** spoiler omitted **I don't even want to think about looking at that stuff. Ewww!
Or maybe it's a guy thing. Guys are into this, females not so.
I've heard of women who enjoy it. I've never met one. At least one who's admitted it...
...though I know oodles of women who like erotic comics such as Phil Foglio used to do... or Boris Vallejo's art; they just don't care for the "live" stuff.
I've known (and gone out with) women who do.
Some frogs or toads do puff up.
Watching porn with a woman that is into watching porn while both of you are naked?
That sounds fun.
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Personal references be damned, if you put "Can shave an angry bear with a skid loader" on your application, you'll get a call back.Considering we'd be hiring you to develop technical training on enterprise-level software, an answer like that that got past the HR department would definitely merit a callback.
I'm sure there's quite a bit of skill crossover.
So, uh, where do I set up the wet saw?
*is completely horrified*
Damn. Makes me want to set up a completely horrified alias like Vidmaster7.
May I suggest "Just a Mortified"?
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Our kids were always awesome at self-censorship.
"Dad, I don't think I'm going to like this movie. It's making me uncomfortable."
"OK. Do you want me to turn it off?"And the Imp would answer either, "Yes, please," in which case I'd turn it off, or, "No, I'll go to my room and do something else," in which case we watched it without them.
It's all about working within their boundaries so that they can learn what they are.
weird.
I would have kept watching, damn the prepubescent feelings of naughtiness. Which did happen to me sometimes. Yes, even me. Then again I have a very strong anti censorship thing about me. Which runs contrary to my anti rudeness thing. But only sometimes.
Er... these were horror movies.
Unlike my father, *we* don't sit around in the living room watching porn.
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i like your dad.
If he is still with us, buy him a beverage of his choice. I'll reimburse you.
He passed away in 2007. I'd dump a manhattan in his urn, but I suspect my mother would object...
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Ahh, training. 90 minutes of videos I didn't watch in order to answer 24 questions, of which I got only 1 wrong. Clearly those videos were necessary.
Next time see whether a 13-year-old can do it.
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Personal references be damned, if you put "Can shave an angry bear with a skid loader" on your application, you'll get a call back.Considering we'd be hiring you to develop technical training on enterprise-level software, an answer like that that got past the HR department would definitely merit a callback.
I'm sure there's quite a bit of skill crossover.
So, uh, where do I set up the wet saw?
Somewhere close enough to feed the entire Mitel phone system into it. {eye twitch returns}
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Having never worked in an office environment, I'll take your word for it.
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Ironically, I've been almost hit by cars more when wearing the neon yellow T-shirt for work.
Perhaps the red Wisconsin outline on the back looks too much like a bullseye.
Or maybe red gives them an unconscious desire for the hunt.
Either way, I'm not working on any fog shrouded moors.
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Ahh, training. 90 minutes of videos I didn't watch in order to answer 24 questions, of which I got only 1 wrong. Clearly those videos were necessary.Next time see whether a 13-year-old can do it.
(You were probably around when I took my annual ethics training and had Impus Major answer all the questions for me without reading the training and he got 100%. "Don't be an a$$hat" isn't hard. For most people.)
Back at a previous job when I wrote Knowledge Base articles for 1st-level techs (honestly people they just pulled off the street in many cases), I would have my wife and The Adult Child (who was then about 16 and has a form of autism) go through the instructions. If they could follow them without assistance, then I knew that my directions were good and ready for publishing.
And yet...still...
Tech: "How am I supposed to know?"
Me: "It's a company employee ID. You have one too, and you have to use it for your login, for your email, for everything."
Tech: "I've only been here for like 4 months! I'm new!"
Me, with no hesitation: "You are not new to the English language."
My boss was standing right behind me at the time. I had no idea. My boss just looked at me, looked at the tech, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Yep. He made it as easy as possible for you." Walked away.
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Oh darn, our trip to San Francisco is the same week my entire family rents houseboats on some mosquito infested lake in the northwoods to bicker and fight.
Bummer.
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In their defense, mosquitoes would make anyone cranky.
Just ask Saitama.
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Is it only me, or is it really annoying that the paizo forums can no longer keep which post is last straight in the small box in the corner?
Is it only me, or is it really annoying that the paizo forums can no longer keep which post is last straight in the small box in the corner?
I haven't noticed a problem. Doesn't mean it doesn't exist, of course.
Is it only me, or is it really annoying that the paizo forums can no longer keep which post is last straight in the small box in the corner?I haven't noticed a problem. Doesn't mean it doesn't exist, of course.
It isn't everytime for me, but it happened at least three times in a row this morning.
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On the marquee of the greenhouse down the road "free sauna experience!"
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This next week we're getting the plane tickets, and maybe booking the hotel. :-)
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I just used the word "Fluffify" in an official report to my manager.
Yeah, sometimes I'm cruel.
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Next week is Zelda's birthday. She and Aiymi sometimes lurk around here just to see what I'm saying about them, so I don't want to spoil a surprise. Tickets have been purchased.
Next week is Zelda's birthday. She and Aiymi sometimes lurk around here just to see what I'm saying about them, so I don't want to spoil a surprise. Tickets have been purchased.
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I would love to see a land animal that inflates itself in defense like a puffer fish does.Star Wars Rebels Puffer Pig.
I’m quite surprised there are others that read Merceces Lackey. David Eddings – more people do.
Not a fan of Lackey or Eddings, but I read a Tamora Pierce and I liked it.
Man that was one of the last books I read, and yet it was years ago... :/
Round AnimalsI would love to see a land animal that inflates itself in defense like a puffer fish does.Star Wars Rebels Puffer Pig.
I wondered if anyone else wanted to reference that.
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I've been watching the Ken Burns Civil War documentary for the past week, with the volume cranked up so I can hear it over my nebulizer. I think I saw it when I was a kid, but it's so much more interesting now that I'm older and have more context. Before the war, Americans said "The United States are doing yadda yadda...," and after the war we began saying "The United States is doing yadda yadda..." Which is hugely significant, but I wouldn't have even noticed that kind of detail as a kid.
Well look at me, I'm becoming a walking cliche, a middle-aged white guy watching Civil War docus. Pretty soon I'll start looking for antique firearms and reinactments...
It's been twenty years since I read any Eddings . . . . I recall liking his work, though . . . .
For me, the recent years have been all about Jim Butcher, Patrick Rothfuss, Preston & Child, and a handful of others, just to diversify a bit.
Here's the weird part, though: Butcher's stuff I'll reread (and rerererere^n), but Rothfuss and P&C have pretty much been one-and-dones. How weird is that??
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Ahh, training. 90 minutes of videos I didn't watch in order to answer 24 questions, of which I got only 1 wrong. Clearly those videos were necessary.Next time see whether a 13-year-old can do it.
(You were probably around when I took my annual ethics training and had Impus Major answer all the questions for me without reading the training and he got 100%. "Don't be an a$$hat" isn't hard. For most people.)
That won't look good on Impus Major's application to Evil Masterminds Club...
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Buhahahahhaah!
Good joke...
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I've been watching the Ken Burns Civil War documentary for the past week, with the volume cranked up so I can hear it over my nebulizer. I think I saw it when I was a kid, but it's so much more interesting now that I'm older and have more context. Before the war, Americans said "The United States are doing yadda yadda...," and after the war we began saying "The United States is doing yadda yadda..." Which is hugely significant, but I wouldn't have even noticed that kind of detail as a kid.
Well look at me, I'm becoming a walking cliche, a middle-aged white guy watching Civil War docus. Pretty soon I'll start looking for antique firearms and reinactments...
I haven't watched it since high school. My American History teacher had us watch the whole thing.
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I've known (and gone out with) women who do.** spoiler omitted **I don't even want to think about looking at that stuff. Ewww!
Or maybe it's a guy thing. Guys are into this, females not so.
I've heard of women who enjoy it. I've never met one. At least one who's admitted it...
...though I know oodles of women who like erotic comics such as Phil Foglio used to do... or Boris Vallejo's art; they just don't care for the "live" stuff.
Lest anyone forget, The Story of "O" was written by a woman.
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I've been watching the Ken Burns Civil War documentary for the past week, with the volume cranked up so I can hear it over my nebulizer. I think I saw it when I was a kid, but it's so much more interesting now that I'm older and have more context. Before the war, Americans said "The United States are doing yadda yadda...," and after the war we began saying "The United States is doing yadda yadda..." Which is hugely significant, but I wouldn't have even noticed that kind of detail as a kid.
Well look at me, I'm becoming a walking cliche, a middle-aged white guy watching Civil War docus. Pretty soon I'll start looking for antique firearms and reinactments...
There are a few antique malls around me whenever you wish to start surveying them.
Lest anyone forget, The Story of "O" was written by a woman.I've known (and gone out with) women who do.** spoiler omitted **I don't even want to think about looking at that stuff. Ewww!
Or maybe it's a guy thing. Guys are into this, females not so.
I've heard of women who enjoy it. I've never met one. At least one who's admitted it...
...though I know oodles of women who like erotic comics such as Phil Foglio used to do... or Boris Vallejo's art; they just don't care for the "live" stuff.
havent read that in years.
You know you are boring when you can let anyone swipe through your camera roll and not be nervous.
I need a shirt that proudly proclaims my boringness in this regard.
I'm surprised at the amount of vitriol aimed at Cracker Barrel in this thread. I've never been to one that wasn't at least good if not downright great. A little on the expensive side perhaps, though not extremely so. But more often than not perfectly worth the $15-20ish plus tip a meal and drink costs.In my area, by which I mean the majority of Illinois, Cracker Barrel is simply awful (and I haven't been to a good one in Indiana, Iowa, or Wisconsin either). I can go to any number of breakfast places, spend less, get better food, and not have to deal with going through the smelly gift shop.
Must be a local thing. I've been to CBs in Texas, Arizona, Georgia, and Tennessee, and never had your issues. Including the gift shop one. Most don't smell like anything, except maybe distant food.
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My vacation has officially begun. I've been given tomorrow off (due to lack of work) and am also off all next week while the out-of-state family and girlfriend are in town. My presence will probably be minimal as a result.
I only went there once, in Madison, I wasn't impressed.
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Lest anyone forget, The Story of "O" was written by a woman.I've known (and gone out with) women who do.** spoiler omitted **I don't even want to think about looking at that stuff. Ewww!
Or maybe it's a guy thing. Guys are into this, females not so.
I've heard of women who enjoy it. I've never met one. At least one who's admitted it...
...though I know oodles of women who like erotic comics such as Phil Foglio used to do... or Boris Vallejo's art; they just don't care for the "live" stuff.
Oh, as I said. I know LOTS of women who enjoy erotic writing, erotic art, or even erotic comics or cosplay.
But straight-up videotaped porn (or whatever they call it these days)? I personally don't know any women who find it anything other than disquieting.
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So, there's "unclear on the concept", and then there's, "So fricking out there that they must work at Vanykrye's company."
Some higher-up muckety-muck decided that we should offer free, easy-to-digest content to our customers so that our setup and configuration would seem "easy" and "friendly". But since we live in great big silos, he didn't even think of talking to tech docs or curriculum development about helping his team with the content.
So they took my tech pub colleague's excellent initial implementation document and:
(1) Deleted anything they didn't think was important; i.e., whatever they didn't understand.
(2) Fluffified the language.
(3) Wait for it... wait for it... posted the instructions in random order!
The last one has me just switching between laughing out loud and banging my head against the desk.
"Oh, it takes an implementor 2-3 days to even have the base proof-of-concept implementation up and running. But I'm sure that the order in which he/she does things won't matter, right?"
The absolute best part: Their published order has you create the super-admin setup user at the END of the implementation, after everything else has been done (including creating the basic users).
So why did I need that super-user again? Obviously not for any setup...
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I've been watching the Ken Burns Civil War documentary for the past week, with the volume cranked up so I can hear it over my nebulizer. I think I saw it when I was a kid, but it's so much more interesting now that I'm older and have more context. Before the war, Americans said "The United States are doing yadda yadda...," and after the war we began saying "The United States is doing yadda yadda..." Which is hugely significant, but I wouldn't have even noticed that kind of detail as a kid.
Well look at me, I'm becoming a walking cliche, a middle-aged white guy watching Civil War docus. Pretty soon I'll start looking for antique firearms and reinactments...
DO IT DO IT DO IT NOW.
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Lest anyone forget, The Story of "O" was written by a woman.I've known (and gone out with) women who do.** spoiler omitted **I don't even want to think about looking at that stuff. Ewww!
Or maybe it's a guy thing. Guys are into this, females not so.
I've heard of women who enjoy it. I've never met one. At least one who's admitted it...
...though I know oodles of women who like erotic comics such as Phil Foglio used to do... or Boris Vallejo's art; they just don't care for the "live" stuff.Oh, as I said. I know LOTS of women who enjoy erotic writing, erotic art, or even erotic comics or cosplay.
But straight-up videotaped porn (or whatever they call it these days)? I personally don't know any women who find it anything other than disquieting.
strange, as we now live in a time where women are producing more porn than ever. I do hope to see a time where female produced porn eclipses male.
So, there's "unclear on the concept", and then there's, "So fricking out there that they must work at Vanykrye's company."
Some higher-up muckety-muck decided that we should offer free, easy-to-digest content to our customers so that our setup and configuration would seem "easy" and "friendly". But since we live in great big silos, he didn't even think of talking to tech docs or curriculum development about helping his team with the content.
So they took my tech pub colleague's excellent initial implementation document and:
(1) Deleted anything they didn't think was important; i.e., whatever they didn't understand.
(2) Fluffified the language.
(3) Wait for it... wait for it... posted the instructions in random order!The last one has me just switching between laughing out loud and banging my head against the desk.
"Oh, it takes an implementor 2-3 days to even have the base proof-of-concept implementation up and running. But I'm sure that the order in which he/she does things won't matter, right?"
The absolute best part: Their published order has you create the super-admin setup user at the END of the implementation, after everything else has been done (including creating the basic users).
So why did I need that super-user again? Obviously not for any setup...
lack of communication brings down giants.
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So, there's "unclear on the concept", and then there's, "So fricking out there that they must work at Vanykrye's company."
Some higher-up muckety-muck decided that we should offer free, easy-to-digest content to our customers so that our setup and configuration would seem "easy" and "friendly". But since we live in great big silos, he didn't even think of talking to tech docs or curriculum development about helping his team with the content.
So they took my tech pub colleague's excellent initial implementation document and:
(1) Deleted anything they didn't think was important; i.e., whatever they didn't understand.
(2) Fluffified the language.
(3) Wait for it... wait for it... posted the instructions in random order!The last one has me just switching between laughing out loud and banging my head against the desk.
"Oh, it takes an implementor 2-3 days to even have the base proof-of-concept implementation up and running. But I'm sure that the order in which he/she does things won't matter, right?"
The absolute best part: Their published order has you create the super-admin setup user at the END of the implementation, after everything else has been done (including creating the basic users).
So why did I need that super-user again? Obviously not for any setup...
I...can't disagree. At all. They should send their resumes over to my HR department and they'll probably be President and CEO by the end of the week.
EDIT: And yes, I favorited NH's post immediately after reading the opening salvo. I didn't really need much else on that one.
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Random rambling - I took offense at this.
I enjoyed the series and honestly no matter how slow the pace, producing comics once per week/month is still a commitment that adds up. Especially when the comic has been going on for years.
If you don't enjoy a certain web comic, my advice would be not to read it and not post poisonous reviews. I'd feel sorry for the author of the Goblins comic to be honest, because this sort of thing...usually doesn't pay well and you get to deal with that kind of flak.
I think that on the Internet we should strive to be nicer to people and be responsible for the things we say, because yes, internet offers a certain kind of anonymity but still its real people, or cats you're hurting on the other side.
Meh. I got philosophical. Did someone tamper with my drink?
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Random rambling - I took offense at this.
I enjoyed the series and honestly no matter how slow the pace, producing comics once per week/month is still a commitment that adds up. Especially when the comic has been going on for years.
If you don't enjoy a certain web comic, my advice would be not to read it and not post poisonous reviews. I'd feel sorry for the author of the Goblins comic to be honest, because this sort of thing...usually doesn't pay well and you get to deal with that kind of flak.
I think that on the Internet we should strive to be nicer to people and be responsible for the things we say, because yes, internet offers a certain kind of anonymity but still its real people, or cats you're hurting on the other side.
Meh. I got philosophical. Did someone tamper with my drink?
Positive reviews and negative reviews both play a part in revealing what works and what doesn't work in writing, though often I find most negative reviews focus on their dislike so much they fail to pull any positives out of a series, which, even for me, who has several instant triggers to say that a show/work of fiction/writing is bad, I can usually still find something to remark positively about, (art, humor, self-awareness, grammar). This review is written in a style that has become popular with the rise of such reviewers as nostalgia critic, angry video game nerd, and others, where they mostly focus on the bad and try to write it humorously angry and belligerent. It's not a necessarily bad thing, but not a good thing either. And, besides, while positive feedback is nice, a negative feedback can make your opinion stronger by forcing tou to reason out why you like it, and therefore why the review is incorrect for you.
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I've always been the type of cat that goes, before you criticize, prove you can do a better job. I criticize people's cooking because I can do a better job(like, did you have to get that salmon that dry? Or, it's tasteless, did you forget to add salt?) and actually tell them how to improve on it.
I can't draw to save my life, or create campaigns, or game worlds so I definitely am not criticizing people doing it.