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Discussion in 'General Discussions' started by Baraka_Guru, Aug 2, 2011.

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  1. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

    Where did the week go? I can't believe my interview is tomorrow. I'm a great blend of excited and nervous for tomorrow. I hope it sustains itself until the entire thing is over.
     
  2. Borla

    Borla Moderator Staff Member

    When I checked into the hotel tonight the manager informed me that it's the 96th time I've stayed here.

    I'm not quite sure what to think about that.
     
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  3. Fremen

    Fremen Allright, who stole my mustache?

    Location:
    E. Texas
    Damn, can we round up all the dumb-asses in one place and firebomb them? Or sterilize?
     
  4. Plan9

    Plan9 Rock 'n Roll

    Location:
    Earth
    I have just as much right to live as you do, Fremen.

    None.

    You know what's funny? As alliterate as I am, it's the same for me.

    Sometimes I read me a little Gilgamesh for no reason.

    Like maybe it's the Da Vinci Code for badasses.
     
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  5. Fremen

    Fremen Allright, who stole my mustache?

    Location:
    E. Texas
    On your craziest self-deprecating days you couldn't compare to the people described in Borla and Tully's posts.

    /Try harder...
     
  6. CinnamonGirl

    CinnamonGirl The Cheat is GROUNDED!

    I am showing spectacular (and unusual) restraint by not going off on my friend's FB status. Not because of my friend, but because she has a family member that has NO FUCKING CLUE WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT, AND IT'S PISSING ME OFF.

    ...okay, I feel a little bit better now.
     
  7. SirLance

    SirLance Death Therapist


    Did you explain that it was in fact a real event, and that it occurred before the invention of color? They could find a fine documentary in their local video store called "A Night to Remember." ;)
     
  8. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    Now you totally have to share what the status says.

    You, my friend, are a genius. You ironically wrote alliterate instead of aliterate because you alliterated as you did so. Pure genius.

    I owe you a drink the next time you're in the T-dot.

    Hmm, yes. I approve of this.
     
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  9. CinnamonGirl

    CinnamonGirl The Cheat is GROUNDED!


    The status itself is fine. My friend stated that she did the research, and will be voting no on NC's amendment 1. She also stated that she didn't want to debate politics or religion, she was just showing her support. So then her cousin or whoever is all like, "no, you're wrong, don't listen to the propaganda, omg!" and goes off on a religious rant. She has terrible grammar, and she can't spell for shit. She really has no idea what the amendment entails, just that it "defines marriage between one man and one woman." Which, um, NC already does.

    What's more, she's in an interracial marriage. I wanted to ask her if she'd be cool with THAT not being recognized by the state back in the '60s.

    Instead, I hit the back button.
     
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  10. Plan9

    Plan9 Rock 'n Roll

    Location:
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    No, that's autocorrect on Firefox. I'm still a moron.
     
  11. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    O happy accident!

    I just realized this is a thing. :(
     
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  12. amonkie

    amonkie Very Tilted

    Location:
    Windy City
    Just booked tickets for the boy toy and I to spend the weekend in San Diego in June. We just had to get ourselves there and my folks are picking up the hotel. Yay for a VACATION! Well. Sort of. I still have to work remotely but still..
     
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  13. Plan9

    Plan9 Rock 'n Roll

    Location:
    Earth
    You're not at all disturbed that aliterate is flagged and alliterate isn't?

    I mean, alliterate is such a hipster word. Aliterate is more... pertinent.

    /Facebook generation
     
  14. Borla

    Borla Moderator Staff Member


    I've never been to San Diego, but it's high on the list of places I'd love to visit.
     
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  15. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    I know people who have been awarded $50,000 for writing poetry. I know people with kids who probably haven't read a grown-up book to completion since grade school.

    They are both hitting up the social media.

    But disturbed? I really don't know how I feel anymore.
     
  16. Plan9

    Plan9 Rock 'n Roll

    Location:
    Earth
    I wrote an analysis that was later published in an undergrad textbook.

    Don't put that shit on a pedestal. Any moron can do it. I'm proof.

    Oh, bullshit. Passive versus active, my man. But that's a thread.
     
  17. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    It's hardly the same thing. Getting an article published in an undergrad textbook is like getting published on a quasi-popular blog. It's great but not, um, great.

    What?
     
  18. Fremen

    Fremen Allright, who stole my mustache?

    Location:
    E. Texas
    [​IMG]
    Not a very good secret identity...
     
  19. Plan9

    Plan9 Rock 'n Roll

    Location:
    Earth
    Oops.

    Shop talk for you, huh? I wasn't being serious. Textbooks are probably the fat girl with horrible posture in the corner of the book dance. But I gotta admit it was nice to get a check from a faceless, soulless company that wanted to use my crap in their $95 and good-for-two-semesters snorefest.

    I spent it all on breakfast cereal.
     
  20. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

    Location:
    Yucatan, Mexico

    No, myself and I think all the other divers just sat listening and shaking our heads. One of the other divers told me later "I'm sure they were just joking." Something I thought at first myself. But I'm convinced, after listening to them, they really weren't sure. It was rather odd no one let them know the truth. I thought about it but was a little shocked and curious listening to how they processed their thoughts.

    Years ago my daughter came home from high school and I was watching an old Lee Marvin WWII movie. She asked what I was watching and upon hearing it was a movie about "World War Two" she asked why it was called "WWII." I ended up telling her "yes, there were two world wars" and wondering what exactly she was learning in high school.
     
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