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Yeah, yeah, totally hypocritical of me to decry all the lying, falsehoods, and gullibility of humanity in general, then admire someone for targeting those who richly deserve to be targeted.
But this little gadget is out-and-out hilarious.
I particularly love, "quantum holographic catalyzer technology for the balance and harmonisation of the harmful effects of imbalanced electric radiation."
If you read that and believe it and shell out $350 for the device, you really *do* deserve to get scammed...

Freehold DM |
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I started a franchise on NBA 2K20, I chose the Knicks as the team to rebuild.
My first game, against the Spurs, I lost 53-82.
"It's going to be a long season!" - Every New Yorker after the Knicks' first game of the season since Ewing retired.
Yup, that's the Knicks all right!
You should have picked the Nets.

captain yesterday |

captain yesterday wrote:You should have picked the Nets.I started a franchise on NBA 2K20, I chose the Knicks as the team to rebuild.
My first game, against the Spurs, I lost 53-82.
"It's going to be a long season!" - Every New Yorker after the Knicks' first game of the season since Ewing retired.
Yup, that's the Knicks all right!
Totally, they're a much better team (I lost 129-63) with a nicer arena, but the Nets aren't a train wreck so rebuilding them isn't as much of a momentous occasion.
It's the same reason I used to always rebuild the Browns in Madden.

Ambrosia Slaad |

...I was a rural carrier but couldn't handle Christmas. 75+ hour weeks until you make full regular carrier during season, and I was already exhausted from 60+ summer weeks.
Wait, you got 60+ hour off-season weeks?! If I'd gotten anywhere near 20+ hour weeks as a sub, I'd still be working there. (I might not be sane anymore, but I'd still be there.)
...Full regulars call out the day after holidays (cause union says if you have days left you can no questions) and all the new guys gotta run ragged on double duty with routes they don't know. They forget something? You gotta cover it.
Huh. As a substitute rural carrier, the union allowed the post office to train me on a maximum of up to three routes, no more unless I agreed to it. This was to protect my sanity and make sure the PO wasn't abusing subs because they couldn't be arsed to staff up properly. (I had a pretty strong and smart union steward in our office who wasn't afraid to push back against management's creeping demands.) And if they (postmaster or supervisor) knew you couldn't get back in time on the route, it was their responsibility to make sure the newbie carrier got help, even when it meant PM/sup had to take part of the load themselves in an LLV and deliver it.
I dunno, maybe it changed, maybe I just got lucky with a good strong steward and non-!sshole PM/supe.

Tequila Sunrise |
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OMFG, WW is leveling up his PC and he's been sitting here trying to choose his one new Feat for over a flipping hour.
W.T.A.F.
If it makes you feel any better, I spent hours yesterday reading about the Nuclear Shell Model and trying (and failing) to reconcile it with some kind of Aufbau Diagram.

Motivational Quantum Limey |
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Yeah, yeah, totally hypocritical of me to decry all the lying, falsehoods, and gullibility of humanity in general, then admire someone for targeting those who richly deserve to be targeted.
But this little gadget is out-and-out hilarious.
I particularly love, "quantum holographic catalyzer technology for the balance and harmonisation of the harmful effects of imbalanced electric radiation."
If you read that and believe it and shell out $350 for the device, you really *do* deserve to get scammed...
But, like, clearly you haven't done your research, else you'd know that quadraluxophilic astral mumunating tachyo-disodicholrowoowoo is the only thing preventing us from being BRAINWASHED MIND-CATTLE OF THE TRANSDIMENSIONAL KILLUMINATI.

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Yeah, yeah, totally hypocritical of me to decry all the lying, falsehoods, and gullibility of humanity in general, then admire someone for targeting those who richly deserve to be targeted.
But this little gadget is out-and-out hilarious.
I particularly love, "quantum holographic catalyzer technology for the balance and harmonisation of the harmful effects of imbalanced electric radiation."
If you read that and believe it and shell out $350 for the device, you really *do* deserve to get scammed...
Yes, Yes they do. ;P
Some things just make me laugh.
:D
Some make me cry, because I realize that people actually fall for their lame schemes.
>_<

Freehold DM |

The Vagrant Erudite wrote:...I was a rural carrier but couldn't handle Christmas. 75+ hour weeks until you make full regular carrier during season, and I was already exhausted from 60+ summer weeks.Wait, you got 60+ hour off-season weeks?! If I'd gotten anywhere near 20+ hour weeks as a sub, I'd still be working there. (I might not be sane anymore, but I'd still be there.)
The Vagrant Erudite wrote:...Full regulars call out the day after holidays (cause union says if you have days left you can no questions) and all the new guys gotta run ragged on double duty with routes they don't know. They forget something? You gotta cover it.Huh. As a substitute rural carrier, the union allowed the post office to train me on a maximum of up to three routes, no more unless I agreed to it. This was to protect my sanity and make sure the PO wasn't abusing subs because they couldn't be arsed to staff up properly. (I had a pretty strong and smart union steward in our office who wasn't afraid to push back against management's creeping demands.) And if they (postmaster or supervisor) knew you couldn't get back in time on the route, it was their responsibility to make sure the newbie carrier got help, even when it meant PM/sup had to take part of the load themselves in an LLV and deliver it.
I dunno, maybe it changed, maybe I just got lucky with a good strong steward and non-!sshole PM/supe.
weird. I thought your biggest concern would be being eaten by gators.

Freehold DM |

lisamarlene wrote:If it makes you feel any better, I spent hours yesterday reading about the Nuclear Shell Model and trying (and failing) to reconcile it with some kind of Aufbau Diagram.OMFG, WW is leveling up his PC and he's been sitting here trying to choose his one new Feat for over a flipping hour.
W.T.A.F.
I just look at porn on reddit.

Ambrosia Slaad |
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Ambrosia Slaad wrote:I dunno, maybe it changed, maybe I just got lucky with a good strong steward and non-!sshole PM/supe.weird. I thought your biggest concern would be being eaten by gators.
Nah. I regularly saw gators on a couple of the Sanibel mail routes, but I was never worried about them nor the pythons, black bears, gars, giant barbed catfish, and Florida cougars. I am much more likely to be bitten by a (non-native) iguana or raccoon (which despite their cute exterior, are purest evil), or contract encephalitis from a dire stirge FL skeeter. But they're all animals; they (except skeeters) almost always actively avoid people unless they've been fed by people, and they behave in rational instinctual ways.
Far and away the most dangerous predators here in Florida are the damn Floridians. And if one took me down, I wouldn't put it past them to be a cannibal either, especially if it caught on as some performative ultimate "owning the Libs" thing.

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Freehold DM wrote:Ambrosia Slaad wrote:I dunno, maybe it changed, maybe I just got lucky with a good strong steward and non-!sshole PM/supe.weird. I thought your biggest concern would be being eaten by gators.Nah. I regularly saw gators on a couple of the Sanibel mail routes, but I was never worried about them nor the pythons, black bears, gars, giant barbed catfish, and Florida cougars. I am much more likely to be bitten by a (non-native) iguana or raccoon (which despite their cute exterior, are purest evil), or contract encephalitis from a
dire stirgeFL skeeter. But they're all animals; they (except skeeters) almost always actively avoid people unless they've been fed by people, and they behave in rational instinctual ways.Far and away the most dangerous predators here in Florida are the damn Floridians. And if one took me down, I wouldn't put it past them to be a cannibal either, especially if it caught on as some performative ultimate "owning the Libs" thing.
The headlines write themselves.
“Florida man arrested on charges of cannibalizing a slaad mail-carrier named after a marshmallowy potluck dish. Were bath salts involved? Probably. Full story at 11:00.”

lisamarlene |
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...and three hours after we started his level up, still sulking over the fact that I wouldn't let him choose "Death From Above" for an underwater campaign because weight doesn't work that way under water, and when I tried to explain this (I have, at this point, lost track of how many hundreds of hours I've spent underwater, and he hasn't), he cut me off with, "So you've decided not to give it to me. Right. So when a dolphin comes at you with immense speed and knocks you out of the way, what would you call that?"
"I'd call that Bull Rush, not Death From Above."
"Yeah, I don't want that."

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...and three hours after we started his level up, still sulking over the fact that I wouldn't let him choose "Death From Above" for an underwater campaign because weight doesn't work that way under water, and when I tried to explain this (I have, at this point, lost track of how many hundreds of hours I've spent underwater, and he hasn't), he cut me off with, "So you've decided not to give it to me. Right. So when a dolphin comes at you with immense speed and knocks you out of the way, what would you call that?"
"I'd call that Bull Rush, not Death From Above."
"Yeah, I don't want that."
Sooooooo sorry.
But good answer!

Tequila Sunrise |
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Tequila Sunrise wrote:I just look at porn on reddit.lisamarlene wrote:If it makes you feel any better, I spent hours yesterday reading about the Nuclear Shell Model and trying (and failing) to reconcile it with some kind of Aufbau Diagram.OMFG, WW is leveling up his PC and he's been sitting here trying to choose his one new Feat for over a flipping hour.
W.T.A.F.
Wat...why...but pornhub...oh you were at work.

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Yeah, yeah, totally hypocritical of me to decry all the lying, falsehoods, and gullibility of humanity in general, then admire someone for targeting those who richly deserve to be targeted.
But this little gadget is out-and-out hilarious.
I particularly love, "quantum holographic catalyzer technology for the balance and harmonisation of the harmful effects of imbalanced electric radiation."
If you read that and believe it and shell out $350 for the device, you really *do* deserve to get scammed...
Well, if they would advertise it with:
"Use this! Suffer no health issues from 5G!"
It would be a true statement, technically.

Freehold DM |
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Far and away the most dangerous predators here in Florida are the damn Floridians. And if one took me down, I wouldn't put it past them to be a cannibal either, especially if it caught on as some performative ultimate "owning the Libs" thing.
I would go hopelessly mad and eat them in revenge while talking to your ghost, who would chastise me for my lack of table manners.

Freehold DM |
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...and three hours after we started his level up, still sulking over the fact that I wouldn't let him choose "Death From Above" for an underwater campaign because weight doesn't work that way under water, and when I tried to explain this (I have, at this point, lost track of how many hundreds of hours I've spent underwater, and he hasn't), he cut me off with, "So you've decided not to give it to me. Right. So when a dolphin comes at you with immense speed and knocks you out of the way, what would you call that?"
"I'd call that Bull Rush, not Death From Above."
"Yeah, I don't want that."
He is clearly in the right here.
It should be Dolphin Rush, obviously.

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lisamarlene wrote:...and three hours after we started his level up, still sulking over the fact that I wouldn't let him choose "Death From Above" for an underwater campaign because weight doesn't work that way under water, and when I tried to explain this (I have, at this point, lost track of how many hundreds of hours I've spent underwater, and he hasn't), he cut me off with, "So you've decided not to give it to me. Right. So when a dolphin comes at you with immense speed and knocks you out of the way, what would you call that?"
"I'd call that Bull Rush, not Death From Above."
"Yeah, I don't want that."
He is clearly in the right here.
It should be Dolphin Rush, obviously.
But only if done on porpoise.

The Vagrant Erudite |
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The Vagrant Erudite wrote:...I was a rural carrier but couldn't handle Christmas. 75+ hour weeks until you make full regular carrier during season, and I was already exhausted from 60+ summer weeks.Wait, you got 60+ hour off-season weeks?! If I'd gotten anywhere near 20+ hour weeks as a sub, I'd still be working there. (I might not be sane anymore, but I'd still be there.)
The Vagrant Erudite wrote:...Full regulars call out the day after holidays (cause union says if you have days left you can no questions) and all the new guys gotta run ragged on double duty with routes they don't know. They forget something? You gotta cover it.Huh. As a substitute rural carrier, the union allowed the post office to train me on a maximum of up to three routes, no more unless I agreed to it. This was to protect my sanity and make sure the PO wasn't abusing subs because they couldn't be arsed to staff up properly. (I had a pretty strong and smart union steward in our office who wasn't afraid to push back against management's creeping demands.) And if they (postmaster or supervisor) knew you couldn't get back in time on the route, it was their responsibility to make sure the newbie carrier got help, even when it meant PM/sup had to take part of the load themselves in an LLV and deliver it.
I dunno, maybe it changed, maybe I just got lucky with a good strong steward and non-!sshole PM/supe.
I was working in Atlantic Beach, a suburb of Jacksonville. We were always short staffed, and our leaders changed by the week. Nobody could keep a job there who was in any leadership role.
Officially, it was supposed to be a PT job, but in practice, if I got less than 50 hours was genuinely surprised.
I only WANTED a part time job.
Why is it when I want a PT job, everyone only is hiring full time (though categorized as part time with tons of overtime, or as contracting, or whatever else so cheap m%+!&$&*@##!s that run businesses can get away with not paying for benefits)? Or when I really want a FT job, everyone is only hiring PT? (Well I know that one - because cheap m##+!~~!@!+*s don't want to pay for benefits.)

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...and three hours after we started his level up, still sulking over the fact that I wouldn't let him choose "Death From Above" for an underwater campaign because weight doesn't work that way under water, and when I tried to explain this (I have, at this point, lost track of how many hundreds of hours I've spent underwater, and he hasn't), he cut me off with, "So you've decided not to give it to me. Right. So when a dolphin comes at you with immense speed and knocks you out of the way, what would you call that?"
"I'd call that Bull Rush, not Death From Above."
"Yeah, I don't want that."
I'd say you can at least stab him a little bit.

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Freehold DM wrote:Yes, I don't get anywhere near the hippos.captain yesterday wrote:I should Assassin's Creed Origins so I can gawk at the scenery right before I'm mauled by a crocodile.Hippos are far smarter, stronger, and actively meaner. They just do not like people.
Hippos will kill you.

Captain Yesterday's Ghost |

captain yesterday wrote:Hippos will kill you.Freehold DM wrote:Yes, I don't get anywhere near the hippos.captain yesterday wrote:I should Assassin's Creed Origins so I can gawk at the scenery right before I'm mauled by a crocodile.Hippos are far smarter, stronger, and actively meaner. They just do not like people.
Oh I don't know, they seem docile enough!
Though, to be honest, I don't remember much after slipping into the hippo enclosure at the zoo..

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...and three hours after we started his level up, still sulking over the fact that I wouldn't let him choose "Death From Above" for an underwater campaign because weight doesn't work that way under water, and when I tried to explain this (I have, at this point, lost track of how many hundreds of hours I've spent underwater, and he hasn't), he cut me off with, "So you've decided not to give it to me. Right. So when a dolphin comes at you with immense speed and knocks you out of the way, what would you call that?"
"I'd call that Bull Rush, not Death From Above."
"Yeah, I don't want that."
I would suggest homebrewing a Death from Below feat that grants the bonus against enemies at the surface, on a boat, or on the shore...but I suspect WW would just pout about that too.

Ambrosia Slaad |
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Ambrosia Slaad wrote:Far and away the most dangerous predators here in Florida are the damn Floridians. And if one took me down, I wouldn't put it past them to be a cannibal either, especially if it caught on as some performative ultimate "owning the Libs" thing.The headlines write themselves.
“Florida man arrested on charges of cannibalizing a slaad mail-carrier named after a marshmallowy potluck dish. Were bath salts involved? Probably. Full story at 11:00.”
Oh, I ain't going down that easy. I ain't a cannibal, but anyone that tries to eat me is gonna get eaten right back. You start a Dahmer-Donner Party with me, it's gonna be a sprint to see who wins.

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Celestial Healer wrote:Oh, I ain't going down that easy. I ain't a cannibal, but anyone that tries to eat me is gonna get eaten right back. You start a Dahmer-Donner Party with me, it's gonna be a sprint to see who wins.Ambrosia Slaad wrote:Far and away the most dangerous predators here in Florida are the damn Floridians. And if one took me down, I wouldn't put it past them to be a cannibal either, especially if it caught on as some performative ultimate "owning the Libs" thing.The headlines write themselves.
“Florida man arrested on charges of cannibalizing a slaad mail-carrier named after a marshmallowy potluck dish. Were bath salts involved? Probably. Full story at 11:00.”
I'm pretty sure that's the subplot of at least three seasons of AHS.

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Hell of a damn day today.
Maybe half an hour in, she began to meow repeatedly, streched out on her back instead of in her usual loaf position on her stomach. I grabbed Shanna and when she picked her up it was pretty clear Remmy couldn't move her neck. Since her mom was on the phone with her, she volunteered to come over and drive them to the vet.
I could have asked for an emergency replacement and went with her myself. Maybe I should have. I don't know. We've been dealing with poor appetite and potty usage the past few weeks. When they got to the emergency clinic, they tried to run tests and had to hydrate her to draw blood.
The bottom line came that they didn't know if they could even stabilize her, or if that would even help, while if she came through the question about quality of life was a big one. Shanna believed it best to let her go. I agreed. And I could have called for a replacement then, but I didn't want to prolong the suffering any more. And I wasn't sure I could take being there when it happened.
So our little lion is gone, a terrible end to my PaizoCon week. On one hand, it's a relief that she doesn't have to suffer more. On the other, there is guilt in not bringing her to the new house from grandma's sooner. There's heartache at never seeing her again. And it's all so fresh and raw. And there is worry that I made the wrong choice, that when Ozzy comes to the end of his puppy years, I won't HAVE the choice to be there when he goes.
June is going to be a long month. 2020 is going to be even longer. "Quality is better than quantity in years" is a noble sentiment with your pets, but it's damn harder to do than to say.