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  1. Eriol

    Tech minor victory thread

    Don't. Just get KeePass and throw the file on Google Drive. Completely free, and no risk of "the company" being able to get at your credentials. And there's some good Android apps for it too (Keepass2Android is what I use).
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    Gas Bandit's Political Thread V: The Vampire Likes Bats

    It went something like this: Back in the latter half of the 20th century, somebody said "hey, those with High School degrees do better in life than those without. Let's make sure everybody can get one of those!" For a while, that was good, as they pushed resources into seeing why some were...
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    [Movies] Talk about the last movie you saw 2: Electric Threadaloo

    I thought it was a great movie with a few issues (but not MAJOR issues IMO) until the desert planet. Having "some characters" (no spoilers) come back and "for real, we're freedom fighters" just seemed tacked-on, even more-so than the "twist" cameo.
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    The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.

    I don't have a high opinion of Harvey's, but it's not TERRIBLE either. The biggest problem with them IMO is they're not "enough better" for how much slower they are, but as I said last sentence, not terrible either. I tried that just to say I had tried it. And IMO it's only OK. If I hadn't...
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    The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.

    I tried an A&W in the USA about 20 years ago, and it was as awful as you describe. But in Canada, maybe it's a completely different owner or something, as it's "good fast food". A better burger IMO than McD's & BK. Not as good as a good bar burger, but definitely not crap. And the...
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    The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.

    Because it's VERY random, here's a comment that was below Today's Dilbert comic. I just... how terrible is your company that you quite via WEBPAGE? That's just amazing to consider. I actually very much like my current job, so this doesn't apply (to this job, right now), but I thought others...
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    Whine like a baby, now with 500% more drama!

    I had the opposite experience in my two "long-duration" public-facing jobs, at a grocery store, and at a gas station (high school and university days, respectively). They showed me that actually most people are GREAT people, but that the few assholes MORE than make up for it with just how...
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    Whine like a baby, now with 500% more drama!

    That's where the "existing relationship" thing starts though. If you've been there before, often you can "just go" if there's a problem of any kind. But YMMV of course.
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    Whine like a baby, now with 500% more drama!

    Optometrist at the least, but if you already have a doctor/patient relationship with one, go right to an Ophthalmologist, aka Eye Surgeon. I was kind of lucky growing up that my "regular" optometrist was also an Ophthalmologist, so if there was literally anything wrong in the eye region he was...
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    [Webcomic] The Order of the Stick thread

    One thing that I can't believe nobody else has mentioned: The Elven God(s). It's been SPECIFICALLY said in at least one piece of official material (probably Start of Darkness) that a number of the Evil Gods were willing to stand up for The Dark One's right to exist since the Elves had already...
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    The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.

    :D
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    Funny Pictures Thread. It begins again

    Agreed. Far too many rely on words with letters already chosen, so thus it could not be that.
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    Weird weather

    Funny pics would work, but this is weather-related. It's from my Google News feed this morning, right next to each other. I didn't even have to composite it together! It'd be a stronger joke if the top/bottom was flipped, but as I said, this isn't artificial.
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    The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.

    I actually support the guy who left the car getting no more of a "fine" than would usually be the case. That the police had a freak-out over nothing isn't the guy's fault, it's the police's fault. The law says the fine is a parking ticket, then that's what it should be. They should also pay...
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    [Movies] Talk about the last movie you saw 2: Electric Threadaloo

    This explains why it was so horrible. Not the (original) director's fault it seems!
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    [Gaming] Cornpop and the masters of the universe (Halforums 5e adventure)

    We were 6th before this, but awesome. Now that we're emerging from underground, I can go from making undead dissolve to making LIVING things scream in terror from getting burned. Yay!
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    [News] The USA Police State will never satisfy its lust for beating, gassing, and imprisoning minorities

    I still don't understand how this happens. You're not at your correct door. Therefore your key doesn't work. You look up a bit, realize you're an idiot, and go back one floor down. How does "my key doesn't work" translate into "this is still mine, whomever is in there should be shot, since...
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    Funny Pictures Thread. It begins again

    My sister was a nanny and a dayhome (small daycare) operator for a number of years and had a number of stories like that, but she learned early to ALWAYS ask the "in a sentence" thing before answering, no matter how shocking initially.
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    The EPIC WIN Thread 3: SON OF EPIC

    For others who may not understand: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HamAndCheese
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    Minor victory thread

    That alone is probably worth a lot. I hope that if you take it, you are happy.
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