The completely gratuitous complaint thread

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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,040
    TJohn said:

    Then I guess a better question would be, "Where am I?"

    Also, is your clock in the same time zone?

    Unless you're using a sundial in the dark, which has a converse set of issues.

    ...I have a night light by my sundial so I can read it at night . 

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

     

    sleestack 

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    complaint  evil super villains

    brainiac  brain interactive construct

  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,583
    Mystiarra said:

    complaint  evil super villains

    brainiac  brain interactive construct

    As opposed to good super villains?

  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,583

    Complaint:  There should not be such a thing as Hurricane Iota.

  • Complaint:  There should not be such a thing as Hurricane Iota.

    Not one iota?

  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,583

    Complaint:  There should not be such a thing as Hurricane Iota.

    Not one iota?

    Exactly.  Just like Jumbo Shrimp or Military Intelligence.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    the martian manhunter has nothing to do with uncle martin?

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    today is a transformers movie marathon caturday.  air popped salt free popcorn

  • Subtropic PixelSubtropic Pixel Posts: 2,388
    edited November 2020
    Mystiarra said:

    hang on a sec while we log you out 

    Okay, thank you.

    Mystiarra said:

    feeling sorry for myself again,  hear the pity violins.  tried to play with particles but the settings just look like a smudge of ink on the screen

    i cant peel a potato safely but put a twinkie in my hand i can get the wrapper off

    But the real question is, can you chuck wood like a woodchuck would chuck?  You know, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

    TJohn said:

    It's dark outside. Is that normal at 3 a.m.?

    No, never.  Except when it is.

    TJohn said:

    Then I guess a better question would be, "Where am I?"

    Also, is your clock in the same time zone?

    It's not enough to ask just about the time zone.  There's the Daylight Savings Time (DST) vs. Standard Time (ST) question.  So 08:00 for me in Florida is not always the "same time" for Puerto Rico or parts of Southern Indiana, because neither of those places is in my time zone.  I'm in Eastern, while PR is in Atlantic, and the "toe" of Indiana is in Central).  And to make things even more brain-tourquingly difficult, only Eastern observes DST.  That "twang" you just heard was your brain's mainspring popping out.  Better go find it! 

    And then when you throw in the fact that some people STILL think "Midnight" belongs to the prior day (the old "Zulu Time" on Wednesday, for example, would be considered Wednesday NIGHT at 24:00, instead of Thursday Morning at 00:00 as it would be today). 

    It's a wonder that any human ever figured out how to measure time, let alone tell what time it is.  And feeding and clothing ours ourselves, and going potty without needing help.  It's amazing.  But then who would help us, monkeys?  They still haven't figured out pants and they're the ones throwing that stuff around at each other!

    Complaint:  There should not be such a thing as Hurricane Iota.

    Not one iota?

    No, but maybe two.

    Mystiarra said:

    today is a transformers movie marathon caturday.  air popped salt free popcorn

    Sounds like fun!  I'm about to head outside and do something noisy.  Maybe mow the lawn or cut down a tree.  Anybody want to help?

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  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 11,505
    edited November 2020

    Confused mode:  I saw a thread title with the phrase "translucid skin".  So, let's break this down...  prefix "trans" meaning "across or bridging", and "lucid" meaning "not confused".  So, what is "translucid skin"?

    Surely what was meant was "translucent skin"?

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  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 11,505
    edited November 2020

    Complaint:  Less than a week to my birthday and I have yet to gift myself anything meaningful.  Still thinking about a new office chair.  Can't yet justify a new laptop or security system.  I do however still have my bottle of good champagne, but nobody to share it with.  Anybody I'm on friend mode with around here doesn't drink.frown  How can I end up in a bumpkin village with friends & relatives who don't drink?surprise  I can't even take a bottle of bubbly to Thanksgiving or Christmas gatherings.  Admittedly I'm not a big drinker myself, but I do have a single shot of something once or twice a week and on rare occasions I pop a champagne cork.  (but never unbubbled wine, red or white.  Straight wine hates me, and the feeling is mutual.)  Downing a whole bottle of champagne myself does me in.  So, I've had to resort to repressurable corks to save half for the next day (unless I want to get "done in").

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  • RezcaRezca Posts: 3,393

    Every day I keep telling myself "Today I will work on practicing zBrush, even if it's just pushing and pulling objects with no real goal in mind - just to get comfortable with the tools!"
    And every day I convince myself to not do it instead  :V


    Aaaaaah well in the meantime I'll keep watching them videos,  so when the day finally comes when my desire to work with the program wins out in the end, I'll at least have a better idea of what I'll be doing~

  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,583

    Confused mode:  I saw a thread title with the phrase "translucid skin".  So, let's break this down...  prefix "trans" meaning "across or bridging", and "lucid" meaning "not confused".  So, what is "translucid skin"?

    Surely what was meant was "translucent skin"?

    That was my thought, but translucid seems like an awesome word, if i could figure out what it would mean.

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 11,505
    edited November 2020

    Confused mode:  I saw a thread title with the phrase "translucid skin".  So, let's break this down...  prefix "trans" meaning "across or bridging", and "lucid" meaning "not confused".  So, what is "translucid skin"?

    Surely what was meant was "translucent skin"?

    That was my thought, but translucid seems like an awesome word, if i could figure out what it would mean.

    Perhaps "translucid" is that hour long embarassing state you are in when you are being driven home after a minor surgery where you had been under sedation.  The state where thoughts spill out of your mouth like limp spaghetti in a bursting overfull balloon.indecision  Aware and conversant, but not quite lucid.indecision

    I think my grandmother was in that state permanently.  My aunt once confided to me that in all the years that she had known her, she never let thinking interrupt her talking.laugh

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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,040

    ...well here, no indoor gatherings over 6 people (so much for big T-Day gatherings), as starting this coming week, the county I live in is going back into lockdown mode until the middle of December.  Restaurants and cafes will again be restricted to takeout/delivery only and stores/grocery markets having to limit customer capacity with curbside pickup encouraged (meaning ordering online). Going to put a real crimp in Black Friday and a major portion of the Christmas shopping season here.  Brick & mortar retailers are going to hurt.  

    Not looking forward to standing in the cold rain and wind waiting to get into the grocery mart either.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    jack flash sat on a candlestick,  why would anyone do that?  is he the same jack who was nimble and quick?

  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,583
    Mystiarra said:

    jack flash sat on a candlestick,  why would anyone do that?  is he the same jack who was nimble and quick?

    'cause fire is the devil's only friend.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    Mystiarra said:

    jack flash sat on a candlestick,  why would anyone do that?  is he the same jack who was nimble and quick?

    'cause fire is the devil's only friend.

    the chevy to the levy , pink carnations

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    thanksgivins is the time to play Alice's restaurant.  littering

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    Mystiarra said:

    jack flash sat on a candlestick,  why would anyone do that?  is he the same jack who was nimble and quick?

    The Jack who was nimble and quick jumped over the candlestick, he didn't sit on it.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    jumping over it makes more sense than sitting on it 

     

    whats the view from the window like when flying faster than the speed of sound.

    is there another sonic boom when passing the speed of sound times 2?

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,168
    Rezca said:

    Every day I keep telling myself "Today I will work on practicing zBrush, even if it's just pushing and pulling objects with no real goal in mind - just to get comfortable with the tools!"
    And every day I convince myself to not do it instead  :V


    Aaaaaah well in the meantime I'll keep watching them videos,  so when the day finally comes when my desire to work with the program wins out in the end, I'll at least have a better idea of what I'll be doing~

    My days are just like that!

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited November 2020

    way kewl

    Top 5 Sonic Booms Caught on Video

     

    the royal air force

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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,040
    edited November 2020

    ...have an old photo I took at the 1986 Abbotsford Airshow where an F-4 Phantom nudged just past the sound barrier. Even though it was a cloudy day the shock wave from, the middle of the aircraft is clearly visible.

    Hmm, those RAF pilots flying low over Wales, wonder if they buzzed by Cho's

    Interesting video from Brazil where two fighter jets passed by at supersonic speed.

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  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 11,505
    edited November 2020
    Mystiarra said:

    jack flash sat on a candlestick,  why would anyone do that?  is he the same jack who was nimble and quick?

    People get their jollies in all sorts of interesting ways.indecision  In the grand scheme of things, candles aren't really so weird.  Just ask any emergency room doctor.  But make sure to blow the candle out first.  External scorching is tolerable but you really really don't want internal explosions.surprise

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  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,583
    Mystiarra said:

    jack flash sat on a candlestick,  why would anyone do that?  is he the same jack who was nimble and quick?

    People get their jollies in all sorts of interesting ways.indecision  Candles aren't really so weird.  But make sure to blow them out first.  You really really don't want internal explosions.surprise

    Good point, they never said it was a lit candle.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    clips i watched recently mentioned hypersonic speeds. 
    cant decide if the F22 is a sexi jet, or just creepy?

  • carrie58carrie58 Posts: 3,982

    From Wikipedia,

    A candlestick, chamberstick, or candelabrum (plural: candelabra) is a device used to hold a candle in place.

    So sitting on a candlestick wouldn't involve flame ,if the candle wasn't in it .

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,040
    edited November 2020

    [sport]

    ...Wisconsin Badgers are demolishing Michigan at the "Big House" in Ann Arbor MI:  49 - 11.

    [/sport]

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