Today I have... Thread.

[Tard Repository]

Today I have called into work sick, decided to try and go into work anyway, stopped at a Walmart on the way there to grab some lunch items, came out to a car that wouldn't start, called roadside assistance and am now sitting here in the parking lot in freezing weather with no heat waiting on a jump start. I've been sitting here since 1AM. It's just barely six 'o clock, because no one offers an overnight jump service.

But hey, at least I have food and internet access. Sometimes shit just happens.

 

[Midlife Sperglord]

Today, I drank some beer and watched House of 1000 Corpses. Not a great movie, but not as bad as a lot of people told me it was, either. I fucking love weekends, as long as I get my apartment cleaning done by Friday morning, I can be lazy most of the time during the weekend.

 

[AnOminous]

Today, I drank some beer and watched House of 1000 Corpses. Not a great movie, but not as bad as a lot of people told me it was, either.

If you loved The Devil's Rejects, you'll think House of 1000 Corpses is kind of okay.

 

[Shmidty Werbenmanjenson]

Today at the clinic I got to weigh a hefty opossum boi who was putting up a very good fight when I tried to pull him out of his enclosure. Usually the opossums are asleep in their crates (we use pet carriers) during the day and we can just close the carrier door and bring it inside, and then pull them out for weighing. This guy was out and about his pen and determined to latch on to every available surface while I struggled to grab him. His back foot scratched my arms up pretty good in the process but at some point he resorted to his Ultimate Move which was to poop on my shoes. Good news is he's healthy and ready to be released.

Sounds better than wrangling iguanas, which was my house chore when I was a teen.

 

[Midlife Sperglord]

Today I broke a tooth while chewing on ice. Taking tomorrow morning off work to run to the dental clinic. This fucking hurts.

 

[Imperialist #348]

today i went to /tv in the vain hope of it not being full of star wars shills, low and behold the first six threads are full of it. shame really as the shitposting on /tv can be fucking great at times.

i hate shills.

 

[Trilby]

Today I bought myself a Sega Genesis Mini at GameStop. It went down to $50 for the holidays so it seemed like the best time to get it. Never had one growing up though my sis did (being a Nintendo kid myself).

 

[Surf and TERF]

I am killing time at my parents house and trying to make myself get work done. I left halfway through my workday drive all the way here because my dad was crying on the phone over his sister’s death the other night.

I wasn’t close enough with her to be grieving but I feel unsettled. My aunt had lung cancer and was constantly trying to pull her breathing tube out because living with it was so uncomfortable. She finally got the opportunity to have someone else legally remove it for her so she could die.

I keep hearing about the details of the day leading up to her chosen time of death and it’s so fucking sad. Just repeatedly postponing the event and trying to force some last-minute good moments that aren’t working out, until she just suddenly gave up and decided to die.

It’s disturbing because it’s so real. This fate happens to everyone and there’s no way to avoid it. We’re just fortunate enough to have lives that are active enough to distract us from that reality.

 

[DatBepisTho]

Today I tried to breed bettas after following all the steps.


-I think I ended up with two way too chill and defective bettas.

Spoiler: Fuckery

The "no fights, no threat displays, but also no spawning" couple today, while cleaning their big community tank.
They're both CT and even though he's got coloration (Red-white) I could care less for, I would like to keep his offspring to see if the butterfly-like white fringe is something they could inherit.

 

[Picklechu]

"Worked" for a few hours, and now I'm just waiting for some of the rush hour traffic to die off (worst part of living downtown in a major city) so I can start The Great Drive North to my aunt's mcmansion for Thanksgiving.

Hopefully, the various cluster B relatives don't show up.

 

[LateNightMuffin]

Today I saved a woman’s life. So no shit there I was, enjoying a high dollar business dinner on a supplier’s dime, when I noticed a man trying to perform the Heimlich Maneuver on a choking woman. It didn’t seem to be working and I watched her go completely limp.

the long version made me cry.

 

[LateNightMuffin]

today i gained a little respect for the goodness of humans. i bought some stuff at the store, then like the sped that i am left my extra homemade bags in the cart, drove home, couldn't find the bags, drove back to the store, and there they were in the cart. nobody had stolen them.

 

[Midlife Sperglord]

Today, like many other Americans, I ate a fowl dinner with my family.

 

[TFT-A9]

Today I cooked spaghetti bolognese and washed it down with a raspberry sour ale.

 

[Digital Thunder]

Today I got clocked as a man twice and exploited it to skip a bathroom line or two for the first time. I ought to do that more often.

 

[Picklechu]

One of my cousins brought her new boyfriend to Thanksgiving without bothering to let anyone know, and he looks like she literally found him in a trailer park in Kentucky.

I also ate my weight in turkey and am now borderline comatose.

 

[DrJonesHat]

Today I helped set up my parent's new TV and played Spy vs. Spy 2 on a Commodore 64 emulator. Ah, memories.

 

[UnsufficentBoobage]

Seen this post in "Dumb shit on Wikipedia" thread

My Little Pony: Is Baby Cuddles blue or green? Is Fizzy blue or green? Editors resorted to uploading photos of their own ponies to debate the point, possibly indicating 10 year old girls are more computer savvy than ever...

Well, to be fair, pre-G4 ponies are probably owned by middle aged women.

and felt a strong urge to yell "ARE YOU FUCKING BLIND, THEY'RE BOTH GREEN, ESP FIZZY, WHO CALLS THAT BLUE".

Spoiler: pics off pony wiki in case you need

What is with people not knowing what constitutes "blue"? I run into it a lot in english-peaking circles.

 

[Shmidty Werbenmanjenson]

Seen this post in "Dumb shit on Wikipedia" thread


and felt a strong urge to yell "ARE YOU FUCKING BLIND, THEY'RE BOTH GREEN, ESP FIZZY, WHO CALLS THAT BLUE".

Spoiler: pics off pony wiki in case you need

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What is with people not knowing what constitutes "blue"? I run into it a lot in english-peaking circles.

Colors are really weird fucking things, that until optics and color theory came along, were abstract concepts. Just try using colorblind filters, and then look up the percent of the population which are colorblind or color aberrant.

Is it True That the Ancient Greeks could not See Blue Until Modern Times ? — Greece High Definition

The sea was never blue The Greek colour experience was made of movement and shimmer. Can we ever glimpse what they saw when gazing out to sea?

www.greecehighdefinition.com

 

[UnsufficentBoobage]

Colors are really weird fucking things, that until optics and color theory came along, were abstract concepts. Just try using colorblind filters, and then look up the percent of the population which are colorblind or color aberrant.

Is it True That the Ancient Greeks could not See Blue Until Modern Times ? — Greece High Definition

The sea was never blue The Greek colour experience was made of movement and shimmer. Can we ever glimpse what they saw when gazing out to sea?

www.greecehighdefinition.com

There can't be THAT many, tho. I could have a bias towards things being green.
Also, look at Fizzy (unicorn) and tell me with a straight face she's fucking blue.
Then again, weird color 'tism is a thing with MLP, we still got people arguing there are intentionally produced white Windys, even tho she's just purple and prone to fade.