The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.

Yoshimickster · Feb 3, 2016

HCGLNS said:
Retskcimihsoy

No lie, decided that name for my Bizarro YEARS ago.

strawman · Feb 3, 2016

Yoshimickster said:
Reverse in fact, I asked something along the lines of are there thermostats that could keep any liquid in them and my father was confused.

Well, if it makes you feel better, most thermostats from a certain time period did hold a liquid - mercury, for switching the furnace on and off.

I don't advise heating it and drinking it, though.

Bubble181 · Feb 3, 2016

Dave said:
Jealous.

I rarely dare use it these days, the handle's a bit cracked on one side and I'm afraid it'll break off completely

Squidleybits · Feb 3, 2016

@HCGLNS 's cat is eating things off the floor that I can't see.

strawman · Feb 3, 2016

Bubble181 said:
I rarely dare use it these days, the handle's a bit cracked on one side and I'm afraid it'll break off completely

Apply a drop of super glue (cyanoacrylate) to the crack. The thin superglue will wick into the crack and secure the parts together.

MindDetective · Feb 3, 2016

GasBandit said:
OH WELL IN THAT CASE

I don't know what the fuck it would be, or how many protons/neutrons/electrons it would have, but I'm pretty sure it would be radioactive as fuck.

And last for a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a second before falling apart, explosively or otherwise.

LordRendar · Feb 3, 2016

I am now working for one of the bigger catering companies in Germany. We just finished preparations for a decently sized liqour convention.
I am gonna get so drunk this weekend. And I will be payed for it ^^

Bubble181 · Feb 3, 2016

LordRendar said:
I am now working for one of the bigger catering companies in Germany. We just finished preparations for a decently sized liqour convention.
I am gonna get so drunk this weekend. And I will be payed for it ^^

...And I was .....not..... invited !

....

LordRendar · Feb 3, 2016

If you are ever in Hamburg I'll invite you to my favorite cocktail bar. I get my drinks for free.

Bubble181 · Feb 3, 2016

LordRendar said:
If you are ever in Hamburg I'll invite you to my favorite cocktail bar. I get my drinks for free.

Right back at you for Brussels

(though they aren't free for me

)

Dei · Feb 3, 2016

I'm at High School parent information night, and so help me god, the freshman introduction program in the first semester is called The Posse. WHAT DECADE IS THIS?!

Cheesy1 · Feb 3, 2016

Is it totally rad?

blotsfan · Feb 3, 2016

That lingo sounds mega-dope to the XTREME

LittleKagsin · Feb 3, 2016

Dei said:
I'm at High School parent information night, and so help me god, the freshman introduction program in the first semester is called The Posse. WHAT DECADE IS THIS?!

More like genre, I think you're in a Western. ABORT ABORT!

Although, in my mind, you're an amazing gunslinger, so I think you'll be okay.

HCGLNS · Feb 3, 2016

Taught my daughter how to play craps as part of her homework tonight.

WasabiPoptart · Feb 3, 2016

Hey yo yo yo! The Posse is the coolest, dopest program for freshman. Word![DOUBLEPOST=1454549867,1454549776][/DOUBLEPOST]

HCGLNS said:
Taught my daughter how to play craps as part of her homework tonight.

Winner winner chicken dinner!

Dave · Feb 3, 2016

I said, Get the POSSE!!

fade · Feb 4, 2016

Here's another internet game I like to play. On any instruction site, if someone uses a variant of the word "authentic" and some region in the title, how far can I get down the comments before someone challenges the title's claim. I've never been disappointed.

Dei · Feb 4, 2016

You know, people say never read the comments, but I always find them hilarious and entertaining. That's the joy of already having no faith in humanity to begin with!

HCGLNS · Feb 4, 2016

I still say the greatest Internet forum fight I ever read was the mom's discussing how tight the guys pants are on the YTV forums for the kids show 4 Square.

Fun Size · Feb 4, 2016

What were they fighting over, what he was hiding in them?

drawn_inward · Feb 4, 2016

Dear Dr drawn_inward,

Please note that a Nature Genetics manuscript tracking system account has been created for you. This is because you are listed as a co-author on the manuscript...

Didn't make it to Nat Gen, but it ended up in this month's AJHG. Not too shabby.

Dei · Feb 4, 2016

Strongly considering coloring my hair like this as a reward to myself if I manage to grow it out without succumbing to rage about how much I hate the growing out phase.

MindDetective · Feb 4, 2016

drawn_inward said:
Didn't make it to Nat Gen, but it ended up in this month's AJHG. Not too shabby.

I have two papers out right now. One has been rejected by four other journals, so hopes are low. At least it was peer-reviewed every time. The other was desk-rejected by the editors twice. That one has been out for nearing two months. I kind of don't want to poke anything to let the bad news spill out, though...

GasBandit · Feb 4, 2016

Dei said:
Strongly considering coloring my hair like this as a reward to myself if I manage to grow it out without succumbing to rage about how much I hate the growing out phase.

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Looks good, but wouldn't it also be excruciatingly high maintenance?

MindDetective · Feb 4, 2016

Actually, I just went and checked. I guess I submitted that one in the first half of November! Maybe I will have to prod the editor and find out what happens.

Dei · Feb 4, 2016

GasBandit said:
Looks good, but wouldn't it also be excruciatingly high maintenance?

No more than any other things I've been doing.

These are the things that happen when you are friends with your hairdresser.

drawn_inward · Feb 4, 2016

I've got another paper that is at its fifth journal. Who knows where it will go. I know the feels. Best of luck!

drawn_inward · Feb 4, 2016

MindDetective said:
Actually, I just went and checked. I guess I submitted that one in the first half of November! Maybe I will have to prod the editor and find out what happens.

I think you've waited long enough. Crack that whip! :ever so obsequiously:

MindDetective · Feb 4, 2016

drawn_inward said:
I think you've waited long enough. Crack that whip! :ever so obsequiously:

I will....uh, next week.

GasBandit · Feb 4, 2016

Declicked - possibly the only good thing to ever come out of facebook.

Dei · Feb 4, 2016

I KNOW SO MANY JENNIFERS. GOD DAMMIT LATE 70s EARLY 80s.

HCGLNS · Feb 5, 2016

Happy be cruel to left handed people day!

strawman · Feb 5, 2016

HCGLNS said:
Happy be cruel to left handed people day!

That's every day when scissors are involved. Or is today international scissor day?

fade · Feb 5, 2016

I thought I remember reading that according to the filmmakers, Phil spent something like 10,000 years (!) in groundhog day. That it was a penance/afterlife thing in their minds.