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Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Super Aggro Crag posted:

I just saw a commercial with Danny Trejo promotes a TV show called Snaketacular, in which a snake fights a woodpecker. And it wasn't on SyFy, it was for Discovery Channel.

Discovery is a joke now and has been for a good few years.

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Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

nm posted:

The only meaningful long term thing the president actually does is appoint the supreme court, and Hilary won't nominate people who will overturn Obergefell and various other sane decisions.
Do I love her? No. Does liking her matter? No. The supreme court is really the only long term impact of a president. Anything else can be cleaned up in 4-8 years. Supreme Court? Decades.
Four supreme court justices will be well over 80 in 4 years, three of them sane (RBG, Breyer, Kennedy. The other is Scalia). That is a BFD.
Fun Fact: Kennedy was appointed due to a well orchestrated scheme in Sacramento to make being gay legal. (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/22/us/kennedys-gay-rights-rulings-seen-in-his-sacramento-roots.html?_r=0) If Ronnie only knew.

Also that old dude needs to stop calling himself a socialist because he's just not, and it is sad.

I thought the whole 'continuous rampant war crimes' thing might be impacted by which president you have.

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Enourmo posted:

Haha yeah that will definitely solve all my problems

I am now two days weed free and the constant state of existential dread and stressed out worry are threatening to make me change my mind about this whole clean living thing.

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

literally a fish posted:

The question here is whether the "existential dread and stressed out worry" (aka anxiety) is a result of weed tolerance/aftereffects, or the result of your brain not being properly equipped to deal with modern society

Cage posted:

You can do it man. Don't know what your situation is but if you really want to quit I hope you stick to it.

This is how my brain works: I worry and stress constantly about all sorts of poo poo because it seems to need to be thinking about something and if I've got nothing to think about, it cherrypicks poo poo to stress over. I'm quitting out of principle - I would constantly debate with myself whether weed was affecting me in terms of my job/life/career at all or whether I'd be in the same boat without it (or even worse off), and whether I'm 'addicted' or not. So I decided to quit to see if I can, and to see if my life is measurably different in any way without it. Right now I'm still not sure if I feel like poo poo because of no weed or because that's just how I am; I know I used to feel like this quite a lot before I started smoking but I put it down to my life circumstances being garbage (less garbage now).

some texas redneck posted:

So I guess Subaru is buying into the dogs stereotype - just saw an ad for an Outback that prominently featured a dog, including said dog being in a pool. Didn't have a lesbian though.

Wait, subarus are dog-loving lesbian cars over there too?? Holy poo poo.

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Enourmo posted:

The only way we'll push that average to somewhere sensible is by electing the most extreme-left (by our laughable standards) politicians we can and hoping the next generation continues the trend.

I think it's a deeper level of fuckedness. From the outside it seems like decades of gutting your education system and politicising minor issues has resulted in a tailspin you aren't likely to recover from as each successive generation is more ignorant, unhealthy and politically extreme than the last. Everything I've read of history makes it seem like the USA is an empire firmly in decline and on the precipice of disaster.

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Terrible Robot posted:

It looks the same from the inside, if you're a realist and have a few braincells squeakin about up there.

It's a relief to know not all of you are deluded maniacs but you aren't the guy pulling the levers on the biggest war machine in history, which is predominantly what worries me. That and the relentless exportation of neoliberal just world horseshit that's beginning to infect even our hilariously-leftist-by-your-standards government.

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

ilkhan posted:

Your post is a wonderful fantasy, but until we get to a literal post-scarcity world (and I mean literally unlimited energy on demand, cures for every disease/condition/trauma, unlimited land, and turning radioactive dirt into whatever goods/foods we want with 0 effort 24/7/365 anywhere) its just a fantasy. And even then humans will find something to fight over. There is no utopia just around the corner.

It isn't a fantasy, the wealth and resources routinely squandered by the ultra rich and 'defence' spending are sufficient to feed, educate, heal etc basically everyone in the world. You think it's a fantasy because your rational brain is offended at the very notion that so much wealth and natural resources can be squandered so dismally, and you're (reasonably!) convinced that first world life is only possible by perching on the backs of billions in poverty, but that's not the way it has to be at all. Fixing the majority of the world's problems is possible either through applied engineering or simple will-power, there's no magical barrier that prevents equality. It is quite literally just the result of people being cunts. That is all.

e: someone find that F-35 infographic thing.

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Preoptopus posted:

Ok if you have a jeep that wont start and thinks its in reverse only sometimes very rarely, it might have a bad shifter assembly switch all in one thing, 700 dollar part our cost 1300 from the dealer. Stopping at failed continuity test between switch and front control module. Cant wait to be told to put the old starter back in tomarrow.

Ask me about a rubbing driveshaft on an FG falcon that was totally absolutely definitely the wrong hanger bearing and under no circumstances the wrong guibo like I said it was, nope.

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Previa_fun posted:

I have an affinity for cheap canned meat despite how bad I know it is for you. Spam, sardines, canned shredded chicken, etc.

Underwood's roast beef spread plus some sharp rear end cheddar makes a drat good lunch sandwich even if it looks like cat food. :v:

Meat in a can is a disgusting affront to food itself.

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

sharkytm posted:

The average NFL game has a whopping eleven minutes of actual game play. http://www.sportsgrid.com/nfl/pie-chart-actual-football-watching-nfl-game-vs-replays-commercials-etc/

That's why I don't watch, also I don't care much for sports aside from playoff hockey and auto racing.

Why do you even watch this poo poo? I was in an NY pizza place the other day that have NFL/highschool football playing constantly on their screens and it was like torture wondering when the actual sport happens. I'm not particularly into sports but I've never gotten the same sensation watching basketball, football, rugby etc.

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

Which format? 5 day Test snoozefest that you either use to chillax or have as background noise, ODI that has a somewhat faster pace but still gives you time to have a beer and a piss or T20 which is utterly frenetic and doesn't give you a second to fart?

Cricket is tedious garbage too, sorry. I'm told it's a lot better if you're actually there and in the crowd getting drunk or whatever but on a screen it may as well be team golf.

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Wait so you have video proof that it isn't your fault that they completely ignored :psyduck:

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Why is 'sportyness' (a vaguely defined thing in itself) related to horsepower? A loving fiat panda made it to the cover of EVO magazine ffs.

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Enourmo posted:

fyad has gone too far this time.

its zombie time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqQuihD0hoI

everyone sing along

I'd forgotten how much I loving love rob/white zombie so thanks for this gentle reminder!

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqPClltS5k8

Gripping the wheel his knuckles ran white with desire, the wheels of his mustang exploding on the highway like a slug from a forty five. True death. Four hundred horsepower of maximum performance, piercing the night.

This is black sunshine.

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Hey now the PIII is a fine piece of machinery I tell you hwat

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

rowebot44 posted:

I had to engine master to clear a power steering pump.


Ugh is that a 202?

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

rowebot44 posted:

It's a 250 in a 1970 Nova.

Oh so another terrible GM I6 :v:

Adiabatic posted:

All I'm gonna say is people operate at the level of drama they comfortable with and it slowly increases until:

A. They realize it and open the PRV
B. poo poo gets real

Make your inevitable choice, bro.

Holy poo poo is this a profound truth or what. I've always known this but I've never been able to or seen it articulated properly.

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

You know who actually wants to hear your poo poo? A therapist who gets paid money to sit there and listen to you unload.

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Enourmo posted:

Fine gently caress it bye

The one time I really wasn't trying to be a dick.* :sigh: Hope he didn't kill himself.

*:well aside from that time I said oval office a bunch of times.

Adiabatic posted:

First step: Go see someone that is specifically trained in helping you break the cycle.

But what is this mysterious and miraculous profession called?!?!

Super Aggro Crag posted:

At least I listened to you guys and put down the bong. :colbert:

Wish I could do this (and commit) but my god the world is a loving terrible place and people are mostly just giant turds with legs and a speaker on the front I swear to god. I don't sit there dwelling on it but it grinds me to a nub during the day and 3.5 hours simply isn't enough to unwind all the stress without artifical means.

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

KozmoNaut posted:

Hi, it's me. I'm the cynical misanthropic nihilist. God is dead, everything is bullshit, leave me alone.

Ditto. Everything is terrible and empty, there is no hidden meaning or mystical structure, there is no good solution beyond balancing hedonism in the now with slotting acorns away for an uncertain future and nothing will ever make you feel better like it's magic. It's all in your head. Just try not to think about how goddamn terrible nearly every aspect of this hideous fungus we call a civilisation is.

FWIW I think therapists are like mechanics for your brain but they can't get in there with a screwdriver themselves, all they can do is tell you how to use the tools and what goes where. Kind of like when a mate needs help with his car and I stand there telling him what to do without getting my hands dirty :v:

Slavvy fucked around with this message at 22:38 on Feb 24, 2016

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Previa_fun posted:

The latest crop of small turbo motors actually have torque where it will get used, though.

But inaccessible high-rpm torque is how honda keep their transmissions safe!

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Super Aggro Crag posted:

My girl's BFF's BF beat the poo poo outta her last week and now I have to make small talk with him at the bar while the girls chat. Sigh.

Is he bigger than you?

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Big Daddy Keynes posted:

Australia is a culturally bereft wasteland full of racist shitheads.

From the outside it legit looks like you're trying to catch up to the americans as quickly as possible and the gravity of your stupidity is slowly pulling our government out of it's orbit and toward the right.

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

Advice needed pls



Deceased estate freebie. Runs. So just what the gently caress do I DO with this thing????? Does anyone know much about quad bikes and where I might get parts if I want to restore?

Restoring farm equipment that isn't at least forty years old is kind of a waste of time, especially with the level of molestation visible there. Take all the superfluous panels, lights etc off it and go hog wild using it as a paddock basher.

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Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

BrokenKnucklez posted:

Its like watching the Matrix now. I often say, wow, this was so awesome back then, and now its loving terrible.

It is nothing like that because the matrix was good at the time and if you watch it now and put aside the horribly dated effects, still a decent film. FF was terrible garbage from day one and only gotten worse in light of the sequels (which slowly, painfully plodded their way up to the level of merely ordinary mediocrity).

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