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Abagadro
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Page 1000 snipe.  |
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
-H.L. Mencken
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schild
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Page 1000 snipe. You're an adult! Act like one! Is Wednesday here yet? |
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apocrypha
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Planes? Shit, I'm terrified to get in my car now!
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1000 pages of this useless shit. Love you guys.  Plus, yeah, credit card companies suck. Has contactless payment started to get big in the US yet? It's taken off here in a big way recently and I have to say I love it, but I'm waiting for the scores of claims from people who do things like travel on public transport and get their cards skimmed in a busy train to start up. |
"Bourgeois society stands at the crossroads, either transition to socialism or regression into barbarism" - Rosa Luxemburg, 1915.
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lamaros
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It's definitely less than 100% but you guys do represent the majority here. It's what makes it nigh impossible to relate to you at times. Certainly explains yalls lack of empathy for others though.
I feel like this sometimes, but I on the whole I think the empathy is about normal for people on here, not different to the general population. 1000 pages of this useless shit. Love you guys. Plus, yeah, credit card companies suck. Has contactless payment started to get big in the US yet? It's taken off here in a big way recently and I have to say I love it, but I'm waiting for the scores of claims from people who do things like travel on public transport and get their cards skimmed in a busy train to start up. We've had it for ages here in Australia, no issues I'm aware of to date. |
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Rendakor
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1000 pages of this useless shit. Love you guys. Plus, yeah, credit card companies suck. Has contactless payment started to get big in the US yet? It's taken off here in a big way recently and I have to say I love it, but I'm waiting for the scores of claims from people who do things like travel on public transport and get their cards skimmed in a busy train to start up. Contactless payment? I've never even heard of that; we did just start getting that Chip thing recently but it seems like more of a hassle than just swiping. |
"i can't be a star citizen. they won't even give me a star green card"
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Chimpy
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Contactless payment has been around in the US for a while.
It was pushed for a little bit about 10-15 years ago then it died down until ApplePay came along and really sped up the implementations. It is still hard to find everywhere and most cards in the US that used to have it no longer do. There was not a huge push, and there was a backlash about how it was pretty simple to skim numbers from people walking by that gave it a bad rap. It is why RFID blocking wallets became so popular a few years ago.
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'Reality' is the only word in the language that should always be used in quotes.
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Strazos
Greetings from the Slave Coast
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The World's Worst Game: Curry or Covid
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Is contactless supposed to be more secure in some way. I'd just as soon stick with the swipe or chip readers.
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Fear the Backstab!
"Plato said the virtuous man is at all times ready for a grammar snake attack." - we are lesion
"Hell is other people." -Sartre
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Morat20
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You should probably think about another option than using that one card for everything.
I have a credit card with a $500 limit that I keep just for that kind of event (seems like it happens about every 4-5th time I order from China). I buy a game on Steam or a book on Kindle every 6 months or so just to keep the account open. --Dave I'm thinking about readjusting my setup. The problem is my credit card (for actual purchases I want to finance for a month or two) is via the same credit union and the same issuing company (Visa) and they tend to lock that one too. I'm thinking about just getting a MC from another bank and using that. As to my family personal drama: The missing spouse has been found, kid alive, Jerry Springer situation confirmed. ("Ran off to start new life, with the chosen kid, and a new love!." New love being former roommate and friend of, of course, the left-behind spouse. Thankfully I know both a good therapist (for the left behind kid and the left behind spouse) and a rather excellent family lawyer. Not only has a solid track record, but is forthright about the difference between "What the law says" and "What happens in practice, with the judges here". No sugarcoating, no promising anything more than he can deliver. Just a solid "Look, with the judges here and your situation, X is the best you can do, but odds are pretty heavy you get Y instead." |
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Cyrrex
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1000 pages...I went back to look where my first post came in this 1000 pages, and it turns out I was motherfucking FIRST. Well, after Schild's initial one, but it counts.
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"...maybe if you cleaned the piss out of the sunny d bottles under your desks and returned em, you could upgrade you vid cards, fucken lusers.." - Grunk
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Morat20
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1000 pages...I went back to look where my first post came in this 1000 pages, and it turns out I was motherfucking FIRST. Well, after Schild's initial one, but it counts.
Truly, a historic achievement. :) |
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Soln
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the opportunity for evil is just delicious
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me too /intothetreehouse
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HaemishM
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the Confederate flag underneath the stone in my class ring
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I checked the date on my first post in this thread. It occurred over 10 years ago.
Fuck.
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RhyssaFireheart
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I came in on page 2, October 5th was the date.
Damn.
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Signe
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Muse.
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Rule number two still confuses me. :(
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My Sig Image: hath rid itself of this mortal coil.
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apocrypha
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Planes? Shit, I'm terrified to get in my car now!
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1000 pages...I went back to look where my first post came in this 1000 pages, and it turns out I was motherfucking FIRST. Well, after Schild's initial one, but it counts.
Truly, a historic achievement. :) An. An historic achievement.  |
"Bourgeois society stands at the crossroads, either transition to socialism or regression into barbarism" - Rosa Luxemburg, 1915.
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schild
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I was 25 when this thread started. Now I've moved three times and Im buying a house.
Say what you will about the internet, its pretty cool that we have a historical record of nonsense.
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Abagadro
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Possibly the only user with more posts in the Den than PC/Console Gaming.
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Looking back on those early pages makes me realize how many old timers don't post much any more. (sad)
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
-H.L. Mencken
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Nebu
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This thread reminds me of how quickly the last 10 years have gone by.
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"Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other."
- Mark Twain
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Merusk
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Meh. We'll all die soon so enjoy the bullshit anyway. |
The past cannot be changed. The future is yet within your power.
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Nebu
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Meh. We'll all die soon so enjoy the bullshit anyway. Good morning sunshine! |
"Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other."
- Mark Twain
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Trippy
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I was 25 when this thread started. Now I've moved three times and Im buying a house.
And am about to get divorced |
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Chimpy
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I love how rule one is broken pretty much all the time.
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'Reality' is the only word in the language that should always be used in quotes.
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Sky
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I love my TV an' hug my TV an' call it 'George'.
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I hadn't started dating my fiancee yet and lived in a ghetto apartment. Now I've owned a house for 8 years and been engaged for 9 years I mean...there was no minecraft back then. I didn't even have a flip phone! The Dark Ages! On credit cards: I find having a strategy works. I use an amazon card as a primary for the sweet free Amazon loots, a balance transfer card that I can shunt the rare overages into (it carries a 0% balance for 1yr on transfers) and a backup card with a low rate and no frills for emergencies. I abused the shit out of the balance transfer card a few years back when I was having budget issues, it was nice to work my way out of debt without paying for it. |
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01101010
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You call it an accident. I call it justice.
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I came into the fray late, but when this thread was started, I was still living on Miami Beach. Since then I have lived in 4 different states and lived with 2 different girlfriends. Older I get the longer the days are and the shorter the years get.
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Does any one know where the love of God goes...When the waves turn the minutes to hours? -G. Lightfoot
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Strazos
Greetings from the Slave Coast
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The World's Worst Game: Curry or Covid
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My first post to this thread was cringe-worthy.  |
Fear the Backstab!
"Plato said the virtuous man is at all times ready for a grammar snake attack." - we are lesion
"Hell is other people." -Sartre
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Signe
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Muse.
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A divorce??  |
My Sig Image: hath rid itself of this mortal coil.
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Paelos
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Error 404: Title not found.
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I was 25, drinking like a fish, caddying at East Lake, and obsessed with WoW when this thread started.
So yeah, pretty much went the other way on most of that now.
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CPA, CFO, Sports Fan, Game when I have the time
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Rasix
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I am the harbinger of your doom!
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I mentioned how much I burped and farted. I haven't shown much character progression in 10 years.
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-Rasix
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Sky
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I love my TV an' hug my TV an' call it 'George'.
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Am I the only person working the same job since the inception of Useless Conversation? As far as bizarre first posts in the thread... But can he mail his own feces in the woods?
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Trippy
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A divorce?? Just a joke for schild leaving out arguably his largest life change since this thread started. Edit: reworded |
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« Last Edit: November 07, 2016, 08:41:09 AM by Trippy »
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Rasix
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I am the harbinger of your doom!
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Am I the only person working the same job since the inception of Useless Conversation? Same company. But at job #5 within the same company. |
-Rasix
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Rendakor
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How are you guys finding your first post here, just going to page 1 and looking by hand? I tried searching but it was only returning 1 post of mine in this thread.
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"i can't be a star citizen. they won't even give me a star green card"
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HaemishM
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the Confederate flag underneath the stone in my class ring
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Am I the only person working the same job since the inception of Useless Conversation? Nope you aren't. Still in the same job for 17 years now. |
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IainC
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This time ten years ago I was married, living in Paris and working on DAoC. Ten years, a separation, several polyamorous relationships and 5 countries later I'm working on the kind of stuff I'd never have even dreamed of back then.
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Trippy
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How are you guys finding your first post here, just going to page 1 and looking by hand? I tried searching but it was only returning 1 post of mine in this thread.
Yes though it's a lot easier for some of us. You can try something like this in Google to narrow things down: site:forums.f13.net "Useless Conversation" Rendakor |
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