Author Topic: minor inconveniences that are not struggles (Read 917817 times)

bork · « **Reply #1740 on:** November 24, 2015, 07:11:49 AM »

Beginning my short workweek by getting on the train, only for it lurch forward and stop. The driver then literally screams "THIS TRAIN OUTTA SERVICE GET OFF ANOTHER TRAIN COMIN'" like it's our fault. We all get off and then the train speeds off with no problem.

Am_I_Anonymous · « **Reply #1741 on:** November 24, 2015, 07:26:28 AM »

Quote from: bork laser on November 24, 2015, 07:11:49 AM

Beginning my short workweek by getting on the train, only for it lurch forward and stop. The driver then literally screams "THIS TRAIN OUTTA SERVICE GET OFF ANOTHER TRAIN COMIN'" like it's our fault. We all get off and then the train speeds off with no problem.

Reason #1,138 why I don't fuck with public transportation anymore.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #1742 on:** November 24, 2015, 09:58:18 AM »

Quote from: bork laser on November 24, 2015, 07:11:49 AM

Beginning my short workweek by getting on the train, only for it lurch forward and stop. The driver then literally screams "THIS TRAIN OUTTA SERVICE GET OFF ANOTHER TRAIN COMIN'" like it's our fault. We all get off and then the train speeds off with no problem.

Well it worked after you guys got off so it seems to me that he was right.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #1743 on:** November 24, 2015, 10:00:20 AM »

Passed 2 accidents on the way to work this morning. The highway was a sheet of ice. I had a hard time getting my car to slow down.

Am_I_Anonymous · « **Reply #1744 on:** November 24, 2015, 10:01:36 AM »

Quote from: Brehvolution on November 24, 2015, 10:00:20 AM

Passed 2 accidents on the way to work this morning. The highway was a sheet of ice. I had a hard time getting my car to slow down.

Where the hell do you live?

Brehvolution · « **Reply #1745 on:** November 24, 2015, 10:34:26 AM »

South Central New York State

Am_I_Anonymous · « **Reply #1746 on:** November 24, 2015, 10:35:38 AM »

Quote from: Brehvolution on November 24, 2015, 10:34:26 AM

South Central New York State

Get out of there before Buffalo morphs into a Canadian stronghold bro!

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #1747 on:** November 24, 2015, 11:27:11 AM »

I'm gonna be driving back up to the Rochester/Buffalo area tomorrow. Hopefully all goes well.

Kara · « **Reply #1748 on:** November 24, 2015, 06:30:14 PM »

David Canary died. ):

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #1749 on:** November 24, 2015, 08:17:20 PM »

Quote from: Kara on November 24, 2015, 06:30:14 PM

David Canary died. ):

Everyone out of the mine shaft.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #1750 on:** November 24, 2015, 08:49:04 PM »

chronovore · « **Reply #1751 on:** November 25, 2015, 02:01:49 AM »

Quote from: bork laser on November 24, 2015, 07:08:54 AM

Quote from: chronovore on November 23, 2015, 06:24:51 PM
Living in Japan during Halloween, Christmas, and New Year's is pretty alright. The locals have adopted the first two with gusto, and I prefer Japan's understated, family-oriented three-day year opener.

Thanksgiving is no fun here whatsoever.

My first thanksgiving in Japan began with hope -got invited to a dinner being put on by other Americans- which was quickly lost after I hiked to the station in the cold rain and found that the bus I needed to take was not running for whatever reason. Never bothered with it again after that.

Looks like the dev meetup in downtown Osaka has a serious turkey thing going on. Unfortunately, it's a half-assed hookah bar, so there's always smoke.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #1752 on:** November 25, 2015, 05:47:53 PM »

I just post in multiple ones and collect the double likes.

Shadow Mod · « **Reply #1753 on:** November 25, 2015, 07:07:35 PM »

Cold weather makes it hard to leave the bed or do stuff other than be in the bed. $:-\$

chronovore · « **Reply #1754 on:** November 26, 2015, 11:21:34 AM »

Quote from: Shadow Mod on November 25, 2015, 07:07:35 PM

Cold weather makes it hard to leave the bed or do stuff other than be in the bed. $:-\$

Beezy · « **Reply #1755 on:** November 27, 2015, 10:39:12 AM »

Rented It Follows on amazon prime video for a dollar and managed to let my rental expire before I got around to watching it.

chronovore · « **Reply #1756 on:** November 28, 2015, 06:41:34 PM »

Quote from: Beezy on November 27, 2015, 10:39:12 AM

Rented It Follows on amazon prime video for a dollar and managed to let my rental expire before I got around to watching it.

You missed a helluva film.

Mr. Nobody · « **Reply #1757 on:** November 29, 2015, 11:01:38 PM »

My Dualshock 2 is finally dying. Up on the d-pad sticks occasionally :'(

Rufus · « **Reply #1758 on:** November 30, 2015, 10:21:47 AM »

Open it up before you toss it out, might be salvagable.

Tasty · « **Reply #1759 on:** November 30, 2015, 10:55:42 AM »

Pro Controller is great bro.

Mr. Nobody · « **Reply #1760 on:** November 30, 2015, 01:20:16 PM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on November 30, 2015, 10:55:42 AM

Pro Controller is great bro.

And the battery life

Tasty · « **Reply #1761 on:** November 30, 2015, 02:17:54 PM »

Quote from: Dufus on November 30, 2015, 02:14:01 PM

I'm getting pretty goddamned tired of posting my opinion and then someone countering my opinion with their own opinion and that post ends up getting bombarded with Like's. Fuck that noise.

Yeah but, fuck you.

Rufus · « **Reply #1762 on:** November 30, 2015, 02:18:44 PM »

I count one so far.

StealthFan · « **Reply #1763 on:** November 30, 2015, 05:49:38 PM »

I like WiiU's gamepad.

T234 · « **Reply #1764 on:** November 30, 2015, 06:25:28 PM »

Quote from: Dufus on November 30, 2015, 02:14:01 PM

I'm getting pretty goddamned tired of posting my opinion and then someone countering my opinion with their own opinion and that post ends up getting bombarded with Like's. Fuck that noise.

THE BORE AIN'T NO SAFESPACE

I'm a Puppy! · « **Reply #1765 on:** November 30, 2015, 06:57:05 PM »

When your opinion goes against the Pro Controller it's a shit opinion.

T234 · « **Reply #1766 on:** November 30, 2015, 07:00:39 PM »

IS THERE STILL A BUNCHA WAGGLE IN NINTENDO'S GAMES THESE DAYS?

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #1767 on:** November 30, 2015, 08:31:05 PM »

Spent $450 replacing front and back brakes and rotors for my car today

no idea if that is overpaying or not. probably is.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #1768 on:** November 30, 2015, 08:44:35 PM »

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on November 30, 2015, 08:31:05 PM

Spent $450 replacing front and back brakes and rotors for my car today

no idea if that is overpaying or not. probably is.

edit: nm I thought you meant $450 each lol

I'm a Puppy! · « **Reply #1769 on:** November 30, 2015, 09:07:15 PM »

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on November 30, 2015, 08:31:05 PM

Spent $450 replacing front and back brakes and rotors for my car today

no idea if that is overpaying or not. probably is.

I had it done it was around $400 so you're in the range.

king of the internet · « **Reply #1770 on:** November 30, 2015, 10:43:43 PM »

Quote from: Dufus on November 30, 2015, 10:28:58 AM

Speaking of mediocre game controllers, I wonder when Nintendo will ditch their current shit and go back to Gamecube style controllers. I hope it happens but modern day Nintendo sucks so much, there's basically no hope.

Your neediness for likes is the reason I'll never give you one.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #1771 on:** November 30, 2015, 10:49:17 PM »

Quote from: king of the internet on November 30, 2015, 10:43:43 PM

Quote from: Dufus on November 30, 2015, 10:28:58 AM
Speaking of mediocre game controllers, I wonder when Nintendo will ditch their current shit and go back to Gamecube style controllers. I hope it happens but modern day Nintendo sucks so much, there's basically no hope.

Your neediness for likes is the reason I'll never give you one.

Don't worry I got your back covered Rufus, gave you a like.

king of the internet · « **Reply #1772 on:** December 01, 2015, 12:29:51 PM »

Quote from: Dufus on December 01, 2015, 09:13:21 AM

Quote from: king of the internet on November 30, 2015, 10:43:43 PM
Your neediness for likes is the reason I'll never give you one.

Clicking a mouse is tricky business. All it takes it one slip of the finger... one small screwup, and next thing you know you accidentally click Like when you had no intention of doing so.
Oh it's happened before... and it'll happen again

That's what the Unlike button is for

I'm a Puppy! · « **Reply #1773 on:** December 01, 2015, 02:56:32 PM »

Gotta go to NYC. Tomorrow. All the way across the country. Stay tomorrow night and thursday night. Fly all the way back the next day. Fun.

I'm a Puppy! · « **Reply #1774 on:** December 02, 2015, 01:27:16 PM »

Closed a deal. Kept a guy employed for at least a year. Yay!
Get a call from the client where I closed said deal. Turns out one of their cohorts works with a sales guy on another team from my company and said sales guy came from a company that was shut down for fraud. I was not made aware of it. So now I have to fight this fire in order to keep everything ok and I fly out soon so I wont be in the area to deal with it face to face.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #1775 on:** December 02, 2015, 08:05:12 PM »

Washed/dried a pair of pants that had a 25 dollar Itunes gift card in it. Contacted Apple support and they said just send them a picture of the receipt and they will put the funds in my account.

The receipt was in the other pocket. :/

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #1776 on:** December 03, 2015, 04:45:15 PM »

Bought a blue yeti mic to listen to myself sing, but I think its broken because I sound much better in the shower.

Tasty · « **Reply #1777 on:** December 03, 2015, 04:50:28 PM »

Quote from: TheInfelicitousDandy on December 03, 2015, 04:45:15 PM

Bought a blue yeti mic to listen to myself sing, but I think its broken because I sound much better in the shower.

You look much better in the shower too. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #1778 on:** December 03, 2015, 04:53:38 PM »

No, just better.

Tasty · « **Reply #1779 on:** December 04, 2015, 12:53:54 AM »

My best drinking buddy is moving to SF at the start of next year.

Since I never really had "the college experience™", this was the guy who taught me everything. And now he's fucking leaving. Fuck.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #1780 on:** December 04, 2015, 01:23:24 AM »

Keep in touch, meet up when you can, and don't he afraid to take in new experiences.

Although....you would really fit in there.

I'm a Puppy! · « **Reply #1781 on:** December 04, 2015, 05:48:38 PM »

I think I'm getting drunk at JFK. Why do they make these margaritas in huge steins? Oh well. Time for another.

Tasty · « **Reply #1782 on:** December 04, 2015, 05:51:30 PM »

Quote from: brawndolicious on December 04, 2015, 01:23:24 AM

Keep in touch, meet up when you can, and don't he afraid to take in new experiences.

Although....you would really fit in there.

Maybe. Even though I am one, techies annoy the fuck out of me. And I really feel at home in Boston (even if I bitch about winter sometimes.)

SoCal might be in the future if my dream screenwriting career somehow takes off, though. Now I'm actually kind of really pulling for it. Hanging out with this guy was like a drug, always made me feel great and on top of the fucking world. (And I would always wake up with insane hangovers the next day.

)

Thinking about how things around here will be without him... man I dunno.

Quote from: I'm a Puppy! on December 04, 2015, 05:48:38 PM

I think I'm getting drunk at JFK. Why do they make these margaritas in huge steins? Oh well. Time for another.

Sounds like a post for the triumph thread, to me!

I'm a Puppy! · « **Reply #1783 on:** December 04, 2015, 05:54:02 PM »

this glass is the size of my forearm I mean whoa.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #1784 on:** December 04, 2015, 05:56:18 PM »

Quote from: I'm a Puppy! on December 04, 2015, 05:54:02 PM

this glass is the size of my forearm I mean whoa.

I saw a porn that started like this.

I'm a Puppy! · « **Reply #1785 on:** December 04, 2015, 05:57:31 PM »

I'm not that drunk yet but maybe after tnos glass

Tasty · « **Reply #1786 on:** December 04, 2015, 06:28:06 PM »

post nudes

chronovore · « **Reply #1787 on:** December 04, 2015, 07:41:02 PM »

Bought a new pair of mic-equipped ear-isolation earphones. My kids came home and started jabbering at me, so I pulled one earpiece out while doing dishes to talk. Later noticed I've soaked the dangling earbud in the dishwater, ruining my new earphones.

I was all kinds of

for the next hour.

Edit: They dried out today and work perfectly. Now I feel like a schlub for being angry.

Huff · « **Reply #1788 on:** December 05, 2015, 01:10:06 PM »

Every year the amount of birthday Facebook comments decreases

Samson Manhug · « **Reply #1789 on:** December 06, 2015, 12:26:07 PM »

I turned my birthday visibility off on Facebook a few years ago to see who my real friends were. Turns out it's no one!

brawndolicious · « **Reply #1790 on:** December 06, 2015, 12:35:29 PM »

I just deactivate it on my birthday. Wrath still snuck one in the night before.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #1791 on:** December 06, 2015, 12:39:32 PM »

Did he sneak it in while you were sleeping?

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #1792 on:** December 06, 2015, 01:52:22 PM »

Quote from: Samson Manhug on December 06, 2015, 12:26:07 PM

I turned my birthday visibility off on Facebook a few years ago to see who my real friends were. Turns out it's no one!

honestly I'm going to do this too

brawndolicious · « **Reply #1793 on:** December 06, 2015, 02:13:42 PM »

Quote from: TheInfelicitousDandy on December 06, 2015, 12:39:32 PM

Did he sneak it in while you were sleeping?

Of course not. He was gentle, made me feel special.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #1794 on:** December 06, 2015, 02:23:30 PM »

You sure it was Wrath?

T234 · « **Reply #1795 on:** December 06, 2015, 02:59:27 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on December 06, 2015, 01:52:22 PM

Quote from: Samson Manhug on December 06, 2015, 12:26:07 PM
I turned my birthday visibility off on Facebook a few years ago to see who my real friends were. Turns out it's no one!

honestly I'm going to do this too

I don't remember anyone else's birthday, and I don't expect anybody to remember mine. To expect that is vain at best.

I'm a Puppy! · « **Reply #1796 on:** December 11, 2015, 02:51:31 PM »

Finished my meetings early! I'm free to go!!

All earlier flights are booked solid and no standby so I have to wait in the airport for 5 hours

chronovore · « **Reply #1797 on:** December 13, 2015, 09:34:29 PM »

Felt like connecting my GameCube again, and I remembered that the controller input was iffy last time I tried. Bought a new third-party controller and plugged it all in. Didn't seem to work. Looked for my old controller, but it's missing. Went and bought a used first-party controller, plugged it in.

Turns out it wasn't the controller which was iffy, it was the controller jacks in the base unit.

I'll buy a replacement unit next time I'm out, but I think the ¥3500 I've spent on controllers is what it will cost to get an entirely new base unit. I'd have done that to begin with, had I known... :'(

brawndolicious · « **Reply #1798 on:** December 13, 2015, 09:54:31 PM »

I'm guessing you have issues with using an emulator. All you'd need is a USB adapter for the controllers though.

chronovore · « **Reply #1799 on:** December 13, 2015, 09:56:42 PM »

Quote from: brawndolicious on December 13, 2015, 09:54:31 PM

I'm guessing you have issues with using an emulator. All you'd need is a USB adapter for the controllers though.

Ha! My PC was underpowered when I bought it 5 years ago, it's a complete turd now. Besides, I'm mainly setting it up for my son so he can play Sunshine and Kaze-no-Tact.

Thanks for the heads-up, though!

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Author Topic: minor inconveniences that are not struggles (Read 917817 times)