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by empath
24 Jul 2016, 13:48
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Venting Thread Delta - Now With Easy to Follow Rules
Replies: 7432
Views: 438304

Re: Venting Thread Delta - Now With Easy to Follow Rules

Similar. My one day off is Sunday; we'd planned to go out to a new restaurant for lunch today, and so I took efforts to make the waiting go easier - I stayed up later than normal with the hope that I'd thus sleep in late (because I could, not having to worry about work an' all) and then have less ti...
by empath
22 Jul 2016, 12:51
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Limits on freedom of speech
Replies: 69
Views: 9287

Re: Limits on freedom of speech

Soooo, the joke was that he's annoyed that after all the years he's defended him saying he's living his dream because he's dying, that he hasn't died yet? Yeah. Pretty NOT funny, huh? :| Apparently the humour is that the syndrome the kid has is always mentioned but never explained , so everyone aut...
by empath
16 Jul 2016, 01:10
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The General Chat thread
Replies: 6647
Views: 393949

Re: The General Chat thread

"The squeaky wheel gets the grease." :)
by empath
12 Jul 2016, 13:02
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ghostbusters 2016
Replies: 148
Views: 12726

Re: Ghostbusters 2016

...and you call yourself 'jaded'. ;)
by empath
12 Jul 2016, 12:52
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ghostbusters 2016
Replies: 148
Views: 12726

Re: Ghostbusters 2016

I want the movie to tank so Hollywood will get into their heads to stop thinking that making reboots is a good idea. Why would this 'n'th reboot have any more influence on them than all the other reboots in the past while that have done nothing but give some people tax write-offs? Their heads are f...
by empath
07 Jul 2016, 16:09
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ghostbusters 2016
Replies: 148
Views: 12726

Re: Ghostbusters 2016

I am not going to judge this film until I've actually seen it. Trailers rarely have anything to do with the final cut of a film anymore - I'm sure we can all list off fantastic films that looked like they'd be garbage based on the trailers that were put out, and even more films that seemed like they...
by empath
06 Jul 2016, 13:56
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Politics and the Vague Fear of Something Called Donald Trump
Replies: 191
Views: 54420

Re: Politics and the Vague Fear of Something Called Donald T

Well, that damage has been done - in running for public office he's exposed himself to scrutiny that cuts through his sales patter and glitz and showmanship, so he HAS damaged his brand. He's kinda burnt the bridge behind him, now. ...of course, that only applies to rational investors and ones who d...
by empath
04 Jul 2016, 10:58
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Politics and the Vague Fear of Something Called Donald Trump
Replies: 191
Views: 54420

Re: Politics and the Vague Fear of Something Called Donald T

No, not necessarily win the GOP nomination; even just to split the party and weaken it would help. Indeed, if this was the case, I wonder if those plutocrats would have been quite discomfited at the unexpected success of their 'false-flag op'? Maybe they'd feel kinda like Brexit's masterminds? ...bu...
by empath
03 Jul 2016, 04:07
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Politics and the Vague Fear of Something Called Donald Trump
Replies: 191
Views: 54420

Re: Politics and the Vague Fear of Something Called Donald T

See, a paranoid might suppose that he's just doing this as a 'gun for hire' thing for Hillary and her Big Business backers; he infiltrates and...damn, I can't even find sufficiently strong words for the damage he's done, and then takes a dive to her in the election (some manufactured scandal that re...
by empath
02 Jul 2016, 19:05
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Politics and the Vague Fear of Something Called Donald Trump
Replies: 191
Views: 54420

Re: Politics and the Vague Fear of Something Called Donald T

I'd debate the training in political strategy; rhetoric maybe, but it's more marketing and promotion...without any sense of an end-goal. Maybe "political campaign tactics ". I sincerely believe that Drumpf has no actual plan, strategy or agenda for ONCE he attains office; he's become so si...
by empath
26 Jun 2016, 14:57
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: So... About that Significant World Event that Happened...
Replies: 55
Views: 8353

Re: So... About that Significant World Event that Happened..

Okay, an independent nation for EIGHT hundred years, instead of almost a thousand, then a member state of a continental 'community/union' for forty-ish.

I think my point still stands. ;)
by empath
24 Jun 2016, 17:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: So... About that Significant World Event that Happened...
Replies: 55
Views: 8353

Re: So... About that Significant World Event that Happened..

Well, the UK was a separate sovereign state for...quite a while (how long after 1066 did William cut ties with his kith and kin back in Normandy?), and joined the EEC in 1973. So it's been part of a greater 'state' for 43 years, but before that was independent (William and Mary being an outlier and ...
by empath
24 Jun 2016, 16:59
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: So... About that Significant World Event that Happened...
Replies: 55
Views: 8353

Re: So... About that Significant World Event that Happened..

Well, the UK was a separate sovereign state for...quite a while (how long after 1066 did William cut ties with his kith and kin back in Normandy?), and joined the EEC in 1973. So it's been part of a greater 'state' for 43 years, but before that was independent (William and Mary being an outlier and ...
by empath
26 May 2016, 12:45
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Venting Thread Delta - Now With Easy to Follow Rules
Replies: 7432
Views: 438304

Re: Venting Thread Delta - Now With Easy to Follow Rules

*sprays aerosol cans in the direction of The Ozone Hole to help*


I am a hair's-breadth from bankruptcy and losing my means of earning ANY sort of an income.
by empath
17 May 2016, 13:36
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Venting Thread Delta - Now With Easy to Follow Rules
Replies: 7432
Views: 438304

Re: Venting Thread Delta - Now With Easy to Follow Rules

Nah, they're on the Wet Coast - the opposite side of the continent: that fact has actually been helpful for me, as it gives me an extra four-and-a-half hours to get stuff done before their quitting time. :) And I don't blame them, and yeah I'll call 'em. It's more me just raging against fate/God/the...
by empath
17 May 2016, 13:35
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For the lols
Replies: 8556
Views: 415753

Re: For the lols

Okay, I saw something on a billboard today that almost made me swerve off the road. Later I heard radio ads for the same campaign. To be honest, I can't decide whether it belongs here or in "the Venting Thread", so I'm gonna be lazy and just post it here, and link to it from the other thre...
by empath
17 May 2016, 01:48
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Venting Thread Delta - Now With Easy to Follow Rules
Replies: 7432
Views: 438304

Re: Venting Thread Delta - Now With Easy to Follow Rules

I cannot finish anything. I've had a fairly substantial credit card balance looming over me for years, and I HAVE mannaged to chip away at it, but job changes and whatnot meant my payments got erratic and I was passed to a collection agency for the umpteenth time. Most of the time I would dodge the ...
by empath
22 Apr 2016, 13:35
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The thread of win
Replies: 7651
Views: 338051

Re: The thread of win

Okay, been having an aggrivating day, and someone linked me to a comic from The Oatmeal, which I really like, but kinda forgot about. It cleared my mood, and then I fell down the rabbithole with "more comics"... like "How to make your {online} shopping cart suck less" and "A...
by empath
21 Apr 2016, 13:40
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Venting Thread Delta - Now With Easy to Follow Rules
Replies: 7432
Views: 438304

Re: Venting Thread Delta - Now With Easy to Follow Rules

Yeah, so I went on out and drove my cab with 'winter storm warnings' - it was quiet in the morning (schools and gov't offices closed, not much of a morning commute) and the weather really wasn't bad. Then about 11am the wind picked up and white-outs were getting common (and it seemed the city stoppe...
by empath
15 Apr 2016, 12:35
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The thread of win
Replies: 7651
Views: 338051

Re: The thread of win

Bring us back some bread! ;)
by empath
02 Apr 2016, 16:05
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Politics and the Vague Fear of Something Called Donald Trump
Replies: 191
Views: 54420

Re: Politics and the Vague Fear of Something Called Donald T

After doing some casual observations over the past few weeks, I've learned that my greatest fear right now isn't Trump. It's the political atmosphere. There seems to be alot of hostility, from all sides. A lot more hostile than usual. I'm starting to consider what Memo said at the beginning of this...
by empath
02 Apr 2016, 15:42
Forum: Feed Dump
Topic: Feed Dump 246 - Statute of Limitations
Replies: 10
Views: 4344

Re: Feed Dump 246 - Statute of Limitations

Okay. IRL cabbie here. Regarding the ditched long-haul cab ride, more details: $600.30us (weird how granular the NYC meter is: ours just go up by $0.25ca increments) for reportedly 140mi. However Google maps shows paths FROM Dover, Pa to NYC as typically at least 180 miles...maybe he picked her up i...
by empath
21 Mar 2016, 07:06
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Politics and the Vague Fear of Something Called Donald Trump
Replies: 191
Views: 54420

Re: Politics and the Vague Fear of Something Called Donald T

Agreed.

Trump being a viable candidate with his 'say whatever self-contradictory drivel grabs attention' marketing strategy is just a symptom of just what Forecedeject and Memo are pointing out...
by empath
13 Mar 2016, 04:52
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The "Vanishing Hour" occurs THIS SUNDAY (in North America)
Replies: 11
Views: 1916

Re: The "Vanishing Hour" occurs THIS SUNDAY (in North Americ

I got forwarded a 'puff piece' article about 'evil DST' by someone (you know, the sort of tertiary article that cites multiple sources...of other news articles, which actually cite studies and the like ;) ) and was coming over here to get worked up into a real foaming-at-the-mouth rant about the HAR...

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