Random talk thread: It just keeps happening

[brawndolicious]

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/12/the-lost-adults-with-autism/419511/

Pretty sure the reason why it's so hard to find old people with undiagnosed autism is beacuse they've killed themselves at a younger age.

Article mentions that about 10% of the patients at one mental hospital had it but were misdiagnosed with something else. Certainly some will give up and kill themselves when everyone including doctors is confused by their behavior but I would think most high functioning ones just considered themselves weird. It does show the need to go back and review the older psychiatry records.

[bork]

Went to a Gamestop to buy Devil's Turd.  The store was actually clean and the employees were friendly.  WHAT HAPPENED!?   

[Rufus]

Went to a Gamestop to buy Devil's Turd.  The store was actually clean and the employees were friendly.  WHAT HAPPENED!?   

The last stand before the fall.

[chronovore]

Went to a Gamestop to buy Devil's Turd.  The store was actually clean and the employees were friendly.  WHAT HAPPENED!?   

Were you in Hawaii? The only two clean, well-organized, friendly GameStops I've been to are on Oahu and Maui.

[Joe Molotov]

My local Gamestops cleaned up so they could make more room for amiibos and Funko Pops. Vidya are pushed aside to make way for the tablets and Walking Dead merch. 

[bork]

Were you in Hawaii? The only two clean, well-organized, friendly GameStops I've been to are on Oahu and Maui.

No, but I went to a Gamestop in Hawaii once.  It was inside a mall and was just as nasty as the other Gamestops in Georgia.  Had a distinct, mildew-like odor.   

My local Gamestops cleaned up so they could make more room for amiibos and Funko Pops. Vidya are pushed aside to make way for the tablets and Walking Dead merch. 

That's what this store was like, too.  Lots of toys and merchandise and other shit.  There was a big Star Wars setup.  I was pretty happy they had some other stuff, though-- I needed to buy some gift cards and they had some Starbucks cards there.  Because when you think "video games," you think "COFFEE."   

[Phoenix Dark]

I used to feel like a creep buying used DVDs in the very back of GameStop more than a decade ago. That was my area because DVDs and GameCube games were there, like the failure corner of the store I guess. Everything was dumped in a big ass ugly bin. Sometimes I'd ask the clerk "do you have 24 season 3" and he'd ominously point to the bin. 5 minutes of digging later I'd find what I was looking for.

Haven't been back in years but I heard the store is very different now, much better organized. But I bet WiiU games are in the very back lol.

[Atramental]

I'm wearing a t-shirt and shorts. And it's December. 

[chronovore]

I'm wearing a t-shirt and shorts. And it's December. 

Daisy Dukes?

[Madrun Badrun]

I'm wearing a t-shirt and shorts. And it's December. 

Still hasn't even snowed here.  It was like 10C outside most of the week. 

[bork]

Haven't been back in years but I heard the store is very different now, much better organized. But I bet WiiU games are in the very back lol.

They were at this store!
 

[eleuin]

I put my cereal in the fridge 

[Mupepe]

I put my cereal in the fridge 

Confessions thread is thattaway

[Madrun Badrun]

Keep gross shit like that out of the confessions thread.  Save it for your shrink. 

[eleuin]

I should really quote posts when they're from last week

spoiler (click to show/hide)

no really just try it

[close]

[Mupepe]

PSA: Don't try to calibrate a tv with the Mad Max Fury Road blu ray.  You will drive yourself insane due to the high contrast colors

[Rufus]

Is it because there's nobody to spot impeding sickness or help you when you've had an accident, or because loneliness weakens your immune system somehow? So, keep reading pls.

[Great Rumbler]

I'll just hermetically seal my house and get one of those Life Alert pendants, just to be on the safe side.

[bork]

One of my analysts just got a call from someone reporting that her Microsoft Word application window was all messed up.  She checked the user's uptime and this lady hadn't restarted her PC for a month.  The lady then got angry and said "are you kidding me?!  I'm not going to restart my computer!  That's too much of a hassle!  I'll just deal with it!" and hung up. 

[Fifstar]

Maybe it's just the other way round that sick people socialize less?

[Great Rumbler]

One of my analysts just got a call from someone reporting that her Microsoft Word application window was all messed up.  She checked the user's uptime and this lady hadn't restarted her PC for a month.  The lady then got angry and said "are you kidding me?!  I'm not going to restart my computer!  That's too much of a hassle!  I'll just deal with it!" and hung up. 

How do these kind of people even survive in the real world if turning off your computer at night and then turning it on in the morning is too much of a hassle?

"I twisted my knee the other day and now it hurt like crazy all the time, but it's too much of a hassle to go to the doctor."

"My car is making an awful grinding sound whenever I drive it, but it's too much of a hassle to go to a mechanic."

"I'm hungry, but it's too much of a hassle to go into the kitchen and get food."

[CatsCatsCats]

Literally thought all three of those things before

[Broseidon]

"I'm hungry, but it's too much of a hassle to go into the kitchen and get food."

I know this struggle all too well

[Madrun Badrun]

I don't.

[bork]

One of my analysts just got a call from someone reporting that her Microsoft Word application window was all messed up.  She checked the user's uptime and this lady hadn't restarted her PC for a month.  The lady then got angry and said "are you kidding me?!  I'm not going to restart my computer!  That's too much of a hassle!  I'll just deal with it!" and hung up. 

How do these kind of people even survive in the real world if turning off your computer at night and then turning it on in the morning is too much of a hassle?

"I twisted my knee the other day and now it hurt like crazy all the time, but it's too much of a hassle to go to the doctor."

"My car is making an awful grinding sound whenever I drive it, but it's too much of a hassle to go to a mechanic."

"I'm hungry, but it's too much of a hassle to go into the kitchen and get food."

My favorite bit of absurdity was from a lawyer who fucked up his PC (turned it off while Windows updates were installing) and instead of taking it somewhere to get fixed, he chucked it in the garbage and went out to buy another one.   

[archnemesis]

It's never to late to learn simple scripting and you can save a lot of time by knowing even the basics.

[fistfulofmetal]

My favorite bit of absurdity was from a lawyer who fucked up his PC (turned it off while Windows updates were installing) and instead of taking it somewhere to get fixed, he chucked it in the garbage and went out to buy another one.   

I have a client who is a private equity company. The CFO told me that you can't tell the employees they can't do something or lock their PCs down because they'll just go out and buy another laptop or tablet and bring it in the office.

[Mods Help]

Anyone have any ideas on what's going on?

I go to bed at 11pm or 12 am and sleep for 7-8 hours. I wake up refreshed. Eventually, maybe around noon or maybe around 5 or so, I feel really weak/fatigued/sleepy. Doesn't matter if I've had exercise that day or anything. Usually it happens when I'm hungry and I have been hungry more often lately, but that doesn't always apply.

I'll admit that before this started, I used to take daily naps around 5/6pm. But I've since stopped. So maybe it's my body adjusting?

On the other hand, it could be sleep apnea, but I feel refreshed right when I wake up and I can tell I had a good sleep.

I thought it could be low blood sugar levels, so I've been monitoring it with a diabetes blood glucose testing kit and my levels have been on the ball, aside from one reading last night when it was in the 40's (which is REALLY low).

I'm experimenting and testing, but in the mean time I've got a doctors appointment for a blood test set in a few weeks just in case it keeps happening. If it does, I'll bump it to a closer date.

It's just weird. I have all sorts of energy and feeling normal most of the day, and then some time later I want to go take a nap.

[Phoenix Dark]

Anyone have any ideas on what's going on?

I go to bed at 11pm or 12 am and sleep for 7-8 hours. I wake up refreshed. Eventually, maybe around noon or maybe around 5 or so, I feel really weak/fatigued/sleepy. Doesn't matter if I've had exercise that day or anything. Usually it happens when I'm hungry and I have been hungry more often lately, but that doesn't always apply.

I'll admit that before this started, I used to take daily naps around 5/6pm. But I've since stopped. So maybe it's my body adjusting?

On the other hand, it could be sleep apnea, but I feel refreshed right when I wake up and I can tell I had a good sleep.

I thought it could be low blood sugar levels, so I've been monitoring it with a diabetes blood glucose testing kit and my levels have been on the ball, aside from one reading last night when it was in the 40's (which is REALLY low).

I'm experimenting and testing, but in the mean time I've got a doctors appointment for a blood test set in a few weeks just in case it keeps happening. If it does, I'll bump it to a closer date.

It's just weird. I have all sorts of energy and feeling normal most of the day, and then some time later I want to go take a nap.

What's your weight like? Could be diabetes. Could just be your need to add something to your diet.

[brawndolicious]

You could probably get a blood test scheduled for this weekend or whenever you're off, I think hospital blood labs are open 7 days a week. Random guess: maybe if you started a low-carb diet the body is still getting adjusted to that period in the day when glycogen runs out?

[Mods Help]

Slightly overweight. I've lost most of my weight and I dunno. I took a nap and felt much better. Maybe I'm just old?

[Phoenix Dark]

How's the protein and fiber in your diet.

[Shadow Mod]

I get that way in Fall/Winter tbh...

[CatsCatsCats]

Yeah, this time of year blows for me

[toku]

Just take naps. They are good, sacred and holy. Sometimes you just need to stop and rest.

[Shadow Mod]

I can't do the nap thing, I just wake up with a headache or nausea 

[Fifstar]

Pretty normal to have a body rhythm low around 5 pm, wouldn't worry about it, especially if you were taking naps before.

[Mods Help]

Gimp is shit.

Pretty normal to have a body rhythm low around 5 pm, wouldn't worry about it, especially if you were taking naps before.

Yeah, but 12 pm too?

[Fifstar]

The exact times are obviously different for everybody, but two body rhythm lows, one in the early afternoon and one in the late afternoon are common.

[Mods Help]

I dunno. I was watching Star Trek TNG the other night and suddenly had a huge lack of energy. I could barely get out of bed. I felt like I was strapped down and that I was going to pass out. It was only 9 pm.

It doesn't seem normal at all. Maybe normal for other people, but not for me.

[Fifstar]

Well, I'm just trying to find some explanations that sound reasonable from an outsider's perspective. If you're truely worried, go see that doctor as soon as possible.

[Shadow Mod]

I can't do the nap thing, I just wake up with a headache or nausea 

I don't think you're supposed to go into deep REM sleep with a nap. I used to think that. A nap is basically just lying down with your eyes closed without falling asleep for 10-20 minutes afaik. Going into deep sleep also fucks me up.

If I'm tired enough to fall asleep it happens in no time regardless lol.

[Rufus]

Supposedly you can train yourself to go into REM sleep very quickly, so that you feel refreshed even after a 15 min nap. Drinking coffee just before your nap is supposed to help you wake back up in time, because its effect is delayed.

It's all just theoretic to me, because I fall fast asleep like Devo. I would need someone to shake me awake after an hour.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

You don't have to be fat to have sleep apnea.

[Rufus]

If you fall asleep really fast it might mean you don't get enough sleep at night.

That's a definite. I have an irregular schedule and sometimes just plain insomnia.

[I'm a Puppy!]

You don't have to be fat to have sleep apnea.

yeah but it is sorta rare from what I've been told.
I have a pretty bad case and my pulmonologist was really surprised when the tests came back and showed that I not only had a apnea but a really bad case. He said that out of the hundreds of patients he only a few dozen that weren't overweight. I can't say I'm surprised most people think it's an overweight only thing.

[Rufus]

I like Paint.NET, but you probably already know that.

[Phoenix Dark]

http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=8429.msg2111403#msg2111403

Pretty disappointed I got so few Like's for this. The effort to Like ratio wasn't exactly in my favor. Why is open source software so goddamned awful? There needs to be some simple software that bridges the gap between GIMP and Photoshop, something in the $50-$100 range.

i came thru for you breh
 

[nudemacusers]

And now begins the family separation until March  :'(

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=8429.msg2111403#msg2111403

Pretty disappointed I got so few Like's for this. The effort to Like ratio wasn't exactly in my favor. Why is open source software so goddamned awful? There needs to be some simple software that bridges the gap between GIMP and Photoshop, something in the $50-$100 range.

Ruzbeh, you should just be happy that you don't get ridiculed like you do/did at Opa Ages

[Atramental]

Speaking of OA, does Opa actually post here now (under a different name, of course) since OA and its various splinter forums are complete & total shit shows? 

I remember someone mentioning that a while back.

[Mupepe]

The wife and I got a roomba for Christmas. Holy fuck this thing is a godsend. I'm super close to ordering a scooba so that it mops everyday. Amazing.

[CatsCatsCats]

I kinda want a roomba but with the amount of pine needles that end up in my house I'd probably be emptying it twice a day.

[Mupepe]

I kinda want a roomba but with the amount of pine needles that end up in my house I'd probably be emptying it twice a day.

It's gotta be better than vaccuuming twice a day haha

[Phoenix Dark]

I just realized that the pizza in this gif

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=190016330&postcount=15

is uncooked. Look at the 'cheese'. It's got that frozen pizza look.

Whoever made the gif: cook the damn pizza before you make a gif like that you lazy bums

that's Earl Sweatshirt, it's from a sketch show

[Steve Contra]

Someone I knew from highschool had a breakdown over the weekend and started putting pictures of his dick all over Facebook.  It wasn't impressive and that's being generous.

[Madrun Badrun]

Thats why I keep a bunch of slightly smaller than normal household around to pose with. 

[demi]

Someone I knew from highschool had a breakdown over the weekend and started putting pictures of his dick all over Facebook.  It wasn't impressive and that's being generous.

In his defense, it always looks smaller when you take a pic.

Ummm nope. Not only are you bad at GIMP you are bad at photography.

[Brehvolution]

[king of the internet]

That's why I binge watch anime. To forget I have a micropenis.

Size doesn't really matter all that much when you're not using it for anything.