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I am pretty bearded, some ladies REALLY go for it, others actively hate it. Had some rude bitch talk about beards being dirty within earshot, despite the fact mine is immaculately maintained and washed erryday. My favourite interactions with people have been guys in pubs where you've sat on the same table as them. Many times when their girlfriend/wife steps off to the loo do you get the compliments then questions about it, it's pretty funny. "...so, about your beard..." You have to get through the 3 week growth itches and you're sound after that. Fairly sure there's a photo of my face in the beard thread still. I grew it because I started greying and keeping it stubbly just looked like I hacked chunks out of it and bald in places. So now I have a full beard with grey patches in it instead which is far better looking (in my opinion but that's the only opinion that matters). Olympic Mathlete posted:A (my) beard: Hello AI.
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Lots to catch up on since last posting. Been busy lately which is always a good thing. Had a followup with the doc and waiting for results from blood testing. Maybe pancreatitis, maybe just food poisoning or maybe my gall bladder is sputtering out.Applebees Appetizer posted:I heard somewhere that Mormons have to wear some kind of special underwear for a ceremony or something lol. Hey! It is me! The guy with the underwear. Since last posting I haven't had time to reply to iwentdoodie's question from earlier about being a Mormon in LV and asking questions seriously don't think that you are overstepping any boundaries. For two years I lived in Australia and was a full time proselyting missionary just talking to people about it, and anyone that wants to ask questions I am more than willing to answer. I guess what would a Mormon do for fun in LV? I don't really know because it is not a place I visit regularly. I was there for a work thing (a race) but I don't drink so I would just basically do normal stuff without the drinking, or smoking? We are advised against gambling which again is a pretty big thing to do in Vegas. Of course I have slipped a fiver into a machine and pulled the lever before but that was pretty lame to give up money that I worked hard for so I kind of gave up on that. Regarding caffeine the real advisory is specifically against teas and coffee (like actual tea, not like an herbal tea). The entire "caffeinated drinks" thing got overblown and really misunderstood by those within the LDS culture and outside. Really it is just a law of health to keep you from creating an addictive behavior. I see people abusing Diet Cokes the way other people abuse hard liquor but they feel they are doing the right thing. I let God to the judgement - that is not my job. Vegas has a lot of neat things to see/do/eat so just think of that but with more of a PG-13 mindset and no alcohol and I guess that is what you can expect from me going to Vegas? RE: the underwear thing, often referred to shorthand as just "garments" (full title being garments of the Holy Priesthood). It is pretty common that religions have their own religious clothing, including underwear. They are not that flattering, but not uncomfortable. They promote more modest dress. They are reserved for those that have been to the temple and have done ordinances (ordinance = religious ceremony the same way sacrament or baptism is an ordinance). Ordinances in the LDS religion include a "covenant" with God. The garment is for a reminder of those promises made with God. Where they seem to get a lot of attention is from folklore stories about them being "magic" because they protected people from fires or bullets or any other kind of thing you can come up with. They are told they will be a protection, but if people would pay attention they are a protection against "temptation", not from some supernatural or physical force. Pretty sure if someone pulled the trigger of a gun and I was on the business end I would bleed the same as anyone else. I have been wearing them since 2004? so I guess it is pretty normal for me at this point.
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May 14, 2018 22:37
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Gross dude, wash them.
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May 14, 2018 22:42
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cakesmith handyman posted:Gross dude, wash them. fair, but half of AI probably doesn't even wear undies so I am at least above average.
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May 14, 2018 22:49
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May 14, 2018 22:54
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May 14, 2018 23:03
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I stopped clean shaving about a year ago, I just buzz it close with the clippers and call it a day. Saving a fortune on blades and shave crap is nice.
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The practicing Mormon girls I met when I was in college in Phoenix circa 2002 were loving wild and if I were writing a sitcom or TV series or something and wrote their characters as I knew them it would be 100% opposite of whatever a Mormon is supposed to be like and the editors would go "No no, we can't have them do that, its too obvious of a joke" as push back from my factual representations. Those garments didn't seem to stop any temptation that I could see  As far as I know from Facebook they all folded back into the traditional Children of the Corn-looking families in Utah. But I know Timery, I know.
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Somewhat Heroic posted:For two years I lived in Australia and was a full time proselyting missionary just talking to people about it, and anyone that wants to ask questions I am more than willing to answer. Somewhat Heroic posted:I guess what would a Mormon do for fun in LV? I don't really know because it is not a place I visit regularly. I was there for a work thing (a race) but I don't drink so I would just basically do normal stuff without the drinking, or smoking? Somewhat Heroic posted:We are advised against gambling which again is a pretty big thing to do in Vegas. Of course I have slipped a fiver into a machine and pulled the lever before but that was pretty lame to give up money that I worked hard for so I kind of gave up on that. Somewhat Heroic posted:Regarding caffeine the real advisory is specifically against teas and coffee (like actual tea, not like an herbal tea). The entire "caffeinated drinks" thing got overblown and really misunderstood by those within the LDS culture and outside. Really it is just a law of health to keep you from creating an addictive behavior. I see people abusing Diet Cokes the way other people abuse hard liquor but they feel they are doing the right thing. "Hard liquor"? Sheeeeeeit. Everyone needs whisky. Somewhat Heroic posted:RE: the underwear thing  One question I will ask is why all the Mormons I've met have looked like D-Fens from Falling Down.
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Darchangel posted:edit: every time I shave completely I get ths:
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Some neighbors finally moved into the apartment "behind" me, on the other side of the building. While they do make a little noise and cough and stuff, it's okay because now they use their A/C, and it means my shared-wall rooms (bathroom and bedroom) are no longer a hundred million degrees. Before, with nobody living there, their apartment would get really hot and I had to fight heat off of two sides. My apartment is north facing, so their apartment would heat up quickly with a south-facing window, and if I left my bathroom door closed it would always be toasty in there. I just went into the bathroom and it was COOLER than the rest of the apartment, even though I've had the AC off for a few hours.
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freelop posted:Our house was pretty dirty when we bought it and had came with all the contents the previous person living there (2 owners ago) including 6 month old milk, furniture, a TV and a box of parachute flares which the police didn't appreciate me turning up on their doorstep with. I parsed this as parachute pants and couldn't understand why you were taking them to the police
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I usually go full beard through the winter and trim down to a goatee in the summer. Trying just a goatee this year rather than my traditional full-round, easier to breathe when I'm swimming and women seem less repulsed than usual so I might stick with it.
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InitialDave posted:Is green tea ok? I'd consider that a good thing to drink, but it does contain I think the green tea is okay. I’ve never had it myself so idk. I mainly just drink water, occasionally have a fizzy drink (Mexican Coca Cola is the best, bundaberg ginger beer or peachee is about it for me) I have no idea what D-Fens is. Edit: I unlazied myself and googled. White shirt (often short sleeved for comfort) tie and tidy hair cut. That’s kind of the uniform for missionaries in most places. Dude is a bit on the older side but yeah there’s a lot of similarities besides wielding a gun (big no-no as a missionary) Somewhat Heroic fucked around with this message at 02:01 on May 15, 2018 |
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I'm so lazy I alternate between a full beard (including neck) and a round beard (goatee) with each run of the trimmer. Unless I'm going out somewhere fancy or trying to impress a lady, then I'll trim to a goatee and shave. If I'm really trying to impress a lady I'll shave every day.
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May 15, 2018 02:00
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Haha the Isetta in Forza 7 is so drat good.
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Somewhat Heroic posted:I think the green tea is okay. I’ve never had it myself so idk. I mainly just drink water, occasionally have a fizzy drink (Mexican Coca Cola is the best, bundaberg ginger beer or peachee is about it for me) If you've never watched the movie Falling Down, you should find a way to do so immediately. D-fens is the main character.
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Haven't shaved since November, keep it somewhat trimmed but haven't cut any length. Wife loves it and get a lot of compliments from other ladies, so it must not be horrible.
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Powershift posted:If you've never watched the movie Falling Down, you should find a way to do so immediately. D-fens is the main character. Falling Down is an incredible movie.
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May 15, 2018 02:06
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Video game hot take: Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth has a lot of really weirdly detailed food descriptions and several missions based on touring restaurants. It makes me really hungry
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I’m 34 and have never been able to grow anything resembling decent facial hair. I recently went 3 weeks without shaving and just looked like an irradiated bear  I could probably have shaved what I can grow into a decent goatee, but that’s it.
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The Door Frame posted:Video game hot take: I'm gonna blame this on FFXV, which has the best food in videogames.
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I think I'm going to shave it completely off tomorrow. The beard is something I probably could get used to, but in my line of work it's a pain in the rear end and now that summer heat is starting up, I think the novelty will wear thin pretty quickly.
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bandman posted:a decent goatee, What?
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I'm gonna blame this on FFXV, which has the best food in videogames. Strangely enough, DSCS came out a year earlier than Final Fantasy XV. I first noticed the weird food fixation in Yakuza 0 and it comes up in every Japanese game I play, but this is the first time I got uncomfortable with the detail and frequency of forced food quests in a game about being a detective who specializes in Digimon. The designers had a borderline fetishistic relationship with food Now that I think about it, one of the characters in Nier: Automatic Tomatoes knowingly eats poisonous fish and dies, just for the experience of eating it. The game is an existential crisis, an exploration of animism, and a scathing critique of Japanese culture rolled into one, so having a character commit suicide by gastronomy feels pretty damning
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bandman posted:I’m 34 and have never been able to grow anything resembling decent facial hair. I recently went 3 weeks without shaving and just looked like an irradiated bear I'm 46 an can only grow a scraggly goatee (think Capt John Sparrow), the sides of my face are barren. It's nice tho because it's super easy to keep a clean shaven face for me, I've had buddies with thick beards tell me I'm lucky 
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I started growing out my beard a couple of years ago, because I was sick and tired of shaving. Now I just trim the edges once a week or so. Turns out the bald+beard+bespectacled look really works for me, and my girlfriend likes it.
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freelop posted:The coast guard ignored my quip about disposing of them in a fire. I was in the Aussie Coast Guard. We would take any flares for 'disposal' (getting drunk and letting them off ourselves. Sometimes we used them for training people. The police didn't like us firing off 10 in the harbour even though we called it in to them prior. Also beard chat: I've always had a beard for maybe 15 years or so. My ex LOVED it and had some weird fetish for lumberjacks so go figure. I got in big trouble by her when I walked out of the bathroom completely shaven as I needed to shave to go underground at a specific coal mine due to the CABA requirements. Current partner hates the beard but deals with it by fantasing I am Negan or whatever pop culture beardy bloke she is watching.
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Parcel number: {TRACKING_NUMBER} Actual email I just got. Fix your lovely eshop software, people!
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I finally got a call from the Day & Ross depot yesterday afternoon. They acted as if I hadn't spent the last week trying to arrange to pick the new bed up and demanded I pick it up this morning because they want my poo poo gone. I'm leaving in about half an hour and I swear to Immortan Joe that if get down there just to find out the bed's damaged or some poo poo I am gonna be screaming for someone's head on a pike outside my bedroom window. If a suitable pike cannot be found I'll loving make one.
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May 15, 2018 10:24
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Leftover biscuits and gravy with eggs and bacon is possibly the happiest thing to wake up with.
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Fermented Tinal posted:I finally got a call from the Day & Ross depot yesterday afternoon. They acted as if I hadn't spent the last week trying to arrange to pick the new bed up and demanded I pick it up this morning because they want my poo poo gone. I'm leaving in about half an hour and I swear to Immortan Joe that if get down there just to find out the bed's damaged or some poo poo I am gonna be screaming for someone's head on a pike outside my bedroom window. If a suitable pike cannot be found I'll loving make one. 
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iwentdoodie posted:Leftover biscuits and gravy with eggs and bacon is possibly the happiest thing to wake up with. my brain is having trouble parsing this bit tbh
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spog posted:Better than an erection? Yes. And enourmo: wife brought them home last night from the inlaws. Trust me, an army could not finish the amount of loving food they make. MIL sent me a plate that had: 4 cathead biscuits, at least a pint of gravy, equiv of about 3 eggs, and 6 pieces of bacon. I'll live off that for 3 meals today.
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I got picked as juror for a felony DUI trial. I'm trying to be objective and fair, but the defense attorney is literally this, bowtie and all: His opening statement was "I'm just a simple country lawyer from *neighboring county*" and I just about lost it.
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STR posted:What the gently caress Hulu? Every time I ignore it for a bit (leaving it as background noise), it always winds up going to... I'm assuming Hulu at least finishes whatever season of the show you started watching. I used to do something similar by letting youtube run through autoplay for background music at work (cause I'm a tightarse with no subscription to a streaming service). It worked pretty well for a few months, then yesterday the autoplay somehow ended up on kids youtube and now my suggestions are hosed.
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Been here at the depot for 45 minutes so far and am still waiting.
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