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by **I Am Raven** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:47 am UTC

Magnanimous wrote:Speaking of which, holy shit 9gag.
Spoiler:

If you're going to steal from a comic, it should probably be a less popular one...

I've seen loads of XKCD on 9gag.

by **Tomlidich** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:58 pm UTC

Giant Speck wrote:Yeah, that's the kind of cover it was.

It scared the shit out of me when it happened. I was asleep at the time, and I awoke to the sound of shattering glass and thought someone had broken into my apartment.

it is even worse when you are standing on your bathroom sink, barefoot, trying to change a lightbulb.

took about 20 minutes to get someone else in there to help me out.

by **ArgonV** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 6:11 pm UTC

If the only way I've got left to get in contact with you is your cell phone (no landline, no internet and you've moved to far away to just pop over) it'd be nice if you, I don't know, ACTUALLY ANSWERED THE DAMN THING?!

by **roband** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:15 pm UTC

Why would someone put a photo of the stone angels from Doctor Who in a spoiler?
Whyyyyyyyyyyyyy?

by **DSenette** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:24 pm UTC

i know, what kind of a dick would do that?

Spoiler:

by **roband** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:26 pm UTC

Yeah, last time I bought this up, guess what happened?

So guess what I'm not clicking on...

by **Giant Speck** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 9:29 am UTC

I cut my hand open while pumping air into my bike tires. :shock:

by **TimelordSimone** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 1:35 pm UTC

I swear every time I write "it's" in Word, it puts a squiggly green line underneath to suggest "its".
It's getting kind of annoying.

by **JudeMorrigan** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 1:40 pm UTC

Websites that limit the special characters you can use in your passwords. I'm not talking really weird, exotic stuff, but just stuff that's on the top row of the keyboard. I imagine they do it to help avoid Little Bobby Tables types of situations, but I still find it obnoxious.

by **Steax** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 2:25 pm UTC

JudeMorrigan wrote:Websites that limit the special characters you can use in your passwords. I'm not talking really weird, exotic stuff, but just stuff that's on the top row of the keyboard. I imagine they do it to help avoid Little Bobby Tables types of situations, but I still find it obnoxious.

They're just being stupid.

by **emceng** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 2:53 pm UTC

Fucking hell, really? Someone puts a cart in the hallway and less than 20 minutes later you have to come find me to bitch about it? You don't have anything better to do? I didn't put it there, and it wasn't really in the way. Why are you hassling me?

by **fizzgig** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:01 am UTC

Giant Speck wrote:I cut my hand open while pumping air into my bike tires.

Oh good, I'm not the only one who manages to injure themselves doing that. Although I acquired a blood blister rather than a cut.

by **Giant Speck** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:05 am UTC

fizzgig wrote:
Giant Speck wrote:I cut my hand open while pumping air into my bike tires.

Oh good, I'm not the only one who manages to injure themselves doing that. Although I acquired a blood blister rather than a cut.

Well, it was a new air pump, and it had an attachment on it so that I could attach it to my bike frame. I tried to yank it off and it scraped my hand. I'm still not sure how it did that; the thing is made of plastic and doesn't have sharp edges.

by **nehpest** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 7:47 am UTC

Giant Speck wrote:
fizzgig wrote:
Giant Speck wrote:I cut my hand open while pumping air into my bike tires.

Oh good, I'm not the only one who manages to injure themselves doing that. Although I acquired a blood blister rather than a cut.

Well, it was a new air pump, and it had an attachment on it so that I could attach it to my bike frame. I tried to yank it off and it scraped my hand. I'm still not sure how it did that; the thing is made of plastic and doesn't have sharp edges.

I cut myself on a bottle of shampoo once. My hands were wet (obviously) and my hand slipped against the edge of the cap, next thing I know I was dripping red into the shower drain.

by **micco** » Sat Feb 04, 2012 10:04 pm UTC

I hate SAD. I feel like shit again...

by **Cytoplasm** » Sat Feb 04, 2012 10:45 pm UTC

Why do I have to be so sleepy? If I sleep will the antibiotics make everything go back to normal magically? I need Madame Pomfrey. Good stuff.

by **nehpest** » Sun Feb 05, 2012 1:18 am UTC

Rant the first:

Tried to comment on a blog post. The captcha is in Arabic.

Rant the second:

Tried to screencap the captcha for this rant. Android phones can't screencap without rooting.

I just know if I try to root my phone, it'll melt or something - you know this shit comes in threes.

by **Steax** » Sun Feb 05, 2012 2:28 am UTC

nehpest wrote:Tried to screencap the captcha for this rant. Android phones can screencap without rooting.

I just know if I try to root my phone, it'll melt or something - you know this shit comes in threes.

Did you mean "can't"?

by **nehpest** » Sun Feb 05, 2012 2:50 am UTC

Sure did. Fixed. Maybe it's safe for me to root my phone now?

by **Ptolom** » Sun Feb 05, 2012 3:29 pm UTC

I had such plans for today but now everything's fucked and I can't think straight.

by **yurell** » Sun Feb 05, 2012 3:31 pm UTC

Okay, I'm an Australian so I need to be very careful here — what precisely is involved with rooting one's phone?

by **Ghostbear** » Sun Feb 05, 2012 8:51 pm UTC

yurell wrote:Okay, I'm an Australian so I need to be very careful here — what precisely is involved with rooting one's phone?

It's basically installing a different version of the OS that lets you do what you want, instead of having limitations. Name comes from gaining room (aka administrator) access.

Wiki page for more info, since I probably didn't describe it perfectly (I lack a smartphone, so don't bother caring about them much).

by **yurell** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:44 am UTC

Thanks, it's good to know that asking gives an answer that makes more sense

by **RollingHead** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:49 am UTC

Algebra sucks, and I suck even more for not starting to study earlier. And now it's four in the morning, my exam is the day after tomorrow and I'm not studying because I'm busy helping one of my best friends with her psychological problem via facebook chat. I just hope I don't fail too miserably...

by **Amie** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 7:52 am UTC

Dammit BTJunkie

I am sad. And angry.

by **Ptolom** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 8:25 pm UTC

Amie wrote:Dammit BTJunkie

I am sad. And angry.

Grraahhh! *blink*

Why is it that whenever I file a bug report, within about 20 minutes I feel like a complete idiot?

by **dhokarena56** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 8:36 pm UTC

I am dismayed to discover that that hideous festival of debauchery and wanton perversion known as Anthrocon is from June 14-17 this year where I live (Pittsburgh). That means that on my third-favorite holiday of the year, the streets will be filled with furries instead of James Joyce fanatics.

by **Ptolom** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 8:48 pm UTC

But James Joyce knew more about wanton perversion than a whole convention of furries put together.

by **OBrien** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:52 am UTC

Why do I always leave these things to the last minute? Now tomorrow I have to turn a sequened onesie into a tailcoat and find a gold-sparkled top hat and red hairspray in town.

by **e^iπ+1=0** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:55 am UTC

Things which aren't fun: waiting in the cold by yourself for a bus that may or may not come while something across the street beeps loudly in a high-pitched tone.

Edit: Things which aren't terrible: the bus coming just as you're about to give up on it, and with several acquaintances from the event you were just at on it.

by **Josephine** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:50 am UTC

Everything is horrible.

by **SecondTalon** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 3:55 pm UTC

dhokarena56 wrote:I am dismayed to discover that that hideous festival of debauchery and wanton perversion known as Anthrocon is from June 14-17 this year where I live (Pittsburgh). That means that on my third-favorite holiday of the year, the streets will be filled with furries instead of James Joyce fanatics.

You say that like there aren't any furries who read James Joyce.

Or that James Joyce wasn't familiar with putting on a bearsuit.

by **Tomlidich** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:59 pm UTC

grrrrrrrr i have been able to carry large servers and the like for weeks now yet my coworkers still keep putting me down, calling me names, and not letting me take the jobs that require any sort of lifting.

not to mention they STILL try to belittle my abilities as far as IT goes, even though they have not really got a brain between them.

i am so sick of the bullshit. i want to quit. i want to quit so bad.

and worst of all my knee kinda hurts right now.

by **Cathy** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:15 pm UTC

Tomlidich wrote:my coworkers still keep putting me down, calling me names, and not letting me take the jobs that require any sort of lifting.

not to mention they STILL try to belittle my abilities as far as IT goes, even though they have not really got a brain between them.

WTF is wrong with them!? Can your boss give them the what-for?

That's just shitty.

by **The EGE** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:19 pm UTC

OBrien wrote:Why do I always leave these things to the last minute? Now tomorrow I have to turn a sequened onesie into a tailcoat and find a gold-sparkled top hat and red hairspray in town.

Secretly, your rants are actually proof that you're cooler than us.

by **RollingHead** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 1:46 am UTC

OBrien wrote:Why do I always leave these things to the last minute? Now tomorrow I have to turn a sequened onesie into a tailcoat and find a gold-sparkled top hat and red hairspray in town.

Columbia?

by **Link** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:42 am UTC

My cat has gone missing. He's been out for nearly 36 hours now. It's not uncommon for him to be gone for long periods (he does that a few times a year), but it's never been this long. So yeah, really worried now. :/

by **OBrien** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:11 pm UTC

RollingHead wrote:Columbia?

Maybe... (link may be considered NSFW)

As you can see, I couldn't find any hairspray in the end, but the tailcoat was surprisingly easy to make with my new sewing machine, Little Rarity. All in all everything turned out better than expected.

by **userxp** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:20 pm UTC

I googled for "skin care" information and virtually all the results are targeted towards women. Apparently men don't need that stuff, since they're so manly.

Link wrote:My cat has gone missing. He's been out for nearly 36 hours now. It's not uncommon for him to be gone for long periods (he does that a few times a year), but it's never been this long. So yeah, really worried now. :/

My cat used to do this. He once disappeared for three weeks!

I have absolutely no idea where he went, but I hope you can get yours back safely.

by **Jave D** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 5:35 pm UTC

Yes, climate change deniers. You say that this thing called Global Warming is a myth concocted by evil liberals to steal your money. You cracked the case. We'd have gotten away with it too, if not for you damn kids. But thanks to your tireless efforts on the message board and comments section of every news outlet on the web, you've opened up the eyes of everyone to the Truth. You're the new Truth Movement, and you've gone and convinced me anyway, that scientists are all corrupt know-nothings and only right-wing anonymous internet people know what they're talking about. Thank God for you. I was about to hand over my personal savings to the evil cabal on climate change, but now I don't have to. Bless you and your stunningly persuasive arguments. If only the inhabitants of Easter Island had you around, they would have been convinced that that whole anthropogenic deforestation and ecological destruction thing was a myth too, and they wouldn't have had to give up their cash to liberals thus causing the collapse of their whole society. You save lives. And money! It's all about the fucking money! Your money! Everyone's out to get it! Especially scientists! I mean who doesn't go into the profession of ecological sciences in order to make bucketloads of cash? Everyone knows scientists are the richest people in the world. They want to rule the world! But you know the TRUTH! You expose them for their fraudulent corruption! WHAT WOULD HUMANITY DO WITHOUT YOU.

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