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Rod Hoofhearted
Jun 18, 2000

I am a ghost




Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:

I fed 20,000 Nextdoor posts into an AI script and I got the following:

:hmmyes: Accurate!

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No. 6
Jun 30, 2002

It's nailed it

Bismuth
Jun 11, 2010

by Azathoth
Hell Gem
Just opened it to this

Rod Hoofhearted
Jun 18, 2000

I am a ghost




Bismuth posted:

Just opened it to this


So I have to watch your dog, and then you're going to stab me?!

Le Faye Morgaine
Feb 1, 2022
Well, the dog IS a pointer! :newlol:

TK8325
Sep 22, 2014



Bismuth posted:

Just opened it to this


If you can beat the rates at the local vet clinic you got a new customer.

DaveSauce
Feb 15, 2004

Oh, how awkward.
idk if it was this thread or another talking about boomers crying on ND over ding dong ditch and welp:







There are some more insane comments but god drat

Internet Old One
Dec 6, 2021

Coke Adds Life

DaveSauce posted:

idk if it was this thread or another talking about boomers crying on ND over ding dong ditch and welp:







There are some more insane comments but god drat

Oh god can you imagine being a troubled kid in youth detention and the guy running the show thinks it all started with kriss kross, garbage pail kids, and ding dong ditch it.

HopperUK
Apr 29, 2007

Why would an ambulance be leaving the hospital?

I love that this is one of those universal pranks such that it has different names in different places. The slang of children is fascinating, there are some books about on the topic but most of them are really old.

That game was called 'knock down ginger' around here. gently caress if I know why.

Tom Scott made a video about the differing versions of the traditional carol 'Jingle Bells, Batman Smells'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5u9JSnAAU4

Pennywise the Frown
May 10, 2010

Upset Trowel

Well, they're not wrong.

jazzyhattrick
Jul 1, 2010

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

HopperUK posted:

Tom Scott made a video about the differing versions of the traditional carol 'Jingle Bells, Batman Smells'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5u9JSnAAU4

The correct lyrics are "uncle billy lost his willy on the motorway." :colbert:

Brawnfire
Jul 13, 2004

🎧Listen to Cylindricule!🎵
https://linktr.ee/Cylindricule

Great, now crack into the regional variations of Joy to the World describing flushing Barney's head down a toilet

Furious George
Oct 3, 2002

HopperUK posted:

That game was called 'knock down ginger' around here. gently caress if I know why.

Someone posted on our neighbourhood whatsapp group after midnight the other day with an exact replica of this drama captured on doorbell camera, complete with boomers declaring themselves 'Ready to rock if necessary' and an outpouring of thoughts and prayers for the victim of this unacceptable event. Christ knows how they would cope if they had to live in any kind of even slightly dodgy area.

Mostly the group is videos of badgers though, which is the main reason I'm still on it.

TotalLossBrain
Oct 20, 2010

Hier graben!

Furious George posted:

Someone posted on our neighbourhood whatsapp group after midnight the other day with an exact replica of this drama captured on doorbell camera, complete with boomers declaring themselves 'Ready to rock if necessary' and an outpouring of thoughts and prayers for the victim of this unacceptable event. Christ knows how they would cope if they had to live in any kind of even slightly dodgy area.

Mostly the group is videos of badgers though, which is the main reason I'm still on it.

Are you a badger

A Fancy Hat
Nov 18, 2016

Always remember that the former President was dumber than the dumbest person you've ever met by a wide margin

There's a guy in my neighborhood who has been asking for recommendations on home repairs. Replacing a leaky faucet, new shingles on his roof, mulching his flowerbed, and replacing his siding. Nothing unusual there at all.

Except, every time, he adds "I could easily do this myself but would prefer to have someone else do it."

It's a really bizarre thing to consistently add, I guess he doesn't want to be accused of not being an expert in home and garden things?

Furious George
Oct 3, 2002

TotalLossBrain posted:

Are you a badger

I'm not a furry, if that's what you're asking

Brawnfire
Jul 13, 2004

🎧Listen to Cylindricule!🎵
https://linktr.ee/Cylindricule

A Fancy Hat posted:

There's a guy in my neighborhood who has been asking for recommendations on home repairs. Replacing a leaky faucet, new shingles on his roof, mulching his flowerbed, and replacing his siding. Nothing unusual there at all.

Except, every time, he adds "I could easily do this myself but would prefer to have someone else do it."

It's a really bizarre thing to consistently add, I guess he doesn't want to be accused of not being an expert in home and garden things?

Just don't go asking for reasonable compensation because I could easily do this myself, so I know how easy it is and won't pay you what it's worth because I could be doing it for material costs alone

Seriously don't try to screw me with the "cost of your time" again I could be doing this but my time is too valuable

Rod Hoofhearted
Jun 18, 2000

I am a ghost




A Fancy Hat posted:

There's a guy in my neighborhood who has been asking for recommendations on home repairs. Replacing a leaky faucet, new shingles on his roof, mulching his flowerbed, and replacing his siding. Nothing unusual there at all.

Except, every time, he adds "I could easily do this myself but would prefer to have someone else do it."

It's a really bizarre thing to consistently add, I guess he doesn't want to be accused of not being an expert in home and garden things?

It’s performative masculinity. “I’m man enough to do this, I just don’t want to! :bahgawd:

He has no clue how to do it, otherwise he wouldn’t be paying someone else.

Internet Old One
Dec 6, 2021

Coke Adds Life

Furious George posted:

declaring themselves 'Ready to rock if necessary' and an outpouring of thoughts and prayers for the victim of this unacceptable event. Christ knows how they would cope if they had to live in any kind of even slightly dodgy area.

It never ceases to amaze me that the generation that bragged about all the helmet free mischief they got into back in the day. Blowing up trash cans and mailboxes and going down to the creek to fish naked, getting escorted home with no ticket after a dui and so on. ;

Also brags about being ready to murder children over ringing a doorbell. Like they wanna rob the younger generation of every rite of passage so they can complain about how kids these days play too much iPhone and Xbox.

quote:

It’s performative masculinity. “I’m man enough to do this, I just don’t want to! :bahgawd:

Well yeah gotta protect your feels. I have an upcoming appointment to get the network in my house redone. I could definitely do it but I know my experienced electrician will get it done better and faster even though dude has no idea what an Ethernet frame is. Plus I already set that poo poo up once and I’ve totally lost all desire to gently caress with it again.

But make no loving mistake I could do it if I wanted. Don’t get the wrong idea ok. I made sure the electrician knew it too.

Internet Old One fucked around with this message at 15:13 on Apr 6, 2022

Neito
Feb 18, 2009

😌Finally, an avatar the describes my love of tech❤️‍💻, my love of anime💖🎎, and why I'll never see a real girl 🙆‍♀️naked😭.

Internet Old One posted:

It never ceases to amaze me that the generation that bragged about all the helmet free mischief they got into back in the day. Blowing up trash cans and mailboxes and going down to the creek to fish naked, getting escorted home with no ticket after a dui and so on. ;

Also brags about being ready to murder children over ringing a doorbell. Like they wanna rob the younger generation of every rite of passage so they can complain about how kids these days play too much iPhone and Xbox.

When they were young, that stuff was annoying to other people (and also, let's face it, prior to the 80s or 90s we were pretty poo poo about DUIs, which are wicked dangerous, so maybe that's better off?); now that they're in charge, that stuff is annoying to *them*, so must be stamped out.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.

Neito posted:

When they were young, that stuff was annoying to other people (and also, let's face it, prior to the 80s or 90s we were pretty poo poo about DUIs, which are wicked dangerous, so maybe that's better off?); now that they're in charge, that stuff is annoying to *them*, so must be stamped out.

Boomers.txt. No one else matters but them.

Neito
Feb 18, 2009

😌Finally, an avatar the describes my love of tech❤️‍💻, my love of anime💖🎎, and why I'll never see a real girl 🙆‍♀️naked😭.

Ghost Leviathan posted:

Boomers.txt. No one else matters but them.

Circle takes the square. It's the same thing you see looped permanently in their interaction with others.

Hanging out at the mall was cool when they were kids (if they're younger), but now roaming gangs of teenagers in the mall is a menace to society.

Kids should get out more, but I want my suburban life I was promised, so we're paving over all the parks and implementing 1R Zoning as the default so nobody can live close enough to a critical mass of people to hang out.

It's like living in this weird permanent "now", where five seconds ago and five seconds from now might as well be decades apart.

Rod Hoofhearted
Jun 18, 2000

I am a ghost




Neito posted:

Kids should get out more, but I want my suburban life I was promised, so we're paving over all the parks and implementing 1R Zoning as the default so nobody can live close enough to a critical mass of people to hang out.

There was a traditional playground near where I live, and if the weather was nice, there would always be kids there. Then they tore it all out and put in a “ninja warrior” playground that was supposed to be “all ages.” Right after it went up, I saw a little six year old trying in vain to play with one of the things, but it was too big for him. Now every time I pass it, no one’s using it.

Not sure if that’s on boomers or millennials, but someone convinced someone in local government that adults would use that thing, and they loving didn’t. They just ruined it for the kids that used to play there.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.

Rod Hoofhearted posted:

There was a traditional playground near where I live, and if the weather was nice, there would always be kids there. Then they tore it all out and put in a “ninja warrior” playground that was supposed to be “all ages.” Right after it went up, I saw a little six year old trying in vain to play with one of the things, but it was too big for him. Now every time I pass it, no one’s using it.

Not sure if that’s on boomers or millennials, but someone convinced someone in local government that adults would use that thing, and they loving didn’t. They just ruined it for the kids that used to play there.

No way a millennial convinced a local government of anything, unless maybe they're a rich techbro.

BigBadSteve
Apr 29, 2009

Furious George posted:

Someone posted on our neighbourhood whatsapp group after midnight the other day with an exact replica of this drama captured on doorbell camera, complete with boomers declaring themselves 'Ready to rock if necessary' and an outpouring of thoughts and prayers for the victim of this unacceptable event. Christ knows how they would cope if they had to live in any kind of even slightly dodgy area.

Mostly the group is videos of badgers though, which is the main reason I'm still on it.

Do many neighborhood household pets and small children get eaten by the badgers?

A Strange Aeon
Mar 26, 2010

You are now a slimy little toad
The Great Twist
What are the legitimate reasons for installing a doorbell camera?

Rev. Melchisedech Howler
Sep 5, 2006

You know. Leather.
Fear

Rod Hoofhearted
Jun 18, 2000

I am a ghost




I don’t have a front-facing window on my first floor. My porch is covered so I can’t see who is at the door from the second floor. A doorbell cam would be awfully convenient some times, but I’ve never actually bothered.

Bugsy
Jul 15, 2004

I'm thumpin'. That's
why they call me
'Thumper'.


Slippery Tilde
Not exactly nextdoor but in the spirit I think.

https://twitter.com/MrWedekind/status/1511104375208521736

Zil
Jun 4, 2011

Satanically Summoned Citrus


Bugsy posted:

Not exactly nextdoor but in the spirit I think.

https://twitter.com/MrWedekind/status/1511104375208521736

Those perfidious cyclists and their influence on inflation! :argh:

Furious George
Oct 3, 2002

BigBadSteve posted:

Do many neighborhood household pets and small children get eaten by the badgers?

No, everyone loves the badgers. They do seem to be about more than they used to be though so it's probably only a matter of time before one gets caught eating a hedgehog and a petition to have them exterminated is started.

MarxCarl
Jul 18, 2003

My nextdoor feed is now inundated with dad jokes. This is making others angry, because the "comedians" are not taking nextdoor seriously, and they are threatening the perpetrators. Admins have gone as far as making sub-forums, or whatever they are, but the jokes remain in the main feed and this is wreaking havoc in the community.

Sentient Data
Aug 31, 2011

My molecule scrambler ray will disintegrate your armor with one blow!
There goes the neighborhood

gleebster
Dec 16, 2006

Only a howler
Pillbug
8 bucks for Cole slaw is a lot of cabbage

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

I WON THIS AMAZING AVATAR! I'M A WINNER! WOOOOO!

A Strange Aeon posted:

What are the legitimate reasons for installing a doorbell camera?

Avoiding people you don't want to see. Getting video of porch pirates that the police won't do anything with, so you post it on NextDoor. Amusing video of bees hovering near your door.

Traxis
Jul 2, 2006

A Strange Aeon posted:

What are the legitimate reasons for installing a doorbell camera?

Instead of getting up, peeking through the blinds and not answering the door I can just open the app on my phone and then not answer the door.

Fashionable Jorts
Jan 18, 2010

Maybe if I'm busy it could keep me from you



A Strange Aeon posted:

What are the legitimate reasons for installing a doorbell camera?

My home insurance went down by like 15%

Flowers for QAnon
May 20, 2019

Weird day this week, and being mentioned on next door felt weirder

CaptainSarcastic
Jul 6, 2013



Furious George posted:

No, everyone loves the badgers. They do seem to be about more than they used to be though so it's probably only a matter of time before one gets caught eating a hedgehog and a petition to have them exterminated is started.

I'm guessing you're in Britain?

Even though they look pretty drat similar, apparently European badgers are pretty chill overall, while American badgers are seriously not chill and are not a critter people tend to think of as cute.

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Unperson_47
Oct 14, 2007



Doorbell cams are caller ID but for people at the door. Good if you don't want to talk to people/solicitors or if you are lazy. If I didn't live in the woods like I do now, I'd probably have one.

Fashionable Jorts posted:

My home insurance went down by like 15%

Wow, I didn't even think about that. That's a pretty good savings.

Unperson_47 fucked around with this message at 23:48 on Apr 6, 2022

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