous. :lulz:
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on March 04, 2014, 09:36:25 PM
I went to my regular Portuguese bakery today to get a malasada on this, the traditional day of using the last of the sugar and lard before Lent. They did not have them. Instead, I had to go into the Portuguese bakery that I usually walk past in order to get to my regular Portuguese bakery. Failing that, I could go to the third Portuguese bakery within two blocks of my apartment.
My neighborhood is ridiculous. :lulz:
That sounds awesome!
My housemate is half Partagee. And half Samoan.
Quote from: Nigel on March 04, 2014, 09:54:40 PM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on March 04, 2014, 09:36:25 PM
I went to my regular Portuguese bakery today to get a malasada on this, the traditional day of using the last of the sugar and lard before Lent. They did not have them. Instead, I had to go into the Portuguese bakery that I usually walk past in order to get to my regular Portuguese bakery. Failing that, I could go to the third Portuguese bakery within two blocks of my apartment.
My neighborhood is ridiculous. :lulz:
That sounds awesome!
My housemate is half Partagee. And half Samoan.
WHAT IS THE LAW?
WE DON'T HONK THE CAR HORN WHEN NIGEL'S ROOMIE IS AROUND.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 10:29:16 PM
Quote from: Nigel on March 04, 2014, 09:54:40 PM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on March 04, 2014, 09:36:25 PM
I went to my regular Portuguese bakery today to get a malasada on this, the traditional day of using the last of the sugar and lard before Lent. They did not have them. Instead, I had to go into the Portuguese bakery that I usually walk past in order to get to my regular Portuguese bakery. Failing that, I could go to the third Portuguese bakery within two blocks of my apartment.
My neighborhood is ridiculous. :lulz:
That sounds awesome!
My housemate is half Partagee. And half Samoan.
WHAT IS THE LAW?
WE DON'T HONK THE CAR HORN WHEN NIGEL'S ROOMIE IS AROUND.
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
Dude's a badass. He had an abscessed tooth last week, so he lanced it. :horrormirth:
My housemates chose this weekend to host some awful warhammer thing that has loads of people over, dominates the whole downstairs and takes the whole day.
What's worse is they hadn't even mentioned it to me and wouldn't have only that I heard them talking about it in passing.
I really needed this weekend to be quiet, I've been sick as a dog since December with my chest and throat. I haven't had a weekend to myself for three weeks where I haven't needed to travel and its going to be the only one until the end of march that I'll be at home.
It shouldn't bother me as much as it is. I just feel like I'm going to fall over dead in my tracks if I don't get some peace and quiet soon.
Quote from: Faust on March 04, 2014, 11:04:26 PM
My housemates chose this weekend to host some awful warhammer thing that has loads of people over, dominates the whole downstairs and takes the whole day.
What's worse is they hadn't even mentioned it to me and wouldn't have only that I heard them talking about it in passing.
I really needed this weekend to be quiet, I've been sick as a dog since December with my chest and throat. I haven't had a weekend to myself for three weeks where I haven't needed to travel and its going to be the only one until the end of march that I'll be at home.
It shouldn't bother me as much as it is. I just feel like I'm going to fall over dead in my tracks if I don't get some peace and quiet soon.
SHIT IN THEIR MILK.
No.
Touch their models without asking.
Hey...WAIT JUST A GODDAMN MINUTE.
"Peace and quiet"? In Ireland?
So, that's what...Less than 3 parcel bombs in a week?
Quote from: Nigel on March 04, 2014, 11:09:04 PM
SHIT IN THEIR MILK.
I'm not shitting in gone off milk.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 11:09:37 PM
No.
Touch their models without asking.
Pick them up and put them down in completely different spots. Fuck that, there is nowhere comfortable to sit in this house without that plastic shit all over the room, touch with a blowtorch is what they need.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 04, 2014, 11:10:24 PM
Hey...WAIT JUST A GODDAMN MINUTE.
"Peace and quiet"? In Ireland?
So, that's what...Less than 3 parcel bombs in a week?
We keep that to one area, northern Ireland. We keep the shootings in north dublin. It's a good arrangement and works out well for us.
I'm trying very hard not to Nigel the fuck out of this chick who is being gratuitously mean to my girl housemate, who is a really sweet person who does not deserve this shit. But apparently she's the female half of the couple who bought their RV, and they're still making payments so I better sit on my hands.
Quote from: Faust on March 04, 2014, 11:12:43 PM
Quote from: Nigel on March 04, 2014, 11:09:04 PM
SHIT IN THEIR MILK.
I'm not shitting in gone off milk.
I have no idea why, but that made me chortle loudly.
UNNNNGH my philosophy professor is explaining cognitive dissonance using a COMPLETELY WRONG DEFINITION WTF.
Quote from: Nigel on March 04, 2014, 11:20:07 PM
UNNNNGH my philosophy professor is explaining cognitive dissonance using a COMPLETELY WRONG DEFINITION WTF.
That's what we like to call a "teachable moment" :lulz:
I've taken a day job (which is actually going to be a night job, by the end of this week). It's said that fortune telling is a busy gig in "uncertain times", but what I've noticed is that in "uncertain times" every idiot and their mother starts telling fortunes. So I pretty much had a choice of going to work or sleeping in my daughter's truck.
I'm at a place called Continental and they make the computer parts for cars. It's easier than it sounds, I'm sure little kids in China do the same thing (for a lot less). The upside is that it's $10.90 an hour (which is kind of a shitty wage but surreal good for Seguin). The bad part is that the shifts are 12 hours and I get to stand up the whole time on my fucked up Steven Tyler feet. These last couple of weeks have been training and orientation, so while I was out on the floor some, there were also days that we sat all day and listened to shit.
Today we had a...I don't know what it was. It was named Babs. She said things like "A REEL IS ROUND AND IT HAS A HOLE IN THE MIDDLE!" and "IF OUR PRODUCTS FAIL, WE'RE LIABLE! CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT "LIABLE" MEANS?"
If you looked down, she accused you of sleeping and threatened to make you stand up. She pronounced "Tianjin" "Tanjin" and made a freudian slip that "CORPORATIONS ARE USING LABOR IN LOW CLASS - I MEAN LOW COST! - COUNTRIES LIKE MEXICO AND CHINA." Then she told us about some mythical Union guy in North Carolina who wouldn't negotiate and caused a whole plant to shut down causing thousands of people to lose their jobs. Oh, and "frivolous lawsuits", with that evil opportunistic McDonald's coffee lady (who actually WAS severely burned) as an example. And how corporations shouldn't have their taxes raised (but it's OK to make people take unpaid weeks off, if that's what it takes to keep the company afloat).
I'm only surprised she didn't tell us about Jesus and how he sends blizzards to places where people are "going to do something gay".
I won't be working with her, but she's around that plant somewhere. And she's a marked woman.
How was YOUR day?
AIIIIIEEEEEEE, what have I missed?
Quote from: Nigel on March 04, 2014, 11:20:07 PM
UNNNNGH my philosophy professor is explaining cognitive dissonance using a COMPLETELY WRONG DEFINITION WTF.
I'll trade you BABS for that guy.
Quote from: Tiddleywomp Cockletit on March 05, 2014, 01:05:06 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 04, 2014, 11:20:07 PM
UNNNNGH my philosophy professor is explaining cognitive dissonance using a COMPLETELY WRONG DEFINITION WTF.
I'll trade you BABS for that guy.
NO THANKS! :lulz:
Quote from: Nigel on March 05, 2014, 01:18:06 AM
Quote from: Tiddleywomp Cockletit on March 05, 2014, 01:05:06 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 04, 2014, 11:20:07 PM
UNNNNGH my philosophy professor is explaining cognitive dissonance using a COMPLETELY WRONG DEFINITION WTF.
I'll trade you BABS for that guy.
NO THANKS! :lulz:
I had to try. :lulz:
Roger? Are you still mad at your boss? Want to REALLY ruin his life?
Quote from: Tiddleywomp Cockletit on March 05, 2014, 01:25:56 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 05, 2014, 01:18:06 AM
Quote from: Tiddleywomp Cockletit on March 05, 2014, 01:05:06 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 04, 2014, 11:20:07 PM
UNNNNGH my philosophy professor is explaining cognitive dissonance using a COMPLETELY WRONG DEFINITION WTF.
I'll trade you BABS for that guy.
NO THANKS! :lulz:
I had to try. :lulz:
Roger? Are you still mad at your boss? Want to REALLY ruin his life?
SEND BABS STOP DO NOT EXPECT HER BACK STOP MIKE NEEDS SOME LOVING STOP.
I think I'm coming down with another cold, and this makes me sad.
Quote from: Nigel on March 05, 2014, 01:44:55 AM
I think I'm coming down with another cold, and this makes me sad.
That's God punishing you again.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 05, 2014, 01:48:24 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 05, 2014, 01:44:55 AM
I think I'm coming down with another cold, and this makes me sad.
That's God punishing you again.
Why is God such a jerk?
Quote from: Nigel on March 05, 2014, 02:03:20 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 05, 2014, 01:48:24 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 05, 2014, 01:44:55 AM
I think I'm coming down with another cold, and this makes me sad.
That's God punishing you again.
Why is God such a jerk?
He made too many zombie flicks in the bronze age.
No joke. Read Ezekiel, chapter 37, first 10 verses or so.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 05, 2014, 02:06:08 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 05, 2014, 02:03:20 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 05, 2014, 01:48:24 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 05, 2014, 01:44:55 AM
I think I'm coming down with another cold, and this makes me sad.
That's God punishing you again.
Why is God such a jerk?
He made too many zombie flicks in the bronze age.
No joke. Read Ezekiel, chapter 37, first 10 verses or so.
Dude is SUCH a one-trick pony. He needs to go on sabbatical or something, refresh his creativity. Maybe collaborate with some dead authors.
I am taking my philosophy test and he uses the same wrong definition of "cognitive dissonance" in the test.
My rage gland is leaking, knowing that this buttbean is churning out 40-80 students PER TERM who will be walking around my planet thinking that cognitive dissonance is a coping mechanism.
You know what? This entire chapter is based in psychological concepts, and this guy can't write a test for shit.
I'm sure he's very nice.
I am at this point just going to go ahead and assume that philosophy and psychology just have unique vocabularies that happen to share many of the same words for totally different definitions. I think it will make the rest of the term easier on me.
My Marketing Principles work last week included cognitive dissonance to mean:
When you think you will only spend so much on a car, end up paying way more than your principles allow, and think about this while driving it home.
Dude, seriously:
QuoteJosé is a child who has always believed in Santa Claus. Upon being told that Santa Claus does not exist, which of the following is he LEAST LIKELY to do?
Find out more information from people who do not believe in Santa Claus.
Look for evidence that would confirm that Santa Claus exists.
Look over all his old books about Santa Claus.
Not listen to anyone who claims that Santa Claus does not exist.
Quote from: Alty on March 05, 2014, 03:46:57 AM
My Marketing Principles work last week included cognitive dissonance to mean:
When you think you will only spend so much on a car, end up paying way more than your principles allow, and think about this while driving it home.
That is significantly better than the way this guy is using the term, which is
as a rationalizing tool to minimize discomfort, which is literally the opposite of the definition.
I'm up to two hours of cardio on the ski machine at the gym with max incline, and resistance. I burn 1550 calories per hour. My shoulders are getting more defined, and I can now do 5 reps on that dip machine with the max weight on it. I was only able to do 3 reps 5 months ago, and I haven't been doing any sort of weight lifting at all just cardio on the ski machine.
You burn as many calories in an hour as I eat in a day! That's incredible.
Fucking finally! A real god damned break!
Just snagged a renter on CL who wants to pay me six months rent upfront AND THEN make regular monthly payments. She has buttload of clients and works 7 days a week.
I am not screwed at all now!
:noodledance:
I can buy a van that isn't a piece of shit AND eat food for the forseeable future!
WOOOO! Nice, Alty!
Quote from: Nigel on March 05, 2014, 03:56:01 AM
Quote from: Alty on March 05, 2014, 03:46:57 AM
My Marketing Principles work last week included cognitive dissonance to mean:
When you think you will only spend so much on a car, end up paying way more than your principles allow, and think about this while driving it home.
That is significantly better than the way this guy is using the term, which is as a rationalizing tool to minimize discomfort, which is literally the opposite of the definition.
HMMMM, sounds like some-one just read the header of the Wikipedia article. Literally everything you just mentioned is there, including a completely unrelated-to-cognitive-dissonance pull-quote by the guy who coined the term, which reads, "Humans are not a rational animal, but a rationalizing one" - Leon Festinger.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance
Sounds like "cognitive dissonance" & "Leon Festinger's 'theory of cognitive dissonance' (meaning his hypotheses on how humans tend to cope with it)" have been muddled in his head.
I sincerely hope your teacher isn't instructing a class based on Wikipedia.....
Quote from: /b/earman on March 05, 2014, 04:49:54 AM
I'm up to two hours of cardio on the ski machine at the gym with max incline, and resistance. I burn 1550 calories per hour. My shoulders are getting more defined, and I can now do 5 reps on that dip machine with the max weight on it. I was only able to do 3 reps 5 months ago, and I haven't been doing any sort of weight lifting at all just cardio on the ski machine.
God damn that's incredible. Keep up the great work.
:noodledance: :noodledance: :noodledance:
:noodledance: :noodledance: :noodledance:
Quote from: Alty on March 05, 2014, 05:30:50 AM
:noodledance: :noodledance: :noodledance:
:noodledance: :noodledance: :noodledance:
Cool.gif!
Quote from: Nigel on March 05, 2014, 03:54:42 AM
Dude, seriously:
QuoteJosé is a child who has always believed in Santa Claus. Upon being told that Santa Claus does not exist, which of the following is he LEAST LIKELY to do?
Find out more information from people who do not believe in Santa Claus.
Look for evidence that would confirm that Santa Claus exists.
Look over all his old books about Santa Claus.
Not listen to anyone who claims that Santa Claus does not exist.
What the fuck is this nonsense? Let's see if it makes more sense applied to other fictional concepts:
QuoteJosé is a child who has always believed in equality. Upon being told that equality does not exist, which of the following is he LEAST LIKELY to do?
Find out more information from people who do not believe in equality.
Look for evidence that would confirm that equality exists.
Look over all his old books about equality.
Not listen to anyone who claims that equality does not exist.
Still no sense.
QuoteJosé is a child who has always believed in Justice. Upon being told that Justice does not exist, which of the following is he LEAST LIKELY to do?
Find out more information from people who do not believe in Justice.
Look for evidence that would confirm that Justice exists.
Look over all his old books about Justice.
Not listen to anyone who claims that Justice does not exist.
Starting to get it.
QuoteJosé is a child who has always believed in the free market. Upon being told that the free market does not exist, which of the following is he LEAST LIKELY to do?
Find out more information from people who do not believe in the free market.
Look for evidence that would confirm that the free market exists.
Look over all his old books about the free market.
Not listen to anyone who claims that the free market does not exist.
The answer seems to be "Look over all old books", mainly because a child is about as likely to have a book about Santa as he is the others.
In other news, I'm heading back to civilisation for a couple of days at the weekend. It's likely to be a jarring experience.
Quote from: Junkenstein on March 05, 2014, 08:44:27 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 05, 2014, 03:54:42 AM
Dude, seriously:
QuoteJosé is a child who has always believed in Santa Claus. Upon being told that Santa Claus does not exist, which of the following is he LEAST LIKELY to do?
Find out more information from people who do not believe in Santa Claus.
Look for evidence that would confirm that Santa Claus exists.
Look over all his old books about Santa Claus.
Not listen to anyone who claims that Santa Claus does not exist.
What the fuck is this nonsense? Let's see if it makes more sense applied to other fictional concepts:
QuoteJosé is a child who has always believed in equality. Upon being told that equality does not exist, which of the following is he LEAST LIKELY to do?
Find out more information from people who do not believe in equality.
Look for evidence that would confirm that equality exists.
Look over all his old books about equality.
Not listen to anyone who claims that equality does not exist.
Still no sense.
QuoteJosé is a child who has always believed in Justice. Upon being told that Justice does not exist, which of the following is he LEAST LIKELY to do?
Find out more information from people who do not believe in Justice.
Look for evidence that would confirm that Justice exists.
Look over all his old books about Justice.
Not listen to anyone who claims that Justice does not exist.
Starting to get it.
QuoteJosé is a child who has always believed in the free market. Upon being told that the free market does not exist, which of the following is he LEAST LIKELY to do?
Find out more information from people who do not believe in the free market.
Look for evidence that would confirm that the free market exists.
Look over all his old books about the free market.
Not listen to anyone who claims that the free market does not exist.
The answer seems to be "Look over all old books", mainly because a child is about as likely to have a book about Santa as he is the others.
In other news, I'm heading back to civilisation for a couple of days at the weekend. It's likely to be a jarring experience.
A) is clearly the correct answer because EVERYTHING is about Santa :argh!:
More Dishonored http://youtu.be/rGdScx2iBuk
Fraps, my recording program, has been a little funny. You wont notice it so much in this episode, but the end of the one after the next one will be pretty abrupt.
Quote from: Cain on March 05, 2014, 11:57:51 AM
More Dishonored http://youtu.be/rGdScx2iBuk
Fraps, my recording program, has been a little funny. You wont notice it so much in this episode, but the end of the one after the next one will be pretty abrupt.
I've heard no end of complaints lately with Fraps and game recording. Lots of people I know have been using Bandicam with way less issues than Fraps was giving them.
I havent found fraps to be so bad, it's pretty light on the processing load and so on, it just seems to crash sometimes. And the recorded files are pretty huge, and so require rendering down.
Quote from: Alty on March 05, 2014, 05:18:18 AM
Fucking finally! A real god damned break!
Just snagged a renter on CL who wants to pay me six months rent upfront AND THEN make regular monthly payments. She has buttload of clients and works 7 days a week.
I am not screwed at all now!
:noodledance:
I can buy a van that isn't a piece of shit AND eat food for the forseeable future!
OMG YAY!
Quote from: Telarus on March 05, 2014, 05:19:28 AM
WOOOO! Nice, Alty!
Quote from: Nigel on March 05, 2014, 03:56:01 AM
Quote from: Alty on March 05, 2014, 03:46:57 AM
My Marketing Principles work last week included cognitive dissonance to mean:
When you think you will only spend so much on a car, end up paying way more than your principles allow, and think about this while driving it home.
That is significantly better than the way this guy is using the term, which is as a rationalizing tool to minimize discomfort, which is literally the opposite of the definition.
HMMMM, sounds like some-one just read the header of the Wikipedia article. Literally everything you just mentioned is there, including a completely unrelated-to-cognitive-dissonance pull-quote by the guy who coined the term, which reads, "Humans are not a rational animal, but a rationalizing one" - Leon Festinger.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance
Sounds like "cognitive dissonance" & "Leon Festinger's 'theory of cognitive dissonance' (meaning his hypotheses on how humans tend to cope with it)" have been muddled in his head.
I sincerely hope your teacher isn't instructing a class based on Wikipedia.....
The class is based on a perfectly good book which has a perfectly good and correct definition of cognitive dissonance, AND the coping mechanisms that people employ to cope with cognitive dissonance, and he appears to be, as you said, conflating the two.
Quote from: Junkenstein on March 05, 2014, 08:44:27 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 05, 2014, 03:54:42 AM
Dude, seriously:
QuoteJosé is a child who has always believed in Santa Claus. Upon being told that Santa Claus does not exist, which of the following is he LEAST LIKELY to do?
Find out more information from people who do not believe in Santa Claus.
Look for evidence that would confirm that Santa Claus exists.
Look over all his old books about Santa Claus.
Not listen to anyone who claims that Santa Claus does not exist.
What the fuck is this nonsense? Let's see if it makes more sense applied to other fictional concepts:
QuoteJosé is a child who has always believed in equality. Upon being told that equality does not exist, which of the following is he LEAST LIKELY to do?
Find out more information from people who do not believe in equality.
Look for evidence that would confirm that equality exists.
Look over all his old books about equality.
Not listen to anyone who claims that equality does not exist.
Still no sense.
QuoteJosé is a child who has always believed in Justice. Upon being told that Justice does not exist, which of the following is he LEAST LIKELY to do?
Find out more information from people who do not believe in Justice.
Look for evidence that would confirm that Justice exists.
Look over all his old books about Justice.
Not listen to anyone who claims that Justice does not exist.
Starting to get it.
QuoteJosé is a child who has always believed in the free market. Upon being told that the free market does not exist, which of the following is he LEAST LIKELY to do?
Find out more information from people who do not believe in the free market.
Look for evidence that would confirm that the free market exists.
Look over all his old books about the free market.
Not listen to anyone who claims that the free market does not exist.
The answer seems to be "Look over all old books", mainly because a child is about as likely to have a book about Santa as he is the others.
In other news, I'm heading back to civilisation for a couple of days at the weekend. It's likely to be a jarring experience.
The correct answer is A, BECAUSE JOSE IS A CHILD. But the instructor clearly wants us to disregard normal child behavior and pretend that Jose is a 40-year-old bagger who has been informed that Jesus doesn't exist, in which case the answer is B or D.
Quote from: Nigel on March 05, 2014, 04:32:34 PM
The correct answer is A, BECAUSE JOSE IS A CHILD.
Fire instructor, hire Nigel.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 05, 2014, 04:43:38 PM
Quote from: Nigel on March 05, 2014, 04:32:34 PM
The correct answer is A, BECAUSE JOSE IS A CHILD.
Fire instructor, hire Nigel.
:lulz:
Luckily, this is my last philosophy class EVER. I only have to play the game of "anticipate what answer the instructor wants, regardless of whether it's correct" for two more weeks.
Smashed finger. Stings a touch now at random when typing. This could be vexing.
http://www.naturehack.com/index.html
Because there is never enough crazy.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 05, 2014, 05:33:28 PM
http://www.naturehack.com/index.html
Because there is never enough crazy.
There is on that front page. More than enough!
ETA: There's a VIEDO (http://www.naturehack.com/video/index.html)
Quote from: Cain on March 05, 2014, 11:57:51 AM
More Dishonored http://youtu.be/rGdScx2iBuk
Fraps, my recording program, has been a little funny. You wont notice it so much in this episode, but the end of the one after the next one will be pretty abrupt.
Hmm. My playback is snagging in the first couple of minutes.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 05, 2014, 06:10:04 PM
Quote from: Cain on March 05, 2014, 11:57:51 AM
More Dishonored http://youtu.be/rGdScx2iBuk
Fraps, my recording program, has been a little funny. You wont notice it so much in this episode, but the end of the one after the next one will be pretty abrupt.
Hmm. My playback is snagging in the first couple of minutes.
Visual or audio?
Seems Youtube has been playing up for a few people lately.
Freezing both audio and video. I'll try again tomorrow.
Yeah, playback seems to be fine this end, so blame Google (always a good policy anyway).
Annnnnnnnd my cars packed it in.....
Blame Tucson.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 05, 2014, 09:09:39 PM
Blame Tucson.
I was driving to get it inspected. Tucsons been leaking Heisenberg faults again, the closer I got to the inspection the more probably faults with my car became certainties.
Quote from: Faust on March 05, 2014, 09:12:42 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 05, 2014, 09:09:39 PM
Blame Tucson.
I was driving to get it inspected. Tucsons been leaking Heisenberg faults again, the closer I got to the inspection the more probably faults with my car became certainties.
That right there? That's 169% Tucson.
Haw haw.
Doctor at clinic with no sliding scale suggests a biopsy with a snap in his fingers and hungry eyes.
Doctor at sliding scale clinic who makes what he makes either way says, Meh, if it changes maybe but I have the same kind of mole on my arm right here.
:lol:
Quote from: Tiddleywomp Cockletit on March 05, 2014, 01:02:40 AM
I've taken a day job (which is actually going to be a night job, by the end of this week). It's said that fortune telling is a busy gig in "uncertain times", but what I've noticed is that in "uncertain times" every idiot and their mother starts telling fortunes. So I pretty much had a choice of going to work or sleeping in my daughter's truck.
I'm at a place called Continental and they make the computer parts for cars. It's easier than it sounds, I'm sure little kids in China do the same thing (for a lot less). The upside is that it's $10.90 an hour (which is kind of a shitty wage but surreal good for Seguin). The bad part is that the shifts are 12 hours and I get to stand up the whole time on my fucked up Steven Tyler feet. These last couple of weeks have been training and orientation, so while I was out on the floor some, there were also days that we sat all day and listened to shit.
Today we had a...I don't know what it was. It was named Babs. She said things like "A REEL IS ROUND AND IT HAS A HOLE IN THE MIDDLE!" and "IF OUR PRODUCTS FAIL, WE'RE LIABLE! CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT "LIABLE" MEANS?"
If you looked down, she accused you of sleeping and threatened to make you stand up. She pronounced "Tianjin" "Tanjin" and made a freudian slip that "CORPORATIONS ARE USING LABOR IN LOW CLASS - I MEAN LOW COST! - COUNTRIES LIKE MEXICO AND CHINA." Then she told us about some mythical Union guy in North Carolina who wouldn't negotiate and caused a whole plant to shut down causing thousands of people to lose their jobs. Oh, and "frivolous lawsuits", with that evil opportunistic McDonald's coffee lady (who actually WAS severely burned) as an example. And how corporations shouldn't have their taxes raised (but it's OK to make people take unpaid weeks off, if that's what it takes to keep the company afloat).
I'm only surprised she didn't tell us about Jesus and how he sends blizzards to places where people are "going to do something gay".
I won't be working with her, but she's around that plant somewhere. And she's a marked woman.
How was YOUR day?
AIIIIIEEEEEEE, what have I missed?
I wanted to send you and the tyke a care package. But I don't have your info.
Quote from: Cain on March 05, 2014, 07:03:25 PM
Yeah, playback seems to be fine this end, so blame Google (always a good policy anyway).
Ok, it worked today. The plot thickens...
I feel like a bit of a dick.
First, I demoted my assistant-supervisor for good reasons. The dickish bit is that i failed to sufficiently communicate her shortcomings to her on time. I just took all the extra work on myself (why do i use long words in that sentence? I think it is my brain protecting my ego)
Secondly, today i sent a zero-hour-contract worker home (on sickleave) because he has a hernia but keeps coming back to work directly followed by him going home early because his back hurts. He can't function and is destroying his back at the same time, just because he wants to work. The dick part here is that he won't be allowed back here by my boss. I stand behind my decision though, it is best for everyone.
Quote from: :regret: on March 06, 2014, 01:10:55 PM
I feel like a bit of a dick.
First, I demoted my assistant-supervisor for good reasons. The dickish bit is that i failed to sufficiently communicate her shortcomings to her on time. I just took all the extra work on myself (why do i use long words in that sentence? I think it is my brain protecting my ego)
Secondly, today i sent a zero-hour-contract worker home (on sickleave) because he has a hernia but keeps coming back to work directly followed by him going home early because his back hurts. He can't function and is destroying his back at the same time, just because he wants to work. The dick part here is that he won't be allowed back here by my boss. I stand behind my decision though, it is best for everyone.
Welcome to the joys of management.
Housemate invited a friend over last night, so I come home from my late lab to a kitchen full of drunk people. Had a couple beers, stayed up til midnight, had to get up at 6:30 for yoga.
I am a sack of seething resentment this morning.
Quote from: Nigel on March 06, 2014, 02:16:38 PM
Housemate invited a friend over last night, so I come home from my late lab to a kitchen full of drunk people. Had a couple beers, stayed up til midnight, had to get up at 6:30 for yoga.
I am a sack of seething resentment this morning.
I fell asleep on the road on the way into work this morning.
I didn't even get to have any beer. :sad:
Crap! Everything/one ok?
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 06, 2014, 01:18:21 PM
Quote from: :regret: on March 06, 2014, 01:10:55 PM
I feel like a bit of a dick.
First, I demoted my assistant-supervisor for good reasons. The dickish bit is that i failed to sufficiently communicate her shortcomings to her on time. I just took all the extra work on myself (why do i use long words in that sentence? I think it is my brain protecting my ego)
Secondly, today i sent a zero-hour-contract worker home (on sickleave) because he has a hernia but keeps coming back to work directly followed by him going home early because his back hurts. He can't function and is destroying his back at the same time, just because he wants to work. The dick part here is that he won't be allowed back here by my boss. I stand behind my decision though, it is best for everyone.
If it's any consolation, you'll probably deal with much, much worse if you stay in management roles.
Welcome to the joys of management.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 06, 2014, 02:21:46 PM
Crap! Everything/one ok?
Yes, I'm fine. The Force was my guide. Didn't even leave the road.
I'm off to take a nap.
I did that earlier, kinda wishing I'd done it now instead.
Got my first overnight shift since 2011 tomorrow evening. So I'm going to be staying up extremely late tonight, so I can get up late tomorrow so I can stay awake for the 12 hours without resorting to extreme measures. I'm thinking some ME3MP platinum runs. Playing with randoms on Platinum is essentially the ultimate form frustration and anger can take, so I reckon that should keep me going until 7am or so.
Had exam on tuesday. Have exam tonight. Will have exam next week as well as an acoustic gig i havent even put together a setlist for because i forgot it was march. Oh shit its dads birthday.
Quote from: THE PHYTOPHTHORATIC HOLDER OF THE ADVANCED DEGREE on March 06, 2014, 04:44:18 PM
Had exam on tuesday. Have exam tonight. Will have exam next week as well as an acoustic gig i havent even put together a setlist for because i forgot it was march. Oh shit its dads birthday.
Gah! good luck!
Quote from: Junkenstein on March 06, 2014, 02:31:28 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 06, 2014, 01:18:21 PM
Quote from: :regret: on March 06, 2014, 01:10:55 PM
I feel like a bit of a dick.
First, I demoted my assistant-supervisor for good reasons. The dickish bit is that i failed to sufficiently communicate her shortcomings to her on time. I just took all the extra work on myself (why do i use long words in that sentence? I think it is my brain protecting my ego)
Secondly, today i sent a zero-hour-contract worker home (on sickleave) because he has a hernia but keeps coming back to work directly followed by him going home early because his back hurts. He can't function and is destroying his back at the same time, just because he wants to work. The dick part here is that he won't be allowed back here by my boss. I stand behind my decision though, it is best for everyone.
If it's any consolation, you'll probably deal with much, much worse if you stay in management roles.
Welcome to the joys of management.
I didn't even want the job, it was just that no-one else would accept it for what they were offering (I got and still get payed a lot less than that, yes i know i suck at negotiating) and the big boss wouldn't shut up until i said OK.
Eh, whatever. Before that i was doing the same work but without the title and for even less money.
It still feels different though, for some reason i feel more responsibility.
In other news, i spent the whole 50 minute bike ride home from work pretending I was giving you guys a tour of my city. It was a fun end to an annoying day.
The day was annoying because of one thing: meeting at the end of the day.
Quote from: THE PHYTOPHTHORATIC HOLDER OF THE ADVANCED DEGREE on March 06, 2014, 04:44:18 PM
Had exam on tuesday. Have exam tonight. Will have exam next week as well as an acoustic gig i havent even put together a setlist for because i forgot it was march. Oh shit its dads birthday.
Yeah this coming two weeks is going to be a finals fuckfest.
Quote from: :regret: on March 06, 2014, 04:53:53 PM
In other news, i spent the whole 50 minute bike ride home from work pretending I was giving you guys a tour of my city. It was a fun end to an annoying day.
The day was annoying because of one thing: meeting at the end of the day.
That actually sounds like fun. I might have to try that
Quote from: :regret: on March 06, 2014, 04:53:53 PM
In other news, i spent the whole 50 minute bike ride home from work pretending I was giving you guys a tour of my city. It was a fun end to an annoying day.
The day was annoying because of one thing: meeting at the end of the day.
You should do what my boyfriend did when he got stuck with a management position he didn't want, and just make yourself so incomprehensibly strange that you get "laterally transitioned" back into a tech geek position for the same pay.
He basically didn't finish a sentence for six months, and they decided that he's of more use behind the scenes.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 05, 2014, 05:33:28 PM
http://www.naturehack.com/index.html
Because there is never enough crazy.
That guy is literally THE BEST THING about TDS.
Quote from: Nigel on March 06, 2014, 05:02:31 PM
Quote from: THE PHYTOPHTHORATIC HOLDER OF THE ADVANCED DEGREE on March 06, 2014, 04:44:18 PM
Had exam on tuesday. Have exam tonight. Will have exam next week as well as an acoustic gig i havent even put together a setlist for because i forgot it was march. Oh shit its dads birthday.
Yeah this coming two weeks is going to be a finals fuckfest.
Its midterm for me but oddly only algebra has a midterm. My science classes have 4 throughout the semester. It was just a weird coincidence that im getting three in a row. Im almost afraid of looking at my biotech syllabus in case theres a fourth one before spring break.
Quote from: Nigel on March 06, 2014, 05:08:17 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 05, 2014, 05:33:28 PM
http://www.naturehack.com/index.html
Because there is never enough crazy.
That guy is literally THE BEST THING about TDS.
I finally had to block him, because my feed was out of control.
I also blocked a few of the mean-spirited fucks who hound him.
Quote from: THE PHYTOPHTHORATIC HOLDER OF THE ADVANCED DEGREE on March 06, 2014, 05:03:23 PM
Quote from: :regret: on March 06, 2014, 04:53:53 PM
In other news, i spent the whole 50 minute bike ride home from work pretending I was giving you guys a tour of my city. It was a fun end to an annoying day.
The day was annoying because of one thing: meeting at the end of the day.
That actually sounds like fun. I might have to try that
I followed some paths i always see but never follow, ended up in a dead end, tried to follow a car-road instead of a bikepath because i refuse to go back, found out it was a buslane, got scared because i got hit by a bus once shortly after i was hanging behind a car on a buslane on my inlineskates, and then mocked myself for being cowardly.
I also saw several big predatory birds, i'm not really good at determining bird species (because i have bad eyes) but they were hawks or something.
I soon started rapping:
I LIKE BIG BIRDS I CANNOT LIE
WHEN A BIRD FLIES IN WITH AN ITTY BITTY WING
YOU GET BUMMED
That is how far i got before i realised i can't remember the rest of the song so i just kept repeating it grinning like a ninny.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 06, 2014, 05:09:31 PM
Quote from: Nigel on March 06, 2014, 05:08:17 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 05, 2014, 05:33:28 PM
http://www.naturehack.com/index.html
Because there is never enough crazy.
That guy is literally THE BEST THING about TDS.
I finally had to block him, because my feed was out of control.
I also blocked a few of the mean-spirited fucks who hound him.
Yeah, the people who feel like it's OK to shit all over every post he makes are assholes. The dude is CLEARLY not altogether together.
Quote from: Nigel on March 06, 2014, 05:07:19 PM
Quote from: :regret: on March 06, 2014, 04:53:53 PM
In other news, i spent the whole 50 minute bike ride home from work pretending I was giving you guys a tour of my city. It was a fun end to an annoying day.
The day was annoying because of one thing: meeting at the end of the day.
You should do what my boyfriend did when he got stuck with a management position he didn't want, and just make yourself so incomprehensibly strange that you get "laterally transitioned" back into a tech geek position for the same pay.
He basically didn't finish a sentence for six months, and they decided that he's of more use behind the scenes.
I haven't even reached true management, i'm still on the workfloor and actually get some real work done every once in a while.
Good tip though, sadly i always give my honest best effort at every(work)thing i do. (except presentations, the moment they expect me to give a presentation on anything i will hand over my resignation tied to a molotov. I wont break the bottle though, it will just be a very scary oil-lamp.)
I looked. I have an exam this saturday too. Oh boy.
Quote from: Nigel on March 06, 2014, 05:16:54 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 06, 2014, 05:09:31 PM
Quote from: Nigel on March 06, 2014, 05:08:17 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 05, 2014, 05:33:28 PM
http://www.naturehack.com/index.html
Because there is never enough crazy.
That guy is literally THE BEST THING about TDS.
I finally had to block him, because my feed was out of control.
I also blocked a few of the mean-spirited fucks who hound him.
Yeah, the people who feel like it's OK to shit all over every post he makes are assholes. The dude is CLEARLY not altogether together.
Something is tickling at the back of my - this might be a wind up - oblongata.
Dishonored Part 8 is up (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAKvJvY_PAg&feature=youtu.be). I got ambushed by some assassins...bad form, Corvo. We are the ambusher, never the ambushee.
Quote from: :regret: on March 06, 2014, 05:14:50 PM
Quote from: THE PHYTOPHTHORATIC HOLDER OF THE ADVANCED DEGREE on March 06, 2014, 05:03:23 PM
Quote from: :regret: on March 06, 2014, 04:53:53 PM
In other news, i spent the whole 50 minute bike ride home from work pretending I was giving you guys a tour of my city. It was a fun end to an annoying day.
The day was annoying because of one thing: meeting at the end of the day.
That actually sounds like fun. I might have to try that
I followed some paths i always see but never follow, ended up in a dead end, tried to follow a car-road instead of a bikepath because i refuse to go back, found out it was a buslane, got scared because i got hit by a bus once shortly after i was hanging behind a car on a buslane on my inlineskates, and then mocked myself for being cowardly.
I also saw several big predatory birds, i'm not really good at determining bird species (because i have bad eyes) but they were hawks or something.
I soon started rapping:
I LIKE BIG BIRDS I CANNOT LIE
WHEN A BIRD FLIES IN WITH AN ITTY BITTY WING
YOU GET BUMMED
That is how far i got before i realised i can't remember the rest of the song so i just kept repeating it grinning like a ninny.
That does sound like a good end to the day lol
Let's see...IASON, of all people, invites me to play a game called "press your luck". HAH! This is not my first BBQ, sir. Mother raised no fools. I remember what happened to the Indianapolis Rotary Club.
THURSDAY CHEAP BEER PINT DAY!
Quote from: Cain on March 06, 2014, 05:23:50 PM
Dishonored Part 8 is up (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAKvJvY_PAg&feature=youtu.be). I got ambushed by some assassins...bad form, Corvo. We are the ambusher, never the ambushee.
That was a good episode. "I have no idea what's going on."
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 06, 2014, 06:20:36 PM
Let's see...IASON, of all people, invites me to play a game called "press your luck". HAH! This is not my first BBQ, sir. Mother raised no fools. I remember what happened to the Indianapolis Rotary Club.
:lulz:
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 06, 2014, 06:47:50 PM
Quote from: Cain on March 06, 2014, 05:23:50 PM
Dishonored Part 8 is up (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAKvJvY_PAg&feature=youtu.be). I got ambushed by some assassins...bad form, Corvo. We are the ambusher, never the ambushee.
That was a good episode. "I have no idea what's going on."
I
still have no idea what is going on. The joys of a blind playthrough.
Whoo-hoo! Van acquired. I shall name him Percy.
Setting up insurance right now, then all that's left to do is:
fix the:
bumper cover
door handle
rear right break light and turn signal
front right turn signal
Get a tune-up
Insulate and vaporproof and lightproof it.
Put in some kind of bed that leaves room underneath for storage
Get a campstove, looking at this, because holy shit that's cool: http://www.amazon.com/BioLite-BL-CSA-Wood-Burning-Campstove/dp/B00BQHET9O
Get a portable toilet
Find cheap storage for all my shit that won't fit.
Damn, a campstove that has USB ports?
We didn't have those when I was in the Scouts, that's for sure.
Quote from: Cain on March 06, 2014, 07:12:14 PM
Damn, a campstove that has USB ports?
We didn't have those when I was in the Scouts, that's for sure.
Hell yeah. It seems to run of small twigs and pine cones and pretty much anything that burns. The reviews seem pretty solid, for the most part. Beats carrying around propane. One of the reviews claimed 15% charge per meal.
Quote from: Alty on March 06, 2014, 07:08:01 PM
Whoo-hoo! Van acquired. I shall name him Percy.
Setting up insurance right now, then all that's left to do is:
fix the:
bumper cover
door handle
rear right break light and turn signal
front right turn signal
Get a tune-up
Insulate and vaporproof and lightproof it.
Put in some kind of bed that leaves room underneath for storage
Get a campstove, looking at this, because holy shit that's cool: http://www.amazon.com/BioLite-BL-CSA-Wood-Burning-Campstove/dp/B00BQHET9O
Get a portable toilet
Find cheap storage for all my shit that won't fit.
Wow, that's really neat!
Will you still be able to receive mail sent to your old address?
Quote from: Nigel on March 06, 2014, 07:40:16 PM
Quote from: Alty on March 06, 2014, 07:08:01 PM
Whoo-hoo! Van acquired. I shall name him Percy.
Setting up insurance right now, then all that's left to do is:
fix the:
bumper cover
door handle
rear right break light and turn signal
front right turn signal
Get a tune-up
Insulate and vaporproof and lightproof it.
Put in some kind of bed that leaves room underneath for storage
Get a campstove, looking at this, because holy shit that's cool: http://www.amazon.com/BioLite-BL-CSA-Wood-Burning-Campstove/dp/B00BQHET9O
Get a portable toilet
Find cheap storage for all my shit that won't fit.
Wow, that's really neat!
Will you still be able to receive mail sent to your old address?
Not by April. I will either set up a PO Box or use my sisters address, not sure yet.
Quote from: Alty on March 06, 2014, 07:58:27 PM
Quote from: Nigel on March 06, 2014, 07:40:16 PM
Quote from: Alty on March 06, 2014, 07:08:01 PM
Whoo-hoo! Van acquired. I shall name him Percy.
Setting up insurance right now, then all that's left to do is:
fix the:
bumper cover
door handle
rear right break light and turn signal
front right turn signal
Get a tune-up
Insulate and vaporproof and lightproof it.
Put in some kind of bed that leaves room underneath for storage
Get a campstove, looking at this, because holy shit that's cool: http://www.amazon.com/BioLite-BL-CSA-Wood-Burning-Campstove/dp/B00BQHET9O
Get a portable toilet
Find cheap storage for all my shit that won't fit.
Wow, that's really neat!
Will you still be able to receive mail sent to your old address?
Not by April. I will either set up a PO Box or use my sisters address, not sure yet.
OK well, I already sent the book, hopefully it won't take until April to get there...
Going to Ohio and West Virginia in a week or so, to do bad things to a vendor.
I just squeed my pance because I just found out that PSU's biology department is moving into THE BUILDING this fall.
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/health-care-inc/2013/11/ohsus-snazzy-new-waterfront-building.html?s=image_gallery
Micro and Gen Bio exams done. Next up, Biotech.
Officially made SuuExTM brand Face Lube. Lip Spackle for the Smart Mouth.
I never knew making lip balm could be fun, easy, and a pain in the ass at the same time. Seriously, it took me 3 tries to get a texture I liked, and it still a bit TOO solid. Hence: Lip spackle. However, I know what goes into it, I put it there myself. Now I have 9 jars to go through before I try again. :lulz:
Quote from: The Suu on March 07, 2014, 02:47:38 AM
Officially made SuuExTM brand Face Lube. Lip Spackle for the Smart Mouth.
I never knew making lip balm could be fun, easy, and a pain in the ass at the same time. Seriously, it took me 3 tries to get a texture I liked, and it still a bit TOO solid. Hence: Lip spackle. However, I know what goes into it, I put it there myself. Now I have 9 jars to go through before I try again. :lulz:
Very nice. :P
Quote from: The Suu on March 07, 2014, 02:47:38 AM
Officially made SuuExTM brand Face Lube. Lip Spackle for the Smart Mouth.
I never knew making lip balm could be fun, easy, and a pain in the ass at the same time. Seriously, it took me 3 tries to get a texture I liked, and it still a bit TOO solid. Hence: Lip spackle. However, I know what goes into it, I put it there myself. Now I have 9 jars to go through before I try again. :lulz:
It is a pain in the ass. But easy. And fun. I started making my own because I have skin reactions to almost all lip balms that make my skin slough off, and my method is as follows:
1. Put some olive oil in a clean dry yogurt cup.
2. Add some beeswax
3. Microwave until liquid
4. Stir
5. Pour into tubes and let harden
I think my method could be vastly improved by doing steps 1 and 2 on a scale so as to achieve a consistent olive oil/beeswax ratio, but nooooooo I always just wing it, which means that sometimes I have 100 tubes of soft oily lip balm, and sometimes I have 100 tubes of hard waxy lip balm. Someday, I'll wise the fuck up and use a scale.
Quote from: Nigel on March 07, 2014, 04:00:41 AM
Quote from: THE PHYTOPHTHORATIC HOLDER OF THE ADVANCED DEGREE on March 07, 2014, 02:34:26 AM
Micro and Gen Bio exams done. Next up, Biotech.
GO GO POWER RANGER!
:)
The Gen Bio I'm iffy about. It was one of those multiple choice tests where you're like, ermm... could be that or that, really could....
Quote from: THE PHYTOPHTHORATIC HOLDER OF THE ADVANCED DEGREE on March 07, 2014, 04:16:59 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 07, 2014, 04:00:41 AM
Quote from: THE PHYTOPHTHORATIC HOLDER OF THE ADVANCED DEGREE on March 07, 2014, 02:34:26 AM
Micro and Gen Bio exams done. Next up, Biotech.
GO GO POWER RANGER!
:)
The Gen Bio I'm iffy about. It was one of those multiple choice tests where you're like, ermm... could be that or that, really could....
I have found that the key to Gen Bio multiple-choice questions is "what can I rule out, based on what I know?"
Quote from: Nigel on March 07, 2014, 04:20:36 AM
Quote from: THE PHYTOPHTHORATIC HOLDER OF THE ADVANCED DEGREE on March 07, 2014, 04:16:59 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 07, 2014, 04:00:41 AM
Quote from: THE PHYTOPHTHORATIC HOLDER OF THE ADVANCED DEGREE on March 07, 2014, 02:34:26 AM
Micro and Gen Bio exams done. Next up, Biotech.
GO GO POWER RANGER!
:)
The Gen Bio I'm iffy about. It was one of those multiple choice tests where you're like, ermm... could be that or that, really could....
I have found that the key to Gen Bio multiple-choice questions is "what can I rule out, based on what I know?"
And that's what I tried for. Fingers crossed.
Returning to civilisation shortly. If Scotland actually goes for independence then around this time next year what I'm doing will probably be classed as smuggling. I could care less, there's just no good sliced sausage round here and the things they call "Potato Scones" are a horrible joke. I'm not even going to mention how these people cook bacon and eggs. It's horrific. They bend.
Enjoy your weekend all, I will.
Quote from: Nigel on March 07, 2014, 04:05:32 AM
Quote from: The Suu on March 07, 2014, 02:47:38 AM
Officially made SuuExTM brand Face Lube. Lip Spackle for the Smart Mouth.
I never knew making lip balm could be fun, easy, and a pain in the ass at the same time. Seriously, it took me 3 tries to get a texture I liked, and it still a bit TOO solid. Hence: Lip spackle. However, I know what goes into it, I put it there myself. Now I have 9 jars to go through before I try again. :lulz:
It is a pain in the ass. But easy. And fun. I started making my own because I have skin reactions to almost all lip balms that make my skin slough off, and my method is as follows:
1. Put some olive oil in a clean dry yogurt cup.
2. Add some beeswax
3. Microwave until liquid
4. Stir
5. Pour into tubes and let harden
I think my method could be vastly improved by doing steps 1 and 2 on a scale so as to achieve a consistent olive oil/beeswax ratio, but nooooooo I always just wing it, which means that sometimes I have 100 tubes of soft oily lip balm, and sometimes I have 100 tubes of hard waxy lip balm. Someday, I'll wise the fuck up and use a scale.
I discovered that the more "addictive" balms on the market are really dangerous. I kicked Carmex about 10 years ago because of the Salicylic Acid, and I was using that since I was 14. I started on Blistex Lip Medex and I've been hooked ever since. I couldn't find it a few weeks ago up here in NH, so I bought EOS, which is all natural and remarkably nice, but expensive. So I was using it for a couple of weeks, saw they made an medicated brand and got it....DON'T. It's full of phenol, which I discovered is what makes the others so addicting, because it dries your lips on contact. Without the minty menthol feeling of the Blistex and all the cocoa butter and lanolin that goes into it, I didn't feel it. On the EOS I did, and it was painful. So I vowed since then to not use anything with phenol and petrolatum in them, which is hard. Stuck on EOS, and somebody suggested I make my own.
It's too thick, but it stayed on my lips all night. They're soft and completely unirritated by anything the mass market could sneak in. I'm sold. I just need to tweak the recipe now to make it a bit softer. Probably less beeswax.
Quote from: Junkenstein on March 07, 2014, 09:54:46 AM
I could care less, there's just no good sliced sausage round here and the things they call "Potato Scones" are a horrible joke.
Potato Scones
Potato SconesPotato Scones
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 07, 2014, 01:09:47 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on March 07, 2014, 09:54:46 AM
I could care less, there's just no good sliced sausage round here and the things they call "Potato Scones" are a horrible joke.
Potato Scones
Potato Scones
Potato Scones
There needs to be some sort of fucking intervention of British Isle cuisine, damnit.
Potato scones, black pudding, square sausage, links, bacon and eggs. If you want to get posh, fried tomatoes. That is breakfast. Any other arrangement of molecules is not breakfast.
(Fried bread optional)
Going to go scream at a vendor for an hour or so.
When I get back, I'll be adding to the Kitty Parson story.
I really need to get more sleep.
Especially on Thursday nights, when I know I've got a lot ahead of me on Friday.
Quote from: The Suu on March 07, 2014, 01:02:49 PM
Quote from: Nigel on March 07, 2014, 04:05:32 AM
Quote from: The Suu on March 07, 2014, 02:47:38 AM
Officially made SuuExTM brand Face Lube. Lip Spackle for the Smart Mouth.
I never knew making lip balm could be fun, easy, and a pain in the ass at the same time. Seriously, it took me 3 tries to get a texture I liked, and it still a bit TOO solid. Hence: Lip spackle. However, I know what goes into it, I put it there myself. Now I have 9 jars to go through before I try again. :lulz:
It is a pain in the ass. But easy. And fun. I started making my own because I have skin reactions to almost all lip balms that make my skin slough off, and my method is as follows:
1. Put some olive oil in a clean dry yogurt cup.
2. Add some beeswax
3. Microwave until liquid
4. Stir
5. Pour into tubes and let harden
I think my method could be vastly improved by doing steps 1 and 2 on a scale so as to achieve a consistent olive oil/beeswax ratio, but nooooooo I always just wing it, which means that sometimes I have 100 tubes of soft oily lip balm, and sometimes I have 100 tubes of hard waxy lip balm. Someday, I'll wise the fuck up and use a scale.
I discovered that the more "addictive" balms on the market are really dangerous. I kicked Carmex about 10 years ago because of the Salicylic Acid, and I was using that since I was 14. I started on Blistex Lip Medex and I've been hooked ever since. I couldn't find it a few weeks ago up here in NH, so I bought EOS, which is all natural and remarkably nice, but expensive. So I was using it for a couple of weeks, saw they made an medicated brand and got it....DON'T. It's full of phenol, which I discovered is what makes the others so addicting, because it dries your lips on contact. Without the minty menthol feeling of the Blistex and all the cocoa butter and lanolin that goes into it, I didn't feel it. On the EOS I did, and it was painful. So I vowed since then to not use anything with phenol and petrolatum in them, which is hard. Stuck on EOS, and somebody suggested I make my own.
It's too thick, but it stayed on my lips all night. They're soft and completely unirritated by anything the mass market could sneak in. I'm sold. I just need to tweak the recipe now to make it a bit softer. Probably less beeswax.
There's pretty much zero danger of me buying anything other than cherry Chapstick, which is about the only mass-market lip balm I'm not horrifically allergic to, because it's just oil, wax, and an apparently innocuous flavoring. Even your homemade stuff would fuck my lips right up because it contains vitamin E oil, which when used topically makes my skin fall off.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 07, 2014, 02:57:26 PM
I really need to get more sleep.
Especially on Thursday nights, when I know I've got a lot ahead of me on Friday.
You mean,
THE GAY BAR?
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 07, 2014, 02:55:55 PM
Going to go scream at a vendor for an hour or so.
When I get back, I'll be adding to the Kitty Parson story.
Woohoo!
There's this funny thing about finals, which is that I swear people actually come out of the woodwork to demand attention. I have actually had THREE different people I almost never hear from message me with "We need to hang out soon!" (one of them was like "time to meet halfway!" and I'm like, "Sure, if you want to pay for my car to have a tune-up and pass DEQ so I can get current tags!") plus a lady from a bead magazine wants me to make a tutorial by the 15th. LOLOLOLOLOL
Basically I feel like the world goes "Oh, you have things that urgently need your directed time and energy for a couple of weeks? PAY ATTENTION TO MEEEE MEEEE MEEEE MEEEEE LOOK AT MEEEEEEEEEEEE".
Also I don't know how to tell these glass people that I am not interested in their shit anymore.
Quote from: Alty on March 06, 2014, 07:14:46 PM
Quote from: Cain on March 06, 2014, 07:12:14 PM
Damn, a campstove that has USB ports?
We didn't have those when I was in the Scouts, that's for sure.
Hell yeah. It seems to run of small twigs and pine cones and pretty much anything that burns. The reviews seem pretty solid, for the most part. Beats carrying around propane. One of the reviews claimed 15% charge per meal.
That is really cool. Wish listed for when I have money to spend on things again
Quote from: Nigel on March 07, 2014, 04:33:07 PM
Also I don't know how to tell these glass people that I am not interested in their shit anymore.
QuoteDEAR GLASS PEOPLE:
The Bead Wife has changed careers. Her new career depends on her devoting herself 100% to her education. As such, she has no time for writing tutorials...And even if she did, the idea of a deadline is laughable unless she is being paid to create said tutorial. The very fact that you believe that putting a deadline on any part of her life without a prior agreement and compensation indicates that to you, she is a resource and not a person. This being the case, I would respectfully suggest that you "find anotha sucka", as the kids say these days.
For I am a worldly man, and me and the kids are "tight like that".
However, you and The Bead Wife are NOT "tight like that", and your behavior is offensive as hell. If you want a tutorial, YOU go write it. As for The Bead Wife, she's busy and doesn't need your shit.
Venomously Yours,
The Good Reverend Roger
acting in the capacity of The Bead Wife's Spiritual Advisor
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 07, 2014, 06:14:43 PM
Quote from: Nigel on March 07, 2014, 04:33:07 PM
Also I don't know how to tell these glass people that I am not interested in their shit anymore.
QuoteDEAR GLASS PEOPLE:
The Bead Wife has changed careers. Her new career depends on her devoting herself 100% to her education. As such, she has no time for writing tutorials...And even if she did, the idea of a deadline is laughable unless she is being paid to create said tutorial. The very fact that you believe that putting a deadline on any part of her life without a prior agreement and compensation indicates that to you, she is a resource and not a person. This being the case, I would respectfully suggest that you "find anotha sucka", as the kids say these days.
For I am a worldly man, and me and the kids are "tight like that".
However, you and The Bead Wife are NOT "tight like that", and your behavior is offensive as hell. If you want a tutorial, YOU go write it. As for The Bead Wife, she's busy and doesn't need your shit.
Venomously Yours,
The Good Reverend Roger
acting in the capacity of The Bead Wife's Spiritual Advisor
PREACH!
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 07, 2014, 06:14:43 PM
Quote from: Nigel on March 07, 2014, 04:33:07 PM
Also I don't know how to tell these glass people that I am not interested in their shit anymore.
QuoteDEAR GLASS PEOPLE:
The Bead Wife has changed careers. Her new career depends on her devoting herself 100% to her education. As such, she has no time for writing tutorials...And even if she did, the idea of a deadline is laughable unless she is being paid to create said tutorial. The very fact that you believe that putting a deadline on any part of her life without a prior agreement and compensation indicates that to you, she is a resource and not a person. This being the case, I would respectfully suggest that you "find anotha sucka", as the kids say these days.
For I am a worldly man, and me and the kids are "tight like that".
However, you and The Bead Wife are NOT "tight like that", and your behavior is offensive as hell. If you want a tutorial, YOU go write it. As for The Bead Wife, she's busy and doesn't need your shit.
Venomously Yours,
The Good Reverend Roger
acting in the capacity of The Bead Wife's Spiritual Advisor
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
I forgot, once again, that posting a vent on Facebook is the best way to get reams of unsolicited and usually irritating advice.
Quote from: Nigel on March 07, 2014, 08:36:38 PM
I forgot, once again, that posting a vent on Facebook is the best way to get reams of unsolicited and usually irritating advice.
Well, when that happens, I usually...
TGRR,
Suicidal on his GOOD days.
Quote from: Nigel on March 07, 2014, 08:25:23 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 07, 2014, 06:14:43 PM
Quote from: Nigel on March 07, 2014, 04:33:07 PM
Also I don't know how to tell these glass people that I am not interested in their shit anymore.
QuoteDEAR GLASS PEOPLE:
The Bead Wife has changed careers. Her new career depends on her devoting herself 100% to her education. As such, she has no time for writing tutorials...And even if she did, the idea of a deadline is laughable unless she is being paid to create said tutorial. The very fact that you believe that putting a deadline on any part of her life without a prior agreement and compensation indicates that to you, she is a resource and not a person. This being the case, I would respectfully suggest that you "find anotha sucka", as the kids say these days.
For I am a worldly man, and me and the kids are "tight like that".
However, you and The Bead Wife are NOT "tight like that", and your behavior is offensive as hell. If you want a tutorial, YOU go write it. As for The Bead Wife, she's busy and doesn't need your shit.
Venomously Yours,
The Good Reverend Roger
acting in the capacity of The Bead Wife's Spiritual Advisor
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
I like to think of myself as a public service.
Also, I wanted to write more Kitty Parson today, but then everything at work went all weird and it took far longer than I thought to throw Filthy Assistant under the bus.
:(
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 07, 2014, 08:55:50 PM
Quote from: Nigel on March 07, 2014, 08:25:23 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 07, 2014, 06:14:43 PM
Quote from: Nigel on March 07, 2014, 04:33:07 PM
Also I don't know how to tell these glass people that I am not interested in their shit anymore.
QuoteDEAR GLASS PEOPLE:
The Bead Wife has changed careers. Her new career depends on her devoting herself 100% to her education. As such, she has no time for writing tutorials...And even if she did, the idea of a deadline is laughable unless she is being paid to create said tutorial. The very fact that you believe that putting a deadline on any part of her life without a prior agreement and compensation indicates that to you, she is a resource and not a person. This being the case, I would respectfully suggest that you "find anotha sucka", as the kids say these days.
For I am a worldly man, and me and the kids are "tight like that".
However, you and The Bead Wife are NOT "tight like that", and your behavior is offensive as hell. If you want a tutorial, YOU go write it. As for The Bead Wife, she's busy and doesn't need your shit.
Venomously Yours,
The Good Reverend Roger
acting in the capacity of The Bead Wife's Spiritual Advisor
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
I like to think of myself as a public service.
Also, I wanted to write more Kitty Parson today, but then everything at work went all weird and it took far longer than I thought to throw Filthy Assistant under the bus.
:(
I'm sorry to hear you only had time for work-related activities during your workhours.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 07, 2014, 08:55:50 PM
Quote from: Nigel on March 07, 2014, 08:25:23 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 07, 2014, 06:14:43 PM
Quote from: Nigel on March 07, 2014, 04:33:07 PM
Also I don't know how to tell these glass people that I am not interested in their shit anymore.
QuoteDEAR GLASS PEOPLE:
The Bead Wife has changed careers. Her new career depends on her devoting herself 100% to her education. As such, she has no time for writing tutorials...And even if she did, the idea of a deadline is laughable unless she is being paid to create said tutorial. The very fact that you believe that putting a deadline on any part of her life without a prior agreement and compensation indicates that to you, she is a resource and not a person. This being the case, I would respectfully suggest that you "find anotha sucka", as the kids say these days.
For I am a worldly man, and me and the kids are "tight like that".
However, you and The Bead Wife are NOT "tight like that", and your behavior is offensive as hell. If you want a tutorial, YOU go write it. As for The Bead Wife, she's busy and doesn't need your shit.
Venomously Yours,
The Good Reverend Roger
acting in the capacity of The Bead Wife's Spiritual Advisor
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
I like to think of myself as a public service.
Also, I wanted to write more Kitty Parson today, but then everything at work went all weird and it took far longer than I thought to throw Filthy Assistant under the bus.
:(
Awwww.
On the other hand, the 17th...
You ever see movies, where there's a corporate heavy who shows up and causes all manner of trouble?
That's me, a week from Monday. I am going to Ohio to deliver threats of Doom to the manufacturer of the jet mill that's been causing us so much trouble. And while I know that I will be shot by the hero or eaten by an alien before it's all over, I shall enjoy my status as The Villain until that occurs.
I have suddenly rediscovered a love for my job.
I haven't felt this gleeful in YEARS...Especially after the conversation that led up to this. My boss just went full Sith.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 07, 2014, 10:29:01 PM
On the other hand, the 17th...
You ever see movies, where there's a corporate heavy who shows up and causes all manner of trouble?
That's me, a week from Monday. I am going to Ohio to deliver threats of Doom to the manufacturer of the jet mill that's been causing us so much trouble. And while I know that I will be shot by the hero or eaten by an alien before it's all over, I shall enjoy my status as The Villain until that occurs.
:lulz:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 07, 2014, 06:14:43 PM
Quote from: Nigel on March 07, 2014, 04:33:07 PM
Also I don't know how to tell these glass people that I am not interested in their shit anymore.
QuoteDEAR GLASS PEOPLE:
The Bead Wife has changed careers. Her new career depends on her devoting herself 100% to her education. As such, she has no time for writing tutorials...And even if she did, the idea of a deadline is laughable unless she is being paid to create said tutorial. The very fact that you believe that putting a deadline on any part of her life without a prior agreement and compensation indicates that to you, she is a resource and not a person. This being the case, I would respectfully suggest that you "find anotha sucka", as the kids say these days.
For I am a worldly man, and me and the kids are "tight like that".
However, you and The Bead Wife are NOT "tight like that", and your behavior is offensive as hell. If you want a tutorial, YOU go write it. As for The Bead Wife, she's busy and doesn't need your shit.
Venomously Yours,
The Good Reverend Roger
acting in the capacity of The Bead Wife's Spiritual Advisor
:lulz:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 07, 2014, 10:29:01 PM
On the other hand, the 17th...
You ever see movies, where there's a corporate heavy who shows up and causes all manner of trouble?
That's me, a week from Monday. I am going to Ohio to deliver threats of Doom to the manufacturer of the jet mill that's been causing us so much trouble. And while I know that I will be shot by the hero or eaten by an alien before it's all over, I shall enjoy my status as The Villain until that occurs.
Correction: Hannover, MA, not Ohio. Easy mistake, anyone could have done it. :lulz:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 08, 2014, 04:14:28 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 07, 2014, 10:29:01 PM
On the other hand, the 17th...
You ever see movies, where there's a corporate heavy who shows up and causes all manner of trouble?
That's me, a week from Monday. I am going to Ohio to deliver threats of Doom to the manufacturer of the jet mill that's been causing us so much trouble. And while I know that I will be shot by the hero or eaten by an alien before it's all over, I shall enjoy my status as The Villain until that occurs.
Correction: Hannover, MA, not Ohio. Easy mistake, anyone could have done it. :lulz:
I know when I lived in PA I confused the two states all the time. :P
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 08, 2014, 04:14:28 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 07, 2014, 10:29:01 PM
On the other hand, the 17th...
You ever see movies, where there's a corporate heavy who shows up and causes all manner of trouble?
That's me, a week from Monday. I am going to Ohio to deliver threats of Doom to the manufacturer of the jet mill that's been causing us so much trouble. And while I know that I will be shot by the hero or eaten by an alien before it's all over, I shall enjoy my status as The Villain until that occurs.
Correction: Hannover, MA, not Ohio. Easy mistake, anyone could have done it. :lulz:
They're practically the same thing! :lol:
Get to work, the new kid has fucked up the register and the mid-shifter is all WTFBBQEXPLODEY from trying to keep new kid from actually setting the store and/or the customers on fire. Mid-shifter fills me in, says we're good on everything, goes home to beer and a good cry, poor guy is gonna snap. I get slammed and find out we're out of a bunch of stuff, including the daily special. I laughed and texted my boss. His fuck-up, he opened. He blames me and stops answering my texts when I tell him what else we are out of. I have to tell him what we're out of because he's the only one who can authorize getting stuff from other stores and/or buying it somewhere. So I slog through the night falling farther and farther behind because we're packed and I keep having to stop to find stuff or substitutes for stuff we are out of. The customers love this. My boss randomly decided instead of closing at 10pm, I was closing at 11pm. He told me this at 9:30pm. Whatever, I'll be late with clean-up anyway.
Douche-canoe parks his Lexus across three parking spots in front of my store, and a party takes up the rest of the parking. I don't see another customer from 9:30, on. Gave me time to clean all the shit no one else ever cleans. Mopped up. Drawer came out over. I said fuck it and went home anyway.
Tomorrow we do it again. :D
At least no one finger-painted with shit on the toilets this time.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 08, 2014, 04:14:28 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 07, 2014, 10:29:01 PM
On the other hand, the 17th...
You ever see movies, where there's a corporate heavy who shows up and causes all manner of trouble?
That's me, a week from Monday. I am going to Ohio to deliver threats of Doom to the manufacturer of the jet mill that's been causing us so much trouble. And while I know that I will be shot by the hero or eaten by an alien before it's all over, I shall enjoy my status as The Villain until that occurs.
Correction: Hannover, MA, not Ohio. Easy mistake, anyone could have done it. :lulz:
FUCKS SAKE THAT PUTS ME IN THE BLAST ZONE
Bleh, 12 hour shift over. I don't feel half as tired as I did 4 hours ago...I'm going to blame adrenaline, from riding back. I probably should really get some sleep though...
Quote from: Cain on March 08, 2014, 07:37:49 AM
Bleh, 12 hour shift over. I don't feel half as tired as I did 4 hours ago...I'm going to blame adrenaline, from riding back. I probably should really get some sleep though...
12 hour days do weird things to my head and energy as well. I noticed everybody at work gets a lot sillier in the last 2 hours of a long day.
I got kinda drunk and ripped on some poor schmuck in TDS for posting some bullshit about how "Dogs are GMO". He then said it was something he came up with in zoology class, and then went on to claim that he has a biology degree. :lol:
A. Nope.
and
B. Equivocation really gets my goat. The whole "Well, selective breeding and hybridization and evolution modifies genes, therefore everything on earth is a genetically modified organism!" is such a giant stinky package of wilfully wrong thinking I can't even.
"I'm just going to pretend this other meaning doesn't exist, because it's not the meaning that supports the piece of smug asininity that's flying out of my stupid mouth".
Quote from: :regret: on March 08, 2014, 08:07:06 AM
Quote from: Cain on March 08, 2014, 07:37:49 AM
Bleh, 12 hour shift over. I don't feel half as tired as I did 4 hours ago...I'm going to blame adrenaline, from riding back. I probably should really get some sleep though...
12 hour days do weird things to my head and energy as well. I noticed everybody at work gets a lot sillier in the last 2 hours of a long day.
Yeah, when it's overnight, that doesn't help either. Fortunately, the last 2 hours are pretty quiet, but the hours between 3-5am are pretty hard. I was tempted as fuck to go to sleep during my break, and I only got up at 4pm yesterday.
Unexpected and unscheduled deployment with another submarine happening this summer. Nothing like spending a few grand on vacation because you're planning on not going anywhere for a year and a half, and then the Navy changing their mind.
I'm livid, and there's not a fucking thing I can do but BE livid. It's not 100% yet, but it's close enough to where I need to start making alternate plans.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on March 08, 2014, 04:26:25 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 08, 2014, 04:14:28 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 07, 2014, 10:29:01 PM
On the other hand, the 17th...
You ever see movies, where there's a corporate heavy who shows up and causes all manner of trouble?
That's me, a week from Monday. I am going to Ohio to deliver threats of Doom to the manufacturer of the jet mill that's been causing us so much trouble. And while I know that I will be shot by the hero or eaten by an alien before it's all over, I shall enjoy my status as The Villain until that occurs.
Correction: Hannover, MA, not Ohio. Easy mistake, anyone could have done it. :lulz:
FUCKS SAKE THAT PUTS ME IN THE BLAST ZONE
muhaha
Taking a few days off, too.
Quote from: The Suu on March 08, 2014, 03:26:00 PM
Unexpected and unscheduled deployment with another submarine happening this summer. Nothing like spending a few grand on vacation because you're planning on not going anywhere for a year and a half, and then the Navy changing their mind.
I'm livid, and there's not a fucking thing I can do but BE livid. It's not 100% yet, but it's close enough to where I need to start making alternate plans.
Get used to it.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 05, 2014, 01:43:11 AM
Quote from: Tiddleywomp Cockletit on March 05, 2014, 01:25:56 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 05, 2014, 01:18:06 AM
Quote from: Tiddleywomp Cockletit on March 05, 2014, 01:05:06 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 04, 2014, 11:20:07 PM
UNNNNGH my philosophy professor is explaining cognitive dissonance using a COMPLETELY WRONG DEFINITION WTF.
I'll trade you BABS for that guy.
NO THANKS! :lulz:
I had to try. :lulz:
Roger? Are you still mad at your boss? Want to REALLY ruin his life?
SEND BABS STOP DO NOT EXPECT HER BACK STOP MIKE NEEDS SOME LOVING STOP.
SOITINLY! :lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
:regret:
Quote from: Nigel on March 05, 2014, 03:30:02 AM
I am taking my philosophy test and he uses the same wrong definition of "cognitive dissonance" in the test.
My rage gland is leaking, knowing that this buttbean is churning out 40-80 students PER TERM who will be walking around my planet thinking that cognitive dissonance is a coping mechanism.
WUT
:ffs:
(http://i.imgur.com/TXsVAzh.jpg)
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 08, 2014, 04:14:28 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 07, 2014, 10:29:01 PM
On the other hand, the 17th...
You ever see movies, where there's a corporate heavy who shows up and causes all manner of trouble?
That's me, a week from Monday. I am going to Ohio to deliver threats of Doom to the manufacturer of the jet mill that's been causing us so much trouble. And while I know that I will be shot by the hero or eaten by an alien before it's all over, I shall enjoy my status as The Villain until that occurs.
Correction: Hannover, MA, not Ohio. Easy mistake, anyone could have done it. :lulz:
Waitaminute, you're gonna be WHERE?
Call with schedule. :)
Another cowboy asked me out.
All of Portland is full of guitars, and all I want is an accordion.
Quote from: Luna on March 08, 2014, 10:22:00 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 08, 2014, 04:14:28 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 07, 2014, 10:29:01 PM
On the other hand, the 17th...
You ever see movies, where there's a corporate heavy who shows up and causes all manner of trouble?
That's me, a week from Monday. I am going to Ohio to deliver threats of Doom to the manufacturer of the jet mill that's been causing us so much trouble. And while I know that I will be shot by the hero or eaten by an alien before it's all over, I shall enjoy my status as The Villain until that occurs.
Correction: Hannover, MA, not Ohio. Easy mistake, anyone could have done it. :lulz:
Waitaminute, you're gonna be WHERE?
Call with schedule. :)
Flying out on the 16th or 17th, probably the 17th. I expect the business end of the trip will take 2-3 days, and I'm gonna tack some vacation on the end, will probably be in town until the 22nd or 23rd.
I have no idea where I'm flying in, but I'll be flying back out of TF Green.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 09, 2014, 03:40:47 AM
Quote from: Luna on March 08, 2014, 10:22:00 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 08, 2014, 04:14:28 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 07, 2014, 10:29:01 PM
On the other hand, the 17th...
You ever see movies, where there's a corporate heavy who shows up and causes all manner of trouble?
That's me, a week from Monday. I am going to Ohio to deliver threats of Doom to the manufacturer of the jet mill that's been causing us so much trouble. And while I know that I will be shot by the hero or eaten by an alien before it's all over, I shall enjoy my status as The Villain until that occurs.
Correction: Hannover, MA, not Ohio. Easy mistake, anyone could have done it. :lulz:
Waitaminute, you're gonna be WHERE?
Call with schedule. :)
Flying out on the 16th or 17th, probably the 17th. I expect the business end of the trip will take 2-3 days, and I'm gonna tack some vacation on the end, will probably be in town until the 22nd or 23rd.
I have no idea where I'm flying in, but I'll be flying back out of TF Green.
Have fun. Get in a few moustache twirls and/or evil laughs for us! Vacation after being evil is the best kind of vacation.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 09, 2014, 03:40:47 AM
Quote from: Luna on March 08, 2014, 10:22:00 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 08, 2014, 04:14:28 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 07, 2014, 10:29:01 PM
On the other hand, the 17th...
You ever see movies, where there's a corporate heavy who shows up and causes all manner of trouble?
That's me, a week from Monday. I am going to Ohio to deliver threats of Doom to the manufacturer of the jet mill that's been causing us so much trouble. And while I know that I will be shot by the hero or eaten by an alien before it's all over, I shall enjoy my status as The Villain until that occurs.
Correction: Hannover, MA, not Ohio. Easy mistake, anyone could have done it. :lulz:
Waitaminute, you're gonna be WHERE?
Call with schedule. :)
Flying out on the 16th or 17th, probably the 17th. I expect the business end of the trip will take 2-3 days, and I'm gonna tack some vacation on the end, will probably be in town until the 22nd or 23rd.
I have no idea where I'm flying in, but I'll be flying back out of TF Green.
March or April? Because I'll be back in Maine by then if it's April.
Quote from: Jet City Hustle on March 09, 2014, 07:01:55 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 09, 2014, 03:40:47 AM
Quote from: Luna on March 08, 2014, 10:22:00 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 08, 2014, 04:14:28 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 07, 2014, 10:29:01 PM
On the other hand, the 17th...
You ever see movies, where there's a corporate heavy who shows up and causes all manner of trouble?
That's me, a week from Monday. I am going to Ohio to deliver threats of Doom to the manufacturer of the jet mill that's been causing us so much trouble. And while I know that I will be shot by the hero or eaten by an alien before it's all over, I shall enjoy my status as The Villain until that occurs.
Correction: Hannover, MA, not Ohio. Easy mistake, anyone could have done it. :lulz:
Waitaminute, you're gonna be WHERE?
Call with schedule. :)
Flying out on the 16th or 17th, probably the 17th. I expect the business end of the trip will take 2-3 days, and I'm gonna tack some vacation on the end, will probably be in town until the 22nd or 23rd.
I have no idea where I'm flying in, but I'll be flying back out of TF Green.
March or April? Because I'll be back in Maine by then if it's April.
March, unfortunately.
Once again, TGRR and ECH pass each other in planes. :lulz:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 09, 2014, 04:00:28 PM
Quote from: Jet City Hustle on March 09, 2014, 07:01:55 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 09, 2014, 03:40:47 AM
Quote from: Luna on March 08, 2014, 10:22:00 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 08, 2014, 04:14:28 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 07, 2014, 10:29:01 PM
On the other hand, the 17th...
You ever see movies, where there's a corporate heavy who shows up and causes all manner of trouble?
That's me, a week from Monday. I am going to Ohio to deliver threats of Doom to the manufacturer of the jet mill that's been causing us so much trouble. And while I know that I will be shot by the hero or eaten by an alien before it's all over, I shall enjoy my status as The Villain until that occurs.
Correction: Hannover, MA, not Ohio. Easy mistake, anyone could have done it. :lulz:
Waitaminute, you're gonna be WHERE?
Call with schedule. :)
Flying out on the 16th or 17th, probably the 17th. I expect the business end of the trip will take 2-3 days, and I'm gonna tack some vacation on the end, will probably be in town until the 22nd or 23rd.
I have no idea where I'm flying in, but I'll be flying back out of TF Green.
March or April? Because I'll be back in Maine by then if it's April.
March, unfortunately.
Once again, TGRR and ECH pass each other in planes. :lulz:
It's for the good of the world, really.
I have a feeling today is going to be a shit day in terms of getting homework done. Kids are gone but the housemates seem to think weekends are open season for talking to me.
On the plus side, I love getting Facebook Discordians all wound up and then blocking them. :lulz:
Ooooh apparently if you block someone, even just for a minute, it erases all their posts in your thread. There's no WAY I'll use this knowledge to fuck with people.
Quote from: /b/earman on March 08, 2014, 08:57:37 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/TXsVAzh.jpg)
Something to do with education? Text is too small for me to read :oops:
Congrats anyway, there's a star on it - I'm guessing it's something good?
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on March 09, 2014, 06:45:33 PM
Quote from: /b/earman on March 08, 2014, 08:57:37 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/TXsVAzh.jpg)
Something to do with education? Text is too small for me to read :oops:
Congrats anyway, there's a star on it - I'm guessing it's something good?
I'm a certified engineer's whipping boy.
Anime Matusri Festival:
12-1 Friday.
"Meet the Houston Bronies"
Panel Room 2.
7-8 Friday
"Houston Brony Draw Along"
Panel Room 4
9-10 Friday
"Brony Gathering: Friendship is Magic!"
10-11 Friday
"Houston Brony PMV Showcase"
Panel Room 4
Why must you tempt me lord? Give me a sign that I should go and make kids cry Friday.
Quote from: /b/earman on March 09, 2014, 11:53:03 PM
Anime Matusri Festival:
12-1 Friday.
"Meet the Houston Bronies"
Panel Room 2.
7-8 Friday
"Houston Brony Draw Along"
Panel Room 4
9-10 Friday
"Brony Gathering: Friendship is Magic!"
10-11 Friday
"Houston Brony PMV Showcase"
Panel Room 4
Why must you tempt me lord? Give me a sign that I should go and make kids cry Friday.
How about these for signs?
My little Brony (http://youtu.be/2p6LVZFLSfw)... Now with poseable action figures (http://youtu.be/t6023crXgIQ)!
Quote from: Red on March 10, 2014, 12:28:26 AM
Quote from: /b/earman on March 09, 2014, 11:53:03 PM
Anime Matusri Festival:
12-1 Friday.
"Meet the Houston Bronies"
Panel Room 2.
7-8 Friday
"Houston Brony Draw Along"
Panel Room 4
9-10 Friday
"Brony Gathering: Friendship is Magic!"
10-11 Friday
"Houston Brony PMV Showcase"
Panel Room 4
Why must you tempt me lord? Give me a sign that I should go and make kids cry Friday.
How about these for signs?
My little Brony (http://youtu.be/2p6LVZFLSfw)... Now with poseable action figures (http://youtu.be/t6023crXgIQ)!
YOU BASTARD! I WAS HAPPIER WITH THE $40!
Quote from: /b/earman on March 10, 2014, 12:45:52 AM
Quote from: Red on March 10, 2014, 12:28:26 AM
Quote from: /b/earman on March 09, 2014, 11:53:03 PM
Anime Matusri Festival:
12-1 Friday.
"Meet the Houston Bronies"
Panel Room 2.
7-8 Friday
"Houston Brony Draw Along"
Panel Room 4
9-10 Friday
"Brony Gathering: Friendship is Magic!"
10-11 Friday
"Houston Brony PMV Showcase"
Panel Room 4
Why must you tempt me lord? Give me a sign that I should go and make kids cry Friday.
How about these for signs?
My little Brony (http://youtu.be/2p6LVZFLSfw)... Now with poseable action figures (http://youtu.be/t6023crXgIQ)!
YOU BASTARD! I WAS HAPPIER WITH THE $40!
Awww... as a condolence, there also will be tons of weaboo, otaku and hikikomori around to torment.
There are weaboo out there who think they're better than their kindred and show it by being an ass to everyone in a costume (AKA "Costume Nazis"). You're bound to find a few of them around if you look. They are free game and a bit more challenging than the usual shut-in as they like to think they are "big dogs".
And for the usual shut-in? Pick a few Anime that aren't on adult swim and claim they're your favorites if they don't leave you alone. Bonus points: pick a few
hentai like "Sailor and the 7 Ballz (https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Sailor+and+the+Seven+Balls)" and use those as your "favorites". See how long it takes them to notice you are talking about porn.
Conventions are fun.
Quote from: /b/earman on March 09, 2014, 11:52:41 PM
I'm a certified engineer's whipping boy.
Certificates translates to bank. WP! 8)
Bah, I've given in. Applying to be a cover teacher. The (huge) local school has in-house cover staff, and the job involves no tedious lesson planning or out-of-school hours. Pays significantly less than an actual teacher, too, but enough to cover my living expenses without involving ridiculous hours that would make my degree impossible.
Heh. Even when I think I do terrible, I'm doing OK.
I was dreading my last paper. It was a shambolic mess of too complex an area of study with not enough space and a lack of time and insufficient data, too dissimilar case studies and an unsure theoretical basis for me to have much confidence in it. I mean, it was academically sound, in the sense it followed the conventions one should, was all sourced correctly and so on, but it was still pretty awful.
Got 75%. Which, knowing the insane score weighting we suffer under, is probably closer to 90% or something.
Nice!
Thanks. That one really worried me. Now I just have to do this original research project....
Also, next episode of Dishonored should be up in a few hours. It would've been up on Friday or Saturday, but I was asleep Friday during the day and working all night, and I was, as a result, a zombie all Saturday.
And Sunday is a day of rest and shit, so tough luck.
http://youtu.be/mnNpr_WxKzw
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 09, 2014, 04:00:28 PM
Quote from: Jet City Hustle on March 09, 2014, 07:01:55 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 09, 2014, 03:40:47 AM
Quote from: Luna on March 08, 2014, 10:22:00 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 08, 2014, 04:14:28 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 07, 2014, 10:29:01 PM
On the other hand, the 17th...
You ever see movies, where there's a corporate heavy who shows up and causes all manner of trouble?
That's me, a week from Monday. I am going to Ohio to deliver threats of Doom to the manufacturer of the jet mill that's been causing us so much trouble. And while I know that I will be shot by the hero or eaten by an alien before it's all over, I shall enjoy my status as The Villain until that occurs.
Correction: Hannover, MA, not Ohio. Easy mistake, anyone could have done it. :lulz:
Waitaminute, you're gonna be WHERE?
Call with schedule. :)
Flying out on the 16th or 17th, probably the 17th. I expect the business end of the trip will take 2-3 days, and I'm gonna tack some vacation on the end, will probably be in town until the 22nd or 23rd.
I have no idea where I'm flying in, but I'll be flying back out of TF Green.
March or April? Because I'll be back in Maine by then if it's April.
March, unfortunately.
Once again, TGRR and ECH pass each other in planes. :lulz:
Of course it's in March. I'll be in Florida.
Not that it matters, since I need to remember I live in fucking New Hampshire now, not Rhode Island.
Now that I have the rant out of my system, time to work on Kitty Parson.
Oh Roger, you DO know we still have a lot of snow and nature over here and shit, right? And you're probably flying into Logan, which is Boston.
I'm flying out tomorrow from that hellhole. :argh!:
If you're staying until Friday, there's the Kylie record release party at Boyfriends, and the Madonna night at Videodrome.
Quote from: The Suu on March 10, 2014, 03:12:53 PM
Oh Roger, you DO know we still have a lot of snow and nature over here and shit, right? And you're probably flying into Logan, which is Boston.
I'm flying out tomorrow from that hellhole. :argh!:
Probably into Logan, but out of TF Green.
Taking a nap.
I finished my paper.
Fuck the guy who suggested I "look into MLA to help" with my citation style. I think I must have gotten peer-reviewed by the least competent person in the class. Jesus fuck. His other truly brilliant criticism was that it read more like an essay than like a science paper. Seriously.
It's a stupid paper and I don't care about it at all. I bet his was on spoiled milk, and I have a feeling it was the one with three pages of citations on only tangentially-related environmental succession.
Quote from: Tom on March 10, 2014, 03:59:42 PM
I finished my paper.
Fuck the guy who suggested I "look into MLA to help" with my citation style. I think I must have gotten peer-reviewed by the least competent person in the class. Jesus fuck. His other truly brilliant criticism was that it read more like an essay than like a science paper. Seriously.
Never liked MLA myself. Chicago manual (http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/) seems much more natural, but I know some universities explicitly want one style or another. Mine don't care, as long as it's consistent across the paper.
Quote from: Cain on March 10, 2014, 04:06:20 PM
Quote from: Tom on March 10, 2014, 03:59:42 PM
I finished my paper.
Fuck the guy who suggested I "look into MLA to help" with my citation style. I think I must have gotten peer-reviewed by the least competent person in the class. Jesus fuck. His other truly brilliant criticism was that it read more like an essay than like a science paper. Seriously.
Never liked MLA myself. Chicago manual (http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/) seems much more natural, but I know some universities explicitly want one style or another. Mine don't care, as long as it's consistent across the paper.
It doesn't actually matter at all for this paper, but I thought it was interesting that he didn't even recognize APA.
Which is hands-down the most common citation style in biology publications, followed by AMA.
It was nice of him to give me a heads-up that his review was going to be totally useless, though.
USF rejected my graduate application this morning, and UNH advanced mine from department review to final graduate school review. My stress levels...holy fuck.
Meanwhile, D-Cup got into fucking Harvard.
I GOT INTO UNH!!!!!!!
My chief electrician had a microstroke today.
He has already recovered his eyesight, no other symptoms, but he has loads of tests and treatment ahead of him. I won't see him back on the job for MINIMUM 2 weeks.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 10, 2014, 09:32:33 PM
My chief electrician had a microstroke today.
He has already recovered his eyesight, no other symptoms, but he has loads of tests and treatment ahead of him. I won't see him back on the job for MINIMUM 2 weeks.
Well, that sucks ass. :(
Everyone's sick, and I'm stuck at home. I should be studying but I feel burned out, so here I am. I'll try not to be too cranky.
I got some good news today though;
1. I got 96% on my last chemistry midterm.
2. My lab partner won't be in for the last lab on Wednesday.
I have a job interview tomorrow, too.
I almost punched one of the guys who sits in my group in bio lab today; he was doing his usual obnoxious taking-over and talking-over-people thing in the back room of the lab, and he was interfering with me getting some info from another guy (who I like and respect and would like to work with), and then when I walked away he FOLLOWED ME and proceeded to hover over my shoulder and try to tell me how I should fill out MY lab worksheet.
I'm not working with this asshole next term, I don't care what I have to do to get rid of him. The rest of the people in my lab group are fine, I worked with the woman who hates plants last term and she's awesome, redheaded quiet kid is really nice and just sort of does his own thing, the other kid is perpetually confused and probably failing the class but other than periodically asking befuddled questions about really basic things he's not a problem, but THIS ONE BOSSY NOT-TOTALLY-COMPETENT GUY WITH BAD BREATH I am not working with again.
My fuse is short. He's lucky he didn't end up with a clipboard up his ass.
Quote from: The Suu on March 10, 2014, 04:51:50 PM
USF rejected my graduate application this morning, and UNH advanced mine from department review to final graduate school review. My stress levels...holy fuck.
Meanwhile, D-Cup got into fucking Harvard.
Pass on my congratulations to her!
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 01:17:03 AM
Everyone's sick, and I'm stuck at home. I should be studying but I feel burned out, so here I am. I'll try not to be too cranky.
I got some good news today though;
1. I got 96% on my last chemistry midterm.
2. My lab partner won't be in for the last lab on Wednesday.
I have a job interview tomorrow, too.
I almost punched one of the guys who sits in my group in bio lab today; he was doing his usual obnoxious taking-over and talking-over-people thing in the back room of the lab, and he was interfering with me getting some info from another guy (who I like and respect and would like to work with), and then when I walked away he FOLLOWED ME and proceeded to hover over my shoulder and try to tell me how I should fill out MY lab worksheet.
I'm not working with this asshole next term, I don't care what I have to do to get rid of him. The rest of the people in my lab group are fine, I worked with the woman who hates plants last term and she's awesome, redheaded quiet kid is really nice and just sort of does his own thing, the other kid is perpetually confused and probably failing the class but other than periodically asking befuddled questions about really basic things he's not a problem, but THIS ONE BOSSY NOT-TOTALLY-COMPETENT GUY WITH BAD BREATH I am not working with again.
My fuse is short. He's lucky he didn't end up with a clipboard up his ass.
1. WOO WOO!
2. Chemistry class. Asshole to be rid of. There has to be a solution here, but what?
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 01:02:48 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 10, 2014, 09:32:33 PM
My chief electrician had a microstroke today.
He has already recovered his eyesight, no other symptoms, but he has loads of tests and treatment ahead of him. I won't see him back on the job for MINIMUM 2 weeks.
Well, that sucks ass. :(
He's only 61.
Remember the Good Old days, when people would say "What took him so long?" Now it's ONLY 61.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 01:27:43 AM
Remember the Good Old days, when people would say "What took him so long?" Now it's ONLY 61.
That's...a fucked up perspective.
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 12:45:47 AM
Quote from: The Suu on March 10, 2014, 07:23:29 PM
I GOT INTO UNH!!!!!!!
Good job! Congratulations!
Thanks! And I'll pass on the word to D-Cup, as well.
I was glowering at the UNH interface today when I saw my application status had been changed. After URI "we'd rather just take cash money first" and USF "You're awesome, but we ran out of space" sad trombone moments, watching my application at one school go from, "Waiting on final thumbs up" to "admitted to program" I nearly fell off my couch.
Now I just need to wait on the word for funding. It's notoriously not a cheap state school and I have to pay out-of-state/New England Regional tuition for the first year since they require a 12 month residency in New Hampshire for in-state tuition.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 01:27:43 AM
Remember the Good Old days, when people would say "What took him so long?" Now it's ONLY 61.
Well that's like, YOUNG. He still has at least a third of his life ahead of him!
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 01:26:45 AM
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 01:17:03 AM
Everyone's sick, and I'm stuck at home. I should be studying but I feel burned out, so here I am. I'll try not to be too cranky.
I got some good news today though;
1. I got 96% on my last chemistry midterm.
2. My lab partner won't be in for the last lab on Wednesday.
I have a job interview tomorrow, too.
I almost punched one of the guys who sits in my group in bio lab today; he was doing his usual obnoxious taking-over and talking-over-people thing in the back room of the lab, and he was interfering with me getting some info from another guy (who I like and respect and would like to work with), and then when I walked away he FOLLOWED ME and proceeded to hover over my shoulder and try to tell me how I should fill out MY lab worksheet.
I'm not working with this asshole next term, I don't care what I have to do to get rid of him. The rest of the people in my lab group are fine, I worked with the woman who hates plants last term and she's awesome, redheaded quiet kid is really nice and just sort of does his own thing, the other kid is perpetually confused and probably failing the class but other than periodically asking befuddled questions about really basic things he's not a problem, but THIS ONE BOSSY NOT-TOTALLY-COMPETENT GUY WITH BAD BREATH I am not working with again.
My fuse is short. He's lucky he didn't end up with a clipboard up his ass.
1. WOO WOO!
2. Chemistry class. Asshole to be rid of. There has to be a solution here, but what?
The asshole is in biology.
Buuuuut that doesn't limit the possibilities too much, I don't think.
I am so so excited about my chem lab partner not being there Wednesday. It's like I can breathe!
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 01:57:03 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 01:26:45 AM
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 01:17:03 AM
Everyone's sick, and I'm stuck at home. I should be studying but I feel burned out, so here I am. I'll try not to be too cranky.
I got some good news today though;
1. I got 96% on my last chemistry midterm.
2. My lab partner won't be in for the last lab on Wednesday.
I have a job interview tomorrow, too.
I almost punched one of the guys who sits in my group in bio lab today; he was doing his usual obnoxious taking-over and talking-over-people thing in the back room of the lab, and he was interfering with me getting some info from another guy (who I like and respect and would like to work with), and then when I walked away he FOLLOWED ME and proceeded to hover over my shoulder and try to tell me how I should fill out MY lab worksheet.
I'm not working with this asshole next term, I don't care what I have to do to get rid of him. The rest of the people in my lab group are fine, I worked with the woman who hates plants last term and she's awesome, redheaded quiet kid is really nice and just sort of does his own thing, the other kid is perpetually confused and probably failing the class but other than periodically asking befuddled questions about really basic things he's not a problem, but THIS ONE BOSSY NOT-TOTALLY-COMPETENT GUY WITH BAD BREATH I am not working with again.
My fuse is short. He's lucky he didn't end up with a clipboard up his ass.
1. WOO WOO!
2. Chemistry class. Asshole to be rid of. There has to be a solution here, but what?
The asshole is in biology.
Buuuuut that doesn't limit the possibilities too much, I don't think.
HERE, HOLD THIS YERSINIA PESTIS FOR A SEC...
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 03:01:33 AM
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 01:57:03 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 01:26:45 AM
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 01:17:03 AM
Everyone's sick, and I'm stuck at home. I should be studying but I feel burned out, so here I am. I'll try not to be too cranky.
I got some good news today though;
1. I got 96% on my last chemistry midterm.
2. My lab partner won't be in for the last lab on Wednesday.
I have a job interview tomorrow, too.
I almost punched one of the guys who sits in my group in bio lab today; he was doing his usual obnoxious taking-over and talking-over-people thing in the back room of the lab, and he was interfering with me getting some info from another guy (who I like and respect and would like to work with), and then when I walked away he FOLLOWED ME and proceeded to hover over my shoulder and try to tell me how I should fill out MY lab worksheet.
I'm not working with this asshole next term, I don't care what I have to do to get rid of him. The rest of the people in my lab group are fine, I worked with the woman who hates plants last term and she's awesome, redheaded quiet kid is really nice and just sort of does his own thing, the other kid is perpetually confused and probably failing the class but other than periodically asking befuddled questions about really basic things he's not a problem, but THIS ONE BOSSY NOT-TOTALLY-COMPETENT GUY WITH BAD BREATH I am not working with again.
My fuse is short. He's lucky he didn't end up with a clipboard up his ass.
1. WOO WOO!
2. Chemistry class. Asshole to be rid of. There has to be a solution here, but what?
The asshole is in biology.
Buuuuut that doesn't limit the possibilities too much, I don't think.
HERE, HOLD THIS YERSINIA PESTIS FOR A SEC...
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Back in the land of the heathen. Imported a disconcertingly large amount of breakfast foods. Wife displeased. Various butchers and bakers quite pleased.
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Quote from: Junkenstein on March 07, 2014, 09:54:46 AM
I could care less, there's just no good sliced sausage round here and the things they call "Potato Scones" are a horrible joke.
Potato Scones
Potato Scones
Potato Scones
There needs to be some sort of fucking intervention of British Isle cuisine, damnit.
P3nt forgot Sauté potatoes and/or hash browns but has otherwise shown himself to be the only person here capable of understanding what breakfast truly means.
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:lulz:
And now it's motherfucking yoga time.
I fucking hate yoga.
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 01:11:57 PM
And now it's motherfucking yoga time.
I fucking hate yoga.
:eek: Isn't yoga, like, a hobby kind of thing?
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on March 11, 2014, 01:59:34 PM
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 01:11:57 PM
And now it's motherfucking yoga time.
I fucking hate yoga.
:eek: Isn't yoga, like, a hobby kind of thing?
If you don't do yoga, they kick you out of Portland.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on March 11, 2014, 02:11:14 PM
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on March 11, 2014, 01:59:34 PM
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 01:11:57 PM
And now it's motherfucking yoga time.
I fucking hate yoga.
:eek: Isn't yoga, like, a hobby kind of thing?
If you don't do yoga, they kick you out of Portland.
Also, it makes Bikram Choudhury a sad, sad swami.
Trying to get comprehensible answers out of operations concerning a breakdown.
It's reached the "What is it, boy? Did Timmy fall down the well again?" stage.
"It's the thing, you know? Spins a bit. Yeah."
In other news, my desk phone has mysteriously been beaten to death.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 02:58:07 PM
In other news, my desk phone has mysteriously been beaten to death.
Common problem, although I thought they'd recalled that model.
Taking a nap.
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on March 11, 2014, 01:59:34 PM
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 01:11:57 PM
And now it's motherfucking yoga time.
I fucking hate yoga.
:eek: Isn't yoga, like, a hobby kind of thing?
What does that even mean?
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 02:23:31 PM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on March 11, 2014, 02:11:14 PM
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Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 01:11:57 PM
And now it's motherfucking yoga time.
I fucking hate yoga.
:eek: Isn't yoga, like, a hobby kind of thing?
If you don't do yoga, they kick you out of Portland.
Also, it makes Bikram Choudhury a sad, sad swami.
That guy is a prick. And his stupid made-up bullshit sweaty yoga would be a joke, if it wasn't a culty scam.
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Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on March 11, 2014, 01:59:34 PM
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 01:11:57 PM
And now it's motherfucking yoga time.
I fucking hate yoga.
:eek: Isn't yoga, like, a hobby kind of thing?
What does that even mean?
I believe he was asking if this was voluntary, and if it is, why would you do it if you hated it so much.
I could be wrong, because Scotland.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on March 11, 2014, 02:11:14 PM
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on March 11, 2014, 01:59:34 PM
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 01:11:57 PM
And now it's motherfucking yoga time.
I fucking hate yoga.
:eek: Isn't yoga, like, a hobby kind of thing?
If you don't do yoga, they kick you out of Portland.
I'm taking it because my friend talked me into it, and the one extra PE credit inexplicably puts me over the top for a degree in science in addition to my transfer degree.
Only one more class and then I'm done with this bullshit FOREVER.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 11, 2014, 03:32:56 PM
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Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 01:11:57 PM
And now it's motherfucking yoga time.
I fucking hate yoga.
:eek: Isn't yoga, like, a hobby kind of thing?
What does that even mean?
I believe he was asking if this was voluntary, and if it is, why would you do it if you hated it so much.
I could be wrong, because Scotland.
No. Making glass beads is a hobby kind of thing, something sort of like kayaking, a little something I do in my free time because as everyone knows, I don't work.
Yoga, on the other hand, is something I signed up for that is being paid for out of my college financial aid, and it counts as credit toward my PE requirement, which was technically fulfilled already for my AA but taking yoga means that I also get an AS. As of next week.
If anybody's interested, Eartha's in TDS now. :lulz:
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 03:32:04 PM
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Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 01:11:57 PM
And now it's motherfucking yoga time.
I fucking hate yoga.
:eek: Isn't yoga, like, a hobby kind of thing?
If you don't do yoga, they kick you out of Portland.
Also, it makes Bikram Choudhury a sad, sad swami.
That guy is a prick. And his stupid made-up bullshit sweaty yoga would be a joke, if it wasn't a culty scam.
You make his mullet droop with your baseless attacks.
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 03:40:04 PM
If anybody's interested, Eartha's in TDS now. :lulz:
:lulz:
I have the nasty POS blocked.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 03:42:55 PM
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 03:40:04 PM
If anybody's interested, Eartha's in TDS now. :lulz:
:lulz:
I have the nasty POS blocked.
I'm surprised I don't. But since I don't, I think I'll have some fun.
Working out, looking for work, making music, trying to write. It's all Saturday Night/Sunday Morning here.
I'm just glad February is over. I feel life seeping back into my noggin' again.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 02:30:02 PM
Trying to get comprehensible answers out of operations concerning a breakdown.
It's reached the "What is it, boy? Did Timmy fall down the well again?" stage.
Oh the joys. When communication has dropped to that level it tends to mean "It's fucked. It's so fucked it actually breaks a little more every time you mention it"
Ask them to cough once for yes, twice for no and proceed with very pointed questions.
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Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 03:42:55 PM
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 03:40:04 PM
If anybody's interested, Eartha's in TDS now. :lulz:
:lulz:
I have the nasty POS blocked.
I'm surprised I don't. But since I don't, I think I'll have some fun.
Ask her about the North coast of India.
What screen name is she using?
So, the new thing with animal rights folks is an "animal abuse offenders list".
Which is basically saying, if you think about it, that victims of sexual assault are comparable to animals.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 11, 2014, 03:57:47 PM
What screen name is she using?
Eartha, with some last name or other that I don't remember.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 04:04:54 PM
So, the new thing with animal rights folks is an "animal abuse offenders list".
Which is basically saying, if you think about it, that victims of sexual assault are comparable to animals.
I don't know that I agree with that logic. I mean, I think that there should be a registry for people who have been involved in corporate/financial crimes, but that doesn't mean that I equate the victims of sexual assault to bank accounts.
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 04:10:32 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 04:04:54 PM
So, the new thing with animal rights folks is an "animal abuse offenders list".
Which is basically saying, if you think about it, that victims of sexual assault are comparable to animals.
I don't know that I agree with that logic. I mean, I think that there should be a registry for people who have been involved in corporate/financial crimes, but that doesn't mean that I equate the victims of sexual assault to bank accounts.
Well, the fact is that right now, there is one (1)
offenders registry, and that's sexual offenders. So I'm pretty sure I'm on solid ground as to motive, here...Especially after the PETA video that compared the holocaust to slaughterhouses. Because Jews are cattle.
It's basically Godwin's Law on crack.
Lastly, I don't think we need more lists. We have the sex offender's registry, the maybe-terrorist list, the do not fly list, the SSSS list, etc.
Also, on Godless Mingle, there's a pack of tards that want to destroy all religious artwork found on public land (including a war memorial or three).
Which is totally not like the Taliban blowing up Buddha statues.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 04:26:20 PM
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 04:10:32 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 04:04:54 PM
So, the new thing with animal rights folks is an "animal abuse offenders list".
Which is basically saying, if you think about it, that victims of sexual assault are comparable to animals.
I don't know that I agree with that logic. I mean, I think that there should be a registry for people who have been involved in corporate/financial crimes, but that doesn't mean that I equate the victims of sexual assault to bank accounts.
Well, the fact is that right now, there is one (1) offenders registry, and that's sexual offenders. So I'm pretty sure I'm on solid ground as to motive, here...Especially after the PETA video that compared the holocaust to slaughterhouses. Because Jews are cattle.
It's basically Godwin's Law on crack.
Lastly, I don't think we need more lists. We have the sex offender's registry, the maybe-terrorist list, the do not fly list, the SSSS list, etc.
Oh, I don't agree with the animal rights activists, who as far as I can tell are mostly whackjobs. I just also don't think the idea of a registry for animal abusers somehow equates victims of sexual violence with animals.
And I do think that people who have been involved in financial crime should be barred from working in finance, sorta the way if you get busted drunk driving three times in Oregon you're barred from holding a license. Call it a list if you want, but from that perspective everything that keeps track of anything is a list.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 04:32:50 PM
Also, on Godless Mingle, there's a pack of tards that want to destroy all religious artwork found on public land (including a war memorial or three).
Which is totally not like the Taliban blowing up Buddha statues.
:lulz: Those people.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 04:32:50 PM
Also, on Godless Mingle, there's a pack of tards that want to destroy all religious artwork found on public land (including a war memorial or three).
Which is totally not like the Taliban blowing up Buddha statues.
The Sistine Chapel - complete garbage, worthless faithfool inspired art, get it out of here, no-one wants to see it.
Quote from: Cain on March 11, 2014, 05:00:22 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 04:32:50 PM
Also, on Godless Mingle, there's a pack of tards that want to destroy all religious artwork found on public land (including a war memorial or three).
Which is totally not like the Taliban blowing up Buddha statues.
The Sistine Chapel - complete garbage, worthless faithfool inspired art, get it out of here, no-one wants to see it.
And the Taj Mahal? Break out the TNT.
Like all fanatics and utopians, they've found their One Simple Trick. Religion is bad, and all bad things come from religion, so if they just PURGE ALL THE RELIGION, everything will be perfect!
Someone needs to tell them that Mao already had that idea, and it didn't go as well as planned.
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 05:09:54 PM
Someone needs to tell them that Mao already had that idea, and it didn't go as well as planned.
:spittake:
Pre-trip teleconference with offending vendor in MA.
Cecil (our purchaser) interrupts me constantly.
Russell (or new engineer) goes into it in a concillatory way, also downplaying both our problems and our financial muscle.
There is going to be an ad hoc meeting shortly. It will not pleasant.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 05:47:25 PM
Pre-trip teleconference with offending vendor in MA.
Cecil (our purchaser) interrupts me constantly.
Russell (or new engineer) goes into it in a concillatory way, also downplaying both our problems and our financial muscle.
There is going to be an ad hoc meeting shortly. It will not pleasant.
I am astonished at the idea of anyone interrupting you even ONCE. He must completely lack self-preservation instinct. :lulz:
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 07:18:54 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 05:47:25 PM
Pre-trip teleconference with offending vendor in MA.
Cecil (our purchaser) interrupts me constantly.
Russell (or new engineer) goes into it in a concillatory way, also downplaying both our problems and our financial muscle.
There is going to be an ad hoc meeting shortly. It will not pleasant.
I am astonished at the idea of anyone interrupting you even ONCE. He must completely lack self-preservation instinct. :lulz:
I had my meeting. Proper protocol has been established. When Roger is setting meeting times with a vendor, or chewing their arses, or promising DOOM, the following will occur:
1. Engineer with wet ink on his degree and afterbirth on his ears will SHUT UP. Infant engineer is here to LEARN how to be a horrible bastard, not how to stick our collective dicks in the meatgrinder.
2. Ignorant fucking purchaser will also SHUT UP.
3. Vendor will SHUT UP.
4. Any spectators in the room will in fact SHUT UP.
5. Roger will say what needs to be said. Roger would appreciate having Stella and Nigel record a Motown riff of Hush/shut your mouth/etc that I can play when people forget the very basic rules I have just outlined.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 05:47:25 PM
Pre-trip teleconference with offending vendor in MA.
Cecil (our purchaser) interrupts me constantly.
Russell (or new engineer) goes into it in a concillatory way, also downplaying both our problems and our financial muscle.
There is going to be an ad hoc meeting shortly. It will not pleasant.
You have my sympathies.
Them, not so much. They deserve everything they got.
OK, no more modding Skyrim ever. I hate playing "hunt the crash to desktop causing conflict".
I require the assistant of a volunteer.
Said volunteer must currently be experiencing issues with the site and have 15 to 10 minutes to spare.
No takers? Fantastic. I'm off to bed.
Quote from: Faust on March 11, 2014, 09:16:10 PM
No takers? Fantastic. I'm off to bed.
I was busy. I'll be available tomorrow.
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Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 05:47:25 PM
Pre-trip teleconference with offending vendor in MA.
Cecil (our purchaser) interrupts me constantly.
Russell (or new engineer) goes into it in a concillatory way, also downplaying both our problems and our financial muscle.
There is going to be an ad hoc meeting shortly. It will not pleasant.
You have my sympathies.
Them, not so much. They deserve everything they got.
My requests are very reasonable, really. It's just that I'm not.
I have found that I am becoming more and more of a bastard as I get older.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 09:18:53 PM
Quote from: Faust on March 11, 2014, 09:16:10 PM
No takers? Fantastic. I'm off to bed.
I was busy. I'll be available tomorrow.
Cool, It might be tomorrow evening before I can look at this again but should be able to get it sorted.
Quote from: Faust on March 11, 2014, 09:23:31 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 09:18:53 PM
Quote from: Faust on March 11, 2014, 09:16:10 PM
No takers? Fantastic. I'm off to bed.
I was busy. I'll be available tomorrow.
Cool, It might be tomorrow evening before I can look at this again but should be able to get it sorted.
Okay. God knows how many kooks will have shat in my inbox by then.
Which, it occurs to me, I should probably clean out.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 07:40:48 PM
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 07:18:54 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 05:47:25 PM
Pre-trip teleconference with offending vendor in MA.
Cecil (our purchaser) interrupts me constantly.
Russell (or new engineer) goes into it in a concillatory way, also downplaying both our problems and our financial muscle.
There is going to be an ad hoc meeting shortly. It will not pleasant.
I am astonished at the idea of anyone interrupting you even ONCE. He must completely lack self-preservation instinct. :lulz:
I had my meeting. Proper protocol has been established. When Roger is setting meeting times with a vendor, or chewing their arses, or promising DOOM, the following will occur:
1. Engineer with wet ink on his degree and afterbirth on his ears will SHUT UP. Infant engineer is here to LEARN how to be a horrible bastard, not how to stick our collective dicks in the meatgrinder.
2. Ignorant fucking purchaser will also SHUT UP.
3. Vendor will SHUT UP.
4. Any spectators in the room will in fact SHUT UP.
5. Roger will say what needs to be said. Roger would appreciate having Stella and Nigel record a Motown riff of Hush/shut your mouth/etc that I can play when people forget the very basic rules I have just outlined.
:lulz:
I'm back from a meeting at PSU and I'm a research assistant again.
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 09:39:39 PM
I'm back from a meeting at PSU and I'm a research assistant again.
Awesome!
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 10:57:25 PM
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 09:39:39 PM
I'm back from a meeting at PSU and I'm a research assistant again.
Awesome!
Yeah! I think this is going to be a good project, and not only is it a bit of money, but also there's a strong likelihood that my name will go on the paper, and in addition there is potential for a paper of my own. Definitely at least a poster that I can present at conferences next year.
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Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 09:39:39 PM
I'm back from a meeting at PSU and I'm a research assistant again.
Awesome!
Yeah! I think this is going to be a good project, and not only is it a bit of money, but also there's a strong likelihood that my name will go on the paper, and in addition there is potential for a paper of my own. Definitely at least a poster that I can present at conferences next year.
You, Twid, and Dimo are kicking all manner of ass.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 11:29:44 PM
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 11:24:49 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 10:57:25 PM
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 09:39:39 PM
I'm back from a meeting at PSU and I'm a research assistant again.
Awesome!
Yeah! I think this is going to be a good project, and not only is it a bit of money, but also there's a strong likelihood that my name will go on the paper, and in addition there is potential for a paper of my own. Definitely at least a poster that I can present at conferences next year.
You, Twid, and Dimo are kicking all manner of ass.
It's really nice to finally start seeing some measurable progress.
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 11:32:35 PM
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Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 11:24:49 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 10:57:25 PM
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 09:39:39 PM
I'm back from a meeting at PSU and I'm a research assistant again.
Awesome!
Yeah! I think this is going to be a good project, and not only is it a bit of money, but also there's a strong likelihood that my name will go on the paper, and in addition there is potential for a paper of my own. Definitely at least a poster that I can present at conferences next year.
You, Twid, and Dimo are kicking all manner of ass.
It's really nice to finally start seeing some measurable progress.
What are you talking about? Even in personality, you've changed a great deal in the last couple of years. Not better or worse, just different.
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Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 11:29:44 PM
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 11:24:49 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 10:57:25 PM
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 09:39:39 PM
I'm back from a meeting at PSU and I'm a research assistant again.
Awesome!
Yeah! I think this is going to be a good project, and not only is it a bit of money, but also there's a strong likelihood that my name will go on the paper, and in addition there is potential for a paper of my own. Definitely at least a poster that I can present at conferences next year.
You, Twid, and Dimo are kicking all manner of ass.
It's really nice to finally start seeing some measurable progress.
What are you talking about? Even in personality, you've changed a great deal in the last couple of years. Not better or worse, just different.
Thanks! Yeah, I have definitely changed a lot.
Academically, though, it's really great to be actually moving on to the next phase with a job at the university, looking at my first publication credit, and so on. It's a real landmark point in my slog through school.
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Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 11:32:35 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 11:29:44 PM
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 11:24:49 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 10:57:25 PM
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 09:39:39 PM
I'm back from a meeting at PSU and I'm a research assistant again.
Awesome!
Yeah! I think this is going to be a good project, and not only is it a bit of money, but also there's a strong likelihood that my name will go on the paper, and in addition there is potential for a paper of my own. Definitely at least a poster that I can present at conferences next year.
You, Twid, and Dimo are kicking all manner of ass.
It's really nice to finally start seeing some measurable progress.
What are you talking about? Even in personality, you've changed a great deal in the last couple of years. Not better or worse, just different.
Thanks! Yeah, I have definitely changed a lot.
Academically, though, it's really great to be actually moving on to the next phase with a job at the university, looking at my first publication credit, and so on. It's a real landmark point in my slog through school.
You haven't been slogging. Might seem that way to you, but again, you three have been kicking all manner of ass. Dimo's TAing three classes, Twid's pulled his head out and is going full steam, and you're involved in actual research, more or less as an underclassman.
Witlessing to atheists again.
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Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 11:33:33 PM
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Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 11:29:44 PM
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 11:24:49 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 10:57:25 PM
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 09:39:39 PM
I'm back from a meeting at PSU and I'm a research assistant again.
Awesome!
Yeah! I think this is going to be a good project, and not only is it a bit of money, but also there's a strong likelihood that my name will go on the paper, and in addition there is potential for a paper of my own. Definitely at least a poster that I can present at conferences next year.
You, Twid, and Dimo are kicking all manner of ass.
It's really nice to finally start seeing some measurable progress.
What are you talking about? Even in personality, you've changed a great deal in the last couple of years. Not better or worse, just different.
Thanks! Yeah, I have definitely changed a lot.
Academically, though, it's really great to be actually moving on to the next phase with a job at the university, looking at my first publication credit, and so on. It's a real landmark point in my slog through school.
You haven't been slogging. Might seem that way to you, but again, you three have been kicking all manner of ass. Dimo's TAing three classes, Twid's pulled his head out and is going full steam, and you're involved in actual research, more or less as an underclassman.
It does feel like slogging. :lol: But yeah, I'm pretty thrilled to be in my third year and working on a third research project. Even though this level of progress also means not really having a social life, and doing things like listening to a lecture while making dinner and typing on the internet, which is what I'm doing right now.
Quote from: Nobody understands birds on March 11, 2014, 11:56:25 PM
It does feel like slogging. :lol: But yeah, I'm pretty thrilled to be in my third year and working on a third research project. Even though this level of progress also means not really having a social life, and doing things like listening to a lecture while making dinner and typing on the internet, which is what I'm doing right now.
How is what you're doing not a social life? It's just a different crowd.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 11:58:51 PM
Quote from: Nobody understands birds on March 11, 2014, 11:56:25 PM
It does feel like slogging. :lol: But yeah, I'm pretty thrilled to be in my third year and working on a third research project. Even though this level of progress also means not really having a social life, and doing things like listening to a lecture while making dinner and typing on the internet, which is what I'm doing right now.
How is what you're doing not a social life? It's just a different crowd.
Welllll it's a social life the same way going to work is. But in terms of actually non-work non-school hanging out with people, I go to FBF's house for dinner on Monday nights and meet Hot Cowboy for lunch or drinks once a week, and that's about it.
I'm looking forward to the end of the general series, because I should be able to step back and gain a little breathing room.
Of course, I start A&P in the fall. :lulz: Lordy me.
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Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 11:58:51 PM
Quote from: Nobody understands birds on March 11, 2014, 11:56:25 PM
It does feel like slogging. :lol: But yeah, I'm pretty thrilled to be in my third year and working on a third research project. Even though this level of progress also means not really having a social life, and doing things like listening to a lecture while making dinner and typing on the internet, which is what I'm doing right now.
How is what you're doing not a social life? It's just a different crowd.
Welllll it's a social life the same way going to work is. But in terms of actually non-work non-school hanging out with people, I go to FBF's house for dinner on Monday nights and meet Hot Cowboy for lunch or drinks once a week, and that's about it.
Don't knock it. I lost Saturday Night ENTIRELY for almost 2 years.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 11:29:44 PM
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 11:24:49 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 10:57:25 PM
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I'm back from a meeting at PSU and I'm a research assistant again.
Awesome!
Yeah! I think this is going to be a good project, and not only is it a bit of money, but also there's a strong likelihood that my name will go on the paper, and in addition there is potential for a paper of my own. Definitely at least a poster that I can present at conferences next year.
You, Twid, and Dimo are kicking all manner of ass.
Seconded.
(https://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maisr9dM4d1r6q94do1_500.jpg)
HOSRIE!
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 12, 2014, 12:14:41 AM
Quote from: Nobody understands birds on March 12, 2014, 12:08:50 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 11:58:51 PM
Quote from: Nobody understands birds on March 11, 2014, 11:56:25 PM
It does feel like slogging. :lol: But yeah, I'm pretty thrilled to be in my third year and working on a third research project. Even though this level of progress also means not really having a social life, and doing things like listening to a lecture while making dinner and typing on the internet, which is what I'm doing right now.
How is what you're doing not a social life? It's just a different crowd.
Welllll it's a social life the same way going to work is. But in terms of actually non-work non-school hanging out with people, I go to FBF's house for dinner on Monday nights and meet Hot Cowboy for lunch or drinks once a week, and that's about it.
Don't knock it. I lost Saturday Night ENTIRELY for almost 2 years.
I'm not worried, I'll get through it. But I really am looking forward to being at a point in time when I have leisure time, like normal people.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 12, 2014, 12:43:34 AM
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HOSRIE!
:aaa: :aaa: :aaa: Now I'm scared.
The future is creepy. Guy from my phone company failed to mention in his pitch that my new phone (Note 3) would come with a smartwatch with a built in camera.
CREEPY WEARABLE COMPUTING.
WHAT ARE NON CREEPY USES OF COVERT CAMERA?
Quote from: Pæs on March 12, 2014, 03:06:32 AM
The future is creepy. Guy from my phone company failed to mention in his pitch that my new phone (Note 3) would come with a smartwatch with a built in camera.
CREEPY WEARABLE COMPUTING.
WHAT ARE NON CREEPY USES OF COVERT CAMERA?
Upskir--wait...
It can't be creepy if it's your own skirt, right?
Quote from: Pæs on March 12, 2014, 03:06:32 AM
The future is creepy. Guy from my phone company failed to mention in his pitch that my new phone (Note 3) would come with a smartwatch with a built in camera.
CREEPY WEARABLE COMPUTING.
WHAT ARE NON CREEPY USES OF COVERT CAMERA?
The ones that get you arrested.
Quote from: Pæs on March 12, 2014, 03:06:32 AM
The future is creepy. Guy from my phone company failed to mention in his pitch that my new phone (Note 3) would come with a smartwatch with a built in camera.
CREEPY WEARABLE COMPUTING.
WHAT ARE NON CREEPY USES OF COVERT CAMERA?
Is there someone following you? Too poor to avoid a dead man switch and a canister of nerve gas? Then wearable electronic surveillance is for you. When we retrieve your dessicated corpse from the gravel quarry our team of experts will be able to examine the contents of your Nexus™ SmartWatch to adequately identify your assailant.
Waiting here at the clinic. Preparing my asshole to be sodomized in the name of science.
Quote from: /b/earman on March 12, 2014, 12:51:11 PM
Waiting here at the clinic. Preparing my asshole to be sodomized in the name of science.
Indignity is good for the soul.
Hey Roger, the Friday after next Team Vodka will most likely be at the Madonna party, just so you know. There's an off chance that some might go to the Kylie record release, but that's a slim chance at best.
The Madonna Party at Videodrome (https://www.facebook.com/events/1460945794121680/?ref=2&ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming)
Kylie at Boyfriends (https://www.facebook.com/events/612324202180562/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming)
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 12, 2014, 12:56:27 PM
Hey Roger, the Friday after next Team Vodka will most likely be at the Madonna party, just so you know. There's an off chance that some might go to the Kylie record release, but that's a slim chance at best.
The Madonna Party at Videodrome (https://www.facebook.com/events/1460945794121680/?ref=2&ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming)
Kylie at Boyfriends (https://www.facebook.com/events/612324202180562/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming)
FUCK.
GETTING INTO TOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 4 YEARS, EVERYONE'S BUSY. :tgrr:
Wait. Unless that's an open event.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 12, 2014, 12:58:26 PM
Wait. Unless that's an open event.
I thought he meant it as an invitation.
Yes. Is the Gay Bar.
Well, Videodrome is sort of the "huh, there sure are a lot of gays here" bar.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 12, 2014, 01:04:47 PM
Yes. Is the Gay Bar.
Well, Videodrome is sort of the "huh, there sure are a lot of gays here" bar.
Oh, my. I shall be there with all my naive desert ways.
Also, it will be 100% Madonna songs, with accompanying videos. Lots of archival stuff, live performances, etc.
Inevitably, my friend Eddie will do the entire choreography from the "Vogue" performance at the 1990 MTV video awards.
There will also be a drag show. Of course.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 12, 2014, 01:15:40 PM
Also, it will be 100% Madonna songs, with accompanying videos. Lots of archival stuff, live performances, etc.
Inevitably, my friend Eddie will do the entire choreography from the "Vogue" performance at the 1990 MTV video awards.
There will also be a drag show. Of course.
I am so fucking there. So is Dimo, Luna, Richter (most likely), and hopefully Twid. EoC too, I think.
I must dance to
Like a Prayer.
Two more caveats:
1) There is a $10 cover.
2) Drinks are really fucking expensive, even for Cambridge.
Advance Tickets can be found here. (https://tickets.americanrepertorytheater.org/online/seatSelect.asp?BOset::WSmap%3A%3Aseatmap%3A%3Aperformance_ids=ED1240A8-6F24-4343-B836-A89C90A85D6D&doWork::WSorder::getBestAvailable)
So fucking jealous!
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 12, 2014, 01:20:17 PM
I am so fucking there. So is Dimo, Luna, Richter (most likely), and hopefully Twid. EoC too, I think.
Oh,
dear.
Quote
I must dance to Like a Prayer.
:fap:
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 12, 2014, 01:35:30 PM
Two more caveats:
1) There is a $10 cover.
2) Drinks are really fucking expensive, even for Cambridge.
Advance Tickets can be found here. (https://tickets.americanrepertorytheater.org/online/seatSelect.asp?BOset::WSmap%3A%3Aseatmap%3A%3Aperformance_ids=ED1240A8-6F24-4343-B836-A89C90A85D6D&doWork::WSorder::getBestAvailable)
Money means nothing to me. The company is paying for it.
Also, I don't drink much.
Ah, yes. Caveats for the others, then.
Slowly freezing to death.
Also I'm pretty sure the problem with my computer is the graphics card - while it was good for 2011, it's been made quite redundant since. I looked at upgrading to the newest model in the range...and it's about £300 ($500+).
Which is kinda pricey. On the other hand, I think everything else is working just fine, and it's still cheaper than new computer. I think I need to consult with the geek shop about installation costs and similar.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 12, 2014, 02:44:10 PM
Ah, yes. Caveats for the others, then.
I will pass that on. Dimo says he's solvent, not so sure about the others.
Richter will make time from his convention to attend, or I will stomp on a street urchin.
It's in Cambridge. Stomp on a Harvard freshman.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 12, 2014, 02:56:49 PM
It's in Cambridge. Stomp on a Harvard freshman.
No, no, I'm trying to threaten punishment. Richter HATES Harvard freshmen.
Woke up to texts from my best friend asking if I have a spare hour this morning because she could use a hand with something.
:|
She's married, and her husband is just finishing his medical imaging degree. Maybe she could ask HIM for a hand.
Quote from: Nobody understands birds on March 12, 2014, 03:11:08 PM
Woke up to texts from my best friend asking if I have a spare hour this morning because she could use a hand with something.
:|
She's married, and her husband is just finishing his medical imaging degree. Maybe she could ask HIM for a hand.
Well, she's your best friend. So you can just text back "No, unfortunately I don't", and she'll understand.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 12, 2014, 03:14:11 PM
Quote from: Nobody understands birds on March 12, 2014, 03:11:08 PM
Woke up to texts from my best friend asking if I have a spare hour this morning because she could use a hand with something.
:|
She's married, and her husband is just finishing his medical imaging degree. Maybe she could ask HIM for a hand.
Well, she's your best friend. So you can just text back "No, unfortunately I don't", and she'll understand.
Yeah, I did, and she did, I was just a little surprised because of all people, she knows.
Well, especially because I was just over there on Monday bringing her dessert and telling her that I'm just barely holding it together.
Quote from: Nobody understands birds on March 12, 2014, 03:27:30 PM
Well, especially because I was just over there on Monday bringing her dessert and telling her that I'm just barely holding it together.
Balls. Nigel is made out of 440C stainless steel, and has tungsten for nerves.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 12, 2014, 02:55:13 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 12, 2014, 02:44:10 PM
Ah, yes. Caveats for the others, then.
I will pass that on. Dimo says he's solvent, not so sure about the others.
Richter will make time from his convention to attend, or I will stomp on a street urchin.
I'm fine with that. And yeah, the 21st is good, so count me in.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on March 12, 2014, 03:37:20 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 12, 2014, 02:55:13 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 12, 2014, 02:44:10 PM
Ah, yes. Caveats for the others, then.
I will pass that on. Dimo says he's solvent, not so sure about the others.
Richter will make time from his convention to attend, or I will stomp on a street urchin.
I'm fine with that. And yeah, the 21st is good, so count me in.
woot!
Also, random news thread in Aneristic Delusions just got weird. :lulz:
WHOSE MYTHOS WILL PREVAIL?
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 12, 2014, 03:42:37 PM
WHOSE MYTHOS WILL PREVAIL?
Weaponized Apes don't care, really. We just want to hit shit until it stops moving.
Ever wonder why we never see any signs of aliens? Huh? THINK ABOUT IT. If YOU lived next door to US, YOU wouldn't make a peep, EITHER. Until you could grab your shit and MOVE TO A BETTER NEIGHBORHOOD.
I still need to start a Tumblr account to post the "Alien Anthropology" stuff we came up with.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 12, 2014, 03:53:04 PM
I still need to start a Tumblr account to post the "Alien Anthropology" stuff we came up with.
Well, the original bit was a screen cap of a gaming blog.
Oh, right.
The funny died in the news thread. New guy couldn't stop trying to one-up, at the expense of the satire.
Everything is a dominance game, here in Fat City. Even jokes making fun of dominance games.
The first rule of improv is "Yes, and" not "No, but".
Same holds true for riffing.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 12, 2014, 04:02:10 PM
The first rule of improv is "Yes, and" not "No, but".
Same holds true for riffing.
Yep. You're supposed to take the previous post and make things more horribe/weird, not explain why the previous post was invalid.
Imagine if someone took the Spiders thread and said, "You don't understand, spiders are messengers from a Loving God as messengers of happiness and light," and meant it seriously.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 12, 2014, 04:06:29 PM
Imagine if someone took the Spiders thread and said, "You don't understand, spiders are messengers from a Loving God as messengers of happiness and light," and meant it seriously.
Yep.
Or offered the name of a good psychologist.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 12, 2014, 03:35:56 PM
Quote from: Nobody understands birds on March 12, 2014, 03:27:30 PM
Well, especially because I was just over there on Monday bringing her dessert and telling her that I'm just barely holding it together.
Balls. Nigel is made out of 440C stainless steel, and has tungsten for nerves.
:lol:
Nigel's eyelashes fall out when she's stressed.
Nigel's eyes are currently approaching baldness.
28 more chemistry problems.
But a bitch aint one.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 12, 2014, 03:44:20 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 12, 2014, 03:42:37 PM
WHOSE MYTHOS WILL PREVAIL?
Weaponized Apes don't care, really. We just want to hit shit until it stops moving.
Ever wonder why we never see any signs of aliens? Huh? THINK ABOUT IT. If YOU lived next door to US, YOU wouldn't make a peep, EITHER. Until you could grab your shit and MOVE TO A BETTER NEIGHBORHOOD.
I always figured aliens would take one look at us and be all NOPE NOPE NOPE.
Quote from: Nobody understands birds on March 12, 2014, 04:34:58 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 12, 2014, 03:44:20 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 12, 2014, 03:42:37 PM
WHOSE MYTHOS WILL PREVAIL?
Weaponized Apes don't care, really. We just want to hit shit until it stops moving.
Ever wonder why we never see any signs of aliens? Huh? THINK ABOUT IT. If YOU lived next door to US, YOU wouldn't make a peep, EITHER. Until you could grab your shit and MOVE TO A BETTER NEIGHBORHOOD.
I always figured aliens would take one look at us and be all NOPE NOPE NOPE.
They can hear our radio.
She said her name was Emergency and asked to see my gun
Said her telephone number was 911
Got brother Jimmy on the TV, Killer on the stereo
She said, "If you want to get it you got to let it go"...And they want to come to the party. But then they catch our broadcasts, 68 years time lag, and they're all like "Let's just grab our shit, say fuck the lease, and move way the hell out to another arm of the galaxy."
Quote from: Nobody understands birds on March 12, 2014, 04:33:20 PM
28 more chemistry problems.
Incidentally, this is what I like about the higher end undergrad and postgrad courses. No more constant tests of your patience and ability to read the source material. If you didn't do the reading, well then that's a gap in your knowledge and you are to blame. Sure will suck if you need to know any of that.
Conversely, if you really know the stuff you need to in order to get the work on the graded pieces, you don't have to jump through hoops for anything else. Which is why I'm skipping this week's required reading...that and I read it two years ago.
But then, it seems American and British higher education are quite a bit different anyway (British seems much more specialized...the American system seems to require a broader range of study topics, such as maths classes etc), so maybe that difference isn't one you'll see so much of either.
The only stipulation on my choices were: no timetable clashes, and they had to be drawn from the Arts Faculty (for the purposes of module choice, Psychology is considered both an Art and a Science. Which funnily enough, I agree with). I could have done Russian, or Anthropology, or History (I shoulda done more History) or literature.
My impression is that in the American system it is far more prescriptive, as in you must have x amount of credits in maths or a language or whatever.
We're even more backward than that.
We only have one math.
Yes, that too.
I actually think the lack of specialization isn't necessarily a bad thing, just to clarify. I certainly think at postgrad and beyond, you need a pretty tight focus, but earlier on, making sure people's skills in other topics are up to scratch can only be a good thing...even if it leaves less time to go more in-depth initially.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 12, 2014, 04:03:38 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 12, 2014, 04:02:10 PM
The first rule of improv is "Yes, and" not "No, but".
Same holds true for riffing.
Yep. You're supposed to take the previous post and make things more horribe/weird, not explain why the previous post was invalid.
That is good to know, but even without that knowledge I could still see that new guy was fucking up the mood.
Yeah, pretty sure the last 7 days have been the worst days of my life, at least the worst days since I left the fucking military. I tried to get fired, they fucking promoted me. I am full to the gills with benzos, and I'm still so stressed that my muscles keep fucking cramping up. I hate my fucking job, I hate my fucking city, I hate my fucking life, and right now, I hate everybody and everything.
4 more months. 4 stinking months and I can flee back into the fucking desert, where I belong. Benson area, maybe.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 13, 2014, 12:13:57 AM
Yeah, pretty sure the last 7 days have been the worst days of my life, at least the worst days since I left the fucking military. I tried to get fired, they fucking promoted me. I am full to the gills with benzos, and I'm still so stressed that my muscles keep fucking cramping up. I hate my fucking job, I hate my fucking city, I hate my fucking life, and right now, I hate everybody and everything.
4 more months. 4 stinking months and I can flee back into the fucking desert, where I belong. Benson area, maybe.
Fuck, Roger. I know this doesn't help, but I'm sorry it's been that shitty for you. Really, I am. I'm looking forward to the night of the 21st and just maybe some of that frustration drain out into a sea of FABULOUS.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on March 13, 2014, 12:21:36 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 13, 2014, 12:13:57 AM
Yeah, pretty sure the last 7 days have been the worst days of my life, at least the worst days since I left the fucking military. I tried to get fired, they fucking promoted me. I am full to the gills with benzos, and I'm still so stressed that my muscles keep fucking cramping up. I hate my fucking job, I hate my fucking city, I hate my fucking life, and right now, I hate everybody and everything.
4 more months. 4 stinking months and I can flee back into the fucking desert, where I belong. Benson area, maybe.
Fuck, Roger. I know this doesn't help, but I'm sorry it's been that shitty for you. Really, I am. I'm looking forward to the night of the 21st and just maybe some of that frustration drain out into a sea of FABULOUS.
I am really looking forward to this trip. First, I get to shit all over the shareholders of the company that has made my life so fucking difficult. Then I get to go to THE GAY BAR and Richter and I are making a fucking harpoon. A HARPOON.
I am unsure that I should own one of those these days. Fuck, I can't even talk without pissing someone off, without pissing MYSELF off. So naturally, gigantic spear.
In Florida for my annual Spring Training tour, sporting all the sports. I had to deal with a stadium full of Toronto fans today and got apologized to by everyone, because Canadians. Tomorrow I get to play baseball with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
My allergies are fucking awful this year down here. The East Coast is in for a horrid, pollinated spring of death.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 13, 2014, 12:24:53 AM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on March 13, 2014, 12:21:36 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 13, 2014, 12:13:57 AM
Yeah, pretty sure the last 7 days have been the worst days of my life, at least the worst days since I left the fucking military. I tried to get fired, they fucking promoted me. I am full to the gills with benzos, and I'm still so stressed that my muscles keep fucking cramping up. I hate my fucking job, I hate my fucking city, I hate my fucking life, and right now, I hate everybody and everything.
4 more months. 4 stinking months and I can flee back into the fucking desert, where I belong. Benson area, maybe.
Fuck, Roger. I know this doesn't help, but I'm sorry it's been that shitty for you. Really, I am. I'm looking forward to the night of the 21st and just maybe some of that frustration drain out into a sea of FABULOUS.
I am really looking forward to this trip. First, I get to shit all over the shareholders of the company that has made my life so fucking difficult. Then I get to go to THE GAY BAR and Richter and I are making a fucking harpoon. A HARPOON.
I am unsure that I should own one of those these days. Fuck, I can't even talk without pissing someone off, without pissing MYSELF off. So naturally, gigantic spear.
If it's harpoons you're after, New Bedford does have the Whaling Museum. Shit, our downtown library has a monument to Lewis Temple out in front.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on March 13, 2014, 12:33:35 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 13, 2014, 12:24:53 AM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on March 13, 2014, 12:21:36 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 13, 2014, 12:13:57 AM
Yeah, pretty sure the last 7 days have been the worst days of my life, at least the worst days since I left the fucking military. I tried to get fired, they fucking promoted me. I am full to the gills with benzos, and I'm still so stressed that my muscles keep fucking cramping up. I hate my fucking job, I hate my fucking city, I hate my fucking life, and right now, I hate everybody and everything.
4 more months. 4 stinking months and I can flee back into the fucking desert, where I belong. Benson area, maybe.
Fuck, Roger. I know this doesn't help, but I'm sorry it's been that shitty for you. Really, I am. I'm looking forward to the night of the 21st and just maybe some of that frustration drain out into a sea of FABULOUS.
I am really looking forward to this trip. First, I get to shit all over the shareholders of the company that has made my life so fucking difficult. Then I get to go to THE GAY BAR and Richter and I are making a fucking harpoon. A HARPOON.
I am unsure that I should own one of those these days. Fuck, I can't even talk without pissing someone off, without pissing MYSELF off. So naturally, gigantic spear.
If it's harpoons you're after, New Bedford does have the Whaling Museum. Shit, our downtown library has a monument to Lewis Temple out in front.
Are you suggesting we rob the museum?
I'LL DO THAT SHIT.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 13, 2014, 12:35:16 AM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on March 13, 2014, 12:33:35 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 13, 2014, 12:24:53 AM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on March 13, 2014, 12:21:36 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 13, 2014, 12:13:57 AM
Yeah, pretty sure the last 7 days have been the worst days of my life, at least the worst days since I left the fucking military. I tried to get fired, they fucking promoted me. I am full to the gills with benzos, and I'm still so stressed that my muscles keep fucking cramping up. I hate my fucking job, I hate my fucking city, I hate my fucking life, and right now, I hate everybody and everything.
4 more months. 4 stinking months and I can flee back into the fucking desert, where I belong. Benson area, maybe.
Fuck, Roger. I know this doesn't help, but I'm sorry it's been that shitty for you. Really, I am. I'm looking forward to the night of the 21st and just maybe some of that frustration drain out into a sea of FABULOUS.
I am really looking forward to this trip. First, I get to shit all over the shareholders of the company that has made my life so fucking difficult. Then I get to go to THE GAY BAR and Richter and I are making a fucking harpoon. A HARPOON.
I am unsure that I should own one of those these days. Fuck, I can't even talk without pissing someone off, without pissing MYSELF off. So naturally, gigantic spear.
If it's harpoons you're after, New Bedford does have the Whaling Museum. Shit, our downtown library has a monument to Lewis Temple out in front.
Are you suggesting we rob the museum?
I'LL DO THAT SHIT.
The Southworth Library in Dartmouth has a display of about 5 different harpoons that would be much easier to rob.
I'll take it under consideration.
At the moment, though, I don't feel good. Going to bed.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 13, 2014, 12:46:03 AM
I'll take it under consideration.
At the moment, though, I don't feel good. Going to bed.
Get well soon!
New England is planning for Roger's arrival.
http://www.wcvb.com/news/large-sinkhole-forms-behind-south-boston-courthouse/24942878?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=wcvb%2Bchannel%2B5%2Bboston
Not gonna sleep tonight. Again.
Quote from: Cain on March 12, 2014, 05:01:08 PM
Quote from: Nobody understands birds on March 12, 2014, 04:33:20 PM
28 more chemistry problems.
Incidentally, this is what I like about the higher end undergrad and postgrad courses. No more constant tests of your patience and ability to read the source material. If you didn't do the reading, well then that's a gap in your knowledge and you are to blame. Sure will suck if you need to know any of that.
Conversely, if you really know the stuff you need to in order to get the work on the graded pieces, you don't have to jump through hoops for anything else. Which is why I'm skipping this week's required reading...that and I read it two years ago.
But then, it seems American and British higher education are quite a bit different anyway (British seems much more specialized...the American system seems to require a broader range of study topics, such as maths classes etc), so maybe that difference isn't one you'll see so much of either.
The only stipulation on my choices were: no timetable clashes, and they had to be drawn from the Arts Faculty (for the purposes of module choice, Psychology is considered both an Art and a Science. Which funnily enough, I agree with). I could have done Russian, or Anthropology, or History (I shoulda done more History) or literature.
My impression is that in the American system it is far more prescriptive, as in you must have x amount of credits in maths or a language or whatever.
Well, the way it works here is that the first two years they're basically filling you in on foundational material, and test the crap out of you partly to see if you're actually learning, and partly to weed out people who aren't stupidly dedicated, religious about their study schedules, and willing to sacrifice their personal lives and occasionally even basic needs in order to complete the course. Yes, they really do that; for example, scheduling lab 10 minutes after the end of class so you're in from 4pm until 9pm with no chance to eat. It's a total dick move, but it's just how it is. This is lab sciences; if you're majoring in humanities the first two years are pretty cushy.
One of the things this does is enforces a completely artificial separation between the science nerds, who are mostly too shell-shocked and exhausted to be able to formulate a complete sentence, and the arts and humanities people, who are busy having parties and developing full, rich, rewarding social networks.
The second two years, if you're in arts and humanities, the breadth and depth of the papers you're supposed to write increases along with your reading load, and if you're in science, you finally get a fucking break and can start taking some fun classes, like genetics and cell biology and stuff like that. But not too many fun classes because you still have your third-year requirements like Anatomy and Physiology or whatever specific torture applies to your subfield. You also have Junior Cluster, which at my university is a cluster of classes that are totally unrelated to your major (at PSU all Junior Clusters are oriented toward social justice or environmentalism, because Portland), and from your Junior Cluster springs your capstone project, which is some kind of original research you do senior year. I am pretty sure I already know what my capstone is going to be in, because it will allow me to maintain collaboration with the School of Public Health even though neither of my majors have anything to do with the School of Public Health, but I love them and I want to keep my fingers in the pool.
I think that what you do for graduate degrees varies a lot. The program I most want to get into, you take some classes the first year, spend the second year in lab rotations, and then by the third year you should have found a lab to work in to complete your
doctoral research.
Oh, and yeah, the "Foundational Requirements" for a degree are pretty broad. For my degree, I had to have 90 credits (one three-month class is typically 4 credits, 5 if it's a particularly heavy math or science class) and 12 credits per 3-month term is considered full-time, though you can go up to 18. I do not recommend taking 18 credits, I did that once. I generally hover around 15.
You have to have a certain minimum of credits from every single "umbrella" discipline category in order to graduate, which is why I've taken architecture. :lol: I needed 12 credits of arts.
I actually have way more credits than I needed to graduate, but a lot of them are prerequisites for the grad program and I figured I'd do them now.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 13, 2014, 12:13:57 AM
Yeah, pretty sure the last 7 days have been the worst days of my life, at least the worst days since I left the fucking military. I tried to get fired, they fucking promoted me. I am full to the gills with benzos, and I'm still so stressed that my muscles keep fucking cramping up. I hate my fucking job, I hate my fucking city, I hate my fucking life, and right now, I hate everybody and everything.
4 more months. 4 stinking months and I can flee back into the fucking desert, where I belong. Benson area, maybe.
:(
Chemistry prof says that I can get 80% on the final and still end up with an A in the class.
I can relax a little.
Oh my god, you know what I'm looking forward to about university classes?
Grading on the curve.
What Roger needs is a plasma chainsaw. Harpoon??? What are you a English man??
Nigel, that sounds a bit more like the Scottish system actually. In most of England and Wales, you get a year to dick around a little bit, but from the second year onwards, you're in on your course and nothing else. Not sure about how the sciences work down here, as my only science friends did medicine and vetinary surgery, and those are a lot more vocational.
But in Scotland, it seems much the same. The first two years, if you're humanities, you have about 10 hours a week of classes, and maybe another 10 hours a week of reading (which, if you're even halfway competent, is mostly optional). Sciences have a lot more lab time and definitely get shafted on the whole "social life" bit...I got a taste of this, doing Psych, and being in a dorm with a lot of astronomy and chem majors (Astronomy guys got it tough...their tutorials would start at 1800 and go on to 2300 on paper, and often beyond that in reality).
Third year is where actual reading and work kicks in...I probably had about 30 hours a week of just reading, most of it mandatory, and much more demanding essays.
But yeah, the broadness is still kinda surprising. I mean, 12 points from the arts? None of our scientists could even take an art module, and most wouldn't want to anyway.
Our credit system was basically 120 credits a year to pass. So my first year modules were either worth 20 points or, in the case of the 2 philosophy classes, 10 points each (but less classes per week). A full third of those must come from your degree course, but otherwise you're free to choose from within whatever modules the School of Arts or Science provides, depending on which one you are enrolled in. In the final two years, each module is worth 30 credits, so you're really only doing two modules a semester, and if you're doing a double degree, then it's one from each of your topics. Scotland only has two semesters, I should point out.
Quote from: Nobody understands birds on March 13, 2014, 03:21:05 AM
Oh my god, you know what I'm looking forward to about university classes?
Grading on the curve.
In a large undergrad class, it's okay. In a small graduate cohort, that curve can mean pass or fail.
Quote from: Nobody understands birds on March 13, 2014, 03:05:02 AM
Quote from: Cain on March 12, 2014, 05:01:08 PM
Quote from: Nobody understands birds on March 12, 2014, 04:33:20 PM
28 more chemistry problems.
Incidentally, this is what I like about the higher end undergrad and postgrad courses. No more constant tests of your patience and ability to read the source material. If you didn't do the reading, well then that's a gap in your knowledge and you are to blame. Sure will suck if you need to know any of that.
Conversely, if you really know the stuff you need to in order to get the work on the graded pieces, you don't have to jump through hoops for anything else. Which is why I'm skipping this week's required reading...that and I read it two years ago.
But then, it seems American and British higher education are quite a bit different anyway (British seems much more specialized...the American system seems to require a broader range of study topics, such as maths classes etc), so maybe that difference isn't one you'll see so much of either.
The only stipulation on my choices were: no timetable clashes, and they had to be drawn from the Arts Faculty (for the purposes of module choice, Psychology is considered both an Art and a Science. Which funnily enough, I agree with). I could have done Russian, or Anthropology, or History (I shoulda done more History) or literature.
My impression is that in the American system it is far more prescriptive, as in you must have x amount of credits in maths or a language or whatever.
Well, the way it works here is that the first two years they're basically filling you in on foundational material, and test the crap out of you partly to see if you're actually learning, and partly to weed out people who aren't stupidly dedicated, religious about their study schedules, and willing to sacrifice their personal lives and occasionally even basic needs in order to complete the course. Yes, they really do that; for example, scheduling lab 10 minutes after the end of class so you're in from 4pm until 9pm with no chance to eat. It's a total dick move, but it's just how it is. This is lab sciences; if you're majoring in humanities the first two years are pretty cushy.
One of the things this does is enforces a completely artificial separation between the science nerds, who are mostly too shell-shocked and exhausted to be able to formulate a complete sentence, and the arts and humanities people, who are busy having parties and developing full, rich, rewarding social networks.
The second two years, if you're in arts and humanities, the breadth and depth of the papers you're supposed to write increases along with your reading load, and if you're in science, you finally get a fucking break and can start taking some fun classes, like genetics and cell biology and stuff like that. But not too many fun classes because you still have your third-year requirements like Anatomy and Physiology or whatever specific torture applies to your subfield. You also have Junior Cluster, which at my university is a cluster of classes that are totally unrelated to your major (at PSU all Junior Clusters are oriented toward social justice or environmentalism, because Portland), and from your Junior Cluster springs your capstone project, which is some kind of original research you do senior year. I am pretty sure I already know what my capstone is going to be in, because it will allow me to maintain collaboration with the School of Public Health even though neither of my majors have anything to do with the School of Public Health, but I love them and I want to keep my fingers in the pool.
I think that what you do for graduate degrees varies a lot. The program I most want to get into, you take some classes the first year, spend the second year in lab rotations, and then by the third year you should have found a lab to work in to complete your
doctoral research.
...and all this varies by University and locale, of course. Junior clusters weren't a thing at the university I worked for. We just had "Freshman Seminars." They were specific to your college. Little 3 credit "Welcome to the College of Natural Sciences. Do your work. Study hard. Don't die of alcohol poisoning, please." Outside of that there were 3 very broad core areas. You had to touch each, but could reach the relatively low number of total required credits however you wanted beyond that. The only specific university requirements were composition and college algebra. The math(s) requirement changed 3 times in the 6 years I worked there, though--trying to strike some reasonable balance between accommodating majors that are in no way related to a proficiency in logarithmic functions, and the University's interest in making sure that people don't see a CSU bachelor's degree on the wall of somebody who has to remove their shoes to count to 20.
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on March 13, 2014, 03:22:51 PM
Quote from: Nobody understands birds on March 13, 2014, 03:05:02 AM
Quote from: Cain on March 12, 2014, 05:01:08 PM
Quote from: Nobody understands birds on March 12, 2014, 04:33:20 PM
28 more chemistry problems.
Incidentally, this is what I like about the higher end undergrad and postgrad courses. No more constant tests of your patience and ability to read the source material. If you didn't do the reading, well then that's a gap in your knowledge and you are to blame. Sure will suck if you need to know any of that.
Conversely, if you really know the stuff you need to in order to get the work on the graded pieces, you don't have to jump through hoops for anything else. Which is why I'm skipping this week's required reading...that and I read it two years ago.
But then, it seems American and British higher education are quite a bit different anyway (British seems much more specialized...the American system seems to require a broader range of study topics, such as maths classes etc), so maybe that difference isn't one you'll see so much of either.
The only stipulation on my choices were: no timetable clashes, and they had to be drawn from the Arts Faculty (for the purposes of module choice, Psychology is considered both an Art and a Science. Which funnily enough, I agree with). I could have done Russian, or Anthropology, or History (I shoulda done more History) or literature.
My impression is that in the American system it is far more prescriptive, as in you must have x amount of credits in maths or a language or whatever.
Well, the way it works here is that the first two years they're basically filling you in on foundational material, and test the crap out of you partly to see if you're actually learning, and partly to weed out people who aren't stupidly dedicated, religious about their study schedules, and willing to sacrifice their personal lives and occasionally even basic needs in order to complete the course. Yes, they really do that; for example, scheduling lab 10 minutes after the end of class so you're in from 4pm until 9pm with no chance to eat. It's a total dick move, but it's just how it is. This is lab sciences; if you're majoring in humanities the first two years are pretty cushy.
One of the things this does is enforces a completely artificial separation between the science nerds, who are mostly too shell-shocked and exhausted to be able to formulate a complete sentence, and the arts and humanities people, who are busy having parties and developing full, rich, rewarding social networks.
The second two years, if you're in arts and humanities, the breadth and depth of the papers you're supposed to write increases along with your reading load, and if you're in science, you finally get a fucking break and can start taking some fun classes, like genetics and cell biology and stuff like that. But not too many fun classes because you still have your third-year requirements like Anatomy and Physiology or whatever specific torture applies to your subfield. You also have Junior Cluster, which at my university is a cluster of classes that are totally unrelated to your major (at PSU all Junior Clusters are oriented toward social justice or environmentalism, because Portland), and from your Junior Cluster springs your capstone project, which is some kind of original research you do senior year. I am pretty sure I already know what my capstone is going to be in, because it will allow me to maintain collaboration with the School of Public Health even though neither of my majors have anything to do with the School of Public Health, but I love them and I want to keep my fingers in the pool.
I think that what you do for graduate degrees varies a lot. The program I most want to get into, you take some classes the first year, spend the second year in lab rotations, and then by the third year you should have found a lab to work in to complete your
doctoral research.
...and all this varies by University and locale, of course. Junior clusters weren't a thing at the university I worked for. We just had "Freshman Seminars." They were specific to your college. Little 3 credit "Welcome to the College of Natural Sciences. Do your work. Study hard. Don't die of alcohol poisoning, please." Outside of that there were 3 very broad core areas. You had to touch each, but could reach the relatively low number of total required credits however you wanted beyond that. The only specific university requirements were composition and college algebra. The math(s) requirement changed 3 times in the 6 years I worked there, though--trying to strike some reasonable balance between accommodating majors that are in no way related to a proficiency in logarithmic functions, and the University's interest in making sure that people don't see a CSU bachelor's degree on the wall of somebody who has to remove their shoes to count to 20.
That's why I said "here". Standards and requirements vary by state and may be completely different in private schools.
Flashmobs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh3i3vWgPyk
FLASHMOBS!
Quote from: Cain on March 13, 2014, 08:21:53 AM
Our credit system was basically 120 credits a year to pass. So my first year modules were either worth 20 points or, in the case of the 2 philosophy classes, 10 points each (but less classes per week). A full third of those must come from your degree course, but otherwise you're free to choose from within whatever modules the School of Arts or Science provides, depending on which one you are enrolled in. In the final two years, each module is worth 30 credits, so you're really only doing two modules a semester, and if you're doing a double degree, then it's one from each of your topics. Scotland only has two semesters, I should point out.
I like semesters much better than quarters so far. If I were more on top of things, that may be different, but as it stands, I feel deadlines nipping at my ass all term. Then you get a couple weeks off to breathe, and it's run, run, run, again.
Quote from: The Suu on March 13, 2014, 11:28:58 AM
Quote from: Nobody understands birds on March 13, 2014, 03:21:05 AM
Oh my god, you know what I'm looking forward to about university classes?
Grading on the curve.
In a large undergrad class, it's okay. In a small graduate cohort, that curve can mean pass or fail.
I suppose that would be true for students who tend to fall closer to the 90th percentile.
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on March 13, 2014, 03:49:57 PM
Quote from: Cain on March 13, 2014, 08:21:53 AM
Our credit system was basically 120 credits a year to pass. So my first year modules were either worth 20 points or, in the case of the 2 philosophy classes, 10 points each (but less classes per week). A full third of those must come from your degree course, but otherwise you're free to choose from within whatever modules the School of Arts or Science provides, depending on which one you are enrolled in. In the final two years, each module is worth 30 credits, so you're really only doing two modules a semester, and if you're doing a double degree, then it's one from each of your topics. Scotland only has two semesters, I should point out.
I like semesters much better than quarters so far. If I were more on top of things, that may be different, but as it stands, I feel deadlines nipping at my ass all term. Then you get a couple weeks off to breathe, and it's run, run, run, again.
Yeah, it's exhausting.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 13, 2014, 03:44:30 PM
Flashmobs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh3i3vWgPyk
FLASHMOBS!
Oh, my. :eek:
Whomever is PMing me, I cannot receive PMs until Faust finds the problem.
Hit me up at FB if it's private.
So, called in sick today. Hacking cough, exhaustion, general pain, etc.
Slept for about 16 hours. Felling better. Making egg drop soup, finally watching Cosmos, the NDT version. It's Science 101, with a bit of Giordino Bruno thrown in.
Nothing I didn't already know about, but it's a fun show, and the CGI is pretty cool.
There is something nasty going around. Some people at work have a nasty cough with low level flu symptoms.
I've avoided it so far by being antisocial and working nights. Wont last forever, though
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 13, 2014, 04:24:52 PM
So, called in sick today. Hacking cough, exhaustion, general pain, etc.
Slept for about 16 hours. Felling better. Making egg drop soup, finally watching Cosmos, the NDT version. It's Science 101, with a bit of Giordino Bruno thrown in.
Nothing I didn't already know about, but it's a fun show, and the CGI is pretty cool.
Feel better, LMNO!
So I'm leaving here to fly to Maine on April 1st and then flying back in the middle of May to collect ECHGF, the animals, and our stuff.
Does it make me a bad person that, as bummed as I am that I won't see ECHGF for 6 weeks, I am WAY more bummed that I won't see my dog for that period of time?
Quote from: Jet City Hustle on March 13, 2014, 05:16:59 PM
So I'm leaving here to fly to Maine on April 1st and then flying back in the middle of May to collect ECHGF, the animals, and our stuff.
Does it make me a bad person that, as bummed as I am that I won't see ECHGF for 6 weeks, I am WAY more bummed that I won't see my dog for that period of time?
I get it. At least you're GF understands why you won't be around... the dog won't.
I need a purge. Doing the Santa Rita No Headlights Challenge tonight, solo, with shotgun and a case of diet rootbeer.
If all goes well, I shall be travelling tomorrow, arriving at TF Green at 10:53 PM, staying until the 23rd.
Wow. I really feel crappy.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 13, 2014, 05:27:00 PM
Wow. I really feel crappy.
Don't. It's just a lot of shit got piled up at once, more than usual.
Quote from: Faust on March 13, 2014, 05:55:05 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 13, 2014, 05:27:00 PM
Wow. I really feel crappy.
Don't. It's just a lot of shit got piled up at once, more than usual.
I know. Work, then this shit. I recognize that. Doesn't change what I assume are the physiological effects of stress. I feel physically ill, and emotionally really bothered by having two of my friends go ballistic, whomever's fault it may have been.
This last bit, being compared to Lumberjim, though...
Well, there's only one solution, really. Stop caring, go full potato in a jeep for a few hours, then haul ass across country to crap on people who have fucked us royally, then go party with some friends.
But in the meantime, I feel like I just ran 10 miles with my mouth taped shut.
Just hang in there ok, the friends thing will sort itself out. And work is NOT as important as your health. Not in the least.
which is why i stayed home today.
zoning out on cooking shows
Quote from: Faust on March 13, 2014, 06:29:53 PM
Just hang in there ok, the friends thing will sort itself out. And work is NOT as important as your health. Not in the least.
I know. But I tried to get fired, and I got promoted.
I am becoming discouraged.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 13, 2014, 06:32:41 PM
Quote from: Faust on March 13, 2014, 06:29:53 PM
Just hang in there ok, the friends thing will sort itself out. And work is NOT as important as your health. Not in the least.
I know. But I tried to get fired, and I got promoted.
I am becoming discouraged.
That wouldn't have happened if you hadn't been competent and putting an importance on work.
This is true, the Peter Principle. What if you are, for the purposes of your corporate structure, omni-competent?
Quote from: Faust on March 13, 2014, 06:45:30 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 13, 2014, 06:32:41 PM
Quote from: Faust on March 13, 2014, 06:29:53 PM
Just hang in there ok, the friends thing will sort itself out. And work is NOT as important as your health. Not in the least.
I know. But I tried to get fired, and I got promoted.
I am becoming discouraged.
That wouldn't have happened if you hadn't been competent and putting an importance on work.
I still think I can get fired. Can't be "for cause", though, which makes it a bit of a challenge.
In any case, I have some decisions to make, and a meeting to attend.
I shall make said decisions while listening to Mike the Engineer jabber meaningless bullshit. It's sort of like having an audio Zen garden.
Then I'll come back and probably make a complete arse out of myself. I'm okay with that.
Today is so god damn exciting I could just shit my spleen in glee.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on March 13, 2014, 07:43:56 PM
Today is so god damn exciting I could just shit my spleen in glee.
Details, before I head off to the meeting from hell?
My boss won't fix the broken fucking computer at work, the one that runs the register. His solution is for me to get everyone's credit card number, expiration date, and CCV code from their credit card and write down the order to charge it later.
I laughed and laughed because no one is that stupid.
I was right. :P Now he's fixing it because it's costing him money. It wasn't a problem when rebooting the damn thing over and over kept the closers at work an extra hour and a half.
Today he's pissy because he got pulled over for texting while driving and got a ticket. It was a text from his girlfriend that he was replying to. He told me he cussed her out for texting and he told her he's going to break up with her unless she pays the ticket.
I laughed and laughed because I bet she is that stupid.
And apparently trash day means "dump all the trash in the street and let the wind take care of it".
Tee-hee.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on March 13, 2014, 07:59:20 PM
My boss won't fix the broken fucking computer at work, the one that runs the register.
Very nice, very nice...
QuoteHis solution is for me to get everyone's credit card number, expiration date, and CCV code from their credit card and write down the order to charge it later.
Shaping up nicely...
QuoteI laughed and laughed because no one is that stupid.
You would be astounded.
QuoteI was right. :P Now he's fixing it because it's costing him money. It wasn't a problem when rebooting the damn thing over and over kept the closers at work an extra hour and a half.
Today he's pissy because he got pulled over for texting while driving and got a ticket. It was a text from his girlfriend that he was replying to. He told me he cussed her out for texting and he told her he's going to break up with her unless she pays the ticket.
Approaching perfection...
QuoteI laughed and laughed because I bet she is that stupid.
She's dating him
now, right?
Yes indeed. Yes indeed.
Also, one of my regulars is trying to convince me to quit my job because "I'm just a girl." and I close four nights a week. No woman should be doing that sort of thing. It's dangerous. Even a man can be taken down if someone gets the jump on him so a woman is just dead meat walking.
People make me want to scream, lately.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on March 13, 2014, 09:22:24 PM
Yes indeed. Yes indeed.
Also, one of my regulars is trying to convince me to quit my job because "I'm just a girl." and I close four nights a week. No woman should be doing that sort of thing. It's dangerous. Even a man can be taken down if someone gets the jump on him so a woman is just dead meat walking.
People make me want to scream, lately.
You watch that bastard.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 13, 2014, 09:30:40 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on March 13, 2014, 09:22:24 PM
Yes indeed. Yes indeed.
Also, one of my regulars is trying to convince me to quit my job because "I'm just a girl." and I close four nights a week. No woman should be doing that sort of thing. It's dangerous. Even a man can be taken down if someone gets the jump on him so a woman is just dead meat walking.
People make me want to scream, lately.
You watch that bastard.
He is a HUGE guy. Taller than me (I'm six feet tall), twice as wide (I ain't small). And he's a barber. O.O
But really, anyone who comes in and starts telling me what to do because I'm just a girl and shouldn't be doing what I'm doing . . .
It worries me, somewhat.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on March 13, 2014, 09:33:27 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 13, 2014, 09:30:40 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on March 13, 2014, 09:22:24 PM
Yes indeed. Yes indeed.
Also, one of my regulars is trying to convince me to quit my job because "I'm just a girl." and I close four nights a week. No woman should be doing that sort of thing. It's dangerous. Even a man can be taken down if someone gets the jump on him so a woman is just dead meat walking.
People make me want to scream, lately.
You watch that bastard.
He is a HUGE guy. Taller than me (I'm six feet tall), twice as wide (I ain't small). And he's a barber. O.O
But really, anyone who comes in and starts telling me what to do because I'm just a girl and shouldn't be doing what I'm doing . . .
It worries me, somewhat.
Seen that before. Might not be the case, but a certain type of person will justify things by saying "well, I WARNED the person". And because you're a GIRL and DIDN'T LISTEN, guess what? DESERVED IT.
Not saying it's the case here, just saying it's not unheard of.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 13, 2014, 09:34:53 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on March 13, 2014, 09:33:27 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 13, 2014, 09:30:40 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on March 13, 2014, 09:22:24 PM
Yes indeed. Yes indeed.
Also, one of my regulars is trying to convince me to quit my job because "I'm just a girl." and I close four nights a week. No woman should be doing that sort of thing. It's dangerous. Even a man can be taken down if someone gets the jump on him so a woman is just dead meat walking.
People make me want to scream, lately.
You watch that bastard.
He is a HUGE guy. Taller than me (I'm six feet tall), twice as wide (I ain't small). And he's a barber. O.O
But really, anyone who comes in and starts telling me what to do because I'm just a girl and shouldn't be doing what I'm doing . . .
It worries me, somewhat.
Seen that before. Might not be the case, but a certain type of person will justify things by saying "well, I WARNED the person". And because you're a GIRL and DIDN'T LISTEN, guess what? DESERVED IT.
Not saying it's the case here, just saying it's not unheard of.
I'm familiar with the type. Most of the men in my family are that type.
I have noticed a dramatic upswing in people TELLING ME WHAT lately. The last six months or so, I would say. Men, women, even kids. Last week a little kid said "If you eat pork, God gives you the fire." when he saw we sold bacon. He was very concerned for me.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 13, 2014, 09:34:53 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on March 13, 2014, 09:33:27 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 13, 2014, 09:30:40 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on March 13, 2014, 09:22:24 PM
Yes indeed. Yes indeed.
Also, one of my regulars is trying to convince me to quit my job because "I'm just a girl." and I close four nights a week. No woman should be doing that sort of thing. It's dangerous. Even a man can be taken down if someone gets the jump on him so a woman is just dead meat walking.
People make me want to scream, lately.
You watch that bastard.
He is a HUGE guy. Taller than me (I'm six feet tall), twice as wide (I ain't small). And he's a barber. O.O
But really, anyone who comes in and starts telling me what to do because I'm just a girl and shouldn't be doing what I'm doing . . .
It worries me, somewhat.
Seen that before. Might not be the case, but a certain type of person will justify things by saying "well, I WARNED the person". And because you're a GIRL and DIDN'T LISTEN, guess what? DESERVED IT.
Not saying it's the case here, just saying it's not unheard of.
All of this fills me with rage. So much tiny, tiny rage.
I think my goal in life is to find a job I can do that involves me interacting WITH NO ONE.
Well, it wouldn't be PD without the annual "a bunch of people fuck off for awhile in a fit of butthurt", would it?