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Ironically, you could easily express incredulity using an emoticon or an emotionally charged meme expression like, "why u no use good English?"
*y u no use good English
figmentPez
Staff member
im laughI haven't gotten any "l33t-speak" in the award applications I receive but damn! The atrocious grammar and spelling. You're graduate students, people. You should be able to express yourself on paper better than that.
None of my windows were broken, but my power went away for most of two days.
(It's back now)
--Patrick
No, we had a war so we wouldn't have to give a shit about royal government.
Yay?
--Patrick
Fuuuuuuuck I forgot what a pain in the ass DUI's are to investigate.....
How difficult can it be? Drink until your BA% matches the suspect's, then see if you can drive better than he did. If you can, then he's guilty.
--Patrick
I approve.
Judge Judy
You may know of this show. You know the idiots they put on it. Now consider where they stay while they are taping. Guess where. My hotel.
And you can always tell they are here for the show, even before you confirm their name. They come in, looking as red-neck or displaced as possible. Ladies in moo-moos. Guys with like 80 piercings. Walking in completely dazed like they've never seen the inside of a decent hotel before. They just have that look like they just don't belong. And usually the personality to match.
Actual Conversation:
Red-Neck (complete with accent): How much are them tickets to Universal Studios?
Me: They are running for about $80 a person.
Red-Neck (to his family): Hey! Guess what kids?! We AINT goin' to Universal!"
To make matters worse; we get the defendants. So consider now that we get the people who are being SUED for something. Most likely some fraud or con if Judge Judy cases are pretty consistent. And sadly many of them have clearly not learned their lesson, and just see the hotel as the next sucker.
Actual Conversation:
Disheveled, Creepy Man: "Does the hotel have some kind of insurance policy when it comes to theft or items that go missing from rooms?"
Me: We take the matter very seriously and look into each case individually to see if some kind of reimbursement or compensation is required.
Man: Oh... thanks.
(Leaves.)
(Returns 10 minutes later with over exaggerated look of shock on his face)
Man: My lap-top was stolen!!!
You may know of this show. You know the idiots they put on it. Now consider where they stay while they are taping. Guess where. My hotel.
And you can always tell they are here for the show, even before you confirm their name. They come in, looking as red-neck or displaced as possible. Ladies in moo-moos. Guys with like 80 piercings. Walking in completely dazed like they've never seen the inside of a decent hotel before. They just have that look like they just don't belong. And usually the personality to match.
Actual Conversation:
Red-Neck (complete with accent): How much are them tickets to Universal Studios?
Me: They are running for about $80 a person.
Red-Neck (to his family): Hey! Guess what kids?! We AINT goin' to Universal!"
To make matters worse; we get the defendants. So consider now that we get the people who are being SUED for something. Most likely some fraud or con if Judge Judy cases are pretty consistent. And sadly many of them have clearly not learned their lesson, and just see the hotel as the next sucker.
Actual Conversation:
Disheveled, Creepy Man: "Does the hotel have some kind of insurance policy when it comes to theft or items that go missing from rooms?"
Me: We take the matter very seriously and look into each case individually to see if some kind of reimbursement or compensation is required.
Man: Oh... thanks.
(Leaves.)
(Returns 10 minutes later with over exaggerated look of shock on his face)
Man: My lap-top was stolen!!!
So, when I signed my lease for my apartment place, the person said if I wanted tv/internet, I had to work that out with one of the two big cable companies in town. Neither of them are considered great, but one of them has an awful reputation. As in, never buy from them if you can avoid it. I look at prices online, and the better one has a deal for 140 channels + 30mbps internet for $30 a month. Excited, I call them up and they say that for my place, it'd have to be directtv. I call my apartment place(which, mind you told me they work with this company) and they said no sattilite dishes are allowed and they only work with the crappy one for tv.
Basically, they lied to me about the cable, and now I have to choose between either $30 a month for just internet with the good one, $30 a month for crappy internet + crappy tv (like, 10 channels) with the bad one, or $65 a month for the better internet and tv from the crappy company. I know you can stream a lot of things, but I do like having an actual tv to watch.
Basically, they lied to me about the cable, and now I have to choose between either $30 a month for just internet with the good one, $30 a month for crappy internet + crappy tv (like, 10 channels) with the bad one, or $65 a month for the better internet and tv from the crappy company. I know you can stream a lot of things, but I do like having an actual tv to watch.
GasBandit
Staff member
Get the $30 good internet and spend $35 on a chromecast. Or if you have a lot of shows already downloaded, I say it's worth it to drop $100 on a WDTV Live, though chromecast might be able to do something with that soon once the 3rd parties pick up their API.
It looks like all these products assume that you have a relatively new HDTV. I have a pretty old SD one though (and since this apartment is only 1 year, I'm not gonna bother with a new tv). I also watch sports more than anything else, so it doesn't seem like those are very useful for that. I could probably go to friends' places most of the time, but that just sounds so unpleasant to have to rely on them.
I am startlingly naive. I assume the best intentions for all people at all times and I've been tremendously fortunate that this has not burnt me too much over the course of my life. That isn't to say I haven't been blindsided by some epicly monstrous disappointments but overall I maintain a relatively positive demeanor and outlook on people in general.
One of my high school friends lives down the street from me with her husband and two beautiful girls. They've been together for 13 years and it's definitely rocky. When I separated everyone was surprised that it was my relationship that fell apart well before theirs. At the root of the problem is that the husband tends to be a guy and do guy things and the wife (my friend) tends to nag about these things. There's a lot of disrespect on both sides and it's kinda sad to see.
Anyways, I was out last night with some mutual friends and one of them says she's certain that the husband is cheating. While I'm not completely dismissive, I find it difficult to swallow and point out that without any kind of proof, it's just idle gossip and more damaging then anything else.
So she pulls out her cell phone and brings up Xdating.com and brings up a profile of a guy. Here's how the conversation goes:
Friend: Here's his profile on XDating.com.
Adam: Well, it kinda looks like him..
Friend: it's taken in his back yard!
Adam: Well, that could be anyone's back yard.
Friend: It shows he's 34, lives in the area and is looking for a good time.
Adam: Well, anyone that creates a profile is looking for friends, and there's lots of 34 year olds that live here.
Friend: His account name is <firstname><lastname>51114
Adam: Well....I got nothing.
Seriously? Married with two kids and on a dating site trolling for sex? *sigh*
One of my high school friends lives down the street from me with her husband and two beautiful girls. They've been together for 13 years and it's definitely rocky. When I separated everyone was surprised that it was my relationship that fell apart well before theirs. At the root of the problem is that the husband tends to be a guy and do guy things and the wife (my friend) tends to nag about these things. There's a lot of disrespect on both sides and it's kinda sad to see.
Anyways, I was out last night with some mutual friends and one of them says she's certain that the husband is cheating. While I'm not completely dismissive, I find it difficult to swallow and point out that without any kind of proof, it's just idle gossip and more damaging then anything else.
So she pulls out her cell phone and brings up Xdating.com and brings up a profile of a guy. Here's how the conversation goes:
Friend: Here's his profile on XDating.com.
Adam: Well, it kinda looks like him..
Friend: it's taken in his back yard!
Adam: Well, that could be anyone's back yard.
Friend: It shows he's 34, lives in the area and is looking for a good time.
Adam: Well, anyone that creates a profile is looking for friends, and there's lots of 34 year olds that live here.
Friend: His account name is <firstname><lastname>51114
Adam: Well....I got nothing.
Seriously? Married with two kids and on a dating site trolling for sex? *sigh*
GasBandit
Staff member
Oh, sorry, when you said you liked having an "actual TV" to watch, I assumed you meant a.. you know.. actual TV.
And here he is showing his drivers license, social security number, a copy of his birth certificate, and a sign that says "Yes, it's totally me."
And it's all on tape, with his grandmother laughing about how he always does this.
How so?
Life's too awesome to be cynical. If anything I'm too complacent about my life, perfectly happy with the way things are, my friends, my family. All the things that happen to me, sure they fucking suck, but they are opportunities for personal growth and to figure out who I am.
Nothing would be easier than just giving up, but I'm so fortunate that it really would be a waste to do so.
Nothing would be easier than just giving up, but I'm so fortunate that it really would be a waste to do so.
Somebody not at work make him into a Hank Venture avatar, stat!
