Innocuous things that make you irrationally embarrassed

i feel like would only not like Natalie Portman turning up at my house at odd hours if i hadn't tidied up recently

i hear a lot of those stories in los angeles localgarda

they dont embarrass me

theyre p funny actually like cute funny

o i worked w this dancer she worked with britney
yeeeaah i kno her we worked on that movie with george

translation

i took a 12 dollar dance class taught by someone who rehearsed w britney and was placed all the way in the back where no one can see her/him

and

i did a bit if production assistance ie i was a gopher when filming this movie

haha

either way this email thing is not innocuous
publishing private correspondence is gross imo
not embarrassing

like my reaction is ew not cringe

watching adults play pokemon go

Thinking the world needs to read your amazing private correspondence is a thing that should pass by the time you're like 22.

[chatz-era ilx]

It should pass before it happens!

It reminds me somehow of the IE moment I recently remembered, when I and a few other musically disinclined friends started a band in my apartment and recorded our practices on a minicassette recorder and were impressed enough by the mostly discordant racket we were making that I somehow talked another friend into letting me play like thirty shitty seconds of white noise through a mic onstage before his much beloved local band played to give the nonplussed audience a preview of what they could look forward to in the near future. We never actually played out anywhere. I was like 22. I sure wish that had passed before it happened.

You were confident, I'll give ya that

The chronicles of Young Lunch

lol this reminds me of two small press writers i know who have published TWO collections of their performative, pretentious, wordy, correspondence. so much secondhand embarrassment.

every porn star is an intellectual now?

Are you embarrassed that people think that, or embarrassed because it's true?

Was showing my bus pass to the driver this morning, when I heard that my phone has turned on in my pocket and the podcast app has started playing. At this point it was really an indistinct murmur, but I felt compelled to fumble it out of my pocket and try to shut it off. Instead, I managed to turn the volume up to full blast and a nasal voice erupted out of my phone "Well, if they are Muslims, Muslims aren't allowed to drink!"

I manage to shut it off at that point and slink back to a seat to figure out just what sort of conversation I was listening in on.

My embarrassment: irrational or rational?

In context, at 58:41
http://nerdist.com/nerdist-podcast-max-brooks/

Rational

Thanks for confirming that.

the degree to which I obsess over my new phone purchase decision

if I unplug my headphones from my phone, the music I've been listening to automatically switches off. Since the last update it's got into the habit of suddenly starting up again about 3 minutes later. This is especially great when I've been listening to offensive metal and hip hop on my lunch break and have a client meeting in the afternoon

my gregarious new coworker, when he started a couple months ago, was like "hey what you listening to?" and wanted me to pass him my headphones

sorry, religious friendly family man in his 50s, I am not going to bond with you that way at work. we can talk about work stuff.

Like maybe two weeks ago at work, the headphone jack on my phone somehow failed to notice that I had plugged headphones in, which led to me accidentally blasting this at full volume in my quiet office:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44MyrH4jwOQ

sorry, religious friendly family man in his 50s, I am not going to bond with you that way at work.
irl lol

this reminds me of the time i was on the plane home from CA and i was watching girls season 5 (i haven't seen 3 or 4 but figured it would be entertaining nonetheless) and there was a ~70 year old grandpa* next to me. his wife was across the aisle. there was no small amount of nudity and sexual activity on my screen. he may have been giving me disdainful looks, but i wouldn't know because i wasn't monitoring his reaction. on a whim i decided to look over at what he was doing on his screen. he was listening to the children's radio channel, where a woman who looked a little like reba mcentire was singing "the wheels on the bus". he was staring into space. it's like that scene from troll 2 where they're in the car and they're like "let's sing that song you love so much" and launch into a round of "row row row your boat"

o_O

*I knew he was a grandpa because he was talking with his wife across the aisle about their grandkids

amazing

I wonder if he just had it tuned to something randomly for background noise, or if he found the children's channel very pleasing

Awww maybe he was learning some kid songs so he'd be able to sing them with his grandkids.

my concept of grandfatherly behavior is so off that i would never have thought of that
maybe!

same

looking at ads for used musical instruments online and seeing two ads in a row that refer to instruments as "she" and "her"

Damn, maybe that's why the last guitar I listed on Reverb didn't sell.

This beauty is unplayed, and has the no-longer-available Ebony fretboard. New customs with "richlite" fretboards (made with recycled paper and resin) are selling for $5k+. This also has VERY LOW production numbers, and is bound to appreciate over time, especially if she is well cared for! Please read on! Her name is "Blue." She is a RARE AND UNPLAYED 2011 Les Paul Custom. There were no more than 25 Gibson LP Customs made in this finish (Sapphire Blue). She is about as flawless as they come (case queen) and just drop dead gorgeous! She has the desirable (and discontinued) ebony fingerboard, gold hardware, and 490R/498T pickups.

You are looking at a 2011 G&L USA Jerry Cantrell Signature Rampage, in a Whiskey Finish with an Ebony fretboard and a maple neck. She is so clean, absolutely gorgeous, and ready to rock!

The guitar is in amazing shape. It is a 2008 Mayer Strat so she has been around awhile but your wouldn't be able to tell by looking at her. She has a little bit of buckle rash on the back, and around her edges but no exposed paint anywhere. Other than that she is in amazing shape for an 8 year old guitar. Paint rich and deep in color. Always wiped down and taken care of her whole life.

blech

i guess that isn't particularly innocuous

when someone comes in my store and asks me if i have something and i tell them no and then someone else in the store just starts talking to them about what they asked for and they can't leave.

basically all old record codgers who overhear someone mention something in the store and then start endlessly talking to the person who mentioned it.

i mean, sometimes this works out and they have a conversation.

but, in general, when someone overhears something and butts in. makes me embarrassed.

Phew! IA that I had to check though.

AP: Use it, not the pronoun she, in references to boats and ships.

Swear to God, if I had the time, I'd go through every wikipedia battleship page and do a REPLACE ALL for she to it.

Which, I admit, might get awkward if I run into any female captains, but worth it in the long run.

I was wondering if those Les Pauls were seaworthy. Oh...

http://www.premierguitar.com/ext/resources/archives/9724ea22-ee34-418a-8e34-56b3834c5fc2.JPG

Yeah using female pronouns to refer to instruments is HELLA GROSS, not innocuous imo.

Also I'm that interrupting codger! Lol

As a drummer, I was hoping that you'd be somewhat shielded from this. I just don't think I've ever heard anyone gender a drum before. Anyway, I'm saddened to report...

Up for sale is my Ludwig super sensitive 14x5 snare drum. Serial # is 187327. From the research I've done, the drum was manufactured approximately August 5,1965. As you can see the chrome is flaking off as these were known for this issue. The drum needs new heads and a new snare wire. It is also missing one lug. Everything else works as it should. Rims are in great shape other than needing a good polishing. No dents on the shell that I've been able to see.

While this drum may not be the prettiest girl on the team, she still sounds amazing. Even with a beat head and missing snare wires, she sounds great. The internal damper is still intact and working and the snare mechanism is working great as well.

Disgusting.

Seriously.

the part about always wiping her down

god it is so fucking gross it's making me angry

using female pronouns to refer to instruments is HELLA GROSS

How about B.B. King naming all his guitars Lucille?

how about it?!

I went and searched out a "how do you name your guitar" style thread on an unhip music message board in the hopes of returning here and clowning them/being rationally angry and embarassed. But after one or two pages, I just kind of walked away from music forever and I think I'm gonna take up pottery or something.

Must we be judgmental about people who are only trying to be open about their sexual attraction to hunks of wood and wire?

I fucking hate the sexist guitar naming/pronoun bullshit so much. Or stuff like this that in a Reverb listing which makes me irate enough that it makes me want to take steps to destroy the seller's livelihood:

Original vintage 1974 hagstrom swede, the rilla-dilla, made by blonde Swedish milkmaids with 70s t-shirt boobs and wild bushes back in the day under the 24 hr summer sun, not the Chinese crap on offer at guitar center.

Any guitar listing that is "ready to rock!" is much more innocuous but still makes me irrationally angry.

do people still refer to boats as 'she'?

oh we've discussed that. My dad was a keen sailor and when i was young his friend told me that boats are always referred to as 'she'. he didn't strike me as the most progressive sort, but i guess he saw it as an endearing thing.

http://i.imgur.com/JqqapXt.jpg

Of course, ships are named after all sorts of people (I want to say mostly male, but I don't know), but some people will insist on calling, for example, the Bismarck a she.

Drydocking at that time revealed that despite the years of neglect, her hull was still in remarkably good condition. In August she was renamed American Star, her propellers were removed and placed on the deck, the funnel and bridge were painted red, and ladders were welded to starboard. She left Greece on 22 December 1993 under tow, but the tow proved impossible due to the weather.

If you are capable of writing in English, how do you come up with something like that without repeatedly stabbing yourself with your quill?

I was wondering if those Les Pauls were seaworthy. Oh...

this reminds me of when i ordered a guitar amp but they had to cancel the order because the cargo ship it was on sank in the middle of the atlantic. i like the thought of my poor li'l amp still down there lying on the ocean floor