The very many questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread XXV

[Farm Boy]

Haven't tried it. Sounds fun!

I've paid your vision of the divine tribute in sentiment. Now pay my land-lubber insect-riddled one tribute back ya fishy fornicator! Don't force me to weigh in on our most intelligent and rapey mammals of the sea.

Seriously though, life is amazing and horrible. That specific set of inputs. That specific situation that lets us feel at peace with the world. Whether it's your Atlantic dawn, or my Illinois dusk... that specific moment where we actually have the luxury of reflecting on the fact that life is wonderful, made all the more wonderful that as one day passes into night, as the work is done, there will always be and should always be a new dawn born on the carcass of the gone before. That in those precious few moments of luxury, this is natural and good. These moments are fleeting, for as much as we do or do not reflect, night is always shortly coming. It will fall. Do we cower, or do we prepare to dream?

 

[Hygro]

I've paid your vision of the divine tribute in sentiment. Now pay my land-lubber insect-riddled one tribute back ya fishy fornicator! Don't force me to weigh in on our most intelligent and rapey mammals of the sea.

Seriously though, life is amazing and horrible. That specific set of inputs. That specific situation that lets us feel at peace with the world. Whether it's your Atlantic dawn, or my Illinois dusk... that specific moment where we actually have the luxury of reflecting on the fact that life is wonderful, made all the more wonderful that as one day passes into night, as the work is done, there will always be and should always be a new dawn born on the carcass of the gone before. That in those precious few moments of luxury, this is natural and good. These moments are fleeting, for as much as we do or do not reflect, night is always shortly coming. It will fall. Do we cower, or do we prepare to dream?

Amen man. One day, poof, I'll cease to exist or go on to the next thing or both. So let's cower just enough to know why not to cower, and dream enough to why to be brave, and do this thing.

Anyway, it was a great memory and a great story but I remember a happier moment at 16, 4:30 in the morning and I was eating oreo bites in bed while reading a book thinking "I have the life". Or keeping some random lady's dog warm up in the snow while she went inside to drink coffee and chained the poor thing next to me (more recent), which was boring and annoying but somehow more special to me anyway.

 

[Mouthwash]

Heavy rain in an endless black forest, with an autumn chill in the air. You can see out for almost a mile before the fog clouds up your vision. There's actual snow a short climb up, and you feel like you could wander the place for the rest of your life and never see or encounter civilization. It seems to me, oddly, like a taste of a beautiful dream; constantly on the periphery, but always melting away into when I try to look at it directly. It's unlimited freedom and adventure, a place where walking a mile takes you into another universe. Something that couldn't possibly be real, but which nevertheless signifies the real possibility of a joy without end.

 

[Farm Boy]

That one has the moment too MW. The turn of phrase was very good at capturing it. Missed it last night while I was reminding myself why drinking gin out of the bottle is rarely a good idea for very long. Ouch.

 

[_random_]

Do people in Canada and the UK call Jay-Z Jay-Zed?

 

[W|M]

I grew up in the UK and call him Jay-Z like Americans do, I've never heard him being called Jay-Zed

 

[Camikaze]

Not Jay-Zed, because it's a name. Same with ZZ Top, DayZ, or other proper nouns.

 

[Mise]

I call him Jay-Zed.

Sent from a phone, apols for any mistakes.

 

[Mouthwash]

If I go to the army, will the constant exercise and inability to veg out on a computer improve my posture? Also, is cracking your back really bad?

 

[caketastydelish]

I have a playstation 4 and while I'll eventually need to just buy a new TV, for the time being would it be better to buy an adapter (to hook my PS4 up to my iMac computer) or to just buy a relatively inexpensive HDTV, somewhere within the 250-400 price range? Keep in mind it will be at least two months until I buy the TV, and the iMac itself is three years old.

5char

 

[Syno]

If I go to the army, will the constant exercise and inability to veg out on a computer improve my posture? Also, is cracking your back really bad?

If you go about the exercise with bad posture, no. Posture is more about positioning rather than activity.

Cracking your back is not bad.

 

[Flying Pig]

If I go to the army, will the constant exercise and inability to veg out on a computer improve my posture? Also, is cracking your back really bad?

Constant drill will improve your posture, because it will teach you to stand like you've got some pride in you. Although I would venture that if you're spending a lot of your time on the computer, to the extent that you're worried about its effects on your posture, you're probably not fit enough to handle the exercise.

 

[Antilogic]

Cracking your back or knuckles causes more people to cringe than actual damage.

I think that any exercise, especially running and other common cardio exercises they do in PT, will probably improve your posture. If you pay attention to your form, then the improvement will be more marked (and it won't hurt as much, bonus).

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

I'm really getting tired of having to ask this question repeatedly.

Any viable FREE alternatives to imageshack or imgur? Imgur deletes after 250 unless you fork over your hard-earned cash for more images and imageshack is just evil scrooge-mongering freemium crap.

 

[Mise]

Exercise in general will improve ability to withstand poor posture. It'll certainly alleviate the symptoms of poor posture (back aches etc).

 

[Syno]

I'm really getting tired of having to ask this question repeatedly.

Any viable FREE alternatives to imageshack or imgur? Imgur deletes after 250 unless you fork over your hard-earned cash for more images and imageshack is just evil scrooge-mongering freemium crap.

Photobucket. This was the answer given last time. It will be the only answer to give.

 

[Cutlass]

I'm really getting tired of having to ask this question repeatedly.

Any viable FREE alternatives to imageshack or imgur? Imgur deletes after 250 unless you fork over your hard-earned cash for more images and imageshack is just evil scrooge-mongering freemium crap.

www.upix.me (Handles files up to 6mb in size)
www.Imageshack.us (Handles files up to 3mb in size)
www.Imagevenue.com (Handles files up to 3mb in size)
sharenxs.com (unlimited file size)
www.supload.com (unlimited file size - maximum image dimensions are 1600x3200)
www.radikal.cc (Handles files up to 10Mb in size)
www.imagebam.com (Handles files up to 10Mb in size)
http://imgbox.com (Handles files up to 10mb in size)

Note that most of these will only allow you to post a thumbnail image to a forum. For better than that, it does not exist. Many people look. But the bandwidth of image host usage is simply far too great for the services to be both free and reliable.

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

Photobucket. This was the answer given last time. It will be the only answer to give.

Doesn't Photobucket have zero privacy protection whatsoever?

If that is the case, then my response will be the same as last time: no.

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

www.Imageshack.us (Handles files up to 3mb in size)

See my rant in rants. Why do you think I posted this question in the first place?

EDIT: For the record, I'm not too concerned about filesize; I"m more than content with just 1 mb for example. All I'm looking for is quantity, not size. In this case, infinite number of uploads.

 

[Farm Boy]

Doesn't Photobucket have zero privacy protection whatsoever?

If that is the case, then my response will be the same as last time: no.

If that's how they maintain service without direct fees, then yes. As Cutlass mentioned, it's not free for them to do this, they're going to extract value somehow in return, or if they fail to do so, they'll will(or already have) disappear.