Random Rants LXXII - What is wrong with us?

[Arakhor]

Measure your waist just above the hips - it's probably going to be wider than 76 cm by itself.

 

[choxorn]

My issue with pants was usually more along the lines of "Why the hell are there literally no pants with an inseam smaller than 32 inches now the ends of the legs are dragging under my heels"

 

[Valka D'Ur]

You guys need to shop at Grace Brothers.

[Mr Grainger]"Don't worry if the sleeves/shirt/trousers are a bit long. You'll find that they'll ride up with wear."[/Mr Grainger]

 

[GoodSarmatian]

Just got home from a party and I just now realized I squandered an opportunity
for a....sparring session. Makes me a bit angry.
It's OK...it's OK...
Not really OK.
Third time this year that I was a COMPLETE IDIOT STUPID PERSON !

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Rant: I decided to get takeout tonight. When the delivery arrived I noticed that one of the fruit juices I'd ordered wasn't there. The driver phoned in to let his supervisor know there was a problem, and they should call me.

The driver isn't the rant part of this - he was super-helpful. But when I checked the rest of the order, I found that the meal that the missing juice was included in wasn't there, either.

This outfit has occasionally made mistakes before - omitted smaller things like the toast, or substituted honey-mustard for strawberry jam. But now they're omitting entire meals (I usually get several in the same order, since that's enough to do me for several days).

Anyway, the good part about this is that they refunded not only the cost of the meal, but also the cost of the delivery and tip. So that's actually a rather generous resolution to this.

But I would have liked that cranberry juice...

 

[The_J]

Just got home from a party and I just now realized I squandered an opportunity
for a....sparring session. Makes me a bit angry.
It's OK...it's OK...
Not really OK.
Third time this year that I was a COMPLETE IDIOT STUPID PERSON !

Oh boy, I'm feeling with you .
Happened also twice this year already to me.
The worst part is sometimes not the not getting to do it, but wondering how the hell you managed to miss it.
Next time... next time will work better.



EDIT: To the rest of the previous conversation: I really wonder how you guys can have so small hips. Yes, you're not fat, but you have bones, right?

 

[Lohrenswald]

EDIT: To the rest of the previous conversation: I really wonder how you guys can have so small hips. Yes, you're not fat, but you have bones, right?

Cfcers are mollusks

 

[GoodSarmatian]

The worst part is sometimes not the not getting to do it, but wondering how the hell you managed to miss it.
Next time... next time will work better.

That's easy to explain. I can't really flirt wthout at least a little bit of alcohol and mood enhancers, but only a little bit too much makes me too oblivious to to notice when it's going well.

 

[Kyriakos]

This is still CFC and not SFC, right? ^_^

 

[Lohrenswald]

Enormous divirging from my previous posts in the thread:

I was a bit earlier, and to some extent also yesterday, hysterically panicking about university.
My progression has now gotten so low I technically can lose my study right.

Seemingly it's not a huge problem; there are ways to accommodate, and I'm even allowed to reapply if I get thrown out, but I still feel uneasy about everything.

Thing is, people keep telling me I seem better (less depressed and so on), but I think that's mostly due to that I've kept away from most things that depress and stress me lately, which is chiefly the university, and also thanks to antidepressives.

This kinda makes me sad, because if I have been getting better, I no longer have an excuse to fail anymore, but I feel like I'd crack under the pressure immidiatly if I try to go back now. I could delay returning until spring, but I kinda assume I'd feel exactly the same when that comes too.

What am I supposed to tell the study councilor?

I'm like supposed to be a grown man, why am I such a talentless baby

 

[Takhisis]

Lohren-san, this is not one of my jokesy posts. I know you have it in you to do something worth doing with your life. The only way I myself found to get through it was to drop out, re-enroll for a different degree (losing over a year's worth of studies!) and start over. Last month, as I posted in the Raves thread, I managed to finally graduate. You'll find a way. Sometimes the path requires that you give up. Other times it requires, well, that you give up on giving up.

If that place is bad for you perhaps you could study somewhere else… and also don't give up on the antidepressives.

What am I supposed to tell the study councilor?

All that you posted above. And work from there.

 

[JohannaK]

I graduated myself this year, a year after I was due and after dropping out of Civil Engineering. There is a way.

 

[Kyriakos]

Enormous divirging from my previous posts in the thread:

I was a bit earlier, and to some extent also yesterday, hysterically panicking about university.
My progression has now gotten so low I technically can lose my study right.

Seemingly it's not a huge problem; there are ways to accommodate, and I'm even allowed to reapply if I get thrown out, but I still feel uneasy about everything.

Thing is, people keep telling me I seem better (less depressed and so on), but I think that's mostly due to that I've kept away from most things that depress and stress me lately, which is chiefly the university, and also thanks to antidepressives.

This kinda makes me sad, because if I have been getting better, I no longer have an excuse to fail anymore, but I feel like I'd crack under the pressure immidiatly if I try to go back now. I could delay returning until spring, but I kinda assume I'd feel exactly the same when that comes too.

What am I supposed to tell the study councilor?

I'm like supposed to be a grown man, why am I such a talentless baby

You could take time off. I did take one year off, and ended up graduating as well (though after that i just couldn't continue for an MA due to my psychological state, so it was only a half-won battle).
At any rate: take care of the depression, cause it won't go away on its own and you really don't want to have to deal with it 20 years down the line...

 

[sophie]

So lovely things happened today in Chicago today

1) A black man was shot three times in the back in South Shore after police officers confronted him due to seeing him "exhibiting characteristics of an armed person," whatever the hell that means. Apparently the 2nd amendment constitutes probable cause in this case. The police are reporting "a weapon was recovered at the scene." Sure it was.

2) A black woman had the cops called on her at a CVS on the North Side because an employee didn't recognize her manufacturer-issued coupon and suspected it was, therefore, a forgery. At least she didn't get shot.

God, just burn the whole thing down.

 

[r16]

easy with the sentiment as it is like what the "White Majority" that brought Trump is charge might like . See what Democratic desires have done to Turkey of old .

 

[Morty]

I think I might be slightly wider at the waist now, but for long enough I had a 31" inside leg and only a 30" waist.

As a tall person (6ft 6in) for many years my waist was less than my 38'' inside leg! When I left uni 20-something years ago I think I was still around a 32'' waist - good living has meant that it's significantly more than that now.

 

[Arakhor]

Good eateries in Durham, eh?

 

[Synobun]

As a tall person (6ft 6in) for many years my waist was less than my 38'' inside leg! When I left uni 20-something years ago I think I was still around a 32'' waist - good living has meant that it's significantly more than that now.

32" is really thin at that height, no? My friend who is 6'7" wears 36/40 and he isn't particularly wide in stature.

 

[Arakhor]

30" is not exactly average at merely 5' 10".

 

[Morty]

Good eateries in Durham, eh?

Midlands born & bred - moved up north for the "exercise" many years ago!

@Synsensa - yes I was really scrawny at that age, now struggling to keep it at 40''