Please share your struggle of the day

[ToxicAdam]

I was so proud of myself at the amount of work I got done before 10am, then just realized that I didn't move my clock yet.

[Cheddahz]

got pulled over for the first time yesterday

ended up not getting a fine for speeding, but ended up with a fine for some sticker bullshit (since i never got the bill for it)

[Positive Touch]

shit is garbagewater

[Madrun Badrun]

Bought some supermarket kombucha after reading Karakand posts

Ya I put an intro Esperanto book in my cart after reading Vul's posts

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No I didn't.  Just fucking with ya.

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[Kara]

Bought some supermarket kombucha after reading Karakand posts

Celestial Seasonings makes it. I bought some. Because they were BOGOF. There is nothing you can do to me that I have not already done to myself.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Bought some supermarket kombucha after reading Karakand posts

Celestial Seasonings makes it. I bought some. Because they were BOGOF. There is nothing you can do to me that I have not already done to myself.

I sat through an entire 2 hour long Ronald Reagan documentary a few weeks ago.

[Kara]

That's the brand I usually buy.

Kombuchadog needs to step up their distribution.

Or I suppose I could just buy a case direct from them.

[kick51]

bought a Dreamcast bundle on ebay.  it arrived and one of the controllers had analog+dpad caked in chocolate and the games were all scratched up.  It was supposed to have Power Stone 2 complete, but it was a powerstone 1 case with both games stacked on each other. 

And of course, the seller is a complete nutter older woman who is totally standing her ground about this great injustice I've committed by not accepting her misrepresented shit.  Her dumb ass admitted that the game wasn't complete in the return dialog. 

after 10+ years this is the first time i've had someone straight up refuse to accept a return and deny any wrongdoing.  If I just follow through and send it back, I'll get a refund, right?  She was also threatening to send it right back to me.  After a certain point, ebay just gives you your money back?

[nudemacusers]

how did you know the brown smears were chocolate?

[Positive Touch]

lol you send it back you'll be out your money and your sack of busted games. keep the games and live and learn.

[kick51]

how did you know the brown smears were chocolate?

i licked them

lol you send it back you'll be out your money and your sack of busted games. keep the games and live and learn.

that's not how ebay/paypal works.

[nudemacusers]

i think the real lesson is people holding onto dreamcasts in 2015 are probably crazy

[I'm a Puppy!]

how did you know the brown smears were chocolate?

i licked them

lol you send it back you'll be out your money and your sack of busted games. keep the games and live and learn.

that's not how ebay/paypal works.

No, that's exactly how ebay works.

[Kara]

i think the real lesson is people holding onto dreamcasts in 2015 are probably crazy

Guess who donated his Dreamcast in 2014.

[Human Snorenado]

You got what you deserved. You can EASILY pirate any DC game in existence, even the shitty Shenmue ones.

Paying for physical media in the year 2015

[chronovore]

Folding laundry and talking on the phone, the biggest spider I’ve seen in years crawled across my leg. it must have been on the towel I was folding.

I made a noise like R2D2 when he gets shot in the Death Star trench battle.

[I'm a Puppy!]

At the airport waiting for my flight. There's some asshole who's brought his guitar and is playing at the gate. I feel like snatching it from his hands schooling him and then tell him "Don't EVER play in public unless you're asked. Asshole."

But I'm weak, and a coward. Also, can't tell someone to not play in public by playing in public.

[kick51]

how did you know the brown smears were chocolate?

i licked them

lol you send it back you'll be out your money and your sack of busted games. keep the games and live and learn.

that's not how ebay/paypal works.

No, that's exactly how ebay works.

ok, people who have never used ebay before should probably not answer.   

You got what you deserved. You can EASILY pirate any DC game in existence, even the shitty Shenmue ones.

Paying for physical media in the year 2015

I was buying the system mostly.  i was gonna sell the games off.  Power Stone 1+2, Sonic Adventure 1+2...I would've gotten the system + an extra $30 or so to put towards a fleshlight modeled after morrigan from dragon age

[I'm a Puppy!]

how did you know the brown smears were chocolate?

i licked them

lol you send it back you'll be out your money and your sack of busted games. keep the games and live and learn.

that's not how ebay/paypal works.

No, that's exactly how ebay works.

ok, people who have never used ebay before should probably not answer.

Oh I've used ebay. But it's been a while. It's not 2002 anymore you know?

[kick51]

how did you know the brown smears were chocolate?

i licked them

lol you send it back you'll be out your money and your sack of busted games. keep the games and live and learn.

that's not how ebay/paypal works.

No, that's exactly how ebay works.

ok, people who have never used ebay before should probably not answer.

Oh I've used ebay. But it's been a while. It's not 2002 anymore you know?

so then why are you answering if you haven't used it in 13 years

[I'm a Puppy!]

I don't even know anymore.

[kick51]

it's ok.  the answer is that ebay pretty much always sides with the buyer.  so I'm pretty set, just curious if anyone had been through the process. 

[chronovore]

I've only ever seen it from the other side, friends who were selling stuff and buyers who were trying to screw them, outrageous claims that either showed the buyer hadn't read the description before purchasing, or was scamming them.

As you say, it seems eBay sides with the buyer more often than not.

[fistfulofmetal]

Buyers always have the benefit of the doubt. But even then, I would take pictures of everything and show that in comparison to what was in the ebay listing so there's no doubt you got screwed.

I remember I bought a used copy of MGS1 on ebay and one of the discs was scratched and the seller was really quick to send a replacement disc. Didn't want to take any chance of me reporting him, clearly.

[Crash Dummy]

i got salsa dip on my silk denims 

[sarslip]

got one of these. hand me an L




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i experimented once in college, weve all been there 

[kick51]

sounds like a plan, i will take pics.  fucking dynamite cop and sword of the berserk will have to wait  :'(

[Positive Touch]

snuck the 3ds into my wife's purse this morning to get some streetpass points. a new personal low

[Kara]

i got salsa dip on my silk denims 

post if ur ok

[Positive Touch]

walrus...tell me you don't play acoustic versions of classic rock songs in public

[Positive Touch]

oh glenn

not like this

[Am_I_Anonymous]

At the airport waiting for my flight. There's some asshole who's brought his guitar and is playing at the gate. I feel like snatching it from his hands schooling him and then tell him "Don't EVER play in public unless you're asked. Asshole."

But I'm weak, and a coward. Also, can't tell someone to not play in public by playing in public.

You're a fucking Grinch. That man is bringing hope and good cheer to the masses about to board a shitty flight. I wish there was a guitar player at the gate before every flight I board.

Also street musicians are great. There was a trumpet player doing a mean Miles Davis impression in Santa Monica the other week, and that shit was awesome.

[CatsCatsCats]

Man, Portland house parties you're gauranteed to have a hippy band spring up. I don't know why there's so many damn banjos

[ToxicAdam]

I know that antisocial nerds who go to one party every three years or so and probably stand in the corner casting creepy glances at girls across the room might be opposed to a decent guitar jam. Cool people can dig it. End of story.

Making yourself the center of attention (in an area where people are trapped) and drowning out all other conversation/interaction is not cool. Never will be.

People are only paying attention because most people are generally polite and don't want to be mean. Their inner dialogue won't be so nice.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

I know that antisocial nerds who go to one party every three years or so and probably stand in the corner casting creepy glances at girls across the room might be opposed to a decent guitar jam. Cool people can dig it. End of story.

Making yourself the center of attention (in an area where people are trapped) and drowning out all other conversation/interaction is not cool. Never will be.

People are only paying attention because most people are generally polite and don't want to be mean. Their inner dialogue won't be so nice.

Pretty much this and assuming everybody wants to hear guitar during a party....

And this assumes guy on guitar is even decent as in my experience 70% of them should put that shit back in the case and go home.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

I know that antisocial nerds who go to one party every three years or so and probably stand in the corner casting creepy glances at girls across the room might be opposed to a decent guitar jam. Cool people can dig it. End of story.

Making yourself the center of attention (in an area where people are trapped) and drowning out all other conversation/interaction is not cool. Never will be.

People are only paying attention because most people are generally polite and don't want to be mean. Their inner dialogue won't be so nice.

I know that antisocial nerds who go to one party every three years or so... might be opposed to a decent guitar jam.

Case closed.

As for generally "playing in public," the best acoustic guitar player I've ever seen was a dude playing in a market square in Istanbul. He had a huge, appreciative crowd gathered around him. And that square was, wait for it... in public.

There is a difference in playing music on the street where people can stop if they choose and pulling your shit out in a house where people don't really have a choice but to hear you strum though the same fucking 5 songs every guitar guys plays.

I triple dare you to pull your guitar out at a black party and see how fast that shit lasts.

[ToxicAdam]

would be uncool, sure, if it actually happened like that. I don't think I've ever seen that happen though. Are there people who demand everyone's attention and then launch into a guitar ballad? In 12+ years of going to parties I haven't seen that. Maybe it's a Midwest thing.

You were just defending some dude playing a guitar in a fucking airport. If you are going to have shitty opinions, at least be consistent about it.


I love street performers (the one's that are competent) and will always leave some money. But there's a time and place for that.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Is the airport dude more akin to a party jammer, or a street musician?

Musicians are pretty ubiquitous in the subway, but you might only be there for a few minutes, whereas you're in an airport terminal for longer than that most of the time. It's an interesting question. I know I personally would love an airport musician.

You're kinda stuck waiting on your plane so he's definitely invading your space.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

A black man in his 60s playing some Muddy Waters in the airport terminal would be dope as fuck.

True story. I saw BB King in New Orleans at a super small bar/cajun joint where he just came in and started playing in the corner. There were only like 20 people in the whole place. 

[CatsCatsCats]

A black man in his 60s would have to be doped as fuck to be playing guitar in an airport

[Kara]

Realized I'm such a pack rat with contact info that I still have a dead person in my phone book.

Is there etiquette for this, BTW, we obviously didn't cover this one in finishing school. Like does it have to sit Shiva for X months, then I can delete it?

[Madrun Badrun]

That must be a big book.  But to answer your question, just use a freezer next time. 

[chronovore]

Printer will not copy this black and white paperwork unless I replace the yellow ink cartridge.

YOU DON’T NEED YELLOW. YOUR BLACK INK IS FULL.

[Madrun Badrun]

Nah you need yellow for black if you're using blasian ink.  Stop buying Deja-Chou printers dude. 

[fistfulofmetal]

Printer will not copy this black and white paperwork unless I replace the yellow ink cartridge.

YOU DON’T NEED YELLOW. YOUR BLACK INK IS FULL.

did you learn nothing from the dress?

[Rufus]

Printer will not copy this black and white paperwork unless I replace the yellow ink cartridge.

YOU DON’T NEED YELLOW. YOUR BLACK INK IS FULL.

Is it a HP printer? My mother has one that demands yellow ink for b/w too. I think it has to do with some mandated tracking feature where they print a nigh invisible code in yellow dots across the page. There might be ways to force it to print anyway, but I don't know any, so off to Google I guess.

[I'm a Puppy!]

Printer will not copy this black and white paperwork unless I replace the yellow ink cartridge.

YOU DON’T NEED YELLOW. YOUR BLACK INK IS FULL.

Yup I hate, hate, HATE this. Had an Epson pull this shit with me. Never again.

[Beezy]

Was making japanese food for the first time in ages but forgot to use any dashi or put furikake on rice

baka gaijin

[chronovore]

My printer’s an Epson. I think Epson just wants to mandate “all ink must be full if you want to print anything.” It’s sloppy and bad, and probably results in more ink cartridge sales, so as bugs go, it’s “as designed.”

Was making japanese food for the first time in ages but forgot to use any dashi or put furikake on rice

Furikake on rice is for children anyway. Adults generally do not do it. Yukari is a different story, for whatever reason. Most adults use pickles to flavor their rice -- and most kids don’t like pickles. So I guess that’s the division.

I like furikake, for what it’s worth.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Slept 3 hours
Hate my job
 

[Kara]

The city put the commune on notice for being a public nuisance. 

[ToxicAdam]

My printer’s an Epson. I think Epson just wants to mandate “all ink must be full if you want to print anything.” It’s sloppy and bad, and probably results in more ink cartridge sales, so as bugs go, it’s “as designed.”

I know this pain. I have an Artisan 835 that is tempermental as hell. I finally broke down and bought 3 packs of (knockoff) ink from Amazon just so I have enough spares.

[Brehvolution]

Printer will not copy this black and white paperwork unless I replace the yellow ink cartridge.

YOU DON’T NEED YELLOW. YOUR BLACK INK IS FULL.

I hate that. I had one where the scanner lamp died which rendered the entire unit completely useless. I don't think I ever scanned anything either. CAN'T PRINT BECAUSE THE SCANNER LAMP IS OUT!

[Kara]

Not working in a post-scarcity office sounds kinda shitty. *prints big ass tax return just because*

[Rufus]

I hate that. I had one where the scanner lamp died which rendered the entire unit completely useless. I don't think I ever scanned anything either. CAN'T PRINT BECAUSE THE SCANNER LAMP IS OUT!

I hate shit like this. Purposefully break all parts of a all-in-one machine when one is broken. Fuck design like that.

[jakefromstatefarm]

this morning, I exchanged pleasantries with a multilingual bartender, very enjoyable experience.

and then I woke up.



there goes my only chance at code switching with Navajo and Latin

or having a friend

[Kara]

Sleep so fucked atm that I can't process what time of day it is.

[Madrun Badrun]

Sleep so fucked atm that I can't process what time of day it is.

It's tomorrow right now. 

[Kara]

Mi damnas vin.

[CatsCatsCats]

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