The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.
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My fiancée and I went shopping today. When we were cashing out she was at the bagging area so she asked me to put her phone number into the card reader for the store rewards program. I did and it went through. She told me that I put in the wrong number, which made no sense because like I said, it went through fine. She went back and put in her real phone number, which was both correct and not close to what I put in. So she asks me "how did you forget my cell phone number, and who's number did you put in?"
And thats how I realized my ex also has a rewards membership at that store.
And thats how I realized my ex also has a rewards membership at that store.
I died in 1934. My dad wasn't born until 1939.
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Consider grabbing a cheap notebook and making notes/sketches, keeping things you pick up in there like maps, tickets, etc. It makes a fun keepsake that doesn't take a lot of space
@Squidleybits Travaux cest fin! TRAVAUX CEST FIN!!!!!!!!
Quel travail?
I have posted at least 10 times on face book.
At least 4,000 short.
for all the 13 glasses of beer posted on Facebook.
I am sick of that bullshit.
At least 4,000 short.
for all the 13 glasses of beer posted on Facebook.
I am sick of that bullshit.
So at work I had to deal with a piece of code that takes a long time. I usually don't have to deal with it, which is nice because its a "click this button and then leave for lunch" kind of thing. I was so annoyed that it was taking so long that I decided to break in the middle and what was holding everything up. It turns out super deep into the code there was an exception being caught that was returning whatever value. I added one check to return the value rather than throw the exception to do so.
I turned a 1 hour process into a 30 second one. It's been there for at least a decade.
I turned a 1 hour process into a 30 second one. It's been there for at least a decade.
Dave
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At one of my old jobs a guy I worked with did something similar. Turned a long process into something that took hardly any time at all. But in HIS case it was "copy all of the data and then shut off instead of writing it to the backup tapes".
I took over for him and discovered the business had no data backups for TWO YEARS. Had anything happened during that time they'd have been fucked.
I took over for him and discovered the business had no data backups for TWO YEARS. Had anything happened during that time they'd have been fucked.
Incorrect.I can never let anybody visit me.
Some of us are WAY beyond you in our state(s) of disarray.
--Patrick
GasBandit
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I can never let anybody visit me.
I'm confused, I don't see the hentai on the shelf that would usually precipitate that sentiment.
Hentai no, but a Blu-ray of "Caligula", the uncut version.
Hentai or not, it doesn't matter. With all the anime, disapproving looks are a sure thing.
Dave
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I love any article that uses the phrase: Can Mammals Breathe Through Their Butt?
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For extra fun, scroll to the bottom of the article for related stories.
A breathing tube through the butt could be an alternative to mechanical ventilators
Inspired by animals that breathe through their butts, scientists show that mammals can also harness the incredible breathing ability of our butts
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Strangely enough, not even the first time I've seen an article positing this same thing.
--Patrick
The games and the anime are in alphabetical order, mostly. The rest not so much.
I'll be honest, if you'd tried bullshitting me about how "although those are English language DVD's they are actually in alphabetical order based on the German name for those shows, you ignorant monolingual Brit" you'd have had at least a 50/50 shot at pulling it off.
Sure they do, I had some for lunch.
Anime is becoming increasingly mainstream worldwide, I think. I'm pretty sure the amount of disapproving looks you'd get would be low, and would probably continue to decrease in the future.
Unless, of course, you want people to disapprove thereby giving you a reason to not invite them to your home, in which case I understand completely, and I hereby contribute a disapproving look: ಠ_ಠ
Oh, more mainstream yes, but more accepted? I don't know, it's probably mostly my personal impression of my fellow germans and what their opinions of things I own and like might be.
Not something I even have to do. No one has visited me in the past 10 years. Usually I'm the one going to visit my relatives.
Hmmm, let's see, it's hard to read some of them, but I'll give my ranking...I finally put all my DVDs, Blu-ray and games in one place. For some time I stored them in boxes but it was always a hassle to find something specific. Looking at the shelf make me realize something. I can never let anybody visit me.
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Lord of the Rings +2 brofists
UHF +5 brofists
Star Wars trilogy +3 brofists
Top Secret +1 brofist
Spaceballs +1 brofist
Jabberwocky +2 brofists
Time Bandits +3 brofists
Monty Python +2 brofists
Dr. Who +2 brofists
Clerks +1 brofist
Fanboys +1 brofist
Godzilla +1 brofist
Jackie Chan section +8 brofists
FLCL +1 brofist
Ghost in the Shell section +4 brofists
Assorted other anime +1 brofist
Toy Story +1 brofist
Incredibles +1 brofist
Transformers +10 brofists
Complete lack of organization in any discernible way: -50 brofists
Total: 0 brofists
Result: It's a collection.
Ugh, Fringe?! Yeah, I'm never visiting. Degenerates like you, etc.I finally put all my DVDs, Blu-ray and games in one place. For some time I stored them in boxes but it was always a hassle to find something specific. Looking at the shelf make me realize something. I can never let anybody visit me.
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Dave
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Okay, so I hate Apple. Not because I hate their products but because, well, I hate the company. My old phone would hold a charge for about 20 minutes. I could really only use it when it was plugged in. So I was basically forced to get a new phone. And Apple sucks because one of the things they LOOOOOVE to do is take away functionality that is pretty standard on phones and replace it with items they can sell at a fucking HUGELY inflated price. And these items tend to be shoddy pieces of crap that break. I'm talking about the removal of the headphone jack, of course. So the only way I can listen to music is to use bluetooth headphones. I'm NOT going to buy Apple ones because fuck them guys, so I went on Amazon looking at bluetooth headphones.
The whole point of this post - besides shitting on Apple and everything they are and stand for - is that the item I looked at had 4564 reviews and was HIGHLY rated. Now, I know what you're going to say about Amazon's reviews and I agree, but 4564 reviews would be a LOT to fake so I grudgingly trust them. That is, until I started reading them. Look at the reviews and tell me what the fuck is going on.
Amazon product
The whole point of this post - besides shitting on Apple and everything they are and stand for - is that the item I looked at had 4564 reviews and was HIGHLY rated. Now, I know what you're going to say about Amazon's reviews and I agree, but 4564 reviews would be a LOT to fake so I grudgingly trust them. That is, until I started reading them. Look at the reviews and tell me what the fuck is going on.
Amazon product
GasBandit
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Uh... well apparently, those are 11kg of coolant suitable for use on premature babies in france?
Dave
Staff member
You're imagining nothing. Were you smaller in stature they'd probably try and say something. Anti-maskers are cowards and selfish fools.
Looks like they used one product to get a bunch of reviews, and then changed it.
I’ve always had decent luck with soundpeats for cheap Bluetooth headphones. They’re nothing fancy, but they work.
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