Satellite internet is worse than death

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Digital Fingers: Sep 2, 2012

Digital Fingers posted:

This is what i'm saying you should do.

"other things" that is

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Jerry Mumphrey: Mar 11, 2004; by zen death robot
(and can't post for 4 years!)

The Skeleton King posted:

Ehh, its a dental hygiene program. It takes up too much time for me to have meaningful income, but still leaves enough time to watch stupid poo poo on the internet at night or days where I don't need to be there.

haha you charlatan

# ? May 25, 2016 19:39

Jerry Mumphrey: Mar 11, 2004; by zen death robot
(and can't post for 4 years!)

i'm doing a masters in engineering. well actually its a mail order course in refrigerator repair

# ? May 25, 2016 19:39

Lime Tonics: Nov 7, 2015; by FactsAreUseless

The only weapon that hurts skeletons are blunt weapons.

Find 100% armor against blunt weapons and put it on a skeleton.

Now what?

# ? May 25, 2016 19:40

numberoneposter: Feb 19, 2014; How much do I cum? The answer might surprise you!

Nation posted:

tempted to post a huuuge gif

lets make it happen

# ? May 25, 2016 19:41

Digital Fingers: Sep 2, 2012

Jerry Mumphrey posted:

i'm doing a masters in engineering. well actually its a mail order course in refrigerator repair

haha

# ? May 25, 2016 19:41

Enfield: May 30, 2011; by Nyc_Tattoo

Jerry Mumphrey posted:

i'm doing a masters in engineering. well actually its a mail order course in refrigerator repair

# ? May 25, 2016 19:42

dad gay. so what: Feb 18, 2003; by FactsAreUseless

i has a boner

# ? May 25, 2016 19:45

Jerry Mumphrey: Mar 11, 2004; by zen death robot
(and can't post for 4 years!)

dad gay. so what posted:

i has a boner

has this been confirmed by a doctor or at least a dental hygienist???

# ? May 25, 2016 19:46

The Skeleton King: Jul 16, 2011; Right now undead are at the top of my shit list. Undead are complete fuckers. Those geists are fuckers. Necromancers are fuckers. Necrosavants are big time fuckers. Skeletons aren't too bad except when they bleed everyone in the company. Zombos are at least not too bad.

Jerry Mumphrey posted:

haha you charlatan

Still counts as a medical field, and a drat good one too. Good luck on your fridge repairs though.

numberoneposter posted:

lets make it happen

Jokes on you. I left the room to go take a poo poo and the gif was loaded when I got back.

# ? May 25, 2016 19:49

dad gay. so what: Feb 18, 2003; by FactsAreUseless

Jerry Mumphrey posted:

has this been confirmed by a doctor or at least a dental hygienist???

i am heading to the urgent care shortly to get triage

# ? May 25, 2016 19:51

Digital Fingers: Sep 2, 2012

Doctor: It's a boner all right, I can tell just by looking at it because i've trained of this kind of thing for over a decade.
Dental Hygienist: I have no loving idea what the hell that is dude, durrrr, duuhhhh

# ? May 25, 2016 19:51

The Skeleton King: Jul 16, 2011; Right now undead are at the top of my shit list. Undead are complete fuckers. Those geists are fuckers. Necromancers are fuckers. Necrosavants are big time fuckers. Skeletons aren't too bad except when they bleed everyone in the company. Zombos are at least not too bad.

By the way, that download I mentioned in the OP is now 18% complete.

# ? May 25, 2016 19:51

Creed Reunion Tour: Jul 3, 2007; by Cyrano4747; Grimey Drawer

Every day I pray for death, but God only gives me more satellite internet.

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treasure bear: Dec 10, 2012

pay a neighbour to use theirs and run a cat6 to their house

# ? May 25, 2016 19:54

Jerry Mumphrey: Mar 11, 2004; by zen death robot
(and can't post for 4 years!)

Digital Fingers posted:

Doctor: It's a boner all right, I can tell just by looking at it because i've trained of this kind of thing for over a decade.
Dental Hygienist: I have no loving idea what the hell that is dude, durrrr, duuhhhh

i was asked to find a new dentist bc i kept showing the hygienist my boner

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Iron Crowned: May 6, 2003; by Hand Knit

Your posts are worse than death OP

# ? May 25, 2016 19:55

Monkey Fracas: Sep 11, 2010; ...but then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you!; Grimey Drawer

The only Internet available where I currently live is satellite as well

Fortunately I can just tether through my still-unlimited-plan Verizon phone and get like 15 Mb/s because there's a decent 4G signal

If they ever decide to ditch their unlimited plans I will be cast into Satellite Internet Gehenna though

# ? May 25, 2016 19:56

The Skeleton King: Jul 16, 2011; Right now undead are at the top of my shit list. Undead are complete fuckers. Those geists are fuckers. Necromancers are fuckers. Necrosavants are big time fuckers. Skeletons aren't too bad except when they bleed everyone in the company. Zombos are at least not too bad.

Iron Crowned posted:

Your posts are worse than death OP

Agreed. They are quite terrible.

# ? May 25, 2016 19:57

Burt Sexual: Jan 26, 2006; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS; Switchblade Switcharoo

Nothing 100' of Cat5 and a splicer can't solve. Amazing you don't have phone land lines either. You must be in the backwoods of Alabama.

# ? May 25, 2016 19:58

dad gay. so what: Feb 18, 2003; by FactsAreUseless

The Skeleton King posted:

Agreed. They are quite terrible.

its probably your satellite connection.

# ? May 25, 2016 19:58

NihilismNow: Aug 31, 2003

Digital Fingers posted:

Dental Hygienist: I have no loving idea what the hell that is dude, durrrr, duuhhhh

It's a woman's job. Very shameful job to do as a man.
It is like a male secretary. You can only pity them and wonder where their life went wrong.

# ? May 25, 2016 20:05

bradzilla: Oct 15, 2004

death is cool op so satellite internet doesn't sound too bad!!!

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gimme the GOD DAMN candy: Jul 1, 2007

Jerry Mumphrey posted:

i paid my way thru school by catching large birds and selling them

thats funny, i paid my way through school by buying large birds from some guy who caught them and then reselling them for 3x as much

# ? May 25, 2016 20:13

Jerry Mumphrey: Mar 11, 2004; by zen death robot
(and can't post for 4 years!)

Serious Frolicking posted:

thats funny, i paid my way through school by buying large birds from some guy who caught them and then reselling them for 3x as much

# ? May 25, 2016 20:14

Roylicious: Feb 21, 2012; Braver than the cops
ain't afraid of no chaps
If they steppin up on me
I just start bustin some caps

Yeah talk to me when you're downloading porn .jpgs and watching them resolve pixel by pixel over the course of a half hour.

# ? May 25, 2016 20:14

numberoneposter: Feb 19, 2014; How much do I cum? The answer might surprise you!

RELEASE YOUR FLESH

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Shaquin: May 12, 2007

numberoneposter posted:

RELEASE YOUR FLESH

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Booblord Zagats: Oct 30, 2011; Pork Pro

Nation posted:

tempted to post a huuuge gif

# ? May 25, 2016 20:21

ClamdestineBoyster: Aug 15, 2015; Can't post for 10 years!

I get a limited amount of high speed every month and my needy computer sucks it all up for updates. I can't even buy a loving movie or whatever most months because some cocksucking app I never use needs to use all my data so it can work exactly the same. Maybe I should just go buy a DVD like a pre millenial bitch or something. :jerkbag:

# ? May 25, 2016 20:22

numberoneposter: Feb 19, 2014; How much do I cum? The answer might surprise you!

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FedEx Mercury: Jan 7, 2004; Me bad posting? That's unpossible!; Lipstick Apathy

You're are studying to be a dentist's nurse, you are not a medical school student.

# ? May 25, 2016 20:34

Demonachizer: Aug 7, 2004

The Skeleton King posted:

So my family moved into a house that has no internet service. No providers are willing to install internet cable on our street, even though the street right next to us is getting internet cable installed in the new houses being built there.

Instead I have to rely on satellite internet. Using the absolute best provider for satellite internet, I can watch youtube videos in 360p, sometimes in 480p, without any trouble. Anything in HD is out of the question. I cannot watch streams on twitch or hitbox, nor can I stream through those sites. Skype calls tend to work but can drop in quality or drop altogether at any time. Downloads larger than 200 megabytes can take over an hour. Right now, I am downloading a game that is 21 gigabytes. This download has been going for about 4 hours now and is currently at 9%. It is estimated to take another 17 hours.

I cannot move out of my parent's house at the moment because I am busy with medical school for the next 2-3 years and can't afford much, so I have no easy solutions. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas of how to better my situation. Alternatively, if you too have experiences with poo poo internet, feel free to share so that I can find comfort in the pain of others.

Did someone call you The Skeleton Serf yet?

Also lol at living with your parents.

# ? May 25, 2016 20:37

Demonachizer: Aug 7, 2004

The Skeleton King posted:

Ehh, its a dental hygiene program. It takes up too much time for me to have meaningful income, but still leaves enough time to watch stupid poo poo on the internet at night or days where I don't need to be there.

holy poo poo. Doing dental hygiene is not going to medical school you loving twerp. Doing a DMD or DDS is also not going to medical school. Going to medical school is going to medical school. No wonder you live with your parents.

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Demonachizer: Aug 7, 2004

Given your aggrandizement of your schooling, I am beginning to think that you are probably neither a skeleton nor a king...

# ? May 25, 2016 20:40

Colonel Cancer: Sep 26, 2015; Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon

You're a skeleton, why not live in a barrel behind a Starbucks and steal their WiFi?

# ? May 25, 2016 20:41

PureEvil6_13: Jun 1, 2004; I LIKE PETA AND THINK THAT SCIENCE IS EVIL

I installed satellite internet systems who is your provider?

Last time I put an Exede system in they were getting 20mbps down. Still not enough to play multiplayer console games but it was pretty speedy.

# ? May 25, 2016 20:48

Mozi: Apr 4, 2004; Forms change so fast
Time is moving past
Memory is smoke
Gonna get wider when I die; Nap Ghost

can't switch to dsl?

# ? May 25, 2016 20:48

Burt Sexual: Jan 26, 2006; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS; Switchblade Switcharoo

ClamdestineBoyster posted:

I get a limited amount of high speed every month and my needy computer sucks it all up for updates. I can't even buy a loving movie or whatever most months because some cocksucking app I never use needs to use all my data so it can work exactly the same. Maybe I should just go buy a DVD like a pre millenial bitch or something.

you sound lazy and poor :smith:

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Acres of Quakers: May 6, 2006

notZaar posted:

You're are studying to be a dentist's nurse, you are not a medical school student.

Seriously, your Grace.

I bet you tell the wenches at the bar that you're in "medical school", don't you? The cable companies won't install on your street because slow internet is Karma's punishment for your deceptions.

# ? May 25, 2016 20:53

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