Random Thoughts 2: Arbitrary Speculations

[Lexicus]

Interestingly enough, thinking/being faced with the person I'm in love with made it go up to ~130. So I guess unrequited romantic anxiety is more intensive than physical exertion.

I wouldn't be surprised if anxiety made my heart rate higher than most exercise.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I'm having some interesting times with one of the 2nd-hand booksellers that sell through Amazon Marketplace. I decided to check out their own website and found some books at a much better price than they're offering through Amazon, even considering that their website is in American and Amazon's prices are Canadian.

Anyway, they have a birthday offer: 20% discount on your birthday. I figured that was a good deal; it would offset most of the exchange rate, so that's okay. I've got half a dozen books picked out (am replacing books in my collection that are damaged past reading and filling in the gaps in series).

However... when it came to actually telling them what day my birthday is, I was able to input the month and date. The year? Wouldn't work. Their website is convinced that my year of birth is 2018.

So I guess I'm a day old, or will be tonight. They don't seem to mind severely underage customers, apparently.


In truth, I'm now old enough for the lower tier of seniors' discounts (55+). Since I don't look my age, I anticipate some arguments.

 

[Synobun]

Happy Birthday, Valka.

 

[Kyriakos]

Happy birthday

 

[Snerk]

Fluffy penguin wishes you a happy b-day!

 

[Broken_Erika]

Happy Birthday Valka!

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Happy Birthday, Valka.

Happy birthday

Thanks, guys!

Fluffy penguin wishes you a happy b-day!

Aww, what an adorable baby! Thank you!

Happy Birthday Valka!

What is the penguin drinking?

Thanks!

 

[Takhisis]

Happy birthday, o youngest member of CFC!

 

[Broken_Erika]

What is the penguin drinking?

Thanks!

Probably a beer, knowing that character.

Pen Pen clearly possesses retractable claws (three on each "hand"), which no living bird species actually has. He also appears to have noticeably increased intelligence: watching television, reading newspapers, taking baths in hot springs, eating human food and drinking beer, and it seems to be subtly hinted that he has a near-human understanding of events around him. All of this suggests that Pen Pen is a new species, created through advanced genetic experimentation.

https://wiki.evageeks.org/Pen_Pen

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Happy birthday, o youngest member of CFC!

Goo! *shakes rattle*

(Thanks, Takhisis! )

 

[Bootstoots]

Today - a Sunday - I received "Utimi Fetish Under Bed Restraint Kit". The other side of the package warns: "Warning - Keep away from small children. The thin film may cling to nose and mouth and prevent breathing."

I...definitely didn't order that. But now I'm starting to think this whole "receive random Amazon products from dubious sellers" thing might be more fun than it first seemed.

 

[Takhisis]

Just in case I'd keep them in a separate room. They might choose to suddenly assemble into some sort of world-conquering, gut-wrenching, Oreo-stealing robot.

 

[Synobun]

Good. Let it assemble.

 

[Takhisis]

Many graphic artists depend on Oreos. If they have their Oreos are taken away* then we'll run out of webcomics.

*or their guts are wrenched out from their bodies

 

[Bootstoots]

What if I just give them a few Oreos to keep them fed and let them know where more can be found? Do they respond to trails of crumbs? There's a supermarket not too far away. Can I send them over there?

I don't particularly mind if the random low-end Chinese-manufactured products conquer the world. Can't be worse than our current leadership.

...can it?

 

[Kyriakos]

I find the term (with its pronounciation) "Oreos" to be quite terrible. Generally the english language has very heavy use of one or two syllable words (or very small three-syllable ones), which, coupled with how that language sounds, are - imo - producing a very childish effect/sound.
Not that having a railroad-length barbaric sounding german term is much of an improvement, but at least it doesn't sound childish - it sounds like the nightmarish puzzled cry of a patient.

 

[yung.carl.jung]

I find most Germanic languages to not be very harsh at all, contrary to the stereotype. Especially German to me sounds mellow. What makes the German language beautiful is how systematic it is, how neologisms are incorporated easily, how variable and customizable it is. German is also a language that lends itself to poetry really well imo.

The only languages I would term harsh or abrasive are middle-eastern, but then even those languages are phonetically pleasing to me.

 

[Ryika]

I really hate when Youtube abuses its main icon to lead to some nonsense I don't care about. First that gay price virtue-signaling BS a week ago, now I constantly misclick and am redirected to some E3-coverage, and as if that wasn't already bad enough, it's on youtube's gaming sub-page which is annoyingly slow for some reason.

 

[Manfred Belheim]

Yep, that's exactly what happened. I looked up the products I received and found reviews posted by an account using my real name.

Do you know offhand if anything bad typically happens to people compromised in such a manner? Obviously my real name and address have been linked and are out there making the rounds, but I'm not sure of the consequences besides that.

Sounds like the consequences are free stuff from amazon. Go with it.

 

[Arakhor]

I really hate when Youtube abuses its main icon to lead to some nonsense I don't care about. First that gay price virtue-signaling BS a week ago, now I constantly misclick and am redirected to some E3-coverage, and as if that wasn't already bad enough, it's on youtube's gaming sub-page which is annoyingly slow for some reason.

Heaven forbid that a company publicly supports some social cause or other. Whatever next?