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NoNostalgia4Grover posted:Spongebob I still have those moccasin boots. They still look loving hilarious. And I went the cheap route because I was poor, retarded and a half-step from eating a bullet. I even bought that .357 right before going, but never bothered carrying it along because, guns or drugs. One or the other, but never carry both at once. I was really on wits' end before going (divorce a year prior, in the middle of a foreclosure because of the divorce, poo poo jobs, failed miserably out of school), but our bullshit week of traipsing around in the woods was enough of an experience to start focusing on learning from the disasters I was putting myself through. I do want to go back and take another stab at it, but most of all, I just needed the break to realize what was important. The fresh air, Frank, the poo poo rainy days that made me bust my rear end (because of those drat boots). And that goddamn pop-up tent. gently caress that thing. I was always set up first at the camp site, but no way in hell would I buy that tent for that trip again. Walking through the woods with a 3 foot disc on the back of your pack is 11 levels of misery and stupidity.
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Shim went a little nuts on the lightweight stuff, but he picked up spares of a few things I needed. I still have the extra thermal bivy sack he got somehow, used it on the eclipse trip, even squeezed Frank in just a little at Dinosaur (my little furnace).
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Nostalgia4Dogges posted:With all the police hate especially amongst the motorcycle community I try to give cops the benefit of the doubt. Then poo poo like this happens Motorcycle rider probably deserved it lol
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STOP THE PRESSES, there's a halal place downtown that recently opened up. It's the one thing I've been dying to have in this lovely town and now it's a reality. I am ordering so much chicken and lamb over rice. OK, back to copchat.
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# ? Aug 31, 2017 01:28 |
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milk milk lemonade posted:Motorcycle rider probably deserved it lol Maybe he did. But that cop went about it in all the wrong ways and should be facing charges.
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# ? Aug 31, 2017 01:48 |
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Yeah if that cop thinks that that's a normal way to approach a traffic stop then he should not be a cop.
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# ? Aug 31, 2017 02:00 |
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The "cop" basically handles his weapon like this robber here: https://youtu.be/Iudb0amH0sY , and doesn't show a badge. I really have no sympathy for rear end in a top hat motorcyclists but this basically looks like an armed robbery up until the point you can see the flashers. And you figure a detective would have just tailed the guy, called in the plate and had uniformed officers deal with it. Since when do detectives care about traffic laws?
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# ? Aug 31, 2017 02:16 |
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If I see someone doing something dangerous I'd go ahead and stop them, but I wouldn't wait for a marked car. I do make sure my badge is visible and I don't point my gun at anyone until I need to, but hey that's just me what do I know 🤷🏻♂️
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suboptimal posted:The "cop" basically handles his weapon like this robber here: https://youtu.be/Iudb0amH0sY , and doesn't show a badge. I really have no sympathy for rear end in a top hat motorcyclists but this basically looks like an armed robbery up until the point you can see the flashers. And you figure a detective would have just tailed the guy, called in the plate and had uniformed officers deal with it. Since when do detectives care about traffic laws? One who likes to throw his weight around?
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Apparently porky pig is in a bit of trouble for it http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/shoreline-motorcyclists-terrifying-traffic-stop-threatened-at-gunpoint-but-he-wasnt-ticketed/
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LITERALLY SHAKING posted:I still have those moccasin boots. They still look loving hilarious. It is good that your Ren-fair sex worker boots survive to this day. True comedy is hard to kill. In that vein of that thought, Shim SHIM SHIMAZU. I didn't think it was possible to top this http://imgur.com/a/9AvtX ...but it is. You need to start reading the CYPHERNOMICON, a deadly serious 1994 FAQ-slash-manifesto about computer privacy, cyber activism, cryptology, and free speech. In 2017 it reads like high comedy + mega-nerd phrase dropping, with the added bonus of stuff like this... code:
...appearing every 3 or so pages. So far I am only on section 5.4.19, my mind boggles at how much more insaner & hilarious the Cyphernomicon is going to get. Just to clarify, the CYPHERNOMICON is considered one of the more "balanced" cyber-activist manifestos. There is another crazier manifesto I haven't read yet called Assassination Politics by Jim Bell. Jim Bell is.....just google him & back the hell away from that level of crazy.
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NoNostalgia4Grover posted:In that vein of that thought, Shim It's good to have you back man
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frAEmhqdLFs
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LtCol J. Krusinski posted:It's good to have you back man Thanks Shim. I've been reading tons of old scifi & fantasy books in my spare time. So much insanity, so many creepy rear end fetishes. One 1930s - 1950s scifi writer literally wanted to gently caress cats and/or cat-human hybrids. Never read Cordwainer Smith. For non-tech dudes, the zimmermann picture link I posted early is funny because Phil Zimmermann created the PGP software in 1991, which allowed everyone + their hamster to encrypt personal data securely. Zimmermann became rich, and geek famous as the poster-person for privacy rights advocates & private encryption in general. His mantra was always use encryption, never send anything in plain text. Cut to 2014 and http://imgur.com/a/9AvtX quantumfoam fucked around with this message at 05:14 on Aug 31, 2017 |
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not caring here posted:Apparently porky pig is in a bit of trouble for it Well, props to the county sheriff for the apology instead of the "we're
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Yeah in all fairness I'll definitely give them props for coming with that outright. I guess the sheriff personally called the dude within hours of him posting the video or whatever
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NoNostalgia4Grover posted:Thanks Shim. poo poo... The first time I read through The Science Fiction Hall of Fame anthology, I hit "The Ballad of Lost C'Mell" and what the everliving gently caress?
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Stultus Maximus posted:poo poo... The first time I read through The Science Fiction Hall of Fame anthology, I hit "The Ballad of Lost C'Mell" and what the everliving gently caress? There is a lot of bad science fiction & fantasy authors out there. One memorably bad series(the STEN archives) that I remember repackaged 1970s -1980s action movies into scifi adventures for 7+ books with a do-not-steal-please villain. Generally I can make it through at least one short story or novel before giving up on a author, usually. Here's my current avoid this author list post car accident Stephen King anyone published by Baen Books (ie. David Weber, John Ringo, Eric Flint, etc) excluding Keith Laumer. Laumer was cool. Neal Stephenson China Melville John Ringo -listed twice for a reason Neal Asher Philip Jose Farmer Peter Hamilton Samuel Delany Piers Anthony Robert Heinlein Cordwainer Smith Hannu Rajaniemi So far the only avoid at all costs forever author I have is George RR Martin. I tried reading him/stuff edited by him and bounced off hard. GRRM style synopsis seems to be: degradation rape porn baked in poo poo.
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NoNostalgia4Grover posted:There is a lot of bad science fiction & fantasy authors out there. I stick to early 90s Forgotten Realm books. It's safer this way.
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Piers Anthony is such a weird goober. I read a lot of the early Xanth novels from like age 9-12 and then came back to the series years later and still kinda enjoyed the first stuff but later novels just got bizarre and uninteresting. Don't even remember examples, just that impression.
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# ? Aug 31, 2017 14:42 |
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I'm changing phone services to verizon as I barely get reception where I live. I've always been on a family plan and never actually shopped for phone service though. What do you guys pay and whats your data plan?
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# ? Aug 31, 2017 15:46 |
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I jumped on the Google Fi train a couple of years ago. My bill is typically $40/mo, but sometimes I get stupid/can't find wifi for a week or two, then it jumps to a whole $60. I'm not a heavy data user, though.
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Calling it now, american gip guy born in germany/who recently got a sweet job with a german car company is going to be the official scape-goat for whatever future emissions scandals at that company. Hope you didn't blindly sign blank paperwork mein herr.
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NoNostalgia4Grover posted:There is a lot of bad science fiction & fantasy authors out there. I like the 1632 Ring of Fire universe though.
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There's some decent Heinlein, but way too much weird Heinlein with author insertion and incest fetishising.
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Nostalgia4Dogges posted:With all the police hate especially amongst the motorcycle community I try to give cops the benefit of the doubt. Then poo poo like this happens this sheriff would have been shot by a lot of people, and it would have been totally justified. He did not identify himself, was likely off duty, and had no clear badge showing. He needs to be fired and lose his gun rights.
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Pesticide20 posted:There's some decent Heinlein, but way too much weird Heinlein with author insertion and incest fetishising. It sounds like you have a problem with Johnny Rico and his power-armor dropping onto bugs to the "The Ballad of Rodger Young" If you had said fascism fetishizing I would have agreed with you. Mind you it also led to Paul Verehoven reading the book, being upset with the way that fascism was being fetishized as he lived under the Nazi Jackboot in the Netherlands, and that is how we got the wonderfully batshit crazy super gory and communal showers Starship Troopers movie. MA-Horus fucked around with this message at 17:09 on Aug 31, 2017 |
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MA-Horus posted:It sounds like you have a problem with Johnny Rico and his power-armor dropping onto bugs to the "The Ballad of Rodger Young" Have you ever read later Heinlein?
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Pesticide20 posted:Have you ever read later Heinlein? Stranger in a strange land is the latest I ever read.
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Yeah, really don't read anything past that. It goes off the rails in a big way
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Duzzy Funlop posted:this sheriff would have been shot by a lot of people, and it would have been totally justified. He did not identify himself, was likely off duty, and had no clear badge showing. He needs to be fired and lose his gun rights. I mean, you could've shot him and been within your rights, but good luck accomplishing that when he's already got a glock drawn and pointed at you with a finger on the trigger
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# ? Aug 31, 2017 18:13 |
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Nostalgia4Dogges posted:With all the police hate especially amongst the motorcycle community I try to give cops the benefit of the doubt. Then poo poo like this happens How the gently caress?
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Pesticide20 posted:Yeah, really don't read anything past that. It goes off the rails in a big way I've only read a few of his but I really enjoyed The Puppet Masters.
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Slim Pickens posted:I mean, you could've shot him and been within your rights, but good luck accomplishing that when he's already got a glock drawn and pointed at you with a finger on the trigger I was quoting the top comment under the video
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Also, I wrecked 50k in rims and tires today, and one of the shocks on our prototype decided it was not long for this world and failed in a spectacular fashion that took half of the wheel well with it. I also sustained my first work-related injury, because it turns out brake discs get hot as gently caress when you repeatedly run an SUV over simulated curbs to wreck tires and then run your arm against them while changing tires. The skin sloughed off my arm like on an overcooked chicken drumstick. In a connected twist of fate, it seems that I've already built a reputation as a down-to-earth guy with most of the engineers, mechanics, and test drivers, because it seems that most managers deem themselves above poo poo that gets your hands dirty. How they do not understand that seeing and interacting with all this tech poo poo is like being in the biggest and most expensive playground for me? Like, I'm trying to maintain my cool around all this poo poo as a marketing major in a STEM-as gently caress STEM field. Tomorrow's my birthday, so my boss just told me to go to the HQ to shoot the poo poo and chill with the HR folks tomorrow before going out to a beergarden in the afternoon.
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Gonna steal your skin and your job.
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# ? Aug 31, 2017 20:36 |
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I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop
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# ? Aug 31, 2017 20:42 |
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So am I. This can't be reality
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You're gonna get drafted to fight Nazi America and end up getting shot in an abandoned GM assembly plant
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I mean, I know that the pressure is gonna be turned up in the next couple of months, but I'm actually looking forward to it, and every single thing im picking up now gives me an understanding of what the gently caress im dealing with. And that's kinda important to someone not from the field. The thing about the company is that fitting in with the team is paramount, to the point where someone a little more qualified might not make the cut because of lovely chemistry with their surroundings. You kinda need that kind of business atmosphere and freedom of action in an environment where you're expected to overtake responsibilities despite an otherwise really flat hierarchy. My predecessor was axed after 8 days because he wouldn't mesh with anyone in the office. I heard most of that before signing, but now, after two weeks here, I see what they mean.
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