Azdeus Posted June 7, 2018 Posted June 7, 2018 Work today was a total disaster, just about everything went wrong, not to mention I was really of my game today. Atleast I'm home now. Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken
Gfted1 Posted June 7, 2018 Posted June 7, 2018 Why does Sunny's perspiration smell like fritos? Something to do with a naturally occurring yeast? Why does urine smell weird after eating asparagus? "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Malcador Posted June 7, 2018 Posted June 7, 2018 Know what I didn't do today? Vote in our dumbass provincial election for any of Three Stooges. LMAO Could always vote Green or Communist Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Guard Dog Posted June 7, 2018 Posted June 7, 2018 Why does Sunny's perspiration smell like fritos? Something to do with a naturally occurring yeast? Why does urine smell weird after eating asparagus? You have more questions than answers! "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Volourn Posted June 7, 2018 Posted June 7, 2018 "Could always vote Green or Communist" I don't vote Nazi. Sorry. DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250.
ShadySands Posted June 7, 2018 Posted June 7, 2018 Had a lady tell my wife and I that we were selfish for not having kids yet and that we'd better get started if we don't want to die alone. Does this kind of thing usually work on people? All it did was lower our opinion of the woman Free games updated 3/4/21
Azdeus Posted June 7, 2018 Posted June 7, 2018 Had a lady tell my wife and I that we were selfish for not having kids yet and that we'd better get started if we don't want to die alone. Does this kind of thing usually work on people? All it did was lower our opinion of the woman I always have the same reaction as you. If they love kids they can go at it like bunnies if they want to, and leave everyone else to live their lives in their own pace. Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken
Guard Dog Posted June 7, 2018 Posted June 7, 2018 Had a lady tell my wife and I that we were selfish for not having kids yet and that we'd better get started if we don't want to die alone. Does this kind of thing usually work on people? All it did was lower our opinion of the woman 2 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Hurlshort Posted June 7, 2018 Posted June 7, 2018 Had a lady tell my wife and I that we were selfish for not having kids yet and that we'd better get started if we don't want to die alone. Does this kind of thing usually work on people? All it did was lower our opinion of the woman I suppose you can take it as a compliment, since the lady is implying you would be good parents. I typically steer well clear of such conversations because you never know what sort of health issues could also be at play.
majestic Posted June 7, 2018 Posted June 7, 2018 Had a lady tell my wife and I that we were selfish for not having kids yet and that we'd better get started if we don't want to die alone. Does this kind of thing usually work on people? All it did was lower our opinion of the woman I don't know, considering the gross overpopulation I'd say it's more selfish to actually produce tiny little bastards. We need less people on the planet, not more. For the good of literally everyone and everything. No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering.
Malcador Posted June 7, 2018 Posted June 7, 2018 Had a lady tell my wife and I that we were selfish for not having kids yet and that we'd better get started if we don't want to die alone. Does this kind of thing usually work on people? All it did was lower our opinion of the woman Can't see that approach working for anything, get people's backs up and then they don't listen. People like those are about as annoying as the "childfree" people opposed to them Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Gfted1 Posted June 7, 2018 Posted June 7, 2018 Eh, she sounds like a typical Italian grandma. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
ShadySands Posted June 7, 2018 Posted June 7, 2018 Well, I just thought it was weird to say not having kids is selfish and then give a selfish reason for having them, to have them take care of you when you get old Free games updated 3/4/21
Gorth Posted June 7, 2018 Posted June 7, 2018 Absolutely nothing to do today. But since i have no projects I have no excuse to leave the office. So I'm sitting here trying to looks busy all the while pondering the deep questions of life. How much did the Death Star cost? Come to that why didn't they fix the obvious engineering flaws: a reactor they can't shut down, that destroys the whole thing when compromised yet is accessible from the surface? Really bad design.Last time that happened to me, I found a new job... boredom kills your spirit. As for the Death Star, I wonder who insurer was?... I think they actually covered that weakness in one of the movies, wasn't it Rogue One? The guy who designed the whole thing deliberately left he weakness there and went out of his way to hide it from his masters and overlords so it could be exploited later. Cue disposable Bothans. Had a lady tell my wife and I that we were selfish for not having kids yet and that we'd better get started if we don't want to die alone. Does this kind of thing usually work on people? All it did was lower our opinion of the womanMaybe they were Catholics? Now I want to watch Monty Pythons "The Meaning of Life" again... “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
majestic Posted June 8, 2018 Posted June 8, 2018 As for the Death Star, I wonder who insurer was?... Well the YouTube Rebel Alliance screwed the better of the posted videos up, so here's a slightly sped up mirror flipped video: 1 No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering.
Fiach Posted June 8, 2018 Posted June 8, 2018 Just back from UK. Was in Bermingham last week for Collectormania and Comic Con at the Bermingham NEC. One of the best venues I have ever seen, right beside the airport, 20 mins train ride from the city, very handy indeed. Excellent organisation, arrived at 10.50, inside venue at 11.10. No pushing or jostling, every bag searched and still got in so quickly. Son got pic taken with Robert Englund, very happy camper. Highly recommend Bermingham as a destination, very accessible, beautiful clean city, going back in Oct for a Halloween event. 1 Thanks for shopping Pawn-O-Matic!
Malcador Posted June 8, 2018 Posted June 8, 2018 (edited) How much did the Death Star cost? Come to that why didn't they fix the obvious engineering flaws: a reactor they can't shut down, that destroys the whole thing when compromised yet is accessible from the surface? Really bad design. Well, not sure they could shut it down or not, no time to react. Best question is why the Death Star supposedly has 6,000 fighters on board, yet doesn't think quantity has a quality of its own and just swamp them. Interestingly, I had thought that was Stalin that said that and turns out there's a lot of stuff people attribute to him that he probably never said. Edited June 8, 2018 by Malcador Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Tale Posted June 8, 2018 Posted June 8, 2018 Yesterday, after getting asked for the half a dozenth time by the same guy "how are you" and responding, as I do, with "I don't know, you're asking the wrong guy," I came up with a new book idea. Conversation Stoppers for the Socially Awkward: Making People Regret Smalltalk It's a collection of very short stories you can share with people to make things even more awkward. I already have three pieces for it. "The Time I Thought A Woman Was Flirting With Me, But She Was Just On Her Bluetooth," "Job Interview Goes Great Until One Interviewer Reveals He Was My High School Bully," and "That Time My Friends Surprised Me With An Intervention Even Though I Don't Have A Problem." 1 "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater."
Blarghagh Posted June 8, 2018 Author Posted June 8, 2018 I'd read that. (My stock response is 'That's a tough question for me.')
Bartimaeus Posted June 8, 2018 Posted June 8, 2018 (edited) Yesterday, after getting asked for the half a dozenth time by the same guy "how are you" and responding, as I do, with "I don't know, you're asking the wrong guy," I came up with a new book idea. Conversation Stoppers for the Socially Awkward: Making People Regret Smalltalk It's a collection of very short stories you can share with people to make things even more awkward. I already have three pieces for it. "The Time I Thought A Woman Was Flirting With Me, But She Was Just On Her Bluetooth," "Job Interview Goes Great Until One Interviewer Reveals He Was My High School Bully," and "That Time My Friends Surprised Me With An Intervention Even Though I Don't Have A Problem." Ooh, I hate it when people do that. Somebody repeatedly asking questions like that (and others such as "what're you doing") within the same day day just feels like code for, "Entertain me!". I usually start giving the worst possible answers - answers that are completely boring, unnecessarily obfuscated, flat-out repeated word-for-word, self-referential, etc. They either will get sick of your answers and will stop asking or improvise something themselves, and in the meanwhile, you have your rote answer. Either way, the problem eventually gets solved. Once in a while, though, you have somebody whom you really just can't shake...and you can unfortunately no longer just be politely passive aggressive about it. Edited June 8, 2018 by Bartimaeus 2 Quote How I have existed fills me with horror. For I have failed in everything - spelling, arithmetic, riding, tennis, golf; dancing, singing, acting; wife, mistress, whore, friend. Even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of 'not trying'. I tried with all my heart. In my dreams, I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance.
Blarghagh Posted June 8, 2018 Author Posted June 8, 2018 "I don't know, you're asking the wrong guy," Who IS the right guy, though?
LadyCrimson Posted June 8, 2018 Posted June 8, 2018 Tossed 5pound pork shoulder roast in the slow cooker, then sat and watched some tutorials on Blender on one monitor, trying to follow along with the program opened on the other monitor (make a donut! make an anvil!). The guy doing these videos is good and you learn what buttons to press to do some stuff and it's easy to follow along and see it happen in your own window, but I don't understand why it works or why it's doing what it's doing so it never really sinks in. Which is exactly how I felt about schooling. Especially math. There's that level of acceptance of "it just does/works that way/accept it/do it" which makes me go "yeah but..." But it's interesting. I might figure out how to do the things I want to do, eventually. Unless I get bored first. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts
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