Random thoughts 1: Just Sayin'

[Lemon Merchant]

A nice fudge brownie with chocolate icing is one of the best things in the world.

Where's my insulin?

 

[warpus]

I have a way with words

That doesn't necessarily mean I'm good with them.

 

[Ryika]

I wonder if it's impolite to make a bulk-order of things on Amazon that will now be delivered by 5 different outlets (so as 5 separate deliveries) on 2-3 days on which neither me nor my friend will be able to reliably be at home during the day. Either the delivery guy or my neighbors will probably be rather upset by this.

 

[warpus]

I put in 6 distinct orders about a week ago, initially they were all due to arrive in individual packages. I was in a rush and have prime so free shipping, and each time I ordered something I thought "ok that's the last thing", but then something else came up so.. yeah 6 individual orders. Amazon figured it out and sent it to me in 2 packages instead though.

My roommate tips our delivery guy too, which I guess I should have contributed to. But it's a union job so whatever

 

[Commodore]

Was going to put this in the rants thread, but it's not something I'm really upset about, just a thought I've come to have after some personal experiences:

Renting an apartment or house should be like renting a car: you can't do it until you're at least 25.

 

[Synobun]

So people below 25 should be homeless?

 

[Ryika]

My mother would definitely agree. "Young people are the worst." she'd say, followed by a long monologue about how they're chaotic and loud if there's nobody grounding them for misbehaving.

I on the other hand think being loud is amazing and that old people just suck the fun out of everything because they can't handle people who still got energy in them.

 

[Commodore]

So people below 25 should be homeless?

No, it should be like renting a car. If you are under 25 you can't do it, but someone over 25 can do it for you. So if you want to rent and you are under 25, you would have to have your parents rent it for you or have a roommate that's at least 25.

EDIT: Or, you know, just live with your parents until you are 25. Plus, most people who go to college are there until they are around 23 or 24 anyway, so they can just live in the dorm.

 

[Synobun]

And if you don't have parents? If you can't go to college? Sounds like you're suggesting a superbly privileged rule set here.

 

[Commodore]

And if you don't have parents? If you can't go to college?

You ignored the roommate part. What's so hard about putting an ad on Craigslist for a roommate that's at least 25 years old? Sure it would seem weird now, but if the law said only people who were at least 25 could rent, then such an ad wouldn't seem weird at all.

Sounds like you're suggesting a superbly privileged rule set here.

Well, maybe if 18 and 19 year olds could learn how to be responsible tenants, people like me wouldn't hate living near them so much. I mean, is it really too much to ask for them to not be loud at night (and by "at night" I'm talking 1am, not something more reasonable like 9pm) and to not sell drugs out of your apartment to pay your rent? If you are going to do that, do it at some random street corner far away from where my family lives so I don't have to worry about your degenerate "customers" and what they might try to do to get money for your "product".

"But not all young people are like that" I hear you say? Agreed. In fact, a majority of them are probably very decent people. But like most things in life, it's the minority of irresponsible jerks who ruin things for everyone else. To go back to my car renting analogy: I'd say the majority of drivers under the age of 25 are probably pretty responsible and safe drivers as well. However, because of a small minority of young drivers that aren't responsible, car rental companies won't rent to anyone under 25. They say it's because if insurance reasons, which is accurate, but what do you think those insurance reasons are? It's the popular perception, created by a small minority of irresponsible young people, that young people are reckless, irresponsible, and dangerous.

See now this is getting into rant territory.

As an aside: the incident that prompted this line of thought was a SWAT team raid on my young neighbors to bust up their little drug selling operation. The police may or may not have been tipped off anonymously by a CFC member whose username may or may not be associated with a naval rank or outdated line of personal computers.

 

[Synobun]

Why would a 25+ year old individual want to live with someone who is legally not allowed to have a say or be a participant in any of the house matters? The only time I have lived with people significantly older than myself is in a slum house. It was great. 9 people in a 3 room apartment really livens things up especially when you're the youngest by over ten years.

But beyond that little issue, the problem I see here is that you're projecting the sins of the few onto the slates of the many. It is illogical and nonsensical, and about as valuable as me saying that because there was one soldier at one point in time who committed war crimes, it means you should be treated as though you commit war crimes too. Obviously this is silly and easy to dismiss, and I find your perspective to be the same. The things you've cited as cause for discriminating against anyone below the age of 25 are not things unique or exclusive to those below the age of 25. I know as many drug dealing and absurdly loud middle aged people as I do young'uns. The people in my neighbourhood who make the most noise are washed out band members in their late 30s. Should I advocate for people in their late 30s to be banned from renting?

I don't even disagree that you should be able to live without drug dealing happening next door and without ruckuses past midnight, just with the premise that your neighbours being losers means everyone vaguely in the same age group should be treated like losers too.

 

[Traitorfish]

No, it should be like renting a car. If you are under 25 you can't do it, but someone over 25 can do it for you. So if you want to rent and you are under 25, you would have to have your parents rent it for you or have a roommate that's at least 25.

You don't want to make young people homeless, you just want to subject them to arbitrary legal disabilities with the practical effect of making them homeless.

It's stuff like this, y'know, that's get conservatives stereotyped as either heartless or witless.

 

[Commodore]

It's stuff like this, y'know, that's get conservatives stereotyped as either heartless or witless.

I'm not a conservative though...

Anyway here's another random thought: Next time you feel nervous about sharing your ideas remember this: one time at a meeting someone said "hey let's make a movie about a tornado full of sharks."

 

[Lohrenswald]

I saw a guy at the train today who looked extremely similar to vladimir putin

 

[sophie]

No, it should be like renting a car. If you are under 25 you can't do it, but someone over 25 can do it for you. So if you want to rent and you are under 25, you would have to have your parents rent it for you or have a roommate that's at least 25.

EDIT: Or, you know, just live with your parents until you are 25. Plus, most people who go to college are there until they are around 23 or 24 anyway, so they can just live in the dorm.

You can rent a car before you're 25. They just charge you a helluvalot (like, $20-$50/day) more in insurance fees, and they also restrict the types of cars you are allowed to rent. The comparison you're thinking of is renting a hotel room, which you can't do without someone who is over 18, and many hotels won't let you do without someone who is over 21-25 (depending on the hotel).

 

[EgonSpengler]

I'm pretty sure I saw Noomi Rapace on the subway a few weeks ago.

 

[Takhisis]

The movie-to-comic conveyor belt isn't as effective as you might expect. The quality of the movies entirely aside, there's just too much for new readers, too many series and crossovers an reboots for anybody to make sense of. Even the periodic universe-resets don't help when you're putting out eighty constantly-intersecting book a month. Prospective readers rarely know where to start, and if they did, there's no guarantee that whatever they liked about the films will be their in the comics. Compared to a non-superhero series like The Walking Dead, or even a quasi-superhero series like Hellboy, chasing up the source material is less of an opportunity than a chore. From what I understand, the only Marvel film to direct substantial readership back to the source material has been Guardians of the Galaxy, and that wasn't really new readers so much as existing Marvel (or at least comics) fans trying out a previously C-list title. All the movie have really done is artificially-extend the appearance of relevance.

The entire business model of Marvel and DC was built in an era in which comics were essentially disposable. They were never built for the era of trade paperbacks and graphic novels, and I think the proof of this is found in every comic shop, in which you'll see that their share of the trades is, while substantial, altogether more modest than their share of the monthlies. Beyond a select few landmark series like The Dark Knight Returns or, I don't know, Planet Hulk?, the Big Two trades are for collectors and completionists, and that's a dying market. The future of the comics industry falls in large part to how well Marvel and DC can maintain a loyal monthly following, and they haven't really succeeded in leveraging the superhero boom as you might expect.

Put them out of their misery then and tell them to do real art.

A nice fudge brownie with chocolate icing is one of the best things in the world.

Where's my insulin?

Oh, this thread is the culinary equivalent of pornography.

Well, maybe if 18 and 19 year olds could learn how to be responsible tenants, people like me wouldn't hate living near them so much.

I don't think their misbehaviour is connected to their being tenants.

Anyway here's another random thought: Next time you feel nervous about sharing your ideas remember this: one time at a meeting someone said "hey let's make a movie about a tornado full of sharks."

I wonder what the trigger for this was.

I saw a guy at the train today who looked extremely similar to vladimir putin

He is a former KGB agent, so he might choose to do his ops himself. Or maybe he's really that nondescript.

 

[Commodore]

I wonder what the trigger for this was.

I have a lot of free time at work and I hate my coworkers so I spend that free time thinking of random stuff like this and how else I can "stir the pot" here at CFC rather than socialize with my coworkers.

 

[Arakhor]

What a fulfilling work life you have.

 

[Traitorfish]

What a fulfilling work life you have.

I'd be surprised if one in ten people has a job that could plausibly be described as "fulfilling". It's capitalism, you're not supposed to enjoy it.