Little things that cheer you up. [Archive] - Page 21

allegro

09-23-2021, 04:43 PM

I come from a pretty dysfunctional family, filled with divorces and stuff. My Dad has a brother and a sister. I hardly ever saw his brother (1) because my dad and uncle fought a lot, and (2) my uncle was married, like, 5 times. His first wife and 2 kids, I don’t even remember or didn’t really know, they were gone by the time I was about 4. Then he remarried when I was around 5 and had a daughter when I was 6. Then divorced when I was around 9, and that daughter, Krista, and her Mom moved to Florida and we never saw her again.

And my uncle never saw his kids. And MY parents divorced so we weren’t around on my dad’s side, either.

And for some weird reason, I’d been thinking about Krista a lot, especially lately. I wondered what happened to her, how she was doing, etc. We’re talking, like, jeez, 50 years?

Early this morning, I got an Ancestry email that someone messaged me on Ancestry.

IT WAS KRISTA!!! Saying, hey, our DNA matches and I guess we are cousins but I wanna know how, etc.

My Ancestry profile just shows a generic ID name. So I messaged back and said, your Dad is my Dad’s brother.

And she and I have been messaging all day! Ends up she reconnected with her dad recently and it’s been great, she still lives in Florida but she flew to the Detroit area to visit with him for 4 days, 2 weeks ago.

This is all so bizarre, but in a good way.

allegate

09-23-2021, 05:03 PM

that's great. the most I get from the DNA profile is "click here to find out if your DNA is why you can't wake up early in the morning"

I just figure it's because I like a warm bed? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

allegro

09-23-2021, 10:21 PM

This got even weirder tonight texting with her; ends up SHE’S A PARALEGAL!!!!

Lol wtf.

"click here to find out if your DNA is why you can't wake up early in the morning"

Wait … We can find that out via DNA???

allegate

09-23-2021, 10:41 PM

Chris, people with your genetics in their 40s wake up on average around 8:04 am on their days off.
Your wake-up time prediction
To predict your wake-up time, we looked at 450 places in your DNA that are associated with being either a morning person or a night person. In addition to genetics, as you get older you're likely to naturally wake up earlier. Adjust the tools below to see how different genetics and age could affect wake-up times.

What's spooky is that I do naturally wake up around 8:00.

allegate

09-24-2021, 10:39 AM

https://twitter.com/Danchaon/status/1441413456884862976

so adorable.

allegate

09-24-2021, 04:16 PM

https://twitter.com/Saxomopho/status/1441507208391376896

allegro

09-24-2021, 07:11 PM

This got even weirder tonight texting with her; ends up SHE’S A PARALEGAL!!!!

Alas, as my husband (and MOTHER, LOL) guessed because she lives in Florida ... I spied her Facebook page and she's a Republican.

*sigh*

MrLobster

09-25-2021, 05:26 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKUtjonFRak

Erneuert

09-26-2021, 05:34 AM

Alas, as my husband (and MOTHER, LOL) guessed because she lives in Florida ... I spied her Facebook page and she's a Republican.

*sigh*

Pardon my international unintelligence, but why is Florida, in particular, a Republican state? Or Trump supporters? From what I’ve gathered/observed, Texas and all those southern rootin’ tootin’ states support/supported him, but why Florida? All the way over/down there by the water? Even people of sound mind who you wouldn’t expect to support him, if they live in that state, do. Why is that? What is this phenomenon?!

Magnetic

09-26-2021, 12:48 PM

Pardon my international unintelligence, but why is Florida, in particular, a Republican state? Or Trump supporters? From what I’ve gathered/observed, Texas and all those southern rootin’ tootin’ states support/supported him, but why Florida? All the way over/down there by the water? Even people of sound mind who you wouldn’t expect to support him, if they live in that state, do. Why is that? What is this phenomenon?!

It's complicated. It used to be more purple than red. And if you look at county votes, the difference is usually 400K-100K vote difference. Then you have the GOP playing dirty, as usual (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/19/us/florida-senate-race-fraud.html). - If they hadn't pulled this shit, they would have lost that race.

Economically, you have a blend of born & raised Floridians and wealthy retirees... Historically FL was farming and cattle raising, so it has gone from this rural environment (which still exists and is VERY present in central Florida - it feels like Texas), to this vacation/ tourist dominant environment.

I live in Florida, and I am NOT Republican, so I kinda wrinkle my nose at allegro 's husband's assumption that all people in Florida are. However, I *do* see a lot of Trump flags and assholes in stores with no mask wearing "don't mess with my freedom" t-shirts. Florida *is* in the south, it's the southernmost state on the east coast, so it shouldn't be too much of a surprise.

allegate

09-28-2021, 10:04 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PqYRFU8gFE

I swear Dan is a real person but the questions he asks sometimes you have to wonder.

jehuty

09-29-2021, 02:30 AM

I received an automated happy birthday from ETS. Haven't been here in ages (pretty sure it's been over a decade). Happy to see the place is still around.

Erneuert

09-29-2021, 04:57 AM

I received an automated happy birthday from ETS. Haven't been here in ages (pretty sure it's been over a decade). Happy to see the place is still around.

Me, too!

allegate

09-29-2021, 12:05 PM

I would normally put this in the Literature forum but I figure more people would see it here.

https://twitter.com/NatBrehmer/status/1443256156068237318

Also if you really like Vampires you should check out the Super Scary Haunted Home School podcast from Grady Hendrix, it's chock full of vampire information across history. Also a surprisingly in-depth read of WW1 vis-à-vis horror films.

elevenism

09-30-2021, 01:16 PM

Me, too!
I send homemade pan fried sun dried happy birthdays to ETS people I don't even KNOW, REGULARLY...

But I'm not on the list for automated happy birthday, I guess.

(obviously I understand that it's a new feature.)

Haysey_Draws

10-01-2021, 04:28 AM

So it's been awhile since i had an update on my side hussle. A few months back i noted a few of my drawings went viral, around 3k likes on Twitter, which was awesome. Since then my followers have grown slowly and i started doing Commissions for extra cash which is going really well, and i'm getting much better at drawing. I decided to randomly get involved in the latest "meme" drawing challenge (this happens every few weeks) this time a character dressed in nothing but an apron (the internet is weird) and it exploded. Within a day that drawing has amassed almost 14,000 likes, and looking at the analytics over 250,000 people had seen it...which is insane! My follower count exploded as well and my DM's are now filled with people asking about commissions.

It's such a strange feeling having gone decades of teachers saying i have "no future in art" and friends saying "stop drawing and just be normal and come drinking" to seeing thousands of people loving what i'm doing. The internet is still a cluster fuck, but this has been a bright spot in a dim couple of years!

elevenism

10-01-2021, 02:36 PM

It's windy and rainy.

It's Friday.

It's October 1st.

https://youtu.be/Yong-3x9WB4

I've been blasting this tune every October 1st for almost 20 years.

Happy October, y'all.

allegate

10-02-2021, 03:08 PM

https://thechive.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Daily-Afternoon-Randomness-Hotness-Humor-Humanity-Funny-Pictures-Memes-And-GIFs-092721-12.jpg?attachment_cache_bust=3825681&quality=85&strip=info&w=600

thelastdisciple

10-02-2021, 10:45 PM

Tom Green replied to me on twitter. #lifegoals

https://i.postimg.cc/YCv8LzVq/image.png

Erneuert

10-03-2021, 12:10 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-4hNoTbAa4 (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=U-4hNoTbAa4)

elevenism

10-03-2021, 06:19 PM

Tom Green replied to me on twitter. #lifegoals

https://i.postimg.cc/YCv8LzVq/image.png

MY MAN.

Dude, I just can't get into the rhythm of Twitter. I DID have Lord Have Mercy from Flipmode Squad re-tweet something I tweeted.
allegro and thelastdisciple, give me some tips, or anyone else who cares to do so.

It seems like that's where all the discussion is happening

Erneuert

10-04-2021, 03:36 AM

Haysey_Draws

10-04-2021, 04:09 AM

Jeeze, those people around you were/are so… encouraging.

Happy for you!

Yeah, i mean they weren't the worst people, but they were the only people after school that wanted to be friends with me, but we really didn't have anything in common. I spent a good 10 years trying to enjoy drinking/nights out/football and it made me so depressed. It wasn't until i made the move to move away and just cut ties that i started to find some happiness in myself and found how much joy i get from drawing.

MrLobster

10-04-2021, 05:14 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9pyKmmF3VM

Erneuert

10-04-2021, 05:58 PM

Yeah, i mean they weren't the worst people, but they were the only people after school that wanted to be friends with me, but we really didn't have anything in common. I spent a good 10 years trying to enjoy drinking/nights out/football and it made me so depressed. It wasn't until i made the move to move away and just cut ties that i started to find some happiness in myself and found how much joy i get from drawing.

Where can we see your work?

Haysey_Draws

10-05-2021, 02:53 AM

Where can we see your work?

Oh mainly on Twitter (https://twitter.com/haysey_draws) and Insta (https://www.instagram.com/haysey_draws) it's mainly anime stuff, comics and the odd film review.

Erneuert

10-05-2021, 05:19 AM

Oh mainly on Twitter (https://twitter.com/haysey_draws) and Insta (https://www.instagram.com/haysey_draws) it's mainly anime stuff, comics and the odd film review.

Awesome work! ;)

Haysey_Draws

10-05-2021, 08:09 AM

Awesome work! ;)

Thank you kindly :D

Magnetic

10-06-2021, 05:30 PM

After waiting 4 weeks, I finally got in to see my new doctor. He was super cool and easy to talk to, and we're the same age. As we were wrapping up things, he said "welcome to your new home! I'm here if you need anything." I was kinda shocked by that - just that he seemed genuinely pleased to have me as a new patient. I guess it helps that I'm mostly healthy, vaccinated for COVID, and I should be rather low-maintenance.

Erneuert

10-09-2021, 01:25 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpm1tSPSwAQ (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bpm1tSPSwAQ)
allegate

allegro

10-09-2021, 11:14 AM

https://twitter.com/bec_yeg/status/1446659364882771974?s=21

elevenism

10-12-2021, 01:50 AM

You can now buy Whataburger Ketchup at Texas Grocery stores, as well as Whataburger Honey Mustard.
And it's fucking great.

(for those of you not from the southwest, no, Whataburger isn't just a joke from King of the Hill. It's our In-N-Out, or White Castle. And the restaurants are amazing.)

chuckrh

10-12-2021, 03:25 AM

Beating Ticketmaster! I tried to buy ADA seats for Red Hot Chili Peppers on the band presale. The system kept blowing up when you went to purchase. A friend in Las Vegas had the same problem. I sent email to TM from their website & received a generic reply basically blowing me off saying they would deal with it closer to the show. I sent another email this time marking the event in 3 days box. I explained the problem & that if they waited until closer to the show the desired tickets would be gone & that this was a safety issue. I also sent an email to Major League Baseball telling them about the problem with ADA seating @ T-Mobile Park in Seattle & Ticketmaster. Shortly thereafter, Ticketmaster replied & are going to exchange the tickets I bought for ADA seats on the same level. The squeaky wheel gets greased!

Erneuert

10-14-2021, 04:49 AM

The part where he talks about the montage made me piss laughing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePLnrJMXDX0 (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ePLnrJMXDX0)

allegate

10-14-2021, 10:44 AM

https://twitter.com/NewsWithVictor/status/1448488259710038018?s=20

that is so wholesome, it's put a huge smile on me.

Erneuert

10-14-2021, 04:55 PM

This is from like, this week. This man does not look 90!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw-1C8DsufE (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw-1C8DsufE)

A new one from today… addressing his age even.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oODegeP7y (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oODegeP7yrU)

allegro

10-14-2021, 11:23 PM

https://twitter.com/SamIAm2021MD/status/1448705788785070081?s=20

poinoup

10-16-2021, 12:22 PM

The parents are finally getting away to BC for a few weeks. My aunt is up from Texas and has a small house out by the coast, and they haven't been anywhere in about 15-20 years.

MrLobster

10-17-2021, 11:50 AM

allegro

10-17-2021, 11:11 PM

tony.parente

10-18-2021, 09:55 AM

I got engaged last week on vacation, came back today to find out that I got the promotion I applied and interviewed for back in august, arrived at my desk to find congratulatory balloons and a framed picture of my lady and I along with a comically large "groom" button i'm wearing right now and some goofy ass "groom" sunglasses.

Life is good.

cdm

10-18-2021, 10:05 AM

Bought new LEGO. Since most of the things I've picked up in recent years are on the large side of things and I don't really have the space to display any more properly... I hadn't actually build anything in quite a while.

OK so I'm not the only one? I have the Porsche 911, space shuttle, space station, and several Star Wars sets chilling in the basement, sealed.

allegate

10-18-2021, 10:22 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgY5cOHp2nY

MrLobster

10-18-2021, 10:23 AM

OK so I'm not the only one?

Definitely... definitely not the only one. And you don't want to not buy them when they come out, the secondary market prices can be crazy high for the bigger sets (I'm missing the first three modular buildings... got like 20k I can use?)

allegate

10-18-2021, 10:27 AM

https://twitter.com/nscafe/status/1449758424275636224

Bought new LEGO. Since most of the things I've picked up in recent years are on the large side of things and I don't really have the space to display any more properly... I hadn't actually build anything in quite a while. So... I figured I find some where to put that truck.

I didn't quite realize how large it was though but thankfully I had some room on a bookshelf that I could make it a bookend. I like it.
have you seen the new Titanic (https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/lego-titanic-10294) set? 9,090 pieces and it's only $630.

H: 18" (44cm)W: 7" (16cm)
D: 54" (135cm)
Dimensions
where tf would I put something that's ~77% as long as I am tall?

MrLobster

10-18-2021, 10:33 AM

where tf would I put something that's ~77% as long as I am tall?

The bathtub. My final answer. *locks in vote*

Survey says...

MrLobster

10-18-2021, 10:34 AM

Since I'm posting LEGO content, may as well link to my Tumblr for it...

brick by brick we're stuck together (https://brickbybrickstucktogether.tumblr.com)

Mainly reblogs of others very creative work.

allegro

10-19-2021, 04:52 PM

have you seen the new Titanic (https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/lego-titanic-10294) set? 9,090 pieces and it's only $630.

where tf would I put something that's ~77% as long as I am tall?

Oh
My
GOD!!!!

I WANT THAT!!!!!!!!! But not at that price.

Erneuert

10-20-2021, 01:10 AM

It warms my heart to know Betty White will be 100 in January.

Erneuert

10-20-2021, 01:11 AM

tony.parente

10-20-2021, 09:30 AM

Pics or it didn’t happen.
CVLGwy3gagq

lolllll

Magnetic

10-20-2021, 05:40 PM

Activist Apes Erect 2,001-Pound Monolith In Front Of DEA Headquarters, Demanding Feds ‘Evolve’ On Drug Policy (https://www.marijuanamoment.net/activist-apes-erect-2001-pound-monolith-in-front-of-dea-headquarters-demanding-feds-evolve-on-drug-policy/)
“The DEA, much like a floppy disc or VHS tape, must innovate to represent current science around plant medicines and end its lopsided enforcement practices which disproportionately affect people of color,” Anonymous Apes said. “We believe this monolith has arrived to guide us to a better future, and joins with us to demand that the DEA be brought to justice.”

Erneuert

10-23-2021, 06:22 AM

I literally have spit on my phone screen from laughing at this.

Nothing will ever come close.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCMrD712AkQ (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wCMrD712AkQ)

Magnetic

10-23-2021, 02:28 PM

I literally have spit on my phone screen from laughing at this.

Nothing will ever come close.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCMrD712AkQ (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wCMrD712AkQ)

I'm crying!! I choked on spit that fell down my throat from laughing so hard.

allegate

10-25-2021, 04:21 PM

https://twitter.com/ProfNarcoossee/status/1452740749565513728

that's a no for me unless you want chunks hurled at various different angles.

Erneuert

10-25-2021, 07:25 PM

CVLGwy3gagq

lolllll

Do this with those glasses on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKVoN-SjZ-Q (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HKVoN-SjZ-Q)

elevenism

10-25-2021, 09:49 PM

I've been too fucking depressed to even get up and take a shower for several days, just because i'm bipolar and shit, and so has my mom, (due to her asshole boyfriend ghosting her.) My wife has been sick as fuck.

Well, we were running out of food (and where i live, the grocery store is like an hour and ten min, round trip.)

And i FINALLY got up and washed my grimy ass, and put on fresh drippy clothes, and my wife and i went for a $400 grocery trip, AND picked up Sonic for my mom. I helped put up the groceries, too, and so did my mom. (usually i bring the groceries in and my wife puts them up, because my back and wrists give out, but she was puking this time.)

I feel like i've FINALLY climbed out of this rut, at least a little bit.

Also, i know my mom helping made HER feel a little bit better.

It also made me feel like, you know, we're an actual FAMILY. We live in this huge ass house together, but sometimes, we don't SEE my mom.

I didn't shave, though. I haven't shaved in like ten weeks. i've got this big grimy jihad beard now, lol.

allegate

10-26-2021, 05:40 PM

https://twitter.com/ASovietOnion/status/1451634488556105728?s=20

MrLobster

10-26-2021, 05:46 PM

https://twitter.com/mark_amorosi/status/1452984185702998022

allegate

10-26-2021, 06:10 PM

glad to see filming on part two is going well.

Erneuert

10-26-2021, 10:08 PM

Finally starting to heat up here.

It’s so warm today that I just had to peel my dick off my balls to take a piss.

Yes, I just said that. And it happened.

allegate

10-27-2021, 04:04 PM

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1453421283325222919

This is so hilarious.

https://twitter.com/bibigbrother/status/1452783936900251649

Erneuert

10-27-2021, 08:27 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4a1fhDAWcE (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a4a1fhDAWcE)

Erneuert

10-28-2021, 05:10 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ6bDHUkhtU (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ6bDHUkhtU)

Erneuert

10-29-2021, 06:53 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfL_DCKOU6s (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XfL_DCKOU6s)

Erneuert

10-29-2021, 07:29 AM

Even better,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRQB3HNbsX8 (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bRQB3HNbsX8)

MrLobster

10-30-2021, 04:58 PM

https://twitter.com/nscafe/status/1454566886402768896

Because I was will in a LEGO mood, decided to build one of the modulars I don't have in storage. I still have one more and that might be a next week activity.

MrLobster

10-31-2021, 08:02 PM

https://twitter.com/nscafe/status/1454975962290917376

Mmmm... carving turnips....

otnavuskire

11-06-2021, 03:04 PM

CV8Zfurp5Pl

Love hiking with my dog. Her friend Auggie came along too. If you click through the pictures you can see some shots from the puppy playtime.

MrLobster

11-07-2021, 11:48 AM

https://twitter.com/nscafe/status/1457400072866447360

Ahhh, natural lighting. Makes for much nice pics I think...

MrLobster

11-11-2021, 11:55 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOYS9lX2pgg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3aWvGi9Z3U

allegate

11-16-2021, 10:48 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBzWHudBoiA

no surprise that he's always been an energy vampire.

Erneuert

11-17-2021, 04:16 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2--CkDdAIlo (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2--CkDdAIlo)

MrLobster

11-20-2021, 06:59 PM

https://twitter.com/nscafe/status/1462107376144699394

Why yes, more LEGO...

and even more LEGO... but the old Space theme.

https://twitter.com/nscafe/status/1461634179964162055

I had that set when I was younger but I did not treat it very well over the years but I liked it a lot... so I found secondary market for LEGO and took a chance on them. The experience was positive so I'll probably order more sets from them.

thelastdisciple

11-25-2021, 08:21 AM

So allegro posted about this girl Nightbirde in another thread, just wanted to say thanks for bringing her beautiful voice to my attention, i decided to see if there was more from her outside of the AGT performance.

I really can't get enough. I hope she overcomes her cancer.

https://youtu.be/ehA_3AgT8HE

https://youtu.be/QMYqz7ZO6aI

elevenism

11-25-2021, 04:22 PM

My wife actually did The Thanksgiving...you know, turkey, dressing, bread rolls, etc.

Even though it's just her, me, and my mom, and even though she's still suffering from the gastroparesis bullshit and is constantly nauseous, she did it. And no one ASKED her to do it.

She is pretty badass.

HAPPY THXGIVING, ets.

allegro

11-27-2021, 02:41 PM

MICHIGAN BEAT OHIO STATE!!!!!!!

https://twitter.com/umichathletics/status/1464704790164766721?s=21

allegro

11-28-2021, 12:54 AM

THE BIG HOUSE!!!!

https://twitter.com/djskee/status/1464741760991735809?s=21

elevenism

11-29-2021, 03:25 PM

My wife made ANOTHER Thanksgiving Dinner yesterday. :o
It is my favorite food in the world, and i guess she MUST still like me ok, even after 10 years.

That's what we did last year: we just kept buying either whole turkeys or breasts, with stuffing and cranberry and such, from thanksgiving to xmas.

allegro

11-30-2021, 01:36 PM

elevenism

11-30-2021, 01:42 PM

We had a Honeybaked ham this year for Thanksgiving.

Yesterday, I made split pea soup in the pressure cooker with the leftover ham. Now there’s no more leftover ham (except in the soup) and the soup was a big hit. But I did miss a traditional Thanksgiving meal.

No Game Hens?

We're just doing turkey breast, boxed stuffing, mac and cheese, and green bean casserole.

Oh, and brown-and-serve rolls. Speaking of which, the fucking oven caught on FIRE when we were heating them the other day, lolz.

I'm talking like, fireplace looking fire. So much grease has fallen in the bottom of it, I guess, and we've run the "clean" cycle, but it isn't enough. It needs degreaser, I think.

[parasite]

11-30-2021, 01:43 PM

getting my AirPods Pro back after audio was getting static sounds, in both sides, they came back in 4 days, at no cost!
so excited!!

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

allegro

12-01-2021, 12:26 AM

No Game Hens?

We're just doing turkey breast, boxed stuffing, mac and cheese, and green bean casserole.

Oh, and brown-and-serve rolls. Speaking of which, the fucking oven caught on FIRE when we were heating them the other day, lolz.

I'm talking like, fireplace looking fire. So much grease has fallen in the bottom of it, I guess, and we've run the "clean" cycle, but it isn't enough. It needs degreaser, I think.
Our appliance service guys say NEVER use the “clean” function on the oven unless you wanna buy a new oven; they say yeah, it’s there, but it totals the oven’s thermostat.

Use Easy Off, the cool temp kind, and wet cloths and plain old elbow grease (although the Easy Off makes it easy to clean).

G and I like Cornish hens but my mom hates them.

theruiner

12-01-2021, 02:56 PM

I just got second tow tickets to Patton Oswalt on Friday. I AM SO EXCITED

elevenism

12-01-2021, 04:35 PM

I just got second tow tickets to Patton Oswalt on Friday. I AM SO EXCITED

Oh HELL yeah!
Man, that guy is amazing.
He's always been FUNNY. I saw that dude do a routine on SOMETHING when i was a teenager, and he cemented himself in my mind: i KNEW he was gonna be great.
Later, he BLEW my damn mind when he did that comedy special after losing his wife, and it was inspiring, and TEAR jerking, and HILARIOUS. I've never seen anything like that, before or since.

If you meet him, tell him you've got a friend who desperately wants him to come through the Amarillo area.

allegate

12-02-2021, 11:42 AM

https://twitter.com/clapifyoulikeme/status/1466269851706667008

this thread...man I'm rolling.

one of the best replies even though it has almost nil to do with the OP post:

https://twitter.com/AmeliaRoseWrite/status/885742442422521856

elevenism

12-02-2021, 02:45 PM

Idk, @allegate (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=1739) . Rapey werewolves are no joke.
We've been dealing with those since Bram Stoker.

I think you should be more sympathetic.

:/ ( :P )

allegro

12-02-2021, 06:27 PM

https://twitter.com/calico_heart_/status/1466478232744701957?s=21

MrLobster

12-02-2021, 06:29 PM

https://twitter.com/nscafe/status/1466470172529762305

CLeaning my other modulars and resetting the LEGOville in general. Looking pretty nice.

elevenism

12-03-2021, 12:37 AM

Ok so.this CRACKS me up, and it's gonna be all over the hip hop internet in the morning, but Bizzy Bone's crazy ass nearly turned the Three Six Mafia vs Bone Thugs and Harmony Verzuz battle into an actual brawl.

I'm PRETTY sure the rest of the Bone crew wasn't overly happy with Bizzy, either.

He apologized to EVERYONE when he came back out, and stood there looking pissed for.awhile.

allegate

12-03-2021, 10:32 AM

https://twitter.com/calico_heart_/status/1466478232744701957?s=21

even leap years have palindromes. I'm not going to see it, but hey.

https://twitter.com/qntm/status/1466748171518894089

https://twitter.com/VancouverTim/status/1466805135913357312

lol

elevenism

12-04-2021, 06:15 AM

Our little 2A football team goes to the State Championship at Texas Stadium if we win this next game!

(we moved from the Round of 8 to.the Round of 4 last night, for you soccer fans.)

MrLobster

12-07-2021, 10:02 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei2cD61Je7A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7O1wi1-xdM

chuckrh

12-08-2021, 02:44 AM

This started out as a things that piss you off item & ended up a little things that cheer you up item. Yesterday morning, my computer caught fire where the power cord plugs in. Molten plastic, you get the picture. I reacted fast so the fire was out quick (I'm a big believer in power strips). There is a store in Seattle called RE PC. They recycle electronics & refurbish computers. It's totally luck of the draw though as to what they have on hand. I lucked out this time. I got an older model Dell XPS that's about perfect for my needs for under $200. The new models are over $1000 more than that. This has really good sound & video features & is much faster than the computer that burned. I would much rather support this company than a box store or buy online. They also transferred the data to the new computer & recycled the old one for no charge. Just started playing with this computer. It has Windows 10 Pro but I'm going to go online & get Windows 11 later today. Although I didn't want to spend the money I'm pleased with how the affair turned out.

ickyvicky

12-08-2021, 10:24 AM

I want these Spice Girls shoes lol ;)
https://www.threadless.com/shop/@egorodriguez/design/viva-forever/womens/shoes

M1ke

12-08-2021, 02:04 PM

So, I've recently had someone new start renting out my spare room, and she's been really fantastic.

She keeps cooking for me even though I keep telling her she doesn't need to do that. I've had home-made Indian food every night since she moved in, I'm beyond lucky right now.

allegate

12-09-2021, 09:16 PM

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FGNf8rJWUAQh5Ef?format=jpg&name=large

elevenism

12-09-2021, 11:39 PM

The Stratford (tiny truckstop town and my ancestral home) Elks are going to the State Championship!
You'll be able to see them on TV, playing at Texas Stadium, on the 16th (I think.)

Yes, Texas football is a stupid cliche, and creates a bunch of poor alcoholic bastards who peak in high school, dreaming of that one pass they threw, BUT...
It's still kind of cool. We follow Elks Football; the stadium is right behind our house. We go to the games now and then.

And it's exciting that our team is going to the state finals: out of 1000 tiny shithole towns, the team of OUR kids is at LEAST second best.
These are the kids that work at the truck stop and the Dollar General, etc.

I.know these kids.

This is kind of cool. Go Elks.

Erneuert

12-11-2021, 08:32 AM

allegate jmtd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAHMGgZ9fec (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BAHMGgZ9fec)

Jinsai

12-14-2021, 10:09 AM

I love the rain, but it never rains in Los Angeles. Today, it's raining, it's gonna rain all day long, and I don't have anything to do but sit around here with all these cannabis infused drinks and cookies.

allegro

12-14-2021, 02:40 PM

I’ve watched this on repeat and can’t stop laughing

CXd0W1Ygciw

Erneuert

12-14-2021, 04:53 PM

I’ve watched this on repeat and can’t stop laughing

CXd0W1Ygciw

lmao.

Watch the one I posted above. I felt bad for the driver at the end because the cyclist was following him and egging him on, and in the wrong in the first place.

The way the pommy bloke keeps yelling “c’mere ya cunt” had me in stitches.

”Yeah, put your seat belt on.”

”Yeah, put your fuckin’ mouth… shut!”

allegro

12-14-2021, 04:58 PM

lmao.

Watch the one I posted above. I felt bad for the driver at the end because the cyclist was following him and egging him on, and in the wrong in the first place.

The way the pommy bloke keeps yelling “c’mere ya cunt” had me in stitches.

”Yeah, put your seat belt on.”

”Yeah, put your fuckin’ mouth… shut!”

You can’t do that shit here. You’ll get your head blown off. Road rage includes shooting, here.

Drivers get way too close to bikes. I used to bike to work and I swear cars were trying to hit me, like Bike Polo. Here in Illinois, bikes aren’t required to hug the curb because too much crud is near the curb. They can’t be in the middle of the lane like a car but they are allowed to be a few feet from the curb.

https://www.ilsos.gov/publications/pdf_publications/dsd_a143.pdf

“Ride on the Right — Ride as close as practicable and safe to the right-hand curb or edge of roadway.”

otnavuskire

12-14-2021, 04:58 PM

and in the wrong in the first place.

That is absolutely not true. The driver definitely passed way too close. Cyclists are allowed use of the road, same as cars.

otnavuskire

12-14-2021, 05:03 PM

They can’t be in the middle of the lane like a car but they are allowed to be a few feet from the curb.

Bikes are actually allowed FULL use of the road in most places. Not saying they SHOULD ride in the middle of the lane, but they're allowed to.

allegro

12-14-2021, 05:07 PM

Bikes are actually allowed FULL use of the road in most places. Not saying they SHOULD ride in the middle of the lane, but they're allowed to.

Not in the State of Illinois. “Ride as close as practicable and safe to the right-hand curb or edge of roadway” plus ride in the same direction of traffic, are not allowed on expressways, not always allowed two abreast, no more than two abreast, etc. Not the same as “allowed full use of the road.”

otnavuskire

12-14-2021, 05:18 PM

Not in the State of Illinois. “Ride as close as practicable and safe to the right-hand curb or edge of roadway” plus ride in the same direction of traffic, are not allowed on expressways, not always allowed two abreast, no more than two abreast, etc. Not the same as “allowed full use of the road.”

It is though. That law exists in many places, and has consistently been interpreted to mean that bikers ultimately have the right to use the full lane when they determine driving far-to-right is not practicable, which it often isn't. Again, I agree that cyclists should stay as far to the right as they can. But sometimes they simply can't. I'm not a cyclist, but I have a lot of family and friends who are. I've literally lost people very close to me who were hit by shitty drivers and didn't survive. I know the laws, and I have zero sympathy for anyone who thinks they own the road because they're in a car. I know that's not you, but there are a lot of people who do think like that, and will intentionally try to run bikers off the road, and that shit pisses me off to no end.

Anyway, sorry for the rant, this is just a subject that hits close to home for me. And I agree that chasing a motorist down is a very dumb idea. Still made me happy to see the dude faceplant to the pavement though! To make things more cheery in this thread again, here's a video of a 14 month old toddler meeting a dog for the first time!

1468970936116269070

allegro

12-14-2021, 05:29 PM

It is though. That law exists in many places,
As I said, I’ve biked as a sole means of transportation for MANY years of my life, and you can get hit by a car while riding ON THE SIDEWALK. It doesn’t matter where you are on the road, if on a bike OR motorcycle, you’re invisible.

I know people who were killed on motorcycles. Who WERE allowed to use the ENTIRE lane at any time. And were still hit by cars.

otnavuskire

12-14-2021, 05:35 PM

As I said, I’ve biked as a sole means of transportation for MANY years of my life, and you can get hit by a car while riding ON THE SIDEWALK. It doesn’t matter where you are on the road, if on a bike OR motorcycle, you’re invisible.

I know, I read that in your earlier post. We're almost entirely on the same page here. And I agree there are bikers who ride pretty dangerously. They are in the minority though. There's far more drivers who drive dangerously around bikers than the other way around. For real though, lets stop. This is the cheer thread.

Skiers are throwing 1980s now! (Happens around 2:55)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP7PnjIFsWM

Erneuert

12-14-2021, 07:56 PM

Sorry guys, didn’t mean to stir up a fuss. Just the English bloke’s temperament gave me a chuckle.

Replace with 8:54 mark:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNMb2YMmZI0 (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jNMb2YMmZI0)

edit: better yet, this: https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/threads/139-Random-NIN-Thoughts/page508

jmtd

12-15-2021, 04:53 AM

@allegate (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=1739) @jmtd (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=663)

I feel seen!

elevenism

12-15-2021, 10:43 AM

Oh SHIT!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmNat_HcfsI
And Dallas' own DOC is on the track, too.

And, furthermore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pFWWlhqD3k

I DO wish Em, Snoop, Busta and Dre were all on the SAME song, tho.

allegro

12-15-2021, 11:12 AM

elevenism, I’m loving that Dre Gospel track!!! Lol!!!

You heard about Super Bowl, right?

https://amp.freep.com/amp/5937522001

Also, Em opened a little to-go restaurant in Detroit, it actually gets good reviews.

https://youtu.be/Q4JCbKDQsks

elevenism

12-15-2021, 11:52 AM

@elevenism (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=2475), I’m loving that Dre Gospel track!!! Lol!!!

You heard about Super Bowl, right?

https://amp.freep.com/amp/5937522001

Also, Em opened a little to-go restaurant in Detroit, it actually gets good reviews.

https://youtu.be/Q4JCbKDQsks

I like that Gospel track, too. I'm also a HUUUUGE Busta Rhymes fan, so, yeah, i love the other one too.

I'm excited about the Super Bowl.

And Eminem's little spaghetti place, i saw a video of opening day. Some superfan had camped out overnight to be the first customer, and it was Eminem at the window, serving her the s'ghetti, and he signed the box and took pictures with her, and she looked like she'd seen Jesus. It was adorable.

EDIT: allegro , also, before the little restaurant, Eminem donated "Mom's Spaghetti" to frontline hospital workers in Detroit at the height of covid.

allegro

12-15-2021, 11:59 AM

I EDIT: allegro , also, before the little restaurant, Eminem donated "Mom's Spaghetti" to frontline hospital workers in Detroit at the height of covid.

Yeah, my Mom and I read the Detroit Free Press EVERY day :)

https://amp.freep.com/amp/3009130001

He’s a good guy.

The inside of the restaurant has paneling and looks like a trailer LOL!

fillow

12-16-2021, 08:58 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW-BU6keEUw

elevenism

12-16-2021, 12:15 PM

My shithole town just won the State 2A football championship, live on TV at Texas Stadium!
Half the town went down there with them: everyone is in the stands- the pharmacist, the grocer, etc.

WE WON!!!

Edit: the commentator was talking about us like we were Neanderthals. They said "you can't understand what this means to this tiny town! They live in TEXAS, but they have to drive to KANSAS to buy food!"

And it's like, bitch, no we don't. We have a little grocery store here. And yeah, we drive 37 miles south to get to a wal mart, but JESUS, we don't have to fucking drive to KANSAS ffs.

Erneuert

12-22-2021, 08:28 AM

PINCHY!!!

/homer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCTpN6pDTjk (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QCTpN6pDTjk)

ickyvicky

12-22-2021, 08:57 AM

omg that's a big ass lobster!

allegate

12-22-2021, 09:36 AM

"I smell... I smell... scrod."

MrLobster

12-22-2021, 05:58 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gls9sgafmdg

Enjoy more or less friendly meme's and some happy people reacting them.........

allegate

12-23-2021, 11:41 AM

https://twitter.com/cbcsports/status/1473827432981540865

https://dafb3cv85j5xj.cloudfront.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/internet_feat.jpg

otnavuskire

12-23-2021, 07:37 PM

1473450490100948993

Jinsai

12-23-2021, 09:44 PM

I've started putting videos of people leading on scammers on in the background while I focus on things, and it keeps me happy. "Oh... well, one second, just let me redeem that gift card.... ok...."

"NO! MAAAAAAAM! DO NOT CLICK REDEEM!!! DO NOT! DO YOU HAVE NO BRAIN! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU MOTHERFUCKING STUPID!!!!!! YOU DO NOT REDEEM!!!!! NOW I KILL YOUR WHOLE FAMILY!!!!"

Oh my god, this is endlessly entertaining.

allegate

12-23-2021, 10:25 PM

I just found one of those channels. The best one so far is where he is just deleting random files off the scammers computer and then says don't mess with old women.

MrLobster

12-28-2021, 06:35 PM

Finished cleaning and resetting (back to the instruction set original, rather than modified with silly things as I've done over the years) my LEGO modular buildings and laying out a new LEGOville in preparation for the new modular coming out next month. Feels real good getting that done.

Of course, it'll be an uphill battle to keep it kinda clean for photo purposes but once I repopulate the LEGOville with its inherent Minifigs I can let it sit for a while. Sure, I've taken a bunch of iPhone pics, but I have a dedicated camera that will take better ones, once the Minifigs are back.

Here's the last set of pics...

https://twitter.com/nscafe/status/1475957771656851458

allegate

12-29-2021, 10:18 AM

Wordle (https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/) 193 3/6
https://twitter.com/Khris_Yurievich/status/1476223058767585281?s=20

Just found out about this today. It's basically Mastermind (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastermind_(board_game)) but for words and I love it already.

Doesn't show how long it took in the stats but it was 16 minutes for me. WAG but it worked.

MrLobster

01-01-2022, 04:40 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl0DouB45Tw

Betty White (RIP) doing bits on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson... Happy New Year!

allegro

01-01-2022, 09:58 PM

Tonight. SNL is re-running the episode when Betty White hosted.

allegro

01-01-2022, 09:58 PM

https://twitter.com/bostonradio2/status/1474730691908841478?s=21

Erneuert

01-01-2022, 11:30 PM

It warms my heart to know Betty White will be 100 in January.

Posted on October 20. So much for that.

Siah13

01-03-2022, 05:42 AM

The Still album. Always ♥️

Erneuert

01-04-2022, 04:30 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-OUzvhrDnM (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S-OUzvhrDnM)

eversonpoe

01-05-2022, 02:31 PM

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a0876494279_16.jpg

https://eversonpoe.bandcamp.com/album/the-night-country-2

boop!

new album up for pre-order. digital & cassette.

extremely proud of this, as usual haha.

miss y'all around here <3

Siah13

01-06-2022, 01:09 PM

Coffee.... Mmmmmm

allegate

01-07-2022, 02:25 PM

http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/pvponlinenew/img/comic/2022/01/pvp20220102.jpg

Honestly it's not the comic - it's barely middling - but the fact I have a new taunt for stupid people.

allegate

01-08-2022, 11:40 PM

If your workplace is open to cock and ball torture then you're in a much more interesting workplace than I am.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61v4pSpmz5L.jpg

allegro

01-09-2022, 08:14 AM

If your workplace is open to cock and ball torture then you're in a much more interesting workplace than I am.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is what it’s meant for many decades?

Siah13

01-09-2022, 07:50 PM

It really cheered me up the other day when I discovered these probiotic sparkling water called Huzzah. I’m obsessed.

allegate

01-09-2022, 11:20 PM

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is what it’s meant for many decades?

too right! It's just that I'm ten years old sometimes and especially when the book is sold like this everywhere except on Humble where I found it:

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/5172HMw3sfL.jpg

Erneuert

01-10-2022, 12:19 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCzwyFHSMdY (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KCzwyFHSMdY)

M1ke

01-10-2022, 09:46 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdxoPPuAdic&ab_channel=JakeTheBassist91

allegate

01-10-2022, 10:27 AM

someone posted this for their own likes so I went back to the source from five-plus years ago.

https://twitter.com/StationCDRKelly/status/702239878323372032

why isn't it showing the video from the tweet? weird.

fine.

https://twitter.com/Todd_Spence/status/1480256216618049537

ickyvicky

01-12-2022, 10:28 AM

allegate I'm hooked on Wordle now

Siah13

01-12-2022, 11:11 AM

Coffee and Still.... Mmmmm....

allegate

01-12-2022, 01:44 PM

@allegate (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=1739) I'm hooked on Wordle now
lol, same! every day. I just wish I'd remember to do it on the same computer/device so my streak/score was consistent.

ickyvicky

01-13-2022, 01:17 PM

allegate I'm 4/4, all of them on 4 tries, lol

allegate

01-13-2022, 01:28 PM

got it in five today. I just wish there were an indicator for double letters, every time that's come up it trips me into more guesses.

ickyvicky

01-13-2022, 02:31 PM

@allegate (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=1739) Agreed. I just got lucky because my 3rd try was alley.

allegate

01-13-2022, 05:59 PM

https://twitter.com/add_hawk/status/1481386445847678976

I never thought do to this and I never will either. why would I want to cheapen the experience of figuring it out? The first one I ever did I got it in two and I was like

https://i.gifer.com/J8Mh.gif

and will forever be chasing that high now. lol

anyone else who wants to join in: https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/

one word per day. apparently there are other pages with more words and more letters but I like the aesthetics of this one.

Siah13

01-13-2022, 08:27 PM

allegate Ooooohhh... I just clicked your link and did my first one and I’m super into it! I love stuff like that. I got close but missed it...

Siah13

01-13-2022, 08:27 PM

Crispy baked chicken skin with salt and pepper makes me happy. Lol.

ickyvicky

01-14-2022, 08:29 AM

I got today's Wordle in 3 tries (a first!) I was super lucky on my 2nd word.

ickyvicky

01-14-2022, 12:44 PM

Now there's Absurdle, where it lets you guess the word with unlimited guesses, but more chances of double letters.

https://lifehacker.com/try-this-game-if-youre-already-too-good-at-wordle-1848356298

otnavuskire

01-14-2022, 03:48 PM

Siah13

01-14-2022, 09:44 PM

I got today's Wordle in 3 tries (a first!) I was super lucky on my 2nd word.
Ooooh! I got it last try today! But I got it!

chuckrh

01-15-2022, 07:09 AM

Good friends. The Royal Mail is issuing a set of stamps for the Stones 60th Anniversary. My buddy is getting me a set & won't let me pay for them as I'm getting hammered by medical bills

Siah13

01-15-2022, 10:33 AM

Hazelnut creamer for my coffee... mmmm... coffee...

allegro

01-16-2022, 10:58 AM

The comments in this Tweet, I’m dying laughing.

Especially this comment thread LOL LOL LOL:

https://twitter.com/daveabrowne/status/1482165511408570369?s=21

https://twitter.com/venticoldbrew/status/1481703573314547714?s=21

https://twitter.com/nicestcunt/status/1482518972717228033?s=21

elevenism

01-16-2022, 01:06 PM

Cowboys. 49ers.

feels like 92.

Mcenroy

01-17-2022, 03:51 PM

I just doubled the storage on my new laptop from 1 TB to 2. And it only cost me $33 as I had a bunch of rewards points from buying the laptop. It's amazing how small M.2 drives are. I don't know why anyone would use anything else at this point. This (https://alitools.io/en/showcase/1pcs-air-conditioning-pipe-hole-decorative-cover-wall-hole-plug-white-plastic-for-pipe-hole-decorative-cover-shielding-33024958144) is the next thing to buy.
Did they tell you which M2 driver they used? I mean the name of the model.

otnavuskire

01-17-2022, 04:01 PM

Did they tell you which M2 driver they used? I mean the name of the model.

Are you asking what drive I installed? It was a WD Black 1TB SN750 SE NVMe SSD.

Erneuert

01-17-2022, 07:12 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24uyz_LkX-4 (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=24uyz_LkX-4)

allegro

01-20-2022, 12:49 AM

https://twitter.com/dannyderaney/status/1483558332300365829?s=21

allegro

01-23-2022, 03:15 PM

Mark Cuban started a low-cost prescription drug dispensary.

Here’s a link:

https://costplusdrugs.com/

Soon, we'll make medications ourselves.
American drug manufacturing capacity is in shortage after the trend of many pharmaceutical facilities moving offshore. We're building a state of the art pharmaceutical facility in Dallas, Texas where we'll produce our own high-quality medicines at the lowest possible prices.

Erneuert

01-23-2022, 11:13 PM

Zero fucks given.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myeXMuGJAB8 (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=myeXMuGJAB8)

theruiner

01-24-2022, 02:25 PM

So, three years ago, I had tickets to see Elton John both in Phoenix (where I lived) and L.A. on his farewell tour. I ended up in the hospital with pancreatitis literally TWO DAYS before the Phoenix show. When I finally got out of the hospital it was one day before the L.A. show and I didn't feel up to making a whole trip out of state after just getting out of the hospital so I had to bail on that one, too. It absolutely broke my heart, and I thought I had forever missed my chance to see him live again.

Then I moved to Kansas City last year. And he is playing literally 10 minutes from my house. And I just got a ticket.

I actually started tearing up. I honestly thought I would never get to see him again. I thought for sure my chance was completely gone. I am so so happy right now. I literally started tearing up a few minutes ago. He's my second favorite artist of all time and his music means more to me than I can even put into words. I am so so so excited.

elevenism

01-24-2022, 06:13 PM

allegro

01-24-2022, 11:54 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXPKci5nFXw

MY MAN!
He straight up called a fox reporter yelling some inane bullshit a "stupid son of a bitch."

This wasn't something "caught on a hot mic." He MEANT for this to be heard, as far as I can tell.

That fucking Peter Doocy. Who IS a stupid sonofabitch! Biden later called to sorta apologize, kinda not really.

elevenism

01-25-2022, 04:13 PM

That fucking Peter Doocy. Who IS a stupid sonofabitch! Biden later called to sorta apologize, kinda not really.

I like seeing with the gloves off. I'd like to see it more.

Also, this whole exchange, with the anger, sarcasm and wit made me think "yeah. and THIS is the who supposedly can't finish a sentence."

Of course, I think about that a LOT watching Biden speak.

allegro

01-26-2022, 10:45 AM

I like seeing with the gloves off. I'd like to see it more.

Also, this whole exchange, with the anger, sarcasm and wit made me think "yeah. and THIS is the who supposedly can't finish a sentence."

Of course, I think about that a LOT watching Biden speak.

McCain and Biden were best lifelong friends for a reason:
https://twitter.com/thetnholler/status/1485753728955297796?s=21

GastonKappa

01-26-2022, 01:07 PM

Most likely watching this video:
https://youtu.be/S0qQ1pomYzk

ickyvicky

01-27-2022, 01:03 PM

Sweardle: https://sweardle.com/ ;)

Erneuert

01-30-2022, 01:26 AM

Pushing 96 and still doing his thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_yJ6Kllyng (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j_yJ6Kllyng)

MrLobster

01-30-2022, 02:55 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEb3dZ2wuN4

elevenism

01-31-2022, 01:23 AM

Oliver Tree.

If you haven't heard of this dude, don't just watch a music video. You've got to go down the full rabbit hole.
He has this whole Andy Kaufman thing going on. He maintains this bizarre persona in all interviews, and a whole hell of a lot of the shit he says about his life is probably untrue.

That being said, he IS incredible at doing tricks on an old fashioned push scooter, which is just ironic as hell, in and of itself. It's like a double irony thing: you'd THINK he was IRONICALLY into push scooters, but then, it turns out that he can do mind blowing tricks.

I guess the character in the kickwear jeans has been recently retired for the one with the blonde mullet.

It's fucking hilarious.
The music ain't bad either.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yJXCP3Bb1s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e54Oy_bqEk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A31YRJA8y8

allegate

02-07-2022, 09:28 AM

https://twitter.com/5tevieM/status/1490281467393495045

Oh my cat.

darksiren82

02-08-2022, 05:10 PM

I went viral for the 2nd time

https://youtu.be/IWoh3c3g-gg

MrLobster

02-09-2022, 04:25 PM

https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/1491531158823264266

allegate

02-09-2022, 04:27 PM

https://twitter.com/RyanHigginsRyan/status/1491528718950432770

MrLobster

02-09-2022, 06:34 PM

https://twitter.com/nscafe/status/1491558137626710021

Erneuert

02-10-2022, 03:33 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ4iFVb02RE (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ4iFVb02RE)

sweeterthan

02-11-2022, 10:05 AM

last night my 7 year old said “whore is short for horror” [emoji23][emoji23] i said it’s not and left room dying of laughter.

poinoup

02-11-2022, 12:29 PM

Medicine Hat's population grew in 2021... by 11. Censuses are priceless.

allegate

02-11-2022, 12:56 PM

Live music fucking cheered me up last night. Feeling the music in your entire body is so much better than any set of headphones.

Shit, the opening band - The Beverly Crushers - had the bass guitar so loud you could feel every note. Funny thing is I listened to their album today on Bandcamp and it's not nearly as - wait for it - crushing as it was live. Honestly I felt like Voltaire did it better as far as Star Trek songs go but I've never seen him live so who knows.

The second band was the Spoon Benders. There was some sound issues to start, as in the mic wasn't working, so the first song turned into an extended jam session while the techs tried to figure it out. They have a great sound and I'm excited to hear more stuff from them in the future. Live they sound like a more psychedelic Them Crooked Vultures? Very fuzzy and bassy.

Not the show but it will probably be up shortly since someone was filming the whole thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR61A9vI7LE

The third band, the one I was there to see, was Help (https://www.kerrang.com/help-is-here-in-the-form-of-portlands-best-new-hardcore-band). Sadly the sound issues persisted through this set - a monitor was out, the mic kept going - but the band pushed through. It was a pretty great set even with those issues. Some songs from their EP that's on Bandcamp and some songs from their new album coming in March, can't wait for that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x-uKt8n4-k

PS - apparently they play the Doug Fir a lot because that's where that video is from but it wasn't from last night.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FLVWllEWYAIi7yP?format=jpg&name=large

elevenism

02-15-2022, 02:28 PM

We left to go out of town a couple nights ago.

Saturday night, I mentioned to my wife that I felt like I was having an RA flare, and wasn't looking forward to trying to get everything packed on Sunday: my hands and feet hurt terribly. Then, I took some medicine and passed out.

I woke up on Sunday morning and 95% of my packing was done. My clothes were washed, folded, and in our travel bag. My medicines were ready to go, along with my tablet and kindle and video game handheld, and toiletries.

She hadn't slept. She'd stayed up all night getting everything ready for me.
THEN, while I was in the shower, she loaded EVERYTHING into our SUV, including my mom's stuff. That's usually my job.

It brought a fucking tear to my eye. When I thanked her for doing all of this for me, she said "this isn't about you or me. It's about US."

Monday was our tenth Valentine's Day together, and our 8th wedding anniversary is rapidly approaching.

So at the risk of being overly saccharine, what cheers me up is having a life partner like this: someone who really SERIOUSLY knows me, and cares this much about me, and the fact that I reciprocate it.
We've had a couple of road bumps, but made it through.
And where we are now- this is the type of shit I dreamed of when I was young.

allegate

02-16-2022, 01:52 PM

reddit was doing a deep-dive on In Living Color and this came up as a suggestion for David Alan Grier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc0FeUMQIA4

MrLobster

02-17-2022, 06:18 AM

https://twitter.com/nscafe/status/1494090848090275841

I figured, I liked the NIN coffee they put out, I can buy some for the PPIM. A fairly mellow profile...

MrLobster

02-17-2022, 09:36 PM

https://twitter.com/LockerRoomLOL/status/1494259381583548416

Siah13

02-21-2022, 09:20 AM

Still coffee.... God I love coffee....

elevenism

02-21-2022, 11:54 AM

My dad is alive, so far, after the heart attack yesterday.
I thought he was dead for sure.
He just had a heart cath and they put in a stent.

I'm thoroughly infuriated that his shady ass girlfriend didn't even CALL (or message or text or alert me in ANY way), or give me ANY updates, and STILL hasn't bothered to touch base with me.

But at least I know he's alive now.

otnavuskire

02-21-2022, 12:03 PM

He just had a heart cath and they put in a stent.

My dad had a minor heart attack a couple months ago and had this procedure done. He almost instantly felt better than he had in ages and is doing awesome now. It's like nothing even happened. Hopefully it's a similar outcome for your dad.

Erneuert

02-21-2022, 12:06 PM

My dad had a minor heart attack a couple months ago and had this procedure done. He almost instantly felt better than he had in ages and is doing awesome now. It's like nothing even happened. Hopefully it's a similar outcome for your dad.

Same thing with our landlord last year re: stents. He’s a good guy and doing well.

elevenism

02-22-2022, 04:13 AM

Same thing with our landlord last year re: stents. He’s a good guy and doing well.
The thing about my dad is that he's a biker and a rock and roller and I just DO NOT think he's gonna change his ways.
He smokes and drinks like he's 20, and probably needs to lose 75 lbs.
And this was his SECOND big ass heart attack and second stent.

I.barely see him anymore, we argue sometimes, and he has a younger girlfriend who takes advantage of him imho. But if he makes it out of this one alive, I'm gonna call him every fucking day until he's tired of hearing from me. It's a big ass wake up.call.

ickyvicky

02-23-2022, 10:08 AM

elevenism Glad to hear he's okay

eversonpoe

03-01-2022, 04:08 PM

allegate

03-01-2022, 10:26 PM

eversonpoe

03-02-2022, 02:46 PM

and for good reason! I've finally got the time to sit and just listen to music - I'm in travel status for work so no home duties, no honey-do list, no random "let's go for a walk!" right when I sit down with a book - and I'm on "The Chamber of Blood". really good so far!

...what's a honey-do list? is that when dr. bunson honeydo thinks your beaker and asks you to perform a bunch of dangerous tasks? :: wocka wocka ::

MrLobster

03-02-2022, 03:17 PM

...what's a honey-do list?

"Honey, can you do..."

allegate

03-02-2022, 04:48 PM

...what's a honey-do list? is that when dr. bunson honeydo thinks your beaker and asks you to perform a bunch of dangerous tasks? :: wocka wocka ::
I like that better than what it actually is.

allegate

03-09-2022, 02:21 PM

https://twitter.com/dog_rates/status/1501653461611397123

Muffin no!

marodi

03-09-2022, 08:21 PM

The Infiniti commercial that sounds just like this:

https://youtu.be/5umEUBDXfU0

@allegro (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=76) will agree with me, as a fellow former kid orchestra musician, that this is the GREATEST kid orchestra EVER.

Yes, my clarinet and I have played Also Sprach Zarathustra but never this gloriously. I can't stop listening to it..

edit: just to be clear, I'm not having fun at those kids expenses, I'm having a grand old time thinking about how my fellow would be musicians and I sounded when we started playing. The ungodly sounds I got out of that poor clarinet... We got better as I'm sure those kids did.

Erneuert

03-10-2022, 10:08 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn73UcM3248 (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rn73UcM3248)

MrLobster

03-10-2022, 11:21 PM

https://twitter.com/AndersonVilien/status/1501827642085019650

elevenism

03-13-2022, 10:56 AM

https://chicagoreader.com/music/everson-poes-night-country-metal/

i got written up by the fucking chicago reader!

i still have their cover with trent on it from 1999 hanging on the wall at my parents' house. this is like a dream come true!!!

PS miss y'all! hope everyone's doing well <3

You came back? On my birthday? And I missed it? And now you're probably gone again? :/

Edit: DAMN! That article is fucking great, (and well deserved)! Congratulations, eversonpoe

elevenism

03-13-2022, 11:03 AM

ANYWAY, something that cheers me up is that my town's population is now officially 2111.

Don't get me wrong: it still REALLY fucking sucks. Often, when I'm getting food at one of our two Famous Truck Stops, the truckers ask me what company I work for. When I say "no man, I live here," they inevitably give me this strange look that makes me think that THEY don't realize there IS a town here.
Either that, or they're thinking "wait, you...here...on purpose?" That also cheers me up, because it's funny.

Obviously, what I'm getting at is that I like the NUMBER. 21 11

313 on the other hand, today's date, is the most dangerous number, and I thought I'd counteract that by finding some elevens or 22s and...yeah, don't teach any form of numerology to people with OCD.

MrLobster

03-15-2022, 01:49 AM

https://twitter.com/nscafe/status/1503569600385982472

I broke my old beard comb (it was weaksauce) and required something new a robust... Yes, I like them.

I still don't care about oils and balms.

Might be open to wearing beads though...

klyrish

03-16-2022, 09:07 PM

MrLobster how long is your beard?

MrLobster

03-16-2022, 09:21 PM

@MrLobster (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=5512) how long is your beard?

https://twitter.com/nscafe/status/1484951707717046272

About that long... (ignoring the fries and small cup of gravy)

allegate

03-17-2022, 09:47 AM

https://twitter.com/TheSonicScrew/status/1504395187539230721

Erneuert

03-19-2022, 07:56 AM

^ Thanks! *pat*

I caved and installed Wordle today. Got my first one right at guess #4. Is that good for my first one? The word is/was sorry.

otnavuskire

03-19-2022, 08:17 AM

^ Thanks! *pat*

I caved and installed Wordle today. Got my first one right at guess #4. Is that good for my first one? The word is/was sorry.

There is no official wordle app. It's web based (https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html). Any apps out there are copycats. Today's official wordle word is different than that.

Erneuert

03-19-2022, 08:24 AM

There is no official wordle app. It's web based (https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html). Any apps out there are copycats. Today's official wordle word is different than that.

Oh, really? I just searched for it and figured the first result was the main one, haha. Learn something new every day.

I’ll do tomorrow’s one online. Thanks for that.

otnavuskire

03-19-2022, 09:25 AM

Oh, really? I just searched for it and figured the first result was the main one, haha. Learn something new every day.

I’ll do tomorrow’s one online. Thanks for that.

Why not start today? Haha

elevenism

03-20-2022, 01:01 AM

I met Beto in a little taqueria in Dalhart, TX today!
I actually got to speak with him one one for seven or eight minutes, and got some badass pics with him.

It was a town hall type thing, but there were only like 25 people there, and at least ten of them were Maggats.
He actually did a GREAT job responding to the Trump Party members' questions, though.
I doubt he converted them, but they were obviously surprised by, and interested in, his answers.

It was cool as shit.

Beto 2028

Erneuert

03-20-2022, 01:11 AM

I fell asleep lol

MrLobster

03-20-2022, 10:38 AM

https://twitter.com/nscafe/status/1505568150150025224

and time to make celebratory waffles....

klyrish

03-21-2022, 10:19 PM

I prefer to think that all waffles are celebratory waffles.

I just smoked a couple bowls and all this talk of waffles has got me wanting waffles with some cream cheese frosting.

allegate

03-22-2022, 10:09 AM

https://twitter.com/DrJenGunter/status/1505943805865840643?s=20&t=r5Nnlc2xDwflGxMlznKOtQ

:D

sweeterthan

03-22-2022, 03:55 PM

i can’t eat waffles anymore. enjoy your celebration. pour some syrup out for sweeter.

MrLobster

03-22-2022, 04:54 PM

i can’t eat waffles anymore. enjoy your celebration. pour some syrup out for sweeter.

I'll use the good stuff...

https://twitter.com/nscafe/status/1505577755768852488

klyrish

03-22-2022, 08:29 PM

(stupid no-caps-only rule): JEOMK

Erneuert

03-23-2022, 07:58 AM

allegate

Fucking LOL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwWFd_9fUYM (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UwWFd_9fUYM)

tony.parente

03-24-2022, 01:56 PM

Just got the email this morning from the department of education that they approved my request to discharge my student loans from when i went to k mart college (ITT Tech) in the mid 2000s. I left the school with 40k in loans, paid $450 a month on them for almost a decade and was left with $65,000 to pay off as of around last week.

THEY FORGAVE IT ALL.

And the best part is they're investigating possibly giving me a refund on what I paid.

Literally, unironically life changing.

ickyvicky

03-24-2022, 02:02 PM

Wow, that is amazing tony.parente !

Erneuert

03-28-2022, 05:19 PM

Can someone buy me a bunch of these?

https://www.acsthper.com/products/magic-metal-kinetic-sculpture---free-shipping?dicbo=v1-eaca8121815ad366fa8e52ac2baf297a-00a6dc1f7a9e2c47e440f93617a53d34cd-giytgmbygnswkljtgmydeljug4ywgljyhfqwcljrmzqtmyzxhe 4toy3fg4

Erneuert

03-31-2022, 06:29 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hydvYXjmXko

ickyvicky

04-01-2022, 09:05 AM

Erneuert Should've posted that ^^ today, lol

chuckrh

04-01-2022, 12:45 PM

Finally figuring out taxes & getting a nice refund. I'm probably still paying more than the demon Bezos but I'll take it. If I can get healthier should finance a NIN run to Oregon. Big if though on the health.

Siah13

04-04-2022, 12:54 AM

Still coffee....

Erneuert

04-08-2022, 11:36 PM

“oh, hello.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfy1ffrftoE (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tfy1ffrftoE)

Erneuert

04-09-2022, 07:54 AM

Reading about random folklore makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside. Especially this one:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownie_(folklore) (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownie_(folklore))

Look at its little legs.

A brownie or broonie (Scots (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_language)),[1] (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownie_(folklore)#cite_note-1) also known as a brùnaidh or gruagach (Scottish Gaelic (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic)), is a household spirit (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_deity) from Scottish folklore (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_folklore) that is said to come out at night while the owners of the house are asleep and perform various chores and farming tasks. The human owners of the house must leave a bowl of milk or cream or some other offering (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrifice) for the brownie, usually by the hearth (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearth). Brownies are described as easily offended and will leave their homes forever if they feel they have been insulted or in any way taken advantage of. Brownies are characteristically mischievous and are often said to punish or pull pranks on lazy servants. If angered, they are sometimes said to turn malicious, like boggarts (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boggart).

Pillfred

04-24-2022, 12:18 AM

Pulled the carburetor off my bike recently to clean it. Not a mechanic first motorcycle. A bottom gasket (float bowl) was corroded. Internals we’re fine. The guts were greasy but jets were good. Blah, blah, and an entire can of cleaner later. I put it back in my bike hooked stuffs up. Did a best guess at settings pulled it out of the garage and it fired right up. Idle a bit high but otherwise it didn’t piss gas and ran. Test drive went well still needs tweaking. Not bad for a YouTube mechanic.

elevenism

04-27-2022, 09:05 AM

My sis in law will be giving birth to her and my brother's second son and third child soon, Mr. London Tyler XXXXXXXX
The big honor is that his MIDDLE name is my first name. So his middle and first names are my first and last name.

Edit: they all got covid which caused sis (in law) preeclampsia, which is a quite dangerous, possibly deadly situation.
They're taking the baby a month early, and i must admit that i'm scared.
Please send positive energy, or prayers for strength, or invoke the name of some dead lovecraftian god...whatever you're into.
The date is May 5.

My bro and i are only 18 mos apart, so we grew up as best friends.
THEN, brother and sis in law and i lived together throughout a LOT of our twenties, in various living arrangements-they've been together for damn near 20 years.
And we struggled through most of that time, but we always made it.
I went through some ruff times, personally, in those days, but i made money.

I feel compelled to post this "you-can't-divide-the-tribe" image, featuring my morning screwdriver, my Irish Twin's morning spliff, my beautiful asian sis and our dearly departed St. Madonna.

Madonna is long gone, my brother and sis in law are now covered in ink, and my hair is even thinner than it was in this pic.

But the name of this baby reminds me SO MUCH of these days, when NOTHING was gonna fucking stop us.

It means so goddamn much to me, i can't describe it.

https://i.imgur.com/Ae5k5Kp.jpg

https://ibb.co/Chgr6gM

Secondly, ARGUMENT: Considering i've accidentally posted my FULL name here, back in the day, and a metric fuckton of you guys know my name is Tyler, i feel safe (well, pre-exposed) enough to post the name, at least without the last name. AND, even as unusual as my last name is, there are literal hundreds of people with my first and last name.

marodi

04-28-2022, 06:41 PM

There are thousands of varieties of apples out there.

I actually like 3 of them.

All 3 are on sale this week. That is all.

Pillfred

04-29-2022, 12:49 AM

There are thousands of varieties of apples out there.

I actually like 3 of them.

All 3 are on sale this week. That is all.

As a food person my adult life professionally (?), I’m stoked for you.

As for me, I bought two tickets to Megadeth and L.O.G. They finally came to teh Dakota’s. Bought two thinking I could find someone to join me. Nope. But off a post asking if anyone would like a ticket in general on my F.B. Some rando hit me up day before asking about the ticket. I gifted him the ticket, free. He hit me up yesterday, few days later, saying thanks.

elevenism

04-30-2022, 01:03 PM

As a food person my adult life professionally (?), I’m stoked for you.

As for me, I bought two tickets to Megadeth and L.O.G. They finally came to teh Dakota’s. Bought two thinking I could find someone to join me. Nope. But off a post asking if anyone would like a ticket in general on my F.B. Some rando hit me up day before asking about the ticket. I gifted him the ticket, free. He hit me up yesterday, few days later, saying thanks.

That's badass, man. That's the sort of thing that makes life worth living- what you did with that ticket, I mean.