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The Door Frame
Dec 5, 2011

I don't know man everytime I go to the gym here there are like two huge dudes with raging high and tights snorting Nitro-tech off of each other's rock hard abs.

builds character posted:

:siren: Dont quote walls of text you loving mouthbreather :siren:

I feel like you misunderstood some of the questions, but you gave detailed answers that seem well thought out, so I can't fault you there. Still really wanna see that graph though, most of your answers are "strongly disagree/agree" and I want to see how that pans out with how heavily you've weighted those answers

Somebody fucked around with this message at 00:49 on Oct 11, 2018

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Goober Peas
Jun 30, 2007

Check out my 'Vette, bro


I can't believe you quoted that.

Fermented Tinal
Aug 25, 2005

by Pragmatica
Basically it's a 10 for Liberal and 10 for Authoritarian and in the Shoots Nazis box.

Ether Frenzy
Dec 22, 2006




Nap Ghost

The Door Frame posted:

I feel like you misunderstood some of the questions, but you gave detailed answers that seem well thought out, so I can't fault you there
Actually, this is precisely why everyone is so loving bad at politics. Being well thought out isn't the same as being well informed.

meatpimp
May 15, 2004

Psst -- Wanna buy

:) EVERYWHERE :)
some high-quality thread's DESTROYED!

:kheldragar:

Stop quoting that ridiculous wall of text.

Previa_fun
Nov 10, 2004

Just pretend I quoted the John Galt speech

OBAMNA PHONE
Aug 7, 2002

meatpimp posted:

Stop quoting that ridiculous wall of text.

wall of text crits u for 69696969 damage

Beverly Cleavage
Jun 22, 2004

I am a pretty pretty princess, watch me do my pretty princess dance....
You need to roll a minimum of 1 to successfully use herbal medicine and regain 420 hp.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!

Beverly Cleavage posted:

You need to roll a minimum of 1 to successfully use herbal medicine and regain 420 hp.

Okay Elon, whatever you say.

Turbo Fondant
Oct 25, 2010

Beverly Cleavage posted:

You need to roll a minimum of 1 to successfully use herbal medicine and regain 420 hp.

*rolls a joint

angryrobots
Mar 31, 2005

64bit_Dophins posted:

That's pretty exciting congrats!

My eyes are also terrible and I have an astigmatism. I was told by an eye doctor a few years ago that my eyes were 'just' bad enough that I wouldn't qualify for LASIK (I also couldn't afford it anyways).

I'll have to look into that though it seems promising.

Eye doctors who don't perform Lasik are absolutely full of poo poo information about Lasik because you will be a lost customer. I had real high astigmatism (-3.x, -4.x iirc) and they did it with the caveat that I understood that they might not get me to 20/20 initially. I was absolutely fine with that, and currently have done both once with PRK, and a revisit on my right eye. 20/20 and 20/30 and happy to not be blind anymore...

Rhyno posted:

LASIK chat!

My employer has a deal where we get 25% off the final cost of the procedure and the exams and consultations are all free. Brings it down to just under $4000 or so. Definitely moving forward on that next year.

You should shop around, cause that's real expensive.

On another note quoting text walls should be probatable!

builds character
Jan 16, 2008

Keep at it.

KozmoNaut posted:

The Party from "1984", I think.

:respek:


The Door Frame posted:

I feel like you misunderstood some of the questions, but you gave detailed answers that seem well thought out, so I can't fault you there. Still really wanna see that graph though, most of your answers are "strongly disagree/agree" and I want to see how that pans out with how heavily you've weighted those answers

The state is always certain.

Ether Frenzy posted:

Actually, this is precisely why everyone is so loving bad at politics. Being well thought out isn't the same as being well informed.

The state provides its citizens with the information necessary to exercise their rights by proxy through the state.

Fermented Tinal posted:

Basically it's a 10 for Liberal and 10 for Authoritarian and in the Shoots Nazis box.

I started out trying to get (and rationalize) a 10/10 for authoritarian conservative, but then I got carried away in the other direction when I realized that the state wouldn't like the free market very much and now I can't stop.

My personal views are pretty standard for this thread.

CerealKilla420
Jan 3, 2014

"I need a handle man..."

angryrobots posted:

Eye doctors who don't perform Lasik are absolutely full of poo poo information about Lasik because you will be a lost customer. I had real high astigmatism (-3.x, -4.x iirc) and they did it with the caveat that I understood that they might not get me to 20/20 initially. I was absolutely fine with that, and currently have done both once with PRK, and a revisit on my right eye. 20/20 and 20/30 and happy to not be blind anymore...


You should shop around, cause that's real expensive.

On another note quoting text walls should be probatable!

Huh makes sense. I never really gave it much thought because I just figured I would never be able to afford it. I'll look around though when I have some more money.

Adiabatic
Nov 18, 2007

What have you assholes done now?

angryrobots posted:

On another note quoting text walls should be probatable!

Nah imma just shame them publically

Boaz MacPhereson
Jul 11, 2006

Day 12045 Ht10hands 180lbs
No Name
No lumps No Bumps Full life Clean
Two good eyes No Busted Limbs
Piss OK Genitals intact
Multiple scars Heals fast
O NEGATIVE HI OCTANE
UNIVERSAL DONOR
Lone Road Warrior Rundown
on the Powder Lakes V8
No guzzoline No supplies
ISOLATE PSYCHOTIC
Keep muzzled...

Suburban Dad posted:

Garage chat: Mine is small, but I still fit 2 cars in and a bunch of tools and poo poo. More space is always better though for sure.

From the garage thread:


I have since upgraded my crappy toolboxes to a giant monster Husky. We park so the center aisle is wide (pull in on right side, back in on left side so driver's doors open to the center), and it works fine. I can't fit a full size truck in there (around 200" long is the limit for cars) but otherwise it's not the end of the world. When working on a car, I just pull it to the center and kick out the other car.

Lasik chat: that's awesome Darchangel! I wish I could pay money to never have to worry about my eyes degrading and have perfect vision. I'm not a good candidate for Lasik and I'm sure they're only gonna get worse from here (only 33).

I've got the 66" Husky bench with the cabinet door and the wood top not long ago. I'm very happy with it.

keykey
Mar 28, 2003

     

Before I rolled a joint and then I rolled one more.

Humphreys
Jan 26, 2013

We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule


One of my best friends had his immaculate 2001 Holden Statesman stolen in an armed home invasion today. loving methhead. When I got the news I instantly thought it would be found completely burnt out. Cops found it abandoned the next town over and although not burnt out - driven really hard.

The poor bloke is out a car for a few weeks with two under 6 kids (single dad). I'll get some pictures when I can of it's state.

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

The blue glow is a feature, not a bug


Pillbug
Oh cool, restricting abortions and advocating for Eugenics and ignoring the massive financial drain that is our military budget.

Thanks for making me read that wall of filth.

Suburban Dad
Jan 10, 2007


Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself




Boaz MacPhereson posted:

I've got the 66" Husky bench with the cabinet door and the wood top not long ago. I'm very happy with it.

I think mine is about 52 or 56", but this style. It fits under the tire racks but I had to remove the lid and strut on top to fit the beast in there. :haw: It's awesome and so much better than what it replaced.

cakesmith handyman
Jul 22, 2007

Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Just had a call from my wife, she's overheated the car in traffic, she was trying to baby it the extra mile home then steam came out everywhere. Welp, I've never done a head gasket before, learning opportunity?

Fo3
Feb 14, 2004

RAAAAARGH!!!! GIFT CARDS ARE FUCKING RETARDED!!!!

(I need a hug)

cakesmith handyman posted:

Just had a call from my wife, she's overheated the car in traffic, she was trying to baby it the extra mile home then steam came out everywhere. Welp, I've never done a head gasket before, learning opportunity?

Yep, first job I learnt to do on piston motors (after owning mainly rotaries beforehand). Sad thing is you can't just pull it apart and go check the shed for slightly better seals or rotors if you don't like what you see and then slap it together with vaseline like you can if you're a rotor man.
At best you'll need a head gasket and devcon if slapping it together on the cheap (Just kidding - but I did this on my EA falcon 3.9L i6 because it was just a slow boring car anyway that I wanted to get rid of). Otherwise you'll need to send off the head checked/machined for level, and valves/retainers checked etc. timing belt/chain, guides, tensioners, water pump etc as well. It's a real drag to do it properly...

Fo3 fucked around with this message at 12:59 on Oct 11, 2018

Fo3
Feb 14, 2004

RAAAAARGH!!!! GIFT CARDS ARE FUCKING RETARDED!!!!

(I need a hug)

Humphreys posted:

One of my best friends had his immaculate 2001 Holden Statesman stolen in an armed home invasion today.
Well that sucks, especially if it wasn't just stolen but an armed home invasion. The guy must be distraught with anger and fear.

Olympic Mathlete
Feb 25, 2011

:h:


CommieGIR posted:

Oh cool, restricting abortions and advocating for Eugenics and ignoring the massive financial drain that is our military budget.

Thanks for making me read that wall of filth.

I read the first bit about abortion and was all "huh, what a lovely opinion" then later on dude supports it if it was in the interest of the mother?? I'm not gonna read back through that lot but there were a few things in that screed that seemed contradictory.

InitialDave
Jun 14, 2007

I Want To Believe.

cakesmith handyman posted:

Just had a call from my wife, she's overheated the car in traffic, she was trying to baby it the extra mile home then steam came out everywhere. Welp, I've never done a head gasket before, learning opportunity?
Assuming it is the HG, it could well be a popped radiator or similar. Investigate first.

If it is the HG, it depends which car it is for how much of an arse of a job it would be. It's certainly a manageable driveway repair provided it's not done further damage.

Boaz MacPhereson
Jul 11, 2006

Day 12045 Ht10hands 180lbs
No Name
No lumps No Bumps Full life Clean
Two good eyes No Busted Limbs
Piss OK Genitals intact
Multiple scars Heals fast
O NEGATIVE HI OCTANE
UNIVERSAL DONOR
Lone Road Warrior Rundown
on the Powder Lakes V8
No guzzoline No supplies
ISOLATE PSYCHOTIC
Keep muzzled...

Suburban Dad posted:

I think mine is about 52 or 56", but this style. It fits under the tire racks but I had to remove the lid and strut on top to fit the beast in there. :haw: It's awesome and so much better than what it replaced.

Hells yeah new tool storage :haw::hf::haw:

I got this one here. 61", not 66", but it's drat fine for what I've got in it. Not using the pegboard as I already have one on the wall. The tall boxes kind of bug me and having a good work surface is important for me.

Boaz MacPhereson fucked around with this message at 14:06 on Oct 11, 2018

Mr-Spain
Aug 27, 2003

Bullshit... you can be mine.
My oldest kid got stung by a wasp on Monday, and by yesterday afternoon the area was swollen hot and all red. It looked like it grew overnight so I took him to the urgent care. Looks like he has a staph infection with cellulitis. Got him on oral antibiotics but if it doesn't respond in 24-48 hours it's off to the ER for IV treatment. He's out of his little league for at least two to three days and he's crushed. Poor guy.

Humphreys
Jan 26, 2013

We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule


Fo3 posted:

Well that sucks, especially if it wasn't just stolen but an armed home invasion. The guy must be distraught with anger and fear.

After the police interviews etc, I sat him down with some beers to chat it over this evening over Skype (home town and I'm kinda far away)

To preface: said friend is built like a brick poo poo house and no one fucks with him locally. I'll call him 'Jeff'

'Jeffs' girls were at family and speech therapists to give him a break. So he cranked a movie to chill out. Went to garage and found the methhead in the open garage with one of his machetes and launched at him. Normally Jeff would just grab that arm and beat the poo poo out of the guy, but having an exwife as a methhead and seeing their intolerance for pain decided that just giving the keys was the beset way out of the situation. It worked. Turns out the guy had held up a few places with a gun (not common in Australia) and one wrong move and Jeff could be shot.

Car was found next town over, methhead still on the loose.

And on your anger and fear? Just pure anger, no fear.Jeff's already been warned to not pursue the 'suspect'. Chances are someone we know will find him first though.

I don't know if it's weird or not, but all I cared about before realising it was an armed robbery was 'is it burnt out, are the girls car seats and toys still in the car?' Now it's 'are we on a a scale of 10 to murder'

If the girls were home I would probably be testifying as a character witness on a case where the forensics team had to piece the suspect back together.

To lighten the mood I sent this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1j4mK6cs_A

Beverly Cleavage
Jun 22, 2004

I am a pretty pretty princess, watch me do my pretty princess dance....
I'm so wrecked this morning. I don't feel like it was the worst night ever, but my dreams toward the end got really disturbing and I was on the edge of being asleep/awake for what felt like hours because of it. Blah.

Today will not be over soon enough.

spog
Aug 7, 2004

It's your own bloody fault.

Mr-Spain posted:

My oldest kid got stung by a wasp on Monday, and by yesterday afternoon the area was swollen hot and all red. It looked like it grew overnight so I took him to the urgent care. Looks like he has a staph infection with cellulitis. Got him on oral antibiotics but if it doesn't respond in 24-48 hours it's off to the ER for IV treatment. He's out of his little league for at least two to three days and he's crushed. Poor guy.

#gently caress wasps.

spog
Aug 7, 2004

It's your own bloody fault.

Humphreys posted:

Normally Jeff would just grab that arm and beat the poo poo out of the guy, but having an exwife as a methhead and seeing their intolerance for pain decided that just giving the keys was the beset way out of the situation. It worked. Turns out the guy had held up a few places with a gun (not common in Australia) and one wrong move and Jeff could be shot.
If the girls were home I would probably be testifying as a character witness on a case where the forensics team had to piece the suspect back together.

Jeff sounds like a cool dude and I hope his car is okay.

NoWake
Dec 28, 2008

College Slice
Glad your friend's family wasn't home, if anything, for your friend's freedom's sake.

The day I buy a Prius is the day I put in for F SHACK as my reg. plate.

Humphreys
Jan 26, 2013

We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule


spog posted:

Jeff sounds like a cool dude and I hope his car is okay.

He is. Single dad just trying to do his best and gets this blow. In the ~12 hours since, we (his friends) already secretly have a SC V8 Statesman and hand me down seats for the girls ready to roll out tomorrow. Also a talk to the cops have released the comfort toys.

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

Olympic Mathlete posted:

I read the first bit about abortion and was all "huh, what a lovely opinion" then later on dude supports it if it was in the interest of the mother?? I'm not gonna read back through that lot but there were a few things in that screed that seemed contradictory.

After the first lovely opinion about abortion I stopped reading, that was easy.

Mr-Spain
Aug 27, 2003

Bullshit... you can be mine.

spog posted:

#gently caress wasps.

Absolutely. Thing that was bugging me was that he screamed bloody murder getting a flu shot and didn't cry at all with the wasp sting. What hurts worse, you tell me.

spog
Aug 7, 2004

It's your own bloody fault.

Humphreys posted:

He is. Single dad just trying to do his best and gets this blow. In the ~12 hours since, we (his friends) already secretly have a SC V8 Statesman and hand me down seats for the girls ready to roll out tomorrow. Also a talk to the cops have released the comfort toys.
Let me update my previous comment:

spog posted:

Jeff You and your friends sounds like a cool dudes

Tomarse
Mar 7, 2001

Grr



cakesmith handyman posted:

Just had a call from my wife, she's overheated the car in traffic, she was trying to baby it the extra mile home then steam came out everywhere. Welp, I've never done a head gasket before, learning opportunity?

Yeah, check hoses and the rad first. you might have got lucky.

Definitely a good learning opportunity! give me a shout if you need a hand/moral support/additional tools!

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

The blue glow is a feature, not a bug


Pillbug

Olympic Mathlete posted:

I read the first bit about abortion and was all "huh, what a lovely opinion" then later on dude supports it if it was in the interest of the mother?? I'm not gonna read back through that lot but there were a few things in that screed that seemed contradictory.

Something something Its not abortion if they are already born.

Beverly Cleavage
Jun 22, 2004

I am a pretty pretty princess, watch me do my pretty princess dance....

Mr-Spain posted:

Absolutely. Thing that was bugging me was that he screamed bloody murder getting a flu shot and didn't cry at all with the wasp sting. What hurts worse, you tell me.

Anticipation is a hell of a thing. There's a build up to getting a flu shot. Getting stung by a wasp is generally a surprise event.

Suburban Dad
Jan 10, 2007


Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself




Boaz MacPhereson posted:

Hells yeah new tool storage :haw::hf::haw:

I got this one here. 61", not 66", but it's drat fine for what I've got in it. Not using the pegboard as I already have one on the wall. The tall boxes kind of bug me and having a good work surface is important for me.

Hell yeah. A nice work surface is important for sure. I already have a workbench with a vice mounted to it, so I went for max capacity to hold allllllll the tools. Well, most of them. :bahgawd:

Applebees Appetizer posted:

After the first lovely opinion about abortion I stopped reading, that was easy.

I wish more people were able to do this on the internet. It's like it's the first time they've ever seen somebody with an opinion different than theirs and have to point out how and why it's bad. In real life when somebody expresses a differing opinion, I don't think most people are confrontational enough to do this.

Or maybe people just don't talk as openly about abortion views IRL, lol

Suburban Dad fucked around with this message at 15:40 on Oct 11, 2018

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Olympic Mathlete
Feb 25, 2011

:h:


Applebees Appetizer posted:

After the first lovely opinion about abortion I stopped reading, that was easy.

I can't help myself sometimes. :v:


Humphreys posted:

He is. Single dad just trying to do his best and gets this blow. In the ~12 hours since, we (his friends) already secretly have a SC V8 Statesman and hand me down seats for the girls ready to roll out tomorrow. Also a talk to the cops have released the comfort toys.

Some good-rear end friends right here, nice work.

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