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Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

kntfkr posted:

Everything below this rear end in a top hat is a post.

# ¿ Oct 20, 2021 04:24

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 05:12

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Halloween Jack posted:

Edit: One time I bought drinks for work, and the ginger beer was so spicy that some people just assumed they were tasting alcohol.

Fentiman's? That one goes straight to my sinuses and is a bit staggering for the first sip of the bottle. I've had someone make a similar assumption about it, though I've never had an alcohol that tasted like that so either they drink different stuff (not that I drink much) or that's just their default assumption when something tastes even a little interesting.

# ¿ Oct 21, 2021 00:09

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

PancakeTransmission posted:

Yeah and maybe peanuts so we don't get another kid that has to ruin it for everyone around them

Ruin it? The other kids LOVED me for it! I was an extra bag of stuff for them at Halloween, a second cupcake when someone had a birthday, a chance to have something interesting for lunch when I came over to play...

# ¿ Oct 21, 2021 00:24

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Jaxts posted:

Let me tell you from experience, the entertainment value of this is limitless. It short circuited so many brains in my family.

Did you get any pushback from administrators when doing this? I've heard stories.

# ¿ Oct 21, 2021 23:28

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

the holy poopacy posted:

I remember being confused as a kid when I'd descriptions of kids getting bruised from fights/falls/etc., because I was a terrible klutz and would routinely faceplant onto every surface of the playground and never saw anything remotely black or blue or purple.

When helping a former friend move (unrelated issues) we were carrying a giant statue when it slipped and got me in the shoulder with a corner. I was fascinated by the resulting bruise because I can't remember getting one before, at least not often. He thought my constant checking of it was trying to guilt him. It was a fascinating shade of yellow.

# ¿ Oct 22, 2021 02:49

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Soylent Pudding posted:

I remember older relatives being concerned about race mixing because my Ashkenazi cousin was dating a lady who was *gasp* Sephardic.

My mother grew up in an Ashkenazic immigrant neighborhood in Chicago (Jefferey Manor if anyone knows it, demographics have shifted since back then) and said there were some tensions between folks who didn't consider themselves White and those who wanted to make sure nobody thought they were any not-Whiter than they had to be. Some interesting psychological stuff to dig into, if not for the whole "people getting hurt because of it" thing.

# ¿ Oct 22, 2021 21:09

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

It's four consonants with no vowels so I like Larry Gonick's version, Yahu-Wahu

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

lol isn't that explicitly a jewish observance

Might be Messianic or some other group that's weird about it.

# ¿ Oct 22, 2021 23:58

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Play posted:

I thought it was Yahweh or YHWH or something weird lik that

Mostly because I remembered I have a scanner and had never re-set up my printer software after a reinstall so it was a good excuse. From Larry Gonick's Cartoon History of the Universe Part 1

# ¿ Oct 23, 2021 00:19

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

PHIZ KALIFA posted:

because there's an absolute dearth of supernatural experiences in american culture a lot of the more hardline types have begun appropriating elements of judaism, trying to wring some novelty out of their dead-end spiritual lives.

That's been the status of Kabbalah at least since the 90s so yeah.

# ¿ Oct 23, 2021 02:25

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Batterypowered7 posted:

Why can't they pick up the bitchin' parts where rabbis have world ending super powers and one rabbi got sad about something and telepathically wiped out a bunch of crops or some poo poo?

The Talmudic golem was "this one Rabbi is so cool he has an invisible friend who kills his enemies."

# ¿ Oct 23, 2021 02:30

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

OPAONI posted:

Collaborative play games are supposed to be a place of trust and mutual fun. If someone sincerely asked me to change something about my character because they weren't having fun due to it, the ONLY MORALLY CORRECT MOVE YOU R/ATHEIST DINGBATS is to change it because you're trying to have fun among your friends, not prove that the silly godbothers are irrational.

You dumb fuckers.

But then how do I win?

# ¿ Oct 23, 2021 02:35

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Gnossiennes posted:

i don't live there anymore so i don't know what it's like now, but a lot of southern baptists i've met were weirdly into messianic judaism. my mother-in-law has been on like two trips to israel with her church. they do them yearly, and it's a very standard and typical southern baptist church.

That's a bit different. Christian Zionism is into Israel because it ties into Revelations or something. Sees Jews as a means to an end (times).

Messianic Judaism is different. Whether it's former Jews who converted but still wanted to keep their Jewish identity (because a cultural/ethnic religion is weird like that and isn't entirely based on "what you believe") or it's Christians trying to target Jews for conversion with something more palatable, it's actually a part of the religion's beliefs and practices. It's not just a field trip to Israel. Depending on the person I find this can come across as misguided weird cosplay or downright appropriative.

# ¿ Oct 23, 2021 02:46

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Gnossiennes posted:

i'm not talking out my rear end here, and it's not just run of the mill christian zionism imo. they have dudes come talk from messianic temples, and i've met several of my MIL's baptist fellowship who wear star of david jewelry and stuff, but are very much southern baptists.

Ah, I misunderstood. That's a bit weird.

# ¿ Oct 23, 2021 05:40

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

The Glumslinger posted:

Honestly, the only problem with the outfit is you'll probably run into atleast a couple other people who had the exact same idea

Then you make a video of everyone doing the Chicken Dance and go viral.

# ¿ Oct 27, 2021 19:35

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

MarcusSA posted:

No but seriously how often to people actually get their windows washed where it would be a thing you need a regular guy for?

How often do you need to do a thing before you think it's worth having a regular guy? "Oh, it's been six months since I last got those windows I can't reach washed, I'll just look up a random person in the phone book"?

# ¿ Oct 27, 2021 22:40

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

thotsky posted:

I have never had my windows washed.

I never did growing up, but the new place my parents moved into has a second floor and high ceilings (with windows up there) so they get someone out for the ones they can't do safely and he just does the others while there.

# ¿ Oct 27, 2021 22:48

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Gnoman posted:

Sharing this one because I've rarely seen so effective a way to say a lot about yourself while saying nothing at all.

Should I (24F) break up with my bf (24M) because of his bigoted opinions?

From the comments:

r/relationships: In contrast, he is a decent human being who means no harm.

# ¿ Oct 29, 2021 01:32

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

I've found ceramics in the microwave to be a mixed bag. Some just get warm, some get very hot. Something about the material (I mean yeah, by definition, I just don't know what)? Anyway, it depends on what you've got.

# ¿ Oct 30, 2021 19:50

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Pope Corky the IX posted:

I really miss the days before people learned the word closure.

Back in my day we just blamed a 50 foot tall marionette for our problems, set it on fire and got our closure that way.

# ¿ Oct 30, 2021 21:46

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Pope Corky the IX posted:

How do you count a liquid?

By the number of moles it can drown or something.

# ¿ Oct 30, 2021 21:52

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Akumu posted:

If the gas tank happens to have more gas in it at the end of the trip than the beginning, then by her method he would be paying for half that excess gas, which was not used for the trip. Or it could go the other way where he might end up underpaying. By his method he'd be paying exclusively for gas used during the trip.

The difference though is plus or minus the cost of half a tank of gas, which it's wild to spend so much sweat and tears on.

Yup. And he completely botched explaining that by implying the method was flawed in general rather than just the endpoints. If he's said "rental car method: leave with a full tank, get back with a full tank" he'd still be a cheapskate but everyone would understand.

I'm a bit sympathetic to the guy because I get wound up over even small bits of money I owe people (or the other way round, but those are in my power to wipe off the "debt" so I discard them a lot more easily). I see it as an obligation to make up. But GEEZ there are ways to not be an rear end in a top hat about the whole thing! It's my responsibility to fit my neuroses to general society, save putting my foot down for things that are actually harmful.

Bruceski fucked around with this message at 22:42 on Oct 30, 2021

# ¿ Oct 30, 2021 22:37

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Cthulu Carl posted:

All the arguing about power grids and dishwashers makes me feel like I'm reading a thread about the Technology Connections youtube channel.

After his recent dishwasher detergent video I started using a rinse aid and WOW I wasn't expecting much of a difference but it felt like I was in in of those before/after commercials. Stuff dries faster with less/no detergent residue. I grew up with very hard water, so I was just used to residue of some sort or another on everything as long as it wasn't leftover food or toxic. A properly black saucepan was a bit of a shock.

Helps lessen the surface tension of water so it drains off the dishes better. It's very cheap, name brands are no better than store brand and a small amount lasts a long time. If you have a dishwasher I'd say check it out, worst case you don't notice a difference and you're out two bucks.

# ¿ Oct 31, 2021 22:17

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Guildenstern Mother posted:

Tired: Angry about landlords
Wired: Angry about multilayered landlords

And this is why "no subletting" is on almost every tenant contract.

# ¿ Nov 3, 2021 20:16

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

RoboRodent posted:

I'm pretty sure I had learned all the usual swear words through cultural osmosis by age six or so. I don't think I knew what all of them meant, but I did know them.

I learned all of them in third grade from a classmate, Vikki. She learned them from church, where some shortsighted person had explained to all the kids that those were bad words and they shouldn't say them.

# ¿ Nov 3, 2021 20:21

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Mx. posted:

He likes to be in cars. He'll run up and jump into the car if he sees you just sitting there (he tried to jump into my housemate's driving instructor's car). He however, hates cars. Drive him around and he will just wail pitifully the whole time.

Sometimes we play a game called "where's the cheese" where I take a piece of shredded cheese and drop it on him and see how long it takes him to realise. Usually I have to help him find it later.

Mine was in general rather clever, but he didn't know how cupboard doors worked. He knew doorknobs on other doors, he'd leap up and grab on trying to get in, but he never pawed at the ones in the kitchen. When I opened one he'd run in to sniff at the pans, and if I missed that and closed it with him in there he'd just wait for the wall to disappear again. Never complained, even if it was hours before I realized it, he'd just be sitting there expectantly waiting when I got to him.

# ¿ Nov 4, 2021 03:22

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Kenshin posted:

There's so much amateur porn out there with actual good examples of good sex that there is no excuse for being bad at sex if you watch porn. No excuse. (obviously there's also loads of porn out there with no good examples at all, but still)

Why do you expect a newbie to know the difference?

# ¿ Nov 4, 2021 04:10

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Soda chat, as far as colas go I wish Coke made a sugar version in general US. I prefer the flavor to Pepsi but have the same gross aftereffects of HFCS. All artificial sweeteners bug me, I try to cut down on the amount I drink instead and substitute seltzer as appropriate (just store brand, they have some same price as soda).

For ginger beer I like both Bundaberg and Fentiman's for different reasons, there's a lot of other good ones out there too.

That's about it for me, I guess I have a Sprite sometimes but that's so generic (but a good kind of generic) that it doesn't even register unless I'm mixing it with orange juice or something.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2021 21:06

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

kntfkr posted:

sprite never tasted lemon-lime to me. it's just clear, bubbles and sweet

worst snipe yet

I'm inclined to agree. Fizzy sugar seltzer.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2021 21:20

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

MagusofStars posted:

A 9 hour PTA meeting in a different city which is uh, not how PTA associations typically work.

My hometown shared a school system with the town 10 miles away, and I could totally see something going on in Santa Fe an hour away for some collaborative reason or another. And if Mom was going out there she'd make a list of everything else to be done while out, so in a vacuum I wouldn't call that proof. But if we did that it'd be a situation where the whole family went and Dad kept us occupied while she was busy then we'd spend the rest of the day together.

Heck, maybe it was "the We Think We're Right Because We're Mothers Association is going to yell at the state Congress".

# ¿ Nov 9, 2021 01:02

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Uncle Enzo posted:

There is a certain kind of young man that sees walking in the woods as a competition to see who can get there fastest without breaking a sweat. They'll fly off up the trail with a buddy or two, no mind that they're ostensibly in a group. Why invite someone on a hike if you're not going to walk with them?

OP rules. They ditch you, you ditch them. You want to ride in someone's car, you show them basic respect.

My parents had different paces. Dad would often go off ahead and find interesting things, or go get the car to a closer lot when she was getting tired. Like many things in a relationship it's more about whether you're doing it together than if you're doing it the same. Not that everything has to be done together, you know what I mean.

# ¿ Nov 10, 2021 03:32

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

I think it's more of a "how it's used" slur than 100%, like Jew.

# ¿ Nov 11, 2021 02:17

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

AceClown posted:

Gypsy isn't a slur in the UK, the preferred way of referring to people from these groups is "GRT" which stands for Gypsy, Romani or Traveller.

I've only been inferring from context on an occasional panel show, but I thought Travellers were the UK equivalent of New-Age appropriation like they do with Native American mashed-up generic spiritualism over here in the US?

# ¿ Nov 11, 2021 21:03

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

NO gently caress YOU DAD posted:

Irish Travellers are a legit thing. I don't know how old they are as a people but they're definitely not a made up New Age thing.

It's funny that they get lumped in with the Roma, though, as IIRC they're completely different groups with the only similarities being traditionally nomadic lifestyles and a shared ability to drive the worst kinds of people absolutely wild.

That's probably why I made that mistake, I saw people unrelated to the Roma being lumped in with the Roma and drew my conclusions from there. Thanks for the info.

Bruceski fucked around with this message at 23:06 on Nov 11, 2021

# ¿ Nov 11, 2021 23:04

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Piell posted:

AITA for changing my garage code after having to tell it to a friend.

Friend only found out the OP didn't trust him when he tried to betray that trust. The system works.

# ¿ Nov 13, 2021 19:51

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Post Ironic Cereal posted:

My fatass cat just ran into our house to escape the winter cold and hasn't left. He was chipped, up to date on vaccines and fixed, tried contacting the owners for a whole year and now I'm pretty sure he has squatter's rights. If anything he owes me money.

"Give me your pettings."

# ¿ Nov 14, 2021 23:30

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Doctor J Off posted:

Brand new one from R_A

"I Wish I Had Jessie's Girl"

That's the whole thing. Seems that there's a hell of a lot to unpack here, from the song chorus to communicate his meaning, teenage drama nearing 30, and overall vagueness of the post

It's so confusing, the song reference doesn't even match up with the post. The song is lusting after a friend's (Jessie) GF, and the post is about the GF having guy friends other than through the OP.

# ¿ Nov 16, 2021 23:18

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

As a side note, I always parse the chorus as "I wish I was Jessie's girl" which puts a fun modern spin on things.

# ¿ Nov 16, 2021 23:37

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Mx. posted:

My husband (31M) of 5 years said he would leave me if I (29F) don�t carry on his family naming tradition (that he previously said he did not want to participate in) for our baby. I don�t want him to do that but I also don�t want to name my potential son an awful name. What should I do?

alright i editorialised a little

This is why I'm glad my family's naming tradition is just to put a y in there somewhere that fits. And by tradition I mean "Mervyn and Gladys decided it'd be cute a hundred years ago, and nobody's disagreed yet. No biggie." Sometimes it's first name, sometimes middle. Sometimes it's the more common spelling, sometimes less but still doesn't stand out. Just a bit of a family easter egg.

# ¿ Nov 17, 2021 03:02

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

ponzicar posted:

I was voted "Most Talkative" in my middle school yearbook since I was a really shy and awkward kid. I played along and let them take a picture of me holding a telephone. I didn't mind much at the time, but looking back, I kinda wish I told them to go gently caress themselves.

Teasing nicknames are weird. I was Brewski because I was an anxiety-riddled straightedge guy who would never get within ten feet of underage drinking. I hated it, but the guy who came up with it thought it was the funniest thing ever. Fast-forward a few years to college, a bit of a respelling to personalize it when I had to name a savefile, and then a night playing video games with people I actually liked and laughing about the whole thing, and now it's been my e-handle for ages.

trickybiscuits posted:

So many people in developed countries will never see illnesses like smallpox or measles. There was some video of a woman arguing that polio has been eradicated from the United States and therefore we don't need to vaccinate for it. I wanted someone to ask her, "If nobody is vaccinated, what will keep it from coming back?" to see the wheels in her brain grind to a stop.

It blows my mind that there's a chicken pox vaccine. It was just something we had to deal with growing up and hope it wasn't too bad.

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 05:12

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Confiscating/destroying believed-fake IDs is only done in movies, and anyone who believes they have the authority in real life is going to end up in serious legal trouble if the ID turns out to be legit. Which doesn't stop idiots from thinking they can do so, and the proper alternative (contacting the police) has problems all its own.

# ¿ Nov 18, 2021 05:01

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