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Hekk
Oct 12, 2012

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Godholio posted:

TIL the guy that wrote the Game of Thrones theme also did Westworld's. Of course he loving did, it's amazing. But he also did all the piano covers in the show. I'm gonna have to pay more attention, the only one I noticed was Black Hole Sun.

I am only six episodes in but I've heard three Radiohead songs. They play No Surprises a couple of times.

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Hekk
Oct 12, 2012

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Finished season 1 of Westworld this morning. There are some holes in the narrative and some broad brush strokes on how a place like that would actually work but I will be damned if I am not in love with the show. I can't wait for season 2.

Hekk
Oct 12, 2012

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psydude posted:

I wanna wait a few years and buy one used with 150k miles and no AC.

The only acceptable way to buy a truck.

My second car was a 1994 Ford Ranger with no power steering and no AC. I drove it from 1998 until 2005 when I sold it for 500 dollars to a co worker. Summer in 29 Palms with no AC was brutal.

Hekk
Oct 12, 2012

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TBeats posted:

Anyone drive a Ford Focus? I found a 2009 SES with 100k miles on it that's in great condition that I might jump on.

I had an 05 hatch that I drove like a rally car through the logging trails and gravel roads of North Carolina and across the country and all through the Mojave desert. I probably put 150k on the engine and the only weird thing that happened was me needing to replace the alternator. Luckily I found a guide on YouTube and ordered the part myself. Took me 30 minutes and cost like 65 dollars for the part.

Hekk
Oct 12, 2012

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Search for Qisan on Amazon and pick one that you like. Those are probably the least expensive mechanicals that are worth a drat. Just bought my wife one for her new computer and it works great. Yeah, they aren't quite as nice as the European stuff being made but they don't cost 200 dollars either.

Hekk
Oct 12, 2012

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I've subscribed to New York Times digital access for the past couple of years. They sent me a thing to gift someone else a free subscription as long as I maintain mine. It's for access through website and all the apps. My wife doesn't read the news so it'd be wasted on her. Does anyone here want it? PM me your email address and I can send you an invite.

Hekk
Oct 12, 2012

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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:

i recently moved, and 2 of the 3 prime orders ive made since then were not only initially 3 or 4 days instead of 2, they were also a day late. i dont usually like to raise hell with customer service, but if it happens a 3rd time im gonna lose my poo poo on some low wage scrub

And here I am happy as a pig in mud whenever my stuff from Amazon makes it to Japan in 2 weeks. I remember being here in the early 2000s and it taking 4-6 weeks for everything to arrive so it could be worse I guess.

Hekk
Oct 12, 2012

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orange juche posted:

never use a jack to hold up a car for more than an emergency tire change

Just :lol: if you don't drive a subcompact that you and a buddy could lift the rear end end of on your own.

Hekk
Oct 12, 2012

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cowboy elvis posted:

I'm starting to eye a 4K tv. The tv I have is over 7 years old. I think it's fair to say an upgrade wouldn't hurt.
You'd probably have a hard time getting a non poo poo 1080p TV anyway. I've had a 4k TV for a couple of years now but I can count on one hand the number of times it's been used for 4k content.

Hekk
Oct 12, 2012

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Nostalgia4Butts posted:

im waiting a while for 4k

1080p is still good enough for me

Yeah if you don't need a new TV, there isn't a ton of 4k content that you are missing out on. Some streaming sports stuff is in 4k and a few shows on Netflix or Amazon. But if you are upgrading to a new tv, you wont really see 1080p TVs anymore.

Hekk
Oct 12, 2012

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Two Finger posted:

Weathers getting cold and wet enough for soup. gently caress yeah soup owns
Sounds like it's time to make some chili.

Hekk
Oct 12, 2012

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Nostalgia4Murder posted:

I worked at a gay bar for 8 months.

I staggered into a gay bar in Hong Kong. I stayed once I found out it was a gay bar because it was chill and everyone thought my libo buddy was my boyfriend.

The drinks were cheap and I figured we'd be less likely to see other sailors or Marines there.

Hekk
Oct 12, 2012

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Woof Blitzer posted:

One of our instructors in class was about to visit ogreish.com before I stopped her. Olds... :11tea:

Is that even a site anymore? I thought it got turned into LiveLeak.

Hekk
Oct 12, 2012

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Nuclear Tourist posted:

I'm starting to get seriously frustrated with my laggy mid-tier Motorola which I bought about two years ago for no other reason than I needed a working phone ASAP, and I'm looking for some manner of android device to replace it with. Doesn't necessarily have to be the latest whiz-bang gadgetry. Anyone have experience with refurbished phones? I'm seeing refurb Nexus 6's on Amazon for about $200, and I have fond memories of my old Nexus 5.

Check out unlocked Huawei Mate 9s on Amazon. I bought one to use internationally and it's been super cool. Battery lasts all day and it'll play whatever fancy games the cool kids are playing these days.

Hekk
Oct 12, 2012

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NUKES CURE NORKS posted:

You know you’re getting older when you see someone’s age and think “oh she’s only 42”

Does that mean you have to expand your porn habits to include other genres than "barely legal"?

Hekk
Oct 12, 2012

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Stultus Maximus posted:

I had a cavity filled while actually at sea and it was quick, relatively painless, and very well done. :shrug:

I had a cavity filled underway too. I felt like I was in a Tijuana back alley dentist or something because the room was small and all the paint was peeling off the wall from where the xray machine would bump it. I had to hold onto the light because there was no room for a dental tech and the ship was rocking so much it wouldn't stay in place.

Hekk
Oct 12, 2012

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I used to lurk for ages and used my little brother's account back in 06-09 when he was living with me. I was recruiting at the time and used to blow off steam doing all the dumb SA invasion stuff like making GBS threads up live streams (Sherri-oki) and dumb videogames goons would hop on and ruin everyone's fun. I got his account banned and decided to open my own a few years later.

I don't ever go into DnD or most of the rest of SA but GiP is special place for the terminally retarded and I like it here.

Hekk
Oct 12, 2012

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I LICK APE PUSSY posted:

pinned this in discord but gently caress you i'm posting it here too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvdT4wFh0tQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_491532&feature=iv&src_vid=pw5pKKMGGFU&v=z37R39-mff8

This is my favorite Terminator Outrun track.

Hekk
Oct 12, 2012

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Vasudus posted:

I finally switched to an electric when I grew my beard back out earlier this year. I have a trimmer for my actual beard, use a regular electric for my neck every day, and have a safety razor for ye olde unibrow. It's pretty low maintenance.

I use a merkur futur safety razor. Fifty bucks for the razor and 10 bucks for a years worth of feather blades. I've had the razor for 5 or 6 years now and it works great with cheap barbersol shaving cream.

I just keep a shave mirror in the shower and shave there. Electric razors always gave me razor burn and I got tired of buy Mach 3 blades at like five bucks a pop or whatever.

Hekk
Oct 12, 2012

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Third World Reggin posted:

Did you know that this will not be the only bug eye movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSp1dM2Vj48

That doesn't look very good either. The book was kind of a love letter to the 80s and this looks like it tried to mash cliche nostalgia stuff from every moviegoing demographic into a giant heap and added a poo poo ton of bad cgi.

Hekk
Oct 12, 2012

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Zeris posted:

Looks like a love letter to people who can't have a conversation without checking their phone

Not sure if you mean "LOL millenials amirite?" or agree that this doesn't look very good. The book certainly wasn't literature with a capital L or anything but it didn't look nearly as batshit crazy as that trailer did.

Hekk
Oct 12, 2012

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I started lifting and got a hernia. Now my guts pop out of a hole in my stomach muscles above my belly button.

Hekk
Oct 12, 2012

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Proud Christian Mom posted:

Took my wife for a colonoscopy today, then we went to go eat and got rear ended! :yayclod:

At least her rear end was numb the second time.

Hekk
Oct 12, 2012

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I LICK APE PUSSY posted:

Hour two: god drat they really laid into Hammond this week. Moved someplace less smelly and crowded. Kind of wish I brought that ridiculous shirt with me to help keep NY weird.

New York has a special kind of "what the gently caress is wrong with this person?" hanging around all the mass transit. It's worse than I've seen most anywhere else.

On the flip side there's lots of cool things in the city so I guess it evens out a bit.

Hekk
Oct 12, 2012

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Merry Christmas everyone. I spent the day hosting a few friends at my house where we exchanged small gifts, ate a poo poo ton of food, and have played boardgames and video games all day. It's been a pretty good holiday.

Hekk
Oct 12, 2012

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Is TOC like a Combat Operations Center? Tactical Operation Center?

Hekk
Oct 12, 2012

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Casimir Radon posted:

"What exactly is it that you do that is any way better than what the army does? Oh and "raping" is not an acceptable answer."

This and reminding them that they are really part of the Navy are probably the two easiest things to get Marines super butthurt.

Hekk
Oct 12, 2012

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I've bought probably half a dozen things from there and G2A and never had my identity stolen or any of the keys come back as anything other than redeemable. Most of the poo poo I see there is usually just people farming tons of keys during steam sales and marking the prices up enough for them to profit off of it. They wait until the sales are over and dump the keys on those sites and rake in money.

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Hekk
Oct 12, 2012

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Happy New Year all. I hope 2018 sucks less for you than 2017 did.

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