If vampires are destroyed by the sun wouldn't the light cast by a full moon irritate the living shit out of them?
Quote from: jumbojak on March 04, 2019, 03:16:53 AM
If vampires are destroyed by the sun wouldn't the light cast by a full moon irritate the living shit out of them?
And then at the full moon those damn werewolves come out! Double whammy!
I saw a cartoon once where a vampire was informed of this reflected sunlight fact and promptly disintegrated. Moral: science saves lives.
And as long as we're on the subject, why would being soulless keep a vampire's image from reflecting in a mirror? Mirrors don't reflect human souls, only the physical form which vampires also have so they should be showing up in mirrors just fine. Ditto a photograph.
Quote from: Tank on March 04, 2019, 06:15:56 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on March 04, 2019, 03:16:53 AM
If vampires are destroyed by the sun wouldn't the light cast by a full moon irritate the living shit out of them?
And then at the full moon those damn werewolves come out! Double whammy!
I'd rather like to be a werewolf. By the hairs on my back and chinny chin chin, I'm halfway there.
Quote from: Sandra Craft on March 04, 2019, 07:41:46 AM
I saw a cartoon once where a vampire was informed of this reflected sunlight fact and promptly disintegrated. Moral: science saves lives.
And as long as we're on the subject, why would being soulless keep a vampire's image from reflecting in a mirror? Mirrors don't reflect human souls, only the physical form which vampires also have so they should be showing up in mirrors just fine. Ditto a photograph.
Special, soul-detecting photons are the answer here. Except, these soul-detecting photons also reflect off of inanimate objects... so we have
undead-soul-detecting photons. Yeah, that makes sense.
(https://scontent.fpoa13-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/53381769_2361604610525265_5763855332526784512_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&_nc_ht=scontent.fpoa13-1.fna&oh=aba30a882a544e9ce00a286c8dc85302&oe=5CDBE0F1)
Who'd a thought
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 07, 2019, 02:45:51 PM
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That's very perceptive. I had never thought about myself that way.
Technically, I'm not the same person I was last year. Or a decade ago.
Cells die, get added or replaced.
How much of the original is left?
"Self" is an illusion.
Quote from: joeactor on March 07, 2019, 08:15:07 PM
Technically, I'm not the same person I was last year. Or a decade ago.
Cells die, get added or replaced.
How much of the original is left?
"Self" is an illusion.
Classic.
Quote from: Tank on March 07, 2019, 08:21:33 PM
Quote from: joeactor on March 07, 2019, 08:15:07 PM
Technically, I'm not the same person I was last year. Or a decade ago.
Cells die, get added or replaced.
How much of the original is left?
"Self" is an illusion.
Classic.
;D ;D ;D
You can't cross the same street twice.
Quote from: hermes2015 on March 08, 2019, 03:41:26 AM
You can't cross the same street twice.
If the inhibitors lock on to us, decide we need to be exterminated, it'll because of shit like that. :)
Who is this...francisco I keep seeing every time I login?
-Just curious.
Quote from: Magdalena on March 09, 2019, 05:25:50 AM
Who is this...francisco I keep seeing every time I login?
-Just curious.
He is a seller of shoes and printer ink/toner of dubious provenance.
I got a pair New Balonce joggers off him that are working for me.
We don't actually jog in them.
No, but the potential is there.
I'm not sure about his inks and toners.
Yes of course this kind of member wouldn't have been allowed back in the day but now is now, can't afford to be picky and his shoes are very competitively priced.
Quote from: Magdalena on March 09, 2019, 05:25:50 AM
Who is this...francisco I keep seeing every time I login?
-Just curious.
He hasn't posted anything, and possibly never will. Many people sign up for accounts but never say anything. I'd consider it an unethical abuse of my position on this site to publicly reveal even what little I know about him.
Very glad to see you gracing these boards again,
Magdalena! :computerwave:
Quote from: Magdalena on March 09, 2019, 05:25:50 AM
Who is this...francisco I keep seeing every time I login?
-Just curious.
Is he here a lot?
Quote from: Tank on March 09, 2019, 06:50:28 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on March 09, 2019, 05:25:50 AM
Who is this...francisco I keep seeing every time I login?
-Just curious.
Is he here a lot?
His name is always at the bottom. (New member). I like his name, Frrrrrancisco. Very Latino. Not many of us around here. :-\
That'all.
Quote from: Recusant on March 09, 2019, 06:13:24 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on March 09, 2019, 05:25:50 AM
Who is this...francisco I keep seeing every time I login?
-Just curious.
He hasn't posted anything, and possibly never will. Many people sign up for accounts but never say anything. I'd consider it an unethical abuse of my position on this site to publicly reveal even what little I know about him.
Very glad to see you gracing these boards again, Magdalena! :computerwave:
You've always been very professional,
Recusant. :tellmemore:
The world needs more people like you.
It's nice to, "see you."
:computerwave:
Quote from: Bad Penny II on March 09, 2019, 01:39:09 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on March 09, 2019, 05:25:50 AM
Who is this...francisco I keep seeing every time I login?
-Just curious.
He is a seller of shoes and printer ink/toner of dubious provenance.
I got a pair New Balonce joggers off him that are working for me.
We don't actually jog in them.
No, but the potential is there.
I'm not sure about his inks and toners.
Yes of course this kind of member wouldn't have been allowed back in the day but now is now, can't afford to be picky and his shoes are very competitively priced.
(https://i.gifer.com/DMCW.gif)
The world also needs more people like you,
Bad Penny II.
Quote from: jumbojak on March 04, 2019, 01:39:30 PM
Quote from: Sandra Craft on March 04, 2019, 07:41:46 AM
I saw a cartoon once where a vampire was informed of this reflected sunlight fact and promptly disintegrated. Moral: science saves lives.
And as long as we're on the subject, why would being soulless keep a vampire's image from reflecting in a mirror? Mirrors don't reflect human souls, only the physical form which vampires also have so they should be showing up in mirrors just fine. Ditto a photograph.
Special, soul-detecting photons are the answer here. Except, these soul-detecting photons also reflect off of inanimate objects... so we have undead-soul-detecting photons. Yeah, that makes sense.
Perhaps the Soul-detecting photons are only emitted from Sol, the soulless detecting photons are emitted from elements created from other stars.
Quote from: Magdalena on March 09, 2019, 08:10:30 PM
Quote from: Tank on March 09, 2019, 06:50:28 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on March 09, 2019, 05:25:50 AM
Who is this...francisco I keep seeing every time I login?
-Just curious.
Is he here a lot?
His name is always at the bottom. (New member). I like his name, Frrrrrancisco. Very Latino. Not many of us around here. :-\
That'all.
Ok.
Quote from: Unsapien on March 09, 2019, 09:56:22 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on March 04, 2019, 01:39:30 PM
Quote from: Sandra Craft on March 04, 2019, 07:41:46 AM
I saw a cartoon once where a vampire was informed of this reflected sunlight fact and promptly disintegrated. Moral: science saves lives.
And as long as we're on the subject, why would being soulless keep a vampire's image from reflecting in a mirror? Mirrors don't reflect human souls, only the physical form which vampires also have so they should be showing up in mirrors just fine. Ditto a photograph.
Special, soul-detecting photons are the answer here. Except, these soul-detecting photons also reflect off of inanimate objects... so we have undead-soul-detecting photons. Yeah, that makes sense.
Perhaps the Soul-detecting photons are only emitted from Sol, the soulless detecting photons are emitted from elements created from other stars.
I see the plot for a sci-fi vampire space opera brewing. I
like it!
Quote from: jumbojak on March 11, 2019, 01:32:30 PM
Quote from: Unsapien on March 09, 2019, 09:56:22 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on March 04, 2019, 01:39:30 PM
Quote from: Sandra Craft on March 04, 2019, 07:41:46 AM
I saw a cartoon once where a vampire was informed of this reflected sunlight fact and promptly disintegrated. Moral: science saves lives.
And as long as we're on the subject, why would being soulless keep a vampire's image from reflecting in a mirror? Mirrors don't reflect human souls, only the physical form which vampires also have so they should be showing up in mirrors just fine. Ditto a photograph.
Special, soul-detecting photons are the answer here. Except, these soul-detecting photons also reflect off of inanimate objects... so we have undead-soul-detecting photons. Yeah, that makes sense.
Perhaps the Soul-detecting photons are only emitted from Sol, the soulless detecting photons are emitted from elements created from other stars.
I see the plot for a sci-fi vampire space opera brewing. I like it!
Netflix beckons!
I wonder if you could get a packed parachute through airport security and onto the plane as carryon luggage.
Quote from: jumbojak on March 16, 2019, 07:01:04 PM
I wonder if you could get a packed parachute through airport security and onto the plane as carryon luggage.
Maybe if you called it 'insurance'? :notsure:
That's an interesting idea. Might have to cause a scene to pull it off though. Then again, if you're flying in a 737 they might understand.
At Rome airport I once saw a Sicilian family board an internal flight carrying a cage of live chickens.
^ Therapy chickens no doubt. ;D
Joking aside, I have a grand daughter who has some emotional issues. When she was in high school she became a member of FFA (future farmers of America). She was involved with chickens, kept some of them in her parents back yard. She was in a much better emotional state all the while that she was nurturing those chickens. The chickens were not presumed to be for therapy but sure enough they were. I reckon that her attention to the health and welfare of those birds was a fortunate distraction from her imagined demons.
Whoever discovered cheese must have surely gone to heaven!
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 19, 2019, 06:43:34 PM
Whoever discovered cheese must have surely gone to heaven!
Depends on the cheese. Edam? No that's a route straight to hell. A complete waste of milk IMO. Salty rubber :bleh:
According to James Joyce cheese is the corpse of milk. I must be a ghoul, because I love cheese.
Quote from: hermes2015 on March 21, 2019, 11:06:49 AM
According to James Joyce cheese is the corpse of milk. I must be a ghoul, because I love cheese.
Bernard Black should of said that, I can see him saying that, maybe he did.
Quote from: Tank on March 21, 2019, 08:42:50 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 19, 2019, 06:43:34 PM
Whoever discovered cheese must have surely gone to heaven!
Depends on the cheese. Edam? No that's a route straight to hell. A complete waste of milk IMO. Salty rubber :bleh:
:lol: Ok, not all cheeses are created equal. :P
We have the Tooth Fairy and Fairy Godmother...where is their lesser known cousin the Dishwasher Fairy? :notsure:
I need a whole team of them to leave the kitchen in tip-top order. Apparently asking the other tenants to wash their dishes and cutlery after they use them isn't going to have any effect on the mountain of plates, cups, forks and knives piling up in the sink. ::)
ETA: and I even got a complaint when I was washing the dishes just now. Said I was 'too noisy'. ::)
Oh, I'm sorry if I'm making too much noise cleaning up the mess *drops a plate*. I'll try not to offend your sensitive ears from now on *throws a mug at the wall*
>:(
Start putting a tiny dab of antizeize on the rim of their coffee mugs. Less is more though. A single drop can cover the world.
Quote from: jumbojak on March 26, 2019, 12:37:39 AM
Start putting a tiny dab of antizeize on the rim of their coffee mugs. Less is more though. A single drop can cover the world.
I like the way you think, JJ! :devil:
:grin:
Or a drop of phenolpthalein in their beverages. :devil: :puppysnicker:
Quote from: Dark Lightning on March 26, 2019, 01:01:51 AM
Or a drop of phenolpthalein in their beverages. :devil: :puppysnicker:
I had to google 'phenolpthalein'. :blush:
You guys have seriously creative minds for misdeeds, I myself am not blessed with such a trait. :P
Some Anti freeze is composed of Ethylene Glycol which is sweet tasting and poisonous. For those others who refuse to clean up after themsevles, perhaps more than a drop or two.
Pet lovers need to know that if your car leaks or somehow spills anti freeze, the dogs and cats will lap it up with enthusiasm. Ingesting only a small volume of the stuff is fatal to small pets.
Antiseize, not antifreeze. The forder leaves you looking like the Tin Man fromThe Wizard of Oz, the latter can be a deadly poison.
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 26, 2019, 01:04:58 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on March 26, 2019, 01:01:51 AM
Or a drop of phenolpthalein in their beverages. :devil: :puppysnicker:
I had to google 'phenolpthalein'. :blush:
You guys have seriously creative minds for misdeeds, I myself am not blessed with such a trait. :P
I don't like it when I have to google a word to get the joke. (But it's OK, it's me, not you.) The sad thing is that I still didn't get the joke. I really wanted to laugh as much as that puppy is laughing.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Femptynetsports.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F04%2Fsucks-to-be-me-right-now-gif.gif&hash=a61c1d311a888f49823bdb529c4a61729965a92b)
Quote from: Magdalena on March 26, 2019, 03:00:25 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 26, 2019, 01:04:58 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on March 26, 2019, 01:01:51 AM
Or a drop of phenolpthalein in their beverages. :devil: :puppysnicker:
I had to google 'phenolpthalein'. :blush:
You guys have seriously creative minds for misdeeds, I myself am not blessed with such a trait. :P
I don't like it when I have to google a word to get the joke. (But it's OK, it's me, not you.) The sad thing is that I still didn't get the joke. I really wanted to laugh as much as that puppy is laughing.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Femptynetsports.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F04%2Fsucks-to-be-me-right-now-gif.gif&hash=a61c1d311a888f49823bdb529c4a61729965a92b)
The joke is that phenolphthalein is a laxative.
Quote from: hermes2015 on March 26, 2019, 04:11:38 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on March 26, 2019, 03:00:25 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 26, 2019, 01:04:58 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on March 26, 2019, 01:01:51 AM
Or a drop of phenolpthalein in their beverages. :devil: :puppysnicker:
I had to google 'phenolpthalein'. :blush:
You guys have seriously creative minds for misdeeds, I myself am not blessed with such a trait. :P
I don't like it when I have to google a word to get the joke. (But it's OK, it's me, not you.) The sad thing is that I still didn't get the joke. I really wanted to laugh as much as that puppy is laughing.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Femptynetsports.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F04%2Fsucks-to-be-me-right-now-gif.gif&hash=a61c1d311a888f49823bdb529c4a61729965a92b)
The joke is that phenolphthalein is a laxative.
Ah, thank you. :boaterhat:
:puppysnicker:
:grin:
Quote from: Magdalena on March 26, 2019, 04:25:27 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on March 26, 2019, 04:11:38 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on March 26, 2019, 03:00:25 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 26, 2019, 01:04:58 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on March 26, 2019, 01:01:51 AM
Or a drop of phenolpthalein in their beverages. :devil: :puppysnicker:
I had to google 'phenolpthalein'. :blush:
You guys have seriously creative minds for misdeeds, I myself am not blessed with such a trait. :P
I don't like it when I have to google a word to get the joke. (But it's OK, it's me, not you.) The sad thing is that I still didn't get the joke. I really wanted to laugh as much as that puppy is laughing.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Femptynetsports.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F04%2Fsucks-to-be-me-right-now-gif.gif&hash=a61c1d311a888f49823bdb529c4a61729965a92b)
The joke is that phenolphthalein is a laxative.
Ah, thank you. :boaterhat:
:puppysnicker:
:grin:
I usually try two trusted sources, Wikipedia and Urban Dictionary (https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Phenolphthalein). :grin:
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 30, 2019, 06:00:11 PM
Urban Dictionary (https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Phenolphthalein). :grin:
:o
So I was driving my mother, sister and niece back home this afternoon after picking them up at the airport and on the way, the car in front of me just couldn't stay in its lane. This is a common sight in southern Brazil, they are far from the best drivers out there and have great difficulty managing to stay in curved lanes, but in this particular case, the lanes were straight. Obviously drunk.
I saw an opening to the left and quickly passed him before he threw his car on mine. As I did so, my mother stuck her head out of the window and yelled, "HEY!.
Dear mother, what the living hell?! ::) What if the guy is excessively prone to road rage and tries to do something other than flip the bird?
:picard facepalm:
Luckily I think the guy was too drunk to notice.
I don't pass drunks. Far too worried about getting sideswiped.
Quote from: jumbojak on April 01, 2019, 01:15:21 AM
I don't pass drunks. Far too worried about getting sideswiped.
:grin: That's why they really need to get on with it and invent Hyperdrive!
Hey, you're the scientist. If you can invent it I'll see if I can build it. Can't be that hard, right?
Quote from: jumbojak on April 01, 2019, 01:22:49 AM
Hey, you're the scientist. If you can invent it I'll see if I can build it. Can't be that hard, right?
I think one of us is going to have to stand in a cornfield and wait until we get abducted by extraterrestrials in order to steal their blueprints. Since according to Hollywood movies aliens have a fixation on the USA that 'one of us' will have to be... :sidesmile:
:abduct:
:grin: Bonus:
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But... butt... I don't want to be... probed...
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 01, 2019, 01:58:31 AM
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Ha! Even my 8 year old thinks this is true and funny. ;D
He said that this is how Bruce Banner became the Hulk. :lol:
Quote from: jumbojak on April 01, 2019, 02:01:57 AM
But... butt... I don't want to be... probed...
OK...well, maybe activating an inbuilt hyperdrive in traffic isn't such a good idea anyway. You would avoid being sideswiped by drunk or incompetent drivers only to cause a truly explosive frontal collision.
Safety first, right? :sad sigh:
Quote from: Magdalena on April 01, 2019, 03:09:27 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 01, 2019, 01:58:31 AM
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Ha! Even my 8 year old thinks this is true and funny. ;D
He said that this is how Bruce Banner became the Hulk. :lol:
:grin:
Well, sometimes minor lab accidents happen and people become hulks, all in a day's work!
Looks like I'm going to pull an all-nighter. Don't worry, I'll keep an eye out for treacherous aliens to make sure they don't build another pyramid while some of us are asleep...
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Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 01, 2019, 04:29:42 AM
Looks like I'm going to pull an all-nighter.
Heh, on second thought I am unable to pull off an all-nighter tonight. :yawn:
^^ :yes!:
So I have this residual cough and went to the doctor yesterday at the insistence of my mother. I feel almost normal again but she doesn't believe me. Turns out I don't need antibiotics according to the doc, just 5 days of cough syrup and I need to get a flu shot when I'm well, but if my mother had her way I'd be in a freakin' bubble all day and night with all sorts of medications being pumped into my vein. ::)
She even thinks I'm downplaying my terminal illness just to not be prescribed anything, and got mad at me for not coming back with antibiotics. ::)
WTF?!
Your Mom cares for you Silver. That's what Moms do. ....You can tell her that this old fool said so because he knows a little bit about those things
Good to hear that your doctor knows better than to prescribe antibiotics for what was likely a viral infection that you've mostly recovered from. :smilenod:
Quote from: Recusant on April 17, 2019, 06:04:18 AM
Good to hear that your doctor knows better than to prescribe antibiotics for what was likely a viral infection that you've mostly recovered from. :smilenod:
Seconded.
Quote from: Icarus on April 17, 2019, 02:40:50 AM
Your Mom cares for you Silver. That's what Moms do. ....You can tell her that this old fool said so because he knows a little bit about those things
I know, but it can get a little annoying at times.
Quote from: Recusant on April 17, 2019, 06:04:18 AM
Good to hear that your doctor knows better than to prescribe antibiotics for what was likely a viral infection that you've mostly recovered from. :smilenod:
Quote from: Tank on April 17, 2019, 06:25:42 AM
Quote from: Recusant on April 17, 2019, 06:04:18 AM
Good to hear that your doctor knows better than to prescribe antibiotics for what was likely a viral infection that you've mostly recovered from. :smilenod:
Seconded.
:thumbsup:
When I was a kid I was given loads of antibiotics for every little thing, but that was before the superbug scare.
Quote from: Icarus on April 17, 2019, 02:40:50 AM
Your Mom cares for you Silver. That's what Moms do. ....You can tell her that this old fool said so because he knows a little bit about those things
I've heard it called the "tyranny of affection".
Quote from: Dark Lightning on April 19, 2019, 02:45:50 PM
Quote from: Icarus on April 17, 2019, 02:40:50 AM
Your Mom cares for you Silver. That's what Moms do. ....You can tell her that this old fool said so because he knows a little bit about those things
I've heard it called the "tyranny of affection".
That's a good one. :lol: I will never use it in front of my mother, though! ;D
(https://scontent.fpoa13-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/57116367_1464159333720574_5809143460560633856_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&_nc_ht=scontent.fpoa13-1.fna&oh=af556479194fb22c7e967a1f6d2d8608&oe=5D46145D)
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Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 20, 2019, 02:37:21 PM
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How did you get a picture of me and green?
Have you taken over control of
my our webcam?
We don't have a webcam.
Quote from: Bad Penny II on April 20, 2019, 03:03:08 PM
How did you get a picture of me and green?
Have you taken over control of my webcam?
We don't have a webcam.
Googly eye technology
TM, of course!
:snicker1: :thumbsup2:
(https://i.imgur.com/FiIdApL.jpg)
Bet you never thought of that, hmmm?
(https://pics.awwmemes.com/when-threatened-the-pope-can-spray-holy-venom-up-to-34741736.png)
What would 'holy venom' look like? :???:
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 07, 2019, 03:20:22 PM
(https://pics.awwmemes.com/when-threatened-the-pope-can-spray-holy-venom-up-to-34741736.png)
What would 'holy venom' look like? :???:
White and sploogy?
Quote from: Tank on May 07, 2019, 06:16:38 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 07, 2019, 03:20:22 PM
(https://pics.awwmemes.com/when-threatened-the-pope-can-spray-holy-venom-up-to-34741736.png)
What would 'holy venom' look like? :???:
White and sploogy?
Keep the children safe!
I have a random thought: there seems to be an awful lot of fussing from conservatives about liberals imagined food lives lately.
In FB posts I'm seeing frequent "insults" like soy boy and herbivore man. I'm used to conservatives fussing about what they think others are getting up to sexually, but I can't remember seeing so much focus on diet before.
:rofl:
Quote from: Sandra Craft on May 07, 2019, 07:11:44 PM
I have a random thought: there seems to be an awful lot of fussing from conservatives about liberals imagined food lives lately.
In FB posts I'm seeing frequent "insults" like soy boy and herbivore man. I'm used to conservatives fussing about what they think others are getting up to sexually, but I can't remember seeing so much focus on diet before.
:o Never seen anything like that before!
I have seen "soy boy" used by what in real life must be some hyper-macho incel. The basis is from some sort of finding that excess consumption of soy by males causes feminization. As for factuality, I haven't looked into it.
What's wrong with a little femininity?
Quote from: jumbojak on May 07, 2019, 11:19:56 PM
What's wrong with a little femininity?
Just ask RuPaul.
There's nothing wrong with traits shared by the species' varied individuals. It's just another marker in the hate game that these jokers play.
Quote from: Dark Lightning on May 07, 2019, 11:18:29 PM
I have seen "soy boy" used by what in real life must be some hyper-macho incel. The basis is from some sort of finding that excess consumption of soy by males causes feminization. As for factuality, I haven't looked into it.
Now that you mention it, I dimly remember that soy report. But there's more food obsessions on the Right than just the soy, some of them really go into a froth over avocado toast. Not because there's anything specifically wrong with it -- harvested by slave labor, farms owned by drug lords or whatever -- but solely because people in a certain age range are said to like eating it. It's just weird. Maybe it's that people posting on FB are weirder than average.
I do target (only) shooting as a sport. I'm a member of a gun forum so that I can ask and answer questions on how to improve my marksmanship. I'd venture to say that 99.9% of those people just love the chump(R). They're not allowed to discuss politics in the general forum; they have to go to a specific forum called, I kid you not, "The Minefield". One has to request permission, which I will never do. I can only imagine how virulent it is, given some of what I've seen spill over and has to be cleaned up. These people fit the bill for calling someone "soy boy", but aren't allowed those sorts of attack in the general forums.
People have sigs like, "Here kitty kitty!", "If my president doesn't believe the US intelligence agencies, neither do I!", etc. There are probably 8 people who are liberal and will call out the egregious behavior.
I'm still a registered Republican, but I haven't voted that way in a long time. I just got a letter from the Republican party asking me to help with a census. I think I'll give them a piece of my mind and then go re-register as a Democrat affiliate.
I don't get why though, those vegetarians and vegans can be a cruel bunch as well:
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Tell me that doesn't bring a tear to your eyes! :'(
Makes me hungry!
(https://i.imgur.com/VAk47LB.jpg)
:lol: Too much weirdness.
Reminds me of a sermon from Reverend Maynard. Starts at 1:10 in.
And the angel of the lord came unto me, snatching me up from my place of slumber.
And took me on high and higher still until we moved through the spaces betwixt the air itself.
And he brought me unto a vast farmland in our own Midwest.
And as we descending cries of impending doom rose from the soil.
One thousand, nay a million voices full of fear.
And terror possessed me then.
And I begged, "angel of the lord what are these tortured screams?"
And the angel said unto me, "these are the cries of the carrots."
^ :snicker:
I'm looking at AirBnB for my vacation and there is one with a cat that lives in the apartment. It makes me want to stay there more :love:
Quote from: Buddy on May 10, 2019, 06:47:25 PM
I'm looking at AirBnB for my vacation and there is one with a cat that lives in the apartment. It makes me want to stay there more :love:
Furnished and felined!
Is the main reason people sing in the shower because they think the water will drown out their singing? :notsure:
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 12, 2019, 04:43:33 PM
Is the main reason people sing in the shower because they think the water will drown out their singing? :notsure:
I heard once that it had something to do with the acoustics of showers.
Maybe I am just a cold hearted insensitive fuckstain but, I saw a box of tissues with a label that stated:
It was proudly produced by the blind, my initial thought was, who does the quality control?
Quote from: Sandra Craft on May 12, 2019, 05:29:35 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 12, 2019, 04:43:33 PM
Is the main reason people sing in the shower because they think the water will drown out their singing? :notsure:
I heard once that it had something to do with the acoustics of showers.
There's a lot of reverb in bathrooms because of all the hard surfaces. Great for hearing yourself echo off the walls.
Not so great for actual recording.
(insert War of the Worlds audio here)
Quote from: No one on May 12, 2019, 09:49:27 PM
Maybe I am just a cold hearted insensitive fuckstain but, I saw a box of tissues with a label that stated:
It was proudly produced by the blind, my initial thought was, who does the quality control?
That's a good question. Like, how many blind people have to be in the factory on a given day for them to be able to use that label. I'm sure it's an automated facility, so do the blind run the machines, fix the machines, or just sort the boxes as they come down the line?
There are rain dances, but are there anti-rain dances? :notsure:
I think you just do the steps in reverse.
:snicker1:
Quote from: jumbojak on May 28, 2019, 04:11:43 PM
I think you just do the steps in reverse.
Makes sense! :lol:
Is mayonnaise an instrument?
Yes, it's an instrument od deliciousness!
Semi-dream states are weird, aren't they? Last night I was neither awake nor asleep, listening to roomie snoring and thinking to myself:
Damn, all those snore sounds are really square!
It made so much sense to me then that a snore could be square in shape. It didn't make so much sense once I woke up. :lol:
Did you study any Fourier Analysis in Uni? Maybe your sleep state brought back some memories. Here's what your roomy would have to generate in order to produce square waves (scroll down to Fourier Analysis)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_wave
Didn't know it was going to get all mathy in here, eh? :D
Quote from: Dark Lightning on May 31, 2019, 03:15:13 PM
Did you study any Fourier Analysis in Uni? Maybe your sleep state brought back some memories. Here's what your roomy would have to generate in order to produce square waves (scroll down to Fourier Analysis)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_wave
Didn't know it was going to get all mathy in here, eh? :D
In other words a squarewave requires a sine wave of the given frequency plus all its odd harmonics (an infinite series). Quite an achievement for the human vocal system!
Sure would be!
Quote from: Dark Lightning on May 31, 2019, 03:15:13 PM
Did you study any Fourier Analysis in Uni? Maybe your sleep state brought back some memories. Here's what your roomy would have to generate in order to produce square waves (scroll down to Fourier Analysis)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_wave
Didn't know it was going to get all mathy in here, eh? :D
None whatsoever! ;D Maybe that's why I'm still sane. Relatively...
I've been typing a letter "to perfection" for the past three days. :sad sigh:
Today I named the file: "FINAL FINAL FINAL LETTER" :picard facepalm:
Quote from: Magdalena on July 20, 2019, 05:29:57 AM
I've been typing a letter "to perfection" for the past three days. :sad sigh:
Today I named the file: "FINAL FINAL FINAL LETTER" :picard facepalm:
:therethere: Oh Mags, a letter is never final! :lol:
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 20, 2019, 02:37:53 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on July 20, 2019, 05:29:57 AM
I've been typing a letter "to perfection" for the past three days. :sad sigh:
Today I named the file: "FINAL FINAL FINAL LETTER" :picard facepalm:
:therethere: Oh Mags, a letter is never final! :lol:
But, as in painting, the trick is knowing when to stop.
I always found it comical the way people who try to manipulate or micromanage others plan out their strategies as if they were playing a chess game against themselves. They move their board pieces and that of the other party or adversary, ultimately failing to see that the other party has other plans and is not a passive player in the game.
A lot of people do this and yet are so blind to that fact. Some people act as if others think the same way, or hold the same values. Then life punches them in the face and they don't know why.
A relative of mine always does that. She always makes the same mistake when it comes to judging another person's intent and motivations. She acts like that person is a mental mirror image and will act as she would.
Are people just really bad planners? Do they fail at contingency planning like it's rocket science?
(I'm reminded of the proverb, 'in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.')
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 21, 2019, 02:11:21 AM
I always found it comical the way people who try to manipulate or micromanage others plan out their strategies as if they were playing a chess game against themselves. They move their board pieces and that of the other party or adversary, ultimately failing to see that the other party has other plans and is not a passive player in the game.
A lot of people do this and yet are so blind to that fact. Some people act as if others think the same way, or hold the same values. Then life punches them in the face and they don't know why.
A relative of mine always does that. She always makes the same mistake when it comes to judging another person's intent and motivations. She acts like that person is a mental mirror image and will act as she would.
Are people just really bad planners? Do they fail at contingency planning like it's rocket science?
(I'm reminded of the proverb, 'in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.')
This is something I'm actually pretty good at. I can plan things out considering expected reactions based on past experience with someone and hit the mark fairly often. I try to have an open mind about people and realistic expectations, which helps.
You have to plan based on what someone is
likely to do instead of what you would
like them to do, if you catch my drift. People can be unpredictable though so a contingency plan is always good to have in your back pocket.
Where I used to work, part of my job was to write work instructions on how to put the supplied parts together. I would have drawings and the instructions all set up on a computer with a projection screen, and show what and where the parts were, and the order of assembly and use of the ground support equipment (crane, stand to mount the hardware on to move it where it can be tested). Everybody was clear on what/when/where. After the first run through of the operation, one guy complained that there were too many steps in the procedure. Like a dumbass, I broke the process into the deliverable hardware steps and the ground support operation steps. Then the guy bitched that he didn't know how to handle the deliverable hardware steps while using the ground support equipment steps. I pointed out that since I was conducting the operations, that didn't matter, as I can open up more than one procedure and run them in parallel. Quality engineering finally buckled, and I did, too, and we wrote paperwork to "correct" that "problem"...because the guy wasn't going to sign off any steps until we did. The next time the guy tried that shit, I had management backup in the meeting where we discussed what we were going to what/where/when, and got through without changes. Changes cost time and money, and in this case they were completely needless. I realized that I had fallen into that asshole's game by changing things to accommodate his request.
Then, on a later program, our functional organization offered up this asshole for our use. I wasn't gentle in my explanation to the current program management as to why this guy would be unwelcome in our operation. Can't always win, but this was one time. Not long after that I retired, and they can have that asshole. As far as I know, he's still working there.
Quote from: Dark Lightning on July 21, 2019, 03:20:37 AM
Where I used to work, part of my job was to write work instructions on how to put the supplied parts together. I would have drawings and the instructions all set up on a computer with a projection screen, and show what and where the parts were, and the order of assembly and use of the ground support equipment (crane, stand to mount the hardware on to move it where it can be tested). Everybody was clear on what/when/where. After the first run through of the operation, one guy complained that there were too many steps in the procedure. Like a dumbass, I broke the process into the deliverable hardware steps and the ground support operation steps. Then the guy bitched that he didn't know how to handle the deliverable hardware steps while using the ground support equipment steps. I pointed out that since I was conducting the operations, that didn't matter, as I can open up more than one procedure and run them in parallel. Quality engineering finally buckled, and I did, too, and we wrote paperwork to "correct" that "problem"...because the guy wasn't going to sign off any steps until we did. The next time the guy tried that shit, I had management backup in the meeting where we discussed what we were going to what/where/when, and got through without changes. Changes cost time and money, and in this case they were completely needless. I realized that I had fallen into that asshole's game by changing things to accommodate his request.
Then, on a later program, our functional organization offered up this asshole for our use. I wasn't gentle in my explanation to the current program management as to why this guy would be unwelcome in our operation. Can't always win, but this was one time. Not long after that I retired, and they can have that asshole. As far as I know, he's still working there.
The people who write Lego instructions are the best at this.
But those are almost all pictures! ;D
Quote from: Tank on July 21, 2019, 03:30:51 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on July 21, 2019, 02:31:33 PM
But those are almost all pictures! ;D
And they work! ;D
Even though a picture can be worth a thousand words, such instructions on how to properly assemble a piece of furniture just don't seem to be able to pass through the barrier that is my thick skull! I personally don't get how stores such as Ikea are even still around, heheh. ;D
Quote from: jumbojak on July 21, 2019, 03:04:30 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 21, 2019, 02:11:21 AM
I always found it comical the way people who try to manipulate or micromanage others plan out their strategies as if they were playing a chess game against themselves. They move their board pieces and that of the other party or adversary, ultimately failing to see that the other party has other plans and is not a passive player in the game.
A lot of people do this and yet are so blind to that fact. Some people act as if others think the same way, or hold the same values. Then life punches them in the face and they don't know why.
A relative of mine always does that. She always makes the same mistake when it comes to judging another person's intent and motivations. She acts like that person is a mental mirror image and will act as she would.
Are people just really bad planners? Do they fail at contingency planning like it's rocket science?
(I'm reminded of the proverb, 'in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.')
This is something I'm actually pretty good at. I can plan things out considering expected reactions based on past experience with someone and hit the mark fairly often. I try to have an open mind about people and realistic expectations, which helps.
You have to plan based on what someone is likely to do instead of what you would like them to do, if you catch my drift. People can be unpredictable though so a contingency plan is always good to have in your back pocket.
Yes.
Like, why do people in general feel uncomfortable around those who are insane? They're less predictable than most.
So, just act like everyone's insane and you'll avoid many pitfalls, that's my 6846th motto. ;D
If there are words such as 'today', 'tonight' and 'tomorrow', why aren't there others such as 'tomorning', 'tonoon' and 'toafternoon'? :notsure:
Imagine saying something such as 'sorry, can't pass by your place tonoon, I'm going out for lunch.' I am certain it would enrich the English language. :grin:
Oh dear, I seem to be to the rim with random thoughts today, like they're desperately trying to materialise somewhere, somehow.
Maybe time to cut down on the caffeine.
Too true. But if I don't have a place to record the hardware installed, the torques used on the fasteners, the calibration dates of the torque wrench, etc., ad nauseum, I'd be toast. In retrospect, that problem child was grousing when we worked on that project that he got no raise that year. Heh, I didn't say anything about it, but I knew where his raise went. :thumbsup2:
East.
Chocolate Pie.
Venger.
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 21, 2019, 04:36:36 PM
If there are words such as 'today', 'tonight' and 'tomorrow', why aren't there others such as 'tomorning', 'tonoon' and 'toafternoon'? :notsure:
Imagine saying something such as 'sorry, can't pass by your place tonoon, I'm going out for lunch.' I am certain it would enrich the English language. :grin:
That is brilliant.
I wonder what penguin tastes like.
A well dressed chicken.
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Quote from: jumbojak on July 22, 2019, 03:43:18 AM
I wonder what penguin tastes like.
BBQ penguin. :yum:
And, I have an answer...
"a piece of beef, odiferous cod fish and a canvas-backed duck roasted together in a pot, with blood and cod-liver oil for sauce"
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That doesn't sound very nice. Especially luring the birds in with bajo music.
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on July 25, 2019, 01:27:34 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on July 22, 2019, 03:43:18 AM
I wonder what penguin tastes like.
BBQ penguin. :yum:
They're not for eating!
And no Phinx, you can't have their legs!
Quote from: Bad Penny II on July 25, 2019, 10:25:43 AM
And no Phinx, you can't have their legs!
(https://emojipedia-us.s3.dualstack.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/thumbs/120/whatsapp/215/face-with-pleading-eyes_1f97a.png)
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:o :o :o
:rant1: Who washes dishes in cold water? I do!
I rarely get hypothermic hands and fingers but if my hands could speak they would scream. I wonder if it's possible to scream in sign language? :notsure: What would that even look like? ;D
They dry much faster if the water is hot.
Cold water!? Never!
I wash them in very hot water. People ask me, "How can you stand that temperature!" I don't have a problem with it. It's kind of relaxing. :notsure:
--Must be a witch-thing. :notsure:
I have no problem with extremely hot water for dish washing. Neither does the machine. ;D
Some things do need hand washing; they get done with gloves. The temperature of the water only aids in drying time, since a proper washing and rinsing will remove all the bad stuff.
Back in the bad old days of machining, we rinsed parts in hot water to ensure rapid drying, since they were made of steel or iron. They didn't rust as quickly as a result.
I don't know, but I think colder water is easier on the skin. Mine on my hands is already dry as it is (I may wash them a little too frequently).
Can you get O'Keefe's hand cream? It's like magic.
Quote from: jumbojak on August 03, 2019, 02:39:38 PM
Can you get O'Keefe's hand cream? It's like magic.
:notsure: I don't recall ever seeing hand cream of that brand before...
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 03, 2019, 04:34:28 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on August 03, 2019, 02:39:38 PM
Can you get O'Keefe's hand cream? It's like magic.
:notsure: I don't recall ever seeing hand cream of that brand before...
I've been using a lotion with oatmeal in it. Works really well, but not greasy.
Bored.
Still bored.
Boring.
Quote from: joeactor on August 05, 2019, 04:54:36 PM
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I've been using a lotion with oatmeal in it. Works really well, but not greasy.
Doesn't it chafe?
Quote from: joeactor on August 05, 2019, 04:54:36 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 03, 2019, 04:34:28 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on August 03, 2019, 02:39:38 PM
Can you get O'Keefe's hand cream? It's like magic.
:notsure: I don't recall ever seeing hand cream of that brand before...
I've been using a lotion with oatmeal in it. Works really well, but not greasy.
And you can lick it off your hands for breakfast.
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 06, 2019, 09:46:36 AM
Quote from: joeactor on August 05, 2019, 04:54:36 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 03, 2019, 04:34:28 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on August 03, 2019, 02:39:38 PM
Can you get O'Keefe's hand cream? It's like magic.
:notsure: I don't recall ever seeing hand cream of that brand before...
I've been using a lotion with oatmeal in it. Works really well, but not greasy.
And you can lick it off your hands for breakfast.
Hee hee! Not really, but it does smell pretty good ;-)
As for chafing, it's very creamy. The brand is "Eucerin Eczema Relief" (I think it's sold world-wide)
I was really saddened to hear about Dave's passing...I remember fondly getting to know him here on the forum, and both liked and respected him quite a bit.
I'm sure he is missed sorely.
He was one of the few people I've met online over the years that I actually would have enjoyed meeting in the real world...and I would wager many others have felt the same about him.
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on August 14, 2019, 06:14:11 PM
I was really saddened to hear about Dave's passing...I remember fondly getting to know him here on the forum, and both liked and respected him quite a bit.
I'm sure he is missed sorely.
He was one of the few people I've met online over the years that I actually would have enjoyed meeting in the real world...and I would wager many others have felt the same about him.
I miss him.
QuoteHe was one of the few people I've met online over the years that I actually would have enjoyed meeting in the real world.
:this:
Dave was of the most genuine people I've ever met in cyberspace. Not a nasty bone in his body, always a gentleman, and knew things from all sorts of disciplines. I enjoyed his company for the brief time we conversed.
I would have liked to have Dave as a neighbour.
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 15, 2019, 04:45:34 AM
I would have liked to have Dave as a neighbour.
Quite so.
I'd of liked to have Dave as a neighbour.
I don't think he'd of liked me as one.
No, but context is everything
Except when it isn't
Granted
If we was at a civilised distance, 50m say we could of got on.
Ye, otherwise he'd be complaining about us on the Grumpy thread
Ye like the wrong types across the road
Dear old Dave
Dear old Dave