Random Rants ΠΓ': Parental guidance required

[Timsup2nothin]

But now I knkw what you think and I cant go to bed in peace!

That's my rant!

You must stay up hitting the refresh button obsessively!

 

[RRRaskolnikov]

Actually that wasn't even a thought, just the proof I am reading the thread. but apologies Jo.

You must stay up hitting the refresh button obsessively!

I am at least

 

[Arakhor]

Tried out an Indian place. They sell sweets too. I asked if they had a menu for the sweets, they said no. I asked if they could tell me what the sweets were, they said no.

So, what do people with food restrictions do? Simply stay clear? I'm starting to think that Vancouver (?) is some nightmarish capitalist dystopia.

 

[Synobun]

So, what do people with food restrictions do? Simply stay clear? I'm starting to think that Vancouver (?) is some nightmarish capitalist dystopia.

I reckon he wasn't willing to answer because I'm boilerplate white boy. The Chinese dim sum places nearby do the same thing. Most places are pretty good but there are some that go hard on catering to their demographic and their demographic only. One of the dim sum places doesn't even provide service or info in English.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I'm starting to think that Vancouver (?) is some nightmarish capitalist dystopia.

I notice that Syn didn't object to this part.

 

[Manfred Belheim]

Things can't be all that bad when your idea of a nightmarish dystopia is not having desserts that cater to your dietary requirements in restaurants. Not really the kind of thing that gripping thrillers would be written about.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Things can't be all that bad when your idea of a nightmarish dystopia is not having desserts that cater to your dietary requirements in restaurants. Not really the kind of thing that gripping thrillers would be written about.

Are you sure?

A terrific, painless blow had flattened him out. Also something had happened inside his head. As his eyes regained their focus he remembered who he was, and where he was, and recognised the face that was gazing into his own; but somewhere or other there was a large patch of emptiness, as though a piece had been taken out of his brain.
‘It will not last,’ said O’Brien. ‘Look me in the eyes. What disease is treated with a gluten-free diet?’
Winston thought. He knew what was meant by gluten-free, and that he himself was not on a gluten-free diet. He also remembered lactose-free and vegan options; but what they were he did not know. In fact he had not been aware that there were any dietary restrictions.
‘I don’t remember.’

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Rant: I didn't know an extracted tooth could make the whole side of my face swell up.

 

[Manfred Belheim]

You really didn't know that?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

They warned me of swelling but I didn't think it'd be this bad.

Rant: My mother managed to completely eff up her cell phone and had to borrow mine to do some important calls. I agreed, on the condition that she not smoke when using it.

Guess what she then went and did? I took it away with her screeching that she was on the phone with the revenue agency. Too bad, I already gave my terms. I'm not having my stuff smell like cigarette smoke too.

EDIT: At least time it isn't a scam. I also refused to give the phone over until I saw the letter that instructed her to call.

 

[shadowplay]

Are you able to take Advil/Ibuprofen? It will help with the swelling.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I took some. It helps.

 

[Broken_Erika]

And nexus updated its site so that i now have to change my username to one that only has letters or numbers with no spaces, periods or any thing else what-so-ever and my password to a "Properly Secure" one(i.e. minimum 12 characters with uppercase, lowercase letters, numbers, 4 egyptian hieroglyphs and the closest number to pi.

 

[cardgame]

My wife's phone gets no cellular reception inside our new apartment. We've never had this issue before and my phone gets great reception. They're almost the same damn phones too, she has a Galaxy S7 and I've got an S8. Really frustrating because we've not budgeted for this but it's kind of critical that her phone work at home. I had hoped to get a longer life out of the phone but we had to replace the screens on both our phones a few months back and the guy completely botched it. My wife's screen is glitching out, my screen has bad burn-in and cloudy camera lenses so we were going to upgrade them sooner or later anyways. I had just hoped it to be a bit later....

Due to the rushed nature of having to replace her phone, I'm going to have to wait longer to upgrade mine than I had anticipated. Oh well; at least it works.

Have you replaced them already? Pixel 3a is super cheap comparatively and still big in features

 

[hobbsyoyo]

No I haven't yet, thanks for the recommendation!

Rant:
This is pretty stupid but I've been using bike gears incorrectly for at least 3 years. I may have done this my whole life but there was a decade where I basically didn't ride and I don't remember how I used the gears before then.

But yeah, I'd use the high gears to climb hills and the low gears on flats. Bonus Stupidity: Even though I can't drive a stick, I do know car gears do not work like this. I don't know where I learned this or if I never learned and just thought that's how it went.

Rave:
Due to fixing the above, I cut my round-trip time to the library from 2.5 hours to 1.5 and I get a much more consistent, even workout at a higher torque level than before.

 

[cardgame]

No I haven't yet, thanks for the recommendation!

Rant:
This is pretty stupid but I've been using bike gears incorrectly for at least 3 years. I may have done this my whole life but there was a decade where I basically didn't ride and I don't remember how I used the gears before then.

But yeah, I'd use the high gears to climb hills and the low gears on flats. Bonus Stupidity: Even though I can't drive a stick, I do know car gears do not work like this. I don't know where I learned this or if I never learned and just thought that's how it went.

Rave:
Due to fixing the above, I cut my round-trip time to the library from 2.5 hours to 1.5 and I get a much more consistent, even workout at a higher torque level than before.

Bruh

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Oh I know! The moment it dawned on me I felt like the world was coming apart. I realized it when I hiked up a hill that was heavily trafficked with mountain bikers and I saw them furious pedaling away at low gear up the hill and I did a spit take out of my canteen.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Clearly things that do not operate on rocket power are beneath the @hobbsyoyo threshhold level of consideration...

 

[Manfred Belheim]

Pacman rant: out of the 62,220 required dots to reach the final screen, I just ate 62,219 of them before running face first into a ghost and losing my last life. How is it possible for anyone outside of a work of fiction to achieve something so poetically awful...

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Pacman rant: out of the 62,220 required dots to reach the final screen, I just ate 62,219 of them before running face first into a ghost and losing my last life. How is it possible for anyone outside of a work of fiction to achieve something so poetically awful...

One dot? One freakin dot??? I admire you for being able to type that rant. I'd have been gnawing on the keyboard.