Random Rants LXIV: Who's Acting Like a Child Now?
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gay_Aleks
from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!
You can't burn a sentence!
Not on the Internet, at least. Definitely not so on CFC. There's rules and all.
Not on the Internet, at least. Definitely not so on CFC. There's rules and all.
Nice post Owen
rant: I want the Massdrop K7XX headphones, but I already have two pairs of headphones and can't justify it. Also, they're $200, which is exactly what I now owe a mechanic for car repair.
rant: I want the Massdrop K7XX headphones, but I already have two pairs of headphones and can't justify it. Also, they're $200, which is exactly what I now owe a mechanic for car repair.
gay_Aleks
from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!
can't you sell the one pair
I mean, maybe. But then I'm hearing all these conflicting reviews saying mine are better. Like the DT990 is more comfortable for glasses (I have glasses, and the 990s aren't great for comfort to begin with) and that it either is or is not a significant upgrade to the HD598.
Anyway, I need to budget this $200 headphone money into a HOTAS or steering wheel to go with my rift, so it's ridiculous to think about it anyway. But I still want it.
Anyway, I need to budget this $200 headphone money into a HOTAS or steering wheel to go with my rift, so it's ridiculous to think about it anyway. But I still want it.
Phrossack
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While I don't do LPs, you'll be glad to know that in my campaign as the Kurfürstentum Köln in the Dreißigjährigen Krieg mod for M2:TW, I'm tidying up the messy borders of the HRE. Most of Westfalen is now unified. But there are still stupid little enclaves/exclaves everywhere.
Rant: Had a big scare with my elderly dog. She fell down, crapped herself, and couldn't get up. It could have been a stroke, but it seems she lost her footing on hardwood and got scared.
Even so, she could go any day now. Won't be long. Makes me wonder if getting a dog is worth it--or getting attached to anyone or anything, for that matter.
Damn... just noticed this, I was in Ohio yesterday... If I had known you accepted I would have seen if we could have met up to celebrate
Rant: I went to an old friend's birthday party, drank a little bit, and left depressed. I think it was because most people ignored me for a majority of the time I spent there. Got maybe two conversations out of five hours.
Friend I talked to about things said he understood, but hasn't changed behavior since. Seems like people don't want to acknowledge me, or something ( like this post probably won't get responses, I've used up my sympathy here). Or maybe I'm giving off a vibe that pushes people away. I don't know. All I know is my attempts at getting out have left me depressed, my being alone has left me depressed. Is there no answer to this?
Happiest moment I've had all day is when I went to the dentist office to get my teeth cleaned. Everyone was kind and courteous to me, and that left me smiling.
Friend I talked to about things said he understood, but hasn't changed behavior since. Seems like people don't want to acknowledge me, or something ( like this post probably won't get responses, I've used up my sympathy here). Or maybe I'm giving off a vibe that pushes people away. I don't know. All I know is my attempts at getting out have left me depressed, my being alone has left me depressed. Is there no answer to this?
Happiest moment I've had all day is when I went to the dentist office to get my teeth cleaned. Everyone was kind and courteous to me, and that left me smiling.
JohannaK
Heroically Clueless
Oh, the solitude of parties. You've used up nothing. I with I had words of encouragement but I'm braindead right now.
I don't want to trivialize what you're going through right now, nor do I have any perspective on your issues specifically, but in my experience, party conversations are extremely hit-or-miss almost regardless of the people that are there, and frankly, two conversations out of five hours isn't half bad, especially if the food and drink are good.
In my experience, parties suck as places to have meaningful social interactions, especially if there is a lot of music and dancing and if there are a lot of uninteresting normal people there. Occasionally I manage to break through the wall of small talk and have interesting conversations, but it's much more the exception than the rule. The rule is standing around awkwardly and drinking, but not really breaking through to good times at any amount of alcohol unless the universe's random number generator is feeling generous.
as usual, history-related clickbait annoys me more than regular clickbait
protip: "world's largest empire" in the thirteenth century would have to have been a damn sight larger than 1901 km2, you semiliterate sacks of cum
thank goodness the article included a decent number of quotes from the actual archaeologists and historians involved in the research, and from individuals in the field
protip: "world's largest empire" in the thirteenth century would have to have been a damn sight larger than 1901 km2, you semiliterate sacks of cum
thank goodness the article included a decent number of quotes from the actual archaeologists and historians involved in the research, and from individuals in the field
azzaman333
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In my experience, you have to keep trying to get out and socialise. Sometimes it will backfire and the whole thing will just suck, and a lot of the time you'll feel like crap after it. But isolating yourself just leads to a downward spiral where you're pretty much always guaranteed to feel like crap because you're alone and you had the opportunity not to be, and you can't blame anyone but yourself for it.
Don't give up. Keep going out, keep posting, keep interacting, you're going to connect, you just have to keep making the effort, even when it does not seem to be producing any results.
hobbsyoyo
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Joe - you're a really cool, sociable guy. I thoroughly enjoyed hanging out with you brah. I think everyone above hit the nail on the head wrt to parties. Oh and if your friend still ignores you (which is what I took to mean he didn't change after you talked to him) then you need a new friend. Easier said than done but still.
Rant: The week after my car arrived in LA from MO, the power steering went out. It began leaking all manner of fluids as well even after all the power steering fluid drained out. This meant it was a joy to drive on the highway and park on the street with no a/c, no radio, no power steering and with an engine that could barely maintain 65 mph. I can't even blame the car carrier company because it took almost a full week for the power steering to go out (and the hole in the system was big enough to drain the power steering in hours, not days) and it's a 21 year old car.
But things did get better.
Rant: The week after my car arrived in LA from MO, the power steering went out. It began leaking all manner of fluids as well even after all the power steering fluid drained out. This meant it was a joy to drive on the highway and park on the street with no a/c, no radio, no power steering and with an engine that could barely maintain 65 mph. I can't even blame the car carrier company because it took almost a full week for the power steering to go out (and the hole in the system was big enough to drain the power steering in hours, not days) and it's a 21 year old car.
But things did get better.
Okay, so whatever doubts I had, I had to go there anyway to meet the truck. So I did.
Because the 700 meters road was too bad for even my craziness, I took another road, which is 2.4 km, but more even. And still it's a clay mud road, and it's been raining.
I made it. There and back again. And won standing ovation from the guys at the car wash where I headed immediately after. They even took pictures of my car.
So, because there are pictures of my dirty car taken by random people on the Internet anyway, I guess you're welcome to have your fun of them as well. Enjoy.
Spoiler :
Spoiler :
Needless to say, the trucker didn't even try to go there, and said he won't until it's completely dry. So, that's a rant.
Nah. Direct upload.
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