General Chat/Time-Waster Thread

[Wax]

11 minutes ago, Saxon said:

Yeah I completely agree that lots of people don't subscribe to a tumbleresque view of the world and I don't think that there are only liberals and conservatives; I'm not part of the American bi-partisan political system anyway. 

That's what I like about politics. It really highlights everyone's unique opinions, thoughts, feelings, desires etc. I always strive to understand where people are coming from if they have an opinion that conflicts with mine but there's some things I can never understand. It includes religiously-based/traditionalist-based right-wing opinions, and it sure as hell includes radically retarded left-wing opinions too.

11 minutes ago, Saxon said:

Truth be told one of the reasons I watched Teal deer is because his avatar is handsome. Fappity fap fap.

You're not wrong. His avatar is handsome...

His voice isn't really though

[Sourdough]

1 minute ago, Terminal7 said:

Criticize them enough and they'll understand what's wrong. 

You have to give them enough space to learn and apply what is taught. If it's just another passing fad of this age,  just let it be. 

So far,  the cause seems noble. That's probably why they still stand. 

You're right. I believed (and probably still believe) my fair share of bullshit. If you're given the chance to defend your beliefs rationally and you can't, it's time to change a few opinions. There's always those who won't though. Being wrong sucks! It hurts your pride and confidence. When you're university aged those things seem far more important, and are more easily shaken than they have any right to be. I guess it's just part of growing up.

[Sourdough]

1 minute ago, 6tails said:

If you feel bad now, come see several other universities here in the USA. You'll see the same thing, but NOW APPLY IT TO THE TEACHERS.

This is why I tend to not put much faith in people that say they have a college/university education. 90% of the people that myself or my fiance have seen in a college or higher university are as dumb as a box of rocks.

The university my fiance went to had a fucking course called "Anime and Philosophy." All they did was sit and watch Evangelion, there was no discussion. I even got to attend the 'class' for free, they weren't checking student enrollment!

I was less than impressed with what I saw from most higher education institutions. The only ones that continue to hold my higher regards are the ones that focus most on hard sciences, and less on sports, liberal studies, and political crap.

Hey now, don't insult rocks.

To add to this, a housemate of mine once told me about a friend of his. This man wrote his master's thesis on the role of female villains in anime. As it was explained to me, he basically did nothing for two years and then crapped out his 'thesis' a week before it was due. This was in England btw, the US is not alone in this.

[FenrirDarkWolf]

yay for being a business student

I'm not ever going into super well known and awesome sciences

but I'm not wasting my life in liberal studies

I get to be as boring and normal as possible : D

13 minutes ago, Saxon said:

Also, it depresses me that arts universities generally don't place emphasis on giving people technical training and business skills. It makes me sad looking at the new recruits, who are often very good painters, inevitably turn into boring pretentious abstract expressionists. :C

My sister is an art student, and she abhors those kinds of people. Being a business student, and knowing a little about marketing, I could help her find people to hire her. She's waiting for the person who hired her to be get the wall ready so she can paint a mural.

[Feelwell]

I went outside for icecream with a friend and people were OUTSIDE!

What on earth is going on? 

Also I just sneezed blood onto the keyboard, clearly the world is ending. This is the only logical explanation.

[Crazy Lee]

Sunscreen doesn't work. Look at Steve Irwin, he used it every day and it didn't protect him from rays.....


Also.. owww

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/06/24/self-castration-michigan/2453939/

[LazerMaster5]

So tomorrow we have planned our employee trip to Cedar Point, but last night a nasty storm hit the causeway and knocked out power to the park. They were closed all today trying to clear the damage and get the power up. Hopefully Cedar Point is fully operational tomorrow, as we have been looking forward to this trip for a while, and the weather tomorrow is supposed to be 70 degrees and cloudy, nice and comfy. Also, the park might be busier tomorrow with people who came today only to found it closed. I guess I'll find out soon enough.

[Crazy Lee]

2 minutes ago, LazerMaster5 said:

So tomorrow we have planned our employee trip to Cedar Point, but last night a nasty storm hit the causeway and knocked out power to the park. They were closed all today trying to clear the damage and get the power up. Hopefully Cedar Point is fully operational tomorrow, as we have been looking forward to this trip for a while, and the weather tomorrow is supposed to be 70 degrees and cloudy, nice and comfy. Also, the park might be busier tomorrow with people who came today only to found it closed. I guess I'll find out soon enough.

Wait, you live local enough to go to Cedar Point?
Have fun, that place is awesome.

 

2 hours ago, Wax said:

And his videos piss me off. He'll take some stereotype or radical thing left-wingers do and be like 'haha look at these lefties being idiots!!!' thinking as though it represents any kind of collective opinion. It's not just him who's guilty of this.

This is most of conservative talk radio.
"LOOK AT THIS THING THAT TUMBLR OR BLM DID, THAT'S THE WAY THE ENTIRE LEFT IS." They brought up a blm person saying that all whites should kill themselves because of white privileged, and claimed that's the way the left worked. If that was really the case we'd have a lot of liberals just committing suicide for being white.

[LazerMaster5]

1 minute ago, Crazy Lee said:

Wait, you live local enough to go to Cedar Point?
Have fun, that place is awesome.

Yep, about 2 hours away. And I am sure we will have fun, thank you. I know they recently opened a new coaster, and I am hoping the wait isn't too bad tomorrow.

[Vae]

I always wanted to go to Cedar Point when I lived in WV, but I never got to.
Kinda pisses me off.

[Crazy Lee]

Well, they posted that car on Saturday, and now it's gone. Welp.....

Also, know this is clickbait, but in the article..
http://secondnexus.com/social/alabama-judge-defies-federal-order/?utm_content=inf_10_1164_2&tse_id=INF_3b74af602bfa11e69519013b248da655

Quote

“I pledged to support not only the U.S. Constitution but the Alabama Constitution as well,” Moore said when he was sworn into office, “which provided in its preamble that the state ‘established justice’ by ‘invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God.’”

So wait, the Alabama constitution mentions the Christian God?

Hmm.... in clear violation of the First Amendment. You could probably sue and successfully get that removed in the US Supreme Court, but then the religious nutjobs would scream their religious privilege is being taken away. Time to clean the human population, it looks like.

[Spot]

nerds

[DrGravitas]

My timesheet has 14 hours on it. 1 day down, 13 to go.

(Mentally Stabilized - by Syynx, and no this is not any of my characters either; I just like the pic XP)

[Wax]

10 hours ago, 6tails said:

The university my fiance went to had a fucking course called "Anime and Philosophy." All they did was sit and watch Evangelion, there was no discussion. I even got to attend the 'class' for free, they weren't checking student enrollment!

As much as I like Evangelion, it makes me sad that people would actually attend something like that and believe that there is a viable career path available to them after completing such a dumb course.

(Much like Liberal Arts and Women's Studies)

[FenrirDarkWolf]

3 minutes ago, Wax said:

As much as I like Evangelion, it makes me sad that people would actually attend something like that and believe that there is a viable career path available to them after completing such a dumb course.

(Much like Liberal Arts and Women's Studies)

I mean, that's dumb, but for some people, they know the risks it involves and they do it anyway because that's what they love to do (although a course on anime is a bit too much)..

I say these things because I'm friends with so many students who take majors that they know would be hard to make a living in, but they do it anyway because it's their passion.

I mean, hell, I was almost a music performance major, so I know where a lot of those people do come from.

[Wax]

5 minutes ago, FenrirDarkWolf said:

I mean, that's dumb, but for some people, they know the risks it involves and they do it anyway because that's what they love to do (although a course on anime is a bit too much)..

I say these things because I'm friends with so many students who take majors that they know would be hard to make a living in, but they do it anyway because it's their passion.

I mean, hell, I was almost a music performance major, so I know where a lot of those people do come from.

I totally get that degrees in areas like that are taken by people because it's their passion, but if there isn't a viable career option at the end of it, I don't think the fees and the amount of debt you'll get yourself into at the end of it mean that it's not a good trade.

If you're passionate enough about something though, you'll always find a way to make ends meet.

[Mapa]

3 minutes ago, Saxon said:

DEER FUCKING LORD (deer :3)

The cleaner came in as I was drawing weird furry pornography for the requests thread. Slammed my laptop screen down so fast.

...They don't knock?

[Mapa]

Just now, Saxon said:

I had my headphones on listening to music from Zootopia because I am literal furry trash.

Lesson learned: Don't use headphones while drawing (or watching) porn in such a vulnerable position.

[Vae]

2 hours ago, Wax said:

As much as I like Evangelion, it makes me sad that people would actually attend something like that and believe that there is a viable career path available to them after completing such a dumb course.

(Much like Liberal Arts and Women's Studies)

From this post showing up in the activity feed, alone, I thought this was about piloting a giant mecha.

I am now sorely disappointed that people aren't trying to get a career in piloting giant mecha.

[Sourdough]

7 minutes ago, pothocket said:

Lesson learned: Don't use headphones while drawing (or watching) porn in such a vulnverable position.

Alternatively, don't be ashamed of something you enjoy doing. The cleaner should be embarrassed, not you.

[Sourdough]

Just now, Saxon said:

Cleaner comes in, says 'Oh my god I'm a furry too; let's yiff, kid'.

Always happens.

It is an oft told tale yes. 

But seriously, if it happens in your room you should be okay about it. Where else are you supposed to draw porn? In the middle of a children's hospital? 

[Wax]

29 minutes ago, Vae said:

From this post showing up in the activity feed, alone, I thought this was about piloting a giant mecha.

I am now sorely disappointed that people aren't trying to get a career in piloting giant mecha.

unfortunately nge doesn't do much for real-world career paths 

[Kosha]

4 hours ago, Vae said:

From this post showing up in the activity feed, alone, I thought this was about piloting a giant mecha.

I am now sorely disappointed that people aren't trying to get a career in piloting giant mecha.

Why is the government funding welfare but NOT funding giant death robots? Thanks Obama.

2 minutes ago, 6tails said:

Kinda late to do that, Kuratas and MK.II already have their pilots.

Yes, these mechs do exist. USA vs Japan, it's happening.

Source?

[Kosha]

6 minutes ago, 6tails said:

https://www.megabots.com/

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/social-networks/america-vs-japan-in-giant-warrior-robot-battle-help-3619707/

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/megabots/support-team-usa-in-the-giant-robot-duel

 

It's happening THIS MONTH.

Anime is becoming a reality.

So when does my waifu become real?

[DrGravitas]

I am useless today. I guess I can't function on 6 hours of sleep like I used to. :(

Unless this rumored meeting changes up our requirements, I'll forced to be up to Midnight and will have to find some other way to squeeze 8 hours out.

[Sidewalk Surfboard]

I only have a week until school gets out for the summer and damn I cannot wait

[Vae]

1 minute ago, Sidewalk Surfboard said:

I only have a week until school gets out for the summer and damn I cannot wait

It's June 7.
When I was in school, they usually let out around the last week of May.

Jesus, why are they keeping you that long?

[Sidewalk Surfboard]

Just now, Vae said:

It's June 7.
When I was in school, they usually let out around the last week of May.

Jesus, why are they keeping you that long?

Well, in our district we go into school September 9th so we get out one month later than other districts

[Mapa]

For some reason my county decided to end the school year today and not on Friday.

Just now, Sidewalk Surfboard said:

Well, in our district we go into school September 9th so we get out one month later than other districts

Wow, we start like August 15th this coming year. Lucky bastards.

[Feelwell]

5 minutes ago, Sidewalk Surfboard said:

I only have a week until school gets out for the summer and damn I cannot wait

 

2 minutes ago, Vae said:

It's June 7.
When I was in school, they usually let out around the last week of May.

Jesus, why are they keeping you that long?

Two more weeks for me.

Release me from this unbearable servitude.

[Sidewalk Surfboard]

1 minute ago, Feelwell the Rabbit said:

Two more weeks for me.

Release me from this unbearable servitude.

And I thought my district was bad. 2 more weeks? Holy shit.

[Vae]

We ended our school years in May, and started them in September.

Y'all motherfuckers gettin screwed out of vacation.

[Sourdough]

I can't even remember when they let us out for summer holidays. It wasn't exactly forever ago either. This will annoy me for a while.

[Sidewalk Surfboard]

1 minute ago, Vae said:

We ended our school years in May, and started them in September.

Y'all motherfuckers gettin screwed out of vacation.

[Sourdough]

Looked it up, it was July 1st to September 1st every year. Clearly such memorable times.

[FenrirDarkWolf]

Pfft, I would always go into school early anyway because band camp (generally starts in late July/August 1st to start of school)

what is summer vacation

[Vae]

I didn't do anything extracurricular past like cheerleading in elementary / middle school,
and choir in middle school.

Because the more I could minimize my time in and association with school, the better.

[Sourdough]

On 07/06/2016 at 7:52 PM, Vae said:

Because the more I could minimize my time in and association with school, the better.

-

[Mapa]

I knew these two twins who were no joke taking like 8 AP classes at once this year in addition to leading/participating in multiple clubs and applying to literally dozens of colleges. I'm all for going above and beyond, but holy shit.

Thing is, they were really cool guys and seemed really relaxed most of the time. I don't know how they do it. They graduated this year and are going to Princeton.

[Sourdough]

2 minutes ago, Saxon said:

Twins are just genetically superior; that's why we come in pairs.

You mean there's another you out there? Does he also do science and fancy animal men?

[FenrirDarkWolf]

7 minutes ago, Saxon said:

Unfortunately we're not identical. :c

He does do science; he's currently in Astrophysics. He thinks furries are icky, but he's an asexual who thinks all sex is icky.

I think you got all his sex drive

27 minutes ago, pothocket said:

I knew these two twins who were no joke taking like 8 AP classes at once this year in addition to leading/participating in multiple clubs and applying to literally dozens of colleges. I'm all for going above and beyond, but holy shit.

Thing is, they were really cool guys and seemed really relaxed most of the time. I don't know how they do it. They graduated this year and are going to Princeton.

I used to be like that, advanced and college classes all the time, plus band (nothing else, but band is a huge time eater as is)

[Sourdough]

20 minutes ago, Saxon said:

Unfortunately we're not identical. :c

He does do science; he's currently in Astrophysics. He thinks furries are icky, but he's an asexual who thinks all sex is icky.

Well he's not wrong, all those fluids and body parts squelching and slapping about like *EUEK EURK BLURG*.

[Kosha]

On the subject of extracurricular activities, I used to be on my high school's comedy improv team. I loved what we were doing, but I hated the leadership. The leader of the group played favorites, couldn't take criticism, and talked shit about people who didn't come to the meeting. He'd make a great FA admin.

[Mayonnaise]

Sedition charges over some graffiti? Our leaders are pussies I tell you.

[Sidewalk Surfboard]

I drew this absolute masterpiece while jacked up on sugary coffee this morning, it took a total of 2 minutes

[DrGravitas]

As expected, pushing back has started the ball rolling towards alleviating this nightmarish 2-weeks of 14-working-hour days. Until we have the tools to receive notifications without constantly sitting next to the work laptop, I have been pardoned entirely and I am back to the usual 1 or 2 hours of After Hours Monitoring for my 2-weeks. Moreover, this will likely provide leverage among our management to better push for automation or other solutions to further reduce or eliminate the need for this type of chained-to-secure-WiFi monitoring. \o/

[Crazy Lee]

So, looking through my bank's points rewards program... and they have asian porn for redemption.

Ahahahahahahahaha. I love this bank.

[Kosha]

1 hour ago, Sidewalk Surfboard said:

I drew this absolute masterpiece while jacked up on sugary coffee this morning, it took a total of 2 minutes

hot

1 minute ago, Crazy Lee said:

So, looking through my bank's points rewards program... and they have asian porn for redemption.

Ahahahahahahahaha. I love this bank.

also hot

[DevilBear]

Stubbed my toe.

[Endless/Nameless]

There is a me in this picture.