Two quotes for you to use.
"No blood, no tears."
"Snitches get stitches."
I'm sure the principal will agree with using those in the workplace.
Whine like a baby, now with 500% more drama!
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"No blood, no tears."
"Snitches get stitches."
I'm sure the principal will agree with using those in the workplace.
I used to tell my nieces "Did you break the sidewalk?" Then they would start giggling and mostly forget the boo boo.
A nephew used to run, jump and land on his knees on the sidewalks on purpose, then get up laugh and repeat. His Dad and I would cry just watching that...
A nephew used to run, jump and land on his knees on the sidewalks on purpose, then get up laugh and repeat. His Dad and I would cry just watching that...
We do something along the lines of "Are you bleeding? No? Bones broken? No? Go play."
I'm originally from Houston...where we would call it "Fuck that, I'm not going outside until spring."
Until moving further north, I'd only ever seen "snow" 3 times in my life. I put snow in quotes, because I'm talking less than 1" accumulation.
figmentPez
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Someone please tell me that The Onion managed to punk The New York Times and dozens of other media outlets. Please?
If got a scrape and went to my dad about it:
Dad: "Where does it hurt?"
Me: "Right here."
Dad then knuckles me in the upper arm.
Me: "OW!"
Dad: "Now where does it hurt?"
Me: "My arm!"
Dad: "Want me to help you forget about that one?"
Me: " . . . no . . ."
figmentPez
Staff member
You're not imagining it. A lot of products are doing the same thing (and screwing up recipes while they do it!*) It's often called the Grocery Store Shrink Ray, and they can be very tricky about it.
*Do you know how much tuna cans have shrunk since the 50s? They used to be 6.5oz. Now they're down to 5 or less. If you want to make grandma's tuna casserole recipe, you'd better buy two cans, or one of the pouches.
I noticed the same thing with shredded cheese. The packages used to have 2 cups and now a lot of them are 1.75 cups.
I first noticed with tubs of margarine going from 16oz to 15oz.
--Patrick
True story. Remember when Milky Way bars came out with a bar they claimed had 33% less calories than their regular bar? Turned out it also had a little over 25% less candy bar as well, if you looked at the weight compared to that other bar. All this and still fat-free!
--Patrick
As for parents telling children to just suck it up (okay, in nicer terms): this can have bad side-effects, unfortunately. I hurt my hand while playing football (the type with an actual ball and your feet involved 
), I was goalie. Didn't bother anyone with it.
My left thumb still won't bend as far as the right one because it was dislocated for several weeks
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), I was goalie. Didn't bother anyone with it.My left thumb still won't bend as far as the right one because it was dislocated for several weeks
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GasBandit
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You know that thing?
Where you're wanting to install a hard drive, but you can't find any SATA cables?
So you go rooting around in drawer after drawer, and then in one drawer you find - not SATA cables, but a card.
A birthday card from years gone by, signed by the woman you love with "I love you so much it hurts?"
Yeah, I'm not finding that SATA cable tonight. I found the whiskey though.
Where you're wanting to install a hard drive, but you can't find any SATA cables?
So you go rooting around in drawer after drawer, and then in one drawer you find - not SATA cables, but a card.
A birthday card from years gone by, signed by the woman you love with "I love you so much it hurts?"
Yeah, I'm not finding that SATA cable tonight. I found the whiskey though.
Fucking insomnia. My sleeping schedule is completely messed up these days. I'm going to bed at 4 or later and won't wake up until 2 or 3. Or if I do get 8 hours, I'll wind up going back to bed for a few hours anyway. So depressed about everything these days. It's like my entire life is just one giant, broken failure and I don't know what to do about it anymore. There are days that go by where I just wish I had the balls to finish myself off but I can't because I'm fucking coward to do it myself.
http://nickpiers.wordpress.com/2014/02/16/living-without-confidence/
I was trying for a fancier blog write-up with this, but it turned into another pathetic rant about how poor Nick is broken. Screw it. I don't care anymore. Read it if you want. It's repeating a lot of things I said in the Rant thread recently, I think.
I was trying for a fancier blog write-up with this, but it turned into another pathetic rant about how poor Nick is broken. Screw it. I don't care anymore. Read it if you want. It's repeating a lot of things I said in the Rant thread recently, I think.
No, you're not broken. And even if you do not, I do care.
Hey, both of you: We pretty much all care, we just mainly lack the ability to do anything concrete. Just come back and tell us of all the good decisions you've made, that we may cheer you on regardless of the results.
--Patrick
My right quad was sore for no apparent reason before derby today, so I figured I could just skate it off. Nope. Now it just hurts 10x worse and I had to spend the last 30 minutes of practice skating laps instead of doing drills and I feel like a huge baby.
Also my husband is out of town for work this week so I can't even cry about how much it hurts and have him make me stop walking around like an idiot, so I will probably find a way to make it worse.
Also my husband is out of town for work this week so I can't even cry about how much it hurts and have him make me stop walking around like an idiot, so I will probably find a way to make it worse.
doomdragon6
Staff member
Found out my ex is actually not over me in the slightest, is still very much in love with me, and lives in misery just about every day despite trying to move on and having another boyfriend.
Found this out because we hung out some at the event we both run this weekend. I was putting up my guard and being my old charming self since I've been led to believe this entire time she was completely moved on, extremely happy, and etc, so I was having "harmless fun". But I actually found out it's the opposite, that my harmless fun of acting like my old self was reminding her of what she didn't have anymore, and I basically got to watch myself break her heart all over again.
I feel like shit.
This is what happens when people lie to you and foster miscommunication.
Found this out because we hung out some at the event we both run this weekend. I was putting up my guard and being my old charming self since I've been led to believe this entire time she was completely moved on, extremely happy, and etc, so I was having "harmless fun". But I actually found out it's the opposite, that my harmless fun of acting like my old self was reminding her of what she didn't have anymore, and I basically got to watch myself break her heart all over again.
I feel like shit.
This is what happens when people lie to you and foster miscommunication.
You knew that was going to be the result when you broke up with her. You made that clear when you decided to do it.
Or, she was fine, until she saw that you seemed fine. You didn't like the idea that she was doing fine without you either.
For my whining: STOP IT, SNOW. JUST STOP. I didn't even know there was supposed to be more of this fucking white sky shit tonight.
It's your wife's fault for all that "LET IT DOE!" singing.
Fortunately it wasn't enough to shut down the area, so I'm still going to work today.
Which is surprising, because I'm pretty sure the DC government sees 1 inch and starts prepping the bomb shelters.
Which is surprising, because I'm pretty sure the DC government sees 1 inch and starts prepping the bomb shelters.