Author Topic: Random talk thread: It just keeps happening (Read 4332028 times)

I'm a Puppy! · « **Reply #25500 on:** September 11, 2014, 07:53:04 PM »

Quote from: PlayDat on September 11, 2014, 07:13:28 PM

Quote from: Totally Not Ronito on September 11, 2014, 06:44:40 PM
Walking pass a cluster of people you stood a good chance to see a person of every race/gender group in it but not black women. I wonder why.

Not much of a mystery unfortunately. When you're forced to navigate through life underneath overlapping prejudices, your potential goes unnoticed, opportunities are never granted to you, etc.

yeah I get that...but....I mean black men were there. And women were there.
When I find things like this due to discrimination I tend to see no women, or no one black. I've never really seen such disparity. I mean you'd think for a conference that has a break out session just for the women in the field they'd be beyond that.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #25501 on:** September 11, 2014, 09:16:39 PM »

This is going to be a hell month. Fuck. NSERC

chronovore · « **Reply #25502 on:** September 11, 2014, 10:07:07 PM »

Quote from: The Walrus on September 11, 2014, 10:04:20 PM

I started using the word "cac" outside of The Bore. Getting good responses so far. Hopefully I can help get this into the mainstream.

It crops up in my head at the weirdest times. "Cactivity," too.

benjipwns · « **Reply #25503 on:** September 11, 2014, 11:01:14 PM »

I was trying to describe some dumb thing these people were doing at Kroger and all I could think of is "they were doing cactivities" or "they were just being cac's" but I was like, wait, my mother isn't going to understand that.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #25504 on:** September 11, 2014, 11:06:27 PM »

I enjoyed this:

What's the difference between a Pakistani middle school and an Al Qaeda training ground?

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I dunno, I just fly the drone.

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I'm a Puppy! · « **Reply #25505 on:** September 11, 2014, 11:26:36 PM »

Quote from: The Walrus on September 11, 2014, 10:04:20 PM

I started using the word "cac" outside of The Bore. Getting good responses so far. Hopefully I can help get this into the mainstream.

They probably think you're saying "cock" in a weird accent

El Babua · « **Reply #25506 on:** September 11, 2014, 11:45:51 PM »

I've called some of my whitest friends cacs before. Unfortunately, my whitest friends are all half Hispanic so I gotta settle with mexicac.

Kara · « **Reply #25507 on:** September 12, 2014, 02:33:47 AM »

Work 15 hours and agree to courier documents at like 6 am the next day brehs.

When I came in at 23 something, one of my roommates decided to show me the space I was being allotted in the fridge and freezer and it took every ounce of my being not to just go

DO I LOOK LIKE I KEEP HOURS THAT ARE CONDUCIVE TO COOKING? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

toku · « **Reply #25508 on:** September 12, 2014, 05:40:44 AM »

You *would* use a 24 hour clock

also, you can cook at any hour, and drink at any hour, it's your schedule.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #25509 on:** September 12, 2014, 09:07:24 AM »

That white ps4 looks good in my living room

Kara · « **Reply #25510 on:** September 12, 2014, 07:23:57 PM »

Quote from: toku on September 12, 2014, 05:40:44 AM

You *would* use a 24 hour clock

also, you can cook at any hour, and drink at any hour, it's your schedule.

The depths of pedantic depravity I can sink to are incomprehensible to a mere mortal.

If it didn't involve posting sensitive information on the internet, I'd keep a thread of the pedantic emails I have to send for work. Some of the shit I write even makes me go

, it'd probably drive some people into the fetal position.

It's not so much the hour it's that I'm never there for meals. Breakfast is the only one and that only happens because I have to wake up at home instead of work. Also I'm not on a yearly lease atm so I can't exactly storm about in the late hours of the morning whenever I feel like it if I don't want to get a 30 day notice.

Pickles the Firecat · « **Reply #25511 on:** September 12, 2014, 07:52:32 PM »

Free Soup Plantation

Nothing tastes as good as American excess

chronovore · « **Reply #25512 on:** September 12, 2014, 07:58:39 PM »

I enjoy Karakand's vocabulary; as someone who's been repeatedly asked to "tone it down" at work, where "it" is an unfortunate tendency to retreat behind lexicological pedantry when angered, I am obliged to appreciate a kindred soul.

Kara · « **Reply #25513 on:** September 12, 2014, 08:13:56 PM »

It's not just words, it even goes down to the mundane like insisting on referring to every legal entity by its full legal name (including the Ltd., Inc., LLC, LP, LLP, etc.) as a minor way of trolling people for operating farcical arrangements of interlocking legal entities.

Nothing makes me

as having to write a long list of shell companies like "ABC, Inc.; DEF, LLC; GHI, LP; and JKL Ltd." does. Semicolon represent.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #25514 on:** September 12, 2014, 08:47:37 PM »

you niccaz don't even know. don't even. know.

jakefromstatefarm · « **Reply #25515 on:** September 12, 2014, 08:59:44 PM »

Remember that episode of Powerpuff Girls where Mojo Jojo shoots the planet with a ray gun that makes everyone communicate using super drawn out sentences and obfuscating jargon? Society grinds to a halt because nobody can get through daily obstacles like traffic jams without engaging in teleological debates about the nature of car crash jurisprudence.

Karakand is that planet.

Kara · « **Reply #25516 on:** September 12, 2014, 09:22:33 PM »

I know people don't read my emails because I can barely stand to read them so I'll be a fucking asshole sometimes and stick something really important in the first sentence of a paragraph that's balls deep in some tome of an email so someone in an authority position will at a later date accost the recipient with something to the effect of, "Wow, how did you miss that, so and so? It was in the first sentence of this paragraph," when so and so and I both know they missed it because I wrote something that makes an Internal Revenue Service "lol we haven't decided yet" form letter read like The Great Gatsby.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #25517 on:** September 12, 2014, 10:00:09 PM »

PlayDat · « **Reply #25518 on:** September 12, 2014, 10:10:49 PM »

Quote from: Esch on September 12, 2014, 09:25:36 PM

Quote from: jakefromstatefarm on September 12, 2014, 08:59:44 PM
Remember that episode of Powerpuff Girls

No, faccot.

This was the show that all boys watched but never admitted to their friends. Looking back it's pretty obvious that the show was designed to appeal to guys also with all the monster fights. The violence depicted, while never extremely graphic did feel a bit gratuitous at times.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #25519 on:** September 12, 2014, 10:19:05 PM »

seeing this shit as a kid tho

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #25520 on:** September 13, 2014, 12:46:53 AM »

Fucking tv decided to die an untimely death. Didn't even last 2 years!

You know what this week can go suck a cock. Everything this week has just turned to shit.

I'm a Puppy! · « **Reply #25521 on:** September 13, 2014, 01:56:23 AM »

Quote from: Sovok on September 12, 2014, 09:22:33 PM

I know people don't read my emails because I can barely stand to read them so I'll be a fucking asshole sometimes and stick something really important in the first sentence of a paragraph that's balls deep in some tome of an email so someone in an authority position will at a later date accost the recipient with something to the effect of, "Wow, how did you miss that, so and so? It was in the first sentence of this paragraph," when so and so and I both know they missed it because I wrote something that makes an Internal Revenue Service "lol we haven't decided yet" form letter read like The Great Gatsby.

You know, one of my bosses does this and likes to boast about it but really I'd argue it's done nothing but cause troubles and cost us money in the end. Sure he gets to be like "You didn't read that part? Well, sucks for you." And it just causes a ton of drama and panic. Of course I've also seem him put a single line email stating "You need to do x." only to have someone come back and say "No one told me I had to x!!!" It amazes me. I sign a contract for buying a car and I'll read every page of the 20 page contract. But some people sign up for hundreds of thousands of dollars of services and they don't even bother to read the single page that says "This is what you need to do."

Rufus · « **Reply #25522 on:** September 13, 2014, 02:02:39 AM »

Quote from: Van Cruncheon on September 12, 2014, 08:47:37 PM

you niccaz don't even know. don't even. know.

Your kid already eclipsed you?

StealthFan · « **Reply #25523 on:** September 13, 2014, 03:23:45 AM »

Boys can watch Powerpuff. There's tons of inappropriate shit in that show.

Kara · « **Reply #25524 on:** September 13, 2014, 04:26:55 AM »

Quote from: Totally Not Ronito on September 13, 2014, 01:56:23 AM

You know, one of my bosses does this and likes to boast about it but really I'd argue it's done nothing but cause troubles and cost us money in the end. Sure he gets to be like "You didn't read that part? Well, sucks for you." And it just causes a ton of drama and panic. Of course I've also seem him put a single line email stating "You need to do x." only to have someone come back and say "No one told me I had to x!!!" It amazes me. I sign a contract for buying a car and I'll read every page of the 20 page contract. But some people sign up for hundreds of thousands of dollars of services and they don't even bother to read the single page that says "This is what you need to do."

Yeah, but do you read every word of every EULA you agree to?

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I agree people read too little of important documentation. When I try to be laconic people still fuck shit up so I figure I might as well be an irl troll most of the time and bury people in verbiage.

Funnily enough I ghostwrite a lot of shit because people think I can write.

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e: Oh short pedant story--for awhile I would always refer to a type of tax return by its full formal name because I'm an asshole. The formal name of a 1040, even if it's a married filing joint / separate, is "U.S. Individual Income Tax Return." I was trying to get some information from a taxpayer's spouse and they wanted to know why they were being left off the taxpayer's tax return because I'd called it an individual income tax return.

Rufus · « **Reply #25525 on:** September 13, 2014, 04:44:39 AM »

The most recent update to Firefox changed the context menu and that startled me just now. That is all.

Your Stalker · « **Reply #25526 on:** September 13, 2014, 04:55:46 AM »

esch is lying just like he lied about not fucking with pawgs

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #25527 on:** September 13, 2014, 05:02:22 AM »

Lol you guys were insecure when you were little, PPG was the shit

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #25528 on:** September 13, 2014, 06:47:00 AM »

Quote from: Totally Not Ronito on September 13, 2014, 01:56:23 AM

Quote from: Sovok on September 12, 2014, 09:22:33 PM
I know people don't read my emails because I can barely stand to read them so I'll be a fucking asshole sometimes and stick something really important in the first sentence of a paragraph that's balls deep in some tome of an email so someone in an authority position will at a later date accost the recipient with something to the effect of, "Wow, how did you miss that, so and so? It was in the first sentence of this paragraph," when so and so and I both know they missed it because I wrote something that makes an Internal Revenue Service "lol we haven't decided yet" form letter read like The Great Gatsby.
You know, one of my bosses does this and likes to boast about it but really I'd argue it's done nothing but cause troubles and cost us money in the end. Sure he gets to be like "You didn't read that part? Well, sucks for you." And it just causes a ton of drama and panic. Of course I've also seem him put a single line email stating "You need to do x." only to have someone come back and say "No one told me I had to x!!!" It amazes me. I sign a contract for buying a car and I'll read every page of the 20 page contract. But some people sign up for hundreds of thousands of dollars of services and they don't even bother to read the single page that says "This is what you need to do."

In Corporate Amerikkka, my golden rule is ABD: Always Be Documenting. There's always some asshole who doesn't read their e-mails and then claims ignorance when something they were responsible for falls through. Then you just resend them the e-mail you sent to them months ago, highlighting the thing they were supposed to do in red, and then kick back and listen to the "bububu" routine.

StealthFan · « **Reply #25529 on:** September 13, 2014, 08:18:59 AM »

Cow And Chicken

Beezy · « **Reply #25530 on:** September 13, 2014, 09:53:12 AM »

Quote from: PlayDat on September 12, 2014, 10:10:49 PM

This was the show that all boys watched but never admitted to their friends.

wrong

Quote from: Esch on September 12, 2014, 10:18:08 PM

Nah breh. It was a show about a bunch of little girls shooting rainbows at each other.

completely wrong

drew · « **Reply #25531 on:** September 13, 2014, 10:28:43 AM »

The Amazing World of Gumball and Teen Titans Go

I'm a Puppy! · « **Reply #25532 on:** September 13, 2014, 12:12:41 PM »

torrentday? No thanks man. I have some morals you know.

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OMG PM ME!!

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I'm a Puppy! · « **Reply #25533 on:** September 13, 2014, 12:24:24 PM »

If something is important to the organization treat it as important to the organization. Don't be like "Oh we're going to do this in off hours where people aren't being paid." Otherwise people are just going to be like "eh....whatever."

T234 · « **Reply #25534 on:** September 13, 2014, 03:44:46 PM »

I GOT NEW GLASSES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 12 YEARS

OH MY GOD

I CAN SEE

I HAVE LEGS

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I totally pulled an Eddie Murphy from Trading Places in the eye place. They thought/knew I was a crazy person.

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Kara · « **Reply #25535 on:** September 13, 2014, 06:04:53 PM »

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toku · « **Reply #25536 on:** September 13, 2014, 07:17:26 PM »

Rufus · « **Reply #25537 on:** September 13, 2014, 07:22:50 PM »

That fucking sucks, Kara, for both of you. At least they didn't succeed. :/

PlayDat · « **Reply #25538 on:** September 13, 2014, 08:28:28 PM »

Sorry, Sovok. If you don't mind me asking, how did you end up getting the news?

nudemacusers · « **Reply #25539 on:** September 13, 2014, 09:08:54 PM »

Sorry to hear. I hope all turns out well.

chronovore · « **Reply #25540 on:** September 14, 2014, 02:43:54 AM »

The local Very Big Event festival is this weekend. Huge party last night. Barely coherent today. Jesus.

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Rufus · « **Reply #25541 on:** September 14, 2014, 06:54:20 AM »

Slept so long I feel drowsy. Great start to this Sunday. =_=

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #25542 on:** September 14, 2014, 07:24:00 AM »

Hang in there man

chronovore · « **Reply #25543 on:** September 14, 2014, 08:47:14 AM »

By 3PM I was at 80%, now at 10PM I'm feeling 90% but tired. Defo feeling old, old and tired.

Other exciting stuff which happened to me this weekend:

Pulled a pair of tongs out of a drawer which had closed around a steak knife; the knife fell out from between the tongs and landed point down in my big toe.

Ate some granola, hit an EXTRA hard crunchy item, turned out the glue on an old crown had finally given up the ghost.

On the way down to my wife's grandmother's for dinner, the local festival tomfoolery had several underaged, non-helmeted youths of questionable sobriety slaloming between pedestrians on a narrow road. One of them nearly ran into me, and I thought about shoulder-checking him into his friends, but realized that I'm at -3 to all skill checks while Hungover.

Kara · « **Reply #25544 on:** September 14, 2014, 07:13:13 PM »

Thanks everyone. This happened a little while ago so they're OK (in the sense that they're still living).

Quote from: PlayDat on September 13, 2014, 08:28:28 PM

Sorry, Sovok. If you don't mind me asking, how did you end up getting the news?

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Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #25545 on:** September 14, 2014, 10:29:39 PM »

Quote from: Esch on September 14, 2014, 04:59:57 PM

I hate that feel when you buy a sizeable amount of some food item and it turns out to be bland/mostly wack. I bought a decent size bottle of this local salsa and its just so boring

no lie, my favorite Mexican joints around here have kinda bland salsa/sauces. They work well on a taco I guess, since it's really one more flavor on top of the flavor of the taco itself. But eating it with some tortillas and it's pretty boring.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #25546 on:** September 14, 2014, 10:43:44 PM »

fuck

I meant tortilla chips

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Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #25547 on:** September 14, 2014, 10:53:11 PM »

This is a pivotal moment of my e-life brehs. I can see yall aren't gonna give me the benefit of the doubt on any food related issue. This is the culinary equivalent of clutching your purse as I walk by brehs. And I totally deserve it.

jakefromstatefarm · « **Reply #25548 on:** September 14, 2014, 10:53:15 PM »

one of the fast food Mexican places in town makes thin flour tortillas and really soupy salsa loaded with garlic/chilitepines

when all you have is a hammer

StealthFan · « **Reply #25549 on:** September 14, 2014, 11:13:40 PM »

I eat salsa on tortillas. I hate having salsa and no tortilla chips. even though my salsa is reserved for my daily tacos.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #25550 on:** September 14, 2014, 11:23:06 PM »

daily tacos tho? nah breh.

I had tacos for about a week last month though. Had some left over black beans and decided to just smash them up and make veggie tacos for a week.

StealthFan · « **Reply #25551 on:** September 14, 2014, 11:33:00 PM »

My grocery bill is cheap so I get dat meat

Tacos once a day, son.

I'm a Puppy! · « **Reply #25552 on:** September 15, 2014, 12:22:21 AM »

Man I just had to body slam my nephew through the floor on facebook because he posted some bullshit about how drug testing people on food stamps is necessary and that it pay for itself. He's really the only remnant of any of those stupid image posting facebook people I have on my facebook (I unfriended the rest) because he's a smart kid and I love him and really he's smarter than that and someone needs to say

"you're smarter than this" if he's ever to learn.

I'm a Puppy! · « **Reply #25553 on:** September 15, 2014, 12:36:06 AM »

I don't care so about perception.
He's the only one that does it and I unfriended everyone else.

Either:
1. He learns and gets smarter. Good, he'll be better off.
2. He learns to not post stupid stuff on facebook. Good, facebook will be better off.
3. He's not actually as smart as I give him credit for and unfriends me. Good, I'll be better off.

El Babua · « **Reply #25554 on:** September 15, 2014, 01:04:14 AM »

Been having headaches often recently. Judging from the symptoms, they may be tension headaches, but I'm afraid it may be something worse. $:-\$

I'm a Puppy! · « **Reply #25555 on:** September 15, 2014, 01:11:52 AM »

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #25556 on:** September 15, 2014, 01:51:09 AM »

The funny thing about the drug testing Medicaid shit is that there are a couple examples of it in effect, and they show it's a waste of money. If you can't find massive abuses in a state as fucked up as Florida, your argument is weak plain and simple.

Ultimately it's not about facts though. It's about shaming people on Medicaid/welfare, and perpetuating the idea that the majority of people on social service programs are gaming the system. Now, I'm a black guy from Detroit: I know people who are on disability and/or welfare who shouldn't be on it, and I know people who take advantage of the system; and I've worked multiple jobs that dealt with people who were gaming the system. But the idea that they represent the majority of people on social services is pure ignorance. Most of the people on those programs are working hard to better themselves, most can't make ends meat without the programs, etc.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #25557 on:** September 15, 2014, 05:26:54 PM »

Vet was 400$ and she put Nami on anti-anxiety drugs

Kara · « **Reply #25558 on:** September 15, 2014, 05:59:32 PM »

Sorry Arvie.

They have to be taken daily?

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #25559 on:** September 15, 2014, 06:27:04 PM »

News:

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