Random talk thread: It just keeps happening

[Madrun Badrun]

I can't get my AI assignment to work right and it is due tomorrow

[cool breeze]

I have a lot of work due tomorrow and I'm too relaxed, which is bad because I haven't started yet.  Why can't I get stressed out and force myself to get it done? this is the worst feeling. 

work is done! wooh! 3 hours of sleep, baby! 11 HOUR DAY! YEAH! LET'S DO THIS? 

[bork]

One of my wife's co-workers asked to borrow her phone during a break, then disappeared with it for 45 minutes.  I checked the calls when she got home, and this bitch made a ton of long-distance phone calls all over the country.  What the fuck?  Who the hell does this?  She has been complaining recently that she thinks some of the people there are trying to take advantage of her (due to her lack of English, they think they can tell her to do the stuff they are supposed to do, for example) and now it seems to be getting worse.     She's been trying to find work elsewhere but it's been really hard.  I hope she gets out of there soon, although she also needs to learn to speak up and tell these people to go fuck themselves.

[chronovore]

An English problem? Have you taught her the phrase "Go fuck yourself?" It could solve the problem where they're not taking advantage of her, or at least speed her exit from the establishment.

Seriously though, she's got to realize that a new country means new rules, new culture, and the Japanese rules may not apply well here in many cases.

Also, I picked up a DMC revoltech Alexander figure on the supah-cheap. You want it?

[Brehvolution]

I saw this today and it made me laugh. Maybe it'll make one of you laugh too.

[IMG]http://imgur.com/7udhK.jpg[img]

  Good find!

[Diunx]

The trackball of my phone isn't working, I removed it to clean it and two little clips from the cover came off and now it won't fit, looks like I'm gonna have to spend some money on this piece of shit phone on monday

500 pesos for a new trackball, that was my weekend alcohol/junkfood money

[TakingBackSunday]

does listening to elliott smith make me a bad person?  I feel like a bad person.

[Mr. Gundam]

does listening to elliott smith make me a bad person?  I feel like a bad person.

Waiting this long to actually to listen Elliot Smith makes me question you legitimacy as a music lover, but no, it doesn't make you a bad person.

I LOVE Elliot Smith. Saw him live a couple times while I was in high school.

[Phoenix Dark]

i heard he created emo. that true?

[Don Flamenco]

i heard he created emo. that true?

that would be fugazi

[Phoenix Dark]

My granddad's funeral was today. Lots of friends and family came out, and me and my brothers/cousins were pallbearers. Everything was very nice.

The dinner after the burial was great, but almost ruined by the presence of chitlins. I swear that stuff smells like shit 

[TakingBackSunday]

does listening to elliott smith make me a bad person?  I feel like a bad person.

Waiting this long to actually to listen Elliot Smith makes me question you legitimacy as a music lover, but no, it doesn't make you a bad person.

I LOVE Elliot Smith. Saw him live a couple times while I was in high school.

Of course this isn't my first time listening to him 

it's just one of those nights 

[G The Resurrected]

My granddad's funeral was today. Lots of friends and family came out, and me and my brothers/cousins were pallbearers. Everything was very nice.

The dinner after the burial was great, but almost ruined by the presence of chitlins. I swear that stuff smells like shit 

Firstly my condolences, I don't even wish to think about what I'd do if my grandfather passed. I hope your family is making it through this alright. I'll keep you in my prayers.

Secondly I went to a traditional african american food place a few weeks ago and the special was chitlins with peas and lima beans. I couldn't shake the smell from my mind for days. But the chicken and waffles made up for that.

[Mr. Gundam]

it's just one of those nights 

He's perfect for those nights. I've been there.

[lennedsay]

One of my wife's co-workers asked to borrow her phone during a break, then disappeared with it for 45 minutes.  I checked the calls when she got home, and this bitch made a ton of long-distance phone calls all over the country.  What the fuck?  Who the hell does this?  She has been complaining recently that she thinks some of the people there are trying to take advantage of her (due to her lack of English, they think they can tell her to do the stuff they are supposed to do, for example) and now it seems to be getting worse.     She's been trying to find work elsewhere but it's been really hard.  I hope she gets out of there soon, although she also needs to learn to speak up and tell these people to go fuck themselves.

Oh wtf. Do you get bills that separate everything out? I'd add it up when you get the bill and tell your wife to let this bitch know how much it cost you guys. It sucks that she isn't a native speaker, because after working in the corporate world awhile, most people naturally become fluent in a certain level of passive aggressiveness. Personally I work for a fairly small business where I am one of a few managers over 95% of the other employees of the company, so if I want to or need to be a bitch I can, but it rarely comes down to that (but when it does, man, it's good shit). But everybody I know that's been in the corporate world for 10 or more years has ability to say exactly what they want even if it's the worst thing in the world but come off sounding really nice so you can't technically get mad at them. My mother-in-law is the queen of this. I'd set your wife up with lessons, but she'd probably make your wife cry with the nicest-sounding insult in the world.  :'(

Just tell her to act like a server at a restaurant. I don't know how well she speaks English, but as she's walking by the lady's desk, tell her to say, "Oh, btw, here's a copy of the page of my bill with your calls from the other day/few weeks ago. Just whenever you get a chance to pay me in the next few days is fine, okay?! Alright thanks!" And then hand off the page with your personal shit blacked out except the last 4 of your phone number or whatever, and then circle the total of her calls, rewrite the number really big and draw a smiley face. Oh yea, and you have to keep talking without a chance for interruption until you walk away from her completely. That's a key element. It's like a fly-by passive aggressive full-on attack. I mean who knows if you guys will ever get money out of this lady, but at least she'll know never to ask her to use her phone again. And if the lady's a total bitch or asks questions, tell your wife to blame it on you and say, "Oh, my husband does the bills and he told me to give this to you, I don't know? He was just really upset. Something about long distance? I don't know?" And just play it off like she doesn't understand since this isn't her native language. Since they want to use that against her, might as well use it against them.

[fistfulofmetal]

hi lenn

[Raban]

i heard he created emo. that true?

that would be fugazi

Fugazi

[lennedsay]

hi lenn

Um hi 

[Mr. Gundam]

i heard he created emo. that true?

 

Bands like Fugazi and Sunny Day Real Estate were the original "emo" bands. It sounds nothing like what currently is labeled emo, but there you go.

[drew]

so after playing phone tag with my doctor for almost a month, this morning he called in 120 (one hundred and twenty) tramadols

i guess nagging works, legitimately this would last me well into next year, realistically itll be gone by first snowfall, but holy fucking shit am i in for a good fucking fall

[Diunx]

Sent some to your secret santa.

[drew]

hell naw, theyre mine, MINE, MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE

[Diunx]

Went to some ghetto games store on my way to work to see if they had a copy of Castlevania and some guy came in with a pirated copy of Dante's Inferno and wanted to return it because he was a christian and couldn't play that

[Phoenix Dark]

Group Project Drama Dictionary

There are various classes each individual in a group project fits into. For instance

Loner Guy: Typically a younger male. Quiet but reliable
Leader Guy/Girl: Most outspoken, goal oriented member; rarely the smartest member
Dudebro Guy: Loud, obnoxious, popular. Can be reliable if Leader Guy keeps him in check
Tardy Guy: Doesn't show up, doesn't do shit.
Parent Chick: Older mother, has responsibilities. Very reliable; typically a nursing student
Cute Chick: Walking disaster. Unreliable, but can make Dudebro Guy work harder to get her attention
Career Man: Back in school to get promotion. Can clash with Leader Guy.
distinguished mentally-challenged fellow Guy: Somehow graduated high school. Ruins everything. Future president or senator.

Ok so usually I'm Loner Guy. I do my work, don't get too involved with everyone else, and I'm typically Leader Guy's number two. This semester I finally got placed in a group with no natural leaders, so I took the mantle of Leader Guy. My group consists of:

Leader Guy (me)
Dudebro Guy
Parent Chick
distinguished mentally-challenged fellow Guy
Cute Chick

A horrible set up. Since I'm not a natural leader, I don't get along well with Dudebro Guy who's basically an asshole. Cute Chick spends most of her time laughing at Dudebro Guy's jokes, and he shows no ability to impress her with any academic feats. Parent Chick is my number two. Very reliable, and brings animal crackers to meetings.

Flash forward to today:

Me: ok, I think we can do this. How about I start on the power point and research. Parent Chick, can you start on research too?
Parent Chick: Sure. I can take my kids to the library for a field trip
Me: Sounds good.
Dudebro Guy: I'll do some research this weekend
Cute Chick: *giggle*
Me: Fine. Cute Chick, can you start working on the header page?
Cute: I guess...
Me: distinguished mentally-challenged fellow Guy, how about you start on the bibliography? We'll be sending you our sources, you can just update it as you get them
distinguished mentally-challenged fellow Guy: You mean works cited?
Me: Yes.
distinguished mentally-challenged fellow Guy: Dunno, how about you guys send me your research in emails and I print it out? And send me the stuff you write for the paper. I can print it out at Kinkos and get some nice colors and shit
Me: Uhhh, why. We're going to print everything for free at the library.
distinguished mentally-challenged fellow Guy: Oh. Well what am I supposed to do now?
Me: Bibliography
distinguished mentally-challenged fellow Guy: Ok, works cited.

I know Cute Girl is going to struggle with the easiest job, so I made sure not to give Dudebro Guy any specific assignment; I'm betting Cute Girl will call him and he'll help her. He's a dumbass  but should be able to put a header together.

[Mupepe]

I wonder who I am in projects.    I'm too outgoing to be loner guy but I'm not good looking or cool enough to be dudebro although I am always making jokes and I tend to talk about dudebro things.  I do show up and i get my shit done so I'm not tardy guy.  I'm doing it to get a different job so I'm not career man. 

... that leaves distinguished mentally-challenged fellow guy :'(

[Fresh Prince]

I think I'm dudebro but with a sarcastic twist.

[BlueTsunami]

For the first time in a long time I haven't gotten spam to my Hotmail account in a day. Been proactive with the "sweep" function and deleting/blocking spam accounts. Feels good, man.

[Powerslave]

So no girl in Bozeman interests me in any relationship we must fuck way. It's either I lose interest to fast or no girl here is really interesting.

Is this some type of advanced english grammar you're using or what.

[Mupepe]

gmail is fucking pissing me off.  it says i have one unread message but i fucking don't.  unless there's something unread from fucking months back that all of a sudden got marked unread somehow.  this is fucking bullshit. 

[Robo]

In the group dynamic, it's good to be distinguished mentally-challenged fellow Guy; prove your incompetence early on and you won't be responsible for anything, but -- unless your other group members are pricks -- you'll receive the same grade as everyone else.  If the project falls flat and the professor questions your commitment, you shrug your shoulders and say, "look bro, I was just the distinguished mentally-challenged fellow; talk to the cigarillo with the glasses."

I was always the guy who does all the work because I feel like its probably going to be terrible if I let someone else do it.  I'd be Career Guy these days, or Leader Guy, if only to avoid doing the most work.

[Brehvolution]

gmail is fucking pissing me off.  it says i have one unread message but i fucking don't.  unless there's something unread from fucking months back that all of a sudden got marked unread somehow.  this is fucking bullshit. 

More options -> Mark all read

[Phoenix Dark]

I forgot about Do Everything Guy. Used to be me in community college, and some uni classes.

[Madrun Badrun]

In group projects I bet mups is Parent Chick.

[Diunx]

I'm the guy who sits there quietly while do everything girl do her thang.

[chronovore]

In group projects I bet mups is Parent Chick.

That's usually my role. That, or Princess Leia.

[Mupepe]

In group projects I bet mups is Parent Chick.

[lennedsay]

I'm mostly Loner Girl, half Tardy Girl (but I get my shit done), and if I'm in a group of all 'tard Guys, Cute Chicks, etc. I quietly throw in (so I don't seem like a pushy Leader Girl bitch) that I'll take care of Bulk Part if they all want to split up the rest, because I really like and am good at Bulk Part. That worked out in the shit groups when you know you're going to get stuck fixing their shit anyway. Do Everything Girl.  :'(

If we were able to pick groups, Mups would be my first pick.

[drew]

shut to the up

[Mupepe]

I'm mostly Loner Girl, half Tardy Girl (but I get my shit done), and if I'm in a group of all 'tard Guys, Cute Chicks, etc. I quietly throw in (so I don't seem like a pushy Leader Girl bitch) that I'll take care of Bulk Part if they all want to split up the rest, because I really like and am good at Bulk Part. That worked out in the shit groups when you know you're going to get stuck fixing their shit anyway. Do Everything Girl.  :'(

If we were able to pick groups, Mups would be my first pick.

Could we play footsie the whole time while everyone does our work? 

Mups is my hump pillow

I totally deny these accusations.

[Diunx]

The site Looks awful on my phone

[Brehvolution]

I'm just getting started using Google reader and want to know what boritos have on their feeds.

[CajoleJuice]

I'm just getting started using Google reader and want to know what boritos have on their feeds.

A selection:

Warming Glow
Film Drunk
Kissing Suzy Kolber
Lifehacker
Joe Posnanski (possibly the best sportswriter out there)
AV Club
Rock, Paper, Shotgun
io9
The Onion
The Slatest
Somewhat Manly Nerd ()

[Brehvolution]

Thanks Cajole.

[Diunx]

These people have been talking about SC2 for 30 min, i'm buying a tequila for myself tonight.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I heard another Kesha single...I think every time I hear her single, I contract six STDs, two of which were previously undiscovered by the scientific community.

[lennedsay]

Do we have a footsie emote in the works? It seems I'm in dire need. Mups

[Madrun Badrun]

The people who made tales of vesperia are fucking stupid assholes.  After a boss battle there is like 20 mins of cut scenes, no store, no save, and then a forced battle that I keep dying on because I have no healing items and my healer has been taken away.  Fuck this. 

[lennedsay]

Guess what we're doing today? We're at Home Depot. Might go to Bed Bath and Beyond if we got time. Nice little Saturday.  :'(

He's buying parts to turn a cooler into mash ton for beer brewing. () Hopefully I will never walk into them squeezing the worlds largest tea bag full of that shit up against my white cabinets over my stock pot again after today. Never forget

[Powerslave]

The people who made tales of vesperia are fucking stupid assholes.  After a boss battle there is like 20 mins of cut scenes, no store, no save, and then a forced battle that I keep dying on because I have no healing items and my healer has been taken away.  Fuck this. 

I sympathize with your pain. Fuck em. Fuck em all.

[Raban]

Why does wastingyourlife.com take you to EB? When did that happen?

[Diunx]

demi paypaled 10 bucks to dave for the site.

[Raban]

[Raban]

Well, I don't go to that site anymore. I was on there for like a month before I realized it basically took all the worst from GAF and all the worst from EB and combined it into one forum. I just recently tried going there to see what it looks like now. You can look, I haven't made a post there in some time. I just like checking on old sites, just like every once in a while if I want to despise the human race, I pop open GAF's OT.

[Raban]

Yeah I totally love WYL it's the best site ever.

[Mupepe]

Do we have a footsie emote in the works? It seems I'm in dire need. Mups

[Maximus]

[Maximus]

You're absolutely right, I have to diversify my interests. I'm desperate for a new inspiration.

What do you guys think it's missing, besides porn?

Edit: checking out Cajole's suggestions.

Naw mine is even worse, at least you got a bit of diversity in your nerdness, I have like BBC, RTE, and gizmodo and kotaku and thats it

also, does anyone else enjoy driving a car that has some awful problem.
This past week I've been driving a car with no brakes, absolutley no brakes on thursday and Friday, and its quite fun trying to not die or collide with other cars/buses/antelope etc.
I remember doing the same with an almost done clutch, where I couldnt clutch the car more than maybe four or five times for fear of it breaking which it eventually did.
Then there is driving in the ice and snow which is great fun altogether, it seems anything that involves me possibly fucking up and crashing or screwing a car up I enjoy, I think there is something wrong with me.

[Fresh Prince]

It's missing sport, jinfash. Some hot male bodies should fix it up.

[demi]

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lmfao. nailed it.

i didnt read the post above it though.

[demi]

lol i noticed u are subscribed to gazzer's comics. thats awesome. linked him to that post, he will get a kick out of it. probably a chub from knowing people actually read it (or subscribe to it)