Random Rants XXXIX: Coming up with a title is stressful

[ParkCungHee]

Missouri is terrible in every way. Why did anyone invent Missouri?

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

I bleeping hate it when I'm right about missing out on space events. This Sunday is the solar eclipse. My area will catch only parts of it.

The kicker? The weather forecast for that day is CLOUDS!!!

God damn bleeping clouds!

I bleeping predicted it! And a whole god damn month in advance too!

 

[Joecoolyo]

I bleeping predicted it! And a whole god damn month in advance too!

Weather forecasts are only reliable at most a week in advance.

Anything over that decreases in accuracy sharply.

 

[Arakhor]

I can predict wet, miserable weather in Britain six months ahead of time, but I'm not a weather forecaster.

 

[classical_hero]

No, British weather is always wet and miserable. Just like you can proclaim that Perth will be dry in the summer.

 

[Arakhor]

Not always wet and miserable. At the moment, it's dry and miserable!

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

I bleeping hate it when I'm right about missing out on space events. This Sunday is the solar eclipse. My area will catch only parts of it.

The kicker? The weather forecast for that day is CLOUDS!!!

God damn bleeping clouds!

I bleeping predicted it! And a whole god damn month in advance too!

Stop asking for so much snow then. I don't get why someone interested in astronomy would ask for precipitation.

 

[ShahJahanII]

Netflix stops working the day I find a movie on it I want to watch.
Would you believe my luck!

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

Weather forecasts are only reliable at most a week in advance.

Anything over that decreases in accuracy sharply.

My prediction was based on past experiences.

For literally my whole life, every time I try to watch a major celestial event -- EVERY SINGLE TIME -- , It winds up being completely and utterly obscured by clouds.

EVERY.

SINGLE.

TIME.

Stop asking for so much snow then. I don't get why someone interested in astronomy would ask for precipitation.

It's a constant internal war within me.

 

[choxorn]

To avoid clouds, move to a desert or something?

 

[W|M]

If you can, try moving to somewhere which is quite high up like Denver, so that you can avoid the lower and thicker clouds.

Or you could move to La Paz, Bolivia to avoid clouds altogether.

 

[Ajidica]

I don't like either of the two essay prompts my history prof gave us for the final. I mean, we had the entire 20th century after WWI and what does she choose? Gandhi in India (specificaly the non-violence part although Indira Gandhi and the Indian nuclear weapons program/Pakistan could be fun) and the evolution of the United Nations (I hope I can talk about their inability to enforce resolutions such as 242 and 338).
I mean, couldn't she have chosen good topics, such as the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Sino-Soviet Split, the Suez Crisis, or either of the Iranian Revolutions?
Trust the prof to choose bad essays for the final.

 

[Joecoolyo]

Gandhi in India is kind of drab, but the United Nations one sounds interesting enough.

 

[Tee Kay]

You could look at the relationship between Gandhi, Congress, the Muslim League and other nationalists, that should be interesting.

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

I spent the vast majority of the afternoon, evening, and night tonight counting up all the celestial eclipses (solar and lunar eclipses) and Mercury and Venus transits that have occurred in my life that was viewable from wherever I was at that point in time, and then checking the historical weather records.

My assumption that I constantly miss out on them due to clouds is right, with empirical evidence to back it up.

 

[Optical]

Having posted what is basically the pre-pre-NES thread for my NES, I'm now on tenterhooks to see how long it's going to take for someone to post.

 

[Synobun]

Had an.. interesting conversation on Omegle.

Spoiler :

Question to discuss:
Do you know who Gerard Way is? (if yes: FAITH IN HUMANITY RESTORED!)

You: No.
You: Nor do I plan to.
Stranger: I do FAITH IN UMANITY RESTORED
You: If your faith in humanity is entirely based on somebody's knowledge of a single person, you likely don't have much faith anyways.
You: Or you're just that ignorant of the world.
Stranger: Oh shut up and don't nag me about Faith, I have plenty of faith, Being a Christian and all.
You: Oh, so you're a dumb-ass. Charming.
Stranger: And you're a athiest. So wise.
You: Not really.
You: I am an agnostic. I won't say there isn't a God, but I will say any human religion is blatantly false.
You: The idea that a God built us in his image and that we're his special little boys and girls is so absurd and just makes him appear as an egotistical dictator that enjoys being a douche.
You: The universe is much older than us. Life has been around since before us. There is no logical reason to think God is all for us and no one else.
Stranger: So, What you are saying is (1) God is a lying douche (2) There's no use in religion because it is "Blatantly false" (3) The Bible which says "Man is the onlyl life" is wrong.
You: Early civilization had use for religion because it developed unity and culture.
You: But now in the modern age, it is both unnecessary and stupid.
You: If there's a God, he sure as hell isn't dedicated to us. And he sure as hell doesn't expect worship.
You: Any God that wants worship is not a God worth worshipping.
Stranger: No, God is "Perfect" He bares no flaws, Religion is a key to being in a life where you are rewarded, God has dedicated his life on us "He gave his only begotten son" Oh wait you didn't read the Bible, So you wouldn't know.
Stranger: And im not wasting my time arguing with someone over a site for stupid teenagers A.K.A Your home

Sigh.

 

[azzaman333]

So, the rant is that you were on Omegle in the first place, right?

 

[IdiotsOpposite]

I apparently don't get currency conversions at ALL. 7000 yen is NOT as cheap as I thought it was.

 

[Ajidica]

Gandhi in India is kind of drab, but the United Nations one sounds interesting enough.

I managed to salvage the UN topic by talking about the Millenium Development Goals and the problem of noncompliance with resolutions.