Topic: Random thoughts (Read 624788 times)

Grognard · « **Reply #4500 on:** 05 May 2014, 09:08 »

..ever heard the phrase "some days you're the windshield, and some days you're the bug?"

today: I'm the fucking bug.
and WHERE DID ALL THESE FUCKING WINDSHIELDS COME FROM!!!!!!!

Zebediah · « **Reply #4501 on:** 05 May 2014, 09:36 »

Need some motivation? How about this:

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Ashima Shiraishi is one of the best rock climbers in the world. Over the weekend she won the women's open division in a pro climbing competition at my local climbing gym. What she's doing in the photos above would be completely impossible to me, but she makes it look easy.

The kicker? She is thirteen years old.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #4502 on:** 05 May 2014, 10:07 »

I'm mildly jealous of her arms.

LTK · « **Reply #4503 on:** 05 May 2014, 10:41 »

Quote from: Grognard on 05 May 2014, 09:08

..ever heard the phrase "some days you're the windshield, and some days you're the bug?"

today: I'm the fucking bug.
and WHERE DID ALL THESE FUCKING WINDSHIELDS COME FROM!!!!!!!

What does that metaphor mean exactly? That the bugs are people who are buzzing around like idiots and run into people that are just annoyed and trying to get somewhere, or that the cars are people who are tremendous destructive forces barreling through life at top speed without regard for what bugs are on the way?

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #4504 on:** 05 May 2014, 10:45 »

I've always prefered "Some days you're the magical girl with awesome cosmic powers and other days you're the villain of the day on the receiving end of said cosmic powers"

Welu · « **Reply #4505 on:** 05 May 2014, 11:25 »

Some days you're Sailor Scouts and some days you're Puella Magi.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #4506 on:** 05 May 2014, 11:37 »

My avatar on my other forum is a giraffe licking a squirrel, and my status is always "Some days you're the giraffe. Some days you're the squirrel". I have not decided which is the one you want to be.

Grognard · « **Reply #4507 on:** 05 May 2014, 12:24 »

depends on WHERE the squirrel is getting licked.....

Metope · « **Reply #4508 on:** 05 May 2014, 12:26 »

I would NOT want to be the squirrel. When I was a kid, I went to the zoo and mom bought me an ice cream. We went over to the giraffes, and one of them bent over the fence and started eating it. It was such a huge animal and even though I backed off, the neck was long enough for it to follow me for a good while. And wow that tongue was weeeird!

Thrillho · « **Reply #4509 on:** 05 May 2014, 12:30 »

Their tongue is antiseptic because of what plants they eat. When they lick your face, your face is actually cleaner afterwards.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #4510 on:** 05 May 2014, 12:31 »

When I was living with Eed I went to the zoo and a giraffe licked me and it was the highlight of my day, if not my entire life.

Metope · « **Reply #4511 on:** 05 May 2014, 13:16 »

Wait, so you're saying I could have eaten the rest of my ice cream? Mom made me throw it away

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #4512 on:** 05 May 2014, 13:20 »

I used to like getting licked by the giraffes. It tickled.

Thrillho · « **Reply #4513 on:** 05 May 2014, 13:23 »

Quote from: Metope on 05 May 2014, 13:16

Wait, so you're saying I could have eaten the rest of my ice cream? Mom made me throw it away

You can literally let giraffes eat food out of your mouth, they're that clean.

Metope · « **Reply #4514 on:** 05 May 2014, 13:24 »

Dammit. Now I'm sad about the ice cream.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #4515 on:** 05 May 2014, 13:27 »

Quote from: Gareth on 05 May 2014, 13:23

Quote from: Metope on 05 May 2014, 13:16
Wait, so you're saying I could have eaten the rest of my ice cream? Mom made me throw it away

You can literally let giraffes eat food out of your mouth, they're that clean.

and vice versa. Though that is considered kinky as fuck by even reasonable human beings.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #4516 on:** 05 May 2014, 14:10 »

Quote from: GarandMarine on 05 May 2014, 10:45

I've always prefered "Some days you're the magical girl with awesome cosmic powers and other days you're the villain of the day on the receiving end of said cosmic powers"

An old gym teacher used to say "some days you're the big dog, and some days you're the hydrant".

Zebediah · « **Reply #4517 on:** 05 May 2014, 14:21 »

I have never been the magical girl with awesome cosmic powers.

Probably just as well, because I'd have turned to the dark side by now.

Loki · « **Reply #4518 on:** 05 May 2014, 14:33 »

This reminds me of a very dark take on the whole Magical Girl genre, which I don't want to link because of some of its very disturbing themes.

However, should you want to find it, search for "Sailor Nothing" by Stefan Gagne.

K1dmor · « **Reply #4519 on:** 05 May 2014, 15:44 »

Quote from: Gareth on 05 May 2014, 13:23

You can literally let giraffes eat food out of your mouth, they're that clean.

Hanners doesn't share your idea of giraffes.

Thrillho · « **Reply #4520 on:** 06 May 2014, 11:38 »

So at the party on Sunday I was super drunk and not really caring what music came on and someone put on 'Sorry You're Not A Winner' by Enter Shikari which is a song that I hate and I remember shouting I FUCKING HATE THIS SONG and then the first 'clap clap clap' bit happened and I just sang along to the whole fucking thing because shit, I was drunk

cesium133 · « **Reply #4521 on:** 06 May 2014, 11:58 »

One of the undergrads in our lab is absolutely terrified of me for some reason. I mean sure, I yell obscenities at lab equipment, but that's because the lab equipment is getting in the way of me getting data. Don't get in the way of the data collection and you won't have a problem.

nekowafer · « **Reply #4522 on:** 06 May 2014, 18:00 »

Xray of my jaw. You can see several of my piercings. It's crazy.

You can also see the tooth that's way out of place, and will need to be removed so I can get an implant. Wee.

94ssd · « **Reply #4523 on:** 06 May 2014, 20:20 »

Quote from: cesium133 on 06 May 2014, 11:58

One of the undergrads in our lab is absolutely terrified of me for some reason. I mean sure, I yell obscenities at lab equipment, but that's because the lab equipment is getting in the way of me getting data. Don't get in the way of the data collection and you won't have a problem.

I talk to power tools, lighting instruments, boards, computers, and actors like they'll actually listen to me. Maybe it makes me look crazy. Or maybe it's the secret to my success.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #4524 on:** 06 May 2014, 21:29 »

I talk to inanimate objects all the time. Usually with a variety of curse words.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #4525 on:** 07 May 2014, 00:43 »

Xray = desktop, and possibly xmas cards, I'd say.

Thrillho · « **Reply #4526 on:** 07 May 2014, 02:15 »

Nah nah nah guess who's back-back-back

Loki · « **Reply #4527 on:** 07 May 2014, 02:17 »

Quote from: Gareth on 07 May 2014, 02:15

Nah nah nah

Gaaaazman!

Thrillho · « **Reply #4528 on:** 07 May 2014, 02:22 »

Ha. I was shooting for 'Without Me' by Eminem actually but that works too.

Or, indeed, 'Barman'...

Thrillho · « **Reply #4529 on:** 07 May 2014, 03:15 »

What happened to Eddie 88? Not been active since 24th April.

Also, what happened to mtmerrick?

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #4530 on:** 07 May 2014, 03:24 »

Sacrificed to gods of old.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #4531 on:** 07 May 2014, 04:33 »

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #4532 on:** 07 May 2014, 04:46 »

Pay peanuts, get monkeys?

ChaoSera · « **Reply #4533 on:** 07 May 2014, 05:24 »

I'd love to have a monkey! Got no peanuts, though.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #4534 on:** 07 May 2014, 05:50 »

Matthew is studying, isn't he?

Loki · « **Reply #4535 on:** 07 May 2014, 05:59 »

We talked to Matthew very briefly on Mumble around Easter or so.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #4536 on:** 08 May 2014, 02:31 »

Random thought:

Why is it okay when girls grab my butt but it's absolutely not okay if I grab theirs?

Thrillho · « **Reply #4537 on:** 08 May 2014, 03:20 »

Hypocrisy. You kinda have to set the boundaries yourself. A proportion of gay guys seem to think they have a similar 'pass' to just feel women up just because they're not actually wanting to fuck said women.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #4538 on:** 08 May 2014, 05:24 »

Well a lot of women do feel my butt up. Come to think of it, a lot of guys do too.

Last week, when I was on the Mayfiest and wearing my Lederhosen, most girls that passed me just went "WooHoo!", and hit me in the butt. The general consensus was that, I looked like a black stripper.

I felt a little uncomfortable.

nekowafer · « **Reply #4539 on:** 08 May 2014, 06:34 »

And that's just as inappropriate as you treating a girl that way and making her uncomfortable. But obviously many people don't see it that way.

I've definitely been felt up by gay guys who told me that it was okay, since they thought girls were "icky". One grabbed my boobs, in public, in a large crowd, and a lot of people saw it happen. Of course I can't read minds, but no one seemed the least bit offended by it. Weird.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #4540 on:** 08 May 2014, 07:02 »

... and you cleaned his clock?

nekowafer · « **Reply #4541 on:** 08 May 2014, 07:15 »

I was too shocked and afraid of confrontation to do anything

That was maybe 10 years ago, though. Now I would be able to react appropriately. Maybe by ripping his balls off.

Thrillho · « **Reply #4542 on:** 08 May 2014, 07:23 »

I know it's hard, but people need to be able to just be like 'that is not okay' about these things, immediately.

When I was a drunken coke fiend (I mean I still kinda am just less often) I would pull this shit all the time and no one ever stopped me, but the second someone actually did take issue with it, it was like being punched in the chest. You suddenly realise holy shit, this is basically a sexual assault. I literally didn't even consider that in the moments it was happening, I was just a handsy drunk, but the second I got confronted about it - well, I've not done it since, except to people who are open to it in the first place.

~~Valdís~~ · « **Reply #4543 on:** 08 May 2014, 07:37 »

Quote from: Masterpiece on 08 May 2014, 02:31

Why is it okay when girls grab my butt but it's absolutely not okay if I grab theirs?

It absolutely isn't okay in either situation. It's disrespecting your personal space and violating consent.

Quote from: nekowafer on 08 May 2014, 06:34

I've definitely been felt up by gay guys who told me that it was okay, since they thought girls were "icky". One grabbed my boobs, in public, in a large crowd, and a lot of people saw it happen. Of course I can't read minds, but no one seemed the least bit offended by it. Weird.

Yeah, those awful people.. Ugh. Same goes for cis people who feel entitled to check if we're 'real'.

Edit: Oh right, [this thread] is a thing.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #4544 on:** 08 May 2014, 13:23 »

Quote from: Valdís on 08 May 2014, 07:37

Edit: Oh right, [this thread] is a thing.

Appears so. Looks like I even chimed in a bit as well. Oh well. Now I feel like I've experienced the receiving end.

Random thought: Soundtracks, you are the loves of my life.

Welu · « **Reply #4545 on:** 08 May 2014, 15:33 »

Is there any real difference between paranoia and intuition?

Thrillho · « **Reply #4546 on:** 09 May 2014, 00:46 »

My brother once pointed out to me that being paranoid doesn't mean you're wrong.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #4547 on:** 09 May 2014, 05:03 »

I wonder if anything will ever be better than sliced bread. So far everything's just the best thing "since" it, which means it's still not as good.

RedWolf4 · « **Reply #4548 on:** 09 May 2014, 05:05 »

Self sandwiching bread. Or the sandwich machine. Whichever comes first.

Loki · « **Reply #4549 on:** 09 May 2014, 05:09 »

Like. A sandwich maker?

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