Random Rants ΠΑ: That's a paddlin'

[Takhisis]

Oh, that reminds me. Are you in any way related to the user ‘Syn’ who logs in when I play to wish defeat upon me?

 

[Synobun]

Can't be. I'm a sweet pea.

 

[Takhisis]

Ah, ok. Must be a case of homonymy.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Rant: My cat decided to use my shoe as a litterbox.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Rant: I need to go to work tomorrow !!!!

Also I'm hungry , Ideally I would like a pizza now (but I shouldn't eat that late). I guess a few slices of cheese could not hurt though ...

I have 3 pizzas in my fridge. Two are pepperoni/tomato and the other has pepperoni, sausage, black olives, and tomato. Feel free to imagine how good they taste.

I love sleeping. I was going to stay up, but I think I'll go to bed and cuddle my penguin.

*takes a head count of my 24 plush penguins to see if any of them have run away from home*

 

[AdamCrock]

I have 3 pizzas in my fridge. Two are pepperoni/tomato and the other has pepperoni, sausage, black olives, and tomato. Feel free to imagine how good they taste.

Pepperoni is my favourite, especially with red beans. In fact I ordered myself one yesterday to cheer myself up and it worked

*takes a head count of my 24 plush penguins to see if any of them have run away from home*

Now THAT's a cuddlin' !

 

[MaryKB]

Pepperoni ... ewwwwww!

I love spinach on my pizzas, and I'm also fond of red onions, green peppers, black olives, and feta cheese.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Now THAT's a cuddlin' !

I don't sleep with them! They sit on several shelves in my living room and hallway, biding their time until the Great Penguin Takeover comes.

The only time I sleep with a stuffed animal is when Maddy has just eaten and decides she'd like to cuddle with me.

 

[MaryKB]

Well I sleep with my penguin, I hold him between my arms and pressed against my chest.

 

[rah]

What is wrong with young people? Why must they use their phones while walking in crowds and not pay attention to whats going on around them.
Yesterday a girl was chatting while walking off the train platform and some guy just walked up to her and grabbed her phone and took off.
Today some well dressed guy was chatting (I assume about work) and just walked right into a pillar. His phone dropped and shattered.
I always yell at my daughter because she likes to call and chat while walking home from work. Not the smartest thing to do in Chicago.
Get you faces out of your phones and smell the roses.

 

[Lexicus]

What is wrong with young people?

I prefer the term "dumb people" and, well, question answered

FYI, it's perfectly fine to be on your phone while on the move but you have to pay attention to what's going on around you. I do this all the time and have never run into a pillar or had anyone get under my radar to steal my stuff.

 

[rah]

While I'm teasing my daughter about walking and talking she teases me about keeping my phone in my briefcase, turned off.
I have never lost, had stolen, or broken one. She can not say the same.

 

[MaryKB]

While I'm teasing my daughter about walking and talking she teases me about keeping my phone in my briefcase, turned off.
I have never lost, had stolen, or broken one. She can not say the same.

To me, this sounds like basic victim blaming. She didn't make someone steal her phone, that's on whomever did it. You're confusing your fortune with not being robbed with some sort of merit on your part. Someone could very easily walk up and steal your suitcase. Just because it's never happened to you doesn't mean anything (it's like that analogy where the first five people in a game of "Russian Roulette" say "I pulled the trigger and nothing happened, so you're going to be fine!")

Why must old people always be like "Those stupid youths, doing things differently than I do!"?

 

[AdamCrock]

While I'm teasing my daughter about walking and talking she teases me about keeping my phone in my briefcase, turned off.
I have never lost, had stolen, or broken one. She can not say the same.

That's a proper way to treat a phone. Locked away and turned off Not only it's safer to walk the streets but no one bothers You unexpectedly

 

[rah]

MK, It's much harder to be robbed on the street if you have situational awareness.
People chatting on the phone while walking have none.
If you consider that victim blaming, then yes, I'm victim blaming.
I'm not claiming that my method is any guarantee, but it increases the odds considerably.

 

[Lexicus]

I'm not claiming that my method is any guarantee, but it increases the odds considerably.

It also turns your phone into literal dead weight lol

 

[MaryKB]

Considering you say you keep your phone locked up and turned off, you don't seem to have enough relational experience to suggest to me how I should use mine. Your "advice" sounds much more like a value judgement than anything else.

You seem to be out of touch with the importance of modern cell phone usage.

 

[rah]

I carry it for emergencies so I wouldn't consider it dead weight. If I'm travelling I turn it on.
And if you're carrying a brief case, the added weight is quite negligible.

And if you think my saying that when you're walking around in a crowded city requires some situational awareness to avoid some bad things happening is a value judgement, you'd be right.

 

[Lexicus]

And if you think my saying that when you're walking around in a crowded city requires some situational awareness to avoid some bad things happening is a value judgement, you'd be right.

But you're wrong that talking on the phone necessarily means having no situational awareness. Though I will say that I don't use headphones when I talk on the phone.

 

[BenitoChavez]

Walking and talking to someone on the phone doesn't seem that different from walking and talking to someone right next to you. It's pretty normal behavior in my opinion and most people are perfectly capable walking and talking at the same time. So yeah, the girl who got her phone stolen, that isn't her fault. The guy who walked into a poll, well that's entirely on him