Topic: Random thoughts (Read 373444 times)

Patrick · « **Reply #2600 on:** 22 Jul 2013, 04:11 »

California rules. 2am is last sell, Sundays are fair game, and grocery stores have giant fuckin sections for booze. Plus, I live in California's oldest (and best; fuck you Napa Valley) wine region. Incredible stuff available here. I am so goddamn spoiled it isn't even funny.

jwhouk · « **Reply #2601 on:** 22 Jul 2013, 05:46 »

You will notice Wisconsin is a blue state.

nekowafer · « **Reply #2602 on:** 22 Jul 2013, 07:01 »

So is Maryland! Though I know there are a couple rules, I don't actually know what they are. We definitely can't get alcohol in grocery stores or most convenience stores, except in places like Fallston, which have lower populations and fancier/richer people.

jwhouk · « **Reply #2603 on:** 22 Jul 2013, 07:08 »

There are restrictions to sale times, but that's about it.

Loki · « **Reply #2604 on:** 22 Jul 2013, 07:14 »

You poor suckers.

nekowafer · « **Reply #2605 on:** 22 Jul 2013, 07:19 »

I very rarely drink, so I'm not concerned at all.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #2606 on:** 22 Jul 2013, 07:47 »

Whelp I take that back then. Not a huge deal but still better then some godless hell hole dry county.*

*if the level of alcohol in my blood stream goes below .10 I die.

Redball · « **Reply #2607 on:** 22 Jul 2013, 08:37 »

Quote from: Papersatan on 21 Jul 2013, 21:47

Red indicates 'dry' and yellow 'semi-dry'
There doesn't seem to be any standard for what 'semi-dry' means though.
My county in Michican seems to be semi dry but I can drink at a restaurant or bar, buy liquor, beer or wine at a grocery store, a gas station or a liquor store on any day of the week, get my beer to go from a bar, or even have beer, wine, or liquor delivered.

Michigan's representation on that map puzzles me too. What can you do in the blue counties that you can't do in the yellow? My first thought is that some townships in each of the yellow areas have some restrictions on hours of sales or limitations on where package beer and wine can be sold. Some cities, for example, in the past banned sales of beer and wine at gas stations. BTW, I was told in my couple of years in Ann Arbor that Division St. divided the part of the city where bars could be located from the part nearer the University. Pretzel Bell, Metzger's and Old German were on the other side of that street.

cesium133 · « **Reply #2608 on:** 22 Jul 2013, 09:07 »

Interestingly, the article that map comes from contradicts the map. According to the article there are no dry counties in Oklahoma because state law actually prohibits counties and cities from banning alcohol. The map, however, shows a bunch of dry counties in Oklahoma.

bainidhe_dub · « **Reply #2609 on:** 22 Jul 2013, 09:26 »

The Great State of Montgomery County isn't dry but has more restrictions than the rest of Maryland. There are lots of independent beer & wine shops, but liquor is only sold at county stores, and they (as far as I have ever seen) don't sell cold beer. The county stores recently changed their hours to be open on Sunday afternoons. But it's a big improvement over PG County where you feel like you're gonna get stabbed at every liquor store ever. MoCo has some weird rules about grocery stores too - only one location from each chain can sell alcohol, or something like that? It's really weird to go to Virginia and see beer at the gas station.

lepetitfromage · « **Reply #2610 on:** 22 Jul 2013, 09:34 »

New York is pretty lenient. Only annoying thing here is that you can't buy beer and liquor at the same place. Last call is 4am and you can buy beer 24/7 pretty much everywhere. Wine and liquor are more restricted but not so much so that it's an inconvenience. I don't typically buy my booze before noon on Sundays anyway

Interesting fact: there are 10 dry towns in the state- one of them is Neversink, which is actually pretty close to my parents' house.

cesium133 · « **Reply #2611 on:** 22 Jul 2013, 15:33 »

"Freight" has way too many letters.

mtmerrick · « **Reply #2612 on:** 22 Jul 2013, 22:43 »

Equations of a line. Fuck it all.

ChaoSera · « **Reply #2613 on:** 23 Jul 2013, 01:09 »

As a native German, I can't help but be thouroughly amused by the laws regarding alcohol in the United States.

I can only agree with Loki. You poor suckers.

Patrick · « **Reply #2614 on:** 23 Jul 2013, 02:23 »

as a former transplant to Europe who has returned to the States, fuck liquor laws, they almost encourage drunk driving. most of Europe as I know it gets it right; learn to be responsible with your drink before learning to operate a vehicle.

snalin · « **Reply #2615 on:** 23 Jul 2013, 02:49 »

Quote from: cesium133 on 22 Jul 2013, 15:33

"Freight" has way too many letters.

"queue"

"So we have a word that's pronounced 'q'. But it can't have only one letter, that'd look dumb. What do we do?"
"add 'ueue'."
"'ueue'?"
"'ueue'."
"... right"

queueueueueueue

pwhodges · « **Reply #2616 on:** 23 Jul 2013, 03:46 »

Quote from: cesium133 on 22 Jul 2013, 15:33

"Freight" has way too many letters.

Well at least "freight" goes logically alongside "eight". Of course, the same sound can be written "ate" when you've eaten it with a "mate", or (two spellings of the same word, with divided etymology) "ait" = "eyot" - which is a small island, especially in a river.

Fun with spelling: queue; cue; Kew*; mew; lieu.

* A place in London - see Kew Gardens.

Loki · « **Reply #2617 on:** 23 Jul 2013, 03:48 »

But the question is, can you catch gothi in the river?

pwhodges · « **Reply #2618 on:** 23 Jul 2013, 03:56 »

No, but you can catch ghoti.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #2619 on:** 23 Jul 2013, 03:56 »

Quote from: pwhodges on 23 Jul 2013, 03:46

A place in London - see Kew Gardens.

I loved Kew Gardens when I was there!

Loki · « **Reply #2620 on:** 23 Jul 2013, 06:47 »

Quote from: pwhodges on 23 Jul 2013, 03:56

No, but you can catch ghoti.

Dammit. And I doublechecked immediately after posting, too.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #2621 on:** 26 Jul 2013, 11:39 »

if you build it, they will come. if you don't build it, they will come. if you run and hide, they will come. many of them are already here.

jwhouk · « **Reply #2622 on:** 27 Jul 2013, 14:51 »

My mom had a second cousin she never told me about. It's probably because she may not have known about him, back in the pre-internet age of the 60's and 70's.

However, I have actually been in contact with him, and was recently surprised to find he had a lengthy bio on WP as a noted pop artist (though part of me wonders if it was more publicity writeup than bio).

Since I don't have the cash laying around, my chance at getting a Gene Beery original is likely slim. Especially when his most famous work is "Free Art Tomorrow".

ankhtahr · « **Reply #2623 on:** 27 Jul 2013, 15:56 »

what the hell, this is the first time I notice that an advertisement works on me. This German advertisement gets into my mind much better than any "sexy" stuff:

She has an incredibly disarming smile.

I don't know why I'm posting this. I feel lonely.

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #2624 on:** 28 Jul 2013, 02:19 »

It would appear that Jeph has passed through here recently.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #2625 on:** 28 Jul 2013, 03:35 »

Quote from: Jephzibah

News:

QC forum software gains sentience, ships Marten and Claire

Jeph you magnificent bastard.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #2626 on:** 28 Jul 2013, 03:57 »

Considering all the shipping that HAS gone on for Marten and Clair, I would not be surprised if an emergent AI took that into account.

ChaoSera · « **Reply #2627 on:** 28 Jul 2013, 04:08 »

I'm counting 12 guitars on the pic that Jeph posted on Twitter yesterday. Man, that's a lot of guitars.

Welu · « **Reply #2628 on:** 28 Jul 2013, 04:36 »

POST POST POST POST

I don't want to do anything today. Except maybe draw porn.

ankhtahr · « **Reply #2629 on:** 28 Jul 2013, 05:46 »

The news posts are great:

"News: the mods are going to be irked that I am messing around with the forums"
"News: let's kiss"
"News: QC anime dating sim to launch in 2014"
"News: ok now kiss that person over there"
"News: It's time to step back and take stock of your life and the decisions that brought you to this point."
"News: let's stop kissing"
"News: first person to get forums.questionablecontent.net tattooed on their body and present photo evidence gets a free t-shirt"
"News: I am going to fight you"
"News: Someone is jacking off to QC porn right now"
"News: my butt itches"
"News: Family Guy creator to develop QC animated series, Pintsize replaced with wacky talking baby"
"News: secret project status: to be revealed soon"
"News: Butts: pretty great"
"News: mmmmm yeah"

and of course the one Masterpiece already posted

Thrillho · « **Reply #2630 on:** 28 Jul 2013, 09:44 »

Quote from: ChaoSera on 28 Jul 2013, 04:08

I'm counting 12 guitars on the pic that Jeph posted on Twitter yesterday. Man, that's a lot of guitars.

You don't play guitar, do you.

TinPenguin · « **Reply #2631 on:** 28 Jul 2013, 09:47 »

If it's anything like being a drummer... I can hardly move in my room for spare drums and cymbal stands and little native hand drums and sticks and tippers and beaters and things.

And I still find myself tapping on a shoebox.

ankhtahr · « **Reply #2632 on:** 28 Jul 2013, 09:53 »

Quote from: Gareth on 28 Jul 2013, 09:44

Quote from: ChaoSera on 28 Jul 2013, 04:08
I'm counting 12 guitars on the pic that Jeph posted on Twitter yesterday. Man, that's a lot of guitars.

You don't play guitar, do you.

I play guitar. And I only have one. But I play classical guitar though.

Thrillho · « **Reply #2633 on:** 28 Jul 2013, 09:56 »

Quote from: ankhtahr on 28 Jul 2013, 09:53

Quote from: Gareth on 28 Jul 2013, 09:44
Quote from: ChaoSera on 28 Jul 2013, 04:08
I'm counting 12 guitars on the pic that Jeph posted on Twitter yesterday. Man, that's a lot of guitars.

You don't play guitar, do you.

I play guitar. And I only have one. But I play classical guitar though.

So you don't play real guitar

I swear to God I am kidding so fucking much. I wish I was remotely good at classical.

Welu · « **Reply #2634 on:** 28 Jul 2013, 10:28 »

Only today I found out my partner used to play guitar. Even though they don't play any more it still raises their attractiveness 40 points.

Thrillho · « **Reply #2635 on:** 28 Jul 2013, 11:27 »

Quote from: Welu on 28 Jul 2013, 10:28

Only today I found out my partner used to play guitar. Even though they don't play any more it still raises their attractiveness 40 points.

Playing guitar has got me into at least one girl's pants. And it's certainly assisted with at least two more.

Amusingly my ex-wife is probably the one who gave the least shits about it.

ankhtahr · « **Reply #2636 on:** 28 Jul 2013, 12:54 »

Random thought: Brent Spiner's characters in TNG when he's not acting as Data, all have batshit crazy facial impressions.

ChaoSera · « **Reply #2637 on:** 29 Jul 2013, 01:13 »

Quote from: Gareth on 28 Jul 2013, 09:44

Quote from: ChaoSera on 28 Jul 2013, 04:08
I'm counting 12 guitars on the pic that Jeph posted on Twitter yesterday. Man, that's a lot of guitars.

You don't play guitar, do you.

No. I tried teaching myself several times but I never got far before I gave it up again. I can play a few chords and the first notes of 'Nothing else matters', though.

ev4n · « **Reply #2638 on:** 29 Jul 2013, 07:38 »

Quote from: Gareth on 28 Jul 2013, 09:44

Quote from: ChaoSera on 28 Jul 2013, 04:08
I'm counting 12 guitars on the pic that Jeph posted on Twitter yesterday. Man, that's a lot of guitars.

You don't play guitar, do you.

Sounds like owning bikes. I only own 2, but could probably use about 3 more...

celticgeek · « **Reply #2639 on:** 29 Jul 2013, 07:44 »

I only have three guitars, but if I had any talent or ability, I would probably have more.

Thrillho · « **Reply #2640 on:** 29 Jul 2013, 10:06 »

If I had talent or ability, I'd be somebody else

Random thought: I just discovered that VLC Media Player plays Region One out of the box. That means about 50 DVDs of mine that I've been unable to watch for literally five years are suddenly available to me! I know what I'm doing these evenings.

LTK · « **Reply #2641 on:** 29 Jul 2013, 10:25 »

Talent is surprisingly overrated. When it comes to most skills, you can do pretty much anything as well as the best humans, given enough practice.

VLC Media Player is the best. I shot a short video of the thunderstorm outside my window the other day - there's lightning at 2.20 and 3.10 - and VLC lets you slow it down enough that you can see it frame-by-frame.

Thrillho · « **Reply #2642 on:** 29 Jul 2013, 11:30 »

I was actually joking, I'm quite musically talented. Thanks for making that seem worthless

I am kidding.

lepetitfromage · « **Reply #2643 on:** 29 Jul 2013, 13:02 »

Skills/"talent" can be taught- it's the dedication, passion and artistry that really puts someone at the top of their game. The kind of stuff that comes from knowing that you were born to do it.

SageJiraiya · « **Reply #2644 on:** 29 Jul 2013, 13:03 »

The universe is expanding and speeding up as it expands. So, something must be fueling it to speed up, or else it would slow down and gradually clump together, which has not been observed.

So, as the universe expands, the space between matter grows. Distance and length are not constant, as six feet today may be 6.00000000000001 tomorrow.

That is my random thought of the day.

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #2645 on:** 29 Jul 2013, 13:22 »

I'm pretty sure there's a flaw there but not remembering/ever knowing about the exact details, I'll hazard that it's something to do with the space itself getting larger rather than the distance between objects in the space. Don't quote me on that though.

SageJiraiya · « **Reply #2646 on:** 29 Jul 2013, 13:37 »

Maybe we need a layman's physics thread.

LTK · « **Reply #2647 on:** 29 Jul 2013, 13:47 »

We have SCIENCE. Direct all your inquires there.

I'm not sure which is true, but I heard that space getting bigger means that it takes longer to travel from one point to another. That's why it's impossible for us to travel to the most distant galaxies: the space in between galaxies grows faster than we can travel, so even if we could travel close to light speed, we could never reach them. I suppose that must also mean that things here on Earth are getting further apart.

So the next time your grandfather says he had to walk ten miles to school when he was young, you can tell him that ten miles used to be a shorter distance than it is now! In your face!

Welu · « **Reply #2648 on:** 29 Jul 2013, 13:58 »

Quote from: Gareth on 28 Jul 2013, 11:27

Playing guitar has got me into at least one girl's pants. And it's certainly assisted with at least two more.

Amusingly my ex-wife is probably the one who gave the least shits about it.

I'm reminded of my ex who owned a guitar and he'd hold it on Skype sometimes but now that I think about it, I don't think he ever played it. I even remember calling him on Skype, it took him a few minutes to answer (when he'd normally answer instantly) and he was sitting on his bed, turned away, posing with guitar, strummed for a few seconds and then turned to the camera all, "Oh, hi, didn't realise you were there!"

More guitar: My brother tried to teach me bass when I was in my early teens but we both gave up after a couple months. He still plays but I think we were still in the hating each other stage of our relationship and it was a bonding experiment that didn't fully work.

Not guitar: My partner likes games shows. A lot.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #2649 on:** 29 Jul 2013, 17:31 »

Free make-out passes.

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