Brian Blessup was the best part of Black Adder, though
and I do enjoy the music of Blessup Union of Souls
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 11 July 2023 01:05 (eleven months ago) link
achooblessup
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 11 July 2023 01:12 (eleven months ago) link
My favorite singer is Blessup Dearie
― Exit, pursued by a beer (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 11 July 2023 01:25 (eleven months ago) link
'Fess up, you like blessup.
― nickn, Tuesday, 11 July 2023 16:24 (eleven months ago) link
If they’re white, it’s a bit off because it could be taken as Writing With A Blaccent.
― steely flan (suzy), Tuesday, 11 July 2023 16:25 (eleven months ago) link
100% that also
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 11 July 2023 16:47 (eleven months ago) link
"can I call you?" almost always invariably turns into something that didn't need to be a call and then lasts 10 minutes longer than it should because of that
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Thursday, 13 July 2023 15:27 (eleven months ago) link
A relative of mine texts me with 'Call me'.
― But who are we doing it versus? (sunny successor), Thursday, 20 July 2023 23:57 (ten months ago) link
When you're cutting a cake and someone requests a very thin slice. The slice can be near transparent but there is inevitably a follow-up complaint of it being WAY too much.
Also, people who order diet soda from fast food restaurants.
― But who are we doing it versus? (sunny successor), Friday, 21 July 2023 00:01 (ten months ago) link
how ungrateful moths are to be put outside
― Ár an broc a mhic (darraghmac), Friday, 21 July 2023 00:02 (ten months ago) link
we have a new lightbulb outside our backdoor and it is white like a near-death experience. Even the moths arent foolish enough to believe that it is the sun.
― But who are we doing it versus? (sunny successor), Friday, 21 July 2023 00:07 (ten months ago) link
from a moth's perspective, moving indoors with all that electric lighting must a real move up in the world
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 21 July 2023 00:10 (ten months ago) link
I don't like cake. In my half-century of sentience I have probably been handed a few thousand slices of cake, and I have wanted maybe five of them.
Almost every birthday cake I've ever had is drier and sweeter than what I wanted on my plate. Pie? Pie is cool. Tarts? Bring them on. Ice cream cake usually okay. German chocolate can work because the coconut brings moisture.
So if I feel it's acceptable to just say "no, thank you," great. But if the social sitch is that I have to pretend to accept a piece of cake, yeah - I'm gonna want the smallest possible piece of dry-ass cakitude you can manage.
― Exit, pursued by a beer (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 21 July 2023 00:14 (ten months ago) link
I cover mine in ice cream and eat some of that so it looks like the cake has been eaten. It's a twist on the old hide the vegetables under the mashed potato trick.
But, yes, pie is perfectly acceptable.
― But who are we doing it versus? (sunny successor), Friday, 21 July 2023 00:18 (ten months ago) link
xps with fireworks the thrill is "how the fck do you bundle up explosive powders to make those incredible blast patterns?" whereas with drones it's some dweeb with a piece of software placing dots in 3D, then the drones fly to those dots and you see the 3D picture, great.
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 21 July 2023 02:24 (ten months ago) link
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7HT7ZYLgYpQ/hqdefault.jpg
― brimstead, Friday, 21 July 2023 03:01 (ten months ago) link
people who go to live sporting events with me and want to do nothing but talk about completely unrelated things for two hours.
I'm not saying "small talk is banned" at a sporting event, but there's a difference between occasional small talk and spending endless amounts of uninterrupted time trying to engage me in a discussion about shoes or a new sushi restaurant while I'm trying to immerse/focus on the match I'm watching. Particularly soccer, which doesn't stop.
I don't multi-task well and having to actually actively engage in long discussions about other things almost completely pulls me out of the match. Not everybody operates this way but I hate having to remind people that the reason I'm not real responsive to their lengthy discussion of the best sashimis we've ever had because my team is attacking the opposing goal and it's exciting.
also cross-reference with the same behavior at a concert. I didn't pay a ton of money to not listen to the show
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Friday, 21 July 2023 18:13 (ten months ago) link
people who do small talk at gigs, especially when the band is playing a song they don't know, that is entirely rational anger though
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 21 July 2023 18:16 (ten months ago) link
yeah this drives me crazy too
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 21 July 2023 18:40 (ten months ago) link
I outright moved three times at the Obituary show a few weeks ago because I'd originally decided to hang in the back as I have mild claustrophobia, and literally nobody back there was listening and all were having loud conversations, to where I Finally moved up and just decided to deal with my personal discomfort, where people were actually listening to the show. much better experience.
some people just seem to go to events to be seen at them.
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Friday, 21 July 2023 18:43 (ten months ago) link
p bad if your annoying convo is audible ABOVE loud death metal!
Well, you have to yell to be heard above the music!
― nickn, Friday, 21 July 2023 19:00 (ten months ago) link
if I was the band I'd stop playing so everyone could hear the guy saying loudly "I'm more into toes, man"
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Friday, 21 July 2023 19:39 (ten months ago) link
people who go to weekend music festivals in the woods and then post about how much they 'grew spiritually' or 'learned to love' or whatever
― ꙮ (map), Friday, 28 July 2023 23:25 (ten months ago) link
MDMA is quite a drug
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Friday, 28 July 2023 23:28 (ten months ago) link
Man that Seven Mary Three set stirred up warm things inside of me
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Friday, 28 July 2023 23:28 (ten months ago) link
“Lumbersome”, hit of the woodsfest
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Saturday, 29 July 2023 03:16 (ten months ago) link
Calling things "camps" that don't involve any camping.e.g. kids' holiday "camps" where they go to an activity for the day. or even just the morning.
― kinder, Wednesday, 2 August 2023 17:30 (ten months ago) link
those big khaki bucket hats with drawstrings that old coastal dudes wear
― brimstead, Wednesday, 2 August 2023 17:34 (ten months ago) link
these backpackshttps://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/aplus-media-library-service-media/098de7ac-114e-4d86-9238-19d83c898d30.__CR0,0,970,600_PT0_SX970_V1___.jpg
Yes, let me tell you how much I loved signing my son up for a "sports camp" that ran a whopping two hours every morning. That is not a camp!
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 17:39 (ten months ago) link
xp Seeing a lot of bucket hats on the golf course, and considering sun and skin cancer, even with sunscreen, the shady ear protection has me wanting one.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 17:53 (ten months ago) link
They do look dopey, though.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 17:57 (ten months ago) link
Bill Murray would like a word with you
― Steely Duran (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 18:02 (ten months ago) link
camp, at least the US definition, encompasses more than just pitching a tent in the woods
from Merriam-Webster:
d: a place usually in the country for recreation or instruction often during the summergoes to camp every Julyalso : a program offering access to recreational or educational facilities for a limited period of timecomputer campa resort offering boating and hiking camps
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 18:07 (ten months ago) link
I need to decamp, double posting
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 18:08 (ten months ago) link
I sort of just associate those hats with standing behind grumpy Al Davis looking dudes in Togos who act affronted when the sandwich maker asks them if they want mayo or mustard
― brimstead, Wednesday, 2 August 2023 18:11 (ten months ago) link
― brimstead, Wednesday, 2 August 2023 18:18 (ten months ago) link
He seems to want a word with everyone.
― pplains, Wednesday, 2 August 2023 18:35 (ten months ago) link
If you are a parent of school-aged children you understand "camp" as shorthand for "give me a fucking break for one cotton-picking second, you goddamn needy heathens."
The niceties and complexities of whether one sleeps away or not are a distant second to this overriding concern.
I hate summer "vacation," because it is the opposite of vacation.
But sure, let's talk about what "camp" means or should mean.
(Kidding, but also not kidding)
― Steely Duran (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 20:32 (ten months ago) link
We used to call the summer park programme ‘day camp’, if that helps?
― steely flan (suzy), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 21:44 (ten months ago) link
Yeah, I used to go to "day camp" at the YMCA when I was a kid — it was from about 9 AM to about 3 PM, so basically school hours. And at some point during the summer they took us to camp out in a state park for a weekend.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 22:07 (ten months ago) link
My mom signed me up for a "summer camp" when I was about 11 and she was working nights (hence sleeping during the day). It probably lasted more than a week, and was full of mindless activities. I ended up skipping a lot and going wherever. There was a lot less surveillance then.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 22:08 (ten months ago) link
Still bristle when I go to a page on Wikipedia and click the main image expecting it to display at its hopefully much larger true size in a new tab but it just displays at the same (actual) size.
― nashwan, Thursday, 3 August 2023 09:41 (ten months ago) link
I'm a bald man who spends a lot of time outsid near the coast of various lakes and such in the summer and I absolutely love my bucket hat with chin strap for many scenarios.
I am however kind of angry to have realized that a pair of Crocs can cover about 90% of my summer footwear needs and the other 10% are off limits just because of the limits of my dignity.
― joygoat, Thursday, 3 August 2023 17:39 (ten months ago) link
lol yeah i’m at the same point w Tevas
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 3 August 2023 18:29 (ten months ago) link
please don’t take offense, I’m talking about a very specific kind of big bland floppy bucket hats because I associate it with mad elderly eco terrorists or w/e
― brimstead, Thursday, 3 August 2023 18:57 (ten months ago) link
omg healthcare patient portals are driving me fucking batty latelythough i think this is rational anger heightened by my own impatience new specialist i haven’t dealt with much sends email with a checkup reminderno phone number, just a button CLICK TO REQUEST APPOINTMENT sign into the dumb portal request appointment via an email formlater i get an email nofiication of a new message in portal (deep sigh)i log into portalopen message“please call this number to request an appointment”RAAAAAAAAGH OMG WHY DID YOU NOT GIVE ME THAT NUMBER TO START WITH?askdjfhsjqkwkrjeieiepv
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 10 August 2023 01:03 (ten months ago) link
Doctors seem to have the greatest +/- ratio of book smarts and knowledge of how the real world works.
My daughter's about ready to get her braces off, but the orthodontist is obsessed with her frenulum, the piece of connective tissue above your gums, right behind that divot under your nose. Should it get cut loose or leave it alone?
I'm all for hearing all the options, but listen. She's sixteen, she's had braces on since elementary school, let's give her a break. But no, I'm suddenly placed in this white room with a woman wearing a headset who slides a piece of paper toward me with a specialist's name and an appointment time during the first week of school.
"Look, I've got to talk to my wife first," which, yeah, is my go-to line for whenever I'm trying to get out of something. "OK!" says the woman in the headset. "Take this paper home to her and let her review it. If you decide to cancel the appointment, you can call this number." She draws a big yellow circle around the phone number.
"Have you already made the appointment? I'd rather talk to my wife and then we can set the appointment," I say.
"It's no problem to cancel the appointment!" she replies.
My doubts are no longer about my daughter's frenulum, but about the pushiness of this. "We don't need an appointment at this time. I'd rather cancel it now rather than during the first week of school."
She looks at me. Dead in the eye. And says to my face, "Are you still there? He wants to cancel the appointment now." The specialist's office had been on the line the whole time, listening to our conversation!
There's just this way-too-patronizing way medical offices deal with things. "You're going to this specialist." "You're going to use this portal." "Why are you calling us? Call 911!" "Oh, you want to make an appointment? Give us a call then."
― pplains, Thursday, 10 August 2023 13:19 (ten months ago) link