Useless Conversation

[Strazos]

Driving in Africa - there are no rules.

[Samwise]

Guys.  GUYS.  I propose a new Internet holiday.  Cousin to April Fool's, except instead of posting fake news, everyone who's in on it reposts OLD news and/or memes as if seeing them for the first time.

This thought was inspired by a bunch of friends of mine picking up a year-old story on a Prop 8 ruling, getting excited about it because they either hadn't seen it the first time around or had forgotten it, and reposting it (and it getting carried from there).  I am imagining this happening on a larger scale and I am entertained.

Slowpoke Day?
Time Warp Day?
The Feast Day of St. Bloodworth?

Is this insanity, or genius?  I can't tell but I'm excited either way.

[HaemishM]

The Feast Day of St. Bloodworth?

Bloodworstivus?

[Engels]

St. Bloodworth's day is awesome. Lets make our own fellow F13er a tired Internet meme!

[Chimpy]

I second (third?) the St. Bloodworth's Day naming.

[Salamok]

Mr. B's birthday?  Almost feel like the topics should be restricted to beta announcements for games long dead...

[Ingmar]

Now I have Mr. B's Ballroom stuck in my head.

[Samwise]

I think it should be celebrated on Groundhog Day.  Yes?

[Furiously]

The day after! That way we can post groundhog day stuff!

[Ingmar]

I think it should be April 2nd.

[ghost]

Maybe it should be exactly 6 months opposite from Festivus.  To spread the cheer.

[rattran]

I wholly support St Bloodworth's Day.

[Lantyssa]

I second (third?) the St. Bloodworth's Day naming.

I second this.  (Again.)

I think it should be celebrated on Groundhog Day.  Yes?

That's my day.

[Samwise]

I think it should be celebrated on Groundhog Day.  Yes?

That's my day.

Groundhog Day seems like the perfect day... but I hate to see a sad panda.  Is that your birthday?

[Yegolev]

[JWIV]

Guys.  GUYS.  I propose a new Internet holiday.  Cousin to April Fool's, except instead of posting fake news, everyone who's in on it reposts OLD news and/or memes as if seeing them for the first time.

This thought was inspired by a bunch of friends of mine picking up a year-old story on a Prop 8 ruling, getting excited about it because they either hadn't seen it the first time around or had forgotten it, and reposting it (and it getting carried from there).  I am imagining this happening on a larger scale and I am entertained.

Slowpoke Day?
Time Warp Day?
The Feast Day of St. Bloodworth?

Is this insanity, or genius?  I can't tell but I'm excited either way.

Since an April Fools news story about the LHC has been shitting up various places this week, I support this idea.

[Sky]

Folks, I have an idea. We should have a day where we repost old news and memes as if they're new and we're seeing them for the first time.

We could name it after Bloodworth.

[Merusk]

Damnit, Sky, that's a brilliant idea!

[Samwise]

[Sjofn]

Everyone tell Ingmar that if he insists on continuing his "we don't USE the heater in THIS household" policy, that he should buy me a FUCKING SPACE HEATER for my FUCKING BIRTHDAY so I don't FREEZE TO DEATH.

[Furiously]

You should put on a sweater.

[Sjofn]

Any more layers and I'm going to look like that poor kid from A Christmas Story.

[Furiously]

Ralphie looked cute like that!

[proudft]

Aw, you're finally a true Californian!

[Sky]

Everyone tell Ingmar that if he insists on continuing his "we don't USE the heater in THIS household" policy, that he should buy me a FUCKING SPACE HEATER for my FUCKING BIRTHDAY so I don't FREEZE TO DEATH.

Besides, it will broaden his shoulders and tighten his midsection. 

[Trippy]

Post of pic of a thermometer showing the current inside temp. I know lots of women who think anything below around 70 F is "freezing".

[ghost]

Post of pic of a thermometer showing the current inside temp. I know lots of women who think anything below around 70 F is "freezing".

Below 70 is pretty damned chilly. 

[Trippy]

[Sjofn]

Post of pic of a thermometer showing the current inside temp. I know lots of women who think anything below around 70 F is "freezing".

Let us put it this way. It is 44 degrees outside. We literally have no heat. At ALL. And California has no goddamn idea how to INSULATE PROPERLY. I am PRETTY FUCKING CERTAIN it's cold in this goddamn apartment.

Besides, it will broaden his shoulders and tighten his midsection.  

You make a convincing argument.  

[Trippy]

Aren't you supposed to be some sort of giant Norse goddess? Isn't this like Summer time weather for you?

(I agree if there's no heat at all in the house that would be pretty cold)

[Sjofn]

I wish I WAS actually a Norse goddess, this shit would be fine.

Oddly, when I'm back in NJ and traipsing around in 20 degree weather, I feel fine. I assume because I get to go inside and warm up once I DO get cold. THERE IS NO ESCAPE IN THIS APARTMENT.


I'm going to go put my icy claws on Ingmar's back now.

[Lantyssa]

Groundhog Day seems like the perfect day... but I hate to see a sad panda.  Is that your birthday?

Maybe.  Groundhog Day would actually be perfect for this.

[Merusk]

I don't understand the latest round of spam bots that scrape quotes off the web then post them.  None of them have any links or sigs. Very odd.

[Lantyssa]

Proof of concept?  Shitty programming?  Bored internet citizen?

[Chimpy]

So I had Comcast install Internet and basic cable yesterday ($39.99 for Internet plus the cable a month for a year and the internet is about 4 x faster each way than the dsl I had for that price). The stupid cable box makes me angry in two ways at the moment:
1) when I hit the channel button on my tv's remote, it sends a series of 8 s to the box, changing the channel.
2) on the on demand sections there is no way to go back to the previous menu level, you have to exit out and go back in.

I am also mildly annoyed that if I want the hd broadcasts that I could get locally I have to pay Comcast 8 bucks month more plus a $20 activation fee. Shit that is broadcast over the air should be forwarded to the customer the same way at not extra cost IMO .