Random talk thread: It just keeps happening

[Madrun Badrun]

Sounds like a fucked up Broca's area to me. 

[etiolate]

that should be thanks to my phone, but autocorrect gonna do its thang

anyways this bbq chicken, zucchini and bbqed pineapple is ahhhhh

[Mupepe]

you didn't pee in the bed did you?  Dreams about peeing are scary.  I usually wake up and have to pee really bad.

[Mupepe]

I'm going to need to watch you sleep just to make sure everything is okay.

[Huff]

Going to a gender reveal party. Do you typically bring a gift to these things?

[Madrun Badrun]

Yes.  Also will you come to my gender reveal party?  I want to tell you that I am a man.  I would also like a 3ds. 

[Phoenix Dark]

Going to a gender reveal party. Do you typically bring a gift to these things?

A ball and a sword, so the child can choose its own gender

[Steve Contra]

Going to a gender reveal party. Do you typically bring a gift to these things?

I just learned this is a thing.  Anyone ever invites me to a gender reveal party I'm done with them.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Shouldn't the baby decide what gender it should be?

[brawndolicious]

Just take vodka, a Mrs. Doubtfire DVD, and a big cardboard box. All kids love that shit.

[Huff]

Going to a gender reveal party. Do you typically bring a gift to these things?

I just learned this is a thing.  Anyone ever invites me to a gender reveal party I'm done with them.

yeah apparently its the new hit thing

I'm going to bring something neutral and scold them on trying to force a gender on to their baby.

[Madrun Badrun]

Wait this is a baby thing and not Himu jumping out in a dress and saying "look, ma, no balls"?
This is disappointing. 

[etiolate]

Gender reveal parties?

Even after his death, Michael Jackson is still starting trends.

[Diunx]

My friend made a monologue for her acting class! figured you guys would want to see in action the girl I had you voting for a couple of weeks ago.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I got invited to a gender party last year.  I assumed it was just a con to get more money/gifts out of people so I didn't bother going.

[Diunx]

What exactly is a gender party?

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

What exactly is a gender party?

http://www.babycenter.com/0_8-hot-ideas-for-your-gender-reveal-party_10365580.bc
http://www.parents.com/pregnancy/my-baby/gender-prediction/how-to-host-a-gender-reveal-party/

It's first world decadence.  Be glad you live in a third world slum.

[Phoenix Dark]

[Robo]

Apartment shopping again . . . 

Any DC boritos want to move in with me?  Sex butler service desired, but not required.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I just hooked up a second monitor to my laptop. Holy shit, this is going to revolutionize my productivity. 

Double monitor setups are almost a requirement these days for home and work.

My office has three monitors.  Three monitors aren't as effective as two so I just have that one be where Lync and other small windowed programs get stashed at.

[Brehvolution]

For those with a Galaxy S3 on AT&T, 4.1.2 update is out and gives you a lot of the same features the S4 has.

Go to settings>about device>software update>check for update.

It's about damned time!

[Eric P]

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/plainclothes-officers-trouble-didn-recognize-off-duty-chief-article-1.327540

At least one cop has been disciplined for ordering the NYPD's highest-ranking uniformed black officer out of his auto while the three-star chief was off-duty and parked in Queens, the Daily News has learned.

"How you can not know or recognize a chief in a department SUV with ID around his neck, I don't know," a police source said.

Chief Douglas Zeigler, 60, head of the Community Affairs Bureau, was in his NYPD-issued vehicle near a fire hydrant when two plainclothes cops approached on May 2, sources said.

One officer walked up on each side of the SUV at 57th Ave. and Xenia St. in Corona about 7 p.m. and told the driver to roll down the heavily tinted windows, sources said.

What happened next is in dispute.

In his briefing to Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, Zeigler said the two cops, who are white, had no legitimate reason to approach his SUV, ranking sources said.

After they ordered him to get out, one officer did not believe the NYPD identification Zeigler gave him.

The cops gave a different account:

When one officer spotted Zeigler's service weapon through the rolled-down window, he yelled "Gun!" according to sources who have spoken with the officers.

Both cops raised their weapons and ordered the driver out of the car, sources said.

Instead of saying he was an armed member of the NYPD, Zeigler shouted, "Don't you know who I am?" the sources said.

When one cop reached over to check the identification badge around Zeigler's neck, the chief pushed him away, sources said.

Only then did Zeigler tell the two officers his name and rank, those sources said.

Zeigler, in his discussions with Kelly, said the officers never yelled "Gun!" sources said.

One cop got into a heated argument with the chief even after seeing the ID, sources said.

That cop was stripped of his gun and badge and placed on modified duty last night, sources said. The status of the second officer was unclear.

The incident occurred as the NYPD is under fire for record numbers of pedestrians being stopped and frisked, the majority of them black or Hispanic. Some 145,098 people were stopped by the NYPD in the first quarter of this year.

Zeigler has headed the Community Affairs Bureau since January 2006. His wife, Neldra Zeigler, is NYPD deputy commissioner for equal employment opportunity.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/plainclothes-officers-trouble-didn-recognize-off-duty-chief-article-1.327540#ixzz2adsmmy9Z

cops acted like cops at other cops,
cops upset
cops in trouble
system remains in place

[Joe Molotov]

Black person pulled out of their car for no reason; sounds like Stop and Frisk working exactly as planned.

[Steve Contra]

They pulled an important member of a corrupt, abusive organization out of his car for questioning?  Maybe the system is working.

[Madrun Badrun]

My moms been driving me absolutely nuts since October and now she has completely manipulated me into her coming with me to Toronto for a week.  Basically first she offered to drive up there so we would only have to rent a trailer or to fly out there.  I said great, driving saves me time and the hassle.  Then about every two days she "Have you decided if we are going to drive or fly" and every time I would say drive.  Finally I got the hint that she didn't want to drive.  That's fine, if she didn't want to in the first place she shouldn't have offered.  So I say I will just fly.  I can have everything just shipped to me and I can buy and ship furniture there or take a cab for a few days.  No she wants to came because she can rent a care and drive me around to get stuff.  Now she has been having a shitty time at wok.  Her direct boss's husband got diagnosed with cancer, so she is never there and they just put in a new boss above my mom's boss who she doesn't like.  So I feel bad for my mom.  I don't want to hurt her feelings so I say fine.  Then she makes a big fuss about how we have to get plane tickets super early, gets tickets in May and buys plane tickets for August 24th.  I move in Sept 1st.  In fairness I didn't know when I was moving in when she got them but I told her that it would more than likely by the 1st.  Then since we have so much extra time we can go out ans see things etc.  When I try to talk about her about this she complains about how this is the only vacation she is going get this year and basically guilts me into being fine with it.  Now today she just sent me an email saying she doesn't want to rent a car there, we can just move stuff on the subway or bus or take a cab, which is exactly what I said I could do alone.  So basically she has weaseled her way into me being stuck with her a week on "vacation" that I didn't want to do at all. 

[Brehvolution]

If she goes, who is gonna take care of the dog?

[Madrun Badrun]

It's the manipulation that I don't like.  And it builds up.  Like the other day she asked if we can watch something while we eat super.  I said no (because I didn't have time to watch a movie) and before I can say why she says "If you can't stand to even eat super with me, how are we going to spend a week in a hotel room?".  Its just constant guilt trips and BS that has been going on for way too long now. 

[Madrun Badrun]

If she goes, who is gonna take care of the dog?

Nami is coming with me. 

[demi]

It's the manipulation that I don't like.  And it builds up.  Like the other day she asked if we can watch something while we eat super.  I said no (because I didn't have time to watch a movie) and before I can say why she says "If you can't stand to even eat super with me, how are we going to spend a week in a hotel room?".  Its just constant guilt trips and BS that has been going on for way too long now.

You say, "The way we spent the last X years in the same home. In separate rooms."

Then lock yourself in the bathroom with your dog.

[Madrun Badrun]

That did not work

*posted from Nexus 7

[hampster]

Waiting to hear back from a job interview sucks   Now I know how Awesome feels about Star Wars Girl's texts :'(

Just reject me already

They rejected me :'( :'( :'(

I take back what I said, I want the false hope back

[Mupepe]

I'd hire you, bro.

[Polari]

Waiting to hear back from a job interview sucks   Now I know how Awesome feels about Star Wars Girl's texts :'(

Just reject me already

They rejected me :'( :'( :'(

I take back what I said, I want the false hope back

Eh, think of it more that they went with someone else. No biggie.

[Rufus]

Fair enough, well you bring it up to her directly, bringing your schedule if you need to to let her know you can't spend time with her. She's just doing it because she loves you and wants to see you, so it can't be that malicious

This is what stalkers say, too.

[Phoenix Dark]

My moms been driving me absolutely nuts since October and now she has completely manipulated me into her coming with me to Toronto for a week.  Basically first she offered to drive up there so we would only have to rent a trailer or to fly out there.  I said great, driving saves me time and the hassle.  Then about every two days she "Have you decided if we are going to drive or fly" and every time I would say drive.  Finally I got the hint that she didn't want to drive.  That's fine, if she didn't want to in the first place she shouldn't have offered.  So I say I will just fly.  I can have everything just shipped to me and I can buy and ship furniture there or take a cab for a few days.  No she wants to came because she can rent a care and drive me around to get stuff.  Now she has been having a shitty time at wok.  Her direct boss's husband got diagnosed with cancer, so she is never there and they just put in a new boss above my mom's boss who she doesn't like.  So I feel bad for my mom.  I don't want to hurt her feelings so I say fine.  Then she makes a big fuss about how we have to get plane tickets super early, gets tickets in May and buys plane tickets for August 24th.  I move in Sept 1st.  In fairness I didn't know when I was moving in when she got them but I told her that it would more than likely by the 1st.  Then since we have so much extra time we can go out ans see things etc.  When I try to talk about her about this she complains about how this is the only vacation she is going get this year and basically guilts me into being fine with it.  Now today she just sent me an email saying she doesn't want to rent a car there, we can just move stuff on the subway or bus or take a cab, which is exactly what I said I could do alone.  So basically she has weaseled her way into me being stuck with her a week on "vacation" that I didn't want to do at all.

pics of your mom?
 

[Positive Touch]

it almost sounds like shes trying to spend time with her son before he moves away

[Madrun Badrun]

http://imgur.com/a/62SkE?gallery

[Eli Gulgin]

http://imgur.com/a/62SkE?gallery

aawwwwwwwww

[Shadow Mod]

Spokane is different.

[Atramental]

Man... I hope my current employer gets me working full-time soon.

I'm essentially working two jobs and the 2nd job is kinda brutal for me because I have to do these last minute "rush jobs" for my "boss" of that job ("boss" in that my main boss is lending my design services as part of this boss's rent payments to my main boss.) and sometimes I have to do these rush jobs as soon as I get home from work. Not only that, I'm usually working on these rushed designs late into the night. Sometimes as late as 4:00 am. 

Ugh. Anyways, hopefully I only have to deal with this stuff for a couple of more months.

[Van Cruncheon]

It's the manipulation that I don't like.  And it builds up.  Like the other day she asked if we can watch something while we eat super.  I said no (because I didn't have time to watch a movie) and before I can say why she says "If you can't stand to even eat super with me, how are we going to spend a week in a hotel room?".  Its just constant guilt trips and BS that has been going on for way too long now. 

beat off on her dugs.

[Madrun Badrun]

While I appreciate the advice, I might have a slightly different kind of relationship with my mother than you with yours. 

[Madrun Badrun]

There is a new hardcore history out.  4 hours.

[Himu]

lol

[Eli Gulgin]

 

[Mupepe]

I've been mulling it over for a couple months now, but I think I'm going to become a weekday vegetarian or something. Just eating too much damn meat. I know how terrible it is for the environment, and for you to eat a lot of it, but I think i'm going to become largely veg. I don't think i'll have a problem with that either because a lot of food i was raised on is veg and I know how to cook it, but it's lunch that I think i'll struggle with. I fucking love a deli sandwich mane

What's wrong with eating meat again, bro?

[Mupepe]

Just eat more veggies AND your meat (). best of both worlds! 

[Phoenix Dark]

Brehs anyone have a Roku? I'm about to order one, but getting some mixed info on usb ports. Does the Roku 2 XS have a usb? Amazon says yes, but the reviews make it sound like I'd need a different (more expensive) version.

[chronovore]

Man... I hope my current employer gets me working full-time soon.

I'm essentially working two jobs and the 2nd job is kinda brutal for me because I have to do these last minute "rush jobs" for my "boss" of that job ("boss" in that my main boss is lending my design services as part of this boss's rent payments to my main boss.) and sometimes I have to do these rush jobs as soon as I get home from work. Not only that, I'm usually working on these rushed designs late into the night. Sometimes as late as 4:00 am. 

Ugh. Anyways, hopefully I only have to deal with this stuff for a couple of more months.

That's incredibly abusive. Are you getting any additional compensation for rushed or overtime work?

[Rufus]

I would be surprised. Here's his compensation: experience. He should be thankful. Bla bla, bend over.

[Atramental]

Yes, I do receive additional compensation.

Thankfully these rush jobs have stopped for now and I'm back to my normal hours.

Also, as a graphic designer, I'm pretty much a greenhorn so I typically take longer on projects than say a designer who has been in field for 10 or 20 years. What takes me 2 or 3 hours to make could take my creative director an hour or less.

[Madrun Badrun]

I just had ice cream for breakfast.  Fuck your rules. 

[Shadow Mod]

Watching a show about Cheetahs. Cool cats.

[Steve Youngblood]

You know what sucks? Spiders. Had to have the exterminators come out to deal with Brown Recluses. Now, despite my hatred of spiders, I probably would have forgone doing this. But my wife was all like "What if our kid gets bitten by one?" But what are you going to do? That's a hysterical woman for you.

[Madrun Badrun]

Should have made her eat a bowl of cob webs.  That would have learned her.   

[Huff]

You know what sucks? Spiders. Had to have the exterminators come out to deal with Brown Recluses. Now, despite my hatred of spiders, I probably would have forgone doing this. But my wife was all like "What if our kid gets bitten by one?" But what are you going to do? That's a hysterical woman for you.

Enjoy all the insects around your house now

[drew]

insects >>> arachnids

[Rufus]

Watching a show about Cheetahs. Cool cats.

They can chirp.

[Huff]

insects >>> arachnids

I hate roaches more than anything.

[Steve Youngblood]

You know what sucks? Spiders. Had to have the exterminators come out to deal with Brown Recluses. Now, despite my hatred of spiders, I probably would have forgone doing this. But my wife was all like "What if our kid gets bitten by one?" But what are you going to do? That's a hysterical woman for you.

Enjoy all the insects around your house now

I guess the upside is that most of those insects can't cause necrosis. *Shrugs* I don't know. I just think it sounded like a bit of a scam since recluses are notoriously hard to kill anyway, and I hate spending money on stuff that isn't useless crap for me that I don't need or beer (which I'm distinguishing from useless crap I don't need).