Author Topic: minor inconveniences that are not struggles (Read 1086239 times)

Kara · « **Reply #6900 on:** June 10, 2019, 06:45:07 PM »

Quote from: BisMarckie on June 09, 2019, 09:28:30 AM

Quote from: Dufus on June 09, 2019, 09:26:14 AM
A car is just a steel cage with wheels, literally any will do.

The soldering iron I have was made when the GDR was still a thing. It was „Made in West Germany“. I never thought about getting a new or better one.

GUB Glashütte would sometimes stamp their watches "Made in Germany" and I think that's beautiful. Other times though it just says "Made in GDR." And sometimes it says one thing on the front and another thing on the back. I suppose this is a metaphor for the tenuous legal existence of the various post-war Germanies.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #6901 on:** June 10, 2019, 08:02:58 PM »

Quote from: Dufus on June 09, 2019, 09:26:14 AM

A car is just a steel cage with wheels, literally any will do.

A soldering iron is really, really simple technology. There's not a lot to break, most of the functionality difference in cheap vs expensive is having temperature control which makes it have a more consistent temperature.

But like, I know maybe 2 or 3 electrical engineers who actually might wanf an "enterprise" level soldering iron and I don't think any of them have one. I assume you're just using it for minor electrical repairs or something, right? Generally, a project just requires a couple points to solder and then you're done using that tool for a few years.

Rufus · « **Reply #6902 on:** June 11, 2019, 01:44:14 PM »

So long as you don't make one of those awful cut down keyboards that needs a minimum of three FN layers to be useable...

Bebpo · « **Reply #6903 on:** June 12, 2019, 03:08:36 AM »

It's fucking hot in So Cal and my AC broke at some point in the last month or two I guess? I was hardly using my AC and it's always been weak but now the fan runs and blows out WARM AIR -_-

So I've been just keeping all the windows open 24/7 for the last week during the heatwave. Gets like 90F inside in the afternoon so I try to stay out until after dark. But even at night it's like a warm 80F and tough to even fall asleep blargh. Been just doing late nights until I pass out but gotta get up early tomorrow for LA traffic and it's still 80F in my bedroom at midnight fuck this.

Going to call every AC company on Thursday until I find someone that can come in the next week and either fix my AC or install a new one if I gotta replace it. Summer is just starting so it's gonna be like this for the next 6 months...

bork · « **Reply #6904 on:** June 12, 2019, 08:38:00 AM »

Quote from: shosta on June 12, 2019, 03:25:05 AM

That sucks, dude. Been there. Ice packs and desk fans are your friends.

Get a shitload of ice and put in a large bowl or container right in front a fan- will be nice and cool for a while in the room you put it in. When our AC went out last year, we did this in our bedroom before bed and also found that using another fan in front of an open window will help to pull out the warm air from the room blow it outside:
https://lifehacker.com/keep-your-room-cool-at-night-by-facing-your-fan-out-no-1610472983

People recommend a dual window fan for this. Amazon has them for $20.
https://www.amazon.com/Holmes-Dual-Blade-Window-White/dp/B00008XET9/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=window+fan&qid=1560343014&s=gateway&sr=8-3

Raist · « **Reply #6905 on:** June 12, 2019, 08:39:32 AM »

Fans? Are you trying to kill him?!

Rufus · « **Reply #6906 on:** June 12, 2019, 02:49:33 PM »

Advice from no-AC country: Treat your house like a fridge. You don't want to lose the cold to the outside, so keep the doors and windows closed. Only create a draught when it's cold outside (dawn is best).

If your insulation blows (single pane windows are a travesty), then - well, what the others said. Try not to move around too much...

bork · « **Reply #6907 on:** June 12, 2019, 03:04:24 PM »

Quote from: Rufus on June 12, 2019, 02:49:33 PM

Advice from no-AC country

Just talked to someone on the phone who lives in Seattle. "It's so hot here which is unusual. We don't have an AC so it's unbearable. We don't know if we want to get a portable AC unit for hundreds of dollars." Recommended that window fan.

I guess it's just where I am in literal HOTLANTA, but I can't imagine not having an AC. It's unbearable here without one.

Rufus · « **Reply #6908 on:** June 12, 2019, 03:24:47 PM »

Yeah, summer is pretty mild here. When it's really hot (77F+ by my standards, 86F+ otherwise) it's not for very long. People make do with fans and flock to pools and lakes when possible.

Offices will have AC, but since people are not used to them, they're often unwittingly sabotaged by people keeping windows open.

BisMarckie · « **Reply #6909 on:** June 12, 2019, 03:30:51 PM »

Quote from: Rufus on June 12, 2019, 03:24:47 PM

Yeah, summer is pretty mild here. When it's really hot (77F+ by my standards, 86F+ otherwise) it's not for very long. People make do with fans and flock to pools and lakes when possible.

Offices will have AC, but since people are not used to them, they're often unwittingly sabotaged by people keeping windows open.

Don‘t forget that having AC would take away from complaining about the weather, we love that more than anything else.

Kara · « **Reply #6910 on:** June 12, 2019, 04:22:31 PM »

I have no central air, shitty insulation that's cold in the winter and hot in the summer, but a swimming pool.

BisMarckie · « **Reply #6911 on:** June 12, 2019, 04:32:23 PM »

Quote from: Kara on June 12, 2019, 04:22:31 PM

I have no central air, shitty insulation that's cold in the winter and hot in the summer, but a swimming pool.

It‘s warm in the winter and unbearable in the summer in my place. I would kill a random person every day for a swimming pool.

BisMarckie · « **Reply #6912 on:** June 12, 2019, 04:45:52 PM »

Real struggle: You realize that the Ipad you use to shitpost while taking a dump has only 6% charge left.

Rufus · « **Reply #6913 on:** June 12, 2019, 08:32:46 PM »

And you have another project.

chronovore · « **Reply #6914 on:** June 12, 2019, 09:25:26 PM »

Quote from: Raist on June 12, 2019, 08:39:32 AM

Fans? Are you trying to kill him?!

Easy, friend-o. This ain't Korea.

Kara · « **Reply #6915 on:** June 13, 2019, 12:04:03 AM »

Quote from: BisMarckie on June 12, 2019, 04:32:23 PM

Quote from: Kara on June 12, 2019, 04:22:31 PM
I have no central air, shitty insulation that's cold in the winter and hot in the summer, but a swimming pool.

It‘s warm in the winter and unbearable in the summer in my place. I would kill a random person every day for a swimming pool.

When it's hot and dark I'd rather have an air conditioner.

It's kind of funny though, the pool is unreasonably cold even when it's incredibly hot so not only is the commune poorly insulated but the pool is too??

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #6916 on:** June 13, 2019, 12:34:13 AM »

Nvm I get it

Raist · « **Reply #6917 on:** June 13, 2019, 01:12:04 AM »

Quote from: bork on June 12, 2019, 03:04:24 PM

I guess it's just where I am in literal HOTLANTA, but I can't imagine not having an AC. It's unbearable here without one.

It's because you muhricans are wimps

benjipwns · « **Reply #6918 on:** June 14, 2019, 04:41:13 AM »

Occasional back spasms.

Was actually one reason I kept up with that stupid Cyberpunk crap on the side monitor the other day, could only sleep a couple hours because of them. Computer chair actually felt better than most things too since I upgraded it to the one my parents stupidly didn't want anymore and now I can totally lean back like I'm some kind of fancy executive. Can even regularly turn the chair back into the wall while reading a book if I want like an idiot.

I hope I just pulled something or whatever and it's not an actual problem I should do anything about but use as an excuse to be lazy for the rest of the week. #midstagebenjism

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #6919 on:** June 14, 2019, 11:30:30 AM »

Anal?

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #6920 on:** June 14, 2019, 12:32:28 PM »

Icecream cake

BisMarckie · « **Reply #6921 on:** June 14, 2019, 12:56:01 PM »

Huff some gasoline

Raist · « **Reply #6922 on:** June 14, 2019, 01:15:38 PM »

Quote from: shosta on June 14, 2019, 11:21:45 AM

I quit drinking, how the fuck am I supposed to celebrate my birthday?

Like all your mates, house party, with a clown or magician or something.

BisMarckie · « **Reply #6923 on:** June 14, 2019, 01:33:38 PM »

Happy birthday shosta.

Kara · « **Reply #6924 on:** June 14, 2019, 01:58:10 PM »

Quote from: shosta on June 14, 2019, 01:31:43 PM

There is a soft ban on me at my favorite bar (enforced only by specific bartenders) and I have no friends, but maybe I will cook something.

Thinking about going out there the end of this month for Mythic Championship III (don't Google pls). If I do we'll do some belated barfday stuff.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #6925 on:** June 17, 2019, 10:51:10 PM »

omg, that's terrible but also hilarious (for other people)

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #6926 on:** June 18, 2019, 01:52:22 PM »

xbox controller broke. That's 2 in three years for fucks sake.

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #6927 on:** June 18, 2019, 02:09:47 PM »

Sucks. How did it break?

Kara · « **Reply #6928 on:** June 18, 2019, 02:19:11 PM »

Quote from: CatsCatsCats on June 18, 2019, 02:09:47 PM

Sucks. How did it break?

Do you really want to ask Arvie a question like this?

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #6929 on:** June 18, 2019, 03:26:23 PM »

Let me rephrase: which part failed?

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #6930 on:** June 18, 2019, 03:53:52 PM »

First one, one of the bumper springs went, this one just vibrates when I plug it in and doesn't light up or do anything else.

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #6931 on:** June 18, 2019, 03:57:32 PM »

Yeah, I’ve had bumpers die, too. That rumble thing sounds weird, wonder if you could update/flash it

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #6932 on:** June 18, 2019, 05:03:45 PM »

Don't know. Haven't checked the drivers yet, so maybe there is hope.

Rufus · « **Reply #6933 on:** June 19, 2019, 04:53:32 PM »

Realized I've barely eaten anything today. No wonder I feel off.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #6934 on:** June 21, 2019, 06:45:04 PM »

All the more reason to be a gentleman and let your prostitutes walk in front of you.

Kara · « **Reply #6935 on:** June 21, 2019, 06:48:31 PM »

Quote from: Madrun Badrun on June 21, 2019, 06:45:04 PM

All the more reason to be a gentleman and let your prostitutes walk in front of you.

He doesn't want to be an unsub, Arvie.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #6936 on:** June 21, 2019, 06:51:17 PM »

With farts like those, he's already a knownsub.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #6937 on:** June 21, 2019, 07:14:56 PM »

m'ladies, apparently

toku · « **Reply #6938 on:** June 21, 2019, 11:56:28 PM »

one of the hinges on my ath-m40x broke $:-\$

BisMarckie · « **Reply #6939 on:** June 24, 2019, 02:15:55 PM »

For the first time in like 20 years I had a nosebleed. I think I might be dying brehs.

Tasty · « **Reply #6940 on:** June 24, 2019, 02:24:18 PM »

Quote from: BisMarckie on June 24, 2019, 02:15:55 PM

For the first time in like 20 years I had a nosebleed. I think I might be dying brehs.

Or you have

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #6941 on:** June 24, 2019, 02:33:58 PM »

Everyone is dying. You're just dying from brain fungal infection, delayed onset icecream headache, or seeing a pretty anime girl, probably.

BisMarckie · « **Reply #6942 on:** June 24, 2019, 02:35:27 PM »

Hoping for a fungus tbh

chronovore · « **Reply #6943 on:** June 25, 2019, 12:28:23 AM »

Quote from: Esch on June 21, 2019, 06:19:34 PM

Walking back from lunch, let out a massive fart and two prostitutes walked into the cloud of it. They didn't even flinch. It was a weird dank one too.

Ed Sheeran's lyrics keep getting more difficult to relate to.

Mr Gilhaney · « **Reply #6944 on:** June 28, 2019, 08:47:42 PM »

An ant got stuck in my main pc monitor. It ran around for some hours and now seems to be dead. I think I might be permanently stuck with an ant screen now.

Rufus · « **Reply #6945 on:** June 29, 2019, 04:57:23 AM »

F

Had a bug crawl around in my old monitor as well, but it either found its way out or died somewhere I couldn't see.

TVC15 · « **Reply #6946 on:** June 30, 2019, 10:46:56 AM »

I miss drinking so bad

BisMarckie · « **Reply #6947 on:** June 30, 2019, 12:06:33 PM »

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #6948 on:** June 30, 2019, 12:30:13 PM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on June 30, 2019, 10:46:56 AM

I miss drinking so bad

I miss not craving being drunk.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #6949 on:** July 03, 2019, 07:22:05 AM »

Man I shaved my balls yesterdaycause I thought it wouldbe nice with the heat and all and walking so much

So today its cold af and now ny toilet parts are all prickly

skullstorm · « **Reply #6950 on:** July 03, 2019, 09:31:11 PM »

Dropped my phone on my toe $:-\$

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #6951 on:** July 03, 2019, 10:00:10 PM »

Quote from: Premium Lager on July 03, 2019, 07:22:05 AM

Man I shaved my balls yesterdaycause I thought it wouldbe nice with the heat and all and walking so much

So today its cold af and now ny toilet parts are all prickly

Sorry about your prickly toilet parts.

chronovore · « **Reply #6952 on:** July 03, 2019, 10:00:19 PM »

My train line is one of the busiest in Tokyo. Yesterday's ride was absolutely miserable. Had my arm folded against my chest, and people pressed up so close that it folded my elbow past its range of motion, like having a joint-lock-submission put on me.

Today, it was raining, and there'd been a "human-related accident" on the train lines, so everything was running late. The first delayed train arrived and it looked worse than yesterday's so I skipped it.

When the next train came, it was nearly as crowded, but I had to get to work, so I got on that one. People are not moving out of the way to help people disembark. Just really feeling like Tokyo is forgetting its fucking manners this week.

Raist · « **Reply #6953 on:** July 04, 2019, 01:10:41 AM »

Sounds like London but on a good day.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #6954 on:** July 04, 2019, 02:27:08 AM »

London underground is so fucking trash jebus like gets some aircon its 2019.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #6955 on:** July 04, 2019, 02:30:16 AM »

My robot vacuum is fucking with me.

Im on the loo taking a dump listening to hip hoo browsing the bore and suddenly this bitch says "cleaning cycle complete, returning for charing" bitch please you've out for 20 minutes and your battery is at 82%.

I swear it only does this when Im at home to piss me off. What's tue point of a robot if I have to keep checking the app to see if its doing its work and have to tell it that it should clean more.

Tasty · « **Reply #6956 on:** July 04, 2019, 03:35:16 AM »

Complaining about public transport when you haven't lived the T

Just had a train derail on the morning commute a few weeks ago, nbd

Peak union corruption preventing meaningful improvements

Still have humans checking tickets on the commuter rail

Not even arrival estimates are displayed most of the time

A plan to implement contactless ticket payments in 2020 has been delayed indefinitely

Literally no hope things will get meaningfully better in 10 years

HardcoreRetro · « **Reply #6957 on:** July 04, 2019, 03:50:05 AM »

Quote from: Premium Lager on July 04, 2019, 02:30:16 AM

My robot vacuum is fucking with me.

Damn, thought those thing were stupid as hell. But if this is one of the functions, I might have to get one.

Kara · « **Reply #6958 on:** July 04, 2019, 03:51:23 AM »

The T was annoying because it didn't have circular routes, just the spokes on a bike wheel.

Also the stations were way too warm in the summer.

Still better than the trash in SoCal though.

Tasty · « **Reply #6959 on:** July 04, 2019, 04:04:47 AM »

Yeah don't get me started on the stations

At least the new Gov't Center is kinda shiny, too bad it's servicing the two weirdo lines and not Red/Orange

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Author Topic: minor inconveniences that are not struggles (Read 1086239 times)