The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.
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Yes, I heard that when they first announced Sabrina.
Hey, @GasBandit, do you still do the "It's Friiiiiiiiiiiiiiday!" thing?
GasBandit
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GasBandit
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Bah, took you over a year to notice!
And like I said, browser companies (especially google) are doing everything they can to kill flash. Chrome won't even let me load an SWF in a tab anymore.
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I noticed. I remember when you posted about it. I even went back and reclicked on the entire archive at that point.
I'm just booing that an alternative solution has never been found.
Me: I took the stupid advice and wrote it the stupid way and now my about the author stuff makes me sound basic.
Julie: It's not "basic," it's "relatable."
She needs to get into politics.
Julie: It's not "basic," it's "relatable."
She needs to get into politics.
In the end, I bought Diary of a Wimpy Kid because that is the only one I found in spanish.
One of my son's favorites, Zita the Spacegirl, is coming out in Spanish pretty soon.
My daughter asked me if I was an adult earlier.
WTF?
WTF?
Well are you?
Fair question. Hobo reminds me of Hobbes on occasion.
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Whoa something just occurred to me in the shower. I'm sure others have thought of it, too.
Q shows up in the first episode of TNG. He makes a snap judgement about the crew, but then says he's going to stick around and watch.
He shows up again in the finale with his judgement.
He is omnipotent and omniscient, and exists outside of the TNG world, yet he is one of many in his continuum.
He's the audience. Or an audience insert. Or an audience fantasy.
Q is short for John Q. Public.
Q shows up in the first episode of TNG. He makes a snap judgement about the crew, but then says he's going to stick around and watch.
He shows up again in the finale with his judgement.
He is omnipotent and omniscient, and exists outside of the TNG world, yet he is one of many in his continuum.
He's the audience. Or an audience insert. Or an audience fantasy.
Q is short for John Q. Public.
Because it's VERY random, here's a comment that was below Today's Dilbert comic.
I actually very much like my current job, so this doesn't apply (to this job, right now), but I thought others may have other interesting stories related to this. It's kind of random. Thus, this thread!
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 may have other interesting stories related to this. It's kind of random. Thus, this thread!
I was just happy to know that ADP stored my direct deposit info between jobs, so I didn't have to resubmit a voided check and wait 3 weeks for someone from my HR department to forget to send it in, and then wait another two or three pay periods for it to start up - I could just log in and click the checkbox for "direct deposit" and the one for my checking account and I was set.
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Sonic was my favorite, pre-surgery. It was so fucking good. I think I'd slit someone for some tots even now.
I honestly think Arby's is a lot better than it used to be when it was just a roast beef joint? It's basically the only place I can go to and consistently get an okay Reuben or Gyro while on the road. It buying Sonic makes sense; Sonic specializes in hotdogs and it's the only big chain that does. With the Arby's identity now being "the place to get stuff you can't from other chains", it's a good fit. It's sort of like the KFC/Long John Silvers combo places; frying up some chicken really isn't that different from frying up fish and some people just won't eat fish.
Add another thing to the list of things the millennials are killing, divorce lawyers.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...s-are-causing-the-u-s-divorce-rate-to-plummet
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...s-are-causing-the-u-s-divorce-rate-to-plummet
They have like 4 hot dogs on the menu, wouldn't say that's specializing in hot dogs. Weinerschnitzel and James Coney Island come more to mind on a chain that specializes in hot dogs.
Those aren't national chains... Weinerschnitzel only has 358 locations, most of which are on the west coast and JCI has less than 30. Sonic has over 3500 locations, multiple locations in almost every state and is the only major chain to offer hot dogs other than Dairy Queen. It is their "special" product; everyone has a burger, but only they advertise their hot dogs on a serious level.
Yum! doesn't own them anymore. They sold both Long John Silvers and A&W together due to low sales. I don't blame them; I went to one a few months back and the burger was average at best... definitely not worth the price.
Oh, without question. There's an old drive-in style A&W here in town, and it's just about the worst burger I've ever had - and that's really saying something. The only thing they get right, consistently, is their fries, and that stops the moment they attempt to add anything to them other than salt - seriously, who the hell uses breaded and fried cheese curds for "poutine"? They're also rather famous for never being able to spell half the items on their sign, even if they have a big window decal that spells a word correctly... though, they can be pretty difficult words. You know, words like chololate, valinna, spicey, bana, or shke. I've avoided reviewing them anywhere officially only because the horse isn't just dead, it's been reduced to skeletal remains.
I don't see them at all in So Cal anymore after the ones I grew up near transformed into a Starbucks and an Albertos. I only saw them when I drove up the 5 Freeway to Sacramento. I just had to try them because I hadn't had them since I was a little kid, and definitely left disappointed.
There was a location in south Tacoma that was quite possibly the saddest place I'd ever been. Either it was while Yum! still owned them, or there was one out of luck franchisee, because it was an A&W/KFC, and the whole place reminded me of a sad, black and white movie's horrible, run down diner. The lobby was dingy, the workers were so expressionless as to be almost comatose, half the menu items were out of stock (regardless of menu), the soda machine was just leaking carbonated water out of some of the taps and it was overflowing the drip tray onto the floor, none of the food was fresh, and you could only pay with cash or food stamps/EBT. That was the last time I'd eaten at an A&W until we moved here, and we decided to try it since it was a stand-alone restaurant in a small town - I mean, why not? The Subway's even halfway decent - but it was not to be.
"Worst burger ever had", "sad burger place" - you guys have never been to France, where fast food comes to die :-P the French do a lot of things good (like surrendering 
), including in food, but the "fast" part somehow gets completely lost in translation...and often the "food" part too 
), including in food, but the "fast" part somehow gets completely lost in translation...and often the "food" part too