This is the thread where I say things and maybe other people say things too

[Jason]

Obsidian and EA employees spotted on their lunch breaks at the Irvine Spectrum Center mall. I refrained from accusing the EA guy of ruining Plants vs. Zombies 2 with that free-to-play shit.



You should have screamed at them. So angry.

[TheBenior]

"DID YOU RUIN PLANTS VS ZOMBIES 2!?!?! DIDYOURUINPLANTSVSZOMBIES2!?!??!"

"NO, I WORK ON THE SIMS, THAT'S WHY I WEAR A SIMS HOODIE!!"

"THE SIMS??!?! OH, HAS MY GIRLFRIEND GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU!"

[Sad, little man]

Wait, are you measuring how good a group of people are on a day-to-day basis so you actually know this to be a fact, or are you just making an assumption about a stranger you've never seen before?

(it is pretty weird seeing the ash, though, but some people decide to put a dot in the same place for every day of their lives and to never eat meat, in comparison that's relatively tame now that I think about it)

I didn't say that people who do that aren't good people to begin with. It just bothers me to see people mindlessly doing all of these weird things in the name of some faith without really questioning what the point of any of it is. Why is it that a completely reasonable person in almost every other aspect of their lives somehow thinks these things are rational?

[FaultyMario]

It bothers me to see people doing all of these things in the name of faith without questioning what the point of any of it is.
Why is it that a person thinks these things are rational?

Faith is by definition unquestionable.
Inquiry falls within the realm of reason.

[Sad, little man]

Ah, I shouldn't have started a religious discussion here. I'm not talking about it anymore...

[FaultyMario]

Bummer, it seemed rather interesting.

As I said on fb, I think you ought to check HBO's True Detective, McConaughey's character is exactly a poster boy for skepticism.


On the one hand, there’s investigation—storytelling as a search for the truth. On the other hand, there’s religion—storytelling as an escape from the truth.

Don't go looking for the whole text unless you've watched TD

[Rob]

Faith is by definition unquestionable.
Inquiry falls within the realm of reason.

Therefore faith is unreasonable.

[Kchrpm]

I didn't say that people who do that aren't good people to begin with.
Didn't say you were. The question is does it make them more good afterwards if they put ash on their forehead and not eat meat on Friday.

Just the act wouldn't, but if the idea is to do those things to make you more aware of blah blah blah, then that's at least possible.

A lot of religion isn't so much about the act as it is what the act makes you think about.

[FaultyMario]

Therefore faith is unreasonable.

In a broad sense yes, but life really can't be painted with brush strokes.

[FaultyMario]

A lot of religion isn't so much about the act as it is what the act makes you think about.

False.

A catholic drinks the wine believing it to be the blood of Christ.

In religion, the ritual is substance in and by itself.

[21Kid]

Really? I didn't think anyone actually thought that fermented grape juice came from someone's body that died 2000 years ago.

I created a separate religion thread FYI. Feel free to take the discussion over there. ;)

[speedpimp]

The wine is The Blood and the wafer is The Body.

[Rob]

And the facts are non-existent.

[TheBenior]

Want to add my fiancée who's currently on an AT&T family plan to my T-Mobile account to make a family plan while keeping her HTC One and porting her phone number. She's willing to pay the early termination fee to have AT&T unlock her phone.

AT&T will unlock it, and conveniently cancel her contract immediately upon doing so. Their earlier response towards asking about unlocking the phone for international travel was to shill an international roaming plan.

Tl;dr: AT&T has given me the excuse to get the Nexus 5 that I've been thinking about replacing my Galaxy S3 with for a while.

[Sad, little man]

Neil deGrasse Tyson is one stone cold outer-space motherfucker, and he knows it.

[Phil_SS]

Shut yo mouth!

[thesameguy]

I was talking to a coworker this morning - a younger girl whose opinion on stuff I genuinely respect. We were left with a question:

Is being strongly opinionated a sign of maturity or immaturity?

I don't know. But I like the question.

[speedpimp]

If all depends if the strong opinionated person is willing to listen to others.

[Drachen596]

first day of new job at work... computer systems ACROSS THE COUNTRY go down twice for nearly 3 hours each time.

[Yw-slayer]

Is being strongly opinionated a sign of maturity or immaturity?

IMO, it's totally irrelevant to the holistic concept of "maturity" or "immaturity".

[Drachen596]

whether being strongly opinionated is mature or immature would likely be based upon the subject which the opinion is about.

cartoons (including anime for most people) are considered immature.

politics aren't. (interesting since a LOT of politics ends up with name calling)

[TheBenior]

The "bright red" Nexus 5 sure looked safety orange under the fluorescent lights of a mobile phone store.

[overpowered]

It puts the lotion on its skin, or else it gets the hose again.

[Yw-slayer]

whether being strongly opinionated is mature or immature would likely be based upon the subject which the opinion is about.

I disagree.

[Godson]

I'm with y-dub about opinionated and maturity.

[21Kid]

You sure have a strong opinion on the subject.

[Rob]

Strong opinions and "maturity" are irrelevant to each other because "maturity" can be defined as per differing criteria.

[Leon]

What are the guidelines about when you're allowed to kill your flatmate when they stumble home at 3am drunk as a skunk?

Also, how do we know skunks drink?

[Rob]

3am is early. Teach them to drink harder.

[Leon]

She drinks enough for any five normal people. To the point where it is obvious she has a drinking problem.

It is not much fun, as she gets horribly unreliable when she drinks. Which is frustrating for a very organised person such as myself.

[FaultyMario]

You might wanna wait til 4:20 until you start to worry about her problems.

[speedpimp]

Today was one of those days when my pallet jack broke(it's brand new) and the switch for the truck liftgate kept sticking.

[Drachen596]

so.. today at work we ran out of two different companies empties. also had to tell 4 drivers in a row (all same company) that they had to come back in 4 hours for their loads.

[Sad, little man]

I know that in 15 years this sort of thing will be completely commonplace, but right now it's creepily hillarious. (Be sure to watch the video.)

http://www.irobot.com/us/learn/commercial/ava500.aspx

[MR2 Fan]

I know that in 15 years this sort of thing will be completely commonplace, but right now it's creepily hillarious. (Be sure to watch the video.)

http://www.irobot.com/us/learn/commercial/ava500.aspx

Yeah, there's been other similar robots like that introduced. There's a lot of things that can work ok, but a lot of things that can be a problem though. Someone will take their anger out on one of these machines who represent their boss....just wait.

[Sad, little man]

I want to modify a Roomba so that instead of moving around your house vacuuming your floors, it moves around your house setting things on fire... Now that would be funny.

[Drachen596]

So.. put a lit candle on it. Done.

[Sad, little man]

That's not as entertaining or diabolical as a Roomba with the ability to evaluate the combustibility of its environment and use an electronically controlled fuel and ignition system to set fire to your curtains and bedding in the most efficient way possible.

[Kchrpm]

Economical? You just have to start the fire, it'll take care of the rest.

[Rob]

Four things that do not endear a new colleague to me:

1) Says she's really into cars....drives a Volvo C70
2) Implied that Cameo's 'Word Up' was an original song by Littlemix(?)
3) Told me that Carling is "her favourite beer"
4) Puts her degree and masters letters after her name....on internal emails and memos

[Leon]

I predict office romance.

[George]

*steps on wah-wah pedal to provide soundtrack for pending romantic encounter*

[FaultyMario]

*waits for reply from Rob referencing alternative body cavities for sexual intercourse*

[speedpimp]

*waits for reply from Rob referencing alternative body cavities for sexual intercourse*

He only does that on interoffice emails.

[GreatScawt]

interorifice*

[Rob]

Nah, not my type. Which is unusual since she's female and breathing.

[FaultyMario]

What's so wrong about the recently departed?

[speedpimp]

He prefers them to evacuate themselves during intercourse and not before.

[overpowered]

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[Kchrpm]

Went to my first HOA meeting, after living in the complex for 6-7 years, and it turned out to be the annual one where they vote on new board members and cover the goals for the year. TimeWarnerCable was brought up, and the fact that we don't actually have an exclusive contract with them, and they won't fix their equipment on site unless we get one (wtf). I suggested the board contact Cincinnati Bell's FiOS group as an HOA with xyz number of homes unhappy with their current setup and see if they will plug us in (they are all around us, but skipped our condo complex).

[21Kid]

:up: Participation!

My condo might upgrade from DSL to coax!! :) ... .. . :(

[MR2 Fan]

BBC news apparently reporting that all men in North Korea are required to have the same hair style as Kim Jong-Un.

Honestly even as batsh-t crazy as NK is, this seems crazier than usual.

[Sad, little man]

That doesn't seem to be a real news story. At best it seems like they seem to have some policies against long hair on men.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_world_/2014/03/26/that_story_about_north_koreans_being_required_to_g et_kim_jong_un_s_haircut.html

[MR2 Fan]

Yeah, I had a feeling that was the case

[Sad, little man]

I just thought of a movie I actually wanted to watch....... And it was on netflix streaming. :eek:

[GreatScawt]

Fuck off, eHarmony. You can't see someone's picture unless you spend at LEAST $11/month. Seriously, go fuck yourself. I will not spend that for a key component of meeting someone. I'm sorry if that's shallow, but if I'm not attracted, I'm not interested. :down:

[FaultyMario]

4 on the Bristol Stool Scale, you are always welcomed.

[Kchrpm]

Fuck off, eHarmony. You can't see someone's picture unless you spend at LEAST $11/month. Seriously, go fuck yourself. I will not spend that for a key component of meeting someone. I'm sorry if that's shallow, but if I'm not attracted, I'm not interested. :down:
IMO the cost is part of why it's so successful, it really weeds out to the truly desperate.

Of course, I wonder how much I pay for Match.com...

[TheBenior]

I never did a paid dating site because I pessimistically thought, "Man, if I don't have success on a paid, I'm going to be really pissed off that I wasted money on top of not getting anything going!" :lol:

That, and OK Cupid was free and pretty decent in Chicagoland.

[Jason]

Says the engaged guy...

[Kchrpm]

I never did a paid dating site because I pessimistically thought, "Man, if I don't have success on a paid, I'm going to be really pissed off that I wasted money on top of not getting anything going!" :lol:
Yep, that's why I quit Match.com after several years of limited success. I then started to get a bunch of notifications of women that were interested in me, but I couldn't see who unless I bought back in. Turns out the "interested" people were just ones who looked at my profile and moved on without leaving a message or anything, aka they weren't interested.

[TheBenior]

Says the engaged guy...
Met her from OK Cupid, which had no fee. I only met up with one other girl through the site in about 8 months of using it during that stretch between meeting Janelle and the last girl I dated (dated her for all of a month). I met a few more off of Craigslist in that same time frame. Usage before then was completely unsuccessful for at least a year, though I wasn't expending much effort.


Yep, that's why I quit Match.com after several years of limited success. I then started to get a bunch of notifications of women that were interested in me, but I couldn't see who unless I bought back in. Turns out the "interested" people were just ones who looked at my profile and moved on without leaving a message or anything, aka they weren't interested.
I would say that the majority of women who view a profile without sending anything aren't interested, but some probably just feel weird about initiating things, not to mention that any moderately attractive woman on a dating site will receive plenty of messages from potential suitors to sort through. I don't know if OK Cupid changed things after I stopped using it, but when I logged in after a year of inactivity so a friend could see my profile, I found that I'd received more considerably messages after not logging in for a year than I did in a few years of having a profile.

[KillerB]

I think OkCupid got a lot more popular. I had lots of luck using it in the first year I moved here, but A) I messaged a TON of girls, and B) this is LA/Orange counties so there's a fuckton of girls here.

[TheBenior]

It's been pretty good for friends who've used it in the past few years, but this is Chicago, after all, which gets plenty of young transplants from elsewhere in the Midwest (where most of our hipsters come from).

OTOH, a guy I know from NorCal said it was mostly single moms set out to find a marryin' man.

[KillerB]

All the major dating sites can only do so much with what's around - so if you're in a major metro, it's a goldmine, but the most efficient earthmover won't make you rich if the ground you're digging in is full of nothing but clay.

...unless clay actually has some high value I'm not aware of, in which case, the analogy falls to shit. Oh well, you know what I mean. :)

[TheBenior]

Oh, and definitely a yes on the fuckton of girls in the greater LA area, judging by my impressions from the few days I was there (LA/Irvine) a few weeks back.

[Godson]

I need to move...

[speedpimp]

but this is Chicago, after all, which gets plenty of young transplants from elsewhere in the Midwest (where most of our hipsters come from).


Have the hipsters taken over Lawndale yet?

[TheBenior]

No, black people are too scary for them.

My Comcast cable internet remains unreliable even after upgrading my old DOCSIS 2.0 modem to a DOCSIS 3.0 modem. However, since they can no longer blame my "unsupported" modem, they'll actually send a tech to check my physical line/connection, which was probably damaged by all the ice and snow this winter.

[Sad, little man]

SB 5101 fo' life!

[TheBenior]

Unlike my old SB5101, my new SB6141 will support the new faster internet plan I upgraded to.

[Rob]

Started DDP Yoga last night. I used to laugh at yoga. Used to.

I'm sore.

[21Kid]

RVD Pilates next?

[Sad, little man]

Is it just me, or is that one ringtone some people have the same as the music in that first scene of American Beauty? You know the one... Doo doo doo doodoo doodoodoodoo... Or something like that... It sounds like a xylophone.

[FaultyMario]

RVD Pilates next?

My vote's on JCVD Xtrem Splitz. Rob's coming across as someone who wants to trade in his man parts.

[Rob]

RVD Pilates next?

You can't spell OVERRATED without RVD.

[lostnight]

Animals fleeing Yellowstone National Park, home of the super volcano that could wipe out much of the US and have devastating results for the rest of the world. I have no idea, will not lose sleep but will monitor the news a bit.

[Sad, little man]

They can't even build smartphones, and you think they can predict a volcanic eruption we can't even predict?

[Random]

http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/ for the straight dope, as it were.

Cliff Notes: I wouldn't be particularly concerned.

[lostnight]

I get my critical world information from the Colin Cowherd sports radio talk show, lol!

[thesameguy]

Revelation: When working late and getting hungry, one can drive two miles east and get an awesome burrito from a local taqueria with a drive through, or one can drive five miles west and get an awesome burrito from a local taqueria without a drivethrough, but a lot of drunk bitches wearing not enough clothes.

Can't believe it took me this long to make that leap.

Also, drunk bitches wearing not enough clothes on a Wednesday. :lol:

[Godson]

I need to visit Sac town.

[MR2 Fan]

Mickey Rooney and comedian John Pinette both died today :(

[Random]

I need to visit Sac town.

Sack-a-tomatos rules. :hard:

Not really. But it is much nicer than most people think.

[Kchrpm]

Things I experienced for the first time in (about) the last year:
- Drove a Ferrari
- Ate goetta
- Ate lemon meringue tarts (perhaps the greatest thing I've ever eaten)
- Ate Eckerlin's Who-Dey Sausage (perhaps the second greatest thing I've ever eaten)
- Had surgery
- Taken prescription pain killers
- Taken prescription antibiotics
- Put to sleep with anesthesia
- Met pornstars
- Met a Chicago police officer who wasn't pulling me over
- Went to a high school sports playoff game
- Went to a college sports playoff game (several)
- Went to a professional sports playoff game
- Drove on a real racetrack
- Went to a meetup event
- Hosted a Christmas party (that actually happened)
- Saw a McLaren road car in person
- Saw a McLaren road car after a wreck in person
- Sold a car
- Bought a car with no direct assistance

I know I'm forgetting more...

[21Kid]

interesting... You've never sold a car before this year? or taken any pain killers or antibiotics?

[FaultyMario]

I'm pretty sure items 8 and 9 were placed contiguously to cause shock and awe in us distracted readers.

[Kchrpm]

Kid-
Nope, the first car was given to my dad to sell when he give me my second car, the second car was totaled in an accident. I've never had a major injury (nothing more than sprained ankles), so no pain kill pills until the gall stone issues.

I didn't even think of the 8 and 9 possibilities.

[speedpimp]

Yesterday morning I was doing some spring cleaning around the washer & dryer and thought I heard running water. The closer I held my ear to the washer the louder it was. It ended up being a pin hole leak in a waterline. It is now fixed. For some reason I have this strange thing where I will focus on a sound and basically obsess over it until I find out where that sound is coming from. Does that mean I'm going nuts?

[Sad, little man]

Everlasting gobstoppers are only everlasting if you don't lose them. :(

I swear I have half a box of those little bastards around here somewhere.

[speedpimp]

We are on the third day of the toilet and sewer line backing up at work. There is a stand up and a sit down(for Billi/y that means one where you peepee only and one where you can peepee and poopoo both). The boss put an "OUT OF ORDER" sign on the door and that hasn't stopped people from using it, mostly for urinating. And that didn't stop someone from leaving a chocolate snake floating in the bowl. Between the smell of the toilet and the sewer backing up is pretty stomach turning. I knew there was a problem Monday morning when I flushed the toilet and watered started streaming out of the drain on the floor. Hopefully the building manager gets their shit together and gets someone out there soon.

[speedpimp]

First John Pinette, then Mickey Rooney and now The Ultimate Warrior. A very odd threesome.

[Kchrpm]

Rich -
That is rough. I (and everyone else in a large facility) was sent home one day back when I was co-oping because a water main broke and there was no running water in the building. That you have had to deal with similar for multiple days seems like something that shouldn't be allowed.

[overpowered]

I almost forgot about the lunar eclipse tonight. Moon is almost half blotted out.

[GreatScawt]

Damn, Rich, that's ridiculous :|

[speedpimp]

They finally fixed it yesterday. It took the Mother Of All Roto-rooters to clear the drain but its fixed. Saturday morning I went into work and was under the impression that it had been fixed because there wasn't a giant stew of pee and poo in the bowl. I couldn't have been more wrong. Oops.

[Sad, little man]

Everlasting gobstoppers are only everlasting if you don't lose them. :(

I swear I have half a box of those little bastards around here somewhere.

Found em! :D

[sandydandy]

Went to the paint store today to get a pail of paint stripper. The guy asked me what kind of stripper I wanted, and my response was, "double d's, all natural". We had a laugh.

That was the highlight of my day.

[speedpimp]

I was having a really good day until I had a delivery to a Sam's Club today. They had two boxes of assorted pharmaceuticals and a bottle of Tramadol was missing from one of the boxes. Investigations have been started on both sides and I plan on talking to some people sometime in the next few days. After the stolen TV debacle from last fall, this is not what I need.

[GB]

I find it odd that the DPRK has not offered its assistance in the rescue operation of the capsized South Korean ferry.

:rolleyes:

[speedpimp]

Or holding a giant rally where KJU awards himself a medal for using his psychic powers to capsize the ferry.

[Godson]

http://gizmodo.com/watch-five-cat-excavators-play-the-worlds-biggest-game-1563440333

Because awesome.

[Drachen596]

Shipping company mad at us because we have zero empty trailers to give their drivers who are dropping loaded trailers.

why? Cause their drivers are al showing up a day or more earlier than scheduled. so the trailers that would be their empties are still full of inbound product.

It is somehow our companies fault that the shipping company drivers are early.

[21Kid]

Neat.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b333dB_cOvg

[overpowered]

Seriously, if you can't operate an ATM, do not try to go through the self checkout.

[Godson]

Seriously, if you can't operate an ATM, do not try to go through the self checkout.




SOOOOOOOO much truth with that statement.

[thesameguy]

Fifteen years ago I was able to understand people who hadn't quite yet grasped ATMs and self checkout, but in 2014 there can be no other excuse than intentional ignorance. You have to be active trying not to learn how to use these common devices if you still don't know how.

[Random]

My only issue with self-checkout is that IKEA's *pewpew* laser guns don't recognize the bar code on their membership club tags, so you're stuck keying in a 20 digit number. Note that 20 digits gives you enough numbers to issue an IKEA Family membership to every human that has ever lived...derp.

[Dicknose]

Not sure about other countries but here credit cards will be PIN only (no signature) in a few months.
Although many places (supermarkets, petrol stations) don't require a pin for small amounts, usually less than $35.
And pay wave is becoming common, I think that's a bigger limit.

My local supermarket just rebuilt all their checkouts. Removed some normal checkouts to double the number of self checkouts. Now got 4 isles of 8 each and only about 6 old style.
Suits me as I mostly shop with the motorbike, so I do a couple of shops a week getting less items (it's cheaper that way!!)

[overpowered]

My only issue with self-checkout is that IKEA's *pewpew* laser guns don't recognize the bar code on their membership club tags, so you're stuck keying in a 20 digit number. Note that 20 digits gives you enough numbers to issue an IKEA Family membership to every human that has ever lived...derp.That would be 220 - 1 or 100 quintillion minus 1 or 100 billion billion minus 1.

That's probably more than the number of primates that have ever lived.

[Dicknose]

That would be 220 - 1 or 100 quintillion minus 1 or 100 billion billion minus 1.

That's probably more than the number of primates that have ever lived.

Its a big number.
But often these are not used as simple counters. They are broken into fields.
This could be 10 digits for some unique number (and more like human population), the other 10 could be checksums, store id or other info.
This allows the id to easily store several bits of data, which can be used without needing full access to some database.

That - or some bastard just wanted people to punch numbers into the checkout system everytime
(says the guy who had only once been into an ikea store)

[FaultyMario]

This: http://www.bridgemanart.com/en-US/explore/news/features/2011/Aug/detroit_rivera

made its way into the national landmarks registry, are any of you familiar with it?

[Sad, little man]

Yeah, I was just there a few months ago. Someone at work has a print of that mural hanging on their cube. The DIA is a wonderful place. You can understand why everyone is fighting to keep it from having to sell its art. It's one of the few truly world class things the city of Detroit has left.

[MR2 Fan]

It's TRUE, It's TRUE! Urban Legend of Atari burying millions (well, possibly) of E.T. games is true

http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/26/5656288/construction-workers-unearth-legendary-cache-of-atari-games-in-new

[Godson]

Stupid people shouldn't be allowed to procreate. Especially ones that don't understand basic education instructions.



Fucking inept white trash mfers.

[speedpimp]

Tyler?

[FaultyMario]

Saw that post last nite, guess he's cooled off if he was able to post about it.

I'm putting a five on the cause being something he saw in his job. Blood and shit like that.

[Godson]

Not blood. I was on a regular floor. Just a stuid parent that doesn't understand how things work (like how febrile seizures work) and proceeded to tell everyone how to do their job and how we aren't doing anything to help her baby and she needs an MRI ( when the seizures are brought on by high temps and the kid has adenovirus). The doctors did an LP to rule out other things, which was fucking WRONG to do from a patient advocacy point, but they did it because of the cussing storm and shit she was yelling about how we weren't doing anything. Then preceeded about how it was because of her insurance she wasn't receiving proper care...

At one point she started videoing the staff to show how we weren't doing anything even though seizure precautions were in place and were effective.

[Sad, little man]

Correction... It is never wrong to do an LP. :sing:

http://gtxforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=491&d=1398651881

491

[Godson]

There wasn't any music playing during this LP....Unless the sound of crying 1-yr olds is music to your ears.




In other news, I love listening to the birds squawking and singing to each other in the early morning hours.

[Fiat500]

In other news, I love listening to the birds squawking and singing to each other in the early morning hours.

http://youtu.be/kgaZjWLkyVM

[21Kid]

I sure don't miss that. :p At our old house, there was a tree right outside our bedroom window that a bird family nested in. They loved to warn the entire neighborhood that sunrise was coming in about 1/2-1 hr. :mad: It constantly woke me up, even with the windows closed. :(

[Freude am Fahren]

I guess this is the right thread...

I feel like an idiot for just now realizing I can use my onboard bluetooth for my mouse/keyboard combo instead of the dongle it came with. Almost two years later.

Also, my onboard bluetooth isn't great.

[Sad, little man]

You should never feel ashamed for using your dongle for what it was intended for.

[Freude am Fahren]

The problem with my dongle is it takes up a hole that could be used for something else. Plus it sticks out kinda far.

[Kchrpm]

*snickers*

[speedpimp]

Tyler, couldn't they have had "melodramatic mama" escorted from the room?

[Godson]

Tyler, couldn't they have had "melodramatic mama" escorted from the room?

If the situation becomes hostile and safety is threatened they can. But in this case she was just at the borderline of getting security involved.



I am curious to hear how things are when I go in for my last rotation on Thursday. Either way, mama was cray cray and inept of basic thought processes. Something that should be tested before you can be allowed to be the provider of care of another life.

[thesameguy]

Will you sell your $100 thing for $40?

WTFLOL


Is that a yes??

No, it's no yes. It's positively a negative.


I don't know what you're saying?

[FaultyMario]

:)

[George]

Curmudgeonly rant:

It used to be that stores had multiple cash registers and multiple cashiers. One would choose the line they thought would move the fastest and get in line behind two or three people. Some stores even had express lanes for people paying cash and/or buying just a few items. It was easy to avoid the lady with three kids, an overflowing grocery cart, and the checkbook buried in a huge pocketbook by instead getting behind the guy with one item and cash in his hand, ya know?

Grocery stores and hardware/home-improvement stores seem to be still like this, thankfully, but as I needed some clothing recently I've gone into a few places I normally avoid in the last week or two - Kohl's, Stein Mart, Sports Authority, Marshalls, Cabela's, and MicroCenter (not a clothing store), to name a few, and found a very annoying setup in all of them.

All of these places have created long alleys like cattle chutes to funnel eveyone into one big line, so instead of waiting behind a couple people, I'm waiting behind ten or twenty folks now. The prospect of waiting behind that many people smacks of the DMV or somewhere equally horrible. No thanks. I left a couple places without buying anything for this reason.

I should have said "all of these places except one", because the Stein-Mart store didn't even have the cattle fencing up yet but I was chastized by a matronly cashier for stepping up to her register at a courteous distance behind a customer who had just paid without waiting "over there" to be called.

Her, nearly yelling and pointing to some vague area behind the registers: "Sir, we are doing combined lining now!"

Me, looking around the store with no other customers in sight: "Huh?"

I go in that store once a year, maybe. Maybe I'll skip the next couple years.

I'd like to think enough people will complain and stores will revert to individual lines, but I thought that about those awful self-checkout lanes and they haven't gone away yet.

Well, it could be a lot worse - I might have to work in retail like these poor schmoes who have to put up with all the angry people who finally spill out of the chutes and head to the registers with a vengeance.

[FaultyMario]

Re: wimmin thread.

It's NSFW and I only have internet access in the office. Du'h!
I suffer everytime I see it show up on the new posts searches. Anyway, Rihanna's ass got foreignmagazine'd. Still looks yummy.

[thesameguy]

Well, it could be a lot worse - I might have to work in retail like these poor schmoes who have to put up with all the angry people who finally spill out of the chutes and head to the registers with a vengeance.

I'm sure the combined lines are more efficient, and they probably help Faceless Corp. generate better metrics on cashier performance. They generally also allow the store to strategically place more Crap You Can Buy near the registers, and give you more time standing amidst it.

What I don't think these places realize is that if they continue to make the in-store experience worse for shoppers they're going to lose their B&M client base entirely. The number of places I've crossed off my "shop in person" list is unreal. I basically only go to two places anymore: Target and Home Depot. Target because shipping household chemicals tends to be problematic, and Home Depot because shipping big items and living items tends to be expensive. Everywhere else has a sucky in-store experience that I don't need in my life.

[George]

On the other hand, the Colorado DMV - the license plate bureau, specifically - provides a fully awesome in-store experience.

I went there early yesterday morning after old Honda breezed through its biannual emissions test. Went in and saw the old paper "take a number" wheel had a big sign pointing down to a computerized kiosk. I pulled a number anyway and sat down. I don't need to use some silly kiosk, and there was nobody in front of me anyway.

An employee saw this and said I had to use the kiosk to get a number. So I did - it just wanted my zip code, and then a piece of paper came out with a number on it.

Before my eyes could even focus on the number, I heard a computerized voice over the PA system announce, "Number [whatever] to Cashier 10, please".

I walked back to the lady who had helped me, handed her the check that had been mailed back to us because we hadn't enclosed the emissions test result (just forgot - they don't tell us when it's due, apparently), and was out the door with my 2015 sticker in hand about two minutes after I had entered.

Come to think of it, the last time I got my drivers license renewed, I waited maybe ten minutes.

Back in North Carolina, I would take a half-day off work when I had to go to the DMV. Seriously. It was awful there.

[JoshInKC]

I'm sure the combined lines are more efficient, and they probably help Faceless Corp. generate better metrics on cashier performance. They generally also allow the store to strategically place more Crap You Can Buy near the registers, and give you more time standing amidst it.
The latter is for certain the reason that microcenter does it, they have a ton of knick-knack garbage to stare at while you're in line. It gets on my nerves every time I'm there but it still hasn't shaken my love for that place. Seriously- Microcenter is one of two retail places that I'm actually loyal to since they've been treating me well for nearly 20 years.
I really wish other stores would/could steal their model-

Often, the lowest prices I can find from a reputable vendor.
Floor staff with technical knowlege of what they're selling.
Said staff will happily leave you alone if you tell them you're okay.
Killer return and warranty policies.
Parts selection including all but the most obscure and out of date components you could need.
A magazine rack with 2600: The Hacker Quarterly on it.

[thesameguy]

Pretty sure Microcenter is where Fry's got it from, but they missed the part about trained technical staff. :(

Fry's is on my emergencies only shop list.

[Freude am Fahren]

Wank, Stomp, Crab Legs.

Compensation: N/A

[Sad, little man]

They're all perfectly good, you just stole too much?

[FaultyMario]

today was not a good day.

woo-ooo-oh

[George]

Arrived in the office at 7:30 AM this morning. It's nearly 8:00 PM now and I'm still here. Ugh.

[Godson]

Microcenter is gold.


I say that as not being a computer junky. I would be if I spent more time there though.

[George]

Microcenter is gold.

It really is. It even smells like nerds in there.

I don't buy much there but when I do I feel like I done stolt it, despite having to run the gauntlet at the checkout rodeo chute.

[Kchrpm]

I have finally found out what my official job title is for my company.

Specialist.

Anyone watching Agents of SHIELD knows why that's so awesome.

Anyone not watching Agents of SHIELD knows that's a lame title.

[FaultyMario]

Arrived in the office at 7:30 AM this morning. It's nearly 8:00 PM now and I'm still here. Ugh.

I've been regularly doing 13 hour shifts for the past 2 months. Half the time I'm just sitting on my ass.

Seriously, as a taxpayer, I wish the guvmint could at least make sure the money they pay me went to the stuff the law says I should be doing.
As man in debt, however, I can't care less if the bosses just pretend to know what they should be doing.

I've got a couple of months before it gets me, hopefully I'll be in the black by then.

[JoshInKC]

A few months ago my wife got a new job where she was ostensibly inventing her position and title. I lobbied hard for "Special Agent," she went with something lame like "Senior Business Analyst." It was disappointing.

[thesameguy]

I tell people my title is Electricity Guy, which sounds sorta cool.

[George]

I have my occupation listed in my college alumni website as "One of the drones in Sector 7-G".

Seriously.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a284/craigslistuser/Untitled_zps18ff26d0.jpg

[Kchrpm]

I've just been told my official job title is "Specialist"

For the first game of Star Wars weekend, the Reds are having Darth Vader throwing out the first pitch. I was already glad to be going, this just means I might have to bring my lightsaber.

[FaultyMario]

On the matter of human interaction and sexual attraction.

I guess it's always bound to happen, right?

If you like humans with vaginas or humans with penes and you have social interactions in alignment with your sexual preference, there's going to be a level of sexual attraction/repulsion, right? I mean if you are sexually attracted to someone you work with, it'd definitely make the job easier, right?

Regardless of your ability to not act on that human impulse, sexuality does have an impact on your social and economic relations, wouldn't you say?

I don't know if I make myself clear... like of course, salespeople base their strategies around seduction, and not just of the products they're selling, also of their own projected image... what I'm saying is, if this attraction is mutual, both parties can make whatever dealings they're engaged in more mutually beneficial.

What you lot think?

[Rob]

I've got more time for colleagues I would be up for fucking, yes.

[MR2 Fan]

On the matter of human interaction and sexual attraction.

I guess it's always bound to happen, right?

If you like humans with vaginas or humans with penes and you have social interactions in alignment with your sexual preference, there's going to be a level of sexual attraction/repulsion, right? I mean if you are sexually attracted to someone you work with, it'd definitely make the job easier, right?

Regardless of your ability to not act on that human impulse, sexuality does have an impact on your social and economic relations, wouldn't you say?

I don't know if I make myself clear... like of course, salespeople base their strategies around seduction, and not just of the products they're selling, also of their own projected image... what I'm saying is, if this attraction is mutual, both parties can make whatever dealings they're engaged in more mutually beneficial.

What you lot think?

So hot people sell more things than ugly people? I agree

[speedpimp]

I've got more time for colleagues I would be up for fucking, yes.
WTF?

[Mr Wonder]

It means he's not a dick to people he wants to dick.

[Dicknose]

On the other hand, the Colorado DMV - the license plate bureau, specifically - provides a fully awesome in-store experience.

I walked back to the lady who had helped me, handed her the check that had been mailed back to us because we hadn't enclosed the emissions test result (just forgot - they don't tell us when it's due, apparently), and was out the door with my 2015 sticker in hand about two minutes after I had entered.
Check, mail, going into a dmv for a rego?
Is this the 21st century, why isn't this all online.

The only times I've been in was to renew a license when they give you an eye test and take your photo.
Inspections are sent in electronically, as is compulsory insurance (although that can take an hour to process), then complete rego online.

[Rob]

It means he's not a dick to people he wants to dick.

I wouldn't go that far, I'm just a nicer dick.

And yeah, why isn't that DMV stuff online? My driving licence is due to expire next month, but since I have a recent-ish passport, I just request a new licence online and make an electronic payment. I assume that they'll use the passport photo.

Likewise stuff like tax discs, all the relevant databases are connected now.

[Kchrpm]

You can renew your car registration online in the US (Ohio makes you do it in person if it's not a certain time before or after it expires, I forget which).

[overpowered]

I kept forgetting to deal with it so I went down to DMV on the day it was expiring. They have a registration vending machine now. Took me all of one minute. Scanned the barcode from my notice, put in my credit card. A tag and a registration card popped out.

[Godson]

If I am attracted to the person helps, but if they are a pain in the ass. I will not have any dealings with them.

[Sad, little man]

I just realized that the Nigerian president's name is Goodluck Jonathan. That sounds like a name out of a Nigerian scam email. I'm beginning to think that Nigeria is just one massive scam. Like... The whole country... It's taking all of us for a ride. Has anyone actually been there? Are we sure it really exists?

[Leon]

Alcoholic flatmate now gone from my house.

So back to living by myself again, and I think I will stay that way.

Whilst the rent money was good, putting up with shenanigans in a house as tiny as mine just aint much fun.

[Alan P]

Also living by myself, it's far, far easier if you can afford it. Which I can, but only just. No treats or toys for me.

[Yw-slayer]

SLM - then what about all those Nollywood movies you can watch on YouTube for free?

[Godson]

I'll have a housemate in August. Because 300 a month for cost of living will be great. We will also have plenty of garage space.



Should be interesting.

[Random]

I kept forgetting to deal with it so I went down to DMV on the day it was expiring. They have a registration vending machine now. Took me all of one minute. Scanned the barcode from my notice, put in my credit card. A tag and a registration card popped out.

The DMV really has gone "all in" considering that, not too many years ago, you couldn't even pay with a debit or credit card--cash or check only! :up:

[21Kid]

Alcoholic flatmate now gone from my house.

So back to living by myself again, and I think I will stay that way.

Whilst the rent money was good, putting up with shenanigans in a house as tiny as mine just aint much fun. I got really lucky with my one and only roommate. We worked different shifts so we had a lot of free time. We also enjoyed the same things, so when we were around at the same time, it made it easy to get along. We were really good friends, stood up in each others weddings even.
Then when I moved out for personal reasons he basically stopped talking to me. :| I didn't realize it at first, because he was always busy. But, less and less he'd return my calls. He ended up moving 1/2 hr away and didn't even come to visit when my son was born. I didn't see his daughter until she was almost a year old. And he didn't even tell me when his dad died. :( I often wonder if I did something to upset him. Because it's almost as if he is trying to avoid me on purpose. :(




The DMV really has gone "all in" considering that, not too many years ago, you couldn't even pay with a debit or credit card--cash or check only! :up:Chicago DMV still doesn't accept debit/credit cards. :(

[Drachen596]

Dmv/bmv here literally doesnt want you there in person unless you're getting a new license or registering a new vehicle.

all renewals are online and mailed. They dont even print your licensr on site when you get a new one. It gets mailed from Indianapolis.

[Godson]

Hmmm



http://gizmodo.com/sony-crams-3-700-blu-rays-worth-of-storage-in-a-single-1571508568?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_faceboo k&utm_source=gizmodo_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

[TheBenior]

Chicago DMV still doesn't accept debit/credit cards. :(
I'm pretty sure I've paid by credit card before, but they do tack on a service charge. Not all credit card companies are down with that.

[overpowered]

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/05/140504-swapping-young-blood-for-old-reverses-aging/

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BqLTqLcurqI/T9bToofMz_I/AAAAAAAADV4/I1AKOzMGfYU/s320/mrburns_excellent1.JPG

[FaultyMario]

Can't find my deposit account card and ID card. Damn it! Will have to wait till pretty late tonight when I'm back home to see if it dropped out of my pants last night. fuck it fuck it fuck it.

[thesameguy]

I kept forgetting to deal with it so I went down to DMV on the day it was expiring. They have a registration vending machine now. Took me all of one minute. Scanned the barcode from my notice, put in my credit card. A tag and a registration card popped out.

There is a AAA office directly across the street from my office, so I signed up for AAA just to use their DMV services. Registrations, transfers, etc. are all a one minute walk and two minute in-person process. I haven't been the DMV in years - and back then I was in every couple months!

[Kchrpm]

I didn't know AAA could do that stuff :up:

[21Kid]

I'm pretty sure I've paid by credit card before, but they do tack on a service charge. Not all credit card companies are down with that.
Maybe it's just Visa that they don't like??? :?
When I had to get my IL license last year, I literally had to walk across the street to get cash from an ATM.

[thesameguy]

Could vary by location. It's only recently that all California DMVs are able to do all forms of currency. Even as late as 2012 some CA DMVs could do ATM/debit but not credit card.

[overpowered]

FiveFingers Maker Will Pay Millions To Suckers Who Bought Its Shoes (http://fittish.deadspin.com/vibram-fivefingers-still-stupid-now-culpable-1572955736)

[TheBenior]

Time to get some of that sweet class action money.

FiveFingers are awesome for weight lifting by the way.

[Yw-slayer]

I'm with Benior on both counts. I use them pretty much only for weightlifting and watersport. Running is pointless anyway.

[thesameguy]

... unless being chased, obviously.

[Leon]

Sold my late mother's house today. Did the lawyery thing, and they pay / take possession in two weeks.

So I guess tomorrow I'm renting a truck and shifting some furniture!

[Yw-slayer]

... unless being chased, obviously.

That's what bikes are for.

[FaultyMario]

So I guess tomorrow I'm renting a truck and shifting some furniture!

My best wishes, Leon.

I'm sending an intergalactic manly hug your way. And I mean it in a masculine way, ok?

[21Kid]

You've got to be Fuckin kidding me!!!

I'm so fuckin pissed right now!!! My 4 year old has a preventable disease because one of my wife's friends' thinks that vaccines are poison. :mad:
I'm trying not to go off on her and let my wife deal with it. I'm glad they live in a different state and aren't worth my time to drive to their house.
:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[GreatScawt]

Fucking idiot cunts.

Sorry to hear, Bill. Hope they get better soon :(

[FaultyMario]

Did the antiviccer's kid infect your kid? How did it happen?

[FaultyMario]

Agree on the fucking idiot cunts bit. I wish they'd fucking pay attention to real science and not some pop psychology bullshit.

[21Kid]

Yeah. Their sick kid was visiting over the weekend and when my wife inquired with my son's symptoms:

constant fever
red cheeks (almost like a rash)
swollen glands
and mentioned what it seemed like (Rubella (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubella)), she asked if her kids had been vaccinated to which she responded "No, it's poison" :mad:


Could possibly be Fifth disease (slapped face disease)

[FaultyMario]

That's pretty inconsiderate.

[Godson]

Sorry to hear that. Hope the little one gets better.

[Random]

Reasonably attractive chick at the coffee shop with a tattoo of a necklace that ran down into her somewhat-lowcut t-shirt top.

Open invitation to ask to see the rest of it? Reverse pick-up line? Hmm.

[thesameguy]

Disease: I think people should be allowed to not get their kids vaccinated, but I think those kids should also be required to have an identifying mark indicating they are potential carriers. If for whatever reason the tide of opinion shifts in the balance of anti-vaccinators, then I think people who have been vaccinated should carry such a mark. I'm willing to accept a specific article of clothing, a tag, or branding as an acceptable mark.

Tattoos: I think it's a rare person with ink who doesn't want to show it. I've actually noticed an increasing number of especially girls wearing barely acceptable clothing, surely to show off their art. Last Saturday when I was downtown there was a girl barely wearing any pants, because she had tats all the way up her legs to her waist. I was of course frightfully offended, but said nothing.

[Random]

Tattoos: I think it's a rare person with ink who doesn't want to show it. I've actually noticed an increasing number of especially girls wearing barely acceptable clothing, surely to show off their art. Last Saturday when I was downtown there was a girl barely wearing any pants, because she had tats all the way up her legs to her waist. I was of course frightfully offended, but said nothing.

Prude! :mad:

[Godson]

No pics????? You anger me. :mad:

[Mr Wonder]

Anti Vac - Utter bullshit. Honestly I'm not sure what I'd do in a similar situation (I have no kids), but one of the missus' closest friends hasn't had her second kid vaccinated because the first developed mild autism some random amount of time after she was vaccinated. Queue vaccination is bad etc. I'm never sure what to say to her to be honest. I find that "your child and everyone near him is at risk of preventable diseases because you think you're more intelligent than you could ever hope to be" to be a bit of a non starter.

[thesameguy]

Tangentially related, I realized today that you can often drop "dumb people" as a group to look down on and nobody nearby gets offended. "I really hate short people" will always earn ire, but "I really hate dumb people" also nets agreement. Heh.

[Sad, little man]

Serious question... Do dumb people realize how dumb they are? Maybe there's some cutoff where if you drop below a certain level of intelligence you just live in ignorant bliss? Either way, I'm glad I don't have to grapple with this question.

[thesameguy]

Doubtful. I think self-awareness is distinct from intelligence - and both are probably pretty rare. Also, see the Dunning–Kruger effect. :D

[JoshInKC]

Ugh. My favorite BBQ resturant closed. Been open for 37 years, and I've been eating there pretty regularly for something like 28. I knew that remodel in 2011 wasn't a good idea.

Where did they take the elk head? And where will that poor elk get new toothpicks?

[Sad, little man]

Move to Detroit and familiarize yourself with Slows.* Yes, it's hyped up, but for very good reason.

*Do not park in this part of Detroit in anything but an attended parking lot.

[Godson]

Which place Josh?

[JoshInKC]

Buffalo bob's in Lawrence. I'm considering trying to contact the former owner to see if I can get their sausage recipe.

[Godson]

Ahhh, I have never eaten there but have heard of it.

[Yeti]

Tangentially related, I realized today that you can often drop "dumb people" as a group to look down on and nobody nearby gets offended. "I really hate short people" will always earn ire, but "I really hate dumb people" also nets agreement. Heh.

While on the subject of dumb people....

I've come to find that the sorts of people who are dumb in public and in the workplace are about 1000x dumber in the safety of their own homes. I have to deal with them in said homes and I'm sick of facing down retards every day.

If I can't find a commercial job in the next 3 months, I'm taking my savings and fucking off until I find a job in a different industry.

[thesameguy]

People definitely have to be on their best behavior at work - they tend to keep their ugliest bits covered. At home, not so much.

I'd like to point it fucking hot today. I spent 7a-2p in Lake Tahoe and it was warm, but nice. Down in the valley, it's a damned furnace. The weather here has quite literally ruined my entire day. All the good will that was generated flinging the Fiero through the mountains GONE, replaced only by contempt for this filthy ball of rock and everything on it. Especially for idiots in the comfort of their own home.

[speedpimp]

Today a coworker and I delivered a truckload of cabinets to a guy that looked a hell of a lot like Jerry Garcia. It took us an hour to unload all thirty boxes into their house and barn. And as soon as we could get out of there, we did. There was an odd animal smell in the house. As we carried the last box up the steps and into the house I noticed an old fridge at the bottom of the steps with a padlock on it.

[FaultyMario]

J:
So you went to one of the bosses' home for work, so it was all peaches and fruits and the drive back down was all vroom, vroom and screech and then... what happened?

R:
wait, what?

[speedpimp]

FM: A guy that looks a lot like Jerry Garcia is remodelling his house and we delivered his cabinets.

[TheBenior]

I'm watching Janelle get her full sleeve tattoo started. EXTREME!

[Sad, little man]

It always makes me chuckle seeing how far the weather channel has to stretch the concept of "weather" in order to fill their website with news.

"Deep Sea Graveyard Discovered!"

Hmmm, yeah, I guess that almost relates to the weather.

[Yw-slayer]

The best thing about our S-Max dying every 4 days is that they have lent us another S-Max. Loaner cars are very useful for travelling in after dragon boating in the ocean, and after going mountain biking in the mud.

[FaultyMario]

FM: A guy that looks a lot like Jerry Garcia is remodelling his house and we delivered his cabinets.

Oh right, Garcia! I thought you said Brudos.

[thesameguy]

J:
So you went to one of the bosses' home for work, so it was all peaches and fruits and the drive back down was all vroom, vroom and screech and then... what happened?

I drank a beer and took a nap. I couldn't stand to face the rest of the day.

[Sad, little man]

I'm assuming that apple, being the almost painfully trendy bastards that they are, knew that their new ad is set to a song about a big penis, and didn't care?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODmfmUWqlSA#t=36

[speedpimp]

Oh right, Garcia! I thought you said Brudos.

Familiar with serial killers much, eh?

[FaultyMario]

Padlock on the ice chest, in plain sight? Amateur psycho, more like.

[JoshInKC]

RE Gigantic: Depends on who is in their marketing department, and who they're marketing to. That song is 25 years old.* For today's youth, Pixies might have slipped into that stage of borderline meaninglessness due to a lifetime of hearing them.

* - When I first typed this I wrote "12 years," realized I was wrong and went to wiki to check. Then when I did the math I almost threw up.

Side note: Can't remember where, but years ago I heard someone say, "Kim Deal is the coolest person on the planet... And there's two of her." And you know what? That's not incorrect.

http://www.claudepate.com/albums/Graphics/breederscannonball.jpg

[thesameguy]

But only one of them knows C.

[JoshInKC]

It just occurred to me that maybe Pixies never got enough airplay and exposure to get to that level of meaninglessness.

My new theory is that they wanted Pixies street cred, but thought they needed to go poppier than Debaser.

[thesameguy]

I think there is a recent Pixies renaissance. Their music (whether original or cover) has been in a fair number of movies lately, which probably means it's retrocool with the hipsters, and thus Apple decided to get in on the act. I think the Pixies represent '80s counterculture that was nearly mainstream (so people have probably heard of them, if not heard them), has been dulled with time, and not yet exploited by Corporate America. Now that metal, hair metal, and new wave have all been used up we're moving into still-green pastures. Their time has come.

[Random]

Their current bass player is a hottie.

(Happened to flip past some DTV channel showing their Coachella set--pretty much my only exposure to the Pixies.)

[FaultyMario]

Who's the one that looks like she really loves teh cawk? Kelly or Kim? Throwing Muses was full of delicious fleshy human thingies.

[JoshInKC]

Now that metal, hair metal, and new wave have all been used up we're moving into still-green pastures. Their time has come.

You're probably right. Now, how am I supposed to feel about this?
Do I worry that Dinosaur Jr. is going to show up in commercials & I'll subsequently get sick of hearing them? Or- god forbid, having my nieces and nephews act cooler than thou 'cause they just got this cool underground record (that I've probably never heard of, because I'm ancient and almost dead) "Daydream Nation"?
Or do I just hope the bands are getting paid?

[JoshInKC]

Who's the one that looks like she really loves teh cawk? Kelly or Kim? Throwing Muses was full of delicious fleshy human thingies.

Well, Kim's the one who wrote at least two songs that are at least apocryphally about loving/needing a big dick. (the aformentioned 'Gigantic' and 'Divine Hammer' off the Breeders record "Last Splash")
Neither Deal was in Throwing Muses, though. You're probably thinking of Tanya Donnelly, who was in the Breeders with the sisters Deal for awhile and then went on to form Belly.

[speedpimp]

Padlock on the ice chest, in plain sight? Amateur psycho, more like.

The house also wreaked of animals, which were locked in the basement. I'm thinking that the padlocked fridge contains the finished product of whatever he may be growing in the basement.

[Drachen596]

In my sisters wedding today... based on her fiance/future husbands family I might be able to get smashed before the wedding service and still be the least of the issues that I see happening.

also 5pm to 5am shifta 7 days a week make for great paychecks and a brain that has no clue what the actual day of the week is even though I know the date.

[Rob]

I've done 12 hour shifts on a 5 day rota. Never again. The pay is great but you don't get time to spend it or even think about what you want to buy.

[Sad, little man]

The answer for me is quite simple... Records. And more records. The convenient part for me is that most of the records I want are unattainable locally, so they must be ordered online, which requires rather little investment of time.

[Sad, little man]

See, whenever Neil deGrasse Tyson is in The Ship of the Imagination on Cosmos, he's always exploring other worlds and shit. But you know as soon as they're done filming he's cruising that bitch down Sunset Boulevard.

[MR2 Fan]

Interesting map on this guy's interesting website: http://www.baritzenthaler.com/2013/11/what-if-maps.html

"What if all the world's population lived at the density of Manila, Philippines (111,002 people per square mile) and was relocated to the Northeastern United States?"

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcC5HobuKIo/UnYS9OdT9TI/AAAAAAAAATk/TpZyPJFxcPc/s1600/density+of+manila.jpg

[Random]

xkcd figured out you could stand everyone in Rhode Island. https://what-if.xkcd.com/8/

He doesn't describe his methodology, though. :D

[MR2 Fan]

I was surprised about the population density of Manila, since I've lived there and been back twice since...it didn't seem that crowded to me.

[Leon]

because everyone was in folders, which made it look more organised.

[FaultyMario]

Your love opened a wound
because everything that makes you good
always makes you bad
your love changed my life like a thunderbolt forever
for that that was and what will be
the ball on top of the piano
that morning then when we stopped singing
Death came one day and took everything away
everything, everything a gale
and it was a gushing gale

[Sad, little man]

Does anyone else give the bird to inanimate objects? I've caught myself doing it more and more to blow off steam. Computer program getting all messed up? Flip it off. Can't get a bolt loose? Flip it off. It's fun.

[GreatScawt]

I am constantly letting the double bird fly at SolidWorks.

[Sad, little man]

In the future, computer programs should recognize when people flip them off, and instinctively undo the last thing they did.

[Random]

Does anyone else give the bird to inanimate objects? I've caught myself doing it more and more to blow off steam. Computer program getting all messed up? Flip it off. Can't get a bolt loose? Flip it off. It's fun.

Word.


I am constantly letting the double bird fly at SolidWorks.

Word.


In the future, computer programs should recognize when people flip them off, and instinctively undo the last thing they did.

Word!

[21Kid]

So, what you're saying :random: ... is that the bird is the word ?




:word:

[Kchrpm]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WNrx2jq184

which of course leads to


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXzlw-_vbjU

[FaultyMario]

"#Selfie", yeah, well... I'll just quote Martin L. Gore:


Technology is a bit of a double-edged sword. Used right, it's a wonderful tool, but unfortunately, it makes it easier for a lot of mediocre people to get really shit ideas out.

[thesameguy]

Elitist!

[GreatScawt]

Word.
..
Word.
..
Word!

Case in point. SolidWorks was taking it's sweet-ass time saving an assembly. Occasionally when it does this - and this problem is admittedly perpetuated by the fact that we typically work off of a server - it will fail and corrupt the file. Then there's this ridiculous work around to fix it.
Well, after a long time saving... I get a little impatient, a double bird gets sent, and it instantly finishes and gives me control back. :finger:

[FaultyMario]

In the United States, 83 per cent of girls aged 12 to 16 in state-run schools have experienced sexual harassment at school.

[thesameguy]

I know, Americans are lazy. Sheesh.

[GB]

I'll get to the remaining 17% just as soon as I can.

[FaultyMario]

Contrary to what one may see in the movies, people seldom act completely irrationally or panic during a crisis. We do know that people have run into burning buildings, have refused to get out of a car stuck on the tracks with a train speeding close, and have gone into shock and become paralyzed to the point of helplessness. The overwhelming majority of people can and do act reasonably during an emergency.

[speedpimp]

I'll get to the remaining 17% just as soon as I can.

Slow your roll, Gary Glitter.

[TheBenior]

Just saw a guy roll down my street with 3 flat tires, probably due to a crazy girlfriend.

[Sad, little man]

Shopping for records that are only available on a website that's all in German...

GOD DAMN I'M SO INDIE I CAN'T HANDLE IT SOMETIMES!

[thesameguy]

http://cdn.iwastesomuchtime.com/482012234836Selection002.jpeg

[Sad, little man]

No, seriously, I'm not a hipster. My wardrobe consists of nothing but (non-vintage) T-shirts and jeans. No scarves!

Shit, wait, one scarf. But it was a gift!



I have considered wearing it at one point or another.