minor inconveniences that are not struggles

[Samson Manhug]

I’m just going to come out and admit that I say “i.e.”. I’m probably not going to stop.

[Yeti]

Yup, if they don't want people saying "i.e." they shouldn't spell it "i.e."

[I'm a Puppy!]

Yeah, I used to say "id est" and people would be like "What?"

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

On Friday I really badly twisted my ankle due to an uneven sidewalk.  Swelled to about the size of a tennis ball and could hardly walk at all.  Yesterday it got a bruise but I was able to walk around with a slight limp.  Today, aside from the bruise, I can walk normally again.

[chronovore]

Kara, help. A shit-tastic tutorial voiceover just said "i.e." -- pronounced it "eye eeh" instead of saying "id est." Linguistic treachery!

When I'm proofing at work I have to say i.e. like that because people look at me even more funnily than they already do when I say id est. or exempli gratia.

I’m just going to come out and admit that I say “i.e.”. I’m probably not going to stop.

Yup, if they don't want people saying "i.e." they shouldn't spell it "i.e."

Rufus, hold me.

[Rufus]

I've been too stunned to say anything...

[chronovore]

I've been too stunned to say anything...

I.E. I focus too much on how people say things.

[Rufus]

[Phoenix Dark]

I've been too stunned to say anything...

I.E. I focus too much on how people say things.

[Yeti]

As I was pulling out of my parking space I noticed a lizard on the hood of my car. I was still in a residential area and going pretty slow so I figured it could just hop off and be fine. But it never did. It kept hanging on, and even made occasional daredevil leaps back and forth, even as I was driving 60 mph. I started stressing out about keeping this lizard safe. I was very cautious with my turns and came to much more gradual stops than usual to avoid flinging this lizard off of my car. Finally, I made it to work and parked in a parking space and the lizard was still on my car hood safe and sound! I got out and saw that it was looking pretty chill in the little gap between the hood and the windshield where the wiper blades rest. So I felt pretty good about giving this little lizard a fun little thrill ride, and went into work happy figuring this lizard would just hop off my car at some point.

There wasn't a happy ending though. I left work after a 10 hour shift and had completely forgotten about the lizard. As I left the parking lot I saw a small blur fly out of that gap and roll over my windshield. Now, the sun was starting to set and it happened very quickly, but to me that blur looked like the bottom half of a lizard body. I think maybe a bird had gotten that lizard while I was at work somehow. So I had delivered that poor little lizard to its death after all.

[Mupepe]

He was probably a pedo lizard if that makes you feel any better.

[Kara]

What the jungle takes, the jungle keeps. That's the first lesson you learn on Catachan.

[Brehvolution]

I forgot to watch GoT last night and now i have to avoid half the internet until I get home. 

[Phoenix Dark]

I forgot to watch GoT last night and now i have to avoid half the internet until I get home. 

might want to avoid all the internet

[fistfulofmetal]

I forgot to watch GoT last night and now i have to avoid half the internet until I get home. 

 I havent watch any of this season and I'm just fine letting the ambient spoilers wash over me. 

[Mupepe]

My Microsoft Band 2 won't charge anymore  :'(

[Huff]

Yeah my fitbit broke not too long ago

[chronovore]

Yeah my fitbit broke not too long ago

Broke-broke? Mine quit charging once, so I had to look up RESTART instructions. That worked. Then the strap broke, so I Krazy Glued it back together. Still works.

[Mupepe]

I'm at least able to send it in for warranty work. Fragile little fuckers i guess

[Alcoholic Fish]

My fitbit batteries keep dying quickly.  Gotta keep mine working cause the job pays me for steps.

[Madrun Badrun]

I've seen a very sick racoon 3 days in row in the day light and i'm pretty sure its rabid (weird walk, not scared of Nami).

[Beezy]

I've seen a very sick racoon 3 days in row in the day light and i'm pretty sure its rabid (weird walk, not scared of Nami).

Am I the only one who thinks they're cute animals? I wouldn't be dumb enough to go near em, but still.

[Yeti]

I once came home to my condo complex to find a raccoon sitting on the steps up to my place chewing on an entire pizza (minus 2 or 3 slices missing) that was bigger than the raccoon. I still wonder how it got that pizza and managed to carry it all the way to the stairwell.

[TVC15]

I just ate a giant burrito and I shouldn't have eaten the whole thing

[Mupepe]

I just ate a giant burrito and I shouldn't have eaten the whole thing

I'd love for you and I to share a burrito.

[brawndolicious]

Another chance to share my video of feeding a raccoon. They're super duper cute imo.



The raccoons and deers in ucsc are so used to people walking around that they aren't afraid at all so I wasn't worried about rabies.

[Phoenix Dark]

Woke up this morning, got ready to shower and noticed red stains on my underwear. I freaked out for a bit and then remembered I had some bourbon last night and bought a bunch of onion rings from Arby's. Drenched them with ketchup and dropped some on my underwear.

(I didn't have pants on)

[TVC15]

What were you doing when you were eating Arbys while mostly naked? Watching Jeaopardy? Listening to Weird Al? Was it some sex thing?

[TVC15]

Also, fucking Arby's? Willingly? I *hope* it was a sex thing, like some domination or masochism thing.

[Rufus]

What were you doing when you were eating Arbys while mostly naked? Watching Jeaopardy? Listening to Weird Al? Was it some sex thing?

Proper degeneracy.
Soon it'll be warm enough over here to sit around in underwear.

[Phoenix Dark]

I don't think you appreciate the struggle of being an onion ring fan with limited options. Didn't want to make any since it was hot as fuck, didn't want to get them from Burger King since they're meh. The only close option was Arby's. Their onion rings are actually pretty solid.

So when I got home I figured hey, it's hot and I'm eating onion rings and drinking...might as well take my pants off too. Basketball game was a blowout so I kinda just wasted time on the Bore, surfed some tv channels, and played with my cat.

[TVC15]

What kind of underwear are we talking? I have told you that I've had blood come out of both of the holes on my underwear parts before, right?

[Phoenix Dark]

What kind of underwear are we talking? I have told you that I've had blood come out of both of the holes on my underwear parts before, right?

When I get home I'll put them back on and take a pic.

[Tasty]

[Phoenix Dark]

It's not really in the groin area, moreso on the thigh part of the boxers. But still a pic will be taken.

[TVC15]

Well, we're really hoping for some groin area here.

[Yulwei]

Why tf does Twitter only display 2 or 3 replies to a tweet while other times it shows all of them? 😡

[Phoenix Dark]

Well, we're really hoping for some groin area here.

I'll see what I can do.

[TVC15]

Today's struggle:

Working in a cube farm and hearing EVERYONE'S FUCKING PHONE make the shrill amber alert noise at the same time. Can you disable that shit? Fuck children, that noise is awful.

[king of the internet]

I disabled amber alerts on my phone. Find your own damn kids. 

[Madrun Badrun]

Plus its awkward to get an Amber alert for the kid you took. 

[TVC15]

I'll have to google shutting it off in iOS.

True story. A few weeks back, I was house-sitting for someone that had cable, so I was totally whoring myself out at the altar of cable TV. I believe I was watching Three O'Clock High because I remembered like 30 seconds of it from watching USA Up All Night like 26 years ago. Amber alerts start coming in, and they're interrupting my fucking movie, and when the alerts end--they go on for like at least a minute--the movie doesn't even return to where it left off at. If this is the burden of living in a connected and internetted up society, I say burn it the fuck down. Fuck your kidnapped children, fuck you interrupting my leisure for stupid bullshit, and, most of all, FUCK AMERICA for not appreciating Three O'Clock High when it came out, it's fantastic. They kept repeating the alerts like every 15 minutes, too.

[Yeti]

What is the point of an amber alert on a TV show? Are we supposed to watch for that particular make and model of car to drive through your living room?

[TVC15]

What is the point of an amber alert on a TV show? Are we supposed to watch for that particular make and model of car to drive through your living room?

That was pretty much my reaction. And despite being  less useful, the alert repeated far more frequently than it did on my phone.

[Madrun Badrun]

It's to make people feel like something is actively being done to help and that they are a part of it.

[TVC15]

It's to make people feel like something is actively being done to help and that they are a part of it.

Eh, it only made me think, "It's been 4 hours. That kid's been raped and killed and tossed in a ditch by now." Every alert just punctuated the hopelessness of the situation.

I wish I remembered the kid's name. I'd like to see if they ever found him/his corpse.

[Great Rumbler]

Racoons are alright, but possums are GOAT:

[Madrun Badrun]

People who prefer possums over raccoons are worse than rapists and drunk drivers. 

[Phoenix Dark]

No groin so I compensated.

Tonight I am drinking again. Just saying.

[Tasty]

Dean Koontz?

[chronovore]

Plus its awkward to get an Amber alert for the kid you took.

Dean Koontz?

Well, to be fair, this is the struggle thread.

[Mupepe]

And he did explain that he was drinking.  So forgive his poor book choice.

[Huff]

Was going to work out

Then I ordered takeout

[TVC15]

That's a lot of ketchup, dude.

[Kara]

Was going to work out

Then I ordered takeout

Get on Tinder and eat out.

[Phoenix Dark]

That's a lot of ketchup, dude.

The onion rings I dropped were basically drenched.

[Madrun Badrun]

Reading mediocre literature in spoiled underwear with a pet while drunk - PD I didn't realize how alike we are. 

[Atramental]

Saw a grown ass man (mid to late 20s) wearing a Filthy Frank "Pink Guy" t-shirt. 

Meanwhile I'm sporting a nice wagecuck-chic polo shirt & jeans since it's Friday and I have no client meetings.

[I'm a Puppy!]

Found out someone I know reads Dean Koonz

[Huff]

In an airport bar. Will be here for about 5 hours waiting on the rest and our ride.

Gunna get real drunk.

This might be a triumph