The "oh, that’s interesting" Thread

**elevenism** · 02-24-2021, 11:36 AM

Originally Posted by ickyvicky

@Erneuert I totally believe this is true. My full first name is Victoria, but I prefer to go by Vicky because Victoria does not suite me at all whatsoever. When I think of the name Victoria, I associate it with being classy, posh, modest and I'm none of those things, lmao.

One of my favorite songs by one of my favorite bands. "This is the story of Victoria Lee. She started off on percodan and ended up with me."

Check it out.

**ickyvicky** · 02-24-2021, 11:49 AM

@elevenism Fun!

**elevenism** · 02-24-2021, 04:03 PM

Originally Posted by ickyvicky

@elevenism Fun!

Yeah, it's fucking GREAT if you don't mind a little twang.

It's "alt-country" or "insurgent country" or "cowpunk" or "no depression," depending on who's writing about it.

I've actually seen them live like a hundred times.

But, yeah. It's damn cool to have a song with your name in it

**allegate** · 02-24-2021, 04:26 PM

Tell that to my sister.

she had three older brothers who would sing this loudly every time it came on the radio.

**elevenism** · 02-25-2021, 01:43 AM

@Erneuert ,if THIS isn't some X Files shit, I don't know what is. Experts have figured out that "mysterious MICROWAVE WEAPONS" are being used against American CIA agents in various places.
This one poor bastard in particular says he's had an awful headache, EVERY DAY, for the past THREE YEARS. It also impacted his sight, balance, and hearing, to the point that he had to take early retirement from the CIA.
It sounds like this is the same sort of weapon used on the American Embassy in Cuba a few years ago.
Apparently, it's looking like Russian operations.

**ickyvicky** · 02-25-2021, 08:47 AM

@allegate I have a co-worker named Sarah and I will sing that to her sometimes lol

**allegro** · 02-25-2021, 11:47 AM

Yeah well that’s better than people singing THIS song at you your whole frickin life

**allegro** · 02-25-2021, 11:54 AM

Originally Posted by allegate

Tell that to my sister.

she had three older brothers who would sing this loudly every time it came on the radio.

But the first one I think of is this one:

**elevenism** · 02-25-2021, 02:29 PM

Originally Posted by allegro

Yeah well that’s better than people singing THIS song at you your whole frickin life

Ha!
With the 97s song, at least it's FAIRLY obscure, so you don't have have to listen from it from all angles just because your name happens to be Victoria.

All this reminds me of my dear old friend Allyson, who once got so tired of me singing and playing that Elvis Costello song at her, that she grabbed the fucking wheel on the highway when I was driving, because I refused to turn the tape off. She COULD have fucking killed us. That's a testament to how much she hated that shit

Edit: THIS song, for anyone who doesn't know.

**allegro** · 02-26-2021, 11:46 AM

The premise of that article was that you act like your name or identify with your name or look like your name and it SHAPES YOUR FACIAL AESTHETIC? Hence the “Dorian Gray” title of the study?

Here is my actual reaction:

HAAAAAAAAAHAHAAAAHAHAAAAAHAHAHAHAAAHA

Could I become YOUNGER if I started going by BABY??

People using songs to refer to you or whatever? That’s how THEY think of your name, not you. And that’s about the name (and how stupid or goofy your friends are) and not anything do to with the above-linked study which links the kind of psychic relationship between people and their names and causes them to “resemble the name.” WHATEVER THE FUCK THAT EVEN MEANS.

I once saw a BIG BLACK DUDE who was a chef with my first name. It was emblazoned on his chef’s jacket.

Yeah I’m a buzzkill, sorry; I like “interesting” things but that one was relegated to my bullshit department. I could suddenly start going by a totally different name tomorrow and the only weird thing would be remembering it, like using the new year every year.

This seems like that meme about how “people resemble their dogs.”

**elevenism** · 02-26-2021, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by allegro

The premise of that article was that you act like your name or identify with your name or look like your name and it SHAPES YOUR FACIAL AESTHETIC? Hence the “Dorian Gray” title of the study?

Here is my actual reaction:

HAAAAAAAAAHAHAAAAHAHAAAAAHAHAHAHAAAHA

Could I become YOUNGER if I started going by BABY??

People using songs to refer to you or whatever? That’s how THEY think of your name, not you. And that’s about the name (and how stupid or goofy your friends are) and not anything do to with the above-linked study which links the kind of psychic relationship between people and their names and causes them to “resemble the name.” WHATEVER THE FUCK THAT EVEN MEANS...

Well, what if it DOES work?
I'm going to start calling myself Johnny Perfect Health Porn Star Penis Jackson," and...I mean, we'll see if it works.

Don't knock it till you try it, Baby.

lolololol

**allegro** · 02-26-2021, 09:07 PM

From now on, my name is Beyoncé.

**Erneuert** · 02-27-2021, 07:14 AM

Hey Beyoncé.

lol how my iPhone autocorrects to the correct é at the end of her name.

**elevenism** · 02-28-2021, 08:24 PM

Originally Posted by allegro

From now on, my name is Beyoncé.

Since it just affects your face, my new name is 1996 Leonardo DiCaprio.

**Erneuert** · 03-01-2021, 07:25 AM

Originally Posted by elevenism

Since it just affects your face, my new name is 1996 Leonardo DiCaprio.

haha

**Erneuert** · 03-04-2021, 03:19 AM

**Erneuert** · 03-07-2021, 06:56 AM

I haven’t watched this yet but posting it here for later.

**Erneuert** · 03-18-2021, 03:55 PM

Originally Posted by Erneuert

@Magnetic , he did it!!!

**Magnetic** · 03-18-2021, 05:06 PM

LOL. Not that I would eat anything slapped to temperature.

**Erneuert** · 03-23-2021, 04:22 AM

Anyone with arachnophobia want to come and live with me down here right now?

https://au.news.yahoo.com/why-spider...041204840.html

**ickyvicky** · 03-23-2021, 09:56 AM

hell no lol

**allegate** · 03-24-2021, 11:32 AM

**Magnetic** · 03-24-2021, 11:41 AM

Australia looks to be a beautiful country. I'm afraid I'll likely never visit, because it looks like every creature there is out to kill you.
I remember watching some Netflix show that ranked the 20 deadliest animals on Australia one hungover afternoon about 4-5 years ago.

**Erneuert** · 03-24-2021, 06:29 PM

**Erneuert** · 03-24-2021, 06:36 PM

Originally Posted by Magnetic

Australia looks to be a beautiful country. I'm afraid I'll likely never visit, because it looks like every creature there is out to kill you.
I remember watching some Netflix show that ranked the 20 deadliest animals on Australia one hungover afternoon about 4-5 years ago.

Yeah, basically everything with the highest toxicity/best defensive attributes are here due to how isolated we are as a country. The fauna had to adapt to survive due to being so remote from everything else. Because we supposedly broke off from the rest of the world millions of years ago and were all “kbye,lol” animals evolved differently here resulting in a lot of the weirdness/poisonous attributes.

I’ll just copypasta a quote:

Why are there so many dangerous animals in Australia?
"That is a really good question," Barr said. "There are a lot of theories. One hypothesis is it's an isolated place. A really harsh place to live and you better be tough. You better be harsh if you're going to survive."