Random thoughts that don't warrant a thread

[markstanco 12425]

People who say backslash. It’s 2024, the internet isn’t new any longer.

Got a VM from AEP Swepco saying “(something something) please visit www dot swepco dot com backslash solar for more details”

[nnm 35552]

3 hours ago, markstanco said:

People who say backslash. It’s 2024, the internet isn’t new any longer.

Got a VM from AEP Swepco saying “(something something) please visit www dot swepco dot com backslash solar for more details”

People who leave voicemails. 

[Scheiss Meister 8308]

My wife had a biopsies done on a couple of spots on her neck and shoulder last week.  She got the results back today letting her know that there were no problems with either.  It got me to thinking that Arnold Schwarzenegger could make some extra coin by selling a recording that dermatologists could use in such cases: "Congratulations!  It's not a toomah!"

[52-80 18982]

7 hours ago, markstanco said:

People who say backslash. It’s 2024, the internet isn’t new any longer.

Got a VM from AEP Swepco saying “(something something) please visit www dot swepco dot com backslash solar for more details”

hes an idiot because internet addresses use forward slashes

[thunderlounge 7619]

5 hours ago, 52-80 said:

hes an idiot because internet addresses use forward slashes

That was the point. 

[gofuckyourself 8057]

This doesn't really belong in the Sucks to be Old thread because it doesn't deal with gout or breaking hips or whatever.

I refuse to say I'm "old" -- but maybe I am -- because these "new jobs" are idiotic.

And now I'm sad for my kids having to listen to these people at future parties that they'll attend.

https://www.entrepreneur.com/money-finance/planning-your-career-consider-these-10-high-paying-jobs-of/477823

3. NFT Curator

7. Blockchain and Crypto Accountant

10. Virtual Real Estate Agent

[tokamak 6323]

Most pets die virgins. Nerds. 

[NeverMarryAStripper 21765]

Not pet sheep in college station

[SquishMitten 10370]

On 8/13/2024 at 2:33 PM, Nuge said:

Please tell me the DD in the film title is Maddy, Shelby, and Ashley's cup size.

The Piranha franchise always has some grade-A nude scenes

[nnm 35552]

On 4/22/2021 at 9:29 PM, Underdog said:

Mary Ann > Ginger

 

[Underdog 28118]

I’d still take Mary Ann even in her current state over Ginger. 

[nnm 35552]

On 8/16/2024 at 10:44 AM, SquishMitten said:

The Piranha franchise always has some grade-A nude scenes

https://gizmodo.com/all-5-piranha-movies-ranked-1847173845/3#content

Ranking the Piranha franchise:

4) Piranha 3DD (2012)

It’s a direct sequel to 2010 remake Piranha 3D, and the fact that there’s a boob joke in the title, really lets you know right off the bat what you’re in for. The setting this time is a water park whose cheerfully sleazy majority owner (Anchorman’s David Koechner) has seized upon the idea to add “adult” elements to the park (like a combination pool and strip club with a “cooch cam” for underwater ogling), to the disgust of his level-headed stepdaughter (Arrowverse star Danielle Panabaker). This jiggly entry in the franchise is directed by John Gulager (Feast); features supporting turns and/or cameos by Gary Busey, David Hasselhoff (“as himself”), and Piranha 3D’s Christopher Lloyd; and is most notable for the scenes in which a just-hatched piranha enters a woman’s vagina while she’s skinny dipping, then chomps off her boyfriend’s penis when they have sex. Have CG effects ever served a purpose so gross, surreal, raunchy, and gut-bustingly goofy?

 

 

[thunderlounge 7619]

If you happen to have a  3D tv or projector, rumor has it you can rent/buy and stream the 3D version from Vudu (now fandango at home)

[SquishMitten 10370]

Something has stuck with me for a long time, but for some reason it just popped back into my head and it got me into some deep thoughts on the matter. Many years back, I was talking to one of the older attorneys in my firm. I'd say she was in her late 50s or so. I referred to someone in the district clerk's office as a girl (e.g., "one of the girls in the office is pulling that for me") and she corrected me by saying "women, one of the women is working on it." I took her meaning. I guess it can comes across as ... belittling? chauvinistic? derogatory? something like that. I wouldn't say "one of the boys in the office is pulling that for me." I'd say "one of the guys..."

But "boys and girls" are the common word pairing. Same with "men and women" or "ladies and gentlemen." But for guys, I guess it's "guys and gals?" I would never say "one of the gals over there is helping me." That sounds way worse. In a formal setting, like if I was in court, I think I'd say "one of the women" but I'd still say "one of the guys" if referring to a man. I think "guys" is generally acceptable in both a casual and formal context. I can't picture myself ever saying "one of the men in the office," but that's technically the equivalent word. 

Anyway, so my random thought on the matter: "Is there even a casual, female equivalent to "guys"? If not, is "girls" actually derogatory or offensive in every context when referring to an adult female?

[Steamboat1874 4008]

1 hour ago, nnm said:

https://gizmodo.com/all-5-piranha-movies-ranked-1847173845/3#content

Ranking the Piranha franchise:

4) Piranha 3DD (2012)

It’s a direct sequel to 2010 remake Piranha 3D, and the fact that there’s a boob joke in the title, really lets you know right off the bat what you’re in for. The setting this time is a water park whose cheerfully sleazy majority owner (Anchorman’s David Koechner) has seized upon the idea to add “adult” elements to the park (like a combination pool and strip club with a “cooch cam” for underwater ogling), to the disgust of his level-headed stepdaughter (Arrowverse star Danielle Panabaker). This jiggly entry in the franchise is directed by John Gulager (Feast); features supporting turns and/or cameos by Gary Busey, David Hasselhoff (“as himself”), and Piranha 3D’s Christopher Lloyd; and is most notable for the scenes in which a just-hatched piranha enters a woman’s vagina while she’s skinny dipping, then chomps off her boyfriend’s penis when they have sex. Have CG effects ever served a purpose so gross, surreal, raunchy, and gut-bustingly goofy?

 

 

That looks so bad it will be great.

[tigol 2376]

Something has stuck with me for a long time, but for some reason it just popped back into my head and it got me into some deep thoughts on the matter. Many years back, I was talking to one of the older attorneys in my firm. I'd say she was in her late 50s or so. I referred to someone in the district clerk's office as a girl (e.g., "one of the girls in the office is pulling that for me") and she corrected me by saying "women, one of the women is working on it." I took her meaning. I guess it can comes across as ... belittling? chauvinistic? derogatory? something like that. I wouldn't say "one of the boys in the office is pulling that for me." I'd say "one of the guys..."
But "boys and girls" are the common word pairing. Same with "men and women" or "ladies and gentlemen." But for guys, I guess it's "guys and gals?" I would never say "one of the gals over there is helping me." That sounds way worse. In a formal setting, like if I was in court, I think I'd say "one of the women" but I'd still say "one of the guys" if referring to a man. I think "guys" is generally acceptable in both a casual and formal context. I can't picture myself ever saying "one of the men in the office," but that's technically the equivalent word. 
Anyway, so my random thought on the matter: "Is there even a casual, female equivalent to "guys"? If not, is "girls" actually derogatory or offensive in every context when referring to an adult female?

No.

Just don’t do that anymore.

[ABSR 5274]

1 hour ago, SquishMitten said:

Something has stuck with me for a long time, but for some reason it just popped back into my head and it got me into some deep thoughts on the matter. Many years back, I was talking to one of the older attorneys in my firm. I'd say she was in her late 50s or so. I referred to someone in the district clerk's office as a girl (e.g., "one of the girls in the office is pulling that for me") and she corrected me by saying "women, one of the women is working on it." I took her meaning. I guess it can comes across as ... belittling? chauvinistic? derogatory? something like that. I wouldn't say "one of the boys in the office is pulling that for me." I'd say "one of the guys..."

But "boys and girls" are the common word pairing. Same with "men and women" or "ladies and gentlemen." But for guys, I guess it's "guys and gals?" I would never say "one of the gals over there is helping me." That sounds way worse. In a formal setting, like if I was in court, I think I'd say "one of the women" but I'd still say "one of the guys" if referring to a man. I think "guys" is generally acceptable in both a casual and formal context. I can't picture myself ever saying "one of the men in the office," but that's technically the equivalent word. 

Anyway, so my random thought on the matter: "Is there even a casual, female equivalent to "guys"? If not, is "girls" actually derogatory or offensive in every context when referring to an adult female?

It's "Guys and Dolls" ... so you should be using "Dolls" when referring to them.  

Please do and report back...from HR.

[ajax 2549]

I really think fruit of the loom is gaslighting all of us about never having a cornucopia in their logo. Mandela effect my ass. I remember seeing it.

Edited August 20 by ajax
effect, not affect. Damn text to speech

[Tex Long 4273]

31 minutes ago, ajax said:

I really think fruit of the loom is gaslighting all of us about never having a cornucopia in their logo. Mandela effect my ass. I remember seeing it.

Mandela Effect weirdness...

+1 for cornucopia 

Also, having read aloud to children for several years, def Berenstain Bears and not Berenstein. I have German relatives with "stein" in name - stines, not steens - and guarantee I noticed.

[nnm 35552]

2 hours ago, ajax said:

I really think fruit of the loom is gaslighting all of us about never having a cornucopia in their logo. Mandela effect my ass. I remember seeing it.

TIL about the Mandela effect.

https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-the-mandela-effect-4589394

Related:  Highly recommended Gladwell podcast episodes on how our memories are fundamentally unreliable, even with "flashbulb" events like 9/11:

https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/revisionist-history/free-brian-williams.  Also on Apple podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/free-brian-williams/id1119389968?i=1000413184954

[thunderlounge 7619]

Is FotL also denying those dressed up fruit fuck rolling around in an old caddy with the top down? Cause they were dressed like each fruit in said cornucopia. Apple was the ring leader. 

[WhatTheBuck 28604]

4 hours ago, SquishMitten said:

Something has stuck with me for a long time, but for some reason it just popped back into my head and it got me into some deep thoughts on the matter. Many years back, I was talking to one of the older attorneys in my firm. I'd say she was in her late 50s or so. I referred to someone in the district clerk's office as a girl (e.g., "one of the girls in the office is pulling that for me") and she corrected me by saying "women, one of the women is working on it." I took her meaning. I guess it can comes across as ... belittling? chauvinistic? derogatory? something like that. I wouldn't say "one of the boys in the office is pulling that for me." I'd say "one of the guys..."

But "boys and girls" are the common word pairing. Same with "men and women" or "ladies and gentlemen." But for guys, I guess it's "guys and gals?" I would never say "one of the gals over there is helping me." That sounds way worse. In a formal setting, like if I was in court, I think I'd say "one of the women" but I'd still say "one of the guys" if referring to a man. I think "guys" is generally acceptable in both a casual and formal context. I can't picture myself ever saying "one of the men in the office," but that's technically the equivalent word. 

Anyway, so my random thought on the matter: "Is there even a casual, female equivalent to "guys"? If not, is "girls" actually derogatory or offensive in every context when referring to an adult female?

Go with broads or dames. 

[NeverMarryAStripper 21765]

Just call everyone of both sexes cunts, and the problem is solved

[nnm 35552]

46 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

Just call everyone of both sexes cunts, and the problem is solved

Tell me you've recently visited Scotland without telling me you recently visited Scotland . . .

[52-80 18982]

the best colloquialism is australian cunts calling females sheilas

[52-80 18982]

20 hours ago, SquishMitten said:

 If not, is "girls" actually derogatory or offensive in every context when referring to an adult female?

no, fuck no, and anyone who believes it is a cunt.

language is flexible and thus its interpretation malleable: it depends on speaker, audience, formality, and other context.  whether its offensive is like porn: you'll know it when you see it.

we have social contest at work tracking volunteered step-count to encourage fitness.  tallies are compared against different work teams, buildings, but also between "guys" vs "girls".  nobody is offended.  its a casual way to refer to a group without needing to be all corpo-formal about it.

that said, if i was referring to the fact that a colleague in specific did something, i wouldn't call that person a "girl", nor would i call her a "woman" in the same manner i wouldnt call out a "man" either.  the gender serves no purpose for that use so i would simply say "a clerk is pulling that for me".

[Nuge 1945]

Use ladies instead of girls.  I think its less a casual thing and more of an age thing.  

[Ignatius 3979]

The closest US state to the continent of Africa is Maine…

[Ignatius 3979]

On 8/14/2024 at 4:38 PM, thunderlounge said:

Same here. Have had people look at me funny when it comes up. 
 

Well, that’s what happens when you don’t buy a house with any storage. 

That’s what happens when you keep shit you don’t need anymore because “it’s still good”…

Edited August 21 by Ignatius

[Tex Long 4273]

On 8/21/2024 at 8:28 AM, 52-80 said:

the best colloquialism is australian cunts calling females sheilas

This'un's fuckin' bonza, needs more love. Get on it, ya fuckin' cunts. 

[nnm 35552]

18 hours ago, Ignatius said:

The closest US state to the continent of Africa is Maine…

Checks out.  You just blew my mind.  I've traveled to W Africa a bunch and never considered that.  

[Macanudo 12743]

I learned this week that Denton does not have an HEB but there is an Albertson's (in Texas they are almost exclusively in the DFW market) and a WinCo (same thing, DFW or OKC and then the west coast.)

[Brothahorn 10079]

Why do we expect suspected drunk drivers to make sound legal decisions? Seems like a trap to me. No, never been arrested for one. But just watching a YT video. The cop is trying explain the process to a 18 yo girl who will go on to blow a .19. So she is asking the cop for advice. He can't give her any, of course. But how do you expect someone that drunk to decide anything legally?

[InkaUtexas 24932]

10 hours ago, Macanudo said:

I learned this week that Denton does not have an HEB but there is an Albertson's (in Texas they are almost exclusively in the DFW market) and a WinCo (same thing, DFW or OKC and then the west coast.)

That pissed my wife off. She worked an assignment for a few months there. Every time I would go up I had a HEB list of shit she wanted. My dad always asks for HEB canned peas. Why I do not know.

[markstanco 12425]

Just one week away from @South Austin starting his Friday morning Texas Fight thread.  

[South Austin 51564]

1 hour ago, markstanco said:

Just one week away from @South Austin starting his Friday morning Texas Fight thread.  

 

[ztejas 42775]

On 8/22/2024 at 11:59 AM, nnm said:

Checks out.  You just blew my mind.  I've traveled to W Africa a bunch and never considered that.  

Morocco is further north than I was thinking. 

[Bevo&Pevo 4923]

On 8/22/2024 at 11:59 AM, nnm said:

Checks out.  You just blew my mind.  I've traveled to W Africa a bunch and never considered that.  

Gabon, at one time was on our radar for retirement.  Still has an outside chance.

Anyhoo, so I was thinking the other day shouldn't chili come in a small squeeze packet/things like ketchup?  I know, I know you can get chili cheese fries or tots or.... But wouldn't a small amount of chili go with some eggs, baked tater, Fritos, or something else?

[Superhero 8595]

On 8/20/2024 at 12:01 PM, Tex Long said:

Also, having read aloud to children for several years, def Berenstain Bears and not Berenstein. I have German relatives with "stein" in name - stines, not steens - and guarantee I noticed.

Learned German during HS

 

__ei__ is pronounced like "eye"

__ie__ is pronounced like "eee"

 

So Harvy Weinstein is supposed to be  wine-stine.

[Tex Long 4273]

8 hours ago, Superhero said:

Learned German during HS

 

__ei__ is pronounced like "eye"

__ie__ is pronounced like "eee"

 

So Harvy Weinstein is supposed to be  wine-stine.

Vine, not wine. And shtine, unless more northerly, then maybe stine.

But, you know, this Mandela effect thing apparently has an example in which some folks claim that in their experience that line of children's books were authored by a couple named Berenstein and others say it was Berenstain. I'm not sure what the majority remembrance seems to be, but I am absolutely certain it was "stain".

 

[52-80 18982]

On 8/20/2024 at 9:01 PM, Tex Long said:

Mandela Effect weirdness...

+1 for cornucopia 

Also, having read aloud to children for several years, def Berenstain Bears and not Berenstein. I have German relatives with "stein" in name - stines, not steens - and guarantee I noticed.

All the NBA announcers call dennis schröder “shru - der” 😪

[Tex Long 4273]

6 minutes ago, 52-80 said:

All the NBA announcers call dennis schröder “shru - der” 😪

That's because they can't spell oom lout?

[closetohumping 17287]

I’m at a WeWork.  Guy in wearing these blue tinted sunglasses while watching a video in the common area

[52-80 18982]

it took me way too long to learn this -- mostly because ive never really had to do work work in my life -- but if i really want to get something done on the computer, i could literally just close microsoft outlook.  and/or the corporate chat program. 

 

 

[InkaUtexas 24932]

1 hour ago, 52-80 said:

it took me way too long to learn this -- mostly because ive never really had to do work work in my life -- but if i really want to get something done on the computer, i could literally just close microsoft outlook.  and/or the corporate chat program. 

 

 

But then your onedrive will panic.

[52-80 18982]

34 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

But then your onedrive will panic.

the more that fucker suffers the better it is for humanity

[InkaUtexas 24932]

40 minutes ago, 52-80 said:

the more that fucker suffers the better it is for humanity

Onedrive makes me surly on a daily basis. No mofo, I do not want to save the file there. Save it to my damn laptop so I can look at it when offline.

Oh, and LInkedin, if I wanted the fucking app I would have downloaded it the first 10 times you asked me.

[Prepuce of Doom 20900]

19 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

Onedrive makes me surly on a daily basis. No mofo, I do not want to save the file there. Save it to my damn laptop so I can look at it when offline.

Oh, and LInkedin, if I wanted the fucking app I would have downloaded it the first 10 times you asked me.

You save the same type of file from the same source to the same location tens of thousands of times, and each new instance comes as a complete fucking surprise to the machine, so instead, it tries to force you to do something else that you've never done and will never do. 

"Machine learning" is bullshit. 

[Tex Long 4273]

1 hour ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

"Machine learning" is bullshit. 

You've spelt "artificial intelligence" incorrectly.

[jetsfan76 649]

Do you think humanity would survive Maximum Overdrive in 2024? If yes, how much of the population is wiped out?