Maltaran Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Adolf Hitler has won an election in Namibia, says he has no plans for world domination https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-55173605 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litechick Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Donuts are like men--a good idea in theory but always disappointing in practice. Tonight I am thinking of character dichotomies. Particularly Thinkers vs. Doers. In the Ken Burns Civil War series he speaks of a young man version of Custer, the general is speculating on the depth of a creek or river and Custer wades his horse out into it, proclaiming "this is how deep it is." In this particular example Custer is the hero. With regards to GRRM we have Jaime vs. Tyrion. Jaime is always characterized as someone who acts first and questions later but in the episode where he saves Brienne from the bear...maybe not. In this dichotomy there can be no question that I am a thinker and the doers are generally more lauded. Tonight the question is "should I feel bad about myself because I am a thinker?" We love doers more but we need thinkers so I am both essential and disdained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maarsen Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 1 hour ago, litechick said: Donuts are like men--a good idea in theory but always disappointing in practice. Tonight I am thinking of character dichotomies. Particularly Thinkers vs. Doers. In the Ken Burns Civil War series he speaks of a young man version of Custer, the general is speculating on the depth of a creek or river and Custer wades his horse out into it, proclaiming "this is how deep it is." In this particular example Custer is the hero. With regards to GRRM we have Jaime vs. Tyrion. Jaime is always characterized as someone who acts first and questions later but in the episode where he saves Brienne from the bear...maybe not. In this dichotomy there can be no question that I am a thinker and the doers are generally more lauded. Tonight the question is "should I feel bad about myself because I am a thinker?" We love doers more but we need thinkers so I am both essential and disdained. Custer as a doer led his men into a battle he could never win. In the long run, thinkers prosper over doers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Somehow I woke up having spun 180 degrees in my sleep.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maarsen Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 4 hours ago, Tywin et al. said: Somehow I woke up having spun 180 degrees in my sleep.... Around which axis? Longitudinal or Latitudinal? Much depends on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 1 hour ago, maarsen said: Around which axis? Longitudinal or Latitudinal? Much depends on this. My feet were where my pillow should have been. Oddly I somehow took the pillow with me as I contorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 2 hours ago, Tywin et al. said: My feet were where my pillow should have been. Oddly I somehow took the pillow with me as I contorted. Sometimes when aliens return the people they've abducted during the night they forget to note down their original orientation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maarsen Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Just now, williamjm said: Sometimes when aliens return the people they've abducted during the night they forget to note down their original orientation. If he complains about his butt being sore..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 1 hour ago, maarsen said: If he complains about his butt being sore..... You don't complain about the good kind of sore..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inkdaub Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 I have a dentist appointment on Monday. I have two cavities I can identify so further appointments will result. I am going to buy a shredder on Sunday if I see one I like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Been a while since I've seen someone get busted for a fake ID, and it could never be easier these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingintheNorth4 Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 If there's one bright spot in 2020, it's this: The McRib is back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A True Kaniggit Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 11 hours ago, Inkdaub said: I have a dentist appointment on Monday. I have two cavities I can identify so further appointments will result. Ugh. The dentist. I have at least two cavities I know of as well, but I don’t want to pay for them right now. Good luck on Monday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 On 11/30/2020 at 7:51 PM, Raja said: I have once again had too much coffee and my legs are shaking. I've done it again. Feel like I can clean my apartment twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 10 hours ago, KingintheNorth4 said: If there's one bright spot in 2020, it's this: The McRib is back. Gross! 1 hour ago, Raja said: I've done it again. Feel like I can clean my apartment twice. You're a drug addict. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inkdaub Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 12 hours ago, A True Kaniggit said: Ugh. The dentist. We are in full agreement. 13 hours ago, A True Kaniggit said: Good luck on Monday! Thanks...we'll see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhaenysBee Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Does anybody ever overthink gift giving to the same extent I do? I had no idea what to give to my father, then while browsing for anything hunting related, I stumbled upon a catalogue from a world hunting exhibition from 1971. Okay, but what good is 1971, I thought. It should be from the year he was born or some other somehow significant year. Of course it turned out that there wasn’t a world exhibition for hunting every damn year in this pea sized country, so I had to give up on that. But it inspired me to search for more antique hunting related publications. And then I found this collection of hunting magazine from 1934, he is subscribed to the modern version of this magazine and like 5 years ago he was actually happy to receive a yearly subscription of it from my mother. I thought this was quite cool because the book collects all 36 issues from 1934 and the editor (and possibly founder of this magazine) is a well known and accomplished explorer/writer/scientist (I could go on) so I just felt like I would love to receive this thing even though I’ve got nothing to do with hunting. And then I spiraled into the perfectionism again. Why 1934, why can’t it be 1920 or 1921 and then it’d be a century old and of course I can’t find a 20 or 21 edition of this thing and now I’m second guessing it it makes any sense to get this collection from a random year. Conclusion: I’m an idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inkdaub Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Four cavities. But...my gums 'aren't that bad'. I'll spend December getting fillings and also a cleaning of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maarsen Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 On 12/7/2020 at 4:59 AM, RhaenysBee said: Does anybody ever overthink gift giving to the same extent I do? I had no idea what to give to my father, then while browsing for anything hunting related, I stumbled upon a catalogue from a world hunting exhibition from 1971. Okay, but what good is 1971, I thought. It should be from the year he was born or some other somehow significant year. Of course it turned out that there wasn’t a world exhibition for hunting every damn year in this pea sized country, so I had to give up on that. But it inspired me to search for more antique hunting related publications. And then I found this collection of hunting magazine from 1934, he is subscribed to the modern version of this magazine and like 5 years ago he was actually happy to receive a yearly subscription of it from my mother. I thought this was quite cool because the book collects all 36 issues from 1934 and the editor (and possibly founder of this magazine) is a well known and accomplished explorer/writer/scientist (I could go on) so I just felt like I would love to receive this thing even though I’ve got nothing to do with hunting. And then I spiraled into the perfectionism again. Why 1934, why can’t it be 1920 or 1921 and then it’d be a century old and of course I can’t find a 20 or 21 edition of this thing and now I’m second guessing it it makes any sense to get this collection from a random year. Conclusion: I’m an idiot. It tends to be quite common for intelligent people to overthink. That is why we have emotions to help us decide which way to jump. This is also a good argument as to why AI will never amount too much as some problems are too big to solve by just thinking. I do enjoy reading your posts just in case you wonder if anyone is listening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhaenysBee Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 5 hours ago, maarsen said: It tends to be quite common for intelligent people to overthink. That is why we have emotions to help us decide which way to jump. This is also a good argument as to why AI will never amount too much as some problems are too big to solve by just thinking. I do enjoy reading your posts just in case you wonder if anyone is listening. Well I followed my emotion and ordered a collection of 1926 issues because I think it’s cool and I’d be happy to receive it. AI is painfully overrated then again I’m only a dumb user with virtually zero tech aptitude. Oh my, how sweet you are! Thank you! To be honest, I don’t necessarily mind if nobody’s listening, I usually post for my own entertainment/emotional incontinence. But it’s definitely nice to know that someone out there enjoys my brain dumps or at least, you know, isn’t annoyed by them. Thank you very much for your feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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