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Sic Semper Goon posted:There's a reason why only the desperate and/or insane go into cooking. Is it... is it love?
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Jerry Cotton posted:Is it... is it love? If it is, they truly are barking mad.
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May 27, 2017 06:32
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Cowslips Warren posted:Working on an rpg with a friend. We get the basic stuff down...and then when we actually have the game in play, she announces she wants to move past whatever campaign/plot point is happening because she's 'not in the mood for this right now.' Well, fair enough, but when you help me WRITE THE loving THING, why do you include XYZ poo poo, and then when the game is on with players, you decide you're not in the mood for a sidequest/major battle/anything in particular because you had some new idea about next week's play? Is this a tabletop/d&d thing, and if so are you both DMing or something? It's kind of hard to grasp what's going on from your post. Anyway, it sounds like she might be happier just writing the scenarios and not getting involved in playing them out. I've known plenty of people that get very excited and detailed about character creation, for instance, but then always flake on actually playing the game for whatever reason. I'd be shocked if the same thing doesn't happen regularly on the other side of the table.
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May 27, 2017 07:42
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Che Delilas posted:Is this a tabletop/d&d thing, and if so are you both DMing or something? It's kind of hard to grasp what's going on from your post. We're joint DMs. It works better that way so far... It's just maddening. There were a few games she made up and they just went nowhere fast. When the main NPCs keep changing the reasons they do what they do, and it's not mind control, it's just the DM not planning ahead beyond "this sounds cool, right?" So now I make the bulk of them, with her input, and sometimes it's easier to compromise. IE, we had some plague game going, and my thought was, you know, people sure it's the end of times, we're gonna see a lot of cults and human sacrifice and poo poo. People desperate to survive. And she was more "nah, I don't see that happening. Maybe at first but it's been like six months and the plague has an incubation time of like a month in a person, and there's no way to tell you have it till you start acting rabid, so yeah, I think poo poo has calmed down." Trying to explain, no, poo poo would be worse, just led to the doubling down of "NO I think everything would be fine!"
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May 27, 2017 15:05
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Cowslips Warren posted:We're joint DMs. It works better that way so far... Nothing sparks a good evening of adventure like "everything is fine"
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May 27, 2017 15:12
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kreyla posted:I was the sick child. Even threw up in a gift shop. My dad made me go even though I had stomach flu and bronchitis, because "we paid a lot for this trip and you're not just going to sleep in the hotel!" A little thing that makes me angry is that I have a roughly 50% chance of coming down with a nasty, fever inducing cold or flu every time I use air travel. So half the time I go on vacation I'm "putting on a brave face" and wishing I could just lay in bed in the hotel.
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May 27, 2017 16:16
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My mom and stepdad are visiting us, and they are smug know-it-alls which is super annoying. But my mother also has no tact whatsoever and it's really terrible. We were at dinner with my in-laws and my mil was talking about how her father was just diagnosed with lung cancer. My mom turns to me and 'whispers' (loud enough that mil probably heard) "time to start making funeral arrangements". I'm like Jesus Christ, Mom, shut the gently caress up. She's like "what?? You and me both know it's probably hopeless". Omg. Just. Shut. Up. What the gently caress is wrong with people like this?? She is staying with us for two more days and I'm so annoyed already. Both her and my stepdad also keep just leaving the doors open. Like, they will leave to go to the store and will just not close the front door after them. It is both baffling and enfuriating.
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May 27, 2017 16:29
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genetic_knockout posted:My mom and stepdad are visiting us, and they are smug know-it-alls which is super annoying. But my mother also has no tact whatsoever and it's really terrible. My parents, especially my dad, are tactless like this (although more toward cultural insensitivity than personal/health stuff) when traveling and it drives me nuts. Like when my dad visited germany he'd loudly talk about other people or the waiter/waitress in english assuming none of them spoke it (almost all of them did), and saying things like "don't they have anything here besides kraut food" etc. I also get pissed when people, family or otherwise, seem baffled by my doors and windows. It's not hard, you just turn the handle and push/pull. Also with the more standard doors, it really irritates me when people slam doors. Are they not hearing themselves? Do they not realize how annoying it is to be woken up every time they use the bathroom at night because they can't handle the apparently difficult action of turning the handle as they close it instead of just yanking it shut?
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May 27, 2017 16:40
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Catberry posted:Nothing sparks a good evening of adventure like "everything is fine" The word "fine." poo poo you may as well break out the napalm at that point. When people want to talk to you and expect you to go to them. Drop what you're doing and head over. Because they can't possibly COME TO YOU. Bonus points if it's something funny on Facebook while you're actually working.
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May 27, 2017 17:31
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Here's one that's come up a lot on SA in particular: "I really like [food]." If it's an unhealthy food, someone will immediately jump to the conclusion that this is all you ever eat, you disgusting pig. If it's a healthy food, someone will inform you that it's either actually unhealthy, not organic/local enough, or you've never had the real version and what you like is poo poo, probably because you're American. If you eat a doughnut, ever, you obviously don't care about yourself. If you eat chicken, it's actually unsanitary (nevermind how you prep it) and terrible for you. Fruits are just sugar, don't eat those. Unless you're baking your own bread, you're just being lazy. And if you use bleached flour, you might as well start shoveling sugar packets down your maw. I recall one thread where a goon scoffed at the idea of feeding their kids vegetables. It's doubly irritating because not only is it an attack of assumptions, but it smacks of elitism and first world privilege.
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May 27, 2017 17:45
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When people bring their infants to the library or the movies.
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May 27, 2017 18:56
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Yobgoblin posted:When people bring their infants to the library or the movies. Also amusement parks like disney. People there are already idiots regarding walking without plowing into people, and the presence of a shitload of the tank-sized quadruple wide strollers makes it hell on earth. Your precious princess 1 year old isn't going to remember the trip anyway, leave her with a babysitter.
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May 27, 2017 18:58
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genetic_knockout posted:She is staying with us for two more days and I'm so annoyed already. Both her and my stepdad also keep just leaving the doors open. Like, they will leave to go to the store and will just not close the front door after them. It is both baffling and enfuriating. Why not buy a door pump for your front door? That way you'll never have to wonder if you remembered to close the door either!  (This was a seriouspost by the way. It won't help you with your terrible relatives but still a nice thing to have in my opinion.)
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May 27, 2017 21:32
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Jerry Cotton posted:Why not buy a door pump for your front door? That way you'll never have to wonder if you remembered to close the door either! Why over-engineer a solution when simply not having them around again fixes the problem in a much more satisfying way.
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May 27, 2017 21:41
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Bogan King posted:Why over-engineer a solution when simply not having them around again fixes the problem in a much more satisfying way. Set the pump strong enough so they can't get in 
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May 27, 2017 21:43
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yeah I eat rear end posted:Also amusement parks like disney. People there are already idiots regarding walking without plowing into people, and the presence of a shitload of the tank-sized quadruple wide strollers makes it hell on earth. Your precious princess 1 year old isn't going to remember the trip anyway, leave her with a babysitter. Eh that's more for the parents than the kid. The baby's still going to be reacting to things and it'll be a nice memory/picture opportunity for the future
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May 27, 2017 22:27
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Aesop Poprock posted:Eh that's more for the parents than the kid. The baby's still going to be reacting to things and it'll be a nice memory/picture opportunity for the future They should at least be more considerate when plowing their giant tank through crowds though. Just because you have a baby does not give you absolute right of way.
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May 27, 2017 22:28
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Cowslips Warren posted:When people want to talk to you and expect you to go to them. Drop what you're doing and head over. Because they can't possibly COME TO YOU. Bonus points if it's something funny on Facebook while you're actually working. My dad does this all the loving time and it's always something he saw on Facebook. Sometimes it's just a picture, sometimes it's a short video, other times it's a 5 minute video of some random poo poo. It drives me nuts.
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May 27, 2017 22:38
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yeah I eat rear end posted:Also amusement parks like disney. People there are already idiots regarding walking without plowing into people, and the presence of a shitload of the tank-sized quadruple wide strollers makes it hell on earth. Your precious princess 1 year old isn't going to remember the trip anyway, leave her with a babysitter. I hardly ever went to amusement parks. When I did I hardly found that to be an issue. I guess your parks were more crowded than mine. Still sucks watching a suspenseful part of a movie where its all quiet and then you hear: "Daddy, I have to go peepee".
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May 27, 2017 23:23
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Yobgoblin posted:I hardly ever went to amusement parks. When I did I hardly found that to be an issue. I guess your parks were more crowded than mine. Why do you keep taking me to scary movies then Daddy? You know I don't like them.
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May 27, 2017 23:26
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cinni posted:People who, instead of coming to a complete stop behind a car at a red light, slow down early so they can keep dawdling forward very very slowly, creeping and creeping until they are finally blocked by the object in front of them. Just stop and wait like a normal person, you aren't going to be able to take off more quickly anyway because the stopped car in front has to begin movement and such. This, but when you're a passenger. Mainly because I'm exceptionally prone to carsickness and nothing sets it off more than moving really slowly, like under 5mph. Either stop or get going, or you're going to be cleaning up my barf.
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May 27, 2017 23:37
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yeah I eat rear end posted:They should at least be more considerate when plowing their giant tank through crowds though. Just because you have a baby does not give you absolute right of way. Lies! Once you produce a new person, everyone must give you extra care and admire your tiger stripes. I loving hate the term tiger stripes.
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May 27, 2017 23:45
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Cowslips Warren posted:Lies! Once you produce a new person, everyone must give you extra care and admire your tiger stripes. The... cryovolcanic rivers on Enceladus? 
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May 28, 2017 00:01
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May 28, 2017 00:03
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This lady across the back alley has called her kids name like 100 times in the last 10 minutes, just "Aidan Aidan Aidan Aidan" and on and on and on. She's trying to get his attention for a picture. And I'm like holy lord woman no he's like 6 months old he doesn't have object permanence yet let alone name recognition! Aidan is a concept that not exist for him yet! It's very aggravating.
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May 28, 2017 04:12
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Antioch posted:This lady across the back alley has called her kids name like 100 times in the last 10 minutes, just "Aidan Aidan Aidan Aidan" and on and on and on. She's trying to get his attention for a picture. People who name their children Aiden, or anything that rhymes with it, make me unreasonably angry.
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May 28, 2017 04:22
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Master Twig posted:People who name their children Aiden, or anything that rhymes with it, make me unreasonably angry. What, even Beybladen?
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May 28, 2017 04:24
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Master Twig posted:People who name their children Aiden, or anything that rhymes with it, make me unreasonably angry. 
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May 28, 2017 04:27
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when people ask me about my arm scars while I'm just trying to live my life and buy food or go into my apartment! a lot of people will never see self harm scars like I have, so I know I look weird as gently caress, but I wanna wear t-shirts and tank tops without having to deal without uncomfortable questions about stuff that isn't any of their business to begin with
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May 28, 2017 05:23
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The Snoo posted:when people ask me about my arm scars while I'm just trying to live my life and buy food or go into my apartment! a lot of people will never see self harm scars like I have, so I know I look weird as gently caress, but I wanna wear t-shirts and tank tops without having to deal without uncomfortable questions about stuff that isn't any of their business to begin with My arms are covered with nasty scars. They almost always started out as kitten/cat scratches or mosquito bites, but I tend to tear the scab off when I'm asleep, or when I'm awake and not paying attention. I scar badly. So far the easy excuse is the kittens/I foster cats, and as long as I'm not around a bunch of other fosters who don't scar badly, people seem okay with it. I really just want to tattoo over the fucker but I don't know if that's possible. The suck part is, the scars I got from working as a zookeeper, actual baby tiger slash marks across the backs of my calves, faded within a year.
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May 28, 2017 05:37
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Antioch posted:This lady across the back alley has called her kids name like 100 times in the last 10 minutes, just "Aidan Aidan Aidan Aidan" and on and on and on. She's trying to get his attention for a picture. Where I used to live there was a woman a few doors down who would scream at her kids all drat evening from like 5pm until 10-11. The kids did not give the slightest poo poo because screaming everything at the top of her voice was Just What Mummy Does but hearing her annoyed the poo poo out of us. Truly terrible parenting.
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May 28, 2017 08:49
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Cowslips Warren posted:My arms are covered with nasty scars. They almost always started out as kitten/cat scratches or mosquito bites, but I tend to tear the scab off when I'm asleep, or when I'm awake and not paying attention. I scar badly. So far the easy excuse is the kittens/I foster cats, and as long as I'm not around a bunch of other fosters who don't scar badly, people seem okay with it. I really just want to tattoo over the fucker but I don't know if that's possible. Just say the ones on your arms were from a baby tiger too. It's not technically lying since they count as kittens in my opinion.
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May 28, 2017 08:52
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Corrode posted:Where I used to live there was a woman a few doors down who would scream at her kids all drat evening from like 5pm until 10-11. The kids did not give the slightest poo poo because screaming everything at the top of her voice was Just What Mummy Does but hearing her annoyed the poo poo out of us. Truly terrible parenting. My experience has been that the loudest parents are usually the laziest. It goes beyond "Just What Mommy Does" and right into "no matter how many times she threatens things she never does so we can get away with literally everything." Then mom blames the children for being shits because she tries to control them but they refuse to listen! They refuse to listen because they know there are zero actual repercussions for whatever they do. Then they grow up to be awful people who keep acting like that. Needless to say many of them end up in jail.
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May 28, 2017 09:11
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yeah I eat rear end posted:Also amusement parks like disney. People there are already idiots regarding walking without plowing into people, and the presence of a shitload of the tank-sized quadruple wide strollers makes it hell on earth. Your precious princess 1 year old isn't going to remember the trip anyway, leave her with a babysitter. My sister and her husband decided going to Disney World when my niece was a month old (and my nephew about three) was a great idea. They went back when the kids were older and could remember, which made more sense.
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May 28, 2017 09:55
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"Re-tweets are not endorsements" gently caress off, don't loving retweet it then.
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ArtIsResistance posted:I There is a difference between a 3 month old and a 3 year old. Of course even toddlers need naps, and get stupid cranky when overexcited, which happens at theme parks. Would you take a three year old to a movie theater, even for a Pixar movie? I wouldn't. I remember doing a trial run with my niece: I figured if she could sit and watch a movie at home without acting like a normal toddler, be safe to take her to a real theater. She lasted about 20 minutes before she had to pee. Obnoxious thing: having a loving Comicon in late May/June. WTF Phoenix! Who arranges that poo poo, when it's 100* outside and likely close to that inside the buildings with all the body heat? I really would like to go, but the temperature always puts me off.
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May 28, 2017 15:00
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Cowslips Warren posted:There is a difference between a 3 month old and a 3 year old. Of course even toddlers need naps, and get stupid cranky when overexcited, which happens at theme parks. Yeah, there is plenty of stuff at disney parks for toddlers to actually do at least. For the really young ones all they do is get carted around (and into the back of my feet) in giant strollers going from one photo opportunity only their parents care about to the next. Like I think I said, the problem isn't that they are there, it is the fact that their parents are often entirely inconsiderate of other people and if they bash into you with their stroller it's suddenly your fault for not giving them a 10 ft+ berth because ~baby on board~.
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ToxicSlurpee posted:They refuse to listen because they know there are zero actual repercussions for whatever they do. Then they grow up to be awful people who keep acting like that. Needless to say many of them end up in government.
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