Random thought of the day
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@Gąska said in Random thought of the day:
@da-Doctah fuck, it's DST time. Need to re-learn how to set all the clocks in the house again.
On the other hand, maybe finally I find motivation to fix the microwave clock after that momentary power loss back in December.
I finally found the remote control for the clock-radio in my bedroom, and got a new battery for it, and set the clock to correct standard time. Just in time to have to change it again.
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@Gąska said in Random thought of the day:
On the other hand, maybe finally I find motivation to fix the microwave clock after that momentary power loss back in December.
NARRATOR: He did not.
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Random thought: do Polish microwaves blink
łŻ:ÓÓ
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@Zerosquare I only ever had Chinese ones
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@Benjamin-Hall when are you from?
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@Gribnit said in Random thought of the day:
@Benjamin-Hall when are you from?
I've lived in several places around the USA as well as in the Baltics and in the Caribbean/Central America (albeit there only as a young child). I'd say the Mountain West is my "native place"
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@Benjamin-Hall Thanks! that's not what I asked, but thanks.
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@Gribnit said in Random thought of the day:
@Benjamin-Hall Thanks! that's not what I asked, but thanks.
Ah. When. I misread that as where (since it's actually a logical, if intrusively personal, thing to ask on these forums). I was born in -1/-1/-1...wait, that's @Tsaukpaetra's influence screwing up the calendar module....
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@Benjamin-Hall said in Random thought of the day:
wait, that's @Tsaukpaetra's influence screwing up the calendar module....
This is what happens when you Cherry-pick modules! That one is probably failing because you don't have the mPersonality-core-manager Module set to your default personality. Or perhaps loaded at all. Or the default personality got soft-locked in a state transaction...
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@Tsaukpaetra said in Random thought of the day:
@Benjamin-Hall said in Random thought of the day:
wait, that's @Tsaukpaetra's influence screwing up the calendar module....
This is what happens when you Cherry-pick modules! That one is probably failing because you don't have the mPersonality-core-manager Module set to your default personality. Or perhaps loaded at all. Or the default personality got soft-locked in a state transaction...
I heartily recommend the Ultratheiron series core, it has significant improvements on Saneman.
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@Benjamin-Hall said in Random thought of the day:
@Gribnit said in Random thought of the day:
@Benjamin-Hall Thanks! that's not what I asked, but thanks.
Ah. When. I misread that as where (since it's actually a logical, if intrusively personal, thing to ask on these forums). I was born in -1/-1/-1...wait, that's @Tsaukpaetra's influence screwing up the calendar module....
I apologize, Dr. Hall, I did not mean your age. I was asking what the current year is where you are.
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@Benjamin-Hall said in Random thought of the day:
Because that would just be broken.
It would just be a small thing
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The "Father" equivalent of MILF doesn't sound so well.
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@Zecc Yeah, that's why it's usually DILF.
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@coderpatsy Today I learned.
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Bugs Bunny is older than Joe Biden.
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@Gąska said in Random thought of the day:
Bugs Bunny is older than Joe Biden.
Since February 6th of this year, John Lennon has been dead longer than he was alive.
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I've been not-alive for far longer than I have been alive. But I've been alive all my life.
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@Zecc said in Random thought of the day:
I've been alive all my life.
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@dkf said in Random thought of the day:
@Zecc said in Random thought of the day:
I've been alive all my life.
Lies.
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You know how actors will say "break a leg" to each other before a show?
Maybe it's because they're all in the cast.
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Seriously, the origin of the expression is unknown, but is generally supposed to be based on a superstition that the opposite of what you wish for will happen. Wishing good luck will cause bad luck, so wishing bad luck will bring good luck. Wikipedia and others say that performers in general, not just actors, use this as an expression of good luck; however, dancers use a different anti-wish, "Merde!"
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@HardwareGeek said in Random thought of the day:
Seriously, the origin of the expression is unknown, but is generally supposed to be based on a superstition that the opposite of what you wish for will happen. Wishing good luck will cause bad luck, so wishing bad luck will bring good luck. Wikipedia and others say that performers in general, not just actors, use this as an expression of good luck; however, dancers use a different anti-wish, "Merde!"
Dancer's wishes descend from a different ancestor profession, and nobody likes servicing coprophiliacs that much honestly
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@HardwareGeek said in Random thought of the day:
dancers use a different anti-wish, "Merde!"
It's the usual wish for all stage-performing artists (dancers, but also comedians and musicians) in France.
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@HardwareGeek said in Random thought of the day:
Seriously, the origin of the expression is unknown, but is generally supposed to be based on a superstition that the opposite of what you wish for will happen. Wishing good luck will cause bad luck, so wishing bad luck will bring good luck. Wikipedia and others say that performers in general, not just actors, use this as an expression of good luck; however, dancers use a different anti-wish, "Merde!"
As far as I heard, the superstition is that the worse the dress rehearsal the better the premiere, and vice versa. So “breaking a leg” is hyperbole for good luck.
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@topspin said in Random thought of the day:
@HardwareGeek said in Random thought of the day:
Seriously, the origin of the expression is unknown, but is generally supposed to be based on a superstition that the opposite of what you wish for will happen. Wishing good luck will cause bad luck, so wishing bad luck will bring good luck. Wikipedia and others say that performers in general, not just actors, use this as an expression of good luck; however, dancers use a different anti-wish, "Merde!"
As far as I heard, the superstition is that the worse the dress rehearsal the better the premiere, and vice versa. So “breaking a leg” is hyperbole for good luck.
Sure, that's what the pros hand out to the amateurs, at least. Serious actors are actually trying to kill one another.
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Sense of humor is when you smell blood.
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"Ashtray" is Pig Latin for "trash".
(Also "underplay" for "plunder", but that's a little less evocative.)
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What would you do if the Dread Pirate Roberts set two cups before you, one marked with a pestle, the other with a dragon?
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@Mason_Wheeler said in Random thought of the day:
What would you do if the Dread Pirate Roberts set two cups before you, one marked with a pestle, the other with a dragon?
Stick a gun in his crotch until he gave me the antidote.
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@izzion That isn't very sportsmanlike!
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@Mason_Wheeler said in Random thought of the day:
@izzion That isn't very sportsmanlike!
Neither is poisoning both cups
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@Mason_Wheeler said in Random thought of the day:
What would you do if the Dread Pirate Roberts set two cups before you, one marked with a pestle, the other with a dragon?
"I challenge you to a battle of wits!"
"Nah."
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Today it occurred to me that the two main urban areas of my state both have names that seem to invite misspelling them by swapping the third and fourth letters.
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The inhalation and exhalation of breath are themselves a part of speech.
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@Mason_Wheeler said in Random thought of the day:
What would you do if the Dread Pirate Roberts set two cups before you, one marked with a pestle, the other with a dragon?
I would ask him if the dragon was indeed old enough to be able to give consent.
Then I would ask if the aphrodisiacal result of using the pestle would really be worth it.
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@Mason_Wheeler stab stab stab.
The beer here sucks anyway, and fucking hellchrist, what kind of battle of wits is it between a drinking vessel and a tool used pretty much by poisoners?
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@izzion said in Random thought of the day:
@Mason_Wheeler said in Random thought of the day:
What would you do if the Dread Pirate Roberts set two cups before you, one marked with a pestle, the other with a dragon?
Stick a gun in his crotch until he gave me the antidote.
"Of all the low-down tricks!"
(Watch from the 2:00 mark)
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programmers are a kind of lawyer
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all memes hint at Xanadu
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I never took much notice of it in the sixties, but one huge difference between "I Dream of Jeannie" and "Bewitched" is that the people on the latter drank a lot more.
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Archimedes was the first historical Hanzo.
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I have a pair of Pole arms.
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@Gąska said in Random thought of the day:
I have a pair of Pole arms.
you also have a natural polar coordinate system
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Civilization without city building, what a concept. Forward Solaria!
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I'm a dick because I think it's funny. But I think it's funny because I'm a dick.
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@Gribnit said in Random thought of the day:
I'm a dick because I think it's funny. But I think it's funny because I'm a dick.
I'm upvoting you because that was funny. But you're still a dick.
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We are the error term.
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@da-Doctah said in Random thought of the day:
Today it occurred to me that the two main urban areas of my state both have names that seem to invite misspelling them by swapping the third and fourth letters.
Now that I've read that, I look forward to states and urban areas randomly popping into my head to try and figure out this puzzle. So far I've eliminated Saf Nrancisco/Loa Sngeles as ridiculous
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@hungrier Even by their correct names, they're ridiculous.