@jaded said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
@gangofdolls said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
People who are mean, cruel, antagonistic to serving staff at restaurants.
Waiting has been out for 12 years as an example of why you do not fuck with your food servers. They get what they deserve...
I love that movie.
I recently, at the urging of a friend (who had no one else to discuss it with) began watching Marco Polo on Netflix and goddamn this is some good stuff.
I rarely, rarely find myself so invested in both the protagonist side and antagonist side. I mean, I hate the antagonist (especially now after episode 4), but holy shit is he well-written (which is why I hate him, which showcases just how well-written he is).
And Hundred Eyes is just awesome.
@karmageddon said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
@auspice Were any of the other white elephant gifts accompanied by notes?
Nope, just that one.
@karmageddon said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
@surreality said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
@templari We used to have a Chia Head we would wrap and regift to various family members back and forth on whatever the next available gift-giving holiday was as a joke, but then she went and lost it.
In high school, my friends and I had the Birthday Burrito, which was a frozen burrito from a gas station. Until one guy ate it because he was hungry and found it tucked somewhere in his freezer.
There never was another Birthday Burrito.
My father has 5 siblings. For many years, the siblings and their spouses would do a white elephant gift exchange. One year, the black sheep brother, J, gave my mother a fertility statue (this is in a family where everyone, by and far, is very fundamentally religious and far right). To this day no one knows why he did. I don't think even he knew why at the time.
The following year, my mother passed it on to the person whose name she got. And so on. But each year, they'd write a very loving note to go with it (and the notes remained to be a sort of time capsule). One year it got broken and packaged carefully (broken) in a nice box, but with notes intact. It disappeared for a good decade in someone's attic and the year it resurfaced it ended up back in my mother's hands. and so on.
I don't know when or why it finally disappeared, but it was one of the better family traditions while it lasted.
I prefer over-the-ear too, but my worry with over-the-head is having them slip/fall off while I'm walking.
I've been using these: https://www.amazon.com/Kinivo-BTH240-Bluetooth-Stereo-Headphone/dp/B00AWIPITS/
... which apparently I've had less than a year (per the 'you bought this on...' date Amazon just showed me). I thought it'd been longer. So maybe they're not as good a deal as I thought based on how the battery is dying within 3 hours on a charge now.
Someone on Twitter suggested these: https://www.amazon.com/JBL-Reflect-Bluetooth-Sport-Headphones/dp/B015XA2XDI
Said for being in-ear, they're v. comfortable and they've never had them fall out.
Yes, yes, another recommendation thread. But y'all are good for it and I really do like getting actual use input rather than digging through articles or page-after-page on Amazon, y'know?
So here's the deal: I'm looking for commute headphones. I have an amazing pair I use at home. I'm good there.
I've been using a pair of Kinovio headphones, but they're dying on me. I take 'em off the charger in the morning and then have to recharge them during my workday. Used to be I could, for example, spend all day (~9 hours) on multiple flights, forget to charge them during the trip, then do it again on the flight back, and still use them off and on for a few days. They had a great charge time.
I want headphones I can at least make it through my entire workday with. Preferably a few workdays. This 'need to charge a couple hours in' is kinda bullshit (but I acknowledge it's probably due to the headphones being cheap/old).
So this will probably be a Christmas gift to myself purchase next month / down the road, thus research beginning now. Those who run/jog/workout, I'm looking at you. What do you use? What stays put? What's comfortable? I quite like behind-the-head setups (and that's what I have now) because they tend to be more comfortable for me, personally, but I'm open to hearing about others.
No, but I was totally planning to tell him 'nice beard' when I got off the bus except he got off a couple stops before me.
Woe.
Darkside (You probably recognize this from the Bright trailer.)
Like a boss (Errday.)
Gentle Storm (Look I don't care if I shared this before. ENJOY DAMNIT.)
Just a reminder that this releases tomorrow! 
@misadventure said in RL things I love:
Hey now, a great beard is a work or dedication and art.
It's true. And I can tell when a full beard is well-maintained. This one was.
Was hella disappointed when he got off the bus. >.> Ahem.
@jaded said in Good or New Movies Review:
@arkandel
Yeah I felt the level of excitement for the Avenger's trailer I wish I had for the Starwars trailer.
I am excited for booooooth.
I've just crossed that threshold, I think.
Enough shit sucks in my life that goddamnit, I'm just gonna let myself enjoy things. I'mma enjoy Star Wars.
I'mma enjoy Infinity War.
My little inner nerd child is getting to see all this stuff come to life with this plethora of amazing technology and I'm just going to savor it.
(And try to beat back my inner scriptwriter with a stick because that's really where I do get nitpicky, but considering the inner scriptwriter was just in love with how well-written Civil War was? I'm very, very optimistic about Infinity War.)
@arkandel said in Good or New Movies Review:
@kanye-qwest said in Good or New Movies Review:
@auspice Gotta confess, this trailer was p boring. I'm concerned about this movie because it's SO MANY characters. I'll see it. But so far, so meh.
GASP how dare you. I got chills.
This guy on the bus has a magnificent beard. I can't stop staring.
Pretty sure he noticed.
I don't even give a fuck.
Fine.
Fiiiine.
The stretching itself sucked because even fifteen years later (since my soccer days) my calves still tend to be tight af, but I cut 5 minutes off my mile and a half and the first half mile didn't suck so bad.
Oh yeah, true. And Extras, unlike the Takei situation, was definitely fictional. So Stewart was totally playing a scripted part. It's just hilarious to watch/hear. I've always loved that clip.
@karmageddon said in Celebrities that are Dead To Us:
There's a world of difference between being a perv (I'd daresay most of us here are pervs) and sexually harassing people.
We have a page of Plot Hooks that may help both new and current characters find a place to get involved. Feel free to reach out to PCs on grid or put in a request to Staff (to investigate) if anything strikes your fancy!
Vampires thrive on office-workplace RP. Their favorite is water-cooler gossip.
"So, Susan, you see that Seinfeld re-run last night?"
They have arguments over which is better: elevator quickie-TS or supply closet-TS?
Last week, Joe and Bob argued over whether Joe should propose to his IC girlfriend in the park or by a waterfall.
