Best posts made by Ganymede

@Rook said in The Thread of Positivity and Sparkles!:

Clearly not real. Massuesse does not have oil bottle on belt.

You're presuming the kitten is a professional. Some people just like giving massages.

For money.

@Tinuviel said in RL Anger:

I don't care what someone is. I care about what they do. If you're a person that sits around minding their own business, I don't care that you're a racist.

The moment you begin to foment other racists into a frothing mass that confuses terrorism with patriotism, I have an objection.

Hell, if you foment ignorance, hate, and fear into a movement that confuses terrorism with patriotism, I have an objection.

I'm looking at you, Fox News.

@surreality said in RL things I love:

...that is amazing.

That reminds me of this letter that was sent by the Cleveland Browns long ago.

And here's the letter that precipitated such a response.

Lawyers are assholes, people.

@RnMissionRun said in Date Thenomain:

Wait, Thenomain is a he? All the years I've been reading these boards I could have sworn... well, nevermind what I thought. Let's just say that I expected to find Birkenstocks and lots of flannel in his closet.

Read what Derp wrote: it's the tweed.

Despite living only an hour away from @Thenomain, we still haven't had drinks together in the German Village or gone to Schmidt's Sausage Haus.

I don't know if it'll be the same. The Babadook has supernatural elements to it, and Who Can Kill a Child seems to be a mundane horror film. Not quite what I'm looking for.

@Three-Eyed-Crow said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

Anybody have any experience with ProFitness? There's one on the way home from work for me that's convenient enough that I'd go to it, but I've been burned by gym memberships pretty badly in the past.

Do you plan to go there for the next 5 years?

If you're a casual gym-goer, you may want to consider your local Y. Especially if it has other amenities, like a pool or racquetball courts. Plus, you'd be giving your money to a charitable organization that gives free classes (probably) to underprivileged kids.

And they won't demand you sign a contract that actually lasts 5 years and requires you to go to arbitration if you have a dispute.

Your choice.

@Catsmeow said in Date Thenomain:

Meow?

I'm in Ohio too, except I'm younger, hipper, and own no tweed.

@hedgehog said in Date Thenomain:

I am married, but I feel compelled to ask what your opinion is on the Giant Butter Jesus (2.0)?

Darling that's on I-75, which is not near Columbus.

@Thenomain

Didn't seem like much of a whiner to me. Then again, my memory may have been broken by Fenris.

@Tinuviel said in Mass Effect: Andromeda: The Thread:

I don't much like Liam.. but Liam's personal/loyalty mission is pretty much my favourite.

I can't disagree with that.

I think the criticism of ME:A regarding the uneven writing and story is pretty accurate. Having not experienced many of the purported bugs on the console, I am of the opinion that EA addressed the problems, albeit in a post-hoc fashion. But to say that ME:A is the worst of the four is a stretch, and it is light years better than SW: Battlefront was. And I liked ME:A better than FF15, even though I really did enjoy much of the latter.

I'm getting a bit weary of this open-universe nonsense. We all see how well that worked with No Man's Sky.

@Ghost said in RL Anger:

You have standards, don't you? If you eat filet mignon then doesn't your four legged baby deserve just as much?

I only have sex with extremely hot women, but I don't really give a fuck what they think about me.

@Thenomain said in Guilty Pleasures:

Feeling guilty for enjoying your mom is more apropos.

I feel more guilty for not enjoying her, seeing as how everyone else has to some degree.

@Thenomain said in RL Anger:

Or the latest staff bullshit. It's all sportsball talk at that point; it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things and there are so many more interesting things to talk about.

We never talk about anything else.

And don't fucking start with the Buckeyes ever. I fucking hate them.

@Arkandel said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

Pardon the extreme ignorance, but there are (enforceable) copyrights on knitting patterns?

Like plays, the copyright gives the owner control of who uses the pattern and how often. So, you basically are granted a license to use the pattern for a price.

@Catsmeow said in RL Anger:

Maybe I don't want to visit y'all in Ohio.

I had two double gin-and-tonics and a shot of whiskey last night for $15. And then sang some karaoke.

You sure you don't want to come visit?

@Jaded said in RL Anger:

That's actually a fairly good price. Were you at Jitters?

No. There's a joint down in Dayton that knows me, where I sing on Wednesdays. They know I like my gin and tonics in tall glasses with lots of tonic, so they toss in another shot of gin for fun to fuck with me.

Seriously, that was including tip. I think the bill was $12.

@Thenomain said:

Grunt from Mass Effect 2/3: Heh, heh, heh.

I laugh like that from time to time to indicate conceit in my humor.

I also use "heh" as James Brown would. To wit: "harsh, unintelligible, high-pitched noises, HEH."

Totally serious, but does anyone want to try a plant-based diet with me?

Truth: I just saw the documentary "What the Health?" on Netflix. My partner and I saw a similar documentary last year, and her current medical (sort of) school is run by Seventh-Day Adventists. We want to try a plant-based diet now -- vegan -- despite the fact that I'm allergic to nuts and legumes.

Anyone have any recipes, if they are already doing this? Share some successes?

@surreality said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

I am enough of a bleeding heart to have cut back a bit on it for that reason, anyway.

I can understand that, but, as I said, this is less about ideology and more about whether I can do it. Weighing the benefits of getting off of flesh meat -- not to mention how it may affect my carbon footprint -- is also on my mind. I might keep to what I'm doing with a "break" day every week.

The ultimate argument of logic in the film I saw was how, physiologically, humans are closer to true vegetarians than omnivores. That caused me to look at some of the cited studies in the film, and I found myself wondering more and more as to what a shift would do for me.

@Paris said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

Spinach is surprisingly high in protein.

I like spinach, but I added kale to my lettuce instead. If I can stomach kale, spinach ought to be really easy.