Random talk thread: It just keeps happening

[Kara]

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Hypothetically speaking, this might have been an eerily perceptive choice of .gif.

[Mr. Gundam]

tl;dr I got car-blocked by Adam Sandler 

So, I was in LA for stuff and my usual got to strategy if I'm in LA on a weekday past 3pm is to go to the Arclight Hollywood which is the best theater ever and see a movie to kill time until traffic dies down (3:30 hour drive vs 55 mins drive).  So I went and did that and they had Caramel Popcorn and it was amazing (I hadn't had that since I was a kid with Cracker Jacks) and I saw Life which was fucking terrible but I wrote about that in the movie thread.

I get out of the movie and look at my phone and I see Trump launched missiles and I'm like oh fuck, just when I was having a nice time eating caramel popcorn at the best movie theater ever.  Also traffic was still like 1:40 mins, so I decided to go grab a bite.  As I'm walking out of the theater I see all these people in suits and lines and security everywhere and I don't think much of it and go eat.  There seemed to be a lot of people on the street in line for something and the place I ate at was full of hollywood (guy behind me was like "hey, I brought my agent!" to his buddies).

Afterwards I head back and as I'm getting back near the theater there are all these people shouting ADAM SANDLER ADAM SANDLER ADAM SANDLER and I look over and apparently Adam Sandler is there doing the red carpet premiere for his new Netflix movie.  I try to get back to the parking lot but the whole street and everywhere has been blocked off by cops and security.  So I'm standing around waiting for all this stuff to get done with and it's going on and on, so I find a back way to sneak into the parking lot (which totally gets past all security, so security wasn't that great!) and take off.

But when I was blocked off standing on the street with people shouting Adam Sandler! Adam Sandler! the two thoughts that came to me were 1) I can't believe this many people still care about Adam Sandler movies, and that 2) not only are his modern movies terrible, but he's even car-blocking me from leaving; freaking Adam Sandler 

Fuck that guy.

[I'm a Puppy!]

So I gave a phone interview yesterday. The guy didn't bomb, per se, but it was pretty obvious that he didn't pass the test with flying colors, the guy just didn't know a lot of stuff, and that's totally fine, I'm not necessarily looking for someone who knows everything. But anyhoo, after the interview about 30 minutes later I get a call back from this guy and he's thanking me for the interview, and saying that it was the most intimidating interview he's ever had and while he didn't know everything off the top of his head, he could look it up and how he's delivered a ton of complicated projects by researching support and development sites and either following steps or using what those steps said to create his own solution.

I mean, why call me back and say all that? On one hand, OK, you're calling me back, I guess that takes some guts. But 1) Anyone that meets me knows I'm quite possibly the least intimidating guy on the Earth 2) Not really looking to fill that all important "I can google stuff." job 3) Also not really looking for someone that can get it right the second time.

It almost felt like the guy felt it was unfair, so I pointed out all the mistakes he made. And it was obvious that by the end of our second call the guy was convinced he had made a massive mistake in calling me back.

The whole thing was very

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

An intern candidate for last summer called me back one time and wanted me to provide feedback on her interview (she was told a day or two prior that she didn't get the job).  So I gave it to her.  Towards the end I could tell she was getting upset and then at the end, she said "ok fine" and then hung up the phone.  I guess she wanted me to tell her she was a beautiful snowflake who did nothing wrong but she lied on her resume, she couldn't answer a question without "um" and "like", and she didn't even bother to look at the company website for 5 minutes to see what we did.  Oh well.

[Atramental]

Same. There's no sense about worrying about shit that's totally out of our control.

Anywho, I'll be in my bunker innawoods if anyone needs me. 

[toku]

[I'm a Puppy!]

As the semi-civil fabric of our society and economy is slowly torn away by climate death, automation and nationalism i find myself strangely at peace.

I find myself fascinated actually.

"Hoo, that's interesting. They decided to leave the EU. That's a pretty bad idea. I wonder what will happen to the economy, trade agreements, immigration agreements, etc."
"Fascinating, they voted in Trump. There's a fair chance there'll be a massive war coming now. Interesting."

[Nola]

Tums are an amazing treatment for canker sores.

I rarely got them after switching to a SLS free toothpaste, but since Toms discontinued the SLS free with fluoride line and my stock ran dry, I went back to Colgate. Sure enough they have started popping back up with frequency.

Anyways, I used to take the masochistic route and throw salt or alum on them, but this one was bad and neither remedy was cutting it.

So in my dark hour of pain and desperation I turned to reddit, found a conversation from years back about a person that stumbled onto using Tums based on some biological deductions and happenstance. Dug in a bit more and decided why the fuck not?

Sure enough it worked. Crunch one up and leave it on the canker sore to dissolve over time and the pain is almost gone. Plus it seems to be healing fairly quick.

[Syph]

As the semi-civil fabric of our society and economy is slowly torn away by climate death, automation and nationalism i find myself strangely at peace.

#staywoke and im not even being sarcastic

see "Rise of the Robots" for further (great) reading

[Kara]

As the semi-civil fabric of our society and economy is slowly torn away by climate death, automation and nationalism i find myself strangely at peace.

Your name is eschaton, can't say I'm surprised.

[Madrun Badrun]

Fridays I tend to get drunk at home and solo karaoke punk.   Its a pretty good time.  Recommend 100%.


Not joking

[Madrun Badrun]

Frunk drunk on peach mead - spelling mistakes know my sole

[brawndolicious]

So about a month or so ago I accidentally opened the garage door while a tall cabinet door was open and that bent a roller off the rail. Rather than call the landlord and explain how it mysteriously popped itself out, I just kind of dealt with the screeching sound.

Then today I fixed it with Youtube. And I even busted out a wrench.

Fridays I tend to get drunk at home and solo karaoke punk.   Its a pretty good time.  Recommend 100%.


Not joking

I'm extremely jealous of you. Nowadays I drink like once a month and a half glass of wine gets me tipsy dry mouthed. It used to be in college I'd get truly drunk 4 times a week and a hit of the dank stuff every night. I think the mild hangovers helped me focus enough to get on Deans list.

[CatsCatsCats]

Fridays I tend to get drunk at home and solo karaoke punk.   Its a pretty good time.  Recommend 100%.


Not joking

Try it at a dive bar! You'll love it!

[Bebpo]

Fridays I tend to get drunk at home and solo karaoke punk.   Its a pretty good time.  Recommend 100%.


Not joking

For some reason you never really struck me as a punk kid, but that's cool.  What kind of punk?

[Madrun Badrun]

suppppper drunk right now.  had 5 stouts one was imperial russian something about uranis and it hist hard.

[Madrun Badrun]

this

https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/sawdust-city-long-dark-voyage-to-uranus/164921/

very good

[Momo]

 

[VomKriege]

Long dark trip down ur anus ? 

[Kara]

anyone have those moments where they just browse the internet and end up somewhere digging really deep into some random stuff?

That's every day of my wretched, misbegotten life.

[Valkyrie]

That's actually how I found this forum.

[chronovore]

anyone have those moments where they just browse the internet and end up somewhere digging really deep into some random stuff?

That's a reasonable description of any given day for me.

[Syph]

anyone have those moments where they just browse the internet and end up somewhere digging really deep into some random stuff?

you ever click every blue link on a wikipedia article?
and then every link on every link you clicked?

[chronovore]

god why is it so fucking hard to find a decent looking white computer mouse

a bit like an apple mouse

except, you know, usable

The Apple Magic Mouse is pretty fucking bomb if you're using it with a Mac: all the OS X touchpad functionality in a mouse. The wired Pro Mouse was alright. The Mighty Mouse can slurp my semi-turgid rutabaga. That stupid-ass rollerball should never have left the lab.

[ZephyrFate]

the new Jamiroquai album is fucking lit

(this has been a random post from a stoned person)

(the basslines are fire)

[chronovore]

the new Jamiroquai album is fucking lit

(this has been a random post from a stoned person)

(the basslines are fire)

As I've earlier noted, I always think of Jamiroquai as "White person aping Stevie Wonder" (yeah, I know it's a full band). I'm internally inconsistent because I frequently spin Miss Fairchild tunes, which is "White People aping Prince." 

[chronovore]

is it wrong to eat beans straight from the can without heating anything? i mean it tastes pretty good cold. maybe better.

[Madrun Badrun]

It's OK, we've all messed up due to heroines at some point in our lives.   You just got to stay strong and move on.   

[ZephyrFate]

the new Jamiroquai album is fucking lit

(this has been a random post from a stoned person)

(the basslines are fire)

As I've earlier noted, I always think of Jamiroquai as "White person aping Stevie Wonder" (yeah, I know it's a full band). I'm internally inconsistent because I frequently spin Miss Fairchild tunes, which is "White People aping Prince." 

This is apt for the more 70s-inspired tunes, but their earlier work which is steeped in acid jazz is its own beast and I don't feel draws from Stevie Wonder at all. You are right that everything after the first 3 albums does pull from his work. The newest album is still really fun to listen to and stands out when the last big 70s-inspired album was Random Access Memories, imo.

[Rahxephon91]

So a topic has come back up in my life and I thought I'd ask for outside opinions.

Should I join the Air Force?

No doubt it would be a dramatic shift in my life, but there are some reasons to consider it. My life lacks direction and while I'm almost done with school I am in jeapordy of screwing it up and in general I don't enjoy it. I have about a year left if all things go well and I'll be done, but I'm losing so much interest in it. And then honestly what comes after? I feel like I've been stuck in a rut in almost all things. Maybe going into something that will force me into a direction is what I've needed. Also I'll make actual money.

On the other side, life is'nt totally bad. While in the end I think I could uproot myself I do like aspects of my life and self that I would have to give up in order to join the Air Force, which could be really difficult for someone who hates change. I have some connections that would probably be permanently cut ,but I guess that means they aren't really that strong to begin with.

And then just the fact that I myself may not be cut out or really fit in. My friend is in it an he hates it, but then again our personality are very different.

So yeah, thats it.

[archnemesis]

Try to complete your education first. If you end up hating the Air Force then you have something to fall back on.

[nudemacusers]

Well first question is are you going e or o?

Edit: if you're in a four year and have a good gpa (3+) shoot for O. Then again not everyone wants the O.

But I can provide broad stokes perspective if you need.

[Rahxephon91]

An E for sure.

[nudemacusers]

An E for sure.

Any particular afsc?

[Rahxephon91]

No I assume they would tell me which one.

[nudemacusers]

Not sure 100% about the enlisting process but I think you get your available list very shortly (maybe day prior) before sailing off to basic training, so it's a good idea to do some research and have ~5 you're interested before talking with a recruiter at MEPS and signing paperwork, so you don't get stuck in something you hate. Of course this is after you clear all the entry criteria etc.

The Air Force Reddit has some good info to dig through.

[benjipwns]

Those Arrrnald Mobile Strike commercials weird me out. Mega moviestar, Governator, etc. now he's shilling a F2P mobile game that doesn't even seem to be ranked highly on any of the app stores.

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And it's not even a clicker/tap game.

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[benjipwns]

Oh, it's the same company that did those Kate Upton commercials. Nevermind, they clearly know what they're doing:

Analytics by Slice Intelligence indicated that Game of War's paying players each spent an average of $550 in 2015 on its in-app purchases, compared to $87 spent by the average player of mobile free-to-play games.

Singer Mariah Carey replaced Upton, in late 2015, as the face of the game's advertising campaign.[19] In September 2015, the first commercial featuring a brief clip of Carey as Athena was previewed by TMZ.[20] Carey's agreement reportedly included "a seven-figure pay check; a 30-second commercial filmed by Alan Taylor ... and the use of her music in future promotional material."[19]

In February 2016, MZ spent an estimated three times more on television advertising than any other mobile gaming company, including spending an estimated $10.7 million on 3,265 airings of its Super Bowl 50 ad for Mobile Strike featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

[FatalT]

Those Arrrnald Mobile Strike commercials weird me out. Mega moviestar, Governator, etc. now he's shilling a F2P mobile game that doesn't even seem to be ranked highly on any of the app stores.

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And it's not even a clicker/tap game.

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He's been shilling that turd of a game for over a year and a half or so now. I hate that I know this from playing shitty mobile games and seeing the ads.

[Joe Molotov]

Remember when I said I'd click you last?

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[benjipwns]

Their CG version of him looks better than the one in Terminator Genisys tho.

I might say if I was going to admit to having seen that.

[benjipwns]

Like back when they first came out I was playing one of these click and wait six hours then come back to see your reward games. (It might have even been one on Steam actually.) It had like this elaborate hour plus set of tutorial missions where everything was like Advance Wars and stuff. And then it dumped you into a bunch of menus with time progress bars and buttons to spend real money.

It was nice. Was like being back in the days of getting to the end of some shoddy shareware demo from a magazine cover and never buying the full thing or whatever.

[Rahxephon91]

Not sure 100% about the enlisting process but I think you get your available list very shortly (maybe day prior) before sailing off to basic training, so it's a good idea to do some research and have ~5 you're interested before talking with a recruiter at MEPS and signing paperwork, so you don't get stuck in something you hate. Of course this is after you clear all the entry criteria etc.

The Air Force Reddit has some good info to dig through.

Well for sure it's something I need to think more about.

Thanks.

[chronovore]

Those Arrrnald Mobile Strike commercials weird me out. Mega moviestar, Governator, etc. now he's shilling a F2P mobile game that doesn't even seem to be ranked highly on any of the app stores.

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And it's not even a clicker/tap game.

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Ha, I was wondering if Arnie was hawking the game in foreign markets, or if it was just Japan, like some of his older Japan-exclusive advertisements for Cup Noodle or energy drinks.

I'd argue that Mobile Strike isn't even a game. It's a series of timers tied to alerts that will pop up on your phone, annoying you so badly that you'll delete it in the first hour. Which is what I did.

I also noticed Evony has Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Aaron Eckhart, and some Chinese star, Fan Bingbing, in its ad.

[I'm a Puppy!]

So I was giving an interview today and I asked this guy about how to solve a specific problem. He said, "Oh yeah, that'd be a calculation" I'm like "Anyone can tell me it's a calculation. Tell me how you would do it. Walk me through it." He just replied, "Yeah, I'm not going to do that."


Really I'm too nice because I didn't just end it there. I gave the guy another chance to redeem himself. Of course, when we got to the "got any questions for me?" part he asked me about the role and I was like "Welp, it's very important that in this role you be able to explain how to do things to other people, to be able to walk the client's team through solving problems. Given that you refused to show this skill, I don't think you need to worry about the role."

[brawndolicious]

Why didn't he just say he doesn't know or hasn't had experience with that particular sort of problem?

Like how was he trying to play that off?

[Atramental]

You can say a lot of idiotic stuff if you're nervous/anxious.

OR you can say a lot of idiotic stuff if you're an idiot.

The sword cuts both ways. 

[I'm a Puppy!]

Why didn't he just say he doesn't know or hasn't had experience with that particular sort of problem?

Like how was he trying to play that off?

I got the feeling that he was like "I know you know how to do this. Why would I tell you?" or "I'm so good at this, I don't have to waste my time telling you." I would've accepted "I don't know"  I have given plenty of passes to people who admit they don't know something.

My wife asked "Was he white or Indian?" I replied, "An indian would have answered the question."
She just looked at me like


Yeah, cacs.

[El Babua]

I've said quite a bit of stupid shit the last couple of months looking for a new gig.

I hope "Bobby Roberts" is an acceptable answer for you if I ever sit across your desk. 

[Bebpo]

Sometimes I'm really bad at making sure I eat/drink something while working.  When it's 4pm and I haven't ate/drank anything all day and dealing with hi-stress stuff I get kinda grumpy -_-  Just grabbed some KFC from across the street and back to work now feeling better 

[Kara]

Even waifus are airbrushed now, smh. Trust other people brehs.

[Great Rumbler]

ffs

i was gonna watch some cool anime and the art isn't sharp and clean as those fucking tumblr gifs i keep seeing

now i think it's because those short little gifs are enhanced/restored with some special computer shit that makes it look so good

the original stuff isn't as clean looking

oh well

still looks awesome

Hackers figured out this one weird trick to make anime gifs look good.

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By shrinking them down really small.

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[thisismyusername]

I've just realized that I'm a long-standing Hikkimori by like all definitions of the word. When it's kinda unintentional but mental barriers.

[Valkyrie]

I've just realized that I'm a long-standing Hikkimori by like all definitions of the word. When it's kinda unintentional but mental barriers.

[VomKriege]

Asked for my first employer to align their wage on my more recent second one (I'm paid roughly 33% better). Back then I accepted a ridiculous low price (relative to freelance work in my industry) because I was learning a new trade, etc... you probably know the drill.

I figure it's the right time if any as I'm getting a lot of work at the other place, my benefits will be renewed soon, and there's a lot of orders flowing back into all the sector : the workforce available is getting thinner while companies must deliver more under shorter deadlines.

There's a fair chance they'll refuse me however. I probably will need to refuse go working there at least for a few months then.

[Bebpo]

What's a good sport/martial art for hitting things very hard?
I can only take so much of fighting against crooks, criminals and real life villians who keep on getting away with it.  The US legal system is fucking broken and there are so many abusers that slip through the cracks and the smart ones are living the Philippines, pulling all kinds of illegal shit, and getting away with it because they know how to play the game.  It's so frustrating working in the legal system if you have a strong sense of justice.  It's like being a cop and seeing someone mugging someone in front of you and every time you take a stop forward the world puts a barrier that says STOP in front of you that you can't get past.

I'm not angry in life, I don't think any of my friends, families, SOs would think so, but injustice and criminals getting away with shit and being brazen about it makes me so fucking mad.  I need something to punch on these kinds of days after work.

Honestly, if your job/life does not entail with dealing with career criminals, count yourself lucky.  Scum of the fucking earth. 

[benjipwns]

So I was giving an interview today and I asked this guy about how to solve a specific problem. He said, "Oh yeah, that'd be a calculation" I'm like "Anyone can tell me it's a calculation. Tell me how you would do it. Walk me through it." He just replied, "Yeah, I'm not going to do that."


Really I'm too nice because I didn't just end it there. I gave the guy another chance to redeem himself. Of course, when we got to the "got any questions for me?" part he asked me about the role and I was like "Welp, it's very important that in this role you be able to explain how to do things to other people, to be able to walk the client's team through solving problems. Given that you refused to show this skill, I don't think you need to worry about the role."

yeah but he walked away with the solution to the problem you desperately need solved and he might be the only one with the truly correct answer

so who really got the last laugh

[chronovore]

What's a good sport/martial art for hitting things very hard?
I can only take so much of fighting against crooks, criminals and real life villians who keep on getting away with it.  The US legal system is fucking broken and there are so many abusers that slip through the cracks and the smart ones are living the Philippines, pulling all kinds of illegal shit, and getting away with it because they know how to play the game.  It's so frustrating working in the legal system if you have a strong sense of justice.  It's like being a cop and seeing someone mugging someone in front of you and every time you take a stop forward the world puts a barrier that says STOP in front of you that you can't get past.

I'm not angry in life, I don't think any of my friends, families, SOs would think so, but injustice and criminals getting away with shit and being brazen about it makes me so fucking mad.  I need something to punch on these kinds of days after work.

Honestly, if your job/life does not entail with dealing with career criminals, count yourself lucky.  Scum of the fucking earth.

Tangsoodo was great for striking. Shotokan was also good for this, but its stance policy is impractical.

PS: Don't hit people.

[Bebpo]

What's a good sport/martial art for hitting things very hard?
I can only take so much of fighting against crooks, criminals and real life villians who keep on getting away with it.  The US legal system is fucking broken and there are so many abusers that slip through the cracks and the smart ones are living the Philippines, pulling all kinds of illegal shit, and getting away with it because they know how to play the game.  It's so frustrating working in the legal system if you have a strong sense of justice.  It's like being a cop and seeing someone mugging someone in front of you and every time you take a stop forward the world puts a barrier that says STOP in front of you that you can't get past.

I'm not angry in life, I don't think any of my friends, families, SOs would think so, but injustice and criminals getting away with shit and being brazen about it makes me so fucking mad.  I need something to punch on these kinds of days after work.

Honestly, if your job/life does not entail with dealing with career criminals, count yourself lucky.  Scum of the fucking earth.

Tangsoodo was great for striking. Shotokan was also good for this, but its stance policy is impractical.

PS: Don't hit people.

Thanks, yeah I think martial arts would be a good stress reliever.  I'd try out boxing but I don't feel to good about taking lots of punches to the face at my age.

I haven't hit anyone since Jr. High!     I used to get in fights a lot in elementary school because I was bullied a lot for being short and I'd fight back.  Only fight I got into after elementary was in Jr. High once in a football game when someone thought I did an illegal tackle (which I didn't) and tackled me and started punching so we traded punches a bit and cooled off.

[Huff]

Kinda sounds like you want to put on a daredevil mask bebs