Topic: miscellaneous musings (Read 546398 times)

hedgie · « **Reply #2550 on:** 06 Aug 2016, 19:04 »

I caught the tail end of a women's rowing event in Rio. I guess that those ladies actually *were* up shit creek...

SubaruStephen · « **Reply #2551 on:** 11 Aug 2016, 20:15 »

At least they have paddles.

Grognard · « **Reply #2552 on:** 11 Aug 2016, 22:44 »

OARS.

not paddles.

Kugai · « **Reply #2553 on:** 12 Aug 2016, 15:12 »

Very good fortyone.

SubaruStephen · « **Reply #2554 on:** 12 Aug 2016, 21:16 »

Was sitting in traffic today, found that the drumbeat of this song PERFECTLY matched the timing of my turn signal.

http://youtu.be/Huk3eYCnvHI

No variation from start to finish.

ankhtahr · « **Reply #2555 on:** 15 Aug 2016, 13:53 »

So, uhm, last Thursday a naked man ran through our city and in the end climbed on the Karlsruhe palace, right before a show was to take place there. I had heard of it, but didn't think much of it. Turns out, I know this person, and I played Playstation with him three days before, right before he started going on a two day drug fuelled bender culminating in this stunt.

I don't really know what to make of this.

Those who know German, here's an article about this thing in the nation-wide magazine Focus

explicit · « **Reply #2556 on:** 15 Aug 2016, 23:31 »

Today I googled my name and found out I share the name with a pro-football player. That's neat mostly because in case I ever do something embarrassingly newsworthy it should be buried beneath football statistics and twitter messages.

Thrillho · « **Reply #2557 on:** 17 Aug 2016, 04:54 »

I really hate the number of documentaries that insist on having provocative titles. The number of titles for documentaries that are something like 'FAT: The fattest man who ever FATTED is FAT for you on camera' just to get a rise out of people. It angers me.

sitnspin · « **Reply #2558 on:** 17 Aug 2016, 12:33 »

My benders usually culminate in either a fight, inadvisable sex partners, or an OD. Or any combination thereof. Never had the urge for public nudity. Never really understood that particular drive.

explicit · « **Reply #2559 on:** 17 Aug 2016, 12:36 »

Quote from: Thrillho on 17 Aug 2016, 04:54

I really hate the number of documentaries that insist on having provocative titles. The number of titles for documentaries that are something like 'FAT: The fattest man who ever FATTED is FAT for you on camera' just to get a rise out of people. It angers me.

I don't mind it cause it lets me know the documentary is going to suck or be biased and therefore I can ignore it.

Quote from: sitnspin on 17 Aug 2016, 12:33

My benders usually culminate in either a fight, inadvisable sex partners, or an OD. Or any combination thereof. Never had the urge for public nudity. Never really understood that particular drive.

I was a take my shirt off person, but I think that was because of insecurity

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #2560 on:** 17 Aug 2016, 19:36 »

There's an old logical paradox about the Spanish barber who shaves only the men in the village who do not shave themselves.

What about the barber, then?

You're supposed to think about it and get into an unresolvable dilemma. If the barber shaves himself, then he's one of the men he doesn't shave, so he's not shaving himself.

Unresolvable, that is, until you take into account that the barber could be a woman.

cesium133 · « **Reply #2561 on:** 17 Aug 2016, 19:44 »

Or the barber could be a guy who doesn't shave.

SubaruStephen · « **Reply #2562 on:** 17 Aug 2016, 19:55 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 17 Aug 2016, 19:36

What about the barber, then?

He waxes.

Welu · « **Reply #2563 on:** 17 Aug 2016, 20:40 »

Reminds me of a similar and much less sophisticated one I heard as a child. A child and father get into an accident and need emergency surgery but the surgeon is the child's parent. How could that possibly work?? This sticks in my memory because before I could even guess the obvious... "THE SURGEON IS THE CHILD'S MUM. THE SURGEON IS A WOMAN." Was yelled in my face by the person telling the dilemma.

In fairness this was in primary school from another eight or nine year old. Looking back I'm not sure they even fully understood why the "twist" was supposed to be surprising.

ChaoSera · « **Reply #2564 on:** 18 Aug 2016, 04:31 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 17 Aug 2016, 19:36

There's an old logical paradox about the Spanish barber who shaves only the men in the village who do not shave themselves.

What about the barber, then?

You're supposed to think about it and get into an unresolvable dilemma. If the barber shaves himself, then he's one of the men he doesn't shave, so he's not shaving himself.

Unresolvable, that is, until you take into account that the barber could be a woman.

There could also be another barber and they shave each other.

ankhtahr · « **Reply #2565 on:** 18 Aug 2016, 07:43 »

Quote from: sitnspin on 17 Aug 2016, 12:33

My benders usually culminate in either a fight, inadvisable sex partners, or an OD. Or any combination thereof. Never had the urge for public nudity. Never really understood that particular drive.

I honestly don't think he had a drive to take his clothes off. He just thought he had a reason. He was tripping balls on who knows what (a mutual friend cleaned out his trailer, before the police could check on it. Everything he found was legal, which actually makes it worse because that dude was apparently smoking the craziest mixtures of herbs, and probably some "research chemicals" mixed in as well. I'm fairly certain LSD or some analogs, 1P, ALD-52, something like that were in the mix too. His irises looked practically nonexistant for two days, and with the way he was ranting in the end, I'd deem it likely he went into full blown drug induced psychosis.

explicit · « **Reply #2566 on:** 21 Aug 2016, 15:29 »

A side effect of this election cycle is that I no longer have any idea if people are being satirical anymore.

I think... I think I'm becoming dumber. That or everyone else is.

sitnspin · « **Reply #2567 on:** 21 Aug 2016, 15:52 »

I'm just finding it harder and harder to be emotionally invested in what happens. It's all such a chaotic dumpster fire clusterfuck that I'm ready to just day Fuck It.

Kugai · « **Reply #2568 on:** 21 Aug 2016, 21:18 »

The whole thing's a clusterfuck right now

The only way it could get any worse is if the FBI (and a whole alphabet soup of Agencies that are after Drumpf) were to slap the cuffs on him the day before the election.

osaka · « **Reply #2569 on:** 22 Aug 2016, 13:14 »

If Spain is any indicator, Trump would probably win by a landslide if that were to happen.

SubaruStephen · « **Reply #2570 on:** 22 Aug 2016, 20:47 »

Apparently my toolbox has been watching the election coverage too.

explicit · « **Reply #2571 on:** 23 Aug 2016, 12:53 »

Your toolbox has seen some shit.

Kugai · « **Reply #2572 on:** 23 Aug 2016, 15:37 »

"I've ...... SEEN things you people wouldn't believe ....."

hedgie · « **Reply #2573 on:** 23 Aug 2016, 15:49 »

…All these things will be lost in time, like the root partition last week…

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #2574 on:** 23 Aug 2016, 21:39 »

Quote from: osaka on 22 Aug 2016, 13:14

If Spain is any indicator, Trump would probably win by a landslide if that were to happen.

Landslides in Spain tend to damage airports.

Terrain in Spain falls mainly on the plane.

cesium133 · « **Reply #2575 on:** 23 Aug 2016, 22:37 »

One way I can tell when I'm back in Madison: the drivers here are colossal dickweasels.

explicit · « **Reply #2576 on:** 23 Aug 2016, 23:52 »

Quote from: cesium133 on 23 Aug 2016, 22:37

One way I can tell when I'm back in Madison: the drivers here are colossal dickweasels.

The neat thing about living in New England and having to travel in between states is that I can tell where I am based on how people are driving.

"Yupp, not using any turn signals despite turning left and being across from me at a 4-way stop, definitely in Rhode Island".

"Just got cut off in the right lane on the highway despite going 80mph, guess I'm in Massachusetts".

"Just got cut off by this person and they're going 10 mph below the speed limit! WTF! And they're using their turn signals! Why do those two things go together!? Fuck Connecticut".

sitnspin · « **Reply #2577 on:** 24 Aug 2016, 04:44 »

I've driven a lot of places, and Mass has the worst drivers I've ever had to deal with. Those people are insane and seem totally oblivious to the fact they are hurdling around in two ton death machines.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #2578 on:** 24 Aug 2016, 05:09 »

Have you ever driven in New Jersey?

cesium133 · « **Reply #2579 on:** 24 Aug 2016, 06:04 »

I've driven in New Jersey, but it was mostly just on the NJ Turnpike. I figured out that if I just followed at exactly the same speed as everyone else, people would leave me alone. If only drivers in Madison were that nice.

LTK · « **Reply #2580 on:** 24 Aug 2016, 06:06 »

I'm growing my hair out, and it feels weird when it gets wet and sticks to my neck. Like someone has their hands around my throat.

sitnspin · « **Reply #2581 on:** 24 Aug 2016, 06:41 »

Quote from: LTK on 24 Aug 2016, 06:06

I'm growing my hair out, and it feels weird when it gets wet and sticks to my neck. Like someone has their hands around my throat.

That's not nearly as bad as the transitional period when the ends poke you in the eyes.

Welu · « **Reply #2582 on:** 24 Aug 2016, 06:52 »

I went through that with growing out my fringe. Annoyingly the growth seems to speed up a lot once you're past that.

sitnspin · « **Reply #2583 on:** 24 Aug 2016, 07:22 »

The mohawk I have right now is the longest my hair has been since high school. Which now makes me realize I've been out of college for 10 years. Fuck. How did that happen? I can still remember a time when I didn't expect to live to be 18.

cesium133 · « **Reply #2584 on:** 24 Aug 2016, 07:43 »

My 10-year college anniversary will be next year. I'm not going.

jwhouk · « **Reply #2585 on:** 24 Aug 2016, 08:06 »

Quote from: cesium133 on 24 Aug 2016, 06:04

I've driven in New Jersey, but it was mostly just on the NJ Turnpike. I figured out that if I just followed at exactly the same speed as everyone else, people would leave me alone. If only drivers in Madison were that nice.

It's all Walker's fault.

Sent from my Nextbook

LTK · « **Reply #2586 on:** 24 Aug 2016, 11:14 »

Whoever popularised the phrase "with all due respect" as a precursor to criticism is a genius, because depending on the speaker's opinion of the addressed, that can mean a range from a lot of respect to no respect whatsoever.

SubaruStephen · « **Reply #2587 on:** 24 Aug 2016, 21:45 »

Unlike "bless your heart", which is a straight up insult.

(except if it's said by a priest who is also a cardiac surgeon)

explicit · « **Reply #2588 on:** 24 Aug 2016, 22:41 »

"God Bless".

Both a courtesy and a Christian way of saying, "go fuck yourself".

hedgie · « **Reply #2589 on:** 24 Aug 2016, 23:26 »

It's similar in the service industry where "sir" or "ma'am" can either be a standard thing one does, or have all the venom a king cobra can pump in its lifetime.

Akima · « **Reply #2590 on:** 25 Aug 2016, 03:54 »

English can be a tonal language too...

Welu · « **Reply #2591 on:** 25 Aug 2016, 05:59 »

Quote from: hedgie on 24 Aug 2016, 23:26

It's similar in the service industry where "sir" or "ma'am" can either be a standard thing one does, or have all the venom a king cobra can pump in its lifetime.

In my work, sir/ma'am is almost entirely when they are being told to leave or to stop causing a disruption.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #2592 on:** 25 Aug 2016, 11:35 »

Quote from: Homer Jay Simpson

For once maybe someone will call me "sir" without adding "you're making a scene."

explicit · « **Reply #2593 on:** 28 Aug 2016, 14:09 »

Today I took a mental note of when I just didn't "get the hint". I think I might be really dense.

sitnspin · « **Reply #2594 on:** 28 Aug 2016, 14:53 »

I recommend filing that information away for future cross-referencing.

explicit · « **Reply #2595 on:** 28 Aug 2016, 18:47 »

I think I've had about 4 conversation with women after the fact where they admitted to trying to give hints. Makes me wonder how many more happened (besides the ones I now know to be obvious). I don't know if it makes me feel better knowing that at least people like me, or worse knowing that I never seem to notice.

sitnspin · « **Reply #2596 on:** 28 Aug 2016, 20:01 »

Don't feel too bad about it, the fault lies with them. They should have been clearer. I believe in going after what/who you want. I'd you like someone, tell them. Too many women are afraid to come on too strong or make the first move because our culture vigorously and viciously encourages them not to.

explicit · « **Reply #2597 on:** 28 Aug 2016, 20:12 »

Tbf to two of them, there were very obvious advances that still somehow I was like, "wha...?" My ex liked to make fun of me a lot for it. At the end of our first date she got mad and asked, "so are we actually going to hook up now?"

I will say that women who I was with generally made themselves very clear and I do wish more people could be like that, but I am very shitty about dealing with that myself. It doesn't help that I'm normally very direct except for romantic things which makes things confusing for everyone. Something to work on now that I'm single again, I guess.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #2598 on:** 28 Aug 2016, 20:26 »

I always assume I'm wrong when I think a woman is interested in me. I'll also probably go for it anyway. Sometimes I'm pleasantly surprised, but not often.

sitnspin · « **Reply #2599 on:** 28 Aug 2016, 20:27 »

I'm a gay lady, so for me directness in pretty important so as not to be confused with normal female affection. It be hard as a queer woman sometimes to know which women are also queer and into you and which are just straight girls being friendly and affectionate. Well, not as hard for me as for others, I am very good at reading people, I can often pick up cues even they aren't aware of. But I know it's hard for others, so I choose to make myself very clear.

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