I game naked. Who doesn't.
I really like that. Kinda true IRL for me as well.You ran out of rockets.
But your fists never run out of ammo.
Which was what surprised the robot you punched in the face.
Someone set you on fire during the fight. This did not sit well with you.
You proceeded to kick them in the crotch and then fire every missile you had into them, slowly destroying them.
Anyway, if the new computer doesn't decide to commit suicide on me, I might be able to play Battletech comfortably soon...
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So here's an open question to people with older friends and/or relatives: Do they still fall for robocalls or other phishing?
My mother turns 90 in a few months. Yet she's been an avid reader of Consumer Reports her entire life, so the moment someone calls her claiming to be from her bank or her hospital or whatnot, she says, "I'm sorry. Let me call you back at your main number. Do you have an extension number?"
As soon as they try to stop her from doing that, she hangs up on them.
My mother-in-law is significantly younger (71), but can't even connect a mouse to a computer without help. Yet when she gets an unsolicited call, she politely asks them to call her back in an hour, then calls me and asks me about it.
They're both strongly aware of phishing, robocalling, and would rather miss an "important" call than get scammed.
More generally, of all my friends, family, and relatives, they all view the phone as the Spewer of Lies, and prefer not to pick up if it's not a number they recognize.
Then I read an article about a robocaller scamming thousands of people, and I'm left thinking, "Who's left in this country who doesn't know to treat an incoming phone call as an enemy threat?"
It's one of those odd things to me I just don't understand.
Changed my mind. Too political. It was funny, though
you may message me with this. anything for humor!
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So here's an open question to people with older friends and/or relatives: Do they still fall for robocalls or other phishing?
My mother turns 90 in a few months. Yet she's been an avid reader of Consumer Reports her entire life, so the moment someone calls her claiming to be from her bank or her hospital or whatnot, she says, "I'm sorry. Let me call you back at your main number. Do you have an extension number?"
As soon as they try to stop her from doing that, she hangs up on them.My mother-in-law is significantly younger (71), but can't even connect a mouse to a computer without help. Yet when she gets an unsolicited call, she politely asks them to call her back in an hour, then calls me and asks me about it.
They're both strongly aware of phishing, robocalling, and would rather miss an "important" call than get scammed.
More generally, of all my friends, family, and relatives, they all view the phone as the Spewer of Lies, and prefer not to pick up if it's not a number they recognize.
Then I read an article about a robocaller scamming thousands of people, and I'm left thinking, "Who's left in this country who doesn't know to treat an incoming phone call as an enemy threat?"
It's one of those odd things to me I just don't understand.
Dad just refused to answer the phone for anyone.
Mom is 72. She *usually* doesn't fall for them. However, on the wrong day for her (they catch her just waking up or she's having a low blood sugar episode and she answers, she doesn't think clearly) with a good enough scam, yeah, they've caught her a couple times. And then she realizes it as it's happening. My mother is a *very* smart person, but she's not invincible.
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Phishing!
Hey! Something I have some insight on(It's really depressing to hear people fall for these in realtime)! Woo!
Yes. Robocalls typically target older folks because they're more computer illiterate or mentally deteriorating. Maybe they didn't take their medicine that night or their blood pressure was particularly low so they were less alert than normal. They call at random times in case they catch you right when you wake up(or wake you up) so that you are groggy and not really understanding what's going on. They also frequently mention something alarming or immediately important to get you to respond immediately with your information(X will charge your account $200 dollars, if you want to cancel this charge call now! or that your Social Security # has been suspended).
The sheer volume of calls(Hundreds upon hundreds of thousands) that they make gets them positive hits since some % of those will score. Even for us who are alert can get tagged because they caught us at the right time. Then there's the combined phishing attempts that trojan your computer, and lock you down until you call their support number. Plus once you fall for one of these phishing attempts, you're fair game to a lot of the phishing networks who share information(Who white list you for a certain number of months to maintain the charade).
The really monstrous ones are the automated calls that sound just like real people asking for money for a charity(Firefighters/Police funds). I don't want to think about how many people fall for them based on how many I have heard personally fall for them).
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I'm cool, yup, doing just fine, super regular.
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Foreign nation's voting results weren't that stressful to me since the Brexit referendum night...
Night John.
What do cannibals eat to freshen there breath? Men-toes.
It's weird that is the smell they want for their breath.
What your describing their gran is called "heaven".
And technically, given the discussion so far, shouldn't it be Valhalla?
For that you have to both like chocolate and die in glorious combat. I could go for Valhalla.
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As someone who looks like cliche Jesus, this is one of the worst days to be me, because it doesn't matter what happened yesterday or who they voted for, everyone is going to want to talk about it.
And who are they going to talk about it at, the quiet guy that looks like Jesus.
Unfortunately for them I'm in no mood for listening so I'm bringing in my obnoxiously obvious headphones and I'm not taking them off the entire day, if anyone still tries talking to me I'll cut them off and tell them to talk to my supervisor about that (I have no supervisor).
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As someone who looks like cliche Jesus, this is one of the worst days to be me, because it doesn't matter what happened yesterday or who they voted for, everyone is going to want to talk about it.
And who are they going to talk about it at, the quiet guy that looks like Jesus.
Unfortunately for them I'm in no mood for listening so I'm bringing in my obnoxiously obvious headphones and I'm not taking them off the entire day, if anyone still tries talking to me I'll cut them off and tell them to talk to my supervisor about that (I have no supervisor).
You could try growing out a goatee so you look more like Satan... actually they will probably have questions for Satan too never mind.
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I have a goatee, I still look like Jesus (Freehold, Lisa, and Vany can verify).
Big very obnoxious ear phones.
I haven't had a haircut this year yet so I look a awful lot like my avatar right now.
I never put my hair in a ponytail but if I did (still would never put giant hoops in my ears) I'd look a lot like my avatar.
Ah so that is why you have had that one for so long. I still remember when you changed them every other week. Now that I think about it I do remember you posting picture a few years back. I think I compared you to Eddy Van Halen.
I also haven't changed it because no one else is using it.
The Fall of Rome podcast by Patrick Wyman is pretty good so far.
That was the original reason I went with mine. I think their are 3 of them now last I checked but none of the others are frequent posters.
Eddie Van Halen is a new one!
I've been told I look like Jesus, Eddie Vedder, the singer of Fishbone (Fisher something), Chris Cornell, Zack De La Rocha, Weird Al, Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas, and "This guy I know" (everyone knows someone else who they swear looks exactly like me)
Eddie Van Halen is a new one!
I've been told I look like Jesus, Eddie Vedder, the singer of Fishbone (Fisher something), Chris Cornell, Zack De La Rocha, Weird Al, Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas, and "This guy I know" (everyone knows someone else who they swear looks exactly like me)
Thats quite the collection of people that don't look that much alike thats great.
I am the opposite. No one looks like me. my closet celebrity match was Chandler from friends and it was like 54% alike.
No one uses my avatar. Not even me.
You made it too dirty no one wants to touch it.
That's what she said.No one uses my avatar. Not even me.You made it too dirty no one wants to touch it.
I!.. no that was my own fault. I made that too easy for you.
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I may be easy, but I'm not cheap.I!.. no that was my own fault. I made that too easy for you.That's what she said.No one uses my avatar. Not even me.You made it too dirty no one wants to touch it.
... I know what you do for a living. You're probably cheap.
Nope. Just frugal.... I know what you do for a living. You're probably cheap.I may be easy, but I'm not cheap.I!.. no that was my own fault. I made that too easy for you.That's what she said.No one uses my avatar. Not even me.You made it too dirty no one wants to touch it.
I have a reputation of being stingy with my friends. I tell em no no no I'm not stingy I'm poor their is a difference.
True. But infinite chocolate would probably also greatly improve my mood.I wish I was a god. Then I could eat all the chocolate I want and not get fat.And smite all those stupid users bothering you with frivolous demands...
So you would smite them happily.
Eddie Van Halen is a new one!
I've been told I look like Jesus, Eddie Vedder, the singer of Fishbone (Fisher something), Chris Cornell, Zack De La Rocha, Weird Al, Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas, and "This guy I know" (everyone knows someone else who they swear looks exactly like me)
The two that I used to get all the time were Andie McDowell (and I can't stand her) and Minnie Driver. And once, creepily, Chandra Levy, about a month into her disappearance.
Lately I just get Mother Gothel from Tangled.
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Ooofda. Something Positive takes a hard turn today. Randy at least puts a warning on the top.
Eddie Van Halen is a new one!
I've been told I look like Jesus, Eddie Vedder, the singer of Fishbone (Fisher something), Chris Cornell, Zack De La Rocha, Weird Al, Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas, and "This guy I know" (everyone knows someone else who they swear looks exactly like me)
in my youth, I got any random member of Boys II Men. As I got older(very early 20s) I got P Diddy. Nowadays I anything from Cee Lo Green to "didnt you used to play football?!?!".
*sigh*
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Eddie Van Halen is a new one!
I've been told I look like Jesus, Eddie Vedder, the singer of Fishbone (Fisher something), Chris Cornell, Zack De La Rocha, Weird Al, Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas, and "This guy I know" (everyone knows someone else who they swear looks exactly like me)
The two that I used to get all the time were Andie McDowell (and I can't stand her) and Minnie Driver. And once, creepily, Chandra Levy, about a month into her disappearance.
Lately I just get Mother Gothel from Tangled.
She's hot.
Evil. But hot. You gotta look on the bright side of these things.