The Official First World Problems Thread™
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@Karla said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
That seems a little excessive...
OK... I'll give them antiserum after I bite them.
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@CarrieVS said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
@Karla said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
That seems a little excessive...
OK... I'll give them antiserum after I bite them.
That works for me...but tell them why you have to give to them...so they are scared.
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@Karla said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
Hmmm...that seems a little excessive...
@Karla said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
But I don't hate the idea...
Welcome to WTDWTF! You seem to be getting assimilated by the local culture. Please note that we don't officially endorse violence and/or homicide nor take any responsibility for any increased tendencies to engage in such activities.
That said, crowbars are in the top drawer, cupboard is in the orange room, second door to the left down the corridor. First one is free.
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@Karla
I was trying to convey the idea that my persona already has rabies, so it's not me catching anything from them that I'd be concerned about.
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@CarrieVS said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
@Karla
I was trying to convey the idea that my persona already has rabies, so it's not me catching anything from them that I'd be concerned about.I understood that. I was saying I want them to be appropriately scared of the rabies. If they don't know...they won't be scared.
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@Karla said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
I understood that. I was saying I want them to be appropriately scared of the rabies. If they don't know...they won't be scared.
I misread your post. Anywho, I've successfully bungled yet another social interaction, so move along, nothing to see here...
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@Onyx Too bad we lost our hammer supply.
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@Karla said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
Since I cut right-handed...I can't freakin cut a straight line.
I can't cut, draw, or other various motion-oriented things in a straight line either, yet I can type just fine with a single hand (either one) regardless of the orientation.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
@Karla said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
Since I cut right-handed...I can't freakin cut a straight line.
I can't cut, draw, or other various motion-oriented things in a straight line either, yet I can type just fine with a single hand (either one) regardless of the orientation.
I couldn't cut or draw in a straight line either until I realized if I didn't think about it and just went as fast as possible it generally ended up straight - I was being so slow and careful to make lines straight that I would end up slowly curving them.
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@Lathun said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
if I didn't think about it and just went as fast as possible it generally ended up straight
I'll admit this reduces jags, but for me it's still far from straight.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
@Karla said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
Since I cut right-handed...I can't freakin cut a straight line.
I can't cut, draw, or other various motion-oriented things in a straight line either, yet I can type just fine with a single hand (either one) regardless of the orientation.
I can do a lot of things with either or I initially learned how to do them right-handed and either someone finally helped me learn left-handed, or I decided to learn to do it left-handed because I figure if I put the time in I will be better left-handed (which is generally true).
Baseball...though since I play so in-frequently, I have to ask someone which way a lefty bats because I am better lefty but righty doesn't feel wrong. Though I definitly need to throw lefty.
Bowling...more accurate lefty
Pool (billiards)...More accurate lefty but I will switch to righty if I can't reach lefty.
Judo..both ways, I like to play opposite the other person. I play lefty against a righty and righty against a lefty.
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@Karla my handwriting is awful because I was never taught a proper lefty way of doing it. If my daughter turn's out to be left handed I'll make sure to get some resources and teach her properly
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@Karla said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
FWP: I can't find left-handed toddler scissors (the ones with all plastic).
Right, I need to try and find some of those for our middle child … Let me know if you have any luck.
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FWP: The reply button works for a change, but now NodeBB refuses to load the previous chunk of posts so that I can get to the post I actually want to reply to.
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@Karla I learned to use a computer right-handed. For a long time I preferred a trackpad to a mouse, I think because I could use it left-handed so was actually more comfortable and accurate. I did finally teach myself to use a mouse left-handed a couple of years ago.
It was also only a few years ago that I managed to teach myself to write without curling my arm right around.
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On a real computer now, so I can finally reply.
@CarrieVS said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
I also found a bunch of people claiming that you shouldn't give your left-handed child left-handed tools because it's better for them to manage doing things with their less-dextrous hand than that - heaven forbid - they should need left-handed scissors in future.
I'm left-handed, but I do a number of things — scissors, frisbee — right-handed, because that's how I learned. We didn't have left-handed scissors in the house when I was really young, so I learned to use right-handed scissors. When I got to school, people kept trying to give me left-handed scissors, and I kept giving them back and taking right-handed scissors because they felt more natural to me. I learned to throw a frisbee right-handed because the person who taught me was right-handed. I learned to use a mouse right-handed because my roommate's computer work area was arranged for a right-hander; I now switch back and forth to relieve RSI, but I'm at least as good at precision (e.g., photo editing) mousing with my right hand as with my left.
I'm fairly ambidextrous (at one time I could even write right-handed, although it was barely legible, but I haven't practiced in decades). Whether that's because I learned young to do some things right-handed, or I learned to do them right-handed because I'm naturally somewhat ambidextrous, I couldn't say.
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@abarker I will let you know if find some. I am not optimistic.
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@Jaloopa said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
@Karla my handwriting is awful because I was never taught a proper lefty way of doing it. If my daughter turn's out to be left handed I'll make sure to get some resources and teach her properly
Mine too...but more because I was lazy and at the time wanted to be a doctor.
So when I was in 2nd grade...I was in a 3rd grade class (but my parents were adamant that I do not skip a grade) and then for 3rd grade I stayed there. But went to the 4th grade class for some subjects.Anyway...the point at that time we had writing books. I finished one...they gave me another. After a little while I showed them the first. They gave me another...after a while I showed them the first.
Grade school teacher outwitted by a 2rd grader.
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@Karla said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
Grade school teacher outwitted by a 2rd grader.
Quality.
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@Onyx said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
crowbars
I have a two-ton hyraulic floor jack in my minivan for raisins[1]. Yesterday I actually needed the pipe/handle to lift some cubicle walls at work, so my coworker could get some cables out from under there.
[1] practically, it's there because I don't have anywhere else for it. Officially, it's there for zombie apocalypse.
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@CarrieVS said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
@Karla I learned to use a computer right-handed. For a long time I preferred a trackpad to a mouse, I think because I could use it left-handed so was actually more comfortable and accurate. I did finally teach myself to use a mouse left-handed a couple of years ago.
It was also only a few years ago that I managed to teach myself to write without curling my arm right around.
I never wrote with curling my hand around. But I realized I cannot mouse right handed...though I trackball right handed.
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@HardwareGeek said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
On a real computer now, so I can finally reply.
@CarrieVS said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
I also found a bunch of people claiming that you shouldn't give your left-handed child left-handed tools because it's better for them to manage doing things with their less-dextrous hand than that - heaven forbid - they should need left-handed scissors in future.
I'm left-handed, but I do a number of things — scissors, frisbee — right-handed, because that's how I learned. We didn't have left-handed scissors in the house when I was really young, so I learned to use right-handed scissors. When I got to school, people kept trying to give me left-handed scissors, and I kept giving them back and taking right-handed scissors because they felt more natural to me. I learned to throw a frisbee right-handed because the person who taught me was right-handed. I learned to use a mouse right-handed because my roommate's computer work area was arranged for a right-hander; I now switch back and forth to relieve RSI, but I'm at least as good at precision (e.g., photo editing) mousing with my right hand as with my left.
I'm fairly ambidextrous (at one time I could even write right-handed, although it was barely legible, but I haven't practiced in decades). Whether that's because I learned young to do some things right-handed, or I learned to do them right-handed because I'm naturally somewhat ambidextrous, I couldn't say.
I don't think I am naturally ambidextrous....I just think a lot of lefties are forced into it.
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@Karla said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
I never wrote with curling my hand around.
Neither did I. It looks amazingly awkward.
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@HardwareGeek said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
@Karla said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
I never wrote with curling my hand around.
Neither did I. It looks amazingly awkward.
When I was in HS, I had a jean jacket that I manually decorated the bad with my zodiac sign and picture of a cat...I liked cats, that the front collected buttons.
One of the buttons was..."Hire the left-handed, it is fun to watch them write."
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@HardwareGeek said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
Neither did I. It looks amazingly awkward
It is, but it's the obvious way to avoid a smudged mess when you're given a fountain pen and expected to get on with it.
For most of my school career I had a permanent ink stain on my palm
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
motion-oriented things in a straight line
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@Jaloopa said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
@Karla my handwriting is awful because I was never taught a proper lefty way of doing it. I
my handwriting is atrocious because fuck it there's a keyboard right there in front of me imma use it.
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@accalia even when you were a child learning to write? Because we're about the same age and my primary school had a BBC micro and a Win3.1 box
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@Jaloopa said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
@accalia even when you were a child learning to write?
well okay. not back then. i had a typewriter i used for my schoolwork because fuck yeah it's a mechanical typewriter!
but for the rest of it at that age.... i think this image sums things up pretty well....
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@accalia
I didn't realize you where that old, grumpy or you had balloons tied to your house.
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@Luhmann said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
@accalia
I didn't realize you where that old, grumpy or you had balloons tied to your house.old?! OLD?!
ARE YOU CALLING ME OLD?!
YOU YOUNGUNS SHOULD TREAT YOUR ELDERS WITH MORE RESPECT!
AND GET OFF MY LAWN!
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@accalia said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
AND GET OFF MY LAWN!
You didn't attach any balloons to your lawn did you ...
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@Luhmann said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
@accalia said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
AND GET OFF MY LAWN!
You didn't attach any balloons to your lawn did you ...
YES I DARNED WELL DID! I SPENT ALL THOSE YEARS TRAKING CAREW OF IT AND I'LL BE DAMNED IF I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT BEHIND FOR YOU HOOLIGANS T RUIN!
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@accalia said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
ALL THOSE YEARS TRAKING CAREW
I didn't knew you where a soccer fan ...
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@Jaloopa said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
my handwriting is awful
Do you guys still write on paper? Like, from the toilet?
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@fbmac I don't take a laptop into meetings
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@fbmac said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
Like, from the toilet?
You don't use the shells?
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@Onyx
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@Jaloopa said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
@fbmac I don't take a laptop into meetings
I wouldn't doubt you drink water too, ya old dinosaur
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZmSeBI6Bp4
(can't check if it's the right video because firewall)
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@Onyx said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
I blame mobile keyboard!
I blame Windows 10! It didn't reboot unexpectedly on me.
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@Onyx said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
@fbmac you still use toilet paper? Ewwww!
he doesn't know how to use the three shells?! what a Neanderthal!
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@accalia
This joke is getting old ...
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@Luhmann said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
@accalia
This joke is getting old ...
you gave me the opportunity to make a demolition man joke and expected me to leave it alone?! FSCK THAT!
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@accalia said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
FSCK THAT!
Just clean your hands afterwards ...
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@Luhmann said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
@accalia said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
FSCK THAT!
Just clean your hands afterwards ...
my hands?!
i told you to do it, i ain't touching it!
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@accalia It was an idiocracy joke
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@accalia said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
my hands?!
fine! paws! just lick your paws clean.
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@Luhmann said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
@accalia said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
my hands?!
fine! paws! just lick your paws clean.
i still ain't touching that. you fsck it!