Random Rants 91 - Semiprimal Rage

[Kaitzilla]

I happily bought an overpriced video card 4 days ago, and cryptocurrency prices have since fallen 20%.

Crypto miners don't know who they are messing with.

 

[Zkribbler]

Still waiting for my California recall ballot

 

[Ajidica]

Still waiting for my California recall ballot

Clear example of MASSIVE CHEETING!!!

Wonder what would happen if you contacted the California GOP about how a proud patriotic American was unable to vote because of the liberal globalist conspiracy?

 

[Zkribbler]

Clear example of MASSIVE CHEETING!!!

A clear example of Covid 19 adding more snail to our snail mail.

Wonder what would happen if you contacted the California GOP ...

I'm pretty sure they been disbanded due to lack of interested.

 

[Farm Boy]

The heat just kicked on. Oofda.

 

[amadeus]

2019: boy this year sucked can’t wait for next year

coronavirus

2020: well next year the vaccine will be out and I can go back to normal

coronavirus: firmware update

2021: ok maybe medical science can get us out of this

Seth Rogen to voice Donkey Kong in ‘Mario’ movie

oh no

 

[Hygro]

oh yeah

 

[El_Machinae]

And Anya Taylor-Joy is playing another kidnapped character ...

 

[Broken_Erika]

Hopefully it will be better than the last Super Mario Brothers movie.

 

[amadeus]

oh yeah

Cynicism? Maybe.

Here’s what I expect: Donkey Kong will be a sarcastic underachiever that breaks the fourth wall to make a “risqué” joke about “magic mushrooms.”

GET IT?
HE MEANS DRUGS.
THERE ARE MUSHROOMS IN MARIO THAT MAKE HIM BIG; THERE ARE ALSO MUSHROOMS PEOPLE EAT AS ILLEGAL DRUGS. THAT’S WHAT MAKES THE JOKE.

 

[Takhisis]

I like a couple of Seth Rogen's films, actually. One had Barbra Streisand ( ), in another he just voiced a teddy bear, and in one he was high but actually acknowledged that all the drugs made Seth('s character) an idiot.

 

[Farm Boy]

THERE ARE MUSHROOMS IN MARIO THAT MAKE HIM BIG; THERE ARE ALSO MUSHROOMS PEOPLE EAT AS ILLEGAL DRUGS. THAT’S WHAT MAKES THE JOKE.

There are also mushroom people Yoshi eats?

Or maybe they turn into the mushrooms like reverse Warhammer Greenskins?

Maybe Mario is just hallucinating and going on a stalker mass murder spree, feeding his victims to his dog.

 

[Broken_Erika]

relevant to current discussion

 

[amadeus]

Movies aside, I have a dentist appointment in a few hours. Boring details to follow.

I’ve explained this before, but I believe a quirk in the Japanese national healthcare system is that there is a maximum insurance disbursement for outpatient doctor visits, so appointments may be spread out over several visits if it is something that can’t be finished in the allotted time.

That being the case, if I’m not all fixed up today I might be headed back there again for another visit soon. The problem is way in the back, so if they’re just going to root canal ‘em and pop them out, whatever. The same thing happened a few years ago on the other side, but they had a tough time trying to break it up.

I’m getting ahead of myself—no idea if they can be capped, and even last time I got a cap I just went for the cheapo ones. They’re silver? Anyway, I had my choice of the silver metal or some kind of porcelain or something, but they warned me that they’re more fragile and not covered by insurance; so given the options of strong and insured versus brittle and expensive, you can imagine which way I went.

Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on them. Where was I? Oh yeah, so I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time...

 

[Takhisis]

Hey, silver teeth at the back can actually look cool.

I hope that this does not disrupt your pictoric art series.

 

[amadeus]

Hey, silver teeth at the back can actually look cool.

I hope that this does not disrupt your pictoric art series.

Some of that’s already in the can, just needs to be processed—that is, resizing and framing the pictures and applying the low-color palette to save on bandwidth. Every kilobyte counts! I started out with a 14.4 modem, so the difference between a 250kb file and a 20kb file was measured in minutes.

As long as they’re generally straight and clean, the silver doesn’t bother me. I’m like a discount cyborg.

 

[Takhisis]

I started out with a 14.4 modem, so the difference between a 250kb file and a 20kb file was measured in minutes.

Hey! I am one of those people who can still use DOS commands. We just flat-out didn't have Internets in those far-off days.

 

[amadeus]

Hey! I am one of those people who can still use DOS commands. We just flat-out didn't have Internets in those far-off days.

I remember that. We got Windows 3.1 later on, but I never understood why some programs ran just fine but others had to exit Windows. Windows wasn’t even an OS then, just a shell.

Anyway, I’m back from the dentist and yes, I will need to go back twice in October for follow-up appointments. Root canal!

That’s not my complaint. My complaint now is that I’m hungry and I’m still waiting for the dental anathehtic (I can’t spell, still under the influence) to wear off a bit so I can fill my gut.

Why is it that most days I have breakfast earlier than I did today, have lunch later, and the day that I can’t eat when I want is the day I get hungry before 1:00? Only got about a half hour left, I think.

edit: it is now 46 minutes later and it hasn't completely worn off yet, but I can however taste whatever thing was used, and it tastes like pine needles. Blech, yeck.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Eat ice cream!

 

[amadeus]

Eat ice cream!

The main surgery is in a couple weeks. Today was just getting the area ready.

My tongue is still a bit numb almost four hours later. Will wear off soon enough though.