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Goober Peas posted:TTAC has become increasingly unpalatable for me. It feels like their staff have caught the Doug DeMuro self-importance bug. Ah, found the cache. I'll spoiler the whole thing so people don't need to read it if they don't want to. quote:On Friday, the United States of America inaugurated her 45th president. On Saturday, middle-class white women, in a march organized by a Sharia law supporter and funded by George Soros, descended on the major metropolitan areas of that same country to complain about having to pay more for razors than men do. Since I stopped shaving several years ago, I have a hard time identifying with their struggle, but I respect the way they did it — that is, by making knitted hats that resemble genitalia and putting them on children, and also by leaving thousands of pounds of litter in their wake.
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Wistful of Dollars posted:Ah, found the cache. IMO you've really got to browse the comments to get a sense of the entire shitshow.
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Cage posted:This, but I used other peoples tabs because even after playing guitar 14 years I find it hard to tab by ear. I think i would have kept the 12 string imo unless you've already got one I don't think I've ever posted my little friend itt
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Wistful of Dollars posted:Ah, found the cache. Just filled out my "LIEBERAL MEDIA" bingo card
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fridge corn posted:I think i would have kept the 12 string imo unless you've already got one My dumb collection: Some cheap violin I got on ebay strictly for wall decoration/Takamine acoustic.electric/Johnson acoustic (1st guitar)/Schecter Tempest Custom My 16 year old punk phase guitar. Samick. Old 60-70s danelectro knockoff with a lipstick pickup, which sounds great. Using a popsicle stick as a bridge/6 string Taylor I traded in/Kawaii electric I used to have a bass but I dont know what happened to it. Not pictured: mandolin. Cage fucked around with this message at 19:48 on Jan 24, 2017 |
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I just opened my bottle of Scapa Skiren single malt whisky, that I bought for ~$25 the other day (normal price is ~$60), and wow! I was expecting it to be OK, but this is drat good stuff. It's got this absolutely wonderful crisp green apple thing going on that I'm just completely in love with. drat good stuff. And I have to say, I love the modern style of the bottle and box, as well. None of this over-wrought tartan "Scottish heritage" bullshit that a lot of other distilleries like to wrap themselves in. Just nice and simple.
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the truth about cars posted:a bunch of edgy 15 year old crybabby poo poo ostensibly castigating other people for caring too much Site has always been trash, lmao that this loser quit his job in a fit of pique because the people who cared too much called his parents and this unspecial non-snowflake couldn't take the heat.
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Siochain posted:New job (well, few months old, but still new) lmao never not procrastinate. I've found that having multiple poo poo to do means you procrastinate on one thing by doing the other thing. If it's stupid and it works, it ain't stupid. fridge corn posted:I think i would have kept the 12 string imo unless you've already got one Cage posted:Slick axe. My acoustic/electric before this was over 10 years old and it was time to get a new one so I wanted the Taylor to be my main guitar, and I didn't want a 12 string to be my main guitar. Excellent. corn that guitar you have looks super pretty The wife got an acoustic and an electric (both free from different scallywags lmao) We just hung them up last night:
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FBS posted:IMO you've really got to browse the comments to get a sense of the entire shitshow. Hopefully working link to that, for those who dare
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It's.. Beautiful. In all honesty this past week has given me so much entertainment, meanwhile I'm hanging out here in some swim trunks and 80's mirror shades sitting poolside in a lounge chair next to an umbrella watching the bombs drop. Oh? Yes, another drink please. Thank you. This is the stuff dreams are made of.
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Pro read, if only so you can sympathize with "Bark M" being condescended to by all the commenters explaining that he's got a toddler's understanding of the world and his demands to enforce that as truth by the comments he makes.
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Goober Peas posted:TTAC has become increasingly unpalatable for me. It feels like their staff have caught the Doug DeMuro self-importance bug. TTAC has always been coplete and utter poo poo Wistful of Dollars posted:Ah, found the cache. Holy crap what the gently caress is wrong with that idiot? And the comments.....! I'm so glad AI continues to be a sane car forum
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Adiabatic posted:lmao never not procrastinate. I've found that having multiple poo poo to do means you procrastinate on one thing by doing the other thing. If it's stupid and it works, it ain't stupid. Dude, I live to procrastinate. But I'll get back to that later. In all seriousness, I know that feeling. I'm master-class. My problem is, I just find new things to procrastinate, and never finish anything. Well, just not enough.
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Ether Frenzy posted:Pro read, if only so you can sympathize with "Bark M" being condescended to by all the commenters explaining that he's got a toddler's understanding of the world and his demands to enforce that as truth by the comments he makes. Also amusing given his brother's comment in the retraction article.
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It's weird, 85% of the people in the world who have the yugest most luxurious penis, sports pedigree, programming bona fides and hot-girl-gettingness among their grammar school contemporaries go on to college, meet other people who are as smart as them and then that gives them some sense of perspective about their own perception of their abilities. A lot of that 85% then go on to meet counterparts with exactly the same quantity or more of success in the lower leagues but who went to an actually academically impressive college that isn't Baruth State - which gives that original successful kid from the tiny pond a little MORE perspective, and then a lucky tiny percentage of the "Average Person who Was Super Good At Pitching Baseballs When He Was 14" from that original demographic go on to meet the Truly Impressive People in the world, the ones who run fortune 500 companies successfully, write epic musical classics, create Singer automobiles - you know, do more impressive things than write mildly informed shitposts on the internet about cars.
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Can someone run down real quick if the 55" Vizio is better than the 55" Samsung?: http://arstechnica.com/staff/2017/01/dealmaster-dont-miss-out-before-the-big-game-here-are-a-bunch-of-4k-tv-deals/ I'm pretty familiar with Samsung's SmartTV UI, but don't know if Vizio offers better value at that price. Is that even a good price for 4k and HDR?
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Wistful of Dollars posted:Also amusing given his brother's comment in the retraction article. In my experience, people that proclaim themselves to be the smartest person in the room are the dumbest motherfuckers on the planet.
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kimbo305 posted:Can someone run down real quick if the 55" Vizio is better than the 55" Samsung?: http://arstechnica.com/staff/2017/01/dealmaster-dont-miss-out-before-the-big-game-here-are-a-bunch-of-4k-tv-deals/ Looks like Rtings likes the Vizio a bit better, scroll down to the Under 1000 section
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Wistful of Dollars posted:Also amusing given his brother's comment in the retraction article. Jack got his start writing as a several time banned troll on vwvortex (fourspeedfox, virgangfuch, etc). To be dair, he was the best spoken troll on the internet. Also, TTAC jack who doug demouro is ripping off, but without the obvious right wing politics. I was facebook friends with him for a long time (from before he was writing), but he keep going more and more right wing jackass. His brother is less talented version on him. Edit: Jack did auto-x a w12 passat and got it to lift a wheel, so he gets some credit for that. He's book smart and good at cars and bikes, but not a whole lot of sense.
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Alarbus posted:Looks like Rtings likes the Vizio a bit better, scroll down to the Under 1000 section Dammit, I just upsold myself to the 55" KS8000.
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Ether Frenzy posted:It's weird, 85% of the people in the world who have the yugest most luxurious penis, sports pedigree, programming bona fides and hot-girl-gettingness among their grammar school contemporaries go on to college, meet other people who are as smart as them and then that gives them some sense of perspective about their own perception of their abilities. the gently caress are you on about
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Adiabatic posted:What's everybody's favorite thing they're in the middle of right now? I am almost done building my new RC rock crawler. I am just finishing masking the body and getting ready for paint and will be doing somewhat of a take on dazzle camo. I am also trying to figure out what billet bead lock wheels I am going to use. I think I have narrowed it down to the Method 105's in gunmetal grey I have a set of Method 101 wheels on my rock racer that are pretty neat I am also getting my work station set up a little better. I got a new 27 inch iMac that is pretty excellent. It will be nice to have for making videos for work.
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Prior to the tragedy I kept myself busy in December by organizing my idiotically large and waste of money comic collection so I could begin purging it from my life. I also started pulled the bumper off the Miata so I can give vinyl wrapping another go.
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kimbo305 posted:Can someone run down real quick if the 55" Vizio is better than the 55" Samsung?: http://arstechnica.com/staff/2017/01/dealmaster-dont-miss-out-before-the-big-game-here-are-a-bunch-of-4k-tv-deals/ I don't know if this has changed in the last year but Samsung used to stick whatever panel they could get into their TVs and use the same model number. The panels ranged from really good Samsung and LG units to some junk Chinese specials. Only way to make sure you got a good one was to check the codes on the label against a decoder/list online. I will never buy a Samsung TV online for that reason. Actually I'll probably never buy anything Samsung anymore
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Galler posted:The panels ranged from really good Samsung and LG units to some junk Chinese specials. Only way to make sure you got a good one was to check the codes on the label against a decoder/list online. Wow. Looks like you can bring up a diagnostic on the TV to check which panel is in it now?
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I just got a new coffee maker and learned a lesson: despite the flashing "EMPTY COFFEE FILTER" message, it's probably best to give it half an hour to cool down first.
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Wistful of Dollars posted:Also amusing given his brother's comment in the retraction article. All his comments are loving cringeworthy, what a pair of arseholes his parents raised. Shoulda smacked those little turds upside the head some more.
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Adiabatic posted:the gently caress are you on about He's copying how Brauth writes. By taking a huge poo poo on the keyboard
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Adiabatic posted:What's everybody's favorite thing they're in the middle of right now? drywalling my house with less skill than a hungover minimum wage plasterer
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kastein posted:drywalling my house with less skill than a hungover minimum wage plasterer The good news is that it always sands down.
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My microwave just blew up and this has led me to re-discover that hot chocolate made in a pan on the stove is a poo poo load better than hot chocolate made using the microwave. Somehow a microwave running while producing sparks, flames and smoke out the side doesn't make anything trip in my fusebox, but turning on the light in my extension when the air is damp (so pretty much all the time in winter in the UK) makes the main breaker trip almost every single time.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:the level where you get the glove/bracelet that lets you slip between timelines so you can just dance around any and all danger and snap necks until you've had your fill. That mechanic was fun, for sure.
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Tomarse posted:My microwave just blew up and this has led me to re-discover that hot chocolate made in a pan on the stove is a poo poo load better than hot chocolate made using the microwave. Hot chocolate from the stove is better. And you microwave was still pulling less than the rated current - it was just doing spectacular things with that current!
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I'm welding! These are my first few attempts ever I'm loving terrible!!!! And I'm going to weld a new bung onto my exhaust and fabricate some basic mounts in my engine compartment
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The Door Frame posted:I'm welding! I'm in the same place as you welding, just started learning, I need more scrap metal to learn on.
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slothrop posted:What up worry buddy Mines cos about 3 months ago my missus had a pilonidal sinus cut out and we thought it was all good. And in the last three days it's become painful and inflamed and started to weep evil again. If it's failed then it's surgery again, with another 6-8 week recovery period again. I'm worried cos I've got about 4 more weeks before my mortgage goes from a construction loan to a normal loan and we have to start to pay principal as well as interest and the repayment goes up. Missus is a contract teacher and no work = no money and if she can't work for 6-8 weeks then my wage alone won't cover both the mortgage payment and fuel to get to work and back. And that's not taking into account the bills. Here's hoping it's just an infection or something and not a new sinus forming, cos it's killing me seeing her in so much pain and being so worried and anxious about it.
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CommieGIR posted:I'm in the same place as you welding, just started learning, I need more scrap metal to learn on. I have a big bag of nails that I'm playing with, but it's just really hard to see what I'm doing with that dark screen in front of my eyes
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Excuse me while I go use that wonderful Psuedoephedrine for my hosed sinuses. Only issue is once it kicks in the snot comes out.
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bolind posted:loving around with graphite and grafana trying to make a kickass monitoring system at work. We need to talk Adiabatic posted:What's everybody's favorite thing they're in the middle of right now? Calligraphy! Saw an awesome writing gif a few months ago so I picked up a pen for the first time in years. I've got gold ink! It's satisfying to send someone a handmade thankyou note and at least two of my friends kept their Christmas gift tags from me this year. It helps that I went to a country school where they still taught with fountain pen. meltie fucked around with this message at 02:00 on Jan 25, 2017 |
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Adiabatic posted:ugh dude I just picked up the guitar recently and it's really made me wish I went orchestra in highschool instead of band. Srtinged instruments are so calming and soothing! Do you have any recordings? Unfortunately I do not. I don't really play gigs or anything, just play for myself for fun. Since others posted pictures of their guitars, I'll share some of my Violin: The top is Italian Spruce and the back is Romanian Maple. Pictures don't do enough justice for the top, it has much more of what they call "bearclaw." I have a viola from the same maker but I don't have any pictures on hand.
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