Author Topic: minor inconveniences that are not struggles (Read 1135694 times)

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #7620 on:** April 15, 2020, 03:02:43 PM »

As the last month has show, the rich can afford to not be hygienic.

bork · « **Reply #7621 on:** April 15, 2020, 04:37:07 PM »

We just went out for a brief walk to let doggo do her business. Came back and saw a next door neighbor walking towards us from the mailboxes. Both of us said hello and my wife waved. The neighbor just stared right through us like we weren't there. My wife was kind of taken aback by it, but whatever, we just walked on...with the neighbor right behind us. I turned around and looked at her and she continued to just stare right through me. We went to the door and my wife called her a bitch (not sure if she heard it) as we went in, lol. No idea what that was about- this is not someone we really talk to, but everyone around here is pretty friendly and always greets each other. I just talked to that same neighbor a few weeks ago, too.

Nintex · « **Reply #7622 on:** April 15, 2020, 04:38:22 PM »

Quote from: bork on April 15, 2020, 04:37:07 PM

We just went out for a brief walk to let doggo do her business. Came back and saw a next door neighbor walking towards us from the mailboxes. Both of us said hello and my wife waved. The neighbor just stared right through us like we weren't there. My wife was kind of taken aback by it, but whatever, we just walked on...with the neighbor right behind us. I turned around and looked at her and she continued to just stare right through me. We went to the door and my wife called her a bitch (not sure if she heard it) as we went in, lol. No idea what that was about- this is not someone we really talk to, but everyone around here is pretty friendly and always greets each other. I just talked to that same neighbor a few weeks ago, too.

Congrats you're a ghost

team filler · « **Reply #7623 on:** April 15, 2020, 04:39:30 PM »

you died 2 weeks ago from da covid, borks $:-\$

bork · « **Reply #7624 on:** April 15, 2020, 04:47:28 PM »

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #7625 on:** April 15, 2020, 04:50:51 PM »

Lol we all did, what a twist :mnight

Raist · « **Reply #7626 on:** April 15, 2020, 04:58:43 PM »

Quote from: Raist on May 04, 2019, 06:46:08 PM

So you could clearly hear them, but didn't shout "hold on a sec, be right there" or something...?

Quote from: Raist on April 30, 2019, 02:55:11 PM
Quote from: Raist on April 12, 2019, 02:55:52 PM
bork's kryptonite:

- deliveries
- hotels

- shoes

- answering the door for potentially very important things

-Zombie neighbours

Rufus · « **Reply #7627 on:** April 15, 2020, 05:46:31 PM »

Quote from: bork on April 15, 2020, 04:37:07 PM

We just went out for a brief walk to let doggo do her business. Came back and saw a next door neighbor walking towards us from the mailboxes. Both of us said hello and my wife waved. The neighbor just stared right through us like we weren't there. My wife was kind of taken aback by it, but whatever, we just walked on...with the neighbor right behind us. I turned around and looked at her and she continued to just stare right through me. We went to the door and my wife called her a bitch (not sure if she heard it) as we went in, lol. No idea what that was about- this is not someone we really talk to, but everyone around here is pretty friendly and always greets each other. I just talked to that same neighbor a few weeks ago, too.

Does she think your wife's Chinese?

team filler · « **Reply #7628 on:** April 15, 2020, 05:49:29 PM »

would have been better if we all stopped replying to and liking borks posts

BisMarckie · « **Reply #7629 on:** April 15, 2020, 05:53:08 PM »

Quote from: bork on April 15, 2020, 04:37:07 PM

We just went out for a brief walk to let doggo do her business. Came back and saw a next door neighbor walking towards us from the mailboxes. Both of us said hello and my wife waved. The neighbor just stared right through us like we weren't there. My wife was kind of taken aback by it, but whatever, we just walked on...with the neighbor right behind us. I turned around and looked at her and she continued to just stare right through me. We went to the door and my wife called her a bitch (not sure if she heard it) as we went in, lol. No idea what that was about- this is not someone we really talk to, but everyone around here is pretty friendly and always greets each other. I just talked to that same neighbor a few weeks ago, too.

Maybe I somehow misinterpreted the scenario where I walked up to you with my group in order to thank you in person for the E3 offer, said hi, made eye contact, went in for a handshake, and then you took my hand but immediately spun a 180 while the handshake was still in progress to directly put your back to me, to gasps and aghast facial expressions from the people I was with. A little bit '60s comic book villain, but charming in its forthrightness, I will say.

Fifstar · « **Reply #7630 on:** April 16, 2020, 04:39:13 AM »

So I have been lots of headaches over the past couple of days, which isn't to unusual for me, but it was a bit worse than usual. I put the blame on the weather shifts.

Turns out we accidentally bought decoffeinated coffee and didn't notice it for the last week . So I probably just had caffeine withdrawal for the last couple of days

Ghoul · « **Reply #7631 on:** April 16, 2020, 05:20:13 AM »

The afterlife is just posting on the bore and being stuck in a house, but you're not actually stuck, you're just haunting the place.

Trust me I'm a ghoul.

BIONIC · « **Reply #7632 on:** April 16, 2020, 06:50:08 AM »

Quote from: Fifstar on April 16, 2020, 04:39:13 AM

So I have been lots of headaches over the past couple of days, which isn't to unusual for me, but it was a bit worse than usual. I put the blame on the weather shifts.

Turns out we accidentally bought decoffeinated coffee and didn't notice it for the last week . So I probably just had caffeine withdrawal for the last couple of days

Don Rumata · « **Reply #7633 on:** April 16, 2020, 08:06:42 AM »

Got stuck in one of those circular-logic hellholes with a tech problem on my instagram, and nuked my account in a fit of rage.

To find catharsis, can i get a hit put on Zuckerborg for...*checks pocket* 5€ and 35 cents? Any takers?

EDIT: Also no more Instathots thread for me.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #7634 on:** April 16, 2020, 08:48:25 AM »

my dish washer is leaking

nachobro · « **Reply #7635 on:** April 16, 2020, 10:51:01 AM »

last day of on call last night and one of the UPS's took a shit at like 11pm. $:-\$ Tired af today

Raist · « **Reply #7636 on:** April 16, 2020, 12:38:19 PM »

Quote from: Madrun Badrun on April 16, 2020, 08:48:25 AM

my dish washer is leaking

Shut the door then.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #7637 on:** April 16, 2020, 12:42:47 PM »

My fridge also ran away.

Don Rumata · « **Reply #7638 on:** April 16, 2020, 02:28:13 PM »

Quote from: Madrun Badrun on April 16, 2020, 12:42:47 PM

My fridge also ran away.

Should've let that sink come in.

Fifstar · « **Reply #7639 on:** April 16, 2020, 04:12:34 PM »

Quote from: riotous on April 16, 2020, 02:38:08 PM

Quote from: Fifstar on April 16, 2020, 04:39:13 AM
So I have been lots of headaches over the past couple of days, which isn't to unusual for me, but it was a bit worse than usual. I put the blame on the weather shifts.

Turns out we accidentally bought decoffeinated coffee and didn't notice it for the last week . So I probably just had caffeine withdrawal for the last couple of days

Oh man that's an opportunity there to kick the habit.

Actually one strong coffee in the morning greatly decreases my chances of a general migraine (probably due to my low blood pressure). I started drinking coffee only 5 years ago and it reduced my headaches by like half. So def. keeping that habit.

Fifstar · « **Reply #7640 on:** April 16, 2020, 05:01:18 PM »

Cluster headaches sound super bad, you currently have problems with them?

It's pretty fascinating how one random plant from south america is so helpful for people around the globe against headaches.

bluemax · « **Reply #7641 on:** April 16, 2020, 08:52:17 PM »

Heard my upstairs neighbors having some pretty good sex around 2 this afternoon. Got jealous thinking about how long its been since I last had sex and with no idea of when I'll have sex again.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #7642 on:** April 16, 2020, 10:01:26 PM »

Quote from: bluemax on April 16, 2020, 08:52:17 PM

Heard my upstairs neighbors having some pretty good sex around 2 this afternoon. Got jealous thinking about how long its been since I last had sex and with no idea of when I'll have sex again.

“I can hear my neighbors making love upstairs, their love is amplifying all my despairs”

nachobro · « **Reply #7643 on:** April 17, 2020, 03:20:45 PM »

have to handle cash today. might die from the dollar flu $:-\$

team filler · « **Reply #7644 on:** April 17, 2020, 04:27:51 PM »

still no bux $:-\$

Nintex · « **Reply #7645 on:** April 17, 2020, 04:28:46 PM »

Quote from: filler on April 17, 2020, 04:27:51 PM

still no bux $:-\$

LIBERATE FILLER BUX

chronovore · « **Reply #7646 on:** April 17, 2020, 09:00:27 PM »

Quote from: nachobro on April 17, 2020, 03:20:45 PM

have to handle cash today. might die from the dollar flu $:-\$

The Division respects your sacrifice.

nachobro · « **Reply #7647 on:** April 18, 2020, 01:36:26 AM »

i lived

so far

Rufus · « **Reply #7648 on:** April 18, 2020, 01:55:55 PM »

HDD on its last legs, I'm guessing.

Rufus · « **Reply #7649 on:** April 18, 2020, 02:37:53 PM »

Same. At least I don't plan on getting another pair any time soon.

Rufus · « **Reply #7650 on:** April 18, 2020, 02:42:54 PM »

Shoulda bought an SSD the last time your HDD started getting fucky.

Now you have the salad, as ve Dschörmans like to say.

Rufus · « **Reply #7651 on:** April 18, 2020, 02:47:01 PM »

Can't tempt fate much longer. Any office buildings around the area? Might be worthwhile to raid their bins for discarded hardware. :B

Rufus · « **Reply #7652 on:** April 18, 2020, 03:02:41 PM »

And still nothing? I think you're allowed to claim your refund from the nearest collection box.

team filler · « **Reply #7653 on:** April 18, 2020, 03:45:09 PM »

Quote from: Stro on April 18, 2020, 01:33:24 PM

Great time for my PC to start going to shit: Steam client and games keep crashing, all browsers giving me cache errors and excruciating load times, Windows itself keeps locking up

squishy pc stro!

team filler · « **Reply #7654 on:** April 18, 2020, 03:54:48 PM »

you mean squishy palestine

nachobro · « **Reply #7655 on:** April 18, 2020, 06:27:24 PM »

you can get a 1tb hdd on amazon for like $40. if your hdd has been fucky for a while, you'll probably see a huge return on replacing it

EchoRin · « **Reply #7656 on:** April 19, 2020, 01:48:06 AM »

Just what in the living fuck is Google doing to Google Maps?!

What is this shit?

Where are the country names? What the fuck do you think a map is for?

Fix this shit!

Oh weird. Before posting this I decided to give google an F5. Looks normal. I guess the issue at the moment is zooming in and out without refreshing the page. If I go from zoomed all the way out and then zoom about halfway in it lacks some information, but then after refreshing the information on the map will appear. So it's clearly an issue on Google's end.

EDIT: !!!!!! I switched to Chrome and it works fine there. Hmm... I wonder if they are purposefully fucking with it on Firefox. Kinda like how google.com is half assed on the firefox Android browser unless you add a Chrome UA on Google for Firefox.

RAAAAAAAAAGE!!!!!

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #7657 on:** April 19, 2020, 07:26:58 AM »

Works fine in firefox for me.

toku · « **Reply #7658 on:** April 19, 2020, 12:00:21 PM »

Maybe one of you tech wizards can help me out here. I've been getting this error recently. The only thing I think I've changed recently is I've started to use Firefox in Chrome in an effort to switch (I might o back tbh). Anyway I can't seem to run windows virus scans anymore now? I click scan now or full scan and nothing happens. I've already run sfc scan and dism scan via command prompt and one of them said there were corrupted files but they fixed it. Still can't scan. It might be unrelated idk but help would be appreciated.

Rufus · « **Reply #7659 on:** April 19, 2020, 02:32:16 PM »

Hm. I tried googling the executable, but nothing comes up. Is it being truncated? I didn't choose to create start menu items when I installed Firefox, so I can't compare against my own install. Have a look at the folder and the files within.

As for the anti-virus not working: Check your reliabity monitor for failed updates. And have a peek at administrative events in your event history for any errors that might be related. The latter will be full of warnings no matter what, but that doesn't mean anything necessarily.
You can access either by just typing "reliabity" or "event" with the start menu open.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #7660 on:** April 20, 2020, 06:48:24 PM »

I now understand the protestors wanting to open things up again. I just spent 2 hours trying to teach my kids sine, cosine and tangent formulas and when to apply them.

Pay the teachers twice as much.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #7661 on:** April 20, 2020, 11:34:09 PM »

Coax · « **Reply #7662 on:** April 21, 2020, 01:29:47 AM »

Quote from: EchoRin on April 19, 2020, 01:48:06 AM

Just what in the living fuck is Google doing to Google Maps?! What is this shit?

Where are the country names? What the fuck do you think a map is for?

Not that this changes anything but I tend to like DuckDuckGo's utilization of Apple Maps for overviews. Found it frequently snappier and with less street/road names hidden at certain zoom levels. Also fond of its dark theme matching.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #7663 on:** April 21, 2020, 02:23:14 PM »

Think my dog hurt her back. She's been having problems all week and I couldn't figure out what it was.

benjipwns · « **Reply #7664 on:** April 22, 2020, 03:44:02 AM »

My credit union has again added "fraud protections to benefit me" which just means I can't fucking buy anything on the gosh darn internet not from the United States, even through Paypal. And now, for my convenience, they've turned off the automatic code messages that get sent that let me call a computer lady to say "no, I really did mean to pay these Eastern Europeans for a Steam key" raising the likelihood of my having to pretend to actually call the help line (during reduced hours thanks to COVID) to say I want this shit turned off somehow rather than just giving up.

I give up. What do I need the remastered Bulletstorm for anyway? It'll probably be close to $4 at an "accepted" retailer probably someday.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #7665 on:** April 22, 2020, 08:27:04 AM »

My dog is not doing well at all - I don't think she's actually hurt - I think she is having really bad anxiety issues again. Should have put this is the struggle tread.

Rufus · « **Reply #7666 on:** April 22, 2020, 08:48:15 AM »

nooo :'(

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #7667 on:** April 22, 2020, 09:08:37 AM »

Her anxiety was building for the last 4 months, I was just hoping to not have to put her back on anxiety meds but I think I waited too long. She now screams when I touch her back - her head is fine, and she only does this in contexts related to going outside (like putting her harness on and off or taking her off the bed to go to the door). It could be that she is having back issues too and just having the major anxiety reactions because of that (she has always been hypersensitive to pain). However, over the last few months, she has also been showing concerning signs like scratching and staring at walls, which I thought was anxiety issues but now I'm worried it might be cognitive.

The vet will only do emergencies and is taking forever to get back to emails. I put her back on her anxiety meds this morning, even before the vet got back to me. I'm hoping it is hurt back and some anxiety about that and not sever anxiety in general or dementia. If it's more than a minor physical issue, I don't see how she'll have any quality of life because her anxiety just compounds everything.

I just took her for a walk and it was worse than last night.

Fifstar · « **Reply #7668 on:** April 22, 2020, 09:08:47 AM »

My 2 year old locked me out of our flat when I was outside on the balcony hanging up clothes. I had closed the door but the lever was in open position when she tried to come outside, pulling the lever down in the process

Then the little smartass protested why I wasn't letting her out

Thankfully my wife was just 20 minutes away. I diverted our little girl from messing up the flat and putting her fingers in the wall socket by showing her cartoons on my smartphone meanwhile

Sai · « **Reply #7669 on:** April 22, 2020, 03:03:01 PM »

horny

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #7670 on:** April 22, 2020, 11:08:26 PM »

Cut myself doing dumb shit while carving, and like 3 seconds before I thought to myself 'this is dumb I really should put on a glove'

team filler · « **Reply #7671 on:** April 23, 2020, 12:17:54 AM »

that's juss life imitating art

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #7672 on:** April 23, 2020, 02:18:10 AM »

Start a YouTube channel of you cooking in full chainmail

EchoRin · « **Reply #7673 on:** April 23, 2020, 03:19:33 AM »

Quote from: Coax on April 21, 2020, 01:29:47 AM

Quote from: EchoRin on April 19, 2020, 01:48:06 AM
Just what in the living fuck is Google doing to Google Maps?! What is this shit?

Where are the country names? What the fuck do you think a map is for?

Not that this changes anything but I tend to like DuckDuckGo's utilization of Apple Maps for overviews. Found it frequently snappier and with less street/road names hidden at certain zoom levels. Also fond of its dark theme matching.

(Image removed from quote.)

Cool cool. Yeah when using Google Maps on firefox I still have issues when zooming in and out. Chrome. No issue. And it's not because of uBlock Origin either which I have toggled on and off to see if that was an issue.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #7674 on:** April 24, 2020, 01:55:15 PM »

I had some paperwork issues with school a few months ago that was (mostly) not my fault - a committee member failed to file some paper work. It fucked with my registation status and i think I just lost a 3K grant because of it. Not really happy.

StealthFan · « **Reply #7675 on:** April 24, 2020, 01:59:33 PM »

I've been popping Ativan to sleep at night

Bebpo · « **Reply #7676 on:** April 24, 2020, 11:58:42 PM »

It's really fucking hot today in So Cal. 90degrees up in my place.

I have AC but it's been busted for years. Last summer they threw some patchwork in and 6lbs of coolant and it lasted most of the summer (2-3 months), but nothing today. Trying to get them out Tuesday to do the same thing.

Never looked into a portable AC unit before, but started looking into them today and will give one a try for my computer room. Supposed to get it on Wednesday so hopefully one of the two things work. Doubt I'll sleep much tonight with this heat.

Bebpo · « **Reply #7677 on:** April 25, 2020, 01:28:47 AM »

Also I'm kinda concerned about having enough amps for the portable AC since running extension cables on most electronics is a fire hazard. The one I'm getting says it's 9amps, which is a lot on a 15amp circuit. My PC has an 850w power supply so that looks like it's about 3.5amps and then there's the small plugs like game consoles and valve index radars and headset and cable modem, etc... my plasma tv is also apparently about 2.7amps. I moved the tv to another circuit, but will probably be stuck with my PC on the same circuit as this portable AC so I hope that doesn't trip it.

I guess worst case scenario I can try to find a power bar that has like a 50 foot cord on amazon and run the bar from another room/circuit and plug the portable AC onto it. Probably not the worst idea other than looking ugly if my current setup trips the breaker. I've got all my electronics in one small room on 2 circuits (and one with a shitty GFE that trips well before 15amps so I can't even have my computer on it) but the other rooms in my house barely use anything on the circuits outside the kitchen, so I have plenty of extra juice in neighboring rooms.

Found a 25 foot one in a few seconds. Probably gets me to the next room:
https://www.amazon.com/DEWENWILS-6-Outlet-Protector-Extension-Profile/dp/B07T89MWK9/

Hmmm, looks like portable AC units are one of those weird high power things you're not supposed to use on surge protectors and need to be in the wall unit. I guess I could move everything else to another circuit with one of those 25/50 foot cords if needed.

Tasty · « **Reply #7678 on:** April 25, 2020, 03:07:58 AM »

Meanwhile it's almost May and I'm still putting on my jacket to smoke outside here.

35-degrees in late April, fucking yandere New England Weather-kun

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #7679 on:** April 25, 2020, 03:08:40 PM »

I ate off-brand pringles and now I can't stop shitting.

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