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Not Chicago. Never Chicago. F@!~ing hate Chicago.For some reason in my head I had you in Chicago. I have some friends in Champaign. I was in Savoy just a couple weeks ago.East Peoria, huh? Looks like you're about 90 miles from me (I live in Urbana now, but spent 9 or 10 years in Rantucky. Sorry, Rantoul.).you are in Illinois, yes?Yes I am. East Peoria now. Grew up in the big empty area bordered by Kankakee (whole other story about that place) on the north, Bloomington to the west, Champaign-Urbana to the south, and Lafayette IN to the east. In the middle of that you won't find any single town beyond maybe 6000 people other than Rantoul, which is basically a northern suburb of Champaign.
...but I'm going there for c2e2...
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Skip it. Nothing good ever happened in Chicago.
After a quick google search I have to agree I couldn't find anything that I would want that comes from Chicago.
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The world is shame.This is... wonderful.
I mean, it's painful, but wonderful, too.
(Okay, he's probably a great guy, but the male vocal doing the not-rap-whatever-it's-called really shouldn't be doing that, but still.)
Anyway, Abandon Ship is a game I now want, and Into the Breach looks promising. Sigh. Some glad day. XD
Also: DANG IT, CHROME, WHY DID YOU REMOVE THE ABILITY TO MUTE INDIVIDUAL TABS; I LIKED THAT FUNCTIONALITY.
(They have replaced it with the ability to mute the whole site, but that is supremely inconvenient when you have multiple tabs of the same site and want exactly one of them to play audio. Technically you can turn this feature on, but it's still not returned to your right-click menu - you have to left-click the little audio-horn-symbol, and that suuuuuuuuuuuuuucks. Uuuuuuuuuuuugh.)
It is still there, you only need to enable it in flags. It took me some twenty seconds plus closing and opening Chrome to turn it on.
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I think I need a new job. So 2 of the 5 front desk people have quit and 3 of the 5 house aids. So its been an interesting week.
Huh Serendipitous one of the jobs I applied to emailed me back today!
Have you read the article about role of luck in our lives that Freehold linked?
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I have not but I am curious now.
Edit: Where am I looking for it at?
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Lord Of The Rings servers are down for the update so I am turning on Guild Wars 2. It's been ages so I wonder how many patches will I need to wait out...
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Eh, only 100,000+ files to donwload at 1-2 MB/s
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65% and the download rate jumped a bit.
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Ooopsie, out of space on the partition... I thought it was on the other one.
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Moving things a bit.
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I should really uninstall a lot of games I am not playing anyway.
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Or go back to them, finish them, and then uninstall.
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I could use a better computer for gaming...
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I don't really need one, to be honest, so I won't go out of my way to get one, but it would be nice...
Now, where are those pesky kobolds?
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I don't really need one, to be honest, so I won't go out of my way to get one, but it would be nice...
Now, where are those pesky kobolds?
*groggy* eh?
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Skip it. Nothing good ever happened in Chicago.
As someone that has been to Chicago on multiple occasions and never had a good time (despite all the promises of those taking me to Chicago) I can verify this.
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Skip it. Nothing good ever happened in Chicago.As someone that has been to Chicago on multiple occasions and never had a good time (despite all the promises of those taking me to Chicago) I can verify this.
I dunno. If you're a fan of Grand Theft Auto or Call of Duty and want to try either in real life, Chicago is a blast!
But, even then, Detroit is better.
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No, I'd prefer my car wasn't stolen.
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But I liked C2E2. I was hoping to meet friends there...
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They have a Science Museum everyone goes off about, but honestly, there's only so many times one can walk through a giant f&$*ing heart.
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Skip it. Nothing good ever happened in Chicago.As someone that has been to Chicago on multiple occasions and never had a good time (despite all the promises of those taking me to Chicago) I can verify this.I dunno. If you're a fan of Grand Theft Auto or Call of Duty and want to try either in real life, Chicago is a blast!
But, even then, Detroit is better.
lol people say the same about NY and its just not true...
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Big cities are stressful...
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They have a Science Museum everyone goes off about, but honestly, there's only so many times one can walk through a giant f+$!ing heart.
Thats where the convention is held..or at least the hotel we stayed in (which wasn't very good, so there IS that for the critics).
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The food was awesome.
Freehold loves portillos.
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Big cities are stressful...
I love big cities, except Chicago, and Milwaukee, which is still pretty much Chicago, without Oprah.
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They do tend to have good food, but I stand by my stressful comment.
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I have a lot of fun in big cities (except Chicago).
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The "fun" thing about dating apps: If they're interested and will actually message you back, it's probably an advertising bot or person working on commission.
If they're a real person? Don't bother if they match you. You will never, ever get a reply. Ever.
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When I was dating, an App was something you bought to show your date you care enough to take her somewhere other than McDonald's.
I never found it all that necessary.
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I happen to enjoy Chicago.
Also, your mileage may vary on the dating sites. I am proof that it is possible.
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Skip it. Nothing good ever happened in Chicago.As someone that has been to Chicago on multiple occasions and never had a good time (despite all the promises of those taking me to Chicago) I can verify this.
As you know, I traveled for my job from 2000-2003, going to many different cities across the U.S. and Canada. I also did a 7-week tour of Europe, a 2-week tour of Australia, and another 2 weeks in Europe with NobodysWife.
In all of those travels, Chicago was the only city I visited that I really, truly despised going to. And heck, I even did Flynn, Michigan.
I don't know what it is about Chicago, but it just radiates unpleasantness like Nobody's business.
EDIT: I take it back. Brindisi, Italy was also a hellhole.
It is still there, you only need to enable it in flags. It took me some twenty seconds plus closing and opening Chrome to turn it on.
Thank you!
I knew about that, though, and it's much less convenient than it used to be, as noted:
Also: DANG IT, CHROME, WHY DID YOU REMOVE THE ABILITY TO MUTE INDIVIDUAL TABS; I LIKED THAT FUNCTIONALITY.
(They have replaced it with the ability to mute the whole site, but that is supremely inconvenient when you have multiple tabs of the same site and want exactly one of them to play audio. Technically you can turn this feature on, but it's still not returned to your right-click menu - you have to left-click the little audio-horn-symbol, and that suuuuuuuuuuuuuucks. Uuuuuuuuuuuugh.)
I've enabled it, turned Chrome off, and opening it again, and it's still not in my right-click menu.
I also love this:
WARNING: EXPERIMENTAL FEATURES AHEAD! By enabling these features, you could lose browser data or compromise your security or privacy. Enabled features apply to all users of this browser.
"Oh, no, the idea that you might not want to hear a single tab instead of the whole site might somehow compromise your securiteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee (or lose everything you've ever loved, information-wise)."
>:/
For the curious, it's only searching "chrome://flags" in the bar up top, and it's the very first option. Still doesn't work like the old one did (at least not for me).
My brother-in-law met his now-wife via online dating service - I don't know if it was an AP or not, but it's the same principle.
Can't vouch for the validity of most, though.
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Never lived in a city with more then 260.000-ish people and never lived in one with less then around a 1000.
But I must confess that I'm probably not really a "big city" person. Love the space, the animals and the pace of rural life to much I guess.
Then again I'm in Denmark. There's like 85% rural districts here.
<-5.6 million people...
Yea...almost the population of Denmark. It really underlines how small this place is compared to the wider world out there.
The world is shame.
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Ahahahahahahahahaha
*wipes tears from his eyes*
Seems a faithful rendition ^^
*snickers*
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The "fun" thing about dating apps: If they're interested and will actually message you back, it's probably an advertising bot or person working on commission.
If they're a real person? Don't bother if they match you. You will never, ever get a reply. Ever.
I've done alright out of them - I met my present and previous girlfriends that way - but you should expect to send out a lot of messages and get no response before someone gets back in touch. It's the same for everyone.
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Conversations with Impus Major:
IM: Yeah, I'm building a whole Kidz Bop playlist for my car rides. I just added that one to it.
NH: So, you no longer want to ride in my car, I seeIM: Why do I have "WaLuigi Hentai" on my "Recent Play" list?
NW: Get out!
I don't know who i am more proud of.
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Chicago sports teams are almost as insufferable as NY or Boston sports teams.
Although, you haven't seen anything as obnoxious as Packers fans.
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Bad red dragon! No paladins for you!I could use a better computer for gaming...
*Tosses a open bag of catnip besides Mort*
*While she's occupied, pushes a cart full of bound and gagged paladins into Drejk's cave*
*Twirls moustache, while rubbing his hands together and "laughing dastardly".
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I happen to enjoy Chicago.
I should caveat: Like any major city, it has its problems. No denying that. But in the overall, I have found a lot of worse places to be.
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Like Sacramento.
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The world is shame.
Are you sure kids should even be learning to sing that?!
*twitches some*
Hell I know that if you read into lyrics...it can be disturbing ME singing that. Though I'll tell you I try to learn the song and play it on piano.
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NobodysHome: Hey, it's finally getting light in the morning!
NobodysWife: Just wait. Daylight Savings Time will ruin that.
NH: When is it?
NW: This weekend.
NH:
Moral of the Story: When even morning people despise your time shift, maybe, just maybe, you should do away with it...
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I cannot confirm nor deny the craptastic nature of Sacramento, having never been there.
But Ocala, FL...wow...what a pile... ;)
I'm adaptable enough that I can be fine in small towns or in large cities. Just different kinds of headaches to deal with, and both have inherent advantages. Except Atlanta. I have yet to find a compelling case for Atlanta. But it's why I tend to gravitate towards what I think of as small-to-mid-size metro areas as a balancing point. Big enough to have good array of options for most areas of life, small enough that it's easy to get out to the country to see the stars.