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27 minutes ago, Fossa-Boy said:

Today I am going to eat some of this curious watermelon I got at the farmer's market, which is green, round, but the inside is yellow, though it tastes really sweet, like a 'normal' watermelon, though with a bit of a tang to it. They also had ones that were orange and green inside. I had no idea so many watermelons existed. 

I think one day it might be a peaceful life to have a watermelon farm, if I had the $ to start one. They seem like they'd be quiet.

There was a watermelon stand in Oakland near the MacAurthur BART station.

It ended up going out of business, that's when you know the economy must REALLY be fucked >.<

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8 minutes ago, Ricky said:

There was a watermelon stand in Oakland near the MacAurthur BART station.

It ended up going out of business, that's when you know the economy must REALLY be fucked >.<

Times must be tough in Oakland! Though I hear parts of it are gentrifying, and also, that they have a baseball stadium that is supposed to smell really bad.

You do sometimes see trucks loaded up with watermelons here, that will just park on this or that corner in the city, then move on to another spot, after a while. Got some really good melons off of those trucks. Sometimes they have other fruits, too, but mainly Melons: 'Lopes (what we call cantaloupes here), Honeydew, and such. A ton of them are grown on the eastern shore part of the state.

Maybe I will get a job with the American Watermelon Association, promoting watermelons.

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1 minute ago, Ricky said:

That's not just the baseball stadium, it's East Oakland :V

I'll make a note of this!

Oddly, I found a lot of parts of SF smelly, as well, from Hiaght-Ashbury to the Castro to the Tenderloin, it was this odd mix of urine, exhaust, sweaty bums, and too much patchouli, cologne and amyl nitrate.

Baltimore can be smelly, too, but different.

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5 minutes ago, Fossa-Boy said:

I'll make a note of this!

Oddly, I found a lot of parts of SF smelly, as well, from Hiaght-Ashbury to the Castro to the Tenderloin, it was this odd mix of urine, exhaust, sweaty bums, and too much patchouli, cologne and amyl nitrate.

Baltimore can be smelly, too, but different.

Yep! You must have been right in my neighborhood <3

The Castro was alright but you can't avoid the smell of stale urine in the morning on the way to Church Station.

5 minutes ago, LowPitchFart said:

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I was talking about Oakland, not black people.

Why are making this about black people? ... Huh?

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15 minutes ago, Ricky said:

Yep! You must have been right in my neighborhood <3

The Castro was alright but you can't avoid the smell of stale urine in the morning on the way to Church Station.

I was talking about Oakland, not black people.

Why are making this about black people? ... Huh?

Yep, odd how each city has it's own smell. One that can smell especially rank, when there's no wind: Las Vegas. Festering trash, vomit, urine, dust. Among the most unpleasant places on earth.

The Castro didn't do too much for me...it was kinda like all the various gay stereotypes depicted by the band The Village People had come to life. And those cheesy mustaches! Oh, the horror! Kinda spooky.

I'm a gay person who is sorta scared of a lot of gay people, especially too many in one spot. Kind of like younger teens. You take one or two, and they can be fine to talk to and such, but you get too many together in one place, and it's a whole other ball of wax.

As for watermelons: They did originate in Africa, and were brought to the south which provided among the best climates in the world for them. Some of the best come from the Carolinas, the variety 'Carolina Beauty' is amazing, when grown down there. But I'd say the image of blacks and watermelons can be used in a racist, mocking way, but that it is also a food that's culturally significant, in terms of heritage and ancestry. And so when in a poor, mostly black neighborhood in this poor, mostly black city, when I see a truck of melons parked, I just see a truck of tasty melons, and some folks enjoying them. And black or white, you're a damn fool if you don't like a good watermelon. (Or diabetic.)

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4 minutes ago, Fossa-Boy said:

The Castro didn't do too much for me...it was kinda like all the various gay stereotypes depicted by the band The Village People had come to life. And those cheesy mustaches! Oh, the horror! Kinda spooky.

Whoever thought it was a good idea to start talking like a black southern woman needs to be shipped to Oakland.

One week working on that watermelon farm they'll be running to the nearest sports bar :V

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2 minutes ago, Ricky said:

Whoever thought it was a good idea to start talking like a black southern woman needs to be shipped to Oakland.

One week working on that watermelon farm they'll be running to the nearest sports bar :V

Ug, speaking of that, there is this horrid thing in DC: A huge, rich, prissy, preppy gay sports bar. All the Khakis you could ever want, and pastels galore. It is one of my versions of Hell.

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18 hours ago, LowPitchFart said:

The villains in Dragonball Super aren't that inspiring. This guy's head look like a fucking bellend.

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It's basically purple Freza. Can they make anything original?

17 hours ago, 6tails said:

Come home from JITB, park, two guys on their phones stop to try catching a Raichu that appears on my hood.

#PokemonGOAWAY

#PokemonNO

Everyone's playing pokemon and I'm over here like IDGAF

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Why y'all so spoiled with your internets?

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I get by quite fine with this actually.

18 hours ago, 6tails said:

I do derive a perverse pleasure in watching my fiance try to get it working on his iPhone 4S and it just not working for shit. It Just Works, my ass!

To be fair, the 4S is fucking old. Running the latest software on it now is near cruelty. This is why I'm lovingly retiring mine tomorrow. 

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2 hours ago, 6tails said:

Imagine this fun shit - I had to maintain over a hundred variations of OSX from 10.1-10.3 as each one was SPECIALLY MODIFIED for individual school systems. An image for one school system would not work on a system from another, despite being literally the exact same hardware. You had to clear NVRAM before you could change it over to another school system's image.

man, doing what you were hired to do. 

 

what a crazy thought

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5 minutes ago, 6tails said:

The sauce is onion/cubanelle/orange bell/pasila pepper/garlic/celery/tomato, with beef and sausage, a tiny dash of fish sauce added to boost the beef flavor, some black pepper, salt, oregano, rosemary, and thyme.

Mmmm..... Sounds tasty. 

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Just caught a Pokemon on my coworker's desk.

Very cool. Now imagine looking through your phone's camera and seeing digital motion-tracked animations of someone's fursona superimposed in the real world. Like an augmented reality avatar. That would be neat.

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7 minutes ago, Xaende said:

Just caught a Pokemon on my coworker's desk.

Very cool. Now imagine looking through your phone's camera and seeing digital motion-tracked animations of someone's fursona superimposed in the real world. Like an augmented reality avatar. That would be neat.

that would be pretty neat...

admittedly i was on #pokemonNO for a while but i got the GPS locator fixed and it's actually pretty fun. it's a rewarding little game to play and it seems like something i can do on my off time.

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22 hours ago, Sidewalk Surfboard said:

Here we see a prime example of le wrong generation

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Anyone who thinks Kanye is on the same level as Mercury, Bowie, or Prince needs to be thrown off a skyscraper.

This generation is fucked.

8 hours ago, evan said:

that would be pretty neat...

admittedly i was on #pokemonNO for a while but i got the GPS locator fixed and it's actually pretty fun. it's a rewarding little game to play and it seems like something i can do on my off time.

I'm still on Pokemon NO. I'll only be into the game a year from now when no one else gives a fuck about it and have moved on to the next dumb thing.

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Man playing Pokemon Go can't find Charmander nor the Clitoris.

I'd say that's probably MOST nerdy neckbeards....

3 minutes ago, 6tails said:

I'm all for PokemonGO now, as I've been watching unwary idiots getting phones swiped right from their hands and I can't stop laughing. PokemonGO makes it REALLY EASY to see who has phone hardware worth stealing.

Good thing I have a phone that probably WON'T run it do to being old.

2 minutes ago, PastryOfApathy said:

Ughhhh....

Yea, I'm going there. When some people think that artists like Drake, Kanye, Beiber and the ilk are as good as some of the older artists. Yea they have their moments. Yea there's actually some good artists today (Adelle....ect). Still. Autotune and shitty lyrics have taken the place of decent singing and good songwriting.

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23 minutes ago, Crazy Lee said:

Yea, I'm going there. When some people think that artists like Drake, Kanye, Beiber and the ilk are as good as some of the older artists. Yea they have their moments. Yea there's actually some good artists today (Adelle....ect). Still. Autotune and shitty lyrics have taken the place of decent singing and good songwriting.

You really shouldn't.

It makes you sound like an obnoxious tard on Facebook.

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My food crisis has been resolved today with a swift kick to the bank managers ass. Figuratively of course.

Finally, after six days of eating bread, butter, onions and occasionally a slice of the little ham I had left, I had chicken for dinner. Really makes you appreciate a good meal.

 

Also, @Kosha, I'm offended! I use Auto-tune and shitty lyrics in my art!

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6 hours ago, Crazy Lee said:

Yea, I'm going there. When some people think that artists like Drake, Kanye, Beiber and the ilk are as good as some of the older artists. Yea they have their moments. Yea there's actually some good artists today (Adelle....ect). Still. Autotune and shitty lyrics have taken the place of decent singing and good songwriting.

Per chance, did you write this comic?

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9 hours ago, Crazy Lee said:

Autotune and shitty lyrics have taken the place of decent singing and good songwriting.

ok

guys

 

fucking

 

autotune is everywhere and has been since the 1990s and not just in the "ooooh Madonnas cheating" sense but the "ooohhh this musician is more than competent enough to eventually get every little note perfect but we dont have that much studio time to wait for them to get it perfect"

yes, music isnt what it used to be but if i hear one more person relate it to autotune when it is actually the reason that people will have a better ear today than they did then (same thing with click tracks and timing) then im gonna blow a fucking gasket. autotune is for ANYONE who needs pitch adjustment. that is the ONLY thing it does.

 

/nerd essay

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4 minutes ago, evan said:

ok

guys

 

fucking

 

autotune is everywhere and has been since the 1990s and not just in the "ooooh Madonnas cheating" sense but the "ooohhh this musician is more than competent enough to eventually get every little note perfect but we dont have that much studio time to wait for them to get it perfect"

yes, music isnt what it used to be but if i hear one more person relate it to autotune when it is actually the reason that people will have a better ear today than they did then (same thing with click tracks and timing) then im gonna blow a fucking gasket. autotune is for ANYONE who needs pitch adjustment. that is the ONLY thing it does.

 

/nerd essay

Get em.

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As pretentious as it sounds, a huge portion of music HAS declined in quality over the years. I don't even think it's strictly a generation thing. I think the music industry just slowly discovered how much they can get away with using proper marketing. Yeah yeah I know it's all subjective, but give me a break. It won't be long before listening to someone take a massive constipated shit is considered music. Just add in some percussion and obnoxious bass. Boom, you have a hit baby!

2 minutes ago, evan said:

yes, music isnt what it used to be but if i hear one more person relate it to autotune when it is actually the reason that people will have a better ear today than they did then (same thing with click tracks and timing) then im gonna blow a fucking gasket. autotune is for ANYONE who needs pitch adjustment. that is the ONLY thing it does.

I'm not sure how adjustable it is, but when it's noticeable it sounds like ass. I think it worked out for Eiffel 65, but that was before it became really common.

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As pretentious as it sounds, a huge portion of music HAS declined in quality over the years. I don't even think it's strictly a generation thing. I think the music industry just slowly discovered how much they can get away with using proper marketing. Yeah yeah I know it's all subjective, but give me a break. It won't be long before listening to someone take a massive constipated shit is considered music. Just add in some percussion and obnoxious bass. Boom, you have a hit baby!

i actually do agree with this primarily in the sense that the pop market is literally designed to do this. it's not really a new concept and for the most part artists were doing the relative equivalent ever since widespread media became a thing; find rising talent with a good face, oversell, mass market. 

you have to pretty much ignore what the pop industry is doing if you want to make a lot of objective commentary on the music industry as a whole, because the pop industry is a reflection of high level producers more than musicians. while the tracks don't always sound like much, some of them are at a level of detail most people take for granted.

putting pop aside though? i fully wholeheartedly disagree. we're more aware of shit, which also makes us overlook that this is probably some of the most advanced level of musical exploration we've ever had in a long time. there's inherently going to be a remainder of poorly done music. it's just accessible now.

17 minutes ago, LowPitchFart said:

I'm not sure how adjustable it is, but when it's noticeable it sounds like ass. I think it worked out for Eiffel 65, but that was before it became really common.

it can be down to particular intervals that most people aren't trained to hear. so there are probably a great deal of examples you probably don't even think are autotuned that are.

10 hours ago, Crazy Lee said:

I'm still on Pokemon NO. I'll only be into the game a year from now when no one else gives a fuck about it and have moved on to the next dumb thing.

forgot i wanted to mention; that's fair, mostly because i keep seeing a disturbing amount of people who would probably be inside all day running around screaming about spearows.

 

it's kinda weird.

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