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Title: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on March 14, 2015, 10:17:42 AM
Because the last one hit 50 pages again.

Geez, we sure have a lot of problems.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: altpersona on March 14, 2015, 10:24:44 AM
 :shakefist
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Nanshork on March 14, 2015, 11:46:07 AM
Indeed!
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: trappedslider on March 14, 2015, 02:10:42 PM

Geez, we sure have a lot of problems.

I blame the lizard people
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on March 14, 2015, 03:10:35 PM
Hugs for Bhu's cat ... I mean metaphorically

because if I tried to literally hug the cat,
it'd turn into a hug outside of space and time. 
Awaken Living Spell Furball of Doom with Ectoplasmic Shambler, Wild Magic auto-trigger.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on March 14, 2015, 03:11:58 PM

... Geez, WE sure have a lot of problems.


When I look into a mirror ...  :twitch ... I see a mirror.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on March 14, 2015, 07:59:19 PM

... Geez, WE sure have a lot of problems.


When I look into a mirror ...  :twitch ... I see a mirror.

DM Golem confirmed for being a Mirror Golem.  Quick, use Shatter!
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on March 14, 2015, 08:16:51 PM
I have to clean my apartment.

Why have I been so lazy?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on March 15, 2015, 01:04:21 AM
I was hungry earlier for some hummus, but we didn't have any crackers open.  So I'm looking through and my dad hands me these new triscuits he got, so I go to open them and I got a paper cut from the card board.  Those are just the worst types of paper cuts too.  And to top it off, they're rye and caraway seed.  Rye is nasty, and if you like it you're wrong.  Should have gone with carrots...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Nanshork on March 15, 2015, 01:10:23 AM
I was hungry earlier for some hummus, but we didn't have any crackers open.  So I'm looking through and my dad hands me these new triscuits he got, so I go to open them and I got a paper cut from the card board.  Those are just the worst types of paper cuts too.  And to top it off, they're rye and caraway seed.  Rye is nasty, and if you like it you're wrong.  Should have gone with carrots...

This is how I know i need to go to bed.  A quick scan showed me the following: "I was hungry earlier for some humans..."
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on March 15, 2015, 01:40:41 AM
I was hungry earlier for some hummus, but we didn't have any crackers open.  So I'm looking through and my dad hands me these new triscuits he got, so I go to open them and I got a paper cut from the card board.  Those are just the worst types of paper cuts too.  And to top it off, they're rye and caraway seed.  Rye is nasty, and if you like it you're wrong.  Should have gone with carrots...

This is how I know i need to go to bed.  A quick scan showed me the following: "I was hungry earlier for some humans..."

This is a feature, not a bug.  Sleep well of course, you'll need to conserve your strength to chase the humans down.  Sure, the fat ones are easy to catch, but they're soooo bad for you.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: zook1shoe on March 15, 2015, 04:38:58 AM
Hey.... I like the rye ones... got a box open on top of the fridge right now. I admit, they are pretty potent and I can only eat maybe a half-dozen in a single sitting
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: littha on March 15, 2015, 06:27:54 PM
I have to clean my apartment.

Why have I been so lazy?

I feel your pain.. my place is an absolute tip...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on March 16, 2015, 08:18:22 PM
the cat has vomited 4 times today, and the vet already took all the money I had last time.  :(
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: FireInTheSky on March 16, 2015, 08:51:39 PM
Car just got its 60k service, and it turned out one of the brake calipers had seized. 1 new caliper and rotor later, and a $400 service turned into a $1200 service. And I still need new tires.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: zook1shoe on March 17, 2015, 02:34:19 AM
Ouch, yeah just found some cat barf today but nothing major Like yours.

Do you have any plants in your house? There are TONS of plants that are poisonous to cats, not just lilies. Wife's friend's cat died from eating some sort of flower. We almost got a fig from my grandpa-in-law's funeral, but realized it was bad For cats.

Ouch again, ever expanding car bills are the worst, and super stressful.

I cried calling my dad the last time I got service at the local Midas (and last ever, since the newer reception is a total biatch!) Because of one of those 'you need to repair these 12 things before you sell the car costing 3k more than your car is worth' bullshit quotes. If I wasnt stressed about selling my car, I would have totally seen through the bullshit.

Which reminds me.... I hate that Yelp won't add some reviews to companies at random. Mine for Midas was one of those.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on March 17, 2015, 02:48:57 AM
None inside, mom has some outside.  I think he's barfing stomach bile cause it's bright yellow.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: zook1shoe on March 17, 2015, 03:18:23 AM
that's def not good.

here (http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/animal-poison-control) is that toxic plant/food list i used.

is he an indoor only cat?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on March 17, 2015, 04:01:45 AM
No, he's a feral we adopted.  He refuses to do his business where people can see, so he has to be elt out for that.  After which he disappears for hours on end
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: zook1shoe on March 17, 2015, 09:44:15 AM
A feral/semi-feral should know not to eat certain things...

Let us know how things go, k?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on March 17, 2015, 06:56:24 PM
Well he's back inside and hasnt barfed again.  But he's kinda lethargic and isnt eating much so I'm pretty sure he's unhappy
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on March 17, 2015, 09:56:51 PM
Good chance he's still recovering from being sick earlier. Give him some time.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on March 17, 2015, 10:48:52 PM
I have no one to drink with in St. Patrick's day.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on March 17, 2015, 11:04:27 PM
I have no one to drink with in St. Patrick's day.

Neither do I!  Non-drinking buddies!  Let's celebrate by unsealing an ancient evil!
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on March 18, 2015, 12:26:41 AM
I have no one to drink with in St. Patrick's day.

Neither do I!  Non-drinking buddies!  Let's celebrate by unsealing an ancient evil!


I have unsealed a 5 liter Heineken barrel, and i'm drinking it. Alone.

lol
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: zook1shoe on March 18, 2015, 12:43:17 AM
i dont drink much.... but added some tropical fruit flavored vodka to some ginger ale... very interesting... not great but good enough to try again.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on March 18, 2015, 02:02:47 AM
i dont drink much.... but added some tropical fruit flavored vodka to some ginger ale... very interesting... not great but good enough to try again.

Never drank ginger ale. If i see it, i'll buy it and try your combination.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on March 18, 2015, 05:12:33 PM
Kitty is vomiting again  :(
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: zook1shoe on March 18, 2015, 06:17:41 PM
not good *hug*

ginger ale can be a polarizing flavor.... nothing near like licorice, maybe do just a 20 oz, or a super cheap 2 liter (if you have that there)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Raineh Daze on March 18, 2015, 07:30:32 PM
I was drinking Guinness yesterday. And today. Now, even. Celebrating St Patrick's with Dutch beer? Tragic (even if Guinness was originally made in London, of all places).

Panicking in a computer lab on Monday: now I have to talk to the course co-ordinator tomorrow. Hopefully it doesn't turn into asking why I haven't shown up to lectures that I can just watch again, and where the main reason to actually be there in person (ask questions if you don't get it) doesn't apply because I still find this stuff trivially easy.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on March 18, 2015, 07:34:20 PM
I was drinking Guinness yesterday. And today. Now, even. Celebrating St Patrick's with Dutch beer? Tragic (even if Guinness was originally made in London, of all places).

Panicking in a computer lab on Monday: now I have to talk to the course co-ordinator tomorrow. Hopefully it doesn't turn into asking why I haven't shown up to lectures that I can just watch again, and where the main reason to actually be there in person (ask questions if you don't get it) doesn't apply because I still find this stuff trivially easy.

We use what we have, man... ;(

Even though i'd love me some Irish Stout... Even now.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Raineh Daze on March 18, 2015, 07:46:53 PM
Beer should not be translucent and amber. :P
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on March 18, 2015, 08:31:33 PM
Beer should not be translucent and amber. :P

I prefer unfiltered, richly flavorful beer, but cheap Pilsner is what i can get in a pinch. The other types of beer are usually what a fresh-out-of-college unemployed grad student such as myself can afford. I can't really get drunk on the stuff i like the best, otherwise, i'd be doing it.

Plus, it's not so bad once you realy get used to it. The upside to the light, filtered Pilsner, is that you can't really go wrong with it. You can drink it alongside any kind of food and don't feel that it's really out of place. And, you can drink heaps of it without getting sick of it, too.

Though, yeah, i like my cloudy, rich, unfiltered Weiss, as well as my dark, sweet & sour Stout, and also my IPA's, when i can get my hands on them. And some Trappist beer, for the occasional splurge (that shit is expensive).
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Raineh Daze on March 18, 2015, 08:36:06 PM
And that just equates to me as 'things I hate the taste of'.

Britain's a good place for beer.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: zook1shoe on March 18, 2015, 09:42:43 PM
From my semi-limited experience  w beer, I only like the light stuff. overall, I prefer mixed drinks and hard ciders.

I like finding unusual drinks to try, like the Darth Vader, etc. I wanna try some sort of Yoda drink

Found a pineapple hard cider that was one of my favorites.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Raineh Daze on March 18, 2015, 09:50:15 PM
From my semi-limited experience  w beer, I only like the light stuff. overall, I prefer mixed drinks and hard ciders.

I like finding unusual drinks to try, like the Darth Vader, etc. I wanna try some sort of Yoda drink

Found a pineapple hard cider that was one of my favorites.

'Hard cider' is just cider here. Apples only.

... well, someone decided to rebrand perry as pear cider at some point, but 'cider' is otherwise sufficient.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on March 18, 2015, 09:53:22 PM
I like finding unusual drinks to try, like the Darth Vader, etc. I wanna try some sort of Yoda drink

I got the mental image of Pelor the Burning Hate, or specifically the mask/face from your icon, levitating Darth Vader's head over which had the top cut open and it was full of alcohol.  And... and... I can't get it out of my head!  AEEEIIII!!!!!
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: zook1shoe on March 18, 2015, 11:38:51 PM
All hail the God of Skin Cancer!

There's normal cider and hard cider here. Both are made from fruit, I guess they just let the hard stuff ferment longer.

Yeah, I've had the pear cider, this brand wasn't very good, but their pineapple cider was great.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on March 19, 2015, 02:41:01 AM
I learned how to make applejack once when i worked at a beer and wine distributor.  Not difficult but since it isn't distilled you take your chances drinking the stuff.

We also sold 32 dollar beers to golf courses.  Seriously
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: zook1shoe on March 19, 2015, 12:51:01 PM
thats only a couple bucks more than sporting events  0:)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on March 19, 2015, 01:15:12 PM
Hey, it's not any of these:

http://mentalfloss.com/article/30987/10-worlds-most-expensive-beers

EDIT: Or that bottle of gold vodka that comes with the world's most expensive car.  I mean, seriously.  Who sells a car WITH alcohol?  Russia.  Russia's the answer.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: zook1shoe on March 19, 2015, 02:57:30 PM
in St. Maartin, 3 of these were on the top shelf with nothing between me and them at ~$1200 each

(http://www.barbstamps.com/photos/panama/100_1108.jpg)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: altpersona on March 19, 2015, 03:04:29 PM
got drunk as a skunk in st maartin

kids on the beach selling cans of beer out of a cooler...

i think it was st james we got hammered at K Mart, never bough liquor at a KMart before...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on March 19, 2015, 05:05:39 PM
Hey, it's not any of these:

http://mentalfloss.com/article/30987/10-worlds-most-expensive-beers

EDIT: Or that bottle of gold vodka that comes with the world's most expensive car.  I mean, seriously.  Who sells a car WITH alcohol?  Russia.  Russia's the answer.

I think it was by Rogue.  Some sort of limited edition stuff.


Kitty tests negative for feline AIDS/Leukemia/Heartworm, but still vomiting.   :(
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on March 19, 2015, 06:29:45 PM
My mom boils Apple Cider and then leaves it out for weeks.  Did I mention she's going blind ... and she's from Kentucky ?
973rdh



Anybody notice the New Poster spammer?
 :fu ... "I don't pee messages into the snow often , but when I do , it's in Cyrillic with Fake Viagra.  Stay frosty my friends."
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Nanshork on March 20, 2015, 12:52:53 PM
I realized this week that I'm in love.

With my best friend's girlfriend.

I'm currently sleeping on their couch because I'm between jobs.

 :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on March 21, 2015, 08:30:09 AM
*hugs for Nanshork* That's a special kind of suck... :/
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on March 21, 2015, 04:22:39 PM
Oh that's a bad combo.

"You know, I wish that I had Jessie's girl ..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYkbTyHXwbs
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on March 21, 2015, 04:42:43 PM
After three straight days of clubbing, my body can't take much more. I'm spent.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on March 21, 2015, 05:44:01 PM
 :hug  hugs for nan, it'll get better
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on March 21, 2015, 08:12:51 PM
I tend to gag when there are mushrooms in my food.  I've said it before but my family takes no notice of it, especially my aunt.  I'd be fine with her adding mushrooms to the meals if she didn't get pissy about me removing them from my food.

Went upstairs for dinner and saw she made some sort of casserole.  With large sliced mushrooms in it.  Nope, no dinner for me.  I'm already in stomach distress thank you very much.  I'll just get an Ensure shake and come back downstairs to read.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on March 21, 2015, 09:19:55 PM
Kitty seems to have regained his appetite and some of his energy.  No vomiting now.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on March 22, 2015, 01:28:54 AM
Kitty seems to have regained his appetite and some of his energy.  No vomiting now.

Glad to hear it!
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Libertad on March 22, 2015, 02:53:51 AM
Sometimes I look back on my old reviews and wonder if I was too hard on Sisters of Rapture and the Guide to Horrifically Overpowered Feats.  I still agree with a lot of what I said, I just wonder if I was too vitriolic in how I went about saying it.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on March 22, 2015, 03:51:35 AM
Nice to see u back!!  :hug
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on March 22, 2015, 06:30:11 AM
Con Libertad y Justicia Para Todos!

So, Libertad, when can we expect Justicia to arrive?

 :P

Nice to see you.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Nanshork on March 22, 2015, 10:47:40 AM
Welcome back Libertad, just last night bhu and I were talking about how you weren't around anymore!
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Libertad on March 22, 2015, 02:48:09 PM
Nice to see u back!!  :hug

Con Libertad y Justicia Para Todos!

So, Libertad, when can we expect Justicia to arrive?

 :P

Nice to see you.

Welcome back Libertad, just last night bhu and I were talking about how you weren't around anymore!

It's good to see you all again.  I had to take a departure from MMX for personal reasons, but right now I'm trying to ease back into things.

Meanwhile, I wrote 2 more books for Quasar Knight Enterprises and about 99% done on the first draft of the seventh.  I also finished reading A Wizard of Earthsea and Throne of the Crescent Moon novels, and watched the entire stretch of The Big O.

I also bought Ponyfinder Campaign Setting despite not being a brony.  It's actually pretty good.  Made by the same folks who did Ponies for Pathfinder, too.

Took up blogging as well, and am GMing two games a week, one for Pathfinder and the other for Labyrinth Lord.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Nanshork on March 22, 2015, 06:21:04 PM
Glad to hear you are doing well.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on March 22, 2015, 06:34:31 PM
I think my son may be wanting me to get back with his mother. He's always SO MUCH MORE CHEERFUL during the brief periods of time we are together when she drops him off and picks him up. Not that he isn't cheerful 100% of the time, he's always laughing and running around. 100% healthy.

I mean, seriously, it's like he wants us to play with him together like we used to when we were together, and that shit is heartbreaking as fuck, because it's very unlikely that it will happen. We're simply not meant for eachother. At one point, he held my hand, trying to drag me towards her and screaming "Mommy. Daddy." over and over. Like he wants me to hug her and hold her like he used to see us do a lot.

In a more positive note, this is helping me a TON, because he's so extremely affectionate to me when she's looking, it's starting to undermine her mistaken assumptions that i don't take care of him well enough. Which is good, because i'm thinking we are going to need to go to court again, to revisit the issue of shared custody.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on March 23, 2015, 05:57:52 PM
... and the new zexy Avatar, me-ow !!

I tend to gag when there are mushrooms in my food.  I've said it before but my family takes no notice of it, especially my aunt.  I'd be fine with her adding mushrooms to the meals if she didn't get pissy about me removing them from my food.

Went upstairs for dinner and saw she made some sort of casserole.  With large sliced mushrooms in it.  Nope, no dinner for me.  I'm already in stomach distress thank you very much.  I'll just get an Ensure shake and come back downstairs to read.

I like mushrooms, but you can get some of the flavor without the gagging, via Tomatoes or Peas or Parmesan Cheese.

All you gotta do is actually puke from it once ... but at the table and on the table, preferably into the casserole itself.  Won't happen again on their end.  I promise.  I can haz Foresight.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on March 23, 2015, 07:33:03 PM
... and the new zexy Avatar, me-ow !!

I tend to gag when there are mushrooms in my food.  I've said it before but my family takes no notice of it, especially my aunt.  I'd be fine with her adding mushrooms to the meals if she didn't get pissy about me removing them from my food.

Went upstairs for dinner and saw she made some sort of casserole.  With large sliced mushrooms in it.  Nope, no dinner for me.  I'm already in stomach distress thank you very much.  I'll just get an Ensure shake and come back downstairs to read.

I like mushrooms, but you can get some of the flavor without the gagging, via Tomatoes or Peas or Parmesan Cheese.

All you gotta do is actually puke from it once ... but at the table and on the table, preferably into the casserole itself.  Won't happen again on their end.  I promise.  I can haz Foresight.

Alas, I'm not keen on causing a ruckus or mess like that...  Thankfully she doesn't do it often enough to warrant actually going for that.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on March 23, 2015, 07:35:00 PM
I know from experience it takes a Bachelors degree to so much as be a secretary here, so why is every single secretary/receptionist I speak to the most goddamn, ignorant fucking mouth-breather  have ever met?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: littha on March 24, 2015, 03:51:29 AM
I know from experience it takes a Bachelors degree to so much as be a secretary here, so why is every single secretary/receptionist I speak to the most goddamn, ignorant fucking mouth-breather  have ever met?

Qualification does not equate to intelligence the way you think it would sadly. I work with doctors quite a lot and this is true all the way up... 
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Chemus on March 24, 2015, 05:20:05 AM
I know from experience it takes a Bachelors degree to so much as be a secretary here, so why is every single secretary/receptionist I speak to the most goddamn, ignorant fucking mouth-breather  have ever met?

Why would anyone with 3 braincells giving each other rimjobs be a secretary/receptionist in the first place? The required degree (in what doesn't matter) is merely the new 'high school diploma'; it merely means that you are able to follow direction and hoop-jump reliably.

Honestly, I only interact with Dr's receptionists, and only half of those are moronic fucktards; the other half can remember hundreds of patients' names and be efficiently cordial on a consistent basis.

So apparently, you're just twice as lucky as I am, bhu.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on March 24, 2015, 07:02:42 PM
6 hours of questioning at the neuropsychologists office.  I am beat.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on March 24, 2015, 07:05:12 PM
So ... now they know what your avatar is ??

 :D ;)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on March 24, 2015, 07:10:13 PM
No but they know im not into killling people.  A lot of it was spent asnwering the same question phrased several different ways

"Have you ever felt the urge to murder someone"

No.  Beating them senseless is a different story.

"Have you ever wanted to kill someone in a moment of road rage?"

Didn't I just answer this question? No.

"Has anyone touching you inappropriately made you want to kill them?"

Goddamn you love to beat that drum...

I was hoping he'd ask "Has anone ever questioned you to the point you wanted to run them down with your car?" so I could say "Yes, now that you mention it, yes they have..."
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on March 24, 2015, 10:14:32 PM
I stepped on some ice when I was walking home and came down hard on my left elbow (thankfully, I'm right-handed).

Luckily, it didn't break or dislocate, but I've got some swelling, and it hurts when I bend my arm. I think I might end up sitting out karate tomorrow.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Chemus on March 24, 2015, 10:43:39 PM
...I think I might end up sitting out karate tomorrow.

Crane kick! Use the crane kick! There's no defense!
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on March 24, 2015, 11:43:30 PM
...I think I might end up sitting out karate tomorrow.

Crane kick! Use the crane kick! There's no defense!

Sweep the leg!

Put them in a bodybag!
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Frogman55 on March 25, 2015, 06:05:35 PM
I need a jar on my desk to make people put money into when they waste my time after failing to follow instructions.  :shakefist
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on March 26, 2015, 06:39:56 PM
Saw something weird today ... my weirds get quite weird.

I was driving along and I came up on:  a ZipCar with a Boone County, Kentucky licence plate.

500 miles away.  The guy was driving just fine, but it's seriously out of place.

I was tempted to ask him how he got out of Boone County  :??? ... 'cept the obvious answer.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on March 26, 2015, 09:52:57 PM
I'm too honest for my own good.  :banghead
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on March 26, 2015, 11:06:30 PM
I'm too honest for my own good.  :banghead

So am I, if it helps.

Right now it's coming back to bite me in the ass. Hard enough that there ain't buttcheeks left.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on March 28, 2015, 01:41:41 AM
May have fucked up at work.  Depending on how tomorrow goes I might be working ot to fix what I've done.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Libertad on March 28, 2015, 02:31:06 AM
Feeling lethargic the past few days; it's gotten to the point that I can't even muster the will to read comics or books.  I've been just pointlessly web-surfing for the last day or so after work.  I'm not sick, just...unusually tired and unmotivated.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on March 28, 2015, 03:46:51 AM
Feeling lethargic the past few days; it's gotten to the point that I can't even muster the will to read comics or books.  I've been just pointlessly web-surfing for the last day or so after work.  I'm not sick, just...unusually tired and unmotivated.

Check thyroids.  Acquire energy.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on March 28, 2015, 08:48:58 PM
A note to prospective mothers: After watching your son vomit ofr several moments the correct response is not "My knee hurts and I've ordered carry out, would you mind contaminating the local Bob Evans?"
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on March 29, 2015, 12:24:18 PM
A note to prospective mothers: After watching your son vomit ofr several moments the correct response is not "My knee hurts and I've ordered carry out, would you mind contaminating the local Bob Evans?"

No, the proper response is panic. Lots of it.

(Uncle, not mother, but the principle holds.)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on March 29, 2015, 02:16:07 PM
A note to prospective mothers: After watching your son vomit ofr several moments the correct response is not "My knee hurts and I've ordered carry out, would you mind contaminating the local Bob Evans?"

No, the proper response is panic. Lots of it.

(Uncle, not mother, but the principle holds.)

Usual response is panicking, but, not the proper one... Depending on the age, you should either carry him straight to the hospital, or to the bathroom to clean him up and ask him what's wrong. Also depending on the severity of the episode and contents of vomit.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on March 29, 2015, 03:27:13 PM
I am totally surprised that someone hasn't posted to youtube:

a) ... a standard baby diaper change fartbomb
b) ... happening at a Bob Evans regular food customer table
c) ... hitting the elderly couple in the next booth
d) ... and that couple not noticing at all 
e) ... because this is such "normal" behavior in them there parts

 :puke  :D
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on March 29, 2015, 08:20:06 PM
According to my dad, once he was changing my diaper and had to dodge out of the way as I basically shot a round turd bullet out of my ass with a massive fart.

See how you like THAT mental image, aDMg.  :p
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Psysama on March 29, 2015, 11:50:45 PM
May have fucked up at work.  Depending on how tomorrow goes I might be working ot to fix what I've done.
I'm paying attention and I care.  Want to know how things go.  May you roll natural 20's on your diplomacy check.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on March 30, 2015, 12:26:00 AM
Ah, the joys of stomach pains and vomiting.  At least it resulted in me taking a plunger to the shower drain and improving the flow.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on March 30, 2015, 05:40:05 PM
According to my dad, once he was changing my diaper and had to dodge out of the way as I basically shot a round turd bullet out of my ass with a massive fart.

See how you like THAT mental image, aDMg.  :p

 :D ... ah so the Kuroimaken power is inherited. 

Dad moves like an Agent.  Baby poops like Neo.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on March 31, 2015, 01:57:55 AM
Seem to have dodged bullet at work, may have also gotten side job.  Now to keep it all I have to do is get my goddamn num lock key to work.   :shakefist
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Chemus on March 31, 2015, 02:18:18 AM
if the key is busted, use on-screen keyboard for on/off. If none of your modifier keys (shift, alt, ctrl, et al) are working, turn off sticky-keys and/or filter-keys (those last two are in ease of access center)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on March 31, 2015, 02:29:04 AM
Theres no light on the keyboard to tell if num lock is on.  Im supposed to hit num lock then hold down alt and type 241 for the symbol i want but it does nothing.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Chemus on March 31, 2015, 03:26:03 AM
Just that symbol? Uhh, copy/pasta? 241 is a ñ, right? Try adding a spanish KB under languages in the control panel, then you can switch on the systray, and use the OSK to determine how to type a ñ.

Additionally, num lock stays on until turned off, so turn it on, test it (you get numbers when it's on) and then fuggedaboudit
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: phaedrusxy on March 31, 2015, 09:22:10 AM
You can also customize those keyboard shortcuts, and so could assign that to another one. I don't remember how to do that off the top of my head, but I'm sure google can tell you. :P
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on March 31, 2015, 11:14:21 AM
FUCK.

I forgot to set my alarm clock. Now, normally, this wouldn't be a problem, but I just woke up at 11:00.

I had a midterm at 8:30.

And of course the professor is in India, and is not the kind of guy that would allow people a retake.

I'll still send him an email, but I don't expect anything to come of it.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on March 31, 2015, 04:54:40 PM
Just that symbol? Uhh, copy/pasta? 241 is a ñ, right? Try adding a spanish KB under languages in the control panel, then you can switch on the systray, and use the OSK to determine how to type a ñ.

Additionally, num lock stays on until turned off, so turn it on, test it (you get numbers when it's on) and then fuggedaboudit

It's an underscored + sign I'm looking to use.  I'm trying to make up schematics.

Also if anyone has used SchemeIt I could use advice.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on March 31, 2015, 08:55:16 PM
You mean good ol' ±?

Try ctrl-alt-u + 0b1.



Also, my day has been entirely shit ever since I woke up. Not only did I miss my exam, but the only thing that's gone my way is finding the books for my research paper.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on March 31, 2015, 10:42:11 PM
Thats it!  :hug :hug
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on April 01, 2015, 02:26:54 AM
Crap, I still cant get it to work  :shakefist
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on April 01, 2015, 02:35:39 AM
Huh.

SchemeIt appears to not allow you to type unicode characters; it works if you copy-paste, though.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on April 01, 2015, 02:58:13 AM
i cant get the ctrl-alt-u thingy to work anywhere else either.  Maybe i need new keyboard?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on April 01, 2015, 03:15:01 AM
Oh SHIT. Sorry, that should be ctrl+shift+u.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on April 01, 2015, 10:25:38 AM
I was kidnapped today. By feminists.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Frogman55 on April 01, 2015, 10:33:15 AM
I was kidnapped today. By feminists.
You know, there's a whole genre of porn about that.

Also a Portlandia sketch.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on April 01, 2015, 12:48:46 PM
I was kidnapped today. By feminists.

At least they allowed you internet access. (Context, plz?)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on April 01, 2015, 05:06:15 PM
I was kidnapped today. By feminists.

At least they allowed you internet access. (Context, plz?)

Think long and hard about what today is.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on April 01, 2015, 05:15:41 PM
I'm pregnant.

I'm scared.

This was not the plan.
 :(

And I've got Kelly Osborne's Papa Don't Preach, going through my head over and over.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on April 01, 2015, 06:31:23 PM
I was kidnapped today. By feminists.

At least they allowed you internet access. (Context, plz?)

Think long and hard about what today is.

Not December 28th?

I keep forgetting that the rest of the world does it in April.

On an unrelated note, I just got a job at a lumberjacking firm. The pay's great, and all, but... I thought I'd be doing something else with my summer.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on April 02, 2015, 02:45:46 AM
Now that I'm having to use it i cannot believe how absolutely borked the d20 modern wealth system is.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Psysama on April 02, 2015, 02:48:04 AM
Now that I'm having to use it i cannot believe how absolutely borked the d20 modern wealth system is.

I found a way to convert wealth into gold.  It tells you how to convert it into dollars, so from there you keep in mind 1 gold = $4.5.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on April 02, 2015, 02:56:59 AM
d20 modern doesnt use monetary units it uses wealth checks.  Which doesn't seem bad until you see the rules for using said wealth and selling off stuff...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Psysama on April 02, 2015, 02:58:22 AM
Well they actually have a chart to show what said check would be the equivalent to.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on April 02, 2015, 03:38:38 AM
I have not been able to find that!  Can you point me to it, God knows my group might prefer it a helluva lot more!
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: trappedslider on April 02, 2015, 03:17:07 PM
at least it's better than playing d20 accountant.....,it's meant to be abstract but yeah it has some issues......Psysama how much gold is a house and down payment and mortgage in d20 modern?

Here's a nice article that talks about the wealth system http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20modern/bp/20030304a (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20modern/bp/20030304a)

and the chart is Table 7-1: page 204

I perfer the wealth system from d20 modern over GURPS when it comes to playing in the present.....
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on April 02, 2015, 04:04:25 PM
Omg thats even worse.  One PC will be a multi millionaire for selling a few rifles, and the others will be paupers!

I need to set down and redo the wealth system for this thing to something that makes sense.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: trappedslider on April 02, 2015, 05:42:06 PM
Omg thats even worse.  One PC will be a multi millionaire for selling a few rifles, and the others will be paupers!

I need to set down and redo the wealth system for this thing to something that makes sense.

Well There are two main reasons why this gambit can't actually work. The first is that the sale value of any item a hero sells is 3 points lower than its purchase DC. So each of those items he bought at a purchase DC of 14 has a sale value of 11. With each sale, the character regains Wealth bonus equal to what he would lose in buying such an item -- in this case, +1d6 points for the first item (since its sale value is 11 points higher than the hero's current Wealth bonus), then 1 point for each additional item (sale value 1-10 points higher than the player's now slightly higher Wealth bonus), until his Wealth bonus reaches +11. Once it hits that level, it can't be increased with further sales of those items, so the hero can't work his Wealth bonus back up to its original +15 this way.

And here's the kicker -- it takes 1 hour per point of purchase DC to buy something, and 1 hour per point of sale value to sell it. (GMs are welcome to ignore this rule for common items, but it should be enforced when a player is trying to blatantly play the system.)
 
Thus, it takes 25 hours to buy one item at a purchase DC of 14, then resell it at a sale value of 11. That's at least two days, if the GM is generous with the amount of time per day he allows the hero to spend wheeling and dealing. Taking full advantage of the resale option (that is, selling enough of the unwanted items to get the hero's Wealth bonus back up to +11) would likely require selling eight or nine such items. That's a total of 16 to 18 days spent doing nothing but buying and selling for 12 or more hours per day. Meanwhile, the other heroes are out adventuring, getting things done, and probably hauling in plenty of XP and Wealth.

So,while he's making money, the rest of the party is leveling up
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on April 02, 2015, 05:56:04 PM
Nephew just came out as both suicidal and trans to his mom.  As she's decided to date a conservative gun nut 20 years younger than her.  This will not end well
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on April 02, 2015, 09:12:25 PM
Nephew just came out as both suicidal and trans to his mom.  As she's decided to date a conservative gun nut 20 years younger than her.  This will not end well

Oh dear, that definitely won't end well.  >_<  I hope your nephew's able to get the support he needs to both stay alive and transition okay.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Psysama on April 02, 2015, 09:20:50 PM
I have not been able to find that!  Can you point me to it, God knows my group might prefer it a helluva lot more!
Page 204 in the D20 Modern Handbook, table 7-1 Purchase DCs
With this table, a bit of comparing and a lot of work I was able to figure out 1 gold is worth 4.5 dollars ($1 = 2/9 gold)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Psysama on April 02, 2015, 09:41:51 PM
at least it's better than playing d20 accountant.....,it's meant to be abstract but yeah it has some issues......Psysama how much gold is a house and down payment and mortgage in d20 modern?

Here's a nice article that talks about the wealth system http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20modern/bp/20030304a (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20modern/bp/20030304a)

and the chart is Table 7-1: page 204

I perfer the wealth system from d20 modern over GURPS when it comes to playing in the present.....
Average home (in the US) is about $222,200 or 49,377 Gold, 7 Silver, and 8(rounded up) Copper
Average down payment is 5 to 10 % or 2,468 G 8 S9 C to 4,937 G 7 S 8 C
I have no idea on a mortgage...sorry.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on April 02, 2015, 11:57:35 PM
Calculating mortgage is a bit of a pain.  I guess it'd be best to use the average interest rate and loan time?  I think the time will average to between 15 and 20 years.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on April 03, 2015, 12:23:50 AM
Nephew just came out as both suicidal and trans to his mom.  As she's decided to date a conservative gun nut 20 years younger than her.  This will not end well

...Jesus fucking Christ, that's a tragedy waiting to happen.  :twitch

I wish your family the best of luck.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: trappedslider on April 03, 2015, 03:11:36 AM
at least it's better than playing d20 accountant.....,it's meant to be abstract but yeah it has some issues......Psysama how much gold is a house and down payment and mortgage in d20 modern?

Here's a nice article that talks about the wealth system http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20modern/bp/20030304a (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20modern/bp/20030304a)

and the chart is Table 7-1: page 204

I prefer the wealth system from d20 modern over GURPS when it comes to playing in the present.....
Average home (in the US) is about $222,200 or 49,377 Gold, 7 Silver, and 8(rounded up) Copper
Average down payment is 5 to 10 % or 2,468 G 8 S9 C to 4,937 G 7 S 8 C
I have no idea on a mortgage...sorry.

How do you handle credit cards and stocks and bonds and all those other things that are part of wealth? I mean your way i guess works unless some one says they plan to buy stuff using a credit card or go to do a loan, i hope you don't expect the PCs to keep all that gold on them lol
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Psysama on April 03, 2015, 10:17:16 PM
at least it's better than playing d20 accountant.....,it's meant to be abstract but yeah it has some issues......Psysama how much gold is a house and down payment and mortgage in d20 modern?

Here's a nice article that talks about the wealth system http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20modern/bp/20030304a (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20modern/bp/20030304a)

and the chart is Table 7-1: page 204

I prefer the wealth system from d20 modern over GURPS when it comes to playing in the present.....
Average home (in the US) is about $222,200 or 49,377 Gold, 7 Silver, and 8(rounded up) Copper
Average down payment is 5 to 10 % or 2,468 G 8 S9 C to 4,937 G 7 S 8 C
I have no idea on a mortgage...sorry.

How do you handle credit cards and stocks and bonds and all those other things that are part of wealth? I mean your way i guess works unless some one says they plan to buy stuff using a credit card or go to do a loan, i hope you don't expect the PCs to keep all that gold on them lol
Well, for the campaigns in the future, they get there payment on credit chips (it's more like a small credit card).  All money is put on and removed from the chip.  In the modern times, they have bank cards and a bank to deposit their money in.
Now for the campaigns run in "normal D&D time,"  I have it set up so that in all of the MAJOR cities their is at least one bank (if not many).  The bank will keep the money for them if they don't want to haul all that gold around.  I also have it so that the banks can send the money between each other if need be.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on April 06, 2015, 10:13:31 AM
So, I was off running today.

I felt like crap because this past Saturday I pulled an all-nighter playing boardgames and kinda hadn't fully recovered yet. Nonetheless, I went to give it my all.

Last lap. I decided to sprint for the last couple hundred meters (roughly 218 yards). Just as I was about to start the lap, the sky turns dark with rain clouds. As I start my sprint, it begins to drizzle, but I'm too focused to take much notice.

As I finish, my coach tells me I don't appear to be wet, and when he hands me my water bottle, he notes I'm hot. We bring out a thermometer (he usually keeps one handy for his students). I clock in at 40 degrees Celsius, but aside from being tired, I feel fine.

I get home, and I'm STILL dry. Not even sweaty. I try the home thermometer. 37 degrees Celsius. Still feeling fine, though.

So, either we have two broken thermometers and I somehow evaporated water on contact by running, or I have a shifty-ass fever on a test day.  :shakefist
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on April 07, 2015, 04:35:12 PM
This felt like the start of a Kuroi ~ninja story, but ... is this a Meta-Kuroimaken-Power problem ?!


(you probably just overheated a little from exercise, but the No Sweating is weird)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on April 07, 2015, 09:47:49 PM
request for disability appeal denied  :(
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on April 08, 2015, 10:51:32 PM
request for disability appeal denied  :(

More hugs for Bhu everyone!  :hug:

In my own news, I'm trying to get a hold of a psychologist to help with my depression, anxiety, and perhaps get some diagnosis of what autistic tendencies I have.  And some other stuff I might get into.

On the physical side I've had wonderful bright red bloody stools the past couple days plus my abdominal pains have kept me up until 4 in the morning.  The good news on the stools is bright red means it's lower down in the intestines so it's more likely hemorrhoids or anal fissures, and I do still have cream for that thankfully.  The bad news is I'm still bleeding out my asshole.  At least I can claim I'm bleeding out my ass during a phone call I want to hang up and honestly be able to say I put at least one of George Carlin's into practice.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on April 09, 2015, 02:29:02 AM
 :hug more hugs for jack
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on April 11, 2015, 09:57:02 PM
I feel like a total douchebag.

OK, some context: a burger place near my apartment has advertises free refills. I... kinda assumed that this applied as long as you had the mug.

Long story short, an employee informed me today that that wasn't how it worked, but let it slide that once because I hadn't known. The problem is, I've done this the last six times I was there (including today), so I effectively owe the place $14.16.

They don't actually know that I owe that much; in fact, as long as I don't do it again, I doubt they'll ever find out. If you look at raw economics, I actually owe more like two bucks (soda is really cheap) - however, I'm wondering if I should be worried/feel bad about this.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: phaedrusxy on April 11, 2015, 10:10:26 PM
No, you should definitely not feel bad about that. I know an old couple who would do the same thing for months/years.  :lol
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on April 11, 2015, 10:30:38 PM
OK, so it isn't just me.

 :D
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Psysama on April 11, 2015, 10:40:00 PM
I feel like a total douchebag.

OK, some context: a burger place near my apartment has advertises free refills. I... kinda assumed that this applied as long as you had the mug.

Long story short, an employee informed me today that that wasn't how it worked, but let it slide that once because I hadn't known. The problem is, I've done this the last six times I was there (including today), so I effectively owe the place $14.16.

They don't actually know that I owe that much; in fact, as long as I don't do it again, I doubt they'll ever find out. If you look at raw economics, I actually owe more like two bucks (soda is really cheap) - however, I'm wondering if I should be worried/feel bad about this.
EMPLOYEES cannot do that.  Only a manager can tell you that due to the fact that employees don't know the rules as well as the managers.  If you would have reported that employee, you could have made a complaint along lines of "harassment," effectively getting the employee in trouble or fired.  I tell you this because at one point in my life I worked fast food for 9 years.  Only a manager can tell you the rules or ask you to leave.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on April 11, 2015, 11:44:49 PM
I think it might've actually been the manager. In any case, I'm not the kind of guy to make a fuss.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on April 12, 2015, 01:02:05 AM
I'm feeling seriously self-conscious about being almost 30, still financially dependent on my mom, and going back to college.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Nanshork on April 12, 2015, 11:30:21 AM
I feel like a total douchebag.

OK, some context: a burger place near my apartment has advertises free refills. I... kinda assumed that this applied as long as you had the mug.

Long story short, an employee informed me today that that wasn't how it worked, but let it slide that once because I hadn't known. The problem is, I've done this the last six times I was there (including today), so I effectively owe the place $14.16.

They don't actually know that I owe that much; in fact, as long as I don't do it again, I doubt they'll ever find out. If you look at raw economics, I actually owe more like two bucks (soda is really cheap) - however, I'm wondering if I should be worried/feel bad about this.
EMPLOYEES cannot do that.  Only a manager can tell you that due to the fact that employees don't know the rules as well as the managers.  If you would have reported that employee, you could have made a complaint along lines of "harassment," effectively getting the employee in trouble or fired.  I tell you this because at one point in my life I worked fast food for 9 years.  Only a manager can tell you the rules or ask you to leave.

That is very much location and workplace dependent.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on April 13, 2015, 03:39:36 AM
The lawyer who was supposed to help with my final appeal has not so politely told me to sod off---via snail mail.


So it's attorney shopping i go  :(
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Libertad on April 13, 2015, 03:56:30 PM
It seems that everyone in my town hates sidewalks.  Every day I go to work I see people walking on the side of the road; and sometimes I see them do this while wearing dark-colored clothes at night.  It's almost like people want to get hit by cars.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on April 16, 2015, 01:26:27 AM
It seems that everyone in my town hates sidewalks.  Every day I go to work I see people walking on the side of the road; and sometimes I see them do this while wearing dark-colored clothes at night.  It's almost like people want to get hit by cars.

But they do.  What you're seeing are NPCs.  The computer put them there randomly spawned for points.

Make sure you get the Spiked Bumper upgrade before you hunt them, otherwise you will damage your Murderwheels 3000.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on April 18, 2015, 03:54:50 PM
Heh natural selection.
It's like the yearly spring college football "game".
A hoard shows up, and the freshmen have to learn how to stand on the curb like their helicopter moms taught them.


Bummer bhu , is it SSDI or SSI ?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on April 23, 2015, 12:15:09 AM
Is... Google unavailable to anyone else?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on April 23, 2015, 12:42:21 AM
Negative, skies are clear.

Only odd thing is birds chirping.  At midnight.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on April 23, 2015, 01:03:36 AM
Is... Google unavailable to anyone else?

nope, but perchance are you getting a dns error?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: linklord231 on April 23, 2015, 01:26:58 AM
My phone decided to take an over-the-air update to Android 5.0 while I was at work, and now a bunch of my apps don't work.  For instance, Dolphin Browser can't connect to Google.  It connects to other pages just fine, but not Google. 
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on April 23, 2015, 01:40:57 AM
Is... Google unavailable to anyone else?

nope, but perchance are you getting a dns error?

I'm getting a "server not found" error. I can load pages that aren't owned by Google just fine, but Google is verboten, apparently. I've checked with both Firefox and Chromium.

EDIT: This is especially frustrating because my University hosts their email services with Google Mail.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on April 23, 2015, 03:16:58 AM
Every so often lately ive been getting a server or dns error, and its usually late night my time  I can always get online except for certain sites, and they're always popular sites like yahoo, google, etc.

I honestly think its at the cable companies end.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on April 23, 2015, 06:35:05 PM
Is... Google unavailable to anyone else?

Google Chrome is not able to handle the WotC site,
on this ganged system with aggressive weenie filter,
like specifically the Mind's Eye psi index just shuts it down.
Had to restart the terminal twice.
wtf

Android 4.4 doesn't display some Graphics and Frames.
 :???
Some text rolls into other text and is unreadable.

Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on April 25, 2015, 03:47:15 AM
Probably going to be breaking up with current girlfriend later today. In retrospect, i shouldn't even have accepted to be her boyfriend in the first place. It should never have gotten serious, but she wanted it, and i went along with it, knowing that wasn't where my heart was.

I fucking hate breaking up. I have been on the receiving end too many times. Somehow, i think it's even worse when you have to be the one to break it all up. Worst part, she hasn't done anything wrong per se, but i don't click with her. At all. There's no spark.

I like her, i really do, and i think she's an amazing person that will someday find someone who appreciates her properly. I'm not that person.

I fear the mother of my child may have broken my heart in a way i didn't think was possible. I believe, i now have lost the ability to feel. All i can feel is physical. It's not emotional. It's not like it once was...

I don't know if that damage is irreversible or not. But i know now that i'm not really ready for a serious relationship.

There's so much shit going on right now in my head, i'd have to write a fucking wall just to get it all out. So much shit happened, and i'm letting it all happen. I feel like i'm in a train with no breaks. I don't have filters anymore.

The TL;DR of it is, i have become a bastard. A real fucking jackass.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Psysama on April 28, 2015, 07:25:08 PM
Bad news.  My parent's dog, and my friend for the past 13 years has been put to sleep today.  She was a Pembroke Welsh Corgi and her name was Amie.  If I knew today was going to be her last day, I would have said my goodbyes when I was over at my parents' house today.  :sobbing
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on April 28, 2015, 07:33:02 PM
We're here for you.

Would you like to talk about Amie?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on April 28, 2015, 08:28:26 PM
mass hugs for psysamas  :hug :hug :hug
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Psysama on April 28, 2015, 09:15:28 PM
We're here for you.

Would you like to talk about Amie?
Amie was a fun and very loving dog. (https://youtu.be/iO8HAjPxH_0)  To her, she did not know the word "hate" (unless it had to do with cats).  Definitely not a good guard dog, she'd probably show you where all the silver in the house was.  I helped raise her; spent most of my time from February to June to raising her before I went off to college.  She would always sniff the ground for crumbs and yes, that is a beer keg around her neck in that video (it's empty though).  I will miss her.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Raineh Daze on April 28, 2015, 09:19:16 PM
This is why I will never own pets myself. I've lost too many already.
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Post by: Amechra on April 28, 2015, 09:30:20 PM
She looks so sweet.



On a (less important) note, both of my heels are pretty badly cracked. I'm limping about because the plates of callus kinda hurt as they compress. The one on the right looks a bit naff as well. And apparently this is an infection risk - who knew?

I'm thinking it might be a good idea to see the health clinic about this tomorrow morning; they've been like this since Thursday/Friday of last week, and might be infected.

Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on April 28, 2015, 09:49:31 PM
Be safe and go Amechra.

Psy that is an adorable puppy.   :hug
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: phaedrusxy on April 29, 2015, 08:58:26 AM
The TL;DR of it is, i have become a bastard. A real fucking jackass.
Been there man. It sounds like you're probably depressed. Hang in there, get therapy if you need it (you probably do :P). It will get better.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on April 29, 2015, 12:29:59 PM
The TL;DR of it is, i have become a bastard. A real fucking jackass.
Been there man. It sounds like you're probably depressed. Hang in there, get therapy if you need it (you probably do :P). It will get better.

Broke up with her, went much better than expected.

I don't think i'm depressed... I've been depressed, and this is something different. This feels like i've become jaded, cynical. Whereas once i found it easy to emotionally connect to women, to hand over my heart to them and really commit, i now seem to be unable to do that. I desire their bodies, and perhaps their company - but even their company isn't something that becomes irreplaceable to me.

However, i don't think this is a necessarily bad thing. It means i've changed, that's for sure. I'm looking back and seeing who i was, and who i am right now, and i'm romanticizing the past, which is a pitfall, a trap. A surefire way of being eternally disappointed with oneself. This is not depression, this is me giving a harsh judgment of myself because it's not who i wanted to be before.

I should savor this moment. I've always been one to jump from relationship to relationship, looking for comfort in others, and, i think, i finally realized that it's not really necessary to be with others to be happy. In a way, i'm happier by myself, in no serious relationship, just going from fling to fling, than i was back when i was engaged & in love.

Someday, perhaps, i'll meet a girl that changes that. In the meantime, i'm no monk & no priest. I'll just try to not be a jerk. Not too much, at least.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on April 29, 2015, 03:22:35 PM
Bruj, man, get over yourself. What you're doing NOW is romanticize the present as an alternative escape because you feel bad that you DON'T feel bad about breaking up.

You're only really a jerk if you intentionally hurt those you leave behind after a breakup, or you simply don't give a crap. You're not a jerk FOR breaking up - you would be, however, if you dragged that relationship on while cheating on the girl, or even leading her on when said relationship wasn't feeling good for you anymore.

You want to have greater emotional fortitude than you actually do now, because past breakups have, in conjunction with your depression, left you in a very, very bad place. But to get there, you're trying to emulate something you are not, to wit, a stone-hearted, jaded, cynical beast of a man.

I suffered through something similar back when I was a teenager. I was bullied in elementary and junior high, so I put up this whole charade where I didn't give a fuck, and it came back to bite me in the ass many years later. Nowadays, I'm working towards giving the appropriate number of fucks to a situation without jeopardizing my ego in the process, because pushing aside everyone who remotely gives you grief in any way or fashion is a surefire way to wind up alone.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on April 29, 2015, 04:08:15 PM
'Nother way to look at it ... this was the Rebound girlfriend.
So now you've "rebounded" and you didn't like doing all that.
No more rebound girlfriends for you, stick to the real thing.

Some people are players, or even into hook-ups only.
Then if one of them accidentally works out for a while,
well hey it was an accident right?  But that's not you.

Fine.  It's good to find that out about yourself.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on April 30, 2015, 03:37:49 PM
What i believe is happening is that i finally got it in my head that i don't need anyone else to be happy. Before, basically the only way i could deal with a breakup was by getting into another relationship. Which is exactly what i did, back in september last year. But i couldn't really care about the girl i was with, so i cheated on her, repeatedly. Which, admittedly, was a very shitty thing to do.

So i broke up with her, and i was seeing multiple girls at once. One of them pushed hard for a relationship, and i ended up caving in. I regretted it before we even got to a month of being serious, so i ended it. I ended it despite that she's amazingly beautiful(kind of looks like Sasha Grey, TBH), smart, and has one of the cutest laughs i ever heard.

I did it because i couldn't really commit, and some other NSFW factors as well. I'm now in a place where i'll be toxic in any serious relationship, no matter what. I know that. It doesn't matter how amazing the girl is. I think that the bachelor life is amazing, and is something that i had never really lived before. Before, i had one or two one night stands, and i had one or two adventures.

Since my fianceé broke up our engagement, i had several of both. In a sense, i've lived more since then, than i did my entire life before. If i had self-image and confidence issues before, they've now completely evaporated. I can walk up to a girl i have never seen before in my life and be successful - and, more importantly, not care if i'm rejected. And it's been amazing. If i'm going to be honest, i'll say i'm getting kind of addicted to this lifestyle. It's completely different from everything i've lived prior, and better in a lot of ways. For one, i don't have to justify myself to anyone about anything that i do.

But, yeah, i haven't completely transitioned in my mindset yet. I still think that i maybe should really settle down, but then i change my mind. It's hard. In a nutshell, it's like, before i thought i had very few options, and because of that, i gave my all to try and make it work when i found a girl that clicked with me, and i really tried to gloss over all her flaws and focus only on the good bits. Now that i know that i have ALWAYS had ALL the options, it's kind of hard to really settle down. It seems that the first thing that displeases me is enough of an excuse to break it off and try to find better options.

And, yes, i kind of feel bad about having been a jerk to my prior two girlfriends. Like golem said, i've rebounded and i didn't like doing all that. Only now, i don't see myself really settling down anytime soon. I'll just try and be honest and upfront to all the girls about that now. Hopefully that makes me less of a jerk and i feel better about myself.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on May 01, 2015, 01:12:06 AM
So, umm...

Remember how I said I was going to the doctor?

Apparently I lied; the swelling and pain was vastly diminished by morning, and the cracks in my skin have already sealed. Including one that was at least 3mm deep and angry red.

I didn't even take any antibiotics or anything; I just put socks on before sleeping (I saw online that it helps keep skin oils on your feet, to stop it from getting worse) and slept with my feet propped up (old hiker trick; it forces blood to circulate between your feet and your core), and I went from "I feel like I'm wearing high heels what is this bullshit" to "mild discomfort".

In 5 hours.

For reference, most stuff I've seen online says that this kinda thing is serious and can take weeks to heal. I'm over it in... three days? I mean, if you mark it from when I started actually doing something about the problem.

Then again, I usually heal from small cuts in about 20 minutes, subsist on half the normal amount of sleep, and look like I'm two-thirds my age without my beard, so I dunno. None of this is particularly odd in my family; my sister's in her late 20s and looks like she's in her late teens, and mother looks roughly half her age.

tL;dR: I might have mutant healing powers. They're bullshit, and the only part of my body that actually works.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on May 01, 2015, 01:15:14 AM
Gentlemen, it appears that the Weapon X gene has finally found a successful host.  So far the subject has not erupted into an Akira style tower of flesh, nor started another Zombie Apocalypse (we all remember the Theta-5 incident).  I think this one was a success.  I recommend dispersing the gene among the population of this planet and allowing it to set.  Should be ready within 5 years. 

Then, we can begin the harvesting of brain matter.

Good job everyone!
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on May 01, 2015, 04:14:14 PM
Now if you could just have a variant Lay On Hands for that,
you'd have women in heels, waiting around the block.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on May 02, 2015, 07:34:44 AM
My grandma has been diagnosed with congestive heart failure.  Given all the other stuff she's been through, even if the new medications for her work my dad's guessing she'll pass away in the next year or so.

I'm still processing it in my head, but I know I feel at least a little more motivated to support myself better.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on May 02, 2015, 10:58:17 AM
My grandma has been diagnosed with congestive heart failure.  Given all the other stuff she's been through, even if the new medications for her work my dad's guessing she'll pass away in the next year or so.

I'm still processing it in my head, but I know I feel at least a little more motivated to support myself better.

 :hug :hug :hug
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Nanshork on May 02, 2015, 12:05:38 PM
Wow, I hope you and your family is taking it okay.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Chemus on May 02, 2015, 03:43:46 PM
My grandma has been diagnosed with congestive heart failure.  Given all the other stuff she's been through, even if the new medications for her work my dad's guessing she'll pass away in the next year or so.

I'm still processing it in my head, but I know I feel at least a little more motivated to support myself better.

I hope she goes on like my own grandmother has; congestive heart failure for 7+ years, plus a small boatload of other stuff, but still ticking. I hope for the best for your grandma.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on May 02, 2015, 03:48:02 PM
 :hug ... and hope about your grandmom.


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Post by: bhu on May 02, 2015, 05:39:52 PM
 :hug
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on May 03, 2015, 02:14:33 AM
 :hug :hug :hug

Thanks everyone!  I'm hoping she'll be able to stick around a while longer.  The main thing is she's 83, so she's already well up there.  Just have to see what happens and make sure we keep swimming so to speak.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on May 03, 2015, 02:46:14 PM
3 banger of weirdness ...

Bar + Bowling alley redneck is blasting his nascar no muffler tru-uck manliness.
Middle Eastern guy in friday prayer robes, is trying to out blast him with his stereo.
I'm curious what a semi-devout muslim would be doing praying at a bar.

Inside, dude is wearing an upside down usa flag shirt. 
I'm surprised he hadn't gotten beat up the moment he set foot on the property.
I leave, these 2 are weird enough.


Near midnight I hear music.
I go outside.
My neighbor comes out.
Oh, you can hear that too.
Is it the Legion across the way?
No it's coming from town.
Whoa.
That's the country music concert INSIDE the basketball stadium.

I've heard college football crowds of 100 000+ people.
This was louder.
And 3 miles away.
Indoors.

Helicopter overhead.  Earthquake 5.0 something richter.
Air Force 1 gunning it on a short runway.  Close but nope.
It's the loudest sound I've heard my entire life.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on May 05, 2015, 10:20:10 PM
sprayed out pc today and its over heating more than usual.

Course it also went up 10 or 15 degrees outside in one day too.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on May 06, 2015, 02:17:50 PM
So, my MATH 404 professor told us today that he'd waive the final exam, calculating our final grades as if the final exam wasn't there.

The only condition is that no one in the class can attend the final exam, or else the deal gets called off.

I don't know what to do in this situation; I don't want to be the one that screws everyone else over, but I don't want to be screwed over. And there's the chance that the professor is lying.

So basically, it's a 21-person game of Prisoner's Dilemma. And I don't trust it.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Nanshork on May 06, 2015, 02:19:39 PM
Your professor is a dick.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on May 06, 2015, 03:14:31 PM
I recommend a REALLY harsh evaluation for your professor.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Unbeliever on May 06, 2015, 03:48:46 PM
So, my MATH 404 professor told us today that he'd waive the final exam, calculating our final grades as if the final exam wasn't there.

The only condition is that no one in the class can attend the final exam, or else the deal gets called off.

I don't know what to do in this situation; I don't want to be the one that screws everyone else over, but I don't want to be screwed over. And there's the chance that the professor is lying.

So basically, it's a 21-person game of Prisoner's Dilemma. And I don't trust it.
This is insane.  And, I say that as someone who is currently grading exams. 

You probably should expect somebody to defect from the cooperate^n equilibrium.

Maybe he was trying to joke?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on May 06, 2015, 04:13:37 PM
So, my MATH 404 professor told us today that he'd waive the final exam, calculating our final grades as if the final exam wasn't there.

The only condition is that no one in the class can attend the final exam, or else the deal gets called off.

I don't know what to do in this situation; I don't want to be the one that screws everyone else over, but I don't want to be screwed over. And there's the chance that the professor is lying.

So basically, it's a 21-person game of Prisoner's Dilemma. And I don't trust it.
This is insane.  And, I say that as someone who is currently grading exams. 

You probably should expect somebody to defect from the cooperate^n equilibrium.

Maybe he was trying to joke?

I had teachers do this, and, in all instances, the teacher ended up waiving the exam ANYWAY because of student pressure. This is a COMPLETELY dick move. Why not just waive it and be done with it? There is not a SINGLE good reason for it.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on May 06, 2015, 04:22:16 PM

... Maybe he was trying to joke?

I bet the T.A. was rofl ...  :tongue ... but that's about it.


I "sense a disturbance in the force" behind all this.
I don't know how high up the class/major ladder your math class goes,
but Yale has an online class that specifically covers this:
http://oyc.yale.edu/philosophy/phil-181/lecture-20
Two game theoretical problems--the Prisoner’s Dilemma and the Problem of the Commons--are explored in detail.

I wonder if you could "half" defect, and find an up the chain guy
to discuss the ~test , as if you think it really IS the test,
like you're Naively Trustworthy that this is legit, and you're just trying to understand.
(hoping the up the chain guy has a possible fix, political or otherwise)

Or even more deviously, negotiate ...  :smirk ... like
how does MATH 404 here suddenly just for the final, equal PHIL 181 there ??
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on May 06, 2015, 04:55:58 PM
Started cutting an apple last night and instead ended up stabbing myself to the bone and bleeding all over the sink.  Applied pressure of course and then went to the ER to get it taken care of.  One stitch, but I've also got a splint on and I can't get it wet for the next couple days.

Most expensive apple I've ever had.  Hopefully insurance covers it.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Unbeliever on May 06, 2015, 05:25:39 PM
Or even more deviously, negotiate ...  :smirk ... like
how does MATH 404 here suddenly just for the final, equal PHIL 181 there ??
In all fairness, game theory, which the Prisoner's Dilemma and the Tragedy of the Commons (more generally collective action problems) are part of, is also a branch of mathematics, viz. Nash Equilibrium, and also just the level of math required to solve more complicated games.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: linklord231 on May 07, 2015, 02:59:52 AM
So, my MATH 404 professor told us today that he'd waive the final exam, calculating our final grades as if the final exam wasn't there.

The only condition is that no one in the class can attend the final exam, or else the deal gets called off.

I don't know what to do in this situation; I don't want to be the one that screws everyone else over, but I don't want to be screwed over. And there's the chance that the professor is lying.

So basically, it's a 21-person game of Prisoner's Dilemma. And I don't trust it.

Go to the exam room 2 hours early.  Sit outside the door.  Punch in the face anyone who tries to enter. 
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on May 07, 2015, 04:08:34 AM
So... there have been some emails campaigning for everyone to skip the exam.

For whatever reason, this all feels fundamentally wrong to me.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: phaedrusxy on May 07, 2015, 08:27:41 AM
So, my MATH 404 professor told us today that he'd waive the final exam, calculating our final grades as if the final exam wasn't there.

The only condition is that no one in the class can attend the final exam, or else the deal gets called off.

I don't know what to do in this situation; I don't want to be the one that screws everyone else over, but I don't want to be screwed over. And there's the chance that the professor is lying.

So basically, it's a 21-person game of Prisoner's Dilemma. And I don't trust it.

Go to the exam room 2 hours early.  Sit outside the door.  Punch in the face anyone who tries to enter.
This is what I'd do. I'd also prepare for the exam, in case you have to take it.

And yeah, your Prof is having a laugh at your class' expense. He probably has a betting pool going with the rest of the department on how many show up.  :lmao
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on May 07, 2015, 11:21:06 AM
It was all a joke - he seemed a little surprised at how carried away everyone got.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Unbeliever on May 07, 2015, 12:07:34 PM
It was all a joke - he seemed a little surprised at how carried away everyone got.
Glad my initial assessment was right.  But, I try to keep in mind that exams are a very high stress time for students. 

And, that you are generally a dour lot to begin with ...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on May 07, 2015, 05:38:46 PM
So now that he's folded ( a little )
it's time for the class to have a faux debate
about how reasonable his joke was.
And somehow agree ahead of time,
to come to the conclusion that it is Not a joke
and instead is actually true, regardless of what the teacher says now.
You could all be confederates against his joke, and a taste of his own medicine.
 :flutter

Or even more deviously, negotiate ...  :smirk ... like
how does MATH 404 here suddenly just for the final, equal PHIL 181 there ??
In all fairness, game theory, which the Prisoner's Dilemma and the Tragedy of the Commons (more generally collective action problems) are part of, is also a branch of mathematics, viz. Nash Equilibrium, and also just the level of math required to solve more complicated games.

No no don't spoil the fun ...  :D
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on May 07, 2015, 06:06:08 PM
Apparently the columbus police are conducting mass arrests in the neighborhood by nephew lives in  :(
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on May 09, 2015, 03:58:24 PM
Aww come on Bhu, get with the spirit of the times, he could use a wee little "Smiley Faced  :) Fascism" couldn't he ?!



edit --- oh look my 5000th post.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on May 09, 2015, 05:26:29 PM
My nephew is biracial (which in Ohio means he's black by default).  His girlfriend is black.  Columbus police don't have the greatest record in dealing with minorities.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on May 10, 2015, 03:04:12 PM
Oh, yeah my bad.
That's kinda seriously dangerous.

I wonder if nationwide, the cops think there's a replay
of the 60s riots ready to happen everywhere.
Prison Industrial Complex says give me your huddled masses.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on May 11, 2015, 10:42:21 AM
Here's to hoping your nephew comes out unscathed, bhu.

In other news, I'm turning 30. I feel old, and in addition, I can never put together a celebration of my birthday where more than a couple of people show at a time.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on May 11, 2015, 12:04:50 PM
Then I hope the people that do show up are the best damn people.

Happy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy-4ykwGFDk) Birthday (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FchMuPQOBwA), Kuroimaken. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7QxOllK0VU)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on May 11, 2015, 12:27:18 PM
My nephew is biracial (which in Ohio means he's black by default).  His girlfriend is black.  Columbus police don't have the greatest record in dealing with minorities.

That's... not good. I hope it all turns out much better than you're expecting.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on May 12, 2015, 02:17:35 PM
GOOD FUCKING GOD taxes annoy me.

As if it weren't enough that Brazil is like, the only country EVER where shipping costs are included in your taxes, now they've come up with a way to calculate taxes that ends up with you paying 120% of its value in taxes alone.

For. Fucking. Serious.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on May 12, 2015, 05:46:10 PM
Well I found my 'stolen' watch.  Apparently it was in my shoe the whole time and I didn't realize it.  The shoe I've been wearing for over a week now.  Looks like the neuropathy is getting worse.

In lighter news I need a biopsy, but I may have apparently inherited 15000 dollars.  Which means just in time for the biopsy and other stuff, i may lose medical care.  Hopefully it's reinstated before the money runs out.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on May 13, 2015, 04:08:50 PM
A lawyer should be able to keep you from losing whatever program.
I've heard a # of times, that a pile of cash counts as income for 1 month.
So of course you get nothing that month, but if it's all gone, then you're back to normal.
(don't quote me on all this !!)

$15,000 ... I'd go get a 3 to 5 year old small Honda or Toyota.
That'd get you car ownership expenses below $1000 a year,
and at the point where it would turn into a clunker,
it's already paid off, which is $0 in ownership costs.
Opens that money up to repairs. 
You come out ahead for another 5 years, barring a major repair.

(look I know some of it's going to hookers and d&d books, still ... )
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: phaedrusxy on May 13, 2015, 08:58:06 PM
Prison Industrial Complex says give me your huddled masses.
Not sure whether to  :lol or  :puke
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on May 13, 2015, 11:04:53 PM
I just noticed something from Antilife Shell...

"The effect hedges out animals, aberrations, dragons, fey, giants, humanoids, magical beasts, monstrous humanoids, oozes, plants, and vermin, but not constructs, elementals, outsiders, or undead. "

What?  Why are elementals and outsiders on that list?  They have a Con score, they're alive.  The only reasoning I can think of is that those two have the "body and soul are one" thing, but that doesn't make sense.  Why would that exclude them from Antilife Shell?   :shakefist  Wizaaaaards!
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on May 15, 2015, 11:53:02 PM
The file with my big final programming assignment in it is corrupted, and won't open.  :banghead

I sent it to my professor anyway, and I'm working on a functional version now.

EDIT: I just finished up the project without using subroutines. I am the boss now.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on May 16, 2015, 03:28:24 PM

... I'm turning 30 ...

It's the Black Plague.
You wake up from a dream.
You're lying in a cart.
You say:  I'm not dead yet !!
Cart guy:   Quiet.  Yes you are.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on May 16, 2015, 11:10:41 PM

... I'm turning 30 ...

It's the Black Plague.
You wake up from a dream.
You're lying in a cart.
You say:  I'm not dead yet !!
Cart guy:   Quiet.  Yes you are.

But soon, you'll be carted off to the one and only...

Actual cannibal...

Shia LaBeouf.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Libertad on May 18, 2015, 12:25:16 AM
So now that I completed my Path of Shadows review, it took longer than I expected what with the two week gap between the posts on Chapters 4 and 5.

I realize that the next best thing would be to go back to work on my unfinished reviews before starting a new one.  Path of War is my next bit, but was wondering if Ptolus is a good idea.  There was a new book I wanted to tackle, the Primeval Thule Campaign Setting, but it's 250+ pages and while light on rules I don't want to end up with another dead project.

My last Ptolus post was over a year ago, and it was quite popular on a lot of boards.  Still, it's one hell of a huge book to cover, and Path of Shadows is 80 pages.  If I do go back, Ptolus might be my big one-and-off project I do in bursts.

Granted, Path of Shadows was crunch-heavy so summarizing things you'd ordinarily do for settings is not as suitable to the format.

Any advice?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Psysama on May 18, 2015, 01:35:38 AM
I suffer from chronic depression.  Don't worry I am on meds and haven't cut for almost 9 years.  I like to keep my mind busy (aka RUN LIKE A COWARD FROM DEPRESSION)(It's only recently that I consciously realized and acknowledged it).  I am always trying to do something to keep my mind occupied.  Sometimes I will role play online just to keep me busy.  Lately, EVERYONE has been busy.  Yes I know, whine whine.  When there's nothing to do, I get bored (and that's a bad thing)(I come up with CRAZY/stupid ideas when I am bored).  Sometimes I get bored and try as hard as I might, my depression catches up to me.  This is one of those times.  :sobbing

Sorry, I'll stop whining.  I just needed to vent.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on May 18, 2015, 03:22:03 AM
 :hug

I can always find something to occupy you.  God knows at any given moment ive got like, 80 projects going at once
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: trappedslider on May 18, 2015, 05:04:48 AM
I suffer from chronic depression.  Don't worry I am on meds and haven't cut for almost 9 years.  I like to keep my mind busy (aka RUN LIKE A COWARD FROM DEPRESSION)(It's only recently that I consciously realized and acknowledged it).  I am always trying to do something to keep my mind occupied.  Sometimes I will role play online just to keep me busy.  Lately, EVERYONE has been busy.  Yes I know, whine whine.  When there's nothing to do, I get bored (and that's a bad thing)(I come up with CRAZY/stupid ideas when I am bored).  Sometimes I get bored and try as hard as I might, my depression catches up to me.  This is one of those times.  :sobbing

Sorry, I'll stop whining.  I just needed to vent.

:hug I know what that's like
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on May 18, 2015, 12:29:28 PM
I suffer from chronic depression.  Don't worry I am on meds and haven't cut for almost 9 years.  I like to keep my mind busy (aka RUN LIKE A COWARD FROM DEPRESSION)(It's only recently that I consciously realized and acknowledged it).  I am always trying to do something to keep my mind occupied.  Sometimes I will role play online just to keep me busy.  Lately, EVERYONE has been busy.  Yes I know, whine whine.  When there's nothing to do, I get bored (and that's a bad thing)(I come up with CRAZY/stupid ideas when I am bored).  Sometimes I get bored and try as hard as I might, my depression catches up to me.  This is one of those times.  :sobbing

Sorry, I'll stop whining.  I just needed to vent.

This is the thread for whining. So vent all you want!



Just got out of dental surgery (last wisdom tooth HYPE!)

It should be a fun couple of days...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: linklord231 on May 18, 2015, 01:33:47 PM
My best friend is struggling with depression and I don't know what to do. She just confessed to me that for the last few months when she told me she was "hanging out with her friend", she was just sitting in her room crying.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Unbeliever on May 18, 2015, 02:49:49 PM
Sorry, I'll stop whining.  I just needed to vent.
I'm pretty sure that venting is what this thread is for.  Video games a reasonable substitute?  They are a distant second fiddle for me compared to RPGs, but they can fill some time and some brain space. 
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on May 18, 2015, 04:02:53 PM
My best friend is struggling with depression and I don't know what to do. She just confessed to me that for the last few months when she told me she was "hanging out with her friend", she was just sitting in her room crying.

Does she have a therapist yet? Chronic depression is something that cannot be tackled by regular people with no training, no matter how noble their intentions.

So no matter what, that's step one.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: linklord231 on May 18, 2015, 04:13:49 PM
She has somebody that she talks to ice a week or so, but he's a friend of her dad's and I don't know if he has any actual training or anything. She says that's all she can afford because her insurance won't cover anything.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on May 18, 2015, 08:18:51 PM
Psysama, if you can math, here's a challenge for you:

Write the numbers 0 to 88 inclusive as the function of 1, 2, 3, and 4. You can only use each number once.

So, for example, 0 would be 4 - 3 - 12.

It should keep you occupied for a little bit. Otherwise, videogames are pretty good.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on May 19, 2015, 01:48:16 AM
*floor flop*  Ugh...  Long past couple weeks.  But getting better.

And grandma might not have heart failure, but it's still up in the air because something's screwy.  First the doc called with bad news, then the office was like "No, she doesn't have that issue."  Still trying to figure out what the balls is going on.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on May 19, 2015, 11:23:09 AM
Psysama, if you can math, here's a challenge for you:

Write the numbers 0 to 88 inclusive as the function of 1, 2, 3, and 4. You can only use each number once.

So, for example, 0 would be 4 - 3 - 12.

It should keep you occupied for a little bit. Otherwise, videogames are pretty good.

How on earth do you get 88 (34+2+1=84, I can't think of any other combination that can get closer without going way over?  Or are you using more obscure notations and such like Knuth up arrow or factorial or something?  Because I'm pretty sure you might be able to get just about any number if you do it right that way.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on May 19, 2015, 03:22:03 PM
She has somebody that she talks to ice a week or so, but he's a friend of her dad's and I don't know if he has any actual training or anything. She says that's all she can afford because her insurance won't cover anything.

Better than nothing, but an alternative would still be nice.  :-\

Then again, mental health care professionals can be quite hit-and-miss...

One thing that's really helped me through in MY moments of depression is to remember what it does to your outlooks on life. Depression actually makes you see anything and everything through shit-colored sunglasses; the world actually looks much worse than it really is, because your brain is making you see it that way. Actually knowing that can be a great deal of help, because you can actively discern when your brain is tricking you - and seeing reality as it is versus what it looks like when you're down in the dumps can be a powerful motivator.

Getting as much sunlight as one can also helps. Preferably when one is not feeling depressed, but anytime one can do it is good.

Aside from that, the biggest problem is not letting depression keep one from doing the things one ought to do. That's different for every person, but the sticking point is that when depression stops someone from doing something they ought to do, it creates a snowball effect where they feel like they're worthless because they can't get anything done, which compounds on said depression.

These are all just... very general tips, though. I'm sure your friend has heard the same advice in different forms one way or another.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on May 19, 2015, 03:29:42 PM
Psysama, if you can math, here's a challenge for you:

Write the numbers 0 to 88 inclusive as the function of 1, 2, 3, and 4. You can only use each number once.

So, for example, 0 would be 4 - 3 - 12.

It should keep you occupied for a little bit. Otherwise, videogames are pretty good.

How on earth do you get 88 (34+2+1=84, I can't think of any other combination that can get closer without going way over?  Or are you using more obscure notations and such like Knuth up arrow or factorial or something?  Because I'm pretty sure you might be able to get just about any number if you do it right that way.

Factorials are obscure? News to me. But no, no Knuth up-arrow - I can't recall how I did it off the top of my head, mind you, but I've pulled it off at least once.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on May 19, 2015, 03:57:01 PM
Factorials aren't one of the primary three: add, multiply, and exponent.  They're a series of multiply, yes, but I mean, knuth up arrow is just exponents on exponents.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on May 19, 2015, 04:18:33 PM
Really, there's just 2 - addition and scalar multiplication. Everything else isn't defined for all sets.

But for the reals? There are 4 - adding, multiplying, taking to an exponent, and modulo.

But I digress. The reason I said "no Knuth up-arrow" is because it's too big; 2↑↑3 is one of the only results small enough to be useful, and I guess it's an interesting way to get 80...*

Just give it a try; anything's fair game as long as you don't break the rules I gave (OK, using variables is "cheating", but you know what I mean.)

* (2↑↑3)(4+1)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Psysama on May 19, 2015, 04:22:35 PM
But I digress.
I misread that as "I digest."  Thanks, now I'm hungry.  :lol
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on May 19, 2015, 04:43:42 PM
I digest mathematics! NOM!
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on May 19, 2015, 05:38:05 PM
I digest mathematics! NOM!

I ate the 8!  At first it was 8 then I took a bite and it became 6.


...  Great, now I'm imagining Cookie Monster trying to eat The Count.  "One tonsil, ah ah ah!  Two tonsils, ah ah ah!"
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on May 19, 2015, 06:36:00 PM
oh...oh no....you....god DAMN YOU.  COOKIE CLICKER!!!!!!
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on May 20, 2015, 01:56:23 AM
I may have to sue the probate attorney or turn him into the Bar.   :(
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on May 20, 2015, 01:57:27 AM
I may have to sue the probate attorney or turn him into the Bar.   :(

You know Polymorph Any Object?

....sorry sorry, actually sounds like it sucks.  Though I'm sure you wouldn't mind polymorphing him into a bar of some kind.  My money is on chocolate, so you can eat him.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on May 20, 2015, 02:20:58 AM
I may have to sue the probate attorney or turn him into the Bar.   :(

Turning him into the Bar would be a lot cheaper, and would probably have a bigger effect on his career. Do you have enough evidence that they'd consider your case?

Because you want it to be ironclad so that the fucker can't weasel out of it.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on May 20, 2015, 04:14:09 PM
Ouch, probate sucks enough without nasty shenanigans too.


I digest mathematics! NOM!

I ate the 8!  At first it was 8 then I took a bite and it became 6.
...  Great, now I'm imagining Cookie Monster trying to eat The Count.  "One tonsil, ah ah ah!  Two tonsils, ah ah ah!"

kids joke:  why is 6 afraid of 7 ??

kids answer:
(click to show/hide)

 :o :lol
C'mon get into softball for kids mode.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on May 20, 2015, 04:17:21 PM
Unsure yet.  He turned in the final paperwork on the probate case on the 4th, and a bunch of the heirs were paid then.  Subsequently they called me and said they had to threaten to turn him into the bar to get it, and he was deliberately stalling.  SO I call the attorney and he says he's waiting for money to be issued into the escrow account to pay everyone.  This sounds odd cause I know the other heirs have been paid.

So i call the probate court and they say the excuse the attorney gave was that an investment account needed to be liquidated to put into escrow.  Then we would be paid.  I had always assumed the estate needed to be settled before it issued any checks.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on May 21, 2015, 02:25:30 AM
And now I have an open abscess draining.  I better get some good news this week..
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Psysama on May 21, 2015, 02:43:30 AM
Umm, my antidepressants have been increased.  Does that count as good news?  Yes it's helping in case anyone is curious.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on May 21, 2015, 02:59:14 AM
it'll do for now  ;)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on May 21, 2015, 08:33:46 AM
My spending habits are shit when i'm drunk.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on May 21, 2015, 10:28:53 AM
My spending habits are shit when i'm drunk.

Aren't everyone's?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on May 21, 2015, 01:13:05 PM
And now i get the news that my had has fallen ill with HFMD disease.  30~40 articles later in both portuguese and english and there is absolutely no specific treatment for the fucking disease. Tylenol and waiting. He doesn't eat properly in three days, is having trouble sleeping well... I'm seriously worried.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on May 21, 2015, 02:59:12 PM
Here's to hoping your kid gets better, man...

In the meantime, excuse me while I go kick Fate in the balls.  :shakefist
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on May 21, 2015, 05:50:51 PM
HFMD is rarely serious, but it is highly contagious.  Besides, most anti-viral drugs can be nasty and unless you have to take them you're better off not.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on May 21, 2015, 08:55:32 PM
And now i get the news that my had has fallen ill with HFMD disease.  30~40 articles later in both portuguese and english and there is absolutely no specific treatment for the fucking disease. Tylenol and waiting. He doesn't eat properly in three days, is having trouble sleeping well... I'm seriously worried.

I know you'll hate to hear this, but...

Don't worry, your kid'll be fine. He's at that age where kids get sick with all kinds of shit, feel terrible for a few days, and then are fine. One of the perks of a developing immune system.

Plus, HFMD is like the common cold; it clears up quickly in most cases. Keep him comfortable, and he'll feel like a champ soon enough.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on May 21, 2015, 09:57:35 PM
And now i get the news that my had has fallen ill with HFMD disease.  30~40 articles later in both portuguese and english and there is absolutely no specific treatment for the fucking disease. Tylenol and waiting. He doesn't eat properly in three days, is having trouble sleeping well... I'm seriously worried.

I know you'll hate to hear this, but...

Don't worry, your kid'll be fine. He's at that age where kids get sick with all kinds of shit, feel terrible for a few days, and then are fine. One of the perks of a developing immune system.

Plus, HFMD is like the common cold; it clears up quickly in most cases. Keep him comfortable, and he'll feel like a champ soon enough.

I saw him just now. He's... Kind of fine, kind of not. He still refused to eat, even sweets. Only thing he managed was a bit of Coke, because he absolutely positively loves that shit. At least it hydrated him, so it's fine.

Kind of worried i might have come in too much contact with him, and am going to transmit this shit to my father, who has ZERO immune system because of chemo...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on May 22, 2015, 07:46:01 PM
Good News:

Doc does not believe I have Alzheimer's or vascular dementia.

Bad news:

MRI showed a papilledema in my left eye and a partially empty sella.

She also diagnosed me with a mild cognitive defect, ADD, and a slight learning disability.

In other news I am considering approaching the state and relinquishing my license.  Perhaps it's a medication side effect, but I've nearly killed 4 people this week.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: phaedrusxy on May 22, 2015, 09:49:36 PM
Papilledema is not something to fuck around with. Did she prescribe anything for it, or offer any possible explanation? That's a symptom, not a disease itself.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Psysama on May 23, 2015, 01:43:17 AM
This isn't that important to some of you but it is to me because it's part of what defines me.  May 22 was World Goth Day and I, a goth of 12+ years, just found out.  :banghead
Okay I guess I can forgive myself because the day was founded in 2009 (I was going through divorce with my first wife at the time).  I am majorly bummed out.  Maybe next year.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: zook1shoe on May 23, 2015, 02:09:14 AM
(http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/68/1a/99/681a99ee6bb1a33e28e37053ac857ed6.jpg)

I wish I could sleep this deeply right now, cold's suck
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on May 23, 2015, 02:15:03 AM
Papilledema is not something to fuck around with. Did she prescribe anything for it, or offer any possible explanation? That's a symptom, not a disease itself.

She told me to contact my eye doctor
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on May 23, 2015, 02:15:41 AM
This isn't that important to some of you but it is to me because it's part of what defines me.  May 22 was World Goth Day and I, a goth of 12+ years, just found out.  :banghead
Okay I guess I can forgive myself because the day was founded in 2009 (I was going through divorce with my first wife at the time).  I am majorly bummed out.  Maybe next year.



 :hug
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Nanshork on May 23, 2015, 12:23:04 PM
I really really really really need to get a job and move out of my friend's house.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on May 23, 2015, 12:47:23 PM
Ohhh boy, where do i start?

Yesterday was one of those days. You know? Those days where absolutely every fucking thing goes wrong? Well, yeah.

I had a party, a fucking awesome party i had the tickets for, but i went and sold them to my sister, because i was going to see the girl i'm falling for.

This was mistake number 1.

Right off the bat, i could tell something was wrong. Maybe a bit of context is in order here. She broke up with her boyfriend two weeks ago. I was eyeing her for a very long time and i jumped at the chance. Like a shark who smells a drop of blood in the ocean, i became a predator, and like a lion poucing on a Gnu in the jungle, i got on with her pretty quickly. And we absolutely, positively, clicked together. I never even thought that was a real possibility for me anymore.

So, back to yesterday. I could tell something was wrong, because she wasn't being her normal self. Giving short, curt answers, the whole shebang. I then told her i missed her.

This was mistake number 2.

That message was received, and her response was a simple "Aww", nothing more, nothing less. If i was suspicious before, now i was certain. I was going to get dumped. That put me in a foul mood. I didn't want to drink, but i was at the bar with my friends, and i was unable to interact - like, at all. So after some coaxing, i ended up starting to drink.

This was mistake number 3.

Now, i knew booze was going to put me in a good mood. But i also knew that it would make me share way more than i intended to, because that's what booze does to me. I open up like... A thing that opens really well. A door with a well-lubricated hinge. Yes, let's go with that, lest i make a more vulgar comparison. In any case, i start confronting one of my friends, because i knew she was talking behind my back that i was, as she says, "a bit gay". Well, yes, i go to gay clubs, yes, i have a lot of gay friends. But i never really felt attracted to guys, i'm just a man that has absolutely no prejudice at all with sexuality. Plus, my gay friends have the hottest girl friends ever. For real. So i confront her, but then i have to go, because i'm going to see another friend of mine and she's way out in the other side of the city, so i say my farewells, and go on my way.

As i was drinking and generally dicking around, i start to receive texts from the girl i'm attracted to. I know what they are. I open them, and they are exactly what i thought they would be. I am a good sport about the whole thing, put on my best texting skills to good use, make a joke out of the whole you're-dumping-me thing, and generally feel pretty good about myself, thinking that, if i play my cards right, she'll come around and change her mind mighty quickly anyway.

That's right about when shit started hitting the fan. One of my friends who was with me makes a remark about something that was said about me on the table when i excused myself to the restroom and, combined with what i had heard earlier and what i suspected, plus my blood alcohol concentration, i decided that it would be a good idea to call my best friend and start discussing this shit. She confirmed my suspicions, and i said, well, then fuck it. I'm out of here. Sent a message to our whatsapp group, left the group, and resumed drinking.

This was mistake number 4.

Shit hit the fan pretty quickly after that. I called my best friend again, and she relayed to me the information. I had created a split on the group. She had left the group as well, and the friend i was angry with had fallen out with pretty much everyone on the table. To make matters worse, out of the fucking blue, out of the fucking NOWHERE AT ALL, the girl that previously had just dumped me appeared there with my gay friend, who is also her best friend, who said he wouldn't go anywhere but his house today. I'm flabbergasted, i don't know what the fuck is going on, i'm drunk out of my fucking mind, and everything is happening all at the same time. Then she left not 10 minutes after she arrived, doesn't come back, and i don't know why.

Night was pretty shitty for me after that, in general. I wanted to go home, but ended up going to this guy's house with my friends, but generally i was a mess. My gay friend finally picks up his phone and returns my missed calls, says they want me to come over where they are. I say, sure, let's fucking do it, it's 4am already and whatever. Then not an hour after, when i'm on my way, they say they're leaving.

That's right about when my body said enough is enough, and i asked my friend who was driving to pull over so i could puke and get the alcohol out. Got home, slept.

Now i have a hangover, a moral hangover, hell, i think even my spirit and my bones have a hangover.

On the plus side, for whatever fucking reason, the girl seems to have come around.

Again, what the fuck is going on? I thought i had this shit down, but things seem to be spiralling out of my control. I don't like when that happens. Usually it ends up with me in a big depression.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on May 23, 2015, 03:31:11 PM
Do you take any meds?  Some meds don't react well with alcohol and they could be fucking about with your perception.  Hell there are some you can't take with grapefruit juice.

<Knows about side effects as he will soon be on almost 20 separate medications.  :(
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on May 23, 2015, 04:53:25 PM
Do you take any meds?  Some meds don't react well with alcohol and they could be fucking about with your perception.  Hell there are some you can't take with grapefruit juice.

<Knows about side effects as he will soon be on almost 20 separate medications.  :(

I used to, but i'm off-meds for a while now, almost a year without meds. Only thing i take regularly is Omeprazol for Gastritis, and that's it.

Possibly, i have been drinking way too hard for way too long and it's starting to really affect my life. For the past month or so, some occasional cocaine as well.

I'm beggining to think that i'm a trainwreck waiting to happen, the way i've been living my life.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on May 23, 2015, 06:08:28 PM
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/flesh-eating-cocaine-laced-veterinary-drug-levamisole/story?id=13902353  The article is old, but this crap is still around.  I'd drop the hard stuff, especially as it will also make your gastrointestinal problems worse (both alcohol and coke).  Alcohol is a big no no if you have stomach acid problems.  And depending on what they cut the powder with, you could be ingesting god knows what.

Also if alcohol and coke are mixed it causes a chemical reaction that can cause sudden death.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: KellKheraptis on May 24, 2015, 10:47:10 AM
Sorting through 339 threads to find a specific Warblade lockdown build, and subjected to page after page of Fail-ryinth bitching about fighters getting pwnt by pretty much everything...  :banghead  :shakefist
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: phaedrusxy on May 24, 2015, 01:22:50 PM
Sorting through 339 threads to find a specific Warblade lockdown build, and subjected to page after page of Fail-ryinth bitching about fighters getting pwnt by pretty much everything...  :banghead  :shakefist
:lmao What a blast from the past, eh?  :lol
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on May 24, 2015, 05:04:21 PM
Sorting through 339 threads to find a specific Warblade lockdown build, and subjected to page after page of Fail-ryinth bitching about fighters getting pwnt by pretty much everything...  :banghead  :shakefist

I know of Faelrynth from the argument concerning natural weapons and unarmed strikes.  Not surprising about them bitching about fighters.

Were you at least able to find the warblade build?  Or was wading through all that shit too much?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Nanshork on May 25, 2015, 10:49:24 AM
We got hit with record flooding in the middle of the night before last night and more flooding is predicted for sometime today. My roommates and I live on the third floor of an apartment complex so we're all okay. However, the storage unit holding almost all of my stuff got severely flooded and probably will again. I've prepared as much as I could before it got too stressful, the couch is the only furniture I'm worried about and plenty of things won't be harmed by water. However there is a good bit of damaged stuff already, and I don't have renter's insurance since I'm still unemployed. I know that I'm not going to lose as much as I did in the fire (for those of you who don't know/remember, my house burned down in a forest fire in 2011), but this is still a bit too much right now.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on May 25, 2015, 05:18:48 PM
mass hugs  :hug :hug :hug
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: zook1shoe on May 26, 2015, 01:30:08 AM
Flood insurance?

Yeah, sounds like that area is getting bad. Here in North Colorado,  we've been hammered by 23/25 days of precipitation.

A highway near the Platte about an hour east of was flooded, and they were still working on the washout from the 1000 year flood in 2013. We got passed before it was closed for awhile after it got worse. Got a couple good pictures

Side note... a cold and double ear infections SUCK!
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on May 26, 2015, 05:08:33 PM
Yeah that flooding is brutal  :hug

My sister used to live in Houston,
in an area called The Heights.
It got flooded some too, so it's bad.

I think this might be Katrina-esque in terms of overall damage.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on May 27, 2015, 03:03:12 AM
Flood insurance?

Yeah, sounds like that area is getting bad. Here in North Colorado,  we've been hammered by 23/25 days of precipitation.

A highway near the Platte about an hour east of was flooded, and they were still working on the washout from the 1000 year flood in 2013. We got passed before it was closed for awhile after it got worse. Got a couple good pictures

Side note... a cold and double ear infections SUCK!

Cold and a double ear infection sounds more like blowing actually.

Here in Utah we've had a lot of precipitation too.  I don't know of any flooding, but I'm not very informed on that.  It's been nice having cooler nights so I can sleep better though.

What I really wish I had was a weighted cooling vest or something to wear at night.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Nanshork on May 27, 2015, 10:48:05 AM
No flood insurance because I'm unemployed.  Things ended up not being super bad.  I can cross-post what I put on Facebook if people want updates.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on May 27, 2015, 01:09:11 PM
Getting ripped hurts. A lot.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on May 27, 2015, 04:47:33 PM
bruj's long post 1 back ... that's some DRAAAAA-MAAAAAA.


People think they have Gaydar, but they don't.
So then they're trying to plan and pre-plan your sexuality?
Forget it.
Also, drinking is by itself quite often a morality hangover.
2 max and stay on top of everyone else's drama, equals
people saying "you're so with it, how?" like it's the secret.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on May 27, 2015, 06:28:54 PM
Good thing i have zero patience for drama and my number 1 way of dealing with it is to say fuck you to everyone involved. Been working pretty great so far. Also, having to stay with my father in the hospital while everyone i know is out partying and getting smashed,  INCLUDING the girl i've been working on, has given me a massive headache. I probably have nothing too serious to worry about. Probably. I was pretty OK with everything until someone mentioned she was going. Fuck, i really have been bitten by the love-bug. FUCK THIS SHIT. I AM AN EMOTIONAL VOID. God. I don't even want to respond to any of my fuck-buddies texts. WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME? Goddamn this shit all to hell.

It's like i subconsciously only feel attracted to woman that make me play life on NINTENDO HARD mode.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on May 27, 2015, 08:56:25 PM
i do not has papilledema, therefore I will not be going blind (at least not yet).  I do, however, still have an empty sella, so I will need to find out why (most likely pituitary gland testing).  I also need to undergo two biopsies.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on May 27, 2015, 08:59:33 PM
Yay!  Vision retained!

 :clap
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on May 28, 2015, 06:36:29 PM
Yay good news.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: phaedrusxy on May 28, 2015, 07:35:34 PM
i do not has papilledema, therefore I will not be going blind (at least not yet).  I do, however, still have an empty sella, so I will need to find out why (most likely pituitary gland testing).  I also need to undergo two biopsies.
Wow, that is truly awesome news. Empty sella is bad news, but not as bad as a lot of the things that might come with papilledema. (There are always hormonal replacement therapies for all the stuff the pituitary does :p). Although since both can be caused by intracranial pressure, you might want to insist on getting a CSF pressure measurement (if they didn't already do that).
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on May 28, 2015, 07:38:43 PM
Doesn't that require a spinal tap?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: phaedrusxy on May 28, 2015, 07:51:45 PM
Yes. They do it below the area of the spinal cord, though (the spinal cord ends at about L2).
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on May 28, 2015, 08:01:05 PM
*Shutters* Spinal tap.

I've had one.  Pity it ended up being completely unnecessary in the end. 
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on May 28, 2015, 09:32:25 PM
*Shutters* Spinal tap.

I've had one.  Pity it ended up being completely unnecessary in the end.

that bad?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: phaedrusxy on May 28, 2015, 09:37:12 PM
It shouldn't be that bad... I think some people get a headache from it, maybe nausea.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Solo on May 28, 2015, 09:44:08 PM
*Shutters* Spinal tap.

I've had one.  Pity it ended up being completely unnecessary in the end.
Oh grow a spine.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on May 28, 2015, 10:05:43 PM
*Shutters* Spinal tap.

I've had one.  Pity it ended up being completely unnecessary in the end.

that bad?

The actual tap, not so much (though I was high on morphine at the time) but I had a few side effects.  The headaches were killer.

*Shutters* Spinal tap.

I've had one.  Pity it ended up being completely unnecessary in the end.
Oh grow a spine.

 :D  I did but it's not mine.  I keep it in the vat next to the pickle barrel.   :plot  Hmmm, I should figure out who this belongs to.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on May 29, 2015, 12:08:33 AM
Dude, I gave that to you like 4 years ago, half grown.  You've been pickling it for me for 3 and a half years now.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on May 29, 2015, 12:14:42 AM
Dude, I gave that to you like 4 years ago, half grown.  You've been pickling it for me for 3 and a half years now.

Ah, so it was you!  Sorry it took so long, deadlines and all.  I'll wrap this spine up and dry it off, and have it back to you before you can say "TOLBEROOOOONE!"   :p

Now to find out why all these severed hands keep appearing in my basement...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Psysama on May 29, 2015, 12:20:14 AM
Dude, I gave that to you like 4 years ago, half grown.  You've been pickling it for me for 3 and a half years now.

Ah, so it was you!  Sorry it took so long, deadlines and all.  I'll wrap this spine up and dry it off, and have it back to you before you can say "TOLBEROOOOONE!"   :p

Now to find out why all these severed hands keep appearing in my basement...
I have insane regeneration, and I have been trying to offer my hand to guide you through new and dangerous lands, but every time I do, you slip into another personality and cut off my hands and then revert back with no knowledge of what you've done.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on May 29, 2015, 12:25:33 AM
Dude, I gave that to you like 4 years ago, half grown.  You've been pickling it for me for 3 and a half years now.

Ah, so it was you!  Sorry it took so long, deadlines and all.  I'll wrap this spine up and dry it off, and have it back to you before you can say "TOLBEROOOOONE!"   :p

Now to find out why all these severed hands keep appearing in my basement...
I have insane regeneration, and I have been trying to offer my hand to guide you through new and dangerous lands, but every time I do, you slip into another personality and cut off my hands and then revert back with no knowledge of what you've done.

HOLY SHIT A POKEMON!

(http://33.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_le6rdiztoQ1qfj9tso1_400.gif)

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

...

...

...

...oh hey Psysama.  What's up?  What happened to your shirt, it's covered in ketchup.  ...is that another pair of hands on the floor?  Oh god damnit.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on May 29, 2015, 12:00:35 PM
Pysama... you've been chopping your hands off an awful lot lately. Do we need to get you help?

I mean, we're here for you man.

And we're (more seriously) here for you too, bhu. I hope those biopsies turn up with good results.

(I also see that everyone else is more mature than I am. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOO5S4vxi0o))
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: phaedrusxy on May 29, 2015, 01:01:09 PM
(I also see that everyone else is more mature than I am. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOO5S4vxi0o))
Sadly I have still never seen that movie...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Nanshork on May 29, 2015, 01:35:48 PM
(I also see that everyone else is more mature than I am. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOO5S4vxi0o))
Sadly I have still never seen that movie...

It's on Netflix.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: phaedrusxy on May 29, 2015, 02:04:55 PM
(I also see that everyone else is more mature than I am. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOO5S4vxi0o))
Sadly I have still never seen that movie...

It's on Netflix.
Access isn't the problem. Time to watch it is. :)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on May 29, 2015, 03:04:59 PM
(I also see that everyone else is more mature than I am. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOO5S4vxi0o))
Sadly I have still never seen that movie...

It's on Netflix.

Hell, it's on Youtube too.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on May 29, 2015, 04:17:21 PM

Yes. They do it below the area of the spinal cord, though (the spinal cord ends at about L2).

Oh that's right where you install the Orgasmatron.
Might get some fringe benefits out of it.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on May 30, 2015, 01:29:57 AM
Getting so emotional or whatever that I can't even talk to my family at times, or return calls to my mom or most others.  Can't really go to the psychologist anymore since I turned 26 and the insurance my dad bought no longer covers me.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on May 30, 2015, 02:22:28 PM
FUCK YOU IN THE ASS WITH A RUSTY BUTCHER'S KNIFE, YOUTUBE!

Sorry, ABP stopped blocking Youtube ads and I can't find the Flash object (which would let me write a script that plays just that on a page.)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Chemus on May 30, 2015, 03:58:43 PM
chrome, or firefox, Amechra? try About:Cache to get your cache folder. the files in there appear not to have extensions, and they're usually shadowcopy locked. But you may know more than I; I usually try to use hobo copy (one word, run together) to get vids I wanna save.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on May 30, 2015, 05:21:18 PM
I'm Firefox; and I think that it was just my computer being a doofus.

It does that sometimes.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on May 30, 2015, 07:47:25 PM
ABP still works fine for me on YT.  I have many other complaints about it though, so yeah.  I mean, one, I want the freaking ability to toggle autoplay on freaking playlists back.  Why on earth was that removed?  You still have the randomize feature!  But got rid of that!?!  Also, I would like to invert playlists too.  Because some people (Rooster Teeth and sub-divisions in particular) uploaded the videos in reverse chronological order, so you want to watch them in order, too bad, pay attention, and load up the videos an unnecessary.  Oh, and for some reason now I keep getting channels I'm already subscribed to being "suggested channels".  No duh YouTube, that's why I subscribed to them.

EDIT: Oh, yeah, also, playlists are really stupid about full screen.  When it moves to a new video while full screen, if you leave full screen it now restarts the video.  This is new.  Until today, it just interrupted the video and made it reload at that point.  Note: if I do this swap between full and non-full when it's not moved to a new video, there's no interruption or load.  No idea what changed that made this happen, though maybe it's that it doesn't load the new page when it does this, and needs to load an actual page when you leave fullscreen?  If so, it might just be that, and that might be why it's not saving the spot either.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on May 31, 2015, 01:24:49 AM
goddamn fuckin' radiator hoses.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Chemus on May 31, 2015, 01:34:07 AM
goddamn fuckin' radiator hoses.

Is that where surgical tubing comes from, Unca' Kitty!?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on May 31, 2015, 01:48:23 AM
Oil light on dash lit up and steam or smoke was pouring from under hood.  Turns out was busted hose.  I'm betting most of my coolant has sprayed over my engine.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Psysama on May 31, 2015, 02:00:43 AM
goddamn fuckin' radiator hoses.
Is it bad that I read that as "radiator horses"?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on May 31, 2015, 02:05:07 AM
Yes.  Steam escaping through a tear in a horse would be much more terrifying than a mundane hose.   :o
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on May 31, 2015, 02:31:30 AM
goddamn fuckin' radiator hoses.
Is it bad that I read that as "radiator horses"?

I DID THE SAME THING
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on May 31, 2015, 02:43:30 PM
 :lol ... Bhu now has a new Race to build.

Look up in the sky ...
it's a Steam Mephit
it's a psuedonatural Pegasus
it's Half-warforged-breeder-Man !
... and antipathy toward it's creator.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Chemus on May 31, 2015, 03:53:40 PM
...it's a psuedonatural Pegasus...

"That's not a tentacle!"
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on June 01, 2015, 12:47:53 PM
My summer internship keeps getting pushed back bit-by-bit due to the need for ridiculous background-checking.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on June 03, 2015, 01:21:14 PM
I hardly talk with one of my best friends anymore because the power cord for her macbook is broken.  Turns out it's extremely common for them to do that.  Worst part is each new one costs about $75.  And might only last a year.

The ways I want to torture and eventually murder the person who made the ultimate decision to let that fucking shit be produced...  Was going to say they can't be contained in D&D's rules, but I expect they can be.  It's insane.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on June 03, 2015, 01:35:01 PM
I hardly talk with one of my best friends anymore because the power cord for her macbook is broken.  Turns out it's extremely common for them to do that.  Worst part is each new one costs about $75.  And might only last a year.

The ways I want to torture and eventually murder the person who made the ultimate decision to let that fucking shit be produced...  Was going to say they can't be contained in D&D's rules, but I expect they can be.  It's insane.

Another reason why i fucking hate apple. All it's products are hyped as all fuck to be high-quality high-end parts, but in the end you're just getting the same chinese mass produced shit everyone else uses, at a premium. Apple sucks. Every time i see someone using an IAnything, i instantly assume that they don't know anything.

I'm not even defending other companies, either. But at least they charge cheaper to deliver about the same quality.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on June 03, 2015, 01:56:18 PM
I hardly talk with one of my best friends anymore because the power cord for her macbook is broken.  Turns out it's extremely common for them to do that.  Worst part is each new one costs about $75.  And might only last a year.

The ways I want to torture and eventually murder the person who made the ultimate decision to let that fucking shit be produced...  Was going to say they can't be contained in D&D's rules, but I expect they can be.  It's insane.

Another reason why i fucking hate apple. All it's products are hyped as all fuck to be high-quality high-end parts, but in the end you're just getting the same chinese mass produced shit everyone else uses, at a premium. Apple sucks. Every time i see someone using an IAnything, i instantly assume that they don't know anything.

I'm not even defending other companies, either. But at least they charge cheaper to deliver about the same quality.

Yeah, the comparison one of my friends made a few years ago was this:

Windows boxes tend to have great hardware, but the software's shitty.
Apple products tend to have stable software, but shoddy hardware.

And here I am with my beat-up laptop running Ubuntu with some little tweaks... I sincerely believe that if I was running anything else on this computer, it wouldn't work. I've dropped this thing at least twice, and the case is coming apart at the seems. Heck, the internal keyboard stops working after ten or so minutes (a software glitch I'm working on fixing.)

My laptop is so punk I don't even.

Still waiting for my Internship stuff to be done. And I have to coordinate public transportation for tomorrow. Le SIGH.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on June 03, 2015, 02:15:10 PM
Yeah, when platforms are so closed off like that it more often than not leads to shit because there isn't proper competition.  I really want old Apple back where they actually made good products worth the price.

Amechra, I hear you on the laptop front.  I still have XP on mine and it takes 10 minutes to boot up.  I would like to switch over to whatever Linux distro would work best for me (after researching of course.  Mint maybe?) but XP does still have use for some of my older software.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on June 03, 2015, 04:58:48 PM
I hardly talk with one of my best friends anymore because the power cord for her macbook is broken.  Turns out it's extremely common for them to do that.  Worst part is each new one costs about $75.  And might only last a year.

The ways I want to torture and eventually murder the person who made the ultimate decision to let that fucking shit be produced...  Was going to say they can't be contained in D&D's rules, but I expect they can be.  It's insane.

Another reason why i fucking hate apple. All it's products are hyped as all fuck to be high-quality high-end parts, but in the end you're just getting the same chinese mass produced shit everyone else uses, at a premium. Apple sucks. Every time i see someone using an IAnything, i instantly assume that they don't know anything.

I'm not even defending other companies, either. But at least they charge cheaper to deliver about the same quality.

Yeah, the comparison one of my friends made a few years ago was this:

Windows boxes tend to have great hardware, but the software's shitty.
Apple products tend to have stable software, but shoddy hardware.

And here I am with my beat-up laptop running Ubuntu with some little tweaks... I sincerely believe that if I was running anything else on this computer, it wouldn't work. I've dropped this thing at least twice, and the case is coming apart at the seems. Heck, the internal keyboard stops working after ten or so minutes (a software glitch I'm working on fixing.)

My laptop is so punk I don't even.

Still waiting for my Internship stuff to be done. And I have to coordinate public transportation for tomorrow. Le SIGH.

I've had this same Windows 7 laptop since 2010 at least.  I've dropped it so many times that the case is really bad, the scree can be peeled away a bit on the corners, and just one year ago the battery started to die.  Five years.  The batter lasted LONGER than the power cord for this laptop.  My family members tend to use Apple, they can't stop replacing them because they fall apart. I've had my desktop since 2006, and it's still working plenty fine.  I've replaced the power supply and added a bunch more RAM, but that's it.

@Jack: Apple once made products that were worth the price?  lol.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: KellKheraptis on June 04, 2015, 12:39:24 AM
^5 Amechra on the Ubuntu front - I've been Winblows free for 6 years :D  My daughter even requested (when she was SEVEN mind you) that on the new living room computer we'd gotten at the time be switched from W7 to Linux, because it was faster on Xubuntu (on half the spec, mind you).  Ok, /endrant/ , and :middlefinger  Crapple!
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on June 04, 2015, 06:06:33 AM
Rough times the last two days.  I'll be back in full soon.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on June 04, 2015, 10:50:03 AM
Yeah, when platforms are so closed off like that it more often than not leads to shit because there isn't proper competition.  I really want old Apple back where they actually made good products worth the price.

Amechra, I hear you on the laptop front.  I still have XP on mine and it takes 10 minutes to boot up.  I would like to switch over to whatever Linux distro would work best for me (after researching of course.  Mint maybe?) but XP does still have use for some of my older software.

I used Mint for several months, MATE version. Then i used Cinnamon version for a couple of weeks.

For work, it works well enough. A few minor complaints that i have is that LibreOffice sometimes doesn't agree 100% with the Office suite, and you end up with errors when working with documents that were created on Office in LibreOffice and vice versa. Also, not all Linux drivers are 100% compatible with hardware, many are Open Source and have bugs in them. I was fortunate enough to have a Dell Laptop, and those generally have hardware that is close to 100% supported on Linux. Even then, i had SEVERE headache trying to make the HDMI-port on my Laptop to work properly. Image was fine, but the sound driver for the HDMI-port wasn't cooperating, and it wouldn't automatically recognize when the laptop was plugged into my TV. There isn't an easy menu to select which device you want to output sound, either. So i had to mess around with configs, spend several hours on forums working out exactly what was the problem and how to fix it. In the end i had to create a macro that would switch between the two output devices (HDMI & Internal Speakers) when i ran it. So there's that. Also had some minor trouble with the Wi-Fi driver that was pre-installed on Mint, so i had to go and find the proper driver, again after some forum-hopping.

So, while it ran 100% fine 98% of the time, sometimes i had a couple of hitches, and from what i gather, it's not because of Mint, but because of Linux.

Now onto the good parts. My laptop booted in like, 5~8 seconds. It's BLAZING FAST. Also, just by having Mint instead of Windows 7, you gain at least 40gb worth of free space, because it has a very, very small footprint, unlike Windows. It also uses very, very little resources, so your laptop *really* works on it's top speed all of the time. You seriously can take a very old laptop (mine is 6 years old), put Mint on it, and it will FEEL almost like a new laptop.

I would say it won't hurt to try it out. If you're worried about it, burn a DVD and try it out. You can run Mint out of a DVD, get a feel for it's features, and if you don't like it, it won't really matter, because nothing was installed on your machine.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on June 04, 2015, 01:25:58 PM
Rough times the last two days.  I'll be back in full soon.

 :hug
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on June 04, 2015, 06:47:46 PM

I hardly talk with one of my best friends anymore because the power cord for her macbook is broken ...

I'm'n'a go rant mode.

It bugs the @#$% out of me that some of my old friendships
(and old-old friendships) were exclusive to the specific Tech only.
It's like a Phone friend, a Face-to-Face friend, an Emailer
and work based buddy, are not things that can cross over
into the other's universe.  I even have a cranky uncle who
wants handwritten letters on proper stationary, only.
wtf  :shakefist :fu :??? modern life is weird.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on June 04, 2015, 07:49:35 PM
Grandma is in the hospital.  This time it's her pancreas that's causing issues.  It's got some sort of growth on it, and that's somehow restricting blood flow from the liver to the kidneys.  Her liver is also having issues since she's jaundiced, and I heard hepatitis in there somewhere.  The doctors will be doing more tests to nail down all of what's going on.

Another reminder that I need to get my shit together.  Even if she makes it through this alright, she still won't have much longer probably.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Psysama on June 04, 2015, 09:34:44 PM
So I was having another Transformer dream this morning, but instead of working with Starscream or being Starscream, I was Megatron (specifically the Transformers Armada version). I was conquering Cybertron and eventually I teamed up with this Spider Queen (both of us knowing this was a temporary alliance). I just got to a point where I no longer needed the Spider Queen's help when...my wife work me up and wished me happy birthday. *sigh*
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on June 04, 2015, 11:38:40 PM
Is it possible you were monologuing in your sleep?  :smirk
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on June 06, 2015, 03:29:44 PM
Heh.

Long time ago, I was visiting my grandparents.
I was asleep.  My sister walked into the room.
I bolted upright and said:  "I'm playing basketball with Ralph Sampson."
Eyes closed the whole time, measurably not awake,
and immediately lay back down to full sleep.
She thought it was hilarious, and I remembered the whole dream too.

Hypnagogia ... it's a real thing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnagogia

Where/how lots of Vampire myths got started,
and other things that go bump in the night.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on June 06, 2015, 05:03:06 PM
I have a confession to make.  Every night, I sneak into people's houses and teleport them to one of my bubbles on the Far Realm as experiments, then put them back before they wake.  They think that "dreaming" is normal.  It's not, nobody dreams except the people I abduct.  True story.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on June 06, 2015, 05:12:55 PM
Eiji, could you run that experiment again where I'm lucid dreaming and flying over a forest?  Please?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: phaedrusxy on June 06, 2015, 05:22:38 PM
Eiji, could you run that experiment again where I'm lucid dreaming and flying over a forest?  Please?
I have one kind of like that... except that I'm also a bodiless psychic parasite that exists by possessing the bodies of others. It was a recurring dream which was the inspiration for a recurring character of mine (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=1135.0)...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on June 06, 2015, 05:24:45 PM
Can you kidnap one of the local churches and give them the feeling that somehow, somewhere there are always rabbits staring at them.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: altpersona on June 06, 2015, 09:59:57 PM
one of the cloud services i used shut down their free service... so i spent a week pulling like 5gig of photos off the site in groups of 10. so that took for ever.

then i pull the photos off my phone to get both sets sorted.

just for completeness i pulled a photo backup off a second cloud... so three sets to sort.

oh and the local copy on my pc.

and while i type i wonder if there is a set on my terabyte drives....

anyway, i scan for duplicates.... 7k+ dupes, for almost 4gb space. (not counting what might be on the terabytes)

so here i set searching and deleting 3 to 5 files at a time.... iv got about 6800 dupes left...  :banghead
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on June 07, 2015, 01:07:29 AM
Drunk people are assholes and should be banned from gaming.   :shakefist
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Solo on June 07, 2015, 02:57:42 AM
Drunk people are assholes and should be banned from gaming.   :shakefist
Fixed it for you.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Psysama on June 08, 2015, 12:56:37 AM
Drunk people are assholes and should be banned from gaming.   :shakefist
Hey, I often resemble that remark and I'll have you know that a lot of people like me when I am drunk (and stay at that level)(which is why my friends sometimes buy me a drink)(I become more talkative and laugh more).  Now when I get wasted...I scare people mainly due to them seeing how much I drank, me getting up and needing to do something and staggering to the location (kitchen, bathroom, bed, whatever).
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on June 10, 2015, 08:36:16 AM
Both of the guys I'm shadowing called in sick today.

They should be back tomorrow, but that teaches me to check my email prior to heading out.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on June 10, 2015, 03:54:00 PM
when did buying a used car become so damn unreasonable?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on June 10, 2015, 05:37:04 PM
Uh, like, always?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on June 10, 2015, 08:15:48 PM
Grandma's having surgery to remove her pancreas/the tumor in it.  Not sure on the specifics yet.  At first they thought they couldn't operate on it, but after some maneuvering they found they could get it out, so hopefully grandma will be able to live at least a year longer.  Still crossing my fingers.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on June 11, 2015, 12:56:59 AM
 :hug
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Stratovarius on June 11, 2015, 07:33:06 AM
when did buying a used car become so damn unreasonable?

If you can swing it, CarMax, or Texas Direct on eBay. No hassle, no negotiation. Search, find a car at a price you want, and buy it. Takes away a hell of a lot of the frustration of dealing with random people or shitty car dealers. Best deals are still on the private market though - that'll always be true.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Nanshork on June 11, 2015, 12:51:35 PM
when did buying a used car become so damn unreasonable?

If you can swing it, CarMax, or Texas Direct on eBay. No hassle, no negotiation. Search, find a car at a price you want, and buy it. Takes away a hell of a lot of the frustration of dealing with random people or shitty car dealers. Best deals are still on the private market though - that'll always be true.

Just be aware that CarMax can be more expensive than most dealerships (at least around here they are).  Then again, they are probably more reliable.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on June 11, 2015, 04:04:17 PM
If anyone ever tells you CYmbalta is good for fibro or diabetic pain, and the side effects are minimal,, do yourself the favor of kicking them in the face.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on June 11, 2015, 06:22:40 PM
Bhu
cars.com + toyota + corolla + <$7000 + 100 miles + zip 43210
71 hits
like this one:
http://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/detail/639021184/overview/
or this one:
http://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/detail/638219141/overview/
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Nanshork on June 11, 2015, 07:32:53 PM
Toyota Corolla is a pretty good car, that's what I have.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on June 12, 2015, 08:57:46 AM
@#$@*#....

Bloody ability damage...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on June 12, 2015, 03:57:51 PM
Toyota Corolla is a pretty good car, that's what I have.

Yeah, I lucked into a 95 Geo Prism corolla clone.
I've seen 400 000+ miles out of multiple local Taxis
and they were 85 corollas.  They don't break.
It's only whether you want the repair expenses and hassles.

Personally I'd prefer a brand new no option Toyota or Honda.
But that's just at current math.  $15k over 15 year ownership expenses.
Effectively no repair cost.  Gas costs as good as anything not Hybrid.
15k miles per year and lowest total expenses possible.

Pre 2007 and Cash for Clunkers, cheapest used always
cost less than brand new, but not anymore.   Luckily
there are still deals to be had, but they're tough to find.


As an aside, I was very surprised that Taxi fleets didn't go
all Prius like as soon as they were proven.  About 8 years
from now, I'll have the same attitude toward Driverless taxis.
Maybe 12 years from now, buying a Car will not be needed.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on June 13, 2015, 06:07:09 AM
I've seen some speculation that in the next 10-30 years or so, not only will driverless vehicles become the norm, driven vehicles might be outlawed or highly restricted due to all the accidents.  Number one killer of minors in the US?  Accidents, usually car accidents but other accident types are counted in there too.  Huh, accidents tends to apply to miners too...

I'm curious to see how city planning will go since it's mainly built around cars nowadays, but if driving becomes a much different beast then hopefully cities will start being built more with humans in mind.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on June 13, 2015, 09:06:01 PM
So... power just came back after 24 hours down.

It's amazing how much quieter it is outside when there's no power...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on June 14, 2015, 01:56:27 AM
Incoming long ass post because there was a straw that broke this camel's back and I'm breaking down and just needed to vomit my thoughts and feelings out.  Spoilered because yeah, it's long.

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on June 14, 2015, 03:41:39 AM
mass hugs  :hug :hug :hug
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on June 14, 2015, 03:59:49 AM
 :hug

Probably not good enough (I'm no pretty girl), but I hope things look up.



Tiny rant: I wish I could stay on track enough to start and finish a project. Rather than just getting the first done, and the second done never.

I also wish I would stop having pleasant dreams of nauseatingly cute romance. It would make reality hurt a little less.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on June 15, 2015, 10:43:48 PM
I can certainly understand wanting to cuddle with someone, Jack. Have a big hug from uncle Kuro.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on June 16, 2015, 05:44:14 PM
Hugs.

Well ... hugs over here ... cuddles over there.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on June 16, 2015, 05:47:21 PM
I've seen some speculation that in the next 10-30 years or so, not only will driverless vehicles become the norm, driven vehicles might be outlawed or highly restricted due to all the accidents.  Number one killer of minors in the US?  Accidents, usually car accidents but other accident types are counted in there too.  Huh, accidents tends to apply to miners too...

I'm curious to see how city planning will go since it's mainly built around cars nowadays, but if driving becomes a much different beast then hopefully cities will start being built more with humans in mind.

Yeah things are gonna change.
Most of the Older cities still have areas that have survived to today, even without a currently useful purpose.  New York just re-opened a 100'+ high bridge to the Bronx, that got use > 100 years ago.
3rd world slums sometimes have 500 000 people in a square mile.  1st world cities can't do that.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: KellKheraptis on June 16, 2015, 11:37:50 PM
First off, hugs and well wishing Jack - my parents divorce sucked hard, though nothing like that, as did my own earlier this year (though thankfully it looks like that is working itself out in a good way). 

/* Begin Rant */

In other news, death to all CSS writers that DON'T LEAVE FUCKING NOTES IN THE STYLESHEET!!!!

/* End Rant */
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on June 17, 2015, 12:21:45 AM
First off, hugs and well wishing Jack - my parents divorce sucked hard, though nothing like that, as did my own earlier this year (though thankfully it looks like that is working itself out in a good way). 

/* Begin Rant */

In other news, death to all CSS writers that DON'T LEAVE FUCKING NOTES IN THE STYLESHEET!!!!

/* End Rant */

Is this anything you could let me take a look at? I is good at figuring out what uncommented code/markup does.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: KellKheraptis on June 17, 2015, 12:59:21 AM
First off, hugs and well wishing Jack - my parents divorce sucked hard, though nothing like that, as did my own earlier this year (though thankfully it looks like that is working itself out in a good way). 

/* Begin Rant */

In other news, death to all CSS writers that DON'T LEAVE FUCKING NOTES IN THE STYLESHEET!!!!

/* End Rant */

Is this anything you could let me take a look at? I is good at figuring out what uncommented code/markup does.

Wish I would have known that earlier :P  I can figure it out easily enough myself as well, it just drives me up the wall when it's all pre-minified on a WordPress site.  A plugin does this on load from a supercached static file - why do the work of the plugin ahead of time (that mind you is super light to begin with, and allows for nice clean CSS).  I will definitely keep that in mind, and if you're ever on the market for collaboration, let me know - I'm 100% freelance now, and would love to take the developing gig to the next level.  If I happen to find the old stylesheet for one of them, I'll send it over - I had to clean the mess of like 4 other devs, and none of them noted anything (and half of it was redundant).  And the client wondered why when I migrated totally off that theme, the load time dropped like a stone and page speed score skyrocketed!
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on June 17, 2015, 01:08:13 AM
:hug:  :hug:  Thanks you guys.  It'll take a while to work on, but I've got some sort of hope that things will get better...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on June 17, 2015, 04:47:57 AM
God damnit.

Eiji will return to PbP after there messages from THE BLACK PLAUGE, GIFT OF NURGEL, DESPOILER OF WORLD.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on June 17, 2015, 05:07:31 PM
First off, hugs and well wishing Jack - my parents divorce sucked hard, though nothing like that, as did my own earlier this year (though thankfully it looks like that is working itself out in a good way). 

/* Begin Rant */

In other news, death to all CSS writers that DON'T LEAVE FUCKING NOTES IN THE STYLESHEET!!!!

/* End Rant */

Is this anything you could let me take a look at? I is good at figuring out what uncommented code/markup does.

Wish I would have known that earlier :P  I can figure it out easily enough myself as well, it just drives me up the wall when it's all pre-minified on a WordPress site.  A plugin does this on load from a supercached static file - why do the work of the plugin ahead of time (that mind you is super light to begin with, and allows for nice clean CSS).  I will definitely keep that in mind, and if you're ever on the market for collaboration, let me know - I'm 100% freelance now, and would love to take the developing gig to the next level.  If I happen to find the old stylesheet for one of them, I'll send it over - I had to clean the mess of like 4 other devs, and none of them noted anything (and half of it was redundant).  And the client wondered why when I migrated totally off that theme, the load time dropped like a stone and page speed score skyrocketed!

I'm off the market right now; I'm still getting through college, and my sum total of work experience with CSS/HTML/Javascript is minimal.

I'm still pretty good at predicting what CSS will do - I would be interested if you dropped me a line.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on June 19, 2015, 01:57:05 AM
Nothing ruins your faith in people like people themselves.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on June 19, 2015, 07:59:22 AM
Nothing ruins your faith in people like people themselves.

You can always place your faith in Eiji.  I'm a sun god, and that's pretty cool.  Plus, the more worshipers I have, the more power I get, and soon I will be able to burn the surface of all the planets off with my radiant wrath.  You can't lose.  Just sign here.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on June 19, 2015, 10:28:53 AM
Nothing ruins your faith in people like people themselves.

To be honest, considering all the shit you put up with, I'm surprised you have any left.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: altpersona on June 19, 2015, 12:53:00 PM
one of our local news segments does a semi syndicated "Moms Everyday" spot after the news at noon. Its never porn...  :shakefist
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on June 19, 2015, 01:42:48 PM
one of our local news segments does a semi syndicated "Moms Everyday" spot after the news at noon. Its never porn...  :shakefist

Those heartless BASTARDS!
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on June 19, 2015, 04:20:20 PM

Nothing ruins your faith in people like people themselves.

 :D ... and the Internet.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on June 19, 2015, 04:55:36 PM
Nothing ruins your faith in people like people themselves.

To be honest, considering all the shit you put up with, I'm surprised you have any left.

I've met some pretty decent people here and at gitp.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on June 19, 2015, 05:30:16 PM
Nothing ruins your faith in people like people themselves.

To be honest, considering all the shit you put up with, I'm surprised you have any left.

I've met some pretty decent people here and at gitp.

We love you too, Unca Kitty.  :cool
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on June 19, 2015, 06:21:19 PM
Nothing ruins your faith in people like people themselves.

To be honest, considering all the shit you put up with, I'm surprised you have any left.

I've met some pretty decent people here and at gitp.

We love you too, Unca Kitty.  :cool

↑ I agree with this. There is love here.

The festival ain't dead. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlOuiQucR0o&list=RDETAKCFtgYTI&index=25)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on June 19, 2015, 06:28:15 PM
hugs  :hug

The psychiatrist stunned me today.  The neurologist recommended I try neuroleptics and his response was "Really? Does she have any idea what this would do to you?  I can't prescribe this in good conscience for the reasons she wants.  Your diabetes would go out of control."

It's not like him to take a no pills first stance. 

I is stunned
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on June 19, 2015, 09:29:04 PM
hugs  :hug

The psychiatrist stunned me today.  The neurologist recommended I try neuroleptics and his response was "Really? Does she have any idea what this would do to you?  I can't prescribe this in good conscience for the reasons she wants.  Your diabetes would go out of control."

It's not like him to take a no pills first stance. 

I is stunned

Don't worry, the stun only has a duration of minutes and you're not in combat.

Good news is you're not dazed and confused.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on June 20, 2015, 03:09:51 PM

Nothing ruins your faith in people like people themselves.

To be honest, considering all the shit you put up with, I'm surprised you have any left.

I've met some pretty decent people here and at gitp.

We love you too, Unca Kitty.  :cool

↑ I agree with this. There is love here.

I love you
You love me
my kitty avatar's Tail  makes three
(we're a happy family)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: KellKheraptis on June 20, 2015, 04:29:28 PM
Death to all financial institutions and their check cashing policies.  ALL OF THEM.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on June 20, 2015, 04:57:17 PM
Death to all financial institutions and their check cashing policies.  ALL OF THEM.

 :thumb
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on June 20, 2015, 08:22:25 PM
Bed bugs.  Fucking bed bugs.

And then there's my grandpa who only bathes once a week...  My uncle is pressuring him to get his shit together since my cousin picked off a couple of the bed bugs from his shirt while he was in the hospital visiting my grandma.  Yeah, bed bugs in the hospital = OHGAWD
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on June 20, 2015, 08:55:48 PM
Pizza King is the WORST.  Seriously.  Why does everyone here love it so much?  It's mediocre pizza (on par with Papa Johns for those of you who aren't in Indiana), and it's extremely overpriced.  It was 20 dollars for a medium (14') pizza with two toppings.  And having been in the situation of needing to eat it before, I knew if I got a normal pizza I'd be suffering.  So I got a hamburger, onion, and nacho cheese pizza (nacho pizza!  I'm going to try making one myself some time) thinking the zaniness would save if from bland.  99 cents for the cheese.  And it comes on the side.  As a tiny little container.  Enough for four squares of this exploitative pizza.  Oh, for those who don't know?  They cut their pizzas in a grid.  About 2 inch squares.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on June 20, 2015, 10:40:48 PM
Around here we pay about 40 dollars for two extra-large pizzas with up to four toppings each so yeah... sure feels like a ripoff.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on June 20, 2015, 10:50:33 PM
Christ, why is it everyone else in the world seems to order pizzas made of gold and platinum, given the pricing.  I know I take advantage of a sale they have often, but I usually get a single large with two toppings for $8.  Even assuming topings are $2 (and they're likely cheaper), four would be $12, and twice that $24.  $40, jesus christ man.

Not long ago my friend ordered pizza.  He may have had delivery, but I'm not sure how he ended up paying $28 bucks for something I'd pay $8-$11 maximum as carryout.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on June 20, 2015, 11:02:45 PM
Two extra larges with 4 toppings each I can see going for $40.  Especially delivery.  That's about what it would be here with Papa Johns or a cheaper gourmet place.  Or you could get only one from Pizza King.  These pizzas aren't even filling....

Oh, one more thing about them: the "way you eat them" is to dip them in your favorite barbecue sauce.  Yeah, these supposed "amazing" pizzas are supposed to be eaten with additional flavorings.  People mail these things to their kids in college.  Like, all over the country.  Florida, California, Texas, doesn't matter, their kids get sent these pizzas because they're so freakin' amazing.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on June 20, 2015, 11:31:26 PM
Christ, why is it everyone else in the world seems to order pizzas made of gold and platinum, given the pricing.  I know I take advantage of a sale they have often, but I usually get a single large with two toppings for $8.  Even assuming topings are $2 (and they're likely cheaper), four would be $12, and twice that $24.  $40, jesus christ man.

Not long ago my friend ordered pizza.  He may have had delivery, but I'm not sure how he ended up paying $28 bucks for something I'd pay $8-$11 maximum as carryout.

Carryout is extraordinarily rare here, to the point of being non-existant. Deliveries and pizza-based restaurants lead the way by far.

Also, pretty sure Brazillian pizza is made of uranium.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on June 20, 2015, 11:49:32 PM
Christ, why is it everyone else in the world seems to order pizzas made of gold and platinum, given the pricing.  I know I take advantage of a sale they have often, but I usually get a single large with two toppings for $8.  Even assuming topings are $2 (and they're likely cheaper), four would be $12, and twice that $24.  $40, jesus christ man.

Not long ago my friend ordered pizza.  He may have had delivery, but I'm not sure how he ended up paying $28 bucks for something I'd pay $8-$11 maximum as carryout.

Carryout is extraordinarily rare here, to the point of being non-existant. Deliveries and pizza-based restaurants lead the way by far.

Also, pretty sure Brazillian pizza is made of uranium.

That's right, you're in Brazil, something I forgot to account for.  Exchange rate.  Is it actually $40 or different 40 brazillianbucks.  Actually, forgot what currency Brazil works with.
...
"Reals", huh.  Which apparently is a 1::0.32 exchange rate right now.  That could explain a bit...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on June 21, 2015, 02:04:39 AM
So yeah, it's more like 120 brazillianbucks.  :lol
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on June 21, 2015, 02:08:58 AM
Got the new PC micro center put together for me home.   All of the boxes the parts came in are empty (they give them to you in case you need to use them to mail in a defective part for replacement, when I notice the Power Supply box is heavy.  Because there's a power supply still in it.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: linklord231 on June 21, 2015, 02:11:23 AM
Got the new PC micro center put together for me home.   All of the boxes the parts came in are empty (they give them to you in case you need to use them to mail in a defective part for replacement, when I notice the Power Supply box is heavy.  Because there's a power supply still in it.

So... Did you get 2 PSUs or did they just not install it?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on June 21, 2015, 02:12:54 AM
They loaded the operating systems and drivers so i would hope they did.  Opening the box now.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on June 21, 2015, 02:24:45 AM
They fucked up.  They used a diablotek case that has a 400w power supply that came with it instead of the bigger case and the 600 watt i picked out.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on June 21, 2015, 02:50:35 AM
So yeah, it's more like 120 brazillianbucks.  :lol

Damn son.  And here I was gonna say that ~$13 a pizza is just dandy.  Nope.  That's still $40 in burgerbucks. 

When I take over the world I'll have to remember to build you a proper pizza place.  Next to your house.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on June 21, 2015, 10:23:15 AM
You think that's bad? Don't let me get started on the prices for electronics. Or pretty much anything that isn't produced locally. (Hint: that's pretty much ALL THE STUFF, except for food.)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Libertad on June 22, 2015, 06:27:29 PM
It's already 100 degrees Farenheit in my home state, and it's only going to get hotter in July. :(
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: muktidata on June 22, 2015, 06:43:00 PM
It's already 100 degrees Farenheit in my home state, and it's only going to get hotter in July. :(

Where is this? I'm from KY. We've just gotten past the point where you can't see through your car windows due to pollen and into the point of heavy heat/heavy rain making it impossible to breath.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Libertad on June 22, 2015, 07:43:38 PM
North Carolina.  And we're even the more temperate States of the South!  We have snow in winter, and not just on the mountains!
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Raineh Daze on June 22, 2015, 07:47:26 PM
It's already 100 degrees Farenheit in my home state, and it's only going to get hotter in July. :(

Oh god. I can't even imagine that.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: altpersona on June 22, 2015, 07:57:09 PM
It's already 100 degrees Farenheit in my home state, and it's only going to get hotter in July. :(

Where is this? I'm from KY. We've just gotten past the point where you can't see through your car windows due to pollen and into the point of heavy heat/heavy rain making it impossible to breath.

qft

try working in a steel mill in addition...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on June 22, 2015, 08:32:14 PM
It's already 100 degrees Farenheit in my home state, and it's only going to get hotter in July. :(

Oh, you delightful scamps. Our average for the past summer (where I live, which is the closest state to the FRIGGIN' ICE CAPS) was 103 degrees.

The AVERAGE, mind you. The thermal sensation was at least five degrees hotter. And the absolute hottest was a little under five degrees BEYOND that.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on June 22, 2015, 10:16:39 PM
It's already 100 degrees Farenheit in my home state, and it's only going to get hotter in July. :(

Oh, you delightful scamps. Our average for the past summer (where I live, which is the closest state to the FRIGGIN' ICE CAPS) was 103 degrees.

The AVERAGE, mind you. The thermal sensation was at least five degrees hotter. And the absolute hottest was a little under five degrees BEYOND that.

On the other hand, this year we're seeing one of the coldest winters on record. Even here in the midwest, where i live, we've been getting record-low temperatures. It got as low as 7Cº, which i don't even recall seeing round these parts before. I've heard about it getting to -6Cº in some parts of the south. That's seriously cold for us here.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Libertad on June 22, 2015, 10:27:10 PM
On the other hand, this year we're seeing one of the coldest winters on record. Even here in the midwest, where i live, we've been getting record-low temperatures. It got as low as 7Cº, which i don't even recall seeing round these parts before. I've heard about it getting to -6Cº in some parts of the south. That's seriously cold for us here.

Isn't the midwest of Brazil heavy with rainforest?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on June 22, 2015, 10:28:15 PM
We have yet to reach the GLORIOUS negatives here in the south, save for higher-altitude cities.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on June 23, 2015, 01:18:55 AM
I used to work in a factory where it could get up to 140 F in the summer.  Bad times...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on June 23, 2015, 01:49:37 AM
On the other hand, this year we're seeing one of the coldest winters on record. Even here in the midwest, where i live, we've been getting record-low temperatures. It got as low as 7Cº, which i don't even recall seeing round these parts before. I've heard about it getting to -6Cº in some parts of the south. That's seriously cold for us here.

Isn't the midwest of Brazil heavy with rainforest?

Some of it. The biome here is mostly "cerrado", and there's a division between "cerrado baixo(low)" and "cerrado alto(high)". But where the Cerrado intersects with the Amazon Rainforest, there's a transition, as well as there is a transition to the weird biome of Mato Grosso do Sul, which is more swampy.

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As you can see, Cerrado Alto is a pretty dense forest, while Cerrado Baixo are plains with sparse, crooked trees. We have traditional seasons, but they're really not that well defined. It is colder in the winter, but not by *that much*, if in the summer we get to something like 35~38Cº on a really hot day, during the winter, we get up to 30Cº in a really hot day, the lows in the summer go to about 15~16Cº, while in the winter they can drop down to about 7~8Cº tops. What really is defined, though, are the two seasons: DRY AS FUCK and OH GOD WHY DOESN'T IT STOP RAINING.

Because the humidity oscillates a LOT, it does FEEL a lot colder during the winter, even though the change isn't really that great, because between mid-autumn and the end of winter, it simply DOESN'T RAIN. During about 4~5 we can go months without any rain at all in some parts, and when it does rain, it's usually not a lot. So humidity levels go down significantly. People who aren't accustomed will bleed from the nose, will have cracked lips, will have dry skin, develop allergies and so on and so forth.

You can feel the full brunt of a scorching sun when you're out of cover, and then go in the shade and start to shiver. It's really quite bizarre if you don't live here. And at night, temperatures plummet really, really fast. As soon as the sun starts to go down, you can already feel the shift in temperature. The dry wind sucks the heat out of your body.

Despite that, it's a pretty beautiful place. If you guys are interested, i have some pictures i took on some trails close to where i live. Cerrado is great because there are rivers & waterfalls literally everywhere. There are some pretty unique sights, and going on trails to swim on them is a past time of ours.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Psysama on June 23, 2015, 03:01:55 AM
I used to work in a factory where it could get up to 140 F in the summer.  Bad times...
I used to work at McDonald's where if you slipped and fell at the wrong place, it got up to 350 degrees F.  I have scars to prove it.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on June 24, 2015, 03:22:38 AM
New PC is already warmish  :shakefist
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on June 24, 2015, 09:53:40 AM
New PC is already warmish  :shakefist

Makes me glad I installed a hydrocooler on mine. Sure, it took them a week to do it, but I can practically ice a beer on this baby now.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on June 24, 2015, 10:02:15 AM
I'm pretty sure it's gotten to 100ish F here in Utah.  The rooms in our house are a constant 80 at any rate.  I feel so hot I'm nauseous...  Give me 60 any day and I'm soooo happy.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on June 26, 2015, 05:06:39 PM
I worked at a restaurant that lost 1/2 it's AC units one day.
They turned all of the recirculating mostly AC'ed air into
the dining rooms, and left all the kitchen staff with fans only.

The back wall of the kitchen away from the ovens,
had pegged the thermometer at over 120oF.
I got to stroll in from 95-ish, grab deliveries and split.

But yeah that was brutal.  Those guys got quite
the happy talk from the owner for that, but no extra pay.
(which I'm sure they cherished for the rest of their life)
 :tongue
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on June 27, 2015, 04:33:27 AM
My priorities are fucked in life.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on June 27, 2015, 10:39:35 AM
Relax. At some point in life, so are everyone's.  :P
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on June 27, 2015, 02:44:49 PM
I need to murder a lawyer, anyone up for it?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on June 27, 2015, 04:02:38 PM
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Heeyyyy , that flower looks like my Mom's current hair-do
... and Phyllis Diller ---> http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1140555!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/gallery_1200/phyllis-diller.jpg (http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1140555!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/gallery_1200/phyllis-diller.jpg)

(http://community.wizards.com/sites/all/modules/custom/forest_site/smileys/wizards/lady%20of%20pain.gif)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on June 27, 2015, 11:24:48 PM
I need to murder a lawyer, anyone up for it?

Sure!  Got a preferred method?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Psysama on June 28, 2015, 12:31:02 AM
I need to murder a lawyer, anyone up for it?
Would you like to hire the Dark Brotherhood?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on June 28, 2015, 01:05:24 AM
I need to murder a lawyer, anyone up for it?

The nice thing about living on the moon is that escape velocity is easy.  It just practically wants to fall to your planet.

Tungsten rod do it for you?  Find a 1200 ft area you want gone and it's done.  Allow 1 mile for collateral.  Broken windows, busted eardrums, and small fires.  The usual.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: trappedslider on June 28, 2015, 03:09:26 AM
I need to murder a lawyer, anyone up for it?
Would you like to hire the Dark Brotherhood?

Before bhu can hire the Dark brotherhood bhu needs to do the Black Sacrament
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on June 28, 2015, 03:28:02 AM
I need to murder a lawyer, anyone up for it?
Would you like to hire the Dark Brotherhood?

Before bhu can hire the Dark brotherhood bhu needs to do the Black Sacrament

even tho im a cat?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SorO_Lost on June 28, 2015, 01:09:23 PM
ASAPScience's dress video (not linked, they don't need the views)
The dress is gold & periwinkle.

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Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: muktidata on June 28, 2015, 03:13:01 PM
ASAPScience's dress video (not linked, they don't need the views)
The dress is gold & periwinkle.

(click to show/hide)

That kind of spam almost got me to delete my Facebook. I'm back to considering it. I have too many friends, pruning them takes too long, and wading through the sea of complete junk (like dresses) that is my Facebook feed to find something I care about is becoming harder and harder.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on June 28, 2015, 03:16:54 PM
ASAPScience's dress video (not linked, they don't need the views)
The dress is gold & periwinkle.

(click to show/hide)

That kind of spam almost got me to delete my Facebook. I'm back to considering it. I have too many friends, pruning them takes too long, and wading through the sea of complete junk (like dresses) that is my Facebook feed to find something I care about is becoming harder and harder.

And people wonder why I don't social media.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: muktidata on June 28, 2015, 03:24:18 PM
ASAPScience's dress video (not linked, they don't need the views)
The dress is gold & periwinkle.

(click to show/hide)

That kind of spam almost got me to delete my Facebook. I'm back to considering it. I have too many friends, pruning them takes too long, and wading through the sea of complete junk (like dresses) that is my Facebook feed to find something I care about is becoming harder and harder.

And people wonder why I don't social media.

It was fun when I was younger, but now it's mostly a waste of time. My wife and I just got rid of (yes, completely rid of) our cell phones because they were sucking too much of our time that should be spent sleeping/doing other stuff. We've been phone free for two months now and are considering getting some flip phones just to be accessible. But Facebook is definitely next on the chopping block.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kajhera on June 28, 2015, 10:32:41 PM
I'd often rather have dresses vs things that I care about and friends disagree with me on. Then again I keep facebook around mainly to contact people.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on June 28, 2015, 10:33:19 PM
My little sister is a manipulative little bitch, and I'm the only one home who knows this and acts accordingly.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on June 28, 2015, 11:44:42 PM
My little sister is a manipulative little bitch, and I'm the only one home who knows this and acts accordingly.

Prepare Protection from Evil, or if you're high enough level, Mind Blank.  I recommend spreading immunity via undeath.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on June 29, 2015, 12:14:52 AM
I need to murder a lawyer, anyone up for it?
My little sister is a manipulative little bitch, and I'm the only one home who knows this and acts accordingly.
I'd often rather have dresses vs things that I care about and friends disagree with me on. Then again I keep facebook around mainly to contact people.

All of these issues can be solved by screaming into the atemporal void that will be left when you auto-cannibalize your own soul.

Mostly because you have become a flawless monster who emulates human emotions rather than truly experiencing them. We are working on this minor flaw.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on June 29, 2015, 08:42:58 AM
My little sister is a manipulative little bitch, and I'm the only one home who knows this and acts accordingly.

Prepare Protection from Evil, or if you're high enough level, Mind Blank.  I recommend spreading immunity via undeath.

If it were that simple, I'd prepare Charm Monster instead. *sigh*
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on June 29, 2015, 04:44:27 PM
Apparently the attorney responsible for being the executor of state didn't pay the heir finders their agreed fee of 25%.  Now, over a month later, he's written everyone to tell them they still owe the money.  Some of my relatives were in dire straits and don't have any of that money left.  I have maybe half of what I owe left.  My relatives are letting their emotions get the better of them, and intend to tell the heir finder to go fuck himself as they read online somewhere the maximum you can charge in ohio as an heir finder fee is 10%.

Guess it's time to lawyer up before they poke the bee's nest.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on July 02, 2015, 02:40:51 AM
New neighbor appears to be a parody of the alpha male overly territorial jackass.  Killed all of moms flowers, and prolly some of her veggies.  Now I have to put out the fire.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on July 02, 2015, 11:03:21 AM
Ugh. What the fuck, man. Flowers never hurt anybody but those allergic to pollen.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on July 02, 2015, 12:43:04 PM
Well, there are rose thorns as well, but the issues with those are always infection instead of actual mechanical damage.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: phaedrusxy on July 02, 2015, 01:08:25 PM
Well, there are rose thorns as well, but the issues with those are always infection instead of actual mechanical damage.
SPOROTHRIX! (Sorry... studying for med school board exams, the first of which I take tomorrow. :P )
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on July 02, 2015, 06:02:57 PM
I should mention mom is considering tying him down and removing his head with a hacksaw...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on July 03, 2015, 04:37:05 PM
Are you concerned about accompliceship or that she might not be able to pull it off?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on July 03, 2015, 05:59:24 PM
I tried to go redownload Minecraft... and I apparently don't have an account anymore.

Which sucks, since they also seem to have removed the demo.

Damn it, I just wanted to tinker with some cubes, that too much to ask?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on July 03, 2015, 06:20:25 PM
I tried to go redownload Minecraft... and I apparently don't have an account anymore.

Which sucks, since they also seem to have removed the demo.

Damn it, I just wanted to tinker with some cubes, that too much to ask?

That's kind of strange. Did you buy the game?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on July 03, 2015, 06:23:46 PM
Yeah, forever and a day ago. I bought it when I was a sophomore in high school.

I'm graduating college this coming year.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: ketaro on July 03, 2015, 06:28:53 PM
That happened to me. It's because they changed or transferred or merged or something their stuff/accounts or w/e. Its a simple matter of transferring your old original account over to a mojang account. Or something. I don't know. It was awhile ago :x

https://help.mojang.com/customer/portal/articles/775905-migrating-from-minecraft-to-mojang
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on July 03, 2015, 06:33:44 PM
That happened to me. It's because they changed or transferred or merged or something their stuff/accounts or w/e. Its a simple matter of transferring your old original account over to a mojang account. Or something. I don't know. It was awhile ago :x

https://help.mojang.com/customer/portal/articles/775905-migrating-from-minecraft-to-mojang

My real issue is that I haven't used it in so long that I no longer remember my password.

And the password recovery is telling me that my email is not in their system.

Sad.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: ketaro on July 03, 2015, 06:36:09 PM
Sure you didn't use a different email in highschool? One with a cheesy edgy name cause highschool is a cheesy edgy time of life? :p
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on July 03, 2015, 07:20:25 PM
Sure you didn't use a different email in highschool? One with a cheesy edgy name cause highschool is a cheesy edgy time of life? :p

No, I checked that one.

And it wasn't edgy. It was disappointingly prosaic.

I'm never edgy  :(.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on July 03, 2015, 07:58:11 PM
Cats gone off missing.  He does this all the time when the girl cats are in heat, but due to recent difficulties with the neighbor mom is obsessed with the idea he may have killed kitty. 

So she's planning revenge in the case kitty doesn't wander back home.  Hasn't specified what said revenge is, but I don't feel any better for not knowing.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on July 03, 2015, 10:34:16 PM
Cats gone off missing.  He does this all the time when the girl cats are in heat, but due to recent difficulties with the neighbor mom is obsessed with the idea he may have killed kitty. 

So she's planning revenge in the case kitty doesn't wander back home.  Hasn't specified what said revenge is, but I don't feel any better for not knowing.

She's providing you with plausible deniability, be thankful.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on July 03, 2015, 11:00:29 PM
Christopher Lee died 5 days ago.

Damn it, leave some good actors!



As for the cat, I hope kitty wanders home. Because your momma might not survive prison - and then that would leave you in a bit of a tight place.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on July 04, 2015, 12:29:03 AM
Christopher Lee died 5 days ago.

Damn it, leave some good actors!



As for the cat, I hope kitty wanders home. Because your momma might not survive prison - and then that would leave you in a bit of a tight place.

5 Days? He died almost a month ago, June 7.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on July 04, 2015, 12:34:23 AM
Christopher Lee died 5 days ago.

Damn it, leave some good actors!



As for the cat, I hope kitty wanders home. Because your momma might not survive prison - and then that would leave you in a bit of a tight place.

5 Days? He died almost a month ago, June 7.

It's Christopher Lee, he rose from the dead three days later to choke a bitch with the power of Saruman before returning to heaven five days ago.  On a Saturn V.  That he build.  By intimidating the earth to give up its rare earth materials and grow him a goddamn rocket.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on July 04, 2015, 12:55:12 AM
Christopher Lee died 5 days ago.

Damn it, leave some good actors!



As for the cat, I hope kitty wanders home. Because your momma might not survive prison - and then that would leave you in a bit of a tight place.

5 Days? He died almost a month ago, June 7.

Well, you can see how much attention I've been paying to the world around me.

Plus, the only unit of time that really matters is twenty minutes. Everything is either longer or shorter than 20 minutes, and my time machine only goes back that far.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on July 04, 2015, 04:18:00 PM
Kitty has returned, revenge is postponed for now.  She still intends badness over the garden being killed. 
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on July 06, 2015, 09:03:12 PM
Oh god my Omi asked my sister for my phone number. This is not good.

I'm worried and panick-y.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Solo on July 06, 2015, 09:04:29 PM
Time to move to Mongolia and pretend to be a goat.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on July 06, 2015, 10:16:38 PM
To clarify:

My Omi is my paternal grandmother. She recently had 4 surgeries, first to place a skin graft, and then three more to deal with a necrotic tendon caused by the skin graft.

I'm worried that if she calls, it will not be with happy-fun-good-news.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on July 08, 2015, 08:26:51 AM
It's my 21st birthday! Hooray!

I start of the day with a test. Not hooray!
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on July 08, 2015, 04:26:34 PM
You didn't get plowed  :drunk the night before ??


Local girl tried to do 21 shots before going out,
bicycle cops noticed her nearly unresponsive,
knuckle rap test on sternum = no reaction at all.
Cops call for immediate ambulance.
Friends say no no she's good, we'll take care of her.
Cops say you ain't getting in trouble, we're trying to save her.
Later blood test draws .69 bac.
Record highest for the county, and only random chaos luck she's not dead.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on July 08, 2015, 04:26:50 PM
happy cake day!
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on July 08, 2015, 07:08:57 PM
happy cake day!

Thanks!

I also learned today that I really don't like the taste of booze. It tastes like that really nasty cough medicine they give little kids, at least to me.

Good thing I've got some hard lemonades that don't taste like alcohol, because otherwise I'd never drink another drop.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on July 08, 2015, 09:32:27 PM
Congrats on magically turning older when every day you normally don't.  :lol
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on July 09, 2015, 11:08:54 AM
You didn't get plowed  :drunk the night before ??


Local girl tried to do 21 shots before going out,
bicycle cops noticed her nearly unresponsive,
knuckle rap test on sternum = no reaction at all.
Cops call for immediate ambulance.
Friends say no no she's good, we'll take care of her.
Cops say you ain't getting in trouble, we're trying to save her.
Later blood test draws .69 bac.
Record highest for the county, and only random chaos luck she's not dead.

Damn. Really lucky indeed. You need to build up a lot of tolerance before attempting something like this.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on July 09, 2015, 05:30:12 PM
Yeah, Americans have some really special and/or stupid forms of crazy.
Inexperienced drinkers usually pass out around .20 bac.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on July 09, 2015, 10:46:04 PM
Yeah, Americans have some really special and/or stupid forms of crazy.
Inexperienced drinkers usually pass out around .20 bac.

How much BAC would an entire whiskey bottle get me? That was the most i ever drank without puking or passing out.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: linklord231 on July 10, 2015, 12:59:39 AM
Depends on how big the bottle is, how big you are, and how long it took you.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on July 10, 2015, 01:08:00 AM
There's actually calculators out there online you can go to and find out.  So you enter your weight, height, drinks, time between drinks, etc. and it gives you a typical BAC from that.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on July 10, 2015, 01:32:40 AM
http://bloodalcoholcalculator.org/ gave me 0,449 - 1L Whiskey Bottle over 3 hours.

Still less than that girl managed to imbibe. By quite a lot.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on July 10, 2015, 12:19:14 PM
Double posting here, but i have to rant:

Neopentecostal pastors here in Brazil are getting SERIOUSLY out of line. They're inciting violence against people of other religions, they're promoting righteousness while pocketing untold amounts of money, and in some instances even forming militias (http://zh.clicrbs.com.br/rs/noticias/noticia/2015/03/em-culto-da-universal-jovens-gladiadores-se-dizem-prontos-para-a-batalha-4710883.html). They're injected into every level of government, and their rising influence, coupled with everything else i've said, seriously worries me.

If it keeps going like it is, i fear for laicism in our society. Something needs to be done ASAP.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on July 10, 2015, 01:46:15 PM
Step one: seize Edir Macedo's assets.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Solo on July 10, 2015, 03:06:33 PM
Step 2: An Inquisition.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: trappedslider on July 10, 2015, 03:49:29 PM
Step 3: ???

Step 4: Profit!
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: altpersona on July 10, 2015, 04:39:26 PM
Step 2: An Inquisition.

didnt see that coming...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on July 10, 2015, 04:58:45 PM
Especially in Brazil.  Didn't the Pope say no to that?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on July 10, 2015, 06:01:28 PM
You'll have to be more specific.  :P

Besides, Macedo and his cronies are only minimally based on the Catholic version of the Bible anyway.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Libertad on July 10, 2015, 06:45:46 PM
Double posting here, but i have to rant:

Neopentecostal pastors here in Brazil are getting SERIOUSLY out of line. They're inciting violence against people of other religions, they're promoting righteousness while pocketing untold amounts of money, and in some instances even forming militias (http://zh.clicrbs.com.br/rs/noticias/noticia/2015/03/em-culto-da-universal-jovens-gladiadores-se-dizem-prontos-para-a-batalha-4710883.html). They're injected into every level of government, and their rising influence, coupled with everything else i've said, seriously worries me.

If it keeps going like it is, i fear for laicism in our society. Something needs to be done ASAP.

We have Pentecostals in the US; they're the Christians who believe that the spirit of Jesus can possess them, allowing them to handle snakes and speak in tongues by writhing around on the church floor.  Do these sound like the same guys?  Are a lot of their leaders from the US?

I heard they've been trying to make serious inroads in Central and South America, unless neopentecostals are a different group who took the name.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on July 10, 2015, 07:22:09 PM
This should prove enlightening on the subject. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Church_of_the_Kingdom_of_God)

Of course, Universal is just the biggest of them around here.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on July 10, 2015, 07:50:39 PM
Whelp.

Kuroi, you have a lot of punching to do.

However, as cults go, they still don't look as bad as the Westboro Baptist Church. Then again, you have to be monsters to be any worse than they are, so...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on July 10, 2015, 07:59:13 PM
I might have to resort to kicking this time.

It's THAT bad.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Psysama on July 10, 2015, 08:00:00 PM
One of my friends, his mom passed away.  Feeling down right now.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on July 10, 2015, 08:22:38 PM
Whelp.

Kuroi, you have a lot of punching to do.

However, as cults go, they still don't look as bad as the Westboro Baptist Church. Then again, you have to be monsters to be any worse than they are, so...

They're not the only ones, there are far worse ones out there. And a lot of little weird ones. A LOT. Cancer wishes it could spread this fast.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on July 11, 2015, 03:20:50 AM
You'll have to be more specific.  :P

Besides, Macedo and his cronies are only minimally based on the Catholic version of the Bible anyway.

Spanish inquisition, Portugal territory, pope decided who got what areas.  gah, rant: when you have to explain a joke.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: trappedslider on July 11, 2015, 08:40:22 AM
One of my friends, his mom passed away.  Feeling down right now.

:hug
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: altpersona on July 11, 2015, 09:35:37 AM
One of my friends, his mom passed away.  Feeling down right now.

:hug

wait, how did you know? i didnt tell ya'll yet?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on July 11, 2015, 10:20:30 AM
One of my friends, his mom passed away.  Feeling down right now.

:hug

wait, how did you know? i didnt tell ya'll yet?
Here's some more hugs.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on July 11, 2015, 11:28:48 AM
 :hug

I hope she lived a happy and fulfilling life.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on July 11, 2015, 03:34:16 PM
This time comes ... and hugs are still always in order.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on July 11, 2015, 03:50:44 PM
re:  Kuroi and Bruj's links

1906 Azusa Street Revival ... is the starting point of all this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azusa_Street_Revival

Prosperity theology , or the Health and Wealth Gospel ... is usually considered a Heresy by conservative and mainline US churches, but sheesh(!) it's popular worldwide.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosperity_theology

Harvey Cox of Harvard is perhaps the clearest researcher/commentator about Pentacostalism.
(https://booklife-resized.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/95db7d5c8373a47623e07bd00439a8b2-w204@1x.jpg)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on July 11, 2015, 04:57:51 PM
More hugs!   :hug
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Unbeliever on July 15, 2015, 11:17:10 AM
By comparison, my bitching is decidedly minor.  But, it's RPG-related, so there's that. 

I'm playing in this Savage Worlds game set in the universe of "The 100."  Although I've been told that familiarity with the shows or novels was not required.  However, throughout the game the following sentence has been uttered in my face like a dozen times "as a Mountain Man, you would feel this way about this."  And, it's driving me fucking nuts.  I have a character, thank you, with a well-defined personality and so on.  Hell, in an earlier game with different people, something similar happened with character classes:  "as a Hunter you would feel like this."  And, that made even less sense (if such a thing were possible).  I'm like "did you read my character's backstory and personality description?" 
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Libertad on July 15, 2015, 01:05:32 PM
@Unbeliever: It's sort of amusing in the sense that the GM said one thing and did another.

I can sort of see what he's trying to do: various societies and cultures are going to have their own viewpoints and mores.  But a more properly handled example would be to explain what's common to the PC, or things they would automatically know, as opposed to dictating their own thoughts and feelings.

For character classes, that's just plain silly.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on July 15, 2015, 05:51:55 PM
By comparison, my bitching is decidedly minor.  But, it's RPG-related, so there's that. 

I'm playing in this Savage Worlds game set in the universe of "The 100."  Although I've been told that familiarity with the shows or novels was not required.  However, throughout the game the following sentence has been uttered in my face like a dozen times "as a Mountain Man, you would feel this way about this."  And, it's driving me fucking nuts.  I have a character, thank you, with a well-defined personality and so on.  Hell, in an earlier game with different people, something similar happened with character classes:  "as a Hunter you would feel like this."  And, that made even less sense (if such a thing were possible).  I'm like "did you read my character's backstory and personality description?"
Oh yeah, let's not forget about alignments in that kind of situation, either...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on July 16, 2015, 07:02:24 PM
My respect for the optimizing community over at GitP took another hit today.

"Eh, dipping two levels in a hypothetical class to get a full set of extra actions every turn and a once/encounter IRON-HEART-SURGE* isn't worth losing two caster levels!"

Gee, it's not like fucking the action economy in the ass with a bladed dildo is good or anything! It's not like 1/encounter immunity to anything is something that anyone would want ever - that's why no one ever takes any abilities that give them immunities to things that might come up (because you only have so much money - it's not like being a dungeon-delving treasure-robbing murder hobo pays the bills or anything.)

*Like the meme, not the actual ability. And which works against attacks or other Instantaneous things.



Seriously, your head has to be so far up your ass that you form a Klein bottle for that "logic" to make any sense.

EDIT: For clarification: The hypothetical class is "The Fighter, but they get an extra full-round every round per level, and they get to say NOPE to anything a number of times per encounter equal to half their level."
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Unbeliever on July 16, 2015, 09:54:29 PM
EDIT: For clarification: The hypothetical class is "The Fighter, but they get an extra full-round every round per level, and they get to say NOPE to anything a number of times per encounter equal to half their level."
Sounds like a decent start to a Fighter rebuild ...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on July 16, 2015, 10:16:58 PM
EDIT: For clarification: The hypothetical class is "The Fighter, but they get an extra full-round every round per level, and they get to say NOPE to anything a number of times per encounter equal to half their level."
Sounds like a decent start to a Fighter rebuild ...

It'd still be better as a dip for other classes, unless you're doing stuff like taking a level of Monk (Decisive Strike), and just using Decisive Strike as your full round action to continually double your actions.

And they don't get the extra full round of actions at first level. But still, that's the one thing that I think is a bad idea always - extra actions are boring for the rest of the table. Shadowrun had the issue of the fighting characters having 3 turns to the other people's 1 - imagine how much worse it would be when the multiplier is 20 to 1.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on July 17, 2015, 01:59:00 AM
Attachment and emotions...  Screw you.  I'd like to be functional thank you very much.

And in other news mostly unrelated to my emotional state, my dad took my grandma to the ER because of wrist issues.  Since it's just her wrist as opposed to pancreas cancer like last time I'm not too concerned.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on July 17, 2015, 11:52:16 AM
My respect for the optimizing community over at GitP took another hit today.

You mean it still had hitpoints left?!

By Cthulhu's bleached toothed anus, what is your respect's build like?  :twitch
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on July 17, 2015, 12:11:11 PM
My respect for the optimizing community over at GitP took another hit today.

You mean it still had hitpoints left?!

By Cthulhu's bleached toothed anus, what is your respect's build like?  :twitch

Hyper optimized - Plus, I still had some THP left from reading some of the old handbooks over there (GitP used to be competent, after all.)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on July 17, 2015, 02:43:40 PM
I don't think it's a coincidence that GitP's acronym or shortening or whatever is basically Git Pee.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Libertad on July 18, 2015, 04:25:03 PM
There was once a poster on GiantITP who pretty much came out as a Jim Crow-style segregationist who inserts his real-world beliefs into his D&D games.  Kingdoms which didn't artificially group people into their own walled neighborhoods became run-down and crime-ridden by the "stupider, depraved" ethnicities.

Thread got locked, but poster has yet to be banned in spite of having a reputation for being a dick.

Racial supremacist poster?  Slap on the wrist and allowed to keep posting.

Tell someone that their position on game mechanics is wrong or that their homebrew class is extremely underpowered?  Banhammer!
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Unbeliever on July 18, 2015, 05:29:56 PM
^ fuck ... good to know their priorities are in the right place. 
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Chemus on July 18, 2015, 05:43:37 PM
Point of interest; in D&D, by default, goblins and orcs, for two examples, are stupider and more depraved. If not policed, their generally evil and destructive mien would fray a society.

It's possible that, like with magic in D&D, the poster was able to separate real life, where racial stupidity and depravity are not (generally) accepted truths, from fantasy. If so, the poster's position had merit, even if distasteful to you.

Regarding banning someone for talking bad about someone's homebrew or rules positions, that's fairly draconian. But so would banning someone who espoused a position like the one I just did above.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Libertad on July 18, 2015, 06:03:57 PM

It's possible that, like with magic in D&D, the poster was able to separate real life, where racial stupidity and depravity are not (generally) accepted truths, from fantasy. If so, the poster's position had merit, even if distasteful to you.

Okay, found the thread, which is about GMs inserting their own political beliefs into their games.

Context shows said poster admitting that they use orcs as a direct allegory for real-world segregation being a good thing in their view. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showsinglepost.php?p=16920286&postcount=65)

And it actually looks like they have been banned now, albeit not for that.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Chemus on July 18, 2015, 07:15:07 PM
I read the single post you linked. How is that markedly different than what I posted? I saw the poster say 'orcs are kept in orc town' in the well-run kingdom, but in the poorly run one, 'they're in the way and doing crimes.'

You appear to be assuming that he doesn't realize that IRL, everybody's human. And we humans are in a walled enclave currently; the wall is under our feet. It's reasonably possible that he does indeed feel that orcs equate to some RL race(s), but all I see so far is inductive reasoning.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Libertad on July 18, 2015, 10:35:17 PM
By the "Oh, well I do that too" in response to the previous poster on "using your campaign as a mouthpiece for your specific political beliefs."

By making said example as a direct response to that, it pretty much crosses the line from "it's just a game, not necessarily an endorsement" to "the proper mores of my campaign setting reflect my ideal world."  Along with the low taxes lead to prosperity thing as an example as well on how things will happen.

I admit that my remembering of the post was slightly different than what I presented, and had to dig a bit for it once asked, but it still does not paint a pretty picture of said poster in question. 
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on July 18, 2015, 11:21:06 PM
Girlfriend broke up with me because i'm short & have a kid, what the fuck? I did everything perfectly, there wasn't even anything wrong in the fucking relationship. Life is a fucking bitch, that is what it is. Fuck that noise.

I'm SO fucking mad, SO fucking mad, SO fucking SAD, too. Ever since my kid's mother and i split up, i've been one coldhearted son of a bitch, Kuro even called me out on it a couple of times, too. I wasn't able to connect with ANYONE emotionally on ANY level. And when i finally get my defences down, and connect with someone, it's a Goku Sayajin God/Superman Prime level uppercut right into my nuts.

My heart is utterly and completely broken, shattered into a googolplex pieces.

The worst fucking part of it is, there's absolutely NOTHING i could do to win her back over, absolutely NOTHING i could've done differently, and absolutely NOTHING i could do to prevent this from ever happening. I guess, sure, maybe, just maybe, if this week we hadn't gotten into a minor fight (very minor, really, almost inconsequential), then maybe we could still be together for a while longer. But EVENTUALLY this stuff would come up and she'd break up with me and we'd be together even longer and it'd be even WORSE.

This is fucked up on so many fucking levels, i don't even. I literally, can't even.

On some rational level, i get it. Attraction isn't rational, and although i was the best fucking boyfriend in the whole fucking universe, both inside and outside the bedroom, i guess you can't really beat that raw attraction you get, that chemistry you get when you really click with someone.

This happened thursday, but i still can't get wholly over this. I tried talking to her, even though i knew for a goddamn fact that even if it worked out, there's no way this would change anything - it had to be something coming from her for it to mean anything in the long run. But i still did, because not doing so was eating at me.

I had that feeling of utter dread, that feeling you get that if you don't do something, then you might regret that for the rest of your life. So, i did.

The only saving grace in it all, is that i didn't create any expectations when i talked to her. I just didn't. I knew that in all probability it wouldn't matter in the least - and it didn't.

At least, i don't have that feeling of dread anymore. I know that i did everything that i could possibly have done, and i know that it didn't change anything, and that nothing that i can do from now on can possibly change anything now.

Rationally, this satisfies me. Emotionally, not so much, but, i at least have a remedy for all this.

Time to whip out that ol' black notebook, and start hitting up all my usual go-to's from when i was single (which wasn't that long ago), and time to start hitting it up all over this fucking town again.

I don't believe in God, but, i like the expression, so i'll use it:

With God as my witness, i'm going to find someone even hotter - hotter than the fucking sun, even, and she'll be perfect in every fucking way, and i'm going to smash that, and then i'm going to find one even better, and smash that, until i eventually settle down with fucking Aphrodite herself, and everyone will be in fucking AWE of this shit.

Because FUCK SUFFERING, i have people to see, and places to go, and my beer can isn't going to fill itself, so i might as well do it.

Time to honor my fucking name, and VIKING up in this bitch.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on July 18, 2015, 11:24:08 PM
I have to say, brujon, you are an inspiration.

No matter how many times life kicks you in the nads, you always seem to more-or-less bounce back.

You are my Courage Wolf.

(http://static.gamespot.com/uploads/original/1535/15358569/2430116-70452.jpg)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on July 19, 2015, 12:02:45 AM
I have to say, brujon, you are an inspiration.

No matter how many times life kicks you in the nads, you always seem to more-or-less bounce back.

You are my Courage Wolf.

(http://static.gamespot.com/uploads/original/1535/15358569/2430116-70452.jpg)

I tried to kill myself so many times without it working out, either i'm really fucking bad at killing myself, or there's some purpose to this existence.

I got tired of self pity. I spent SO MUCH of my life feeling sorry for myself, i forgot to live. I had self-esteem issues - one of which being how short i am. I don't even consider myself to be THAT short, but, i'm not tall AT ALL.

I'm 1,68m, so 5'5" give or take, which i consider to be kind of mediocre, but not actually short. Apparently, all the rage now is about tall guys, so i'm kind of in a disadvantage in the dating mini-game. But i'm good looking and smooth talking enough that it hasn't really been a problem.

That hasn't always been the case, however i still managed it somehow. Everyone always told me how good looking i was, but i didn't even pay much attention until after my child's mother left me. I went into overdrive picking up chicks left and right, and i found out that, hey, i'm actually pretty good at this if i get really into it.

I just let go of my inhibitions.

I have a blog where i write some shit up, i'll try to translate some of it here:

"Passamos a vida inteira tentando atingir esses ideais, naquele perfeccionismo típico da nossa geração, impulsionados por Prozac, Adderal, Valium, Vinho e sonhos irreais. Passamos tanto tempo focados no depois que nos esquecemos do agora. E como eu disse anteriormente, o agora é a única coisa que realmente existe.

We spent our whole lives trying to achive these ideals, in that perfectionism typical of our generation, driven by Prozac, Adderal, Valium, Wine and unreasonable dreams. We spend so much time focused on the after that we forget about the now. And as i've said previously, the now is the only thing that really exists.

O presente é a nossa esfera de influência, mas, só porque nossas escolhas irão definir o que irá acontecer no futuro, não significa que você é capaz de evitar que as coisas dêem errado, ou garantir que dêem certo. Não criar expectativas, não tentar controlar tudo, é se LIBERTAR.

The present is our sphere of influence, but, just because our choices will define what happens in the future, it doesn't mean that you're capable of avoiding that things will go wrong, or guaranteeing that they work out. Not creating expectations, not trying to control everything, is to set yourself FREE.

Quando você não cria expectativas, você não se desaponta. Quando você solta o volante, deixa o carro sair da pista, você já aceitou qualquer conseqüência que advenha dessa escolha – ou falta dela.

When you don't create expectations, you don't get disappointed. When you let go of the wheel, let the car drift of the road, you've already accepted any consequences that comes from that choice - or lack of it."


There's another passage, from another text, that reads ike this:

"Passamos tempo demais pensando em quem queremos ser, tanto, que nos esquecemos de ser, viver. Hoje, já não penso que nunca descobriremos a verdadeira felicidade. Penso que nunca houve uma verdadeira felicidade. Pois todas as felicidades são apenas momentos passageiros.

We spend too much time thinking about who we want to be, so much so, that we forget to be, to live. Today, i don't think anymore that we'll ever discover true happiness. I think that there never was a true happiness. For all happiness are just passing moments.

A vida se compõe de mais momentos tristes do que de momentos felizes, mas esses momentos seriam tão preciosos, se fossem mais abundantes? A tristeza existe para nos mostrar quando devemos ser felizes. Ou seja, quando não estamos tristes. A verdadeira felicidade é uma armadilha, uma fantasia. É correr atrás do horizonte – sempre que chegar lá, um outro horizonte se porá à sua frente. Você correrá, e correrá, e correrá, mas nunca chegará a um lugar onde não existe mais um horizonte.

Life is composed of more sad moments than happy moments, but those moments would be so precious, if they were more abundant? Sadness exists to show us when to be happy. That being, when we're not sad. True happiness is a trap, a fantasy. It's chasing after the horizon - whenever you get there, another horizon will put itself before you. You'll run, and run, and run, but you'll nevever get to a place where there isn't a new horizon."

I spent too much time wallowing in self pity, because i either was unhappy because of my past - which i can't change - or about my future (or lack thereof). I forgot about the now, and instead of actually doing something to change anything, i just whined, and whined, and whined.

And that got me nowhere. Every time i did this, i was digging myself deeper and deeper into a hole.

Now, i have reflected a fuckton about all of this. A fuckton. And i have created some bits of personal philosophy that i one day hope to develop further into an actual philosophical position, complete with references to other, serious philosophy.

I speak of something called the "sphere of influence", as i like to call it. This means whatever is in your power to influence & control. And inside, at the very center of this sphere of influence, lies your own mind, your own conscience, your own thoughts.

In all your sphere of influence, there's only something over which you exert full and total control over - and that is your own conscience, your own perception of the world, your own actions. You have free will, and you are able to resist or act upon your primal urges, you are free to feel sad or to feel happy, or to seek out a way to change how you feel.

Let that sink in. You are the one and only master of yourself.

Once i realized, and more importantly, internalized that, i was able to start my inner change, that led to where i am now.

I wouldn't say that i give zero fucks, but i'm able to control myself much better. I'm off-meds, i don't go to a psychologist. Anything and everything shitty that happens to me, i fucking deal with it.

I might not like it, but i deal with it.

Seven fucking billion people on this planet, and i'm going to wallow in self-pity because of a girl that couldn't give proper worth to the awesomeness that is me when i'm trying really hard to be perfect?

Nah, fuck that noise. Someone better is out there, i just need to find it.

BAM. I changed my perception. If instead of "there's seven fucking billion people out there, i might as well go and find my one and only" i was thinking "holy fucking shit i love her so much i'm never going to find such an awesome piece of ass ever again yadda yadda", i'd be in deep shit.

Instead, i'm accepting my powerlessness, stopping to try and control everything, stop rebelling against things that are out of my hands, and concentrating on shit i can ACTUALLY do.

If you do this, then it really doesn't matter what life throws at you. You just keep carrying on.

You just change your focus, change your perception, and go forward, trying to give as few fucks as you can.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on July 19, 2015, 12:23:38 AM
If it makes you feel any better, I'm a bit shorter than you are.

I'm... 1m 66cm? I think? I'm also probably heavier than you are (I hover around 177lbs (80.29kg), with a good deal of that being my belly), uglier than you are, and most definitely worse at approaching women (I have gone on precisely no dates).

I spent the majority of the last two weeks being terrified of writing a fucking letter and making a phone call, of all things. Though that might have been laziness.

I also spend a lot of time feeling like a fraud - I am absolutely terrified of the prospects of graduating and having to compete in the workforce against people who are better at what I do and better at networking.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Libertad on July 19, 2015, 12:24:17 AM
Brujon, I cannot claim to know or understand how you feel what you're going through, but I can wish you the best and to send good vibes your way.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on July 19, 2015, 06:49:24 AM
If it makes you feel any better, I'm a bit shorter than you are.

I'm... 1m 66cm? I think? I'm also probably heavier than you are (I hover around 177lbs (80.29kg), with a good deal of that being my belly), uglier than you are, and most definitely worse at approaching women (I have gone on precisely no dates).

I spent the majority of the last two weeks being terrified of writing a fucking letter and making a phone call, of all things. Though that might have been laziness.

I also spend a lot of time feeling like a fraud - I am absolutely terrified of the prospects of graduating and having to compete in the workforce against people who are better at what I do and better at networking.

Height is one of those things that sucks, because there's nothing you can really do about it. Everything else, there's solutions. You just need to find the motivation that works for you, and you'll be able to overcome all these difficulties.

I was very shy, and extremely bad with approaching women, but, i got better at it. I got more confident. It wasn't something easy, nor an instantaneous process, but rather the result of several bad experiences with women, friends getting on my case because i'm too shy, and all the insane shit that happened with my kid's mother, that finally led to me to the conclusion that IDGAF is a good attitude to have towards mostly everything to do with fear of rejection and not being pretty/tall/fit enough. Then, it was practice, and it led to perfect.

Fear is just you caring more about the future than you do about the present, change your focus to the present, and worry about the future when it comes. It will come, eventually.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on July 19, 2015, 06:57:18 AM
On behalf of everyone here, I am doing thi against a wall so you don't have to.   :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Unbeliever on July 19, 2015, 11:23:01 AM
Point of interest; in D&D, by default, goblins and orcs, for two examples, are stupider and more depraved. If not policed, their generally evil and destructive mien would fray a society.
This kind of highlights why I hate the social engineering type of comments in the context of D&D-esque game worlds.  There's a bunch of things that make no sense from a "real" point of view.  And, that's fine.  It supports the game and the story.  But, that means we should leave the other stuff about "well, this would happen ..." out of it.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Chemus on July 19, 2015, 11:37:27 AM
First, context Unbeliever; I had no reason to make that comment, and the other two that were part of that post, until the comments above it were posted. I. was. making. a. point.

I can call another poster a fucking moron. But I can rant politically only if it's an 'acceptable' position. TYVM. I love society.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Unbeliever on July 19, 2015, 01:08:00 PM
First, context Unbeliever; I had no reason to make that comment, and the other two that were part of that post, until the comments above it were posted. I. was. making. a. point.

I can call another poster a fucking moron. But I can rant politically only if it's an 'acceptable' position. TYVM. I love society.
Or, you could calm the hell down.  I was using your comment as a jumping off point to a broader, more general statement.  This is a common thing to do in conversation and especially on threads, and especially when there have been a number of posts in between..  From Tippyverse to Frank & K to all sorts of various other, less famous ideas, the phenomenon I was referring to is a common one on D&D gaming boards.

I, at least, haven't said anything directed to you.  You'll notice every single word in my brief comments were stated in very general terms.  There was no "Chemus" in them, besides the quote that inspired them.  Indeed, you even started with "point of interest" indicating that you weren't necessarily committed to the statements you were talking about.  I included that in the quote. 

But, y'know, feel free to be pissed at me for whatever reason you've got in your head.  An alternative, if the mood takes you, is that you could read what I actually typed and then respond to that, rather than what you I guess think I did.  Not every post on a gaming forum is an SJW battleground. 
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on July 19, 2015, 01:24:34 PM
On behalf of everyone here, I am doing thi against a wall so you don't have to.   :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead

My neighbors complained the last time I did that, so instead, I'm going to murder some drug traffickers in the neighborhood.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on July 19, 2015, 01:26:49 PM
On behalf of everyone here, I am doing thi against a wall so you don't have to.   :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead

My neighbors complained the last time I did that, so instead, I'm going to murder some drug traffickers in the neighborhood.

A productive use of your anger!

(I'm just imagining some shadowy guy selling dime bags of cocaine to a little old lady. Then, you hear a shout from off-screen, and Kuroimaken, HERO OF JUSTICE, drop-kicks them out of nowhere.

He then leaps away, faster than a speeding truck.)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on July 19, 2015, 02:17:27 PM
On behalf of everyone here, I am doing thi against a wall so you don't have to.   :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead

My neighbors complained the last time I did that, so instead, I'm going to murder some drug traffickers in the neighborhood.

A productive use of your anger!

(I'm just imagining some shadowy guy selling dime bags of cocaine to a little old lady. Then, you hear a shout from off-screen, and Kuroimaken, HERO OF JUSTICE, drop-kicks them out of nowhere.

He then leaps away, faster than a speeding truck.)

Oooo, that scene is DEFINITELY going into my autobiographic movie.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Chemus on July 19, 2015, 03:05:32 PM
...I was using your comment as a jumping off point to a broader, more general statement...

Me too. I should have been clearer. And put an [ hr] tag in between my clarification and my own rant inspired by your comment, as it wasn't directed at you either.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Unbeliever on July 20, 2015, 10:41:17 AM
...I was using your comment as a jumping off point to a broader, more general statement...

Me too. I should have been clearer. And put an [ hr] tag in between my clarification and my own rant inspired by your comment, as it wasn't directed at you either.
Ah, fair enough.  I stand corrected. 
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on July 20, 2015, 03:00:14 PM
hangover damn
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Solo on July 20, 2015, 06:03:10 PM
The first thing conservatives do when liberals push for more gun control after a mass shooting is say that theyre exploiting a tradgedy for political gain.

Of course, when conservatives push for allowing soldiers to cerry guns where they were previously not allowed to, that's different.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on July 20, 2015, 06:19:13 PM
I feel like this a lot.
(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Libertad on July 20, 2015, 06:58:17 PM
I get the feeling you've been hanging around Deviantart a lot, Amechra.  :P
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on July 20, 2015, 07:34:51 PM
I get the feeling you've been hanging around Deviantart a lot, Amechra.  :P

I was using it as a metaphor for homebrew... but in general, it is my entire life.

No one listens to poor Amechra.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Chemus on July 20, 2015, 07:48:02 PM
I'm sorry, did you say something Amechra? :p
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on July 20, 2015, 07:52:16 PM
I'm sorry, did you say something Amechra? :p

I unsaid something.

What was unsaid now was never said. There was no pity party.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on July 21, 2015, 12:55:29 AM
Something something something...


Boobs?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on July 21, 2015, 02:23:38 AM
Hugs!  :hug
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on July 21, 2015, 03:56:45 AM
More seriously, I have to boil my water before drinking it for the next week. I'm waiting for a mug of water to cool down in the fridge.

Maybe the freezer?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on July 21, 2015, 08:42:30 AM
I need to make it stop raining.

Seriously, it's been two weeks.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on July 21, 2015, 02:55:32 PM
Ex gf wants us to be back together, but not be serious. Only casual.

Thinking it's not a good thing for my pride to accept.

One one hand, i can keep sexing her up, and it's amazing. Since it's clearcut that it's going to be casual, this time, i'm not going to hold back at all. Instead of trying to signal my readiness for commitment, i'll keep milking the cow until it dries, but i'm not going to feed it basically anything. This, of course, means that i'll be seeing multiple other girls the same i was before i even kissed her the first time - and if she doesn't like it, well, too bad, see? I'm not really alone and this is not really something i'm going out of my way to keep, ciao!

On the other hand, she said to my face that i'm not good enough to commit for. For reasons that hurt my pride, and for things that i cannot change. People know we were serious, and people will know that she ended it, and that i accepted the deal. This is kind of pathetic. So, by that line of reasoning, the best possible thing i could do, is say, thanks, but no thanks.

HOWEVER, i can do something else entirely. I take the deal, go for one last ride, fuck her brains out, and just before i leave her at her door, i say to her "This was the last time, thanks for the good memories!", while i go on my merry way and go viking up in this bitch.

Thoughts?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on July 21, 2015, 05:14:20 PM
Two things to consider.

1) Whether or not she finds you "serious business" material won't change based on whether you accept or not. Not only that, but she's basically signaling that what she wants is control over the relationship. So she's not someone you'd wanna be in a serious relationship WITH for starters.

2) There's a distinct possibility she's trying to see what you will act like based on how seriously you take the relationship - in other words, how far you'd go to keep it going. But a relationship in which only one side is happy is not something anyone deserves.

Uncle Kuro's advice? Go for it. If your pride actually takes a hit because you decided that fucking on the side with a girl who doesn't want to go steady with you is a better deal (since I understand you're not exactly going to be pining after her anyway. I believe your plan after breaking up was to go find yourself someone better, hotter and more fun to be around?), then your pride could stand to toughen up. You do have other options after all, so it's not like you'd be doing that just so you won't be alone. THAT would be pathetic.

TL;DR: As long as you don't find Ms. Right, you shouldn't be ashamed to bang Ms. Good Enough.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on July 21, 2015, 06:56:30 PM
I'm almost completely decided to just tell her to fuck off. Too much work over something that isn't going to pan out anyway, it's better to just find others without baggage so i at least can have something casual or serious or whatever, without all the drama involved in going that route.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Libertad on July 21, 2015, 08:29:22 PM
Severe storm caused power outage in my area.  Am surfing on a tablet.  Typing is a pain.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on July 21, 2015, 09:16:59 PM
I feel you, Libertad. About a month back I was computerless for a week.

Had to surf on my PS3. Wouldn't recognize the usb keyboard for some insane reason. Typing was agony.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Solo on July 21, 2015, 09:19:38 PM
Severe storm caused power outage in my area.  Am surfing on a tablet.  Typing is a pain.
Not enough, apparently.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Libertad on July 22, 2015, 04:32:14 PM
The Dungeons & Dragons community's perpetual fear of World of Warcraft and game balance may not be the thing that kills its larger cultural relevancy, but it sure as hell stymies progress in game design and outreach to the greater nerd community.

I just saw a (now locked) thread on Paizo (http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2shlw?There-Is-No-Imbalance-Between-Martials-and) going on how Blizzard poisoned the current generation of "true RPGs" along with the same tired arguments a million times over.  11 people went out of their way to favorite it, which in Min-Max Board terms probably equates to +5 Respect.

It's kind of ironic considering that there's a Pathfinder MMO in development.  Game balance has been a mainstream ideal in video games for 25+ years, so it really does make me wonder how these folks will react once the RPG's complete.  Either it's gonna be "true to the spirit" and suck for tossing decades worth of game design out the window, or it will be good only for the purists to whine how it's not like table-top Pathfinder.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on July 22, 2015, 04:49:46 PM
Severe storm caused power outage in my area.  Am surfing on a tablet.  Typing is a pain.

Dang.  We had storms here this weekend, and my house may have been struck by lightning.  We didn't lose power (didn't even have a surge, so that's why I said may) but it did fry our cable box so we lost internet, and it somehow damaged our garage door openers.  Not entirely sure how it happened, especially since there was no other apparent damage.  Got them both fixed monday/tuesday respectively.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Libertad on July 22, 2015, 05:16:36 PM
Well, power's back.  Lightning struck a telephone pole, so the power company had to dig a new hole and put in a new telephone pole to fix things.

My town doesn't have underground cables, making this stuff more susceptible to foul weather.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on July 22, 2015, 08:07:36 PM
Can't even.

I ended up going for it with ex-gf, because she's so fucking gorgeous and hot. DAMN LIZARD BRAIN, WHY MUST YOU MAKE ME DO SUCH THINGS?

Last night was pretty amazing.

But i'm going to regret this in the end, aren't i?

Sigh... Such is life.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Unbeliever on July 23, 2015, 12:27:42 AM
@Martials and Casters
I only glanced at the thread (I need to save my precious brain cells), but the argument the OP makes is a very very old one.  The argument seems to be that at low levels one class (Martials) is better off, and at higher levels the other (Casters) is.  So, it balances out. 

If this were actually true, it'd be at least a form of balance.  I think it's an utterly shitty form of balance, which I think Frank & K have beaten sufficiently to death.  It, of course, isn't true, as any half-competent charopp demonstrates. 

And, then there's some MMO bashing just thrown in.

Can you say more about why you think the attention to game balance (one way or the other) stymies game design?  I'm not disagreeing, just want to see if the dots connected.  Is it just that people don't want things too different?  They want their Fighters to look like Fighters, and damn the meta consequences? 
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Libertad on July 23, 2015, 01:00:04 PM
Can you say more about why you think the attention to game balance (one way or the other) stymies game design?  I'm not disagreeing, just want to see if the dots connected.  Is it just that people don't want things too different?  They want their Fighters to look like Fighters, and damn the meta consequences?

It stymies it in the sense of an appeal to tradition, "realism," and a genuine fear of D&D "not being D&D anymore" if said changes seem too drastic.  And in some cases personal grudges against segments of players whose style they don't like.



Fuck the Monk

Let's take OSRIC, for example.  Back in 2006 some folks thought to make an Open Game version of 1st Edition, far before other retro-clones were doing it.  They published it for free on the Internet, and for the most part it was a cleaner, streamlined version of the original clunky game.

However, the monk was not included due to personal preference and a wish to keep Asian elements out of a Tolkienish conception of D&D.

Of course, this was not received well in all corners, as OSRIC was meant to be a way for AD&D gamers to continue publishing material for the game they liked.  There was a sense that even if the creator didn't like certain character archetypes, they should still be kept for all the players who did.

The Monk was later added in, yet it was severely gimped out of spite to discourage people from actually playing it.  Even pre-OSRIC the 1st Edition Monk was a melee tank with d4 hit dice (equivalent to a wizard) and whose AC bonus at lower levels was equivalent to leather armor.  Not only that, they got damage bonuses with unarmed strikes and not other "monk" weapons.

So it was a rather low blow of intentional bad design against some imagined slight from the fanbase.  And I recently saw that the author's still keeping a grudge against an RPGnet mod for banning him five years ago.  He also leaked private e-mail correspondence with one of the admins interviewing standard-bearers in the OSR for Designers & Dragons book series, the OSRIC author being one of them.

So yeah.  He's really petty.



Celebrating Nerfs

Or you can take Pathfinder's Crane Wing nerf.  The pre-errata feat was really good against single opponents, but it had a shitload of prereqs and coudn't be used all the time vs. all attacks.  Pathfinder Society (their equivalent of the RPGA) has a lot of single bruiser enemy encounters, leading to the perception of an overpowered feat.

So after receiving many complaints from PF Society, they nerfed it in spite of protests and examples to the contrary.

Here's the original feat. (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=12405.0)

Here's the new one. (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/combat-feats/crane-wing-combat)

It generated a large flamewar on the Paizo boards.  Still, many folks congratulated Paizo, enough that some fans bought one of the designers an order of chicken wings to mail to their office, which was then posted on Facebook.



MMO Barbarians at the Gate

Tying back into MMO bashing, I think it's also a generational thing.  World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy, etc, have all but eclipsed D&D in the public sphere.  Far more gamers know about the death of Aeris than Raistlin Majere's bid for godhood, or Kefka's demented personality over Elminster's folksy charm.  So there's a hint of jealousy in there, as well as the worry of new blood coming into the hobby taking video game tropes into D&D.

Monkey Grip was derided not just for being overpowered, but reminding many DMs of Cloud's Buster Sword who didn't want that in their games.

There are a lot of young (twenty-something) Pathfinder players, although the OSR and old-school D&D communities are visibly older than both them and video game fandoms.  When I go on Tenkar's Tavern message boards, or browse Dragonsfoot, I see people talking about the seventies and eighties in a way indicating that they lived through it.  Although there are many middle-aged video gamers out there, there are portions of the D&D community who grew up with Atari games and find the FPS/JRPG aesthetic of games today to be too far gone for their interest.

A huge portion of the OSR says that they don't give a shit about game balance.  The "game balance is a myth" is also present in Pathfinder, including the Complete Kobold Guide to Game Design meant to help D20 writers.  It equivocates balance with sameness, saying that variables such as a lucky string of die rolls and open-ended segments which don't need rules (like going to the bathroom) means that a truly balanced game would be an inherently boring one.

If an indie dev on Steam said the same thing, or a competitive MMO, they'd be torn to shreds and be perceived as lazy game designers.

Once again, nothing wrong with differences in generational tastes, but there is that elitist segment who looks down on the "youngsters" and a resentment that knock-off games originally inspired by D&D are now eclipsing D&D in popularity.  When Eberron came out, a criticism I saw against it was that it's like Final Fantasy 9, which if anything made the setting sound awesome.



Third Party Publishing

Many fans are now making their own material outright for Pathfinder, OSR, and even 5th Edition (although it's slower due to the lack of an OGL).  Remember all those folks who say "the game can't possibly be unbalanced because I myself never personally experienced it in my game?"

Or how about "noncasting martials are great!  My wizard cast greater invisibility and haste on the Fighter and he tore the opposition to shreds!"

Those folks aren't just on message boards or as GMs and players.  They're now making their own books, their own settings, their own KickStarters.  And while they have a lot of market space to compete with, there are some popular and beloved companies and brands which get recognition.  I don't want to name names considering I'm working in the field and I can't find the post at hand, but there's a freelancer on the Paizo message boards who argued that the Fighter's Weapon Training class feature (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/core-classes/fighter#TOC-Weapon-Training-Ex-) (which adds +1 to +6 on attack and damage rolls for related weapon groups) was more than enough to make them balanced against Clerics and Wizards, and that there were playtesting groups who found this increase in numbers to be just as difficult for GMs to handle as spells such as invisibility and plane shift.

This is of course intellectual dishonesty not grounded in basic math, but the difference is that this poster writes professionally for supplements which are then sold for money.



TL;DR this is threatening to game design because a lot of gamers take it too personally in addition to the default "realism" arguments and preventing the WoW barbarians at the gates from toppling the D&D Empire.  Nerfs to martials are gleeful celebrations at the thought of other gamers having less fun, whereas the depowering of spellcasters is enough to bring a hue and cry.  Not to mention repeated intellectual dishonesty from some quarters, such as folk saying they gave up on Path of War once the designers said that game balance isn't a concern, when it fact the specific text was "we wish to balance martial disciples against Tier 3 classes such as the Inquisitor and Magus and not Fighter and Monk."

And even in Dreamscarred's AMA on Reddit you get people asking loaded questions of "why are you shitting on Fighters?"
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on July 23, 2015, 05:32:40 PM
 :)


... enough that some fans bought one of the designers an order of chicken wings to MAIL to their office, which was then posted on Facebook ...

That is seriously dangerous, like hopefully they didn't eat them.

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... World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy, etc, have all but eclipsed D&D in the public sphere ...

fix'd

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When I go on Tenkar's Tavern message boards, or browse Dragonsfoot, I see people talking about the seventies and eighties in a way indicating that they lived through it. 

Dudes ?!

(http://davidgonos.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/spicoli2-e1370052403381.jpg)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on July 24, 2015, 11:02:17 AM
Can't even.

I ended up going for it with ex-gf, because she's so fucking gorgeous and hot. DAMN LIZARD BRAIN, WHY MUST YOU MAKE ME DO SUCH THINGS?

Last night was pretty amazing.

But i'm going to regret this in the end, aren't i?

Sigh... Such is life.

Not as long as you're the one providing the orgasms, you're not.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: oslecamo on July 24, 2015, 12:22:53 PM
Can't even.

I ended up going for it with ex-gf, because she's so fucking gorgeous and hot. DAMN LIZARD BRAIN, WHY MUST YOU MAKE ME DO SUCH THINGS?

Last night was pretty amazing.

But i'm going to regret this in the end, aren't i?

Sigh... Such is life.

Not as long as you're the one providing the orgasms, you're not.


If the worst problem in one's life is that they're sexing a " fucking gorgeous and hot" girl, they're doing pretty good I would say.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on July 24, 2015, 12:28:07 PM
Can't even.

I ended up going for it with ex-gf, because she's so fucking gorgeous and hot. DAMN LIZARD BRAIN, WHY MUST YOU MAKE ME DO SUCH THINGS?

Last night was pretty amazing.

But i'm going to regret this in the end, aren't i?

Sigh... Such is life.

Not as long as you're the one providing the orgasms, you're not.


If the worst problem in one's life is that they're sexing a " fucking gorgeous and hot" girl, they're doing pretty good I would say.

Damn it, I don't have enough time to have sex with my harem of bikini model astrophysicists on my opulent space station.

My life is pain.

/0th World Problems.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on July 24, 2015, 01:01:36 PM
I'm being tested. Not only am i already regretting going for it with ex-gf, last night i got pulled over and now i'm going to lose my driver's license for DUI. Of course, i'm going to fight it, it's going to take months or even years before i even have to pay the fine or have my license suspended for a year. But still, it's a MAJOR hassle, eventually it's GOING to happen and there's no going two ways about it.

To top things off, ex-gf is pissed i got pulled over because that means she's not going to get any tonight(i have no car, so date plans are over), which is not only selfish as fuck, it's also childish as hell. I'm getting almost completely put off by her by now, kudos to her for breaking the record on making me go from 100 to 0 in just a couple of days. Seriously, this girl must be trying her hardest to make me not care about her at all, because it's working like a charm.

AND, i woke up with a very sore and throbbing throat. It hurts to swallow or even breathe, major infection going on here. Going to have to take antibiotics, which means i won't be able to drink or even go out for a few days, so i'll be stuck inside my house with my parents lecturing me about my irresponsability, telling me things i have heard before and things i already know.

Mother of my child wants to go out with me. Said she wants to see me, dafuq?

I'm telling you all, everything in my life is moving so fast right now, i'm not being able to keep up.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on July 24, 2015, 01:26:55 PM
Don't think of it as being tested - think of it as being told to slow down.

Take as deep a breath as you can right now, take the antibiotics, and use the forced sobriety as a push to get your life in order.

Oh, and tell the mother of your son that you are really sick - if she still wants to go out, you'll know it's an attempt to make amends (or whatever).

Alternatively - say fuck this, take holy orders, and never have to deal with women again.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on July 24, 2015, 02:39:01 PM
Nah, she wants to talk about something good that happened to her, and she only wants to talk about it in person. I already ruled out winning the lottery, she'd be sad as fuck if she was pregnant, so that's out, i'm thinking that perhaps she'll move out of state, maybe even out of the country. That was something that she always wanted, and i'd see why she'd be happy if that's the case, and, because we have a child together, i see how she wants to talk about it in person and clarify stuff. I think that's probably what it is.

I'm still going to have to see her to know for sure, though. Maybe i'm wrong, and it's something else entirely. I doubt it.

If she is, things are going to get even more complicated than they already are. Going back and forth state lines to see my son, that's going to be hella expensive. Not something i can do right now. Doubt she has the kind of money to be going back and forth bringing him here, either. We'd have to basically timeshare the kid. He stays a couple weeks here, a couple weeks there, and that's that.

Don't really see any other feasible way of doing it, TBH. Can't solomon the kid and cut him in half, you know?

At least she isn't trying to get back together with me, that'd be very strange and awkward. I already did one repeat, i'm not going in for a third time's the charm type deal.

In fact, Amechra, you're really on the ball there. I need to sit back, take a good look at my life, and change some things around. It's not the time to be fucking around, drinking and partying. It's fun, but it's holding me back a lot.

Maybe this is a wake up call. Something out there is telling me that i need to stop and do a 180º, and that if i don't, bad shit will keep happening to me until i get the message.

Maybe that's what it is. Or it's voodoo. It can always be voodoo.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on July 25, 2015, 12:10:25 PM
And everyone knows you don't fuck with voodoo.

In any case, Amechra beat me to the best advice available here.

Oh, and FYI - don't assume the universe will keep pelting you with bad stuff if you don't shape up. Chances are, it'll do so even if you do. Expecting life to treat you well because you're a nice guy is like expecting a tiger not to eat you because you're a vegetarian.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: phaedrusxy on July 27, 2015, 01:09:19 AM
Expecting life to treat you well because you're a nice guy is like expecting a tiger not to eat you because you're a vegetarian.
:lol :clap So much WIN!
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Libertad on July 27, 2015, 02:01:13 AM
Warning: Don't read unless you want to be depressed


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Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on July 27, 2015, 02:42:23 AM
If it makes you feel any better, Fenner is unlikely to, strictly speaking, be correct.

Firstly... 100 years sounds like too "nice" a number. It's probably a bit more long term than that, but...

A) 100 years sounds really close, so...
B) People will get antsy about it, so...
C) People will do stuff about it.

Secondly.... There were similar pronouncements of DOOM in the mid 20th century... and then the Green Revolution happened.

Going back further, we have Thomas Malthus, who proclaimed DOOM about how increasing population would destroy society in the early 1800s. There have been pronouncements of DOOM for about as long as Science has actually given a fuck about the environment.

Once the issue starts hitting people's bottom lines, you will see so much fucking effort poured into solving it.

If you read the second article carefully, it says that the infrastructure might take 4 to 10 years to fully recover as a worst case scenario. If it does happen, it's much more likely that you're going to have vital civil infrastructure back (in a crude form, at the very least) in much less than a month.

Heck, modern engineering consists of roughly a zillion layers of backups.  The recorded events vis-a-vis electronics involved electronics that probably didn't even have fuses, let alone all the other stuff we have to bleed off surplus.

So, in short...

The same old song and we can probably take it.



For inspiration, here's an old joke from WWI:

If you are a soldier, you can be in one of two places.
In a battle, or not in a battle.
If you are not in a battle, do not worry.

If you are in a battle, you can be one of two things.
Wounded or not wounded.
If you are not wounded, do not worry.

If you are wounded, you can be one of two things.
Lightly or badly.
If you are lightly wounded, do not worry.

If you are badly wounded, you can be one of two things.
Dead or alive.
If you are alive, do not worry.
If you are dead, you cannot worry.

In these circumstances, a soldier never worries.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on July 27, 2015, 02:58:21 AM
Some good news: all of that is bogus.

Seriously, all of it.  The solar flare one isn't technically bogus (if we got hit by the flare that hit Earth back in the late 1800s, it would wipe our infrastructure), but it is misleading.  See, we are really far away from the sun.  Really far.  Notice how small it looks in the sky!  Now imagine how we look from the Sun.  We are a tiny, tiny, minuscule target for a flare to hit, and as such it's not exactly a common occurrence to be hit with a devastating one.  We are hit often by smaller ones, and in fact we were hit a couple years ago.  Remember that?  GPS was down for a couple hours?  Maybe you had a power surge?  That's all that would happen.  Maybe power's out a week at most, but one thing's for sure, it will not cripple our infrastructure completely.  Is it possible a bigger flare hits us?  Yeah.  Probable?  No.  It's also possible we get hit by a gamma ray burst from inside our galaxy which scours the earth clean and kills everything.  But not probably.  I hadn't even read the article before I started answering, so I am pleasantly surprised they mentioned the flare from the 1800s (mid, not late, I thought it was 1890s at first), however their timeline for recovery is way off.  10 year for completely recovery maybe, but not a recovery to barely notice anything, because the only thing that would take more than a couple weeks in the US, Canada, and Europe is replacing the satellites. that got damaged.

As for the extinct as a species, that's so incredibly bogus that it's not.  See, what a lot of people don't realize when it comes to extinction is that it doesn't always mean, and in fact most of the time it doesn't mean, death.  Most of the time extinction comes because of evolution.  Neanderthals didn't die out, they became humans.  Dinosaurs didn't die out they became birds (and died out).  Aurochs didn't die out, they became cows.  Etc., etc.  Some scientists would argue that humans are on the cusp of becoming a new species, and as a result "homo sapiens" would eventually go extinct.  I don't see this happening soon, although species can be tricky.  Of course, the other argument for humans going extinct is a mass extinction event that kills all humans.   :lmao  not happening.  Seriously, it's not.  "Oh no, global warming is killing so many species" we'll be left.  Pretty much the only thing that would kill all humans is a global catastrophe.  Not global warming level, heck, not even chicxulub impact level.  I'm talking full on miniature black hole, gamma ray burst, Mars hitting us, that level of event.  If complex life survives, we're going to be on top of that pile.  And you know what?  Nothing that can do that is anywhere near close to happening (no mega asteroids are in our area and the Sun is a few billion years off from expanding).  Or it's so incredibly rare that it won't happen (gamma ray burst, as I've mentioned twice, has to occur close enough to us for the energy to remained concentrated, and it originates from a star in a very tight arc range, it's less likely that firing a bullet from a random part of the sun and expecting it to hit Russel's teapot.  There are no quasars in the vicinity that are close enough to deliver a fatal blow with a burst)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on July 27, 2015, 04:53:15 PM
Expecting life to treat you well because you're a nice guy is like expecting a tiger not to eat you because you're a vegetarian.
:lol :clap So much WIN!

Supposedly it's a Bruce Lee quote, so I'm not surprised. If I win this much it's because I stand on the shoulders of a fallen giant.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: oslecamo on July 27, 2015, 07:07:44 PM
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Meh, there's always been people preaching the apocalypse next century/decade/year/week. They've been around for literally as long people started to write, probably earlier but we don't have ways to check that up.

Fun fact, do you know that after the black plague wiped out most of the people in Europe, the living conditions of the survivors actually went greatly up?

That's because the (remaining) lords and other rich people suddenly realized "fuck there's so few peasants now that they're not an expendable resource anymore, better stop treating them like complete shit, pay them bigger salaries and give them better living conditions because somebody has to grow food and build stuff for us".

Then we had something called the "Industrial Revolution" because suddenly "throw more slaves warm bodies people at it" wasn't a viable plan anymore, along steam motors and then oil engine and planes and computers yadayada.

Unlike post-apocalyptic settings like to put up, when people die, that just means vacant space and resources for other people to move in. Seriously humans reproduce like rabbits when there's enough space and food available, basic medicine knowledge also greatly helps.

So when the next big catastrophe comes, if you survive you'll probably end better off, and if you die, not like you'll care a lot anyway.

What really sucks is when other humies decide to invade your living place and make it theirs while stomping all over you, but considering where you live, you have very little to worry about that.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on July 27, 2015, 07:49:51 PM
I think my annual depression is starting.

A bit late this year, I think.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on July 27, 2015, 09:49:04 PM
Fun fact, do you know that after the black plague wiped out most of the people in Europe, the living conditions of the survivors actually went greatly up?

My glasses are dirty and I'm tired.  As such, I read that as "...after the black people wiped out..." and was very confused for a moment...

Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on July 29, 2015, 04:28:40 PM
re Libertad + Amechra

I figure an Ownership Group NFL style
(you know, the kind the Libertarians like)
consisting of every single property owner
all the entire way across the planet
living at or below 5' (~1.5 meters) above sea level,
bolstered by ~2/3rds of the largest cities
and almost every single country on the planet
( ... I just noticed how ridiculously long this sentence is becoming ... )

could sue all the rest of us, for their property loses.
And win.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Unbeliever on July 30, 2015, 03:53:40 PM
^ it's a lot more complicated than that.  In US law, at least, standing and proximate cause issues make such suits hard to conduct, though there have been a few notable exceptions.  Generally, courts don't like to interject themselves into something that requires a lot of political and social policy trade-offs.  They sort of suck at them.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on July 30, 2015, 04:29:55 PM
May be getting sued.

You'll recall I had an inheritance, most of which I've spent on various debts.  All this time has passed an the attorney responsible for the estate sends us a letter saying "you need to pay the heir finder the 25% you agreed to, please send him a check for 4K as soon as possible."

We had an agreement with an heir finder, but he was to be paid by the estate.  The lawyer says his secretary fucked up and cut the checks without paying said finder and now we have to.  So we write the court to ask for proof the heir finder wasn't paid, and they said they don't require the person responsible for the estate to file any paperwork of that sort so we'll just have to trust the attorney.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on July 30, 2015, 05:26:51 PM
That's some serious O-High-O shtuff going on.  Papertrail or nothing $$.


No right Unbeliever,  USA gets things like ol' Supremey
Souter having his house targeted by Eminent Domain.
China does it bigger and better, like the 3 Gorges Dam,
while hard-enviros protest Laos building their first dam.

Still we're talking about 2+ Billion people affected
and 100's of Trillions of $$ of property, reduced
down to Sea Weed farm, Wind farm, or fish nursery.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Raineh Daze on July 30, 2015, 08:06:10 PM
-Looks up.-

Yeah, total apocalypse happening with no way to stop it is basically the last thing that's going to happen. No matter what form of government you have, self-preservation is a constant instinct. When there's enough evidence things are about to go to hell in some way other than war? Enough groups are going to react that said apocalypse is avoided.

Anyway: I've just realised that I've spent two months doing nothing, and basically all that's come of it is a desire to write up a semi-fleshed out setting based on the idea that the world is a thin skin atop a sleeping anthropomorphic sheep/goddess. ... why the hell has it taken me two months to get an idea I COULD write about?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on July 31, 2015, 04:46:26 PM
 :flutter
Would somebody please be kind and link this:

previous Duergar thread --->  http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=9671.0

to this:
recent Duergar thread ---> http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=16157.0

I'd do it myself, but ...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Nanshork on July 31, 2015, 06:01:19 PM
Here you go. (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=16157.msg283698#msg283698)   :p
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on July 31, 2015, 07:10:56 PM
It gets better,  apparently the attorney filed a final account (which for some reason doesn't state how the money was spent) which you normally need to do to get the judge's permission to disburse checks.

However the case is still not disposed.  It's not disposed because all the heirs haven't been paid, and they haven't been paid because the estate has not been fully liquidated.  If it's not liquidated how can you issue heirs their share if you don't know a final total?   :nonono
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on August 01, 2015, 03:02:58 PM
+1 to Nansh


Hey Bhu it makes purrfect sense to me  :cool  someone slipped me a $20 and a cheeseburger = damn I'm cheap.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: altpersona on August 03, 2015, 11:32:59 PM
http://www.wsaz.com/home/headlines/Sheriffs-Department-Adds-In-God-We-Trust-to-Cruisers-320533842.html (http://www.wsaz.com/home/headlines/Sheriffs-Department-Adds-In-God-We-Trust-to-Cruisers-320533842.html)

my counties sheriff  :shakefist
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on August 06, 2015, 06:18:16 PM
Heh, perhaps a new legal strategy similar
to how Prayer In Schools is out, but the
Pledge Of Allegiance keeps "under God" ?

I wonder when the Fiscal Hard Right is going
to start up an "In goLd We Trust" slogan.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: ketaro on August 07, 2015, 12:50:18 AM
It's clearly so they can deny accountability :p
They'll just blame their 'copilot'! :D
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on August 07, 2015, 09:43:12 PM
When YouTube channels have different sound level from one video to the next...when YouTube broke the playlist functionality to load bizarrely in full screen....
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Solo on August 07, 2015, 10:16:44 PM
http://www.wsaz.com/home/headlines/Sheriffs-Department-Adds-In-God-We-Trust-to-Cruisers-320533842.html (http://www.wsaz.com/home/headlines/Sheriffs-Department-Adds-In-God-We-Trust-to-Cruisers-320533842.html)

my counties sheriff  :shakefist
I hope that means they don't need assault rifles, tanks, and tactical vests anymore.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: KellKheraptis on August 10, 2015, 06:20:09 PM
http://www.wsaz.com/home/headlines/Sheriffs-Department-Adds-In-God-We-Trust-to-Cruisers-320533842.html (http://www.wsaz.com/home/headlines/Sheriffs-Department-Adds-In-God-We-Trust-to-Cruisers-320533842.html)

my counties sheriff  :shakefist
I hope that means they don't need assault rifles, tanks, and tactical vests anymore.

Just wait for the first time they pull the usual ignorant police stunt on a pagan - let's see how they like the hate crime litigation and the ACLU sharks up their arse.

On related topics, I could care less what people believe in.  I know where I stand, I don't force it down people's throat, and I only ask the same courtesy.  On the other hand, the moment anyone's beliefs start repressing anyone else's, it's time for heads to roll.  If there's one thing the Ulfhednar are NOT known to be, it is quiet.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on August 10, 2015, 07:26:47 PM
My kid needs some spanking, grandma disagrees, discussion ensues
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: altpersona on August 11, 2015, 02:05:37 AM
no one spanks grandma... except grandpa  :p


--------
my small rant

on the way to Die Antwoord concert tonight, cars in front of us had a horrid wreck.

we pulled the passenger door open on the main vehicle of concern to assess the situation... i checked for a pulse on the driver, he was D.R.T.

the 18 month old in the back was pronounced later...

Bhu, i think it was on your news channels...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on August 11, 2015, 02:52:30 AM


Bhu, i think it was on your news channels...

Missed it.  Here it was mostly bitching at the EPA non stop over the river thing.  And a house exploding up in Lansing.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on August 12, 2015, 02:23:52 AM
Holy shit, how humans are fucking cruel.

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Holy
fucking
shit.

There are no images, but the text alone, i think, warrants the NSFL tag, especially if you're a bit squeamish. There were a lot of other tortures described in detail, but i didn't even wanted to keep reading it. Damn, i thought Death by a Thousand Cuts was pretty brutal, but, humanity keeps on surprising me.

Honestly, i think when the human brain is fully mapped out in detail, someone somewhere will probably invent a machine that is able to produce the most horrible excruciating pain that someone can ever experience after scanning their brain and nervous system.

Humanity is fucking scary.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on August 12, 2015, 03:37:35 PM
on the way to Die Antwoord concert tonight, cars in front of us had a horrid wreck.

we pulled the passenger door open on the main vehicle of concern to assess the situation... i checked for a pulse on the driver, he was D.R.T.

the 18 month old in the back was pronounced later...

Wow that's awful right in front of you.
(googles DRT = dead right there)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Slaughterhouserock on August 14, 2015, 06:32:24 AM
I found out recently that the company I work for is being bought out.  From the sound of it, it's a "get rid of the competition" type of thing, rather than "getting new owners" thing.  Which means I'm soon to be unemployed.  I've applied at every job I could find the past couple weeks, but have yet to hears anything.  I've been at this place for over 9 years, and was surprised to find that even mundane jobs are now asking for a college degree, of which, I do not have.  I have until October from what I've heard, so hopefully I can find something by that time, but until then I'm gonna be stressing out.

The fun part is, I'm not supposed to know.  I've just been there long enough to have made friends with certain people that do know and passed the info on.  Don't know when they actually plan on telling everyone, but it's kind of a dick move when you're going to be tossing all these people out on their asses while you rake in a fuckton of money.  Hell, one of the owners hasn't even told his daughters that are working there.  Hard to believe I once thought these were decent people.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on August 14, 2015, 10:43:01 AM
That's the sad, ruthless world of business for you.

I hope you find a nice new job soon.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: KellKheraptis on August 14, 2015, 11:45:40 AM
I was given the dick treatment by a hospital once for not having a college degree when applying for their Senior IT position - this is after advising them mind you of several glaring security holes that anyone with a modicum of terminal knowledge could access from one of their kiosks.

To be a fly on the wall when the current IT admin opened the email sent from his own email with a different signature (to prove my point)...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on August 14, 2015, 05:38:38 PM
Some days it's just not worth getting out of bed until they legalize killing.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: KellKheraptis on August 14, 2015, 09:36:13 PM
Some days it's just not worth getting out of bed until they legalize killing.

Can I siggy that?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on August 14, 2015, 09:57:35 PM
sure  :D

So I bought a 96 toyota avalon for 1700.  They gave me wrong title, but we didnt realize till after office had closed and I'd switched stuff over.  So now I gotta wait till Monday to fix this.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: linklord231 on August 15, 2015, 12:46:44 AM
What title did they give you? If it's better you should take that car instead XD
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on August 15, 2015, 01:28:33 AM
2001 saturn.  Havent seen or test driven it,  and my receipt id for the toyota.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Libertad on August 15, 2015, 02:27:12 AM
I spent all day watching anime instead of writing on my work.

I really need to overcome my slothful procrastination.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on August 15, 2015, 10:53:57 AM
I spent all day watching anime instead of writing on my work.

I really need to overcome my slothful procrastination.

I have an easy solution for that.

For every hour you procrastinate, I will extinguish a species by kicking it into orbit. I'll start with insects.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: oslecamo on August 15, 2015, 05:22:12 PM
I spent all day watching anime instead of writing on my work.

I really need to overcome my slothful procrastination.

I have an easy solution for that.

For every hour you procrastinate, I will extinguish a species by kicking it into orbit. I'll start with insects.

There's some 900 000 species of insects out there. Libertad will probably die of old age before you run out of insects to extinguish. :p

(I have developed a method of one episode of anime->work-rinse and repeat, been watching Gungam Wing between writing Tobhou stuff)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Solo on August 15, 2015, 05:33:19 PM
I spent all day watching anime instead of writing on my work.

I really need to overcome my slothful procrastination.

Yeah. Why are you slacking off on your anime watching?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Libertad on August 15, 2015, 06:41:40 PM
On the positive side, Kill La Kill has been a surprisingly good source of inspirational material.  Episode 5 in particular: the school obstacle course of death to avoid tardiness.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on August 15, 2015, 08:40:41 PM
On the positive side, Kill La Kill has been a surprisingly good source of inspirational material.  Episode 5 in particular: the school obstacle course of death to avoid tardiness.
I find it a crying shame how many people are put off by Kill La Kill's tongue-in-cheek fanservice to appreciate its awesomeness.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on August 15, 2015, 08:59:22 PM
I spent all day watching anime instead of writing on my work.

I really need to overcome my slothful procrastination.

I have an easy solution for that.

For every hour you procrastinate, I will extinguish a species by kicking it into orbit. I'll start with insects.

There's some 900 000 species of insects out there. Libertad will probably die of old age before you run out of insects to extinguish. :p

(I have developed a method of one episode of anime->work-rinse and repeat, been watching Gungam Wing between writing Tobhou stuff)
Easily solved. I will begin with whichever species of insects imbalances his home ecosystem the most.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Libertad on August 15, 2015, 11:57:11 PM
I found a compromise.

I'm going to listen to Don't Lose Your Way (http://listenonrepeat.com/?v=vyGFM5CGnoo#Kill_la_Kill___Don_t_Lose_Your_Way) while writing.  it's working so far.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on August 16, 2015, 12:21:33 AM
That song goes with everything.  :p
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Libertad on August 16, 2015, 02:19:59 AM
I cranked out 1,511 words.  It truly is a winning combination.

Enough posting in Small Rants.  I'm going to visit the Anime/Manga thread for a change.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Unbeliever on August 16, 2015, 09:31:51 AM
I found Kill la Kill surprisingly engaging.  It helps to know the tropes that it's playing with.  It also was short enough that it didn't overstay its welcome.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on August 16, 2015, 09:59:14 PM
Apparently my video driver has been having issues, and that's why I've experienced all kinds of glitches when surfing the internet.

AMD, why you do this to me?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on August 17, 2015, 03:33:41 PM
My university account was potentially compromised, meaning I couldn't access my stuff at all until today (Just found out I couldn't last week, but still), and I may have compromised information.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on August 17, 2015, 04:05:02 PM
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Hey guy imitating dman11235 ...  :fu ... we're on to you.


Seems like there's a concerted set of attempts at various College security systems, nationwide.


Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on August 17, 2015, 06:01:03 PM
Thankfully it looks like it was a brute force attempt to gain access to a lot of accounts, and not just mine, and they caught it and locked a bunch of accounts (including mine).  So there's a good chance they didn't get in.  I can even prove it's me, and not my potential identity thief in Montreal (where the IP was located that attempted access):

I love hockey, and go Habs, suck it bruins!  Ya, totally love them Habs.  That's what I always say when hockey comes up, yup.  You can even cross reference with that sport thread I saw on here, love the Montreal Canadiennes.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: altpersona on August 17, 2015, 09:19:07 PM
there is no polite way to say 'you need therapy, like yesterday'  :banghead
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: KellKheraptis on August 18, 2015, 02:22:45 PM
Thankfully it looks like it was a brute force attempt to gain access to a lot of accounts, and not just mine, and they caught it and locked a bunch of accounts (including mine).  So there's a good chance they didn't get in.  I can even prove it's me, and not my potential identity thief in Montreal (where the IP was located that attempted access):

I love hockey, and go Habs, suck it bruins!  Ya, totally love them Habs.  That's what I always say when hockey comes up, yup.  You can even cross reference with that sport thread I saw on here, love the Montreal Canadiennes.

I get notifications of those from the sites I've built...usually it's some asshat from Russia or North Korea trying to add the domain or its server to a botnet.  Gotta love HTAccess :)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Unbeliever on August 18, 2015, 03:10:47 PM
Deadlines have launched a surprise attack upon me with the thoroughness of a band of ninjas.  I'm kind of running ragged.  Although on the bright side I've churned out a startling number of pages in the past handful of days.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on August 18, 2015, 05:10:24 PM
thing 1--- I had something to beyotch about yesterday.

thing 2 --- I've forgotten by today.

thing 3 --- I feel like beyotching about needing to beyotch, without having to beyotch.

thing 4 --- oh yeah and weenie filter, that's always good to go
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on August 18, 2015, 05:13:10 PM
Thankfully it looks like it was a brute force attempt to gain access to a lot of accounts, and not just mine, and they caught it and locked a bunch of accounts (including mine).  So there's a good chance they didn't get in.  I can even prove it's me, and not my potential identity thief in Montreal (where the IP was located that attempted access):

I love hockey, and go Habs, suck it bruins!  Ya, totally love them Habs.  That's what I always say when hockey comes up, yup.  You can even cross reference with that sport thread I saw on here, love the Montreal Canadiennes.

I get notifications of those from the sites I've built...usually it's some asshat from Russia or North Korea trying to add the domain or its server to a botnet.  Gotta love HTAccess :)


Dear Guy imitating dman11235 ...  :clap ... congrats on upping your game, but we're on to you.

.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on August 19, 2015, 12:38:08 AM

"The remote device is not setup to allow connections to port 8080."   :banghead
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: KellKheraptis on August 19, 2015, 10:44:01 PM
First a flat tire, then the same fucking tire the next day (today) only to have a BRAKE LINE burst the moment we get the bastard in the driveway.  :fu Dodge!
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on August 20, 2015, 02:59:03 AM
It sucks having friends in trouble and being unable to help them
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on August 20, 2015, 09:05:29 AM
It sucks having friends in trouble and being unable to help them
Definitely know what that feels like...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on August 21, 2015, 05:28:24 PM
My apologies to those for whom I am doing stuff for.  I'm way behind at my job, and I have an open abscess draining thats sucking the life from me.  Will resume normal schedules shortly.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Libertad on August 23, 2015, 09:01:48 PM
Going nuts trying to find the post that bumped my Respect from 69 to 70...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Solo on August 23, 2015, 09:17:59 PM
Wonder no longer! I secretly went through your post history and found a random, obscure post and respected it.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on August 23, 2015, 09:24:27 PM
I just sent a friend the final draft of his game - I just finished wrangling it into a nice, proper book, with a nice layout and everything.

Now it is time to see how much of a cut he's going to give me of any profits he gets selling it...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Unbeliever on August 24, 2015, 12:05:03 AM
Going nuts trying to find the post that bumped my Respect from 69 to 70...
I had no idea there was even a way to hunt them down.  I just like to think of it as some generalized approval for the crazy shit I type while I'm addled and taking a break? 
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Raineh Daze on August 24, 2015, 12:51:20 AM
I hate not being able to hunt such things down. Especially because almost everything I saw is various degrees of incoherent, so the presence of any respect is a total enigma. O_o

I ever strive for the worst post/respect ratio.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: littha on August 24, 2015, 03:42:10 AM
Going nuts trying to find the post that bumped my Respect from 69 to 70...
I had no idea there was even a way to hunt them down.  I just like to think of it as some generalized approval for the crazy shit I type while I'm addled and taking a break?

You can hunt them down... it just requires you to look through everything you have ever posted...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on August 24, 2015, 11:15:46 AM
I hate not being able to hunt such things down. Especially because almost everything I saw is various degrees of incoherent, so the presence of any respect is a total enigma. O_o

I ever strive for the worst post/respect ratio.

I'm generally content if my respect ratio is 10% of my posts.

Waaaaaaaaay back in the old BG forums, when we used to have a karma system, I had karma so down in the negatives that I actually embraced having negative karma. I was a lot more active back then, though.

Also, 4E Eladrin are more manly than 4E elves, deal with it. (Cookie for reference)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on August 24, 2015, 06:31:23 PM
If you respect a post about  respect, it becomes a meta-respect.

(http://i2.cpcache.com/image/12124415_125x125.png)

... therefore  :plotting I fear for our collective future.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Gazzien on August 29, 2015, 05:24:50 PM
Apparently a birth certificate card (same size / shape as a credit card), and admitted to be legal across the US by the DMV isn't fucking accepted as a form of identification (Birth certificate/ passport) by the very DMV that said it was legal.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: KellKheraptis on August 29, 2015, 07:13:09 PM
DMV's in general are a giant exercise in subjective fascism and ignorant assholes.  Oh, and don't get me started on how badly they would lose an attempted ARREST even (which mind you is unlawful, and technically assault with a deadly weapon, which gives the assaulted the right to use LETHAL FORCE in their defense) when trying to enforce their equally unlawful and absolutely subjective and arbitrary "any abusive language will result in immediate arrest" when they GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO PISS YOU OFF FOR NO REASON TO HAVE YOU HARASSED BY THE EQUALLY FASCIST ASSHOLE LEO's there. 

In sum: Fuck the DMV and FUCK ANYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH IT.  /endrant

Apparently a birth certificate card (same size / shape as a credit card), and admitted to be legal across the US by the DMV isn't fucking accepted as a form of identification (Birth certificate/ passport) by the very DMV that said it was legal.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Nanshork on August 30, 2015, 12:17:29 AM
Yeah, in my experience it pretty much depends on which employee you talk to.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on August 30, 2015, 12:53:51 AM
For the record, I have never had a bad experience at the DMVs I've been to.  But that's a relatively small sample size, I've been to three.  Many times at those three, but still only three.  Average wait times were shorter than the jokes by a lot.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on August 30, 2015, 02:59:05 AM
They're not so bad in a small town.  If I had to go to a big city one I'd prolly be wearing a vest made of C4 tho.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Gazzien on August 31, 2015, 05:19:39 AM
They're not so bad in a small town.  If I had to go to a big city one I'd prolly be wearing a vest made of C4 tho.
I live in San Francisco.

"small town"... uh. Nah. Not within a couple hours' public transit, at least.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on August 31, 2015, 09:36:08 AM
First day of classes, and I wake up feeling like absolute shit.

Screw it, I'm going back to bed until my third class starts.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on August 31, 2015, 07:38:57 PM
<rant>

I get a small rash.

Dad:  "Oh I got that in Vancouver."

(mental math = 4+ years ago)

Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on August 31, 2015, 09:31:15 PM
Life sucks ass.

Popped tree sleeping pills to see if i can get through the night, had a staring contest with the pill bottle.

Fuck...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on August 31, 2015, 09:44:21 PM
Life sucks ass.

Popped tree sleeping pills to see if i can get through the night, had a staring contest with the pill bottle.

Fuck...

I can proudly say that I have never needed to use sleeping pills (which is a good thing; my body laughs off anything weaker than prescription sedatives). However (to make me sound less like a dick), here's a pair of techniques my mother taught me when I was little and I couldn't sleep:

1. Starting from your head, tense some muscles, then relax. So clench your jaws, and then relax, stiffen your neck, relax, etc, etc. It causes fatigue, which makes it easier to slip off into sleep.

2. Visualize warm honey slowly covering you - more of a mental exercise for relaxing and calming down.

I don't use either anymore - as long as I am not entirely wired, I've taught myself how to force my body to fall asleep. I don't do it if I don't have to, but I can go from fully awake to napping within 20 seconds.

But really, the best thing to do is to stop thinking about why life is terrible. It's just like using chickens to prevent yourself from needing to go to the bathroom - just remember that you are the one in charge of this whole mind-body relationship, and your body should damn well do what you say.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: altpersona on August 31, 2015, 10:04:49 PM
sleeping is my superpower... i can generally be asleep in seconds any time any place...  :P

on the odd occasion when it takes more than a couple minutes to fall asleep, i use a trick similar to Amechras.

starting at the toes, i 'tell' the various body parts to go to sleep. once that part 'feels different' (not quite tingles) i move to the next connected part. when you get to your head, you should be very relaxed and sleeping soon after.

Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on August 31, 2015, 10:31:14 PM
Had to pop another stronger med as the ones i taken previously aren't taking hold an hour later. I'll probably sleep like a log after this, or so i hope.

I'm at the end of my strenghts here. I'm decidedly masochistic, pushing for a relationship that's causing nothing but grief for me out of some pathological form of love i always tend to develop whenever i find a girl that fits my "ideal woman".

Whenever i make up my mind about finishing it all off, we somehow end up patching things up and trying again. The back and forth is fucking killing me and making me go absolutely insane, again. It's like being with the mother of my child all over again.

Starting to think i'm unconsciously looking for toxic relationships, seems as if i only fall in love with a girl when she gives me grief. In fact i'm pretty sure that's the case.

I need out, but my feelings are trapping me in. I feel so fucking hopeless, so fucking pathetic, sometimes i wish i'd just drop dead.

And it's all my fault, again. When i'm single i'm always mostly fine, but i'm never really happy either. Fuck... I'm such a goddamn mess.

I kept staring at the bottle of pills thinking about offing myself. Again. Why the fuck am i like this? Why can't i give less of a fuck about things? Why can't i block off my thoughts, space out, think about other shit? Why can't i distract myself?

What's wrong with me and women, for that matter? Seems mostly everything in my life revolves being around one. Either meaningless soulless sex when i'm single, or dedicating the entirety of my attention to a single female when i'm not. I can't find the fucking balance between not giving any fucks at all and giving all of the fucks i have.

Fuck

To make matters worse, i have a friend who recently lost his father, and his mother is in the ICU. His life sucks way worse than mine, and always has, and he's stronger than i am. I have no reasons to be THIS depressed, and yet i'm worse, way worse than he is.

Worse of all, i know all of the things i'm doing wrong, all of the problems i have, i just can't fucking fix myself. I'm damaged, i'm broken. I'm a mess. And i guess i'll forever be.

I'm not someone who deserves to love, or someone who deserves to be loved back. I'm not ready for any serious relationships, i can't deal with the ups and downs. I need something constant, but when i find it, i take it for granted.

Damn

Just getting through the day is taking most of my willpower. I don't even want to get out of bed, or out of the house. I don't want to do ANYTHING...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on August 31, 2015, 11:46:52 PM
I think my best suggestion is reaching out to one of your friends and asking them to keep an eye on you.

That, and make yourself busy - throw yourself into your studies, your job, your hobbies - pick up a new hobby, write a novel, do something. Have projects, set yourself goals, and everything. May I suggest finding a dojo and trying to pick up a martial art? A good dojo will focus on self control as part of the training.

As for your friend - people process grief in different ways, and everyone is used to a different standard of life. Heck, I grew up in a rather... dysfunctional family, and I didn't really notice or mind until I was in late high school. It's all about what you're used to - your friend has had a whole lifetime to practice dealing with the world, and you haven't.

There's no shame in reaching out to people, brujon.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on September 01, 2015, 02:27:28 AM
hugs!  :hug
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on September 01, 2015, 08:49:42 AM
On a different note:

I got really bored earlier, and started working on a little project - namely, I noticed that any of those products that have you calculate your characters proportions tend to be written with no actual connection to human proportions. Exhibit A would be one thing for Pathfinder I found, where Barbarians are hard pressed to have breasts smaller than a DD cup. Said measurements are also completely unconnected to your height, so that's useless.

So I sat down, pulled up some studies (as well as Wikipedia), and wrote a system that takes your character's height and weight, runs it through some number crunching, and outputs values for the 7-ish different recognized female body shapes. It's designed to swap up proportions if you were to change races (as a result, Elves are scrawny and Elven women are mostly flat and pretty androgynous. I happen to quite like this result.)

So, after I finished up women (I skipped doing Small races because it would require exception handling. Also, I don't want to be talking about the chest size of someone who can pass as a human child, thank you very much), I decided to do men next.

...

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST, people. How can you have so much information about women's body proportions, and almost none for men? The only details I can find on male proportions are "here are the ideal proportions for male bodies". The female body shapes have actual mathematical definitions based on the proportions between bust size, hip circumference, and waist circumference.

If you try to look up the 6 male body shapes, you get a "well they kinda look like this - oh, and everyone should look like these dudes with this body shape."

I want to programmatically derive a character's physical proportions from their height, weight, and body type. Is it too much to ask that someone has that information listed somewhere?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on September 01, 2015, 04:56:14 PM
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My kitty avatar is hard pressed  to have balls smaller than a DD cup.



Popped tree sleeping pills to see if i can get through the night, had a staring contest with the pill bottle.

Benadryl is the usual ingredient in those, and high dose levels just dry you out.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: linklord231 on September 02, 2015, 04:30:19 AM
I'm going to assume that most people here are familiar with the recent DriveThruRPG controversy.  If you're not, y'all can go look it up for yourselves.  That's a whole different rant.

As part of the fallout from this controversy, Exploding Rogue Studios (http://explodingrogue.com/) pulled all of their content from DriveThruRPG because they refuse to allow their products to be carried in the same store that also sells a game called "Tournament of Rapists." 

The rant part is this:  The very next day after pulling all of their content, d20monkey (http://www.d20monkey.com/comic/three-bigbys/) (whose author is Brian Patterson, one of the founding members of Exploding Rogue) posted a comic making not one, but two different sexual assault jokes. 

I'm strongly considering emailing him to call him out on this. 

"Dear Brian,
I love your comic.  I really do.  But I don't think it's ok for you to make jokes about sexual assault on the very day after you've pulled your product of DTRPG for hosting a game about sexual assault.  It seems like a huge double standard.
Love,
Linklord231"

Too nice?  I want to make it clear that this kind of thing isn't cool, but I don't want to be a dick about it. 
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Gazzien on September 02, 2015, 05:20:33 AM
I'm going to assume that most people here are familiar with the recent DriveThruRPG controversy.  If you're not, y'all can go look it up for yourselves.  That's a whole different rant.

As part of the fallout from this controversy, Exploding Rogue Studios (http://explodingrogue.com/) pulled all of their content from DriveThruRPG because they refuse to allow their products to be carried in the same store that also sells a game called "Tournament of Rapists." 

The rant part is this:  The very next day after pulling all of their content, d20monkey (http://www.d20monkey.com/comic/three-bigbys/) (whose author is Brian Patterson, one of the founding members of Exploding Rogue) posted a comic making not one, but two different sexual assault jokes. 

I'm strongly considering emailing him to call him out on this. 

"Dear Brian,
I love your comic.  I really do.  But I don't think it's ok for you to make jokes about sexual assault on the very day after you've pulled your product of DTRPG for hosting a game about sexual assault.  It seems like a huge double standard.
Love,
Linklord231"

Too nice?  I want to make it clear that this kind of thing isn't cool, but I don't want to be a dick about it.
Eesh. Not too nice, IMO. I wouldn't use "Love", though.

Time to go read up on the controversy...

Edit: Aaaand I'm done with that. Nope. Your email seems fine.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: ketaro on September 02, 2015, 05:31:24 AM
Just be a dick about it. But without cursing.
(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on September 02, 2015, 09:23:10 AM
You know, I'm happy about the recent controversy.

The level of angry backlash at that "game" gives me confidence that humanity might have a soul. Somewhere.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on September 02, 2015, 12:26:09 PM
Can someone give me the 'quick and dirty' version of the controversy?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: KellKheraptis on September 02, 2015, 01:01:36 PM
Can someone give me the 'quick and dirty' version of the controversy?

Company pulls products from another company that's a retail portal, same company's founding owner posts comic strip portraying roughly the same thing on his private site.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Solo on September 02, 2015, 01:01:50 PM
Hilarious.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: KellKheraptis on September 02, 2015, 01:48:16 PM
Have you seen the latest BS from the FCC?  Anyone else seeing SecureBoot all over again?  TRY and lock the bootloader on my Android...I DARE you :)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 02, 2015, 02:01:07 PM
Wait, WTF does the FCC have to do with Android?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: KellKheraptis on September 02, 2015, 02:17:17 PM
Wait, WTF does the FCC have to do with Android?

The radio on a phone is part of the SoC on most models.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 02, 2015, 02:28:42 PM
Afraid you still lost me on "SoC".
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: KellKheraptis on September 02, 2015, 02:31:38 PM
Afraid you still lost me on "SoC".

System on Chip.  There's a reason Qualcomm (the maker of probably the best SoC's out there right now) is one of the main ones opposing this.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 02, 2015, 09:28:21 PM
...my mind is full of fuck right now.

I have an acquaintance that cosplays frequently as TWD's Michonne. She's caucasian (well, about as Caucasian as one can get in Brazil, mixed ethnicity grab-bag and all) and she bodypaints for that particular cosplay - at great cost, one might add, since she has to put on some seriously heavy makeup.

Someone complained that her costume was racist because of said body paint.

Help me out here: how the fuck does dressing up as a celebrated black character and doing a good job of it make you RACIST?!
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on September 02, 2015, 09:50:20 PM
It's because of a racist tradition in the US known as blackface,  Google the term Minstrel Show.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: altpersona on September 02, 2015, 10:47:48 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tsmjkKzT3w
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Chemus on September 03, 2015, 12:47:47 AM
...Help me out here: how the fuck does dressing up as a celebrated black character and doing a good job of it make you RACIST?!

bhu has part of the answer (although blackface has been out of use, except for irony, for decades), but to me, the majority of the issue is that it's too easy to call someone racist without repercussions. Just say 'that's racist' and it suddenly is.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Solo on September 03, 2015, 01:11:51 AM
...my mind is full of fuck right now.

I have an acquaintance that cosplays frequently as TWD's Michonne. She's caucasian (well, about as Caucasian as one can get in Brazil, mixed ethnicity grab-bag and all) and she bodypaints for that particular cosplay - at great cost, one might add, since she has to put on some seriously heavy makeup.

Someone complained that her costume was racist because of said body paint.

Help me out here: how the fuck does dressing up as a celebrated black character and doing a good job of it make you RACIST?!
To answer these questions, we will need pics.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on September 03, 2015, 01:39:36 AM
...my mind is full of fuck right now.

I have an acquaintance that cosplays frequently as TWD's Michonne. She's caucasian (well, about as Caucasian as one can get in Brazil, mixed ethnicity grab-bag and all) and she bodypaints for that particular cosplay - at great cost, one might add, since she has to put on some seriously heavy makeup.

Someone complained that her costume was racist because of said body paint.

Help me out here: how the fuck does dressing up as a celebrated black character and doing a good job of it make you RACIST?!

We live in strange times, where everyone's sensitivity seems to be at its maximum. Political correctness is the norm, and its trendy to be seen "defending" the minorities. Problem is, because its trendy, people tend to go overboard with it. The result is, we have a lot of extremism going on right now.

You call someone out as racist on Facebook, and suddenly you have a lot of people cheering you on, giving you a bunch of likes & shares, and you're like, hell yeah, i'm popular dawg. Do it in a crowd, and suddenly you have a lot of people backing you and a story to tell.

A little while back, during Carnaval, i saw some people criticizing heterosexual males for the traditional crossdressing that happens during Carnaval. I was like... Uh... What? Yet, some extremists were saying that it's "offensive" to actual crossdressers/trans people, and that tradition should be abolished.

I'm seeing more and more people defending censorship over freedom of speech, increased government control over civil liberties, wanting to abolish this, abolish that, ban this, ban that...

Some dangerous thinking, that.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 03, 2015, 02:23:29 AM
Ah, yes. The "it's okay as long as it's not me" crowd.

I also see no reason why crossdressing would be offensive to trans people. Isn't the whole point to accept them as the gender they're most comfortable with? If that's the case, then it's not crossdressing in a conceptual sense.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on September 03, 2015, 05:27:08 AM
Ah, yes. The "it's okay as long as it's not me" crowd.

I also see no reason why crossdressing would be offensive to trans people. Isn't the whole point to accept them as the gender they're most comfortable with? If that's the case, then it's not crossdressing in a conceptual sense.

They were bashing on the fact that it was hetero males doing crossdressing "for fun" during Carnaval, said it was like mocking the cause, etc... It's a load of bull. These people aren't exactly known for making convincing or even logically consistent arguments, it's all emotional. Which is why you shouldn't even bother arguing with these kinds of people.

In fact, in my experience, i've seen that nothing ticks them off more than just plain ignoring them, saying something like "yeah, whatever" and walking away. Pisses them off beyond belief. People like this, they crave attention more than anything. They WANT you to talk back to them. It gives them the attention they want, and a reason to continue hearing the sound of their own voice.

Almost all of them don't even really truly believe in the crap they're spouting, they're just parroting the shit they've been force-fed by the media or by their friends. It's quite sad, really, that they don't really believe in anything, they're just really trying to belong to something.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on September 03, 2015, 05:18:55 PM
So I'm currently skating on thin ice.

I recently changed my avatar over on GitP - and I'm hoping that no one figures out where it's from.

It is literally cropped and rescaled from a piece of straight-up pornographic art; however, the mad scientist was just too perfect to let pass. I didn't leave anything suspect in, but...

We shall see.

Here's it is, to see if I missed anything. (http://i.imgur.com/hXXlTj8.png)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: phaedrusxy on September 03, 2015, 05:25:16 PM
Well since a GIS turns up nothing, I'd say you're safe. The only way for someone to call you out would be to admit that they also look at the same porn... (or I guess read this board... so I'd suggest you scrub this thread :D ).
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: altpersona on September 03, 2015, 07:16:09 PM
erg, tryna get get my martyr stones to take flight... having trouble finding the way to get em on reddit.

so far /r/religion didnt want me... :D
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 03, 2015, 11:24:17 PM
So I'm currently skating on thin ice.

I recently changed my avatar over on GitP - and I'm hoping that no one figures out where it's from.

It is literally cropped and rescaled from a piece of straight-up pornographic art; however, the mad scientist was just too perfect to let pass. I didn't leave anything suspect in, but...

We shall see.

Here's it is, to see if I missed anything. (http://i.imgur.com/hXXlTj8.png)

You'll have to show me the full picture sometime.  :P
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on September 04, 2015, 02:15:21 AM
So I'm currently skating on thin ice.

I recently changed my avatar over on GitP - and I'm hoping that no one figures out where it's from.

It is literally cropped and rescaled from a piece of straight-up pornographic art; however, the mad scientist was just too perfect to let pass. I didn't leave anything suspect in, but...

We shall see.

Here's it is, to see if I missed anything. (http://i.imgur.com/hXXlTj8.png)

You'll have to show me the full picture sometime.  :P

Sadly, Scientist Lady's Head is the only really good part of the picture. I only came across it because I was checking updates at the artist's site (who does have some stuff I am into mixed in among the other stuff.)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Unbeliever on September 04, 2015, 12:21:00 PM
A little while back, during Carnaval, i saw some people criticizing heterosexual males for the traditional crossdressing that happens during Carnaval. I was like... Uh... What? Yet, some extremists were saying that it's "offensive" to actual crossdressers/trans people, and that tradition should be abolished.
The blackface explains the response to the original situation Kuriomaiken was referencing.  Presuming there's anything to it at all.  It's a particular history that pushes a particular button.  But, generalizing it to other countries or neglecting other local traditions ends up being a bear trap.

Brujon's example reminds me of something local here (New Orleans).  One of the Mardi Gras krewes (analogue to Carnivale) is called Zulu, and it is the traditionally African-American krewe, started, of course, when krewes were racially segregated.  THEY, by tradition, march in blackface.  The conventional wisdom is that it's to allow anyone to march with them, regardless of race, uniting everyone under a single banner.  But, if you've been trained to associate blackface with Minstrel Shows, etc., it will throw you for a loop.

In both cases, though, I'm sure a quick google search would have confirmed that this is at least a longstanding tradition, and not somebody going out of their way to be offensive.  I mean, out of context if I said "the Zulu Krewe marches in blackface every year" you might do a spit take.  But, wikipedia would have cleared the issue up in 2 seconds.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on September 05, 2015, 12:37:50 AM
So my thermal professor sucks.  Like, a lot.  So far in the two weeks we've had class, and he's used three real world examples of thermal mechanics that are just super wrong.  Like super, hardcore, wrong.

First, he was talking about how car doors are hot in the summer.  because apparently they literally get hotter than a bucket of water on the side of the road.  Technically this is true, kind of?  He main point was that they feel hot because metals absorb heat fast, meaning they get to the air temperature faster than water does.  Again, technically true.  However, they do not get that much hotter than the air temp (or rather, the temp of the inside of the car, because metals conduct well.).  He then went on to say how in winter they're cold because at night they lose heat faster than water.  The actual reason?  The exact OPPOSITE of the reasons he said, it feels hot in the summer because it loses heat fast (puts energy into you fast), and it feels cold because it gains heat fast (pulls heat away from you fast).

Second, talking about thermal contraction and expansion, specifically with water.  Things expand when hot, and contract when cold.  So his explanation?  The molecules literally get smaller.  Like, the bond lengths.  This is technically true, but the amount it shrinks is so small as to be meaningless.  Also, his reason for water expanding under 4 C?  The hydrogen got too close together, so as it cools further, they get further apart.  Yeah.  Actual reason?  Molecules/atoms get closer together, due to electrostatic forces and other stuff.  Water becomes a crystal, so gets into the crystal arrangements as it cools past 4.

Third, today.  Oh good lord was it horrible.  Apparently hurricanes are caused because hot air above an ocean (because the ocean water doesn't increase in heat, so all the sunlight heats is the air).  And because land heats up faster than water, the air over land is cooler than the air over water (yeah....remember the first bit?).  because of this, hurricanes move towards land!  ignoring the ones that move away from land.  Like all of them.  because they form closer to Africa than the US.  And the ones in the Pacific go away from land.  And all of them form really far away from land.  And apparently tornadoes are just hurricanes but on land.  And they don't form in winter because the land is cold, so the wind goes out to sea and thus no hurricanes.  Real reason hurricanes form?  NOTHING AT ALL to do with that.  It's evaporation.  And updrafts from the evaporation.  WARM water.  Nothing to do with land.  Coriolis effect causes them to move like they do.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 05, 2015, 02:31:37 AM
I feel you, Dman (though I could've sworn hurricanes form when a hot air mass and a cold air mass clash... or was that something else entirely?). I'm having a similar issue with my Administration-applied Psychology teacher. Pretty much everything she speaks is something I knew of beforehand from therapy. And then she goes on to bash rationalization as a response (not as a defense mechanism; AS A RESPONSE) and claiming that psychology is innately illogical (I could actually hear Freud rolling over in his grave over that one).

And I was like "God fucking dammit woman, I could snore a better class than this with five minutes of preparation and Google".

Seriously, thus far I'm 2 for 2 on psych-based classes in this course being utter and complete shit thanks to the teachers responsible.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: muktidata on September 05, 2015, 03:11:17 AM
First, he was talking about how car doors are hot in the summer.  because apparently they literally get hotter than a bucket of water on the side of the road.  Technically this is true, kind of?  He main point was that they feel hot because metals absorb heat fast, meaning they get to the air temperature faster than water does.  Again, technically true.  However, they do not get that much hotter than the air temp (or rather, the temp of the inside of the car, because metals conduct well.).  He then went on to say how in winter they're cold because at night they lose heat faster than water.  The actual reason?  The exact OPPOSITE of the reasons he said, it feels hot in the summer because it loses heat fast (puts energy into you fast), and it feels cold because it gains heat fast (pulls heat away from you fast).

Lmao.. maybe the bucket is white and the car doors black?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: linklord231 on September 05, 2015, 04:03:46 AM
My freshman year of college, I had a geology professor who spent an entire week telling us that global warming wasn't real.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Gazzien on September 05, 2015, 04:29:29 AM
Why would you write this. (http://thatboomerkid.tumblr.com/post/128382722746/bonds-forged-in-hell-fire)

Half a feat for bardic performance as a bard of your level. Half a feat for that. Why. Just. Dear god, why.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on September 05, 2015, 05:01:37 AM
I feel you, Dman (though I could've sworn hurricanes form when a hot air mass and a cold air mass clash... or was that something else entirely?). I'm having a similar issue with my Administration-applied Psychology teacher. Pretty much everything she speaks is something I knew of beforehand from therapy. And then she goes on to bash rationalization as a response (not as a defense mechanism; AS A RESPONSE) and claiming that psychology is innately illogical (I could actually hear Freud rolling over in his grave over that one).

And I was like "God fucking dammit woman, I could snore a better class than this with five minutes of preparation and Google".

Seriously, thus far I'm 2 for 2 on psych-based classes in this course being utter and complete shit thanks to the teachers responsible.

No, that's tornadoes.  Hurricanes are hot, moist air from oceans rising up through a column.  Similar to how thunderheads form, but on a WAY bigger scale (and thunderheads aren't exactly small).  That's why hurricanes form in warm waters, and get stronger in them.  They get weaker in cooler waters and over land because there's less evaporation driving their systems.  And they move the way they do because of the Coriolis effect.  Prevailing winds at the equator are east-west, and at about 23 degrees they're west-east.  Because they form at the equator, they are traveling west, but get deflected because of their spin away from the equator, until they get north enough that they start moving drastically in a more eastern direction (still west, but much much slower), and the net result is north.  If a storm is powerful enough and waters are warm enough (gulf stream helps in this regard, if it hits it at the right time) it can start going east actually, a little, and that's how storms sometimes travel up the east coast of the US.  In the southern hemisphere it's mirrored over the equator.  You have to keep track of hot spots and cold spots though, so it gets tricky, but it's almost the same.  Note that Brazil doesn't get hit by may strong ones, that's because there's not a lot of space for them to get going.  Too little time for them to get up to speed.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 05, 2015, 09:07:37 AM
We do get some wicked storms though. Couple of years ago one of our towns was struck by one, and to this day they can't tell if it was a cyclone or a typhoon because they're not exactly sure how it was formed - that's how rare it is for us to get anything up in that scale.

Would it help if you knew that, geographically, it hit the southernmost part of the country?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on September 05, 2015, 12:49:36 PM
Cyclones and typhoons are the same thing.  Just different areas on the map.  It's a hurricane if it's in the north atlantic, a typhoon in north pacific, and a cyclone in the southern hemisphere.  So it was a cyclone.  Technically they're all cyclones because that's the weather phenomenon, but still.  Most of the wicked storms you experience aren't these, however with rotating winds upwards of some set mph (kmph), they become a hurricane from a tropical storm.  If you were hit by one, there's a very very small window where it could have formed off the coast of Africa, and then did something similar to Hurricane Sandy, crawling up the coast just off of it, following the current.  That's the only way it would have been able to form and then gain enough strength for that.  The other storms are probably (I'm guessing, I'm not all that familiar with south Atlantic weather patterns) just really big storms, like how we get in the US every year with Nor'Easters and such, and maybe tropical storms too (because those probably hit the center coast of Brazil all the time in season).

EDIT: Look at a map of ocean currents and you'll see why you don't get hit by many.  They need warm water to spawn and grow.  Ocean currents tend to follow the coasts and go west at the equator, making a big ol' circle in that ocean, so they all go west at the equator, east near the poles, carry warm water to the poles on the western edge of an ocean, and cold water from the poles on the eastern edge.  They always deflect away from the equator, just like the tropical storms do.  Now, with cold waters at the eastern edge of an ocean, they will never form just off the coast of Africa, it needs to be a little further out.  So look at a map, how much space does it have to form in the South Atlantic?  They won't form too far south, so there's almost no space or warm water for them to get going at all.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 05, 2015, 02:30:49 PM
Yeah, it was big news at the time because it was pretty freaky for it to have happened. Here where I live we get at least four days of truly TORRENTIAL rain a year, the kind that will fuck up power lines, bring down bridges and whatnot, though compared to what happened at Torres (the town that got cyclone'd) it's not too bad.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on September 05, 2015, 03:00:04 PM
Yeah, it was big news at the time because it was pretty freaky for it to have happened. Here where I live we get at least four days of truly TORRENTIAL rain a year, the kind that will fuck up power lines, bring down bridges and whatnot, though compared to what happened at Torres (the town that got cyclone'd) it's not too bad.

Yeah, we barely hear about the kinds of freak storms that have names here in Brazil, it just doesn't happen for some reason. But we do have our own kind of freak weather as well.

Here in Brasília, we get about 6 months of no-rain, and about 6 months of torrential rain every single day. To be clear, yesterday schools didn't do P.E because the local government declared state of alert, because humidity dropped to 13%. It has come down to less than that in the past, and it's not uncommon either.

Then when it starts raining, it doesn't stop. It rains every day, for multiple hours a day, sometimes with no breaks in-between for a while. And some of these rains... I can't describe it. The drops are huge, really huge drops, that you can actually feel the weight when they fall on you. There's so much water coming down at once, it feels like you're swimming in the air. And, sometimes, these accompanied by strong winds. Not tornado-force winds, mind you, but really strong winds.

I remember distinctly one time i was outside the house when it happened to begin such a downpour, and the wind was strong enough that even though i was under a building (our apartment building here have the ground-floor as an open area, top floors supported by pillars, it's pretty cool), and with about 10 meters of roof between me and the rain on all sides, i was still getting blasted by rain. It was coming in SIDEWAYS.

The wind was also strong enough that i needed to hold on to something to avoid literally skating along the wet smooth stone floor. It was pretty insane. Streets flooded with water, cars and trashcans were dragged, garages became underground water caves, and the damage was pretty fucking intense. In some areas roofs were ripped out and all.

The rain part happens almost every year with little done by the government to prevent additional property damage (sigh), and we always hear on the news how some other states have it even worse, with landslides, bridges fallling, roofs collapsing, streets flooding...

At least we don't have volcanoes or tornadoes to worry about, though. I think the country might've been wiped out already if we have those, if i'm to go by what they've done to prevent our minor weather inconveniences...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on September 05, 2015, 03:07:31 PM
My sister has a tapeworm, and quite probably Celiac as well.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on September 05, 2015, 05:14:12 PM
To be clear, a rainstorm, no matter how much water is falling, is not a cyclone.  And those winds are caused by weather fronts rather than cyclones.  They come in from the west, right?  You have the rain forest to thank for all that water.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on September 05, 2015, 09:39:59 PM
My sister has a tapeworm, and quite probably Celiac as well.

 :hug

I seriously hope that the Guy Upstairs stops shitting on your life at some point, bhu.



I will have to make a pilgrimage to Brasilia at some point - I have an unhealthy love for rainstorms.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on September 05, 2015, 09:58:57 PM
Single again, feeling kind of relieved, actually, despite really liking the girl. It was just too toxic, and i can find someone as hot or hotter, just a matter of when, not if.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 05, 2015, 10:06:38 PM
To be clear, a rainstorm, no matter how much water is falling, is not a cyclone.  And those winds are caused by weather fronts rather than cyclones.  They come in from the west, right?  You have the rain forest to thank for all that water.

I wouldn't be too sure... at least around here they seem to come from the east. We also have a patch of land closer to the western edge of the state that suffers a bit from desertification, so...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on September 06, 2015, 12:04:48 AM
I meant southern Brazil.  The coasts should be getting storms from the seas and jet streams (wherever those are down there).  Central should be getting stuff from the north I think?  And most of that moisture is from the forests themselves, literally because the trees cause rain.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: KellKheraptis on September 06, 2015, 12:17:49 AM
I meant southern Brazil.  The coasts should be getting storms from the seas and jet streams (wherever those are down there).  Central should be getting stuff from the north I think?  And most of that moisture is from the forests themselves, literally because the trees cause rain.

The overwhelming majority of precipitation is caused by some sort of cyclonic meteorological activity, even if it is only rain and not further types of convection/wind (e.g. tornado, derecho, downburst, microburst, etc).  Not to be confused with a mesocyclonic vortex, which often is tornadic or at the heart of a much larger cyclonic system (such as said derecho - look up Midwest Derecho series may 8th 2009 sometime...one of the wildest storms I've ever been in).  I'm a spotter :)

EDIT: Ah, context.  I wish I could have been there for that lecture.  I imagine the dude has never heard of helicity, has no clue how instability is directly tied to temperature, how the dew point can affect tornadogenesis, how storms are fueled primarily by warmth, or how hurricanes and inland derechoes can go from moderately destructive to KAMEHAMEHA! by crossing a body of warm water :)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on September 06, 2015, 01:58:39 AM
I meant southern Brazil.  The coasts should be getting storms from the seas and jet streams (wherever those are down there).  Central should be getting stuff from the north I think?  And most of that moisture is from the forests themselves, literally because the trees cause rain.

The overwhelming majority of precipitation is caused by some sort of cyclonic meteorological activity, even if it is only rain and not further types of convection/wind (e.g. tornado, derecho, downburst, microburst, etc).  Not to be confused with a mesocyclonic vortex, which often is tornadic or at the heart of a much larger cyclonic system (such as said derecho - look up Midwest Derecho series may 8th 2009 sometime...one of the wildest storms I've ever been in).  I'm a spotter :)

EDIT: Ah, context.  I wish I could have been there for that lecture.  I imagine the dude has never heard of helicity, has no clue how instability is directly tied to temperature, how the dew point can affect tornadogenesis, how storms are fueled primarily by warmth, or how hurricanes and inland derechoes can go from moderately destructive to KAMEHAMEHA! by crossing a body of warm water :)

I can almost imagine you getting up, walking up to the professor, cold-cocking him, and then taking his place and teaching without missing a beat. Education is SERIOUS BUSINESS.

...

I also just spent the last three and a half hours making a piece of homebrew that was predicated by me rereading how many HD an Iron Golem has  :banghead. I did so while under the influence of Nightcore.

"What the fuck" succinctly sums up the preceding events.

Sometimes I hate the little obsessive urges I get.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on September 06, 2015, 03:19:20 AM
My sister has a tapeworm, and quite probably Celiac as well.

 :hug

I seriously hope that the Guy Upstairs stops shitting on your life at some point, bhu.


 :hug

On a side note game nights arent what they used to be,  We seem to argue more than anything now, usually about their personal delusions which they believe are mainstream politics.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on September 06, 2015, 05:04:45 AM
I just matched with a girl on Tinder that's so absolutely gorgeous and stunning i had a mini-heart attack when it happened.

I'm literally like, holy shit right now.

 :lmao


Reasons just keep piling up why i should've ended this relationship way earlier than it did in the end.

Seriously. I can't even right now.

EDIT: I was in the rants thread i didn't even know lol.

So a mini rant: i'm actually scared of how accurate astrology is getting to be in my life. It's scary accurate, it's actually shaking beliefs i had since i can remember, which is a first for anything esoteric.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 06, 2015, 12:02:35 PM
Basic probability, Brujon.

You take fifteen shotguns aimed fiftten different ways firing continuously, eventually someone's gonna get peppered. At some point someone is going to take a full-on blast to the face and claim that shotguns are scarily accurate.

You, my friend, have taken an astrology bukkake.

I don't doubt that there were some crazy-accurate astrologists out there. They were typically Chinese and died over two thousand years ago, their methods irredeemably lost to History.

I also fucking hate astrology because it never has ANYTHING nice to say about Taurus people.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on September 06, 2015, 12:35:57 PM
Have you had someone actually cast a natal chart for you, brujon?

Because otherwise "astrology bukkake" is a good term.

Not that a natal chart is necessarily better in any way...

But astrological fortunes are designed to be as vague as possible, due to human pattern recognition - they are vague enough that you can match a few of the predictions to your life, and your mind rationalizes the rest.

Also, the Chinese didn't actually have better astrology than us - that's like the claim that Damascus steel is an unstoppable secret metal lost to time (the exact formula is lost, but our current state of metallurgy is so superior that no-one actuallycares).

The reason that their methods seemed more effective is that their culture bought into Astrology to a degree that the West never did (Prophecy was considered pretty sinful by the Church, so it never caught on in medieval Europe, while birds, ecstatic trances, and entrails were more popular prophecy tools in pre-Medieval times. And, after the Middle Ages, you saw the rise of spiritualism, palmistry, and cartomancy - stars were for mariners, not prophets).

Astrology's popularity in the West is relatively recent (a couple centuries, if I'd have to hazard a guess?)

...

I... know too much about this kinda stuff for my own good.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on September 06, 2015, 01:06:31 PM
Actually, we have started studying what we think is damascus steel recipes because it does have strange properties.  Namely, carbon nano-tubes.  It's not a superior steel, but it has carbon nano-tubes in it, and as such is worth studying processes and stuff.  Much like the Roman glassware that has...something else on the nano scale?  I can't remember what exactly it is, but there's a Roman glass making technique that ends up with nano-structures of some kind (I can't remember what specifically: preedit: nano particles of gold and silver (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycurgus_Cup)), and so we're studying how they did it because it might help advance materials science. 
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on September 06, 2015, 01:57:51 PM
Actually, we have started studying what we think is damascus steel recipes because it does have strange properties.  Namely, carbon nano-tubes.  It's not a superior steel, but it has carbon nano-tubes in it, and as such is worth studying processes and stuff.  Much like the Roman glassware that has...something else on the nano scale?  I can't remember what exactly it is, but there's a Roman glass making technique that ends up with nano-structures of some kind (I can't remember what specifically: preedit: nano particles of gold and silver (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycurgus_Cup)), and so we're studying how they did it because it might help advance materials science.

OK, let me say that a different way: we're not studying it because it's better steel; we're studying it because nanoscale structures.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 06, 2015, 02:03:13 PM
Have you had someone actually cast a natal chart for you, brujon?

Because otherwise "astrology bukkake" is a good term.

Not that a natal chart is necessarily better in any way...

But astrological fortunes are designed to be as vague as possible, due to human pattern recognition - they are vague enough that you can match a few of the predictions to your life, and your mind rationalizes the rest.

Also, the Chinese didn't actually have better astrology than us - that's like the claim that Damascus steel is an unstoppable secret metal lost to time (the exact formula is lost, but our current state of metallurgy is so superior that no-one actuallycares).

The reason that their methods seemed more effective is that their culture bought into Astrology to a degree that the West never did (Prophecy was considered pretty sinful by the Church, so it never caught on in medieval Europe, while birds, ecstatic trances, and entrails were more popular prophecy tools in pre-Medieval times. And, after the Middle Ages, you saw the rise of spiritualism, palmistry, and cartomancy - stars were for mariners, not prophets).

Astrology's popularity in the West is relatively recent (a couple centuries, if I'd have to hazard a guess?)

...

I... know too much about this kinda stuff for my own good.
It was actually mixed in with other things that weren't quite sciences at the time, and some that were (many astrologers were not EXCLUSIVELY astrologers back then, they were also doctors/herbalists, tacticians and so on). As far as actual stargazing goes, they had some pretty decent star maps - they just happened to mix in the influences of the stars into EVERYTHING and a half. So if you had a stomachache, it could be that you ate something bad, or it could be that Polaris was shining brighter that day and warning you of an attempted poisoning.  :p

Whatever the reason, they were usually pretty accurate, all told. The stars were like the Heavens' way of talking to humans for the ancient Chinese.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on September 06, 2015, 06:34:20 PM
At what point do you stop trying to tell a freind he's becoming increasingly unstable and simply inform the local authorities?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on September 06, 2015, 07:04:01 PM
At what point do you stop trying to tell a freind he's becoming increasingly unstable and simply inform the local authorities?

When you feel you need to ask that question. A little bit before, actually.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on September 06, 2015, 09:19:12 PM
I've been to astro.com, and i've been reading up on astrology like a madman. Every resource i can find. People are commending me for my knowledge, too. I've been able to accurately predict certain natal chart characteristics based on what people told me, and i've been scary accurate.

I'm kind of obsessive, whenever i find something to focus on, i do it until exhaustion or boredom catches up. Last night i didn't sleep because i was too caught up in reading Terry Pratchett's Small Gods. Now i have a sudden urge to read everything Discworld related.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on September 06, 2015, 10:08:43 PM
So I just spilled a full-ish cup of soda - I got some on and in my hiking shoes.

Yep.

I'm debating about getting a refill.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: FireInTheSky on September 07, 2015, 02:10:49 AM
Last night i didn't sleep because i was too caught up in reading Terry Pratchett's Small Gods. Now i have a sudden urge to read everything Discworld related.

I. Love. That book. It's so f-ing good!
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on September 07, 2015, 02:39:19 AM
At what point do you stop trying to tell a freind he's becoming increasingly unstable and simply inform the local authorities?

When you feel you need to ask that question. A little bit before, actually.

Even when said authorities won't do anything until he does something, and it will erode his trust enough in you that he wont tell you when he's planning something now?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on September 07, 2015, 06:08:59 AM
At what point do you stop trying to tell a freind he's becoming increasingly unstable and simply inform the local authorities?

When you feel you need to ask that question. A little bit before, actually.

Even when said authorities won't do anything until he does something, and it will erode his trust enough in you that he wont tell you when he's planning something now?

Hmm... I honestly don't know what to tell you.

I mean, it depends on whether he's becoming unstable in terms of being a threat to other people, or just to himself.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 07, 2015, 10:44:43 AM
At what point do you stop trying to tell a freind he's becoming increasingly unstable and simply inform the local authorities?

When you feel you need to ask that question. A little bit before, actually.

Even when said authorities won't do anything until he does something, and it will erode his trust enough in you that he wont tell you when he's planning something now?

Clearly, the right thing to do in these cases is to bug his house.

Failing that, keep in contact with other people who interact with him/her on a daily basis if you can do so discreetly. Surely you're not his/her only friend; get enough of them together and you might be able to stage an intervention. Which is awful for everyone involved, but effective most of the time.

Keep in mind that there's a good chance you'll hurt your friend's feelings no matter how much you mean your friend well. And even if you prevent an awful moment, your friend might not realize that until much later, if at all. But it's still the right thing to do by your friend.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on September 07, 2015, 03:02:53 PM
I wish i had a button to "turn off" feelings, but all i have is alcohol and numbness.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on September 07, 2015, 03:42:52 PM
At what point do you stop trying to tell a freind he's becoming increasingly unstable and simply inform the local authorities?

When you feel you need to ask that question. A little bit before, actually.

Even when said authorities won't do anything until he does something, and it will erode his trust enough in you that he wont tell you when he's planning something now?

At least let the authorities know that they're unstable if you feel they present a threat to themselves or others.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on September 07, 2015, 05:15:49 PM

Hmm... I honestly don't know what to tell you.

I mean, it depends on whether he's becoming unstable in terms of being a threat to other people, or just to himself.

Here's the deal: When Bush began his presidency he had a good job, he was married, life was good.  But he took all the anti-bush rhetoric at the time as anti-conservative, so for him people putting down Bush were personally insulting him and every other conservative as well, so he went from moderate to hyper partisan politically.  Then he subsequently lost both job and wife.  He cashed out all his life savings, life insurance and stocks/bonds to support himself while he looked for work, but after not having any luck he stopped looking, and began stockpiling guns, food and ammo for the coming apocalypse if Obama got elected.  He assumed the economy would crumble like cheese and we would fairly quickly become a post apocalyptic society of anarchists or be taken over by the communists.  When that didn't happen he assumed it would be if obama got a second term.  Then it would happen based on several supreme court decisions (he actually wept when they decided for obamacare).  Now it will be if anyone but Cruz wins office.  He's not looking for a job because since he sees a coming economic crash he doesn't think they'll be around much longer.  He isn't paying his property taxes because he doesnt have the money, and assumes with teh coming destruction he'll have his pick of houses to take and defend.  he no longer cleans his house, he's not looking for a job, he won't apply for aid because asking for government help is selling his soul to evil, and I think depression is beginning to consume him.   He's like one of those preachers who says the world is ending on day X, and then keeps pushing back the date when it doesn't occur.  He freaks out completely if you try discussing it, and my psych says I may have to wait for him to hit bottom before he'll look for help.  My worry is that rock bottom for him may be suicide, or trying to take out some feds in some misguided delusional attempt to 'defend america'.  So far he just appears depressed, but since he wont go to a psych (he cant admit he has a problem, and the psych would be paid for by the evil gummint), I can easily foresee an eventual future where he becomes much worse.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on September 07, 2015, 05:56:53 PM
Let's just hope the government doesn't try to foreclose his cause on account of unpaid taxes, with all the crazy and guns, he just might snap and unload on them. He sounds like a serious, serious case of crazy, and guns and crazy definitely don't mix well together.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 07, 2015, 07:29:30 PM
What about asking him to see a psych and claiming it's being paid by his friends rather than "the gummint"?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on September 07, 2015, 07:40:57 PM
Everyone is starting to think i'm alcoholic
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on September 07, 2015, 08:01:26 PM
Everyone is starting to think i'm alcoholic

Prove them wrong and quit drinking. 
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on September 07, 2015, 08:04:11 PM
What about asking him to see a psych and claiming it's being paid by his friends rather than "the gummint"?

Because psychologists are 'part of the liberal conspiracy".  Also because admitting he has a problem is admitting weakness, and since he's embraced far right conservatism he's become a social darwinist.  He believes the weak deserve to perish.  He has a very hard time justifying his friendship with me to himself, even though Ive known him since high school.  Plus the rest of our circle of friends have similar issues, and they kind of cheer him on.  It;s why I posted earlier about gaming not being what it used to be.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on September 07, 2015, 08:18:12 PM
Everyone is starting to think i'm alcoholic

Prove them wrong and quit drinking.

I'm just drowning my sorrows in alcohol, i don't drink everyday. Just about 3 days a week on average, and most of those days it's just a few beers. Yeah, i've been drinking heavily for the past week, but, it's going to go away. I had my liver tested, there's nothing wrong with it...

I know i should stop but i can't. I can't be thinking right now.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 07, 2015, 08:38:24 PM
Everyone is starting to think i'm alcoholic

Prove them wrong and quit drinking.

I'm just drowning my sorrows in alcohol, i don't drink everyday. Just about 3 days a week on average, and most of those days it's just a few beers. Yeah, i've been drinking heavily for the past week, but, it's going to go away. I had my liver tested, there's nothing wrong with it...

I know i should stop but i can't. I can't be thinking right now.

There are better ways to stop thinking that don't include killing your brain cells. I also hate to say this, but... "I don't drink everyday" is kinda one of those things that people who are in denial about a certain problem say...

What about asking him to see a psych and claiming it's being paid by his friends rather than "the gummint"?

Because psychologists are 'part of the liberal conspiracy".  Also because admitting he has a problem is admitting weakness, and since he's embraced far right conservatism he's become a social darwinist.  He believes the weak deserve to perish.  He has a very hard time justifying his friendship with me to himself, even though Ive known him since high school.  Plus the rest of our circle of friends have similar issues, and they kind of cheer him on.  It;s why I posted earlier about gaming not being what it used to be.

Turn his logic around on him. Point out that by any standard of living he's at the bottom rung of the social darwinism ladder, or close to it.

Or, again, stage an intervention, because he seems pretty far gone.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on September 07, 2015, 08:51:50 PM

Turn his logic around on him. Point out that by any standard of living he's at the bottom rung of the social darwinism ladder, or close to it.

Or, again, stage an intervention, because he seems pretty far gone.

I worry he might start to think suicide is the right thing to do because he deserves it.  Interventions require people who care about you.  He doesn't have any.  Most of his family are numb, holier than thou, sociopaths incapable of empathy or emotion.  They don't live in the state and they've effectively disowned him since they consider him a failure.  The rest of his gaming friends are of a similar mindset as he is, with the exception of me.  They think he'll snap out of it because "he hasn't gone weak and turned to the government."  They think depression is just something he'll outgrow despite the fact that all of them are on massive doses of antidepressants themselves.  If I do this, the odds are I do it alone, and unless I time it right for a moment when he's willing to accept reality, I fear it will go sideways.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on September 07, 2015, 10:12:05 PM
I think there might not actually be anything you can do at this point. The point where you really could have helped him would have been a few years ago, probably.

brujon, if you have to say that kinda stuff, you are trying to justify something to yourself. The healthiest thing you can do is not drink and come to terms with your problems. If you need help or advice about dealing with them, go talk to someone you can trust about it.

Booze just holds off the problem; it doesn't solve it.


To share a little something from my life: my dad's an alcoholic. And he's steadily gotten worse over the course of my lifespan.

He was hospitalized once while I was in middle school due to hypertension; he's had a nervous shake since I was in my early teens, which is pathetically awful now. The last time I saw him in person (which was at my sister's wedding), he had a black eye, which he claims was from him falling down the stairs.

My grandmother and my aunt have given up on him; neither of my siblings or my mother trust him at all. My mother is currently going through the annulment process; a little too late, given how my father has ruined our credit rating and almost left my mother without anything looking at all like a retirement fund.

He used to skip work sometimes to go drinking - he would claim that I was having some kind of school event, like a concert or something. It was pretty normal, really - I just kinda took it for granted that sometimes my dad would go to the bar instead of eating dinner with us, or that he'd get in shouting matches with my mother.

Looking back, I have to wince a bit; I took finding my dad's stash of empty wine bottles he was hiding from my mother in stride (there was something like twenty empty bottles there). What makes it worse is that he can't hold down a long-term job anymore - and he was always a workaholic.

I guess what really made this click home for me was looking back at older family paperwork when I was going through and shredding it - watching it go from thank-you notes praising my dad's work ethic to letters from credit card companies asking him if he needed financial support (because he hadn't paid the bills in several months) was a little heartbreaking.

I mean, I spend time worrying about being as undependable as my dad. Not much, granted - but I can't really trust myself with anything potentially addictive. I can't trust myself with relationships because, shit, my main role-model is who he is. I sit and squirm a bit whenever I watch something and it tries to play off alcoholism or drunkenness as a joke - fuck, anything that deals with addiction is too painful to watch. I can read that kind of thing, but I have to take breaks every once in a while.

And it's not as if I can tell people about it. I mean, if someone asks me why I don't go out drinking, I'll tell them that I have a "family history" of alcoholism... but I don't go into it. They don't want to know - they just see it as an evening's fun, after all. They haven't watched their alcoholic father tear his life apart, ruining their mother's life, and leaving them and their siblings with all kinds of problems.

They haven't watched someone go from reading four newspapers a day, holding a great job, and being a genuinely friendly go-getter to a husk of himself with a steadily decaying grasp on reality. They were lucky enough to grow up with a father who was actually there for their family.

...

I guess what I'm trying to say, brujon, is that you should try to take control of your life now, while you still have a chance. I wouldn't wish that kind of sickness on anyone.


I would like to thank everyone for being... god, this is the first time I've actually told anyone this stuff. I'm having problems seeing the screen through my tears, so I guess I should stop.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on September 07, 2015, 10:43:25 PM
I don't know... It's just that i don't want to think, right? I don't want to think, and booze is like, the weakest thing i can do to tune it all off. I just need a time off. Off out of everything. So i drink, i drink until i'm numb enough that i can just sleep it all off. And then the hangover takes over, and i'm only thinking about that, and then when that's all over, i start drinking again. Games don't distract me as much, neither do series, or anime, or movies...

It's weird.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 07, 2015, 10:53:39 PM
Look Amechra, I understand this is terribly emotional for anyone. While my family's had troubles of its own with such things, it never got anywhere near that bad. My mother used to drink; she smoked until a couple of months ago (which was still like a year AFTER she had been treated for a cancerous mass on her tongue). Perhaps because I always hated the smell of cigarettes (and I have a seriously fucking sensitive nose) I never felt like trying it, and because I've always hated the feel of alcoholic beverages, I pretty much don't drink as a rule. (There's this one old friend of mine who always insists I drink at least one shot of tequila on his birthday, and the only reason I even oblige him is because he pesters me to no end if I don't.)

But here's something important that you probably already know, yet it likely isn't surfacing for you right now.

You are not your father.

My mom used to have a huge grudge with my father growing up (she divorced him when I was 6). So whenever she compared me to my dad, it was always in the least glowing of terms. Which is a shame really, because my dad has always had a number of qualities that nobody ever seems to bring up. Anyways, my point is that I pretty much spent most of my teenage years resenting the possibility of growing up to be like my dad in the bad sense. In the way that my mom would speak of him. And that made me lose sight of things that I DID look up to my dad for. Important things, all of them. You can't define your father for what he has become anymore than you can define yourself by your father, but the two of you have a bond. And it's an important one that you musn't lose sight of.

Don't be afraid of what happened to your father. You should strive to emulate his better qualities; no one is so far gone that they can't be redeemed in SOME way. It takes an ungodly amount of work to be truly wicked, after all.

I believe you can do it.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 07, 2015, 11:00:18 PM
I don't know... It's just that i don't want to think, right? I don't want to think, and booze is like, the weakest thing i can do to tune it all off. I just need a time off. Off out of everything. So i drink, i drink until i'm numb enough that i can just sleep it all off. And then the hangover takes over, and i'm only thinking about that, and then when that's all over, i start drinking again. Games don't distract me as much, neither do series, or anime, or movies...

It's weird.

It's not weird. You've faced up a lot of shit, so it's only natural that you want to escape it. Trouble is, that's the appeal of drinking; it brings you to an altered state of consciousness - but it doesn't actually get you anywhere. You don't really accomplish anything that way. And here's the thing - if instead of drinking, you get something else done (anything really, pick up an instrument, learn to sew, write something down), your mind will eventually learn to take those accomplishments, however small, and turn them into a balm for your mind. The mind needs time to adjust to powerful emotions, brujon, and the best way to deal with those is being productive. It's no wonder so many people throw themselves at their work when they get dumped.

Don't drink to forget. Do something else instead. Something ACTIVE and with lasting results. Don't suppose there are boffer/swordplay groups in your area? It's really fun and it'll help you exercise to boot.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on September 07, 2015, 11:13:56 PM
Drinking doesn't make me forget. It makes me not think straight. It makes me laugh at shit i shouldn't be laughing at. It numbs me. It makes me fall over and sleep when by all accounts i should be up and about. Do shit? If i wanted to do anything i wouldn't be drinking.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 07, 2015, 11:36:56 PM
Brujon, the only difference between booze and cocaine is that you can only get arrested for drinking if you crash your car or break another law of some sort.

Otherwise it does exactly the same things.

Sometimes the stuff you don't wanna do is what you should do the most.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on September 07, 2015, 11:46:06 PM
Drinking doesn't make me forget. It makes me not think straight. It makes me laugh at shit i shouldn't be laughing at. It numbs me. It makes me fall over and sleep when by all accounts i should be up and about. Do shit? If i wanted to do anything i wouldn't be drinking.

 Have u seen anyone for depression?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Gazzien on September 08, 2015, 06:23:20 PM
 :hug :hug for everyone
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on September 08, 2015, 09:02:32 PM
There should be government-issued suicide machines available to people who just want off. Nevermind if they made us do some tests or anything, but forcing you to stay alive is just straight up bullshit. You want off, nobody should have any say in it but you.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on September 08, 2015, 09:48:42 PM
There should be government-issued suicide machines available to people who just want off. Nevermind if they made us do some tests or anything, but forcing you to stay alive is just straight up bullshit. You want off, nobody should have any say in it but you.

I agree with that in concept, but I'd ask you to think about it first.  I have pretty major depression myself, and I can't take meds for it, so I occasionally have some problems.  Sometimes all you need is time to cool off and see things in a different perspective.   :hug :hug
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on September 08, 2015, 09:50:52 PM
I'm trying, really
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 09, 2015, 07:49:43 AM
As long as you remember that alcoholic beverages are flammable and therefore less likely to cool you off.

Besides, remember we're all here for you, man.  :)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on September 09, 2015, 07:53:50 AM
Alcohol got to me, went to bed, woke up feeling a bit better. Would've drunk more, probably, if there was anything more to drink. Slept only for about 4 hours, tried several times to go back to sleep...  Sigh, i wish i could turn off feelings. I give way, way too much credit to the opinions of others, should be more confident myself, then it wouldn't hurt as bad.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on September 09, 2015, 06:46:27 PM
If you had no feelings or empathy you'd be a psychopath.  Being able to feel something, even if that something hurts, is still better than risking taking the lives of others because you can't feel anything.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: linklord231 on September 10, 2015, 12:27:31 AM
Trying to upgrade to an SSD. Looked up a couple different How-To's, followed the instructions. Didn't boot. Unplugged new SSD, plugged in old HDD, that won't boot either. It still has all my data in it, it just won't boot for some reason.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on September 10, 2015, 02:54:17 AM
I think i might have survived depression, but now i have another problem: i can't sleep because i discovered Discworld and now have literally dozens of books to read. My head hurts.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on September 10, 2015, 03:32:38 AM
I think i might have survived depression, but now i have another problem: i can't sleep because i discovered Discworld and now have literally dozens of books to read. My head hurts.

It's going to be an excellent ride, though.

My favorite one has to be... let's go with either Witches Abroad, or Lords and Ladies. Or perhaps Interesting Times or Thud.

I am kinda indecisive that way.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Gazzien on September 10, 2015, 06:23:21 AM
I think i might have survived depression, but now i have another problem: i can't sleep because i discovered Discworld and now have literally dozens of books to read. My head hurts.

It's going to be an excellent ride, though.

My favorite one has to be... let's go with either Witches Abroad, or Lords and Ladies. Or perhaps Interesting Times or Thud.

I am kinda indecisive that way.
From memory, I rather liked Mort, and Moving Pictures. I haven't read all of them, however.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: KellKheraptis on September 10, 2015, 09:06:05 AM
Trying to upgrade to an SSD. Looked up a couple different How-To's, followed the instructions. Didn't boot. Unplugged new SSD, plugged in old HDD, that won't boot either. It still has all my data in it, it just won't boot for some reason.

What model, and what model SSD/HDD?  Also, what OS?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Chemus on September 10, 2015, 12:52:57 PM
Trying to upgrade to an SSD. Looked up a couple different How-To's, followed the instructions. Didn't boot. Unplugged new SSD, plugged in old HDD, that won't boot either. It still has all my data in it, it just won't boot for some reason.

In order to copy/clone data, you may have had to change the UEFI settings (legacy boot), if using Win8/10... if so, changing back/re-enabling UEFI would let you boot.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Stratovarius on September 10, 2015, 12:57:58 PM
I think i might have survived depression, but now i have another problem: i can't sleep because i discovered Discworld and now have literally dozens of books to read. My head hurts.

It's going to be an excellent ride, though.

My favorite one has to be... let's go with either Witches Abroad, or Lords and Ladies. Or perhaps Interesting Times or Thud.

I am kinda indecisive that way.
From memory, I rather liked Mort, and Moving Pictures. I haven't read all of them, however.

Soul Music, Thief of Time, Reaper Man. Death is awesome. Best part of the Discworld.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: linklord231 on September 10, 2015, 01:36:51 PM
Trying to upgrade to an SSD. Looked up a couple different How-To's, followed the instructions. Didn't boot. Unplugged new SSD, plugged in old HDD, that won't boot either. It still has all my data in it, it just won't boot for some reason.

What model, and what model SSD/HDD?  Also, what OS?

Not sure what model the old drive is. New one is a Samsung Evo 500gb. Was running Windows 7 off a single partition (plus the system reserved one).

What's UEFI and how do I change it?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Chemus on September 10, 2015, 07:28:36 PM
UEFI is for Win8/10 and is accessed via BIOS/Setup on boot-up screen. It's unnecessary for Win7. More info (on a different thread) might help diagnose the issue. Include the link for the instr. you followed pls.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on September 10, 2015, 07:53:11 PM
Just punched a wall, i'm seeing red all over. The fucking nerve on that woman. Holy shit. Fucking word of advice here, don't have fucking kids, they are not worth it, and it's not because they themselves aren't the most awesome things in the world because they are, it's because they come from a cunt.

Fucking cunts, it's no wonder there are so many woman-haters out there.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on September 15, 2015, 03:35:18 AM
Finally got a letter threatening to sue me.  Guess I'll be filing that bankruptcy now.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SorO_Lost on September 16, 2015, 07:46:36 PM
Morons.

Let's do this 4chan style.
> In ILTSL class (international trauma life support).
> Get a bee sting to allergic reaction scenario.
> That's a medical scenario, medical assessment, medical treatment in a trauma class about treating trauma during trauma assessment practice.
> wtf-ever.
> Complete scene survey per sheet.
> Start initial assessment.
> Patient is in his 20s, on the couch, and awake.
> Start on ABCs (airway, breathing, circulation).
> Airway: He has swelling of eyelids & lips and I hear stridor.
> Ok, breathing rate & quality?
> Room erupts, breathing is the "wrong" question.
> Get told I need to take care of the already open airway.
> Talking to my self out loud, I mention it's like they want me to consider RSI (rapid sequence intubation).
> Room erupts, you don't need to intubate.

(click to show/hide)
> Ok fine, maybe an NPA?
> Room erupts, NPA is bad!
> Follow student suggests an OPA.
> The patient is awake and should have a gag reflex, why on earth would you consider an OPA? wtf-ever.
> Instructor hints to drug therapy.
> Follow student says epinephrine by IV.
> It takes several minutes to establish an IV, let's waste time screwing around with IVs on "Airway".  :rolleyes
> Open discussion on route & dosage mostly about IV now or later.
> Discussion ends when I mention the IV would be needed for RSI anyway.
> More arguing, don't focus on intubation and don't move off airway so you need drugs now!
> omfg, Epipen it and moving the hell on before our pretend patient is old enough for hospice care.
---
> We break from acting the scenario to reading it so I can understand why I'm wrong.
> Instructor reads more of the case out loud, "The leader opens the immediately opens the airway kit and prepares to perform endotracheal intubation. The patient loses consciousness just as the leader begins intubation."
> Mention that I was right in considering intubation.
> Room erupts, they can't be wrong!
> Instructor adds RSI is not available to the scenario, thus making her right.
> Room agrees I'm wrong, intubation is bad!
> Instructor reads more of the case out loud, "The leader selects a #7 endotracheal tube because he knows there will be swelling of the larynx. Team member 3 performs the Sellick maneuver, and the leader is able to slide the ET tube through the rapidly closing glottis."
> The patient is unconscious remember? I don't need RSI to intubate at this point.
> Instructor uses mean look.
> Instructor is finished, scenario has ended, break time.
Guess you should have fucking read the scenario huh?
---
> Get home.
> Scenario was made up based on a case presentation in the ITLS book.
> Case presentation has the paramedic fully complete the ABCs before giving epinephrine by intermuscular injection.
> Followed by IV access followed by intubation followed by the patient knocking them selves out
> So the medic established an IV and was getting the airway kit out on an alert patient, guess what he was going to do.
> The medical scenario was about when to skip past the rapid/focused surveys for treatment and RSI after you finished the initial survey.
> Bonus points, all the green text came from the same person.
Also the (so called) instructor had a closed door session with the lead instructor about how they needed to stick to the ITLS sheet and not their own or skip around without me having to directly say a word which was nice.


tl;dr: Just from today I know of at least two EMS providers that will fucking kill you.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on September 16, 2015, 08:10:03 PM
Damn. I'm not even nowhere near the medical field and i know that if someone is going through anaphylaxis, you need to vent their airways in someway, or else they're SOL.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Nanshork on September 16, 2015, 08:41:52 PM
I feel like I've retreated to my own quite little PbP corner of the boards and don't interact much on here anymore. 

Also users that I recognize keep disappearing and I don't like it (although I'm always really slow to realize that someone hasn't logged in for a year or more).
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: KellKheraptis on September 16, 2015, 09:08:17 PM
Damn. I'm not even nowhere near the medical field and i know that if someone is going through anaphylaxis, you need to vent their airways in someway, or else they're SOL.

In first aid training to become a lifeguard in high school, this was always top priority before anything else, as full respiratory arrest usually wasn't to far away from full cardiac arrest, neither of which obviously were desirable.  Stab the epi if you/they have it, get a breather on them if you have it, monitor any possible worsening of condition, and once EMTs arrive they'd know (from second team member alerting them of the situation) they were looking at possible closed off airway and immediately go to work on it without a second glance.  From that read, it seems the instructor is more concerned about running a debate team and looking good than teaching people how to save lives  :banghead
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on September 16, 2015, 09:41:46 PM
Wow. Talk about incompetence.

Speaking of incompetence, I almost lost just a little over $2000 today.

I'm glad that no-one found the check that fell out of my pocket (the teller was closed) until I managed to sprint back to where it fell out of my pocket.

It has not been a good day in general, but that really took the cake.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on September 16, 2015, 09:49:33 PM
I feel like I've retreated to my own quite little PbP corner of the boards and don't interact much on here anymore. 

Also users that I recognize keep disappearing and I don't like it (although I'm always really slow to realize that someone hasn't logged in for a year or more).

You will always have me Nanshork.  Always there, right under your skin halfway up your right arm. 

THE BLOOD IS DELICIOUS.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SorO_Lost on September 16, 2015, 11:58:29 PM
From that read, it seems the instructor is more concerned about running a debate team and looking good than teaching people how to save lives  :banghead
Yeah pretty much, but as always there is more to it. A huge thing is she is not an ITLS instructor, she is an EMT instructor.

Even still, she's a paramedic. She should know you need to complete your initial assessment always before issuing any kind of drug, every single one of them has side effects that need to be considered. Like take the deal today, it seems like the sheet is just a paperwork thing but they are kind of a big deal. They are structured so you start at the highest priority, with considerations on timing, and work your way down.

IM is a little slowed than IV (3~5mins vs seconds), but patients in anaphylactic shock can, and almost always do, also suffer from hypotension which reduces vein diameter causing additional complications in an already lengthy procedure. So you got some pros and cons to either side, if you're fast enough the IV will take affect sooner, if you're ok in speed they probably hit at the same time, if you're slow or have complications the IM is a perfect safety net. But safety nets are for losers right?  :rolleyes

Well as the case study chooses IM now then IV which is pretty much the standard really. You should expect the complications and if the group let me finish the ABCs like I was supposed to, the case presentation notes the radial pulse was checked and absent. Meaning the hypotension is confirmed. Gee, I wonder if that would have changed what was said. *sighs*

Now treatment aside. It was made clear, several times, by the lead instructor that testing would be based on ITLS's sheet, teaching, and standards using a standardized ITLS testing procedure. Not the NREMT's skill sheets. My lovely instructor today is very prone to pushing her hand drawn sheet, often quoting "if you can draw this you'll pass your (NREMT) assessments". I made a side by-side for you guys, the reminder from typing was helpful anyway.
(click to show/hide)
Totally the same thing right?  :banghead

Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on September 17, 2015, 03:42:30 AM
I feel your pain Soro.  I've actually had to explain to a doctor why I didn't want to take large doses of a beta-blocker and a beta-agonist at teh same time...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on September 17, 2015, 12:30:41 PM
I made friends before I learned political affiliations.  This is a bad idea, as I am a very politically active person, and talking politics with them is like "what, you WANT 3 front wars and massive debt and people not being treated like people and a theocracy?"  They want to vote for Trump because "he's the guy we need to get us out of debt" (never mind the country can't just declare bankruptcy 4 times like he did and just sue everyone who say's it's poor).  They don't want Sanders because "oh god, another damn socialist".  And I can extrapolate a number of other beliefs from there but holy crap are they crazy when it comes to politics.  Never again....
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Nanshork on September 17, 2015, 12:44:54 PM
I feel like I've retreated to my own quite little PbP corner of the boards and don't interact much on here anymore. 

Also users that I recognize keep disappearing and I don't like it (although I'm always really slow to realize that someone hasn't logged in for a year or more).

You will always have me Nanshork.  Always there, right under your skin halfway up your right arm. 

THE BLOOD IS DELICIOUS.

 :lmao

You always know just what to say to make me feel better.   :love
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 17, 2015, 02:40:25 PM
I made friends before I learned political affiliations.  This is a bad idea, as I am a very politically active person, and talking politics with them is like "what, you WANT 3 front wars and massive debt and people not being treated like people and a theocracy?"  They want to vote for Trump because "he's the guy we need to get us out of debt" (never mind the country can't just declare bankruptcy 4 times like he did and just sue everyone who say's it's poor).  They don't want Sanders because "oh god, another damn socialist".  And I can extrapolate a number of other beliefs from there but holy crap are they crazy when it comes to politics.  Never again....

So basically it's a choice between a giant douche or a turd sandwich? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UthMHjoNyjA)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on September 17, 2015, 03:20:17 PM
I made friends before I learned political affiliations.  This is a bad idea, as I am a very politically active person, and talking politics with them is like "what, you WANT 3 front wars and massive debt and people not being treated like people and a theocracy?"  They want to vote for Trump because "he's the guy we need to get us out of debt" (never mind the country can't just declare bankruptcy 4 times like he did and just sue everyone who say's it's poor).  They don't want Sanders because "oh god, another damn socialist".  And I can extrapolate a number of other beliefs from there but holy crap are they crazy when it comes to politics.  Never again....

So basically it's a choice between a giant douche or a turd sandwich? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UthMHjoNyjA)

Welcome to American politics! Here's your complimentary umbrella and flak jacket.

You'll need both of them. Trust me.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: KellKheraptis on September 17, 2015, 03:38:29 PM
I made friends before I learned political affiliations.  This is a bad idea, as I am a very politically active person, and talking politics with them is like "what, you WANT 3 front wars and massive debt and people not being treated like people and a theocracy?"  They want to vote for Trump because "he's the guy we need to get us out of debt" (never mind the country can't just declare bankruptcy 4 times like he did and just sue everyone who say's it's poor).  They don't want Sanders because "oh god, another damn socialist".  And I can extrapolate a number of other beliefs from there but holy crap are they crazy when it comes to politics.  Never again....

So basically it's a choice between a giant douche or a turd sandwich? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UthMHjoNyjA)

Welcome to American politics! Here's your complimentary umbrella and asbestoes flak jacket.

You'll need both of them. Trust me.

Fixed that for you.  And yeah, pretty much.  Doubly so if the ones involved deny the existence of the last 200 or so years of science because "-that certain MANMADE book- didn't say it, so I don't believe it!"
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on September 17, 2015, 04:56:35 PM
I'm extremely sore, aching all over, and i'm going to have to run 6km in a few minutes. I'm also going through an extreme diet to try and lose by beer gut. I only have one month until Oktoberfest (sadly, not in germany yet, but here in Brazil's south), and i want to be my very best when the time comes.

But damn, does it HURT. I'm limping, like, i'm actually limping because walking normally is painful. And my knuckles are bruised as fuck from 300 punches a day.

Learning how to deal with my internal pain by exercising is being a painful experience nonetheless, it's just that instead of mental pain it's actual physical pain. Beats the shit out of drinking everyday for my health, though.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 17, 2015, 09:17:39 PM
The pain eventually washes away when you shower. Like, really.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on September 17, 2015, 10:42:56 PM
The pain eventually washes away when you shower. Like, really.

If I recall, beyond the psychological benefits of the shower, its also actively removing lactic acid due to the heat and washing away subsequent perspiration.  Lactic acid is the source of the pain of exercise.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on September 18, 2015, 12:58:45 AM
The pain eventually washes away when you shower. Like, really.

If I recall, beyond the psychological benefits of the shower, its also actively removing lactic acid due to the heat and washing away subsequent perspiration.  Lactic acid is the source of the pain of exercise.

I've read about DOMS/general muscle soreness and lactic acid sorta of has to do with it, but also sorta of doesn't.

Quote from: [url=http://www.active.com/cycling/articles/it-s-not-about-the-lactic-acid-why-you-re-still-sore-after-yesterday-s-ride
Source[/url]](...)lactic acid is completely washed out of the muscles within 30 to 60 minutes after you finish riding. Since muscle soreness does not show up until 24 to 36 hours later, scientists have been exercising their brains to come up with another explanation.

When you have sharp acute pain after a particular intense bout of exercise, accompanied by cramps, nausea & stomach pain, then it's possible that you have lactic acid induced acidosis in your muscle fibers. It also burns like a motherfucker, and you'll be feeling that for DAYS afterwards. Other possibilities might be a sprain or a strain of your muscle/ligaments. Which usually is VERY, VERY painful. Broken-bone level painful. I actually did have a sprained ligament once (it's less severe than a strain), and my foot got so swollen i couldn't touch it on the floor for a WHOLE WEEK. Cue in several doses of antinflammatories, hot soaks and rest, and also a stern talking to from the doctor as to why i shouldn't be jumping down from 3M+ trees.

What usually happens, though, is that when you're not accustomed to a certain regimen of exercise, you actually tear up your muscle fibers pretty good. That microtearing in your muscle fibers induces an inflammatory response from your body, that starts producing a lot of pain-inducing chemicals that signal to your body

"Hey dude, we're sorta of kinda of doing a repair job here after you went ahead and banged up your muscles pretty good so, we'd really appreciate it if you left us alone for a little while. Also, isn't it time already that you switched to leg day? Not every day is upper body day, yo."

This usually is only felt several, several hours after you have finished working out, and, in some instances, mild exercise can actually help increase the circulation and flush out the inflammation, helping you recover faster. It also tends to subside on its own 24~48 hours after exercise has ended.

Also, these microtears can be very, very good for you, as there's evidence in the medical literature that it's one of the signals the body interprets as a need to build up more fibers/muscle mass. In fact, there are specific exercises that aim at causing different kinds of damage to your muscles in order to ellicit specific responses in your body: 1) Increase in size/power of individual muscle cells 2) production of new fibers. Also, anaerobic exercising is great at making the body vascularize your muscles more, because the body really, really doesn't like lactic acid, and will do its best to provide your muscles with more oxygen if it senses that you're relying too much on anaerobic energy production.

Which is why endurance training doesn't provide a lot of gainz (doesn't tear up your muscle fibers all that much), but helps you, well, have that power up for longer (increased vascularization), whereas strength training tears up muscle fibers and the body goes like, whoa dude, we need more fibers/bigger fibers.

Not all fibers are created equal, either, specific training regimens will produce different kinds of fibers. Think Usain Bolt vs Marathon Runners. Specialize enough and you can excel in either peak power or sustained effort, but never be able to be 100% at both at once.

It's more complicated than that, and there's still a lot that needs to be learned about all the specific mechanisms the body uses, but in general, this is understood and accepted scientific literature. It's actually really fascinating.

At some point in time, we'll probably understand the body's response well enough that we'll be able to devise machines/chemicals that replicate intense workouts, and everyone will be able to look and be as strong like a powerlifter without lifting a single weight or running a single mile. It's all in the far future, though.

But can you imagine? We'll probably never reach Captain America level superserum (there's a limit involving size/strength ratio that's really hard to overcome), but everyone with enough money being able to be on the same level of Olympic Athletes of nowadays isn't that far fetched at all. I can't even fathom what levels the Olympic Athletes from a 100 years in the future will look like and what they'll be able to do. Scary thoughts.

As for me, i'll be fine as long as i stop before sharp pains/cramps start to occur, and if i give myself a day between heavy exercises. I'm overdoing it now to get my body accustomed to it, but i'll go to a 3/4-day training week in a bit, and also start working on my core & endurance as well. Obviously been reading a LOT about everything, and i have a routine picked out and ready for me. I'm not going to be anywhere near weights for any time soon, and instead will rely exclusively on bodyweight & endurance training, and after i peak that, i'll go to a gym.

By that time i'll be conditioned mind & body, and be ready to accept the responsibility of paying for something monthly that i'll ACTUALLY use this time. That, or i'm taking the plunge and getting a home gym, which actually is the more economical solution in the long run.

TL;DR: Long post is long. Lactic acid buildup causes something different than general soreness, what normally happens is DOMS and has to do with microtears in your muscle fibers. Which is good and tells your body to shape up or give up. Not harmful, just painful, and tends to go away with more exercise. Rest of the rant is non-essential for the discussion, read at your discretion.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on September 18, 2015, 01:13:06 AM
So... yeah.

My eyes never stop being dilated. It's a thing. My mother pointed it out to me earlier this year, but I kinda shrugged about it.

It kinda became more obvious when it turns out I can see in almost pitch-black rooms. I've been showering and bathing in the dark so that I can give my eyes a break.

I can still see, even with the lights off and the blinds pulled down. I've been dimming my computer screen to compensate too.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on September 18, 2015, 01:36:04 AM
You should see an ophtalmologist, there are several causes for that, and many of them are concerning. Can be indicative of neuropathy. You should really get that checked out. Your pupil should be able to respond properly to normal light/darkness conditions, if your pupil is permanently dilated, then something's wrong.

Nevermind that it can be a symptom of a more serious underlying illness, you're also hurting your eyes by unnecessarily exposing them to more light than is needed for clarity in that environment. That can prematurely damage your vision.

Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on September 18, 2015, 02:09:26 AM
You should see an ophtalmologist, there are several causes for that, and many of them are concerning. Can be indicative of neuropathy. You should really get that checked out. Your pupil should be able to respond properly to normal light/darkness conditions, if your pupil is permanently dilated, then something's wrong.

Nevermind that it can be a symptom of a more serious underlying illness, you're also hurting your eyes by unnecessarily exposing them to more light than is needed for clarity in that environment. That can prematurely damage your vision.

Believe me, I know - my brain has issues with processing sensory input, so I think it's part of that. I'm going to be going to a proper ophthalmologist at some point.

I also wear prescription sunglasses, since (as you said) my eyes are taking in more light than is strictly necessary. Part of it also is that my school uses a lot of fluorescent lights, which are hell on the eyes.

EDIT: Also, I might have been exaggerating slightly. I just checked my eyes in the mirror, and they weren't too dilated... but I just spent over an hour in a really dark room, and had just moved into a relatively bright area. They tend to dilate over time, though, even in bright areas.

Also, I might actually be wrong (which would be an excellent thing) - I don't look at my pupils very often, and I have a bias (since my mother brought up that I had dilated pupils while we were sitting at the dinner table.)

I still should probably see an ophthalmologist, due to my light sensitivity; after all, seeing an audiologist due to having a hypersensitivity to sound did kinda show that I have a hearing problem severe enough to technically be a learning disorder. I got some sweet earplugs out of it that let me actually go out in public without going insane, which really improved my quality of life.

Anything that moves me away from "the whole entire world is made of pain!" is a good thing.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: altpersona on September 18, 2015, 02:35:06 AM
didnt realize you was a buddhist :p
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on September 18, 2015, 05:53:06 PM
cool, i'm a lawyer. the cerimony was a complete disaster. i felt utterly alone up there, my parents just sat there. i'm completely pissed at them right now, fucked over something that's once in a lifetime for me. stormed out of there didn't even talk to them, let them be miserable over it as well.

going to get wasted tonight, because it's about the only thing i can do right now, don't think i've ever felt so disappointed at something my whole life
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: altpersona on September 18, 2015, 06:17:48 PM
er? why are you pissed? did someone take away your birthday or something?

Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on September 18, 2015, 06:29:51 PM
er? why are you pissed? did someone take away your birthday or something?

Literally everyone there took photos with their parents/S.O/children, people arrived early so they could take pictures, even some had their parents who are lawyers hand them their certificates (both of mine are). None of that happened, everyone just sat there, i didn't even acknowledge they were even there halfway through the cerimony, and only because i looked for them. It was utterly disappointing, especially since my mother was the one that spurred me onto becoming a lawyer, which otherwise i wouldn't even have considered. Complete B.S.

I might as well have come alone, and i'd be feeling better, because having people there, of all things, made it worse.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on September 18, 2015, 07:30:44 PM
Facebook is indeed a hive of scum and villainy
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on September 22, 2015, 01:07:13 AM
I'm feeling kinda like a smug dick at the moment.

More specifically, I feel like a jerk for writing poetry.

To clarify: I hate poetry. I seem to be competent at it... but I don't really find any personal value in it (I have no ear for it, etc, etc).

I dunno - kinda hard to explain why I feel like a smug jerk about it. But I do.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Solo on September 22, 2015, 01:11:13 AM
I'm feeling kinda like a smug dick at the moment.

More specifically, I feel like a jerk for writing poetry.

To clarify: I hate poetry. I seem to be competent at it... but I don't really find any personal value in it (I have no ear for it, etc, etc).

I dunno - kinda hard to explain why I feel like a smug jerk about it. But I do.

Starlight shines far above
Warm pot of green tea in hand
A smug jerk is you
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on September 22, 2015, 01:15:29 AM
I'm feeling kinda like a smug dick at the moment.

More specifically, I feel like a jerk for writing poetry.

To clarify: I hate poetry. I seem to be competent at it... but I don't really find any personal value in it (I have no ear for it, etc, etc).

I dunno - kinda hard to explain why I feel like a smug jerk about it. But I do.

In the evening
Warm pot of green tea in hand
A smug jerk is you

In early morning
I tend to feel strange emotions;
I shall seek revenge
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Solo on September 22, 2015, 01:16:59 AM
(http://cdn.meme.am/instances/400x/15108135.jpg)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: altpersona on September 22, 2015, 03:31:05 AM
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I haven't had my coffee yet
Fuck you and you and you.


Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on September 22, 2015, 06:25:18 AM
I did the Windows 10 upgrade.....they inverted the scrolling.  I can't figure out how to change it back from this Mac s&^$.  Considering changing back because of this unless I can invert it back.  It's the worst thing Apple has done, and they've done a lot of bad things, their scrolling default.  If I want to go down, I'll SCROLL DOWN.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on September 22, 2015, 10:23:16 AM
I don't know why but i'm hooking up again with my ex-gf today. Don't know what to think about it, i was O.K with it in principle but now that it's going to happen in a few hours i don't know what to expect. Eh.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Solo on September 22, 2015, 10:32:12 AM
I don't know why but i'm hooking up again with my ex-gf today. Don't know what to think about it, i was O.K with it in principle but now that it's going to happen in a few hours i don't know what to expect. Eh.
Find soething and kick it hard enough to justify a trip to the doctor.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on September 22, 2015, 11:58:26 AM
Bailing out at this juncture would be terminating any chance i have, however infinitesimal it is. I will, however, try and get it out of my system before i go and see her in a couple hours. Thinking i'm going to murder that punch bag right now... My biggest problem is that i somatize stuff really easily when i'm anxious, my stomach acids go berserk. I'm doing my best with the meds i have on hand, hopefully it'll be enough to hold the tide in.

I'm a bit more hopeful now than i was before, since i got a couple ideas. My plan boils down to making her head spin. I have no plan after that, maybe we'll just continue to hook up and i'll go look for love and affection elsewhere, maybe we can ammend what we once had and have another go at it. I'm healthily skeptical about everything. If at some point her jealousy kicks in then things can probably be fixed.

The crux of the matter is that what i feel for her is much stronger than what she feels for me, which is kind of a hard thing to fix. In fact i don't know if it's fixable at all, or whether i should even be thinking about fixing anything.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: trappedslider on September 22, 2015, 03:22:23 PM
geesh why do ppl seem to take "It doesn't seem like I will like X" as an insult?  :banghead
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: KellKheraptis on September 22, 2015, 04:44:56 PM
I did the Windows 10 upgrade.....they inverted the scrolling.  I can't figure out how to change it back from this Mac s&^$.  Considering changing back because of this unless I can invert it back.  It's the worst thing Apple has done, and they've done a lot of bad things, their scrolling default.  If I want to go down, I'll SCROLL DOWN.

-cough- Linux doesn't have this issue, especially Mint or Ubuntu (pick a flavor - Kbuntu and Lubuntu are both super easy to use, while the default flavor is pretty edgy with how Unity works) -cough-

That aside, I wouldn't wish the walled garden of Apple on anyone.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on September 22, 2015, 06:13:06 PM
The problem I have with Linux systems is that I'm not a computer person.  With Windows, all the stuff I use works, and works plenty well enough.  I eventually found the setting change i needed to click (probably 2 minutes after i typed that, but I'm still pissed that inverted scrolling is the default), it was hidden in a layered setting panel that I didn't notice the first time I looked (in fact, it wasn't visible until you moused over it).  It makes NO SENSE to have inverted scrolling on a track pad.  On a touch screen it makes a lot of sense, you're "grabbing" the screen and moving it around.  But on a track pad, you're too far removed from that, and scrolling down is "down", not "move the paper up".  (and yeah, I do need a new laptop anyways, but this one needs to last a little longer.  I'm just lazy enough to not want to have to deal with moving stuff over.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: littha on September 22, 2015, 08:50:12 PM
The problem I have with Linux systems is that I'm not a computer person. 

See, I am an extremely computer savvy person (I have my masters degree...) and I still don't get along with linux.
On office systems its fine and for people who only ever browse the internet or make text documents its wonderful.

I would never recommend anyone to run it on their personal PC though for the same reason I dispise OSX. Games.

Anyone with even a passing interest in games or a desire to play anything bigger than an in browser one needs to be running windows. Sure there are tools out there for running certain games on linux/osx and even some that are written with them in mind but it really doesn't compare.

I know a whole lot of people who live and die by linux for their personal computers but I get the impression that most of them do it because they want to sound like they know what they are talking about or just to be different. Windows is a perfectly capable operating system for basically everyone (thus the popularity).


In conclusion:
If I was building a server or an office workstation- Linux
Personal computers- Windows
Personal computers for elitists who don't know what they are talking about- OSX

[/rant]

Sorry. That was completely tangential to the original point but I really hate it so much when people start recommending linux to the people as a cure all when in reality it requires a certain amount of expertise to even use it without breaking it. 
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: altpersona on September 22, 2015, 10:48:28 PM
The problem I have with Linux systems is that I'm not a computer person. 

See, I am an extremely computer savvy person (I have my masters degree...) and I still don't get along with linux.

this blows my mind... (not quite but its a proper use of exaggeration, i think)

iv never been so glad to be off of windows... my boy uses windows for his gaming rig... but he basically just plays on steam. im tempted to put him on the steam os (linux)...

i do everything on my linux boxes (except gaming, im not into it). im not remotely very good at using the linux even... but i don't have Windows Anxiety@ any more, no blue screens or malwars or virals or or or or or or...

Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on September 22, 2015, 11:15:09 PM
In a surprising twist, things went about as well as they could've. We hooked up, drank a bit, watched some movies, i dropped her off, and i'm not feeling any worse because of it. Thought i might feel the urge to go and plead with her for us to get back together but, amazingly enough, i'm completely fine with the ways things are right now.

I guess i'm way too focused on myself right now to really let myself be too affected by these things now, and i can more clearly see right now exactly why we didn't work out together before. I was too focused on her and not focused enough on myself, and she was too focused on herself and not enough on me or us.

With us being in the same page about everything, i guess things will work themselves out naturally pretty well. I'm not holding my breath about us being serious again, ever, but if it happens then it will happen naturally. I won't push for it, and i'm going to live my life as a single man through and through. Oktober is in less than a month from now, and i'm shaping up pretty good.

My theme song as of right now (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcHKOC64KnE)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on September 22, 2015, 11:24:56 PM
geesh why do ppl seem to take "It doesn't seem like I will like X" as an insult?  :banghead

What?!  You don't like X?!!  What kind of monster are you?  Probably a dirty Y supporter I bet.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: KellKheraptis on September 22, 2015, 11:39:35 PM
The problem I have with Linux systems is that I'm not a computer person. 

See, I am an extremely computer savvy person (I have my masters degree...) and I still don't get along with linux.

this blows my mind... (not quite but its a proper use of exaggeration, i think)

iv never been so glad to be off of windows... my boy uses windows for his gaming rig... but he basically just plays on steam. im tempted to put him on the steam os (linux)...

i do everything on my linux boxes (except gaming, im not into it). im not remotely very good at using the linux even... but i don't have Windows Anxiety@ any more, no blue screens or malwars or virals or or or or or or...

Same here altpersona, only I do a fair bit of gaming as well and basically everything works just as is should on Wine.  It's really come a long way.  My wife and daughter specifically requested I ditch Windows 8 on their machines for Linux as well, and couldn't be happier.

I'm also a developer for websites, to a lesser degree Java (ever seen a .jsp?), Android, and now branching out into general app/executable design as time allows.  Even if Linux didn't have by far the best IDEs (which it does), the best software stack for all of that (LAMP anyone?), and the easiest method of emulating every possible permutation of browser/OS (this one technically also exists for OSX and Windows, but only Virtual Box - not VB, VMWare, Qemu, Xen, and about 3 more options as well depending upon version needed), I'd still only ever be using Linux.  I have yet to encounter the same plague of crashes/bugs/viruses (not to say I wasn't extremely good at removing them or preventing them on my own machine, but when you add in two more...) on Linux, and further have yet to encounter ANY operating system that I can fine-tune exactly the way I want.  Hell, my wife's Toshiba she had before her current ultrabook was a 100% homebrewed version of Mint that had literally every possibly irritating CLI or tech-savvy edge smoothed over, to the point where when she was away for business for a week and getting constant updates, she never once had to ask for help on them.

I realize it's not for everyone, but at the same time, I predict it will gain considerably on the other two as M$ phases in the SaaS model for Windows 10.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Nanshork on September 23, 2015, 02:04:17 AM
I'm with Littha.

If I had a computer just for work or an at home server (which someday I'll get around to owning) then it will be Linux.

I've had so many issues trying to get games to work on Wine that I will not do Linux for my personal use.  Windows is the only way to ensure that I can play my games and that's most of what I do on my laptop that doesn't involve the internet.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: littha on September 23, 2015, 03:19:03 AM
The problem I have with Linux systems is that I'm not a computer person. 

See, I am an extremely computer savvy person (I have my masters degree...) and I still don't get along with linux.

this blows my mind... (not quite but its a proper use of exaggeration, i think)

iv never been so glad to be off of windows... my boy uses windows for his gaming rig... but he basically just plays on steam. im tempted to put him on the steam os (linux)...

i do everything on my linux boxes (except gaming, im not into it). im not remotely very good at using the linux even... but i don't have Windows Anxiety@ any more, no blue screens or malwars or virals or or or or or or...

Same here altpersona, only I do a fair bit of gaming as well and basically everything works just as is should on Wine.  It's really come a long way.  My wife and daughter specifically requested I ditch Windows 8 on their machines for Linux as well, and couldn't be happier.

I'm also a developer for websites, to a lesser degree Java (ever seen a .jsp?), Android, and now branching out into general app/executable design as time allows.  Even if Linux didn't have by far the best IDEs (which it does), the best software stack for all of that (LAMP anyone?), and the easiest method of emulating every possible permutation of browser/OS (this one technically also exists for OSX and Windows, but only Virtual Box - not VB, VMWare, Qemu, Xen, and about 3 more options as well depending upon version needed), I'd still only ever be using Linux.  I have yet to encounter the same plague of crashes/bugs/viruses (not to say I wasn't extremely good at removing them or preventing them on my own machine, but when you add in two more...) on Linux, and further have yet to encounter ANY operating system that I can fine-tune exactly the way I want.  Hell, my wife's Toshiba she had before her current ultrabook was a 100% homebrewed version of Mint that had literally every possibly irritating CLI or tech-savvy edge smoothed over, to the point where when she was away for business for a week and getting constant updates, she never once had to ask for help on them.

I realize it's not for everyone, but at the same time, I predict it will gain considerably on the other two as M$ phases in the SaaS model for Windows 10.

To be fair, it has been some years since I used Wine and I never really got along with it. Took forever for me to get working.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: KellKheraptis on September 23, 2015, 05:17:34 AM
The easiest way now is PlayOnLinux, which is built from Wine (more user-friendly front end) with built-in sets of scripts for a TON of games.  WineHQ online also has a ton of good info for anything NOT on the PoL list.  My main game has always been D2 LoD. which works flawlessly on every distro I've tried (it's easiest on Debian based, such as Mint and Ubuntu, but I've gotten it to work installing on Sabayon/Gentoo even).

I haven't had a chance to do anything with it in quite a while, but I've thought about integrating the parts that matter from ReactOS into a mainline kernel and compiling, then seeing what comes of it.  That would put the vast majority of needed frameworks to run 99% of Windows programs within the OS out of the box, while dodging all of the inherent suck (as it's from the open-source implementation of the NT kernel and framework).  The last official project for it was called Longene, but I think that is now dead, sadly.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on September 23, 2015, 12:16:19 PM
The options are:
Linux based OS, do a computer to add game of choice to the OS's "capable of being used" list of programs, download game, install game, play game, or:
Window, download game, install game, play game.

90% of people, maybe even more, and not good enough at doing a computer to pull off the linux stuff, and even if they were, some don't want to bother because it adds another layer of complexity and therefore potential issues and things that can go wrong in playing it.  Not to mention that the support systems generally frown on using unapproved measures to run things, so if you're encountering a bug or glitch or something, you might not be able to be helped by the developers because you're using it in an environment it's not designed to run in*.

*note: just because the script is "exactly like windows so you're argument is invalid" no, it's not exactly like windows, if it was, it would be windows.  Generally this won't cause issues, but the support system cannot verify what's wrong if you're using something they didn't plan for.  That's why those clauses exist.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: altpersona on September 23, 2015, 12:34:03 PM
i almost completely agree....

if you want an os for gaming then you definitely want a console  :P

if you want an os for gaming and some office work then you want windows.

if you want everything but the latest windows only games then you should have a perfectly satisfactory time w/ a nix box.  :flutter

Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on September 23, 2015, 02:18:36 PM
Quote
if you want everything but the latest windows only games then you should have a perfectly satisfactory time w/ a nix box.  :flutter

...except the part about having to do things to get them to work.  Even if they're older games* you still have to do stuff to your computer to get them to work, and work right/better/whatever.  Even if they have a quick and easy fix/update/config you can install that lets you run the games, you still have to know what you're doing to do this.  And most people don't.  I kinda do, so it wouldn't be too bad, but I don't want to have to deal with it when Windows works so well for it.

Also, consoles?  Yeah, that's only for pre-packaged games.  I mod a lot of mine (and before you say anything, I know.  But it's a different type of work, and the modding I do consists of using a mod loader [Curse/FTB/ATL for Minecraft, Civ5 integrated modding for that], or putting a file in the thing.  It also it adjusting the game to work differently, not adjusting the game to get it to work), and a lot of mine are PC only.  Console is for social, party games in my view.  And some others too, it's a matter of preference.  I do love controllers for FPS action, they feel nicer for that stuff.

*Older to a point.  Once you go old enough, you have to do to Windows what you'd have to do to Linux, of course.  And also of course ignoring games/programs built to run on Linux.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: altpersona on September 23, 2015, 02:30:05 PM
the only hoops i jump through getting games to work on my ubuntu is for dos era games. you gotta work out what settings are going to work for you... edit the .ini n what not... sorta exactly like we had to do when those games came out :/

once your break over into modding your games, you are basically doing that same work you described having to do  to get the games working on nix... its plug n play or its work.

Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on September 23, 2015, 04:01:54 PM
I feel really bad for one of my players.

He really enjoys arguing as a method of deriving new truths! He hates all other forms of argument. He wants to be a philosopher.

I don't have the heart.

EDIT: He also uses lesswrong.org as a main source without any of his own external research. Considering that one of the pages linked from the front page gave me a rage headache (STATISTICAL METHODS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY!)...

I worry.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on September 23, 2015, 04:22:09 PM

... poetry ...


In the evening
Warm pot of green tea in hand
A smug jerk is you

In early morning
I tend to feel strange emotions;
I shall seek revenge

dude is beyotching
beyotch happens ev'ry town
thousand miles away
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on September 23, 2015, 04:47:24 PM
I cannot rhyme well
but douchebags give me headaches
It's snowing on Mount Fuji
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on September 23, 2015, 05:02:01 PM
Well fuck me in the ass and call me a bitch. I never park my car in the garage, because my mom always parks behind me and i have to maneuver both cars and it's a hassle. Just today i decided to do it, and it's the day the contractors decide to plaster the garage floors, which will take 3 days to settle, meaning i can't take my fucking car out of the garage for 3 fucking days.

3 fucking days.

My sister was in the house and she let that happen because she was playing league of legends. I'm beyond pissed right now, and already screamed at the top of my lungs to just about everyone in this fucking house.

Fucking bullshit, i tell you.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on September 23, 2015, 05:04:14 PM
I cannot rhyme well
but douchebags give me headaches
It's snowing on Mount Fuji

Now, tell me my friend
Would you enjoy a haiku?
How about this one?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on September 23, 2015, 05:22:51 PM
THat's not a haiku.  Everyone knows all haikus end with "it's snowing on Mount Fuji"
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on September 24, 2015, 02:48:14 AM
Seriously considering leaving my offline group.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Nanshork on September 24, 2015, 06:51:14 PM
Seriously considering leaving my offline group.

From what I've heard that might be best.






...it's snowing on Mount Fuji.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 24, 2015, 08:17:32 PM
My psych teacher at uni is driving me nuts.

Aside from a completely incompetent work ethic (took her three weeks to post a fucking class plan, half the informations of which are completely useless) and teaching us wrong ("hey guys, psychology follows no logic", "intelligence is a characteristic of your personality", "most corporations favor ass-kissing") she is incapable of teaching without deviating from the subject whenever even mildly confronted on her ridiculous "concepts".

I would throttle the bitch, but I don't need the hassle.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: KellKheraptis on September 24, 2015, 09:17:53 PM
My psych teacher at uni is driving me nuts.

Aside from a completely incompetent work ethic (took her three weeks to post a fucking class plan, half the informations of which are completely useless) and teaching us wrong ("hey guys, psychology follows no logic", "intelligence is a characteristic of your personality", "most corporations favor ass-kissing") she is incapable of teaching without deviating from the subject whenever even mildly confronted on her ridiculous "concepts".

I would throttle the bitch, but I don't need the hassle.

She must be from IL on the last one at least - corporations there favor ass-kissing above any actual skill, talent, or ability.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 24, 2015, 10:35:06 PM
My psych teacher at uni is driving me nuts.

Aside from a completely incompetent work ethic (took her three weeks to post a fucking class plan, half the informations of which are completely useless) and teaching us wrong ("hey guys, psychology follows no logic", "intelligence is a characteristic of your personality", "most corporations favor ass-kissing") she is incapable of teaching without deviating from the subject whenever even mildly confronted on her ridiculous "concepts".

I would throttle the bitch, but I don't need the hassle.

She must be from IL on the last one at least - corporations there favor ass-kissing above any actual skill, talent, or ability.

One thing I'll say for her though, she's probably trying my self-control on purpose.

Today she actually asked me to go in front of class to give people an example on something.

I answered "thought you'd never ask". What I wanted to say was, "OK class, let's start with the assumption that every word this woman has breathed in this room for the past month and a half is wrong".
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: linklord231 on September 25, 2015, 02:44:59 AM
I think I'm gonna have to call Microsoft to get them to reactivate my copy of Windows. 

I got a new solid state drive a couple weeks ago, and had some issues cloning my data over.  I decided to just say fuck it and do a clean install.  Unfortunately, I lost my product key somewhere along the line.  Fine, whatever, I still have my old Windows installation from my old hard drive, I'll just use a key finder tool to recover it.  Unfortunately, my product key seems to be well and truly lost.  I've tried 3 different key finder tools, and none of them have come up with any results.  They can find the Product ID, just not the key  :rolleyes
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on September 25, 2015, 04:32:21 PM

THat's not a haiku.  Everyone knows all haikus end with "it's snowing on Mount Fuji"

The beginning is
it's snowing on Mount Fuji
ending and middle.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: trappedslider on September 25, 2015, 05:21:13 PM
I thought all haikus must end in "refrigerator"
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on September 26, 2015, 01:18:37 AM
Oh boy, i snapped.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on September 26, 2015, 01:21:44 AM
Oh boy, i snapped.

Not in a good way I'm assuming?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on September 26, 2015, 01:28:32 AM
Nope. My folks threatened to call the police, even. I completely snapped with my ex-gf. I never once touched her physically, mind you. But i snapped real good. I gave her a good talking to afterwards, too. She'll be traumatized for the rest of her life, probably. She was never ever treated like this before. I know this for a fact. She's usually the one to snap and put her foot down, and step on other people. Nope. Not with me she's not.

Came this close to going physical though. I tell you that. A hair more and i'd gone caveman. I'd bet anything she's not ever going to step down on people like that ever again. She'll never be this bitchy or make those kinds of remarks. She now knows that sometime, somewhere, someone out there won't show the restraint i did and will beat her down for it.

Got a good mark on my wall too to show where i threw the glass ashtray. Made a good dent on the wall. I could've easily done more, but i still want to do things with my life, and i'm not going to throw it all away because of some two-faced bitch who doesn't know better.

I'm drinking my brains out right now. I scared her good. I did it out of love. She'll never go back to me, but she'll be happier long term now that she has experienced it. She now knows. She knows her actions don't go without consequence. She knows she'd better be happy for what she has, she shouldn't put anyone down. Or she'll be put down.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on September 26, 2015, 01:41:25 AM
Drinking is prollly not best idea  :hug
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on September 26, 2015, 01:51:02 AM
I'd suggest something more meditative than drinking. Something like picking some locks?

Still, the lesson is learned but the damage is done. Except that, in this case, I'd imagine the damage is the lesson.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on September 26, 2015, 03:26:53 AM
Indeed, it's the lesson. More to her than to me, because the lesson was already learned. I was stubborn enough to think differently... But shoudn't have.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on September 28, 2015, 09:34:17 AM
I should not be having indigestion, body. I haven't eaten anything - you shouldn't still be complaining about what I ate over twelve hours ago.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: KellKheraptis on September 28, 2015, 11:32:56 AM
I should not be having indigestion, body. I haven't eaten anything - you shouldn't still be complaining about what I ate over twelve hours ago.

I get that all the time - horrendous acid reflux.  Like, take rust off a car bumper stomach acid :P
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on September 28, 2015, 05:14:04 PM
Blame it on the full
al - al - al - al - al - cohol
refridgerator
Title: Something, Something, Mt. Fuji
Post by: MrWolfe on September 28, 2015, 06:50:02 PM
I've nothing to do
Epic Rap Battles (https://youtu.be/0N_RO-jL-90?list=PL96675BDF95286773) on loop
Bored out of my mind
Title: Re: But that doesn't rhyme
Post by: SorO_Lost on September 28, 2015, 07:00:59 PM
I've nothing to do
Epic Rap Battles (https://youtu.be/0N_RO-jL-90?list=PL96675BDF95286773) on loop
Bored out of my mind
Interesting.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on September 28, 2015, 10:14:30 PM
Drunk again, because life hasn't gotten any better.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: MrWolfe on September 29, 2015, 12:03:52 AM
Hey, at least you can afford booze. I've been terrifyingly sober for longer than I care to contemplate.  :nonono
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SorO_Lost on September 29, 2015, 12:46:28 AM
Hey, at least you can afford booze. I've been terrifyingly sober for longer than I care to contemplate.  :nonono
I have a refrigerator drawer full of booze & cheerleader beer.

Choosing not to drink is one of the best things you can do for your self.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on September 29, 2015, 04:05:32 AM
I'm getting frightengly close to being labelled an alcoholic, family already takes about staging an intervention...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: MrWolfe on September 29, 2015, 04:13:49 AM
Addiction is a response to a shitty environment. If your family really thinks it's reaching the point of alcoholism they should stage an intervention to address the cause of your drinking, not just tell you to stop.

And you can tell them a random dude on the internet said so. :p
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Shadowhunter on September 29, 2015, 10:36:14 PM
Those reoccurring sequence of events that happen in the dips of depression where the thought of making an effort to update your bloody play-by-post games fill you with stress to the point that you avoid it for two days... let alone do anything else productive. I have good days and I have bad days. Right now it's the latter.

Gonna watch the Princess Bride for the first time and then pass out. Hope tomorrow is gonna be better.

-----

A few days later:
Good movie. Mindset is better. PbP's are up-to-date, even managed to get applied for one where I can play a Binder (one of my favourite classes).
Today is a good day.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on October 02, 2015, 10:18:38 AM
My dad has passed away.  Last night, in his sleep, he suffered a bout of sleep apnea.  I knew something was wrong when the cats hadn't been fed, so I went to see if he was still there.  He had been dead for at least 2 hours.  He had his favorite last night for dinner, steak and potatoes, and his other the night before, crab.  The Cubs won while Neko sat on his lap.  The last thing he said, was to me: "I love you."  The last thing I said to him was "I love you too".
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: altpersona on October 02, 2015, 10:52:17 AM
sorry.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on October 02, 2015, 11:13:55 AM
My dad has passed away.  Last night, in his sleep, he suffered a bout of sleep apnea.  I knew something was wrong when the cats hadn't been fed, so I went to see if he was still there.  He had been dead for at least 2 hours.  He had his favorite last night for dinner, steak and potatoes, and his other the night before, crab.  The Cubs won while Neko sat on his lap.  The last thing he said, was to me: "I love you."  The last thing I said to him was "I love you too".
Big hugs.

At least he went with all your love...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on October 02, 2015, 12:33:23 PM
I don't know what to say... For the past 9 months my father has been teetering in the edge of death, every time he has come close to dying, i didn't know how to react. Even know, knowing he might have to go into surgery again, that even if he recovers from that he might not live long, i still don't know how to react.

I think i understand what you must be feeling... Don't despair.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Nanshork on October 02, 2015, 01:00:16 PM
.....holy shit.  That really sucks.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: phaedrusxy on October 02, 2015, 02:21:16 PM
My dad has passed away.  Last night, in his sleep, he suffered a bout of sleep apnea.  I knew something was wrong when the cats hadn't been fed, so I went to see if he was still there.  He had been dead for at least 2 hours.  He had his favorite last night for dinner, steak and potatoes, and his other the night before, crab.  The Cubs won while Neko sat on his lap.  The last thing he said, was to me: "I love you."  The last thing I said to him was "I love you too".
very sorry for your loss. I lost my Dad in May. It sounds like your Dad died peacefully in his sleep, so that's nice. I'm sure the suddenness makes it hard, though.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Gazzien on October 02, 2015, 03:06:42 PM
My dad has passed away.  Last night, in his sleep, he suffered a bout of sleep apnea.  I knew something was wrong when the cats hadn't been fed, so I went to see if he was still there.  He had been dead for at least 2 hours.  He had his favorite last night for dinner, steak and potatoes, and his other the night before, crab.  The Cubs won while Neko sat on his lap.  The last thing he said, was to me: "I love you."  The last thing I said to him was "I love you too".
:hug
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on October 02, 2015, 03:29:30 PM
My dad has passed away.  Last night, in his sleep, he suffered a bout of sleep apnea.  I knew something was wrong when the cats hadn't been fed, so I went to see if he was still there.  He had been dead for at least 2 hours.  He had his favorite last night for dinner, steak and potatoes, and his other the night before, crab.  The Cubs won while Neko sat on his lap.  The last thing he said, was to me: "I love you."  The last thing I said to him was "I love you too".

My condolences.

If it's any consolation, I think that is literally the best way to go. Peacefully, after time spent with loved ones.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on October 02, 2015, 06:55:39 PM
mass hugs  :hug :hug :hug
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on October 02, 2015, 07:32:37 PM
My dad has passed away.  Last night, in his sleep, he suffered a bout of sleep apnea.  I knew something was wrong when the cats hadn't been fed, so I went to see if he was still there.  He had been dead for at least 2 hours.  He had his favorite last night for dinner, steak and potatoes, and his other the night before, crab.  The Cubs won while Neko sat on his lap.  The last thing he said, was to me: "I love you."  The last thing I said to him was "I love you too".

Big hugs for you Dman.  But it sounds like he passed away in one of the best ways possible and you don't have to worry about what you last said to each other weighing down on you.  Best of wishes!


In my own rant:  Our house got hit by lightning.  It did some damage to the top window and some roof panes and siding, but the big damage was it fried one of my dad's networking switches as well as his $1000 HAM radio.  He's pretty down about that given the money situation lately, plus he's found he just can't concentrate or focus anymore so he's contemplating pulling out of school entirely which would mean he doesn't get his degree in emergency management and such.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on October 02, 2015, 07:48:58 PM
Damn... There was no grounding on the house?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: KellKheraptis on October 02, 2015, 08:22:10 PM
Just be glad no one was on one of the pieces of electronica that got hit - I've been sent through an interior wall and into second by lightning traveling down the line when I was 22.  I'm almost 34 now and can only just now wear a watch without it stopping immediately O.o
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: FireInTheSky on October 02, 2015, 08:58:30 PM
My dad has passed away.  Last night, in his sleep, he suffered a bout of sleep apnea.  I knew something was wrong when the cats hadn't been fed, so I went to see if he was still there.  He had been dead for at least 2 hours.  He had his favorite last night for dinner, steak and potatoes, and his other the night before, crab.  The Cubs won while Neko sat on his lap.  The last thing he said, was to me: "I love you."  The last thing I said to him was "I love you too".
:hug :hug :hug :hug :hug :hug
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: altpersona on October 02, 2015, 11:16:46 PM
my neighbor hood (three basically consecutive houses) has lost three parents since april, to include my mother...

an irl friend lost a step father in febuary.

and the dad/toddler car wreck i participated in....

this isnt a great year death wise.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on October 02, 2015, 11:17:11 PM
My dad has passed away.  Last night, in his sleep, he suffered a bout of sleep apnea.  I knew something was wrong when the cats hadn't been fed, so I went to see if he was still there.  He had been dead for at least 2 hours.  He had his favorite last night for dinner, steak and potatoes, and his other the night before, crab.  The Cubs won while Neko sat on his lap.  The last thing he said, was to me: "I love you."  The last thing I said to him was "I love you too".

Big hugs for you Dman.  But it sounds like he passed away in one of the best ways possible and you don't have to worry about what you last said to each other weighing down on you.  Best of wishes!


In my own rant:  Our house got hit by lightning.  It did some damage to the top window and some roof panes and siding, but the big damage was it fried one of my dad's networking switches as well as his $1000 HAM radio.  He's pretty down about that given the money situation lately, plus he's found he just can't concentrate or focus anymore so he's contemplating pulling out of school entirely which would mean he doesn't get his degree in emergency management and such.

how much is the switch?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on October 02, 2015, 11:34:01 PM
Watched the Cubs for my dad.  They won.  Just a few more wins needed for them, hopefully they get 14 more this season.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on October 03, 2015, 08:41:06 AM
Damn... There was no grounding on the house?

Nothing that can take care of a lightning strike, no.  The house was built in the 1940's.  Having a lightning rod or other proper grounding would likely cost $10,000 by my dad's estimation.  Not worth it right now.  The assumption was that the trees would deflect lightning relatively away since they're taller than the house, and it has done so before if I recall correctly, but this time it didn't.


how much is the switch?

No idea, my dad didn't say.  My best conclusion on it is it was minor compared to the radio especially since our home computer network is still working fine after he changed the switch out.  He even offered to get the internet back up in the middle of the night when the lightning hit and he already knew about the switch going caput.

Oddly enough the only other casualty from the lightning strike was the embedded networking chip in my computer.  My dad dug around in his stored network cards and simply gave me a PCI one that works perfectly so no real loss there other than the time we spent tracking down the problem.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: stanprollyright on October 03, 2015, 09:08:34 AM
I'm really fucking depressed and thinking I should go back to therapy
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on October 03, 2015, 02:10:13 PM
Mother of all hangovers right now, saw the sun rise at the lake, drunk out my mind. I don't even know how the night turned to this. Have some stories to tell. Oh boy.

Out of the motherfucking blue a shady-ass individual approached me in my car, i was 99% sure he was trying to rob me, never saw him before in my life. Out of nowhere he starts telling me about how he lost a shitton of coke he was moving because he was approached by a cop, showed me about 50g of pot, said they let him keep it (wtf), and struck up a conversation. Showed me his 7 bullet wounds and started telling me about his time in jail, how he got out earlier this year.

Me and a friend were drinking beer, and this dude, this dude was telling me his life story. I don't know why the fuck, but he wanted to tell me all his shit and i listened. He went inside the market, came with a shitton of beer, and told us not to worry. Continued on buying beer all night, we drank moonshine, another one of his friends showed up, then we went to the lake, more of his friends came, i nearly got into a fight with one of them, he took my side on the matter (wtf2), then the other dudes left, we stayed sometime until 7am, then i dropped him off at another of his friends and he told me to call him whenever i wanted to drink a few beers and that'd he'd introduce me to some chicks.

I mean wtf? This isn't even the first time it happened. Whatever the fucking reason i seem to attract all sorts of people, and they instantly connect and bond and i'm like, i don't even understand what's going on anymore. Also, very likely that in the future i'll probably get some jobs out of this, since i'm really into criminal law, lol.

Un-fucking-believable.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on October 03, 2015, 05:37:31 PM
Perhaps it's realized you're an attorney and someone wishes to compromise you.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on October 03, 2015, 05:38:56 PM
I'm really fucking depressed and thinking I should go back to therapy

Therapy doesn't always seem to work for depression, other than that you have someone to vent to.  If someone suggests meds do some research, the side effects arent always worth it.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on October 03, 2015, 07:01:23 PM
I'm really fucking depressed and thinking I should go back to therapy

While I won't go against Unca Kitteh in regards to therapy working, I've found it is generally best to do therapy than not when depression strikes.

@brujon:

A friend of mine once told me that if you go out enough at night, you'll meet fun people, you'll meet fucked up people, and you'll meet with just plain weird people, and sometimes those overlap.

Statistics seem to suggest that someone, somewhere out there, would meet a fuckton more people who overlap on the fucked up and weird spectra.

Congratulations, brujon, you are a statistic.  :p
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on October 04, 2015, 12:23:45 AM
Definitely a statistic, in many more than just one sense of the world, lol.

@Bhu: i don't think anyone wishes to compromise me, in fact it's highly unlikely because i barely even started out and there's zero reasons someone would want to do anything, plus, it was a really chance encounter, lol. The guy is weird and shady as FUCK though, and i'll definitely NOT be getting close to this fellow anytime soon. The friend who was with me also agrees 100% that it's for the best not to be getting too close to this sort of individual, especially given my choice of profession. As a lawyer, though, it's good for me to know all sorts of individuals. Since he knows me and knows i'm a lawyer, and given that he knows a shitton of individuals likely to get in all sorts of legal troubles, it's kind of a lucky encounter, in a way, because it can lead to many lucrative opportunities. As long as i don't actively participate in any sort of illegal dealings myself, i can stay in the clear. Alcohol, ok, drugs bad.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: stanprollyright on October 04, 2015, 12:40:39 AM
I'm really fucking depressed and thinking I should go back to therapy

Therapy doesn't always seem to work for depression, other than that you have someone to vent to.  If someone suggests meds do some research, the side effects arent always worth it.

That's generally been my experience. Therapy makes me relive negative thoughts and experiences so I end up more depressed. So far no meds have been effective either, and I hate the idea of having to take drugs to live normally. As far as side effects: I've had drugs that gave me that "zombie feeling", drugs that made me sleep for 10-12 hrs a day, drugs that wouldn't let me sit still (akathisia), drugs where I couldn't get hard, and drugs that did nothing at all.  The only drugs I've ever had that made me happy were of the recreational variety.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on October 04, 2015, 02:50:47 AM
I kind of envy you in that.  SNRI's make me so violently ill I get hospitalized.  SSRI's cause paradox reactions for me.  Not only  do they worsen the depression, they make me actively sociopathic.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: stanprollyright on October 04, 2015, 03:43:35 AM
That's no good! :bigeyes

SNRIs do nothing for me, SSRIs did the zombie/oversleeping/impotence thing.  The akathisia was from Abilify
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on October 04, 2015, 04:40:55 AM
Abilify gave me problems similar to SSRI's.  I'm allergic to cymbalta and depakote.  Since I have memory issues they cant give me amitryptiline anymore, which sucks because it had some mild benefit. 
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on October 04, 2015, 02:14:47 PM
My dad has passed away.  Last night, in his sleep, he suffered a bout of sleep apnea.  I knew something was wrong when the cats hadn't been fed, so I went to see if he was still there.  He had been dead for at least 2 hours.  He had his favorite last night for dinner, steak and potatoes, and his other the night before, crab.  The Cubs won while Neko sat on his lap.  The last thing he said, was to me: "I love you."  The last thing I said to him was "I love you too".
:hug

That's ...  :hug ... just about as good a last conversation or moment together , as anyone can get.
Condolences.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on October 04, 2015, 02:19:19 PM

... If someone suggests meds do some research, the side effects arent always worth it.

Yeah, some of this stuff just goes Full Wacky on random people, while being a wonderdrug for others.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on October 05, 2015, 05:30:34 AM
I am filled with existential horror. Again.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on October 05, 2015, 09:56:24 AM
I am filled with existential horror. Again.

We're still here for you, Amechra.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Nanshork on October 05, 2015, 11:44:09 AM
I am filled with existential horror. Again.

Better than existential angst?  At least you can pretend that you're in a Lovecraft story?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: trappedslider on October 05, 2015, 01:31:10 PM
(https://www.lovethispic.com/uploaded_images/19400-Sending-A-Virtual-Hug.jpg)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on October 05, 2015, 04:11:18 PM
Oh, nothing really major - I just sometimes get hit by the realization that life has no inherent meaning and that all things die.

It passes quickly enough, but it likes to hit when I should be sleeping.

(That picture made me smile. I should remember that one.)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on October 05, 2015, 04:54:50 PM
Life not having an inherent meaning is a good thing.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: trappedslider on October 05, 2015, 08:45:15 PM
Oh, nothing really major - I just sometimes get hit by the realization that life has no inherent meaning and that all things die.

It passes quickly enough, but it likes to hit when I should be sleeping.

(That picture made me smile. I should remember that one.)

If you're open to religious interpretation,I can share with you what I believe the meaning of life is
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: altpersona on October 05, 2015, 09:49:58 PM
i can tell you the meaning of life, but i cant make you believe it. ya gotta 'discover' it on your own to believe it.

all things die, yes and its wonderful.

Quote
No one in the world Ever gets what they want And that is beautiful Everybody dies Frustrated and sad And that is beautiful
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on October 05, 2015, 11:02:56 PM
Oh no, those are the happy bits.

That's the thing.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Keldar on October 06, 2015, 05:54:20 AM
Life not having an inherent meaning is a good thing.
:clap
Far better than the horror of children with cancer because some magic asshole in the sky has reasons that you'll never understand, man.
I'll take the responsibility of taking the blinking calculator of the world and punching meaning into it every time over trying to imagine what kind of monster would intentionally create a world where Donald Trump is leading the Presidential polls.  No intrinsic meaning leaves every single moment open to become the most important moment in history, crammed full of all the meaning and value you care to instill it with.  Not limited to being a mere meaningless cog in some vast plan to something something, phase 3: Profit.
Life is the meaning of life.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: MrWolfe on October 06, 2015, 02:03:44 PM
*sigh* Financial institutions pulling shenanigans again.

Made some purchases with my Paypal credit card, and Paypal took the money out of my bank account in addition to charging it against my credit balance--overdrawing my account in the process.

Then this morning I found a pending autopayment from my Amazon card when I absolutely do not have automatic payments enabled.

Unless I can get this straightened out (fat chance) I'll be out an extra $45-60 in fees and duplicate charges despite having had the money to cover all those things--just not in my bank account. On top of that, I had a recent return that I was forced to have refunded to my bank card instead of getting the refund in cash, so when that finally posts the fees will eat it. :shakefist

[edit]

...aaand I just burned the pot of lentils I was cooking. Fan-f*cking-tastic.  :banghead

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Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: TenaciousJ on October 07, 2015, 01:34:07 AM
I can't think of anywhere else I post to say anything about this, so here it goes even though I'm not quite an insider here.

Two of my players keep pushing for romantic RP in my game, even though I am completely against doing so and have stated it clearly multiple times.  One is a female, who I am told obsesses over me, and the other is her most-likely-bisexual friend who seems to want to make something happen between her and me.  I am not attracted to her in the slightest.  They've been pushing the boundaries lately by making comments about "what a good couple" her PC would be with various NPCs of mine.  I am not interested in roleplaying her love interest, and I had to put my foot down about it today.  I'm pretty sure I just crushed her emotions based on her reactions, and it's going to be awkward to finish this campaign, but I'm unlikely to get anyone who wants to jump into a 16th level campaign with a new character.  I'll probably try to soldier through for the sake of my close friends in the game so they can get proper closure on playing their characters.  I won't be inviting the two who are instigating this stuff to future games.

Fuck, I'd like just one campaign to actually reach its ending point instead of getting derailed by drama or real life schedules falling apart.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on October 07, 2015, 02:23:41 AM
I really think i might need therapy.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on October 07, 2015, 11:27:36 AM
I really think i might need therapy.

Do it. I recommend a specialist on Behavior-Cognitive Therapy.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: MrWolfe on October 07, 2015, 05:55:47 PM
Oh, wow.

Did I say $45-60?

Nah, the bank decided to hit me with a $35 overdraft charge for each (less than $5) transaction, adding up to almost $200 in fees alone. That's nearly a quarter of my goddamn income.

Paypal is claiming that they can't do anything since the transactions have already posted, (Lies.) but have offered to send me a nice letter explaining the mix-up for me to show to my bank in hopes that they waive the overdraft fees. My banks, however, is standing firm on the position that they will only remove the fees if the charges are reversed.

So, yeah. Looks like it's time to stop all my direct deposits and find a new bank.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on October 08, 2015, 12:53:50 AM
Goddamn i hate insects, holy shit how i hate them. Fucking beetles flying through my window at this time of the night (It's 1:50 am), and now i have to keep my windows closed. I'm a smoker, and it's hot. Really fucking hot. But i'll have to endure because these fuckers keep flying straight through my window, and they're big and have hard shells, keep bouncing every which way.

I'm getting tired of having to chase the fuckers and killing them. It's also really stressful. I keep thinking i'm going to wake up with one of them flying straight into my face - it has happened before.

And it's a really, really fucking unpleasant situation. Can you imagine being woken by a fucking beetle smashing into your face, the buzzing noise really close to your ear? And it actually hurt. Like a small pebble thrown by a kid kind of hurt, not the kind of thing that'll leave a mark next day or anything, but fuck.

How i wish humans would start all of a sudden excreting some sort of pheromone that screamed "Get the fuck out, or you'll die instantly" to any insect, that'd be great. I know beekeepers and other people that work with insects would find a workaround.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on October 08, 2015, 03:41:41 AM
Im told bugs dislike basil.  You could try putting a basil plant in the window.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on October 08, 2015, 04:18:23 AM
Im told bugs dislike basil.  You could try putting a basil plant in the window.

If it works i'm going to make my pajamas out of basil.

EDIT: or possibly cover my whole room in it

or possibly my house

or i might set it on fire because there's so many bugs in my yard
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: phaedrusxy on October 08, 2015, 07:42:18 AM
Get some screens?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: altpersona on October 08, 2015, 08:36:04 AM
and a bug zapper  :lmao
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: KellKheraptis on October 08, 2015, 08:42:23 AM
Oh, wow.

Did I say $45-60?

Nah, the bank decided to hit me with a $35 overdraft charge for each (less than $5) transaction, adding up to almost $200 in fees alone. That's nearly a quarter of my goddamn income.

Paypal is claiming that they can't do anything since the transactions have already posted, (Lies.) but have offered to send me a nice letter explaining the mix-up for me to show to my bank in hopes that they waive the overdraft fees. My banks, however, is standing firm on the position that they will only remove the fees if the charges are reversed.

So, yeah. Looks like it's time to stop all my direct deposits and find a new bank.

I had a bank do the exact same thing almost a decade ago, and have never gone to another one since.  I route everything now through PayPal only and their business debit card.  They have a LOT more power to go after idiot institutions that way, and it's 1000x more secure than anything the banks in the midwest can come up with (several of which in a few towns I know of are still using something like Windows Server 2001 - or whatever one XP was built with!).
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: MrWolfe on October 08, 2015, 12:01:18 PM
I had a bank do the exact same thing almost a decade ago, and have never gone to another one since.  I route everything now through PayPal only and their business debit card.  They have a LOT more power to go after idiot institutions that way, and it's 1000x more secure than anything the banks in the midwest can come up with (several of which in a few towns I know of are still using something like Windows Server 2001 - or whatever one XP was built with!).

Yeah, it's a pretty common practice. IIRC a few banks even got sued over it, but that hasn't stopped anybody.

The thing is I've had just as much trouble with PayPal as I have with banks--possibly more. This current debacle is actually their fault. The bank is just following it's policy, it's PayPal who charged the transactions to the normal account instead of my PayPal credit, and is now refusing to fix the problem aside from sending out a letter saying "yeah, we goofed and took the money from the wrong account."

The accounts aren't even under the same name. The credit is in my name, the normal account is under my wife's name. She actually had to tell them it was okay to speak to me when we called customer service the other day. They literally charged the transactions to someone else's account, and are refusing to fix it.

Honestly, I'd tell them all to eff off if I could, but lots of things these days require a bank account.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on October 08, 2015, 01:56:58 PM
Use the threat of switching banks as leverage.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: phaedrusxy on October 08, 2015, 02:05:00 PM
Use the threat of switching banks as leverage.
Since he's not keeping a pile of money in the account, they won't care. A threat to leave bad reviews all over the place might actually scare them more (but they likely still won't give a shit).
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Nanshork on October 09, 2015, 12:00:26 AM
I just spent hours and hours on the balcony of my apartment because my roomates decided to take over the living room while I was out running errands.  This is the living room that I'm currently living in as I'm unemployed so had to move in with friends of mine. 

They have their own goddamn room but no, they have to watch a Netflix show that I don't give a shit about at a loud volume while taking up the only couch that isn't leather.  (We have two couches, one leather and one not.  I hate the leather couch, I hate all leather couches.  It tries to merge with my skin.)

God sometimes I hate living with these people.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on October 09, 2015, 03:57:40 AM
Take my tip and don't EVER, EVER try to take your rollerblades for a ride after 7 years, while you're drunk. I'm lucky i still remember how to fall, but i still have bruises all over my body from when i fell during a sharp turn at about 30kmh. I had no safety equipment, and my hands & chest took most of the hurt. Especially my hands.

Like i said, lucky i still remember how to fall. Put your hands first and hope for the best. Better some broken fingers, a broken arm, than a broken head. Still, i didn't break anything. And i finished up my planned 5km lap, despite being bruised at around the 3km~ mark.

I did some video footage, but it's probably shit because of lighting. Mostly just me videoing myself while panting breathless from exertion and some outside footage, you can mainly see lightposts and fences.

I hurt all over. Goddamnit. I feel like i'm 15 all over again, and i'm 25, going on 26.

Still, it's the BEST kind of hurt i felt in years. So it's half-rant, half happy happy joy joy.

EDIT: I lost the nut for my nipple ring. I took it off. Damn, second one i lose. Don't know if i'm going for the third time.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on October 09, 2015, 04:39:47 PM
Lolly lolita + surreal situation.


I'm at big box books.
Kid starts playing with the Legos table, saying : "  ship shi(p) ship "  etc over and over again.  Parents do the oh my kid is so sssooooo cute thing, and let him keep doing it for say 30 minutes straight.  Every worker in the place thought he was swearing like tourettes, and a few angry grandmoms.  I thought it was somewhat funny for about 5 minutes.

2 highschool Girls so mature like totally.
Sit down to like gossip like about stuff like yeah.
Pink Floyd have you like heard of them like.
Like no wow like what are like they.
etc

Dude comes over to introduce himself.
They say they go to the alternative school.
He says I used to live right next door to the school.
Blah blah like giggle like blah blah blah like.
Dude might be 60.

I can't tell whether the girls are humoring him or (like) not.
The one is glancing over at me, and doing the look away quickly
thing when I look up.  Oh snap, she's directing a smidge
of lolly over at me.  I have no interest ...
(she has no idea former cab driver bs cured that)
maybe she like like likes me more than
the loudmouth drrrty old man trying to chat them up.

Ship shi(p) ship is repeating the whole time.

The dude finally leaves, and the girls soon after.


I get up to get a drink.
Ship shi(p) ship has been playing with the legos and repeating.
He's built a square box about a foot on each side.
More a piece of soviet architecture that anything.
No ship.
Nothing ship-like at all.

Beaming parents:
Ship shi(p) ship ... oh he's so sooooo precious isn't he?!

 :pout :P
I fear for our future.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on October 12, 2015, 11:35:27 AM
I walked upstairs and caught some of my grandpa's conversation with his sister.  He was telling her that my dad has tried pretty much everything for me and has failed...  I'm guessing that's in reference to motivating me to get a job or some other sort of thing.

It reminds me of back during high school when my dad said to my face that he had given up on me.  I cried over that, and my dad did come back and apologize for what he said, but it does still feel like my family has mostly given up on me.

And in many ways I guess I've given up on myself too, or it certainly seems like I have.  Trying to motivate myself to do stuff rarely works and people pushing me to do things pretty much always fails because of my anxiety/depression/autism.  Unless I'm in a state of mind where I can get on a roll with some sort of work and can smoothly transition from one thing to the next, any sort of stress makes me shut down or melt down.

Now more than ever I feel like a burden, and I wish that was something I could use to motivate myself to work and such but right now it just makes me more depressed and withdrawn.  The longer I put stuff off the worse things are going to get though since my dad's finances are getting more problematic, my grandparents could very easily die in the next year or two, and I'm just fucked up.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Nanshork on October 12, 2015, 01:24:17 PM
 :hug
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on October 12, 2015, 01:48:17 PM
I walked upstairs and caught some of my grandpa's conversation with his sister.  He was telling her that my dad has tried pretty much everything for me and has failed...  I'm guessing that's in reference to motivating me to get a job or some other sort of thing.

It reminds me of back during high school when my dad said to my face that he had given up on me.  I cried over that, and my dad did come back and apologize for what he said, but it does still feel like my family has mostly given up on me.

And in many ways I guess I've given up on myself too, or it certainly seems like I have.  Trying to motivate myself to do stuff rarely works and people pushing me to do things pretty much always fails because of my anxiety/depression/autism.  Unless I'm in a state of mind where I can get on a roll with some sort of work and can smoothly transition from one thing to the next, any sort of stress makes me shut down or melt down.

Now more than ever I feel like a burden, and I wish that was something I could use to motivate myself to work and such but right now it just makes me more depressed and withdrawn.  The longer I put stuff off the worse things are going to get though since my dad's finances are getting more problematic, my grandparents could very easily die in the next year or two, and I'm just fucked up.

Jack, there's little I can say or do to help, but I'll say this from experience.

The first thing you have to work on is the depression/anxiety/autism itself. Those are the biggest barriers to your improvement. You have to be well before you can confront your fears, the things that will stress you out, the things that will bring you down. I was lucky that nobody gave up on me, but I spent the better part of the last 8 years in a similar place.

Once you have those under control, motivation to change your situation - to improve - will come naturally. And you will gradually take pride in your accomplishments, to the point where the things that bother you, that stress you out, will not matter anymore. It's a long and arduous road, and lots of people will take that kind of development for granted, assuming you should do more than you are. What's important is that you work on it. Day after day. Baby steps will eventually get you to the point where you'll look back and smile at the man you've become.

Trust me. It always looks worse when you're smack in the middle of it.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: TenaciousJ on October 12, 2015, 02:46:41 PM
I'm just fucked up.

I realize you don't like motivation, but here's some anyway.

The quoted part is the first step toward not being fucked up:  acknowledging it.

Step two is deciding that you can change that at any time you want to if you can deal with pain, sweat, and tears.

I've been there and I couldn't get out of that place until I decided for myself that I could gain the power to pull myself out.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on October 12, 2015, 06:20:08 PM
 :hug
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on October 13, 2015, 01:27:12 AM
 :hug
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on October 13, 2015, 06:29:54 PM
:hug

Thank you everyone.  Bit by bit I'm working on things, but it's definitely hard...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on October 13, 2015, 08:12:11 PM
:hug

Thank you everyone.  Bit by bit I'm working on things, but it's definitely hard...

Everything that's REALLY worth doing is. Hang in there.  :)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on October 14, 2015, 05:38:34 PM
I can't prove it, but I'm pretty sure my neighbor is beating his wife.   :(
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Nanshork on October 14, 2015, 07:10:48 PM
I can't prove it, but I'm pretty sure my neighbor is beating his wife.   :(

Call the cops next time you think it's happening?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on October 14, 2015, 10:26:08 PM
I agree with Nanshork, bhu.


I feel like I'm trying to avoid something, but I'm not sure what it is.

Whatever it is, it's distracting me something fierce - I'm not focusing or remembering as well as I should.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Chemus on October 14, 2015, 11:46:01 PM
I'm guessing that bhu is seeing evidence after the fact (bruises or behavior), rather than in-progress. Otherwise, proof would be there.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on October 15, 2015, 12:21:46 AM
No I can hear them through the walls.  I've asked the wife if she was okay and she told me to fuck off and die.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on October 15, 2015, 01:02:59 AM
Yeah, next time you hear it, I say call the cops.  Though it can be hard especially in places like that if they aren't caught in the act...

Would be bad if they decided it's okay for these things to happen and just say you're falsely using 911...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: MrWolfe on October 16, 2015, 01:39:10 AM
There's also the possibility they're into S&M, though if that were the case the smart option would have been for the wife to clarify things when you approached her--rather than telling you to fuck off. The last thing someone in that situation wants is for the cops to bust down their door in the middle of their "fun", especially given how hard it can be to explain. That being said, people aren't always smart.

Did you hear what sounded like an argument, or just the sounds of someone being hit/crying out? If it sounded like an actual fight, calling the cops is probably a good idea.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on October 16, 2015, 01:55:44 AM
It sounded like an argument, with several impacts noises and her yelling "stop, you're hurting me".  She wasn't bruised when I saw her but she was walking like she was in pain, so perhaps they just weren't visible.  The noises stopped when mom hammered on the wall.  We've already made up our minds, if we hear it again we're calling, and if shit goes sideways so be it.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: altpersona on October 16, 2015, 11:55:22 AM
employer issued temporary shut down notice... looks like mid december my income gets gutted.

good thing, last year we decided to quit xmas :p
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on October 17, 2015, 12:37:46 AM
Reaching new highs in low ftw
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on October 19, 2015, 07:00:10 PM
I wish YouTube would not default to, and include an alternative to, the 60 fps HD videos.  60 FPS isn't necessary nor is it noticeable for enjoyment.  So many videos have a 60fps 720p option, but the only downgrade is just a 480 resolution, which is noticeable.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on October 19, 2015, 08:00:09 PM
I wish YouTube would not default to, and include an alternative to, the 60 fps HD videos.  60 FPS isn't necessary nor is it noticeable for enjoyment.  So many videos have a 60fps 720p option, but the only downgrade is just a 480 resolution, which is noticeable.

I wish some of the LPers I watch had 720p on their vids - sometimes, it's impossible to read the text on the screen.

Because 360p is the way their older videos roll!
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Gazzien on October 19, 2015, 08:40:43 PM
I wish YouTube would not default to, and include an alternative to, the 60 fps HD videos.  60 FPS isn't necessary nor is it noticeable for enjoyment.  So many videos have a 60fps 720p option, but the only downgrade is just a 480 resolution, which is noticeable.

I wish some of the LPers I watch had 720p on their vids - sometimes, it's impossible to read the text on the screen.

Because 360p is the way their older videos roll!
I've decided that, apparently, all LPers just want me to watch their LPs in a half-size window, and never fullscreen anything they post.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on October 19, 2015, 09:28:09 PM
yeah....720p is a great screen resolution.  Which is why it sucks when people only have 60f on them, and not a 60/30 choice.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Gazzien on October 20, 2015, 01:57:59 AM
yeah....720p is a great screen resolution.  Which is why it sucks when people only have 60f on them, and not a 60/30 choice.
Man, I'm lucky if my internet can buffer 480, some days. I just have a quarter of my screen for the video, and the rest is here / other forums / facebook / etc.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on October 20, 2015, 09:00:33 AM
Other than facebook, that shouldn't be all that bandwidth intensive.  FB did have an update a couple months ago that changed how it loads itself which I hate, because it's constantly eating bandwidth more than usual, but it's still not all that intensive.  Streaming video is the most intensive thing, aside from downloading a big file with no cap on the speed of course.  Nothing else is really all that intensive.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Gazzien on October 20, 2015, 02:14:04 PM
Other than facebook, that shouldn't be all that bandwidth intensive.  FB did have an update a couple months ago that changed how it loads itself which I hate, because it's constantly eating bandwidth more than usual, but it's still not all that intensive.  Streaming video is the most intensive thing, aside from downloading a big file with no cap on the speed of course.  Nothing else is really all that intensive.
Oh, yeah. I more meant "it only loads @480, so I do less-intensive things on the rest of the screen".

Couldn't get out of bed today for class. Yaaaaaaaay depression.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Raineh Daze on October 20, 2015, 07:24:27 PM
Someone at university decided to set up a D&D/PF game. Eh, fine. Might have to be careful to not start breaking things because most of the roleplaying society has no experience with D&D at ALL. Then turns out that everything except, apparently, the most 'bare bones' rules are irrelevant, and most abilities/races/feats are going to be ad hoc (even for PF). Why the hell would you act like it's D&D when you're not using anything from it? It's just a massively stripped-down d20 game.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on October 20, 2015, 07:55:46 PM
Someone at university decided to set up a D&D/PF game. Eh, fine. Might have to be careful to not start breaking things because most of the roleplaying society has no experience with D&D at ALL. Then turns out that everything except, apparently, the most 'bare bones' rules are irrelevant, and most abilities/races/feats are going to be ad hoc (even for PF). Why the hell would you act like it's D&D when you're not using anything from it? It's just a massively stripped-down d20 game.
Who's setting this abomination up?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Raineh Daze on October 20, 2015, 08:02:43 PM
Someone at university? Foreign student that I'm not sure'll be here next year, either.

Meanwhile, I kept forgetting to ask people about a 5E game (I do not have the patience to GM 3.X with people that have no clue)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on October 20, 2015, 10:19:01 PM
No, I mean, what's his major?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on October 20, 2015, 11:42:54 PM
The Cubs are losing and it's tearing me up.  I was hoping they'd do it for my dad, but they're down 3-0 in the series and it's best of 4.  They're down to their worst starting pitcher too.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Raineh Daze on October 20, 2015, 11:58:37 PM
No, I mean, what's his major?

I have no idea and little inclination to ask most people.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on October 21, 2015, 10:34:01 AM
No, I mean, what's his major?

I have no idea and little inclination to ask most people.

You can generally tell the inclination of how most college-age people think based on their majors applied to what they do.

You would be surprised how stereotypical some people can GET.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: littha on October 21, 2015, 04:04:50 PM
No, I mean, what's his major?

I have no idea and little inclination to ask most people.

You can generally tell the inclination of how most college-age people think based on their majors applied to what they do.

You would be surprised how stereotypical some people can GET.
This

Gussing by behaviour I would think some sort of arts or soft science.

People doing engineering/hard science/computing tend towards more complex rules as far as I can tell.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Raineh Daze on October 21, 2015, 04:54:10 PM
It doesn't change that I generally don't ask people what subjects they're doing. :P
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: altpersona on October 22, 2015, 10:03:02 PM
a list

city and county property taxes due on what was my mothers property.
property taxes due on my house (these are escrow'd, so not really a problem but lets be comprehensive :D )
taxes due on two cars.
clothes washer seems to need a new drain pump. (i technically have a spare but its far from a perfect solution)
clothes dryer needs a third replacement of its heating element. (ditto)
getting laid off in december (as previously bitched about)
and now my furnace is kicking out carbon monoxide... tore it half apart, needs major repair (at best heat exchanger, whole new unit (most likely) worst case)
mrs bday is the 1st...

looks like we are gonna sell the house move to moms trailer and ride out the storm... but i need to fix the furnace to sell the house...

moving also means probably paying school fee to keep jr in the same district...

when it rains...  :banghead
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on October 23, 2015, 02:43:10 AM
mass hugs  :hug :hug
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on October 23, 2015, 05:14:20 PM
Hugs.


and now my furnace is kicking out carbon monoxide... tore it half apart, needs major repair (at best heat exchanger, whole new unit (most likely) worst case)

Oooo, careful this is invisible deadly dangerous.

Quote

mrs bday is the 1st...

Although forgetting this one, is worse.
 ;)  :love
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: altpersona on October 23, 2015, 05:32:22 PM
im well versed in the ways of the CO

the mill i work(ed) in puts a lot of it in the air inside the building...

i cant tell you how many times iv been in CO rich environments that peg the industrial meters we use. (>2 parts per Thousand). my meter i brought home to check the house with shows a recent high (from work, not the house) of 1500 ppm.

no we dont hang out long when it gets that bad...

forgot to put 'car needs two tires' on the list...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on October 24, 2015, 03:11:44 PM
Found out I missed a call from my doc yesterday.  I play the message and it goes something like this:

"HI. Remember hat medicine we prescribed for your nerve damage?  That was a mistake, as in combination with your other meds it can cause paranoia, hostility and increased risk of stroke.  We sent a new prescription to the pharmacy, you need to stop taking those pills."

They prescribed them a month and a half ago.

My apologies if I've been unusually short with anyone.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on October 24, 2015, 05:14:23 PM
Found out I missed a call from my doc yesterday.  I play the message and it goes something like this:

"HI. Remember hat medicine we prescribed for your nerve damage?  That was a mistake, as in combination with your other meds it can cause paranoia, hostility and increased risk of stroke.  We sent a new prescription to the pharmacy, you need to stop taking those pills."

They prescribed them a month and a half ago.

My apologies if I've been unusually short with anyone.

That would explain the strange nights where you mysteriously transformed into a CE werecat named "Mr. Grumps", and went off to star in a series of memes.

(I never noticed anything, but dang that is scary.)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on October 26, 2015, 04:44:30 AM
Fresh windows install is always a PITA...  Even with some new shiny tools that greatly strealine the process of downloading drives, it's still tedious work  to have to keep digging through tons and tons of websites, trying to remember if you missed any of your programs... Yeah, sure, i could have a folder in the ready with all the .exe and .msi files from the previous install, but then i'd still have to sit through dozens of update prompts, so instead i'd rather download every single new installer again... And because i'm exchanging hard drives, it sucks even worse. It's been several hours, and i'm still sitting through trying to make sure that everything is as it was before. I'm a bit paranoid about losing all of my Firefox favorites. Thinking about switching back to Chrome again just so i don't have to ever worry again about my favorites... But at the same time, having google take care of some of the shit i favorite...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: linklord231 on October 26, 2015, 06:20:24 AM
Fresh windows install is always a PITA...  Even with some new shiny tools that greatly strealine the process of downloading drives, it's still tedious work  to have to keep digging through tons and tons of websites, trying to remember if you missed any of your programs... Yeah, sure, i could have a folder in the ready with all the .exe and .msi files from the previous install, but then i'd still have to sit through dozens of update prompts, so instead i'd rather download every single new installer again... And because i'm exchanging hard drives, it sucks even worse. It's been several hours, and i'm still sitting through trying to make sure that everything is as it was before. I'm a bit paranoid about losing all of my Firefox favorites. Thinking about switching back to Chrome again just so i don't have to ever worry again about my favorites... But at the same time, having google take care of some of the shit i favorite...

I feel your pain, brother.  I just went through the same thing about a month ago. 
I took it as an opportunity to do some "spring cleaning" and other organizational improvements.  I'm not re-installing anything until I want to use it, which is saving me a ton of space.  The biggest thing is games.  If I decide I want to play something, it's probably a 3-4 hour download plus the install and patches.  So far I've only re-installed Witcher 3, Heroes of the Storm, and Fallout: New Vegas. 
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Nanshork on October 26, 2015, 12:13:41 PM
When I'm going to reinstall windows I just get out a piece of paper and go through everything that's on my computer, making a checklist of everything that I'll want to reinstall or re-setup (like my firefox profile).  It takes some time but cuts down on the paranoia.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on October 26, 2015, 02:09:02 PM
When I'm going to reinstall windows I just get out a piece of paper and go through everything that's on my computer, making a checklist of everything that I'll want to reinstall or re-setup (like my firefox profile).  It takes some time but cuts down on the paranoia.

Definitely helps to cut down on paranoia... I should've done this, but it was extremely sudden. My friend came in to visit, decided it was a good idea to spend several hours cleaning, changing the HDD, transferring all of the files from the old HDD to the new one, getting the new windows install to accept user data from my previous profile so i didn't lose all the shit i had customized on Windows(didn't work out quite as well as we'd hoped, though)...

Fresh windows install is always a PITA...  Even with some new shiny tools that greatly strealine the process of downloading drives, it's still tedious work  to have to keep digging through tons and tons of websites, trying to remember if you missed any of your programs... Yeah, sure, i could have a folder in the ready with all the .exe and .msi files from the previous install, but then i'd still have to sit through dozens of update prompts, so instead i'd rather download every single new installer again... And because i'm exchanging hard drives, it sucks even worse. It's been several hours, and i'm still sitting through trying to make sure that everything is as it was before. I'm a bit paranoid about losing all of my Firefox favorites. Thinking about switching back to Chrome again just so i don't have to ever worry again about my favorites... But at the same time, having google take care of some of the shit i favorite...

I feel your pain, brother.  I just went through the same thing about a month ago. 
I took it as an opportunity to do some "spring cleaning" and other organizational improvements.  I'm not re-installing anything until I want to use it, which is saving me a ton of space.  The biggest thing is games.  If I decide I want to play something, it's probably a 3-4 hour download plus the install and patches.  So far I've only re-installed Witcher 3, Heroes of the Storm, and Fallout: New Vegas.

I took this opportunity to cut down on needless programs as well. I was using Adobe Reader + Adobe Digital Editions + Yet Another Program to manage all my pdf/epub/comic reading, but then i found out SumatraPDF does all of the above and it's free, so i traded 3 programs for one. I'm trying to only use programs that are as lightweight as possible, and preferrably open source. Maximum bang for my buck. Very little use of space, memory and processing power, and they're free and always up to date.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on October 26, 2015, 02:48:21 PM
Dudeness.

brujon.

Make a hard drive image of what you like installed right after you've got a fresh install.

Then you can just copy that onto a new hard drive, let it go through a few update cycles (no way are you avoiding that on BloatOS Windows), and be happy.

If I can remember the program we used at my last internship (where it was a matter of setting up/updating craptons of computers), I'll tell ya.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on October 26, 2015, 05:02:25 PM
Found out I missed a call from my doc yesterday.  I play the message and it goes something like this:

"HI. Remember hat medicine we prescribed for your nerve damage?  That was a mistake, as in combination with your other meds it can cause paranoia, hostility and increased risk of stroke.  We sent a new prescription to the pharmacy, you need to stop taking those pills."

They prescribed them a month and a half ago.

My apologies if I've been unusually short with anyone.

That would explain the strange nights where you mysteriously transformed into a CE werecat named "Mr. Grumps", and went off to star in a series of memes.

(I never noticed anything, but dang that is scary.)


WTF ?!
It's like Morpheus ~saying :  "How would this be different than before?"

hugs
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on October 26, 2015, 05:40:06 PM

That would explain the strange nights where you mysteriously transformed into a CE werecat named "Mr. Grumps", and went off to star in a series of memes.

(I never noticed anything, but dang that is scary.)

Called them today to ask wtf.  Was told medical assistant hadn't been updating charts, so doc hadn't known what combo of meds I was on, and only found out incidentally in office conversation.

In good news, they're now looking for a new medical assistant. 
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on October 26, 2015, 10:09:19 PM
Dudeness.

brujon.

Make a hard drive image of what you like installed right after you've got a fresh install.

Then you can just copy that onto a new hard drive, let it go through a few update cycles (no way are you avoiding that on BloatOS Windows), and be happy.

If I can remember the program we used at my last internship (where it was a matter of setting up/updating craptons of computers), I'll tell ya.

BloatOS indeed, but sadly all of my hardware isn't natively supported on Linux and emulating Windows for windows-only application while your hardware already isn't running at peak performance is... bad.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: altpersona on October 26, 2015, 10:19:55 PM
is that still a thing? hardware that linux wont work with out of the box?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on October 26, 2015, 10:42:12 PM
is that still a thing? hardware that linux wont work with out of the box?

Sadly, yes... Realtek audio controllers, for one. Getting audio through HDMI isn't specially reliable either. Processor is fine, as is graphics card and memory, but many of the peripherals don't seem to really want to work. Wireless cards, as well, can be finnicky, and you might have to try several different drivers before you find one that works well enough. Seems that most of the time, it's the peripherals that have the worst support on Linux, not really the "meat and potatoes" of the computer world. If you go through the linux support forums you'll find a boatload more examples of hardware that won't work as well on Linux as it does on Windows.

Problems inevitably arise, and troubleshooting every single last one of em gets tiresome really fast. Linux just doesn't have the same level of support Windows does, and it shows. It's a pain to get everything working right with Linux.

For instance, can you really see yourself running modded Skyrim on Linux? How much of a hassle would that be...? In the end, i can see myself using Linux for everything but gaming. I can emulate Office using WINE relatively well, and for everything else, like video, browsing, etc, i can get native Linux software. And since i own a Dell laptop, Linux support for the hardware is really good.

Gaming though? Not going to happen, unfortunately. Hopefully, our Lord and Saviour GabeN can steer the wicked game companies to the righteous path, and games will finally start to launch with native Linux support. Wouldn't hold my breath though :(
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: altpersona on October 26, 2015, 11:41:35 PM
ah, games... yeah
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: linklord231 on October 26, 2015, 11:52:29 PM
Dudeness.

brujon.

Make a hard drive image of what you like installed right after you've got a fresh install.

Then you can just copy that onto a new hard drive, let it go through a few update cycles (no way are you avoiding that on BloatOS Windows), and be happy.

If I can remember the program we used at my last internship (where it was a matter of setting up/updating craptons of computers), I'll tell ya.

This was my secondary plan (the initial plan was use specialized disk cloning software), but it turns out it is very difficult to manually restore a disk image of a hard disk on to a solid state drive, and if you do it wrong you could brick one or both drives. 

That being said, I'm lucky in that I still have all the data and stuff from the old drive, so I can just look and see what I had installed :)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: KellKheraptis on October 27, 2015, 12:08:12 AM
is that still a thing? hardware that linux wont work with out of the box?

Sadly, yes... Realtek audio controllers, for one. Getting audio through HDMI isn't specially reliable either. Processor is fine, as is graphics card and memory, but many of the peripherals don't seem to really want to work. Wireless cards, as well, can be finnicky, and you might have to try several different drivers before you find one that works well enough. Seems that most of the time, it's the peripherals that have the worst support on Linux, not really the "meat and potatoes" of the computer world. If you go through the linux support forums you'll find a boatload more examples of hardware that won't work as well on Linux as it does on Windows.

Problems inevitably arise, and troubleshooting every single last one of em gets tiresome really fast. Linux just doesn't have the same level of support Windows does, and it shows. It's a pain to get everything working right with Linux.

For instance, can you really see yourself running modded Skyrim on Linux? How much of a hassle would that be...? In the end, i can see myself using Linux for everything but gaming. I can emulate Office using WINE relatively well, and for everything else, like video, browsing, etc, i can get native Linux software. And since i own a Dell laptop, Linux support for the hardware is really good.

Gaming though? Not going to happen, unfortunately. Hopefully, our Lord and Saviour GabeN can steer the wicked game companies to the righteous path, and games will finally start to launch with native Linux support. Wouldn't hold my breath though :(

I've noticed a lot of that depends on the distro as well - as for Realtek audio, it's still a drop in the ocean compared to the issues with Broadcom and their douchebaggery deliberately targeted at crippling anything but Winblows.  Seriously, after the headache finding something usable with one of those (and I was double pissed, because I DESPISE ndiswrapper), the asshole who made that decision has a baseball bat to the face with his name on it.

That being said, your best bet (and you likely won't like this if you're a 'run the installer and come back to a graphical login and DE kinda guy) is Gentoo or -maybe- Arch.  Those two have the highest number of hard-asses who refuse to let their hardware decide their operating system, and will code a driver from scratch if need be, even.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on October 27, 2015, 12:43:59 AM
Can't help you there - I'm not terribly into that video-gaming thing.

Or rather, I find myself more-or-less uninterested in a lot of the current trends in gaming.

EDIT: More importantly, I just ate a lovely burger with some condiments that turned out to be several months past the expiration date. I've got awful heartburn at the moment.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on October 27, 2015, 02:42:34 AM
is that still a thing? hardware that linux wont work with out of the box?

Sadly, yes... Realtek audio controllers, for one. Getting audio through HDMI isn't specially reliable either. Processor is fine, as is graphics card and memory, but many of the peripherals don't seem to really want to work. Wireless cards, as well, can be finnicky, and you might have to try several different drivers before you find one that works well enough. Seems that most of the time, it's the peripherals that have the worst support on Linux, not really the "meat and potatoes" of the computer world. If you go through the linux support forums you'll find a boatload more examples of hardware that won't work as well on Linux as it does on Windows.

Problems inevitably arise, and troubleshooting every single last one of em gets tiresome really fast. Linux just doesn't have the same level of support Windows does, and it shows. It's a pain to get everything working right with Linux.

For instance, can you really see yourself running modded Skyrim on Linux? How much of a hassle would that be...? In the end, i can see myself using Linux for everything but gaming. I can emulate Office using WINE relatively well, and for everything else, like video, browsing, etc, i can get native Linux software. And since i own a Dell laptop, Linux support for the hardware is really good.

Gaming though? Not going to happen, unfortunately. Hopefully, our Lord and Saviour GabeN can steer the wicked game companies to the righteous path, and games will finally start to launch with native Linux support. Wouldn't hold my breath though :(

I've noticed a lot of that depends on the distro as well - as for Realtek audio, it's still a drop in the ocean compared to the issues with Broadcom and their douchebaggery deliberately targeted at crippling anything but Winblows.  Seriously, after the headache finding something usable with one of those (and I was double pissed, because I DESPISE ndiswrapper), the asshole who made that decision has a baseball bat to the face with his name on it.

That being said, your best bet (and you likely won't like this if you're a 'run the installer and come back to a graphical login and DE kinda guy) is Gentoo or -maybe- Arch.  Those two have the highest number of hard-asses who refuse to let their hardware decide their operating system, and will code a driver from scratch if need be, even.

My laptop's wireless card is a Broadcom... I got it to work fine, after several failed attempts, and several hours searching on forums for what would work best. It still was sketchy and the internet was jittery as fuck, and there were several packet losses, but i could at least get a strong signal from more than 3ft away from the router. Do you know that it's literally the only thing that gave me grief with my Laptop? Literally everything else i could get drivers for in the Dell website. Just download the .tgz's and get it working, no problem whatsoever. But Wireless was a major PITA to solve, and it wasn't a solution - more of a duct-taped together working fix.

I saw some tutorials on Arch, and i thought about making it a pet project of mine, to make a final product that looked as good as some of the things i see on /g/. But boy is it a lot of work. Hours of watching video tutorials and pouring over the wiki to make sure that everything works properly, that all shortcuts are bound and set, that everything is in it's proper place...

Yes, it's absolutely amazing that you can decide exactly how your OS will look and behave, and you can achieve some pretty incredible and sci-fi looking stuff, but damn... At that point it's more of a hobby than it is an OS proper.

I compare it to buying a beat-up old car and spending your weekends under the hood, fixing it, sanding it, painting it, polishing it, waxing it, going to the hardware store to buy new tools, tweaking the engine until it purrs just the way you want it to, getting new exhausts, painting your brakes, getting new rims, and spending a lot of time and energy making that into your dream ride.

These barebones Linux distros are like that, for the geeks. Yes, if you follow a complete tutorial from start to finish you can probably get it more-or-less running in a week or so, but then what's really the point? Like a beat-up car that you take to the mechanic and get to working condition, you'll get from A to B, but the lack of features will really bother you at some point. And then, you'll start to want to go back to what you know, despite all its troubles...

I think at the moment i have too much on my mind to play around with complicated toys like Arch, Gentoo, and even more exotic stuff i kind of considered for a while, like FreeBSD, which i'm a bit curious about, since i never actually used it. These are an all-in kind of deal. You either commit to it as a hobby, make it a pet project, and get it the way you want it, no matter how long that takes, or you abandon it and move on.

And sometimes, keeping it dumb and simple is good.

I used Mint for months on my laptop, and that was what? 2012? It has improved a lot these past 3 years. I could probably go for it again, and i'd almost certainly have a very smooth experience, minus the wi-fi trouble i mentioned early - which going by what you said, is still extant. But like i said, i already have windows installed and ready there, and there isn't really anything specific to Linux that i want to get, so it'd be just something i'd do for fun, knowledge, curiosity, and a bit of novelty factor for when i whip it out in public.

Sadly this is exactly what the problem with Linux is, and Ubuntu & Mint have been trying to tackle - making it user friendly, dumb and simple, so that people won't be afraid to experiment with it. But it still has too many compatibility issues, and too little support, and people won't adopt it if it's that way. They don't have an incentive to, and they don't have the time or tech-savviness to solve problems when they encounter them. Like me. I like Linux, i like the idea behind it, i like what it offers, but ATM it's not for me.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: altpersona on October 27, 2015, 06:47:38 AM
a list

city and county property taxes due on what was my mothers property.
property taxes due on my house (these are escrow'd, so not really a problem but lets be comprehensive :D )
taxes due on two cars.
clothes washer seems to need a new drain pump. (i technically have a spare but its far from a perfect solution)
clothes dryer needs a third replacement of its heating element. (ditto)
getting laid off in december (as previously bitched about)
and now my furnace is kicking out carbon monoxide... tore it half apart, needs major repair (at best heat exchanger, whole new unit (most likely) worst case)

$650 i dont have for a new furnace kills two birds with one stone.  :rolleyes

now i gotta figure out how to install the sumbitch when it gets here  :bigeyes

mrs bday is the 1st...

looks like we are gonna sell the house move to moms trailer and ride out the storm... but i need to fix the furnace to sell the house...

moving also means probably paying school fee to keep jr in the same district...

when it rains...  :banghead
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: KellKheraptis on October 27, 2015, 08:56:32 AM
is that still a thing? hardware that linux wont work with out of the box?

Sadly, yes... Realtek audio controllers, for one. Getting audio through HDMI isn't specially reliable either. Processor is fine, as is graphics card and memory, but many of the peripherals don't seem to really want to work. Wireless cards, as well, can be finnicky, and you might have to try several different drivers before you find one that works well enough. Seems that most of the time, it's the peripherals that have the worst support on Linux, not really the "meat and potatoes" of the computer world. If you go through the linux support forums you'll find a boatload more examples of hardware that won't work as well on Linux as it does on Windows.

Problems inevitably arise, and troubleshooting every single last one of em gets tiresome really fast. Linux just doesn't have the same level of support Windows does, and it shows. It's a pain to get everything working right with Linux.

For instance, can you really see yourself running modded Skyrim on Linux? How much of a hassle would that be...? In the end, i can see myself using Linux for everything but gaming. I can emulate Office using WINE relatively well, and for everything else, like video, browsing, etc, i can get native Linux software. And since i own a Dell laptop, Linux support for the hardware is really good.

Gaming though? Not going to happen, unfortunately. Hopefully, our Lord and Saviour GabeN can steer the wicked game companies to the righteous path, and games will finally start to launch with native Linux support. Wouldn't hold my breath though :(

I've noticed a lot of that depends on the distro as well - as for Realtek audio, it's still a drop in the ocean compared to the issues with Broadcom and their douchebaggery deliberately targeted at crippling anything but Winblows.  Seriously, after the headache finding something usable with one of those (and I was double pissed, because I DESPISE ndiswrapper), the asshole who made that decision has a baseball bat to the face with his name on it.

That being said, your best bet (and you likely won't like this if you're a 'run the installer and come back to a graphical login and DE kinda guy) is Gentoo or -maybe- Arch.  Those two have the highest number of hard-asses who refuse to let their hardware decide their operating system, and will code a driver from scratch if need be, even.

My laptop's wireless card is a Broadcom... I got it to work fine, after several failed attempts, and several hours searching on forums for what would work best. It still was sketchy and the internet was jittery as fuck, and there were several packet losses, but i could at least get a strong signal from more than 3ft away from the router. Do you know that it's literally the only thing that gave me grief with my Laptop? Literally everything else i could get drivers for in the Dell website. Just download the .tgz's and get it working, no problem whatsoever. But Wireless was a major PITA to solve, and it wasn't a solution - more of a duct-taped together working fix.

I saw some tutorials on Arch, and i thought about making it a pet project of mine, to make a final product that looked as good as some of the things i see on /g/. But boy is it a lot of work. Hours of watching video tutorials and pouring over the wiki to make sure that everything works properly, that all shortcuts are bound and set, that everything is in it's proper place...

Yes, it's absolutely amazing that you can decide exactly how your OS will look and behave, and you can achieve some pretty incredible and sci-fi looking stuff, but damn... At that point it's more of a hobby than it is an OS proper.

I compare it to buying a beat-up old car and spending your weekends under the hood, fixing it, sanding it, painting it, polishing it, waxing it, going to the hardware store to buy new tools, tweaking the engine until it purrs just the way you want it to, getting new exhausts, painting your brakes, getting new rims, and spending a lot of time and energy making that into your dream ride.

These barebones Linux distros are like that, for the geeks. Yes, if you follow a complete tutorial from start to finish you can probably get it more-or-less running in a week or so, but then what's really the point? Like a beat-up car that you take to the mechanic and get to working condition, you'll get from A to B, but the lack of features will really bother you at some point. And then, you'll start to want to go back to what you know, despite all its troubles...

I think at the moment i have too much on my mind to play around with complicated toys like Arch, Gentoo, and even more exotic stuff i kind of considered for a while, like FreeBSD, which i'm a bit curious about, since i never actually used it. These are an all-in kind of deal. You either commit to it as a hobby, make it a pet project, and get it the way you want it, no matter how long that takes, or you abandon it and move on.

And sometimes, keeping it dumb and simple is good.

I used Mint for months on my laptop, and that was what? 2012? It has improved a lot these past 3 years. I could probably go for it again, and i'd almost certainly have a very smooth experience, minus the wi-fi trouble i mentioned early - which going by what you said, is still extant. But like i said, i already have windows installed and ready there, and there isn't really anything specific to Linux that i want to get, so it'd be just something i'd do for fun, knowledge, curiosity, and a bit of novelty factor for when i whip it out in public.

Sadly this is exactly what the problem with Linux is, and Ubuntu & Mint have been trying to tackle - making it user friendly, dumb and simple, so that people won't be afraid to experiment with it. But it still has too many compatibility issues, and too little support, and people won't adopt it if it's that way. They don't have an incentive to, and they don't have the time or tech-savviness to solve problems when they encounter them. Like me. I like Linux, i like the idea behind it, i like what it offers, but ATM it's not for me.

Sadly that's exactly it (and speaking from experience, if you can handle Arch, you can handle BSD - they both are notably simpler than going full tilt configuring use and make flags in Gentoo, though holy shit when you build a stripped down Gentoo rig...).  The hot rod comparison is a good one too, as my old Gentoo rig was just that - all crap dependencies removed, fully tuned Openbox with compositing and tiling (keyboard AND mouse driven...wish I could find that rc.xml now), all the eye candy of KDE or Cinnamon in 101mb of RAM (this is also including a super-nice and obnoxious Conky in Lua and Python).

It's for that very reason I'm still running Ubuntu, because the rest of the family is, and I'm the one that fixes things.  Ubuntu also seems to have the best deployment software (well to be fair, Debian family in general, and it's likely equal to RHEL clones...but I despise RPM package management).  As for out of the box solutions for the shitty Broadcom chips - best bets are Mint (they explicitly load 3rd party packages if it needs it to run), Sabayon (same), or maybe a recovery based one loaded to disk (like Knoppix, which seems to have drivers for -everything- I've ever thrown at it).  I also know Puppy has Broadcom-compatible drivers, as Barry (the creator) ran into the same issue and decided to do something about it.  His personal puplets, Quirky, have it out of the box.

Just a few additional random options and in general my opportunity to soap box for my OS of choice :D
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on October 27, 2015, 11:24:32 AM
@KellKheraptis: I've seen some really insane Linux builds on /g/... I know that when you go all the way, you can make something that is truly out of this world... Boot times with SSD's that are done almost in the blink of an eye and more eyecandy than you've seen in any other operating system. And everything is actually laid out by you, so you always know where everything are, the shortcuts are the ones you set up yourself... The rice is real.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on October 27, 2015, 04:03:35 PM
hey Bruj, taking a step back ...

Congrats on finishing Law School  :clap
It's a difficult thing to do.
It's worth celebrating for sure.

I've heard many people say Relationships do not survive grad school.
I've heard way fewer people say their relationship did survive grad school.
You've played out your Baby Momma drama, while
you were under the massive pressure of grad school.
Sucks.
It's tough.

But ... you'll beat it ... you've already got the hardest part done.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on October 28, 2015, 05:48:20 PM
Heh, I guess I should feel like shit more often.  I've lost five pounds in the past two weeks or so.  That's mostly due to me only having water, soup, and some Ensure "nutrition shake" stuff or whatever they are.  Haven't had much of anything else to eat but thankfully I'm getting the nutrients besides calories.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on October 29, 2015, 12:16:54 PM
Fuck EA and fuck Origin. I can't play MY OWN games that i paid for with my OWN MONEY because THEY are having issues on THEIR side of things, and they won't let me play before they check their online DRM bullshit. It's already downloaded, installed, but i'm unable to play. Fuck them. My internet is working perfectly fine, my computer is working perfectly fine, the game is installed perfectly fine, and yet, i can't play, because of their bullshit.

You see, this is why Steam is so much better. They let me play my games even if i have no internet connection at all.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on November 01, 2015, 10:57:20 PM
So I recently found out how to connect up my 3TB external to my laptop again (read: someone told me I was being an idiot, and I resolved the problem in a way that makes me feel incredibly stupid.)

So, the first thing I do is re-familiarize myself with the files on there - taking stock of my movies and downloaded TV shows, skimmed through old porn, stuff like that.

Then I decided to transfer the porn I've downloaded onto my computer over the course of the last year and a half. There were several thousand pictures alone, and my laptop is much more... sprightly since I've moved them.

I might have a bit of a problem.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on November 02, 2015, 03:40:59 AM
I just finished reading a 544-page RPG about ten minutes ago.

More importantly, it's an unfinished one - it happens to lack any sort of advancement system.

Now, normally this would be something I shrug and pass over - but...

A) This is an RPG by Jenna Moran. It is a sublime piece of art that she stopped doing in favor of working on RPGs that would give her money instead.

B) There used to be a "here are the bits I haven't finished" pdf that gave hints as to how you'd handle advancement - however, that pdf seems to have been lost in a reorganization of her site, so it no longer exists.

Why does the only game I know of where you can literally punch someone's soul so hard that their body feels it and where being turned into a mouse might only unlock more kung-fu have to be unfinished?



You know, November is National Game-Design Month... I might end up making something up for it.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Nanshork on November 02, 2015, 12:14:49 PM
We've had two historic level floods within six months of each other.

I never want to live next to a river again.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on November 02, 2015, 03:50:19 PM
I just finished reading a 544-page RPG about ten minutes ago.

More importantly, it's an unfinished one - it happens to lack any sort of advancement system.

Now, normally this would be something I shrug and pass over - but...

A) This is an RPG by Jenna Moran. It is a sublime piece of art that she stopped doing in favor of working on RPGs that would give her money instead.

B) There used to be a "here are the bits I haven't finished" pdf that gave hints as to how you'd handle advancement - however, that pdf seems to have been lost in a reorganization of her site, so it no longer exists.

Why does the only game I know of where you can literally punch someone's soul so hard that their body feels it and where being turned into a mouse might only unlock more kung-fu have to be unfinished?



You know, November is National Game-Design Month... I might end up making something up for it.

what is dis?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Raineh Daze on November 02, 2015, 05:34:47 PM
Referring to above: I have, in fact, gotten modded Skyrim working on Linux. It's not what I'd call advisable, manually controlling all files is the biggest pain ever, but I've certainly done it. Still, intelligent mod-control? Windows it is.

Meanwhile, today someone in the uni finally got their character murdered by the rest of the party. It's really in people's best interests to listen when told repeatedly, every week, that openly criminal behaviour and threatening to attack the other players is a bad idea even if it's entertaining you. Naturally, when they attack, the three others in the group at the time hit back. Harder. And what prompted this attack? Wanting to free a murderer so they'd join a criminal gang. Even though it was a murder of passion, not a decidedly criminal personality.

Oh, and it was their character's half-brother they attacked.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on November 02, 2015, 05:44:03 PM
Having your son in a different state than your own when you can't really get along with his mother is a PITA of the highest caliber. I'm spent. I had visits in the house and i had to spend 3+ hours dealing with her bullshit in order to get the plane tickets to see my son...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on November 02, 2015, 05:52:03 PM
I just finished reading a 544-page RPG about ten minutes ago.

More importantly, it's an unfinished one - it happens to lack any sort of advancement system.

Now, normally this would be something I shrug and pass over - but...

A) This is an RPG by Jenna Moran. It is a sublime piece of art that she stopped doing in favor of working on RPGs that would give her money instead.

B) There used to be a "here are the bits I haven't finished" pdf that gave hints as to how you'd handle advancement - however, that pdf seems to have been lost in a reorganization of her site, so it no longer exists.

Why does the only game I know of where you can literally punch someone's soul so hard that their body feels it and where being turned into a mouse might only unlock more kung-fu have to be unfinished?



You know, November is National Game-Design Month... I might end up making something up for it.

what is dis?

Dreaming Waters. You can find a copy of the PDF here (http://geostatonary.tumblr.com/post/117688454235/eccentric-nucleus-to-the-best-of-my-knowledge).

EDIT: Frabjous day! I have located the Unfinished Bits pdf!
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: MrWolfe on November 03, 2015, 02:44:08 PM
Fuck EA and fuck Origin. I can't play MY OWN games that i paid for with my OWN MONEY because THEY are having issues on THEIR side of things, and they won't let me play before they check their online DRM bullshit. It's already downloaded, installed, but i'm unable to play. Fuck them. My internet is working perfectly fine, my computer is working perfectly fine, the game is installed perfectly fine, and yet, i can't play, because of their bullshit.

You see, this is why Steam is so much better. They let me play my games even if i have no internet connection at all.

Except for the initial install.

I'm with you on DRM bullshit though. I'm still pissed because I bought a copy of URU: Ages of Myst a couple decades ago and found out my system wasn't good enough to run it. So it sat, still in the original shrink wrap, for years until I finally upgraded my PC and went to install it--only to find out that I couldn't register the game because my product key was supposedly already in use.

"Okay," I thought, "somebody must have used a keygen in the time since I bought the game. This should be easy to resolve as I have all the original discs/case/documentation/packaging right here in my hands. I'll just contact Ubisoft's customer support..."

Little did I know, they had it set up so that you have to register a product to get support on that product. There wasn't even any way to get contact info otherwise. So if you were having trouble registering, there was literally no way to contact customer support.  :shakefist

So I recently found out how to connect up my 3TB external to my laptop again (read: someone told me I was being an idiot, and I resolved the problem in a way that makes me feel incredibly stupid.)

So, the first thing I do is re-familiarize myself with the files on there - taking stock of my movies and downloaded TV shows, skimmed through old porn, stuff like that.

Then I decided to transfer the porn I've downloaded onto my computer over the course of the last year and a half. There were several thousand pictures alone, and my laptop is much more... sprightly since I've moved them.

I might have a bit of a problem.

Nah, that's pretty common--especially nowadays when all you have to do is follow a couple blogs to get porn thrown at you on a daily basis.

God, I remember back when you actually had to work to find that stuff--not to mention those dark, terrible days before the internet.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on November 04, 2015, 01:51:53 AM
I hand-downloaded that porn, one picture at a time.

No dirty blogs for me! I'm an elitist who hand-picks his smut, thank you very much.

 :lmao
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: trappedslider on November 04, 2015, 03:40:51 AM
Having your son in a different state than your own when you can't really get along with his mother is a PITA of the highest caliber. I'm spent. I had visits in the house and i had to spend 3+ hours dealing with her bullshit in order to get the plane tickets to see my son...

At least you are able to travel to see your son, I can't even do that due to the environment of the sate that he lives in
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Gazzien on November 05, 2015, 04:28:29 AM
Have no idea what's going on in my CS course (algorithms) and there's a midterm next week.

Then I went to an event my girlfriend invited me to and did not belong, at all, so I spent the evening feeling like I was making a fool of myself.

Then when I get home, go to play League of Legends with my old D&D group (only way I have contact with most of them), and get told that I'm irritating to play with, it's not fun when I'm in the game, and that it's been going on for a while (I only re-started playing around a month ago... so I guess all of that time). But they didn't want to say anything, so that's pulling all of my paranoia / social anxiety strings because it's literally the worst-case scenario of "what if they're only being nice and I'm actually annoying". And when I called them on that, they just (well, he just, it was one person supposedly speaking for the group) went that I was "too flippant" and I'm like... it's a game? aren't you supposed to take it easy?

Worst day in a long time. Yaaaaaaay. .__."
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: KellKheraptis on November 05, 2015, 09:12:11 AM
Have no idea what's going on in my CS course (algorithms) and there's a midterm next week.

Then I went to an event my girlfriend invited me to and did not belong, at all, so I spent the evening feeling like I was making a fool of myself.

Then when I get home, go to play League of Legends with my old D&D group (only way I have contact with most of them), and get told that I'm irritating to play with, it's not fun when I'm in the game, and that it's been going on for a while (I only re-started playing around a month ago... so I guess all of that time). But they didn't want to say anything, so that's pulling all of my paranoia / social anxiety strings because it's literally the worst-case scenario of "what if they're only being nice and I'm actually annoying". And when I called them on that, they just (well, he just, it was one person supposedly speaking for the group) went that I was "too flippant" and I'm like... it's a game? aren't you supposed to take it easy?

Worst day in a long time. Yaaaaaaay. .__."

Haven't had the chance to start LoL, but if it has the capability...go out in style.  Leroy Jenkins style :P
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Gazzien on November 05, 2015, 09:27:26 AM
Have no idea what's going on in my CS course (algorithms) and there's a midterm next week.

Then I went to an event my girlfriend invited me to and did not belong, at all, so I spent the evening feeling like I was making a fool of myself.

Then when I get home, go to play League of Legends with my old D&D group (only way I have contact with most of them), and get told that I'm irritating to play with, it's not fun when I'm in the game, and that it's been going on for a while (I only re-started playing around a month ago... so I guess all of that time). But they didn't want to say anything, so that's pulling all of my paranoia / social anxiety strings because it's literally the worst-case scenario of "what if they're only being nice and I'm actually annoying". And when I called them on that, they just (well, he just, it was one person supposedly speaking for the group) went that I was "too flippant" and I'm like... it's a game? aren't you supposed to take it easy?

Worst day in a long time. Yaaaaaaay. .__."

Haven't had the chance to start LoL, but if it has the capability...go out in style.  Leroy Jenkins style :P
I would, but... I actually liked that group, and I'm hoping that in a week or two I might get to play again with them. Not really worth taking the time to just confirm what they 'know' I'm like...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on November 05, 2015, 10:17:24 AM
Last night was one of the worst nights of my life. I mean, it's REALLY up there as far as what my worst experiences were. Long story short, what i thought was cocaine was actually ketamine. Really a sign from above for me to stop fucking my life, drinking almost every day and partying like a madman. Thought i was actually going to die. Took me several hours to come down from that, and if it wasn't for my friend who thankfully has a bit of resistance to the stuff, we'd all be fucked. I was so out of it, i almost didn't made it out of the party we were in. I almost couldn't walk. If no one was there to make me go all the way back to my car, i'd just lie down on the ground wherever, and stay there.

Which is why i'm calling it quits. If this isn't a sign that it's time for me to get my shit together, i don't know what will. Call it a wake up call, because it was. As of today i'm taking a time off of booze, indefinitely. No more bars, no more parties, and especially no more nightclubs and drugs.

Yesterday could've gone really, really bad, and it didn't, and i should be counting myself lucky that it all worked out well in the end. It could've been so much worse...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: altpersona on November 05, 2015, 10:43:53 AM
if you can afford a coke habit, you can afford to employ someone to keep you from fucking up.  :eh
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on November 05, 2015, 11:17:09 AM
Coke's not that expensive provided you know people who give it to you rather than sell it... Actually, it's more dangerous when it's like that. Always available regardless of you having money or not. Granted, it's not the high-end stuff.

I guess part of the problem with the K was just that. Since the coke is cut as hell, we normally do big lines of it. Well, K is pharma-grade, since it's acquired straight from vet undergrads that can get it for dirt cheap. What happens when you do a big line of pharma-grade stuff? Bad shit happens, that's what.

Exactly why i'm steering the hell clear from everything now. Fuck that noise. Worst night of my life. The sheer embarassment of being so out of your mind you barely can even get out of the nightclub, puking your soul on the bathroom's trashbin and then hobbling like a zombie straight from early Romero flicks to your car before half-passing out while you actually feel your mind disconnecting from your physical body when that's something you weren't actually prepared or looking for, is fucking terrifying.

I actually thought i was going to die at some point. It was pure horror.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: MrWolfe on November 05, 2015, 12:27:59 PM
Coke's not that expensive provided you know people who give it to you rather than sell it... Actually, it's more dangerous when it's like that. Always available regardless of you having money or not. Granted, it's not the high-end stuff.

I guess part of the problem with the K was just that. Since the coke is cut as hell, we normally do big lines of it. Well, K is pharma-grade, since it's acquired straight from vet undergrads that can get it for dirt cheap. What happens when you do a big line of pharma-grade stuff? Bad shit happens, that's what.

Exactly why i'm steering the hell clear from everything now. Fuck that noise. Worst night of my life. The sheer embarassment of being so out of your mind you barely can even get out of the nightclub, puking your soul on the bathroom's trashbin and then hobbling like a zombie straight from early Romero flicks to your car before half-passing out while you actually feel your mind disconnecting from your physical body when that's something you weren't actually prepared or looking for, is fucking terrifying.

I actually thought i was going to die at some point. It was pure horror.

Hey, at least you managed to hit the trashbin. That's actually pretty impressive considering.

I hand-downloaded that porn, one picture at a time.

No dirty blogs for me! I'm an elitist who hand-picks his smut, thank you very much.

 :lmao

I hand pick which images to download from the various blogs I follow, does that count?

Thread tax: Bank is at it again. Wife is a huge Mass Effect fan and her birthday is coming up, so I decided to order her this special mass effect loot crate online. Had to deposit some cash back into the account to have enough for the transaction.

Couple days later I find out that the bank has decided to switch the order in which the deposit and the payment were processed, and hit me with another $35 overdraft charge--bringing my account back into the negative. This despite the fact that the deposit I made had already posted before I made the purchase. I checked.

So yeah, really regretting not getting my direct deposits stopped last month and closing my account. Going in today to do just that. Wells Fargo can kiss my ass. Next time they want to rob me, they'll have to bring a gun.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Libertad on November 05, 2015, 04:50:51 PM
Several days ago I had about 10 to 12 Lifesaver candies and the stomach ache from hell.

I figure it was too much candy and so moderated myself.

Today I looked on the book on the nutritional information and saw this:

"Excess consumption may have a laxative effect."

You know, when it comes to delicious candy, you might want to put that warning somewhere more obvious. >:(
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on November 05, 2015, 05:35:10 PM
I would be sad to lose the Wotc Forums and Brujon on the same day.


**


I drive a cheap car intentionally.
18 wheeler tried to intimidate me.
Big honkin' pickup tried to intimidate me.
I drove right between the 2 of them, slapping a dent on my drivers door.
Big honkin' pickup driver's face turned deathly white,
he noticed how much more money he would lose, being so stupid.
Cut them off.
Drove like a grandma through a looonnnngggg construction zone.
They didn't notice the Corvette they'd just cut off while distracted
by how stupid they were being toward me.
Highway opens up.
'Vette has a custom exhaust that un-corks race headers for dragstrip use.
'Vette screams at the 18 wheeler.
'Vette screams at the now sheepish honkin' truck.
'Vette gives me a wave and a nod.

Filled up and got 33 mpg.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on November 05, 2015, 06:06:53 PM
Several days ago I had about 10 to 12 Lifesaver candies and the stomach ache from hell.

I figure it was too much candy and so moderated myself.

Today I looked on the book on the nutritional information and saw this:

"Excess consumption may have a laxative effect."

You know, when it comes to delicious candy, you might want to put that warning somewhere more obvious. >:(

Look for any mention in candy ingredients of Isomatl, Maltitol or Erythritol.  They're sugar alcohols: http://www.diabetes.org/food-and-fitness/food/what-can-i-eat/understanding-carbohydrates/sugar-alcohols.html   Not good for the tummy.

mass hugs for all  :hug
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on November 05, 2015, 06:18:47 PM
I would be sad to lose the Wotc Forums and Brujon on the same day.

Thanks man! On the other hand, this serves me right for being such a shithead and fucking with my life when i just graduated and am now fully a lawyer... Time i outgrew this kind of shit, and incidents like this just show what will happen if i continue down this path. Already refused an invitation to go out drinking today, i just have to keep refusing them and get out of my drinking habit (which leads to the occasional drug habit), and i'll be good. Alcohol will be a bit tough, i worry i might actually getting to be a little bit alcoholic ;\
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: MrWolfe on November 05, 2015, 08:09:43 PM
Several days ago I had about 10 to 12 Lifesaver candies and the stomach ache from hell.

I figure it was too much candy and so moderated myself.

Today I looked on the book on the nutritional information and saw this:

"Excess consumption may have a laxative effect."

You know, when it comes to delicious candy, you might want to put that warning somewhere more obvious. >:(

Yes, but if they put the warning label where you could see it, then you might not buy their product.

Incidentally, google "Haribo Sugar-Free Gummy Bears" some time if you're interested in finding out just how bad maltitol can hit you. They've become something of a meme/college prank on par with insanity like the "cinnamon challenge" or drinking yourself into a coma. Or don't. The reviews tend to be about as graphic as they are hilarious.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on November 05, 2015, 08:21:55 PM
Several days ago I had about 10 to 12 Lifesaver candies and the stomach ache from hell.

I figure it was too much candy and so moderated myself.

Today I looked on the book on the nutritional information and saw this:

"Excess consumption may have a laxative effect."

You know, when it comes to delicious candy, you might want to put that warning somewhere more obvious. >:(

Yes, but if they put the warning label where you could see it, then you might not buy their product.

Incidentally, google "Haribo Sugar-Free Gummy Bears" some time if you're interested in finding out just how bad maltitol can hit you. They've become something of a meme/college prank on par with insanity like the "cinnamon challenge" or drinking yourself into a coma. Or don't. The reviews tend to be about as graphic as they are hilarious.

Have a snack. (http://Haribo Beans (3.5e Equipment))
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Libertad on November 05, 2015, 09:14:53 PM
So I created some photographic proof of the LifeSavers from Hell.

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on November 05, 2015, 09:54:35 PM
So I created some photographic proof of the LifeSavers from Hell.

(click to show/hide)

Mmmmm!!!!  TEMMIE FLAKES!
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on November 05, 2015, 10:04:06 PM
Yup, Isomalt.  Isomalt is bad juju unless used in moderation.  Which is one piece of candy every 8-12 hours.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: ketaro on November 06, 2015, 01:15:47 AM
It'll save your life by being the most delicious of laxatives in your time of need.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on November 06, 2015, 04:18:05 PM
I think it was the Atkins Diet guys that popularized the "Sugar Alcohol" in foods stuff.

Doing a strict Atkins works great, but people hate not having their favorite sugar-goodies.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: KellKheraptis on November 06, 2015, 04:41:15 PM
I swear, if this country actually elects a young earth fundamentalist stupid enough to believe his own rhetoric, I'm leaving.  Or organizing the revolt.  Personally.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on November 08, 2015, 03:20:38 AM
Damn emotions...  But I suppose I'm doing alright since I still manage to get out and about every now and then and I haven't turned to something like alcohol for numbing my depression and other emotions.

Oh, and my aunt's a dumb fat bitch but that fact is pretty set in stone.  Or lard as the case might as well be.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: phaedrusxy on November 08, 2015, 08:38:15 AM
I swear, if this country actually elects a young earth fundamentalist stupid enough to believe his own rhetoric, I'm leaving.  Or organizing the revolt.  Personally.
maybe we should just settle a remote, secret island. Who is John Galt?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: KellKheraptis on November 08, 2015, 04:51:16 PM
I swear, if this country actually elects a young earth fundamentalist stupid enough to believe his own rhetoric, I'm leaving.  Or organizing the revolt.  Personally.
maybe we should just settle a remote, secret island. Who is John Galt?

And that wins the internetz for the day, folks.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on November 08, 2015, 05:01:01 PM
I swear, if this country actually elects a young earth fundamentalist stupid enough to believe his own rhetoric, I'm leaving.  Or organizing the revolt.  Personally.
maybe we should just settle a remote, secret island. Who is John Galt?

I believe he's a peanut rapist who lives in West Philadelphia.  I could be wrong though.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on November 08, 2015, 11:37:58 PM
Right now i'm in one of those moments where i'm seriously considering going into the woods and just camping out for a couple weeks, in serious meditation, contemplating what the fuck is going on in my life.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on November 09, 2015, 03:37:44 PM
I swear, if this country actually elects a young earth fundamentalist stupid enough to believe his own rhetoric, I'm leaving.  Or organizing the revolt.  Personally.
maybe we should just settle a remote, secret island. Who is John Galt?

I believe he's a peanut rapist who lives in West Philadelphia.  I could be wrong though.

(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ifK-k8Ii8Xw/hqdefault.jpg)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on November 09, 2015, 05:37:26 PM
Save ... The ... Peanuts ...  :puppy
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: linklord231 on November 10, 2015, 03:09:58 AM
Interestingly, the WotC forum's shutdown seems to have broken the url for a_DM_g's avatar.  Is that picture hosted anywhere else?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on November 10, 2015, 05:48:56 PM
.
I should feel flattered, that my avatar itself has been crawled 100 times, just on the wayback.


I should also feel violated , but I'm so used to my kitty avatar's Tail  that ...  :o  :whistle
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Lycanthromancer on November 11, 2015, 10:36:49 PM
A couple of updates on my situation: http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=16368.new#new
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on November 12, 2015, 05:34:16 PM
sent PM

Hugs man, ride that vicious tiger.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on November 12, 2015, 05:53:43 PM
Not only i don't have a SINGLE PENNY to my name until the 1st of next month, i'm R$ 200 in debt with the bank, which is my credit limit, so even that's out of the window. I have exactly 4 packs of cigarrettes, and that's about it. Perhaps i can scrounge some coins and maybe get a fifth pack, but then it's all up to the good will of my parents.

Maybe a good time to consider stopping smoking? And drinking? And partying? And mostly everything else?

If only my bike wasn't stolen i might start using that to go from A to B... Sigh...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on November 13, 2015, 08:45:52 AM
I've really hurt my father.

On my end, I'm practically missing a month - school is taking up enough attention that I'm only vaguely aware that it's already November.

So I didn't really realize that my last contact with my dad was in August... and I contact him to ask for money.

Yeah. It doesn't help that he's very lonely, on account of essentially being disowned by my aunt and grandmother, who are the only family he has that live in the same country as he does. Heck, the same continent, if you don't count the British Isles.

Due to how our family works, I found out that I'd been that big of an asshole just this morning in an email from my sister... so I sent my dad an apology and a promise to contact him more often.

I feel kinda sick about this, actually.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on November 13, 2015, 04:42:36 PM
bad Amechra ... umm why can't he call you?


I have an old Uncle who send letters with
more of a crazy cat lady licking stamps
to subvert the gummint addressing technique. 
Sometimes his letters show up and sometimes
they don't.  Yet he wants to reserve the "right"
to be upset toward my mom his sister, who
also happens to do the same thing.

FamBly  :debate
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on November 13, 2015, 08:25:29 PM
International phone things, mostly.

Plus... Fambly. As you said.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: stanprollyright on November 14, 2015, 12:06:45 AM
My name is Andrew and the demons are winning.

I can't eat, I don't sleep
I smell like a sty;
All the thoughts in my head
Make me want to cry.
Despite all my angst
My cheeks remain dry-
It's old hat, you see?
I keep telling this lie.
My fantasies crumble
Worlds melt in the sky
The only safe place
Is a cage in my mind.
I don't know what I want
Or know how to try
Too broken to live
Too chicken to die.

My name is Andrew and the demons are winning.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on November 14, 2015, 12:44:34 AM
I am going to absolutely murder my sister. She made a fucking scandal in my house for absolutely nothing. I was with a girl, and we became noisy. After the third time she notified me via cellphone, we quited it down. Then we went to make a passion fruit slushie, and she crashed on my bed. Blacked out completely. I moved her, and just over that little noise, she made a fucking scandal in the house... I mean, we were there, in the kitchen, she was there as well, not 2 minutes ago, why does she make a fucking scandal? I told her there was nothing going on, she kept screaming. What a fucking bitch.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on November 14, 2015, 01:17:58 AM
hugs for all  :hug
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: zook1shoe on November 14, 2015, 02:37:48 AM
Went through to get more space back on my phone... I regret deleting my Internet info :-(
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on November 14, 2015, 05:51:27 PM
You would think the combo of vicodin and flexeril would make for an interesting day
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: MrWolfe on November 15, 2015, 04:27:45 PM
Right now i'm in one of those moments where i'm seriously considering going into the woods and just camping out for a couple weeks, in serious meditation, contemplating what the fuck is going on in my life.

I find that approach is more effective when you explicitly avoid contemplating what is going on in your life or the world at large for the duration.

You would think the combo of vicodin and flexeril would make for an interesting day

If by "interesting" you mean "tired and groggy."

Thread Tax:

The goddamn cat peed on the goddamn couch.

She's been peeing on lots of things lately, because she's an old, senile ball of absolute hate who seems to delight in doing whatever she can to piss us off. Also pooping. I've been trying to convince my wife not to have her put down, mainly because she raised this cat from a kitten and it's hard to say how that decision would affect her despite the massive falling out the two have had over the past year or so of stained carpets and insufficiently guarded baskets of clean laundry. (This cat will literally wait until we've finished washing something--usually something we had to wash because of her--and then piss and or shit on it the moment we aren't looking.)

This though? I'm pretty sure this will be the last straw when she finds out.

Worst part is we don't have any spare laundry money to wash the two blankets and the pillow she soaked through in the process. Otherwise I'd consider taking care of it before my wife gets back.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on November 15, 2015, 06:18:57 PM
Cats hate citrus, and it will keep the mof stuff you don't want them on. 

Also, doing their business somewhere other than their litter box is very abnormal and generally a sign of mental or physical problems.  Kitty is either stressed and upset by something, needs a vet visit, or both.  Cats are good at hiding when they aren't feeling well, and if she's  acting out now she's either upset and at wits end, or in pretty bad physical discomfort.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 15, 2015, 06:30:31 PM
Cats hate citrus, and it will keep the mof stuff you don't want them on. 

Also, doing their business somewhere other than their litter box is very abnormal and generally a sign of mental or physical problems.  Kitty is either stressed and upset by something, needs a vet visit, or both.  Cats are good at hiding when they aren't feeling well, and if she's  acting out now she's either upset and at wits end, or in pretty bad physical discomfort.

Please tell me you have similar tips for dogs with something that doesn't smell like the offspring of a fish and a hobo took a dump.

(We have similar issues here at home with our dogs. We bought this spray thingie that's supposed to keep them off, but it smells worse than their pee, and I have the most sensitive nose in the house, so I can smell it all the way to my room - which is three rooms away from the kitchen.)
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Gazzien on November 15, 2015, 07:22:53 PM
Anyone else getting refusals to connect? Been having trouble reaching the boards today.

Thread tax: Sickness + depression = missed a midterm. Hoping the prof' lets me retake it, or else I'm basically failing this quarter.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on November 15, 2015, 11:37:51 PM
I have all but accepted i am an alcoholic, thinking i might pay the shrink a visit. The amount i'm drinking is neither normal NOR healthy. Am drinkin as i'm typing this, despite knowing i shouldn't....
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on November 16, 2015, 12:26:30 AM
I have all but accepted i am an alcoholic, thinking i might pay the shrink a visit. The amount i'm drinking is neither normal NOR healthy. Am drinkin as i'm typing this, despite knowing i shouldn't....

I say go for it.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on November 16, 2015, 01:49:21 AM
Cats hate citrus, and it will keep the mof stuff you don't want them on. 

Also, doing their business somewhere other than their litter box is very abnormal and generally a sign of mental or physical problems.  Kitty is either stressed and upset by something, needs a vet visit, or both.  Cats are good at hiding when they aren't feeling well, and if she's  acting out now she's either upset and at wits end, or in pretty bad physical discomfort.

Please tell me you have similar tips for dogs with something that doesn't smell like the offspring of a fish and a hobo took a dump.

(We have similar issues here at home with our dogs. We bought this spray thingie that's supposed to keep them off, but it smells worse than their pee, and I have the most sensitive nose in the house, so I can smell it all the way to my room - which is three rooms away from the kitchen.)
  Not a dog person, but I have friends who are, lemme ask about.

Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on November 16, 2015, 01:49:45 AM
Anyone else getting refusals to connect? Been having trouble reaching the boards today.

Thread tax: Sickness + depression = missed a midterm. Hoping the prof' lets me retake it, or else I'm basically failing this quarter.

Not refuslas so much as serious lag
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on November 16, 2015, 04:12:58 AM
So... I'm trying to do some homework.

Key word is "trying" - the last problem we were assigned is supposed to have a diagram next to it. Said diagram is necessary to do the problem.

Said diagram is not there.  :banghead

I think I'll just write that down and move on with my life.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: MrWolfe on November 16, 2015, 02:43:55 PM
Cats hate citrus, and it will keep the mof stuff you don't want them on. 

Also, doing their business somewhere other than their litter box is very abnormal and generally a sign of mental or physical problems.  Kitty is either stressed and upset by something, needs a vet visit, or both.  Cats are good at hiding when they aren't feeling well, and if she's  acting out now she's either upset and at wits end, or in pretty bad physical discomfort.

Appreciate the advice, but we know. Our cats don't seem to mind citrus, or tin foil, or most of the other things that are supposed to keep cats off of stuff you don't want them on. As for stress or discomfort, like I said she's old. We've taken her to the vet about this but they couldn't help. Near as anyone can tell it's basically the kitty equivalent of dementia. Honestly she didn't respond very well to getting fixed. It's not good to do that to cats later in life but she was originally my in-law's cat and they didn't have her fixed until after she got pregnant and had a litter. That was about 6 years ago and by all accounts her personality radically changed afterward. Supposedly she used to be kind of sweet but when I first met her it was right after and she would hide under the bed all day and growl like a fuzzy black demon.

Eventually it got better, but even after she came out and started being social again she was always kind of stand-offish and hostile, and would act out and pee/poop on things seemingly out of spite. She would specifically wait until something had just been cleaned or we had company over to do it. That part only got worse as time went on. Once she actually climbed up onto my wife's back while she was laying on the bed, hunkered down and deliberately pissed all over her. We've done everything within our capabilities but we don't have a lot of money and can't afford to replace furniture if she wrecks something, and our place isn't big enough to be able to put her somewhere where there aren't any rugs, laundry, or furniture. We've tried picking up the rugs and locking her in the bathroom with her food/water/litter box but she just howls and bangs at the door until someone lets her out, and again, our place is not big enough to have that going on and be able to sleep--to say nothing of the neighbors complaining. And it's not like a very old, black cat with serious behavior problems is ever going to get adopted.

To be perfectly honest she's always had personality/mental problems, from what I've heard. She was originally a rescue that my mother in-law found abandoned as a kitten at the vineyard where she works. Apparently she was covered in some kind of black, tarry substance--possibly one of the fertilizers or pesticides that they use out there--to the point that when they started washing her they weren't even sure what color of cat she was going to be. I've never gotten a lot of details, but apparently she was troublesome enough as a kitten that they named her "Lucifer", which got changed to "Lucifrina" once they realized she was a girl. This from a family so religious they stopped celebrating Christmas for a number of years out of concern that the holiday was more rooted in idolatry and old pagan festivals than in reverence to Christ. So that should tell you something. (Yeah, I know, my mother in law is a piece of work--but that's a rant for another time.)

Honestly, I think the last straw was when she clawed up my wife's arm yesterday when she tried to pick her up off the back of the couch. Bottom line. We have one less cat now.

After six years of forced patience and constant trying, it really shouldn't be as hard as it is.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on November 16, 2015, 03:57:16 PM
Feeling really depressed today... Feel like i don't know exactly what i want/should do in life, and have absolutely no drive to do anything. All the partying is nice and alcohol helps fill the void, but it's all pretty fucking meaningless, and seems like today's the day i start feeling like that's the case. Fuck...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on November 16, 2015, 05:28:34 PM


After six years of forced patience and constant trying, it really shouldn't be as hard as it is.

Putting down a pet is always hard.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on November 16, 2015, 06:29:50 PM
Went to local big box books.

Picked up "Drum!" magazine (something I never did before).

Terri Lyne Carrington on the front (meow)
Neil Peart article blurb too.
http://www.drummagazine.com/lessons/post/groove-analysis-terri-lyne-carrington/

Dude inside has recorded and even toured some
with the band Eagles Of Death Metal.  Yeah those guys.

I get these ~weird coincidences every now and then.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 16, 2015, 08:46:28 PM
I don't know why I still have Facebook.

Topic of the weekend: which tragedy is bigger/most worthy of pity, the French being attacked by ISIS or the rupture of the Mariana dam that tsunami'd Minas Gerais with a shitton of mining-refuse mud?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Raineh Daze on November 16, 2015, 09:08:20 PM
Or Beirut. Or people worrying about racial backlash.

I have it because it's the only way half the uni societies make notices about things. That and somehow this is the only way people in a group project could think of to communicate stuff...:eh
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on November 16, 2015, 09:37:30 PM
There've already been massive amounts of death threats, Trump is calling to shut down mosques, etc. etc.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Raineh Daze on November 16, 2015, 09:44:03 PM
There've already been massive amounts of death threats, Trump is calling to shut down mosques, etc. etc.

I think this might just be the most amusing response I've seen on this thread. Two people annoyed at overexposure to something... followed by yet more of the same thing. :lmao
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on November 17, 2015, 01:22:19 AM
Cats hate citrus, and it will keep the mof stuff you don't want them on. 

Also, doing their business somewhere other than their litter box is very abnormal and generally a sign of mental or physical problems.  Kitty is either stressed and upset by something, needs a vet visit, or both.  Cats are good at hiding when they aren't feeling well, and if she's  acting out now she's either upset and at wits end, or in pretty bad physical discomfort.

Please tell me you have similar tips for dogs with something that doesn't smell like the offspring of a fish and a hobo took a dump.

(We have similar issues here at home with our dogs. We bought this spray thingie that's supposed to keep them off, but it smells worse than their pee, and I have the most sensitive nose in the house, so I can smell it all the way to my room - which is three rooms away from the kitchen.)
  Not a dog person, but I have friends who are, lemme ask about.

Okay they said much the same, either the dog has anxiety or medical issues like bladder problems.  The problem is that once he poos he will return there because it's marked with his scent.  You need to eradicate that scent and train him not to poo in the house.  For example buy doggy treats and give him one when you walk him outside to do his business, never give him one in the house.  He should learn the association.  Is it a young or old dog?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 17, 2015, 09:33:09 AM
Cats hate citrus, and it will keep the mof stuff you don't want them on. 

Also, doing their business somewhere other than their litter box is very abnormal and generally a sign of mental or physical problems.  Kitty is either stressed and upset by something, needs a vet visit, or both.  Cats are good at hiding when they aren't feeling well, and if she's  acting out now she's either upset and at wits end, or in pretty bad physical discomfort.

Please tell me you have similar tips for dogs with something that doesn't smell like the offspring of a fish and a hobo took a dump.

(We have similar issues here at home with our dogs. We bought this spray thingie that's supposed to keep them off, but it smells worse than their pee, and I have the most sensitive nose in the house, so I can smell it all the way to my room - which is three rooms away from the kitchen.)
  Not a dog person, but I have friends who are, lemme ask about.

Okay they said much the same, either the dog has anxiety or medical issues like bladder problems.  The problem is that once he poos he will return there because it's marked with his scent.  You need to eradicate that scent and train him not to poo in the house.  For example buy doggy treats and give him one when you walk him outside to do his business, never give him one in the house.  He should learn the association.  Is it a young or old dog?
He's about... seven or eight, I think. He's had bladder problems, too, but so did an older dog of ours who knew better. Plus he's kind of a prick.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on November 17, 2015, 04:24:00 PM
Might wanna get him checked.  Bladder stones are a common reason for dogs peeing.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: MrWolfe on November 17, 2015, 04:29:49 PM


After six years of forced patience and constant trying, it really shouldn't be as hard as it is.

Putting down a pet is always hard.

The wife's having a harder time of it than me. While it was technically her parent's cat at first she literally raised her from a kitten. Took her with her when she moved out on her own. From what I heard, she was pretty much the only one Luci was ever particularly nice to, up until the whole mess of the last six years. Mainly I think she blames herself for "not being a good enough parent" to find some other solution.

Sometimes there really isn't a better solution though.  :nonono

He's about... seven or eight, I think. He's had bladder problems, too, but so did an older dog of ours who knew better. Plus he's kind of a prick.

Sometimes it really does just come down to the animal's personality. I used to have a lab/border collie mix--sweet as can be, but way too clever for his own good and loved to push boundaries and mess with people. Sort of a prankster personality type.

Problem is, a dog lacks the cultural awareness to judge when something like, say, escaping from his room for the nth time despite all the new measures you took to keep him in there and eating the stone out of your wife's engagement ring might be going a smidge too far.

Ended up having to take him up to the in-laws ranch. He's much happier up there. And there's significantly less trouble he can get into.

If you can, I'd say consider building/getting a doghouse and keeping the dog outside. You'll still need to watch out for bombs on the lawn, but it's better than steaming your carpets all the time and getting fed up because you can't train him to be an "inside dog."

Might wanna get him checked.  Bladder stones are a common reason for dogs peeing.

Ditto on this though--always check for a medical or environmental reason first. Animals have a very limited number of ways to let you know something is wrong, and peeing on things they aren't supposed to is pretty much at the top of the list.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on November 17, 2015, 05:43:11 PM
I saw a TV Vet pick up a dog with bladder stones,
squeeze him around the waste, then squeeze
some more right where guys would pass out,
plop plop, dog pees, and licks his master's face.
Everyones happy with sub $100 bill, problem solved.

 :smirk :devil

So then I showed the episode to my 70 year old Uncle, suffering the same prob as the dog.

 :D
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: stanprollyright on November 17, 2015, 07:45:08 PM
Feeling really depressed today... Feel like i don't know exactly what i want/should do in life, and have absolutely no drive to do anything. All the partying is nice and alcohol helps fill the void, but it's all pretty fucking meaningless, and seems like today's the day i start feeling like that's the case. Fuck...

Unfortunately, you're speaking my language. :surrender
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: MrWolfe on November 18, 2015, 01:02:02 AM
>Nevermind. Self-pity moment over.<
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Gazzien on November 18, 2015, 04:58:54 AM
Anyone else getting refusals to connect? Been having trouble reaching the boards today.

Thread tax: Sickness + depression = missed a midterm. Hoping the prof' lets me retake it, or else I'm basically failing this quarter.
cant retake it.
Going to fail.
Fuck.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on November 18, 2015, 08:39:20 AM
Our power went out last night.  For hours.  Came back after about 5-6 hours, this was 1 AM.  I get up early because I went to bed super early because of this.  Now my computer wont work.  This is after an Electronics lab in which everything just decided to not work.  The power goes out, now my computer won't work, I don't know what's wrong with it, this has been just awful the past 24 hours.  I got up early so I could go into Minecraft and fix things up before this afternoon when I stream it, but now I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to use this computer again.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: phaedrusxy on November 18, 2015, 11:31:24 AM
Anyone else getting refusals to connect? Been having trouble reaching the boards today.

Thread tax: Sickness + depression = missed a midterm. Hoping the prof' lets me retake it, or else I'm basically failing this quarter.
cant retake it.
Going to fail.
Fuck.
Go over his head. Bring documentation from doctors/shrinks.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: MrWolfe on November 18, 2015, 12:47:51 PM
Anyone else getting refusals to connect? Been having trouble reaching the boards today.

Thread tax: Sickness + depression = missed a midterm. Hoping the prof' lets me retake it, or else I'm basically failing this quarter.
cant retake it.
Going to fail.
Fuck.

If nothing else, you can always retake the class. Even if you've got some kind of financial aid that's based on academic performance, you generally get one mulligan so long as you jump through a few hoops and fill out some paperwork. Talk to an academic councilor at the school and at the financial aid desk, they should be able to point you in the right direction. Also check the school's academic policies regarding this stuff.

And don't be put off by wording in the rules that makes it sound like you've got to super convince somebody that you're worthy of another chance. I was in the same boat a while back and what I didn't realize at the time was that they basically rubber-stamp these requests so long as it's the first time and you go through the motions. I've seen people whose excuse was something like: "Well, I just got kinda bored and started skipping class." or "I just partied too much that semester." and they got a second chance, so you should be fine. Bring documentation like a not from your doctor/therapist if you've got it, but don't worry too much if you don't.

If anything, failing--rather than squeaking by with a low grade--might be a good thing because IIRC a law was passed that prevents students from retaking a class if they've already received a passing grade. I remember my into to engineering teacher telling us about that and advising us that if we thought we were falling behind in a class it might be better to intentionally fail so we could retake it and come out with a better GPA.

Also, I highly recommend visiting the student health center and making an appointment for counseling counseling. It is exceedingly common for college students to get overwhelmed and depressed, and if nothing else having documented visits to the councilor gives you something to back up your claims that you were having a hard time when you're trying to appeal.

I realize it's probably a bit late for this, but in the future go in early. The councilors tend to get swamped especially towards the end of a semester, and if you wait until you're actually having problems and feel like you need help the waiting list may be too long for you to actually get in. Better to start going to regular appointments before it becomes a problem that wait til you're having a total meltdown to try and navigate the bureaucracy.

And yes, definitely inquire about retaking the test as well when you talk to the academic councilor. Some schools have specific policies about things like that and many times teachers will try to do bypass academic policies they don't like. I actually had a teacher who openly refused to work with the department of disabled student services, which is a violation of federal law, to say nothing of school policy, and nobody but me tried to take it up with DSPS or any other authority on campus.

Point being, don't just take a failing grade lying down--especially if you've got a genuine excuse like illness or personal hardship. There are policies in place specifically to help people in your situation, but you've got to stand up and ask for it or they will let you just slink off in defeat while pocketing your tuition.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: stanprollyright on November 18, 2015, 03:16:22 PM
>Nevermind. Self-pity moment over.<

Hey, no fair! That's what this thread is for.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on November 18, 2015, 05:42:07 PM
Feeling really depressed today... Feel like i don't know exactly what i want/should do in life, and have absolutely no drive to do anything. All the partying is nice and alcohol helps fill the void, but it's all pretty fucking meaningless, and seems like today's the day i start feeling like that's the case. Fuck...

Unfortunately, you're speaking my language. :surrender

I went through a heavy drinking stage
and an old hand gave me this addage:

Don't drink to get drunk
Don't drink alone
Don't drink 2 nights in a row
(the bartender looked at him funny on that last one)

It's a start.  I was chatting with a guy and a girl.
Told this little 4 liner.  Didn't see them for a year.
Ran into the girl.  She said I saved the guy's life.
Got an unbelievably chaste kiss on the cheek, for it
... though I did make sure I washed my cheek when I got home.

Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on November 18, 2015, 05:44:09 PM
Hey we just about need a new thread titled:

Beyotching?  This one goes to 11.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 18, 2015, 08:27:16 PM


After six years of forced patience and constant trying, it really shouldn't be as hard as it is.

Putting down a pet is always hard.

The wife's having a harder time of it than me. While it was technically her parent's cat at first she literally raised her from a kitten. Took her with her when she moved out on her own. From what I heard, she was pretty much the only one Luci was ever particularly nice to, up until the whole mess of the last six years. Mainly I think she blames herself for "not being a good enough parent" to find some other solution.

Sometimes there really isn't a better solution though.  :nonono

He's about... seven or eight, I think. He's had bladder problems, too, but so did an older dog of ours who knew better. Plus he's kind of a prick.

Sometimes it really does just come down to the animal's personality. I used to have a lab/border collie mix--sweet as can be, but way too clever for his own good and loved to push boundaries and mess with people. Sort of a prankster personality type.

Problem is, a dog lacks the cultural awareness to judge when something like, say, escaping from his room for the nth time despite all the new measures you took to keep him in there and eating the stone out of your wife's engagement ring might be going a smidge too far.

Ended up having to take him up to the in-laws ranch. He's much happier up there. And there's significantly less trouble he can get into.

If you can, I'd say consider building/getting a doghouse and keeping the dog outside. You'll still need to watch out for bombs on the lawn, but it's better than steaming your carpets all the time and getting fed up because you can't train him to be an "inside dog."

Might wanna get him checked.  Bladder stones are a common reason for dogs peeing.

Ditto on this though--always check for a medical or environmental reason first. Animals have a very limited number of ways to let you know something is wrong, and peeing on things they aren't supposed to is pretty much at the top of the list.

I live in an apartment, so doghouse is not an option (we don't have a patio, either).

Mostly I think he's just being his prick self. They say people take after their owners, well, I must really love my sister because I can't picture her owning him...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on November 20, 2015, 02:37:15 AM
I just engaged in the worst cooking I've ever done.

I actually managed to make one of my dinner plates explode.

Good thing that it was part of a set of 4, and that the set was from the thrift shop...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on November 20, 2015, 03:02:53 AM
how do you explode a plate?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: dman11235 on November 20, 2015, 03:25:00 AM
I mean, cold water+hot plate....
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on November 20, 2015, 04:43:30 AM
I mean, cold water+hot plate....

Actually, I accidentally stuck a cold plate on a burner.

That I didn't notice was on.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Raineh Daze on November 20, 2015, 08:20:34 AM
Things like that is why I never stick plates on hobs at all. Especially because the ones here are crappy electric things that don't cool down in a reasonable time.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: MrWolfe on November 20, 2015, 12:10:16 PM
>Nevermind. Self-pity moment over.<

Hey, no fair! That's what this thread is for.

Don't worry, given the trajectory of my life I'm sure I'll be back with more soon enough.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Amechra on November 20, 2015, 12:37:21 PM
Things like that is why I never stick plates on hobs at all. Especially because the ones here are crappy electric things that don't cool down in a reasonable time.

In my defense, I don't have a lot of counter space in my apartment.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on November 20, 2015, 03:42:35 PM

I actually managed to make one of my dinner plates explode.

You are awesome ... :bow
when grizzled you'll look back on this episode fondly.


edit --- HEY !!  How dare you.  That dinner plate could be some warforge's mother.
 :P :shakefist :D
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: stanprollyright on November 21, 2015, 12:13:03 AM
Ran into my cheating ex today and her boyfriend who used to be a good friend of mine  :hide
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on November 21, 2015, 12:40:32 AM
hugs for all  :hug
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on November 21, 2015, 08:27:01 AM
Ran into my cheating ex today and her boyfriend who used to be a good friend of mine  :hide

Don't even acknowledge their existence, it's for the best.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: stanprollyright on November 22, 2015, 04:17:18 AM
Ran into my cheating ex today and her boyfriend who used to be a good friend of mine  :hide

Don't even acknowledge their existence, it's for the best.

I tried to do that, but she waved and I waved back.  That was the extent of our exchange but now I'm paranoid every time I go out that I'll run into them.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on November 22, 2015, 11:25:50 AM
I think i might've broken my foot, or at least sprained my ankle REALLY badly. It's swollen as hell and it won't go away. Going to the hospital in a bit.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: altpersona on November 22, 2015, 01:06:18 PM
since april this year my neighborhood has had 5 consecutive houses with deaths.

this morning the guy beside us, whom iv known since we were teenagers decided to od.

this is not really bitchin, i just figured better here than Fun Finds :D

Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on November 22, 2015, 03:30:28 PM
since april this year my neighborhood has had 5 consecutive houses with deaths.

this morning the guy beside us, whom iv known since we were teenagers decided to od.

this is not really bitchin, i just figured better here than Fun Finds :D

They weren't accidents.

You're in a Final Destination film.

Run, run!  Before it's too late!

Run!  Before it's too late!

Before it's too late!

It's too late!

It's too late!
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: altpersona on November 22, 2015, 04:14:27 PM
since april this year my neighborhood has had 5 consecutive houses with deaths.

this morning the guy beside us, whom iv known since we were teenagers decided to od.

this is not really bitchin, i just figured better here than Fun Finds :D

They weren't accidents.

You're in a Final Destination film.

Run, run!  Before it's too late!

Run!  Before it's too late!

Before it's too late!

It's too late!

It's too late!

Nice:p
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on November 23, 2015, 04:29:27 PM

I think i might've broken my foot, or at least sprained my ankle REALLY badly. It's swollen as hell and it won't go away. Going to the hospital in a bit.

Party your @ss off = good.
Party your ankle off = I actually did that myself, during my fake freshman year.

Hey cute Nurse, I was out celebrating my Law Degree and look how much fun I was having ...  :cool
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on November 23, 2015, 08:48:56 PM
Yeah, i'm a bit out of control recently...
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: MrWolfe on November 24, 2015, 02:46:37 PM
Me too. I keep posting here when I should be working on my story for NaNoWriMo...

...and getting the house ready for company.

Who will be here in a few hours.

Send Help!  :surrender
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 24, 2015, 07:16:26 PM
I'm beat, and I still have AT LEAST one more test before the semester is over...

...because I'm bad at maths, and I was 0.55 points away from the minimum grade to pass this one course. CURSES!
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on November 24, 2015, 07:47:06 PM
I'm building a little castle out of beer cans and contemplating downing an entire bottle of vodka, because i'm bored. Definitely an alcoholic at this point, yet too drunk to care. Here's to hoping in two weeks i sober up enough for my son.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on November 25, 2015, 04:03:36 PM
I have a secret Thanksgiving routine.

I can't tell you about it, because then
my kitty avatar would have to resurrect itself
soley for the purpose of killing you.
My kitty avatar's Tail  would twitch away
with the Ghost touch modifier.

Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: bhu on November 25, 2015, 07:21:26 PM
I'm building a little castle out of beer cans and contemplating downing an entire bottle of vodka, because i'm bored. Definitely an alcoholic at this point, yet too drunk to care. Here's to hoping in two weeks i sober up enough for my son.

As someone who has watched many relatives expire due to alcoholism, allow me to stress this is not the way you want to die.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: SolEiji on November 26, 2015, 06:24:33 AM
Any hope of Microsoft getting me to upgrade is now gone.

The increasingly large popup boxes for their shitty OS upgrade have made me actively begin sabotaging their efforts.  Seriously, fuck Microsoft.

I'm leaving this here in case it helps anyone else: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/get-rid-windows-10-upgrade-notification-windows-7-8/
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: KellKheraptis on November 26, 2015, 07:58:23 AM
Any hope of Microsoft getting me to upgrade is now gone.

The increasingly large popup boxes for their shitty OS upgrade have made me actively begin sabotaging their efforts.  Seriously, fuck Microsoft.

I'm leaving this here in case it helps anyone else: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/get-rid-windows-10-upgrade-notification-windows-7-8/

Reason #576 why I've been M$ free for years now (and Mac free my whole life).  On (a) lighter note(s), I'm likely building an iconic using your Trueblood Dragon, and you can likely disable -any- popup based on updates by finding it in the registry and changing the entry.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Jackinthegreen on November 26, 2015, 08:17:37 PM
Thanksgiving went alright, but dang I don't like being around a lot of people...  Just a few at once.

The biggest part of the evening that hit me was when grandma got back to the van and started crying.  She knows full well this might be her last Thanksgiving due to her cancer stuff.  It's hard to see her cry when she's been the one who always kept her head up through everything.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: brujon on November 27, 2015, 12:51:42 AM
Black Friday in Brazil is a fucking joke. As the saying goes "everything 50% OFF from double normal price".

What the stores do: they raise their prices by as much as 30 to 40% on the days preceding Black Friday, and then on the actual day, they sell the product at 20 to 50% OFF.

Worst case scenario, you're paying a 10% PREMIUM instead of getting a discount, and on BEST case scenario, they trick you into thinking you're getting 50% OFF, but instead, the real discount is closer to 5-20%.

The 20% best case scenario? It's easier to find a Unicorn than it is to actually find such a major discount.

In fact, following close examination of price trends over the last 30~90 days, i've found the best time to actually go and shop - at least for electronics - is 9~12 days PRIOR to Black Friday, as that's when i found the prices to be at their LOWEST.

Shit like that should be fucking illegal, stores that do this should be fined, and repeat offenders jailed.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 27, 2015, 09:33:42 AM
They are! People do it anyway.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: MrWolfe on November 27, 2015, 01:19:05 PM
It's not just black Friday. Jacking up prices and then dropping them for a short time and calling it a "sale" is a year-round practice. Businesses exist for the sole purpose of making profit, it's only to be expected that they'll do whatever they can get away with to further that goal. :rolleyes
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Raineh Daze on November 27, 2015, 04:05:24 PM
New thread time, if anyone's got a title.
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: trappedslider on November 27, 2015, 04:43:06 PM
New thread time, if anyone's got a title.

What Do you Want to Bitch About?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 27, 2015, 07:30:34 PM
Who Let The Bitchin' Out?
Title: Re: The Small Rants Thread X: Turn Down for Bitchin'
Post by: stanprollyright on November 27, 2015, 07:47:23 PM
Small Rants Thread: Bitch, Please.