Trivial Things That Make You Surly

[Cheeseweasel 26,438]

14 hours ago, nnm said:

Is it a left handed or right handed 2X4?

Not sure. Ask the guy in the blinker fluid aisle 

[Guest]

15 hours ago, nnm said:

Is it a left handed or right handed 2X4?

metric.

[Guest]

Family/ friends with no children giving hard core( in their minds) child rearing counsel.

For fucking real?

[WhatTheBuck 28,783]

On July 8, 2020 at 1:57 PM, TornACL said:

If there's one thing more dangerous than driving in rain, fog, or other low visibility situations, it's pulling over and stopping in said conditions. 

Now if you're a grandpa and you'll pulling into a parking lot and waiting it out, that's one thing. But stopping on the side of the road is no bueno.

Keep driving when you can't see past your windshield? That's what you would do?

Brilliant. Darwin might have a rain storm in store for you. 

[TornACL 7,698]

1 hour ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Keep driving when you can't see past your windshield? That's what you would do?

Brilliant. Darwin might have a rain storm in store for you. 

I'd suggest you get your eyes checked, RainX, and better windshield wipers. Or all three.

I think you're being dramatic, but if visibility were that terrible, why would you stop on the shoulder and potentially put yourself square in the path of someone as blind as you?

 

[deadshank 24,653]

2 hours ago, slorch said:

Family/ friends with no children giving hard core( in their minds) child rearing counsel.

For fucking real?

Well, you’re not doing a very good job with your kids so someone has go to do it. 

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, deadshank said:

Well, you’re not doing a very good job with your kids so someone has go to do it. 

LOlz.

It wasn't towards me.   Plus mine are 27 and 21 years old.  I don't have to say a word to anyone.  It's all out in plain sight.  Usually people just want to know why they aren't assholes and I give their mom the credit for that.

Trust me, the advice giving was goofy as hell, and they didn't have the awareness to realize how ignorant they sounded.  I'm just thinking to myself, "What fucking tweet did they read that in yesterday?"

Edited July 18, 2020 by slorch

[WhatTheBuck 28,783]

12 hours ago, TornACL said:

I'd suggest you get your eyes checked, RainX, and better windshield wipers. Or all three.

I think you're being dramatic, but if visibility were that terrible, why would you stop on the shoulder and potentially put yourself square in the path of someone as blind as you?

Because if you can't see then you can't drive. Duh. RainX? I don't think you comprehend the deluge I'm describing. Yeah, it sucks, but when you have zero visibility you have to stop the car. It's not a matter of choice (unless you're an idiot and choose to drive blind). It's scary but at least you know that anyone else on the road is experiencing the same thing and they're probably stopped too. At the very least they're driving slowly so hopefully they see your flashing lights in time to avoid rear-ending you. 

You think I'm being dramatic? I think you're being obtuse. Why would I make this up? Jesus. 

[Macanudo 12,979]

This isn't trivial but still. 

Why the fuck are semis EVER allowed in the left lane of a two lane highway?  I don't care if Jethro in the other semi in front of you is going 43 mph in a 65.  Fuck you trucker man for trying to pass him.  Especially on an incline. 

[elfenix 34,251]

31 minutes ago, Macanudo said:

This isn't trivial but still. 

Why the fuck are semis EVER allowed in the left lane of a two lane highway?  I don't care if Jethro in the other semi in front of you is going 43 mph in a 65.  Fuck you trucker man for trying to pass him.  Especially on an incline. 

TTC proposed separate truck and car lanes.  rip

[Steamboat1874 4,067]

On 7/18/2020 at 8:06 AM, WhatTheBuck said:

Because if you can't see then you can't drive. Duh. RainX? I don't think you comprehend the deluge I'm describing. Yeah, it sucks, but when you have zero visibility you have to stop the car. It's not a matter of choice (unless you're an idiot and choose to drive blind). It's scary but at least you know that anyone else on the road is experiencing the same thing and they're probably stopped too. At the very least they're driving slowly so hopefully they see your flashing lights in time to avoid rear-ending you. 

You think I'm being dramatic? I think you're being obtuse. Why would I make this up? Jesus. 

One of the most dangerous places to stop on any road, day or night, rain or shine, is the shoulder. If you have to stop get completely off of the fucking road. 

[TornACL 7,698]

COVID / WFH topic: People on conference calls that have their mic right up against their face, so to can hear every breath. 

Mute your god damn phone and move your god damn mic. 

[Rougarou 594]

54 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said:

One of the most dangerous places to stop on any road, day or night, rain or shine, is the shoulder. If you have to stop get completely off of the fucking road. 

One time we drove to a border town in Mexico around noon and then started driving back around 3am the same "day". We were drunk (not the driver) and tired and pulled over on a shoulder somewhere halfway between Mexico and Austin. Every time a car sped by the highway next to us, it slightly rocked the Jeep Grand Cherokee left and right, over and over, it was the most peaceful sleep I'd had since my newborn swing.

Edited July 20, 2020 by Rougarou

[clapclapclap 9,000]

95% of the time Lemon Pepper Rotisserie Chicken doesn't have any lemon pepper flavor. 

[Prepuce of Doom 21,074]

12 hours ago, Steamboat1874 said:

One of the most dangerous places to stop on any road, day or night, rain or shine, is the shoulder. If you have to stop get completely off of the fucking road. 

And turn off your headlights (and lay off the brakes) so that your taillights aren't illuminated which could otherwise confuse drivers into rear-ending the parked car. 

[elfenix 34,251]

the texas exes alumni verification IS NOW DUE! spam i keep getting.  you have my email address and home address, fuck off.

[Prepuce of Doom 21,074]

Fuck every single trail mix-style product that includes a chocolate component with an apparent melting point of 72 degrees Fahrenheit. 

Get your shit together, snack industry. 

[Guest Lobo]

18 hours ago, elfenix said:

the texas exes alumni verification IS NOW DUE! spam i keep getting.  you have my email address and home address, fuck off.

That thing is some garbage deal the previous Executive Director tried to cut and we're still haunted by it. 

 

But if y'all can, please join HookedIn.  It connects us as alumni with students who need guidance and we spent a lot of time sculpting it to be effective.  

[Llano Estacado 1,257]

That thing is some garbage deal the previous Executive Director tried to cut and we're still haunted by it. 

 

But if y'all can, please join HookedIn.  It connects us as alumni with students who need guidance and we spent a lot of time sculpting it to be effective.  

Had no idea that HookedIn existed.

 

Just joined via my LinkedIn account took less than 5min on a boring ass risk assessment conf call.

 

1000x better than a triple platinum diamond package directory no one is going to buy. (Could I interest you in the gold package which comes with the leather bound directory a tote bag and stationary pad?)

[Guest Lobo]

Thanks for joining, spread the word.  It's going to be a very interesting platform going forward for UT (a joint effort between 5 or 6 of the main college on campus plus the Texas Exes).  We've been working really hard on this for 2 years.  I can't take credit though because Rex Kramer said I'm not from Texas, not from the right family, and didn't go to UT for 4 years.  

 

But I'll share more about the platform on another thread.  This is gonna be a gamechanger for us.  

[Cheeseweasel 26,438]

1 hour ago, Lobo said:

This is gonna be a gamechanger for us.  

Good to see you are using the LinkedIn lingo.

[Guest Lobo]

Look man, at the end of the day.  the price point on this is a net-net win...

[Cheeseweasel 26,438]

18 minutes ago, Lobo said:

Look man, at the end of the day.  the price point on this is a net-net win...

You motherfucker.

[markstanco 12,577]

^^^ not a team player.

 

 

[Llano Estacado 1,257]

Your shitty memory isn’t the Mandela Effect and it certainly isn’t proof we’ve entered a simulation or a parallel universe.

Was it Looney “Tunes” or “Toons”? I can’t remember ZOMG! so it must be a different timeline!

[Prepuce of Doom 21,074]

43 minutes ago, Llano Estacado said:

Your shitty memory isn’t the Mandela Effect and it certainly isn’t proof we’ve entered a simulation or a parallel universe.

Was it Looney “Tunes” or “Toons”? I can’t remember ZOMG! so it must be a different timeline!

More like Mandala Affect, amirite? 

[StruggleBus 3,922]

On 1/8/2020 at 8:38 AM, Cheeseweasel said:

Been there. Was a Global Director with no direct reports. The most fucked up org chart you've ever seen. 

Hey man, in a job I had in 2010 I was the VP of Global Sales. Also known as the only sales rep at the company. 

[Llano Estacado 1,257]

More like Mandala Affect, amirite? 

It got brought up in an informal working conf call and diverted convo for 5-10mins.

Lady in bad Gump voice says “sorry I ruined your black panther party”
Type A engineer can’t let it go and corrects her, “actually it’s ‘I had a FIGHT in the MIDDLE of’...”
Not it’s not.
I remember ruined
I remember ruined
*I join in*- no it is fight guys
...
*Someone googles and corrects* It is fight. ZOMG Mandela effect!!!
What’s Mandela effect?
*Down that wormhole we go*
*Circle back to Forrest* Totally remember “ruined” y’all. That’s so trippy.
*Other engineer and I trying to hold back the tide.* what’s more likely? This misremembered quote from 25 damn years ago is much more interjected in casual conversation as “ruined” than “fight in the middle” so people use it incorrectly and misappropriate that memory in Gump’s voice in their heads. OR we entered a simulation since the early 90s and the idiots forgot to wipe the internet of facts?
Okay, but you can’t convince me it wasn’t The Berenstein bears!
It wasn’t! The damn creators name is Berenstain. We pronounced it “Berenstein” at my house too, but that doesn’t make it right.

//trivial annoyance

I’m sure 3-4 people on that call are currently explaining to their spouses how the fickleness of the human mind is proof that we’re all time travelers or something

[Okie State 3,821]

Nope, it was Berenstein. You'll never convince me otherwise.

[ztejas 43,454]

The green piece of paper thin plastic cut to look like grass that comes with to-go sushi. Not to go all Jerry Seinfeld but what is that? 

Edited July 25, 2020 by ztejas

[DougO 5,250]

Not getting high on LSD.

[Llano Estacado 1,257]

Nope, it was Berenstein. You'll never convince me otherwise.

Maybe it was an ‘a’ you and everyone else mispronounced, or, or, OR you’ve broke the wall of the matrix because the super computer AI was too dumb to catch Stein as the more prevalent name suffix.

Good luck Neo!

[elfenix 34,251]

2 hours ago, Llano Estacado said:

It got brought up in an informal working conf call and diverted convo for 5-10mins.

Lady in bad Gump voice says “sorry I ruined your black panther party”
Type A engineer can’t let it go and corrects her, “actually it’s ‘I had a FIGHT in the MIDDLE of’...”
Not it’s not.
I remember ruined
I remember ruined
*I join in*- no it is fight guys
...
*Someone googles and corrects* It is fight. ZOMG Mandela effect!!!
What’s Mandela effect?
*Down that wormhole we go*
*Circle back to Forrest* Totally remember “ruined” y’all. That’s so trippy.
*Other engineer and I trying to hold back the tide.* what’s more likely? This misremembered quote from 25 damn years ago is much more interjected in casual conversation as “ruined” than “fight in the middle” so people use it incorrectly and misappropriate that memory in Gump’s voice in their heads. OR we entered a simulation since the early 90s and the idiots forgot to wipe the internet of facts?
Okay, but you can’t convince me it wasn’t The Berenstein bears!
It wasn’t! The damn creators name is Berenstain. We pronounced it “Berenstein” at my house too, but that doesn’t make it right.

//trivial annoyance

I’m sure 3-4 people on that call are currently explaining to their spouses how the fickleness of the human mind is proof that we’re all time travelers or something
 

[WhatTheBuck 28,783]

On July 20, 2020 at 9:28 AM, Steamboat1874 said:

One of the most dangerous places to stop on any road, day or night, rain or shine, is the shoulder. If you have to stop get completely off of the fucking road. 

Tough to do when there's a deep ravine next to the road. 

[52-80 19,161]

Water stains and other aberrations on sunglasses that obscure your clear view

[52-80 19,161]

On 7/25/2020 at 4:30 AM, ztejas said:

The green piece of paper thin plastic cut to look like grass that comes with to-go sushi. Not to go all Jerry Seinfeld but what is that? 

Chinese flouride

[Prepuce of Doom 21,074]

On 7/24/2020 at 9:30 PM, ztejas said:

The green piece of paper thin plastic cut to look like grass that comes with to-go sushi. Not to go all Jerry Seinfeld but what is that? 

I have always assumed that it's to keep certain things from touching each other, such as to prevent all individual rice rolls from congealing together into a single glob, or just to keep certain clashing flavors from comingling. 

[RPM 26,322]

On 7/19/2020 at 5:12 PM, Macanudo said:

This isn't trivial but still. 

Why the fuck are semis EVER allowed in the left lane of a two lane highway?  I don't care if Jethro in the other semi in front of you is going 43 mph in a 65.  Fuck you trucker man for trying to pass him.  Especially on an incline. 

Because they pay like 30x more road use taxes?

[52-80 19,161]

On 7/20/2020 at 12:12 AM, Macanudo said:

This isn't trivial but still. 

Why the fuck are semis EVER allowed in the left lane of a two lane highway?  I don't care if Jethro in the other semi in front of you is going 43 mph in a 65.  Fuck you trucker man for trying to pass him.  Especially on an incline. 

They're not, in sensible jurisdictions

[Macanudo 12,979]

9 hours ago, RPM said:

Because they pay like 30x more road use taxes?

How much more road damage do they do than a regular vehicle?

[Guest]

take the trucks off the roads.

Y'all gonna be hungry as fuck, cold as hell, and naked in no time.

Not the good kind either...

[Guest]

1 hour ago, BurntEyes said:

Didn't see anyone proposing taking them off the road, just staying in the right lane... Particularly while going up an incline. This bullshit of pulling out just before an incline happens all the time on I40. I have to slow from 75ish (70 MPH) to 50-60 and now have a jackass in a jacked up truck 3 inches from my rear bumper while we go around the RV uphill.

Sorry to impede your tee-time while doing the work of the country...

What major inclines are on I-40 in Texas? The Georgia Street overpass in Amarillo?

[Guest]

18 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

 

So please don't value America’s  business over my personal convenience.

FIFY.    Sorry to be in the way.   You probably should avoid automobile travel due to your insecurities.

Edited July 27, 2020 by slorch

[Guest]

14 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

You're from Texas right?

Do you believe in being polite? Holding a door for someone? General, you know, Texas things like that and maybe impeding folks travelling at a higher rate of speed to do so in the left lane? 

Or is that concept something they doesn't occur in West Texas similar to all the Californians and Yakees in Austin? 

If it's new to you, it's something that's done sometimes. I know it might seem odd, but there it is.

#Slorched

Lolz.  So you have nothing. Commercial truck drivers don’t belong on the road according to you or only on the sidewalk, lest they slow you  down a little bit. Never mind the fact that they are on the road all day every day. You just need to haul ass to get to your appointment, and they should be aware of your needs.

 

i’m all about clearing the left-hand lane if you’re not passing anybody. That applies to trucks as well.

Edited July 27, 2020 by slorch

[elfenix 34,251]

 

1 hour ago, slorch said:

if you’re not passing anybody. That applies to trucks as well.

problem is when you get two trucks that are electronically governed to within .1 mph of each other and that pass takes 10 minutes. 

 

if you can't or won't go at least 5 mph (10 would be even better) faster than those in the right lane stay the fuck outta the left.

Edited July 27, 2020 by elfenix

[Guest]

1 hour ago, elfenix said:

 

problem is when you get two trucks that are electronically governed to within .1 mph of each other and that pass takes 10 minutes. 

 

if you can't or won't go at least 5 mph (10 would be even better) faster than those in the right lane stay the fuck outta the left.

just arm everyone with missiles.

I drove back from Denver on Saturday and truck traffic was very light on I-25.  4 wheel civilians were hogging the left lane like a motherfucker at 5mph or more under the speed limit.

 

I just get sick of everyone bitching about people making a living and busting their hump being the problem or making someone lift from the accelerator for a mile or two,  There's a shit ton of other people who have no fucking business operating a motor vehicle who are allowed to drive.

[elfenix 34,251]

16 minutes ago, slorch said:

just arm everyone with missiles.

I drove back from Denver on Saturday and truck traffic was very light on I-25.  4 wheel civilians were hogging the left lane like a motherfucker at 5mph or more under the speed limit.

 

I just get sick of everyone bitching about people making a living and busting their hump being the problem or making someone lift from the accelerator for a mile or two,  There's a shit ton of other people who have no fucking business operating a motor vehicle who are allowed to drive.

and they all need to get the fuck out of the left lane too.

 

though i do get some pleasure when i move back into the right lane like i'm supposed to and pass all the morons camping in the left lane. 

[52-80 19,161]

something irks me about the phrase 'picking up pennies in front of a steamroller'.

 

i could live my life without having to ever hear or read that again

[nnm 36,416]

47 minutes ago, 52-80 said:

something irks me about the phrase 'picking up pennies in front of a steamroller'.

 

i could live my life without having to ever hear or read that again

That’s the first time I’ve ever seen or heard that phrase. So thanks for that. 

[Guest]

On 7/27/2020 at 6:07 PM, BurntEyes said:

You obviously completely ignored a big portion of my contention which was the over jacked, never seen off road, salt life, Browning and Monster energy stickered, 60 light having bubba truck driven by the Nashville living moron that will be tailgating at sub 6 feet while I wait for that truck to get around Elmer and his 1980s truck with a trailer that is 90% over his tongue weight.

So there I am, bubba behind, 18 wheeler in front and Elmer next to me with his wheels about to come off....

On a motorcycle.

drive better.  Especially on a death machine.  One of the 5 fundamentals of defensive driving is to leave yourself an out.  Back out of the throttle and get to safety.

Sorry for your plight, but you chose it too.

Edited July 29, 2020 by slorch