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05-03-2011 , 01:17 PM
yeah i get compare versions and when i click it it shows me what you changed.

i remember some mod saying that mods could view edit history for all posts but that's the first time i've ever seen a link i could click so i was wondering what was up with that. it would kind of seem to defeat the purpose of mod editing if anyone could view the original post.
05-03-2011 , 01:19 PM
we can't.
05-03-2011 , 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by divides_by_zero
Man, drinking socially is fun but it sucks when you have to go back to your hotel room alone and then are stuck contemplating your life and life's direction. Goddammit I need to find a socially acceptable drug that keeps me from thinking so much.
I read all the replies about trying different drugs and it occurred to me... maybe deep down there's something nagging you about your life and its direction that you're thinking about? Better to deal with it now than ignore it and be forced to face it at a much more critical juncture.
05-03-2011 , 01:52 PM
or you can drink more
05-03-2011 , 01:54 PM
wait, are outies bad???
05-03-2011 , 01:55 PM
in the end, yes.
05-03-2011 , 01:57 PM
Sexy springy dresses ftw. Weird belly button and Weird elbows though.
05-03-2011 , 01:58 PM
i recommend prescription painkillers for a socially acceptable drug that won't make you think. i've been taking a ****ton of oxycodone the last couple weeks because my jaw hurts like hell (think i might be getting arthritis ) and all i can think about when i'm on it is sleeping.
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Originally Posted by supafrey
we can't.
ty
05-03-2011 , 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by nath
I read all the replies about trying different drugs and it occurred to me... maybe deep down there's something nagging you about your life and its direction that you're thinking about? Better to deal with it now than ignore it and be forced to face it at a much more critical juncture.
Oh I already know what's nagging me about my life. :-)

I'm not really trying different drugs - the adderall is prescribed for my adhd and the drinking was just cuz I was down in the hotel bar and people were cool and the game was on. But then I had to return to empty quiet hotel room and it was quiet with no one to talk to and a friend had posted on facebook about going after your dreams so it was just an emo moment.
05-03-2011 , 02:01 PM
So at Stapes this AM I'm at the checkout. My stuff has been put in a bag and is sitting on the counter while my credit card is being authorized. I see the cashier reach for some coupon/advertisement flier bull**** that I don't want, so I pick up the bag so they can't be stuffed in there. Turns out that wasn't her plan - when my credit card receipt is printed, she staples the ads/fliers/whatever to it and hands the mess to me. I chuckle, tear my receipt off the bull****, drop the bull**** on the counter and peace out. Douchey? Totally inappropriate to staple crap to my receipt, right?
05-03-2011 , 02:04 PM
Kinda douchey on your part. I'm sure it's just company policy and she knows nobody wants that **** but she has to do it anyway and leaving it on the counter for her to have to throw away is sorta dick.

It seems like I've been seeing a lot of stores do the "staple crap to your receipt" thing lately. That combined with the coupons that come out attached to receipts or the 10 inches of text outlining their online survey or whatever and you're walking out with a lot of needlessly dead trees. I thought going green was supposed to be the new hip thing for businesses? Apparently receipts don't count.
05-03-2011 , 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Phildo
i recommend prescription painkillers for a socially acceptable drug that won't make you think. i've been taking a ****ton of oxycodone the last couple weeks because my jaw hurts like hell (think i might be getting arthritis ) and all i can think about when i'm on it is sleeping.

ty
It's not because of arthritis, you're jaw is just sore.

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Originally Posted by LFS
So at Stapes this AM I'm at the checkout. My stuff has been put in a bag and is sitting on the counter while my credit card is being authorized. I see the cashier reach for some coupon/advertisement flier bull**** that I don't want, so I pick up the bag so they can't be stuffed in there. Turns out that wasn't her plan - when my credit card receipt is printed, she staples the ads/fliers/whatever to it and hands the mess to me. I chuckle, tear my receipt off the bull****, drop the bull**** on the counter and peace out. Douchey? Totally inappropriate to staple crap to my receipt, right?
Douchebag, just tell the cashier you don't want the coupons.
05-03-2011 , 02:10 PM
i've had tmj disorder for years. i ate a bagel a couple weeks ago and it was incredibly painful. i haven't been able to eat anything that requires serious chewing since. it may or may not be arthritis but i don't think my jaw is just sore.
05-03-2011 , 02:11 PM
I'm trying to say that you suck a lot of dicks.
05-03-2011 , 02:13 PM
She stapled that **** on there before I realized what she was going to do. I feel like saying "hey I don't want that ****" would've been pretty dickish too. I think I was put in the position where the only non-dick move would be to just accept the crap and throw it out on my own, and **** that ****.
05-03-2011 , 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by divides_by_zero
Kinda douchey on your part. I'm sure it's just company policy and she knows nobody wants that **** but she has to do it anyway and leaving it on the counter for her to have to throw away is sorta dick.

It seems like I've been seeing a lot of stores do the "staple crap to your receipt" thing lately. That combined with the coupons that come out attached to receipts or the 10 inches of text outlining their online survey or whatever and you're walking out with a lot of needlessly dead trees. I thought going green was supposed to be the new hip thing for businesses? Apparently receipts don't count.
Yeah this. Our stores actually get in trouble if not enough people fill out our surveys to make the result statistically significant or whatever, so we've taken to stapling extra **** to your receipt to remind you to take the survey that we stapled onto your receipt. Sorry. Don't take it out on the cashier.
05-03-2011 , 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Omar Comin
I'm trying to say that you suck a lot of dicks.
yeah this gay porn career turned out to be way more hazardous than i thought
05-03-2011 , 02:15 PM
I run into similar situations to LFS at the self checkout. People are always leaving behind their receipts and coupons. My take has always been that I feel like I should take mine (recepits obv, 'cause I enter them into my budget tracking stuff) because I don't like leaving trash behind for other people.

It does really annoy me that while we've got all this conversation about paper consumption (including some state mandates to reduce it) and what not- receipts are getting longer and more annoying. If I don't do my entry for a couple days, my wallet is unmanageable and I probably only need like 20% of the information that's on all that paper.
05-03-2011 , 02:24 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by LFS
She stapled that **** on there before I realized what she was going to do. I feel like saying "hey I don't want that ****" would've been pretty dickish too. I think I was put in the position where the only non-dick move would be to just accept the crap and throw it out on my own, and **** that ****.
Dick or not, you just got ****ing owned by the cashier hahahaha. "I'm gonna close the bag before she puts the coupons in". Hahaha.

Last edited by P Chippa; 05-03-2011 at 02:36 PM.
05-03-2011 , 02:31 PM
*shrug*. Nothing wrong with silently pulling the survey off the receipt and putting it on the checkout counter, imo. I'd rather she restaple it on to the next person's receipt instead of wasting another one. I don't see any difference between this and refusing to take a receipt, which I do nearly every time anyways.
05-03-2011 , 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by MicroBob
Thanks for the sympathies. She seems to be handling it pretty well though. Weird how suddenly such a thing can come. She was a little blurry a few days ago, then it was gone completely and she was in the ER wondering wtf was going on.
don't know if she went in immediately (after the blurriness), but that is something one should always do. There are many stories about people who waited losing vision. Farmers who had retinal detachments but finished harvesting and came in the next day - never had their sight restored. Hours are precious in such cases.
05-03-2011 , 02:52 PM
so, while driving today i closed my left eye (the bad one) and drove for a while with just one eye. almost no difference whatsoever from having both open.
05-03-2011 , 03:16 PM
I guess its off-topic. BUT I’ve recently enjoyed improving my English by using some of the various chat sites. Here is my experience. Enjoy.

Chatroulette – random video+audio chat with strangers from all over the world. FREE
+ massive amount of users
+ you never know who you will talk to
+ most popular site
- rare to have a real chat
- no real conversations take place
- every second time you see a naked dude (never a naked chick)


Omegle – random video+audio chat with strangers from all over the world. FREE
+ many users
+ you never know who you will talk to
+ very popular, probably the number 2 site for audio/video chat
- same as for Chatroulette, rare to have a good chat longer than 15 seconds
- no real conversations take place
- lots of naked male skin

Rosetta Stone – random audio chat with people who want to learn languages. REGISTRATION REQUIRED
+ very good site for learning English and other languages
+ have solid conversations with more “serious” and friendly people
+ you can actually help people improve their language skills
+ you can find a partner for all languages: from German to Afrikaans
- error with registrations occurred the first several times
- sometimes difficult to have a conversation because you mostly talk with people who are not good at your particular language
- have to wait to find a conversation partner

Conversationland – audio chat with random people with focus on improving creativity and humor in conversations – REGISTRATION REQUIRED

+ moderated calls (they last 5 minutes each time)
+ you receive written feedback by your call partner after the call to your inbox
+ possible to choose which category you want to train (creativity, humor, etc)
+ focus on having a real conversation to improve conversation skills
- takes time to find a conversation partner in off-hours
- sometimes get matched with the same person again
- need a new Skype account to use the website
- mostly English speaking users

Chatroulette and Omegle are pretty much the same. Loads of users, and you sometimes see seriously funny people. If you want to train a specific language, I would use Rosetta Stone. Conversationland is good for having prolonged conversations if you want to train your conversation skills and get some serious feedback from your partners.

Over and out,
Maxi
05-03-2011 , 03:18 PM
You kept your dominant eye open so your sight shouldn't be affected. People blind in one eye probably don't have that choice.

      
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