Things That You Don't Understand!

[Saxon]

5 minutes ago, Alexxx-Returns said:

Oh we were taught those too. At one point, year 9, some of us were being made to take 3 non-English languages at once. I was one of them (if you didn't have to do remedial English, you had to take Spanish instead). I remember this one class (that actually took place over lunch???) that no one attended probably because they were sick of it, and only 3 of us turned up. We were still made to do the class.

I feel bad about this but I feel like the experience has put me off learning new languages entirely.

Oh, I was going to ask if you had become a polygot before I reached the end of your comment.

I don't know about schools overseas, but oddball languages in the U.S. started popping up during the Cold War when the government realized pushing all kinds of languages is really good for making good diplomats and government agents more readily available. It is a national security thing here.

They pushed even harder after 9/11 for the same reason. Farsi, Arabic, and Korean started appearing in schools alongside the Ukrainian, Russian, and Finnish that had been pushed during the Cold War.

Yes I suppose there is a pragmatic benefit.

[FenrirDarkWolf]

3 hours ago, MalletFace said:

I don't know about schools overseas, but oddball languages in the U.S. started popping up during the Cold War when the government realized pushing all kinds of languages is really good for making good diplomats and government agents more readily available. It is a national security thing here.

They pushed even harder after 9/11 for the same reason. Farsi, Arabic, and Korean started appearing in schools alongside the Ukrainian, Russian, and Finnish that had been pushed during the Cold War.

All I got was Spanish.

Because south :^)

[Jtrekkie]

We had German. 

[Saxon]

6 minutes ago, Jtrekkie said:

We had German. 

Ja, Ich auch.

[Fantasma]

Here we had Comanche aswell as the standard spanish and german language classes availible.

 

I still regret not learning that tongue as I grew up on the plains with a comanche best friend but was always too reserved and felt too much guilt to get involved like when we went down to the rattlesnake festival and he wanted me to have fun in a celebratory thing (I do believe it was powow and that is what it was called but to be honest don't know for sure) with him but I kind of just wanted to stand outside because I knew I didn't fit in there.

 

Anywho, I really want to learn Comanche and Cherokee. The Cherokee comes from some.... good folks I've come to know and sometimes see go (like the deacon at our church, because hey Johanna used to be catholic well kind, Herman Lawrence I believe his name was. I don't have memories of being a child like other people but after his passing (which broke my mother's heart) we went down to his wife and she told me he used to sit my and my sister down when we were children and tell us stories of the white buffalo), and well the comanche comes from the people whose descendents came to be people I grew up with and loved with all my heart.

 

I don't understand why I have to take LSD just to understand my life, jesus fucking christ. That should give you a hint as to how weird it has been.

Oh yeah back on topic I grew up in a military town so I think they offered korean in addition to the german and spanish and (at that school) Comanche.

 

[GarthTheWereWolf]

I don't understand how old people can be so unbelievably selfish sometimes.

So I went to Walgreens to pick up my prescription. They were fairly busy, so I was asked to have a seat and they'd have my stuff ready in about 10 minutes. I sit down and this old woman in her 70s comes up to the counter carrying a cane and stands at the register. At the time there is just one pharmacy tech covering the floor and is currently helping someone at the drive through pickup window.

The old woman then very loudly "Harumphs" and leans in over the counter. The pharmacy tech turns and tells her she will be right with her and then goes back to helping the driver at the window. The old woman then takes her cane and starts rapping the top of the counter with her cane. About a minute passes and the old woman leans over the counter again, looks past the pharmacy tech and calls, "Hello? Is anyone in here who can give me service? I'm being ignored right now!" The poor pharmacy tech turns to her and explains to her, "Its just me at the moment ma'am. I'm very sorry. I'll get to you shortly." The old cuss then lits into her with a rant, "You know some people are really busy! Some people have lives to get to! I don't have time to be waiting around on you. This is wrong and I'm going to tell someone about it!

The pharmacy tech ignores this and finishes up with the person at the window and goes to help the old woman. "Sorry about the wait ma'am. How may I help you?"

Old woman: "Yea, you are sorry. A whole sorry lot. I came for a flu shot." and then points at flier on wall that says, "Free flu shots, 10am-4pm"

Its currently 9:40am

Pharm tech: "I'm sorry ma'am that doesn't start until 10am. The person who is administering it isn't available yet."

Old woman: "Well why can't you do it? You kept me waiting? Its the least you can do."

Pharm tech: "I'm sorry ma'am. I'm not allowed to administer the shot, but if you'd like to have a seat they should be in shortly and you can be the first to get one."

Old woman: "I don't have time to wait around for this! Why won't you just give me one!? Just give it to me now so I can go!"

Pharm tech: "I'm very sorry ma'am but I can't."

Old woman: "This is abuse. Ignoring me like that then refusing to give me my shot. I'm talking to the store manager"

The old woman then hobbles off. Presumably to go yell at some poor floor manager.

 

I am never ceased to be amazed at how self-centered people can be towards people that work in any sort of service industry. Its like they devolve into toddlers when they encounter them or something. I felt bad for the pharmacy tech.

 

TLDR VERSION:

[Spot]

I'd be grouchy too if I were a broken down, hobbled over 70 something year old waiting in line at a pharmacy because the manager is to much of a tight asshole to employ more staff.

In spite of how "most old people are grumpy" I can't help but feel compassions for them. It's not until you reach a few milestones in life you start to realize just how fucked everything is, including yourself, and that the little time you have left you just want to live out without hassle..

That may not give the old girl the right to be an asshole but it does beg the question of why the elderly or the more sick are not put first...

[GarthTheWereWolf]

1 hour ago, Mr. Fox said:

I'd be grouchy too if I were a broken down, hobbled over 70 something year old waiting in line at a pharmacy because the manager is to much of a tight asshole to employ more staff.

In spite of how "most old people are grumpy" I can't help but feel compassions for them. It's not until you reach a few milestones in life you start to realize just how fucked everything is, including yourself, and that the little time you have left you just want to live out without hassle..

That may not give the old girl the right to be an asshole but it does beg the question of why the elderly or the more sick are not put first...

It wasn't like the pharm tech chose to help the drive through person first. She was in the middle of helping someone else when the old woman walked up. And the failings of upper management to properly staff their store is no reason to be a dick to the people working there.

Age is not an excuse to treat others like shit. <;

[Socketosis]

When fat people use fat as an insult.

[LazerMaster5]

7 hours ago, Socketosis said:

When fat people use fat as an insult.

Is this like gay people calling each other fags, or black people calling each other the n word?

Or is this like tricky women calling each other bitch and fighting over it?

[Socketosis]

I don't understand why "kys" comments are appearing all over Youtube, even on seemingly random replies. It's like a meme with a serious connotation?

13 hours ago, LazerMaster5 said:

Is this like gay people calling each other fags, or black people calling each other the n word?

Or is this like tricky women calling each other bitch and fighting over it?

Closer to the latter.

This is one example that comes to mind:

 

[Falaffel]

11 minutes ago, Socketosis said:

I don't understand why "kys" comments are appearing all over Youtube, even on seemingly random replies. It's like a meme with a serious connotation?

At least it isn't copy pasted ascii art telling you to repost it. That I truly didn't understand

also kys

[Feelwell]

Why people actually bother putting legitimate tags on threads here.

Like the jokes ones I understand, but you really think there's more than one thread tagged as "discrimination" or something like that?

 

[DrDingo]

20 hours ago, Socketosis said:

 

Closer to the latter.

This is one example that comes to mind:

 

Wow, that person has such flabby boobs that I can't say with confidence if they're male or female

[Socketosis]

49 minutes ago, Feelwell the Rabbit said:

Why people actually bother putting legitimate tags on threads here.

Like the jokes ones I understand, but you really think there's more than one thread tagged as "discrimination" or something like that?

 

You can search by tags, which would be useful if everyone did it. But yeah, mostly pointless.

[Spot]

On 9/6/2016 at 9:04 AM, Glowing Glass said:

 

Russia, defying the laws of physics and reason since humble beginnings...

[Fossa]

Why anyone would spend between $650-$850 on the new iPhone, or for that matter, any phone, just to scrap it in a year, for the next, latest, greatest model.

 

I also fail to understand the cult of Apple, and think Steve Jobs was a cranky, bitter old turd who never seemed happy despite his wealth, and who looked like he drank too much prune juice, or had one too many cayenne pepper enemas. 

Nor did I get his moralizing statements such as, "Imagine a porn free internet'. I imagined a blank, mainly.

[Endless/Nameless]

32 minutes ago, Fossa-Boy said:

Why anyone would spend between $650-$850 on the new iPhone, or for that matter, any phone, just to scrap it in a year, for the next, latest, greatest model.

I mean, I see android users getting new phones constantly. 
Some people keep theirs for a while but you can say the same on the Apple side.

Price is a thing yeah but you get what you pay for in build quality (usually).
Some of the high-end androids are pretty spendy too; and anyway many of the cheaper ones are kinda shitty. 

32 minutes ago, Fossa-Boy said:

I also fail to understand the cult of Apple, and think Steve Jobs was a cranky, bitter old turd who never seemed happy despite his wealth, and who looked like he drank too much prune juice, or had one too many cayenne pepper enemas. 

You should read his biography; it's interesting. I don't believe he was "bitter" or "cranky", but rather always looking forward and never satisfied; which is how he was able to push so much forward. 

He had great ideas about design, and many admire him for that; but he was also flawed in that he couldn't see when he needed to expand upon those ideas and let them mature along with society. Thus we get things like the "walled-garden" ecosystem that never got any doors built. 

32 minutes ago, Fossa-Boy said:

Nor did I get his moralizing statements such as, "Imagine a porn free internet'. I imagined a blank, mainly.

The closest I can recall to him making a comment like that is when he said they didn't want porn apps/content on iOS. Take that as you will I guess; I personally respect that decision, being a rather conservative person myself. (it was also used as a marketing ploy as a way to bash Android :V )


All in all, people like me who use Apple products do so because we genuinely enjoy using them and relate to their design philosophy. 
Although what good ideas the company once had are rapidly disappearing; or more like just plain gone at this point. 

Edited September 14, 2016 by Endless/Nameless

[Jerry]

12 hours ago, Endless/Nameless said:

I mean, I see android users getting new phones constantly. 
Some people keep theirs for a while but you can say the same on the Apple side.

I do. I'll keep my Galaxy S2X until it dies, because I'm cheap as fuck.

In other words, "if it ain't broke don't fix it" is my motto.

[Endless/Nameless]

1 hour ago, Jerry said:

In other words, "if it ain't broke don't fix it" is my motto

Words to frickn live by.

[Socketosis]

On 9/14/2016 at 1:13 AM, Fossa-Boy said:

Why anyone would spend between $650-$850 on the new iPhone, or for that matter, any phone, just to scrap it in a year, for the next, latest, greatest model.

 

I also fail to understand the cult of Apple, and think Steve Jobs was a cranky, bitter old turd who never seemed happy despite his wealth, and who looked like he drank too much prune juice, or had one too many cayenne pepper enemas. 

Nor did I get his moralizing statements such as, "Imagine a porn free internet'. I imagined a blank, mainly.

One thing I can agree with Steve Jobs on is that Flash needs to be killed off. Not the IDE, just the plugin.

 

[Spot]

How anyone at the age of 13 can claim they have stopped growing. Maybe if that person had some sort of dwarfism condition, sure, but other than that I just can't see it...

[LazerMaster5]

How is it that when I see a band I am getting into list their latest album at Best Buy and local record places, I could never find the band's music at either? The FYE down by Grandma tends to have this kind of stuff, but it is also a long drive and only convenient if we are already down there.

[Vitaly]

Gaming laptops

 

Just, why?

[Gamedog]

3 minutes ago, Vitaly said:

Gaming laptops

 

Just, why?

High power good laptop no slow gaming

[DrGravitas]

My boots feel like lead weights today

[Vitaly]

12 minutes ago, Gamedog said:

High power good laptop no slow gaming

Gaming on mobile hardware is like non-alcoholic beer.

Wasting money without any results.

 

[Osrik]

57 minutes ago, Vitaly said:

Gaming laptops

 

Just, why?

Portability is certainly the main answer.

Though at this point, even a mid range laptop can play games pretty well, if you know what to look for hardware wise. The laptop I got 4 years ago for around $350 (I think the MSRP was around $500-600) could play most games of its time rather well, it could run Skyrim on ultra settings for example.

So, in a way, the gaming laptops are even more pointless...

[Gamedog]

1 hour ago, Vitaly said:

Gaming on mobile hardware is like non-alcoholic beer.

Wasting money without any results.

 

Gaming laptop better for gaming than non gaming laptop

i agree it's  portability more than anything 

[KittenAdmin]

Networking. Fuck layer 2 and 3.

[Socketosis]

38 minutes ago, KittenAdmin said:

Networking. Fuck layer 2 and 3.

Fuck the OSI model in general.

Off of the top of my head, layer 2 deals with MAC addresses and layer 3 is... IPs maybe? *checks* Eh close enough.

[KittenAdmin]

47 minutes ago, Socketosis said:

Fuck the OSI model in general.

Off of the top of my head, layer 2 deals with MAC addresses and layer 3 is... IPs maybe? *checks* Eh close enough.

Lol. Pretty much. Networking gives me anxiety. Systems for life.

[FenrirDarkWolf]

The use of "autistic" as an insult.

[Saxon]

11 hours ago, FenrirDarkWolf said:

The use of "autistic" as an insult.

I think it's easy to understand that, because autistic people are reputed to have poorer social skills than average people.

When people complain about others using the word 'retarded' as an insult, I usually explain that most insults for stupidity ultimately derive from the medical literature, like 'dumb', 'idiotic', 'spastic', 'imbecilic', and so on and that if they succeed in stigmatising the word 'retarded' that another medical word will be adapted into an insult.

Looks like people have done just that, and adapted Autistic into an insult.

 

 

[Glowing Glass]

"Never take chicken from a black guy."

"I learned that the hard way."

 

I wish I heard more of that conversation.

[Augmented Husky]

People who have no appreciation for the sheer engineering marvel a computer and similar electronics are. To them its a thing that simply must work for them regardless of how special or useful it can be. Especially when they complain price is to darn high. I mean sure a few companys charge way more for the same thing but still putting close to about 2 billion transistors on a surface area of a postage stamp deserves some amount of respect in the sense of how much science it takes to make such a thing possible.

[Socketosis]

44 minutes ago, Augmented Husky said:

People who have no appreciation for the sheer engineering marvel a computer and similar electronics are. To them its a thing that simply must work for them regardless of how special or useful it can be. Especially when they complain price is to darn high. I mean sure a few companys charge way more for the same thing but still putting close to about 2 billion transistors on a surface area of a postage stamp deserves some amount of respect in the sense of how much science it takes to make such a thing possible.

Or automobiles. Especially the internal combustion engine. I marvel at the things engineers can accomplish. Is it true that the a lot of people hate on them?

2 hours ago, Saxon said:

When people complain about others using the word 'retarded' as an insult, I usually explain that most insults for stupidity ultimately derive from the medical literature, like 'dumb', 'idiotic', 'spastic', 'imbecilic', and so on and that if they succeed in stigmatising the word 'retarded' that another medical word will be adapted into an insult.

I hate that I can't even use that word anymore without feeling guilty, so I just avoid saying it. It wasn't even a medical term originally, it just meant 'to hinder' or 'slow'. But yeah, I wonder what word they'll use after 'autistic'.

[Glowing Glass]

33 minutes ago, Socketosis said:

I hate that I can't even use that word anymore without feeling guilty, so I just avoid saying it. It wasn't even a medical term originally, it just meant 'to hinder' or 'slow'. But yeah, I wonder what word they'll use after 'autistic'.

Cancerous

Ive been hearing it a lot lately so maybe the change is already happening.

[Socketosis]

1 hour ago, Glowing Glass said:

Cancerous

Ive been hearing it a lot lately so maybe the change is already happening.

That one has been around the chans for a long time, but yeah I've been seeing it a lot lately.

[Saxon]

21 minutes ago, Socketosis said:

That one has been around the chans for a long time, but yeah I've been seeing it a lot lately.

It's also a very well established swear in Dutch, as well as a superlative.

You might, for example, describe a tasty meal as 'Kankerlekker' or 'Cancer-yummy'. 

 

[Snagged]

3 hours ago, Augmented Husky said:

People who have no appreciation for the sheer engineering marvel a computer and similar electronics are. To them its a thing that simply must work for them regardless of how special or useful it can be. Especially when they complain price is to darn high. I mean sure a few companys charge way more for the same thing but still putting close to about 2 billion transistors on a surface area of a postage stamp deserves some amount of respect in the sense of how much science it takes to make such a thing possible.

I bet Joe the caveman threw a tantrum after he failed to make a fire by scratching two stones together. Someone explained him that's how you make fire, Joe does not understand why it happens and the only thing that matters to him is that he gets to sit in front of a warm fire. People haven't changed. All they care about are the results and when their hard drive gets corrupt, they're going to throw a tantrum not because the drive is now broken but because they failed to deliver an important presentation document on PowerPoint to their boss

Also because they lost their valuable time and money. People never change

A good rule of thumb is that whenever you're talking about or acting with something that requires specialization, explain your specialty to other non-colleague people like they were technologically illiterate 5 year olds. The principld has worked out for me. Just don't make yourself sound like you're treating them like a child

[DrGravitas]

These camo colors:

???

 

[Sarcastic Coffeecup]

58 minutes ago, DrGravitas said:

These camo colors:

???

 

Trying to come up with an urban pattern hasn't gone so well

[CETME]

Georgia's camo pattern literally looks like something out of a video game 

[DrGravitas]

21 minutes ago, BlitzCo said:

Georgia's camo pattern literally looks like something out of a video game 

I prefer America's (now retiring) retro-gaming style camo :V

[Dr. Doggo]

On 16/09/2016 at 7:03 PM, Gamedog said:

Gaming laptop better for gaming than non gaming laptop

i agree it's  portability more than anything 

It is about portability, but I can't realistically see myself having a gaming laptop. Not very modular, and it costs way more than a desktop of the same strength.

I do own a cheap thinkpad but its only for shitposting and programming remotely.

[Fossa]

On 9/16/2016 at 0:00 PM, DrGravitas said:

My boots feel like lead weights today

You need to get some of those comfy, light-weight moonboots!

~

One thing I don't understand: Why 99% of men's clothing is so boring, and comes in such dull, muted colors. I went out to buy some things, and ended up with nothing...it's like anything that has some flair also costs a fortune; at the outlet mall, the only places that had things that caught my eye were Neiman Marcus, Burberry and Saks. And there's no way I'm gonna be shopping there on a library workers budget! 

I wish there was more variety, that didn't bear the bank...thrift stores and vintage shops are my main places to shop, but it's hit and miss, and getting harder to find stuff.

 

[Osrik]

3 hours ago, DrGravitas said:

These camo colors:

???

 

That odd orange color as well as other seemingly ill-fitting colors are actually not that uncommon in camo:

 

I think that the main purpose of this kind of camo is to break up the silhouette of the vehicle with contrasting colors rather than actually make it blend in to something. It would be harder to identify from the air, while also being harder to see from a distance or in low light conditions, where you might be relying on making out the shape of the tank to see it.

Of course, this all applies to its use during WW2, as now targeting and surveillance is done electronically and through thermal imaging, so any kind of camo is effectively useless on the modern battlefield.

So, overall, any kind of camo is pointless with modern technology. Militaries only do it now because they think it looks cool, I guess.

[Fossa]

Then there is this, useful for hiding from enemies who are on LSD or other hallucinogenic drugs:

[CETME]

4 hours ago, DrGravitas said:

I prefer America's (now retiring) retro-gaming style camo :V

At least the marines still use that style of camo.

 

The the old 1990s Serbian camo 

and the new American multicam patterns are my favorites tbh

 

4 hours ago, Sir Gibby said:

It is about portability, but I can't realistically see myself having a gaming laptop. Not very modular, and it costs way more than a desktop of the same strength.

I do own a cheap thinkpad but its only for shitposting and programming remotely.

I wish I could find myself a decet laptop, I don't have a massive steam library and I don't run very system demanding games either so I'm not too worried about having to get super high end specs. 

I'm recluctant to get a gaming laptop because all the ones I've seen have been overpriced.